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Lord DUNCAN inquired what time the Lord-Advocate would bring on the Scotch Poor-law Bill. pa st two The LORD -ADVOCATE sa id t h at h e t h oug h t a b out half , but th e h our was to him a matter of indifference. order Lord ASHLEY said that th e L unacy Bill was fi rst i n th e of the day. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that he should certainly object to the Lunacy Bill, which had b een a d op t e d b y t h e G overnmen t, In the absence of all the Ministers of the Crown. Lord ASHLEY said that the presence of the Ministers was not necessary. Mr. W AKLEY said that h e s h ou ld cer t a i n l y okect to the Scotch Poor -law Bill being considered to-day, and he thought that the Scotch Members ought to be very careful how they thpwed suc h a Bill to pass into a law. It was a Bill for any ing but the relief of the poor. The Bill was then postponed for the present. The Borough Rates and Watch Bill was read a third time and passed. % the On tlae ord er o f t h e day, that the House go into Committee TURNPIKE ACTS BILL, t erda Mr. DICKINSON said that he wa 3 su r pr i se d to learn, yes beenY i , the p ro gnorant of gress its p roc whi eeding, hech this Billshould have objected to had made, for, had he itnot . The bill then went through Committee. LOAN SOCIETIES BILL. time. passed Bill passed through Committee, and was read a third SCOTCH POOR-LAW. t Mr. W AKLEY, seeing th e R ig ht H on . B arone t th e Seere tall of Stat e f or the Home Department in the House, wished to know when th e S cotch Poor-law Bill - s c , J . GRAHAM said he would answer the question if the '"n• Member would tll him what time the previous business would occupy. HIGHWAY RATES BILL. T his toll went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. PAUPER LUNATICS ASYLUM BILL. i3; r: the motion that the House go into Committee on this D UNCOMBE Mr. objected to any further progress of this Bill until the amendments which hat been, or which it was pp to introduce into the Bill, had been printed and "'tided to the Members. 1 ,4 r. WAKLEY also objected to proceeding with the Bill, _, said that it would only take the printers four, or at most llaAhourb to supply copies to the Members. named John presented a petition from a person .....Teod John Miller, of Camden Town, complaining of unjust PPressive treatment. saosa DUNCAN said that as it was evident that considerable s,_acussion would ensue on the Bill before the House, it would _7"bpossible to take the Scotch Poor-law Bill to-day, and he wished to know what the Government intended to do ? tir 3A •AlltsS GRA HAM said that he would state when the elai,shnweesotLeiilobrueesetpaken at five o'clock to-day. a th s, e e n d. went into Committee, and the two first "e Proposition of the third clause, r. T. DUNCOMBE said that this clause had better be ii7tPoned until they had got the returns from the inspectors in b: t a „ e Y, of the cost of visiting the several houses and their state ; ,‘els was a part of the plan of keeping the House in the dark. litzora ASHLEY said that the only return not before the .se was that of the amount paid to each commissioner. Sir c . NAPIER said that before be received his half-pay tlei;ireasho,7b..yliged to make ' a declaration and he did not see why L. 7.7: gentlemen should not be subjected to the same test received their salaries. L • 'SN' Ali BURTON saw no use in the declaration. 24f6A;rradvseauSinH a LEY said that the treasurer's accounts were a th e eie ot guarantee of the rectitude of the payments, and for expenses there was also sufficient evidence. pa as r s ' T. DUNCUMBE then moved that the clause be post the They ought to have paid commissioners, responsible to 4,,s_siovernrnent and the country, and not men who were . part b•"olZurs and part professional, and who were responsible to . Nolo Y. In the petitions presented the other day by his at e Friend, it was po,itively stated that there was no means catraa certaining what had been done. Mr. Percival had not complained of the Commissioners, but there had been great natter' from those who had suffered ; and in Mr.. Pater the " case there was a great injustice committed, and personesult was always against the prisoner. The 13 r c omplaining had no chance whatever of redress. e they passed this clause, which made the Commission tt io be ane . nt, they ought to hare evidence that the Com sa(l p o s had hitherto done their duty. He asserted that they He thought they ought to see if they could not have bas ,;" C ommission formed than at present existed. He would ws u r re 's his motion for the postponment of the clause, but pearcieirdvaticilayl l upon the Chairman to read the clause at length. R e , r ' V. SMITH defended the conduct of the Commissioners , and especially with respect to the case of Mr. kr. C i nda • HRISTIE trusted the Noble Lord would not only be Slo t a r t to reconsider the present clause, but the effect of the jb r saotogether. He was sorry that his Hon. Friend the Mem autter Finsbury had withdrawn his motion for postponing the NVAKLEY felt convinced that the present Commission ty _ 'e never work well.--( Hear, hear.) He objected 7 4 to three Commissioners, believing that one Corn rotssione S arh . rs who should be responsible to the Home,office cs , Is actions would do more good than three or even eleven Srotuissioners, of which the present Commission was formed. th Roo °light that amateur Commissioners could never do that do, d •r l. the public that one properly paid Commisusrieolnyemental at had been t aid that insanity was t r a in p lbaleadahe asserted that •n e cases out Z itili n it arose from disease. There was no case of insanity out structural derangement. He trusted that the Noble °ll would r econs id er t h e c l aus e with reference to the Com wo Miss io ners, as h e th oug ht it might be framed in a manner that Sir uld o perate far more beneficially for the public. C NAPIER hoped the Noble Lard would reconsider the clause. He considered that an unpaid Board was not so Rood as a paid one. Lord ASHLEY denied that unpaid Commissioners were not so competent to perform their duties as paid ones. For him self, he would say that when he entered the Commission, he did to with a determination to do his duty, and he considered himself as responsible for the performance of those duties as if h e h e h ad been paid a hundred guineas a visit. m As t o th e statement of the Hon. AI her for Finsbury, that r one Com m i ss i oner would be sufficient , heindividual to without fear of contradicti on, t h at it would be impossible fur one to perform the onerous duties. Mr. WARBURTON agreed with the Hon. Member for Finsbury, that paid Commissioners were better than unpaid o nes; but, at th e same time, he thought there should be un- Paid gentlemen connected with the Commission, who would represent persons of moderate fortunes, who were afflicted with insanity. _Mr. H AWES preferred a mixed Board to one constituted of paid or of unpaid Commissioners alone. Si r J. GRAHAM was anxious that the Commissioners named in the clause should be continued in the Commission. !RaThe CHAIRMAN t h en prscve d e d to rea d t h e clause, pro sing that L ord Ashley and several other gentlemen should 'otln the C ommission, when take r. T. Up NCONI BE rose and said it wa s hi s i n t en ti on t o tthe sense of the House upon an amendment which he should ra "rse, to the e ff ect that those gentlemen whom he called the missionour Commis s i oners s h ou l d b e excluded from the Corn . neat. . Mr V. SMITH opposed th e amen d men t, an d con t en d e d th a t b a i l) ad vantage resu l te d to the public from the Commission Ph l t e einposed i n part of unpaid, or, as the Hon. Member for at a gr Y called them, amateur Commissioners. They acted th e sQr t of che c k upon the paid Commissioners, and caused Sirot to perf orm their duties with fidelity. th e AMES GRAHAM would oppose the amendment of has bee• Member for Finsbury on public grounds. If what d uty, n termed the amateur commission did not do their i s the Government would have the power of removing them. 110 4 1 : a t t INGLIS advocated the appointment of the Commis . Air and the amendment. ti se. ' ,A.KLEY thought the Commission would be thoseineffec as u eY would have if it were appointed, the same results Art * , which had eman;ted from the Commission on the Fine *, which was an amateur Commission. (LEFT SPEAKING.) ,ete;4l.l,oo‘, ASCENT FROM CREMORNE-HOUSE.—The th at an4.ronaut, as Mr. Green is appropriately called, for indeed Daniel -ltiapp long f t e r n appears to have past a very considerable part . of his . th e .. e . in the regions of the upper air, ascended last evening in balloon, from the gardens of Cremorne-house, accom. sPeceti By a Mr. Base, the presence of several thousands of tatoin was w hat ' Who cheer e d hi m as h e mounted aloft . The ascent clear is i s consider e d a oßry fine one, the sky being perfectly lipi r a _nd the wind sufficiently strong to waft the . balloon at a rito...._ate, without carrying it too quickly out of sight. The sr. lar:'`..:aents for the ascent were very good. There was no unnec.es uir.tuaelay caused . y ea la a short supply of gas, or the want of . effic . ient of nts to attend to the details of the process and the directions Il atte e ,.. P 2 ine iPal person. The balloon crossed the river between to w* - "a and Paine y and took a direction over Surrey, apparently a ver the( Clapham. : The gardens were filled with visitors, who, htle , the asc ent, were entertained by a variety of dramatic, Matthewsope nastic, and other exhibitions, over which Mr. T. A ately of Drury -lane Theatre, presided. The rain unfortu bet b e ' o f to descend somewhat too heavily about eight o'clock, beilZ,lntnodation was afforded to the company in the large new Aft in the gardens, and in the numerous rooms of the house. Itith :* I)aVenport, late lessee of the Olymi ic, sails English company for Hamburgh on the 16th inst. ItEg ]E „. op h e &ITS FROM HER MAJESTY TO TILE EMPEROR day b,„":t . vi& Hina..—The Rob Roy steamer left this port yester- Ilreat "'e evening's tide for St. Petersburgh, having on board . a were 3 4" Packages for the Emperor of Russia, amongst which g ons eral presents from our own beloved Sovereign. d The deurTg the ire eln ging to the imperial household remained on deck Vari ou at er Part the day to superintend the conveyance of that ltraomtil es p e cial care ; it con t a i ne d f u ll-l eng th portraits of our th e Queen and her Royal Consort, presented by her majesty to hie„__TnPelor, and was inclosed in several air-tight cases. A. this "53;7 carriage for the royal equipage was also shipped in memberi 44. the as well as a splendid, but smaller one, for another d dis h , in,Perial family, both of which were built in Lon on, a ere bt,svd'aYed theme t exquisite workmanship and finish. There w ebs cost,' " thr ee cases containing presents from the Queen of numer t terliv articles of porcelain, and another of rare specimens of po t ow . of the moat artistic finish. We understand that this vessel oak a full cargo and a number of passengers. —Hull Advertiser. Of - EsT INDIA PlNES.—Another large importation Fra le aPPles has just taken place. A vessel which arrived at 1, 14 4 : 4 ' 11 arr, and reported at the Custom-house on Saturday, from acri New Providence, brought nearly 1,000 dozen of that de. t , Dation of fruit in very fine condition. The markets have, since ;14e.ale the other day by the enterprising brokers in Monument. 44resented an excellent show of this luscious fruit at a ,r.e short, 17 lOW figure, and it is probable that this fresh cargo %, g iibii.s 'Y be offered fo'r sale, thus insuring a continued supply to the ri ailee ' at probably a still lower price, in consequence of their abun lqA l'ro z „ lIGATE PIER.