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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LTMDS, July 13. The Royal Assent was given by commission to the undermentioned Bills: Passengers. . . Small Debts (Scotland) Act Amendment. Highways (Annual Returns). County Cess (Ireland). Loan Societies. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. Soap Duty Allovrances. Assaults (Ireland). Silver Coinage. Sheriff of Westmoreland. York and North Midland Railway (Deviations, &c.). Black Sluice Drainage Act Amendment (Amendment of Acts, Extension of Tune for Completion of Works, Power to levy and raise further Rates and Moneys, to Alter existing Rates and Tolls, atld for other Purposeo. York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Barmoor and Alninouth New Branches). Charing Cross Bridge Amendment of Acts (Power to alter Authorised Approaches. &c.) East Anglian Railway an l Ely and Huntingdon Rail way (Extension of Time). Newcastle and Carlisle Railway (Alterations of and Branch from Aston Branch). Truro Turnpike Road, Penryn and RAruth Turnpike Road (Consolidation of Trusts, Alterations of Tolls, Forms ion of New Road.). Renfrewshire Justices ..f the Peace Courts. Surrey and Sussex Roads (Amendment of Act and Al teration of Tolls). Congletim Inclosure Act Amendment. Great Yarmouth Haven Bridge and Navigation hi provemen Wes head's Patent (for Improvements in Manufacturing Fur into Fabrics). East Lothian C..ntral Railway (Abandonment of the Railway and Dissolution of the Company). Stockton and Darlington Railway (Consolidation of Acts. &c.) Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (for Branches to the River Dee, Agreeinent for Joint Station at Shrews bury. Power to Subscribe towards the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway). Torq'iay Market. Wh , b-en, Chatteris, Tid-gote, and Downham• bridge Turnpike. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Extension of Ash ton Branch and Clitfird Branch); and The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury's (Walworth) Estate Bill. The Commissioners were the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of :lento, and L , ,rd Campbell rRorECTION OF MINORS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of this Bill. This Bill was rendered necessary because there were no officers in Scotland exercising functions anala gous to those of the Masters of Chancery in England. I; had received the approbation of Lord Robertson, one of the most learned of the Scotch Judges, and of several other members of the Scottish judicial bench. The Bill was then read a second time. MARRIAGES AND REGISTRATION (SCOT LAND) BILLS. The Earl of ABERDEEN rose to address a few words to their Lordships in consequence of certain pro ceedings in the House of Commons, from which he learned that her Majesty's Government had abandoned these two Bills. As he had taken a decided part in opposing cne of those Bills, and hal entered a protest on their journals against its passing, he could only say that he was satisfied with such a result. But, although he deprecated very much the alteration recently proposed in the Scotch law of marriage, he had always been sen sible of the evils arisiag from the difference of the law in the two countries. He thought that the border mar riages were disgraceful to both countries, and he was therefore anxious to see a remedy provided for the evasions of the marriage law of Er.gland by a native of England. If his Noble and Learned Friend near him (Lord Brougham) would resume the Bill which he in troduced on this subject some years ago it would give him great satisfaction; or if some other Noble Lord were disposed to take it up, more competent than his Noble and Learned Friend—which would be very easy— he should certainly acquiesce in that arrangement; but, if no one else would undertake the responsibility of in troducing such a measure, he would in the course of next session lay up in the table a Bill to remedy the great evil so long and so justly complained of. Lord•BROUG HAM agreed with his Noble Friend, that it would not be difficult to fled a party more comp teat than he was to deal with such a measure—(A laugh)—and further added. that be would willingly sup p irt hit Noble Friend in bringing in such a BM. The 23i11_ which he had introduced in 1845, though highly approved of in that House, had not passed into law; and be again promised to give Lord Aberdeen his best support if he would reintroduce it. If eis Noble and Learned Friend opp site (Lord Campbell) did not rei new the Bill which had been so unfortunately thrown out in another place, he would again brig in his Bill, in,order to give Parliament an opportunity of doing its duty by the Saiitch law of marriage. LordCANIPBEE.g, deplored the.lo,;s of the two Bill s in vestion. Tney had twice passed through tha, Hotta., once this year :md once lt't. They passed with one exception unanimou,lv. Elsewhere a diff-rent tate bad befall. n nein. He herd that these Bills would prosper better under the auspices of his Noble and Learned Friend. lie had done his best to benefit his native coun ry. He should now wash his hands of these Bills entiro'y, and have nothing more to do with them. Lord BROUGHAM hoped tear, when the prafer vidum ingeniurn Suotarum had sobered dawn a little, his Noble and Learned Friend would change his &tenni nation, and would net fellow his (Lord Brougham's) example by transferrin, these Bills to some uric -Ise. ' Tne Earl of ABERDEE v said, the Noble and Learned 1,1.3 s had condoled with e9Ch ether upon the throwing out of this detestable Bill; but he would say that, if it had not been withdrawn by the Government, a representative Government would have been a farce; ' for the whole kingdom of S.3oila , lel was universally against it.—(Hear, hear.) Oct of the 33 or 34 Mem bers for Scotland, even the friends of the Government, almost to a man, hail voted against it; they were, there fore, compelled to withdraw it. The Earl of MIN TO said, the nature of the Bill had been most grossly misrepresented. He had looked into the petitions against it, and found that they might have been presented against any other measure rather than this. The Earl of HADDINGTON said there never was a more universal feelitg against a bill than existed in ScoAlnd againit this. He would ask his Noble Friend (the Esrl of Minto) whether he was not aware that reli gious denominations of every cl , scription in Scotland were against it? Lord BROUGHAM said he should in the next session present in one both this Bill and that of 1835, so as to etre .t a complete reform in the Se tch law of marriage. THE LATE INTERVENTION IN THE ROMAN STATES. Lord BROUGHAM lid on the table his resolutions Tcap , cting the 1 ite intervention in the Roman states, and said he shout t move them on Friday next. The Earl of HARROW BY presented several petitions, but it was impossible to catch from what place or upon what subject. The General and Quarter Sessions Courts Procedure and the Marriages in Foreign Countries Facilitating Bills passed through Committee. The report on the Sites of Schools Bill was laid on the table. THE IRISH POOR RELIEF BILL. After a brief discussion respecting the expediency o taking the discussion on the principle of this Bill, or the rn , ,tion for the second reading, or reserving it until their Lord-4dpi were moved to considir the Bill in _Committee, L.,rd Mouteagle objecting to the latter course, The Msrquis of L IN''sl)lll7NT, presented a petitinr. ow the Corporation of C or k, p ra yi ng t h at t h e amen d e d p e er law might not reeoeniee any alteration of the pro. portion of pout rate p .yeb'e between isodlord and tenant, and then proceeded to move the sec end reading ..f th. Bill for amen ling the Art for the more t- ffdetoll relief o: the poor in Ireland. In doing so he succinctly state,: the principal provisions of the measure. The measure was introlneeri at the time of the greatest distress pre vailing in Ireland, and from that circumstance, and others it had given rise to, it was impossible to pro duce any measure fur the all:vistion of that distre:, and to meet the cireumstineee in which th .t colintr • was pl teed, which would not he open t ) much and difference of opinion. It was witn a full ap. precialon of all the difficulties and emergenci , „ of the case, however, that the Gov .rnment ha introduced the present measure. They were fur , aware of the diff-Tence of opinion any measure, havie k r for its object the alleviation of the distress in Ireland, would give rise te. In laying before their L_irdships general summary of the previsions of the measure. h should, in the first place. advert to the two first clauses wh ch he conceived were the most likely to elicit di,. cession. These clauses r,lattd t a maximum rate ni ss. in the pound, beyond which the people of Pekin , could not be subjected to be texe 1 for the relief of th poor; a provisen which. he conceived, would have a very beneficial tendeneet. The idea of the imposition of rate to which, fro' the circumstances which had arisen and which might again rise, there appeared to be xi' end, had had a meat injurious effect on those who pos sessed property, or who meditated the possession of pro perty in Ireland. The general opinion was, that by such a system a burden might be imposed OD property t. which there might b e no termination, and, therefore, i; was conceived th a t th e establishment of a maximum rate would be the most effectual nr,ans of remedying the evil. It was accordi ng l y proposed that 5s pound on each electo ra l di v i s i on should form'in t the maximum, while provisi on was made in thesecond clause, that when the ss. r a t e i n electoral divisions failed in providing for the peer, a union rate of two shillings in the pound could be levied. In ordinary ca ses, however, such would not be required. No one could he prepared to say that such a measure would to tally do away with all the evils which at present existed in Ireland, and fully provide for the poverty of that country ; but he did indulge the hope that each a rate having been exacted and collected, it would place Ireland in a far better position than what it had hitherto been. It was a consolation