The Sun. — London, England, 1852-06-04 00:00:00

FRANCE. It appears certain that the Bill on public instruc tion has been withdrawn. The withdrawal is owing to the strenuous opposition of M. de Montalembert and his colleagues of the Commission, who rejected the idea of again subjecting public education to the State or making it what it was in the time of the Emperor —a State monopoly. The measure of 1850 freed it from all real restrictions, and the pro position, supported so strongly by M. Fortoul— who is said to have declared that, with the system of government now prevailing, education could not, and ought not to be free—was to place it once more under State authority. The law of 1850 allows any one that thinks proper, not excepting, of course, the clergy, to open schools under certain con ditions, but frees them from the action of the State. The Bill which has just been withdrawn would re store that action ; and in order to gain the support of the clergy an exception was made in their favour. The project, however, was sure to be defeated, and has been withdrawn, at nil events, for a year. Yet it is not improbable that it will again be brought on. The opinion seems to be in favour of the reduction of the army ; that is, that the Government will be • obliged to yield on that point in consequence of pub lic opinion being so strongly in favour of economy generally, but particularly with reference to the army. The reduction of the army would no doubt be taken as a stronger proof of pacific and moderate intentions than all cieclaratione, official or otherwise. There are eight seats vacant at this moment at the Council General of the Morbihan. Five members, viz,, MM. Beslay, de Gouvello, Guyot, Lemintier de Lehelec, and Telmer:lt have resigned rather than take the oath required by the Constitution. Two members, MM. Beauvais and Croiser, have been ex pelled from the five departments of Brittany. One member, M. Beard du Duzeert, is dead. A case was decided last week before the Civil Tribunal of the Seine, in which the well-known M i n e . w• Saqui, the rope-dancer, wag the plaintiff. I t ap peered that in 1838 Mine. Segal, in order to satisfy her creditors, was obliged to sell the theatre which she directed on the Boulevard, and to obtain a better price, she employed a M. and Male. Begis to fled out a person to bid at the sale. This toey undertook to do, and, according to Mine. &gars declara tions, they at last purchased the property them • selees, engaging ,to pay her en annuity of 3,000 f. for life. Mme. Saqui, on her return lately from Italy, made a final effort to obtain from them 'the arrears of the annuite't and a guarantee of its regular payment for the future. Not succeeding in that attempt she brought the matter before the Court. for the defence, it Was declared that M. and Mme. Begs had never enter e d i n t o any pos i t i ve engage ment rchttre to Mine. Saqui, though it was admitted that they had offered, her 500 f. a year. The Court condemned the derendeets to pay Mote. Segni 2,400 f. a year for life, payable per month, and in advance; and in uddition, to give her the arrears from the pe riod alien the present suit was comentaced, that is, about two paenths back. Mine. Saqui, who was pre sent when the judgment in her favour was given, was in such agitation as to render it necessary to remove her into th•e open air. Tne Debats has a long notice on the different ;to. counts that hava been received from Australia, •and concludes us fellows :- • " The colony of .4titrala is ruina, or on the point of being so, -In California the gold doranged nothing; tht're was not there, as in Austru!is, agricultural pur suits to injure, and a social state of. things to orcrtarn; • there w:o not the eccuaaulated fruit of a labour o f fifty years. This tiench opveted gold is fallen like a scourge in the midst 'of this growing civilization; the colorist sorrowfully eontemplates his vast ine.,;:lows, where he no longer secs the face-of man, and his Socks abandoned to wild dogs and to - fie loudly cries for la- boaters. Isle sends money to the mailer country, in order to receive men in exchange. " Agitation is caused by his appeal, and emigration to Australia becomes the order of tee day. England is alarmed, not only on ac count of her colony, but on her own account, for she finds one of her principal branches of industry in danger. The flacks of Australia furnish wool to the manufac turers of England. Formerly, the English received their supply of wool either from Spain or from Germany; for the last 20 or 25 years they have been supplied from their own colony. La 1523, Australia only sent to Eng land 120,0001ba. of wool; last year the quantity was 13,000,0001b3. All the manufactories of kloglaed are therefore supplied from thence. therefore, the fbcks are neglected; if there are no hands to shear the wool; i ne e staple raw materiel is wentiaie, what will become of the maaufaetnree of England? What will becofile of Leeds, one of the capitals of the north, and Halifax and yeeedhieei, Rochdale and Huddersfield, and their flourishing villages? The workmen in the woollen menufactories were the most prosperous in that close, aqd the most attached to order and trenquillity; what will *Ole of them if they are sad deely deprived of employment? Ail these questions now occupy the attention of the Er.iglisti, end with their accus tomed energy they are actively encouraging emigration. They meat be rapid in their movements, fur they have little more than two months in which to send a supply of hands to Au s tralia. It is not only th© present loss of capital in the ruin of the tlock3 and the pasturage that i 4 to be taken into account, it is the time and trouble which will be required to bring them back to what they were before. It bas required fifty years of industry and labour to make the colony what it now is; those are things which 'are not dome in a day. Admitting that England sends some thousands of ;nen to her colony, who can answer that trio moment they 'eta(' they will : not be attacked with the gold•sfeekilig fever? The English Government is about to send out troops, but will they be 'able themselves'to resist temptation and prevent deser tion? (Luis custodiet ipsos.custodes?" ITALY. We learn from Florence that AL Guerrazzi, who has been confined ever since the restoration of the Grand Duke. of Tuscany, was on the eve of being _brought to trial. He had applied for leave to sons. man the Grand Duke as a witness, but the High Court of Justice denied him that right by a decree of the - 15th, A letter, which 'the ex-Dictator had jut published, made known the points re specting which he claimed the evidence of his Sovereign. He positively declares that in 1148 he entreated the Grand Duke not to join Charles Albert in his war against Austria, be cause, if the King of Piedmont was defeated, the wrath of Austria would alight upon Tuscany, his ally,• and, if he conquered, there was little doubt that he would profit of his victory to establish an Italian kingdom, and sooner or later absorb Tuscany. The Roman police apposed by all means the in troduction of foreign journals into the Pontifical dominions. The Englith papers were charged like letters, and made to pay in proportion to their Nireight. The Times so; :e - ames casts 6f., 7f., and Bf. a number. • i 7, 21 Russian Grand Dukes bad scatred money 'P.Tcfusion among the people of Rome. The 4 FPLItan GZ , V , fr , lll.l't wan ` , O dof th eir 4 "" Yed " the . '143 - ; • • o n e Z g.tve orders to i o the ; r l t o r t sou the latter (a very ungrateful set were - direettd rrib.4). The drivers of the coricolos the residence ') of th vi e n , their Suuday dresses during who stand•beh.ina these v u i h c o le e s s. and act as servants, were all ordered t o Pat o ____________ C,AIVIRIA s , th OS CODE. The following are ...e _, b art i cles of the atrocious eial code promulgated 1 4 ' ;ated his 3r . this _ notorious scoundrel, who recently exp. , villanies. at Valparaiso : MILITARY CRIMES a lt 1) T*R ta co . NaEBPONDING PUNISEmENT s. Art. 1. Every inferior b w e ho . shall raise his hand against 'Peaks disrespectfully of his superior officer shall iradi atolY shot. Art. 2. Every r shall be Immediate' inferior who his superior office 7 hung. Art. 3. If an inferior strix ma soPerior efa 11 be burnt alive cer) with or without arms he at'a traitor t . Art. 4. He who should be a _ o the flag topieces, alive, lull _Lvare have sworn to, shall be cut afterwards burnt. incurs • Art. 5. He who is guilty o f per jury, th e same punishment • Art with the enemy, 6. He who communicates 3 m• —ears the same punishment. • t the service, incurs th e lArt. 7. H e w h o spea k s against same punishment. . Art. 8. R o bb ery —He who stea l s apy object, money, or any article whatever, shall be hung. person in the _Art, S. Want of Punctuality—lf any ••1 bA wan military. service (no matter in what capacity/ --. ---- ing in his duty, and does not present himself in the place and at the hour he has been ordered to cl,Petlrs shall be tried and shot. • :Art. 10. Cowardica—P —verY man who, for want of courage, flies from the enemy, shall be put to deata by the bayonet; and his eyes shall be telt= out to prove the tact The body of a coward shall be burnt. Art. 11. If any traitor be, seised, his tongue shall be cut, it being the instraweat ofhis talsehood. He shall be' btirnt with a red hot- iron, and .he shall afterwards suffer, the. punishments he has incurred, according to articles sth and 6th. Art. 12, sentinels found asleep ft , . • their . posts, shall be:immediately hung, they being the only persons re sponsible for said post's security. Therefore, the ser geants are requested to visit the posts every ten mi nutes, for the observation of this article. Art. 13. He who in battle gives quarter to an enemy out of pity or any other cdnsileration, shall be imme diately shot. . Art 14. Th e o ffi cer , sergeant, or so l d i er, who is not vigilant when on guard, shall be tried and shot. Art 15. The infractor of any of these laws, if an offi cer, shall be hung ; if soldier, a shot. Art. 16. All ,- military persons are charged with the fulfilment at .the toe rueceding articles. This is particularly recommended to inform their ,__po:io u r officers, and they are requested boo will not ex “" e u u t° __ that want of information on this them from undergoing the punish ments expressed. sort.A 17. Ho who 'should steal or hide, or abet .. another in og,sy powder, 'delta' or ariieles of war, shall NattOarlat alive. A9l - 6411!