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MEETING OF THE ARCHXOLO- 1 GICAL INSTITUTE. SALISBURY, TUESDAY. — The proceedings of the anniversary of this society commenced here this morning. Torrents of rain fell up to the hour ap pointed for the members to assemble, and this, to gether with the alarm consequent upon the prevailing sickness, caused a less numerous gathering than was anticipated. Sheri* after twelve o'clock the Marquis of Nor ithanton took the chair at the Assembly-rooms, supported by the Bishops of Salisbury and Oxford, Lord Britybrooke, the Right Hon. Sidney Her bert, &c. The Noble .MARQUIS briefly addressed the meeting in introducing to the chair the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert as the President Elect for the year ensuing, and read a letter from Earl Brownlow, expressive of regret at his inability to attend. The Right Hon. SIDNEY HERBERT then took the chair, and addressed the Assembly. He first referred to the valuable aid which archaeology afforded to the eause of history and to the cause of science. He then noticed that within the small district which sur rounded Salisbury we have presented to us a perfect epitome of our history, in Celtic, Roman, Saxon, and Norman times. Many of the leading objects of interest were then alluded to in detail by the Right Hon. Gentleman ; and the illustrious men of Wiltshire, who had shone as warriors poets, di vines, and statesmen—the latter including the Earl of Clarendon and Lord Chatham—were severally glanced at in very eloquent terms. G. Itle:roaa.m, Esq., of New House, Wilts, read an essay on the results of former archaeological investi gation in the district, which included notices of all the principal objects of interest therein. The Bishop of SALISBURY moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr. Matcham for his able paper, which he designated as characterised by that accurate observa tion which the writer had displayed in the contribu tions he had made to the history of the southern division of the county. His Lordship concluded by lamenting that esasting circumstances would inter fere with those festivities which would otherwise be so appropriate to the occasion, and that he had been compelled to inform the secretary that his own in tended entertainment of the members at the Palace could not take place. The CUAIRMAN intimated that Sir Hugh Hoare would allow parties of •not more than fifty to have free access to the collections of the late Sir Richard Colt Hoare, at Stonehead, on Monday next. The Right Honourable Gentleman further said, in allusion to what had fallen from the Bishop of Salisbury, that it was the intention of the institute, as a tribute of sympathy to those who had lost relatives in the city, to abitain from all public festivity during the meeting, and that the public dinner, appointed Sor Thursday would not take place. The members then adjourned to the council cham ber, where an elegant cold collation was provided by the members of the corporation, and in the evening held a converzatione. SALISBURY, WEDNESDAY.—The members re-as sembled at eight o'clock last evening fora conversa zione,`the Marquis of Northampton presiing. A paper was read by the Secretary, frgn the Rev. E. Duke, of Lake. house, Wilts, in illustration of his theory as to the astronomical character of Stonehenge, and of its uses as an universal calendar among the Druids. The Dean of HEREFORD gave a most elaborate and interesting account of the result of the researches gresecuted by him last week, in the barrows in the neighbourhood of Abury, These researches es tablished the fact that the Romans had used the barrows as places of sepulture long after their original tenants, the ancient Britons, had been deposited ' therein. For example, one f the barrows opened by the Dean contained fragments of a very rude urn of British manufacture, with the bones of a child ; while in the same barrow were the burnt bones of a person of large size, interred after the Roman fashion, and pieces of veritable Saurian ware sur rounded these latter remains. In another barrow the Dean found no less than 83 Roman coins (all brass), some of them as late as Constantine. The Learned Dean pointed out that these discoveries disclosed a rew mature in the history of the barrows in North Wilts, which were hitherto supposed to be exclusively places of British sepulture, whereas it now appears that they were likewise used by the Romans, or that the natives had gradually introduced Roman customs amongst them, until they had fully adopted the man ner of that people in respect of their mode of inter ment. The table was covered with the produce of these researches, which excited great interest in the meeting. The DEAN also reported that the tunnel in progress Wider Salisburrhill had been advanced to within about two feet of the centre, where the cist, or de posit of remains, is expected to be found; but that the workmen had been ordered to suspend operations until the members were present to watch the antici pated discoveries, for which purpose the Dean pro posed an excurson thither on Wednesday next. This morning the members proceeded on their first excursion, carriages being provided to convey them to Amesbury, whether they will inspect the numer ous British tumuli in that neighbourhood, and after wards visit Stonehenge and Old Sarum. A splendid dejeuner has been provided for the members by Sir }Amara Antrobus, on the site of Vespasian's camp, near Amesbury. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, JULY 23.—The Second Chamber :of the States General yesterday discussed the project:of law for expelling foreigners from the country. This law, which is called for by the present politi4al state of affairs, gave rise to a lengthened c4s cussion, and, after several amendments, was passed by 48 votes against 15. The project was so fair modified that it is not to be applicable to foreigners who have obtained the right of settle ment, who are naturalized, who have married a Netherlands wife, or who have a child or children born in the Netherlands. The new electoral law meets with far more oppo sition, and numerous petitions against it are presented from every quarter. T Staats Courant says :—" According to an official advice, dated May is, sent from Rio de Ja neiro to the Netherlands G-overnmerit, the decree of the Ist October, 1847, establishing differential duties, is withdrawn by an imperial decree of the Emperor of Brazil, dated May 4. The new decree has not been brought to the knowledge of the foreign Lega tions in theyrdinary manner, but was first published in the official journal of Rio Janeiro on the 17th of braty; 1849. THB CHOLERA.—ANBTERDANI, JULY 23.—Re maining under treatment on the morning of the 22d, 72 cases ; new cases, 8 ; recovered, 4 ; deaths, 5 ; remaining under treatment, 71. LE YDOI, JULY 2l.—From the 19th to the 2lst eighty-eight fresh cholera cases occurred, forty one of which proved fatal. Total number of cases, 931 ; deaths, 497 ; recovered, 145 ; under treatment, 289. UTRECHT, JULY 22.—From the 16th to this day no less than 248 cases have occurred ; of these only fifteen recovered, whereas 110 proved fatal—remain ing under treatment 163. KaairEN, JULY 21.—Here the cholera appeared for the first time yesterday, when 33 persons were at tacked by it; of these only 2 recovered, 22 died, and 9 remained under treatment. A very dangerous epizootz has prevailed for some time among the horses of the different regiments of cavalry. It has been so general that there has not been an adequate supply of horses for the service, and the commanders of the various corps have been obliged to make the men go through their exercises on foot.— Dutch Paper; July 24. AMSTERDAM, JULY 23.—THE BoURSB.—The In land Funds had a very favourable upward tendency to-day; Spanish and Portuguese without fluctuation ; Russian and Austrian particularly steady ; French stationary ; Peruvian rather flat.—Amsterdam Courant, July 24. THE FETES OF GHENT. - - JULY 24.—1 f your readers are as tired as we are here of the interminable accounts of insurrections, bombardments, and the ranting harangues of soi-di saw,..:Patriots, they will hail with pleasure anything which speaketh of a peaceful state of things. As if the Lulors of Belgium were determined to show how con fident they are in the good sense of the people, they, ievtead of prohibitions, have held out every inducement for them to meet and congregate in large masses. Brussels set the example last year, Liege and Malines have followed worthily, and now Ghent is attracting tens of thousands by her fetes, which for novelty and splen dour bid fair to rival w if not surpass all that has hitherto been seen in that No city is richer in traditions, and the idea of recalling, to the present generation of their countrymen, the glories of Flanders under her Counts, was the men of Ghent. happyhaving,on the part of eonwrlthout arriere pensee indentifie4 itself with the new order of citizens to witness has invited her Sovereign and fellow r things, Ghent the faithful representatives of the lea bands who, under them, stoutly Contender for r sacred rights and privileges, and who raised their city degree of eminence in arts and commerce that lve h l av a obtained; and to tell them, at the same time, that in the e hoiir of need they are still to be relied on. The historical cortege of yesterday was worthy of the ancient splendour of Ghent. Anything like a full de scription of it would trespass on your space too much. I must confine myself to stating that every celebrity fr,3113 Banvour Bras-de-fer to Marie de Bourgogne was ptes'itit in the cortege in strictly historical costume, com prising a period of more than 600 years. Nor were the populate Flemish leaders forgotten. The all-powerful Jacipeak,Von Artevelde was represented by a colossal statue of splendid proportion, and in a most dignified attitude. He was followed by his valiant brother Philippe, and by Jean Borlerut, and Pierre de Comuck, the vietors of Courtrai at the " bataille des eperons d'Or," Mingled with them were the allegorical cars, of stu endous dimensions and most elegant proportions. The most remarkable were the cars of Horticulture, the Commercial car, and that of Concord. This cortege is to be repeated on the 29th inst. and on the 6th of August. The King and R3yal Family arrived on Saturday; their reception was brilliant, and of the most loyal cha racter. On Sunday evening the magnificent saloons at the theatres were thrown open. They surpass in ele gance of decoration and proportion anything of the kind in Europe; and on this occasion they were transformed into a perfect Arabian Nights' Palace. Their Majesties were present, when they again met with a welcome that must have been most gratifying to them. Abundance of entertainments are provided for all classes, from the highest to the lowest; and that ad mirable feature in the fetes of this country, a care for the poor has not been forgotten, abundant distributions of bread and good cheer are to be made during the J etes. THE SUN, LONDON', SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• HARROGATE RACES.