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Lord PORTMAN proposed some verbal amendments in clause 21. Lord STANLEY objected to one of them as having a prejudicial effect in a political point of view. The other amendments were agreed to, and the clause was passed. Clause 22, after a few words from Lord REDES DALE, was agreed to. Clauses 23, 24, and 25 were next read and agreed to, Clause 26 was also agreed to. Lord PORTMAN proposed a verbal amendment in clause 27, which was also agreed to. Clauses 28 and 29 were also agreed to. Clause 30 was agreed to. Clause 31, after some diseussion, was agreed to, as were also clauses 32 and 33. Clauses up to 106 were also agreed to. On lause 107 being proposed, :LonitREDESDALE asked whether there was any objection tb leaving it in the option of the wardens to let out the comnion lands or other lands ? Lord STANLEY thought that, if there were a slight inconvenience, it had better be borne than interfere with the.znachinery of the Bill. After a few words from Lord PORTMAN and ano ther Peer, : Lord REDESDALE said he was clearly of opinion that the land .should not be let for more than one year in aky parish, and he thought there ought to be some restriction on the permanency in the regulations. Were AN . regulations permanent or not ? :The LORD CHANCELLOR said according to the clauso the regulations were clearly permanent. Lord STANLEY proposed a restriction of five years or less, subject to the regulation of the Commissioners. This might be dose, as the wardens were to be deemed, for all purposes of taxation and rating, the occupiers of the allotments. The clause was then agreed to. On the proposition of the 108th clause, a conversation ensued as to the mode in which the growing crops were to be adjudicated, but the clause was agreed to, as were also clauses 109 and 110. The 111th clause was struck out. On the 112th clause being proposed, Lord PORTMAN asked where was the use of giving a man compensation for that w hi c h h e a l rea d y possesse d. Lord STANLEY said that the object of the clause was to make compensation for those small claims which were in fact almost intangible. Lord PORTMAN could not see the reason of that. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the object was to provide for small holdings. Where the common right was sufficiently stocked by cattle, the cotter enjoy ing the right could send in no more cattle, and conse quently there was no room for the owner of the stint ; and under this Bill therefore he was to be paid in money. If there was more than one stint, and not sufficient for two, the owner was to have one stint in the inclosure, and receive money as a compensation for the surplus. Clauses 113 to 122 were then passed. On the proposition of the 123 d clause, Lord PORTMAN objected that the expense of tLe inclosure was to be borne by the individuals from whom the right was taken away. Lord STANLEY said that the expenses were to be borne by those who were to have the benefit, and the Commissioners were to be paid out of the portion of Crown land appropriated for that purpose. Lord PORTMAN objected to the form of notice which was directed to be put upon the church door. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that it was some times difficult to find the person on whom the notice ought to be served, and that, therefore, it was better to adopt the usual course, which was to stick the notice on the church door. The Noble Duke the other night had said, that one of his tenants went every Sunday fourteen miles to church and fourteen wiles back again, He sup posed that they were as good in Cumberland as they were in Scotland, though he doubted it. At any rate, the notice was sufficient. The cause was then agreed to, as were also clauses 124 to 146. Clauses from 147 down to 162 were also agreed to, after short discussions of an unimportant character. :lames 163, 164, and 165, were next agreed to with- out opposition. Lora PORTMAN apologised to the House for having occispied so much time as he had in the observations he had deemed it necessary to make, but he could assure the House he did so from a sense of duty ,alone, as lie lorl not an iuch of property that would be affected by the Bill. SCOTCH POOR-LAW. The Duke of BUCCLEU moved that the House go into Committee on the Scotch Poor• law Bill. In he . begg,ed to say that th e grea t cause o f dis cor*e7! . ;cotland On this subject had been owing to - Ley of the relief aff rded by law hitherto ex also i.f that which was the result of private 'The Nobie Duke th , n took a review of the Lets in force for the .maintenance of the pot , r ^e;:,!itn:l, since the time of William and Nlary, and coutra.:• :1 their provi4,ns with tho-e of the measure now to be adopted. Ile then proceeded to state the sub stance of the different clauses of the Bill, and the ob,- jectS they had in view. He regretted having detained their Lordships so long. He had gone through the clauses rather hurriedly ; but he had omitted any point, he would be glad . to be reminded of it by any i\rob!e Lord. Lord rAmrBELt, though willing to admit that the present Bill was in many respects satisfactory, yet, looking at the advanced period of the session, he hoped the Government would postpone it till next year. The Bill contained some clauses which if not expunged or greatly modified would be a curse to Scotland. Any roan, for instance, who went to reside in Scotland for a temporary purpose, if he only took a moor there for sporting for a few weeks, would be liable to be rated not only for his property in Scotland, but for all his property in England, in the East and West Indies, or in America, and for all his stock in trade, and this, in his opinion, was neither fair nor liberal, and he trusted her Majesty's Government would take some course to re move the objections in C, , narnittee. He appea!ed to the good sense of the Noble Duke opposite (Rtrieleuch), and he.trusted he would see the necessity of postpone ment. The Howe then went into Committee on the Bill, when a desultory conversation took place between Lord CAMPBELL and the Earl of HADDINOTON, the first of whom contending that the Bill did not sufficiently de fine the meaning of the terms "means" and " sub- Mance," upon which persons resident in Scotland were to be rated to the poor, while the latter contended that it did. The LORD CHANCELLOR remarked that their Lordships were wasting time in discussing the point. The Bill introduced no new principle, and it would be now as hitherto open to the courts of law to define, when occasion should arise, what was the meaning of the terms " means" and " substance." The Noble and Learned Lord was a distinguished lawyer, and well able to define the meaning of the term. Instead, therefore, of calling upon the Noble Duke (Buccleuch) to give the required definition of the terms, he ought to enlighten the House himself upon the matter.—(Hear, and a laugh.) The Earl of DALHOUSIE declared that the meaning of the terms were well understood in Scotland, and the principles which had regulated the courts of law in de ciding upon these questions had been in force for the three hundred years. He thought, therefore, the NoL'le and Learned Lord had raised an unnecessary discussion. After a word or two from the Duke of BUCCLEUCU and Lord CAMPBELL, the Bill went through Committee, and their Lordships having resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time. to-morrow. UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS BILL. ---- This Bill was read a third time and passed, as was also the Spirits (Ireland) Bill, and the Excise Duties or Spirit (Channel Islands) Bill. SALE AND LEASING OF RAILWAYS BILL. This Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL. This Bill was also read a second time, and ordered to be committed. LUNATICS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill passed through Committee, as did also the Drainage (Ireland) Bill, and the Irish Fisheries Bill. Lord MONTEAGLE wished to introduce a clause winch would impose the smallest penalty, but it was withdrawn, and the Bill passed through Committee, and the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. ASSISTANT BARRISTERS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. STAMPS DUTIES (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be printed. MILITIA (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a second time. LANDS AND WOODS IMPROVEMENT BILL. This Bill was read a second time. LUNATICS' ASYLUM BILL. On. the second reading of this Bill being moved, Lord BEAUMONT objected that there was 1,5001. a year allowed to the Commissioners under this Bill, when the Poor-law Commissioners had only 7001. The Bill was read a second time without further comment. DERBY COURT BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. REAL PROPERTY BILL. This Bill was read a first time, and ordered to he read a second time to-morrow, COUNTY RATES BILL. _ This Bill was read ;fir;tTirie,and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The other Bills were advanced a stage, and the House ad . ; f)urned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 28. (C, ittinued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) :De House resumed at Five o'clock. A - REPORTS. Charity and the E . ,0 I.:norts on Nelson'sthe vii . were m b i rr i g ,r h , t an d agreed to. .Ei , - said, BILL. . mr.. n. i... . . .. naper, it tat discusso w i t n h g i s lltson's to Bill,the otherpv‘ivilirehr '''Ec4II,KELBY not be in the fmsiness upon 0,7 . -.,„ .. ghat erning. He should 0 *nd would of Ole house to c0n51,.....