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Mr. S. NITORTLEY wished to know from the Right ._/lon. Gentlem a n the Secretary of State for the Home Departme n t, whether he would proceed with the County Courts Bill this session. Sir J. GRAHAM said tf.e Bill had been delayel in consequence of the' Debtor and Creditors' Bill being de tained so long in the House of Lords. Seeing On the order-book seven notices before going into Corn. mitte - c of Supply . , and having regard also to measures of great importance, which were still in progress, he con fessed that he felt obliged to abandon the measure for the present session. In reply to a question from Mr. BODKIN, Sir J. GRAHAM said the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the trust property of Queensborough had completed their report, but in consequence of the time for giving notice having expired, it would be im possible to legislate on the subject during the present session. Mr. AINSWORTH said he had that morning re ceived a report of the evidence taken before the coroner at Bolton, in reference to the bursting of a steam-engine. No blame whatever appeared to attach to Mr. John Brooks, the owner of the mill, but there had been very great neglect on the part of one of his servants, against Whom the jury had found a verdict of manslaughter. The Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill was read a third time. NEW POOR-LAW. The• House then went into Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill. On clause 22 being proposed, Captain BERNAL moved an amendment to the effect that justices of the peace appointed under the Munici pal Act shall be, ex officio, members of the • board of guardians. The Hon. Member said he did not intend to divide the House upon the subject if there was a strong feelin g against him. He threw his opinion out more as a suggestion for consideration than with a desire to cause trouble. Sir J. GRAHAM said he could not consent to adopt the suggestion which had been thrown out. After a few words from Captain Bernal, Mr. Christo pher, and Mr. Buck, the amendment was negatived with out a division. Mr. BORTHWICK moved another amendment, to the effect that every 'clergyman having the cure of souls Within the parish should be an ex qfficie guardian. Sir .T. GRAHAM objected to the amendment. Whea he considered the various duties the clergy had to per form, he thought their appointment as guardians would he inconsistent with their duties. _ _ Mr. B. COCHRANE said that in Scotland the money collected tor the poor was distributed through the hands of the clergy, and he, therefore, could not see why a clergyman should not be an ex officio guardian. He Should, therefore, support the amendment. b Sir WALTER JAMES thought the distinction drawn y the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State was a just and sound one. Mr. G. KNIGHT thought a great deal. more harm than good would be done by having the clergymen ex Vick) guardians. Mr. 'l'. DUNCOMBE did not think any person more suited to be ex officio guardians than clergymen, because they were best acquainted with the condition of the Poor. He should vote for the amendment. Air. AGLIONBY thought that a new light had come over the lion. Gentleman.—(Hear.) If he (Mr. Aglionhy) was not mistaken, the Hon. Gentleman had gone out with him and voted against the appointment of any guardians of the' poor who were not elected by the people ; now he thought that the clergy were the proper guardians of the poor.—(Laughter.) He was anxious to see the Poor-law carried into effect humanely and considerately to the poor. He hailed this Bill as a great amendment of the e x i s ti ng l aw , b u t h e was f or ame ndment only, and not for repeal. He never could agree, however, in the opi nion, th at the clergy should be dragged into official responsibility in connection with this Act, and he there fore must give his decided opposition to the amendment Which he had proposed. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he was charged with not giving a reason for desiring to see the clergy ex officio guardians of the poor. His reason, then, was this, that the clergyman of the parish was the best acquainted With the wants of that parish, and that the clergy gene rally were amongst the most lenient and consistent ad- 3 tinistrators of help to those who stood in need of it. Lord JOHN MANNERS said though there might be difiiculties in working out the suggestion embodied in the amendment of the Hon. Member for Evesham, still 't was one that ought not to be lightly disregarded. Mr. REDHEAD YORKE had the highest opinion of the qualifications and the humanity of the clergy, and of their fitness for the performance of the duties proposed, but upon the whole he thought they had better be left, as now, to the chances of selection from the, general body of their fellow-countrymen. Me. G. HEATHCOTE had exactly the same opinion of the clergy as the Hon. Member who addressed the house last; but his ground for opposing the amendment Would be the fear of making the ex officio guardians too numerous and powerful. After a few words from Mr. Cripps, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. Borthwick, the amendment was withdrawn. After a short discussion the clause was agreed to. On clause 23 being proposed, Mr. HENLEY called the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman to the painful circumstances in which the wives of convicts were placed in comparison with widows, and suggested that they should be placed on the same footing as that class of persons. After a few words from Colonel WOOD. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the clause imposed ao new hardship op a woman who was deserted by her husband. By the clause, she was ,to be treated as a Widow. The object of the clause was to prevent a woman, whose husband had been been convicted, or who had deserted her, from deserting her children. It placed her in the same situation as the father, and subjected her, if she deserted her children, to the same penalties. After a few observations from Captain PECHELL, the clause wss agreed to. On clause 24 being put, Mr. DARBY okiected to it, first, because he doubted its policy, and, secon:lly, that, in carrying it out, there rearsecurity to the parties whose goo ds were taken. °light there ought, lii the first instance , to be a ce rtificate Sir by proper inquiry as to the lunacy of the p art y . r d• GRAHAM said that the operation of the clause Would lead to what he very much desired —namely, that . there . parties were lunatic they should not remain in the union, but in a lunatic asylum ; for though that Might be more costly, they would be better taken care of. The necessity for this provision arose from an over sight in the 9th of Geo. IV., c. 40, s. 41. „Mr. DARBY exp l a i ne d, and considered the Right 'ion. Baronet had not answered the principal objections 'Aide by him to the clause. f B. COCHRANE opposed the c l a use, and ob j ected "-) the practice of keeping lunatics in workhouses on the same footing as the other paupers, a practice which had existed, to his own knowledge, for some years, and ,which the present clause was calculated to pe r p etuate. -they should be sent to a lunatic asylum. S ir J. GRAHAM said, according to the - present ste llate, the guardians could not keep a lunatic in a work "se for more than fourteen days, without incurring a Penalty. Lord EBRINGTON thought it exceedingly u nwise that the lunatic paupers should be kept in workhouses, 4 8 it tended to confirm or increase their. insanity. Alr. P. BORTHWICK objected to the phrase " dan gerous lunatic;" those lunatics who were confined in a W orkhouse, though harmless at first, would speedily be .e(mee " dangerous," from the necessary absence of proper t ,reatment, whilst, had the same person been placed in a Lu natic asylum, his intellects would be probably restored. • to . Lord ASHLEY quoted, from an authorised report, show that several lunatic paupers were confined in the Workhouses i n E ng l an d an d Wales. There were forty fourt in a workhouse in Penrose, several of whom were h v t _ t egerous lunatics, andthere were seventy - one persons o f li e Same d es cription in a workhouse in Manchester, many of Whom were . subject to fits of raving madness. The th (l rd " dangerous" in the Act had been interpreted in ree different ways. By some it was held to apply to Persons," by others to " lunatics," and by others to idiots." In the workhouse there was neither a medi- Vsupervision nor, any remedial treatment whatever. Was said lunatic , paupers ought to be sent to the asy -,a..te, but how could they , be sent there, when there were 4 ,000 l una ti c pau p ers in England and Wales, and the `tinatie asylums were only competent to contain 4,500? -- (Hear, hear.) In England the lunatics were generally disposed of in the workhouses, or in private or tublic asylums, but in Wales these unfortunate c r e atures ere treated worse than cattle. They were placed in 11t!ibles an d out h ouses , and chained in dark rooms ; some ~, -1 them underground, and where no man of feeling - would 1 1 4 his deg.(flear, hear.) If the cases of these unfor tunate lunatics were taken in hand during the first three months of their illness they might be treated successfully, b l e 4 after the expiration of twelve months the lunacy jc e . are, e confirmed, and cure became almost impossible. Wor khouses, was it true economy to keep those creatures in e r irhouses, for, as their disease became permanent, so eon expense of their maintenance became certain and en stant.—(Hear, hear.) Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the remarks of his Noble F end the Member for Dorsetshire were entitle d to the bravest; consideration. His Noble Friend h ad indeed r t ite utterance to a startling fact , that there were - cll.l . land 17,000 pauper lunatics, and asylums capable of a ccommodating only 4,500. Such a statement was Well entitled to the consideration of Parliament. In co . n- , si i r l ece of the report of the Metropolitan Commis %,""rs of Lunacy, it had been the intention of the con sideration to bring the whole subject under the th o f Parliament, which they would certainly do itt e ensuing session.L--(Hear, hear.) WAKLEY said though the expense of maintain te lunatic paupers in the workhouse was one-third less in lunatic asylum, yet as the Noble Lord had Sho rt remarked, that that economy would bell most p o r " - slghted, as well as selfish, which should treat those t h: r demented creatures on such a ground. He hoped ot . ?whole subject would be brought under the revision p os pliament at as early a period next session as was of • When workhouse authorities were desirous id tra nsmitting pauper lunatics to asylums, they were s l e fie asylums were full. So the poor creatures whose or es° had o n ly commenced were subjected to the t re :nary workhouse regulations, without earth or medical Gen tleman lauded the manner in which the Middlesex th s e c, e ll m , Hanwell, was oracred. lie quite concurred in v acin rearks of the Noble Lord, the necessity . of care 5 Cases of this description under bet Lthitnne earliest period of the dise P sZior 7 w ed h :11 Th ese things there was so little ovision at present. 