--.MONDAY (CONCLUDED). The Maiden Plate of 20L, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, one mile and a half (5 subs.), was won cleverly in two heats, by Mr. Gill's Lady I-am-off, 4 yrs (Wintringham), beating Mr. J. Scott's Kennington, 3 yrs, Mr. Woffenden's Wensleydale, 3 yrs, Mr. Doug las's Elemore, 4 yrs, and Mr. R. Fox's The Lamb, 4 yrs. TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 20 added; for two yrs old. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Humphries' Sister to Swallow (Basham) 1 Mr. Pedley's Lsdy Speedy ... 2 Mr. B. Green's Prioress 3 Mr. J. Osborne's Aehyranthes ••• ••• ••• 4 The Amateur Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 10 added. Winner to be sold for 1001. One mile. Mr. Douglas's Elemore, 4 yrs ... ...(Mr. Peart) 1 Capt. Reynard's King Pippin, 6 yrs ... ... 2 Mr. Gilman's fby Cotherstone, out of Beagle, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Seholey's Chesterfield, aged dis The Speculation Plate of 201., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. Heats. One mile and a half. (6 Subs.) Sir C. Monck's Gulliver, 3 yrs ... (Simpson) 1 1 Mr. J. Gill's Lady I-am-off, 4 yrs 4 2 Mr. Ewbank's Orphan Boy, 3 yrs ... 5 3 Mr. Hudson's f by Thepn, out of Miss Betsy, 4 yrs 2 4 Colonel Anson's Oddity, 3 yrs 3 dr BRIDGNORTH RACES.—TUESDAY. The Borough Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 30 added. One mile and a quarter. Mr. E. Herbort'S Spot, 3 yrs ... (N. Brookes) 1.2 Mr Willy's Old Number Twelve, 4 yrs ••• ••• 3 Mr. Howard's Alderman's So n, 4 y rs ••• •• . 4 Mr. Draper's Luxor, 4 yrs ... ••• •, The Apley Stakes of 5 so in v i s ces e . ach, and 30 added. Two Mr. Byke's The Wind, 3 yrs ... (W. Sharp) 1 Mr. Howard's Alderman's Son, 4 yrs... ... ... 2 Mr. Draper's Luxor, 5 yrs . 3 The South Shropshire Stakes of 5 sous. each. Heats. Two miles. Mr. Shirley's Novelist, aged ... ... Walked over, . .. The Selling Stakes of 3 son. each and 20 added ; one mile (3 subs.), were won, in three well-contested heats, by The Wind, 3 yrs. MR. _NI'S HIS DIARY. ';TUESDAY, JULY 10.—Sent my Vest to the Tailor's to be let out in the Back, and my Wife and every Body say I grow too stout, which do put me in mighty Pain lest, I should lose my" - shape ; Wheiefore I - have resolved to take a long Walk daily, fur Exercise, to bring down my Fat. So began this Day and set out to walk to Barn- Elms, by the way of Hammersmith, on a brave melting Afternoon. I did muse at the Number of Carriages that passed me, crammed full, and Omnibuses crowded both inside and on the Roof, and the people upon them whooping - and blowing Horns, as the British Putlic always do when they ride to see any Sport. At Hammersmith found what all this meant, every one there hastening to the River, this being the first day of the Thames Regatta, and the Suspension-Bridge thronged, and Festoons of Spectators on the Chains. Did go upon the Bridge, cost me id. toll, but would not have missed the Sight for 6d. or 1.; for the Thames with Boats scattered all over it, their Flags fluttering, and their Crews shouting and laughing full of Fun and Glee, made a lively Picture ; and also I was just in the Nick of Time to see a Race ; f,,ur Boats of as many Oars darting under the Bridge at full Speed, while the Beholders cheered and hul loaed with all their Might, and a Bell rung, and a Band of Musique upon the Bridge Pier did play " Love not." Good Lack ! how wrapped up the People did seem to be in the Race; and how they did cry for Blue to go it ; and now tat it was Red, and then Pink, and at last that Red had it, meaning the Colours of the Rowers, which indeed looked very smart and spruce. Over the Bridge, and, instead of to Barnes, down the Ri ver, along the Towing Path, which was also thronged with Folks running to and fro, all Eagerness and Bustle. So to Putney, where the Races do begin, and there the Multitude greatest both on the Bridge and on the Shore, and Finch his Ground to the Water-Side quite a Fair, with Fat Ladies and Learned Pigs and Gilt Ginger-bread; and his Tavern beset by Customers for Ale, and mighty good_ Ale it is. Here more Boat-Racing, with Firing of Cannon, Jollity, Shout. ing, Jangling of Street Pianos, and everywhere To• bacco-Smoke and the Popping of Ginger-Beer. Some fouling of Barges, but no worse Mishap, though I ex pected every moment that Somebody would be ducked. Met.hought how neat and dainty the light Wherries and Wager-Boats did look among the other Craft; but loth I should be to trust my Carcase in a Cockle-Shell, that sit ting an Inch too much on one side would overthrow. blightypleaant also to behold on the Water the little Parties of Beauties, rowed by their Sweethearts, under Awnings to shade them from the Sun, and the Ripple on the Water and the Smiles on their Faces, and to hear the Giggling, which was a pretty Noise. Afloat everywhere in their Boating-Trim I did note sundry of those young Sparks that do and think and talk of nothing but pulling up the River, and live upon it almost, like Swans or Geese; and Mr. Wagstaffe, whom I met, do say they have no Brains in their Skulls. But, however, that Boat- Racing is a true British Pastime, and so long as we pull together he will back us against all the World. "And talking of that," says he, '- the Sport being ended, sup pose we take a Pull at some of Finch his Ale;"_ which we did with great Content and so Home.—Punch. NOVEL SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER rilia DEE.— The means by which this bridge is suspended are so completely hid from the public view, that the casual observer would be at a loss to know how it really was supported. It is 150 feet between the bearings of points of suspension. The platform, which is seven feet wide, is supported on twelve round iron chain rods, in ,links of fifteen feet each, with very secure joints placed alternately, and running the whole length of the same. These chain rods are secured together by means of tra versed fiat bars placed at intervals of about six feet apart, upon which the timber platform rests, and is secured to the same by means of T-headed bolts and nuts running through the whole, and screwed firmly to gether underneath. The chains are made perfectly fast at one end to a huge stone pier, built in the embank ment. The centre of the pier at the other end of the bridge is formed into a large pit, upon the top of which is secured a very strong turn barrel, around which the whole of the chains take one wind and descend into the pit, and are secured to a strong cast-iron plate suspended near the bottom, at a depth of thirty feet, upon which is built a heavy mass of masonry, forming a weight which completely counterbalances the whole, thereby providing for every degree of deflection, contraction, and expansion. It is also further secured by very strong back-stays at each end of the bridge, running a considerable distance inland at a great depth under ground, and firmly bolted to heavy blocks of hard oak, thereby having a resisting pressure of many hundred tons of earth-work, independent of the massive stone piers upon which it rests. It is erected on the estate of Earl Howe, close to the magnificent Grosvenor-bridge, over the River Dee. The design and construction have been left solely to Messrs. MiCeaup Perkes, and Co., of Liverpool, and they reflect great credit upon them in every respect, as it is a most unique design, and the first that has ever been constructed upon this principle. Judging from the low price at which it has been erected, we presume it will not be the last. --Liverpool Mercury. DISCOVRRY or A ROMAN ALTAR.—In digging for sand in a sandpit at Boughton, near Chester, a iew days since, a Roman altar was discovered, which is certainly not the least interesting of the remains lately brought to light in this neighbourhood. The altar is small, and has no doubt been intended for a portable one; it stands 12 inches high, and is about 7 inches square. The inscription is just sufficiently legible to afford matter for discussion and suggestion to the antiquaries. The first line has the usual dedication—" Genio"— plainly and sharply cut; but from the nature of the stone, the red sandstone of the vicinity, the succeed ing lines, three in number, are less legible, and admit of more than one interpretation. Some read the second line " Averni"—a reading very little indicative of the heavenward aspirations of its worshippers. The altar is at present in the possession of Mr. William Ayrton, who has presented it to the Chester Archaeological Society, to whose museum it will be removed after the visit of the British Archeological Association to Chester.— Chester Courant. COMMITTAL OF A WOMAN FOR POISONING HER HUSBAND AND CHILD.—BREOON, JULY 25.