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Right that stl f t he ared 19, the P u t be ode bf he aPP wing be id he _ e o y the 0,,0 er to v vhetkier Ore 19111 4 , ro, • ag ar to p :c• 101 .0 0 .! over . i OJ , inient l 9 a ties ; e pci spott.,A tip& o rt' le eu ttl ° U ] , prer „ r eo pr n. e, .0$ e i g ht ,I)ep ti : h e "e W b.l ; IC sU rued Tbf er• i s o'" ntht, le yoho it soy b e. e 0 ; „ p o . 1/ V COUNTY COURTS BILL. Mr. S. WOUTLEY wished to know from the Right lon. Gentleman the Socr,tary State for the Home Department, whether he would proceed with the County Courts Bill this session. Sir J. GRAHA-M said tl e Bill had been delayel in consequence of the Debtor and Creditors' Bill being de tained so long in the House of Lords. SeeiMg on the order-book seven notices before going into Com mittee of Supply, and having regard-also to measures of great importance, which were still in progress, he con fessed that he felt obliged to abandon the measure for the present session. In reply to a question from Mr. BODKIN, - Sir J. GRAHAM said the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the trust propurty of Queensborough had completed their report, but in consequence of the time for giving notice having expired, it would be im possible to legislate on the subject during the present session. Mr. AINSWORTH said he had that morning re eeived a report of the evidence taken before the coroner at Bolton, in reference to the bursting of a steam•engine. No blame whatever appeared to attach to Mr. John Brooks, the owner of the mill, but thene had been very great neglect on the part of one of his servants, against Whom the jury had found a verdict of manslaughter. The Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill was read a third time.. NEW POOR-LAW. _ _ The House then sent into Committ,e on the Poor-law Amendment Bill. On clause 22 being proposed, Captain BERNAL moved an amendment to the effect that justices of the peaee appointed under the Munici pal Act shall be, ex officio, members of the board of guardians. The lion. Member sail he did not intend to divide the House upon the subject if there was a strong feeling against him. He threw his opinion out more as a suggestion for consideration than with a desire to cause trouble. Sir J. GRAHAM said he could not consent to adopt the suggestion which had been thrown out. After a few words from Captain Bernal, Mr. Christo pher, and Mr. Buck, the amendment was negatived with out a division. - Mr. BORTHWICK moved another amendment, to the effect that every clergyman having the cure of souls within the parish should be an ex dficio guardian. Sir J. GRAHAM objected to the amendment. When he considered the various duties the clergy had to per form, he thought their appointment as guardians would be inconsistent with their duties. Mr. B. COCHRANE said that in Scotland the money collected for the poor was distributed through the hands of the clergy, and he, therefore, could not see why a clergyman should not be an ex officio guardian. He ahould, therefore, support the amendment. Sir WALTER JAMES thought the distinction drawn by the Right lion. Gentleman the Secretary of State was a just and sound one. Mr. G. KNIGHT thought a great deal more harm than good would be done by having the clergymen ex officio guardians. Mr. T. DUSCOMBE did not think any person more suited to be ex officio guardians than clergymen, because they were best acquainted with the condition of the poor. He should vote for the amendment. Mr. AGLIONBY thought that a new light had come over the Hon. Gentleman.—(llear.) If he (Mr. Aglionby) was not mistaken, the Hon. Gentleman had gone out with him and voted against the appointment of any guardians of the poor Who were not elected by the people ; now he *ought that the clergy were the proper guardians of the poor.—(Laughter.) He was anxious to see the poor -law carried into effect humanely and considerately to the poor. He hailed this Bill as a great amendment of the existing law, but he was for amendment only, and not for repeal. He never could agree, however, in the opi nion, that the clergy should be dragged into official responsibility in connection with this Act, and he there fore must give his decided opposition to the amendment which he had proposed. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he was charged with not giving a reason for desiring to see the clergy ex officio guardians of the poor. His reason, then, was this, that the clergyman of the parish was the best acquainted with the wants of that parish, and that the clergy gene rally were amongst the most lenient and consistent ad ministrators of help to those who stood in need of it. Lord JOHN MANNERS said though there might be difficulties in working out the suggestion embodied in the amendment of the Hon. Member for Evesham, still it was one that ought not to be lightly disregarded. Mr. REDHEAD YORKE had the highest opinion of the qualifications and the humanity of the clergy, and of their fitness for the performance of the duties proposed, but upon the whole he thought they had better be left, as now, to the chances of selection from the general body of their fellow-countrymen. Mr. G. HEATHCOTE had exactly the same opinion of the clergy as the Hon. Member who addressed the 'louse last; but his ground for opposing the amendment would be the fear of making the ex officio guardians too numerous and*powerful. After a few words from Mr. Cripps, Mr. Palmer, and Borthwick, the amendment was withdrawn. After a short discussion the clause was agreed to. On clause 23 being proposed, Mr. HENLEY called the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman to the painful circumstances in which the wives of convicts were placed in comparison with widows, and suggested that they should be placed on the same footing as that class of persons. After a few words from Colonel WOOD, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the clause imposed no new hardship on a woman who was deserted by her husband. By the clause, she was to be treated as a widow. The object of the clause was to prevent a woman, whose husband had been been convicted, or who had deserted her, from deserting her children. It placed her in the same situation as the father, and subjected her, if she deserted her children, to the same penalties. After a few observations from Captain PECHELL, the clause was agreed to. On clause 24 being put, Mr. DARBY objected to it, first, because he doubted It 3 Policy, and, secondly, that, in carrying it out, there tas no security to the parties whose g oods were taken. me thought there ought, in the first instance, to be a certificate by proper inquiry as to the lunacy of the party. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the operation of the clause Would lead to what he very much desired—namely, that where parties were lunatic they should not remain in the union, but in a lunatic asylum ; for though that might be more costly, they would be better taken c are of. The necessity for this provision arose from an over sight in the 9th of Geo, IV., c. 40, a. 41. Mr. DARBY explained, and considered the Right nom BaronA had not answered the principal objections made by him to the clause. Mr. B. COCHRANE opposed the clause, and objected to the p ra ctice of keeping luna tic s i n workhouses on the same footing as the other paupers, a practice which had Qxisted, to his own knowle d g e, for some y ears, and which the present clause was calculated to perpetuate. They should be sent to alunatic asylum. Sir J. GRAHAM said, according to the present sta tute, the guardians could not keep a lunatic in a work house for more than fourteen days, without incurring a penalty. Lord EBRINGTON thought it exceedingly unwise that the lunatic paupers should be kept in workhouses, ttil it tended to confirm or increase their insanity. Mr. P. BORTHWICK objected to the phrase " dan gerous lunatic;" those lunatics who were confined in a workhouse, though harmless at first, would speedily be come. dangerous," from the necessary absence of p ro p er treatment, whilst, had the same person been placed in a lunatic asylum, his intellects would be probab l y restored. Lord ASHLEY quoted, from an authorised report, to show that several lunatic paupers were confined in the Workhouses in England and Wales. There were forty four in a workhouse in Penrose, several of whom were dangerous lunatics, and there were seventy-one persons of the same description in a workhouse in Ma nchester, man y of whom were subject to fits of raving madness. The word "dangerous" in the Act had been interpreted in three different ways. By some it was held to apply to persons," by others to "lunatics," and by others to " idiots." In the workhouse there was neither a medi cal.l supervision nor any remedial treatment whatever. It was said lunatic paupers ought to he sent to the asy lum, but how could they be sent there, when there were 17 ,000 lunatic paupers in England and Wales, and the lunatic asylums were only competent to contain 4,500? '(Hear, hear.) In England the lunatics were generally disposed of in the workhouses, or in private or Public asylums, but in Wales these unfortunate creatures were treated worse than . cattle. They were placed in stables and outhouses, and chained in dark rooms ; some cf them underground, and where no man of feeling would Put his dog.—(Hear, hear.) If the cases of these unfor tunate lunatics were taken in hand during the first three 'months of their illness they might be treated successfully, but after the expiration of twelve months the hula* , b ee alto confirmed, and cure became alm ost im p ossible. N either was it true economy to keep those creatures in :".orkti sua , g , for, as their disease became pe rmanent, so the exp ense of their maintenance becam e certain and " e nstant.—(Hear, hear.) Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the remarks of his Noble Friend the Member for Dorsetshire were entitled to the gravest consideration. His Noble Friend had indeed ! „ given utterance to a startling fact , that there were England 17,000 pauper lunatics, and asylums capable of accommodating only 4,500. Such a statement was a well entitled to the consideration of Parliament, In con aNusoce of the report of' the Metropolitan Commis sioners of Lunacy, it had been the intention of the . Gov ernment to bring the whole subject under the con int",eiration of Parliament, which they would certainly do -I?._e ensuing session.