• the 'third reading it6od fof know hos they Fc..l: l At haw t h e dig ' . therefoie, .Yl' to mission, a 3 be piended to move WI ariv-Adille4,,, upon 1 one of the elateg..;; the , vt 4 eW tr - , actAtithodatin,7 ,Siti-J. altAllAll, vrit the llun...A.lt•mber, would then tn,;Y a that the older of the day on this Bill be discharged, for the purpose of moving that lit be read a third time to-morrow, at twelve 0'4.110ck.. ,Sir VALENTINA BLAKE a bout that as suspended, legis lative functions o f that !rouse were a to be he begged leave to make a few observa tions upon the c onduct of an individu al, and upon the poli c y of the Government during the present session. After an observation fr o m the SPEAKER, upon a point of order, The HON'. BALIONir proceeded' to my, tha t he - - r wished to address himself to the Right Honourable Bart. at the head of the Government, who had promoted several individuals to lucrative situations, but upon ene individual had cast a most unenviable notoriety, It would be in the recollection of the House that in the late debate, when the question of the 'opening of Trinity College, Dublin, to persons of all religious persuasions was the subject of discussion, the Right Hon. Baronet said that the Catholic Warden of Galway had signed a petition in: favour of the Irish Colleges Bill. He (Sir V. Blake) did not wish to interrupt—for an interruption even to so great a gun as the Right Hon. Baronet would not be acceptable—(Laughter)—althoughlhe were in error. The Maynooth Bill was valiantly passed.—(Laughter.) The Right Hon. Baronet was very improperly alluded to in the discussion on that measure. It was stated that he had been guilty of faithlessness to his party, and it was ultimately alleged that he was guilty of perfidy. The Right Honourable Baronet was not guilty of anything like perfidy. He was not, certainly, in unity with a moiety of his party, but that moiety had no right to say that he had abandoned his party, because the greater portion of his party supported him. Those individuals who attributed perfidy to him had no idea of the sacred scheme, and the working of the Bill. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. Mr. HENLEY wished to ask the -Right Honourable Baronet the Secretary of State fur the Home Depart ment, whether the letter written by him to the magis trates a Stafford upon the subject of administering jus tice in their own houses applied generally to magistrates? Sir J. GRAHAM said, that lion. Members would perceive, frem the report which lay upon the table, that in the case raferred to, the magistrate had decided a case of trespass in his own house, without the presence of a clerk or any other magistrate. He must certainly repeat his opinion as to the impolicy of this line of con duct in all cases. Mr. HENLEY said he had, according to his notice, another question to put to the Right Hon. Baronet. He wished to ask whether it was intended to bring in any measure to relieve magistrates from the re sponsibility of dealing with those parties that might be brought before them? His reason for putting the question was, that there were now a great number of railway Bills, in which clauses were inserted requiring the magistrates to decide summarily upon cases brought before them by the servants of the Companies. Sir J. GRAHAM said that he did not see any neces sity to alter the law. Mr. HUME said he thought the House would not object to relieve the county magistrates of all respon sibility, and to have stipendiary magistrates appointed is their places. Sir J. GRAHAM believed that the county magis trates were of great service, and that such misconduct as was complained of in the papers on the table was very rare. SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE. In answer to a question from Mr. BROTHERTON, Sir R. PEEL said that he would not object, with the concurrence of the House, to move, after to• morrow, that the House should sit at 12 o'clock fur despatch of business, and sit throughout. EDUCATION. Mr. 'WART said that he was compelled to draw the attention of the House to the subject under his name on the paper, namely :-1. That a statement be made, on the part of the Government, of the condition and pros pect of such educational establishments as are supported wholly or partially by a vote of this House, 2. That it is expedient that the formation of public libraries, freely open to the public, be encouraged. 3. That it is ex pedient that schools for the training of masters be more extensively promoted. 4. That it is expedient that ap pointments to the subordinate offices of Government be made (as far as possible) by examination of the merits of the candidates for such offices. He found that the re port of the Commissioners were more intended to dis guise the facts than to reveal them. They had laid recently laid upon the table of that House a ponderous tone on the subject of education which, he would venture to say, Hon. Members had never read. The condition of the schoolmasters in Scotland was nothing more than a state of penury. For many years they were entitled only to the salary of 351. per annum. The question arose how much further the Government could interfere to assist the progress of education. It would be a great advantage if any Mem ber should annually move for a report on the state of education in England, Ireland, and Scotland. He trusted the municipalities world come forward and seek For the establishment of libraries throughout the cournry. An other great source of promoting education was a system introduced by the present Lord Grey, namely, by the examination of those persons intended fur offices un der Government. The Hon. Member the Chancellor of the Exchequer might smile at the supposed novelty of this proposition, but it had been tried, and that success fully, by the late Administration, and he left it to the liberality of the Right lion. Bart. to take up the subject end promote it energetically. It was very possible that he might take the sense of the douse upon the ease now introduced, but at any rate he thought it could do no harm to throw out these suggestions to the Government upon a matter of such undeeiable paramount importaece. Sir R. PEEL rose and said, that however late the period , :f the session, and however great the pressure of public business, he thought the Honourable Gentleman was quite right in calling the attention of the House to this important subject. lie must say, however, that on the subject of education the House had already very full information, and also as regarded its progress. He thought the suggestion of tiie Honourable Gentleman .hat tat. Govern Lent should, before asking the vote, e press an opinion as to the progress of edacation, for the annual volume presented on this subject was rather too voluminous for Members to make themselves fully masters of. llewever valuable this volume might be, an oral explanation by a Minister was preferable, as being . more calculated to awaken public attenti m. The amount last year granted for educational purposes was ' 40,0001.—this year 75,0001. was proposed —75,000/, was the sum voted for Ireland—so that, in all, 150,000/. was in one year voted for the subject of education—a fact which sufficiently proved the anxiety of the Government on the subject. He thought the increase of comforts to school masters was well worthy of attention ; for they could not more effectually promote education generally than by holding out encouragement to the teachers. In 1843 a sum was granted for the building of 251 schools, and in 1844 for 380. In consequence of the addition to the objects to which the vote was applied, it had been found necessary to make an increase of 35,0001. ; but he thought that must not be the limit.—(Hear.) For there was so great a desire to educate the working classes, that he did not think, if an application were made for a larger grant next year, it would meet with great opposition. He was quite willing to take such a test if he thought it would be at all useful, but he had very great doubts of any such test being at all a worthy criterion of capability. But a further consideration was involved. Was mere scholastic attainment anything like a proof of capacity for public office? He did not mean intellectual capability, but that power to fulfil the practical duties of life, together with that degree of attainment which would ensure an appointment advantageous to the public. The Noble Lord last session had proposed that a portion of the public funds should be appropriated to granting prizes to the youths educated in these public schools after their attainments had been ascertained by public eeamination. Now if he were perfectly convinced of the truth of the decisions come to after these public exami nations, he should certainly have no objection, but he had yet much to learn respecting the principle here involved before he acceded to its truth, and till he was he felt it a matter of duty to withhold the grant. It was solely from an unwillingness to induce the schoolmasters to seek for public employment that led him to abstain from all interference. There was great danger in offering them such rewards. He hoped, under these circumstances, that the Hon. Gentleman would'perceive that he had dealt with these propositions in a manner in which they ought to be dealt with. Mr. WYSE seconded the resolution of his Ho nourable Friend. He said that education had now assumed such a position as to justify any consump tion of time and labour in introducing the subject in an enlarged state under the consideration of the House. He hoped that the Right Hon. Baronet would take an enlarged view of all literary institutions and support them by grants from this House in whatever part of the United Kingdom they might be placed. Sir R. PEEL said that it was the intention of the Go vernment to collect the information which might lead to such institutions. Mr. WYSE was very glad to hear such a statement, as it was of inestimable value. It would turn the public mind to a due consideration of the subject. He did not think that the Right Honourable Baronet made any observations with rospect to that part of the resolutions which referred to the institu- tion of, public libraries. He (Mr. Wyse) thought town councils ought to get. the power of levying taxes for the institution of public libraries under the sanction and authority of Government. It would greatly encourage the diffusion of knowledge, and go far in the correction of morals in the growing generation. He hoped his Hon. Friend would be satisfied with the explanation and recommendation of the Right Hon. Baronet oppo site and not think it necessary to put his resolutions to a division. Mr. HUME said he felt perfectly satisfied both with the answer the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government