The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-09 00:00:00

°log °II ge!..'` ..-- 4 HES filth 0 HOME CIRCUIT. SPOitTING INTELLIGLIsiCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The only bets la 7 d were 7 to 1 agst Bay Momus, 71 to 1 agA Vnlerian, 10 to 1 agst The Princess, and 11 to 1 agst Red Dein A very thin attendance. BRIGHTON RACES—THURSDAY. • Two-yrs old Stakes of 50 sovs. each; cults Bst 71b, fillie s 84 41b. Winners 31bs extra, &c. T.Y.C. (10 Subs ) Lord Chesterfield's fby Hornsea, out of Three (Nat) 1 Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen (31bs) Hon. G Ongley's Symmetry 3 Duke of Beaufort's cby Jerry, out of Esmeralda Betting -6 to 5 a-;st Duke of Veaufort's cult, 2to 1 agst Symmetry, 4 t 0 1 ag-t The Laird o' Coekpen, and 5 to 1 agst Dirce filly. Mr. Won by h a lf a length. Symmetry - a bad third. filer Majesty' s Pl ate of 100 guineas. Heats, Two miles. Ramsbottom's Pine Apple, 4 yrs, 85t 71b Lord Exeter's Elegance filly, 4 yrs, Bst 91b Mt Candle's Ace of Diamonds, aged, 8.4 M.,,,, as M r. J. Smith' s Q ueen o f t h e Che, 3 yrs, fist 81b 3 dr 4411 '. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs, Bst 81b Coranna, re cently sold to Mr. Collett for 1,000 Miens, was weighed f ir, but did nut venture to oppose the old mare, although she had only arrived a few hours from Salisbury. First ]teat-6 and 7to 1 was batted on Alice Haw thorn in several quarters, nothing else being fancied. The old mare led at a slow pace for about three quarters of a mile, and then, increasing the speed, and with it her lead, astonished her admirers by wr ong side of a tearingbe down th e hill to t h e l e f t , an d running post about a mile from home, fo r jokey, instead of turning back and endeavouring The save his di stance , i mme di a t e ly p u lli ng her up ! running was carried on by Pine Apple, !rho had it all to himself, and won by several lengths. tin returning to scale Lord Exeter objected to Pine 4 ,PPIe, on th e groun d t h at h e h a d ta k en an I ttlowance for not having won 501., whereas he won 60/4 his own stake included, at Newmarket, in 1843. The Flatter stands over, but we apprehend that case 4 in the book calendar, which confines the estimate of winnings la eases of this kind to the clear sum won, is decisive against his Lordship's objection. With regard to Alice Hawthorn's " mistake," a difference of opinion exists— P unta do not hesitate to stigmatise it in terms that we do not think it prudent to repeat, while in oppo sition, Templet:nen, who is a stranger at Brighton, de clares that he discovered his error the moment he had °°flirnitted it, but that he could not stop his mare in time t °, go back w i t h an y chance of saving his distance. Pity "e did not try. Second heat-4 to lon Pine Apple, Zhu waited to the stand, and won cleverly by a length. The Sussex Plate of 40 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes o f 3 sous, each. Heats, the New Course. Winner to „_be sold f or 1001. (8 Subs.) Mr. Dockeray's Molly Hogg, (Crouch) ......... gg' 3 yrs, 7st 51b ....................................... Mr. Di jonk's Beggar Girl, 4 yrs 7st 1 llb • 0 1 Mr. Shalley's Lydia Lang u i s h , '3 echanic 4 0 2 Lord Maidstone's At Mr. G. Drake's Aritzenyme, '4 yrs, 85t 0 4 - 0 5 Mr. Parkinson's Pet' Mr. Wilson's Dart, aged, Bst 6lb yrs, - Bst 41b 0 dis d yrs, 9st 41b The first was a Beggar ar r l ., ad s heat between Molly Nogg and isti%third was not run when the train left. The Prod o RY RACES.—WEDNESDAY. Ce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft. Mile and a quarter. Mr. Herbert's Antler The Wiltshire Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added. Two miles. Mr. r sS re ford's Franchise, 5 yrs (W. Day) I Orerbert'i Ajax, 6 yrs mr ll Majesty'S Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles. Th e alvis Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs walked over. e City and 15/. added to a Sweepstakes of 15 smile ous, each ; t h e winner to be sold for 100/. Heats, and a half. Mc. Br y's Mid nagland's !'Spring B o k, 3 yrs G eneral night St ar , 3 yrs 2 2 dr Yates's The Lord of Misrule, 3 yrs 1 dr INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. ABINGDON-1844. s , Acceptances for the Marcham Park Stakes. Mosq u e , 6 yrs, 9st-Lucy Banks, 5 yrs, Bst 101b sris Nue 6 yrs, Bst 816-Orion, 4 yrs, Bst 51b-Pine ..PPle, 4 yrs Bst 41b-Ajax, 6 yrs, Bst 31b-Bslissima, :„,gyerds,,B7sBtt3ll;--Artful Dodger, 5 yrs, Bst-Doctor Allen, 0 1 6- -Pharoah, 4 yrs, 7st 71b-Franchise, 5 1 01 b 7st 716- Discount, 6 yrs, ist 71b-Haitoe, 5 yrs, 6st ;I:Lib-Subduer, 4 yrs, 6st 101b-Glendower, 4 yrs, 6st -Jack Cade 3 s t 41b-New Forest Deer, 3 Yrs, 4st 716, Yr The Cl evelan D 0 NCA STER-1844. d Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft., 5 only IWglit if o declared on or before the 17th inst. sf. Bst 121b -T the .Whistle, 6 yrs, 9st-Prizefighter, 4 yrs, rueboy, 4 yrs, Bst 51b-Semiseria, 4 yrs, Bst ......41bp---)Gorhansbury, 4 yrs. Bst 41b-Aristides, 4 yrs, Bst sib h , c , •l iP, 4 yrs, 7st 101b-Princsss of Wales, 5 yrs, 7st 41h ' 14111 ini;0, 5 yrs, 7st 416-Little Philip, aged, 7st CSI 121 b Bello, 4 yrs, 7st 21b-Phenomenon, 4 yrs, 2 s t t 121b - Poor Soldier, 4 yrs, 6st 101b-Quebec, 4 yrs, 101b-Poussiti, 4 yrs, 6st 81b-Pride of Kildare, 3 Ps, Est 911, - s - -Mickey Free, 3 yrs, 6st 21b -Fitz James, ;is; era xplsst 121b-Joan of Arc, 3 yrs, sst 101b-Miss e ton, 3 yrs, sst 91b-Rowena, 3 yrs, sst 81b -4 gu " ,3 yrs, s st-Example, 3 yrs, sst-Deerslayer, yrs, p tvg ft. Th HUNTI NGDON.-TISESDAY, Ago. 17, 1844. The Huntingdonshire Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and T r s u e f b t o ° 3? Y 4 -Miss Luc3.yr,% if declared on or before Monday next. 21b B s t 131b-Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs, Bst yrs, 7st 1016-Naworth, aged, 7st 716 What, 4 ao4 s 7 a st 51b--Antidote, 4 yrs, 7st 21b-Pro 7st 11b--Syntaxina, 6 yrs, 7st-The Devil t ‘ n e - Tailors, 5 yrs, 7st-Subduer, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b P riu,"/ r t W . atty, 4 yrs, 6st 121b-Haitoe, 5 yrs, Est 91b -p Knight, aged, Est 91b-Donnybrook, 4 yrs, Est 61b .2;, ll tiler Mathew. 3 yr , , 6st 61b-Skeleton, 3 yrs, 6st 51b 3 -11 artshorn, 4 yrs, 6st 41b-Bourra Tomacha, 4 yrs, y st s l , 3l b - Retansosa colt, 3 yrs, sst 101b-Seaweed, 3 f a' '''st. 81 6-The Black Gentleman, 4 yrs, sst 71b-Lu ' " ) ,Yrt, 4st 121b-Eclogue, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b. The Ch elmsford AUG. 20, 1844. 5 e Chelmsford Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and Bl ac k only if declared on Monday next. A re drop, 4 yrs, Bst 101b-Wee Pet, 4 yrs, Bst 21b- 10 16 441 : 8 1 ; 5 3 rs, 7st 101b-Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs, 7st b --Th.: Wanes, aged, 7st 71b-Syntaxina, 6 yrs, 7st 116 3 yr, "L'evil-amo ng - the-Tailors, 5 yrs, 7st-Pergularia, a Yrs, 6 6 s s t ta . 111)--t Father Mathew, 3 yrs, 6st 711y-Crosby, Tlissio,, - , , -Gaiety,3 yrs, 6st-Lufra, 3 yrs, sst 41b. "‘..I)GE WELLS. TUESDAY, AUG. 14, 1844. Pat ehw ALeceptances for the Eridge Stakes. y s, Sat t 1, 10 5 7s Y t rs ; 81s2LlisrilaYiers, 9 st-Chance, aged, 9st-Hampton, Dahlia, aged, Bst 71b-Pincher filly, 4 0 b-p ai srnan, 3yrs, 7st 131b-Dart, 5 yrs, Tailors, 5 3 . rs r Play, aged, 7st 101b-Devil-among-the 7st 21 LAu Urespirig 7st 1016 -Molly Mogg, 3 yrs, 7st 71b- T h s, Est 101 b. 1 3 : r r s, 7st 61b-Young Lochinvar, 4 yrs, The Tr'IVEDNFSDAY, AUG. 21, 1844. Tonl icap of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 5 ft xi.-`4ticy Banks IF declared on Monday next. '''squ e , 6 , 5 yrs, 9-t---Vitellius, 4 yrs, Bst 71b- G yrs, 7 st „', L 'rs, Bst 51 b-Misdeal 5 yrs, Bst 516-Ajax, C ik'r ' 6 Y - r5, 1 7 1. ,:5 4- 6 ,Paddy Longlegs, ' 5 yrs, 7st 111b-Wind astoss 5 , The Artful Dodger, 5 yrs, 7st 61b- Portu ss 3 r s, 7st - Devil- ong-the-Tailors, 5 yrs, 7st- Ske , etori t : n si 4 yrs, 6st 1 01b- am The - Whaler, 4 yrs, 6st 101b ehssic rs, 6st 81 b-Idleness, 3 yrs, 6st 61b-Me- Trs lilask Ge ntle 3 yrs, '6st at 3 yrs, Est 31b-The Sitsib ...T r e i r, 4 yrs, 6st-Pryse's Venison colt, 3 Yrs, 5 St 51b. The Midnight Star, 3 yrs, sst 51b-Lufra, 1.4 u. AQUATICS. "%Ro t :l%T Boer- AQUATICS. AMONGST THE WESTMINSTER irlter eStln a E°lt A PAIR OF SILVER SCULLS.—A very an 41 . ,, g and admirably contested boat race came o ff Wer e nvil„.43? amongst the Westminster scholars. There sa y-brid ge llc ' ' °33Petitors, who as they neared toward_s om Pu ,. t; r ist ,to take their stations in very hands I 4ee.ructed wa ger - wherries, had a very pretty sir arr the st art, 1 Ile tide was running down at the time 0 ' es srs. G. C. Edgar& ~ A. Milman ~ C. T. We s t " W. G. Rich 4 Th. at „" E. 11. Glyn evenly t ' ll was very well effected, and they all . went off n th e e;') -ogcther. Messrs. West, Glyn, and M i lman, in i irse o 111.4 411 set,"' a few strokes, began to show an advance, W it h o ._ mi. ._ f urtu _b:rPat win, un s ,ft well to their work rowed beautifully, . and t l 'a r lv ~..''e ed • Glyn, who was expected to 4-art, it t '' ' "ent aground almost immediately af . ter the *hall „," b„ Ing his lot to have the inside pLice in Te in / 441 111 Qt water. West led down Wandsworth Reac h . elo,, e rl t - 4131 e, followed by Mr. Milman; but the party being t 1 i , (4 11 I,JilsrrieLtiler, Edwards' then began to mend his posid ft'4:We--„,""iz rowed into the second place challenge r tCh fj' , who was still leading o ff the steam-boat ie 44 agli; - " 4414 passed him, and then went consider abl y W 44 4 -Ile e Of the whole party, and won easily. There boa ts T"Y animated race between the third and fount °al , a hich ended in Niilman heating West by a lengt 3. • Th or kit %, e contest throughout elicited the approbation no witnessed it. Guidford, Thursday, August 8. THE QUI TAM ACTIONS. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE and a Special Jury.) RUSSELL V. LORD G. BENTINCK. This morning having been appointed for the trial of the above cause, agood deal of interest was created, and a great number of gentlemen connected with the turf were preseht, and appeared to take great interest in the proceedings. Mr. Platt, Mr. Petersdorff, and Mr. E. James, were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Peacock and Mr. Baldwin appeared for the defendant. Mr. JamEs opened the pleadings. The plaintiff in this cause was Mr. Charles Henry Russell, and W. G. S. Bentinck, Esq., commonly called Lord George Ben tinck, was the defendant. 