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out some hope that by repentance you will escape that more dreadful fate in a future world which the human mind can hardly bear to con t emp l a t e . Hi s L or d s hip then passed upon him the awful sentence of the law. William Burchell was indicted for unlawfully cutting and wounding Jesse Heal, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm, at Wootton Basset. Jesse Heal—l was in my yard, against the Black Horse. The prisoner was there : he went away, and I went to the Greyhound, and there I found the prisoner : it was about 12 o'clock in the day. Prisoner asked me if I would (lance. I agreed to do so, and paid a penny to be given to the fiddler. He then wanted to lay me ss. he would pick out a better set to dance at the Black Horse. I would not bet with him. My wife said, she thought they could pick out a better set. She began to argue, and I said to her, " Mary, if thou doesn't go out of doors, I'll hit you out." The pri soner then knocked me down. I got up, and he knocked me down again. I gave the prisoner two or three blows, and he went away. I stayed there about 15 minutes after, and then my wife and I went down the street, when the prisoner met me, and I said, " How came you to strike me, I did not strike you :" before the words were out of my mouth an edge tool came across my forehead, and another blow came on my head, and another on my jaw, and another cut me across the hip, it cut the skin. I said to same per sons near, " For God's sake take the knife from him, or he'll kill me ;" he then stabbed me in both arms. Cross-examined by Mr.. SmITH—I had my hand up to strike my wife before the prisoner struck me. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.—Death recorded. Richard Wells was indicted for maliciously setting fire to three barns, and other property, of Richard Hayward, at Chirton, on the 22d of April. Mr. BINGHAM conducted the prosecution. Richard Hayward.—l live at Chirton, some distance from the homestead. 'Was overseer of the poor in April last. I raid the paupers at the church on the 22d of April. The prisoner received some relief that day for work he had done. By mistake I paid him Is. short. I was alarmed by a fire on the morning of the 23d of April ; three barns, two stables, six horses, and two pigs were burnt, and 30 sacks of wheat, five sacks of vetches, three quarters of barley, and six cottages in the village, were also burnt. John Romaine.—l know the prisoner. I worked with him in April last ; he went to receive his pay on the 22d of April. After he came from church, Thomas Box asked him how he got on. He said he had been at work a week, and Mr. Hayward had paid him 75., and that when he went to church his parish pay was deducted, and that he might as well do nothing. He threw his spade on his shoulder, and said he would be —if he'd do anything more that day. Richard Vaux—Wells was at my house on the night of the fire ; he came about ten o'clock, and stayed about three-quarters of an hour. He then went away ;he came back again in about an hour. While he was away, we heard the noise of a dog barking violently. When Wells came back, he said his feet were cold. Directly after he came in we heard a terrible noise, and we looked out and saw the fire. Vincent Edwards—l saw Richard W ells the morning after the fire. Sainsbury said, " What a bad job ; where will the poor souls get ?" Wells said, "At Halifax, or where they can get ; they bringitim themselves, don't they ? Yesterday was our pay-day, and they docked some of our money, and to-day they are going to have a vestry to billet us where they like, and who can stand that? It serves them right ; and that you know, if you speak the right of your mind." _ _ Lord DENMAN having summed up, the jury acquitted the prisoner. MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS OF DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Establishment was held on Saturday in the Saloon, when Mr. Robins was called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN lamented the absence of the Earl of Glen gall, who, he said, was very willingly absent, as he had recently become a Benedick, and had gone to enjoy the honeymoon on the Continent ; and probably, when he next attended their Meeting, there would be in existence a young representative of his family, who might hereafter occupy the chair which his father had so ably filled. His Lordship, however, had not been unmindful of their interests, which he had materially for warded. With respect to the business on which they had assembled, he would reserve his observations on that topic until after the reading of the Report. The TREASURER then read the Report, which stated that a lease of the theatre had been granted for a term of six years, determinable at the end of three years, at the option of the lessee, and that the annual rent of 8,0001. had been regularly paid up. The union of the two establishments had answered fully the expectations of the projectors of that arrangement. The charge of monopoly had been refuted by the energy and impartiality of the present management, and the extensive out lay on the various novelties which had been produced, afforded the best proof that the entertainment of the public had not been disregarded, while a just liberality to the profession had been exercised. The ground landlord and other claims, amounting to 5,9391. 18s. ld., had been discharged, as had also the renters' due of ls. 3d. per night, amounting to 3,5621. 10s. The bondholders' debt of 6,7771. was to be reduced by the immediate payment of 25 per cent. There was a balance of 1,9981. 2s. 5d., which, when applied with the assets, would reduce the debt of the theatre to 4,1551. 9s. 6d. Mr. GREGORY, the auditor, said that the account was sub stantially correct. As he was the auditor to remain in for the ensuing year, he wished for an efficient colleague. Major NAYLOR inquired if the renters were entitled to re ceive the full amount for 200 nights, whether the performances extended for that length of time or not. The CHAIRMAN answered in the negative. Mr. CABBALL then moved that the report be received. He disapproved of the junction of the two theatres, and contended that, on public principle, it was most injurious to the security and permanency of the patent houses. However successful on the present occasion, the chances were, that such fortune would be of a transitory nature.—The motion was carried. On the motion of the Chairman, Major Naylor was appointed joint auditor with Mr. Gregory. The following gentlemen were then re-appointed the gene ral committee for the year ensuing :—Sir W. W. Wynn, W. Lindley, Esq., Sir E. Codrington, John Ramsbottom, Esq., Sir John Sloane, and the Marquis of Hertford. The sub committee was also re-appointed, with the addition of Captain Spencer, in the room of Richard Wilson, Esq., deceased. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting on the success which had attended their efforts in getting rid of Lord Clan ricarde's dramatic bill. " There are many," he continued, " who imagine that we, the monopolists, as we are called, wish to ruin and prevent any other theatres from existing. I re member, when very young, that we had only, beside these large theatres, the Lyceum, Sadler's Wells, and Astley's. It was then said that there were no fewer than fourteen theatres in Paris, and now we have seventeen theatres in London." That bill actually went to the extent to enact, that by giving three months' notice to a Magistrate, a theatre might be•built in any part of London, and this in the face of seventeen theatres actually existing. And mind, the Magistrate had no discretion, but must, whether he would or not, grant the per mission required. There were now seven theatres more than could be supported. If this bill had passed, what would be the state of London seven years hence ? There would be a theatre in every street. Had this law existed would the ge nius of a Mrs. Siddons, or a John Kemble, have blazed in the dramatic hemisphere ? With respect to the junction of the theatres, so long as they had been distinct, both had been going to leeward. Captain Polhill had lost a frightful sum by engaging in the competition. After dwelling on the pro priety of abolishing the " star" system, he proceeded to say that Mr. Bunn's conduct was entitled to the highest praise, for though in some degree a sufferer, he had behaved in the most handsome manner. In conclusion, he rejoiced that the fundholders would be paid after the rate of 25 per cent., and that Drury-lane would remain only 4,1001. in debt. Captain SPENCER said a few words in condemnation of Lord Clanricarde's bill, and, after a vote of thanks to the Chair man, the meeting adjourned. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday week, Sarah Tay lor, the wife of John Taylor, was weaving in Mr. James Ken worthy's mills, Ashton-under-Line, and was laughing with her husband, whose loom was next to her's, when he perceived her turn pale, and he caught her in his arms as she was falling to the ground; she was immediately carried into a neighbour ing cottage, and a surgeon was sent for, but before he arrived she had expired. On examining the place where she had stood at her loom, a quantity of coagulated blood was found, and it wa s ascertained that she had ruptured a bloodvessel in the in step of the right foot, and had actually bled to death without being aware of the rupture. The unfortunate woman was en ceinte, and about three weeks from the time of her confine ment.• Mr. Nutter held an inquest over the body on Monday, the 7th instant ; and the jury returned a verdict—" Died from rupturing a bloodvessel in the foot. "—Stockport Advertiser. FEMALES WANTED IN TIIE WEST.—A gentleman who writes from Galena, says :—" The number of males in proportion to females on the frontiers, is at least two to one ; and girls of fifteen ( I might say twelve) or widows of fifty, are alike snapped up with avidity by the disconsolate bachelors. In the mines a few years since, their eyes were so seldom cheered with the sight of the better part of the creation, that I was told by a borderer ' he travelled twenty miles, only to get a look at a petticoat, when it was rumoured that there was actually one in the neighbourhood.' " In a ll the new States virtuous female s are wanted by the male population, thousands of whom live in a state of " single blessedness" from sheer necessity. The old maxim that, " every Jack has his Gill" is not considered sound among t h em. I s there no way to fur nish these men with wives from the superabundant stock in the north How would it do for Congress to grant 100 acres of land to every unmarried female who should emigrate to the west, both maidens and widows ? Would not the country be eventually benefitted by a measure of this kind ? We think it would. In some parts of New England there are farmers who have eight or ten daughters, and apparently nothing to feed them with but acorns. These folks would thrive in the western country, if they could only once get there. If we mistake not, the excess of females, from 10 to 20 years of age, over the males of the same age, in Massachusets alone, is several thousands.—Boston Commercial Gazette. PRICES OF STOCKS THU Bank Stock 2l B l/, IS 3 per Cent. Red. 9lzYcA 3 per Cent. Cons 90 304% 3!8 per Cent Ditto Red. %TA% New 3j4 per Cent. 9B ssented 99 34% 4 per Cent. [ A Dissented IOI%IA Rank Long An nuitiesto expi re Jan. 3, 1860 17 5 16 IA Oct. 10, 18.59 Jan. 5, 1860 16 15-16 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds lol% 2t Belgian Bonds 9 3 34 Ditto Account 9311 Brazilian Bonds 79 Ditto Account 79 4 9 Buenos Ayres Bonds 93 , :, 3 Ditto Account a3 Chillian Bonds 314 Ditto Account 3l Columbian Bonds 2.9!.; Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, IS:21 '.29 ! ,, Ditto Account 3O Danish Bonds 75 Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1525 33% Ditto Account -- Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 3 4 14 Ditto Account 3414 Ditto, per cent. 421. Ditto Account 43 Neapolitan 9434 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent India Stock 266 65 Ditto Bonds • 21 pm. South Sea Stock 192% Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1151 — Exch. Bills, £1,000......50 51 49 pm. Ditto 500 50 51 49 pm. Ditto Small 5l 48 pm. Ditto Commercial — Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank Stock for Account India Stock for Account ,6616 Consols for Account 92%1% THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account ......... 261 i Portuguese Bonds Ditt - o Account Ditto New - Bonds 8514 5 1 4 5 Ditto Account 85 34', Prussian Bonds, - lt .1 Ditto Bonds, IB2‘ , lOl Russian Bonds, 13" Ditto Account --• F'6l4 Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds 1.2 1 IN 1%51 Ditto Account ..,4214 134 24, 1 3 4 Ditto Bonds, 1333 3B 7 Ditto Account 3B 7 French, 5 per cent.... 1061. —c, 4 per cent —c 3 per cent. —l —c E;cchange 2sf. 10c. Dutch, 9. , ,4 per cent. 5 1 %1 ,<)% Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent ' PSIA Ditto - Ac . count PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, Alten Mining Company £9 12 1 4 Anglo Mexican Mining Company (iss. at 51. pm.) MU 7'a Bolanos Mining Company l5O 120 Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (issued at 51. pm.) 20 32 1 Ditto Macaubas Cocaei 2O 21 Ditto Scrip lO 11 Ditto St. John del Rey Cata Branca Mining Company . 4',c z 8 .L 7 % British Iron Company 5O 3d British Copper Comp,ny . English Mining Company l2g, 22 4 Hibernian Mining Company lO 3 4 14 Mexican Mining Company 6 5) 6 ,Real del Monte Mining Co., Registered 63/. 10s. 6d. Ditto Unregistered 351 - 6 United Mexican (issued at 2/. pm.) Ditto Subscription Ditto New Scrip . London and Birmingham Railway Company l5 London and Greenwich Railway Company 7 Australasia Bank lO Canada Company llii General Steam Navigation Company l3 National Provincial Bank of England Provincial Bank of Ireland Van Dieman's Land• Agricultural Company lO PRICES OF IRISH STO, 'KS, DUBLIN, JULY 18. 