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BROUGHAM e sented petitions from Devo'n, Sor tie rset, and Cambridge, praying that, new charters should not be granted to the Colleges of Surgeons and '` lv i : l Ysicians an d the Apothecaries' Company, until the V' t t% *abject o f me di ca l r eform was duly inquired into. b „, ; leAlarquis of LONDONDERRY presented a similar — lien from Shields. EMPLOYMENT IN MINES, &c. iq `g,ur-4:HA TH ERTON presented a petition from miners t 4llordshire against Lord Ashley's Bill relating to P 1 0.741e -• nt in mines and collieries. CATHOLIC GRIEVANCES. fr ht Duke of CLEVELAND presented a petition r q• ° , o ekton-upon-Tees, comp:aining- of the want of . 4 ,. - ni l v 'Fra i .s , assistance in hospitals and gaols, and in the tri 111 -' navy. He thought that the complaints of the ;• ) e ,.tierters were overcharged. He could say from his r , n knowledge that the complaints were groundless as Ztarded the. army ; but he did nc.t know what might e practice in ie navy. ',II-MUTABLE PAWN OFFICES (IRELAND). v• Yrk the motion of LORD WIIARNCLIFFE this Bill T i t s jead a third tim CO e and passed. UIt.TS AND PRISONS BILL (IRELAND). On the motion of the same NOBLE LORD this Bill was re— eeond time and ordered to be committed. •Jt , .- -BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. tb it l T- 5 2 . 0quis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition r t unng of the present corrupt state of the Parlia - T h " t arY constituencies, and of the law of registration. , nt :3' prayed th a t the Ilouse would take measures to give L 1 . 8 _ 3 6 protection of' the Ballot. 4 cl BROUGHAM said that he would, in a few their Lordships' attention to this subject, and 4 .4 1 -ove that a message be sent for a copy of the aeoPuoll.vilich had been laid on the table of the other se :r e ? 13 Ya Committee appointed to inquire into, the th e j:,°C bribery . and intimidation which had occurred at `,t• Oection L 'IMPRISON M.ENT FOR DEBT. of ,PuCOTTENHAM gave notice that, in consequence to t} ;text p asse d i n the House last night, he would early next session lay upon the table a Bill for abolish to`' unPrisonment for debt, and for regulating a " cessio MINES AND COLLIERIES. he -e , arl of GALLOWAY presented several petitions 1,; Places i n Y or k s hi re an d e l s ewhere, in favour of ur n Ashle Bill. k it " Duke s of HAMILTON presented petitions on the et:saii,ject. These petitions did not come h irom erie t en , Or from the mine-owners, but from the t i i,p'Qd in the Scotch mines. The petitioners w de b, that the work in which they were employed was t tessive and they prayed the House Dot to deprive ' and I • children of their only means of sub tssten taeir .. w ork ; alio a petition to the same effbct from the -ers 111 • coal-mine in the county of Stirling. He earnests I Y soppofted the wayer of the etition. Ctc „..answer to a question from the LORD- CHAN s.I.4)R, /a° ;i ercl BROUGHAM said he should postpone his _ lisC,, °° relative t o slavery till Monday next, but he should tas-orilisent to a further delay. tl itt UIARLEVILLE presented a petition praying th e t he Canal Company of Ireland might be exempt from C 'U ol I , fl eeration of th e Irish Drainage Bill. trot, he Earl of SCARBOROUGH presented a petition 41 1 ,1 l e est Riding of Yorkshire, against the Mines i W es B ill. t c , DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. N 44 ° 'WHAiINCLIFFE, in the absence of his 41 'lend, the President of the Board of Control, m ot'ed th e comm i ttal of th i s Bill . ohs i ..! Earl of GLENGALL did not wish to throw any th b ' t es in the wa y o f the progress of this Bill, but lie vasught that separate Bills ought to be introduced. It teller s ubject of g reat importanc F , and this Bill was too k, tcl al In its character. He did not think there was the if any hurry, nor did he think it necessary to pass ea,al this session. He objected to placing so large an las c " t of property in the hands of Commissioners, and sh o ltnig those Commissioners with so much power. He 'el old, therefore, move that the Bill be referred to a eet Committee. rd MONTEAGLE thought the Government were e vt "ed to very great credit for bringing in this Bill. If e'erthere was a Bill well considered, it was this one—if /here was , a Bill which came up and was supported t,;Yeauti;ority, it was this. It was a subject which had ° exliJusted. He did not think that the Noble Lord, 0, ° lovin g that the Bill s h ou ld b e re f erre d to a Select I , k(i 'la t:_ al °ll ittee, intended to obstruc the Bill, although his ~a l might have that effect. t In 1.822 a Committee Ll'appointed to inquire into the state of Ireland, and th e - 4 : Report of t h at C omm i ttee was recommen d e d. t h e optio n o f a Gene ra l Drainage Bill. Two other Com -411/4,!ttees s i nce h ad also come to the same conclusion ; I :Ler which, th e Bill called Mr. O'Ferrall's Bill, was in !Mueed ; the re f ore t h ere was s'ufficient authority on the p k t i le: of the Bill. The p resent Bill ha d a l rea dy b een L t fere Parliament two years and a half, and there had ttl no petitions 'against it. 7”'erat NOBLE ' Loans—Nor any in favour of it. k ' 4II % I ''MONTEAGLE said th e Bill recommended elt - of CLANRIC ARDE said it was with great 4ret r ,•t, he differed with the Noble Lord who hadjust thi al lasbut he must Sad - that he had great objections to th'tsi t r, Re thought they ought not to proceed with \ '''1t15.. 4. ....% 4 Lta time when so many Noble Lords connected '.th t fl f4 .7alltl were absent. lie should support the e i ti PPor (I ° 4 l , of WICKLOW thought the Noble Marquis ` t , 1- e a t : - / me amendment with a view to defeat the Bill. i of Wicklow) thought if the country was to 'irai l l zi ‘„: °v ,e(l by drainaue, there ought to be a general ' k risli lu l e 14. - He considered that the silence of the t ad a l l ded proprietors upon the subject . of the Bill ) they had not very great objections to it; ' \ ' l ti vts ", e ' l to see the Bill passed in the present ession - Itt e 4 '"te for the motion that the House go into Corn "; Np r , o Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave his co rdial . ltl itt ec r„ to the - motion before their Lordships. He ad 'n'O t ,, i ,inst - th ere vc IA a great improvement going on in ie which he c onsid e red an argument in favour ot . sere l : l , rather than against it. Those landlords who 1444, the most desirous of improvement, and the most °f suehn Promoting improvement, required the assistance 'th a Bill to enable them to go on. t4, iti o e „ Marquis of LONDONDERRY opposed the Nit t ',• l The l a ndlords of Ireland did not need to be ill est -e d by a Board of Commissioners in the manage 41U ?f th e i r estates. H e t h oug ht w i t h th e Noble 4 ttis ) , llis opposit e (the Marquis of Clanricarde) that theiltent lasi's ought not to be passed for the manage rkt t sf . Property in Ireland which would not be tole r tngland. : r a few words from the Earl of Charleville, Lord *kitil il ,fl ir ,rY, Lord Clancarty, Lord Wharncliffe, and . the 11 1)0 ( 11 - c ' t Wellington, the House went into Committee e /he Bill. c lause 1 Was agreed to without discussion. Co the reading of clause 2, relating to the appointment Tiitnolissioners, lit that, the clause be omitted. If his amendment were Ne kt - 1 , Ile would still venture to suggest to the Govern isierte tnat they would not appoint Irishmen as Commis 'tits r''.----(Hear, and great laughter.) But he objected C4 4 ther t o the system of centralization, by means of lat e • .„ tilt Commissioners, which, in Ireland, was of ut4 r tra constantly superseding the principles of the Af t „ --tu tioll.(Hear.) 4 14 ; ,, , :` r a few words from the Earls of WicitLow and p g 4 • 1.1., their Lordships divided. The numbers were— . b ur the clause 'or the amendment 6 6 4 , 1 Majority for the Clause —24 Q 4 ,Ses from 3 t o 20 (i nc l us i ve ) were t h en agr eed to. %, ti too readi ng o f c l ause 21, an d w hi c h requ i re d the ‘1t.44, 1 2t. of two-thi r d s o f p ro p r i e t ors through whose lands O Were to b e m a d e , thg CLANCARTY proposed an amendment requir -4,1 e consent o f a ll th e p ro p r i e t ors; w hi c h, a fter a 4 tqw t°l 7 conversation of considerable length, he with 'Th and the c l ause was agree d to. '4 . h e other cl auses of the Bill were then agreed to, and 'Port was ordered to be brought up on Monday next. (i n „ MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL. t he,, Woe motion of. the Earl of DEVON, the Order of tith e for the re-committal of the Mines and Collieries (Lord Ashley's) was read, and postponed till Mon *llll rt Xt. 84 1 ti ! ° tiler Orders of the Day were then disposed of, "e Ilouse adjourned at Ten o'Clock. sow- HOUSE OF CO4IIIIO2VS, July 19. 44 Q (;?,e ` 3P EAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. 1 10,t 4 in FITZNAURICE took the oaths, and his seat for Hersey Conservancy Bill was read a third time, ess e d . litteitl 4 T I ZROUGHE h,S presented a petition from a pro- of granted association, praying that no charter `i rgranted to the Colleges of Physicians and Sur t 1, c lort: London, till a Bill for more extensive medical EAn///448 introdu c ed. liteg .°1 " 1 . MEMBER, on the Ministerial benches, pre that ti i t Petitio n f rom Ki ng ' s co unty, in Ireland, praying lalu eetl iltl eclical charities in that county should not be 44. - tler the co ntrol of the Poor-law Commissioners. Att wo,d'HOLEFIELI) presented a petition from Mr. '' l that ii n it gentleman who had been formerly a Member ei*i 1 , - : 1150 , praying'; hat the 'House would take into otel l i, ° — Consideration the present monetary system, d i n a Sir I t Iress. great measure caused the now ex ser CI ) „ . • INGLIS presented a petition from the Wind- Sir, f i re ,i l Union in favour of Church extension.. . 1 "ttvon-1,.-iREY presented a petition from the South kat Association, praying that no measure d 'ilt• N „~ nautin g a charter to the College o Physicians an 15 k 1 ) V 31.13 of London—nor any measure on the subject, hroV a s h b:d till the whole subject o medical reform was forward. t he itbIi,i, )U NCOMBE presented a petition from 37 of . 