'The declaration stated that one Jehn Day did, on the 31st May, 1843, by unlawfully betting on a horse race, lose the sum of 3,0001. to the defendant. and that he paid that sum over to him ; and that he did not, within the period of three months, sue the said defendant for the recovery of the money which he had so lost ; and that, therefore, the plaintiff was en titled to sue for, and recover, from the defendant, the said sum of 3,000/, and treble the amount, making altogether 12.0001. The declaration also stated that one Henry Hill had lost the sum of 3,0001. to the defendant, and had paid him that amount. The plea put on the record by the defendant was the general issue. When Mr. James sat down, Mr. Baron PARKE asked how they proposed proceed ing with the case under the operation of the new Act of Parliament? Mr. PLATT said the action was brought prior to the passimg of the Act. Mr.laron PARKE said that the case must come under that statute, for the first section was passed to stay all proceedings in all actions which may have been begun at the period of its passing; and the second section went en to say, " that in case an action or actions which have already been commenced shall be further prosecuted, or in case any such action or actions shall he commenced after the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for the defendant to plead the general issue, and to give this Act in evidence under it ; and thereupon the judge before whom such action shall be tried shall direct, and he is hereby authorised and empowered to direct, a ver dict or verdicts, and judgment or judgments, to be en tered for such defendant or defendants." The present case, added the Learned Judge, clearly came under the statute. Mr. PEACOCK said, that in consequence of what had fallen from his Lordship, he begged to say that Lord George Bentinck, the defendant in the present case, was most anxious that it should be tried, and he did not in any way desire to avail himself of the provisions of the new statute. Mr. Baron PARKE repeated his opinion that the statute was an answer to the case. Mr. JAMES said that the defendant had not pleaded this upon the record, and therefore, he apprehended, he had no right to fall back upon the statute. The only plea upon the record was the general issue. After some further discussion, Mr. PLATT said he be lieved the defendant had no desire to avail himself of the operation of the Act. Mr. PEACOCK said he had not. When the Bill was before the House of Commons, his Lordship had voted in its favour, and on his vote being object'd to on the ground of his being an interested party, he at once de clared that it was not his intention to avail himself of the statute on his three approaching trials. Mr. Baron PARKE (after a few minutes considera tion) said he would try the case and reserve the question of law if it should be necessary to do so. Mr. BOVILL then rose and addressing his Lordship, said that he appeared on behalf of some of the gentlemen who had been subpcenaed as witnesses for the plaintiff, and he should submit that his Lordship had no power to try the case. Mr. Baron PARKE said it was a novel feature in n court of justice, to see witnesses represented by a gen tleman at the bar. He had no doubt the Learned Gen tleman would give his clients very good advice, but the Court could not hear any argument in their behalf. Mr. Balm', then submitted that the action was alto gether susperseded by the statute. Mr. Baron PARKE said he should reserve the question of law, if it were necessary to do so. . Mr. PLATT thought it right to say that he did not suppose the noble defendant was in any way a party to this attempt to get rid of the case, and he could not imagine that he was in any way a party to the appli cation that had just been made. Mr. BovILL said that Lord George Bentinck was cer tainly not a party to it. Mr. PLATT had no doubt that nobleman was in en tire ignorance of it, but it showed the sympathy enter tained by the witnesses for the defendant, and the diffi• culties they intended to throw in the way of proving the case, which they had the power to make out. The ap plication that had been made was certainly one of un unusual novelty, and that novelty was increased by the Learned Counsel whom those witnesses had employed telling the Learned Judge he had no power to try the cause. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state that this action was brought for the purpose of putting in force an Act of Parliament which been con sidered a most salutary measure by their an cestors—its object being to suppress and put an end to gambling, and he thought the jury would agree with him, that where the humble gambler who used to infest the race-course was put down by the police, care ought to be taken that there were not others in the community who were permitted to commit the same act for which the others were punished. The jury he was sure would feel with him, that in this country the law ought to be equally administered to all. The c p twiu r no e ren s rke e : n d t t bu a action certain recoverti h o m n , w betna certain occfrotn3a brought oenooupie against , consequence ptoioe nfs his sb L Lord the which baev Derby nbaygd i George bne B laid e been in rn T h e r e m b n e t t i f g e a u t u p r o n n , hors an d madeume dupqubioteokas 1843. e p - e rac op i l n e g no h t ad onl a y ss for themselves, but employed others to go about and make bets for them, and amongst this class of persons there seemed to be a man named Hill, who was a general agent of the Noble Lord. In the spring of last year a well-known trainer of race horses, and equally well-known on the turf, appeared to have entertained a notion that a horse natoed Gaper, the property of the defendant, would not win the Derby, and he made two bets upon that event, one of 10,000/. to 100/., and another of 10,0001 to 1501., on the winning of the race ; however, it seemed that Mr. Day, the person he referred to, began to quake, for Gaper had very much risen in the public estimation, and he therefore became very anxious to what was called " hedge" the bets he had made against him. At this time Day stood to lose 20,0001. if Gaper had lost the race, and if he won, he would only have been a winner of 2501. Being anxious to diminish his risk, Day applied to a person named Hill, who was known as a betting agent, and eventually Hill laid him a bet of 20,0001. to 3,0001. against the horse, the result being that I)ay was in the position of losing 2,7501. if the horse lost, and of winning nothing if he won, and the only advantage he had gained was to diminish his chance of losing 20,0001 to only losing 2.7501. It would be seen from what he stated that the bet was made through the instrumentality of Day and Hill, and therefore these were the only witnesses who could make out the plaintiff's case. and the jury would, therefora, see what a difficulty he was placed in. If he succeeded in making out the facts as he had stated then he appre hended that the case would come clearly within the statute of the 9th of Anne. He should put the witnesses in the box, and if he made out the facts he did not see that the jury could have any difficulty in coming to the conclusion that the defendant was liable to the penaltiJs sought to be recovered from him ; and it was nit because the defendant was a Nobleman, and stood in a high rank of society, that he would escape the punishment, while a man less ennobled or less possessed of the world's means would have it visited upon him. The jury had only one duty to perform, which was to apply the law of England equally against the poor and the rich. John I)ay was then called. Mr. BoviLL—Will you allow me— Baron PARKE.—What do you wish to say, Mr. Bovill ? Mr. BovaLL—My advice to Mr. Day is to decline to be sworn. Baron PARKE (smiling).—What, Mr. Bovill ! Mr. PLATT—It' he refuse to be sworn, depend upon it he will be committed, even though you may a dvi se him to give that refusal. swllofrrn., as ßo he might viLL still commit lurg himself. urged h that se r f. r. Day might not be Mr. P loser isthe i h. of the bet —a loser is n ot liable LA TT : —l th l e r. pay winner only is liable. Baron PARSE e said lengthidhe wouldrul resedtehravte all objections. the witness tie. mr pay es must besworn,and h then addressed the Court, and asked whether his Lordship had decided that he must be sworn ? Baron PARKE said—Certainly. e. by Mr. Peters . Mr. Day was d ° rffHe e accordingly ste sworn and a h n e d ss t a he n examined sa race horses. trainer 7 0RFF—Have you ever trained horses fur S TA , _........e..„..„, the Mr.P defendant ETEa M m r r. . B ri o L v A i T LL T- - W Do h n y 'lnswer that question.—(Laughter.) mast ered •e "41. 1's th e °ll. TRAOR.—Our market is still firm. In Mr. 80 - mi.—Because the reply may be used against i 3 a good business doing, and for such as can be him. r oost (,i. „ooridiately rather highe r p r ices obtained ;but good (, f ~,,.1e spinners are stated i li tt l e on band. In questions ? They may be used against me, for lam pro- Mr. Day (to the Court)—Am I bound to answer these tto deer, ' the demand continues to be - exten!ive, with some 40. in , upward . of 4 4 , hl)i n _ , especially .in 7-Bth printing clot . ceeded against myself for this very same bet. h er intin ve cloth. For an ah . l iia tan t he,l;B.er lower Prices current before the arrival but the others you PARSE—You . need not answer . any question that is likely to criminate yourself, the w i s ° ne (IT!lie offering; but selle rs . are generally firm, Baron must. market le, vet , ' Position to submit to this reduction; and, o n . ..... 