The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-31 00:00:00

A • ,''*o“q:n SUN OFFICE, Seven 0' Clock. - RAILWAY COMMMEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OE cOMMONS. GRour 1. a IIErVXMLI) AND zaNcolairsHanz MINE. This Committee met to-day at the usual hour, Viscount Courts- Say in the chair. Mr. Greenwood's evidence, connected with the traffic tables, Wad returned, and occupied their consideration some time. At the termination of this, which was but a detailed recapitulation of the evidence given yesterday, the engineering evidence was pro ceeded with. ..... Mr. Fowler examined by Mr. MAINE, Q.C.—ls a civil engineer, Connected with the Stockton and Hartlepool, Great Grimsby and Sheffield, and many others, which he either solely or cm* intly with Other engineers, planned and constructed. In June last was re. 'pested to survey the country between Sheffield and Gainsborough, for the purpose of selecting a line between these points, and ac cordingly laid out th at now before the Committee. The length of .is railway t o t h e Grimsby Junction will be 3 miles, the entire She between Sheffield and Lincoln, 434 mites, and from the pints Of dive rgence to She ffi eld, '27* miles. There were on the She ffi eld lind Li ncoln line no curves w h atever less than half a mile in radius, While there were four ON the Bass try branch less than 30 chains, in t2Uding one of less than 15 chains. The steepest gradient on the 'crtner was I in 12.0, the amonnt of tunnelling 880 yards, and of t i _ ln . ba nktnent ab ove 40 feet in 478 feet; the;steepest gradient on the Otter was 1 in 100, the amount of tunnelling 3,225 yards, and of lzu v l i,, d b e e ss 6 teas 7 7, s.hankment 1,494 f eet. T he entire cost of the Sheffield and Lin. eal h 0004, that of the Bawtry branch, 694,01)01. T partly cross examined by Sergeant WaANottAst, but ,n.°lhing of importance was e li c i te d di f f er i ng f rom t h e ev id ence at Peorateyfe,rasnd at four o'cl oc k , th e S pea k er h av i ng b een announce d the Committee adjourned till twelve to.merrow. SIIERIPPs, COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Be eCHELL.) FEEL v. WEBB. The L ino _ r eattitt in this action was a printer in the New-cut, R wt h ; the d e f ee d an t wa s, i n April last, treasurer to the Ztirand Theatre The action was brought to recover 161. 13s. htelledt.bfealanec. of an account for printing bills, &c. paid el. Iss. into Court, contending that was all that Ras due. He had, however, sub,equently taken out a s-t w i azotae ;or leave to pay in a further sum of 3s. 0 ,l r • Cox stated the plaintiff's case. In A?ril last defendant, behalf of Mr. Hodges, the les s e e o f th e St ran d Th ea t re , fo r t °te te th e p l a i nt i ff, and asked him to send his list of prices printing. Plaintiff, however, having had considerable experience in ri • declined to send to for minor theatres,. rtird. INearbetionuanPdthearnttthlh'a.egt letter, but after having seen Mr. Webb, was a respectable tradesman in Great Distaff.lane, plaintiff said that he had no objection to give him times to th e personally credit for the p t• g Work was done atdifferent ow account. amount of 2 - 5 11 /. n , l o n l . which defendant had paid 9/. to a eerte* The plaintiff being desirous of making payment attux asked i extent secure, offered to hire the saloon, but the them !l Wa"n th his opinion, too high, 101. being required on eloaks, ti ze e d '".11 9 /. was realised by taking care of the seats, press e d h. " hen the amount came to about 20/. plaintiff Inl for lc it propos ed for him to take a tefit , L Is money, and was tele i n la ehith he declined. The defendant had bound him letterel"siting, as he struck out the name of Hodges to the liabilurst sent, and wrote his own. He had since denied his Re ity, yet had paid 6/. Iss. into court. vi ew hbreY Blanchard, clerk to the plaintiff, deposed to an inter d - Plai teetween plaintiff and defendant, and the . latter tot e,ll_4la ,thesend to his counting-house every a caning, endue tsteectli re were any orders for printing. Plaintiff then gre et he was to be paid, for he had in former days loeta Ztl t tti ' m a ' a l f e n l o e u ts. t e t Y h b e y that theatre. Defendant said plaintiff bill, and send it to him every Fri ay, kle e atnount should be aid on the Saturday when the fe r orders. He proved p the printing generally, and `zerbal a n d wr i tten or d ers from defendant. tethL c o rner, fo reman to plaintiff, confirmed the evidence as Crops by d e f en d ant. bitlee 'a-ex amined by Sir. PEARSON—Mr. Hodges only called fee dark s t out did not see plaintiff or speak of printing. taid, "I Want you to print for me for the Strand e * No person in particular was charged in the books, air! Strand Theatre.. stai,_ePEARSON submitted that by the Act of Parliament it hiri te4e sna ry for every lessee to have hie name and address Lord Cita ' l ( s °ft the bills, and Lavin- , been licensed by the hatil 4l ' e lain was the ' os ensible proprietor, b and became primarily tte e e t h), all , e goods delivered, and for all contracts for or on ac- I lizta b C 'oe theatre. He urged that defendant as merely an as leelia,;o Air. tae re 'lei the Hodges Led therefore that the lessee was the per defendant being a paid servant, aeted . only as the Ole t :gebt of Mr. Hodges • but fearing that he might not r b . e Cou Ma ke out that fact, he ' had paid the sum of 81. Iss. in tuJ w rt„ _ ing all that was due up to the 23d ef May, when fiore,a distinct notice that he would not be responsible for Ftlitit e eL ea rned Counsel then produced a bill, made out by the entit e „ A ' clerk, directed `clear r. Webb, for Mr. Hodges, and lide re ed that there was evidence that the plaintiff con k. ',he defendant as the mere agent of Mr. Hodges. Prieti . a „' C. Hodges was called, and deposed that all the for: - "' was done for him, and plaintiff applied to him about eoett.4lght afier the theatre opened tor money, on ex-- 11 14 p A, the accounts for r antpng were sent to the theatre. sho u l d taiLtiff asked for the money, witness told him he .L te elntrit' a L e _some next week. Plaintiff agreed, when the the --..ounted to about 201. Witness, finding affair or the theatre going badly, he offered the lier e to k b s s elle6 t. On the 24th of May, plaintiff and defendant like to i et i" ,er .and defendant said it was very unbuisiness -41)41 h"°l liable,t if Mr. Peel considered he vas th e ;l i44l :4l l : l ...PaythemO u unt up to that time, but would not ',„"K abo ut lo:diet—the amount was mentioned, it was some ‘dro.s., ve /'fit. Th or ne d--Cannot say the day when I proposed the tit Ras ere was a proof of a bill sent after that, and plain l'ethei. urging for mony. Defendant sent the proof to Fare atie , another printer. Plaintiff said, Mr. Webb and no Ile (4 , 5 e had eMployed him, but did not say he would print for tiori e else for the theatre. We had bills after that converse tent' Th e t h eatre c l ose d on the 24th of June. tilb.—exalilined —There was a payment made of 41. at the of the conversation. The performances were after the te--`erview and the bills dated the sth of June. They were ll ..Zralty i printed on the Friday o r Saturday for the followingft. ' 1 " Paid some money, on account , ou the 4th of June, a f ter the conversation. , Alr . E. Smith con fi rmed the conversat i on, and f i xed it to n ‘ve been on the 21th of May. t ll lr. Cox replied, and the UNDER-SHERIFF said it Was a te queke stkei whether defendant had made himself personally for the full amount. t ril lternam t. MERRILL.—A RAILWAY TESTIMONIAL. la was an action brought to recover the sum of nineteen Op for services on then] committee for the purpose of ettin %testimonial to ate Mr. James, the projector g of th g e tereeh.ester and Birmingham Railway. The defendant is a !dal agent in Clemeni's-lane, Citv in r RYLAND stated the case. tile plaintiff was employed march last to act upon a committee for the above liet i)° ,.„ : !* The defendant took a very active part, in latj o "ght be looked upon as the projector of the specu. Clt„' O ffices were op ene d a t N o . 55, Ki ng Willi a m-stree t , ;s ee and the c omm i ttee i ncluded Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Locke, had ma y other em i nent c i vil engineers, and Sir John Pale Fr ott l°'le down to Manchester to act as honosap , secretary ; ra et i s 'nne cause er other, however, the subscriptions were no t °' s and the project was abandoned, and the plaintiff . was l iabi t se ek his recompense at law, the defendant denying his feat by Ile would observe that there had been no appoint 'tereV,"e Committee, but that the plaintiff . was engaged by .t.ala - " who gave him the requisite direction . s.. trig% ) "lee Yves adduced to show that the plaintiff had been ly t Yr in directing letters, &c. the plaintiff had never eer i exa, in reply, contended that Ae :atgheed o the personal ' liability of the defendant, but that Itels e :ittnere ;ciliation, and if the money ;hasad b . een raised, Parties would have been paid it was,. only ''Rnec:'ad been subscribed, for several of the Committee re 4tese n seeuence of some dispute, which it would be shown 4 1 , -4 ' the elaintiff akin , an alteration in the circular. he, to eral witne t s w called to rove these facts. The col- Was s t e o s be e paid ten re p t- cent. for the subscriptions and he shouldhave looked to the Committee for pay . It an,Qt,tile defendant.so Proved that the 21. ls. collected had been paid ° c Posta a th • l'alb g 'tam "' es h e of was called and stated that it was in contemplation Corrilhreetild become Secretary, and he should have looked to te, lll ll r e ,,,Tee then. Defendant never held itm out as -%4,,,t'unsible, but on the contrary treated as a_ pecula 44;e3aid he entertained hopes of realising 1,000/. s xfor his tie Ih° ea r n e d . .. JUDGE summed up, and said nce t ,, ba h t e i t t he w r as th e e n re e,iedeneetiatturisytieon for the jury t o h n e th de e fe e n y c id ia e ht personally. The el°ol,°kedeefet,vl,4:_nvegeraygtesmtf.reonntg by the other side, that every . one Thule „ ea r s sill rt rom the proceeds of the project, which, je„ en or other, had become a failure. 4 gave a verdict for the defendant. 1 . ) tit Al, PARLIAMENT' . (THIS EVENING.) .0. , lIOUSE OF LORDS. mayll,4 `-;.rONIMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES : s to -'t i4ordshi s sat in a Committee for Privilege at p ou , P 1 ,, 9 _ r o clock. ( If 4 -t'eers Present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl toonaftesb 'IC; urY, the Earl of Redesdale, Lord Moilteagle, , 4 1 , --4 ge, Lord Colborne, and the Bishop of Ely.. T. rths' CLAIM OF THE EARL OF LIMERICK. N, f i tti eir Lordships, after hearing counsel and of Limerick had „,esses, resolved that the present Earl . o , re sehtZtcle out his claim to vote at the election of rcp "" Nero for Ireland. Th e ROYAL ASSENT. to t h 'yal assent was given to- day (by Commission) ttod 3 5 - toll al Bills :—The Spirits Dune:, ( I G . tu . Tn,ey Bill ers e3') Bill, the Stock and Unclaitn , d !tv } i , tiend l s . toe , the Church Building Act Bill, the Militia ,nrp reh t 13i ll, an Act for the rclief of persons of the Jewish iii) ,4°ll elected to municipal offices, an Act to amend Actt to relaPeeting Defamatory Words and Libels, en 6 tay E . - giving xecuti,n of J udgment for Miselemeanours upon kern in in Error, an Act to extend the Indemnity of 4 tt A l.B of Art-Unions against certain Penalties, Se t ,„ — et to facilitate the completion of a Geo °peal cli r - en ' e l or Great Britain and Ireland under the b eing o f of the First Commissioner for the time o e i i !, ; ' ) t . her Majesty's Wuuds and Forests, the E, an 4k - i v .'" Ilill, a Bill to amend an Act of the 7th of Wil oth -" ~ for Preventing the Xdvertising of Foreign and eo_er illegal Lotteries, awl to discontinue certain i ructions pil',tlericed under the provisions of that Bill, the Turn ti,u-rotos Bill, the Highways (England) Etik the Gaol gi ll and Holyhead Roads Bill, the Bothwell en °l B ill, the Turnpike Acts Bill, the Turnpike Trusts the-plidtion (South Wales) Bill, the Drainage Bill, (trer i , le ges (Ireland) Bill, the Archbishops end lii:-hops a tir -4 u) Bill, the Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill, the liii7s Books (Ireland) Bill, the Spirits (Ireland) th e t i tle Union and Division of Parishes (Ireland) Bill, harbouroanies and Medway Canal Bill, the Falmouth th:teßill, the Cromford Canal Bill, the Sheffi-ld rvrors Bill, the St. Helen's Improvement Bill, eso:;:ll:ll,:enwd,sseY Improvement Bill, the Westminster t.t',l.?