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MZEM handsome gold oars, the manufacture of Messrs. Make: Race and Walford. FIRST Messrs. J. L ane an d W . Falls HEAT. ......(purple) 1 Messrs. G. B. Smith and 11. Osgood (red) 2 Messrs. Adams and H. White Messrs. J. Burton and T. Burton .... (blue) 4 Messrs. J. T. Ross and A. Johnson (white and red) 5 The distance in this and the second heat was from Ham- M ersmith-bridge to Putney-bridge, but in the final heat it was started npvrardi. The start was beautiful, purple took the lead, followed by red and white, the rest oar and oar in the rear. Red picked up very much off the Crab Tree, and shot over towards the Surrey shore, closely following red and white. A capital race then succeeded, when the labour being too - strong for red and white's bow, they changed oars, but finding the competition on all hands too great, they gave up. The heat was capitally round on all hands. E. Balfour a n d H. Smith HEAT. (black) 1 J. Clark and W. Charsley (green) 2 W. Walton and C. Green (orange) 3 W. Mackay and A. Gee (blue and white) 4 Two other gentlemen had been placed in this heat, but owing to illne s s were a b sent. A fi rer start was never seen; they were oar and oar for 2)0 yards. Blue and white drew slightly in advance, and then black came up hand and hand, aad passed them at a rattling pao.t. All continued at fine speed, and green having made some excellent spurts, and obtained the second place, followed closely by orange. blue and white falling into the rear, in consequence of the indispo sition of Mr. Mackay, black continued the lead throughout. GRAD Mesirs. S m i t h and Balfour ` HEAT. 1 Messrs. Smith and Osgood ........ Messrs. Falls and Lane l.• • 3 Messrs. J. Cl ar k and Charsley On the signal being given. purple and green dashed off with the lead ; black was next; but red, who were over on the Middlesex side, were considerably astern in the g') off. The latter, however, in a few desperate strokes—and it may be as well here to observe that the rowing oft )sgood, who has never before exhibited in a match, and who had been lotted with the stroke oarsman of the club, was most creditable—came level with the others ; and some very pretty rowing ensued. Off the Star and Garter, the bowman of green's boat lost his stretcher. Black then made play, and soon got into the first Pier; but almost immediately afterwards was fouled by pmple. Black, however, again went ahead, leaving purple two or three lengths astern. Red, by dint of the most extra 11rdina7 exertion, then made up to purple, and, after a sharp mtlit.t, passed them. The gentlemen then sat down to a sumptuous repast at Avis's-, the Bells Tavern. GREENWICH_ REGATTA. The fineness of the weather on Monday, and the anticipa _ of good sport, drew a large assemblage of persons at this Place of popular resort. It was the second race of the season, there being two in coos .quence of the great supoo:t the watermeu rowers have ; and was patronised, as the cards expressed it, by the Countess Dowager of Buckingl'amdlire. and by the nobility and gentry. The race was in Cv • eats, with town-. -six- scullers, and extended th e w h o l e l eng th o f t h e First (green), 2—, lie nt - -Itichard Webb (pi n k), I—G eorge Willi ams J. Bremer (yellow), 3. Won easily. Wogn Se c a on d He a t. — Thomas Everson (dark blue), I—Samuel start, and (light blue), 9 —Be njam in Reid (red), 3. A good well rowed ; won by two lengths. Third Heat. —Light blue, 1-114, 2. A close wagetifor sornF_e distance, the two last well up. ourth Heat.—Dark blue, I—Light blue, 2—Pink, 3 , 'Red, 4. Pink and Dark blue had the best of the start, but were fouled accidentally by a galley, and a fresh go off was the re sult. They th en a ll uent away together, Dark blue and Pink scull and sCull•to the Dreadnought ; Dark blue then rowed in advance and kept it. A gallant race occuried with Light p blue and Pi n k, the latter coming in close uon his scull. Grand Heat: -=Thomas Everson, I—Samuel Wogan , , 2. • The winner took the lead, kept it, and won easily. The m anager's c on d uct • gave t h e greatest satisfaction, and the sport afforded much amusement. • RACES TO COME. AUG liuntingdon ... 5 Horwic h 6 B righton &bet" "stwith olver hampton ... Yru( it th 4linbridge Wells .. SEPTF W arwick Rochester and Chatham 3 Abinon ...... 9 Lichfield Leicester 10 Lioucaster .. Rrewood ' 22 Richmond Walsall ..., 24 Lincoln..., 24 Newmarket F.irst Octo- eting ...... 30 IHE GOODWOOD CUP.—The subject of the silver which is to be run fr to-morrow at owood; is an incdent in u h . e r ilf e of Mary Queen of Scots, taken G f o ro d m Sir Walter Scott's in,. " a .:es of a Grandfather." When Mary shortly after her first "alle, Was threatened with an attack by , the lords ot the Coe . pant' she is reported to have placed herself at the h ea d o f h er : u p; and appeared so fully prepared to receive them, that, their fleld 'age fa iling= they turned their horses' heads and rode off' the without making any attempt. This was called in derision The round.about raid." The composition represents Mary Wat°4 pist ols on a spirit e d c h arger. Sh e i s c l a d i n li g ht armour , an d at he r sa ddl e b ow ; an attendant i s on one k nee b es i de grou and they both seem to be wat c hi ng th e retreat of the foe. The , s the 'a simple in design, and in execution is in no way inferior to is ii: a nd excellent s p ec i mens i n t hi s sty l e o f art f or w hi c h th e t ur f men e a to the genius of th e scu l p t or, M r . Cotterill. It is Oted a tasteful base , of ebony, richly studded with silver ecor ations tacattloresifr itt i ,TANlsm.—On Monday morning a foot-race il Yde-park, which attracted a large muster of spec. waiter The e tanpetitors were Scott (of Piccadilly) and Mellish (4 waiter) • th s. IE4 . ' • contesting distance was 400 yards, and the stake At the start the former took tie lead, which h e ..47asietnrugsnliedde:for 200 yard s , w h en hi s opponent came up, and, after e, passed him, and ran i n th e w i nner b y f i ve yards. The distance was covered in fifty-eight seconds. GREAT PEDESTRIAN MATCH FOR 1001;—A novel la has been made at the White H ar t, D rury-lane, in which Y (the weli.known pedestrian), and his son are backed agai nst p ow er an d his . son (also celebrated men), to walk f=4 twelve hours continuously, the distance covered by father and son on th e ope side to be calculated against the ground travelled over by the competitors on the other side; and whichever accomplishes the greater distance to be the winners. We have to announce the accouchement of Mrs, William Gladstone, who was safely delivered of a daughter on Sun day evening last, at the residence of the Right s Hon Gentleman on C arlton-house-terrace. ROYAL CALEDONIAN CURLING CLUB.—The annuld general meeting of this club was held in the Royal Exchange offee-hause on Monday. There was a large attendance of mem. b en; of the representative committee. Mr. Campbell, of Boquhan, 33,11er Vice. President, in the chair. About ten new clubs were adulated- to the • /loyal Club ; and the secretary reported a very r°sPerons !date of the funds. Th e R oya l Cl u b now comprehends 3144 local: Clubs, consisting in all of 7,0J0 members. A large 4 her'of members of the Royal Club afterwards dined together i; t he Royal E x ch ange Coffee house , Mr. Durham Weir, of Bog :M=4n the chair, supported by Captain 0. Dalglelsh, Rev. Mr. • r t ol ay, of Gladamuir, Mr. Brown, of Redhall, Dr. Arnott, of I t r u l lal. Mr. Hogarth, banker, Cupar, &c,; Mr. Williamson, t he er, Kingston, croupier. The party passed the evening with all •.4 41 " - aa good fellowship of a meeting of kee n curlers.—Eiehburgh • . "‘ Fats of S.durday. t ie , tug KING OF TII E NET H ERLANDS.—YeStefelay oer Ma ieqy received a deputation from the Consistory of the . of:p l ' 44 Lutheran Church, amongst whom was the Rev. D. Stein. toe ui; St. ;a ft er which his Majesty held a diplomatic levee, a t w hi c h t h e lowin g Foreign 'Mi n i sters, &c., were present :— Hi s Excellency Aulaire, French Ambassador; Count Maurice Dietrich- Arnb assador - Extraordinary from the Court of Vienna, at tees"! by Baron KoPer, Councillor, and Baron Brenner, Cl .7ra°rdia ..c Legation; his Excellency Baron Brunnow, Envoy 1 4 arY and Minister Plenipotentiary, attended by . ;erg, and M. De Koudriaffsky, Secretaries of Embassy M ; T esr 'ori s en, Prussian Minister; his Excellency Baron De Pet en e v ae Monc orvo, E nvoy Extraordinary; and Minister Pleni. tribar d , Ear Y of Portugal; M. Sylvain Van de Weyer, Envoy Ex t.), At. 'narY d Minister Plenipotentiary from Belgium, attended Dee se ., c• Droue:t, Secretary of Legation. There were likewise tis e „ t the Ministers from the United States, Brazil, Denmark, liardrn, M ecklenburgh Schwerin, Mexico, Peruvian Republic, 1:17:,:o.:!.;81:" Turkey, Two Sicilies, Venezuela, and Wurtem. *fon' .arge _d'Affaires, Chevalier de Tacon, Spain ; Texas, the Asbbel Smith, and General James Colquhoun, bowereatm Republic. The consuls from the Several European v. 3 were likewise present. in si lBll ' OF. THE KING OF HOLLAND TO MESSRS. As,„, 31. 141, '" R OSY iu.s.—On Monday morning his Majesty the Ki ng paid a visit to the establishment of Messrs. Hunt and erdes t o ,th e well.known goldsmiths a nd j ewe ll ers , o f B on d -street, i n a atend... i nsPect their magnificent stock. His Majesty, who was *44 by two of his suite,' arrived shortly after twelve o'clock, .Ilsk"as received by Mr. Hunt and Mr. Hancock, partners in the :kr. /4.:?a e ntering the shop his Majesty cordially shook h an d s w i t h 're, izieock, at the same time saying, with great atfibility, "You ?rote, Ha ncock, lam here, according to promis e ." H e th en M thait'a r ound the rooms and expressed his hi g h a d m i ra ti on o f ~,° t 2d'st i t : ! s aw. One exquisite piece of workm a nship whi c h cou ld 4 flia his to attract his attention was a swag silver statue of himself . Ickne*led l lajesty look e d a t w i t h ev id ent p l easure, and grac i ously le 1t hi s Red to Mr. Hancock the compliment paid to him by hay. s lq n gr placed amongst the spl e ndid an d va l ua bl e co ll ect i on. 'tabl 41 ' Jes t'', having exami ne d th e great var i ety o f j ewe l s and other e . Nu trinkets, made several purchases, and took his departure li t ° l : ck ehi with evident satis f action at all that be had Seen. 4 it atten „ "°II D ELECTION.—Sir Robert Price has .44 t he Liberal interest for Heref o rd, and so flattering are a roui d Pectr. that it was for some time supposed that the 'Tories . . t he ei e ,Zt venture t o oppose hi s return. T hey, however, h ave at mite nth hour st ar t e d M r . S eymour Fi tzgera ld as their:candi wheth`a a o slight is hi s c h ance o f success, t h at i t i s doubtful Ns:: he will " screw hi s courage to the polling place." The sti-7er have had a me e ti ng , an d d ec l are d t h e i r d eterm i nat i on pi'Port Sir R. Pice. The election is fixed for Thursday. Ug 14 4. PERSONS KILLED.—On Tuesday mornin g, ..cy r il t , t h r r eadr ut accident occurred near Merthyr, at a mine 9441 Aty „„ WYnch Fawr. Four men, named Watkin Jones;aged i s ."-47. s e e t L ewis Powell , his son - in-law , thirty - one; David Davies, tle ken. ,'" _and Thomas Jones, twenty-three, entered a bucket th . the shaft, mbar', about seven or eight yards from the ‘Neket;phalance chain, or a link of the other chain to which the . h. te rrihj e s ° a ttached, broke, and the poor fellows went down with 4 oe.th re :ed to the bottom, a depth of nearly one hundred yards. , .