The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-21 00:00:00

retary minis ;ht in. iveight it for s Ad it was e only New' I RzEh e was o; its [t was n this _ ham, Paddi n gton, and Chelsea, which alone contaieed a . The House then iliVided, when the numbers were— . population of 40,600, and obteined an Act of Pa; liament For the amendment . to enable it to separate from the union. Kensington , Against. it 219 . itself was now complaining of the evil, and the Commis- 1 Majority fur going into Committee . biomers would not interfere nor he believed, would they •I On our re-admission to the gallery we found ~ , Mr. FERRAND on his legs, moving that the debate be allow the Parliament to interfere.—( A laugh.) He ' adjourned till ;his day week. In moving that adjournment he _ ,:I:sifittiteel to have a full, distinct, plain, broad, and unqua- considered that he was doing his duty to his constituents as an I ied declaration as to the object of the Commission. At independent Member of that House, and he thought lie should one time it was said uniformity of practice seas a desire be able to convince the House that he was justified in taking able of thing ; at anot h er t i me they wire told that di vers i ty that step. Oct Thursday evening last he had given his reasons practice teas what was wanted.—(Hear.) ‘t hat were for opposing thi s Bill, and in the reply of the Home Secretary the•e• to rely on ? \Vas there ever such a thing hoard of to his num , I s h e regre tt e d th a t th e Right lion. Baronet had befo re as to give to three individuals a. powerto repeal found no better reasons for pressing on thi s Bill th an t h ose elms of Parliament ?--(Bear.) What were' they to do he had adduced. He had founded .heKi all his reasons on the alleged gross mis . nian i age h m i e l ne xt ? He believed there was nothing they would nut attempt.i, Why , was the Commission to be continue d ? but he moue c . a challengetheßight Hon. Br ronet to lay his finger on a single instance in which that Beard had n'as it to . , : _ e . prevent the ratepayers front ixi rtasing a tits- miseonducted themselves towards the ratepar era or the nee(''. 4 bnary power N% i:11 regard to the giving ef r e lief ? or poor under the Act of Elizabeth. The Night Honourable os it to control the guardians, from a desire to see jus- ti esone t, flushed by the Report of Mr. net, who had done to tie poor ? Lie would not detain the 'louse for some weeks been in his (Mr. Ferranti's) neigh any longer on the general question.—(l - fi ar.) Igo wou ld bout hood for the purpose of getting lip the se charges, had no w "11I) diode t o w h at was d one w i t h regar d to me di- brought accusation, again s t hi mse lf , anti a relative of his on cal lelieti—(sl laugh.) And though lie isnew that 6ir the opposite benches—the Hon. Member for lit adfore— ( La l ugh e tei t tar it el ik aga b inst four Magistrates ailing with himself Edmund head was a valuable and estimable public flies rr Y,' -'t he regretted, considering the character of Dr. liny, ttinhtretel.a.i. these. get ni ttle e ni r e fna w ßractfo r d in d the Kvight ey Union. to . him . in politics, but however he m gist iiiffe e r re wi o t l h p' them in opinion, yet he L't let lie was not appointed Commissioner instead of Sir . :; f . Head. The People had the highest possible opinion trusted he shohd never be wanting in the generous feeling of the ability ttf Dr. Kay, and hi s a pp o i n t men t would be asl Engiisliman that would lead him to delend his brother Productive of the greatest good. The order he it,-ld iii Magistrates aszainst as foul a calumny as was ever brought his hand slowed what sport could be made of au Act of against the character of au independent country gentleman. et-h 1 liin nerit.—(Laughter.) He would be ghat to hear '5 he Report of s;r Mott was the sole ground of those 1 , 4 e opinion of th e Coa,missioners is ith regard to that charges—of the Magistrates having, for the sa k e o f p o p u l ar ity, s . e ssent hi.Y. He thought they must consider them the increased the atlewances to the poor in an extravagant mariner. He had denied those charges as a Ma . .."''t contemptible 41 of blockheads in the o orel— (Laueht . giorate and Chairman of the Union; and he again th - er)—to give them a power they could not exercise ~ , asstr.ed that that report was, with a few exceptions, a teht.leartnislieglves There were some good points in the new orwr tissue 0: falsehoods —7( Hear, hear.) If he could prove that to to . medieel relief. They were very dull sot to make the ti • 1 hadright to demandthisadjournment till . oust, iea rosin eut before.—(Cheers.) But it required some hatinner- Maelstrate. themselves and the Heald of Guardians cheuld gof the bra as to get them out.—(Laughter. ) This order have an opportunity of replying to that Report. lie had moved - w rsu _d_ated tw o or three months back, and was to come into aid 1 , for its production, and he trusted it would be placed on the ~ '''n next March. Heretofore the medical men were i I table to-morrow ; anti he pledged himself that all he had as y'ry badly — at Id , 2d.., 3d.,. and sometime 15d. a-head. Such " n ein acted ' det.estable sy i i ey wer moat injuriously with respect to the poor. Now ! serted should be confirmed, not only by the Magistrates, but by t the Board of Guardians also.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. e better paid, and received six or seven shillings. The Member then proceeded to read extracts from a letter from the stem ol tenders was also done away wit 11—( Cheers) I 1 Clerk of the Keightley Union, referring to some passages in a ' E r ; 'Dnepr whick had been severely condemned by Sir A. speech of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, „ ''',°ler. But by this order, the medical_ attendant was to re when el e r o e ... , h o esides ' hi's . salary, certain sums for specific purposes, The SPEAKER called the Hon. Member to order He urn int g to the following scale :—For the amputation of a leg debate.e ldnot read references made out of the House to any iormer: 41 . ; I : 4 * hand, 51. ; for stricture or hernia, Si. ; for trephining, e , nl ;for Compound fracture of the thigh, Si. ; ditto leg, N. ; for lir FERRAND continued, by reading only such extracts . .r, P e fracture or dislocation of the thigh, 31. ; ditto of the arm, ' '. . rfu ' rut • This held out an inducement to young practitioners to per- as denied the charges alleged, and concluded by moving that the debate be adjourned till that day week. xrder there operations with impunity. He believed the last Mr. FIELDEN seconded the motion, in a very low tone of e i e ,5 of the Commissioners, if carried out to the full effect, • . t he be attended by the worst of consequences. Many of voice. The Bill was of a most important kind, and he pro tested against its being hurried through Committee with such ai ',diseases incident to the human frame were completely lost breathless haste, when they had heard a letter read confirming vg - g" t °f; and this, in his opinion, showed that the Commissioners the comments the Hon. Member had made on Thursday even mere incompetent to perform their duties. He would infinitely He told the House that he should do all he could to t he leave these matters to the Board of Guardians living iri c in a g us ' e as many divisions on this Bill as possible. If this measure lie districts, than to the Commissioners at Somerset House. passed,. he had no hesitation in saying that the House would re c 1 moat cordially seconded the motion made by the Gallant gret it. He was one of those who contended for the absolute re . telonel believing that the present Bill would be productive of peal of this law; he thought it ought to be burnt by the common . . n ,toost pernicious effects. .riec ou e bt r _, nt COURTENAY supported the motion for going hangman. lie was no modifier. There were many Hon. Gentlemen in that House who thought that modifications ° Co ant on the Bill. One of the evils of the old law might be made in the Bill, which would make it acceptable to ' 7, 1 ? t h es at it encouraged hole idness, Ary giving indiscriminate r e people. He did not believe any such thing. He con : *l, Considering that present measure would remedy that tended, that under the present circumstances, they had no rai,,i o `L e _lionld give it his support. With respect to the Corn right to pass that measure. After the bribery and corruption to the he believed, notwitbstandieg all that had been said which was proved to have taken place at the last election, he t h e . e contrary, that they had most effectively performed doubted whether they had any authority to pass a Bill of such ' '~heir duty, ' Air. L a , ' importance. For his own part, he wou ld vo t e " no con fid ence " the •• ss SON believed that, in many counties in England, i n any Administration which upheld the unconditi ona l p owers the or-law Bill h a d b een a tota l f ai l ure. H e k new t h at suc h was of the Poor-law Commission, and the Bill, as theh pro case in the county in which he lived, and h e could not, posed, should receive all the opposition which it was in .• sir r e, give his support to such a measure. his power to give to it.—(Cries of "Divide, divide.") . e PEEL said h tortgrette that Hon. Gentlemen had He dennd that any man had an absolute right to property. te iri rred it their duty enew, upon that occasion, a dis- The land was liable to the maintainance of the poor isle n te t , p which, he thought, more properly belonged to the mo. labour failed to support them. He assured Hon. Gentlemen li ew __'7 a 'second reading of the Bill. He should be sorry, opposite that they were on the verge of a volcano, for nothing tai __e_v e r ' as the discussion had commenced, that it should ter- could be more calculated to create disaffection among the eie":: uwithout his taking the opportunity of expressing his people, which would doubtless end in revolt, than the passing for p i P c n the subject. The Hon. Gentleman the Member of the present measure. He thought that if the Right Hon. th at jr_s_bury said, as he (Sir R. Peel) thought, very j ust ly, Gentleman would take the same time to consider the Poor the p "°n. Gentlemen ought not to throw the responsibility of laws as he had to the Corn-laws and other questions, he would wet ,c ese rit measure singly upon that Minister by wh om it never have retained the Commissioners one day longer. Tire teste r { Posed, and that there had been a disposition mani- Right. Hon. Gentleman said that experience should guide the ?rienthe part of some gentlemen to describe his Right Hon. persons who had the administration of the Poor-law in their Perso n ag e Secretary for the Hume Department as peculiarly and hands. But what experience could the Commissioners have in (Si r : . 4 . responsible for the proposal of the measure. Now, h e Somerset House ? ra re t r i ,l;eel) said at once that the responsibility of the mea- Mr. M. PHILIPS said he could not allow the Hon. , Fri end. ' not rest solely or personally upon his Right Hon. Member for Oldham to misrepreseot him or his constituents. her aj a :( Bear, hear.) That measure was the measure of He had referred to a petition signed, certainly by a great num sare of Sesty 'a Government.