The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-10 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. 44 A Reader of The Sun," who writes to us upon the subject of the Southampton election, is respectfully informed that the task - which he would impose upon us can only be successfully accomplished by a i combination, for th a t p ur p ose , o f th e h onest an d n fluential electors of Southampton, acting upon the spot. INCOME-Tax.—" W. N." Books, fully explanatory in their directions on the subject, are to be purchased at any bookseller's, from one to three shillings. their benevolent intentions in improving the Africap race, surely they cannot more certainly and speedily ac complish this object, than by removing a portion of them from the land of ignorance, superstition, and disorder, to a country where they may learn industry, become Chris. tians, and useful members of a civilized community. There is only one argument advanced by the Society, in reference to African emigration to Jamaica, in which there is either plausibility or truth, viz., that the pro gress of civilization will be retarded, by ignorant Afri cans mixing with the natives. That an unlimited and sudden influx of Africans would produce the result, cannot be denied ; but it is neither desired, nor is it requisite, that their introduction should be so numerous as to produce this evil—an addition to the labouring population is absolutely required to enable the proprietors to continue the cultivation of their estates. But what ever trifling evil might result to the natives of this country, it would be nothing compared with the good that the great African family would derive from the measure. It is not only those who emigrate here that will be improved, but an intercourse between this colony and Africa will be established, which will tend more to the improvement of that unfortunate race than ail the money that has been expended, and the lives tharhawe been sacrificed in attempting to improve her sons in their native land. _ . 54114t kt toubl,:bitton SUN OFFICE Three o'Clock. 'The House of Commons was occupied last night 'with a discussion, the result of which cannot fail to givk ‘ unmingled satisfaction to men of all parties. The quesion in. consideration was, the propriety of erect ing nitlnuments, at the public expense, to the me mory otlaord EXMOUTH, Lord DE SAUMAREZ, and Sir SIDNEY SMITH. Sir R. PEEL, who introduced the question, spoke on it with infinite grace and feel ing, observing, " he did not think it would be neces sary to call upon the House for any considerable sum of money in consequence of the vote ; the feeling of honour and respect did not consist in elaborate work manship ; not in the expense to which the public was put in erecting a splendid work of art. No:; it was the inscription on the monument that wrought the charm, and however small the expense to the public, the effect in stimulat ing others was obtained, and in a more valuable manner." These few and simple words contain the whole pith and marrow of the question. Our naval ands military heroes need no expensive, showy, ad captandum monuments to keep alive the memory of their deeds in arms ; a chaste and unassuming memorial is all that is necessary for the purpose, for the magic lies in the inscription, not in the splendid sculpturings and ornamental decorations of the marble. The most showy and elaborate monumental record that could ever be erected in honour of Sir SIDNEY SMITH, would never produce half the effect that would be produced by the simple word " Acre" inscribed on a plain, unostentatious column. We pause beside a public monument, not so much to ad mire and wonder at the skill and ingenuity of the artist, as to revive our recollections of the great man in whose honour it has been erected. He it is who is uppermost in our thoughts. A simple memorial, therefore—not mean or niggardly, but in strict ac cordance with .good taste—is all that is needed to keep fresh in the public mind the recollection of de parted greatness. Of the propriety of erecting such memorials, and to a greater extent, than has yet been done, there can be but one opinie,eThey have the im - mediate effect of encouragliag desert ; of stimulating generous ambition ; and. dottickening patriotic feelings in the heart of the c:onr.nunity at large. What was the . thought that's ~r ed the mind of NELSON, when engaged in the ileadly conflict at Aboukir ? What, the,words that 'escaped him, when the first broadside was fired. 'it the enemy's fleet ? " A Peerage, or Westr, , inr.iter Abbey !" This was the reflection that sust.ainf i d and braced his energies throughout that P'Jrilc;us contest. He felt that, if it was his lot to fall, his country would pay all due honour to his memory ; arid the thought --so congenial with a gene 'rous nature—kept all mean, personal appre hension at eras length, and took even the sting from death. There is a noble spifit of emulation among our naval and military men tat cannot be too warmly encouraged. Goo .knows we do not assess their services at too high a valuation, or encumber them with superfluous wealth ! Sitting quietly at.our ease by our own hearths, and engrossed with'Siumwn tranquil pursuits, we think little of the toili!fhatli .-undergo--the anxious vigils that they keep-Lthe va rious hazards that they brave, while in active em ploymeig ; and the very least we can do, is to let slip no Favourable opportunity—such as that presented laSt nigh' - ‘2:--of testifying that we are by no means ungrate ful for their strenuous labours in our behalf. Let us duly j reward them wh en li v i ng, and honour them when ' 144 ppo PARIS, AUGUST 9.- , _ f , :tead, ever re mem b er i ng t h at i t i s to them owe our- 701;:x ", • :on : of the Address is named ;it con - . the pe. o:In matters of this sort, there. •%17- tan—there m us t b e - I g eelin: W bel - h€l 64; • : inquiry into the disputed elect i ons,in, three Conservatives. pro adopted. The fourth Secret Whig or Tory, th e illustrious 'sp)dlt brsaifor • • - iieozo e i s ar e e' e. - c, the,lath-r are of no party. The H ouse regar d e d this matter h 9-41 tire y s . 11111orlfi„Ceases at eighteen. its proper light last night, and long may it ie:spOile 7...7.=: 31 D i jaa , • _ .. , . such feelings as those expep.,;,a b y moment of the King's death, if Long may it keep prominently in, -vie*rthe ev edix l i tirrOakistiirarA a minor, the Prince nearest the ency of bestowing monumental imnourS 6fAhoirezt4 - 0 , k 4 V. 74110 D :41Z,- - . ini e yae n , 4.ab lished order of succeSsion, as defenders of our hearths and ; Oharter of Ib3o, if he be twen e sagacious as it is generoui, i and shin44.:l4lC4lo4g4litzl,resig r trfiliettubeeo' meg 'invested' With , the Regency of war ever agai n sweep over the face of -Etivopecand! other NAPOLEONS argse to threaten our: existerkpeliti fulland • •of th :Tile3--t entire exercise e nation, we may erinfidently expect that--rel)litrg otit: ' • • the belo n gs Our grateful '-'ee/so-nition of their - serviceS-o' iitoyal- authority, in the name o f King , : to NELSONS an,:t I : E sfELLINGTONS arise to coriyinel; Abe Regent. such conquercirs, that our sailors and Soldiers are 'Article' 4.—The 12th Article of the Charter, and what the a, were at Trafalgar and W aterloo ! all the legislative disposition s p ro t ec ti ng th e pe rson and constitutional rights of the King, are applicable to the Regent. Article 5.--The Regent makes oath, in presence of the Chambers, to be faithful to the King of the French, to obey the Charter and the established laws of the kingdom, and to act in every other respect in the sole view of the interest and happiness and of the glory of the French people. Should the Chambers not be sitting, then the Regent is bound to convene them within three months. Article 6.=-The guardianship and tutorship of the young King belongs to the Queen, or to the Princess his mother whilst unmarried, and in the event of the demise of the Queen, or Princess, or both, to the nearest female branch on the father's side not married. We have thus endeavoured to :do justice to the views of one of the most sensible, as well as one of the most respectable organs of the West India body of planters. We have no doubt whatever that his arguments will meet with the attention of the Anti- Slavery Society, to whose notice we especially recom mend them. It cannot be the interest of any party in the country to do injustice to our colonies, how ever much their past conduct may justify us in re ceiving their complaints with many limitations. The French Journals of Monday have all been re ceived, and an express from Paris, in another column, communicates the substance of those of Tuesday. Their contents are of much local, but no European importance. The Regency Bill, it will be seen, is so framed as carefully to exclude females from that high office ; and yet it was under the sway of fe male Regents that the councils of France were di rected by a RICHELIEU and a MAZARINE. The .111 . oniteur of the Bth, publishes in its official part, a notice that his Majesty has received letters of condo lence from the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar and the Duke of Brunswick. The Chamber of Deputies will meet to-day 'to proceed to the nomination of its four secretaries and its two questors. Being thus definitively constituted, it will meet to-morrow (Tuesday), for the bureaux to pro ceed to the nomination of the Committee for preparing the draught of an address to the King, in answer to the speech from the Throne. If this operation should be terminated early, the Ministry will present on the same day the project of law on the .Regency.