—In reply to a second memorial of nuraerous respectable inhabitants of Margate, the Directors to tae Pier a nd Harbour Company again state—" That, in justice the Proprietors, they cannot reduce the duty on passengers below ope;:r!,:ent charge, which they consider so moderate as not to be rang rat complaint." Thee, an end is put . to any ar by ;T i e_ t between the owners o: .team-boats and . pier directors, y ett h the fares, now five, six, and seven shillings, would be 8111 to three, four, and five shillings, and the town thereby Poo visitors. This is the lamentable state of affairs in ke!" Id Margate ," which seems, indeed, hopelessly doomed.— Vish Observer. llitst-tw-eviOusLIATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT WORTHING.- 4 7 1 : mother of the unfottunate young lady, Miss Eden (not Eaton, Y reported), who was drowr.ed off Worthing, on Friday ttarkah as t on the beach, and witnessed the accident ; and it is a re. b and e fact that she also witnessed the death of her first hos paettt'hUr. Baring, w h o, we understand, was drowned off Dan t:l.ool..l'ler, by the upsetting of a boat. Mr. Eden, who is a accident Brougham, had gone t o t own t h e day before the r th e tow n 6, t n. ha ppened. The melancholy event has cast quite a gloom The inquest was h to be held yesterday. oat eounts from all parts of the country represent crops a s having beers much Injured by the tatstorms.ep RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. TEE CORNWALL RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Charles Pearce had conducted the steam ferry-bridge at Tor point for upwards of eleven years. He worked from !six in the morning till half-past nine at night. Was able at all times to work the bridge. There was very considerable naviga tion there. Vessels of 180 tons went up to Morham. Cross.examined—Collisions had sometimes occurred between barges and the floating bridges. A lady was drowned on one oc casion, but it was from extreme carelessness on the part of the boat conductors. In answer to a question from Mr. MEURIVALE, witness said he thought there would be no difficulty or danger in passing over a railway train on this floating bridge. The Marquis of BREADALBANE—Hew long does it occupy you to cross the Hamoaze with a large load? Witness—Not more than six or seven minutes. The CHAIUMAN—Do you carry cattle over ? Witness—Frequently. The solicitor for the Bill then gave some formal evidence respect ing the number and amount of shares. He was cross-examined at considerable length by Mr. Rowe. Witness explained to the Committee a conference which took place between the promoters of the Bill and the Admiralty, when it was satisfactorily arranged that several clauses should be intro duced into the Bill which would guarantee against all injurious in. terfcrence with the navigation of the Hamoaze. The Noble CHAIRMAN observed that it would be much better if the Boards of Admiralty and Ordnance would carry on their com munications in writing than oral!y. The case for the promoters of the Bill then closed. The first witness called for the opposition to the Bill was J. W. Tranaine, Esq., who stated that the line would pass through his property and Near his residence. Did not think the line a good one, and further considered that the county was not able to sup port two lines. Mr. Locke, the engineer, said it was the most dan gerous line he had ever seen, and that a floating_bridge for the trains was possible, but a contrivance which he would do a great deal to avoid. Such was witness's opinion likewise. The coast line would be most difficult, and would cross several deep ravines at right angles. The line would cross several rivers. The witness was cross.examined at great length. He admitted that population was the strong point in favour of the present Bill. The line passed through a populous district. But it would be utterly useless to the corn-growing country of the north. The bridge at Lostwithiel would be a great nuisance to that town, as passing so near their principal street. In 1840 and 1841 everybody in Corn wall was in favour of the central line, but many of them were now in favour of the line before the Committee. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow morning. viAzErxErao, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Witnesses were then called, and the first, Mr. John Lister, gave a brief retrospect of the rise, progress, and decline of the Goole trade, in consequence of the superior advantages of the port of Hull. The only thing that could balance those advantages would be the construction of independent railways, of which this would be one. There was a counter line proposed by the York and North Midland, but in his opinion it would confer no benefit upon the town of Goole. Mr. Milner, M.P. for Pontefract, spoke to the feeling of the borough in favour of the proposed railway. Mr. Richard Patten, collector of Customs, furnished a return of the trade of Goole, from which it appeared that while it had de creased that of Hull had greatly extended. Mr. Palk and Capt. Laws gave similar evidence, and their Lord. ships adjourned shortly before five o'clock. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON. The evidence of Mr. Brunel (in continuation from our Afternoon Edit ion of yesterday)—The difference of capital between the present scheme and the London and Birmingham was nearly a million of money. He could not exactly explain the difference of capital, as the works on the London and Birmingham line were heavier than those on the Great Western. The scheme of the former was ten miles longer than the latter, but this was not sufficient to explain the difference of the estimates. Mr. Sergeant WRANGRAM Said he would suggest a course that would save the time of the Committee, as far as those estimates acre concerned. He would furnish Mr. Brunel with a series of written questions, to which he could furnish answers and explana tions, to be afterwards placed before the Committee. Mr. Brunel had no objection to the course suggested, and it was accordingly so arranged. The witness was next cross-examined by counsel on behalf of Lords Ward and Redesdale and the Birmingham Canal Company, but without leading to any material result. Mr. Cubitt and Air. Vignolles, civil engineers, were examined in coroboration of the evidence of Mr. Brunel. They both certified as to the ease with which the two sets of rails could be worked on the same line of railway. With regard to the transhipment of goods, they considered that it could be effected with dispatch, and at a most reasonable expense, Mr. Cubitt stating that goods might be transferred from one gauge to another at a farthing a ton. After the witnesses were briefly examined on the evidence ad duced, the Committee adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. SCOTTISH MIDLAND RAILWAY. On the re-assembling of the Committee this morning, at eleven o'clock, - Mr. ANDREWS proceeded to address them on behalf of the op. posing landowner. The Learned Counsel quoted several extracts from the report of the Board of Trade, from which it appeared that the coast line was not an inferior line to that before the Corn. rnittee, but that the stoppages on it were objectionable. The question of the proposed Line, looking simply at its merits, divided Itself into two parts. First, into the through traffic, and then into the question of the local traffic. The subject of the traffic going north and south was a mere question of saving, in point of time, of about five minutes as compared with the coast-line; and looking at the greater amount of public accommodation which the latter line would afford, it was most unquestionably the preferable of the two. With respect to the local traffic, he contended that the amount had been overrated to the extent of 20,0001.; that the periods of the year which had been selected for the computation of the tables were most unfair, and that the small requirements of the district which the line traversed did not justify the damage and nuisance which it would occasion to the owners of the eight miles of land who were opposing the Bill. He contended also that the passenger traffic, which had been put down as being derived from Cargill, .Arbroath, and other places, could not, in point of fact, be properly included. These were matters which their Lordships ought to consider well before they came to any decision on the subjeet. With regard to the goods traffic frora Forfar to Dundee there had not been one particle of evidence to show that it would go by the railway, and the probability was that it would continue to be conveyed along the road by which it had always been sent. The same observa tions would apply to the traffic in stone, wood, and other similar articles. The items in the coal and lime tables had been greatly exaggerated : credit had been taken for 26,000 tons out of 40,000 tons from mere guess and prospective notions. There would be as great a competition in the sale of coals from the Dundee market in Glamis and other points of the proposed line as there would be In the coal coming from Forfar, which place had been set forth as the point of concentration, where all competition would end. The grand dept for their cattle traffic was at Brechin. That point could be settled in a few words. A railway already existed for the conveyance of the cattle from Brechin to the south. The same observation applied to all the traffic except the intermediate cattle traffic, but then it was absurd to suppose that h ese cattle would be driven four or five miles for the purpnse of merely travelling a few miles by railway. He contended that it was the du y of the promoters to lay before the Committee that clear and _cogent evidence that its authenticity could not be doubted. The cause. however, was that their tables had been constructed on in.- correct data, and consequently could not be relied on. Mr. Stocks, who was examined for the opposition, spoke gene rally as to the traffic to Perth, which he said he should prefer sending in carts as at present, rather than by the proposed railway, owing to the distance. They carried potatoes to Perth, and brought back coals. The price of the Glengarry coal, at Perth, was 14s. per ton, and English coal, of an inferior quality, might be obtained at 12s. per ton. He never saw any cattle coming east. ward from the Forfar market. Cargill was almost entirely an agricultural village, and certainly not one-third of the population were engaged in cotton spinning. He thought the tables were generally very incorrect and extravagant. He had conversed with all the farmers between Kinclaven and Perth, and the majority of them were adverse to the proposed line. He was not aware of any petitions being presented in favour of it. For his own part, he thought it would never answer. Mr. Isaac M'Cray, coach contractor at Aberdeen, was next ex. amined. He said he was nearly the largest contractor in Scotland, and usually kept from 200 to 250 horses. He considered that the main line of communication between Dundee, Perth, Arbroath, and Mootrose would be by means of the coast lines, and not through Strathmore. The coach traffic in the tables had been generally overstated. The proposed line was not, in his opinion, necessary for the convenience of the district, as the points of distance were very short, and were easily travelled by coaches. . . The witness was subject to a short cross.examination by Mr. Hors without materially altering his statements, and The Committee adjourned till to-morrow at eleven. WEAR VALLEY RAILWAY. The Committee to whom this line was referred met today, at eleven o'clock, in No. 6, Abingdon.strcet. Present, Lord Bexley, Chairman, the Bishop of Ely, Lord Charlemont, Lord Lyttleton, and the Earl of Delawarr. Mr. Sergeant Bellassis, with whom was Mr. Talbot, appeared for the promoters, and Messrs. Austin and Slade for the land owners who opposed the Bill. Mr. Sergeant BELLssis opened the case. He proceeded at great length to detail the object of the Bill, which was to connect the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, with Frostaley, and also a branch