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,~-.r% , and the yesterdaY cl businei§ o r Foreign tdocl, Sir :auley, ha d the Colo- .rdav icith nial.office, ands, front it Tangier? tchcs sor e evr BrU 'he Acting continued Pnd ay from Robinson, ed by the n an ore o Sloug h ' 1 , took au Viseour!t Castle 00 s had tli Charl es r d Hon. an d by t he ', ce o 'cloc. the Great the M er ' a the Eo t of the ne"' which 1 1 a 5 ts to SO" rl• onunercia India BU ' o facilita t , mlies, A n ' a rranf onfornqg the 10 411$. n. the ne s/ L- House. liccuso" s filed Of d qua° 6 3 ants, ass m g in ll' pointed to rdingit a awals Pt first re iw on Ind i g g t intere s w t h ed for ,uld be w' was ve rf em, that a th .ct to d t ° 0 , an sed in th g R ic to tinj broltets a the coil' v short. ,t id that t h 2 the coil 5 110 01 ' 1 1; it Tv e ' t , lonia n° r.) le e sent sa to w heal ought 11c4 "niece ° I , s o wag 0 he en to t u esta blis'" , t t he P ° ' the Coro.° pOsSil)a. I At tion, t llt t hat' the e delivery 'he 1 0 - ° ! 8 ow wee"' ed by the old rai l l s. )ved n thr i conditiv. and tb e arc n v 1 “ :„, light 7; rospe e : groVrtP . J" t idly, to, o f°tl' ti. brig, 3ecdingil on• Sutt ° iftv .htly .1, ve colt se 0 ' 1 " sh° " jcwec er ' tll° tate, ying, c an str oPP P 0° - the c, ro Ti t 03 still loci! Ev ° rabic 81) : e c i o s p oi g Is sP e° of ° T o Inds at ncrease' tli c pra_ eti )ec• t . that see, he is O le i c lit . t ;g , iy S p. e I O ur ,' swi rfr ; 1 te lt. the re : ro r n et) , ;he casers k BRUSSELS PAPERS. It.isi:ZSELS, JULY 20.--His Grace the Duke of Manchester arrived here' and set out again this morning, intending to tof Aix, Savoy. Th e d t n 1 . ay before yesterday there was a duel between two . the g One of them received his adversary's ball in „ ti ll'er part of the left thigh. His life is despaired of. If 4 ii r e rightl y i nformed, the quarrel arose out of a simple 10‘e rs tion which 'Mr. had with the j oc k e y o f M r . I,,eetTag exercisin g a h orse. The latter took offence, and the which Was rendered inevitable by the very warm altercation his ad . en sued. It is th e owner o f the horse that has wounded adve rse tei. hurri cane which passed over Brussels the day before yes threw down, and broke several trees on the ramparts, anT me large t rees i n other parts. thi e day before yesterday the thermometer was at above 4.sT' degree s of Reaumur (100 Fahrenheit); this is the degree of heat at Martinique. ',ie price of corn still keeps up. Wheat has now expe b"ved 4 trifling advance. Rye and oats, on the contrary, ave a little Th R • of the e /. ye 'harvest is completed, it exceeds the expectations equally rmers. It probable that the Wheat harvest will be The_ ant. sew t . 'Mal vote on the Corn Law in the Chamber of Repre sentatives will be on Monday. th_ ll , l e Courrfer Beige says, that an Englishman wounded in . "„,t.tuel abo ve -mentioned died on Saturday. l i lte trial of the Persons accused as participating in the riots .tt e in April last, is still going on. The Courrier given ein its. remars on the proceedings says, The evidence_ whi ch on the 19th, proves that there was a great impulse 'tea 'c ts n hdirected the pill age , an d o f w hi c h two pr i nc i pa l instru trialat , r e disappeared , an d are not among t h e pr i soners under all t i t — `4.130g- M ore t h an t h ree months ago we deduced from facts observed on the sth and 6th of April, a conclusion stand! Ire are now less disposed than ever to disavow, notwith fr i g the vote of acquittal which the ministry has obtained thr l d'he Chamber of Representatives. The proceeding of of th ese ett of Assize of Hainaut will make part of the history tim es. --Brussels Papers, July 21. GERMAN PAPERS. 13a',."'NXFORT, JULY 15.—The two Queens, of England and wo o a c r l i t a, met at Biberich this evening before yesterday, at nine had been The arrival of the Queen of England at Biberich kheidelayed by her stopping three hours at the Castle at Patietrisetein, belonging to Prince Frederick of Prussia. The tri a l , tie of the poor citizens of Frankfort was put to a severe ven o'cl"eY ha vingassemblcd in great numbers, so early as se 4ailctsktharobout the Hotel de Russie, where her Majesty was a reeeted ' and continued till late at night to perambulate the ugh which she would have to pass. The Queen ,11:411?t arrive here till ten minutes past two o'clock yesterday t ruin In the course of yesterday the diplomatic body and SheQenior Burgomasters paid their respects to her Majesty. taerAvsee.rsaabvrisotihteeir.l by her relatives from Hesse Homburg. At t y 11,u the afternoon she set out for Meiningen, accompanied the Duke. The Queen's suite is pretty nu 'her u ; 4 0 beds were bespoke for them. We hear, that on Ilei a o u t r i - n • her Majesty will stop nine days here, and visit the A l l ng Courts. Jewi `-"gsburg Gazette of th 17th inst. contains the.fold frornZ,of the 4th from Belgrade ; — The accounts receive_ Niad`-onstantinople to-day state that a part of the English lai en jun was still lying in the Harbour of Vourla, with the th" of remaining there some time ; contracts for The Nor, e ships for four months have been entered into. tittill w hich are on board, amounting to 1,500 men, are almost Pir es aPtled, and exercised in manoeuvres. Nothing triihs bourhowenh respect to the English ships of war in the neig - lon ger d uf the Dardanelles ; there appears, however, no . athe„.anY anxiety at Constantinople concerning them. It is th e i,'"se as relates to the Egyptians, who have again given Plea se ° , rt a many causes of dissatisfaction, and excited the dis °act] -e of the Sultan by their exactions in the provinces they bl ailit a j ; I t hag been notified to Ibrahim Pacha that he should he a -4 greater military discipline, and protect the inhabitants. alachPlitears willing to follow these commands ; but however d~srela, authority is respected in the field, in peace it is.quite i e ; r lted by the soldiery. The French of f icers in his army, wit s a es 7 , complain bitterly of the disorders which they daily ti aUs p; They endeavour, therefore, to convince the ambi- Ploy et r ahhn, that to make an end of this he must give ern to the ,ant to hi s army. There is no doubt but he lends an ear Ale,:nedr.epresentations ; but the language of the powers in tlv 4 wiet_la prevents him from following them, ei reu "es. It is a question whether at last he as wiTnot as Tield h ials e le Int ances, and be oblied to risk a step to extricate fro m ' , my, and prev g ent the entire dissolution of the It • 'S confidently stated that Mehemed Ali wishes to reduce tke s arl aY ; hut he is afraid of then being attacked by the Sul army, and punished - for his traitorous conduct. It is with li t as `o t, all Governments; fear makes him keep up a mi ary fore t b 4 rulot e ' the expenses- of which his exhausted treasury su PPort ; and • as,, by the disorganised system of a re a t e, the troops are without pay, the greatest irregularities to3ztnitted h ' w hich may have dangerous consequences. In cou nt , a same spirit, the same discontent continue. That b sual'L n a T st be,deelared at Jest in • a state of war, for the 4i Ments Of s h vr av i fai led to restore order. Three Turkish re osnia. These are going to reinforce the garrisons at ketic measuresese r e expected, and on their arrival more ener- TI .s_ will be resorted to. rio t _ II Uazette contains the following from Bosnia :--" Our ,o_mines still remain unworked • the iron mines alone are in of. 7naeasure worked, but scarcely deliver a thousandth part le git a cir annual production. The other mines are quite neg e, th e ", as the Turks fancy the working of them would excite the e' of their neighbours. There are gold mines in N 4 I f i nitY of Travnick. Silver mines are met with in many Re r ; there are also quicksilver and lead mines. If they lai ßtit to be worked with power a n d sufficient intelligence, it kr - t h . be of the most signal a d vantage at t h e present moment whole Turkish empire. Per P 4 A, JULY 1 9 .