*0 in: battle, or on march 4 , 4vs - Ttli F t.srtAkes given him,. d,,, irn.. _ ' 7 : illb B -Joieleft':ot of\relie Ong r , should throw vka,3 of not injuring himself of their wei ht shall o e ...:;,-,,ie,at t elis plena`._ ivo, joint by joint,-b etinni g ~ --,ril4(444.:itith 'Ole users of the right hand. G .„- , . ~.._., O miller' - burnt. c' S"\ ' ng, in pre- His remains £2 Given in the Camp of Punta Arena, Dec. 13, 1851. HEROISM ON THE TIGHT-ROPE. (From Punch.) Poor old Madame Segall How many of us can look a long, long way..—we will not think how long—back, when that marvellous woman stood, the centre, the human speck of a burning Vauxhall-star—who shall say how many feet above the earth? Madame Segni ! Marvellous, indeed, were the wonders of Vauxhall ! The millions of lights that made dim the very story-books, and gave to childhood an actual knowledge, a reathing experience of glories and effulgences, that made e.ven &abed poor and colour less. The Arabian Nights! Could they be anything liko that night—our first night—in Vauxhall Gardens; a night whase wonders were crowned by tbat astounding Frenchwoman, Madame Segni! There she stood iu turning state, with balls of red and blue fire rising and breaking like a thousand bubbles about her—sad rained upon by- geldfin shQwers; showers that seemed a real, en during si ealth! And Madame Saqui—having, like a spider, ran a long thread of lifo—jumped to the ground fall of ready money. Sh a had foregone the rope, and resolved to walk the earth, when— " Her brother," says the Patric— " Who was the manager of the Rouen Theatre, was on the point of becoming bankrupt, with debts amounting to 600,0001, and to save his credit, Madame Sequi paid the whole amount, and reduced herself to poverty." Well, with a heavier load of years upon her -should ers, the devoted sister had her shoes chalked once more,_ and once more mounted the rope, balancing and dancing away, bat somehow not • dancing fortune back to her. However, she managed to sav e some 3 0,0001. i n S pa i n; but as Spaniards rarely suffer so much to leave their country, shy was stripped by banditti—by fellows who deserved 'every loch of the rope by which the money had been earned—tripped of every sou. And now, hero she is ag a i n ! H ere i s th e poor o ld woman—aged 75—once more on the tight-rope, danciag for. bread ar. the hippodrome, in Paris! Reader, does not that old rope dancer teach a touch ing lesson? , Is she not in her wrinkles a noble object of self-devotion? Poor old soul! She may dance—dancing on a rope, with seventyfive scars upon her head!— dance amidst showers of fireworks—but there is a halo of goodness brighter than 13:ng,11 lights, more radiant than " golden drops." Granted, it mcv be possible to find selfishness even upon a throne. May it not be equally possible to beho!d self•aacrifice even upon a rope? • SEABORNE . (N algailtes that the lnalls are sent from the General Post-Mot by the night—and :a ty the morning--Dispatch.) F1404"5, ;ihcnmade'np in 1 Frem whatJJ General Pont-oXee: port dis- Wh en Ler.e.on: ! patched. duo. America (by Brit. pltt.)N'Juae 4 America (by U.S. pkt„)Jane 1 America (by ll•S•pkt.)3l Juut 9 Australia (via South ampton) . • .. !Sou thampt. Ditto (via Marseilles) .. Dover .. Ditto, viaC. of G. Hope N i August 2 .. Plymouth.. Ainca (West coast).. N 'Luta of the monthlPlytaoath Alexandria* ........ N , 19th & 110th of 'no. Dover .. Belgium Day ..IDover Brazil .. ;Dth of the month Soutbampt. Buenos Ayres m,9th of the month Southampt.i CaUfornia(vtaChagreom •ad az 17th ot month I Fintltham pt. Cape of Good Hope "li,2d & 14th of June Plymouth.. Cape de Verde N,A.-ust 2 Plymouth • Constantinople. .. • . 7ttirith 27th aim° Dover .. Central Amczica 3,1 2d & 17th of men'. ,Southampt. Channel Isles • • .. N :won., Wed., iFri. Soot/tempt. Chili .P 17th of the month. Sou thanapt. Franco M& ri Twice daily Dover .. Greece* •• 7th 17th 27thofmo Dover W.mburgh Tuesday & Friday ,teadon golland .. • • ii } Wednes. & Satur.tLondon Honduras .• • . N 17th of the monthlSouthampt. Ireland .. •• NI Twice daily.. Indla(via Southamp.) 3120th of the month'Southatapt. • India (vlaMarsailles) hintth& 24th tofmonth ye, India, via C. of G. Ilope N. 15 th of month Plymouth.. Mauritlui N 15th of month Plymouth. Mediterraneiin (via fionthatrptou) .. 3d 20th of the month M.;ditari •mean (Via 1 liarr4llles) N:Btht424th ofnlonth Eczico 31!25 of the month.. Madeira 11;9th of theimonth Malta* 7th 17th 19th,27th & 30th of mouth • Naples* 6th 15th 25th ofma Papal States* N',stlllsth2sl ' henn° i i:-.. eninsalar •• • • Minh 17th 27th of mo P•• hi 17th of the month • ilacant Indies Y * N sth 15th 25thOfitto Wes t West Indies (e xcept Havaana Nassau) Ili 17th of the ruth 2d ofthe month Soathampt. le The mails to those countries thus marked 0 1 ) are Conveyed by French packet via Marseilles. The India mail, via Southampton, will be made up on the evening of the 19th instant, in ponsequence of the 20th. falling on a Sunday. The Peninsula mall will be made up. on the morning of the 28th instant, in consequence of the 27th falling on a Sunday. ▪ Liverpool • Liverpool .. • Sontlampt. Jane 9 Jane 3 'June 3 ,Juce 18 IDally IJune 18 June 16 June 5 June 3 'June 10 ,June 5 ,ITu. Th. Sal Jane 5 iTvriceelaity June 10 'Tues. bat. IMonThuz' June 20 Twicedjy June 20 ~ JUnc 17 Isotzthampt: !June 17 Dover .. Southampt. Southampt. 3 Dover June 17 IJune 5 'June 16 June 10 Tuna 12 Jane 12 June 16 IJube 5 `June 12 LJune 5 IDov©r Dover .. Sonthampt. Southampt Dover Sonthampt. A PROPHET IN DIFFICULTIES. Considerable curiosity has been excited at Blois and preaching in the neighbourhood for. some monthspast by the preaching a person called the "Prophet of Id &tee teas," and by bin alleged cure of several diseases, and that his proceedings m a de so much noir) that they attracted the alentle a of the r a i u b thorities, and he was in February lest tried by the Tribunal Po lice of Rome:grain, on the charge of having outraged the and illegayerpraetised medicine. He anal of Correctional Catholic religion, a the chare and was then acquitted of the form ' fined 16f. on the latter. The Pmaillidt:erakrdose.cutor appsaleti we n s quashed agoA. before trial against this judgment as too by the Court of Appeal of the dist;i3cyt.sit was ordered, andlt took place three Tribunal of Correctional Police of Blois. The accused accompanied by his wife and daughter, and all three were respectably dressed. His name is Chesnan, and he is possessed of property which brings him in ten thou sand francs a.year. He carried a large Bible in his hand. Several witnesses proved that he had preached in his own house, and had afterwards administered a sort of sacrament, by handing round pieces of bread in a plate, and a glass of wine, making his congregation eat and drink, and saying as they did so, "Eat, for this my body—drink, for this is my blood!' It was also stated that in his sermons he had declared that he recognised neither the Virgin nor the-Saints; that he did not admit the sacra ment of marriage, or that of confession; and that if the priests were to marry, there would be fewer prostitutes and bastards. All this constituted the "outrage to religion" complained of; and to prove the charge of having illegally exeroised medicine, several witnesses were called, who admitted that he had cured them of pains and different maladies, by rubbing them with water or oil ; but they declared that he had taken no money fcr his services, and on dismissing them had said; " Go end pray to God!" One man stated he had been cared by the accused of a malady in the eyes, for which ISS had long been uns uccess f u ll y treate d b y regu l ar Ph ysicians, and another who was l ame , and obliged uae .crutches, said that, aft er h av i ng b een f our times" i n the hospital without obtaining relief, the ite ce!ed had completely cured him. When called on for h eis defence , oha..o _.. the accused said, " With respect to the i ttio z_ °t having outraged religion, I might be silent if r ' w'ere Concerned bat to tranquillistethe conecieace 1,1 (14 y t l f tt e 3 ll : l_ liev !•en be ers, its i necessary that I should speak: belong t o v t iL ..,,tella me to explain to you why Ido not reedernow ors iralen Catholic Church. I admit that I chapter 20, ver soP to tsints, and I justify myself by Exodus, i , that he could t ot 3. The President told the defendant f of theology, bat th illaw the Court to be made a school ()barge by a text from aeouaecl answered, " I reply to your bin Bible, he mad, teeTtaodus chapter 20," and opening God pronounced these words, saying. , Thou shalt ha ve ea ' he added, „ tee n() other Gods before me." " I that Mary was purb ° guise your saints, but I admit do_ not, when she eo • velope wad required t o cooei him neeived. A pure en source of all good. ", u But it , who was to be the I could have wished to ma_ Cage my fellow -creatures the President, " of having ootro - t e 0 . 1 , 1 are accused," said legally established in Franc o , bl r ; Ew a od feFm of worship ment.' " Whenever I administered Yt the sacra -1 took the Bible, and read Matthew, chapter the sacrament, 26, verse 26, 'Jesus took the bread . , and after h o had brake it, and gave it to his disciples blessed it, he of ' ng Take at le I recited th e " to say, follow my example. but that w words, and s put them in practice, " uo de rision on my part . What !" cent' lim e d he . i with some energy, " tae blind see , the deaf hear, ear,' the paralytic are cured, and you think that / , , ,oan do all that in the name of evil and wituous faiths , „ aut ,, said the Presid en t, "You have charged the priests with doing nothing without money.