The Sun. — London, England, 1844-07-20 00:00:00

abirbg imitation HER MAJESTY.—The accounts received in town this morning from Windsor Castle, state that her Ma jesty continues in excellent health, but that her accouche n? ant is daily expected. Dr. Locock is in constant attendance at the Castle. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign -office ti-day at three o'clock. Previous to the assembling of the Council, several of the Cabinet Ministers had inter views with Sir:Robert Peel at the Right Hon. Baronet's residence in Whitehall-gardens. THE FUNDS—(CLOSING PRICES.: BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Co ns . 3% per Cent. Red lO 2l Ditto New Annuitie s .. , New 334 per Cent 10238 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. llicl ... 73 pm. New 5 per Cent......„ — 1 Ditto 5001' 79 pm. Jan 1860 — Long Annuities to expire 1 Ditto Small ........ ....... 7 9 pm. Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 — Consols for Act. ..... .... 99% Jan. 18 60 — tlndia Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. A ustrian. 5 per Cent .. ..... . .Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent lOl% Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — ,Russian, 5 per Cent. .... ...... 119 Chllian, 6 per Cent — .Ditto, Metallic ..... .......... DittVilombian, 6 per Cent l4 'Spanish, 5 per Cent.... ..... —. o, 1824 ........ ........ — Ditto, 3 'Jett Cent — Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 'Ditto, Deferred — Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18::5, S per Cent — 'Exchange ...... ....... .... —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 61. X Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent ........101% SHARES. Birmingham and Derby, £lOO paid 7l Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) lOl Ditto, New Shares, 173 id Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) '77 Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) Dublin and Cashel, 23i paid 12.,,, Eastern Counties (23 paid) ;......... • Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid) Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent., 13s 4d. paid,No. 1 1 Great North of England, 100 paid Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 824 Ditto Fifths, 12 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Blackw a ll (16/, 13 s. 4 d.) 7% London and Brighton (50 paid). ............ ..... London and Green w i c h ( 12t. 15.5. 4d. paid) 7% London and South Western (41/. 6s. 10d. paid) Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) 17 %106 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid ) , Ditto, Half Shares, 30 paid Midland Counties (100 paid) 99 Newcastle and Darlington Junction. 21 paid as Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (1234 paid) Norwich and Brandon, 4 paid South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d p a id) Ditto New Shares, 4 paid Yarmouth and Norwich (IS paid) York and North Midl an d (50 pa i d) lO3 Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid ...... Paris and Orlean s (20 pa id ) Paris and Rouen. 20 paid FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, JULY 17, 1944. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Alexander Silver to the church and parish of Dunnottar, in the presby tery of Fordoun and county of Kincardine, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Alexander Irvine, late Minister thereof, to the church and parish of Peterhead. CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 19. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Birmingham —Richard Spooner, Esq., in the room of Joshua Scholefield, Esq., deceased. ADMIRALTY, JULY 12. Corps of Royal Ma r i nes —Fi rs t Li eutenant P . T . M. Payne to be Captain, vice . Brevet Major H. B. Mends, deceased ; Second Lieutenant G. Drury to be First Lieutenant, vice Payne, promoted. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Liecestershire Regiment of Militia—Captain and Adjutant H. F. Hawker, from the Queen's Own Tower Hamlets Regi. sent of Militia, to be Adjutant, vice Deakin, deceased, Id arch 22. WHITEHALL, JULY 10. The Lord Chancellor has appointed R. Fulford, of Exeter, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court 01 Chancery. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. E. Morton, Winchester-row, Paddington. S. Lenox, sail-maker, Liverpool. J. Firth, clothier, Leeds. G. Leach, green-grocer, Bingley, Yorkshire. J. Groom, cabinet-maker, St. Clement, Oxfordshire. Rev. J. Williams, clerk, G rove - roa d, Mil e - en d- roa d . . Greenwood, ealer in woollen-flocks Halifax, York s hi re . 11. Rushbrook, veterinary -surgeon, Rayleigh, Essex. C. Bampton, collar-maker, Woolwich. E. Brown, governess, Brighton. J. Breden, shoemaker, Liverpool. J. Cosyn, harness-maker, Redburn, Hertfordshire, W. E. Thomas, hair-dresser, Bristol. J. Cherry, joiner, Stockport, Cheshire. J. Robson, butcher, Manchester. A. Morris, pork-butcher, Manchester. W. Wagstaff, cabinet-maker, Liverpool. H. Glazebrook, coach-maker, Long-lane, Bermondsey. J. Sherwood, stationer, Carter-street, Walworth. W. C. Fuller, green-grocer, George-street, Oxford -street. d. Rownsley, waterman, Snaith, Yorkshire. B. Roffe, baker, Millbrook, Bedfordshire. C. Sewell, shoemaker, Gestingthorpe, Essex. C. Bevil, attorney, Cambridge. J. Lamb, deputy coal-weigher, Globe-terrace, Commercial-rd. G. Newman, usher, Ealing, Middlesex. J. Massey, tailor, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. T. Fancy, licensed victualler, Bear-yard, Lincoln's Inn-fields. T. Friend, cabinet-maker, Canterbury. B. Knights, butcher, John-street, Edgeware- road. J. M. P. Fellingham, clerk, King Ed:vard-st., Blackfriars. W. Chubb, accountant, Bristol. B Shaw, shipwright, Gatcombe, Gloucestershire. IL Smith, shopman, Bowling-green-buildings, New-road. J. burgess, jun., shoemaker, So u th wo ld, S u ff o lk. T. Sansom, baker, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. J. Cherriman, dentist, Wells-street, Marylebone. A. Woodroffe, Bury St. Ed mun d s , S u ff o lk, T. Lee, inn- keeper, Halifax, Yorkshire. B. Twysden, Bearsted-green, Maidstone. V. Bainbridge, jun., boot-maker, Fenchurch-street, City. 1 Mercer, carpenter, Horsemonger-lane, Soutliwark. Burgess, Acle, Norfolk. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.-IVhen speaking on Irish questions, Lord Lyndhurst is singularly unfortunate. Whether he ad dresses the House of Lords as a politician, or deliver an opinion when presiding therein, in his judicial capacity, the Nobleand Learned Lord is led to employ phraseology which fails to convey the meaning he intends to express: For instance, the Noble and Learned Lord's memorable description of the Irish people—" aliens in blood, reli gion, and l anguage, " which was concise and pointed as an epigram ; m eant anyt hi ng b ut what, to ordinary ears, the words seemed to convey. Whereas, the words the selves affi rme d— an d the i r connexion appeared to justify the construction—th a t th e I r i s h p eo pl e had neither claim to, nor fit ness f or Engl i sh i nstitut i ons and privileges, which, by virtue of the Act of Union, they claimed from the Legislature. Lord Lyndhurst subsequently explained that the construction given to the words, so far from being justified, was fisrced, unnatural, and foreign from his purpose. The Noble and Learned Lord was not, it is true, extensively successful in his at tempts to persuade people that the phrase had been misunderstood. But this obstinacy in adhering to what they asserted was the plain and obvious meaning of his words, might arise from the proverbial power of preju dice—unless, indeed, the aphorism be accepted, that language was given to man to enable him to conceal his thoughts ;" and Lord Lyndhurst, acting upon this principle, employed the offensive phrase to conceal his deep affection for the Irish people, and his earnest wish that they should enjoy privileges and immunities in all respects equally extensive with the other subjects .of the United Kingdom. Then, an observation of the Lord Chancellor, during the recent argument before the House of Lords on the Writ of Error has also becn the subject of a most un- I irtunate misconstruction, which it became necessary for Pis Lordship to set right by an elaborate exposition of his real meaning. This the Noble and Learned Lord did last night—with what amount of success, we leave those who read the text and the comment upon the words, as last night supplied by his Lordship, to deter mine. While Mr. Hill was pursuing his argument on the omission of names from the special jury panel, end explaining the manner in which the jury had been composed, and which had been made the ground of challenging the array by the defendants, the Lord Chancellor interposed :--" There is no dispute about the facts. It is clear from the record that there was a fraudulent list; that the book was made up from that list ; and that the panel was made out from the book." At a subsequent period of the argument, the Lord Chancellor observed—" The only question was, whe ther this was the right course of proceeding—whether the fraud formed a ground of challenge of the array." The Lord Chancellor has explained. But in so doing has, to our view, rather mystified than rendered clear, that which he conceived required elucidation. The obvious meaning of the words his Lordship has " ex p'ained," was previously clear to every one who is in the habit of taking words in their plain and obvious sense. His Lordship states, that when he said, "It is clear from the record that there was a fraudulent list," lie only meant, " It was so admitted for the purpose of Vgal argument. It could not be denied. His statement went to the fact that the admission was made for the purpose of argument, and of argument only. But he ever said, or intended to say, nor could their Lord ships or any other person suppose he could intend to bay, that these facts, admitted for the purpose of argu- I meat, were in reality true." STANDARD. —We shall not be suspected of a wish to limit the functions or to disparage the importance of the public press, but we are bound to say that the tenor of the debate upon