4111. ‘; '"ntailtS of Stafford, complaining of a verdict of k.ev e ,ii i Pass e d on John Mason, Chartist lecturer, and C ,„ (4 ltit v other,, men, at the last Quarter Sessions for the the',ear ka,Nafford, for attending a meeting.at Sedgeley, t th e pri flur d• The petitioners stated that they thou i gh , had nut been fairly treated ; that be °m i. Ivith t ,1 1 , g up the evidence, the Chairman let the! Court ' 3 ll ot the jurymen, one of whom accompanied him 4 ° 1 4 J et urn, and the other did not return to Court for htt i no ' l lLe after ; and they prayed the House to institute 111 ` . 7 into the matter. Sir e. s MEDICAL REFORM. I.,.'4r'AION presented a petition from thirty-five "ras tir ;, - ,°l the medical profession, praying that no cueolzets:tained for granting any charters to the of Physicians L and Surgeons, till the whole . question of medical refo:in should have been br night before the House. Lord ASHLEY presented a petition in favour of the lim.tation of the hours of work in ml l ls and factories. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. T. DUI\ COMBE gave notice that to-morrow, on the Order of the Day for going into a Committee of Supply, he should call the attention of the House to the petition he had that evening presented, from the county of Stafford, on behalf of John Mason, a Chartist lec turer and several others, committed to prison at the last Quarter Sessions for the country, for having attended a meeting at Sedgeley, in the same county. He should also move for copies of the depositions under which they were committed, and for the names of the Magi strates and jury by whom they were tried. WOOL TRADE. Mr. J. M. WOOD gave notice of his intention to move that the duty on the lower priced sorts of wools be repealed. POOR-LAWS. Mr. BECICETT gave notice that, on going into Com mittee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill, he should move that .the borough of Lteds be exempted from its operation. Sir H. INGLIS said that seeing the Noble Lord, the Secretary for . the Colonies, -in his place, he wished to put a question to him relative to the case of Nelson Hackett. The question had been put in a different form by an Hon. Member on the other side of the House. He wished, in the first place, to know from the Noble Lord what ought to satisfy her Majesty's Government in Canada as to the claim of the United States upon .a party who had been convicted. i Secondly, whether her Majesty's Government would be prepared to assent to the great principle, that the touching of the soil of England constituted a right, irrespective of the crime of which the party was accused. Her Majesty's Govern ment acted on that principle in the case of the Creile, and he believed they were right in so acting. Lord STANLEY said that, as to • the last question of his Honourable Friend, it was one of too much delicacy, especially as negotiations were now pending between this country and the United States, to enter upon the principles upon which her Majesty's Government would act in the case referred to. With regard to the first question the subject was regulated by the terms of a treaty with the province of Canada, and the Governor in Council had power toact in the case. POOR-LAWS. Sir J. GRAHAM ' siT4Thal;eft;te moving the Order of the Day for going into Committee upon the Poor-law Amendment Bill, the House would perhaps permit him to call its attention to the present position of the Bill. The House had consented to the first clause, which con tinued the Commission for five years, to which he at tached the greatest importance. The four next clauses regulated the number of Assistant Poor-law Commis sioners, limited the power of the Commissioners in re spect to the issuing of rules and regulations, the time of operation of the rules and orders which should be issued in cases of urgency, and defined some matters of Cinliparative unimportance with regard to the form in which notices should be served. It was not his intention at that period of the the session to press on the House the clauses which followed the first live clauses, or those which referred to the Gilbert Unions—(Hear, hear, from Captain Pechell)—or the formation of dis tricts ; but during the recess the Government would consider the whole subject, and at the commencement of next session would bring forward a measure on the sub ject, containing all the details in the present Bill, and such modifications and amendments as th ey might find necessary. There were, however, two or three clauses in the Bill, which, from the urgenCy of the matters they contained, he was anxious to press immediately on the consideration of the House. The first of these would be found in the 23d clause. It related to the power given to the guar. diaos with respect to the casual poor received into the workhouses. At the present moment a practice had arisen of using the workhouse as a sort of hostelry or house of call for a night's lodging ; and a practice pre vailed among the parties so admitted, not only of destroying the furniture of the workhouse, NA of destroying their own clothes, so as to ren der it necessary that new clots should be provided for them at the cost of the union. in order that they might be detained for a longer period than would other wise have been the case, The 23d clause would rpnder such conclAct a misdemeanour, and would give the Board. of Guardians the power of exacting for a night's lodg ing a task of twenty-four hours. There were also two or three other clauses, which he wished might receive the immediate sanction of the House ; one of them removed any doubts as to whether a Magis trate, who was not an ex officio guardian, might act us a Magistrate within the union, There were three or four other clauses of minor importance, relative to the regu lation of the workhouses, which, with • the per rhission of the House, he should be anxious to con sider in Committee. But the matters to which he wished 'principally to call their attention, were those' which related to the continuance, for the present, of the Gilbert Unions, to the formation of district unions for the purposes of education, anti to the improvements in the system of internal regulation in the workhouses. He did not wish to press the clauses which re lated to these subjects in the present state of the House and at that advanced period of the session. He saw the Honourable Member for Roch dale (Mr. Sharman Crawford) in his place, and he found that that lion. Member had given notice of an instruction on going into Committee. But he (Sir J. Graham) doubted whether that instruction could be moved consistently with the forms of the Ilouse, for it was neither more nor less than an instruction to repeal one of , the principal enactments of the Irish Poor-law Bill. That Bill proceeded on the distinct declaration that no relief should under any circumstances be administered in Ireland out of the workhouse. The lien. Member sought to repeal that provision ; but he (Sir J. Graham) hoped that he would not press his motion after the statements made that evening ; and at all events he would not accede to such a proposition. He did not even think that that was a proper opportunity for discussing such a subject. Again, with res.: ect to an intimation, of which the Hon. Member for Oldham had given notice, he begged to say that he thought it would not be consistent with his duty to enter into discussion on the subject to which it related, which was one of a purely abstract nature. He hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not press his motion, and thereby create unneces sary delay in the passing of those provisions of the Poor law Bill, to which he had already referred. The Order of the Day having been read for going into Committee on the Bill, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to take that opportunity of stating, in the name of his Hon. Friend, the Member for 'Westminster, relative to what had taken place the other night on - the Municipal Corporations Bill, that his Hon. Friend had received an explanation from the Attorney- General with which his Hon. Friend was perfectly satisfied. Captain PECHELL presented two petitions from unions ie. Sussex, against a repeal of the Act incorporating the Gilbert Unions. Mr. FIELDEN objected to the course intended to be pursued by the Right Hon. Baronet, with regard to the Poor-law Bill. The Right Hon. Baronet was giving up that part of the Bill which was most objectionable. All the mitigatory - clauses were to be abandoned, but the Commission was to be continued for six years. His ad vice to the Right Hon. Baronet was to abandon the Bill altogether. He (Mr. Fielden) could see no use at all in the Commissioners, and he hoped that the Commission would expire on the 31st of this month. IRISH POOR. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, in rising to propose the instruction of which he had given notice. regretted exceedingly to hear the announcement of the Right Hon. Baronet. The Irish Poor-law was intimately connected with the subject before the House, but the Irish Poor-law differed most essentially from the English Poor-law in one respect. The English Poor-law did not prohibit out-of-door re lief, but left in the power of the Commissioners to cegu late it. The Irish Poor-law gave no power even to the Commissioners of ordering out-door relief. Neither Guardians, nor Magistrates, nor Commissioners had the power of ordering out-of-door relief. In many parts of Ireland there were no workhouses, in ninny parts the workhouses were incapable of accommodating all those entitled to relief, and under existing eimum stances, w hen so many of the Irish poor were .in a state of utter destitution, it was absolutely necessary that either the Commissioners, or some other persons, should have the power of ordering out-door relief. An appli cation had been made by the Cork guardians to the Commissioners, for liberty to order out door relief, but the Commissioners had answered that they themselves had not the power of ordering out-door relief. Some relaxation of the law was absolutely necessary. He nad received several letters from different parts, stat ing that the people were thrown out of employment, and were in a state of starvation. In the west of Ireland the distress was so great that the people said if they did not have food they must take it by force. Was it not his duty to try to relax the laws which so oppressed the people? The Commissioners did not deny the prevalence of mortality among the children in the workhouses, but they stated that great mortality existed like wise among the peasantry. That, however, was no answer to the case. The mortality resulted from the way in which the children were managed. They were given .in charge to paupers who had no interest in taking care of them—to whom it was a trouble to take care of them, and the consequence was, that it was impos sible the attention and care requisite to prolong the lives of those poor children could be paid to them. The Poor-law Act, as at present constituted in Ireland, was a delusion. A 'good poor-law ought to make the landlords responsible for the condition of the poor, but this poor-law did not do so. It rather did evil than otherwise since it produced an immediate desire in the landlords to expel the poor from their estates ; it might therefore be said to have increased the distress of the country rather than alleviated it. He thought it would not be inconsistent with the Bill to.grant to the Irish Commis sioners the power which he contended that they ought to possess. The Douse then divided, when there appeared — For the motion Against it Majority against the motion —lOl POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion that the Speaker leave the Chair to go into Committee on this Bill, Mr. FIELDEN rose to move that a " rise of wanes," and " increased content of the labourers and diminution of crime, were two of the specific effects which the Report of the Commission, dated the 20th day of February 1834, stated would follow the application of g tral r lt ie a f rd tQ of C he ontr in A l l i ; their principle of adminaistceieinn gent by y he tbilleinaisgteenrey(tohie. present Earl Spencer) who brought the Poor-law Amendment Bill into this House, on asking leave to do so, on the 19th day of April, 1834, said as follows, namely, "He thought no man could doubt but that the change in the system would be advan • tageous to the labourers themselves. It was pos- sible it might appear to some Honotirable Gentlemen, that the agriculturaLlabourer, having at present an ad dition from the parochial funds to the amount of wages paid by his employer (that addition being regu lated according to the number of his family), the effect of taking away that assistance would make it impossible for him to maintain himself and tinnily. lie (Lord Althorp) did not think such would be the case, for he believed, nay he felt confident, that, as the labourer regarded the parochial assistance now added to the wages he received from his employer as making the total wages to which he was entitled for his industry, a very short time would elapse, after the re moval of that assistance, before wages would rise to an equivalent amount; and, as soon as that was the case, the situation in which the labourer would be placed would be infinitely preferable to that in which he at present stood :" that this Bill be proceeded with no further until it be ascertained by inquiry of this House, that there has been, since the Poor-law Amendment Act came into opera tion, a rise of the wares of labour, incrk ased contentment among the labouring people, and a dimunition of crime ; and also that if a rise in the rate of wages has taken place, it has been to such an extent as to give the able bodied labouring man with a wife and family an equivalent for the periodical assistance afforded to him before the passing of that Act ; that it is desirable that such inquiry should be satisfactory and conclusive, and that it should command theconlidence of the country ; and that, therefore, none but labourers and employers be examined. (The Hon. Member in making this motion, spoke in so low a tone of voice as to be wholly inaudible for a long time.) He objected under any circumstances to the continuance of the powers of the Commissioners fur so long a period as the Government proposed. General JOHNSON seconded the motion. He was sorry to find that the Government were determined on persevering with the most objectionable clause in the Bill, that which had for its object the continuance of the unconstitutional powers of the Commissioners for six years more. Mr. GRIMSDITCH agreed with the Hon. and Gallant Member who had preceded him, that the most objection able clause in the Bill was that which continued the powers of the Commissioners. He was sure that it was most unwise of the Government to press such a clause, and that the course they had taken on the subject would tend to shake the confidence which the country had hitherto reposed in them. But as the clause had been already passed, he saw no use in now opposing the motion for going into Committee. Mr. AGLIONBY said that his objections to the proposed duration of the powers of the Commissioners remained as strong as ever. He thought it high time some calm and deliberate inquiry should take place into the working of the Poor-Jaw Act, and he thought that the result of that inquiry would be to prove that the working of it had been beneficial to the poor themselves. He thought, however, that it was impossible to go into the inquiry during the present session, and therefore he could not support the motion. If the Hon. Member would, however, on the bringing up of the Report, or on the third reading. move for shortening the duration of the Commission, he (Mr. Aglionby) would support him, Mr. ESCOTT thought the Hon. Member fur Oldham had better reserve bps opposition until his (Mr. Escott's) motion on the subject of out,of-door relief should come on. If that preposition should be cariigt the Commis sion would be found to he inoperative for evil cud pi: re operative fin , good than it had ever been. Mr. REDHEAD ygIIKE urged the Hon. Member for Oldham not to press preposition to a division. He trusted the Hon. Member wohld btot divide on this point ; but under the extreme difficulties of the eountity, if he did he felt bound to divide with him. Sir J. GRAHAM in teas main agreed with the Hon. Member for Oldham, that the effect of the pi sent mea sure was to make the workman dependent on his em ployer, The only question for the House now to deter mine was, whether there should be a Commission or not. With respaet to intrirv, he did not consider it necessary, inasmuch as they iDne iPpiriPP on the subject. Inquiry was not wanted but wa the House to decide. It was only out of respect to the lit" Member that he had not remained silent, but he "iid fiat ggiTP to the motion. Captain 1 4 FieitELL RAi4 that the friends of the peo ple were detertnitied to oppose the Bill to the best of their power, until .the Right Hon: atlltigMArt granted the inquiry which they asked. He contended that tha power granted to the Commissioners was too great to intrust to them, Strangers were then PraPred to withdraw, and the House divided ; the numbers were— For the motion Against it 125 Majority —ll7 The House then resolved itself into Committee, Mr, GREENE in the Chair. Clause 1 passed through Committee. On clause 2 being proposed, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE proposed a proviso for allowing parties summoned before the Poor-law Commissioners, to be heard by their agents or counsel. _ _ _ _ _ _ Sir J. GRAHAM' said, as the Hon. Gentleman had not given notice of his motion, he (Sir J, Graham) felt somewhat diffident of expressing his own opinion, The clause, as it now stood, was proposed for the purpose of allowing the Poor-law Commissioners to send down a person conversant with the law of evidence, and having no connexion with the locality, to conduct an impartial inquiry. As the proposition of the Hon. Gentleman would lead to facilitate these inquiries, he (Sir Graham) could see no objection to its adoption ; at the same time, before giving a final opinion on the subject, he should be glad if some further time could be allowed him fur consideration., . Mr. DARBY said he would advise the Hon, Gentle man to accede to the proposition. Under the Poor-law Amendment Act, parties had no power to be heard by their agents before the Assistant Commissioners. Sir J. GRAHAM said he could not consent that in all cases parties dualld be heard. Mr. BUCK complained that the Assistant Commis sioners had at present too much power. Mr. B. WOOD did not see any objection to the ap pointment of special Assistant Commissioners. He wished to know whether the Right lien. Gentleman would do any thing with respect to the auditors ? Sir J. GRAHAM said the state of the system of au diting was very unsatisfactory. He did not intend at present to make any alteration in it. With respect to inquiry by the Commissioners, he quite agreed that it ought to be an open one. Mr. AGLIONBY believed that even as an exception to the usual mode of proceeding, a secret inquiry would be a mischievous mode. Ile did not think that it would be the ordinary practice, but even the power to make it secret would be unadvisable. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, his objection only ap plied to the inquiries before the new tribunal created by the Bill. ESCOTT condemned the inquiry being secret, and suggested that parties should be allowed to appear before it by counsel or attorney. He thought, however, that if such a court was instituted at all, it certainly ought not to be composed of the Poor-law Commis sioners. The Poor-law Commissioners for their own sakes ought to be no parties to the appointment of the tribunal. _ _ _ Sir JAMES GRAHAM thought, that if the Com missioners of Inquiry were authorised to inquire into the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners, the Poor law Commission would be rendered useless. He did not intend that the Commissioners of Inquiry should exer• cise any control over the Poor-law Commissioners, but should merely inquire into cases of local mal-adminis• tration. Lord SANDON thought it would be a great benefit, that in all complaints the inquiry should issue from the Crown, and not from the Poor-law Commissioners. Mr. R. YORKE said, though this inquiry would not operate against the Commissioners, it would against the Assistant Commissioners, and he thought that to be the same thing. After a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY relative to the appointment •of the Commissioners, and the power which would be vested in their hands, Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Poor-law Commission was indeed supreme, with the exception of one single cheek—the eye of the Executive Government—which was always upon its actions. Mr. B. WOOD thought that the guardians themselves should have the power of instituting initiatory inquiry if they saw fit. Mr. DARBY supported the clause. Mr. GI:IMSDITCH hoped the proviso would be withdrawn. Sir ROBERT PEEL believed that his Hon. Friend was actuated by conscientious motives, but his conduct was but a small encouragement to a Ministry to intro duce any relaxation of the law. A clause was proposed for appointing Commissions of Inquiry into any alleged cases of malversation, and the Hon. Gentleman opposed it. The Poor-law Commissioners now appointed an ' Assist ant• Poor-law Commissioner to conduct any inquiry that might be necessary. The present proposition was to give them the power of appointing Commissioners of Inquiry, and at the same time to give the Secretary of State for the Home Department a veto on that appoint ment. Thus, the Secretary of State would be responsible for the appointment of the Commissioners of Inquiry whose qualifications were stated in the Bill. He hoped that no alteration would Le proposed in the clause—that they would not make of the Commissioners and the Secretary • of State two conflicting authori ties. If they constituted the Secretary of State, a Court of Appeal, from the Oecision of the Poor -law Commissioners, they would paralyse their authority. He trusted the House would not tattipt a course which would discourage the Government from proposing any future relaxation in the Poor-laws. After a few words from General Johnson, Mr. R. Yorke, and Sir J. Graham, the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the proviso Againstit 9 Majority in favour of the proviso The clause was then agreed to. On the next clause being proposed, Mr. E; RICE suggested the propriety of all general rules being embodied in the Commissioners' Report, submitted to the Secretary of State and laid before Parliament. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that at the present moment no general, orders could be issued without the sanction of the Secretary of State, and then they must be laid before Parliament. That was the law at the present moment, and the present clause laid considerable limitations on the powers of the Commissioners as to issuing special rules. Mr. E. RICE explained. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that under this clause the abuse of special orders would be rendered impossible. Mr. DARBI said the clause would deprive the Com mioiopprs of the power of making a relaxation of a general prier 014194 leave of the Secretary of State. The clause was Olen 4grPecl o s r e d: ,a f s ro a m gre S e i d r to. J, Graitam and. captain • being proposed, P e A o c li n f e t e l c l r l , aatuhsfeeelcvsl TEHA: SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1842. Mr. II EN LEY wished the clause to be postponed. Sir J. GRAHAM had no objection to the postpone ment of the clause, if such were - the pleasure of the itotise. The clause was then postponed, t,nd the following clauses down to the 22d inclusive, w ere then put and negatived. On clause 23, providing that the occasional roor be set to work, subject to the power of the Poor-law Com- missioners, - 11.1 r REDHEAD YORKE suggested the omission of the words " subject to the power of the Poor-law Com missioners." Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD objected to the clause. He would divide upon it. The Committee then divided, and the numbers were — For the clause B4 Against it Majority for the clause Clauses from 23 to 26 were agreed to Clauses from i 6 to 37 inclusive were struck out. Clause 38, after a desultory discussion, was expunged without a - division. Clauses 38 to 51 were omitted without any discussion. Clause 51 was agreed to. Clause 52 was (as we understood) omitted. Clause 53 was agreed to with a verbal amendment. Clauses 54, 55, and 56, were agreed to. On clause 57 some discussion took place on the pro priety of allowing a Magistrate, .alio is also a Member of a Board of Guardians, to sit as judge in cases in which the Board of Guardians were the prosecutors. Mr. AGLIONIff wished to record his objection to the power of a Magistrate to act in the double' capacity of judge and prosecutor, and moved an amendment to prevent it, which was agreed to, and the clause so amended, adopted. Clauses 58, 59, and GO, were severally agreed to. Before clause 62 was put, Mr. DARBY proposed a clause preventing the inter ference of the Poor-law Commissioners, when the majority of the rate-payers were satisfied with the work ing of a Local Act. Sir J. GRAHAM said the clause proposed by the Hon. Gentleman was decidedly at variance with the ex isting law. The understanding was, that they should not, during that Session, propose any material alteration in that law. Nearly two-thirds of the population would be removed beyond the control of the Commissioners if this clause was passed. Captain PECHELL supported the clause. Atter a.few words from Sir C. BURRELL, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought that, according to the sentiments of the Right Hon. Baronet, they ought to repeal the Local Acts, as the Government seemed to be lieve that the poor were badly treated under such Local Acts. But this was not the case in his own pariah, and that of St. Luke's, and St. Andrew's,,Holhorn, which parishes posse(' Local .Acts. It was very clear that if the Government had the will, they had not the power to repeal those Local Acts, . The CollllllltteP tllBll &WM: For the elapse •,. .42 Against it Majority against the clause -r=4o The preamble of the Bill wag thoo agre@d to, The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be re ceived to-morrow. --76 Committee en th A:S e T s I 9 I I. A ve L 4 IA 4sc B IF IL 4i L. into The Hen clauses 1 to 3 were agreed to. - On clause 4 being proposed, Mr. HUME wished to ask the Noble Lord at what period this clause would come into operation ? Lod STA-M.I I W Laid the elective principle wolild be introduced into the colony as soon as it was able to pay the fit and proper expenses. He thought the elective principle ought to be introduced. Mr. HUME said it would depend on what the Noble Lord considered fit and proper expenses, He (Mr. Hume) understood that the estimate was 40,000(, The clause was then agreed to, Willisgo A to V Wye 0140 agreed to, Plausc t 4 being proposed, Mr, HUME said he was aware it would be quite absurd to expect an immediate payment of the loans Ilia had been granted to this colony, but he did not see why they should not keep a lien upon it to ensure their re-payment. The Act of Parliament pro- Odell 4 goottrity for any sums that might be advanced, and what he (Mr, Hume). wanted was, that the Act should be enforced. Provisions had been made for the careful re-payment of any loans, and he wanted to know why that provision should not be acted up to. He should be glad if the Chancellor of the Exchequer would explain these circumstances. rhe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that when he accepted office, he found the colony labour ing under a debt of 1.55,P00L, which it had no means of paying. lie saw that it was no use to overwhelm the colony with an enormous debt, and it was a matter of consideration with him how he should act so as to pre eery() the colony and protect our own interests ; he considered that by making a fair compromise be tween the mother country and the colony, they would afford a fair opportunity to the colony of hereafter paying the loans which had been advanced. Under the circumstances, anti believing that the colony would soon be able to bear this charge, and attain to prosperity, he thought it would then affisrd means of extending our commerce in that part of the globe, and would repay us, though not directly, the interest of th e money we had advanced, Mr, WAR D concurred with his Hon. Friend that the sooner the colonies could be induced to trust to them selves, and net look to this country for revenue, the better it would be for them and for the mother country, Mr. HUME could nut agree in the policy which had been acted upon with regard to this colony, as explained by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite. The House ought to understand what had been the course pursued froth the passing of the Act in 1834, when they had be fore their eyes the ruin of the Swan River settlement. When the Bill was proposed lick asked what se curity they had that what had occurred there would not happen again ; but he imagined, a f ter t h e expe r i ence which they had gained in that colony, that care would be taken to guard against similar evils. It was intended by the appointment of Commissioners to avoid those evils, but it appeared that the C omm i ss ione rs , an d the Colonial-office of the day, had never under stood each other. He accused Lord Glenelg of the grossest incapacity, and the most blameable negligence. The Hon. Member then alluded to the ap pointment of Captain Hindmarsh and Col. Gawler. Col Gawler went out in 1828, and remained till 1840 ; and w hat did they learn from the Report ? stated that . a debt of 296,0001. had been in curred under Colonel Gawler's governorship ; yet that Governor had obtained credit from the Noble Lord for his good management and discretion. When Colonel Gawler began to draw the bills, what course was adopted ? The Noble Lord appointed the Colonisation Board, consisting of Colonel Torrens, Mr. Elliot,. and Mr. Villiers, who had authority under the Act of