„ "'only read Matthew, chspter 23, whi c h sa y s , `You shall be Punished, Phari sees--"' " You com p are , then, priests to Phar isees?" +. I ; only said that a n y one w ho makes a traffic o f p r ayer is sat evangelical." "You impute thet traffic to the clergy?'. " To blame the fact is not to blame the intention. I do not accuse the priests. My words her) been Wisely la. THE SUN, LONDON, Art. 19. If, on arriving in any province, a Montista be discovered, his house shall be sacked, and the owner or tenant thereof shall be burnt in said house. Art. 20. If any parson in the troops under my corn !nand, sells any article with usury, he shall receive 100 lashes. Art. 21. The chiefs of this division, desirous of pre venting all fraud, prohibit, =kr pain of the gallows, any attempt to give money or gage, or with any kind of interest. Art. 22. He who from this time forward, should lend money or gage, shall lose all right to the gage given him, losing also what he gave on it, and receiving 200 lashes in puniehinent. Art. 23. The sentinel or advanced post, who, on see ing the enemy approach, does not give the alarm, shall be cut in pieces alive, considering that from his om mission great dangers may arise. Art. 24. The chief officer, sergeant, or soldier, who should not defend his post unto death, shall be burnt alive ; no excuse to be admitted on acc oun t of the greater force of the enemy, the bad state of the arma ment, or anything else tending to cover his cowardice. Art. 25. Any officer ordered to assault a post, shall take it or lose his life in the attempt; if he returns un successful, although he lose all his soldiers in the at tempt, he shall be immediately shot. Art. 26. If any sentinel give the qui vice and does not receive in answer " General Crez," he shall immediately fire at the person interrogated. Art. 27. This Government, desirous that every indi vidual should preserve his money, and employ it for uue fal cbjects, prohibits all kinds of hazardous games ; and if any is resorted to in order to while away time, it must be lottery and without interest. He who infringes this article shall be hung. Art. 28. An ounce of gold shall be given to every body who gives information of the infringement of the paceeding article. Art. 29. Any sentinel who abandons the post com mitted to his care shall be pinched with red-hot tongs until he expires. After this his body shall be exposed publicly during eight days; after which it shall be burnt, and its ashes cast into the air. f terpreted." " Did you say that the celibacy of the priests causes the prostitution of from 80,000 to 100,000 women ?" " I said that, if the priests married, there would be 80,000 or 100,000 women who would not be single, and that public morality would gain thereby. God has said in Ge nesis, chapter 1, verse 28, ' Increase and multiply, and fill the earth,' and said that we should not op pose that precept." "To effect your pretended cures, did you not make use of bread, oil, wine, and water?" " I made use cf all the things which our Lord used. I said, ' Make use of this oil, this bread, and this wine in the name of th© Lord,' but I did not 'say they were to be used in my name. I cured by faith, and instead of prosecuting me, the public prosecutor • should assist me." The public prosecutor then ad dressed the Court in support of the accusation, and an advocate pleaded for the defendant. Whilst this was going on, the latter read his Bible with great fervour. The tribunal acquitted him of the charge of having outraged religion, and reduced the fine for illegally practising medicine to sf. The accused had with him several books and tracts explanatory of the doctrines of Swedenborg ; also a register of tho marriages effected by him between his disciples. It appears that within the last six months upwards of ten thousand persons have been to see him.—Galignani. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, June 3. (Before Sir GEORGE TURNER ) GOODCHAP V. WEAVING.—THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY. Sir W. Page Wood and Mr. Roxburgh appeared in support of a motion for the production and deposit of deeds and documents admitted by the fourth schedule in Mr. Feargus O'Connor's answer, but which was, in fact, the title deeds of all the estates which had been pur chased by Mr. O'Connor for the National Land Com pany, to which there had been, as it was stated, 75,000 subscribers. Mr. Sxanston and Mr. W. H. Bennett opposed the motion, on the ground that Mr. Roberts, the late soli citor of the company, had a lien upon the deeds for his costs, charges, and expenseP, which were not yet satis fied. The suit itself was limied to an estate in Oxford shire, called the Minster Lovell Estate. Upon the ques tion of the solicitor's right of lien, " Fen wick v. Reed" Merivale, 114), " Murray v. Walter" (Craig and Phil lips, 114), decided by Lord Cottenhem; the " Oxford and Worcester Eeteiesien Comeaey" (13 L. T., 320), " Ex parte Sterling"(l6Vesey, 258), and e tiler authorities, w ere cited. The company had been established in 1845, and, amongst other property, hid bought the Minster Lovell (trate of Mr. Feunick and Mr. Weaving. It was one of the conditions that 5,000/, of the purchase-money should not be called, in until after seven years' posses sion. Thel And was distributed among several house holders, and it was' understood that if all the rents were paid, and the company prospered, after a certain num ber of years the occupiers should become absolute owners. The allottees, however, adopted the notion that they were to five'rent free, and organized a resist ance. It was advised that ejectment might be main tained if the legal estate were perfected, by an agree ment between Fennick, Weaving. and Mr. FeargusO'Connor. Th e bill prayed that this indenture of the 4th January, 1850, might be declared to he fraudulent and void, and he delivered up to the plaintiff to be can celled. Afar a lengthened di3cussion, in which it was stated that ail the docuincnti hod onca been producod and in spected under the proceeding for winding up the affairs of the company, it Waa arranged that an ord7-r for the production_ of the : documents should be made without prejudice to any lien claimed by Mr. Roberts, and to which be might appear to bo entitled. SHERIFFS' COURT, June 3. Mum - soli U. PAIN-BREACH OF PROMISE. EVENING, JUNE 4 . , 1852, (Continuttd from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Amongst the witnesses examined was a profe3sional gentleman. who Proved that the plaintiff hod sufnred severelY, mentally and bodily, iu consequence of the abrupt termination of :he defendant's addresses. M. PIIXNN ,addressed the jury hi mitigation of da mages. Ile wculd not impute the slightest impropriety to the young lady, vibes° name had been put torch as the plaintiff,' and truly so, not by her own wish or desire, but by her relatives?, to vindicate, as they termed it, a character which he (the Learned eonnsd) believed to be irreproachable. It was not the lady's wish to soothe bar anguish by geld, for it has been said that; the lady entertained the feeling towards the defendant of" with alt thy faults, I love thee oil" The Learned Counsel for the plaintiff has spoken to that point, and it was now only a question, for the jury to assess t h e d amages. Both the plaintiff and defendant were in equal circum stances na to respectability, but the defendant's circum stances had brea much exaggerated. The jury retired, and on their reluln into court gave a verdict for 500/.' THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD DIGGINGS. The following extracts from letters just received from LeanCoster), Van Dienien'ei Land, aro illustrative of the extraordinary social revolution now in progress in the Australian gold districts : " Sailors from Port Philip are obtaining 901. for the run home, and 10/, has been paid for the run across to Laun ceston. Neither the Elizabeth Thompson nor Warrata can get away for want of hands, and it is questionable if the Stirlica'shire will get a wa y t o - morrow for the same reason. Every time a vessel or the steamer arrives from P-rt Philip our community is in a complete state of agitation, and a perfect scram bl e ensues to get a passage over. We think all manufactures of good quality will be dear. All the tanners, curriers s harness-makers, coach builders, mill e r s , carpenters, bricklayers, smith s , & e ., are off to the 6 dig g i ngs .' My gig required doing up very badly: it has been at the coachmakers more than two months, and I can't get it done for want of hands. Ile will not tike a fresh order, and as• soon as those he has' un dertaken are completed he intends to shut up shop, end ho too will be off to the 'diggings.' Our harvest pro mises to be most abundant, but w© aro so short of hands that.; I know not bow it will be safely got in and housed, and under • all these circumstances we really cannot say whether wheat will be dear or cheap. The mills at Port Philip are shut up, and our own mills are not properly supplied with hands= some standing still; in short, it completely upsets every thing with us. My clerk is gone to the ' diggings,' and I do not know how or where to get another, and if one is found the salary he will require will be enormous. I am almost afraid it will cost me twice as much to conduct my establishment this year as it has any previous one, and without a clerk I shall be worked to death. Nothing doing in shipping, excepting in conveying passengers in the regu lar trading vessels, and must pay remarkably well. We are daily expecting from California a slashing Yankee steamer. She is intended to ply backwards and forwards between Port Philip and Launceston, and • will make the passage in thirty-six hours or so. And now about gold at Port Philip. In two months from the discovery of gold there, 1,000,0001 worth is known to have been conveyed into Melbourne and Geelong. A large qnstitity has reached us, and been purchased at 31. to 3/. 