—(Hear, hear.) It was the mea- ber, which came from Manchester; but he must say that that th e the the Government, concurring in opinion that it was petition did not represent the opinion of the whole of Manches e ,Public interest—that it was for the permanent welfare of ter. It he (Sir. Philips) were elected a guardian, he should poo..'utlustrious classes—th a t it was for the real benefit sf th e feel it a great re li e f t o h ave i t i n hi s power to confer with the . ': l ore % 1 . this country that the pr e se n t l aw s h ou ld rema i n i n b oar d o f guardians, men peculiarly acqu a i n t e d w ith t h e Poor atrle th a e nd t h at a sufficient interval had n o t e l a p se d law sy s t em ; an d he should not consider himself degraded in . abuses of the old system of Poor-laws, to make applying to them for assistance from their experience ; and in it wise ," the Cto dispense at present with the superintendence doing so he felt that he would be discharging his duty to the ti ommissioners. His Right Hon. Friend, the S core - poor and to those whose property fu, nished the means of sup '‘''Y for sup the Home Department w a s in offi e e when the mea- porting the poor. He couid not concur with the Hon. Gentle ,llo4 ntrethheand been originally proposed. He (Sir R. Peel) was man who had just sat down in saying that the distress of the ma ' general Member of the Government ; he was opposed in nufacturing districts was attributable to the Poor-law. No tr tetuitgihntf politics to the Government by whom the measure was one could be more fully alive to the present urn tort unate posi ,orsvatd, but he did give his support to that Govern- tern of the country, but he could rot attribute it to atese r -law, from a de e p the Poor-law. There were various ether causes to which he 8. % of the growing evils which were engendered by the old attribut e d it, and which causes he wished the House would g'l'en to. And his opinion, since that period had be en unifotinly consider, but he could not do injustice to the operation of the pi n that it was impossible, without danger, to resort to the Poor-few Big, had system, or to the ii in i 1 and as the representative of a large, body, he Cp es upon which that syst em could not hear that asserien, without entering his opposition. : e a r d been - conducted .—( Hear, heat.) One would have in- He meet, say, that he regretted these assertions, which had the red. from the speech of the lion. Memb er f ur Finsbury, th a t the effect of exciting the people in their sufferings, which had t he new Poor-Law deprived the poor of some great advantag es been borne with a - degree f patience which he could hardly 'hey enjoyed under the oil system ; that every thing had been find 'voids sufficient t oa d mis o e —(Hear, hear.) But he was perfect und er th a t system ; t h at t h e s i tuation of the poor was not one of those to turn against that system which was intended w 'w• of complete comfort ; t h a t th e superintendents of the l aw for th e i r re li e f. H e not could suppose that the intention of the ere vigilant and honest ; th a t there was then no abuse, no framers of th a t Bill wag to i njure t h e poor. Had the Govern ''. atron • and there were many gentlemen in that House—. merit of Lord Althorp brought in the Bill with that intention, eft, l men who had entered upon public life since the abuses he (Sir. Philips) would have been the first to desert such a j uo tt .. _ . old s y s t em h a d b een removed—who were apt to form a party, anti they would deserve the contempt of every man. He va n Tnt respecting the alleged detects of the present law with- did not think that it was the feeling of the poor th'emselves.— Zat 7 0 1 „ g luny aware of th e l aw w hi c h i t superse d e d . I t (H ear, h ear. ) Wi t h respect to the labourers from the 'sister rere e : t llutely n e cess ar y th at t h ose gent l emen s h ou ld country, h e thought t h at if a man had continued in one place s a e „,7ed of wh a t th ose abuses were,—( Hear, hear.) for 15 years, he oug ht not to b e transporter i against his will. t e ) Or si. e 7meot of the Hon. Member for Finsbury was, that the He felt that those who drew them there had a right to main of • thatappy under the administration of the law of Eliza- tam them.—( Hear, hear.) Was not this the ease in other !:) En gland the House ought to place confidence in the p eo pl e places? Was it not the case in London, which obtained many ni , cert s 4— (l - lear)—in the rate.payer3 • that those who lived of its labourers from the agricultural districts? He protest e d '2 l we at -l n vicinities and certain localities, ' were the best judge s against the statements made by the Hon. Alember for Old 'rallied w as suitesi to the poor ; that the poor might be safely harn.—(Divide, divide.) Old the Hontotheir superintendence. That was the argument of Sir J. GRAHAM wished to call the attention of the House '"^se Gentleman against the Commission. Now, after to the spirit of the motions made. The Hon. Member for Lin heat "ernent • . - coin declared a decided preference for the law before the late • h t ~t ra the operation of the old system• Let them first Poor.law Act„ and the Hon. Member for Finsbury declared his % hat * " the law was carried out in small districts; and intention to give every obstruction to the 8111. till the 31st of lie i ca l a the condition of the poor in those districts. First, July, when the Bill for the continuance of the Commission was Zs ... i d sy ° s( 4 rn ti ' r taken eneral account of the workhouses under the to expire, and when the machinery for the relief of the poor - "tritni s e- 7' e from a Report written, not by the present would be thrown into a state of confusion. The motion of the and toa t li lune r B but by such men as the Bishops of Chester Hon. Member for Knaresborough was grounded on his desire Z i Alit 1.6" , and others appointed to act with them. (Th e to have the Report, relative to the Keightley Union, laid on the ,e, tio -n. Baronet here read an extract from the Report in table of the H ouse , an d, in an early part of the evening, he Frestag:ll.l:lllitich denounced, in the strongest teems, the anis- moved for the production of the Report, to which he (Sir J. ° ° l 'le s , of the less crowded workhouses under the old Graham) at once acceded. The Right lion. Gentleman then t et e . ernen and women, the young , the aged, and the blind, referred to the circumstances under which the Report of Sir. tat _Odiscrimmately mingled, the ' rooms were filthy, Mott was made, respecting the Keightley Union, and said that lie b_ !... ildren were - uneducated; while, i n some cases, bad also in his possession the Report of Sir John Walsham, all ' ti tiovernor was employed to maintain regularity which confirmed that made by Mr. Mott ; and sinless he was to r * as e a 1....) That was the .manner in which the law be disbelieved as well as Mr. 'Moot, there was as much misma „'Pereitelvd, into operation in the rural districts, under the nagement to be met with in the Keightley Union as was re ,Haghiz,,,,nnenee of the local authorities, who were stated to be ported by Sir. Mott.. It was . his (Sir J. G.'s) intention to anl e. " 1 ,,,,0f the condition of the poor, of their habits and their move for the production of Sir John Walsham's Report, and t, h Lhat was the state of thing; in the smaller parishes ; therefore if the Hon. Gentleman grounded his otion for the oli s f at were the facts in the larger unions—in the metro- adjournment for a week, until the production of tine Report, and tt 4ti for! fis tance? They had the evidence of Mr. Lee, who I till a Committee was appointed to inquire into the mode of ad thg:t i t Iv'as)ears held an office in the workhouse of St. Pancras, ministration in the Keightley Union, he (Sir J. G.) begged to i ii, alt era ,.' common remark among the paupers, previous to ' , assure him it was not necessary toeletain the House on that ac t Us, th4tioil of the law, that they lived better in the work - count, for he would have a full, fair, and ample inquiry. i l l , endi t ,, il . _ they had ever lived before. There was a liberal R . AND said that the Right lion. r ' s 'sre e „ n' s l ; . e ; but that was at the cost of parties who were , understood lam.—(o . ll, oh.) None of the Magistrates at mete a 'Move Poverty themselves What were the social re- tempted to interfere with the Board of Guardians of the Keight t'akents. such a systemdoubt there were great enjoy- , ley Union. lee still maintained the inaccuracy of the Report. en 0 doubt it was a harAship to those who had par- ! Lord BARRINGTON (as we understood ) deprecated ki °f those tlt -se luxuries to find them curtailed. But in a social making such motions as the present, which could only be inju ku °I vie •r? -w, what were the results upon the character of the rious to the cause they were intended to serve.—( Hear.) He tath Th • . tht her the heir children, it appeared, if they got situations, entertained a strong opinion on the subject himself, but he still Jol l4 ' in ort em up or misconducted themselves so as to lose respected the opinions of those who differed with . him. I . le rit leg were der that they might return to the workhouse. The ' would advise his Hon. Friend to take mlegitimate time for dm ', ' , ts "Posed to the contamination of abandoned cha- cussion, and not have rccour,e to motions of the present na- ( (i t'sssib ie T hote were several persons so depraved that it was ture.—(Cheers. ) al't'ar, a ` to maintain them ; and those parties were sent out Mr. tOL VILLE would support the motion, particularly as ali t'et rnollg housekeepers who permitted them to stray ' the .;ill contained a clause to do away with the Gilbert Unions. tht glst e : t ) . _ : l i ng them a small allowance. Now, Gentlemen Mr. FE.It RAND said. if the Right lion. Baronet would t,,,, l ieoe 'A the Act of Elizabeth, they might make give him the Committee he required, he would nut divide the " U., ' dissatisfiedth e new law, they might House. teetheM them that - with er , t they had . the first claim upon the estates Mr. FIELDEN said (as we unde r eteod), th a t if th e lion. let 4' te d, nr i n t rY ; but all these do c trines, if practically en- M em b er f or Knaresborough did not divide the Hou s e up o n th e to hpo ese--L tu end in their degradation and their ruin.—( Hear.) motion, he would. Ball t a ,"ible to read those accounts of misplaced negligence Sir J. GRAHAM obrerved, that the only Committee he es ' l ler o ;gt , ,' s workhouses, and of misplaced indulgence in the should feel inclined to agree to was one to inquire tnto the ma se,,ls eh ; was it possible to recollect the condition of many nagement of the Keightiey Union.—( A laugh.) j a : l lles rect Ji contributed to the rates. namely, of these who Mr. FERRAND—Then, Sir, I shall divide.—(Laughter.) s po ustr e, r l t ernselves, perhaps with difficulty, by their honest Sow gets were then ordered to withdraw, and the House di ett'in 14 P n o lt, who were too proud to derive their subsistence vided, when the numbers were-- too trot to ° r - rate; was it possible tolook to these circumstances For the amendment ~,,,, 7 e ft ort see that in the year 1834 the time had come when For going into Committee to i - I ,., C att i t ,should be made to alter the system? His opinion Majority fur going into Committee its ~l'"us dirge were now to abolish the Commission, and again The House then resolved itself into Committee, Mr. Greene le i - seal' management of the poor to the local anthornies in the chair. . tk asa s hstriets they would have no guarantee that all the Mr. WAKLEY wished to ask the Hon. Gentleman in the l a , i r i t l li t i l a w e - ,::', 4 l ' re Pre ' t tled n i o n t evious t 1834 would not shortly recur. chair, what was the order in which the question would be put, proposed fin five years with a for ci:iitinu og the Commission for five years, as well as the Ili ri 4t iste s e a t ' r rninati o n to uideit permanent. The present amendment of the Hon. alethher fur Rochdale, that it should ti e q, ii. t e ,` )4l (l have no motive ot their own, in making it so. continue ouly fee twe , lve rrionths ? C.'4l,„ ' " a -. 