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OBSTRUCTIONS ON THE RIVER THAMES. Yesterday the Lord Mayor held Courts, as Conservator of the River of Thames and Waters of Nledway, in the Counties of Surrey and Midellese., for the purpose of receiving reports from Juries upon the state of the river. His Lordship was attended by the Recorder ; the Town-clerk ; Mr. Firtla, the Principal Clerk in the Town Clerk's office; the City . Solicitor; Sheriff Rogers ; and the officers of the orporatio4, The following is the substance of the P.epert of the Middlesex Jury, ichich is considered as the moat important, and which relates to topics of great interest along the banks of the river in its most dangerous parts. The Jury begged leave to report, that in the execution of their duties, they presented. the bridges of Battersea and Putney as nuisances and Aibstructons. They believed those bridges to be dangerous .impediments to the common passage, inasmuch as the most skilful pilots were frequently of no avail in their attempts to steer Clear of the piles which support these miserable constructions/which caused the loss of boats, paddle boxes, and not unfresquently the loss of life. In soliciting the attention of tile Chef Magistrate to those dangerous nuisances 'they submit an opinion. They unanimously hold that immediate, steps should be taken to uproot a porrian of the p il es , or r,upporters of the bridges, so as to throw two openings into one, wherever that can be per formed with safety. They also report that, in con sequence of the constant and daily demand made for ex traordinary accommodation, arising from the annually.increased number of steam-boats and passengers, steps should be taken, by the Conservator of the River, fully to protect the public. The river Thames was now the bearer of a floating popula tion, equal in amount of numbers to many principalities; .and they required security against the avarice of persons, who assume to themselves the right of protruding into the bed of the river old and worn out craft, of every form and size, to the detriment of the many • hundreds who gain their livelihood as watermen. 'those poor men can no longer take advantage of the eddy-tide. They are forced to row against the strongest currents, in evidence of which, it was only necessary to point to Hnngerford stairs and the Adelphi• landing. The Jury disclaimed any desire to destroy competition. They did not wish to partitularise any wharf or landing-place, lest it might give coutenance to the supposition that they bad an object in upholding the monopoly of those parties whose frontages have an advantage of a great depth of water. The Jury were informed by the water bailiff that Blackfriars bridge was not in their jurisdiction, or they would have pointed out the incongruity of permitting two or three arches of that noble bridge to be closed against the public by a bridge of .boats. They had not failed to observe that many of the land it were formed of old and worn-out vessels, witn decks having holes, patches, and clints, rendering them highly dangerous after sunset ; that many of them are beiges with sham bows, and ill-constructed gangways on them ; others again are so light and cranky as to present very great hazard to nervous people. They considered Hungerford landing as an example, where instead of having a pier of length and statiility, there are two short vessels swinging and rolling whenever a steamer strikes them ; and the access to these ves sels was at times dangerous arid difficult, it being accomplished by narrow boards or planks, in the form of the letter Y. The Jary could not imagine that such a state of things could much longer exist. They submitted that the parties who benefited by the tolls paid by the means of steamboats should be com pelled to excavate so much of the ground as would make a deep Channel for themselves; and the Jury recommended the appointment of an efficient person, independent of the water bailiff, and upon whom the responsibility, as regarded the 'security of human life, should rest. Such officer should have the control over all erections; see and report upon the p. depth of water ; and suggest such excavavations as might be deemed necessary to prevent the extension into the bed of the liver of permanent floating bridges. He should take cognizance of all planks or beards used, and have them properly guarded with hand-rails, and, in fact, should be the deputed servant of the Lord Mayor and the Navigation Committee. After a few observations on the subject of the new bridge at Hungerford, the Report concludes. The Report of theSarrey Jury briefly stated that th e wreck of a brig belonging to Mr. Sweeting, of ltotherhithe, caused an obstruction and impeded the free navigation of the river ; that some blocks of wood were improperly laid opposite the wharf of the London and Westminster Steam Boat Company at Lambeth, which were covered at high water, and thus ren dered dangerous ; that a nuisance was o-casioned .by the chemical works of Mossrs. Hills and Messrs. Bushell, on the banks near Battersea-fields, and that Battersea and Putney Bridges ought ei'.'ner to be wholly removed or widened as to sense of the ar..;ties. The Recorder informed each jury that the City Solicitor should r' . -ceive instructions to act as the various measures seemed. to require, and the Court now adjourned for the space cf twelve months. COMPROMISE COMMITTEE. bOUTHAMPTON.—CLOSE OF THE INQUIRY. • The Committee met yesterday at three o'clock, for the urpose of considering their Report. When the door was opened at four o'clock we understood that the Com- Inittee had• agreed to their Report, but it was not pub licly req. , substance of it, however, is, that the evidence was not sufficient to justify the Committee in recommending the disfranchisement of the borough of Southampton. No recommendation is to be made as to the issuing or stispension of the writ, that being left to the discretion of the House; but the Committee think it might be de sirable-,-if any measure is to be introduced for the pre- Tendon of bribery, - that the writ should be suspended till than. `The Report is not to be brought up till Monday. LAW INTELLIGENCE. LYSOL . VENT DEB7I)IIS' CO I.ll?7',July IN RE JOHN CLARK. The insolvent was a paper manufacturer, carrying on business at Snudland Mills, near Maidstone, since the year 1834. In 1840 he became a bankrupt, when the 'amount of debts and liabilities in his schedule was about 28.0001.. out of which there was no divithnd avaihible to the creditors. In the commoncement of 1841 he suc ceeded in getting his certificate, and in three d.iys after returned - to Snodlarul Mills, when he again tarried on business until an extent under the Crown was put in force for the sum of 8691. 17s. 2d. for duty arising on the ma nufacture of paper within the space of nine weeks. He was soon afterwards arrested at the suit of ...Messrs. Knight for 221, and a sum of 2,500/ appeared now on Isis balance-sheet as debts due by him, white there was due to him only 46/. 135., which could be accounted good debts, and 4891 were stated as bad. Mr. NICHOLLS appeared to oppose his petition to be discharged, and examined him at great length, when it was eventually determined to allow the case to stand over, in order that a new balance-sheet might be prepared, 4:odanencing at an earlier date, and also to procure the attendance of Messrs. Knight, as it was alleged that the arrest was a friendly one. • ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, HOME ClRCUlT—Maidstone, July 15. The Commission for the County of Kent was opened on Thursday, by Lord Abinger, and this morning both Courts proceeded to business, Sir. Justice Coltman sitting in the Crown Court, and Lord Abinger on the Civil Side. There are very few prisoners for trial, and none of the cases are of a serious character. Mr. Justice CourmAw briefly addressed the Grand Jury, and congratulated them upon the lightness of the calendrr, after which they retired. None of the criminal eases tried during the day contained any features of public interest. One case was tried in the Civil Side—Prentis v. Shepherd, but it was also destitute of interest. The verdict was for the plaintiff—damages, 1981. 15s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. Me. Edwin Bates, of Park Villas, Regent's -park, who staid charged with having used language of a violent and threatening description, towards William Marshall, Esq., M.P., one of the Directors of the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, was placed in fr.int of the bar for final examination. After a brief 'conversation between the Magistrate and Mr. 'Maynard, the so:iciter for the prosecution, Mr. Davis, a surgeon residing in Worship-square, was ex amined, and he stated- that he had visited the defendant, in company with Mr. Leeson, surgeon, of Finsbury-square, on two occasigns since his remand, and the conversations that took place between them had impressed him with a conviction that the defendant entertained a strong feeling on the subjec of his transactions with the Railway Company. more particu larly in reference to Mr. Marshall ; and he was decidedly of opinion that whilst he remained under the influence of that feeling it would be unsafe to allow him to go at large. %Ir. BINGHAM asked the defendant, in a soothing manner, whether he felt satisfied with the treatment he had received since he was last before him ?