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Mr. F. MAULE wished to give a reason why he should vote for the motion of the Hon. Member for Glasgow. He was of opinion that no law would be satisfactory to the Hon. Gentleman himself (the Lord Advocate), or to the country, unless it offered some permanent advantages. He would ask whether this Bill embodied principles which were likely to become per manent or satisfactory? After due consideration he believed that by taking more time to consider they would arrive at a better measure, and for this reason, that they had not yet discovered the proper way to deal with the people of Scotland. In Edinburgh and in Glasgow associations assembled for the purpose of pro tecting the poor. Some of these societies applied to him to become a member, but he told them that the best association for the relief of the poor was the legislature of the country. If they did not beware they would have these associations spreading up, which would interfere with the good government, the peace and tranquillity of the country. He thought that by suspending their judgment, and by taking opinions in this matter during the interval, after this session they would be more likely to arrive at a more satisfactory settlement. Mr. REDINGTON thought that there were two clauses in this Bill which would have a material opera tion on the people of Ireland. He would ask the Lord Advocate why he advocated a measure which no com mittee of the House was ever asked to assent to ? The first objection was the question of settlement. There was a clause enabling the removal of paupers to other parts of the empire, which was a hardship much dwelt upon by the Commissioners. According to this Bill there was no earthly means by which an Irishman could obtain a settlement in Scotland. The law at present was, that three years' industrial residence would give any person a right of relief. Bat if this Bill passed, no person could obtain relief under any circumstances what ever, unless he was a Scotchman. He knew instances of Englishmen and Scotchmen being admitted into poor houses in Ireland—in fact, they were never asked what country they came from, it was only necessary to know that they had six months' residence, which gave them the right of settlement, and, consequently, they could claim relief. He did think that Irishmen ought to re ceive the same sympathy in Scotland that Scotchmen did in Ireland. Mr. SCOTT wished to say a few words on the 71st clause. He was of opinion that the law of settlement should not be discussed until they came to the 73d clause. He had been in communication with the Lord Advocate on this subject ; but he had found it impossible to pro cure a law of settlement for the Scotch paupers in Eng land ; and therefore he begged to say that it was quite absurd to suppose that any invidious distinction was made in regard to Irish paupers in Scotland. Mr. ELLIS would trespass on the time of the House for a few moments. He did believe that prudent, good legislation might prevent much of the distress that ex isted in the Highlands of Scotland ; and he had an impression amounting to conviction, that a great deal of that distress had been owing to the clearance system.— (Hear, hear.) He had heard attacks made upon certain persons in Sutherlandshire ; but he should say that many of those attacks were unfounded, and that a great deal of kindness and humanity had been evinced in that country to those who had been evicted. If those who represented that a degree of harshness had been used to individuals in Sutherlandshire, would only prolong their journey to the north, they would find many instances of much greater harshness.—(Hear, hear.) This was the first Government who had ever taken up this question, and, therefore, he had had much difficulty in deciding on the course he should adopt in regard to it. However, he had made ep his mind, and he would say, that though he was aware that Scotland did stand in need of a re formed system of poor-law, still, as lie did not think this Bill made that provision, he would vote for the amend ment. He looked upon this Bill as containing much o valuable matter ; but some of the clauses were so objec tionable, and gave it so much the character of what his Hon. Friend the Member for Renfrewshire had called a landlord's Bill, that he should oppose it, particularly in consequences of the provision it made for boards of ap peal, which were not by any means calculated to afford satisfactory and prompt modes of appeal to the poor man. The Honourable Member then read an extract from a speech made by one of the sheriffs of Scotland, and contended that that speech bore out his argument against the board of appeal. He would next call attention to the defective provisions the Bill contained for affording suit able protection to the lunatic poor, in which he consi dered he was borne out by what had already taken place in this country in reference to pauper lunatics. In Eng land he was aware that the people were assessed for sup porting their lunatic poor, and he would admit the justice of such a law, and if such was intended by this Bill for" Scotland, he did think the first thing the Bill should do would be to define that assessment ; and if it did not, the Government would find they would have to come back to the House to ask for such a provision, Mr. P. M. STEWART said he had presented several petitions from various parts of Scotland, most of them approving of parts of the Bill, but all of them praying that it should be postponed till next session. He wanted to know what was the reason of the undue ;haste which had been shown in endeavouring to pass the Bill during the present session ? The history of the Bill had been given by the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, and therefore he would not enter into the particulars. The Hon. Member for Perth had said the Bill could not work well, unless it had the confidence of the people of Scotland. The powers of the Commission extended to act in all the parts of Scotland by a vicarious change. The Commissioners were invested with altogether terrific powers, as respected the working of the measure. They were not only to name the number of therepresentatives, but they were also empowered to decide who they were to be. He would ask why were the rate layers to be represented by any other individuals than those chosen by themselves ; and why should the clergy of the Esta blished Church be exempted from the payment of rates for the poor, while the great majority of the other clergymen was subject to assessment? He believed the intention of the Lord Advocate, in bringing forward this Bill, was well meant to the people of Scotland; but still the Bill was so objectionable to all the competent autho rities in Scotland, and to all connected with the admi nistration of the law, that the Government should pause before they