9.:s ought to be guardedagainst. The Noble . s ct (Ashley) had promisedttheed whole subject promise, the House, and he mustobes bring u to p to handle keep thehis qui:erestiisoen,f_ormne man was more competent purr Part of i near. hear.) But he must not deal with a w ou r t he must , embrace, the whole, or the public be ct not be satisfied. The question involved the very Principle of hunlanity, and, as such, he would not wish to see it in better hands than those of the Noble. Lord. The clause was then agreed to, after a slight verbal amendment. Clause 25 was agreed to. On clause 26 being proposed, Colonel WOOD (Brecon) said this clause was to apply to the metropolitan district alone, and it was ! his wish that its power should be extended throughout ; the country. He proposed, therefore, to leave out the words " any part of which is situated within the me tropolitan police district, or the City of London." Sir J. GRAHAM was understood to oppose the amendment, but the observations which fell from him were wholly inaudible in the gallery. After a desultory conversation between Mr. Escott, Mr. Wakley, Sir J. Graham. Mr. Hawes, Col. Wood, Mr. D'Eyncourt, Sir Walter James, and Capt. Pechell, the amendment was withdrawn, with a view to Colonel Wood's bringing up a clause at the proper time, embo dying his views and wishes, and then taking the sense of the House upon it.— The clause was then agreed to. On clause 27 being put, which regulated the burials of paupers. some short discussion took place, when Mr. WAKLEY entreated the Right Hon. Baronet to postpone the clause, because he was convinced, upon con sideration, the clause would be reconstructed, and great misery prevented by it. He would state, seeing what he had, that poor creatures went about begging for coffins, and could not get them till there was a meeting of the board of guardians. In cases like these, burials ought to take place as soon as possible, because it was most in jurious to the health of the survivors, to allow the corpse to remain in a room where seven or eight people were huddled together. Sir J. GRAHAM deprecated the postponement of the clause. All the grievances of which the Hon. Gentle man complained would be perpetuated unless some pro vision was made for the burial of persons who died out of the workhouse. As the law at present stood, no parish was compelled to pay for the burial of a pauper, who died out of the workhouse. Colonel WOOD trusted the Hon. Member for Fins bury would not insist upon postponing the clause ; he might alter it as he pleased, but he trusted it would be made law that the board of guardians of parishes should furnish coffins to paupers. Sir J. GRAHAM was willing to leave out the words with respect to the pauper dying " without effects of suf ficient value to bury him," and by that means he thought - he should put anend to all objection. After some further discussion, Lord ASHLEY moved that the following proviso should be added to the clause :—" Provided always, that it shall not be lawful for any officer of any parish or union, or constable, to receive any money for the burial of the body of any poor person which may be within the parish, division of parish, chapelry; or place in which the death may have occurred, or to act as undertaker, for personal gain or reward, in the' burial of any such body, or to receive any money from any dissecting school or school of anatomy, or hospital, or other person or persons to whom any such body shall be delivered, or to derive any personal emolument whatever for or in re spect of the burial or disposal of any such body ; and any such officer offending as aforesaid shall be thence forth incapable of holding any office under the said re cited Act, or this Act, or under any other Act relating 'to the relief of the poor in England." The motion was agreed to after a few observations from Mr. BORTHWICK. and Sir J. GRAHAM, and the clause passed. On clause 28 being proposed, Mr. C. WOOD said, that, in his opinion, the au ditors ought to be elected by the Commissioners, and not by..the guardians. He also thought there should be a power vested in them, of disallowing sums of money levied for illegal purposes. Mr. S. WORTLEY wished to know what was the extent of the power to be vested in the Commissioners under this clause, and what grounds there were for making alterations with regard to the auditors. Mr. HAWES thought that the auditor to be ap pointed under this clause, should be a person of some standing where the district was large, and the accounts extensive. By this clause the auditor was to be ap pointed by the chairman, or vice-chairman of the dis• trict, and two guardians. Now, he did not 'think this was the best mode of obtaining a proper auditor. Sir C. NAPIER said the parishes of Marylebone and St. Pancras did not wish to have their Local Acts inter fered with at all, and they wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman whether this clause would inter fere with those Local Acts. Captain PECHELL said that he was alarmed at the interference of this clause with Local Acts. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentlemen would not allow a clause of this grasping nature to exist in a Bill to amend the poor laws. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not persist in maintaining this clause as a portion of the Bill. It could not fail to excite distrust and suspicion in those places which were under Local Acts. He objected to the auditor being appointed by the Commissioners. Colonel SIBTHORP would move that this clause be expunged. Sir J. GRAHAM said that objections of a very dif ferent kind had been . urged against this clause. The words of the clause would operate not only on those unions under the control of the Poor-law Commissioners, but where Local Acts existed. Some Hon. Gentlemen, complained that the clause would give too much power,. though indirectly, to the Commissioners; while the Hon. Gentleman the_Member for Halifax thought the Com missioners should have more power with regard to the appointment of the auditor. The Right Hon. Gentle man then quoted the report of the Committee bf 1838, to show that they thought the auditor was too much under the control of the guardians. If he adopted either of the opinions which had been expressed with regard to this clause, he would adopt that of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Halifax, whh thought that the auditor should be appointed by the Commissioners. Strict principle would require they should go that length, but they had not gone so far, and he hoped the Committee would not reject the clause. Mr. C. WOOD said that everything the Right Non. Gentleman had stated showed that the power of appoint ing the auditor should be vested in the Commissioners. Leaving his appointment in the hands of the chairman or vice-chairman would leave things pretty much as as they were at present, for the auditor being appointed by those persons would not be at perfect liberty to re fuse . auditing an illegal application of money. The Hon, Member concluded by moving an amendment to the effect that the auditors be appointed by the Poor law Commissioners, instead of by the chairman and vice-chairman of the board of guardians. Mr. DENISON supported the amendment. If the Hon. Member for Halifax would divide, he would sup port his motion. Mr. VERNON SMITH would likewise support the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Halifax. The principle of the board of guardians appointing an officer to audit the accounts, was contrary to propriety. The officer should be made thoroughly ihdependent of the board of guardians, and of all other local influence. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY said an auditor was in all cases appointed by those whom it was intended he should pro tect. He could not•see why the principle which operated. in other cases should not be allowed in this—he thought the rate-payers should have a voice in the appointment of the auditors. He would entertain great objections to conferring on the Poor-law Commissioners the power of displacing an auditor appointed by the poor-law guar dians, who at present did his business honestly and efficiently. Sir JAMES GRAHAM explained. • Sir C. NAPIER would oppose the amendment of the Hon. Member for Halifax. Mr. ESCOTT would oppose botl the clause and the amendment. Mr. RICE said the change proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet would be most offensive to the board of guardians, and he thought it was altogether unnecessary. Mr. DARBY thought the present system of auditing parish accounts was exceedingly inefficient.. There was no means of knowing whether the overseer had paid in all the money he had received ; but he must also say that he feared the present Bill provided no remedy for this defect. Mr. R. YORKE wished to know why the appoint ment was to rest with the chairman or vice-chairman, and not with the guardians generally. Sir J. GRAHAM said they did not wish to take away the power from the guardians altogether, and they left it in the hands of the chairman and vice-chairman be cause they were elected by the guardians, and not of the rate-payers. Mr. BORTHWICK would rather adopt the proposi tion of the Hon. Member for Halifax than that of the Government ; but he objected to the clause altogether, for he thought those who paid the money ought to have the power of appointing the person who was to audit the accounts. Mr. CHILDERS did not see how it was possible for the rate-payers to appoint the auditor. He thought the correct principle was to leave the appointment in the hands of the Commissioners, who would be swayed by no other object than the appointment of the best person. Mr. WAKLEY thought that the mode devised,by the Government, for the appointment of the auditor was a most clumsy one, and would . work in the worst possible manner. Ile would vote for the amendment of the Hon. Member for, Halifax, and afterwards hp would probably vote against the clause altogether. If the Commis sioners were to be retained at all, they ought to be made as useful as . possible, and they could not be made more useful than in auditing the accounts. Mr. PLUMPTRE