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RAJA OF SATTARAII. dx,t:IIITME gave notice of his intention, on an early ii,/ tta lla'muve fur certain returns relative to the R a j a of rh. • a r *La "-% SUDBURY ELECTION. a t "o••• J. O'CONNELL, in the absence of the Hon. 3 7, eta ber forDundallt. gave notice that, to-morrow, he analmove that no new writ -should issue for Sudbury 'il th e 3d of August. NATIONAL DEBT. select4r• HUME then brought forward his motion for a Committee to inquire into the he ings l the thetr,ninissioners for the reduction of the Natona l inl k;c aamissioners for the management of Savings' Banks, the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, with the Hies e s of Saving s ' B an k s i n th e ye ar 1836, an d 1841, ot h _ inelusiv e , by which, under the Act 9, Geo. 4, cap. ehtitled an Act to amend and consolidate the laws .4 1 at ing to Savings' Banks, the amount of 5,395,6691. L r Qe per C ent. Stock, ha d b een a dd e d to t h e N at i ona l IZut, Without th e p r e v i o us knowledge or sanction of it:rilant. Th e o bj ec t o f hi s mo ti o n was t o in qu i re e h t w iti be t manner the Chancellor of the Exchequer had f ua , e 'u'll, through the Savings' Banks, the means of ( ` ‘ 'Lng four millions of cash. i' l) n the question being put, co oli e e fIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he of t c, Lee no reason whatever for acc . eding . to t_he . motion 4 (11 7 non. Member. The power of investing this money ?4, lll ',_een conferred by Act of Parliament. If the Hon. e taass u er thought the law defective, the obvious and plain Whi m ! was to propose an amendment of that law, ti e . '" would take away the power of which he complained. °4l d assure-the Hon. Gentleman that since he had ,i °en noti ce of the motion wh i ch now stood for discus ti ~n 2 h e had re ce i ve d severa l i n ti ma ti ons o f th e grea t t ` i , e tY whi c h at present preva il e d amongst t h e h o ld ers a st ;i' e Rinds, and he was of opinion that this inquiry tho d.tend materially to increase that anxiety, because se: 6 . Persons' who had small sums in the Funds W ai l' be induced rashly to withdraw them. He (the would or of the Exchequer) could, see no benefit that 4 , 1 •" a arise from this inquiry, and he should, therefore, q ii ` ttbe motion.. He was ready to give the Hon. wai n ••'`nan any information he might . require ;_ he was illt q . 4 „ to discuss with him the propriety of making an tb,„Von in the Act of Parliament, if the lion. Gentleman to S h oal that an alteration was necessary; and he was ready Do that it was desirable to adhere to the Act as it k aii .... st °, o d• But to open a Committee to . the Hon. Gentle pewer to 'examine into every detail— ne (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) knew from ceiii en ee he was very anxious to indulge in—was a th, e which he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) ce t irt the- House would not act wisely in ac t°, and he, at all events, should think it his 4 '4 t r do his best to prevent it being carried. duri - ` .°ll . Gentleman had told them that there had been, of rto e x t ' a Certain n u mber of 'years, a considerable excess Itith ,P L e nditure over revenue. On that point he agreed fa ct : 1 e Hon. Gentleman, and no one could regret the Ility r ° re than himself. But he had taken the ?pportu lhatsr°,l?l time ta.time of expressing his opinion upon dia l , ll °Ject, and none of the opinions he then expressed the he desir e now to depart from. Upon the subject of 4 _ ll e ' i a a vi ngs' Banks lie also expressed his opinion. "' r a l3 . - " , then, that he did not think it . expedient . th ose le money without the consent of Parliament for - a • h ° a . : os ; but he stated at the same time what he k s- „ x4.13 0s now to state. that that proceeding of the th e over -Inent had no effect whatever upon the security of (Ile a . ° ",e3" which was invested in the Savings' Banks.— 1 % 4 7' near.) Now the Hon. Gentleman said that it 11, 4 t } ee essary that every body should understand li tkltd at Proceeding had taken place. Why it was men- Wh o „every successive year every one in the House N ei 'scussed the question ; was well known to every P ,a 2 , 4 , 1 4(1 so far from it having been clandestinely ar oiL" or unknown to every Hon. Member, the tuaiT r ahle Member must have been aware of it, as ts e e t ' a PPear from the speech he made in the year 1838. the'.'"' ° ' l . Gentleman's resolution had no reference to tup i rticular p o i nt o f G overnmen t ra ising money to dta~ t he defici enc i es of the revenue through the me ?twin °' Savings' Banks. It went to give power to flitia eri e Banks to vest mone in the funded and un -044 debt to the amount y of twenty millions, and !'e reference to the particular point. In (le 4e l iE : t he did not move any reso l ut i on con caw he did of the practice, but five years after he dldhe or a Committee of Inquiry upon the subject. He tells, t see any need of inquiry, and he would, therefdre, Ns., : ;-" , motion of the Hon. Gentleman. A discretion of 1 31 ,,. t ea Commissioner in the Commissione of the Netional Debt, ' ll 4l,, o _ling money in the funded or unfunded • debt. Could be more unwise than to have restrained tioa.,,, r( an exercising that discretion. There was no inten thep;' Coneestlment, and it not appearing to him that the ..w as anything requiring inquiry, he should oppose ilor i t,' . B4lllNG said that he agreed with the Right "tit' -gr gbie Gentleman that an inquiry like the •pre- I toteL li t' 3 ldiarays-' attended with great public . incon tliseee•'L° Trite* inconvenience, however, might be ',lllittEif-Ilieliiquiry was necessary ; but he would , t nek v ,:„..: l EJA?itirtilil e Gentleman that there was not , 4 14 s Vrt e litgree of concealment upon the subject. littit:trri* were on the table, and if he required the t o i t ..o'ettirti, he (Mr. B.) would second him G en.,.'"titiii"'f•Or that object. If the Honourable tho mat '4 )° itiislied to follow up his proceedings, e faith 'pewer ought to whi ad h eoptxisted was to under the Act of Par move for an amend- - - tie* -- ,,c - th'regard to the transaction itself, and the e T l N o ti'df the lien. Member, he would tell him that " , otifr.;l 4 tion' could not pass because the figures were ; 4 44, -.4 e compared two transactions which were of ,'ncted character. One was that by which the un- . L' l l6, Aebt was charged, not the funded debt ; but "' b p ( ' ' te " eu t Was created thereby. The Hon. Gentleman - "tat e Ted, in his resolution, that five millions tliel,s lo : "debt was paid, but - he was mistaken Nie"a q°lo amount was only two millions. He E.Nrt it was rather too bad to charge the late G0tt11,,7411. tt 11,,7 4 11. t With being secret in their acts. Every person anything of the manner in which the Govern- S'; ' a s car -tied on, g would know that, during the ex erni:,',l,°f the late Government, year after year their . I,' n e's were laid on the table of the House. ,"'aICth:TILLIAMS thought the only way of dealing rav el . 1 ,!, !nutter was to bring in a Bill to remove the ands °' dealing with these Savings' Banks from the '144 °f those who now exercised it, consisting as they t i' i nly three persons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, i ° p i;• 1.,,e Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank tiv er 4 t .gland. These parties had the power of ',its, ' l ib all sums invested in Exchequer 1;4 3 , , and re-investing them as they pleased. h ar T a id make use of -this vast power as they liked. rh(ar4,;'l,given notice of a Bill this session to do away this many important matters had come before l ion tl4 -a se ! that he saw there was no chance of carrying rte lii- t)u gil the House during this sessien. But if the e a 7ktiber for Montrose did not bring in a Bill in Af t ,Y Part of nex t sess i on , he pledged himself to do so. k,..1,a fe w words from M r. E S COTT , ti,'"tien, • BARING said he was anxious to state that he th at t i n ed the p rac ti ce o f a ddi ng t o th e d e bt, but not bin e nablin g the Exchequer to pay off the deficiency. ten ; I ' ll3- ME - replied. lie said he did not wish to sug tr;,lla4tillhing that would not receive general approbation. th e 0 wished to destroy was the power of adding i` hint P e rmanent debt of the country, without the t ik) ,of the House of Commons. It was giving IC„. e h n Power to the Ministers. He had no doubt that it a kht 6 t lion Baronet had his peccadilloes.—(Roars of er On. I t ' occasioned by the manner in which the 's --"ehiber pronounced the word.) The system was ''vbs ! " " th en why object to the remedy ? Where there th °4l,l ° tntich delicacy, all could not be right. He the t ite the sense of the House on the question. • House then divided ; the numbers were— For th e motion A gainst it Majority • —l39 lr MINISTERS' MONEY. t ' h -e laant MURPHY moved, " That this House t ft s' qlv r o i- ; ,_!vednesday, the 13th day of this instant, July, tak e Ttself'into a Committee of the whole House , n, t 4nlea 44° consideration the Act 17 and 18 , Car. 2, c. 7, h'pra ; 4n Act f o r provision of ministers in cities . and t f t. : 1 1,,:4 . 0 1/.l. ,'ro , 'Wns and provision the church of St Andrews in of the city . g of Dublin presentative th t o with a view • to the repeal . of so r t tB gereof as relates to the' provision of minis 4 4 : Z et cl ties and c9rporate . towns in Ireland." f,‘ p as to which his motion referred was an th in• 1675. It was an Act passed e \Vt-to rr rurPose of providing payment for ministers se e rorate gi , towns and cities in Ireland. 3. considered the period when this Act was ori- Nf'a„,ttitrodueed as the law of Ireland, there were cir cunastanCes which rendered that law then ti7eltate4 their l 2,eonli grievance, because, according to w__"l opulation of the than corporate towns, Mil re (loin.. th e aR th o _ r, no more by levying this tax than sap on. le who were the predominant sect pay for te 14 4-b o `',:t‘ of those whose ministry they followed.. It I ts ee°ll ected how completely the state of things atn tl ei 4 „` :4l , had altered since that time. In Cork, for 4 D ; I , city which he had the honour to repre t:Natiose`"d of. the majority being Protestants, the tija of Call,SlSted of 10,000 inhabitants, and the eh(ii i five (~ r sa tholies t o P rote stants was at the very least, e of x to one . A n d he believed ' throughout the t. C 4 Perm where, according to the late census, kli tb wica t att e r, amounted to 8,000,000, the ratio of 1 1 4 % v th at ° „ 4-48 senters was as eight to one. They all t i t b een the tithes, which were burdens upon the land, w il l all C h nle away with by legislative enactment ; y e :'' by I ne .w that Church-rates had been done away ars egaslative enactment within the last seven inst 1 1 1 1(1 Jet it not be said that he was actuated e _ mai ntenance of the Protestant Church in Vret;' st a e tad no s uc h no ti on . He was of opinion Ply ofe tints in Ireland had a right to the same f conscience which he (Sergeant Murphy) ;° t hat t a,, et hims e lf as a Catholic ; but he did believe ; l ' e Peal which he sought for would go farther jer 1 7 11 1 'ain .