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, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—It is a curious reflection—but those who perpend it may find it true—that the greatest danger from Toryism is—not Toryism —but mawkish and morbid Liberalism. What has this Ministry been driving at, ever since it came in ? What but—like that actor, who had not got the true pig under his cloak—to squeak more naturally piggish, than even the true pig itself ? What but to catch up every sucked and thrown away Liberal orange, and suck it over again ? What but to figure as the true Amphitryon, by dint of a ten-times cooked-up . banquet--compensat ing, by its trashy variety, for its want of the solid sulestance of sound policy ! The foreign and commercial policy afiche by this Government especially illustrate its claptrap spirit. 'Peace with all the world and his wife ; and a fig for our naval forces I Free trade through all the letters of the alphabet—and a fig . for cheap bread, or commercial reci procity ! Now we may . be wrong, but we are strongly persuaded that this daw-in-borrowed-feathers policy is of all pollee' the very worst. We prefer infinitely the Op position of 1838 to the Ministry of 1844. In striking the chord of national sensitiveness to defence and honour, they struck the right chord. In placing protective policy on the ground of the interest of our workpeople, they placed it upon the right ground. So far as defi ciency of force existed, the Opposition was useful in provoking its increase. So far as protection was given to classes producing other things than the ne cessaries of life—so far—as against rivals, refusing reciprocity—it was rightly given. The policy of de fence, and the principle of protection, within such limits, were not things to be whistled down the wind,—not things to be ceded to vague Liberal com mon-places, whether Whig or Tory. National defence —plenty, and protection, for national labour—open com • merce to supply deficient necessaries—commerce open or closed, as foreigners thought proper, in all articles of which, not the raw material, but the labour on that raw material, formed the main value. These are the points on which a Conservative Government might have preserved its character beneficially. Because importation of raw produce decides the ques tion of plenty for all. Importation, or non-importa tion, of finished goods decides, in many cases, the dis tribution of that plenty—the question whether the la bour of the country shall enjoy it less or more. It is quite idle to deny that indiscriminate free trade in manufactures, with nations which will not open their markets reciprocally, exposes the labouring classes of the country conceding it to all the inconveniences of excessive foreign production of particular articles (where such arti cles happen to be also produced by the native labourers), without the counterbalancing advantage of admission to these foreign markets. This is a gratuitous hardship inflicted on native labour—or at least the only advan tage derived from it is the greater cheapness of certain non-necessaries—a greater cheapness, which is no na tional object to be placed in comparison with 'the more liberal distribution of the means of comfort to labourers at home. Such is our creed in the matter of com mercial reciprocity. The Opposition of 1838 professed to uphold protection for the sake of labour. The Ministry of 1844 made one of its first acts the gratuitous breaking down of that protection—the admission, not of the main commodities of which greater abundance was necessary—but of those countless minutiae, admis sion of which affects the distribution of comforts amongst our Own labouring classes—commodities which from us all foreigners were loading with restrictions — all foreigners except the Beazilians—and with them these Ministers have succeeded in picking_ a quarrel. since! This commercial policy of Ministers comes under review curiously, in conjunction with their foreign policy in the course of discussion last night. Sir Robert Peel a id—" I wish the Right Hon. Gentleman would bear iu mind the feelings of this country if the French Govern ment had proposed a Select Committee of the Chambers to inquire into the mode in which we got possession of Hong-Kong, and how far it was consistent with tithe interests of France that we should extend our posses sions in the Chinese seas. I wonder what the Right Ilion. Gentleman would have thought of such a motion." A British Minister might have remembered that -Brisein would rejoice to meet such inquiry ; and to place her cu'iduct in proud contrast to that of any other con quering Power. Fo r whom have we conquered Chinese .exclusiveness ? For the whole world ! For whose interest is it, that our Chinese position (coupled with our Chinese. policy) should be maintained ? e7he interest of the whole peaceful and cone me:ecial world ! Now turn to French conduct. Mr. ,Sheil asks (and asks of those whom Parliament has a r i g ht to ask) whether our neighbours are, or are nor, allowed to proceed in Africa in a manner militating with our legitimate and commercial interest ? What is the first fail accompli, which at once obtrude: itself in answer to the question ? Why, the fact that duties, amounting to prohibition, hare been im posed ors our ships and manufactures at all the ports seized in Africa by the French. How many more ports is she to be allowed to seize, with the effect of farther exemplifying" the same entente cordiale with our com • enerce ? We are far, however, from thinking the finmediate 'commercial question the main question coneerned. The question is, have we men at the t, aim who have any idea of acting, when England ought to set ? Mr. Milnes thinks the time has arrived when Christian civilisatisn must extend itself to Africa. Good words are ever commendable; and Christian civilisat.‘ga are very good words. We may perhaps be doubtful whether France is precisely the centre of Christian c ieilisation ; or whether the conductors of the r azzias are t;reeiselY its apostles. On the whole, we should like t..(; have the terms defined ; and as we often talk of assisting that laudable object, we hope we shall so contrive our ce- operation in the Christian civilisation of Africa, as to take especial charge of the points bear ing on our a llediterranean commerce and Indian empire! STANDA:tI).—Lord Beaumont's character, and his conduct in Pa eliarhent, entitle him to the respect of the public, and t;tirly claim a favourable consideration , for whatever prorsition ne may make. We must, how ever, ceefess t his Lordship's Bill in its origi nal shape altogether exhausts this demand _upon our candour and out' disposition to be pleased. In its first form " the Bill would go a considerable way towards the re-establishment of Roman ism in the United Kingdom. The Bill, in feet, purposes tie repeal whatever remains of about forty statutes, including pretty marry all the statutes now in force for' the protection of the Protestant Church, and the Protestarit religion, against the aggressions of the Church of Some, not otnitting even the " security statute 'Which the law of 1829 was accompanied. • Such • a Bill may no doubt be emended, but it can be ameuided only by enormous curtailment. Practi cally, Raman -Catholics are' as free as any class of the Queen's subjects ' • and there can be no objection what ' ever to repslal ill form, and directly, those laws which such practic sl freedom proves to have been repeated %either by desuetude or indirectly, as is the . case,oK peo bably three-foiseths of the statutes recited iteVoileßeau 'moues Bill. Lawyers will tell us that the" theory of the English law', tuelike ' that of the' Roman 'face: allows of no repeal oi a law by desuetude s ' but we -heed !tot go further than the Sill - before us to show that, whatever the theory - :of . 'the ' law, ?—1 Practice is to treet Statutes 'as repealdd. ee'siiw, as far as Lord Beaumont's Bill Care be Made to ee ,: einusile theory and 'practice; he this resliect be not • a s e rs e ‘n unobjectionable but useful, for where there is a me s t ii e ede of laws upon' st particular subject, or a per denier s lims of subjects, the majority of which • laws have been suffered to sleepy or to die off from lethariy, tihere is a p erfect certainty • that the rest will she j a i : T ea& and eglide into the same destines. This, hoavevesse plainly not Lord Beaumont's view, ffi , wishes to h os e all the laws protecting the Prb testant religion artel Protestant Church repealed, chiefly with the po rpesse of getting •'rid of such as still 'operative. and still' 'necessary. The amend- Manta which the Lorel Chancellor has undertaken to make will, h owe ver, w e trust, be made in not merely a different, but in an oppos;te spirit. The Noble and' Learned Lord, the • Chancellor of 1829, can, for example, be scarcely expected to stultify the Government of which lie was so distinguished a 'Member fifteen years ago, by proposing the repeal of " the security " Bill. On the other har e d, he may be ex -pected to give More freedom of operatios; and efficiency to L 'hat law, by assisting to remove the dea:l or sleeping lines," under whOse weight it and some ether laws direct, sett° the same end have, up to the present time, been sn aothered. • We will, however, withhold all isurther eommen, until we shall see the amended Bill. In theane *Mime we must protest against the assumption of' Lord- A letrumont, that no Romaniit conspiracy can exist' in Our 'day. What is the Repeal AsSociation, if not a Romanist cemsplracy ? Surely not the less a Romanist conspiracy because a few insane or self-Seeking indivi duals Protestants are enrolled among - .its mgmbete ; the , very satne thing i having happened S.esthe case , of Mt the conipiracies against Elizabeth. Whit is the Ribbon t.S,eciety but aßomanist conspiracy, -when its , first aibligation is one of -fidelity to the Church of Bowe'? Lord Beatisnont is himself an honourable I proof that aeltornanCathis!ie can hold apart from and -countenance etielse onspinicies-; but were there not many esubh preofe in the reio,ti of Elizabeth, in which, s his • Lordship aelnaite, such eouspiracies existed erd 'Howard 4 Effingham, whoielfarcie' eaily made. A uk -rwn 'to evory schoolboy, and griaaftillY remembered b y a very En&elislurean, was, like'Lerd Beetument, a Ro .anals s Catholics and Many •Reman Catholics as brave and as Joy, 9.1, if not tie distingushed, as the great Admiral, ir sham s, 7, the destruction of the Armada • and lad twenty years before - the bun 'yet this' :was less' - .tha.7 order Vlot. 'Nothin,e!' , is' eVer 'to be inferred of ;soinanism from ind i i id os , instances' of virtue, . however always—if we would 1 We are, neum ero us, in any age. :arrive at just' corichisions ree:tecting fliat" artful: and ers atile sect, iiiorked as it is by a seeet,tfretVer; ihe onl *v y ;tilting_ u niform 'in its system — to take the vera g :e of years "inind-of ' n umbers, and thus reasoning, we shall fin,more itomanist conspiracies in the eighteenth and nintee....ath, sik an in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries..l , - MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (p r , mm the London New Price Current of July 23.) Suasai..