thought the rate-payers would be much better pleased in having the appointment of the _auditor placed in the hands of the chairman and vice chairman, than in the Commissioners'. Mr. HAWES said he would support the amendment of the Hon. Member for Halifax. Sir THOMAS D. ACKLAND was understood to say he would support the amendment. Mr. R. YORKE said he could not vote for the amend ment of the Hon. Member for Halifax, because he was opposed to granting an irresponsible power to the Com missioners, neither could he vote for the clause. He would therefore do that which was more agreeable and Oanyenient to him, namely, to walk home,—(Laughter.) After some further conversation, the Committee di vided, when dim appeared — For the amendment „„ Against it _ _ _ _ hfajority against the amendment Captain nenErz moved that Local Acts be ex empted from the operation of the clause. gir JAMES GRAHAM saw no gr.:40145 RI-such an exemption, Thnd would oppose the proviso. Mr. WILLIAMS supported the insertion of the pro viso, and opposed the clause. MUNTZ said his constituents of 4 0 plgsses were ''• interference of the Poor law Cnip opposed id . , this clause. He trusted the missioners sanctioned - - • The pbjec- Government would reconsider the tions to the clause were not confined to Brighton Mu , Coventry, but were, he believed, universal. Mr. DUNCOMBE thought the preset clause was an underhand attempt to uhdermine local influence. It would make the new poor-law more offensive and objec tionable than it bad been before, The sooner the Bill was throlhn out the better. He could support the pro viso of his Hon. and Gallant Friend. • 'Mr. SHAitMAN CRAWFORD said his constituents vi ere oPpOSeette the clause. The House then divided, when there appeared — For the proviso 3B Against it Majority Mr. ESCOTT inquired whether a provision could not be introduced into the clause to exempt those places from the operation of the clause in which the auditing of •the accounts had given perfect satisfaction. Sir J. GRAHAM said that if the llon. Member could point out how the object could be effected, he•would have no objection to such a proposal. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— . For the clause Against it Majority for the clause _ _ Clause 29 was then agreed to. On clause 30 being read, a desultory discussion ensued, which was not understood in the gallery, and the clause was ultimately agreed to. On the reading of clause 31, . Captain PECIIELL objected to the powers which the clause would give to the parish officers. The Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Department, said that aggrieved persons had a remedy, but he (Cap tain Pechell) thought that the best remedy would be " Leave us alone."—(Cheers.) Sir J. GRAHAM said that if the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman could point out a mode in which his object could be carried out, the Government would accept of his assistance.—Agreed to. On the question that clause 32 stand part of the Bill, Mr. P. BORTHWICK suggested an amendment as to the auditing of union accounts. (The Hon. Member spoke from the Opposition bench, at the table, where his appearance caused much laughter.) Sir J. GRAHAM thought that a double set of au ditors was superfluous.—The clause then passed. Clauses 33 and 34 were agreed to without discussion. The House then resumed: On Mr. GREENE asking leave to sit again this day, there were loud cries of " No, no." Mr. DUNCOMBE complained that there had been no notice of the House sitting on Saturday. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had stated last night, that the House would meet on that day. Sir C. NAPIER said that silting again to-morrow was taking too much out of them.—(Laughter.) He also begged to observe that he had been impertinently shut out from the last two divisions. He was up stairs taking a little refreshment, and on running down when the bell was rung, he found the door shut. He did think some reasonable space of time should be tllowed, for to get down into the House now was quite impossible. Mr. DUNCOMBE opposed the sitting on Saturday. Captain PECHELL said the Right Hon. Baronet had gained all his points and carried all his clauses; the most objectionable parts of the Bill had been passed, so that he thought the House might as well sit to=morrow. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that at that late period of the session he must really press the House to sit to-morrow (this day) to go into Committee on the Bill, more espe cially, when, as the Hon. and Gallant Member for Brighton had observed, most of the doubtful parts of the Bill were already passed. An How. MEMBER asked at what hour the Committee was appointed for to-morrow (this day). Sir J. GRAHAM—One o'clock, and we shall sit until five. Mr. WAKLEY thought it was unjust, unreasonable, and almost opprersive, to sit this day. The Bill had been before the House many months, and had stood on the paper on many occasions when the Government had either neglected to make a House, or had permitted the House to be counted aut. The Right Hon. Gentleman had no reason to complainof the manner in which he had been treated during the discussion, and it was rather hard to ask them to sit on Saturday, aftei they had sat every other day of the week until two o'clock in the morning. Many of the most important clauses, those re lating to district schools and asylums, yet remained to be discussed. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not persevere. Sir . J. GRAHAM said if they did not sit to-morrow (this day), no progress could be made in it during the next week. Col. SIBTHORP did not like Saturday sittings. It was hard to call upon Hon. Members who really did their duty by attending in their Places in Parliament, instead of appearing in full fig, attending parties and drinking champagne—(A laugh)—it was very hard to call upon them to give up the only day ex cept the Sabbath which they had to devote to their private affairs. If the House divided, he should vote against sitting on Saturday ; but if the House should sit, and the Bill get through Committee, he should like to know 'when the report was to be brought up, as he had a motion on the subject. Mr. STUART WORTLEY, although averse to Sa turday sittings, would yet, under the circumstances, vote for sitting this day. Dr. BOWRING would vote for sitting on Saturday. Mr. WAKLEY said the special circumstances that rendered this haste necessary was the approach of the 12th of August.—(llear, hear, and laughter.) It was the same every session. There was always a delay in the progress of business until July. At the beginning of that month they became very bustling, and towards the end of the month, as the I:.'th of August approached, the rapidity with which they got through business was marvellous. Sir It. PEEL hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not discuss this measure tomorrow in a different temper to that which he had hitherto exhibited. He thought, under_ the circumstances, it was not too much for the Government to ask that,they should to-morrow resume this Committee. There was a great deal of business yet before the House, and there was every probability that the remaining votes of supply would not be obtained before Monday week. If the Hon. Gentleman flattered himself that he would be enabled to get away to the country on his grouse shooting excursion by the 10th or 12th August, he (Sir R. Peel) could only say that there was not much chance of his doing so. The Committee was then fixed for this day. ACTIONS FOR GAMING DISCONTINUANCE A - _ _. !", THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Lord . PALMERSTON said he would take that oppor tunity of explaining that he had put Hon. Members in possession of what had transpired in another place, and therefore, if there was blame to be attached to any one, in consequence of allusion having been made in that House to the proceedings in another place, that blame ought justly to be thrown upon him. He had certainly shown a copy of the evidence which was taken before a Committee Of the other House of Parliament to the Hon. Member for Weymouth, the Hon. Member for Man- Chester, and the Hon. Member for Finsbury. Mr. CHRISTIE said he had hall the copy of the evidence iu his possession, and while reading it the Noble Lord opposite bad alluded to the circumstance, and its existence of course then became public in that House, and he (Mr. Christie) was therefore justified in alluding to. it. Lord A.. LENNOX thought it was the duty of the Hon. Member to make some apology for the insinua tions which he had indulged in the other night against a Noble Dtxke. After a few words from Mr. CHRISTIE and Lord G. BENTINCR, the Bill was read a third time. CHAPLAINS TO HOSPITALS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. S. 0111-tit/sT stated that he did not intend to pro ceed with the Chaplains to Hospitals (Ireland) Bill . during the .present session.• Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL trusted the . Hon. Member would take more care in drawing up die Bill he would bring forward next session. The Bill' was then withdrawn. The Soup Allowances Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. _ _ The Protection of Purchases (Ireland Compensation) Bill went through Committee. Mr. M. SUTTON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to extend the powers of the Act for the appointment and payment of parish constables. The Hon. Member also obtained leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Act to amend the 'Laws relating to Loan Societies. Sir J. GRAHAM obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better administration of criminal justice in Middlesex. Mr. HAWES wished the provisions of the Bill had been extended to the other side of the water. He gave his general concurrence to the measure. Mr. TROT TER, said the idea of a paid chairman had been always completely scouted by the Surrey. magistrates. Mr. DUNCOMBE said he understood there had been Considerablediscussion among thQ Middlesex magistrates, regarding the propriety of the Bill. He wished to know if the solitary system were to be hereafter adopted in the county of Middlesex, according to the provisions of this Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM said proper means would be taken to secure the prisoners before trial. The solitary system would not be resorted to. _ _ Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM said he must now ask leave to bring in a Bill of considerable importance, the chief object of which was to define the nature and penalties of arson, in consequence of the numerous incendiary fires which had recently taken place in different parts of the rural districts. The. Right Hon. Gentleman then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to burning farm buildings. Leave was accordingly granted. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, the second reading of the Criminal Jurisdiction Bill hav ing been fixed for Monday next. The House then adjourned at a Quarter past One. Ladies travelling, or temporarily subjected to any deviation of equable temperature, will find in Rowland's Kalydor a renovating and refreshing auxiliary, dispel ling, the cloud of langour from the complexion, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the skin. The distressing and unsightly varieties of cutaneous eruptions are also promptly eradicated by the Kalydor. Spots, pimples, freckles, diseolourations, and sallowness, yield to its specific qualities, and are succeeded by a smoothness and transparency of the skin, giving rise to sensations pf the utmost pleasure and surprise. Belng universally preferred, its egnsequent great demand excites the cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who gip) the title of "Genuine" Kalydor to some compounds of their own manuraotavii, of the most deleterinus character, con taining mineral astringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellant action endangering health, It is, therefore, imperative on purchasers to se r et!Fit tife words otßowlund's lcalydor" are on the wrappq. All others are fraucluleni; cp , upterfeits ! 1.1 4 PPw , telpvOpip comet was 'cliscoveio at Bari on ha tith M. Victor llanyais. Its apparent posi at. midnight, at 2taris, oil .tlie Utli lad.; wa§ deg. 47 min. 8.6 see. AO. uec.=4s deg. 55 min. 59. A sec, 70114 a 44113' motion in A.R. of 1 deg. 34 min. 31 sec., and in Ptec. OfQ 4 5 . Tip, 9 sep. is situate i n the eastSlation 4ercßisVr FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at Buckinghara Palace, the 10th day of July, 1844, present the Queen's Most - Excellent Majesty in Council: Her .Majesty in Council was this day pleased to declare the Right Hon. William Lord H e ytesbury, a Lieutenant-General and General Governor of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. DOWNING-STREET, JULY I, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, Knight Commander of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the said Most Hon. Order. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 9. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major James Agnew to be Colonial Secretary and Registrai• for the island of Do minica. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint George Heylizer Aertsen Porter, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary and Registrar for the Virgin Islands. DOWNING-STREET, Jutr 10. The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., Captain in the Royal Navy, and her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the King of Greece, to be a Knight Grand Crass of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WAR-OFFICE, Rix 12. 17th Light Dragoons—H. W, Lindow, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hobson, promoted, July . 11 • W. I. Ander ton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lines, promoted, July 12. Scots Fusilier Guards—Second LieUtenant Hon. P. Bar rington, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Russell, who retires, July 12. 41st Regiment of Foot—T. Wilson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harding e, appointed to 53d Foot, July 12. 53d Foot—To be Assistant-Surgeons—Assistant-Surgeon A. Gordon, M.D., from 35th Foot; C. H. Fasson, Gent., July 12. 59th Foot--Lieutenant W. F. A. Gilfillan, from half-pay 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clay, appointed Paymaster 29th Foot; Ensign R. J. Lloyd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gilfillan, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet T. H. Paken ham, from . Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lloyd, July 12. 60th Foot— ro be Assi-tant.Surgeons—Assistant-Surgeon S. Macfarlane, from 3d Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon F. J. F. Payne, from 2dFoot, July 12. 61st Foot—To be Assistant-Surgeons--Assistant-Surgeon D. Lucas, from the 68th Foot ; W. H. Jephson,M.D.,July 12. 72d Foot—Ensign F. Brandling to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice James, who retires ; G. g. Mackenzie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brandling, July 12. 80th Foot—T. Fardrew, Gent., to be Assistant. Surgeon, July 12. ..Rile Brigade—Ensign W. J. Colville, from 4th Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, viee Barrington, appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards, July 12; Ensign W. D. M. Best, from 70th Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Webster, who retires, July 13. " Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain' H. W. S. Stewart, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, viceli. A. Aitchison, who exchanges, receiving the difference; Lieutenant W. Hardisty to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stewart, who retires; Second Lieutenant B. Venwick to be First Lieutenant by purchase, vice Hardisty ; V. Wing, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant by purchase, vice Fenwick, July 12. BREVET..Captain 11. W. S. Stewart, of the Ceylon Ride Regiment, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23. STAFF.—Captain J. Middleton, from Paymaster 2d Batta lion Rifle Brigade, to be a Paymaster of a Recruiting District, vice Francis : Wemys, who retires upon half-pay, July 12. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian name of Lieutenant Jones, appointed Adjutant to the 60th Foot, on July 5, 1844, is Douglas, and not John Francis, as previously stated. ~The. name of the Quarterma s ter appointed to the 81st Foot, on the 2ith June, 1844. is Charles Correll, and not James Carroll, as previously stated. ADMIRALTY, JULY 10. Corps of Royal Marines—Colonel Second Commandant J. Owen to be Colonel Commandant and Deputy Adjutant-Ge neral ; Colonel Second Commandant J. Wright to be Colonel Commandant of the Chatham Division, vice Lawrence, who retires en full pay ; Lieut.-Colonel C. Menzies to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Wright. promoted ; Captain and Brevet H. Mitchell, to be Lieut.. Colonel, vice Menzies, pro moted; First Lieutenant T. Lemon to be Captain, vice Mit chell, promoted ; Second Lieutenant A. Butcher to be First Lieutenant, vice Lemon, promoted. Commissions by the Lord LieutOnant of Yorkshire. Second West York Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Major G. Pollard to be Lieutenant- Colonel (Commandant) ; Capt. W. Moore, to be Major, vice Pollard, promoted ; Lieutenant S. Waterhouse to be Captain, vice Moore, promoted; Cornet H. Akroyd to be Lieutenant, vice Waterhouse, promoted; J. P. Edwards, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Akroyd, June 19. Bradford Troop of Second West York Regiment of Yeo manry Cavalry—T. H. Horsfall, Esq., to be Captain; Cornet G. Haigh to be Lieutenant ; J. Mann, Gent., to be Lieu tenant ; G. Addison, Gent., to be Cornet, June 19 ; C. K. Clarke, Gent., to be Cornet., vice Haigh, promoted, July 10. WHITEHALL, Ju 3. The Lord Chancellor has appointed H. C. Margetts, of March, in the county of Cambridge, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JULY 8. The. Lord Chancellor has appointed T. J. Maltby, of Cheshunt, in the county of Hertford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE FRYER, grocer, Alfred-street, City-road, to surrender July 20, at half-past eleven, and Aug. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Hill and Matthews, St. Mary Axe. WILLIAM ROBERT WOOD, dentist, Brighton, July 23, and Aug. 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lamb, Bucklersbury. FRANCOIS EMANUEL CARNEL DE LA MARCO TELLE, merchant, Fenchurch-street, July 19, and August 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; James, Basinghall-street. THOMAS GAUGE THORN, builder, Southampton, July 23, and August 26, at.twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, o ffi cial assignee, Coleman-street ; Fitch, G ra y' s I nn; Stace, S outhampton. SIMON SOUTHEY, cabinet manufacturer, South-street, Finsbury-market, July 29, at twelve, and Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Fre derick's-place, Old Jewry ; Wats o n. Worship- s t r e e t, Finsbury. HENRY WHITTAKER, - silk throwster, Macclesfield, Cheshire, July 27 and Aug. 16, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee. Manchester; Lowe, Sweeting, and Byrne, Southamptoli-buildings, London ; Brockleburst and Bagshaw, Macclesfield ; Slater and Heelis, Manchester. WILLIAM WEIR, iron merchant, Carlisle, Cumberland, July 23, at half-past two, and Aug. 27, a 0• two, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official' assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyn e ; Mounsey and Gray, Staple Inn, Lon don; Bendle, Carlisle; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. THOMAS BIGGS, woollen-draper, Bath, July 26, at one, and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra man, official assignee, Bristol; Whittington and Castles, Bristol. THOMAS GRIFFITHS, tailor, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staf fordshire, July .23 and Aug. 20, at half-past ten, at the Bir mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, 'Binning ham • Middleton, Stone; Hodgson, Birmingham. WILLIAM BOND, publican, Liverpool, July 23 and Aug. 27, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Nethersole, Essex-street, Strand, London ; Owen, Liverpo o l, JAMES ALEXANDER FORREST, glass merchant, Liverpool, July 23, and August 27, at half-past twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Johnsen and Co., T emple, London ; Grocott and Dodge, Liverpool. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. A. Clarance, potato dealer, Romford. J. Allanson, corn miller, Kirby Alalzeard, Yorkshire. W. Smallwood, pawnbroker's sbopman, Manchester. J. Birley, commission agent, Bawtry, Yorkshire. J. Fleming, carpenter, Halif a x. S. H. Sale, commission agent, Ashton-under-Lyne. F. Drake, machine-maker, Huddersfield. T. Arundale, colliery agent, Whitkirk, Yorkshire. J. Sibley, blacksmith, Luton, Bedfordshire. G. Wimshurst, carpenter; Chrisp-street, Poplar. A. Bray. perfumer, Poston New-town. R. Dauber, tailor,•Liverpool. H. Beasley, stone-mason; Walcot, Sotnersetshire. W: Rowland, farmer's aFsistant, Llaneilan, Anglesea. R. Higgins, meat-salesman, Newgate-market, R. Derbyshire, butcher, Liverpool. H: Laundy, law-stationer, Thanet-place, Strand. • J. Tyler, shopman, Walcot, S omerse t s hi re . T. W. Debby, cutler, Myddleton-street, Clerkenwell. W. E. Adams, painter, St. Chad's-row, St. Pancras. J. Friend, shoe-maker, Hytt.e, Kent. J,. Cottorell, beer-seller, Banbury, Oxfordshire. A. Hodg‘on, machine-maker, Bradford, Yorkshire. R. Isabell, builder, Swansea. W. Lewis, baker, Heston, Middlesex. J. Pickard, saddler, York. • H. Hustler, c lo th - manufacturer, Yeadon, Yor)lslticei, J. Forrest, victualler, Bradford, Yorkshire. T. Dallman, tailor, Newman -street, Marylebone. W. Blount, Seymour-crescent, Euston-square. H. Fowler, grocer, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire. J. Berenbnrg, commission agent, Southampton-street, Strand. A. Newcomb, cabinet maker, Albion-place, Walworth-road. D. Mendes, saddler, Middlesex -street, Whitechapel. J. L. Roberts, packer, Salford, Lancashire. E. Inns, North Moreton, Berkshire. E. Halinbourg, milliner, South Molten-street, Oxford-street. J. Turner, butcher, Newcastle-und er -Ly me . J. W. Barlow, coal agent, Liverpool. A Beaumont, fancy manufacturer, Gawthorp, Yorkshire. T. L. Rogers, farmer, Knockin, Shrop s hi re . C. W. Bond, eating - house keeper, Long-lane, Bermondsey. G. Garrett, sail cloth agent, Stockton, Durham. R. Copley, farmer, Broomball, Yorkshi re . G. Woodley, artist, Howland - street, St. Pancras. J. Fairall , stamper, Sussex-place, P ec kh am. H. Nodes, Viney-hill, Gl oucestersh i re. h ar o r a Y i e n i i ., an lirudenell4place, Sh ored i tch. ounnd H. , farmer e rta ke , r 0 e o Rober t-street, y s r A e e n t Chelsea. Gloucestershire. o , ese y R. Peters, labourer, Vtney-hill, J. Watson,, quarry J. Catt, confectioner, Gravesend. H. Archer, wheelwright , Brewood, Staffordshire. 1. Page, painter, Canterbury. W. Alcock, Burton Strather, Lincolnshire. J. Reynolds, joiner, Liverpool. G. Mather, organist, Bronti-place, Walworth. D. Duncombe, aoffee-house keeper, Drury -lane. G. Attock, coach builder, Liverpool. R. Jones, farmer, Wrexham , Denbighshire. J. Sawyer, coffee-house keeper, Stratford, E ssex . - - - - SECOND NOTICES. E. Bobbitt, house agent, London-street, St. Pancras, July 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J, Jenkins, painter. Praed.street, Paddington, July 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. S. Harvey, traveller, City-gardens, City-road, July 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. -R, Ackland, farmer's bailiff, Alapledurwell, Southampton, July 18, at three, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. Townsend, jun , undertaker's assistant, Charlton, Kent, July 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. T. H. Johnson, cigar dealer, Shepperton-street, lilington, July 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. G. Parker, cattle dealer, Norwich, July 18, at eleven, at the - " Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. plumper, §lop seller , Sr. Albanls, - Jiiii 18, et eleven. itt thP Court of Baukruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. E. Wilson, schoolmaster, High-street, Marvlebone, July 18, at. eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Tanton, horse dealer,,Gough-street North, gm's InT read, July 113, at eleven, al the Court of Ban kruptcy. 'A - sager, official assignee. ' • RoVihmin, Mot maker, Charlott e -strget, Portland - plate, Maryleboie, July 18 ; at elevep, at the Gontt et e llaiikrepfey ! Whitmore, official assigned. W. S. PreSton r broker, Rupert-street ; St.-James's; July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. W. Forty, horse dealer, Upper Slaughter, Glotweatershire, July 19, at twelve, at the Bristol Dist?-ict Court. Kynaston, official assignee. J. Rees, pill manufacturer, Led thatopton, Gloucestershire, July 18, at eleven, at the Bristol Di strict Court. Kyrnsttn, official assignee. T. Markey, egg dealer. Manchestc r, July 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Sta nway, official assignee. J. Wheeler, labourer, South Littlet on, Worcestershire, July 17, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. E. P. Walcam, lodging-house keeper, Bristol, July 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. G. A. Penton, commission agent, Chelsea, July 18, at eleven, at the Court ofßankruptcy. Whiti.lore, official assignee. G. Habbijam, jun., Cumberland-street East, Regent's park, July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Al sager, official assignee. J. Reed, boot maker, Cheam, Surrey, July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Riches, news agent. Norwich, July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. H. Dale, grocer, Worthing, July 19, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. T. Jeeves, bricklayer, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, July 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. W. Lillie, wheelwright, Deptford-bsiiigo. July 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Seager, nn,dertaker, Wood-street, Lambeth-walk, July 16, at twelve, at the Conti, of Pa Tik ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. . . . _ _ G. Kersting, schoolmaster, Broad-street, natcliff, Stepney, July 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. T. Basham. brewer, Fiel4ate-street, Whiterhapel-road July 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Tench - , Hanbury, Staffordshire, July 16, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. J. Hilton, clerk, Ware, Sornersetshlre, .fuly 0, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee. T. Carter, shopkeeper, Walcot, Sonsersetshire, July 16, at eleven. at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. D. Roberts, printer, Manchester, July 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. G. Powell, coal dealer, North Birkenhead, Cheshire, July 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. Doran, Liverpool, July 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool Distria Court ; Thrd Gffjcial gsgignee, J. Rae, Liverpo o l, July 16, at half-past twelve, at the Li verpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. W. H. Jones, cordwainer, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, July 17, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court, Val y, ()facial assipee. W. Francis, farm steward, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, July 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. Middle, jun., b►ltter dealer, Midsomer Norton, Somer setahire, July 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. • DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. H. Alden, stationer, Oxford, August 6, at eleven—J. Hard ley, miller, Newport, Isle of Wight, August G, at half-past eleven—F. J. Manning, money- scrivener, Dyer's-buildings, City, August 2, at half-past twelve. In the Country. R. Hine, grocer, Sutton, Macclesfield, August 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—X. Glover, jun„ ironmon ger, Leicester, August 20, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. H. Alden, stationer, Oxford, August 6.—E. 13rennand, ironmonger, Highgate, August 5—E. Hodson, linen-draper, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, August 3—W. Parsons, grocer, Southampton, August 3—S. Bache, builder, Milford Cot tages, Peckham, Surrey, August 2—W. Monk, jun., currier, Nottingham, August 3—J. Owen and S. Owen, merchants, Sheffield, August 7—G. F. Wright, innkeeper, Ma leley, Shropshire, August 5—J. Howarth, cotton-spinner, Lee Mill, Bacup, Lancashire, August 2—J. Deakins, horse-dealer, Elmley Castle, Worcestershiro, August 2—J. Pritchard, iron founder, Witney, Oxfordshire, August 2—J. J. I. Syer, un dertaker, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, A ugust 2—J. P a l mer, draper, Lynn, Norfolk, August 2—S. Fuller, warehouseman, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, August 2—J. Hudson, leather-seller, Fore-street, City, August 2—G. E. Phillips, saddler, Ply mouth, August 2—H. Cleeve, cow-keeper, Rettendon, Essex, August 2.—W. Nichol', spinner, Halifax, Yorkshire, August 2 —W. Emmins, builder, Montpelier-row, Brompton, August 2 —J. H. Roby, coffeehouse-keeper, Manchester, August 2 W. Hubbuck, pawnbroker, South Shields, Durham, Aug. 2. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. W. Gittens and W. Gittens, cabinet-makers, Camden town—D. Ainsworth and C. Edmonstone, fustian-manufac turers, Manchester—J. Knott and J. Crowther, smiths, Ash ton-under-Lyne, Lancashire—T. Case, A. Kurtz, J. A. Case, and J. G. Morris, tar-distillers, Liverpool—J. Buston and W. Parsons, upholsterers, Maidstone, Kent—E. Lees and W. Bowring, coal-merchants, Oldham, Lancashire—J. Hopps and J. Scott; worsted-spinners, Wakefield, Yorkshire—S. Risley and F. P. Chappell, solicitors, Chancery-chambers, Quality• court. Chancery-lane—D. Edmunds and S. Leigh, maltsters, Bristol—J. Treffry, J. Treffry, jun., and G. Frean, biscuit bakers, Plymouth—S. Baker, T. Phillpotts, W. M. de Charms, and S. W. Baker, West India merchants, Fenchurch-street, City—T. Phillpotts and A. H. Phillpotts, commission-mer chants, Gloucester—R. Currey and W. Kirk, snuff-manufac turers, Fleet-street—L. Kenyon, and J. Kenyon, manufac turers, Hinchliff Mill, Holmfirth, Yorkshire—R. Lambe and D. Fraser, importers of mineral waters, Great Prescot-street, Middlesex—H. Withers and J. B. Denton, surveyors, South ampten—R. Wilkinson, R. Holt, and G. Smith, calico printers, Manchester—C. Barnes and T. Pratt, livery-stable keepers, Southampton—W. Wanklin and T. B. Stallard, wine merchants, Leominster—A. Ranwell and E. Browning, Nor ton Folgate, City—C. T. fropkinsen and W. Harris, tailors, Lamb's Conduit-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. RODERICK MACKENZIE, writer to the signet, Edin burgh, July 17, and Aug. 7, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee•honse,Edinburgh. Rev. ALEXANDER SCOTT, Colinsburgh, Fifeshire, July 19 and Aug. 9, at two, at Mrs. Ronald's Inn, Colinsburgh. ROBERT ALLARDICE and JAMES LAUGHTON, booksellers, Kirkgate, Leith, July 16, and Aug. 6, at two, at the Chambers of John Murdoch, Leith. PRICE OF SUGAR. Tke Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending July 9, 1844, is 335. Bd. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSUR.• ANCE COMPANY. GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of the UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, held in their Office, No. 8, Waterloo-place, the sth of July, 1844. Hananel de Castro, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Directors, in the chair. The annual reports of the affairs of the Company for the year 1843, required by their deed of settlement, having been laid before the meeting and approved, Mr. Stuart expressed the great satisfaction with which the Directors again met the Shareholders, to have an oppor tunity to explain to them the very favourable progFess of their affair s . l s tl y . Th e assurances e ff ecte d during'the year 1843 amounted to above 350,0001., more by above 60,000/. than in 1842. 