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fourtbWttition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve. BRIGHTON PAVILION . BILL. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER the following Mem bers were appointed a Select Committee on the Royal Pavilion (Brighton) Bill:—Captain Pechell, Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Frewen, Mr. Deedes, Mr. Childers, Mr. Stafford, Mr. Halter, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Ilesdlam, and five Members to be added by the Committee of Selection.—The Committee to have leave to sit upon Tuesday next. PETITIONS. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Sal ford in favour of the Smoke Prohibition Bill. Mr. GROGAN presented a petition from Dublin in favour of a sanitary Bill for Ireland. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from the master bakers of Marylebone against the Sale of Bread Bill. DURATION OF PARLIAMENT BILL. D'EYNCOURT moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. S. ADAIR would put it to the Right Hon. Gen tleman whether he would persevere with this Bill at so late a period of the session, and under the very pe culiar circumstances attending the introduction of the mea sure. Last year he had opposed the motion of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose for a reform of Parliament, on the ground that, consi dering the state of the country, he did not think it would be ad viseable to effect any change in the constitution. He confessed, however, from what had transpired since, he thought the time had now arrived when further re forms were necessary. Considering that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had conceded that there should be a further extension of the suffrage, he could not see what objection could be urged against the prin ciple of the Bill of the Right Hon. Gentleman for shortening the duration of Parliaments. Although he saw no prospect of the measure being carried this session, he felt bound to give it his support. The principle of the Bill was not a new one, and in his opinion the Right Hon. Gentleman had wisely left it to %het House to fix the period to which the duration of Parliament should be limited, and he trusted that in the next session some measure would be proposed by them to give effect to the long wished for and anxious expectations of the people for further reforms. Should he not be able to proceed with the measure this session to a successful issue, he trusted those of the Government Members who were favourable to gradual reforms in the legislative institutions of the country, would give this subject their serious consideration, and convince the unenfraechised masses out of doors that they were not unmindful of their claims to be represented in the Commons House of Parliament.—(Hear, bear .) Sir GEORGE GREY said whe n his Hon. Friend behind him introduced this Bill, his Noble Friend at the head of the Government went at length into the views he personally held and the Government entertained upon this question, and as no answer was made to that speech he thought there was an end to the matter, so far as the present session was concerned.—(Hear.) It now, however, seemed to be otherwise. With regard, therefore, to the question itself, he did not believe that any particular discontent existed in the country as to the duration of Parliament, nor could he bring himself to think that the House would be acting prudently if it sanctioned the second reading of this Bill. Under the existing system of legislation many measures of great public importance ran through three or four sessions, and it was therefore highly desirable that all such measures should be revived and disposed of by the same Members who had fi rst considered them. Limit, however, the duration of Parliament to three years, and such a mode of proceeding would be absolutelyimpossible; at present public opinion and public feeling acted as a wholesome check upon the votes of Hon. Members; and as, from 1826 to 1841, there were no less than six Parliaments, the average duration of which did not exceed two years and a half, he thought there was no necessity for the Bill, and he should, therefore, move that it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. M. GIBSON said the Right Hon. Baronet seemed to think that in consequence of the Noble Lord's speech upon this question not having been answered, the sub ject ought to be considered as disposed of, and it was, therefore, unnecssary for him to dwell at any length upon it ; but the real answer to the Noble Lord's speech was the division that followed it. Well, then, notwithstanding the appeal that was made to the gentlemen present when this Bill was first moved for not to support it, there was a decided majority in favour of its introduction, and having so decided it would be treating the House with disrespect if they were not to dis cuss its provisions with fairness.(Hear, hear.) And he must be allowed to observe that these divisions were not quite accidental.—(Hear, hear) The majority ob tained last year in favour of the Ballot was by no means accidental nor was the majority in favour of the motion for introducing this Bill to shorten the duration of Par liaments. Some Honourable Members were reluctant to vote against popular rights, and although be would not go the length of saying they would, if requested by the Government, come down: and re cord their votes against these measures, he was quite convinced that their absence was not always quite acci dental. Being left to themselves, they preferred rather to go away than remain to vote against a measure for extending popular rights, and these majorities ought :not to be treated as accidents which did not convey the feel ing of the House on matters of reform.—(Hear.) With regard to the immediate question itself, he did think that a shorter period of time for the duration of Parlia ments would act as a wholesome check upon the pro ceedings of Members of the House, and he thought that shortening their duration was more necessary now than it could have been at any former time, for the House was now called upon to deal with 60,000,0001. taxation annually levied upon the people, while the Government exercised a great amount of pa tronage in the management of Crown-lands and the dis posal of Church livings, which gave them easy means to tamper with the votes of Members , and it therefore be came more necessary now that there should be a more repeated appeal to the constituencies, it order to esta blish a more wholesome control over Members of Parlia ment..—(Hear, hear.) Let them consider for one mo ment what was the inducement now for Members to go into boroughs ; and after previous nursing there to expend large sums of money in bribing the electors? Why simply that after his return he could set the elec tors at defiance for six years, and indulge in some of the pickings that dropped out of the Treasury. Now, if he found that every two years he had to go before the elec tors, it would not be worth his while to spend money in nursing the borough and bribing the voters, but under the existing law the money he spent in that way was looked upon as a very good investment. If they were sincere in their desire to introduce fresh provisions into the law for the prevention of bribery and corruption at elections, they must not retain that com parative fixity of tenure which Members had in their seats in that House. If the duration of Parliament was shortened, the conduct of Members would be somewhat different when they presented themselves on the hustings, and the unbecoming system of givino , pledges would be done away with.—(Hear, hear.) He looked upon this subject as one of very great importance, and nothing that could be done with respect to the fran chise or the ballot would he of any real advantage so long as the duration of Parliament was prolonged, and so long as there existed in the hands of the Executive a large amount of funds, as well as patronage . .and places, for the purpose of either direct l y or indirectly influencing the conduct of Members. If they repealed Septenn ial Parliaments, they would at once go back to the Tri ennial Act, which stood ready made for them on the Statute-book—(Hear, hear)—there would be no go in g into Committee and discussing clauses, and therefore he thought the proposition of his Hon. Friend was the most fit one that could be adopted at this period of the session.