—Five per Cent. Metallique!, 99 ; .Four Jitlyi eri t's., 90 ; Bank Shares, I,2s2.—Allgemeine Zettung, 7. Pe harvest is in full activity in the environs of t e ;,7 , and is e xpecte d to b e fi n i s h e d on Sunday. Some t of the ro has already been brought to the Paris marke . O Friday r pans, 4°ll o°.. reh iPstead, - Surr . ey, was . visited by a most awful storm kai,,,i"' south-west, during which a flash of lightning, accom hotls-' bY au appalling burst of thunder, shook the Plponage thktet,te its foundation. On examination it was discovered tilittip," electric fluid had struck the corner of a stack of Ytds-el's, displacing several bricks, and throwing them many thtlireet. &a displacing the house. It had then pursued t . wo di t t he r 1 "s• In the one after passing a short chstancealong e ii ° l l , and tearing up , the tiles in its course, it descended ttitl s ,, - " the house, -, ndstruck a maid-servant in the kitchen, toe'videntially doing her no material injury. .In the other °o sse,itran along the eaves of the house, rtially oft melting 01l Cpteces of lead, and leaving the smell and . tracefl e e s orh e I tnes of the windows, at the same time forcing off Of, the mouldin gs round them. The house was fo Iteret4' 2eeonds r with smoke, and large sparks of fire flfile: descending from the roof, but the torrents of rain Were fallin g at the time providentially extinguished h i bi s 11 14 Ras sS ING SUlClDE.—Yesterday afternoon, an ,oti e : t ~held before Mr. Higgs, at the Old Thatched .e h s - , Qtr an, on the body of James Reekie, aged sixty, a ItrCetable Ina lAaker, residing at 409, Strand, who de it tileddhirilself yesterday morning by taking . arsenic.. A son i tlt,, e -"eased, aged fourteen years, met with a serious acci -4411 Wednesda week in Hyde Park by falling off a tree, t t ivy ° t tie ipt s the p Y ark railings entered his back, and he was , N at , to St. George's Hospital, where . he lingered until :i r 'si ,: when death terminated his sufferings. On the dis therl° ilelligence of the lad's death being conveyed to the . fl",o4l(ll.'l,waose of child he was, the deceased declared it r,";sord,"%his death-b 1 He had been for some months past "'d fl i t . h e ,'L in his mind owing to pecuniary difficulties, and on an thes Flee-' prho owed him 801. lately surrendering himself to -A41(1 6-eitison, the deceased appeared greatly moved, and 'e'ltnig-htt°llght if he was to shoot that man in the street, Go e d ba e4 ted 3 ' would fornive him. On Monday evening the d - st tw,, was , °Ppressedb in spirits more than usual, and about half hi, so ioi, ° 4 el , o ek on Tuesday morning his .. family were awoke 1 , n, t Knocking on the floor and vomiting. ,On one of hwt,fiellt.,2,lli.ne_etni,Laesri;gletbhlee.rt;odme for re some deceased time, but at length he told to fisting his ,Ir. Morris (a surgeon) . and tell that gentleman l e -a st °nl h This being done a cup was found tth r oom ac -pump. , erreder r„, , containing some arsenic, and the stomach-pump . and fi e- T vi es Wer without effect, as the deceased ex -14,,,ti.i the peo'gi!tt - yesterday o : cl oc e k morning. .The deceased had tiOg r e -.cm In his possession for a considerable time past, '' g e c 'lved it with other things as a present from a Tie .l, Otl en , an In the Navy. Verdict—TempOrary Insanity. I Na ,141 LTL, FLOGGING AT CHAR -10 s 'llo ss ' DREADFUL o . 4 gjlig whic h the account of the dreadful case of military ti,4l7,rig..eros:, and last week at St. George's Barracks, oe ths oro ugho.., "l which has excited . such a degree of sensa- NI , t „. be _ mt the country, there is one trivial mistake, which N I ; Whi c h ;.°l'rected ; the name of the soldier is not Hender qiils in he stated by mistake, but Hutchinson: He still p a , i, te er the care military hospital, in Grosvenor- 1 ce Pimlico, during the tri titi l let We '_" . .? of the surgeons, and his sufferings hh e o il v,eatter have been dreadful. An application was gt A 11,40,,.1 c li ,_ werzaeYfuby some persons at the hospital to se e e x h e i e m pt , kle the h_ u used, as he cannot be seen by any one ord t theh it must' rs of two and four o'clock on Sunday aftem oo l n e , or de r to 3 h be by an order from the orderly room. . Ilp4hin,o4°swiethe dreadful severity of the punishment winch t i) d rtl3 of . " e rect, it appears that although he has now been r)l t i• s Ys b e l t !' W eek in the hospital, it will be at least nine . or a ii fro ,is ore he is able to leave it. The average time _ 0,,l o.grenerally confined in an hospital after being flogged *2!tit t „ ll , , to teh days, seldom longer. The punishment, we oeitS'Forfteorotekenrearly half an hour in inflicting, and the ti lt,. of the Inercy. piano, according to the loudness . of his The inhabitants in the nelghbour tli he a , d e barracks speak with horror of the screams • I N ' t li utehi n r°4l t he unfortunate man. It has been stated 13 l'oteell ter b 's a man of bad character, and that he T N 4 re l . e (lore. From all inquiry we can make, he of 3 : d be: aeoha.sd character; he is not what in a military sense mae I N - Rrav ed b " 'e(?tl soldier, but he is not like many a thot:t7o2edcoitli.o,44,tan_dr dreiseie)osiviitnigon or one who ought to have been 'p_ h dow n 811 ,,eb a barbarous'rnanner. When Hutchinson was the 300 lashes, the commanding 4 11 4 e I=4 eel bowater, addressed the men, and told them e t of • metermine - • 1- Insiti,,,,,, ion, 0 putis any one who was guilty of -,...ma—.llforn i-eij Pap en LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1834 Our City Correspondent says that an American vessel, having ten thousand stand of arms on board for Don CARLOS, has been stopped in the River by order of Government. This is not only prompt, but just. We have reason to understand, that Government has been equally prompt in taking effective measures for checking the career of Don CARLOS in the North of Spain. Steam, and other vessels of war, are in motion, to act as circumstances may require. Don CARLOS will find, in a very short time, that if he has been too tardy in taking the field on the advice of his Tory friends in this country on a former occasion, he has been too hasty on the present. The withdrawal of the Prisoners' Counsel Bill, the first reading of which was moved in the House of Lords last night, we should consider little to the credit of the Peerage, but for the excellent observations of the LORD CHANCELLOR, who stated that it was the intention, as it is the duty of the Government, as soon as the ,report of the Criminal Law Commission is made known, to introduce a Bill, so comprehen sive, as to meet all the evils to which the Legislature has the power of applying proper remedies. We quite agree with his Lordship, that measures so important ought not to be left to the advocacy of individuals, — and if there be any one thing which has more than another alienated the affections of the people from the Peers, and estranged them from the Government, it is the want of paternity, evinced in leaving all popu larly important legislation to individual whim, perso nal support, and interested advocacy. Another thing was, that with a few ungracious exceptions, the House of Lords appeared to consider itself exempt from the trouble of preparing and originating public Bills—content with rejecting, altering, or agreeing to whatever was done by the Commons ; and, therefore, there is great wisdom, sound judgment, arid much sa gacity in the proposal that a Bill for amending the criminal code of the country be fi rs t l a id upon t h e ta bl e - of the Upper House. In all criminal cases the Peers are the Supreme Judges of the land, and