The Sun. — London, England, 1844-07-09 00:00:00

PROPOSED FREE TRADE CLUB. By the following circular which we have received, we are happy to observe that what has always appeared to us a very desirable object is about to be realised. Free trade principles have made such rapid progress of late, through out every part of the country, and among every class of politicians and avocations, that a central metropolitan medium of association has been much wanted; and, from what has recently been apparent, it is not unlikely will be more than ever necessary. The :leading enlightened paticians' of the Liberal party in Parliament :and in the country hare given these principles, especially of late years, their earnest attention, and among them are to be found many of the most accomplished political economists and, free-traders. The speeches of such men as Lord Mont eagle, Lord Clarendon, Lord Howick, and Mr. Labou chere, are, in themselves, the most perfect specimens of commercial legislative enunciations to be met with in the English language ; but, while we say thus much, it has often been made too plain that many of their professed followers have imbibed but little either of their know ledge or their' principles on these important topics— topics on which every successful political movement in this country must be based for many years to come. We hear with great pleasure that the list is rapidly filling up with applications, both in town and from the country " Several of the most influential friends of free trade hg.e long felt it desirable that some means should be Ofised for bringing into closer and more immediate con tact di those who are interested in procuring the eman cipation of British capital and industry from the unwise restrictions which have been placed upon their produc tive powers. They are aware that many dis- Abguished advocates of commercial freedom are spread over the country at great distances from each other, and are anxious to have opportunities of intercommunication, both for the purpose of explaining tho evils produced by monopoly in their several professions and localities, and for concerting the means of more effectually bringing their grievances be fore the Legislature and the country. They there fore prop6se to establish a Free-trade Club, which shall supply, at moderate charges, all the' usual ac commodations of a club; and, in addition, afford the suliibers the advantage of a, library of reference, comprising the best works - on social and economic science, all the statistical documents connected with the external and internal condition, not only of Great Britain, but of all the foreign States with which we have political or trading relations, and the various documents issued by both Houses, of Parliament The want of such a library of reference has been long felt by every one interested in the cause of free trade; the col lection of it is obviously beyond the means and oppor tunities of many individuals, but is clearly within the reach of an association such as that which is now pro posed. " As this club is about to be formed for a specific pur pose, it ,must be well understood that no gentleman is eligible an a member who is not opposed to all protective and differential duties. To this principle he will be pledged by his applidation to be admitted as a member: - " The following are the names of the gentlemen com posing the present committee: — The Earl of Radnor. John L. Ricardo, Esq., M.P. The Earl Ducie. Thomas Milner Gibson, Esq. Lord Charles Fitzroy, M.P. M.P. The lion. Charles Pelham Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. Villiers, M.P. James Wilson, Esq. " As the object of this club is to associate as many Free-Traders as possible, without reference to the profit of any person or party, the entrance and annual sub scription will be fixed at as low a rate as is compa tible with securing the comfort and convenience of the members. " Office, No. 11, Parliament-street."--Economist. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS• FROM TI EVENING PAPERS 07 YESTERDAY. STANDARD.—The Morning Chronicle has reprinted from the Scotsman the following letter of Sir Robert Peel, written many years ago, when the Premier was Secretary of State for the Home Department : " Dec. 24, 1525. " Sir,---I am directed by Mr. Secretary Peel to acknow: iqdge receipt of your letter of the 20th instant, containing an N A prit of the fraudulent proceedings of a person of the. „Witt of John Caldwell, late acting manager of the concern of John Caldwell and Company, manufacturers in Paisley, ,Who, it a k .tpears, has embarked at Liverpool for New York, and whose letters, addrevsed as you describe, you wish 'Co obtain an order from the Secretar y of State for being stopped at the General Vast-Office. And I am in reply to acquaint you, that Mr. Peel never gives such orders, except in cases of you, untie, nor to such an extent as to affect innocent perso ns. He canfrtt, thcre, comply with your request, Because it does not appear that John Caldwell stands charged with any criminal offence; nor do George Caldwell, or this mother, the 'persons mentioned in your letter whose coire scondence youwish to be detained, appear implicated in John cal!well's frauds. I am," &c. • Th l _g letter, we think, marks very properly the liniits within At Nch the Home-office ought to act—and ought apt ouce t o silence those who pretend to have believed ;that post lett:ers were inidolable. •The Scotsmayrproceeds 140 as k o f w hit Ilagrant crime was M. Mazzini accused ? .'This question we are not in a condition to answer, but rKbAit a .very flagrant crime has, been committed by 'vaca with-whom Mr. M4hini was in communication 13 • -rtain namely, an invasion of,a friendly country Qom ;gh port ; the corpus ddicti is established beyiond all doubt, • Brit -and though Mr. Maza ini was doubtless guilt nicticipation in it—cr he would not be novk at less of p:rticipation pobably the flagrant crtn— Nvhich he was . :(ccused by the foreign ministers. ` , serve of that the case of the an GLOBE.—We o. Danish claimants is oL.:ce rawc , to he. brought under consideration of the llotLffe of Commons tomorrow ;(r, Christie. If anything coldd aggravate the h. • of a . thirty-seven years' as:eial of justice, it is condtict of a , number of members of the Tory p w ho, living always supported these claims against l ate ogre neat, kept away from the division, or v• agaiust thni;,..When they Were brought forward last by Mr. IlaWe6. Mr. Creswell's annual motions use ,be annually carfied by considerable majorities, in 'Rory Mmbeers always greatl de y . predominatad ; but w the. Tories having.., come into power, the Da mistratuatai. fall , ;of , hope, once again bro their case before the House of Commons,, .they beetOrk, to . their great surprise, by fifteen- votpi - and • fifteent members of the whole Tory party voted in Minority. which-supported Mr. Hawes. Many may been kr/try by accident --we understand that the div tob'kriace on that °Cession very much earlier in the ins than hid been generally efpected ; -but, on the • „hand; tea Tory Members who had previOnslysupporte ; . laiass then Toted against them,,and among the ten five-. members ,of the Gov ernment—Sir E. Knatc captain. Boldero,. Sir Frederick Trench, Mr. G. ~ ,Nlopei arid the Hon. Charles Hope... , Should, not th. of '.their :oath. Salexies, so strikingly evinced, hay MA -gentlemen to . think scuttle more seriously Impot:+ant. -pecuniary interests with - w hich. the y t played:edr`pUrposeaof party _ , :I fad SPEEC i ll of ale EMPEROR of BRA: Moat A .got Sand Worthy Representatives c . With the greatest Satisfaction that I have col ,open; the. third weasion of the present legislation, a .announee:to:.yott the marriage of my. greatly be sisterf4ths Imperial Princess, with his Royal J riestitiutlie.; Prince of the. Two.; Sicilies, the '43'.lila niost- N a ppy alliance,;which proves an Tg,Citu: id pi 'ad fOr the contituatceof'my imperial dyi 7 . 1. 'M 'NZ's:the most ardent desires of my. heart. Tlik,(inkire is at , pesce with all foreign couritrie , ) 1 0 nUlort.egs.se to employ.all ; the irieana in po • ~tr,. 0 .- resi s t:y4U, without compro m i sing the national' dig rlimX:iorryto communicate to you that the civi ,is ittib provinoe ; of ,S,,redie do Rio Grande do Sul yet:finally e xtinct, but in all the others tranquillit vails, • and to render it more consolidated in those )PanloYand• Minas Geraes, I have deemed it expedi grant al:Amnesty to all who were concerned in t. aisorderstherein. finances ; continue to require your most s coniMeration 't and it is not of less importance to to our agricultural and commercial improvement. y ,Miaisters,,the ISqretaries of State, will lay • • estimates or their respective departments. „Mo"st Worthy and August Representatives frytm•,- , f, 7.!: , ave Am:pines* of _Brazil and the a,,,,agrandisem ih o f em !.pire are. the ronfinual• objects of my care, rely 9n your cordial an loyal co-operation. ')77mon ii'opened.k !fl em7 catest re the at the letter, P.11)1410 ',3',:;111'" :,'_);_",- -;.; , i - • ; - „ , 'j., :... Plin4,ll.tilAsTiGi. 4 . ll(eitTRE. - ' — it , wilt be rt ~,_lam thas-Aiss..vrt tinle ;since:Certain parties were imr . ~,,in I ds ste mn pe s tocreate :4 disturbance at - the Italian •ivithlthientlege4l-xient to , force.an,engagement of Sign°, is patties bieusg. Arrested:on the spot and taken hefi ..triagistritte,r warts bound over to answer the charge, .. OM BarletSensiens, and .the' jury returned atr ~, ush e, mi a i n sisiveter, has terminated, as the.following addressed to this lessee,, will - . show :-- . . , ...--,,,, ~,,, ' , ! - -.!-.i:) E. '• ' . • ' • st ..",, t:Si'f'-...Wii.beg, tO elEpregs. to you - ,our great regret t should him , .cater you any annoyance by distribe ~.therKipeiaaiiouse.the bills relative wan engagement oil ..., ,Saliri, 4he ; tendency. , of which was to create: seriousl ..ifeilieneelo.the.-publie, We are fully aware of the. ser ~ asuissifith.whicit, we should be visited wore you. to p ... I x3t9sent.psseeedings, against us, and we have to expl .;tioahicster the lenient terms on which you have ousel Ilibeir abandonnient,,yiz., the payment of 501. to ten c l .1•11014,t1ted by yoasssWe'strei Sir, your obedient servants , 1 szco , ... 1. - . 1 :: i;'. i ; ,' easuitaz ,HANW.KLY London. o na ti .1,,;!;,-.' If , . _.- ~, Rota Funan, Bust:Hotel, B* ri tol." ~ , ,filnitioilowing is the ~ list. of. charitable institutions b nefited lyttlienabove arrangement : Ifospitell for Consumptio West • ,Yningterl ?Hospital, Charing.-crose Hospital, Paddingt n Hos: ti ..Y -pital, , Ssawnitan Fund;, Refuge for the Ilonaeless,Po r, a. ;banal Benevolent Institution, Royal. DiapPneaU t in isea4ica feifthe Ear; 'Governesses' Institution, white St. John's-wood i :... lthinlhon s ie: -, .• - .., i tyl-biliet 11.i . JE STY ' S TtEMITRE.—On Saturday night iiiig diLalliiitti rinniqr was repeated, by her Majesty's corn , ~,stimclfigtead of Oirlto, , which had been first announced. Her ,slsfaiisstyAntekedl bier box at the commencement of thd second * , w:id reinainott, till -the conclusion of the opera. We are b a . ,y , ‘47 s tate that she looked remarkably well.. Her Royal 7, - ) = 1 ' . Nand Pri cieeseAugustit of Cambridge was also present. If q Alij'llEßN A.IVIAZON:—.." The following adventure," c,i,ek t i te ...k .osme, " will cause a thrill in the hearts of our --' luiso 'ii sAfithe Olympic i-w Circus. Towards the middle. of, - -lest-ttionth, in the neigltbourbood of Ak-Hyssar, six Zey.' beeks.' stti t k, ' Id three .or - four persons forming part ef,M,, ltoinailitii‘i ' t ssuestrien troop, who were proceeding fronj Coaiteistft,*t e ''' to Smyrna.' The robbers haying attempted ' '',c r, .40tiiittit*I0h. nce on ' Mtdemoiselle Romanini, she seized a Yntatil"troto 0 . tied the 7.eybeeks, whom she killed with her • own . and, and i - 'bstit the others follight. . Mademoiselle. "%- aria/lief was' sieu int.:d in the arm!' ... i , I . rOV/LAIL } tiMCATION.