—Owing to facts which had come to the knowledge of Mr. Davies, the coroner, he ordered the bodies of John Michael and Martha Michael, his daughter, to be exhumed, in order that an inquest might be holden to ascertain whether there was any truth in the reports which had for some time been prevalent in this neighbourhood that the de ceased had not come fairly by their deaths. The in quests were formally opened on the 17th, when the con tents of the stomtchs were handed over to Mr. Herapath, the Bristol chymist, and the inquiry was resumed and concluded yesterday, when the jury returned a verdict " That John Michael died from the effects of arsenic administered by his wife, Margaret Michael ;" and . „ " That the thcjased, Martha Michael, died from arsenic administered by her mother, Margaret Michael." . She is fully comm i tte d to ta k e her tr i al at the present ass:23. The chief use of a bachelor, according to the Baltimore American, is to count one in the census. MELANCHOLY DEATH BY LlGHTNlNG}.—Consider able sensation was excited in the neighbourhood of Fa kenham, in Norfolk, on Tuesday, by the sudden death, by lightning, of Mr. Martin William Ffolkes, eldest son of Sir William Ffolkes, Bart., of llillington, in that county. It appears that young Mr. Ffolkes was fishing in the neighbourhood of Fakunham with a friend, and the latter having left him for some time, was told that his companion was lying fast asleep by the road side. He returned, and found that his young friend had been struck dead by lightning. Mr. Ffolkes, thus suddenly snatched away, was very much respected by all who had the pleasure of his acciaintance. He was in his 31st year, and married, in March, 1843, Henrietta, second daugh ter of the late General Sir C. Wale. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 26. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. Messengers from the Commons brought up certain Bills.. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IREL AND) BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the second.. reading of this Bill. Lord STANLEY trusted the standing orders would be strictly adhered to in regard to all Bills, and this among them. He believed the Bill was generally ap— proved of, and this was the only reason that induced him not to move that this Bill should be read a second time this day six months. Lord MONTEAGLE hoped that no obstruction would be thrown in the way of passing the Bill. It had received the greatest consideration in the House of Commons. Lord STANLEY had great respect for the Home of Commons, but he thought their Lordships ought to have time for the consideration of these Bills. The Bill was then read a second time. COLLECTION OF RATES (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a second time. DUBLIN (IMPROVEMENT) BILL. This Bill was read a second time. MINES. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table the report of the Commissioners of mines. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition from certain miners, praying for the adoption of means for the prevention of explosions in mines. IRISH INCUMBERED ESTATES BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the consideration of the Commons' reasons for amending two of their Lordships' amendments on the Irish Incumbered Estates Bill, and for insisting on one of the original clauses. He moved that the amendment of the Commons, authorising the sale of estates when the incumbrances shall not exceed one-half of the net income instead of one of the gross income, as it was enacted in the Bill as it went down from their Lordships, should be agreed to. Lord STANLEY, although he did not consider the Commons' amendment an improvement, would not resist its adoption. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM and the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Lord CAMPBELL, in answer to Lord Brougham, said that the appointment of the Commissioners had not yet been determined on. The motion was then agreed to. Lori CAMPBELL then moved that their Lordships do not insist upon the clause for awarding c6'mpensation to Mr. Fitzgibbon, one of the officers of the Court of Chancery in Ireland. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland had given it as his opinion that this officer would not be entitled to poundage on the sale of their estates, and therefore there was no excuse for awarding compensa tion.—The motion was agreed to. HUNGARY. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition adopted at a public meeting in London, on Monday last, which was signed by Mr. David Salomons, the chairman of the meeting. He would only read the prayer of the peti tion, without comment, merely observing that he believed that the mention of the independent kingdom of Poland— Lord BROUGHAM—PoIand! Lord BEAUMONT—I meant Hungary. The Noble Lord then read the prayer of the petition, which was, that the Government would at once acknowledge the de facto Government of-Hungary. Lord BROUGHAM did not wonder that the Noble Lord said Poland when he meant Hungary ; but he must say that the balance of power was in great danger if an agitation could, as he said, crush Russia, crumpling it like a piece of paper in his hand, by agitating the city of London. He said that he could by agitation prevent Russia getting a loan in the city of London. Why, he (Lord Brougham) believed that there was no power on the earth or under the earth which could get a loan in the city of London if 61 per cent. were offered by that House against the 6i per cent offered by anybody else.—(A laugh.) JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES ACT AMEND- MENT BILL. The Earl of HARROWBY having presented severe petitions against this Bill, Earl GRANVILLE moved the third reading of it. The Earl of EGLINTON thought that the Bill was one which their Lordships ought not to be called upon to pass at that late period of the session, as they had not time to discuss it fairly. Besides conferring powers on the Railway Commissioners which were at present ex ercised by Committees of their Lordships' House, it pro posed so far to alter Lord Dalhousie's Act as to give the power of dissolving the company, not to a majority of shareholders, but to three-fifths of those present at the meeting. He thought that the Bill would operate most injuriously, and should, therefore, move that it be read a third time that thy three months. Lord RE DESDALE opposed the third reading, on the ground that it would inflict injury on landholders upon whose estates uncompleted railways were aban doned. Lord BEAUMONT thought every facility ought to be given for the dissolution of such companies who had undertaken any of the works, but that in justice to land owners, caution ought to be used where works had been carried out. Earl GRANVILLE said the Bill did not infringe on the privileges of Parliament. With respect to the re quired majority of three-fifths of the shareholders, it was not proposed that they should have the power of dissolving the company, but merely of applying to the Railway Commissioners for leave to dissolve. The Duke of WELLINGTON said it appeared to him that after their Lordships had passed a number of Acts of Parliament in different sessions, absorbing mil lions of property, and interesting such a vast number of persons, they were now by this Bill about to enable the railway- companies to repeal all these Acts.—(Hear.) and wipe away the whole of the property which had thus been invested on the faith of those Acts.—(Hear, hear.) It might have been very right to invest the Commissioners with the power which they now possessed by Act of Parliament, but their Lordships then had sufficient time to consider the matter.—(Hear, hear.) That, however, was quite out of the question on the present occasion, when the second reading of the Bill was proposed within three or four days of the prorogation.—(Hear, hear.) It was impossible that their Lordships could give the mea sure that consideration to which it was entitled.—(Hear.) Lord STANLEY entirely concurred in the objections which had been taken to proceeding with this Bill. If their Lordships wished to stop the present vicious prac tice of passing measures without due consideration, there was no measure which could be checked with greater propriety. In the first place, he was not aware of its immediate urgency. In the second place, he saw no rea son why it should not have been brought under their Lordships' consideration long ago, for there was nothing to prevent its origination in that Honse.—(Hear, hear.) He found among the standing orders one which he con sidered peculiarly applicable to the present course of proceeding. On the sth of May, 1688, upon a report being made by the Lord Chamberlain of a Bill being very long and containing too many paragraphs, coming up from the House of Commons on a day too near the day of adjournment, he was commanded by the Committee to enter upon the journals of the House that no such argument should be used here after as had been used then, that in consequence of the shortness of time for passing the Bill they precipitated the passing thereof, that they agreed to the report, and ordered it to be entered upon the roll of standing orders of the House.—(Hear, hear.) It might be right to faci litate the abandonment of these speculations. But he en tertained some doubt as to the propriety of facilitating the abandonment of projects ostensibly undertaken for the benefit of the public, and for which such extraor dinary powers had been given. But if their Lordships thought it right to give such facilities, and to save the parties from the expense of a Bill, surely when a general measure of this nature was proposed, there ought to be a full opportunity of discussing the conditions and pro visions under which the power proposed to be given was to .be entrusted to the Commissioners.