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3 , ler, teW pII .0 :orn th at flee, mit • sr- I. it surely might he found in the present discussion, and , as they had abundaliec of Incs'ness on the river the Ifouie darinu the evening, the, l, c,, , lid be no difficulty in adjuurnis.g to occupy till Montisv. th, cc , nsideration of the Ordnance estimates M. lITh,IE said his object iii wishing the adjou rl- rntut was estimates. to get publi c o pi n i on t o b ear upon the.e. Air. A. SMITH was of opinion that, under all the circu mstances, th e cons id erat i on o f the estimates should be proceeded with. Mr. HENLEY , aid the question urged was not whether .e all the recommendations of the Committee were tob com plied with, but whether the H ouse s h ou ld not be to permitt e d to see the report before they were asked vote the est i mates; and, by seeing that report, bethere fore in a better position to come to the discussion. sal o Lord J. RUS S E LL said the very essence of the propo. f the Lion. Memb er (M r . H ume ) was, t h at t h e House having seen the report on Monday, should, without taking the opinions of the Government, proceedatonc , c . to make considerable reductions. Now he (Lordd Russell) would remind Hon. Members, that in the pre sent Year there had been reductions made, to the amount neon. of seven or eight thousand pounds, in the navy, h That was l the sequence of the Committee of last year. proper course to pursue, and that was the proper Ta answer to those who argued that unless the reductions were no w mad e t h e recommendations of the Committee were of no use. After a few words from Mr. HUME, . Mr. V. S MITH stated it to be his o pinion that the re port of the present Committee was intended to act on the The estimates of th e succee di ng year. House then divided, when there appeared— For M r . H ume ' s m0ti0n....43 Against it Majority aga i nst t h e mot i on 37 On being re admitted, we found to the Mr • J. B. SMITH a dd ress i ng the H ouse. H e appea l e d Noble Lord whether he could not accede to the reasonable request of postponi ng the e stim a t es till Men - - t laY. He thought such a p os tp onemen t was on ly reason able, and he should therefore move that the Chairman should leave the chair. Lord J. RUSS ELL said he had postponed the Ord nttnee estimates till July, and the report of the Committee not 'lavi agon een now made, no reason why they should ce proceed to the considerition of the estimates. Re had stated on last Friday that he would in Com- I nitte of Supply go on with the Ordnance estimates that seeg; and fu rt h er postponement, cons i dering the busi ss to be d one, might make a delay of ten days or a fortnight at the present time of the session. Mr. lIILSIE submitted that there need be no u n ne ce o s - In tl' delay, as ot h er estimates could be taken instead f those of the Ordnance. He thought there vvas adeter- Itin ation on the p ar t o f th e G overnmen t todeprive them or th e b enefit of the mass of evidence whichhadbeen taken. He agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Ripon (Sir James Graham) that they must get p u bli c opinion to bearb,. for h e tahjeck item, get eouldfor in reduc tions made. Now, therewasthe s tance, which be t h oug h thad been unwarrantably in cr eased of late years; but how wore theeytht; advantage t a p n u t b a l g i e c °Pinion to bear, if they were deprived nf referring to the report? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER con firmed what had been said by the Noble Lord (Lord J. 114401), that notice had been giveit that the Ordnance est imates would be taken th a t evening. , Mr. HASTIE w i s h e d to be informed by his lion. -rriend (Mr. Hume) wh i th e y th ere was any objection to e t he particular vo t e propose d f ur the i r consideration; k ' e cause, if t h ere was not, he did not see why the vote before them might not be proceeded with. Mr. lIUME said he was glad the question had bees it ; ske d- He had objected before to the number of m n ill the artillery department. In the report of 1828, it :1 aPeeared that the number of men in the artillery was 200, whereas now, in the time of peace, and when the nd th at of the country was so conspicuous, they fon Hat the artillery had increased the number of the men ti°B fou rteen or fif teen thousand, and yet the report of 28 called on the Government to lessen the f orce .— (Hear, hear.) In answer, therefore, to the question of under sAurel.eLreeiieroceueNTheatilosyttLabncc es, his Hon. Friend, he would say that it was impassible, to go into the vote without matter tiaviAlng report of the Committee. said that he did not think that a hastily, $e import ance should be carried so shouldY. leave e " r t e etil concurred that the Speaker been to the chair, and regretted that he had not mostlin the House on the last division, for he thought it tnheaTrotirlteeuhnthreearseopnearbtlevrtahsatgitrbeins t v o ot t e be sh m eu em ld be b r e e. brought on CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said sub . ere could not be found any better opinion on this th su bject on Monday than at present, for he did not think at an possibll Ai, liYußood would be gained by such a delay. ME protested against this—it was the worst of th e example to show the country. If the argument thing, tUthwaerinceltlnorproofvtehe Exchi quer were good for any-_ they bthat they ought to do nothing till let I t het° shotwhole of the evidence before them. Then, tlittnegsstheresc'; they let them wait until they could do the busi i_ of the country in a proper manner. Instead of talk should do business.—(" Hear, hear," and hi light er-) 43 Members of that House had voted with bees of a r tid he sheuldbein a majority if the mere Mem and :o,the Government had walked out of the House t voted Air. si e , • Roe . e, G ONER said that though he voted with the Ge„"ieralser for Montrose, he should now tell the Hon. en '"eraen that he ought to submit to the decision of the —4 Jority. kr, lipv,,,, Whitt w '--"eirex DRUMMOND could not understand In i no _. as meant by constitutional government if the • ritY were not to submit to the decision of the majority. The House then divided, when there appeared— Fur reporting progress ~ • ... ... ••• Majority —69 •• ••• ••• sidedM r. HUME said that though the majority had so de rreport's he still should persevere in repeating the motion 1 porting progress, which he now begged again to make. He saw everywhere a demand for economy— ,theey had spent five months seeking for information, and 11. ithought het five right in avowing his determination to el) truct the further progress of these estimates. tttnii, Lord J. RUSSELL said he would not use any addi al argument or say anything more than the House scl already heard. They had considered the question _ i l f ore them ; they had decided it by 90 to 21, showing clearly that a great majority thought that the previous thletision was a sound one. The Hon. Member was, erefore, proceeding with a vexatious opposition, and to divide any more would be a mere waste of time. Al,r H. BAILLIE asked why the information relating 4 1 .0 th e O r d nance had not long since been laid on the table of the House? Mr. COBDEN said it was quite a mistake to suppose that estimates were ever altered in that House.—( • • N o , 'AO.") He would maintain that they never were. During th e e i ght years that he had possessed a seat in that 'lous e he hail never known a single instance of esti- Mates having been altered. W t b h y e did e s they e t q u s e e s e t k i 0 to Llirid, and why did they discuss . heir object was to bring public op i nion to bear upon t h at Rouse. They wanted to get at facts and figures. 4 the i gnorance in which the House was kept e did . oa l b feel hi mself in a position to di-cuss the Ordnance es tim ates, and if they insisted on proceeding with them, j,,7, Should walk out of the House. If the purpose of the —. ` h isters was to defraud the House of their time, they tl °, l lld not do so more effectually than by taking the course t w i l ui ,h were now pursuing. He demanded a reason for b e e:r Proceeding thus, and he was told that a week would tile iost if they did not go on with the estimates. Well, th n i he they prepared to lose a week in order to save to n ee In ciaey of the country. It was true that, according zzi e ' i the rule of the House, the majority bound the ti el ?• °t itY, but the forms of the House protested that mi foritY trom being trampled upon and coerced by brute m c e• He thought, therefore, that his Hon. Friend the _eerember for Montrose was quite right, and if he perse- LordT d till midnight he should support his Hon. Friend. J. RUSSELL said, that sufficient reasons had alr the " elY been given by two very important members of to.s. metnittee—the Members for Ripon and Northamp- • Of u .,_ e Those reasons appeared to him, and to a majority • ,s,tu House, sufficient ground for proceeding with the sumates. After a few words from Mr. HUMS, agreed M. GIBSON said he understood they were all oo:retevdotes in the Ordnance estimates which until thous Y--- y ti n i ta d nihmee t o h n a l t re th p against —some of them he believed the Committee should be postponed . report of the Committee was in the hands of ...I.:3eenuat :earns: uslisteLbLe_lie,v,ed the Noble Lord agreed to that. eLord J. R No, nci."] Well, if the Govern inhte)t_heened.e of fsetiirrnteadt ea t , o t r e a r tP ep o o o r e t u o n o t n il id Monday a single vote not be received until next bee; so that he could not see that any th a r n e t t i l me Would st by postponing all the estimates c ourse wo u ld one. He certainly thought the better L _ 5 would be to postpone the votes until Hon. Mem ili'ci were in possession of the report of the Committee, in a situation to discuss the subject fully properly The Hon. Member for Surrey t and . had said that rit!as.the.duty ot the minority to submit to the map )) Y; but if that Hon Gentleman looked at the minority e e would fi n d ' that a majority of the independent Mem- Gue!ssoPriresent vvere for poetponing the votes, and he (Mr. shouldl° The C o eou tz tOnly as one. ---(Laughter.) For eirt. Hetelheen,e dreiveitdieeed, when there app 2 e o ared Against it ... ... ..