The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The house met at five o'clock. REFORM OF THE CRIMINAL LAW. The Earl of STRADBROOKE called attention to the enormous expense, and the inconvenience imposed upon the country by the prosecution of persons for petty offences at the assizes, and expressed a hope that a mea sure would be introduced to: enable these cases to be disposed of by magistrates at petty sessions. Lord BROLGHAM said a bill had been introduced on that subject into this house, but it had been post poned in consequence of the lateness of the session. The LORD CHANCELLOR intimated that it was his intention to consider the subject during the recess. and he hoped to be able to bring in a bill next session to remedy the evil complained of. Lord CAMPBELL rejoiced to hear that a measure was to be introduced by his noble and learned friend, and trusted it would not be delayed beyond next year. The Earl of HARD WICKE concurred in the proposed reform in the criminal law. The subject then dropped. REFUSAL TO TAKE AN OATH. Lord CONGLETON adverted to the case of the female who was committed to gaol at the assizes for refusing to take an oath, and inquired whether the law was such that a judge had no alternative, when a person refused, on conscientious grounds, to take an oath, but to commit him to prison. The LORD CHANCELLOR said as the . law stood. if a person was subponned to give evidence, he was bound to take an oath, unless he belorwed to the excepted classes of Quakers, Moravians, and. Separati-ts, and to fail in doing so was a con t emp t o f court f or which thejudge had no alternative but to commit the indivi dual to prison. In the present session, ho wever, there had been introduced a bill, which he trusted would receive the concurrence of the othe r house, and shortly become law, which would meet th e cases of persons who had con scientious scruples to taking an oath. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, the subject dropped. YOITTHFUL OFFENDERS BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Lord BROUGHAM said he approved generally of the bill, but objected to the second clause, which rendered it necessary that a young person should be sent to prison for a few days before becoming an in mate of a reformatory school. The BISHOP of LONDON considered that no sys tem of reformation for juvenile offenders could be effec tual, while it subjected them to the taint of associations in a gaol. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the term of impri sonment was so short that it was not calculated to con taminate young persons. The clauses were then agreed to, and the house re sumed. The Convict Prisons (Ireland), the Indian Appoint ments, &c , the Inclosure, &c., of Land, and the Ad miralty Courts Bills, passed through committee. The Land, Assessed, and Income Taxes Bills were read a, second time. The Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Bill passed through Committee. The Standard of Gold and Silver Wares Bill also passed through committee. SALE OF BEER BILL. This bill was read a third time. On the motion that the bill do pass, The Earl of HARROWBY proposed amendments to extend the hours during which publichouses may remain open on Sundays from between 1 and 2 in the day to be tween 1 and half past 2, and from between 6 and 10 in the evening to between 5 and 11 in summer and between 5 and ten in winter, in accordance with the notice given by the noble earl on the previous day. Lord REDESDALE considered that while 300,000 persons went out every Sunday upon pleasure excursions, it would be difficult to interfere with the means of pro viding them with refreshments. Their object should be to combine as far as possible consideration for the neces sary requirements of these people with regard for public order. There was, however, this difficulty in dealing with this matter—that while in the large towns from which the excursionists proceeded in the morning, and to which they returned probably late at night, the hour of 10 or 11 o'clock might not be too late to allow refresh ments to be supplied to them, it might be altogether too late in the country. The Earl of HARROWBY moved his first amend ment that 5 o'clock lie substituted for 6 as the hour at which public houses might open in the afternoon. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY expressed a very de cided objection to the motion. As the bill was origi nally introduced, the hours were from six to nine in the evening, subsequently a compromise' was entered into with the consent of all parties, and the hour for closing was extended from nine to ten, and in that shape the bill was passed by the Commons, and sent up to their lordships. Now, it was proposed to extend the period by three'bours altogether—that was from six to nine, to five to eleven, which would give six consecutive hours, during which these public houses might remain open every Sunday evening, so that the positive restriction which would be gained, as compared with the existing law, after all the exertions which had been made, was two hours and a half —viz., from half-past two till five. He trusted that their lordships would not sanction any such change in the bill—at` least before they saw the very important evidence which bad been taken by the select committee of the House of Commons. For himself, he must say that nothing would give him greater pain than that by introducing these amendments, their lord ships should defeat the whole oljects of the bill, as in troduced into the other house, and that it should be said the House of Leeds had less consideration for the wishes of the people than the House of Commons. The 'Bishop of LONDON knew that the best possible effects had followed from the chan2e in the law which he had been instrumental in carrying some years ago. whereby public houses were kept closed until one o'clock on Sunday morning, and he believed that it was the ex perience of the great social benefits which had resulted from that change, that had been the cause of so many peti tions being presented in favour of the further restriction proposed by this bill. He considered that four hours on the Sunday evening was quite sufficient toallow persons to resort to public houses and places of amusement on the Sunday evening. There was no hardship in the case ; on the contrary the restriction would compel those who frequented such places to spend more time at home with their wives and families. As they diminished the hours for drinking in public houses the more they would increase the comforts of the people, and of the working classes especially. (Hear, hear.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE urged that recrea tion was necessary for the health of the people, and the Sunday was the only day upon which, as a general rule, they could avail themselves of the means offered them for obtaining it. While they were permitted to obtain. that recreation in the most innocent way possible, he could conceive nothing more absurd or unjust than to deny them that refreshment of which they stood in need. (Hear, hear.) It was not to be supposed that, because the public-houses were open an hour or so longer, people would remain in them if they did not require refresh ment. It had been said that travellers had a right to be supplied with refreshments on the Sunday, but the whole grievance turned upon the want of a definition of the word " traveller," and the inconvenience of these restrictions would be still experienced as it was now by persons who were at a distance from their homes, and who, according to the decisions of some magistrates, were not to be considered as travellers. Their lordships divided — For the clause as it stood 24 For the amendment l5 . Majority —9 Six o'clock consequently remains as the hour at which public houses may open on the Sunday evening. The amendment, extending the hours for public houses remaining open at noon from 1 to 2, to 1 to half pest 2, was agreed to. Some other amendments were introduced during the absence of strangers, but what they were could not be ascertained, and the bill passed. The Reformatory School (Scotland) Bill, the Ecclesi astical Jurisdiction Bill, the Stock-in-Trade Exemption Bill, and the Common, &c., Rights (Ordnance) Bill were severally read a third time and passed. _ The F r i en dl y S oc i et i es Bill, th e B ur i a l s b e yond the M tropolis Bill, the Spirits (Ireland) Bill, and the Literary and Scientific Institutions Bill were reported as amended, and agreed to. ......The Land Revenues of the Crown (Ireland) Bill, the highways Public Health Bill, and the Public Libraries Bill were severally real a third time and passed. MEDICAL GRADUATES BILL. _ Lord MONT E A GLE having moved the order of the day for the committee on this bill fur the purpose of postponing, it, Tree Duke of ARGYLL hobserved that he had seen several medical men uponf whomt e subject of this bill since the second reading, allo one ground or another. It was were. oppo se d to it on of fhattheif University pri.vti lege were conceded to theb graduuartgeesd to th of London, it should vertu.) , of Dublin and of thee eedfoxutreudSttch ueuigvreardsiutie:B; that if the principle and it was also contend of the bill w ere adopted, they ought t o go the whole length and. give to the graduates the right to p ract i ce pharmacy, surgery, an d every otherbranch of medi cine. He thought that th e bill rashly establish e d pr i n• ciples which were now i n a state of e n i o o n controversy, and therefore should be considered with caut the bill a rash bill, and attempt e d to settle questionsth°ht which should be deferred until the introduction of a general measure of medical reform. In committee, he should move that the Universities of Scotland a n d Ire land he included in the bills. He did not wish to de prive the London University of the privilege sought, but he thought that other universities were equally entitled. He did not knot' why this bill should be brought in at the present moment. The excuse was that penalties existed against practising in vaccination and lunacy, but he believed that their legality was doubtful. Even if they did exist, the graduates of Ireland and Scotland were as amenable as those of the University of London. Lord MONTEAGLE, in reply, said that this bill need not interfere with a g eneral measure of medical reform. It merely proposed to give the University of London privileges at present enjoyed by the older uni versitiee, which were without medical schools. The bill had been supported in the other ho use b y ever y member of th e Government ; the last division- in its favour being I Z7 to r), and the Horne Secretary had supported it eaxperessly on Tlnieeral the ground that it would not interfere with measure of medical reform. • Duk e of ARGYLL • 'mull d ay had . College s of said that he had on the pre su an interview with the Presidents of the posed to the bill. After and that both were strongly op- After a few words fro Tu. The Marquis of L m Lord ~, YNPORD, a the University knowledge say o ' f I N L S 6 I :: d O OO W , NE recognised the claim , that alth and could of his own °u gh no stipulation was. entered 1 SUN,- LONDON, SA.TURDAY expectations had een held out that that U niversity should ultimately receive the same amount uf favour from the Legislature as Oxford and Cambridge. The University of London had fully earned the fulfilment of that expectation, as the education it gave Ind the men it produced placed it quite ou a level with the older universities. With respect to what had fallen from his noble friend, the noble duke near him, it must be admitted that it was worthy of consideration whether the bill would not by a side wind give to the University of London advantages over other universities which were not really intended. ....,...