—The defendant answered that the Governor of the prison had behaved towards him with the Utmost urbanity and kindness, for which he expressed his warmest acknowledgments. Mr. BINGHAM was proceeding to state that he now proposed to send him to a place where he would be treated with equal consideration, when the defendant interrupted the !Magistrate, aid vehemnily protested against such a proceeding being car ried into execution. lie then bitterly inveighed against Mr. Alar,tiall, and called a clergyman, an old friend of his, to prove that the opinion of the medical man with respect to the state of his mind was not to be trusted ie. 1 he Al AGISTRATE said that every word the defendant uttered went more fully to confirm him in the opinion that it would be unsafe to liberate him without good secur.ty for his behaviour, and, instead of pursuing the course he at first intended, he should require the defendant to fir,cl hail for three calendar months, himself in 500/., and two sureties in 2501. each. Tilt+ "Alagistrat e having required the usual Lotiee of sail, the defendant was conducted back to prison. GRAVE OF SiR WALTER SCOTT. —A correspondent who, the ether day, paid a visit to the grave of the late Sir Walter Scott, at Dryburgli Abbey, expresses regret at not finding it marked out either by horizontal or head stone, or wily marking on the wall, to indicate the resting place of the mortal remains of the Great Magician of the North. Not even a turf is :.spread on his grave, or that of his lady.—Bath chronicle, " The .Manoeuvring Mother," by the auth oress o f "The History of a Flirt, i s jot now the great object o f at traction at all the libraries. The following criticism from the Examiner certainly affords a strong. testimony of its merits:— " The History of a Flirt' was an excelent novel in an excel lent school. We think of Turner Ellis as:we think of the best creations of Miss Austin. The present bank is not unworthy of its predecessor. The quiet t urexaggerated pictures, the lively natural dialogues, the cirotra.ts. of folly and vice, the darnels of false education and a half-in' rality, were chiefly no ticeable in the writer's first production, and present themselves in this wlth unabated freshness. .The design is to exhibit the manceuvring and match-making passion in its trains of misery and disastrous consequence. Lady Wetheral is the central figure round which are grouprd the fortunes of her five daughters. And most admirable, the work of a sure and un faltering hand, is this elaborate and highly-wrought character. It is even raisei here and there, by the writer's earliest spirit, into mmetuth4 of tragic elevation and intensity—differing in this resrect from the same subject in the ham's of other writers, that the mere sordid. calculating, money-making spirit, is by no means its chief feature. The vice in Lady Wetheral springs from a deeper source, and works with more fatal poison. It is the rffeet of unrestrained indulgence on a weak character and a bad education—resulting in the utter misappreciation of all worldly things as to their Power of contributing to happiness We wish all success to this writer, and that she will win her way to a sure and en . viable s ation in thi s c l ass o f li terature i s I;tle to be doubted.' Robtl':: and Lady Peel left Whitehall-gardens yoster - Nr, ant: proet.(,ded by the nine o'clock train of the ,h fun Railroad to their seat, Drayton Mailer,, 3.1.1bri;, N emo:ft ,tizglit #one'l34ro'n4 ret iffro to rdt'l3fri: -tott# ull .4t dad-. . - • „„ ~ _.... ~. etivb 2Ziition I THE FUNDS-(CLUING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. I Bank Stock • l6si India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 91* Ditto Bonds ..... 28 pm 3 per Cent. C0n5..... 904 Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent. Red.........100i Ditto New Annuities... 881 New i n per Cent......... 99j Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 42 pm Nqw 5 per Cen. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 46 pm Jan. 1860 ... ..... 14 Bank Stock for A cet ... Oct. .1859 Jan. 1860 — I Consols for Acct....... 91 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto 33 Brazilian Bonds... Prussian, 5 per cent. BuenosAyres6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent B4 ;Ditto, Metallic ..... .. .... --' Colombian, 6 per cent — ;Spanish, 5 per cent. ..... 20i Ditto, 1824 — !Ditto, Deferred.... Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent 36a French, 3 per cent. —f. —,.. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 I Dutch, 4 per cent. sli Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. 17 I Ditto, 5 per cen:. ..':.. :011 SHARES. Bristol :aid Exeter (70 paid) ... ...... ... .. 41 Eastern Counties Rail wa y (23 paid) ... Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... .... 45 Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid .. Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) .. Ditto Loan Notes (71 paid) London and Blackwall ( paid) . ... 9 London and Greenwich Railway 'l2/ 15s 4d pd) 6 London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 61i Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) l7' Paris and Rouen (16 paid) South East,trn and Dover 150 paid) 22fr Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) FRESH APPEAL TO MEN OF ALL PARTIES. PROPOSED INTER VIEW WITH THE ENTIRE CABINET. It is thought desirable by men whose names, if we were at liberty to mention them, would command the highest respect in all parts of the country, that one more attempt should be made by the manufacturing and mercantile classes to influence the Government, by sending up a united Deputation from the merchants and manufacturers of the principal towns, to represent the state of trade, not to Sir R. Peel alone, but to the entire Cabinet. It will be seen that public meetings of ' the city of London and c f the town of Liverpool are to be held next week ; and possibly gentlemen may be deputed by those meetings to 'join such a delegation. It will also be seen that a meeting of the bankers, mer chants, and manufacturers of Leeds is summoned by . circular, and will be held at the Court-House on Mon day next, at one o'clock, to consider the propriety of making one more representation to the Government. We trust that with a view to show the urgent distress of the country, the mercantile classes of Leeds, and also those of Bradford, Huddersfield, Halifax, Wake field, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, &c., as well as of the large to wns i n S co tl an d an d Ireland, will join in sending Deputies. It is obviously a solemn duty to leave no stone unturned, that may possibly convince the Ministry and the landowners of the alarming nature f this crisis, and of the cruel impolicy of restricting the trade and food of the people. Already has the Anti-Corn-law League done its utmost to obtain a remedy for the ills of the nation, but while they have made a powerful impression, they have not succeeded in their final object. Let ethers at this crisis come forward. Let manufacturers and merchants who have hitherto held aloof, under the idea that the movement was chiefly that of a party, now declare that men of all parties are deeply sensible of the distress, and share in the apprehension which has been ex pressed at the prospect of winter with a starving population, We trust they will see the urgent ne cessity of again requesting from Government at least the temporary admission of foreign grain free, or at least at a very low duty—especially as the gifts pf a bountiful PrOvidence, at this very time, await our acceptance in rich abundance on the other side of the Atlantic. It has been suggested that a single active indivi dual in each large town, aware of the importance of the crisis, might;get a requisition for a meeting of the merchants, manufacturers, and traders, signed by a dozen persons, and that the meeting might be held in the course of a day or two. Were a deputation consisting of a merchant or manufacturer of the first class,—the Mayor, or Provost, if possible—to be sent from each meeting,. and all the Deputies to assemble,—say at the British llotel, Cockspur-street, on Friday next, at twelve o'clock, an interview with Ministers might no doubt be procured for the whole body on the following; day, which is the most leisure-day of the Govern: ment. The influence of such a spontaneous and purely patriotic movement might be decisive ; we are sure it would be well worth the trouble and expense attendant on it. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—One of the advantages of having a party so strong as the Conservative party is, that we can spare a few "deserters," is the reflection by which the Standard endeavours to console the regrets of its party under the defection of Mr. Gaily Knight; whom the organ of the Conservative democracy% de nounces with every term of contumely which the refined vocabulary of our classically correct Contem porary could supply. We have extracted the passage in another place, as an apt illustration of Conserva tive character-painting by Conservative organs. Desertions from and divisions in the camp of the " strong Conservative party" are of such frequent occurrence, that we fear the ingenuity of our pro verbially inventive Contemporary will be taxed, to supply some stronger consolation to its party than that we have alluded to, in which there is more of spleen than is quite consistent with philosophy. We rather think the events of last evening portend a further split in the party, which will sorely shake its con stitution, and diminish its vaunted strength. The champion of High-Churchism last night made a furious tilt at the Government, in vindication of the claims og the Church to the exclusive appropriation of the funds' voted by Parliament for national education. This the Home Secretary repelled with asperity, and cgl!ed forth a rejoinder of unabated fierceness. We commend the entire " passage at arms " to the careul consideration of the Standard ; and shall look with some curiosity for the interpretation of there somewhat ominous signs of the times, and an explanation as to whether the " strong Conserva tive party" out of doors, is as perfectly united as it is within the walls of the House of Commons. It will be seen, t hat Sir R. Inglis, having laid it down as an axiom, that " no plan of education could, according to the Constitution, be supported by grants of the public money, which was not based upon the principles of the Established Church," proceeded to protest against the opinions on the subject to which Lord IVharilelitle, the President of the Council, had given utterance in the House of Lords; and which he hoped were also at variance with the opinions of the rest of her Ma jesty's Ministers, who, he trusted, would not allow that Noble Lord to be considered on this question Their re presentative." Sir James Graham's reply was by no means calculated to appease the rising wrath of the High-Church Champion. STANDARD.