2dly. The premiums of assu rance were greater by 7,7731. in 1843 than in 1842. 3dly. The increase of the funds of the Company in 1843 amounted to 26,6451. And, 4thly, the report of their Actuary, Mr. King, showed that the number of deaths of the assured since the establishment of the Company in 1834 had only been 136, instead of 238, the number provided for by the tables of the Equitable Society. It would also be gratifying to the Proprietors to learn, that the amount of assurances effected in the first half of the year 1844, was greater by 35,142/. than in the first half-year of 1843; that the premiums of assurance were proportionally gre tter to the extent of •1,064 L, and also that the annual income of the Company, at 30th June, 1844, as nearly as it can be ascertained, was 72,1701. The general result on which Mr. Stuart congratulated the Shareholders, is, that in about ten years the paid-up capital of the Company, all of which is invested in Government 'securities, had been far more than quad rupled after payment of all claims and expenses, after appropriating a bonus of two per cent. per annum from the dates of their policies to the assured holding par 'ticipating poliCies, and after payment to the Shareholders of half-yearly dividends, at the rate of fed' per cent. per annum, from the dates of their advances to Ist January, 1841, and of six per cent. from that date. The meeting would also, Mr. Stuart added, be glad to know, that the Directors had secured the additional accommodation required fOr the office bearers and clerks, in consequence of the increasing transactions of the Company, by the acquisition of the premises adjoining to those of the CoMpany, now in the occupation of the London and Westminster Bank, to be ceded by the latter on removing their establishment to a house in the neigh-_ bourhood now preparing for them. Mr. de Casto, the Chairman of the Meeting, expressed his ontire concurrence in Mr. Stuart's statements, and confirmed the view of the affairs of the Company laid before the meeting. He congratulated the shareholders, that there were good grounds for their believing that their affairs were managed with caution, prudence, and judgment. The meeting unanimously approved of the reports made to them, and voted .:their thanks to the Chairman, Deputy-Chairman, and Directors, and zaost espeeially to Mr. Edward Boyd, the Resident Director sad the Founder of the Company, to whose unceasing exertions and to the talent he had displayed, the Company was under the deepest obligations. The thanks of the meeting having then been voted to Mr. de Castro for his conduct in the chair, the meeting separated. PLEASING RESULTS.—With the gaiety assumed by nature in the brightness of the summer season there are few disinclined to participate; and in pursuit of those rational enjoyments personal 9remens, in all their variety, are necessarily objects of desire—those, of which the perfection and durability are at once obvious and important, meet their most available preservative in Lowland's Lotion; first, as a decided remedy fur all cutaneous impurities • and, secondly, as a n e l egan t, mi ld , and effective appendage to the toilet, removing every species of local discolouration, defending the skin from all the well-known effects of heat upon its surface, and as contributing largely to continued delicacy and fresh ness of the complexion. THE UNKINDEST CUT op ALL.—Mr. Roebuck has been abusing in Parliament the daily press. What, in the Hanle of pity, have we done that we are not included in the lion. Member's abuse ?—Punch. BENNNVIS WHISKY.—In a late number of our paper an account appeared of the sale of the wines, spirits, &c., of the late Duke of Sussex, in which it was stated that two dozen of whisky, presented to. his Royal Highness by one of our Scotch Members of Parliament, sold fqr - 19§t ptr. toile, The whisky, for which this linPrPeetiOnted prioe was given, we now learn, was made by Mr. Macdonald of the . Bennevis Distillery, and, though only a few years old, was preferred to t.i t e. ent other celebrated old whiskies, sotae of thepqrja4,al age of twenty-five, in his Royal Eiglinese Cellar. The dew of Bennevis, ao famous' among the 11 . 4 th64nliunfain and the'floo,d,',' it n l ppp w , 5t4 , 1 0 4 44 high as teiiie clo,ud-.capP,ed rrip-imiain' whence it arises'. ,Nor it 14s'i kfloWn'and reliAed abroad than at home, io proof of which it may be mentioned, that Mr. Mac donald was appointed last-year 'to make whisky for his :Majesty the King of Holland. It may be added, 4s the fact is not generally known, that whisky =yip sent abroad, for ship stores, duty free../,nvhrness•Coul'ier. (,) TT L Y 15 , i 844, SUMMER ASSIZES. OXFORD CIRCUIT —Abingdon, July 1 9 . (Nisi Prius Court.—Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL). • GREEN AND ANOTHER V. BRADFIELD. Mr. Godion (with whom was Mr. Carrington) appeared in this case for the plaintiffs; and the defendant was represen ted by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and M r . T yrw hi tt. This was an action brought to recover the sum of al • leged by the plaintiffs, the assignees of the es t a t e and effects of one RiChard Pusey, a bankrupt, to have been paid to the defendant by Way of fraudulent preference. The trial occu pied between four and five holm,- bat :the really material facts of the- case may be - stated in a very few lines. It ap peared that Pusey, the bankrupt, who carried on business as a baker at Drayfee, ibund himself a good deal embarrassed in his circumstances in August and September last, when a pewit named Cox, fromwhom he had p urc h ase d some wheat for flow, watedy made applications to him for money. and at last Induced Pgey to premip that he would let him • haVe the amount which he was to receive from the I,bingdon anion, which Pusey supplied- . with bread, at the-end of the September quarter. The defendant (Bradfield) had so a plied to busby rbr some Maley tt,ir flour It Lich had been sold and delivered, and on th e morning of Monday, the 2,1 of Oc-- , toter last, Posey gave his brother John an order for 191., which he had received from the Abingdon, union, and 111. more in cash ' , h i ' hand °yet, to the defendaqt. , (3111 the saim day a ATT . .' i•if - hn, whom Pusey had exproe a wish to see. called upcn . him, and some ponyersatien.took p.laee about Puie34_! &u-tit, t'il 49 vqtd3_ o .wcti i a 4. - Nat aaio ;Imre Money titan he ccioo4 114,Y / and that lit toold not carry on his business. Us Was recommended to go to a solicitor, and having acted upon that recommendation, an assignment of Pusey's property for the benefit of his creditors was agreed upon,. and Mr. COX: 1 aftcvward,t the petitioning creditor, and one o tht`. to In the D-re sent action, conseuted 4 q Di - A 44 age of the trastoPs under the deed. - '4114e p.retiehrifefendant was then applied to for the same purpose, but the deed of assignment wait never acted upon, as- Mr. Cox s u b sequent l y foul out that the defendant had received the 30/. now 10 iutestion,, and expressed his de termination to 1 1144 a t'nse alaankropt ra th er than that the defendant should retain the money. ,The defendant was equally resolute; "he had got the 'money, and ho should issued against Pusev, upon a deciar.ation of insolvency made and advertised by .Pile himself. Reliance was placed,- on -on behalf ei'the atslgnees, upon statements rattde bothby the banlcrupt and the defendant, that there hact_nOt. been any pressure" on the part of the defendant to compel Pusey to pay the 301. i 41A ttgLankrut)t himself admitted in the course of his piarnination tuat he might have said, perhaps half a dozen times, that the reason- he had prefbrred paying Bradfield was, becauie he was his largest creditor.. Pusey stated, howeyn flat at the time when he paid the money he did not think about becoming a bankrupt, but that it was his intention to try and get on again; although it appeared that his debts altogether amounted to 450/., while the debts owing to him which could be put (lowa as "good," amounted to 59/. odd, and the doubtful debts were 2501, Lord Chief 4400 TINDAL, in summing up the evidence, told the jury, that the ground ,on which the plaintiffs sought to recover the 304 was; that Richard Pusey, know ing that his affairs were in that condition and posture that a fiat in., bankruptcy would be issued against him, thought proper, of hi s own accord, to pay that sum toMr. Bradfield, one of his creditors; and if the jury were sa tisfied upon the evidence that the money was paid without any pressure on the part of Mr, Bradfield, and also that Pusey knew he must be a bankrupt, and paid the money in contemplation of bankruptcy, the plaintiffs had a right to recover i but unless b o th circumstances concurred, they should find for the defendant. The two points, therefore, which they must consider, were very narrow indeed, and the evidence relating to them lay within a very small compass; for it did not signify. a doit, as it seemed to him, whether Cos had pressed for his money or net. Cox was pressing Pusey for payment, no doubt, from night till morning, and so might twenty other persons have done.; but the question for their consideration upon the first point was, wheth er th e money paid to the defe n d an t was a voluntary payment. In order to constitute " pressure," it was not necessary that legal proceeding s s h ou ld h ave b een resorted to ; but if the pressure was such that it overweighed Pusey's own inclina tion, and induced him to pay against his will, that would be sufficient pressure within the meaning of the bankrupt laws. Assuming them to be satisfied that the pressure was made out, they would then have to say whether they were also satisfied that the payment was made in contemplation of bankruptcy. They, would observe that the flat did not issue till nearly seven we e k s a f ter the payment of the money; and although there was no d ou b t that Pusey was in embarrassed circumstances at the time, It did not necessarily follow that he contemplated bankruptcy, as a man might hope that his affairs would rally and come round again.- Nothing appeared, either, to lead the mind to the conclusion that a bankruptcy was contemplated at the meeting which took place when the assignment was propos'd, and the bankrupt himself stated that he had never thought of such a 'thing. HoWever, they would take the whole of the evidence into their consideration, and return such a verdict as they thought the evidence would warrant them in finding. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The special jury cause of "Doe, dem. Major and others r. Cundell, ' was settled, and the civil business having been all thus disposed of, the Lord Chief Justice tried two or three prisoners, and rose at five o'clock. CROWN COURT.--(Before Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY.) Thomas Crofts; aged 48, a hairdresser, was indicted for having, on the 18th of November last, at Newbury, com mitted a felonious assault upon the per-Son of his own daugh ter, Ann Crofts. Mr. Selfe conducted the case for the prosecution, and the prisoner Was defended by Mr. Carrington. It appeared from the evidence given by the prosecutrix, that in November last she resided with her father at New bury, her mother being dead, and that on the day upon which the offence was perpetrated, her father came home in a state of intoxication, about nine o'clock in the evening, and was assisted by her up stairs to bed. According to her account, violence was then offered to her, but she did not call for as sistance, because her father threatened to cut her throat if she cried out. Two or three hours afterwards the prisoner went. down stairs, and left the house, saving that he was going to drown himself ; upon which Ann Crofts went to the houie of a neighbour, a Mrs. Challis, and went with her in search of him.. She said nothing, however, at that time to Dirs. Challis, nor to a person named Eliza Ann White, who came and slept with her that night, about what had occurred upstairs, nor did she communicate her story to anybody till the 28th of November, although she had two married aunts living within half a mile of Newbury. 'On the 28th of No vember she told Mts. Challis what had happened to her, and Mrs. Challis taxed the prisoner with it ; but although he ad mitted the fact, according to the evidence for the prosecution, no charge was preferred against him till May last, when a quarrel having taken place between Ann Crofts and the pri soner, who had then lately come into possession of between 1001. and 2001., he struck her, and. she convicted him before the' magistrates of an assault. He was fined 10s. Gd. for the misdemeanor, and while Ann Crofts was going down stairs from the justice-room, she told the magistrates the same story about the occurrences of the 18th of November which she repeated to-day. _ Mr.. CARRINGTON' addressed the jury for the prisoner. 4. Verdict-,-Not guilty. • Thomas May was found guilty of a rape upon Janette God dard, a child between ten and twelve years of age, and was sentenced to transportation for life. SINGULAR CASE OF Annucnox.--Thomas Robins, a good looking lad of 18, was indicted, under the statute 9 George IV., c. 31, for having taken Jane Willavize, an unmarried girl under the age of 16 years, out of the possession and against the will of her father, William Willavize. Mr. Selfe conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was de fended by Mr. J. J. Williams. The prosecutor is a farmer occupying 600 acres of land, for which he pays a rent of 7001. a year, at West Woodhay, in this county, and the prisoner was his under carter. Mr. Willavize kept no female servant ; and it appeared that his eldest daughter Jane, a buxom-looking lass, apparently 18 years of age, although her f a th er s t a t e d she was 15 years old on the 9th of October, 1843, occasionally performed menial offices, which brought her in communication with the young and handsome under carter. On the night of the 6th, or the morning of the 7th of May, the prosecutor missed both his daughter . and the prisoner, who usually slept in the house ; .and it appeared from the eviden ce o f th e young lady hersel, that _ _ • " On such a night as this," • she found a ladder placed against the door of a hay-loft, which communicated with her bed-room, saw her swain standing at the bottom, whom, she said, she expected to find there, and ran off with him, first to Reading, and thence to Old Breutford, where they were found by the incensed father living together as man and wife about a fortnight afterwards. The young lady frankly admitted that it was she who had offered to go oft with the prisoner, and not the prisoner who had proposed to run away with her. Mr. Williams submitted' that' under these circumstances there was 'no " taking" within the meaning of the Act of Parliament. , Ills Lonnstur, however, was of a different opinion, and the jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, the prisoner was fined Is., which he immediately paid, and was discharged. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Buckingham, July 11. (Before Mr. Baron ALDER,SON.) • , James Holbrook was indietud for feloniously setting fire to a wheat rick, the pruporty of John Harris, in the night of the 28th of March. Mr. Birch prosecuted the prisoner, whom Mr. Saunders de fended. The prisoner was a carpenter, and the felony i n ques ti on was committed from private and personal motives. He had married a niece of the prosecutor, and one consequence of this union appeared to be, that private. disagreetnents grew up between the prisoner and his wife's . uncle, and frequent quarrels took place. In the - evening of the day mentioned in the indictment the wheat rick 'of the prosecutor was dis covered in flames, and the prisoner was seen deliberately walk ing in a direction from the fire towards his own house die did not attempt to assist in extinguishing the flames. From this circumStanoe, and that of the prisoner having indulged in 40110 threats against his uncle, suspicion fell on_ him, and he 'was apprehended, and immediately admitted that lie had committed the offence. This, be continued to assert for some time; but on the following day he regarded his situa tion as oile . of peril, and denied, that he himself did, it, but saidthat it was committed by a little boy, to whom he gave the matches with which the fire was lighted. Evidence of threats against the prosecutor on the part of the prisoner was given, and he was shown to have been loitering about the rick-yard just before the fire broke out. The Learned BARON summed up the evidence, the jury found the prisoner Guilty,.and he was sentenced to be trans ported for life, after an impressive admonition. The other cases tried were of the most commonplace cha ,racter. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—York, July 11. ' The Northern Circuit commenced yesterday by the arrival of the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Creswell last even ing, when the commissions of assize were opened both f or th e coanty and for the city of York. This morning the Lord Chief Baron charged the grand jury of the city, and the Learned Judges breakfasted, as is usual, with the Lord Mayor. At noon their . Lordships proceeded to the Cntle, where the Lord Chief Baron took his seat on the civil side, and Mr, JustiCe Cresswell proceeded to charge the grand jury of the countyin the Crown Court. The assizes are not likely to be heavy. The entry of causes is not yet cloyed, but is not expected to be more than between 00 andl'O. - _:The calendar contains the names of 68 priganors for. the county, which are comprised in 46 cases. In the city therp arbiour prisoners, in two casc,a, There is cale'd-„ age of w it_ ful murder, in which no i ewer th an sly ilersons are:accused ; 2 caws of foriwy, 7 of robber, ri of stabbing and wounding ; 8 of manslaughter, 5 Sheep stealing 1 Of hpke . atealiug or arson, 1 e.,f letteristeallng.• Upoil r- t ' he whole the calendar is c4do i red . SUE .—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) UORRODALE V. FREAK AND 'ANOTHER. • This was an action for assault and false imprisontneat. Mr. Wilkins appeared for the plainti#:, ; , ,wl kr, Martin for the defendants. It appeared thab the defendants had been the constables ,of Now ga4cri,in the. North Riding, for tbfl and on the 15th of April, 1843, had been, chosen and ,sworn in to the sa me o ffi ce f or t h e f o ll owing year. little before eleven o'clock in the, mnipg. Of tat day s which happened VD bp Saturday,ibey went round the town to clear the • public-hous es and beer -shop , s t the hour s at whir; who hat being . they were b ound to shut up. There was a person nan i c,, Noble kept a beer -shop, into whiCh they went, and tin people turned out. They then went i n t o the-street, Ith• soon after, hearin g a noise in a house which,it was' aid, tilt., mistook for Noble 5, and Iv:licit adjoined to it, they weg: i; - , and turned the owner and his with out of their otrn hon.,. file noise and hubbub occasioned by these proceedin, brought a number of people together, and the "plaintitl among the rest. Altercation ensued between and the constables, and it was sworn by one witness that Lim one of th:Au struck . him a violent blow on the thigh with his 'staff; :Ind brought the plaintiff to the ground. They then took Inv% to the lock-up, procured the' koy, an4l thrust him in, wht4itt they kept. him during the whole ofSattirday nighi, all Sun day, and Sunday night, and it was not till Monday ;nothing that he was liberated. Mr. MARTIN addressed the jury on the part .of the de, fendants, and denied that they truok the plaintiff, and mutt be was instructed that t !;‘ , ,;; s his coming to the.grour4 was that he 7 thi.ew hi:: - , ~ ';' ..,.....i to resist being Wiest e s p:ison. The Learned (.;-,,kakan did not 'call any witnesses in 'support c!" that. ‘ , ;.,ision of the story, and n.:imitted that there Illilit ;4. re VCritiCL agiirist him. Tho LottniCiEF II:taw; summed up :TO evidence. and the jury, after a n .6hort deliberation, a ret.tt verdict t J r t h e : ,ilaintill---DaMtle s, 20/. Arne CROWN SIDE . Samuel" PettY was indi".."Led for forging a . certain receipt acquittan c e fe r Os, 2:1 l‘ith intent to defraud one. Taylor. •-• •11,:sieg ftid Mr 'll. Hill co:idocted the prosecution, and 31 . r. 