to think that they were doing that which enuld not fail to limit the distress which might arise inireland, and place that portion of the kingst bm on a better footing than it wag at present. By the third •clatue of the Bill •it was provided that claimants for relief theuld be referred to the electoral diatrict.in • Their Lrrdships assembled at Five o'clock. The Duke of WELLING TON presf-med a petition from the depositors in the county of Kerry Savings' Bank, complaining of the delay occasioned in the pro ceedings undertaken to give the redress caused by the non-returns of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland of the record in the case. ROYAL COMMISSION. which they had long resided. The fourth clause provided as to the adjustment of accounts of unions and electoral divisions. There was none of the other clauses which he conceived would give rise to any discussion. There were two clauses added not by the Government, but several independent Members of the other House connected with Ireland, which gave pootelaw guardians the power to tax the unions with which they were connected for the purposes of emigra tion. Such tax was, however, to be voluntary, and he did not apprehend any objections would be made to those clauses. Upon the whole, while the measure might not remedy to the full extent the evils now prevalent in Ireland, he felt convinced it would do so in a very consi derable degree, and he, therefore, with the greatest con fidence, proposed the second reading of the Bill. Lord MONTEAGLE said he regretted that the Noble Marquis could not have stated to the House that the measure came before it under the sanction, and in accordance with the views of the Committee of their Lordships' House, which sat and reported on the subject. Such nut being the case be conceived placed Committees of that or the other House of Parliament in the character of mere toys, with whom Government could do as they plea-ed. The Noble Marquis had said that the measure had been introduced fur the benefit of Ireland, but he had failed to show in what respect it would do so. while he was prepared to prove that no benefit to Ireland would flow from it.—(Hear, heir.) He should say that the maximum in Ireland was quite different from what it was established in England, and he therefore thought that it should be considered by their Lordships, tied that they should make allowance for this state of things, as there were different maximums in various unions. He also hoped that their Lordships would look on the matter in point of justice, and would not allow such a Bill to be carried, as it would materially injure the tenant, and he looked upon the maximum as a cheat and a deceit, and thereeir hoped that their Lordships would look to the subject in its true light, for he believed such a measure to be dangerous to the interest of Ireland, generally and principally to the Irish, as the farmers considered that the rate in aid contained in this Bill would be of a must dangerous cha racter, as it would very much affect the interest nut only of themselves as tenants, but that the landlords of Ire land would suffer materially by it. He therefore hoped that such a measure would nut be carried, principally be cause he knew that such was unprecedented ever since the days of Queen leliz ibeth, when the poor-law was established, and therefore on those grounds he should vote against such an iniquitte s measure, as it was no thing less than a rate iu aid. When the landed propri etor exerted himself to remove the difficulties under which the tenants laboured, he did not see why they should be subject to support the poor of other districts. who did not use the same exertie ns as he had used; and he therefore hoped that those two clauses would be omitted, that is, the maximum rate and the rate in aid; for if those t w points were not agagreedt the Bill,ohes a should bringldpro pose that they should be struck out of unconstitutional. He opposed these on the ground thet there was nothing like this in the state of Rome or Tuscany when labouring under si milar famine, and for that reason he asktd that the aie.istence granted to the richer part of Ireland should be granted to the suffering pour of that country. When he saw that the landlord or the occupying tenant would be subject to the rates of the tenant who ab sconded, he hoped that their Lordships would look to the matter, and not allow them to be responsible fur the debt of another. The expediency of obtaining every as sistance fur the promotion of emigration was readily in ferred, not only from the declaration of his Noble Friend, in moving the second reading of this Bill, but also from the act of the First Lord of the Treasury himself, who, on the first meeting of the Committee, proposed clauses giving power to the unions to appropriate 2s. 6d. in the pound, or one-eighth of the whole rental of the country, to assist in this very project. He, therefore, called upon the Government to realize, or else to show cause why they did not realize, the recommendations contained iu their own report on this subject, and also on that re lating to the system of out4luer relief. He rejoiced to find that in another place a considerate Statesman (he meant Sir Robert Peel) had had the courage to declare emphatically that until they reverted to the principle of in-dour relief exclusively, there could be no safety for property in Ireland. There were several other points involved in the subject, all of them more or less good, but on no particular one of which did he lay mach store. Amonget these were the smaller area of taxation and the sale of' estates. Tne smaller area of taxation ought not to be connected with the principle of the rate in aid, which was wholly anta gonistic to it. He challenged this Bill and all the pro ceedings upon it, as being wholly inadequate to meet the nece.sities of the case, and if he had nit the evidence of the Bill before him, he should rally have doubted whe ther it was possible that a measure could emanate from men professing to he in any degree acquainted with the state of Ireland, so wholly unfiited to improve it. The result of their present operation was to contract for meal and other provisions at greatly increased prices, and in many unions the stewards and other officers had beer' placed upon the relief list, in consequence of there being no fund, in hand to pay them. To reduce to figures the deeperare state of affeirs in Ireland, and the toter incompetency of. the relief measures now about to be brought into operation, a report presented to the Committee by Mr. Twistleton, stated the n thirty-two unions out of 130, the amount o debts and expen-liture was 695,000/. to meet which he estima - ed that in the prebelit halt year a sum of 198.00 it.. would be collected. But h. , w w,.s this mad, out ? Any gentleman who knew the c ,entry would know it to be inno.sible for mine of the bankrupt unions of Ireland' to contribute 10,0001. each, et which sum, or thereabouts, they had been calculate-d upon in this esiiroa e. In ..hurt, it their L..r !ships blinded their e) es to the tact that immense d•siress existed which de . inanded the most prompt redd , e e, they would go tar to realise the prophecy of the lite Lord Grey, that under such circumstances they would themselves destroy the re,pvet to which their House was entitfed. It thee were the meliures shadowed out in 4 remarkable letter. addressed to the Lord Mayor of London by the Lord Lieutenant or Ireland—a nobleman who, he might justly sq, had endelred himself to all elAssea of men in th- coantry where he had authority, he would venture to s.y that they were such a 4 no nv.sn possessing the slightest knowledge of Ireland, or the e4ruest wishes or Lord Clarendon for its wel:are, would have ventured to predict. lie believed they could appeal to the genero• city of England ; but an appeal to her interest would not be E. and without its advantages. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. Their Lordships tht.n adjourned. HOUSE OF GO I/MONS, July 13. JUDG VIENT3 (IRELAND) BILL. ,Continued from our Afternoon alition of yesterday.) Mr. NAPIER did not rise to oppose the second reading of the Bill, but to express his great satisfaction at the candid manner in which his Learned Friend the Solicitor General proposed to deal with this subject. The matter was one of great importance to the people of Ire land, and he could not allow the present opportunity to go by without makieg a few observations on the measure. In legislating on such a matter for Ireland, it was ne cessary to make a distinction between two classes of debtors—those who partook of the nature of money lenders, and tho,,e who had obtained judgments on bona fide debts. It was the opinion of a very high legal authority in Ireland, that it would be a very beneficial law which tended to make judgments an unpopular se curity on property in Ireland. He thought, also, that :great respect ought to be shown to the long preju dices of the people of Ireland, and care taken to conciliate the r long-formed opinions in these matters. The Act of 1841 had greatly augmented the diffietilties which surrounded the question, and indeed he very much doubted whether, in despite of the enlightenment of the present day, and the increased privileges which were now enjoyed, modern legislation did not sometimes suffer by comparison with that of our forefathers. Toe sug,• r,estions made by th e C omm i ttee to the House were sup ported by the evidence of Sir Edward Sugden, to whose opiniens in these matters too great &terrace could ,carcely be shown. The evidence too of the Master of Rolls in Ireland also justified the views of the Commit see. He thought that if the Solicitor General adopted the principle of not limiting the medium of 1501, which was proposed, attended ako with a purification of the Aptem of receivers, together with another matter which h.d been introduced into the report of the Committee. lamely, the simplification of the proceeding in Chancery, oe Biil would be one w ich would deserve the supp Jr if all parties, and would be likely to meet with cordia' -0 operation from the people of Ireland. Mr. SA.DLEIR said he should only aim at makiew few cursory remarks up ,n this Bill. Wi.h regard to the suggestions of his lion. and Learned Friend, as to hA sitnplitication of the proceedings of the Court of - ' , ltancery, he thought that unless some speedy and pro :r alterations were made, it would be impossible to any perman, nt r.