—Constitutionnel. Letters from the frontier, published in the Phare des Pyrenees of the sth, say that Don Francisco was to arrive at St. Sebastian on the 4th, in the evening. San Miguel, Captain-General of the Biscayan provinces, had set out fpom St. Sebastian to meet him. The new Ministerial Journal, the Iberia, contradicts the reports of a change in the Ministry. That paper affirms that the Cabinet is engaged in the consideration of means to improve the state of the finances. According to the Barcelona Journals there were vague reports in that city of a new plot of the Moderate party in favour of Queen Christina. The first is that the commanders of the corps of the garrison have called their officers together, and reminded them of their oath of fidelity to the existing Constitution. Fifteen officers, known for their attachment to Queen Christina, have been sent away from Barcelona to Saragossa.—Le Com merce, Aug. 8. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, AUG. 8. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 118 70... 118 70... 118 65... 118 70 4 per Cents. lOl 60... 101 60... 101 60... 101 60 3 per Cents 78 20... 78 20... 78 15... 78 20 Bank of France 3220 —.3220 ...3220 .. 3220 Laffitte Bank 5,000 f 5050 —.5050 —.5050 —.5050 Belgian Fives lon ... 10:4 ... 102 i ... 102 i 1840 lO3 ... 103 ... 1024 ... 104 Dutch 2i per Cents s2k ... 52... 52k ... 52k Spanish Active .. 22 ... 22 22 ... 22 Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHARES St. Germain .:.....• 835 ... 835 ... 835 ... Versailles, R. B .. 295 ... 295 ... 295 ... LB 92 50... 92 50... 90 ... 90 Rmicn Orleans. 555 ... 555 ... 555... 553 75 Strasburg to Bale 202 50... 203 75... 202 50... 203 75 AUSTRIAN FUNl)3.—Artetota, JULY 30 firep,r cents.bletalliques ..............•. 1 08 4 Foil . per ....... .. t ................... • ; ). threep.r cents. • ZharCs ..... ...... 1615 • ibirral,•• Si -tin, gArMgs: FROM PARIS BY the West India mail, arrived this .inorning, we have received the copy of a letter addressed by Mr. PATERSON, a resident Jamaica planter, to the British tnd Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, on the important subject of the introduction of free labourers from Africa into that colony. Before the passing of the Emancipation Act, Mr. PATERSON was himself a slave-owner ; but he entirely approves of that measure, and asserts, that it has been productive of the greatest good to ';tie coloured race. Ile says that since their emanci potion a great portion of the labourers have purch 4,sed small pieces of land, upon which they hav e ereci.Pd huts, and where they bestow most of their lal-,our. They have not been driven to this by bad h.ovs or reduced wages, but from what Mr. PATERSON es-lls a natural and laudable desire on their parts to be -,:oine proprietors of the soil. As the most industrious and useful are the most frugal, the best labourers are those of whose services the planters are soonest deprived. Hence it is that such a want of workmen is now felt in the colony. He contends, therefore, that the colony must go to ruin, unless the emigra tion of African labourers to Jamaica is generally enc.ouraged. He maintains that the objects of the Anti-Slavery Society he promoted by such emigration. He asserts that it is not necessary to have recourse to any system of kidnapping, to induce the Africans to settle as labourers in the 'West Indies—that thousands of them are in Constant readiness to seek employme4t there, and that the idea that 'they would or could be treated as slaves is ridiculous.- We have not ourselves been under any such impression as that the planters would now treat free labourers from Africa as slaves. Theis free coloured brethren would not long allow them to re main ignorant of the relation in which they stood to their employers. As regards the way in which the interests of the planters will be affected by the pre vention of emigration, Mr. PATERSON says Labour cannot be procured by the agriculturist wh en requir e d, an d u nles s thi s b e remedied, cultivation will on an extended scale cease, and capital will be with drawn from the colony. Enterprise and skill will follow. Aloney will cease to circulate, and a taste for luxuries will no longer be imbibed by the labourers. They will be content to live in nakedness, and to feed on ground provisions. Religion and education will cease to be disseminated, as neither the island treasurer nor the labourers will possess the means of contributing to their support. The great staple commodities that require capital will not be cultivated, and per sons of intelligence and influence now following agricultural pursuits, and who are in constant com munication with the labouring classes, will quit the colony ! Where then will you find the stimulus to in dustry, so much required to make the negro what he ought to be, and what he is capable of being made ; ? By attempting, therefore, to prevent the labourers from coming to the colonies, you check the improvement of the emancipated slaves—you prevent that portion of Africans who would emigrate from enjoying the bless ings of freedom, civilization, and Christian knowledge— you bring poverty on the colonial proprietary—you make desolate the now fertile cane-fields. The roads will become invisible, and the costly works a heap of ruins. Signed at the Palace of Neuilly, the 9th August, 1842. Her Majesty is expected to arrive in town on Friday morning from Windsor Castle, to close the present ses sion of Parliament in state in person. A Cabinet Council was held this afternoon at the Fo reign -office, Downing-street, at half-past two o'clock. Most of the Ministers attended. MONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The business in our Funds to-day has been extensive, and to the exclusion of it in other securities. The market has been extremely firm, and prices appear to have an upward tendency. Consols have been done at 92+, but are now 92k 92f for Money, and 92+ for the Account. Three per Cents. Reduced 921 94;__Three-and-a-Hall: per Cents. Reduced, 101+ 1011 ; New Three- and-e, Half per Cents. 1001 1001; Bank Stock, 170 171 ; India Stock, 249 251 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 50 52 ; May, 48 51 prem. The transactions in Foreign Securities have been— Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 514 ; Danish, 83 ; and Brazilian, 65 ; the quotation for Mexican is 351 for Money. The Share Market has been quite neglected, but two bargains have been publicly made—one in Blackwall at 9 ; the other in Birmingham and Derby at 42 per stare. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILLWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby IOO London and Blackwall ...... 16i 9 JOINT STOCK BANKS. National oflreland l7i lsi to 15 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 9 . —Although he Market is still inactive, there is no material change in prices to remark upon. The prices are as follow : Bristol and Exeter, 41i 414 and 41i. ; Liverpool and Manchester, 176 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 271 ; Londo,n and South Western, 62i ; Eastern Counties (New), 81. 7s. 11d. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stock .170 (India Stock 250 pm 3 per Cent. Red. ....,... 92/1 !Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons 9l 'Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent. Red 101 Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent... lan Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 48 pm New 5 per Cen'. — Ditto 5001...... 48 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 48 pm Jan. 1860 ...... Bank Stock for A cct ... Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 l2i Consols for Acct. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pe r cen t — i Ditto, New Ditto 334 Brazilian Bonds... 66 Prussian, 5 per cent. Bueno s Ayres 6 per ce n t. Russian , pee cent. Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Meta11ic........ ... Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto, 1824 2li Ditt o , Deferred.... .. Danish, 3 per cent B3 French, 5 per cent. —f.—c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange Mexicar, 5 per cent 3si French, 3 per cent. —f. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent sli Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. = Ditto, 5 per ce nt. And with respect to the interests of the now free coloured race, he previously observes : The introduction of labourers into this colony, will produce the most beneficial effects to the natives; indeed, upon this depends whether they will advance in civilisa tion, or whether they will retrograde in all improvement, and, in a half or whole century, be no better than their ancestors were when brought here as slaves. Mr. PATEasoN further contends, that the natives of Africa would be benefited by such emigration of labouren4. With every wish to do justice to. the re presentative ;)f the opinions of a large class- of :Our f e m v i,;_it t akjects, who writes with so much ino4ra 7 • tion airilgood temper, we can only make room for an extract,, exhibiting his views upon this point :, Ifyo u i Society , bisin . cerein following.out consistently SHARES. Eirmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd) 41 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 4 74 Great Western Railway (65 paid) — Ditto New Shares (50 paul).. ............ 