1; .e3 ' had any motive of their owe. it would be, for the The CH AI illll AN said, teat if the question was put that st s , -t rlis4„ -I ' r t - liveit popularity, to join in the cry against the the Commission should be continued for five years, and if an oft ,ef ;i l ,- - ,.: a nd to allow a temporary return to the former amendment was moved that it should be continued only for ltee,,l be . 7"•—(Hear hear.) He believed that the abuses twelve months, he should put the amendment first, according re e !'"a4 ti d 74 `'' were so ' inveterate, that the continuance of a to the forms of the House, riceti„atinas li ig authority was necessary. He thought that the After a desultory conversation, in which Mr. Wakley, Mr. sti, gh oulj ought to be for five years, and that the Commis- Duncimbe, and Sir. Ferrand took part, st it Zttl lori u t be under the supervision of Parliament, but that Mr. I,IItOTHERTON moved that the Chairman report rt e l a a shoe sh '' ,ll, l not be more limited than it was, because, progress anti ask leave to sit again. tie r old a b us e term, term, or with less authority, he did not think Mr. WAKLEY gave notice that if the motion for reporting tai s entr e j " could be eradicated so far as to dispense with progress were carried, he would, on the next occasion, when the Ile se . ,Tner s o ' Ile did not, however, think that the Cons- Chairman took his seat in Committee, move that the first clause heir benevolent Iser ie ; n gnt to be a check upon the well-const- be postponed, because it was impossible that the Committee trltu;) Heolen.ce of the local guardians.—( Hear, hear, should be able to decide whether the Commission was to last it we t ' NIL, believed that, with their aid, many improve- for five years or for three, until they knew first what were the op t nld Ire d m be made, which, without the Commission, provisions of the Bil', and what were to be the powers of the e a bee evoi, possible to effect. He believed, that by means Commissioners. 11, i wt 44 Commission, and such he believed the present ' The motion (Mr. Brotherton's) was then agreed to, and the o e i. gre at her '"'d the lrn,provements could be effected. Benevolent House resumed. ly gee seii. C ommeoioners to be, uotwithstanding the The Perth Prison Bill was read a third time. hria tt hick h , ne t lige w• has been made against them, and the injurious The Railways Bill Report was brought up and received, and at' , h, tpcie, ith which they were assailed.—(Hear, hear.) the Bill ordered to be engrossed. Di e u : re mov ed, also,. that great and inveterate abuses could • BONDED CORN. 4, r, hear) without producing some individual hardship.— The Report on the Bonded Corn Bill was brought up. th e _lin ~.. Stich were the hard conditions of our nature. JUSTICES JURISDICTION BILL. k RI N I ; venti e ...... ItPoi rd 'cal p rof , :ii , n opposite (Mr. Wakley) had said that The Justices Jurisdiction Bill was read a third time. ~ . pe 'tens of p s-lon would have hailed with satisfaction the CUSTOMS ACTS 'feaPl) h a d (thou Kay to the Commission. Why, he (Sir The Report on the Customs Acts was. brought up, and or inl,r•utr at, their!nought that those gentlemen, with the Hon. dered to be received. te ites a, head, were altogether opposed to any Com- ' The H ouse then adjourned at a Quarter to One. •he k ' all • 'WI • Ppre, ' and yet their objections would be removed by ei tql 4e h li, h e had ent of their own favourite. In that book, from leciongbJust I htt read, the House would see what were the l th e ' t° per Tween the Overseers and the tradesmen, so much t.,,,_ . e ntri ..,__ ,. ent, was considered a moderate profit upon zitlrsietherlct Juuweitittilletshaeuplplied for the we of the poor. If a man I t' s e . tl Pa w that it !tilkt,ll" for the old s .e iately (reality was sent down to till an office in pie lere was mm dNi.as necessary to enforce economy anti a combination against him, and a 'ttr i t;iletely manifested, of 30 and 40 per cent. profits was 4 t tkl eY) in.ine iPle re"ed. If gentlemen were prepared to act They t.,l b . that the commended by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. 111.13kruici:2ttheerixtrpue,:.le,tihpeue,riotjhile. of England and the rate-payers were the management of their own affairs, ~f ee t iiort e syttm of e a v p i , val of the old system.— ( Hear, hear.) treit t ertt -; t he existe ac count;.—(Hear, hear.) In that re r, y• i ii Imp eriarte nce of a superintending Commission was et,llitrei.uet,tu,deofeepreeeeti--tin(gliaear, hear.) It was, perhaps, the profligate expenditure The .ame ;stl a u rile/gel was also of the utmost importanCe in securing tt g that • 4 attenti o , ' ..,, Be the dt, f or nto the poor.—( Hear, hear.) 13e -11:1 _Poo r , thi.‘Lese permanent improvement of the condition r tet eons,,,euk,-;ommission was necessary, he gave his core Ng...04Z. t,support. to the Bill of his, Right Honourable 'enfaFt.) I The decay of the Teeth and Gums arises from various causes; but, principally, it may be attributed to early : neglect, iA health, and the use of Tooth Powders containing mineral and other deleterious acids, which give a momentary whiteness to the Teeth, while they norrode the enamel !—The extreme prevalence of this last cause is too well known to need comment. To this fact, indeed, is principally to be attributed the long Botanical research, which was happily terminated by the most felicitous discovery ever given to the world for the preservation of lie Teeth, Gums, and Lreath, viz. —Rowland s Odonto, or Pearl Dentifrice ; this Powder now occupies a dis tinonshed place at the Toilets of the Sovereigns and the nobility throughout Europe, while the general demand for it at once announces the favour in which it is held by the public at large. MONEY MARKET.—GoId was in a feverish state, owing to the process of sweating, and parties who exp'cted to find money extremely heavy were surprised at its uncommon lightness, which they only perceived when bringing it into the market. Sovereigns with the coupons (or little pieces) cut via were freely offered for 205., and as freely declined, and many persons made fruitless endeavours to turn the scale by filling in the crevico. —Punch. • ._ -,.a-- THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY MORNINGO JUNE 21, 1842. PARLIAM MINORITY IN LANS. DUKES. Norfolk Sutherland menQuisssi. Clanricarde licadlOrt Lansdowne \Vtstminster EARLS. Belfast 'Luce Burlington Chnrlemont Claretioon ttinghatm Errol Forte/cue Leitrim .nn' dace nto DUKES. Devon.lihe Hamilton Leinster Somerset EARL Carlisle k'Court, Capt. Ant robus, Edward Bailey, Joseph Bailey, Josrph, jun. Baillie, Colonel 1-1. Baldwin, C. B. Baring, H. B. Barrington, Viscount Berkeley, itc,n. C. ' Berkeley, Captain Berkeley, H. F. Berkeley, Grantley Bernard, Viscount Blackstone, W. S. Boldrro, 11. H Vottleld, Btrialt Bowring, Dr. Brodie, W. B. Brotherton, J. Burrell, Sir C. N. Chapman, A. Colville, C. R. Courtenay, Viscount Craig, W. G. Crawford, W. S. Crippa, W. Hamer, lion. (4. :tarby, George Dickinson, 1.. H. Douglas, Sir H. Douglas, Sir C. Duncan, Viscount iJORIT Ir-NOES, Duncombe, lion. A. Doncombe 0. Egerton, Sir P. Escott, Itickham Estcourt, T. G. B. Fuller, A. E. Gibson, T. M. Gill. Thos. Gladstone, W. E. Gordon, Hon. W. Gore, Montague Grimsditch, '1 homas Grosvenor, Lord it. Hamilton, W, J. Hampden ' Renn Hawes, B. Hayes, Sir E. Henley, J. Warner Holland, Rcbert Howard, J. K. Howard, H. Hustcy, Thomas Hutt, W. Jermyn, Lord Lambton, Hedworth Lascelle , , W. S Legh, 0. C. Liddel, 11. E. Lowther, J. H. Mackenzie, 'l'. Mainwaring, 'F. Marsland, H. DIVISIONS v'COJIE TAX BILL. FAVOUR OF THE AIARQUIS OF ;OWNE'S RESOLUTION. EA RI.S. BA RONS. Radnor Foley Rosebcry Godolphin Scarborough hathi.rton Yarborough Kinnaird Zetland I cigh 11SCOUNTS. Lov at Duncatincii )lontcagle Melbourne Montfort BARONS. llostyn Bitcman Polumore Belhaven Saye and Sele Camoys Stralti rd Campbell I Stuart de Rethsay (len. urry Suurley olborue Wcnlock ottenham Wrottesley De Fre)ne Denman Dui ally PAIRED OFF. EARLS. Cowyer Fitzhardinge Durham, Bishop Ely, Bishop BARONS. Sherborne Stanley Talbot de Malahide Deny, aiFhop of Non% ich, Bibhop GREAT FOUR-OARED CUTTER RACE. The gentlemen of the University of Cambridge who compose the London Subscription Rooms party, a crew selected from which won the grand challenge cup at Henley on Wednesday, had their annual race on Friday evening last, the distance being as usual, from Westminster to Putney, and the prize silver medals. The attendance was but indifferent, which may in some measure be accounted for by its occurring on the same day as the Royal Thames Yacht contest below bridge, and the aquatic interest being divided. The following gentlemen had been drawn together as competitors:— Names. Colleges. Colours. Messrs. Berestord, stroke ...... St. Peter's ... 3. Fenwiek Emmanuel-- Lilac. 2. A. Pollock 1. Ogler Steercr, Shadwell Messrs. Rioley, stroke Jesus.— ••• • 3. lippleby ... 2. Ronaine Trinity.. Green. I. Nicholls Trinity Steerer, Clive ......... Trinity Hall Messrs. Jones, stroke ........ ..... Cain*. 3. Yatman ..... Cain, 2. Hon. L. Denman..... Mawialene Purple. 1. Shadwell St. John's..... Steerer, Johnson Caiu5.......... Messrs. Massey, stroke Trinity 3. Selwyn Trinity.. Pink. 2. Jolly Trinity 1. Collier Steerer, J. Pollock Messrs.lllitchie, stroke Trinity ........ 3. Cobbold St. Peter's ... 2. Philips . I. lion. G. Denman Trinity. ........ Steerer, Egan The siert took place between six and seven in th e even i ng , all the crews being in readiness, and the race was v er y excel in all observedgot away t oget h er, oar l s e o t d al o y a c rr „, t .i e t s h t , e , d u . t a Ily The clea gentlemen letal e buntil off Lucas's roads, where Lilac went slightly in advance, but cou ld not re tain the position further than Chandler's, wh en Pi nk and Light Blue were again level, and in th is order they went throu g h Vauxhall-bridge, where Pink was about h alf a length in ad vance . In the reach Purple came up, and some very spirited rowing was the result, but in passing under Chelsea-bridge Green fruled their oars against the starlings, an d l ost some ad vantage. Light Blue had drawn well a-head, and retained their position throughout, winning easily, but Purple and Green made a very excellent match from the old church at Battersea upwards. Purple came in second, and Green third. TILE LATE EXTRAORDINARY INTREPIDITY OF A Bov.—Tho extraordinary instance of intrepidity and heroic conduct of the little boy, Joseph Lague, in saving the life of another, the particulars relating to which were detailed in this journal of Thursday last, has been rewarded in a man ner which speaks highly for the liberality of the English public. On Saturday morning Mr. Berkley Westropp, the Secretary to the Royal Humane Society, waited upon the authorities of St. Pancras workhouse, to collect the particu lars of the ease, with a view to lay it before the Governors of that Institution, in order that the poor boy may receive therefrom a suitable reward. The boy and his mother, who is in the receipt of parochial relief, being a widow with seven children, was introduced to Mr. Westropp, and he expressed himself highly pleased pith the poor little fellow's appear ance. On Thursday evening, in eonsequi nee of the para graph in the newspapers, two gentlemen in a cab called at the house of Mrs. Lague, No. 4, Oxford-terrace, King's-road, and presented her with the sum of It. 155., 10?. of which was to go towards buying the boy some clothes, and ss. to be placed in his name in the savings' bank. They promised to call again, and on the mother showing them the book, proving that the deposit had been made, that they would made it up to something hand • some. On Friday morning an elderly genih man, in his car riage, called at St. Pancras Workhouse, and expressed a great do-ire to see the boy. He war sent for by the porter, and on seeing him, the gentleman touk off his glove and shook him cordially by the hand, and gave him a sovereign, promising to see him again and do something for him. Another person pre sented the mother with lbs. for his use, and in the various public-houses about Camden-town subscriptions are in course of being collected. M. Durar.z.