• 3 Mjor' rued post r. riuME theulmt-oved that the — Chair . m — an CI; n 9 o 3 w re port progress., Mr. NIOWATT said, if the Government were insen- Bible to the ridicule —(Lau Mittee to go into these Which they had bee Government forcing the Com estimates. now that the report for ri waitin g tire months was lying on th e t , able. he really thought to months could not be surprised S ' the course his Hon. p,i,.nd, to • g .l in tith o ,__(n, , , pursued in the endeavour The eexe• ana l lauehtee ) Committee then divided, ' When there appeared— For the tuotioa Against it .. •"... •••••• ::: 118 Majority ... ..• ••• oit..IIIJAIE regretted that the business of the e-nintry sect's " h 4 ititerrup ed by the obstinacy of the Govern e„,i, --(Laughter, and cries of " Oh.") The ordnance ,ovoatcs load been paetpened for five months, sad it the n‘eowernment intended to take the course which they had tre tte P o ut stied, why had they so long delayed these esti taitent led, gut a report upon th-m, the Govern now refusel to the House an opportunity of seeing ,Z• Th e -. e ,, 4 • conauct of the Government on the present oc 4'), was a preof that they had stooped in their eeeno ent (career. Ile had a super in his hand showing the i,'),, mo o , increase ot the:•e estimates , and proving the 1 11 ' e :salty of not hurrying over them v, ' 'i!hout discussion. tl ib a they to pass them on the ground of confidence in Such a proceeding would net, be tole rated i f th titeet : th ve n rnt i n: o l r ' i!e wera in powtr, cial he remembered ';iresent Ministers were on the opposite side ot 4-10 use, that they supported him for 3ill week s in opposition to the army estimates alone.—(Hear, he:lr.) If the report of the Committee would 1)0 in the han..s of Members to-mt - irrow, he would consent to disease thee stimates to-morrow, but he could not compromise the constitutional function of the House by allowing esti mates of so questionable a nreure to pass in a hurried manner. The fact that in 1828 there was a surplus of revenue over expendituce of 5,000,0001., and in 18s5, of 1,620,0001., and that now at the close of the year 1848 there was a deficiency, proved that there was ample giound for caution in voting aNay the public moLoy. After the discussion that evening, he was sure that lion. Members would read the report of the Committee on the Ordnance estimates with more curiosity than they had read any other report. He called the present a factious proceeding—not on his part—(Laughter)—for he was standing up for the constitutional power of that House, but he maintained that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government was acting a most factious part.— (Laughter.) He now moved that the Chairman should report progress, and he hoped that the Noble Lord would listen to the ressons he had placed before him. Mr. BROTHERTON had mtv.th rather that the re port of the Committee in question had been laid on the table, but Hon. Members ought to take into considera tion the circumstances of the case. The Noble Lord had stated that he had had every reason to believe that the report would have been laid on the table in time for its full consideration, but the Committee did not make their report till the last moment. He was in favour of reductions as much as any other Member, but he did not like this manifest distrust of a Government which had shown every disposition to retrench. If the money were voted, the Government would not be obliged to spend it.—(A laugh.) If the Government wished to carry out the recommendations of the Committee, they could still do so. _ _ After a few words from Mr. V. SMITH, who took the opportunity of acknowledging the assiduity, patience, and ability applied to the subject by the Noble Lord the Chairman of the Select Committee, Sir R. PRICE suggested that the Honourable Mem ber (Mr. Hume) would do well to content himself now with protesting against proceeding with the votes, going out if he thought tit, but not obstructing the public business by dividing time after time. It had evidently been the intention of the Government, in deferring these estimates so long, to give opportunity for consider• ing the report, but it had been delayed longer than was expected. Mr. BRIGHT could make great allowance for the Honourable Member for Salford (Mr. Brotherton), who considered himself a firm ally of the Noble Lord's, and whose natural disposition was so kindly that he was sometimes in danger of forgetting a certain large num ber of persons down in Lancashire.—(oh! oh!) No one would less wish to do so, but personal partialities would influence the best and most honest.—(Hear, hear) In no session since the Noble Lord had been in office had less obstruction been offered to the Govern ment business; diseussior.s which, with the Whigs in opposition, might have lasted a week, had been dis posed of in a eight. The Noble Lord might now preperly and gracefully give way, and allow the House to read and consider the re port. He (Mr. Bright) was told indetd that the Noble Lord regarded the m .tier as rather personal, and talked about speeches that wt re made for the purpose of hustings' influence. Like everybody else, the Noble Lord sometient s said things be afterwards wished unsaid. Not long ego he said that some gentlemen in the House knew a grent deal about trade, but wsro too narrow minded to consider matters which concerned a great empire. If so, it was a pity they were there at all ; but it happened that very large numbers of persons in various parts of the country had a different opinion from the Noble Lord, and thought it important that their interests should be defended, and their opinions expressed in the House by those Members. Mr. HEY WOOD must say that in his own neigh bourhood the Hon. Member for Salford was considered a most independent as well as liberal man.—(Hear.) He was a very experienced Member, and his advice might well have much weight with the House.—(Hear, hear.) If it was true, as stated, that the recommend., tions of the Committee were applied to the expenditure in Mauritius, the lonian islands, and Bermuda, those particular items might be postponed. Mr. COBDEN wished to recall the attention of the Committee to the point that they were asked to vote a sum of 2,600,0001., while there lay upon the table .the report of a Committee which would give them much valuable information on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) lie had now that report in his band, and would shortly refer to it, especially as he understood the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite (Sir J. Graham) to say that the Mauriius, Bermuda, and the lonian Islands were the only cases in which the Committee had recommended reductions, notwithstanding that the evidence of Sir J. Burgoyne and other gentlemen, all in favour of reduc tions, would be found in the report. The Noble Lord had distinctly told them that, notwithstanding the re commendations of the Committee, he intended to take this vote to-night. Colonel ANSON had no objection to postpone the votes to which the recommendation of the Committee referred.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. COBDEN was, nevertheless, anxious to show to independent Members of the House how the case really stood, for he did not agree with the Hon. Member for Salford in thinking that it was no matter what money the House voted, because Government would not spend ft.—(Beer, hear.) As to the vote for the fortifications of Cortu, for example, amounting to 450,0001, how could they tell whether the proposition made on the part of the Noble Lord was right or wrong, unless they saw the report? He found it stated, on looking over the report, that, according to the views of Lord Grey, these works at Corfu should never have been undertaken. — (Hear, hear.) It was also stated that one of the great objections to the fortifications towards the sea was that they renderud fortifications on the land side necessary also, and imposed upon us the necessity, in the event of war, of having a lurge garrison there. The inspector of fortifications recommended delay; the Secretary of State for the Colonies doubted the necessity of any additional works ; and other witnesses thought no more votes should be taken on these works till the subject should be reconsidered by Government.-- (Elear, bear.) He asked the Right Hon. Gentleman op pesite if he meant to say that the Government could attend that night to the recommendations of the Com mittee, when they stated that they knew nothing about the report.—(Heal.) And it was urged against those tee his side of the House that they had not been the mese* of preventing a great waste of money that evening, though there was little doubt that but for their opposi don the money would have been voted long ago, and gentlemen opposite in their beds.—(Hear, hear.) IT' the Government had not read the report, how could tney • have been guided on that occasion by its recommenda= tions?—(Hear.) But he denied what had been so often stated, that the only recommendations of the Commit tee were to stop the fond - it:maims of the three colonies named. This assertion was a proof of how mewl the members of the Co mmittee differed from each other, ant[ it it showed, ther e f ore, h ow important it was that' a t t he Members of the House should read the report fur them selves. He found that in the report a most important item was that of stores, and it was stated that we hod at this moment Ordnance stores to the amount of no less than 6,000,000/. The Committee at their last meeting unanimously recommended that the number of depots for Ordnance stores should be diminished, and that we should do what private individuals did, profit as much as possible by the rapid communication caused by railroads and steamboats, to keep on hand a much smaller number ut these stores, especially those that were perishable articles, and thus effect a considerable saving to the country.—(Hear, hear.) Was it unreasonable, then, that they, as Members of that House, should desire to make themselves acquainted with all the particulars of such a report before they were asked to vote money to so large an amount as was now proposed?