• 6 ret named died instantaneously ; but Thomas Jones Wi th uto . till he was taken to the mouth of the level, and conversed hav e lect i e whe ran to his assistance. Three of the deceased men PoPen Wives and families. A brother of the deceased Lewis , * trlt th is -kt usel y escaped death, as it seems he entered Hie bucket lurape d °t hen. but recollecting he had forgotten his candle; he "P for -••• to the purpose of procuring it. The lander then re -wath llitn re-enter the bucket, saying, "Four men are quite 11 011 7 1 go down at once.' l —Bristol loarnat Abe% ) on E " BY A DoMESTIC.—On Sund a y a ft ernoon, gig 6„... and two o' c l oc k , on t h e return of Mr. Shatter and • liei sea Y frogs church to their residence in Arundel-street, afte r ku'octb,er Pere unable t o ga i n a d m i ss i on to t h e i r house, and, 1 ; 4 entr atice lu ng for nearly an hour, Mr. Shatter at length effected Zar th e I 'T . chlutsing over the wall of the garden separating his 214tkad~ng house, when he discovered that his servant, l ing bad absconded, taking with her a tin cash box, con. 7'elltY-fiere sovereigns, two Si. notes, and a dozen silver qq• .- of ob i a uPpOsed that she had been urged to the commission rc kbery h Tll4l o z ee her. • -Y a man who had been tbr some tim e i n th e h a bi t it s Op LATE nr end FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.— ' 4 b, w.LY.);fr. Carter held an inquest at the Hero of Waterloo .aerfoo-road 4,7 wi t h , on the body of Ann Lockyer, aged 36 yeers, °ant. '• - s husband b eco r ° ,l the aft Edward Lockyer, were unfortunately = reti e , erfloon of Tuesday last. The particulars of the s ;;Pitha to r eared ; otsr journal a few days sinee. The body of Oft: e the ace ) ", W ag Picked up on the same afternoon near the spot giatie corsai r_ k •ellt occurred, sod at the inquest held before the s at the _ ac a t t the R ed House, Battersea, after g investiga. ,;!? body as a verdict of, accidental death was rpturneli. to • the deceased Mrs. Ann Lockyer was not found until %Ca. ' I . ait ' when it was discovered floating off Waterloo-bridge. 11--t'ilav verdict was returned. 4 UST. Lewec l3 or 14 York Devon 2O St ourbridge Tiverton Stockton " 28 :3f RER. NATIONAL TRADES' CON FERENCE. SECOND DAY, JULY 29. "8. That the Conference shall hare power to make and re vise the laws of the Association, subject to the following regula tions :—No fundamental or important law shall be repealed or altered, without at least six months' notitehaving been given of such intended repeal or alteration, and it shall be concurred in by at least two-thirds of the. Conference. Similar notices shall be given of. all intended additions to the laws, and such addi tions be similarly appieved of. To elect the Central Committee to fix the salaries of the o ffi cers of th e A ssoc i a ti on , an d gene rally to transact all such business as may come before it. " 9. That members of the Central Committee may sit and speak in7Cunfer,nce, though not elected as delegates, but in such Casa they shall not vote. 10.' That the delegwes shall be elected to serve in Con ference for twelve months, or unlit the. next general election. " 11. That within one month previous'to Whit-Monday, in each year, the Central Committee shall issue their precept to those trades entitled to send Delegates, requiring them to proceed, within fourteen days after the receipt of the saute, to the election of a delegate or delegates to represent them in Conference for the ensuing year. And such precept shall be signed by the President and Secretary of the Association. " 12. That each of the said trades shah, seven days previous to Whit-Monday, cause a return to be forwarded to the office of the Central Committee, certifying the delegate or delegates elected to represent such trades, and such return shall be signed by the chairman of the meeting at which such election was held, and by the secretary of the trade. " 13. That, if any Delegate, by absence or other cause, should become, in the opinion of the trade, unfit to continue its representative, the said trade may declare the office vacant. "14. That, on the death, resign.t ion, or removal by the trade, of any Delegate, the president and secretary of the trade by which such delegate was elected shah certify the same to the Central Committee, which shall forthwith issue their precept for the election of another to supply the vacancy. " 15. That no salaried officer of the Association elected as delegate to Conference by any trade shall vote on questions personally affecting themselves. CENTRAL COMMITTEE. The following rule for the appointment of the Central Com mittee were then agreed to :- Ist. That the general executive power shall be vested in a Central Committee, to be chosen annually by Conference. On the rule referring to the persons who were to compose the Committee being proposed, a lengthened discussion arose, and the following resolution was then proposed and carried : " That the Central Committee shall consist of a President, Vice-President, and eleven others. The President and the Vice-President to be elected wi , liout reference to their con. nexion with any Trades Union, but the eleven others to be bona fide members of a Trade Society." The Conference then adjourned till ten o'clock to-morrow. Mr. Thomas Duncombe left the Conference a little before twelve o'clock, being obliged to attend in his place in the House of Commons at that hour; and Mr. Evans, Delegate of the Pot teries, took the chair in his absence. Mr. Duncombe pro mised to preside again at ten o'clock to-morrow. LYNN AN!) ELY RAILWAY. The first General Meeting of the Shareholders in the Lynn and Ely Railway Company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Sir W. J. H. B. Felkes, Bart., Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The Secretary having read the ad vertisemvnt convening the meeting, read a report which stated that the meeting had been called in accordance with the provi sions of. the Act of Parliament, authorising the construct►on of the line, which only received the Royal assent on the 30th of the last month, and consequently the Directors had not, for the want oft ime, been able to prepare 'a lengthy and detailed account of the position and prospects of the Company. There could, how ever, be no doubt that it would prove amply remunerative, and the Directors looked forward to the time when it would be united to the Lynn and Dereham and Lynn and Huntingdon lines— in fact, they might state, that an arrangement had been made for uniting the three lines when completed. The Provisional Committee, which consisted of the chairman, Francis Cress well, Esq., William Everard, Esq., Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., Foster Reynolds. Esq, and W►lliam Seppings, Esq., had been confirmed as Directors to manage the affairs of the Corn • pany under the Act of Parliament. The report wa. unanimously adopted on the motion of the Chairman ; and. Mr. Bonne, of Mincing-lane, and Mr. Self, of Lynn, having been appointed auditors of the Company for the ensuing half-year, a vote of thanks was awarded to the Chair man and Directors, and the meeting terminated. STOCKHOLM, JULY 15.—The London Society f the. Relief of Foreigners in distresS has applied to our KING to become one of its proteitors, to which his Majesty has scot a gra cious answer, with a donation of 1201, sterling. IMPORTANT PROP' : ItTY CAi.SE.-At the Limerick . assizes the Lord Chief Baron and a special jury were engaged, during the last week, in trying-an issue from Chancery, as to the validity of the last will and testatament of the late Lord Guillamore, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. The will was impeached by the present Lord Guillamore, eldest son and heir of the deceased nobleman, who had conveyed, by this disputed document, considerable freehold estates to other branches of his family. On Friday evening the jury returned a verdict in favour of the defendant, Lord Guill more ; thus deciding against the vali. city of the will. Lord GuLlamore, then the Hon. Colonel Standish O'Grady, was formerly Whig Member for the county of Limerick. DEATH FROM DRINKING.—A donkey, belonAtig to a farmer on Westwood estate, near West Calder, a few days ago strayed to an adj,ining farm, and walked into the dairy (the door of which had been carelessly left open), where a large quantity of milk had just been deposited. The donkey drank the whole, and instantly fell down dead. The owner of the donkey demands payment for the loss of his beast, while the other farmer demands the same compensation for the loss of forty cows' milk. ACCIDENT IN PICCADILLY.—On Monday night Mr. Bedford held an inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the body of John Salter, aged fourteen years. Mr. John Cheetham, of Vine-st., Piccadilly, carman, deposed that on Friday afternoon last he saw the deceased riding on horseback at a walking pace, and when near St. James's street the animal suddenly slipped, and rolled over on his side, and deceased was thrown off and 'pitched up 99 his head on the stones. Witness immediately „Iqnt to 'his assistaucf, and found he was quite insensible. He. was conveyed to the hospital, whssre he died in aboUt a quarter of an hour. On . a post morteilt examination it was found that his skull had been fractured, and the brain ruptured in two places, which was sufficient to cause death. Verdict—" Accidental death." DEATH BY Fin E.-0.1 Monday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at St. George's Hospital on the body of Susan Woraker, aged 64 years. Deceased resided with her son, in Wood's.mews,. Park.lane. She was rather infirm, and in an attempt to pass from one room to another on the morning of the 9th inst., with a lighted candle in her hand, she accidentally set the upper part of her dress on fire. Her daughter, on seeing what had occurred, called for assistance, and a policeman carne in and extinguished the flame. She was conveyed to the above hospital, where she died on Satur day last, from the effects of the Injuries she had sustained. Ver. diet—" Accidental death." ACCIDENT ON TUE DOVER RAILWAY.—The half past six o'clock train from Dover, on arriving on Monday evening at the Pen.hurst station, was run in upon by an engine which had been assisting behind, when the train was stationary. Three or four carriages were doubled up, and one dashed to pieces, About I(l , perSons received contusions and cuts. One gentleman had his leg fractured, and another received a severe injury in his back. Mr. Cubitt, who was with the train, states, that the accident oc curred from the red lights not being placed on the last carriage at Tunbridge, and that the engine which occasioned the mischief was following to bring up the lights. But most of the passengers state that the engine had been assisting behind all the way from Dover. The danger of having engines behind cannot be too strongly im pressed upon the directors of railways, as most of the accidents which have occurred have arisen from this cause. AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE MASTER-GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE.—By general order, dated July 2, 1845, the Master- General has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant George Boyce, of the 2nd Life Guards, to be his aide.de-camp, in room of Captain Paget, resigned. The Dowager Countess Grey is surrounded by a numerous family circle at Howick Hall, Northumberland. At the dissolution of the late venerated Earl, Viscount Howick (now Earl G. fey), the Hon. and Rev. John Grey, the Honourable Cap. lain Frederick W. Grey, R.N., Lady Georgians Grey, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Honourable and Rev. F. R. Grey, the Honourable Captain . Henry Cavendish Grey and Dr. Wilson, were present beside the death bed. The Honourable Colonel Grey, equerry to the Queen, did not arrive at Howick until Saturday, and the Honourable Captain G. Grey, B. N., did not reach Howick Hall until a few hours after the Earl had expired. Lady Mary Wood and Lady Elizabeth i.ulteel did not arrive there be fore Saturday. It was the late Earl's most earnest desire that his uneral should be conducted as privately as possible. _ _ understard that PostinaAter- General, Lord Lonsdale, paid a visit to the Adelaide Gallery on Monday, far the purpose of hisiucting the model of Pilhrow's Atmospheric Railway now exhibiting at this institution. His Lordship seated himself in the carriage and was piopailed with great velocity along the line. Ilis Lordship expressed himself highly pleased with the easiness of the motion go the facility with which the carriage went down along the model railway, The Delegates of this Conference, having for their ob ject the consideration of the plans proposed by the Cen tral Committee, who were appointed on Easter Monday last to prepare measures having the twofold object of uniting the trades in one vast confederation for mutual support and assist ance in all matters involving trade regulations, .disputes, and strikes, and of concentrating and rightly directing their surplus funds, so that they should be reproductively.-employed, and reduce the amount of that superabundant labour which forms a principal cause of the reduction of wages, re-assembled at ten o'clock this morning, in the Literary and Scientific Institution, John-street, Fitzroy-square. T. S. Duncombe, Esq., in the chair. The preamble of the plan for the general association of the trades for the protection of industry having been agreed to yesterday, The Conference resolved itself into Committee, and pro-. ceeded to discuss the details of the " draft" recommended by the Central Committee to carry their objects into effe,t. After a very lengthened oiseussii n, in which the greater. number of the Delegates took part, and which was—nut re markab!e, either for the order with which it was conducted, or the moderation of the language used by some of the speikers in advocating their suggestions, the two first rules were, after a few verbal amendments, agreed to. " 1. That the Association shall consist -of those trades unions and other organised bodies of the working classes, having a stated time and place of meeting, that subscribe to its funds and conform to its laws. " 2. That the legislative power shall. be vested in an annual Conference of delegates from the several trades in the Asso ciation, in the following proportion :—Trades having not less than 30, nor more than 150 paying members, may return one delegate. Trades with 150, and not more than 300 members, two delegates; and one additional delegate for every 300 members above that number. "3: That in cases where the members of the organised body are less than 150, they shall be at liberty to unite with another organised body or bodies of the Association similarly situated, for the porpose of sending a delegate or delegates. "4. That all Delegates to Conference be paying members of one of the societies they represent. "5. That an annual session of Conference shall be held on Whit-Monday, in such town and place as may be determined upon by the Conference or Central Committee, and such Con ference shall continue its sittings so long as is requisite for the transaction of the business brought. before it. "6. That the Central Committee shall have the power of convening a special session of conference when it shall appear to a majority of at least three-fourths of the committee, that such a session is necessary, or upon a requisition of at least one-third of the members of Conference. In case the Cen tral Committee neglect to call such special meeting on such requisition, the requisitionists shall have power to call it them selves. Not less than fourteen days' notice of all such special meetings shall be given to th e d e l egates . "7. That one month previous to the assembly of the annual Conference, the Central Committee 'shall cause to be prepared and issued a business paper, or programine of the matters in tended to be brought under the considerwion of the Conference. Such programme shall be laid before the various trades, to enable them to give instructions to their delegates thereupon. But the Central Committee - shall have the power of intro ducing subjects not included in the said paper, if agreed upon by three-fourths of the Committee, and such as appear to them to require the immediate attention of the Conference. Notices of special sessions shall include the business for which they ere called. THE ST7N, LON'DO WEDNES.I3A - Y IVI - ORNING, JULY 80, 184111 COURT OF ALDERMEN Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of public business, THE CROWDING A\ D RAPID SPEED OF STEAM VESSELS. A trn-mber of the Court having requested to be in• formed whether the resolutions passed by the C. urt for the regulation of steam-vessels had as yet obtained the sanction of the judges, The LORD MAYOR stated that the important resolu tions alluded to had been some time since referred to the judges, whose acquiescence was necessary before they could - be brought into operation, and his Lordship sired the Town-clerk to let the Court know what pro, - gress had been made. The TOWN-CLERK said that the resolutions had been given ,to the Chief Baron, who handed theM over for perusal to Str,B4r9n Platt, and that Mr. BarOn Platt being under dui!. necessity of going upon circuit, placed them in the hands of Mr. Justice Wightman, who had nut (as; we tir;derst , od the Town-Clerk) had time to examine them, but that it was expects d by. Saturday next that some information on the subject would be in all pro bability received. •: v . . The LORD MAYOR—It IS proper 'to state also that in the case of the late losS of Ile . , occasioned by the rape transit of a steam vessel in the Thames within the jade• diction of the Coutt,:orderS had been issued to the City Solicitor to prosecute upon the part of the city of London. —(llear,: hear.) The Court" was occupied a considerable time in in coiring into the conduct of one of the sworn-brokers, why "was'' . petitioned against by a tallow-cliandler for having refused to exhibit his books awl explain the nature and circumstances of certain purcbace:4 made by him for the petition, r. The books of the broker were produced, from which it appeared that there had been very great irregularities in his mode of doing business. -The broker himself admitted that he had not exercised the necessary vigilance and caution in his accounts, but solemnly denied that he had betrayed the interests of his principal in the transactions referred to. Aldernian COPELAND strongly urged the necessity of making the most strict inquiries into the conduct of ii,cli viduals who, from the character of their business, had a very extraordinary power of doing mischief. In his views the great majority of the Court concurred, and the broker was told that he must produce his principal in the sale of the tallow, and show that the transaction was a bona fide one, at the next sitting of the Court. A report was brought up, recommending that a gratuity of fifty guineas should be given to each of the inspectors of weights and measures. It particularly re commended the zeal, activity, and integrity of the two excellent officers, Mr. Knott and Mr. Harvard, appointed by the Court to watch over the interests of the poorer classes of the City of London. Alderman COPELAND said it was discreditable in the City of London to pay officers whose utility was so great, at such a ratl that it was necessary to vote them gratuities. He concluded by moving that the salary of each should be raised 50/. a year at once, ST PETER LAURIE acknowledged that duties . could not be more satisiiictorily perii,rmed than were the duties of the two City Inspectors, but the very vigilance and activity which they were in the habit of using, would very soon diminish their Labours. Besides, they had both expressed their perfect satisfaction at . the report which had just been presented. Alderman COPELAND said there was not the least prospect of the diminution of the labours of the in- spectors. Even the apprehension of the disgrace of ex posure, as well as of the penalties visited upon the vio lation of the law, was not sufficient to deter many trades people from reaping an advantage from the exercise of an idle and dishonest avarice. —(Hear, hear.) The report of the Committee was finally agreed to. After the transaction of some business of no public importance, the Court adjourned. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE' OF LORDS, July 29. Their Lordships assettehled at Five o'clock. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bill., which were severally read a first time, on the motion of the Earl of DALHOUSIE. DUBLIN AND GALWAY RAILWAY. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition, signed by the High Sheriff and the Grand Jury .of the county of Galway, in favour of this Bill, and stating that if the Undertaking was rot espied out, that great injury woeld be inflicted on that part of the county. . The.. Earl of BESBOROUGH moved that the adjourned ),legate on this Bill be resumed. The Noble Earl then pro needed to draw the attention of their Lordships to the report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the allegations brought against the Directors of the Company. It appeared, from their report, that the Direr-tors had not been in the habit of inquiring into the condition of those who applied to them for shares ; that nut of 971 applications, 863 were granted without any inquiry, and that. 29 only were inquired into. As he had said, he had no wish to impede the progress of the Bill, and in moving for the inquiry o hich had been instituted, he had no other object in view than that the allegations contained in the petition of Mr. Pymm might be inquired into by a Committee of their Lord ships' House. The report which they made to the House stated th o the allegation that fraud had been used to obtain the necessary number of signatures to the subscription contract had been proved before them. None of their Lordships who had read the . report could hold any other opinion than that gross and systematic frauds had been committed to a very great extent. In page 9 they would find that th e C ompany had resorted to the too prevalent prac tice of putting the r ames of respectable and well-known indivi duals in their prospectus for the purpose of making a show. If parties allowed their names to be put in the pros pectusses of a company, they ought, at least, to see that its affairs were carried out in a proper manner. The Noble Lord then proceeded to quote extracts from the evidence taken before the Select Committee on the peti tions, respecting the allegations contained in the peti tion of Mr. Pymm, relative to the allotment of shares, and concluded by declaring his intention to persist in his mo tion that the further consideration of the Bill be postponed for three months. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE admitted that the Noble Earl had made a very skilful speech, but really if their Lord ships looked carefully int it, t hey would find that it bore very little upon the allegations of the petitioners, that the Directors had sancetioned the forgery of names to their contract deed. He could see no reason why their Lordships should attempt to fix upon this particular Bill the stamp of a character which was equally applicable to .several other Bills that had passed, and several that were now before the House, because they had framed regulations which afforded facilities for persons committing frauds against the directors, against the company, and if they could, against the public. Neither the tVoble Lord nor the evidence said a word which could possibly show that any man had been induced against his will to sign the contract deed, or that went to show that any measure, whether directly or indirectly, had been taken by the directors for that purpose. Mr. Fym, a gentleman influentially connected with the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, and interested in the success of the atmospheric principle as well as the C a nal C o mp an y, thi n ki ng that this project would interfere with his other schemes, found out a few errors in the Bill. He (the Marquis of. Clanricarde) was most delighted, on public grounds, that their Lordships had sheen an inclination to suppress shameful jobbing and gambling. They ought to check a system, but not a particu lar Company, and is hile be hoped 'he result of the present ex posure would be a change in railway government, he was sorry to see them pouncing on an unfortunate Bill because they could not understand the model contract as propounded by the House. Pym Lei no right to present that petition, nor that House to receive it ; he went before Standing Orders' Committee, and was told he had no locus standi. It was not to be denied that frauds had been perpetrated, but if he were to tell all the frauds be was aware of, it would be tedious alike to the House and himself. It was well known in the market that brokers kept a black list, containing the names of all those who had committed- frauds. If, therefore, they passed laws which others could not comprehend, and when the Irish framed a Bill threw it out for non-compliance with tho 4 unintelligible require= ments, while they admitted others equally culpable, it was a strong argument for the repeal of the Union, which would not be neglected elsewhere. He would now state that a party who had fraudulently bought shares in the Deblin and Galway Company, to the • amount of 1,250/., applied for 2,000/. worth in the Direct Northern and 2,00 I. in the Shrewsbury and Oswestry Company. A man called Thomas Constable, who had applied for 1,000/. worth of shares in the Dublin and Galway, solicited 2,5004 worth in the South Western (Ireland.) Another man had sought shares in various companies to the amount of 27.5001., and William Shackel, who had appeared before both Committees, and had applied for 3,500/. worth- of shores in the Dublin and Galway, solicited shares to the amount of. 48,000/. in the Aberdeen, C hornet Valley, Cornwall and other Bees. Let all those schemes be stopped, let their progress be at once arrested; but they let all these great English Bills go by unobstructed, and when an Irish company, which could. not be supposed capable of finding out every particular, made a slip, it was pounced upon for condemnation, On referring to the advertisements of the periods-if they looked to the Timis newspaper of the 24th of March in last year—it would be sten that but tsar out of forty-nine advertisements for railway shires required references. In the Times of last week he, found fifty advertisements, and amongst them but two asked for refer ences. This model of a witness, Mr. Mowatt, adMitted that his own Company had allotted sh a re s t o s t a bl emen . an d ostlers, and persona of th a t class, and that he had been deceived byOnly 20 applicants. Mr. Mowatt admitted that his. Company only began the system of references when they found that persons of a suspicious class were applying fo: shares. Now, it would have been the case with the Dublin and Galway Railway, if their L odships had allowed the Bill to proceed, and beard counsel ;n support of the . Bill. Would they then punish this Bill, and make an example of it, for the purpose of rooting out the system, whilst others equally as guilty escaped without cen sure ? Such a course would be contrary to justice. With re spect to the allegations of giving money to a Mr. Barry to pre vent him from laying charges against the C ompany , h e w i s h ed to say a few words. This person, who petitioned in the name of Gerrard Barry, could not be found, after he had presented the petition, as he was in the habit of going by the name of Barry Gerrard. This etas, no doubt, for the purpose of extortion.-- ( Hear, hear.) Such practices were as common as could be. Parties agreed to take shares in a company. by Signing the names of each other, and so deceiving the company, that they might bring charges against them when before Parliament, or withdraw them on being paid for doing so. This person bad no doubt found that there were names in the contract deed, which ought not to be there. Persons of the highest respectas bib!) , were in the habit of compromising matters, in which they knew they were right, rather than incur great ex pense and trouble. If, then, the Committee found that there was sufficient money in the contract deed to carry out the works, they had no right to stop them. This might be effected by a supplementary contract, which he believed was frequently adopted. Besides, the Dublin and Cashel had volunteered to subsc:ibe 100 000/. to complete the undertaking, if they would allow them to carry it out, leaving a considerable sum more than would b. required.. Because the parties had shown them a bail list which had grown out of their own imperfection, would they prevent so great a work from being carried out? General Burgoyne had stated that such a railway would be•ofthe greatest advantage to that part of the country. . Would they do4ny substantial good by st° PPittgohis Bill? They would ds right to no one who had been wronged. They would remedy tor' flaw in the law, but they would stop one of the most im tortant works ever undertaken for the benefit of Ireland. What had they derie for public works in Ireland ? They had made io an attempt, a n d a successful one. to improve the social, religus, and political condition of the people by passing measures with respect o education. But the Govern- ment had not projected any great works for the benefit of that people. You have done nothing for emigration—you' have done nothing whatever for the benefit of public works in Ire land, and now that the capitalists of England and. Ireland come forward and say they will complete a great work which will employ the population, and will add to the wealth . of the country and improve it, and come to you and ask simply for powers to do so, you refuse on the ground I have stated, but which I hold cannot be maintained. Earl BATHURST had but a few words to say en the subject, after what had fallen from the Noble Earl who moved the trotion. Their Lordships would remember that the Committee had made no report upon the merits of the scheme. They had only reported that fraud hid .. been committed and that the directors had been guilty :of great negligence. It was therefore for their Lord ships to decide whether the Committee should proceed further with the inquiry or not. If their Lordships thought these frauds had been so clearly proved that they ought to be marked with the strongest disapprobation, their Lordships of 'elitirse Would not allow the inquiry to be carried on further. 'The Earl'of .WICKLOW had come down with -a sincere hoe that' 'M he should b e convinced, by the ' arguments of the Noble arquis opposite, that their Lordships Ought . to alloW the Bill to proceed, but he regretted; having heard the argument 'of the Noble Marquis, that he felt himself con• strained °to' support the motion and resist the amendment. There was no doubt frauds had heen committed in other rail ways, but there was none to equal thoiCie - the present instance, and he mold not conscientiously do otherwise. than support the original motion. The E a rl of ST. GERMANS said, having been a member of the Committee appointed to inquire into the allegations of the petitioners. he could not be ignorant of the frauds which had been committed by this company, and he admitted that the mode adopted by the directors in allotting share, had been exceedingly lax and careless. They had, however, filed a supplementary fist in accordance with their Lerdsh ps standing orders, and he thought it injudicious for their Lordships to s t o p th e Bill at t hi s stage. The Committee had not inquired into its mer it s , nor could they say whether the parties were or were not competent to carry oat the undertaking, and until' the Committee had made a report upon that point , their Lordships ought to p ause before they postponed the further progress of the Bill. Lord BEAUMONT baying also served upon the Committee alluded to by the Noble Lord, wished to say a few words on the subject before the debate closed. He should feel not the least hesitation in voting, for the motion of the Noble Earl, if by doingso he thought he was punishing the parties who com. Knitted the f.aud; but they were not doing so. They were not slightest degree.--s touching them in the Hear, hear.) He could not see why the country should suffer by the rejection of this Bill; "nor why innocent shareholders should be punished for the fau'ts of managers whe committed themselves to a ealpable line of conduct with their eyes open. The truth was, the House of Lords could not allow this matter to pass away . in silence. Some steps must be taken to prevsnt similar misconduct, for he believed, as had b. en well observed by the Noble Marquis, that if English rail way projects were as closely investigated, m any cases of the same, if not of an equally flagrant kind, would be discovered, He would earnestly recommend the House to acquiesce in the suggestion of his Noble Friend opposite (Earl Bathurst), 'and refer the ease again to a Committee. If the Commi.tee found the contract to be sufficiently valid and bona fide to admit of the wot k being carried out, then he would recommend their Lordships to allow this Bill. The Duke of CLEVELAND said it. would be most im portant that the House should ascertain that no frauds existed, and if they did, projects in which they should be discovered irsould be thrown out. H e did hope that before the session closed the House would come to some resolution to prevent such practices. It would be of the utmost consequence that the House should do so. Lord REDESDALE said he agreed with the Noble Earl opposite ; and it was his opinion that where acts of fraud were detected the parties should be punished ; for if they were not, they might as well object to punish pickpockets, if they ac cepted the excuse that other pickpockets had committed the same off ace for which they stood charged the same day. Lord MON TEAGLE felt assured that, if the. Bill should be passed, after the discovery of these frauds, the result would be that other Bills would be attempted to be passed which might be got up in the same way; but, at the same time, he would say that the parties to the Bill were not guilty of any participa tioo in the fraud, because they might have been taken in ; but then, to a certain extent, the parties had a right to be punished, because they should have taken the proper precautions to have prevented such an occurrence. The Earl of DEVON felt bound to oppose the motion ; and, in doing so, he begged to say he also was as anxi ous to do jus tice as his Noble Friend near him ; but, at theoame time, he would be glad to know to whom it was that he was called upon to do justice? He would contend for it that if it was to be considered injustice to any party, it was injustice to the House itself. He would contend for it that if this .Bill were re jected, an injury to a great extent would be inflicted on those who really did not deserve it; while by the passing of the Pill, those who had been guilty of the fraud, or rather those who ought to be punished, would be let escape by reason of the House of doing Sr!. The Duke of WELLINGTON said it was v try strange that the Directors, who had the limier to come before the Committee, should not have come before them, for the purpose of clearing themselves. By not. adopting this course they threw great suspicion on their proceedings. Their Lordships then divided, when there appeared— For the rejection of the Bill Against it Majority Some conversation then ensued with respect to the witness Smith, against whom there is a'charge of felony, which, how ever, led to no satisfactory result. . . STANDING ORDERS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that he should bring the following standing order, under the attention of the House on Friday next :—That proof shall be required before the Standing Orders' Committee that the names subscribed to a Bill or petition are bona fide. SCOTCH POOR-LAW BILL. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH moved the third reading of this 1. he lll larquis of BREADALBANE presented a number of petitions from variou. parts of Scotland against it. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH could not consent to the pro pos:tion of the Noble Lord (Cuttenham). The Act of Parlia ment j rovided that that portion of the feofinent which it was contended belonged to the parish of Sotoh Leith, not to that of St. Giles, Edinburgh, and its inhabitants, were subject, to pay'double rates, both parochial, tithe, anl cess. The object of the clause was not to overthrow a decision of that House, but to remedy a palpable hardship, which had been exposed by a discussion in the House, and he therefore cordially supported the clause. Lord CAMPBELL was astonished, after the able speech of his Noble Friend near him (Lord Cuttenham), to find that. the Government persisted in pressing this obnoxious clause—a clause which, if passed, would be a reproach. not only to the Administration, but the House. He had always bet n an op ponent of the Government, but, n-qterthelcss, had believed that among its members were men t f honour who wish e d t o act upon prin c ipl e t owar d s every part o f the kingdom, and of jus tice towards man and man. If, however, they now refused to accede to the proposition for excluding the 17th clause, be should : chan g e that opinion, and believe that th ey were acttiated by neither ability or principle. At any rate, he implored his Noble Friend on the Woolsack, whose talents, integrity, and honour were unimpeachable, to say whether the clause was not most iniquitous? This was a question already decided by the House. He himself, as advocate, had argued it at the bar of their Lordships' 'House, and hi. Noble Friend (Lord Cotten ham), who then sat. on the Woolsack, satisfactorily put the matter beyond dispute by an adjudication which it was sought to overthrow. Earl DALHOUSIE said that it was because her Majesty's Government wished . to act with justice towards man and man, that they would not agree to the expunging of this clause. It was a novel principle to be laid down that because an advocate had pleaded, and a judge had decided, a certain question, the House was prevented. from amending the law which rendered that adjudication, however hard in its requirements; necessary. The LORD. CHANCELLOR said, that having been called nn by his Noble Friend (Lord Campbell) to explain the law upon the question, and give his opinion, he would without he sitation respond to the appeal. He hal lookett into the Act of Parliament and the original contracts most carefully, and he was therefore ina position to s;,eak with confidence. No con tract between these parties could affect the parish of Leith, and therefore the parties residing in the district would be liable to pay both thepoor-rates of the city of Edinburgh and the paro chial burdens of the parish of Leith. The inhabitants were liable, he -repeated, to contribute to the public burdens of the parish of Leith. That was the effect of the contract. The Act 'of Parliament had been passed 10 years after the contract had been made, and it ratified and recited that contract. The Act recited that the spot in question should be . included in the R o y a l t i es o f Edi n b urg h , and at the same time be subject to the burdens above enume rated, in the parish of Leith. Therefore, the Act of Parka ment in no way varied the case. The matter had been first decided by the Lords in Ordinary, then by the Courts of Ses sion, and finally by that House, which confirmed the decision of the courts below, on the footing of contract. The present occupants 'were as much bound by the contract as the original contractors. The effect of the law might certainly be hard en those persons, but they took the property subject to the cons tingent burdens. It was, he admitted, hard, that the inhabi tants should be taxed, not for the value of the land, but accord ing to their means and substance. There could be no doubt as to the law of the case; and if the inhabitants were to be relieved, it must be done by Act of Parliament. Lord CAMPBELL said the clause could not be supported, and trusted that without further discussion it would be with drawn. The Earl of HADDINGTON supported the clause, and thought the hardship a serious one, and required a remedy. Lord COTTENHAM urged the withdrawal of the clause, and:entirely agreed with his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack, that it would be highly inexpedient to pass the clause. The coatract was a regular bonci fide one, and to abolish it would be to take the property of one and give it to another. He thought that those who framed the clause must have done so in utter ignorance of the law of the case. The Duke of WELLINGTON said it was most unfortunate that any party views bad been brought into this discussion. It appeared to him when the question was first introduced that the legal objection had been raised with the view of postponing the Bill to a future session. Lard CAMPBELL intimated his dissent. Tae Duke of WELLINGTON said, however that might be, it was quite certain that by this law great alterations wereabout being made in the condition of the poor of Scotland. As re garded the clause under discussion, after the ext , ression of the Noble and Learned Lords opposite, and the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack, he would recommend the withdrawal of the clause. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH acquiesced in the suggestion of the Noble Duke, and would withdraw the clause. The clause was then withdrawn, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. PAUPER LUNATICS ALYLUM BILL. The House then went into Committee upon this Bill. Lord BEAUMONT objected to the wording of the clause which permitted the public asylums to admit other lunatics. The LORD CHANCELLOR supported the cause, which, after some verbal amendments, was agreed to. Clauses up to clause 41 were, with a fewverbai amendments, agreed to. Clauses 42 and up to 91 were agreed to. • The House then resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be re ported on Thursday , next. - DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. LUNATICS BILL. On the motion being put for the committal of this Bill, The LORD CHANCELLOR rose and said, he had been requested by his Noble Friend Lord Ashley to state the nature and object of this Bill. Previous to the year 1774 there was, comparatively speaking, no protection given to persons who happened to be in this unhappy situation, and everybody who was acquainted with the history of that period knew well that cases of cruelty and injustice were of frequent occurrence. The 14th of George 111. to a certain degree provided a remedy for the evil,• but it was found the provisions of that Act were totally inadequate fer the purposes for which they were brought forward, and in 1830 his friend, Mr. Robert G rdon, brought the subject under the consideration of the other House of Parlir ment , and int ro d uce d ' a B i l l f ir i mprov i ng the then existing law of. lunacy. By that Bill Commisiloners were appointed who had the power of licensing and visiting private establishments, and the Bill contained other provisions for the purpose of meeting the evils which had been pre viously complained of. That Bill was merely a temporary measure, and was only intended to continue in force for three years. It was found, however, that it operated so well that it was again and again renewed, and it was now about to expire. The present Bill was brought forward for the purpose of making That Act permanent. The Bill, however, introduced some alterations into the existing law, and it would he necessary for him to put their Lordships in possession of the changes which it proposed to effect. The first alteration was, that in conse quence of the Bill being made permanent, it had beedme ne cessary to make the office of Commissioners also permanent. Hitherto the number •of Commissioners bad been twenty, eleven of whim where paid, and consisted of barristers and medical practitioners, and the remaining nine Commissioners, from motives of benevolence, performed the office gratuitously. The present Bill proposed to reduce the number of paid Com missioners from eleven to • six, and the number of .the other class of Commissioners from nine to five, making in all eleven. By the existing law a paid:Commissioner was not restricted from devoting his attention to private practice ; but, under the pre sent Bill, he was compelled to give the whole of his atten tion to the duties of his office. Another change was pro posed to be introduced into the law rela'ive to the mode of re•• munerating the Commissioners. . Under the existing law they were paid by fees ; but, instead of paying them by this mode s they would be paid by salaries of 1,500/. each, making an annual total of 9,0001. It had been suggested to him that this mode of remuneration would considerably increase the expense of the commission, • but he had looked into the subject himself, and he could assure their Lordships that it would diminish instead of increase the expenses. The Com missioners under the existing Act had the power of visiting private asylums, but they had not the power of visiting private hospitals. But the Bill of his Noble Friend proposed to remedy this defect. Another point of improvement was, that the visitors were to be allowed to examine and inspect workhouses or places where paupers were confined ; they were not, however, to interfere with the duties of the Poor-law Commissioners, but simply to report to the Commissioner the result of their in quiries. There; was another important alteration to which he wished to call their Lordships' attention. It related to what were termed single houses, or in other words, houses where only one patient was confined. T heir Lordships, in the exist ing Bill, restricted the Commissioners from visiting these esta blishments, but, as the proposed Bill stood, the Lord Chancellor would have the power of selecting three of the Commissioners who should act as a sort of private committee for visiting single houses. These were the chief provisions of the Bill. He thought that the alterations were all salutary. The persons who kept lunatic asylums were in the habit of taking in persons who were accused of being of nervous temperament, but not insane or idiotic. Those persons did not come under the jurisdiction of the visitors. There were cells and places of concealment in the asylums which would not be allowed to exist if the visitors had the power of examining the whole of the house. He pro p osed that their Lordships should go into Committee upon the The Earl of ELDON approved of the Bill generally, but he objected to some of the details, and he had a petition to present from persons in the county of Oxford against interference with the institution at Warnford. Lord NIONTEAGLE thought that there ought to be aorne better provision made for the supervision of asylums in England and Ireland. The House then went into Committee, and the report was brought up with some amendments. The Hil4 of Exchange Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third tine on Friday. The Railway Selling and Leasing Bill passed through Corn. mittee, as also did the Bonded Corn Bill, and were ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. The Drainage (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Report on the Fiiheries (Ireland) Bill was received. The Fees Compensation Bill went through Committee, as did also the Criminal Jurisdiction of Assistant Barristers (Ireland) Bill, which was ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. The Militia Pay Bill, and Joint-Stock Company's Bill, were committed, and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. The House then adjourned, at Eleven o'clock, till Thursday neat. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 29. The SrEAXER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock precisely, when the orders of the day were proceeded with. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : The Court of Chancery Bill, the Stock in Trade Bill, the Removal of Paupers Rill. The Apprehension of Offenders Bill went through Com mittee, and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow at twelve. The report of the. Municipal Districts (Ireland) Bill was received. and went through Committee, and the Bill was or dered to be read a third time to-morrow at twelve. GAMES AND WAGERS BILL. The report of this Bill was brought up. After Mr. q. DICK had proposed the insertion of two LITERATURE. THE iv .4 qROT AND (VIDE GAUGES CON SIDEA4); also, Effects of Compefeon and Go vernment Supervision. Among the primary conditions of effective railway economy, the width of the gauge—the distance from one another at which the rails themselves are, on a given line, put down—occupies a primary place. It is almost the eery first object to which the engineer must now direct his attention, because, since the in troduction of the broad gauge, he must consider what are all the probabilities, remote or contingent, of his new line being intersected by, or communicating through branches with others, the gauge of which is different from that he proposes to adopt. The diffi culties are found to be so serious, occasioned by a change from the wide to the narrow gauge, or vice versa, in the conti nua ti on o f a line—that there can be no doubt they would never have been permitted to arise, had the whole scheme of railway projections been originally under the supervision of Government. The uniformity of the gauge, and the consequent saving in the expense of alterations—whether con tractions or expansions—in cuttings, embankinents, &c., and in the construction of new carriages to meet. the exigencies of such changes in the gauge, would have been, in that case, obviated. It seems, from this little tract, that— " The 4-81 gauge, or 5 feet from centre to centre, was originally fixed upon as assimilating with that of car riages on the common road. It existed in the mineral districts previous to the introduction of passenger rail ways. In the earlier passenger railway Acts, the 4-8 i gauge was rendered imperative ; why the clause was afterwards discontinued does not appear. No incon venience has ever been experienced from, nor has ary ac cident ever been attributed to the use of that gauge. Mr. Brunel, in forming the Great Western Itailvvay, made a deviation from the 4-8. gauge to one of 7 feet. But for this duviation, the probability is, that no question would ever have arisen whether the 4-81 (or narrow gauge, as it is called), or what other gauge, is the best for locomotive purposes. Of the two gauges de se, the general opinion among engineers seems to be that the one is about equally good with the other ; not one among them, not even the originator himself, presume to say that a gauge of 7 feet is preferable to all others, It may amuse the reader to consider some of the " Reasons assigned for the use of the Wide Gauge :" " The chief reasons assigned by Mr. Brunel for a de parture from the common width of gauge, wtre-1. At tainment of higl er rate of speed. 2. Increased lateral steachmss to the carriages and engines ; and 3. Greater space afforded for the works of the engine. 1. The Great Western Company have, at . Present, by fir the most powerful engin es f or speed on any railway (unless, perhaps, we except the Northern and Eastern), the atten tion of their engineer having been particularly turned thereto. In a little time there will be equally powerful engines on the narro.v gauge lines. 'There are, at the present titne, more powerful goods' engines on the narrow gauge railways than on the Great Western, or wide gauge." • Perhaps our author manifests a little too much of the pirtisan. There seems to unto be too decided a tendency to disparage the merits .of Mr. Brunel; and too palpable a purpose to lower the claims of the " Great Western" Railway in the public favour, in order to exalt that of the " London and Birmingham." We have no doubt that these two magnificent works will continue to recommend themselves, by the main tenance of t;'e same spirited and .g,nerous emulation to merit the public favour, of which they repeiVe . every week such substantial proofs, in return (4.: their_ unwearied efforts to deserve it. This little paper is a viluable memoir, in the shape of a:critical review .of the most recent improvements in railway construction. and management. The following statistics, too, are important, and may be novel to some of our readers: " The traffic receipts for the six months ended 31st D: comber last, as shown by the Companies' published accounts, were as follows: On the' imfidon and Birmingham Line, £450:478 16 5 Great Western • 440,387 4 8 Cost of locomotive power for the same periof+, to earn the above amount 36,145 16 9 Great Western " By the accounts of the Companies above referred to, for the same period, it appears that the carrying stock, that is, the locomotives engines and carriages of the two Companies, has cost as follows : grei;.t Western v £534,088 11 4 Interest fur half-year at 5 per cent 13,352 0 0 T,,,ndurt and Birmingham Interest for half-year ; at 5 pr. ct. pr. an 6,461 00" The writer has decided partiality for the " narrow gauge," and makes out' a good case for them. He show,:, in a curious table, that of railways, in progress, for which Acts have been obtained, or which are before Parliament this session there are (includi ng 894 complete miles) 5,597 miles narrow gauge; of wile gauge (including 261 miles completed) 881 miles only. Excluding London, the population pro.. posed to be supplied by each is thus estimated : narrow gauge, 12,000,000; wide ditto, 3,000,000. "Taking th-2 lines completed at 35,0001. per mile, — those in progress, or for which an Act has been obtained, at 20,000/. per mile, there will be Completed— Narrow gauge, 31 millions—wide gauge, 9 millions. n progress, ditto, 33i do. ditto 11 do. 641 10i" The remarks on " Competition" and " Government Supervision" display much sound sense, and may be consulted with advantage. TI?ODUCTORY LECTURE delivered to the Mechanics' Instil .tion, Ashford. By John Buflon M.A., 6.e. A little tract, honourable to the benevolent zeal of its reverend author, to give a practically beneficial character to the operations of the Institute it was addressed to, and the studies of its members. MR. BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1845.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this day published Mr. Burke's PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1845," AN ENTIRELY NEw EDITION, materially improved throughout, from the per sonal communications of the Nobility, &c., and containing ALL THE NEW CREATIONS, in 1 vol. Bvo. (comprising as much matter as twenty ordinary volumes), price 38s. bound, which van now be had of all Bookseller. thronghour the kingdom. Mr. Colhurn has also just published the FIRST THREE PARTS, price Mi. 61. each, of Mr. Burke's .6 HISTORY OF THE LINO»•D GENTRY," a Genealogiral and lieral,lic Diann ar. of the whoie of the Untii led Aristocracy of England, Scotian 1, and Leland; and the FOURTH and Concluding Part is now in the Press. _ elausea. both of witieh were nat ivedwithout a clivision, Bill was o r d ere d to b e read a th ird time to-rnerrow at twe the lve. SMALL DEBTS BILL After some slight discussion, in which Mr. BOUVERIE anl Mr. P. AI. STEwART took part, the several clauses of the 13 ill were read and agreed to. The House then resumed, and the report on the Bill was received. WAKEFIELD AND GOOLE RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the Wakefield and Gaole Railway Bill were read and agreed to. • The House then adjourned till Five o'clock. The House resumed at Five o'clock. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Viicount COURTENAY moved that the Chairman of the Select Committee on Group X be empowered, in the case of the London and York Railway, to report forthwith, and the further consideration to be taken on Friday next.—Agreed to. RAILWAY STANDING ORDERS. Lord G. SOMERSET rose to move that the following clauses be added to the Standing Orders :—To follow Standing Order 101—A declaration, in writing, signed by the agent for the prop ose d Bill ( or some one of such agents), shall be annexed to such petition, stating to which of the three clasres of Bills such Bill in his judgment belongs ; and if the proposed Bills shall give power to effect any of the fol lowing objects, that is to say—power to take any larx:s or houses compulsorily, or to extend the time granted by any former Act, for that purpose; power to levy tolls, rates, or duties, or to alter any existing tolls, rates or duties ; or to confer, vary, or extinguish any exemption from payment of tolls, rates, or duties, or any other ri g ht or pr i v il ege ; power to interf ere w i t h any rown, Church, or Corporation property, held in trust for public or charitable purposes ; power to make a burial-ground ; power to relinquish any part of a work authorised by a former Act ; power to divert into any intended cut, canal, reservoir, aque duct, or navigation, or into any intended variation, extension, or enlargement thereof respectively, any water from any ex isting cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct, or navigation, whether directly or derivatively, and whether under any agree ment with the proprietors thereof, or otherwise ; power to make, vary, extend, or enlarge any cut, canal, re servoir, aqueduct, er navigation; power to make, vary, extend, or enlarge any railway. The said declaration shall state which of such powers are given by the Bill, and shall indicate in which clauses of the Bill (referring to them by their number,) such powers are given, and shall further state that the Bill does not give power to effect any of the ob jects enumerated in this order, other than those stated in the declaration. If the proposed Bill shall not give power to effect any of the objects enumerated in the ' , seceding order, the said declaration shall state that the Bill does riot give power to effect any such object. Amend st inding orders 103 and 128. Sir G. CLERK also moved the following addition to Stand ing Order 23 a :--Together with the line of the projected rail way, laid down on a map not less than that of the Ordnance map of England ; and also a written statement, setting forth the course of the railway, its capital, its maximum fares and charges, and generally all the principal provisions of the pro povd Bill. Lord G. SOMERSET explained that the principal alter , — tion would be the increasing the deposits on all noltrays, ex cepting those which hail been considered in the House in the past session, from 5 to 10 per cent. Sir R. FERGUSON objected to this part of the motion. which would have the effect of raising the deposits. He con. sidered this would operate most injuriously on those lines that were already projected. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that some step of the kind was necessary to protect the public from the crude speculations that were before it. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY supported the same view of the question. Dr. BOWRING said that it would be greatly in favour of those railroads which were already in existence, and against those which were only as yet in a state of projection; and he thought it was a neediess imposition on this species of property. Mr. E. B. DENISON said that the institution of this order would be an unjust, if not a tyrannical, oppression on those who had signed the share list under the faith of the existing standing orders, and who calculated on the payment of a certain sum, and now were called upon to pay one much larger. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that the exemp tions to the evil effects of the order would be so numerous that it was not worth while to consider those whose interests might be affected. Mr. GREENE said that the objection might be obviated by exempting all signed and registered shareholders who had already paid their deposits. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that if the gene; al feeling of the House was against him, lie must give way, but he would do so entirely contrary to his own opinion and in clination. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and on our return to the gallery we found that the amendment was negatived without a division. The several amendments were then considered, and agreed to. Mr. GREENE moved, that the sectional order, No. 60, should for the future form portion of the standing orders.— Agreed to. _ LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Mr. P. M. STEWART presented a petition from the Mid land Counties Railway, complaining that the London and York, which had just passed a Committee of that House, would intersect their line ; and praying that that portion of those works should not be allowed to be constructed without the sanction of the former Company. ME'SAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Messengers from the House of Lords brought up the Glas• gow Junction Railway and other Bills, with amendments. COLONEL A. LAUTOUR. Mr. MILNER GIBSON then brought forward the mo tion of which he had given notice, that a Select Com mittee be appointed to investigate the allegations contained in the petition of Colonel Augustus Lautour, presented to this House, June 6th, 1844, and printed with the votes, June the 26 th, 1844, and to report their opinion to the House. The Honourable Member stated that this related to what took place in 1828, when the Colonial office invited parties to invest their money in the Swan River settlement. Among others who were induced to do so was the petitioner, and from circums,ances that afterwards transpired he now petitioned the House. These regulations were officially issued, and under them Col. Lautour had acted. The question, then,was whether the Crown could escape from its engagements. Bethought it could not, and the opinion of the law officers of the Crown had been taken on the subject, and there was some doubt respecting one or two points, and there might be a weak feature which he had not observed, and he had seen so much of these casts that he was always ready to suspect that there was something more than he saw. But if the matter were, at it was laid down, he could not see how, in justice, or even legal equity, the Crown could escape from its engagements. He had been informed that Sir Thomas Wilde had given an opinion in favour of Colonel Lautour's claim, which opinion was present, d to the Government when they came into office, but the Gov ernment sa id i t was not binding on them, because the He original c on t rac t h a d not been officially promulgated. (Mr. M. Gib son ) trusted that a generous and fa would r con struction might be exp ec t e d, an d t h at no advantage be taken of any t r ifli ng want of foresight on ColonelLautour's part. It appeare d to h i m (Mr. Gibson) t. ustice, and he that the claims alluded to i n t h e pet i t i on were founded in J thought that G overnmen t s h ou ld ta con sideration. I n b r i ng i ng forward_ this ke the matter into its seutbs of the Govern subject he did not mean to impute bla me o n an y of the Members He did, however, trust that the subject wou ld be i mme dia te l ymen. t attended to. Mr. HOPE said that he should be obliged to state shortly the history of the circumstances connected with this matter. In 1828 a plan was proposed, and published for th e purpose of bringing Colonel Lautour 's attention to it. The Hon. Member grounded his motion upon the fact that no formal or official notice was given to the colonel of this document, land.r. M. GIBSON—But in th e meantime you took his —( Hear, hear.) Mr HOPE observed that this was really no ground for the complaint. Colonel Lautour was one of the parties to whom the publication was addressed, and he would not fail to have known its purport. In point of fact, that gentleman had got possession of 100,006 acres to which he had no title whatever. Mr. M. GIBSON then ‘eithdrew his motion. The Service of Heirs (Scotland) Bill, and the Crown Charters (Scotland) Bill were read a second time, SUPPLY, The report o f t h e Committee of Supply was then brought up and agreed to after which the House adjourned. Sir .1. GRA HAM moved the third reading of this Bill, when Mr. H. BERKELEY objected to the seventh clause, on the ground that the Secretary of State would be put in pos session of an unconstitutional power, by being en abled to i ncrease or diminish indefinitely the number of courts. He thought, however, there was a great deal of good in the Bill, and should be glad to see it pass, provid e d th at t h e objection h e h a d stated to the power which' would be possessed by the Secretary of State were removed, Sir JAMES GRAHAM - said that he had, in the clause re ferred to by the .Hon. Gentleman, struck out the name of the Secretary of State and substituted the name of her Majesty. He trusted with that the Hon. Member would be satisfied. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. CUSTOMS BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE. QUER, the Customs' Laws Repeal Bill was read a third time and passed, as was the Customs Management Bill and the Customs' Duties Bill WAREHOUSING OF GOODS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. BRITISH VESSELS BILL. On the order of the day fur the third reading of this Bill, Captain PECHELL hoped that some improvement in the transmission of letters to the Scilly Island would be effected. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. 'i.ei Shipping •and Navigation Bill, the Trade of British Possessions Abroad all, the Customs Bounties and Allowances Bill, the Isle of Man Trade Bill, the Smuggling Prevention Bill, were read a third time and passed, without discussion. CUSTOMS REGULATION BILL. On the order of the day for the third reading of this Bill, Mr. WA WN trusted that vessels teturning, to a British port in ballast, after landing a cargo at another British port, would be exempted from the pilotage dues exacted from foreign ves sels. The Hon. Mcmber moved the insertion of certain words to give effect to thi, distinction. - aptain PECHELL seconded the amendment. Mr. CORRY thought the amendment was brought forward at too late a period in the session, and he should distinctly oppose any alteration in the clause. The gallery was then cleared for a division. On strangers being admitted, the numbers were— For the amendment Against it Majority —l5 The Bill was then read a third time and passed: JOINT-STOCK BANKS (SCO ILAND AND IRE LAND) BILL. On the order of the day for bringing up the report on this Bill being read, Mr. BOUVERIE objected to the hurry with which the Bill was carried through the Howie. The Scotch system of bank ing had been in existence for a great number of years, and had %sorked in a most satisfactory manner. He thought that at least more time should be given to consider the details of the measure. He would move that the Bill be recommitted that day six months. The motion being seconded, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could net agree that the Bill had been hurried through the House. He considered it had been fully discussed. In the absence of the other members of the Government, he could not advise any alteration in the Bill. He had, however, no objec tion to go into Committee at present, with the understanding that nothing beyond discussion should take place at present, and that any t.:ecision on controverted points should take place in a fuller Houle. Mr. P. M. STEWART supported the postponement. The people of Scotland, he considered, had a right to complain of the manner in which they had been treated on this question. There was no hurry for legislation. It would be time enough to do so next session. There was not the least danger that any harm would come to Scotland if the Bill were not passed this session. If they persisted in pushing forward this Bill, after the way in which they had treated another Bill on Friday last, they would be acting inconsistently, and doing serious injury to the people of Scotland. All he prayed for was postponement, that the Bill might be fully considered. After a few words from the CHANCELLOR. of the Excite. QUER anti Mr. P. M. STEWART, the motion was withdrawn, and the Bill was recommitted. TUESDAY NIG IT'S GAZETTE In the Country. J. A. Hick, carver and gilder, Leeds, Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W. S. Bentall, banker, Totnes, Aug. 22, at one, at the Exeter District Court--J. Netsten, J. W. Newton, and F. J. Newton, spirit merchants, Rother ham, Yorkshire, Aug. 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W. Thompson, cloth manufacturer, Rawden, York shire, Aug. 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—F. Cranswiek, innkeeper, Bridlington, Yorkshire, Aug. 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—John Bainbridge, iron founder, Richmond, Yorkshire, Aug. 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—T. M. Monekman, tobacconist, Brad ford, Aug. 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court —G. Fisher, linen draper, Bradford, Aug. 21, at eleven, at tho Leeds District Court—J. Wood, merchant, Saddleworth. Yorkshire, Aug. 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. W. Thurnell, upholsterer, Leadenball-street, Aug. 23—J. Codling, earthenware manufacturer, Gateshead Fell, Durham, Aug. 21—T. L. Brown, merchant, Liverpool, Aug. 22—W. Astle, plumber, Wolverhampton, Aug. 21--W. Davis, Tetten hall, Stafford-hire, Aug. 19—T. Robson, jun., porter mer chant Stoke-upon-Trent, Aug. 30—G. riudman, mason. Bristol, Aug. 19—V, Guigues, hotel keeper, Leice,iter-street, Leicester-square, Aug. 19—W. Woodward and T. 31orris, drapers, Burslcm, Staffordshire, Aug,. 19—G 11,4. grccer, Wisbech, St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, Aug. 19—J Richards, plumber, Deptford -bridge, Aug. 19—J. Y. B. tts, grocer, Car diff, Aug. 19—H. Thorpe, linen draper. Kensington, Aug, 19 —E. Newnes, brewer, Newton by Middlewich, Cheshire, Aug. 19. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Arnold and A. Hirsch, merchants. Rood-lane, City-- J. Damsell and H. W. Darusell, mercers, Newent, Gloucester shire—C. Newbury and J. Woodward, linen drai•er, Lichfield —T. Warren and W. Q. Barrett, boot makers, Plymouth-- H. 