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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1819 LAW INTELLIGENCE. HoUSE OF LOWS July 9, This morning the Howe recommenced its sittings to bear appeals. Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, and the Bi.hop of Salisbury (the first-named acting as chairman in the absence of the Lord Chancellor) were the only Peers present. whu were in the habit of stnding up such diseased car- cars 'a . Sergeant White (No, 4.) informed the Alderman that for the last two years they had been constantly cautioned, but without e ff e ct. A THIRD CASE.—George Russell deposed that about ten o'clock that morning he saw two cows being driven into Smithfield. He went up to the drover and inquired JUDC3IENT—BENSON V. CHAPMAN. where they were going to , and was told to Mr. Morgan, This case underwent an argument of two days' dun- I the salesman. Witness followed, and afterwards saw Lion in the month of July, 1848, when Sir F. Theiiger 1 them tied up with other cattle, and on telling Mr. bier and Mr. Barstow were heard on ledialf of the appellant, : gan that one of them was i n a ver y bad state, and that and Sir F. Kelly and Mr. Martin on le half of the re- I he must seiz . it , be rep lied, " Ver y well, y ou may ;and spondent. As we gave the case at full length during the h t I there is another one which you mty take," pointing to arguments, it will now only be nec s ssary to state that e second one, which was, however, not so bad as the the questions in it arose out of the technicalities of first. 1 Mr. Nice said that he condemned one of them as being pleading. i in a veil bad state from disease in the lungs. The action was tried at Guildhall on the let of J ul y , Alderman MUSGROVE asked to whom they belonged? 1842, before Mr. Justice Erskine, when this jury gave a ! Russell replied that they belonged to a cowkeeper at verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the opinio n of the full . Islington, who had many more in the same state, but Court upon some points which had been reserved. By these were the only two who were able to walk so far the testimony of some of the witness es it was proved, ! market. that the vessel after the accident had been examined as 1 as the to the extent of the danrige she had sustained, and was Alderman GROVE ordered it to be destroyed. repaired at a cost of 7, 1321 . 3a. 81, to meet which a A FOURTH CASE.—George White, 24, said that at a quarter-pest nine o'clock that morning he saw a men bottomry bond was executed to Me ssrs. M•Celma,nd and Co. The plaintiff also wrote to the defendant stating his , driving a cow in Hosier-lane, near Smithfield, where he intention to abandon the matter, as the cost of repairs left it, and went to a salesman named Pickete, who re would be more than the vessel and cargo were worth ter fused to have anything to do with it. The man re him. On the trial, as has been stand, the jury found turned and drove it to the Greyhound-yard, when Mr. for the plaintiff, and the full Court upon a subsequent Nice was again sent for and condemned it. It belonged motion confirmed that view. The Court of Exchequer to a Mr. Kemp, of Coburg-street, Euston-square. Chamber, however, reversed that holding, and the pre• .; Mr. Nice proved that the animal was tatted with see' appeal was against Oat judgment. I pl eu r e pneumonia, and was in A very bad stale It had e vidently been under medical treatment, but was by no Mr. Baron ALDEaSoN now read the opinion of the Judges, which went to uphold the judgment of the means fit for human consumption. ; Alderman MUSGROVE — II.ve parties whose cattle are Court below. Lord BROUGHAM having moved the thanks o f the seized an opportunity of sending a medical gentleman House to the Learned Judges for the care a nd attention of their own to consult with you? Mr. Nice—They have, but they never avail themselves they had devoted to this ciao), also moved that the opinion I , just read be printed, and taken into consideretion on a ! of it. Al ierman Mesoateve—So I thought, because the future day. i are too far gone. Lord CAMPBELL concurred, and the motion s were animals agreed to. 1 Mr. Kemp and his d• - over both asserted that the cow never entered Smithfield-market; but the latter's in- COURT OF QUE.EA'S I igNCH, July 9. ' structions were to take it to Fox and Knot yard, and (Sittings at N . si Preis, at Guildhall, before Lord Chief ' th en go an d ask Mr. Kemp's (pinion respecting it, and Justice DENMAN and a Common J try.) iif he said that it was not fit for sale, then the animal CHARTIST TRIALS.-31 . NAMARA v. O'CoNNOR. was to be driven to the knacker's. The plaineff in this ca.e is an attorney, and brou g ht Alderman MUSIM.YE Said he was willing to believe his action to rec over a sum of 1071. 173. 61, from the I that such was Mr. K mp's intention—to get the opi defendant, Mr. Feergus O'Connor, m.e, fe. costs and ni .n of Mr. Pickett. and therefore he should not give expenses incurred by pl ,intitf in defence of five Chariist di r e c ti ons t o t h e Ci ty S, l7citor to prosecute, bat all prisoners, tried at the Old Bailey, and for which de - betties must bear in mind that it was not a question i o fondant, according to plaintiff's case, had made himself f whether the cattle was brought liable. 1 the offence was the same anywhere, for all London was Mr. Sergeant Allen and Mr. Bramwell appeared for' an open market. into the mirket. for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. k'rentis for the ! Sergeant White observed that as there was no doctor defence. ! appointed to examine the cattle, great inconvenience rSergeant . ALLEN stated the me, from which it ! was o c c a sioned by Mr. Ni ce necessaril y being absent M appeared that the prisoners for whose defence the 1 at times. plaintiff's claim was incurred were Mr. Ernest Jones ' Alderman MUSGROVE said more positive measures (barrister at-law), Fusse I, a st stem than that of Sharpe, Vernon, and Looney. I mus t be adopted to prevent such Plaintiff, defendant, and Mr. Ernest Jones met by ups appointing another medical men to the market, to be pointinent at Ne vgate, on the 9th or 10th of June, always present, because it was exp• creel there would 1843. when defendant communicated to Mr. Jones that be an it,crease of this growing evil. The cm must be the plaintiff was to act as his and his fellow prisoners' destroyed. solicitor. He communicated the same to the other pri- I amen; and Mr. Cope, the gevernor of Newgate, would prove that he was present at the interview at which the terms and arrangements of the defence were settled. It was, ther e fore, clear that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant to act as the prisoners' solicitor, and thst it was to the defendant ho was to lock for payment of his costs and expenses in the matter. The Learned Sergeant then called Mr. Cope. the governor of Newgate, who deposed to what passed at the interview; and the Rev. Mr. Davis, ordinary of the prison, who deposed as to what took place at another interview between the parties in his vestry, and from which it appeared that the defendant introduced plaintiff to the prisoners as their solicitor. Letters were also put in from the defendant to the plain iff, being instructions to the latter not to act with out his (Mr. O'Connor's) authority, and not to take any step without consulting him. Yr. Sergeant SHEa addressed the jury for the defence, and contended that Mr. O'Connor had never rendered himself responsible to plaintiff for the cost of the pri soners' defence. A committee, he would show the jury, had been formed about the Bth of June, for the purpose of making arrangements for the prisoners' defence, and to that committee, which was denominated " Tote De fence Committee," it was clearly understood the plaintiff was to look for his coats, a funl having come by sub scriptions into their hands for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the defence. With respect to the ena • ployment of the plaintiff by the defendant, he was in a position to show that so tar from desiring to employ him, Mr. O'Connor was do sirous to employ a Mr. Roberts, his impression being that plaintiff was too young a man to have the managem nt of such an affair. "rhe Learned Sergeant then put in several letters from plaintiff to the "Defence Committee," from which he said it was clear the plaintiff looked to that committee for paypseut of his cost. He then called BOW STREET. ROBBERY BY A S -LICITOR'S CLERIC.—YeStPrilay, George William Saunders, a clerk in the service of Meesrs. Stnith, solicitors, No. 5. S yuthampteny street, HY lhorn, w ys placed at the bar before Mr. Hall. charged wi , h stealing a mortgage deed, value 1,5001. from the office of his employers. being the property of Mr. George Bedf, yrd, the mortgagor. William Gilby Welsh, a clerk in the service of the prosecutors, stated that an action was brought by the Rev. William Servante, and Mary Elizabeth, his ttiee, against George Bedford. Esq., for the sum of 7431. 16s. 3t1., mentioned in the deed, together with interest and further advances, amounting in all to 1,500/. and upwards, upon which the defendant demanded of er, and a copy of the deed. On the 21st June he inspected the deed at their solicitor's office, and having brought it beck to his employer's chambers, he placed it in a drawer in his desk, where it was safe on the following day, but on the next day, when it could not be found, he was in duced to conclude that his employera had locked it up. In a short time, having ascertained that such WAS not the case, a general search was made, but with no better success. He believed that two letters produced were in the prisoner's handwriting. In answer to the prisoner, the witness said that the judge never asked to see the endorsements on the deed, and any person could leave the chambers of his em ployers without being observed by the clerks, although they might see him enter. Mr. John Sinaleton, solicitor, of 36, Great James street. B .clibrd-row, said that he was the solicitor for the defendant in the action.. On the 3d instant, having received the letter produced from Mt sirs. Mewlow, so licitors, of Ledbury, he c tnetnunicated with Messrs. Smith respecting the robbery, and their suspicions im mediately rested on one of the clerks in their office, re vesting his assistance, which he granted by inserting an advertisement in the morning journals, offering a reward of 101 for the recovery of the documents; and on the same day he got an answer at the receiving house in Red Lion str• et, Bulb trn, which, after showing to them, he inserted another advertisement off-ring 20/, which appeared on the 7th, desirin.