___ The committee was then postponed until Tuesday next. REMOVAL OF NUISANCES. Lord LYTTELTON postponed until next session his bill on this subject. Their lordships then adjourned HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YthSTERDA.Y.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Cork and Waterford Rail way, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (Chipping Norton Branch), Portsmouth and Direct London and Portsmouth Railway, Stockport Rectory Division, West London and Crystal Palace Railway (Bromley and Farnborough), York, Newcastle, and Berwick, York and North Midland and Leeds Northern Radway Compan'_es Amalgamation ; British Guarantee AssoCiation (No. 2), Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton . Railway (Stratford-upon-Avon and Stour bridge Branches). The Earl of Ealinton's Estate Bill was considered and ordered to be read a third time. Caton's Divorce Bill and St. Catherine's Parish !Dublin) School and Charity Estate Bill were read a third time and passed. Legh's E-ztate Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. _ PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. SPENCER, from Brighton, against the opening of public houses on Sun day ; by Mr. CHRISTOPHER, from Lincolnshire, to the same effect ; and by Mr. HENLEY, from Oxfordshire, with the same prayer. MILITIA (No. 2) BILL. The committee on this bill was then resumed. Clauses 1,2, and 3 were agreed to. On clause 4, Mr. R. PALMER moved an amendment, with the view of providing that half the expense of militia store houses and barracks should be borne by the Consolidated Fund. _ Lord PALMERSTON and Mr. WILSON resisted the amendment. Mr, S. HERBERT said if the amendment should be carried, it would be for the Government to consider whether they would g on with the bill. After some further discussion the committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority The amendment was accordingly carried. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the amendment involved a very important principle, and it being now sanctioned by the committee, it bad become the duty of the Government to take time to consider what course they should pursue with regard to the bill. Notwithstanding this declaration, the consideration of the remaining clauses were proceeded with. Clause 4, as amended, was agreed to. The remaining clauses were agreed to. Colonel NORTH moved the following additional clause :—" Adjutants of militia regiments who have been captains in the army, or in the East India Com pany's service, shall take rank in the militia, accordi , g to the date of their commissions in the army or East India Company's service, and all other adjutants, of whatever regiments, shall rank as the junior captains of their regiments." The clause was negatived. The CIItIRMAN then reported progress, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. MILITIA (SCOTLAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. The clauses were agreed to, and the bill passed through committee. The Militia (Ireland) Bill was postponed until Mon- day. The other orders were disposed of, and at four o'clock the sitting was suspended. The house resumed at six o'clock. DELIVERY OF NOTICES OF OBJECTION TO VOTERS IN SURREY. Mr. EVELYN asked the Secretary of the Treasury what was the result of an investigation said to have been under taken by the direction of the Treasury into an alleged non delivery by the Post-office, in August, 1854, of the notices of objection to the votes of certain registered electors of the western division of the county of Surrey? Mr. • ILSON said the inquiry into this important sub ject had been conducted with great care, and he was sorry to say that it appeared that the postmaster who received these notices had not exercised the usual vigilance in com paring the notices which he had received with the dupli cates which he returned, and in consequence it was impos siWe to say, but the belief at the Post-of ee was that they had never been received in the General Post-office. The, result of the inquiry was certainly extremely unsatisfac tory, so much so that the Postmaster-General had thought it right to interdict the gentleman who had.these duties to potful m from being employed in the Post-office service again. The report showed that the present system was defective and ought to he altered ; but he was afraid it was impossible to undertake the task this session. From the importance of the questio❑ he thought it would be ne cessary to have a committee next session, or else that some stels•shoulti be taken to render th s service more efficient BIRMINGH:AII GAOL Mr. MILNES gave notice that on Monday he should ask whether Government intended to institute a prbsecution against Messrs. Austin and Block in reference to the recent proceedings in Birmingham Gaol ? DRAWBACK ON - HOPS. Mr. HADFIELD asked the Secretary of the Treasury, whether he intended to introduces bill this session, to au thorise the granting of drawback (on exporting malt liquor) for duty paid on hops used in brewing such liquor. Mr. WILSON said he had caused inquiries to be male, and found it was quite impossible to ascertain the quantity , of hops which had been used in beer, and therefore a draw back could not be allowed. There was a good means of as certaining the quantity of malt which had been used, and therefore as regarded the malt duty a drawback would be allowed. THE SOUND DUES. Mr. HUTT asked the Lord President of the Council, whether her Majesty's Government had been informed that tha Danish Government had made the following con cessions to the citizens of the United States in relation to the Sound dues :-1. That American ships, laden with Transatlantic produce, and their cargoes, when bound to a Danish port to discharge them, shall be entirely free from Sound dues, as well as from light and buoy dues. 2. That the discount of 25 per cent., hitherto allowed to the im porter when residing in Denmark, shall be discontinued. Also, whether any steps had been taken by her Majesty's Government to secure similar privileges to British sub jects. Lord J. RUSSELL said the information that her Ma jesty's Government had received was that it was proposed to the Danish Government to make the concession to which the hon. gentleman alluded, but the Danish Government asked for an indemnity, which the Government of the United States had not given, and the negotiation had not come to a conclusion. That being the case, her Majesty's Government had not taken any steps to obtain similar con cessions. THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN HYDE PARKER.- THE NAVAL OPERATIONS. Col. BLAIR said he wished to put a question to the First Lord of the Admiralty relating to a statement which had appeared iu one of t e public papers, and which, in his opinion, cast a slur on one of the most gallant officers of the English service. He alluded to what appeared yes terday in a public journal, which stated that —" Captain Parker literally threw his life away, without glory to him self or result to the public service. From what appears in the report which we publish this day, he was not in any way engaged on the business of the expedition when he came to his untimely end. When the Sulina mouths of the Danube were cleared, an opinion seems to have got afloat, rather' prematurely, among our !people, that the Russians had completely decamped. This result soon appeared to have been somewhat anticipated, as, indeed, common pru dence might have suggested to an officer in Captain Parker's position. Captain Parker, however, appears to have considered that as soon as the rough of the work was done, the Sulina waters were as completely open to him as Plymouth barbaur might have been. No thing would serve but the organisation of a little excur sion for the sake of pleasure or curiosity." This whole statement, he knew, from his own personal knowledge, was totally devoid of truth. He therefore appealed to the right hon. gentleman whether any despatch had beeu re ceived by the Admiralty that would give to the country an authentic statement of what passed on that occasion. Sir J. G ti.AHAM said he was extremely obliged to the hon. and gallant member for having put to him this ques tion, which enabled him to give an answer which he hoped would be satisfactory to bins and the country. The ob servations to which the hon. and gallant officer had re ferred bad he knew, inflicted the deepest pain on the sur viving relatives of Captain Parker. He need not inform the house that Captain Parker's gallant and respected father had only died within the last few weeks, and that the bereaved widow of that gallant officer was at the last ,xtrernity of suffering, so much so that the intelligence of the death of her son could not be communicated to her. The comments in question ho must