--This - celebrated tenor singer, so long known at Paris' as the premi er su j e t o f t h e Grand Opera, is now in London. Whether he com es w ith a view to any pro , fessional engagement, or whether his journey hither is merely for recreation, has not yet positively tran s pired, but the general ed froln Antwer, belie fis that he has accepted an engagement with Mr. Charles Keilible, and that he will ma k e hi s d e b ut as a singer in the English language at Covent.ga r d en nex t s eason. There is a The Briti s h. s hi p R a i n bow, arriv 1 ' rum our that he has been already 111ajesty's Theatre, and th a t Ot ello was to b e h is first character, y Rubini having kindly consented to ta k e the comparatively 'mall •- •• , part of Roderige. , • offered an engagement at her tit seven esterday morning,. tit Brunswick Wharf • CRICKET. MARSLEBONE CLUB V. Tilt Runny S CHOLARS.—The match between eleven of the Marylebene Cl u b and a similar number of yowl; gentlemen stu dents at Rugby school, was commenced on Thursday, and te rminate d the following d ay , at Lord's, in favour of the 111arylebone Club. Th e f o l lowing is the e s eor first i e:— Alar)le tings 94 efi, first second tunings, 67;second innings, 51 Rugby, Marylebene gentlemen thus winning by 52 runs. Some first rate play was exhibited on both sides, _mid it mu st b e admitted T that the young gentlemen acquitted themselves remar k a b ly well, when it is considered that they ha d to contend aga i nst some of the principal players of the first cricketing cl u b in t h e world. The Club went in first, and of this inning s M r. lbbet son (c. by Mr. Hulme) scored 23, Mr. Thackeray (b. by M r . Wrottesley) 14, Mr. I nc e (run out 10, and the Hon. Colon e l Lowth,er (c. by Mr. Orlebar) 7. here was o n l y one bye and one wide ball. In their second innings, Lord E. Hill (b. by Mr. Wrottesley) marked 33, Mr. Curteis (e. by Mr. Hulme) 28, Mr. Hay (run out) 23, Mr. Thackeray (b. by Mr. Wrot tesley) 30, and Mr. A s t e ll (b. by Mr. Wrottesley) 12. The byes and wide halls were three and five. In the first innings of the Rugby gentlemen, Mr. Dacre (net out) o b ta i ne d 19, Mr. Fraser (e. by Mr. Ibbetson) 18, Mr. Hulme (b. by Mr. Curteis) and Mr. Thomson (run out) 7 . The by es were 9 and the wide ball s 20. I n their second innings M r . D acre (h. by Mr. Hay) got 15, Mr. Thornhill ( h . by the Hon. Colonel Lowther) 7, I‘lr. Pell (b. by Mr. Curteis) 7, Mr. Unwin (run, out) 6, and Mr. Wrottesley (run out) 5. The byes and wide balls were 18 and 9. The betting was very limited. --- BA ft UN S. Di norbt n Meth UM Portman (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) SATUEDAY, JUNE 18. RAILWAY ]SILLS.—(In. the Coumittic.) Clause ( That it shall not be lawful to lock the door of any Railway Carliages on the side nearest to those. Stations at which the Trains shall stop to which ouch Carriages belong) brought up, and read the first time : Question put, " That the Clause be now read a second time :"—The Committi e divided— MINORITY—AYES, 4'09. .. Hughes, W. B. Plumptre, J. P. Inglis, Sir It. H. i Sefton, O. W. J. James, Wil ham ltuslim - ook, Colonel Johnstone, Mope :s_lriitli, IC Vernon Jolliffe, Sir W. Somerton, Viscou, t Knight, H. G. Stanley, .W. 0. Langston, J. H. Strutt, Edward Lass eon, Andrew ' Stuart, Villiers Lockhart, William Stunt, 11. C. 4 _ Long, W. Taylor, 'l'. E. Macaulay, T. B. Thornhill, Georc.l MacKenzie, W. F. Trotter, J. Maclean, D Turner, Edmund M•Geachy, F. A. Vere, Sir C B. Marshall, W. Vesey, Hon.T. '4ilnes, itichard Vivian, Captain Mitcalte, Henry 'Waddington, 11. S. Morris, David Wall, C. B. Mortison, James Wallace, It Murphy, F. S. W awn, J. T. O'Brien, W. S. Wilbraham, lion. B Ord, W. TELLEKs. Peelle'', Captain O'Brien, A S. Plumridge, Captain Philips, M. Atha, John Peer Baskenille, I'. B. 51, Blackburne 1. It:oat - hey, /I. Brost no, lion. W. Bub Campbell, A. Clements, Lord Drax, J. 911gdale, W. S. East, J. Buller Ellice, E. Fa , iiliam, E. B. Flollint, John Forbes, William (lore, W. R. 0. Granger, 'l' C. Grogan, Etward Hall, Sir 13. Harmer, Sir John Hardy, John Hindley, Chalks Hodgson, Richard Holmes, W. A'Couri Niitchell, T. A. Mundy, E. ,Diller Neville, Ralph Norreys, Lord O'Brien, J. Oswald. ' J:•mes Pal.. er, Hobert Parker. John Patten, Wilkon Pendarves, E. W. Prated, W. T. Pringle, A. Pusey, P. RasliTigh, Wm. Rice, E B. Rose, Sir George Round, C. G. Rundle, J. Rus.ell, Charles dandon, Lord Seymour, Sir H. Somerville, Sir W. Sotlieron, T. E. Stanton, W. H Stewart, P. M. Stock, 1)r. rollo?e, Sir John Yorke, Hon. E. 'I% TELLERS. Layani, Captain Sutton, lion. h. M Clause, And be it enacted, That no Railway shall be used on any part of the Lord's Day : Provided always, and be it fur ther enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend to prohibit the use of any Railway on the Lord's Day in cases of charity or nececsiti :—Question put," That the Clause be now brought up :: : fhe Committee divided— AIINORITY—AYLS, 8. Bernard, Viscount Grogan, Edward Campbell, A. Hayes, Sir E. Ffolliott, John Morris, David Forbes, William Round, C. G. TEL LEHR. Plumptre, J. P. Hardy, John A ntrobus, Edmund J. Bailey, Joseph, jun. Barrington, Lord Berkeley, C. Bei ktley, Captain lielkeley, H. F. I3erkeley, G `Mtheld, BQriah Botvring, Dr. Brodie, W. B. tJORITY- NOES, Gore, Montague Gore, W. R. 0. Granger, T. C. Grimsditch, T. Grosvenor, Lord R. Hall, Sir B. Hamilton, W. J. Hain t .den, Rena Hawes, li. Henley, J. W. Hindle, Charles Hodgson, R. Holknid, Robert Holmes, \V. A'Court , Houldsworth, T. Howard, J. K. Howard, H. r,nwiers, Lord Hughes, W. B. Hussey, Thomas Hutt, W. Inglis, Sir R. H. Jernayn, Earl Jervis, J. Johnstone, Hope Lambton, H. Langston, J. H. Layard, Captain Leith, George C. Lincoln, Earl of Lowther, J. H. Macaulay, T. B Mackenzie, W. F. Marshall, \V, Marsland, H. Meynell, H. 105. :►litcalfe Henry Mitchell, 'l'. A. Morrison. James Alui.dy, E. M. Iklurphy, F. S. I Norreys, Lord O'ltrie , A. Stafford Il d, W. Oswa , d, James Palmer, R. Parker, John Patten, J. Wilson Pechell, Captain Philips, Mark Plumridge, Captain Rundle, John Ittishbrooke, Colonel Itusstll, Charlea Sandon, Lent Seymour, Lord Smith, Vernon Stanley, Hon. W. 0. Stock, Dr Strutt, Edward Stuart, W. Vi , liers Sutton, Hon. H. M. Taylor, Thomas E. Trotter, John Vesey, thomas Wall, B. Wallace, R. Wood, C. Young, John Brotherton, J. Browne ' W. Bailer Sir J. B. Y. Burrell, Sir (7 . M. Bu tei d, Wm. Chapman, Aaron Clements, Lord Courtin Jai, Viscount Craig, W. Gibson rawiorti, W. S. Dziner, Hon. Dawson Darby, George Dickinson, F. H. Douglas, Sir C. E. Max, J. S W. E Duncan, Lord Duncorribe, A. E.cott, Bichkam Heiden, J. Fuller, A. E. 6a,kell, M. , - Gibson, I'. M. Gill, Thomas_ t;lac . istone, W. E. Gordon, Lord F. TELLERS. Fremautlw, Sir T. Baring, H. B. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. During the whole of yesterday morning much excitement per vaded the neighbourhood of Islington, from a report obtaining circulation, that a temal e , name d Elizabeth Carter, had been murdered and thrown down a well 150 feet deep, situate in Alr. Buckingham's rope-ground, in the Chalk-road, but a few hun• dred yards tram Pocock's-field, the scene of the murder of the unfortunate Air. Templernan. From inquiries instituted by the Reporter, the following facts relative to this sini,ular, and indeed mysterious affair, were elicited. It appeals that a man named Joseph Carter, a coal porter, in the employ of Air. Curtis, of Thornhill Wharf, lived with his wife, the deceased woman, in a small cottage in the Rope-ground above alluded to, and who is stated to have been strange in her mind for some lime. About a quarter before five o'clock yesterday morning, the people in the neighbourhood were alarmed by loud cries proceeding from the Rope-ground, and, on their entering, they found Carter running about declaring that he believed his wife was down the well, the flap of which he had found open, and which he said led him to that belief. His statement was that he had just woke, and found his wife had gone from his bed, and that he had been searchieg about everywhere, but without success. The police were called in, and some labourers present volunteered to descend the well, which had not above two or three feet of water in it at the bottom, and where they discovered the body of the woman. With the greatest difficulty they were enabled to raise it to the surface, and when they succeeded, a most ghastly and heart-rending sight presented itself. The dashing against the sides of the well, as the body of the unfortunate woman descended, had cut it dreadfully about the head and face, covering it with blood. On seeing it the man Carter rushed into the house, and seizing a razor was about to terminate his own existence, by cutting his throat, but was prevented, and secured ty the police. He was placed in the custody of some of his frienas and the police, who are stationed on the premises. The unfortunate woman was 30 years of age, and it is said lived on very unhappy terms with her husband. A HINT FOR LORD JOHN RUSSELL. TO THE EDITO1? OF THE SUN. SIR,—It strikes me that not the least effectual way to cheek bribery at elections would be, by acting on the principle of " setting a knave to catch a knave." Let it be enacted, that whoever gives or receives a bribe shall be liable to a tine of 1001., or upwards, and that the receiver may inform against the giver, and vice versa. The informer to be indemnified, and to re ceive half, or the entire of the penalty. lithe information be laid by a third party, and proved, let both giver and receiver be fined in the full amount, and both be disqualified. If Lord John avails himself of some such provision as this, few honour able M. P.'s would leave themselves in the power of profligate electors ; nor, on the other hand, would electors expose them selves to the chance sof M.P.'s turning informers. I am, Sir, sour obedient servant, Huddersfield, June 17, 1:442. J. F. On Sir John Easthope's motion, on Thursday, for the abolition of Church -rates, Mr. Gill paired otf with Mr. Plumptre. {ADVERTISEMENT. IMPORTANT TO ALL THOSE WHO EXPECT TO DE RIVE BENEFIT FRObt DRINKING SODA WATER.