2s. per ez.; every vessel, therefore, leaving the colony will convey gold home. The last screw steamer (fiend Port Philip) is said to have brought amongst 200 passengers more than 50,000/. worth. The Hero, the first wool ship, took home 120,0001. worth. The Melbourne has on board more than 400,000/. worth, and from the accounts we receive from those who have been, and been successful, it appears that gold in that colony is inexhaustible. All the labouring class are gone or going, and almost every one of these has been a prisoner —some of the most successful are even now only emancipist. An old servant of mine digs up 1501. in sixteen days; a servant of G—'s brings 25ilbs. weight in a few weeks; another party of seven pick up on the grass, and never poke the ground over more than a foot deep, more than 401bs. weight in eight days. Very numerous in stances might be adduced of success. It will revolu tionise us here. We want a large influx of popula tion, or I don't know how the pastoral, aaericultural, and other pursuits of the colony can be carried on. All that you may hear about it in England you may believe, for rely on it the whole truth will not be told. At Mount Alexander, Port Philip, it is in great abundance—the operation of digging not being carried to a greater depth than 5 feet; and besides, it is spread over such an extent of country, more than 100 miles. England must be benefitted by it.— it all goes to England. She must give something in ex change, which will be her manulactures, and perhaps flour among the rest. Dysentery, from the want of good water, prevails greatly in the hot weather at Monet Alexander, and has driven many away. In March we shall be almost destitute of males. I never saw such a paucity of men. since I have been in the colony. *•* * * * " The town of Launceston is quite in a commotion— fellows with gold rings, watches, chains, & c., that have been comm on blacksmiths. One that • had often shod my horse returns the possessor of 1004 after paying all expenses ; this, too, in five weeks. Another, a hard-working labeurer, in G --'s store, returns with 25 lba weight, which G-- bought. A boy, too, about fourtee n y ears of age, cleare d i n l ess time 400/. Another of th e same age 1201. It i s waste I dame to multiply instances. These, with many others, have come immediately before myself. I don't know how we shall get our harvest in. We have abundant cops, bat not sufficient labour. Everything, I am afraid, will be enormously dear. All labour, espe cially mechanics, as carpenters, bricklayers, painters, &c., in 'short every description of manual labour is wanted. I should think it would pay well to ship American flour to Port Philip. Not a man will do a stroke of work while in possession of gold, and knowing where and how to gat more when that is gone. I really can't tell how we shall get on; our social state will be truly wretched, end can only be neutralised by an im meese influx of population from home. In Port Philip the wages of a woman servant are 501. per annum, and will continue at this rate so long as the gold lasts, and perhaps higher. In short, they will not work. Every gold finder thinks himself a gentleman now, and tells you he has done with work." - - Sir James Graham, Bart., has made a present to his tenants of all their grass and clover • seeds for this year's sowing, besides 40 bushels of lime per acre. ACTS or PARLIAMENT.—OnIy 20 public Acts have received the Royal Assent, and 34 local Acts, in the present session, which commenced on the 3d of February—just four months. An Australian paper publishes an advertisement from the proprietor of a sheep and cattle boiling-house, at Sydney, who offers for sale manure composed of beef, and mutton. THE NEW PR oPERTY-TAX ACT.—Yesterday the New Property-tax Act (15 Victoria, cap. 20) was issued. The several Acts on the Income and Property-tax are to be continued from the sth of April last to the sth of April next, " and until the assessments made, or which ought to be made, for the said last-mentioned term, or for any pre ceding year, limn be corapleted, collected, lolled, and paid." , FRIDAY IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LO RDS, June 3. The LORD CHANCELLOR tot )k his beg on the Woo. sack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Earl FITZLIA.RDINGE pi ecented a petition from Tewkesbury, praying for a measure to legalize marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Lard BEAUMONT presented a petition in favour of copy holds enfranchisement. The Bishop of CASHEL presented a petition from a place in Herefordshire praying for the inspection of nunneries. The Representative Peers (Scotland) Bill was read a second time on the motion of Lord REDESDALE, Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMII , IOIVS, June 3. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. Mr. FEARGIIS O'Cotmon was in his place, and dis played his former anxiety to shake bands with every one present, not excluding even the Speaker or the Sergeant-at-Arms. • PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Athlone Markets and Customs. Glasgow, Kilmarnock' and Ardrossata Railway. Lancaster Waterworks, Cemetery, and Gas. Newmarket Railway. South Essex Estuary and 'Reclamation Bill. Thal°Rowing Bina wore read a third time and passed— Great Western Railway (No. 2). London and North-Western and Buckingh , aoashiro Railways. Monmouthshire Railway and Canal. Shrewsbury and Birroig,hhem Railway. Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. Swansea, Local Board of Health. Wycombe Railway. The following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Birkenhead, Lancashire. and Cheshire Junction Railway. Chester and Holyhead }Whiny. Exeter Roads. Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland. Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies Amalgamation. Tees Conservancy. York and North Midland Railway. The Balmoral Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. • . PETITIONS. Mr. LACY presented a petitWn from Walworth, praying for the inspection of nunneries. Mr. SPOONED presented a petition to the same effect from the feticide inhabitants of a place in Ireland. Mr. HUTT presented a petition from Gateshead in favour of cc. - an penny postage. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from Donetshire, praying for the repeal of the klaynooth grant. Mr. A. STAFFORD presented a petition from North ampton against the Mitiriz Bill. Mr. FITZROY presented a petition from a Tilecha nice' Institution, pritying'for the free delivery of Parlia mentary Pagers to mechanics' in:itif uteg. LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD> On the motion of*Mr. A. STAFFORD, the pro . - ceedings of the court-I:Div:fief held npan the surviving officers of the I3irhenhead riere ordered to be laid on the table. PUBLIC BUSINESS. On the motion that the Speaker do leave the Chair cergoing into Coratnittee of Shpply, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said that perhaps. the 1101.1T.0 would permit him to make some observations on the conduct of the business before the House.—(Hear, hear.) It would be remem bered that, when last they met, it was fired that the ad journed debate on Map:south should take place to morrow morning at twelve o'clock. Since then represen tations had been made to him by the gentlemen from Ireland that it would be unfair to resew the de bate' then, and upon their representation ho had con sented to allow the debate to stand over till Tuesday nest, at twelve o'clock, as it was his pleasure, as also his du v, to consult the convenience of Honourable Members from Ireland, in disposing of a matter of this nature.—(Cries of " Her, hear.") It would, however, iti the p resen t s t a t e of p u blic b ut i rets b e im possible for th e G overnme nt to ma i m an y ot h er arrange ment for fa c ili tat i ng . the debate after Tuesday.—(fl ear , hear.) H e proposed to-morrow morning to conti nue the Co mm i ttee o f s upp l y, and to-morrow evening, with the consent of the house. he proposed to go into Com m i ttee on the N ew Zealand Bill.—(Hear, hear.) It was his first ides to take the Committee to morrow morning, but several gentlemen who were sit tieg upon Committees upstairs had represented to him that they took great interest in the question, but it would be impassible for them to attend in the morning; and in deference to them he bad fixed the Committee for the aiming. Ile wished now to impress upon the House the gravity of the public business that remained to be dis patched at the present period of the session. Hon. Gen tleana must be aware that much of it was of that character which Government could have had a control over at any earlier period.—(Hear, hear.) Many of the measures were intended to continuo already existing laws, and although the time in which those would have to be disposed of was short, yet he did not despair, with the assistance cf the House and becoming energy, of being able to complete the business without interfering with that ulterior result which they were all anxious should be attained.--(Hear, hear.) In going into Committee of S u p p l y be might, perhaps, be allowed to make this remark, that while Goverment felt it to be their duty to submit nothing to the consideration of the House which , was not of great urgency or paramount necessity, he did hope that Hon. Gentlemen generally, in the motions which they might bring forward, would be influenced by the same feeling.