— , SOIIie time since t was 1 stafed' that a (.. I n ,trclimait,' resident at Manchester, had, through the f/ .. v. ly. - Vaughan, principal of Lancashire In - , Psftddht . eoll *i,, -iffered the nitmifieent sum .of 100/,. Ar -the best essay . xi flaps ..subjett-ef Pepular Aiudation. , Seyerarl Japers were a. Mt in, and the addicators brave at length awartlftl the pi ize to the Key, It ! Y, Hamilton, D.D., ludo- ' pendent miuist F of Leeds. e 9. at we 'ng at Signor incon, OM se • ess the, ess ow frited to larl4ets. , n lion. and Gallant Officer, he had to state that her Ma jesty's Government had already taken measures to place such an amount of naval force in the Mediterranean as would be sufficient to protect British interests in that part of the world should their interests be at all menaced. Mr. C. WOOD said the question of his Hon. and Gallant Friend ( Sir C. Napier) was not whether it was the intention of the Government to increase the naval force in the Mediter ranean, but whether it was the intention of the Government to increase the naval force of the country ? It was the constant practice of the present Government when in opposition, to up braid her Majesty's Government with the paltry amount of the naval force—with the weakness shown upon the seas in com parison with other Powers, and with the defenceless condition of our coast. But never had the Whigs left the shores of Eng land—de interests of England—so utterly at the mercy of the foreigner as they were now left by the Tory Government, by the crippled state in which they allowed the British navy to re main. Lie asked the Government, then, if it was their inten tion to put the naval force of the country le such a condition as to command confidence at home and respect abroad? Sir R. PEEL said he would not give any answer to the question. Her Majesty's Government were responsible for the safety of the country—for the honour of the country ; and whenever one or the other were endangered, they would have no have no hesitation whatever in instantly coming down to Parliament, and asking for the amplest means of repelling pro vocation.—( Hear, hear.) He had been used unfairly, for the notice given to him by the Gallant Officer was simply whether it was the intention of the Government to increase the naval force in the Mediterranean. Lord PALMERSTON said there was no ground at all for complaint on the part of the Government, especially when their attacks of the year 1838 were remembered. In his opinion, a Government ought always to be ready to state the amount and distribution of the forces of the country, and whether increase was intended or not. The amount of the naval force of England was less now than ever it was, and it was the duty—the absolute duty —of the Government—to satisfy Parliament that it would be so strengthened and increased as to be prepared for any emergency that might arise. —( Cheers.) Sir R. PEEL said, the proceeding altogether was a most unfair one. Why, even if he had had notice of a question, whether or not he was going to increase the naval estimates, he would not have answered that question. Every question that he had had notice of, and it was proper to answer, he had answered. But beyond that he would simply repeat what he had before said, that her Majesty's Government was respon sible for the honour of ; the country, and were not likely to shrink from the obligations which office imposed upon them. Lord HOWICK utterly denied the unfairness complained of, and it was absolutely ridiculous, coming from a quarter where so little of punctiliousness had been shown in former days. RAILWAYS BILL. Mr. GISBORNE said he rose not to continue the dismis sion which, perhaps, had gone far enough at that moment, but to offer some observations before the Speaker left the chair, upon the Bill for the regulation of railways, which they were that night called upon to read for a second time. The Right Hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade could not have failed to observe that, from the moment his Bill had been 'brought fOrward, opposition had sprung up against it, and that opposition had so increased and strengthened as to justify him (Mr. Gisborne) in saying that rho-. whole railway world was in decided array against it. He was far from saying that the present laws regulating railways were perfect, but better far have their imperfections than such regulations as _the Bill then before the House would impose. He might certainly carry the measure, backed as he was by the power of Govern ment, but no measure passed hostilely would ever work well, or tend to the,good conduct of railways. He therefore hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would withdraw the .Bill for the present session; and save him from: the necessity of dividing the House upon it. If the Right Hon. Gentleman could not, or would•not, do this, he should move that the Bill be read a second tinie.that day six months. Mr.- C. RUSSELL said he would vote for the adjournment. Railway corripanies felt that they had not been fully and fairly heard before the House, and he was of that opinion too. Every advantage had been withheld from them, and every obstruction thrown in their way. Every advantage was. taken by the Government in the examination of witnesses, and railway companies were excluded from the investigation contrary to custom and to precedent. Notirithatanding all the pains which the Government had taken to force their scheme, their case had completely broken down, even according to -the testimony of their own witnesses. The whole proceedings were based on a principle of reciprocal interest, which was necessary in order to obtain support. The President'of the Board of Trade ad mitted that his scheme had failed, and up to- a few days before the Committee had closed its labours, the Right - Hon. Gent!e man had not determined upon any, particular plan of operation. On behalf of the railway companiesi, who were perfectly unani mous in opposing this Bill, he offered his most decided opposi tion to . it.. Universal alarm had been felt regarding the scheme proposed by the Government, and a . - deputation x consisting of some- tof • -the largest railway proprietors in England , waited upon the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the GoVerrment. but their proposal was rejected. On be half..ot all. the railways in the• kingdom—on behalf of one hun dred millions of property—he begged of the House to give them time to consider this important measure before Parliament. The evidence, which was so voluminous, had not been on the table longer than since the middle of June, and had not been perused even by the Ministers themselves. Was the House prepared even to discuss the propriety of so important a change in rail way speculation ? They • asked for! time till the,early park of. next session to consider this Bill, and he hoped the House would not refuse the prayer.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE said he did not think the lion. Member for Nottingham had well considered his motion ; for the effect of it would be a refusal to entertain or even consider the measure. The Bill must be first explained to the House and to those out of doors who had petitioned the House in such numbers. The Bill proposed to the House had the sanction of the Govern ment and of the Railway Committee, and was, in fact, grounded upon the reports of Railway Committees. He felt that it would be necessary to explain the objects'and nature of the Bill. Mr. HAWES stid he did not think it had been reasonable to• promise an opinion upon the Bill when the ,body of evidence' that had been laid on the table of the House bad not been perused. Since the evidence had been, laid upon the table, various most important measures had been under the considera tion of the House. They had been discussing a Joint-Stock Company's Bill, a Bank Charter Bill, and other most im portant subjects. Besides, he did not think the Right Hon. Baronet at. the head of the Government had acted fairly by them, for on a previous occasion he said the House should be very cautious how they interfered with existing railway com panies. He thought the Vice-President of the Board of, Trade had failed to make out a case to resist the motion of the Hon. Member for Nottingham.. Mr..COLQUHOUN said he thought it Would be wrong to refuse to enter into the discussion at present ; however, he must say, that they had not as yet sufficiently; pe rused the,- report of the Cominittee. He considered the present step a most dangerous one, and one unprecedented in the history of British Legislature, transferring althost all the power from private capitalists to Government, and yet 'that • same Government had refused to interfere With factory labour on the very, same principle oii which they now attempted to act. The idea of passing such a Bill at such a period of the selision . was absurd, and the provisions of the 'Bill Were most unfair,. injurious, and of an unprecedentednature. Mr. WALLACE said he believed the railway interest' had' come down to that House for the purpose of stopping the !pro- _ gress of this Bill upon - Abe ground that the Legislature at-- tempted to interfere between railway companies and the public. The Railway Committee upon which the report on the table was founded was composed for a great part of railway capitalists, and a'great number of witnesses were examined on behalf of" the railway interest. He protested against those Hon. Mem- - bers who were directly interested in railway speculations', voting on this Bill. He would support - the leconctreading.' MX-. GISBORNE was averse to'discussing the 'Bill at so late a period of the session, and before Hon. Members had time to peruse the evidence. • ' Mr. H. I-lINDE denied, in, the most Positive manner, that the railway interest 'had, in 'any way, attempted to obstruct the Bill of the Goirernment, but due time had not been given for the consideration of the evidence. If the Right Hon. . Gentle man wouhtpostpone the decision on the measure till next ses sloe, lie would offer no opposition to a full discussion, and second reading of it (hiring this session. At the same tune, even if the Government persevered, he.would offer it no unfair opposition. , Mr. LABOUCHERE said the question now before the House was not whether it should'affirm the principle of the Bill, but whether there was anything in its nature to prevent its diicassion in the present session: He thought they Should dis cuss the measure , fully during the present session. The men 'lure was, 'as Muir ' the offspring of the Committee as of the Government, and" he would vote for its second reading, It had been 'said. that the evidence on the table. had' not' been fully ' known or promulgated, but according to 'the statements of railway companies them- . selves they seemed fully acquainted with the evidence, and with every principle the Idillintroduced, and they' gave it their unqualified condemnation. He did not think the interests of the_coinpanies and those of the publics were distinct and sepa rate, hut were altogether identical. He-thought the Bill be fore the House would be eminently beneficial to both. He hoped they would now proceed to discuss the Bill in the usual way, and trusted the Hon: Gentleman would not press his motion to a division. Sir R. PEEL said he' thought there was a growing opinion among the public that railway companies were becoming mo nopolies. The Hon. Member was still worse than the Athe nian, for, the Athenian said " Strike, but hear," but the Hon. Member would strike but refuse to hear. Must there not be something very error.eous in the system when the Hon. Mem ber for Nottingham moved that the Order of the Day be read, merely because his Right Hon, Friend, the Vice-President.of the I3oard of Trade; had attempted