-lief to tne immense amount .e bu,iness which now iay before that Court. I. admitted that the 13111 lately framed by the Master the R olla would go far to remove such causes of com laint, some measure of this nature was loudl; tiled for by the history of suits in Chancery. ('he Imeutubered Estates Bill new in progres, eas, he must admit, a step in this directiot; As the 8.11 stood, it certainly did ty.t go to realise th• - • stated to-day by S elicitor-(general. The .vr,r of assigning judgments had exited in Ireland for : a. ,p i e e en r u a rti t :r h . t a h n f(e) a r , c mp e a n ,rn t t y a . wa ra h rno e , t r e e ro a tn l yl:y • v i tb l hu o 4t f t t a iht j a u et ;g at t e n ho e ev n ei t r r a aos s d l the real and personal property possessed by th: eerrower at the time he cenfessed the judgment. It also ffected the property which the borrower tnightafterwa.rd., acquire. It was idle to talk of increasing the facilities rir the sale of land in Ireland, unless at the same time they conferred upon the lender of money on landed security in that country the fullest possible remedy for recovering his money. This seemed to be a retroe,radt movement in the wrong direction. By the ope ration of this 13.11, the owner of the land lonfessed his judgment was hemmed in be iveen two evils, in the shape of the Incumbered Estates Bill and the Judgment Securi'y Bill ; if he wasted to sell the estate, the Incumbered Estates Bill would operate to prevent him; and if, on the other hand, he wished to dispose of the judgment, the Judgment Security Bill would not permit of his doing so, though a capitalist were at hand ready to advance the money. He thought it mostdesirable that a judgment creditor should not have the power of appointing Chancery receiver over an estate. With reference to that pert of the Bill which went to revive the viciou system of elegits, he thought that system Was quite objectionable as the custodien system: Had the Solicitor-General. thought of the immense sea of litigation which would arise from the complex system of elegils which he sought to revive ? lie sutmitted that the Government should not submit t the House measures of this isolated and puny cha • racier, but others of a massive and general nature with rapec/ to rs 1 irDparty. -For instance, - itt Was impot. sible to do anything in Ireland without a system of registration of births, deaths, ant marriages, many of the evils in respect of real property arising out of this defect. The facility that existed in Scotland for the transfer of real property was the secret of the success of that country in this respect. Sir J. GRAHAM said, if time had allowed he should have been glad to have offered some observations. There was but one opinion in the House, 11, , believed, that the Bill should be read a second time. As the Bill would be again discussed in Committee after they had had an opportunity of reading the report, he pressed upon the House the necessity of reading it a second time, reserving further discussion until the Committee. The Bill must be _taken in connexion with the Incum bered Estates Bill, the Lords' amendments to which he hoped would be discussed before this Bill again came on. The Bill was then read a second time, and committed pro forma. to be re committed on Thursday next. The House resumed, and immediately adjourned till five o'clock. The House resumed at Five o'clock. Mr. J. HEALD presented a petition praying the House to extend the powers of County Courts. ROYAL ASSENT. The Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the table and sum:roiled the House to attend at the bar of the House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given to several public and private Bills (for which see Lords' report). The SPEAKER, on his return, enumerated the Bills which had receive(' the Royal assent. Mr. B. OSBORNE presented several petitions—one from a place um Scotland, deprecating the interference of Itus.ia in the affairs of Hungary, arid praying her Ma jesty's Government to acknowledge the independence of that country; another from St. Giles-in-the-Fields. against the Beer Bill ; one from the Rev. T. Harrison, of Monmouth, complaining of tyranny on tae part of his Bishop; and one from a solicitor at Warwick, g o ing through the Leigh case, and praying to be heard (11 the case at the bar of the House. Mr. E. I)ENISON presented a petition from certain persons at Nottmeham in favour of a scientific institution. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented petitions from several places in favour of the Mirriage Lord DUDLEY S TUART presented a petition from Marylebone and St. Pancras againt the Sale of Bread Bill. THE LEIGH PEERAGE. The ATTORNEY-tiENERAL thought it was hits duty to call the attention of the House to a petition which had just been presented. It appeared that the petitioner was undergoing an isnprisonment for libel, and a: the libel was repeated in the petition, he apprehended it could not be received. Mr. OS Belt N E said the petition had been forwarded to him by the Hun. Member for Finsbury. No doub• the petitioner was in gaol, but from the tenor of the peti tion he thought he was better qualified fur a lunatic asylum.—(Hear, arid a lough ) PILOTAGE BILL. _ Sir GEORGE CLERK — said the second reading of the Pilotage Bill had been fixed for Monday next ; but as it had riot yet been printed sufficient opportunity would not be afforded to parties interested in the measure to consider its pro visions if it were read a second time so early. Mr. STAFFORD wished the Noble Lord at the head of the Government. at the same time that he answered the former question, to state what his intentions were as regarded the Australian Colonies Bill.• Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, with regard to the first question, the second reading of the Bill had not yet been fixed. With regard to' the second question, he proposed that the House should meet on Thursday morning at twelve o'clock, to consider the Bill referred to. He might take that opportunity of stating that as an arangement had been made for bringing on the Ordnance Estimates on Monday, he should be com pelled to postpone the consideration of the Lords' amendments to the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill till twelve o'clock on Tuesday morning. Mr. MONSELL trusted the Noble Lord would recon sider the morning sitting on Tuesday, as there was a most important question coming on the same eve: jug. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was afraid he could not do so, FISCAL RELATIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. On the question that the Speaker leave the Chair for he House going into a Committee of Supply, Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL rose to move for a Select Committee to inquire into the fiscal relations between Great Britain arid Ireland. He believed that the result of the labours of such a Committee would tend to disabuse the public mind of the mistake that this country had absolutely been lavish in its grants of money to In land, and that Ireland had only added ingratitude to want of punctuality in re- paying the advances so Lberally made to her. He believed it would b 3 proved by the labours of such a Committee that Ireland, whatever money she had received, had to the utmost of her power paid back, and with greater punctuality, considering the state of her resources, that had been the case with many of our cols vies towards the mother country. Ht warned the House against the dangerous ex periment of endeavouring to impose fresh taxation or. Ireland, which would only be atien.led with the result which had attend-d similar experiments, namely, the total failure of a pruducive result se far as the increas of the revenue was concerned. Taking the united grog= revenue of the two countries at 56,000,000 L, the exchAv. taxation paid by Great Britain did not amours: to inure of that sum than 13 000.0001 , with the excsptiet. of the differential duty on spirits between the tw,_ c.,untries. The Hon. Gentleman then said the Act te Union had been violated. At the time of the Unitn, though the Goveines , nt which effected that measure were prepared to go far, will it was too much even to the men of that time tai amalgamate the debt of b nations. By the 7th section of that Act, the Exchequer of both countries was not to be consolidated, except upon conditions therein laid down. It was not contemplated by that Act that Irelard should pay taxes in the seize proportion as England, until she was equally able to pay them. He contended that Ireland during the forty-nine sears since the Union had been unjustly made !.able to sixty-four millions, which site had no right to pay. Thi Iri'h peopn3 were now impoverished, and if the Imperial Legislature were obliged to assist them, it was only at. let of retributive justice. He contended that Irelan? had not been shown any favour in the way of loans or grants since the Union, but he should call the attentiot of the House to the relief from taxation granted to both countries. England, since the Union, ban 51,236,000/ of taxes remitted, while Ireland had bu; 2,000.000/. The imposition of taxation in England ass 40,000.0001., while it was 5i millions in Ireland. Thu, the relief to Great Britain exceeded the amount of taxation by 11,000,000, while that to Ireland was litie more than one•hall of the amount imposed. Then then were 19,446,000/. of assessed taxes taken off in England, in Ireland' but 600 000/. Then, as to the loans and grants made to both countries up to 1847, he found then.. was advanced to England for public works 7,176.000/ of which 2,000,000/. were unrepaid, and, according to the returns down to 1842, there were 15 millions advanced, o which six millions were paid. Then there was advanced > 9 lt 3 ir 0 11 0 1 01 G .; all a e n r) ,, ' 1 0 .6 r 0 R 0 : 0 1 0 a j l i p ; a 1 a fo c r e s t 4 h , e 6oo l3 , r o i o ti O s / h . ; compensation to Scotland for the union, 260,000/. lit A ft i r us t e l u 'e m, N round by the finance account of 1845 that nine millions and sixty-seven thousand pounds were advanced to Ire land, of which upwards of seven were repaid, while England out of an advanca of fifteen millions only pair six. Ireland, no doubt, owed 1,000,000 for the ereetint, et* workhouses, contracted during the last ten years. and England, with all her boasted wealth and resources, owed 800,0001. since 1835. Then there was the great absentee drain, and the payment of mortgages, which was enough to ruin any country in the world. The Hon. Gentleman, at'l, - er calling on the Government to take the matter into their serious consideration, concluded by submitting his motion to the House. Celonee DUNNE seconded it. The CHANCELLOR of tho EXCHEQUER did not think it was necessary for him to follow the lion. Gen tleman through all his statements, near was the appoint ment of the Select Committee applied for necessary. inasmuch as the returns moved for from time to time gave all the information which could be obtained. He could not, however, allow the statements of the Hon. Gentleman to go forth uneontrad'cted, and he could M oire him at the same time, that any further returns .vhich should be moved for, and which would have the -tr cc of eluci. , l3tiNg the subjot, would be granted, be au.e it was his wish that the real nature of the case 'hould be fairly and fully explained. Whatever com plaints Ireland had to make of the legislation of the Imperial Legislature, most assuredly she could not COED plain of unjust taxation, inasmuch as the returns moved ;or by the Hon. Member for Glasgow showed that at no ierio I was her income canal to her expenditure. The return did- nor show exactly t h e amount of the income; tt was below the ac t ua l sum, but so was it i n a f ar gre tter 1:-gree in giving the expenditure. The Hon Gentleman ,e id the proposition ought to be 15 to 2; but. in point it Not. England paid forty-eight millions, while Ireland eoly paid four, which was far below that amount. Ire• mini never even peel the interest on her own debt; and !t was only when the consolidation of the Exchequer .00k place, in 1817, that her income was equal to the xeenditare. Now, the Hon. Gentleman forgot that eteland paid no porti of the charge for the navy. ,thich protected the trade of the Milted Kingdom and he celoeies, although she enjoyed all the adventeges. Mr. J. O'CONNELL. admitted that Ireland did not pay her portion for the navy, but her unaccredited taxa ...ion would amount to more than that sum, and they were :resides deprived in Ireland of naval duckyards or eats blishments. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would ay that the Hon. Gentleman was not justified in saying that Ireland was unfairly taxed, and he should therefore resist the motion. he returns a th i a a t a a t C o o ta m il m y i c tt o e o e t r w a a n s y n s e e c r e ls s a - Major BLA.CK ALL thought the Chancellor of the F:xch' fo ci r tie h r e h r i e m ad se t i ti f , row that of his Hon. Friend. He thought it ought at once to be settled whether Ireland paid her fair proportion or not; if she did, let them not be taunted as they had been by English Membsrs, and if not, let further taxation be imposed. Certainly, if his Hon. Friend divided the House, he should vote for his motion. Mr. FAG \N also supported the motion, and con.. tended that Ireland, at the present moment, paid more clan her fair proportion, according to the terms of the Union. The principle of the Union was that both coun ries s h ou ld pay according to their means, and Lord Castlereagh fixed the proportion of Leland at 2-17ths. Whatever might hive been the power of Ireland to con .eihute Mere the Union she completely lost that power tiler the Union. It would have been better if the Ex chequers of the two countries had never been united, :or since that cons lidation Ireland had centritm-ed 'fore than her fair shire of the revenue of the empire, and that accounted for much of its povs;rty and distress. Mr. FRENcir said he ropy sllouPlat the Honourable VENING, JULY l 4; 1849. Member for Limerick (Mr. J. O'Cmnell) was entitled to the inquiry he asked for, especially as there was such a difference of opinion upon the facts aught to be ascertained. He should, therefore, support the motion. Colonel DUNNE hoped that the motion would be put off :0 next sessi,n. Mr. J. O'CONNELL withd , ew his motion. SUPPLY. The House then went into Committee. Sir R. PEEL said his du'y woul I be sufficiently per-- formed by placing in the bands of the Chairman the vote for the British Museum, amounting to 42,9151. Mr. HUME said he was gratified to see that the number of visitors had increased, and the library had become more accessible. He looked foward to the re• port of the Committee which was sitting upon this in• stitution with much interest. While upon this subject he might urge that steps should be taken to give the rooms now occupied by the Royal Academy, in the Na tional Gallery, to the acomods.tion of the Vernon col lection. He anticipated other similar presents in a short time, and hoped that to eneoueage this feeling the Gi•vern ment would provide suitable accominodati,n. The Royal Academy was rich enough to erect a proper edifice of its own for the carrying , out of its objects, without occupy - jug the rooms intended for the national collection. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the subject had not been lost sight of, for he had moved for a Committee, which had been appointed, and he looked forward to its report next session, with a view to meet the public con venience. Mr. FOX said it was an error to say that the readers in the library of the British Museum had increased. The means of accommodation might be greatly increased, but he would reierve the point till the discussion should come on next session. Mr. EWART wished to know when they might ex pect the report of the Committee? With respect to the It.yal Academy, it was expressly understood, that when the public should require the moms they occupied thk y should be given up. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that there was a growing disposition on the part of the public to avail themselves of the benefits of the British Museum. Every facility was given to view the works of art consistent with their safe custody. There was a very serious loss the other day of valuable coins. The returns showed a yearly increase in the visitors to the print•rooms and the mu seum. __ _ - Mr. EWART said that there had been a falling off in the reading•roums of visitors, the number now being 5,000 less than in 1842. Mr. HUME said that very considerable difficulties had arisen from want of a good catalogue of reference, which he hoped the Committee would suggest the means to obviate. The vote was agreed to, as were also the following:- 112,8001. for the disembodied militia in England and Ireland. 119 9501. for the excess of the army expenditure. 59,9001. for defraying the charge of the New Houses of Parliam..nt to 1850. Mr. HUME would like to know if that was the entire vote for the yeas? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was the balance of the vote originally proposed fur the year. Mr. HUME asked if it would not be better to take a larger sum of money, and carry the works on more rapidly? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government at one time had determined to proceed more slowly, but they found that certain contracts had been entered into, which could not be stopped without great lois; it had therefore been resolved that they should be proceeded with, bat that no new works should be entered upon without the sanction of the Treasury. Mr. lIUME said, that he feared after all the expense they had gone to they would not have a house fit for the transaction of public business. The Cummitteeroome were not ventilated; it was difficult to hear in them, and he hoped that was not a sample of the new house. Another point was the remuneration to the architect. lie found by the paper on the table an application for more money. He trusted the Chancellor of the Exche quer would take care that the business would be arranged In such a manner as not to induce the architect to spend money. He thought there was great cause to complain of the excess over the original estimate. Mr. SPOONER, urged the necessity for the more speedy completion of the buildings. They had already spent 192,760/, on the temporary buildings required by the House and its officers.—(Hear, hear.) In addition, b) the slow way they were proceeding, it made the cost of the building from 12 to 15 per cent. dearer than it would otherwise be. The public were injured by the dilatory mode in which the works were carried on, and at the same time the contractor was injured. He entered upon the works on the faith that they would be carried for ward as rapidly as possible. He made all his arrange ments, and engaged an efficient staff of clerks, superin iendents, and workmen, in order to carry on the works en the original scale, and when he had invested 20,0001. in this way, without any return for it, he thought that if he made a claim for interest on that amount, the House you'd be bound in equity to grant it. The longer they • lelsyed the building, the more it would cosi; and if the 'lowing acs tint of the pr,sperity of the country, with ,ehich the Chancellor of the Exchequer had lately tvoured the House, was accurate, or if the Right Hon. Baronet had any faith in his own statements, he thought he was bound to go into the money market and raise the necessary sum to complete the building as speedily as possible. Ile was certain that was the best economy. Mr. LIUNIE thought that what the Hon. Gentleman bad stated deserved serious consideration. They ought 'o have two objects in view, economy and aecommoda ion. Economy certainly was not attained by their pre • 'ent course. They had spent nearly as much already foe emperary accommodation as the amount of the estirnett m laid before the Committee for building both Houses of Parliament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted that the sum for temporary ace , immAation was very large, but its expenditure had been indispensable. fli noped that next year the sum under this bead would b •naterially reduc. d. As to the financial statenhmt on the state of the country, be would riot go into that, but merely give his opinion that it would not be judicious to take a loan for carrying on the buildings more rapidly. After a few words from Mr. SPUONER and Mr. HUME in explanation. Mr. EwAitt expressed a hope that something would be done to the Genutittee rooms; they were no: only un. -entilated, hut extremely di ficient in accommodation. as had very great respect for the architect, but he thought that he should at least have consulted wi li those who were to inhabit the building. If he had c.o ulted the old Members of the House he would have P'ound the necessity for providing each Committee-room with a retiring room for the Coimmittin., instead of which the while of the counsel, solicitors, agents, witnesses, mud the public, had to be turned into the lobbies when ..ever the Committee wished to deliberate.