3 , y tittle business is doing in goods for the India Mr. Day—l have been trainer to the defendant,. but batßoen, `Qnclister Guardian, Aug. ° at b en - k 4 4, 4 0 /- h il er FL INN cannot say exactly when I discontinued to act in that ARKET, ...LG. -. good mEaLrket to-day, quite equal to Ai 7. A 5 Th r e capacity for his Lordship. I was his trainer for three — tha e t of or four years, and down to the last three or four years d . ltt P r esent Prices prices aiderak,-. 18 UPWItrdS. th z e is h r a ittle h chan e , but the tendency on- I knew his L , rdship's horse Gaper w hen he was ent . ere to run for the Derby in 1843. I did not entertain a a, 3 , ar f,ailure in the this ma nufac v t e urin a g d li e whic hlt w te is i f t ea c red, very high opinion of his capabilities, and did not think as Atitilti":.l.some others. The liabilities u a're variously stated e°o tinne:Y. n e g between 10,000/. and 20,0001. The wool market 'ould win. ra ' p AT .7Liady at last week's prices.—Manchester Guardian. he M c r. Bovim, asked if he was to understand that the -),.,.....'', XCCIDENT ON THE RIVER --On Wednesday PARKE—Yes. inliatiliancietween tw - ) and three, as a . number of fishing- Baron . . witness was in his Lordship's hands. NT Bow-creeeuk, wz oy t fu of the v 3 -ern, were oming up the river, when Duke of Richmond and Lord George if the crew , one °n to some mismanagement on the part now trainer to Exam . mation th co e ntinued—lient trained Gaper. He is th irkin g, ratl making . any -e nlish an the vessels named the Mary Ann, of Bentinck. I remember making some bets about Gaper. of another, and in attempting to remedy Mr. PETERSDORFF—Do you recollect pu rpo ._ ~ t e rope attached to a heavy block , used for the with Hill ? ar i d 0 7 I,lt. hoisting the mainsail of the Star Ann ave way, Witness—Must I answer that question ? IL • e 'flock f • , Struck Of !l t i l i e n .: s etevenso a n ll:n l g . estion that hoeullsa: shteatdheotfione t oi d the ' crew, g named i Baron PARKE—You must answer every qu him With sucha re not bound to time standing the v i t n e i yourself; but you r'verboarcr e a l will not criminate or that will be likely to sub- Nor ,_ and before any assistance could be rendered, u the answer any that will do so, • You this question. must answer it fellow was drown d ecution. ~ . 3 alm ost im .e . So sudden was the accident, that Ject y . ou to pros h bets with Hill. uen lg k n k , possible to have saved deceased, as, after Witness—l al seve ral the horse the u j•k °e , e° overboard, he sunk, and did again .• Mr. PETERSDoRIT—Had you any about , tiociAr.. ace of the water, although . rise to tion. G ? Witness—l decline to answer the Ties . r tinn ed 4 Rot a good swimmer. The aPe Yet been found . ,n- a bets with him in are fir, 4 sober and iridust • __cease- was, we are in- Mr. PETERSDORFF — Had you any bets question, as it 144 1 r Y t° find left • industrious man of his class, and has, we which you lost ? You must answer Qs , R wife and two infant children to mourn cannot criminate you. I Baron reatru—Yes, where y o u lost you must answer. THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1844 LONDON and YORK RAILWAY. A meeting of the inhabitants of the town and neigh bourhood of Huntingdon was held on Friday last, in the Town -hall at Huntingdon, in compliance with a nume rously signed requisition addressed to the Mayor, calling upon him to hold a public meeting to take into consi deration the railway from London to York. DENNIS HERBERT, Esq., Mayor of Huntingdon, in the chair. A deputation from the Directors of the London and York Railway Company having attended the public meeting, called by Lord Fitzwilliam at Peterborough on the previous day, and having there heard of the pro posed meeting at Huntingdon, three members of the de putation, consisting of Francis Mowatt, Esq., Deputy Chairman ; Richard Hodgson, Esq., M.P., and Francis Pym, Esq., accompanied by Mr. Rose, one of the soli citors to the Company, were present. The MANott having opened the business of the meet ing by reading the requisition, Mr. WDI. SWEETING proposed the following resolu tion :—" That it would be very desirable that the pro jected railway from London to York should pass as near to the western side of the town of Huntingdon as possible." Mr. Coocu seconded the resolution. The terms of it were quite in accordance with the opinion of the town. If the line passed anywhere in the neighbourhood it should be as close as possible, and the feeling he believed was unanimous, that it should pass on the western side. Lord SANDWICH congratulated the town of Hun tingdon on the prospect of a railway in their imme diate neighbourhood, but he had some objection to the wording of the resolution. He opposed the Blisworth and Peterborough line last year, which was only carried by a majority of one, from a fear that it w3uld be the means of preventing a more direct communication, and now that a chance, and he believed a certain one appeared of having a most impor tant line of railway brought into their neighbourhood,:he should be sorry that the town should throw the slightest difficulty in the way, by attempting to fetter the Committee as to which side of the town it should pass. All they were justified in attempting was to have it as close to the town as possible; but whether on the east or on the west, should be left to the Directors. The engineer was not present, and he had heard no particular arguments in favour of the western side. His opinion was that it mattered little whether it passed on the east or on the west, so that it was close. THE BANK CHARTER. The numerous elucidations that have from time to time appeared in the columns of The Sun upon the sub ject of the Bank Charter renewal, and the fallacious as sumptions of Sir Robert Peel, will receive further con firmation from a small pamphlet that has just appeared (and, compared with currency dissertations in general, it must be admitted that it is of a very novel character), entitled " The Monetary System, illustrated in a Series of Tables, by W. Vigo." These tables are calculated from the eighth of a grain upwards in juxta-position, showing the relative value of bullion, gold and silver, of this and all nations, to English standard value, and also the value of the nominal pound sterling, with suggestions for the correction of the present fallacious system. To the full extent of any particular theory advocated or propounded by an individual, we are of course not expected to go, but thus much we must avow, that Mr. Vigo is much clearer in his interpretation of various points that seemed to puzzle the great currency doctor himself when he so frequently vociferated to the assembled Commons, " What is the pound ?" " What is the meaning of the pound ?" " Why," as Mr. Vigo justly remarks, " not at once admit that the nominal ' pound sterling' is merely a breath, an order from Government, that from and after a given day the pound sterling shall contain so many grains of gold or silver (or both). Admit the fact, the truth at once, viz., that the pound sterling' ever has been, and ever must be, changed and altered to meet the state and circumstances of the nation." The effect of the erroneous value affixed to the standard, as regards our foreign trade, is rather aptly illustrated in the following extracts:— Mr. CoocH objected to the omission of the western side from the resolution. • Lord SANDWICH-It may effect people upon whose land it will pass, but it cannot effect the town. The Directors would be best influenced by the support the town afforded them. He hoped the meeting would largely support the undertaking by subscribing for shares to the extent of their ability. As far as he was personally con cerned, though his property would be most affected, he would only consult the interest of the town. He recom mended the meeting to agree to general principles, and then to consult with the Directors as to the precise course of the line. _ _ _ " It is most clearly proved by figures (queer things to quarrel with), that the nation is suffering in her foreign trade nearly as much from the error in her standard as from the weight of her national debt, together, as before stated, 18 per cent. within a fraction. Many foolish persons will cry out, oh ! but all this will be settled by the exchanges ; nothing can be so fallacious, it is only the , balance of the account between nations—the growth, manufactures, or produce, of a nation, can never be affected by the ex changes ; for instance, a demand for anything in any part of the world, say a famine in the Mediterranean, and two vessels shall start (the one from Myer, the other from Calais,) laden with wheat, and both arrive at their destination at the same time. Now, what would be the result ? Why, tht Frenchman ould be able to sell his cargo 15 or 18 per cent. cheaper than the Englishman, and would pocket a good profit, and return. The other not liking to sa crifice, must lay on a few days, till presently another vessel or two arrives from Holland or elsewhere, selling even cheaper than the Frenchman ; the poor English man, whom the natives by this time look upon as a cheat, who having heard of their famine came into their port taking advantage of their distress, by trying to force from them a price far beyond the fair value of the core, is at last compelled to cut and run away home, like a dog with his tail in a split stick, having travelled a great way to get himself punished. Now, what can the exchanges have to do with this ? So it is with all her foreign transactions—England is derided and worsted by every nation on the globe. " Now, in the year 1819 our pouniksterling, as before stated, ought to have been 103,891 grains of gold, in stead of 123,274. What foreigner will take our goods while he can get a profit of twenty grains on every pound sterling (about 154 per cent.) and no trouble ? We can sell him no goods by which he can get half that profit. " Further, to prove how very erroneous the views of our Ministers are with respect to the exchanges as before stated, it , is not in balancing our legitimate trade that England is worsted, that is a passive transitory thing, arbitrary and adjusting itself ; but it is in the standard or difference of value of the medium of other nations, that the permanent serious injury is done to the nation. To illustrate, I will take France, who is our nearest neighbour, but the same rule will apply to every nation on the globe. The one-franc piece of Buonaparte is 72 grains of silver ; now standard gold at 3L 17s. 100. per ounce, is equal to 1,972,384 grains of silver, which divided by the 72, is equal to 27f. 28c. ; but gold at 87.27, equal to 1,309, divided by 72, is equal to 18E 13c. Our exporters, therefore, receive 140 f. only, when they ought to receive 200 f. "The exporters receive 27 francs 28 cents., instead of 18 francs 13 cents.