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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 13. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition from the depositors in the county of Kerry Savings' Bank, complaining of the delay occasioned in the pro ceedings undertaken to give the redress caused by the non-returns of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland of the record in the case. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal Assent was given by commission to the undermentioned Bills: Passengers. Small Debts (Scotland) Act Amendment. Highways (Annual Returns). County Cess (Ireland). Loan Societies. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. Soap Duty Allowances. Assaults (Ireland). Silver Coinage. Sheriff of Westmoreland. York and North Midland Railway (Deviations, &e.). Black Sluice Drainage Act Amendment (Amendment of Acts, Extension of Time for Completion of Works, Power to levy and raise further Rates and Moneys, to Alter existing Rates and Tolls, and for other Purposes). York, Newcastle, and-Berwick Railway (Barmoor and Alleniotith New Branches). Charrx*7r.Crees -Bridge. Amendment of Acts (Power to altete*Ahthorised Approaches, &c.) East Anglian-Railway and Ely and.sHuntingdon Rail way (Extension of Time). Newcastle and Carlisle Railway (Alterations of and' Branch from Alston Branch). Truro Turnpike Itoad, Penryn and Redruth Turnpike Road (Consolidation of Trusts, Alterations of Tolls, Formation of New Roads). Renfrewshire Justices of the Peace Courts. Surrey and Sussex Roads (Amendment of Act and Al teration of Tolls). Congleton Inclosure Act Amendment. - Great Yarmouth Haven Bridge and Navigation Int provemen`. Wes head's Patent (for Improvements in Manufacturing Fur into Fabrics). East Lothian Central Railway (Abandonment of the Railway and Dissolution of the Company). Stockton and Darlington Railway (Consolidation of Acts, &c.) Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (for Branches to the River Dee, Agreement for Joint Station at Shrews bury, Power to Subscribe tuwards the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway). Torquay Market. Wisbech, Chatteris, Tid- gote, and Devenham• bridge Turnpike. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Extension of Ash ton. elranch and Clifford Branch); and The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury's (Walworth) Estate Bill. The Commissioners were the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Minto, and Lord CampbelL PROTECTION OF MINORS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the s econd reading of this Bill. This Bill was rendered necessary because there were no officers in Scotland exercising functions anala gnus 'to those of the Masters of Chancery in England. It had received the a pprobation of Lord Robertson, one of the most learned of the Scotch Judges, and of several other members of the Scottish judicial bench. The Bill was awn read a second time. MARRIAGES AND REGISTRATION (SCOT LAND) BILLS. The Earl of ABERDEEN rose to address a few words to their Lordships in consfquence of certain pro ceedings in the House of Commons, from which he learned that her Majesty's Government had abandoned these tyre, Bills. As ho hail taken a decided part in opposing one of those Bills, and had entered a protest on their journals against its pasting, he could only say that he was satisfied with such a result. But, although he deprecated very much the alteration recently proposed in the Scotch law of marriage, he had always been sen sible of the evils arising from the difference of the law in the two countries. He thought that the border mar riages were disgraceful to both countries, and he was therefore anxious to see a remedy provided for the evasions of the marriage law of England by a native of England. If his Noble and Learned Friend near him (Lord Brougham) would resume the Bill which he in troduced on this subject some years ago it would give him great satisfaction; or if some other Noble Lord were disposed to take it up, more competent than his Noble and Learned Friend—which would be very easy— he should certainly acquiesce in that arrangement; but, if nd one else would undertake the responsibility of in troducing such a measure, he would in the course of next session lay upon the table a Bill to remedy the great evil so long and so justly complained of. Lord BROUGHAM agreed with his Noble Friend, that it would not be difficult to find a party more compe tent than he was to deal with such a measure—(A laugh)—and further added, that he would willingly sup , port his Noble Friend in bringing in such a Bill. The Bill which he had introduced in 1845, though highly approved of in that House, bad not passed into law; and he again promised to give Lord Aberdeen his best support if he would re-introduce it. If his Noble and Learned Friend opposite (Lord Campbell) did not re new the Bill which had been so unfortunately thrown out in another place, he would again bring in his Bill, in order to give Parliament an opportunity of doing its duty by the Scotch law of marriage. Lord CAMPBELL deplored the loss of the two Bills in question. They had twice ' passed through that House, once this year and once last. They passed with one exception unanimously. Elsewhere a different fate bad befallen them. He hoped that those Bills would prosper better under the auspices of his Noble and Learned Friend. He had done his best to benefit his native country. He should now wash his hands of these Bills entirely, and have nothing more to do with them. Lord BROUGHAM hoped that, when the prrefer vidum ingenium Scotorum had sobered down a little, his Noble and Learned Friend would change his determi nation, and would not follow his (Lord Brougham's) example by transferring these Bills to some one else. The Earl of ABERDEEN said, the Noble and Learned Lords had condoled with each other upon the throwing out of this detestable Bill; but he would say that, if it had not been withdrawn by the Government, a representative Government would have been a farce; for the whole kingdom of Scotland was universally against it.—(Hear, hear.) Out of the 33 or 34 Mem bers for Scotland, even the friends of the Government, almost to a man, had voted against it; they were, there fore, compelled to withdraw it. The Earl of MINTO said, the nature of the Bill had been most grossly misrepresented. He had looked into the petitions against it, and found that they might have been presented against any other measure rather than this. The Earl of HADDINGTON said there never was a More universal feeliag against a bill than existed in Scotland against this. He would ask his Noble Friend (the Earl of Minto) whether he was not aware that reli gious denominations of every description in Scotland were against it? Lord BROUGHAM said he should in the next session 'present in one both this Bill and that of 1835, so as to effect a complete reform in the Scotch law of marriage. THE LATE INTERVENTION IN THE ROMAN STATES. Lord BROUGHAM laid on the table his resolutions respecting the late intervention in the Roman states, and said he shout I move them on Friday next. The Earl of HARROW BY presented several petitions, but it was impossible to catch from what place or upon what subject. The General and Quarter Sessions Courts Procedure and the Marriages in Foreign Countries Facilitating Bills passed through Committee. The report on the Sites of Schools Bill was laid on the table. THE IRISH POOR RELIEF BILL. After a brief discussion respecting the expediency of taking the discussion on the principle of this Bill, on the motion for the second reading, or reserving it until their Lordships were moved to consider the Bill in Committee, Lord Monteagle objecting to the latter coarse, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from the Corporation of Cork, praying that the amended poor -law might not recognise any alteration of the pro portion of poor-rate payable between landlord and tenant, and then proceeded to move the second reading of the Bill for amending the Act for the more effectual relief of the poor in Ireland. In doing so he succinctly stated the principal provisions of the measure. The measure was introduced at the time of the greatest distress pre vailing in Ireland, and from that circumstance, and others it had given rise to, it was impossible to pro duce any measure for the alleviation of that distress, and to meet the circumstances in which that country was placed, which would not be open to much discussion , and difference of opinion. It was with a full ap preciation of all the difficulties and emergencies of the case, however, that the Government had . introduced the present measure. They were fully aware of the difference of opinion any measure, having for its object the alleviation of the distress in Ireland, would give rise to. In laying before their Lordships a general summary of the provisions of the measure, he should, in the first place, advert to the two first clauses, which he conceived were the most likely to elicit dis cussion. These clauses related to a maximum rate of 51.-in the pound, beyond which the people of Ireland could not be subjected to be taxed for the relief of the poor;ene Provison which, he conceived, would have a very beneficial tendency. The idea of the imposition of a rate to which, from the circumstances which had arisen, and which might again rise, there appeared to be no end, had had a mostinj u riousmedita t ed effect on those who pos. sessed property , or who . the possession of pro- perty in Ireland. The in general opinion that by such a system a burden and, on property to which there might be no termination , therefore, it was conceived that the establishmntnof rate would be the most effectual means o; % remedying maximum the evil. It was accordingly proposed that ss. tlie pound on each electoral division should ft maximum, while provision was made in the the clause, that when the ss. rate in electoral divis c i , failed in providing for the poor, a union rate of rill . shillings in the pound could be levied. In ordina ry wo cages, however, such would not be required. No o ne . could be prepared to say that such a measure would to tally do away with all the evils which at present existed in Ireland, and fully provide for the poverty of that country ; but he did indulge the hope that such a rate - ae having been exacted and collected, it would place Ireland 12 /-:t v n,a far better position than what it had hitherto been. cse 6. I t *llll / 6 Rolsolation to think that they were doing that . - latch eotlldllnot fail to limit the distress which might 4 • - t.