Mr. Milner Gibson's motion last right confirms us in the opinion we have long enter tained, that if ever the people of this conn try shall come to think the press an i n t o l era bl e nu i sance it will be when the public journals send roving commissions in pursuit of grievances into-remote places, where a temporary excite • pion t may, from any cause, exist. There is no part of Eng land which has not an ably conducted local press of its own, amply supplying all the uses of a press to the district. The conductors of this local press are men who roust have much better means of information, and of forming a correct judgment, than any itinerant who visits the neighbourhood as " our own reporter," and they must be responsible in character, which " our own re porter " cannot be. To what extent does it affect the interests of a London journal, if all the statements of its " own reporter" should be, at the six months' end, proved absolutely false or grossly exaggerated, as generally happens ? Mean while misrepresentation and encouragement of disorder do their work. The local journals, on the other hand, c innot dare this policy; they depend for existence upon tlwir local character for veracity and circumspectness. The temptation to send down " our own reporter" to any excited quarter, is no doubt strong to vanity and not in considerable on the side of profit—but the practice is naquestionably a great public evil.. T. Hancock, butcher, Stretford, Lancashire, July 25, al twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. Arnatt, baker, Oxford, Aug. 10, at one—W. Dunnage and I. Dunnage, plumbers, Tooley-street, Surrey, Aug. 10, at half-past one. In the Country. J. Myatt, cattle-dealer, Crowland, Lincolnshire, Aug. 10, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—C. Pearsall, boiler-maker, Anderton, Cheshire, Aug. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—E. Fozzard, dyer, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, Aug. 13, at one, at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. W. Smith, printer, Strand, Aug. 9—J. Clark, draper, Abington, Cambridgeshire, Aug. 12—J. Smith, spirit-mer chant, Warwick, Aug. 12—E. Reeve, fruiterer, Liverpool, Aug. 9—S. Brothers, currier, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Aug. 9 —C. Twining, Peckham, brewer, Aug. 9—E. Arrowsmith, mercer, Burnley, Lancashire, Aug. 9—W. W. Mansell, bill broker, Alfred-street, Bedford-square, Aug. 9—J. Slack, Sl tering-machine-naaker, Manchester, Aug. 9—H. Goertz, up. bolsterer, New Windsor, Berkshire, Aug. 9. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Burton, H. Burton, and J. Burton, builders, Aldersgate. street, City, as far as regards J. Burton—T. Lightwood and W. Payne, farmers—C. W. Toulmin and W. Janes, livery stable-keepers, South Island-place, Clapham-road—T. Ste venson and W. Hickinbotham, linen-cirapers, Leicester—J. Crowther and F. Oldroyd, yarn-manufacturers, Birstall, York shire—J. Harris, F. Harris, and A. Harris, flour-dealers, Liverpool—J. Thompson and R. Webster, tea-dealers, Black burn, Lancashire—J. Elliott, J. G. Fritb, S. Osborne, and J. Viney, merchants, Great St. Helen's, City—J. Cook and R. Grove, tool-makers, Birmingham—G. Gotts, sen., and G. Gotta, jun., farmers, Boughton Malherbe and Elmley, Kent —T. Nicholls and E. Gough, snuff.manufacturers, Chester— J. B. Dawes and T. Higgins, optical-instrument-manufactu rers, Cornhill, City—C. H. Marks and W. Child, gun makers, Strand—T. Loyd, R. Buchan, and J. Welch, calico printers, Manchester—J. B. Steward, M.D., and G. W. Daniel, surgeon, Southall-park, Middlesex—H. Davies and D. Davies, contractors, Asylum-road, Old Kent-road—T. Hull and A. Lewis, spirit-merchants, St. Swithin's-lane, City —W. B. Marshall and E. Goldsmith, lace-dressers, Notting ham—T. B. Trowbridge and R. Griffin, surgeons, Weymouth, Dorsetshire—M. Anderson and J. Sangster, seedsmen, New ington-butts, Surrey—W. Barker and H. Kuhlbe, tea dealers, Liverpool—W. R. Casson and W. Bamfield, book-marblers, Great St. Thomas Apostle, City—H. M. Jeens and M. Nor ris, rnaltsters, Uley, Gloucestershire—C. Francis and W. Francis, Mark-lane, City—J. Thornley and S. Thornley, bakers, Liverpool—J. Cotterell, sen., and J. Cottereil, jun., tallow-chandlers, High-street, Kensington—A. Huxley and J. W. Buckley, chymists, Newport, Shropshire—T. Baty and H. H. Gibson, spirit-merchants, Liverpool—M. A. Nevill J. D. Nevill, F. Nevill, E. A. Nevill, E. Nevill, and G Rossell, City. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. DAVID WILSON, tavern-keeper, Edinburgh, July 25 , and Aug. 22, at two, at the chambers of J. Alexander , Edinburgh. DONALD CAMPBELL, merchant, Nairn, July 22, and Aug. 22, at eleven, at Anderson's Hotel, Nairn. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending July 16, 1844, is 325. 2id. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. FATAL OCCURRENCE.—In consequence of the work men at the Garscube coalworks, the property of Messrs. Barclay, having been off work on Monday and Tuesday, on the afternoon of the latter day, Mr. Alexander Foulds, the foreman at the works, accompanied with another person, went down to inspect and see if they were free from the carbonic acid gas, or choke damp, so that the men might go down safely on the day following. On arriving at the bottom of the pit, the air was at once found in so impure a state that the lights went out. Though this took place, Mr. Foulds, in his desire to satisfy himself further, resolved to creep along the floor of the pit, while his companion waited for him at the bottom of the shaft. He had not proceeded far when he was heard to give a moan ; the man accompanying him immediately went to his rescue, but; before he found him he also was nearly overpowered. He found Foulds insensible, and being unable to carry him out, he was obliged to go to the surface for assistance, when every means was taken to infuse fresh air into the pit, but it was next morning before this was accomplished, so as to permit a descent, when the sufferer was found lifeless.—Scotch paper. CLYDE IMPORTS.—We observe from the Clyde Bill of Entry of Saturday last, that the foreign imports into the Clyde during the two preceding days (viz. the 11th and 12th) have been of a very extensive kind, and larger, we believe, than during any similar period for the last three years. They amount to 17 vessels, nine of which came to Glasgow, five to Greenock, and three to Port- Glasgow. They bring cargoes chiefly from our North American Colonies. Amongst them, however, are three vessels with guano, two from Ichaboe, and one from Pau de Asucar, containing upwards 1,000 tons of this .valu able fertiliser These foreign ships were accompanied by a large fleet of coasters. On the three preceding days of the same week there were nineteen arrivals from foreign ports, two of the ships being from Ichaboe, with 1,250 tons of guano.—Scottish Guardian. INVERNESS, JULY 13.—Our market this year has been well attended. Perhaps there never was so large a number of southern dealers present ; and business has been transacted at an earlier period of the market, and with much less trouble than in former years. The ex tent of business and the rate of prices are no less satis factory and cheering. The average price of Cheviot wool last week was 11 s. per stone, the average price this year is better than I6s. Some lots have been sold at 175., and even at 18s. Cheviot wethers from 225. to 275., with the exception of two lots at 295. Cheviot ewes from 14s. to 16s. ; one lot sold at 17s. Cheviot lambs average Bs. 6d., but some lots have fetched higher prices. Black-faced stock has also sold well ; the we thers have not advanced in proportion to the Cheviot, but ewes hare been in good demand, at from 7s. to 10s. The weather is highly favourable, with seasonable showers, which are bringing on the turnip fields and grain crops in a manner that makes the farmers here rejoice. 'CITY ANTIQUITIES.—On Thursday, at the end of Little Trinity-lane, Upper Thames-street, while the men were excavating the ground for the formation of a sewer, they found a large quantity of human and animal bones, and which were mixed with the earth for several feet up the lane. During the last fortnight, in Huggin-lane and Bread street-hill, being adjoining to Little Trinity-lane, similar excavations are going on, when very extensive foundation walls of Roman construction were met 'with, traversing Bread-street-hill, and passing up the entire length of Huggin-lane and Trinity-lane. In some places they were so strong that they could not be broken but by the applica tion of iron wedges. In other places they were composed of chalk. Several silver and copper Roman coins were also found, fragments of fresco-painted walls, square fiat tiles about twelve inches square, with inscriptions on them, and a quantity of tesselated and common Roman pavement. In this neighbourhood the Commissioners of Sewers for the City have contracted for the erection of about 6,000 feet of sewerage. ti Tna PITMEN.—Nearly 200 Welsh pitmen arrived in this town by railway on Tuesday evening, and on the following morning they proceeded to the colleries at Seghill and Hasting's Hartley. The old pitmen obsti nately adhere to their wrong-headed course, and the families of many of them are encamped in fields and bye-ways. The funds appear to be nearly exhausted, for groups of men are daily singing through the prin cipal towns; and their dress and appearance belies many of the complaints they have brought against the coal owners. What makes the evil more grievous in a moral point of view is, that the women have become beggars, and the children paupers.