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excelle nt opportunity w ill b e afforded us. We trust the In , Ban Governm en t w i ll know how to turn our first Si iccesses to good P:eccount. We must in the first place retake th e c it y of Caubul and the fortress the I rincipal Citi es in Affghanistan. We will then be inill a condition to propose our own terms to the chiefs. T $ ' Will I ',e our ti me t o p ro p ose th e re ti remen t o f o gi • troop', across the Indus. By voluntarily with- We have just received the Report of the Commis- irlivin' s f rom Caubul, we shall not in the least ' shon to inquire into the Exchequ er Bill affair. After weak,3/1 the opinion entertained of our invincibility by 'the Princes on the confi ne s of o ur Indian empire. -a patient and laborious inves ti g ation, the Commis sioners divide the holders of those Bills into four 1 Tliey have felt our power, and comprehend the sta class.s, and report generally and summaril y of them I bil - ity of its basis, too often to occasion us any more as follows : ; trouble. Our Indian Empire is no longer an empire . 1 CT I ss I.—As to the first class , co nsistin g of the whole of opinion. It i s a G overnmen t o f f orce , ph ys i ca l of the parties above 'mentioned, with the exception o . and mental, which no native race is abl e t o co p e w ith. ribose that will be here after particularized, we cer tif , 1 . It is not like th e im age in the Ki ng o f B ABYLON ' S that we find them upon the evidenc e to have become r re dream, having a head of gold and f ee t o f c l ay . W e , s x, pec nn tively the holders of the bills with which th ey s. ted, in the usual course of business, and with( ,ut hwire, therefore, nothing whatever to occasion us any knowledge or suspicion that they were other than Vie. alExm on that s c or e . W e are as fi rm l y fi xe d on t h e -mine, or had been improperly obtained by any pe' .se, I sinks of the Hooghley as we are on those of the whatever, a nd under circumstances which wa rra ' it no inference of their having acted with want of I f iroper i ' names, the Tweed, and the Liffey. 4 43 t ; 44 gAlit caution. CLASS IL—As to the serond class, consisting of the following parties, viz, James Shaw, Bart., and Messrs. R. and W.. Hie:nens and Harrison, we find them to have become resysctively the holders of the bills with which they are rannected, in the usual course of busi nese, and withor,r, knowledge or suspicion that they wore. other than ger.uiae, or had been improperly obtained by. any person V hatever. But circumstances appear upc the evidence. which tend to raise some doubt upon question, whether these parties have acted or not w Ath want of proper caution. If that question were left to our judgment, we should decide that t here is not u p o• a the whole sufficient ground for such an imputatio n r ,gainst either of them. Cea.ss lII.—As to the third class, consisting a ,f Messrs. Ransom and Co., Messrs:Price and Co., Mr. John Wray . Scott, Mr. H. Tomkins, and Mr. L. Levy, • dee also find them upon the evidence to have become respectively the • holders of the bills, with which they are '--onnected in the usual course of,le,usiness ' and without I :.nowledge or sus picion that the y . were other than genuine, or had been improperly °Patented by any person whatever. But cir cumstate.ter. exist in the case of all these parties, which Appear to us to occasion more difficulty upon the question with regard .to want of proper caution, than arises with respect to the second class; and we feel too mush doubt upon that question as concerns the class now under consideration, to be able to submit to your :IN'llkieSty any opinion of our own upon the subject. CLASS IV.—We now arrive at the consideration of the fourth and last class, in which we place William :Mariner, Francis Towneley De Berckem, William and. James Morgan, and Edward Lloyd Morgan : for of Ra pallo it is, of course, unnecessary to say anything further. With respect to William Mariner, Francis Towneley De Berckem, and William and James Morgan, it is our duty to state that the evidence in relation to them, and even that part of it (singly considered) which co-isists of their own statements, some of the most prominent re sults of which are noticed in the early part of this Re port, has impressed our minds with a doubt whether, at the time when the bills with which they are respectively connected, and which now form part of the subject of oui."inquiry, came to their hands, they did not all sus pect that such bills hadbeen obtained by Rapallo through the-medium of some fraud. And, on the other hand; we itni,eziai,n no doubt that, supposing any of them to have been without such suspicion, he is at least chargeable with want of proper caution in having become the holder of the bills under the circumstances detailed in the evi dence. With respect to Edward Lloyd Morgan, we collect that he had no interest in any of the transac tiens,in question, and negotiated the several bills which he received from the firm of William and James Morgan in the capacity of their clerk or agent only; though, as between him and the several parties to whom he de livered the bills, he was the ostensible negotiator. llis subordinate position with respect to the firm, and the fibal relation in which he stood to the senior partner, entitle him in some measure to more favourable con str..ction than the members of the firm themselves. But he was, by his OWII admission, so well acquainted with the nature and extent of their dealings with Solari and Rapallo, and negotiated so many bills which he knew at the time to have been received from those parties re• spectively, that we feel ourselves obliged to express the acme doubt with regard to him that we have above ex pressed with regard to his employers. There is, how er, one case differently circumstanced from the rest, we mean Case 1., in which the firm of William and James Morgan appear to have had no concern wh Sever, au:l in which he acted entirely on the private account of . Mr. Cook. In this particular case we feel no difficulty is pronouncing Edward Lloyd Morgan clear from all ' impzuation either of fraud or negligence. There is no political news of much importance in tlTe French Journals. In the election of President Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, the Ministers have obtained a signal triumph. The Moniteur, of the ith of August, publishes in its official part a note, stating that the King had received hitters of condolence on the death of the Duke of Orleans, from their Majesties the Kings of Bavaria and Wurtem burg, from his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse,!and from the Senates of Hamburgh, Lubeck, Bra men, and Frankfort. It is affirmed that the project of law on the Regency will be examined for the last time in the Council which will be held to-day. The Ayuntamiento of Barcelona, has resolved to send a deputation to ➢Madrid, consisting of two of its mem bers, Messrs. Bech and Massadas, to ask for the demo lition of the building in the interior of the citadel. The artillery of the National Guard has received a considerable quantity of powder. It is seriously in con templation to complete the train of equipages, and to improve the materiel. General Zurbano was to arrive at Puycerda on the 30th of July. The rebels on disbanding themselves, delivered up the prisoners they had taken, and their arms, without ransom. Jose Costa, who signed, as secretary, the proclamation of Felip, has been arrested by the French gendarmes, and St. Laurent de Cerdans, and lodged in the prison of Perpignan. The bands which desolated the province of Gerona are retiring towards the coast, where they hope to find a place of refuge. The Moniteur Algerien, of the 30th of July, announces that there were at Algiers many Arab chiefs, who had come to offer the submission of their tribes. The roads, to the distance of twenty-five or thirty leagues, were quite safe even for single travellers, as well European as natives.—Commerce. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Q UARTER TO THREE. The purchases in the Funds have not been so exten sive to-day as they were yesterday afternoon, neverthe less a fair amount of business has been done, and Con sols hare advanced to 91+ 92 for Money, and 92 fur the Account. Three per Cents. Reduced 91+; Three-and-a - Half per Cents. Reduced, 1011 ; New Three- and-a- Half per Cents. 1001; Bank Stock, 170 171 ; India Stock 249 250 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 53 ; New, 49 51 prem. In Foreign securities Dutch,Two- and-a-Half per Cents. are 518 52 ; the Five per Cents., 101* 102 ; Belgian, 1014 1021 ; and Danish 83. It will be observed that the impression which a late Act of Parliament had created in regard to deduction of the Income-tax from dividends on Foreign Stocks, when on foreign account, is incorrect. The report had caused much dissatisfaction, but the answer of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer last night will be sufficient to remove such feeling. The quotation for Mexican is 35+. The Shares which have changed hands to• day have been but few; the market, however, is very firm, without alteration in prices. 'the Bonds which are quoted are only Spanish, the Five per Cents. at 20+, the Three per Cents. 