• that X Y. Z. would 041 , on the followii , g flay to receive the terms proposed, and aecording to previous arrangements the constable was io attendance. The letter proaueed had been inclosed from town to the Rev. Mr. Servante, of Kempley Vicarage, near Ledbury, in i ierefordshire. Sergeant Thompson, F. proved that fr.,m information he received from Messrs. Smith, he went 'at twelve o'clock 1 on Saturday last to the K -nt 1.10;el. in Brownlew street, I Mth.- lane, where he waited, giving dire ions that should any person call for R. W. s. or Mr. Singl-tim. he should be shown into the roam, and in a short time the 1 prisoner entered. saying that he was deputed to wait upon him respecting an advertisement. and having re , qtreeted he wou'd be se tted witness pulled out his p ,cltet titeik offering to pay him the amount of the reward, if he had got tne document. The prisoner replied that he hid it not with him, but could procure it by five o'clock, upon which witness uttered to pray for a cab and eceem- 1 parry him wherever he wanted to gs. He then raid, " ' l'is a singular mariner in vetted' 1. (seine p tssessed of this d tcument. I come from Smiths, and have no good reetine towards them ; quite the contrary, for they are the greatest rogues alive, besides the clerk who manaees their common-law; matters is the greatest foul, for he took the document out, and having gone to a coffee-house in Chancery-lane, left it there. A party spoke to me about ir, and I advised that it should be kept back until they should advertise it, an I then Mr. Be iford would bring an action against Smith." The prisoner then said that 201. was a very small sum, and, having got a cab, they drove to the Elephant and Castle, and a ter he had made a short delay at No. 9. West-street, Walworth-road, he brought out the document produced. Oa the way back witness handed the prisoner a fictitious cheque for 201., and, on his wishing to go into the City to get it cashed, witness told him ha could better accommodate him with it in the neighbourhood of Covent garden, to which he agreed, and in a few minutes their journey terminated at the station-house. Witness then ititroduc-d himself as an officer of justice, and the prisoner said, " This is really too bid; it is nut gentlemanly on your part." The prisoner, after receiving the usual caution from the Bench, said he could prove at a future day he did not write the letter to Mr. Servante, contending that the mortgage deed was valueless, as it was recited in another deed, and that the opinion had been taken upon the point. He Al,o denied that any of the letters were in his handwriting, and said that the deed was handed to him by a person who f fund it at Lucket's coffee house in Chancery-lane, and put himself in communica tion with the parties concerted reap-sting the reward, and he would call that person to giv , evidence, but at present he was b tend not to reveal his name. Mr. HALL refused to accept of bail, and ordered the prisoner to be fully committed for trial. Mr. Robert Side, a school slate manufacturer, who depsed that he was one of the Defence Committee in question; that they had, by request of Mr. O'ConnO , '. attended at Osborne's Hotel, ,‘delphi, on the 23d of Juae, 1848, Mr. O'Connor's object being to ascertain from them the amount of the defence fund in their hands. Mr. Licsy, the treasurer of the conatnitte, p+ o duced 401. or 501, and said that it was the wish of the committee that Mr. O'Connor should employ that sum in retaining counsel for the prisoners. Mr. O'Connor re marked that he should have prorerred employing Mr. Roberts to M'N toara, and that he would n.tt himself he liable beyond the extent to wnich the funds of the committee nt;ght go. ['here were, besides the L lon Coarist prisoner+, Chartist prisoners in the country, who were also to be defended by the application of the defence twat the intention of the contributors being that the fund should be a cownon one for the defence o f town and country Chartists, sal that the distribution for such purpose should a fair one. Mr. Ewi:.r, clerk to the defeadant, d: posed that he was present at on interview at Notting-hill, Bayswater, at which plaintiff, defendant, and Mr. Ernest Jones were present, and tha: defendant on that occasion distinc ly informed p 1 iintiff that he, defendant, would not. be liable for any amount of costs that might be incurred beyond what the subscriptions would cover. In cross examination, it was elicited from this witness that Mr O'Connor, in relation to the defence expens's, sail he 'bout , ' have to " pay the piper," on which Mr. Jones said, "IF you have got to pay the piper, I will defend myself." Mr. O'Connor replied that the money coll:cted should go as far as it could towards defending all the prisoners J,rnes Ryd-r, clerk in the Northern Star offi‘te, deposed that h. had rec->ived a sum of 4791. 19s. Id. for defence of the Chartist prisoners, and that he had paid 500/. towards that object in advance of various sumo, the differencß between the two amounts baring been paid by Mr. O'Connor. Alnutt produced those letters of the plaintiff to the Defence C unmittee, read by Mr. Sergeant Shee in his speech for the defence. Mr. Sergeant ALLEN replied, and commented on the e7idenee. L )rd DENMAN sucamPd up, and left it to the jury to say whether they bPliwvea that the plaintiff looked for payment to tin funds of the D3tenee Committee, or to Sr. O'Connor. The jury, unable to azree in the box, retired, and after an absence of considerable duration, returned a veri:et for the plaintiff, for 1071. 17s. 6d. the amount chimed. COURT OP COMMON PLEAS, July. 9. (Nisi Prius Sittinz at Guibihi.ll, before L , Jrd Chief Justice WILDE and Special Juries.) BARRY V. BILL • This else was re3umecl this morning. When the Court rose. at ahou►. twenty minutes to eight o'clock this evening, the plaintiff had ju:t concluded his case. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, July 9. (Before the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury.) The Court was eng aged exclusively during the day in the trial of an action by an iron-founder, resident in B iitol, against a Government contractor, to determine whether a sum of 1,500/. was a sufficient remuneration for an iron stern post anti other gear furnished for the purpose of a steam-frigate. The particulars were not of such a nature as to call for any detailed notice. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. SENDING DISEASED CATTLE TO SM/TIMELD MAR-' SET TOE SALE.—Yesterday George Tre.v, 26, one of the officers specially appointed to attend the market days in Smithfield, applied to Mr. Alderman Musgrove for his authority to destroy a carcass which was unfit for human food. He said that about a quarter before seven o'clock that morning he was in Smithfield, in company with Russell, another constable, when he saw a cow which he ausne , ted was diseased, being driven into the market by William Fuller, 869 drover. He went up and asked to whom it belonged, and was informed that, the owner was a Mr. Cross, cowkeeper, of Collier street, Islington. The cow was taken to the Ram Inn-yard, and Mr. Nice, the veterinary suwgeon, was sent for, who examined the animal, and pronounced it unfit for human consumption." Mr. Josiah Nice, veterinary sargenn, deposed to having examined the animal, which was in a moss e maciated condition, an d was in the last stage of pleuro pneumonia, and altogether unfit for human beings to eat. Alderman MUSGUOTH ordered the carcass to be de stroyed, and said that he was sure that at this season nf the year the public was looking to the officers to use their utmost vigilance t o in addition to others they wpreerveennit liable to, more par ticul zrly at the present time , wh-n the cholera was so bad. A SECOND CASE.—George Rumen sail that about six o'clock that morning, he observed a sheep in one of the pens in a very rotten state, and, on inquiry, found that it belonged to the owner of the pen—a Mr. Horsey, asles man in the market. The drover, who was there, said that his master would be back presently, but witness had it instantly removed. Alderman MUSGROVE—Was this the only one in the pen diseased? Russell—lt was. Alderman Musonovz—And was it amongst a num ber of others? Russell—Yes. Mr. Nice said he examined the sheep, and it was quite rotten, and bad been so about one month. Alderman MUSGROVE—Then the parties sending it to market for sale must have been aware that it was in a bad state. _ _ Mr. Nice—Most certainly. Alderman Musonovz ordered it to be destroyed. and obaervOd that it' was very desirable such a practice shoald be put a stop to. If it could be shown that the pestles who had sent it for sale had a guilty knowledge, they would subject themselves to both flue and hum soument. It was a guidon with him whether the•ma gistraws ought not to go f art h er. and in a cases order the City Solicitor to prefer in e t wen t • spina 0030 MARYLEBONE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTEC TION Of YOUNG FEDlALES.