—(Hear, hear.) The question was not a com plicated one, but simply whether they should restore the ancient law of the country, which was departed from, not permanently, but simply because the reigning family at the time was so unpopular that it was neces sary to prolong Parliament in order to secure their •tenure upon the throne. That reason, however, did not now exist, and he saw nothing to prevent them at once returning to Triennial Parliaments. He hoped that his Honourable Friend would persevere with the measure, for he was sure that he would carry with him the opinion of the people out of doors. He trusted that the Honourable Gentlemen opposite would not treat it as a rock ahead—that they would give no pledges to adhere to the existing forms of Parliament ; for depend upon it, the question would come before them ere long. He never f elt more sure of anything in his life than that that would be the case.—(Hear, hear.) He would advise them no t to raise the cry of " No sur render," which, with re s p ect to the free-trade question, had brought their party in to its present conflicting state. If ;he old Tory party should again resume power, as he had no doubt would be the case, he would underta ke to say that this reform question would present i tself in a very formidable aspect. He would caution t he m not to come into power pledged to oppose all changes in t he consti tution of Parliament, for if they did, some great qua rrel or split would happe n in their party, which would lead, perhaps, to the same scenes that were witnessed at the time of the free -trade debates. In a pr ogressive country like England, it was impo ss ible that such a question could be cotsilered irrevocably settled.—(Hear, hear.) . Mr. BERNAL said he was uprightsuraed that his Right Hon. Friend, with his ability , a i n tention , and ex perience, should have adoptd such line of argument. Be had stated as one reason for supporting the were not Triennial Act, that Members of Parliament angels of purity, and that " they pulled at th e benches" tortheir own individual aggrandiaement' T reasurylle (Mr. Bernal) would now tell him openly and man fully that this was all humbug and delusion. •--(Loud cheers.) He agreed that the system e t giving pledges on the hustings was disgraceful, but-he thought the constituents had an obligation on their side, and that they ought to look to the duties of a 'Member of Parliament in a more serious light than they :did. But when be said he repudiated pledges, he begged • to say that he repudiated also the doctrine of " speaking to constituents."—(Hear, hear.) He had no objection 'te shorten the term of Parliament, but let it be accom panied by vote by ballot, and by other reform measures, which would purify what was called the Augean Stable. Mr. HUME said that no one could for a moment imagine that the present stew of the constituency was one which would satisfy the country. He for one en tertained extreme views on this subject, and was perhaps prepared to go further than most Hon. Members, be cause, probably , he bad d evo t e d more time and reflec tion to this sub ject than others had done. Lie wile con' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 11k 1849, vinced that half measures were never prosperous. His motto was, never to compromise, never to give up his principles, but always to persevere. Her Majesty s Go• vernment had declared themselves advocates of progres sive reform. but as far as he could see, they were now standing still. But he must caution them, that he for one could not continue to support a Government which refused its countenance to all kinds of reform — as the present Government appeared to do. They would not go on one step towards measures of reform, while they knew that many of their warmest supporters were anxiously desirous. In the present state of the House the friends of reform were actually supporting a no reform Government. There were millions of men in this country who contributed to its support in a very great proportion, upon whom its strength depended, whose circumstances entitled them to be brought within the pale of the constitution, but were refused it. This dangerous proceeding might continua too long, He recollected, though many Members in that House might not, when Mr. Huskisson stood up in his place in Parliament, and declared that he had heard arguments of such a nature, as obliged him to give hit support to the Bill for the extension of the suffrage to Birmingham; and on the next morning he was obliged to leave the Cabinet.—(Hear, hear.) Well, what followed in a short time ? Why, a complete and total re form. Such, too, was the course of things with regard to the corn-law. He took the Noble Lord at the head of the Government to be a friend to reform, and also the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home Department, and he conjured her Majesty's Government to reflect, before they set their faces against Reform, what might be the consequences. He was, however, going to take an opposite course to that which he had heretofore taken. Before the Reform Bill he advocated the propriety of returning to triennial Parliaments; and, indeed, last session he voted in sup port of a motion having that object in view, but having taken the liberty of exercising his own eyes and ears he had come to the opinion, looking at the state the House had been brought to since the passing of the Reform Bill, that it would be impossible to conduct the public business properly if Parliaments were reduced to three years in duration. Indeed, those who advocated shorter Parliaments showed, in the in verse ratio, their incapacity to govern.—(Laughter.) As far as his reading and experience had taught him, he considered that the greatest gift heaven had bestowed upon man was the power given of ruling. He deprecated the foolish and silly grounds upon which some of the best servants in that House had lest their seats, and lamented the mans and difficulty that had been experienced in returning them.—(Hear, hear.) He was of the same opinion as the Hon. aen ttolembaen e w x h t o e h h a tt e d d j . u s s He a t w el a o s wi a hquit e a t d t e h e e i d f e r d a n c u h p i e s h e ought ; but he confessed he looked with exceeding suspicion upon those who advocated the Charter—because he found that the advocates of the five points were those who represented the persons who were ready to make that counter revolution in France, of which they had heard so much, and also had sympathised with them as suffering martyrs. Indeed, he found that they sympa thised with the disturbers of peace all over Europe. He believed it would be impossible to have a House of Lords and a hereditary Sovereign, if such principles were to prevail, and the whole power of the Government were reposed in that House alone. Mr. HUME denied it altogether, and challenged the Hon. Gentleman to prove that be had ever used any expressions of sympathy with the disturbers of the peace. Mr. DRUMMOND said the Hon. Gentleman had said all the world was advancing—let us ; we were once at the bead of them, but now we are at the bottom. France was now the highest. Mr. HUME—That has nothing to do with it. Mr. BRIGHT explained that the last person to whom the remark " pulling at the Treasury" could be applied was his Honourable Friend the Member for Rochester (Mr. Bernal). Never theless, the Government po,seesed mach Church patronage, which was equal to money value, and he be lieved that the Treasury exercised much more influence over Ministers during Parliaments of six or seven yt are' duration than they could if they were shorter. Direct bribes might not be known, but Members were more likely to attend to the wishes of their constitu ents if they appeared oftener en the hust ings. It was notorious that since the elec tion of the present Parliament greater deference had been paid to the popular will than during any former period. In 1720, Burke, speaking of septennial Parliaments, said, that annual Parliaments, which he supported, prevented that corruption of the deputies of the Minister which must result in Parliaments of longer duration. There could be no doubt that the state of things mentioned by Burke was in existence at the present moment. His Honourable Colleague had alluded to pledges. Many honourable men did not ap prove of giving pledges; but hustings pledges were merely the statement of opinions on certain measures. On the hustings he should not pledge himself to vote this way upon this matter, and another way as to that. A Member must, to do his duty properly, be unshackled by pleiges. To show the im propriety of doing so, he must point to the instances they had had during the last three years of Members voting directly in the teeth of the prin ciples they had advocated.