63 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall (- paid) 9 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) 2Bi South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) — Ditto Scrip. (10 paid) . ..... Mts.& 1k THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1842. grace fall The puritanical chaplain felt the responsi bility of the ansver he should give, and, 'after a pause, trae to the dogmas of his creed, he answered No.' Then,' said the dying Protector, I think lam saved ; for Ido know that I was once in grace !' The immunity of Ipswich from the consequences of present electoral offences is inexplicable, save on Goodwin's latitudinarian efficacy of grace. Ipswich was once pure, and it may now sin with impunity ; it is saved from Parliamentary damnation, because it was once in a state of race. Peradventure the Anglo-Saxon purity of Ipswich in the days of the Wittenagemote, has vicariously achieved its salvation. Cannot this electoral immortality of Ipswich be turned to -.some useful account ? Cannot its corrup- Aim and venality—predestined, it seems, to endure to the end of representative government in this island—be ren dered advantageous to the purity of other places ? The difficulties in the way of disfranchising Sudbury we respectfully suggest to Sir Robert Peel, be got rid of, if the Right Hon. Baronet will encourage the emigration of purchasable voters from Sudbury to Ipsvvich, and in duce them to transfer their valuable, franchise to the larger boroughs." MONEY—TRADE—COMMER9E. The colliers at Barslem, in the Potteries, on Sunday, attacked several private houses, broke the windows at the Town-hall, and also those of the sergeant of police, after which they decamped. The men continue begging in various places, and the masters are resolved to stand out against their demands. At .Ashton-on-Lyne, in Lancashire, the workpeople of Messrs. Bayley and Boot, as well as other firms of Staly bridge, turned out on Monday, in consequence of a re duction of wages, and proceeded to stop no less than 26 other mills. They paraded the streets in thousands, and the Riot Act was read, but the military ordered not to fire. On Tuesday they again met, to the nmmbers of from 15,000 to 20,000 and resolved to proceed to Man chester to turn out the mills and other workpeople. At Manchester the military hold themselves ready. The accounts from the manufacturing districts are more encouraging. The improved business is gradual, but it is felt nevertheless. The cotton sales at Liverpool during the last week amounted to no less than 54,000 bales, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'Clock. Mr. MILDMAY and Mr. HOPE took the oaths and their seats for the borough of Southampton. The Hon. Gen tlemen were introduced by Sir T. Fremantle and Mr. Fleming, and were heartily cheered by the Members on the Ministerial side of the House. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, returns in continuation of the return made up to 29th July, were ordered, of the number of days and hours during which the House sat in the present session ; also specifying the number of hours during which the House sat after midnight. Mr. STEWART WORTLEY presented a petition from Hackney, praying that that district be included in the districts to which the Metropolitan Improvements Bill extended. On the motion of Mr. HAWES, the following returns were ordered.—" Return of the quantities and average price, for each six weeks, of all corn sold in places in cluded in 5 Vic. c. 14, from the commencemer tof the operation of that Act to the latest period. Also a return of the quantities and average price, for each six weeks, calculated according to the provisions of 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, of all corn sold in the towns specified in section 8 of the said Act, for the same period." BANKRUPTCY LAW AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill was read a third time. On the question that the Bill do pass, Mr. HAWES moved the addition of the following clause by way of rider to the Bill:—" That fourteen days before a final dividend shall be advertised under any bankrupt's estate, there shall be sent by the official assignee to each creditor's assignee of such estate, a debtor and creditor account between the official assignee and such estate, showing also the moneys remaining un collected under such estate, and the cause of such moneys remaining uncollected, a copy of which account shall be delivered to any creditor who shall apply for the same, and have proved or claimed a debt under such fiat, upon his applying for the same to the official assignee, and paying such sum, not exceeding one shilling, as shall be settled by the Court authorised to act in the prosecution of such fiat." Mr. SCOTT objected to having creditors pay for the account. Sir T. WILDE suggested that creditors should not be compelled to pay for the account, but that every per son who was not a creditor should have to pay for it. He moved an amendment to that effect, and that the price of the writ be 2s. 6d. instead of ls. Sir J. GRAHAM approved of the amendment pro posed by the Hen. and Learned Gentleman opposite. After some further discussion the clause, (Li amended, was agreed to, and ordered to be added as rider to the Bill.—The Bill was then passed. The Lords' amendments to the Colonial Passengers Bill were read, and agreed to. PRISON DISCIPLINE. On the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Insolvent Debtors Bill being read, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose to call the attention of the House to the petition of William Gellen, presented on the 4th of August, complaining that great mortality had existed in the Milbank Penitentiary during the past year. He stated, during the past year a great increase of mor tality and insanity had taken place. Since January last there had been 14 deaths, which was a very considerable increase on the same period in other years. It was ad mitted that the situation was an unhealthy one, and any mortality arising from that cause could not be ascribed to the officers. But great complaints had also been made of the new arrangements, and of the fact that there was no medical attendant residing in the prison. A sys tem also, that was very like fraud, was pursued by removing patients in the last stage of exhaustion to St. Bartholemew and other hospitals, so that they did not die in the parish. The treatment of sick prisoners was also complained of : in one case a man was found in his cell in a state of stupor, and leeches were applied to his temples, and while the blood was flowing from his temples, a bucket of cold water was thrown over him. A model prison was under consideration, and in process of erection ; at the beginning of the session he had called the attention of the House to the subject of prison discipline, and he believed, if the inquiry he asked for had been granted, many of the abuses that'prevailed in the Penetentiary would have been prevented. He intended, however,to renew the motion next session, for, as the model prison was to be much the same sort of place as the Pene tentiary, the House ought to be put in possession of all the facts connected with its state and management, and to be warned of what might take place in it. He thought a more judicious selection might have been made of the persons who were the Committee to superintend the management of the model prison. They were the Duke of Richmond, Lord Chichester, Lord Wharneliffe, Lord J. Russell, and the Speaker of the House of Com mons. He could not believe that their occupations would admit of their attending to the management of the prison. He was quite sure that the time of the Speaker was suf ficiently occupied already by his other duties. Two eminent medical men, iDr. Brodie and Dr. Ferguson, were also appointed to visit the prison, but he did not see how they would be able to do so, and as it was a male prison, he could net tell why Dr. Ferguson, of all other individuals, should have been appointed to visit it. He condemned the silent, solitary, and separate systems of punishment that were adopted ; they invariably tended to produce disease and • insanity, .8S had been proved by the experience of the Governor of the Cold Bath-fields prison: The question he wished to put to the Right „Hon. ,Baron 4, was, whether he meant to make any, further inquiry in the system of prison discipline, and also whether it was the intention of the Government to recommend to the Committee both as to the Model Prison and -the Mill bank Penetentiary, that there should be a medical man continuously residing within the walls of both these prisons ? Sir J. GRAHAM said he was prepared for the mo tion of the Hon. Gentleman, by the inquiries he had made when the petition was first . presented. But the Hon. Member had now taken a much wider range, and had indulged himself in a sort of roving commis sion through all the prisons. The model prison, as he had before stated, was an experiment, and an experiment