—Setivveppe's Soda Water is so universally known and appreciated, not only throughout the United Kingdom, but throughout the civilised world, that any enconium on its merits might appear super fluous; but as since its original introduction, upwards of half a century since, many imitators have started up, with more or less claims to public patronage, J. S. and Co. take the liberty of reminding their friends and the public that the above Cele brated Water continues to be manufactured on the largest scale and upon the most scientific principles at their chief es tablishment, 51, Berners-street, London; and also at their three branch Manufactories in Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby ; and that consumers may be supplied with the genuine article at. most of the respectable Chemists, Confectioners, and Italian Warehouses in every province of the United Kingdom. The just reputation of their manufacture, and the consequent de mand for it, have tempted unprincipled persons (many of them of apparent respectability) to practice a deception, against which Schweppe and Co. are anxious to caution the public. The deception referred to is that of passing off a spurious article for " Schweppe's." by selling it in Schweppe's marked bottles. The temptation to this is, the cheapness of the infe rior water, although in most cases the consumer is charged the same. By this artifice a common water is surreptitiously palmed on the public for the genuine—the reputation of the latter is prejudiced by the substitution of a bad article—and a certain proportion of the public patronage diverted from its legitiaate channel. To obviate these several evils, Schweppe and Co. have adopted the plan of placing a Red Label over the cork of each bottle, representing the Royal Appointment in the centre, and the name of their firm on each side, with out which none is genuine. Schweppe and Co. refer with pride to the fact that they constan , ly supply the Royal Palaces of London and Windsor, as well as the principal Nobility in the three kingdoms ; nor is the demand for their Soda Water less constant on the continent and in other parts of the world. Merchants and Shippers in general connected with the Eatt and West Indies and our numerous Colonies arc continually transmitting orders received from their respective agents and correspondents, and highly gratifying is the testimony .Schweppe and Co. are in the habit of receiving from gentle. men returned from abroad, of the luxury afforded them by their s o d a Water when met with in tropical climates, and of the high condition in which it is generally found. The Water ordered for foreign countries is manufactured with an express reference to its destination, and it is well known that no other can equally well endure the variations of climate. Schweppe's 1-ernonade is an elegant preparation of mere recent intro duction, but from its refreshing and wholesome properties is rapidly getting into extensive reputation. It is an effervescing draught of most agreeable flavour, and made of the best mate rials, without regard to cost. Physicians and medical men constantly recommend it in cases of fever, &e., nor is it less de sirable as an article of luxury. Every genuine bottle will have a yellow lable on its side, with the name and address of the firm. Schweppe and Co. are the largest importers of the German Sel , ser Water; which they receive direct from; a springs, in quarts and pints, and which they offer to the publi in the original packages. N.B.—Export orders for all climates executed on-thrshorteOt notice. r , • !PORTUGAL. FALMOUTH, JUNK 18.—The st e a mer R o y a l T a r arriv e d thi s mu. ning, with the Peninsular mails and the followirgpmaengers : --Messrs. Bond, Cowen, Carver and family, Thornton, Aulojo, hobinson, Glovtr, Blandin, Jones, Harmony, Mr. and Miss ( !lurch, CamFbell and child, Gordon, Vassin, Raymond, Eastland, Londlake, Mr. and Miss Medlicott, Mrs. Knowles, and three children, Mr. Richland, sliss Bickinart, Mrs. 111'Kenzie and servant, Mr. Al`Crevoir, Mr. and Miss Moon, B ow l e s, Ireland, Cruell, Belmote. The dates are, Gibraltar, 9th ; Cadiz, 10th ; Lisbon, 13th , 01.orto, 14th ; Vigo, 15th. 1 he steamer Little Nile, belonging to Mr. Waghorn, which sailed from hence, on the 2d instant, for Alexandria, reached • Cur unna safely, and, after obtaining a supply of coals. resumed her voyage, but soon afterwards ran ashore at Cape Finisterre, and was tt,telly lost ; crew saved. LISBON, JUNE 13.—The result of the primary elections (for electors) has been decidedly favourable to the Government througheut the whole country ; and indeed to that degree that it is very doubtful whether the ultra and Aliguelite league will be able to bring in a single individual of their party to the Cooes. 1 state this fact upon the authority of the official , gazette, w hich, although it is flatly denied by the ultra journals, who claim the victory for themselves, no doubt is substantially correct. The contest appears to have been carried on everywhere with an earnestness and spirit never before dis played on any similar occasion in Portugal. The Aliguelites threw atl the weight of their power and influence into the wale of the ultras, but to little or no purpose. Had their coalition been fully effected at a former period, their united strength might have proved more than a match for that of the liovernment ; but the alteration in the law regulating the elective franchise, consequent upon the restoration of the charter, by depriving great numbers of them of the right of toting, at the same time that it has left to the Government the immense advantage of having at its command a Bost of employes qualified, by virtue of their very office, to vote, has rendered their union far lest formidable than it would other wise have bet n. '1 he Government is loudly accused, by its ad versaries, of having had recourse to unfair practices to insure its own success—such as eompellings all public functionaries to give their votes in its support on pain of dismissal, and using a variety of tricks and stratagem s too numerous to be detailed. The first of these charges there is every reason to believe is perfectly well founded; in the others is probably much ex aggeration. The election for De sties will commence on Monday next, the 2 0t h inst. A s to their issue there can be no question; it must, of course, be the same as that of the primary elections which have just terminated, and the Govern ment is therefore perfectly sure of a large majority in the Chamber of Deputies. _ _ It is said that one of the prir.cip.l causes that led to the re!Governmentlllinister by M. de Varennes, was a com plainta u made e t 4 the Prin c e de Joi nv ill e an d (h is the officers of the Belle Poule frig a t e, of a " manque clegard" e French —a vi ant of courtesy on his part towards them during their late visit to this port. Her Alajesty's ship Indus, 84, Captain Sir James Stirling, sailed from this on Friday last for Malta. The only Briti,h ship of war now in the Tagus, is the L)nit schooner, Lieut. Lturslem. IRELAND. GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION A T ENNIS. DUBLIN, JUNE 16.—The following is from the Limerick Chronicle:— " JUNE 18.—The proceedings before Mr. Commissioner Smyth were brought to a close on Wednesday evening; but fir all the light that has been thrown upon the transactions of the 6th, it might just as well not have been held at all. Mr. Smyth is to make a report, grounded nn the evidence, to Go vernment—a difficult task, you must admit, when it is remem bered that every one of the witnesses differ from each other en material points. Captain De Ruvynes was examined on Tues. da y , but his testimony was just as confused, and, as reported, just as unintelligible and contradictory as that of the previous itnesses. One thing only is to be gathered from it, and that iv certainly important, viz., that the firing was as unnecessary as it was illegal. In reply to a question of the Court, Captain De Ruvynes distinctly stated that the police were not in any danger. . . "Court—l want to know whether, if the police had not fired during the night, the stores of Mr. I3annatyne would be forcibly broken open, and the property abstracted?—lt is my opinion that if there was no firing during the night the stores would neither be broken open nor the property abstracted." INQUEST ON THE Bosoms OF MACNAMARA AND DARET. The Limerick Reporter, received this morning, furnishes us with the proceedings before the Coroner on the bodies of Mac- Damara and Darey, The evidence was substantially th e same as that given on the previous investigation ; but you will per ceive f-om the verdict, of which a copy is annexed, that the Jury have caste serious imputation on the police officers Browne andFitzimon. The following is a copy of the verdict : " We find that deceased caine by his death from the effects of a gun-shot wound in the leg, inflicted by one of a party of police, consisting of 36 men, who were stationed on the mill road, for the protection of Mr. Bannxtyne's store, on the night of the 6th inst., by which wound he lingered and died on Mon day, the 13th inst. ; but by which of the maid party said sh o t was fired we have no evidence. We also find that the people were in the act of retiring when said shots were fired, and that no necessity existed for firing. We further find that Mr. Browne and Mr. Fitzsimon gave the word ' fire' immediately atter Captain de Ruvynes had said, If you do not disperse, the men must fire ;' but we do not consider his saying so to be any justification for the firing." The Chief Justices open the Special Commission for Tippe rary on the 28th, just ten days before the commencement of the circuit, at an expense to the Treasury of about 4,0001. ; and yet, if the statement of the country pipe's is to be credited, Tipperary is at the present moment in the enjoyment of the most profound tranquillity. Lord De Grey is about to visit the German Spas, which have been recommended by his physician. The Evening Mail of last night announces that Mr. Nicholls does not return to Ireland as Chief Commmissioner of Poor-laws, and further, that the entire system of administration is to be revised, for which there is certainly a crying necessity, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YKSTERDAY. Betwetn forty and fifty members attended yesterday afternoon, not, we conceive, with any expectation of spe culating upon future events, but for the purpose of as c'irtaiiiing the chances of an ultimate adjustment of the heavy outstanding Derby balances. Of these we could only Lind one that is in train for settlement.; upon that the friends of the party in arrear have handed over 5,0001. towards a partial liquidation of the claims upon him ; an addition of about 220/. would allow a dividend of Bs. in the pound, and to make tip the amount application was made to those who are indebted to the " estate" for the sums due; they refuse, however, to pay in a higher pro• portion than the composition, alleging that it will be time enough to produce the remainder when the balance on the other side is forthcoming; whether the money would be received with this understanding was not settled when we left the room. 1 he betting resolved itself into the iollowing brief list:— NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Heseltine's The Shadow--taken 6 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Beeswing 3 to 1 agst Shadow and Mona—taken ITyllus does not go. GOODWOOD CUP. to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Beeswing—no backers 7 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Middleham—taken 10 to 1 agst Duke of Orleans' Nautilus—taken At the close only 8 to 1 was offered agst Nautilus. GO ODWOOD STAKES. Offers to give 10 or tak e 1 2 to 1 agst t h e fi e ld. t to ne's W e lf are —t a ken 15 ag agsts t A . rr. ia e Y lley's D a ddy L ong l eg s s' h 5O to 1 agst Mr. Day's Vi o l a — ta k en . The backer of Welfare off ere d t o go on —D a ddy Long - t o legs was backed once at 10 to 1. 25 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Legend filly—taken 25 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sister to Flambeau —t. MOVEMENTS OF THE ORDNANCE CORPS IN CANADA:. A private letter, dated Montreal, May 28, has been received at Woolwich, and contains the following account of the changes about to take place in Canada t—Major Furneaux's company of the Royal Artillery was to march on the 31st of May from Montreal to Chambly, when Captain Cater's company, sta tioned there, would immediately proceed to Kingston. Illajor Armstrong's company will arrive at Montreal on the 31st May, and he assumes the command of the Artillery in that district on the Ist June, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Macbean, who pro ceeds to Engl a nd w i t h hi s f am il y, a b out t h e 4th or sth of June, in the Douglas, for London. Major-General Sir James A. Hope, K. C. 8., having arrived at Quebec, by the Acadia, to take the command of the district, Lieut.