—Netrcastle Advertiser of Thursday. We have authority to state that Lady Brougham's party, announced for Friday, the 26th, takes.place on, Thursday, the 25th instant. T. Dallman, tailor, Newman-street, Marylebone. A. Mozoomdar, Bristol. W. Dann, general agent, Themlow-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. Bunney, silk dealer, Anchor-street, Bethnal-green. J. Morriss, tinman, Highgate. J. FOYmby, wheelwright, Sephton, Lancashire. E. Woad, 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, Glamorganshire. R. S. Kersey, cabinet-maker, Ipswich. R. Smith, saddler, Sudbury, Suffolk. N. Stebbing, painter, Bury St. Edmund's. J. Saffhill, farmer, Hillingdon, Middlesex. G. Willoughby, plumber, St. Alban's. W. Fearn, clerk, Lyon's Inn, St. Cle men t D anes . A. Pyle, Great Yarmouth. P. Clark, trimming manufacturer, Elder-st., Norton-folgate. W. F. Perkins, broker. Vine-street, Hatton-garden. J. M'Cabe, provision dealer, Liverpool. SECOND NOTICES. J. Mitchell, wheelwright, sine-elms-lane, Battersea, July 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. N. Facon, Gloucester -terrace, Chelsea, July 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. J. Roberts, jun., victualler, Mapes-street, Bethnal-green, July 23, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. H. J. Murton, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Marines, Hill-street, Brompton, July 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. J. Eyres, smith, Great Alie-street, Whitechapel, July 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. G. F. S. Gillard, grocer, Commercial-road, Lambeth, July 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. Blanchard, Charles-street, Chelsea, July 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. Santer, sen., hop dealer, Devonshire-buildings, South wark, July 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. J. Johnson, barman, Coburg-place, Camberwell, July 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. E. Briden, gardener, Flask-walk, Hampstead, July 25, at two, at the Court of Bankrupt c y. B e l c h er , o ffi c i a l ass i gnee . L. R. Mackintosh. Cleeve, Gloucestershire, July 23, al eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. I. Nutman, brick-maker, Hillingdon, Middlesex, July 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. T. Bothell, tailor, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road, July 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. Mahony, cheesemonger, Union-street, [Southwark, Jaly 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. H. Hart, steel pen-manufacturer, Napier-street, Hnxton, July 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. M. Leach, innkeeper, Longdendale, Cheshire, July 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. W. Westfield, butcher, Randwick, Gloucestershire, July 26, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official as signee. J. W. Weod, Birmingham, July 25, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. E. Seale, Clehonger, Herefordshire, July 27, at half-p as t ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. TIRE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 164 ii. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The settlement of the Consol account was the chief feature at the Stock Exchange to-day, in the absence of more important business, and the result of the adjustment gave rather a favourable tendency to prices, which previously showed some symptoms of weakness. Money was exceedingly abundant at merely nominal rates, and hence not the least difficulty was experienced in the final arrangement of the business. At the close of the day the market appeared to be very firm. The Illinois bondholders held a meeting to-day to consider the plan proposed by the indebted State for restoring its credit. This plan has been too often set forth under this head, in every stage of negotiation be tween the interested parties on both sides, to need a description now. The result of the meeting was, that a resolution was unanimously carried, approving of the scheme, and recommending all holders of Illinois bonds to subscribe to the funds required for the completion of the canal. This proceeding, according to the opinion of the meeting, was absolutely necessary to secure the early restoration of credit. The East India and China Association have published their comparative statement of the number of British ships, with tonnage, entered inwards and cleared out wards from and to places within the limits of the East India Company's charter, from the Ist of January to the 30th of June in the years 1843 and 1844. The statement of vessels entered inwards shows that the number arriving at the port of London during that period was an increase of ten vessels, with 6,084 tonnage, compared with 1843, there being 280 vessels, with 116,632 tonnage, in the former six months, and 270 ves sels, with 110,548 tonnage, in the latter six months. In the case of Liverpool, the increase was only two vessels, with 710 tonnage, the number of vessels arriving in the first six months of 1843 being 85, with 36,321 tonnage, and in the same period of 1844, 87, with 37,031 tonnage. The ports of Bristol and Hull show an increase of fire vessels, with 1,915 tonnage, the number in 1843 having been 9, with 2,982 tonnage ; and in 1844, 14, with 4,197 tonnage. The Clyde and other ports show a de crease of two vessels, with 2,046 tonnage, 27, with 9,868 tonnage, having arrived in 1843, while in 1844, 25 ar rived, with 7,822 tonnage. A general revision of the entries inward shows a total increase in the first six months of 1844 over the same period of 1843 of 15 vessels, with 6,663 tonnage. The chief increase his been in the arrival of vessels from China, Singapore, the Philippine Islands, and New South Wales, while there has at the same time been a consi derable decrease in the arrivals from Calcutta. The clearances outwards show an increase in the arrivals at the port of London of 38 vessels, with 12,545 tonnage, in 1844, compared with 1843, the re spective numbers in the six months being 233 vessels, with 92,4.59 tonnage, and 195 vessels, with 79,914 ton nage. Liverpool shows the large increase of 87 vessels, with 30,390 tonnage, the numbers being 117 vessels, with 45,371 tonnage in 1843, and 204 vessels, with 75,761 tonnage, in 1844. Bristol also shows an increase of 18 vessels, with 4,522 tonnage, only 1, with 367 ton nage, having arrived in the first six months of 1843, whereas 18, with 4,522 tonnage, arrived in the first six months of 1844. The Clyde and other ports show an increase of 10 vessels, with a decrease of 555 tonnage, the arrivals in the first six months of 1844 being 89 ves sels, with 28,947 tonnage ; and in the first six months of 1843, 79 vessels, with 20,502 tonnage. A general review of the clearances shows a total in crease in the first six months of 1844 over the mune period in 1843 of 153 vessels, with 46,902 tonnage. The increase includes 44 vessels for Calcutta, 15 vessels for Bombay, 24 vessels for the Mauritius, 87 vessels for the Cape of Good Hope, and 5 vessels for the South Seas. In the clearances for New South Wales the great de crease of 20 vessels is to be noticed. SUN.—The settlement in the Consol market has left the prices at 991 11, for money, and 99'i 1 for the 29th August. The heavy investments remained as in the morning, the Old Three-and-a-Half per Cents. being marked 102 k. South Sea Stock was at 114 k, being scarcely so high as last week. The Foreign market offered no feature beyond what we reported in the morning. Spanish Actives were 23k to and the Three per Cents. 338, Colombian brought 13 1 8 to 14. The additional transactions have been these:—Bir mingham and Derby were 31 • Chester and Holyhead, k ; Lancaster and Carlisle, ; Brighton, 2* ; and Midland ex-dividend 1 discount. Great North of England have been 1 ' • Great Western Half, 321 ; Ditto Fifth s , 11 1 ; Hull and Selby. 9 ; Birmingham, 1241 to 126 ; Norwich and Brandon, 6 2 s ; South-Eastern, 31 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 11 ; Paris and Orleans, ex-div., 181 ; and Paris and Rouen, 181 premium ; Birmingham and Gloucester 1 discount to par. Provincial Bank of Ire land Shares ex-div., 191 premium. In the Foreign exchanges there was a decline to-day upon Antwerp, Paris, Hamburgh, and Trieste, Frank. fort being about the same as last post-day. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL RACES.—THURSDAY. BETTING ON THE COURSE. GOODWOOD STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Crotan Oil. 5 to 1 agst Franchise. 7 to 1 agst Era—taken. T. LEGER. 10 to 1 agst Ugly Buck. 12 to 1 agst Foig-a-ballagh 12 to 1 agst Morpeth. 40 to 1 agst Lightning. 7 to 2 agst the Cure: 7 to 1 agst Bay Momus. 8 to 1 agst Princess (taken). 8 to 1 agst Red Deer. 9 to lagst Ithuriel. 2015 even between Alorpeth and Foig-a-ballagh. BROMYARD RACES—WFDNESDAY. The Broxash Stakes were won by Mr. Berriman's Fair Play ; the Hurdle Stakes, by Mr. Bradley's Tantalus ; and the flack Stakes, by Mr. Bradley's Sweetheart. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 19. ROYAL ASSENT. At Four o'clock there was a Commission to give the Royal Assent to certain Bills. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, and Earl Dalhousie. The following are the l3ills which received the Royal Assent—the Bank of England Charter Bill ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Exemption Bill •, Dissen ters' Chapels Bill ; Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill ; Education Bill ; County Rates, &c., Bill ; Militia Ballots Suspension Bill ; Stock in Trade Bill ; Vagrants Re moval Bill ; Turnpike Acts Countinuance Bill ; Parishes (Scotland) Bill ; Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; Charitable Loan Societies (Ireland) Bill ; Turnpike Acts Continu ance (Ireland) Bill ; Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway Bill ; Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction Railway Bill ; Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway Bill ; Taff Vale Railway Bill ; Eastern Union Railway Bill ; London and South-Wes tern Railway (No. 1) Bill ; Garnkirk, Glasgow, and Coatbridge Railway Bill ; Delabole and Rock Railway (No. 2) Bill ; Liverpool Docks Bill ; Newport Dock Bill ; Birkenhead Docks Bill ; Southampton Improve ment Bill ; Coventry Improvement and Cemetery Bill ; York United Gas (No. 2) Bill ; Hythe Landing Place Bill ; Holmfirth and Dunford Roads Bill ; Market Harborough and Coventry Road Bill ; Earl of Guilford's Estate Bill ; Necton Tithes Bill ; Irvine's Estate Bill ; Stone's Estate Bill. Their Lordships adjourned for a short time, and as sembled again, when— Mr. E. James was called to the Bar, and addressed their Lordships against the Gaming Bill. When the Learned Gentleman concluded, Mr. Russell was called and examined by Lord BROUGHAM—I am the attorney in the qui tam ac tions ; I was instructed by my clerk ; he is my brother; he has a salary of so/. a year; I brought about 34 actions; he did not instruct me till I first suggested to him to do so; I expect he will pay me; I do not expect he will pay the entire. The expense of one of those actions, if lost, might be about 1,000/. A gentleman paid 9001 towards the expenses. Ido not know him ; he did not instruct me. I decline to tell who he is, because that was com municated to me as an attorney. He is not my client. I know his name, but I decline to give it. Lord BROUGHAM—No privilege will protect a man who is not your client. Come, give the name. The LORD CHANCELLOR—If you do not answer that question you will reflect on the consequences. Witness—l decline to answer, because it was a privi leged communication. Lord BROUGHAM—Did you know the name from any one independent of your client ? Mr. Russell—l knew it from my client first; but I knew it from other sources.