—(Cheers.) A considerable number of petitions had been presented against the Bill, and none in its favour. Under all the circumstances he wished that her Majesty's Governmen would not press the Bill further during the present ses sion; but that if they considered such a measure neces sary they would introduce it at such period as would enable their Lordships to give it full and ample consi deration.—(Hear.) The Earl of HARROWBY was understood to recom— mend the withdrawal of the Bill. Earl GREY said, after the opposition which had been manifested, he could hardly expect the Bill to pass — (Hear, hear)—but by rejecting it he believed their Lord ships would do great injury to the parties on whose be half they appeared to be interested. If this Bill gave power to Abe Commissioners without sufficient control, undoubtedly it would be objectionable, but it did no such thing. In many eases railways had been commenced without adequate means for their completion, and in such cases the most beneficial course for all parties, and especially for the landowners, would be the abandon ment of the project. The Bill would give power to the Commissioners to consider each individual case, and award compensation to the various parties. He was far from denying that the Bill was open to the objection urged by the Noble Duke. It was quite true that Parliament having passed these Bills, it was a great power to entrust to the Commissioners to set them aside; but that was an inconvenience resulting, not from the passing of this Bill, but from the reckless manner in which railway Bills were passed four years ago.--(Hear, hear.) Earl GRANVILLE suggested the adjournment of the debate until to-morrow, in order that further considera tion might be given to the subject, as some of the pro visions of the present Bill had some connexion with another Bill which had been before their Lordships. Theplarquis of CLANRICARDE believed that no case had hitherto occurred in which the Commissioners had abused their powers, and did not conceive they were likely to do so if the powers row proposed should be placed in their hands. He believed the measure would be or great advantage to all the parties concerned in rail ways._ _ _ _ BROUGHANI deeply lammted the necessity of stopping this Bill, and for this reason—Parliament was responsible for the mischief which had been caused by the indiscriminate passing of railway Bills, and ought ti endeavour to &vise some mode of remedying that mischief.—(llear, hear.) Att-r some further conversation, _ The Earl of EGLINTON withdrew his amendment, and the debate was adjourned until tomorrow (this day). BANKRUPTCY (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, this Bill went through Committee without amendments. REGIIIENTAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES BILL. On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, this Bill was read a thi.-d time and passed. PILOTAGE BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he understood the FRIDAY object of this Bill to be, to afford facilities to shipowners in respect to pilotage, and to relieve them of certain ex penses to which they were now by law liable. He doubted , whether the Bill would relieve those parties in the way in tended; but of this he had no doubt, that it might have the effect of putting down certain ancient establishments in tiais country, which had existed time out of mind, con nected with which were men who had been most useful in piloting ships in the difficult navigation of the narrow seas, and more particularly in communication with this great commercial metropolis. Under the existing law, all vessels coming up Channel were under the necessity of taking pilots on board, and of making signals that they were in want of pilots. Now the object of this measure was to relieve those vessels from the obligation of making signals when they might have on board any person or officer who was possessed of a certificate as to his competency to take charge of the ship in these seas. H e was apprehensive that the consequence of this mea sure would be to put down that body of pilots who had hitherto contributed by their labour to the safety of the navigation. These fellowship pilots existed under the provisions of Acts of Parliament, which insisted upon the necessity of every ship having a pilot on board. The ciuty of these pilots was regulated by Act of Parliament; and their duty was carried on under the supervision of the Privy Council. No alteration could be made in the regulation except by the Council; and the remuneration of pilots had been fixed by Act of Parliament. Under these circumstances he contended that Par liament bad formally protected this institution, and he, therefore, earnestly entreated their Lord ships to consider well before they adopted any measure w hi c h should have the effect of putting it do wn . H e h a d himsel! been Lord Warden of the Cinque P or t s f or twenty : and he found th a t i n a term of ten years, in each of the t en years there had been 3;80013 brought into the ri ver every year, and there Were only twen t y -two co mplaints of any misfortune or m i scon d u ct on the part of the pilot s . Th ese comp l a i nts 29 were all inquired into , and it turned out that there were only nine cases which had any foundation, thirt e en o f t shipso years,lB3 the complaints being proved to be unfounded. In the following years, 1839 to 1849, there were only fourteen complaints, there being each year, as before, 3,800 ships brought up into the river; of these fourteen complaints only six were well founded, all the rest being unfounded. Now, considering the number of ships carried up the river every year in safety by means of these pilots, and that in each ten years so few complaints had been made tand inquired into, he did not think he was asking too much of their Lordships when he begged them to take great care that no steps should be taken which would prejudice the case of those ancient institutions. There were now 120 of those pilots, and if more were wanted an increase could be made to their numbers. As to the provisions of the Bill, he would ob serve that it was in the power of the Lord Warden to grant licences to those individuals who undertook the management of a ship as master or mate, being on board. He would say, as Lord Warden, that he would not give licences to any individuals to take charge of a ship as pilot, unless he first proved himself to be perfectly quali fied under the existing Act of Parliament as capable of taking charge of a vessel into port. But when a man applied to him, and he was called upon to sign such and such certificates, that fact showed the necessity of mak ing every possible preliminary inquiry. He did not think that it would be desirable, either to the ship owners or to the merchant, to put down this institution, and not to insist that they should have on board every ship a person having a thorough knowledge of the pilot age. There was now a aufficient number of these men to convey safely into port 3,800 ships an nually; and he was sure it was more desirable to a commercial port that they should have these 120 men duly qualified to perform the duty, rather than trust the safety of a ship to the chance of any one who might be on board, having one of these certifi cates. He did not see the advantage of such a mea sure. With reference to the saving of expense also, be observed that the average expense of the Government pilot was 31. or 41. a ship; was it possible that each of these pilots under this Bill should go on board a ship, and go a voyage, and not get more than 41. in wages ? But the pilot was paid at the end of the voyage. A man under the existing law dare not take more than he was allowed. He doubted the economy of the measure, as respected the shipowner; and he was sure that the com mercial interests of the country did not require that they should take any measures to put down the fellowship pilots. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the sole object of this Bill was to repeal an existing burden on the shipowners. He heard that it was felt to be a burden by them, and it had been strongly represented to him that such was the case. For himself, he could only say he should be the last person who would wish to see that burden removed at the expense of an existing institution over which the Noble Duke so ably pre sided ; which he was bound to respect, not only from its antiquity, but from the diligent administration of its ' functions. But he must beg the Noble Duke and the House to recollect that this Bill, far from being founded in disrespect to those parties, was founded in entire respect to them, and in the fullest confidence, because it was a permissive Bill, and nothing but a permissive Bill; because the Noble Duke was left to preserve the system as it stood, or to introduce such modifications only as he should think necessary. But this Bill went to authorise parties who had long exercised the same functions to obtain the same privileges on obtaining certificates as to their ability to act as pilots. The commanders of steamers especially complained of the present regulation. He thought that this Bill would hold out encouragement to sober and intelligent seamen. Lord STANLEY said he should be very sorry to stand in the way of the removal of any burden which fell upon the shipowner; but in regard to this Bill, it appeared to him, from what he had heard elsewhere, that in point of pressure, this was not a burden which pressed upon those interests which had been referred to. This Bill had only been introduced in the House of Commons on the 12th of July. He held in his hand a petition from the commis sioneri of the Humber navigation at Hull, which prayed that this Bill might not come into operation, and stating that it would injuriously affect their interests. That peti t ion was intended to have been presented to the other House, but the measure had passed with such rapidity that he had only only received it on the day on which it stood for a second reading in their Lordships' House. Several ports had their respective establishments for pilots; but he could not see why