-General Sir James Macdonnell, K. C. 8., and K.C. H., who lately held the com mand, will embark in the ship Douglas on her arrival at . Quebec, for a passrge to England. The Governor-General, Sir C. Begot, G. G. 8., arrived at Montreal on the 21st May; and was received by the inhabitants in the most enthusiastic man ner, arches having been erected in the streets, with other de monstrat inns of loyalty and approbation. Captain Hill, and a detachment of Major Harrison's company, left Montreal for Amherstberg, to relieve Capt. Sheppard and a detachment of Major Otway's company, on the 29th May. Major Otway's company will proceed to Quebec on the arrival of Captain Cater's company at Kingston. Major Harrison goes to Kingston, and Captain Glasgow, with Lieutenant- Colonel Colquhoun's company to Montreal, to await the arrival of the companies from England, when he goes to Quebec, as there will be one of the new companies stationed at Montreal with Major Armstrong's company, arid the ether at Quebec, with Lieutenant Colonel Colquhann's company. Colonel Campbell and Lieutenant Townsend are at Kingston. The Colonel is on the Board still sitting respecting the fuel sup plied to the troops, and it is expected the members of the Hoare will have to go over all our military stations in Canada before their labours are concluded. Captain Wodehouse and Lieut. Wright will immediately proceed to England. Lieutenant Fitzgerald rt mains at Chambly for three months, and does duty with Major Furneaux's company at that station. From other private 'sources it is utdetstood the whole of the officers of the Royal Engineers and the Sappers and Miners tinder their command, will be: withdrawn from Canada. It was at first intended that these troops should have been removed direct to Gibraltar, but in consequence of the Admi ra lty having represent e d t hatl a passage for them . would be attended with greater inconvenience than to England, it has been're solved to send a company from this country to Gibraltar, and that the others in Canada return home to occupy the vacant station, which will be at Chatham, in the event of the 11th company being selected for foreign service. MAJOR-GENERAL ELPHIN STONE. TO ,THE EDITOR OF THE sqx SIR,-•-i shall feel very much obliged by your inserting the accempanyink letter, addressed to the Morning Advertiser, in your valuable paper ; and remain. Sir, your most obedient servant, COLIN HALKETT, Lieut.-General. United Service Club, June 16. Copy of a Letter from Lieut.-General Sir Colin Halkett, G.C.8., to the editor of tke. Morning Advertiser. " United Service Club, June 16. " Sir,—My attention has only just been called to a letter signed T. M.,' which appeared in your paper of Thursday last, reflecting on the conduct of Major-General. Elphinatone at Waterloo. My name having been alluded to in the above statement, I feel myself bound to state that as I did not leave the field, in consequence of my wound, untjl the close of the battle, I had an opportunity of observing the conduct_ of the whole division, the command of which bad devolved upon me earlier in the day in consequence of the wound of Lieut: General Count Alten, and that I am warranted i n s t a ti ng that there is no ground at all.for the assertions made against the conduct of Major-General Elphinatone—on the contrary, his behaviour was in every respect that of a gallant officer. "I did not accompany the division on its march to Paris; but in consequence of the Major of Brigade having been killed, and there being no staff-officer with the bth Brigade, I ordered my senior aide-de. camp, Capt. Marshall, to accompany Major- General Elphinstone, on whom the command had devolved; and on the Captain's return to me at Brussels his report was entirely favourable to Major-General Elphinstona. "I beg. therefore, distinctly, to state that the allegations iti the letter of T. M.' as to what occurred during the battle are false and ungrounded; and bf what is stated to have taken place during the march to Paris I never beard one word until the publication in your paper of Thursday last was brought to my notice. The enclosed letter from Lieutenant-General Sir Peregrine Maitland, who commanded the brigade of Guards, sets that part of the subject at rest. " Requesting you will be pleased to give these letters an early insertion in your parr, " I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, " COLIN HALKETT, Lieutenant-General. " P.S. The accompanying letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Harty, commanding the 33d Regiment, has also been trans mitted to me. " Southwick-crescent, June 14. " Dear Sir Colin,—An anonymous publication has been sub mitted to me, in which an, officer commanding a regiment in your brigade at Waterloo is stated to have quitted his corps when theywere compelled to retire, and, instead of endeavour ing to rally them, to have made th e b es t o f hi s way to t h e nearest square olGuards ; and, further, that he was then repri manded by the officer commanding the Guards, and desired to go back to his regiment. In justice to Lieutenant-Colonel, now Major General Elphinstoue, the officer respecting whom the statement is made, I, feel myself called upon to assure you that I was so situated in xespect to the square in question during the whole day, that bad an officer from another corps badany communication with it,"l could scarcely fail to have been aware of it ; but Leither I, nor, as far as I can find, any other officer of the Guards present in the battle, either witnessed or heard of the circumstance related by the anonymous writer until the paragraphs in his letter were submitted to them. " 1 remain, dear Sir Colin, yours faithfully, " P. MAITLAND. " To Lieutenant-General Sir C. Halkett, G.C.8." " 11, Promenade-villas, Cheltenham, June 14. "My dear Parkinson,..—l am grieved to find that the Morn ing Advertiser, of the 9th, has made a malicious and false attack on our old and good commanding officer, General Elphinstene, and hope you intend to. write to the Editor, con tradicting the whole statement. I can state positively that I had the honour of serving under him as Captain on the 16th, 17th, and 15th of June, and while the regiment "reniained in France, and never saw a soldier more cool and possessed of more courage than he ealubited on all o ccas i ons w hil e i n com mand of the re g im en t , ' and that part of the paragraph which states that the men on the line of march up to Parts called him a coward. is equally untrue. It never came to my know ledge that such a scandalous assertion bad ever been made ?in specting him till it appeared in this newspaper. There is not a shadow of a ground for any of these charges against our old commanding officer, and therefore 1 hope you will not allow such falsehoods to remain uncontradicted. Ever truly yours, • "J. AL HARTY, Lieutenant-Colonel, " Commanding 33d Regiment. " To Colonel Parkinson, C. 8." THE KIRK. (From the London Correspondent of the Scotsman.) Two of the great apostles of the agitation—Doctors Candlish and Buchanan —were deputed to London, to proselytise Members of Parliament. 'I hey arrived in the metropolis, per steamer from Leith, with a cargo of the pamphlets and publications of the General Assembly. These active arid zealous missionaries, to do them justice, disseminated far and wide their paper and print. "'I he Claim, Declaration, and Protest of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland," in a goodly quarto type, and " the Church of Scotland's Claim_of Right; to which are prefixed the speeches of Dr. Chalmers, Dr. Gordon, and Mr. Dunlop, in the General Assembly, in support of the same, May 24, 1842," were duly on the breakfast-table of every Member of the House of Commons this morning—whether Tory, Whig, or Radical. Nor did they confine their la hours to this dissemination of tracts. They got Mr. Fox Maule to sign a circular to two hundred Members of Par liament, inviting the Representatives of the people to hear their " sweet voices" this afternoon on the grievances of the Kirk, at the British Coffeehouse, Cockspur-street, Westminster. But, uith the usual fatality attending the agitators, the hour named was unfortunately two o'clock—affording only two hours for the "explanations," as the House of Commons meets at four o'clock. Clergymen are apt to be long in their discourses; and the two hours, as might have been imagined, did not suffice for a patient hearing of Drs. Candlish and Buchanan I '1 he meeting, thus ill-advisedly convened, was an utter failure. Not more than two dozen Members of the House of Commons at tended this funeral service of the Kirk. The paucity of at tendance evidently much abashed and discomfited the agitators. Their select vestry was composed of equal parts of Tory, Whig, and Radical, English, Scotch, and Irish M.P.'s ; of Scotch Non-Intrusionists, English Saints, and Irish Presbyterian Pro testants—a motley jury to hold an inquest on the suicide of the Kirk ! I must, however, do lir. Candlish the justice to say, that after he had recovered his breath from the panic of this miserably thin audience, he earnestly and eloquently descanted on the text of his mission for an hour and a quarter. The reverend improvisatore ably and fervently handled the Non- Intrusion history, from its commencement in 1834 to the present hour. Dr. Candlish was to have been followed and backed up by his fellow-apostle Buchanan ; but Mr. T. 11. G. Escourt (the Member for Oxford University, and a Doctor of Civil Law), putting some hard questions on the sentiments of the Kirkites in regard to civil and ecclesiastical law, an interlocutory dis cussion followed Dr. Candlish's long sermon, which occupied so much of the only remaining half-hour, that the meeting broke up on an intimation from Hon. Members that in all probability , there would be no house" unless all the M. P.'s present im ma diately departed to attend in their places in the House of Commons ! This notable assembly, therefore, was prema turely dissolved, and adjourned sine die to St. Stephens. The scene then resembled the drawing up of the curtain for a new opera, where the manager comes on the stage and announces —" Ladies and gentlemen, 1 regret to say that the prima donna is so seriously indisposed, that she cannot possibly appear before you this evening but at the risk of her life." A more ludicrous juggle never took place. The actors in this mum mery had been cautioned that the trick would le played, but, like the sceptics, could not be induced to believe. Thus are the Non-lntrusionists fairly floored by the wily Premier and I by false friends, and thus is all legislation cushioned ! SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS: TOM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The debate and division on the Ballot, which is to be brought before the House of Commons to 7 morrCnv by Mr. Ward, will, under e x i s ti ng cir cumstances, excite more than ordinary attention: If the sukect, from the frequency with which it has been debated, preclude the possibility of novelty in argument, the arguments which its advocates will again employfor the purpose of urging its adoption on the Legislature, will be clenched by the more powerful energy of facts. The mode by which a large proportion of the Members of the House of commons obtained their seats at the last election .is now so notorious—the evidence which has estab lished bribery and other corupt practices, in many cases, and the generally-admitted em ployment of similar influences in more, have established a conviction in the great bulk of the community, that a pure constituent body cannot exist with open voting. The desire for the former, which all profess to feel, naturally implies an applica tion of the means best calculated to secure the latter. The former ekponents of the Ballot, if they persist in their opposition, are now emphatically called upon tt3r propose a better protection to the franchise than that which the ballot-box would sup ply. The old pretence, that to l oo k f or perfection in any system 1 is futile, and that the present mode of voting " works well," cannot longer prevail. The present system, it is now admitted on all hands, works ill. The appalling scenes which have recently, in numbers unprecedented, been brought to the view of Parlia ment, and have been dxhibited to the public eye in the reports of its proceedings and those of its Election Committees, must render it impossible for this cuckoo note of the Tories on former occasions to be revived in the coming debate. Ridiculous as it was aforetiine , in the estimation of the country, it would be still more so at the present time. A protest would be found against its use in the numerous reports of the Election Committees, and in the numerous cases of alleged corrupt compromise referred to Select Com mittees, condemning, with the stern dignity of outraged truth, the monstrous assumption. The House of Commons cannot, with its present damaged reputa tion, afford to treat the remedy for bribery and cor ruption in the election of its Members with the same indifference approaching to contempt as when the Ballot was before it in former Parliaments. Every Member who now opposes the proposed remedy without introducing a distinct substitute, does all in his power to perpetuate the disease ; and raises a shrewd suspicion that he is personally interested in preventing a cure. STANDARD.