—(Protectionist cheers.) Constituents should have a guarantee thattheir Members would appear oftener before them and be informed of their sentiments. The Member for Surrey generally acted so eccentrically that when he got up it was impos sible to tell which way he intended to vote. He was both Democratic and Conservative, and says things which, but for the good humour with which they were said, would doubtless be hard hits. If they would have large constituencies, despite little cliques in those con stituencies, Members who represented them, if they pursued an honest and independent course in this House would in the end conciliate the goodwill of those constituencies. He insisted this House ought to represent fairly the intelligence, the virtue, and the industry of the country ; he utterly denied that it did either the one or the other. Those questions ought not to be met in that flippant manner in which they were too often met, but gradual concessions ought to be made to public opion, so as to bring the institutions of the country more into harmony with that public opinion. Mr. WILLYAMS was opposed to any definite period for the duration of Parliament; but he would support the second reading of the Bill on the ground that seven years was too protracted a period for the duration of Parliaments, and that if Members were oftener remitted to their constituencies than at present, there would be less room for the existence of bribery at elections. Mr. HENRY BERKELEY said he should vote for triennial Parliaments as a part of that system which he thought ought to be accorded to this House. Lord DUDLEY STUART thought it did little credit to the Government to oppose such a measure as this, and some day they would find out the very great mis take they had committed, and that it was not safe long to disregard the loudly expressed wishes of the people. He knew that occasionally they awoke a little from their apathy, and promised some concessions to the people; but still all that could be got out of them was a slight glimmer of their future intentions. There must, how ever, be something more than shadows. Tne wcrkiisg classes of the country must have the pledge of a measure, and they would never be satisfied until Government came forward pith a Bill for im proving the representation of the country. It had been stated by the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of the Home Department that the Triennial Bill only provided that Parliament should meet once in three years, a statement that betrayed either great ignorance of history or great carelessness.; for, so far from that being the case, the Bill provided that Members of the Commons should be re-elected every three years. The Hon. Member for Truro had fallen into a mistake in supposing that this Bill enunciated the principle that the duration of Parliament ought not to exceed three years. It only declared the principle that at present the duration of Parliament was far too long a period, but for his part, although he admitted that the reduction of years would be an improvement in the sys tem, he was decidedly in favour of triennial Par liaments ; end if the House wished to make the representation of the people full, free, and effective, they must reduce the duration of Parliament to that extent. Of course such a measure ought to be accompanied by other reforms, such as the ballot and an extension of the suffrage, and in supporting this Bill he was quite ready to give the people all the rights which they had so justly demanded of Paliament.—(Hear.) Colonel SALWEY said nothing had been so painful to him, as a consistent Liberal, as witnessing, as he did last night, the contrast between the professions of the Government while in opposition, and their practice while in office. To him it was painful in the extreme to see them abandoning the principles and the people who had placed them in power, and much as he disliked Toryism, he despised still more that spurious kind of Whiggism which professed liberal opinions when in opposition, but when in office was regardless and wanton in the expenditure of the country, and took no sort of interest in the wishes of the people.—(Hear, hear.) So thoroughly did he detest such a mode of proceeding, that he thought no honest Liberal ought to sit on the Government aide of the House.—(Hear, and a laugh.) The establishment of the Septennial Act was the most daring act of usurpation that had ever taken place in this country; it was the seat of all the evils that attached to our representative system; it had promoted bribery and corruption at elections, and in all departments of the State, and he considered it had been the means of enormously increasing the na tional debt; it allowed Honourable Members six years for binning acd only one for repentance, and with these view's he should give his most cordial support to the Right Hon. Gentleman who had introduced this motion to the House.—(Cheers.) Mr. KERSHAW adverted to the necessity of the measure, and said it was a melancholy sight to witness the Government abandoning those principles which they had previously adhered to. He cordially supported the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and be trusted the Liberal Members of the House would support the principle of it. Mr. CAMPBELL denied that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had abandoned the principles which h e a d vocated when i n oppos i t i on, an d d e fied the Hon. Member for Montrose to prove that such was the case by any documentary evidence.—(Cries of "Divide.") Mr. D'EYNCOURT said, the simple question before the House was, whethe r or not they should return to triennial Parliaments. He agreed i n many of the ob servations that had been made, for the debate had taken a far wider range than he had anticipated. The policy of the Reform Bill had been discussed. When the Noble Lord had stated on his motion in 1637 that five years was a fair duration for Par liaments, how could the Government justify the course they were adopting? The iti e ht Hon. Baronet (Sir G. Grey) treated his observations in the same flippant way as he had done when be spoke upon the second reading of the Bill. It was true, the demise of the Crown and political Ichangee had reduced the duration of thre,a septennial Parliaments ; Int that was no argument against his motion. He de clared that long Parliaments induced Mt mbrs to be more easily reduced from their allegiance than they would be if they were shorter. The House then divided, when there appecred— For the amendment 132 Against it 57 11 , f6j or ity —75 SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL. _ _ On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill Mr. ROEBUCK rose to oppose the motion. He said he represented a great number of the manufactures of Sheffield, Rotheram, and other places. Science had not arrived ar:such a state as to enable laige manufacturers to consume their own smoke. The Act sail that proceed ings should be taken on inform Lion against manufac turers from whose chimneys opaque smoke was seen to issue, provided it was proved injurious to the neigh bourhood. Why. could they conceive that anything could lead to more litigation, or be more harassing to manufactures than this? Speaking on behalf of a large number of manufacturers, he felt it his duty to move that the House go into Committee on the Bill this day three months. Mr. Alderman COPELAND condemned the Bill, and considered that a proceeding of this kind should emanate from the Government. If there was a valuable patent by which the inconvenience of smoke might be prevented, let the Government purchase it and try it. The Bill would be found most injurious to the manufacturers of this country. Sir G. STRICKLAND said no one was more desi rous than he was that the Bill to effect the abolition of smoke should be passed; but the plan which would be applied under it having been tried, had not been found so susceptible of advantage as had been predicted of it. He trusted that the Hon. Gedtleman would withdraw his Bill for the present, because, as the manufacturing interests were now much distressed, it would not be ad visable to put them to any additional expense in altering their furnaces. He would himself, how ever, advise him not to abandon it alto gether, but to - bring it forward again next year, for he admitted that it was necessary to prevent as much as possible the emission of smoke from manu factories. Mr. BANKES should certainly vote in fa vour of going into Committee, because he thought the time had now come when they ought to look to the health of those who were most seriously injured by the smoke nuisance. Not only then, but every day they sat, they were paying a large sum of money for having air pumped into the House which was adulteratied and made unwholesome by the manufactories on the other side of the water. — (This created a laugh, owing to the House being at the time full of smoke.) He might mention as an instance of the injurious effects of smoke that a fine row of trees attached to the grounds of the Westminster School had been nearly entirely destroyed owing to its vicinity to the manufactories in the neighbourhood.—(Hear.) Mr. FORSTER deprecated such an interference with manufactories, and said the House might as well attempt to prevent expectoration in the streets.