19+. A private letter arrived yesterday from the Cape of Good Hope, written by an observant and highly respectable party gives a good account of the present condition of the colony. The increased attention which had been directec: towards the production of wool, and to the fisheries, had been productive of much general banefit, and to a great extent counteracted the depres sion consequent upon the failure of the wine trade. Here however it would appear that the great drawback to further improvement, which is operating in like manner in other countries similarly situated, is the want of labour. Every inducement is 'offered for immigration, and it would seem, from statistical accounts, that it is not without foundation. Such Europeans as have engage. in farming operations, particularly in the new settlements, are stated to be doing well, arid the immense increase not only in the quantity, but the improvement in qua lity of what have now become the staple articles, lead to the conclusion that the statements of the rapid advance which this place is making have not been exaggerated. PRICES OF SHARES Tins DAY AT ONE. It A ILWA YS. Paid. Per Share. London ant' Brighton Ditto Loan Notes London and Birmingham g 0 - .~~m--- In the House of Lords last night Lord FORTESCUE moved for certain returns, with a view to show that crime had increased in Ireland since the accession of the Tory Government. The Noble Lord followed in the footsteps of Mr. O'CONNELL last week in the House of Commons. He denounced the judicial conduct of Chief Justice PENNEFATIIEU at Armagh, as that of an advocate for the Crown, rather than a Judge ; and he censured the Irish law officers of the Crown for employing spies and infbrmers as approvers in trials for Rib bQuism. The Duke of WELLINGTON granted t'ie returns without ttny hesitation. His defence of P 1 NNT:FATIIER he rested on the high character Ditto I Shares — JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia(Neiv) London and Westminster . .. 20 Union of Australia ...... 25 '293...... to Union of London lO .... 10 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 8 —No ma terial change has taken place in Shares since our last report. The sales are—Dublin and Drogheda, 17 ; Eastern Counties, New, 81. 7s. 11d. ; MancLester and Leeds, 771 ; Manchester and Salford Ban!. - ..tt, 104, ex div. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Rink Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .... 921 Ditto Bonds ....... 33 pm 3 per Cent. Con• 9ll Ditto Old Annuities 31 per Cent. Red.. lOl4 Ditto New Annuities... New 31 per Cent... lOOl Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 49 pm 1N1 , ,w 5 per Cen' Ditto 5001...... 51 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 51 pm Jan. 1860 ...... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1e.59 Jan. 1860 l2 5-16 Consols for Acct....... 911 FOREIGN FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pei Ditto, Metallic ..... Spanish, .5 per cent. Ditto, Deferred.... . French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Exchange French, 3 per cent —f. Dutch, 21 per cent. 513. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 102 ,RES. f that d'stinguished Judge. With respect to the spy 1.-tc.VN, the Duke of WELLINGTON said that an ::riquiry had been ordered .by the Govern ment, and that if it were found that he in veigled men into Ribbon Societies with • the knowledge of the Magistrates, such 'Magistrates should be punished. We trust the inquiry will be a searching one. We have not the least doubt that if such be the case the number of Magis trates implicated will be very considerable. We question, however, '.whether the Tories will have the courage and the public spirit to hold up to general re probation the conduct of their friends. Lord PALMERSTON brought the question of the re ported withdrawal of the British army from Affghan istan, before the House of Commons last night. It will he remembered" that the Bombay papers brought by the last Overland Mail, stated distinctly that it was currently reported, and generally believed in India, that Lord ELLENDOROUGII had given orders for the speedy evacuation of Guilin], and the retreat of the whole of the British troops west of the Indus. The Editor of the Calcutta Star, asserted that he had himself seen a copy of such an order, which had been issued from the Adjutant-General's office. What Lord PALMERSTON then wished the I'remier to in form the House was, whether such an order had been issued ; and to leave no doubt as to his own impressions upon the subject, he expressed a hope that the answer would be, in the Legative. Sir ROBERT PEEL declined answering the question, on the very reasonable ground that he might prejudice the public service by so 'doing. There was at pre sent a British army at Candahar, and another at Jcilalabad, and as six or eight - weeks. would be suffi cient to convey any revelation which he might make to the Affghan chiefs, he very properly declined to give any answer to Lord PALMERSTON'S question. Now the inference which we draw from the 'silence of the Premier is, that the evacuation of Caubul is resolved upon by the Indian Government. We quite approve of this resolution, upon certain conditions, of which Illae.inost important are that the prisoners be deli vered up without ransom ; that punishment be inflicted upon the murderers of the Envoy, in the event of it Anstrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent Br.ailian Bonds.. Buenos Ayres 6 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent. B3 Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Alexican, 5 per cent cent Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825,6 per et. - i SHA; Easiern Counties 1,..1i...., k ;44 Ta id ) ... ..... SA Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 47A Great Western Railway (65 paid) Loudon and Brighton (50 paid) Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) London and Birmingham ( 90) Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 624 North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 221 VAUXHALL GARDENS.—MdIIe. Caroline made her second appearance in the circus at these gardens last night, and delighted the world of London with noble horsemanship—horsewomanship we should say. Mdl e. Caroline makes her appearance in the circus, not in spangled muslin, standing and capering on the saddle, hut attired in a splendid riding-habit, and seated on a horse which might serve as a model for a sculptor. With out exaggeration, we may term the grace, the elegance, the carriage and maintien of horse and rider perfection itself.. We could not give the faintest idea of the exhi bition by any description. To be understood, nay, tole imagined, lidlle. Caroline and her horse must be seen. After performing several beautiful evolutions, in the course of which Mdlle. Caroline caused her horse literally to waltz round the circus, he reared high and fell back upon his haunches, rolling over upon his side. A cry burst from the audience of " Save her ! save her !"—the master of the circus sprung over the palisade, but ere he could reach her she had raised the horse to his feet again, with out having either lost her seat, or been even shaken in the saddle. This feat was hailed with tremendou s cheers. The other portions of the entertainments of the evening passed off with their usual eclat. We could wish, however, whilst giving the praise which is justly due to the proprietors for catering so bountifully and tastefully for the public entertainment, that they would take a hint, and by causing the several performances, into which the amusement of the evening is divided, to follow upon each other a little more rapidly, permit the entire to close somewhat earlier than at present. NOVELTY IN THE .AUSICAL WORLD.—A good deal of attention has recently been draw n towards a new instrument, which it is supposed will eventually supersede the present piano-forte, as it possesses all the advantages ut that instrument, together with others, which make it more durable in tone, give it a greater compass for its size, and render it a more fitting decoration for the boudoir or the drawing-room. It is termed the Eupho nicon, and is the invention of a scientific gentleman of fortune, who has devoted several years to rendering this result of his great judgment and ingenuity worthy the the consideration of the first connoisseurs in art. Mr. Beale, of the house of Messrs. Cramer and Co., of Re gent-street, is entrusted with the int ro d uet i cn o f the Euphonicon to the public, and it is but an act c f justice to that gentleman to state t that he very fairly es.t iblishes the great superiority of this instrument over a;1 ot h ers for a like purpose. The Euphonicon's great durability appears to be strongly urged, and the fact of i ts : tone being improved instead of being diminished by ake, is not lost sight of. The appearance of the instrumAt is splendid in the extreme ; there are few objects 71 0 b e seen in palaces more recherche. A dinner was given by several members , of th e House of Commons at the Clarendon Hotel, oa Saturday to Lord Mahon and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, to celebrat e the passing of the Copyright Bill, at which Lord Nont eagle (in the absence of the Chancellor, who was pre vented by indisposition from attending) presided. Amongst the company present were Lord Campbell, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Ashley, the Attorney-General, the Right lion. W. E. Gladstone, and Sir Howard Dodglas• not being proved that he , really plotted the seizure of the Affghan c hi e f s ; and that hostages shall . begive n us for the future a micable conduct, of the Affghan *people, with facilities for trading with the' several tribes in their country. In the dethroning of the Ameer DosT MOHAMMED—in the' occupation