9 1 4 1 4 15 sq 14% 14 49V, mw 133 i 3 per Cent. Censols - Grand Canal Deb,. ti per cent. 91% Ditto Reduced 311 k C ent. per Stock 9B 1-ernianpank_ Nit() New, 1830 flk.; per Cent. Debentures — National Insurance Company ' 25 Bank Stock — City Debentures, 4 per cent... Royal Canal Stock — Ballast Office Debentures, 4 Grand Canal Stock — per cent. MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 2 France 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Brazil 0 1 Guern. &Jersey 0 (1 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Carthagena 0 I Holland 2 Dublin 0 0 Jamaica 0 I Sweden 0 1 Flanders HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 33 minutes after 3. Morning 17 minutes after 3. Evening GLASGOW IMPROVEMENT LOTTERY. Cooper's Hall, Basinghall-street, July 21, 1834. NOTICE is hereby given, that by Order of the Com missioners appointed by Act of Parliament for Opening a Street from the Cross of Glasgow to Monteith-row, and for di recting and managing the DRAWING OF THE LOTTERY, relating to the property in and adjoining the said street, the Draw ing of the said Lottery is postponed to THURSDAY, the twenty eighth Day of August next. "g l R,$ si"t= ' 41 4 3)_re I°A LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1834, The Poor Laws' Amendment Bill is to be read a second time this evening in the Lords, and the Coer cion Bill in the Commons. It is confidently expected that both will pass rapidly through their remaining stages, notwithstanding the factious, but bootless, opposition of certain disappointed parties. Ministers have only to act firmly to obtain the support of all good men ; and we feel assured that they will carry through such measures as they deem beneficial to the great interests of the country, regardless of faction on the one hand, and " mortified vanity" on the other. Mr. O'CONNELL has given notice of an amend ment, which stands for this evening, on the House going into Committee on the Irish Tithe Bill, to the effect that any funds raised in lieu of tithes, after pro viding for the Protestant clergy, shall be appropriated in such manner as Parliament shall direct. He would act a much more candid part if he were to state distinctly what his object is, and without any manoeuvring or quib bling, move at once that these funds, or part of them, shall be applied to the payment of the Irish Catholic clergy. This would be a tangible practical measure, whereas the other would only affirm an abstract proposition, on which the majority of the House have made up their minds, and about which there could be no doubt whenever they are called on to carry it into effect. As a matter of justice and policy, there can hardly be a difference of opinion on this question.--Even one of the stanchest friends of the Protestant Church, and he determined opponent of Catholic Emancipation, the Duke of RICHMOND, has expressed his opinion of the expediency and justice of such a measure, and but for the outcry that would be raised by certain of the Tories, and re-echoed by the bigotted portion of the community, against such a proposition on the part of the Government, we verily believe they would at once carry it into effect. It, however, has only to be fairly stated and canvassed, in order to meet the approbation of every impartial and thinking mind. Let it be brought forward in season and out of season —let the public attention be kept alive on the sub ject, and in a short time the necessity and justice of the measure, will overcome all scruples of con science, and all the rancour of political hostility. In Great Britain, in France, in Switzerland, and we be- lieve in every country where the clergy are paid by the State, or out of church property, the principle is re cognized and acted upon. Ireland is the only excep tion to the general rule, and Ireland, as might have been expected, is ever discontented. The sys tem of upholding a Protestant church in a country where only one in fourteen belongs to that church, has had the most baneful effects on the minds of the people—it has encouraged the most vio lent hostility between the two sects, and hos- tility, too, to British Government, and while it remains, will rob of half its value every measure, however beneficial and just, which the legislature may pass for the pacification of that country. How can it be otherwise, when we consider the poverty of the people, and the enormous sum, as compared with their means, which they have to raise as a provision for the Catholic clergy ? The country contains 2,436 parishes, and if we reckon the number of Catholic priests at 2,000 (which we believe is under the mark), with an average income of 1001. a year each, we have no less than 200,0001. a year levied on the Catholics for the main tenance of their clergy. A great part of this falls on the poorer classes, and at every baptism, marriage, or funeral, the payments which they are compelled to make for the performance of religious rites, naturally excites and keeps alive hostility to the dominant church and to the Government that protects it. We advocate such a measure, not from any regard for the Catholic religion, but because we are firmly convinced that in place of increasing, it would diminish its influence, and above all, because it would contribute more than all other measures together to restore peace to Ireland, and cement the Union of the two countries. There is no parallel between the Dissenters of England and the Catholics of Ireland on this point. The Dissenters are divided into a hundred different sects—they are constantly varying and never had any claim on Church property. The Catholics form one undivided body, and at one time possessed the tithes for the very reason that pro vision should be made for the Catholic clergy of Ireland now, because they formed the great majority of the people. If there were as many Catholics in Great Britain as Dissenters, does any one suppose for a moment that they would not in one Session make good their claims ? Mr. E. STANLEY, the liberal Member for Cheshire, is appointed Under Secretary of State for the Home Department in place of Lord Ho WICK, who has re signed. This is an excellent appointment. The following is the Irish Coercion Bill brought into the Commons by Lord ALTHORP on Friday night. It will be seen that it is greatly modified. "We sincerely trust, however, that in consequence of the liberal policy to be pursued by Government there will be no future occasion for any more Coercion Bills for Ireland : A RILL TO CONTINUE, UNDER CERTAIN MODIFCATIONS, FOR A LIMITED TIME, AN ACT OF THE THIRD YEAR OF HIS PRESENT MAJESTY, FOR THE MORE EFFECTUAL SUPPRESSION OF LOCAL DISTURBANCES AND DANGEROUS ASSOCIATIONS IN IRELAND. [Note.