% . - 7,„ 'Sm.,airitir ill Ire Xel ti and place that portion of the kingdom ;,, 1 on a better --lig tha it was at present . By the third ~., , ;, ;ll t&s, of - Uhl Bill it was provided ' that claimants for ( (..... .b 9 referred to the electoral district m in - —.. = , : „‘"•,k . Ai, Al ' ri --`• ' 4 '• 4t* THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1819. .- which they had long resided. The fourth clause provided as to the adjustment of accounts of unions and electoral divisions. There was none of the other clauses which he conceived would give rise to any discussion. There were two clauses added not by the Government, but several independent Members of the other House connected with Ireland, which gave poor-law guardians the power to tax the unions with which they were connected for the purposes of emigra tion. Stich tax was, however, to be voluntary, and he did not apprehend any objections would be made to those clauses. Upon the whole, while the measure might not remedy to the full extent the evils now prevalent in Ireland, he felt convinced it would do so in a very consi derable degree, and he, therefore, with the greatest con fidence, proposed the second reading of the Bill. -Lord MONTE AGLE said he regretted that the Noble Marquis could not have stated to the House that the measure came before it under the sanction, and in accordance with the views of the Committee of their Lordships' House, which sat and reported on the subject. Such not being the case be conceived placed Committees of that or the other House of Parliament in the character of mere toys, with whom Government could do as they pleased. The Noble Marquis had said that the measure had been introduced for the benefit of Ireland, but he had failed to show in what respect it would do so, while ha was prepared to prove that no benefit to Ireland would flow from it.—(Hear, hear.) He should say that the maximum in Ireland was quite different from what it was established in England, and he therefore thought that it should be considered by their Lordships, and that they should make allowance for this state of things, as there were different maximums in various unions. He also hoped that their Lordships would look on the matter in point of justice, and would not allow such a Bill to be carried, as it would materially injure the tenant, and be looked upon the maximum as a cheat and a deceit, and there!ora hoped that their Lordships would look to the subject in its true light, fur he believed such a measure to be dangerous to the interest of Ireland, generally and principally to the Irish, as the farmers considered that the rate in aid contained in this Bill would be of a most dangerous cha racter, as it would very much affect the interest not only of themselves as tenants, but that the landlords of Ire land would suffer materially by it. He therefore hoped that such a measure would not be carried, principally be cause he knew that such was unprecedented ever since the days of Queen Elizabeth, when the poor-law was established, and therefore on those grounds he should vote against such an iniquitoes measure, as it was no thing less than a rate in aid. When the landed propri etor exerted himself to remove the difficulties under which the tenants laboured, be did not see why they should be subject to support the poor of other districts, who did not use the same exertions as he had used; and he therefore hoped that those two clauses would he forom iitftetdh,oteheattt!s: points the agreed tod the h o rate shouldn aid; p ro. m w a e m r i e ca n u o m t rte He opposed these on the ground pose that they should be struck out of the Bill, as being unconstitutional. that there was nothing like this in the state of Rome or Tuscany when labouring under si milar famine, and for that reason he pelted that the assistance granted to the richer part of Ireland should be granted to the suffering poor of that country. When he saw that the landlord or the occupying tenant would be subject to the rates of the tenant who ab sconded, he hoped that their Lordships would look to the matter, and not allow them to be responsible for the debt of another. The expediency of obtaining every as• sistance for the promotion of emigration was readily in ferred, not only from the declaration of his Noble Friend, in moving the second reading of this Bill, but also from the act of the First Lord of the Treasury himself, who, on the first meeting of the Committee, proposed clause* giving power to the unions to appropriate 2e. 6d. in the pound, or one eighth of the whole rental of the country, to assist in this very project. lie, therefore, called upon the Government to realize, or else to show cause why they did not realze, the recommendations contained in their own report on this subject, and also on that re lating to the system of out-door relief. He rjoieed to find that in another place a considerate Statesman (he meant Sir Robert Pet'l) had had the courage to declare emphatically that until they reverted to the principle of in-door relief exclusively, there could be no safety for property in Iceland. There were several other points involved in the subject, all of them more or less good, but on no particular one of which did he lay much store. Amongst these were the smaller area of taxation and the sale of estates. The smaller area of taxation ought not to be connected with the principle of the rate in aid, which was wholly anta gonistic to it. He challenged this Bill and all the pro ceedings upon it, as being wholly inadequate to meet the necessities of the case, and if he had not the evidence of the Bill before him, he should really have doubted whe ther it was possible that a measure could emana t e from men professing to he in any degree acquainted with the state of Ireland, so wholly unfitted to improve it. The result of their present operation was to contract for meal and other provisions at greatly increased prices, and in many unions the stewards and other officers had been placed upon the relief list, in consequence of there being no funds in hand to pay them. To reduce to figures the desperate state of affairs in Ireland, and the — utter incompetency of the relief measures now about to be brought into operation, a report presented to the Committee by Mr. Twistleton, stated that in thirty-two unions out of 130, the amount of debts and expenditure was 695,0001, to meet which he estimated that in the present half year a sum of 195,0001.. would be collected. But how was this made out ? Any gentleman who knew the country would know it to be impo•aeible for many of the bankrupt I unions of Ireland to contribute 10,0001. each, at which sum, or thereabouts, they had I),•en calculated upon in this estima`e. In short, if their L)rdships blinded their eyes to the fact that immense distress existed which de manded the most prompt reddre.s, they would go far to realise the prophecy of the late Lord Grey, that under such circumstances they would themselves destroy the respect to which their House was entitled. If these were the measures shadowed out in a remarkable letter, addressed to the Lord Mayor of London by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—a nobleman who, ho might justly say, had endeared himself to all classes of men in the country where he had authority, he would venture to sly that they were such as no man possessing the slightest knowledge of Ireland, or the earnest wishes of Lord Clarendon tor its welfare, would have ventured to predict. He believed they could appeal to the genero sity of England ; but an appeal to her interest would not be found without its advantages. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 13. JUDGMENTS (IRELAND) BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. NAPIER did not rise to oppose the second reading of the Bill, but to express his great satisfaction at the candid manner in which his Learned Friend the Solicitor-General proposed to deal with this subject. The matter was one of great importance to the people of Ire land, and he could not allow the present opportunity to go by without making a few observations on the measure. In legislating on such a matter for Ireland, it was ne cessary to make a distinction between two classes of debtors—those who partook of the nature of money lenders, and thoe who had obtained judgments ou ions fide debts. It was the opinion of a very high legal authority in Ireland, that it would be a very beneficial law which tended to make judgments an unpopular se curity on property in Ireland. He thought, also, that great respect ought to be shown to the long preju dices of the people of Ireland, and care taken to conciliate their long-formed opinions in these matters. The Act of 1841 had greatly augmented the difficulties which surrounded the question, and indeed he very much doubted whether, in despite of the enlightenment of the present day, and the increased privileges which were 113 w enjoyed, modern legislation did not sometimes suffer by comparison with that of our forefathers. The sug gestions made by the Committee to the House were sup ported by the evidence of Sir Edward Sugden, to whose opinions in these matters too great deference could scarcely be shown. The evidence too of the Master of Rolls in Ireland also justified the views of the Commit tee. He thought that if the Solicitor - General adopted wasthe pr principle oposed o , f tt not en idaledin the medium of ofof 1501, the which