well worth making. With regard to the Committee of Management, he thought it was well qualified to conduct the inquiry, having conducted one in the House of Lords; and the same might be said of Lord Chichester. He might add that the prepossessions of the Duke of Richmond, as to the separate and silent system, were very much in unison with those of the Hon. Gentleman. He had asked Lord John Russell to be so obliging as to consent to suffer his name to be placed on the Commis sion appointed to superintend the: experiment, and the Noble Lord had been so kind as to promise that he would undertake to devote a consider able portion of his leisure time to the superin tendence of the experiment. He had also requested the speaker to be so kind as to suffer his name to be joined to the other Commissioners, and the Speaker had been kind enough to say that he would devote his leisure time to his duties as Commissioner. He had also appointed Sir Benjamin Brodie a high medical authority, and Dr. Burnett, who also held a high rank in the medical profession, as Commissioners. Major Jebb, an officer of Engineers, who had devoted considerable attention to the suject of building prisons, was also a Commissioner. These were all checks upon the prejudices of other persons. Knowing that Mr. Gordon had devoted his attention to the subject of prison discipline ; that he had visited almost all the gaols of Europe and America, and that he had introduced the separate sys tem of prison discipline, he thought that he ought to be appointed to superintend the experiment. If he had ap pointed Mr. Gordon alone to superintend the experiment he should have been to blame, but he certainly ought not to be excluded from the Commission. With reference to the case of Holberry, he was bound to say that that case had given him great pain. He had been informed last autumn that the the health of Holberry was suffer ing, and he had directed that he should be removed from Northallerton to York Castle, where the discipline was less severe, and he had directed that ' report should be made to him as to the state of Hol berry's health. He had not for some time received those reports, until shortly before Holberry's death, when he had received information that unless he were liberated, his health would suffer so severely that he could not re cover. He had directed his liberation within 48 hours of the time he had received that information. Now with regard to the Penitentiary it should be recollected that the Hon. Gentleman was impugning the discipline of that establishment on the testimony of a discarded servant. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE—No. Sir J. GRAHAM—He had been permitted to resign —at least such was the report of the Governor. lie would admit that during the course of the last spring anepi demic had prevailed in the Penitentiary, andmany deaths had ensued, but that had not been occasioned either by the diet or discipline ; for a more generous diet had been adopted, and a relaxation in the severity of the disci pline had taken place, on the recommendation of Dr. Baillie, before the epidemic had made its appear ance. That epidemic had been attributed to various causes, some persons imagined that the situation was unhealthy ; he did not agree in that opinion, but he had directed Dr. Baillie to institute inquiry into the health of prisons similarly situated, and to report on the sub ject. He was also happy to state that cases of insanity in that prison were less frequent than formerly. With respect to the man who had died in Bartholo mew's Hospital, and whose funeral expenses it had been said Dr. Baillie had undertaken to pay be fore they would admit him, he begged to say that they invariably refused to admit a patient unless some person was answerable for his funeral ex penses. With respect to the other case to which allusion had been made, there could be no doubt that the ma n had simulated stupor ; but he (Sir James Graham) could not altogether approve of the treatment to which that man had been subjected. With respect to the general superintendence of the prison, it was under a Commission, the members of which were above suspi cion, and he heard a short time since from a person who had attended a man who had been a prisoner in that in stitution, and who in his dying moments stated that the Penitentiary was the best institution in the world, and in his dying moments had directed his thanks to be re turned to the officers of that establishment for the kind ness with which he had been treated. Mr. HUME objected to the intervention of Commis sioners to screen the Governors of prisons and the Secre tary of State from responsibility. The experiment of the Penitentiary had completely failed. It was situated in a bog, and must be unhealthy. He objected still more to the manage ent ; it ought to be under the management of a resp ble Governor, and subjected to vigilant inspection, the Secretary of State being responsible for the general management of all cases. A plan of that sort had been adopted on the Continent, and found to answer. And until some such plan had been adopted in this country, all attempts at prison discipline would be failures. They had prisons SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vublir eptutott. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. Our Paris Contemporaries devote a large portion of their space to the discussion which has arisen out of the elections for President and Vice-Presidents of the Cham ber of Deputies, but their articles are merely a repetition of the assertions and arguments of the last three days, and have little interest except to the parties immediately engaged in the polemic that is going on. The Chamber of Deputies continued on Monday the election of its officers for the ensuing session. The four Secretaries remained to be appointed. Messrs. De l'Espee and Boissy d'Anglas, the Ministerial candidates, ob tained, the first 230 votes, and the latter 193; and were accordingly proclaimed Secretaries. The next on the list were—M. Lacrosse, who had 191 votes; M. Ravin, 181; M. Lascases, 174; M. Garnon, 105; and M. Costel, 82. None of them, however, having obtained the re quired majority, another ballot was proceeding, when M. Lacrosse was elected the third Secretary. On Saturday the Address to his Majesty, agreed to at the late meeting of English residents in Paris, his Grace the Duke of Montrose in the chair, on the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans, transmitted through his Excellency Lord 'Cowley, was presented to the King by M. Guizot, as were likewise Addresses on the same deplorable event from the English inhabiting St. Germain and Avranches. The Debats has a very long article on the affairs of the East, in which it expresses its regret at the distracted state of Turkey and her dependencies, and at the influ ence which Russia continues to have over the Porte, notwithstanding the hopes that were held out by the parties to the treaty for the pacification of the East, that the Turkish Empire would regain its lost splendour, and that its Government would adopt a strong but tolerant system of administration towards the Christians who are under its sway. The Debats observes that, so far from this being the case, the Turkish Empire is falling rapidly into ruin, but that even in the agony of its rulers there is cruelty and harshness towards the Christian population, to whom the intervention of the great Powers has been more injurious than beneficial, and who at the critical moment are abandoned to their fate. The consumption of meat in Paris during the last month was 5,945 oxen, 1,295 cows, 7,709 calves, and 36,747 sheep, being 259 oxen, 765 calves, and 2,899 sheep more, and 489 cows less, than in July 1841. We have accounts from Madrid of the Ist inst. The Infante Don Francisco de Paula and his family left Madrid on the morning of that day for San Sebastian. Their departure created no agitation in that capital. Mr. Washington Irving, Minister of the United States, and M. Albuquerque, Charge d'Affaires of Brazil, pre sented their credentials to the Regent on the Ist. The Barcelona journals of the 2d inst., state that 15 officers, belonging to the garrison of Barcelona, had been dismissed the service in consequence of their attachment to Queen Christina. Among them were a Lieutenant- Colonel and a Commander. The Tage arrived at Havre on Sunday morning from St. Petersburgh, which city it left on the 31st ult. Amongst the passengers were Count Alexis de Stroga noff, Russian Minister at the Court of Lisbon, M. d'Aris, Secretary of the French Embassy at St. retersburgh, Baron Seebach, Minister of the Hague in St. Peters burgh, and M. Horace Vernet, who is to return, by the same packet, on the 15th inst. We learn, by this arri val, that the Emperor's having at once gone into mourn ing for the Duke of Orleans, without waiting for the official notification from the French Ambassador, had caused much satisfaction to the French residents at St. Petersburgh. The Emperor, on receiving the news of the event, sent immediately Count de Nesselrode to M. Casimir Perier, to express his deep regret at the melan choly intelligence, and all the Royal family appeared at church, the next day, in deep mourning. _ _ _ PARLIAMENTARY. The Lords yesterday held two conferences with the Commons, waited for some time to