—The Conservative party in Parlia ment consists of about 700 Lords and independent gentlemen ; of these at least 650 have no motive that can be assigned even in imagination for supporting any party or Ministry, longer than the party o r Ministry suports their favoured principles. .Now, among 600 or 700 men there must be a diversity of opinion upon many points, and points of great im portance too ; and as the 650 unconnected with the Government are perfectly independent and ingenuous men, this diversity of o pi n i on w ill o ft en show itself. The exhibition is inconvenient, no doubt, and, by repetition,'may become injurious ; but it is the inevitable result of the strength and honesty of the party, and the utmost that can be desired in such a cause is to limit, as far as can be done, saving sincerity and truth, the occasions for it. Probably, the best means of limiting those occasions I is, for noblemen and gentlemen to avoid, in the discharge of their public duties, that didactic or epicdeictic style which it has been for some years too fashionable to employ; a style which, in the transaction of public business sins nearly as much against good taste as against good policy. There is no doubt a strong temptation to feeble minds to extend as far as possible. the sphere of their tri butaries of praise ; and when they cannot ob tain the applause of friends from, whom they differ, to canvass the applause of opponents by blazoning the difference; this, however, is unwor thy of any one above the intellectual stature of Mr. G. Knight; and to such as he, who can do little harm in ally way, the silly indulgence ought to be left. Among men agreeing for the attainment or protection of one great object there ought to he a great deal of reciprocal concession, but to begin this concession upon just and liberal terms it must he commenced with reserve. If on one side lords and gentlemen will volunteer professions of princi ples condemned by others of their party, they chal lenge division; if, on the other side, men will not make allowance for circumstances that may some roiin thee liff i) e ru 's deiit s p eech re serve some times constrain votes, they make a divisi on . N ow w e cannot help thinkinga depa rture Lord W f rom larn ld alluded to last ni ght serve of which we speak. What on earth was the necessity to introduce a singing petition, with an array of latitudinarian comnion-places, upon the sub ject of general education ? It ,was a wanton throw n^ down of the gauntlet to all who do not hold lati tudinarian opinions upon the question, that is, to nineteen-twentieths of the Conservative party through ntri•tile••Cettilltry ; and. Sir-Robert Inghs would have fulled of the - duty which the country upectS from._ THE SUIT, LONDON, him, and never expects in vain, if he had not taken up the challenge as he did. On the question of the Irish education grant we think that there was a reciprocity of error—the grant is bad in principle, but the principle has, unfortunately, been made inveterate and ineradicable, by time ; for it is as old as the Maynooth grant, and the bad principle has been made worse in practice by the working of the Commission ; but it ought now to be remem bered that the matter is in good hands, as far down, at least, as the Government ; and time ought to be allowed to try what may be done, by a good practice under a good Government, towards mitigating a bad principle. Lord Eliot's allu sion to the Kildare-place Society, however, very clearly proves that his Lordship has been most grosslyriiiiinformed as to the state and cir cumstances of Irish education when the new Board was established. If the Kildare-place Society had been the inefficient institution he had been taught to believe, no " National Board" would now exist, no grant would ever be called for. It was because it was doing too much, not because it was doing too little for the people, that the Kildare-place Society was superseded. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (TIIISDAY.) HOUSE OF :COMMONS. LICENSED LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The clauses up to 30 were agreed to. Clauses from 30 to 45 were, with some verbal amend.. ments, agreed to. Clause 46 was postponed. The remaining clauses were agreed to, the Bill passed through Committee, and the House resumed.—Report on Monday. FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. The Order of the Day for going into Committee on the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill, was read. Captain JONES hoped the Bill would be postponed ; some parts of the Bill were very good, but others quite as objectionable. Lord ELIOT said it was quite impossible to accede to the wish of the Hon. and Gallant Member, as the Bill was imperatively necessary. It was generally ac ceded to in Ireland, and it had been under the considera tion of the Committee for thirty-three days. The House then went into Committee, and clauses 1,2, 3,4, and 5, were agreed to. Clauses 6 and 7 were agreed to without amendment. Clauses 8,9, 10, 11, 12, and .13, were agreed to with some verbal amendments. Clauses up to 18 were agreed to. Clauses 19 and 20 were agreed to with some verbal amendments. Clauses up to 36 were agreed to without amendment. Clauses 37 and 38 were agreed to without discus,ion. After a desultory conversation, which lasted some time, clause 39, which relates to the penalties for fishing within prohibited hours, was agreed to. The remaining clauses were then agreed to. The Report was ordered to be received on Tuesday next. The House then adjourned at Five o'Clock. ON THE DEATH OF- THE DUKE OF ORLEANS. Twelve years—and yet it seems but yesterday ! Since I beheld young Orleans, at the side Of his great father, up the crowded wily In triumph ridel In all the grace of manhood's early bloom, Modest he smiled ; and, as the shout rose high, Bowed to his courser's neck the snowy plume In mute reply. That night, I saw him 'mid the festive glare, Whilst many a loftier beauty sought his glance, Select a burgher maiden, young and fair, To lead the dance. And still, as round him pressed the glittering throng, And brightest eyes their magic influence shed, 'He looked some fairy prince of ancient song, Risen from the dead. But those were Gallic freedom's halcyon hours : The conquering people threw their weapons down, To bind with chaplets of the sweetest flowers Their new-given crown. Exhausted faction slept ; no murmur rose To break the concord of the general tone: It seemed, as though a monarch might repose Even on a throne ! Since then, twelve years have seen the undaunted sire By wondrous skill a slippery seat maintain, Guiding his light-poised car,. and steeds of fire, With steady rein. And Orleans waited for the dangerous place, When Philippe's strength should tail, as fail it must. Alas ! the sire is weary of the race ; The son is dust I• A widowed bride will weep upon his grave, And orphan-babes lament his timeless fate ; But worse than all, where is the arm to save That tottering State ? 0, by the love I bear thy valleys green, Thy vine-clad hills, and orchards blooming fair, Thy woods and groves, thy azure sky serene, And balmy air ; From deadly feud, and passion's lawless will, And war's fierce madness, eager to advance— In this dark hour may Heaven protect thee Beautiful France !, —True Tablet. SILK D U TIES. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. The J'etition •of the undersigned Journeymen Silk Weavers of Macclesfield, in the County of Chester, HUMBLY SIIONYETH,—That your petitioners were examined in the year 1832 before a Committee of the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom, appointed to inquire into the silk trade ; and the re sult of the voluminous evidence delivered decided the then President of the Board of Trade not to attempt any further changes in the protection given to the silk trade, although he might entertain great ideas of free trade in the abstract. That, as your Lordships' petitioners' subsistence depends upon the silk trade, they have collected many official returns in reference thereto, which they now respectfully submit for your Lordships' consideration. In 1824 the British silk manufacture had arrived at the highest point of prosperity, as by the Trade and Navigation Returns it took into home consumption—of raw and thrown silk, 3,877,791 lbs.; and of knubs, husks, and waste, only 133,257 lbs. The rapid advance of the silk trade from 1818 was remarkable ; but on the one hand a taste for the wearing of silk goods had arisen in the coun try ; and on the other the introduction of power looms in the cotton trade furnished an abundant sup ply of weavers, displaced by power machinery. From time until 1826 the building of factories for the throwing of silk was extensive ; this operation being chiefly dependent upon manipulation rather than steam or water power, silk coming from the worm in a thread, the integrity of which is not destroyed in any subsequent stage of its manufacture by any peculiar machinery, the same easy process being as incapable of improvement then as to this day, both in this coun try and abroad, the whole produce finding a good and sure home market. That, in 1824, f ee-trade principles were tried as an experiment on this prosperous trade, by the reduc tion of duties on its raw material of manufacture; and in 1826 foreign wrought silks were admitted to he brought into competition with the labour of your Lordships' petitioners, with a view to induce other nations to embark in