—(A laugh.) Sir CHARLES BURRELL supported the motion. Mr. BRIGHT said there were two or three reasons upon which he should object to the measure. The first clause was objectionable in a legal point of view. In the last three lines there was the word opaque, and if this Bill passed a good deal of annoyance and inct• venience would result to parties engaged in manufac tories from the disputes which must necessarily arise upon the meaning of the word " opaque." Smoke might be made opaque by the colour of the sky above it, but be had another technical objection to the Bill. One clause, for instance, provided penalties in cases of irregular lightings of fires; but the House, perhaps, was not aware that in most of the ma nufactel ing districts the fires of the furnaces were never allowed to go out, and the clause might produce great annoyance to the manufacturers, but certainly it never could be carried into operation by any bench of magistrates. Some centuries ago, in the time of Charles the Second, a book was written upon the smoke nuisance, a copy of which he held in his hand, and if the House would give him leave, he would read some very amusing extracts from it. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to read some of the contents of the book, which represented London at the period to be so continuously enveloped in smoke es to render it dangerous to live in, and then went on to contend that this smoke nuisance had always been a subject of dispute, and to defy the House to prove that London was worse off now, so tar as smoke was concerned, than it was in the time of Charles the Second. The manufacturers were as anxious to prevent the atmosphere being poisoned with smoke as any one, and they had long been encouraging scientific experiments to discover some means for con suming smoke. Instead, th ere f ore , o f crow di ng t h e sta tute with useless, mischievous measures like these, it was far better to leave the matter in the hands of the scientific men who were now engaged in endeavouring to devise some means for getting rid of the nuisance this Bill was: intended, but could not get rid of. The Bill, however,) which the Hon. Member for Lymington seemed anxious to pass without reference to the parties whom it would more immediately affect, if adopted by the House would read to endless disputes, and in the end prove a miserable failure. For instance, the parties to be liable to its penalties were to be the owners of fires producing the smoke. Just consider for a moment that in the manufacturing districts there were such things as chimney. used by fur nace owners in common, and the smoke of each furnace was conveyed to the chimney by a common tunnel passing under ground. Now, how could it be decided in such a case as that which furnaces had produced the smoke?— (Hear, hear.) Well, then, the House might depend upon it that the best course for them to adopt was to leave the matter to science. He and other manufacturers were us anxious as any one to get rid of the nuisance, but it was just as impossible to get rid of smoke: as it was to prevent some portion of the population of the country from occasionally suffering from want; and he hoped the House would not allow the desire of getting rid of the smoke:nutaance to induce them to pass Mae Bill. Mr. CUBITT was as anxious as any man, and so was his brother, to do all in his power to purify the atmos phere of London, but he felt that he could not carry on his works, and at the same time consume his own smoke. He should be happy to support any practicable measure. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that if the Hon. Member who had introduced this Bill felt himself justified in proceeding with the measure at the present late period of the session, and proposed to go Into Committee on the Bill, he should feel himself bound to vote for that motion. He had formed his opinion with respect to this Bill from the report of a Committee appointed at the suggestion of the Noble Lord the Member for Faikirk, and the evi dence produced upon it. Without pledging himself to all the provisions of the Bill, considering it founded upon the report of the Committee be had alluded to, ht thought the Bill ought to be allowed to be further pro ceeded with. Mr. THURNELY objected to the further proceeding with the Bill, considering that the matter should be left to the supervision of the local authorities. Mr. SPOONER contended that there were different local Acts now in existence which would effect all that was contemplated by the present measure, and that, therefore, the present Bill was unnecessary. They might put their machine in the best possible con dition, yet its operation was left to their workmen, and they could not get those workmen to attend assiduously to the working of the machine. The smelting of metals depended on a certain heat, and any inattention on the part of the workiug men irreparably damaged all the metals under the process of smelting. Again, this Bill not only applied to towns, but it applied also to the mines of the country. It would be a thorough waste of time to go into Committee on this Bill. He should, therefore, vote against it. - Mr. PARKER hoped his Zion. Friend (Mr. Mackin non) who had brought forward the Bill would post pone its consideration for another year ; for alter all that had been said respecting it by the several Mem bers who had spoken on its merits, it was quite clear the Bill ought not to pass in its present shape. Before the House legislated on this subject, it would do well to consider what they could and what they could not du in relation to it.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. G. SANDARS cited the opinion of an eminent engineer in Lancashire to show that the smoke preven tion clause in the Manchester Local Act worked ad mirably well. It would be desirable, in his opinion, that the House should go into Committee on the Bill. Mr. BONHAM. CARTER had no steam-engine of his own, and he lived in au agricultural district; but the other day he saw an enterprising miller who had erected a stationary steam-engine on his farm. Any man who had a spite against the miller might lodge an information against him for work ing his steam-engine, which he thought a very hard case. He thought this was not wholly a manufacturing question, and he w Aild vote against the Bill in its present shape. Mr. W. PATTEN said he would vote for the House going into Committee on the Bill, but he did not think that much good would result from that course. Mr. MACKINNON replied. To the manufacturing gentlemen this was merely a question of pounds, shill ings, and pence. When it was said this Bill was ob jectionable on the score of expense, the Hon. Gentleman who made that remark spoke of furnaces generally, and not to furnaces which fed steam-engines only. He (Mr. Mackinnon) thought that that distinction should be borne in mind. Tnere could be no question that the smoke could be wholly prevented in futnaces which supplied stationary steam-engines, and that too at very small expense. He concluded by saying he would vote for the House going into Committee.—(Divide.) After a few words from Mr. LACY, Mr. BRIGHT said it was impossible for any general law to work so well as a local municipal Act. After some observations from Mr. DUNCAN, The House divided, when there appeared-- For going into Committee 83 For the amendment 64 Majority for going into Committee -19 The House then went into Committee on the Bill. On the first clause being proposed, a lengthened dis cussion took place as to the meaning of opaque smoke, iBlr. Mackinnon describing it as smoke that could not be seen through, a definition which Mr.Viliitrs, Mr. Bright, and several other Members thought v e ry vague . The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought it ought to be required that the smoke should be such as to consti tute a nuisance, and thst it should also be required that ietormers or other persons who complained of it should give notice to the parties to stop the emission of smoke from the chimney before any proceedings could be taken. Mr. ROEBUCK said, as it would require the draughtsman of the Bill to remodel the whole of it before he could introduce the suggestion of the Attorney- General, he would suggest that his Hon. Friend should withdraw the Bill for the present. Mr. MACKINNON said it was unfair at that late period of the SOSS,OII to ask him to withdraw the Bill. tie thought be was bound to press it, and could not ' i1t5 , 12% ticr..fore, to the recommendation of the Hon. • Gentleteate els. RICA RDO !heu c ;l`t the l ion. TFutltem'. r (M-. Machineoe) e hen he Cl3llght, to get rid of ote due smoke should consider whether the getting rid of it was not more mischievous then ite going off by the chimneys. Sir JAMES GRAHAM letd lot.ked at this subject repeatedly, with is view ot devising a method of getting rid of the smoke nuisance, but he h.l e.etie to the con clusion that there WOS 110 rented, hot su - h as was pro vided by the common law. A Bei rre•re ehserelly drawn than this was he bad never seen in the e..u ... 