had given, and the able speech of his Hon. Friend near him (Mr. Ewart.) The present administra tion had shown itself peculiarly inclined to extend the opportunities of education both by the liberal grant re commended for such purposes in this country as well as Ireland. At the same time, though much had been done, a very wide field was open for carrying out the laudable work still more efficiently. In Russia every class of the community were given the means of ready and early instruction ; maps were exhibited in every school in that kingdom, and over each city and town de picted on them were placed a statistical account of the population, revenue, and peculiar features of each, whe ther the districts were tnanutacturing or agricultural, and all such invaluable particulars. As to the second resolution, he concurred in every word which his Hon. Friend had said in reference to local libraries ; the im portance of such establishments could not be overrated, and though it would be a very great acquisition to this country if the same system as was at present pursued in the United) States could be introduced here, neverthe less, although he concurred so fully in the remarks of his Hen, Friend who had brought forward the present dis cussion, he trusted the resolutions would not be pressed to a division, as, what was far better than that, a useful and sltisfac tory- consideration had been given the question. Mr. HAWES recommended that the same collegiate system lately introduced for Ireland should be intro duced int - ) this country, but, in the want of such a satis factory course, he could only tender the resolutions of his Hon. Friend his warmest support. The motion was negatived without a division. SCHOOL OF DESIGN, t On the question being lnAthet the Spe a ker leave the chair, Mr. W. WILLIAMS rose to move according to notice--For a Select Committee to inquire into the. alb gations contained in the petition of the senior students of the School of Design in Somerset-house, rrd into the general management and present state of 'that School — but stated his willingness to withdraw his motion in case the Government would accede to its requirements. Sir R. PEEL made a few remarks across the table, not one word of which reached the gallery, but it is to be concluded that he refused to concur in the proposi tion, as Mr. WILLIAMS immediately proceeded, and attri buted the ill-success which had attended the Institution, ever since its first formation, to the bad government under which it had systematically laboered. Twenty four gentlemen had been appointed to conduct the entire management of the establishment, and like every other department entrusted to the charge of such a limited council, it ha I been neg lected. Every thing he affirmed, he was prepared to prove before a Committee of the House. He challenged inquiry, as he wanted to know whether the statements that had been made to him were true or not. The successor of the previous Master, Mr. Dyce, was Mr. Wilson, who was neither a workman nor a scholar, and the latter had under him a Mr. Herbert, a very skil ful person, and a royal academician, yet Mr. Herbert, so eminently qualified for the situation he held, was removed by a meeting of the council, at which there were only four present— (Hear) — while the other was retained. In consequence of this state of things, the arrangements were such as to afford no efficient means of instruction. Thirty-seven of the students addressed the council on the subject, setting forth the incapacity of the master of their class, and the director, to fill the situations which they held, to which an answer was returned as offensive as it could be well expressed, ordering their expulsion. The Hon. Member here said, the order of the council for the expulsion of the scholars, and deciding that they should not be re admitted unless through the director, respecting whose incapacity they had addressed the council, he looked upon as a highly arbitrary proceeding, as the remonstrants were not boys, but many of them young men who had given evidence of considerable ability, and who had shown no refractory spirit, but merely a lauda ble desire of being properly instructed. He was told that many of the complaining parties were miserably deficient of talent. His answer to this was, that many of them had competed for prizes, and had been successful. One, a native of Scotland, after being a few months there, obtained two prizes, and another had gained three prizes, in competi tions. These were facts which, with many others, he could prove in committee, were it granted. Under such a management, what was the result ? In April, 1844, there were 196 scholars ; in July, the same year, 189 ; being a falling off of 7. In April, this year, there were 186 ; in July, 111 ; showing a falli ng o ff o f 75. What was the occasion of this ? The dismissal of 37 of their best scholars, and such a circumstance deterring others from attending at this seminary. The testimony of Mr. Pugin, whose fame was European, bore evidence to the poverty of our talent in the decorative arts. That gen tleman stated that he had only three persons in his em ployment who were Englishmen; and out of those three, there were two who had been dismissed from the School of Design. Surely these circumstances called aloud for inquiry. If his motion was not granted, great dissatisfac tion would be the result. Owing himself much to manufac tures, he was anxious that proper instruction should be afforded to those who had to obtain their livelihood through their means, and he should therefore use every exertion in his power to promote their efficiency. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving that an inquiry be instituted into the School of Design. Sir GEORGE CLERK opposed the motion, and held that the House would compromise its dignity if they acceded to it, when it was well known that it emanated from a number of students who had been suspended from the School of Design, on account of gross insubordination. With respect to Mr. Tyas, it could not have been expected that an artist of con siderable eminence could have given up all his time to the institution, even when his salary was increased from 409/. to 5001. a year. Mr. Wilson was also an artist of great eminence, and certainly a person more qualified could not have been selected to fill the office to which he was appointed. Mr. Herbert was also well qualified to instruct those in his department--the drawing of the human figure. Those under his tuition were under 20 years of age, there being same as young as fourteen. Certainly Mr. Herbert was to blame for the disparaging way in which he spoke of Mr. Wilson in the hearing of his pupils. Now he would ask the House whether these gentlemen— mere lads—were competent to judge of the character of their tutors. It was true that there was one 22 years of age. Mr. Wilson took this young man into his pri vate room, and showed him some drawings, some of which he lent him to copy. He found the name of an Lalian written in the corner, and thus he brought the char;-re against Mr. Wilson of foisting off other persons ,h-signs as his own. Now, it appeared that the name in the corner of the drawing was that of a town—Oaego-- which the drawinr , represonted ! The shawl-worker mentioned by Mr. Nu g ent had taken lessons, and left the school ; but after some time he returned, and took lessons under Mr. Wilson. He designed some beautiful patterns, which were eagerly purchased by some of the largest manufacturers in that town. Many of those who were in the. habit of receiving patterns from France now obtained them from those who had been educated at the School of Design. This showed that the school was not in the inefficient state which the Hon. Member made out—considering the short time it had been established, it had made wonderful progress. Looking at the satisfactory state of the exhibition last year he al not think that the School of Design patronised by Government was in the state described by the Hon. Member, and having, as he thought, answered all the arguments and all the facts of that Hon. Member, there seemed no necessity for the Committee. He should oppose his motion. Mr. EWART said that, without taking up the time of the House, it was clear enough that the school in Somerset House was in a state of disorganisation. Mr. Pugin had stated that he was unable to find there ar tists to supply designs for the new Houses of Parliament, and he was therefore obliged to search over the Conti nent for them. Their manufactures were also behind those of France, because pattern designing was not suffi ciently encouraged ; and therefore, under these circum stances, he should support the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Coventry. Mr. WAKLEY said that, finding the Hon. Member for Lambeth, who had been taking notes that evening, did not rise to speak on the subject, he must as a matter• of duty do so, for he could not understand why they should vote away public money for a school actually of no public benefit. It had been said by the Hon. Gentleman opposite that it would be an encouragement of insubor - dination if they granted this Committee. But was an inquiry into evils, an encouragement of insubordination? and many young men—young men rising in the world— whose prospects possibly would be destroyed, were ex pelled from this school, and would the House then call this a factious measure—a measure likely to encourage insubordination ? The students complained that their teacher was an incompetent man, and could it be sup posed that the young men would have risked this asser tion if they had not believed it ? But what was the., course pursued ? The council, instead of inquiring int o the qualifications of Mr. Wilson, suspended the come plaining scholars. That was the reward which th e students received for the discharge of their duties to on e another, and their zeal for their own improvement. The y discovered that the person who was appointed to time task was wholly incapable of instructing them. But ate council concealed from the House all the facts of time case as related to Mr. Herbert. No doubt th e council would say that they abstained front stating the facts, through delicacy to Mr. Roberts, who asked no delicacy at their hands. He hoped the First Lord of the Treasury would inquire into the case him s(lf.