hurried it through this session. He would ask, was there a single petition presented in favour of this Bill from Scotland ? Colonel RAWDON objected to the Bill, and espe cially to clause 72. By it Irishmen were placed in a different position in Scotland, to what Scotchmen were in Ireland. The Irishman would derive no benefit from it. In the removal of Irish paupers, there was no protec tion whatever that an Irishman could not be sent off from the nearest port in Scotland for transhipment to Ireland. In his opinion, the 72d clause made poverty a crime. If any Irishman attempted to come back again in search of employment, he was liable to be imprisoned and punished with hard labour. This was a provision contrary to jus tice and to the interests of Ireland. He believed there were .30,000 Irishmen in Glasgow, and that was a strong case that great consideration should be bestowed on the measure before it went into Committee. Mr. VIVIAN said that the great evil in Ireland was want of employment, and that was the reason why so many of the poor Irish made a practice of coming into Scotland and England. Tnere were from 150,000 to 200,000 Irish in the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Pais ley, Greenock, and their vicinities. He could not con ceive anything more unjust than the proposed measure in its present form, as it regarded the treatment of Irish men in Scotland, and he trusted that her Majesty's Go vernment would reconsider the matter. Mr. ESCOTT had listened with great attention. He had heard six or seven Me.nbers fur Ireland express there objection against certain portions of the proposed measure ; and had also heard several Scottish Members express similar opinions. Nut one Hon. Member had risen to defend the Bill. He must say that when on a former occasion he was present in the House, he had listened to the Lord Advocate, and from the observa tions which had fallen from him, it appeared to him (Mr. Escott) that there was room for a better adminis tration of the poor-law in Scotland. He considered some of the provisions of the proposed law might be carried into effect with benefit to the people in Scotland, but it would be advisable to inquire further into the state of the poor, in order that the efficacy of the measure might be sufficiently tested. He felt himself called upon to say thus much. All the evils that had resulted in England and Ireland, from the operation of the poor-laws, had resulted from want of sufficient consideration of those schemes before they became the law of the land. He believed that if the report of the Commissioners, appointed to investigate into the condition of the poor, had not been so implieity acted upon, the beneficial results would have been great. The poor laws both of England and Ireland required considerable supervision. It was proposed that the Poor law Commissioners for Scotland should have the same powers as those of England and Ireland. Such a system was highly objectionable to the feelings of the people of Scotland, and it had been stated by all those who were competent to judge of the matter, that the further con sideration of the Bill should be postponed to another eeseion. He wanted to know what there was in the pre eent state of the por-law of Scotland that required alter ation. It was advisable that the intentions of that mea sure should he carried out t) their fullest extent, and practically enforced before such a measure as that now proposed was entered into. Mr. DUNDAS, after a few preliminary remarks, in svhich he strongly reprobated some observations which tied fallen from the Honourable Member for Winchester (Mr. Escott), observed that it was true the wants of the poor, to his own knowledge, in certain districts in Scot land, were very great and urgent. Reports had been published from time to time of the condition of the pe Ile in the north of Scotland, and they were not without foundation. He did not believe that the poor whom we have always with us had yet attained their proper position in Scotland.—(Loud cheers.) If the House would go through the evidence, as he had done, they would see with him the extreme suffering under which the poor of Scotland were labouring ; and ouch being the state, he, not as a landlord or owner of the soil, but as a man of humane Christian feelings, would support any measure likely to benefit his country. (Hear, hear.) The whole system of Scotch existence was built upon the mutual support which every class ren dered one another, end he contended that very great credit was due to the poor as well as the rich, for the generous, ft 6 . 44pgpf, 1404.: Andered to their suffering i~ for twenty years, and had left at the age of sixteen, brethren, who, uncomplainingly, endured distress almost and after that had been employed in a factory until he without a parallel.—(Cheers.) And what was their he was too old to work, and ashamed to beg, they sent present state ? What was the food they now received ? him back to Ireland because he had not been born in Why just what he himself had in his youth lived on : that country. When there was distress in Scotland he for he was not ashamed to admit—notwithstanding that recollected that the Irish in that country were excluded many behind him had perhaps been educated and f rens the advantages of the subscriptions which were clothed in purple and fine linen—that he had raised for the relief of those distressed. The Bill was fed on nothing but oatmeal porridge.—(Loud cheers.) directed against a large Irish population, who did not go Mr. Campbell, the minister of an important parish in to Scotland for mendicity, and he thought that natu- the county, had given similar evidence ; and in that ralisation ought to be the result of industry. He would state, therefore, he was ready to support any measure ask the Lord Advocate if he were prepared to make any calculated to improve the poor. But the Bill now be change in this measure? If he did not, ho (Mr. Sheil) fore the House, and the particular clause in question, thought that the Scotch Members were not prepared to would go far to prevent, rather than promote, the in te support him in this system of direct national discrimi- rests of that class. It was inhospitable and unjust; and, nation. although unwilling to inconvenience the Government, he must oppose the measure in its present state. Sir J. GRAHAM lived on the English side of the Scottish frontiers, and he could attest that a great num ber of English had obtained a settlement in Scotland, while the Scotch could not obtain a similar hospitable reception in the English borders. The Bill was in tended to equalise these anomalies. A clause was intro duced to make a three years' industrial residence alone give a settlement in Scotland ; but he would not wish to press it eventually contrary to the inclination and opinion of the country. If, however, the measure were rejected, the Government would have the satisfaction of having done their duty fearlessly and conscientiously ; and on the House must rest the responsibility of the overthrow ing a Bill brought in with the p ur est intentions. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... 33 Against it . Majority for going into Committee —43 The House then went into Committte on the Bill. On clause 1 being put, Mr. E. ELLICE moved that the words " relief and maintenance" should be held to include necessary medical relief. The LORD ADVOCATE contended that in many cases such a provision would be very difficult to carry out. For instance, in the case of a parish in which no medical man resided—as was frequently the case in Scotland—in that case a medical man must be supported at the workhouse of the parish. Mr. E. ELLICE considered that relief was illusory unless it was accompanied by medical relief, and inti mated that he would press his amendment. Lord DUNCAN hoped his Hon. Friend would post pone his amendment, and make it another clause of the Bill. Mr. E. ELLICE said he would abide by his proposi tion, that medical relief was the most important relief that could be afforded to the poor, especially in thinly populated districts. He would adhere to his amendment. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the meaning of the word " relief " included medical attendance. Mr. P. SCROPE—Then, why not introduce it in plain terms, to prevent any ambiguity ? Mr. HENLEY said, it appeared that a deplorable amount of destitution prevailed in Scotland, and that nothing was so much wanted as medical relief. He did not believe that the Bill would provide for the wants of the poor of Scotland, still he thought the Bill, if it really meant to afford medical aid, should say so, to pre vent all disputes. Mr. ELLICE remarked that if the Government would not give way on the point, and insert the words in the Bill, that the term relief meant medical aid, he would consider the measure a mere mockery and delusion. Mr. FOX MAULE stated that it would not be possible to afford medical relief in the manner his Hon. Friend required, especially in the islands and very thinly peopled districts. If carried out it would operate most oppres sively on those who would be called on to bear the expense. Sir J. GRAHAM thought it was not proper to hold out expectations that could not be realised. They should do all that legislation could do to afford relief, but he considered that what the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Ellice) proposed would be found impracticable. Mr. ELLICE contended that the arrangement was not so impracticable as Hon. Members seemed to think. He would certainly take the sense of the House on his amendment. Mr. GLADSTONE explained that there was a clause in the Bill which rendered it optional with the perish authorities to include medical relief in parochial relief. After a few words from Mr. F. MAULE and Mr. ELLICE the gallery was cleared for a division. On our return the numbers were— For the amendment Against it Majority against it ! —37 After a few words from Mr. GLADSTONE, the clause was agreed to. Clause 2 was agreed to, as was clause 3. Upon clause 4 being proposed, Mr. BOUVERIE wished to know what the specific sum was, that was to be paid to the Commissioners ? Sir J. GRAHAM could not answer the question. The money was not to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund, and would, therefore, come under the annual revision of the House. Mr. BOUVERIE said he thought the words " ade quate salary," in the clause, of much too general a nature. Mr. COLLETT said this clause was one upon which he had given notice of an amendment. It referred to the payment of sheriffs " as long as they continued mem bers of the Board," as the clause set forth. He thought the words too general, and saw no reason why they should be paid 1001 a year each. He concluded by moving the following amendment:—" To leave out all the words in the clause, from the word board' to the end of it." Mr. DUNDAS said that they would never get a lawyer to work well unless they paid him, and he thought that the words ought to stand. Mr. F. FRENCH said that nothing could be more moderate than the payment of 1001. a•year, and espe cially when he remembered the large sum of 1,000/ and 1,5001. a year, which was given to the Poor-law Com missioners both in England and Ireland, he thought that this remuneration ought to be given. Lord DUNCAN thought that the best way to secure the attendance of the officers was to pay them. Sir J. GRAHAM said that all the experience lay on the side of the payment of the Commissioners. Mr. BOUVERIE thought that the true principle was to pay a man according to his work. A gentleman might be paid his 1001. and yet not attend once in the year. Sir R. PEEL said that certainly some reliance ought to be placed on the honour of the parties concerned. Mr. P. SCROPE said that the best way of securing the attendance of the members was to publish an account of their proceedings, and in his opinion the plan would be improved if they were to appoint two paid Commis sioners instead of four. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the best check was to be found, when the duty of the Commissioners was brought before Parliament and the annual estimates were put before them. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the clause was passed. Clauses 5,6, 7, and 8, were then agreed to, after a few words from the LORD ADVOCATE, as were the clauses up to 16. On clause 16 being proposed, Mr. LOCKHART moved an amendment—that in page 7, line 25, after the word " parish" to insert the words, "Provided always, that such combination shall not take effect until the board of supervision :Alan by an order have directed the parochial boards of the re spective parishes to take into consideration the matter of such combination, and if within a reasonable time, to be specified in such order, the parochial board of any of the parishes shall, by a majority of two-thirds, resolve against having such parish included in the combination, and shall intimate such resolution to the board of supervision, such parish shall not be included in the combination." In moving this amendment, he thought that its very terms presented a reason for its adoption. For instance, in the case of Glasgow, there was one parish in the union which contained a larger population, and was assessed in a larger amount, and thirty-three of the other out unions, and in 1856, according to the usual increase, this district would contain upwards of 600,000 inhabitants. The inequality of this assessment was, therefore, a positive injustice. The parish of Glas gow was under one system of management, while other parishes had several trusts. He had no objection to combinations, but he thought that the clause was insuf ficient, and he should therefore. move the addition to