—(Hear, hear.) t e WAKLEY said though the expense of maintain- Ittgnienatic paupers in the workhouse was one-third less j u a ., in a lunatic asylum, yet as the Noble Lord had , 11 8 ._'Y remarked, that that economy would bell most , 0 7t-tighted, as well as selfish, which should treat those the Whole demented creatures on such a ground. lie hoped =,,,w a hole subject would be brought under the revision p . Parliament at as early a period next session as was When workhouse authorities were desirous of t jap le s ; rnitting pauper lunatics to asylums, they were told the s;___ se asylums were full. So the poor creatures whose , 'nary — lea had only commenced were subjected to the or workhouse regulations, without care or medical tr eat 0 t tinent and thus their insanity increased. The Hon. `*c lerean lauded the manner in which the Middlesex the Itsnwell, was ordered. He quite concurred in remarks of the Noble Lord, about the necessity of ing eases o' this description under proper medical Its at the earliest period ef the disease, for whic4 Pero-etiese , regretted there was so little f.reeision at present. things ought to be . guarded against. The Noble beret. (Ashley) had promised to bring the whole subject the House, and he must be sporred up to keep 114 promise, for ise, no man was more ootnpete4 to handle the question of ,•—(ilear, hear.) But he must not e1p. 9 1 N 4b Part ; he must embrace the whole, or the public 31°. uld not be sa ti s fi e d. The question involved the very wet Principle• of humanity, and, as such, he would not wish to see it in better hands than those of the Noble Lord. The clause was then agreed to, after a slight verbal amendment. Clause 25 was agreed to. On clause 26 being proposed, Colonel WOOD (trecon) said this clause was to apply to the metropolitan district alone, and it was his wish that its power should be extended throughout the country. He proposed, therefore, to leave out the words " any part of which is situated within the me tropolitan police district, or the City of London." Sir J. GRAHAM was understood to oppose the amendment, but the observations which fell from him were wholly inaudible in the gallery. After a desultory conversation between Mr. Escott, Mr. Wakley, Sir J. Graham, Mr. Hawes, Col. Wood, Mr. D'Eyncourt, Sir Walter James, and Capt. Pechell, the amendment was withdrawn, with a view to Colonel Wood's bringing up a clause at the proper time, embo dying his views and wishes, and then taking the sense of the House upon it.— The clause was then agreed to. On clause 27 being put, which regulated the burials of paupers, some short discussion took place, when Mr. WAKLEY entreated the Right Hon. Baronet to postpone the clause, because he was convinced, upon con sideration, the clause would be re-constructed, and great misery prevented by it. He would state, seeinc , what he had, that poor creatures went about begging for coffins, and could not get them till there was a meeting of the board of guardians. In cases like these, burials ought to take place as soon as possible, because it was most in jurious to the health of the survivors, to allow the corpse to remain in a room where seven or eight people were huddled together. Sir J. GRAHAM deprecated the postponement of the clause. All the grievances of which the Hon. Gentle man complained would be perpetuated unless some pro vision was made for the burial of persons who died out of the workhouse. As the law at present stood, no parish was compelled to pay for the burial of a pauper, who died out of the workhouse. Colonel WOOD trusted the Hon. Member for Fins bury would not insist upon postponing the clause ; he might alter it as he pleased, but he trusted it would be made law that the board of guardians of parishes should furnish coffins to paupers. Sir J. GRAHAM was willing to leave out the words with respect to die pauper dying " without effects of suf ficient value to bury him," and by that means he thought he should put an end to all objection. After some further discussion, Lord ASHLEY moved that the following proviso should be added to the clause :—" Provided always, that it shall not be lawful for any officer of any parish or union, or constable, to receive any money for the burial of the body of any poor person which may be within the parish, division of parish, chapelry-, or place in which the death may have occurred, or to act as undertaker, for personal gain or reward, in the burial of any such body, or to receive any money from any dissecting school or school of anatomy, or hospital, or other person or persons to whom any such body shall be delivered, or to derive any personal emolument whatever for or in re spect of the burial or disposal of any such body ; and any such officer offending as aforesaid shall be thence forth incapable of holding any office under the said re cited Act, or this Act, or under any other Act relating to the relief of the poor in England.' The motion was agreed to after a few observations from Mr. BORTHWICK and Sir J. GRAHAM, and the clause passed. On clause 28 being proposed, Mr. C. WOOD said, that, in his opinion, the au ditors ought to be elected by the Commissioners, and not by the guardians. He also thought there should be a power vested in them, of disallowing sums of money levied for illegal purposes. Mr. S. .WORTLEY wished to know what was the extent of the power to be vested in the Commissioners under this clause, and what grounds there were for making alterations with regard to the auditors. Mr. HAWES thought that the auditor to be ap pointed under this clause, should be a person of some standing where the district was large, and the accounts extensive. By this clause the auditor was to be ap pointed by the chairman, or vice-chairman of the dis• trict, and two guardians. Now, he did not think this was the best mode of obtaining a proper auditor. Sir C. NAPIER said the parishes of Marylebone and St. Pancras did not wish to have their Local Acts inter fered with at all, and they wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman whether this clause would inter fere with those Local Acts. Captain PECHELL said that he was alarmed at the interference of this clause with Local Acts. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentlemen would not allow a clause of this grasping nature to exist in a Bill to amend the poor laws. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not persist in maintaining this clause as a portion of the Bill. It could not fail to excite distrust and suspicion in those places which were under Local Acts. He objected to the auditor being appointed by the Commissioners. Colonel SIBTHORP would move that this clause be expunged. Sir J. GRAHAM said that objections of a very dif ferent kind had been urged against this clause. The words of the clause would operate not only on those unions under the control of the Poor-law Commissioners, but where Local Acts existed. Some Hon. Gentlemen complained that the clause would give too much power, though indirectly, to the Commissioners; while the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Halifax thought the Com missioners should have more power with regard to the appointment of the auditor. The Right Hon. Gentle man then quoted the report of the Committee of 1838, to show that they thought the auditor was too much under the control of the guardians. If he adopted either of the opinions which had been expressed with regard to this clause, he would adopt that of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Halifax, who thought that the auditor should be appointed by the Commissioners. Strict principle would require they should go that length, but they had not gone so far, and he hoped the Committee would not reject the clause. Mr. C. WOOD said That everything the Right Hon. Gentleman had stated showed that the power of appoint ing the auditor should be vested in the Commissioners. Leaving his appointment in the hands of the chairman or vice-chairman would leave things pretty much as as they were at present, for the auditor being appointed by those persons would not be at perfect liberty to re fuse auditing an illegal application of money. The Hon, Member concluded by moving an amendment to the effect that the auditors be appointed by the Poor law Commissioners, instead of by the chairman and vice-chairman of the board of guardians. Mr. DENISON supported the amendment. If the Hon. Member for Halifax would divide, he would sup port his motion. Mr. VERNON SMITH would likewise support the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Halifax. The principle of the board of guardians appointing an officer to audit the accounts, was contrary to propriety. The officer should be made thoroughly independent of the board of guardians, and of all other local influence. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY said an auditor was in all cases appointed by those whom it was intended he should pro tect. He could not see why the principle which operated in other cases should not be allowed in this—he thought the rate-payers should have a voice in the appointment of the auditors. He would entertain great objections to conferring on the Poor-law Commissioners the power of displacing an auditor appointed by the poor-law guar dians, who at present did his business honestly and efficiently. Sir JAMES GRAHAM explained. Sir C. NAPIER would oppose the amendment of the lion. Member for Halifax. Mr. ESCOTT would oppose both the clause and the amendment. Mr. RICE said the change proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet would be most offensive to the board of guardians, and he thought it was altogether unnecessary. Mr. DARBY thought the present system of auditing parish accounts was exceedingly inefficient. There was no means of knowing whether the overseer had paid in all the money he had received ; but he must also say that he feared the present Bill provided no remedy for this defect. Mr. R. YORKE wished to know why the appoint ment was to rest with the chairman or vice-chairman, and not with the guardians generally. Sir J. GRAHAM said they did not wish to take away the power from the guardians altogether, and they left it in the hands of the chairman and vice-chairman be cause they were elected by the guardians, and not of the rate-payers. Mr. BORTHWICK would rather adopt the proposi tion of the Hon. Member for Halifax than that of the Government ; but he objected to the clause altogether, for he thought those who paid the money ought to have the power of appointing the person who was to audit the accounts. Mr. CHILDERS did not see how it was possible for the rate-payers to appoint the auditor. He thought the correct principle was to leave the appointment in the hands of the Commissioners, who would be swayed by no other object than the appointment of the best person. Mr. WAKLEY thought that the mode devised by the Government, for the appointment of the auditor was a most clumsy one, and would work in the worst possible manner. He would vote for the amendment of the Hon. Member for Halifax, and afterwards he would probably vote against the clause altogether. If the Commis sioners were to be retained at all, they ought to be made as useful as possible, and they could not be made more useful than in auditing the accounts. Mr. PLUMPTRB thought the rate-payers would be much better pleased in having the appointment of the auditor placed in the hands of the chairman and vice chairman, than in the Commissioners'. Mr. HAWES said he would support the amendment of the Hon. Member for Halifax. Sir THOMAS D. ACKLAND was understood to say he would support the amendment. Mr. R. YORKE said he could not vote for the amend ment of the Hon. Member for Halifax, because he was opposed to granting an irresponsible power to the Com missioners, neither could he vote for the clause. He would therefore do that which was more agreeable and convenient to him, namely, to walk home.