—(A laugh.) To the LORD CHANCELLOR—Never had any communication with the person who paid this money, except in the presence of his brother, and thought that he was justified in refusing to give the name of that person. Lord BROUGHAM told the witness that he was not privileged as to the unknown person, and must con sider the consequences.—(Hear, hear.) The Committee had no power to commit him, but the House had. The Duke of RICHMOND asked had he not advised his brother not to bring the action in his own name, be cause his character was so tainted? Answer—l think I did.—(Laughter.) Lord BROUGHAM submitted to their Lordships that as the person at the bar admitted that the person whose name he withheld was not his client, he could not refuse to give the name. After some consultation with the Noble and Learned Lord, the Counsel, Mr. James, and the witness, were ordered to withdraw from the bar ; and the witness was peremptorily ordered not to leave the House. A conversation ensued of some length, in which several Noble Lords took part, respecting the course to be pur sued ; when it was resolved that the witness Russell be ordered to attend at the bar, and that in the meantime his evidence before the Select Committee and the House be printed. The witness was accordingly called in, and ordered to attend. He said—" I will obey your Lordships."...-("Oh, of course you will.") THE IRISH STATE TRIALS' APPEAL. The LORD CHANCELLOR wished to call the at tention of the House to a matter which affected himself personally, and which was, however, of some importance HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 19. to their Lordships and to public justice. His attention was drawn, through the medium of one of thelrish papers, JOINT STOCK COMPANIES' REGISTRY to a statement in the Morning Chronicle, that whilst Mr. AND REGULATION BILL tration clause, and ir Hill was arguing upon the challenge of the array, (Continued from our Afternoon Tait: " the Lord Chancellor said that there could be no On clause 25 being proposed lating to existing - doubt that the array was fraudulent." The Morn- Mr. STUART WORT - " 9 inq Chronicle went on to ask, could it be doubted the measur e ,- anlitwerwase that a verdict obtained under fraud so admitted by ,430 .. rta .L. kl E t t: s ffi b i e tl in t g his was the regia • the first one te• snareholders to r the Lord Chancellor of England would be viewed4empanies. He wished tO ns l E. ; whether with any other feelings than those of execration to___peo_s(tt stock don Mateo% joint-stoek millS. Those joint ,„n i n to pay for them. If this Bill provided a remedy for th t by the people of England ; or could any Ministry v erytomraort ih the manufacturing dis y g un uncommon for the smaller have the audacity to carry the sentence into effect, after facturing districts. would be conferring_ a great boon upon the manua teFyiicit::: mt UP accounts, and leave their partners such a condemnation ? These remarks were print- ' not blame large letters in all the Irish papers. He did the writer in the Morning Chronicle, s• -; no was misled, ( :.. ' ne Lord Chancellor) had Mr. GLADSTONE regretted that, in oonseauen from not understanding what he t . 130 subjea, ho hard been pbliged said. Nothing Wald be furl' v4erfxonsthe meaning of his 0- the difficulty cf, On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the Bill passed through Committee without discussion, and was re ported. BUTTER AND CHEESE. On the motion of the Earl of POWIS, this Bill also passed through Committee, and was reported. Tho Roman Catholic Parish Acts Abolition Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. THE COUNTY CORONERS' BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND, in moving the second reading of this Bill, said that there was one clause intro duced into it to which he would give his utmost opposi tion—that was the payment of an increased amount for the coroners' travelling expenses out of the county-rates. Ho thought that these expenses ought to be paid out of the consolidated fund. He would, in the Committee on Monday. move the omission of the clause_ The Dill would diminish the expenses of coroners at elections, and those gentlemen ought not to demand an increased allowance for travelling. Lord BEAUMONT had intended to oppose the Bill altogether, on account of this clause ; but as the Noble Duke would move for its omission, his objection was greatly diminished. If the clause were retained, he would move that the Dill be read a second time that day six months. The Duke of RICHMOND would move the omission of the clause, but he would not bind himself that the clause would be omitted. If it were not, he would vote against the Bill altogether. It was a money clause, and the House of Commons might not agree to its omission ; and, if not, they would send up another Bill next year. The Marquis of NORMANBY defended the clause. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday, and the Lords summoned. THE COLONIAL POST-OFFICE. This Bill was read a second time. Lord CAMPBELL expressed a hope that it would not be carried through Committee until another Bill on the same subject reached the same stage. The Linen Manufacturers' Bill (Ireland) was read a third time and passed. The Transfer of Property Bill was read a second time. Several Bills on the table were advanced a stage. On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND, the Se lect Committee on the opening of letters in the Post- office were requested to print and lay before the House the evidence of Mr. Russell. Their Lordships &Clock. then adjourned at Half-past Sev en t _4ION ~.un of yostvirclay.: servations, which went ho farther than that if the array were made in the way which Mr. Hill stated it must be fraudulent ; but that he could not judge of that, as he knew stothine• ' of the facts, which s h ou ld h ave Leen:de. tided by the Court of Queen's Bench. Lord BROUGHAM concurred in the observations of his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack, and said that nothing could justify the use which the Irish papers had made of the misrepresentation. Lord CAMPBELL said that his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack was perfectly right in making to the House the explanation which he had made. But he (Lord Campbell) must say, that when this subject came before the House he should differ from the opinion of his Noble and Learned Friend, and that he thought the Attorney-General was not justified in going to trial as he did, nor until the whole book of the jury-list had been gone through, and the defendants had a full chance of a fair trial. Lord COTTENIIAM said that the statement in the Morning Chronicle was incorrect, as had been properly shown by his Noble and Learned Friend ; but the mis apprehension of the writer was very excusable, when the difficulty of a law argument, even to a lawyer, was con sidered. The conversation then dropped. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Mr. GREENE and others from the Commons brought up the Unlawful Oaths Bill (Ireland), the Soap Duties Bill, the Party Processions Bill (Ireland), the Farm building Burnings Bill, the Loan Societies Bill, and nu merous other Bills, which were severally read a first time. THE POST-OFFICE INQUIRY. A further message from the Commons communicated the permission of the Commons to Lord J. Russell to attend before their Lordships' Committee. The Earl of RADNOR had seen it stated in some of the newspapers that he had consented to have his name omitted from that Committee. He thought it right to say that he felt he ought to have been on the Committee. The Duke of WELLING TON had supposed that the list which he had proposed for the Committee was uni versally approved of. CORN-LAWS. The Earl of RADNOR presented a petition from agriculturists of Wiltshire, complaining of distress, and praying for the repeal of the corn-laws, and all laws against the importation of provisions. Their Lordships had repeatedly denied that there was distress ; and a Noble Lord near him said there was none in Wiltshire, but the petitioners who resided there were likely to know better than the Noble Lord (Methuen), who seldom visited the count} (Hear, and a laugh.) Lord METHUEN sa id he was well acquainted with the county, but he might not know as much of some par ticular persons as the Noble Earl, who went about in every corner searching for statements of distress.-- (Hear, and a laugh.) The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions in fa vour of protection, and said that he would send down a pamphlet to show the true state of the questions to the persons who signed the Noble Earl's (Radnor's) petition from Wiltshire,:but it would be of no use, as many of them could not read.—(Hear, hear.) Earl -RADNOR said the petitioners should be allowed to express their opinions of their own interests, although they could not read.—(Hear, hear.) The Duke of RICHMOND had only said that his book would be of no use to them, as they could not read; he did not deny their right to petition.