` t ie Protestant Church in Ireland than any th,asure wh:,7 1 1 could be adopted. He did not be tf-k w ( i ref t're, that h e was violating the oath which he C`vtir c i i°4 he y . thi s entered that house, by bringing \, ll th at he motion, And he was happy .to Secretary for the Coionies, h et. (A s , Par Se ated ty and disunited himself from connexions by !email of his ad wits what he beli eve d t o be right; in 1834 1 when ta% hi 'Feh.ratu ? no tion befo re th e House to do away with llc, n 'telf vote and when those of the same opinion eira, ° „ ted for the abolition, and were tannted by ai l 4 ; LO d rs on the ot h er s id e w ith breaking their 414: Stanley .said that he would not cOnsent to re which he thought would , destroy Ale Pro- testant Church in Ireland •- he Was anxious on political las well as religious grounds to see it extend and prosper. He could nevertheless support that measure in each and every part of it, in the firm conviction that so far from weakening it tended to strengthen the Protestant Church, not in that sense, in which he wished never to hear its supremacy mentioned, but in the sense in which the Protestant Church ought to be maintained. He entirely agreed in those sentiments. Those argu ments which were good in 1834 against Church -rates, and, in 1835, against tithes, ought to be equally good in 1842, against the imposition of ministers' money. — (Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government had said that he would reform all proved and admitted abuses. There was a clear and admitted abuse, and he called upon the Right Hon. Baronet to redeem his pledge and redress it.—(Cheers.) It would tend to do away with many bitter heart-burnings in Ire land, and to make religion what it ought ta union of good-will among all sects.—(Cheers.) Mr. T. SHAW—Does the Hon. and Learned Member propose any substitute ? Mr. Sergeant MURPHY asked if those who had pro posed to do away with Church-rates or tithes had pro posed any substitute ?—(Hear.) He was not called upon to propose any substitute. It was the duty of the Go vernment to do so.—(Cheers.) They had said they would reform every proved and admitted abuse.— (Cheers.)' He presented them with an admitted abuse, and called upon them to redeem their boast and apply the remedy.—(Loud cheers.) Mr, Sergeant JACKSON would give his decided op position to the motion brought forward by his Hon. and Learned Friend. He gave him credit for the sincerity of his intentions, but believing them to be erroneous, he could not agree with him. Mr. SHIEL supported the motion. In doing so it was not his wish to deprive any of the present incum bents of the Irish Church of any portion of their incomes. He admitted that if the effect of the motion of his Hon. and Learned Friend would be to diminish the revenues of the existing incumbents, it would be but fair to make up the deficiency in some other way. He hoped his Hon. Friend who had introduced the motion would be supported in it by the feeling of the Irish people. Mr. SHAW could not believe that any Hon. Gentle man could be serious in supporting the motion before the House. . No substitute was proposed for the fund which it was sought to abolish, and without this pro vision the abolition of the fund would be unjust. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said it was impossible for any one to represent a constituency in the south of Ireland without feeling deeply the injustice of ministers' money. He contended it was not the business of Mem bers who complained of a grievance to find out u substi tute for what was proposed to be abolished ; it was the office-of the Government. He heard with pleasure the sentiments of his Hon. and Learned Friend, the Member for Dungarvon (Mr. Spiel) on the question ; and they might depend on it if they suffered such grievances as this question involved to rankle and fester in the breasts of the Irish people, they would one day burst forth with vengeance. He trusted that his Hon. and Learned Friend would press his motion to a division. Sir R. INGLIS opposed the motion. He trusted that her Majesty's Government were prepared to take some determined and decided step.. Sir W. SOMERVILLE supported the motion. He believed that the motion of his lion. Friend was but the precursor to others, unless the Government took up the subject in a proper spirit. Mr. LITTON admitted that it would be desirable that the mode of paying this tax should be altered, but, under existing circumstances, he felt bound to oppose the mo tion. He hoped, however, that the Government would consider the question. The money, in fact, was paid by the landlord, not by the occupier. Mr. CALLAGHAN supported the motion, and was glad to hear that men of all parties disapproved of this mode of proviEng for the Protestant clergy of Ireland. The feeling against this payment was every day becom ing stronger in Ireland, and the sooner it was repealed the better. Lord ELIOT thought it rather remarkable that this grievance should now be brought forward for the first time in the House of Commons ;" and that he, as Secre tary for Ireland, should not have received a single me morial on the subject. The Act imposing this tax had passed in 1665, and no complaint had been made of it from that time to 'this in Parliament. If, however, it could be shown that a more adequate mode of providing for the clergy of Ireland could be devised, he was not prepared to say that it ought not to be adopted, but he thought that the Learned Sergeant ought to have proposed a Committee to investigate the subject, rather than to have brought forward the motion in the manner which he had done. The Hon. Gentleman had made a proposition for which, as it, appeared to him (Lord Eliot) he had shown no reasonable grounds. He (Lord Eliot) was of opinion that neither the country nor the House was in a state at present . to proceed with the consideration of the ques tion. Under these circumstances, he should oppose the motion.—(Cries of.“ Divide, , divide."). Mr, MURPHY replied. The Noble Lord had said that the grievance of which he(Mr. Murphy) complained could not be one of very great magnitude, inasmuch as it had existed since the year 1665, and up to the present -time no representation of the great grievance had been made to the Government, and no petitions on the subject had been laid upon the table ; yet 'every Member on the other side of the House who was at all connected with Ireland had admitted that the grievance did exist, and that it was desirable that some means should be taken to remedy it.—(Hear, hear.). As the Government would not pledge itself to proceed to the immediate considera tion of the question, and yet admitted that the grievance did exist, he should most certainly divide the Ilouse. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it Majority against the motion —29 ANATOMY ACT. On our return to the gallery, we found Mr. HARDY upon his legs; who was moving that the House should take into consideration the petition of William Roberts, on the Anatomy Act, and that a Com mittee should be appointed to inquire and report on the working thereof, and to recommend, if necessary, amend- ments of the same. He recited the, provisions of the present Anatomy Act, by which it was provided that a body kept for the purposes of dissection should be buried within the period of six weeks. This was a great in ducement to keeping the bodies as long as possible, in consequence of which a great number of the medical students had met with severe injuries and dangerous illnesses from puncturing themselves with instruments employed in dissecting putrid bodies. In 1836 Mr. Roberts discovered 'a fluid by which means it was pos sible to preserve a body in a fresh state for a great length of time. Sir A. Cooper, Sir B. Brodie, gr. Green, and a great number of medical gentlemen, had certified to its merits. Under these circumstances, he did think that he was justified in moving - that the petition of Mr. Roberts be considered, and that a Committee be ap pointed. - Sir J. GRAHAM thought the topic was little fitted for discussion in the House, and still less for examination before a Select Committee. It was indispensable that morbid anatomy should be pursued, notwithstanding the great veneration that had at all times been felt for the remains of the dead. By the operation of Mr. Warbur ton's Act, the disgusting violence consequent on the dis interment of the dead, had almost entirely ceased, and the necessary supply of subjects procured without any injury to the public morals. Some of the provisions of the Act had not been exactly fulfilled ; the Bill permitted the appointment of three in spectors, but the head of the Government at that time thought it better that only one should be appointed. This was less expensive than three, and the Act was more effectually carried out than it would be under three inspectors. The returns were regularly made, and he had ample evidence in his office that his prede cessors had paid every attention to the subject. The Hon. Member had . mentioned that some, irregularities had taken place in the burial of the remains of bodies dissected; but those irregularities had been prospectively -provided against ; and, under all the circumstances, he trusted the Hon. Gentleman would not press for the oin ' mittee. With respect to the discovery of Mr. Roberts, he read a letter from a Mr. Stanley, including the opinion of Sir B. Brodie, which was unfavourable to the success of the experiment with the fluid, and.stating also that a dis covery similar to that of Mi. Roberts had been made in France ; nor could it ever supersede the necessity of dissection, as anatomy could not be taught by preserved specimens. He thought that the most discreet course of the kion. Gentleman would be to - Withdraw the motion. Mr. HARDY replied. He was not aware that the facts had ever before undergone an inquiry. Still it was extraordinary that Sir B. Brodie should have signed the certificate as to the merit of the discovery in the first instance. But seeint that no gentleman was ready to support his motion by any observations, and seeing what was the feeling of the House, he should not press his motion. Mr. HUME corrected the inference the Hon. Member had drawn, that the Professors of the London Univer sity College were interested in the question. The College Hospital was entirely supported by fees. ELECTION COMMITTEES. Sir R. INGLIS rose to move the following resolution : " That in all the proceedings of the Committees spe cially appointed to investigate the charges of alleged corrupt compromises and bribery in respect of the late elections for the boroughs of Nottingham, Reading, Har wich, Lewes, Falmouth and Peuryn, Bridport, Belfast; and Southampton respectively, the parties accused or implicated in such charges shall at all times, save at such times only as the said Committees shall delibe rate thereon, be entitled to be present at such Com mittees, irrespectively of the right which such of them as may be Members of this House have to attend all Com mittees except Secret Committees of the same." He thought no Member of of the House could vote against the propo sition. The Hon. 