_ventient Bill, the Tacumshin Lake Bill, the Betbnal Green Re.qory Bill, Mordan 1 3111:1 6 4 434 Hawkins's Estate Bill, Mainwaring's Estate kg ea : b . pld blouson's Estate Bill, Gildart's Estate Bill, i s `. 3lu e l s Divorce Bill, and the following Railway .--- ear valley. A-b tor . ch, B "22) In randon, and East Daollani, r ~ Til E SUN, LON DON, THURS DA 1_ E VENING, JULY 31, 1845. in London, in conjunction with that of Paris, for the purpose of aiding in a more extmcled expl,ration of a subject so interesting to s_ieLce, and so full of curious speculation. M. St. Priest has (I( dicated to this of ject the proceeds of the sale of his work, in two large ;olio volumes, ac companied by an Atlas, comprising 300 magnificent designs. We quote the following from the Journal des Debuts :—" A year ago we mentioned a scientific mission formed here with the object of preparing for the provinces of Mexico and of Central America, an explor ing expedition which shauld extend and complete the discoveries, so wonderful already, of the first expedi tion. This transatlantic exploring scheme, which at first was but the yearning of some spirits devoted to sci ence, is now a matter of certain succzss, after the efforts made during the past year. " Never, it must be acknowledged, has there existed so great a disposition to form such societies for enter prises of this kind. At the present day archaeological expeditious are treated and undertaken in a manner very different from the time when Champollion deci phered the hieroglyphics of Longsor and of Medinet- Abon, and when Vo!ney sat in the Temple of the Sun, in the shade of the columns of Palmyra. " Persepolis and 13abylona have exhausted neither the ardour nor the enthusiasm of savans and poets. Egypt has been searched in every corner, but much more still remains to be examined in the archeological world. Be tween Egypt and Persia, on the one side, and Central America on the other, there are regions at present al most deserted, formerly peopled and flourishing, where must be found sumptuous palaces, majestic sculptures, everything, in s word, that constitutes the necessary mag nificence of an advanced civilisation. " What has already been discovered at Palenque, which has been called the Thebes of America, will give an idea of the vacuum that is still to be filled in the his tory of art. It is this vacuum which it is the object of the exploring commission to fill. It has no other object. It will be carried out by the simultaneous efforts of the French and English savans, according to the plan ex pressed by M. de Chateaubriand in that importart work the Mexican Antiquities.' This transatlantic explora tion, whi.:ll will excite a lively interest in all enlightened minds, deserves the support necessary for realising all the hopes that are attached to it by spreading some rays of light over the ancient destinies of the American continent." MARKET NEWS.—CTHIS DAY.) DIZAT MAZZALMTS. SOUTHALL, JULY 30.—The supply of fat stock on offer to-day was again limited, owing to which the demand was throughout active, and in some instances higher rates were obtained :-13cef from 3s Gd to 4s Gd; Mutton, 3s 8d to ss; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs. ROMFORD, JULY 30.—Prime Beasts were disposed of at an advance of 2d per 811 as, while the value of other kinds of stock was steadily supported. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Much Cows, with their small Calf, 16/to 191 each. LEWES, JULY 29.—We had a very steady general demand, and prices were well supported. Beef from 3s Sd to 4s Sd; Mutton, 3s 10d to ss;. Lamb, •5s to .5s 8d; Veal, 3s -,lod to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s to 3s Gd per Blbs. U./I.T IVX.O.I27LZTS. Smminimp.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 18s to 4/18s ; useful do., 51 to 51 Ss ; fine Upland do., 5/ 103 to 51 IGs ; Clover llay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2l 3s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady inquiry. CumnuitLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 4/ to 4/ lOs ; useful ditto, 4/ Its to 5/ Ss ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 10s to 5/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 211 s; Wheat Straw, 2/ 2s to 2/ 3s per load. Trade firm, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL.-Coarse Meadow Hay ' 31 18s to 4/ 18s ; useful ditto, 51 to 5/ 8s; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to 5/ 15s ; Clover Hay, 4/10s to 6/ Gs ; Oat. Straw, 11 18s to 21; wheat Straw, 21 to 2/ 2s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold freely at full prices. New Meadow Hay produced from 3/10s to 4115:, and New Clover 31 18s to 5/ per load. 1 and productive or any in the world. Oh ! how often have I said that if John Bull could make the boast that Ireland can, and give proof of that boasting, we would never hear an end of his vapouring. I make the boast not on my own authority ; a Scotch philosopher, the successor of Dr. Chalmers, took twelve years in experiments to discover number 1 of the human race, and his testimony is that the first in stature, in weight, and in physical strength was the Irishman—be was forced to admit that.—(Cheers.) I am not deluding yo 7— lam not telling a fancy tale—l am talking of what philo sophers have been forced to admit after having discovered them by philosophic experiments ; and if John Bull could boast of being number 1, we would never bear an end of his vapouring and boasting.—( Hear.) We don't vapour or boast—we feel our superiority, and declare ourselves too good to be slaves.—( Cheers. ) As you go home to-night let my words sink deep in your hearts. lam the apostle of that sect which hol.i that the greatest advantage to political institu tions, and for the prosperity of the people, can be obtained by peaceable, legal, and sinless means. Be you the propagators of my advice. Tell the people that I waut every man to rally with me—l want every man's shilling, and I will tell you why —because there is a heart and hand behind every shilling—l want the hearts and hands of every man. All we have to do. is to bide our time. The history of England is not yet over — England will want us sooner or later; she will want the ready hand and willing hearts of Irishmen, and when she wants them Ireland is free—she must boy our hearts by giving us liberty, and that moment the Parliament is in College-green, and Ire land is herself again.—( Great cheering. ) Mr. J. BLAKE, of Vermont, was then called to the chair, when a vole of thanks was passed to the prior chairman, and the vast multitude separated in quiet and order. Amongst the gentlemen on the platform were the follow ing :—The Hon. M. J. French, Castle-Ffrench ; Valentine O'Connor Blake, Esq., Towerhill ; Charles Bianconi, Esq., Mayor of Clonmel ; James Blake, Esq., Vermont ; Peirse J. Blake, Esq., Corofin Park ; Daniel Moore liillikelly, Esq., Summerville ; Robert Blake Foster, Knockmoy Abbey ; Francis Foster, Esq., Knockmoy Abbey ; Patrick Blake, Esq., Frenchfort ; Thos. A: Joyce, Esq.. Merview ; Michae l ßlake, Esq., Frenchfort ; J o h n - D. B o dkin, Esq., Bengarra ; Thomas M'Nevin, Esq., R ose p ar k ; Oliver Dolphin, Esq., Turec ; E. W. Costelloe, Esq, Galway; the Very Rev. J as. M'Hale, V. G. archdiecess o f T uam . P.P. Hollymount ; the Very Rev. Dr. Loftus, P.P., D unmore; Christopher Chevecrs, Esq., Killyan, and the town com m i ss ioners of Galway, Tuam, Loughrea, Roscommon, Ballinasloe, and Athlone. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. The Lord-Lieutenant will, it is believed, personally inspect Maynooth College, before his Excellency returns to Dublin from his visit to the Duke of Leinster, at Carton. DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 29. GovEnNmENT FUNDS.—Three per Cent. Consols, 98 99%; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 101% 101% ; Six per Cent. reduced to 41. sterling per annum, 69 MiscELLANEous.—City of Dublin Steam of 1836, 50%. RAlLwArs.—Belfast and Ballymena, 6%; Belfast and County Down, 3% 3 4 ; Cork and Bandon, 7%; Cork and Waterford, 1% ; Dublin and Belfast Junction;B v, e ; Dub lin and Drogheda, 107; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 2% 1l,; Enniskillen and Sligo, 2 1 / 2 ; Great Southern and Western Extension, 12%; Irish Great Western (Dublin to Galway), 2 1 4 ; K the Midland and Great Western Railway and Royal Canal Company, 3% 1 4 ; Kingstown and Bray, 63,4 ; Lime rick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction, 4 3 4 ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3; Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor, 3; Waterford and Limerick, 6% 1 / 2 ; Waterford and Kilkenny, ; Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, 1(i. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WOOLWICH, JULY 30.—The Victoria and Albert royal steam yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.8., has been ordered round from Portsmouth to Woolwich, and her Majesty will embark at the dock yard here for Germany. The royal yacht is expected in the river on Monday next, the 4th of August, as orders have been given to the boats' crews to hold them selves in readiness on that day, to assist in mooring the Victoria and Albert nearly opposite the place of em barcation. _ . The Grampus, 50-gun ship, is fast approaching com pletion ; the workmen have been employed during the last month from six o'clock in the morning until seven o'clock in the evening, in order to have her ready for sea as early as possible. The Meteor steam-vessel, Lieutenant. Commander George Butler, arrived at Woolwich from Cork on Mon day, and is ordered to be paid off. She is to be re-com missioned, and have a compliment of 30 men. The Fearless steam-vessel, Lieutenant Read in charge, arrived at Woolwich from Portsmouth on Tuesday. Her officers and crew are to be transferred to the Dasher steam-vessel, the latter being better adapted to the sur veying service than the Fearless. The Dee steam troop vessel, Master-Commander Driver, has been taken into the inner basin to have her defects made good, and is ordered to be got ready for sea as soon as possible to convey troops to Halifax Nova Scotia. The Cuckoo steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander A. Parkes, will be ready for sea next week, and will proceed to the coast of Scotland to protect the fisheries. Her principal station will be near Leith. The Sinbad sailed on Saturday for Portsmouth and Devonport. The Monkey steam-vessel, Master William Bryant, left Woolwich on Sunday for Sheerness, Portsmouth, and Devonport. Mr. Frederick Siddall, Paymaster and Purser, is ap pointed Secretary to Commodore Sir Francis A. Collier, (.8., vice Breaks. Mr. Breaks' salary as Naval Store keeper arid Victualling Agent at the Cape of Good Hope is 6001. per annum. Vessels in the llarhour.