—(llear, hear.) There was no public institution that could have a more beneficial effect upon the promo tion of the fine arts and the interests of commerce th•an the School of Design, if properly worked.—(llear, heP.r.) It was well kr town that the manufacturers of this calm- .ry sent annu: tlly upwards of 30,0001. a year to France for designs. If the Right Hon. Gentleman would inter fere, to see that the school was properly conducted, it would be a great benefit to the country. It ; was right to place at the head of such an institu tion a director who was a clever, active man of busit. ness ; but he taught not to be a teacher, or to be allowed to interfere with the teachers.—(Hear, hear.) He did not wish to say anything painful to the feelings of Mr. Wilsol 3, but he hoped the Government would take some steps before the next session of Parliament to place the s‘rhool upon a proper foundation.—(Hear.) Mr. HAWI i.'eS objected to the assertion made by his Hon. Friend t, ke Member for Coventry, that the council consisted of jr bers.—(Hear, hear.) His Hon. Friend's statement was I made upon facts which were reported by persons not w •ell informed.—(Hear, hear.) The facts of the case were simply these:—A quarrel' arose between the two masts- 'rs, in the course of which Mr. Herbert appealed to tl se pupils, who responded by loud cheers. The council took great pains to investigate the circumst :ances, and having behaved with great conk& ration to Mr. Herbert were obliged to come to the resolution of discontinuing hi s services. Th .e details were not of that important nature to be et nbodied in a report to Parliament, and he (Mr. Hawes) t aid his colleagues thought that no more was necessary than to state the principal facts. But he would pledge b is honour to the House, that he and every other member of the council had the highest respect for Mr. Herbert, a nd were actuated only by a sincere desire for the advancement of the school.—(Hear, hear.) It had been said: 3y his Hon. Friend that the school had declined, but the fact was to the contrary. The school had greatly ad vanced, and the manufacturers had shown their sense of its value by their extended employment of the students male and female.—(Hear.) He would venture to sa: r for every member of the council from the highe 0 to the lowest, that they had no objec tion to see the s c hool remodeled, if it could be done on a better basis. I I et would not object to the motion for in quiry, if it wert 5 made on the simple ground of improve ment to the in 3 titute. But he would resist it, if it were brought fc award upon a charge that the council was composed t 5t jobbers.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. `'NYSE e ..fended the reputation of the school and the conduct of the council. He appreciated the talents and acquiremer its of Mr. Herbert, buf after all the con sideration whit b. he, as a member of the council, could give to the st Lbject, he thought that no other course could have been 'taken than to dispense with the services of that gentlerr ,703, and to mark with disapprobation the insubordinatior t of the students. He could not give his vote hoa tion which impli e d censure upon t h e e would supp or t any i nqu i ry w hi ch m i g h t uoitnb4ject the improvement of' the school itself," etvinz f ifol o .r r a itsu and the exten.sicva of its utility. After a few a words from Mr. HAWES, Mr. WILLI AMS declined to divide the House, and the motion was. negatived without a division. • IRISH POLICE FORCE. Lord CLEM ENTS 'then rose, according to notice, to move the consyoration of the petitions of John Conniff, E. Kirwan, Robert Clegg, and Joseph Boyd, formerly in the Irish police; and further, to recommend some change being made in the regulations of that body. Tht Noble Lord read at great length testimonials in favour of the petitioners, and complained of the manner in wlich the police in Ireland was managed. He was of opinion that they should have a standing police force in Ireland. An armed body was necessary even in the least dsturbed districts. He hoped that the Right Hon. Baronet would take these matters under his consideration, and lake the proper measures for the better regulation of tie police force in Ireland. Sir T. FREMANTLE hoped he would be excused at that hour of the night, and under the circumstmces, of going at length into the subject which the Noble Lord had brought forward. The Right Hon. Gentleman then, in an exceedingly low and rapid tone, referred to the parties named in the motion, all of whom, he said, had been removed upon good cause. They had been con victed of insubordination and general bad corduct, and on those grounds they were dismissed the service. The reasons upon which the step complained of was taken, was to the Government quite satisfactory, and they exone rated all parties concerned from any blame. Mr. SHEIL wished to ask to ask a question. It was, how the patronage of the Constabulary Force was ar ranged? Under the late Government, he understood that two-thirds were appointed by Colonel M.Gregor. Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE—One-third. The remainder were in the hands of the Lord Lieutenant. The motion was then negatived without a division. SUPPLY. The House then resolved itself into a Committee o. Supply. THE BAHAMAS. The sum of 3,4101. was proposed for the Civil Establish. meet of the Bahamas. _ _ _ Mr. WILLIAMS complained of the amount of the vote. _ _ Mr. C. BULLER said, that these islands ought to bear their own expenses. Their population was 25,000, and they had a revenue of 22,0001. a year. He did not think, therefore, they ought to come on this country. He would not, however, divide the House on the vote. After a few words from Mr. HINDLEY, the vote was agreed to. THE BERMUDAS. The sum of 4,4091. was next proposed for the Civ Establishment of the Bermudas and agreed to. PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND. 3,0701. was proposed for the civil e;tal:lishment of Prince ICCvard's Island, and, after a few remarks from Mr. C. BULLER, who considered that thiscountry ought to pay the Governor and Secretary, and no other, it was agreed to. 400/. for the Sable Island, and for relieving shipwrecked seamen, and 13,680/. for the civil establishments on the western coast of Africa, were agreed to. 12,0001. was proposed to defray the expenses attendant on the management of St. Helena. Mr. WILLIAMS opposed the vote on the ground that the cost was exorbitant; that it was principally paid to the officers of the East India Company, who had rendered no service to this country. Mr. COLLETT was of the same opinion. 500/. was paid to a chaplain whose duties might be efficiently per formed for 100/. He therefore moved that the sum be reduced to 11,6001. The grant, however, was agreed to without a division. 7,2191. was proposed to defray the expenses incurred in connexion with the Government of Western Aus tralia. Mr. C. BULLER said, the population of the colony was 3,476, and that it had lasted for 17 years. 9.0001. was raised by taxation, which was at the rate of 31. per head. Mr. HOPE had not his papers with him relating to the subject. He, however, could state that the tax was a fair one. The grant was then agreed to. 3,1711. was next proposed to defray the expenses of the Government of South Australia, which, after a short discussion, was agreed to. 5,329/. was next proposed to defray the expenses in curred in the Government of Port Essing, which, after a few words from Mr. C. Buller, Dr. Bowring, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was agreed to. 7.4t301, for the Falkland Islands was agreed to. The sum of 1,0231. was voted for the civil service of Heligoland. 18,394/. for the West Indian Islands. 11,3531 being proposed for the Ecclesiastical service of the North American provinces, Mr. WILLIAMS objected to this vote, on the ground of its Inutility, and stated his intention of taking the sense of the Committee upon it. Dr. BOWRING supported the objection, and pointed • eat the anomaly of the Roman Catholic Bishop receiv ing less than the Protestant. Mr. SIIEIL corroborated the statement of the Hen. Member for Bolton that an incongruity existed in the mode ef paying the Roman Catholic and Protestant Ecclesiastics in the colonies, while the majority of the population in almost all the settlements were members of the former creed. Lord SANDON wished to ask the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Member for Dungarvon how he reconciled his complaint of the Roman Catholic bishops of the Colonies receiving a less salary than the Protestant, when the Roman Catholic Prelate of Newfoundland received a large stipend, and the Protestant was unpaid. Or, how he reconciled his proposition for an increase in the salaries of Roman Catholic ecelesiastics in the colo nies, when those in Ireland refused on principle all de pendance whatever on the State ? - Mr. SHELL did not wish to enter into the question of relative Church endowments, all he desired was to effect a more equal and just mode of provision for both religions. Mr. C. BULLER stated that, though the Protestant Bishop of Newfoundland received nothing, the Dean ob tained the salary, which otherwise would have been ac corded to his superior. After a few words of retort between Lord Sandon and Mr. Sheil, Mr. Packington . and Mr. Collett, the House divided, when there appeared— For the amendMent ... lB Against it Majority for the vote —42 On 18,8951. being proposed for the missionaries of Lower Canada, Mr. CHARLES BULLER objected to the vote. He was of opinion that the Indians received no be nefit whatever from the labours of the missionaries. The fact was, that there were not three Indians who at tended their ministrations. He thought, that before they voted away these sums year, after year, an inquiry should be instituted as to its utility, and he hoped that before next session the Government would lay a report before the House of the results which hsd followed this ex penditure. After a few words frora Mr. HOPE, Mr. WILLIAMS said that the inquiry proposed should be instituted, and he had no doubt it would be found that these Indians were far better off than our agricultural labourers. The vote was then agreed to. 10,4951. was proposed to defray the expenses of the Colonial Land Emigration Board. After a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS, the vote was agreed to. 48,800/. was then proposed to defray the expenses, allowances, and contingencies of the stipendiary justices of the West Indies and the Mauritius. After a few words from Mr. HAWES and Mr. HOPE, Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the vote, and said he would take the sense of the House upon it. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the vote Against it ... lO Majority... —5l The vote was then agreed to. 35,0001 vvas then voted for the expenses of capturing negroes; as also 24,0001. for defraying the expenses of salaries to Commissioners and others for completing treaties in conjunction with foreign powers for the sup pression of the slave trade ; and 110,7231. for the con sular establishment abroad. Mr. HINDLEY.—What is the use of 'a consul in Jerusalem, and other expenses of such a consulship, to form an item in the estimates? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was undeistood to say. that he was useful in negotiations with Eastern countries. Dr. BOWRING.—Is it a fact that a consul has been appointed at the Zolvenein, and, if so, what is the-salary? Mr. HOPE said he had not heard of any such ap pointment. The vote was then agreed to. The next vote proposed was 80,0001. for the establish ment at Hong-Kong. _ Mr. HAWES otiserved upon the largeness of the sum and wished to know if the details of the expenditure had been duly considered, as a feeling that• it was an extravagant establishment prevailed among the trading communities. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the matter had undergone the revision of the Government, and correspondence had taken place with Sir Henry Pottinger on the subject. The establishment, from its novelty, must be necessarily expensive. Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the amount of the vote. The sum was in his opinion most inordinate. Dr. BOWRING agreed in the view expressed by his Hon. Friend. He considered the salaries of the func tionaries at Hong Kong were much too high. After some further conversation the vote was agreed to. MINISTERS AT FOREIGN COURTS. The next vote was that a sum of not less than l 8,0002 be applied for the extraordinary expenses of her Ma jesty's Ministers at Foreign Courts.—Agreed to. The Chairma n then reported progress and obtained leave to sit again this day. The House then resumed. Sir J. GRAN A NEW MEDICAL BILL. M, who spoke in such a low tone of voice as to b e repeatedly inaudible, said he wished to trespass on the House for a few minutes while he stated the course he intended to take on this subject. It had been bis intention, if other urgent business had not in terfered to defer this Bill, to have brought the matter to a, settlement in the present session. This not being the case he begged leave to state to the House the course he intended to pursue. As much importance was attached to this measure, he might state that he intend e d to b ring it forward early: next session, and that he still adhered to the principle of incorporat ing the general practitioners, only there were some al terations he intended proposing at another stage of its proceedings. All that he wanted at present wa, that . the Bill be committed pro formil The alterations he intended proposing were as follows :—in all cases in which the present Bill provided for two examinations, one at twenty-two years of age, and (mother at twenty-six, he intended to invert the order of examination, retaining the same number of examinations. At present it was provided that a student should be examined first by a Board of Physicians and Surgeons, and • af. terwards by a Board of General Practi tioners. The alteration he proposed was, that the examinatioa by the general practitioners should take place first, to be followed by that of the physicians and surgeons. He also proposed that there should be a supplemental charter granted to the College of Sur geons, to which members of the college who had given evidence of sufficient attainments might be admitted as fellows. This would do a great deal to extend the number of the fellowships. He proposed also that the examinations of the students in Scotland and Ireland should be the same as those of England. At present, they underwent only one exami nation ; it was his intention that they should undergo two. He also proposed that practitioners coming from Scotland or Ireland, and regularly admitted into the colleges of those countries, should be allowed to practice in England by entering the cor responding college in this country without further ex amination. With regard to Scotch or Irish prac titioners practising in England, he proposed they should be called upon to register themselves as members of the college here. In respect to situations in the army and navy, he proposed that all candi dates should undergo the two examinations he referred to, as well as examination by the army or naval board ; but that they should not be allowed to practise until five years from the date of their first admission in England until five - years after their first admission, unless they had previously passed both Boards. There was one other provision of the Bill which was important, and which he proposed to alter—it was with reference to the counciL He meant to reduce it to thirteen mem bers as the highest number, and they would probably be below that, and he proposed also to leave the appoint ments to the Crown. Mr. P. BORTH WICK wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet intended to continue that system of establishing an ineqtiality between English and Scotch students. Sir. J. GRAHAM said that he had made his state ment as fully as he could, and could not, in its present stage, enter into any lengthened discussion on the Bill. Mr. WAKLEY would, in a few words, state his opinion, viz., that the amended Bill would not give satisfaction to the profession. He gave the Right Hon. Baronet all credit for his perseverance and intentions, bat seeing that the amended Bill pro posed to increase the number of examinations, while the profession had for several years past been using all their endeavours to decrease it, he could not but fear that it would give dissatisfaction to the body. The House then went into Committee on the MUNICIPAL (IRELAND) BILL. All the clauses of which were agreed to, and the report ordered to be brought up to-morrow (this day). THE COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS BILL. _ _ On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, this Bill was ordered to be committed this day three weeks. THE IRISH STOCK BANKS (SCOTLAND AND IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, this Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow (this day.) REMOVAL OF COURTS OF LAW. On the motion of Mr. C. BULLER, the following Members were nominated as the Select Committee on the removal of the Courts of Law from Westminster— Mr. C. Buller, the Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Richards, Colonel Thomas Wood, Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Pakington, Mr. Nicholl, Sir T. Wilde, Mr Tancred, Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Aldam, Sir R. IL Inglis, Mr. Attorney- General, and Mr. Villiers. Capt. PECHELL moved for a return of all vessels that have been taken into Her Majesty's service under the several acts and treaties relating to the slave trade, since the 24th day of August, 1839, describing the flag under which such vessels were seized, the registered tonnage, as well as that by British admeasurement ; stating whether copper or iron fastened, and if taken with their stores and furniture ; likewise the appraised or estimated value of each vessel, and the sums which the Board of Admiralty have deemed a proper price for the same. Agreed to. The remaining orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at two o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS MONDAY, JULY 28. Eastern Counties Railway- (Cambridge and Huntingdon Line) Bill,—Report considered; amendments agreed to; Bill to be ingrossed. Scottish Midland Junction Railway Bill,—Lords' amend ments agreed to. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway,—Report, Wed day, July 30. Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge and Huntingdon),— 'Third Reading, Wednesday, July 30. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUM Sin.,—Another instance of gross neglect on the part of steam-boat managers was witnessed at Hungerford pier on Sunday evening. The boat in question was ren dered unsafe by various openings in the side railings, which, in the dark, were unfortunately taken for the landing-places, by two gentlemen, who stepped off the boat into the water, and were not rescued till nearly ex hausted. And had it not been for their cries the pier man would not have observed them in time, having then rose three times. One gentleman lost a new hat, and also spoiled a good suit of clothes, and is still labouring under the effects of the fright. Ought public safety and convenience to be so sacrificed, and no compensa tion rendered ? Mr. Editor, you will confer a public benefit in calling attention to such unwarrantable negligence. July 28, 1845. R. B. SCOTCH BANKING--IMPORTANT HINTS. It does not seem to be generally known that a short Bill of a page and a half was introduced into Parliament last week, having for its sole object to extend to Scot land and Ireland the Act 7 and 8 Vict. c. 113, entitled. " An Act to regulate Joint Stock Banks in England." As this Act will now be extended to Scotland, we think it right, for the information of the public, but chiefly of those interested in the formation of joint stock banks, to copy the first five clauses of the Act. They are the fol lowing : " I. Whereas the laws in force for the regulation of copartnerships of bankers in England need to be amended —be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any company of more than six persons to carry on the trade or business of bankers - in" England, after the passing of this Act, under any agreement or covenant of copartner ship, made or entered into on or after the sixth day of May last passed, unless by virtue -of letters patent to be granted by her Majesty, according to the provisions of this Act ; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrain any such company established before the said sixth day of May, for the purpose of carrying on the said trade or business of bankers in England, from con tinuing to carry on the same trade and business as legally as they might have done before the passing of this Act, until letters patent shall have been granted to them se verally on their application, as hereinafter provided, to be made subject to the provisions of this Act. " 11. And be it enacted, That before beginning to exercise the said trade or business every such company shall present a petition to her Majesty in council, pray ing that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to grant to them letters patent under this Act; and every such petition shall be signed by seven at least of the said company, and shall set forth the following particulars (that is to say) : First, The names and additions of all the partners of the company, and the name of the street, square, or other place where each of the said partners reside. Second, The proposed name of the bank. Third, The name of the street, square, or other local description of the place or places where the business of the bank is to be carried on. Fourth, The proposed amount of the capital stock, not being in any case less than one hundred thousand pounds, and the means by which it is to be raised. Fifth, The amount of capital stock then paid up, and where and how invested. Sixth, The proposed number of shares in the busi ness. Seventh, The amount of each share, not being less than one hundred pounds each. " 111. And b© it enacted, That every such petition shall be referred by her Majesty to the Committee of Privy Council for trade and plantations, and so soon as the Lords of the said Committee shall have reported to her Majesty that the provisions of this Act have been com plied with on the part of the said company, it shall thereupon be lawful for her Majesty, if her Majesty shall so think fit, with the advice of her Privy Council, to grant the said letters patent. " IV. And be it enacted, That the deed of partner ship of every such banking company shall be prepared according to a form to be approved by the Lords of the said Committee, and shall, in addition to any other pro visions which may be contained therein, contain specific provisions for the following purposes (that is to say)— First, For holding ordinary general meetings of the company once at least in every year, at an appointed time and place. Second, For holding extraordinary general meetings of the company, upon the requisition of nine share holders or more, having in the whole at least twenty one shares in the partnership business. Third, For the management of the affairs of the com pany, and the election and qualification of the directors. Fourth, For the retirement of at least one-fourth of the directors yearly, and for preventing the re-election of the retiring directors for at least twelve calendar months. Fifth, For preventing the Company from purchasing any shales or making advances of money, or securities for money, to any p erson on th e secur ity of a share or shares in the partnership business. Sixth, For the publication of the assets and liabilities of the company at least once in every calendar month. Seventh, For the yearly audit of the accounts of the company, by two or more auditors, chosen at a general meeting of the shareholders, and not b e i ng directors at the time. Eighth, For the yearly communication of the auditors' report, and of a balance-sheet, and profit an d loss account to every shareholder. Ninth, For the appointment of a manager, or other officer to perform the duties of manager. And such deed, executed by the holders of at least one half of the shares in the said business, on which not less than ten pounds on each share of one hundred pounds, and in proportion for every share of larger amount, shall have then been paid up, shall be annexed to the petition; and the provisions of such deed, with such others as ° to her Majesty shall seem fit, shall be ret forth in the letters patent. " V. Provided always, and be it enacted,—That it shall not be lawful for any such company to commence business until all the shares shall have been subscribed for, and until the deed of partnership shall have been executed, personally or by some person duly authorised by warrant of attorney to execute the same on behalf of such holder or holders, by the holders of all the shares in the said business, and until a sum of not less than one half of the amount of each share shall have been paid up in respect of each such share ; and it shall not be lawful for the company to repay any part of the sum so paid up without leave of the Lords of the said committee." Now, that part of the fifth section of the fourth clause, which we have printed in italic, appears to us of con siderable i m p or t ance , i nasmuc h as it has hitherto been the practice to advance money, &c., on the security of shares in the partnership business ; and this, we believe, has given great facilities to mercantile men. But this, it would appear, is to be prevented in future by the opera tion of the new Bill. It is of greatconsequence to bankers, and to the mercantile community, to know this. We beg respectfully to warn them of it ; and if they mean to complain of this, or any other part of the Bill, they have not a moment's time to lose, as the session is rapidly drawing to an end, and if this Bill passes they have no remedy. We are astonished that such an important Bill should have met with so little attention. It looks as if it were already smuggled through the House of Commons. — Scotch Reformer's Gazette. GERMAN CUSTOMS UNION. The Courrier Francais contains an article on the German Customs Union, from which we extract the following statistical details, as possessing interest:— " The financial results obtained by the Zollverein deserve special notice. From 54,434,000 f. in 1834, the gross re ceipts have risen to 95,121,000 f. in 1843, and the net receipts from 45,671,000 f. to 86,705,000 f., showing an advance of 75 per cent. for the former,' and 85 per cent. for the latter. The average amount of customs produce, per inhabitant, has risen from If. 94c. to 3f. 11c. The most remarkable result, in a financial point of view, is the reduction in the expenses of collection. In Prussia those charges, from 1818 to 1828, were estimated at 21 per cent. on the gross receipts. In the Bavaro-Wirtemberg Union they exceeded 44 per cent. ; they are now reduced to 9 per cent. This extraordinary di minution must b s more particularly attributed to the reduction of the extent of the customs lines. Before the union, Prussia, Bavaria, Wirtemberg, and the two Hesses had 15,000 kilo. metres of frontiers ; now the frontiers of the entire Zollverein, from the increased compactness of the whole, are reduced to 7,500 kilometres. The economical results must also be regarded as very satisfactory. The extension of market has given an extraordinary impulse to certain manufactures, particularly that of cotton and silk goods. In 1834 the Zollverein received 13,000,000 kilos. of cotton yarn, and in 1843 it imported 22,500,0 0 kilos. During the same period the imports of raw cotton rose from 7,000,000 f. to 19,500,000 f., whilst the im ports of foreign cotton goods decreased from 800,000 kilos. to 450,000 kilos. The imports of raw silk increased from 319,000 kilos. in 1837, to 700,000 kilos. in 1843, and that of dyed or bleached silk from 76,000 kilos. to 100,000 kilos. The principal sale of manufactured silk has been found in foreign markets, a third only having been used at home. The consumption of tropical produce, which gene rally indicates the degree of prosperity enjoyed by the in habitants, has increased in a greater ratio than the produc tion itself. - In 1835 the Zollverein received 46,000,000 kilos. of raw sugar for refining, and 22,500,000 kilos. of coffee; it received 60,000,000 kilos. of beet-root sugar manufactnred at home, and 38,000,000 kilos. of coffee. During the same period the increase in the population was only 18 per cent. The hardware trade has, of all the other native trades of the Zollverein, prospered the most; in 1834, the export of ma nufactured goods was only 475,000 kilometres, whilst in 1843 it reached 1,245,000 kilometres. The foreign trade of the Zollverein, for the period of five years, from 1837 to 1841, gave an annual average of 619,683,764 f. for imports, and 631,547,264 f. for exports, making together 1,251,547,264 f. At the present time it is estimated at the sum of 1,400,000,000 f., or about two-thirds of our foreign trade. The Zollverein may thus be ranked in the third class amongst the commercial powers of, Europe. The extension of commercial relations resulting from the constitution of the Customs Union called for an extended system of communication, and the Germans have not lost much time in discussions on this subject. In 1836 Prussia had not a kilometre of railroad ; at the end of 1844 the extent of railroads in Germany was 2,434 kilometres (1,520 English miles), including those of Austria and the maritime states. Berlin communicates with Frankfort and Stettin; the three great commercial centres—Dresden, Leipsic, and Magde burg, are, as it were, at each other's gate ; Munich is joined to Augsburgh ; Nuremberg to Furth ; Elberfeld to Dussel dorf. During 1844, 10,000,000 passengers and 700,000 kilo grammes of merchandise passed over the German railroads, giving a receipt of about 29,000,000 f." MATRICIDE. On Sunday, the 16th of February last, the children of Jacques Jordy, a woolspinner, at Guebwiller, who had been at an evening service, returned to their mother, who had been an invalid for five