—That the seemingly divided con dition of the Conservative party in Parliament affords a ground of triumph to its adversaries cannot be con cealed ; and the attempt to conceal the truth, at the cost of suppressing a fair estimate of the causes of division, and the proof that these causes are either contemptible or easilyremovable, would be the grossest folly. There is one class of malcontents, calling themselves Conservatives, whom we anxiously dis miss ' at once—they are the earliest, most active, and most persevering of all. Sir Robert Peel was scarcely day in office before they commenced the war against him. These are the disappointed expect ants of office. For the honour of Great Britain let it be remembered that this knot of intrigueis are almost exclusively Irish; not, however, the repre sentatives of the strength and intelligence and loyalty of Ireland—the Protestant, or, if the name is pre ferred, the Orange party in Ireland. No, the names of the Lortons, Farnhams, Verners, Conollys, will not be found among them, but the lingering remnant of the old "undertakers "—the faction of no principle, who have as often betrayed the Protestants of the sister island as they have made use of them. These dis appointed place-hunters are not formidable in num bers, but they are active, and unscrupulous, and malignant ; they understand perfectly well the policy of an ill-timed motion, and do not find it difficult to make use of a part of the Press for their occasions; but the whisper of the clubs is their grand resource. 'We dismiss these, in the first place, as men whose motives are deserving of all contempt, as men who have no thing in common with the other dissatisfied Conserva tives, and whom it would be an injustice of the worst kind to associate with honest and honourable men. In the next place we may refer to those who are displeased with the concessions made to Mr. Roebuck in the matter of election compromises. These are men entitled to respect, first, from the character of the greater number of them, above all from the character of their leader—if Sir Robert Inglis will allow us to call him so—a character second to none in the House of Commons for ability, integrity, and the purest patriotism ; secondly, from their manifest: motive, the love of justice, as they regard justice. These gentlemen are, we think, mistaken ; the very proofs that are advanced to justify their, discontent satisfies us that they are. The third class of the discontented has been created by the financial measures of the Government. To this class we willingly concede all that can be claimed for disinterestedness, honour, and patriotism ; bit we must still persist in protesting against, their anger as unjust. What could the Minister do ? He had a great and growing deficit to supply. He had proof that this could not be supplied by retrenchment or by indi rect taxation. Ihe wealth of the country had not been diminished ; on the other hand, it had enor mously increased, but it had passed into compara tively few hands, and they could be reached only by a property and income-tax. But to obtain a pro perty and income-tax without a' bonus of some kind was hopeless, as the experience of 1816 had shown, and the tariff was the only bonus that could be ofiered ; but the tariff had the necessary effect of arraying against the Ministerial scheme the best feelings of the best men in the country. We must now come abruptly to that which the Con servatives have before them—that on which they may unite, and force the Minister to what we are sure must be his own inclination—a great amelioration of the New Poor-law. If they do not act together upon this question there will be an end to all pretext for complaint that the Minister does not consult the pririmples of his party; for surely it is necessary to the justice of such a complaint that the party prove itself to have some principles in common. Never theless, here we have Conservatives—men we doubt not, of conscience and honour—so wedded to the sys tem of discipline and centralisation, as even to con demn beforehand the slight amelioration promised by the Home Secretary; for it is to condemn even these slight ameliorations to eulogise the present law as the Member for Droitwich has eulogised it. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 20. The Court sat is Banco this morning, for the purpose of dis ',wing of arrearii in the special paper. The cases argued turned upon teel.nical points of practice merely. COURT OF EA:CHEQUER, Junc 20. CLAYTON V. NUGENT. This was a case left by th e C our t o f Ch ancer y t o b e tried before a special jury. The question at issue was the validity of a will made by the late Sir G. East, by which he demised his real property to the plaintiff in this case, who is the second son of Sir William Clayton, Bart. The defendant was heir at-law to the property. It appeared that the testator, who was a person of somewhat eccentric temper, drew up the will without legal assistance, and had it attested by two of his servants. This took place in the year 1820, and two additions were made to the will in the years 1525 and 1827, which were similarly at tested. The various bequests were made to parties who were designated by different letters of the Greek alphabet ; and a paper was added to the body of the will, stating that the key to these letters would be found on a card locked up in a certain desk. 'The card was found as pointed out by the testator after his demise in the year 1828. There were various circumstances, however, which created a suspicion that this card was not in existence at the time the will was attested, or at least that it had undergone some alter ations. It appeared too that some of the Lequests made were written in pencil-marks, and some of those marks seemed to have been erased while others were substituted in their stead. In some parts of the will blanks were left, which had never been tilled up. It was further shown, that in the year 1820, a legatee was mentioned under the family name of a husband to whom she was not married until the year after. On these grounds the Counsel for the defendant contended that the will had not been legally executed, that the testator had altered it after it had been attested, and that there was nothing to prove that the card con taining the key to the names of the legatees had been written at the same time with the will itself. The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the defendant—thus setting aside the demise of the real property made in the will, and declaring that it should be given over to the defendant. who is the heir at-law. The Solicitor-General appeared for the plaintiff, and the Attorney-General for the defendant,. BAIL COURT, June 20. Several undefended cases were disposed of in the morning. IVISON V. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is as accountant, against the defendant, who is a banker, ter ar ranging the banking books. The case was altogether one of account, and possessed no general interest. The Jury brought in a verdict for the defendant. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. STA BEIT,G..— Thomas Shore, aged 23, was indicted for feloniously cutting and stabbing John Shore, his brother, with intent to murder hi m . O t h er counts o f t h e i n di c t m ent charged him with the offence with intent to do some grievous bodily halm. On the prosecutor being called he did not answer, and the Court, was informed that he declined to come forward. The prosecutor was then called on his recognizance', and the trial proceeded without him. From the evidence it appeared. that on the 22d May last the prisoner, with his brother, called the B ear , a t. Hanwell. was drinking in a public - house After they had been there some time they entered into an angry conversation, and the brother of the prisoner struck hint a violent blow, and knocked him , (loon and kicked him. A scuffles •enfued„ and the prosecutor, I John Shore, went out of the house. The prisoner; followed him with a knife, an d said be would stab him. He came up tr..the prosecutor, 44 stsbVed hip in *lower part of the body. The 3 i f lw , x.1. -- . _ „ ihis ~..... ...._,, q t prosecutor was taken to a surgeon, and the tiftbf .'' . ~-;• • , .-44 • _to be dangerous. The prisoner was taken ittl `rm, 19)Ei,,n,,,, ,v t I next morning. - 4,, -.) 61 ,,,,, , --"f , TP:tr . , The prisoner, in his defence, said that he biota' . - ‘ 4 /k the transaction. i ' 5..., - -' P - - . -- -- -- ' - .7 -2 * - -.. Mr. Baron Guam then summed up the evi Jury retu r n e d a verdict of Guilty, wi th intej li t: At t4z isi 1 5O , " ' ll 'grievous bodily harm, recommending the prisoner to mercy oin account of the provocation he had received. The LiA B.NED JUDGE then addressed the prisoner, and said 1- he had been convicted of a most set iout offence. As there was considerable provocation he should not-then pass sentence, but would leave him in the hands of the Crown. Nicholas Foster, aged 32, was indicted for feloniously cutei us and wounding Ellen Foster, his wife, with intent to mur d er her. Oth er coun t s charged the prisoner with the offence with intent-to do grievous bodily harm. This case has been recently before the public, when it was investigated before the Magistrates. • The prosecittrix did not answer to,he'r name when it was stalled. The witnesses who were called stated that the prcisecntris had called for assistance, saying that the prisoner had cut ber threat with a razor while thewas in bed. the prisoner at the time laid that it was an accidene-wbich bad occuriwd is a squabble between him and his wife. The LEARNED JUDGE having summed up the evideirce, The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty on the second ccaut, and the prisoner was sentenced to Jo years' transponation. NEW COUtk 71 The C9mmon Sergeant presided in this Court, but the rases were all of trifling importarkce. POLICE Ir TE.LLIGENCE. 