—(Hear, hear.) At present there wore a variety of amendments on the paper Com mittee of Supply, w hi ch under ordinary en going into thrown stances,Com- and in th e usual state of affairs, Government would &ad it to be their duty to give their attention to, but they were not matters of Patch, or of that character which the had recommended to be discussed in the present session, and he hoped the Hon. Gentlemen who had charge of them would display a becoming for oatthLehisn abnegation, by abstaining to bring for bearance er Rousea g r e a n n c e y e oran generally i i s s lie business, and in doing so he begged to advanced stage of the session, --souse generally to facilitate the roulette wer e anxious to close the session at it thtraeoett progress ar e teph p fia e ert r ol vi appealed ea d Pd: I l'ivt which accomplish the important results which the urgent mea sures they had brought forward were intended to pro. duce.—(flear. hear.) Sir especial attention a w tt a e s ntion to the present state of public glad to have the ofoppor tunity drawing : I He re a d i l y a d m i tte d that some for bearance ought to be sh own to the Government with re ference to making moti ons upon going into Committee of Supply, mobile there c ou l d be no doubt that the wish of the coun t r y was that th e labours of the present session JAMES ic business . GR ; should be brought to a close within the shortest possible time consistent with the due and proper discharge of public business.—(hear. hoar.) It therefore appeared to him to be of paramount importance to consider what fin the e e ch it was indispensable to di s p o s e the present session. Just l e t him, then, call the attention of th e H ouse to t h e f act that there were 27 orders of th e day on the paper which he wo t m ou a r s s u e r e e s f se i held in his hand, heal:lee four or five notices into Committee of Supply goingtheir urgency, he d en i e d that they were of that characte r which rendered it indispensable they should be decided i n the present session of Parlia ment.—(flear, -e at) The orders of the day 'could butof motion witli respectbe before e to be divided int o bran c h es . * I n t h e fi rst pl a ce, there was the law. What were the questions with refer ence to the administration of the law which they were ca ll e d upon to discuss on the 3d of June? There was first the Comma Law Procedure Bill, which had come down from the other House of Parliament after having been amply discussed, and which they were COW Called upon to decide both in' principle and detail , at the end of the session.—(Soar, hear.) There was next the Masters of Chancery Abolition Bill, and Improvem ent of Equity Jurisdiction Bill, in reference to which yet been taken be y ond introducing it to the House, and which would re quire full and careful consideration.—(Bear, bear.) There was, besides the Suitors in Chaucery Relief Bill, whi ch n'. . . and it was Steen in a similar position, impossible to exof these r, aggerate the importance of any measures, --( sitar, hear.) Take again the colonial branch: there was the New Zeeland Bill, which it was pro posed to take to-morro , when they had Committees sit ting up stairs upon of urgency and importance, such as the Bast measures 's Charter and the laws India Company relating to the of Ireland with refer encegood government to crime and Then, again, there was the Colonial Bi h , outrage. . of Quebec Bill, and -8 and Bill, the Bishopric other Bills f ' t' g the colonies which 0 ortance respec in . . , it Was impos sible to decide upon at this period of the sesseare and ea the . ' state of affairs. On th e existing other hand, he', of a pressing Ter, there were measures character svhiche could - passed over. There was, for instance, a Bill l _not be row being considered up which was . stairs, relating and outrage in Ire land, eswell:a s in . White-boy Acts, the consolidation of the which it was • b sed this session.— important should e s (Hear, hear.) There was also the Encumbered Estates Act to be renewed, and a Bill of the ' greatest importance had been introduced by the Admiralty on the subject °I. hav Y Pay, which was of a pressing character. —(fleare bear.) Then,again, under the head of Wood s a the —etropo nd Forests there was AT litan Buildings Act of 230 clauses, to be amended b y a B ill of 79 clause; and also the Metropolitan In Aet, to be amended by a similar Bill; although he was under the inn ion thanthis latter measure had di been full y pres on scussed and settled in a former session. Besides these there was the question of the water supply and the renewal of the Sewers Commission to be dis pbsed of, all of them matters of importance, and requir ing much discussion before they can be got rid of.- -(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Then, again, there was the branch votes of supply, There yet remained 200 to be taken, 64 of which the lion. and Learned Member , he for Youghal intended to oppose—O. laugh ) — and should be glad to know how it was possible for all these various subj ec ts ec ts to be satisfactorily disposed of within the space contemplated by the Government. Under these eircumstances he sho u ld take till Mondny to suggest that the Government should consider what measures they would press on, end what an d having considered me as ures they Would abandon, that matter, they should declare the order in which thethem. Ho felt strong] on meant to take , on 'his ma. no., h aese , e h e bed a gte it aepreeeie ; - e e unless they took c are th e y would bring the i ; .llStattliloo of a representative governme nt into discredit wi t h the country, for pp they had b e en going on hitherto it would almost teem that the House was not only incompetent but afraid to decide upon questions of vital interest to the people.—(Hear, hear.) He alluded now to the mo tion which had been twice brought forward on the sub ject of Maynooth.—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Gentlemen who are charged with that motion had admitted that for all practical purposes the motion was useless. Certainly so far as obtaining inquiry in the present session, it was useless, and that being so, he put it to the House and the Government if any good could be obtained by continuing a discussion which would lead to no practical result, but which was calculated to excite anger and discontent amongst different classes of the community. (Hear, hear.) He did not deprecate a decision on the Maynooth ques tion, but he was against endless discussion upon it, and he thought the question could never he determined at a morning sitting. Soule course ought certainly to be adopted to prevent that House, which was considered an example for representative assemblies, from being brought into disrepute by their misconduct on the debate on Maynooth. Mr. SPOONER said ho never admitted that no prac tical good would result from the debate on the College of Maynooth. Sir JAMES GRAHAM —That no practical result would arise from the inouiry this session. Mr. SPOONER. would ad m it t h ere could not be an i entire nquiry—(Cheers)—but there was something else besides inquiry. He wanted to know the determination of the House, "Aye" or " No," whether the subject of Maynooth deserved inquiry. The country called for a decision on the point, and he would press for a division. Mr. SAN DFORD expressed his willingness to yield to the appeal of the Government. He would withdraw his motion respecting betting houses, in order to fecili tate the 'Amine of the Committee of Supply, though ho considered that motion to be one of very great im yortsinee. Lord JOHN RUSSELL hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would give an answer to the inquiries of Sir James Graham on Monday or Tuesday next, for they deserved the serious consideration of the Govern ment. The Honourable Member for North War wickshire was wrong in stating the nature of the questiou of Maynootb, which was not for ascertaining the opinion of the House in regard to that college, but whether an inquiry should be instituted by a Select Committee on the Bth of June. Ile (Lord J. Russell) thought it would be far better for the Government to institute an inquiry on its own responsibility, than to refer the subject to the investigation of a Select Com mittee. If the Hon. Member were really desirous for an inquiry, ho had taken the very worst course for the pur pose of obtaining it.—(Hear.) In regard to Supply, he considered the best mode of proceeding was for the Go ternment to eppoint consecutive days for the sitting of the Committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it *as It.s intention to state, on Monday next, the views of the Government generally win regard to the conduct of public business, end he would reserve any eh - serve:lone ha might have to make in reply to the inquiries of 'Sir James Graham until then. H e would now merely sa y h e did no t d espa i r o f being able to eft clumsily accomplish this session all the business that was absolutely necessary. It was not his wish to depre cate the tallest discussion on the items brought forward in the Committee of Supply, but he appealed to Hon. Members not to press any questions which had no par ticular reference to the vote under consideration. In reply to Mr. HORSMAN, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he did not anticipate taking any other business after the Committee of Supply this evening. The Governm . mat would certainly not pro c e e d w i t h any ot h er or d ers o f the day at a late hour. MR. MATHER. In reply to Mr. B. OSBORNE, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ho would lay the papers connected with the case of Mr. Mather on tho table of the 'louse to-morrow. SUPPLY. The House then went into Committee, of Supply, M r BERN AL in the chair. The first von) of 113,4761. for the repairs of royal pslsces and public beiidings , &c., was agreed to, alter some opposition by Mr. W. WILLIAug, and a short dt&- cusrion, in which Mr. UASIILTON explained the various items of