—William and Mary yacht. Meteor, Dwarf, and Medea steam-vessels ; Diligence, transport ship, and Cyclop steam-vessel, belongin to the King of the Netherlands. In the Docks.—Grampus, 50 guns, and Phcenix steam-vessel. In the Basin.—Terrible, Alecto, Avon, Dasher, Lizard, Cuckoo, and Wildfire steam-vessels. FLANDERS AND DUTCH PAPERS. THE LATE COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Euston station, July 29, 1815. " Sir,-.-The Lancashire mail, which is timed to arrive at the Euston station at 32 minutes past 5 a.m., entered the Camden station at 5 a.m., as the first goods' train from London was crossing the down line to proceed on its journey. The conse quence was a collision, which forced the engine, tender, and parcels' van, in front of the mail train, off the rails, injuring some of the waggons and carriages, and causing a fracture in the leg of one of the passengers in a second-class carriage, and several severe cuts on the face and head to another passenger, by the breaking of the glass of the coupe of a first-class carriage in which he was riding, with his face to the engine. It does not appear that any inure passengers were injured. " In reporting these occurrences for the information of the Lords of the Privy Council for Trade, I would invite their attention to the following facts : " 1. That the mail train arrived at the Camden station fifteen minutes before its time. The following official report fv.rn Mr. Creed, the secretary of the London and Birmingham Railway, has been forwarded to Mr. Laing, the secretary of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade : " To S. Laing, Esq., Railway Department of the Board of Trade. Baussm.s, JULY 28. —lt was stated some days ago by the Journil of Courtray. that M. Hocedez had declined the mission which was offered him to arrange the difference which has arisen between us an.l France. We learn that this Is a mistake, M. Hocedez has arrived to.day at Brussels from Courtray, with the intention of proceeding to Paris. M. Van de Weyer arrived at Antwerp this morning. The Cologne Gazette publishes a letter from Warzburg, which positively affirms that in the conference of the Deputies of the Zoliverein assembled at Carlsruhe, the question of the navigation of the Rhine and of the Maine will be brought forward. Holland and several States belonging to the Zollverein have sent representa ._ "a. That the goods' train, on the other hand, was fifty minutes later than its regular time of departure (owing to the unusual number of trains which were to be conveyed). ‘• 3. That although the policeman at Chalk.farin-bridge had turned on the red signal, when the goods' train began to move, there was so much fog that the driver of a train coming out of the tunnel could not well have seen the signal, and consequently that in not going forward to communicate with the policeman at the south cud of the tunnel, according to orders provided for there cases, the policeman at the bridge failed in the per formance of his duty." General Pasley was expected down in the course of yester day, to inspect the spot where the catastrophe occurred. The engine, lugagge van, and first carriages, were completely shat tered to fragments. The blame is conceived to be chiefly at tributable to the trains being " ill-timed. '"1 . he signal-man at Chalk-farm-bridge has occupied that port, it appears, for the last seven years. Tim LATE COLLISION ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE DRIVER. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, Captain Charlewood, R.N., of the South-Eastern Railway Company, attended the Court-house, Tunbridge, before Mr. Hare, one of the county magistrates, to prosecute Joseph Walker, an engine driver in the employ of the Company, for negligently causing the collision on that line, at the Penshurst station, on Monday night, whereby the lives of nearly 300 persons were endangered. The defendant, who appears to be about 30 years of age, was brought up in custody of the railway police, under whose surveil lance he had been since the night of the accident. The first witness, William Merchant, was then examined.—He said he was a porter at the railway station at Tunbridge. On Monday evening last, on the arrival at that station of the half-past six o'clock up train from Dover, he was asked by the guard whether the back carriage or truck, on which a gentleman's carriage for that station, was unoccupied. He replied that he did not know, and went to ascertain, when he found it was not, and then detached it. Scarcely had he done so, before a gentleman called him to take his portmanteau Into the waiting-room, which he did, and returned to the platform. He then heard some one call out to guard Shelley, " Was it all right behind ?" The reply given was, " Yes," and the whistle was immediately sounded and the train :proceeded. Witness, knowing that the signal lights were on the carriage which he detached, ran to the last car riage of the train to see if they had been shifted to their proper places, but found that they had not, and that the train was going on without them. It was a very long train, comprising more than thirty carriages, and was drawn by two engines in ad vance. The moment he saw that the train was without the signal lights he gave the alarm to the watchman, who held up his red lamp to the engine drivers to stop, but the train being considerably in advance, it was not noticed. Mr. Hare wished to know whether there was an engine at the rear of the train propelling it, as he had heard that such was the case ? The witness replied that most decidedly there was not. The only engines that conveyed the train were in front. In continuation, he said that the head porter of the station, named Goodman, ordered immediately a pilot engine then stand ing below the station, of which the defendant was the driver, to take the signal-lights and overtake the train. Witness took the message as direeted to the defendant, who made answer that he had no coke. Some was directly obtained, and, being placed in the tender, the engine started. By Captain Charlewood—The defendant was perfectly sober, and he observed no recklessness when he left the station. He did not think that more than five minutes elapsed from the period of the departure of the train to that of the pilot engine. The defendant here asked the witness what lights he bid him take with the engine that the train had gone without ?—The wit ness ri plied that he most distinctly informed him that they were the tail lights. . The defendant denied it. He was told by the witness that it was the engine light he had to take. The witness, however, persisted in his former statement, and ob served that other witnesses were in attendance, who told the de fendant that they were tail signal lights. Richard Goodman, the head porter, proved ordering the pilot engine to overtake the train, which had left without the tail lights. It was not dark, about dusk, the time being forty-nine minutes past eight o'clock. The order was to go as far as Penshurst station to overtake the train. George Smithers, another porter at the Tunbridge station, said directly the train was gone he was directed by the last wit ness to desire the defendant to proceed after it with the pilot engine, as it had gone without the lights. He was positive he told him they were the tail light.. While the coke was being placed in the tender, he took one of the lamps of the private carriage truck that had been left behind, and placed it on the ten der. He then got up, and while placing it on one side, in order that it should not be knocked over, another man brought the other lamp, and on taking it from him the engine started. Captain Charlewood asked the witness if the defendant could not have seen by their appearance that they were the tail lights ? The witness considered that he must have seen them, as they were the very large ones, having red glass, very bright, and stood in a conspicuous spot in the tender. The speed the engine was driven at he thought was about thirty miles an hour. It might have been faster. They left five minutes after the train, and gained the Penshurst station almost at the same moment as the train did. Before, however, and on arriving at the Whitepost tunnel, the defendant sounded the whistle and shut off the steam, and after a short pause, remarked to witness, " The train is not here. I don't see it; we must go on to the station," and then turned the steam on. The station at Penshurst adjoins the Whitepost tunnel, and from the spot at the entrance of it, where the defendant said he could not see the train, to the station, is about 300 yards. A few moments had scarcely transpired before the train was seen, when the defendant shut off the steam and reversed the engine, as well as put on the break; the engine, however, never stopped, and dashed into the train. Mr. Benjamin Cubitt, the locomotive engineer of the South-Eas tern Railway, was next examined at much length. He said that he was in the train in question, and on his stopping at Penshurst, which was about nine o'clock, he was alarmed by receiving a se vere shock, as if the train had been ran into behind. The train, he should say, had scarcely come to a stand-still, and the concession was very great. He immediately got out, and went to the after part of the train to ascer tain the cause, and was surprised at finding an engine close in amongst the carriages. His first object was to seek out the driver, whom he found to be the defendant, and asked him how it oc curred that he had run into the train ? Ills reply was, that he, the defendant, had been sent on to overtake the train, it having gone without the lights. He, Mr. Cubitt, then examined the hind carriage, to see if it had got the signal lights, and perceived that it had none. Mr. Hare, the Chairman—Do you consider it a judicious step on the part of the officers at the Tunbridge station to send a pilot engine to overtake the train in the manner which has been de scribed ? Mr. Cubitt, after a pause—l do not think it was an improper step, but it was quite a new order to our regulations. Mr. Hare—Was it not likely, in dispatching the pilot engine so soon after the train, to incur injury ? Mr. Cubitt—The case is one of that character that I do not recollect of a similar one occurring before. Of course, if caution was not used, there was danger. Mr. Hare—Then what was the risk, supposing the officers had not sent off the pilot engine? Mr. Cubitt—No risk at all on the Dover line; but on reaching thejunction of the Brighton line at Reigate, where so many trains meet, there was considerable danger. Mr. Hare—Then was it wrong for the officers at Tunbridge to dispatch the pilot engine ? Mr. Cubitt—No, not exactly; but certainly the lights would have been missed at the Penshurst station, and they would have been replaced. If the guard had done his duty before the train left Tunbridge he would have seen that the lights were properly fixed, for he is expected to examine them and the carriages at all the stations the trains stop at. Mr. Hare said he was glad to hear that the officer at Tun bridge had not acted wrongly in dispatching the engine, for be had done so to prevent mischief. Mr. Cubitt, in continuation of his evidence, stated that the engine driver was bound to obey the order of the officer of the station. Taking all the circumstances that had been adduced Into con sideration, he was decidedly of opinion that had a proper look-out been kept by the engine driver, the train in advance must been seen a much greater distance than had been stated. As re. garded the speed the engine was propelled at, ire could not state, but it must have been considerable, as the collision happened within ten minutes after leaving Tunbridge, a distance of about five miles. Certainly the engine-driver cue - .t to have exercised greater judg ment on arriving so near the Penshurst station, so that he could have more promptly stopped the engine. It was but justice tostate that the defendant had been about twelve months In the service of the company, during which period he had driven both pilot and passenger trains, and they had always found him a sober, steady lions on the subject. Bavaria will propose a great reduction, if not the entire abolition of tolls on the Rhine and the Maine. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, JCL' 26. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••••• .. • - • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • • Ditto Three per Cent.... •••••• •• • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 •• .• .. 102 Ditto, ditto, 1844 • . .• 101% Ditto of the City, 1833 ... • Ditto, 1843 102% Bank of 8e1gium...... _Brussels Papers. July 27. AUSTRIAN FUNDS. —VIENNA, JULY 23 5 per Cent. Metalliques....... .. 114 ia 4 per Cent. ditto.. .. .• ,„ 3 per Cent. ditto.. ... Loan, 1834 Ditto, 1839 Bank Shares •••••• Esterhazy's Loan ... ..... I29N 1626 RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand 21 2 11 Vienna—Milan . Gloggiiitz „ „ . 158 1 4 Pesti' ..... DUTCH FU NDS. — AurrEnnsin, JuLT 28. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent— .... —— 63% 64!,i, j"itto, 3 per Cent .................. 77 7714 l, 4 per C ent •.••• • • • .• Ditto, 4 per Cent... ............ 100% 101 Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent.. Ditto, 3% per Cent.... ............ 93 93% pally, 4% per Cent .. 164% 1651 4 ECE:tillallei'lgrdele'i''odin' CoaoilnLondon, at sight . . Two months,— ............ 12 22% On'llamburgh, at si g ht .... 35 68% Two months.— ............ 35 50 On Paris T w 0m0nth5.............., 57 31% .Dutch rapers, July 29. MR. WILSON'S ENT ERTAINMENTS.—This very po pular vocalist has commenced his progresses in the provinces, in which he proposes to include Guernsey and Jersey, in the south, an d the principality of Wales in an o th er direction. His opening enterta i n ment in Chichester, o n Monday, wmost Aas auspicious. very crowded audience on the eve of " Goodwood" was scarcely to be expected of the Chichester folk ; some were engaged in pre paring to viclimise their lodgers ; and others, let us hope, the greater number, to entertain their friends from a distance. Nu merous, however, the audience was, and of the highest class in rank and intellect. There was a wealth of good looks too, which all England, no, nor all the world, could excel. The fair dames of Sussex mustered in some force, and the heights of Torres redras were not more impregnable than the battery of bright eyes, nor the troops that manned the said heights more potent than were the soul sweet and heart-subduing smiles that greeted the melodious interpreter of Burns and his brother bards of Scotland. We know, for isn't it in Lempriere ? that an accomplished son of Jupiter built the'walls of Thebes by the music of his lyre, merit Anzphion lapides canendo, as jolly old Horace sings ; but Wilson has effected an exploit quite as great; for, in the south of Eng land, he has moved, " by concord of sweet sounds," crowds of people, rocks of sense (to make the case a parallel one), who cannot be supposed to have very strong sympathies in common w ith Scotland, and not on e of whom, a stra y Pheesie student," and the Scotch banker excepted, know anything of the vernacular charm of of the north (jh I, potent song. " Yet it is no t s ong merely that works the wonder. " Wilson is so true to nature," say people of keen discernment and profound sense, who, though they have never seen the peak of Ben-Lomond, or sniffed a salt herring in the Broomielaw, can still reco gnise nature even when she meets them far away from her native hills. What Moore did for the dear, and now deathless, melodies of Ireland, when he wedded them to Immortal verse, Wilson has done for what were, before his day, the comparatively little known lyrics of his native land, And, apropos of that, it were ill done to omit making some reference to the manner in which " Tam Glen," ,r my spouse Nancy," " Mary Morrison," and other such like gems of song, are illustrated by the graceful instrumentation of Mr. Land. MAYMMTII GP.ANT.—Stich is the bad feeling that the discussion of this question has engendered, that two gentlemen of Omagh lately were nearly having a hostile encounter on the 0 . mss ages passed between them, which affair was lysettittlby the interference of friends.—Armag Gazette. 'We understand that Lord Mahon will succeed Mr. Emerson Tennent as one of the Secretaries to the Board of Control. Mr. Emerson Tennent will visit Egypt on his way to Ceylon, in the hope of being able to conclude with the P. - xlia the postal treaty, in respect to which Mr. Bourne has so lamentably failed. DOVER, JULY 30.—IIer Royal highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George and the Princess Mary, arrived by special train about three o'clock this afternoon. They were received at the station by Colonel Jones, commandant of the garrison, a guard of honour from the 43d Regiment, and a royal salute from the 'Western heights, and im mediately proceeded to the Ship Hotel. At six o'clock her Royal Highness and the Princess Mary embarked on board the Princess Alice, Commander Smithett, accompanied by Sir John Hamilton, and proceeded for Calais. It is a squally evening, with rain, and they will have a disagreeable passage. His Royal Highness Prince George returned by train to London Immediately after the depar. ture of the Princess Alice for Calais. A guard of honour attended at the embarkation, and a second salute from the heights an nounced the departure of their Royal Highnesses. REVIEW IN HYPE intended, should the weather prove favourable, to have a grand review of all the troops in the London district, in II)de Park, on Saturday next, the 2d of Awl,' t, in the presence of his Majesty 'ho King of the Icetherlands. driver. Captain Charlewood, in answer to the bench, said that the num ber of persons known to be injured were three; these were Mr. Haines, 131, Cheapside, compound fracture of the leg near the ancle, the mother of a guard, recently killed on the line, dislocation of the right jaw ; and a talented painter (a baronet), slight injury to the spine. There were a number of persons of both sexes bruised and otherwise injured, but he had been unable to learn their names, as they had gone to their homes on the night of the accident. Mr. Hare then Inquired if there was any further evidence on the part of the prosecution ? Mr. Cubitt replied that there was not. The defendant being called upon for his defence, remarked that none of the witnesses ever spoke to him about the train being deficient of the tail lights. Ile clearly understood them to say, on starting with the pivot engine, that the lights in question were those of the engines, otherwise he should have proceeded with greater caution. He never supposed but what the train had the tail signal. lights, and consequently was on the look out for them. In proof of his statement, he begged to call the fireman who was with him. George Smith, the f ire man alluded to, stated that when he started to overtake the train, the conviction on his mind was that they were taking the engine lights, and not the tail lamps, for which they were on a strict look out. The magistrate then retired with Captain Charlewood and the chief clerk of the court, and, after a short consultation, returned, when Mr. Bare observed that, after the whole affair had had his best consideration, he was led to believe that the accident had arisen from mistake respecting the order given to the defendant relative to the lights. He therefore dismissed the case. The defendant was accordingly discharged. At the close of the inquiry Mr. Cubitt complained of the con duct of several of the passengers, and the manner in which he had been attacked in the public prints, asserting almost to the extent that lie was the party that hart caused the calamity, and even while using every means to alleviate the sufferers, many of the othurs were collared and roughly used, while he was similarly treated, and designated a murderer. FTATE or TxApn.—The demand for yarn both for export and for home consumption continues exceedingly good, with very firm prices; and the shippers appear generally desirous to extend their contracts. In goods there is a fair steady business, but without animation, except in domestics, which are rather higher, in consequence of the advance in the description of yarn used in their manufacture.--ROCIIDALR FLANNEL MARKET, Jutx *2B. —We have had a very brisk market ; pieces have been eagerly bought up, at better prices. There is little change in the th r e wool market ; prices are slowly upon the ad v a nce.—Ma Guardian. THE DUKE AND THE PROVERB.—The Italians say "Every medal has its reverse.'' The Iron Duke seems resolved to illustrate the truth of the proverb. Herce, the Waterloo fighters have " tl:2ret\-141." and the I:;.:nirul:3 re , cri• • Etot:A. Bristol and Exeter Extension, London and Lirmingbaln lensin;; of the West London, South Western Dundee and rt rth, Edinburgh and Northrn, Aterdare, Clydesdale Junction, Scottish Central, Cali doniar, Newcastle and Berwick, llawick and Roxburgh, Liverpool, Wigan, Bolton, am! 8,-ry, South Eastern (Tunbridge Wei.s firunch), Newport and Pontypool, Perth and Forfar. Manchester and Leeds Extension. Manchester, Leeds, Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Duce!euch, and Lord Wharnoliffe. SUN DAY TR AV E LUNG. The BiAlop cf . LONDON pre,enL:i a petition from pmprietors ni the liidland Railways Company to the amount of 700,000/. against Sunday travelling. SOLICITORS IN IRELAND. The Earl of WICKLOW had a petition to pt.( sent, to which he wished to call the attention of their Lord ships, and more particularly of the Noble Lord on the Woolsack, as it related to a Bill to be considered in a Coremittre o! that House. The petition was signed by the President and Vice-Presidt nt of the Society of Soli citors of Ireland. It contained two prayers—one of them was, that instead of one taxing officer two should be appointed ; the other prayer, and this he wished to press on their Lordship' attention, as he intended to move an amendment to that effect at the proprr moment, was, that the same qualification should be r( quired in Ireland for the officers of such taxing masters. Lord CAMPBELL concurred in that part of the prayer of the petition which related to the qualification of the taxing-masters. The business of the taxing master should be performed by a solicitor, and he con sidered it would be for the benefit of the public if the second prayer of the petition was attended to. After a few words from Lord COTTENHAM to the same effect, the petition was ordered to lie on the table. GREAT WESTERN (DUBLIN AND GALWAY) RAILWAY. The Earl of BESBOROUGH called the attention of their Lordships to the report of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the petitions which had been preseLted to that House, alleging that fraud and iforgery had been committed in the contract. deed of the Dublin and Galway Railway Company. Many persons had been called before the Committee and had been examined as witnesses, and amongst the rest, one John Smith. (The Noble Lord here read his evidence, in which he admitted that he also assumed the name of Mr. Baldron. He also lead a portion of the examination of Miss Golding and Mr. Miles Stanley, in proof of the aliases which this John Stinton personated at cliff, rent times. Robert Parish was next called in, and in answer to questions which were put to him, he said he had known Stinton for four or five years, atod that he was a boot maker. He had never known.him by the name of Pen ton. He took letters in for him :at Crosby Hall in that name, and understood that he was a friend. No person of the name of Penti.n lived at Crosby Hail Chambers. That was all the evidence he had to refer to with respect to the charge of perjury against the witness Stinton. The LORD CHANCELLOR said lie had not read the evidence, and as it would be difficult to prosecute the Witness on the whole of the evidence he had given, perhaps the Noble Earl would po'nt out those passages with respct to which he considered he ought to be prosecuted.