—The Words printed in italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.] Whereas an Act was passed in the third year of his present Majesty, intituled, " An Act for the more effectual Suppression of Local Disturbances and dangerous Associations in Ireland," which said recited Act was to continue in force until the first clay of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four : And whereas it is expedient that the said recited Act should, under certain modifications, be further continued for one year ; Be it therefore enacted, by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and tem poral, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that the said recited Act, except such parts thereof as are hereby repealed, shall be and the same is hereby further continued, and shall be in force until the first day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. And whereas the said recited Act contains certain enactments and provisions to authorize the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland to prohibit or suppress the meet ing of any association, assembly or body of persons in Ireland, which he or they shall deem to be dangerous to the public peace or safety, or inconsistent with the due administration of the law, and to prohibit any adjourned, renewed, or otherwise continued meeting of the same or any part thereof, and touching the suppression and dispersion of any such meeting, and the punishment of persons pre sent thereat, and certain other enactments and provisions to autho rize the holding of Courtsmartial, and for constituting and appoint ing such Courtsmartial, and for the trial of certain persons before such Courtsmartial, and for regulating the proceedings of such Courtsmartial, and for carrying into execution the sentences of such Courtsmartial: and whereas it is expedient that all such enactments and provisions in the said recited Act should be repealed ; be it further enacted, that all such enactments and provisions in the said recited Act be and the same are hereby repealed. The Asia, 84 ; Donegal, 78, and Alfred, 52, are all to be re-commissioned. Sir WILLIAM MONTAGUE will have the first, Sir Lucius CUItTIs the second, and Captain PEYTON the third. We:have received Paris papers of Saturday, together with private communications on the present aspect of affairs in Spain. The changes which have taken place in the French cabinet, by the resignation of Marshal SOULT, who has been succeeded as Minister of War by Marshal GERARD, have caused a good deal of .onjecture as to the real cause of such a proceeding ; for the French public seem to think that ill health (the ostensible motive) had little to do with the affair. We believe that the upshot of the break-up was, that the Ex-Minister SOULT—a brave, but obstinate, proud man—saw that there was no hope of coming to any terms with his colleagues on the subject of a standing army. Rumour states that SOULT hail declared a standing army of 400,000 effective men, necessary for the protection of France ; and that rather than yield to the remonstrances of his colleagues, who endeavoured to persuade him that the Chambers would never agree to such a proposition, he resigned. Marshal GERARD is a brave officer ; but whether he possesses the same talents for public business as his predecessor, is yet uncertain. M. JAUGE the banker has been committed for trial, and, from what has transpired since last Thurs day, we are led to think that he stands in a very dan gerous position. His examination took place before the Juge Instruction, by whom his offence was stated as coming under several articles of the Penal Code. If it can be shown that his intention in raising the loan in favour of the-Usurper CARLOS, was to embroil France in a war with any foreign power, he will un doubtedly suffer death. In Spain all is - consternation, conjecture, and un certainty. Don CARLOS, whose arrival there is still a mystery, is adopting every means in his power to involve the kingdom in a state of civil war. Should he reach Madrid before the Cortes shall have assembled —which we are glad to hear is all but impossible — there is every reason to fear that much blood may be shed, and that the peace. of Spain may be seriously disturbed. rut the assembling of the Cortes, who are pledged to support the QUEEN'S Government, and who are themselves men of liberal principles, will quickly dispel the delusive dreams of the Royal auto maton of the Holy Alliance. We have heard on good authority, that the cause of Don CARLOS'S speedy departure from London, was the return of a courier from*Vienna, who, in answer to a message from the royal exile to the heads of the Holy Alliance, brought back the assurance of these despots, that they would recognize him as King of Spain, on his appearance in that country. We do not know of ourselves whether this is quite correct, but we believe it to be mainly so. We have long suspected the design of .these despots was to keep alive the dissensions in Portugal and Sp a i n , i n or d er to amuse France and England, whil s t they, unper ceived, were working the downfall of our Eastern allies, and reducing to an Austrian province the federal states of Switzerland. Should they succeed in kindling the flames of civil war in Spain, they expect to effect their fell purposes without encountering the gleam of a hostile sword-blade ; as the outcry so near home would ring too loudly in the ears of the Courts of Ver sailles and St. James's, to allow them to mark groans wafted from the banks of the Bosphorus. But though it would have been contrary to the laws of England to have seized Don CARLOS, when in this country, or even to have put any restraint on his movements ; the assem bled Sovereigns at Vienna will find that England and France see through their machinations, and will defeat them. The members of the Quadripartite Alliance will not suffer the liberties of Spain to be trampled upon ; and we—as one of them—are bound promptly to inter fere, and put an end to the unnatural and sanguinary struggle. We know the difficulties that the British Go vernment has hitherto had to contend with, owing to the under-plottings of the Duke of WELLINGTON and the Tories ; but a great part of that is removed, now that the country no longer dreads a war, if necessary to the support of liberal principles abroad. W e may love peace ; but we are not to cherish it at the ex pense of honour. We are happy to see that the appearance of. the British flag in the Mediterranean: has not been without its proper effect on the Northern Powers ; and" the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1834. country may take our assurance, that the best way to maintain peace is to be in no dread of war. Among the many reforms in the legislative, judicial, ecclesiastical, and municipal branches of the govern ment of this country, which have been recommended to the adoption of the present Parliament, we know of few more important, and from the neglect of which greater evil arises, than the present form of carrying on the affairs of the nation in the House of Commons. Day after day have we: beheld with astonishment the votes of proceedings of filo t assembly ; and week after week have we waited in vain for the announcement of some plan of conducting public business worthy of a British Senate in the :nineteenth century. Under the old Tory regime the midnight sittings—the whippings-in-- the passing of Acts to explain Acts—the whole mystery of local. legislation—including of course, the system of road-making, bridge-building, draining, and improving private estates