which the vote was composed. Oa the next vote of 60,5461., for maintaining and keeping in repair the royal parks and pleasure-grounds, Lord DUNCAN inquired why there was an excess of 24,000/. as compared with the vote last year? Mr. HAIM. PON said the increase was composed of 7,857/. for alterations and improvements in the parks of Richmond, Bushy, and Hampton; of 4,9501. for widen ing the roads in Hyde -park and draining the Regent's park ; of 4,9761. for the maintenance of the royal parks, which was hitherto defrayed out of the land revenues, and also of other sums which had been transferred to this particular account. The question as to the continuance of the office of ranger was, no doubt, deserving consideration. Mr. SLANEY considered that great credit was due to the heads of the Woods and Forests for improving the walks and drainage of the parks, and otherwise at tending to the comforts and convenience of the public. Sin DE LACY EVANS wished to know how soon Battersea Park would be finished and opened to the people? Mr. RICARDO, who wore his arm in a sling, said that, as he had bean put forward by the Noble Lord be .ow as a victim of the incompetency or the Noble Lord opposite (Manners) for the office which he held, ho bagged to say that ho owed his accident to the bad shoulders 'of his horse and to his own clumsiness, and not to the state of the road on which he was riding. Lord J. MANNERS said that he was taking all the means in his power to hasten she formation of Battersea park so fast as the different plots fell in. Mr. W., WILLIAMS did not grudge a proper outlay on the parks, but when he found that such a sum as 15,000/ was to be spent on St. James's,' the Green, and Hyde Parks, he could not help asking why such large sums could be constantly required for the maintenance of those parks? It required persons of some influence and gentility to get into those parks. He himself had beets turned back with much incivility, when in a cab, and about to come down to that House on public busi ness. Now, ho thought that these public parks, sup ported as they ware by public money, were made too exclusive. An officer of the guards was allowed to pals through the park, but not a private gentleman. He could not understand the reason for this distinction. He did not wish the parks to he thrown open to omnibuses, waggons, and carts; but certainl y , co nsidering the im mense sums spent on the parks, the general public ought to have a larger amount of privilege given to them. Colonel bIBTHORY seldom, very seldom indeed, agreed with the Hon. Member (Mr. Williams), but, in this instance, he really believed the public were i m . the use of their parks. With respect toarch, t h e marble e had always objected properly debarred from _ to the expenditure for removing .that useless piece of ex travagance, and to the place se,ected for its site. He had moved for a return of the expense of removing the arch, and be was then assured the e x p ense would not greatly exceed 4,0001.; but from the statement made to him, he learned that the actual expense wa s nearer 12,0001. t ban 9, 000 / Re w as one of the last men in the House to deny her Maj es t y any luxury, eujovmeet, and pleasure this country could give, for well she merited these testimonies of regard ; but a; far as the marble arch and the trees in the park w ere con cerned, he considered the expense of removing one and the destruction of the other, were little less than an in fringement on the rights and liberties of the people. Ile would beg to ask tho Noble Lord what had been the expenditure of removing the marble arch, and whether the expense had been in accordance with th e s t atement made to him by the Noble Lord opposite? Lord SEYMOUR denied that the cost of taking down and rebuilding the arch had exceeded the estimate he bad given. There were other expenses connected with Buckingham Palace which were not included in the re moval of the aeels, and if those wire deducted, ho had no doubt the expense of removing the arch would be found to be within the estimates. Sir DE LACY EVANS thought the arch was a very fine ornament to the park, and very suitably situated. With regard to the passage through the Horse Guards, he had been denied the privilege of passing through the park, but he thought it was not quite legal to stop the representatives of the people when public business called them to that House. The Hon. and Gallant Member made some remarks on the water and drainage of the Serpentine, which did not reach the gallery. Lord J. MANNERS said, with respect to the drain age of the Serpentine, it would be difficult to legislate on the subject; but various plans had been proposed, and the subject was under consideration, as understood. In reply to a question, Lord J. MANNERS said, with respect to the office of ranger of parks, a report had been made in whioh every information would be found. Lord SEYMOUR said the pay of rangers could easily be stated—for they had no pay at all. Colonel SIBTLIORP said on looking at the amount of the expense of removing the arch, he could not find any expense charged except what was consequent on the re moval of the arch. Mr. W. WILLIAMS hoped the Noble Lord (Lord Seymour) would explain the charge for ranger's apart ments, in St. James's Park, 1,560 L, especially as he had just informed the House that the rangers of parka had no pay. Lord SEYMOUR' said the payments made were for gateakeepers and others; the chief rangers received seething. Lord DUNCAN said- the rangers had lodges in some of the parks, which lodges were kept up at the public expense Ho again repeated that is was inconvenient to have two sets of servants in the parks, one under the rangers, and the other under the Woods and Forests. He was much pleased to hear that this anomaly w be remedied by the doing away with divided jurisdiction.lBto Lord J. MANNERS reminded the Noble Lord rangers of parks were royal gifts. The juke that Wel lington was ranger of Hyde-park, but of had no h The rangership of Riehmond-park otne. the Royal Family, and a house Was given to one of pre sumed the Noble Lord had was provided. He these Royal gifts. no wish to interfere with Lord DUNCAN did not wish motest degre e w i t h the r " h to interfere in the re ts of the Crown. Hi s N o bl e Friend bad mi sta k en what he said. His belief was there e were several lodges occupied by members eesin the p ar k s wh i ch were not Occupied by de puty ro f the Royal F am ily. Th ey were of the public. angers, end kept up a t th e expense Mr. SLANEY thought the Crown ought to have the power of appointing to these rangersihps, as he believed they were given as equivalents yielded by the Crown. It would not to be quite the thing to say that the Royal residences should be let end thus made the most of. Mr. WILLIAMS could not understand why 1,500/. Ahonia hr r (pir. 4to k th . , 1-. a wh-n all the , nu.y pediivs living in ruble': to cio wits to pa and shut the gatce. The vela was then agreed W. 121,2491. for the New Houses of Parliament.... Agreed to. 8 3201. for a new buildieg for public records.-- Agreed to. 10,0001. for the Stationery-chits.—Agreed to. 89.396/, for new packet harbour and harbour of re fuge at Holyheed.—Agreed to. 170,0001 tor harbours of refuge. Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know which of the Channel Istaeds was to have a harbour, and what was the original estimate? Mr. HAMILTON said a renOrt had been published, which seep?iecl the requisite information. Mr. TRORNELY said the whole of the amount for harbours of refuge exceeded 2,000,0001,, and this was an immense num. Mr. WILLIAMS said he understood the money for the Channel Islands was to go towards fortifying them. Mr. STAFFORD said that nine-tenths of the money wee expended in harbours of refuge in the Channel Islands, and not in fortifications. Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know the amount of the original estimate, and the amount spent? Mr. STAFFORD replied, the original estimate for Alderney was 620,000/., and for Jersey, 700,000/.; and that there had been spent for Alderney 195,0001., and for Jersey 192,0001. It was necessary to continue the works, to prevent the sums already expended from be ing useless. Mr. WILLIAMS believed that the public vvou!cl prefer that all further expenditure should cease for these works. Tote agreed to. 1,3511., for works connected with Port Patrick Har bour.—Agreed to. 35 865/., for public buildings in Ireland, connected with the Board of Works. Mr. V. SMITH said that this was an increasing vote. Ho noticed a suin of 30,000/, for building a Custom house and Post-office at Belfast. That was a new charge and ought to have been a separate vote. Af ter the evidence which hod been given before the Com mittee, he looked with jealousy at the expenditure fur public works in Ireland, and did not feel inclined to trust altogether to the discretion of the Commissioners. Mr. HAMILTON admitted that it would have been better if the sum referred to had been made the subject of a separate vote. In the arrangement which had been made with respect to the building of the Custom-house, it had been thought advisable, instead of paying the ex pense out of th e revenue , to bring it before the House. Mr. WILLIAMS said that he noticed in this vote a charge of 3,9001. for Phoenix-park. There was, in another vote, a similar ch arge on t h e same subject. There was also a charge of 6841.. for the Queen's Col leges of Belfast an d G a l way. He believed the under standieg was, when Sir R. P e el b roug h t i n the estimate fir theso colleges, that no many would he required beyond the sum then agreed to. He also °ball ved that there was a suns of 3,076/. for the Royal Irish Academy. Some explanation was required as to these items. Mr. HAMILTON said, that there could cot be a more useful public estealishment then the Royal Irish Academy, and the sum proposed was rendered accessary by the expiry of the lease of the buildings connected with it. With regard to the Qieen's Colleges, the Act made no provision for the maintenance of them. Mr. WILLIAMS asked for an explanation of the two items respredng thesPheeaix-park. Lord SEYMOUR said, that the one item referred to the buildings in the, park; and the other to the expense attending the grounds as a place of public recreation. Vote agreed to. 11,028/. for repairing Kingstown Harbour.