whether justly or unjustly, the country has long regarded them as the principal obstacles to improve ments in our penal code. Whether this impression, which amounts to a conviction with thousands of the most intelligent men in the middling ranks of life, originates in a belief that Peers are prodigal of life, because most crimes, being offences against the rights of property, are indirectly levelled at themselves ; or because the less account that is taken of life, the less responsibility is acknowledged ; or because they them selves are exempt from the punishment provided by their own ,sanguinary enactments ; or because they look upon the preservation of their own dignities as incompatible with human laws,—we will not take upon us to affirm ; but certain we are that any course adopted by the House of Peers to remove such a conviction, will not fail to restore that branch of the Legislature to the full confidence of every friend of the British Constitution. As the LORD CHANCELLOR has brought the sub ject before the public, we are desirous of impressing on the Government the wisdom of adopting, to the fullest possible extent, the plan which he has recommended, of taking the public business as much as possible out of the hands of private individuals in both Houses of Parliament. There -is nothing more unworthy the wisdom of the Legislature than the sanctioning a system, under which every individual Member of Parliament may load the table with Bills, for what ever purposes he may deem requisite, in utter igno rance of all previous enactments. In nine cases out of ten, Bills brought in by private individuals are utterly useless, because based upon an ignorance which the Government only,p9ssesses the means of removing ; and many of them are mere schemes for enriching one portion of the community, or the constituen c y, a t f d expence of a no th er . A Member on being -. le , to Parliament, in the fulness of his g - retu rne ;'°q4* pledges English Irish Wheat 2,420 qrs Foreign .... ........ himself to the performance of a thousand things, which he afterwards finds he cannot perform ; and as he fears being reproached for having quite forgotten his constituents, he anticipates the evil by bring ing in some trumpery Bill to protect the Sabbath incense—the prayers of the righteous—from ascending before the throne of God, commingled with the fumes of open beer-shops. If the Bill is carried, so far well ; the ladies at least will give him their counte nance : if lost, why the fault was not his ; he did all he could do for the good of the country, and his con stituents could not expect impossibilities from him. This, we assure the public, is no isolated instance ; we have known many cases of this kind, and even where before leave was given to bring in a Bill, there was the fullest understanding that it would be cour teously withdrawn, on the first intimation from the Treasury Bench to that effect. The flour -sack was to be shook in the eyes of a constituency, and the Ministry were so complaisant as to lead the honourable representative of the people to the windward of the multitude. It is the duty of the Government, possessing, as it does, the fullest information of the condition of the people throughout the country, and established, as it is, for their protection, to take upon itself the bringing in of all Bills involving pi inciples and details of general interest. The Members of the House of Commons will have enough to do to watch the progress of such measures, and to look to the trade and finances of the country, and to see that Government neither falls short of, nor exceeds the performance of its duty. Unless something of this kind be done, to place the work of legislation on a proper basis, we shall very shortly have Parliament wholly taken up with repealing in one Session the Acts passed in that which preceded it. We sincerely trust the LORD CHANCELLOR will devote thepowers of his vast and comprehensive mind to the subject of reform in every branch of our laws, civil and criminal. To his Lordship is the country deeply indebted for many wholesome regulations with respect to the proceedings in Chancery, and to him ,toes it still look forward for the purification of our criminal code, and the reforming of many abuses in our inferior courts of judicature. His powers are ample, his abi lities enable him to cope successfully with all opposi tion, and nothing is wanted which the nation does not believe him to possess--the will to uproot all legal abuses. It is impossible to furnish a clearer proof of the ne cessity of adopting some plan to regulate the mode of conducting the business of the House of Commons, than that found in the debate which took pla c e yes terday, on the motion of Lord MORPETH, for allow ing the orders of the day to take precedence of notices of motions, during the remainder of the present session. The House cannot sit more than another fortnight at the farthest ; and yet the order book is loaded with notices of the intentions of Members to bring which in Bills, and move f or C omm i ttees on subjects would occupy th e ti me o f t h e H ouse from the commencement to the close of a tolerably long session. The Legislature ought not to suffer this farce to be carried on any longer. Many of the Members who are now making a splutter, which they know will end in nothing, except that it will afford them an opportunity of lauding themselves, and panegyrising some theory of their own, might have carried the measures which they are now pressing forward, had they, at the commence ment of the Session, given less time to clubs and co teries, and more to their duties in Parliament. We quite agree with the able and indefatigable Member for Greenock—Mr. ROBERT WALLACE— that it would be very advisable to remove from the Order-book all orders of the day which cannot come on during the present session. On looking at the votes and proceedings of the House, it must strike every person, acquainted with Parlia pentary business, that there are several Bills whose names appear in the order-book, which cannot be brought forward this session, as the Imprisonment for Debt Bill, and many others equally important. Now, why keep their names on the book, when it is known that they only encumber it ? Surely it can serve no end, except to add to the complexity of the business of the House. The various schemes to amend the Poor Laws which have been adopted in several districts in England and Wales,—such as the putting some restraint on the practice of out-door relief,—the attempts to check the evils of bastardy, by refusing to receive the woman's oath of affiliation before the birth of the child,_the cottage system,—have had the effect of diminishing th e poor-rates, within the last year, at the rate of four per cent. for the whole kingdom. This saving is a matter of more importance, inasmuch as it was effected on nearly the same principle upon which the Poor Laws Amendment Bill i s founded. It is likewise worthy of notice, that, of the diminished rate, one-sixteenth is spent in law expenses about the right of settlement, and other causes of litigation, which will be entirely removed by the Bill now pending in the House of Lords. The Paris papers of Monday state that there is no truth in the report—to which we alluded yesterday— of the passage of the Dardanelles by the combined French and English squadrons. Don CARLOS and the Junta were said to have left Elisondo and taken up a position in the valley of Ulzama. The Pretender had issued, on the 12th inst., a decree, granting a general amnesty to all the partisans of the QUEEN. We hear with pleasure that France and England per fectly understand each other with respect to the means necessary to be adopted in order to counteract the in trigues of Don CARLOS in the North of Spain, and, acting up to the spirit of the Quadripartite Treaty, will, as soon as possible, adopt all the requisite measures for restoring tranquillity. Extracts from German papers, which are contained in the French ones, mention that CHARLES X. had bought the domain of Nachod, in Bohemia, for 2,500,000 florins. This estate was said.to comprise more than 40,000 inhabitants, and to confer almost absolute sovereignty on its proprietor. The ex-King therefore may here renew his Three Days Ordonnances on a small scale, with impunity. FRENCH FUN DS.