'Member for Bath made charges against certain Members of the House, and such being the case, he thought every person against whom any charge was made, was entitled to be present to hear those charges brought forward and substantiated. He had heaid, and he believed it, that great courtesy had been shown to all persons who had appeared before the Committee, but he had no security that such courtesy would be con tinued. He • did not believe that there was a single Member present that would oppose his proposition, which was, that in the case of a party accused, he should be allowed to be present. The Hon. Member concluded by making the motion of which be had given notice. The motion having been seconded, Mr. ROEBUCK stated •he was puzzled to know why it had been brought forward. The Committee of which he was a'Member had been given by the House a discre- Wm as to the course they should pursue, and the motion of the lion, Member, if carried, would be a direct censure on their proceedings. The Committee had hitherto been conducted in a friendly spirit, but the moment that spirit was put an end to they must have the sanction of pub licity. He believed that the best means of obtaining THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, justice would be conducting the proceedings as they had hitherto done. He would venture to say, if the Hon. Member would rest a little longer, such a body of evidence would be laid before the House as would satisfy' every party. He felt convinced that the house would continue its discretion towards the Committee of which he was a Member. Mr. SCARLETT fupported the motion, believing that the business of such a Committee could not be conducted so well in private as in public. Mr. ESCOTT supported the motion of the Hon. Ba ronet, believing that justice only could be done by allow ing parties accused to be present. He feared the Hcn. Member would lay a Report on the table of the House which would have no practical effect, and would .make those who had taken part in the investigation, extremely dissatisfied with the result. The Hon. Member must convince the House and the people of this country that he had made out a case for departing from the regular principles of justice in these proceedings. AJr. LABOUCHERE said he must suspend his judg ment upon the proceedings Of the Committee until the proceedings had been laid upon the table ; but if it then appeared that the Committee had not allowed parties to answer the charges made against them, he quite agreed that it would have no weight whatever.—(Hear, hear.) But the question at present was whether they should interfere with the discretion of the Committee before its proceedings had been brought to a close, and that being the question, be felt bound to oppose the motjon of the Hon. Member for the University of Oxford. The Committee had already pro ceeded to a great extent with the inquiry, and he would certainly deprecate any interference with their pro ceedings. Sir R. PEEL said that the course which he should pursue with respect to this motion would have no refer ence whatever to the proceedings of the Committee. Forgetting that this Committee existed, the sole question to be decided was, whether it was right for the House of Commons to pass a resolution controlling the proceed ings of all future Committees. The present case was analogous to that of a Committee of the whole House, in which, if a charge were preferred, a stranger had no right to be present. The case of a grand jury was analogous to the present, and yet in that case there were many charges at which the party charged had no right to be present. He was prepare d to say " No" distinctly to the motion for giving a right to persons to be present at charges made in the House of Commons. Sir. It. INGLIS replied. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no di vision , ook place. On our return to the gallery, we found Mr. T. DUNCOMBE on his legs. Ile said the House ought to lay down an uniform rule for the guidance of Committees in future. He would move the previous question. Mr. SHAW understood it was too late to move the previous question now. Sir R. PEEL thought it useless to divide on the pre vious question. After a few words from Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Roebuck, and Mr. Escott, Mr. C. BULLER said that the course his Hon. Friend was pursuing was a guarantee that he did not mean to follow it up by vindictive measures. He thought the course his Hon. Friend pursued was the one most likely to conciliate the friends of liberty. Sir R. PEEL saw no practical difference between the two questions, and as he was always opposed to taking up the time of the House by questions 'of a technical nature, he would vote for the previous question, as other wise there would be two divisions. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the previous question l2l Against it 49 Majority for the previous question —72 DOVER HARBOUR. Mr. RICE moved for a copy of the Report of the officers appointed by the Admiralty to consider the plans of Mr. Cubitt for constructing a harbour of refuge at Dover. The Right Hon. Baronet admitted the import ance of having a large and good harbour last year, but would not make any promises on the subject in conse quence of the embarrassedatate of the finances. He hoped when they improved he would carry out his promise. Mr. 'WALLACE seconded the motion. The queStion having been put, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had no objection to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. He admitted the importance of having a good harbour on the coast, but he could not at present make any pro mise on the subject. Mr. RICE did not want to have a series of harbours along the coast. All he wished for was, that one exten sive harbour should be constructed. Sir R. PEEL said that the opinion he gave in 1841 was, that local exertions would not be likely to prove effectual, and that the construction of a harbour on the best principles, whether at Hastings or Dover, should be placed in the hands of the Government; but that, in con sequence of the finances, such a work could not be en tered upon. He hoped, with the Hon. Member, these would improve, but he could not make any promises on the subject. Captain PLUMRIDGE wished the Governmeet would allow one steamer to clear the mud from the inner har bour of Falmouth, for which nature had done so much and man so little. Sir R. PEEL must decline giving any assurance on this subject. Application had better be made to the Ad miralty through the usual channel. Captain PLUMRIDGE had made repeated applica tions to the Admiralty on the subject. The motion was then agreed to. Must be remembered that that Ace only contemplated the admission — of a' limited quantity-of corn—five hun dred thousand quarters--a quantity which could effect no good object when the immense number of con sumers was considered. To give such a limit as that would be perf3etly ridiculous when any man might introduce his corn at a duty of from 9s. to 128. a quarter.—(Hear, hear.) Ile stated these facts to show to the Hon. Gentleman how different were the two periods which it was sought to assimilate by applying the same Acts to both. He might add that these pro hibitions formed one stron g argument f or t h e c h ange i n the Corn-law which took place some years ago. What was the proposition of the Hon. Gentleman ? Was it that the discretionary- power with which he intended to invest his Eight Hon. Friend—which certainly appeared to be most extravagant—should be exercised at time when the prices were moderate, or when the prices were exorbitantly high, or was it to be exercised when the prices were as at present ? Mr. BANNF.RMAN—Certainlyas at present. Mr. GLADSTONE continued—Then if that were the case he said that the Hon. (;gentleman was doing that indirectly which he ought to do directly. He ought to raise the question of repealing .the law at once, openly, and not go about it in an oblique manner.—(Hear, hear.) If the Hon. Gentleman intended that discretionary power to be exercised at a time when prices were low, then he (Mr. Gladstone) did not hesitate to say, that instead of conferring a boon he was inflicting a serious injury upon the consumer and, the producer.—(Hear.) If they were to wait until corn had reached an extrava gantly high rate it would be an inducement to the im porters of corn to hold back and create an artificial scar city in order to take advantage of the higher price. What was the great objection alleged against the gradu ated scale? The Hon. Gentleman's plan was open to all the objections which could be, urged against a repeal of the Corn-law ; and also to all the operations which could be urged against the graduated scale. The Hon. Gen tleman had taken a more unfavourable view of the opera tion of the present Corn-law .than circumstances Justi fied, and nothing could tend more to prevent importation at the present moment than the Hardse entertaining the motion of the Hon. Me - mber for - Aberdeen. The present law had not as yet had such a trial as would enable them to form a reasonable judgment. as to its results. They had, .however, had an importation of 190,000 quarters of wheat since the new law came into operation. He admitted that was not so much as the wants of the country required. • yet he thought there was reason t o believe that the mer chants would, in a short time, feel inclined to bring into the market the million of quarters now in the warehouses, which would be very beneficial to the revenue, and more beneficial to the country.--(Cheers.) He trusted the House would have no hesitation in rejecting the motion of the Hon. Gentlemen. Mr. WARD agreed that it would be better to repeal the Corn-law, but they knew they,' could not carry the repeal, and therefore they w i s h e d to m i t i gate the effect of Governmentresponsibility, had and introduced theyth t e h e Corn- ltheirawt,hoenla'. 1' o:1. 