—(Hear,) Colonel ANSON felt himself compelled to point out to the House a gross misrepresentation which the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Cobden) had made with reference to the expenditure of the lonian Islands. The lion. Gen demise stated that the expenditure was 456,000/., but he concealed from the House the fact that of that sum there was contributed from the Italian Islands 310,0001, making the whole charge ,to this country 146,000/.-- (Cheers.) With these figures before him he quoted 456 0001. as the sum paid by this country for the lonian Islands.—(Hear.) The Hon. Member for Montrose had thrown out a wide challenge to him in the statement he made as to the estimate for 1835-6 compared with 1849 50, and had made nearly as erroneous a quotation as the lion. Member for the West Riding. Instead of the estimates for the year 1835 6 being 1,000,0001.. they were 1,497,0001; andj instead of their being 3,000 000/. this year, they were 2 ,600,000/.—(Cheere.) He thought it proper to set the House right on these important points. Mr. COBDEN asked the Hon. and Gallant Member if he was not right in saying that 456,000/. had been voted by that House? (Colonel Anson assented.) Then, if it were so, upon what possible pretence did the Hon. Gentleman impute to him misrepresentation?— (Cheers.) They voted 456,0001., and then called upon the lonian Islands to pay their quota, at the expense of great discontent and dissatistaction in those islands.— (Cheerte) There were, in consevence, arrears unpaid, and he believed they never would be paid.---( Hear, hear.) They had no more right to tax the lonian Islands against their will than they had to tax the people of Yorkshire contrary to their wishes.--(llear.) Captain BOLDER() having been employed to assist in the construction of the fortifications at Corfu, had, of course, his attention directed to the object they had in view, and when he heard the Hon. Gentleman quote the authority of Lord Grey he must say he was rather staggered, though he vi as inclined to ask whether the opinion of a civilian, however high his position, could be put in competition with that of the most intelligent and influential engineers?—(Hear, hear.) The fortifica tions of Corfu were undertaken to defend the entrance of the Gulf of Venice, and they were commenced upon the authority of some of the most experienced military men in the empire. The lonian Islands agreed to pay 25,000/ a year, Omagh he was sorry to say that it had not been exacted, and that 125,000/. was now due. There was great inconvenience to the colonies in post poning the Ordnance estimates to so late a period of the session. For ex tmple, suppose the Isle of France sent home as its expenditure a sum of 7.0001., and the Ord nance Deparonent reduced it to 4,5001., the latter were not justified in writing out to the Mauritius to sanction the expenditure till Parliament had agreed to it. If this sanction was not given till July, the people of Mau ritius could not receive their orders till December, and in the mean time the works were stopped for want of the funds, arid the public service suffered.—(Hear, hear.) He must say he thought the Noble Lord had met with most fac'ious Opposition on the present occa sion; but he thi , right he ought now to allow the estimates to stand over till Monday. Lord J. RUSSELL said, some rather uncalled-for imputations had been cast upon him by the Hon. Nlem her for Nlincheiter, who had also expressed himself dis satisfied, bc use w c itl a itl , te view taken by th e H on . M em b er f or he had said (speaking in his usual kindly meaner) that he was disposed to place eonfidence eng , d R.gi- be ae• report of ould not ee Esti• e in the e Muse nda!iong v6te this iittee on i of the be ready ese esti- anions of e to be )mruittee [t would postpone pousible full con- ke Com port and dembers ring the von the exnment leration, it,.would ith"these n which 'legation eous, for 'ordsh ire )übt was He (Mr. .nce, and s impor- Lfter five , e passed u 2 report :b Mem.. revised on Mon e to the possibly consider 'eminent discus ,he farce a lump. rER ob 3ther the n of full 'd that it h infor and the any days ?ssion he ' Setter to nsidera. consi. n order wise such rid could ?rnment. iseushion prepared es than question hope of year ?-- know e, would e reduc felt that If they in their y to the do so it er hand, any re ever sp vote the stponing whether the pre sent had o able to vas sur- is know it a re )7000/. its I or die it consi eduction ie knew ad been Ilse that 1 Noble ion pro- It was a, Mau was be denee of fled that e that it mmittee of men once TO" ere only L the co t would y. The erred to the sus sed wag len they he Hoe. ie Com low Tea' Cher re -(hear, the Go time to e Right yet he money Lands of it Hon• in the Member mild not an able ) deeply embo ort was Ort bad Cs to it , tongued speeted, of the rial ex- eireuni- Pe, saiti use one House. imate9. t might he was idering hat be Com alga of )vern t from part iinary )ers of time, Sear.) iy, as of the to its 'man ) had could ed for or its THE SUN, in her Majesty's Government. Certainly the Hon. Member for Matiehesier hsd taken a different view, because he (Lord J. Russell) !aid postponed the Ordnance estimates until the 12th of July, having repeetelly asked his Noble Friend the chsirman of the Select Com mittee when the tappet weuld appear, and having been assured by hies th tit it woul I appear soon, end now, thinking it was quite impossible fairly to cereicler the report of the Committee, having proposed to tike those estimates now, the Hon. Metnber for Manchester said that he (Lord J. Russell) must have some dishonest mo tives, and that he wished to prevent the House of Com mons having that report in their hands, and from consi dering the recommendations of the Committee. If that had been his object he certainly had not taken a very skilful mode—(Hear, hear)—for he might have said in May or June that it was bett-r not to wait any longer; hut, because he had postponed the estimates until July, asking for the report. the Hon. Gentleman made that imputation against him, but which he (Lord J. Russell) totally denied.—(Hear, hear.) He denied that he had acted so corruptly and dishonourably.—(hear, hear.) With respect to the dispute that night, the ques tion simply was that the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose said it would be of great advantage to have the report before them, and they, the Government, on the other hand, contended that as that report could not be in the hands of Members until Saturday, the very short time between Saturday and Monday would not enable the House to get any sufficient information on the subject, and, therefore, it would be better to discuss the various items, and reserve until next year the questions of any large reductions in the estimates. It seemed to him that the question might have been discussed between them without any personalities—(Hear, hear)—and he should have thought without having resort to the very frequent divisions which had taken place that evening.— (Hear, hear.) He was likewise justified in the course he had taken by the opinion of two Right Hon. Gentle men members of the Committee, who were known to have paid particular attention to this subject, and who thought the course the Government had taken was the proper one. The Hon. Member for Manchester seemed to have supposed that he (Lord J. Russell) had made a charge against Members of the House generally, or against those with whom the Hon. Member acted, of ob structing the course of public business in the present ses sion, He (Lord John Russell) made no such charge, nor any imputation against any Member in the House. On the contrary, he was glad to be able to acknowledge that throughout this session Members had shown a dis position to transact fairly the business before them, and what particular business was fixed by the Government for certain days they had, generally speaking, proceeded with the consideration of to expedite it. With regard to the motion standing for that eveninz, thinking that the Government had been in the right in the course they had proposed, but that it was impossible at that hour to proceed with any benefit to the consideration of the Ord nance estimates, and thinking also that they would not be able to go through those estimates and the others in the course of to-morrow (this) evening he should pro pose that the Chairman report progress, and that they should take the British Museum and other estimates to morrow (this das) and the Ordnance estimates on Mon day, when he trusted the Committee would fairly con eider them, and not interpose any unnecessary delay. Mr. HUME denied that, as far as he was concerned, there had been any factious opposition. The House then resumed, and the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again this day. The Relief of Distress, Ireland (No. 2), and the Commons Enclosure (No. 2) Bills were read a second time. The Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill and the Tru3tees Relief Bill were read a third time and passed. The Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Bill, the Labouring Poor Act Amendment (Ireland) Bill, and the Land Im• provement Amendment Act (Ireland) Bill were seve rally read a second time, and ordered to be committed this day. THE NEW ZEAL AND LAND CONVEYANCES LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY l3 , 1 BILL. Mr. AGLIONBY moved that this Bill be read a second time. Sir J. GRAHAM asked his Hon. and Learned Friend to state the ohj'ct of the Bill. Mr. AGLIONBY stated that the New Zealand Com pany had sold upwards of 300,000 acres of land in New Zealand to various persons, who had been in possession for the last seven or eight years, but in consequence of various circumstances the company had not been able to give a title to the purchasers. The grant from the Crown having, however, at length been obtained, it was desirable to make the necessary conveyances; but the expense of doing so in this country would be so great, besid. s the difficulty of giving a proper description of the premises, that it was thought advisable to introduce a Bill to enable the company to make the grants in the colony by means of a power of attorney authorizing parties there to affix the seal of the company to the deeds. Sir J. GRAHAM wished to know whether the Bill had received the sanction of the Government; because there existed, he believed, an arrangement between the company and the