130 TV - S 7'l?E E 7 '. TOIL Readon was placed at the bar,.charged with stealing two bushels of oats and a small quantity of chaff, the property of 31r. Butterfield, ander the following circumstances Mr. Butterfield stated that he was the proprietor of a wharf in Arundel-street, Strand. On Thursday last, about five o'clock in the morning, he heard a one-horse cart go down the bill, on to the wharf by the side of his dwelling-house. He im mediately got out of bed and proceeded to his counting-house. He saw the prisoner drive the cart down to the wharf and dis charge it of a load of manure. When the prisoner had unloaded his cart, witness observed him driving - back again, and as be passed the stable door with his cart witness SRA the sack thrown into it. The prisoner went on without stopping till ho got to the top of the hill, when witness laid hold.of him and =tie him give up the sack; he then allowed Into to go, but spoke to a policeman on the subject, who took ike prisoner into custody On . Saturday. Immediately after the transaction alluded to, witness spoke to his ostler, and accused him of robbing him, and in about ten minutes afterwards he decamped, and tiad not since been seen. Wr itness had kept the sack locked up in his count ing-house since Thursday until this morning, and ne one had access to that house but witness and hit son. Policeman, G 215, took the prisoner into custody; the on ly observation he made at the time was, c' l thought it wodld came to this." 'Mr. HALL ordered the prisoner to be remanded till Monday next, for the attendance of the prosecutor's son. ..41 AELB 0 R (.) G 11- 87'11E4T. William Wilkinson, a lad about. 17 years of age, who had been brought up in custody from Margate, was charged with the following robbery. Mrs. Elizabeth Seymour, of No. '24, Maddox.strect, HSTIO.. ver.sqeare, lodging-house-keeper, stated that the pri soner bad been in her service 'for several months, On the Bth inst. she gave him a sovereign to get changed, with which it appears he absconded, and shortly afterwards she die covered that her writing.desk had been broken open, and a 101. and 51. Bark of England notes extracted from it. She directly gas e information of the robbery to the police. Thomas Martin, superintendent of the police of Margate, stated, he. apprehended the prisoner at that place on Thursday last, in consequence of having seen him about the town for several days in a state of intoxication, and profusely spend ing money amongst a set of lads of about his own age. On referring to 'the Police Hue-and- Cry his description was found, and he was therefore brought up to London. On search. ing hiin at the time of his apprehension, a penny-piece and a silver watch (the latter purchased with part of the stolen money) were found upon him. The prisoner admitted having committed the robbery. Mr. Alavrav—What induced 3ou 'to rob your mistress. You had plenty of food, lodging, Rte. ? The prisoner returned no answer. Superintendent Martin stated that the day after he had taken the prisoner into custody, he said that he should not have com mitted the robbery bat for his going to see " the play of Jack Sheppard," he thought he should like. to be "such a daring chap as Bir. Fitzpatrick, the chief clerk said, that Jack Sheppard, Sixteen Stringed Jack, and other such theatrical representa tions, had greatly tended to increase juvenile delinquency, such as the present case. The prisoner was then fully committed. Yesterday William Plasters, a middle-aged mast and Cor nelius Sullivan, a pot-boy, were placed at the bar, charged on suspicion of being concerned in stealing four silver table spoons and two silver salt spoons from the residence of Lord Robert Grosvenor, No. 107, Park-street, Grosvenor-square. The former was brought up for re-examination from Wednes day last, and the latter was apprehended yesterday morning. The facts of the case are briefly as 'follows :—Between five and seven o'clock on Tuesday evening hilst the plate in question was stolen from a drawer in the housekeei•ser's-rootn, and it was evident the robbery had been effected by sone person well ac quainted with the premises. During the time mentioned both the prisoners were seen to enter and leave the house-- Sullivan, who was in the habit of bringing beer to the house, being there about a quarter of an hour before the other, who sweeps a crossing in Park-street, and was OCCS rionally employed to go on errands for the servants. Suspicion attached to them in consequence of their denying that they had been in the house at the time mentioned; but, although the lodgings of Plasters was immediately searched, and every in- quiry possible had been subsequently made at different pawn• brokers, sale-shops, &c., no trace of the property could be dis covered. The prisoners strongly protested their innocence, and Mr. I'MALTBY taidthe evidence was not sufficient to warrant Min in detaining them, but. if any further evidence was obtained they might be re-apprehended.. The prisoners were accordingly-discharged. George Ellis, a very fashionably-tressed young man, we charged with picking pockets. It appeared that about two o'clock yesterday afternoon Mr. Crosby Wolsey, a gentleman at present staying at the Civil, Naval, and Military Club House, in Suffolk-street, Hay market, was passing along Waterloo-place, when the prisoner was seen by a cab-driver to put his hand into Mr. Wolsey's coat pocket. and on withdrawing it to pass something to one of four young men, well dressed, like himself, whom he was in corn. patty with. On Mr.- Wolsey being apprised of what had hap pened, he directly missed his purse, containing about !Ss. in silver, and which he had felt safe but two minutes previously. In the same pocket was his pocket-book, containing 46/. in Bank notes. The prisoner was immediately given into cus tody, but his accomplices escaped. He was remanded until Monday next. Alfred Barnes and Francis Cooke were brought up for fur. (her examination, charged with stealing a quantity of satin and other materials used in tittipg up the theatre, on the occasion of the late ball in aid of the Spitalfields' Weavers. The parti culars of this case appeared in the Marlborough-street police report of Wednesday last. Barnes was fully committed, and Cooke was discharged. i:LERKENWELL. John Merryweather and Williana Trotter were charged with having violently assaulted (with six other persons at present unknown) Mr. James Stephens, the proprietor of tavern in Liquorpond-street, Gray's - Inn-lane, Frederick Benest, a drug gist's clerk, and police constable, 84 G, while in the execution of his duty. No evidence was required to show that the complainants had been cruelly maltreated—two of the policeman's front teeth were knocked out, one of his eyes closed, and he had received severe internal injury. Mr. Stephens's head was much swollen and bruised, and Benest had thrown up large quasi. tities of blood. It appeared that the priseners, with six others, went into the house of complainant between twelve and one tin Sunday morning last, and called for soup, which they refused to pay for. N% hen the landlord persisted in Its demand, Trotter, after breaking every article of glass ware in the room, seized the complainant henest, and threw him out on the flag-stones with great violence. Ile then c•.mmeaieed pummelling Stephens, and when the policeman came, treated him in the manner 'de scribed. Being a powerful man, and a pugilist, they could net get the better of him until pellet man, G N 4, gave him a stroke of his baton on the head, which prevented his doing further mis chief. The other six men made their escape, after insulting a.lady most groskly, who happened to be in the room. GREEZMOOD, after commenting on the atrocity of the prisoner's conduct, said the case was of too serious a nature for summary adjudication. lie would, therefore, send the parties for trial. SOCIETY of TRUE HIGHLANDERS. The annual gathering of the members of this truly benevo lent association took place on Thursday at the enclosure of Copenhagen-house, for the purpose of playing their natioral and ancient game of shinty, or shinny, Ihere was a nume rous attendance of Highlanders, including - reveral lairds, attired in full costume, also the children of the Scottish School, in their kilts, which rendered the scene exceedingly interesting. Mac beach, the piper of the Duke of Sutherland, the patron of the Society, by permission of his Grace, was present, and played during the day several national airs. He wore a magnificent dress, and displayed the beautiful powder-horn, richly mounted in silver, presented to him by her Majesty, for playing at the late Sal costume, at Burlingham takes. After a very well contested game, the company celebrated their anniversary festi val, by dining together in the kip rot m of the above tavern. Thomas sl'henve, Esq., of Applect oss, in the chair, supported by Sir Colin 31‘Kenzie, Forbes M'Neil. Esq, Mr. M'Uregor ( Secretary of the Board of Trade), and Mr. Dowling, editor ( f Bell's Lift in London. Atter the usual, loyal, and patriotic toasts had been drank, with the cu,tomary honoure, se.eral ex• cellent speeches were delivered, explanatory of the objects of the Institution, which are as follow :—Tie advancement and assistance of the inexperienced Highlander. who may tome to London. The relief of aged, indigent, and distressed natives of the Highlands. To encourage and promote a taste for the history, language, ancient customs, and costume of the High lander, and to form a centre around which all classes of High landers in the metropolis, may unite and ci-operate in the great cause of charity, nationality, and social and mental improve ment. The establishment of this Society, although it had been of short duration, had to no inconsiderable extent carried out the principles on which it had been founded, by the relief it had afforded to numerous families, arid the spirit of charity arid emulation it had diffused. Alter a very liberal subscription had been entered into, the company separated highly delighted by witnessing several Highland reels, which were danced by the members in full costume, and with the proceedings of the day,th throughout which the utmost harmony and good feeling prevailed. .ni cf full n eight for MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. POST..—The Bank of England have 'afforded increased ci t ti o an th g e e peritivel great t e o be bt c isi lit ftabcoilLtywbtoietbbeizyubbliecleinssotlhitianinitihiges,e;:nedreair„d, by taking sums of mercantile public, affords no relief to those viho Ire more p 2CI. in.tead of 01. This, although ~o . f a gg e r s e , ticularly losers by the operation of the late order, nan,,i, thepar ticularly classes. It is now difficult fcr these parties, .0 . — t .) are s,so.beel,y; the ependent necessitiesupon of their thtir weekly sages , irn r ithout submitting to gross extertion on the part Yfrkquire it, keepers ; and to such an extent has it been c arried o the shop_ not receive gold in pa)ment for good s of five per cent., or one shilling in the s that many ttoless et a diseoutit sovereign. These parties may perhaps not be altogether' so blameable tint sight, being obliged to protect themselves as may appear at but the facility thus given to fraud c.. 11 hemselves against loss; s most loudly for nine interference, to place the poor labourer beyond the taut-rice of these sharp practitioners. It may here be mentioned that the arrangements at the Bank are extremely inconvenient to suitors on this subject; and when the Rotunda, as it will be, is appre • priated to the payment of dividends, if an s alteratiom be not made, the annoyance • will be much greatser. ANNIVERSAR Y OF THE QUEENS ACCESSlON.—Yes terday was the anniversary of the Queen's accession to the Throne, and it was ushered in by merry pals of bells; the Royal standard was hoisted on different church steerles and public b uildings, and the Park and Tower guns fired double Royal salutes at one o'clock. The House of Lords on Saturday ad. . journe4 te'daY;.4lscl7wbogur of the 9eedaioa. I