say had been some what hastily made, and with misapprehension of the facts. The Board of Admiralty had taken the earliest opportu ' nity of making the facts known to the public, and they Wouldo appear in the despatch in the Gazette this evening. batteries 8 far from this being a rash and ill-advised enterprise on the part of Ca Captain Parker, as the house was aware, he had, in the most e most gallant manner, destroyed the fore©, attended batteries outside the Sulina passage. There were sage for the destroy, if in i s ,o id ss e .bi which he thought it his duty to purpose f e and rec i o n n nhoiistribnoga,t, whenwithby other boats, he entered within the pea s. fire of musketry resoonil the battery. So, without hesita h.eanrecae,irmveedd lie landed and attacketvled th t e o take the battery by storm. manner. and was shot in the battery in the most gallant he thought the English ul,:execution of that duty. Now If bold and desperate ic was a somewhat hard task master. there was some pe.rate enterprises were not under taken suspicion that not to carry on th e war w i th e orders h a d b een given of the officers s was somewhat energy, and even the conduct hard, in accord ance with usauspected. If , on the other usage the Brit' e i feats which rivall e d th ose of the British navy attempt our history, if such fe a t s were undertteeantest c e l e b r it y i n was of an opposite nature, and it was said then the charge needlessly risked, and the gallantry which that lives were ed was characterised as foolhardiness. Hewas'nse re gretteddisvplay- that in this case these observations had been Captain Parker was one of the most promisinr , officers made. e the British navy. He was the gallant son of l. a • rill', of father. On this occasion he acted as became his name, ga and an he fall in discharge of his duty, a bright example to ther otticers. (Cheers.) He (Sir James Graham) only regretted that he feared in the navy there was no other Hyde Parker now left. Many had fallen, and he hoped that the house would at all events do justice to his memory, and that these comments which had been published would produce no impression, either on the house or the country, that this officer - had failed in the discharge of his duty, but that his memory would be respected as he was confident it deserved to be. (Cheers.) LEASES OF CROWN PROPERTY.—THE GOVERN MENT AND MR. DISRAELI. Mr. DISRAELI said he was anxious to correct an error which he made last evening in Committee of Supply, in respect of tho renewal of Crown leases. In speaking on the motion of the Government for the purchase of Bur lington House, he impugned their conduct because they had renewed the lease of a house in the vicinity of the public offices, which he thought was detrimental to the public) service. Now, it turned out that her Majesty's Government were exempt from all blame in that respect, and that if any blame was attached to the renewal of the lease, strange to say, the blame - was upon him, and that he was responsible. (Laughter.) He hoped the house would allow him to explain the reason that he fell into so strange a mistake. In the summer of 1852 the question of the re newal of the Crown estates came to a considerable extent under his notice, and his attention was brought especially to the renewal of the leases of premises which were in London, and also in the vicinity of the public offices. He endeavoured to lay dow❑ certain principles which he thought ought to guide them in the renewal of leases of that sort of property, but with regard to the leases of houses in the vicinity of public offices he did not think they ought to be renewed. A minute was drawn up embodying his views, and it so happened that the question of the lease of Montague House was brought before him in the middle of the summer, and it was refused, and last night, speaking from recollection, lie really did believe, so far as he was concerned, that the renewal of the lease of that house had not taken place at the time, and he concluded that her Majesty's present Ministers were responsible for that act. But it so happened, vary shortly before the ter mination of the Government of Lord Derby, that the question of the renewal of that particular lease was again submitted to the consideration of the Treasury, awl it was thought that there were certain equitable elements which he had not taken into consideration, which rendered it just that the lease should be renewed. At that time the new Parliament had just met, there was a very strong strain on his energies, and he was unable to attend to that particular subject. His colleagues, he was sure, gave it the consideration it deserved; they arrived at a different conclusion from that he had arrived at, and he had not the slightest doubt that their decision was a just one. How ever, it received his sanction, and for that decision he alone was responsible. He need not say how much he regretted that he should have brought the charge against the Go vernment for having done an act for which he himself was responsible. Perhaps the house would allow him to say, that noth withstanding the circumstances to which he had adverted, he was still of opinion that leases of houses in the vicinity of public offices should not be renewed, and that it was highly expedient that the house should support the Government in obtaining the possession of any plots of ground near the public offices which they had an oppor tunity of obtaining. Mr. LAYARD said—l trust the house will permit me to make one or two remarks in explanation of a personal matter. I have learned with great regret that, in conse quence of a misreport of some observations which fell from me ou Monday evening last in this house, considerable pain has been inflicted upon many foreign gentlemen residing iu this country, and especially upon M Kossuth, who has ad dressed me on the subject. My hon. friend the member for the West Riding having stated in the course of his speech that the liberal party iu Europe were opposed to the war, and having particularly alluded to M. Kossuth in denounc ing the war as one waged in favour of the oppressors of his country, I said, in reply, that if the liberal party, after the generous hospitality and protection afforded by the Sultan to all those who had taken refuge within his territories, whether Hungarians, Poles, or Italians, sided with the enemies of the Sultan it would be an instance of the grossest ingratitude. I have no doubt that M. Kossuth him self would coincide with this sentiment, which would of course be mine, if the liberal party were to take the course attributed to them. THE CREW OF THE TIGER. Mr. OTWAY inquired whether it was true that we had not had a sufficient number of Russian prisoners to ex change against the crew of the Tiger?? Sir J. GRAHAM said that the names of the officers who hat been exchanged had appeared in the newspapers of that morning. He believed that three lieutenants and one other commissioned officer were still unexchanged ; and until a sufficient number of Russian officers of equal rank should be captured they must remain prisoners of war. STATUTE LAW COMMISSION. Mr. BOWYER begged to ask the law officers of the Crown whether they could offer any explanation of the delay that had taken place in the appointalent of the Statute Law Commission, as announced by the Attorney- General in committee of supply. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (lid not admit that there had been any delay. What he had said was that a com mission should be ordered before the close of the session ; and he still hoped that that would he the case. • _ _ THE INCOME TAX. Mr. BOOKER wished to ask how it was, that although the doubLid income tax had only been granted from the sth of April it had been charged in the lealf-year's divi dends paid in July ? Mr. WILSON said that that was in accordance with the terms of the act. When the income tax was abolished, however, the last half-yearly payment would be th e January one, so that it would be " as broad as it was long." (Laughter.) RETURN ORDERED.-INDIAN POSTAGE. On the motion of Mr. HUME the copies of correspondence between the Government, the Post-office, and the Court of Directors, as to the postage between England and India; and, of the orders of the Governments of Ceylon and Hong Kong, fur the reduction of the postage between England and those places to sixpence. THE BRIBERY BILL. The order of the day for the third reading having been read, Lc rd HOTHAM protested against the inference, that because he refused to fall down and worship the bill which the noble lord had set up, he was therefore anxious to per petuate any undue practices. If the noble lord had been content with defining bribery and treating, affixing to the offence any penalties that he might think fit, and provid ing a proper tribune!, there would be nobody in the house more willing to support the measure than himself (Lord Hethain). But the decisions of election committees were not satisfactory to the nation. It was perfectly notorious that the first thine . people asked was to which party the three belonge.l and to which the two ? (Hoar, hear.) The bill might 110 doubt do if, as h el been suggested to him by his hum. friend, till men were W - alpoles ; but as it was, persons with "robust consciences" would soon find the insane of driving a coach and six through its provisions. He should therefore oppose the third reading. He re garded the introduction of the clause to legalise travelliug, expenses, the payment of cabs, and the atteeTt to intro duce reasonable refreshment, as fatal to the intention of the good working of the bill, and as such ho should not regret to see it defeated. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL sai t the noble lord had treated the bill as if it were the first attempt at legislation on bribery, whereas a great part of the bill was a me, e consolida tion of existing acts. The bill merely attempted to place the law on a more satisfactory footing, and to de fine it more clearly where it was obscure. Did the noble lord mean to say that the promoters of the measure ought not to have made such an attempt? (Hear, hear.) He told them this was an unjust measure, because it relieved the rich at the expense of the poor. The noble lord said the poor were punished by the bill, but the rich were not- Now so far from that being the fact, the tendency of the bill was to place penalties and hindrances more upon the rich than they had hitherto been open to, while it did nut aggravate, but in some respects diminished, those on the voters. For instance, it dealt with undue influence, and imposed a declaration upon candidates and members. Hitherto the bribery oath had been taken only by electors, but it was proposed to repeal that obligation, and transfer it to the elected. Having pointed out the merits of the bill, so far as it related to the appointment of an election o cer and the publication of election expenses, the noble lord went on to observe that complaints were general throughout the country after the last election of corrupt practices of every kind, both of bribery and treating. It was said!, indeed, that they had prevailed to a greater extent than they had ever been known befoi e, and upon these being brought before the election committees a great number of members were unseated by those tribu nals. Well, then, that being so, was it not their bounden duty to attempt to apply some further remedy to these corrupt practices ? The noble lord seemed to think that the task of investigating controverted election matters ought to be transferred from the election committees to the courts of law, but when the constitution of those tribunals was amended, as it was proposed to do by the bill to be bi ought in next session, he for one should. be sorry to see such a transfer made. At present election committees were too often suspected of party or political bias, and he was afraid if the trial of controverted election petitions was trans ; ferred to the Court of Common Pleas, be was afraid the judges would lose their character for impartiality, for not i a year would pass before some of them would be accused of acting from political bias. He could not, therefore, think that the plan which the noble lord seemed to have in view would get rid of the evil that was complained of in reference to controverted election inquiries. This bill, • however, was an attempt to correct the abuses which took place at elections, and although the noble lord might be exceedingly desirous of putting an end to bribery and cor ruption, he could not but think that if the house were to adopt his suggestion, and reject this practical attempt to correct such bribery and corruption, they would hardly get credit for the sincerity which they deserved. (Hear.) Mr. ROBT. PALMER had one fault to find with the bill. It attempted to accomplish too much, but as it only was an experiment, and as there would shortly be an opportunity of practically testing its merits, he would suggest that it should be made a temporary measure. A clause -might be introduced to limit its operation to the let of August and the end of the next session, which would admit of its being tested at both borough and county elections. • Mr. COBDEN confessed that many of his objections to the bill as it now stood would be removed if some of the amendments on the paper were carried. For instance, the noble lord the member for Middlesex proposed that the house should reject that part of the bill which allowed tra veiling expenses ; and if that motion were carried, it would remove many of his objections. On the other hand, some hon. gentlemen opposite proposed to negative the declara tion to bo taken by members ; and if that were carried, he should be inclined to vote against the third reading. In this state of things he thought the best course to adopt was to allow the third reading to pass, which would then admit of all these several amendments being disposed of, and the final decision might be taken on the question that the bill do pass. Col. SIBTHORP said old birds were not to be caught by such chaff as that. (A laugh.) The bill was a Treasury clan trap, and was intended to prevent honest men prac tising Christian charity. (A laugh.) Talk of putting clown bribery, indeed. What was it ? Where was it to be found? If it was to he found anywhere it was amongst the occu pants of the Treasury Bench , and for-his p art he should re- joice to see that bench regularly whitewashed—Ca laugh)— it ought to be scoured three or four times with but water, and then painted in oil. (A laugh.) The bill was then read a third time without a division. Mr. J. FITZGERALD then proposed to leave out clauses 17 to I inclusive, for the purpose of inserting other clauses, which should provide that every candidate should appoint some person to act as his agent, by whom all the election be. Paid, and who should be required to be called "The Election Expenses Book." agent would have to fur nish a true copy of the entries contained in the book to the returnin g officer, with a de keAxetePpe t u l r a s e ebs' e s( x )ik' p o i ural to d t ion of ono month after the election th e cleration of their authenticity, while a similar declaration would have to be made by the candidate. This mode of ac tion w ou ld get rid of the complicat ed mach i ner y of t he bill, and a t th e same time secure that p ublicit y. for the electi on expenses which appe a red to baits immediate object. The bo n . anti learned member then m oved his first clause, namely : Every candidate immediate l y after he shell hav e become such, and before he shall pay or a g ree to p a y a ny " part of th e election expenses, shall, by 'writing under his hand, appoint some person to be his agent fo r the p a yment of such expenses, writing under his h an d dismiss such agent, and appoint and such candidate may at an y time b y 1 another in his place; and it shall be the i;quty of such can(lidate immediately after every suchappointt n , ent to give notice thereof in writing to the returning 001, e:, and in such notice to state the name, description, a4, , ,(1 residence o f the agent, and within one week after every such ap pointment to cause such notice to be inserted i.n the news paper circulating it in the place where the electtion is held, and no other than the agent so appointed shall I:lave autho rity to pay or expend any money for or in respect of the election expenses." Sir F. KELLY trusted that after the delibe6at e consi deration which the bill had undergone, the house). would Dot at that stage of the proceeding assent to the Hoposed amendment. The hon. and learned gentleman sought to sweep away the whole system of the appoiutine f art and action of an election officer, which had been recommended for adoption by a select committee and subsequenrly ap proved by large and successive majorities of that house. The election officer proposed by the bill would be 5.4 officer independent of the candidates, and who must reiaider faithful account ; whereas if the clauses of the h4,n. and learned gentleman were adopted, there would be nothing to prevent the agent of any candidate from receiving) money for payments made for improper purposes when the, period of responsibility had passed away. After a few words from Mr. CANLEY, The house divi.ted— For the clause t 51. Against it l. 89 Majority.. —33 Mr. FITZ ( I.EII.A.LD said that this decisiola j rendered it unnecessary to go on with his other cl Loses j (Hear.) Lord A. VANE-TEMPEST proposed to (insert the fol lowing clause after clause 32 :—" Every candidate, or in his absence, the persons proposing and secoiidieg suPli per son, shall before or a t th e nom i na ti on , or r cr as conveniently may be, make and subscribe o re turning officer the following declaration :- .r we the proposer and seconder of A.B.] do a sin cerely declare, that I [or we] have given ra _ ith ful return of every agent or agents authorised or sun,. 9d by me [or us] to make any payments of money or mon previous to or at my [or his] election, and that a.. other than such agent or agents' so named have had, nor shall in future have, authority or sanc tion by me [or us] to expend any tnohey or moneys, or in cur any expenses of or relating to the election aforesaid; . and that I [or we] have faithfully :adhered to the require me its contained in clause 32 of this act. No person being a candidate at any election, or who shall hereafter be elected, who shall have made the declaration required by section of this act, and have"conformed thereto, and who shall not have appointed given any authority to any agent or agents save ac Y ing to the provisions of section —of this act, and wb , gall in all things have well and truly conformed to .irovisions herein contained against bribery and all of yvorrupt and unlawful practices, shall be personally liaba.,.fitivilly or criminally, nor shall his elec tion be avoidad, kiy'reason of any illegal acts done by any other person than himself or his agent or agents, named in writing aei notified to the election officer, according to the provisions of this act, unless such illegal act shall be proved to 1‘4 , 7e been done by his authority or sanction : provided always that nothing herein contained sh a ll b e d e emed to make valid any election which shall be proved to have been obtained or effected by means of bribery, or any other corrupt or illegal practices." The ATTOIINEY-GENERAL said that this was really only the same clause as the noble lord had once before sub mitted to the house unsuccessfully. It was a clause directly against the very object of the bill, which was to make the law against bribery more stringent. The noble lord's proposition would relax the present law, and open a door to infinite fraud. Sir F. KELLY supported the clause. It never could have the effect of legalising an election which had been ob tained by bribery or corrupt practices. In cases where the candidate had strictly complied with the law, and some individual over whom he had no control had bribed a single elector, if an election committee held that such a person was an agent, the election was void. The object of the clause was to prevent a candidate from so suffering from the act of a stranger. • Mr. BRIGHT considered that this clause would open a great avenue to bribery, and remove one of the strongest checks now existing against the improper proceedings of agen ts. Mr. HENLEY supported the clause. The house then divided— For the clause 79 Against it ll4 Majority -35 Sir F. KELLY then moved the following clause :—lf any candidate at any election, or any member hereafter re turned to serve in