to explain the principles of the measure to the House? The object of the Government was to - prevent undue exaction and to make these great public concerns as beneficial both ton the - capitalists and to the public as ' "possible.' It had been said that the present period of the ses sion was too late to introduce any measure on the sub ject of railways, but they had had . sixty new applications for railways during the present session, and they would in all probability hale sixty more. He could never believe that the House of Commons would so. far protect and shelter monopoly, as to prevent his Right Hon. Friend, the representative of the Government, from explaining the objects and nature of the Bill. The Government, he re peated, had and could have no other object in viewbut the pub lie good. They offended a large and influential body of capi talists, many of their strenuous supporters, so that they must, at all events, get credit for perfect disinterestedness- Again, the Government only adopted the suggestionsand recommenda tions of the Committee ; they were, in short, only carrying out their reconmendations, and acting in accordance with the evi dence brought before them. Until the four tellers declared at the tabled that House 'that the motion of the Hon. Member: opposite warsiiccessful, he never could believe that the power of monopoly was so strong in the House of Commons, as to refuse, not only to pass a useful measure, but to deprive the Govern, nienCof the power of explaining its principles, nature, and ob jects. All the Government wished was a full, fair, and impar tial discussion ; they would be ready to hear suggestions from any Hon. Member, and give them their best consideration. The sort •of strategy which had been resorted to by railway 'directors was rather of an unusual description. The Right, Hon. Gentleman read a circular front the railway directors which had been received by a grocer at Deptford, requesting of him, as an elector, to request of his representative to give the Government Railways Bill all the opposition in his power; but the grocer replied that if he had a vote himself he would give it in favour of the Government measure, so that the rail,— way directors did not further impress on this individual the , necessity of communicating his opinions to his representative. ( A laugh.) No ; let 'the measure-be judged upon its merits and utility, and by that test the Government was prepared, to abide.— (Cheers. ) Mr. R. YORKE recommended the Hon. Member for Net s tingham to withdraw his motion. "Mr. GISBORNE 'then withdrew his motion. Several petitions against the Railways Bill were presented from various railway companies. i• Mr. GLADSTONE then rose to move the second reading of the Bill. He sail that this was not a question of party, on which the Government could appeal to the sympathy of their supporters. Everything that could be done to throw opposition in the way of this Bill had been adopted on the part of, many of the railway companies in the country. The statements, however, upon ,which, that opposition was founded. were all et , variance with facts. Ne Bill that had -ever come before Parliament had eser, met •_with,greater mitt representation. So anxious were the boverireeril to secure to railway companies a full and fair representation in the Com mittee, that four gentlemen were appointed on that Commit- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. • ROUSE OF LORDS, July 8. Their Lordships having sat in Error in the appeal of Daniel O'Connell and others, from ten o'clock until four, resumed, for public business, at a quarter to five. Several private Bills were advanced a stage, and in the case of others the Commons' amendments were agreed to, and the Bills passed, but we could not catch their names. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from a body of Unitarian Dissenters in favour of the Bill. A REV. PRELATE, whose name we did not hear, presented several petitions from places in Yorkshire, Surrey, and other parts of the kingdom, against the Bill. The Bishop of LONDON presented numerous peti tions to the same effect. CORN-LAWS. Lord ELDON presented petitions from numerous parishes in Surrey against any alteration of the corn laws which would diminish agricultural protection. The Duke of RICHMOND presented similar petitions from places in the counties of Sussex, Hants, and Somer set, against the Anti-Corn-law League, and in favour of protection ; also petitions from Exeter and other places, against certain provisions (of the Bank Charter Act. Lord TEYNHAM presented a great number of peti tions from places in Staffordshire, Lancashire, Bucking ham, Northampton, and various other parts of the coun- • try, against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Lord SOMERS presented twenty-four petitions, in favour of agricultural protection. The Noble Lord pre sented also several petitions against the Bank Charter Bill. Lord ASHBURTON presented several petitions from places in Surrey, praying for agricultural protection. The Noble Lord presented also a petition in favour of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. THE POST-OFFICti LETTER OPENING. The Duke of WELLMrTON informed the House that he had received a letter frOm Lord Burlington, de clining to sit upon the Secret Committee of Post-office inquiry ; and on the motion of the Noble Duke, the name of Lord Colborne was substituted. THE BANK CHARTER BILL. On the motion of the Earl of RIPON, it was agreed that the Bank Charter Bill should be read a second time to-morrow, and that the discussion should take place on Friday. BISHOPRICS OF BANGOR AND ST. ASAPH. On the motion of the Earl of POWIS, the third reading of the dioceses of Bangor and St. Asaph 1411 was postponed till Thursday. THE IRISH MAGISTRACY. Earl FORTESCUE postponed till Thursday the mo tion of which he had given notice for this day, relating to Mr. O'Driscoll. He hoped he should be allowed to bring on the motion before the orders of the day, as it involved a question of personal character, which ought not to be kept suspended. Lord KINNAIRD presented a petition from Perth,, praying that the provisions of the Brothels Suppression Bill should be extended to Scotland.—(A laugh.) Lord MALMESBURY presented a petition from land owners of New Zealand, praying for further protection to colonial produce. CATHOLIC BEQUESTS BILL. The Bishop of EXETER said that this Bill contained clauses of greater importance than had been contained in any Bill passed by Parliament for the last 300 years. He had come up two hundred miles to take part in the discussion, which stood fixed for to-morrow, and he hoped it would not be postponed, as he should have to return on Wednesday. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that the same cause of postponement which affected other measures to day would probably cause the postponement of this Bill to-morrow. The Bishop of EXETER would take the present 6p- portunity of stating generally his objections to the mea sure, which were founded upon the effect the Bill would have of recognising the supremacy of the Pope in thpse realms. He should be most happy to support a measure for enabling Catholics to endow their religious estab lishments, if it could be done without endangering the constitution and the religious institutions of this kingdom. INCENDIARISM IN NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. Lord WODEHOUSE complained with great warmth of the calumnies which had lately been disseminated against the gentry and yeomanry of the county (Suffolk) over which he had the honour to preside as Lord Lieutenant. Hecalled upon the gentlemen of the press who were present to publish his contradiction.—(Order, order, and great laughter.) Those calumnies would never have been fabricated, if it had not. been to suit the purposes of those who availed themselves of opposition to the poor-laws for' party objects. If the gentlemen of the press would go down to the neighbourhood of his own estate and examine the union workhouses— (A laugh)—they would see that they were well ma naged, and if they asked the paupers themselves they would be told that they were better off than under the old system. He thanked their Lordships and apologised for the warmth of his manner—(Hear) ----but he felt that he was as much inculpated by those calumnies as any farmer in the countv.—(Cheers.) The Marquis of NORM ANBY considered the warmth of the Noble Lord perfectly natural, and felt cer tain that no part of the aecnsations to which, he had alluded could apply to that Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.) He (the Marquis of Normanby) would take this opportunity of moving for returns of the number, age, and sex of the persons who had been committed for trial at the last assizes in Norfolk and Suffolk, on the charge of incendiaristn, with he result of the trials. Lord WODEHOUSE could have no objection tot the returns, which were accordingly . ordered . The Parliamentary business being concluded, the House then adjourned for a quarter of an hour—that is tee six o'clock—when the arguments in the appeal in error on the Irish State Trials were resumed. 1 After their Lordships met from the adjournment,iand before proceeding to the argument on the writ of error, the following business was gone through : PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. The Irish Presbyterian Marriage Bill passed through Committee. • THE POST-OPVICE. Oh, the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, a message' was ordered to be sent to the Coinmons for leave for Lord J. Russell and Sir J. Grahani to be examined as witnesses before the Secret Committee of the House of Lords.— Agreed to. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Lord SANDON and others, from the House of Com mons, appeared at the Bar with a message, requesting their Lordships' consent, that the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Viscount Melbourne should attend to., give evidence before the . Secreti Committee of the Douse of commons on the Post•dace inquiry. ' The Earl. of SHAFTESBURYSpresiding for the Lord •Chancollor) informed the Messengers, that their Lord ships would send an answer by Messengers of their own. ROUSE OF. COMMONS, July 8. The SPEAKER:4OOk the chair. at Four o'clock. , • MIDDLE LEVEL DRAINAGE BILL. On the .motion for the further consideration of the report on this Bill, - Lord G: BENTINCIC moved that the Bill be recom mitted. After some discusiion tha House divided, when there were-- • , _ For theArnendmept A,k a ,i nE 4 l t ..Maierity The report was then ordered to be iirought up and engrossed. . W. love led, f the hive IL the, ne to Id to Loved Eigh 7 ;ount ,and -er to city. *at is n9t . pre )f.St, to a late prious Mend efor? f the :nt of and I POST-OFFICE:.: On the Motion of Lord SANDON a, message was sent tq c the Lords, riqu in esting that Lords Melbourne Nor atql'and Abstdeen might ` be 'allowed to give evidence l*foin.fliePost,office2Committee of the House of Coin, mons. - • SUGAR DITTIES. • Mr. F. BARING said he wished :to put a ques tion:to.