—this is at the extreme, 87.27 ; by way of illustration, to make it clear, the difference here is 30 per cent., if done at 103,891 grains of gold, which ought to have been our standard, it would come out 22 francs 61 cents, about 15i per cent. ; from all this it is clear that France and other nations can produce and undersell us in:any commodity, as before stated. " By sections 10, 11, and 12 of the precious Currency Bill of 1819, all restriction on melting down and export ing the coins was taken off. Having by the preceding sections raised the value of the said coins 12i per cent., as near as possible, above the fair and just average value of the last twenty years preceding, this was opening the floodgate for scrambling and gambling with a vengeance." The resolution was then put, with the omission of the words " western side," and carried unanimously. Mr. Mow Arr, Deputy-chairman of the Company, said that although he and his brother Directors were present more in the character of listeners, not having been in vited to the meeting, and having only accidentally heard of it the day before, yet it might be interesting to the inha bitants to hear the probable course of the line, so far as it was likely to affect their local interests. He reminded the meeting that the undertaking was in the hands of gentlemen of various interests, including many who were desirous of embarking their capital in what they consi dered would be a prosperous concern. It would occur to the meeting that those gentlemen who supply the ca pital were naturally desirous to consult the wishes of the whole country through which the line would pass, that if diverted from their original design, and led to incur additional expense and additional risk, in order to benefit this or that town, they would of course be swayed by the support given by the town requiring such diversion. Ile did not mention this to throw difficulties in the way. They might rest assured that wherever possible, it was their wish to pass near to, if not through, all the great towns. They could only hope for the large return the line was capable of yielding by securing all the traffic the line could supply, consequently the Directors were quite as desirous as the inhabitants that the line should pass near to, and wherever possible, through the towns. In so great a line (the greatest ever yet undertaken in this or any other country, and when they considered that the main trunk extended to a space of no less than 200 miles, and in no instance had so large a capital been required, he might well describe it as the greatest un dertaking of modern times) it was hardly necessary to draw the attention of the meeting to the necessity of considering, not merely the interests of a particular section, but the interests of the mass. The chief object was to secure the traffic; and the Committee of Direction, feeling the immense responsibility of defining the exact course of the line very early, sought for an impartial and independent authority. They came to the conclusion that it was the safer and more prudent course to instruct a man of the highest eminence in his profession to survey the intervening county, and leave the ease in his hands for decision. With this view they appointed Mr. Locke, whose name alone was the requisite guarantee for im partiality and ability. Mr. Locke had been engaged some time in considering the direction of the line, and the report would be received in the following week. He had been one of the deputation to accompany Mr. Locke in his survey, and could testify to the great zeal and attention he had devoted to the case. As he had thus become acquainted with Mr. Locke's opinion, it might be satisfactory to the inhabitants to know, that although the plan might be modified, he believed at present it was Mr. Locke's intention to bring the line close up to the western side of the town; but he must expressly tell them that circumstances might occur to modify that opinion, and that he was pledged to Mr. Locke, if he had occasion to quote his present intention, to do so with that qualification. He was pleased with the observations of 'the Noble Lord as to the inexpe diency of fettering the Directors, the engineers, or them selves, as to any particular course. The Directors would be swayed, as far as possible, by the wishes of the inhabitants, but any resolution of thews could not alter the question—if the engineer decided upon the east or the west side the e x p ress i on of the i r a d verse o pi n ion, however much to b e regretted, could not i n t er f ere w ith the decision. He c onc l uded by say i ng, that, notwith standing the advanc es o f railway commun i ca ti on , s u c h were the proceeding s o f t h e existing compan i es th a t, b u t for the present line, th e town of Hunting d on w as in danger of being left behind in the race of civilisation by lines being constructed to the east and to the west. Mr. DAVID VEASEY paid a high compliment to Mr, Mowatt, for the clear, abl e , and impartial manner in which he had explai ne d the views an d procee d ings o f the Directors, and movede That this meeting will give its cordial and st renuous support i n f ur th erance o f the objects of the London and York Railway Company," which was seconded by Mr. Ward, and carried unani mously. Mr. RICHARD HODGSON, M.P, was anxious to address a few words to the meeting although the subject had al ready been so fully and ably discussed. He tendered the thanks of the Directors to the Noble Lord who was ready to cede what might be his private inter est for the good of the town, and promised his hearty support on whichever side of the town the line might pass. An allusion had been made in very unfavourable terms to the line from Blisworth to Peterborough, con structingfe lt s om o b d y i ffitdheeoLo e o alluding o don conapelled to confess th at, unlike the Noble Lor d , h e was and Birminghamtothesubject, Coin f p o arnhyo. wasHe one of those culprits who had done all in his power to forward that Bill. If he could ever have supposed that the passing of that Bill would prove an impediment to a more direct co mmunication, he would have opposed it to the utmost. He had the most distinct assurance at the time from :611 parties connected with the London and Birmingham Company that it was not intended to pre vent a line from L ondon t o t h e nort h, b u t merely t o supply a communication from east to west. He was still willing to take that assurance for what he did then. He held that the London and Birmingham Company were bound, in honour to throw no impediment in the way of a direct line. By the assurances they made to procure support for their cross line they were bound, and if parties did appear to oppose this as a competing line before a Com mittee of the House of Commons, so long as the pro moters of the present line kept to their plan of the most direct line, he believed the opposition would be scouted by every Member of either House. • He was aware that reports had been circulated, and he believed perposely, to the effect that the undertaking had been abandoned, and others of a like nature. Active means had also been adopted to prevent a subseyiption of the capital, but he was happy to assure the meeting that they had been un successful, and he had no hesitation in stating, from ac tual facts, that not only would all the money be raised, but that they would go to Parliament in the ensuing session in the most flourishing condition. He was glad of the opportunity of publicly contradicting all these re ports so industriously circulated, and he could assure them of his full belief t h at the Bill would pas s th roug h Mr. PIM, one of the Dir e ctors , gave an account o f th e proceedings in Bedfordshire in connexion with th e pro posed line, land.ament in the ensuing session, and become the law posed line, and stated the large number of shares sub scribed for in places of less importance than Hunting. don in the early stages of the undertaking. After a short discussion the resolution was adopted and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. FEATHERED Tv/Drs.—About ten days ago John Campbell, of Rhonehouse, by Castle Douglas, discovered at Airieland, a skylark's nest, containing several young birds, obviously the product of a second hatching. On examining the callow brood, he was astonished to find two of tiorm bound together by a ligature covered with feathers, centred in, and extending from breast to breast. The said belt, pipe, or whatever it may be called, leaves scope for the action of the inner wings, so that the pair thus singularly united will be able to fly when fully grown, or mount aloft, trilling their matins, if permitted to eseape.—Dunfries Courier. SALE OF ESTATES.—During the last two or three months there has been a sale of landed property in Fife which is quite unprecedented. In that time there have been sold—the lands of Pitlessie, for 1 9,7501., to the Dowager Lady Glasgow ; Newbiggin, to Mr. Johnson, for, we believe, about 19,500/. ; Teuchats to the College of St. Andrew's, for 4,0001, ; Myreside, 4,0001., to Mr. Currie, Leven ; Pitmedden for about 5,000/. ; King lassie for nearly the same sum. Within a short period also the estates of Balgarvie, Radernie, and Smiddy green, in this county, have been purchased.—Fifeshire Herald. It appears to be universally admitted that the crop of wheat, which will fall before the husbandman in the progress of the next month, is the finest and most abun dant that ever stood upon British ground.