Parliament, shall, before the passing of this act, have-paid any money for or in respect of any election hereafter to be hell, or any expenses thereof, such person shall, to the best of his ability, deliver a full, true, and particular account of such payment or payments to the election officer, and may thereupon, instead of the de claration herein before contained, make and subscribe the declaration following :—" I [A. B.] (to solemnly and sin cerely declare, that I have not knowingly made, authorised, or sanctioned, and that I will not at any time hereafter knowingly make, authorise, or sanction any payment on, account of my election, otherwise than through the election officer, save as excepted and allowed by the ' Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1851,' and other than the payment or payments mentioned in a certain account called `Reform Act Account,' delivered by me to the election officer, nor have knowingly done, authorised, sanc tioned, procured, .or promised, nor will hereafter know ingly do, authorise, sanction, procure, or promise any act, matter, or thing contrary to the provisions contained in sections 2 and 4 of the said act ;" and any person who shall make and subscribe any such declaration knowing the same to be untrue, or having mad e an d subscribed such declaration, shall, at any time thereafter knowingly make, authorise, or sanction any payment contrary to the true intent and meaning of such declaration, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and in Scotland of an offence punishable with fine and imprisonment. Mr. V. SMITH said the preferable course would be to treat all payments made before this act as innocent pay ments ; and this case might be better met by inserting in the declaration the words, " since the passing of tho Cor rupt Practices Act." Mr. CRAUFURD said that notice had been given to expunge the declaration, arid if this clause were carried without that declaration they should be in a strange posi tion. Sir P. KELLY said that if the declaration were expunged he would withdraw the clause. The clause was then agrees t to. Mr. MINN" moved, after clause 38, to insert the follow ing clause :—" If any candidate shall be declared by any election committee guilty, by himself or his agents, of bribery, treating, or undue influence at any election, such candidate shall be incapable of being elected, sitting, or voting as a member of the House of Commons for the Par liament then in existence. 141 r. BENTINCK proposed to insert after the word " agents," the words " with his cognizance." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL supported the clause, but objected to the amendment. The amendment was then withdrawn. In reply to Mr. HILDYAItD, Mr. PHINN said he had no objection to limit the clause to the re•election of the candidate for the "place" for which ho had been returned. BRIGHT thought that if a person were convicted of bribery, it was not too much to exclude him from sitting for any place during that Parliament. (Hear, hear.) There for a w n e o r t e h c e a r s . e s T w h h e e y r e t h A e nwas unseated changed places, or oaniiedp re a e e . e a'p a p n e ( a i re ß d in Parliament within a fortnight. The clause was theu agreed to, with the limitation in. troduced by Mr. Phinn. Mr. MULLINGS moved the following clause :—" On the trial of any issue joined, or on any inquiry arising in any ac ti on for recovery of any pecuniary penalty under this act, the parties to such action, and the husbands and wives of such parties respectively, shall be competent to give evidence in the same manner as parties, and their hus bands and wives, are competent to give evidence in actions and suits under the act of the 14 and 15 Victoria, chapter 99, and ' The Evidence Amendment Act, 1853,' but sub ject to and with the exceptions contained in such several acts : provided always, that any such evidence shall not thereafter. be used in any indictment or criminal proceed ing under this act, against the party giving it." The ATT ORNEY -GENERAL said be had no objection to the clause, because if ever there was a case in which the party interested should be allowed to give evidence, it was i n procee , tings of this kind. But, as it was his intention to introduce a clause in the Common Law Procedure Bill which would make this principle general, it would render this clause unnecessary ; that was to say, supposing it was agreed to. Under these circumstances, perhaps his hon. and learned friend would not press his clause. If he did, however, he would support it ; but he would suggest the insertion of the word " admissible" for the word " com petent." _ -13:enRral. evidence fur every t - he M A n t G oo O rn U ey E, b tter wait till the general clause was introduced by particular w aso pp opposed to (aoaro varying It t the would d e b o o f Mr. HILDYARD was opposed to the clause. He know a recent case where a a'entleman declared that he would rather badgered by th e lawyers. (Laug ht er .) They were carry -11".Y I,ooo+. th an b e pu t into the witness - box to be ing this warfare against themselves to an extent that com promised the dignity of the house. (Hear.) Mr. HENLEY took the same view as the right hon. but thon gentleman (Mr. Goulburn). Sir F. KELLY hoped his hon. and learned friend would persevere with the clause He thought it was a privilege competent : n t d he co r m ul i e ,ei ought e. :o be made general. Mr. V. SMITH inquired whether the witness would be compellable to appear before the trib unal ? Sir F. KEL L Y—He is compellable. Mr. V. SMITH—Then I shall divide against the clause. The house accordingly divided — For the clause llB Against it lO7 Majority —ll The clause was consequently adopted. Mr. BENTINCK complained of a great injustice which the fourth clause was calculated to inflict by making any member, candidate, or agent who might before, at, or sub sequent to an election give any refreshment, or exercise the commonest rites of hospitality to any voter, liable to a penalty, and the vote bf none effect. He moved to add a proviso, that unless such treating shall have taken place within a period of six months- either previous, or subse quent to an election, the penalty s hall not apply. J Lord J. RUSSELL observed that the law, as it now existed, prohibited treating before, at, or subsequent to, ass election, but unless it had refer° .co to the election, no offence was conitnitted, and no penalty attached. And the law ill this respect would be the same under this bill. Mr. ARCHIBALD HASTIE must, if this amendment were not adopted, vote against the declaration, which it would he impossible for any gen tle.tuan, who at any time exercised the commonest hospitality- towards any person ! who voted for hint, to subscribe to. Mr. V. SCULLY opposed the amendment, under which he said it would be quite competent fcir a candidate to carry on treating to any extent if he waited till six mo u th s after the election. The house divided — For the proviso Against it Majority Mr, HILDYARD rose to move that clauses 6 anil 7 he omitted, and also so much of the proclamations in scitei lute B as were referable to the above two clauses. He reminded the house that these claus , s would transf r the jurisdiction over these seats to a petty jury in an assize town. ThiA, lie begged to observe, was completely against the oiliniou of , one of the most distinguished of their deceased statesmen. Mr. J. FITZGERALD seconded the amendment. Sir F. KELLY contended that the apprehensions of both the mover and the seconder of this amendment were grossly exaggerated, if not wholly unfounded. The clauses objected to were carefully considered in the select committee, and ultimately the decision arrived at was, they were essen tially necessary for the proper working.of the bill. All the objections which had been raised against the clauses were amply provided for by other parts of the bill,and there could be no doubt that ample punishment was provided for all those offences which had been suggested by the hon. and learned member for Weymouth. Mr. PHINN agreed that these clauses were of doubtful utility, but still as they were thought necessary for check ing bribery and corruption, perhaps it would be best for the house to incur the inconvenience of confirming them. The clauses recognised no new principle ia law of Pariia meat, because there already existed on the statute book enactments of a similar nature. Lord J. RUSSELL said there was so much force in the arguments of the hon. and learned members who had moved and seconded this amendment that he did not feel justified in asking the house to proceed further with these clauses. (Hear, hear.) They were open to evasion and abuse, and perhaps the best course to take was to abandon them. After a few words from Mr.SOTHER , N and Mr. V. SMITH, the amendment was agreed to, and the clauses were struck out. Some verbal amendments were made in the clause. for the purpose of rendering it more stringent and conclusive. The clause prohibits the use of banners, bands, fl.gs, cock ades, &c. Lord J. RUSSELL moved an amendment to clause eighteen f4,r the purpose of providing that in respe"t of the boroughs where the writs are suspended —viz., Cambridge, Canterbury, Barnstaple, Clitheroe, and Hull, the election officer shall be appoi.iteil for the ensuing year within six days after the passing of the act. This amendment was agreed to. Mr. V. SCULLY thought that in England, Ireland, and Scotland, a judicial person would be a fitter person than the returning officer, to m a k e th e appo i ntment of t h e elect i on officer. He proposed, therefore, as an amendment, that the appointment should be made in England by the County Court judges, in Ireland by the assistant barris ters, and in Scotland by the sheriff substitutes ; and, as in most English counties, there were several County Court judges, he proposed that in such cases the appointment should be vested in tl , o senior judge, The ATTORNEY-GL:zERAL did not consider the pro posed alteration an improvement. As regarded the allega tion that returning officers were in some cases partisans, he must observe that there was no complaint against them as a body for the manner in which they discharged their du ties. To place the appointment in the hinds of judges might have the effect of injuring