receive Bills from them, passed several measures a stage, including a Bill to repeal an Act just passed, touching the slave trade carried on Portugal, and then adjourned. The Commons, at their noonday sitting, agreed to the Report on the Bankrupt Bill after some discussion, and ordered the Bill to be read a third time to-day. Sir James Graham gave up the County Courts Bill for this session. A petition was presented against the return of Mr. Walter. At the evening sitting Mr. T. Duncombe presented a petition against the spy system (Ireland). In reply to Mr. Hume, Sir R. Peel said he hoped the House would be prorogued on Friday, and he is to move to-day that it adjourn over to-morrow. In reply to Mr. M. Philips, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said he had received no official notice that . our Government would be called on to pay the interest of the loan for Greece, which it had guaranteed, the Greek Government being unable to pay. In reply to Mr. C. Buller, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer said'he should not submit any measure to Parlia ment this session, relative to the forged Exchequer bills. ln reply to Mr. Hume, Sir James Graham gave an ex planation of his conduct in pardoning a Mr. Johnstone, • for who a had an i - /bent to the Secr e tary o f St a t e , i n th e a b sence of "counsel, solicitor, witnesses, and a pro secu t r i x , nd b e e c e e n nt se a n ss te a t u ic lt ed o t n o t h h i r s ee se m rv o a n n th t s' If imprisonment the reader wishes to see a gross case o f a J u d ge maki ng a state ',ltlatally at variance with his charge to a jury, and with the . Sentence he inflicted, and of a Secretary of State .iiethig on such a partial statement without examining a 1 > singl e other person, commuting a sentence, and so stig .Matisitig-a young woman, he must read Sir J. Graham's I explanation. A more flagrant case has not for a long time fallen under our notice, or one which more strongly convinces us that the prerogative of mercy should not be left to the discretionary use of any Secretary of State. Sir R. Peel, in a Committee, moved an address to the Crown to erect public monuments to Lord Exmouth, Lord De Saumarez and Sir Sidney Smith, and brought the services of thosegallant officers before the House in an . apprcipriate, eloquent, and as Sir G. Cockburn said, beautiful speech. Mr. Hawes, after a few remarks, left the matter in Sir R. Peel's hands. Sir R. Inglis objected to pledging the House to place , the monuments in St. Paul's ; he wished to have a place set apart for them. Sir George Cockburn, Mr. Hume, Mr. Wyse, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Brotherton, and others, spoke on the subject. The address was, of course, agreed to, nem, con. The Coventry Boundary Bill was passed after a di vision. The Limitation of Actions (Ireland) Bill was reported. The House rose a little before Ten. PUBLIC OPINION. We quote the following froze the Morning Chronicle : " That Lord Ellenborough did issue an order for the evacuation of Affghanistan, we have not a shadow of doubt upon our mind. That he countermanded this order we are equally convinced. The motives of the first order it is difficult to conjecture. For the second, as we before observed, we believe we are indebted to the acci- dent of his Lordship's having received his overland despatches before there was time to carry his cruel, cowardly, and most impolitic commands into effect. The Government at home, upon the receipt of the intelligence of the reverse we had sustained, did not hesitate to, pledge itself to take such measures as might be necessary to retrieve it. Indeed, so strong and so general was the public feeling upon the sub ject, that no Government could have done otherwise. Whatever may be thought by a portion of the public of the policy of having gone into Affghanistan—whatever may be thought of the policy of maintaining a position there—there is, at all events, no second opinion upon the enormity of the proceeding attributed to Lord Ellen borough. It is, as we have shown, a violation of the solemn engagement of his Government. It would be, if carried into effect, a stain upon the character of England, which no subsequent success could obliterate. It would be, as all parties admit, a blow to our supremacy in the East, the effect of which no subsequent development of physical force could repair, the prostration of the whole power of England before a horde of barbarous moun taineers, whose hands are yet red with the blood of thousands of our countrymen, and who yet hold as hostages, not only officers, but women and children. Sir Robert Peel must consult the public interests' for sooth ! The public interest imperatively require it to be known whether there is any man engaged and re tained in the service of the country who could be guilty of such cruel, cowardly, and impolitic abuse of his re sponsibility as Lord Ellenborough is accused of. The Times, speaking of the discussion en the Ipswich writ, says :—" The debate upon the Ipswich writ, and its result, must be regarded as having inflicted upon Mr. Patrick Maxwell Stewart, and his coadjutors upon the late Committee, as near an approach to a Parliamentary censure as it was decently possible for the House of Com mons to make. • The writ is forthwith issued by a large majority in opposition to their opinion ; the House has declined to make the disfranchisement of the individuals whom they have reported guilty of bribery, a condition precedent to the future representation of the borough ; their Report has been impugned with an openness and strength of language unparalleled in Parliament, and defended by none except its authors and a few strong partisans of the same political complexion ' • the mino rity of the Committee has p u bli c l y protested against its decision upon the point of agency, as completely arbi trary and unsupported by evidence ; the Queen's Attor ney-General has declared their finding of bribery against electors to be, in at least 28 out of 30 cases, palpably un tenable ; and lastly, Sir R. Peel himself, the great cham pion of the whole system of Election Committees, which he regards with the partiality of a parent, was signifi cantly careful to utter no single word from which it could be inferred that he approved of a judgment, the grounds of which, upon general principles, he declined to investigate." The Post says :—" What has the present session of Parliament done for Conservatism ? Not much—per haps nothing at all'— seems to be the general answer ; and it cannot be denied by those who give this answer that a gbod deal was expected. Disappointment then is admitted ; but it appears that there are som e phil oso ph ers who procaim that more or less of disappointment ought to have been calculated upon, because it belongs to the nature of things,' under present political circumstances. This proposition deserves to be inquired into. It would really be some consolation if one were to discover that the curious turn, or, to use an idiom of the sister island, the advance backwards' of Conservatism were not the fault of any one, but merely an inevitable consequence of the nature of things.' Were we once convinced of that we should submit to it, in sadness perhaps, but without a murmur." The following is from the -Herald :—" When Oliver Cromwell was on his death-bed, he is reported to have propounded this knotty question to.Ppodwin, his spiri tual consolor—o Co a M 44 who haa been in 4 state of ELECTIONEERING. The late Earl of Lichfield, during the last five years of his life, expended for different members of his family, in contested elections, no less a sum than 150,0001. The eleetion for Ipswich will take place on Monday or Tuesday next. Messrs. Gisborne and Moffat appear on the Liberal side, and Viscount Villiers and Captain Gladstone on the Conservative. Lord Nugent has called on Mr. Le Feuvre retract the offensive expressions which he is reported to have applied to his Lordship during the late proceedings at the Southampton election nomination. NAVAL AND MILITANT. George Lorimer, late chief mate of the brig British Queen, now in St. Katherine-docks, was charged at the Thames-office yesterday with the wilful murder of Robt. Meiklejohn, the captain of the same vessel, on the high seas. The prisoner was committed for trial, but a Jury will be called upon to decide whether he was in a sane state of mind at the time of committing the murder. LAW AND POLICE. Sarah Patterson was finally brought up yesterday at Bow-street, for examination, charged with obtaining 101. and other moneys from the Lords of the Admiralty, by false representations. She was fully committed. Lord Frankfort, of 17, Southwick-crescent, Hyde Park-square, appeared by his solicitor at the Maryle bone-office yesterday, to answer the charge of two organ players, Francis Lebardi and Lorenzo Mussi, who, it appears, prayed before his house, and who, on being or dered to go away, were also assaulted by his Lordship, and much damage inflicted by him on their organ. Two penalties, amounting to 51., were ordered to be paid by Lord Frankfort for his conduct. FINE ARTS. The sale of the sculptures at Shugborough Hall, com menced on Tuesday. The collection which contains some of the most perfect specimens from the antique in the kingdom, was the joint selection of Thomas Anson, Esq., and his brother the celebrated Commodore. The paintings also, singularly rich in marine subjects, were chiefly collected by the first Lord Anson._ LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. A number of sappers and miners employed by Go vernment to make a general survey and plan of the British Isles, are now making their measurements in Westmoreland. COURT-FASHIONABLE. The Earl and Countess of Warwick have arrived at Pau, in the Pyrenees, where they intend remaining till October. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left Trentham Hall last week, for Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland. The Duke of Devonshire and a select party will com mence grouse•shooting on Friday, at Bolton Abbey. The Viscount ar.d Viscountess Beresford are still a' Bedgebury Park. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton left Oatlands, on Sa. turday, for Worsley Ball, Lancashire. _ . IMISCEIMAN,EOUS. The Queen Dowager, on Monday, visited the Mar quis of Exeter at Burghley Hall, near Stamford. This mansion was built by the Cecils, and has been honoured at various times in the Royal progresses "by Henry the Eight, Queen Elizabeth, and James I. A magnifi cent dinner was on this occasion laid for 32, and, among the splendid candelabra on the table, the plate, won at Goodwood, last month, was conspicuous. The christen ing of the infant son of the Marquis and Marchioness was to take place yesterday (Tuesday). On Thursday her Majesty departs for Worcester. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) CANTERBURY RACES.—TUESDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Beats 2 miles. Mr. Sherrard's Lady Mary, 4 yrs, 9st 61b Mr. Hodges's Dane John (late Oxton) 4 yrs, 9st 61b 2 2 Mr. Cowley's Adrian; aged, lOst 31b 4 3 Mr. Hornsley's Revoke; 6 yrs, 10st 31b Mr. Templeton's Little Fairy, 6 yrs, lOst 31b The Canterbury Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 50 added. Heats 2 miles. Winner to be sold for 2001. (4 subs.) Mr. Sherrard's Lady Mary, 4 yrs (Bartholomew), 1 1 Mr. Hodges's Dane John, 4 yrs . . The Yeomanry Stakes were won by Scipio, and a Sctirry Stake by Mr. Baker's Montezuma, 6 yrs. The Garrison Stakes did rot fill, and there was no race for the Maiden Plate of 501. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY. WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES.-5 - to 4 agst Retriever (t), 3 to 1 agst Heslington. ST. LEGER.-6 to 4 agst Attila (t) ; - 10 to 1 agst Cabrera ; 12 to 1 agst Fireaway, (t) ; 12 to 1 agst Policy; 20 to 1 agst Cattonite, (t) ; 25 to 1 agst the Artful Dodger ; 25 to 1 agst Roselind ; 25 to 1 agst the Agree able, colt; 30 to 1 agst Eboracum, (t) ; 35 to 1 agst Priscilla Tomboy, (t) ; 40 to 1 agst Meteor ; 40 to 1 agst Master Thomas ; 10 to 1 agst Cattonite and th - e Artful Dodger, (t). • DERBY, 1843.-25 to 1 agst Philip, (t) 25 0 1 agst Aristides, (t) ; 35 to 1 agst Parthian, (t). NEWCASTLE (STAFF) RACES.—TUESDAY. Three-years-old Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. Twice round. (7 subs.) Mr. E. Buckley's David, Bst 6lb ' 1 Mr. Owsley's Happy-go-Lucky, Bst 61b 2 Mr. Ongley's Roderick, Bst 3lb Mr. Prices' Ernestine, Bst 31b 0 Won by a length. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 It only, if declared, with 50/. added. The second saves his stake. Twice round, and a dis. (9 subs. 3 de clared.) Mr. Whitworth's Lady Mary, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Jackson's Wings, 6 yrs, 7st 61b The following also started, but were not placed . Mr. Long's Ararat, 6 yrs, Bst 31b, Mr. Jones's Portrait, 4 yrs, Bst 41b, and Mr. Skerrett's Hudibras, 4 yrs, 7st 61b. Won by a length, after a good race. The Maiden Plate of 501. Twice round and a dis. Mr. Griffin's Miss Kilton, 4 yrs, Bst 11b Mr. Spink's Margaret, 3 yrs, 6st Illb 1 2 2 Mr. Thompson's bc by Shrigley, 3 yrs, 7st 2 3 dr Won cleverly. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AuG. 10.—Wind, this day at Noon, S. to S.E. DEAL, AuG. 9.—Wind S.E., light.—Sld. all the out ward bound except the Hercules for Quebec. DOVER, AUG. 9.—Arrd. Xanthus, Esplin, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH AUG. 9.—Wind. S.S.E.—Arrd. Tagus steamer, Alexandria, left 22d ult., Malta 28th, and Gib raltar 2d inst. ; her Majesty's ship Rolla, Sierra Leone, left May 20, and Ascension June 19. FLYIIIOUTH, AUG. 9.—Wind variable.—Arrd. off, Gi raffe, for Sydney; Aurora, Havannah, for Hamburgh. FALMOUTH, AUG. B.—Wind S.S.W., to S., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Andes, Gavey, Pernambuco. sailed June 22 ; sailed Liverpool steamer, Gibraltar ; Thames steamer, Weft Indies, left Demerara 2d ult., Barbadoes 7th, Jamaica 9th, Turk's Island 13th, Nassau 20th. CARDIFF, AUG. 6.—Arrd. Septana, M`Donald, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 9.—Wind S.W., northward—Arrd. Isabella, Heard, Mauritius ' • Jane, Texa s; C ora , Middle comber, New Orleans ; Nicholas Biddle, Mattison, Savannah ; Hottinguer, Barclay, New York, left July 21. Sailed Spenandoab, Philadelphia ; Alert, Sydney, N. S. W. ; Rose, Antigua ; Eliza Whitney, Boston; Cruickston Castle, Halifax. Arrd off, Chutab, St. Law rence. The Chatham, reported as arrived off, is supposed to be incorrect. The Ada, from St. Stephen's to Liverpool, grounded on a ridge in Passamaquoddy Bay, 13th ult., but got off next tide, with considerable damage. DUBLIN, Atm. 6,7, and B.—Arrd. Rowley, Ewing, Barbadoes ; John, Magrah, St. John's, N.B. ; Nelson, Waite, Quebec ; Sir James M`Dougall, ElNsons, and Antelope, James, Prince Edward's Island ; Percival, Robinson, Quebec. CORK, AUG. 7.—Sld. Royal Saxon, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. OFF HASTINGS, AUG. 9.—Tyne, Priseman, Honduras. THE MARNETS.—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh supplies of English Grain since Monday, have been moderate, but many foreign ships continue to arrive with Wheat and Oats. The weather continues fine and hot. Wheat was almost unsaleable at Monday's prices. In Oats, some transactions realized last quota tions, Other Grain unaltered. Flour met very little demand at the late reduction in price. COLONIAL MARKET. There was little business done, but holders were firm, and obtained full rates for all articles. The imports were small, and the deliveries from the warehouses large. TEA MARKET. The market was very dull, and prices were scarcely sustained. TALLOW MARKET. Prices firm, and a fair business was done in P.Y. Candle at 48s. on the spot, and 48s. 6d. for delivery in last three months of the year. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION.—A petition was pre sented yesterday in the House of Commons, from George Gill and Samuel Bean, against the return of John Walter, Esq., for the borough of Nottingham. in the Isle of Wight, prisons in Pentonville, prison:- here, prisons there, prisons everywhere—the whole country was full of prisons—and yet they could not agree as to any efficient system. He had called the attention of the Secretary of State to the case of Wm. Penny, whose health was suffering from imprisonment in Northallerton gaol. No attention had been paid to it, and he supposed that not until the man was within twenty-four hours of his death would any order be issued for his release. _ _ Mr. HAWES defended the appointment of the Commissioners. If these Commissioners had not been appointed, an outcry would have been raised about cen - tralization, and it would have been said that the people would have been-excluded from the management of their own concerns and all local authority overthrown. He did not think that there had been a case of abuse established. The lion. Gentleman, the Member for Montrose, said that the Chartists had been treated by the late Government with cruelty. Of course that ap plied to certain men, and of course came down to the late Secretary of State. Well he (Mr. Hawes) would say, there never was a more unjust charge. In the first place the law was not violated by that Go vernment. With respect to the wisdom of that prosecu tion he gave no opinion; that was no part of the charge. He had his own opinion upon it. The charge was, that they were treated with cruelty. There was certainly a hard ship done in placing the political offenders with those per sons who had committed felonylßut the moment the sub ject was brought under the consideration of the House An Act was introduced, providing that political offenders should not be placed with persons charged with felony. He (Mr. Hawes) should say, that taking the present prison system altogether, although perhaps not the best, it was one that would improve, and would ob tain additional confidence from the public, and additional power to repress crime. Mr. GREENE, as one of the Commissioners of Mil bank Penitentiary, wished to say a few words in reply to what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Montrose. The Honourable Gentleman said that the whole weight and responsibility ought to rest with the Secretary of State for the time being. The Secretary of State was responsible now, and was also responsible for the appointments made while he was in office. Mr. EWART entirely agreed with the Hon. Member for Lambeth, that the present system of prison discipline was improving, and had been for some time, and he felt convinced would continue to do so ; but he agreed with the Hon. Member for Montrose that the responsibility of the Secretary of State was not at all defined, but was in a state of uncertainty. Mr. AGLIONBY said that so far from the political offenders in the time of the late Government having been treated with humanity, they had been treated with so much harshness that the subject forced itself on the attention of the House.