—Norwich Mercury. Where you won it is a different thing, and you aro not f then bound to answer. Examination continued—l had no arrangement with Hill about any bets on Gaper. I saw Hill on the Derby clay at Epiona several times. I made bets with a good many people on that day about the race, but I cannot recollect who they were. I did not bet with his Lord ship about Gaper or any one else on his behalf on that day that lam aware of. I did not make any arrange - ment with Hill about " hedging" my bets on Gaper. I had no bets with the defendant about his horse, and I am not aware that anyapplication was made to his Lor dship on . the subject of any bets about this horse. lam quite certain I never caused any application to be made to him. Baron PARKE—Have you had no bets with the de fendant about this horse Gaper? Witness—None, what ever, my Lord. Mr. PETERSDORFF—Did you not make a bet of 20,0001. to 3,000 E with Hill about Gaper ? Witness—lf I answer that question I feel that I should implicate myself. Baron PARKE—Not if you lost the bet. Mr. PEACOCK—On behalf of the defendant I should object to his answering the question upon another ground. Baron PARKE—Very well, but he must answer as to any bet he may have lost. Witness—l lost so many bets upon that race, that I cannot recollect distinctly any thing about: them. It is impossible for me to say anything positive about it. Baron PARKE said that some particular bet should be mentioned. Mr. PETERSDORFF—WeII, did you not lose a bet of 3,0001. to 20,0001. ? Witness —lf I understand, you, my Lord, you said I was not bound to answer any questions that I thought would affect me. I think this one will, and therefore I decline to answer it.—(A laugh.) Baron PARKE—It cannot affect you to state Wlgat bets you lost. Witness—Then I lost a great many. They want me to say that I had this bet with the defendant, but it is not the case. I had no bet with his Lordship about Gaper. Mr. PETERSDORFF—I ask you whether you had not the bet I have mentioned with some one ? Witness—l decline to answer the question. Baron PARKE intimated that the question should le answered. Witness—l have laid so many bets that I cannot re collect them all. The Learned Counsel told the jury that I had had 10,000/. to 1001., and that I lost. Now, I want to know in what way lam to answer. I can not tell all the bets, I lost so many, but I wish to protect my friends.—(Laughter.) _ _ Baron PARKE—You cannot claim protection for your friends. You can only do so for yourself. Witness—l did not lay that bet myself, but I wish not to implicate myself or my friends. Baron PARKE—You must answer all questions that do not implicate yourself, and without reference to any one else, or how it may implicate them. Witness—Then, my Lord, I claim the protection of the Court under the fresh Act of Parliament.—(Laughter.) Baron PARSE (smiling)—But that Act is rather against you. The witness at length said that he told a person to hedge some of his bets for him, his object being to get out of the scrape he had got into by his betting 20,0001 to 2501. against him • and he said he thought it was a very good friend indeed who could assist him in this respect. He went on to say that his friend did " hedge" for him, but he was not present when he made the bets. They might have been made on the Downs or in the town of Epsom. After the race he gave this friend money to settle his bets, and he had no doubt that he did so. The sum might be 1001. or it might be 1,000/, but his betting-book upon that race would tell the exact amount. He had sought for that book before he came from home, but could not find it, and he did not know where it was. Mr. Gully arranged his accounts for him, and he gave him the balance. Cross-examined—l should say that the book I cannot find contained all the bets I lost upon that event, and, therefore, if I had won any bets the book would hav e shown it. lam not in the habit of keeping my betting books any length of time after they are settled. The money that I handed over to my friend was to satisfy a number of bets, and not any particular one. Some of the bets I settled myself. I laid bets against Gaper and hedged some of them myself. The bets on the Derby are settled on the following Tuesday at Tattersall's. All bets on the Dt-rby are " play or pay," and where a horse is withdrawn the bets are paid. If a horse dies bets are paid, but if his owner dies they are not. I have seen the plaintiff, but am not acquainted with him. Re-examined—l did not bring my action to recover back the money I had lost. I cannot say how much mo ney I paid to Mr. Gully. I have settled with Hill, and have paid him perhaps as much as 4001. or 5001, Mr. Henry Hill was then called, but he refused to be sworn, and said that his solicitor had advised him to do so. Baron PARKE said his solicitor had advised him very wrongly, and he must be sworn. The witness said his reason for refusing was, that he was a defendant in an action for the very same bet. After some discussion, the witness was sworn, and he underwent a very 1011. , ' examination, in order to prove that he had made the bet of 20,000 i to 3,0001. with Mr. Day, as agent of the defendant, but he did not admit the fact. He admitted that he had hedged some bets for Day about Gaper, and, in the course of his examination, he said that the amount of penalties sought to be re covered from him by qui tam actions were as much as between 50,01U01. and 60,0001., 12,0001. of which was for this very bet. He had never heard the defendant say that he had made a bet of 20,0001. to 3,0001. against Gaper, but he believed he had done so. Gaper lost the race. lle said that he received so much money at the settling that he really could not now tell what he re ceive, or from whom he received it. Mr. JAMES —Have you brought your betting-book with you? Witness—Oh, no, it is burnt. , . Mr. JAMES—When was it burnt? Witness—As soon as I heard of these qui tam actions.—(Great laughter, in which Mr. Baron Parke joined heartily.) Baron PARKE—I suppose your memory went with your book.—(Laughter.) Witness—Yes, my Lord. Mr. JAMES—Then you burnt your memory with your book? Witness—Yes.—(Much laughter.) Mr. John Gully was then examined by Mr. PLATT— He commenced by requesting the Court to protect him from answering any questions that might implicate him. He then said that he had not yet been served with any writ in those qui tam actions, but he said ho understood it was mentioned in the House of Commons that he was to be. He had known John Day for many years, and he asked him to hedge some large sums for him about Gaper, and he took a bet of 20,0001. to 3,0001. about Gaper with the defendant. He had several bets with other persons also about the same horse. He took the bet of Lord George, and witness himself was responsible for it. He did not make this bet for Day, but for himself. He subsequently let Day have that bet, but originally it was made as his own account, and not on that of Day.. Baron PARKE—Then we are to understand that you took this bet of Lord George on your own account, and afterwards handed the bet to Day ? Witness—Yes, my Lord. When I offered the bet to Day, he refused it for some time, as the odds were not enough for him. Al though, however, he eventually took the bet, I was responsible to Lord George for it, and if Day had not settled with him, I must have paid it myself. I may state that a circumstance of that sort occurred to me this year with Colonel Anson. I had made abet of 2,400/. to 300/ with Colonel Higgins. The odds were not enough for Colonel Anson. and therefore I had to pay the bet myself. I did not settle the particular bet about which I have been asked ' with John Day. I had seen Day at Epsom that morning before I made the bet with Lord. George, and it may have been in consequence of what passed between us that I made the bet. It is, however, not possible at this distance of time that I can tell whether I might not have made the bet without such conversation, but, if it had been in consequence of our conversation, it would be a very customary proceeding. When the race was won Day stood the whole of this bet. By Mr. PEACOCK—What I meant by the last answer was, that Day stood to me and I stood to Lord George. I alone was responsible to his Lordship for the bet. If either party to a bet dies, the bet is off, and if I had died, this bet of mine with Lord George would have been off, and vice versa. Baron PARKE—Had Day anything to do with Lord George about that bet? Witness—Nothing whatever. I was responsible to Lord George, and his Lordship was responsible to me. By Mr. PEAcoCK—If Day had died, the bet between Lord George and myself would have stood, and the re sponsibility of Day to me would have ceased. By a Juror—Then you must have paid Lord George? Witness—Of course. Baron PARKE—Then you took the bet for yourself, and not in any way as the agent of Day. Witness—Yes, my Lord. Baron PARKE—If such a thing were possible as that you were unable to pay the bet, would Lord George have had any remedy against Day? Witness—UndOubtedly not. Baron PARKE—There is an end of the case, then. The simple question is, whether, after what Mr. Gully has stated, he made the bet for Day or for himself ? Mr. Gully—Lord George would not have let me off in the event of Day not paying. I did not settle the bet with Lord George in a direct manner ; and, as far as I can recollect, I cannot possibly say how it was settled. I desired Day to pay part of the money over to Hill. There is no doubt it was settled, but I cannot tell in what way. Baron PARKE—Then you told Day to pay part of the money to Hill ? Mr. Gully—Yes. It is com mon to transfer bets. Baron PARKE—But the question is, whether you would have made the bet with Lord George if Day had not spoken to you about hedging ? Mr. Gully—Very likely not ; but I might. A Juror—Day stated that he employed Gully as an agent to hedge for him. Baron PARKE—Yes, he said so, certainly. A Juror—At the time of making this bet, did you tell Lord George that it was for Day ? Mr. Gully—No, I did not. Baron PARKE—Then, I understand you to say that whether Day took that bet or not, was dependent on a subsequent arrangement with him ? Mr. Gully— Certainly. By a Juror—l felt bound to offer this bet to Day in a friendly way. lam not a recognised agent for betting. Baron PARKE—Did you consider yourself at the time yon made this bet the recognised agent of Day ? Mr. Gully—Certainly not. Baron PARKE—This, then, is the state of the case:— The plaintiff in this action has to make out that it was with Day, or with Gully, as the agent of Day, that the defendant made this bet, but Mr. Gully sta•es that he made the bet on his own account. The plaintiff, therefore, fails in establishing his case. As to the pay ment of the money, there is reasonable evidence for the jury to conclude that it was paid. The jury then immediately returned a verdict for the defendant. There was a slight demonstration of appro bation, which was momentai ily repressed. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTII.—The Collingwood, 80, Captain Eden, is detained at Spithead, awaiting final orders to proceed to the Pacific. Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour is expected next week. She received a fine draft of men from Plymouth, brought by the Mercury tender, during the week. Sir David Milne's flag was still flying on board the St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, in Plymouth Souhd, on the 3d inst. ; and there was no present probability of the ship returning to her anchorage at Spithead, as reported. It is not intended to re-commission the Vernon, 50, at Sheerness, as reported. The Royal steam-yacht Victoria and Albert, has been taken into the basin to be completed for sea service, and is ordered to be rigged and stored by the crew of the Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant Tringham, which vessel is re called from the coast of Sussex for the purpose. Cap tain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence having made some ne cessary arrangements relative to the yacht, has returned to London. Her carved work is being regilded. The new steam-ship Firebrand, at this port, is at length to be commissioned, and it is generally believed that Captain James Hope will have the command of her. She is taking on board the necessary quantity of fuel and seagoing stores. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., was at Halifax on the 20th July, with his flag flying on board the receiving frigate Pyramus ; the Illustrious, 72, Captain Erskine, having been dispatched to the Havan na'', but was shortly to return, when the Admiral was to proceed in her to Jamaica. The squadron continued very heal thy. The brigs Waterwitch, 10, and Pantaloon, 10, will be completed this week, when it is expected the whole experimental vessels will be commissioned for a trial of their respective qualities. The Madagascar, 44, Captain Foote, recently returned from the West Coast of Africa, is paid off in Hamoaze, and the Vindictive, 50, Captain Toup Nicholas, will be put out of commission in this harbour on Tuesday. The steam-vessel Meteor, Lieut. Butler, has passed by this port, for Cork, to join Sir Hugh Pigott's squadron, and the steamer Dwarf, Lieut. Chamberlain, is gone to Woolwich, to have her boilers inspected, &c. At Spithead—Collingwood, 80. In Harbour—Victory, Queen, Excellent, Vindictive, Echo, Comet, Fearless, Victoria and Albert, and flag tenders.—Brighton Gazette. DEURT-LANE.—A sumptuous dinner was given on Tuesday last, at the Trafalgar, at Greenwich, by the Com mittee of Drury-lane Theatre to Mr. Bunn, their lessee, who intnuted from the Continent for the occasion, the chair being occupied by the Earl of Glengall. A LONDON GIN PALACE.—There is not in all London a more melancholy and spirit-depressing sight than the area of one of the large gin palaces on a wet night. There, th e h ome l es s a n d houseless miserables of both sexes, whether they have money or not, resort in numbers, for a temporary shelter—aged women, selling ballads and matches, cripples, little beggar boys and girls, 'layering idiots, pie -men, sandwich-men, apple and orange-women, shellfish-mongers, huddled pell-mell, in draggle-tailed confusion. Never can human nature, one would imagine, take a more abject p os t ure th an i s exhi bited here. There is a character, an individuality, a fa mily likeness, common to the whole race of sorts. The pale, clayey, flaccid, clammy face, pinched in every fea ture ; the sweeping, ferret-like ' lack-lustre eye, the unkempt hair, th e s l a tt ern s h aw l, the untidy dress, the slipshod gait, too well betray the confirmed drunkard. The noises, too, of the assembled topers, are hideous — appalling, even when heard in an atmosphere of gin— Imprecations, execrations, objurgations, supplications, until, at length, the patience of the publican, and the last copper of his customers, are exhausted, when, rush ing from behind his counter, assisted by his shop keeper, ho expels, vi et armis, the dilatory mob, drag ging out, by the heels or callers, the miserable drunkards, to nestle, as best they may, outside the inhospitable door.—Here, unobserved, may you contemplate the in • finite varieties of men self-metamorphosed into beasts — soaker, tippler, toper, muddler, dram-drinker, beer swiller, cordial-tiller, sot. Here you may behold the barefoot child, hungry, naked, clay-faced, handing up, tip toe, that infernal bottle, which made it, and keeps it, what it is, and with which, when filled, it creeps home to its brutal father, or infamous mother, the messenger of its own misery. Here, the steady respectable sot, the good customer, slides in, and flings down his throat the frequent drum ; then, with an emphatic " halt" of gratification, drops his money, nods to his friend, the landlord, and, for a short interval, departs. Here you may behold, with pity, and as much superadded virtuous indignation as the inward contemplation of your own continence may inspire, the flaunting Cyprian, in over dressed tawdriness, calling, in shameless voice, for a quartern of " pleasant-drinking gin," which she liberally shares with two or three gentlemen, who are being edu cated for the bar, at the Central Criminal Court. You may contrast her short-lived hey-day of prosperous sin, with that row of miserables seated by the wall, whose charms are fled, and whose voices are husky, while they implore you to treat them to a glass of ale, or supplicate for the coppers they see you receive from the barman ; and who are only permitted that truly wretched place of rest, that they may beg for the benefit of the publican, and for his profit, poison themselves with the alms of others.—Bentley's Miscellany. THE BoDMIN MURDER.—BoDMIN, TUESDAY. — Matthew Weeks, who was convicted here on Friday last of the wilful murder of Charlotte Dimond, has since his convic tion made a full confession of his guilt. He declares that it was not a premeditated act, but that when on the moors she stated to him that she was fonder of Prout than of him, and he then says that upon her telling him this he was seized with a sudden impulse that he would never allow her to have any other than himself, and he then cut her throat. He ac knowledges the justice of his sentence, and conducts himself in a very becoming manner. He is to suffer on MOndky e Xt. CURIOUS ARTICLE OF EXPORT.—The steam-ship Acadia, which departed yesterday for Boston, had on board a magnificent white satin gown and train, three, yards long, recently worn by her Majesty the Queen, which is intended to be introduced into some public ex hibition in America. --Liverpool Albion, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 8. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a peti tion from York, complaining of the unhappy condition of Ireland, and regretting that nothing had been done by Parliament to ameliorate the condition of that country. _ _ The Marquis of NORMANBY was glad that his Noble Friend had presented the petition, which had been originally ent rus t e d t o hi mse lf, b u t which he had committed to his Noble Friend, because he did not ex pect to be in town to present it. The Earl of Wicklow, Lord Ilawarden, Lord Redes dale, Earl Bathurst, and other Peers, were deputed to a conference with the House of Commons, on the amend ments of the latter to the Art-Unions Bill. The Noble Lords on their return presented in writing the Commons' reasons for not agreeing to the Bill as passed by their Lordships. A second conference took place on the subject of the County Coroners' Bill. OTAHEITE. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition, agreed to at a public meeting in Leeds, drawing the at tention of the House to the efforts of the Protestant Mis sionary Societies for the last fifty years in the island of Otaheite, and complaining of the violation of the law of nations by the French naval commander at the island. The petitioners had no wish for war between England and France, but they hoped the influence of the Govern ment would be exercised to restore the independence of Otaheite. He (Lord Normanby) could not agree that the temporary usurpation of the French officer should de prive Mr. Pritchard, the British Consul, of his right to the protection of the Government which he represented. He was desirous for the maintenance of peace, but he could not consent that peace should be maintained by the sacrifice of national honoiir.—(Hear, hear.) Ik could not say less in presenting this petition, and, knowing the difficult position of the Government, he would not say more. The Earl of ABERDEEN felt it necessary to make some observations in reference to the subject of this pe tition. Their Lordships would remember that, in March last, he had placed on the table of the House the corre spondence with the French Government in reference to the occupation of Otaheite, and he stated, and the Noble Marquis opposite agreed with him, that there was no ground of jealousy on the part of this country towards the French for extending their influence and colonisa tion in the Pacific. He had very recently re ceived assurances from the missionaries in Otaheite that they had nothing to complain of as against the French authorities.