of their cities and towns by British soldiers —and in the treating the Sovereign, whom we set over them as a mere puppet in the hands of an English Envoy at his Court, we have inflicted upon them wrongs as deadly as any which they have retaliated upon us. The Affghan war, begun, as we now learn from the private papers recently published, in monstrous injustice on our part, has already cost us seventeen millions ster• ling.. To carry it on with any degree of spirit could only be done at a monetary expense alone of three millions sterling. Now, the worst of it is, that the Affghans have neither gold, nor silver, nor precious stones, to recruit our Treasury, should we beat them to our heart's content. The sacking of their capital would not supply 'money enough to 'provide rations for the army for a single week. There are no crores of rupees to be picked up in Affghanistan as there were in the rich cities of the Mogul Empire in the days of Crays and. HASTINGS. All we have to ex pect is abundance. of hard blows. These, doubtless, we shall repay with heavy interest ; but barren vic tories are not much to the taste of British armies. Officers and men judge of the value of the praise by the solid pudding which accompanies it, or to which it is but th.. prelude. We are as opposed as Lord PALMERSTON himself to anything resembling a forced retirement from Caubul. We are not for showing our backs while that country contains an enemy in a condition not to pursue, but ever ,t, enace us. We have entered Affevtistan as al ~ us leave it in the same hi g h c .'• . .B 7 strr few vigorous blows an • \ it IA *tronblEllition SUN OFFICE Three o'clock. TIIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1842. The Earl of Cardigan has left Portman-square for York. A grand dinner was given on Saturday at the Claren don Hotel, by several Members of the House of Com mons, to- Lord Mahon and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, to celebrate the passing of the Copyright Bill. Lord Stuart de Rothsay left London on Sunday for Antwerp. Lord and Lady Southampton have invited a select circle to Whittlebury Lodge, Northamptonshire. The Duke of Wellington is expected on Friday at Walmer Castle. The Earl of Wilton has returned to Grosvenor-square from his cruise off the French coast. MISCELLANEOUS. A pnblic meeting was held at the Assembly Rooms, Theobald's.road, yesterday evening, to denounce the system of employing spies, and to petition Parliament concerning the late convictions in Armagh. Among the resolutions carried was one that " the meeting felt it their duty to regard the solemn warnings of history to any system under which spies are cherished, as base, un manly, and tyrannical." _ _ _ Of the thr - ee Chartist petitions which have been pre sented to the House of Commons, and successively re jected, the first was signed by a million and a quarter, the second by two millions and a half, and the third by three millions and a half. The Wesleyan Missionary Society's sale at the Centenary Hall, Bishopsgate-street, concludes to-day. The most cnrious portion of the sale has been the chased rings and necklaces from Coomassie, the capital of Ashantee. The freeholders and copyholders of the parishes of Leytonstone and Woodford, have addressed a communi cation to the Verdurers and Lieutenant of Epping, llainault, and Waltham Forests, complaining of various encroachments upon their ancient rights, as well as the rights of the Crown, for several years past, and request ing them, as the protectors of those privileges, to attend to the settlement of this subject. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY.) IN RE JAMES BROMFIELD. The insolvent in this case was opposed by Mr. Haghe, on behalf of a creditor named James Carpenter. It appeared that Mr. Carpenter had rented a house from the insolvent, in Camden Town, and some of the clauses in their contract not having been complied with, the present opposition was entered in order that the in solvent might be compelled to lodge in Court the lease of those premises under which he derived a beneficial interest. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS ordered the case to stand adjourned until the lease be produced. IN RE PHILLIP SPENSER HARRISON. The insolvent was the proprietor of an ironmonger's establishment in Holborn, known as the sign of the Little Dust Pan. He had been a bankrupt some time back, and the investigation under his present petition had been frequently before the Court, and adjourned from time to time. He was supported by Mr. Wood ruffe, and opposed by Mr. Cooke, on behalf of a person named Rowland Williams. Mr. Williams having entered the box, in reply to Mr. COOKE, said he could not be termed in strict parlance a creditor of the insolvent, although he (Mr. Williams) had become security for him in the sum of 200 L, and con sequently wished for the assistance of the Court. Mr. NICHOLLS said, as Mr. Williams was not a creditor, be had no right to be heard in opposition. Mr. Golland, a literary teacher, having been examined with respect to purchasing some furniture and other pro. perty which formerly belonged to the insolvent, and the use of which he was still allowed by Mr. Golland, The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said the insol vent's balance-sheet required some amendment, and as he was at present out upon bail, he should order the case to stand further adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL.- 7 (THIS DAY.) David Brown, a gentlemanly-looking person, was charged by Mrs. Tryphosa Lane, a lady residing at 46, Upper North-place, Gray's Inn-lane, under the following circumstances : The complainant, Mrs. Lane, deposed that she had been intimate with the prisoner for a considerable time. She had lately been separated from her husband. Yester day about twelve o'clock the prisoner walked into her drawing-room, and offered her cake and wine, it being her birthday, which she refused. He then became abusive and insulting, and said lie would take her life before the morning, upon which she gave him iiito custody.—The prisoner was committed, being unable to find bail. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Mary Hulse was charged with conveying spirits into the county gaol, against the regulations. One of the turnkeys stated that, on being suspected, she was examined, and a bladder of gin was found in her bosom, which projalted out so much as to excite sus picionin the first instance. The defendant was fined 205., and informed, that if she repeated it, the heaviest penalty would be inflicted. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG.' 9.--- - Wind, this day at Noon, variable. DEAL, AUG. moderate.—Arrd. Young Queen, Rio ; George :Robinson, Neville, Newfoundland. Sld. Royal William, Bombay ; Messenger, Boston ; Pvrou, Newfoundland ; Marmion, Quebec ; Mary Mit cheson, Port Phillip. PORTSMOUTH, AuG. S.W.—Arrd. George Canning, Allery, River Gambia ; Sav]ah, New Orleans, for Bremen. COWES, AUG. B.—.Acrd. Abbot Lord, Patterson, Now Orleans. • SOUTHAMPTON, AUG, 7 . -- Arrd. Pilot, Robson, and Lord Oakley, Quebec. Sld:Liverpool (s.), Gibraltar. PLYMOUTH, Auu. 7.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Vittoria, Quebec. Sld. Dahlia, Quebec. PENZANCE, Auc. 6. — Arrd. Triton, Quebec. OFF PORTSMOUTH, AUG. B . — Switzerland, New York. FALMOUTH, AUG. fresh.—Arrd. off, Eliza, Fertig, Monte Video ; Lusitania, Laurensen, Rio ; Voyager, Parker. Quebec, BRISTOL, AUG. B.—Arrd. Caroline, Brooks, Tobago; Merchant, Jordan, New Orleans; Albion, Newfoundland. SWANSEA, AUG. 7.—Arrd. &met:, Togus, Valparaiso; Cubana, Silverton, and Mary Brack, Ace, Cuba ; New Volunteer, Quebec. , OFF HASTINGS, AUG. B . — Cleopatra, Bothwell, De merara; T. H. A danie, Itothfer, New Orleans for Bremen. LIVERPOOL, AUG. B:—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Trinculo, Hutton, Valparaiso ' • ahomas Hunter, Ward, Bonny, left May 15 ; Sarah Fleming, Snow, Corisoe ; Corsair and Mattakceser, Taylor, New Orleans ; Lanark, Bain bridge, Mobile ; Sheffield, Allen, New Yolk, Richebucto: Eliza and Hampton, Qt.ebec ; Native, Reid, Newfound land. Sailed, Mary, Demerara ; Agnes, Barbadoes ; Clara and Emma, Jai naica ; Supply, Cuba ; England, New York ; Normantr , in, Boston ; Haidee, Newfound land. Arrived off, St. : Lawrence, Bombay, Chatham, and Atalanta. CORK, AUG. 6.--Arrd. Euphemia, Nightingale, St. Domingo. Sid. L )izisa and John, Francis, Quebec. Arrd. Bead, Mauritius. TOUGHAR, AUG. 4.—Arrd. Ellen, Lawrence, St. John's, N.B. ABERDEEN, AUG. 6,—Arrd, St. Lawrence, and Amity, Quebec. OFF THE START, JULY 29.—Zealand, Amsterdam, for Batavia. OFF HASTINGS, AUG B.—Victoria, Foreman, St. John's, N.B. MILFORD, AUG. 7.---Arrd. Bowes, Quebec. The Maria, Duffel', arrived here from Quebec ; in a dense fog, in lat. 46, long. 48, struck an island of ice, carried bow sprit, topmast, &c., and received damage to her hull, which caused her to leak badly ; and part of the deck load was obliged to be thrown overboard. THE MARXETS.—(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. There was a good business done in most descriptions of produce, and the supply being leSs abundant th a n recently, in some cases prices look up. 'TEA MARKET. The demand continues very dull, and prices almost nominal. No public sales have been declared, and by prii , ate contract scarcely a parcel changed hands. . TALLOW MARKET. A. few hundred casks of St. Petersburgh Tallow changed hands, chiefly fine P.Y.C., at 48s. on the spot, but generally the market was quiet. For delivery sellers at 48z. 3d. to 48s. 6d., but no buyers. WHITECHAPEL BAY MARKET. There was a moderate supply, and the fine and middling met a. ready sale at our present quotations, ordinary qualities, a fair demand. Clover, 2/. 