0! of his ex perience, and if a motion were made fer the rejection of the clause under the consideration of the House, he would vote for that motion ; and if no such motion were made, he would rota for the amend ment of the lion. Member for Sheffield, that the Chair man should report progress. After a few words from Mr. E. DEN/sow and Mr. MACKINNoN, who said he wit; decikk thy eppeeed to Mr. Bernal's leaving the chair, Mr. WALPOL' called the atten'don of the House to the report of the Committee which sat en the eueiect of smoke nuisance, in which the proposition was bud down that opaque smoko might be so managed ee to be nu longer a pubic nuisance. He thought a clai.se might be sirawn for the obviating of opaque smoke w tech would work well. Sir J. GRAHAM was sorry to hear that the fill had emanated from a Committee of this Houst ; and also that the Hon. Member (Mr. Mackinnon) aehereel to the original form of the Bill, though it had been t ,, r some years before the House, and he had obtained so much experience in the meantime. The clause could net be emended extempore, and, therefore, he was at a Inc, to see why the Chairman should not report progress, in order that this defective Bill might be amended. Wherever hie was endangered, the person istjured bad a right at common law. Smoke was necessary for the carrying on of the manufactures of the country, and the House should be careful how it interfered with them, and opened a door to the common informer.—(Hear.) Mr. LABOUCHERE expressed himself in favour of the Bill, believing, on the faith of Dr. Lyon Playfair and Sir Henry Delabeche, that manufacturers in large towns could consume their own smoke, and that such a course was necessary for the health of the inhabitants. But he had never disguised from him the difficulties that stood in the way ot legislation upon the matter. His Learned Friend the Attorney-General Having assured him that the Bill was defective, be ad : NiAed the lion. Gentleman to Lake the advice which had bcen tendered to him from various quarters, and with - draw the Bid until enother session. ) Mr. C. VILLIERS said the moment they read the • Bill the difficulty o: dealing with the subject presented itself, and it had been renewed in the course of the discwsion that had taken place. How could an informer prove the issuing of an effluvia from a chimney ? He could nut obtain possession of it and produce it.—(Laughter.) Why, it might be brought to his nostrils by a side-wind. The Honourable Member . for Dorsetehite said that a disagreeable effluvia had to-day fount its way into the House from the process of Dr. Reid. Why, it might happen that a manufacturer at Lambeth might be indicted by an infor mer in that House fur en effluvium which might have got into it from his works, or, perhaps, from that of somebody else.—(Leut o ncer.; Alter some observations from Mr. MACKINNON and Sir G GREY, it was agreed that the Chairman should report pregrese. the Haute then resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave w sit again on Wednesday week. remains earntst enough for LIJ to viow; tind wn toast oho feel surpfls d enough fiu . .t, on cur ,ido, ti', :-L::.tel:•• Ily p - vp,te,l ft.r :.tick ar t eit t ek, and cotepbt;e sueeet,s on tile part of tho Danes, as the movements of the Danish ships of war, and r}t supposed embarkation of the corps under General It 3e , s h ou ld have fible:w being iu a rned the t c i t i l i„ m . m „ an cling officers of such a R A C The Liberiecontai , s thi• We u%%rn M. Thif , rs that he was ;el. the other tiny on the road to England. What busin , ss h,:ci M. 'niers in London under pr , stnt circumstances? Will thi. eeeret journey bo di-nied the family c4,mpact End the letter of the Count de Neuilly?" TEsTi MON IA T;) TIIE 1-IUNGARIAN 11EFUGELS. " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THU; SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOv,..S FIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—Kossittit's Protest ayaing T.a,sicrn Ii terren- lion. [Trip Testimonial tor the Huegarian refugees— originally preposed by ourselves in the leading ar rich- published in The Sun of Tuesday, the 31 of July. and reprinted in our impression of Monday, the 9th instant—has not merely accumulated to a considerable ameunt under our own au-pice e, hut has elici eel the earnest cod eerdial co-operation of seve ral of the mist dietingni:ibed Members of the Impe rial Legislature. Tu say that we are deeply rejoiced at this noble response to our call would be but an imidequate t xpee-sion of our profound feelings of gratificetion. It affords us an eloquent and very atelible assurance, that while so large a poi lion of the press ot England is hounding on the united forces el Austro-Russian despotism on the heroic Hungalians, we are very far indeed from being isolated in our sympathy for the patriotism of the Magyar:. No; the people of these islands, men of almost every cless arid section of the community, have, either be word of mouth, or through written communication-, or through subscriptions to the Testimonial, proclaimed to us that our sentiments are re-echoed by thousands throughout the United Kingdom. And now, as a crowning confirmation that neither the multitude, nor the representatives of the multitude, are disposed to regard with indifference the dastardly neglect of the Hungarians, we may point with very allowable emotions of exultation to the formation of the Committee of Members of Parliament, described in the subjoined announcement—a Committee which has been constituted for the purpose of carrying out the objects originally suggested by ourselves. It will be observed that the Chairman of this Committee is the Right Honourable Lord NUGENT, M.P., a Nobleman who (it will not very speedily be forgotten) was the first to respond to our proposition, and the first to transmit to us a subscription to the Testimonial. Our sub scribers—we mean our subscribers to the Hungarian Testimonial - will be interested to learn that, pro sinus to the formation of the Committee, its future Chairman, Lord NUGENT, himself pro ceeded to Folkstune, for tie purpose of observing "hat might be the actual condi ion of the brave but unfortunate refugees. There he found these sixty five Hussars, headed by three non corn <aissioned officers, and presenting all those appear ances of toil, weariness, and privation which now just eight days ago we ourselves mentioned. A large barn ha,. bten appropriated to the con venience of the exiled soldiers; and there, with their egirnelitals hanging about them in tatters, end their physical strength considerably dimini,bed by their prolonged sufferings, they are awaiting era` aid from the generosity of the syrepathieEg English which will enable them to return, newly -clothed, newly armed, :e nd re-invigorated to the Moved laud of their nativity. That will be a noble day for England and Hungary when this regiment of Hussars shall stand berme the President KosiuTtr, and shall say to the Liberator of their c,runtry that they come to „serielaini the syrupithy of the British people in the tlengerian mos etnent. It is consoling and gratifying to learn that the ?fugces et Folkestone have already partaken, and ire still pitrttacmg of the simple, but heart-born hos iltslity of the inht.bitants of that seaport the T .oor cottagers at.d fi,h,rmen carrying to them, morn !ig ter rooming, loaves of bread and other provisions e.s rolv•its o f their friendship. We have yet further cause for gratification it the circumstance that there were pre ut the 4 ccasion of the formation of ne folio ing Committee, the Count LADISLAS i'ELSKI, the rixest-ntative of the Hungarian Re „hlic, recently ed in London from Paris, and with this di:-..inullhed patriot and diplomatist his fellow-countrynian, M. PuLSKI. Their feelings are, of course, fully and heartily in accordance with ours in regard to this testimonial from England to Hun gary.—Editor of The Sun.] We. the undersigned, having formed ourselves into a Provi, ienal Crommittee to afford relief and support to the sscd Ilungarian soldiers now at Folkstove, and to collect subscrip; ions to enable them to return to their own country, farnestly invite the contributions and co-opera -01 all parties who, either from sympathy with the flungariAn cause, or on the broad grounds of humanity And ben?volence, may be disposed to concur in the object of the committee. Contributions will be received by the , ;everal members of the committee and the following babkers:— Messrs. Smith, Payne, and I Coutts and Co. Smir.b. Messrs. Drummond. (Signed) NUGENT, (Chairman), M.P. DUDLEY COUTTS STUART, M.P. CHARLES LUSIIINGTON, M.P. FRANCIS MO WATT. M.P. WILLIAM SCHOLEFIELD, M.P. WILLIAM EWART, M.P. HENRY SALWEY, M.P. MATHEW WILSON, Jun., M.P. JAMES HEYWOOD, M.P. FREI , ERIcK PIGOU. T. MILNER GIPSON. M.P. B. M. WILI.CoX, M P. W. MACKINNON', TORRENS ..11•CULLAGII. M.P. AlO \(7KION VILNES, M.P. In addition to the a boveineutiooLd ILudorli and :dembers of Par!hum-Dr, further subm.:ririoui may be , r , thstaitted as h retofore to The Sun Office, ur.dFr ~over to 4 , The Subscriptions already received : Lord Nugent ••• 0 0 A Friend, by Lord Nugent 1 0 0 Edward Hill ... 