reciprocal principles. From 1826 most disastrous results followed to the silk-trade, wages were immediately reduced from 40 to 60 per cent., as proved by the Reports of the Hand-Loom IVeaVers' Commission, and also the evidence delivered before the Committee appointed to inquire into the Silk Trade in 1832 ; inasmuch as the maximum price paid by the British manufacturer must be that which would enable him to meet the fo reigner in the home market. By official returns it appears that the revenue derived from raw and throWn silk, (it being an article of luxury), before it was in terfered with, duringseveral years-was about 750,000/, annually, which, with the duty on soap used, and the excise on silk printing, raised it to near 800,0001. on only about 2,400,000 lbs. weight of the raw material. By the official returns it appears that since 1824 the annual consumption of raw and thrown silk, in some degree, has remah)ed stationary at near 3,600,0001b5. That your Lordships' petitioners respectfully sub mit to your Lordship, that if - the Silk Trade had not been interfered with the 3,600,0001b5. would have produced a probable revenue of from 1,000,0001. to 1,100,000/. annually, which demonstrates a national logs of revenue in eighteen years or upwards of 20,000,0001. sterling. Upon this importation of fo reign silk goods, however, a revenue of from 200,0021. to 240,0001. has annually been derived, but by the fall of wages a far greater loss in exciseable articles consumed by British artisans has accrued to the re venue, and the distressed condition of the hand -loom weavers and silk workers is proportionately aggra vated ; and, therefore, your Lordships' petitioners conceive themselves justified in stating that the re venue has sustained the loss before stated. That by the official returns there was taken into hoine consumption of raw and thrown silk 3,477,213 lbs., leaving a deficiency, as compared with 1824, of 400,573 lbs., but of knubs, husks, &c., 1,379,314 lbs, „ . Your Lordships' petitioners have to state that 1,000 lbs. of raw silk employ from 409 to 600• hands to prepare it for the weaver, and that only about fifty people suffice to prepare 1,000 lbs. of knubs, husks, &c., into yarn fit fbr the same purp ose , w hi c h at the best is but a spurious article called spun eilk. That by the new tariff, it is proposed to reduce the 3s. 6d. on foreign thrown organzine, on the 2s. duty on foreign tram; and Is. 6d. on singles, to one uni form duty of ls. per lb., without any regard to their different cost of manufacture.. . That further, in the schedule of silk duties, it is Proposed to :educe the 20 per cent. duty on India silk manufadtures - to 5 - pc/. - cent. ad valorem. Until the new light of the political economist had arisen, it waa held desireable , to prolgote dig groWth of t!..w.rMuultorialitaat.culs*L,,: and that this country in exchange should supply them with manufactures. ' Seventy years since, when In&a began to reel silk, every encouragement \Nu, held out by the-India Company and the Government, that factories should be raised, and that British in dustry should be trained to work up their silk pro duce; yet, under the pretence of doing justice to India, it is now proposed to raise a new race of weavers in India, and bring them into competition with your Lordships' petitioners, with only five per cent. pro tection. That your petitioners believe, that these new com petitors are still held in slavery to a great extent, and subsist on untaxed rice, sugar, &c., and live upon. 1441. or 2d. per day. Your Lordships' petitioners humbly submit for your Lordships' gracious consideration, whether it be a matter of justice to reduce the arti sans of this country to the same level, or to encou rage such an unequal competition. That your Lordships' petitioners wsre examined before the Select Committee on East India Produce, in 1840, and delivered statements, drawn from the highest authority, showing the inability of the people of this country to compete with foreigners, under a system of free trade, until they were freed freed from the taxes which press opon their in dustry, and demonstrating the cause of the different of wages from the area population, revenue, debt, and proportion of each, to each individual, in the various States of Europe, and British India, from which it appears that in the United Kingdom, the proportionate amount of the public debt to each individual was, in 1834, 321. 10s. 7d., and the revenue to the population 2/. Os. Bd. each. In France, the highest taxed nation in continental Europe, the proportionate amount of the public debt to eack individual is 51. 19s. 7d.; and the revenue to population, 1/. 45.; while in British India the revenue w.:s as compared to the, opulation, 3s. 9d. each, and the public debt, 9s. each. Your Lordships will perceive the impolicy and injustice, in the pre sent state of the country, and the great number of unemployed artisans, of still further aggravating the public distress by bringing the impoverished artisans of the silk trade in competition with the untaxed natives of India. That your petitioners entreat your Lordships consider whether this be a wise occasion to introduCe infractions on the scanty protection to the labour of this country, when ,111 r. Clay, one of the ablest men amongst the American Legislators, has lately laid clown such opposite prineipleS for the future guidance of his own country; when France has, notwithstanding our concessions in silk in 1826, so uniformly pursued a contrary course ; and. when Prussia and the German League are meditating heavier duties on woollen goods. And justly did an experienced Commissioner, before his departure to America, enter his protest against the removal of essential protections, when all 'the surrounding countries were beginning to foster their own industry. That the follov;':ing is a very brief summary of the injury which will be sustained by the Silk Trade, should the intended tariff become the law of the country :-Ist. It will reduce the duties upon Euro pean Silk Goods exported to our colonies, from 30 to 15 per cent.-2nd. By abolishing the Debenture System, it operates against the exportation of silk goods from England.-3rd. By reductng. the duty upon Foreign Thrown Silks to ls. per lb., without any reference to the various qualities, or the different cost of production, it will operate most injuriously to the Throwing Trade,—although it formerly received the greatest encouragement.-4th, it will reduce the duty upon India Silk Manufactures, from 20 per cent. to 5. Your Lordships' justice and humanity, your petitioners trust, will avert these impending evils. Your Lordships' petitioners, therefore, at even th eleventh hour, implore your Lordships to rescu them from the pernicious principles of a system of policy, which, under the specious ,plea of free trade, by an anomalous fiat, • encourages free dom in the superfluities, and restriction in the necessaries of life—cheapens manufacturing produc tions, but supports the price of food, encourages low wages and dear provisions, brings the competition of the Indian weaver in contact with the British arti san, with only 5 per cent. protection, when agricultural produce and manufacturing labour should be both placed upon equal terms, because equal justice should be the basis of all legislation. Your petitioners will not manifest such distrust of the wisdom, and kind disposition of your Lordships to attend to their prayer, as 'further to enlarge upon these various subjects, hut, on behalf of their fellow-countrymen, humbly pray your Lordships to rescue the industrious classes from the evils which will result from the further reduction of the Protective Duties which are necessary under the present circum stances of the country, to retain many of the valuable handicraft trades that exist in the empire. And your Lordships' petitioners will ever pray, &c. JOHN PROEM, Water-street Macclesfield. THOMAS COPE, Fountain-street. Macclesfield, July 7th,. 1842. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, 'JULY I.s.—The occu pations and amusements of the week have suspended regular business ; a few euea►s have been disposed of,•and prices re main very firm—Bristol Mercury. ABSURD RUMOUR s IN. PARIS.—The following ap pears in the National of Thursday ; it is _difficult to account for such an absurd and dangerous rumour:— "There was a report at the Bourse that an insurrection had broken out in. London, and that the Queen had been made prisoner in her Palace. The English journals, re ceived to-day, take no notice of such an affair." A Meeting of the bankers, -merchants, and manu facturers of Leeds is to be held at the Court-house, on Mon day next, " to take into consideration the present appalling state of trade and of the country, with the view of making another appeal to her Majesty's Ministers and Parliament on the subject before the close of the session, irrespective .of all party feeling and party measures.'s The Constitutionnel, M. Thiers' paper, is the only Paris one of Thursday which• we have received, that wears the mourning similarly used by the English jour nals on the death of members of the Royal Family. Even the Debuts, the Court organ, is without this tri bute of loyal grief: MAKING A CROPPY.—On Thursday last, four young men, charged with c ropp i ng t h e ear o ff a person named O'Malley, surrendered themselves voluntarily to Tomkine Brew, Esq., the Resident Magistrate, and were by him com mitted to the Bridewell of this town to await the answer of the law advisers of the Crown to their application te, be admitted to bail ; and we feel bound in justice to the ac cused to state that, if ever such an assault was justified. it was On this occasion. It appears by the sworn informations of O'Malley, that the offender was a servant in the house of the accused, when he succeeded in seducing their s ster, arid got her with child—and, in place of making the only reparation in his power to his unfortunat e victim, he married another woman —and, on the day laid in his informations, the unfeeling ruffian had the daring effrontery to come on the very street of his former master, when, in a moment of madness, he was made to lend an ear to justice. Such are the simple facts of the case, which do not in the slightest degree affect the peaceable character of the Miltown district ; and, although the indiscre tion of youth led the accused into a breach of the laws of the country, better-behaved, or more inoffensive young men are not to be found in the community. We have learned that Mr. Brew received directions from the Government'to admit them to bail, which was immediately entered into.