system of receivers, together with another matta which alsoattendedwith a purification had been introduced into the report of the Committee, namely, the simplification of the proceeding in Chancery, the Bill would be one which would deserve the support of all parties, and would be likely to meet with cordial co-operation from the people of Ireland. Mr. SADLEIR said he should only aim at making a few cursory remarks upon this Bill. With regard to the suggestions of his Hon. and Learned Friend, as to the simplification of the proceedings of the Court of Chancery, he thought that unless some speedy and pro per alterations were made, it would be impossible to afford any permanent relief to the immense amount of business which now lay before that Court. lie admitted that the Bill lately framed by the Master of the Rolls would go far to remove such causes of com plaint, and some measure of this nature was loudly called for by the history of suits in Chancery. The Incumbered Estates Bill now in progress was, he must admit, a step in this direction As the Bill stood, it certainly did not go to realise the objects stated to-day by the Solicitor-General. The power of assigning judgments had existed in Ireland for more than a century. The real evil of a judgment as a security for money was not only that it attachel as a lien to the particular property, but that it overrode all the real and personal property possessed by the borrower at the time he confessed the judgment. It also effected the property which the borrower might afterward s acquire. It was idle to talk of increasing the far - ea for the sale of land in Ireland, unless at thry 6ame time :Joey on landed securitythey con i a rerred t country the ry t h l e e f n u d i e i e r m possible remedy for recovering his money. This ;seemed to be a retrograde movement in the wrg:,,,g direction. By the ope ration of this '"fall, the owner of the laud confessed his j u d gment was h e mmed in be tweentwo, evils, in the shape of the Incumbered Estate; Bill and the Judgment Security Bill ; if he w - ..oteci to sell the estate, the Incumbered Estates Bill would operate to prevent him; and if, on the other band, Security though a . he wished to dispose of the judgment, the Judgment Boialulitwaloiautldwenroot at t pe h rm an i i t o re f ad b y is to doing advance sO, y. lie thought it mostdesirable that a judgment creditor should not have the power of appointing a Chancery receiver over an estate. With reference to that part of the Bill which went to revive the vicious system of elegits, he thought that system was quite as objectionable as the custodian systetn.: Had the Solicitor-General thought of the immense sea of litigation which would arise from the complex system of elegits which he sought to revive ? He submitted that the Government should not submit t) the House measures of this isolated and puny cha racter, but others of a massive and general nature with =aspect t 9 roAl property. for ialtottce, i 4 WAS Lupin. sil;le to do anything in Ireland - witlttmt a system of registration of births, deaths, and marriages, many of the evils in respect of real property arising out of this defect. The facility that existed in Scotland for the transfer of real property was the secret of the success of that country in this respect. Sir J. GRAHAM said, if time had allowed he should have been glad to have offered some observations. There was but one opinion in the House, he believed, that the Bill should be read a second time. As the Bill would be again discussed in Committee after they had had an opportunity of reading the report, he pressed upon the House the necessity of reading it a second time, reserving further diseu;4ion until the Committee. The Bill must be :taken in connexion with the Incum bered Estates • Bill, the Lords' amendments to which he hoped would be discussed before this Bill again came on. The Bill was then read a second time, and committed pro forma, to be re• committed on Thursday next. The House resumed, and immediately adjourned till five o'clock. The House resumed at Five o'clock. Mr. J. HEALL) presented a petition praying the House to extend the p.wers of County Courts. ROYAL ASSENT. The Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the table and summaned the House to attend at the bar of the House of Lords to hear the -Royal assent given to several public and private Bills (for which see Lords' report). The SPEAKER, on his return, enumerated tho Bills which had received the Royal assent. Mr. B. OSBORNE presented several petitions—one from a place in Scotland, deprecating the interference of ltusia in the affairs of Hungary, and praying her Ma jesty's Government to acknowledge the independence of that country; another from St. Giles-in• the-Fields, against the Beer Bill ; one from the Rev. T. Harrison, of Monmouth, complaining of tyranny on toe part of his Bishop; and one from a solicitor at Warwick, going through the Leigh case, and praying to be heard on the case at the bar of the House. Mr. E. DENISON presented a petition from certain persons at Nottingham in favour of a scientific institution. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented petitions from several places in favour of the Marriage Bill. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from Marylebone and St. Pancras againt the Sale of Bread Bill. THE LEIGH PEERAGE. The ATTORNEY-GENEgAL thought it was his duty to call the attention of the House to a petition which had just been presented. It appeared that the petitioner was undergoing an imprisonment for libel, and al the libel was repeated in the pc.,tition, he apprehended could not be relayed. Mr. OSBORNE said the petition had been forwarded n him by the Hon. Member for Finsbury. No doubt he petitioner wa3 in gaol, but from the tenor of the peti ion he thought he was better qualified for a lunatic asylum.—(Hear, and a laugh.) PILOTAGE BILL. Sir GEORGE CLERIC said the second reading of the Pilotage Bill had been fixed for Monday next ; but as it had not yet been printed sufficient opportunity would not be atfot ded to parties interested in the measure to consider is pro visions if it were read a second time to early. Mr. STAFFORD wished the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, at the same time that he answered the former question, to state what his intentions were as regarded the Austrelian Colonies Bill. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, with regard to the first question, the second reading of the Bill had nut yet been fixed. With regard to the second question, he proposed that the House should meet on Thursday morning at twelve o'clock, to consider the Bill referred so. He might take that opportunity of stating that as an arangement had been made for bringing on the Ordnacce Estimates on Monday, he should he com pelled to postpone the consideration of the Lords' amendments to the Incurebered Estates (Ireland) Bill till twelve o'clock on Tuesday morning. Mr. MONSELL trusted the Nobl Lord would recon • eider the morning sitting on Tuesday, as thereW4S a most important question coming on the same evening. Lord 'JOHN RUSSELL was afraid he could not do so. FISCAL RELATIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. On the question that the Speeker leave the Chair for the House going into a Committee of Supply, Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL rose to move for a Select Committee to inquire into the fiscal relations between Great Britain and Ireland. He believed that the result of the labours of such a Committee would tend to disabuse the public mind of the mistake that this country had absolutely been lavish in its grants of money to Ireland, and that Ireland had only added ingratitude to want of punctuality in re paying the advances so I.bnally made to her. He believed it woull be proved by the labours; of such a Committee that Ireland, whatever money she had received, had to the utmost of her power paid back, and with greater punctuality, considering the state of her resources, than had been the case with many of our colo• vies towards the mother country. He warned the House against the dangerous ex periment of endeavouring to impose fresh taxation on Ireland, which would only be attended with the result which had attended similar experiments. namely, the total failure of a productive result so far as the increase of the revenue was concerned. Taking the united gross revenue of the two countries at 56,000,0001., the exclusive taxation paid by Great Britain did not amount to more of that sum than 13,000,0001., with the exception of the differential duty on spirits between the two countries. The Hon. Gentleman then sail the Act of Union had been violated. At the time of the Union ; though the Government which effected that measure were prepared to go far, still it was too much even for the men of that time to amalgamate the debt of b)th nations. By the 7th section of that Act, the Exchequer of both countries was not to be consolidated, except upon conditions therein laid down. It was not contemplated by that Act that Ireland should pay taxes in the same proportion as England, until she was equally able to pay them. He contended that Ireland during the forty-nine years since the Union had been unjustly made liable to sixty-four millions, which she had no right to pay. The Irish people were now impoverished, and if the Imperial Legislature were obliged to assist them, it was only an act of retributive justice. Ile contended that Ireland had not been shown any favour in the way of loans or grants since the Union, but he should call the attention of the House to the relief from taxation granted to both countries. England, since the Union, had 51,236,000/, of taxes remitted, while Ireland had but 2,000,0001. The imposition of taxation in England was 40,000,0001, while it was 53- millions in Ireland. Thus the relief to Great Britain exceeded the amount of taxation by 11,000,000, while that to Ireland was little more than one-half of the amount imposed. Then there were 