their numbers should be increased, as that would lead to uncertainty and change as to the efficiency of such establishments, or it might result in the necessity of their reducing their standing staff. There was no urgency in the case to justify the carrying of this Bill. He would ask whether the Government meant to confine the grant of these licences to British vessels and British subjects? Did they mean to give an advantage to British ships over foreign vessels? If so, that would be in con tradiction with what they professed—namely, the put ting our trade on an equal footing. Ho hoped their Lordships would pause before they passed such a measure. . - - Lord COLCHESTER bore his testimony to that body over whom the Noble Duke presided. If the effect of this Bill should be such as to prejudice the interests of that most useful body of men, it could not fail to have the most injurious effects. He considered that sailors' homes were a great benefit to seamen, and he was in favour of their establishment. Earl GR ANVILLE did not think any point had been raised in the discussion which had not been anticipated by the Noble Marquis near him (Marquis of Lans downe), except that point which referred to the position in which foreign powers would be placed by the Bill. He did not anticipate any danger from admitting foreign masters of foreign vessels to the knowledge of the pecu liarities of our coast and harbours, because even at the present time American vessels of a certain tonnage were admitted to our ports without an English pilot. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH objected to the Bill. He considerad this Bill had been hurriedly introduced, to forward the objects of those steam-vessel owners who now plied between this country and the opposite foreign coasts. It was unfortunately too much the case at the present day, when a grievance was discovered, to intro duce not a measure to do away with that particular grievance, but a measure of larger and more important effects, which would have a tendency to create greater grievances than the grievances sought to be remedied. It would be the case he apprehended with the present Bill. If the Bill were passed, he feared that a class of pilots would be introduced who might be able to pilot a vessel in a particular locality with great ability, but then an existing class of pilots would be destroyed, who could now navigate vessels anywhere. He hoped, however, that certificates would not be given by the Trinity House to pilots, except on a certificate that they were not only acquainted with our own coasts, bat also the opposite coasts. He saw very considerable risk at tending this measure; for he feared it would have the effect of preventing the higher class of pilots from enter ing the service of the Trinity House. It might, possibly, be true that some expense would be saved by employing a master instead of a pilot if the Bill were adopted; but he was pretty sure that the increase of insurance rates on account of the increased risk would vastly overbalance the saving that might arise in another direction. He should move that the Bill be read that day three months. Their Lordships then divided, when there appeared for the amendment— Contents Non contents ••• ••• .•• Majority for the second reading of the Bill ... The Bill was then read a second time. The Royal Pavilion (Brighton) Bill passed through Committee. ... 10 ... -5 EVENING, JULY 27, 1849 PROTECTION OF WOMEN BILL. The Earl of HARROWBY moved that the amend ments of the Commons in this Bill should be agreed to. Lord CAMPBELL expressed his disapproval of the Bill, and moved that thoseamendments should be agreed to on that day three months. Earl NELSON supported the Bill. The amendments of the Commons in the Bill were then agreed to without any division. O❑ the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE the New Forest and Waltham Forest Bill was read a second time. On the motion of the Earl of ST. GERMANS the New Zealand Land Conveyance Bill passed through Committee. On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL the Trustees Relief Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Lard CADIP3ELL the Poor•law Union Charges Act Amendment Bill passed through Committee. The Judgment (Ireland) Bill passed through Com mittee. The Enlistment, Artillery, and Ordnance Bill was read a third time. _ The Chapels of Ease (Ireland) Bill was passed through Committee, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Ten o'clock. HOUSE OF COAIMONS, July 26. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) CONSOLIDATED FUND APPROPRIATION BILL. On the question for the third reading of this Bill, Mr. HUME called the attention of the House to cir cumstances connected with the public expenditure on I harbours of refuge. Some years ago a discus.ion took place on the same subject, and it was then understood that all Bills affecting the navigation of rivers should be examined and approved of by the Board of Admiralty before they were introduced into that House. Subse quently a Commission was appointed to inquire into the state of harbours of refuge, when it was found that the Board of Admiralty had been so overwhelmed with busi ness, that it could not attend to this branch of its duty, and the consequence' had been that several Bills had been passed which had proved highly injurious to some of our harbours. The Commission recommended that a separate department should be appointed to have the cognizance of all works connected with tidal harbours, but that recommendation had not been carried into effect. Now what he wished to know w as , w h o h a d thee. super intendence of these works, and what had been done to protect the public interest in the expenditure of money upon them? For the erection of harbours of refuge there had been voted in 1845, 120,0001, in 1846, 30,0001., in 1847,140,0001., in 1848, 131,0001.. and in 1849, 141,5001., making the total sum expended iu five years 562,5001. He wished also to know if there were any reports or any other documents which could be laid on the table of the House as to what progress had been made since those sums had been voted ? Admiral BO WLES said he had been on the Tidal Commission, who made a report in 1846 which conveyed a great deal of information ou the subject of harbours of refuge, and that body also made a recommendation that all the tidal harbours in the kingdom should be placed in the bands of a board of conservancy under an Act of Parliament. Lle thought it desirable that one of the Lords of the Admiralty should be a member of that board of conservancy with a view to prevent the undue operation of local interests. Sir F. BARING said he bad made no alteration in the powers or business of the harbour department. That department was of great public use and importance, and operated as a very considerable check upon the ob structions thrown in the way of harbour improvement by local interests. He had made no alteration in the harbour department, with one exception, namely, that he had thought the business could be efficiently managed by two instead of three officers, as formerly, and he had, therefore, reduced the number of superintendents to two. Mr. WILSON PATTEN said the Honourable Mem ber (Sir F. Baring) was the last person whom he (Mr. Wilson Patten) would think of charging with a job —(Hear, hear)—but he must call the attention of the House to the circumstance that the private business of the House, during the present session, had been seriously obstructed by the delay which had taken place in sending up the necessary reports from the Admiralty. He did hope that in future sessions of Parliament arrangements would be made at the Admiralty to prevent a recurrence of that delay. Captain BERKELEY charged bis Hon. Friend (Mr. Hume) with making statements on this subject which had little or no foundation in fact. Mr. RICE, as a member of the Tidal Commission, complained that the Hon. Member for Montrose had mixed up two questions which were essentially different, namely, the tidal harbours and the harbours of re fuge, which had no necessary connexion. Mr. HENLEY thought it very herd that the Admi ralty should be censured for reducing their staff of officers from a motive of economy. After a few words from Mr. Henley, Sir 11. Willoughby, the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and Sir J. Graham, Lord J. RUSSELL intimated that the distribution of the medals referred to must be guided by certain rules, and held that the Duke of Wellington and the Admiralty were the proper parties to distribute these rewards, the title of which must not so much be judged by individual cases as by general actions. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. CUSTOMS' BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. IRISH POOR LAW. Lord JOHN RUSSELL intimated that he should take this Bill to-morrow at twelve o'clock, together with the Workhouse Loans (Ireland) Bill. The Lords had made a number of amendments which were of the most im portant character. Some of them the Government in. tended to assent to, but they intended to dissent from others. Sir J. GRAHAM hoped the Noble Lord would state the nature of the amendments to which he intended to object, and those to which he intended to agree. Lord J. RUSSELL said he should have them pre pared and distributed in time for consideration to morrow. TREASURY INSTRUMENTS BILL. This Bill was read a second time. COMPOUND HOUSEHOLDERS BILL. Sir W. CLAY moved the second reading of this Bill, and briefly explained its object; which is this, to enable parish officers to compound with tenants who pay their rates as rent to their landlords, so that their names may be placed on the register, and be thereby entitled to vote. At present, as the law stood, a party thus situated, who possessed a 40s. freehold, must claim to be on the register, and attend four times a year, and the result was that no one would take the trouble to do so. The Bill which he held in his hand was framed with a view to place the compounding householders' on the same footing as the 40s. freeholders were placed by the Reform Bill. He was sure that the House agreed with him that the case of these men called for redress. Mr. HENLEY did not think that the machinery of the Bill was right. The effect of it would be that the overseer would not know the names of half the persons upon the register ; he would not even know whether they lived in the parish or not. He was opposed to the Bill on account of its machinery. As to the principle of the Bill, if a way could be pointed out by which it could be worked, he, for one, would not oppose it. He should move that the Bill be read a second time this day three months. The SPEAKER then put the question. Lord J. RUSSELL said that this was a question of right, and not of title. If he voted for the second read ing of this Bill, it would merely be to signify that there was a remedy required for an existing evil, and this Bill furnished the remedy. Mr. NE WDEGATE thought that the course which the Noble Lord had laid down for himself was rather absurd, in voting an abstract principle on a question of machinery. He should vote for the amendment. Mr. ROEBUCK thought that to press this Bill now was certainly a waste of time. Sir JAMES GRAHAM agreed with the Hon. Member for Sheffield that this was a lamentable and in excusable waste of time. If he were driven to a divi- Mon he should certainly vote against the Bill. He entirely agreed with the Noble Lord opposite that the case of,the compounding householders required a remedy, and that this Bill was not the remedy; but he entirely differed with him in the conclusion he had arrivd at, and should vote against the Bill. After a short discussion the Bill was withdrawn. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. INCLOSURE ACT (EXTENSION OF POWERS) BILL This Bill was also read a third time and passed. LEASEHOLD TENURE OF LANDS (IRELAND BILL. On the motion that thisEll . be read a third time, Mr. DICKSON moved the following cruse:— " Whereas some lands are held in Ireland by leases for a term of years exceeding five hundred years, with a pro viso or covenant contained -therein, that three lives therein named should so long live, and containing a clause or covenant to renew those three lives from time to time during said term of years, without payment of any fine upon such renewal; and whereas the necessity of obtaining such renewals is useless, oppressive, and vexatious. be it therefore enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that any such lease shall continue and hold good as a lease for the full term of years originally granted by such lease, discharged of any such condition as to the term being dependent on the continuance of any lives named therein, or the ne cessity of renewing the same." The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the clause, as unnecessary and not coming within the scope of the Bill. After some observations from Mr. DICKSON, strangers were ordered to withdraw, but at the sug gestion of Mr. MONSELL, the clause was withdrawn by the Hon. Member for Limerick. Mr. HAMILTON moved, pursuant to notice, to add the following clause to the Bill:—" And be it enacted, that in case of lands leased or under-leased in perpetuity, where the owner of the lease or of the under-lease in perpetuity, or his respective heirs or assigns, shall, by any covenant or contract made with the owner of the re version or lessor in such lease or under-lease, or any re newal thereof, be bound and required from time to time to take out a r enewa l , or new lease or under lease in perpetuity, as the case may be, it shall be lawful for the owner of the reversion for the time being, of any such lands so le ase d or so under-leased in perpetu i ty , with such covenant or contract as last aforesaid, to wake application to the said court, by petition, in like manner as hereinbefore men ti one d, an d su bj ect to the like pro visions, and stating that be is o wner of the le ase . or under-lease in perp e t u ity in such lands, derived mime diately from such reversion, as the case may be, should acquire the fee and inheritance in such respective lands, under the provisions of this Act, subject to such fee farm rent or rents as herein . provided; and such petition shall be heard and dealt with like manner, and the rents, fines, fees, and interest, if any, and the fee-farm rents to be reserved shall be ascertained in like manner as hereinbefore provided, with like powers for ascertaining the rights of () e ther parties, .and a like r eport . be made, with like operation, and .subject respectively, be, to like provisions as hereinbefore as nearly as may confained, relating to an appl ication . under this Act by the owner of a lease i n . perpetu i ty. " After some discussion the clause was withdrawn. Sir DENHAM NORREYS moved the following pro viso to clause 4:—" Provided always, that when any owner intermediate between the owner of the lowest estate in perpetuity and the owner of th e revers i on in fee, shall object to the intermed iate rent being increased by the sum fixed on as an equivalent for royalties, it shall be lawful for tho owner of s uc h l owest estate' in perpetuity to take a separate fee f arm grant of or to purchase froni the reversioner i n fee the right to work the mines, miters's, and quarries of his estate, without requiring the assent of the intermediate owner." The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the amend ment, and it was withdrawn. The Bill was then read a third time, and passed. METROPOLITAN SEWERS BILL. This Bill was read a third lime, and passed. BANKRUPT LAW CONSOLIDATION BILL. On the motion that this Bill be considered as amended, Mr. ROEBUCK objected to the 255th clause, which increased the number of bankruptcy offences, and gave the courts power to imprison bankrupts whom they con sidered gnilty of any of those offences, which were nine in number, for a period not exceeding twelve months, without having reference to a trial by jury, If the clause were allowed to remain in the Bill as it now stood, a vindictive creditor could pursue an unfortunate debtor to vengeance instead of justice. He proposed, therefore, that the clause should be so amended that in cases where the court damned the bankrupt guilty of any of the enu merated offences; he should be tried upon a criminal pro szcution before he was imprisoned. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL resisted the amend ment, observing that the clause objected to had received the approbation of the trading community generally, while, with two exceptions, the Select Committee, who had examined the Bill, had given in their assent to it. It appeared to him, however, that the clause was not of that oppressive or arbitrary character which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had given to it, for under the existing law the Bankruptcy Commissioners possessed the power of suspending the bankrupt's certificate for an indefinite period, thereby enabling the creditor to throw his debtor into prison under the process of civil law. He really, therefore, could see no substantial objection to the clause as it stood, and as it was viewed with feelings of satisfaction by the trading community, not only of London but of the country generally, he hoped the House would not assent to the proposed al teration. Mr. BERNAL deprecated Eroeeeding with a Bill of such vast importance at this lade period of the session, when it was impossible for Retabers fully to consider it. He especially complained of the 125th clause in the Bill, which gave power to the Postmaster-General to detain all letters addressed to the bankrupt, thus preventing him carrying on any correspondence through the Post office.—( Hear.) Mr. PEEL entered into a slight sketch of the law of bankruptcy, and stated that he should give his support to this Bill, because it would give the creditor that protection which he really required, and of which recent legislation had tended to deprive him. It would also tend to aid in checking that great sacrifice which was made every year by bad debts under bankruptcy and in solvency. The loss under bankruptcy and under deeds of composition since the present law came into existence was no less than fifty millions. He therefore thought, as the law of late years had been in favour of the debtor and against the creditor, that the power which it was proposed to grant to the Commissioner was not too great. He considered that they should do all they could to increase the extension of credit, which must depend upon the security which was afforded by the debtor. Sir J. GRAHAM said, as a warm and sincere friend of the Hon. Gentleman, he was delighted to hear him speak with so much perspicuity, but, at the same time, he had heard with regret what had fallen from him, because he could not altogether assent to the doctrines which he had laid down. He admitted that it was a great public object to uphold credit in this country, where credit was the great instrument of commerce. The real question was, whether offences committed by a bankrupt and now punishable only by indictment, should be brought under the summary jurisdiction of a commissioner. Now he thought he was bound to exercise his judgment in favour of the weaker party, and therefore he had the greatest doubt as to the propriety of the proposed altera tion in the Bill. Mr. HEADLAM believed if this Bill were to pass the law would remain, for all practical purposes, the same as it was at this present moment. He had also to com plain of the very hasty manner in which the Bill had been carried through the House. There were two ob jects sought to be attained by the Bill, first, a more sum mary remedy against the estate of the bankrupt, and secondly, a more summary r,emedy against his person. As to the general estate of the bankrupt the law left:it precisely as it was before; and as respects the person, there was a very slight distinction, namely, the power which a creditor would have of treating the debts of a bankrupt who had not obtained his certificate as judgment debts. He thought this a very bad sample of legislation.