weeks. Salone, her eldest daughter, on entgring her mother's room, called to her, but received no reply. She remarked that the bed was in disorder, a knife lying on it, and that there were marks of blood on her mother's face. Becoming alarmed, she went up to her, and found she was dead, and immediately ex claimed that her mother had been murdered. The marks of a man's fingers were visible on her neck ; her face was black, and the body much bruised. The doctor, who was called in, did not hesitate to declare that her death had been caused by strangulationTrom the handkof a man, who had knelt on the body of the victim. Suspicioa fell on Chratien Jordy, youngest son of the deceased. During vespers he had remained at the bedside of his mother, and about four o'clock had been seen to leave the house, to which he had not since returned to take share in the general affliction. The next evening the officer of gen darmerie, charged with his arrest, found him at the foot of his blind old father, of whom he was imploring for giveness. Shedding abundance of tears, and delivering himself up to the utmost despair, he avowed all. " I asked my mother," said he, "t o buy me a cap. She refused, and I attempted to strike her, and menaced her with my knife. She screamed. Confused and maddened, I knelt upon her ; with one hand I stifled her cries, and with the ether strangled her. lam a wretch. Pardon— pardon me, father." But the old man, strongly excited re plied, Thy mother alone can pardon thee." The above facts were elicited in evidence at the trial of the prisoner on the 26th ult., at Colmar; the prisoner persisted in his confession, and exhibited the most lively remorse. The jury found him guilty, but with extenuating circum stances, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for life, with exposure in the public square of Guebwiller.— Gazette de Tribunaux. THE PADDLE-WHEEL AND SCREW.—The Me chanics' Magazine, in an article under the above:head, after describing a trial of speed which took place recently down the river, between the royal yacht tender Fairy, propelled by the screw, and the Meteor paddle-wheel steamer, when the latter had considerably the advantage, observes,—" We are not aware that any material exception can be taken to the fairness of this trial, on account of any difference in point of tonnage or steam-power between the two vessels. The Meteor was 170 feet in length, and 18 in breadth ; the Fairy 145 feet and 21.2 feet. The former draws 4 feet 5 inches, the latter 4 feet 9 inches. The cylinders of the Meteor are 37 inches in diameter—stroke, 3 feet; the cylin ders of the Fairy, 42 inches—stroke the same. The Meteor, therefore, though it is the larger and (perhaps) better pro portioned vessel of the two, and presents a less midship area of resistance than her rival, is decidedly her inferior in point of steam-power." The writer then contrasts the per formances of the Fairy with those of another well-known screw-vessel—the Waterlily. The Fairy made the distance between Gre en hith e an d P ortsmout h i n 18 h ours , including four minutes' stoppage at Dover. " The Waterlily left Blackwell at 37 minutes past one o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday, the 3d inst., and performed the passage to Ports mouth-harbour in 17 hours 11 minutes, having had to en counter a strong head-wind all the way from the North Fore land, her average speed during this trip being something over fourteen miles an hour." " Th e Waterlily,' it is added, " is a smaller vessel, and of less engine -power, than either the Fairy or Meteor. Her length is 132 feet; breadth, 16 feet 6 inches ; cylinders, 29 1 / 2 inches ; stroke, 14 inches. Seeing that she went the distance from Blackwell to Portsmouth in 17 hours 11 minutes, this is a greater performance than that of the Fairy, which took 17 hours 56 minutes to pm form the distance from Greenhithe (only) to the same port of des tination." TRADE :OF PAISLEY.—We learn that our weavers are at present on full employment in the preparation of plain cloth for printed shawls of a cheap description. It will be ob served, that her Majesty has had the condescension to exhibit specimens of our Paisley manufactures to her royal visitors, the King and Queen of the Belgians, and we earnestly hope that those expensive and finished productions of the Paisley loom will ere long be the prevalent fashion among the higher circles, and thereby give ample and profitable employment to our manufacturing population.—Renfrewshire Advertiser. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Instruments for Sight and Hearing sent in the country by post. Patronised by General Sir Edward Paget, Sir Evan Lloyd Maiston, Frede rick Goodfallow, Clayton Grosvenor Morrison, Dyott Robert son, Mackenzie, Galway, Biggs, Woolf, Murray, Walker, F ox , Price, Lindsay, a n d Thackray, Major-General Sir H. Elphin stone, P. Fyers, D. Maclead, Hamilton, Turner, Wemyss, and Cock • Lieutenant-General s Si r H enry B ouver i e, S ir J . Mac donall, Sir R. Barton, Sir T. Dallas, and Sir Wm. Eustance; Admirals Lord John Hay, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir David Milne, Sir George Munday, Sir George Martin, Sir James H. Whitshed, Sir D. Gold, Ross, Alexander, Curzons, Tompkin son, Hollis, and Price • Vice-Admiral Sir F. Au s t en , R ear- Admirals Brown a n d "Ribouleau, &c.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, have invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new construction. Immediately they are placed before imper fect vision, that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once removed ; every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged and imperfect sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses. Micro scopes, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments, for relief of most extreme deafness. Cauti on —M essrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, are not in a n y way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. Can he sent in the country by post. IALTE'IiTISEMENT.]-13RUSHES.—NEW INVENTIONS. —1 he Triple Hair Brush. One stroke of this is equal to the effect of one penetrating, five small-tooth combs, and one even cut brush ' • to be had in f our s i zes, N o. 7, ss. 6d ; No. 8,7 s. 6d; No. 9,9 s. 6d. ; No. 10, lls. 6d. The Double Anti- Pressure Nail Brush, which does not divide the quick from the nail, no pressure being required, and thoroughly cleans and po lishes the nails in a tenth part of the time of any other me thod; price in bone, No. I, 2s. ; No. 2,2 s. 6d. ; No. 3,3 s. 6d. ; No. 4, ss. ; and of all sizes and prices in • ivory. The New Tooth-pick Brush, which entirely enters between the in terstices of the closest teeth ; marks, full-sized brushes, No.' I, hard ; No. 2, less hard ; No. 3, middling ' • No. 4, soft. Th e narrow brushes, N o . 5, h ar d ; N o. 6, less hard; No. 7, mid dling; No. 8, soft, at ls. each, or 10s. per dozen in bone; and 2s. each, or 21s. per dozen in ivory, the hair warranted never to come out. The Medium Shaving Brush, between the usual badger hair and bristle brush, being a selection of the strongest hair only from the badger skin, in a variety of sizes, both in bone and ivory. The above articles are the inventions of Roes and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London, and, being protected, any one imitating them will be proceeded against. - LADVERTIREMENT.]---AN AUTHENTICATED CURE OF A FEARFUL CASE OF PILES, EY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT I —John Thompson. Esq., the very respect able editor of the Armagh Guardian, an Irish newspaper, vouches as to the fact of an extraordinary cure of a ease of piles, of a most distressing nature, and of some years' standing, which was effected br these medicines when every other means had failed. The person alluded to is a gentleman of large estate and great influence in the County of Armagh. No one need suffer very long from piles, fistula, and what is termed " a bearing down," if they have recourse to these far-famed remedies. Sold by most of the respectable chemists throughout the civilised world, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. STOCKHOLM, JULY 15.—The Lo n d on Society fir the Relief of Foreigners in distress has applied to our KING to become one of its protectors, to which his Majesty haa cent A gra cious answer, with a donation of 1201. sterling. HAMBURGH MAIL. ST. PETER SBURGII, JULY 16.—The birthday of the Empress, whose health for some weeks past has been again indifferent, was kept the day before yesterdays at Peterhof, by the Imperial family alone, and the great fete usual on that day was omitted. The expense of this fete, which may amount to Jialf a million of silver roubles, is said to be assigned by the Emperor to the in habitants of the western Governments, who are suffering in consequence of the failure of the crops last year. The review and evolutions of the troops in the camps at Krasnojesels and Reporha are continued under the in spection of the Emperor, and the Grand Dukes Alex ander and Michael. The three days' sifze and capture of the town of Naiva is to take place on the 28th, 29th, and 30th of this month. WARSAW, JULY B.—The police publishes a notice stating that only one-third of the Jewish recruits -for the levies this year have presented themselves. Taro thirds have fled. Severe penalties are denounced against persons who harbour deserters. The Gazette contains also a long list of the names of Christian and Jewish recruits, who have fled to avoid serving in the army. How is this circumstance to be reconciled with the words of the Emperor, which he spoke some weeks ago in the Jewish hospital, in praise of the military zeal of the Jewish youth. Either his officers, bribed by the Jews, have made false representations to him, or be wished by the magic of his imperial word (and we know how powerfully it influences even the most independent minds) to inspire the Jews with a military spirit and zeal in the service, which he does not now find in them•' STOCKHOLM, JULY 15.—The London Society for the Relief of Foreigner. in Distress has applied to our King to become one of its protectors ; to which His Majesty has sent a gracious answer, with a donation of 1201. ster ling. KONIGSBURG, JULY 17.