—in the West India, Sugar market there has been toss activ ity ilnce last Tuesday. To-day bright yellow and 14. , •0tig ret'ning (16scriptions of. West India Sugar were in goad I ,evianit ILid fetched fully former rates, but inferior yellow s tirid. bedwri kinds met with a slow sale. The total purchases $ tree- 420 hbts and tierces, including 144 hhds 6 trcs Barbadoes t which went 6d to is above last public sale rates ,r good anti fine, and'at former prices for all other sorts ; ! I s rawer fiptched 04g 6d to 678, good 62s 6d to 648, mid is. and.loww. 578 to 57s 6d.per cwt. I ' Ens 3 -0,--The, demand has been brisk from the home trade for defined 4ugar, and advanced rates again paid, in deed : the apply has, become small of the low and mid quali ties, ' To,d. ly large purchases Were made in Refined Goods by the home trz, de, and prices closed firmly at 77s for standard, „. per cwt fur brown grocery Lump. In wt. do "": 18 " b ' e l, n Vi r ; 'thefe tegoOd deal doing at'2fis By private contract a goba'huithesAfilirffean MAURITICS. t rtuisseted in all leScriptions, at rather higher rates. This • afternoon none were brought to public sale ; privately good and fine yellow sorts were inquired for, and in some cases fetched stiffer rates. EAST INDIA.—The demand has been brisk for Bengal Sugar, and the rates paid show an advance on those 0 Tuesday last of is per cwt. This afternoon 2,711 bags of Bengal Sugar were brought to public sale, 1,921 of which consisted of (Date), these went at easier rates, and sol 1 as follows : Low yellow at 55s 6d to 565, middling 56s 6 to 58s, damp and washed 54s to 58s ; sound ordinary gre 555, damp 52s to 555. Other sorts fetched very full prices, and sold at 65s for fine white, 63s to 63s 6d for good, 61s 6d to 64s for damp and washed, 55s to 55s 6d for ordinary sound soft yellow, 52s 6d to 54s 6d for damp and washed, 67s 6d to 68s for strong yellow Dobah, and damp and washed 67s per cwt. Of Ceylon Sugar 68 casks 7 cases were offered and disposed of at 52s for low brown, 54s to 55s for good, and 56s to 56s 6d for middling dingy yellow. 153 baskets Java were sold at the full value; fine strong grey at 21s to 225, good white 23s to 23s 6d, fine brown 17s 6d to 185, damp grey and white 20s 6d to 21s, brown ditto 16s 6d to 17s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—YeIIow Havannah has been in excellent re quest, and the rates paid are rather above those of Tuesday last. This afternoon there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar ; by private treaty some parcels of yellow Havannah and brown Brazil sold at very full prices. MOLASSES.—Prices are maintained for West India, and a good demand has existed ; the private operations are 250 puns, Antigua at 24s to 265, and Trinidad 23s ; at auction, however, 250 puns were taken in above the value, Antigua at 245, Barbadoes 265, St. Kitt's 245, and Montserrat 23s ; the arrivals are still large, but prices rule low. In Bengal Syrup sales made at 14s to 16s per cwt. Of West India Ta marinds 17 half-barrels at auction fetched 50s, and 5 jugs Jamaica Honey 50s to 58s per cwt. Cocoa.—By private contract several parcels of West India have been disposed of, but holders are compelled to submit to rather lower prices ; at auction Trinidad at 38s 6d to 40s for low to mid red, and 38s to 38s 6d for fair grey ; 10 brls of St. Vincent's were bought in at 31s to 32s per cwt for fair quality; the stock is still a large one. Foreign Cocoa is little wanted, and 260 bags Para at auction were withdrawn. TEA.—The transactions have been upon a small scale in black and green Tea by private contract, but the offers made at lower rates have been rejected by importers, although large parcels are announced for public competition. At the auctions held on Friday, consisting of 10,000 pkgs, the biddings were very languid, and the small proportion of only 2,800 pkgs found purchasers, but with 'the excep tion of fine Hyson, which went rather under late rates, other sorts of Tea sustained the previous currency ; Congou, but mid ra str and fresh fetched Is lid to is 2d, but mid blksh if is 2d, very superior Pekoe fla 2s 2d to 2s 21}d ; Twankay, but mid is sd; Hyson fla 2s lid to 2s lid ; Gun powderrs 6d to 4s sid, and Imperial2s lOid per lb. Pouchong was all taken in and withdrawn. COFFEE.—The market has presented a quiet appearance for all descriptions of West India Coffee since this day week. This afternoon the demand was brisk for Ceylon Coffee, and 1,168 bags, at public sale, were all disposed of is above former rates—ordinary ragged pale went at 525, good ordinary pale 52s to 52s 6d, good ordinary greenish 53s 6d to 545, tine ordi nary greenish 55s to 55s 6d, sea damaged first class 52s 6d, second ditto 50s, third ditto 48s 6d. Privately there was a good deal doing, and Jamaica was more in demand, at former rates. Of Mocha some parcels sold at 70s to 75s for middling and good yellow. ' 1 SPlCES.—Jamaica Ginger at 4/ lOs to 101 lOs per cwt for , low to good bold white : East India has sustained the former value; Bengal at 22s for bold wormy, being above the value. Black Pepper has been taken sparingly, but holders are not inclined to further give way in price, and none has been offered at auction ; Sumatra in small parcels sold at 2id to 2. d, Penang 20 to 3d, and Malabar 3/ i d to 311 per lb. Cassia Lignea, ord 54s to 555, good ord 568 to 58s, low middling 59s to 60s, middling 61s to 635, and better qualities 64s to 70s per cwt; for auction 'on Wednesday 1,400 chests are, de clared, and the stock is not above half of what it wasilast season at this period. The market is quiet for Pimento. Nutmegs are not much wanted, and prices drooping, 24 casks Batavia at public sale were sold, at 2s 3d to 2s 4d per 16 for bold limed. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Prices are still main tained for the finest qualities of Jamaica Rum, the supply being small, but at present few purchasers are to be met with ; for all other sorts a reduction -on former rates of 2per gallon has been submitted to. To - day some parcels of Jamaica Rum were disposed of, but not at Ilttte prices ; 2B to 30 per cent over proof fehed 2s lid to 3s 3d ; 32 to 36 over 3s 4d to 3s 8d ; favorite marks 3s 10d to 4s 3d and 4s 6d. Leewards are uch wanted, but the supply has become scanty, and proof cannot senerally . .be purchased under 2s 3d per gallon. Demeyara small parcels 34 to 35 per cent over proof fetched 3s 2d to to 3s 3d. The demand for Calcutta Rum is good at Is lilld proof; indeed, in some cases 2s per gallon paid. Brandy was taken sparingly, and in some cases easier rates accepted. Rica— Bengal has met with ready purchasers, and ;the rates given are rather above those of Tuesday last. To-klay Madras Rice met with attention, and 4,000 bags at publ ic sale were readily disposed of at rather higher rates; good bold yellow fetched 8s 6d to 9s, sea damaged first claBs, second and third ditto 6s 6d to 7s 6d. Bengal continues in request, and 400 bags at auction went at 12s 6d for fine bold bright white (cleaned by machinery at Calcutta), Ils 6 to 12s for good ditto, and l'ls for good yellowish white ditto: INDIGO.—The quarterly sale of East India Indigo is Otill progressing under favourable auspices, and the attendance of the trade from all parts has been numerous since Tuesday last. To-day there was an excellent demand for East India Indi g o 6 orn shippers and the home trade at the quarterly Sale : 878 chests passed the sale. SALTPETRE.—Of rough several parcels have been dispdsed of by contract, and holders succeeded in obtaining the 'ad vance they required on Tuesday last of 6d to is per ciwt. To-day rough was in excellent request. TALLOW.—In the value of Russian Tallow on the spot no variation, has taken place, but buyers have purchlsed sparingly, paying 41s to 41s 6d per cwt for P. Y. Candle. OITA.— In Linseed Oil a good deal has been done at 25.' 9d to 26s per cwt, at which prices are firm. Rape Oil at 37 fid to 38s, and brown 36s 6d to 37s per cwt. Cocoa Nut Oil 7s to 30s per cwt. Palm 28s to 293 per cwt. Olive Oil is a ain cheaper. Sperm Oil : fine British at 84/ lOs to 85/, nd American 821 to 831 per tun. Southern Oil at 32/ to 334f0r good to fine, and 29/ to 30/ for low and middling. In the value of other sorts of common Fish Oils there is lire variation. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.! DOWNING-STREET, JULY 23, 1844,_ The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Lilley, Eiq., to be Colonial Surgeon for her Majesty's Forts and Settlea:Mt& on the Gold Coast. • FOREIGN-OFFICE, Jinx 19. 1 The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas W. Waldron, as Consul at Hong-Kong for the United State o I America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Friel* Morphy, as Consul in London for the Mexican Republic. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 9. Mxmoitasinum-Her Majesty has been graciously ple ed to permit the 221 Regiment to assume upon its regime tal or second colour, and likewise upon its appointments in d dition to the word , s Sinde," formerly authorised, the w ds ~ Bleanee," and “ Hyderabad," in commemoration of the;is. tinguisbed gallantry displayed by the corps in the general n • gagements fought at those places, respectively, on the 17t of February and 24th March, 1843. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 23. 2d Regiment of Life Guards-Cornet and Sub-Lieuten at and Adjutant P. Sherwen to have the rank of Lieuten t, July 22 ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the Hon. C. Maud to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir F. Sykes, who nail. s; W. Neville, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by p r chase, vice Maude, July 23. 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons-F. H. Sykes, Gent., to 1 be Cornet, by purchase, vice Duncombe, promoted, July 23 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons-Assistant-Surgeon Harthill, from the 9th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, v ce Hunter, promoted on the Staff, July 23. . 4th Regiment of Foot-A. V. D. Harris , Gent. , to be Fin ' sign, by purchase, vice Colville, appointed to the Rifle Brigade, July 23 ; Sergeant•Mor C. J. Perry to be Quartermastr, vice Sexton, deceased, July 23. 7th Foot-Lieutenant P. .1. Young, from 88th Foot, to ibe t Lieutenant, vice Forman, who exchanges, July 23. 9th Foot-D. Anderson, M.D. to be Assistant-Surgecln, vice Harthill, appointed to the 12th Light Dragoons, July 23. 17th Foot-Captain E. J. Grant, from the 30th Foot, to be Captain, vice Mauleverer, who exchanges, July 23. 18th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant G. Peel to be Quarter master, vice J. Carroll, who retires upon half-pay, July 23. ! 