--Agreed to. 95,800/.—salaries and expenses of officers of the two Houses of Parliament, and allowances for retirem9nt. Mr. WILLIAMS said there had been a great increase in this vote. Ia 1844 the gross amount of all the items under the head of salaries, &c,, was 677,0004 This year it was 1,032,0001. Sir D. NORREYS wished to know who was respon sible for the supply of water to the Houses of Parliament. He wished also to direct attention to the defective state of Westminster Hall. The water had been running into it for the last two or three months, and there were leakages in every direction. When the firo occurred in part of the new Houses last year, no water was to be had. Lord J. MANNERS defended tho officers of the de partment of which he was the head from any blame in the matter. Lord SEYMOUR admitted that there was a deficiency of water when the fire in question broke cut, but he had taken measures to have a supply of water twice a day, and had a return made every week that the supply was sufficieut. He believed the same system bad been' con tinued by the Noble Lord opposite. Vote teemed to. 54,4004 salaries of the officers of the Treasury.— Agreed to. 26,5501, salaries of the officers of the Home Depart ment-office.—Agreed to. 67,735/, salaries of the officers of the Foreign-office. Mr. WILLIAMS thought some explanation should be given of the cuormous charge for contingent ex penses. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the vote was taken for next year, and of course those ex penses could not be described. Mr. WILLIAMS suggested that in future the contin gent expenses of the pant year should be stated in a note in the votes of the following year. Vote agreed to. 38,8151. for salaries in the offices of the Secretary -at- War and in the Colonial-cffiee.—Agreed to. 65,320/., salaries of officers of the - Privy Council and Board of Trade.—Agreed to. Agreedt 2,680/,o salaries of the officers of the Pri v y S ea l .-- 23,1501, salaries of the Paymaster General's depart ment.--Agreed to. 6,3261., salaries of the department of the Comptroller of the E xchequer. —Agreed to. 22,8201., salaries in the office of the Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings. Lord DUNCAN wished to make one or two remarks on this !cite, which was one Chet was proposed for the first time. The House would recollect that last year a Bill was introduced, by which the office of Public Works !• was separated, and properly separated, from that of the Woods and Forests. For the separation of these two offices the public were indebted to the late Govern ment. The point to which he wished to direct the atten tion of the Committee was, the great expense which had been incurred in consequence of the separation of the two offices. Ho thought that the separation of the two offices ought to have been attended with some economy; but he found that, before the separation, the charge for the two had amounted to 33,6001., while it had since risen to 43,465/, showing an increase of not less than 10,000/. He also found that at the time the change had been PEcted, a number of old clerks had been dis charged on retiring pensions, while a number of new hands had been put in at a great expense to the public. Then, again, it appeared that the sum to be paid to the solicitor to the Board of Works, and his clerks, amounted to not leis than 3,9001. a year, and that the suns to be paid to the solicitor to the Woods and Forests and Land Revenue Department, and his clerks, amounted to not less than 7,000/. a year. He certainly thought that those were euormoits sums to pay for legal services; end he regretted that the eeperation of the two offices had been rendered so unpalatable by the addition of about 13,000/. a year to the expenses for clerks and other officers. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON said he believed the Noble Lord was under a mistake us to the rehetive cost of the departments before and since their separation. From a statement then before him it appeared that before the separation of the offices the salaries of the clerks had amounted to 23,0134 a year, and that since the separa tion the salaries had amounted to 23,8001., which gave but a very small increase of expense under the new ar rangenatent. The legal expenses had formerly amounted to 10,0184 and amounted at present to only 9,300/. Lord DUNCAN said it appeared that the salaries of the solicitors.and their officers in these two departments amounted in round numbers to 11,0001. a year, while the solicitor to the Treasury received only 2,000/. a year. He could not understand why the latter charge should be so much less than the former. Mr. WALPOLE said that the vote for the solicitor to the Treasury did not include the salaries of clerks and other expenses included in the vote then under their consideration. If all those charges were added to the Treasury vote, he believed that vote would amount to 23 000/, a year. Lord DUNCAN said he thought that the whole principle of paying those solicitors required revision. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON said he was informed that the arrangement for the payment of the solicitors had been male by the Noble Lord lately at the head of the Woods and Forests, and that it had been based on the principle that they ought to receive an amount equi valent to their average receipts during a certain number of years. The vote was then agreed to. 20,6451. were voted for the salaries and expenses of the es Com missioners of Wo o d s, Forests, and Land Revenu. 2,761/. were voted for the State- paper Office. portion of the expenses of A vote of 3,2731. having been proposed to defray a the Ecclesiastical Commission for England, Mr. WILLI AMS said he should feel it his duty to take the sense of the Com m i ttee against that vote. Ho thought th at nothing tha could be more di scre di ta bl e t h an t the public should he charged with the expense of an Oflce created for the management of the funds of our enormously wealthy Church establishment. Colonel SIBTHORP wished to know why it was that a portion @nig of the expenses of the Commission were included in that vote? Mr. G. A. HAMILTON sa id th a t that subj ect been c are f u ll y cons i dered in the year 1847;ait had bad then be en th oug h t that as the dut i es o f t h e Ecclesiasti cal Commissioners were not wholly connec t e d with the Church, but embraced such questions us bat fair that a portion of the expense of the Commission a s the tithe com position, w hi c h a ff ecte d the land, itmi„ion should be de frayed out of the public funds. ha d always objected to that He did Sir B. HALL said he d last year the minority vote, and he remembeirte hadthbeeten a large one. o ught to be called upon to bear who had voted against ,. expenses of a Commission which before the had of Church property every year. On to manage millions anyno t think portion that a o t f the ho pub lc that very Corroe f siS u l o s n re th tu e r r n e r fol o ua to the united incomes of the t. Commons, ,the Secretary sor the Home es it appe,,,r,d had an income ofe equal ' Speaker the Coloeiee, the Secre tary Foreign .Affairs, and the Commissioner of ens whoe was ou it another bishop who serthrnioeunste, the .secretary tor ttj 0 0 0a f r ore t yp h s h a d an income equal to the unit e d i ncomes of the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the Chief Baron of th e EX . '" "7.. • (I , , , urt of Cwi l tr on 6 Lig satteta.he,..- that teeuse. Mr. WILLIAMS said he believed the Commissioners had no duties to discharge except duties connected with the management of the revenues 9f the Church. The Committee then divided, when there appeared.' For the vote ... ••• 5 : Against it... ... ••• "• •" 4 Mejority for the vote ... ••• ••• --13 The vote was st.en a g r ee d to . A vote of 221,361/ having- been proposed for the et pence of the Poor-law Cointiaitsion, Sir H. VERNEY said he believed there must be sem; thing radically wr ong i n our mode of dealing w ith , ti poor. Th ere were in England 6,000,000 of acres of Ist wholly uncultivated, and yet we crowded able-bodied 1g beurers in poor-heuses, or compelled them to seek ern ployment in foreign lands. He believed that our pres et law of settlement reauired cere!ul revision. Sir J. TROLLOpE said that the subject of the law G ssettlementrad enge ge d a considerable portion of the al tention of his Righ t H on. Friend Cdr. Baines) who ue ., preceded him in his present office, and of his own Mts . ? tion during the short p er i o d he had held that office, fti he hoped that if the same duties shout I continua to de volvo upon him, he should be able in the course of t n s! ensuing session to introduce a measure for regalatithti the law of settlement, which would be satisfactory te country and beneficial to the labouring classes.- - (S eat b , hear.) He was aware that our labourers required tt' eto allowed a more expansive opening for their elenrteluld than that which they at present pesteseed. - 4 3 not, therefore, further take up, unnecessarily, the of the Committee. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said that ho knew of no depart' ment which, yet r after year. increased in the name P res portion as the p oor -l aw. I n 18-14 the whole chair). was 49,700/. for E ng l an d and Ireland; in 18 41 the amount reached 182,2001 .; l ast year it was 2111,"dta and in the pres en t year i t reached 221,3601. $e did not mean to ch arge t h e Ri ght Honourable Crer3tiera opposite with thi s increase—which. nearly witeg ete er n n took place i n I re l an d — b ut certainly it requitWd nation.