Parlia ment to borrow 120,000/. Part of that sum was bor rowed. A proposal was made to borrow more, upon which the Commissioners disagreed. Two of the Board were against borrowing any further sum ; Colonel Torrens was for borrowing money to answer the demands which were •to be made upon them. The Treasury took three months to decide whether they would give authority to borrow money or not, and when is November the authority was given, nobody would lend money; the consequence was, that considerable diffi culty arose, and, in order to remove that difficulty, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in 1840, tried to raise the means by loan to enable them to meet the Bills that were coming home. This was found impracticable, and, at last, they were obliged to come to that House for a loan of money, which was granted. The result of the whole was that the greatest distress existed in the colony, and 20,0001. or 25,000/ had been paid in poor-rates in order to support those who had been ruined. In his (Mr. Hume s) opinion, Colonel Torrens was the only man who had done his duty, and for doing that he had been removed. Such being the case, he thought the House ought notto give the money in the way the Noble Lord proposed. He had no objection to the House ad vancing the money, but it must hold the responsibility. If it did otherwise, it would be giving a sanction to every species of abuse. On these grounds, he wished to have the clause so altered as to give this country a lien on the colony fur the money. He believed that Lord Glenelg and Lord John Russell had neglected their duties with respect to this colony, and such being the case, the whole responsibility of the evils that had taken place rested on them. They saw the evil coming, and took no means of preventing it. He thought the best way would he to leave out the clause altogether, the result of which would be to leave the advance of the money on the pre ceding Act .of Parliament, and then the Government might obtain it as they could. He would, therefore, move to leave out the clause. Lord STANLEY said it was no part of his duty to defend the conduct of the late Government, but he would not go the length of the Hon. Member for Mon trose, and hold Lord Glenelg and Lord John Russell as personally responsible. He believed that the House of '2;ommons and Parliament were responsible for the evils that had taken place, because the Acts that had passed created a divided responsibility, He believed that the affairs of the colony had been carried on .upon an extravagant scale, but be did not think Colonel Gawler was alone blameable for that. The question for the House now was, not whether there had bean mismanagement, but h e ow they were to put the colony on a right footing. H thought the grant was necessary, and he should therefore vote for it. Mr. B. WOOD denied the right of the col - my to come upon the country for so large a sum as 155,0001. If the House acceded to this demand, they might depend upon it that they would next year be called upon to repeat it. Thu Committee then divided— Forthe clause .............................. 73 Against it ................................. JO Majority in favour of the clause The clause was then agreed to. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and the House resumed. Report ordered to be received this day. CORONERS, &c. (WARWICK AND LANCASTER) BILL Sir C. DOUGLAS proposed the second reading of this Bill. Mr. AGLIONBY opposed the motion, and recom mended the propriety, at that late hour, of postponin the consideration of the B ill till some fu ture day. ig e was further of opinion, that a Bill of this nature should be brought in by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secre tary fur the Home Department officially, and not by any individual Member of the House. Captain EGERTON; tiould see no KaSi.irl for not read ing the Bill a second time at once. Mr. M. PHILIPS opposed the principle of the Bill. He thought they ought to have the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown betbre they advanced the Bill another stage. Sir C. DOUGLAS retained his opinion that the Bill should be read a second time 11 0 W! Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the debate be now adjourned, 1 Sir C. DOUGLAS assented to the proposition, and the debate was adjourned accordingly. On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, the Manchester, Birmingham, and Bolton Police Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be committed this day. The Report on the Prisons Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time this day. The Customs Act Amendment Bill was read a se cond time, and ordered to be committed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained leave to bring in a Bill to transfer the Stamp Duty on Game Certificates in Ireland to the Excise. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned et Two o'Clock. TRIAL FOR PIRACY IN FRANCE. The Maritime Tribunal of Brest has been engaged in the trial of a case of piracy and violation of the existing treaties between Frame and Spain, against a continuation of the slave-trade, The hearing corn mewed on the 88th ult., and lasted till the 3d inst. inclusive, The whole of the important and interest ing circumstances, as exposed by the proceedings, are camprised in the following statement :—A Mexican brig of war, called the Pocha, taken by Admiral Baudin's fleet in 1838, became by successive sales and transfers the property of a Spaniard named Vivo, re sident at the Havannah. Vivo, who had been pre viously engaged in the slave-trade in a subordinate capacity, had her fitted out as a slave-ship, and en= gaged a crew of 45 men. As thiti traffic was pro hibited by the laws of Spain, he, by fraudulent representations, furnished himself with Portu guese papers, and sailed on 25th December, 1830, from the Havannah, direct for the coast of Mozam bique. Being thus apparently under the Por tuguese flag, he had not any visits to fear, exeept from the Eglish cruisers, and from them he hoped to escape through the superior sailing of his vessel. When he left the Havannah he had no merchandise on board, but had provided himself with an ample sum of money in spate. On his arrival at the Mo zambique, the slave-trade had been prohibited liy Portugal, and the Governor, in obedience tcy exclefs he had received from his Govermnent, fined Vivo 2,500 piastres for contravention of the treaty that had been entered into, and, having seized and taken away from his ship all that could housed in the illicit + he commanded Vivo to return 0, Havannah, giving him papers expressly fp, . tins destinatio n , a n d appointed a rortun- - , • _oese subject, Captain Costa N'ianna, to tale the chid command of the ship. He, at the same k,tito, NiAtiarlial in her seventeen men who VACAT. Ship, as passengers for the Havannah. .4yq, notwithstaiiding the new captain placed over Wm en Waving the coast of Mozambique, retained The f4Ell command of the vessel, and by his represen tatinns, indueed the crew and passengers to consent to deviate from the course to the Havannah, against the will of the Portuguese Captain Costa Vianna, who protested, as he has since declared, against the violation: of the Governor's orders. Steering to Bombestock, he, 4q his arrival there, found three American vessels, from which he procured water-tanks, provisions, planks, fifty muskets, and the other stores necessary for his first projected trade. Having obtained these, he sailed to the coast of Malla, Here, by deceit, he gained posses of a small boat, called a pangaille, got her crew of six men on board, and secured them in the hold or between decks. When the chief of the boats remon strated against this net of fraud and violence, Vivo justified hinmir on the ground that it was but a re- tlliatit4o for the money of which the Governor of the Mozambique had robbed hint. On the following morning the Pocha fell in with, and, by main force, captured a large pangaille, manned by 18 free Arabs, and containing 120 blacks. Having taken on board these, and all the provisions and stores the boat con tained, he set it adrift with two old Arabs, of whose fate nothing has been heard. The Pocha then re turned to Bombestock for the Lieutenant, who had been left at that place to purchase rice. Thence she went to •Nossibe, where Vivo found the French sloop of war Prevoyante, and went on board to visit Captain Jehenne, who received him politely, invited him to breakfast, ''and promised to return the visit the next morning. 'Although no doubt of the Podia being a slaver could be entertained, Captain Jehenne was re strained from searching her, as Portugal did not admit that right. More serious suspicions, however, arose, when, early in the morning, instead of waiting for Captain Jehenne's return visit, the Pocha was seen making off with all her sails set. In the course of the day the whole shore was in commotion, it having been discovered that she had landed some of her men at another point of the island, and carried ofY many men and women, after killing one man who had offered resistance. The Prevoyante found the Pocha again at the Island of Mayotte. As the sloop approached, the men at her mast-head saw many heavy bodies, but of what nature could not be distinguished, thrown from the Pocha into the sea, and then water was drawn up and dashed upon the deck, as if to clean it. No doubt was entertained that the objects thrown overboard were the poor blacks, or some of them. Captain Jehenne sent an officer into the vessel, who discovered in confinement the Arabs who had been captured in the two pangailles, and at the same time ascertained that the vessel was without any papers warranting her appearance in that latitude. Upon these facts the Prevoyante took possession of the Pocha, and carried her into the island of Bouibon. Here the vessel was condemned, and her crew sent to France to be tried for piracy. On their arrival at Brest a correspondence took place on the subject between the Governments of France and Portugal, at the end of which the latter power renounced all claim to the prisoners as its sub