—PARIS ' JULY 21. Five per Cents., 106 f. 25e. 105 E 95c. 75c. Three per Cents., 76f. loc. 75f. 90c. 75c. Rente de Naples, 93f. 20c. 93f. Roman Five per Cents., 95. Rente (PL'spagne. Five per Cents., 31 30N, Rente d'Es.pagne, Three per Cents., 41 39. Royal Spanish Loan, 76 74. Rente Perpet. d' Espagne, Five per Cents., 61 5931. Belgian Loan, 9434. EXCHANUE ON LONDON. line month, paper, 25f. 30e. ; money, tssf. 9716 e. Three months, paper, f...)51. 20c.; money, 25f. 17g l e. —(bbrs Alt Mtwara'. THE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all deeeriptions of Grain are moderate ; and the return of Flour fair. The Wheat trade this morning was very dull, and did not support Monday's terms. Barley, Beans, Peas, and Oats unvaried. Flour as last noted. Flour. 420 sack'. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1834 THIS DAY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23. HO USE OF COMMONS. Mr. C. GRANT was not prepared to say when the com mission would issue, but he was satisfied that his Right Hon. Friend would do whatever he had pledged himself to, and that as speedily as possible. He believed there was no gentleman in the House had a greater abhorrence of the system of mili tary flogging than himself.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. RUTH VE N said this subject had justly excited the public mind, and this case had gone to an extremity that re quired an immediate investigation, for he had heard, since he came to the House, that the man was dead. Sir M. W. RIDLEY said he had made inquiries this morning, and found that he was not only alive but considerably better.—( Hear.) He would be able to leave the barracks in a week. Mr. RUTH VElst said he had received his information from a respectable person, but he was happy to hear it was not true. The case was, however, a very bad one, and the whole IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty minutes past twelve. NEW MEMBER. Mr. CADWALLADER WADDY took the oaths and his seat for Wexford. The Hon. Member was introduced by Mr. H. GRATTAN and Mr. RUTHVEN. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Lord G. SOMERSET moved the third reading of the Great Western Railway Bill. He did not anticipate any opposition to the third reading, and therefore would not offer any observations upon it. After a short conversation the Bill was postponed, it being considered that the petition presented on Monday upon the subject of flogging in the Army, the discussion upon which was adjourned, ought to have precedence. MILITARY FLOGGING. Mr. H. GRATTAN said that he was in possession of the House. The Honourable Member proceeded to say that he objected upon principle to military flogging, and he was in the glorious minority upon this question when the Hon. Secretary of War, Sir J. C. H o bh ouse , supporte d t h e o di ous practice, and he hoped the electors of Nottingham would not forget to question the Right Hon. Baronet upon this subject. He was strongly opposed to flogging, which was an odious and disgusting practice, and whenever the subject was brought before the House lie would vote for its abolition. Sir M. W. RI DL E Y said that no time should be lost in cor recting a statement the most calumnious and false that ever was circulated against the gallant officer who superintended the punishment of this man. He would not condescend to no tice the foul and slanderous attack that had been made in one of the lowest Sunday papers, upon the character of his gallant relative, but he would content himself with simply laying be fore the House the facts of the case. In the first place the sentence upon this individual in question was passed by a dis tinct Courtmartial, and not by a regimental Courtmar tial, and every Member who was connected with the service, knew that it was not in the power of the commanding-officer to correct or mitigate the sentence of a district court-martial, except under particular circum stances, such as the presence of the surgeon, and his stating that the individual was not capable of bearing further punish ment. The sentence upon the individual in question was, that he should receive 300 lashes ; and this punishment was ordered in consequence of his getting drunk when stationed as sentinel over the canteen. The House must at once see the danger of passing over such a crime in an individual whose care it was to prevent drunkenness amongst others. But this was not all ; the individual had also been guilty of mutinous misconduct in having attempted to strike his ser geant. This individual had already been punished 40 times ; he would not say that he had been subjected to the lash 40 times, but he had been tried that number of times for as many different offences ; therefore the House must perceive that there was good reason for a district courtmartial inflicting the severest punishment upon an individual who had been before so often tried and punished for military offences. He ( Sir M. NV. Ridley) would pledge himself for the truth of his statements. This individual had been tied to the halberts, and instead of being the delicate creature he was represented, his strength was such that it was with difficulty the triangle by which he was held could be supported.—( Hear, hear.) Before even the lash was applied he had nearly pulled it down. It was true that he cried out for mercy, but it was not in the power of the com manding officer to mitigate. the punishment unless the surgeon directed that such should be done. He re collected an instance in which an individual took upon himself the responsibility of mitigating the sentence of a district court-martial, and the consequence was that he was severely reprimanded. In the present instance the sur geon was present. He would deny the statement that the drummers were called forth to drown the cries of the prisoner —it was the usual practice that the drummers should beat during the infliction of punishment. He did not mean to up hold the present system of flogging in the army—he merely rose to defend the character of a gallant officer which had been most unjustly aspersed. It was said that several soldiers fainted—that was not true—one or two soldiers and one officer fell out of the ranks during the time that the sentence was read, not, therefore, on account of the punishment, but of their exposure to the sun. He stated these facts in justice to a most excellent and humane officer, who had been most unjustly acoused of tyranny and oppression. The gal lant Officer felt as much pain as any man could do at the in fliction of punishment, but he felt bound to see such punish ments carried into effect as a necessary part of his military duty. He ( Sir M. W. Ridley) regretted exceedingly that advantage should be taken of the privileges of the House to tax the character of an individual with cruelty and inhumanity merely because he had performed a necessary, however painful duty. If any further inquiry was sought for, his gallant relative, Colonel Bowater, would be ready to meet it. That gallant officer had done nothing more than he was obliged to do ; and however much inclined he might have been, it was not in his power to mitigate the sentence ; his duty, and the only duty he could perform, was to see that the sentence was car ried into execution. Major BE AUCLE RK thought that the question was one worthy of the consideration of the House. The very fact of the commanding officer not being able to remit any portion of the punishment was improper, and it was a principle which should not be suffered to continue, He thought that the system of flogging had tended much to degrade the character of the British army. It appeared that the same improper system was pursued in the Marine service, and that it had increased of late years. The sooner it was put an end to in his opinion the better.