'Wilkins and Air. Pashley the defence.. • The pri soner, it Uppeared, had been a clothier at r.redtbrd, in 'rather a re+eetable way of business, and in the_beginnin7 of last year hil(1 dealings, among s t ot h er parties, will Hain Taylor, a woolstapler in the same town. In the January of that year 'tailor sold to the prisoner a considerable quan tity of goods, the invoice Of which was delivered to hint at tit6 - tiMe. On the Ist of March, these goods not being paidfor, for, the prisone r app li ed to Taylor for afurther parcel, laylor ref - Used to let him have, except. - on condition of the fbrmer parcel being pail for, anti on these terms the prisoner finally roecived goods, from Taylor to the amount of 1431, 4s, 2d. An invoice was sent for these goods. in handwriting .of.TaVlor. In the course of the same inoti•li Taylor, having met with a heavy loss by the failure of Baines and C o ., was o b l i ged to call his creditors to;# and an assigment of all his goods for their benefit was cute(' by Inin'to John Adamson and others. In the .7.117=e of May. following Mr. Adamson, in collecting the deb,, irr to the insolvent Taylor,. called on the prisoner, by whom he was informed that his debt to the iasolvent's estate amounted to about 170 L, to which sum it had been increased by the addition of a bale of goods on the 2d of March. On asu &se quent application in the month of November the prisoner stated that his account, with the exception of 351., !ma het. a settled; and he produced two invoices, one for the goods de liveEvd, In January, and one for those delivered in Mss, r, both purporting to have been settled by Taylor. An inter view subsequently took place, at which Taylor, the prisoner, and his solicitor, and sonic of the trustee s of the insolvent, .were present, when Taylor declared the receipt, or acqttittace, appended to the second invoice to be a forgery. Au action .was commenced by the assignees to recover the full amodkt. The prisoner pleated payment of all except 35L, which he paid into court. The case came on for trial at the last Yolik .-Assizes before Mr. Baron Rolfe, when a verdict was obtained for,tlie ptaiutifts, •This prosecution was accordingly com menced. The jury, after a considerable retirement, returned a ver dict of Guilty. The sentence was deferred. TVE £S: ERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, July 11. The commission for holding the assizes for the county of Hants was Opened in this city between five and six o'clock yesterday afternoon, by Mr. Justice Wightman, who WAS met at the railway station by the High Sheriff. Mr. Justice - Patteson arrived by the mail train. This morning theqr Lordships attended divine service at the Cathedral, and soon after twelve o'clock repaired to the Courts, Mr. Justice Wight man presiding in the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice Patteson sitting at Nisi Prins. Although it was expected that the business here would have been heavy, still it has turned out otherwise. There are only 12 mks and 31 prisoners, but among the latter are the following charges :-1 for murder; for manslaughter; 1 for maliciously cutting and wounding; 3 for arson ' • 3 fur rape (2 o f th em on c hi ldren of 7 and .t years); 2 for highway robbery; and 2 for burglary. In the Crown C our t Mr. Justice Wightman has tried a, man for cutting and woun di ng, where the wound was of the slightest description; and in which the jury considered the prisoner had acted under such provocation that he was fully justified in acting on the defensive, and he was therefore ac quitted. His Lordship has also tried a man for manslaughter, but in this ease the whole affair was a public-house quarrel, -ending in a tight, which the prisoner throughout had been anxious to prevent. • In the Nisi Prins Court, Mr. Justice Patteson, after taking sonic - undefended causes, tried two actions of ejectment, which will form a subject for discussion in the Courts next term. • . GL A A fOR GA N S 1.1 11W.— Cardff, July 8. These assizes commenced this day before Baron Rolfe. The cause list only contained 11 causes, and the calendar of prisoners only 15 prisoners. John Rees and Ann Williams were indicted for 'administer ing poison to the female prisoner's mother, Mary 'Vaughan. 11Ir. Williams and Mr. Richards appeared for the prosecu tion ; the prisoners were undefended. Verdict—Guilty. . Transportation for life. William Edwards, William Jones, and R. Thomas were in dicted for feloniously having set fire to and burn down a cer tain outhouse at Merthey, in this county. Mr. R. C. N. Carne and Dr. N. Came appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. V. Williams and Mr. Richards de • fended the prisoners. The whole point of this case turned upon the word " cow house" in the indictment, and which word is not in the Act of the ith William IV. and Ist Victbria, c. 89. The Learned JUDGE, after hearing the arguments of coun sel, decided that a cowhouso was not a stable within the meaning of the Act, - but he would reserve the point as-to the word " outhouse ;" however, the prisoners were acquitted on the merits. Tuesday, July 9. TIIE QUEEN V. DE BURGH: TIIO3I,As. Mr. "Wilson appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. V. • Williams defended the prisoner. - The prisoner is a gentleinan, and brother of Mr. D. Tho mas, of Pwllyurach, in the county of Glamorgan, a man of considerable landed property. The Prisoner was indicted under aggravated circumstauces, * for cutting and stabbing one W. Rice, with divers intents; William Rice—l am gardener to Colonel Tuberville, at Lanblethian, in this county. I remember meeting the pri soner; he was with my sister, coming out of a shed attached to my father's house. I did not like the prisoner to follow my sister, as I knew it was for a very bad purpose. I tried to take my sister from him. She ro.ri from me. I then weut to Mr. Thomas, and desired bins to go about his business. He was then on foot; It was near eleven o'clock. He then got on his horse. I agab "told bins to be off ; he was very abusive. I threatener►' to strike him. He then backed Ns horse for three or kur vards. I went to him and again told him_ to.be off, a'ail raised my ann up, and then I felt my arm as if a sharl., instrument had entered it. I felt wounded, and then I struck him, and he then galloped off. I called out to my father that I was shot in the arm. • I thought I was shot, because I knew that the 'prisoner generally carried pistols. I bled very much. I walked to Cowbridge, nearly half a mile, to Mr. Lewellyn, a surgeon. I felt very weak. I• had. my wound dressed that night and next morning. I was be fore the magistrate on the Sunday. John Rice, the second witness, said—l am the father of the last witness. I remember my son calling out that he was stabbed by Mr. De Burgh Thomas. I saw my son and. Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Thomas said, "Don't touch me for your life." My son said lie had been shot in the arm. I saw the hole in his coat, and blood flowing out. He then went to the doctor with my other son. (This man had been made so drunk as to be unable to give his testim;my, and was com mitted by the Judge.) Mr. Lewellyu, a surgeon—l ex'amined prosecutor's left arm. I found a wound about an inch long and about the same in depth. It was a cle..dtly cat wound by a sharp iu strument. M. Hervey—l am a policeman. I produce the bloody clothes. (The clothes were here produced, literally soaked with blood.) William Rice was here recalled by the Judge, and upon being questi one d a b out his father ' s intoxicated state, he stated that some of the prisoner's relatives had got hold of the witness (his father), and had plied him with drink so as to. Make him incapable of giving his evidence. This disgraceful conduct was severely commented upon by Baron Rolfe. Mr. V. WILLIAMS addressed the jury for the prisoner, who, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty of a common assault. Sentence—three months' imprisonment. • COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FmnAy.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning to the farm. Her Majesty and his Royal High ness returned to the Castle m a pony phaetc,n. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken an airing in the forenoon in a carriage. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Prince Alice were taken in the pleasure grounds of the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited he Majesty. In the afternoon'the Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and atteCied by the Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Miss Pivot, took an airing in an open pony carriage and four. -Ills Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Equcnies in Waiting, Colonels Buckley and Bouverie, were on horsehack; The royal party returned to the Castle soon after six o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing this afternoon, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, in an open carriage. Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice was taken an air ing in the Slopes, this afternoon. The Royal dinner party at the. Castle, this evening, in cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Countess Josephine Wrati - slaw, Sir George trouper, Bart., and Lie u t.-C o l onel Berkeley Drummond. 'The band. of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance at the Caitle during the evening. The Bead of the ROyal Horse Guards attended at the Castle on Thursday *evening, and performed during dinner tin following pieces :—Overture, (Weber); Waltz, "Dublin," (Labitzky) ; Selection, " Teri," (Ringmuller) ;. Quadrille, (Leduc); Polka. weir Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Meeklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baron Knesebeck and Baroness Ahlefeldt, honoured the Duke and Duchess of Beallfert with their company to dinner yesterday tht their re sidence in ArlingtOu-street. Her 31ajestv's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Al-nu were inspeaed yesterday at St. James's Palace, their Captain, Lord Forester, who expressed his amohation of the appearance of the corps. - The Governor and Deputy-Governor of tLe Bank of Dog land-had an interview with the Chancelor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing- street. Mr. John Wobd, Chairman of the, Hoard of liKeise alSo had an interview with the Right lion. Gentleman. JOINT-STK-IC BINKS.---110 Government have fol lowed nv.tbeir line of polleA4 V.ith respect to p u bli c comps vAltte., by bringiu,,.tviAA A Dill "to regulate joint-stock banks England," wiAia. i:entains 45 clauses, It enacts, amongst other pro‘fic h iivtvi., the following :—.l;Jint-stock banks hereafter ctqa,ia - eil must conform to ttis Act, and no more than persons will be allowed to carry on the trade of bankers in England, under an:;-Agrecment or covenant of co-partnerdhip, entered into P!.. t o' the 6th of May last passed, unless by virtue •of letter; rzicnt, to -be granted. by her Majesty. The pro `,ltlikd company must petitlon for a charter, to be granted on the favourable report of the Board of Trade. A deed of set tlement, contaleing vrovisions for certain special purposes, must he prepared. No company to commence business until • *;ae. deed is executed, anti at /east one-half of the shares paid Incorporation, it 5 .1 1.4 to limit the shareholders' `Au tfills:4e- - sclikange shit promissory notes made, accepted, pr 4tenuned, on behalf of a company must be signed by two directors. The 43d clause enacts that existing companies may be brought under the operation—that is, " take the be nefit" of this Act. ~, ,-