22d Foot Ensign F. N. W. G. Colleton, from the 7'hh Foot,, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice W. D. Hiltcin, ' cashiered by the sentence of a General Court-Martial, July 23. 28thFoot-Corporal A. Cowan, from the Royal Regiment of. Horse Guards, to be Quarter-master, vice William Kerr, who retires upon half-pay, July 23. 30th F00t...-Captain J. T. Mauleverer, from the 17th Foot, • to be Captain, vice Grant, who exchanges, July 23. 31st Feot-Lieut. J. L. Wilton to be Adjutant, vice • Lugard, promoted, Dec. 30, 1843 ; - Ensign J. S. Gould to be Lieutenant, without purchase, July 23. 35th Foot-Assistant-Surgeon 'W. H. Fairbairn, M.D., ' from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Gordon, ap pointed to the 53d Foot, July 23. 41st Foot-Ensign W. S. Greatheed, from the 61st Focit, to be Ensign, vice Armstrong, who exchanges, July 23. 53d Foot-Assistant-Surgeon E. M. Macpherson, from 40th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Leigh, appointed to the staff, July 23. 61st Foot-Ensign A. Armstrong, from 41st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Greatheed, who exchanges ; Ensign D. R. Croasdaile, from 97tk Foot, to be Ensign, vice Peat, who ei changes J u ly 23. • 62d F oot-Ensign W. J. J. A. Sinclair to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Egar, deceased, April 24. 63d Foot-Lieutenant C. Higginbotham to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Codd, deceased ; Ensign G. A. Ban* tyne to be Lieutenant, withtsut purehase, vice Higginbotham, June 30. . • 68th Foot-Captain J. D. de Cataret, from half-pay 96th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dalgety, appointed Captain of Gen; tlemen Cadets at the Royal Military College; Lieutenant II: - Blount to be Captain, by purchase, vice de Cartaret, who re , tires; Ensign W. H. H. Carmichael to be Lieutenant, by , purchase, vice Blount ; J. E. L. Gower, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carmichael, July 23. 77th Foot-Ensign and Adjutant P. APCarthy to have the rank of Lieutenant, July 22 ; Lieutenant F. N. W. G. Colla ton, from 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lee, promoted, July 24. • . • 84th Foot-Lieut. M. Cassan to b e Captain, without pur chase, .vice Coxe, deceased; Ensign H. F. Hutchinson to he - Lieutenant, vice Cassan • March 13. 88th Foot-Lieut. E . R. Forman, from 7th Foot, to 11e Lieutenant, vice Young, who exchanges, July 23. 92d Foot-Capt. P. Clark, from half-pay Unattached, to he Paymaster, vice J. H. J. Meiklejohn, who retires upon half pay, July 23. ' 97th Foot-Ensign F. H. Peat, from 61st Foot, to be En ' sign, vice Croasdaile, who exchanges, July 23. Ist West Julia Regiment-Ensign E. Sullivan to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Croad, who resigns, July 23. 21 West India Regiment-Major H. C. Cobbe to be Lieu tenant-C,olonel, without purchase, vice Nicholls, deceased; -Captain. H. Mends to be Major, vice Cobbe; Lieutenant A. P. Keyeee to be Captain, vice Mends ; Ensign A. Hunt to be :Lieutenant, vise Kenyon, May . . N‘ ...3cl nand,,West India' Regiment--Ensign F. J. Cox to be Lieute nat: without purchase, vice Reynolds, deceased, May 18. ,B i ce , ..tai.-CaptainJ ia. Dn.ltlo, 183 e Car 7 ta . ret, of the 68th Foot, to be Major '' n : the Army, i H „ rit , A , ss: &ran , . -Assistant-Surgeon T. Hunter, M.D., from 12th Li o Dragoons, t be. Staff-Surgeon of the Second -- Miss, vice Ste.:**t ( s inpoiro e ' s 4 to the 26th Foot ; Assistant- I Surgeon J. de VeLAl.eigh, IsLt,. from 533 Foot, to be As siatint-Stirgeon to theyferees, s i c . , :/airbairn, appointed to the 55th Foot,' Icily. g 3. _.,,, ~ T ., ..T, MEMOiANDUIC-The .c0mmi1.4. 4 , 0n 0 ; , uritain H. E. Long den, of 10th Foot, h - as bevy antedated to the 26th March, 1843. • The commission of L; so s enant A. A,r, Bull, of 10th Foot, has been antedated to the 16th Dsseembeiv, 1842. The name of the gentleman appointed AssiAant- Surt rar ;ta i t n ed th in e 80th Foot, is Thomas Tardrew and not .A'ardrew, the Gazette of the 12th July, 1844. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire/. ~. J. Clarke, jun., Esq. , to be Deputy Lieuienint, May.A.,'• Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of ,Radnorshire. . The Hon. 11, E. Plunkett to be Deputy Lieutenant, May 30 WHITEHALL, Jui.v 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointed J. B. Byers, of Pem broke, in the county of Pembroke, Gent., to 3 a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. ii 4 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 144. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. LOSS OF LIVES AT BLACKFRIARS' BRIDGE. Under-Sheriff Anderton waited upon the Lord Mayor yesterday, for the purpose of particularly calling his Lordship's attention to the dreadful accident which oc curred at the temporary pier at Blackfriars-bridge, on Monday evening. Numbers of persons had, he said, assembled on the pier to witness a regatta on the water, and a portion of it having given way, several lives were lost. The inhabitants of the neighbouring houses were, in consequence of the frightful occurrence (the full ex tent of which they were not yet acquainted with), in a state of the most painful excitement ; and blame was attached to the Corporation for. having allowed the tem porary pier to remain along the shore, occasioning con siderable danger to human life, and palpable inconve nience to those engaged in commercial pursuits upon the banks of the Thames. Speaking as one of the public, he could not help saying he was surprised that more nu merous accidents had not occurred. He also begged permission to draw his Lordship's attention to the state of the steam-vessels conveying passengers to different parts of the river. Last night one of the steamers was ob served, at Blackwell, to have on board upwards of 1,000 persons, so that there the immense mass stuck, deriving its safety, in a great degree, from the impossibility of moving from one side to the other ; for if the vessel dropped a little upon either side, the most awful de struction must have taken place. He knew that the Lord Mayor had felt and expressed great apprehension of the consequences of thus over-loading when his Lord ship came into office, and had shown a determination to remedy the evil, but he regretted to find that the active exertions of the Chief Magistrate did not appear to re ceive that energetic assistance which was so requisite in circumstances distinguished by such conflicting inte rests. The inhabitants of Blackfriars hoped that the Lord Mayor would visit the river as soon as possible ; and cause the immediate removal of the temporary piers, or at any rate, compel those who derived profit from them, to make them firm and secure. The autho rity of his Lordship was the more required, as the over loading seemed to be upon an equality in all the steamers plying from London-bridge to Richmond. The LORD MAYOR expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which the Under-Sheriff had publicly called his attention to the melancholy disaster which had oc curred, and to the practice of overcrowding the steam vessels—a subject which had frequently occupied his mind. He regretted that delays, arising from the nature of the difficulties which pressed upon the subject had taken place ; but the Committee, together with the Waterman's Company, were, with the aid of the City Solicitor, at the present moment engaged in framing rules which would soon be acted upon, and were calculated to remedy the hazardous evil of over-crowding. He certainly con curred with Mr. Anderton, in expressing surprise that more extensive mischief had not taken place. The pe culiar brightness of the weather was certainly favourable to the navigation of the river ; but as fogs might soon be expected, the danger was likely to become imminent. The regulation of the number to be admitted on board each steamer was under consideration, and he trusted the plan to be acted upon would be well adapted to the important occasion. As to the piers which had been temporarily erected, he had taken care to throw out a. hint to the Navigation Committee, that all temporary erections of the kind must be sanc tioned and subjected to constant survey. Whe ther that hint had been acted upon generally he could not tell but the accident of the last evening proved the necessity for interference. He had given orders to the proper officer to prepare for a survey, which it was his intention to make from London-bridge to the extent of his jurisdiction up the river, o n Thursday next, when . he should cause the r emova l o f everything which he should_ consider injurious to the navigation, and direct that the piers, which the public convenience required, should be adequately secured and fortified. It appeared to him that the multitude of piers which had been constructed for private advantage, constituted a very great incon venience to the public, as the steamers were, in the course of their passage, in the habit of stopping every two minutes. The trade of people along the banks was like wise considerably affected by the traffic of the steamers, and one coal-merchant had declared that his loss in wear and tear of barges on account of the ceaseless plying of the crowded boats, amounted to at least 5001. a year. Mr. Anderton—My apprehension is, that it we do not adopt some effective course the Government will save us the trouble by taking the power into.their own hands. The LORD Mkroa—My opinion vs regards the regu lition of the speed of steam-vessels is, that we should have an authorised agent on board, a sort of City pilot. We should erect public landing places ourselves too, and do away with those private piers altogether ; con vinced the Navieation Committee will make every exer tion for the public safety and benefit, and it will no longer be considered indispensible to pack people toge ther like a flock of sheep to insure their security from drowning. I shall make the necessary representations to the Committee, and go upon the survey myself on Thursday next. CLERKEN WELL. Francec Mary Cass was charged with attempting to commit suicide. The prisoner is the wife of a decent mechanic, residing in Stoke Newington, and the mother of a family. They have lived for some years in comparative comfort, but latterly the unhappy woman be came acqua i n t e d w ith a female of loose character, who first led her into bad company, and then involved her in debt and difficulty. Remorse and the dread that her husband would discover her embarrassed situation drove her into a state of frenzy, and early this morning she strove to drown her. self in the New River at Stoke Newington. A labourer named Cashel, who chanced to be going to his work,- heard the splash, rushed to the river side, and saw the prisoner sinking in the water with all her clothes on. He dashed in and rescued her from a watery grave, although she