jects, and left them to be tried before the French tribunal. After reading the indictment and the re port of Captain Jehenne, and the other documentary evidence, the prisoner Vivo was interrogated. He admitted all the essential facts, but denied his being guilty of piracy, justifying his seizure of the two pan gailles as a mere act of reprisal on the Governor of the Mozambique, for taking from him the 2,500 f., which he maintained was a robbery. He denied having been guilty of any outrage on shore, and of this it does not appear any evidence was produced. He also denied that any blacks were thrown into the sea. Vianna, the nominal Captain, was next called upon, to account for being engaged in these infamous transactions. He declared that, although put in com mend of the Pocha by the Governor of the Mozambi que, he never had the least authority in her which was assumed and maintained throughout by Vivo, un der whose orders every transaction took place. He gave his evidence with great reserve, being evidently under strong fears of the consequences which might arise from Vivo and his mate, who is evidently a man of determined resolution as well as great physical powers. Hamis Ben Omar, the owner of the smaller pangaille, who came willingly to France to appear as a witness on the trial, was examined, and gave, in the French language, which he spoke well, a clear and distinct account of the treacherous manner in which he, his men, and boat, were gained posses sion of, and detained by the Pocha. He also acted as interpreter in the examination of Bacari Iman Bacos, the master of the larger boat. This witness repeated the account of the capture of her by Ripoll, and a crew sent out in the smaller pangaille. He stated that he had in his boat 120 slaves, which he had purchased for working an estate he possessed at Langibar, and affirmed that he and his men were free and independent, and that the Governor of Mozam bique had no property or interest whatever in the slaves, which belonged to him alone. They both complained bitterly of the treatment they received on board the Pocha, and more particularly at having their beards shaven, which was a Bros violation of their religious i t eelings as Mahometans. Vivo, however, justified the act as necessary for cleanli ness and the preservation of their health. The evi dence 'of the numerous other witnesses tended to establish the truth of all the facts stated. The Commissaire Rapporteur, the public prosecutor in the French Admiralty Courts, in delivering his requisi tory, insisted upon judgment against Vivo, Vianna, and Ripoll, as having been guilty of piracy in seizing and detaining the two pangailles, and plundering the merchandise they contained, leaving the rest of the prisoners to the discretion of the Court. The Tribu.. nal, after a very long deliberation, pronounced Vivo, Vianna, and Ripon guilty of piracy, but with exte nuating circumstances as to the two latter. Conse quently Vivo was sentenced to close confinement, with labour, for ten years, and Vianna and Ripoll to the same punishment for five years. The rest of the prisoners composing the crew of the Podia, forty-five in number, were acquitted. FIRE AT THE LONDON AND VAUXHALL GA` Woaxs.—Yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock, consider able excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of the Lon don and Vauxhall Gas Works, situate at the back entrance of Vauxhall-gardens, by the outbreak of a fire in a tar shed on the Company's premises. It was caused by the boiling over of a large put, containing a quantity of tar. From the inflammable nature of the material, the flames shot up with great rapidity, and the building where it originated was soon destroyed. That portion of the building is situated in the olose vicinity of two immense gasometers. The West of England and several en gines belonging to the brigade were on the spot, but they were not allowed to enter the premises, ttie Company's men having fortunately succeeded in subduing the fire. INQUEST.—An inquest was held last week at the Lord Nelson, Old Kent-road, on the body of Mr. William Railton, aged 49, a gentleman who for many years was con nected with the Bank of England, whose dead; occurred under the following singular circumstances :-- 44 From the evidence adduced it appeared that the deceased had been for a number of years empkyed in the Bank of England, and through the ability and talent displayed, he had been selected by the Direc tors of the Bank to go down to Birmingham, and there manage the braiteh department. As a reward for the services of the deceased, a short time since the Bank sent down a notification that his salary had been increased either to 5701. or 5901. This being unexpected, Mr. Railton came uti to London for the pur polo of communicating his good fortune to his family. Whil e he was talking about his future prospects he was noticed suddenly to fall back, at•parently in a fit. The fwily . beeame alarmed, and medical aid was ipatantly procured, but it was of no use. His death - was by apoplexy, produced by excitement, the de ceased having previously had two fits, which had been occasioned by similar causes. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Natural death." THE BISHOPRIC of JERUSALEM. BERLIN, JULY Majesty has been pleased to address, to the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs the following orders in respect to the relations of the Bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland in Jerusalem, to the German congregation of the Evangelical religion in Palestine : " I send you herewith a letter from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of England, which contains the definitive proposals respecting the relations of the Bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland in Jerusalem to the German congregations of the Evangelical religion in Pales tine, which are inclined to place themselves under the jurisdiction of the latter. You will see from this letter that the Prelate secures -to the con gregations of the German Protestant faith in Palestine the protection and pastoral care of the English Bishop at Jerusalem, without any other conditions than such as the exercise of the pro tection itself requires. The publication of these pro. posals will be the best means to dispel the misunder standing of some well-meaning persons, and to ren der the misrepresentation and calumnies of the evil minded of no effect. Though there are at present no German, Protestant congregations in Palestine, but the formation is still to be looked for under the influence of favourable circumstances ; yet young divines of the German Protestant Church, whom the increasing interest in the labours of the missions for conversion of the Jews induces to go to Palestine, will certainly think it desirable to avail themselves of the offers contained in the letter of the Archbishop of Canterbury, . to obtain a greater freedom of action and a more suocessful result of their labours, by ac cepting the protection and care of the Bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland. lam very ready to support, in a suitable manner, young divines of this kind, when they have been excuunied and f.,und duly qualified, and especially proved themse' yes to be thoroughly grounded, in the dectrinec. of the Pr ates tont faith, nieenrding to the A ' t_iome and I invite you to point .• —agsburg (si gne d . out to me any such f T o the lam' • FREDERICK Wll ...,nister of State, Eichhorn." " Lambeth, June- 1842. " it seems to me to be rable that your Majesty should be thoroughly aco - .nted with the relations in which the German co ,regations in Palestine will stand with respect to f Bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland in Jerusalem, I take the liberty most respectfully to submit the fol lowing proposals, which I hope will be agreeable to your Majesty. " The Bishop will consider it as his duty to take under his pastoral care and protection all the congre gations of the German Protestant faith which are within the limits of his diocese and are inclined to place themselves under his jurisdiction, and will afford them all the support in his power. The German Liturgy, which has been carefully examined by me, which is taken from the Liturgies received in the churches of your Majesty's dominions, will be used in the celebration of Divine service by the clergy men who are appointed, on the following prin ciple :—Young divines, candidatos for the pastoral office in the German Church, who have obtained your Majesty's Royal permission to this end, will exhibit to the Bishop a certificate from some authority appointed by your Majesty, in which their good conduct, as well as their qualification for the pas toral office is in every respect attested. The Bishop will, of course, take care, in the case of every candi date so presented to .him, to-convince himself of , his qualifications for the especial duties of his office, of the purity of his faith, and of his desire to receive ordination from the hands of the Bishop. As soon as the Bishop has fully satisfied himself on these points, he will ordain the candidate on his subscribing the three Creeds, the Apostles, the Nicence, and the Athanasian, and on his taking the oath of obedience to the Bishop and his successor, will give him permis sion to exercise the functions of his office. " With respect to the confirmation of young per sons of such congregations in Palestine, the clergyman of the congregation will prepare them for that pur pose in the usual manner, will subject them to the requisite'examination, and receive from them, in the presence of the congregation, the profession of their faith. They will then be presented to the Bishop, who will confirm them according to the form of the Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ire laud.