19,446,0001. of as - essed taxes taken off in England, in Ireland but 600,0001. Then, as to the loans and grants made to both countries up to 1847, he found there was advanced to England for public works 7,176,0001., of which 2,000,000/. were unrepaid, and, according to the returns down to 1842, there were 15 millions advanced, of which six millions were paid. Then there was advanced for Royal palaces 4,600,0001.; for the National Gallery 1,600,00)1 ; for the British Mus'Aim, 937,0001.; and compensation to Scotland for the union, 260,000/. He found by the finance account of 1545 that nine millions and sixty-seven thousand pounds were advanced to Ire -1 and, of which upwards of seven were repaid, while England out of an advance of fifteen millions only paid six. Ireland, no doubt, owed 1,000,0001. fur the erection of workhouses, contracted during the last ten years, and England, with all her boasted wealth and resources, owed 800,000/. since 1835. Then there was the great absentee drain, and the payment of mortgages, which was enough to ruin any country in the world. The Hon. Gentleman, after calling on the Go vernmen t to take the matter into their serious consideration, concluded by submitting his motion to the House. Colonel DUNNE seconded it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not think it was necessary for him to follow the Hon. Gen tleman through all his statements, nor was the appoint ment of the Select Committee applied for necessary, inasmuch as the returns moved for from time to time gave all the information which could be obtained. He could not, however, allow the statements of the Hon. Gentleman to go forth uncontradicted, and he could as• sure him at the same time, that any further returns which should be moved fur, and which would have the effect of elucidating the subject, would be granted, be cause it was his wish that the real nature of the case should be fairly and fully explained. Whatever com plaints Ireland had to make of the legislation of the Imperial Legislature, most assuredly she could not com plain of unjust taxation, inasmuch as the returns moved for by the Hon. Member for Glasgow showed that at no period was her income equal to her expenditure. The return did not show exactly the amount of the income; it was below the actual sum, but so was it in a far greater degree in giving the expenditure. Th e H on . G ent l eman said the proposition ought to be 15 to 2; but, in point of fact, England paid forty-eight millions, while Ireland only paid four, which was far below that amount. Ire land never even paid the interest on her own debt; and it was only when the consolidation of the Exchequer took place, in 1817, that her income was equal to the expenditure. Now, the Hon. Gentleman forgot that Ireland paid no portion of the charge for the navy, which protected the trade of the United Kingdom and the colonies, although she enjoyed all the advantages. Mr. d. O'CONNELL admitted that Ireland did not pay her portion for the navy, but her unaccredited taxe- Lion would amount to more then that sum, and they were besides deprived in Ireland of naval dockyards or esta blishments. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would say that the Hon. Gentleman was not justified in saying that Ireland was unfairly taxed, and he should therefore resist the motion. Major BLA.CKALL thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself showed that a Committee was neces sary, for he read the returns in a totally contrary sense from that of his Hon. Friend. Ho thought it ought at once to be settled whether Ireland paid her fair proportion or not; if she did, let them n )t be taunted as they had been by English Members, and if not, let further taxation be imposed. Certainly, if his Hon. Friend divided the House, he should 'rote for his motion. Mr. FAG AN also supported the motion, and con tended that Ireland, at the present moment, paid more Can her fair proportion, according to the terms of the Union. The principle of the Union was that both coun tries should pay according to their means, and Lord Castlereagh fixed the proportion of Ireland at 2-17ths. t l r V ib h u a t t e ev b e e r fo m re ig t h h t have bee eunions nL e the corn po o w p e te r iy of Ireland lostth to atp, c m on e; after the Union. It would hive been better if the Ex chequers of the two countries had never been united, for since that consolidation Ireland had centribu'ed more than her fair share of the revenue of the empire, and that accounted for much of its poverty and distress. FitZliCki laid he really thought the Ilouourable Member for Limericlf ‘Mr. J. O'Connell) was entitled to the inquiry ho asked for, especially V Were was such a difference of opinion upon the facts sought to be ascertained. He should, therefore, support the motion. Colonel DUNNE hoped that the motion would be put off to next session. Mr. J. O'CONNELL withdrew his motion. SUPPLY. The House then went into Committee. Sir R. PEEL said his duty would be sufficiently per formed by placing in the hands of the Chairman the vote for the British Museum, amounting to 42,9151. Mr. HUME said he was gratified to see that the number of visitors had increased, and the library had become more accessible. i He looked foward to the re port of the Committee which was sitting upon this in stitution with much interest. While upon this subject he might urge that steps should be taken to give the rooms now occupied by the Royal Academy, in the Na tional Gallery, to the acomodation of the Vernon col lection. He anticipated other similar presents in a short time, and provide to encourage this feeling the Govern moat would p suitsble accommodation. The Royal Academy was rich enough to erect a proper edifice of its own for the carrying out of its objects, without occupy ing the rooms intended for the national collection. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the subject had not been lost sight of, for he had moved for a Committee, which had been appointed, and he looked forward to its report next session, with a view to meet the public con venience. Mr. FOX said it was an error to say that the readers in the library of the British Museum had increased. The means of accommodation plight be greatly increased, but he would reserve the point till the discussion should come on next session. Mr. EWAR r wished to know when they might ex pect the report of the Committee? With respect to the Royal Academy, it was expressly understood, that when the public should require the rooms they occupied they should be given up. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that there was a growing disposition on t he part of . the public to avail themselves of the benefits of the British Museum. Every facility was given to view the works of art consistent with their safe custody. There was a very serious loss the other day of valuable coins. The returns showed a yearly increase in the visitors to the print-rooms and the mu seum. Mr. EWART said that there had been a falling off in the reading-rooms of visitors, the number now being 5,000 less than in 1542. Mr. HUME said that very considerable d,fficulties bad arisen from want of a good catalogue of reference, which he hoped the Committee wuuld suggest the means to obviate. The vote was agreed to, as were also the following:- 112,8001. fur the disembAlied militia in England and Ireland. 119,950/. for the excess of the army expenditure. 59,9001. for defraying the charge of the New Houses of Parliament to 1850. Mr. HUME would like to know if that was the entire vote for the year? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was the balance of the vote originally proposed for the year. Mr. HUME asked if it would not be batter to take a larger sum of money, and carry the works on more rapidly? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government at one time had determine.' to proceed more slowly, but they found that certain contracts had been entered into, which could not be stopped without great loss; it had therefore been resolved that they should be pr Jeeeded with, but that no new works should be entered upon without the sanction of the Treasury. Mr. HUME said, that he feared after all the expense they had gone to they would not have a house tit fur the transaction of public business. The Committee rooms were not ventilated; it was difficult to hear in them, and he hoped that was not a sample of the new house. Another point was the remuneration to the architect. He found by the paper on the table an application for more money. He trusted the Chancellor of the Exche crer would take care that the business would be arranged in such a manner as not to induce the architect to spend money. He thought there was great cause to complain of the excess over the original estimate. Mr. SPOONER urged the necessity for the more speedy completion of the buildings. They had already spent 192,7601. on the temporary buildings required by the House and its officers.