requested him "for God's- sake not to save her." The unfortunate prisoner, who seemed overwhelmed with grief, did not utter a syllable. The Magistrate (Mr. Comm) consigned her to the care of her friends. Henry Hutchins, charged with bigamy, the particulars of whose case were mentioned in a former number of this paper, was fully committed for trial ; as was. John Barrett, for obtaining money by fraudulently represent ing himself as an agent of the Anti-Corn-law League., BOW-STREET. Yesterday, George Gator, a constable of the F division, peared before Mr. Twyford, to answer a complaint preferred against him by Mrs. Hogg, w if e of a hosier and glover, 73, Fleet-street, for taking her into custody against her will, and using brutal conduct towards her. Mr. Corder, the clerk to the guardians, and Mr. Boswood, relieving officer of the Strand union, attended to watch the case, as the decision of the Magistrate was expected to guide the police in future respecting the course to be pursued by them regarding deserted children. Mr. Hogg stated, that on Tuesday evening, the 21st inst., about seven o'clock, he was returning t o E ssex - s t re et, ac companied by his wife , her niece, and his children, and, an turning round to ascertain the cause of their delay at the corner of Essex-street, he was perfectly astounded at seeing them surrounded by a mob of persons, among whom was the defendant. On going up, he found his wife in a very agitated state, and with difficulty she informed him that the con stable was about to take her to the station-house. He imme diately accosted the defendant, demanding to know if his w ife was rea lly in custody, and he replied she was, and that she should accompany him to the station-house. Witness then heard something about a lost child, there being a child standing in the crowd at the time, but he did not ask the de fendant why his wife was in custody, and he appealed to his sympathy on her behalf, pointing out that she was far gone in the family way, surrounded by her four children, of which he took no notice, and having procured a cab he had them conveyed to a neighbour's house. He then came to the station, and when the charge was taking he thought the inspector on duty appeared to sanction such an outrage on the liberty of the subject. In answer tb the defendant witness said he did not see him lay hands on his wife, and he allowed her to go to the station in a cab while witness sat on the box. Mr. Corder observed, that of late cases of deserting children in the streets were of frequent occurrence, in consequence of which the police were obliged to use the utmost precaution, and require the parties to accompany them and lay the charge before a superior officer in the usual way. ' In answer to further questions by the defendant, witness denied having said his wife should not go the station unless it was distinctly understood she was in custody, nor did he sat his wife bring the child to the defendant. Mrs. Hogg, who seemed in a very weakly state, said she was in the Strand at the time in question, and seeing the de fendant on duty, she brought a little girl, about five years old, who was crying at the corner of Essex-street, to him, saying, " My good man, will you take this child, and find out where she lives?" To which he replied, " No, madam, I shall not take the child, but I'll take you." She then said, "My good man, what have. I done that you should take must go with me to th e s t a ti on -h ouse ." Witness asked did me?" and he again replied, " You are m prisoner, and you he suppose she wanted to take anything from the child, hav ing four of her own with her, but he made no other reply than that she should go to the station-house, upon which her husband came up. Cross-examined by the defendant—ln the confusion after wards he might have said he would take charge of the child if witness would accompany hi m t o the station. The child was dressed in black, and witness was also dressed p a rt l y i n black. He might have also said; " If you leave the child you must conside r y ourse lf i n my cus tody." The defendant, addressing the Magistrate, asked if a child appearing under the protection of any person, was brought to him as' being deserted, was he obliged to take a mere asser tion in such a ease ? Mr. TWYFORD said •it was not his duty to give instruction to a constable on such a subject. The defendant said he had acted under the impression that the child might have been under the protection of the person preferring the complaint, Mr. Twvronn said it could scarcely be called a mistaken sense of duty, that because an individual called the attention of a policeman to a destitute child, such• persons ought to be taken into custody, and he wished to hear the opinion of Mr. Corder upon the subject. Mr. Corder, assuming that the child was deserted — Mr. Twrrono—No, no ; it is given in evidence that the complainantwas surrounded by her family. Mr. Corder —If she happened to be the parent of the child the constable acted very properly. Mr. TwyFonn—No doubt the man thought he was acting right, but he happened to be wrong. Mr. Corder said he could state most remarkable cases of desertion where the parents appeared to be in very respect able circumstances. The defendant, appealing to Mr. Corder, said he was told' on former occasions by the Strand union authorities, if lie brought anoth er d eserter to them h e s hould be reported to the CommiS s i oners, unless ho also broug ht forward the parties concerned ; and in the pre s e n t case the complainant brought the child to hi m b y the hand. Mr. Corder assured the Court that cases came u n der his notice in which,.bribes to any extent had been offered to screen the parties concerned. TWYFORD admitted that such might have been the case, but here the constable should have ascertained the address of the parties, and put himself in possession of every thing connected with them. Mr. John Kendrick, of Temple-street, Whitefriars, proved that he was returning home with his wife when he saw a - child without hat, or bonnet, apparently in a bewildered state, which led him to conclude it was lost. Mrs. Hogg, with whom he was totally unacquained, came up at the moment, and, after pointing it out to the defendant as lost, BANKRUPTS. JOHN AVERY, colonial broker, Mincing-lane, City, to surrender July 30, at two, and Sept. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Corn hill • Wright, London -street, Fenchurch-street. THOMAS HENRY WHITMA R S H, hotel keeper, George street, Hanover-square, Aug. 2 and Sept. 6, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Stevens," Wilkinson, and Satchell, Queen-street, Cheapside. MATHEW TIIOMPSON, ironmonger, Saffron Walden, Essex, July 30, at half-past two, and September 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Bir chin-lane ; Rhodes and Lane, Chancery-lane. JOHN PIM, linen-draper, Clapham-common August 1, at eleven, and September 3, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard; Hardwick and Davidson, Weavers'-hall, Basinghall-street. JAMES BENSLY LARKE, draper, East Harling, Nor folk, Aug. 1, at twelve, and Sept. 6, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall. street ; Storey, Gray's Inn-place; Gillman, Norwich. ROBERT - DREW, licensed victualler, Compton-street, Regent's-square, Aug. 5, at one, and Sept. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers; Vandercom and Co., Bush-lane, City. JOHN DUNBAR, sen., iron founder, Tottenham Court road, July 30, at two, and Sept. 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard-street • Billing, King-street, Cheapside. WILLIAM HOTTON WILLIAMSON, tobacconist, Dow a te - hill, City, July 31, at two, and Sept. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane ; Lawrence, Old Fish-street. JOHN DUNPHY, victualler, Burford, Oxfordshire, July 30, at half past one, and September 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Holmer, Bridge-street, Southwark. ELIZ A ANN HAW, tavern keeper, Moorgate-street, July 29, at two, and August 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Robinson, Iron monger-lane • Lawrence and Plews, Bucklersbary. ISAAC TOBIAS, factor, Birmingham, July 30, at twelve, and August 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birrninghara ; Ryland,. Birmingham. EDWARD FR ANKCOM DAVIS, ironmonger, Bristol, August 6 and Sept. 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol ; Harley, Bristol. JAMES ROYLE, corn dealer, Manchester, August 3 and 27. at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Milne and Co., Temple ; Crossley and Co., Manchester. _ _ RICHARD YALE, engineer, Leeds, August 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official as!ignee, Leeds ; Mitten, Southampton-buildings, London ; Shaw, Dunning and Co.. Leeds. JAMES FAIRFIELD, corn merchant, Tranmere, August 2 and 2S, at one, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Humphreys and Co., Chancery lane, London ; Hetherington and Co., Liverpool. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. A. Mozoomdar, Bristol. W. Dann, general agent, - Twemlow-terrace, West Hackney. C. S. Causdell, stationer's assistant, Mount-terr., Whitechapel. J. J. Shotbolt, publican, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. T. P. Sperring, blacksmith, Binegar, Somersetshire. J. Wilson, wheelwright, York. T. Burnley, silk dealer, Anchor-street, Bethnal-green. J. Morriss, tinman, Highgate. E. Woed, salesman, Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell. W. Judd, bricklayer, Kensall New-town, Chelsea. J. Watson, hosier, Brudenell-place, Shoreditch. .J. Capon, wire-drawer, Farringdon-street, Holborn. C. Green, coachmaker, Semer, Suffolk. J. Bennett, cabinet-maker, Swansea, Glamerganshire. R. S. Kersey, cabinet-maker, Ipswich. R. Smith, saddler, Sudbury, Suffolk. N. Stebbing, painter, Bury St. Edmund's. J. Saffhill, farmer, Hillingdon, 11 iddlesex. G. Willoughby, plumber, St. Alban's. W. Fearn, clerk, Lyon's Inn, St. Clement Danes. A. Pyle, Great Yarmouth. P. Clark, trimming manufacturer, Elder-st., Norton-folgate. W. F. Perkins, broker, Vine-street, Hattun-garden. J. M'Cabe, provision dealer, Liverpool. T. May,, Tunbridge-wells, Kent. W. Lee, clothier, Batley, Yorkshire. J. Walker clothier, Leeds. D. Wilcock, cloth weaver, Batley, Yorkshire. H. Spencer, blacksmith, Kilnwick, Yorkshire. J. Dufton, porter, Birkenhead, Cheshire. J. Tiffin, butcher, Peldon, Essex. C. Whitlow, laceman, Salford, Lancashire. J. Scarlett, labourer, Poplar. G. Livesey, Chorley, Lancashire. D. ('Bryan, joiner, Blackburn, Lancashire. .1. Gregory, law stationer, Cook's. court, Lincoln's Inn. J. A. Neame, commission agent, Milton, Kent. J. Griffin, miller, Bronisgrove, Worcestershire. E. Godwin, butcher, Portsmouth. J. Bailee, jun., upholsterer, Jamaica-terrace, Limehouse. R. Rimmir, butcher, Liverpool. M. W. Prichard, publican, Llanllechid, Carnarvonshire. W. Haigh, plasterer, Halifax, Yorkshire. R. Higitt; hatter, Rugeley, Staffordshire. I'. Hall, butcher, Great