—(Hear, hear.) He would refer to the case of the prisoners in Warwick Castle. Where could there be a case of greater hardship.—(Hear.) That case was brought before the House by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, and the mitigation of the punish ment was not obtained from the Home-office of that day until the subject was brought under the consideration of the House. After a few words in explanation from Mr. HAW Es and Mr. AGLIONBY, Sir J. GRAHAM rose to order. The Hon. Member had made his motion upon an Order of the Day, to which it in no way referred, and that was contrary to a recent motion of the House. This discussion might take five or six hours, and as it was interrupting the business of the House, he thought he had a right to rise to order. The SPEAKER said he was exceedingly glad that the Right Hon. Baronet had called the attention of the House to this point. It was his (the Speaker's) inten tion to have done so previous to putting the motion that the Bill before the House be read a third time. The Order of the Day for the third reading of the Insol vent Debtors Bill had been read ; the question was that the Bill be read a third time. Therefore, according to a rule of the House, no Hon. Member could move an amendment not strictly relevant to the matter before the House.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that in another session that rule would be more strictly adhered to.—(Hear, hear.) Sir T. WILDE thought that the Right Hon. Baronet had done quite right in rising to order. He (Sir T. Wilde) merely rose to say that he hoped the House would ever express its severe condemna tion of any medical officer who said that a criminal was ill, without first subjecting him to a proper examination, and under the pretence of affording him relief by a medical remedy, really administered punish ment. He (Sir T. Wilde) remembered in the case of Bridley at Ilchester gaol, that he had applied a plaister to a man's hcad, which ended in the death of the patient. He did not think that the Right Hon. Baronet's real opinion of that conduct was at all contained in the speech which he made on the occasion. He (Sir T. Wilde) felt satisfied that such conduct would meet with the entire condemnation of the Right Hon. Baronet at the proper time and in the proper place. After a short conversation the Bill was read a third time and passed. MONUMENTS. Mr. GREEI)T. brought up the Report on the Address to her Majesty. respecting,the Public Monuments to Sir S. Smith, Lord.Exmontb, and Lord De Saumarez. _ Mr. AGLOW3:Ir. moved for a return of the expendi ture of theC)kmy p2f-Alw Zealand.—Agreed to. The:gallthe,4},a#lloltrniflAill Five o'Clock. _ , P 0 LICR:,ISrIitELI GEN C E. ,fl.; i. s.dgm; .:BO w4MlVEtfrit.2,. Mtlfif, DAY.) = i -dirty:4o6o2lg l ` son 0 41.3&, - ,,named Crane, whose eyes and mouth weiV: i ltlacrt, p44..5wp110, was charged with being drank POliceman F s(itte t the prisoner was very t • drunk in White gart;-,yard, and that on - taking him into custody . he becanae:So violent that lieLilo,s,obliged to get the assistance- du siildt6"t. The soldier corroboriitect the above evidence. A gentleinan,:nained P9pe;' he attended to com plain of the conduct :of 'the policeitian;:and the soldier, who dragged the prisoner along the kftitincl,`On his belly from White Hart-yard to BrydgeS-street, and other wise used very unnecessary violence: - The soldier and the policeman denied these allegations. The prisoner admitted that he was drunk, but said that he would have gone home quietly if he had been al lowed. He also complained of the violence. Mr. JARDINE sentenced him to pay 55., or be impri soned for four days. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) George Clarke, a lighterman, was charged with a vio lent assault on a policeman. The policeman being on duty in High-street, saw the defendant act in a very brutal manner to afemale, whom he struck a very violent blow in the face, from which the blood flowed copiously. The policeman went up to take him into custody, when he gave him a severe kick, and was so outrageous that it took three policemen to convey him to the station-house. The MAGISTRATE inflicted the full penalty of 51. on the defendant. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. (THIS DAY.) EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—Susannah Harvey, a very fashionably-dressed young female, residing in elegantly furnished apartments in John-street, Adelphi, was brought up, charged by Police-constable No. 84 of the C division, with conducting herself, between two and three o'clock yesterday afternoon, as she proceeded along George-street, Hanover-square, in so riotous a manner, from intoxication, as to cause crowds to gather after her. Mr. MALTBY asked the defendant what account she had to give of herself ? Mrs. Harvey —I went to the Bank of England yesterday morning, and I drew out 2251. I' received four 501. notes, and five Si. notes. I had four sovereigns in my pocket besides. I afterwards went to the Pantechnicon, and paid Si. for the ware housing of some of my furniture, and I was returning thence when some refreshment I had taken and the heat of the weather overcame me, and then the boys came up and molested me. Mr. MALTBY—But what has become of your money ? Mrs. Harvey—l have not a farthing of it now. I gave it into the care of the police-constable when he took charge of me. _ _ The constable solemnly denied that he had seen any of her property, excepting the diamond ring, which he had given back to her, and she was then wearing it on her finger. The Inspector said she (defendant) had been charged at That Court four or five times with drunkenness and misconduct. Mr. MALTBY said he was satisfied that she was labouring under a delusion about her money. As she had been charged before, he should fine her ss. for being drunk. Not having any money about her, she was locked up until she procured it. PURE WATER FOR LONDON.—MR. STUCKEY'S PLAN OF FILTRATION.—We are much pleased to ob serve the rapid progress which this matter has made since we first brought it before the notice of the public. On the 25th ult. Mr. Stuckey's petition to the House of Commons was presented by a member of the Govern ment, General Sir Frederick Trench. On Friday, the 29th, a similar petition was presented to the House of Lords, by Lord Kenyon, on which Lord Brougham rose, and bore the following powerful testimony to the pecu liar excellence of Mr. Stuckey's machine. He had wit nessed its performances, his Lordship said, " whether as regarded the vast volume of water it poured forth, with unequalled rapidity, or the perfect purity of the water so poured forth, muddy and cloudy as it was when entering the filter, it was certainly ohe of the most surprising, useful, and beautiful inventions he had ever seen." On &turday, the 30th, Mr. Hakes gave notice of his in tention to move, early next session, f o r a S e l ec t Commit tee upon the subject of filtration. We have also heard that the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Radnor, and other noblemen, have expressed a strong interest in the subject. We may take this oppor tunity of mentioning, for the information of several gen tlemen who have applied at our office for Mr. Stuckey's address in England, that his petition to the House of Lords is dated from " 32, Upper North-place, Gray's Imn-road."—Mechanic's Magazine. TRIESTE, JULY 28.—Ife hear that Mr. Waghorn will shortly arrive here, to make arrangements for trans mitting the East Indian mail by way of Trieste. This will be a most advantageous circumstance for our city, which, indeed, is admirably adapted by its geographical position for this important purpose. Even now the mails from Alexandria to London may be forwarded in twelve or thirteen days at the most ; and this time will be much shortened when the iron railway shall be completed, the execution of which will be soon commenced at different points. AMERICAN NEWS. EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOO L. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY Ems). tvG, The splendid new ship Hottinguer, commanded 111 Captain Bursley, has just performed her first vor g e „; having arrived in our river this afternoon fromN e" York, which port she left on the 21st ult. ; she h' l.s, 7 consequently made the trip in about eighteen days" We have received papers to the day of her sailing inclusive, but they contain nothing whatever regardin# the pending negotiations between this country a 0 the United States. A motion for adjourning Congress after the Ist a at' August was rejected by a majority of 84 to 81, an t ,, it was generally supposed it - would continue to 5 P until after the fate of the Revenue Bill was known- We have accounts from Richmond, of a most dis' astrous flood in Virginia. It was calculated that upwards of 300,000 bushels of wheat had been de' troyed, and the tobacco crops had also sustained con' siderable damage. The river swelled higher than was ever previously remembered, and the dochh wharfs, and canal.had suffered materially. The Legislature of Pennsylvania had passed a le vi staying executions on property. An attempt to repeal the Bankrupt law had been defeated in Senate. Exchange on Europe continued dull, and we lear° that most of the sales on Paris were on credit; 5. 