it of which he had given notice. On a suggestion of the CHAIRMAN, the amendment was postponed until Lord Duncan's motion was settled. Lord DUNCAN then proposed the omission of clause 16, and the insertion of the following in its place: —" That in every case where it may appear to the board of supervision, on application by the parochial boards of ony one or more adjoining parishes, or from a regard to the relative situation of two or more such parishes, or from any other circumstances, that the administration of the affairs of the poor therein might be carried on with greater advantage to the said parishes and to the poor therein, by the said parishes being combined for the purposes of this Act ; then the parochial boards of such parishes shad meet, on requisition to that effect by the board of supervision, for the purpose of considering the proposed combination ; and in every case where the parochial boards of two or more such parishes shall re solve that it is expedient and proper that such parishes shall be combined for all purposes connected with the management of the poor, and the administration of the laws relating to their relief, and for the purpose of rais ing the necessary funds for the relief and support of the poor (and also for the purpose of settlement); and where it shall be established to the satisfaction of the board of supervision that it is expedient and proper that such parishes shall be so combined, it shall be lawful for the said board of supervision to resolve and declare that such parishes shall thenceforward be combined for the pur poses aforesaid, and shall be considered as one parish, so far as regards the support and management of the poor, and all matters connected therewith ; and all expendi ture in respect to the poor belonging to such combination of parishes shall be deemed and held to be the common expenditure of such combination of parishes, and be charged upon and paid out of the common a n d general fund to be raised for the relief of the poor over the whole of such parishes." Sir JAMES GRAHAM considered that they ought to obtain the opinion of the Committee on the 67th clause, before they adopted the proposition of the Noble Lord. Lord DUNCAN called the attention of the Go vernment to the 36th clause of the Bill. Mr. HASTIE thought the clause under discussion the best in the Bill, because it compelled landowners to con tribute somewhat to the support of the poor—a duty which, under the former system, they were somewhat apt to forget. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that, seeing the House was rather opposed to the clause, he should postpone it for the present. After a few words from Mr. HASTIE, the clause was postponed. On clause 17 being put, Mr. FOX MAULE objected to the incorporating Leith with Edinburgh, as, by so doing, an injustice was it S done to the former borough. He should divide upon the clause. After a few words in reply from the LORD AD VOCATE, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, and the clause was agreed to. On clause 18 being propesed, Mr. F. MAULS moved that all the words from the words " kirk sessions" down to the words " boards" be omitted. Mr. BOUVERIE supported the amendment. Mr. LOCKHART opposed it. A short discussion then took place ; after which, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment 3O Against it — Majority for the clause Clauses 19, 20, 21, Lnd 22, were then agreed to. When clause 23 was read, Mr. F. SCOTT proposed as an amendment, " that after the word 'assessment,' the words or in which such funds shall have been provided by legal assessment for thirty consecutive years immediately prior to the Act,' should be inserted." He took the opportunity also of stating that there was as much chance of maladminis tration with this Bill a 3 there was in the present state of the law. No case in his opinion had been made eut for the proposed alterations. The LORD ADVOCATE said that, heretofore, those who held land or h ouses , an d w h o were assessed, but were not heritors, were not represented, nor could take share in the election of those who represented them ; but the principle recognised in the present measure was, that those who were assessed, whether they were heri tors or not, should be represented.—(Hear.) Nlr. F. M A.ULE was glad to hear that announcement, for he quite concurred with the Lord Advocate that all who were assessed, whether they were heritors or not, should have a share in the representation. Mr. ELLICE, jun., feared that the numbers in parishes who were not heritors were so great as to materially embarrass the proceedings. The clause was then agreed to. Clauses 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31 were also made part of the Bill. On clause 32 being rend, The LORD ADVOCATE, in answer to a question from Mr. Bouverie, said he thought it better to put on the local board the responsibility of supervision. The clause was then agreed to, as was also clause 33. Clause 34 was then agreed to. On clause 35 being put, Mr. WATSON moved that the Chairman report pro gress. Sir JAMES GRAHAM denounced, and Lord HOWTOR advocated this course, which being put from the chair, was adopted. PAROCHIAL SETTLEMEN I' BILL. On the question that the other orders of the day be proceeded with, the second reading of the Parochial Settle. ment Bill, the committal of the Commons Inclosure and Lunatic Asylum Bills, and the second reading of the Con stables Public Works (Ireland) Bill were postponed till this day. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND BILL. This Bill was ordered to be reported on Tuesday next, and the Committee on the Merchant Seamen's Bill was deferred till the same day. COAL TRADE (PORT OF LONDON) BILL. This Bill was ordered to be committed on Monday next. FIELD GARDENS BILL The report was brought up and agreed to. FOREIGN LETTERS BILL. The report was brought lip and received. SMALL DEBTS BILL (No. 2.) This Bill was read a second time. COLLEGES (IRELAND) BILL. The Committee on this Bill was postponed un , Monday. DRAINAGE (IRELAND.) Sir T. FREMANTLE obtained leave to bring in Bill to amend the Bill of 1841, respecting drainage in Ireland. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and he House adjourned at one o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JULY 2. LUNACY (SALARIES AND EXPENSES), Resolution reported ;—" That provision be made for Issuing, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the sums that may be required for defraying the Salaries and other expenses of the Commissioners of Lunacy, and of such persons as may be employed by them." Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the said Resolution be now read a second time :—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the words " That the" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, " Report to be taken into further Consideration upon this day six months," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 117. Acheson, Viscount Egerton, W. T. Mangles, R. D. Aldam, William Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. Maule, Fox Arkwright, George Ellice, Edward Meynell, Captain Arundel, Earl Of Ent wisle, William Morris, David Austen, Colonel Estcourt, T. G. B. Neville, Ralph Baird, Wham Farnham, E. B. Nicholl, John Bannerman, A. Fuller, A. E. O'Connell, M. J. Baring, F. T. Gill, Thomas Ogle, S. C. Baring, W. B. Gordon, Captain Paget, Colonel Barnard, E. G. Greene, Thomas Palmer, Robert Berkeley, Grantley Grogan, Edward Patten, J. W. Bernal, Ralph Guest, Sir J Peel, Jonathan Bouverie, E. P. Halford, Sir H. Philips, G. R. Bowes, John Hamilton, C. J. B. Philips, Mark Brotherton, Joseph Hamilton, J. H. Protheroe, Edward Browne, W. Hamilton, George A. Russell, Charles Buck, W. L. Hampden, Renn iicott, Frances Buller, Charles Harris, Captain Seymour, Lord Buller, Edward Hawes, B. Sheridan, R. B. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hayes, Sir Edmund Shirley, E. J. Busfeild, William Ileathcoat, John Smith, Vernon Carew, W. H. P. Henley, J. W. Somerset, Lord G. Charteris, Francis Hill, Lord M. Spooner, Richard Childers, J. W. Hope, Sir John Stanfield, W. R. C. Christie, W. D. Hussey, Ambrose Sutton, H. M. Christopher, R. A. Inglis, Sir R. H. Tancred, W.W.: Clive, Viscount Jerilyn, Earl Thornhill, George Colborne, W. R. Jollifle, Sir W. Trelawny, J. S. Colebrooke, Sir T. Kelly, Fitzroy Trench, Sir F. W. Collett, W. R. Labouchere, Henry Trotter, John Courtenay, Lord Lambton, H. Vane, Lord H. Cowper, W. P. Lascelles, W. S. Winnington, Sir T. Cripps, William Lefroy, Anthony Wall. C. B. Dalmeny, Lord Legh, G. C. Warburton, H. Darby, George Liddell, H. T. Wemyss, Captain Divett, Edward Lincoln, Earl Wortley, John S. Douglas, Sir C. Lowther, Colonel Yorke, Henry R. , Duncan George Mackenzie, T. :--- " TELLERS. Dundas, Admiral Mackenzie, W. F Ashley, Lord East, James B. Mahon, Viscount Cardwell, Edward MINORITY-NOES, 15. Berkeley, Craven Duncan, Viscount Villiers, Charles Berkeley, Captain Escott, Bickham Wakley, Thomas Bowrhsg, Dr. Forster, Matthew Wawn, J. T. Bright, John Gibson, T. M. TELLERS. Cobden, Richard Hastie, Archibald Crawford, W. S. Dennistoun, J. Ricardo, J. L. Dun combe, Thomas PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 2. The London and South Western Railway (N 0.2) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to : Exeter and Crediton Railway. Sheffield and Rotherham Railway. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP (E) OF RAILWAYS. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE NORTHUMBERLAND RAILWAY BILL. Lord Horsley reported from the Select Committee on Group (E) of Railways, and to whom several petitions against the Bills comprised in the said group, together with the report of the Board of Trade thereon, were referred, That in the case of the Northumberland Railway Bill they had heard counsel in support of the said petitions, and bad also heard counsel in favour of the said Bill; and that they had examined the allegations contained in the preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their satis faction. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway,—Report, Friday, July 4. Erewash Valley Railway (No. 2),—Third reading, Friday, July 4. Select Committee on Group P adjourned till Friday,:July 4, at twelve. St. Helen's Railway and Canal,—Third reading, Friday, July 4. Aberdare Railway,—Third reading, Friday, July 4. Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Railway, —Report, Friday, July 4. Glasgow Junction Rail way,—Third reading, Friday, July 4. Norwich and Brandon Deviation (Disc and Dereham Branches) Railway,—Third reading, Friday, July 4. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway,—Report, Friday, July 4. London and South Western (No. I ) (Metropolitan Eaten thon) Railway,—Third reading, Friday, July 4. Manchester and Leeds Railway,—Third reading, Friday, July 4. ELECTIONEERING MOVEMENTS.—It appears that We are to have an electioneering canvas from Capt. Sutherland of Udale, who threatens to contest with Mr. Loch for the represents. Lion of the northern burghs at the next election. We are in formed that Mr. Matheson, of Achany, is prepared to offer himself for the representation of Ross-shire, and that he will be opposed ty Mr. Mackenzie, of Scatwell, it being generally believed that, in the event of a dissolution, Mr. Mackenzie of Applecross, the pre sent Member, will not again stand for that county.—John o'Groat Journal. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE RECENT REVISW.—Wed - nesday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the body of George Giles, aged 43, a linkman, of Edward's.place, St. Marylebone. Joseph Wood, a chimney.sweeper, said that on Monday last the deceased was in Hyde-park, with a couple of chairs and a board, which he converted into a stage for the accom modation of persons wishing to witness the review. In order to ascertain if the platform was sufficiently strong, he stood upon it, and then gave a sudden jump, when the whole fell to pieces, and one of the side spars of a chair penetrated the body of deceased to the extent of nine or ten inches. The spar having been pulled out of the deceased's body, he was removed to the above institution. Mr. R. J. Spittan, one of the house-surgeons, said that deceased, when admitted, was severely injured in the rectum and other parts of the body, which was quite sufficient to cause death, which event took place on Tuesday last. Verdict, " Accidental death." ... SINGULAR DEATH FROM A LEECH.—Wednesdayl a man named James Vials, aged twenty.five years, died in Guy's Hospital, under the following singularpircumstances :—Last Wed nesday week the deceased, who was a groom to a gentleman re. siding at Dulwich, was engaged in dressing a horse, when the animal severely kicked him on the right arm. Medical assistance was pro. cured, and leeches were ordered, four of which were applied to the wound. In a short time three only of them could be seen, but it was supposed that the fourth had fallen off, and had got away. The deceased was the following day conveyed to the hospital. The wound and arm soon began to swell in a most unaccountable manner, when Mr. Forster, the house.surgeon, observed there was a slight discharge of matter oozing from the orifice. He deemed it prudent, in consequence, to open the arm, when, to his great surprise, he found the missing leech inclosed in the flesh, and quite dead. The leech must have crawled into the orifice of a very small wound in the arm, and it could not be seen.' After the leech had been extracted from the arm, deceased went on very well for a week, when symptoms of inflammation of the veins ensued, which terminated with death. It is the opinion of the medical attendant that he has died from the effects of