—( Hear, hear.) Major FANCOURT thought that the system of flogging did not rest so ranch with the Horse-guards authorities as with the decision of that House. 'I h Hon. and Gallant Member gave notice, that early next session he would bring forward a motion for the abolition of flogging in the army. Mr. WILKES said the statement of the Hon. Baronet opposite, that the man in question had been punished in some way or other forty times, was a proof that the system did not answer the purposes for which it was intended. Sir M. W. RIDLE Y explained that the man had com mitted offences forty times, but he could not say how often he had been under the lash. Mr. WILKES resumed—he trusted that a Commission would be appointed to institute an inquiry into this subject. Mr. SINCLAIR thought that the best plan would be to turn those out of the service who were found incorrigible, and not permit them to suffer such degradation and torture, more especially when it was found useless. Colonel DAVIES thought the discipline of the British army could not be preserved if corporal punishment was done away with. Honourable Members who knew nothing about military matters, came down and enlarged very eloquently upon the matter. Flogging was a necessary evil, but he believed it had been very much mitigated of late years. Sir E. CODRINGTON said it was absurd to suppose that Military or Naval Officers felt any pleasure in witnessing the torture of their men. For his ( Sir E. C.'s) part, he always felt it the most revolting and unpleasant part of his duty. There was a great deal of deception in the clamoul that had been raised, and he thought that the House could not confer a greater benefit upon Officers than to provide some übpunishment.—( Hear.) Mr.ei t thereere could be no stronger proof of the vue°t ' ty DV of t punishmentsidof than th a t it. was re d uce d to a regular science; for c i ien \ ce hY l ahEte andß speciesa the first thing a drummer, bugler, or smith was taught, was, to practice flogging. He trusted it would be speedily done away with. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES complained that Hon. and Gallant Colonels and Admirals should advocate such a system, and that, at the same time, they should object to any Hon. Members but themselves offering opinions upon the subject. After a few words from Sir E. CODRINGTON and Mr. METHUEN, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that a circular had last year issued from the Horse Guards, the object of which was under stood to be, to do away with flogging in the army, but it ap peared to be a complete farce. He trusted the House would pass a resolution which would effectually do away with the system. Mr. TENNYSON replied. He had taken up the ques tion merely on public grounds, and he had not the slightest intention of imputing blame to Colonel Bowater. They had the assurance of the Right Hon. the Secretary at War, that his Majesty's-Government would recommend the issuing of a commission to inquire into the subject, and the sooner that was done the better. system ought to undergo a complete revision. The man ap peared to be the victim of drunkennesi yet he was placed as a sentry at the canteen. How cruel it was first to give the sol diers a taste for spirituous liquors, and then flog them for drink ing them.—( Hear: ) Mr. LENNARD earnestly hoped that the Hon. Member who had brought the subject before the House would not sufFer it to die away, but that a resolution would be brought forward strongly marking the disgust of the House towards the practice. Mr. TENNYSON said he was not disposed to throw any obstacle in the way of the intentions of Government, but if there was any delay, he should take some other course, though he could not say he was prepared at once to bring for ward a deliberate resolution condemnatory of the practice. After a few words from Mr. PETRE and Col. G. LANGTON, the petition was laid on the table. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY BILL. Lord G. SOMERSET moved the third reading of the London, Reading, and Bristol Railway Bill. Mr. R. PALMER proposed that a clause be inserted at the end of the Bill, that the proprietors should not be allowed to proceed in erecting the Rail-road until they - had applied to Parliament for powers to do so. Lord G. SOMERSET thought this very extraordinary, after the House had agreed to pass the second reading. Such a clause would have the effect of nullifying the whole Bill, and he was sure the House would not a g ree to it. After a few words from Mr. PEAsn - and Mr. ROBINSON— Mr. PALMER viithdrew his motion, and the third reading was then agreed to. It being three o'clock, the SPEAKER left the chair.. PRICES OF STOCKS Tllll Bank Stock 217% 18 3 per Cent. Red. 9 I IA I 3 per Cent. Cons 90104 N S% 34 per Cent. Ditto lied. qfPy New 3% per Cent. 98%1004 4 per Cent Assented— Dissented 99% is 101% Bank Long Annuities to expi re Jan. 3, 1860 17 3-16 14 Oct. 10, 1859 17 3-16 Jan. 5, 1860.....16 15 16 17 16% Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds lOl% 2t Belgian Bonds 9 5 34 Ditto Account 9RN Brazilian Bonds 79 Ditto Account FO 79% Buenos Ayres Bonds 33 ~ 3 Ditto Account , 3) Chillian Bonds 11 1 4 Ditto Account 3l ii Columbian Bonds 29;4 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1821 4.9.:, Ditto Account 3 0 14 Danish Bonds 75 Ditto Account Greek Bonds - Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account Mexican Bones ' 5 per cent 3 1 1,E Ditto Account :141 Ditto, 6 per cent. 40 ,6 Ditto Account 43 Neapolitan 94!4 PRICES OF SHARES THI, DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, Alten Mining Company £9 11% Anglo Mexican Mining Company (iss. at 5!. pm.) 100 7 , , , i Bolanos Mining Company.....„ 1.‘,0 115 Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (issued at 5/. pm.) 21 32 1 Ditto Macaubas Cocaes 2O 21 Ditto Scrip lO 13 Ditto St. John del Rey Cata Bran a Mining Company British Iron Company 5O Pritish Opp - r Comp ny English Mining Company l2g Hibernian Mining Company lO Mexican Mining Company 6 Re.,l del Monte Mining Co., Registered 63/. 108. 6d. Ditto Unregistered — United Mexican (issued at 11. pm.) Ditto Subscription Ditto New Scrip . London and Birmingham Railway Company l5 London and Greenwich Railway Company 7 Australasia Bank lO Canada Company IS General Steam Navigation Company l3 National Provincial Bank of England Provincial Bank of Ireland Van Dieman's Land Agricultural Company lO 31 44 i 5;4 6 I 4 49 1 4 164 13N 44 :;KS, DUBLIN, JULY 19. Grand Canal Deb.. 6 per cent 91% Ditto, 4 per cent Hibernian Bank City of Dublin Steam Co. National Insurance Company 25!4 City Debentures, 4 per cent - Ballast Office Debentures, 4 per cent. NGE, YESTERDAY. Leghorn. tgli Genoa . 25 75 Milan.... . 11 Venice 47 .-.. Naples 40!4 Palermo per oz. 122.. Li,bon 5.251 Oporto Rio Janeiro 37 Bat. is Ol Buenos Ayres DOlin, 21 days' sight 714 Cork I% PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons New Dollars ... ..... . 0 4 1011 Silvers bars, standard 0 0 0 Due Arrived. Du 0 0 Lisbon 0 &Jersey 0 0 Malta rg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 0 'Ostend 0 . 