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HENLEY opposed the Bill. Mr.MASTERMAN thought every means which could be devised with the view of preventing fraudulent bank rupts obtaining their certificates should have the sanction of the House. As an individual long connected with the trading and mercantile interests of this metro polis, cases had occurred within his experience which convinced him of the necessity of using the most stringent means to punish fraudulent debtors, as also to prevent any unnecessary obstruction being thrown in the way of a man obtaining his certificate who had honestly given up all his property to his creditors. Mr. SPOONER said they were placed in great diffi culty in being called upon to pass a Bill upon the faith of which he, for one, could declare he had no accurate knowledge. The amendment was then negatived without a division. On the schedules being proposed, Mr. ROEBUCK proposed as an amendment the omis sion of all the words relative to a system of graduated certificates. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the amend ment. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said if the Honourable Member for Sheffield divided he should go into the lobby with him. So great a power as that of blast ing the character ought net to 1115 trusted to one Commissioner. The Judge Advocate and his Hon. Friend Mr. F. Peel objected to it, and as the principle was entirely new, and too great for one judge, he was opposed to it. It was impossible to define the gradations accurately, and could ❑ot fail, from their arbitrary nature, to work injuriously.. Let the House bear in mind that they were dealing with a great commercial principle, and to deal with it hastily and upon new principles could not fail to be dangerous, and could not be too highly deprecated. Mr. MITCHELL held that the measure had not been hastily concocted, since it had emanated from a com mittee of traders who had met in London some two or three years ago. He supported the clause as it stood, and said the commercial world was much indebted to the Attorney-General for his clear exposition of the law, and also to the Noble Lord at the head of the Go vernment.—(clear, hear.) Mr. HENLEY asked the House what was an " un avoidable misfortune," and called attention to the fact that what was an unavoidable misfortune at one time would not be so at another. He should support the amendment. ' Mr. SPOONER should support the schedule. ' The amendment was therefore negatived without a division, and the clause was agreed to. - The report was agreed to, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. The further consideration of the Admiralty Jurisdic tion in the Colonies Bill, and the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, was postponed till to-morrow. THE MAURITIUS. Mr. HUME moved an address for copies or extracts of all dispatches or letters from Sir William Maynard Gomm, Governor of the Island of Mauritius and its dependencies, with copies of all petitions or memorials addressed to her Majesty, or to Parlia ment, as well by the inhabitants of Mauritius as by the Mauritius Association in London; together with copies of all recent local laws passed by the Governor and Council of Mauritius, and of the instructions and dis patches to the present Governor, Sir George William Anderson, C. 8., and not yet laid before this House. After some observations from Mr. HAWES the mo tion was withdrawn upon the understanding that the Under-Secretary for the Colonies would lay on the table of the House returns showing the course - that was in tended to be pursued.by the Government in future with respect to the Mauritius. ORANGE PROCESSIONS IN IRELAND. Mr. REYNOLDS then rose, pursuant to notice, to move for " Copies of any correspondence between the Government of Ireland and the civil and military autho rities :of the county of Down, relating to processions, public meetings, or armed assemblages of the people on the 12th day of this instant July." The greatest pos sible excitement existed iu Dublin and elsewhere at the delay of a proper inquiry into these atrocious murders. These violent proceedings of the Orangeme❑ had been too long tolerated. Referring to what he had said a Lord Roden, he spoke not of his private, but of his poli tical, character; and, if he violated the law, his conduct, like that of every other man, should be open to investi gation. Sir GEORGE GREY explained that an inquiry was going forward, and ho thought that no good could come of these observations. Mr. REYNOLDS said that a violent, malicious, and wanton aggression had been made upon the people, and if the fullest assurance was not given of an inquiry and searching investigation, he feared it might manifest itself in an unpleasant manner during her Majesty's antici pated visit, which should be one of peace and good will. Was not every armed procession a violation of the law? He had the authority of the Right Hon. Baronet that it was. What, then, was there to prevent the Attor ney-General instituting a prosecution ? The Right Honourable Gentleman probably wished not to pre• judge the question before inquiry. But that would not satisfy the people.—(Hear, hear.) The people were beginning to think that this Orange Asso ciation was part and parcel of the Church Temporalities, which had caused so much heart-burning, and so much bloodshed, already. He thought the Government ought to be obliged to him for calling attention to the subject, and giving them an opportunity of disclaiming all sym pathy with the perpetrators of this outrage. Was it not disgraceful, that 1,500 men, armed to the teeth, should, within two hours after being feasted in the domain of a Peer, have fired upon the people, and that one of the officers in command of the police should have called it an " all-round-my hat affair ?" He did not think that very dignified language for an officer in the service of the Government, nor did he know what " all round my hat" meant—(A laugh)—at least not in this instance. He found that not a single Orangeman was in custody. They had transported Smith O'Brien, Mitchell, and Meagher, for what was called treason and sedition, and these Orange murderers were surely at least equally de serving punishment. He called for justice upon Lord Roden, Mr. Beard, and the other magistrates who had been accessory to those murders, and he repeated, that the Government were bound to execute at least as sum mary justice as they had in former cases, when the offending magistrates were of a different persuasion. The Hon Member, after some further observations, con cluded by moving the motion of which he had given notice. After a short pause, it was seconded by Mr. SCULLY. Sir G. GREY said he hoped that the few reasons he had stated previous to the speech of the Hon. Member, would have influcvd the Ha. Member to refrain from making his motion. As they hsd not had that effect, he should in reply simply confine himself to repating that an inquiry into the circumstances having been or dered, it would be most partial and unjust to produce any papers before that inquiry was made.—(Hear, hear.) The Lord-Lieutenant bad directed a strict and searching investigation to be made into all the circumstances con nected with this most lamentable occurrence. The Hon. Memlr3r for Dublin called upon the Government to act with vigour, but he must say that, in his opinion, if they acted in the spirit which characterised the Hon. Member's speech, they would give very little satisfac tion in Ireland. In the steps he had hitherto taken, the Lord-Lieutenant had acted in the moat impartial and discriminating manner, and he thought the House would agree with him in thinking that the affair had better be lett in the hands of that Noble Lord.—(Hear, hoar.) He would not, at the present stage of the business, , say more; but before sitt ing down, he wished to say one word relative to a dinner, an account of which had aft' peared in one of the Dublin papers. The Hon. Member for Maechester (Mr. Bright) put a question to him yes terday as to this dinner. At the time that question was put, he had no information whatever on the subject, but in the course of the day he received a letter from the Lord-Lieutenant, stating that immediately on seeing the report of the dinner in the paper referred to, he bad felt it to he his duty to take steps for obtaining correct and full information, in order to satisfy himself that soy further measures were required of him.--(Hear, hear.) He had no doubt that the Noble Lord would in this case also act with that impartiality and firmness which, he had uniformly ex hibi te d.—((h eirs ) H av i ng s t a te" his opinion as to the impolicy of any discussion on this subject under present circumstances, he trusted that those Members who agree d w i t h t h at v i ew wou ld An' stain from prolonging. this debate.—(Hear, hear.) Sir W. VERNER said he was sure the House would feel he was justified in saying a few words in his owe defence, especially after the unqualified laeguage whic h had been used by the Hon. Member for Dublin.—(Hear' hear.) He had commenced to take down his statement" but he would not follow the Hon. Member through theta all. He would only state that having had the honour for fifty years of being connected with that Royal Protestant Association, he gave the most unqua lifi e d contra di c tion to every one of these statements.