1 - e n Opposi tion) wished to increase that responsibility by the pre sent measure. There had not, been a single argument brought forward by the Right Hon.' Gentleman that had not been met and disposed of in 1F26 by Mr. Huskisson and by the Right Hon. Baronet at present at the head of the Government, There were emergencies to which every thing ought to give way—this was one of those emergen cies. The G overnment had brought the motion upom them selves. They insisted on having the law, let them also have the power of relaxing it. Let the whole responsibility of executing that law rest upon the Government. The har vest was uncertain, and the Governinent ought to have the power of relieving the wants .of the people without loss of time, if they thought., fit to exercise it. This argument was met by the country gentlemen, in the time of Mr. Canning. as it would, no doubt, be met by the present country gentlemen. The country geutlemen then used the same arguments us the Right lion. Gen tleman who had just adressed the House. One gentle man then said, what perhaps country gentlemen would not say of the present 'day, that thus attack ing the Corn-laws was attacking the Constitu tion ; and Sir John Brydges said, " Perish the commerce of the country, but live the Constitution!" It had been said by Mr. Cunning that a statesman ought to have two kinds of courage--one, the courage to resist unjust demands, and the other, to grant demands- that were just. Was it not dangerous to refuse the demands of the people? He (Mr. Ward) believed in his conscience, that it was so. Winter was coming, and the greatest responsibility would be thrown 'upon the Government, and this was the reason he would vote for the motion of his Hon. Friend. Lord WORSLEY said he did not think the motion had attracted that notice which it would have done if it had been brought forward at an earlier period of the session. He thought that sufficient attention had not been paid to it. He did not approve of the proposition, as it would induce speculators to use means to get up the price of corn while the agriculturists would nerer feel themselves safe. He_ thought it would be dangerous to vest the proposed power in the present Government, who had come into power as the supporters of the agricultural interest, but which had not-proved itself so. The Right Hon. the Vice-President of the Board of Trade said there was every prospect of a good harvest ; hut he (Lord Worsley) felt that he was doing his duty in stating that he did not believe that the crop would be an average one. It appeared that the specula tors in corn would act under the new system as they had done under the old one. With these views he could not accede to the motion. Mr. MILNES said he believed her Majesty's Govern ment were strong enough and virtuous enough to take upon themselves any responsibility whatever. A great emergency might arise before Parliament was called to gether, and he thought it was right that the Government should be prepared for it. He could not on that - occasion vote with the party whom he always desired to support. Mr. P. M. STEWART supported the motion. The Government could not conceal froth themselves that the present Corn Bill had the vice of the old one. At that moment there were 1,500,000 quarters of corn in'bond, which was more than the Government contemplated, and the speculation was that the corn-holders would not pay the nine shillings duty, .but wait till it was one shilling. Ile thought the Government ought, on every account, to be invested with this power. Mr. WALLACE said he 'had seconded the motion because he was of opinion that it ought to be agreed to. It was because he had no confidence in her Majesty's Government that he supported that motion. He be lieved that the people would die of starvation in the streets and lanes of every town before the Government would propose remedies for their relief. He called upon the advisers of her Majesty to let her know the condition of her subjects. He asked that the people might not be starved. Enormous sums of money had been advanced for various works, and how could they refuse to make provision for saving the people from starvation ? The reason he voted for the proposition was, to put it in the power of the Ministry to mitigate the present Corn-law. Mr. JOHN PARKER said that a great Minister had in 1826 come into the House and said he would, on his own responsibility, afford relief to the people during the time Parliament was not sitting. The Right Hon. Baronet now at the head of the Ministry, supported him in that. The exigencies of the country then were nothing to what they are now. The distress of the country was then a paralysis, now it was a d ec li ne o f t h e coun try. If the Right lion. Baronet had properly framed his Corn law this proposition would not have been necessary. What they wanted was a communication with America. —(Hear, hear.) They wanted a proper communication with America to make this country prosperous. He should most certainly support the proposition of his Hon. Friend the Member for. Aberdeen. Sir It. PEEL saiclthat - ihei;oPc;i7tion made by the Hon. Gentleman for vesting this discretionary power in her Majesty's Government, which was the object of the motion, was mainly rested upon two grounds. The first ground was authority, and that authority chiefly con sisted of the precedents of 1826; and upon the other, which was the more important ground—public advan tage.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the second argu ment, it was quite clear that public weal was the first consideration. The precedent which had been referred to it was necessary to examine. and see if the real nature of the proceeding had any bearing on the present exist ing circumstances. In the year 1826 the existing law precluded the admission of foreign' wheat until the aver • age price in the markets of this country attained to 80s. The Government of that day had to consider whether that law should be altered : and the feeling that pre vailed in the country was that the law required change. what circumstances circumstances ? wheat under The Government under the direction of Mr. Can ning felt that they. could, , not recommend an alte ration, but he proposed to give a discretionary power t c o ert t a h i e n circumstances. Government Buttoadumnider w admit foreign Under these. The importer was to pay a duty of 2s a quarter upon all corn above 500,000 quarters which should be admitted ; and Mr. Canning stated his reason for giving this discretionary power to be, that the coun try would be for many months without a Parliament. But so impressed was Mr. Canning with this. dis cretionary power, that in . the ensuing year he intro duced a precaution against those powers being exercised. He now came to that which was of much more im portance than mere authority against the reason of the thing. In the year 1826 Government determined not to submit any Bill to improve the Corn-laws to Parlia ment ;in 1842 the Corn-laws had been adj usted, and he was speaking now under a re-adjustment of the Corn ' laws—(Oh, oh)—and two months afterwards a proposi tion was made to give a discretionary power to her Ma jesty's Government to alter the duty. Why, he could understand what it was to repeal that law, he 'could understand what it was to propose material alterations -, but two months after t h e Parliament of England had settled the Corn-laws, to make a proposition for throwing uncertainty over the whole of it, certainly did appear to him (Sir R. Peel) to be the most ridiculous way of adjusting a difficulty. It was his opinion th a t if this law were passed, a premium would be held out to the speculators to withhold their corn. Gentleman condemned the Corn - law upon its operation for six or seven weeks. He protested against that. de cision. He admitted that the varying rate of duty in creased the temptation to s p e culation. It had been said that there was no instance where corn was taken out of bond for home consumption, when there was a tendency in prices to rise. In the last week there had been a tendency in prices to rise. Thequantity of foreign corn imported in the week ending the 30th of Jo 6 c was 68 ,481 quarters, and the quantity entered for home consumption was 25,756. What confidence could foreign Governments have in the Legislature of this coun:ry, if, two months after an adjustment had been made, that adjustment were disturbed ?—(Hear, hear-) He trusted the House would come to the conclusion that it was not advan tageous to take from the law the certainty of its exe cution and place in the hands of the Government a power which might be impropetly exercised.—(Hear.) Lord HOWICK said it had been clearly shown that great distress existed throug! lo nt the country and with equal clearne ss h a d it been - shoWn that but 4 Aythe Corn laws that distress might be initiated,' •11 -indOr those cir cumstances he thought it was highly desirable to give a JULY ' B, 1&42. discretionary power to the Government. If the prin ciple of • admitting corn for a limited time was admitted, it would be easy • to declare that for a given time a duty of Bs. should be imposed. Those who opposed a fixed duty did so because it would bring more land into cultivation. That could not be urged as ' an objection to the present motion. • He admitted that the measure was open to objections,. but those objections arose, not from th e measure it se lf, but from the nature of the law which was sought to be repealed, and holding this opinion he felt it his duty to support the motion.. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that there was one remark which the Right Hon. Baronet had made during the present discussion, and that was, that the present Corn-law caused 'speculation. The Right Hon. Baronet said that they ought not to judge of the new Bill by a seven weeks' experience. But' he House must consider that the effects produced were the same effects as' those of the old law, and which the framers of the new one admitted was unsuited to the wants of the country. With respect to the question before the House, he (Lord John Russell) could not support the proposition, as he did not think it would remedy the evil complained of. He had no doubt that, if the necessity arose during the recess, the Government would take the subject into their own hands.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME said that no man could object more than he did to placing any discretionary power in the Govern ment, and he should oppose the proposition if he could find any thing better ; hut, as that was not likely, he should support the proposition. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw; and the House divided. The numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority against the motion —62 Mr. HUME moved for a return showing the services of all tiag-officers in the navy, distinguishing the. date of entry of each officer into the,:service, and the several commissions which they have Obtained, distinguishing the period passed in commission in their respec tive ranks, and the total period ou full and half-pay ; and showing also the period when each was last employed, and the age of each officer at the present time (in continuation of the returns in the Report of the Commission of Naval Inquiry, in 1840, No. 11 of Appendix of that Report, and also in continuation of P. P. of 251 of 1837.) Sir G. COCKBURN opposed the motion. After a conversation in which Sir C. Napier, Captain Pechell, Mr. C. Wood, and Dr. Bowring took part, Mr. BROTHERTON moved the adjournment of the House. Mr. COBDEN seconded the motion. Strangers were ordered to withdraw and the House divided, when there appeared, For the motion 2l Against it Majority against the adjournment —5O On our return to the gallery, we found that Mr. 1-11:31E had moved the adjournment of the debate. After a short conversation between Sir C. Napier, Sir George Cockburn, and Mr. P. Uoward, the motion for the adjournment of the debate was agreed to without a division. Sir H. HARDINGE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to opt-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, empowering the Secretary-at-War to pay pen sions by monthly and weekly, as well as by quarterly pay m ents. Sir J. GRAHAM obtained leave to bring in a Bill to suspend the making of lists, and the ballots and enrol ments for the militia of the United Kingdom. Also a Bill for further suspending the operations of the new ar rangement of dioceses, so far as it- affects the existing ecclesiastical jurisdictions. Tie adjourned debate on Mr. Wallace's motion was further adjourned till this day. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Three o'Clock. The Frankfort Journal announces that Lord Pon sonby arrived in that city on the Ist inst., on his way from his Embassy at Constantinople. HARVEST PROSPECTS.---With one exception (Gal way), the provincial papers continue to report most favourably of the prospects of an abundant harvest. The Dublin it Register of this day says--" Altogether the season is highly favourable. Crops, which were indifferent some weeks ago, have greatly improved ; this is to be said especially of oats. In the county of Dublin, however, the potatoes have missed in many quarters, and lightning has done some damage to the wheat. The meadows are also in general light, and from none but a few can an average crop be expected." In the county of Wicklow remarkably fine new potatoes are to be had in great a`mndance for Id. per lb. The only danger at present to be apprehended is from a continuance of the high wind which has prevailed during the past week,' which in some districts has caused fears for the safety of the early potatoe crop, but as yet there is no mention made of any injul'y being sustained. BRISTOL AND EXETER ltAlLWAY.—Friday, July 1, was the day appointed f or t h e °Oiling of that portion of V the line of the Bristol and Exeter ,Railway which connects the towns of Bridgewater and Taunton. A considerable number of the Shareholders availed themselves of the invitation given by the Directors to meet them in the latter town to celebrate the event by a public breakfast. The first train, for the con veyance of passengers to Taunton, was announced to leave the terminus at Temple Meads, Bristol, at nine A. 31., but in con sequence of the influx of visitors, additional carriages had to be I attached, which caused some delay. At about five minutes past nine the train took its departure, and from its unusual length, and from the engine (the Castor) being decorated with a profusion of colours, it excited on its way more than 1 ordinary degree of interest. On arriving at Bridgewater, it ' was met by a large concourse of spectators, who lined the banks on either side of the rail ; and at Taunton the whole population appeared to have come forth on the occasion ; the importance of the event causing the day to be kept as a general holiday. The train arrived in Taunton at about eleven o'clock. The journey from Bridgewater ( miles) occupied twenty minutes only, and the very perfect and complete state of the line was a subject of general remark. On Saturdav an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, at the Volunteer, Uppei Baker-street, New-road, on the body of Edward Farrell, Esq., aged 60, a gentleman of fortune, who died of starvation. It appeared that the de ceased had resided for some months at 31, Upper Baker-street, and possessed extensive property in Ireland. He had latterly determined gradually to diminish the quantity of his food, and continued to do so even after it was insufficient to support life; the consequence was, he became ill, but refusing medical aid, he at length on Monday resolved altogether to abstain from eating, and, locking himself in his room, would permit no one to enter for about twenty-tour hours. Finally, the door was broken open, and he was found in a state of extreme exhaus tion, from which medical treatment restored him for a short time, but a relapse ensued, and he died on Wednesday. Up ssards of 1001. in cash was found in his apartment. Verdict — Died from want of food. PRESTON GUILD MERCHANT.—This splendid en tertainment, which is held once in every twenty years, is ap pointed this year to take place in the month of September. rhe last Guild was celebrated in July, 1822, and was unques tionably one of the most superb municipal festivals that has been held since that period in any part of the kingdom. Preston Guild is on the model of the ancient guilds or fra ternities. Though a Saxon institution, the first Guild Mer chant at Preston was held in 2d of Edward 111.. and has been held w:thout intermission at a period of twenty years, ever since that time, when the Guild Mayor issues a proclamation announcing that " all persons claiming to have any right to fre'edom or other franchise of the borough of Preston, whether by ancestry, prescription, or franchise, are to appear by them. selves or their proxy, to claim and make out their several rights thereto, otherwise they will;according to ancient and im memorial usage, forfeit the same."—Leeds Mercury. WORCESTER, JULY 2.—The London mail, which runs through this town to Ludlow, will shortly be taken off the road, and the letter bags for this town, Ludlow, and the inter mediate towns, will be sent on the Great Western and sir ming railways, and conveyed to such towns from the nearest stations by mail-carts. Lord Lowther has deterthined to abo lish mail-coaches where it is practicable to do so, and he has also intimated his intention to dispense with mail-guards on railways. This plan, considering that guards are paid now by the Post-office, and not by fees from the public, will save a great expense. On some of the northern railways the railway guards have already been sworn, to enable them to take charge of letter bags. The Earl of Lichfield first introduced the pay ment of guards by the Post-office, and - prohibited them from taking fees from coach passengers but this plan was introduced gradually on account of the expenie. The payment of the Post-office of the staff of snail guards that was necessary before railroads were completed, would liaie increased the expenses of the department - by an item of 70,0001. SALMON.—The take of salmon along the coast has during the last and present week been considerable. At Ballantrae, on Tuesday, the number caught was much greater than on any former occasion this season. A great part of them, principally grilses, were brought to our market yesterday, and sold freely—trout, 4d. ; grilse, sd. ; and salmon, per lb. The stake nets at liurnfoot, Monkton, Prestwick, and Doon foot, have had each a fair share of salmon dur:ng the above period, although in the former part of the season few fish were caught. These sell—trout, sd. ; grilse, 7d. ; salmon, Is. per lb. —Ayr Advertiser. ltiuGHY SculooL.—A large, number of clergymen and graduates of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have sent in their names as candidates for the Head-mastership of Rugby School, vacant by the lamented death of the Rev. Dr. Arnold. Amongst the number are the Rev. Benjamin H. Kennedy, D.D., Head-master of Shrewsbury School ; the Rev. H. Kynaston, D.D., High-master of St. Paul's School ; the Rev. C. Wordsworth, 8.D., Second-master of Winchester School ; the Rev. J. W. Blakesley, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity ' College, Cambridge ; the Rev. Charles Merivale, 8.D., Tutor of St. John's College, Cambridge ; the Rev. William Tait, M.A., Tutor of Balliol College, Oxford • the Rev. Charles Osb orn , M. A., M as t er o f the Grammar School, Macclesfield; the . Rev. Robt. Springs', M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Exeter. College, Oxford; the Rev. Mr. Donaldson ; the Rev. ProfelsOr Browne, &c. The election will take place on the 28th i ns t., an d will be severely contested. The Trustees in whom the nomination is vested are the Earl of Denbigh, Earl Howe, the Earl of Aylesford, Sir Henry Milord, Sir George Crewe, Sir Grey Skipwith, Sir Francis Lawley, W. S. Dagdale, Esq., M.P., Evelyn Shirley, Esq ,M. P., Henry Holbeche, Esq., and H. Grimes, Esq. A GREAT DIFFERENCE.—A gentleman belonging to Glasgow was, the other day, giving an account to his cars aposa of the dimensions of the monstre chimney at St. Rollo:, mentioning, at the same time, several details connected with its erection, and the magnificent prospect to be enjoyed from its summit. During the conversation he expressed his inten- tion of taking an opportunity of making the ascent of the chimney, but the lady strongly and affectionstely dissuaded him from exposing himself to any danger which might be incurred in the attempt. She could not be satisfied upon any' ground that going to a height of 450 feet in a bucket, with a landing place apparently only a few feet in diameter, could be accom plished with anything like safety. At length, to diminish her fears, the husband mentioned the name of a married acquain tance of his, who had been carried to the top of the stalk, when she quickly rejoined—" Oh, but you know his life is insured, and that makes all the difference in the world !"_Glasgow Courier. TILE WEATHER.—The genial rains during the pas.t week have proved most beneficial to the crops in the home dis tricts, refreshing the ground, and imparting new vigour to the thirsting vegetation. Few seasons of late years have been more propitious to the farmer, the heat being far from exces sive, and the elements so variable during the last few days, that while not sufficiently unsettled to cause more than a very par tial, and by no means important. interruption to the hay har vest, the turnip and wheat crop are benefited to an extent almost incredible ; the present season has also beep ;mark:: able for the paucity of violent storms of late years so preva lent. On Tuesday afternoon several heavy showers fell in the viciniti v . of the liftrOpolis, and th e barometer indicated a slight fail. 