—(Hear, hear.) In addition, by the slow way they were proceeding, it made the cost of the building from 12 to 15 per cent. dearer than it would otherwise be. The public were injured by the dilatory mode in which the works were carried on, and at the same time the contractor was injured. He entered upon the works on the faith that they would be carried for ward as rapidly as possible. He made all his arrange ments, and engaged an efficient staff of clerks, superin tendents, and workmen, in order to carry on the works on the original scale, and when he had invested 20,0001. in this way, without any return for it, he thought that if he made a claim fur interest on that amount, the House would be bound in equity to grant it. The longer they delayed the building, the more it would cost; and if the elowing account of the pr ssperity of the country, with which the Chancellor of the Exchequer bad lately favoured the House, was accurate, or it the Rlght Hon. Baronet had any faith in his own statements, he thought be was bound to go into the money market and raise the necessary sum to complete the building as speedily as possible. He was certain that was the best economy. Mr. HUME thought that what the Hon. Gentleman had stated deserved serious consideration. They ought to have two objects in view, economy and accommoda tion. Economy certainly was not attained by their pre sent course. They had spent nearly as much already for temporary accommodation as the amount of the estimate he laid before the Committee for building both Houses of Parliament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted that the sum for temporary accommodation was very large, but its expenditure had been indispensable. He hoped that next year the sum under this head would bs materially reduced. As to the financial statement on the state of the country, he would not go into that, but merely give his opinion that it would not be judicious to take a loan for carrying on the buildings more rapidly. After a few words from Mr. SPOONER and Mr. HUME, in explanation, Mr. EWART expressed a hope that something would be done to the C emmit tee-rooms ; they were not only un ventilated, but extremely deficient in accommodation. He had very great respect for the architect, but he thought that he should at least have consulted with those who were to inhabit the building. If he had con stilted the old Members of the House he would have found the necessity for providing each Committee-4.0.ml with a retiring room for the Committee, instead of which the whole of the counsel, soliciters, agenis, wit!w,l?,,t4, and the public, had to be turned into the lobbies when ever the Committee wished to deliberate.—(Hear, hear.) He feared that if the new House was constructed with a similar absence of attention to the practical revirements of the Members, they would suffer great inconvenience after an enormous expenditure. Mr. GREENE (as wo understood) said that in one or two rooms a division had been made by means of a scre.n, which enabled the Committee to retire, and at the same time improved the hearing. Mr. EWART would like to bear from the Mn. Member whether they were to have the Barryian or the Mellen system of ventilation in the House ot Commone? Mr. GREENE replied that the ventilation of the House of Commons and the adjoining lobbies was in trusted to Dr. Reid; the House of Lords and other por• tions of the edifice were to be under the management of Mr. Barry. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said that last year he had moved for a return as to the actual cost of these Houses. They had now got it, from which it appeared that it was to amount to 2,043,0001.; that was one point gained. He now wanted to know who were the really responsible parties for this expenditure. The Commission, of which the Hon. Member (Mr. Greene) was a worthy member, had apparently no power to regulate it. and it appeared from the letter of the Treasury, expressing sur prise at the amount of the estimate, that it was equally powerless. He thought, however, that the Treasury ought to have the full power of deciding upon all esti mates. For instance, he found 497,000/. put down for fittings and furniture. 'What guarantee had they that the estimate would not be exceeded? Who were the parties by whom the estimate was prepared, and what security did they gire for its completion at that amount? Every one knew that a tradesman might easily make a margin of one-third more upon an estimate. He thought that in order to prevent waste and mismanagement there ought to be a separate department under the Treasury, with full powers to superintend and regulate the whole of the matter. If some such step was not taken in time, he feared that instead of 2,043,000/, they would find that two millions and a half would not cover the cost. The sum to be paid as remuneration to the architect was also a matter for serious consideration. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER agreed that the business had not been conducted in a wry satis factory way. It would be remembered, however, that much of what had been referred to had b:en done before he came into office.—(Hear, hear.) At the same time the successive Committees that had sat on the subject had reported that all that had been done up to the time of their appointment had been duly sanctioned. It should also be remembered that at the early stage of the works Committees of both Houses had been engaged in the business, which to some extent took it out of the hands of the Government.--(Hear, hear.) As to the original estimate of 772,0001., it would be remembered that was merely for the carcass as it were of the Houses. As to the appointment of a special department to regulate the works, he apprehended the Commission appointed by the House in 1844 was entrusted with that duty, and so far as he knew had faithfully and zealously discharged it, and be had no reason to suppose that, giving the power to any other body, would be more effective. After a few words from Mr. SPOONER and Mr. G REENE , Mr. HUME renewed his objections to the excessive overcharge on the amount of the original es ti ma t e . Above all, he protested against any more than 25,000/. being given to the architect. Sir Robert Peel had dis tinctly stated to the Committee, of which he was a mem ber, that Mr. Barry had agreed to do the work for that sum; and he hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not alter the arrangement in a way to give Mr Barry an inducement to go on with a large expenditure. Sir H. WILLOUGH BY repeated his objections to the and the mode in which the estimates ewxper,endpeireopnartehde, Victoria e t onfopwropveertigeguawraensteteos a nd superintendence. Mr. MUNTZ wished to know whether the money they Tower, or in finishing, the H. use of Commons? Mr. GREENE replied that all possible speed would be made in the completion of the new House. Mr. DRUMMOND slid that, looking at the drawings of the Housss of Parliament, it shooed them to be very incompetent judges of such things. if they thceght the budding cou dbe c rected err 700.0001 The pre sent was not the first time the House_had defrauded those whom , they had employed. They had cheated Mr, Brunel out of that to which he was justly entitled, and Baron de Bode's/cCe furnished another instance of their injustice. After a few words from Mr. HUME, the vote was agreed to. MP next vote proposed was, that a sum, not exceed ing 12,0001., be granted to defray the expenses of pur chasing books of reference and apparatus for the colleges in Ireland. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said they were all agreed that education was essential, but there were differences in Ireland on the subject of the education to be gives in these colleges, and he hoped therefore the proposed vote would be postponed. Nut only was that kind of educa tion objectionable to great numbers of the Catholics, but it was objected that the Government retained to itself the power of appointiug the professors, thereby in creasing its patronage. He hoped, therefore, the vote would be postponed till next session. Mr. SPOONER thought some explanation should be given before the vote was agreed to, as a certain sum had been provided by an Act of Parliament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the 100,0001 which had been secured by the Act of Parlia ment fur ; the building and furnishing of the colleges would be expended in October, and the present vote was for the purpose of providing books of reference and ap paratus to enable the professors to open their classes in October. Mr. MUNTZ said it areeared clear that the presi dents and: vice-presidents had received salaries of two years for doing n. Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to some observations of Mr. Plureptre, slid that the Roman Catholic Bishops had proposed that certain professors should not be appointed without a veto of the Roman Catholic &shops. A plan had, however, been sanctioned by Per'lament —a certain amount of expenditure had been agreed upon ; 7,000/. a year had been provided, and Ministers could not, therefore, of their own authority, set aside the plan sanctioned by Parliament, A very great portion of the Catholic laity and clergy were anxious for the opening of the colleges, and Sir Robert Kane had in formed him that a grei.ter number of students would attend than had been expected. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL said the Catholics had con scientious objections to these colleges, which objecions were confirmed by the head of their Church. All he asked was that the vote should be postponed till next session, as possibly an arrangement might be come to in the interim. Lord J. .11LTSSELL said regulations had been pre pared, under the sanction of the Lord. Primate, which he thought would obviate the dangers which had been apprehended, and which would give the Catholics every security as regarded the religious faith of their pupils, as provision would be made for the pupils receiving religious education. Mr. LAW quite agreed that the Government was bound to carry out the provisions of the Act of Parlia ment. The difficulty arose in their g,ing beyond that Act.—(hear, hear.) Tho Act provided for the expendi ture of a large sum, and he thought it was somewhat irregular to propose as an estimate a sum beyond what the Act had provided. When it was found that 100,000/. was irhutficient, a Bill should have been brought in to supply what was necessary, instead of endeavouring to obtain that supply by a vote. He submitted, tberetore, that the present mode of proceeding was irregular. The CHANCELLOR , of the EXCHEQUER said they were not enable t, under the Act, to apply any part of the 100,0001. for any other purpose than that of build ing and furnishing the colleges. The present vote was, in point of tact, only carrying out the Act of Parliament, as the colleges could nut be opened without the present provision being made. Mr. PLUMPTRE did not see that they should be called on year after year to grant such votes as the present. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the present vote was not intended to be an annual grant, but was tor the purpose of setting the colleges eoing. Mr. HENLEY wanted to know, after the declaration of the Hon Member for Limerick (Mr. J. O'Connell), what security they had that the colleges would be filled. —(Hear, hear.) If they did not, it is possible they might be celled upon for annual grants. He thought, therefore, they were at present going on in an unconsti tutional course. The Noble L .rd (Lord Juhn Russell) said the Catholic hierarchy had made certain demands to appoint certain professors, and that certain explana tions had been given to sa'isfy them. If that were so, it would be wry convenieet that the House should know what those explanations were. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said what he stated was, that the presidents would make regulations that would be satisfactory; but no peculiar privileges would be given to Roman Catholics. The regulation would be, that lodging. houses would receive licences to be held by par ties that would not expose the pupils to proselytism. Mr. HUME wished to know whether the entire 100,000/. were expended, and whether that was to cover all expenses. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was to cover the building and furniture of the colleges purtenant thereto, but ho did not think that instruments could be considered appurtenances. Mr. HUME wished to know whether salaries were paid to the presidents and vice-presidents? Lord J. RUSSELL said that they were engaged in making preparations for the opening of the colleges, and making regulations preparatory to that, and in con. sequence were paid their salaries. Mr. SPOONER said, as this might be made a prece dent for further grants, he should divide the Committee on the subject. Mr. BANKES said he thought the Government would do better in applying the surplus money they had in hand to the purshase of these philosophical instruments. Mr. HUME said he would support the vote because he thought the Government had acted fairly and can• didly in this matter. Mr. NEWDEGATE asked whether it was true that that there wa3 an accumulation in the money that had been voted in 1845? Lord J. RUSSELL said that none of this 20,0001. a year which was voted for professors could be paid, in asmuch as those professors had not been as yet ap pointed. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the vote ... ... 106 Against it ............ 28 Majority in favour of the vote —7B The vote was then agreed to. 65,5751, for excess in the Commissariat department. Mr. HUME called the attention of the Committee to the enormous excess in the Commissariat. He thought there was great waste and extravagance in this depart ment. He hoped that Government would look more minutely than they bad previously done into these matters. At r a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Mr. VERNON SMITH, the vote was age. clt t 35 3864 was voted to defray the expenditure connected with the Ordnance. 500,0001. was granted to meet the charge of a like amount of surplus granted for the service of the year 1848, to the credit of the preceding year. Mr. HENLEY asked the meaning of this vote. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was to cover any odd sum that might remain. Mr. WA WN protested against this vote until he knew what it was for. The vote was then agreed to. The House then resumed, the CHAIRMAN reported progress, and asked leave t) sit again on Monday. The [louse then went into Committee on the Inland Posts (Colonies) Bill. The several clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed. Mr. HUME asked whether the notice given at the Post-offiee, respecting the payment of letters, applied to colonial as well as to home letters, because, if so, they should supply the colonies with stamps? Mr. HAYTER replied that he would give his Hon. Friend an answer on Monday next. The several clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed. The report of the House of Commons Officers (Sala ries) Bill was brought up and agreed to. ' The House of Commons Offices Bill then went through Committee—the report to be received on Monday. The Petty Bag, See., Offices Amendment Bill passed through Committee. The Commons Inclosure Bill next went into Commit tee; the several clauses were agreed to, and the report ordered to be considered on Monday next. The Labouring Poor Act Amendment (Ireland) Bill went also through Committee. The Land Improvement Amendment Act (Ireland) Bill was next proceeded with in Committee, and the re port ordered to be received on Monday. The Poor Relief (Cities and Boroughs) Bill was read a third time and passed. The House then went into Committee on the Poor law Union Charges Act Amendment Bill. Captain PEC HELL complained of the little con sideration which had been given to the measure, and stated his intention of moving certain amendments to some of the clauses of . the Bill, especially to the fourth clause. Mr. FLOYER also considered the measure defective, but, after some conversation, clauses one, two, and three were agreed to. The CHATIV,TAN then reported progress, and asked leave to sit again on Monday. The Administration of Justice (Vancouver's Island) Bill was read a second time. The House at its rising was ordered to stand adjourned till Monday next. Lord DUDLEY STUART inquired at what time the Small Debts Bill would come on for discussion. Sir G. GREY said that it stood amongst the orders of the day for twelve o'clock on Monday. Lord DUDLEY S I'UART said that he understood certain clauses had been prepared by the Attorney-Ge neral for insertion in this Bill which would most mate rially affect its principle. He alluded to the compensa tion to be give rs to the officers of the Palace Court. The clauses to be proposed for insertion provided that the question as to the amount of compensation to be given to the officeis of that Court should be left to the Trea sury, instead of to the House of Commons, as was in tended by the Bill on the table. Ho (Lord Dudley Stuart) did not think them entitled to compensation at all. It it was found for the advantage of the country that the Palace Court should be abolished they should take the consequences. He thought that Parliament should d, cede bow much they should hare, and that was in accordance with precedent. They had had enough of compensation already from the 'freasury, under the 7 and 8 Vic., c. 96. The re , urn he 11 , 0 moved for shoe ed how enormously they had been compensated, and yet the operation of that Act had not diminished their in• comes; but, on the contrary, by the operation of another statute the business of the Palace Court and the fees of theHe t 1u; rnented. e :1 - ad r , t s : au g l t to ee attorneys r ts a au d trei t: , e m e a n tt erectlyturn yithlu . t,b b : object en: merely to say that it was a neeree., ru c y it e most lavishly compensated. Qi The II toe a djourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. , 1 c t ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE NORFOLK CIRCUIT, July 13. The commission for this county was opened yester day afternoon, bY' the - Chief jilaiid6 of 'the - Common Pleas, and after having attended Divine service his Lordship charged the grand jury at eleven o'clock, and then proceeded to try the undefended actions, of which there were two, out of an entry of five causes. This unusual arrangement has been rendered neces sary in consequence of the lamented death of Mr. Jus • tice Coltman, on whom would have devolved the duties or the civil court. • The suddenness of the death of that learned and estimable Judge has rendered it impossible to supply his, place in the commission for this county; but it is understood that Mr. Sergeant Dowling will be appointed ad interim, and that he will join the circuit at Belford. lathe meantime it is fortunate that the busi ness of this county is very light. Of the five causes the only long one has been made a remanet, and two only which remain are not likely to occupy much time. They are, however, fixed for to-morrow. The calendar only contained the names of nine pri soners, most of whom have been 'tried to day, or sen tenced on their own confession—among the latter being four men who were all implicated in three burglaries and a charge of horse-stealing. CROWN COURT.—(Before Chief Justice WILDE.) William Hall, aged 12 years, was indicted for wilfully . killing and slaying Wm. Gibson on the lit of June last, at Chipping Vi ycumbe. Mr. Sanders prosecuted the prisoner; who was de fended by Mr. Griffiths. It appeared that the prisoner and the deceased, who was 15 years old, were playing together on Flackwell heath, near Wycombe on the day in question, with five or six other youngsters; and that atter some little time they quarrelled about a bird's nest. In the course of their dispute the deceased threw. an ay the boot of the prisoner, who thereupon called him " several bad names." Irritated at this abuse, the deceased struck the prisoner two blows over the head, with his open hand. This at tack led to a kick at first, and then the prisoner, stooping down, picked up a • small jagged flint stone, 'which he threw right against the bead ut the deceased when within three yards of him. The blow thus inflicted staggered the lad, who placed his head on his sister's shoulder and slowly repaired Koine. His parents administered such assistance to him as suggested themselves to their simple minds, but as he got evidently worse and worse, they at last sent for a medical man on the ninth day. At that time the. patient was ,suffering from violent erysipe latous inflammation in the head, accompanied by exten sive suppuration froin the left ear, in the immediate vicinity of which the stone had struck him. Notwith standing the skill and attention which were bestowed on the case, the lad lingered on in great pain and suf fering till the 19th of June, when he died, and the pri soner was taken into custody on the verdict of the coro• ner's jury. The jury having found the prisoner Guilty, The CHIEF JUSTICE proceeded to pass sentence on the boy, who wept bitterly during the whole trial. His Lordship, after cot menttng but firm language on the impropriety of his having had recourse to such offensive weapons, even in defending himself from an older antagonist, sentenced him to be imprisoned fur three inunths. James Harding, whom .the calendar described as a shepherd, and as being 26 years old, was indicted for assaulting Eliz ibeth Alison on the 12th of April Inst. with intent to murder her or . to do her some grievous bodily halal. Eviience was given to •show that the prisoner had made attempts upon the girl out of jealousy. The jury, alter delibetating together for some little time without success, retired from the Court, and re mained under the care of the bailiff at the time when our dispatch was closed. OXFORD elliGUlT.