- the. Right Honourable the President of the Board of Trade which he had mentioned on a former.oc -nitslon. It was whether the • sugar of the Danish colo nies was to come in tinder the: lower duty in' the Sugar 'Bill. — : • . ~ Mr. GLADSTONE said - there were established. and settled rules to, govern 'our commercial intercourse with Denmark; and those would be abided 'by. He did not see any case in Which it was at all necessary to ask Life opinion of the law of officers the Crown. - - -.. • . . . ALGIE RS... . Mr. SHFAL said he wished , to put-three questions to' the Right Hon. Gentleman at .the.head .of her Majesty's Government. "The. first question was, whether Lord. Aberdeen •had received - any answer from the French Government to bii 'dispatch of the 28th of January, 1.842, aria if so would there be any objection to. lay thit upon-the table of the House; the second was; ,bad the British Governm e nt alsplied'foi an exequatur for our Consul at Algiers ;. e,nd the third .was, had England done anything. to' allow France to entertain the opinion that she-was entitled to the possession of Algiers? • . Sir R. PEEL thought it . would be much better to leave the matter entirely between the Executive ' G 0 ..., vernments ' of the two countries. No answer had as yet been received to the - communica tion which had been forwarded by the Earl of ,A4grde.en,to.the Minister, in, France.' With respect to the question regarding the Conlin - I.:General e in Africk be. could only say that he had acted under the same in structions . which had. been forwurded to him during the tenure of office of .the, Government with which the Right llbn..Gentleman was himself connected.. :- - Sir CHARLES NAPIER, after alluding to the naval itrengtli 'in - the 'Mediterranean and, at home, said he wished 'to 'put 'th ree questions to : the Right Ilorionrahle* Baronet. He wished to know, in . the first plai;e, Whether it was true, as had been stated in §pine,ot,),,he • Snanish paper.i.; that Spain had consented lo allow France Co send troops into MOroeeothrotigh Ceuta? His second queation.was whether th© Einperor of Mo rocco bad refused . all mediation ok, the part of this country? And lastly, he wished to ask whether it was the intention of her_ yajesty's Government. to increase the naval force of the country? Sir - ROBERT -PEEL said that there never was a period at which, this country could make , a greater 'naval. denionstration within a- short space of time than at the preaent moment. ' With• respect to. I the- second question of the Lion. and Gallant Officer, as ,to the permission by the gpaniah Gov,arnment - to France Ito. allow troops to pasa through Ceuta to Morocco, he could only say that he had never heard of such an arrangement - having been ,entered intd. Tlin nExt question of the Hon. and Gallant Member was whether • all mediation on the part of this country had been refused- by:tile Emperor of Morocco, and in answer to that question,' ho (Ffir R. Peel) had to state that the British Consul-General at Algiers was now rwitli Lae ~, Emperor . of '.Morocco,. acting under --i-fie instructions of her Majesty's Governmenkoudjherefore ' it could not be said that the Emperor of Morocco had re- I fused 4 mediation. In answer to the last question of the 7, ; tee who were themselves railway directors. This was con sidered by many Hon. Members as an undue leaning towards railway companies, and the consequence was, that two of those gentlemen were withdrawn. The list of that Committee in cluded gentlemen who were known to be conversant with rail way matters. He would, first of all, address himself to the charge which had been brought against this Committee of partiality. He could not conceivel how the gentlemen who had framed the petitions which had been presented against this Bill could descend to the assertion than the evidence which had been taken was ex parte evidence. They would deprive words of all meaning if they were to sanction such words as these to be applied to this Bill. Why, the witnesses exa mined were persons themselves connected with railways. Twelve witnesses were examined, and two of them were per spns connected with the Board of Trade. The whole of the other witnesses were railway directors. There was Mr. Glynn, the Chairman of the Birmingham Railway ; Mr. Hudson, the Chairman of half-a-dozen railways in the north ; Mr. Bann dale, one of the largest railway proprietors in the kingdom ; Mr. Swift, the Agent of the Grand Junction Railway ; Mr. Saunders, the Secretary to the Great Western Company.; Captain Lewes; the Hon. Member for Clitheroe (Mr. Card well) ; Mr. Wilkinson, Chairman of the London and Croydon Railway; Mr. Rowland Hill, who was known in connection with another question, and Mr. Harding, the Secretary to the Glasgow and Greenoc k Railway. These were called ex parte witnesses. How, he would ask, could such words be applied to such a subject? His Hon. Friend the Member for Read ing, in the Committee, said, that railway companies ought to be allowed to call witnesses. Why his Hon. Friend himself was on the Committee as the representative of railway companies. Mr. C. RUSSELL intimated dissent. Mr. GLADSTONE did not say that his Hon. Friend had been chosen by the railway companies, but he was an active supporter of the views of those who entertained opinions of non-intervention with respect to railways. Why did not his Honourable Friend the Member for Reading in Committee, complain • of the Ns parte evidence ? In entering into tne consideration of the subject which was submitted to them, of course one of the first questions upon which they deliberated was the question of accommodation for third class pasengers. The Committee felt that on this question they were justified in introducing a clause into the Bill, which to a certain extent might be called interference. It would be recollected, that those parties whose avocations led them to different parts of the country, who were compelled to travel in third class carriages, were persons ill calculated to bear exposure to the weather, and a clause to protect them had been framed and introduced into the Bill.—(Hear, hear. ) There were two clauses in the Bill relating to the conveyance of the military and the mails. There were three clauses re lating to the prosecution of railway companies who exceeded the powers which had been conferred upon them by Parlia ment, and there were two elauses relating to loan notes. The remaining portions of the Bill were relating to the general sub ject of railway reform. They were about now to discuss the great question of option on the part of the Government with respect to the general management of railways. And now he had to complain of the gross misstatements which had been in dulged in with respect to this Bill. Those statements were, that this Bill had been brought forward to enable the Execu tive to purchase or revise future railways, upon certain terms, if they thought fit to do so. Now this was a perversion of the real objects of the Bill. The Bill gave the Government cer tain powers with respect to future railways, but the policy of using these powers was entirely vested in the Parliament itself. The express object of the Bill was to place the whole matter at the discretion of Parliament. The ground taken by the Com mittee was this, that even if it were politic to purchase or revise, were they now in a condition, with reference to existing railways, to entertain the question ? The two questions they had to consider was, the policy of the step, and whether the maintenance of public faith would permit them to make the purchases or revisions. The Com mittee had scrupulously adhered to the maintenance of public faith, and had adopted no measures which might be deemed unwarrantable with respect to existing railways. With re gard to future railways they had reserved certain powers, and having done so, they reserved the question of policy with respect to carrying those powers out for the deliberation of Parliament. There were some gentlemen who recommended the purchase of all railways by the State. The Committee were not prepared to adopt this recommendation and opinion. He (Mr. Gladstone) would certainly oppose such a proposition. He did not think that in the present state of the railway system, there were grounds sufficient to warrant the adoption of such a measure. This Bill left the question of policy en tirely open. To purchase any railway, the Government would have to come to Parliament for the means, and then the question of the expediency of the plan would be fully en tered into. It was not too much to expect, that in a very few years as much as 15,000,0001. sterling annually would be, spent by the people of this country in the shape of fares to railway companies; and therefore it was important that the Government should have the powers which this Bill conferred, if by that means a saving to the public could be effected. Under the present system of railways the experiment which the Government proposed never could be made. They might have it tried between London and Greenwich j or between Glasgow and Greenock, but not on a large and general scale in the country. Now he did say, for those reasons, that it was politic and wise in them as states men, to retain in their hands a power to be used at an after period for the good of the public, if they found it politic to do so ; 'or not to be used if circumstances did not require it. He had a most strong objection to any measure that might incline the scale either one way or another; but that before them only called on Parliament to maintain its own free agency. It was perfectly impossible for the Executive to alter or revise, with out first resorting to Parliament. It had been said that it was the object of the Government to keep that a close question. He denied that such was the desire of the Government. They rather wished to open a question that was now closed, and to put Parliament in such a condition that they might decide upon and settle it. It might be wise to try the working of this mea sure, or it might not ; he was not going to say how Parliament ought ultimately to to proceed; but, in the meantime, Parlia ment only enacted that, at some future time, it might be law ful for Government to purchase railways. But the opponents ,aohis measure may say, " Tell us, first, when you mean to pur chitsekihem,..ind on what terms." It would be impossible for Government to make.. any 'reservation in that case, and they had 'thought they were bound to reserve's certain power, in order to show those who might be afterwards disposed to invest capital in improvements calculated to do much good to the country, what would be the terms on which Government should take those railways under - their own protection. It was a very singular matter, and the question was an amusing one. How happened it.,thatthis- Bill, which affected only the prospective ritilwaya;bad•been . unopposed'by those having Bills at present .before Parliautant,?.-,41-lear, hear.) How came it, he asked, that-the-opposition arose altogether from the old companies, and whose rights the Government - had paid every attention to ? He Wanted Muckto know on what possible grounds of reasoning they foinit:Wilitir opposition to the measure ? One reason he believed-ahey alleged• was- this, that they would ultiniktely• • •be driven • • under the operation of the Bill. : The Very"langutige' 'used was, that Government would ; ' force them into it, however ruinous and oppressive .they might..find. it. But.: how could Government force them into 401.1 .had •already shown :that Government coUld-tid'ilistiring•towarris - forcing them into it; and could it tielilive:duit,tVywould be drti.,7ll into any such ruinous and op - pressivst touvie Surely .they. mistrusted themielves too much. (Laughter.-) .They -might surely have exhibited a little -rnore-confiriencela-,(Laughter. ) • This he would say, that if .any . :Courae cpiild tend to weaken those companies, it was the - course ' they xzeie,, then.parsuing. ,He, was addressing a ma jority•ei railway.proprietors -in that -House.--k Hear, hear, and lang.hVril ) ,,,Aferwas himself a railway proprietor ; his family were most ; egensively connected with railway companies ; and.: Ili- repeated that. nothing could 'weaken rail way • companies like.