their judicia:,character. It was in order to keep them free from an y imkutation that they were not allowed to sit in Parliament. Mr. CRAUFURD opposed the amendment so far"‘...: it applied to Scotland. Mr. J. BALL said so many returning officers in Ireland were partisans, that it was in his opinion desirable to give the candidate a power of appeal against the appointment of an election officer. The amendment was negatived without a division. Lord R. GROSVENOR rose to move to insert the word "not" in clause 26. This would render the payments for travelling expenses illegal. He could not again travel over the reasons for this amendment, further than to say that he thought that without it a wide door would be opened for illegal practices. Lord - J.RUSSELL would not re-argue this question. He could only say that if the amendment were carried, it would amount to a virtual disfranchisement of a large pro poi tion of the poorer electors. Hence he thought it his duty to support the clause. The house divided— For the amendment Against 147 —72 [As the tellers were advancing to declare the numbers at the table, it was noticed that one of the hon. members for West Surrey was reclining at full length, and fast asleep— it was nearly 1 o'clock—in the side gallery, having evi dently been there duritr , the whole time of the division. When this fact became known throughout the house, hon. members, after some tittering, began to cheer—why it was not easy to discover, unless it was as a complement to themselves for their superior wakefulness, after 13 hours' work, when compared with the hon. gentleman in the gal lery. The cheering speedily awoke Mr. Evelyn, who, after staring very hard at the members below (whose eyes were all turned towards him), hastened from the gallery, evidently wondering why—like Byron—he had awakened one morning, and found himself famous.] Mr. CAYLEY moved the following proviso :—" Pro vided always, that unless the distance of the voter's resi dence to the nearest polling booth exceed one mile and a half, the conveyance of a voter to the 'poll shall not be a reasonable and legal expense within the meaning of this act." Lord J. RUSSELL hoped the hon. gentleman would not persist in his motion. Lord R. GROSVENOR said the clause was so exces sively mischievous that he should be willing to vote for any mitigation of it. (Cheers.) The proviso, however, was negatived without a division. On clause 2" (the refreshment ticket clause), Mr. V. SCULLY moved the omission of the words "on the day of nomination or polling," otherwise the clause would legalise the giving of refreshments on another day. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL resisted the proposal, and the motion was not agreed to. On clause 37, Mr. HENLEY proposed to omit the declaration of mem bers. (Cheers.) He doubted whether hon. gentlemen really knew what it was that it was proposed they should declare. If the clause passed they would have to state that since they had been children they had never been guilty, and that if they lived to be a thousand years old they never would be guilty of 736 distinct offences—every one of which might also be committed by other persons on their behalf (Laughter.) Besides this, they would also have to declare they had not been and never would be guilty of 72 offences relating to their own elections. (Hear, hear.) He thought that if any one could take a declaration like that, he would have a much larger swallow than men in general. (Loud laughter and cheers.) Sir J. PAKINGTbN was favourable to the principle of a declaration, and intended to propose an amended form. Lord J. RTSSELL said that that form was clearer than the one in the hill, and he would agree to its substitution. The house divided— For the amendment Against it Majority 126 . 86 .--40 The declaration, therefore, was struck out of the bill. On the question that the bill do pass. Mr. ROBERT PALMER asked the noble lord whether, as he was unable by the forms of the house to move a clause he had intended, and he thought it desirable that the bill should be made a temporary measure, there would be any objection to make it a temporary measure for one or two years ? Lord J. RUSSELL said he had no great objection to that proposition ; but he could not pledge himself what course would be taken in th 2 other house. Mr. HENLE Y moved the bill do pass on this day three months. Lord J. RUSSELL said, though the declaration had been struck out, he thought it of so much importance that the experiment of the election auditor, as proposed by the bill, should be tried, that he should be sorry that the bill should be lost, and he should oppose the motion of the right hon. gentleman. • After a few words from Mr. CRAUFURD, The house divided. For the passing of the bill Against it • lOO Majority -7 The bill was then passed. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, it was ordered that the house at its rising adjourn to Monday at twelve o'clock. SUPPLY. The report of supply was brought. up. METROPOLITAN SEWERS BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, and the clauses were agreed to with amendments. MARRIAGES (MEXICO) BILL. This bill passed through committee. CINQUE PORTS BILL. This bill passed through committee. The following bills also passed through committee : Acknowledgment of Deeds by Married Women, and Mid land Great Western Railway of Ireland (Baronies Con tributions) Bill. JUDGMENT EXECUTION BILL. On the motion that the house go into committee on this bill, Colonel DUNNE opposed it, and the house divided— For going into committee 4 Against it 52 Majority —4B BLEACHING WORKS BILL. On the motion to postpone the second reading of this bill till Wednesday next, Mr. CHEETHAM protested against its being proceeded with at this period of the session, and without inquiry on the subject. He moved that it be read this day three months. Lord PALMERSTON said the bill could not proceed this session without further information, and he thought it had better be decided that it be decently interred for the session. Mr. C. FORSTER, who had charge of the bill, consented to its withdrawal ; and, after some further discussion, the order was discharged. MILITIA (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee pro forma. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Mr. CRAUFURD moved for a return of the number of stamps, at one penny each, issued to each newspaper pub lished in the cities of London, Dublin, and Edinburgh, re apectively, for the second quarter of the year 1854, speci fying the name of each newspaper, and the number of stamps issued to each (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 238, of the present session}, Mr. WILSON opposed the granting of the return, and the motion was postponed till Monday. MILITIA. Mr. S. HERBERT obtained leave to bring in a bill to suspend the making of lists and the ballots and enrolments for the militia of the United Kingdom. The house adjourned at ten minutes to 3 o'clock. LAW .TNT ELLIGENGE.-July 27. The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans and Central Or eans and Bordeaux. and Tours and Nantes. VENIMG, SULY - 29 3 185 t made, or any other call against the plaintiffs, or any other of the subscribers to the company, or in re spect of their respective shares therein, at,d from for feiting, or declaring to be forfeited, any shares in the said company on the ground either of non-payment of such calls or of non execution of the said deed of settle ment, and from selling or disposing of, as forfeited, any shares or share in the company. Upon the argument of the case the plaintiffs were represented by Mr. Roundell Palmer, Q.C., Mr. Lloyd, Q.C., Mr. Hetherington, and Mr. Giffard; and the defendants by the Solicitor-General and Mr. Cairns. Their Lordships, after reading at length the written opinions of Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Justice Erle, who were present at the argument, and which were in the affirmative upon the first three points in dispute, and in the negative upon the last, refused to grant an injunc tion restraining the carrying on the business of the coin pany or restraining the making of a call, but granted till further order the injunction asked as to the forfeiture tf shares. The parties to have liberty to .ipply. (Before the Ma.ten of the Rolls.) SMITH V. PAWSON. This case has been argued before the court for several days, the interests involved being very large. His Honour gave judgment granting plaintiff the re lief she sought, defendant to pay the costs up to the time of hearing. (Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley.) IN RE JERVIS' CHARITY. This was a petition presented by the Bishop of Here ford, and others, trustees of the above-named charity, praying the sanction of the court to the purchase of a plot of land in Herefordshire, for the erection of three schools for boys, girls, and infants, a private act of Par liament having been obtained, to enable the trustees to purchase real estate for the purposes of the charity. The funds under the control of trustees are said to amount to nearly 100,0001. They arise out of moneys left by the will of Mr. Jervis, for the benefit of the poor of Stanton-on-Wye, Bredwardine and Lefton, in the county of Hereford. The Vice-Chancellor made an order approving of the purchase, subject to the title to the land being satisfac tory. The plans, according to which the premises were to be erected, would be approved in chambers. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT—JULY 28. (Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.) IN THE MATTER OF CHARLES W. SIMPSON.—GROSS BREACH . OF TRUST. This insolvent, who had been a collecting clerk to Messrs. Crowley, the .Alton ale brewers, was opposed on his application to be discharged by Mr. Sargood, on the par ,- , of Emma Marks and Edward Davies, his cousins, on the ground that he had committed a gross breach of trust against them. The schedule was dismissed, and the insolvent taken back to Horsernonger-lane Gaol. ASSIZE INTkLLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.--DERBY, JULY 28. THACKRAH V. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action brought by Sarah Ann Thackrah, as administratrix of the plaintiff, against the Great Northern Railway Company, to recover damages for the death of her husband, a fireman in the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company. The damages were laid at 4001. A special jury was empannelled. After hearing evidence fur the defence, and Mr. Macaulay in reply, The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, for the amount claimed-2001. for the wife, and 2001. for the RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles ,pened, NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts 1854. 1853. 1854. Bill TIBII. 72 Aberdeen .. ... .. .. ••..•• .. ...., X £ 37% Belfast and Ballymena ............. 821 853 17 Belfast and County Down.. •• .. •• •• . - - 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,298 2,526 261 % Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• .. 833 863 104* Bristol and Exeter ...... • • .... ••• • • • 6,602 6,304 307 Caledonian. ........... .......... } 16,189 17,984 Edinburxh and Glasgow ........... 91% Chester and Holy head. ....-.. - - . 5,977 5,810 6% Cork. Blackrock, and Passage •• •• •• 241 203 20 Cork and Bandon .................. 193 174 56 Dublin and Belfast Junction ........ 1,25 , 956 621 % Dublin and Drogheda ..... . ......... 1,739 1,399 6 Dublin and Kingstown .............. 1, - 94 1,741 16% Dundee and Arbroath .... -•••• .. • • 599 ' 634 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 894 944 19 Dundalk an,] Enniskillen• •..••• • •• •• 230 225 68 East Ang1ian....................... 833 800 81% East Lancashire ........ _ .......... 5,30 1 5 507 417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. •• .. 20,675 23,957 Eastern Union .................. • • 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee• ••• •• 2,823 3,208 6. Exeter and Credlton.. • • ....•• •• • • •• - - 19 Furness Railway .• • •• .. • ... •• .. •• - 171% Glasgow, and South-Western•• •• •• •• 5.003 6,003 283 Great Northern and E. L........... 15,549 18;489 188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 7,297 5,48 i 819* Great Western .................... 25,222 24,800 251* Irish South Eastern .......... •• •• •• 2 , 7 171 90 Lancaster and Carlisle.. •... ........ 5,653 6,161 260 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ 20,028 20,557 - Leeds Northern .. • • .. • • •• •• •• •• •• • • - -- 183 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.• .. 713 539 6 , 314 London and North Western ... • ..... 56,233 59,8 - 5 5* I London and Blackwell... .. • ..•..... 1,715 2,018 173 1 4 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 14,177 17. 23 253* Londc - 3 and south We5tern......... 1 ~5 i 1 16,244 41 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 536 501 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &e. - - 167 li Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 8,011 10,247 9* Manchester and South Junction ...... 700 841 '8 ' Maryport and Carlisle .............. - - 498% Midland -• • • .• • • ................ 25, 85 29,2q7 126 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 2,766 2,6.2 47 Monklands -.....................- - 78 1 % Newcastle and Carlisle.. • .... •• .. •• - - 149 North British .... - ................. 4,602 5,06 - North Staffordshire ................ - - 47 North-Western .•„. •• .• ---- .• .. 1 ,216 1,047 82 4cottish Central •••• •• •• .......• .. j 3,244 3,576 Scottish Midland • .• •............ 29* Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 799 1,043 41 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 1,977 2,260 29 Shropshire Union .. •• •• ............ 672 856 58 South Devon• • •• • • „. . •• •• •• •• •• •• - 3,094 2.475 2881* + - int I* Eastern .... ..., .. ............ 19,239 21.175., . - South Wales ...................... 3,700 5,37- 85% South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,5N1 1,632 3,325 3,698 - - 75 Waterford and Limerick •• .• ........ 563 753 25 West Cornwall .• .. •••••-•• •• •• • • 589 694 12 Whitehaven Junction .• •..•• • • •• • 244 362 •!• 682 York and Newcastle , and Berwick & York and North sfidland & Leeds 28,943 32,394 VOILEIGN• 57* • Dutch Rhenish ....... •• •• •• •• 2,036 2,272 185 Lyons and Mediterranean •.......... - _ 63 Uontereau md Troyes .• •• •• •• •. •• ..-_. 63 NaIIIUT and Liege .. • • .............. _ - Northern of France ................ 26,653 32,200 444 6el Orleans and Central* . - - 240 Paris and Lyors .................. . __ - 84 Parts and Rouen. - .............. , 9,7. 8 8,947 393 Paris and Strasburgh ............ .. - _ • • 59 Rouen and ils.vre.. ... .. ••. .. 4,239 3.781 lig Western of F rance . •. •• . .. 6,175 6,518 SHIPPING INT ELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, JULY 28. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS.—The Vikengen, from Moss; Trine Marie, Nykiobin,g ; Memel; Alnwick Packet, Dantzic ; Ellen Hightield, ditto; Marie, ditto ; Ellen, Christiania; Shannon, Mauritius ; Merri man, Rimouski, River, St. Lawrence ; Oscar, Gefle ; Belle of the West, Boston ; Devonshire, Trinidad ; Royal Con sort, Marstrand ; Forsokel, Sunds wall ; He be„ Hud icks wall ; Wilhelmine, 011endorff; Grafton, St. John's, N.B. , Osirius, Dordt ; Jacob, Moss; Argus, Heiligen hafen ; Catharina Sophie, Sonderborg ; Resolutionen, Aalborg; Agnes Luders, Odense ; Margar e th a , Gothen berg ; Von Schoch Rey. Henosand ; Anna Karens Minde, Stolpemunde ; Poictiers, Geelong. VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Bernhard, for Calcutta ; Crimea, Montreal, Costa Rica, New York. and Punta Arenas ; De Vrouw Trientje, Laurvig ; Elizabeth Sophia, Christiania, Dram, and Moss; Hermanos Quori dos, Bilboa ; Isa, Elsinore and Memel; Le Trois Ames, Melbourne ; Aliverof, Haparanda ; Prince of Wales, Cal cutta ; Shannon, Mauritius ; Highlander, Melbourne ; Zwantje, Altona ; Knutt, Stockholm ; Meander, Port Philip. VESSELS CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO.—The Minerva, for Stettin ; Rosebud, Antwerp; Sumter, Boston, United States; Gurtje Elizabeth, Rotterdam; Florida, New York ; Neptunus, Stettin ; Bon Jesus de Monte, Caminha; Immanuel, Memel ; Industry, Havre ; Vorwarts, Port Philip; Sovereign, Sydney; Gothenburg, Gothenburg ; G. B. Lamar, New York ; Cambrian, Constantinople ; Queen, Nantes. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Ocean Queen (barque), from London, June 5, lat 5 N, long. 22 W. Th e Sally, of Havre, Swansea to Singapore ; Glen Huntley (barque), both same day. The William (barque), standing NW, July 20, lat. 48 N, long. 10 W. The Quayside (ship), bound W, lat. 49 N, long. 6 W. The Sarah (ship), of Liverpool, homeward bound, July 6 The Australasia, London to Australia, July 8 off Flores. The Martin Luther, from Arracan, May 20, lab. 3 S, long. 89 E. The Souveraine, Akyab to Falmouth, lat. 14 N, long. 87 E. The Lobba (Danish brig), San Blas to Falmouth, lat. 59 S, long. 84 W. EQUITY COURTS. NORMAN V. MITCHELL. • Their lordships delivered judgment in this case, which was argued before them, sitting with the assistance of two of the common law judges, on the 26th, 27th, and .28th June last. The suit arose out of disputes between some of the shareholders of the Chartered Bank of In dia, Australia, and China ; the plaintiffs (the share holders) seeking to take the management of the com pany out of the hands of the directors. The points in difference between the parties had (by arrangement) been reduced to four. The first point was whether the defendants, the directors, had the powers and authori ties of directors ; the second, whether, the plaintiffs were liable to pay a call of 21. which had been made by the CRYSTAL PALACE. JULY 28.—SHILLING DAY. —Admis defendants as di rec t ors , w hich the plaintiffs had re- sion at the doors, 4,928 ; admission by season tickets, fused to pay ; the third, whether the deed of settle. 951. Total, 5,879. tnent of th e cc npany was binding upon the shareholders, [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Holloway's Ointment and Pills and such a deed having regard to the terms of the oil- certain Cures for all Cutaneous Diseases. Copy of a ginal subscription con tract, and of the charter, as the letter from Mr. James Meredith, Ashton-under-Lyne, plaintiff s were b o u n d to execute ; and the 4th,' whether dated the 15th January, 1854 :--" To Professor Iloilo the def e ndants, w h o were about to declare the plain- way. Sir, —For seven years I was a victim to the most tiffs' share forfeited for not having executed the unsightly of cutaneous diseases. My whole body was d ee d o f se t t l emen t, hail p ower ,0 to do. The case came covered with sores ; and although I had recourse to a before the court by w a y of appeal from the decision of varit,ty of means to relieve myself front this odious die the Master o f th e R o ll s , re f us i n g a motion made by the figurement, they were totally unsuccessful ; eventually, plaintiffs for an injunction to restrain the defendants however, l: from op e ning any branch or other banks, or a genc i es , which tniracu l tu d sl r y ec hy "i s r ;, e )w t' d) eg y r o e u er., oiutm healed e tntit and ewhole rills, , (f or issuing any notes, bills, or otherwise commencing the sores, and left my skin without a blemish to the or carrying on banking business, or otherwise acting utter astonishment of my friends."—Sold by all drug contrary to the provisions of the subscription contract, i gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, or of the charter ; and from enforcing the call already Strand, London, 'The - Thetis, of London; Plymouth to Adelaide, S A., June 18, lat. 2 N, long, 23 W. The Express (brig), of Sunderland, July 9, lat. 49 N, long. 39 W. The Bannockburn, of Greenock, July 13, lat. 49 N, long. 40 W. The Aimwell, of Prince Edward Island, bound to Cork, July 17, lat. 5 . 2 N, long. 24 W. The Cape 00,i, New York to Melbourne, April 14, lat. 39 S, long. 67 E. The Prince Albert, Dundee to Adelaide, S.A., April 12, lat. 45 S, long. 78 E. COUNTRY IYI ARKETS. LIVERPOOL—JULY 28. At this day's market there was a moderate attendance Of dealers, and a large business was done in wheat, at advance of fully 3d. to 4(1 per 701bs. Flour w as 1 9 good request, at an improvement of 6 i to Od per brl and sack. Oats and oatmeal supported former prices. 