421. to 5. 45. Sterling bills on England were sold at .106 to 106 i. The cotton market was dull without any change, in prices, and a moderate amount of business hsi been done in flour on steady terms. The London packet-ship Westminster, and the Liverpool packet-ship Siddons, had arrived at N e York on the 21st of July. Pennsylvania had followed the example of some o f the western states, by the passage of a law staying executions on property. The law provides that neither real nor personal property shall be sold uuder execw tion within one year after it shall fail, on trial, t° bring two-thirds of its appraised value ; but require s the debtor to pay up the arrearages of interest o n former liens, and the interest on the same and on th e debt, semi-annually, during the continuance of the stay. The Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Company have finally completed a satighe tory arrangement with its creditors, by which the payment of the several loans of the Company is =WV and effectually secured, and reasonable time is given the Company for making full and final payment. Pursuant to a notice published by the City . Cornr t troller this morning, subscriptions were received 8t the Bank of the State of New York for a tempOrtill water stock of 500,000 dolls., bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent. payable quarterly, redeemable in 1850. There were a nnmber of applicants for th e stock ; and before the bank was closed above We' thirds of the amount was subscribed for at par. THE CROPS. Wheat harvest has commenced in Caledonia, Le 1 1 ' 31 ' and other points in those regions. The crops never were i better. The last week of fair, warm weather has _ 1 ;.*:: a most salutary influence upon all spring crops. Sy is heavy. Potatoes promise well. Corn has received* fine start, and fruit looks fine. Indeed, a bountiful pr o ' vidence is preparing a rich reward for the hushandrea°' —Rochester Dem. The farmers in this neighbourhood are now busy 154 _, t al the hay harvest which has commenced under the 113°' favourable circumstances—crops good, and the weathe f as fine as heart could possibly wish for. All other erl are looking well, and should Providence bless the len t with a continuance of fine weather, the most abunds * ,,,, produce ever yielded by the soil of the Niagara Distl- will remunerate the toil of the agriculturists.—Niag a '" , Chronicle. The weather, for several days past, has been very wer ll3 ' with occasional showers. Our farmers are busied c uttie i their grass crops, and have larger ones than for sever s years past. The rye and corn never looked more ri musing than at present; and should the frost hold °A until November, one of the largest crops ever harvesr., in this valley, will be the reward of the summer's r dustry. The thermometer on Sunday and yesterday , dicated 93 Fah. at M. Qure tropical weather, the- Northampton (Mass.) Dem. MY. COLUMBUS, 0. JULY 14.—THE HARVEST.-- W , had five days of the finest harvest weather imagilusbli For the greater part of the week the days have bee moderately warm, and the air elastic—the nights cool. COMMERCIAL NEWS. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, JULY 20. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. , $5OO New York 7 per cent., 1848 loi 15 7,000 Illinois Sixes, 1870 27 Shares of Bank of America..... 8 7 11 25 Ditto Delaware and flud.son 10 Ditto Mohawk Railroad ................ cash..• h 15 75 Ditto Harlem Railroad • cash 86 25 Ditto Boston and Providence Raiir0ad..0.....• b 3 5 ° 50 Ditto Long Island Railroad Second Board. is 25 Ditto Farmer's Loan ......................... 17/ 25 Ditto Harlem Railroad ........................ we ek There has been very little done in Coffee this (Ist,. except the public sale which took place y este,r Mackerel continue heavy. Flour stands just as ior,s„ veral days past, with moderate sales. 2 , 000 b uSne" Ohio yellow Corn sold at 54 cents. 56 lbs. Oats are quite dull. The price of Pot Ashes is 65, 121 : holders WI been compelled to agree to this. Most of the prime bunch Raisins have been taken at 115 c. 6 mos. AW . derate business continues in Cotton. There are sever , " consumers in market to-day. The sales are 600 bales. W EST INDIES. FALMOUTH, AUG. 9, 8 A.3l.—The Royal Mali . Stearn' packet Company's steamer Thames, Captain Haste , z ` r d . rived here this morning, bringing only the Jamaica om other island mails. We have neither Havannab Mexican mails by this vessel. Captain Haste retnaine' four days at Nassau waiting for them; but, not arrivigt he did not feel authorized to detain the mails any lottg er- Passengers per Thames—Sir Henry Macleod, 4 - I ‘ , ° : vernor of Trinidad; M. Gantaume, from Trinidad; 1. Hargreaves, Comptroller of Barbadoes; Messrs. M ao/c . King, and Alleyne, from Barbadoes; Captain TonIKT: Artillery, Mr. Jordan, collector of Customs, and Mess 'a Goldsmith and Kelly, from Jamaica; Mr. Sandbacb, t ll Mr. Kennedy, wife and child, from Demerara; Mess,d' Duffy and O'Leary, from Caraccas ; Mr. HugginE, fret Nevins; ; Mr. Williams, from Bermuda; Mr. Cook , fr°— Nassau; Mr. Stranack, of Madeira ; Mrs. and Mis s Ys' borne, from St. Kitt's. get The Thames brings about 30,0001. on freight. dates are—from Jamaica July 9th, Nassau 20th, P" ' muda 25th, and Fayal August 3. " Her Ladyship the Countess of Elgin," says ti3e o Jamaica Dispatch of the 7th ult., "still continues ja very precarious condition. We understand that h e o medical attendants, who were in consultation up to a l ai. hour yesterday, considered the probable issue of her ness as extremely doubtful. - " This crisis in her Ladyship's health cannot be oth er : wise than heart-rending to his Excellency the Govern°' The ladies of Spanish-Town, we learn, have been WI; mitring in their attention and endeavours to contribu te her Ladyship's comfort, for which they deserve gr credit." The Countess of Elgin on the morning of the steanl e r r . leaving was somewhat better. Lord Elgin was popu,inbe The House of Assembly would open in October. ". crops were expected to be very good. 4 ;41 Sir Charles Adams had arrived at Bermuda for Belize, and sailed in the Illustrious, on the 23d, Halifax. pa The 20th Regiment had disembarked on the 25th, f a on the 28th the Ist battalion Rifle Brigade were to eniDr_ 4 for Halifax. The Ringdove and Reindeer, survey g vessels, were there. The Gleaner sailed same del 0 England. The Tay sailed from Turk's Island the , 1 4 1 1 4 of July for Jamaica. The Tiviot was expected ri" - Havannah at Nassau. The Jamaica despatch has the following : " We are glad to perceive that the passengers It o Jamaica so long detained at Turk's Island—the Cut fr , of St. Thomas in the East, the Archdeacon Pope ; and Mrs. Anderson, &c., arrived safely at Falmouth to the 26th May, and will be in London in good tim e give evidence before the West India Committee." • DANISH Ciaims.—The following was ordered the motion of Mr. Hume yesterday:—Copy of any ol e morials from the D an i s h Cl a i mants, presente d- to I' Lords of the Treasury since February last. evi The General St eam N av i gat i on Company ' s n steam-ship Trid ent , C apta i n R. Sharp, that left Bro wn : 0 wharf, Popl ar , l ast S aturday evening, arrived at G ra nt Pier, Leith, after a most excellent passage of °all hours. BIRTHS. de On the 7th i ns t., i n H ar l e y- s t ree t, th e Ri g ht Hon. Lsal Tabley, of a son. of On the 6th in s t., th e l a dy o f Willi am C o ok, jun., Esq" Roydon Hall, Kett, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Elm Lodge, Elstree, Herts, the wife of Captain Morier, R.N., of a son. On the sth inst., at Bury St. Edmund's, the lady o f John Greene, Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst., Mrs. James G. Eleter, of Hans-plac e ' Sloane-street, of a son. On the Bth inst., at Hampstead, the lady of D. S. Bocke it ' Esq., of a daughter. On the 9th inst., at the Paragon,Blackheath, Mrs. Frederic k Luck, of a son. 7 MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at St. George's', Hanover-square, John s e Delane, Esq., 8.A., of the University of Oxford, second son °' W. F. A. Delane, Esq., to Fanny Heratia Serie, widow of the late Francis Bacon, Esq., and daughter of Horace Twigs, Esq., Q. C. On the sth inst., at St. Pancras Church, Charles Day, En'' of Upper Norton-street, Regent's-park, to Frances Henrietta, only daughter of Joseph Hinds, Esq., of Grafton-street, Fitz roy-square. , DIED. On the 3d inst., Cornelia, daughter of the late Major B. Blake, of the Bengal Army, aged 12. On the 4th inst., at Brunswick-place, Southampton , Mil l Golightly. On the Bth inst., at Charterhouse-square, Henry Bowraf Esq., late of the Royal Exchange Assurance Office. On the 6th inst., in Devonshire-street, Portland-place, Eleanor Anne, eldest surviving daughter of Sir Molyneux Hyde Nepean, of Loders.court, Dorset, Bart. On the 9th inst., at the Gothic House, Richmond, John Cal. vert Clarke, Esq., aged 83. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office No. 11 2, S trand, in the County of Middlesex, Wed n esday , August 10, 1842. ~'