-- -an undue use .of . their present ' great - power:—( Hear, hear.) Had Parliament •shown any wish - Or inclination to oppress and thwart public companies ? Had it evinced a disposition to second the clamour raised out of doors against the management of railway companies? Yet those'railway companies whose power Was so strong, stronger perhaps than any other in commanding the votes of Members —(Cries .of " No, no"), -he imputed no' motives to Hon. Members, but it seemed odd, with respect to their oppositionto this Bill, how; if they had no confidence in a future Parliament, they could place any confidence in the present one. They objected that Government might at a future period buy up some poor railway, and so make use of its resources to injure a rich one'. His answer to that was, that Government could not do that without first coming to Parliament for , the means ; and he thought they would be able to combat then and to defeat the unworthy Government, which would enter the' commercial lists with a stronger purse for the pur pose 'of ruining, other parties. If Government were inclined to pursue tints unworthy policy then, what was to prevent them from to this, that P ar liament would listen He thought th os e were the two' no d9i us ng `such propo sition . now objections on which this Bill had been opposed, first, that GovernMent might buy, and secondly, that sufficient time had not been given to the House and to the country to consider its provisions. • With respect to the first, he had already stated his opinion upon it, and with regard to the ascend he ' would briely say a few words upon it. And first, he at once admitted that if the House were called on to affirm the, policy of the Government purchasing railways, this objection would be a strong one ; but that objection did not apply to a measure of definite legislation. That Bill ought to have been denominated a Bill for reserving the discretion of Parliament—he repeated reserving its discretion, and he had no hesitation in saying that, if those notes of the Committee hail been lost, he would not have scrupled to recommend the Bill to the consideration of Parliament. But he asked, how stood the objection with respect to the ques tion of time ? On the 30th of March, the Com mittee recommended, and on the 3d of April the report was on the table of the House. More than three months had, therefore„elapsed since the recommendation had been intro duced to the notice °Members. Why they (the Government) were the persons who were taken by surprise in the matter. The report and the Bill were published on the 3d of April, and, 'therefore, when Hon. Gentlemen spoke of being taken by surprise, he imagined that himself and his colleagues had the most right to-complain. They might say, probably, that no one thought of the report ; but he said that fewer document* ,had been the object of greater atten ti o n either in that HottSe or 'throughout the country. It was ad 'varied to, and printed in all the London newspapers, and in the majority of the Irish press. The principal railway newspapers . . had also referred, and extracted from it, and they had p raised the.moderation andca u ti ous t o ne of the report , and al l that w a s done three months ag o; an d no thing then but the utmost con cord was expressed for the measure; and until other matters came 'on, to which he would not then advert, that report main ,tained its interest with the public. He complained that they (the Government) were misrepresented, and that; too, in the petition from the DireCtors of the Lpndon and Birmingham Railway. They- - stated that the report was not laid on, , the , table of the House till , ,the__ 24th of _May, and that most voluminous pipers were not pro duced till a fortnight . afterwards. He complained of this as a misrepresentation. What were the facts ? The' Bill was founded tipw the rep or t ' which bad been laid - before the arise on the 3d of April. The lion. Gentleman then read the answers given to the Committee by the Chairman of the Lon4en , and ,Birmingharn. Railway, in which that gentleman expressed his, opinion that the present Bill should be intro duced without delay. He deprecated the consequences of. de lay. Dy the beginning of next session, they would have o ne or two hundred Railway 'Bills before the House, an d it would -,,be July before they reading of this Bill.—(H ea r, hear.) The o pp osition to this could get at the second Bill was ecTlPoaed• of different elements, but 'he apprehended that the real'OppOsition was that set . op foot by parliamentary agent s an d so li c itors. It had been stated, that the competition between rival lines of railway would preserve the interests of the public without the necessity for this mea sure. They would perhaps allow him to introduce something by way of episode. The. London and Birmingham and the _Grand Junction, Railways quarrelled some time ago, and the rival companies proposed new lines of railway for the purpose of opposing others, and so towering the rates of transit ta the public. Like lovers' quarrels' however, they beca me friends again, and th e p u bli e we re' no longer thought of, and so it would be, if this measure was not carried, in future and similar cases. lie (Mr. Gladstone) seeing the way in which theopposition to this Bill was going on, had written to the parties whose petition had, a !Light or two ago, been presented, to know if . they were authorised by the different railway companies to do so. The fact.wasthatahe movement against the Hill was on-. ginated and solely carried on by those who lived and thrived upon the abominably lavish expenses which attended every Railway Bill ,on its transit through the House. It was those parties who thronged the lobby, perseqiting Members for their votes—the agents for the Bills—the risen who iiie.a.ori making expenses out of them—these were the realparties who, for their QWIII9IIISh and sordid interests, NW got up the oppo. THE SUN, LONDON,. TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1844. sition to this Bill.—(Cheers.) No men were happier at draw ing up petitions and other documents, just steering clear of absolute falsehood, but misrepresenting everything which, as it appeared to them, militated against their own interests. —(Loud cheers.) But he would come to his last topic. The Bill he was then recommending had been represented as an attack upon railway property. Why, since the Committee had been sitting, since the reports had been made—yes, since that very Bill had been brought in, rail way property had been rising in value.—(Cheers.) The shares of the Great Western Railway had risen 51. The railway market had never been mere buoyant ; and at the present mo ment there were no less than fifteen new railway schemes coming to Parliament, whose united capital would not be less than 20,000,0001.—(Hear.) But he would argue the question no further. Neither the Committee nor the Govern ment had done anything, or contemplated anything, to the in jury of existing railway property, or to shake public confidence in it. All they wanted was, to legislate for the remote future. After the statements he had made—the facts he had cited— the motives he had laid bare—he was sure that House was not to be deluded, and that nothing would induce it to defer this Bill to next session. He knew the power of railway compa nies, and had ever felt satisfied that with justice on their side they were irresistible. But knowing that justice was on the side of Government, and feeling it was its duty to interfere now, rather than later, or when obstacles would be increased, he did not shrink from the encounter. And he approached his task with the better heart because he knew the object of the Government was to secure and to strengthen property, and not to loosen or undermine it ' • and also because, whatever noise or boast might be made by certain interested parties, he was satisfied that railway power had not yet risen so high, and that Parliamentary authority had not sunk so low, as to endanger the success of a Bill which looked only to the great, and general, and permanent interests of the country at large.—( Cheers.) Mr. ENTWISLE said he felt the great; disadvantage of following such a speaker as the Right Hon. President of the Board of Trade, especially after the very able and comprehen sive speech which he had just delivered.—( Hear, hear.) He felt it his duty, however, in this early stage of the proceeding, to protest against any measure which might have the effect of ultimately bringing the Government into the market as competitors with the railway companies. The Bill, too, gave a complete power as to future railways, and he doubted the propriety of giving so extensive an authority to any Govern ment. By and bye, the country would be one complete net work of railway, and to grant the Government the powers now sought by the Government would be to increase its patronage and influence to an almost fearful extent. It should be recollected, too, that most of the railway proprietors were interested in several lines, and to his knowledge it frequently happened that the most successful of the railways only re turned to those proprietors sufficient to pay a very moderate per centage indeed upon the aggregate capital they had em barked in them. He did not deny that the powers given to railway companies were extensive—very extensive ; but the question was, were they excessive—were they unnecessary— were they uncalled for; and, above all, were they badly used? He had had some years' experience in the working of a railway, and he would assert, most confidently, that these confessedly large powers were not abused, and that their ex istence was indispensable to the safe and prosperous conduct of those undertakings. He cared nothing for the control of Go vernment—that might be a proper thing to vest in a Govern ment; but he protested against interference with the property of railways—against anything, indeed, save supervi4on. The Right Hon. Gentleman (M r . Gl a d s t one ) h a d alluded to the evidence of a friend of his (Captain Lewes) as to the economy that would be exercised in the ma nagement of railways should Government hereafter become the purchasers of some of them. But the Right Hon. Gentleman's argument was based upon false pre mises. For the witness alluded to had spoken of the economy that might be introduced on the supposition that Government was to become the purchasers of all, and the managers of all, the railways in the kingdom. Great stress was laid upon the accommodation that ought to be pro vided for the poor man. But for his part he be lieved that those who clamoured so loudly about the poor man were in fact but striving for themselves. Many and many were the gentlemen he had seen travelling in the third class carriages, and they, in his opinion, were the parties who were , really agitating for this cheap and comfortable transit, having these thoughts about themselves, though their words were all about the poor and the hard-working. It was improper, in his opinion, that Government should have such a power vested in them as would enable them to cripple private capital and useful speculation. He would give his most stedfast opposition to the Bill. They ought to allow time for the railway public to speak for themselves. He would move that the Bill be read a second time that day three months. The amendment having been secended, Colonel SIB I'HORP complained of having been erro neously reported in the morning papers. It was represented that he said on a late occasion—the Poor-law debate—that he had no confidence in her Majesty's Ministers. That was not true—he had the greatest confidence in them, and believed the Bill they now brought forward would be productive of great public advantage. The fault he found with the Bill was, that it did not apply to existing railroads as well as to those which were to be still formed. He did not drive in railroads—he bated the very name of railroads.—(Laughter.) He did not think the present railroad speculations would be beneficial ; he thought they were dangerous, delusive, and unsatisfactory, and opposed to the constitution of the country.—( Laughter.) With these feelings he would give his fearless and cordial assent to the Bill. He did not wish te have the measure postponed to the next session of Parliament ; he would say beware of man traps and spring guns.