—(Hear, bear.) He feared that if the new Howe was constructed with a similar absence of attention to the practical reqeiremente ef the Members, they would suffer great inconvenience after an enormous expenditure. Mr. GREENE (as we understood) said that in one or two rooms a division had be , n (nude by means of e cresn, which enabled the Committee to retire, and at the same time improved the hearing. Mr. EW ART like to hear from the FL)n. Member whether they were to have the BaTryian or the idian system of ventilation in the Hou,e otCommone? Mr. GREENE replied that the ventilation of the House of Commons and the adjoining lobbies was in trusted to Dr. Reid; the House of L ;Ms and other por Lions of the edifice were to be under the management of sir. Barry. Sir a WILLOUGFIBY said that last year he had moved for a return as to the aeual cost of these Houses. They had now got it, from which it appeared that it was to amount to 2,043,0001.; that was one point gained. He now wanted to knew who were the really responsible parties for this expenditure. The Commission, of which the Hon. Member (Mr. Greene) was a worthy member, had apparently no power to regulate it, and it appeared from the letter of the Treasury, expressing sur• prise at the amount of the estimate, that it was equally powerless. lla thought, however, that the Treasury ought to have the full power of deciding upon all esti mates. For instance, he found 497,000/. put down for fittings and furniture. What guarantee had they that the estimate would not be exceeded? Who were the parties by whom the estimate was prepared, and what eecarity did they give for its completion at that amount? Every one knew that a tradesman might easily make a margin of one-third more upon an estimate. Ile thought that in order to prevent waste and mismanagement there 'night to be a separate department under the Treasury, vith full powers to superintend and regulate the whole of the matter. If' some such step was not taken in time, he feared that instead of 2,043.000 L, th. y would find that two millions and a half would not cover the cost. The sum to be paid as remuneration to the architect was also a matter for serious consideration. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER agreed that the business had not boon conducted in a very satis - factory It would be rememb 'red, h owever, that much of what he l d b een re f e rred t o had b , :en done befo re lie came Into ofEce.—(Hear, hear.) At th e same time the successive Committees that had sat on the subject nad reported that all that had been done up to the time of their appointment bad been duly sanctioned. It should else. be remembered that tit the early stage o f t h e works Committees of b ot h H o u s es had been engaged in the business, whi c h t o some extent took it o ut ut the bands of the Governm ent .—(Hear. hear.) A s t o t h e origami estimate of 772,0001., it would be remember e d t h at was merely for the c arcass as it, were of the H ouses. As to the appointment o f a special department t o regulate the works, he apprehended the Commission appointed by the House in 1844 was entrusted with that duty, and so far as he knew had faithfully and. zealously discharged it, and he had no reason to suppose that, gi v i ng t h e power to any other body, would be more effective. After a few words from Mr. SPOONER and Mr. GREENE, Mr. HUME renewed his objections to the excessive overcharge on the amount of the original estimate. Above all, he protested against any more than 25,000/. being given to the architect. Sir Robert Peel hail dis tinctly stated to the Committee, of which he was a mem ber, that Mr. Barry bad agreed to do the work for that sum; and he hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not alter the arrangement in a way to give Mr Barry an inducement to go on with a large expenditure. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY repeated his objections to the mode in which the estimates were pr e p are -d , an d t h e want of proper guaran t e es and superint en d ence. Air. MUNTZ wished to know whether the money they were now voting was to be expanded on the Victoria Tower, or in finishing the H. use of Commons? Mr..,GREENE replied that all possible speed would be made in the completion of the new House. Mr. I)M:M.I4OND slid that. lookin g at t h e drawings of th e H ouses 01 Yerliam. nt. it shoe ed them to be v er) innompteent jud ges o f suc h theta.. if they th eug h t tho cou'd be treetud tor 700 0001. The Prutitile way not the first time.the House tied defreeded the m). wh om that' had emploed. They bad efeatepframiei out • - of that to which he was justly entitled, and Baron de Bode's case furaished another instanee of their injustice. After a few words from Mr. HUME, the vote wes agreed to. The next vote propose I was, that a sum, not exce•:d ing 12.01)01., he granted to d :fray the expenses of pur chasing tmoks of reference and apparatus for the collsges in Ireleni. Mr. J. O'CONNELL slid they were all atereed that education was estoitial, but there were iliinrences in Ireland on the tubj-ct of the educatien to be given in these colleges, and tie hoped therefore the proposA vote would be postponed. Not only was that kind of eelucas don objectionable to gre A numbers of the Catholics btu: it was objected that the Governaient retained to itself the pawer of appointing the professors, thereby in creasing its patronage. He hoped, therefore, the vote would be postponed till next session. Mr. SPOONER thought some explanation should be given before the vote was agreed to, as a certain sum had been provided by en Act of Parliament, The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER said the 100,0001. which hel been secured by the Act of Parlia ment for< the building and furnishing of the colleges would be expended in October, and the present vote was for the purpose of providing books of reference and ap paratus to enable the professors to open weir classes in October. Mr. MUNTZ said it appeared clear that the presi dents and, vice.preeidents had received salaries of two years tor doing nothing. Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to some observations of Mr. Plumptre, said that the Roman Catholic Bishops had proposed that certain professors should nut be appointed without a veto of the Roman Catholic Bishops. A plan had, however, been sanctioned by Parliament —a certain amount of expenditure had been agreed upon ; 7.0001. a year had been provided, and Ministers could not, therefore, of their own authority, set aside the plan sanctioned by Parliament. A very great portion of the Catholic laity and clergy were anxious for the opening of the colleges, and Sir Robert Kane had in formed him that a greeter number of students would attend than had been expected. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL said the Catholics had con scientious objections to these colleges, which objections were confirmed by the head of their Church. All he asked was that the vote should be postponed till next session, as possibly an arrangement might be come to in the interim, Lord J. RUSSELL said regulations had been pre pared, under the sanction of the Lord Primate, which he thought would obviate the dangers which had been apprehended, and which would give the Catholics every security as regarded the religious faith of their pupils, as provision would be made for the pupils receiving religious education, Mr. LAW quite agreed that the Government was bound to carry out the provisions of the Act of Parlia ment. The difficulty arose in their going beyond that Act.—(Hear, hear.) The Act provided for the expendi ture of a large sum, and he thought it was somewhat irregular to p opose as an estimate a sum beyond what the Act had provided. When it was found that 100,000/. was insufficient, a Bill should have been brought in to supply what was necessary, instead ef endeavouring to obtain that supply by a vote. He submitted, therefore, that the presmit mode of proceeding was irregular. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said 'hey were not enable.), under the Act, to apply any part of the 100,0001. tor any other purpose than that of build ing and furnishing the colleges. The present vote was, in point of fact, only carry tug out the Act of Parliament, as the colleges could out be opened without the present provision being made. Mr. PLUNIPTRE did not see that they should be called on year after year to grant such votes as the present. Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the present vote was not intended to tie an annual grant, but was or the purpise of setting the coll. gas Mr. HENLEY wanted to know, arer the declaretion of the Hun, Member for Limerick (Mr. J. O'Connell), whit security they had that the colleges would be filled. —(Efear, hear.) If they did not, it is possible they might be called upon for annual grants. He thought, therefore, they were at present going on in an unconsti tutional course. The Noble Lo , rd (Lord John liaised) said the Catholic hierarchy had made cer:a‘n demands to appoint certain professors, and that certain explana tions had been given to sieisty them. If that were so, it would be very convenient that the House should know what those explanations were. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said what he stated was, that the presidents would make regulations that would be satisfactory; but no peculiar privileges would be given to Roman Catholics. The regulation would be, that lodging•houses would receive licences to be held by par. ties that would not expose the pupils to proselytism. Mr. HUME wished to know whether the entire 100,0001. were expended, and whether that was to cover all expenses. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was to cover the building and furniture of the colleges purtenant thereto, but he did not think that instruments could he considered appurtenances. Mr. HUME wished to know whether salaries were paid to the presidents And vice-presidents? Lord J. RUSSELL said that they were engaged in making preparations for the opening of the colleges, and making regulations preparatory to that, and in cone sequence were paid their salaries. Mr. SPOONER said, as this might be made a prece lent for further grants, Le should divide the Committee on the subject. Mr. BANKES said he thought the Government would do better iu applying the surplus money they had in hand to the purshase of these philosophical instruments. Mr. lIUME raid he would support the vote because he thought the Government had acted fairly and can• iidit in this matter. Mr. NE W DEGATE asked whether it was true that hat there wa• an accumulation in the money that had peen voted in 1845? Lord J. RUSSELL said that none of this 20,0001. a year which was voted for professors could be paid, in semuch as those professors had not been as yet ap pointed. The Committee then divided, when, there appeared— For the vote 106 Against it _ ... 28 -78 Majority in favour of the vote TI-e vote was then agri-eel to 65,5751, for excess iu the Commissariat department. Mr 'FUME called the attention of the Committee to the enormous excess in the Commissariat. He thougf - t there was great waste and extravagance in this doroart in,nt. He hoped that Government would I.mk more minutely than they had previously done into these matters. At r a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Mr. VERNON SMITH, the vote was agr, ed t 35,3861. was voted to defray the expenditure connected with the Ordnance. 500,0001. was granted to meet the charge of a like amount of surplus granted for the service of the } ear 1848, to the credit of the preceding year. Mr. HENLEY a,k,d the m.ani..g o!' thin vote. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was to cover ans Odd sum that might rernam. Mr. WA WN protested against this vote until he knew whtit it was 1;1'. The vote was then agreed to. The House then resumed, the CHAIRMAN reported progress, and asked leave t. sit again 1 41 Monday. The llouie then went into Committee on the Inland Posts (Colonies) Bill. The sevend elsuses were agreed to, and ihe H_u•e resumed. Mr. FIUME asked whether the notice given at th- Post-office, respecting the payment of leter4, applied to colonial us well as to home letters, heoause, if EO, they should supply the colonies with stamps? Mr. HAY FER, replied that he would give his Hon. Friend an answer on M mday next. The several clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed. The report of the House of Commons Officers (Sala ries) Bill was brought up and agreed to. The House of Commons Offices, Bill then went through Committee—the report to be received on Monday. The Petty Bag, &c., Offices Amendment Bill passed through Committee. The Commons Inclosure Bill next went into Commit tee; the several clauses were agreed to, and the report ordered to be consideri'd on Monday next. The Labouring Poor Act Amendment (Ireland) Bill went also through Committee. The Land Improvement Amendment Act (Ireland) Bill was next procee led with in Committee, and the re port ordered ►o be received on Monday. The Poor Relief (Cities and Boroughs) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Hou_e then went into Committee on the Poor law Union Charges Act Amendment Bill. Cuptain PEC HELL complained of the little con sidention which h.4d been given to the measure, and stated his intention of moving certain amendments t , ) some of the clauses of the Bill, especially to the fourth clause. Mr. FLOYER also considered the measure defective, hut. after some conversation, clauses one, two, and three were agreed to. The CHAIR , TAN then reported progress, and asked leave to sit again on Monday. The Administration of Justice (Vancouver's Island) Bill was read a second time. The House at its rising was ordered to stand adjourned till Monday next. Lord DUDLEY STUART inquired at what time the Small Debts Bill would come on for discussion. Sir G. GREY said that it stood amongst the orders of the day for twelve o'clock on Monday. Lord DUDLEY S I CART said that be understood certain clauses had been prepared by the Attorney-Ge neral for insertion in this Bill which would most In g e . daily affect its principle. He alluded to the compensa tion to be given to the officers of the Palace Court. Th e clauses to be proposed for insertion provided that the question as to the amount of compensation to be given to the officers of that Court should be left to the Trea sury. instead of to the /louse of Commons, as was in tended by the Bill on the table. He (Lord Dudley Stuart) did not think them entitled to compensation at all. It it was found for the advantage of the country that the Palace Court sheuld be abolished they should take the corst,quences. He thought that Parliam,mt should di cid° how much they should have, and that was in accordance with precedent. They had had eremeh of compensation already from the Treasury, under the 7 and 8 Vie., e. 96. The re urn he hel moved tor sho.ed hew enormously they had been compensated, arid 3et the operatien of that Act had not diminished their in• comes; p, ut , (,n the contrary, by the operation of another statute the bus to.ss of the Palace Court and the leis of the offers and attorneys bad been greatly augmented. He would not go into the rrturns at that Lite hour. His object v‘a-t merely to say That it was a monstrous wit y to attempt to compensate men who had already bt:en most lavishly com pei , sai ed. The klabe adjourned At Hilf-plat Twelire-oPulock. OXFORD it . 1,61 T. - Uzi ,rd. July 12. The J trt'g,s went to pra)ers morning At ten, and began the othive:,s at twelve. At the Civil ride,where Mr. Justice Erle presided, there were two causes ent-red—the first was settled out court; t;.e world. an action of replevin, in which Mr. WhateLy and Mr. Seit appeared for the plaintiff. anti Mr. StA-gelot Tsirourd and Mr. Phipson for the deferr dant, :titer f , ctupiing abut an hour. ended in a verdict, for the piair,tff; the rleet.dritat's witn,sses haVint:: ut expectedly failed to prove whit they were expected to prove. His Lordship then tried three prisoner:; one for stealing a kettle worth 4s. Bd., and two tor st=aling 2i bushels of wheat. --- - All three were convicted on the clearest evidence, and we .e sent , vced to short terms o► imprisonment. His Lordship, there being nothing more for him to do, rose at twenty minutes past thr►e o dock. a:foie Mr. Byron Rolfe, who presided in the Crown Court, these were only four prisoners for trial, one of whom pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing two pieces of coburgh cloth; another to a charge of forging a letter for the delivery of goods; the third, a farm servant, was tried and convicted of ornhczzling 31., the money of his master; and the fourth, who was charged with the mur der of his wife, had his trial put off till to-morrow, on account of the absence of witnesses. His Lordship rose at three o'clock. Thus, with the exception of this one case, all the assize business - of this county was disposed of in less than four hours. MIDLAND_ (Beore Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Biddy Kelley, aged 30, was last eveLitig indicted for having, on the Bth or March last, at the parish 01 Weeden Beck, in this county, maliciously and feloniowly thrown upon Andrew Keil.y, a soldier, alleged by the prisoner to be her husb .nd, four ounces of corrosiv. matter called oil of vitriol, with intent, &c. The prisoner was ordered to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen calendar months. The Court rose shortly before six o'clt•ck. Four ordinary Crown cases only remains d over from yesterd,y, and the assizes terwir,a'ed at one to-day, nothing calling for any rephrt transpiring. At ()kat.= there was, we believe, no business at all, civil or criminal, the judge receiving a pair of gloves in accordance with ancient custom. The commission will ba opened at Lincoln, where thert• are some rather heavy Crown cases, on Saturday, and business will cornm n. e n Moed iy morning. POLICE IN'I s ELLAUENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. John Harrington, of No. 4. Staples Inn-buildines, Holborn, was brought up before Mr. Alderrn:th Mw.. grove, ch..rged with imbezzling various sums of money oelong to tits employer. Mr. Hobler attended to conduct the prosecution, and Mr. Bochattan's clerk appeared for the prison, r.- Mr. Adot,h Heilbronn, of No 11, Great St. Helen's, said thr.t for sotne time past the prisener had been in his ,ervice as a town-traveller, :tad was authorized to collect ()triers and receive m-ney, for which he was to accoulit every second day. On the sth of June, Ille.ssrs. Milder and Son, of Greenwich, were supplied with a cri , oility of .= . sst.n.ial to tile mount of 2/ he re , eipt produ!ed -howe‘i that, the knionnt. had !Tel, ail ,n the 1; to Ju e, and tho signature w,is in the bat;dwritine. A Mr. Sutcliffe, of Dlutorti, ha l also bee. sopplit d wi , h articles on the 27th ef April, which came to 8. 