—(The Noble Earl conferrA with the Lord Chancellor, and pointed out the particular parts of the evidence.) (T.EFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair a. Four o'clock. Mr. EW ART moved for a ne:v writ for the borough of Kircudbright, in the room of Mr. B. Murray, de- ceased.—Ordered. Mr. TuFNELL gate notice, for Lord John Russel, for a return of the Bills that have ptssed the House during the present session, distinguishing the public from the private Bills ; and also for a return of the quantity of foreign wheat in bond on the Ist of Jnly. WAYS AND ILANS. The report of the Select Committ,e of Ways and Means was hrought up by Mr. GREENE and received. TURNPIKE ROADS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. VALUATION (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. SUPPLY. The Report of the Committee of Supply was brought up by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and agreed to. ROYAL ASSENT. Mr. Pulman summoned the House of Commons to attend at the bar of the _House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given to various public and private Bills, for the names of which see Lords' report. The SPEAKER, having been absent about half an hour, resumed the chair, and announced that he had been to hear the royal assent given to several Bills. CEYLON. Mr. TUFNELL said he wished to ask a question or two of the Hon. Gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Colonies (Mr. Hope) relative to Ceylon. He wished to know why it wit: that certain information and communi cations, relative to the civil servants of that colony, had been withheld by the Governor; and whether in the event of the civil servants wishing to retire from the colony, they wera to be allowed to take the property which they acquired in the service of the Government wi:h them? Mr. HOPE said that, with regard to the first point, more was done than what was asked for, for now the the Hon. Member might be placed in possession of all the information connected with this proceeding when ever he thought fit. With regard to the other matter, he did not think that his Noble Friend he.d any inten tion of divesting any of the civil servants of their pro perty. The cours e t o b e ta k en , however, wcnld depend materially upon local circumstances, and he could give no pledge at present. BRAZIL SLAVE-TRADE TREATY BILL. on the Order of th e D ay f or b r i ng i ng u p th e re p or t on this Bill, being read, Mr. MILNER GIBSON said he wished to make a few remarks on this Bill. He said he had particularly examined the provisions of the Bill, and was unable to view it in any favourable li g ht. The treaty amounted to this, that it was a declaration of the intention of the Executive Government, and they could not hold that the subjects of that country were to be eealt with by a mere declaration of the Executive Government. They' could not hold that any Power could bring the subjects into a criminal tribunals, and inflict punishments short of the laws under which they lived. The Gevernment of Brazil had passed no such law as that tley should be punished for carrying on the slave trade, and the Government of this country had official knowledge that such law did not exist. The English Government could not possess the power of punishing them when the laws of their own country could not punish them. If there were such a law in their own aountry it then remained a question whether they could punish them in this country for a breach of their own law. He held that to be most unquestionable, and was at a loss to understand the eaptanation which her Majesty's Attorney-General gave to Ultra when the subject was before the House on a former evening. This measure appeared to him calculated to bring about the evils which they were trying to suppress. It appeared calculated to excite resentment and hostility towards this country. He could not see one single good purpose that it would effect. It appeared to be unnecessary for the purpose of bringing about a co-operation of the Brazilian gavernment, because they had measures already in progress with regard to the slave trade, and they should see what effect they may have. That afforded another mison why, even if they had public law on their side, they should ab stain from this measure as a measure of bad policy. and be could not but once more enter his protest against it, and absolve himself from any share whatever in the responsibility of this measure. He begged now to make - the inquiries of which he gave notice. He wished to know whether the Braziliansin this country had addressed to her Majesty's Government any remonstrance or com munication relative to this Bill. If such a communica tion had been received by the Government, he thought that the House was untitled to see the communica tion, and that they should be laid before Parliament. He thought that as they were called upon to share in the responsibility of the Executive, the Executive Go vernment should place the House in the same position in which they stood th , . mselves—in the position that they should have a full opportunity of judging both of the law and the policy of this measure. He would ask him then if a remonstrance had been re ceived and if it had whether he could lay it on the table of the House. If it was received why should they not delay this measure till they had printed this remon strance ? The report was brought up on Monday last and the matter was postponed till this day, and he was not chargeable with that delay. He did think that they should not be judging properly, and that they should not be doing what was required, if they act e d without the fullest information. He would conclude by request ing her Majesty's Government to inform them whether 'hey had received that information. Sir H. PEEL rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. Some travellers accidentally discovered, in the pro vince of Chiapas, the ruins of a large city, whose monuments attested the existence of a people far ad vanced in civilisation, at a period too remote to fix its epoch in history. Several attempts have been made to explore this interesting country, and already, through individual exertions almost unaided, the most striking facts have been collected, which prove, beyond doubt, that civilisa tion and the arts were known and practised in a country once crowded with human beings and now but a fruitless wilderness in appearance t• 4 the common eye. In 1803, Colonel Dupaix headed an expedition dis patched by the Mexican Viceroy, and the designs made by Castsn'da were at a lattr period transported to Paris. These drawings, including the designs of bridges, pyramids, tumuli of vari:us forms, subterranean sculp tures, majestic and extraordinary edifices, idols in porphyry and granite, statues in marble, stone, and stucco, fragments of the zodiac in hieroglyphics, though different from those of Egyp;, yet announcing their common origin with them. Curiosity thus excited, resulted in the devotion to the cause of science of the Comte Ange de Saint Priest, who 'etas spent several years in the deserts of Central America, exploring its antiquities ; and who has added largely to the collections of his co-labourers and pre dec.,essors, : mongst whom may b 3 named the illustrious C.s4 ttcaubriand, de Humbo:dt, add Warden. We widerstand that a Committee is about to b farmed L L(YY. - .LYS N (.4.-CrillS DA LONDON', JULY 31.—Wind S.W., moderato breezo and cloudy, with rain at times. . . DEAL, JULY 30.—Wind S.S.W. fresh.—Arrd. Admiral Moorsom, Knight, Singapore; Jovcn Emilio, Castor, Callao; Underwood, Mollittt, St. Kitt's ; Hanover, Smith, St. Vincent ; Wilton, Wilson, Cotinquilsa ; New Phxnix, Simpson, Jamaica ; Papineatt, Campbell, Honduras; Caxon, Quebec ; Ajax, Ditto; Loyal Briton, Pearson, Ditto; Chieftain, Ditto ; Neptune, Minden, Ditto; Pilot, Hall, Ditto; Elizabeth Adnett, Ditto; Lore Collingwood, Odessa; Eng land's Queen, Trieste; Musica, Maitlands, Leghorn. Arrd. from the River for.:Claudine, Norris, Madras ; Lord Wm. Bentinek, Allen, Ditto; Mary Ann, Allen, Bombay; Durham, Davidson, Valparaiso; John Craig, Meade, Halifax ; Harrison, Smison, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, JULY 30.—Wind:W.S.W. to S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Alex ander, Sandford, Calcutta ; Camillies, Ashton, Ceylon ; West Initials, Jameson, Paraiba; Splendid, Mobile; • Sophia, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Conrad, Montreal ; Truc Love, Tatink,ouche ; Satellite, Quebec. Orr SHORESlAsl.—Britannia, Quebec. PETERHEAD, JULY 27.—Arrd. 27, Leadbitter, Crowl, St. John's, New Brunswick, and proceeded for Aberdeen. OFF TILE WIG/IT, JULY 28.—Hanover, Smith, St. Vincent ; David Grant, Buenos Ayres; Chieftain, Walker, Quebec; Martha Lynn, St. John's, New Brunswick. 21, Elizabeth Ant•nia, Batavia. WATERFORD, JULY 28.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Margaret, Sue, Quebec; Downes, Doody, and Ratchford, Haven, Miramichi. CORK, JULY N.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Luna, Carmichael, Saldanha Bay ; H. Patterson, Kedham, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Lady of the Lake, Taylor, Pugwash. Sld. 28, Bache, Quebec. Off port, Flowers of Ugie, Fawcett, Mauritius. LIMERICK, JULY 29.—Arrd. Jessie, Challis, St. John's, New Bruns wick. Sid. Governor Gorman, Quebec. BELFAST.—And. 27, Waringsford, Hood, Demerara; 29, John and Robert, Quebec. IRELAND. REPEAL DEMONSTRATION IN GALWAY. The Evening Freeman's Journal, contains a detailed report of the repeal demonstrasion in Galway. The following is an abridged account : GALWAY, MONDAY NIG HT.