—( Laughter. ) The Bill ought to be at once discussed.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. LABOUCHERE said he would trespass but a very short time on the attention of the House. He did not agree with Hon. Members who had spoken that night in condemning railway directors and railway proprietors—he thought the spirit of enterprise which they evinced, and the practical manner in which they carried it out, most creditable to themselves and advantageous to the public.—( Hear, hear.) In point of fact, the railway companies of the country possessed a vast mono poly. That monopoly the Government ought jealously to look to, and he felt regret, therefore, that the present Bill had , not been introduced before. The principle of this Bill was to;un fetter the Legislature with respect to railway companies. ,This, he thought, they ought to do with respect to those railways which were still left in their power—he meant those compa nies who, in future sessions, should corns to Parliament for power to construct new railways. He must say, how ever, that he thought that a very strong ground ought to be shown before the Government took the management of any railway in the country. He looked upon the revision of fares as an experiment more likely to be successful than that of the purchase of railways.—( Hear, hear.) He must, however, confess that it was highly important that the power of purchase should be maintained. He thought that less injustice would be done to the railway interest by the interference of the Government, than any other interest with respect to which the Government might attempt to legislate. He was of opinion the principle of this Bill was one which, the House might safely adopt. Lord SANDON said, he had certainly, on the reading of .the Bill the first time, come to the conclusion that it was in- tended to give the Government the absolute and unconditional control over all the railways. He was glad, however, to hear the explanation of the Right Hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, and after what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman, he should certainly feel justified in supporting the principle of this Bill, and he should, therefore, vote for the second reading. Mr. M. PHILIPS could not feel himself justified in voting for the second reading of this Bill. He thought 4 was a Bill which interfered with private property, and was, one which was likely to embarrass commercial operations, and to limit their extent. He fully participated in the opinions which had been formed out of doors with respect to this Bill, al though he was not a railway proprietor, except to so small an extent as to preclude the p oss ibility f its influencing him in giving a vote either for or against this Bill. He found him self therefore compelled to give his opposition to the Bill, as nothing could ever induce him to give the Government of a great commercial country like this, a power in such a matter. He could not see the policy, either prospectively or at present, of the Government taking any power in the matter. • Mr. PARKER rose amidst loud cries of " Divide, diiide." He objectedto this commencement of a principle for giving the Government a power to enter into railway affairs, in the cha racter of commercial speculators. Mr. SHEIL rose to ask whether the Dublin and Cashel Railway would come under the operation of this Bill ? Mr. GLADSTONE—Yes. Mr. SHEIL did not think it was equitable it should. The money was invested by the shareholders without cognisance of the intentions of the Board of Trade. He contended that money already invested, as in the Cashel Railway, was to be re garded as a railway already in existence. Every railway in -Ireland, with the single exception of the Dublin one, only five miles in length, would fall within the operation of the Bill. In England there were above 2,000 miles of line excepted l ; and in the sister island every railway, with the single exceptiOn he bad stated, would come under its operation. By the passing of this Bill they would be covering the country with anomalies. --(Great laughter.) The whole Bill was a monstrous awl maly.—( Great laughter.) It was giving more power into the hands of Government by founding a principle copied from con tinental countries. They could not in the commercial history of this country, show a single case of a similar charac ter to the present to the present time. He would therefore oppose the second reading. Mr. CARDWELL said that the last speaker had risen to ask a question respecting the Cashel and Dublin Railway, which he (Mr. Cardwell) from being connected with that railway, would be enabled to answer. The Bill in question was not yet passed through Parliament, and he thought they had no reason to complain of the operations of this measure. He was certain that if the interests of these great railways, which were valuable, not only on private but on public grounds, were to suffer from the operations of this Bill, it would be more from the jealously of the parties themselves than from any bad tendency in the mea sure, He would give the measure his cordial support. Mr. F. T. BARING said though it h a d been Called a shallow and a miserable, excuse by the Right Hon. President of the Board of Trade to attempt to throw this Bill over on account of the lateness of the session, he should not shrink from stating that as his reason for desiring delay, more espe cially, when he could, with truth, state, that through that large blue book, then upon the table, it had been impossible, with all his industry and best efforts, to wade.—( Hear, hear.;) For his part, besides wishing, on the ground of the late ness of the session, to have the Bill postponed, he did not hesitate to' say that he differed with the very principle embodied in it. That principle was totally at variance with all the rules which has hitherto been re cognised as the guides and guardians of British enter prise. If the Board of Trade was to have this extraordinary control, let it be upon cause shown; but cause had not been shown—necessity was not proved. He would certainly vote against the second reading of the Bill. Mr. BROTH ERTON moved the adjournment of the debate. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the adjournment Against it .... Majority The debate was then resumed. Mr. HINDLEY thought more time ought to be given to consider this question. Mr. BRIGHT then moved the adjournment of the debate. Sir R. PEEL expressed his regret that the minority . should not defer to the opinion expressed b' a large majority. Of course, it was in the power of the minority to defeat any motion, by moving repeated adjournments. He thought, however, that it was a bad practice, and quite indefensible on the present occasion. After some discussion, the debate was adjournedto Thursday. The Charitable Loan Societies (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Drainage of Lands Bill was read a second time. The Canal Companies Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Thursday week. PARTY PROCESSIONS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord ELIOT moved for leave to bring in a Bill to continue for one year the Act 2d and 3d Will. IV. intitled an Act to restrain, in certain cases, party processions in Ireland. The Bill was only to extend to next June, and he had hopes_that ultimately they would be enabled to do away with the Bill altogether. Mr. Al. J. O'CONNELL expressed his satisfaction at the Bill being limited in its operations to so short a period. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill; and the House adjourned at Half-past_One o'clock. . At the Liverpool Police-court, the other dal, one • • • • min" was fined 9i: 6d., and another 55., for smoking in the street, opposite . iyarehouses stowed with cotton. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S--YE.srxRDAr. The settling of the Epsom accounts was resumed yester day, and notwithstanding the large sums that were hedged between Running Rein and Orlando, proved one of the most unsatisfactory ever known. Several parties did net appear either in person or by proxy, nor, except from one, who, a heavy loser, attributes his inability to meet his engagements to a mercantile failure, was any communication whatever re ceived from them. The absence of two or jhree of those persons is good-naturedly attributed to ignorancd of the. time fixed for settling, although made public in all the daily papers on Friday last, and copied into most of the weekly and provincial journals; this plea, therefore, cannot be allowed, and for their neglect to make any provision for the settlement, no excuse whatever can be made—it is in the highest degree reprehensible. Of two other cases no hopes whatever are entertained ; it was well known long ago that they would be "wanted " if Orlando won, and no one is in the least surprised at their absence. Their deficiencies, and the state of abeyance in which the late Mr. Crockford's book remains, had a most disheartening influence on the settlement (all the accounts having been more or less dis arranged, and several parties—good winners on the race— obliged, in consequence, to leave the room considerably out of pocket. The only way to prevent this very usual conse quence of extravagant and indiscriminate "book-making" is, without regard to rank or station, to adopt the " black board," and post, not only actual defaulters, but all who fail to attend or make arrangements for paying and receiving, on the regular settling days. The betting commenced late in the afternoon, and, limited as it was in extent, led to two or three important changes. JULY STAKES (THIS DAY). Old England the favourite, but no price fixed. LIVERPOOL CUP. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle—taken GOODWOOD STAKES. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Franchise—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil 12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken 14 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Canton—talon 15 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Parthian 18 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Lucy Banks 18 to 1. agst :Lord Exeter's Elegance filly 20.t0 1 agst Sir. S. Spry's Subduer 25 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poussin—taken GOODWOOD CUP. 6 to 4 agst Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn 8 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's The Squire 12 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's:Antler ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Williamson's The Cure—taken 8 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Ithuriel—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Irvine's Foig-a-ballagh—taken DERBY, .1845. 30 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Virago colt—taken 40 to 1 stgst Mr. S. Stanley's Minikin colt—taken '4O to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Lycurgus—taken Bastion, who was quoted by us last week, is, and has for considerable period been, the property of Mr:Hook, not of Mr. Gregory, in whose name he appeared by mistake. THE Loss OF THE MANCHESTER.