10s. to 5/. 10s. ; Hay, 2/. ss. to 4/. 4s. ; New Hay, 3/. to 4/. ; St raw , 1/. 101 s. to ii.l4s.. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'Clock, but business was not proceeded with till a Quarter past Twelve, there being considerable difficulty in making a House. IMPERIAL BANK OF ENGLAND. The Lords' amendments to this Bill were agreed to. BRITISH SWIMMING SOCIETY. Colonel T. WOOD presented a petition from the British Swimming Society, stating that 2,444 persons were annually drowned from want of a knowledge of the art sf swimming, and praying that, as there was only one public place in the Metropolis where instruction in that art might be received, more places might be provided for that purpose. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND 10 Id) la OP tlitOn. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. We learn, from the French Papers, that the Soult and Guizot Cabinet gained another triumph in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday evening by the election of four Vice-Presidents, Messrs. Salvandy, Bignon, and Debellyme, and General Jacqueminot, all of whom be long to the Conservative party. The opposition were quite crestfallen on the occasion, and not one of their candidates could show a respectable number of votes. The Journal des Debats observes, that the result of the election for four Vice-Presidents in the Chamber of De puties on Saturday proves that, notwithstanding the se cession of M. Dufaure, the Conservatives still possess a majority of from 42 to 66 votes, and that some of the Op position candidates were returned. The Toulonnais of the 4th inst. announces that the transport corvette Le Rhin was on the point of sailing from Toulon for. New Zealand, with the new Commander of the French naval station in the Pacific Ocean. The Messager of Friday night contains an official article relative to the new lines of railroad which the French Government has determined on executing. It states that the preliminary steps are taken on the lines between Avignon and Marseilles, between Dijon and Chalons-sur-Saone, and between Orleans and Tours. It then says that the survey of the line from Paris to Amiens, with branches to Lille and to the coast (either Boulogne or Calais) are in a state of forwardness ; and that the administrative council of railroads is speedily to be called oil to decide on the several propositions. Accounts from Spain are of the 31st ult. The Infant Don Francisco de Paula and family were to leave Madrid on the following morning for San Sebastian. The Regent, the Ministers, and several personages of distinc tion had already taken leave of the Princes. The troops of the garrison had been confined to their quarters, in consequence of a report that a riotous demonstration would he made on the occasion of the departure of the Infants. The Madrid Gazette publishes a decree ordering all the officers of the army who had not obtained a special permission to reside in Madrid, to return forthwith to their respective corps and posts. Letters from St. Petersburgh state, that when the in telligence of the death of the Duke of Orleans reached that capital, the Emperor ordered a court mourning of twelve days, and countermanded a ball which was to be given the following day in honour of the Princess Olga. PARLIAMENTARY. The Lords read the Newfoundland Bill a first time, and passed the Copyrights of Design, the Bribery at Elections, and the East India Slavery Bil!s through Committee. Earl Fortescue called the attention of the Peers to the spy system lately revived in Ireland, and mentioned the extraordinary fact, that the number of twelve classes of crimes, including homicides, was, in the first half of the year 1841. 651, while in the latter half of that year the number was 2,449, and in the first half of 1842 it was 3,551. This is Tory rule. The Noble Lord justly con demned the conduct of the Magistrates in employing spies to foster crime, and the conduct of the Chief Justice, who had displayed more of the zeal of the partizan than the impartiality of the Judge. The Duke of Wellington feebly defended the Judge,spoke with just reprobation of the conduct of Ragan, and at tributed some of the increase of persons taken up in 1842 to the increased vigilance of the constabulary. The Earl of Glengall insisted that all these latter crimes were the results of the seeds of sedition, which had been previously sown. The papers Lord ortescue moved for were ordered. On the motion of the Lord Chancellor, the Marriages (Ireland) Bill, which was brought in at an early period of the session, and suspended . , because a case was likely to come before their Lordships on appeal, was read a second time. The Noble Lord explained that the ex pected case would not come in time before their Lord ships, and the Bill was required. On the motion to commit the Bill to-day, Lord Campbell opposed the motion, and said that Bill ould cause consternation in Ireland, and that a Decla ratory Act ought to be passed. The Bill, after a short conversation, was ordered to be committed to-day, and at Eight o'Clock the House adjourned. The Commons met at Twelve, and passed the New foundland Bill, after a division against it, called for by Mr. P. Howard. Mr. Walter took his seat for Nottingham. The Bankrupt Bill was further discussed at consider able length in Committee, and the remaining clauses passed after several divisions. The Report is to be re ceived to•day. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a ques tion, said his interpretation of the Income-tax Act was, that the tax would be payable on dividends en foreign funds payable in this country, but if the parties resided out of the country the tax would not be levied. The Report of the Boroughs Incorporation Bill was briught up, and Sir James Graham was complimented for his exertions in settling the dispute between the ex officia!s of the new .boroughs and the Corporations. The standing orders were suspended, and the Bill was passed through all its stages. Lord Palmerston put a question to Sir Robert Peel about withdrawing our troops from the west of the Indus, which the Right Honourable Baronet declined to uuYwer precisely. • Mr. Lefroy moved a new writ for Ipswich. Mr. T. Duncombe explained the grounds why he should oppose the motien, and why he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to disfranchise Arthur Bott Cook, and others. The Hon. Member moved fin. leave. A debate ensued, in which the Ipswich Committee was attacked and Mended. The }louse was occupied with this case the principal part of the evening. The wri was ordered to be issued. The House adjourned at Halft ast One o'Clock. MONEY-TRADE-COMIY/LEIZCE. Nearly 200 shipwrights employed in the ship building yards on the Tyne, left their work last week, in conse quence of an attempt made to r educe their wages. No disturbance had arisen from the strike up to Saturday. A meeting of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-Law Asso ciation was held yesterday at the offices, West Strand, when thanks were moved to the Earl of Radnor for his advocacy of the cause of free trade, and his introduction and surport in the House of Lords, last Thursday, of a Bill for the total repeal of the Corn-laws. _ . A Staffordshire nailer, at the present rate of work, is obliged to make a thousand nails, two inches long, for one shilling and sixpence ; and a thousand is accounted a good day's work for the generality of workmen.. A body of the working classes, in number nbout 4,000, assembled yesterday evening in the space adjoining the pin-inantlfactory, St. George's Market, Southwark, and a memorial adopted, praying her Majesty to dismiss her present Administration, and to appoint a Ministry who will make the People's Charter a Cabinet measure. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. The Commissioners -appointed under the 'Southwark Improvements _A ct held their first meeting yesterday at the Literary Ifistitution Borough-road. The contem plated improvements are confined to the district of the Mint, a locality which, from the reign of Edward VI., down to the present period, has been the favoured resort of burglars, highwaymen, thieves, &c., including Jack Sheppard and Jonathan Wild. About 200 of these houses are now to be razed, and the new street will tra verse Barrow-street, Red Cross -street, Duke -street, and King-street, and when completed will form a direct com munication between the Great Dover•road and South wark-bridge. ELECTIONEERING. The Belfast election is not expected to take place till Monday the 15th. On the Liberal side, Mr. Ross, of Rosstrevor, has addressed the electors, and it is said that Mr. Shafto Adair will also come forward, Mr. Emerson Tennent, and Lord Hamilton Chichester, have issued their addresses on the Tory side. NAVAL AND MILITARY. From a list of the slave-vessels and number of slaves captured by her Majesty's vessels of war on the west coast of Africa, and taken to St. Helena for adjudication, it appears that 32 vessels within the lust two years have been seized, having on board at the time of their capture no less than 5,139 slaves. Lieutenant- Colonel Lord Guillamore has been chosen Aide de •Camp to her Majesty in room of Colonel Dennie, killed at Affghanistan. LAW AND POZICE. At the North Wales Circuit, just terminated, sentence of death has been pronounced on two women for murder, Elizabeth Barrett, aged 23, on her illegitimate child, eight months old ; and Hannah Roberts, only 19 years of age, fir poisoning her husband, who was aged 75. The trial of the vitriol throwers took place on Friday at the Cork assizes, when Daniel Lonergan, John Drew, Daniel Sullivan, and Timothy Herlihy, were found guilty, and sentenced to be transported for life. The Middlesex Sessions, which have commenced at Clerkenwell-green, contains in the calendar the names of 58 prisoners, 40 of whom are charged with felony. The final examination of Richard Handley, Sarah Ann Hunt, and Richard Gifti,rd, charged with being concerned, either as principals or receivers, in a large number of robberies, involving property to an enormous amount, took place yesterday at Marlborough -street. Twelve complete cases out of twenty-one were fully taken against the prisoners, upon all of which they stood committed. At the recent North Tipperary Assizes, James Shea was sentenced to be hung on the 20th instant for murder, and death was also recorded against Patrick Tracey and Thomas Dunn for abduction. Five other criminals were also ordered to be transported for life, and three for fifteen years. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. St. Croix er St. Cross, which is situated about a mile from Winchester, on the road to Southampton, is one of the few ancient hospitals or almonries now remaining in this kingdom. By the will of the donor, every traveller who knocks at the door of this hostel, on his way to or from Winchester, is entitled to receive from the porter a pound of wheaten bread and a cup of strong beer. THEATRICAL. _ _ A new melodrarne,eiltTtWaCeiTus hranger's Booty, or The Old IVorld and the New, was brought out last night at the Victoria Theatre. Several amateurs of fashion, assisted by Mrs. Nesbitt, and her sister, Miss Mordaunt, got up the comedy of The Rivals, and the farce of Too Late for Dinner, on Saturday, at the Dover Theatre. _ Two new pieces were produced at the English Opera House last night. One was entitled the Broken Rome, and the other was a musical burletta, on the story of Blue Beard. Both pieces were favourably received. COtTILT—PASHIONAXILE. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort retum to Beau fort House to-day from Brighton. The Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies Lennox leave Portland-place to-day for Gordon Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose leave town 41 the course of the week for Buchanan Castle, Perthslaiie. TOBACCO. AN ACCOUNT of the Separate Amount, in Pounds Weight, of LEAF TOBACCO, upon which Duty has been paid in England, Scotland, and Ireland, during the Years 1839, 1840, 1841, and:lB42; distinguishing the Quantity on which au ch Duty was p aid in each Quarter respectively. Una ianufactured Tobacco upon which Duty has been paid. --- Half-year -- 1839. 1840. 1841. ending Ju13 5 , 1 842. ---__ ............•••••••• ...................... .... ..---........_.,.. lbs. lbs. lbs lbs. England 15,466,24.5 15,475,431 14,590,129 7,189,166 Scotland 24)82,469 2,071,350 2,C31,982 975,022 Ireland.. 54202,692 5,3.55,617 5,473,477 2,663,522 Total 22,971 • ----------------:—. ,406 22,902,398 22,095,588 10,827,710 Quantity in each Quarter. Ist Quarter :,, 806,515 6,418,955 5 , 702,468 5 ,6 4 6,874 2d Quarter 4,489,767 5,547,553 5,207,185 5,180,836 3d Quarter 6,031,841 5,525,546 5,783,807 4th Quarter.. 5,643,283 5,410,044 5,402,128 ----........—. ---- 22,971,406 22,902,398 X 22,095,588 ..,.., , ell rriviwn 1.22,095,588 1 ,1 ANI IRVING, al of Imports and Exports. , - WILL ,pector Getler custom House 18.12. [nspeetor General's Office, C London, August 3, The fare on the Canterbury and Whitstable Rail way in July, 1840, was 9d. per passenger, and during that month the number conveyed was 1,407. In July, 1841, the fare was reduced to 6d., when the number carried rose to 3,244 ; and in July of the present year, with the sixpenny fare, :the number has still further in creased to 4,ll6.—Railway nnes. DEWSBURY.—The execution of Government orders keeps the trade of this place brisk. We heave all the mills are in full work, which is a great benefit to the working clauses.—Leeds Mercury. WINE TRADE. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from persons employed in the wine trade in Wolverhampton, praying that a drawback may be allowed them. Mr. DARBY presented a petition with a similar prayer. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the brewers of Leicester, praying that brewers' casks might not be distrained. Mr. WYSE gave notice that he would move early next session for a renewal of the Committee to inquire into the system of Scotch education ; also, that he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the better regulation of Foundation Schools in Ireland. SLAVE TRADE (PORTUGUESE VESSELS) BILL. After a few words from Caittain PECHELL and Sir G. CLERK this Bill went through Committee, and was or dered to be read a third time this day. BANKRUPTCY LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the Order of the Day for bringing up the Report on this Bill being read, Mr. M. PHILIPS said that he should make another appeal to the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Graham) with regard to the fiat. He considered it would be much Eet ter if the fiats were issued from the several local Courts, instead of being obliged to come up to London for that purpose. It would lessen the expense and delay of suing out the fiat, and was approved of by the mercan tile body. He should therefore move to insert the fol lowing clause, instead of clauses 3 and 4 :—" That it shall not be necessary to strike a docket, or sue out or prosemite any fiat in bankruptcy, against any person sub— ject to the bankrupt laws, to authorise the Court of Bankruptcy, or any Commissioner thereof, to hear evi dence and proceed to adjudge any person so liable a bankrupt ; but it shall not be lawful for such Court or Commissioner to proceed to hear evidence, and adjudge and declare any person liable to the bankrupt laws a bankrupt, in the same way and • manner as though a fiat in bankruptcy had been issued against such person." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that le could not consent to the proposition of the Hon. Gentleman. With regard to the expenses of the fiat, the expenses were regulated by a former Act, which gave the power to the Lord Chancellor of reducing the expenses. He therefore thought that the suggestion of the Hon. Member would be no improvement, and would be found very difficult in practice, and he thought the alteration would lead to greater expenses rather than lessen them. He should therefore oppose the clause; for, as the Hon. Member for Worcester had properly observed, if they did away with the issuing of the fiat in London, and parties were enabled to proceed at once in local courts, there would be nothing to prevent application being made in more courts than one at the same time against the same individual. Mr. JERVIS thought the clause would only tend to clog the Bill, and create greater expense. Sir T. WILDE said the clause was of a twofold na ture—first, to prevent delay ; and secondly, to avoid expense. The Commissioners were formerly paid by a fee on each meeting of 1/. each Commissioner, together with 1/. for executing certain docu ments and instruments, and in the country a further fee to a quorum, and in some cases travelling expenses. A Bill was introduced abolishing these fees, and placing the Commissioners in London, with a salary. Well, it eras not thought right that the public should pay the expenses of prosecuting bankruptcies for the be nefit of individual creditors; therefore, it was considered that a sum should be paid in liTu of those fees. The question was, therefore, whether that sum was a proper sum to be paid by persons availing themselves of the law of bankruptcy—whether the fiat issued in London or the country that question would remain the same. With respect, therefore, to the expenses, the Honourable Member was mistaken in supposing that they would be at all affected by the circumstance of the fiat issuing in London or the country. Now with respect to that fiat, what was it ? It was merely a sup posed application of assent to appear before the Commis sioners. In other words, it was entering in certain books the issuing of a commission of bankruptcy against a certain person. Well, but surely so important a pro ceeding as a c6mmission of bankruptcy, which at once stripped a man of his whole property, ought not to be secret ; it ought to be placed upon record—some record accessible to the whole country. Where could the entry of that bankruptcy be made more central than in London, which was the most accessible point in all the country. The fiat, as it was called, was merely an entry in a book, and he was sorry to hear the bond was to he dispensed with, for when they considered that issuing a commission of bankruptcy against an individual who was not properly subject to such a proceeding might ruin him, some precaution ought to be taken against persons initiating such proceedings ; all such parties ought to be required to give a bond of 2001„ to prove that the party against whom the fiat was to be issued was a bankrupt. Now with respect to the delay ; the delay was merely the post up and the post down, but if in London the delay was not more than two hours, a person might leave that House and in . two hours issue a fiat. If it was to be issued in the country there was only the application to be made to the agent here, and the fiat was returned by lost. It would be a case of great importance indeed in a Lich the delay of sending to London would be of any serious consequence. Such cases might occur. With respect to the fiat issuing in the country, this clause must cause delay, as the person wishing to issue afiat in bank ruptcy would have to send into the country to inquire if there had been a previous fiat. It was therefore of the utmost importance that some public record, in the most accessible place in the kingdom, should he had, to ascertain when proceedings in bank ruptcy issued. Could any place be more suited than London ? Therefore he thought that the proposed clause would only add to the expense and delay. Mr. M. PHILIPS said, that after what had fallen from the Solicitor-General and the Hon. Member for Worces cester, he would withdraw the clause. The clause was then withdrawn. Mr. G. PALMER said he thought that some clause ought to be introduced for the purpose of checking the accounts of the official assignee. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that they had not had the advantage of the presence of the Hon. Member for Essex during the last two days' discussion on this sub ject. or he would have known that a clause had been in troduced of the nature desired by the Hon. Gentleman. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then proposed a clause, providing that a return should be laid before Parlia ment every year of the monies paid into the Bank of England by official assignees, up to the 31st December in each year. Also the total amount paid for and on account of bankrupts' estates, and of the balance in hand of such assignees. The clause was added to the Bill by way of rider. Mr. HAWES then proposed a clause providing that the official assignee should supply each creditor with a printed account of all monies received and paid by him on account of the bankrupt, within one month after the final dividend was declared. Sir J. GIiArIAM suggested that the dame should le proposed on the third reading of the Bill. The clause was therefore postponed. A number of verbal amendments were agreed to with out discussion. On the proposition of an amendment in clause 130, which allowed the assignees to give to the clerks and servants three months' wages on the suspension of the bankrupt's business, Mr. M. PHILIPS said, that the proposed allowance was entirely inadequate to the merits and circumstances of those persons, who were for the most part of great respectability, and entrusted with large responsibilities, but who found it always very difficult to pass from one situation to another. He suggested that the allowance should be for six months. After a few words from Sir J. GRAHAM, which were not heard in the gallery, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that, as by clause 19, the allowance to the common labourers was only for two weeks' wages, he should be ashamed to allow six months to a clerk. The original clause, with the 'verbal amendmcnti of the Attorney-General, was then agreed to. The other clauses were then agreed to, the Report was received, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed. The Bill was ordered to be read a third time to• morrow. COUNTY COURTS BILL. On the Order of the Day being read for the House going into Committee on the County Courts Bill, Sir J. GRAHAM said, notwithstanding his earnest desire to proceed with this measure, he felt that after the wishes which had been expressed on both sides of the House, he would not be justified in pressing i it forward d ur i ng th e p res e n t s es sion. —(Hear, hear.) I e must say, however, that he attached very great import ance to the measure, proceeding, as he believed it did, on the ground ef the ancient county courts, improving their construction, adding to their jurisdiction, and securing the safe and cheap administration ofjustice. He must also say . that he attached very great importance to that provision of the Bill which insured that justice should circulate from Westminster Ball, and return to Westminster Hall, as the fountain of law. He hoped to be able, at an early period of the next session of Parliament, to bring the measure again under the attention of the House. It was one in which the great body of the community had the deepest interest, relating to the mode of obtain ing redress for actions for debt, and it came down to them sanctioned by the authority of the House of Lords. Perhaps, the House would allow the Bill to go into Committee pro forma, for the purpose of introducing certain amendments. He thought there would be great advantage derived from allowing the Bill to go through Committee, with a view to its being circu lated in the amended form during the recess.— (Hear.) Mr. AGLIONBY was extremely glad to hear the de termination of the Right Hon. Baronet. He would sug gest that the Bill should be introduced at the earliest period in the next session, and that it should then be re ferred to a Se'ect Committee. Mr. C. B,ULLER said he had on a former occasion announced his intention to oppose the Bill. Be had done so because he believed that it was founded upon a bad circuit system, and because there was no provision for 11 court of appeal. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that to show the d;sadvan tag( of discussing the Bill at that time, he would state that a court of appeal was provided. I • Mr. JERVIS agroved of course that the Right Hon. Baronet pursued witli regard to the Bill, but in its present shape it would revive SC:2?e of the worst fo tures of the old system of the Welsh Judges. Under the Bill a person practising as a Barrister might advise in a case which he was afterwards to try as Judge, which hr thought a serious objection.—(Heat', hear.) Mr. BERNAL was also of opinion that the Right Honourable Baronet had taken the best course, as the Bill at present stood ; but it was to be regretted that the measure had been brought so late into the House of Lords, as to allow no full consideration of their Lordships' amendments in this House. It was, therefore, the best course to postpone the measure till next session. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE would ask the Right Hon. Ba ronet whether it was his intention to include thecounty of Middlesex, with the Metropolitan districts and the ad jacent parts of Essex, in the Bill of next session, as they were excluded from the present measure ? There werd no courts in the kingdom that so much required amendment, or rather abolition, as the Courts of Requests of the metropolis, and the County Court of Middlesex was a sink of inquity, oppression, and extortion. That Court had been in the possession of Sergeant Heath and his Deputy for twenty-five years, and during that long period the proceedings were marked by injustice and oppression, as was proved in the year 1838, before a Committee up stairs. The fees, which were of very great annual amount, were extracted from the vice and misery of the metropolitan parts of the county, and the Court sent annually hundreds of wretches to Whitecross-street prison without shoes to their feet, or a penny for subsistence.—(Hear, hear.) When the Committee of 1838 wanted to ascertain the amount of fees, and the number of persons committed in execution, it was found that no books were kept b) the Court.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that the Bill of next year would include the metropolitan districts, and abolish that sink of iniquity, extortion, and oppression. Sir 'I HOMAS WILDE said, that Mr. Sergeant Heath did no more than his duty. If parties applied to his Court for a summons, he was bound to grant it, and if, after judgment given, defendant refused to pay_ the debts, it was Mr. Sergeant Heath's duty, clearly the same as that of the Judges o! Wesminster Ball, to order execution to issue. The Hon. Member ought not to make these general charge against absent individuals at the close of a session. He ought to bring forward some specific charge against Mr. Serjeant Heath, if he had done anything. He (Sir T. Wilde) believed Mr. Sergeant Heath to be a most honourable and learned man. He did not mean to claim exemption for any particular Court from the effeetb of this measure, but he felt bound to defend Sergeant Heath from the attacks of his Hon. Friend. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE founded his charges on the evi dence given before the Select Committee which had sa! to inquire into the proceedings of the County Courts of Middlesex. From that evidence it appeared that Sergeant Heath' did not sit in his Court, but performed his office by deputy—that deputy lacing a Mr. Du bois. From the evidence: it appeared that in that Court between 200 and 300 causes had been disposed of in the course of as many minutes. How was it possible to ad minister justice in that manner? Sergeant Heath had been asked certain questions relative to the purchase of appcintments which he had declined to answer. I' that evidence were printed, the House would see the ground on which the charges had been made. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the Hon. Gentle- Man should have moved that the evidence be printed, and then ascertain that it was in the hands of Members, before making these charges against individuals. Mr. Sergeant Heath was a gentleman of great learning,. of high honour, and was much respected by the profes sion, and Mr. Dubois was a highly honourable and talented man, whose talents were far above the situation he occupied. Mr. M. PIIIILIPS hoped that the County of Lancaster would be introduced into the operation of the Bill. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said he had given a pledge to the Noble Lord who had introduced the Bill that he would, early next session, introduce two Bills for the purpose of facilitating the administration of justice in the County Courts of the County Palatine of Lancaster. Mr. C. P. VILLIERS thought that the postponement of the Bill would only tend to create an organized opposi tion to the Bill on the part of the two legal professions. After a few words from Captain PECHELL, the Bill went through Committee, and was reported. The Report on the Insolvent Debtors Court Bill as brought up. The Slave Trade (Portuguese vessels) (No. 2) Bill was read a third time and passed. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. The SPEAKER informed the House that he had re• ceived a petition, signed by Mr. Beard and others, against the return of John Walter, Esq., for the borough of Not tingham. The House then adjourned at Three o'Clock till Five. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedmgs of the House qf Cei*mons.) MONDAY, AUG. 8. IPSWICH WRIT. Motion made, and Question put, " That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a New Writ for the election of two Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of Ipswich."-1 he House divided A'Coart, Capt k. Antrobus, Edwird Arbuthnot, lion. H A rxwright, George Baird, W. Baldwin, C. B. Bateson, Robert Beckett, William Bentinck, Lord G. 3 Blackburne, I. • Illackatone, W. S. Boldrro, H. G Botheld, Beriah 1::oadley, H. Bruce, Lord E. Burrell, Sir C M. Cierk, Sir George (odburn, Sir G. orry, Right Hon. H. Darner, Hon. AJ arby , George Douglas, Sir H. Douglas, Sir C. East, J. Buller Eliot, Lord Escort, liickham Estcourt, T. G. B. Farnham, E. B. Frolliot, John litrroy, Captain JORITY- AYES, 86. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Fleming, .1. Flower, sir James Follett, ,Sir Forbes, William Forester, G. C. W. Fuller, A. E. Gaskell,Jaines 111ilnes, Gladstone, W. E. Gordon, Hon. W. Gore, Montague Goulburn, Henry Gr..ham, Sir James Grant, Sir A. C. Greene, T. Hamilton, W. J. Harcourt, G. G. Hardinge, Sir H. Hardy, John Henley, J. Warner Herbert, Hon. S. Hervey, Lord A. Hodgson, Richard Hope, Hon. C. Jermyn, Lord Jones, Theobald Kemble, Henry hnatchbull, Sir h. Lefroy, Anhony Lincoln, Earl of Lowther, .7. H. Lygon, Hon. Gen. Marsham, Vhseoun Mssterman, John Meynell, H. Alitchell, 'l. A. Newry, Viscount Nicholl, J. Packe, C. W. Peel, Hon. Sir R Peel, Colonel J. Polhill, Frederick Pollock, Sir F. Round, John Somer.et, Lord G. Stanley, Lord Stewart, John Stuart. H. Sutton, Hon. h. M Taylor, Thomas E. Trend], Sir F. Trotter, J. Verner, Colonel Walter, John Wo►tley, Hon. J. S. Young, John Aglionby, H. A. ldam, Bowring, Dr. Brothert on, J. Buller, C. Cobden, Richard Dalmeny, Lord Duncan, George Ebrington, Viscount eitzroy, Lord Charles (.lil, Thos. Hunts, Joseph TELLERS. Fremantle, SirT. Pringle, A. :NORITY—.N OES, Hutt, W. Jervis, J. Mangles,_ R. D. Morris, David O'Brien, J. O'Connell, M. J. Pechell, Captain Philips, M. Plumridge ' Captain Ponsonby, C. F. A. C. Protheroe, Edward Pryse, Pryse Scholetleld, J. Smith, B. Stewart, P. M. '1 utile'', H. Charles P. Wilde, Sir Thomas Williams, W. Wood, It TELLERS. Duncombe, T. S. Wyse, Thomas The weather has continued favourable for harvest since our last, and in several parts of these counties corn has been cut down. Mr. Mackay, Kessock, cut a field of barley on Saturday, and earlier in the week a field was also cut on the Avoch glebe. Several patches are nearly ready for the sickle in this neighbourhood. Yesterday morning there was a considerable fall of rain, and the weather has been windy and threatening since.-Ifiess Advei tiser. FOUR MEN DROWNED.—LERWICK, JULY Another boat, while engaged in fishing, has been unfor tunately lost, with four men—viz. Alexander Barclay, David Barclay. Robert Moncrieff, and Hugh Poleson. David Barclay was the son of Alexander Barclay.— Wick Paper. _ _ TODAIORDEN.—The mills in this neighbourhood which are running, are working full time, but several are altogether standing. More than 1,000 persons are employe in the gigantic works of Messrs. Fielden, of whom probably two-thirds are females.—Leeds Mercury. Mr. Standish has left for the Continent, with the intention of remaining abroad for some considerable time. He has broken up his establishment, and his stud is about to be sold. The Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies Lennox leave Portland-place to-day for Gordon Castle, Fochabers. The Duke and Earl of March have left Edinburgh for the Castle. The noble Duke and Duchess during their sojourn at Gordon Castle intend to see much company. SUDDEN DEATH.—Robert Drent, sergeant-major of the 60th Rifles, stationed at the Pigeon-house, Dub lin, fell suddenly down and expired on Tuesday morn ing. A post mortem examination was held on the body by the surgeon of the regiment, and it appeared that the right lung was greatly diseased, and that deceased was subject to faintings from disease of the heart. THE THAMES 'FUNNEL.—There were rather more than 20,000 visitors to the Thames Tunnel last week, being more than double the average number that has heretofore inspected this extraordinary work within the same period of time. The grand staircase, just opened on the Middlesex side of the river, excites general ad miration. _ -- 'll;Government messenger, who arrived at South ampton from Lisbon on Saturday, with despacthes, having received directions to proceed with the utmost possible dispatch, availed himself of the facility afforded by the Railway Directors; and in a very short time after the Montrose cast anchor, a special train started from the terminus at Southampton, and in one hour and thirty five minutes arrived at Nine Elms ! And even in this extraordinary short time were included two stoppages. The Montrose left Lisbon on Wednesday last, and Lord Aberdeen was enabled to answer his despatches by the mail of Saturday night. EGLIN TON CASTLE, AYRSHIRE.—The Earl and Countess of Eglinton and family arrived on Thursday last from the metropolis. On Friday the Noble Earl went out with the Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry, at duty in Ayr. Gravesend was a scene of extraordinary confusion on Sunday evening last. It appears that for some weeks past steam-boats have been running to Gravesend and back for one shilling; the passengers, however, having to secure their return by paying in ,dvance, for which they receive return-tickets, available during the following six days. On Sunday three of these boats brought down upwards of four hundred persons each, and landed them at a temporary pier formed opposite the Clifton-baths. At night, at the time appointed for returning, and when nearly all the other steamers bad left Gravesend, one of them got aground, with upwards of 400 persons on board, who had been brought down during the day, together with nearly a hundred others, who held return tickets from the week before. Eight, nine, ten o'clock passed amidst a scene of uproar, singing, and holloaing, which continued until eleven o'clock at night, at which hour she left Gravesend with a cargo of upwards of 400 persons, having forcibly ejected about eighty others, who mostly were left unprovided with means to get lodgings for the night, having expended all they had with them during the hours they remained there. We are much surprised that steps are not taken to prevent these boats being so loaded, as they are decidedly dangerous. PO RTVGAL. before the usual ti me , f or the LISBON, JULY 31, 11 a.m.—the packet sails 3 6 b ours the pu "Treaties with Donn a M ar i a ' s s ignature affixed, top thee rpose of carryini g with official notification of the ,Queen procl aiu t h e s ii ve ..:yade pira c y, i n ti me to anti L lipate the pr om-, gation of the British Parliament, and ena 1- "le Lord Ater ,teen to bring 11). and carry through the Bill is hiCil mentioned last week, repealing Lord Palm.`u - stmL'l s w. noxious statute, and associating Portugal "\encf forth with England in a compact alliance fur the sal yrt ssior" of slavery. The expeditious snail-clerks of Lisbon have col is which the whole week in engrossing the Treaties, to 10101 the finishing touch was fortunately put yesterday • even; ing, just in time save the preconcerted arrang men °` for the exchange of the ratifications at the D i ti ce Terceira's, where the two Plenipotentiaries m et the principal members of the Government at nine o'6 Ir) ck, and where the ratilications wereformally exchange& trlt' due solemnity. Her Most Faithful Majesty came to i yesterday evening from Cintra, for the purpose of s ign" ing the Treaties and performing other Royal functi ons! amongst which is the holding of a levee at the Pa lai eof Necessidacles this day, to commemorate the original pro clamation of the Constitutional Charter. If the English public -should happen to be under vague impression that there is a prospect here "to ":: government, or even of government, for some CO tO come, tne sooner they rectify that erroneous imp" e$ ~bid the better. The notion is mere deletion. In the Uri"; and ever-whirling vortex of Penins"..lar intrigue , 1i re never was more of complication or bitt; 'mess than J tisb,out v"litics present at this moment. :Upon. every sid stable one characteristic presents itself'—selfish, ei!