—Yesterday Mr. Richard Field, managing officer ot , the London Society for the Protection of Young Females and the Prevention of Ju venile Prostitution," attended at this court before Mr. Broughton, in support of warrants which had been granted by Mr. Bingham, at the instance of the society alluded to, against John lanes, who was described as a " gentleman, " residing at Stockwell, and six other par :les (men an d wives), named ParAer, Bartlett, and Cohen. The tire•-nam©d defendant was charged with being the owner of h..uses of ill-repute, in Fitzri3y place. New road, and the rest of the defendants with being the keepers of brothels, for which Innes was paid by them a weekly rental. The matter was taken up in consequence of numerous complaints which from time to time had been made to the overseers of the p Irish by respectable I neighbours with rewird to the nuisance, and the foremost in the ease were (very properly. in the exercise of their parochial duty) Mr. Hodson and Mr. Jakins, the over seers above referred to. The proceedings were instituted under 25th George IL, c. 36. • Mr. BROUGHTON made some observations with regard to the excellence of the society, which he felt convinced had done a vast amount of good, and acting upon the statements of the witnesses who had came forward, he hi-ld the whole of the defendants to bail in various amounts fur their being ferthcominz to answer indict. ment, against them at the next Middlesex Sessions. ogtoe ae new off ender , trick. Thomas Hill, who desciibal himself as a gentleman, was brought up by Inspector D ay, of the London and North-Western Rid way Company's police, on the charge o f having travelled a certain distance along the hue without paying pis fare. a ff nd en i d t .,r was he stated that the having, some defendanttOEntvhi Ev i dence aw tried sn on the tame . tr molintehrsaisinnoorwisofinetneednfs., or in default of payment one George Smith alias Watson, was brought up in cus tody, charged w ith having end eavoured, by false end fraudulent representations, to obtain charitsble contribu tions from the nobility and gentry. Mr. Horsford, the chief officer of the Mendicity Society, produced numerous documents, which •were honied to the magistrate. The evidence which was gone into occupied a consi derable portion of the magistrate's time, and Smith was sent to hard labour in the Rouse of Correction fur three months. SWIMMING MATCH.—The match between Walker and Kettle, to swim from London bridge to Gres, wick, for 301., came off this morning. The start took co a t half-past six. Both men appeared in excellent con tion; but the superiority of Walker as a swimmer soon bet am, evident, for , he took the lead at once and continued to gain on his opponent till full.a quarter of a mile ahead, which position be maintained to the finish, beatirg his opponent easily by about sin minutes: Thematch accomplished in lb. 6m. TULE HUSH. POOR-LAW. FINAL REPORT FRO .1 THE LORDS' COMMITTEE. The Lords' Select Committee appointed to in luire into the operation of the Irish Poor-law, and the ex. pediency of making any amendment in its enact•• ments and to report to the House, and to whom were referred several petitions and documents re lating to the subject-matter of the inquiry, have met, and further considered the subject-matter referred to them, and have agreed to the following resolu tions, viz.:— " 1. That the original Poor Law Act of 1838 was founded upon inquiries, reports, and recommendations, all of which led to the c inclusion that the relief for Irish distress should be afford-e 4 through the medium of the workhouse only, and that this -conclusion was recognised and adhered to by the Legislature both in 1838 and in 1848, when specific propositions for outdoor relief were made, disci: ised, and, on mature consideration, rejected. l'eat, up to the autumn of 1846, the law of 1833 was not found inadequate to the general necessities of Ireland; and, even unler the altered cir cumstances of the country and the destitution of large masses of the people by the pressure of the pet.co failure during the lest three years, 25 unions out of 180 have confined all their grants of relief to the workhouse; while other, and among them s elle in distressed dis tricts, which had temporarily availed themselves of the power given uteler the Act of 1817 (10th and 11 , h Victoria, c. 31) for the grant of out-door relief, have, by Unproved management, been subsevently enabled alto gether, or nearly so, to dispense with it. "2. That though the Act of 1847, especirlly followed as it was by that for the punishment of vagrants (10th and 11th Viet., c. 84), a,pix!ars to bare been called for as a temporary measure to meet a pressing emer gency, the abuses to which it has led, and the bid effects which have been produced on the general habits of the people by the extension, however necessary in some instances, of out-door relief to able-bodied, prove beyond all doubt, in the opinion of the Committee, that nn permanent 53 stem for the relief of the poor can be carried out in Ireland safely and beneficially to re ceivers or payers, without a return to the priacip!e of the original ;aw, by a strict application of in-door relief to all CII , PS of paupers. subject only to occasional excep tion, under authority of the Puor-law Commissioners, of the old and impotent, when it is impossible to find room for them in the workhouse. " 3. That to effect this, additional workhouse accom mo cation must be provided; and. considering the vast tr:ze of some of the present unions, especially in the poorest parrs of the country, the Committee concur in the iveummendation of the boundary Commissioners, that a considerable number of new unions should t e formed, and workhouses attached to them, according to the order suggested by the comparative urgency of the several eases. " 4. Tut, for the erect on of new workhouses in the distrrsied di-ticts, it is ilidisp-usable that advances shiuld be mid. on the settle principles as those under the Act ot 1838 for the workhous. s already crewed; that to obviate any clitticultie, such al have here tofore occurred in ob'aining the most eligible iite for such workhouses, the Poor-law Corntuissiotters ought to oe it.vesttd with poker tJ take lands for their erection, similar to that now given by the Legislature tor the erredun of county court houses, gauls, and lunitic asylu•ns. " 5 That the Committee are of opinion that a re arrangement should be made of electoral divisions, on the prirciples successfully and bei.eficially adopted in the irovince of Ulster, on the principles Also proposed by the Bi,unclary C:numission, and in conformity with the spirit of the original instructions of the Poor—law Commissioners, as referred to in the boundary r. port. 6. That the Committee have noticed in their former report the great inequalities in the present valuations, hoti of tudons and el, ctoral divisions, and they now feel it their dory strongly to impress upon your Lord ships the necessity of procuring, at the earliest pos sible period, a lair and uniform valuation through out Ireland us the basis t'or rating. They also re comm,nrl that such valuation when once adopted, .hould not be subject to alteration without an order of the Poor-law Commissioners, to be approved by the Lord-Lieutenant in Couded, and that fit and competent person;, duly sworn, should, on such order being given, be appointed by the Pour-law Commissioners to carry it into circa. " 7. That, to guard against all inequality in the ap portionment of the poor. rates between landlord and tenant, no greater proportion than one-half of the poor. rates actually paid shutid in any case be deducted from (he person rtceiViug rent is respect of any rateable pro perty. " 8. That, to check the practice of subletting and sub dividing lands wh,ch has produced much of toe misery and pauperism of Ireland, the Committee recommend that where any such subletting and su'Alivision shall hereafter take place contrary to covenant, it shall de prive the party subletting or subdividing of all powers of deducting any part of the poor-rive from his rent, and that he oily shall be held liable for the rate. "9. That in all holdiogs of the rated value of 30/. a year and upwards, power be given ler voluntary arrange ments between landlord and tenant to throw the whole pa) mew or the rates on the latter. - • - • . . " 10. That it has been shown that whilst in England rateable property sa only liable for the poor-rate last struck and in course of coWction, in Irela,id arrears of poor-rate may accumulate to any extent, possibly to the uti,nption of the who', of the pr , .tiert) ; the Com. mittee eonsi , ler it good policy to encourage the owner to as,iet in the coll-.ction of the rates upon his e.tate, and only justice to enable him to free it from charges which might ultiinati ly lead to its confisc:,.tion; they there fore recommend that it i•hould be incumbent on the p ,or , law guardians to certify to tile landlord or his agent halt yearly the awount of poor rates three niondli in arreer from the different tenants on the estate on the lit of b 1 9y or lit of November preceding. They further recoil:atm n 1, that when the landlord, within two tnol,ths of the receipt of such notice, t•hall f'icharge the whole or any pzrt of such arrears, he shoold he all o wed tot per cent. for cods of collection, and be , Inpowered to recover the tenant's portion by distress, and to proceed b. ejectint.nt when the rates of one year, or one yeer's rent are outstanding. 11. rtlAt the practice in Ireland of holding the landlord personally rosponsibte for rates owing by out going and defaulting tenants, and postbly so lett out standing by the tn-4lect or connivance of the poor.law officers, app,itr.4 unjust; and ai tne Corninito e cutout re comm,nd a rimvssion of such arrears, they cousider that the rewen4ibinty should b? limited to th.