— Tram. Herald. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM FLETCHER, oilman, Birmingham, to sur render, July 26, and August 26, at twelve, at the Waterloo rooms' Birmingham. Austen and H o b s on, Raymond-build ings, Gray's Inn, London ; Reece, Birmingham. WILLIAM DOWNING, draper, Sheffield, July 29, and August 26, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Wilson, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury, London; Wilson and Younge, or Pierson, Sheffield. EDWARD ROGERS, surgeon, Great Witley, Worcester shire, July 30, and August 26, at ten,.at the White Lion Inn, Kidderminster. Benbow, :stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Wormall and Prichard, Stourport. CHRISTOPHER BRAYSHAW, tailor, Great Castle street, Regent-street, July 22, and . Aug. 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Rutter and Trotter, Ely-place, Holborn. THOMAS LEDIA RD, money scrivener, Cirencester, July 25 and Aug. 26, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn.' Ciren cester. Mulling', Cirencester; Jones, 'frinder, and Tudway, John -street, Bedford .row, London. JOHN HANFORD JACKSON, grocer, Eastwood, Not tinghamshire, July 25, and August 26, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Campbell and Witty, Essex -street, Strand, London ; Fox, Nottingham. EDWARD MOSS, draper, Liverpool, July 28, and August 26, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Winstanley, Manchester; Milne, Parry, Mi!ne, and Morris, Temple, London. ALEXANDER BOWER, banker, Manchester, August 10, at three, and August 26, at two, at the Commissioner's-rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London; Higson and Son, Manchester. WILLIAM MILLS, innholder, Caterham, Surrey, July 26, atone, and Aug. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchureh-lane, Lombard-street, official assignee; Dyne, Lincol n ' s I nn -fi e lds; Drummond and Sons, Croydon. grocer, Old Bu c k en h am, at ten, at the Royal H ote l , Norfolk, July Ju Nir ly ES 23 lo ai N id P A A ug L . SI 2 E 6 B : Norwich. Fillett, Norwich ; Storey, Field-court, Gray's Inn, London. EDMUND FRANCIS GREEN, merchant, Leadenhall street, July 26, and August 26, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Copthall-buildings ; Bor radaile, King's Arms-yard. GEORGE HENRY WATSON, apothecary, Stourmount cottage, Moscow-road, Bayswater, July 21, at half-past twelve, and August 26, at twelve, at the Coui tof Bankruptcy. Tur quand, official as , iXnee, Copthall-buildings ; Watson and Broughton, Falcon-6quare. DIVIDEND: 3 . At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. L. Bryant, coal merchant, Stamford-hill, Aug. 6, at half yast twelve-11. Speedily, c ommission agent, Fenchurr h street, Aug. 6, at twelve—W. It. Webb, wine merchant, Kuightsbridge, Aug. ti, at eleven. In the Country. W. Gibb, cu rr i er , Al ow i c k, N o rthumberland, Aug. 8, at one. at the St ar Inn, Alliwick—J. Heywood , cotton spinner , Heaton Norris, La ncas hi re, Aug. 22, at eleven, Commissioners'-rooms, Alanehester—R. Martin, carpenter, Wales, Suffolk, Aug. 8, at one, at th e Whi te Li on Inn, Beccles—J. and H. Noble, cloth finishers; Brighouse, Yorkshire, Aug. 5. at eleven, at the North Gate Hotel, Halifax—C. S. Jackson, woollen cloth mer chant, Le e d s , Aug. 13, at four, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—D. C oo k, rope ma k er, Li ver pool, Aug. 8, at one, at th e Clarendon-ro oms , Liver p . ool—G. Wifson cloth manufact urer , Lindley, Yorkshire, Aug. Aug. ar nin 9, e Pack Horse I nn , at the at twelve, at th e Shi re- Huddersfield— Brooke, P.. Broo, grocer, Leeds, Aug. 12, -at fiv e , at . the Commissioners' -rooms, Leeds--W- 13. Prce and J. Ed wards, bankers, Sh r e w sbury , hall, Shrewsbury —F. Willett, E. Willett; and R. Willett, bankers, Thetford, Norfolk, Aug. 8; at one, at the B e ll I nn, Thetford—H. and R. flildyard, wine merchants, Hrigg, Li n . coln3hire, Aug. 2, at eleven; at the Angel Inn, Brigg.i.J. Ll.l locturtiviVerby, - Aug. IliKote;atibie NviTs4,l74/# SATURDAY EVENING JULY 16, _1842. I—S. Lorymer, brewer, Bristol, Aug. 12, at one, at the Com mercial-rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES— A tra. 5. J. May, mercer, Newport, Isle of Wight—W. H. Hopkins, currier, Worcester—W. Horanaill, carpenter, Dover—J. Dar byshire and S. Pope, calico printers, Manchester—S. White head, cattle salesman, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire—J. Procter and H. Appleby, common brewers, Longport, staf fordshire—A. and J. Philip, window glass cutters, White chapel-road—W. Bower, cott on spinner, Wilmslow, Ch eshire— R, Rogers, linen draper, Horton—T. and W. Styan, tea brokers, Great Tower-street. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Colbatch and M. Ridley, hotel-keepers, Brighton—J. Colbatch, M. Ridley. and H. James, wine merchants, Brighton —F. G. Chappell and R. Hodges, linen drapers, Seymour street—H. Herbert arid J. Watkins, cheesemoneera, Bristol— J. Bowden and J. P. Clapham, ship owners, Kicgston-upon- Hull—J. Dowries, sen., J. Downes, jun , and C. G. Hill, w holesale tea dealers, Laurence PountLey-lane—J G. Alm fordand T. Barter, surgeons, Beh—:..l. Rock and 11. Baxter, coach bulders, Hastings—W. Allen, J. Allen, and J. Allen, merchants, Manchester (so far as regards J. Allen )—.l. Lock wood, sere., W. Lockwood, and J. Lockwood, jun., file manufac turers, Sheffield (so far as regards J. Lockwood)—B. Drewry, J. Drewry, and T. Drewry, joiners, Nottinghain—J. Harvey and E. Chick, m a lt s t ers , Sid mou th Devonshire—J. Green shields, A. Duranz, and R. Still, merchants, Liverpool (so far as regards R. Still)—M. Warburg and W. Dieseldorff, mer chants, Little Tower-street, City—Sir M. Wood, B. Worid, G. Field, and W. Wood, hop merchants, Mark-line (so far as regards Sir M. Wood )—J. and B. Gibbons, iron masters, 14rierley-hill, Staffordshire—J. and A. Hodgkinson, corn -dealers, Chorley, Lancashire—J. M'Nicoll and H. Tinker, en gineers, Liverpool—J. Horton and J. Turner, boot manufac turers, Stafford—S. and B. Thompson, wax tallow chandlers, Brewer-street, St. James's--J. F. Marston, R. Noblet, and S. Matthews, cork manufacturers, Liverpool (so far as regards J. F. Marston )—C. Bleaden and H. Choules, hotel keepers, Southend, Essex—F. and J. Floyd, farmers, Greenwich—J. Hook and G. Cole, carpenters, Westbury, Gloucestershire—W. Betenson and W. Rundle, lime burners, St. German's, Corn wall—J. Underwpod an d T. Halls, linen drapers, Cold ' ester— J. Adshead and R. S co tt, hosiers, Manchester—J. Hardy and R. Barker, curriers, Manchester—J. J. Bramah, C. Fox, and J. Henderson, engineers, Harborne, near Birmingham (so far as regards J. J. Brarnah)—J. Herron anti E. Emery, ware housemen, Lad-lane, City—J. Williams, M. S. Grigg, and W. H. Hawker, spirit dealers, Plymouth—J. Rotton anti J. Scholefield, brassfounders, Birmingham. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN RAE, innkeeper, Whitburn, July 20 and Aug. 10, at one, at the Chambers of R. Gardner, Bathgate. JOHN FRASER, bookseller, Glasgow, July 19 and Aug. 9, at tw,i, at the Chambers of W. Meikleham, Glasgow. ANDREW BOUSIE, writer, St. Andrew's, July 22 and Aug. 19, at twelve, at the Black Bull Inn, St. Andrew's. DAVID MORE and JOHN LAMB, weights, Cowead dens, Glasgow, July 21 and Aug, la, at two, at the Office of Kerrs and Anderson, Glasgow. JACOB DIXON EDGAR, merchant, Castle Douglas, July 21 and Aug. 12, at one, at the C om m erc i a l I nn , D um f r i es . ALEXANDER EMSLIE, tavern keeper. Edinburgh, July 21 and Aug. IS, at two, at Young's Tavern, Edinburgh. JOHN MILLAR and CO., merchants, Edinburgh, July 20 and Aug. 18, at twelve, ai she Ship Tavern, Edinburgh. J. WALLACE and CO., manufacturers, Glasnow, July 21 and Aug. 11, at twelve, at the Office of I'. C. Young, Glasgow. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending July 12, 1842, is 365. 5 d. per evil., exclusive of the Duties of Cus t oms paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF _LORDS, July 15. The LORD CHANCELLOR tools his seat on the Wool sack at Four o'clock. The Bri ish Possessions Abroad Bill was read a third time and passed. The Dublin University Right of Voting Bill was read a third time and passed. THE QUEEN'S PROTECTION BILL. The LORI) CHANCELLOR, in moving the second reading of the Bill for the better protection Or the person of the SoVereign from violence, said he need not remind their Lordships of the feeling with which the Bill was received by their Lordships, when it was proposed to their Lordships for the first reading, nor of the feeling with which it was passed by the other House of Parlia ment—(Hear, hear)—nor did. lie doubt that it would be met with equal feeling by the country at large.