—By the ar rival of the Duchess of Lonsdale, General Steam Navigation Company's steamer, with the Hamburgh mail of Wednesday, it is ascertained that the wreck of the ill-fated Manchester steamer, which was discovered lying at the extreme end of the Reissea Sands, to the northward of the Elbe, in about twelve feet • of water, has gradually disappeared by the breakers making over it and destroying it by piecemeal. Two bodies, one a female and the other a male, have been cast on the beach, and are supposed to have been part of the unfortunate creatures who perished with the vessel. Mrs. St. George Smith, of Drogheda, her daughter, and the stew ardess, being the only females that were on board the Man chester at the time, it is, presumed that the body is one of them. It was only attired in a night-dress and chemise, from which circumstance it is inferred that she was at rest when the loss of the vessel took place. The other body is that of a man, and is judged to have been one of the crew. The Direct6rs of the Hanseatic Steam Navigation Company, to whom the Manchester belonged, are still instituting a strict inquiry concerning the deplorable catastrophe, but as yet have not been able to trace out the exact bearing where the unfortunate property was sacrificed. That she was lost on the end of. the Reissen Sands, where her wreck was seen, there are considerable doubts, from the fact of her anchors arid chain, cable, which, from their massive descrip tion, would not drift, being not found on the spot, and the singular circumstance of her lying in twelve feet of water, the extent Of her draught whet], laden. It is, however, very evident to most mariners, that the primary cause of the loss was by !ler going too far to the northward of the harbour, a conclusion which the most experienced pilots on the Elbe have arrived at. It has also been Esaid that her being formed what is termed "wall built," thereby being doubly _difficult to bring round in stormy weather, prin cipally occasioned her speedy wreck; in answer to which, her builder in firmly of opinion that her loss did not occur through any fault in her , construction. She was only launched in 1841, and the .repeated excellent passages she made in.bad weather, between Hull and Hamburgh, clearly proved her to be a sound and expeditious sea-boat. THE BOY JONES AGAIN.—The following is an ex tract from a letter received in this town from an officer of •her Majesty's ship Warspite, dated off Gibraltar, 16th June. The writer was formerly resident in Lads, and there is no doubt of the authenticity of 'the letter :—" One little incident oc curred between Tunis and Algiers, the relation of which may perhaps 'proVe interesting.:.: I.think- I-have never informed you that the boy Jones (the interesting chimney-sweep, who so ingeniously contrived to secrete himself in the private apartments of her Majesty, at Buckingham Palace), is, and has been for two or three years, on board the Warspite, in the capacity of a first-class boy. After , contrary winds, during nearly the whole of ourpassage between the two places above named; we were one night becalmed (at all events the ship was only making a knot and a half an hour). Now, on fine nights, I very frequently remain on the upper deck during the greater part of the first watch, listening to the various songs with which the men generally beguile away the monotony of the time in calm weather, and on this night I was thus en joying myself, when about seven bells (half-past eleven o'clock), we were startled by the soul-stirring cry of 'A man overboard !' which was immediately followed by the usual hoarse bawls of the boatswain's mate of the watch, AWay, first and Second cutters.' A general rush aft took' place, some seizing the bight of, a rope, others springing on •the ham- ' mock netting, and straining their eye-balls to catch a sight of the unfortunate individual. , A marine is usually-stationed on , the.poop at the life-buoy, but the after.part of the watch had been called to alter the trim of the spanker, and as is usual, he was assisting.' Fortunately, however, our Captain's clerk, Mr. Hall, was 'enjoying the coolness of the night air on. the Popp, and he promptly let go the life-buoy, which blazed away with a steady. beautiful light, • and dropped considerably astern immediately. The cutters were lowered after a little con fusion, sand pulled for the buoy, where they found no less a person than. Master Jones, who was holding on with one hand, and dashing the sparks (arising from the port-fire) from his face with the other. As they approached, he sung out—' Here lam ; look lively.' They quickly succeeded .in getting him into one-of.the boats, the other taking the buoy in tow. When brought on board, he was.questioned by the lieutenant of the watch, and stated that he had fallen out of the mizen rigging accidentally ; but the ship's crew are of opinion that, if it had been a rough night, young Jones would not have gone overboard at all—they all think that hejumped overboard.'and that for no other purpose than to see the life buoy light burning, and this is in some measure confirmed by the fact of his bawling out when falling ' A man overboard,' and again, when immersed, ' Let go the life-buoy.' How ever, he is a singular character, and the thing is not at all unlikely."—Leeds Mercury. ' SPACE ANNIHILATED.—THE MAGNETIC TELE GRAPH.—Th 6 magnetic telegraph is now in full opera tion between the cities of Washington and Baltimore. The following examples will show the manner in which this instrument annihilates both time and space :—" Ori Saturday morning the batteries were charged, and the regular transmission of intelligence between Wash ington and Baltimore commenced, as we learn from the .13altifitere Patriot. A large number of gentlemen were presentito see the.operations of this truly astonish ing contrivance. Many admitted to the room had their names sent down, and in less than a second the appa ratus in Baltimore was put in operation by the attendant in Washington,' and before the lapse of a half minute the same names weresioturned plainly written. At half-:past eleven o'clock, A.M. the question being asked What the news was at Washington ?" the answer was almost instantaneously returned—' Van Buren stock is rising'--meaning, of course, that his chances were strengthening to receive the nomination on Mon day next. The time of day was also inquired for, when the response was given from the capitol, forty-nine minute's past eleven.' At this period it was also asked how many persons were spectators to the telegraphic experiments in Washington ? The answer was six teen ; after which a variety of names were sent up from Washington, - some with their compliments to their friends in Baltimore, whose names had just been transmitted to them. Several items of private intelligence were also transmitted backwards and forwards, one of which was an order to an , agent in Baltimore not to pay a certain bill. The electric fluid proved too slow, for it had been paid a few minutes before. At half-past twelve; the following was sent to Washington :—" Ask a reporter in Congress to send a dispatch to the Baltimore Patriot, at two P.M.' In about a minute the answer came back thus—' It will be attended to.' Two o'clock, P.M.—The dispatch has arrived, and is as follows One o'clock ; there has just been a motion in the House to go into committee of the whole on the Oregon territory. Re jected ; Ayes, 79 ; noes; 86.'.--Half-ast one : The house is now engaged on private Bills. " — " Quarter to two : 11/x. Atherton is, now speaking in the Senate. Mr, S. will not be in Baltimore to-night.' So that timore papers are thits enabled to give their readers in- , formation from Washington, up to the very hour of going to press. This is indeed the annihilation of space."—New York _Daily Sun.—[The distance between Baltimore and Washington is 34 miles.] DISCRAdEFUL. SCENE IN ST. JOHN'S CHURCHYARD, WATERLOO-ROAD —Yesterday afternoon, between three :and four o'clock, a dreadful occurrence took place during the/usual hors for interment in the ground of the above church, ainj , while the Rev. Mr. Irvine was performing the burial service, and a number of persons were waiting for the performance of the service over their deceased relatives' and friends, the funeral procession of a child belonging to a poor Irish labourer entered the ground, accompanied by a vast nUmber of Irish Roman Catholics, as is their usual custom, and proceeded to the grave which had been allotted for its interment. On arriving at the spot, the Rev. Mr. Johnson commenced, the usual 'service, a practice which is not in these grounds permitted to be passed over ; the Reverend Gentleman had no sooneruttered the first sentence than a number of Iri s h men rushed forward, and using terrible eatlis and disgusting language, seized a number of shovels, and declared in violent language that no service should be read over the corpse, and that they would split . the head of any one who attempted. it. The Rev. Mr. John son, from their excited manner, being apprehensive of vio knee, left the grave, the boards were torn up, and one man thrown upon the coffin, and a violent struggle commenced between the authorities of the ground and their assailants, during which the grave was nearly filled up, and it was not until the police had interfered and removed the most active and violent of the party that anything like order could be obtained, and the Reverend Gentlemen enabled t 6 proceed with their sacred duties, when the parents of the deceased and their followers permitted the Rev. Mr. Irvine to perform the service, and the parties quietly retired, finding further resist -1 ance useless. BOAT I.TrszT.—FivE LIVES LOST.—On the even ing of Monday, the 24th ulr., one of the boats engaged in the cediind ling fishing at Ness, Island of Lewis, was upet, and five of the crew perished, only one being saved. Three of them. have left wives and families to lament their loss.—lnverness Courier. NOT TO BE GRAIIAMED—is the inscription on a dozen different varieties of fancy wafers, attached to the letters we lave received from our correspotclOcits iii Of parts to-da7,—llarnpshire Independent. ROWING MATCH. The great boat race for a purse of sixty sovereigns, gig"' by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, who have frequently been the donors of large sums of money for competition on the Thames, took place yesterday. The task of selecting such men as would afford first-rate sport had been entrusted to Castles, one of her Majesty's watermen, who very ably and impartially discharged the duty, by picking an equal number from above and below bridge, and lotting them together• in pairs. In the list were to be found Charles Campbell, Ale ex-champion ; Robert Newel, who rowed against Robert Coombes for that enviable distinction ; F. Lett, E. Maynard► and others, with whose names as first-rate men the public are familiar. The anticipation of good sport produced the largest cow, course of persons that we have witnessed f or a l e ngth' ' 3l time at any corresponding exhibition. Independently of the brilliant and fashionable assemblage on the lawn of his Grace's mansion, the craft on either shore was covered with spectators; there were hundreds of boats of every denomiha tion afloat, and Westminster-bridge, to the imminent risk of many of the most venturegom one mass of anxious sPec tators. The race was with eight I air of oars, in three heats, and was, we regret to say, what Is termed a fair waterman'o wager, or, in plainer words, one in which fouling is allowed , a practice reprehended of late by leading gentlemen ama' tent's, and from very good reason, as it but too frequently occurs that under its conditions indifferent men carry off.tho prize, whilst those of more pretensions are engaged in trylog their skill at fouling. Shortly after four o'clock the sports commenced. -- "FIRST HEAT. Frederick Lett, Lambeth, W. Robins, Battle-bridge, Horsleydown, crimson • 1 Francis Braithwaite, Hungerford, Thomas Baker, Hors- 2 leydown, stripes • Thomas Cook, Hungerford, Richard Robinson, yellow David Ceombes, Millbank, J. Morgan, Horsleydown, blue The men started from off the Earl of Liverpool's, up round Lucas's barge road (just below the Horseferw), down to,the Earl of Liverpool's, up again to the barge road, and finished by returning to Montagu House. On the signal being given blue took the lead at a rattling pace, followed by crimson , and stripes. After a few strokes the two leading boats be' came oar and oar, and in the return down from Lucas's road s crimson had the load, and maintained it throughout, winning easily. Blue, despite the efforts of the rowers, dropped astern after the first round, giving place to yellow. SECOND HEAT. Charles Campbell, Westminster-bridge, Percival Scott, 1 Battle-bridge, white R. Newel, Battle-bridge, G. Saunders, Hungerford, green G. Maynard, Lambeth, Wm. Whitlock, Wapping, black Edward Maynard, Lambeth, Edward Stocks, Limehouse, pink - 4 A good start was effected, and they were oar and oar f° t a few yards. Green then took the lead, closely followed br i white, and a gallant race followed for the first place, whic white obtained off the Duke of Buccleuch's, on the return down against tide for the first time. White held the lead' winning by two lengths. The third boat was half a dozen lengths astern of the second. GRAND BEAT. This was a most indifferent affair. They were oar an d oar for a dozen yards ; then crimson showed ahead, green and white being abreast of eac other. Immeiately on their arrival at the barge head for h the first time, d the two Ma i er fouled, and continued together, while crimson rowed leistirel ahead, followed by stripes. The fouling between green ar', white continued for some time, but within about half a.nli lB of the winning post, green shook their opponents off. Crinr son won easily, stripes second, green third, a large Of astern. t• We had almost omitted to state that Newell and his par : „ ner will receive the second prize, although stripes came next to the winners ; the reason for this being that strili e did not come to the starting post at the time the others We n off, and are, therefore, not recognised as being in the race. FATAL ACCIDENT AT WATERL OO - B RI D GE.