1 0 0 Philo-Magyar 0 2 6 From a Few Chartists 0 5 1 i , 'rom a Few Carpet-makers, Borough-road ... 0 3 0 Joseph Collies 0 2 G 1 0 0 W. a L tbourer 0 2 6 F. B. 11 ( rota a Fuet Friends of Freedom)... 1 0 0 Edward Clayton ••• ••• ••• 4 12 0 J. 8., De%nspte. Manchester 2 0 0 Oileth, Ch• Iterdt in 0 10 0 it.lrwo , ph Oxley Ir. Saudwan and a fe•v other of Mr. Oxley's friend a I). Berti.l:ini ... 1 1 0 D reocrat ••• 0 5 0 A ▪ 0 2 6 -4, IV., a %Vail:ill Upho!sterer 0 1 0 V., eltto • 0 0 6 4 7aetato Young • . 1 0 0 J•ines S etyer. Hyde. Isle of Wight ... 1 5 6 Ma4)ar the Second 0 10 0 A. Clerk John „.. ..„ 1 10 0 A Republ:csii 0 2 0 Baritono A Few Lovers of Freedom 0 3 9 By Lord Nugent, from Francis Mowatt, Esq. , M.P. ••• ••• ... 5 0 0 A Hater of Tyranny „,. ▪ 0 5 0 An Old Soldier Some Poleg re.sident in London • ••• 312 4 Friends of Hungary 0 16 0 • ••• ••• ••• Martin William Pranks, Leeds • 4 0 0 • •• From the Composito rs o f The Sun . •• .. ••• o 12 6 H. J. S., Ilfracombe „„. „.„ 0 2 6 J. Brady, Esq. 1 0 0 A. F. Henderson, Esq.... ••• *** 50 0 Subscriptions raised at the Sun and Horse shoe, Mortimer-street, Cavendish -square ... 1 1 0 T. Gerald Massey ..• 0 2 6 John Wilson and Twenty Men of Marylebone 1 1 0 A Friend C. C. 0 2 6 Joseph For.ter. Alawick ... 1 0 0 Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P. ... 10 10 0 Jo-eph Ferguson, E q , Cat lis:e, per Lord D. C. Stu rt, M.P. ,„, ... 5 0 0 Mr. L'river 0 1 0 B , •) , .„„ 0 6 0 F. ieuds to Huugirian Nationality 0 5 6 I. I. F., a Working 0 2 6 A Lovk.r of Justice. at Howe and Abroad ... 1 10 0 Charles Lu‘hington, Esq , 5 0 o Al. xander Henry, E.q • M.P. ... 5 0 0 W. D. and Fellow I.,ibs.urt-r,-; ••• ••• 0 7 6 A Few Friends to the Hungarian Cause, Liverpool ••. ..• ••• 3 0 6 Fiiends at Tipton ... . 0 15 0 Henry Heath, merchant, Liverpool 1 1 0 James Stever, 2d contribution, Ryde, I. W. 1 0 Thomas Curtis, Esq., Brompton•crescent ... 5 0 0 J. Whitehead, Bradford, Yorkshire 0 10 0 SP , kl:-. Madrid journals of the sth have arrived. Queen Christina left IViacirld on that day for Bar celona. MADRID BOLSA, JULY S.---The news of the eupizu lation of Rome had 1r cduci-d a tuvuurablA irnpri-scion at the Bourse. The Thrte per Ccnts Jea.o..ired Rt 25k for paper ; the Five per CeE,N.. at 101; the Debt without Interest. ut ; aid thP Coupons at sf. STATE ol , "1 RAD E. (From the Manchester Guardian of this d 5.).) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The up ard tenettaicy servable in 'his market of late has been mole decidedly and generally developed to-day. The buyers have found the sellers, at the very least, harder to deal with ; for some descriptions of goods, and most kinds of yarns, an advance upon the attainable prices of last week has been demanded ; to some ex tent this demand has proved successful ; and, on the whole, a fair amount of business has been done. This movement is, perhaps, mainly attributable to the still upward course of the cotton market, viewed in connection with the scarcity of many of our staples, and the comparative lightness of stocks in others. To this short summary, we will add a few necessary de tails. In the course of the day, spinners wero a good deal excited on learning that the American steamer brought advices of a further advance of to it cent. per lb in cotton ; and that an active demand, at increasing rates, had ensued in Liver pool. For leading counts and qualities, the quotations rose id. to Id.; and, in some particular kinds, id. per lb. The home manufacturers yielded the most readily, and in the greatest degree. But even the Continental buyers complied with the evident necessity of going somewhat beyond their previous limits ; and their operations have been of fair extent, certainly larger than these of last week, including some purchases for Russia. The India merchants, moved by no induce ments in their own markets, have done exceedingly little. Doubled yarns about No. 40's are higher. Some descrip tions of goods have commanded prices to day exc •ediu,s2 by 3d., '40., and even 6d. per piece such as were cur rent a fortnight ago. This is particularly the case %via, 36-inch shirtings and printing cloths, end 26-i , ch prin ters. The makers of 40-inch shirtings show the gr-st est firmness, and, if not selling much, they have liitle to offer. The slight improvement in twavy goods, which we have noire- d in n-cent arlich s. is sustained though not carri.Al mach turthi r. b+ - me growth confidence is p?rcepiibie in the bottle department of business. ROCHDALE, MONLAY.—The market today Ills beet quite equal to thvt of preceding Monday. The ne mand continues good, and the wanufac:urers are askii g rather higher prices. There is yet but a limited do wand fur kerseys, and the manufacturers of those good, are rather slack at present. The woolstaples are asking rather higher priers f,r the raw material at precut. and in some instabces the demand may have been ob tained. HALIFAX, SATIMPAY.—ALbOtigh our PiFce Hall does not txhibit very LDLIC`i .herc is a !,:tot-cl neat of inquiry for worsted gcois, cht..tly taney. tor the &mei. American marker, ;n,l as stocks are very low. priee*..rt looking upwards. Tue tOr Aro. is ult crease, ai.d the spinners are full ut °Mei,. at improving quotations. The woo, in .:diet is mute active, at a , lvauc rates, but tha new clip cowing to umrket wads to Freven any rise of importance. FROM TUESDA GAZETTE. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. T. T. Hal (I , )n, Wau.lsworth, hutche r, 2 ~ on Thurs day, July 12, and three f4l , wiue Tnurbisky,, hetvietn eleven and two, at the i.fiict. of M. hall-street. W. Amos, Whitstable, Kent, cost merchant, 2s. 8.'., ou Thursday, July 12, and ihreu between eleven and two, et the l'ffice of Mr. Sta,st. id. Basinghall-street. J. S. Gomme, Ange..errlNN Hammersmith, c4binet.. au,ker, Os. 9d., on Thurs , lity, duly 12, and three ing Thursdays, between flecal and two, at the uffie; o. Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. C. Andrews, Brighton, fruiterer, Is. 91., Muscle). July 12, and three following Thursdays, uctereen eh. v.i and two, at the office of MI% Stansfeld, street. Garbanati, Newman-street, Oxford-street, carver and gilder, Is. 2 d., on Thursday, July 12, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basioghall-street. R. F. Gow,r, jun., New Broad-street, merchant, Is., on Thursday, Ju►y 12, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. _ _ J. Humphrey, North Wahham, Norfolk, grocer, on Thursday, July 12, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. J. A. Beaver, Manchester, cotton spinner, 3d., on Tuesday, July 17, or any following Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES, In the Country. J. Wilson, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, steel manu facturer, Aug. 4, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review, July 31. AI. Strang, Liverpool, merchant—T. Marsom, South place, Finsbury, dealer in horses—W. H. Osborn, jun., St. James's-place, Piccadilly, silversmith and jeweller — T. Bishop, Malden, Herefordshire, cattle dealer—J. Nichols, Snow-hill, City, ironmonger—R. Smithies, Aighton Bailey and Chaigpley, Lancashire, timb dealer —G. L. Richardson, Liverpool. cutler J Vaughan, Hereford, plumber—J. Taverner, Nuneaton. Warwickshire, draper—W. Scott, Exeter, ir, , nmon,.. and tinman—A. Westle), bou.hill and Biggleawad , Bedfordshire, mill. r. PARTN ER3LIIPS DISSOLVED. _ _ J. Bailey rani D. •Itiiehte, St. el:arch-yard. C L i a t s y9 ce l a l i e l s k , (n G e r r e e e a r t s G a u ld :!o t i i7; - " t, d t u rr t Zo . Ev k a , ns co o t }:e d rs— j J. D. Rees and D. R. Thomas, Thornton-strew, ifi,rs leydown, drapers—W. .Uttar and R. Wilson, Yarn,. Yorkshire, artifi ial triatiure rriantracturtr—Carolin.; Horsoman and Elizabeth Catherine P.irkr-r. Davies. street, Berkeley-squrre, reiliiners snd dress ru%kers—.. Bury, J. Price, and M. Price, Shevington, Lan, ashlar, coal merchants (so far as regards M. Pice)-11. Schroeder and 1 Ashlin, Liverpool, stock and share brookeri—G. Watson and J. Watson, Lanc.,ster, linen and wo‘ileri drivers— J Ci tiksun aria J. Bienkiron, Reeth, Yorkshi4—T. Lee and J. Roncorn and Weston Point, Chas u., gr c vs-C. Fi,t,lr and C. 11 Hawkins, Gloucesikr, linen aryl woollen drapers—j. Cairns, sen., an f W. Csirn=, Chorle y , Lauca,stare, crator spiiiners—W. Stu! k and .1. Mils. Norwich, d j ers—R. C. Gardiner and C. B. Euanotr, (hque-Nail:, Chelsea, surgeons—T. Parry, T. S. Parr), and C. P.irr). City_ road Basin, Macclefl,d-s rei t, coal mi-reliai•t: —C. s - )n, E. t•lkes,:atal J. Dyscdt, ~ ot yr warp rnskers (so far as regaros J. Dyson)—E. Ralf. and S. Stagg , Aske-;trt:rt, 11.4cton, &natal. aeruk jewellers — R. . Gardner anti T. 13azt. y, Manchester and fialnwell, near Bolton, eottnn sptuners—F. 11. Green street and T. Paton, Livorpc:ol., eogiavers—L. WiVe x and W. Jones, Abe dare, Lmorganshire, bre.