Government that upon certain terms the Crown might resume all its former rights over the land granted to the company. He also observed that there was a clause in the Bill which relieved the parties from the payment of stamp duties on the coa sts yance B. kr. AGLIONBY said the Bill had been submitted to the Colonial-office, and it did not interfere in the slightest degree with the arrangements entered into between the Government and the company. With regard to the ex emption from the stamp-duty, the precedent of the North Canada Act had been observed in this case. Mr. HAY'IER said the exemption clause had been considered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he thought it just and fair that the same advantage should he extended to New Zealand as had been granted to Canada. Mr. GOULBURN did not admit that the existence of a bad precedent was any reason for continuing it. Mr. HAYTER did not urge the case as a matter of precedent. The same reason that existed in the case of Canada operated in the case of New Zealand. Mr. GLADSTONE suggeited that the second reading of the Bill should be postponed till Monday. It was a question affecting titles to land, and ought, therefore, to be considered by the legal Members of the House. After a short c,‘nversation, in which Mr Mangles, Mr. Goulburn, Sir J. Graham, and Mr. Roundel]. Palmer took part, Mr. AGLION BY consented to postpone the second reading of the Bill till Monday next. The County -rates, &c., Bill went through Committee. The Boroughs Relief Bill, and the Titles of RAigious Congretvions (Scotland) Bill, were respectively read a third time and passed. The second reading of the Audit of Railway Accounts Bill was postponed till Monday. Mr. GLADSTONE expressed a hope that a Bill in volving such unprecedented provisions as this did would not be proceeded with at this late period of the session. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that if the Bill contained unprecedented provisions, railway affairs were of an un precedented description, and required a stringent remedy.—(Hear, h.•ar.) Mr. MANGLES expressed his surprise at the Right lion. Gentleman applying the argumentum ad invidiam in such a manner. Mr. W. FATTEN believed that there would be a good deal of discussion upon the Bill in Committee, and hoped an early day would be named for that purpose before Hun. Members left town.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. F. MAULE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to dissolve certain regimental benevolent societies, and to distribute the funds thereof; also a Bill to shorten the second period of enlistment in the artillery and other ordnance corps; which were brought in accordingly, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. The House adjourned at One o'clock. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, THURSDAY. The Queen and Princovalked this morning in Os borne-park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Seymour, Equerry in Waiting, crossed to. Gosport in the Fairy royal yacht, and proceeded to 'Winchester to see the cathedral and college at that city. The Countess of Desart has relieved Lady Mount Edg cumbe as the Lady in Waiting on her Majesty. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes terday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the H,re litary Grand Duchess of bh eklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Lady Augusta Ca dogan and Mr. Edmond Mild.may, honoured the Duchess Dowager of Bedford with their company yeserday morning, at the public breakfast given by her Grace, :t her residence on Catnpden Hill. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge yesterday, at Cambridge House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, honoured Mrs. Wyndham with their company on Wednesday evening, at her residence in Grosvenor-place. Mr. Joseph N. B. Kerr, from( Nova Scotia, had an in terview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial office. Mr. Hincks had also an interview with the Noble Earl yesterday. Mr. Child had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview v rith the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his c ifficial residence, in Down ing -street. PLEASURE BOATS ON TH CANALS.—The adap tatiln last summer of one )ir two of the barges for Pleasure boats to take part ies for excursions on the Paddington (Grind Junctio a) Canal was found to be so palatable to the larger body of the respect able working classes who patronized the specula tion, that this summer the slumber of such pleasure boats h as b een i ncreased, an .t i , a id e d b y t h e material advantage of genial weather, the canal, which was for merly—before the great lines , of railway monopolised s' large a p ort i on of the ireern Al traffic of the kindgom the great source of intercom nhunication and the means all weed for the transmissio a of goods and merchan dise from o ne part of the country to another , has become quite a pl easures ;Dream, and the scene which Western Railway, be ;he arrival and departure of presents itself at P a ddi ngton , near th e t e rminus of the Great , parties on these pleasuretrips down the canal, is of the most li vely • and cheering cha racter. The b arges are 'entirely devote d to th e purpose, and f urn i s h e d with seats covered and orna mented, and b e i ng ga i ly - de , •Or; ted are not unsuitable vehicles for the enjoyment oafrl ;e Parties, which include hosts of respectabl e women ansil children, who, w i t h th e i r provisions and o . : , her adjun c t s ,, ava il t h em elves of this novel means of making water. ,excursious several mile:: from the metropolis. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of theyouse 01 Commons.) THURSDAY, JULY 12. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolution wa; reporit:Tl from the above Comm; ttee _ _ That in the case of the Aberdeen Destitute Female Orphan Asylum (Davidson's) Estate Bill, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : Tnat the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill.—Resolution agreed to. PAIMIA3IENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the - Votes and Proceedings rf the House rf Cotnrrk%zs"•) THURSDAY. JULY 12. SUPPLY. Order for Committee read ; Motion made and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:"-- Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, on the subject of certain illegal Ordinances or Acts of Council for the tax ation of the people of Van Diemen's Land, the attempts of Lieutenant-Governor Sir William Denison to intimidate the Judges of the Supreme Court of that Island into declaring such Ordinances or Acts to be legal, and the grievances complained of by the Colonists of that Island in their peti tion presented last year to her Majesty, and printed by order of this House ; and that her Majesty may be pleased to direct the local authorities in future to respect the indepen &nee of the judicial functions of that Court, and also to signify her disallowance of any Ordinance or Act subse quently passed by the said Lieutenant-Governor in Council, for giving to such illegal Ordinances or Acts the force of law," instead thereof:—Question put, "That the words pro posed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 72. Anson, Colonel Gladstone, W. E. Mitchell, A. T. Armstrong, R. B. Greene, Thomas Norreys, Lord Bagshaw:John Grenfell, C. P. Palmerston, Vig. Baines, M. T. Grey, Sir George Parker, John Baring. Sir F. Grosvenor, Lord R. Patten, W. Bernal, Ralph Harris, Richard Plumptre, J. P. Birch, Sir Thomas Hustle, Archibald Ricardo, Osman Brotherton, J. Hawes, Benjamin Rich, Henry Brown, W. Hay, Lord John Richards. Richard Clay, James Hayter, W. G. Russell, Lord J. .- Clay, Sir W. Herbert, 11. A. Russell, F. C. Cowper, W. F Herries, John C. Sandars, George Craig, W. G. Hervey, Lord A. Seymer, Henry tier Denison, J. E. Hobhouse, T. B. Seymour, Sir H. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Howard, C. W. Shalto, R. D. Dickson, Samuel Jervis, Sir John Smith, Vernon Drummond, Henry Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Somerville. Sir W. Dundas, Admiral Knox, Colonel Sotheron, T. H.'S. Dundas, Sir David Lacy, H. C. ' Thicknesse, Ralph Ebrington, Viscount Langston, J. H. Vane, Lord H. Ellis, John Leonard, T. B. Wood, Sir Charles Elliot, John E. Lewis, G. C. Wrightson, W. B. Fergus, John Lincoln, Earl of TZLLERS. Ferguson, Sir IL Maple, Fox Hill, Lord Marcos Foley, J. H. Melgund, Viscount Lascelles, W. S. MINORITY-NOES, 21. Anderson, Arthur Baillie, H. J. Cobden, R. Colebrooke, Sir T. Henry, Alexander O'Connor, Feargus Ilume, Joseph Pliltington, James Kershaw, James Roebuck, J. A. Lushington, Charles Smith, J. B. _ _ Duncan, George Meagher, Thomas Thompson, Colonel Ewart, William Martin, John Walmsley, Sir I. Fagan, William Molesworth, Sir W. TELLEB.S. Fox, W. J. Mowatt, Francis knatey, Thomas C, Gibson, T. M. O'Connell, John Wood, W. P. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a sum not exceeding 361,8001. be granted to her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the expense of the Pay, Allow ances, and Contingencies of Ordnance Military Corps, which will come in course of payment during the year ending the slst day of March, 1850 :" Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, " That the Chairman do report progress, and as leave to sit again." The Committee divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 43. Baillie, H. J. Hastie, Alexander Pilkington,:- James Bass, M. T. Ilayes,3lr E. Salwey, COlonel Broadley, H. Henley, J. W. Seymer, H. ,K. Clifford, H. M. • Henry, Alexander Smith, J. Benjamin Colebrooke, Sir T. ' Hildyar. :, It. C. Spooner, Riellard Drummond, Henry Hildyard, T. B. Stuart, J. '- Duncan, George Hood, Sir A. Thompson, Co*el Ellis, John Kershaw, James Thornely, T. Fergus, John Lennard, T. B. Walmeley, Sir 3. Floyer, John Lushington, C. Willoughby, Sir H. F,x, W. J. Molesworth, Sir W. Wood, W. P. Gibson, Thomas M. Moore, G. Grogan. Edward Mowatt, Francis TELLERS. Gwyn, Howel O'Connell, John Home, Joseph Harris, Captain Pearson, Charles Cobden, Richard Harris; Richard Pechell, Captain MAJORITY-NOES, 80. Adair, R. A. lleathcoat, John Richards, Richard Anson, Colonel Hobhouse, Sir John Romilly, Sir John Armstrong, R. B. Hobhous3 T. B. Rumbold, C. E. Baines, M. T. Hodges, T. L. Rushout, Captain Baring, Sir F. T. Howard, C W. G. Russell, Lord J. Bellew, it. M. Jervis, Sir John Russell, F. C. Berkeley, Captain Keppel, G. T. Ratherfurd, A. Brotherton, Joseph Labouchere, Henry Sandars, George Brown, W. Langston, J. H. Shell, R. L. Craig, W. G. Lascelles, W. S. Smith, R. V. . Dundas, Admiral Lewis, George C. Smith, J. A. ... -.