Ashby, Leicestershire. A. Hu tchinson, St. George's-terrace, Walworth. J. Pim, carpenter, White Hart-place, Kennington-cross. G. Littler, servant, Euston-square, St. Pancras. SECOND NOTICES. J. Baldock, labourer, Brenchley, Kent, July 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. J. Tailor, waiter, Paddington, July 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. W. 111assingham, watch maker, King's Lynn, Norfolk,- July 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. H. Wilton, attorney-at-law, Bank-chambers, Lothbury, July 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. J. T. Farnell, schoolmaster, Norwich, July 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. P. S. Parkin, accountant, Piccadilly, July 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. T. Bod,fer, carpenter, Hatton-garden, Holborn, July 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. J. Froggett, trimming manufacturer, Phoenix-street, Spital fields, July 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. J. Turtle, cowkeeper, James-street, Lower-road, Clapham, July 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. C. Eaton, carpenter, Henry-street, Portland-town, July 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. T. Merritt, coach maker, Pump-row, City-road, July 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. T. Price, otherwise T. Pryce, l►censed victualler, Shrews bury, Shropshire, Aug. 2, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. H. Nash and W. Gardiner, drapers, Exeter, Aug. 16, at twelve. In the Country. T. H. Wetmore, grocer, Worcester, Aug. 15, at eleverr7 at the Birmingham District Court—E. Pritalard, wine-mer chant, Liverpool, Aug. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court—S. Speakman, ship-builder, Preston, Lancashire, Aug. 16, at . twelve, at the Manchester District Court—D. Smith, worsted-manufacturer, Halifax, Yorkshire, Aug. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—El. H. Wright, Shiff rial, 'Shropshire, cattle-dealer, Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Dixon, mercer, Wellington, Shropshire, Aug. 15, ,at eleven, at, the Birmingham District Court—C. Scott', .currici; Nowoastle-under-Lyme, Stafford shire, Aug. 17, at twelve, atllielßirtainghaM District Court— Sontham, miller,Walialt,'Staffordahire, Aug. 17, at twelve, at the Birmingham District. Court—T. W.. JOnes, draper, Wel lington, Shropshire, Aug.'l7,,at eleveis, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, Unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein.mentioned. B. Land, victualler, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, Aug. 16 —W. H. Nash and W. Gardiner, drapers, Exeter, Aug. 16— T. Stephens, umbrella-manufacturer, Newgatc-street, City, Aug. 15-.4. B. Lord and M. Coghlan, woollen-cloth-manu. facturers, Adraondbury, Yorkshire, Aug. 14—W. Gray, wine merchant, Sheffield, Aug. 16—J. Brown, fustian-manufactu rer, Manchester, Aug. 14—R. Ellis, laceman, Manchester, Aug. Bradley, ironmonger, Leeds, Aug. 13—S. Woodroffe. wine-merchant, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Aug. 13—A. Sillitoe, innkeeper, Sudbury, Suffolk, Aug. 13—. D. Robertson, merchant, Liverpool, Aug. 13—J. Bird, watch manufacturer, St. John's-square, Clerkenwell, Aug. 13—S. Symonds, sen., and S. Symonds, jun., woollen-factors, Basing hall-street, City, Aug. 13—J. Aldersey, jun., broker, Liver pool, Aug. 13. • - _ PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Clare, J. Sowden, and J. Crosfield, cotton-spinners, War rington, Lancashire—R. C. Foster, W. C. Foster, and E. B. Evans, attorneys, John-street, Bedford-row—W. Lund and S. Woller, manufacturers of stuff goods, Keighley, Yorkshire— W. Perry and J. Watson, commission-agents, Addle-st ree t, City—C. Swift and S. Welch, jun., provision-dealers, Nether field, Westmoreland—G. Radford and B. Johnson, builders, Alfreton, Derbyshire—J. R. Powles, G. Elliot, A. Elliot, and J. Elliot, Manchester and Glasgow (so far as regards J. R, Powles)—R. Hall, H. Hall, D. Hall, and S. Wrigley, linen manufacturers, Manchester—E. Simpson and C. L. Simpson, tailors, Finch-lane, City—M. Field and C. A. Field, milliners, Brixton-place, Lambeth—J. Blunden, H. Padwick, and W. Padwick, chymists, Portsmouth—Z. Lerd and D. Birt, plum bers, Henley. in Arden, Warwickshire—J. Dewes, W. Irßrad ford, and E. S. Harrison, warehousemen, Blackman -street, Southwark—P. Rigby, M. Righy, and T. Rigby, rope-manu facturers, Freckleton, Lancashire (so far as regards P. Rigb y )— C. Allhusen and H. F. Blech, merchants, Sunderland, Dur ham—D. Glasgow and M. Dennis, soda-water-manufacturers, Birmingham—.l. Barker and E. Threlfall, commission-agents, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. PATRICK MILLER, cattle-dealer, Forust, Dumfries shire, July 25, and Aug. 14, at one, at the chamber of T. Ranken, Edinburgh. CH ARLES BROWN, watch-maker, Stranraer, July 29, and Aug. 16, at two, at the chambers of A. M'Neil Caird, Stranraer. ALEXANDER THOMSON, tea-dealer, Arbroath, July 26, and Aug. 23, at noon, at Bruce's Hotel, Arbroath. INTERESVING OPERATION.—We have much plea ' sure in bringing to the notice of our readers a successful ap plication of science in restoring to a perpendicular position the north wall of Market - Weston Church, in this county. The church is supposed to have been erected in the fourteenth century. In 1630 it was injured by lightning, and again, ten years since, it was much shattered by a thunder-storm. The time had now, arrived when it became necessary to effect a perfect restoration, as from' age and the above-mentioned casualties the Borth wall had declined outwardly nineteen inches from the perpendicular, and threatened the utter destruction of the building. Under the superintendence of our able architect, Mr. Cottingham, this wall (the weight of which had been calculated at 240 tons) has been brought up to the perpendicular, by the process of expanding, by heat, three bars of iron, 2A inches in diameter, which traversed and connected both walls of the church. These bars (Which had screws worked On one end, of them and projected beyond the south wall). were enclosed in cast-iron boxes filled with lighted charcoal. When the bars were fully, ex panded by the heat, the screws were wound up firmly to the' undamaged south wall. The charcoal. - boxes were then re moved, and the process of cooling commenced. Gradually the bars contracting equally with' their previous expansion, compelled the whole mass of the wall to' follow the irresistible' power new exerting itself, and in , four successive operations the whole wall rose to its original perpendicular. The whole operation does infinite credit to Mr. Cottingham. Much commendation is also due to - Mr. Reed, of lxworth, who so ably followed out his directions, as' well as to the zealous and intelligent - workmen who brought: o a successful termination this beautiful but simple process. Several of the surrounding families assembled at IN eston Church, on Monday last, to witness the completion of this novel operation, the only in stance of which - has been, we understand, at the Cathedral of Armagh, under the superintendence of the same architect. We would earnestly hope that a similar public-spirited feel- Int may be,awakened in the breasts of proprietors of estates in otherpar,fahis, where the sacre4,44co rsui. rep ration, t o has been shown by the principal landowner of Market Welton (Mr. J. Thurston) on this occasion.—Bury .Post. she was told she should go to the station, which made her so agitated she could not reply. Mr. Hogg then drew the at tention of the defendant to his wife's situation, after telling him who he was ; at the same time volunteering to go to the station instead of his wife, which the defendant re fused. Witness also drew the defendant's attention to the complainant's situation, of which he took no notice ; but his impression was that the defendant considered he was doing his duty. _ _ Mr. TIVTFORD said if the case went before a jury the ex cuse of a mistaken sense of duty would be of very little avail, and, as the case was of a novel nature, he would consult the Chief Magistrate before he would give his decision. Mr. Hoeg said the subject seemed to involve a very extra ordinary principle, and he thought it right, upon public grounds, to bring it before the Court. The parties then left the Court. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday James Elliott, a middle-aged man of very ec centric appearance, whose clothes were much disordered, who wore a large gold cross suspended by a riband from his neck, and who bore an open Bible in his hand, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Bingham, charged with knocking at the doors of several respectable inhabitants of Hoxton, without having a reasonable excuse for so doing. The defendant is well known in his neighbourhood, and considered a lunatic. Some time ago he was removed to the Islington workhouse, and kept in confinement, and afterwards obtained 4001. damages in the Court of Common Pleas for false imprisonment. On being placed at the bar yesterday, Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, asked, "Is your name James Elliott ?" Defendant (delivering the whole sentence with extreme rapidity before he could be stopped)—Yes, James• Elliott. Who gave you that name? My godfathers and godmothers, &c. The defendant was proceeding but was stopped by Sergeant Dubois, who gave a long list of annoyances which various persons had been subjected to by the defendant, in his vagaries ; some of them of a malignant and violent, others of a ludicrous character. Mr. BINGHAM asked the defendant if he wished to say any thing ? The defendant—Yes, I do. It is . all perfectly true what they say against me ; but the fact was, I was as drunk as a fiddler. The sergeant said he had made inquiry, and found the de fendant's connexions highly respectable. Defendant—Never mind that. You see, Sir (to the Magis trate) I have been travelling abroad for the last twenty-two years, and only returned to England last night. I came home in company with a very queer gentleman, who I rather think was the Pope of Rome, but I lost him somehow, and where he went to I can't tell ; but I'm sure he went to a place too hot to hold him.—(Laughter.) Mr. BINGHAM ordered him to pay a fine of 205., or a week's imprisonment in the House of Correction. Defendant said he had not twenty farthings, but would read the Magistrate a chapter'ont of the Bible worth 201., which he said was the same thing. He was about to do so, when he was removed by Sergeant Dubois, whom, when in the yard, he struck a violent blow on the back o f the head with the Bible, which nearly knocked him over a pile of ladders, at the same time exclaiming, " So you won't listen to the word of God, won't you ? Then, d—n you, I'll make you feel it." He was instantly secured, and locked up. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mille. which, at the English Mint price of 3/.475. 1 Op. per 3unce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 404 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 50, it follows that gold is 0.37 per cent. dearer in London th an i n Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 433 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of a 17s. lOld per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 Bk, it follows that gold is 0.41 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in London. SUN.—The Funds closed at the advanced rates of the morning, Consols being 999 to 100. Bank Stock was worth 1993 : to 200. The other funded investments were without alteration, except India Stock, which improved to 286 i. Exchequer Bills were at a rally to 77s and 79s premium. . _ The Foreign investments were buoyant. Spanish Five per Cents. touched 23 to 23k, and the Three per Cents. 33',1- to Mexican Bonds were worth 364 to Belgian Stock was 104 to 104 , The Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. were 61i to 62i, and Russian 119- to 120. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Derby were 28 ; Cale donian, 11 ; Blackwall, 9 1 1 to 4 ; Greenwich, 5i ; and Midland Counties, 1 discount. Bristol and Gloucester were 17 to 16i ; Birmingham, 128 ; Manchester and Leeds, 38 to South-Eastern, 4i and York and North Midland, Half, 29 premium. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares were 181 premium, and National Pro vincial Bank of: England, 1i discount. There was a slight improvement in the exchange on Hamburgh, Paris, and Trieste ; Frankfort and Antwerp were about the same ; and Amsterdam receded a trifle. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the Port of London for the week ending Thursday last : Silver Bars to Hamburgh 30,818 oz: " Coin to 'Rotterdam Bullion to Sydney 5Ol. CORN.—The late rains have most astonishingly benefited the wheat, and indeed all the Lent crops where the land was sown not later than April. Those farmers who were so unfortunate as not to crop their land about that time will have only a small yield.—Kent Herald. IMPRU.V.A!C PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 23. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. A Message from the House of Commons brought up the Land-tax Commissioners' Names Bill, and other Bills, which were severally read a first time. The County Coroners Bill p'assed through Committee, and was reported. The Soap Allowance Bill passed through Committee, was reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. The Western Australian Bill, the Parish Constables Bill, and the Colonial Postage Bill passed through Committee, and were reported. ---- UNLAWFUL OATHS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE, the House went into . CoMmittee upon this Bill, which was gone through clause by clause, was reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. PARM-BUILDINGS BURNING BILL. On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE, the House went into Committe on this Bill. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that in the late convic tions for arson, it was found that in some cases the crime was committed by children, or very young per sons. In order to check so dangerous and deplorable a practice, he proposed to insert a clause to the effect that persons under the age of 18 years, convicted of arson under this Bill, should be whipped. The clause was agreed to, and the Bill passed through Committee. SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. This Bill - passed through Committee. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord REDESDALE said that, in consequence of the lateness of the session, it was difficult to procure the number of Peers (five) required to form each of the Committees, and he should therefore on Friday move the suspension of the Standing Order which required the attendance of five Peers, and ask leave that the Com mittees might sit with three Peers on each. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 23. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The House resumed at Five o'clock. LUNACY. Lord ASHLEY rose to move an Address to the Crown, praying her Majesty to take into her considera tion the Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Lunacy to the Lord , Chancellor, and presented to the House by command of her Majesty. In rising to bring forward this motion, he said that the report bad been so voluminous, and its details were so extensive, that it had been found imposssible to bring it under the consi deration of the House at an earlier period of the session. —T-he-mot—upon - the commission of lunacy was founded would expire next year ; and it was, therefore, necessary that it should be renewed during the present session of Parliament. Lunatic asylums might be considered un'der three distinct heads--J The first (Blass of asylums were what was called single houses ; of the patients in these single houses they had no return made. They were precluded by the statute from any interference with establishments of that de scription. He thought this a. most unfortunate restric tion. It was giving 'secret power and irresponsibility to the relatives of lunatics, and exposing them to temptations almost greater than human nature ought to be subjected to. There were many patients in these single houses for whom were paid not less than 5001: per annum. This was a temptation to keep such a patient in perpetual confinement, because vvith.the returning health of the sufferer the allowance would be discontinued. So strong was his opinion of the bad effect of this, that 'if Providence should' afflict any near relative of his with insanity, he would consign hint to an asylum in which there were other patients, and which were subjected to official - visitation. The only control they had over the single houses was this— that if a patient resided in one more than a twelvemonth the owner of the house was compelled to communicate the name of that patient to the clerk of the commission. Bat for the most part no notice whatevet was taken Of this law, and it was frequently evaded by re moving the patient, after a residence of eleven months, to sowe other lodging. . He knew the delicacy of the subject, but it was one with which the Legislature ought to inter .fere. The second class of houses were the county asylums. It appeared, from .the returns, that the number of lunatics chargeable .to parishes in England and Walei, amounted to 16,821, while the existing asylums only provided accommodation to 4,125. There were 9,339 lunatics distributed over the country in workhouses and other places. The condition of these asylums was very unequal. Some possessed every advantage of science and medical treatment, others were wholly deficient in these points. All of them, however, had the advantage . of not giving any profit to the superintendents. The report stated that a large proportion of these, asylums'. were well conducted, but some were quincunfit for their purpose. In _England and Wales there were' twenty-one counties• without any asylums whatever; public or private. The cost of the patients in these asylums varied considerably. In the Wakefield Asylum, which was, established and conducted on the most, economical principles, the cost per head per annum was 1111. 'ln Gloucester Asylum the 'cost was 359/: In Bedford, the cost per head was 1301. The asylum iry Kent cost 64,0001., and that, of was, cost 160,0001. - Now, looking to the union-houses, it appeared that the best union-houses bad been' constructed for 40,0001, while lunatic asylums were much more expensive. But those asylums were, much, too large. The Kent asylum was built to accommodate 300 persons ; others had been constrneted ,to accommodate a larger number of persons It was impossible that such a'number could be accom modated with advantage in those asylums. Dr. Conolly ate d that not more than 100 persons could be managed with convenience in those asylums. It would appear that two moderate-sized asylums would be better than one large one, and could be managed with greater ease. The third class was that of private asylums, which re ceived persons who paid their own expenses. In those asylums a great number of persons were received who paid only 7s. and Bs. a week. It appeared that the licensed houses were dirty and damp, and that the bedding was disgusting from the running of sores. The Noble Lord instanced several houses which were in this state. In the House of Industry in Kingsland, near Troubridge, the same state of things existed. In the union of Red ruth, in Cornwall, there were forty-one insane persons, and in the union at Birmingham there were no less than seventy-one lunatics, and yet the same system was continued. To correct these evils there was no remedy but the multiplication of county asylums. They should also enact that all patients should be sent into the asylum within a given time. Unless they did that, other provisions would be useless, as all the reports showed that the benefits arose from attending to the disease medically before it became confirmed. It was the general opinion of all the medical men that pauper lunatics were sent into the asylums at so late a period of the disease as to prevent, or, at all events, greatly to im pede, a cure. The registers of the Retreat at York, and of several other asylums, proved this fact. From the re gister of one of the asylums in Dorchester, it-appeared that of six patients that had been admitted; at an early period of the disease, in 1837, five had been cured and dismissed within four months ; and the sixth, although an old woman of 75, was con valescent. At St. Luke's they did not admit patients who had been afflicted more than twelve months, and in 1842 the cures averaged '7O per cent., and in 1843 they were as six to one. He had written to the younger Dr. Sutherland on the subject, and the reply was, that the cures were all permanent ; for if a patient relapsed within three months after his dismissal, he was re-admitted, not as a new patient, but as a relapsed one. He verily believed if they went to the expense of estab lishing asylums throughout the country for pauper lunatics, although the outlay at the beginning might be considerable, that the number of cures that would be effected in ten years would more those compensate for the expenditure. The report of the Commissioners contemplated the erection of a suffi cient number of lunatic asylums throughout the country, and ' they proposed that until those asylums' should be erected certain portions of workhouses should be licensed for the admission of pauper lunatics.' He would now call the attention of the House to the state of Wales with respect to pauper lunatics. In 1843 the number of Welsh pauper lunatics was 1,176. Of these 36 were in English county asylums, 41 in licensed houses in England,9o in union workhouses, find 1,010 living with their friends. Many