'he wind was ionth- - west, and there appeared to be every probability of more rain falling. The crops, generally, are di scribed as 'looking very promising ; but the plant of Ailiaat to some distrlcis_is unusually thin, probil4pom the scarcity o f rain during the opening months of. the spring. THE SUPPOSED ATTEMPT UPON THE QUEEN'S I,l}E. ( From our Afternoon Edition of yesterday. ) In the course of the forenoon yesterday Alt. Bean, the father of the prisoner, visited his son at the Tothill-fields Bridewell, but on their meeting the prisoner refused to hold any conversation with him, and maintained a sullen silence to every question put tsi s hite. About half-pa,t lt! o'clock he was conveyed from the prison in a hackney-coach by Lieutenant Tracy, the Governor, and Mr. Cree, the principal keeper, to the Home-office, for the purpose of undergoing a further exa mination before the Privy Council. Very little interest, in comparison with that evinced in the previous cases of Oxford and Francis, appeared to exist on the part of the public in the investigation, and when the coach containing the prisoner drew up at the front entrance of the Home-office, Whitehall, scarcely half a dozen persons were present. About the same time the whole of the witnesses, who had assembled at half past 12 o'clock at the station-house in Gardiner's-lane, were Drought to the Home-office by Inspector Hughes, A division, and entered by the garden-gate on tee parade St. James's-park. shortly atter twelve o'clock the members of the Privy Coun cil began to al rive at the Home-office, and by one o'clock the fulloss ing members of the Cabinet. &c., had assembled :—Sir Robert Peel, Baronet, the Lord Chancellor, Dose of Welling toe, Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Liverpool, Lord Delawarr, Lord I:ikon, Lord Fitzgerald and Vesv, Lord Wharneliffe, Lord Jeisey, Sir George Clerk, Bart., Sir James Graham, Bart., Sir H. Harding e Bart., Lord Haddington, Sir F. Pollock (the Attorney-General), and Sir William Follett (the Solicitor- General). Mr. Alaule, Solicitor to the Treasury, Mr. Hall, Chief Magistrate of Police, and Mr. Burnaby, Chief Clerk of Bow street Police-court, were also present. On this occasion more than usual mystery was maintained by all the officials connected with the Home-office on the subject of the investigation, and the reporters for the public press, who were in attendance, were not even perinitted to enter the room in \ditch the witnesses were in waiting, as has been the cus tom on previous occasions, and an application,for permission to copy the depositions made after the conclusion of the inquiry was refused. From a source on which every reliance can be placed, we have, however, as on the fist examination, obtained the follow ing particulars respecting what took place during the investiga tion before the Privy Council. The prisoner on being brought into the room in which the members of the Council were assembled, looked around him with apparently considerable alarm, but throughout the exa mination maintained the same sullen and reserved conduct. The first witness examined was Henry Webb, a police-con stable, 106 G, who deposed as follows:—On the evening of Sunday last, the 3d instant, I mustered with the other men ' about 9 o'clock at the station-house adjoining the Clerken , well police-court, for night duty. Inspector Penny read to us a route, giving a description of a deformed youth who had that morning presented a pistol at her Majesty's car riage it the mall in St. James's-park, as the Queen was going to the Chapel Royal, which I immediately e i onsidered corresponded with the appearance of the prisoner, who I was previously aware had absconded from his home. I waited until the other men had left the station, and then I instantly com municated my suspicions to Inspector Penny, who directed me to go to the house of the prisoner's father, 14, St. James's buildings, Rosoman-street, Clerkenwell. On reaching the house I knocked a single knock at the door, which was opened by the prisoner, and immediately on my seeing him I felt con fident that my suspicions were correct. The prisoner was in his shirt-sleeves, and without his coat or cap. I asked him if his father or mother were at home. He told me, " No," and made the same answer to my inquiry if he could tell me where his father could be found. I then said to him ' " Why, my boy, I understood you had absconded from your home?! He an swered, " Yes ; but I am come back again, and I am sorry for having done so." 1 asked him when he came back, and he said, " About half-past eleven o'clock that day," and added, " I hope I shall turn out a good boy." I then said to him, " Well, if you du not know where your father and mother are gone, perhaps you will have no objection to put on your coat and cap and come atong with me, and see if we can find them," and at the same moment I put my hand on his arm and found that he quivered at my touch, and appeared agitated all over. I asked him what he was afraid of, and he said, " Nothing." I also asked where he had been during his absence from his home, and how he had managed to maintain himself, to which he said he had been principally about the fields round Barnsbury-park, Islington, and that be had twice received a gratuity of 2d. for holding gentlemen's horses, and on another occasion had 3d. given him for fetching a glass of ale for a gentleman on the Hunger ford pier. At that moment the prisoner's mother came up to the door ' and on seeing her I told her I was gl a d t o h ear th a t her son had returned home again, and that 1 lisped he would never go away from his home any more. I also toldher 'thought after what he had done, and her having given information at the station-house of his having absconded, it would do him no harm if I were to take him before the inspec tor. I was desirous to get him .to the station-house with out his being aware of my object in taking him there. His mother, however, said, " No, 1 should riot like him to be taken to the station-house, although lam much obliged to you for your kindnes." I repeated that I was sure it could do him no harm if the inspector did give him a lecture; when she, after some consideration, waved her objection to his going, and I sold her to walk on with her son, while I would walk behind. When we got to the station-house the prisoner was further questioned as to where he had slept - during the two previous nights, to which he replied that he had slept on both nights in an unfinished house in Barnsbury-street, not having enough money to pay for a bed. He was further asked how he hap pencs4 to come back exactly at two o'clock on the Sunday ? when he answered that he was so hungry, having nothing to eat, that he was compelled to do so. He was then questioned as to whether or not lie had been to any other part of the metropolis besides Islington, and he replied that he had been in the Regent's-park ; but on being also asked if he had not been likewise in St. James's-park, he hastily raid, " Oh, I don't know—l have been somewhere at the west-end, and that's enough." His dress and personalappearance were then compared by Inspector Penny with the description in the route, and being found to cot respond in every particular, I was ordered to search him, which I did, but found only a comb and a piece of string about him. A cab was then procured and I accompanied Inspector Penny in conveying the prisoner in the cab to the A station in Gardiner's-lane, Westminster, when he was again searched, and persons who had witnessed the trans- action in the park sent for. On their arrival at the station . they immediately identified the prisoner as the deformed youth they saw present the pistol at her Majesty's carriage. When the prisoner ascertained the charge on which he was detained he became very much depressed. Inspector Penny, G division, corroborated the evidence of the previous witness, and produced the letter received from the prisoner by his parents on Wednesday, the 29th ult., which he had received from the prisoner's father. A working man named Wright, living in New Tothill street, Westminster, was next examined, in corroboration of the evidence as to what occurred in St. James's-park, given by the Dassetts and other witnesses at the first examination on Monday last. Mr. William Bird, broker, of 26, Exmouth-street, Clerken well, was the next witness called in, and was questioned by dif ferent members of the Privy Council as follows : ( The pistol taken from the prisoner having been placed in the hand of the witness)—Do you believe that the pistol pro duced has been discharged since it has been out of your posses sion? Witness (examining the pistol)—No, Ido not think it has been discharged. Will you swear it has not been discharged? Witness—l will swear it has not, and my reason for doing so is, that none of the rust inside the barrel has been removed, which would have been the case if a firing had taken place. When did the prisoner now before us first come to your shop? Witness—He came first to my shop about this day fortnight or three weeks, I cannot swear which. I can't swear that the prisoner is the person to whom I sold the pistol, but he very much resembles him. What was the sum paid to you for the pistol? Witness—To the best of my recollection, 3s. 6d. - The prisoner (skarply)—lt was only three shillings. Witness—Well, it might be that sum. I am not positive as to which it was. At the time the prisoner purchased the pistol of you, did you or any of your shopmen recollect any peculiar remarks that he might have made? Witness—No, as I have said before, I can not recollect well the circumstances of the sale, but afterwards, on more than one occasion, I had a good deal of conversation with the prisoner. What was the nature of that conversation ? Witness—He came to me on the Tuesday in last week, again on the Wed nesday, and also on the Friday. The prisoner —No, you are wrong. It was on the Thursday. Witness—On the Tuesday when the prisoner came he said, producing the pistol, " I purchased this pistol of you, and it won't go off." I was very busy at the time, and told him I could not attend to him just then, and he went away. He, however, returned on the following day, and said, " Well, this pistol won't go off, and so I have brought it back to you." I then took the pistol out of his hand, and on looking at it said, " You foolish fellow, how is it to go tiff? why, there is no flint to it." I also told him that when the pistol was sold to him there was a flint to it. The prisoner answered, " Yes, there was, bat it was an old one, and I threw it away in the street." What did you say or do then? Witness—Why I carelessly looked at the pistol, and said to the prisoner, " Well, you must not bother me any more, lam very busy now." Th e p r i soner seemed rather displeased at this, and said, " Mind, I shall call again," and went away. On the Thursday or Friday he again came to the shop, and said, " My pistol won't strike fire.-ss7, have been trying it again." I asked him what he' wanted 'me to do to it, and he answered, ‘ 4 Why, to put a dint In.i 'and make it strike fire." I asked him what he wanted witt s i pi s t o l, an d if he wanted it to shoot the cats with ?