— Dundas, Sir D. Lygon, Gen. Somerville, Sir W. Fordyce, A. D. Martin, J. Stafford, Augustus Forster, M. Maule, Fox Taltourd, Serg . ant Freestun, Colonel Mitchell, T. A. Tancred, 11. W. Frewen, C. H. Monsell, William Ihicknesse, It. A. Goulburn Henry Morison, Sir W. Vane, Lord H. Graham, 'Sir James '."Tichcll, John Verney Sir H. Greene Thomas Norreys, Sir D. Vivian, J. E. Grey, Sir G. Owen, Sir J. Walter, John Grey, R. W. Paget, Lord C. Wellesley, Lord C. Grosvenor, Lord R. Parker, John Williamson, Sir H. Hamilton, G. A. Plumptre, J. P. Wood, Sir Charles Harcourt, G. G. Pryse, Pryse Young, Sir John Hastie, Archibald Raphael, Alexander Hawes, Benj. Rawdon, Colonel Hay, Lord J. Renton, J. C Muss. Hill, Lord Marcus Howard, Lord E. Ilaiter, W. G. Rich, Henry ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HO ME CIRCC 11T.—Hertford. July 11. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) AUSTIN V. SPEAR. This was an action to recover the sum of 75/. for commission upon the sale of some property to the de fendant. Mr. Chambers and Mr. Hawkins were for the plain. tiff ; and Sergeant Shee and Mr. T. Chambers for the defendant. lc appeared that the plaintiff endeavoured to obtain fees from both parties for his share in negotiating a sale of the property. The CHIEF BARON asked the jury to say whkher the plaintiff, by acting in the way described, had not himself broken the contract, and was not entitled, on that ground, to recover. The Jury. after a short deliberation, said they entirely concurred with his Lordship, and at once returned a ver dict for the defendant. HANSON AND ANOTHER V. THE PORT OF LONDON SHIP- OWNERS' LOAN AND INSURANCE COMPANY. This cause was tried by a special jury. The action was brought to recover a sum of 2001. upon a policy of insurance effected with the defendants, the claim being made as for a total loss of the vessel referred to in the policy. The jury said they were unanimously of opinion that the evidence had established a total loss of the vessel, and they therefore returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. CROWN COURT`.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) William Crawley, 50, was indicted for feloniously set ting fire to a stable, barn, and other buildings, the pro perty of Richard Morten. The evidence was principally circumstantial, supported by some incoherent statements made by the prisoner him self; but, as there appeared some reason to doubt his perfect sanity, the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Abingdon, July 11. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) CHARGE ur FORGERY—PRACTICE As TO VERDICTS. Thomas Owen, an auctioneer, of the town of Walling ford, was charged with having, on the 27th July, 1848, at the parish of St. Mary the More, in the borough of Wallingford, falsely made, forged, and counterfeited. the signature of one Joseph Cox to a certain account of moneys paid and received, dated as settled the 21st May, 1846; and with having uttered and published the same account as true, with intent to defraud one Sarah Ewing and Charlotte Christiana Huggan. There were several counts, charging the offence in every way which it was thought the facts of the case would warrant. Mr. Whateley, Q.C., and Mr. Dowdeswell, were coun sel for the prosecution; and Mr. Keating, Q.C., and Mr. Pigott, for the defence. Mr. WHATELEY, in stating the case, said that the prisoner—who was far advanced in years, and had h.therto borne a most respectable character—had for matey years carried on business at Wallingford as an auctioneer and china-dealer, and had lived on terms of the greatest intimacy with a Mr. Joseph Cox, who was formerly a timber-merchant, but having made a fortune, hsd retired from business. When the prisoner wanted money, he was in the habit of borrowing it of Mr. Cox. This went on till the month of August, 1846, when Mr. Cox made his will, and made out a list of the debts owing to him, in which the prisoner's name was men tioned. By his will Cox left all his property, real and personal, to Mr. Hedges, an attorney at Wallingford, and the prisoner, as trustees and executors, in trust to sell and pay the proceeds to his only si s t er , a M rs . Huggan. Cox, who was about eighty ye ars o f age , di e d in September, 1846, and his sister died in March, 1847, leaving two daughters, one married to a Mr. Ewing, and the other a Mtss Huggan, who was not actually insane, but was of unstable mind, and flighty. Shortly after Cox's death the prisoner removed from the h o u se hi s hooks and papers. Some investigation took place, when Mrs. Ewing showed the prisoner a list of debts which she had found, and in which his name was mentioned for the sum of 4521., as then due. He snatched the list out of ber hands, and it had not been heard of since ; but another list had been made out before that time, in which the same sum was mentioned. An inquiry followed, when the prisoner said that there was nothing due from him, but on the contrary . , there was something due to him. A regular investigation soon after took place between Mr. Barrett, an old Mend of Mr. Cox, and who had made out the list of debts for him, the legatees, the prisoner, and his co-executor. The prisoner then ad mitted that he owed 100/. on a note; but had paid 352/. 10s. by three payments; one of 2001. into the Bank, on the 9th June, 1842. and another of 1501. into the Bank, on the Bth of March, 1844, and a third of 21. 10s. to Mr. Cox himself, in cash. The parties wer e not sat i s fi e d , and he produced a receipt in these terms, signed by Mr. Cox:—•" Received 21st December, 1842, of Mr. Thomas Owen, the sum of 141. 25., for all interest up to this day, as stated on the other side." These last words, " as stated on the other side," were clearly not in the hand writing of the deceased, nor were the endorsements to which they referred. These were—" 352/. 10s., note at 4 per cent. ; settled 2001, 9th June, 1842, bank ; 150/. B , h March, 1844, bank; cad), 2/. 10s.; total, 3521.105." Comparing these endorsements with the receipt, it would appear that the prisoner paid interest on the en tire sum up to December, though he had paid 2001. o f i t in the preceding June. This was not s at i s f actory —the parties thought the instrument nut genuine, and required the prisoner to produce Cox's books and papers. The cash book and day , book were produced, i out not the ledger. On an nspcceion of these books, it appeared that several sums had been lent from ti me t o time to the prisoner, and thst one item had been altered. In Mr. Cea'e cash-book, these entries appeared:—" Jan. 07, 1840, lent Mr. Thomas Owen 6501. at 5 per cent." 4 "August 23,1840, rtveived 16/.64,, half-year's interest.." "Lent ditto, 3521., 21st December, at 4 per cent." "Lent ditto 1091., at lawful interest, 5 per cent., 13th April." " Mr. Thomas Owen will be at 27th April, 1841, 6581. 2e." The prisoner, eel being asked the meaning of this last entry. which a as in pencil, admitted that it meant that he (Owen) would owe on that day that sum. There were also two entries of the receipt of two sums of 141. 2;. cash for interest on the 21st December, 1841, and 21st December, 1342. This was the interest at 4 per cent, on 352/ 10e. There was no entry of the payment of the 6581. 2s. 6d., nor .of the 3321. 103., except that it was struck through as if paid. On its being observed that the strokes were thicker and firmer than those of the deceased usually were, the prisoner admitted that it was he who drew them, and said he did so because he had paid the account. When Cox's books were produced, they appeared to have been altered and mutilated, and the index of names was struck out. The parties being still dissatisfied, the prisoner produced his own books. These were two led gers; one included accounts from 1823 to 1844, the other from 1845 to the present time. In the first book, which should have included the prisoner's accounts with Cox from 1840, the index was mutilated. COJed name did not appear in it, and in the body of the book parts of several pages were torn out. In the middle of the second book, which commenced with accounts in 1845, there was the following entry on the debtor side:—" Mr. Joseph Cox, allingford, 1842, June 9, cash, 200/ ; 1844, March 8, cash, 150 L; and (without date), cash, 21. 10s.; total, 3521. 10s.;" and on the credit side, "By note of hand. 3521. 