• person or pr sons originally and to the land upuu which such arrears have accrued. " 12. That to encourage as much as possible the in vestment of capi al, and the employment of labour in the cultivatio of land in Ireland, farms should not be liable to the valuation, or increased racing, on account of the erection of farm buildings, or of any drainage or any other permanent agricultural improvement specified un der the provisions of the L ands Improvement Act, until seven years after their completion. " 13. That the attention of the Committee has been directed to the technical difficulties, and the consequent injugice and expense incident to the prosecution of ap peals against poor-rates; and they deem it not only right that no unnecessary obstructions should be off,rred to the appellant, but that every fair opportunity should be afforded to enat'le him to free himself from unjust or excftsive rating ; arid with the view of ren dering the rating more correct, and of reducing the num ber of appeals, now. so inconveniently large, the Com mittee would recommend that the rate-book should be left for the inspection of the ratepayers during at least fourteen days before the striking of a rate, and that the names of the occupiers of all holdings of 41. value and under shall be given in the rate-books. They are also of opinion that in no case when the name of the immediate lessor is discoverable should that name ba omitted from the book. That the agent of a proprietor seeking to appeal should be legally entitled to do so in the name of his principal, and that his signature to the recognisance should be equally valid with that of his principal. That the mode of proceeding here after for the recovery of rates should be either before the justices of the peace at petty sessions, or before the assistant barristers, with an appeal (as in the ease of civil bill) to the judge of the text asizos, the ,jurisdic tion of the assistant barrister being enlarged for the purpose of enabling him to entertain causes to any amount. That a discretionary power should be vested in the assistant barrister to correct clerical errors or variances in the forms of proceeding. which he crnsi ders casual and unimportant, so as to admit of a decision on the merits in cases in which it is of the utmost ireport.ince ihst there should be expeditious as Well as cheap justice, this remedy being made equal and applic able to all partiet4. That it is also deserving of consideration whether the sheriff, who reedit', a a fee fer putting his name to the warrant for executing a decree, should not be made responsible for the execution of the duty, though a public officer, thus rendering the law more effrTtive for the recovery of rates. . _ " 14. Tnat, with the view of correcting some of the abuses practised in the administration of relief, the names of all recipients of relief should be entered, under the names of the townlands in which they are stated to have last resided, in a WA to be kept for each electoral division, and that those books thcald be always open for the inspection of the ratepayers on two days in each week. " 15. That the Committee have heard from several witnesses somewhat confi;cting opinions on the opera tion of the clause in the Act of 1847 which prohibits relief to the occupiers of more than a quarter of an acre of land.. It is clear that no au. render is required on the part of the tenant of any portion of his land, in order to qualify himself as en atplicant for re lief. If he ceases to occupy, that in itself is sufficient; under these circurnsta.nces he m;y cease to occupy a portion or por t i ons o f l an d , except the quarter of an sere upon which his house is situated. The non-occu• pation of such land by the tenant dies not, without pro. cess of law, confer upon the landlord the right of re-entry and resuming possession ; -the land, there fore, lies wave. It does not appear clear who is liable to the rates of such lani, if any one indeed is liable; the arrears, however, accumulate. It' the landlord were to re•enter for the purposes of cultiva tion, without having taken legal steps to terminate the tenancy, he would be a wrongdoer, and if he the land the original tenant would be erritl.d to enter at harvest and to take the produce. The landu pa leling by waste is likewise open to th e p oss ibl e a squatter hel dog without a tith z , wh o o canwtt s however, be removed from such land without the trou bl e some and expensive process of ejectment. The Committee, thetefore, recommend s uch r xp , ana t ion or amendment - of that clause as may make its op.-ratio n eft-cave, uniform, and consistQnt with the inieres.:s of the owner, the occupier, and the public. " 16. That the appointment of auditors, and the na ture of the duties impo:ed upon rho'e officers, are Provided for by the Ist and 21 Victoria, C. 56, s. 95, . and that the auditors are required to disallow ancrstrike out of every account MU charges as they shell deem illegal and unfounded, and reduce such as are exorbitant. and insert in every such account such ch ages ageinst the person accounting as they shall deem such person liable to ; that it does not appear from the evidence that such duties have been efficiently peeorined; illegal appropriations of the rates in the ad ministration of out-door relief without the autnority of a valid order having in one case taken place in November, 1847, the abuse net having been corrected in April, 1849, and no evidence appearing that in any one case moneys so im properly expended have ever been refunded. That to no one duty should the attention of the Poar -law Commie .sioners be more strict!) , applied than to the enforcement of the functions of the auditors. in their supervision of the accounts, of the union accceunts, and their entorce ment of the 14w against all parsons by whom any un authorised expenditure shall have taken place. " 17. That in the distreesnl districts, and more espe cially in those in which it is proposed te establish new unions and new workhouses, the Committee recommend that after the functions of paid guardians may have ceased, and in eases when there is no resident inspector. the Poor law Commissioners shall be authorised, on the request of the board of guardians, to name a paid resi dent guardian to assist in the administration of relief and the men igement of the workhouse. "18. That proofs have been brought before the:Commit • tee of the heavy expenses incurred by the town of Belfast, as well as by other ports both in Great Britain and Ireland, for the meintenance of paupers thrown upon theta in their pas , ,age between the two ceuntries; and the Com mittee think it their duty to bring this taut under your Lordships' nceice, with a view to your considering whether the evil complained of can be obviated or di minished by any alteration in the law respecting the re moval of lash paupers. " 19, That whatersr measures may be adopted for the permanent relief of the poor of Ireland, the Com mittee are convinced, from the concurrent testi mony of the many witnesses whom they have ex amined on that head, that in some districts the indigent classee, who heretofore derived a preca rious eubeietance from their potato crop, far exceed the means which, under any probable circumstances, those districts can be expo cted to supply fur their support, tend that the removal of a part of the superfluous pope lation is therefore an indispensable condition to the future NI ' , Ware of those districts. 20. That with this conviction impressed on their minds, the Committee earnestly recommend that mes> sures be tsken for aiding and promoting the emigration of those clesset on some organized Velem, which shall enable such as are willing to leave Ireland, and are qua lifi d to earn a livelihood in other countries, to rewuve thither cheaply and safely. " 21. Tina the Commtitee have heard with great inte- rest evidence detailing the proceedings of the British As. , ciation end of the Society of Friends. The noble and munificent charity manifested not only throughout the British empire, but in the United States of America, in tereign countries, and in the most distant colonial pea eught long to be remembered; and the pru dent said discreet manner in which their funds were ad ministered, and the disinterested assistance which they received from Count S:raelecki, Lord Rob-•rt. Clinton, Lord J. Bugler, Mr. Higgins, Capt. Whitmore, and other benevolent and generous persons, form an example for donit tie n, suggesting unbounded motives for veep ct and gratitude. Ihe practical efferts made by the Society of Friends for the permanent improvement of the condition of the people by promoting agricultural instruction, a development of the fisheries, and an improvement of the industrial resources of Ireland, thus striking at the root of pauperism, deserve much consideration; and, although e xperiments of this description, tried at a mono nt of exigency, must be tried to very con siderable disadvantege, they yet nay suggest vari ous modes of effecting iatet nal improvement which may be carried forward under better circumstances and with greater success. To this the measures recommended by the Government, and adopted by the Legislature, will, it is hoped, largely contrieute, extending the means of effi-cting land improvements, the completion of arterial drainage left in an unfinished state, the encouraging of fi,hery stations, and small piers and harbours. The assistance wisely granted to railroads in Ireland has a tendency to promote the natural resources of that country, to give a better reward to indus try, and thus to create a more effective demand for lab ur. The progress of education, the connexion of agricultural instruction, not only with the workhouses, but a ith certain of the national schools in Ireland, have already met the ap • proval of Parliament. Deese measures will not only improve the physical condition of the peopk but will have a salu tary i ff-ct in raising their mural and social c,indition like wise; but much remains to be done to solve that difficult problem, which is torced upon the attention of Perim m- nt by the present stare or Ireland. In the solution of tnat problem much more than the well-being of It eland is in volved; the interests of the two parts of the United King. dom are inseparable. It is inevitable that the continued depression uud ultimate ruin of Ireland cannot take place without t 1 e most fatal consequences to Great Britain; the loss of a great Lome market for manu factures, the loss of an independent means of sup ply of agricultural and raw produce would, iu thenbelves, be great national calamities ; but the danger to the social state of Great Britain from the per manent misery and degradation of the people of Ireland is so great nod so imminent. that the Committee is con fident it will meet the attention it deserves trom the puit lie and the Imperial Legislature." Arid the Committee have directed an appendix, to vtrier with an index to the whole of the evidence, to be laid before your Lotch.h.ps. INTERESTING AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT.—SonIe doub, having been entertained whether the m size plant, which grows almost spontaneously in tropical climates, cou!d be successfully cultivced in this country, an exp. riment upon a small scab has been made within the or nawental cm:blare in S'. James's Park, by permission of the Cominissiotsers of Wooils and Forests. The seed was put in on the 2441 of May 14st, and, though fur some time retarded by easterly winds, the young shoots came up well. However, when the plants began to feel the cheering influences of light aryl air with a hotter sun, the success of tne experiment was abundantly testified by the vigorous aspect of the little crap. It was in spected yesterday by several gentlemen interested in agriculture, all of whom express,d their astonishment at the rapid progress made within forty-five days, the greater number of the plants having grown one inch every day since the present sultry weather set in. The spat selected was not favourable to the experiment, being close to a nurery of young trees and El,veering shrubs, which, in a great degree, tended to deprive the plants of ligat, sun, and air. It is calculated that thirty acres of maize would be worth 40C1., if the soil be of an average qualify and properly drained. The cultivation of maize has been deemed of so much importance by the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, that two very able papers have already been published in the society's journal, explastat.)ry of the properties of this plant and pointing out the li,st system of culture. Should the experiment now in course of trial in St. James's park, succeed to the extent predicted, it is presumed that it wsil be very generally adopted throughout the kingdom. BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—A. meeting of the niemners of this society and others was held on Friday at its rooms, 20, 13. dtOrd-street, Covent-garden, G. Doubleday, Esq., vice-president, in the chair. Jasper W. Rogers, Esq , read a pap .r "on the uses and proper ties of peat muss, and the value of peat etareoal as a d.s inketal.t and fertilizer." After some remarks on the nature and peculiarities of this moss, Mr. Rogers pro ceeded to state that the charcoal might be applied as a means of deudorzing the nigitt soil of our large towns; and that with equal parts of that substance and excretial sail a very valuable manure might be prepared. After exhibiting the process by whteh this t ffeet was to be produced, and showing that the saving in health and money consequent on the adoption of his plan would be considerable, Mr. Rogers stated that he was ready to submit the whole of it to any public test, and to afford every information in his power to such as were inter ested in the subject. Messrs. Edwin Chadwick, Touhnin Merchison, and Woodward then made a few re marks on the subject of I:quid manures, and the meeting broke up. A RUN AWAY ENGINE.--On Wednesday night one of the engines belonging to the Aylesbury Railway took leave of its attendants, and started off ou a trip for its own pleasure. The engine generally works the nigh , lugea 'e train, and was prepared for its usual journey, the tire being up and everything in good trim, the steam hem shut off: From some unexplained cause, seine few minu*es before the usual time of starting, and before the ei.gine wis attached to. the train, it bolted out of the engine house, leaving those who had the care of it in the greatest consternation. The gates at the Stock lake crossing were shut, and the engine dashed through them. breaking them to pieces, and continued its journey, fear ing no interruption. An immediate pursuit after the runaway was of course made, and a_ter traversing along the Aylesbury branch, no trace of it was to be seen—th, , engine bad gone ahead, and made i a way in the direc tion for the north. Near the L-igh;on station it was motionless, the furnace requiring supply had ex. f haunted ound itself, d the mighty machine was brought to a Avid. It was taken on to lc ightou by a down luggage train, which had been signalled to ka fore approaching it. It it very fortunate that no accident took pace through the occurrence. On the Aylesbury branch there wa-t no fear of damage to much extent being done ; but hid tha engine reached the multi line at a lLtle earlier or later period, the amount of mischief it might have occasioned can scarcely be contemplated. —Aylesbury etas. ATTEMPTED MORDER.-011 Friday evening, about six o'cl. ck, a diabolical attempt wss male to destroy the . o p f la t c w e ' . 3 14 T d h i e g y , were sutiog in the daughters of 1)r. Stokes, the drawing r'ijiiffae)too.rrwitilhvaßl they were fired -at by some ruffian residing in Northampton-street, Which is at the hick of Mr. Stokt>.is's grounds. Police-nfficers Collins and Withers, of the N division, who were en the spot watching some thieves, were instandynalfed into the doctor's house, and after the alarm hail sormi.hat subsided, they found a bullet embedded in the wall, it having passed over the heads, and then through a carved cornice. Every eti,,rt was immediately ,made to detect the dastardly scoumirel, but up to S tturday afternoon no clue had been obtaned of bun. - HAMPTON COUKT PALACE, &C.—A. prliarnentary return, moved for by Cip t itain Pealell, in continuation of fornsvr return, gives tho. number of vi.-hors admitted free of charge to the stVte apartments at fitropton Court PAnce and Windsor: Castie, and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, during the last rwct s ,- ars, as foilows : n Court Pallee (1847), 162,031; ditto (1848), 15- 0 321. Winds•er Castle (1847) 25,960 ; ditto (1848), 26,897. B G,ir dens at li.-w (1847), 64,282; ditto (18-18), 91,70, MONEYS IN THE EXCHEQUER —The sum remain ing to be raisfti on the 30th of Jaite last to coulpl. , te the aids granted by P.rliain-nt fir the service of the year 1847 and 1848, itraCtrats 60 1,169,0681. 1310ERIAL P titLIAMEN r. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 9. Their Lords+;ip3 mer, at Fly,: o'etock. LA.(I CANIPiiELL mov,d the third reading of the Sheriffs of Wes!rilirdind The Bill was rea i a third time and passed. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL. This Bill, on the mltion of the Earl of CARLISLE, passed through Committee. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented by various parties, praying to be hard by counsel azainst the Port of Newcastle .upon-Tyne Improvem , nt Bill. Lord BEAUNION r presented a petition from the minist-r and wardens of a Roman Catholic Chapel, complaining. of the too tie tr approach of a railway to the weir. .inflow of their chapel. Lord REDESDA LE presented a petition from the in ventors of a smoke consuming apparatus, praying for its adop•ion by the Governmenr. Lord WEIA.RNCLIFFE pr,sented petitions against the granting of licences to beer-lionoes; al,o from certain miners in the county of Northumberland, pr4ying that some of their members might be outtnitted before the Committee on the Ventilation of Min9i. PRISON DI >CIPLINE._ Lord BROUG 11A Ai, in explanation of what ho had urged the other night on the subject of the clas,ificmtion of prisoners, impressed upon their L.)rdships the ne cessity of shortening the period of confinement which took place of prisoners before trial, and suggested the propriety ty enlarging the jurisdiction of the County Courts tor the purpo4e. ASSAULTS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bil , was read a third iine ani MUTINY AND DESERTION (INDIA) BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. RETURNS The Marqui; of LANSDOWNE presented the re turns of toe 1,-)an Commissioners of IlAand, and several other returns by command of her Mik.mty. EAnTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Lord MON T EAGLE presented a petition from several shareholders in the EAstern Counti,s Railway. eons , pl , ttning of having been led astray by certain misrepre sentations to consent to an •ana4lganLition with another c mipany, and preying that the Bill for that umalgatna • don might not pass until the Bill authorising a Govern me ;t audit of ra , tvu,y acc..unts should have bec.ime law. The Bi'ls on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adj,wthtd. HOUSE OF tAI d MONS, July 9. MARRIAGE (SCO PLANT)) BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE (in continuation from our Afternoon E talon of yesterdav) said—He had now to be seech the atten ion of Hon. Members, and particularly Scotch Members, while he stared the objects of the Mar riage Bill. In the first place, one of its objects was to intro , duce certainty, and remove great sources of uncertainty, with respectei the contraction of marriages—to leave it no longer a metter of d tubt and difficulty, to be ascertained by a sitting investigation, and a long and most unsatisfactory inquiry, whether parties have or have not eeetraeted the state of marriage. Tee first object then, was to remove uncertainty with respect to the institatien of marriage. and to introduce regulations to secure a better performance of the ceremony. Tae second object was to insure, as far as possible, publicity to the contract of marriage, and to put an end to a state of law which he could not help thinking was a disgrace to a civilized country, as it not only admitted but encouraged the con traction of clandestine and concealed tnarriages.—(llear, he r.) The third object of the Bill was to s- cure a reasonable intimation of the intention of parties to marry, so as to prevent hasty and ill-assorted unions, by giving the friends of the parties some notice of the in tention, and thus making them interfere to pre vent or sanction the marriage, time being al lowed to them for the parpose.—(Cries of " Hear.") There was also another point to which he wished to ad vert, viz., that a person belonging to any of the dissent ing bodies in Scotland could not be married by a dissent ing clergyman without a proclamation of the banns being first made in the Established Church. This, he considered, was a very great grievance to all the parties concerned. The present law of Scotland made marriage a matter of civil contract; it was constituted simply by consent, and it was not even required that intercourse should follow the consent of the parties. To ascertain, therefore, the validity of marriage, it was necessary in many cases to spell it out by inference and conjecture, which, of course, gave rise to much difficulty, and frequently to litigation. Was that a state of law which ought to be allowed to exist? It was said that the presnt law was for the protection of females, but in how meny cases had it happened that a written promise of marri ge had been given to the woman, and had afterwardsteen destroyed bt her seducer? In how teeny other cases had it happened that the woman had received the most direct promise of marriage, bad then sum ndered her person, and on being deserted had no other evidence to appeal to than the oath of her seducer? He had no hesitation in saying, as the resultof long professional expe rience thet the present law, instead of being a protection to females, was a snare for entrapping them.