% ers—lt Gardner, T. Bazley. nno R Gardeer. Manelv.'ster, and lialliwell, near Bolton, cot•on , itirtmers (as far as regards R. Gardner)-11. Iluyle, U. I lartlin in. 11. liargreays, rt. Nuttall, and J. H. Nuttall, Wo de Janjru and Mime Video, South America, roretnissi trrents. INSOLVENT PE iTtIONERS. Geurge Bowes, Birmingham, baker. Richard Millen, Minster, titrwur, - • • • William Curnford, Minster, Kent. brick make r. William Richards, Pontypool, painter and gt.zler. - _ Samuel Pugh, Trevethin, Monmouthshire, grocer. Joseph Lee, lialifux, dyer. James Fielding, Bury, Lancashire, bookkeeper. John Jones, Broughton, Denbighshire, collier. John Corns, Salford, clerk. William J. Moukhouse, Panteague, Monmouthshire, agent. Robert Cole, Helions Bumpsted, Essex, farmer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. R. Glen, Garshake, near Dumbarton, farmer, to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, July 18 aad Aug. 8, at two. A. Murray, Edinburgh, printer, to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, July 16, and Aug, 6, at two. J. Costorphine, Leith, wine and spirit merchant, to meet within the New Ship Hotel, Leith, July 16, and Aug. 6, at one. J. Cowan, Edinburgh, paper manufacturer, to meet within the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh, July 16, and Aug. 6, at one. A. Crabb, Montrose, grocer and baker, to meet within the Star Hotel, Montrose, July 14, and Aug. 6, at twelve. FOLEY'S "INO AND INFANT BACCHUS."—In the Court of Queen's Bench on 29th ult., Lord C. Townsend sought to recover from Mr. Foley 2501. had and received to form a group in marble on the model exhibited at Westminster Hall as " Ino and the Infant Bacchus," to be executed for 550 guineas. His Lordship, however, during its progress, regretted he had not comm , s,iotrod a singl e figure, and ultimately, on sn understaudieg wi h Mr. Foley's brother, claimed the " remit; it" of the group. Mr. Foley thereupon sold it to Lord Ellesmere tor 750 guineas, and Lord Tewnseild applied for a return ot th e 250/. advanced. The dr fend:int urged the usth-.1 practice of bargains with sculpto! s iu c lser where thr result of their commissioned labour rcas r. j-ced, namely, f , A.y , ment of one-half the lime in tO vane. and no repay ment, leaving, in this case, 381. 15s. doq t t th e defendant, who, ho 'Never, had orderea to refer th,, m iter in dispute to Sir Robert Peel. or other cotnnetent arOi trator. Lord Denman recommended L:)rd Towashend to c-mnmission a si, gle figure—a propuzal at once aeo‘ drd to by both parties. After withdrawing a ju..or, an.) entering a nonsuit. with costs to neither, Lord Denman decided, as requested, that the value be fixed by an arbiter, mutually agrewel on , either party pa} jai; the differonee to the other , it above or below 2004—The Builder. T fallen in ij % L vi r th 9 -:;: r r t P l, l :gg,d. n h t"i,winoghrif: o' Sunrl e) l anc l, was 29 h ul. , lat. 9 s R . anti her crew ta.k , n otf and lauded by the Eliza, Brown, arrived here Lima quebto. 4a : l o lleo N n s , . 36 v STOCK IN•TRADE BILL. Th© second reading of this 13iit w 0,3 postponed till to morrow. I'OOR LAW UNION CHARGES ACT AMEND- MENT BILL. The llocue then went into CiwitTaitce on this Bill, when Captain PECHELL moved chat, the Chairman should report progress. flaismdiion was agreed to wi.h..ut any discussion. The CHAIRMAN then reported progrt•bs, and the Ilouse re unie.i. HIGHWAYS DISTRICT SURVEYING BILL. On the motion for goit:g into G.minittee on this Bill, Sir GEORGE GREY said that tile Bill had been read a scuind time on the uuderstandtug that it should not be further proceeded with during the present session. COUNTY-RATES AND EXPEN, ;ITUitE BILL. On the motion for the resumption ut the drbee on the second reading of this Bill, Sir J. PAKINGTON declared his intention to press the motion of which he had given notice. that the Bill should be read a second time that day six 'eonths. After some observations from Mr. STAFF 'RD and Mr. HUME, the Bill was read a second time, .ett uriered to be committed certain amendments having been ad,cced to. PROTECTION OF WOMEN bILIJ. _ After several petitions had been presented in tavour of this Bill, the House went into Committee on th, Bill. Mr. C. WYNN objected ;to the course 17ursued with respect to the Bill which had come down trail the !louse ,f Lords, but which was now proposed to ttiea, with only seven lines of the original measure as it plssed that House. The Right Hon. Gentleman moved the rtj ac tion of the clause. Mr. BRIGHT felt some difficulty as to the course be should pursue with respect to the Bill until he had heard the opinion of the Attorney-General upon the present state of the law on the subject. After some observations from Mr. SPOONER, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the clause ap plied to all persons who for lucre or gain, and by frau dulent representation, procured the seduction of any young female. He thought, however, if the clause were carried, that it would defeat the object which the Hon. Gentleman had in view. After a few words from Mr. ANSTEY, At the suggestion of Sir GEORGE GREY The ilouse resumed, and the Chairman reported pro gress, and obtained leave to sit again this day week. HIGHWAY RATES BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Six o'clock. THE LATE JAMES KNOX POLK Official int Iligence has been received at this Legation that James Knox Polk. so lately President of the United States, expired on the 15th day of June last. Unlike his predecessors., he has ended life before the even ing of old rge ; but not before completing an illustrious and memorable career. The judgment of his countrymen ever marked him out for high services. Raised successively to the first places in the state—chair• man of the most important Congressional Committee, head of the House of Representatives of the whole Ame rican people, supremo magistrate in his own Cum monweelth, President of the Federal Republic—he ever approved his fitness for the highest trusts; excel ling not more in station than in laboriousness, prudence, temperance, and fortitude. He defined, established, and .n extended the b..tutiaries of his country. He planted the laws of the Am:rican Uoioti on the shores of the Pacific. His irflaenc. awl his counsels tended to organ.z3 the nltional treasury on the principles or' tale Cousteution, ~nee to apply the rule of freedom to icivigation. trade, end industry. Most beloved where ILY, , st It;.(mn. h- lived happily, and died in the midst of his country's uli. xainp!ecl prosperity, which his own measures had coroributPd to establiNh. I invite the Consuls and Vice-Coozal4 of the United States, and all others of my fellow-citizens now iu iht• United Kingdom, to share the sorrow of his family and his country. Eis memory as a public min lives in honor, and will endure ; the youth ef cur ,country will be formed to virtue, by emulating the purity of his private life. GEORGE BANCROFT. United States' Legation, London I lin July, 1849. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. DEFEAT OF THE GERAIA.NS BEFORE FREDERICIA. The .Hamburgh Borsenhalle of Saturday has the following : " At two o'clock on the 6th inst. the Danes made a sortie with an army of sixteen battalions from Fre-tericia and attacked our positions. The &comas are vat iow, but the attack seems to have been fearful, tutd our tr.,ops and tho batteries have unquestionab . .y sutl'tr, d very much. By next post we shall hear the nearer details. The post. office at Hadersleben, three o'clock in the afternoon, July 6, 1849." _ Communications from the Army Yost office at Folding : " The Danes have made a sortie with 20,000 mai from Fredericia. The army retires upon Veil..." Another account states, from the mouth of tra veller : " That the 4th Rifles have suffered very much, and that one battery had been taken by the Danes; but they had been driven back again, and the same regained." " Erritsoe, near Fredericia, July 6, 9 o'clock A.M. "This morning the Danes made a sortie against our left wing, drove our troops back, and destroyed several of our entrenchments. The sth and 6th battalions of Schleswig-Holstein Infantry and the 4th Rifles have suf fered very much. The Danes forced the Holstein troops back upon Stenstrup, and set fire to their qaarters, but were again in turn also driven back. The vanguard and the right wing are now to attack the Danes in the flank. The wounded are being conveyed to Folding. About fifty Danes are prisoners. Stenstrup and several other villages are in flames, and burning. 