at the expense of the coun ties in which they were situated—were altogether of a piece—entirely consistent with the principles of the Government. But now that the country has exploded these principles, how does it happen that the House has not yet purified itself from any of the outward signs by which they were wont to be known ? Do the sages of Great Britain, like those of Greece in the days of A.AIPHYCTYON, imagine that the inspira tions of MI Nt!avA are strongest at midnight.? Or do they think that the work of Legislation differs from all others, in being best performed with leaden eyelids ? We should be sorry to speak disrespectfully of the House of Commons, but with all due deference to that branch of the L egislature, we ask the Members them selves, have they not witnessed exhibitions in their Legislative capacity, in which wine had assumed the reins of reason in the room of wisdom ? Even while sitting in St. Stephen's Chapel, have they not some times blushed for aberrations of mind, which showed plainly enough that a Tory's cellar is a no less potent . perverter of the judgment than a Tory's argument ? And if we reflect on the former habits of these gentlemen _if we come to :inquire the way in which the majority of the Members of the House of Commons lived previous to their being elected Legislators—if we consider that many of them are men of great wealth, and large here ditary possessions, who rode hard in the morning, and it may be, drank hard at night—we cannot wonder that midnight should find them inquiring how a second mace came to be laid on the table, and whence the SPEAKER procured a duplicate of his senatorial head dress. But leaving the question of midnight sittings, till we come again to treat of the subject in detail, we beg to call the attention of the House of Commons to the absurd practice of multiplying Acts of Parliament, according to the custom that has prevailed in Eng land since the accession of the House of Brunswick. Already do the statutes of the realm exceed 200 large volumes ! and yet the number is not great, when we consider that upwards of 11,000 Acts of Parliament have been passed within the last thirty-three years ! Now, great, and various, and complicated as are, and have been, the affairs of this country, is there any per son who will deny that they might not have been as well, if not better managed, had one-tenth of this number of Acts never appeared on the order-book ? Why is the preposterous custom of passing Acts to ex plain and amend Acts still continued? If an Act of Parliament is found to be so framed as to require legislative explanation or amendment, let it be repealed in toto, and its name erased, so that the country may not be misguided by it, and let whatever is good in it, with the required amendment, be embodied in a statute which shall have no reference to any other. As the law at present stands, there is no turning either to the right hand or the left, without being caught in the meshes of some obsolete statute, for the explanation and amendment of which, hundreds of Acts have been passed, but which the Legislature never had the good sense to repeal. If the reconstruction of the Cabinet be, as we trust it is, the dawn of a brighter era in the annals of this country, we would intreat the House of Commons to hail it by doing something to reform the mode of con ducting the public proceedings of their own assembly. Let them begin,—not by resolutions ending in smoke,— but by the appointing of a commission to guide them in repealing all obsolete statutes, and in consolidating all amended and amending Acts of the Legis lature, of whatever date. Let them not be deterred by the arduousness of this task. It is their duty to inform the country what are the laws, in order that the people may not transgress them. At present, such is the confusion in this de partment, that men, whose lives are spent in the study of law, find themselves little better off than the seekers for the philosopher's stone. Counsel opposes counsel, and Court annuls the verdict of Court, on the plainest questions--and all in a full conviction of acting ac cording to law. Now, we put it to any man who un derstands the science of Government, is not the conti nuance of such a state of things disgraceful ? Is it just, is it wise, is it politic, is it humane, is it com monly honest—that a great and enlightened nation should be thus beset with legislative spring-guns and man-traps, to escape which knowledge is no guide, and innocence no protection ? We shall take another occasion to speak of the means which ought to be adopted to introduce Bills into Parliament. Nothing can be more absurd than their introduction, before the House is convinced of their necessity, and the nature of their pro visions. There is more time wasted in dis cussing the merits of Bills which are lost, than in arguing the benefits of those which become law. This ought to be otherwise ; and some preliminary steps are necessary to be taken to ascertain the feelings of the House regarding every measure, before its time is taken up with its formal reception. These hints are all we can find space for at present: and as far as they go they embody the opinions of the most intelligent persons w e ever h e ld commun i on with onthe subject of legislative Reform in the House of Commons. TILE ROYAL VISIT TO DUBLIN.—One Of our contemporaries, we perceive, expresses a doubt as to the au thenticity of a statement in this journal concerning the visit of the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria to Dublin, principally, as the paper states, because the matter is not men tioned In the London papers. Notwithstanding the silence of the British press on this subject, our statement is, nevertheless, perfectly correct. Their Royal Highnesses have, undoubtedly, e xpressed their intention to visit Dublin towards the latter end of next month. More we need not say at present.—Dublin Evening Post LORD RANELA GH.—Considerable doubts are en tertained as to the correctness of the statement which described the death of this young nobleman. No official account of his death has been received by his friend s i n E n gland, and it is known that he was alive and in good health at Milan on the Ist instant. --Morning Paper. Keswick continues crowded with strangers, delightful scenery in that vicinity i s now most magnificent.— Kendal Mercury. and the COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) TONES V. POWELL. Mr. Kos was heard for the defendant, and Mr. SOLICITOR GENERAL in reply in this case. The questions were the sub ject of costs and interest upon the sum of 12,0001. found due to the plaintiffs. Upon the arguments being concluded, The LORD CHANCELLOR said that although the in clination of his opinion was to give 4 per cent. interest upon the 12,000/., yet that he would take further time to consider whether it should be 4or 5 per cent. He was also of opinion that the greater part of the costs ought to be paid to the plaintiffs of the various proceedings that had taken place in this long-litigated case ; but upon a part of those costs he would also take further time to consider. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. -(THIS DAY. (Front LLOYD'S.) DEAL, JULY 20.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrived the Griffin, Wright, from the South Seas ; and the Romulus, Fisher, from Jamaica. Arrived from the river, and remain, the London, `Nimble, from Calcutta ; Sarah, Whiteside, from China ; Statesman, Luiller, from Singapore ; and Arme, Tree, from New South Wales. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 19.—Wind W., strong breezes ; 20th, S. W., blowing hard.— Arrived from London, the Penyard Park, Middleton, for Mauritius. 'off port, the Plato, from Havannah ; Vesper, Hunt, from Matanza ; and Washington, —, New York. Pr.vmourn, JULY 18 and 19.—Wind W.—Arrived the St. David, Dale, and Restitution, —, from Quebec; and Royal William, Peak, from Prince Edward's Island. FALMOUTH, JULY 18.—Wind W. N. W. to N. W. ; 19th, W. to W. N. W., fresh gales, an d squally.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Pike, for Oporto and Lisbon. LIVERPOOL, JULY 18.—Sailed the Annandale, Hill, for Bombay. _ _ COWIS, JULY 20.—Arrived the Eugene, Osgood, from Batavia; Sybile, Appling, from Pernambuco; Mareppsa, Honca, Rapid, Lenaw, Mantauzas, Tyneside, and Blackett, from New Orleans, Authorities, Crosby, from Georgetown. PADSTOW, JULY 29.—Arrived the Providence, Pearson, and Ipswich, from Quebec. BRISTOL, JULY 20.—Arrived the Caroline, Smith, from Jamaica ; Victoria, Wilson, from Barbadoes ; Anna, from Quebec, and Augusta, Bartha from Memel. PALERMO, JULY 3.—We hear from Messina that the crew of the Five Sisters have arrived there—that vessel, laden with oil at Gallipoli, having foundered fifty miles off that place. NAPLES, JULY s.—No vessel called the Five Sisters has been loaded at Gallipoli—the Six Sisters, M'lvor, sailed from thence for Liverpool on the 21st of June. SHIELDS, JULY 20.—Arrived the Rebecca, Middleton, from Richebucto ; and Catherine, Tundering, from Copenhagen. ALDBRO', JULY 20.—Arrived off port, the TwO Brothers, Word, from Riga. BELFAST, JULY 19. —Arrivedthe Clio, Dobson, Grace, Fo rest, and Fenwick, Dawson, from Quebec ; Indus, Hunter, from Pugwash ; and Enterprize, Gibbs, f rom L on d on. ABERDEEN, JULY 19.—Arrived the Herald, Goldie, from Savannah. PORTLAND FRITH, JULY 18.—Arrived the Edgar, Dareson, from Miramichi. CARDIFF, JULY 20.—Arrived the Neptune, Bell, from Bordeaux. LIVERPOOL, JULY 20. —Arrived the Aune, Hutchison, from Aricate. Off port, the Nimrod, Atkins, from Savannah. MILFORD, JULY 20. —Arrived the Adelaide, Drams, from Pernambuco. GREENOCK, JULY 19.—Arrived the Isabella, Gardner, from Palermo. DUBLIN, JULY 19.—Arrived the Ann, Porter, from St. An. drew's, New Brunswick. • GUERNSEY, JULY 19.—Arrived the Reward, Guclbert, from Rio Janeiro; Prudentia, Berner, from Marseilles ; and Betsey, Winsott, from Cette. HULL, JULY 20.—Arrived the Victoria, Napier, from Sierra Leone.; Campion, Brewer, from St. John's, N ew B runsw i ck: and Commerce, Pescod, from Memel. LOWESTOFFE, JULY 21.—Arrived the London, Rumbert, for Hamburg. The Norfolk, Raymond, from London to Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales, put into Falmouth on the 18th instant, in consequence of the rudder not acting properly. The Prosperoces, from Swansea to Newhaven, and the Aveon, Phillips, from Newport to Scilly, was stranded at Portreath on Saturday—crews saved. The Orient, White, arrived off Margate from Calcutta, fell in with, on the 11th of June, at daylight, in lat. 100 N. long. 22, 38, the wreck of a vessel a-head, hove to, and sent a boat to it, found it to be a schooner, over her stern, the Mariner, of Liverpool, both masts gone over the starboard side, bowsprit and jib-boom standing, nothing on deck but the bower anchors and the cabbouse, which appeared to have pitched away to the starboard side, small part of the stern and forecastle above water being completely waterlogged, and the sea breaking over her midships. The Kingston, Ferge, from Gibraltar, which put in to Portsmouth on the 29th ult., with damage, has been con demned. The Wandering Man, Cavalnis, from Stranstadt, to Gib raltar, put into Brekkertoe with main-mast sprung. The Eolus, Diedwich, from Cette to Riga, put into Man dal leaky, and must discharge, having struck on the Goodwin Sands. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O' CL O Cr. Madras papers, received at the North and South American Coffee-house to March 2, do not contain any news of con sequence. They state that a deficiency to a large amount has been dis covered in the cash chest of the Sadr Audanted Court. Three persons have been taken up. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 9281 for the Ac count, opened at 928, sellers. Spanish, which left off at 42,1 4, opened at 411 0 42; Portuguese left off at 86.1 86, opened at 851. 86. No arrivals from Lisbon. HALF-PAST ONE. Although there are many persons in the City and at the Stock Exchange who will not credit that Don Carlos is in Spain, we can assure them from high authority that he is in his native land. The letters from Paris assert that it will cause a terrible civil war in that country. Most of the Funds are very heavy. Consols 921 for the Account, with little doing. Spanish during the morning receded to 41, since which has improved to 4lg 4 ; Portuguese 854 Consols for the Account, 92g. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. HUNGERFORD MARKET. —This morning the moment the clock of St. Martin's Church struck five, the wholesale fish market opened for the first time since the com pletion of this noble establishment, which is replete with every accommodation, convenience, and comfort, for the carrying on a large trade in fish to supply the west-end of this immense metropolis and the suburbs, with this delicious and wholesome luxury. Fishing boats had arrived during the night with live turbot, soles, salmon, haddock, John Dories, eels, crabs, lobsters, whiting, and in fact every variety of fish ; the con servators of the market, having entered into regular contracts with the proprietors of fishing boats, in Holland, in Scotland, and in Ireland, exclusively for this market. The throng of purchasers was immense. W e never saw Billingsgate more crowded, but the ingress and egress to the market, occasioned by the number of approaches to it, prevented the slightest con fusion. The fishermen made a grand exhibition of their stock, and the west-end dealers seemed pleased with their ample p4r chases. This noble market, suited to every purpose, will now be brought fairly into play, and as a great public benefit, at the same time breakin g u p a scandalous monopoly, we sincerely wish it success. Th e mar k et itself has been denominated a it giant asleep. The b ust l e an d act i vity i n a ll quarters ofthis morning has destroyed the allusion. We hear that a capital of 60,0001. is absolutely invested for the regular and constant supply of fish. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE..--011 Saturday, as Ann Start, a servant of Mr. Tory, linen-draper, High-street, Exeter, was engaged in cleaning a window in the third story, the wood-work gave way, and she fell forward with it. She first struck against the lead-work of a window on the second floor, then against two open casements on the first floor, next on a latticed sky-light, which was demolished, and thence into the courtlage of the house, the total height being upwards of 36 feet. She was taken up senseless, but in half-an-hour had so far revived, that she was enabled to walk into her master's house ; no bones were broken, nor were the : bruises of any great importance.—Bristol Mercury. THE HARVEST.—The harvest commenced in se veral places yesterday, and, with the exception of the Barley, promises a very abundant crop. The Wheats, in particular, are very fine and forward. In a few days it will become ge neral.--Northampton Free Press. HARVEST.—In several places in this neighbour hood the harvest has already commenced ; and from the pre sent auspicious weather, it will no doubt very soon become go.. neral. Wheat has been reaped in the parishes of Instow and Westleigh.—Cornwall Gazette. A sword fish, the Xiphias Gladius of Linnoeus, sup posed to be nearly 300 pounds weight, was caught in the river Parrett, near Bridgwater, on Sunday last. Thi s fi s h i s found in the Mediterranean and other seas, and is esteemed a high delicacy and greatly prized by the Sicilians. The body is long and rounded, the upper jaw is extremely long, terminat ing in a sharp point, something like a sword, whence its name, but the under one is considerably shorter. It has a pair of fins just above the gills, but no abdominal ones ; the dorsal fin runs nearly the whole length of the body, and the tail is forked something like a crescent. There is a representation of this fish in Pennant's British Zoology, plate No. 68. Bath Herald. On Wednesday last four highly respectable inha bitants of this town, whose united ages amounted to two hun dred and ninety-three years, went to the top of King's Col lege Chapel. They performed the task with comparative ease, and much enjoyed the splendid view from this lofty sum mit, the weather b e i ng remar k a bl y fine.— Cambridge Chronicle. An accident of a painful nature occurred to George Courtenay, Esq., on board his yacht, the Dolphin, on Tuesday, at Cove. The hawser had accidentally encircled one of his legs near the ancle, and having received a sudden drag, it cu t through t o th e b one , tear i ng the flesh in a most frightful manner. The agony which Mr. Courtenay suffered was in tense, but we hope the injury will hot be serious..—Limerick Chronicle. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT/ THIS DAY, MONDAY, JULY 21. 110 USE OF COMMONS. , The SPEAKER to o k th e Ch a i r at a quarter past 12 o'ciocx• Mr. SINCLAIR presented a petition from Collingtul l ' Edinburgh, in support of the Established Church. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from the inha bitants of Petersfield relative to the Trusteeships, of (,charit able Institutions ; one from Coventry-street, St. Martin's- 1 u; the-Fields, in favo ur o f th e H ac k ney Coach Bill 110:A4 one from a public an name d Th omas W allace, who comp l a iur of being deprived of his license by the Surrey Magistrates, in consequence of the removal of his house in the erection of Lul l. * don Bridge. Mr. BEWES presented a petition from Plymouth tela tile ' to Friendly Societies. . Mr. BARBER p resen t e d a pet i t i on from Greenwich lu support of the Established Church. Col. HAY presented a petition from two parishes in Or r deen to the same effect, and one from the merchants, banker : and others, of Elgin, in favo ur o f th e S cotc h Bankruptcy 131- Mr. COBBETT pr e se n t e d p e ti t i ons f rom a f armers ' mee t ` ing at Banbury (Oxford), for the abolition of the malt WI and from the Cartwright Club, in favour of vote by ballot otl i t universal suffrage. The Hon. Member thought the first O of the ref orme d P ar li ament oug h t to h ave b een to erect s monument to the memory o f th a t man w h o f oug h t t h e bet!' , Notedof reform w h en L or d G rey was a b a b y, and before the N o u Lord (the Member for Devon) was born. That reform ha been at last achieved, but one of its earliest and ablest adi e. cates was forgotten..—( Hear.) The Hon. Member also pre sented some petitions from parishes in Limerick and MI praying for th e repea l o f t h e U n i on, and the tota l abo, tion of tithes ; f rom th e N at i ona l U n i on o f the viol'''. ing classes to the same effect ; from the town of Wor e l praying for extend e d P ar li amentary Reform; from the weaver` of Lancashire, complaining of dist ress ; f rom St ra tf or d-upon' Avon prayin g for the removal of all oppressive taxes ; from u e individual in Great Chapel-street, Westminster, complaining of an unlawful seizure by the Sheriff; from Thomas Poynderr of Fulham, praying for the abolition of the window taxes; from Richard Dent, of Durham, against the Sabbath 134 1 , (which was thrown out on Friday last) ; from a pergs; named John Munts, com pl a i n i ng o f h av i ng suffered gre y ` injustice from one of the Magistrates of the county of York , and praying for inquiry into his case; from Edward Jones, CO' merchant, of Westminster, complaining of being put to an a' pense of 2001. in attempting to recover 2s. 6d. ; from the Re' peal Association o f M anc h ester aga i nst t h e P oor Law Ame nd ment Bill;, from a p ar i s h i n Ch ester, compla i n i ng of °I enormous burial fees e xac t e d by c l ergymen ; f rom t h e Political Union of Brentford, praying that the rights of the poor Ina/ be protected, an d P ar li amentary R e f orm extended; from the. Political Union of Maidstone, for the reduction of taxatiu e ' and pra3 ing that the right of voting may not be vested in Pr e ' perty qualification, but in the possession of knowledge integ• rity and honesty ; f rom th e P rotestant D i ssenters of Oldhanit • fora dissoluti on o f th e connex i on b etween Church and Statu; and from Edward Edwa r d s , an officer in the army, praying inquiry into hi s case. , Sir E. CODRINGTON sa id, w i t h respect to t h e pet ition .. presented by th e H on . M em b er f or Oldh am, relat i ve to . the individual who had been deprived of hi s ran k f rom g i v ing A false return of his a ge , h e th oug h t i t was a case o f some 118 7; d; ship ; but, at th e same t i me , h e did not t hi nk that any i u t v " ference in the matter c ou ld now t a k e p l ace . Mr. GILLON p resente d a pet i t i on f rom t h e Merc bant s • and Bankers of Lanark, in favour of the Scotch BankruPt e l, Bill ; also several petitions from Dissenters and others of rious places in Scotland, praying for a separation between Church and State. There were two classes of opponents _ . „ 1 7 the claims of Dissenters--one who would keep th em in tin?' present degraded state—the other who would consent to - 11 4 move their disabilities, but wou ld not a ll ow the "fabric of 11 ' Church to be touched. From the first they 1 44 4 nothing tl expect but 'hostility-,-from the oth er th e y .had as Y e ut received nothing.