—With the most profound respect, I have the honour to remain, Sire, your Majesty's most sincere and humble servant, (Signed) " W. CANTERBURY. " To his Majesty Frederick William the Fourth, king of Prussia.'" —Prussian State Gazette, July 12. .ns. We hear from undoubted authority that when the truly sad and distressing intelligence of the death of the Due d'Orleans was conveyed to the Queen at Claremont, her Majesty could not refrain from weeping. Autograph letters of condolence from her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert to the afflicted Royal Family of France have already been despatched. The lion. Charles Henry Curt, of the 'lova.l,ll,orse Guards Blue, second son of Earl Brownlow, who Is about to lead to the altar Miss Macdonald. niece to the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and to the Countess Brownlow, inherits the greater part of the fortune of his late grandfather, Sir Abraham Hume, Bart., of Normleybury. The marriage, we hear, is likely to take place in the first week of next month. . _ SALMON FISIIING.—For the last fortnight the sal mon fishing has done uncommonly well, so much so that the like good luck has not been experienced for some years past. During the middle of last week the " takes" were very heavy; and although they have fallen ot since then to a good extent, they still continue, we are glad to say, to be highly remune rating. This good fortune, however, is not general to all the stations in the Tay, but is confined entirely to those fishings between Perth and the top of Mugdrum Island—a length of line hardly exceeding seven miles. Below Mugdrum Island the season as yet has proved but indifferent, and above the bridge the quantity caught has nut been very great. The value of fish caught last week is reported to be between 2,000/. and 3,0001. Last week salmon, grilse, and trout, were pro claimed by the town-crier as selling at 7d., U., and 4d. a pound respectively. They are still continuing at these prices. —Perthshire Advertiser. Sir C. Napier, now commanding the Poona Divi sion of the Indian Army, is to proceed to Affghanistan in October next. There is a desire to permit General Pollock to reap the harvest for which he has so well toiled; but Lard Ellenborough has determined, we understand, to place in that part of our dominions a large European force, and a tried General in the rougher sort of was fare than that to which Indian Generals are exposed. Little doubt seems to be en tertained in India that Dost Mahornmed would be replaced on the throne of Cabool ; indeed, Eastern history shows us, that the first step to the throne has frequently been through a pri son.—Naval and Military Gazette. ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—The quar terly meeting of the Royal Naval Benevolent Society took place on Monday at the Thatched-house Tavern, in St. James's street, Captain Kelly in the chair. Amongst the members of the Society who were present we observed Admiral Lord Rad stock, Admiral Mangin ; Captains D. Price, S. Price, R. W. The, and Outram ; Lieutenants Nightingale, Andrews, Da run, and Bedford; Commanders Marshall and Houghton ; Masters Mardis, Thompson, sec. The object of this Society is " to afford relief to officers of the Royal Navy, their widows, and families, under circumstances of misfortune and consequent distress." A statement of the accounts for the quarter ending the 30th of June showed a balance in hand of 1,002/. Bs. 4d. A series of petitions for relief were considered and disposed of, and sums from 51. and upwards were granted to the various ap plicants, amounting in the whole to upwards of 5001. In every case the greatest distress, and in many instances to the extent almost of a condition of starvation, appeared to exist. ST. JAGO.—Letters from this unfortunate city con firm the sad news of the overturning of all the houses built with masonry, and of all the public edifices. Abut two hun dred persons have perished. The earthquake was perceived at the same time as at Cape Ilaytien. New shocks, very strong, • having continued throughout the night and the following days. The rest of the population removed a half league from the city. At the first moment of this strong convulsion of the earth, the river Yaque was seen to go up towards its source, and to divide into two parts, leaving a dry passage in its bed; then to descend with astonishing impetuosity. The martin:4y of Prince Armand de Polignne, son of the ill-fated Trench Minister of that name, who resides in comparative retirement on the estate purchased after his release from his state imprisonment, near Munich, to Mdlle. de Cril lon, daughter of the Duke de Crillon, is fixed to take place in the course of the ensuing month. ller Royal - Highness the Duchess of Gloucester intends passing the summer at Bagshot Park, where the Royal Duchess and suite have arrived, from Gloucester House, which is to undergo a course of decorative repair. Workmen were tent in on Monday. THE SWELL MOB.—At Bristol, six members of the above association of freebooters, some of•them wearing spurs and mustachios, were captured on Thursday at the Great Cattle Show, in the act of conveyancing. Their heads were shaved, their mtbtachios clipt, and they were sent out of the town as vagabond thieves, by the police. EXTRAORDINARY RALVIVAY TRAIN.—On Thursday the six o'clock train, A.n., from Paddington to Taunton, car ried the immense and unprecedented number of 2,115 pas sengers !—the great attraction being the agricultural meeting of Bristol.—BerksAire Chronicle. WO4LAVICII, JULY 17.—Divine service was per. formed to-day, for the first time, in her Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwich, by the Rev. James Campbell Connolly, Chaplain of the William and Mary yacht, and was attended by the officers of the various vessels in her Majesty's service at present in the harbour here, by almost all the head officers of the dockyard, and persons connected with that extensive establishment, and the crews of the vessels on the Woolwich station, and the whole ui the officers and men of the Royal Marines off duty. The number of persons present was upwards of 700, and there ap peared to be ample accommodation in the large and spacious room of the new engine store-house, temporarily fitted up for the occasion, for 300 more. A selected portion of the band of Royal Marines, with wind instruments, and the others with their vocal powers conducted and led the congregation in the part of the service where sacred music is introduced, and had a powerful yet melodious effect. The R ev . M r . C ono ll y se l ecte d Mark viii. 36 and 37 verses " For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?" from which he made an excellent and appropriate sermon. To-morrow is the day fixed for the execution of Patrick Byrnes at Clonmel, who was found guilty, at the late commission, of the murder of Mr. Hall. Byrnes has admitted his being present at the murder, but denies having committed the dreadful deed. —Limerick Reporter of Friday. As some workmen were lately digging a trench for the foundation of a barn, in the commune of Bielle, in the valley of Ossan, they came on some ancient tombs, placed on a sort of platform of exceedingly hard cement, about 14 feet English in length, and five in width. Over this cement was placed a sort of flooring; formed of pieces of marble of various colours, arranged in mosaic, and offering to the eye landscapes very neatly and regularly represented. On the southern side of the platform is a slab of white marble, in place of the mosaic. A quantity of bones of various sizes have been discovered close by, but no skull. 'FUNERAL OF - THE WIDOW OF • CHARLES 'JAMES FOX. The remains of the Hon. Mrs. Fox, who expired on the Bth instant, at her residence at St. Anne's Hill. Surrey. were interred at Chertsey, on Friday last. The funeral procession, which was extremely_ plain and unostenta tious, consisting of the hearse, two mourning coaches, rand the private carriages of the deceased taut the Hon. Colonel Fox, arrived at Chertsey shortly before two e'clock. Nearly thew hole of the shops in the town were closed as a testimonial of regard to the deceased, who had resided for Upwards of forty years, highly respected, in the immediate nighbourhood. Between thirty and forty of the inhabitants of Chertsey met the, funeral pro. cession a short distance from the town, and aecise,.. panied it to the church, where the solemn server ; ,- was performed by the Rev. Charles Cotton, the 'situ:a. The mourners consisted of Lord Lilford, Sir R. Adam, tlu c kl u o .t n t ; t il J ur ol r i a n z , o l:. , , r s o % i, th E e sq l . te . , v 1 . 1 ( 10 % s c , oft l i s ii 4 - 2 1ti e t: at et , tr 2 e the following insesiptien To thu ,I , leinory of the lion. Elizabeth Bridget Fox, ebiit Jule newly -erected l e i'lloiertlLe'daystweaxst(rieeill'styi-t-e(d in zt : the church) ard. herTnilien(elt7siseecoonfat IY.iesalia*,(ltYL:i)llh° was so far advanced as Chertsey, at the end of htst'st.peclr,,eitt,te.erSahr;:avkinginseu'srtlilvies.ii; tier illustrious husband fo l i i • fe th h ir p ty t -- him long Fox's•gay and evening out of the pelts of marriage. C t, (Tarlton-house, Br oo k es ' Club, dashin • cir: Ilk ties, glorious sport s , a ll kept, is aspiring vouzi, s q u u tir te ou o l u ld t e t d )r b t Lh s i obr sn e ierigta7, cs, us Burke s p o ke of h i nt, precir.cts of the nuptial state. Mrs, m b ha i i d ss t th i r o ce i s i dons a e : n o na v nw e d a n li a oh w., a y rr_ ;r e o d m h o all h t i h s e h t h o e o a n tr c e o , m a pn t d w o o f t n e teartiest spirits, seated in the °retestsat of nrurYT- k ur: e among the musicians, for the purpose of • more a' . ...urately hearing and viewing that incomparable " t 7stss, and paying her the copious tribute of his tears. Fex married Mrs. Armstead, it is believed, in 1794, being some years previous to his visiting; France in 1802. Before this period, however, she had travelled with him abroad, for he himself, partly worn out with his Parlia mentary fatigues and exertions, and partly by the fa tigues of that round of pleasure, of which he had been sn long chief priest, sought restoration in foreign travel and relaxation. Nevertheless, long he had not been abroad, and enjoying himself with Mrs. Armstead, in Italy, be fore he was recalled by the King's fist illness, and, leaving his companion tit Bologna, he hurried back to. England. Mrs. Armstead was not