terminating at or near Bishopley Crag in Stanhope, in Weardale, in the county of Durham. After detailing the ad vantages which would result to the public by the construction of the line, he alluded to the engineering works, which he said were all easy, and presented no difficulties whatever. He concluded a very minute statement of the case (all of which we have already reported very fully when it was under consideration before the Committee of the House of Commons) by assuring their Lord. ships that the projectors of the line had no wish to take the pro perty of any of the landowners on the line without giving them ample compensation for it. The usual evidence about traffic, and the cost of the line was then about to be submitted, when, after a short consultation be. tween opposing counsel and the landowners, Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS announced to the Committee, that an arrangement had been come to with the landowners, which would probably save the Committee further trouble. The nature of the arrangement was, that he would give an assurance on the part of the promoters, that if the landowners permitted the passing of the Bill,.they tthe promoters) would not impede any scheme which might be brought forward at a future time, and which running east and west, would afford a communication with the sea. This he was prepared to do. Their Lordships then adjourned till half.past four o'clock, to afford time for drawing up a legal agreement to that effect. The agreement was then ratified. A clause was also added, requiring the assent of the patron, in cumbent, and bishop, in case of a new site and bui!ding being re. quired in consequence of this Act. The clauses were then read ever, which, with some verbal amendments, were agreed to, and the Committee broke up. SELECT COIVIVIITTEE ON UNOPPOSED PRIVATE BILLS. The Earl of Shaftesbury sat this afternoon as Chairman of the Select Committee on unopposed private Bills. THE Pnr STON AND WYRE RAILWAY WELL passed through Committee. THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY BILL was adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS• GROUP X. DIRECT NORTHERN LINE-PARRINGDON- STREET EXTSNSZON• IMPORTANT DECISION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Donaldson, an architect, examined by Mr. WensTen—De posed to the accuracy of an engraving and a survey of the site and approach to the Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension Rail way London terminus, and described the various localities as indi- cated on the plans; but the evidence would be wholly unintelligible apart from the representations it explains. Mr. Fuller, examined by Mr. %Venom', deposed to having surveyed the laud with Mr. Donaldson's valuation, and proved its accuracy in every respect. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY - EVENING, JULY 15, 1845. Mr. Scales, a cattle dealer and grazier, examined by Mr. WEB STER, gave his opinion as to the inutility of layers for cattle, unless they were brought from a distance. _ _ . Mr. Broughton, examined by Mr. WEBSTER-1s a clerk at the Eastern Counties Railway station, and deposed to the fact that 1,000 sheep and cattle pass weekly on an average by that railway. They never look jaded, and do not avail themselves of the use of layers. Mr. Robert Herbert, examined by Mr. WEBSTER—IE clerk of Smithfield market, and produces tables of the amount of cattle. Islington station is now nothing but a site for layers, but these are but little used by cattle travelling by rail. _ . . Mr. Lane, examined by ➢ir. WEBSTER—Is clerk on the Northern and Eastern Railway, and states that the traffic tables, which he now hands in, are correct. Mr. Carpenter corroborated the accuracy of Mr. Lane's tables, and the Committee adjourned at five o'clock, PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. MONDAY, JULY 14. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Monmouth and Hereford Railway. South Eastern Railway (Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells). South Wales Railway. Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junc tion) Railway Bill,—Lords' amendments agreed to. Committee of Selection,—lnstruction to the Committee to fix the Committee on the Manchester and Leeds Railway (No. 2) Bill, for Thursday next. NOTICE GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. London and Croydon Railway Enlargement,—Committee on re-committed Bill, Wednesday, July 16, at twelve. NEW ZEALAND. We have just received by the English whaler, Matilda, New Zealand papers to the 27th March. The following are extracts:— (From the Southern Cross.) In our last number we gave a brief outline of the insurrection of the natives at the Bay of Islands, of which intelligence had been brought here by the Government bi ig Victoria,on Friday, the 14th instant. On Sunday morning her Majesty's ship Hazard, the United States corvette St. Louis, and the English whaler Matilda, arrived from the Bay of Islands, conveying hither all the inhabitants of the town of Kororarika, with such little property that some had been fortunate to save. The unfortunate result may be ascribed to the absence of a commander of the whole forces; one with sufficient martial authority over the naval and military, as well as possessing the confidence of the civilians. It is quite clear that the natives took the inhabitants by surprise and evinced most determined bravery, as well as humanity towards the settlers. They are, it is said, as much astonished as the Europeans at the sequel, the numbers of the two attacking divisions being about 900. The Europeans, inclusive of sailors and soldiers, lost about 12 killed and 20 wounded. Of the natives, more than 30 were killed in the action, and above 70 wounded, most of them dangerously. Great praise is due to many indi viduals for, their bravery and exertions ; and to Mr. Polack in particular, for the surrender of his house and premises for the use and protection of the settlers, their families, and their property. We are happy to hear that Captain Robertson, of her Ma. jesty's ship Hazard, is going on favourably; two balls have been extracted, and it is hoped that very soon another, lodged in a more dangerous part, may undergo similar operation. He is in excellent spirits, and we fervently trust that this gallant young officer may soon be restored to the service, the honour and character of which he has so nobly maintained. On Saturday last, at the meeting of the Legislative Council, the Governor postponed the regular business of the day, and then communicated the information he had received relative to the circumstances, of which we have given a report in our proceedings of the Legislative Council. On Monday the Magistrates held a meeting, for the pur pose of taking into consideration the most proper steps to be adopted in the present emergency. There were present, J. J. Symonds, Thomas Beckham, John Watson, Esqs., police magistrates ; Theophilus H ea l e , Jer. Nagle, P. D. Hogg, J. Scott, R. A. Fitzgerald, H. Thompson, F. Whitaker, and William Spain, Esqs., justices of the peace. The following resolutions we. e passed : 1. That in consequence of the recent events at the Bay of Islands, and from information received, they consider it neces sary that all the inhabitants between the ages of eighteen and sixty years be sworn in as special constables, organised and drilled. 2. That a Committee of the following Magistrates be formed for the purpose of taking the necessary steps for organising, forming companies, appointing stations for the civic guard ; viz.: Thomas Beckham, J. J. Symonds, J. Scott, F. Whit taker, T. Neale, and H. Thompson, Esqs. ; and that three shall form a quorum. His Excellency the Governor, having approved of these resolutions, the magistrates, on Tuesday, proceeded to swear in the inhabitants as special constables, and they have been divided into three companies; hut as it is con templated to pass a Bill for embodying militia, more regular concerted operations in such respect will soon be put into practice. The Russell arrived from the Bay of Islands on Thursday, which place she left on Monday morning. By her it is re ported that nine more Europeans have been murdered by the natives since the conflict at Kororarika, but there are some doubts of the authenticity of this rumour to the extent stated. The Lady Leigh, schooner, arrived from Sydney yesterday morning, and brings the gratifying intelligence that her Ma jesty's ship North Star was to leave Sydney about tha 10th Inst. with three hundred troops. We would earnestly impress on the minds of all the urgent prudence of being circumspect and forbearing towards the natives. The most trifling incident—and quite unintentional—may lead to most serious consequences. For other most important reasons, would we urge avoidance Of the least tendency to affront, or injustice even in jest. How useful and auxiliary the natives are in the supply of food to the settlers here is well known, and now that the population of Auckland has received such increase from all quarters, they are still more dependent on them, and it cannot he denied that very much is in the power of the natives in this respect, exclu sive of any hostile intentions. Of all the evils of civil war, famine is the most appalling and most destructive. However, there i 3 an important circumstance, to which we would call the attention of Government, which is, that on Thursday night there were some hundreds of natives, compa ratively strangers, in the town of Auckland and neighbour hood, some of whom had arms concealed. It is obvious the town might be fired in various places in the dead of night, as there are here many evil disposed Europeans as well as na tives. There should be a Wakarongo issued immediately, or dering all natives out of the town beyond a certain distance be fore sunset, and there should be night patroles or picquets on hills close around the town. Since the above was written, we have been favoured with the dispatches regarding the attack on Kororarika by the natives, which we publish as affording more detailed information on that disastrous affair Her Majesty's ship Hazard, March 15, 1845 Sir,--I have the honour to report that between the hours of four and five o'clock on the morning of the Ilth instant, Capt. Robertson of her Majesty's ship Hazard, with about 45 seamen and marines, proceeded from their quarters on shore, for the night, at Kororarika, Bay of Islands, to a hill on the right of the road leading to Matavia Bay, commanding the town, for the pur pose of throwing up an entrenchment; the morning was thick and hazy. Mr. Tapper, the signal man, severely wounded, fighting bravely. I would here notice the very gallant conduct of— Hector, Esq., and the two old soldiers before mentioned, in assisting in working the guns in front of the lower block.house, yet but little execution was done by them, in consequence of the natives being so scattered, and lying concealed in the brushwood. Mr. Hector's two boys also behaved most gallantly in bringing up ammunition from the stockade during the heaviest fire. I have the honour to inclose a statement of the duties of the de tachment on the 10th inst. ; also Ensign Campbel's statement of the loss of the block-house on Flag-statLhill. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble servant, E. BARCLAY, Lieutenant 69th Regt., Commanding Detachment. Lieut.