4' Hadersleden, July 6. "During the nights of the sth and 6 h inst. the Danes made a sortie from Fredericia; drove the outposts in, and ceptured four pieces of at tillery and two howitzers, which had been placed the day before in battery. The Ist and 2d Holstein Inrantry battalion suffered much, but, being the first troop the enemy encountered, fought very bravely. Moat of the officers have fallen, or are taken and weundctl. great the loss has been cannot be made out, but, to judge from the 4th Rifles, the loss must have been very considerable. The whole of the Danish army is said to be in Fredericia, and the Guards were also brought into action, and were opposed to the Ist Holstein battalion, which suffered so much. Between three and four o'cleck this morning the Holstein troops succeeded, however, in driving the Danish forces with considerable loss back again into the fortress." This account is confirmed by the Alton Mercury, which is the organ of the Schleswig-Holstein Pro visional Government. This journal has the fol lowing : " Alton, Sfiturday Evening, July 7. - - " We bad aeat our ti-u,l maLter to press when we re ceived the lollowing accuunt film our army near Frednicia, e. tr.rg from P. respectable party, we publish, and for the present are com pelled rather reluctantly to di;est, but with the remark, that as regards the last part of (11(4 statement considerable allowance must be made for the surprise at first manifested, and the alarm felt, by - persons at the dis canoe. Should the retirement. lao4frvir, of our troops from before irederieia pot be a planned affair, the matter fT kld ;r1 rf . s,.+~F~i~c~>U C..., tidbora Jorm Brown, , Bridgwater 13- ul - ien C. Paine, di tug ••• ••• ••• By T. E., fru r. Ft-sv Workmen, Westrnin- T. T. C S. fhirtcen rvl , chatitc.;, Sow_hwo!k s,: m o Worktne:n, per P. 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The Queen and Prince, accompanied by all the junior branches of the Royal Family, took their usual earlf walk in the Park and grounds at Osborne. The Royal dinner party yesterday included Sir Ito" bert, Lady, and Miss Peel, Colonel the lio n . C . B. and. Mrs. Phipps, and Mr. Birch. Sir Robert, Lady, and Miss Peel, returned early this morning to London. At the grand ball given by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, on Monday, at Cambridge liouseo the following waltzes, quadrilles, polkas, and galoP li were danced Waltzes—Adelaiden, Friedensboten, Astrara, Theniigl Fest Flange. Quadrilies—Martha, Amsuretten, Louisen, Najadeof Ferdinand, Almacks. Polkus—Pieske, Fortuna, Frederika. Galops—Ambassadeur, Phenegianer. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester 15 0 Cambridge House about one o'clock yesterday morning' His Serene Ilighneis P r i nce Ed ward of Saxe Weimar, remained until the close of the ball, which was kept up' until four o'clock yesterday morning, when a Cotilloo was danced as a finale, Herr Strauss and his orchestrl introducing the Wanderers and Farewell Waltaes; the Alice and Kathinka, Polkas. The company took their departure at half-past fot 4 o'clock. Her Hoye! Highness the Duchess of Kent, attende (1 2 by Lady Augusta Bruce and Baroness de Speth, arrire at Clarence House, St. James's, at six o'clock yesterdaY afternoon, from her residence, Frogmore Boor Windsor. Her Ho) al Highness, attended by Ll Augusta Bruce and Lord James P. Mur ra y, honoured the performance at her Majesty's Theatre yesterdsy. evening with her presence. Their Royal Highnesses the", Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grana' Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelita also honoured the per" formance with their presence last evening. Lord Ashley had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. THE POTTERS' EMIGRATIOI SOCIETY.—On Wed nesday evening last M r . E vans, founder of the Potters,, Emigration Society, deli vere d a l ecture at Carpenter : , fille Hall. The larg e an d commodious room was well and the lecture, developing the principles and objects o f the society, was li stened to with _ much interest. 7119 thisst einents tlw lecturer, it would app ear that ,70 Scieety iN now in possession of three larg7, s •:!es in ►t‘ estern Arse,ica. l'he fir s t estate, comPrl6 , log 1.600 aert s. is now peo; led; it is named Potter T „, a , , : ,„„1 ei.mpri-ing 2.000 ac res, sit p named is in the course pe on the senth b,,r,lt o' the Fox Rir-r, and is said to eez 3V prise s such of " o,k openings," and to be rich in./ minerals. the third estate, comprising the large (1 , " 1 ,, n.. itty of 12,000 acres i s situate en the north nrnk of ~ it ye r, ruts p crab 1 with a winc i pa , i,,„ -rw „,,,,,1„-,1 s are I , eatid 000 last tiurchtot'i': from the 4.,,,;:.1! k 4, of Ulf:. 0r,,. it iv..o d tt the , Nith their change t cowitry. Evat,s 1 trine) at Bury en th e t irevt"u", ~k4-,, ,n ddy, and sr bri• gP and Aa ttt,n• nod:- r-Lyn" Oursuay and Front) eveinug., The si,ciety appears fr;:, be in a pr..g . r , s,ive and prosperous state, the receipts the lust w . tl5lll 1221. 17.. 9} ~ Manchester i• satnin e '' TH TIMES Lira; AssURANCH kND ETA/LA CO3IPANY.—W e xre rcjoieeil to find that the prtnelpit3 of W 41 We aisuranee is makio g daily prgress, as is eviar"% by ti , e numb , r Of 11,W offices w hi c h h av ,, l ate ly be vel i,stabli»huci; of thi.se the Times Life Assurance pany, the advertisement of which appears in another lump, presents some novel features which cannot lo t to secure for it a due share of the public patronag r t l i The arrangement by which premiums may be Pa t e , monthly cannot fail to ( p en th e benefits of life insurs o c al to a class which has been hi t h er t o pract i cally exclude,j, from them; and the guarant ee b ranc h i s particularly rics.rving tho attention of all persons who, occur places of trust, are obliged to furnish security. PEDESTERIANISM.—ADICINS AND QUINTON.---- Thigi 4 eight mile race for 25 sovs. aside came off on M on day, " 0 Smitham Bottom, Surrey, and t urne d out one o f tho, o , disgraceful transactions for which f oot races h ave o flP ci become noted. Shortly after five the men started, 0 , 0 , after two miles had been covered Adki ns was una ble ' 0 prose, d any further in consequenc e o f hi s having be 10; drugged, thus leaving his opponent t o run i n a t 0 leisure. Betting sto 4 orr Adkins. MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Par iii is 1 9 per faille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 176 i; 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange ° t; 25.45; and the exchange at Paris on London at oh° r l ., being 25.471, it follows t h at go ld i s 0.10 per 0%0 d e arer in .L.mdon th an i n P ar i s. By advices Hamburgh the price of gold is 438 per mark, whic h} at the English Mi nt pr i ce of 3/. 17s. 10f3. per ounce , standard geld, gives an exchange of 13.111; and ty exchange at Hamburgh on London at short bel 13.111, it follows t h at go ld i s 0.11 per cent, dearer 1 London than in Hamburgh. On the Eth inst., at St. B Pete lßTHS. r's-terrace, Islingt on , Blrs- B. Price, of a daughter. utb ° n On the 7th in s t., M rs . B . E vans, Trinity -street, a .--- wark, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., M rs . Wi sdom, of Lower Tooting, of (laughter. On the Bth inst., at Ayl es b ury, Bucks, Mrs. R. APP l e ta, of a son. On the Bth inst., a t U pper Brook-street, the lady e• f Cartwright, Esq., of a son. On the Bth i ns t., at U pper Grosvenor-street, the wife Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, Esq, of a son. On the 9th inst., in Marley-street, the wife of George Cf'rtield, Esq., of a son. DIED. On the 4th inst., a t Chertsey, Sir John Chapman, F.R."(t''aw late of Windsor, aged 76. On the 7th inst., at Knowle-green, Staines, aged 71 , Pearce, E,q., formerly 01 Gracechurch-street. A •rt the to inst. ' at Langley-house, Wilts, Elizabeth 1012 ft wife of the Robert Ashe. On the 7th in -t., at Boreham, in Essex, R. C. Rase.troOgo Esq., aged on the 8:1) inst , at Fin.bnry• circus, Marian, third dAug ter of the Lite . Brookes Fs+ 0 111 On the nth in -t., ilalham-hill, Surrey. S K. pa rs 'ate of her 11,:.j-• ty's SL.tionery-oilice, aged 6S. n o e On the 9( a inz,L Eti Cray, a- hill, Hyd e . p at k, 6tuart nithibtni, , ;:ged ;i N., • C'":. ' t .Ssah .42° ,.; !,, t!le t he coPnig alidaiezex, q511,..-4tlA3-, July 11, 1149. O 10 O 2 O 8 O 5 O 5 7 6 O 2 O 2 O 2 co' The CI Of the Ui notice be re a d y for s u p p i Coat b e , COALS, En glilPs a if.A.lli lind F r i ( Chief ea ar ROTT] rery C abin, I ANTI) very Tb OSIEI Cm sa in, I EDIN] 21 , at I • ,„,Art na rf fr _ atAri/ ITEvirc C hief CI ltOtt: Sunday itt Three CAI,A r ile ; 15 HULL zAltm • terno on. 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