—(Laughter.) After some further conversation, the Committee di vided, when there appeared — For the amendment 39 Against it Majority against the amendment Captain PECHELL moved that Local Acts be ex empted from the operation of the clause. Sir JAMES GRAHAM saw no grounds for such an exemption, and would oppose the proviso. Mr. WILLIAMS supported the insertion of the pro viso, and opposed the clause. Mr. MUNTZ said his constituents of all classes were oppoied to the interference of the Poor-law Com missioners sai - Actoned by this clause. He trusted the Government would reconsider the matter. The objec ti,inz to the clause were not confined to Brighton and Coventry, lwit were, he believed, universal. DID DUI CQMOE thought the present clause was an wtderhand attempt 0 tindexmine local influen4. would make the new poor-law more offensive and objec tionable than it had been before, The sooner She Bill was thrown out the better. He would support the pro viso of his Hon. and Gallant Friend. Mr. SHAII,MAN CRAWFORD said his constituents were opposed to the clause. The House then divided, when there appeared — For the proviso 3B Against it Majority Mr. ESCOTT inquired whether a provision could not be introduced into the clause to exempt those places from the operation of the clause in which the auditing of the accounts had given perfect satisfaction. Sir J. GRAHAM said that if the Hon. Member could point out how the object could be effected, he would have no objection to such a proposal. The Committee then divided, wheti there appeared— For the clause Against it Majority for the clause ...., —93 Clause 29 was then agreed to. On clause 30 being read, a desultory discussion ensued, which was not understood in the gallery, and the clause was ultimately agreed to. On the reading of clause 31, Captain PECHELL objected to the powers which the clause would give to the parish officers. The Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Department, said that aggrieved persons had a remedy, but he (Cap tain Pechell) thought that the best remedy would be " Leave us alone."—(Cheers.) Sir J. GRAHAM said that if the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman could point out a mode in which his object could be carried out, the Government would accept of his assistance.—Agreed to. On the question that clause 32 stand part of the Bill, Mr. P. BORTH WICK suggested an amendment as to the auditing of union accounts. (The Hon. Member spoke from the Opposition bench, at the table, where his appearance caused much laughter.) Sir J. GRAHAM thought that a double set of au ditors was superfluous.—The clause then passed. Clauses 33 and 34 were agreed to without discussion. The House then resumed. On Mr. GREENE asking leave to sit again this day, there were loud cries of " No, no." Mr. DUNCOMBE complained that there had been no notice of the House sitting on Saturday. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had stated last night, that the House would meet on that day. Sir C. NAPIER said that sitting again to-morrow was taking too much out of them.—(Laughter.) He also begged to observe that he had been impertinently shut out from the last two divisions. He was up stairs taking a little refreshment, and on running down when the bell was rung, he found the door shut. He did think some reasonable space of time should be allowed, for to get down into the House now was quite impossible. Mr. DUNCOMBE opposed the sitting on Saturday. Captain PECHELL said the Right Hon. Baronet had gained all his points and carried all his clauses; the most objectionable parts of the Bill had been passed, so that he thought the House might as well sit to-morrow. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that at that late period of the session he must really press the House to sit to-morrow (this day) to go into Committee on the Bill, more espe cially, when, as the Hon. and Gallant Member for Brighton had observed, most of the doubtful parts of the Bill were already passed. An HON. MEMBER asked at what hour the Committee was appointed for to-morrow (this day). Sir J. GRAHAM—One o'clock, and we shall sit until five. Mr. WAKLEY thought it was unjust, unreasonable, and almost oppressive, to sit this day. The Bill had been before the House many months, and had stood on the paper on many occasions when the Government had either neglected to make a House, or had permitted the House to be counted out. The Right Hon. Gentleman had no reason to complain of the manner in which he had been treated during the discussion, and it was rather hard to ask them to sit on Saturday, after they had sat every other day of the week until two o'clock in the morning. Many of the most important clauses, those re lating to district schools and asylums, yet remained to be discussed. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not persevere. Sir J. GRAHAM said if they did not sit to-morrow (this day), no progress could be made in it during the next week. Col. SIBTHORP did not like Saturday sittings. It was hard to call upon Hon. Members who really did their duty by attending in their places in Parliament, instead of appearing in full fig, attending parties and drinking champagne—(A laugh)—it was very hard to call upon them to give up the only day ex cept the Sabbath which they had to devote to their private affairs. If the House divided, he should vote against sitting on Saturday ; but if the House should sit, and the Bill get through Committee, he should like to know when the report was to be brought up, as he had a motion on the subject. Mr. STUART WORTLEY, although averse to Sa turday sittings, would yet, under the circumstances, vote for sitting this day. Dr. BOWRING would vote for sitting on Saturday. Mr. WAKLEY said the special circumstances that rendered this haste necessary was the approach of the 12th of August.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) It was the same every session. There was always a delay in the progress of business until July. At the beginning of that month they became very bustling, and toward, the end of the mouth, as the lah of August approached, the rapidity with which they got through business was marvellous. _ _ Sir R. PEEL hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not discuss this measure to-morrow in a different temper to that which he had hitherto exhibited. He thought, under the circumstances, it was not too much for the Government to ask that they should to-morrow resume this Committee. There was a great deal of business yet before the House, and there was every probability that the remaining votes of supply would not be obtained before Monday week. If the Hon. Gentleman flattered himself that he would be enabled to get away to the country on his grouse shooting excursion by the 10th or 12th August, ho (Sir IL Peel) could only say that there was not much chance of his doing so. The Committee was then fixed for this day. ACTIONS FOR GAMING DISCONTINUANCE BILL. On the motion for tho third reading of this Bill, Lord PALMERSTON said he would take that oppor tunity of explaining that he had put Hon. Members in possession of what had transpired in another place, and therefore, if there was blame to be attached to any one, in consequence of allusion having been made in that House to the proceedings in another place, that blame ought justly to be thrown upon him. He had certainly shown a copy of the evidence which was taken before a Committee of the other House of Parliament to the Hon. Member for Weymouth, the Hon. Member for Man chester, and the Hon. Member for Finsbury. Mr. CHRISTIE said he had had the copy of the evidence in his possession, and while reading it the Noble Lord opposite had alluded to the circumstance, and its existence of course then became public in that House, and he (Mr. Christie) was therefore justified in alluding to it. Lord A. LENNOX thought it was the duty of the Hon. Member to make some apology for the insinua tions which he had indulged in the other night against a Noble Duke., After a few 'words from Mr. CHRISTIE and Lord G. BENTINCY, the Bill was read a third time. CHAPLAINS TO HOSPITALS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. S. O'BRIEN stated that he did not intend to pro ceed with the Chaplains to Hospitals (Ireland) Bill during the present session. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL trusted the Hon. Member would take more care in drawing up the Bill he would bring forward next session. The Bill was then withdrawn. The Soup Allowances Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Protection of Purchases (Ireland Compensation) Bill went through Committee. Mr. M. SUTTON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to extend the powers of the Act for the appointment and payment of parish, constables. The Hon. Member also obtained leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies. Sir J. GRAHAM obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better administration of criminal justice in Middlesex. Mr. HAWES wished the provisions of the Bill had been extended to the ether side of the water. He gave his general concurrence to the measure. Mr. TROTTER said the idea of a paid chairman had been always completely scouted by the Surrey magistrates. Mr. DUNCOMBE said he understood there had been , considerable discussion among the Middlesex magistrates, regarding the propriety of the Bill. He wished to know if the solitary system were to be hereafter adopted in the county of Middlesex, according to the provisions of this Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM said proper means would be taken to secure the prisoners before trial. The solitary system would not be resorted to. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM said he must now ask leave to bring in a Bill of considerable importance, the chief object of which was to define the nature and penalties of arson, in consequence of the numerous incendiary fires which had recently taken place in different parts of the rural districts. The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to burning farm buildings. Leave was accordingly granted. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, the second reading of the Criminal Jurisdiction Bill hav ing been fixed for Monday next. The House then adjourned at a Quarter past One. Ladies travelling, or temporarily subjected to any deviation of equable temperature, will find in Rowland's Kalydor a renovating and refreshing auxiliary, dispel ling the cloud of langour from the complexion, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the skin. The distressing and unsightly varieties of cutaneous eruptions are also promptly eradicated by the Kalydor. Spots, pimples, freckles, discolourations, and sallowness, yield to its specific qualities, and are succeeded by a smoothness and transparency of the skin, giving rise to sensations of the utmost pleasure and surprise. Being universally preferred, its consequent great demand excites the cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give the title of "Genuine" Kalydor to some compounds of their own manufacture, of the most deleterious character, con taining mineral astringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellant action endangering health, It is, therefore, imperative on purchasers to see that the words " Rowland's Italydor" are on the wrapper. All others are fraudulent counterfeits ! A new telescopic comet was discovered at Paris on the 7th instant, by M. Victor Mauvais. Its apparent posh tion at midnight, at Paris, on the 9th inst., was A.R..----246 deg. kt ta,r;. 8.6 sec. and Dec.=--15 deg. 55 min. 59.4 sec. ; Frith a daily motion in A.R. of 1 deg. 34 min. 31 sec., and in Dec. of 't) deg. 25 min. 9' sec. It is situate in the constellation Hercules. c 7," T :5, rd THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY is, 1844. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of July, 1844, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council: Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to declare the Hight Hon. William Lord Heytesbury, Lieutenant-General and General Governor of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 1, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to nominate ani appoint Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, Knight Commander of the Most Iron. Military Order of" the Bath, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the said Most Hon. Order. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 9. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major James Agnew to be Colonial Secretary and Registrar for the island of Do minica. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint George Heylizer Aertsen Porter, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary and Registrar for the Virgin Islands. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 10. The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., Captain in the Royal Navy, and her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the King of Greece, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 12. 1 ith Light Dragoons—H. W. Lindow, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vine Hobson, promoted, July 11 ; W. I. Ander ton, Gent., to be Corn e t, purchase, vice Inner, promoted, July 12. Scots Fusilier Guards—Second Lieutenant Hon. P. Bar rington, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Russell, who retires, July 12. 41st Regiment of Foot—T. Wilson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hardinge, appointed to 53d Foot, July 12. 53d Foot—To be Assistant-Surgeons—Assistant-Surgeon A. Gordon, M.D., from 35th Fout ; C. H. Fasson, Gent., July 12. 59th Foot—Lieutenant W. F. A. Gilfillan, from half-pay 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clay, appointed Paymaster 29th Foot; Ensign R. J. Lloyd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gilfillan, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet T. H. Paken ham, from Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lloyd, July 12. 60th Foot—To be Assi tant-Sui geons—Assistant-Surgeon S. Macfarlane, from 3d Foot; Assistant-Surgeon F. J. F. Payne, from 2iFoot, July 12. 61st Foot—To be Assistant- Surgeons—Assistant- Surgeon D. Lucas, from the 68th Foot ; W. H. Jephson, M.D., July 12. 72d Foot—Ensign F. Brandling to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice James, who retires; G. S. Mackenzie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brandling, July 12. 80th Foot—T. Fardrew, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, July 12. Rile Brigade—Enaign W. J. Colville, from 4th Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barrington, appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards, July 12; Ensign W. D. M. Best, from 70th Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Webster, who retires, July 13. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain H. W. S. Stewart, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice H. A. Aitchison, who exchanges, receiving the difference; Lieutenant W. Hardisty to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stewart, who retires; Second Lieutenant B. Fenwick to be First Lieutenant by purchase, vice Hardisty ; V. Wing, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant by purchase, vice Fenwick, July 12. BnEvET.—Captain H. W. S. Stewart, of the Ceylon Rile Regiment, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23. STAFF.—Captain J. Middleton, from Paymaster 2d Batta lion Rifle Brigade, to be a Paymaster of a Recruiting District, vice Francis Wemys, who retires upon half-pay, July 12. MzstonAivoust.—The Christian name of Lieutenant Jones, appointed Adjutant to the 60th Foot, on July 5, 1844, is Douglas, and net John Francis, as previously stated. The name of the Quartermaster appointed to the 81st Foot, on the 2kith June, 1844, is Charles Correll, and not James Carroll, as previously stated. ADMIRALTY, JULY 10. Corps of Royal Marines—Colonel Second Commandant J. Owen to be Colonel Commandant and Deputy Adjutant-Ge neral ; Colonel Second Commandant J. Wright to be Colonel Commandant of the Chatham Division, vice Lawrence, who retires en full pay ; Lieut.-Colonel C. Menzies to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Wright, promoted ; Captain and Brevet H. Mitchell, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Menzies, pro moted; First Lieutenant T. Lemon to be Captain, vice Mit chell, promoted ; Second Lieutenant A. Butcher to be First Lieutenant, vice Lemon, promoted. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire. Second West York Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Major G. Pollard to be Lieutenant-Colonel (Commandant) ; Capt. W. Moore, to be Major, vice Polla r d, promo t e d ; Li eu t enan t S. Waterhouse to be Captain, vice Moore, promoted; Cornet H. Akroyd to be Lieutenant, vice Waterhouse, promoted; J. P. Edwards, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Akroyd, June 19. Bradford Troop of Second West York Regiment of Yeo manry Cavalry—T. H. Horsfall, Esq., to be Captain; Cornet G. Haigh to be Lieutenant ; J. Mann, Gent., to be Lieu tenant; G. Addison, Gent., to be Cornet, June 19; C. K. Clarke, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Haigh, promoted, July 10. WHITEHALL, July 3. The Lord Chancellor has, appointed H. C. Margetts, of March, in the county of Cambridge, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JULY 8. The Lord Chancellor has appointed T. J. Maltby, of Cheshunt, in the county of Hertford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. GE OR GE FRYER, grocer, Alfred-street, City-road, to surrender July 20, at half-past eleven, and Aug. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Hill and Matthews, St. Mary Axe. ' WILLIAM ROBERT WOOD, dentist, Brighton, July 23, and Aug. 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lamb, Bucklersbury. FRANCOIS EMANUJL CARNEL DE LA MARCO TELLE, merchant, Fenchurch-street, July 19, and August 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; James, Basinghall-street. THOMAS GAUGE THORN, builder, Southampton, July 23, and August 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Fitch, Gray's Inn; Stace, Southampton. SIMON SOUTHEY, cabinet manufacturer, South-street, Finsbury-market, July 29, at twelve, and Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Fre derick's-place, Old Jewry ; Watson, Worship-street, Finsbury. HENRY WHITTAKER, silk throwster, Macclesfield, Cheshire, July 27 and Aug. 16, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Lowe, Sweeting, and Byrne, Southampton-buildings, London ; Brockleburet and Bagshaw, Macclesfield ; Slater and Heelis, Manchester. WILLIAM WEIR, iron merchant, Carlisle, Cumberland, July 23, at half-past two, and Aug. 27, at two, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Mounsey and Gray, Staple Inn, Lon don; Bendle, Carlisle; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. THOMAS BIGGS, woollen-draper, Bath, July 26, at one, and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acre man, official assignee, Bristol; Whittington and Castles, Bristol. _ _ THOMAS GRIFFITHS, tailor, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staf fordshire, July 23 and Aug. 20, at half-past ten, at the Bir mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming ham; Middleton, Stone; Hodgson, Birmingham. WILLIAM BOND, publican, Liverpool, July 23 and Aug. 27, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Nethersole, Essex-street, Strand, London ; Owen, Liverpool. JAMES ALEXANDER FORREST, glass merchant, Liverpool, July 23, and August 27, at half-past twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Johnsen and Co., Temple, London; Grocott and Dodge, Liverpool. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. A. Clarence, potato dealer, Romford. J. Allanson, corn miller, Kirby Malseard, Yorkshire. W. Smallwood, pawnbroker's shopman, Manchester. J. Birley, commission agent, Bawtry, Yorkshire. J. Fleming, carpenter, Halifax. S. H. Sale, commission agent, Ashton-under-Lyne. F'. Drake, machine-maker, Huddersfield. T. Arundale, colliery agent, Whitkirk, Yorkshire. J. Sibley, blacksmith, Luton, Bedfordshire. G. Wimshurst, carpenter, Chrisp-street, Poplar. A. Bray. perfumer, Hoxton New-town. R. Dawber, tailor, Liverpool. H. Beasley, stone-mason, Walcot, Somersetshire. W. Rowland, farmer's assistant, Llaneilan, Anglesea. it. Higgins, meat-salesman, Newgate-market. R. Derbyshire, butcher, Liverpool. H. Laundy, law-stationer, Thanet-place, Strand. J. Tyler, shopman, Walcot, Somersetshire. T. W. Dobby, cutler, Myddleton-street, Clerkenwell. W. E. Adams, painter, St. Chad's-row, St. Pancras. J. Friend, shoe-maker, HytLe, Kent. J. Cotterell, beer-seller, Banbury, Oxfordshire. A. Hodgson, machine-maker, Bradford, Yorkshire. R. Isabell, builder, Swansea. W. Lewis, baker, Heston, Middlesex. J. Pickard, saddler, York. H. Hustler, cloth-manufacturer, Yeadon, Yorkshire. J. Forrest, victualler, Bradford, Yorkshire. • T. Dallman, tailor, Newman -street, Marylebone. W. Blount, Seymour -crescent, Euston-square. H. Fowler, grocer, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire. J. Berenburg, commission agent, Southampton-street, Strand. A. Newcomb, cabinet maker, Albion-place, Walworth-road. D. Mendes, saddler, Middlesex-street, Whitechapel. J. L. Roberts, packer, Salford, Lancashire. E. Inns North Moreton , Berkshire. E. Halinbourg, milliner, South Molton-street, Oxford-street. J. Turner, butcher, Newcastle-under-Lyme. J. W. Barlow, coal agent, Liverpool. A Beaumont, fancy manufacturer, Gawthorp, Yorkshire. T. L. Rogers, farmer, Knockin, Shropshire. ' C. W. Bond, eating-house keeper, Long-lane, Bermondsey. G. Garrett, sail cloth agent, Stockton, Durham. R. Copley, farmer, Broamhall, Yorkshire. G. Woodley, artist, Howland-street, St. Pancras. J. Fairall, stamper , Sussex- p l ace , Peckham. H. Nodes, undertake r, Rober t - street, Chelsea. Brudenell - place, Shoreditch. Viney-hill, Gl oucesters hi re. H. Brereton, farmer , Uroesfr yn , Anglesey. R. Peters, labourer , Vine y -hi ll , Gloucestershire. H. Archer, wheelwrig ht, Bre wood, Staffordshire. I. Page, painter, Cante rbur y. W. Alcock, Burton Stra the r , Lincolnshire. J. J . CWPartaatty,;ocin hosier,a rrman confectio n er, Gravesend. J. Reynolds, joiner, Liverpool. G. Mather, organist, Bronti-place, Walworth. D. Duncombe, coffee-house keeper, Drury-lane. G. Attock, coach builder , Liverpool. R. Jones, farmer, Wrexham, Denbighshire. J. Sawyer, coffee-house keeper, Stratford, Essex. SECOND NOTICES. E. Bobbitt, house agent, London-street, St. Pancras, July 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. Jenkins, painter. Praed-street, Paddington, July 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. S. Harvey, traveller, City-gardens, City road, July 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. P ennell, official assignee. R. Ackland, farmer's bailiff, Mapledurwell, Southampton, July 18, at three, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. Townsend, jun., undertaker's assistant, Charlton, Kent, July 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. T. H. Johnson, cigar dealer, sh e pperton-street, Islington, July 18, at two, at the Co urt o f Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. G. Parker, cattle dealer, Norwi c h, J u l y 1 8, at e l even, at t h e Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. W. B. Plummer, slop seller, St. Alban's, July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. E. Wilson, schoolmaster, High-street, Marylebone, July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Teuton, horse dealer, Gough-street Nortb, Gray's Inn road, July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Al sager, official assignee. J. Robinson, boot make r, Charlotte -street, Portland-place, Marylebone, July 18, at eleven, at the C our t o f B an krupt c y. Whitmore, official assignee. W. S. Preston, broker, Rupert-street, St. James's, July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. W. Forty, horse dealer, Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire July 19, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee. J. Rees, pill manufacturer, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, July 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynastcn, officill assignee. T. Markey, egg dealer, Manchester, July 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. J. Wheeler, labourer, South Littleton, Worcestershire, July 17, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. E. P. ,Walcam, lodging-house keeper, Bristol, July 19, at eleven, atthe Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. G. A. Penton, commission agent, Chelsea, July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. G. Habbijana, jun., Cumberland-street East, Regent's park, July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Al sager, official assignee. J. Reed, boot maker, Cheam, Surrey, July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Riches, news agent, Norwich, July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. IL Dale, grocer, Worthing, July 19, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. T. Jeeves, bricklayer, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, July 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. W. Lillie, wheelwright, Deptford-bridge. July 23, at one, at the Court f Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Seeger, undertaker, Wood-street, Lambeth-walk, July 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. _ G. Kersting, schoolmaster, Bread-street, Ratcliff, Stepney, July 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. T. Basham, brewer, Fieldgate-street, Whitechapel-road, July 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Tench, Hanbury, Staffordshire, July 16, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. J. Hilton, clerk, Aleare, Somersetshire, July 18, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee. T. Carter, shopkeeper, Walcot, Somersetshire, July 16, at eleven. at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. D. Roberts, printer, Manchester, July 17. at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. G. Powell, coal dealer, North Birkenhead, Cheshire, July 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. P. Doran, Liverpool, July 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. J. Rae, Liverpool, July 16, at half-past twelve, at the Li verpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. W. H. Jones, cordwainer, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, July 17, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. W. Francis, farm steward, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, July 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. E. Middle, jun., butter dealer, Midsomer Norton, Somer setshire, July 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. H. Alden, stationer, Oxford, August 6, at eleven—J. Hard ley, miller, Newport, Isle of Wight, August 6, at half-past eleven—F. J. Manning, money-scrivener, Dyer's-buildings, City, August 2, at half-past twelve. In the Country. R. Hine, grocer, Sutton, Macclesfield, August 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—E. Glover, jun., ironmon ger, Leicester, August 20, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. H. Alden, stationer, Oxford, August 6—E. Brennand, ironmonger, Highgate, August 5—E. Hodson, linen-draper, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, August 3—W. Parsons, grocer, Southampton, August 3—S. Bache, builder, Milford Cot tages, Peckham, Surrey, August 2—W. Monk, jun., currier, Nottingham, August 3—J. Owen and S. Owen, merchants, Sheffield, August 7—G. F. Wright, innkeeper, MiLieley, Shropshire, August 5—J. Howarth, cotton-spinner, Lee Mill, Bacup, Lancashire, August 2—J. Deakins, horse-dealer, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, August 2—J. Pritchard, iron founder, Witney, Oxfordshire, August 2—J. J. I. Syer, un dertaker, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, August 2—J. Palmer, draper, Lynn, Norfolk, August 2—S. Fuller, warehouseman, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, August 2—J. Hudson, leather-seller, Fore-street, City, August 2—G. E. Phillips, saddler, Ply mouth, August 2—H. Cleeve, cow-keeper, Rettendon, Essex, August 2—W. Nicholl, spinner, Halifax, Yorkshire, August 2 —W. Emmins, builder, Montpelier-row, Brompton, August 2 —J. H. Roby, coffeehouse-keeper, Manchester, August 2 W. Hubbuck, pawnbroker, South Shields, Durham, Aug. 2. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. W. Gittens and W. Gittens, cabinet-makers, Camden town—D. Ainsworth and C. Edmonstone, fustian-manufac turers, Manchester—J. Knott and J. Crowther, smiths, Ash ton-under-Lyne, Lancashire—T. Case, A. Kurtz, J. A. Case, and J. G. Morris, tar-distillers, Liverpool—J. Buston and W. Parsons, upholsterers, Maidstone, Kent—E. Lees and W. Bowring, coal-merchants, Oldham, Lancashire—J. Hopps and J. Scott, worsted-spinners, Wakefield, Yorkshire—S. Risley and F. P. Chappell, solicitors, Chancery-chambers, Quality court. Chancery-lane—D. Edmunds and S. Leigh, maltsters, Bristol—J. Treffry, J. Treffry, jun., and G. Frean, biscuit bakers, Plymouth—S. Baker, T. Phillpotts, W. M. de Charms, and S. W. Baker, West India merchants, Fenchurch-street, City—T. Phillpotts and A. H. Phillpotts, commission-mer chants, Gloucester—R. Currey and W. Kirk, snuff-manufac-- turers, Fleet-street—L. Kenyon, and J. Kenyon, manufac turers, Hinchliff Mill, Holmfirth, Yorkshire—R. Lambe and D. Fraser, importers of mineral waters, Great Prescot-street, Middlesex—H. Withers and J. B. Denton, surveyors, South ampten—R. Wilkinson, R. Holt, and G. Smith, calico printers, Manchester—C. Barnes and T. Pratt, livery-stable keepers, Southampton—W. Wanklin and T. B. Stallard, wine merchants, Leominster—A. Ranwell and E. Browning, Nor ton Folgate, City—C. T. Nopkinsen and W. Harris, tailors, Lamb's Conduit-greet. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. RODERICK MACKENZIE, writer to the signet, Edin burgh, July 17, and Aug. 7, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. Rev. ALEXANDER SCOTT, Colinsburgh, Fifeshire, Jaly 19 and Aug. 9, at two, at Mrs. Ronald's Inn, Colinsburgh. ROBERT ALLARDICE and JAMES L AUG HTON, booksellers, Kirkgate, Leith, July 16, and Aug. 6, at two, at the Chambers of Johu Murdoch, Leith. PRICE OF SUGAR, _ _ The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending July 9, 1844, is 335. Bd. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSUR- ANCE COMPANY. GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of the UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, held in their Office, No. 8, Waterloo-place, the sth of July, 1844. Hananel de Castro, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Directors, in the chair. The annual reports of the affairs of the Company for the year 1843, required by their deed of settlement, having been laid before the meeting and approved, Mr. Stuart expressed the great satisfaction with which the Directors again met the Shareholders ' to have an oppor tunity to expl a in t o th em the very favourable progress of their affairs. lstly. The assurances effected during the year 1843 amounted to above 350,000 L, more - by above 60,0001. than in 1842. 