10s. Settled above 21st May, 1836, Joseph Cox." When the legatees saw this signature they pronounced it to be a forgery. While the accounts were in this state of confusion the parties, in the course of the last spring, agreed to refer the entire matter to two gentle men, Mr. Blackstone, the Member of Parliament for the borough, and Dr. Frith, the vicar of St. Mary's parish, in it, who met on the 13th and the 28th May last; but on its having become obvious that a forgery had been committed, the legatees found that they could not with propriety go on with the inquiry, and this prosecution was consequently instituted. This statement was supported generally by the evi dence of Mrs. Sarah Ewing and her husband, and their attorney, Mr. Eyre, of Benson, in Oxfordshire. In the cross-examination of the latter gentleman, it was elicited that the prisoner had paid two sums of 2001. and 1501. into the Wallingford Bank, to the credit of the deceased, on the days named in the receipt, and that the attorney for the prisoner refused to go on with the reference, after the charge of forgery was made, until it should be duly investigated, and that it was thereupon the prosecution ' was commenced. The prisoner's books, which had been impounded by the arbitrators and been examined for the prosecution, on being produced in Court, did not sup port the inferences sought to be deduced from them. In the first (the old) ledger there were a great number of leaves cut and torn, whisk could not possibly contain the accounts relating to Mr. Cox; and in the new ledger there was an entry on the second next page to that in which Cox's account was, of the aecount of another per son, beginning in 1843, and there were several accounts in the book beginning is 1844. On an examination of Cox's own books they did not appear to have been altered or mutilated. The only alteration of any entry was that confessed by the prisoner to have been made by himself, by running his pen across the account for 3521., because, as he said, he had paid it. Mr. Blackstone, M.P., said, when the charge of forgery was made before him and the other arbitrator, he asked the prisoner how he accounted for the circum stance that the receipt dated Dec. 21, 1842, referred to a payment made March 8, 1844, and the prisoner was unable to make any answer; he also asked how it was that the interest was paid to December, 1842, when 2001. had been paid in the June preceding; and the prisoner answered that it was because it was necesesry to give six months' notice of payment. He (Mr. B.) observed that the settlement of Mr. Cox's account, in 1842, ap peered in an account-book which began with 1845; that in the index of names "Hue:Lire)? Cox, glazier, 124," ap peared first on a line; and that "Joseph Cox, Wallingford, 101," appeared second on the same line; and that no other names appeared on the index two on one line; and he asked what was the cause of this, and the prisoner was not able to give any satisfactory explanation. He believed the signature of Joseph Cox was in the hand writing of the prisoner. Two other witnesses proved that the signature was not in Cox's handwriting. In cross-examination they admitted that the prisoner's character was most re spectable. Dr. Frith, who was called for the prosecution to pro duce some documents, also gave the prisoner a most ex cellent character, and said he did not believe him ca pable of committing the crime now imputed to him. lAr. KEA.TING having addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, the rector and mayor of Walling ford were both sworn as witnesses to his character, and stated that they believed him to be a thoroughly ho. nest man. His LORDSHIP, in summing up the case, raid he should in consequence of the line of defence adopted by the pri soner's counsel, leave two questions to the jury, to which he would require their answers separately—first, whether they were of opinion that the prisoner had forged the name of Joseph Cox to the settlement of the account? And next, if he had, whether he owed that sum at the time, and so forged or uttered the signature with intent to defraud any one? His Lordship having gone through the evidence, left, in concluding, these two questions to the jury. As the jury were about to consult, Mr. KEATING hoped he would be excused if he took the liberty of saying, that the practice of requiring special findings from a jury in a criminal case was new to him, and he at present was not aware of any au thority for it. His LORDSICIP thanked the Learned Counsel for the suggestion, and again addressed the jury, explaining the law of forgery to them, and telling them that they must find a verdict of not guilty if they were satisfied either that the prisoner did not actually counterfeit the signa ture of Cox, or utter it knowing it to be counterfeit, or if he did counterfeit or utter, that the money had been really paid, and that he had consequently no intention to defraud any one. The jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty, which was received with applause in the body of the court. This was the last case of the assizes, and did not close till five o'clock. Mr. Baron Rolfe had tried in the morning three un important cases which had remained since yesterday, aud then went to open the commission at Oxford. Oxford, July 11. _ _ The commission was opened here to•day by Mr. Baron Rolfe. The business commences to-morrow. There are four vaiires returned, all actions for debt. There are five prisoners for trial—one for murdering his wife, one for forgery, and three for larceny. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Northampton, July 12. The lion. Sir J. T. Coleridge arrived here at eight o'clock last evening, and opened the commissions for the county and borough, the Right lion. Sir James Parke following at a later hour. Their Lordships having attended Divine service this morning, took their &eats in the County Hall shortly after eleven o'clock, Mr. Baron Parke presiding in the Crown Court and Mr. Justice Coleridge on the Civil side. The business here has been remarkably light, the cause list presenting only four cases, of which two were undefended, and the others were concluded within three hours. The calendar exhibited the names of 19 prisoners and 14 cases for trial, two of them being within the borough jurisdiction. Five were of assault and robbery, two of doing grievous bodily harm, two of breaking and enter ing dwelling-houses, and two of offences against women, both of which broke down, and the details in each are unfit for publication. There were, also, one of man slaughter, one of shoep stealing, and one against a soldier of stealing a watch. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) LINNELL V. CAPELL. This was an action of trespassf;riTn assault between two farmers, who fell into a quarrel when they were sheep-cleaning. The defendant was the first to occupy 'he pens, and, having apparently ceased to use one of them, prohibited the plaintiff from having the benefit of it, upon which abuse and blows followed. The Learned JUDGE remarked reprovingly upon the practice of fighting, but observed thst, as the damage was not very great on this occasion, it might have been better if the parties had fought it out upon the spot,in stead of through the medium of an attorney. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with Is. damages. ELLIS V. TWILLEY AND ANOTHER Was an undefended action of debt for a builder's bill, in which the jury returned a verdict for 56/. Cs. 31 execution being granted in a week. SUMNER V. MOTKIN Was an action of trover, also undefended. THURSBY V. MORGAN AND JOHN COE Was an action for rent. Mr. Hayes and Mr. Prowett conducted the plaintiff 's case; Mr. llumfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Macaulay appeared for the defendant Coe, and Mr. Flood for Morgan. This appeared to be a joint liability. Coe tendered all his own fair share—Morgan did not ; hence arose this action against both jointly, and the verdict was returned for the amount sought to be recovered-1001. 19*. 9d. This closed the civil business of the assizes for this county, at half•past two o'clock. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PARSE.) Simon Coles was indicted for the manslaughter, at Northampton, on the 23d of May last, of James Turner, and convicted by the jury, with a recommendation to mercy. It appeared that the deceased had taken 2s. or as. belonging to the prisoner, who was a fellow-lodger, and a scant- ensued, which in a minute resulted in a blow causing death: His LORDSHIP, having administered an admonition, passed a sentence of imprisonment, with hard labour, for six weeks. John Martin, aged 19, was indicted for having, on the 23d of May last, at the parish of Dingley, in this county, feloniously assaulted, and cut and wounded with a bludgeon, one Henry Spencer, with intention to kill and murder him. This case arose out of an ordinary poaching affray, and presented no peculiar feature. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty of common as sault. Sentince was deferred. The cases of assault upon women were then taken, and occupied nearly the remainder of the day. PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. Gorge Edwin Patten den, 8.A., of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to the Head Mastership of the Humberstone School, Lincoln shire. THE CROPS.—The uniform tenour of the accounts concerning the crops in all quarters is highly favourable. . The hay crop in the south of England unpreeedentedly heavy, and has been already to a great extent secured. It the present representations be fully b 'rue out, the crops of all sorts—potatoes, wheat, oats, and h ay , t hroughout Great Britain and I! cland—lNill be of rel sagrkable bulk and forwardness. lESENTATION OF COLOURS TO TUE 23D FUSILIERS BY PRINCE ALBEIt'f. WINCHESTER, THURSDAY.—Many circumstances coat bibed to bring all the inhabitants of the surrounding diitrioZ to Winchester this morning. First, the know ' h dge that Lis Royal Highness Prince Albert would pre sen:: new colours to the 23d Fusiliers, and the length of time since this the moat ancient incorporated city was visised by Royalty, to which was added the circumstance of this day being the anniversary of the .` Domum," when all the families of note generally attend. Preparations had been making for the last day or two to do honour to the occasion, and well indeed did the Wintonians succeed in their endeavours. Magnificent arches, covered with boughs and choice flowers, were thrown across the street, having on them appropriate devices. Most of the houses displayed some kind of emblem, and the whole had a most beautiful effect. The station was very neatly fitted up. Many respectable persons were :Omitted by tickets. Soon after 10 o'clock the Mayor, Aldermen, Recorthr, and Corporation, came on the platform, in order to re ceive the Prince. Precisely at 11 o'clock the special train arrived. His Royal Highness alighted, and was received by the Dean, the Corporation, and Lord Frederick Fitzclarence. The Dean presented his Royal Highness to tho Mayor and Aldermen and the High Sheriff of the county, and three hearty cheers were given. The Mayor then handed the following address to Mr. Stock, the barrister, who is the Recorder of Winchester, and he read it in a sufficiently loud tone to be heard by most of those around:— " TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT, CON- SORT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. " May it please your Royal Highness, " We, the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and citizens of the ancient and loyal city of Winchester, embrace with eagerness the opportunity afforded us by the visit of your Royal Highness of tendering to your Royal Highness our dutiful and affectionate