— (Hear, hear.) He would follow the example of the Noble Marquis and say no more upon the subject than was abolutely necessary ; but he must say that he did not think Mr. Pritchard was the less entitled to the protection of his countrry, because he had divested himself of his official character.—(Hear.) That was a matter between Mr. Pritchard and his own Government. An attack had been made in another place upon the present Ministry for their foreign policy. But the attack was of the less force, as the Ministers had the advantage of a vote of confidence from both Houses of Parliament. A Noble Lord in the other House accused the Government of sacrificing the interests of the country and truckling to France. The same accusations were made in France against the Govern ment of that country, that the interests of France were sacrificed and, that the King of the French was truckling to England.—(Hear). It could not be denied that there was a war party in France.—(Hear.) But he still be lieved that moderation and justice on the part of both Governments would disappoint that party in France, and the enemies of peace at home. The Marquis of NORMANBY said that he had no in tention of making a general attack upon the foreign policy of the Noble Earl, although there were some parts of that policy which yet required to be tested by experience. The Noble Earl spoke of attacks made on him in the other House. Now, it was very unfortunate that attacks upon the foreign policy of the Government were generally made in the House where the Foreign Minister was not. Under the Government of Lord Grey, the Noble Earl opposite (Lord Aberdeen) used night after night to make attacks upon the policy of his Noble Friend in the other House (Lord Palmerston), who so long and so ably con ducted the foreign affairs of the country. With this ob servation he would conclude, expressing his satisfaction at the tone in whi c h th e Noble Earl opposite had spoken of the outrage in Otaheite.—(Hear, hear.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE concurred with the observations of his Noble Friend as to the speech of the Noble Earl. But he wished to put a question to the Noble Earl on a very pacific subject—(A laugh)— he meant the conduct of the Spanish Government to its English creditors.—(A laugh.) As far back as 1834 a promise was given by Spain that the debt would be con verted, but that promise had not yet been fulfilled. The Earl of ABERDEEN said that was ono of the operations of Spanish finance, which possessed at the time a favourable appearance, and at first promised suc cess, but, like others, had led only to disappoint men t. H e was unable to say that at the present moment there was any materially greater prospect than there had hitherto been of realising what was expected from the financial operation of Count Orono. The Noble Marquis had most justly described the course which the Government was called on to pursue in questions of this description. He had truly said that this could not be considered as an engagement entered into between the two Governments—it was one to which, in fact, England had been no party whatever ; but that in. fluence which they had a right to exercise on the behalf of British subjects it might very fairly be expected they should put in operation, and he might say there had been no reluctance to use all proper means of producing an effect on the Spanish Government But the prospect of success depended much more on the opinion the Spanish Minister of Finance might entertain, as to what was due to good faith, and what the honour and interests of Spain required, than upon anything that could be done by a Foreign Government. At the present moment he could assure his Noble Friend that the Finance Minister of Spain was a man more likely to be influenced by large, liberal, and just views of what was done to the honour and interests of his country than any person who had filled that situation for some years past, and for that reason, he did look with more confidence than he otherwise should do to any represent's.- tions that might be made by her Majesty's Government. POOR-LAW BILL. Lord WIIARNCLIFFE moved the third reading of the Poor-law Amendment Bill. Lord TEYNHAM moved the insertion of a clause, as an amendment, giving the poor-law guardians, in some cases, a dispensing power to order out-door relief to the mother of a bastard child. He supported the amend ment on the ground that it would prevent the subjects of the relief being contaminated by the intercourse with the inmates of the workhouse. Lord WHARNCLIFFE objected to the insertion of the amendment, on the ground that it was a further in yasion of the principle that no person should have re lief out of the workhouse. He saw no reason why the mother of a bastard child should be made an exemption. The amendment was negatived without a division. Lord TEYNHAM proposed a clause to the effect that where a married pauper went to a distant part of the country to obtain work, it might be lawful for the board of guardians to give relief to his family during his absence. He thought it but fair that while a poor man did all that lay in his power to obtain work, rather than go into the workhouse, that his family should get relief while he was sway for this laudable object. He did not know on what grounds the clause could be opposed. Lord WHARNCLIFFE opposed the clause. If a man was honest and trustworthy he would have no diffi culty in getting work in his own parish. The clause was negatived without a division, and the Bill passed. DUCHY OF CORNWALL ASSESSIONABLE MANORS BILL. Lord WJIARNCLIFFE moved the third reading of this Bill. Lord COTTENHAM objected to the Bill, because the effect of it was to give up all the mines in the manors which had not been worked, whilst it provided no equivalent. He certainly thought that the Bill ought not to pass without its being distinctly understood what it was that the Duke of Cornwall was giving up, and what was the equivalent that he was to receive for it. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that the Bill had been under the consideration of all th© law officers of the Duchy of Cornwall, and had been approved of by them. He thought the Duke of Cornwall received great ad• vantage for what he had given up. The matter bad been well considered he knew, for be was one of the persons who had conducted the. negotiations on the part of the inhabitants of Cornwall—(Hear, hear)—with the Government, and the law officers of the Duchy were perfectly aware what they were giving up. Lord CAMPBELL considered the Bill was being hurried through the House with most indecent haste. If it had related to a private estate the Judges would have been consulted, but in the present instance no reference had taken place to those learned personF. Bills were now sent up with such rapidity from the other House, that their Lordships had no opportunity afforded them of making themselves acquainted with their contents. This Bill was contrary to every principle of prescription, for, although in other parts of England it was a principle cujus est soluni eju . s est usque ad cmlum, yet in Cornwall the right was horizontal and not vertical—the owner of the surface had no right to anything underneath the surface ; he had no right to work the mines. After some observations from the Lord Chancellor, in support of the Bill, and Lords Cottenh am and Montea g l e aga inst it, the Bill was read a third time and passed. The Grand Jury Presentment (Dublin) Bill was read a third time and passed. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT—POST- OFFICE. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented the :le cond Report of the Committee on the progress of the Houses of Parliament, and gave notice that he would to morrow make a motion on the subject. He wished to ask in reference to the Post-office inquiry what commu nications had taken place between the two Committees ? Lord COLBORNE said that he took all the responsi bility of the report of the Committee on himself, and he would answer for it as a frank and just report. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Commons' amendment to the Insolvent Debtors' Bill were agreed to. COUNTY CORONERS' BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved that the Commons' amendments to this Bill should be agreed to. Lord BEAUMONT opposed the Bill. He said he never knew a Bill which had the word " job" mere italically written on the face of it.—(Laughter.) The fees of the office of coroner were already adequate and there was no excuse for increasing the county rates, -to enlarge the incomes of those officers. The Marquis of NORMANBY supported the Bill, and hoped that the Noble Lord would not, through his excitement upon this subject, be himself a subject for inquiry in a coroner's court. After a few words from Lord REDESDALE, their Lordships divided. The numbers were— Contents Non-contents According to the usage of the House, the question was ruled in favour of the non -contents. On the re-admission of strangers to the gallery, «•n found their Lordships discussing the mode in which it would be most courteous to the House of Commons to communicate their Lordships' rejection of the Commons' amendment'. After a desultory conversation the subject was drop ped, but it was not ascertained in the gallery to what understanding their Lordships came. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES REGULATION BILL. The Joint-Stock Companies Ileg,nlation Bill was read st, third time, and some verbal amendments having been agreed to it, it was passed. JOINT-STOCK BANK BILL The Earl of RIPON moved the third reading of the Joint-Stock Bank Bill. Certain suggestions which had been made by the Nolsle Lord opposite had been adopted WS amendments i❑ this Bill. Lord MONTEAGLE expressed his satisfaction at the announcement just made that certain of his suggestions had been adopted ; but there were certain other amend ments which he should wish to see introduced. The Joint-Stock Companies Bill gave power to the Lord Chancellor, or Master of the Rolls, to make regulations, such regulations to have the force of law. Now that, he apprehended, would prevent the Lord Chancellor or Master of the Rolls from rescinding any regulations which they might have made. He wished also to di rect attention to an anomaly which existed between this Bill and the Joint Stock Companies Regulation Bill. By that Bill out-going directors were elegible for re election, but by this Bill it was enacted that a certain number of directors of such joint-stock bank should go out of office every year, but that they should not be eligible for re-election. Now, he should like to see the principle which had been adopted with regard to joint stock companies in this respect extended to joint-stock banks. It was necessary to the public safety that in all banking concerns there should be a continued and steady system of management ; and he should propose the emission of the words which prevented the re electi,.n of those out-goin g directors. MESSAGE FROM TIIE COMMONS. The Noble Lord was interrupted in the course of his speech by Messengers from the Commons, who reported that the Commons had agreed to the Lords' amendments of the Poor-law Bill, in the Duchy of Cornwall Bill, and-in the Dublin Grand Jury Presentment Bill. JOINT-STOCK BANK BILL. The debate on the above Bill was then resumed. Lord MONTEAGLE also objected to the regula tions respecting auditors. He thought that existing joint-stock banks adopting the regulations of this Bill ought to have their accounts audited by the auditors appointed by the Board of Trade, in the same manner as the newly -formed joint-stock banks. The Noble Lord concluded by moving, as an amendment, that the words prohibiting the re-election of outgoing directors should be omitted. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, the Noble Lord need be under no apprehension as to the regulations, for there could be no doubt but that the Court of Chancery possessed the power of rescinding its own order ; and it might make such orders as it might deem necessary from time to time. ' The Earl of RIPON objected to the amendment. The object of the provision was to guard against mis management by preventing the affairs of the bank from getting into the hands of a clique. With regard to audi tors, it should be recollected that the existing joint .stock banks were not liable to the regulations of this Bill. It was extremely desirable, however, that they should 1)1 induced voluntarily to submit themselves to its provisions, and he thought the advantages held out to them were such that many of them would be induced to do so ; but if they were compelled to submit their accounts to be' audited by auditors appointed by the Board of Trade, he doubted whether they would ever be induced to adopt the provisions of the Bill. After a few words from Lord MONTEAGLE, the amendment was negatived without a division. Several amendments were then proposed by the Earl of RIPON, and agreed to, and the Bill was read a third" time and passed. JOINT-STOCK REGULATION AND REGIS. TRATION HILL. Earl DALHOUSIE in moving the third reading of the Joint-Stock Regulation and Registration Bill, proposed some verbal amendments, which were agreed to. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. COUNTY CORONERS' BILL. Several of their Lordships were then appointed to manage the conference with the House of Commons on the County Coroners' Bill. After a short time, the managers returned, and The Earl of SHAFTESBUITY said that he had left their Lordships' reasons for disagreeing with the Com mons' amendments with the conference appointed by the House of Commons. IRISH FISHERMEN'S BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE proposed the third rending of this Bill, in which he made certain arnenc:rnents, which were agreed to. The Bill was read a third time and passed. The Irish Arms Bill was read a third time and passed. The Protection of Purchasers (Ireland) Bill was read third time and passed. ART-UNIONS BILL. Lord 'MONTE AGLE thought it would be better that this Bill should not pass at all than that it should pass without the amendments which their Lordships had Agreed to. Ile thought it right that all lotteries, as well as art-unions, should be indemnified with regard to the past, but he would resist the making of private lotteries legal in future. He would m we, that, as far as related to the proprietors of art-unions, that the indemnity should continue up to the Ist of October. The motion was agreed to. STANDING ORDERS. Earl DALHOUSIE moved that Nos. 223, 224, 231, and 232, of the standing orders might be rescinded, in order that others might be substituted in their place to enable them to carry out the Railways Bill. The objfet was that railway plans might be first submitt e d to the Executive Department of the Board of Trade, which would make a report upon them before coming to the Commit tee. This report of the Executive was not to be conclu sive. The alteration would have the effect of limiting the expenses of those who wished to promote railway schemes.—The motion was agreed to. The Commons' amendments to the Roman Catholic Penal Acts Repeal Bill were agreed to. A message from the Commons was then brought-by Sir George Clerk and others, that they had agreed to their Lordships' amendments to the Insolvent Debtors' Bill ; also a message that the Commons did not persist' in their disagreement to the amendments made by their Lordships in the County Coroners' Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned until half-past Three o'Clock to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS, Augtmt 8. _ The House met at Three o'clock. Mr. MACAULAY presented a petition from Leeda„ very numerously and respectably signed, stating that Christianity and civilisation were introduced into Ota heite by English missionaries, and praying the House to adopt measures to prevent French aggression there. Mr. B. COCHRANE presented a petition from Loll Dundonald, stating that he had a few years ago disco •ered a method for assailing and destroying hostile fleets, and praying that if any premium were allowed for the best method of effecting that result he might be allowed to compete for it. Mr. VYSE presented petitions from various places in Ireland,. praying for an inquiry into the State trials. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that he would, next ses sion, move for an inquiry into the Colonial accounts, with a view of making an improvement in them. • LORD ELIOT AND THE PROTESTANT CLERGY. Mr. SHELL said he would take that opportunity of correcting a mis-statement which he had fallen into the other night in speaking upon the motion made by his Hon. Friend, with regard to the Education Board in Ireland. He had stated that the Noble Lord, the Secre tary for Ireland, hnd a few years ago imputed the con duct of the Protestant clergy in reference to the system of national education to factious motives. On looking to the report of the Noble Lord's speech in the various newspapers, he found that he was incorrect. He thought it right, of his own accord, to correct the error he had fallen into, and he felt much pleasure in making this reparation to the Noble Lord for the error, which he regretted he had made.—(Hear, hear.) Lord ELIOT thanked the Right Hon. Gentleman for the explanation he had given. He would take that op portunity of reading to the House a letter which he had received in reference to an individual whose conduct was canvassed in the same debate. (The Noble Lord then read the letter, which stated that the writer saw with surprise, in the Morning Chronicle, the report of a speech made by Mr. M. J. O'Connel relative to the Bishop of Cashel, who was stated to have told a Protes tant gentleman not to employ Roman Catholics.) Such a statement was wholly without foundation. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BILL. i t t il w l a ) s tr a NmD moat unfair nf wasair opposed Mr. SYDNEY HERBERT moved that the Lords' thing amendments to the M erc h ant S eamen ' s Bill be agreed to. otsoepdretsos forward aßrdilal alto getAhderm. Admiral mea sure of this nature at this late period of the session, whi n the seaman had had no opportunity of expressing their opinions on the subject. They would, in the course of next session, have the table covered with petitions pray ing for a repeal of the measure. Mr. SYDNEY HERBERT said that the Bill had been well considered, and so far from the mi relents or seamen being displeased with the measure, he had re ceived several letters expressing their approval of it, and thanking the Government for having introduced it. Captain PECHELL, although he admitted that much misapprehension existed regarding this measure, thought it was most unreasonable to press it forward at the pre sent time. It was impossible to discuss it properly, or to ascertain the opinions of seamen and shipowners respecting it. It was very well for lion. Gentlemen op posite to say that the interests of landlords and that of agricultural labourers were identical—that fallacy had been pretty well exposed by his Hon. Friend below him; but the agricultural labourers were now beginning to be awake to their own interests, and to discover that their interests were concerned in having bread cheap,—(Hear, hear.) So the seamen were well aware that their in terests were not identical with the interests of the ship owners. The House of Lords, by one of their amend ments, had reduced the amount of remuneration to be awarded to seamen for loss of their provisions from one shilling to eightpence, thus depriving the seamen of fourpence. This he apprehended was interfering with a money clause, and was an amendment which the Lords had no right to introduce. He should wish the. Speaker to settle that point. The hasty manner in which this measuro was pressed forward waq calculated 1114 4 ► - t f a.D. The ;geo l. 0 0 . !tin Ci ng D' , , .v.' ea tb° ion *for • th ni ito .rt ,Istvt .a Po ~jests' 10 1 1 i :Pe r 4 urn' !SP° r , e!` nd '' ; we ll ;0 1 itice'l 30' th e oo re ot of og I