—(ll 1 ;sch laughter.) What answer did he give to your question. State the answer expleitly ? Witness—The prisoner said, "I do not want it to shoot cats with. We have got no cats at home." Ho D s i a d id h , he sNayvewhhaevreesohtenoliveeadts?it t W om itn e e . ss i N wa l h i e t f d or id so n m o e t.. thing else." Did you inquire what that something else was? Witness— No, I did not, as I considered that the pistol had been sold to the prisoner as a toy to play with. The prisoner then said, " Have you not got a flint about you?" I told him " Yes, 1 dare say I can find one," and I put my hand into my pocket and took one out. The prisoner asked me to put it in, and show him how to fire it. I told him he was a troublesome fellow, but added, "I don't mind showing you-now." I then un screwed that part of the pistol which holds the flint, and fixed it in for him, The prisoner said, " Now you must show me how to fire it ; here's som e p ow d er , but it is very coarse, and I am afraid it won't go off." He then gave me some gunpowder. From where did the prisoner take the powder he gave you ? Witness—From his waistcoat pocket. It was screwed up in a bit of paper. He gave the paper into my hand, and I un screwed it. I then saw that it contained about a quarter of an ounce. It was very coarse powder. I did not inquire of the prisoner where he had purchased it. I took a little of it, and put it in the pan of the pistol, and said to him,' Now, I'll show you how to fire," and I held the pistol in the proper form. The prisoner watched mo very narrowly, and when there was a flash in the pate, he clapped hi s h an d s, and said, " That'll do, that'll do,'' in a delighted tone of voice. I then took the flint out, and returned the pistol to the prisoner without it, on seeing which he said very dolefully, " Oh, ain't you going to give it to me ?" meaning the flint. I told him I was not; I had given him one with the pistol when he bought it, and if he had another, he must pay me for it. He then asked me the price, and I told him Id. Did the prisoner then purchase the flint ? Witness--Not at that time. He went away with his pistol, but re t urne d i n a b out t w enty minutes, and, holding a penny in his hand, said, " I've ni b r e o , ug a h np t dil y t • t o ht u eh ne e lirripennyatyinif.cnrfto me he that him, a, fl vbe i un another , nlo b et u ho t eu . r y i dolt notua sßash." must put it in for would e b " e bo l th to e i r d ed h : i w m ith l bita any longer. I fixed the flint with a piece of paper round i,4 to make it secure, and it is now in exactly the same state as when I gave it to him. Then you still believe that it has not since been discharged? Witness-1 do firmly believe so. Did the prisoner s h ow any great anxiety to have the flint when he came to you ags,io Witness—Not particularly so , but going he seemed to ine anxious about its making a fire (flash) , and see it d a off;Well, I noticed that he was very much pleased to ia,l i n the pan. Mr. Warlsby, a jeweller, residing in Oxford-street, who was well acquainted with the prisoner's handwriting, was next exa mined, and shown the letter produced, which he swore bad been written by the prisoner: The prisoner was then'remoVed from the Council Chamber withnt any of the other witnesses in attendance being called in, and after a private consultation the Council broke up at four o'clock. Our reporter has ascertained that the prisoner stands committed to take his trial for a misdemeanour, the CORN-LAWS. Mr. BANNERMAN' rose to move the following re solution, of which he had given notice :—" That it is the opinion of this House, that, considering the present state of the country, it would be highly expedient to vest in her present most Gracious Majesty, similar au thority to that which was given to her predecessors; and this House, before the close of this session, will cheer fully acquiesce in granting such powers as may enable her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, to reduce or discontinue, should circumstances so require, the duties which now regulate the importation of foreign corn, until the Ist day of January, 1843, or for six weeks after the commencement of the next session of Parliament." He was aware that her Majesty's Go vernment might ask for the power which he proposed, and also that it was opening another discussion on the Corn-laws. It would also be giving the Right Honourable Baronet the power of relaxing the restrictions on the importation of corn. All this might be said, but it was their imperative duty to agree to some course before the expiration of the session, that should tend to \relieve the wide-spread distress that ex isted in the country. It was needless for him to say that this country was, for many years, a large exporting country. From the year 1696 we have been an import ing country, but it was not till 1815 that the Govern ment ventured to press such an atrocious prohibitory law as the present with regard to the importation of corn. By the Act of Queen Anne her Majesty was allowed a power of regulating the trade in corn. It was clear from the wording of the Act that the Government of that day wisely attempted to provide against the rise in the price of corn to the prejudice of the people. He should not trouble the House with any of the statutes re ferring to the exporting period. Not one syllable was said in all the 21. Acts relating to the exportation of corn referring to importation. In the thirteenth year of George the Third, his Majesty expressed his great con cern at the prospect of an enhanced price of corn. This was in the speech from the Throne, and the consequence of this speech was, a law prohibiting the expor tation of corn, and in the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer •he said that a part of the expenses of the year would be the bounties to be given on the importation "of corn ; and from that period to 1805 no less a sum than 2,600,0001. was paid for these bcunties. In the year 1796, the Crown was authorised, whatever might be the price of corn and flour, to permit the importation of corn duty free. The Act went still farther, and per mitted the importation of all kinds of provisions, cattle, wine, sheep, poultry, fowls, and articles of subsistence, of every dt:scription.—(Hear, hear.) The next statute he should refer to was one of a much more recent (late ; in 1826, when the Right Hon. Gentleman was a Mem ber of the Government, a revision of the Corn-laws was proposed. At that time great distress prevailed, and although no measure ' was proposed that ses sion, yet a resolution was moved that the Par liament should allow the Crown to authorise . the releasing froth bond, duty free, a . quantity of corn not exceeding 500,000 quarters. The extracts from the speech of Mr.. Canning on that occasion proved that the object of the Government was to relieve the great dis tress of the country. In the same debate, a living states man, whom he saw before him, the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth, declared that it was no . use to allow col n to be taken out of bond for sale, since the people had not money to purchase it. The Hon Gentleman then read several passages from the speeches of Lord Stanley and Lord Aberdeen seine years ago, when they advocated those principles which he (Mr. B.) was then upholding. Before he sat down, there was one remark which he wished to make with re spect to what had taken place lately in that House. The Right Hon. Baronet had stated that in 1833, 1834, and 1835, the manufacturing districts were in a most flou rishing condition. That was certainly an undoubted fact. He then stated that no corn was imported in those years. This was an undoubted fact. The Right Hon. Baronet then drew the inference that this was a benefit to the manufacturing interest. While he (Mr. Banner man) admitted that there was no corn imported during those years, he begged to remind the Hight Hon. Baronet that the price of wheat was 48s. Bd., and in the next four years the price of wheat was 645. 4d., being no less a diffe rence than 17s. the quarter. Therefore, he left the House to judge, supposing that this country consumed thirty mil lions of quarters annually, what an enormous sum of money was paid by the consumers of this country during these four years for wheat over what was paid the previous years ; and during the latter period the manufacturers were certainly not prosperous. He there fore thought that he was justified in submitting the re solutions of which he had given notice to the House. Mr. WALLACE seconded the motion. On the motion being put, Mr. GLADSTONE said he was aware of the unani mous feeling of the House with respect to. the distress of the country, but there were differences of opinion as to the mode of relieving it.—(Hear.) The Honourable Gentleman had rested a great part of his case upon t he precedent of former Acts, and he referred .to the Acts passed during the revolutionary war. Now he (Mr. Gladstone) said that those Acts were entirely be side present question. Th e fi rst A ct quote d was that the passed in 1795, when the price of wheat was 755. 2d., and, during the whole of the war the average price certainly was never under 705., and it was frequently between 80s. and 100 s.. Commerce was then hampered to a dreadful extent, and it was actually necessary that those Acts should be passed then; but stch Acts' would be totally inapplicable to a time. of peace. The Hon. Gentleman next referred to the Act of 1826. But it capital charge being abandoned, and as a mNdemeanour ft $ bailable offence, it was intimated to the prisoner that, if he could find two sureties in the sum of 250/. each, fur his ap pearance at the next sessions, he might be liberated from custody. .The father of the prisoner was in attendance at the Homo. office during the whole of the examination, but was not call ed before the Council. About live o'clock the prisoner was conveyed back _by Lieu tenant Tracy to the Tothill-fields Blidcwell, where it is most probable he will remain until the period of his trial, the amount of bail required being so large. Mr. Lillie, the surgeon to the Tothill-fieldi Briderell,.. in formed ou r re p or t er l ast even i ng t h at o n v i s iting the prisoner that morning he found him in the same sullen state, and averse to answering any questions, however unimportant ; but he (Mr. Lavie) could not avoid from certain appearances which presented themselves in the prisoner's conduct, coining to the conclusion that he secretly rejoiced at the notoriety he has gained, which feeling he could bat ill conceal. VAUX HALL GARDENS.--This old and favourite place of amusement has been once more rescued from the it Teat coed destruction of carpenters and bricklayers, aad was op, ned for the season on W ednesday with as attractive a set of perfor "'l ances as could be desired. Ducrow's horses, .a concert bu.'h vocal and instrumental, the burning of the City of Hamburghe the whistling Joel, fireworks, cold fowls, warm champagne, &c. The City of Hamburgh will be subjected to a nightly conflagration as long as the season lasts. The delusion is well managed ; the scene gives an exact representation of some of the many strasses in Hamburgh which fell before the flames—the houses suddenly become Illumined by the red glare which generally excites such enthusiastic admiration at our minor theatres—a Lumber of men, women, and horsemen are seen rushin.about in all directions—the houses gracefully bow to the spectators, and th e n the baseless fabrics fall about in the midst of much water and devastation, and so Hamborgh is destroyed. This pictorial rspresentation was assisted in action by more than 300 auxiliaries. Further rehearsals will make it more perfect. SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO A GIRL.