(Hear, hear,) Unfertunetely, experience bad given proof of the necessity for this Hear.) The object of the Bill. was to at er and amend the laws relating to attacks upon the person of the Sovereign, tending to cause her destruction, or to maim or otherwise injure her. The Act of the 25th of Edward the Third was directed against attacks upon. the person of the Sovereign, tending to destroy him. The Act of the 36th of George the Third extended the provisions of that Bill to attacks upon the Sovereign's person, tend ing to maim or otherwise injure ; and by the 39th of George the Third alterations were made in that Act. Their Lordships were aware that by an Act of William 111. (in consequence of the severity with which persons convicted of high treason had been dealt with in the previous reign), to throw a greater protection round the life of the subject than the previous law afforded, by that Act, certain farms were required for the trial of persons accused of high treason. These forms chiefly respected the notice of trial, the service of the indictment, and lists of witnesses and jurors. The object of the present Bill was to provide for remedies in cases of attack upon the person of the Sovereign, similar to those which were provided in cases of attack upon the person of a subject. The life of the Sovereign was more valuable than that of any other individual, and when the se vereign was a Queen, such attacks were more dan gerous, on account of' the necessity of her being so much exposed, and . en account of other cir cumstances, which their Lordships would • understand. The Bill, therefore, provided fir cases of violence not tending to the death of the Sovereign, or to maim or wound her, or other 'nets of violence. It provided that they should be punished by transporta tion for a term of years, or by three years' imprisonment, with whipping, or other corporal punishment., as the Court should think fit. He concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time. Viscount MELBOURNE, after the statement made by the Noble and Learned L ,rd on the Wi olsack—a statement short arid at the same time pithy—efter what was known to their Lordships, and to the while country, it was seriously necessary for him to say that he gave to the Bill his most cordial approbation— (Hear, hear)—and he thought there could not be any difference of opinion respecting it, in either House of Parliament, or in the country. (Hear.) lie agreed with the Noble and Learned Lord as to the importance of the life of the Sovereign, and the greater dang e r t o w hi c h i t was exposed than that of any other individual—and he said this without reference to the age or sex of the Sovereign, or any cir cumstances peculiarly calling for loyalty and attachment. Lord COTTENHAM considered that sonic of the provisions of this Act might possibly be miscon strued into an inference that it was intended to affect in the slightest degree the statutes directed against high treason, or misprision of treason. lie wished that it should he generally, distinctly known there was nothing whatever in this Act which altered the present law, and that any one who imagined or compassed to destroy the life of the Sove reign, was as much guilty of high treason after the pas sing of the present Aceas before it. It was-not pretended to mitigate the penalties now in force against high treason, but to provide punishment in cases e hich were beyond the operation of the present Statute as -applicable to high treason, and to accord punishment upon delinquents Iv hose crime did not amount •to high treason. Lord BROUGHAM said he cordially agreed in the object of the Act before - their Lordehips. He thought the course Parliament was now pursuieg most un objectionable in the present ease. He was a great enemy to introducing general alteration of the law in particular and isolated emergencies, because he was aware that such a course had the effect of inducing an alteration in the law with a view to special circumstances, and prevent ing attention to all the circumstances which ought to be considered. He also objected to general alterations in the laws which tended to render them more severe than they had been before ; but the alteration proposed in this Bill he considered to be based upon the soundest principles of legislation, and was absolutely necessary, in consequence of the law not being enough to meet those cases which occurred, as,his Noble Friend had truly remarked, from motives which it. was imp oss ibl e to divine.. It appeared to him that their Lordships were justified in giving concurrence to a measure for prevent ing acts thus tending to create alarm both in the Sove reign and the country. He agreed with his Noble and ,Learned Friend who spoke last, that nothing in the pre sent Bill at all lessened the severity which the levy new attached to treason, or misprision of treason. Ile sug gested the propriety of a proviso to the following ef fect :—That nothing contained in this Act should be admitted or taken to alter in any way the punishment already by law inflicted on acts of high treason or mis prison of high treason. He fully agreed in the terms so powerfully and eloquently used by the Noble Lord wiell reference to the universal interest taken by the whole community in the life and safety of the Queen — (Loud cheers)—and if he wante.i—he could net say an example, but a ead•subject for reflection, he would look across the Channel to see the lamentable and truly me lancholy misfortune which had befallen the French na tion so recently.aon this subject he would say that there was not a human being in the whole of this empire who did net from the bottom of his heart deeply tee in pathise in that afflicting event. The Bill was then read a second time. The Standing Orders were suspended, and the house went into Committee. Lord CAMPBELL need hardly say that he entirely concurred in every word which had fallen froin his Noble and Learned Friend, and in all the principles and 'objects o'f the Bill. Ile had risen, however, humbly to propose an amendment to the Bill. As the Bill now stood, they were required to prove that an attempt had been made, that the piece had actually been tired or the stone thrown. H e (Lord Campbell) thought it was necessary to provide for cases where the attempt had not actually been made. The amendment which he had to propose was as fel hiws, and was to be inserted in the third line from the bottom of the second page :—" Or, tf any person shall, in the presence of tine Queen, wilfully produce, 'or have, • any gull, pistol, or other description of fire-arms, or any etherarms whatsoever, or any axplosive, destructive, er changer ms matter whatsoever, with intent to use the same to hijure the person of the Queen, or to alarm her Majesty, he Shall he guilty of a high misdemeanour." He hoped this amendment would meet with the appeolet• tion of his Noble and Learned Friend opposite (the Lord Chancellor), as it was not his (Lord Campbell's) intention td press it in opposition to his Noble Friend's l desire. The LORD CHANCELLOR d►d not see any objec • tion to the amendment just proposed, which ii.as then agreed to. The Marquis of GLANRICARDE suggested that a clause should be inserted providing for the punishment of persons who Regally entered the Palaces or in other ways intruded upon her Mhjesty•'s privacy. Wutit reported to the Uettoe witl3 a4teliduiet4. On the motion that the MI. d:, pass, The Duke of WELLINGTON ruse to coterratoate their Lordships upon the unanimity which had mani fested itself ou the present occcasion. Ile was convinced it would give the greatest satisfaction, not only in the highest quarter, • but thrmittliont the whole country.— (Hear, hear.) It was ith very deep regret that heard of the misfortun.• which ha,Thappeued iii a neighbouring country, and h e w as sure they would all concur with him in expressing greet concern and grief at the melancholy event.--( Hear.) -- The Bill then passed. MINES AND COLLERIES BILL. The Bishop of GLOUCESTER presented a petition from the inhabitants of Westminste r in favour ef this Bill. NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND). Lord CARBERY presented several petitions from I various places in Ireland, complaining of the wanner in which the grant for 'national educa:ion in Ireland was appropriated. The Earl of CLANC/RTY would take advantage of the presentation of those petitions of the Noble Lord to draw their Lordship,' attention to the sevrnth Report of the Conunissioners of Education, in which, after stating that they had established a model farm at Glasniven, they declared that no assistance would be afforded to any institutions, in the way of agricultural instruction, unless they were in connection with some elementary national school. If that rule were acted on, many persons in Ireland would be deprived of the benefit of the model farm. He approved of the institution of the model farm.: but he did not approve of the benefit being con fined to institutions connected with the national schools. lie did not think that the Commissioners of Education ought to have the monopoly of the Parliamentary grant, and he considered th e granting of public money for the purpose of instruction in husbandry and agriculture, was an invasion of the province of the Royal Dublin Society, which was incorporated for the specific purpose of pro moting instruction in arts, agriculture, and manufactures. He hoped their Lordships would not allow the thirst for agriculttiral education, which now prevailed, to be made a means of forcing on the people any particular system of religious or literary education. The present system had not been successful, it bad not given satisfaction to either Roman Catholics or Protestants. He therefore hoped that if the Parliament chose to grant any additional sum fbr the education of the Irish poor, it would be on a sys tem more liberal and extended than the present, which placed the Established Church in the position of a dis senting body. Lord CLONCURRY said, that under the old system of - education the children eure twist to detest the reli gion of their parents. In consequence of that, a society -was established in Dublin, and he (Lord Cloncurry) was one of the first subscribers, for the purpose of introducing a new system of education. The present - system was - , upported by the heads of the Cluireil in Ireland, and by tMe majority of the people. This they would see by the returns cm the table. They Owed the people of Ireland a large debt of education, as they hall made it a capital punishment fur