• Col. Hulm, Commanding Troops, New Zealand. I am of opinion that had the lower blockhouse, occupied by the military, not been erected, the stockade in which the women and children had sought protection, must have been evacuated, as it was perfectly commanded by the hill on which the block house stood ; the houses to the left would also have afforded protection to the natives in attacking It. Great credit is due to Watson, Esq., J. P , who first suggested the erectien of the lower hlock house, and superintended the execution of it. The body of natives who occupied the chain of hills on which the flag staff and upper block-house stood, might have made a general rush, had they been so inclined, on the stockade, but were prevented from so doing, by our having possession of the block house. E. BARCLAY, Lieutenant, 96th Foot, Auckland, New Zealand, 16th March, 1845. Sir—l have the honour to state, for your information, that on the morning of the 11th instant, at Kororarika, Bay of Islands, I proceeded about four o'clock in the morning with a party of five men from the block.house, where I was stationed, armed and car rying spades to dig a trench on the heights over Oneroa beach. We had just commenced digging when we heard firing at Matavia Bay, we immediately returned, and I remained with eight or nine men on the hill, overlooking the town, about 200 yards' distance from the block-house at the Flagstaff; the remainder of them had got their arms, and were putting on their belts on the outside of the ditch facing the town, when suddenly I heard an alarm, and some one called out that the natives were in the palisades, and that there was no one in the block-house. (I would here remark that the doorway is inclosed with palisades.) I immediately turned round and saw a number of natives rushing into the palisades and ditches and opening fire on us. I then immediately opened on them, and before a second round could be fired, another party of natives ad. vanced by the Tapika road, with the intention of cutting us oft from the lower block-house. I then was obliged, seeing a large body of natives in front and another close to my rear, to retire to the lower block-house, which I immediately occupied, and checked the further advance of the natives. Four of my men were killed in the upper blockhouse, and one wounded in retiring. I remained at the lower block-house till Mr. Polack's house was blown up, and the general retreat to the shipping took place. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, J. CAMPBELL, Ensign, 96th Regiment. The Officer Commanding Troops, Auckland. UNITED STATES CORVETTE ST. LOUIS. On the arrival of the United States Corvette St. Louis, at the Bay of Islands, a rumour prevailed that Captain M'Keever, her commander, had offered the services of 150 of her men, in assisting the British force to defend the town of Kororarika and its inhabitants. When the attack commenced by the natives, and application was made to him for aid, he declined rendering it. The circumstance gave rise to many unfounded rumours and statements, affecting the conduct of the Americans; but the following excellent letter, addressed to Captain M'Keever by Lieutenant Phillpotts, acting in com mand of H.M.S. Hazard, states the real facts, and we doubt not that it will remove any unfavourable, unjust impression that may have• been hastily and erroneously form e d, w hil e a t t h e same time it must excite universal admiration for the generous sympathy that was evinced, and kind prompt asistance rendered, by Captain M'Keever on that disastrously memorable day. H.M.S. Hazard, Auckland, March 17, 1845. cannot allow the St. Louis to quit this harbour without returning you the most sincere thanks of our officers and ship's company for the assistance you rendered us in taking off the sick and wounded from the beach at Russell (Korora• rika), on the 11th inst., whilst exposed to a heavy fire from the Maories, and also for the general attention you have evinced towards us. I must further offer you my personal thinks for having relieved me of the responsibility of bringing here one hun dred and fifty inhabitants of Kororarika. Before concluding this letter I feel bound to allude to a statement which has gone abroad, of your having declined rendering me assistance when requested to d o so . At t h e time I applied to you for aid, I was under the impression that you had promised to land one hundred and fifty men, should we be hard pressed. That im pression was formed merel from what I had casually heard in the stockade and on the beach ; hail I had time to weigh the matter maturely, I should have percei ve d t h e i mposs ibi l i ty of your acceding to my solicitation, as it was clearly contrary to the principles of international law.---I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, GEORGE PHILLPOTTS, Lieutenant in Command during Commander's illness. To Captain M'Keever, U. S.S. " St. Louis," Auckland. The greatest praise is due to the officers and crew of H.M ship Hazard for their conduct on the occasion. (Signed) GEORGE BECKHAM. Police Magistrate. On their departure I proceeded to the barracks to turn out the detachment, by way of precaution, not having at the same time any reason to suspect a movement on the part of the natives towards the town. Captain Robertson had arrived on the hill, when they were attacked by about 200 natives. The detachment, having slept armed and accoutred, arms loaded, formed immediately in front of the barracks, when Mr. Mowbroy and Mr. Spain, R. N., came to me, and begged of me not to fire on the party in front, which I was about to do, as they had cut off from their party, and then knew not which, the seamen or the natives, were nearest to us. I then immediately commenced firing in extended order on parties of natives who made their appearance, scattered on the hill to the left of the barracks towards Onoro beach, and checked their advance on the barracks; we were also fired upon from the rising ground behind the barracks. On looking round, I was first aware that the natives had possession of the block-house on Flag• staff hill. To His Excellency the Governor. H.M.S. Hazard, Bay of Lilands, March 11, 1845. Sir-1 have the honour to inform you that the forces have had a severe encounter with the natives this day, in which Acting Commander David Robertsun was wounded in several places, I fear mortally, and Acting Lieutenant Edward Mor gan was slightly wounded. Our party consisted of 150 individuals. The whole of the naval and marine forces belonging to the ship behaved in a manner that elicits my warmest approbation. The place could have been maintained had not the block-house, the key to our position, been surprised and taken in the morning. At about one o'clock the magazine in the stockade was blown up, s wounding several persons., and the ammunition being com pletely expended, I deemed it advisable to order the inhabi tants and troops to embark. Many of the land forces have been severely wounded, and some killed, the particulars of which I have not as yet been able to ascertain. This dispatch has been written in extreme haste, owing to my anxiety to see the women and children shipped on board the different small vessels that I have been able to obtain. The whole of my a ttention is at present directed towards preventing the ship from being surprised, this evening, which it is the intention of the natives to attempt.--I have, &c. (Signed) GEORGE PHILPOTS, Lieutenant in command during the illness of the Acting Commander. To his Excellency the Governor. At the time I received a message from Lieutenant Morgan, R.N, informing me that a party of natives were at the church, at the back of the town; I advanced in extended order to dislodge them, firing in our way upon natives who appeared amongst the houses in our front. I then learnt, I forget from whom, that the seamen had nearly expended their ammunition, and turned back towards the beach to join them, when they appeared at some distance from the beach, as on their way to the stockade ( Mr. Polack's house), advancing towards us, having effec tually driven back the natives, who I observed retiring down the road to Matavia Bay, I then moved on to the lower block-house, which commands the stockade, which the seamen soon took possession of, and in which were the town's people and women and children. I found Ensign Campbell and his party in the block-house, checking the advance of the body of natives who were in possession of Flagstaff.hill and the gullies be tween the upper and lower block-houses. I did not enter the block house then or afterwards. I remained outside on a platform in front, where the seamen from the Hazard were working two ship-guns, assisted by Hector, Esq., and two of the town's people (old soldiers, I believe). My party commenced firing. There was room for no more on the platform. They fired from the sloping ground on each aide of the block-house towards the rear of the building, also on the natives on the ad joining hill, behind Mr. Beckham's house; this hill is deeply co. vered with brushwood. A very sharp fire was kept up by the na tives, and was well and effectually returned by us ; this continued all the morning, two or three of the seamen joined us ; a party of my detachment also assissed Mr. Campbell in the block-house, as many as had room ; the remainder were in the stockade with the seamen and town's people, commanded by Lieut. Phillpotts. E .N. (From the Auckland Chronicle.) By the Aurora, from Sydney, Feb. 25, we have received papers three days later than those already announced. We see nothing of importance to call for our especial notice this week. The troops had not embarked at the time the Aurora sailed, as stated by the Times of Tuesday last. We have little doubt, however, that before our next publication the troops will have arrived. The Aurora touched at the Bay, but the Captain had to set sail immediately as the natives manifested an intention to attack the vessel. 'ONFLICT BETWEEN THE BRITISH COLONISTS AND THE ABORIGINES. AUCKLAND (NEW ZEALAND), MARCH 28. Sir,—l deem it my duty to apprise you of the calamity which has befallen the oldest settlement, and perhaps the best harbour in New Zealand. The aborigines about the Bay of Islands have latterly been getting discontented, in consequence of the falling off in trade, and considerable decrease in the number of ships visiting that port—a falling off is hich they cannot account for, except that it be caused through the inter ference of Government. This notion having got possession of their minds, they have declared war against the British flag, and a chief of the name of Heki, a ringleader, prior to the I Ith instant, had twice succeeded in cutting down the flagstaff, which was a third time ordered to be erected again by the Govern ment, and 50 soldiers, accompanied by her Majesty's ship Hazard, of 18 guns, sent to protect it; these forces were assisted by the inhabitants, enrolled as special constables. The town was a' tacked by the natives at daylight of the morning of the 11th instant, and I am sorry to inform you that the natives succeeded in driving the whole European population from the settlement, and compelling them to take refuge on board the ships in the harbour, making their escape with but little more than what they had on their backs. The town, being now entirely in the hands of the natives, was plundrred of everything, and property amounting to 30,0001. has fallen into the hands of the savages. The loss of life on the part of the Europeans was not great—ten in number killed, and fifteen wounded. Amongst the latter is Captain Robertson, of her Majesty's ship Hazard, who is dangerously wounded, having four musket-balls in his legs and arm. This gallant officer, with about thirty men, most nobly, and with the most exem plary courage, resisted the combined attack of about 400 well armed savages, and had actually repulsed and beaten them back when he got severely wounded and fell. The fate of the day was just about this time decided against the Europeans by a body of natives, with Heki at their head, having surprised and taken a musket-proof blockhouse, which stood close by the flagstaff. The number of natives killed and wounded during the engagement has not been ascertained, but there must have been a considerable number of both. After a considerable time I went down to the stockade to get some ammunition for the ship-guns, and left Ensign Campbell in charge. The natives soon after ceased firing, nor was it after wards renewed, it had lasted for some hours. The Governor (Captain Fitzroy), anticipating native dis turbances, wrote to Sydney for troops about two months age, but, unfortunately, they did not arrive here until the 23d instant, by her Majesty's ship North Star. At present there is not a sufficient force in the colony to retake the settlement at the Bay, but I believe it is the intention of the Government to blockade the port, so that, if this is the case, the many whale ships who were in the habit of visiting the Bay of Islands will now in all probability visit this port. It is impossible for any one to say where or when these dis turbances will end; that the New Zealanders have been greatly under-rated is now apparent, The home Government will now be undeceived that the peaceable possession of this colony could be maintained by about 100 soldiers against a native population of 120,000. To maintain our position even in the towns, not one less than a thousand regular troops can do so, and unless this force is sent the colony is not worth living in.