—( Hear, h ear .) H e ,really thoug • that a proper distribution of the Church. propertrin Ireltd could do more to pacify that country than- - their' Coetnl Bill, or any other measures of that nature: ' Sir R. FERGUSON complained that his name had be f _ entered on the votes of the H ouse o f F r id ay l ast , as h av i n g nr troduced a measure with which he had nothing of all to After a few words from Mr. A. JOHNSTONE, the peaty" - were laid on the table. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH (SCOTLA SW' Sir A. AGNEW had several petitions to present 11 `;, , Cromartie, Brecon, Linlithgow, Peumuir, Paisley, K° Kilbraccan, Glasgow, and other places in Scotland, in•fac e , of the Scotch Sabbath Bill. I n consequence o f w h a t n u o. , taken place in that House on Saturday morning, the fl ° tbo Baronet intimated th a t it was not hi s i ntent i on to pres s Scotch Sabbath Observance Bill this Session. Mr. A. JOHNSTONE deeply regretted the deterrninal t to which the Hon. B ar t. h a d come , b ut t h oug h t h e cou ld . % have acted othe rw i se a f ter t h e manner i n w hi c h t h e ot h e r n,, introduced by the H on . B ar t., f or t h e same purpose , h a d r treated. Mr. HAWES presented 'a petition from Battersea, .agsh lsV the Common Fields' Inclosure Bill. After a few words from Mr. BRISCOE, and Mr. Tverts° * against the principle of the Bill, Mr. E WART said, as the representatite of a largo tel l ' he must prot es t aga i nst the principle of the Bill being „i.e!.. tended to the large t owns of England. If any o f his 1117; jesty's Minist ers were present, h e should take that °ppm-to-11'Z of inquiring why the Regent's Park was not thrown open the public—( Hear, hear. ) Mr, CHILDERS presented a petition from Cambridge and another place, against the Beer Act Amendment Bill. „ 1 Mr. W. B. BARING p resen t e d sev e nteen petitions .crc-ct Winchester and other places, in supp or t o f the Establage Church. Celt . PER CE VAL presented petitions from Easky andi citt other places in Sligo, to the same effect. Mr. A. JOHNSTONE p resen t e d a pet i t i on f rom Cr nock, against th e p resen t s y s t em o f l ay patronage i n Scotlal t i t i also, a petiti on f rom t h e S yno d o f Gl asgow, praying f o r repeal of the Act of 1706. 0 The Marquis of CHANDOS p rese nt e d petitions -(0 h the county of Buckingham, in support of the Clan' and similar p e titi ons f rom par i s h es i n t h e county of Somerset; also petitions from Chiffing Camden, upon the subject of ag",;, cultural distress and from Twyf or d an d other places in t t 'l county of Buckingham, to th e satne effect, and s i m ilar P e g"; tions from the counti es o f S omerset and Hampshire. - t could not help expressing his sorrow and dismay at the pres ej : e session being allowed to close without something being d°- 0 • for the agriculturists. It was ridiculous to suppose that t o taking off the tax up on Sh ep h er d s ' dogs ',was a relief W t agricultural interest. Mr. HAWES would like to know what the agriculture really . desired. Why did n o t th e N o bl e Marquis introduce practical motion upon the subject. Mr. F. O'CONNOR said that the House ought to re - t s lect that they had refused to allow the Noble Marquis blO submit a practical m o ti on u p on thi s su bj ect . That 1"1 Lord (Chandos) had moved for a Committee of Inquiry, . it was refused. fro ° Mr. E WART said that agricultural distress a ro se Ai rents being too high ; the l an dl or d s , th ere f ore , were the cw' parties that could give relief. Mr. SINCLAIR said he feared that House was cal l/ IJr away too much by the delusions of political economists. 2 .. less something was done for the agricult ura l i nterest, the cow: try would be involved in ruin and convulsion. tke Mr. COBBETT said that th e p ract i ca l measures for relief of the farmer had been introduced into that house, v thrown out. What was the motion for the repeal of the 111 :', - d ' tax but a practical measu re , y et t h e H on. Member for L' beth voted against it. It was a d m i tted on all hands, „*"; thata.; ricultural distress exi s t e d f rom one end of the land to the o the r ', was it then unreasonabl e to su b m i t some measure conne ct with it to the House. Mr. G. WOOD would ask the Hon. Member' for Garth. ness (Mr. Sinclai r ), w h ether the Corn Laws were ° o, ‘ ing to p o liti ca l econom i sts ?—( Hear, hear.) The *K. cultural interest already possessed a monopoly of ' o f markets, and he did not know what further could be done them. Mr. ATT WOOD said that the present distress of agree w is 3; ture arose from th e a lt era ti on o f t h e currency, whit o ;0 0, _ a most enormous f rau d on th e p ar t o f t h e political econo,9ltost The Marquis of CHANDOS rep li e d, an d the peui/ were then laid on the table. After the presentation of several petitions, the Simtrau 01/1 the chair. LIST OF THE MINORITY tili Of 16 (Tellers included), who voted against the Renewal ° f Irish Coercion Bill. Lowther, C. H. I vi Scllgoolresfi N eld,l Martin, T. O'Dwyer, C. A. Ronayne, D. Ruthven, E. Ruthven, E. S. Attweod, T. Blake, 111. Christmas, W. Cobbett, W. Evans, Colonel Fielden, J. TELLRES. Sheil, R. L. O'Connor, F. Mr. Edward Stew; jority on Sir Edward in our list of the is name was omitted (natehbull's Beer Bill T •he pilchard fishery has been commenced by tP ; driving boats at various points of the coast, and in some they have been tolerably successful. The fish taken 3 50,e , good size, but as yet are deficient in flavour.—Cornwell c On Wednesday morning, between th e h ou rs o f . t h e and two o'clock, Daniel Perkinson, groom to Mr. Thorne , or brewer in the Commercial-road, Pimlico, walked out 0%0 cond floor window in his sleep and fell to the ground. ' ol ete persons in the neighbourhood ran to his assistance atlyVf the alarm. The poor fellow appeared to be seriously igi n italf and was taken immediately to the Westminster HZ . ill,: where every attention was paid to him ; fortunately, t i "ho 31 , juries he has received are not considered dangerous, and it o f likely to recover. He has frequently been in the ha oit walking in his sleep, and he states that he was dreaming the house was on fire, when he walked out of the windovf• a e f DEA TII BY LIGHTNING.—During a - storm on Saturday evening last, which was felt with tra-er dous violence at the foot of Dundry Hill, on the road to 00 12 61 stoke, a fatal accident occurred. In a field, where a ng•big of persons were .hay-making, Farmer Light and tO, ° ,,, t hit men, of the names of John Reynolds and Stephen '-'",`,NT, very imprudently sought refuge under a large tree , orine',.. attracting the lightning, was rent asunder, an d the z oor and Reynolds were both st ruc k d ea d. Cl o thier wa s oli injured, and we hear that he is since dead. Wh at ar tue a7 . the melancholy catastrophe is, that one of the Id o tpig' , deceased was recently marr i e d, an d t h e b ans of l' a ndat were actually published i n B e d m i ns t er c h urc h on „ le d/ last, information of the accident not having been recel Bristol Journal. ~,..,