5(1., which the pi i.,on,r received. Both those items had never been accounted for. Alderman MUSGROVE—Did heever keep money longer than t,e two days ? Mr. Heilbronn—On one u, e nat. it he did so but w , erwards eve-tinted fer it. I [hen for gave hi in, at the sat e time giving him a caution that; I woul , i not allow a repetition of ir. Mr. r. - loblur said that was all the evidence at present, as he wished for a remand, in consequence of hat morning received over a dozen invoices of arnounns that had Dever been accounted fur, some of them to a large amount. Mr. Bee:moan's clerk hoped that if the Alderman had made up his mind to remand the prisoner. he might be allowed out on bail, as he was most respectably con nected, and woul , l be forthcoming at any time. Mr. Holster objected, as there might be ocher charges brought agai.st him at the next examination, luck pendent of these of embezzlement. Alderman MUSGROVE said, that under all the circum. stanccs ho should remand the prisoner until Tuesday, and decline taking bail 1,1. his appearance. He was accordingly convey( (I to the Compter. BOW STREET. William E. Broderip, late clerk to Messrs. Pew, Dukes, and Co., so li c i tors, o f H enrietta -street, Covent garden, was re-examined, before Mr. Jardine, on several charges of forgery. Mr. Humphries and Mr. Mullens conducted the pro secution, and Mr. Wontner appeared for the prisoner. Evidence, was given that the prisoner, who had been in tha service of Messrs. Few and Dukes until Easter last, applied to the cashier of the London Joint-stoi k Bank, in Pall-mall, and obtained, in the name of his employers and by a forged order, a blank cheque book, which was given without suspicion, as the firm had an account there. Two days nterwards (on the 18th of June) a young man, believed to be the prisoner, pre sented a cheque for 471, purporting to have been drawn by the firm, and received a 40L note, a 51. note, and two soy reigns in pay ment. A clerk in the Bank of England (Samuel Miller) proved that the 401. note in question, on the back of wnich the names of " Jenkinson, Sweeting, and Co., of Lombard-street," were endorsed, was presented for payment the same day (the 18th) by a person who re ceived the entire amount in gold. R .wlaud G. Peacock, clerk in the offices of Jenkinson an& Sweeting, stated that the prisoner was formerly in the employ of that firm. Knew his handwriting, and believed that the manuscript portion of the cheque,- as well as the end orsement , were wr i tten by th e prisoner. W. Britten, a bookseller, in Russell-court, Brydges street, proved that on the 30th of June the prisoner called at his house in the afternoon with a cheque for 10/, purporting to be drawn by Messrs. Few and Dukes. He said he was too late for the banks, but wonted to cash the cheque that night, having some disbursements to make for the firm. IA fitness gave him two 51 notes, and ascertained next day that the cheque was a torgf ry. Mr. Dukes stated that the signature and body of the cheque were in the prisoner's handwriting. Similar evidence was given with respect to another forged cheque for 10/., which Mr.G. Andf rson, clerk to ore of the examiners in .he Court of Chancery, had been in duced to cash or the prisoner on the 16th of June, on the representation of the latter that he was too late tor the bA,,Ic Mr. JARD/ NE committed the prisoner for trial on the hree separate ohnrges. MARYLEBONE. Mr. Nicholpon, Pol , citor, I(lmnd-buildings. Gray's inn, attended before Mr. 13rolighton.114 the 1, gnl r, pro sPonitivp of Cy'ain Gyorot l (brothp, -i n law of L tint man), 38. Bik , bv , 4 squdie. upon a summons obotinA himu by. a :fin : ally dr o ani int.,!resting, yi,ung woman, owned E!.ribt-th G4)08, who had given birth,io 01 which, at, alleged by her, the arQreptid coptaiovexitho tuther, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. A ottFoLK Line. iir, July 13. The commission ter this cenr.ty we, .I.etted yr s-er day utterer) ri, by the Chief Jus•ice the Ceininon Piess. and ruler hating err, tided Divine serviee his L"rr ,lap ch:rre. tei the grand jury at eleven o'eleee, arid thee pr..ter. tied to tr) the ute - teren.;ea eetroe s , of w there we r 1 rwo, wit of an entry of five causes. This unostie l arrangement hiss been rendered 'neces sary in core -cut -nee or the tauten', d d, ath of Mr. Jest Lice Coltman, on wh• re would have de ve l te d the duties or the civil court. The suddenness of the death of that learn-41 and eslitnabe Judge has rendered it impossiblr to supply his plate in the cetutrossion f, r this etrunt3 but it is understood that Mr. ant Dowliig will be appointed ad interim, and that he Will joie. the circuit at Bedford. In the meantime it is fortunate that the busi ness of this county is very light. Of the five causes the only long one has ben made a remanet, and two only which remain are not likely to occupy much time. lhey are, however, fixed for to-morrow. The calendar only contained the names of nine pri soners, most of whom have been tried today, or seu tenced on their own confession —among the latter being four men who were all implicated in three burglaries and a charge of horse -stealing. CROWN COURT.--(Befor e Chief Justice WILDE,) William Hall, e.., ; (el 12 years, was indicted for wetrullj killing and slaying Wm. Gibson on the lit of June last, at Chipping ‘ , l , yc,inbe. Mr. Sinders prosecuted the prisoner; who was de fended by Mr. Griffiths. It eppeared that the prisoner and the deceased, who was 15 years old, were playirig together on Flackwell heath, near Wycombe on the day in question, with five or six other youngsters; and that atter some little time they quarrelled about a bird's nest. In the course ot their dispute the deceased threw away the boot of the prisoner, who thereupon called him "several bad news." Irritated at this abuse, the deceased struck the prisoner two blows over the head, with his open hand. This at tack led to a kick at first, and then the prisoner, stooping down, picked up a small jagged flint stone, which he threw right against the head of the deceased when within three yards of him. The blow thus inflicted staggered the lad, who placed his head on his sister's shoulder ant' slowly repaired home. His parents administered such assistance to him as suggested themselves to their simple minds, but as he got evidently worse and worse, they at last sent tor a medical man on the ninth day. At that time the patient was suffering from violent erysipe latous ieflanimation in the bead, accompanied by exten sive suppuration from the left ear, in the immediate vicinity ot which the stone had struck him. Notwith standing the skill and attention which were bestowed on the case, the lad lingered on in great pain arid suf fering till the 19th of June, when he died, and the pri soner 'was taken into custody ou the verdict of the coro ner's jury. The jury having found the prisoner Guilty, The CHIEF JUSTICE proceeded to pass sentence on the boy, who wept bitterly during the whole trial. His L'irdship, after comment , ng in mild but firm larignaKe on the impropriety of his having had recourse to such effertsive weapons, even in defending himself from an older antagonist, sentenced him to be imprisoned for three men7h-,„ James Harding, whom the calendar described as a shepherd, end ae being 26 years old, was indicted for assaulting Elie tbeth Alison on the 12th ot April last. with intent. to murder her or to do her some grievous bodily harm. Evidence was given to show that the prisoner had made attempts upon the girl out of jealousy. The jury, atter deliberating together for some little time without success, retired from the Court, and re main d under the care of the bailiff at the time when our dispatch was closed. The case excited some degree of interest. Mr. Graego, P difikigton• street, anpo th e ared for - ik,ho was acc-hipaoted to tr e court by ogirie te-necksole persons, h« r fri, the i•ffi•.er, a hi, prov e a the serving of the sit s. mons. , s, deposed the .t on delivering the same clet. ll tint that he thoola not a to it hitnsAf, al ht was a married Inav, had a gr ea t o bj e ction 10 6b, case going before the public. Conipl .in n i t said that she liv e d a t N o . 26, n Charlotte row, N. w rued. She had !move the I I Pendant ever sinc, D ember. 1846, e mber, 1847, she gave birth to a which he was the father. At the time of the i °t r o l l titacy, ilia resulik,d in the birtb, she reiido th ; 14, Buckingham-street, Fuzroy-sqnare, since 1 " 6 0 and on the 15 0 ( child was born she had received from defendant 1(4 0 ,4 pay the expenses of lying in &c. He had bince off'o her two sums W. each, upon c • in d it i on t h at s he e/ I)n ,i kreliv: r up l e tt ers w h ic h s h e had had from him; 0d,7110 this understanding — that sh e s h ou ld , i t she rece ived i money from hire, sign an agreement as to her haf ill g t right or clakin to an) other sum. Mr BROUGHTON read some letters which were F. - 0 one of the m was i ud i catory of the cohabitation 13P1v‘`.. the parti es , an d i n wh i ch the Captain ex p resse d bii 411 that complainant shoul l fix the paternity uP°ll6fre :kttier per s on, as h e did not wish to pay fur the p l ea' - of others. Complainant underwent a severe cross-examinati na b ij Captain Melvill e ' s so li c i tor, and admitted that sheio received visits fr nn ot h er gent l emen, but she wo g' confident that defendant was the father of her child- Mr. BROUGHTON was of opinion that the evidence to not sufficiently conclusive t o j us tif y hi m i s making p; order, sod he should therefore dismiss the seno ll , ° ,l l s B but the complainant was entitled to a f res h on e, 1 1,, ; was satisfied that she cou ld b r i ng stronger and coot sive evid , nce. Mr. Grange applied for a fresh summons rig! be defendant, which was granted; and he said th i 'a might have to ma k e a f urt h er application for a suinlfot t o against L or d B ateman, to prove the handwriting(4 defendant. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PoßTsntouTH, J ULY 13.—Commander lirodeh--„°;°0 arrived this morn i ng, and took up his appointuto, the Phmnix screw sloop, which was commissioned ',erday by the first . lieutenant for service on the OW ol Africa. She will have 120 min. Commander F. IV. Horton joined the Superb, B° ' ° Spithead yesterday. The Pantaloon, 8, Commander Hyde Parker, will ready for sea a ga i n i n a few days. Her destinati°' the River Plate. A tbs The Meanee 80 (new ship). Captain Englefiel.;•o M.larnpus, 42. Captain Mason. from the East .1010 the Childers, 14, Commander Pitman, from Chin a ; ;of Contest, 12, C omman d er M•Mardo, from the cos : 00 Africa; end the A rrogant, 46, Captain Fit:l'os' o o the Mediterranean,' are daily expect,d to arrive 11° ie all the former to be paid eff. The Calypso, 20, °IAA North, will also b e l eo k-d f or shortly from the Pas. eiih freight on merchants' account. b sl A commander's outpension to Greenwich Hospital bren vacant for some time. Ihe Niger a nd B as ili s k seem to b e having a veil lad trial. We hope the result will jus , ify the ex pense. 