2dly. The premiums of assu rance were greater by 7,7731. in 1843 than in 1842. 3dly. The increase of the funds of the Company in 1843 amounted to 26,6451. And, 4thly, the report of their Actuary, Mr. King, showed that the number of deaths of the assured since the establishment of the Company in 1834 had only been 136, instead of 238, the number provided for by the tables of the Equitable Society. It would also be gratifying to the Proprietors to learn, that the amount of assurances ef%icted in the first half of the ye* 1844, was greater by 35,142/. than in the first half-year of 1843; that the premiums of assurance were proportionally greater to the extent of 1,064/., and also that the annual income of the Company, at 30th June, 1844, as nearly as it can be ascertained, was 72,1701. The general result on which Mr. Stuart congratulated the Shareholders, is, that in about ten years the paid-up capital of the Company, all of which is invested in Government securities, had been far more than quad rupled after payment of all claims and expenses, after appropriating a bonus of two per cent. per annum from the dates of their policies to the assured holding par ticipating policies, and after payment to the Shareholders of half-yearly dividends, at the rate of four per cent. per annum, from the dates of their advances to Ist January, 1841, and of six per cent. from that date. The meeting would also, Mr. Stuart added, be glad to know, that the Directors had secured the additional accommodation required for the office bearers and clerks, in consequence of the increasing transactions of the Company, by the acquisition of the premises adjoining to those of the Company, now in the occupation of the London and Westminster Bank, to be ceded by the latter on removing their establishment to a house in the neigh bourhood now preparing for them. Mr. de Casto, the Chairman of the Meeting, expressed his entire concurrence in Mr. Stuart's statements, and confirmed the view of the affairs of the Company laid before the meeting. He congratulated the shareholders, that there were good grounds for their believing that their affairs were managed with caution, prudence, and judgment. The meeting unanimously approved of the reports made to them, and voted their thanks to the Chairman, Deputy-Chairman, and Directors, and most especially to Mr. Edward Boyd, the Resident Director aad the Founder of the Company, to whose unceasing exertions and to the talent he had displayed, the Company was under the deepest obligations. The thanks of the meeting having then been voted to Mr. de Castro for his conduct in the chair, the meeting separated. PLEASING RESULTS.-With the gaiety assumed by nature in the brightness of the summer season there are few disinclined to participate; and in pursuit of those rational enjoyments personal agremens, in all their variety, are necessarily objects of desire—those, of which the perfection and durability are at once obvious and important, meet their most available preservative in Gowland's Lotion ; first, as a decided remedy fur all cutaneous impurities • and, secondly, as an elegant, mild, and effective appendage to the toilet, removing every species of local discolouration, defending the skin from all the well-known effects of heat upon its surface, and as contributing largely to continued delicacy and fresh ness of the complexion. THE UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL.-Mr. Roebuck has been abusing in Parliament the daily press. What, in the name of pity, have we clone that we are not included in the Hon. Member's abuse ?—Pitneh. BENNEVIS WHISKY.—In a late number of our paper an account appeared of the sale of the wines, spirits, &c., of the late Duke of Sussex, in which it was stated that two dozen of whisky, presented to his Royal Highness by one of our Scotch Members of Parliament, sold for 10s. per bottle. The whisky, for which this unprecedented price was given, we now learn, was made by Mr. Macdonald of the Bennevis Distillery, and, though only a few years old, was preferred to the differ. ent other celebrated old whiskies ' some of the p a t r i arc h a l age of twenty-five, in his Royal Highness' cellar. The dew of Bennevis, so famous among the hills " the land of the mountain and the flood," it appears, stands as high as " the cloud-capped " mountain whence it arises. Nor is it less known and relished abroad than at home, in proof of which it may be mPP.tioned, that Mr. Mac donald was appointed last year to make wWsky for 1114 Majesty the King of Holland, • It nay adde4, as tho fact is not gperally tsnoyvii; tliat'Whisky may be sent abroad, for ship stores, duty free.—lnverness Courier, SUMMER ASSIZES. OXFORD ,ClRCUlT—Abingdon, July 12. (Nisi Prius Court.—Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL). GREEN AND ANOTHER V. BRADFIELD. Mr. Godson (with whom was Mr. Carrington) appeared in this case for the plaintiffs; and the defendant was represen ted by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Tyrwhitt. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 301., al leged by the plaintiffs, the assignees of the estate and effects of one Richard Pusey, a bankrupt. to have been paid to the defendant by way of fraudulent preference. The trial occu pied between four and five hours, but [the really material facts of the case may be stated in a very few lines. It ap peared that Pusey, the bankrupt, who carried on business as a baker at Drayton, found himself a good deal embarrassed in his circumstances in August and September last, when a person named Cox, from whom he had purchased some wheat for flour, repeatedly made applications to him for money, and at last induced Pusey to promise that he would let him have the amount which he was to receive from the Abingdon union, which Pusey supplied with bread, at the end of the September quarter. The defendant (Bradfield) had also ap plied to Posey for some money for flour which had been sold and delivered, and.on the morning of Monday, the 2d of Oc tober last, Posey gave his brother John an order for 191., which he had received from the Abingdon union, and 11/. more in cash, to hand over to the defendant. On the same day a Mr. Griffin, whom Pusey had expressed a wish to see, called upon him, and some conversation took place about Pusey's affairs, when Pusey said, that he owed a great deal more money than he could pay, and that he could not carry on his business. He was recommended to go to a solicitor, and having acted upon that recommendation, an assignment of Pusey's property for the benefit of his creditors was agreed upon, and Mr. Cox, afterwards the petitioning credit or , an d one o f th e plaintiffs in the pre sent action, consented to act as one of the trustees under the deed. The present defendant was then applied to for the same purpose, but the deed of assignment was never acted upon, as Mr. Cox subsequently found out that the defendant had received the 30/. now in question, and expressedldsde: termination to make Pusey a bankrupt rather than that the defendant should retain the money. The defendant was equally resolute ; " he had got the money, and he should keep it ;" and on the 22d of November a fiat in bankruptcy issued against Pusey, upon a declaration of insolvenCy made and advertised by, Pusey himself. Reliance was placed, on on behalf of the assignees, upon statements made both by the bankrupt and the defendant, that there had not been any " pressure" on the part of the defendant to compel Pusey to pay the 30/. ; and the bankrupt himself admitted in the course of his examination to-day, that he might have said,- perhaps half a dozen times, that the reason he had preferred paying Bradfield was, because he was his largest creditor. Pusey stated, however, that at the time when he paid the money he did not think about becoming a bankrupt, but that it was his intention to try and get on again ; although it appeared that his debts altogether amounted to 4501., while the debts owing to him which could be put down as " good," amounted to 591. odd, and the doubtful debts were 2501. Lord Chief Justice TIxnAL, in summing up the evidence, told the jury, that the ground on which the .plaintiffs sought to recover the 301. was, that Richard Pusey, know ing that his affairs were in that condition and posture that a fiat in bankruptcy would be issued against him, thought proper, of his own accord, to pay . that sum to Mr. Bradfield, one of his creditors; and if the jury were sa tisfied upon the evidence that the money was paid without any pressure on the part of Mr. Bradfield, and also that Pusey knew he must be a bankrupt, and paid the money in contemplation of bankruptcy, the plaintiffs had a right to recover ; but unless both 'circumstances concurred, they should find for the defendant. The two points, therefore, which they must consider, were very narrow indeed, and the evidence relating to them lay within a very small compass; for it did not signify a doit, as it seemed to him, whether Cox had pressed for his money or not. Cox was pressing Pusey for payment, no doubt, from night till morning, aftd so might twenty other persons have done; but the question for their consideration upon the first point was, whether the money paid to the defendant was a voluntary payment. In order to constitute "pressure," it was not necessary that legal proceedings should have been resorted to ; but if the pressure was such that it overweighed Pusey's own inclina tion, and induced him to pay against his will, that would be sufficient pressure within the meaning of the bankrupt laws. Assuming them to be satisfied that the pressure was made out, they would then have to say whether they were also satisfied that the payment was made in contemplation of bankruptcy. They would observe that the fiat did not issue till nearly seven weeks after the payment of the money ; and although there was no doubt that Pusey was in embarrassed circumstances at the time, it did not necessarily follow that he contemplated bankruptcy, as a man might hope that his affairs would rally and come round again. Nothing appeared, either, to lead the mind to the conclusion that a bankruptcy was contemplated at the meeting which took place when the assignment was proposed, and the bankrupt himself stated that he had never thought of such a thing. However, they would take the whole of the evidence into their consideration, and return such a verdict as they thought the evidence would warrant them in finding. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The special jury cause of "Doe, dem. Major and others v. Cundell," was settled, and the civil business having been all thus disposed of, the Lord Chief Justice tried two or three prisoners, and rose at five o'clock. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant ATCNERLEY.) Thomas Crofts, aged 48, a hairdresser, was i n di c t e d f or having, on the 18th of November last, at Newbury, com mitted a felonious assault upon the person of his own daugh ter, Ann Crofts. Mr. Selfe conducted the case for the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Carrington, It appeared from the evidence given by the prosecutrix, that in November last she resided with her father at New bury, her mother being dead, and that on the day upon which the offence was perpetrated, her father came home in a state of intoxication, about nine o'clock in the evening, and was assisted by her up stairs to bed. According to her account, violence was then offered to her, but she did not call for as sistance, because her father threatened to cut her throat if she cried out. Two or three hours afterwards the prisoner went down stairs and left the house, saying that h e was going to drown himself ; upon which Ann Crofts went to the house of a neighbour, a Mrs. Challis, and went with her in search of him. She said nothing, however, at that time to Mrs. Challis, nor to a person named Eliza Ann White, who came and slept with her that night, about what had occurred upstairs, nor did she communicate her story to anybody till the 28th of November, although she had two married aunts living within half a mile of Newbury. On the 28th of No vember she told Mrs. Challis what had happened to her, and Mrs. Challis taxed the prisoner with it; but although he ad mitted the fact, according to the evidence for the prosecution, no charge was preferred against him till May last, when a quarrel having taken place between Ann Crofts and the pri soner, who had then lately come into possession of betw een 1001. and 2001., he struck her, and she convicted him before the magistrates of an assault. He was fined 10s. 6d. for the misdemeanor, and while Ann Crofts was going down stairs from the justice-room, she told the magistrates the same story about the occurrences of the 18th of November which she repeated to-day. Mr. CARRINGTON addressed the jury for the prisoner. Verdict—Not guilty. Thomas May was found guilty of a rape upon Janette God dard, a child between ten and twelve years of age, and was sentenced to transportation for life. SINGULAR CASE OF ABDUCTION.—Thomas Robins, a good looking lad of 18, was indicted, under the statute 9 George IV., c. 31, for having taken Jane Willavize, an unmarried girl under the age of 16 years, out of the possession and against the will of her father, William Willavize. Mr. Selfe conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was de fended by Mr. J. J. Williams. The prosecutor is a farmer occupying 600 acres of land, for which he pays a rent of 7001. a year, at West Woodlisy,_ in this county, and the prisoner was hi s under-carter. Mr. Willavize kept no female servant ; and it appeared that his eldest daughter Jane, a buxom-looking lass, apparently 18 years of age, although her father stated she was 15 years old on the 9th of October, 1843, occasionally- performed menial offices, which brought her in communication with the young and handsome under carter. On the night of the 6th, or the morning of the 7th of May, the prosecutor missed both his daughter and the prisoner, who usually slept in the house ; and it appeared from the evidence of the young lady herself, that “On such a night as this," she found a ladder placed against the door of a hay-)oft, which communicated with her bed-room, saw her swain standing at the bottom, whom, she said, she expected to find there, and ran off with him, first to Reading, and thence to Old Brentford, where they were found by the incensed father living together as man and wife about a fortnight afterwards. The young lady frankly admitted that it was she who had offered to go off with the prisoner, and not the prisoner who had proposed to run away with her. Mr. Williams submitted • that under these circumstances there was no " taking" within the meaning of the Act of Parliament. His LORDSHIP, however, was of a different opinion, and the jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, the prisoner was fined Is., which he immediately paid, and was discharged. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Buckingham, July 11. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON. ) James Holbrook was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a wheat rick, the property of John Harris, in the night of the 28th of March. Mr. Birch prosecuted the prisoner, whom Mr. Saunders de fended. The prisoner was a carpenter, and the felony in questio n was committed from private and personal motives. He had married a niece of the prosecutor, and one consequence of this union appeared to be, that private disagreements grew up between the prisoner and his wife's uncle, and frequent quarrels took Ace. In the evening of the day mentioned in the indictment the wheat rick of the prosecutor was dis covered in flames, and the prisoner was seen deliberately walk ing in a direction from the fire towards his own house , he did not attempt to assist in extinguishing the flames. From this circumstance, and that of the prisoner having indulged in some threats against his uncle, suspicion fell on him, and he was apprehended, and immediately admitted that he had committed the offence. This he continued to assert for some time; but on the following day he regarded his situa tion as one of peril, and denied that he himself did it, but said that it was committed by a little boy, to whom he gave the matches with which the fire was lighted. Evidence of threats against the prosecutor on the part of the prisoner was given, and he was shown to have been loitering about the rick-yard just before the fire broke out. The Learned BARON summed up the evidence, the jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced t 4 be trans ported for life, after an impressive admonition, The other eases tried were of the mp.st commonplace cha racter. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—York, July 11. The Northern Circuit commenced yesterday by the arrival of the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Creswell last even ing, when the commissions of assize were opened both for the county and for the city of York. This morning the Lord Chief Baron charged the grand jury of the city, and the Learned Judges breakfasted, as is usual, with the Lord Mayor. At noon their Lordships proceeded to the Castle, where the Lord Chief Baron took his seat on the civil side, and Mr. Justice Cresswell proceeded to charge the grand jury of the county in the Crown Court. The assizes are not likely to be heavy. The entry of causes is not yet closed, but is not expected to be more than between 60 and 70. The calendar contains the names of 68 prisoners for the county, which are comprised in 46 cases. In the city there are four prisoners, in two cases. There is one charge of wil ful murder, in which no fewer than six persons are accused ; 2 eases of forgery, 7 of robbery, 8 of stabbing and wounding, 3 of manslaughter, 5 of sheep stealing, 1 of horse stealing, 1 of arson, 1 of letter -stealing. Upon the whole the calendar is considered light. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) BORRODALE V. FREAR AND ANOTHER. This was an action for assault and false imprisonment. Mr. Wilkins appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. the defendants, 'an for 4t, appeared that the , deft ndan had been the constables Of New Mahon, in tli Yorth Riding, for the years 1842.3, and . on the 15th - of April, 1843, had been chosen and sworn in to the same oMee fbr the following year. A little before eleven O'CIOCk in the evening of that day, which happened in gaturday, they went ro un d th e town to clear the public-houses and beer-shops, that being the hour at which they were bound to shut up. There was a person names Noble who kept a beer-shop, into which they went, and the people turned out. They then went into the street, and soon-after, hearing a noise,in a ho use w hi c h, it was sa id, khey ini.itook for Noble's, and which adjoined to it, they wet in and turned the owner and' his wife out of their otvu house. The noise and hubbub occasioned by these proceedings brought a number of people together, and the plaintiff among the rest. Altercation ensued between him and the constables, and it was sworn by one witness that one of them struck him a violent blow on the thigh with his staff, and brought the plaintiff to the ground. They then took him to the lock-up, procured the key, and thrust him in, where they kept him during the whole of Saturday night, all Sun day, and Sunday night, and it was not till Monday morning that he was liberated. Mr. MARTIN addressed the jury onfthe part of the de fendants, and denied that they struck the plaintiff, and said he was instructed that the cause of his coming to the ground was that he threw himself down to resist .being taken to prison. The Learned Gentleman did not call any witnesses in support of that version of the story, and admitted that there must be a verdict against him. The LORD CHIEF BARON summed up the evidence, and the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 201. CROWN SIDE. . Samuel Petty was indicted for forging a certain receipt and acquittance for 1491. 9s. 2d., with intent to defraud one William Taylor. _ __ . _ Mr. Bainti.s and Mr. H. Hill conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins and Mr. rashley the defence. The prisoner, it appeared, had been a clothier at Bradford, in rather a respectable way of business, and in the beginning of last year had dealings, amongst other parties, with Wil liam Taylor, a woolstapler in the same town. In the January of that year Taylor sold to the prisoner a considerable quan tity of goods, the invoice of which was delivered to him at the time. On the Ist of March, these goods not being paid for, the prisoner applied to Taylor for a further pared. This Taylor refused to let him have, except on condition of the former parcel being paid for, and on these terms the prisoner finally received goods from Taylor to the amount of 143/. 48. 