—Oxford, July 12. The Judgr-s went to prayers this morning at ten, an began the business at twelve. At the Civil side, where Mr. Justice Erie presided, there were two causes entered—the first was settled out of court; the second, an action of replevin, in which Mr. Whatehy and Mr. Self appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Telfourd and Mr. Phipson for the defen dant, after occupling about an hour, ended in a verdict for the plaintiff; the defendant's witnesses having unexpectedly failed to prove what they were expected to prove. His Lordship then tried three prisoners; one for stealing a kettle worth 4s. Bd., and two for stealing 2i bushels of wheat. All three were convicted on the clearest evidence, and we, e sentet , ced to short terms of imprisonment. His Lordship, there being nothing more for him to do, rose at twenty minutes past three o'clock. Brfore Mr. Baron Rolfe, who presided in the Crown Court, there were only four prisoners for trial, one of whom pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing two pieces of coburgh cloth; another to a charge of forging a letter for the delivery of goods; the third, a farm servant, was tried and convicted of embezzling 31., the money of his master; and the fourth, who was charged with the mur der of his wife, had his trial put off till to-morrow ; on account of the absence of witnesses. His Lordship rose at three o'clock. Thus, with-the exception of this one case, all the assizQ business of this county was disposed of in less than four hours. MIDLAND ClRCUlT—Northampton, July. 13. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Biddy Keiley, aged 30, was last evening indicted for having, on the Bth of March last, at the parish of Weeden Beck, in this county, maliciously and feloniously thrown upon Andrew Keiley, a soldier, alleged by the prisoner to be her husband, four ounces of corrosive matter called oil of vitriol, with intent, &c. The prisoner was ordered to be imprisoned and kept to had labour for eighteen calendar months. The Court rose shortly before six o'clock. Four ordinary Crown cases only remained over from yesterd.ty, and the assizas terminated at one to-day, nothing calling for any report transpiring. At Okeham there was, we believe, no business at all, civil or criminal, the judge receiving a pair of gloves in accordance with ancient custom. The commission will be opened at Lincoln, where there are some rather heavy Crown cases, on Saturday, and business will comma nee on Mouthy morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. John Harrington, of No. 4, Staples Inn-buildings, Holborn, was brought up before Mr. Alderman Mus grove, charged with embezzling various sums of money belong to his employer. Mr. Hobler attended to conduct the prosecution, sad Mr. Buchanan's clerk appeared fur the prison. r. Mr. Adoph Heilbronn, of No 11, Great St. Helen's, said th,t for some time past the prisoner had been in his service as a town-traveller, and was aufhorind to collect orders and receive m-ney, for which he was to account every second day. On the sth of June, Messrs. [hider and Son, of Greenwich, were supplied with a quantity of essential oils, to the amount of 21 14s. 10d. The receipt produced showed that the amount had been paid on the llth of throe, and the signature was in the prisoner's handwriting. A Mr. Sutchff., of Deptford, had also been supplied with articles on the 27th of April, which came to 8s 5d., which the prisoner received. Both those items had never been accounted for. Alderman MuscnovE—Did he ever keep money longer than the two days ? Mr. Heilbronn—On one occasion he did so, but afterwards accounted for it. I then for gave him, at the same time giving him a caution that I would not allow a repetition of it. Mr. Hobler said that was all the evidence at present, as he wished for a remand, in consequence of having that morning received over a dozen invoices of amounts that had never been accounted fur, some of them to a large amount. Mr. Buchanan's clerk hoped that if the Alderman had made up his mind to remand the prisoner, ho might be' allowed out on bail, as he was most respectably con nected, and would be forthcoming at any time. Mr. nobler objected, as there might be other charges brought against him at the next examination, inde pendent of those of embezzlement. Alderman lItTSGROVE said, that under all the circum stanci s he should remand the prisoner until Tuesday, and decline taking bail for his appearance. He vio.s accordingly conveyed to the Compter. BOW-STREET. ifiilium E. Broderip, late clerk to Messrs. Few, Dukes, and Co., solicitors, of Henrietta street, Covent garden, was re-examined, before Mr. Jardine, on several charges of forgery. Mr. Humphries and Mr. Mullens conducted the pro secution, and Mr. Wontner appeared for the prisoner. Evidence was given that the prisoner, who had been in the service of Messrs. Few and Dukes until Easter last, applied to the cashier of the London Joint-stock Bank, in Pall-mall, and obtained, in the name of his employers and by a forged order, a blank cheque- book, which was given without suspicion, as the firm had au account there. Two days afterwards (on the 18th of June) a young man, believed to be th e p r i soner , pre sented a cheque for 4 . 71, purporting to have be en d rawn by the firm, and received a 40Z note, a 51. note, and two sovf , reigns in payment. A clerk in the Bank of England (Samuel Miller) proved that the 401. note i n quest i on , on t h e b ac k o f which the names of "Jenkinson, Sweeting, and Co., of Lombard-street," were endorsed, was presented fur payment the same day (the 18th) by a person who re ceived the entire amount in gold. Rowland G. Peacock, clerk in the offices of Jenkinson and Sweeting, stated that the prisoner was formerly in the employ of that firm. Knew his handwriting, and believed that the manuscript portion of the cheque, as well as the endorsement, were written by the prisoner. W. Britten, a bookseller, in Russell-court, Brydges street, proved that on the 30th of June the prisoner called at his house in the afternoon with a cheque for 101., purporting to be drawn by Messrs. Few and Dukes. He said he was too late for the banks, but wanted to cash the cheque that night, having some disbursements to make for the firm. NI , itness gave him two St notes, and ascertained next day that the cheque was a forgery. Mr. Dukes stated that the signature and body of the cheque were in the prisoner's handwriting. Similar evidence was given with respect to another forged cheque for 10/.,which Mr.G. Anderson, clerk to one of the examiners in the Court of Chancery, had been in duceil to cash , or the prisoner on th ,, 16th of June, on the representation of the latter that he was too late for the bai.k. Mr. JARDINE committed the prisoner for trial on the three separate charges. MARY L EB 0 NE.. Mr. Nicholson, solicitor, 112yrnond-buildings, Gray's inn, attended before Mr. Broughton, as the legal repro sritative of C!tptain Gorge White Melville (brother-in. lAW o' •rd Pa+ , frew). 3S P Htm - ri slu.try, r0..11 s •,.-t iltil *Yeti LU WiACU, US alleged by her, the aforesaid captain WAS the father. The case excited some degree of interest. Mr. Grange, of Padding - ion -street, appeared for the comphinant, who wasaccornpanied to.die-nourthrmany :- respectable persons, her friends. Jesse, the officer, who proved the serving of the sum monses, depOsed that on delivering the same defendant told him that he should not attend to it himself, as he evtis a married man,-and had a great objection to the case going before the public. Complainant said that she lived at No. 26, Queen Charlotte-row, New road. She had known the de fendant ever since December, 1846, and on the 15th of September, 18.47, . she gave birth to a boy, Of which he was the father. At the time of theintis Macy, which resulted in the birth, she resided at 14, Buckingham-street, Fitzroy-Kinare. Since the child was born she had received from defendant 101. - to pay the expenses of lying in &c. He had since offered her two sums ot 5/. each, upon condition that she would deliver up letters which she had bad from him; and with this understanding.—that she should, it she received the money frims hirn, sign an agreement as to her having no right or claim to any other sum. Mr, BROUGHTON read some letters which were put in; one of them was indicatory ot the cohabitation between the parties, and in which ch.? Captain expressed his wish that complainant shoutd fix the paternity up on so me Other persou, as he did not with to pay for the pleasure of others. Complainant underwent a severe cross-examination by Captain Melville's solicitor, and admitted that she had received visits from other gentlemen, but she vvm, quite confident that defendant was the father of her child. Mr. BROUGriToN was of opinion that the evidence was not suffici.ntly conclusive to justify him is making the order, and he should therefore dismiss the summons; but the complainant was entitled to a fresh one, if she wag satisfied that she could bring stronger and .