—l am, Sir, your obedient serv ant , ( Signed) LLOYD'S AGENT. To William Dobson, Esq., Secretary to Lloyd's. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. SERI OUSAFFRAY AT THE BAY OF ISLANDS. We deeply regret to say that the long expected collision be tween the Europeans and the natives took place on Tuesday, the 11th instant, at the Bay of Islands; in another column we give full particulars. Too much praise cannot be given to Captain Robertson, of her Majesty's sloop of war the Hazard, his officers and men, for their most gallant conduct; with un feigned sorrow we add that Captain Robertson was severely wounded while defending with undaunted bravery a dan gerous pass, having only 25 sailors and five marines to oppose a force of 300 natives (whom he kept in check suffi ciently long to enable the inhabitants of the Bay to reach the ships in safety.) The Block-house which Mr. Philpot's de scribed in his dispatch as the key of the position of the Euro peans, was, by a most extraordinary species of conduct deserted by Mr. Campbell of the 96th Regiment, the officer having the charge of it, who, together with seventeen out of the twenty men hilt to protect this most important point, proceeded to some other part of the place. It is scarcely possible to reprehend with sufficient severity misconduct so unmilitary ; all the la mentable disasters at the Bay may be said to have arisen from this gross dereliction of duty. He ought to have known that under no circumstances should he have left his post. It is said that Mr. Campbell hearing firing considered it his duty to proceed in the direction of it, but as an officer he might readily perceive the extreme danger of Bitch a course. We dare say Mr. Campbell is a brave man, but it was unpardonable to give so young an officer so important a trust. Of Lieut. Barclay we say nothing ; it is, however, reported, but we trust without any foundation, that both he and Mr. Campbell were in civilians' clothing, we however do not believe this possible. One block-house having been taken by the natives, and the other blown up, the position occupied by the marines and sailors being no longer tenable, they returned to the Hazard. We cannot avoid feeling that if the bravery of the Hazard's officers and people had had the assistance of the gallant Major Bunbury and his officers, a diffe rent result would have ensued. The melancholy destruction of the town of Kororarika, the oldest settlement in New Zealand, by the natives, fully bears out our prediction s as to the result of the policy which ' has been practised towards the natives ever since the British Govern ment took possession of these islands. We must, however, acknowledge the Governor has been placed in a very awkward situation, without any power to uphold the dignity and su premacy of British law, he has been compelled to resort to the mischievous temporising expedients of protectors,- backed up with divers threats and promises, mingled with a few compli ments and presents. Bnt while we make every allowance for the weakness of the Government, we do certainly think the Go vernor was wrong for the partiality he has ever shown to the one-sided and biassed opinions of the missionaries and protec tors ; while the old settlers (whose commercial intercourse with the natives must necessarily have given them a more correct idea of their real character) have never been consulted, or at least their opinions have been treated with contempt. His Ex cellency's speech at the opening of the Council this session, be trayed his profound ignorance of the riative character ; subsequent events have in some degree no doubt tended to change his views on the subject, but prejudices are not easily removed, and if his Excellency returns to the corrupted source of information with which he has hitherto been supplied, good bye to New Zea land ;if we escape with our lives it will be a wonder. The opinions of the arch-traitor Williams, served up in the earls of sanctity, and ec h oe d b y the sycophantic multitude of sub-pro lectors, have constituted the only source of information, con sidered worthy of notice by the Governor—but we trust th ere is now asend of this nonsense. We hope a strict inquiry will be made into the conduct of the Rev. H. Williams, the false Prophet who cried " Peace, peace, when there was no peace." It is not a little remarkable that this reverend impos• tor publicly declared upon Kororarika beach that there was no danger only the night before the attack, and derided the in habitants for packing up and shipping their goods ; this wily deceiver having at that time taken care to ship all his own goods off, which are now safely landed, with Mr. Kemp's, the Protector's, at Mr. Grahame's store; while the deluded in habitants, misled by his perfidious advice, have lost every article they possessed. Does not this speak volumes? Immediately after the first attack on Captain Robertson's party, in the morning, the natives on that side of the town retired in a body from the town towards Matavia Bay, carrying off their dead and wounded. The body of natives who had surprised and taken the block-house en Flag-staff hill, were the assailants of the lower block-house, held by the military; the stockade (Mr. Polack's house) was at no time attacked or threatened, the lower block_ house commanded it, and prevented such an attempt. A party of seven or eight of the town's people from the stockade skirmished with the natives on the hill to the left of the blockhouse; with the exception of this, the force in the stockade was not engaged during the day since the attack in which Captain Robertson was wounded at day-break. Immediately on my arrival at the stockade to obtain ammunition, I suggested to Captain Robertson the urgent necessity of sending the women and children on board the ships in the harbour, seeing Mr. Polack's house and cellars were crowded with them : shortly after they got on board, the magazine, which was in the same house, blew up ; the building was completely destroyed ; none of the soldiers or seamen were injured; Lieut. Morgan, KN., received a slight wound in the face from a splinter. Whether the explosion occurred by accident or was the work of an incendiary remains unknown. THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. The Council Chamber was crowded on Saturday last by a great number of the inhabitants of Auckland and the settlers in its vicinity, to hear what his Excellency might say upon the very disastrous occurrences at the Bay of Islands. After postponing the order of the day for the further con sideration of the estimates, his Excellency proceeded to detail the unfortunate results of the engagement of the Hazard's people with the natives. In the course of which he dwelt with great truth and feeling upon our present defenceless position. His Excellency also read several portions of his dispatches to Lord Stanley, repeatedly urging in the strongest manner the absolute necessity of at least a regiment of troops and two war steamers being at once sent out by the Home Govern ment for the protection of the European interests here, and further impressing upon his Lordship's attention the dan gerous consequences which the delay in sending them out would in all probability occasion in the colony. We feel assured that our fellow-colonists are thankful to his Ex cellency for his energetic and prompt representation to the Home Government of our perilous, and unprotected con dition. The Governors long silence upon this most im portant matter, has often led us, and the public, to believe that he was not fully alive to the dange r o f our position. We are, however, most happy to find we were m i sta k en on t h at point ; we only now sincerely trust that his Excellency does not place too much confidence in the statement of the natives, may d e p en d upon i t they as to their pacific intentions , f or he are not to be trusted. - - - - - - CAMBRIDGE, JULY 14.—The nomination took place this day. At ten o'clock both candidates and their friends attended at the fown-hall, where the preliminary arrangements were made before his Worship the Mayor, and the usual oaths taken. A council was held on board her Majesty's ship Hazard, when it was agreed to evacuate the town, which was done, the town's. people embarking first; the party of military in the block-house were the last to embark. During the embarkation the natives sur. rounded the heights commanding the town, but without making any movement ; occasionally a random shot was fired ; during the evening a few of the town's-people who were, I believe, most popu. lar with the natives, were employed in bringing off portions of their property. CONFLICT WITH THE NATIVES AT THE BAY OF ISLANDS LIVES LIVES LOST. We have endeavoured, but in vain, to collect a correct re port of the late outbreak at the Bay of I s l ands ; but each party we have applied to gives us a different vers i on on some impor tant point ; we shall con, ent ourselves this publi ca ti on b y giving the official report of the proceeding s . Th e num b er of Europeans killed was 13 and 18 Wounded; on the part of the natives there were from 40 to 50 killed and a large number wounded. In the afternoon of the following day the natives burst the town, with the exception of the churches and the houses of the missionaries; information was received that they intended attacking H. M. S. Hazard during the night ; every preparation was ac cordingly made by Lieut. Philpotts, commanding ; the attack was not made. Next day the Hazard sailed for Auckland, in company with the United States corvette St. Louis, the whale ship Matilda, and the Dolphin schooner, having on board the inhabitants of the town. Russell, March 11, 1545. On board her Majesty's ship Hazard, 5 P. M. Sir,—l have the honour to inform your Excellency, that about four o'clock this morning the town was attacked on all sides, b) a party of about two thousand armed natives. The small-arm men and marines of her Majesty's ship Hazard, under the command of Captain Robertson (who I am sorry to say is dangerously wounded), endeavoured to drive them back, but in consequence of the blockhouse being surprised and taken, his party were obliged to retire into the stockade in the town. Soon afterwards a simultaneous attack was made; and a heavy fire was maintained on both sides for three hours, when the assa►lants were repulsed, and retired to the hills where they remained. At one o'clock, the magazine in the stockade unfortunately exploded, and several persons were severely hurt and contused. 