respect, not merely on ac count of the exalted rank enjoyed by your Royal High• ness as the consort of our beloved Queen, but for the fos tering care at all times bestowed by your Royal High ness on everyinstitution tending to the advancement of the best interests of this great empire. ‘ 4 We trust your Roy a l Hi g h ness w i ll be gratified in visiting this the oldest incorporated city in the kingdom, justly famed as being the scene o f many i mportant his torical events, and possessing some of the most admired structures of former ages." " And we earnestly pray to Almighty G o d th a t h er Majesty, our most gracious Queen, may, with your Royal Highness, and your illustrious children, long live in the warm affection of a united, prosperous, and happy I people. " Given under the seal of the said city of Win chester, this 12th day of July, 1849." To this address the Prince returned the following an swer : " I thank you very sincerely for the address which you have just presented to me, and for the kind expres sions towards myself personally which it contains. " I have avalkd myself with pleasure of this occasion 1 to visit the ancient city of Winchester, and to view its venerable structures." Three cheers were given for the Queen. His Royal Highness was then conducted to an open carriage, provided by the High Sheriff, and drawn by four of that gentleman's splendid horses. A guard of honour of the 4th Regiment was in attendance, with their band, which played " God save the Queen," ac companied by the cheers of the multitude. The caval cade proceeded to the Cathedral, where the Prince was received by the clerical dignitaries, who escorted him over this venerable building, and pointed out to him the monuments and curiosities which it contains. The an cient College of Winchester was then visited, and every thing connected with that institution was shown to the Prince. During the time occupied in the manner we have described Colonel Torreus, the commanding officer at the barracks, was not idle; a beautiful pa v ili on h a d been construeted in one of the parades, in which the party were to partake of a splendid dejesiner, and a large room, intended for a ball-room in the evening, leading to the pavilion, had been fitted up with extreme taste. Soon after twelve o'clock the signal sounded, and the 23d Re giment took their station on the parade, and at this time the seats which had been placed in front of the barracks were occupied by the nobility and gentry, with which this county abounds, and a finer display of beauty and fashion has seldom been witnessed. To the right of the barracks, in a deep cutting is the South-Western Railway, and on the opposite bank every available position was occupied by well-dressed persons, who had been all the morn. ing flocking into Winchester by train and all sorts of conveyances. Thousands and thousands were present, and the splendour of the day, and the varied colours of the ladies' dresses, made the scene one that in effect could hardly be surpassed. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence and his staff now came upon the ground, and these were followed by the band of the regiment, accompanied by a beautiful white goat, handsomely decorated, which always accompanies the drum-major, and which was presented to the regiment about three years since by her Majesty. It has on its head a silver medal, bearing an inscription of the battles in which the regiment has been engaged. The hour of one o'clock approaching, the old colours of the regiment were brought forward. These showed the wear of time; they were rent almost to atoms, and this was the last occasion upon which the men were to look upon these monuments of their fame as their own. In a few minutes his Royal Highness came upon the parade; he had changed his dress, and was now attired in the uniform of a Field-Marshal; he was attended by Lord Frederick Fitzclarence and a small suite. " God save the Queen" was played, and the colours were lowered. The Prince then went down the line and inspected the men. The regiment was then formed into three sides of a square, and the drums were piled in the centre. The new colours were marched in and unfurled by the major and senior captain, and placed upon the drums. They were then consecrated by the Chaplain- General. His Royal Highness presented those colours to the major and se nior captain, who received them en their knees. In doing this, His ROYAL HIGHNESS addressed them, and recapitu lated the numerous battles in which this regiment has been engaged.* Ho said that although they and all were well acquainted with the services of the regiment, still he had thought it right to recapitulate them as the surest mode of appealing to them to maintain the high name which their regiment had alway a rejoiced in. One colour, which was more emphatically called "the Queen's colour," was to remind them of their duty to their So vereign and their allegiance to their country. The other, called " the Regimental colour," was to be the test of their determination to maintain the honour of their Te -1 giment. Let the one, then, bind them always to be true to their Sovereign and their country, and the other in duce them to show, by good coeduct as men as well as soldiers, that they had a proper regard for the fume and honour of the 23d Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel TORRENS then addressed his Royal Highness, stating how deep was their pride and exultation upon hearing his Royal Highness refer with such accuracy to the services rendered by this regi ment. They had heard this with pride and emotion from the lips of the highly-honoured Consort of the Sovereign to whom they had devoted their lives. There were but few officers left who had had any share in the glories they had heard enumerated. Since the termination of the last general war, the regiment had performed faithfully and honourably, and not with less glory, a long career of foreign and colonial services. They had suffered under the snows of Canada and the heats of the West Indies. It had been his pride to see the discipline of the regiment maintained, and he knew well whenever the time of trial should arrive that disci pline so tried would be still found to exist in the same efficient manner as when they were called to meet the French masses on the heights of Albuera and on the plains of Waterloo. The CHAPLAIN-GENERAL then addressed the men in a very eloquent manner, calling upon them not only to evince their loyalty to their Sovereign, their love to their country by bravery in the field, but to exalt themselves still higher by setting an example as good men. The new colours having been saluted, the old colour=, round which the men had rallied in times of danger and in the heat of the ba ttle, were marched in honour off the g round, to be preser ved, however, so long as the material c ould hang tog ether, as a remembrance of the exertions made by the 23d Fusiliers to preserve the honour of th it country. The regiment then marched in slow and quick time round the ground, and then came forward and saluted the Prince, upon which his Royal Highness went up to Colonel I'orrens and expressed the gratification he had experienced in the appearance and discipline of the men. Each office: was now presented to the Prince. His Royal Highness then went to the pavilion and partook of a dejttiner, and having changed his dress, entered the Royal carriage of the special train, which was drawn up at the bottom of the stairs belonging to the barracks, and took his departure amidst the cheers of thousands to join her Majesty at the Portsmouth Regatta. The Hampshire Yeomanly were in attendance. A great many children of the regiment, very nicely dressed, marched with the soldiers. _ _ We cannot conclude our remarks without expressing our acknowledgments to Colonel Torrens, Captain Har ris, the chief superintendent of police; Mr. Bayley, the town clerk of Winchester; and Mr. Dane, the railway superintendent, by each of whom every assistance was rendered for our accommodation. * The 23d has upon its colours the following honour able bearings : " Minden," " Egypt," " Corunns,' " Martinique," " Albuera," " Badajoz," " Salamanca,' " Vittoria," " Pyrenees," " ' " Orthes," " Tou louse," " Peniusulnr," " Wet. ,loo." • , Ma. MACAULAY'S EXTRACTION.—The historian's grandfather, the Rev. John Macaulay (who had a brother the Rev. Kenneth Macaulay, incumbent of Cawdor) was minister of south Uist, whence he was translated, in 1755, to L'.smore, and, in 1765, to Inverary. He was in Invt.rary when Johnson and Boswell visited the High lands in 1773. Boswell very characteristically says of him, "Being a man of good sense, he had a just admi. ration of Dr. Johnson." In the following year (1774) Mr. Macaulay was translated to Car dross , Dumbarton- shire. This gentleman was married to the &tighter of a small Argyleshire proprietor, Mr. Campbell, of I n . reresragan. His distinguished grandson has, therefore, a strong dash of Highland blood in his veins.—lnver• ness Courier. [ADVERTISEMENT.] A Life Guardsman, one of the Heroes of Waterloo, cured of Rheumatism by Holloway's Ointment and Pills. —Mr. Thomas Brunton, landlord of the ' Waterloo Tav ern , C oat h am, Yorkshire, was filleted for many months with rh eumat i sm an d rheumatic gout. His legs were dreadfully painful, and disfigured with colours of every hue, frightful to behold. For ten weeks he was wholly unable to walk, the treatment he received from several medical men not only faili ng t o d o hi m any goo d , b ut l eav i ng hi m , i n f ac t, in a considerably worse condition. At this juncture Holloway's Pills and Ointment were resorted to, and by their sole means he has been restored to health and strength —Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishmeut, 214, Strand, London. PRISON DISCIPLINE. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD BROUGHAM. My Lord,—The country ner,!: c:u be .sutliceuily in debted to your Lordship fur the able and lucid manner in which you laid before the House of Lords on Friday last the oaring defects of our system of prison discipline, c%hich I regret you did not force on tai; scssicn, instead of T w h 4i e ti e n v g lis til a l r t e llen increasing, ct and it is only a master mind that can grapple with the subject which sedans ;o perplex ithout solving tho problem, or u.lleviating the evil. Your Lordshit , wisely remarked that tho luxuries of our prisons caused them to cease to be a terror, which I can, from daily experience fully testify, for when Sheriff of Loudon, three years ago, I called the public attention to the subject, and both from Sir James Graham and Sir George Grey I obtained assurances of amendment. The often repeated recommittals proved the deects of our system, and having visited the prisons of France, of Belgium, and Germany, I then pointed out, as your Lordship expressed, that labour is alone the prevention, and until this is resorted to, all other means of study and false philanthropy, as adopted at Reading and Pen tonvile, must prove abortive. Prisoners now regret the expiration of their sentence, as they lose the comforts of a prison; and when it is Cors• sidered that the annual expense of our citninals' gaols, and convict establishment, exceed 1,000,0001, which is charge.l upon the counties and the Consolidated Fut d, averaging 451. annually for each prisoner, surely it is high time for the Legislature to interfere, and check so ruinous an expenditure and so demoralising a system. The resolutions moved by your Lordship would meet the evil, and be a uniform remedy; voluntary labour being the stimulus to exertion which must benefit the prisoner undergoing his sentence, as well as enabling him to reinstate himself when at liberty. Wiiilst crime is increasing in Dorset and other coun ties, it is gratifying to know that in the district of Essex where I reside, comprising an agricultural population of about 6,000, that at our Quarter Sessions last Friday, only one case was brought before us, which was ignored by the grand jury, thus proving that employment is the grand remedy; and, as all might easily be occupied pro ductively on public works or national undertakings, it would thus render all the visionary separate systems un necessary, which, upon investigation, only tend to pro duce crime instead of preventing it. I hope your Lordship will press on the good work, possessing as you so justly deserve, the attention of the wise and good in the cause of humanity, which is the noblest subject that can engage the attention of a states man. I am, your Lordship's most obedient servant, JORN LAURIE. 1, Ilyde-park-placo, July 11, 1849. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Fairy Royal yacht, Captain the Right Hon. Lo r d Ad o l p h us Fitzeistrence' G .C.H., embarked Prince Albert and su i te at C owes this morning about ten, and conveyed his Royal-High ness to Gosport, where a special train, in charge of Mr. Cornelius Stovin, the general manager of the South , Western Railway Company, was in waiting to convey him to Winchester to present new colours to the 23d Fusiliers, as detailed elsewhere. The Fairy afterwards returned to Cowes, and about half-past two embarked her Majesty the Queen, the Royal children and the Court, and brought them to this harbour, where they remained some hours viewing the sports of the Water men's regatta, which were of the usual stirring and ex hilarating character. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and a small suite arrived at Gosport at five o'clock from town, and joined the Court on board the Royal yacht to wit ness the aquatic frstivitiee. The usual ceremonies were observed by the naval and military authori , ies, &c., and her Royal Highness returned with the Court to Osborne. The Egyptian frigate Sharkie, Commodore Hafuz Bey, on this occasion was not backward in respect and loyalty. She hoisted the respective British ensigns at each mast head, manned her yards, and saluted as the Royal standard hove round the "Kicker" with much smartness. Thi s vesse l h as b een much admired, and the question has been frequently asked, " How is it we have not such vessels?" CHATHAM. JULY 11.—The Hercules, 72. store-ship, Master and Commander R. Fulton, at moorings opposite the dockyard, has commenced unloading; there is no certainty that she will be paid off. IRELAND. PARTING ADDRESS OF TUE STATE PRI SONERS. DunLIN, THURSDAY.—Previous to the departure of the leaders of the late insurrection they placed in the bands of a mutual friend the following address to their fellow-countrymen:— "Fellow-countrymen,—lt your efforts to procure a mitigation of the penalties to which we are about to be sub jected had been as successful as you desired we could not have offered to you more sincere and gratcful acknow ledgments than those which we now tender for the sym pathy and solicitude which you have displayed in our behalf. " At this moment, whilst we are bidding our last sad farewell to our native land, the reflection that our fel low•countrymen have not witnessed with indifference our removal from amongst them is a sweet source of conso lation; and be assured that this remembrance will here after be a soothing alleviation to whatever sufferings it maybe our lot to endure. "Knowing that we address many who do not concur with us in political opinions, we do not feel ourselves at liberty to offer any observations upon the policy by which this country is governed—upon the policy which gave occasion to our resistance to British power—upon the policy which now consigns us to exile. We are compelled to repress even the emotions which we feel in reflecting upo❑ the awful condition in which we leave the land that we have deeply loved; nor is this a fitting occasion to point out the moans by which its disasters may be repaired; but we cannot refrain from the expres sion of a hope that you will not despair of your country; and we may be permitted to offer to our fellow•country men a parting exhortation, that they will lay aside those unhappy dissensions which have so long paralysed the intrinsic strength of the Irish nation, and henceforth learn to love and confide in each other. " We feel that it is not necessary to say anything to you in vindication of our motives Even those who most condemn our conduct know that we have not been ani mated by considerations of a personal nature in hazard ing all that was dear to us for the sake of our native land; but we owe it to our feelings to declare that, whatever may be the sacrifices we incur by devotion to its interests, our latest aspiration will be a prayer for the prosperity, the honour, and independence of Ire land. " WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN. " THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER. " TERENCE BELLEW M'MANUS. " PATRICE O'DONOROE. " Richmond Prison." AUDIT OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS BILL. The following are the sections in the Bill which has been read a third time in the House of Lords, and which is now before the House of Commons, for auditing rail way accounts:— Itlilv‘ ay accounts to be kept under three separate heads or divisions; viz., Parliamentary Account, Capital Account, and Revenue Account.—Sect. 1. Every such account to be made out to 30th of June and 31st of December, and to be according to the forms in the schedule.-2. Accounts to be made out in triplecate, and two copies transmitted to Commissioners of Railways.-3. Accounts to be transmitted monthly to Commissioners of Railways.-4. Commissioners may require accounts to be made out in a different form, and order for that purpose to be published in Gazette.-5, and 6. Commissioners of Railways to appoint an auditor to audit the accounts in conjunction with the auditors ap pointed by company.-7. Directors to deliver duplicates of the accounts to the company's auditors.-8. SCheine to be laid before auditors where dividend in :ended to be declared,-9. Auditors to examine accounts, and to inspect books, and call for vouchers, &c.--10. Auditors either to make a special report on accounts or confirm the sane ; in case of difference of opinion separate reports to be made. -11. Reports to be prepared in duplicate, one copy to be transmitted to directors for next ordinary meeting, and the other copy to the Commissioners.-12. The accounts audited, together with the auditor's re• port, to be laid before the meeting.-13. In default of company's auditors, the otter auditor may act alone.-14. Auditors may employ accountants, &c.-15. Costs of auditors to be defrayed by company. and if required may bs taxed by t a xi n g officer of the House of Commons.-16. Penalty on the company for default in transmitting accounts or producing documents, as required by the Act.-17. Taxation cs. l o s. fbills of costs for legal a nd Parliamentar y expenses.—lS. Au iitors elected by company not required to be share. holders.-19. Shareholders may inspect company's books of account for fourteen days previous to each ordinary half -yearly meeting, and for one month thereafter. -20. R.gister of shareholders and register of transfers to be open for inspection of shareholders. -21. Act to be construed with Companies Clauses Act. —22. THE OPENING OE PARCE;aLsB.Y lIITIES.—A scramble for t e PlekT2.corwrukTorActlaTry; 1 (lass t ai lw o a yf psicekeminsgstoolL,th.e London and North Western is said, take the singular in progress. The coix,pany, it such packages or liberty of breaking open dpiareekcetedd,,znd themselves de to contain goods parcels for differentdeliver r the enirgtoieosas separately and appropriate the charges for delivery. The post mail packages and the sake of such plunder; why should others be so— and that, too, ex facie, on the mere a priori chance of twice chargeable cantenta? Should other railway companies follow such au exa m P le ' why not steam and other shipping companies, coach and omnibus proprietors, and other carriers them -selves of all kinds inclusive? And if so, wkat seal would be safe and sacred from such an luiverSal parcel hunt? No parent even could safely send a lot of ticketed toys to each of his children, no friend enclose a few presents, without the chance of s.parcto chargas for the delivery of each, and none whatever any parcel or package, without affolaiing a feasible pretence , e n the p art of carriers of ail torts , fo r e ir t ctPand cxuinicing it,; c o n t ents . I t i s f t r Custom house authorities a l one , w ith any G br , e w a e k r i D ng n in io be allo we d suc h a license isnhothis o f i ' r i e )r e o c p o r t i i e n te ,7 2 right, Builder.