—(Hear, hear.) He would now state how he wished the Bill, which he had introduced, to operate. In the first place, he intended to make all marriages good which were celebrated by a clergyman ; he would Lave the taw as regarded such marriages where he found it, with this exception, that where there was no proclamation or the banns, the parties should fill up a certificate giving notice to the registrar of their intention to marry. With respect to other marriages—marriages of an irregular na ture which were constituted by former subsequent inter course or cohebeation,reputation, or private writings—he proposed, Li order to ensure publicity, that no marriage should be valid unless the c*.nsent was given befot e the registrar, and was duly registered by him. This would prevent all dispute as to the validity of the marriage, and would also prevent all clandestine proceedings. He also proposed that where the parties refused to have their banns proclaimed, that they should intimate their intention to marry to the registrar, who was bound to publish it in the most effectual manner. The Hon. Gentleman opposite maintained that he had done nothing. because he had only fixed a penalty of 2001. He wished to remind the Honourable Gentleman, that in &aline with a clergyman he was dealing with a public officer, and he could not deal with him in any other manner. In such a case, too, the penalty would be followed probably by deprivation of offiee. He could not carry the punishment fur ther, except by making the marriages void, and that would lead to worse consequences, and would punish the wrong parties. The uncertainty of the law in Scotland with respect to marriage was the great evil which called for this redress. With respect to con sequence -t, he referred the House to the case of a gen tleman in Scotland possessed of extensive landed pro perty there, who had married a lady from England, and after the union had subsisted a year or two a claim was brought against him by a woman in Scotland of a pre vious marriage, which claim depended upon writings, in which she affirmed a promise of marriage was given. These were held to be proved, and the English marriage was declared void, and the lady obliged to return home in the character of an unmarried woman after she had for some time sustained the character and borne the honours of a married woman. Was such a state of things to be permitted any longer? Was such a state of law to be approved which allows such abuses to prevail? this cave of itself alone was sufficient to ask that H to interfere and put down such a state of law. He wished to mak, a few observations with respect to the opposition made to this Bill. Members of the Church of Scotland had sometimes said to him "you are making marriage too easy by allowing marriage by registration." Why what better way was there than thus to insure publicity ? Others, almost in the same breath, charged him with making marriage too difficult, by preventing marriage by writings and sub,equeet intercourse, or by premise, Again, he was charged with giving legal couuteuanc for the first time to irregular marriages.- With regard to the objections made by the Church of Scotland, it Was only necessary to look at the ate - es of things in Scotland now; the only penalty now was for a clergyman marrying a couple without obtaining evidence of a proper pro clamation but have nothing to do with the Chureh: marry by writing, however dubious and enigmatical— merry by promise, however alight, and you were perfectly safe. If a clergyman were intro (limed into the affair, and if he did not obtain evidence of a proclamation, which he had already ahowri to be a perfect farce, that instant the law interposed and the parties were subject to a penalty. What an ab• surdi y was this. Could there be conceived any more prep tsterous state of the law than this? He could find no force in the objection of the Church of Scotland to any law which proposed such a state of things. If the Church of Scotland did say that they had a lieu to interfere in this matter, they were making greater eleirns than the Chinch of Rome had dune at the Council of Trent. With respect to the petitions which he.! been brought against these Bills, they numbered 337; and 225 were presented from the Church ; and these were got up in an t xtraordinary manner. There was a petition from the teener 1 Assembly, and a petition from the Commission of the General Assembly, which was about the same thing. In the same manner there were petitions from the synod. presbytery and particu lar individuals in Aberdeen, and this was the way all threttehout. Out of 1,000 perishes in Scotland, not above 130 had petitions d, and all the petitions presented were not signed by more than 7.000 persons. He could not consider that these p-ti.iona were an ex positign of the opinion of Scotland. He asked for these Bills, first, on the ground of certainty to the contracting of marriages in Scotland, which they hid not at prea-nt, and, secondly, to give pub licity to marriage, which was highly desirable. The Committee dui not object to listening to the opi nions of laeyers given before the Committee; but they o*.ct , ll to some ilfetrozsu clergymen of the Estab lished Church, and a provost from each city in Scot land, being in the first piece examined before the Com mittee. The Hon. and Learned Member concluded by saying he wonli oppose the amendment. Mr. 111• NEILL supported the amendment. Bt fore he could consent to any alteration in the law, he demanded some exposition of the great injury that had resulted from its past operation. He hae co objection to ge m , into a Cornolitee of incoiry on the di<graceful mode which obetined on the borders of Seorland of sekm niaine marriages. That practice was a great grie=v ance to the lower order , : of the people of Scotiand, and he would rejoice to see a measure brought to remedy anti reineve that abuse; .ucti a upaaiiire would not only (ewe a g reet evil to which the lower clews were now subject, without aleedging their enjoy. ruenta, b,it w mid etr-ct that objet S , ‘ ithout werki ee my evil to the higher and reiddle cl saes. held that a in trriige solemnly entered into by the principals in the presence or the members of their which we.; the present moths ot' celebrating tearriag,e in Setolen-1, an l where the par ties a fterwards fora long series of ye-us lived in the opea relstionship of man and wire. was a much mote impress* proof of the relationship of feartiage thsu any mere registration 0' the fact, which was one of the ohj.-cte proposed by the present Bill. The ancient practice of seletnnizing marriages in Scotland was one which had a counterpart in every Iteeton.in the world, and its propriety and legality had been re cognised by the ecclesiastical courts in England in the person of a men so learned and of so high a re - putation as Dr. Luanington. It had been given in evi dence before the Committee over and ote2r again that the people of Secalend were a virtuous people. Why, then, was the House to be told by the advocates of the pre sent Bill that the present system of marriage led to vice and immorality ? He hoped the people of Scotland were to be considered a civilized people. He knew they were a virtuous people, and one who respected the Laws. In the name of justice and the people of outland, he protested against this BM, since they had given them no Opportunity of stating their objections to it. The author of the Bill admit,ed that the people of Scotland were most virtuous, yet the Bill was introduced un the ground that it VIN 3 intended to pet a stop to ion morality. The laws of • England wiLle respect to ineerrhg e did not prevent that in England which it wets stated it was the object of the Bill to ob viate in Scotland. In the first place, nearly all the counties of Seetland had petitioned against this Bill. Mr. F. MAULE—The petitions also were against the Registration l 3 11.—(Oppwition cheers.) Mr. M'NEILL said it the Marriage Bill passed, the Ree - ,istraien Bill would be reudered necessary. 'Phis showed how much both of these Bills were dis liked. An immense number of the townseiouneile had voted againrt it, as also a vast number of parochial hoards, who might be said to represent the poor; also of the General Assembly, and of the borough representa tives. Surely these persons and the others who had pe titioned a..ainst the measure could not be looked upon as not expressing the int, resla of the people of Scotland. It was said that the number o: peter loners was small. Why it must be borne in mind that many of them were signed by the chairmen of the meetings from which they had ema nated. Tats all had been before the House thre, years, but each year it had been rejected ; and the patient having refused for three years to take the medicine pro pounded to him, the Noble Lord was about to thrust it down his throat. (Loud laughter.) The people of Scotland "ire a loyal, a peaceable, and a constitutional peoplo. Tnis was conced dou al hands. Therefore they thould nut press a measure upon titetn which was most objecionable to the whole mass of the people. It they were about to start a new colony, he did not say that the law of Scotland wits respect to marriage was one that he should reel disposed to apply to it; oat, having stood so lung, and worked so well, he saw no reason why it should be altered against the wish of the entire people.