—(Hear, hear.) GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAIL WAY BILL. On the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE, the orders of the day were suspended, and the Bill was read a third time, and passed. pone the consideration of the relative rights of share holders among themselves until next session. In certain respects the Bill would improve the relations between companies and their shareholders, but it would not remedy the evil of which the Hon. Gentleman com plained. There would be facilities of obtaining judg ments against companies, and this h e thought would prove very beneficial. Mr. S. WORTLEY had thought it his duty to call the Right Hon. Gentleman's attention to this subject, and ho trusted that some steps would be taken with respect to it next year. The clause was then agreed to, as were clauses 26 to 57. The Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the bar, and summoned the House to the bar of the House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to seve ral Bills (for which see Lords' report). The SPEAKER, accompanied by several Members, then proceeded to the House of Lords. On their return, the House went into Committee, when.the remaining clauses were agreed to, and the Bill, with amendments, was ordered to be reported on Tues day next at twelve o'clock. The House resumed. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from the Liverpool Peace Society, praying for the abolition of the punish ment of death in all cases. COURTS OF COMMON LAW. On the motion of Mr. CRIPPS, the Courts of Com mon Law Process Bill, and the Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill, went through Committee. The Parish Constables Bill was read a third time. CRIMINAL JUSTICE (IRELAND). Mr. BRIGHT, seeing the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland in his place, wished to direct his attention to a case which had occurred at the recent assizes in Ire land. Two women had been lately found guilty of mur der in the county of Roscommon, and were now left for execution on the 31st of this month. The crime was committed in the month of June, 1843, when, on the Co roner's inquest on the body, a verdict of suicide was returned. Since that time, a woman who slept, or said she slept in the same room where the murder had been committed, had given evidence which proved that the man was murdered and then carried out of the room, when his throat was cut, with the intention of making it appear that ho had committed su i c id e . O n the trial th e jury deliberated twenty-two hours, and then found the two women guilty of wilful murder; one of them being the wife of the murdered man, and the other her sister. The jury recommended them to mercy; but he was informed that the judge refused to transmit that recommendation to Dub lin. There was reason to believe that the chief witness in the case, was a woman of extremely bad character, and that her evidence was doubtful. Altogether it ap peared that the whole party were in a very low state of civilization, for when the occurrence took place the murdered man arid his wife slept in one bed, and the woman who gave the evidence was sleeping with her own father in another bed. The third woman, who was a servant, sleeping in an adjoining room to which there was no door. It appeared that all of them were of a class that rendered it necessary to receive their evidence with great caution. Under all circumstances, it seemed one of those cases worthy the attention of Government. If the man was murdered an inquiry ought to be made into the conduct of the coroner, as it was stated that he examined but one wit ness, and called no surgeon—the inquest being thus of a most unsatisfactory character. Lord ELIOT thought the object of the Hon. Gentle man would have been equally well attained, had he merely called his attention to the matter. He could not help thinking he had rather exceeded the limits allowed in asking questions. He must also observe that the coroner was not accountable to the Government ; at the same time, he could assure the Hon. Gentleman that the circumstances of the trial should have his best attention. PRIVY COUNCIL BILL. Lord FIOWICK said, he observed that the Privy Council Bill stood on the orders of the day for the third reading that evening. He understood that this Bill almost re-modelled the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and provided a considerable salary for a chief judge. He wished to ask whether the third reading would be moved that night, and whether the Bill was supported by her Majesty's Government. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had read the Bill, which he did not think the Noble Lord could have done, and he could state that there was no clause in it fixing such a salary. Nor should he (Sir J. Graham) be prepared to support a Bill that would do so. The other arrange ments of the Bill were entirely of a technical nature, and to these the Government was prepared to give its assent. He was therefore disposed to move the third reading ; but if the Noble Lord objected to it, he should not move it at any hour at which the Noble Lord might be unable to attend. Lord HOWICK was aware that the clauses fixing the salary were not printed in this Bill, but they were printed in the Bill as it stood in another place. Sir J. GRAHAM said it was not intended to move any clause in that House that was not in the Bill. Lord HO WICK said it was extremely objectionable, that at so late a period of the session, when all the prin cipal gentlemen of the House connected with the legal profession were necessarily absent on circuit, that such a Bill as this should be moved and carried:; they had be fore had experience of the great impropriety of legal bills been brought in and carried through at this late period of the session. Sir J. GRAHAM understood that the Bill had been proposed with the unanimous consent of the Judges of the Privy Council ; and under these circumstances, he hoped it would not be opposed. MEDICAL PROFESSION. Mr. PHILIP HOWARD asked the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Home Secretary, if he intended to bring in any Bill for the regulation of the medical pro fession? Sir J. GRAHAM said he still intended to introduce a Bill on this subject, but he would not press it this session. ARTS-UNION BILL. Lord MONTEAGLE moved that the House resolve tself into Committee on this Bill. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE seconded the motion, and bore testimony to the great utility of those institu tions, and to the great spread of taste and skill to which they had given rise among the people. He was a sub scriber to the London Art-Union, and so were many other Members of that House, and although they had no pecuniary interest in the matter, they were all liable to be sent to prison.—(A laugh.) He should not much grieve for himself, for he would be in good company._ (Great laughter.) He thought it would be a great advan tage if the Bill should pass in time to allow exhibitions now open to be taken advantage of for the purposes of the unions. —(Cheers.) The Marquis of Northampton, the Marquis of Lans downe, and Lord Colborne, supported the motion for going into Committee. Lord MONTEAGLE returned his earnest thanks to the Illustrious Dnke for the honour he had done him and the service he had rendered to art, by supporting his motion. The Bill then passed through Committee without dis cussion, and was reported. The Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. The Aliens Bill passed through Committee without discussion, was reported, and ordered to be printed with the amendments. FEES OF CLERKS OF THE PEACE. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, according to notice, inquired of the Noble President of the Council whether there was an intention to bring in this session a Bill on the subject of the fees of Clerks of Peace. In referring to the report of the Commission on the state of Wales, it would be seen that, as well as the turnpike tolls, the fees given to the magistrates' clerks ware part of the sources of oppression and causes of discontent. Lord WHARNCLIFFE assured the Noble Lord that the attention of the Government had been directed to this subject, and they would bring it under the conside ration of the House early next session. The Duke of RICHMOND was glad to hear that it was the intention of the Government to bring in a Bill upon this subject. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved for a return of all sums under tke control of the Ecclesiastical Com missioners of England and Wales, not appropriated to any particular p ur pose, up to th e l a t est period to which the same could be made up; distinguishing the episcopal fund from that which is appropriated to the augmenta tion of small livings. As the motion was not to be op posed, he would not occupy the House by going at length into the considerations which rendered the re turns necessary. As the question of the union of the dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor was most likely to come again before the House, he thought it was most desirable to have the information for which he asked; and the more especially as a Noble Friend of his had proposed that if one of the bishoprics were suppressed, the fund so saved should be appropriated to the aug mentation of small livings in the diocese. Lord WHARNCLIFFE had no objection to the return. The Duke of RICHMOND complained of the con duct of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, in not making annual returns of their receipts and expenditure. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE defended the ap pointment of the Commission, on the ground that a more advantageous arrangement of Church property, even for the holders themselves, could be made. But three years had elapsed since he had the honour of being a member of that Commission, and he was happy to say, that whenever its arrangements had been carried into effect, great improvements in favour of the holders of Church land bad been effected, and such improvements were spreading. He hoped there would be no delay, on the part of the Commission, in putting an end to uncer tainty everywhere as to the conditions under which all such lands were to be held. After a few words from Lord REDESDALE and from the Marquis of CLANSUCARDE in reply, the returns were ordered. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Sir R. PEEL moved that the House at its rising do adjourn till Monday.—Agreed to. SINKING FUND. On the motion of Mr. WODEHOUSE, certain returns relating to the sinking fund were ordered to be made. BRA SSLNGTON INCORPORATION. Mr. COLVILE gave notice that he should, on Mon day next, move that it be an instruction to the Committee on the Gilbert Unions that they should examine wit nesses from the Bra,ssington Incorporations. EDUCATION. On the motion that the order of the day be read for the House resolving itself into a Committee of Supply, • Mr. EWART rose for the purpose of calling the at tention of the House to the expediency of a statement being made by the Government respecting the disposal and the results of the outlay of public money voted for the purposes of education ; and also to the expe diency of promoting the formation of public libraries in the metropolis and provincial towns. He was anxious to offer a few observations to the House on this subject. In voting the army estimates, the navy estimates, and the Ordinance estimates, it was always customary for those who brought forward those estimates to make a statement as to the condition of their several departments. He thought that was a precedent which ought to be followed in bringing forward the esti mates on the subject of education. He thought they ought not only to Lave a statement as to the general application of the funds, but a statement of the prospects of each particular department. They should have before them a statement of what had been done in each particular department of education. They had estimates proposed for various establishments; they had estimates for the Schools of Design, for the Universities, for the National Gallery, and for other in stitutions of a similar nature. That was an additional reason why they should have a statement on the subject on the part of the Crown. Education had, of late years, been extended into the factory system, to the system of prison discipline, and it had formed portions, more or less, of Bills for the amendment of the poor-law. Now, the Go vernment ought to give them an insight into the alterations which had taken place in the educational establishments during the past year, and into the prospect of probable improvement. Among the sites for education there was one for the School of Design, an institution of the greatest importance to the arts and manufactures of this country. He rejoiced to observe that these Schools of Design were spreading through the manufacturing dis tricts, and he hoped the time was not far distant when the school in London would be a focus from which the other schools might radiate so as to spread information through the country. The School of Design in London was gradually assuming a more central and normal character, and he trusted that all the schools in the manufactur ing districts would become subordinate to the School of Design in London. These schools were of the utmost importance, not only to the arts, but to the commerce and manufactures of the country. There was also the general vote for education. It was an op po robrium to th e country in general that a vote of 3,000/. only had been d evote d to that purpose, and he understood that this year there would be a reduction on preceding years. N ow, it was important that they should have an explanation from the Govern ment as to how that sum bad been divided—whether it had been equally di v id ed among all 'religious denomina tions, or had been confined to the British and Foreign and National School Societies. Before they had left office they had determined to give portions of the grant to certain schools, without reference to those two societies. They ought to have some explanation on this subject from some member of the Govettriient. There was another most important subject on which they o ug h t to have some explanation. There had been vast sums left by the pious bequests of our ancestors, which had been at first appropriated and afterwards hiisappropriated, in the grammar schools of the country. Th at was a question which must eventually come under the consideration of the Govermennt. They ought to state annually what steps had taken to place those schools on a proper foundation. He knew not why education, the r•- things, the p reventat i ve of city., ;st important of all antecedent to all other im-- s that which ought to be ents should not W e l% the first con s id erat i,- - -of ( "'" ) ' jet that had I- ' of any Government in this wintry, statern , - ..therm been the last. They had had no i'" -.as made by a Minister of the Crown on the sub .,.:c of education • yet, in despotic Go ve r nments, an tin. 'id t' report was always laid before the Minister of th e Crown he sertres% no maintained th a t it would be better ttir the public and more constitutional, if her Majesty's Government adopted the English /node gitiiitt • full expittkiatia Ile subject, rte was aware that this Wit; ti eil6ject to be approached with delicacy in a free country like England. He belioVen- it would te strictly impossible to make education in this country a strictly Govermental measure, but though they could not con trol the education of the people of this country - they might do much to assist it. He was always of opinion that though the people of this country in e d ucat i on would not su b m i t to control,' yet that much might be. done to forward it. He thought it a disgraceful thing that there was no public library in this country ; there was no otheination in which such institutions did not exist. la this country, with the exception of the British r; . i~.. Musetim, there was. no library that could be called a national library. In Paris there were no less than five public libraries which were open to every class of society from the highest to the lowest, and to the subject of every country. There were four other libraries that were admissible to the public among which were the magazine library and the library of the arsenal, In Russia there wero also libraries, all of which were opened to the public. In Saxony there were also public libraries, several of which were in Dresden and even in Turkey itself, showing that that country was before England in that respect.--(Hear, hear.) Even the British Museum was not open to the poor man and the citizen, as were the libraries of Paris, for it was necessary to procure au introduction, in order to be admitted into it. He thought that the two propositions which he made were reasonable, and he believed they would be finally assented to. He firmly believed that, if her Majesty's Government took the matter into their serious consideration, they would not only do h great deal of good, but would obtain a great deal of public panegyric. —(Hear, hear.) Lord HOWICK said he concurred in much of what had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman. He believed that much remained to be done in the way of provid ing the means of education for the people of this country, because as their population increased in density the facilities of misleading them also increased. It seemed to him to be a source of considerable danger, that great masses of the population were growing up without any due means of instruction or information.—(flear, hear.) He agreed with the Hon. Gentleman, that it was not desirable that e d uca ti on s h ou ld be made a Go vernment measure. There was not in this country suf ficient of mutual toleration among the religious bodies into which the population was divided to ren der it possible that anything like a system of education being formed with advantage, and in this he thought the Dissenters were as much to blame as the Church, and the Church as much as the Dissenters. He thought the Government judged wisely, after the failure of last year, in not renewing a similar experiment again. But he thought they had experience enough to prove that the Government could do a great deal to stimulate education, without even a Legislative enactment. What they should aim at was to create a desire for education amongst the people, and to enable parents to distinguish good schools from bad schools. What he should suggest was, that there should be a partial examination of the children of different schools by examiners, to be appointed by the Government, who would give certificates to those who answered best. Though there might be some difficulty at first in getting the children to attend, he thought that a great change would very soon take place in that respect, when they perceived what great advantage was derived from the possession of certificates. They all knew how earnestly the inferior situations of the lower departments of the public service were coveted by persons in the lower ranks of life •, and if a small number of situations, such as those of tide-waiters or excisemen, were made the prizes for proficiency at the public examination, it would be very beneficial. This, he was convinced, would make these examinations very successful. By a small sacrifice of patronage on the part of the Government an immense advantage might be obtained. He could not but think that a small portion of the Government grant for education would be well applied in giving rewards to those schoolmasters who proved themselves worthy of them. He believed that a comparatively small sum thus applied would go further than anything else to raise the general standard of the qualification of public schoolmasters. He believed this to be a most important subject, and one well worthy the attention of the Government. A short pause hero ensued, and no one rising to ad dress the House, The SPEAKER proceeded to the next order on the paper, which related to THE STATE TRIALS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, that as the opinion of the Judges had not yet been delivered respecting the trial of Mr. O'Connell and others, he would postpone until another supply day the question for an address to her Majesty, praying her Majesty to release the prisoners. Mr. WYSE then addressed the House, and hoped that the Government would not let the observations of his Noble Friend pass without expressing what their feel ings were on this important subject. Sir R. PEEL said he did not think the motion of the Hon. Gentleman contemplated the appointment of a separate Minister to preside over the department of public education. There would be difficulties in the way of such an appointment, but,the object might be ef fected by the constitution of a department from the office that presided over the internal department of the country. At the same time the duty at present devolved on a part of the Government which paid great atten tion to the subject ; and he believed as much was ef fected by the Committee of the Privy Council. He held in his hand the report of this body for the year 1843, and he recommended Hon. Members to make. themselves acquainted with its contents. He thought they were too much in the habit of making motions for the production of reports on different subjects while they did not make use of all the information already in their possession. - This report contained a mass of most mi nute information, and before fresh particulars were pressed for he would recommend Hon. Members to make themselves acquainted with what was before them al ready. The work had been thrown into a form more tempting than a blue book.