the first to whom Fox spas attached. One of his amours, preceding his deep, and subsequently lasting attachment to this widow-lady, was to the celebrated Perdita, Mrs. Mary Robinson, which at the time made no little noise. This unfortunate lady had at the time a house in Berkeley-square, which. commanded a view of the princely mansion of the Mi nister, Lord Shelburne. Here Mr. Fox was very cots stunt in his attentions; and when asked why he was so frequently absent from Brookes's, he replied, " Von. know I have pledged myself to the public to keep IA strict eye on Lord Shelburne's motions ; and that. is my sole motive for being so much in Berkeley-square; and that, you may tell my friends, is the sole reason they have not seen inc at Brookes's." Notwithstanding this excuse, however, the affair was soon so notorious, that the witty George Selwyn observed, " The connexion was perfectly right, since the Man of the People, and no other person, ought to be the Cicisbeo of the Woman o 1 the People." Mrs. Armstead was of that fascinating dispositla n which, having once enthralled Fox, kept him in. the bonds of love ever after. Her congenial mind imparted, and found kindred delight. She mingled in thos,e re creations of which he was fondest, with the utter s t, zest and pleasure. Among them was the perfortv ,a nce in private dramas, then more the fashion than * s ty . . One •of hisoharacters was Horatio in the Fair 4N:silent; this latter being said by those who have seen. her to have been acted with very singular beauty b i y Armstead. Sir Harry's Servant in High 144 - orlon , Stairs was another of his personations. One would almost have been ifraid of Mrs. Fox's jea lousy, by the flattering attent;_,Sn that was often paid her husband by women of the f.'est eminence. The Empress of Russia, Catherine, for a long time bestowed on him her favour. She placed his bust in her cabinet, between. - two of the most illustrious statesmen of modern ages, and spoke of him in language of the waresest enthusiasm. But the part which he played in Parliament subsequent to 1793, and eulogiums lavished on hint by the French Revolution, soon changed the Empress's tone. She caused the bust to be removed, and when reproached with such a change in her conduct, replied, " C'etoit Monsieur Fox de Quatre-vinyl-once quo j'ai place clans mon cabinet." Mrs. Crewe was exceedingly attached. to Fox. Sh.e was his most intimate friend, one of the most Remiss plished and charming women of her time, and exerted herself in securing his election, if not, as efficaciously, as enthusiastically as the Duchess of Devonshire. On. the occasion when she gave a splendid entertainment, in commemoration of the victory then pilled over Ministers in Covent-garden, the ladies no less than the me n were all habited in buff and blue. The Prince of Vie les was present in that dress. After supper a toast 11111%11g been given by the Prince, consisting of the words, "".r. rue blue, and Mrs. Crewe," which was received with Tal :are, site rose and proposed another health, expressive of her gra titude, and not less laconic—" True blue, 'al (1 all of you." _ . _ Fox, who led so dissipated a life previorA'y to his marriage, was we believe, much chanted by his con- . nexion with this amiable lady, `Airs. Armistead. One sign alone might be•said to have :appeared of this i tlia_f A ct, that he who in his mid-age was adownrigin; gambler, for many years previous to his decease would myver touch a card. This is stated upon the authority of a, near re-, lative. The assiduous Care and management. of M rs . Fox rendered the rural retirement of her tins' mufs later years the abode of peace, elegance, and ord, a., while hur amiable character and conduct endeared 11 jr to all who knew her. Mrs. Fox's charming residence, at whir h sln breathed her last, was situated, as is well known,, itot i'ar from lighain, or about a mile westward of Cho , tsey, to which as you make approach it starts up abruptly, - being known by the name of St. Anne's llill. The gv rdens andiplea sure-grounds are laid out in such a style as evince the high and correct taste of the great stt tesman's widow. The lower parts of it arc clothed in wt.od, but the rid is almost level after it gets above tribe enclosures, pre , seining a delightfully verdant walk to th to neighbourhood, and terminating in two venerable e) nv, where the de scent is almost perpendicular to the plMn. The prospect takes in an immense panorama, Harro w, Cooper's Hill, of which Denham sung, the Surrey Do was, the eminences of Norwood, Sydenham, Hampstead, Alushev, S. Paul's Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey. Mrs. - Fox's house and grounds extended on the south side, of St. Anne'S-hill. It may not be uninteresting, nor here out of place, to mention the descent of this beautif al piece of property into the hands of the widow of ?An Fox, which he took so much care in embellishing in his Mame with handsome plantations. It is' copybold, held of the • Manor of Chertsey. It formerly WaS the appanage of a. chapel dedicated to St. Anne, which stood upon the which the Bishop of Winchester gave the Abbot anti convent permission to build, granting forty days indul- gence to such as should repair to it, and contribute to the fabric and ornaments of the same. In 1728 it be . longed to Catherine Barton, widow, who sold it to the family of the Trevors, in whose hands it continued by descent, till, in 1769, Lady Trevor surrendered it to the use of Lord Charles Spencer, or of such person as he should appoint. In 1778, her Ladyship joined with Lord Charles in surrendering it to the use of the Duke of Marlborough, who soon afterwards sold it to Mrs. Armstead, Mr. Fox's widow, in whose hands it has con tinued to the present date.. A SUICIDAL FAMILY.—Monday af tersoolt, clout half-vast four o'clock, one of the most extraoaelinary atteneits at self-destruction ever known was made by a family of tha name of Daly, who, though usually residing at Safforon-hill, or the neighbourhood of Smithfield, have no settled habitation. The fattier, John Daly, who is about forty years of age,and now in custody, has been one of the most incorrigible beggers on the town for many years. His left leg has, been, amputated at the thigh, and he consequently has to use a crutch; his right foot has lost all the toes, as be says, by espsure to the frost, in Quebec; and one of the two children, Always aceom panying him, is suffering from the same cause Monday afternoon, soon after four o'clock, he acens . ,ed. accompanied by his children, police constable Casson, 339, who was on duty near the late Alderman Waithman's shop, and addressed him in the following strange way :—" Policeman, I beg your par don for what I have done." Casson. could not understand what be meant, and told him and his children to go away, which they did, Its ten minutes after, Dray and his family were on, the centre of Blackfriars Bridge, and taking an upportunity, cripple though be was, he got on the balustrade over the centre of the middle arch, and leaped into the middle of The stream. His son was about to do the same desperate act, but. was caught by a passenger over the bridge who had witnsssed what the father had done. Hobert and Iliehitrd Ware, who ply at Blaekfriars-bridge, saw something falling front the para pet, and thought it was a cat that had een thrown over, until they saw the arms of amen above the water. They instantly put off in a wherry, but Daly had got off Paul's-wharf, in Thames-street, before he could be rescued ; he was then takers to the Fortune of War in Thames-street, where every attention was paid to him, and afterwards on a stretcher to Bartholomew's Hospital ; here also the surgeons rendered every assistance, and when sufficiently well he was taken to the station-house. He stated to Inspector Martin that his reascn for committing the act was because his wife was confined, and that he and his children were in such a state of destitution that he could bear it no longer. The whole occurrence did not occupy ten minutes. WHY IS PRUIT SO CHEAP ?--It is a fact not ge nerally known, that at the commencement of the fruit season, 2,000 baskets of cherries were imported from France into this country, earls basket weighing six pounds. The consequence• was that the English growers were under the necessity of sub mitting at the outset of the cherry season to a very low price for this article. The effect, however, of this early importation was principally felt in the south of England, where the supply of home grown cherries has proved unexpectedly abundant ; an d of this abundance the people of Yorkshire ate now largely -par taking. A fortnight ago 420 baskets of cherries, each 481bs weight, arrived at the Leeds market , per railway, f t o m K ent. This arrival reduced the price at, Leeds one penny per pound, but its effect upon the wholesale dealers was somewhat serious it being their custom to purchase from the local growers whose practice it is to arrive at the market very early, and dis pose of their fruit to the dealers before the regular market of c h err i es f rom Kbus:nintebsseinbgeguinnsk.noll'ihistolartghe importationem until after their usual pur chases had been made, they of necessity had to submit to a considerable reduction on what would otherwise have been the market o eun i r s ler n s o ta t nd so th m a u t ethheol‘ovsiengpritcoe importations f po e r te t r i r o i n es s in this price.neigl \ t ou rt .' od frotn abroad as to the abundance of this article in the south— an abundance which has for many years existed, but which,, prior to the opening of the railways, could not be participateca in by the Yorkshire people, in consequence of the serious ill trey which the fruit sustained in the unsteady mode of transport kr i stage coach, or the protracted journey of the carrier's wagge.„, or the fly-boat and steam-vessel. Su extensive has the for e i gn fruit trade become, that we have heard several persons this neighbourhood are about to take up their residence in France andHamburgh during the summer, for the express prirpose of purchasing fruit to forward to England. —Leeds Mercury.