0 0 PLYMoUTH, JULY 12.—H er M a j esty ' s stearn' eeo 9 Niger and B as ili,k sa i led on Monday for a • bye l a d trial cruise. edit Her Majesty's stearn•slonp Growler, Como:18,10 St , ddart, was d oc k e d an d h ad her coppt r exaruil o " Tuesday. and was taken out of dock yesterday. 1. Her Majesty's ship Albion has h a d I ler co pper mined, and was taken to b er morn i ngs on Wednesu A $ l t b, Tr ) , C.,iifi,viee steam tug, which returned on tile., left the Swift brig 40 m , les -nu h east of the Long e , i b e ir d Il r M,jesty's s hip Q teen. now fitting here, is au to be got ready witn all po,ibl, dispar,h. Sur The Crane packet came in from Falmout h on day, and is.gone into harbour to rufit. The Pantdoon is ordered here horn Portsmou th 1° take the August mails to th e coast or Afr i ca. tha The Ringdove iloop as ix. Saturday towed . 1 7 oif Cenfialee to the r Yealm, for use lib a bospiti" during the contitiusree of the sickness at Noss. Winil—E , ,sterly; fresh bre , x h ; 10: CHATHAM, JULY 13.—The 11 , -rcules store-se-o r ter Countedider R. Fulton, laden with titnlV . „' fcl just arrived, 30 seamen riggvrs are lent to this ship the purpose of assisting the crew in unloading P e r ms , she is again required tor immediate service; the /A a ti4 the Admiralty Hav i ng di recte d that she must be r ep red ao s soon as she i s c l eare d o f her t i mber, which is OP to occupy from four to five weeks. Sbeer The Pigmy st eam - vessel has been sent up from ness for the set vice of this yard. ott The Scout, 14 guns , C ommander F. E. Jailsmac, , to her way home from Cnina, is ordered to this pox' , I paid off. d for • The Juno, 26 gu ns , i n d ock, which has been fitteill be commission, is rea d y to receive the pennant; she " put out in the course of a few days to be masted. „„tlO The followi ng p r i vates of the Royal Marines we't;ttV morning brought f orwar d , i n the presence of the,, hest' lion under a r ms , i n t h e square of the barracks, luoeti; their sentenc es o f court-mart i al read, when Priv 09 Robinson, of No. 5 company, was sentenced t°„, t he labour for for t y-t wo d ays f ur a b sent i ng himself fr°""ar dock-yard pi c ket ; a n d P r i vate A r d en, of the 490 c d oll pany, was sentenced to hard l a b our f or twenty-two h'tor breaking his con fi nement. Both prisoners werepixt m ediately removed to the milit ary pr i son, Fort Clor"tee The Meteor st eam vesse l arrived at Rochester ye'tift day evening from London, wish the Lord. Mayori.o6, James Duke, and severa l mem b ers of the corporsll.4 IT the holding a Court of Conservancy, arid exatsi e l l o s the boundary of th at part o f t h e River Medway here, Upnor Castle to the Nore. The Loid Mayor w rio " l t er ceived with the usual honours by the M a y or and ',sti ration of Rochester. This morning e the Lord MO e" 0 tho M triends proceed e d d own t h e river in the Meteor t Ocean flagship at Sheerness, to pay his personal re 9 l 3 ee ‘o Port Admiral Elliott. RAILWAY Sul A u ti; MARK— IRIS ' BRISTOL, JULY 13. ins o l STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was tolerably firmfirmth o l s gh o ge o tive to-lay, it, consequen ce o f selkrs being Inman,: w MO' stock at present prices, atricipating an advance. Great ci Quarters, were done at 5% dis. ea , LI V 1,;NI'001,. w as . lifil ° cet STOCK EXCHANGE. The share market firm to - o l, ,,',.fere a , siness, however, was done. The sa es are—Caledonian, Lf li O, W. 18s. 9d.- Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol , Fifths. '' 4 cll o ',. Ditto, Halves (L. and (B),1,14 dis.—Ditto, Filth, ( w.R.U. ) ' 3 P London and :North-Wertern, 132 c.—Ditto, N ew Q INt rIETSt _ gUia r. Ditto, Quarters (t;), 3 1 4 i P. —At idland, €53 9 Ditto, Pretere n 74.o, anteed 6 per cent., 125 - Ditto (Erewash Valley). 6114 —6 le l c (V A ern and Dover (No. 4) , 6% Yon., Newca.stle, and Her" g,inal _Newcastle, and Berwick), G. N. E. Purchase, 6 per cen t ' • 4 , A, dis. tii i pi MANCHESTER, JULY 13. ...,., 40%40 STOCK EXCrIANGE.—The transactions t o d ay were ks,. /....- 1, 4 1, Leeds, Fifths, 1N dis.— Leeds, Preference (scrip) , s i 'l l oar t :l6 (Registered), 12 3-16 — l l la , •cliester and Birmingham (Ch . 6 1. :0., 3 1 ,i p —North Staffordshire, 4 11-16 dis. Dover (No. 4 ) , ''';befll 9 ' ex in.— ►Vest Riding Union, 4% dis.—Leeds Stock, " Preference, 11 9-16. YORK, JULY 12. Nt STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day have been olh . - •sw : 4Areat Northern, lON —North lintish, Quarters. 3ia Newea.tle, and Berwick (Neweastd: Extutsion), 13A—D1t'°' E. Purchase), 31. 19s. • GI,A,MOW, JULY 12. _.., ow' srocK EXeIIANGE The tralei,v...tion. to-day were as io !i Th r el t clydesdale Junction, 6,, 4—Edinburgh and Northern, 11-" v bti. Northern, Preference, 5 per cent. guaranteed, 70s.—Alonklan ,:h —North British, Pt eference, 50s ALARMING FIRE AT ISLING f()N. —Last Ite twe. n the h , urs of ten and I Yen o' c lo c k, a fir' '.' 11 ut in the ex . i naive dot ndra9ery ai.d hab , 1 1 : 18 ; coo wsrehou e, belonging to IV. Benton, B & roes, ey .ii ch , No 3, Upper-street, near l y tacing Llington 0:41 It commenced in the front shop, and was discover' 0 04 a oerson prLasing by. An instant alarm was gi"3 ea' I Tthw ith the R.,y a l Society's tire•Qscape and P ar f Doir gine arrived, followed . by numerous engines of i don brigade and that of the West of England C°"' g r e ing The firemen th en f ound that the tunes 70 0 most furiously among the stock, and had exter e t 11, is the adj o i n i ng h ouse , in the tenure of Mr- r`hilyrd tlilor. Th ere b e i ng plenty of water immerltitelY 9 01- cured, the engines were worked with full vig" r ,:itel owing t o th e exercions of all present, the Bolt tilel. confined to that p ort i on o f t h e two houses vihnrooP originated, but not until a cons id era bl e amoun t or u" was done. The oligin of the disaster is unknovvy Orr 1..55,: it is u n d erstof .d, w ill f a l l upon the Generaleet to office. Whilst the fire was rag i ng a person w 09800007 inter the counting-h ouse , an d was ta k en i n to c t o/ upon suspi c i on of ro bbi ng t h e cas h-b ox. He vaLfell to the stati on - h ouse , w h ere, upon examination. s e t t he pounds, supposed to be the proceeds of the robbery} tire, were found upon his person oC aig „„ s ADVERTISEMENT.]—TH E E ARL OF A 0 10 „ f -, AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An asto un di ng cure by , this in ir t medicine, alter every other means had falls& See extract 'S , io Lordship's letter, dated " Vill a Messina, Leghorn, Feb' 2flit/` Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acqua i nt you that your Pin'The fected a cure of a disorder In m y li ver and stomach which all 7,0 fr", eminent of the faculty, at home and a ll over the continent. o r e t t been able to effect; nay, riot ever t h e waters of Carla _do"' rienbad. (Signed) " ALbsoaouon." These WOlldenDL . VO O VM cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold * Ointm.dit) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, D.. -- ,0 by all medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. BIRTHS Of °l' On the 9th i ns t., a t S ta i ndrop• hall. in the coun ty ° f ham, the wife of Captain R. H. S. Jackson, of a 500 . .. 1 ; I'o On the 11th i ns t . , at W e . t b ourne-terrace, Hyde-Pe'"' if. John Baidaughter. Oa the 10th inst., at S dcup; Foot's Cray, K e nt, t he ft of T. Horwood. Esq., of a daughter. On the 10th in s t. at L aus d wne-place, Leamillgt°/1' til. ~f iv• wife of J. J. Br d s h aw , E sq.. of a daughter. Isle tr.. • On the 10th i ns t., at N ewport, of Wight, .v..'•.• r _—../ Buckell, of a daughter. MARRIED. 1, by On the 12th in s t., at Emmanuel Church, Camber et the Re-. Robert F a y rer, i ncum b ent. Edward A Sn lit "Zr t li n e Paymaster, RN., and A ss i s t an t Emigration Officer job' Port of. I ondon, to M ar y J ane , e ld est da ug hter of 01 " Alger, cf Great Y armout h . ~,,gIP On the 10th inst., a t P e t ers h am Ch urc h . C ap tain m i :4o l Halkett, 4th Li g ht D ragoons, to C hart tte Mari '-soiP only daughter of the late Charles H. Beague, E SC O Engineers. ,„ ;s hor On the llth i ns t., a t B ec k en h am. K en t, the LorJ of Victoria, to Lydia, only oaughter of the Bev. AS eon Brandram, M.A , rec t or o f B et k en h am , an d on e of the taries of the British and Foreign Bible , ill, DIED. On the Ist. inst., Lieuten au t-C o l o n e l Benny, of Li ttie near Montrose, :a inst ged 74. c 0 of nu the th ~ the Rev. C. Spencer, PIA , 11 isi.np's Stortford. Herts. aged 65. 1 of Viglit' On the I th in s t., at Westhill, Freshwater. Is. , e Rawsot. B. Crozier, Esq . d 7a. 1 beil l/4 On the I th inst., Samu age el Anderson, Esq., 131.- place. Sr. Joh, 's -wood 1 g Ore' On tile II th Just., a; Sydenham, Kent, Mr. H. J. - a , I Bath, aged 6. ' -_____,,..<l .:radon • Printed and Published MURDO ".ig, f t S a •112, I.4trap.i, Printer. at' The Sun Lire • dott ! - -traud. tin, y- tly 4110-414 1 butur4y, July 14,189,,. •; . NAI uato the i t 4 ‘roPriet ar] koderat4 Twathi r Annual nal( the tensiv lioderat4 Th *cent. 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L a tA.L m tirrsuant tc t .,%,, , t)tvr n th e gen o'clock Pre, The Tra► Wi ll not t keetlng or Lo w RC Th term M eet t ern, 25, IN EL *d Sap p , Ad am strc ' , ends a n , re ill eh has • isi tora to tli' lers e e Tablet I kost c om o'clock • I 1414. fin ' t IT 4 co inat Dot I,, ae ntrig thl4 e ro Z 4 Steam fol a tltth Price. 7 ,q,oek 'oftables ° r .2.,an u a : ° all e " 4e,thpr( wit of th e ea . 4" REIE -- -t8 tak e I tanny tru g knovfl itroll"°:llo7l:4tl::Ltte aa S o i p edi ll :ftj i , The nev 4ee4 red to sr Present fcqually ih a ce, an h, an kedlcine, scarcely a gratefal Sold by c ent, by g IClt.igdom. Ask for the name i Dressed up genuine T 0