---(Orteers.) Mr. F. MAULE reierred to the proceedings in the Committee on the Bill, and drew attention to the fact that the Hon. and Leorned Gentlemen who had just re sumed his seat declined to give evi fence on the suhjete: before them. It was the wore to be regretted that he bad not placed his opinions on record, since he had now e-xptessed them so strongly. • would ask whether a great improvement would not be made in the cotolition of the people by marriages being made public iestead of being, carried on clandestinely. The amendment moved by his Right Honourable Frieud the Lord Ad. vocate it carried, would make the law clear on the subject of marriage in Ireland. He believed that the voice of tbo people of Scotland was nut represented by the petitions that had been presented against this Bill. The petitions had emanated from no public body, but from the Commissioners of Supply for Countit s. He believed it was nut the Marriage all, but the R.gistration Bill, with which the Marriage Bill Has connected, that had caused the opposition of the Commi-sioners of Supply to the measure.—(Hear.) The city of Glasgow had approved of the Bill, and also the Registration Bill and se had many of the principal cities and towns of Scotland. The grounds on which he gave his support to the mea sure were not because he wi-hed to force upon the people tit Scotland a measure to which they were opposed. lie did not wish to cram down the throats of the people of Scotland a me sure antagonistic to their peace, but the grounds on which he supported the measure were that it would place the marriage law of Scotland on a more sound betas, and would promote the morality and happiness of the people of Scetland. Mr. HU%IE thought all the witnesses, and the state- . ments of the Noble and Learned Lord, the late Loris Advocate of Scotland, had demonstrated every face in support of the present measure. They might well talk of the manlier in which Scotland was used in that House. Why, this was the only four hours during the present session that had been devoted to the affairs of Scotland.—(llear, hear.) It his Right. Honourable Friend the Lord Advocate introduced a measure to abolish Gretna-green marriages it, Scotland he would • support him.—(Hear, hear.) But when he brought forward a measure that was to put an end to a great pile ciple in Scotland, and when he found that the Government were persevering against the wishes of a majority of the people of Scotland, be could not but bi mega the course that had been pursued. H. thought it a perfect mockery, in every point of view, to see the way in which the. people of Scotland had been treated in that Habe. (Hear, hear.) He &oiled that the institution of marriage in Scotland was one worthy only of a semi-burearou, nature. He thought the time was coming when the) should pass a resolution. and ho hoped Scotch Member , . would be the first to do so, that when it was propua.-o to proceed with Scotch affairs after midnight. that a motion should be made to adjourn the House—(Hear)—and that such motion should be persevered in till the affairs of Scotland were proper]) considered. The Noble and Learned Lord (the Lor.. Adrocaie) had said that this Bill had come dawn to the House for three ) ears. He trusted it would come down tor thirty before the House would tolerate such a measure.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " Divide.") On these grounds he hoped the 8.11 would be rejected, anti that in future Government would see the necessity of not taking up the time of the House with such measures as these. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... 68 Against it ... ... 73 Majority against it ... —5 On our return to the gallery we found Mr. GLADS TONE, observing that, although he was not a Scotch Member he was so far connected with Scot land as to have the means of judging the state of pubic reeling there on this Bill, and he trusted it would not be persevered in this session. —(Hear, hear.) The Parlia mentary case of the Learned Lurd—he did not mean the merits of the case—was against him, and as he and the Committee over which he had presided had ad mitted that further evidence ought to be tak. n on the subject, he hoped the time of the House would not be wasted any longer, but that the Bill would be postponed till next session. —(Hear.) Lord J. ItUoSELL did not think the time of the House had been wasted, as this debate bad afibrded the Right Hon. and Learned Member opposite, the late Lord Advocate, an opportunity of stating his views upon the Bill, which he certainly had done with great ability. —(Bear.) All, therefore, that he could now do, tater hearing this debate, was to ask the House to yam a day, or fix a certoin period when they would read tm Bill a third time.— (Hear, hear.) If the House had uo obj•cdon he would fix it for Thursday, when he would be prepared to state distinctly whet course Governmen: intended to puriui. with regard to tle Bill.—(Hear.) Mr. LOCK!! ART appiehended that that question was still before the House. Mr. F. MACKENZIE said the motion before the House was the main question as to whether the third reading should be taken on Monday or not. Mr. GLADSTONE suggested that they had better, under those circuinstui.ces, adjourn the debate till Thursday. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had no objection to that course, ar.d moved it accordingly. Mr. HUNIE coped the Registration Bill would be con sidered at the same time. Mr. BOUVERIE, on the other hand, trusted it woulfi not, for whilig ha and othrs were oppoied to the Aar riagi., they had no objection to the R. gioration Bill, but. on . he colitrar), considered it an Excellent measure, no.- % ittrstanding what had been said by an Honourable Baronet opposite, that without the Marriage Bill th. Registration Bill NOlll4 be a d• sd letter.—(Hear, hear.) The House then adjou ns.4l till six o'clock. The House resurrwd ek. LANDLORD AND 'TENANT BILL. Mr. FAGAN presented a petition from York prayint, fur an extension of tha Landlord and Tenant Bill. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Mr. HUME gave notice that be should to-morrow mfove fir returns of the expenses of the harbours o ' refuge, including those wh i ch had alre a dy been p a id an d th sae alrch had bc.en incurred. Mr. LABOUCHERE gave notice that, at the inorninw sitting on Thursday, he should move f-r leave to bring in two Bills for the beneficial regulation of the mercantile marine. One was intend -d toregi.late the present custom of pilo; - , age, t , ) which he exp.cted there would be no opposition; and the other, which had regard more to the positions or the seamen, if there should be any opposition to it, he did not intend to proceed with i t d ur i ng the present session, IN 'CR A MURAL INTERMENTS. Mr. MACKINNON wished to ask the Noble Lore rho mber tor Bath (Lord A,4h:ey),aa a member °lib.: Health of T..wns Cemmission, whether the report was correct, that, in the metropolis and other, large towns ;he cholera, in poor dcsricts, has generally attacked those persons whose habitations were in the vicinity os graveyards? • - - Lor 1 ASHLEY said the communications which had been receird from the d,ft: run parts ut the country did ..nt state whether or not the deaths from cholera had tam place in the vicinity of graveyards There could be no doubt, however, that interments in towns did exercise a very dangerous influence upott the health of the inhAbitants.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. S. Smith, in a tter to ;he Bo ,rd of Health, with rt fel.- . nee to the c,;ses or cholera which had occurred to, Bris tol, stated that the disease hd hroken out in a low. damp. and overcrowded npighbourhood, in which here were burial grounds where the most violent outrages were committed. SUPPLY. In reply to Mr. HENLEY, Lord J RUSSELL sos:ed bat he ioteneel to t. 1 .0 the Committee of Sut,oly on Thursday next. R•AiLWAYS—DIS 7 ItESSED UNIONS (IRE LAND) BILL. The House then resolvtd itself into Committee upon this BM. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then cnov.d tt,e order o (lay for going into et tomitt,q , on this Bill, and on the Sp , ak-r leaving tin- chair, iro ci-eded ro t., thr House the vi , w, arid into nit.., a of her Al4jeaty'.. Gov , rotne.nr.on the bubj•ct. He had re ceived moral applicatiotio fvr a Loan to complete; the line +rem Dublin to Galway-, and, al , hough he enter taint d no doubt as to the good which most rnsne from the completion of such a line, Set to advance the publie mashy ter such a purpose was incompatible with the views they le Id, and the Government did not 'beret - ere think themselves justitit din doing to. They did, how ever, think, on the tule st consideration, that a specie 1 case was made out in favour of the great trunk lines run ning to tee south ate/ west of Ireland, and accordingly an advance of tie public money was made to assist the great trunk line to the eouili.west of Ireland. Taking into consideration the state of extreme distress now xieting in the west of Ireland, te believed that no measuYe could b- taken calculated to do more good than that of finding means to open a line of communication trom Dublin to Galway.