—(H eir , hear.) • Sir J. TROLLOP E explained that the increase ° the r ! preeent y ear, as regarded Ireland, was owing to theAi dical Charities Act, passed in the last session. Mr. BAINES should say that the increase as Tee; 0 1. the . English st u ff was only 600/., or 200/. per r a w ' e re ditional to ea c h o f three poor-law inspectors, tillen-teg recommended by hi m to such increase of salary, eee nt — t el in every way entitled to it.—(Hear.) He hoped , — fwee measure that might be brought in by the Right ten et Baronet opposite (Sir J. Trollope), the law of _ n r: o l chial settlement would not be overlooked, as it e%eir d el a very great an d b aneful influence on the rioeie",-ela moral character of the people. He (Mr Baines) be happy to a ff or d every information end assistite e 'n'ing Lord NAAS assured the Committee that it we itr to the Medical Charities Act of last session that t"" crease occurred in reference to Ireland, Sir W. SOMERVILLE wished it to be untle nn r e le 0 that the estimate for Ireland should be looked or !or a year and e ceterter ineteed of a year. a ss th e Mr. HINDLEY hoped the Committee would P - t ot ed item, seeing that the Bank of of England lead r e t he paynaent,of a cheque frem the poor-law board, e ll the gin and of there being no assets.—(Laughtere) n ate Atter a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS, t he was agreed to. " l a 0 1 The votes of 36 439/„ expenses of the :31--- . 6010, 11,6681, expenses o f t h e d epartment of public re e were agreed to. On the vote of 15 190/ . to defray the salaries s ea er penses of the inspectors of factories and mines, Mr. HINDLEY called atte n ti on to t h e fact ate" eel were several di s t r i cts i n wh i ch the factory law- , carried out. Mr. WALPOLE stated that, in come hence= e- l e er ligence received, h o h ad given instructions totbi. they specters to hare as much information as carried leeted, with a view to have the law fully carrieu effect, pea Mr. BRIGHT hoped the Right Hon. Gentlienta ll o wit not given instructions to the factory inspectors tod'i;"te the fate more rigidly than at present. He e'et'Llottt testimony to the_ industry of some of those ifi s e ri . ar who left their gigs in bye places, and steal tu l lb e te, preached the factories to see if they could surpri ,s e „, and afterwards have them mulcted in a court of le e " . dt be had heercl of ono inspector, the son of a bishwpi tent a race with two factory believed, the brother of an ex-Home Secretary, wuw e eet, girl:;.—(Laughter.) -- Ble if tr ats' the girls arrived first at the f ac t ory, and gave Idl-- tion that ho wag c oming.—(Leughter.) n° Y Mr. WALPOLE said the intention of the G-eetroathing was to see th e l aw duly carried into effect, and s" d the more. Ia distant localities the law was evaded,. Of the mills were worked over time, to the detrimetnt " o ther children engaged, and to the unfair competition s beir vv milloners. When inspectors were " sen t d oir e tor tes, arrival by the t ra i n was d uly notified at the 'fteotitht and inst ant l y t h e parties removed everything t ELatd teeS heve the appearance of being contrary to law, Al? tetn of the Slot was evaded. Now, it was to amend that ow things that her Majesty's Ministers were a nxiotes• a t e Mr. HINDLEY c all e d attent i on to the clause Irn a t ing accidents, which should be altered, as at." 0,,,,, parties were comp e lled by t h e a d v i ce of pet I 'l attorneys to go into the superior courts. Sir J. TYRELL hoped th e H on . M em ber ibtr ee the cheater (Mr. Bright) w ou ld s t u d y t h e re port ut . ` subject of factory accidents. Mr. BRIGHT said the Hon. Baronet was no t f i ff ite te of the nature of the report. The clause refe r r in g ch all accidents was a very annoying ono; am ) , e c t i le be & tore.' parties were unanimous in thinkieg should be pith carts were more accidents occurred in co e lo opena ti o net carts and waggons than arose from machine discover and he doubted not the Hon. Baronet or; in E.3seee for much, when machi nery was introduced agricultural purposes. • Sir J. TYRELL hoped, when ra2erthinry should be re he watched introduced in E etex, the railways would not t aw ) in order to re p ort t h e arr i val o f t h e inspect or._ ( The vote was then cgreed to. and On the vote o f 1,700/, to defray the expenses salaries of cer ta i n officers in Scotland , Mr. W. WILLIAMS called for s ome explanation e t the 'vote. H e f oun d t h e Queen's clockmaker, the Queen plate to be run for at Edinburgh , the Queen's plate t° be run for at the Caledonian Hunt, and the Leceen n e. Plate fur the Royal Scottish Archers. Now, surely she rac,, people of England should not be taxed for horse- t. t i u o 7 in Scotland. He also found in the next vote 1,57 1 ! l ee fifteen plates for horse-racing in Ireland, to whicht. rhea Scotland. ohjectiegtlreland was poorer D though Scotland. Colonel SIBTHORP supported the vote. lie con' et calved it calculated to promote the improved breed u_; horses; and racing also contributed to the amusement o' the people. The vote was then agreed to. Oa the vote of 6,4641. to defray the salaries of offiC of the Lord Lieutenant's household in Ireland, Mr. WILLIAMS objected. He found 275/. for te‘ hales for two gentlemen at large, and 200/ for the ma gi ter of the horse. Such stuff as that sho u ld b e sce nts , in the case of a mere Lo r d Lieutenant; and was allowabl e only in the case of h er M a j esty, who was as much (P een of Ireland as of England. Mr. HAMILTON said the people of Ireland were Deli nimous in upholding the office of Lord Lieutenant, ali strongly oppos e d to any further centralization in o management of the affairs of Ireland.--(Near.) e Mr. STANFORD considered horse-racing o f itself a s innocent amusement; but o f l ate t h e betting houses 613 4 gambling h e ll s o f t hi s metropolis—where vagabonds e'„ blacklegs of ever y c l ass and k i nd collected—were be 4 come fearfully num erous , an d requ i red a vigilant 61,117.$ „ constant looking after.—(Hear.) He comp l a i ne d 0 there was no control o ver t h e c i gar and other shops in. which a great de a l of demoralization was going 91%j that metropolis, and he th oug h t they ought to - be p l a ced under the control of the police. Sir DE LACY EVANS was disposed to sappo._ rt the observations of the Hon. Gentleman from the informee tion that had reached him, lie hoped it would rece d t v the attention of th e G overnment, although it could ha rdly be expected th a t i n the present state of affairs th e matter could be taken tip. Sir W. JOLLIFFE, in the abse nce o f th e Home cretary, could assure the lion. and Gallant M ell3-e d that his Right Hon. Friend had had his attention to the subject, and was most anxious to devise 50123 means to rem e dy t hi s evil, which had tended so rallea ,c, h, militate against the happiness and prosperity of working classes. Mr. WILLIAM S said it would be impossible to id" terfere with b e t t i ng among the working-classes, u nless they put it down among the higher classes, and hop ed . the matt er wou l d meet with attention so that these IR"' s. might net appe ar i n t h e est i mates in future years. Afcel. some conversation the vote was agreed to. „f The ne x t vo t e was 22,563/, to defray the expense s the Chief Secretary's office in Ireland. al l Mr. WiLLIAMS did not see the necessity for lie these officers, and thought some reduction ought to made. Lord NAAS said considerable reductions had taken place in that department within the last few years. The vote was then agreed, as was also. 6,051/, for the office of Paymaster of Civil Ser vi e° - in Ireland. 32,013/ Work) ~ for the Board of Public in sea' service. the vote for 32,00 0 /, for foreign and other sem'_ „s service, ° Colonel SH3THORP said he bad always ob je c ted this grant, as no explanation was given of the manner tu which it was expended. He always had, and alway s would protest against such humbug of the public. d Mr. MACGREGOR said, some of t h e mon ey be d passed through hie hands, and he denied that it was 10 2 . properly disposed of. It was emp l oyed in obta i n i n g in' f o rmation most important t o t h e commerce and naviga tion of the country, whi c h cou l d not otherwise b e ob tained. Ha had obtained that information at the lowest possible rate.—(L aug h ter.) If the Committee called .tu _ mind that a milli on and a half was formerly expende dg France,, and that th e Governments of Austria, Press and even the U n i te d States sent large sums ter secret service, he did not think the sum of 32,0001. was to o large for the British Government. • Sir. G. PECHE LL contended that the pu bl ic wag entitled to some explanation as to the disposal of this mo tley; they must oth e rwi se look with suspicion up on this vote. Tho CHANCELLOR o f th e EXCHEQUER said it would be str a n ge if t h e G o vernment should be oa lled upon to declar e w h a t w as in its very name and character secret. If the inf o rmation was to be given i re sold" it u would be no longer secret, and unless the Housec t aome to for secret tion that th ere should be no longer ser vice and th a t the Government tou,e a i tell the pu bli ct what va te e noy. e y was appropriated fur, the :elvesion of the lion. Baronet could not be edopted. He agreed in much the Hon ill - ember for Gies of what had been stated by gow. No one could deny that &te ! tte first-rate pow ers of te , •vple or quintuple the amount vo Europa expended qt.a •de by this c J untry. The vote wa the 0 s now 32,0001. Some Bent Members might recollect , time when they were bi_.ge 13 qllO3 for the foreig n to vote a considerably ltrger 1,,6 fcr prop whole of the secret service , and a great of it was for services rendered many years ag o, 1 _ u F . , ;r e ; pensions to widow? and relatives of persons ffhl , in