—Mr. Baker held an inquest yesterday at the Crown, Orchard -street, Black wall, on the body of Esther Dulas, aged five years. Rebecca Ayres, housemaid at the Crown, said, that on Tuesday morning last she was sent ta the back of the house to get a can of water from the liver Lee. She was returning, as she saw the deceased run from the top of a hill down towards the river. The descent was steep, and from the speed at which deceased was running, as she approached the bottom, she was unable to stop herself, and ran direct into the water. Before witness could raise au alarm deceased was carried some distance by the tide, and after she sunk a man jumped in to endeavour to save her. He was unsuccessful ;and an hour and a half elapsed before the body we.s found.—Verdict " Accidental death." SUDDEN DEATII.--lesterday evening, at s i x o'clock, an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, at the Black Horse, Haymarket, on view of the body of Edwin Ball, aged 54, late landlord of the White Bear Tavern, Piccadilly, who died on Tuesday morning under the following melancholy cir cumstanc*s :—From the , evidence of several witnesses, who were examined at great length, it appeared that on Tuesday , morning, shortly after one o'clock A. 31., a disturbance was caused in the tap of the above tavern, which is quite distinct from the White Bear Hotel, by a young man recently dis charged from Mr. Ball's service, who had been lodging in the, White Bear tap • since his dismissal. Mr. Ball, hearing Vac noise, went out to assist Mr. Holt, the landlord of the tap, i n ejecting the young man, and having succeeded in doing so, re turned to the bar-parlour of his own house, and requested Alm- Ball to prepare supper. While she was in the act of doing WI deceased suddenly fell forward, and died instantaneously. Air. Woolridge, surgeon, of the Haymarket, deposed to having lase s called in to see the deceased, whom he found quite dead. He attempted to bleed him, without avail, and attributed his death either to apoplexy or the bursting of some blood-veatel" in the heart. It having been rumoured that the deceased had been struck by the young man on the night of his death, witnesses were called to inquire into this statement, and the first exa mined was Joseph Holt, the landlord of the White Bear tap, whose evidence strongly denying the fact, corroborated by other respectable witnesses, completely exculpated the accused from the charge made against him when taken befpre the Ma-. gistrates at Marlborough -street Police-court on Tuesday. The Coroner briefly remarked on the melancholy nature of the case, and suggested it as very probable that the deceased came by his death from undue excitement, in endeavouring to preserve peace in his establishment--a conclusion the jury immediately coincided in, by returning a verdict of " Died by the visitation, of God." The inquiry, which lasted upwards of two hours, excited much interest from the prevalence of the report that violence had been used by James, who is at present imprison, for an assault on Mr. Holt, but the result clearly acquits ',airs from this charge. We quote - the following from the Presse . :--1" The oldest man of Prance is M. Noel de Quersonnierf s , who was formerly a commissary of the army, now 'a v i ng in Paris, though born at V a l e n c i ennes i n 1728. Ile is not subject tri any infirmity, takes four meals a. ifay, shaves himself, reads and writes without spectacles, sings very agreeably, and sleeps soundly. Ile writes very good poetry, and his convers a ti on i s f u ll o f wit and sense, abounding with anecdotes. At the age of 90 he married a young English girl, aged only 16, who died in giving birth to a son. Ile states that his grandmother di e d the age of 125, and wo u ld h ave lived longer, but for • severe fall. When conversing gaily, he will frequete.ly invite his•friends to his funeral in the next century. Three days ago, M. Vallee, a gentleman Of pro perty at Valmont, in the Seine Inferieure, CI) returning home from shooting, with his double-barrelled gun in his hand, found Theophille, his man-sev. ilt, disgrace fully intoxicated, and reproved him seyr ee i y . Th e man, in his drunken irritation, snatched the "un out of his master's baud, and lodged the cir.ege in his shoulde r , and in his flight turned at the ' t h res h old of-the d00r, , , • and discharged the other barrel, •the contents of whir'n, however, only carried away the skirt 'of M. V- t ilY,, e , s , coat. Assistance was immediately at hand, tiltiVr,i, oit ; as the first attentions were paid to 11. hk a ' s L sassin was sought for, -and at !ought fOini t ), i n -n'hi tt n; hag :ing lifeless from One of time beams. On the 2.2.(1 ult. a man, named, Daller.aus: and his wife were it'; work in the fields, ID ',he -- erialinutleOf loinbien, whel seine person entered ',heir_ 'cottag .and stole.soof. and some portable articles. On their return, after some time devoted t o lamentation, they Sat dOWII. to supper. They were seized a few - hotfr4 after i werde ... with violent pains in the stomach, azicom;fanieil.l3y jugs. A medical man was sent for, olio administered. • antidotes, and soon s uccee d e d in ,sf.ving r e lief. Th e r est of the - soup of whi c h th ey bad !,eoneating, an d t h e mat- . to discharged from their str-, mac h s, were analyse a , ti " being tested by Marsh apparatusegave nut strong, siges of arsenic. It woul'.; seem that the person who robbed - the house also threw poison into the pot on the fire. A man, named Jean Angely, was taken up as the - perpe , L ! trator of the crime, and sent to the prison of Bergerac. THE PROFIT OE POLITENESS.—A. movement of politeness lately was the means of saving a number of persons from imminent danger. A gentleman named j---, living in a country-house near Marseilles, had in, vited sonic ladies to pass the day with his family. Aft dinner they were all sitting on a terrace in front of house, When, on th e l a di es admiring his garde' j, the the master of the ho use p o li te l y asked them to de seer 4d, and choose the fin es t fl owers. They bad scarcely left the spot when a gallery attached to the upper I' Art of the house gave way, d ragg i ng w i th i t the house acrd break ing through the terrace below. tuckly. the company had got beyond the danevr.—Galignoni s kessenger. During the week, from the 24th to the 30th ult., inclusive, the number of passengers I. ,etween France and England. who e m b ar k e d f rom and .landed at B ou l ogne, was 1,207, car r i ages 1 2, and hothorses 5. At C a l a i s t h e , numbers, during th e same per i o 4',, we re _p assengeps 532 u carriages 11, and hEirses 2. TliE UN FORTEN ATE I, 2ll'lll:R.—The Maned' les Gazette, a few weeks ago, told a curious anecdote re lating- to one of the first commercial men of the t own. - This gentleman, having a business correspondent a l th e African coast, bethought him some time since, t'stat, as some members of his family had shown a partifAity for monkeys, he might gr a tif y t h em b y sending for o ne Or t wo specimenstf these animals from Africa. Accordingly, he wrote to his corespondent to procure two t h ree o f the finest and most admired species, ttr.d transmit them to Marseilles. Chance so ordered it that the merchant, in putting down the on (ir. English or). between the figures 2 and 3, i.nade tb.e o very pro minent, while the a remained scarcely visible. Some months afterwards, a ship. porter came in all haste to the old merchant, and announced to him that hk, menagerie had urived. "Menagerie I" cried the tae . :- chant -Yes, a menagerie ; a whole cargo of motif:4 . ys, had ar"lved . to his consignment !" The merchant could se2,ceely credit the announcement, until the letter u y hi s o'in-respondent Was fat into his hands. In that epistle, the Afridan negotiant, a man of the most uncomp•romising exactitude, - excused himself very earnestly for - .lot having been able, with all his exe r ti ons , to procure more th an 160 . monkeys, in place of the 203 ordered, t but promised, as soon as possible, to fulfil the entire demand. The .. feeling of the honest merchant may it e guessed, when, on moving down to th e quay to satisfy.himself on th e subject by ocular inspection, lie beltrAd his 160 monkeys, all duly caged and litt ere d , and ge.uning at him with most laudable pertinacity. It 'was a moment when •at man might reasonably doubt wi',ether it would he best laugh or cry. So much f or tl ie value of ciphers GENERAL BUSTAMENTE, IN D MAN. General • Bustamente, the ex-Presid.ent of Mexico, io. expected to arrive at the Gresham rhotel in this city! on Tuesday (this day).• In complir.nce with the exress wishes- of the gallant General, there wilt be a review, on a grand scale, of all the troops in the garrison, shortly after his arrival.—Dublin Post of Tuesday. By the Act sth and 6th W'm. IV., cap. 64, sec. Li, any horse, mare, or gelding, runninr, fur any plate, prize. sum of money, or other thing, is F„aile to the duty of 3!. 10s. This charge has been maele by the surveyors of tics in some counties, and confirmed by the Commi‘,-- sioners. the Judges having o.ecided that the parties, so charged were liable.—Brig/iN n Gazette. POW!' R. OP STEAM.—Iie is on the rivers, and the boatman may re p ose on hi s oars; i t i s on the hi& wa y s , and exerts its e lf a l ong th e courses o f lan feet below it is at the bott om o f m i nes , a thousand below the earth's surface; it is in the mill and the worl:sb ops of the traders. It rows, it pumps. it excavates, it carries, it draws, it lifts, it hammers, it spins, it weat-es„ it prints.— IVebster's Lectures. Councl aganst Bean, met i n t h e mined before the Privy i i sesTrtil;:itnesses who) were ~ vest erday exa mined private room at Bow -st reet yesterday, and _Magistrates' :ri w e e - rc bound of the Central Criminal C ourt. at the next sessions # CURIOUS ZEST OF IDENTITY. -011 FrillaV, in th e Second Court of Quarter Sessions at Bradford, on the • trial of two boys for stealing two sacks used as door' being asked eould, of Hudd ers fi e ld . , mats, the pmsecutor, Th omas Harney, he identify the sacks? said yes, one of them by a mark of grease, and the other by a " red murk Laughter.)— Yo r k C ourant. wi Tu lich ßz a O s u n T o o t : i co sible t .l-- R ( s. —The workmen employed a ; Messrs. Walker's colliery, Clifton, turned out for an a' i., vance of wages last week. Their demand is consider e d unreasonable, but the proprietors having taken the ma' d c r into consideration, have made the men a very hands bi ne offer, which it is thought if they act wisely to them! A yes they will accept—York Courant. A young gentleman of good standing ill the . ne i,h. bourhood of Ptymouth betted very heavily on the 1' ate Derby race, for which Coldrenick, Mr. Trelawney's her fovourite. He lost several thousand pounds, ar Al to the last ge, was the shilling of his fortune satisfied his engagements ; . became so muc h a ff ecte d t h at he is now insane, an d i n a wa d . house near Plymouth.— Western Times. but his mind Of o° 4 ;ion- -