—(Criss of " liter, hear.") The districes through which such a line would pass were not only some of the most fertile in Ireland, but a company actually existed who obeaned an Act. of Parliament to construct the line the whole way. It was at ' present open from Dublin to Mullingar, a distance ef 50 miles, and Mr. Walker, an engineer sent to inspect it by the Government, reported on it in the most favour able manner. The second portion of the line was to ex tend from Mullingar to Athlone, a distance of 28 miles, and an arrangement had been come to with gentlemen nohling estaies in Roscommon arid other parts through which the line wus to pass, se that he expected the whole line would be open in two years from Dublin to Galway. The line from Dublin to Mullingar bad been constructed by the company on their own resources, and the amount of their debt was 20,000/. They wished to c. mpl. to the line from Mullingar to Athlone, at a cost of 300.000/., and from Athl'ine to Galway for 500,000/.; but he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had reason to believe the expense would be reduced much below that sum, including the bridges over the Shannon. The money about to be advanced was to be repaid in three pay ments, such payments to commence at the expiration of ten years, and the principal advanced to bear interest at the rate of 3i per cent. Fur this the whole line would i,e given from Dublin to Galway. He had no doubt whatever but that it would turn out to be a most pros perous and paying line; but, in addition to the securities already named, the proprietors of those baronies and districts through which the line was to pass undertook to pay the difference between the amount of interest and the net profit on the line. It was also pro posed by the Bill now in Committee that an auditor should be appointed, to investigate the accounts of the company, with a view to the payment of the inte rest, and any differences occurring between the interest and the net profits would be placed in the baronies already referred to. The contemporaneous line between Mullingar and Athlone will be carried on at the same time as that between Mull_ngar and Galway; 500,000/. was to be given in instalments, but before the calls were were made for such instalments the company must satisfy the Lean Commissioners that the works between Ath lone and Galway were being proceeded with, while towards the Mullingar and Athlone line, three-fifths must be paid by the company; so that, in fact, they will be obliged to expend sixty thousand pounds out of their own resources. If these engag.:ments were not com plied with the whole line falls into the hands of the Go- • vernment, who may dispose of it, as they think fit, to any other. There was no doubt ,whatever but that. work of that nature must benefit the country in a very great degree, especially the labouring classes, as may be seen by a letter of Sir John M'Neill, one of the most eminent engineers in Ireland, who describes the good ffect of a former loan given to the Great South-Western Railway Company from Dublin to Cork. He states in that communication that in districts through which it passed iu Tipperary, Limerick, and Cork, the advantages t , the labour rug classes were indescribable; that the contractors employed, exclusive of masons, carpenters, stoneLutters, &c., 15,000/. labourers every day, at wages Ott 9s. a wet k; so that the number of individuals receiv ing support by their own industry exceeded 80,000, who would otherwise perish by famine, or be thrown on the parishes for relief. The Right Hon. Gentleman next reed a series of resolutions passed at a public meeting in Galway, in support of the measure; and having again adverted to the great advantage an open communication • ith the west of Ireland e —both on account of its fertility, its most valuable fisheries, and as a short line of commu nication across the Atlantic—concluded by moving the adoption of a resolution g‘anting a loan of 500,000/. to the Dublin and Galway Railway Company. Mr. FRENCH said the measure had his most cordial approtiaiie ~ but he felt it his duty to call the attention of the Houle to the necessity of securing the completion of trunk lines of railway throughout Ireland. The benefits which hail been derived from railways were so great that they had struck other countries, who had not eaitee for the offer of private capital, but had executed the necessary works themselves. PI ussia had expended upwards of 7,000,000/. in th' construction of state lines. In Aus - ria nearly 6.000,000/. had been expended in a similar manner.--(Hear, hear.) And in almost all continental nations, the outlay upon the construction of railways had been very great. The Government of this country had more than once under consideration the propriety of making an in:ley for the execution of rail ways, but the difficulty was that if they once engaged in constructine Irish railways, it would involve them in almost finite expense. They despaired_ of being able to construct anything that would be remunerative. He, however, saw nu reason why railways should not oe constructed in Ireland as in England. Even as a re lief work an experdirure on railways would not be un wise, for at least 50 per cent. of the money advanced would go in remuieraung unskilled labour. N o t more than 2.000,000/. would be required to carry out a com plete syetem of truek lines in Ireland.—([-T ear ,) HO thought that fur the present 110 miles of railway would be sufficient to construct in the more distressed unions. Even the great and important movement in the city of London, before it wus carried out, would require assist ance. But were these railways once completed, the value of land would be increased, and the saving in the value of agricultural productions, from the cheapness of car riage, would, it was estimated, be at least 6,000,0001. or 7,000,0001. Nothing could b 3 more important than giving a market to the now almost exhausted fisheries. Instead of the 16 000,000 quarters of corn now raised, they could increase it to six and twenty millions ; and from the increased produce there would be an aug mentation in the reverue of the country, it was esti mated, of at least 6,000,0001. The Corporation of Lon don, who - had come forward the other day, w ou ld con fer incalculable advantages upon the West of Ireland. That Corporation was a body eminently qualified to ear/ out the work, and he cordially wished them success. The Government should follow that example, and bring io bear their powers for the practical regeneration of Ireland. This was one way of doing it, and he thought it his duty to call the attention of her Majesty's Govern ment to the subject. Mr. GOULBURN said he was not about to follow the detail.; into which the Hon. Gentleman had entered, but to call upon the House seriously to consider whether in Vie present state of the finances of the country, it could afford so large an outlay from the Consolidated Fund as would be necessary to complete this system of railway communication. There was no argument that would apply in favour of this application, that would riot apply with equal force to future applications for money to carry out works of this nature. If they aided .iee part of Ireland, they would inevitably be called upon to aid another, and if they declined they would at once be charged with partiality. He put out of vieW for the present the question of relief works. The proposition was to advance money for this objtct at far more than the market rate of interest. When the Honourable Genti,man was speaking of the advantages that would flow from adopting the course he recom mended, he really thought he was listening to an auntionerr, wishing to sell property under the ham iner.—(A laugh.) When he spoke of the increased eon:mart tion of fish, he should like to know what was tae increastd consumption of fish in consequence of the opei•ing of the lines already completed. He feared it was very small. He was anxious that they should keep the advances trom the Consolidated Fund within a cer tain point. If they did 11,A, they would at some future period place the finances of this country in such a state that they would involve largely increased burdens ott -lie people, which they might not be wing or able to ?war. The manner in which these moneys were to be ,dvanced as a loa'n, n,,t a grant, was calculated also to t•-ad to sanguine antic'pations, which might Rot be ful filled. He had no iota or what tt e proposals of the Government would be, but having heard them he felt ntinself bound to state his views briefly to the Coin' inittee. Mr. HUME admitted, as a general principle, that grants or loans from the public funds should be nar. r,wly watched, but he thought in this case the proposal ~f the Government was one which w, s perfectly justifi ,b'e.—(Hear.) The receipts on the line Ware already upwards or 1,000/, per week, and if the line was ex ttnded to Galway. there were mat y great and certain ylvantages whith would ensue. A s t ar as t h e cod pany had yet gene, the tra ff ic and receipts had fully ..4,me up to their t-stimates. It was now proposed that 'he Government should advance, from the Exchequer, 500,0001. at ai per cent., an amount of interest with which the Government ought to be satisfied. The cow pany was to raise 300 000/. more, whit h oLiA complete the railway, and he thought that if e ver the country was to Le regenerated, this was one of tl - ,e modes in which it was to be most certainly effected. It would not 014 supply profitable labour, but open up the district to (ra•_4e. Besides this, the present was a good time to finish the line, seeing that iron was cheaper than before. 'faking everything into account, he thought-this was case in which the Government might most properly a , sist a company with the public credit; that the p u blic would be highly b , nefited in every point of view ,and therefore he gave his cordial support to the proposal of the Government. Mr. 0. GORE said the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Goulburn) was totally mistaken as to the locality which the railway was to run. So far from its being a cow peting line, there was scarcely a railway in the whole province of Connaught. The railway of which the Right Hon. Gentleman spoke was not a competing line. He might say this lice ran through the centre of Ire land, from sea to sea, and so far from running through Mr. Martin's estates, it would pass through the richest and most populous parts of the country. For his owe part, he begged most cordially to thank her Majesty's Government for this proposal. That was the kind of gislation they wanted for Inland. He did not agree in their other measures ; the poor-law especially was, is his opinion, a most obnoxious measure, and calculated to ruin not only the landlords but the tenantry of Ire' land. He spoke as an Irish landlord, though repre s, nting an English count) ; and he felt certain that it the tiovernment would only per-nv. re in the policy of which he hoped this was a beginning, they would lay the icon' dation of greater prosperity in Ireland than it had ever be'ore witnessed.—(Hear, bear.) Mr. ROEBUCK said, the authority of his Hon! Friend the Member for Montrose was at all times a grest authority with nun, and ther e f o r e h e f e lt sorr y that upon that occasion h- telt called upon to stand up differ from him. But he must stand up for his esw country. The lion. Gentleman who b a d just oat deal In a The stated union : he me 13 andc 13 ingl, Sir leetio t the ca Th ( th, t unio t , Thi some( A On :lird , INfr et Act ciu ti % tape W ork ' c ep , ?tui! 114 o