0 0 Sweden 0 Islands 0 1 Waterford 0 PRICES OF IRISH STO , 3 per Cent. Consols PI% D:tto Reduced — 3 34 per Cent. Stock ( 83 i Ditto New, JSI 3V, per Cent. Debentures — Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock COURSE OF EXCH A Amsterdam C.F. 12 54i Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Antwerp l2 5 Hamburg M. 8.1313% Altona l3 133 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 50 Ditto 0 Us 25 88 Bordeaux 25 SS Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 152 1 .4 Petersburg!), ruble .3 Us. 10 Vienna, effective fl .M.lO 2 Trieste ditto lO 3 Madrid 36% Cadiz ... '3' ii Bilboa . "4354 Barcelona Seville 30% Gibraltar ... 47 - MA Arrived. Due. Arrived. 0 America 0 1 France. 0 Brazil 0 . 0 Guerra 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Hambui 0 Carthagena Q 0 Holland I Dublin 0 0 Jamaica 0 Flanders HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 18 minutes after 4. I Evening 34 minutes after 4. ctn . > fixlv i te-‘,7A 4,tm. 3 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK New 5 per Cent _— India Stock — Ditto Bonds 19 16 19 pm. South Sea Stock I U -234 Old Annuities — New Ditto — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — Exch. Bills, £l, O OO. 46 49 pm. Ditto ........ .......500 4d 49 pm. Ditto Small 46 49 pm. Ditto Commercial pm. Ditto Advertised pm. Bank Stock for Account — India Stock for Account -- Consols for Account 90 % N 1 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Dito Account 26% Portuguese Bonds Bl4l - Ditto Account , , • 85 Ditto New 8614 6 Ditto Account 86 % Mi - li Prussian Bonds lt 114 Ditto Bonds, 1822 loi Russian Bonds, 1822 IO6W Ditto Account lO B l4 Ditto Metallic 1051; Spanish Bonds 43, N3410 , 44i Ditto Account ......43 1 4 4% 31!4 Ditto Bonds, 1833 rB 7 Ditto A ccount 3B 7 French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. 4 per cent. —f. —c. per cent. —c Exchange f. —c. Dutch, per cent. 5 1 14, Ditto Account SIIA Ditto, 5 per cent 8 Ditto Account We hear that lyr at Greenwich " to the Ad Creevy is to have the situation giospital, vacant by Lord Auckland's removal ~,niralty, and that the Treasurership of the Ordnance oe abolished. It has been the intention of Lord Carlisle for some months past to go to the Continent, as soon as the Parliamen tary.business is over. It is on this account,. and on this only, that he is likely to give up the Privy Seal. Who will succeed him not yet fi)Ffl; Lord Nu! grave s mentioned. AR RIVALS. Earl-W OA r g 30 1 " , 800"qrs 4 ' 190 „ VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.-(THIS DAY.) COCKBURN V. RAPHAEL. This case came before the Court to-day for the confirma tion of the Mast er ' s repor t ap p rov i ng o f a mo d e f or appro priating the charity property. A gentleman of the name of Raphael, an Armenian by birth, an East India merchant of great eminence and possessions, some years ago left a sum of 3,0001. for the purpose of educating Armenian boys at a con vent at Trieste. That place had been found to be hurtful to the health of Armenian youths, and the consequence therefore was that the establishment there was abandoned. A suit was instituted for the proper administration of the cha rity property, and under that suit it was referred to the Mas ter to inquire what was the proper appropriation of the charity property. Under that inquiry parties came on before the Master, who stated that Mr. Raphael had given large sums to a convent at Venice, and it was suggested that the property given to the convent at Trieste, should be given to the abbot of the convent at Venice, for the purpose of edu cating Armenian youths there. This suggestion w as adopted by the Master, who in his report stat e d th a t it was his opinion that such an appropriation would be the best mode of effecting the intentions of the testator ; and that rep or t it was the object of the present application to confirm. His HONOUR ordered the confirmation of the report, direct ing the fund to be paid by the Accountant-General to the two trustees, to be by them paid to the Abbott of the convent at Venice, for the purposes of the charity. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. LIST OF THE MINORITY AGAINST THE SECOND READING OF THE POOR BILL. Duke (,f Cumberland Lord Al vanley Duke of Newcastle Lord Colchester Duke of Beaufort Lord Itedesdale Lord Londonderry Lord IVynford Lord Abingdon Lord Combermere Lord Boston and Lord Kenyon Lord Rolle. LIST OF THE MINORITY Of 85 (Tellers included), who voted for receiving the Report o. the Grand Western Railway Bill. ' Hoskins, K. Roe, J. Hughes, H. Romilly, E. Hyett, W. H. Ronayne, D. Kerry, Earl of Ross, Charles Ross Labouchere, H. Russell, W. C. Lemon, Sir C. Ruthven, E. Lynch, A. H. Scott, Sir E. D. Macnarn .ra, F. Serope, P. Ma - namara, W. Seymour, Lord E. Iladocks, J. Sheil, R. L. Miles, W. Sheppard, T. Nagle, sir R Staweil, Colonel O'Connell, John Talbot, J. O'Connell, M. Thicknes e, R. O'Connor Don Thompson, Ald. O'Dwyer, C. A. Throckmorton, R. O'Grady, S. Tooke, W. O'Reilly., W. Verner, W. Oswald, J. Vincea, Sir F. Oxmantown, Lord Westenra, H. 11. Palmer, C. F. Whalley, Sir S. Parrott, J. White, S. Pease, Joseph William., W. A. Peter, W. Williams, Colonel Pinney, %V. Yelverton, Hon. W Potter, 11. Poulter, J. S. Powell, NV S. Rippon, C. Adams, E. 11. Baillic, J. E. Barnard, E. G. Barry, G. S. Beauclerk, Major Bellew, R. M. Jiewes, T. Blake, Sir F. Blamire, W. B-otherton, J. Buller, C. Callaghan, D. Cavendish, Hon. G. Chapman, M. L. Christmas, W. Clements, Lord Clive, R. H. Clive, E. B. Duncombe, T. Fielden, J. French, F. Gaskell, D. Grattan, H. Grattan, James Gut . st, J. J. Mall, B. Halse, J. Handley, H. Handley, W. F. TELLRES. Somerset, Lord G Vyvyan, Sir R. LIST OF THE MINORITY Of 14 (Teller included), who voted for Mr. Hughes's Motion, to postpone the consideration of the Report on the Grant of 60,000/. to the Officers and Seamen engaged in the Battle of Navarino, in order to enable the Government to consider a more equitable mode of distribution than the present one, which gives Admiral Sir E. Codrington 8,000/., while the able seamen receive but 4/. 10s. Blake, J. M. Egertol, T. Hughes H. Lynch, A. H. Pease, Joseph Potter, R. Rutkven, E. Rutliven, i. S, Tooke, W. Thicknesse, R. V►gors, N A. Wallace, H. Young, G. 1. Shell, It: L SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, JULY 22.—Wind E., light.—Arrived from the river, and sailed with the outward-bound, the Solway, Proctor, for Mauritius. _ _ PORTSMOUTH, JULY 22.—Wind N. E. to S. S. E., light.— Sailed the Pengard Park, Middleton, for Mauritius ; and Orestes transport, Blake, for Bermuda. PLYMOUTH, JULY 21.—Wind W.—Arrived the Exmouth, Greig, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, JULY 21.—Wind W. N. W. to N. W., fresh breezes and squally.—Sailed the Swallow packet, for St. Do mingo, Jamaica, Mexico, and Havannah ; and Nightingale packet, for the Leeward Islands. SWANAGE, JULY 21.—Arrived the Forth, Robertson, from Van Diemen's Land, sailed the Bth March. GLOUCESTER, JULY 21.—Arrived the Elvira, Chicken, from Quebec. DUBLIN, JULY 21.—Arrived the Hugh, Crosby, from Tri nidad; Corsere, New, from Smyrna; and Juno, James, from Riga. ' CORK, JULY 20.—Arrived the Marquis of Huntley transport, from Portsmouth ; and Champlain, Newman, from Quebec. LIVERPOOL, JULY 21.—Arrived the Springhill, Auld, from Quebec ; Kirten, Frost, from Archangel ; Maria, Hertman, from Wismar; Ellida Matilda, Fisher, from Wolgast; For tuna, —, from Ulesborg ; and Alliancer, Swetman, from Brahstadt. Sailed the Lawrence, Gill, from Calcutta; and William, M'Claverty, from Manilla. DOVER, JULY 22.—Arrived the Armetis, Sparks, from Quebec. LOWESTOFFE, JULY 22.—Arrived the Thomas, Wood, from Cronstadt. HULL, JULY 21.—Arrived the London, Knott, from Cron stadt ; Providentia, Thriene, from Riga; and Marianes, Calagten, from Dantzic. PENTLAND FRITH, JULY 20. —Arrived the Ross, Thomp son, from Miramichi ; Stormount, from Talmagouche; William Kippen, Lee, and Phoenix, Gunter, from America; Warsaw, and James Johnson, Gordison, from Quebec; and Ythan, John, from Restigouche. Arrived off the Wight the Samuel Robertson, Griswold, From New York. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. Our arrivals this morning are of a very scanty description, there being only the French mail, express from Paris, and Hobart Town papers received at the North and South Ame rican Coffee-house, to the Bth of March. ( From the Hobart Town Papers.) The total estimated value of articles of colonial produce ex ported from Van Dieman's Land, during the year 1833, was 152,9671. ; the amount of imports, consisting chiefly of British manufactures, during the same period, was 352,8941. This leaves a balance of trade against us of 199,9271. A gentleman who left Sydney informs us, that the markets in that place remain generally as reported in our last. A great many vessels are laying in, and loading for the English markets, with colonial produce. The Lieutenant-Governor, after visiting Launceston, had proceeded to St. Paul's plains. THE FUNDS. The express from Paris confirms the passage of tho Dar danelles by the combined English and French squadrons. The sudden departure of the two large steamers from the River, and their mysterious destination, gives great scope to our ity politicians and speculators, each party putting con structions according to their sinister views. By some it is stated they are going to Lisbon to take on board, with other steamers lying there, the whole of the foreign troops which were in pay of Don Pedro, and convey them to the north of Spain, where they are to enter the service of the Queen of Spain. We have known for some time past that Pedro wishes to get rid of them, and this is certainly a fine opportunity for so doing. Consols, which left off yesterday at 924 1, opened at 921. At present they are 92k Little doing as yet. Spanish opened at 43j ; Portuguese, 86 to This is settling day in Consols ; all is going of well as yet. This being the day of the budget coming forth, it is gene rally expected it will be of a very favourable nature, owing to the good state of the revenue. We can state that the commence ment of the present quarter's revenue continues prosperous. 300 foreign ships, among which are some from Guernsey and Jersey, have entered the Port of London, more than at the same period last year. Consols are heavy at 92i for tho Account ; Spanish which was 44, has receded to 43H HALF-PAST ONE. We hear that the American vessel with 10,000 stand of arms on board for Don Carlos has been prevented from clear ing out of the river ; also another ship with warlike stores has been stopped. Mr. Thornton, and the deputation who waited on Lord Palmerston with the Resolution of the Spanish bondholders, was favourably received by his lordship, who promised them every assistance, as he thought it a nat►onal concern. The settling of the Consol Account appears going off well. We have not yet heard of any defaulter. We must quote the prices without the dividend—Consols for the August Account are 901- 3 to 91, for Money 901 The Funds are at present heavy. Spanish, which were at 43k, receded to 431 2-, and are now 43i I; Portuguese 86 HALF-PAST TWO. We this moment hear of a very extensive faiure in Spa nish Stock out of the house—a Dutch Hebrew house. It will effect several parts of Europe. Spanish has receded to 4* T HREE .0' CI. 0 CIC. Consols for the Account, 90i to 91. Lord Howick took his departure for Rotterdam this morning, by the General Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Ramona. Parliament, it is expected, vill be prorogued about the 9th of August. The Fox Club intend giving Earl Grey a dinner at Grillon's, on the 29th inst., as a testimony of " their respect and affection" for his Lordship. This tribute is alike honour able to the givers and the receiver. Names are being sub scribed at Brookes's of members, we believe, exclusively of the Fox Club. A Return was ordered in the House of Commons, on the motion.of Mr. Baring, "of all purchases and sales of Stock, or of Exchequer Bills, made by the Commissioners, for the reduction of the National Debt, since Ist January, 1833 ; stating the dates and prices of such purchases or sales, the authority by which they were made, and the manner in which the funds resulting from such sales have been disposed of ; and stating also, what part of such transactions were made by open competition or by private bargain ; distinguishing also, the transactions of the said Commissioners which relate to the reduction of the National Debt, from those connected with the employment 'Of the monies of the Savirgs Banks." NOTTINGHAM, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. From the perusal of the article in The Sun of Monday, every one must be' convinced that it was written by some one who had no knowledge whatever of Nottingham, or of the public men connected with it. Only Sir John Hob house and Mr. Eagle are in the field, nor is there likely to be any other candidate, unless the" Conservatives " s h ou ld venture on a contest, and then it will not be either Mr. Bailey or Mr. Smith Wright, both of whose names your Correspondent mis-spells, and whose politics he completely misrepresents. Mr. Bailey is not only not a Tory, but he is something more than a Whig ; and he belongs to what may be termed the Whig Anti-Corporation party ; there never was any idea of bringing him forward, except i n the weak brain of some would-be leaders, and he feels much annoyed by his name being thus used. As for Mr. Smith Wright, though eight years ago he had the support of the Tories at an election contest, he is no Tory, nor would he now have their votes ; and the contest of 1826 taught him the difference between promise and performance. Lord Rancliffe (who I suppose is meant under the title of the Earl of Radcliffe) has no considerable influence in Notting ham ; he possesses a degree of popularity from having been the first liberal Member returned fOr Nottingham, but though he gives his support to Sir J. C. Hobhouse, and possibly may nom i na t e hi m t o - morrow , th e grea t ma j or it y of his partisans are for Mr. Eagle, and o n M on d a y even i ng , when his Lordship drove into the Market-place in his car riage, he was hooted, and the mob would not hear him speak. This was just after the conclusion of a Meeting which had been convened in the Great Exchange Hall, for the purpose of Sir John Hobhouse addressing the electors, but the Radicals kicked up such an uproar, that not two sentences together could be heard, and one of the few respectable men connected with them, after in vain en deavouring to obtain silence for him, declared that he was ashamed of and disgusted by their conduct. The principal cause of attack on the Right Hon. Gentleman is the ques tion of military flogging, during the time of his being Se cretary-at-War; placards and squibs in great numbers have appeared, but as they would not hear him, he has had no opportunity to explain. On Saturday evening, at a nu merous meeting, it is said that Sir John answered most satisfactorily to a party who catechised him, at one of those political club-houses, with which Nottingham abounds. There will in all probability be a strong contest, but there can be no doubt that Sir John' Hobhouse will be most tri umphantly returned, unless, indeed, a Conservative should come into the field. What would ten be the case, with the division between the Whigs and the Radicals, would render the result uncertain. POOR LAWS' AMENDMENT BILL. (From a Correspondent.) We congratulate the country on the triumphant result of the debate in the House of Lords on the second reading of the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill. The Lord Chancellor deserves, and will receive