—(Laughter.) He hoped before they proceeded to make any new appointments or give new salaries, they would afford a fair trial to the present superintending body. There was an annual vote from the House applied to the purposes of education, and, according to the demands of the country, the Go vernment would call for an increase of that vote, perfectly certain that the House would respond to that just de mand. In one point he fully concurred with the Noble Lord. He believed that if some of the subordinate patronage of the Government were applied as a reward ' to young persons of merit, educated in schools at the public expense, he was certain that the loss to a Go- ' vermnent would be amply compensated. It was the duty of all Governments to strengthen the foundations on which good governments must rest, and nothing eould • mere conduce to this effect than the applying a portion of the subordinate patronage of the Go vernment in the manner he had stated. There might be some difliculy in the way of appointing young persons immediately to situations in the revenue, on account of the early age at which they quitted the schools,- but if it were possible to effect it, the application of this por tion of the patronage of the Government would be advantageous and beneficial. There was great jealousy among the people against Government interference with education. It denoted great independence of spirit. Let them not blame it too hastily—it had its advantages as well as disadvantages, though still it was an obstruction in the way of a sound and uniform system of education. He could assure the House than any suggestion on this subject would receive the consideration of Government. Lord HOWICK said he was perfectly satisfied with the suggestions thrown out by the Right Hon. Gentleman. He hoped he would consider also the advanta ge o f ap pointing impartial examiners from among the public for the schools, whether this patronage in the shape of re and were given or not. Mr. EWART said, he had referred to the establish. ment of libraries. Sir ROBERT PEEL could not conceive anything more binding on the rich manufacturers in the different districts, than assisting in the establishment of libraries for the working classes. Where there were wealthy manufacturers, who had derived thousands and tens of thousands from the labour of the working classes, he could not imagine a more becoming return than esta blishing institutions of this kind. He believed in many parts of the country this was the case. Mr. EWART—There was not one town in England where there was a library open to the public as they were abroad. Sir R. PEEL thought the Hon. Gentlemen hardly did Justice to the manufacturers of the country. The ex pense was so small, and the effect on the connection be tween rich and poor so beneficial, that he should be sorry to see the Government stepping in to relieve pri vate exertions from that which had been attended with so good an effect. The interference of the Government would tend to check that exertion. Mr. EWART explained, amid cries of " Question." Sir R. PEEL—I know the Hon. Member mentioned schools of design, but surely he said libraries also. The subject then dropped. CASE OF MR. ROLLS. Mr. FITZMAURICE then rose to draw the attention of the House to the case of Mr. Joseph Henry Rolls. This gentleman had been for fifteen years a landing waiter in the .service of the Customs, and had borne a most irreproachable character. In the year 1840, Mr. Rolls had overtures made to him by an individual to de fraud the Goiernment. He reported those overtures to the Surveyor-General, and made a memorandum of them at the time, and put it in his desk. Mr. Rolls had stated before the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry that the frauds would not have been committed it' the landing-waiters had had freer access to the board. From 1840 to 1842, no case of suspicion bad occurred, and in that year Mr. Rolls had been suspended and dis charged. The wording of the charge against Mr. Rolls differed from the wording of the other charges. The other officers were charged with having concealed the overtures made to them from the board, and from their superior officers. The words " superior officers" were omitted in the charge against Mr. Rolls. He appeared before Mrs Dawson, made his defence, and stated that he had repelled the overtures to his superior officers. The Commissioners reported that the communication which Mr. Rolls had made ought to have been sufficient to have aroused the suspicions of his superior officer. Mr. Rolls, however, was dismissed, but the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry recommended that he should be reinstated vet, in May last, the Lords of the Treasury had confirmed his d4reissal. He should like to know by whom Mr. Rolls was iismiesed . ; why by those who never heard a single word of the evidence against him, Could such persons, he would ask, be proper judges of his case ? If Mr. R o ll s was gu il ty, , I ,et him be sent to Newgate ; but if he was innocent, lei him be placed t in the eittiati o n h e was i n b e f ore. If ) I ..'e ! ufi such for one situati on , sure ly h o was un fit f or a ll, th. uf was the ease, why was his salary kept up? He firn..!v be lieved in the innneence of Mr. Rolls ; and such beings... l e, case, he would conclude by moving that the petition set Mr. Rolls should be referred to a Select Committee, who were to report thereon, with the evidence, to the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that, front the number ?f orders and notices on the paper, he did not anticipate the itetion of the Hon. Member would have come on for discussion. The papers on the subject had been orderea., but were not yet al the table of the House. Ile regretted thisthemotrhen, b s e i c t a n u n s t et inn the o y f would have reesented more clearly the question than the Honourable Member had done. There were eiregresteneee in which this gentleman dmight have for ,9rr nepus opinions, but he was always inclined to p‘tt l e nieu.t construction on his acts. The Right Hon. Gentleman then detailed' tile circum stances which led to the suspension of Mr. Rolls: When he fiifirstcomollnica.ted to the chairman of t Board of Customs vy i kat iiita been told him conc erning 4", . _ Rolls, that gentleman wrote back, saying he would as soon suspect him as he would his own brother. _ report of the Bo ar d o f C us t oms di s tinctly stated fit that degree of confid ence cou ld no t be reposed in ffitr e Rolls which had j us tifi e d hi s L e i n g restored to th situation which he filled. But his salary was pai d ( 1113 , to the period at whi c h th e commun i c ation was made ' and another situation was off ere d to him, but of a ferent character from that which he previously fille d • The course pursued was that which was strictly o n ; sistent with the public interest, and with the verdict 1 , ) , - the Board of Revenue. He had done all he could so . make the removal of Mr. Rolls easy, both with respe,e, to his feelings, and in a pecuniary point of view. ii` c i he could say was, that he regretted that his Hon. Frie n st , should use any expression derogatory to the character the Chairman of the Board of Customs, as he acted td the way which most men acqua i n t e d w ith the facts vsn,u;',. have done, and which was f or th e a d van tage of the pu o " u welfare. Mr. DUNCOMBE did not think justice had been ( 1 °1 3 : to- the character of Mr. Rolls by the Chancellor o f Exchequer. Mr. Rolls had acted throughout with in" dependent and manly i n t egr ity ; h e h a d communica ted the offer to bribe him to the Surveyor-Gen era . but that officer had not, as he should have done, e eEl2 municated it to the board until the frauds were , dis covered, twelve months after. He had been informed that favouritism was going on to a most disgraceful ee,.. tent, and that young and inexperienced officers Vi 1 0 : placed over the heads of most experienced, efficient l e who bad been for years in her Majesty's service• thought a strong case for inquiry had been made out's.