—(Hear, hear.) 1 1 had given notice for additi ona l re t urns, w i t h t h e v i e w showing that the Orangemen were not the only persons who walked in party processions and disturbed the public peace in Ireland ; and these returns would she w that on the 17th of March a party of armed Ribbonnien had fired upon the people during a procession at Cross; gar, in the county Down. A similar occurrence took place near the town of Keady, in the county of Armagh' so late as the 28th of last month. He thought that he was justified in askieg for these returns, in order te, show the facts of the ca se t o t h e H ouse. —(Hear, h e ar./ The yeomanry of the north of Ireland had always been loyal, and on a late occassion, when rebellion was raging in other parts of Ireland, they offered their services to the Government, and the consequence was, that the whole of the toops were withdrawn from Ulster, and its defence left entirely to the loyal Protestants of the pro, vince. He would read to the House a challenge that had been sent a day or two before 12th July, when the unfortunate occurrence touk place at Castlewellan. It was addressed to George Shaw, Justice of the Peace. The Hon. and Gallant Gentleman read the document' which stated that at a meeting of the society to whic h the writer belonged, it was resolved to invite Mr. Shaw' Roden, Skinner, Beard, and all the rest of the rasgie; traces, with their police, to meet them on Dollybrae 101 ' show them valour. The writer added, that as there WO . no river convenient to throw them into—(A laugh) --* they intended to trust in good powder and ball, and vre! .s determined that no bloodhound should walk creel Ireland. That was a specimen of the feeling exhibit by these people. With r es p ec t t o t h e di nner a t Dublit he believed the facts were altogether misstated; "byreever , ever, as the question w as un d ergo i ng i nvest i gat i o n, t would not say more, b u t content hi mse lf b y moving Je. the following returns : —" A co p y o f any correspon d e nce between the Government of I re l an d an d the civil 0131" military authorities of the county of Down, relating to processions, public meetings, or armed assemblages 0 , the people on the 12th day of this instant July; similar return of any correspondence relating to a P r T, cession at Crossgar, in the county o f D own, on t h e 17t day of March last ; and also of a meeting and pfel; sion which took place near th e t own o f K ea dy, to i bo county of Armagh, in the aft e r noon o f Th urs day ' t 28th of June last, or early in th e morn i ng o f Friday , the 29 th." Lord CASTLEREAGH was unwilling to prolong 113 ... , 6 discussion while the affair was under investigatio n ~g (Hear)—and, therefore, h e h a d f or b orne from nnticiior the language addressed t o hi m by the Hon. Member b Dublin.—(Hear.) H e s h ou ld do so still; for, the u t o the Hon. Member had promised to show strong retold why the course he had taken was justified, he aghast to the House if he had d one so.—(Hear, hear.) he was up, however, h e wou ld say that he believed t'"; s was very great doubt i n I re l an d w h et h er these meeting y were illegal or not.—(H ear .) If t h ey were illegal, w,id. had not the Gove rnmen t i ssue d a proclamat i on forP oo , ing them ? In justic e t o t h e gent l emen who we re 4 0 on their trial, and whom the lion. Member for Duc e wished to condemn with ou t a h ear i ng —(H ear ) —in tic Mr s to. SCULLY them this point should be settled. agreed that a proclamation would " ve been useful, but the occurrences having taking P llP 'f without any such precautionary measure, the feeliefeef the people were very much exc it e d , especially when remembered three magistrates had been summarilY vo ic missed for attending r e p ea l meet i ngs. N o i nqu irl ' ion s place on the cases, and they formed surely a ato ne fle ground for calling for summary justice in this case. , to would, however, suggest to hi s H onoura ble Riefl er , withdraw his motion in the mean ti me , u p o n the t he standing that after the investigation was closed, sll the correspondence on the subject should be laid note table. In the meantime he th oug ht the inam e , o t be object, that of calling th e a tt ent i on o f t h e House t° matter, had been fully attained.—(Hear, hear.) A GIT, After a brief explanati on f rom L or d CASTLERE bile Mr. HAMILTON deprecated such discussions ; lie f the question was undergoing a judicial inq u iry es , were only calculated to inflame still more the already cited feelings of the people. Mr. H. GRATTAN agreed that the less said the better, at present—(H ear , hear)—and merely ro se suggest that the inq u i r y should be extended to tb° e, currences near Belfast. Mr. ARCHDALL wished only to say that he ha d tt il ia ° ~ fear but that the ch arac t er o f th e O ran gemen to come out of the inquiry with honour. With respect ' the Member for Dublin , he complained of language `,, A had been used towards him, but he could only rep ' o f that when an Hon. Member inflamed the feelings o f party and religious animosity, he was only worth) ? scorn and contempt. Mr. REYNOLDS said that after the appeal that - been made to him he could sot refuse t o withdraw' "a motion—(Hear, hear)—though, at the same time, be be t not such faith in the imparti a lity o f t h e L or d-Li e utenelela as was claimed by the Home Secretary. lie belief that that great good would res u lt f rom t hi s discussion, so rejoiced that he had br oug ht t h e su bj ect before -'", House. He had confidence of the sense of justice of la Secretary for the H ome D epartment, but he believla that justice should b e more rap i dly and rigidly adrailllo tered in the pr esen t case than at had ever been 'l° before. - - - - - Lord NAAS reminded the House that when the : 1 ,0 vernment some years a go h a d expresse d a wish w ol , Orange Lodges should be dissolved, Lord Rodell. ° o ll the odium of that ac t on himself, and it was u3 , 3 l3ese owing to his influence th a t th ose soc i e ti e s had dissolved.. err Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL con s id ere d th a t the G°/ w ► • it h went; instead of administering justice in this casa iiiii rapid' vindictiveness, ought to pursue their course stab and deliberately. ad" The motion was th en w i t hd rawn, and the Has e journed shortly before Eight o'clock. S• RAILWAY SHARE MARKET BRISTOL, JuLy 26. actlf 4 STOCK Excrtaxox.—The market continues firm, though not w rit, The transactions to-day were principally confined to Great W e 171. Sher, s, which closed at 3% dis. LIVERPOOL, JULY 26. a STocK EXCHANGE. —The share market was dull to- TD few transactions took place. Prices 1114:1 a downward tende%': s govi' sales are — Birmingham and Oxford, guaranteed, 26% P aisley, and Greenock, Preference, 7% —Lancashire and Vr No rtV Fifths, 3 dis.—Ditto, 321. Shares, 6% dis.—Lo u don and ry se d Western, 132—Ditto, New Quarters, 3% c. p.—Shrewstaloro. 2) , Chester, Preference, 15%—South-E as t ern an d D over, New 12% (Ls. MANCHESTER, JULY 26. i 1 r STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions t o -d a y we re as folio 3..- Glasgow and Dumfries, 4%—Ma nc h es t er an d L ee d s, FifthOr . , air od' dis.—Manchester and Sheffield, Eighths, 4 7-16 North T' n .04 shire, 534 dis.—Sheffield, Preference, 11%—West Riding 1 / 1 " dis.—Eastern Counties, 8 % —Ambergatcs, 5% dis. BIRMINGHAM, JULY '26. 0 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tran sac ti ons t o -d ay were as fllpre' Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 5% dis.—North British, d ference, 1-3 p.—North Stafford hire, 5% dis.—ShrewsburY an so util mirigham (A), 61. 3s. 9d. dis.—Shropshire Union, 2% Staffordshire, 5 dis. JULY 25. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day have be en as A fe d low: —Great Northern, Preference, 3%—Shetliehl, Rotherhalr:4o,.. Goole (N. Div.), guaranteed 5 per cent., 13s. 9d. ex in.—Yor k t!_ le ..nel astle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 3/. 18s. 9d. ex in • —Y° °- North Midland, 30 1 ,1 —Ditto. Preference, 7 1 4 ex in. STOCK EXCHANGE —Th e t ransact i ons to-day GLASGOW, JULY 25. were as follOW : ;: Aberdeen, Preference, 4/. 158. Clydesdale JunctJunction,ction, 604 Gliagfol Bsrrhead, and Neil t on Di rect, 21 Glasgow, Minium ocic,4, Ayr ( 5 per cent. guaranteed), 194 —Glasgow and Greenock, OW" - B !l — Ditto Preference, 7% —Stirling and Dunfermline, 80s. [A DVE RTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment Pills, the finest remedy in the world for the cure of Scr ° . ftte ci David Davies, a miner, living at Newp or t, h a d b 2e n on b ' at ly from his infancy with scrofula or ki ng ' s ev il , wh i c h was gre w , aggravated by the nature of his employment. All the d loer he applied to were u nsuccess f u l i n their treatment o f ,bi' „is even those at the Infirmary at Bristol, w hi t h er he had e n n - c ed the hope of o bt a i n i ng re li ef. In this condition he cenune tho the use of Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and so rapid wa l co r cure by these fi ne me di c i nes t h at i t i s cons i dere d b y those nisant of it to b e p er f ect ly m i racu l ous. S o ld b y a ll venalki, medicines, and at Professor Holl owa y' s E s t a bli s hment' Strand, London.: ' BIRTHS. ,rgi ab ti On the 18th inst., at the Vicarage, B ra di ng , I s le of r ' the wife of the Rev. D. J. Heath, of a son. f h er On the 19th inst., the wife of J. G. M ac k ay , Esq.,° Majesty's o.dnance-office, of a so n . rival' , On the 21st inst., at L eam i ngton, the wife of Mr. • Rich, of a daughter. wif e the On the 23d inst., a t Tynemouth,Northumberland, t he of Captain J. H. Francklyn, Royal Artillery, of a sol i :vipill• At Islington, on th e 24th inst., the lady of T. 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" - illia roS, On the 23d inst., Sophi a , th e w if e o f Richard W or e o l u d g est , Esq., of York-cottage, Dulwich-road Brixton. • aged 19, Charlotte Elizabeth, the shire , pton 0 On the 'fkl inst., at \Yellin b ' h Northam Burnham, Esq. ______. daughter of Georg ot London: Printed an d P u bli s h e d by MURDO Y pt7 IS. Ur, 02, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offfeet '1 1 1"ty Of Strand, in the Precinct of the savoy, in t he °— Middlesex, Friday, July 27,1849. .` <~ „_-