2d. An invoice was sent for these goods in the handwriting of Taylor. In the course of the same month Taylor, having met with a heavy loss by the failure of Thomas Baines and Co., was obliged to call his creditors together, and an assigment of all his goods for their benefit was exe cuted by him to John Adamson and others. In the course of May following Mr. Adamson, in collecting the debts due to the insolvent Taylor, called on the prisoner, by whom he was informed that his debt to the insolvent's estate amounted to about 1701., to which sum it had been increased by the addition of a bale of goods on the 2d of March. On a subse quent application in the month of November the prisoner stated that his account, with the exception of 351., had been settled, and he produced two invoices, one for the goods de livered in January, and one for those delivered in March, both purporting to have been settled by Taylor. An inter view subsequently took place, at which Taylor, the prisoner, insolvent, were his solicitor, and some of th e t rus t ees o f the were present, when Taylor declaredthe receipt, or aufaittace„ appended to the second invoice to be a forgery. An action was commenced by the assignees to recover the full amo*at. The prisoner pleaded payment of all except 351., which ha paid into court. The case came on for trial at the last York Assizes before Mr. Baron Rolfe, when a verdict was obtained for the plaintiffs. This prosecution was accordingly com menced. The jury, after a considerable retirement, returned a ver dict of Guilty. The sentence was deferred. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, July 11. The commission for holding the assizes for the coun t y o f Hants was opened in this city between five and six o'clock yesterday afternoon, by Mr. Justice Wightmau, who was met at the railway station by the High Sheriff. IFIr. Justice Patteson arrived by the mail train. This morning their Lordships attended divine service at the Cathedral, and soon after twelve o'clock repaired to the Courts, Mr. Justice Wight man presiding in the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice Patt e p on sitting at Nisi Prius. Although it was expected_ that the business here would have been heavy, still it hake turned out otherwise. There are only 12 causes and $t prisoners, but among the latter are the following char" - e., s :-1 for murder; 2 for manslaughter; 1 for maliciously cutting and wounding; 3 for arson ; 3 for rape (2 of them on children of 7 and 4 years); 2 for highway robbery; and 2 for burglary. In the Crown Court Mr, Justice Wightman kas tried a man for cutting and wounding, where the wound was of the slightest description, and in which the jury considered the prisoner had acted under such provocation that he was fully justified in acting on the defensive, and he was therefore ac quitted. His Lordship has also tried a man for manskughter, but in this case the whole affair was a public-br,use quarrel, ending in a fight, which the prisoner threi4hout had been anxious to prevent. In the Nisi Prius Court, Mr. Justice Patteson, after taking some undefended causes, tried two actions of ejectment, which will form a subject for discussion in the Courts next term. ti I LAMORGANSHIRE.—Cardiff, July 8. These assizes commenced this day before Baron Rolfe. The cause list only contained 11 causes, and the calendar of prisoners only 15 prisoners. John Rees and Ann Williams were indicted for administer.. ing poison to the female prisoner's mother, Mary Vaughan. Mr. Williams and Mr. Richards appeared for the prosecu tion ; the prisoners were undefended. Verdict—Guilty. Transportation for life. William Edwards, William Jones, and R. Thom as were in dicted for feloniously haVing set fire to and burn clown a cer tain outhouse at Merthey, in this county. Mr. R. C. N. Came and Dr. N. Came appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. V. Williams and Mr. Richards de • fended the prisoners. The whole point of this case turned upon the word " cow house" in the indictment, and which word is not in the Act of the 7th William IV. and Ist Victoria, c. 89. The Learned JUDGE, after hearing the arguments of coun sel, decided that a cowhouse was not a stable within the meaning of the Act, but he would reserve the point as to the word " outhouse ;" however, the prisoners were acquitted en the merits. Tuesday, July 9. THE QUEEN V. DE BURGH THOMAS, Mr. Wilson appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. V. Williams defended the prisoner. The prisoner is a gentleman, and brother of Mr. D. Tho mas, of Pwllyurach, in the county of Glarr.organ, a man of considerable landed property. The prisone•zwas indicted under aggravated circumstances, for cutting and stabbing one W. Rice, with divers intents. William Rice—l am gardener to Colonel Tuberville, at Lanblethian, in this county. I remember meeting the pri soner; ho was with my sister, coming out of a shed attached to my father's house. I did not like the prisoner to follow my sister, as I knew it was for a very bad purpose. I tried to take my sister from him. She ran from me. I then went to Mr. Thomas, and desired him to go about his business. He was then on foot. It was near eleven o'clock. He then got on his horse. I again told him to be off ; he v. was very abusive. I threatened to st r ik e hi m. He then backed his horse for three or four yards. I went to him and again told him to be off, and raised my arm up, and then I felt my arm as if a sharp instrument had entered it. I felt wounded, and then I struck him, and h e then g 9 2.loped off. I called out to my father that I was shot in tile arm. I thought I was shot, because I knew that the ii,iisoner generally carried pistols. I bled very much. I Vialked to Cowbridge, nearly half a mile, to Mr. Lewelbjn, a surgeon. I felt very weak. I• had my wound dressed that night and next morning. I was be fore the magistrate on the Sunday. John Rice, the second witness, said—l am the father of the last witness. I remember my son calling out that he was stabbed by Mr. De Burgh Thomas. I saw my sen and Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Thomas said, "Don't toucti me for yaw life." My son said he had been shot in the r.rm. I saw the hole in his coat, and blood flowing out. He then went to the doctor with my other son. (This man had been made so drunk as to be unable to give his testirdony, and was com mitted by the Judge.) Mr. Lewellyn, a surgeon—l examined prosecutor's left arm. I found a wound about an inch long and about the same in depth. It was a cleanly cut wound b, a sharp in strument. M. Hervey—l am a policeman. I grodace the bloody clothes. (The clothes were here produced., literally soaked wit blood.) William Rice was here recalled by the Judge, and upon being questioned about his f'ather's intoxicated state, he stated that some of the prisoner's relatives had got hold of the witness (his father), and b:ad plied him with drink so as to make him incapable of giving his evidence. This disgracefuk conduct was severely Commented upon by Baron Rolfe. Mr. V. WILLIAM'S addressed the jury for the prisoner, who, after a short comultation, returned a verdict of Guilty of a common assault & Sentence—three months' imprisonment. COURT CIRCULAR, WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and prince Albert walked this morning to the farm. Her Majesty and his Royal High ness returned to the Castle in a pony phaeton. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken an airing in the forenoon in a carriage. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice were taken in the pleasure grounds of the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited he Maj esty. In the afternoon. the Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Miss Paget, took an airing in an open pony carriage and four. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the . Equerries in Waiting, Colonels Buckley and Bouverie, were on horseback. The royal party returned to the Castle soon after six Q: clock. this Her Royal Highness th b e Duchess of Rent t oo k . an airing afternoon, ed Lady Anna M ar i a D amson, in an open carriage. y Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice weA taken an air ing in the Slopes, this afternoon. The Royal dinner party at the Cast, this evening, innna cluded her Royal High ness t h e Duchess of Kent, Lady A Maria Dawson, the Countess, Josephi n e Wratitlaw, Sir George Couper, Bart., and Lieut.-Colonta Berkeley Drummond. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended dating dinner. Her Majesty's private ba n d was i n attendance at the Castle clueing the evening. The Band of the Royal Horse Guards attended at the Castle on Thursday evening, and perfomied during dinner the following piec es :—Overture, (Weber); Waltz, "Dublin," (Labitzky) ; Selection, " Peri," (Ringmuller) ; Quad r ill e& (Leduc) ; Polka. -weir Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duche of Cam. bridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke an ' ' d Duches s o f Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baros, Knesebeck and Baroness Ahlefeldt, honoured the D and Duchess of Beaufort with thei r company to dinner yesterday at their re sidence in Arlington -street. Her Majesty's Honourable i d ol rps of Gentlemen-at-Arms were inspected yesterday at St. James's Palace, by their Captain, Lord Forester, who expressed his approbation of the appearance of tiv., cor p s . The Governor -And Deputy-Governor of the Bank of Hag land had 9:4 interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterdr..y, at his official residence in Downing- street. Mr. John. Chairman of th e Board of Encase alto had an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. - - - JOINT-STOCK BANKS.—The Government have fol lowed up their line of policy with respect to public comps_ nies, &u., by bringing in a Bill " to regulate joint-stock banks in England," which contains 45 clauses. It enacts, amongst other provisions, the following :—Joint-stock banks hereafter established must conform to this Act, and no more than six persons will be allowed to carry on the trade of bankers in England, under any agreement or covenant of co-partnerdhip entered into after the 6th of May last passed, unless by virtue of letters patent, to be granted by her Majesty. The pro posed company must petition for a charter, to be granted oil t le favourable report of the Board of Trade. A deed of sea , tlement, containing _provisions for certain special purposes, must be prepared. No company to commence business until the deed is executed, and at least one-half of the shares paid up. Incorporation is not to limit the shareholders' liability. All bills of exchange and promissory notes made, accepted,. or endorsed, on behalf of a company must be signed by two. directors. The 43d clause enacts that existiag compabiaa may be brought under the operation—that is, " take the be nefit" of this Act.