teachers to instruct the people, and this c,mtinued for upwards of half a century. Lord MONTEAGLE said, in the speech of the Noble Earl (Clancarty) he had divided ibe subject into two questions ; the question ,if the agricultural schools and the natiorad schools. Nothing was more important than an agricultural education to the people of Ireland. Ile was sure that the Government, in introducing that edu cation, would endeavour to do so in the most practicable manner possible. If their national schools required al teration in their principle. which he did not believe they ,I;(1,1et they:: alter the principles ; hut if they se: up Pro testant schools in Ireland, he would say that they would render every national school now established a distinct Roman Catholic school. (The Noble Lori was here in terrupted by the announcement of a message from the Commons.) PROTECTION TO HER MAJES FY. The message from Use Commons . antio ;need that they had agreed to the amendments to the B.il entitled " An Act for further providing for the security and protection of her Majesty.' The message also brought up, the Military Savings Bank Bill, Witnesses Indemnity Bill, and a variety of other Bills. Lord MONTEAGLE continued—When Sir Robert Peel was Secretary for Is:44nd, he recommended the necessity of bringing together all classes of the c smntt nity in one common 'school. Many of the Noble Lerds who were in favour of this double education,.complained of . the College of Maynooth ; but what would they say if every one of the schools now in existence should be- come a little Maynooth ? He was strongly of opinion that no grant should be allowed towards the establish- ment of these schools, as the present national schools • were open alike to Protestants and Catholics. The Archbishop of ARMAGH stated that the reading of the Scriptures .was forbidden in the - national schools in Ireland, and that was a stropg reason why Protest ants objected to send their children to these schools. They did not mix at all. In Armagh there was one Protestant and one Roman Catholic national school ; in Drogheda there were five national schools, and there was not a single Protestant at one of them. H e did not know What - the Protestant religion had done that they should not have Protestant schools in Ireland ; and he did hope that the Government would take measures to establish Protestant schools in that country. The Earl of WICKLOW supp- rted the prayer of the petition. He was firmly convinced that the present sys tem would not afford'a united education, which was in tended should be the case when the schools were esta blished. The Earl of CLONCURRY explained. The Bishop of NORWICH was, of opinion that there was a fallacy in the statement of his; Right Reverend Friend that the Scriptures were not- admitted info the national schools in Ireland. He had carefully examined the hooks used in the schools in Ireland and England. and he believed as large a portion of the- Scriptures was to be found in use in the Irish as could be in the English national schools. NEW SOUTH WALES BILL. Tbe Duke of BITCCLEUCII rose to move the second reading of this Bill, and, in doing so. he should trouble their Lordships with a very fr w observations on the nature of it. The Noble Duke went into lengthened details of the progress of the colony in population and wealth, from which he contended that it was entitled to. and that, its necessities required a legislivurc for local as airs, with power to make laws not cm, trary to the laws of Eogland.—(Hear.) The Noble Duke having given an outline of the proposed Constitution, the greater part of the details of which ha been taken from the Canada Act, recently passed, moved that the Bill be read a second time. Lord MONTEAGLE said, the Bill had been recom mended by Sir Richard Bourke, who had for so many, years governed the colony in a manner which reflected the highest. honour on him, and was, theret,re, entitled to the greatest attention. He trusted that the system of emigration would attract the particular attention of the Governme►:t. The manufacturing population constituted a most valuable class of emigrants. lie congratulated the colony of Nov South Wal4:s upon the introduction of this ►neasure. Ile Earl of RIPON was glad to hear that his Noble Friend approved of the Bill Ii the House, which he (Lord Ripon) coneuried with him would be of the greatest benefit to that great colony. The emigration wa, annually inerea,ing. After a few words from the Duke of BUCCLELTII in reply, and Lord MONTEAGLE in explanation, the Bill was read a second time. . MINES AND COLLIERIi.:S BILL. The Marquis of LONDONDERHY presented eight pfrtitions from the parish of Dean, in the county of Lincashire, praying that the age of ten might be sub stituted fur fifto- n as the age under which boys should nut be permitted to work in the mine s. SUDBURY DISFUANCEMENT BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE gav;e notice that he should more the second reauing of this Bill on Friday next. MIN FS AND COLLIERIES BILL. • The House went into Committee on this Bill. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said as it was his desire to gain time, and he had been. told that this Bill should be - re-committed, he should move the ad journment of the House. Lord HATHERTON did not object to the adjourn ment. ' The Earl of DEVON did not object. The Bill passed through Committee pro furnia, and was ordered to be re-committed on Tuesday next. CHARITABLE PAWN- OFFICES (IRELAND). BILL. This Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Tues day next. Thu other Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned at Eight o'Clock. !MUSE OF COMJIONS, July 15 The SPEAKER. took the Chair at the usual hour. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the shop keepers of Manchester, complaining of the hiss of their trade, and praying the House to pass such measures as would afford immedlate and permanent relief. • Mr. PLUMPTRE presented petitions from Salop, and other places praying the House not to make any further grant tolhe College of Maynooth. Sir IL DOUGLAS presented a petition from the to bacconists of Liverpool, against the Tobacco Bill. Mr. LABOUCHERE presented a petition from the members of a congregation of Protestant Dissenters, as setobing in Tuxford, Cambridgeshire, in favour . of the Affirmat:on Bill. Colonel T. WOOL) prevented a petition praying the House to abolish the tolls for the several bridges. Mr. ];WART gave notice that on Thursday he would move fora copy of ceriain correspondence with the Board of Trade relative to the effect of admitting Brazilian sugar. Air. HUME gave natice that he would, on Monday, (01 the motion for,the Speaker leaving the Chair, move for a return of promotions in the Navy, including Ad mirals, Captains, and Officers of every rank, since the 29th of June, 1838, boing a continuation of former returns. THE TA RIFF-CEMENT STONE.. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he might be allowed to take:th:::t opportunity ofputting . a question to the Right Hon. Gentleman th e Vic,-President of the Board of 'Trade, on it subject to which he had already called hi, attention—he alluded to the export duty upon cement stone. The effect of the alteration made by the tariff would be to destroy a trade which gave employment to a vast number of industrious persons. lie swished to know whether the Right Honourable Gentleman had made those returns w hi c h h e h a d p rom i se d on the stilij , ct ; and also whether he proposed to adopt any measure for remedying the grievance. There was another point to which he also wished to call the Right nom Gentleman's attention. namely, wluthec. in case he should be satisfied that it was proper to alter the existing d u ty, it wou ld not . be exp‘dient to adria. the Treasury to take steps to previde that the trade should suffer no interruption. Mr. GLADSTONE said the case. to which the Right Hon. Gentl emnn had referr-d, was a very p, euliar one ,, g4 / 1 4 . 1 4 14746 " 110 1PP05U1 . Wi a l dU ki7 4 l 140 44 . 11V1EJ • uf . c invrve,! stura., printed and on the. tablett the Douse three inotem,s, ahem its attracting the notice either of any MernUsr connected with that part of th" country where the trade was carried on, or of ani. Member interested in the trade itself.---(llear.) 11 mentioned this because it affinded a justification /In re-opening the question of duty iemmedistely afters had been decided by the House of Commons. ° it the very day afier the passing of the Bill, reere sentations were made on the subject ,by the paste's whose interests were at stake. lie would ps"Pl se the removal of the export duty on cement sweet, As to another part of the question, with regard to ' l l interval between the present period and the passing' the amendment Bill, he wished to explain that at pro sent it would be u n d es i ra bl e to i nterrupt t h e tra d e . It% cslatimity which befel Hemburgh had occasiolvd greater demand fer cement stone, and large quantitisS it were ready fur export in the pert of llarwl They had, thereaTe, anticip gg ated the suggestion of th e Right Hon. Gentlem a n, an d he would now mese thss the House resolve itself into a Committee of the mO tle , House ; and would, with it s p erm i ss i on , now nose, "f a general resolutios, " That leave be given to.briill' a Bill to amend the law relating to the Customs Act.' On the question being put, - Mr. HUME wished to Item from the Right g,;: Gentleman, the Chancellor of th e E xc h eque r, 'll e was the . ,amount of gold and silver coin issued by Mint since. the issuing of the proclam a ti on . -I;ed The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER: o i s'y (as we understood) the H o n o urable M em b er to r• his question. Mr. HUME consented. tlr Mr. B. WOOD suggested to the Right Hon. Ge e man, the Vice-Pre,ident of the Board of Trade, the pedieney of including China plate with cement stone• ets Mr. GLADSTONE said that when the house into Committee