131 " . " ley, beans, and peas without change. Indian corn Inet a . very good demand, at a n a d vance o f i s to 2s per qr, ~, per 4801bs having been paid for fine American 9 1 " Q :a We quote for fine white wheat from 9s 3d to 9s 6d., 31 " Canadian from Ss to 8s 8d per 701bs. WAKEFIELD-:--JULY 28. The supplies were not disproportionate to the wants of the trade, and good fresh samples sold at a decline of 31 per qr on the quotations of last Friday. The pr i ce s of other descriptions were nom i na l , purchasers being diffi cal i, meet with. O a t s an d b eans were ra th er c heaper, . 2 barley and other articles were steady. EXETER—J - 131.Y 21. Od CORN.—In our market wheat may be quoted from 83 03 to 8s 6d. M a lti ng b ar l ey, 4 s Od to 4 s 6 d ; gr i n ding 0 •P 00 Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s 6tl to 3s 9d. Beans, Os Ott t° Od. Peas, 00s Od to Oos Od. CATTLE.—Prime beef, lOs 6d per score • co ws and cal ill, to 161. ; b u t c h ers ' ca l ves, oa to Od per lb., r es rt! calves 00s to Oo s eac h. Sh eep, 6d t o 6 ; d . L a mbs, 6 i,! 0(1 per lb. Store hogs, large size, 40s to 60s each ; 00s to 00s ; small, 18s to 245. Rough fat, 5 d per Pork carcases from lOs Od to lls Od per score. FLOUR. —Fine, 00s Od t o 00 s Od ; secon d s , Od per sack. OOs Od to 008 INVERNESS.—JULY 25. CORN.—Wheat, white, p er qr ., 69 s Od to' 71s oa. Bs" ley, chevalier, 30s Od to 31 s Od ; ditt o , com mon, 00s Od tc) 00s Oil. Oats, 30s Od to 3's 0,1. ditto MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 28s Od to 008 ; . second, 00s Od to Os Od ; ba r l e y mea l,'2os Od to OsivoLtr; peasemeal, 20s Od to Os Od; bran, per stone Os Sd t ° , o to Ist flour, per 2801 b, 60s Od to 00s Od ; 2d ditto, .62s n a i 00s Od; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperial $s pa to Os Od ; ditto second, Os Od to Os Od; barleymeal 2 to 008 Od ; peasemeal, 2s Od to Os Od ; Ist flour, 3s 6d ow 3s 9d credit; 2d ditto, 2s 9d cash, 38 Od credit. BRISTOL SUGAR—JULY 28. The market has worn arnora animated character 0_1 s week, and more descriptions of su g ars haye found P. 7 0, chasers, but without vendors being able to obtain W I e t provement on the late quotations. Refined good ßsi di with a free sale, and pri ces are fi rm . Th ere i s a l s o a o -- business doing in rums at the late currencies. COAL MARK . Prices of Coal per ton at tl :ET.—JULY 28. ,he close of tile market. e. cl. BuddleW. Hartley 19 0 Wallsend, Ste. Carr's Hartley l9 0 Chester Main 18 0 Davison's West Hartloy 19 0 Hasting's Hartley l9 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton l9 0. 20 3 Widen Main .................. 6 Tielmont ................. .••• ; 0 6 itraddyll ................... „ „ 6 Lainbton .................... ; 0 ' 0 fletton Lyons Main ..... : 1 0 3 Peusher .... ................. i i 6 Longridge's Wst Hartley 19 ( Ric hmund .. .. ............. - 6 Stewart's Hartley l6 1 Russell's Fletton ........... 2: 0 9 South To.ufie d 16 0 South Hetton ..........." - 0 21 Tanfield Moor l6 6 stewart's ................•• , 9 g Walker Primrose l5 t Cassop --. ................ ." 6 West Pelton l6 0 Heugh Hall ................. 1 2 9 0 6 West Hartley l9 0 Kelloe . ... —. ............. .20 6 Wylam 19 6 South Hartlepool ..... .. . . f ., 6 South Kelloe ..... . ......... ~ i ,, 0 Tees ... . ................... l' s ', 3 19 6 West Kelloe ................ 18 6 18 6 Whitworth ............. _• 19 0 Ws,llsend, Ste Acorn Close Gosiorth Rodley ..18 6 Derwentwater Hartley. . 6 ..20 Lawson lB 3 Trimdon.. ........ ....'. 19 0 Riddell lB 6 Cowpen .................... Bell's Primrose 15 6 COURSE OF EXCHANGE-YESTERDA T • - Am5terdam............ 11 151 q Gibraltar .....••• •• •• • . 30 604 Ditto, three months .. 11 17 ..eghorn •• "•• 25 3729 Rotterdam .......• .... 11 17 , 4 Genoa ...• •• •• •• •• .• Antwerp 25 275¢ Milan. •• •• '• Lirussels•• •• •• •••••• •• 25 2751 Venice •• .••••••••••• 43% ilamburgh Alton Palermo ......•• •• •• i2B Paris • • ........ •• •• .... 25 2% Aessina •• •• •• 53 Ditto, three months .• 25 30 Lisbon •• •••• 524 Marseilles ..... .•• •..... 25 30 Oporto .......• •• •• •• liourileaux ............ Iti Janeiro ..•••• •• •• '• •—• Frankfort-on-Maine .... 118% Buenos Ayres...• •• • • .; -- Berlin . .............. New York, 60 days' sig ii ` Vienna ..•• ............ 12 32 Philadelphia .• •• •• •: • of. Trieste i 2 35 PRICES OF BULLION. • , 7 „ Petersburg:..... •• ...... 36 Foreign; Gold in liars I 3 0 Madrid ................ 49% 'Portugal God Coln • • A ° 0 0 Cadiz.• ................ 50% Mexican Dollars. •• •• 0 0 , Barcelona...... „ 0 New Dollars ..•• •• 5 1)1 Seville •••••••••• •••••• Silver in bars BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cal) , 321 the Week ending on Saturday the 22d day of July , 1 85 ' ISSUE DEPAZTMENT. 0 0 Notes issued .... 2 ,901,010 Government debt.... llno 1 A'9oo Other securities.. 2, 98 „'010 Gold coin and bullion 12,2u'_!.. Silver •••••••"" £26,2 01,n10 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier' Dated the 27th day of July, 1854. £26,901,010 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest „ 3,328,532 Public deposits tin chiding Mxchequer; Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 2,05 4 ,785 Other depoii s 11,609,399 Seven Day and other ........ . 1,057,234 Government securities (includg.Dead Weight , 305 . Annuity) • • 1 .t. 9 ° 4l Other securities.... • • 1,°.,;44:4/15 N , tes v ........ .. ,;,"667 Gold and silver coin .• £32,606,950 Dated the 27th day of July, 185, • £32,6 06,7," MARSHALL, Chief Cashier' SEABORNE MAILS, (N •lgnifles that the mails are sent from the General Post . by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when mai, ut p rom Wiled COUNTRIES. in General Post- p o rt dua id, Office, London.* Diso..tcheo. (byttrinti.tpetta Sts. Every Friday , Liverpool Amer i ca mera (by u c America ) (by .0 States .......N ........ • . Liverpool , 402. packet) ..........N • • •' •• • • • Southarnptoni Australia (via South • 1 , cr ust ampton) .......... M July 4 .... .. Southampton . 16-- Ditto (via Marseilles) NI Ditto (via Cape of Good' cer" Af fi ric o a pe ( ) W • e • s7 C — oas •t) ::NN,•Tg3udiYoflth..;m••••o....n..t.b:.; Dover ymo Alexandria.......... NO, 24, &30 of Dover .• • • Alexandria....„ „ M!4th & 20th of moh.Southampton Bahamas I ,17th of the m ont Soutfumpton M ' 9 l t )a h l l o y f the month .. B D o o u v t e h r m . i . w . t • o y , : Augu st 16 a ßr e a l Buenos Ayres ...,111.9th of the month.. Southamp too Cape of Good Elope ..N Il4th of the mont Plymouth .• Cape of Good Hope ..N 11th of the month. Soutliamnio n Cape de Verds 14th of the montl: Southampto n Ceylon (see India) 20 July Ceylon 14th of the montb T''' 1 ' 1 . 6 Channel Isles.-- ..N Mart.,Wcd.,&Frid, Southampto n • 2d & 17th of mont , SouthamPtm - '1 China (see India) Constantinople ......N 7 ,8,17,24,&27 ofm. Dover Tyr i c s - a d a .. Constantinople :4th &20th of moo. South Cont. of Europe & N Twice daily _ Dover • • •"•, ° lll Egypt (see India) • ed pl * T i l ! France M & N Twice daily__ Dover • • •" 1 , July - Gibraltar _ ,4, 7, 17, 20. 27 of it , t i o uthanPt° Greece (see India) Grerown ..........M 2nd & 17th o f mon . southanlPo, I JfilY 16 Hamburgh ..... .....N.Tucsday & FridayiLondon ••• •••, Aug. I Havannah .... M 2nd of the moot' Southatnlr°' •• • 10 Holland M Daily_ „ „ Dover .••• •• • 1 Ilnodniadu(vraiasso.utilamp.t...miM,l7hth&o2fotthhe ofm o n:i nt!). SoutilnmP w ; IttlY Plym .uth • India (via Marseilles)Al B(h&24th of =pith Dover •• •• ,11 lonian Isles (see India) l 7, &27 of mon Dover" •• ! , rwle r `i, Ireland ...... la ..M & NlTsvice daily Holyhead ',;4u8 111 6 , ..M;7, 9, 17, &270 f m. SoutiunPlo T o. 1 Madeira of the month Southampton s• Madeira N , 234 of month plytnoUth Malta (see India) • pi/ 20 Malta .. . ..... ..N 7,17,19,27, 30 of m. Dover •• •• Mauritius (see India) I.a. 1 Mauritius „N 14th of the month to o Mexico 211,1 of the month. SouthaMP • Naples „ N ,sthl s tl2stholmon ,Dover •• •• toV, ce rtB o3 New Granada ..... I2d & 17th of month SouthaMP . t yn New Ze iland ..... Hy private skip .. Various Pert Papal states N Sthlotta,sthothion. Dover ... :24 Peninsula ..........M ithl7th2Bthormon. SouthamPlnJulf 16 Peru _ •.„ & •17th of mon.lSouthalflP7 . Plrt Natal N 14th of the month Plymouth Sicily .... N sthlnth2stbofraon, Dover •• •• t o Tuscany sth I mh2stholinon. Dover • • •:,:„", JO • Venezuela,— 2C EA 17th of month Southall:lP" - Van Diemen•s Land (see t 1 Australia) West fndies 2d & 17th of month SouthaMP' ~ * When any of these d a t es f a ll oi mal a Sunday , the -- tbe riv- d -s espatched on the following d ay. w ith t h e exception 0f ....at0 115, outhampton), and the Malt a , b o th o f which will be (I*" receding day. MARRIED. • 0 • 11 0 , la' fie ' On the 27th inst., at Hove Church, near WI. bar o f Liam Powell Murray, of Lincoln's-inn, Egg' , dogl 3 —t er 3.f-r ter-at-law ' to Georgina Charl o tte Daysh, only d e r, I;.ol the late Hon Arthur Richard Tumour, Comun a rl ' 1 and grand-daughter of Ed war d G a rth, Recoi l " rer terton. qua e „ver On the 27th inst., at St. George's, ri s, ~..5 13" ,.d5, O f , o rtl Lieutenant-Colonel Carl e t on , Coldstreamt-lua" o f Hon. Charlotte Hobhou se , e ld es t daughte r Broughton. DIED. 100 On the 27th inst., i n St. J ames ' s lace, Au * Calvert, widow of the late Robert Calvert, ',, cl ,„j y- On sclirre ' On the 2'th inst., at Charles-street. Be r ' ll - ,-, -e " ing" Marianne, widow o f the late JohnHeathcot e, li r i t caOnstle, Huntingdonshire. the 29th May,. of cholera, in the island of tautdiva aged Adolphus Edward Shelly, Assistant 13° Sh elly General of th e Island, third son of the late Sir J° je Bat. WOO' o f On the 26th i ns t. , i n hi s 65th y ea r, at his resf R.rn , ey-r oa d, George Brettinghain SowerbYt f seve r 70, Gre a t*Russell•street, Bloomsbury, anther works on Natural History. - n if LONDON : Printed and Published by Mu 14 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The SUA OffiCeFi''.:4/ tge Strand, in the Precinct of the Sayey, i n the ow" Middlesex, Saturday, July 29, 1854. BIRTHS. • 101 OF A SON. On the 27th inst at S 1 - o f , y t ney locl.e, a f ife of the Rev. Dr. Phelps. b he 11 On the 25th 'inst. at Thorpe-place, Surrey, t the Rev. Henry Leigh Bennett. C mbridge, 08 OF A DAUGHTER. 5116 ' On the 25th i ns t., a t M a i son V a li n , ChanlPs sill 30 eof Paris. the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Coke, lst Doll and of Debd a l e , N o tt s . --------.4' ~4 a II