—selfish, dett _ ,chewing. The flimsy veil of patriotiom is not even assumed, and the hollow intriguers laugh .in you r f acv a' well as in their sleeves at the notion of public fit tae• Costa Cabral is nearly at his last gasp, his eff sri , form a permanent administration having n tterly fai b In his expiring agonies he has degraded himself ts making overtures to some of those political a.'' tag° ll- 0e . to whom he had previously declared himself mos t s tre ously opposed in principle. The desertion of tla . 131 `, h 1 g leu of Palmella in the very fatal crisis of time,_ NO" en ,%- completely constituted 'Chambers were to be ft tce" crisis chosen with admirable effect and charac; Machiavellism for the destruction of the existit A rs ministration, has so dimmed the prestige of Cal r a , it power as to reduce him to the miserable position every one to whom he has applied has sugccslin i i ) :: r ho fused to accept office, and, like a atrande.i w" . , 1- n file is incapable of the slightest movement. .Men" 4 - -, his numberless enemies hare no common p l an a pd don, but each, worshipping the maudlin star of se-nit utterly forgetful of Portugal, aims at the premier , ibl i N e . at least, the leading influence. Thus there is att ue ninsular intensity of hatred between the Duke of and Rodigo Magalhaes, neither of whom will act ell ; 0 1 under or with the other. Thus, too, Count Vi l la' and Silva Carvalho have each their separate folloi Oiv and designs ; whilst the Septembrists, Sada Bau d ' 1 7: Bomfin, Count de Taipa, and the rest, form a strong e, tie separate combination amongst themselves, ancl, n i i et , °ll c e amongst the various parties here, present any sere'' of unity. I defy the best prophet in Europe to form. ; 11 . sort of conjecture as to the personnel or olitical. cil ,? ) : ratter of the administration which will been pow months hence. The turpitude of the statesmen Ci tugal renders stability impossible and good gover nn ' a dream. The Cortes have been sitting now for three week s, not one solitary proposition has bc.en submitted in eidn's - - - bpi-1411 Chamber cowpoising a national benefit, or at . ;'c o national objects. Not one ! No topic of the law ,l bie et been even mooted, no true patriotic or i . nractica l 511 • - "A:r hinted at. The Deputies have been s (wobbling,-1 three weeks about the elections ; and the result o, ,_ * „ their gross personal abuse and vile insinuation is, t" the elections have all been substantially approved I have one piece, and one only, of eheerivg he to communicate to you this week, and tho , t,t;i o o the mouth of Spain is stopped by a fortunate of energy on the part of the Portuguese authori , le s • mentionedin my last that the Spanish Governmen t ' h e ,„,d raged at the conclusion of the commercial treaty , made some violent requisitions of the Portuguese Pi", vernment. One of these involved by implication ; charge of protecting bands of robbers in their Orel t from the Portuguese territory upon the Spanish soil• must be confessed that there was some ground f or monstrance, no less a personage than a very rich Sp oil . Is a senator having lately been carried by these b an dits . trot _ Spain, and detained in the mountains of Minhe until obrd arranged the payment of d2e enormous ransom of 3295 0. dollars ! The Portuguese authorities at last set tow°roi in downright earnest in obedience to the energ etic structions of the Government, and the news reached to ki on . Friday by telegraph that a detachment of police 26t la military from Castello Branco sucee.9ded, on the , 26 4 , 19 instant, in effecting the complete det3truction ot formidable band in question, headed try . the notorio'.4; „ have j?l e j g robber-chiefs Florencio and Semental - ,NI IO been the plagues of the Portuguese and Span's' Semental was shot dead, and Florencio hag b r is o r est jaw entirely blown off by a blunderbuss ! - rbouport were made prisoners, with the exception of twctiainty wh whose track the military were, with almost thecertainty" of effecting their capture. This event is a g demonstrates to all the cireumjacent districts, and must ortn most satisf..ctorily to Spain the sincerity of the guese Government. The demands of Spain with regal A to the removal of the depots of British inantlfacturett goods from the frontier will cause more trouble, anui. Senhor Aguilar, the Spanish Ambassador, who arriveo. in Lisbon this morning from Madrid, is announced 05 " froriver carrying some important and stringent demands from the' Government of Spain on that subject. On W ednesday the Court went into deep mourning' for the death of the Duke of Orleans. The melancholy event was signalised by the firing of minute guns at various periods of the day by the different ships : al ! batteries, and the effect was at once solemn and startku.g: The disgusting tissue of lies published duri n g t ic height of the war-fever, two years since, in Paris , und dn the ad captandum title—" Histoire des Crimes . Gouvernement Anglais," is announced for immediate Fe: production here in a translated form. This is the COdteili to the legacy of hatred left behind him by the late Fren,.ic. Ambassador, in reference to the then approaching o0 ` , ; elusion of the commercial treaty with Englan d. present Charge d'Affaires, M. de Rouen, took uP; the theme with great gusto, and assisted the folks of Nacional to carry the previous production through theo press, as M. de Verennes helped them with funds fa Ad a double purpose of converting the nauseous cornP°llnn.. into Portuguese with a view to publication in a forth lensed form, as now advertised, and of doling 4 'p o a ch in daily black draughts and boluses, to be tall ° - The morning in the columns of their savory journal: t hat gravamen of the charge in the work in question ' i s,' " ii „t we are "shooting the Chinese. because they 1% 1 ) 11 ' to take our poison!" Now, as tke Portuguese hallr e i — b e , have possessions themselves in that quarter of the gi ° pQ and as Macao is sufficiently near Canton to enable t!" 11 to judge of our car..3es of quarrel, M. de Rouen Ir!lgy have spared his money as well as the renewed tic: 11°1 (1 / e . to himself and country of treading in his fuss)" P re cessor's steps. CASE OF SEDUCTION. , The Herald, received yesterday by the America, contains the sequel of the painful o .", he which appeared in The Sun yesterday, under ',O above title.—" We gave yesterday the particula rs A relation to the seduction of Miss Emily Greenwr, at London, by Dr. John C. Taylor (the farfillY sician), k.-nd their arrival last week in the packet - 00 New York. Judge Kent placed the bail at 6, fo r dollars. Taylor passed over sufficient propertY the purpose to his counsel, Mr. Kimball, who,. ‘, v ., 1 , 0 Captain Cropper, became his surety. was made to have the bail reduced, and affidavits P i. ' t sented in mitigation. The young lady contends the she is over 21 years of age, possessed of an indere n ' dent property, and in no way the servant of her 1 1 1 ° 7 ther ; that she left England in company with the u st fendant not only without his solicitations, but aga in his advice ; and further that she is determined ,„, resolute in remaining with him. Mr. Charles wards appeared as counsel for the mother. v i t i Kent remarked, that the complainant presented evide rj i' tending to show that the defendant, a married 11, with a wife and three children, had seduced daughter of the plaintiff, tearing her from her servi c e ', &c., and that it was an offence serious in its nil ttlr e ;,,i and cognisable to the law. He did not feel autior to reduce the bail, and the application was denied' ROCHDALE--Though considerable distress Lists among so ne classes of the op era ti ves , t h e town g!-rao- is in a decidedly bett er s t ate t h an most others Ink gb. cashire. All th e m ill s are wor ki ng full time, t"-- wages are not high.—Leeds Mercury. BIRTHS. On the sth ult., at th e Government -house, Prince Edw allr° Island, the lady of Sir Henry Vere Huntley, of a son. On the 29th ult., at Mitcheldean, the wife of the Rev. f Beckett, 8.A., of Trinity Colleg e , Oxford, and Curate ° Abenhall, Gloucestershire, of a son. On the 6th inst., at Eastcheap, Mrs. H. H. Piper, of a ir On the 6th 'in Upper Harley-street, the lady o Din f Gregory Lewin, of aclaughter. On the 7th inst., in Hyde-par -gar e k dna the lady of the R ev ' Edmund Hollond, of a (laughter. On the Bth inst., at the Limes, Carshalton, the lady of Cap' tain E. M. Daniell, Hon. Company's Service, of a daughter. On the 6th inst., at Hyde-park-square, the lady of J. W. Bosanquet, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 3d inst.. at St. George's Church, Ramsgate, by the Rev. J. Davies, Henry Jas. Compton, Esq., eldest son of J. Compton, Esq., of Finchley, Middlesex, to Emma, lcconq daughter of Captain Corbin, of the Fame steam-packet, and the Royal Hotel, Ramsgate. At St. George's, Hanover-square, on the lit inst., Captain Elliot, R.N., son of the Hon. Rear-Admiral Elliot, to Hersey Susan, only daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Wauchope , of Niddere Marischall, Slid Lothian, and niece of Sir David Baird, Bart., of Newby th. On the Bth inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, the Hon. Charles W. G. Howard, son of the Earl of Carlisle, and M.P. for East Cumberland, to Mary, second daughter of the Right Hon. Baron Parke. DIED. On the 6th inst., at Garratt House, Charles Henry, infan t son of George Lee, aged s months. On the 6th inst., Emma, the daughter of Mr. H. J. Page, Crescent-place, Albany-road. On the 30th ult., the Rev. Samuel Jones, formerly senior c haplain of the Island of St. Helena, aged 62. On the 2d inst., Anne, the wife of Edward Rogers, Esq., of Stourbridge. 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