- conclu sive evidnce . Mr. Grange applied for a fresh summons against defendant, which was granted; and he said that he might have to make a further application for a summons against Lord Bateman, to prove the handwriting of th defendant. • NAVAL — INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 13.—Comma❑der Wodehouse arrived this morning, and took up his appointment to the Plunaix screw sloop,' which' was commissioned yes terday by the first • lieutenant for service on the coast of Africa. She will have 120 men. Commander F. W. Horton joined the Superb, 80, at Spithead yesterday. The Pantaloon, 8, Coniinander 'Hyde Parker, will be ready for sea again 'in a few days. Her destination is the River Plate. The Meanee 80 (new ship), Captain tit,,lefield;- the Mflampus, 42, Copttin Mason. from the East Indiew the Childers, 14, Commander Pitman, from China; the Contest, 12, Commander M'Mardo, trom the coast of Africa; and the Arrogant, 46; Captain Fitzroy, from . the Mediterranean, are daily expect.-d to arrive home, all the form, sr to be paid off. The Calypso, 20, Captain North, will also be 14:oked for shortly from the Pacific, ei;h freight on merchants' account. • A commander's outp-nsion to Greenwich Hospital has be en vacant for some time. the Niger and Basili,k seem to ba having a very long trial. We hope the result will jui , ify the expense. PLYMOUTH. JULY 12.—Her .Majesty'. steam-vessel! Niger aid sailed on Monday f or a fi ve days trial cruise. Her Majesty's steam•sloop Growler, Commander St , iddart, was docked and had her copper examined on • Tuesday, and was taken out of dock yesterday. Her Majesty's ship Albion has had her copper exa mined, and wag; taken tuber moorings, on Wednesday. The CoOance steam tug, which returned on the 6th, left the Swift brig 40 miles touth•east of the Longships. Her Majesty's ship Queer,, now fitting here, is ordered. to he got ready with all possible dispatch. The Crane packet came in from Falmouth on Sun j day, and is gone into harbour to refit. The Pantaloon is ordered here from Portsmouth to :eke the Aupst mails to the coast of Africa. The Ringdove sloop was on Saturday towed by the Cunfiance to the r v-?.r Yealrc, for use as a hospital ship during the contiuu4oce of the sickness at Noss. Wind—E,:sterly; fresh beet z CHATHAM, Jui4 13.—The Hercules store-ship, Mae• ter and Commander R. Fulton, laden with timber, hall just arrived. 30 seamen` riggers are lent to this ship ter the purpose of assisting the crew in unloading her. of she is again required for immediate service; the LOrds 0 the Admiralty naving dirt cted that she must be reported as soon as she is cleared f her timber, which is expected to occupy from four to five weeks. The Pigmy stearn- vessel has been sent up from SheeP ness for the' service of this yard; The Scout, 14 guns, Commander F. E. John+tone; oll her way home from China, is ordered to this port to be paid off. The Juno, 26 guns, in dock, which has been fitted for commission, is ready to receive the pennant; she will be put out in the course of a 'few days to be masted. The following privates of the Ronal Marines were this morning brought forward, in the presence of the halts' lion under arms, in the &quare of the barracks, to beer their sentences of court-martial read, when Private a; Robinson, of No. 5 company, was sentenced to Wu labour for forty-two days for absenting himself from gbe dock-yard picket; and Private Arden, of the 49th con! pany, was sentenced to hard labour for twenty-two days' for breaking his confinement. Both prisoners were le 3 ' medietely removed to the.military prison, Fort Clarence' The Meteor steam vessel arrived at Ituehostrr yester dey evening from London, with the Lord Mayor, Sir James Duke, and several members of the corporation, for the holding a Court of Conservancy, and examining the boundary of that part of the River Medway helo' Upnor Castle to the Nore. The Lord Mayor was re ceived with the usual honours by the Mayor and Corp°, ration of Rochester. This morning the Lord Mayor and friends proceeded down the river in the Meteor to tk. Ocean flagship at Sheerness, to pay his personal respect._ to Port Admiral - Elliott. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BRISTOL, JULY 13. • STOCK ExcuAscE.—The market was tolerably firm though Inge: five to-day, in consequence of sellers being unwaling t o dispose stock at present prices, anticipating au advance. Great I'Ver..ter ii, Quarters, were done at 55/ LIVERPOOL, JULY 13. STOCK Excneime.— The share market was firm to-day ; little t'Ll siness,howenr, was done. The Sales are—Caledonian, Prefere o 7 11/. Its. 9d.— Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol , Fifths, 3% Ws.- - Ditto, Halves (L. and (B), 91 , 4 dis.—Ditto, Fifths (W.R.H.), W di o ;" Lonaon and North-ertern, 132 c.—Ditto, N ew Quarters, 3,4 P:„., Ditto, Quarters (C), p.-411(11and, 65 3—Ditto, Preference, Vl"' anteed 6 per cent., 125 —Ditto (Erew as h V alley). 61 %—South- East• eru and Dover (No. 4), 6% —Yors, Newcastle, and Berwick ( o 'i glnal Newcastle, and Berwick), G. N. E. Purchase. 6 per cent. till 18 ' 1 ! 4N, dis. MANCHESTER, JULY 13. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow Leeds, Fins, 3 1 4 dis.— Leeds, Preference (scrip). 12%—Ditto (Registered), 12 3-16 —Ma.chester and Birmingham (C), Quartel 6. 3q l p —North Staffordshire, 4 11-16 Ms.—Hovel (No. 4), s., 6 11 '4 ex in.— West Riding Union, 4% dis.—Leeds Stock, 82—she Mel Preference, 11 9-16. ": YORK, Juty 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-clay have been as low Great Northern, 1014—North British, Quarters, 3 1 ,4—Yort Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension), 13S —Ditto (G. E. Purchase), 3/. 19s. GLASGOW, .11.7.1. t STOCK EXCHANGE ---1118 7 LTOTHSa,11071; to-day were as folloW:1 Clydesdale Junction, 6`46 —Edinburgh and Northern, 11—G10 1 ` Northern, Preference, 5 per cent. guaranteed, 70s.—Monklan.10, —North British, Preference, 50s. ALARMING FIRE AT IsLiziGroN.—Last night, lie' tweEn the hours of ten and deven o'clock, a fire brok e out in the extensive linr-ndranery and haberdaslif l i warehouse, belonging to W. Benton, Barnes, and Co.. Nu 3, Upper-stre e t, near l y fac i ng Islington Church' It commenced in the front shop, and was discovered bi a a person passing by. An instant alarm was given, a ° f,rthwith the Royal Society's fire-escape and parish en. gine arrived, followed by numerous engines ot the Lou' don brigade and that of the West of England c0n 3 P 6 , 11 ; The firemen th en f oun d that. the flames were rsgot most furiously among t h e stock, and had extended iM; the adjoinin g h ouse , i n t h e tenure o f M r. F o ssil, , tailor. Th ere b e i ng p l enty o f water immedi4tely Prfa cured, the engi nes acre wor k e d w i t h f u ll vigou r. tlu e owing to th e exer ti ons o f a ll present, t h e fl ames vr" . confined to that portion of the two houses where they originated, but not until a considerable amount of dama g e was done. '1 he ot in of the disaster is unknown. " t o ", 1,53, it is understo d, will till upon the General F i t e office. Whilst the fire was raging a person was se.' to enter the counting-house, and was t -ken into eustu" . upon suspicion or robbing the ca-h-b.a. He was itaV oi to the stOon- house, where, upon examination. se" r pounds, supposed to be the proceeds ot th e ru bbery at t he tire, were found upon his persor. rADVERTISEMENT.j—THE EARL OF ALDBOR--, 0 AND HOLLOWAY'S Pmts.—An astounding cure by t hi s miraculo medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract tr 01 1 3 . 46, Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Dlessina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1 7./.. Professor Holloway —Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills ba l L o it fected a cure of a disorder in my li ver an d s t omac h w hi c h all tlul_r iio t eminent of the faculty , at home and all overthe continent, I, '` ir been able to effect ; nay. not ever the waters of Carlsbad or ; 0 rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBoammn." These wonderftd P lll5 0 cure any dieease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Helloes:, Ointmttnt) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, strand, by %If medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., at Staindrop• hall, in the county of V ham, the wife of Captain H. H. S. Jackson, of a son. (A. On the 11th inst., at Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, "'-'" John Baily, of a daughter. rit. On the 10th inst., at S dcup, Foot's Cray, Kent, the - of T. Horwood, Esq., of a daughter. tbe On the 10th inst.. at Lansd wne-place, Leamington , wife of J. J. Br4dshaw, Esq., of a daughter. q. On the 10th inst., at Newport, Isle of Wight, Mrs. W • Buckell, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at Emmanuel Church, C a mberwell , bi the Re -. Robert Fayrer, incumbent. Edward A Smith, 95 I Paymaster, MN., and Assistant Emigration Officer for Port of I ondon, to Mary Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. JO Algar, of Great Yarmouth. • &IS° On the 10th inst., at Petersham Church, Captain Do a ve, Halkett, 4th Light Dragoons,- to Charl tte Mary 13e„ ' 56 ',41 H ," only daughter of the late Charles H. Beague, Esq., I Engineers. • bo? On the 1 lth inst., at Beckenham, Kent, the Lora Bls„to of Victoria, to Lydia, only daughter of the Rev. A,"; r e. Brandram, M.A , rector of Beckenham, and one of the Sea taries of the British and Foreign Bible Seciety DIED. ill, Oa the Ist inst., Lieutenant-Colonel Renny, of Little, near Montrose, aged 74. : , r of On the :' th inst., the Rev. C. Spencer, M.A., v' C- E , ist.oli's Stortford, Herts. aged C 5. ..,. /wi titt On the 1i th inst., at Westhill, Freshwater, Isle of ‘v '' Rawson B. Crozier, lisq., ed 3. fir On the 1 'th inst., Sam ag 7 Samuel Anderson, Esq., Bleu bei place. St. Joh 11th n's-wood. at rf e f' On the inst,, . Sydenhatn, Kent, Mr. H. -j• lis • . of Bath, aged • 6. -------; *h•ll ! i- , i,tcd and Putliish,d by MURDO "e t ';,` Ill; ! , .:-z, 1,1 b.,:, -..: ,to , i. Printer, et The S Jos ()tl:('+'l in o , 42h ;-,trautt, in we Precinct et th e savoy, in the Go"' Aliddleaes, Saturday, July 14, 1849.