of these were in a wretched condition. The Noble Lord here read severalqc tracts from various documents to show the wretched state in which many of the pauperlunatics in Wales were placed. It might be said that there, were good asylums at Bristol and' Other places, to which the lunatics might be re moved. But in these asylums a cure was almost impossi ble, in consequence Of the ignorance among most of the patients of the English' language: But wherever the asylums' might be, the whole course of their expe perience established the necessity of instituting and Maintaining a frequent visitation. By this they_ were able 'to bring on them the influence of public opinion, and by notoriety exposing parties to praise or censure. Within the metropolitan districts this vigil ance had generally been exercised ; but he could not say the same Of the provincial districts, unless an exception could be made in some few of the borough asylums. In general this duty had been shame fully neglected. It would be needless for him to detain the House by enumerating facts that spoke for them selves ; for• if the parties to whom the duty of visitation had been entrusted had discharged their office with but common vigilance, the Commis sioners would never have been able to have collected such materials for the report that had been laid on the table: He illustrated the good effects of frequent invisitation by adduCiug the asylum of Dr. Warburton, at Bethnal-green. which was one of the main sUbjects of the inquiry of the Committee of 1826. There was an original sin in all private asylums, because they must all be made to yield a - profit - to the keeper. But Dr. War burton had done everything in his power to effect improvements in the management. In 1828 no less than 200 of the patients were frequently restrained by chains and leg - -locks; but now out. of 582 patients, only five were under restraint, and that of the most moderate and ne cessary description. That was an instance of what might be done by supervision and inspection. That House possessed the means of remedy in its own hands. Many persons might be restored to health who were now suffering, and many might have their sufferings elle"; viated ; for they must not run away with the notion that persons afflicted with lunacy were insensible to suffering. On the contrary, they were painfully sensitive; and their condition, on that account, appealed the more loudly, not only to their highest feelings of justice, but to their humanity and sensibility.—(Hear, hear.) It was a sub iectof the very highest importance, and he, therefore, hoped the House would not consider he had wasted its valuable time, when they called to mind that the motion was made on behalf of the most helpless, if not the most afflicted portion of the human race. The Noble Lord con cluded amidst loud cheers, by moving an address to the Crown, praying her Majesty to take into her considera tion the report of the Metropolitan - Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor, and presented to this House by command of her Majesty. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he was sure he was ex pressing the opinion, not only of the House, but of the country, When he said that his Noble Friend not only , stood excused, but was deserving of fthe highest praise for the pains which he took with regard to this subject. The facts stated by his Noble Friend had shown the utility of the power of inspection,' which was given by Act of Parliament a few years ago.. His Noble Friend had shown' the .'result. Of 'this in the improved manage ment of asylums, when- he 'stated that only fivepersons out of .520 in one asylum were• subject to restraint, — (Hear, hear.) There was' no 'difference of opinion on the leading points to which his Noble. Friend had ad verted. It could not be denied that persons who, for the first time, exhibited symptoms of lunacy ought to' be subjeCted to the' curative process, nor could it be' denied that it was inexpedient that incurables should be mixed with those -undergoing the curative' process. With regard to the lunatic poor' in workhouses, the time .was. not far distant when the Legislature must in terfere with regard to them. It was evident that. the cost of .pauper lunatics under cure must be much greater than the cost of the maintenance . of paupers in the, workhense. With' regard to the .class of incurables, he . did not imagine that the charge for their maintenance could be much greater than the charge for the maintenance of ordinary paw. pers: He was satisfied that both subjects must come under the consideration of 'the Government in a very short space of time. In the course of the next session the Government would most probably have to submit to the House the whole question of the management of pauper lunatics, Then, with regard to the question of criminal lunatics, he believed that out of 140 criminal lunatics 80 were maintained at the public expense either in Bedlani, - or in the county' lunatic asylums ; and he was by no means prepared to contend that it might not be proper that all criminal lunatics should be maintained in central establishments at the public expense." That, however, must be a matter for- future consideration. Those were the ' . points on' which he was favourable to the views,of -his, Noble Friend. There were, other points on which he hesitated. The reportof the Commissioners `Contained no leis "fhari„ l , ,tivehty-five 'siiggestions; they were all of great lin.p.kfAtnce, but before they were adopted teat Catition Ihd'ldeliberation was necessary. Onelif thesV' i saggeStiOnS was as to the compulsory re moval of lunatics. It was impossible to regard the ques tion abstractedly, and cases might . exist in whi c h it would be desirable' that secrecy orithat point should not be violated ; therefore he entertained great doubt as to the propriety of doing tiirWith the keeping luna ties in private houses. Then with regard to the institu tion of small asylums' there could not be a doubt but that the expense of small' asylums must be much greatier than the expense of large ones,,and the question to be consi dered was, would /the advantages to' be`derived from them be equivalent to the additional expenee r He:did not . • wish.tohold.out any encouragement - to the unnecessary multiplication of small,establishmeets. His Noble Friend inight re 4 assured' that he was' dispoeed to offer him every, assistance to the utmost of - his power., ,He had directed the attention' Of.'the chairmen of quarter ses sions to the subject, and he had also directeil the atten tion of the 'Poor-law Commissioners to 'the subject of pauper lunatics. :Ike was 'prepared to take the subject under consideration, and he was aware that next session the Government must present some mea sure °nit. to - Abe House. ~,Ite7Foja his ,"Noble Would iAot Tee Pit necessary piless his motion for an ad dress. - He could fissure his 'Noble Friend, :arid the House; that the -questionesbould receive &am the execu tive Goveriment every rxiSideration that kindness, hu manity, anctenlightened Philanthropy could demied; he could assute hig Noble Friend; that he' was .not at all dis posed tq slumber bn tlie'','elltbject; arid. he hoped, that on the whole; his. Noble Friend could pet feel it necessary to press His metion, , (- _Mr. SFIETT, hoped_ the. state of thelunatic paupers in Ireland Worild not he forgotten-IT the Right Hon. Gen tlenian. "He • been authentically informed that 300 of ahem were at present cemmingled among the people, Mt - ti Out tare - and without 'restraint—that was a . great ,public calamity, and sheuld be redresS,ed as soots as pcis - sible.—(Hear, hear.) He was very happy to' and that 'the Right Hon. Gentleman was about bringing in - a mea sure on the subject, and hoped Ireland would not be for gotten.. The Noble Lord deServed the thanks of that House. and of the country ; he always exerted himself cheerfully, and on most occasions effectually, and his cheerful, earnest' manner was to. all good men most gratifying. < However Hon. Members might [differ politically, they must all admire the motives by which the Noble, Lord was actuated,-motives which were of the highest and purest kind.—(Hear; hear, and cheers.) It was more than gratifying to see such a man, not de scending, but stooping from his high rank to.perform virtuous and humane actions; and to confer celebrity and success ()tithe cause in which he engaged.—(Hear.) It must addnew nobility - to the,name of Ashley, and make , humanity and Shaftesbnry.eharacteristic.— (Loud cheers.) Mr. WARLE;Y said the report of the Commissioners. contained much valuable matter,•and• lie thought that, as. the•a-Uvernment had now 'ainple materials for legisle,- - tion,.there was no need of a COmMitee or further Par-, liamentary inquiry. He was satisfied that the Right. Hon. Gentleman felt cotivinced'bf the necessity of legis lation on this. subject, .and hoped the Measure introduced by the Government would be one of perthanent utility. ! The Right Hon: Gentleman' seemed to.feel fully the forte of those recommendations which had been so. wisely made as to the difference of treatment between curable and in curable lunatics. "The gon. Gentleman then adverted to the fact stated- by lhe Commissioners in their report that out of 900 lunatics in Hanwell, only 30-wereieurttble, and conferred high praise on the manner in which the establishment at Emma' was conducted. The *at - - symptom of lunacy, a pain in the head, was among the humbler classes entirely neglected ; and medical aid wag seldom resorted to until the insanity became confirme d. He did not hesitate to say, that if a proper and timely course of treatment were resorted to, there would not he more than two-thirds of the present number of confirm ed lunatics.