—When the procession art ived near Galway (says the report) the localitytecame more favaur able for its full display. Before this period only a small portion of it could be seen from any particular spot, but near the en l i - trance to the town an angle in the road revealed to view its vast and magnificent proportions. The scene was one of infinite beauty—the Atlantic in the distance—on the opposite coast the mountains of Clare running along towards the sea— while the road, for at least the extent of three miles, pre sented an array of 100,000 men. with innumerable banners of the most gorgeous description fluttering in the breeze. The procession entered Galway through the square about half-past three o'clock; the streets were densely crowded; the houses, to their very roofs, were thronged with spectators. The Galway ladies, from the windows of every domicile, waved their handkerchiefs in welcome, and bouquets of flowers were strewen upon the carriage by their fair hands. The peasantry were equally profuse in ° their expres sions of homage to the uncrowned monarch ; and while the young gave vent to their feelings in shouts anti hurrahs, the old offered up prayers for their Liberator. The procession passed through every part of the ancient town, whieh, owing to the local Commissioners, now presents an appearance of great improvement. A fleet of fishing smacks was moored near the shore in the vicinity of the Claddagh with streamers floating from their mast heads. As the procession passed the convent, the Liberator was greeied by its pious inmates with silent, but emphatic, marks of reverence and respect. Having traversed the tosn, the procession returned to the square, where a platform was erected for the purposes of the meeting. The chair was taken by Mr. Francis Comyn, an ex-justice of the peace, and a few preparatory resolutions having been agreed to, 1 [Mr. O'Costtexte came forward, and having made some pre liminary observations on the " majestic spectacle" then before him, of the enormous multitude of men determined to be free, and showing a physical force sufficient for the overthrow of empires, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman proceeded as follows :—Sir J. Graham and Sir R. Peel have declared that it is now a dream too wild even for madmen to imagine, that this country can be longer governed under the principles of Protestant ascendancy.—( Cheers.) In the exertions the Re peelers ihave already made they have succeeded ; they have broken down the determination of the present Ministry to con tinue Ireland in a state of degradation and oppression.— ( Cheers.) Sir James Graham, two years ago, said that con cession to Ireland had found its limits, but ho now admits that they have not found their limits.—( Cheers. ) He now declares that they will do more for Ireland.—(Cheers.) A Voice—No thanks to him. " LIIIICRATOK"-Why, no thanks to him, I say also. (Cheers. ) lie said they would do much for us, but he did not tell us what the ultimate limits would be. If he comes here to me, I will whisper in his ear what the limits are to be—those limits shall be when the Irish Parliament House is once snore in College-green.—( Loud cheers.) Some persons are silly enough to ask me what good I am doing by agitating for repeal ? I have my answer—Sir James Graham has supplied it to tae.—(Cheers.) I employ him as my counsel to answer the question. Certainly, before he was counsel at the other side, but, as they say in Munster, he sold the pass --(Laughter)—and now he is on the opposite side.—(Cheers.) When I am asked, therefore, what has been done by the repeal agitation, I say I have struck down the determi nation of the British Ministry to keep the Irish people in degradation.—(Cheers.) They now send about a kind of political bellman to ascertain what they shall do for us.— (Cheers.) Yes, seriously and soberly, I appeal to every man of common sense if the agitation for repeal has not produced its effects • whereas three years ago the Ministers resolved not to do anything for Ireland, now they want to find out any mea sure short of repeal to satisfy the people of Ireland.—(Cheers.) I put it thus to the people of Connaught—l ask them, if the Irish people agreed to give up the struggle fur the repeal of the Union—(Cries of " Never") —would not the Ministry make any bargain with them ?—(" Never.") I know that they will never give up the repeal struggle; but I am mistaken; they will give it up when the Parliament is again in College-green. —( Cheers.) I emphatically and firmly proclaim, without dan ger of being accused of any vapouring or deception, that I have arrived at all but one step of the repeal of the Union, and that I have the materials in my hands by which I carried other measures to carry the last and greatest. —(Cheers.) No country on the face of the earth sprung up as Ireland did in commerce and agriculture and wealth, from the time of the independence of her own Parliament in 'B2, until the baleful measure of union was forced upon us. What was done once can be done again. The prosperity that followed the legislative indepen dence of this country in 'B2 will follow the legislative inde pendence of 1846—(Great cheering)—early in 1846 I trust. —(Continued cheering.) You ought to live for '46.—(Cries of "So we will.") I want that the people in this great struggle should be shoulder to shoulder—that they all shall be perfectly agreed. No man should represent you in Parliament —for the borough or the county—but a thorough Repealer. You should select no man for your local boards but a Repealer. —(Cheers.) Every parish shall be ransacked, and every man entitled to register a vote must have it done. We will give you the machinery, and it is for you to make the experiment tion-hall.—(Cheers.) Sir Valentine Blake is a member of Conciliation-hall, and he has a right to solicit your suffrages affain. My excellent friend Mr. Martin Blake is not yet a member—l wish I could prevail upon him to be so. Nobody slumbers—nobody menaces, but every one says, that no man, Whig or Tory, shall represent the men of Galway at the next election unless he or they promise to represent them in Conciliation-hall.—(Cheers.) Let there be in every parish—seeing who can be registered, and deter mined not to return any man but a member of Concilia in every parish repeal wardens in connexion with :the Repeal Association—let them organize the people—all we ask from any man to procure for him liberty and equality is a shilling a year, a penny a month, a farthing a week, and there arc four weeks for nothing —(Cheers and laughter.) And it that be not a bargain for happiness and liberty I know not what a bargain is. Oh, you don't know how you delighted me with the manifestation of this day; it filled my heart with delight, and gladdened my soul to hear the countless thou sands re-echo, " O'Connell and Repeal."—( Cheers. ) How my heart throbs to think that the possession of their own land is reserved for the noble people of Ireland—the love lies and fairest laud over the face of she earth—the greenest and most fertile that the au evet ahcue upu...the moat beautiful LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM PEIIU. (From the Liverpool Times.) Letters hays been received from Limalto the 19th of May, brought overland across the Isthmus of Panama, and for warded to this country by the last West Inlia mail. Their con tents are very important. It will be remembered that the Peruvian port of Arica was bombarded by the English steam frigate Cormorant in August, 1644, in consequence of a quarrel, originating in a gross insult to the British Consul at Tacna, inflicted on him by some of the military partisans of the Government which has just succeeded in placing itself in power, under the lead of General Castilla. The authorities at Arica having also insulted the commander of tke Cormorant on his demanding redress, and having refused him permission to take in water, he immediately fired into the town, and soon compelled the authorities to apologise. Letters from Lima of the 19th May, received in Liverpool, state that the British Government is not at all satisfied with this renara tion, and that it has sent a formal demand for redress, and for the removal of the officers who vai re guilty of the original out rage, to the Peruvian Government. They also state that it was not c xpeeted that the Government would grant the redress demanded, and that it was therefore feared that Callao, the port of Lima, would be blockaded, if not bombarded, by the English squadron. The Collingwood, of 60 guns, the Meideste of 21, and the s team-frigate Cormorant, were at Lima, under the command of Admiral Seymour, and two frigates were ex pected fi cm Valparaiso—a force quite sufficient to enforce re dress, if it was refused by the Peruvian Government. The following is a more complete summary of the letters relating to this unpleasant event In consequence of the British consulate in Tacna having been forcibly entered by the local authorities, in the month of May or June, 1544, Mr. Adams (her Majesty's Charge" , for Peru), demanded from that Government the dismissal and disgrace of the prefect of Tacna, General Iguani, as a repa ration for the insult offered to the British flag. This being refused by General Castilla, the acting president of the re public, the Peruvian squadron in Islay was detained by her Majesty's steam-vessels of war (it being assembled there for the purpose of conveying troops to Lima, which city was then held by a party opposed to said Castilla). Under these cir cumstances, the Cormorant British steamer-of-war arrived in Arica Bay, and proceeded, as usual, to take in water from the shore, on the evening of the 31st May, which she was not permitted to do. After some discussion, and being a second time prevented from watering, she commenced firing on the town, when the authorities, in alarm, permitted her to accom plish her purpose. Mr. Adams was on board the steamer at the time. " The affair remained in abeyance, and General Castilla, who subsequently became President of the republic, re fusing any satisfaction until May last, when Mr. Adams (it is supposed under authority from home) again brought forward the question, demandinc , full satisfaction, and giving the Peruvian Government a short time to decide in, it bing gene rally understood that in case they did not act satisfactorily, the whole of the Peruvian ports would be blockaded. The British force in Callao Bay consisted of the G Iliagyrood, Cor morant, and two sloops of war, two frigates being also daily expected from Valparaiso. The Peruvian general had gar risoned the castle of Callao, and an extraordinary secret court cil had been held on the 18th of May. The result had not transpired, but fears were entertained that the Governor would not make the desired reparation. The British Consulate had required from the several houses the value of the British pro perty under their charge. In this position the affairs stood at the date of the last advices." Since the above was written, we have seen accounts from Lima to the 25th of May, which stated that Admiral Seymour had sailed from Callao to Otaheite in the Collingwood. if this news is correct, the Peruvian Government must have given the satisfaction demanded for the outrage at Tacna and the insult of Arica, though it does not seem to have done so until nearly the whole British squadron in the Pacific bad assembled before Callao. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, July 31. NATION AL DEFENCES OF THE COUNTRY. Sir R. PEEL said—Sir, I feel all the difficulty under which any person placed in my situation most labour in dis cussing publicly the question to which the Noble Lord has felt it his duty to call our attention.—( Hear.) I totally differ from the Noble Lord as to the defenceless position of this country.—( Hear, hear.) I think I could prove that the Noble Lord's impression on that subject is altogether erroneous ; but I am quite sure that I should not be acting consistently with sound discretion if I were to state the facts upon which my own opinion is founded.—(Hear, hear.) Nothing could he so unwise as to encourage parties—a small minority I trust—in other countries who may be bent on hostility to ours.—(Hear, hear.) I should be very sorry to furnish them with instru ments to be used against their own Government, and thus to prevent that Government, though sincerely desirous of maintaining peace, from securing that object on account of the clamour of a certain portion of the community.