—The accounts of the appear ance of the crops in these parts are in general veri unfavourable. On the banks of the Vistula, the beat has had such an effect that the summer corn seed in some places has not come up, and the cattle find but scanty food. In many parts both the winter and summer COrn are by no means promising ; the latter, it is feared, will wholly fail. The potato crop is very poor. The ravages of the dreadful storm of the 9th of July contribute to make the prospect still more gloomy.—Hamburgh Papers , July 23. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA T TER SALL'S.-YESTE R DAY: A thin attendance, and prices merely nominal. LAVANT STAKES.-3 to 1 agst Sting. Goonwoon STAKES.-5 to 1 agst K en t' s l o t, 7to I agst Boarding School Miss, 17 to 1 agst Queen Mab, 22 to I ags t Warp, 25 to 1 agst Una, 25 t o 1 agst R oc h ester, 12 to 1 agst Warp and Rochester. Goonwoon Cur.-5 to 1 agst Valerian, 20 to Ise Stomacher, and 30 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn. NEWTON RACES— , -FRIDAY. Plate of 70/. ; for 3 yrs old, 6st 71b ; 4 yrs, Bst 91b ; 5 yrs, ge t 31b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 61b ; m ares , & c ., a ll o wed 3 lb. . Heats, mile and a half. Winner to be sold for 1501. . Mr. Wilkins's f by Physician, out of Venus, 3 1 years ( Riley) 3 0 1 Mr. Mostyn's f by Sheet Anchor, out of L'Hi- 4, rondelle, 3 yrs Lord Warwick's Gwalior, 3 yrs . 1 2 2 i r Mr. Dawson's My Pet, 3 y rs 0 3 0. Aur, Mr. Thompson's Si n b a d, 5 y rs ...... .... Mr. Price's Lena, 3 yrs Mr. Phillips' fby Physician, out of Theano, 3 yrs 2 dr Sir Jno. Gerard's Erebus, 4 yrs ... 0 dr WENLOCK RACES.—FRIDAY. The Hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added. Once round and a dis. Heats. q l Mr. Smallwood' s M a lt an d H ops, 12 st Mr. Minton's B ra dl e y, 12 s t l,. 1 2 1,. Mr. Pugh's M an F r id ay , 12 st Mr. Bradshaw's Euph or bi um , 12 st 3 4 Three well-contested heats. Lord Forester's Plate of 501. Heats. Twice round and a 410 1 Mr. Simpson' s Bed a l e , 3 yrs, ist 71b Mr. Denman's Own B rother to Intrepid, 3 yrs, 7st 7113••• 3 dr Mr. Wesley's Solitude, .3 yrs, "st 71b ......... 2 Won easy. ST. GEORGE'S BOAT-CLUB REGATTA. , co A very spirited and e xce ll en tl y (n arranged contest took 1 31 t yesterday evening amongst th e gentlemen of this distil i ,, guished club, whose beautif u l rowing at Henley this sea sc ' s , and subsequent gallant wo r k a t Erith, have brought thst, into the highest possible r ep u t e . I n or d er t o a ff o rd a l ir „, s i rate exhibition on the prese n t occas i on , th e p r esident 10 0, committee judiciously paired th e gen tl emen a few days a ge s• as to afford an equal c h ance t o a ll ; an d t h e w hole of parties have since then been in training. The races V ; ' , f e y , arranged in three heats, an d the prize was a pair of ve'l, handsome gold oars, the manu f acture of Messrs. MakePetl and Walford. FIRST HEAT. (purple) 9 Messrs. J. Lane and W. F a ll s Messrs. G. B. Smith and H. Osgood (red) 3 Messrs. Adams and H. White ... ( w hite) 4 Messrs. J. Burton and T. Burton (blue) 6 Messrs. J. T. Ross and A. Johnson ..( w hit e and red The distance in thi s an d t h e second heat was from , h -' l ea — c i t mersmith-bridge to Putney-bridge, but in the final ," took was started upwards. The start was beautiful, purple ar "iu the lead, followed by red and white, the rest oar and °-- s od the rear. Red picked up very much off the Crab Tree, sod shot over towards the Surrey shore, closely following r b e ing white. A capital race then succeeded, when the labour but too strong for red and white's bow, they changed oal% finding the competition on a ll hands too great, they g ag The heat was capitally round on all hands. • SECOND BEAT. 1 E. Balfour and IL (i re Smith J. Clark and W. Ch ars l oy W. Walton and C. Green O r t W. Mackay and A. Gee.. Two other gentlemen had been placed in this P . ` - owing to illness were absent. A finer start was_ never 5 A e ew they were oar and oar for 200 yards. Blue and white slightly in advance, and then black came up hand 'and 1 1 00 and passed them a t a rattling pace. All continued at o d speed, and gree n having made come excellent spur t : , blue obtained the second place, followed closely by . orang and white falling into the rear ,] n consequence of the innr t , sition if Mr. Mackay, black continued the lead through° , GRAND HEAT. ; 1 Messrs. Smith and Balfour ... ................................... Messrs. Smith and Osgood Messrs. Falls and Lane ............ • 0 Messrs. J. Clark and Charsley ................................. off On the signal being g i ven , p urp l e an d green daabv:ibe with the lead ; black was next ; but red, who were over calm Middlesex side, were considerably astern in the go off. 4,8 as latter, however, in a few desperate strokes—and it nutY " e pee well here to observe that the rowing of Osgood, who ha s i zi w ith before exhibited in a match, and who had been lotted . 01 e the stroke oarsman of the club, was most creditable--c'aed, level with the others ; and some very pretty rowing en s , i l ls Off the Star and Garter, the bowman of green's boat losb Ao t stretcher. Black then made play, and soon got into theci'bi place ; but almost immediately afterwards was fool e ple purple. Black, however, again went ahead, leaving, „qua' two or three lengths a s t ern . R e d , b y dint of the mos. , -- I, B rP ordinary exertion, then made up t o purple, and, after a% o f; conflict, passed them. The gentlemen then sat down sumptuous repast at Avis's, the Bells Tavern. EENW REGATTA. The fineness of GR the weather yesterda), a nd the ant iaiP ae tion of good sp or t, d rew a large assemblage of persons a t t ou , place of popular resort. It was the second race of the °rip there being two in consequence of the great supP"" a rdg watermeu rowers have ; and was patronised, as th e uire, expressed it, by the Countess Dowager of Buckingbatea9o, and by the no bilit y an d gentry. The race was i n five ilfetbe with six scull ers , an d exten d e d the whole l en gth 0 4 town. First Heat —Richard Webb (pink), I—George I v . 11 (green), 2—J. Bramar (yellow), 3. Won easily. Samuel Second lleat.—Thomas Everson ( Re dark blue), g od Wogan (light blue), 2—Benjamin id (red), 3. A start, and well rowed by two lengths. re for Third Heat. —Light blue, I—Red, 2. A close Wag some distance, the two last well up. Fourth Heat.—Dark blue, I—Light blue, 2—F. 111- ' Red, 4. were Pink and Dark blue had the best of the start, u"'„, the fouled accidentally by a ga ll ey, an d a fresh go off wa nd and result. They then all went away together, Dark b la t hell Pink scull and scull to the Dreadnouht gallant ark blue rre cl rowed in advance and kept it. A race occu „,„ -fly with Light blue and Pink, the latter coming ill his scull. Grand Heat.—Thomas Everson, I—Samuel Wogan , 2 b l e The winner took the lead, kept it, and won easi l Y the manager's conduct gave the greatest satisfaction, and sport aflbrded much amusement. close i‘r D SUDDEN D EATH OF THE LATE SECRETARY OF TO t DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—On Tuesday last an inquest W as he ' l eo Bedford on the body of a gent l eman named Alfred Toin ling ',,,,, e d died suddenly. From th e ev id ence i t appeare d that the d ecu— d d had been residing i n B e df or d d ur i ng the last e i g ht months, au o ut lodged at the house of Mr. Colson, in the High-street. lie sr l he walking with his wife and daughter on Monday eveniegs an off• then appeared in good health. In the course of the eventng ooss Colson heard something f a ll o n th e fl oor very h ea vily in 1 " - a p uP above the shop, oc cu pi e d b y t h e deceased. He i mm ediately r lt• stairs, and, on ent er i ng th e room, found Mr. Tom ling on hi s b : n d in a state of insensibility, and alone. Mr. Colson raised DU hil Lyer untied his neckcloth, a nd ca ll e d f or ass i stance. Th e deceased - rallied again. Mr. Woodridge, surgeon, soon a fterwards caree en. the deceased was then quite dead. It was the opinion of the g ibe tleman in attendance th a t d eat h was occas i one d by disease el r ea heart. The deceased h a d t o ld M r. Colson that he had I :1 re" been private secret ar y t o t h e D uke of Well i ngton . The J u e i s hirt turned a verdict of "Di e d f rom natural causes."--Redfa. Herald. BIRTHS On the 22d inst., at Clayton, Fifeshire, the la d y °- r lobo Young Black, Esq., of a son. Jobil On the 23d inst., at Han well, the wife of the Bev' May, of a daughter. f axles ' leg On the 24th inst., at Hill-place, Hants, the lady 0 - C Millett, Esq., of a aughter. -gall, On the 25th inst., a t H ampstea d , t h e l a dy of Arth ur Esq., Madras ivil Service, of a son. On the 25th C inst., at Langley Lode, Wilts) i., °f T. the lady Whitn e y' of Abdy Fellowes, Esq., of a daughter. g On the 25th inst. Mrs. William Underwood o--' ; , of Great College-street, Westminster, ' of a son. On the 25th inst., Mrs. John apson, of Claph am-r ' s-' a daughter. On the 26th inst., Mrs. P. S. Ormiston, of a son. __________..--- of On the 22d inst., at liijalcAknßeßylCEhnur.ch, John, Ode s ' ~''Quest daughter John IT of Cara Surrey. , n d, to kfelbEesql;teofjoCsleapphtoßnr,owton,SEarsaqh.,Anne, ybceli;ell, On the 24th inst., at Headley, the Rev. N. A. Gar i 4f t illy Mary, eldest daughter of the ' Rev. Ferdinand Fai'— Rector of Headley. ____---------------- On the 23d inst , in Downharn-m . D I EhJane ' r lict o - ' . f the . Cooper, Esq., aged 78. h lll3e , On the 24th inst., at East Molese S Sarah ji. I , y, urrey, the 'only daughter of James Feltham, Es • wife OL On the 24th hist at Scarborough,gE • or the IP. ~ George S. Lister, Esq. ~ park' On the 26th inst., at Westbourne-street ITY"' Ecp ViThitter, $ gardens, Ernest Courtney,of T .A ' second son T. -____..... market, Norfolk, aTNG, Loudon: Printed an d Published by MURDO r 11% No. 112, ;tram', Printer, at The Sos Office Of , • Stranii P • the Precinct of the Saiff ,in the mow Middlesex, Tuesday, July 29, 1845. THE SUN, LONDONT, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1846.7