—(Hear, hear.) He condemned several peg' sages of the Commissioners' report, as tending to create. an unfavourable and erroneous opinion of the mode of treatment at Hanwell, and also that part of the report which spoke lightly of that system, and so kindly of the abettors by which and by whom those •unfortunate de" mented creatures were subjected to the most cruel treat ment The Hon. Gentleman concluded by expressing a hope that the Government measure would bring under the surveillance of the inspectors those private asylum s ' in which single lunatics were confined, and who, how' ever harshly treated, could not be visited by the inePe c. tors under the present law. Lord ELIOT, in answer to the question of Mr. Shel l ' was understood to say that the provisions of the Pr°,, posed measure would be extended to that country ; an that a central asylum would be established for the pauper lunatics there. Mr. WYSE expressed his satisfaction at this informs' tion. Mr. VERNON SMITH wished to say a few word!! The manner in which the Noble Lord took up this so' ject did him the highest credit. They were all agreed as to the necessity of early admitting paupers to asylum s ' but the difficulty was that they had no power of cony pelling the relatives of the lunatic to send him to th e asylum, and the parish officers did not wish, in that ease: to send him to the asylum. He hoped the Government would turn their attention to the best means of conr pelling the relatives of a lunatic to send him to an est lum. He agreed with the Noble Lord that they ougM to endeavour to prevent the extension of private asylums. He knew that relatives were unwilling to have it knuvq l f that a relative of theirs was in a state of lunacy ; but IL they were more anxious for a cure than for their own private feelings, they would rather send him to a public asylum. He also agreed with the Noble Lord that th e lunatic asylums ought to be constructed for a limite d number of patients ; but there might be an hospital for incurable patients on a large scale. But consideration s , of expense met them at every turn of this question; an ° the treatment of insane persons on the mild principle was attended with greater expense than their treatment on the severe system, and that was one of the reasons will the mild system of treatment was not more g enerallf, adopted. _But they ought to have an exact definition 04 what was mild treatment and what was severe treatnieutv for there was a difference amongst medical men as to what was mild treatment, and the extent to which it ought to be carried. Another point was as to the fit" ness of magistrates for visiting lunatic asylums. NO he had no hesitation in saying that physicians and law" yers would be much better fitted for the purpose of N't" siting than county magistrates, and this was casting 11 ? reflection- on the county magistrates, for they were no professionally educated on-the subject. This was a mat" ter worthy of the attention of Giiverniben t when they cone to legislate on this subject. With regard to the exteritie! of - the powers of the Commission he thought that o' ought to be extended to Scotland more particularly, as he had lately seen that about 120 lunatics were le'' roving about at large in the Island of Arran. This elr peated on the' testimony - of Dr. Hutchinson, and it was; state of things which ought to be i nqu i re d i n t o . With regard to the number of the Com m i ss i oners it would be well to consider whether the present number was O f t' cient. He was of opinion th a t p a id Commissioners al" ways performed their duty better than unpaid C o mmis' sioners ; but on this subject he th oug ht t h a t a sufficien t number of persons could be got who would perform t'``, duties of Commissioners gratuito us ly.—(L a ughter./ They would not do so for fame, f or th e p ers ons ft' whom they laboured had no tongues to speak for them" selves. But his Noble Friend would not be without 1 1 1 reward; for his efforts on b e h a lf o f t h e persons afflict! with lunacy would bring their 'own reward. And, o r deed, such persons sometimes displayed a sense of grati tude which sane persons would do well to imitate. Mr. S. DAVIS made a f ew o b servat i ons that vvel", totally inaudible in the gallery. Mr. HAWES thought that the present was a subject ',a, t well worthy the att en ti on o f t h e G overnment, and - was anxious to allude to one or two cases in order th at the Right lion. Baronet mi g ht cons id er them before he brought the subject forward in the next session. 11 : : Hon. Member then proceed e d t o s t a t e severa l ca ses '; different parts of the country where lunatics w er e treated with great cruelty, kept in a state of 'filth, 0., in many instances flogged till th e bl oo d run d own th e ,. I ,i backs. He thought that s uc h a s t a t e o f t hi ngs . 011 q" not any longer to be allowed t o ex i s t, an d t h at so me in quiry ought to be instituted on the subject. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said that as the evil ore s of such magnitude, and th a t a reme d y was necessar y, 11 : could not see why there should be a year's delay tit the subject.' He tr u st e d th e 'Chancellor of the E. 104- quer would enter upon the work forthwith. bt The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER theug t that some plan ought t o b e l a id b e f ore t h e Governmeji; before they could ask f or an y gran t out o f the I: - ss money. He took as deep an i n t eres t i n t h e subjec t any Hon. Member. Sir DENHAM NORREYS did no t see w hy the ob 4 ject should not be consid e r e d and d ec id e d i n th e pre session. Mr. GREENE denied that there was any idea of St l. perseding the jurisdiction of local magistrates with re spect to lunatic asylums by the Commission. After some observations from Mr. GROGAN amp O r. MORRIS, Lord ASHLEY said that he felt the greatest gr atificl: tion at the:manner in which hi s mo ti on h a d b een r eceive",i and after the assurance o f th e Ri g ht H on . B aron et, th: e he would consider the subject in the next session, should withdraw his motion. The motion was consequently withdrawn. GUERNSEY. 'Mr. T, DUNCOMBE then rose to make the motion which . he had given notice, for copies of all dispel and correspondence that have p asse d b etween t he vernment and the Lieutenant-Governor of Querns ; from the Ist day of April to the present time. 0 1 thought there was something due to the peopl e ~19 Guernsey in the shape of ex pl anat i on. What the POW complained of was, that i n A pr il and May last, a gr`e-re ' force was landed on th e i s l an d . Now, if ever there el 0, a loyal set of people, he believed 'it was the inhabit°. of Guernsey, and the adjacent islands. He bad oiler former occasion asked the Right Hon. Baronet whew be that force had be en sen t from any apprehension on b part of the Government, and the Right Hon. Barone" b e answer to that question, had stated that he felt it t 0.. ., his duty to send out the f orce , i n consequence o f the!,;, presentations he had received from the Lieutenant -I .lr vernor of the island. The troops had now been eJ drawn altogether, and he (Mr. Duncombe) was indiro to believe that the Governm en t h a d h a d representati°o made to them that were totally un f oun d e d on f ac t, "' j that, in short, they had been grossly imposed upon• o appeared, that a clergyman, th e R ev . M r . Dobree, s bo some representations to the Lie u t enan t-G overno r, w re , communicated it to the Governm en t. By this rePlip sentation it appeared, that a gentleman named 1%11011 to died at the house of the Rev. Mr. Dobree, making th e the rev, gentleman, a conf ess i on b e f ore hi s d eat h, to _ e effect that he had been poiso n ed by some persons 7- ur were confederates with him i n a pl o t t o mur d er the 'd vernor, in consequence of his having resolved to re e cl the conspiracy. A military force was then dispat_Ai to Guernsey. A p os t i nor t em exam i na ti on o f t he body of Mr. Moulin had been in the mean time directed, ,0 the surgeons declared that there was no appee"Ao whatever of his having died by poison. investigation into the circumstances was orov''!i,lo and the Royal Court sa t f or a consider% e c o number of days ; M r . D o b ree was exam i ned, an d, s< that inquiry, the tr oo p s h a d b een withdrawn. los minor charge of se diti on h a d b een b rought against t individuals at th e i ns t ance o f t h e Crown, but t h e y 'ld all three been honourably acquitted by the jury/ the evidence of Mr. Dobree proved to be totallf . „,li. worthy of credit. It b a d b een the custom of the na tia of that island to join with the regular troops celebrating the birthday of her Majesty. Bat in re p aid quence of these circumstances the usual celebration t if not take place, and the militia felt themselves gre,, il o3 . aggrieved at the want of co n fid ence expressed in t"t)3o He thought it was due to th em an d t h e inhabitants the The Government should l a y every i n f ormat i on b e fore eto House and the public, by prod ucing any corresportuant• that had taken place betwee n it an d t h e Li et iten, rb e Governor with reference to th e a ll ege d conspiraeP Wed papers he- should move for. were those which r e dis' • only to the occasion for -which the troops wer e w hicli patched. It was attended with gre a t expenses. "„es s would have to be provid e d f or b y -the public in th e bs . year's estimates, and even on that ground h e t i lif ti vi vo - the House was entitl e d to ask for these papers. order above all, due to the loyal people of that island, in % s ea to allay ,the ill-feeling theproceeding might have e' i o duc" 'among them . H e concluded by moving for ,the Pr doe of the correspondence. The question having been put, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he was bound 1 ",. knowledge that the Hon. M em b er h a d , on a form e d be casion, postp one d t hi s motion at his request, e n o ry was sorry 'that he had thought it nee e t oed to bring it f orwar d now. , He h a d tf the on more than o ne occas i on that of the loyalty ° t heir great body`of the inhabitants of G uernse y atid°: 130 t attachment to the Cro w n, th ere cou ld b e nr,doubt', unhappily he did believe that a plot was 'formed the life of the Governor, which itwas 'intended t ° . s tir ' into execution on the anniversar7 of her pla.leolo birthday, wheli the militia were assembledA e ors e i l House , was fully aware of the character of u Napier, the Governor ;' .a man of stronger n err oo o e firmer mind Cciuldriot exist, rind . he Was not a PS 110 light grounds to entertain fears of this kind. dai s information from the'Governor hirrigelf a b ou t ten t hat befrire the an n i versary of her Majesty's birthdto be there was strong reason to believe an attempt ": 4 ° . e ct al l made to 'carry the object Of the conspiracy into eu s were that . day,:and on that official information the trooP r, 5 , 1 r. sent; But - that was not all.' An able legal e fW idene e ' ananiel had been "engaged in examining dhe allowed that it warranted the su the ev be existence of- such a plot. •It was quite true and to parties had. been put up an their .trial for it , r c nui:g i e ppositiontbat that three persons had only been tried upon the minor oh of sedition. But he feared that further l eg al P ii.e st ill ings must still' take place,. arid indeed they w_ F it h the pending.. While cases in immediate connection r tbou glo e administration of justice were thus pending, lie ro dee it would be in the highest degree indiscreet to r h o the this correspondence, and he hoped ther6fol:?, it s hoo!: Hon: Member would not press his motion, or, l', o paPe' . be pressed, he should feel it his duty to refuse tn asked for. wer e Mr. , DUNCOMBE said, if judicial proceed, i 'lg i t pres s stillpeinling in the island, he certainly shoula Or_ his motion, as it would be improper to do so. f at =ki t : Right:Hon. Baronet would permit him to say:, s „tiL i e declaration would cause great grief and dissau r o ar iv hol the island. There was not an individdal there on 0 1.1. the G overnment could lay its finger in suePicl°