—( Hear.) I must say, generally, however, that the Noble Lord has greatly underrated the power which this country would pos sess, in the event of hostilities, for the vindication of its honour. —( Hear, hear.) So far from concurring in the opinion of the Noble Lord, I believe that in case there should be a necessity imposed on this country of resorting to hostilities, there never was a period when such a demonstration as would then be called forth has been made ; the Sovereign, sup ported and encouraged by the almost unanimous voice of the people, being determined in a just cause to make efforts worthy of the ancient character of this country.—( Hear. ) I have a strong opinion that upon that head we have nothing to fear. (Hear, hear.) I think it is hardly possible to estimate what will be seen to be the dormant energy of this country if a just cause should call it forth. At the same time, I must say that I I concur in some of the principles which have been expressed by the Noble Lord. 1 think it would be most unwise in this country to trust altogether to present appearances, and I hold that it is most advisable that this country should be able to feel confident that, in the event of sudden hostilities, she would be strong enough, and has the means, for her own protection. 1 quite agree with the Noble Lord, that on the sudden occur rence of hostilities, as for example in the year 1793, unless you are in a state of preparation, the cost of sudden exertion is im mense ; and that it is a most unwise economy which would leave you to make sudden, precipitate, and unlooked-for efforts, in order to secure your own safety. I think also, with the Noble Lord, that this country should be in such a state that any other power may not on that account be encouraged to resort to hostilities for the purpose of obtaining advan tages. I trust, indeed, that we shall be able to preserve the friendly relations which exist between this country and France this, I hope, will be the case, both for the sake of England and France, and for the sake of the civilised world. So far are this country and the House of Commons from grudging the prosperity of France, that lam sure I speak the general feeling when i say that we saw the returns respecting the commerce of Fiance with great satisfaction.—( Hear, hear.) I wish that more intimate commercial relations may be esta blished between the two countries ; but I do trust also that whilst France is increasing in her commerce, she will see that she owes that increase of prosperity to the maintenance of peace, and that there will be among all rational people in that country a deliberate opinion that the honour and interests of France may be much better maintained by cultivating industry and promoting commercial prosperity than they could be by seeking that which is perfectly unnecessary for that most gal lant country, whose reputation stands so high at every period of her history, namely, the maintenance of her glory by the increase of her territorial possessions.—(Hear, hear.) But, Sir, I must own that I am rather surprised at the Noble Lord's excessive apprehensions on this subject; because the Noble Lord was in office for a period of ten years, and I ven ture to say that this country is in a better state with respect to the means of repelling aggression than she was at that time. —( Hear, hear.) Did the Noble Lord see France expend the sum of fifteen millions sterling upon the fortifications of Paris, and issue an order increasing the army suddenly to the ex tent of 100,000 men ; and does the Noble Lord think that this country now stands in the same position with respect to France as it did in 1841 ?—(Hear.) There was no militia knot at that period ; there was not near the same amount of military force that there is at present ; and I very much doubt whether there were as many sail of the line.—(}fear.) The Noble Lord has, I admit, suggested many points deserving of serious consideration. It is impossible not to see what a change has taken place with respect to navigation.—(Hear.) I think that this country has a perfect right to consult its own security. If it were proposed to increase the military or naval force of the country for the purpose of aggression, we ought most seriously to consider the policy of such a course ; but, as to taking measures for our own security in the event of public hostilities, the last consideration which should present itself to the mind of a Minister of the Crown is, " What will other powers think ?"—( Hear, hear.) I should certainly not hesi tate to propose to Parliament, without reference to any other powers, what I considered necessary even for contingencies.— ( Hear, hear.) With reference to the dockyards, let me ask what was the state in which we found them ? The Noble Lord does not tell us that years passed without any measures of im provement being adopted. An Holt. MEMBER—Steam was not in existence. Sir It. PEEL—The improvements which are even now going forward make it desirable that we should not be hurried on to the adoption of measures, lest the money which we expend should be entirely thrown away. We have a perfect right, however, to take precautions for the defence of the naval arsenals and dockyards of this country. For the Navy and Ordnance we proposed this year an addition of 1,100,0001. in the estimates. I am placed, with respect to this matter, between two fires.—( Hear, hear.) Every word that I say in one direction may induce other parties to exclaim, " See what the Minister said in the House of Commons ; we must now have two or three millions more."—( Hear, hear.) I should be exceedingly sorry to see a race run between great powers—not a race in commerce and civilisation—but each increasing as far as possible its military and nava] force.—( Hear, hear.) There must be a limit to that. It is a question of the nicest discretion, whether you shall propose large sums for the army or the navy, or whether the effect will be to add to your rela tive strength. I know not a nicer question with regard to economy and to every other public object than the extent to which you will proceed. I hope, however, that this country will never depart from that policy which has secured its safety, namely, that of being strong as a naval power, and at the same time not attempting to enter into competition with the great military po'cers of Europe.—(Hear, hear.) Say what you will, this country wculd not be satisfied with the existence of a standing army of 100,000 or 200,000 men kept within our own land. I admit that the amount of military force is not sufficient now to enable you, consistently with due economy, to meet the demands which may arise; but with respect to our becoming a great military power, and relying upon having a military force able at once to meet that of other countries, except for the purposes of our own defence, that is a competi tion into which 1 trust this country will never enter.—( Hear, hear.) Ido hope that this country will always have such a degree of naval strength as will enable her to feel entire con fidence, in the event of hostilities. Then, with regard to the subject of local militia, let me say that I apprehend we have a demand, in case of necessity, upon a body of disciplined men amounting to 50,000, in whom we might repose great confidence. I refer to the Chelsea pensioners.—( hear, hear.) When I was Secretary of State twenty years since, I even then felt that the militia was in an unsatisfactory state, and that there ought to be some local force constituted in this country. The Noble Lord is aware that under the Act there is no prohibition against proceeding to ballot for the militia. The Act suspends the obligation to ballot, whic f would otherwise be imposed on the Crown; but, in case too necessity, the Crown would still b e able to resort fiat this force. I would observe , that there has been t f ars change in the state of soc i ety within the few which would probably ren der the _ theypreseo laws y not a exactly so suitable as they were, d n tss , u t l l , r e t e drrgo useful alterations . It is notn , might, perhaps, un o 11 ps should now en ter into any furth er explanation t., which the Noble Lor d has introduced. l am bound to content ssion as to the defencelessness of myself with stab log that his i mp ie this country is totally at variance with my OIA n. I speak not of that which concerns the public spirit and the honour of Englishmen—(hear, bear)—for lam sure that the Noble Lord will admit, that with whatever difficulties an appeal to the country might be attended, that appeal would be entirely successful.—((,beers.) Whatever may be required for the public service will be asked for without scruple by her Ma jesty's Government. lam sure the House will feels the ne cessity of placing this country at all times in such a state of security that it will not have to depend upon temporary and possibly delusive appearances of tranquillity, but there will be actual peace, without any anxiety as to the result of the imme diate occurrence of hostilities.—( Hear, hear. ) The Noble Lord said that we had fortunately a large surplus. But who is to be thati l atd for that ?—( Hear, hear, ana laughter.) We have a largo 6141 as ifz coaleveno of that iropiition of tax. ation which, besides giving us this surplus, enables us to take precautions for the security of the country, and to remit that part of our taxation which has appeared to us to press most upon the labour and industry of the community. Having a surplus, we feel that we cannot apply it better than by taking precautions against eventual and possible danger; and the increase of the votes for the Navy and Ordnance and the vote proposed with respect to the harbours of refuge show that, while we attend to the claims of the people to the remis sion of taxation, we have not neglected the precautions which we think necessary for the safety of the country. With respect to the harbours of refuge, this is the first year that any proposal has been made. The vote is purposely small, and I hope we shall not be driven forward too fast. Nothing can be more important than that we should take the best opinions as to the proper mode of securing the object. I take it for granted that the House is satisfied of the necessity which exists for those harbours of refuge which repeated naval commissions havere commended. The subject has undergone such fullinvestiga tion that there can be no necessity for any further inquiry. Dover, Portland, and Harwich are the sites which, as the re sult of repeated inquiries, are pointed out as the most appro priate for harbours of refuge. We have felt it our duty with respect to each of those places to take the opinions of the most eminent civil and military engineers as to the best mode of insuring to the country the greatest permanent advan tage as the result of the money expended. With respect to all these places, and especially Dover, it is of the utmost im portance that we should have the opportunity of profiting as far as possible by the opinions of those who are best qualified to give advice on the subject. These various matters are occupy ing the serious attention of the Government, arid if my answer to the Noble Lord be not entirely satisfactory, I entreat the House to bear in mind that I stand in a position in which I must appeal to their confidence, because I cannot state the par ticular facts upon which my own impression, as opposed to that of the Noble Lord, is founded.—( Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON said that he had not stated that the naval and military resources o f th e coun t ry were i n a l ess efficient condition than at any former period. All he con tended for, and he . did it on thr ee or f our groun d s, was, t h at such had been the improvement in steam navigation, that troops might be transported from one pa r t o f th e emp i re to another with the utmost facility, and the economy of the military department of the country was so mu c h i m p rove d f rom w h at it had been in times past. He had no intention of impeach ing the energ7 which the Government had shown in moments of danger, but he wished to prove that the previous organisa tion was defective, and that it ought, therefore, to be amended. After a few words from Sir ROBERT PEEL, Sir C. NAPIER said that they had at present at sea eight sail of the line ; but they, in point of seamen, were two rates below their proper weight.—( Hear, hear.) It was only the other day that the Gallant Admiral opposite found it ne cessary to increase the number of men in those ships, and lie could not have adopted a wiser measure. The Secre tary at War had stated, the other night, that no difficulty was met with in finding persons willing to enlist into the army or into the Ordnance, but he could assure the House that the greatest difficulty was found in inducing sailors to enter the navy. The Right lion. Bare net had also spoken of the state of their steam naval force. He could tell the Right Honourable Baronet that in this respect they were inferior to their neighbours on the Continent, who built their steam-vessels for an increased number of men and weight of metal, while they (the British) consulted only the rate of speed in their naval architecture.—( Hear, hear.) He (Sir Charles Napier) was glad to hear that there were 50,( 00 efficient pensioners —men able to bear arms in the country. He was glad to hear this, because they, with a little training, and the 30,000, the standing army in England and Ireland, constituted a sufficient defence against foreign invasion.—( Hear, hear.) The statement of the Noble Lord had taken a great weight off his mind.—(Laughter. ) MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords brought up several Bills. SUPPLY. The House then went into a Committee of Supply. On the motion that 80,300/. be voted to defray the superan nuation of persons formerly employed in the civil departments of the Government, . Mr. HUME advocated the improvement of the natural har bours of the country, that they might offer a better defence than hitherto in the time of war, although he was a man of peace and not of war, one hundred and fifty thousand ships annually entered and left our ports—a number perfectly astonishing when the smallness of the island was taken into account—for which there was no proper protection in the na tural harbours of the country. He hoped that the Government would assist nature, and devote a sum of money to what he had suggested. Sir R. PEEL thanked the Hon. Gentleman for calling their attention to the subject. The report of the Tidal Commission, and his suggestions, should receive due attention from the Government. Mr. P. HOWARD wished to say a few words on the subject, as he had attended a deputation front the Isle of Man, which had waited on the Right Honourable Baronet with respect to improving the unprotected harbours of that island. The authorities of that island were ready to devote a portion of their revenues, to this object if they were supported in their efforts by the Government. Independently of the advantages which the construction of harbours of refuge would confer on the shipping in that part of the empire, they would be im portant elements of national defence in the event of war. Mr. WILLIAMS said the persons who received the vote had in many instances rendered an important service to the country. They had received large salaries, which enabled them to save money, by which they might support themselves when unfitted for active service. Their support fell heavily upon the country. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 1,8501. was proposed for defraying the expenses of the national vaccine institutions. It was agreed to. 5,000/. was proposed for the Refuge for the Destitute. In consequence of a suggestion made by Mr. HUME, Sir J. GRAHAM proposed that it should be reduced to the usual annual amount voted, namely, 3,000/. for the same purpose. 'the vote of 3,000/. was then agreed to. The next vote was one of 11,800/. for the Polish refugees resident in this country. Mr. BORTHWICK did not w15t,'...0 increase the number of refugees, but thought some additional grant our;., .n be made. If the Right Hon. Baronet could by any remonstrance w;;l's the French Government prevent the transmissien of refugees from that country to this, he thought it would be highly desirable. It was certainly a very heavy tax on English benevolence, and money was expended on foreigners to which cur own poor had a prior claim, but there was no alternative for these poor foreigners but starvation, if Parlia ment did not interpose. Sir R. PEEL must decline making any remonstrance with the French Government on the subject, and he thought there was some compensation for the expenditure in the reasons as signed for the refugees coming to this country. England was the only country in the neighbourhood of France to which refugees would be admitted after being expelled from France, and the refugees themselves preferred England to any other country, as being able to enjoy the greatest toleration and liberty there."—(Cheers.) However, France was at present encumbered with 11,000 of these refugees—this country had 12,000, so that, in fact, the number was nearly divided. Mr. .1. ABEL SMITH said, that, it might not be out of place in him to remark upon the intelligence—the melancholy intelligence that had reached this city to-day, of another alarm ing fire in Quebec, by which 1,300 houses were burned and thousands of poor people reduced to destitution and suffering. He wished to know whether it was in the contemplation of the Government to alleviate the sufferings of these poor people. Sir R. PEEL said he had learned, with the utmost regret, that another calamity had befallen on a previous similar occasion. The Government then had done all that was possible for the sufferers, and be felt confident that on this occasion similar care and sympathy would be evinced. The people of this country had exerted themselves in the most creditable manner, and he trusted that a like benevolent anxiety would be now evinced. He thought, however, that Parliament should show its sympathy with their suffering fellow-subjects, and he would propose a vote for that purpose on a future occasion—the vote would, he thought it right to say, be not so much for the purpose of raising a sum as to mark the sense of the House.—( Hear, hear.) The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 4,9321. was proposed to pay the pensions of minis ters belonging to the dissenting congregations which had been formerly included in the civil list. Mr. HINDLEY proposed an amendment, t r the effect that 5,688/. paid to Independent Ministers be withdrawn. Mr. CARDWELL opposed the amendment and supported the original vote. The House then divided, when there appeared_ For the original motion 52 For the amendment Majority against the amendment 44 A vote of 2,146/. was then proposed, to defray charities, bounties, and other charges in Scotland. Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the vote. The vote was agreed to without a divi s ion. A vote of 1,329. was agreed to for defraying the expenses o the House of Industry in Dublin. 2,500/. was agreed to for the Western and Lock Hospitals. 1,500/. was voted to defray the expenses of Stephens's Hospital. 5001. was voted for the expenses of the Hospital of Incurables. On the vote of 33,264/. being proposed for Non-conforming and other ministers in Ireland, Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, according to notice, op posed the vote on account of its smallness, and proposed that no less than 306,0001. be devoted to these clergymen. Mr. WILLIAMS did not agree with the liberality of his Hon. Friend, and opposed the vote on the principle that no class of clergymen should be paid by the State. Mr. HINDLEY objected to the vote on the same grounds, and said that these clergymen could have very little depen dence on the effect of their religion on their flocks, when they looked to the State for provision. Mr. HUME suggested that after the passing of the vote no new recipients should be taken on the fund. Mr. WILLIAMS, said if the Hon. Gentleman would not press the amendment to a division, that he would do so, as his constituents objected to the State paying the ministers of any religion. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the vote Against it Majority .. —5B On the sum of 22,565/. being proposed for the colony' New Zealand, Mr. J. A. SMITH asked the Right Honourable Baronet for an explanation of the present position of the affairs of New Zealand. c r u R s s . i o P n E o E f L thatsai d s u t b h ;e t c t t . h is i w f a t s he n o H t o e u t r i a m b e l e t o G e e n n t t e l r e m i into a d S is i was desirous to open up the matter afresh, he would have an. other opportunity for that purpose. with the matter Mr. HOPE sa t o i d w t h h a i ct h t h h c e o e s n e o n u t r a vote ble G h e a n d t e n m o a t h n i n a g l u t d o e d d . o Mr. ROEBUCK said that this was the last colony which should be dependant upon them for support. If a little care ta ken in its management , s uch a vote as th e present would ' lr Y e er altogether ltogether unnecessary. It would be able to maintain itself. He would recommend, in New Zealand, what he would call a political survey by properly appointed persons, and in every district so surveyed, a power to be granted to every one, whether white or black, to register wa h s im s s o elf p , a w rc i e th lle t d be out i" in o to f y would recommend a general v c o o t u i r n a g i e, and when i t t o li the u a t c e o s t: n h t o r representative system. Let not this great question resolve itself into a petty squabble between the Colonial Government and the New Zealand Company, but exercise a broad and comprehensive principle ; and then there would be an end to those painful discussions which had lately occupied the time of the House. Mr. HUME said that the way in which our colonists had been treated all over the world required that Parliament should pass en Act declaring what rights should be enjoyed by the settlrrs in our colonies. He recollected the high hopes that were excited, a few years ago, when that colony was first settled, and he was much grieved since to find the evils which had clouded them, and disappointed so many. All the mischief, all the petty quarrelling and division in the colony had arisen from the meddling of the Home-office. Ile thought that no good could take place until the rights of the colonists were properly defined, and a settled form of go vernment conceded. Tb e United States of America managed their colonies in a different way. When they colonised a tract of country, they had it surveyed end snapped oat, and the set tlers hail a valid title given to thorn to the tracts of land allotted. Had this been done in New Zealand, a great deal of the evils which had overtaken that colony would have been avoided. lie iraylored the Right Hon. Baronet to interfere and ?make a pro ' per aettlanent of tha (I:withal, 4s u CU tiwtocl flit ;41 tie the rho red ,ers ne ials we ova near es of , and 7 less ro j e ct id th e lmos t I r, 121'e , frora g that , u t to temp' fence , 1 pr°7, is an d i btlesd Jet3l l quite ,at for wee, • been .both, ;thea,Y I p ut cite rSl Is yul," 6 " put ' 16e atil o.o ll ' l gill is iy hati t e t ho 66 10° 4 there' rs (l/ 1 PI -1011 In