the lion. Gentleman could make a p t l l position to that effect, but he (Mr. Gl a d s t one ) w! give it his opposition, the House having already sol e a decision on the subject. The House then went into Committee. Mr. LABOUSI saa , I ERE would warn the Right 4 , Gentleman against the re-opening of thi s es t i ,' ,d He would rifer hint to the eonsequences which tt resulted to Sicily from their having imposed an 01' 1 ,4 duty on sulphur, Mines of sulphur had been diseol iis in fr,•land. He knew of a very respectable house in gi d go w employed in the Ili anufact ure ,if chemicals, and the iirm said to him (Mr. Labout•here) it was now intention to take half - their sulphur irom half from Sicily. s • Lord HOWICK expressed his entire concurrel what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman. ions argument particularly appli, d t o th e recent ly ittire export duty on coals. The effsct of that had heels *diminish the employment of lab o ur in th e co lli er ies iti'; district, already suffering severe distress. re o After-a few words from Mr. B. WOOD, the lion was agreed to, And reported to the House. ; s 4 ' Leave was then given to bring i n th e Bill. ",t - i• CAPTAIN 'WARNERS INVENTION. Sir F. BURDETT gave notice of his i n t e ntione ,, ,i Monday, to bring forward the case of Capt. WarnerS' . GOLD COINAGE. On the motion for going into Committee of-supPWsi Mr. CHARLES WOOD said he had given note his intention to put a question to the Ti—t. Lord e t ,' Treasury, upon going into C o mmi.te e Ifis ky,cono ws hug the gold coinage ; but, as th e Ri g ht h et: . 3eronetse absent, perhaps theChaneell o r of th e E xc h equer wouldgo, him tin answer. It was a subject of considcrables' i e portance to the country. It would not be necessagS , call to the recollection of the House .the late r„il clamation concerning the coinage, lie tbouti a the Government pursued a right course, but h i e i s ? lieved that a great portion of the alarm and occasioned by it had been caused by suddenness of the act. He (Mr. Wood) did not what was the state of the law previous to the year 0 0 but, since that period a law had been passed dech' s k that all persons had power to cut and _deface ;4 gold. In consequence of th a t a proclamation was as o, in 1776. declaring the weight of a guinea. The e °o o (pence of this was that there were veil , a 4 light guineas in circulation, as the moment were tendered they were marked. hi the yes s r sa s no - less titan 17,000,000/. were taken to the Bank 0 1 land, - At the present time, the state of the law mot e s rightly understood. Ile did n o t kn ow if the Act had ' s ) repealed empowering persons to d e face and cut the tm: s coin. The question he wish e d t o put was; w hether in the power of any person at the pr e sent time to entsfset coin,and if there was any doubt on the subject, wh'i'ne the Government was prepared to - pass an Act elnelif ing persons so to do. It would certaiuly have effect of keeping coin the proper %%eight. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 5111 5 0/ perfectly agreed with the Hon. Gentleman that such was necessary, but there was a difference of opinion ' o pt the existing law. Th ere were two A cts p asse d, the e 6 in 1773, the other in 1774, the former eniP°" s le persons to cut an d d e f ace co i n re d uce d in The other Act was for enabling persons t ° coin which was counterfeit. This last Act we' fle pealed by the 4th Will. IV., excepting one clause• could not give the Hon. Gentleman an answer, • 45 0 -e subject was under the consideration of those wbC ) enabled to fornt an opinion on the subject. DISTRESS. i t r ' i Mr. M. GIBSON said, that as the Right g ° able Baronet was not in his place, he should e o et pone his moti o n re l a ti ve to t h e s h op k eepers o f Maack, ,of to . another day, but be would take the libeNa' potting a question to the Chancellor of th e , tim e chequer. They continued t o rece i ve frell's the maneacturing diAriets most alarming accounts 7 distress. Everyday brought fresh inform at ion ° lt; distress increasing, and he wished to ask the Bigl' t 1 3 0 0 nouroble Gentleman whether the Goverumen t siJ received confirmatory statements. He 'ho die also :take - that opportunity of saying the' deli' greatest diseppeintment was telt at the speeche s vered by the Government on the motion of hi" s ir nourahle Friend the Member for Wolverh", ton with reference to the distress :of time c o try. The speeches contained little leas than :1 0 % expressions of hope that the goodness of time cui i harvest would restore th e p ros p er ity o f the coWde lie wished to ask whether time Government coeti nu receive fresh evidence of the distress of the email o i3 The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUEI i ; 'hat he had been call e d ou t o f t eam as soon as I, o d , merit was up last night, and he had but j us t ret tt ., therefore he could not give the Honourable Gent" - an answer. t 0 : 0 Mr. MARK PHILIPS wished to ask w hether' 0 , 4 likely that a large quantity o f corn wou ld come tbro,flJ Malta to this country ; and, if so, whether such " be admitted free of duty ? lorg e Mr. GLADSTONE said he did not know if fi •lb quantity of wheat would come to this country t"''eF Malta, hut if it did it would be treated as tbreigil MEDICAL CHARITIES BILL. oate Mr. VESEY wished to ask the Noble Lord orrdpi whether it was his intention to press the second 1.0 of this Bill this session. Lord ELIOT said he had no desire to press the,, with too great haste, at th e same t i me h e thought tt desirable the Bill should pass it as soon as possible' SUPPLY. The House then went into Committee of 514 ' Mr. GREENE in the Chair. t r The first vote proposed was that of 84,0001. vi• i f f v pensation to persons fimmerly employed in pisWie Mr. WILLIAMS thought th a t i n m an y instelo'fM superannuation allowances were much t oo gre at. 1' s\ was one, the second o n th e li, t , a p erson w h o hat la a year when ill service ; he re t ir e d in t h e fifty- 14 or year of his age, and th e f o rty-fi rs t o f hi s a e rvict• s o l ' his superannuation salary was 4001. He (Mr. sel hiatus) would recommend that . there 'should b 0 superannuated fund, t o which ever, public officer s ss a i l'' be coinpelled to contribute in proportion la the of his salary, and that fund, and that alone, shoei;/" the only superannuation fund to which they oug look when they became too old for service. Sir GEORGE CLERK su pp or t e d time vote, an' . iso si cated the manner in which the superannuation, r were disposed of. Mr. HUME stated that the v o t e requ i re d thi'„ ). lo : . ,"' was higher than it had b ee n o n a ny p rev i ou s °c c :6 It was a grant which g ot l arge r an d l arger e ver) s l ; ‘ , He thought the plan of superannuation defect*- ifi h suggested that th e s ubj ec t s h ou ld b e tahe t ',. consideration by the Government before next ye' t a tiers the view of putting some limitations to superan s ,fl e i i The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUP` dint the amount was required. a After a short conversation, the vote w as ngree The next vote was a sum not exc ee di ng 7,0001. Odocoi, her Nlajesty to gra n t a ll owances t o th e widows. of nava l ii oP e emigrants, Americ a n l o y a li s t s , an d et h ers w h o w e r e C s soo l on her Majesty' s liberality.—The vote was agreed to si ft conversational discussion. The following votes were agreed to without discils' ° ,; a l 1,8.50/. to defray th e ex p enses , etc., of the iNst'' o f eine Institution. Be fo e. 3,000/ for the expen ses o f th e I ns tit u ti on f or the the Destitute. e ifti' c s 3,57'2/. `r the expense of the Criminal Lu n atic 11°- Vte'' 3,800/. *allowances to Protestant Dissenters, po O t otht r refugees, and others The next vote proposed was 39,200/. fur foreir secret services. 4,l- t it Mr. WILLIAMS objected to that part of it 10-01 to be applied m the Home s erv i ce , on the go__l!_‘, ele• d oe; could only be applied in paying spi e s t o watch the ryhe would take the sense of the House on the sulject• a eo n It Member then proposed as an amendment, -1,100, th e t l i l 19,2004 should he granted as secret service money , ne e, should be applied solely on the Foreign service. • , 0 ago, Mr. HUME said he objected to any money being e , of ,)1S The money was distributed amongst the secretat'Les t ho o to who were bound by their oaths to a;-ply it as w o J e ot - 0 710 best. He considered that a Representative Covert' r ed to have nothing in secret, nothing which it was n ot P lid lay before the public. the rote Sir J. ORA HA Al said he did not intend Ura n e of th e Lord, or impoliey of having c secret fund at the disp osa of ife ( b ire vernment; but he believed the N o ble Lord 00 . t h a t Ca Paltrier,ten) would bear him out in t he stati , ai d Po' was business in the Foreign Department sshioh i o cell' conducted without such a prevision. ijor Lord PALNIERSION agreed with the B'e 0 ,, leg r i a to dental' that tome of this money was apehe' s i prel''„` - s y at p ose , With regard to the Foreign service, o f 01° - say that it could not be carried on without a ""' Y s*3s the (lisped of the Secrete'ry of State. f roon r o i ero Dr. BOW RING said, that if no porticn 0 _ :sea t est wanted for the Home Depattment, he was was no reduction in the amount of money v as Sir J. GRAHANI said there was a re ttuctiot? i woe,' as , Mr. WILLIAMS poseslad that none of s be eeve lt ss ad spent for election porp He did net hin!Sl o ' n. fie SP tut there were others wh, held a different offlni - divide he Commi , tee on the„eared The t Cemmittee then divt ,ed, t w hen-there aPI l3' ......... . ... .111 For the amendment • ; ... • 6 ...... Agaimt it ................. ............... ;; .. Majority for the v0te.....•• ••-•" .. . The vote was the n agreed to. r p " • ' PROTECTION Or HER MAJES TY 490 0, On our return to the gallery, we found 4.44-61041•EY ownsi-thet 143"411"m"" , Ith qtr ."1101 to It