'Micklethwait and J. Ne.wbound, stockbrokers, Sheffield— J. Greases and I'. Greases, veterinary surgeons, Manchester —J. Brownrigg and T. Harrison, painters. Uleerston, Lan : cashire—T. Roberts and J. M'Clumpha, bu;lders, Kirkdale, Lancashire—M. Tucker and A. Tucker, booksellers, Brid-. port, Dorsetshire—D. M. Aird and H. A. Eurstall printe.a. Tavistock street, Covent-garden—W. Robinson and J. Wood, drapers, Wigton, Cumberland —P. Haines and G. Haines, cneesemongers, Goudge-street, To. ham-cour t-road : T. Dobing and J. Turner, rartviright3, Ilalifax—T. Ramsey and B Langley, silk dyers, Flower and Demi-street, Si G. Whitbread and L. Cr son, carriers, Ampthill, Bedford shire—W. Schleneker end J. Schlencker, grocers, Gravesend —E. Farry and R. Parry, ironfounders, Golden-lane, Old street—T. S. Cowie and G. F. Davidson, merchants, Hull— T. Greenaway and E. Greenaway, hatters, I.i.shopsute-street Within. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS, Malcolm M'Callum, butcher, Rothe=ay, Aug. 5 and :22, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Russ, Rothesay. J. Wylie, farmer, Overtown, Lanarkshire, Aug. 2 and 2 4 , a, one, at Mackay's Hotel, Hamilton. J. Wylie, tollkeeper, Overtown, Lanarkshire, Aug. 2 and 22, at one, at Mackay's Note], Hamilton. CHINA.—We unqerstat d tl.at private letters have been received in Liverpoci from Shangh a e of a date ter than any int e lli gence w hi c h h as appear, d ins the riewspaplears. and the intelligence which they contain, if strictly corn ct, is highly important, as 'honing th e great extension of the market for British cotton manufactures in the eastern ports of China. The statement is to the effect, that, within three weeks, no less than six vessels, the Sarah Loui-a, the Valon, the Thomas Worthington, the Flora, the Monarch and the Richard Cobden, all which left Great Britain in oe, tober, had arrived at Shanghae ; and that nearly the whole of their cargoes of msnufactured goods h a d b een disposed of at, satisfactory p r i ces; grey shirtings netting 3 dollars 30 cents. cash, and 3 dollars 50 cents, in barter for tta,i. The alleged date of the preceding intelligence is the 14th of April from Shanghae; hut it seem quite as probable that that is the date of its receipt at Macao or Hong-kong, as the dates from those places only come down to about the 14th of April.—Mar.,- cheater Guardian. EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON. —The following posted at Lloyd's yesterday : — FaLmouTn, 28.--The Penningham Purchase, arrived to-day from Maceio, passed on the 125th Inst. eight line-of-battle ships, in lat. 48 deg. 56 min. N. on. 11 deg. 52 min. W., light breeze fro.n N. W. OLD HUNDRETIL—The music in fulrmony of four parts of this ♦enerable church tune was composed by Claude Goudlmel, about the year 1544. The composer, who was chapel master at Lyons, France, died in 1572, a victim to religious opi. nion. The harmony of this hymn has since been altered, as ma; be seen by comparing the same, as arranged in the present collet-- tions of church music, with the original. It is a popular musico.. historical error, that Luther was the composer of this choral.-- Musical World. Last week, - William M. :Macdonald, Esq., of St. Martin's and Garth estates, Perthshire, and recent purchaser of the beautiful and extensive property of Rossie, in the parish of Craig, in the neighbourhood of Montrose, paid his first visit to his new domain. On the occasion numerous flags were displayed in the village of Ferryden, and the parishioners rejoice in the prospect of seeing, ere long, the splendid castle tenantea once more, and that by a gentleman having such a high character.—Perthshire Courier. NEW IRON STEAMER.—AIt.s.rs. Miller, Raver,hill, and Co., have launched from their building-yard at Blackwell, for the Peninsular and Oriental Company, a new iron steamer called the Madrid, decidedly the finest vessel th rt has yet left the Or chard Wharf. Her burden is 450 tons; length, 160 feet between the perpendiculars; width, 28 feet; depth of hold, 15 fret. She is to be propelled by a pair of Miller and Co.'s beam-engines, of 140. horse power, and is intended, we believe, to ply between Ceyl i on and Hong- Kong. RELEASE FROM A LONG CONFTNEMENT.—On Tues daynamed Cha , lesworrn, was released fro af eci ter m a a n n i nt mprisonment of :29i ycars. In 1816 h e I.r 1 last, Castle, snag was commi tted for contempt of the award of a referee who had been appointed to decide a dispute between him and another party respecting the height of a dam attached to a mill belonging to him, in the neighbourhood of Holmfirth. lie has been discharged by a judge under reign f William the provisions of an A ct of Parliament passed In the o IV, ItorAL .:‘ll:itsEy YACHT CLUIL—A saiEg-h for three elegant pi eces of plate given by this Club, will take mplace to-morrow. The y ac h ts, ten in number, will start from the Rock Ferry, sail through the Crosby Channel, Victoria Channel, round the Bell Beacon, and back to the place of starting. One of the City of Dublin Company's boats uin attend and follow the match, and the prizes will be delivered to the wiriness on board. The con test for the Grand Challenge Cup, value 100 guineas, will take place on Thursday, the 1 lih of Soptember. The cup will be exhibited at the meeting to-morrow.—Liverpool Paper of Monday. GLOUCESTE R AND DEAN FOREST RAIEWAY.--We are happy to be able to state that the Great Western Company and the Gloucester and Dean Forest Cesonany have perfected their arrangements; and that our Gloucester Company, in conjunction with the Great Western, will take immediate steps to complete, by means of the Dean Forest line, the chain of communication front Gloucester to Hereford and Monmouth, and from that place into South Wales. —Gloucester Chronicle. THE POET CAMPBELL. —Sir Robert Peel has appointed Mr. Archibald Campbell, nephew of the poet, to an °Ake in the Customs, as a token of his respect for the memory of Mr. Campbell. SUNDERLAND ELECTION.-Mr. Illlll4otl was to make his public entry on Monday. Mr. Bright, M.P., assisted Colonel Thompson in his canvass qn Saturday, and lectured Ira the evening at the Athenreum. Mr. Cobden, M.P., arrived in Sun derland on Saturday, and was to lecture on Monday evening. Both parties seem sanguine, and the contest will be one of the NMo rest ever know*. WHITEHALL, .It7tx 25, /545. The Queen has been pleased to direct letter* patent to ha passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Sir Torras Hast ings, Knight, Captain in the Royal Navy, the office of Store keeier of the Ordnance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Wi I ITEHALL, JULY" 2S. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rcverend Peter Colin Campbell to the church and parish of Caputh, in th• Presbytery of Dunkeld and county of Perth, vacant by the death of the Reverend Alexander Wilson. ( From the Dublin. Ga;ette of the 23th July, 1845.) CROWN AND HANAPER-OFFICE, DUBLIN, JULY 25. In pursuance of an Act passed in the fortieth year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act to regulate the mode by which the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, to serve in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, on the part of Ireland, shall be summoned and re turned to the same Parliament," I do hereby rive noti ce , th a t the Right H onoura bl e J o h n E arl of Erne has been chosen to be the Peer to sit in the House of Lords of the United King dom, in the room of John Baron Carherv. deceased. C. Ft I ZSIII ON, Clerk of the Crown and Hacaper. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. George Pocock, linendraper, Brighton. John Bins - Vey. hosier, Atherstone, Warwickshire. BANKRUPT. Ralph Thompson, watch-maker, ,Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to surrender Aug. 13. and Sept. 23, at two, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Wakiey, official assignee, New . castle-upon-T yne ; Chater and Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Bell, Brodriek, and Bell, Bow-churchyard. Michael Wrake, jun., brick!ayer, Canterbury, Aug. 8, at two, and Sept. 9, at e l even. at the C urt of Bankruptcy.Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Scott, Sau. li ampton- buildings; Walker, Canterbury. Isaac de Joseph V entura, merchant, White Hart -court, Bishopsgate-street, City, Aug. 5, at half -past one, and Sept. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Lindo, Fenchurch-street. Benjamin Stephsn Thomas Matthews, oil and colourman, Aug 11, at eleven, and Seiit. 9, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, A bchurch-lane, Lombard street; Justice, Berners-streer, Oxford -street. William Smethurst, jacquard machine-maker, Manchester, Aug. 11, and Sept. 9, at twelve, at the 11 , nchester District Court. Fraser, efficial assignee, Manchester ; Chester, Tools min, and Chester, Staples Inn, London ; Chapman and Ro berts, Manchester. John Dixon, innkeeper Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, Aug. 12 and Sept. 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offi cial assignee, Leeds ; Tattersall, Great James -street, Bedford row, London; Chambers, Sheffield ; Dunning and Storr, Leeds. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. T. L. Parker —second and final div. f 4id. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. W. Bancks and J. B. Perry, merchants, Birmingham —final div. of 4d. and 1-16th of a penny in the pound. any Tuesday before Aug. 19, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. J. E. Warden and V. Wanostrozht, merchants. Liverpool — a div. of 2s. in the pound, Aug. 1, and any subsequent Wed nesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. G. Jackson, unholstftrer, Hertford—tint div. of Is. 93. in the pound, Au g . 2 . an d two following Sa!urda)s, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abehureh-lane. J. Crump, corn dealer, Stanway, Gloucestershire—a div. of Is. i d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. W. Carr and J. C. Carr, mer,thants, Sunde.land— first div. of 6d. and 3-sths of a penny in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle• upon-Tyne. W. Meek, ironmonger, Souttiamptnn—first div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound, July 39, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. Hewlings and C. W. Wisbey, bill brokers, George -yard, Lombard-street —first div. of Is. Id. in the pound, July 30, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. S. T. Watson, Manchester warehouseman, Skinner -street, City—first div. of '2os. in the pound, July 30, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. W. Byers, Manchester warehouseman, Skinner-street, City, City—first div. of 3s. Id. in the pound, July 30, and two fol lowing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. J. H. Baughan, army alter t, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East —first div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound, Jul) 30, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. A. Thomson, merchant, Leadenhall-street—third and final div. of 40. in the pound, July 30, and two following Wed., nesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. DIVIDENDS. 'At the Court of Bankruptcy, asigha-seet W. Thu r n e ll, upholsterer, Leadenh hall street, tr Aug . . eleven—J. B a tt, d ea l er i n silk, Old Broad-street, City, Au g . 21, at twelve. is idy ed, ~ 5 ing )ey ,ent nly rief he. old. lOst ged, 3 One free' f the -yrs r th e r a to !ock- aun t ► DOW' c V .c by fiull, t ' g a y, , ed• ', a rot t r llce ' OO 4 : m ot. 1 01;‘ br ing itrU o'er, s OO , tit 0 or the j ° tAbl6 ileY' ° na Sir te s6l obsil i, 03 oti , 0 . ,' row' !sto ne 1 Jo b c !sly',- , e t for