% he hoped the H on . an d G a ll ant G ent l eman w ould dim the House upon his motion. to Sir R. PEEL tho ug ht it was unw i se i n th e House attempt to control th e B oar d o f C us t oms in then patronage. He thought it h a d no t b een s h ow n that 'n Board of Customs had acted in an improper mann er the case which had just b een b roug ht un d er the cons' 1 . , ration of the House. He held in his hand a statereeno, which had been signed by s i x mem b ers o f th e Board' Customs, containing grounds why thi s M r . Rolls shostae' not be reinstated in his situation. It appeared from , 1 : 1 1, 1 report which had been made by the C omm itt e e which P r o ; been appointed to investigate th e C us t om -h o use fra ll l o that Mr. Candy, a person who had b ee n engaged* smuggling transactions ' had made a proposal to Rolls, for the purpOse of defrauding the Customs. proposal, it was true, Mr. Rolls had rejected, but be " ft failed to inform the Board of Customs of the circus, stances. Although there was no imputation on the na lr s racter of Mr. Rolls, yet circumstances had occurred which rendered it unadvisable to reinstate him i.,, 111 1 ) situation. Under these circumsta nces , h e (Si r R. sh e 0 hoped the House would not entert a i n th e mo ti on of u" Hon. and Gallant Gentleman. that • Mr. HAWES trusted that what had passed in House would not affect Mr. Rolls in any other apPew ment for which he might apply. Lord G. LENNOX defended the character of '' Rolls, and said that, in his opinion, the Commission s of Customs had not sufficiently considered his case. 11 ,. 5 believed that Mr. Rolls had been withdrawn from h i t situation by the Board of Customs upon insuflioien evidence. • Mr. F. T. BARING regretted that allusion had he a l made to the appointments in the Custo m -house. ,•';' .o thought it was much better to leave su c h m atters to 1 , 0 .0 consideration of the Board of Customs, as they were only responsible parties. • 0 0 ' Captain FITZMAURICE, in withdrawing Ina sas s tion, explained th a t h e s h ou ld h ave move d for tu - tio papers three mon th s ago , h a d h e not un d erstoo d it wt, the intention to re-consider the case of Mr. Rolls, I v ' a view to his restoration to office. The motion was then, by leave, withdrawn. INCENDIARY FIRES. Mr. M. GIBSON said he rose, according to the n° o ; tice he had given, to call the attention of the House n the incendiarism ow prevalent in the counties of P ° r folk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge. He was 1 0 ";;,,, that the fires were h a ppily no t so ex t en sive n'fd as they had been a short time ago, but this irer interval of reason furnished no reason wb , ;n " , for not inquiring into the condition of the popula,". ( l which appeared to have given rise to this most awful' he wicked crime. The extent of the crime, it could n ° _," doubted, had been very great during the last Sil' ;is eight months, and he was speaking within the 111 ,..%a when he said that considerably more than one hut? fires bad occurred during that period in Suffolk no 0! and perhaps upwards, of two hundred in the edict- 1111 r, counties to the county of Suffolk. He bad been I , t i t , formed at an office which insured upwards of four 1 311 _, lions of agricultural property, th a t th e i r l oss es by tb m ; incendiary fires alone exceeded all their other losses P i t i o together; so that if the practice of incendiarism Avtl e s s e continue it was clear it would be necessary for offices greatly to increase their rates of insurani; for agricultural property, or, not doing t h a n, they would be obliged to leave off insuring it at They had lately seen su c h a genera l di s pl a y of in ve a"" t ' i i nant feeling, and such a total disregard of the rights property, that it wa s b ecome an a b so l u t e d u ty for the property, to probe th e ma tt er t o th e b o ttom. 151.°, 0 Is variety of causes had been assigned for the disconte_. • from which it had b een a ll ege d th a t thi s horrible Prvf; tice of incendiarism had originated. The m otion . e (Mr. Gibson) intended to propose was in effect nature of an address to the Crown, calling on the L a „ vernment "to send down into these counties a Comm sion of trustworthy, discreet, and confidential men , can be depended on, for the purpose of inquiring the general condition of the agricultural labourers to those counties, and far the purpose of ascertaining what are the grievances un d er w hi c h they s; supposed to suffer.' He (Mr. Gibson) mentioned sosi, days ago to the House that he thought it desirable tnrit" a commission should be sent down into the E aster s Counties for the purpose, he had mentioned, but n ea Right Hon. Secretary (Sir James Graham) did I'''. that time accord with his opinion, and, in fact, st i a o t ti that he could not agree to the proposition wit n ies l further consideration. He (Deis Gibson) now trust s that the further consideration whi:eh the Righ t Is la Baronet had been enabled to give to the subject WOO . make induce him to send down discreet persons; to th is quiries upon this subject. He did not suggest t il t of inquiry should be made through the instrument 3 7 t ee the Poor-law Commissioners, not but what be h i1 . ..,`"„ 0 ts greatest confidence in those gentlemen; but there vi"t i e certain feeling abroad as to the poor-law itself, that, e s, should fear any rep or t ma d e by them upon the subs o ld would not be satisfactory to the public, who w ° rather believe that a case was attempted to be made for the good working of the poor-law rather bathe searching searching inquiry into the actual condition Dl,.. e st agricultural labourers. When he mentioned this sust ig l on a former occasion, the Right Hon. Gentleman m o s suggested that it should rest for a time, as there N ets trials trials about to take place for this very crime ° ts or cendiarism, and it would be wise to await the resial oon . them. But he (Mr. Gibson) called on .the Righ t st ter Gentleman to take a statesman's view of this n i s - o iss rather than that of a police-officer or a mere e trator of the law. He called upon him not to ta-% . 1 chief' officer's view of such matters, but one b e coroi tii i a high and resposible adviser of the ' Crown. What ig u r wanted was this, that the Government s hould dt thoroughly into the depths of the case—that they , sh ° St . probe the existing cause of this crime with a viewb ff possible, of guarding a ga i ns t it f or th e f u t ure . It alKest perhaps, be too much to as sume th a t wan t and O s :, o f were the exciting ca uses o f thi s cr i me , w hen sna n / e e , those now in charge could not plead this as ans 00 cuse for their hatred of p ro p er ty ; b u t not hi n g wt l .ol well known as that where considerable discontent "di murmuring prevail, there will be found individuals at o f times ready to work out the g reat es t cr i mes , though tt, it l e ts were not themselves the sufferers from the evils Iv an prevailed. And he (Mr. Gibson) could say from ~ u s authority, that both in that House and out of ,it we" . „, alike command respect—he meant Sir Henry Bunha r g o f that this crime of incendiarism was but the syroP te oled the dangerous and deep di s content which pre v, rh st amongst the labouring population.—(Hear, hear.) ; o et high authority used these very words :—" I must my conviction that these incendiary fires are the sY toms of a smouldering and dangerous discontent ael ° 37e. the rural population."—(He ar , hear.) Neer he se- Gibson) thought he had a right to call on the Govre ily ment to send down discreet and proper persons tL e ts stitute an inquiry into the allegations which had ;be made; and he had a d ou bl e right to do this, wh en recollected the stat emen t s w hi c h had been made ites former occasion by the Ri g ht Hon. Gentleman opt, s e iss of the necessity of m a i n t a ining the comfort an d , hipg being of the rural population, and in acconsPh s te a t this, even to consent to sacrifice in a J e st.* tradingdegree the and commercial in,.,"" n ties of the country.—(taar, hear.) Honourable ur` s ines men opposite had contended, on a w e ll-k nown oec,.,, a en e4 that they must maintain their loved and lauded 7 it of rural felicity, which the Right Hon. Baronet ( .1 00 Graham) had decla re d wou ld at once cease if t h e c ore ho e s were repealed. Reverting, however, to the lon cir t iesri which many asserted to be the cause of those incelL i s ok fires, he (Mr. Gibson) wished to ki;ow if they l i r;igo these fires when th e allowance system was at its xl te d io' under the old poor-law?—(Hear, hear.) He sva tt io en" know how it was that, under the old poor-law, o tlef, diarism existed t o as grea t an exten t as i t ,did n Ow bau* the new poor-law ?—(Hear, hear.) From thi s air a right to conclude, th a t if th e di sease wes *e , 11 „," D esio gether of a chronic nature, there was somethln li ecite l the mode of relief which prompted those ms crimes. —(Hear, hear.) Without going, how , cvif „„ e (.14 t " the question of the operation of the poorslaw, e so;l3e Gibson) could not help feeling that there might 1 .Nero truth in the assertion that the labouring classed'peiog prejudiced against that law ; but he could ne. is stio f himself to think it was the m a in caus e of then' el io rs between the peasantry and the owners and land. He said then, as he had said before i n f We: - of that House, that there was no class' ° • ( it' sn •as in this country more disposed to be svi a trious—more . disposed to be orderly- 501 f. • ling to bear up manf u lly aga i ns t distress o e; 6 o privations than the ag r i cu lt ura l l a b oure rs a th e a he was now alluding to. lf he wanted to pick 'L ai r er'. amples of good cond uc t, h e s h ou ld g o t o the la my of the eastern counti es • an d h e cou ld not but f ee as, are, the discontent must be of a very deep and sericlussnto sbo to induce men of such good natural disposition„4 oe; sepetration of so awful a crime as that of i n eenelf st thy but regref a P' - nd .,:sere he must say that he could not b 0 rx; conduct' of an Hon. Gentleman opposite, e vi ,Th ho, on jet „for Norfolk (Mr. - Wodehouse) , e e fft, (embers former occtzt.ien which want and despair have on men's no r could bed in overlooking altogether ° per 00 tions—hadassumed that nothing beneficialthreugh theewiat towards the suppression of crime, the mercy o _ r " the very proper, exercise of t G ao strumentality of the gibbet, and had save foun f d th f e aul ee t l l s which the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir tJamess,sti gu ilty at one of the recent assizes for the county Ge ntl t _ l 7 so had authorised in the case of the two youht o ries7 e 15 0 He did not mean to say• that the Honourable njoned, bt h had made such a remark as he had t who had heard this question woul VaatiVOSl the course of the Bight hivoemthootilugorishol.avir F'