'I he greatest portion of our ammunition being exhausted by this fearful circumstance, it was deemed advisable to embark the inhabitants and troops and evacuate the town, which was then immediately entered by the natives, who are now busily engaged plundering. I am sorry to say that the casualties on the part of the Europeans have been very great. _ . • Captain PURCIIAS proposed Fitzroy Kelly, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent the borough in Parliament. T. J. FICKLIN, Esq., seconded the nomination. Mr. PRYAIE proposed Mr. Alexander Shafto Adair. His Hon and Learned Opponent inquired what were the merits of Mr. Adair, and what connexion had he with Cambridge ? What con nexion, he would like to know, had Mr. Kelly with Cambridge, except as a barrister attending the assizes ? And he was not aware that that gave him so muchiconnexion with the town as:his Hon. Friend ( Mr. Adair) possessed, being a member of the University. JULIAN SHRINE, Esq., secondel the nomination. Mr. KELLY then addressed the crowd, and in a long speech de fended the Maynooth grant and the present corn-laws. Killed of the 96th Regt., at the block-house, Flag-staff-hill, four privates, viz. —Miller, Giddens, Jackson, and Juson. Wounded—Private Durop, at the lower block-house, dan gerously; private Welton, in the town, severely ; private Gut ludge, severely; private Scott, severely; private Morris, severely. The conduct of the soldiers of the regiment throughout the affair was in every respect praiseworthy and honourable to them selves and the regiment. Mr. ADAIR also defended the MaYnooth grant, but spoke in a very different manner respecting the obnoxious impost on corn. As he is a large landed proprietor, the following remarks are in. structive. Bury is the centre of a district which he deeply re. gretted was one of the most dissatisfied, if not disaffected, in Eng land. It was the district of the tick.burners.—(Hear, hear.) When the match was applied to the rick and the stack, something is seriously going wrong with agriculture . The tenant-farmers knew how and where the evil pressed upon them—the great evil of uncertainty produced by the present system. A Tory Member of the House of Commons had the audacity to say that " the farmers knew nothing about the question of the corn-laws," and consequently the Hon. Gentleman politely inferred that the farmers had not common sense enough to understand their own business.—(Name) General Wyndham. They well understood their business—they knew full well, and to their cost, all about the vexatious question of the corn-laws. They cried out, " Give us investigation! Give us repeal! Give us anything; but put an end to this dreadful uncertainty under which we are suffering, and our circumstances are hourly growing worse."—(Hear, hear.) He knew the class of tenant-farmers well—had resided among them—had been on intimate terms with them—heard them express their opinions, and he sympathised with them. He was connected with the land. The land was his support. By the land he must stand or fall. The agricultural interest must there. fore for ever be his interest. Feeling thus, he could not be in favour of any measure or course of policy which was cal culated to injure it. His Hon. and Learned Friend had accused him of an Anti-Corn-law and free-trade connexion. As far as being favourable to Mr. Villers's motion might be considered as leaning towards free-trade, he did not wish to deny it, but that was the extent of his principles in this respect. He wished for in vestigation—he wished for a change in the present system—he wished for a final settlement.—(Cheers.) A show of hands was then taken by the Mayor, who declared it to be in favour of Mr. Adair. A poll was demanded on behalf of the Solicitor-General, which will take place to-morrow (this day.) It is with feelings of deep regret I have to report that the Gal lant Commander of: her Majesty's ship Hazard fell in the first at. tack, severely wounded. FINDING OF THE BODY OF THE The sergeant of Marines, a private, and four seamen, were }tilled. MAYOR OF WALSALL. WALSALL, MONDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK, P.l4,—Thebody of the above lamented gentleman was found this afternoon, It having floated to the top of the pool at half.past one o'clock. The remains were conveyed to the Butts Inn, and from thence removed in a shell to the house of Mr. Cottrell, Mr. Harvey's partner. The concourse assembled was immense, and if a general and unanimous expression of sympathy could in any way alleviate the feelings of his afflicted family, they possess it in its fullest extent. Mr. Harvey was one of the leaders of the Conservat;ves here, and had the good fortune to render himself deservedly popular with all parties. Mr. Cottrell, his partner, is coroner for the borough, but the inquest was held before G. J. G. James, Esq., deputy coroner, at Mr. Cottrell's home. The inquiry commenced this morning, at nine o'clock. s ., Nathaniel Mallam deposed that he was a gardener, in the em. ployment of Mr. Eyland, residing in the Lichfield-road. ALout half past one o'clock on Sunday, a person came to his house, and said he had seen the head of a man in the pool, and he thought it was that of the late mayor. He immediately left his house, bringing a sheet with him, and on going to the side of the pool he saw the body of a person floating on the water, about six yards from where the clothes were found. He undressed and got into the water, and with the aid of a stick brought the deceased to the side, and with the assistance of another man got the body out, when he immediately recognised it to be that of the late mayor. They then removed the body to the Butts Inn. It was quite liaked. Evidence was then given by the witness as to the way in which deceased's clothes had been found. Charles Welch said he was a police-constable, and he accom. panied the last witness to Eyland's Pool, and took charge of de ceased's clothes. He saw Thomas Smith, another police-constable, draw the towel then produced from deceased's pocket. It was marked " Crocket." Mr. Jahn Brewer, - a lime.master, stated that he went to the house of the late Mr. Harvey on Tuesday morning last, and, as usual, asked him how he was, when he replied, " I am as stiff as an old horse. I was pitching hay yesterday for half a day, and that has made me stiff. I shall not be right till I have had a good bathe." Crocket is the name of geceased's mother-in-law. Thomas Wilkins deposed that lie was packer in Messrs. Cottrell and Ilill's warehouse. He was coming home from Oxly on Tuesday evening, on horseback, when he wet the deceased near the gate leading to the Lake Pool, about a quarter to seven o'clock. The wit. ness called out, " Mr. Harvey," when deceased replied, " Well." He (witness) then told him that a person came to the warehouse abont seven o'clock, and asked him to take some hay and straw for his (deceased's) pony, but he was sent to Oxly ; but he would take some when he put his horse up. Deceased replied, " Aye, that will do; lam going a little further up, and shall be back directly." He never saw deceased after. Mr. Bassett Smith said he was a very intimate friend of de ceased's. He had had several conversations respecting bathing in the pool with deceased, who said he thought it a very proper place to bathe in. The jury immediately returned a verdict, "That deceased was accidentally drowned whilst bathing." SINGULAR SUICIDE OF A COMPOSITOR.—Yesterday died in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, a compositor, named Cra. them, who destroyed his life under the following circumstances : The deceased had, until the last few days, not been in constant ork, when he applied at the office of the Iron Times, in Fleet street. On Tuesday last he went to work, and having some intri cate matter to compose he had not finished his work to his own satisfaction, when he put his hat on and ran to the upper side of the River Thames at Blackfriars-bridge. The drags were soon procured, and the police with much difficulty dragged him ashore, afterwards he was conveyed to the hospital above-named, but never rallied, and died yesterday morning. The deceased was a married man, and much respected in the trade. They have a trick of constructing steam-boats of such an amazing light draft of water in the enterprising State of Arkansas, as we learn from the Little Rock Thtelligencer, that the Lucy Long, a boat recently built at that place, wilt run anywhere that the ground is a little damp. We believe she generally comes to anchor if there is anything like a heavy dew. Died on the 9th instant, after a short but severe illness, on his road from Bury St. Edmund's to Faulkbourn, to the inexpressible grief of his family, beloved and regretted by all who knew him, Henry Robert, youngest son of T. T. C. Bullock, Esq., of Faulkbourn Hall, Essex, and late Major in the Ist Life Guards. He was one of the few surviving officers who fought at the battle of Waterloo, then in the I lth Light Dragoons, where his charger received several wounds and fell under him, and he himself narrowly escaped with his life. Counsellor Reilly iM shortly to be married to Miss Sugden, the youngest daughter of the Irish Lord Chancellor. It is rumoured, in well-informed circles, that a certain high functionary is about to imitate the example of Ane of his predecessors in office, by engaging a "On° `.'me i n the bends of Hymen. Th g NO I Q affections, it appears, are best owe d on the lovely and accompli s h e d d aug ht er o f one of our most dis tinguished nisi prius lawyers, and one honoured with the confi dence of the Government,—lrish paper. ./ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COifMONS, July 14. LUNATICS ASYLUM (IRELAND) BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Upon the reading of the 14th clause, which empowers the Lord Lieutenant, under certain circumstances, to direct the enlargement of asylum►, Sir W. SOMERVILLE complained that there was a great deficiency of accommodation for pauper lunatics in the Rich mond Asylum at Dublin. There were, at present, 41 appli cations for admission from the county of Meath alone, which could not be attended to, in consequence of the want of room. Sir T. FREMANTLE would give his attention to the subject, and endeavour to apply a remedy to the evil com plained of. After a few words from Lord CLEMENTS; and Slr R. FER GUSON the clause was agreed to. On the reading of the next clause, Sir T. FREMANTLE, in reply to a question from Sir R. Ferguson, said that he did not think it would be advisable to act upon the suggestion of the Member for Waterford (Mr. V. Stuart), and to admit into the asylums persons who could afford to pay. He thought if that suggestion were adopted the paying patients would be preferred to the paupers, for whose relief the institutions were designed. Clause 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 were agreed to. On the reading of clause 22 Colonel RAWDON said, that although he thought the delivering of clinical lectures was calculated to retard the cure of lunatic patients, he would withdraw his notice of amend ment in the hope that a sound discretion would be exercised in the application of the clause. Sir T. FREMANTLE said that the clause was drawn up with a view to sufficient caution with respect to what the 11,in. Baronet opposite alluded. After a few words from Lord ASHLEY in support of the clause, it was agreed to. On the reading of clause :23, Sir R. FERGUSON said that he considered this the most important clause in the Bill. The Government had taken to themselves every possible power in this case. They had taken the power of building as many asylums as they thought fit, and of making what rules they had thought fit. But they had left the important subject of inspection altogether unprovided The inspectors of prisons were so placed that they could not discharge efficiently, and with due protection to the lunatics, the office of inspecting the asylums as well as prisons. He would, therefore, press upon the Government the necessity of making an ample provision for frequent and careful inspection. Lord CLEMENTS concurred in what had fallen from his Hon. Friend, and hoped that the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir T. Fremantle) would give some definite statement upon this sub ject before the clause was finally determined on. Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE was sorry that he could not at present lay down any distinct proposition on the subject, but he had no doubt that it would be necessary to make here after some larger provision for frequent and adequate inspection. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said, that if the inspectors of pri sons were to have the inspection of all the lunatic asylums, the days of their visits would be regularly anticipated, and the ap pearance of the patients prepared for the examination in the manner most creditable to the managers. Lord C. HAMILTON took the same view as the Hon. Baronet (Sir W. Somerville), and hoped that the Government would take measures to secure an efficient system of in struction. Colonel RAWDON said that the evidence contained in the reports before the House showed how little the present system of instruction availed for the protection of the inmates. After some further desultory conversation, the clause was agreed to. Cause 24, being the interpretation clause, was agreed to without discussion. Clause 25, which limits the operation of the Bill to Ireland, was agreed to, as was also the 26th clause, which provides that the Act may be amended. The preamble was then agreed to, the House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. SECOND READINGS. The Turnpike Acts Continuation Bill, the Loan Societies Bill, the Highway Rates Bill, and the Militia Ballots Bill, were severally read a second time, without discussion, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The House then adjourned till Five o'clock. The House resumed at Five o'Clock. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, the consideration of the Lords' amendments to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Bill was postponed till to-morrow. MONMOUTH AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. The Monmouth and Hereford Railway Bill was read a third ime and passed. BRIGHTON AND LEWES RAILWAY. Mr. LA SCELLES brought up the report on the Brighton, Lewes, and Ilastings Railway ( Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension) Bill. The South-Eastern Railway ( Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Lords' amendments to the Keyingham Drainage Bill were agreed to. The report on the Yoker Road Bill was brought up. White's Charity Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. The South Wales Railway Bill was read a third time, and passed. Ellison's Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) Railwayßill were agreed to. FORTH AND CLYDE NAVIGATION. The Lords' amendments to the Forth and Clyde Navigation and Union Canal Junction Bill were agreed to. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented petitions from Devon against certain clauses in the Justices' Clerks Bill. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL presented petitions from the attorneys and solicitors practising in England and Wales, and also in Ireland, praying that they might not be required to take out an annual certificate. Mr. ELLICE presented a petition from Glasgow against the Sewell Poor-law Bill. Mr. REDHEAD YORKE said that he had to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the order of liberation was sent to Norfolk Island in behalf of Joseph Mason, who was transported upon a conviction for burglary at the York Spring Assize , ', 1843, which conviction turned out to have been altogether and entirely unjust ; and he had also to ask when the said Joseph Mason might be expected in England ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that notice having been given of the question by the lion. Member, he (Sir James Graham) had made the necessary inquiries, and was enabled to say that the order for his liberation had been sent out on the Ist of January last. To the second question he could not give a de cided answer, but no doubt existed that he would be sent home on the first opportunity. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. HAWES put a question, the substance of which was, as far as we can ccaleet, whether any official information had been received concerning recent outrages, which had taken place in New Zealand. Mr. G. 0. HOPE said, that since the Hon. Member put the question before, he had received information which would enable him to reply to the question of the Honourable Gentleman. A dispatch was . received at the Colonial office yesterday f rom Captain Fitzroy. The dispatch was dated the 26th of March. The accounts therein given agreed with those published in the Times and other newspapers five or six days ago.—( Hear, hear. ) The dispatch set forth that the attack had been made by the same chief,"for the same purpose, but that it was of an insurrectionary character. It had been suspected for some days that an outbreak would take place, but it was not expected that it would occur for some days subsequent to the period at which it actually did occur. They met in collision. The advance of the natives was re pelled, and in the conflict Capt. Robertson fell. The settlers, however, held their ground, and repulsed the natives. From the effect of the shots the powder magazine blew up. The loss altogether, taking troops, settlers, and seamen into ac count, was 13 killed and 23 wounded. The loss of the natives had not been ascertained, but it was very considerable. In justice to the natives he must say that after the settlers retired, they forwarded a woman and child which they found in a block-house under a flag of truce to the settlement. Troops were requested after this melancholy event, but they did not arrive till the 23rd. The effects of this conflict were looked upon with great alarm. He did not think that it had arisen from accidental circumstances. It proceeded from a dispositi on on th e p ar t o f th e nat i ve chiefs to deny the sovereignty of the Queen. Such was the true state of the case as tar as he had been able to ascertain it. Air. J. A. SMITH wished to know whether these papers could be laid on the table of the House. Mr. HOPE had no objection to present them, and would take the earliest opportunity of laying them on the table of the House. Air. HUME presented several petitions from Scotland against the 135th and 136th clauses of the Scottish poor•law, praying that they may be expunged from the Bill, and stating that unless a compulsory assessment were made it would be utterly impossible to obtain that amount of assistance which the poor needed. GAME-LAWS. Mr. HUME also presented a petition from Mr. Charles Henry Russell, against the 12th clause of the game-law. He stated that, since the statute of 1799, there had been the utmost uncertainty respecting the laws for the protection of game. In cmsequence of an informality he had been subject to taxed costs of a heavy amount, and he prayed to be relieved from the heavy expense to which he had been subject. THE EARL OF ELLENBOROUGH. Mr. HUME begged to withdraw the notice respecting the Earl of Ellenborough and Indian affairs. GAME LAWS. Mr. G. BERKELEY had heard that a person convicted of poaching had had his punishment remitted, and he wished to know if that was true, and what were the grounds for the re mission ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, that in answer to the Hon. Member's question, in reference to the case he had mentioned, he ( Sir J. Graham) begged to say that the conviction before the Court in that iwtance was sent to the Home-office, and owing to the representation there made, the order for the liberation of the party had been issued, but net until a subsequent inves tigation by him (Sir James Graham) ; and it was upon a mis taken view of the law by him, owing to a clerical error, that he had been liberated. NEW ZEALAND. Lord HOWICK should like to know from the Secretary to the Colonies whether he had altered his intentions in reference to New Zealand, in consequence of the information that had arrived from that colony within a few days. Sir J. GRA HMV begged that the Noble Lord would post pone his question, seeing that his Hon. Friend the Secretary to the Colonies was absent. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Mr. HOPE, in answer to a question from Mr. Hindley, said that no report of an official character had been received from the Governor; but from what he hail seen in the public papers, he should say that a wrong impression had gone abroad as to the actual state of the facts. He believed the fact was, that the collision that had taken place occurred beyond the limits of the jurisdiction of the British Government, and in an independent colony, established by missionaries. The collision, moreover, seemed to be connected with occur rences which took place at a distance of two hundred miles from the British territory. The Boors who had emigrated were those who were opposed to the abolition of slavery , an d they were n o t a t all connected with those at Pore Natal. There was at present a considerable force at the 1 Cape, and five hundred cavalry had been added, who would be sufficient for the protection of the Boors. The Gricquas were not subjects of her Majesty, but the troops would nevertheless protect them. In answer to a question from Mr. HINDLEY, Mr. HOPE said that the Boors who had emigrated had always been regarded by her Majesty's Government as subjects of the British Crown. Mr. BUTLER, seeing the Right Hon. Gal l nan the Secretary of State for Ireland in his place. • ' , • wished to know whether it was or not the intention 'tier Majesty's Govern mept t o restore to office the 7 ; , n ;b t i heiane ' n ' and gentlemen lately dismissed Iron) the 7 : iag . istrae qtr Tlif::,IAS FRENI /VALE staiedoluintry ? he not abl t e o to o Lit e T any assurance that th ose gentlemen would be 'as Mr. BUTLER th en said that. on Friday re n t eXt eli lie should move that a humble address be presented to her Majesty, re questing her to restore to office those gentlemen. Nyhom lie believed had been must unjustly and of their office. Sir ROBERT FERGUSON asked the Secretary for Ireland whether the Government proposed to take advantage of th present vacancy in the office of Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to unite that Board with the Shannon Commission? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the appointment of Sir John Burgoyne to the Board had only very recently taken place, and the Treasury had not had time to make any arrangement. Mr. MILNER GIBSON wish cage. wilethc; 70bileral Roses, of Buenos Ayres, had the rig ht thui . tip the navigation of the River Plate and Paraguay, and whether he had the right to close those waters to foreign ships? Sir ROBERT PEEL said he was aware that General Roses exercised that right, and the Government were at one time inclined to recognise his right to blockade, but the French Government had refused to re cognise it unless their vessels were admitted. In that case they could not admit the right of General Resas to close the navigation of the river against British ships. Then the Hon. Member for Manchester asked if General Roses had a right to shut up the other branch of the river, hever known as the Paraguay. His (Sir Robert Peel's) answer would be similar in both cases. The Buenos Ayrean Government claim the right which they (the British Govern ment) equally disputed. He should, however, ascertain from the Secretary for Foreign Affairs the exact position in which they stcod, and communicate the same to the House if desired. RIOTS IN IRELAND. Mr. E. B. ROCHE said that although he had not given notice of his question, yet, with the sanction of the Go vernment, he would put it, as it related to an unfortunate transaction which bad occurred in his own country, he meant the loss of life which had occurred at Ballinhassy, and he wished to know if a general order had been issued by the Irish Govern ment that the police should not interfere in cases of fairs, or larger parties collected, without express instructions ; and that when these instructions were fulfilled, they should again rernove from the plac e w h ere suc h f a i r ; was held. He (Mr. Itoche),had no hesitation in saying, that if a single magistrate had been there, and if that magistrate were respected, this loss of life would not have taken place. Sir FREMANTLE ; in answer to the question, said he would fed it to be his duty to abstain from giving any opinion which might affect the proceedings before a competent tribunal. He might say, however, that there had been more than one magistrate present at Ballinhassy during the day on which the un fortunate occurrence took place. It was nine o'clock at night when it took place, and there were then no magistrates present. With reference to the orders alluded to, he would decline at present giving any opinion regarding the issue of such a di rection. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. C. BULLER postponed his motion regarding New Zealand. In answer to a question from Lord HOWICK, Sir R. PEEL declined to give any other documents re specting New Zealand except extracts. It would not be thought advantageous to the public service to furnish copies of instructions to Captain Gray, the new Governor, which in structions had not yet reached the colony. He could only give the extracts promised. Lord HOWICK said he wished to know whether the ex tracts would enable the House to form an opinion as to the policy pursued by the Government in New Zealand.—( Hear.) Before Parliament separated it would be absolutely necessary that it should know whether or not the Government meant to pursue a different line of policy towards New Zealand than that which had hitherto so unfortunately regulated the affairs of that colony. Sir R. PEEL said he could not say, but he thought the extracts which he would give would hardly answer the purpose of the Noble Lord. But if they did not, the Noble Lord would be at full liberty to make any further motion on the sub joct. He wished to know what had taken place in New Zea land, and whether any difficulty was felt in giving the papers to the House. Lord HOWICK wished to know when the discussion would take place, and on what night the Right Hon. Baronet pro posed to take the vote on New Zealand. Sir R. PEEL saw no reason why the papers should not be laid on the table of the House to-morrow or the next day. The discussion on New Zealand might be taken on Friday or Monday next. It was intended to go into Committee of Sup ply to-morrow, and the matter might then be introduced in c•identally. Lord HOWICK thought that it was not necessary to press the vote, and that it might be gone into after the debate. Mr. C. BULLER wished the debate to be positively fixed for Monday. Sir R. PEEL assented to the proposition. BRAZILIAN TARIFF. Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to ask the Right Honourable Baronet when the returns could be laid on the table of the differential duties imposed on British commerce by the Bra zilian Chamber of Deputies. Sir R. PEEL said, that he thought he should be able to place them before the House to-morrow. COAL DUTY—PORT OF LONDON. On the motion that the House go into Committee on this Bill, Mr. HUME wished to ,ask whether it was competent for the Noble Lord to go into Committee on this Bill, as it hail the character of neither a public or a private Bill ? The SPEAKER replied that the Noble Lord was perfectly entitled to go into Committee ; for though the title expressly referred to the port of London, it in reality affected the whole country. Mr. HUME said that it was certainly stated in the Bill that it referred to the port of London alone, and he could not, therefore, understand how, under this title, the amendments could be proposed. The SPEAKER said, that as the amendments of course partook of the customary character of the Bill, there could be no objection to the consideration of them. Mr. HUTT said, that as the Government had no objection, he would then move the amendment of which he had given notice :—" That it be an instruction to the Committee that they have power to provide that all duties now levied or to be levied, by virtue of this Bill, on coals brought within the liberties of the City of London, coastwise, or by inland navi gation, shall likewise be levied on coals brought within the same district by railway or by any other mode of convelance." The amendment was agreed to. The House then went into Committee, and after the first clause had been agreed to. The Easi of LINCOLN moved a series of amendments, the first of which proposed to provide a fund fur opening of poor and densely populated districts of the metropolis, or for k,eping spaces in its immediate vicinity. Others were for impnsinz the duty on other tracts of conveyance than the Thames. The clause for providing for the improvements was as follows And be it enacted, that from and after the said 31st day of December, 1845, the said duty of one penny per tsn on coals, cinders, and culm so imposed and extended as aforesaid, shall from time to time when and as received be laid out or invested in the purchase of stock in some of the public stocks or funds, or upon Government or real securities, at intere , t, in the names of the Commissioners for the time being, of her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues., Works, and Buildings, to an account to be entituled, Th, AletroNlis Improvement Fund Account ;' and the said Com missioners shall from time to time lay out or invest the yearly dividends or interest of the stocks, fends, and securities, so to be purchased in their names on the account aforesaid, in like manner for the purpose of accumulation in the meantime, and, until the said fund shall be required for and appropriated be Parliament to the execution of improvements in the metropolis." A Committee had been appointed in 1826. and the evidence before that Committee, in conjunction with the results of the Committee of 1826, would be now of admirable service in the discussions of this Bill. The object of this clause was to secure to the community a participation in the general benefits which would result from the employment of the accumulated fund in improving the different parts of the metropolis. He thought the amendments he proposed would answer all the purposes Honourable Members opposite had in view, and that they would meet the objecti ons w hi c h H onoura b le Members had raised against the Bill. To meet the objections of which he had heard, he had prepared a clause which he believed would be sufficient to satisfy the Honourable Gentlemen who were opposed to this measure on the grounds which had been alleged. Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the continuance of a tax upon the poorest population of the metropolis, and upon all the in habitants of the Vale of Thames, for improvements which would add to the value of all the household property in London., Hear, hear.) The tax was one as oppressive upon the. working classes as a tax upon bread. Mr. BRIGHT—We have all that to pay.—(A laugh. ) Mr. WILLIAMS thought that the tax upon coals was one pressing upon a most important necessary of life, and that it ought not to be imposed upon those who were the least able to bear it, and that too to give an increased value to the pro perty of the wealthy.—( Hear.) He was by no means opposed, to the improvements, but he thought they ought to be effeceed at the expense of those who would be the greatest gainers by them.—( [leer, hear.) Why was not a tax laid upon houses. for the purpose ?—( Hear, hear.) The city of London had. sufficient resources to effect all the improvements that were needed. But within the last two years upwards of 'a million of money had been raised for the benefit of the city by means of this oppressive tax upon the poor.—( Hear.) Ile would offer all the opposition in his power to the continuance of the tax. Mr. HUME said the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests had rested his case upon the reports of the sana tory commission, and upon the admitted facts detailed in those reports, as to the want of ventilation and cleanliness in the, habitations of the poor in the metropolis, and the imperfect drainage of the districts which were chiefly inhabited by the poor. But, surely, it was not the best means of relieving the poor from those acknowledged sufferings and privations, to in crease the price of an article of necessity almost equal to th,e, necessity of food, and quite equal to that of clothing.--( The proprietors of the districts which would be benefite A l by the improvements ought to be taxed for the expense of making those improvements.—( Hear, hear.) Besides, he did not like to leave a "nest egg " of 12,000!. in the hands of the Board of Woods and Forests to be made use of when they thought proper to find an occasion. —(Hear, and laughter.) Mr. MAST ERAIAN, w h o was very indistinctly h ear d , would give every opposition in his power to the continuance of the tax. Lord LINCOLN was surprised at the opposition of the Hor, Member for London. For he himself had been assured hy an Hon. Member connected with the City—(A laugh)—t'oat if the tax were taken off, no one would be benefited but the coal dealers—( Hear, and a laugh )—and that it would be a pity that so much money she u ld b e l ust to t h e pu bli c, whilst there re mained so great a necessity for improvement in the streets of the metropolis—(Hear, hear)—and especially in the dwellings of the poor, who would be the very last to be nefit by any small reduction in the tax upon coals- The Noble, Lord continued by saying he had heard his Hon. Friend say. that he'could not see of what use this penny duty on coals wouldbe; yet he (lArd Lincoln) had before him a document, br, which it appeared that his Hon. Friend had advocated st,d4ty upon the same article to the amount of 18 d. — ( Hear, near)--and for what ? Why, for the sole purposes and benefe.s of the city o f London.—( Hear, hear.) Wiell„ , then, he (Lod Lincoln) next found that his Honourable Friend and another Honour able Member of that House, who was an Alderman of the of the Corporation of London, had said at a public meeting. that this tax would be of no benefit to the city of London., yet, when it came to a vote it was found that there were four to three against the motion of the lion. Member.—(Hear, hear.) Then, a short time before the question came to be discussed before that House, his (Lord Lincoln's) Hon. Friend asked him as hat proporti on o f th i s tax would be devoted to benefiting, the Lin co l n ) t o ld hi m t h e Ci ty the city of L on d on, and he would hencfit by it to nearly the amount of a million and a half sterling pet annum, and that heretofore very material beneala had been conferred, from the same tax, upon Whitechapel and. Lambeth, and other districts; and, therefore, on those grounds alone, and without having any recourse to what might be called. a subterfuge, he would support this measure. After a few words, in explanntion, from MAS- T ERIVIAN, Lord HOWICK said it appeared to him that 0 - ,,e one ques• tion for the House to consider in reference to this tax was, Whether it was one which a majority of the Efr,use would deem beneficial, or the contrary, to the purposes fe,r which it had been hitherto applied.—( Hear hear.) And 'nere he would beg leave to say that it did appear to him th a t there never was a tax which he conceived was more opT;osed to justice or com mon sense than this, as a tax levied for purposes of finance.—(hear, hear. ) Noe.:, what was the real question they had to consider ? It was, this : they were going to con. sider whether it was necessary to continue the levy of a tax upon the valley of the Thanes for the transit of coals along its batiks, which coals were intended for the use, in a great part,. for the consumption of the poorer classes of the community.— ( Hear, hear.) Now, he knew something of the part of the country over which these coals were carried for consumption, and h e begged to tell the Right lion. Baronet opposite, and the