--- tr i St evening, Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Green Dragl Villiers-street, Strand, on the body of Albert Walker, ag ed five years. William James Myers, a waterman, who fal l at Waterloo-bridge stairs, said that on Saturday afterno, ( 7 between three and four o'clock, he was on the floating Pl e id near Somerset House, when a boy came to him and told him a child was in the water near the north-west stairs ' i t the bridge. He went to the spot, and getting into the he% of another waterman, and assisted by the latter, he foa l the body within twelve feet of the stairs. It was alive Wt e o t `got out of the water, and they rowed to the Savoy, and P• ashore and took the child to Mr. Scott, a surgeon, close by. Mr. Scott looked at the child, and exclaime d ~A "Be off with you—take it to Charing Cross Hospital." 4.1 .; witness added " The child was alive when under Dr. Scot: , , roof, and he might have saved it in ten minutes." It d . e?, whilst the witness was taking it to the hospital. The'o, 7 % ness added that he was "an experienced practitionee ki ' lo these matters, having since the year '9B picked up it; : 0 Thames forty-four persons whose lives were saved, and bodies that were lifeless. Mr. Golding,- house-surgeon j, Charine-cross Hospital, said the child was brought in 9P"_,, f a little after four o'clock, and that for upwards of art 1 1 7 3. every means were tried without effect to restore aniinati_u tv He was of opinion that the child had been dead twt,',, minutes or half an hour when he was brought to the bat pitgl. The first witness said that the child's heart v; , or when it was taken to Mr. Scott's. Mr. Golding (in 3n „ s the to a juror)—lf there was pulsation of th e h ear t whe n ha t child was at Mr. Scott's, it might have been revive"' It whether it would have lived ultimately, I cannot sa.?",;. on was proved by another child th a t d ecease d was piar to ' the the steps of the stairs, and accidentally slipped wh o de water. The jury here sent the beadle for Dr. 5c0tt,,,:410 was alined coming, but sent Mr. Pine, a m e di ca l ma n, " Od in his shop when the witness Myers brought in the 5 , 0 , Mr. Pine said the child was dead when brought to the and that Dr. Scott having at hand no convenience to o r s t.n, animation, advised Myers to take the chi ld to t he h ne r t ; ex ra examine that th he o w tiy a ! whither witness accompanied it. Dr. S cott i e drunk, ,ananddMawyoerres thatwas drunk.Dnse denied ott l" di e d rs not Verdict, " Accidentally drowned." PICTURES FOR THE NATIONAL GALLERY.-- lle Government has for some time had it in contemplation purchase some sterling works of th e o ld masters, f o r the S ° r l; tional Gallery, and, acting under the a d v i ce of an emi artist, the opportunity was offered on Saturday, when a sal of some choice pictures took place at the rooms of Xes,f4, Christie and Manson. The first picture selected for the tional Gallery was " Lot and his Daughters leaving Sed e rrhe by Guido, for which the sum of 1,600 g u i neas wa s paid. •„'",g companion picture, "Susannah and th e Eld ers ," f e tched Z 0 guineas. An " Interior," by Ostade, was bought for 1, j' er guineas. The " Woman taken in Adultery," generallY ill : ted stood to be by Titian, but which M r . Ch r i st i e can didly s' 9 'oe was doubted by some connoisseurs, realised 600 guineas* e at other splendid picture bought on account of the Governa' o oo was the " Judgment of Paris," by Rubens ; for this guineas was paid.—Evening Paper. REVOLVING DIOPTRIC LANTERN FOR THE " -1-3 be f 'eri liUDA CAST-IRON LIGHTHOUSE. —The above lantern has tf constructed under the direction of the Honourable dy House Company, and will shortly be shtpped for Ber ul ,4 - 1 4 The lantern forming the light-room i5...10 feet high att g li, feet in diameter, supported by ironlv t iedestals of 7 feet 'O4 and is a polygon of 16 sides ; to yihich an iron PerA;;;:d platform is fixed, with an ornamental scroll at one ea",:".erY flight of steps at the other. The lantern is glazed wit; e r thick plate glass and the roof is formed of strong - - f o ge' plates, supported by iron. rafters. On the top a large, g the head and vane is mo un t e d , f or the purpose of venti latill ig s lantern. In the centre is fixed an i ron co l umn s upped' e lf' dioptric apparat us o f t h e f i rst order, consisting of eigh t gonal lenses of grea t power, mounted upon a frame an d o pi° paratus revolving by means of machinery. Around 0 0 , 01 of or platform is a l arge i ron f rame, which supports four t ,l, o o mirrors at bottom, and ei g ht ti ers a b ove th e polygon fixed at correct angles for exhibiting the light, which by, a powerful lamp fixed in the centre of the aPP"',.. c allt f which consists of a conce n t ra t e d b urner w i t h f o ur el' i ,iste wicks. There are altogeth er 384 m i rrors o f silveret.' i tia glass. The whole is m oun t e d w i t h an i mprove d ve ntl apparatus upon Professor Faraday's principle. The la ti st ia 'pedestal, apparatus, and mac hi nery f orm a most i n tere a itf work of art, and does great credit to the skill and WO of the manufacturers. HORRIBLE DEATH.--ENSHAM, OgoN, J UL Y 21 A We had a dreadful occurrence in the village last We e 0 10 wild young fellow slightly stabbed two men in a d ru d sa 3 quarrel, for which he was put in the cage; he begg e o nef entreated he might not be locked up alone, and offered r a t ilef A to any one who would s it up with him,but in vain ;t o ng locked him in, and h a d not l e f t h i m long when they a ble , the cage was on fi re . It was some time before the con s , who had the key could be found, and when the door last opened the fl ames rus h ed forth to such a degree De/ they could not get the poor wretch out till water ha d f ort; thrown in to extin gu i s h th em. The man was then dr or out quite insensibl e , th oug h not dead, and dreadfully aec'r,, Dr. Hitchins, from Oxford, arrived just in time to se" expire. o f BRISTOL, JULY 8.--The Bristol and Glouc e „or tho" ine of railway (37k miles in length) was opened 00 1 , out this morning, and th e even t was mar k e d w ith the_.. demonstrations of rejoicing. On Saturday the directf; ri tif!: their friends made an excursion on the line in a special By the opening of this line the inconvenience which InDs'", - hitherto experienced from the disseverance of the w a of 'railway bet ween th e wes t an d t h e nort h o f EDg obviated. . „,to „ e , SIX POUNDS of TEA, and upward s , sen t, carriage "-A part of the Kingdom, at the Wholesale Price, on receipt 0). ts.rice, or Post-office order. - - Black, 23. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 48.0., 58. Green, 3s. 4d., 33.8 d., 45., 4s. 4d., 55., ss. 4d. 65., 76 ," 254' Coffee, 9d„ Is. ls. 2d., I s. 4d., Is., 6d., Is. &d., ls. I Ou'' ed G. T. MANSELL and CO., Wholesale Tea Dealers, 2, . fl ect' l L,ERSBURY, CHEA.PSIDE. Agencies will be g i v en to 7 .0 , parties- GR b ailY Sii At Sefea, t are--Fer sum I ItAJzsry of 4 u This Disi .otid a Direct ce OFF] 19 , Nc I (13 her, MPany, Tir o of th n otice In M RECTO , °{ Directors rkh will "WS histan ti MP: tos L ondon, or the sale °,, tikes, ltey are pettad, little troubl ailnam, A' sidcreble Ir APIA TA: Load TA I lensrs. aPtterklly and test 1%3 and Waist enittA, & e. Z 'r.Y garrn at t 1 . .,nt• will 11 ~a n the in at prices to art muro) Alai S E LL SILI "F.T Ft ;Vrs. Ho the p ui LueY itenc 'l; ll ,.. i ng Off 0 .7 15, ai eam I 4„5 ,0 til t n . nt 11 4 1 SA: c ; 4 .1*;;,1 debt 4, (1 ' that tq ‘k; ittor,;eo,,„ r„,,, 3 Dr, ( ink, hi. 'm , Plti er ; Corn, Pre, Dr 4nn., Simi Pte l ~ Xes t r etail A kme °bchari • BIRTHS. f ef t + . "On the 27th ult., at Darlington, Mrs. W. O'Brien, ':'- $ On the Ist inst., at Leckhampstead Rectory, D' ic--- Heneage Drumm on d, o f a son. J o On the Ist inst., the 'wife of John Turner, surge° ° ' t J Wycombe, Bucks, of a son. eh On the 3d inst., a t St. A n d rew ' s - p l ace, R e g en t's -Pe 0 1 lady ofJ. R. Maude, Esq., of a son. t er ' IIN:t the sth inst., at Toft Hall, Cheshire, Mrs. LeY ees .ar. a son and heir. . ce o f On the sth inst., in the Wandsworth-road, the Wl' 0. Andrew Surgeon, of a daughter. , of °' On the 6th inst., in Hyde-park-street, the la:_l_)____ Skelton, Esq., Madras Civil Service, of a daughter. Al/4 1, MARRIED. A ir. DP On the 3d inst., at Bovington Church, Herts, ,`•,.„ Li' li, ward, Esq., 8.A., of St. Edmund Hall, O x ford,„, , A P youngest daughter of the l a t e Th omas M or ton, 'r - ''''' . JO C.S., of her Majesty's service. . On the 27th ult., at St., Pancras Church, Rich: r o d -Or e° , Esq., of Crediton, Devon,- to Miss Jones, of Graf'' of Fitzroy-square. 0 1 ti oncl On the 3d inst., at Alton, William Thomas, see ~ se e the late Captain Clement. R.N , to Mary AO"' •rt' • ili a daughter of James White Clement, Esq. fa 0 pit On the Gth inst., at St. John's, Paddington, CaP" - f i th e 0 6 land, Royal Artillery, to Clara Mary, only daughter ° at to Edward Dance, Esq., Deputy Commissary - Forces. el l____ J• Illt e DIED. On the 23d ult., at Ormskirk, Ann, the relict o. r t he e ll ilt l Bridges, Esq., of South Lambeth. EA. , On the 27th u lt., a t Pl ymout h, J ames Freeth, A D, a Lieutenant -Col one l i n h er M a j esty ' s 64th Foot- wios' On the 29th ult., a t H ermes H ouse , Pentonville , -' to re , relict of the late Ad am Ald erson , E sq ., solicitor. Att-54100 On the Ist inst., i u C am b r id ge - s t ree t, Col lB ' l l'o.o Mary, the widow of the late Rev. H. Crowe' ° joi' ° Norfolk, aged 95. lie/ pate- 0 On the 4th inst., at the Rectory House, • fi Richards, Esq., aged 82. if ,a irvers, , A On the 4th inst., at Benfield, Mrs. Mary —I , on dom ie i . the late Francis Rivers, Esq., of Spring-gardens, -,:', 101 low On the sth inst., at Kilburn, Hannah, relict 0 1 '' n, Chater, Esq., of St. Dunstan'sbill, aged fis- . ag . e . ,, O d 6 '' ' ' t' On the sth inst., at Putney, George (: .... 2gg1.... --,,.-$01,9 4 ....----.... i. ---- d --- 1"" 'onon : rmted and Published by iDa* ...,-- ti prjßl3 o ri.T u o• P O ` - No. 112, Strand, - Printer, at The Sus t he Vvr" Stull*, in the Precinct of tho Sutra ma -- Aliddlena, La ity, July 9. 1544•