from all the reflecting portion of his countrym en , th e i r warmes t thanks. Th subject he so ably introduced, and the cause of the poor . which he so truly advocated, have been the subject-matter of varied, and often intentional misrepre sentation ; and a portion of the press has been daily labour ing to excite the feelings of the people against this Bill. But with what effect ? The efforts of the press, when en- gaged in the cause of truth and justice, are all but omni potent ; but when wanting these, its labours, however talented, are but an exhibition of feebleness, as has been shown in this instance. The Lord Chancellor wisely exhorted the House to ap proach a subject of such paramount importance devoid of party feeling and political irritation ; and our countrymen in general, will do well to act upon the same advice, and not to suffer this Bill to be made, by designing men, the whet ting stone whereon to sharpen political animosities. The Chancellor was supported by the Duke of Welling- ton, who has done himself the greatest honour by the en lightened view he has taken of this subject. His Grace was followed by Lords Radnor, Winchilsea, Lansdowne, and Melbourne, and the Duke of Richmond, who power fully aided the second reading of the Bill. Who then were the opponents of this great measure for emancipating the peasantry of England from the degradation of pauperism ? Lords Wynford, Londonderry, and Al yanley ! Lord Wynford said the evils of the present system arose out of a want of employment, and there was not one clause in the Bill now proposed to be read a second time, which would give the labourers employment. Now, with all deference to his Lordship's authority, the great leading feature of the Bill is to give that employment which he declares the Bill does not, in any one clause, pro vide for. The manner in which it proposes to do so, is by gradually liberating eight millions of money now collected from the honest and the industrious, to support and encou rage idleness, extravagance, and vice. - The proposition is not theoretical. There is the testi mony from several parishes where the Bill has, in a degree, been anticipated, and what has been the result ? Why, that the portion of the eight millions of Poor Rates here tofore contributed by these parishes, has been greatly diminished, the idle are no longer supported V the in dustrious, and an indolent population are compelled to la hour for the necessaries of life. Here then is a great moral and financial improvement, at once effected by a new administration of the Poor Laws, and to be seen in active and continually improving opera tion in various parts of the country. Lord Alvanley says—" But it is because I know these g' ;reat improvements have taken place in Cookham, Uley, Bingham, and Southwell, under the present laws, that the country does not require the Bill before your Lordships."— But what said the Lord Chancellor in reply ? He claimed the vote of the noble baron on this very argument. It xviv, he contended, because the poor have derived ad vantages in Cookham, Uley, Bingham, and Southwell, from the change in the administration of the Poor Laws, that the Bill was required to enable the poor in every part of the empire to participate in these advantages. But Lord ..klvanley's vote must have been given in favour of the Bill had he known the circumstances of Cookham. The poor-rate there was as high as 12s. in the pound ;by Mr. Whately's management, the poor-rate has been re duced to 2s. in the pound—notwithstanding which scarcely a parish in the vicinity of Cookham has adopted the same course, and the rates of the surrounding parishes continue at 10s. or 12s. in the pound. Here, then, we have a fact illustrative either of the ig norance of those who raise and distribute the fund; or it is an extensive source of jobbing and peculation. It is solely because we are impressed with the conviction that the evils have destroyed, or nearly so, the cha racter and condition of the people, that we hail with delight the progress of this important Bill in the Upper House of Parliament ; and from the immense majority in favour of the second reading, together with the very few amendments even hinted at, we anticipate its very shortly becoming the law of England. I remember there was a dispute a few years ago about the authorship of the music of " Auld Rollin Gray ;" the editor of the Times gave it to Lady Lindsay, and there were others for whom claims were laid. Now the fact is, that this beautiful recitative and air was composed by the Rev. W. Leeves, of Wrington, in Somersetshire, who died at an ad vanced age about seven or eight years ago, and whom I had the pleasure of knowing well.— Williams's Treatise. SINGULAR CONFUSION. -On the evening of Sunday se'nnight, when the fire took place at Muirhall; the Rev. Mr. Esdaile was preaching the evening sacramental ser mon in the parish church—the church of Kinnoull. During the singing of the psalm after sermon, intelligence had been brought to some person in the church, either by the beadle, or by some messenger from the place. Some little comm. tion was observed in one corner of the church, and, simulta neously almost, the people ceased from singing, started to their feet, and " laid their heads together" in a hundred groups, apparently in anxious consultation of perplexing un certainty. No one seemed to know the cause of the confu sion, but all were confused. Mr. Esdaile, observing this, and fancying, it is supposed, that the people were seized with some sudden panic as to the stability of the church, which was greatly crowded, stopped the precentor and choir, and at tempted to reason the people out of their fears. The minister of the parish also remonstrated, but the alarm increased, and stilt nobody gave, or appeared able to give, any intimation to these gentlemen as to the real nature of the case. In the absence of all information, and finding:that the commotion did not sub side, Mr. Esdaile began to rate the people pretty soundly for their foolishness. Quiet was at length partially restored, and the service hastily finished. Strange to say, many hundreds went home without any knowledge whatever of the circum stance which first gave rise to the alarm.—Dundee Guardian. BUCKHAVEN.—A phenomenon of very rare occur rence was witnessed by our fishermen a few weeks ago. When about thirty miles east of the Isle of May, the heavens all around assumed a very dark and sombre appearance. The bosom of the ocean.was unruffled and still, and scarcely a breath of wind could be felt. A cloud about half a mile to the south of the place where the boat was in motion, having asiuntod a vet/ peculiar appearance, suggested the idea of a waterspout. Such phenomena are seldom seen ill the northern seas, but are by no trumpet, in means ap uncommonprorriately beenin t c h o e m It has, perhaps trot gradually nar rowing from the cloud w hence it issues until it reaches the p lN a fe re d d ite t r o ran; water. In the case under our notice, it seemed to be a part of the cloud until it reached _ within twenty or thi rty f eet of the ocean, when it pou red forthits contents in a stream of pure water. It produced a dreadf ul noise, which, (together with the unusual aspect of the clouds, and the preceding stillness, produced in the minds of our fishermen something like an idea of s ublimity. In the minds of some there was a feeling of fear, while the curiosity of others would have prompted them to go near er it, in order to insp ec t i t more minutely. But immedi atelythe ocean became troubled, and seemed to meet the waters that issued from th e c l ou d . The agitation exten d e d to a con siderable distance, and it was found necessary to take down all the masts and tackle, and lash them to the boat till it ceased.-.. Edinburgh Evening Courant.