the wound having been poisoned by the long presence of the leech within it, RAILWAY COMMITTEES (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. Their Lordships met in Committee to-day at eleven o'elock Lord Radnor in the chair, when the case of the GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE LINE, was resumed. Mr. tiirdwood, agent to Lord Eute, near Old Cumnock, Ayr. shire, gave evidence similar in effect. Mr. ANnaEws was willing to accede to any arrangement founded on the suggestion of the Noble Chairman, but submitted that a resolution should be come 0 embodying the opinion of the Com mittee. He was quite willing to abandon his opposition to the Caledonian line, providing the promoters of that line would agree to give up their opposition to the project for which he had the ho nour of appearing. Mr. Tacacrr had no objection to any opinion that the Committee might express regarding the merits of the line for which his Learned Friend appeared, providing the CaledonLn Bill was passed, but he protested to being a party to any course that would bind his clients from withholding their opposition to any Bill that the other party might bring before Parliament next session. When the proper time came they would be prepared to show that the traffic was not sufficient to warrant the construction of two lines, and that the Caledonian was much the best line of the two. Mr. AUSTIN was not satisfied with what his Learned Friend had advanced. He was prepared to show that the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle line was superior in every respect to the Caledonian line. If he understood their Lordships aright, it was their opinion that the district of country from Carlisle, by Dumfries and Cumnock, to Kilmarnock, had traffic sufficient to warrant the construction of a line of rail way. If so, he considered it should be made by an independent company. He did not care a straw for the opinion of his Learned Friend as to whether or no the traffic of the country would warrant the formation of such a line as he (Mr. Austin) appeared for. It was the opinion of their Lordships that he wanted, who were placed in their present exalted position to guard the public interests and to adjudicate impar tially. Their opinion had been given, and if his Learned Friend was not prepared to fall in with that opinion, he (Mr. Austin), should their Lordships desire it, was prepared to go on with the evidence. The CHAIRMAN intimated that he thought it would be as well for Mr. Austin to go on with his evidence for rebutting the case of the Caledonian line. After some further conversation, their Lordships retired to deliberate. On their return they intimated that the counsel for the Glasgow Dumfries, and Carlisle line should go on with that portion of their evidence that bore on the case of the Caledonian line. Mr. William Crawford was next called and examined respecting the feeling of the inhabitants of the county of Ayr, which he re presented to be universally in favour oftheline by Dumfries. Dr. Reid, of Kilmarnock, gave evidence about the traffic of Kil marnock, which he represented at 60+!,0001. yearly. A great part of that went southward. Mr. Johatone, manager of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway, deposed as to the immense increase of mineral produce in Ayrshire within the last few years, and also as to that Company having guaranteed 4 per cent. on the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and to work it in conjunction with their own. . Mr. Laurie, of a place near Dumfries, was examined at some length respecting the cattle traffic which It was presumed would pass along the line. Mr. Christie, Mr. Miller, and other witnesses, gave evidenCe as to the superiority of the general traffic of the line compared with its rival the Caledonian, when the Committee adjourned till eleven o'clock to.morrow, counsel intimating to their Lordships that they thought it would be possible for them to close their case by to morrow evening. The engineering evidence will be gone into the first thing. STANDING ORDERS COMMIT= Z. The Standing Orders Committee of the House of Lords re-as. sembled this day, the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair. The first Railway Bill called on was the LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY • (HORSHAM BRANCH) BXLL, which passed the Standing Orders. THE MANCHESTER AND mormiNGHAm (ASHTON BRANCH) f and the MANC7rIESTER AND szamprzELD 31717 C. TXON (ALTRINCHADI BRANCH). passed through Committee, STANDING ORDERS. The following Bills also passed through Committee:—The Eastern Union Railway, the Taw Vale Railway, the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Extension, the Ulster Railway Extension. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. Shortly after twelve o'clock the Chairman (Mr. Lascelles) and Sir J. Phillips entered the Committee-room, and The CHAIRMAN said that he had received a letter from Mr. Roche, stating that he was confined to his bed. The business of the Committee could not proceed with on►y two members. Mr. MERREWETHER thought the business might proceed with the consent of parties. The CHAIRMAN thought not. A discussion ensued as to what course should now be taken. The Committee adjourned, with the undemanding that if other members were appointed in the place of Mr. Roche and Mr. M'Oenchy to-night, the Committee would meet to-morrow at twelve o'clock, and proceed to the consideration of the Minster and Deal line. GROUP NN. THE EPPING IMILIVAT. The Committee on the above group were to have met this morning at twelve o'clock, but, in consequence of the absence of three Members, from illness, the Committee did not sit, and it was adjourned till to.morrow. GROUP X. DIRECT NORTHERN PROJECT. Mr. Giles was the first witness called at the sitting of the Corn. mlttee this day—ls an engineer. Is aware that, in consequence of the Cambridge and Lincoln project, the whole of the line south of Lincoln was abandoned, and part of that to the north also, to the extent of about four miles and a half. To Mr. Sergeant Waasmess—There were two Bills; the first took the whole of the line, and the second took the line, by the old plan, from the 124th mile, at Broxton, on to Lincoln, within four miles and a half of it. From London to Broxholme the line was within the limit of deviation for a mile and a half, and that was parallel with another line so far. Mr. Sergeant WitANGHAM objected to the plans and sections now put in, inasmuch as they were not those originally deposited, but totally different ones, and the datum line was also different. The Committee retired to consider the objection, and on their return said they were of opinio.i that they did not con sider the plans and sections now befo re them the same coinn.tendßedutthatthtehose plans and sections Y wished to know a w ifs e M re rt.h n So ot eser t g h e e oarn s itg am iWn e arlia a yn s g t hp h au o m s t e lodged in the Private Bill Office. Mr. Sergeant Witaxwiam said they were, in so far as they affected the differing of the three miles. A long argument followed, after which the Committee retired to consider the objection. On their return, The CILLIRDIAN was of opinion that they could not receive evi dence on plans and sections of a line or portions of a line, which had not been deposited at the Private Bill.otfice ; but that, under the peculiar circumstances of this case, the Committee did not feel called on to exciude parole evidence of a general nature as to the desirableness of extending the line from Burton to Lincoln. Mr. Copeland, mill.owner, of Lincoln, was then called, and he said he conceived the Direct Northern the best line that could be suggested for that part of the country ; and that it be most desirable to keep up the Fosdyke navigation. Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Newton, under examination by Mr. Motsrsoue SMITH, severally deposed to the obstruction of the Witham which the London and York line would cause. The latter witness also mentioned the circumstance of the banks of the Witham being at one time on fire for a distance of a mile and a half, and of that river having frequently overflowed into the cen. tiguous country, both circumstances being attributed to the banks being constructed of peat. After the cross-examination of this witness had concluded, the Committee adjourned. DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAILS . Tee HAGUE, JUNK 30.—The First Ch am b er of the States- General having agreed to the address adopted by the Second Chamber in the evening sitting of the 25th ofJune, relative to . the affairs of the colony of Surinam, it was presented to the King on the 27th by a deputation of both Chambers. His Majesty having received the address returned the following answer : " Noble and Mighty Lords, " I feel the most lively interest in the condition of the colony of Surinam. If the measures already ordered and prepared by me should require to be followed by a legislative measure, I shall pro pose it with confidence to the States-General." THE HAGUE, JUNE 28.—1 t is said that his Majesty the King intends shortly to pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen of England In the united sitting of the two Chambers to-day the ordinary session of 1844.1845 was closed, in the King's name, by the Mi. nister of State, who has the direction of the affairs. AIX.LA-CHAPELLE, JUNE 28 —A petition addressed to the King was sent yesterday to Berlin. The object of this petition is to ask for the extension of the system of prohibition in favour of the na tional manufactures, which are in a state of distress. There are 2,000 signatures to this petition. Other petitions to the same effect have been signed in several cities in this province. DUTCH FUNDS.—Ams . rmaDerd, JUNE 30. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent............ 64 64% /tato, 3 per Cent .......... •••• •• • • 78 7836 Ditto, 4 per Cent....... • • • • • • • • 100% 101 Amort Syndic, 4 5 / per Cent .......... 100 1001 Ditto, 3% per Cent.... ... •••• • • • 93 94 Commercial Company, 434 per Cent • • 156 156% East India Loan, 4 per Cent ...... •• • 1001{ 101 Exchange on London, at sight ........ 12 30 Two m0nth5............... 12 25 On Hamburgh, at sight .. .. 35 81% Two months.— ••••• • " • • " 35 43.), On Paris ................57 25 Two months. Dutch Papers, July 1. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JUNE 27. Bills. Money. 100 1-12 99 7-12 St. Schuld Sch., 3 1 / 2 per Cent • • • • • • • • • • English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent • • Exchange on London, 2 months. • • • • • • • tan State Gazette. June 28. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausins, JULY 1. Actual Debt, *6 per Cent - • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent -• • • Ditto Three per Cent ...... •••• • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • • • Ditto, ditto, 1840. • • • •• • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • 10 2 3 % Ditto, tlitto, 1844 • • ••• . I D )i it t t t o o , o l f t B4 l 3 ie .... 101 102% Bank of ................. 636 •Brassels Papers, June 1. .Prussi 625% 625% THE CHARLTON PETE.—The fete champetre, which was to have taken place onTuesday, was postponed until Wednesday, in consequence of the inclemency of the weather, and the defection of Batty's troop of men and horses, who would not leave the entrenchments at Astley's. The weather, however, was very un. favourable, but about four o'clock the rain ceased, when the Viennese dancers, and the Ojibway Indians, with the performers from Astley's, and Herr Joel from Vauxhall, emerged from their dripping retreats on the tented field, and commenced their re spective capers for the amusement of the moist spectators. It was stated that upwards of 12,000 tickets had been sold ; therefore it is to be hoped that the Royal Kent Dispensary did not lose much by the iuclen*ncy of the weather. Mr. Brown, of Greenock Mains, Ayrshire, was examined re specting the amount of mineral traffic and agricultural produce that might be expected to go along the line. Mr. Barclay, manager of the Catrine cotton works, deposed as to the amount of coals used at the manufactories at Catrine, and the amount of traffic to and from Glasgow to the works, which he represented to be very considerable; the particulars of this wit ness's evidence have already appeared. At this stage of the proceedings the CHAIRMAN said he wished to state, on behalf of the Committee, that they were satisfied that the evidence had made out the opening statement of Mr. Andrews respecting the traffic through the route of the line, and also with regard to the necessity of railway communication through that part of the country. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 3. The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers pre sent were Lard Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. CUNNINGHAIVE C. NE'LROD, The further arguments in this part-beard case occupied their Lordships the whole morning. COURT OF CHANCERY, July 3. This being the second seal after Trinity Term, the Lord Chan , cellor took appeals and motions to-day. On his Lordship taking his seat, __ _ _ Mr. Sergeant SHEK having received a patent of precedence, and Mr. Montagu Chambers having been appointed Queen's Counsel, were called within the bar by the Lord Chancellor. EXPARTR VAN SANDAU. His LORDSHIP stated that in the case of Mr. Van Sandau he had considered it from time to time with great anxiety, and after that consideration he was of opinion that he ought not to interfere in the present stage of the case unless Mr. Van Sandau consented to put an end to the suit. If he went nn with the suit, his Lordship could not tell on what scale the jury would dispose of the damages, and until he knew what the jury would do, he could not dispose of the different orders that had been made; if, however, Mr. Van Sandau would consent to put an end to the suit he wo ild dispose of the various orders the next day he sat. Mr. Van Sandau need not state at that moment what course he would pursue; he had better consider of it. Mr. BAGSHAWE said that the trial stood on the paper for Satur day, and Mr. Van Sandau elected to go on with the trial. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Very well. You must take care to have an accurate account of what goes on at the trial. Mr. BAGSHAWR—Certainly, my Lord, we shall have a short-hand writer to take notes of what occurs. ROLLS' COURT, July 3. The MASTER of the ROLLS took motions to.day, it being the second seal after Trinity Term, but no case of any particular inte • rest came before the Court. VICE - CHANCELLORS' COURT, July 3. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND took motions to-day. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OP CHESTER V. THE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. BETURLL moved in this case upon notice, on behalf of the Mayor end Corporation of Chester, for an injunction to restrain the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company from carrying their line, as they proposed to do, near the Chester race-course. The application was supported by the affidavits of several individuals, all of whom stated if the proposed line was carried out it would have the effect of ruining the race-course, which had existed for more than a century. His HONOUR dismissed the motion with costs. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT Mime.) Motions, it being the second seal, and the arguments in the case of Pannell v. Hurley, occupied the Court the whole day. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WICIRI3I.) His Honour took motions and causes to-day, none of which pos sessed any points of interest. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCII,JuIy 3. (Sittings in Banco, before the full Court.) POE AND STAUNTON.-JUDGMENT. Lord DRNMAN gave judgment in this case. His Lordship said that this was a motion for a new trial, on the ground of misdirec tion. The action was originally brought against the defendant for the infringement of a patent nipping lever, intended to sim plify the turning of ships' windlasses. No question was raised as to the utility of the invention. The Learned Judge on the trial, in summing up, had told the jury that though the applica. tion was new the plaintiff did not claim the invention of the nip.. ping lever; awd it was contended on the part of the defendant that the old lever applied to a new purpose did not constitute a right of patent, and his Lordship seemed to be also of this opinion. In the present case the means for applying the old invention to the new purpose was what was termed a sliding box, and that being aho e novel invention, the Court was of opinion that the patent must be supported. The Learned Judge in the original case had told the jury that it was not necessary to inquire if the sliding box was a new invention, but from this opinion the Court entirely dissented. Tbey thought the jury had been misdirected by the mode in which the case had been stated to them, and they were agreed therefore that the rule fir a new trial should be made absolute, in consequence of the mode in which the case had been put to the jury. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, July 2. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court sat this morning for the purpose of delivering udgments in several cases that had stood over for eonsidera ion. Of those in which judgment was pronounced the follow ng were of more direct public interest A LLPOICT V. NUTT. In this case the plaintiff had declared in debt for 100/. for money had and received to the plaintiff's use, and for 100/. upon an account stated. The defendant, except as to the sum of 1/., had pleaded the general issue, and as to that sum pay ment of the amount into Court. lie had also pleaded as to the sum of 99/., parcel of the moneys in the declaration men tioned, that a certain illegal game called " a lottery" was set up and exposed, to betplayed by the defendant, at a certain public-house in the City of London, which " illegal game called a lottery" was what in sporting circles is designated a " Derby sweep." The conditions and regulations of this "sweep" were, that the subscribers should net exceed 155 in number, each contributing 1!., and paying his subscription to the defendant, who was to be the treasurer; that before the race was run the name of each horse entered for the Derby should be written on a card, all of which cards were to be placed in a box ; that a like pi oceening should take place with the names of the subscribe s, and that a drawing of names and horses should be made by t dis interested persons. The subscriber who drew the horse place.l by the ju ige as the winner of the race was to be entitled to receive a sum of 100/. out of the money subscribed from the defendant. The plea further alleged that the rlaintiff, before the Derby was run la , t year, drew Ruining Rein, he horse which had been ['laved as winner by the judge. Mr. Clark, whereby the plain7iff, according to the anti r, of the said game, became entitled ro rect•ive treat tlic defendant the said sum of 100/. The plain iff demur , ed tot his plea, assigning, along with other causes of demurrer, that the method of determining the right of the plaintiff te the money claimed was not an illegal game or a lottery, but a mode of betting by each of the subscribers to a small and legal amount upon a legal horse-race; and also that the plea amounted to the general issue. The case was argued in Easter Term by Mr. Sergeant Byles in support .f the demurrer, and Mr. Sergeant Chann , ll in support of the plea, when the Court thought the question of such importance as to require further consideration. Judgment was now delivered by Lord Chief-Justice TINDAL, to the effect that in the opi nion of the Court, the statutes against lotteries were not re stricted in application to those lotteries only in which an unfair advantage might be taken. The Court was bound to give effect to clear words of prohibition, and to pronounce this lot tery illegal. The statute of the 10th William 111., c. 17, especially declared all lotteries to be public nuisances; the statute of the 42d George 111., c. 119, declared the lotteries called " little-goes" to be common and public nuisances, and against the law; and without acting in contravention of the express words of these statutes, the Court could not hold such lotteries as that under consideration to be excepted from the general prohibition. It had been contended that in the rase of each subscriber there had been a bet on a lawful race, and: that therefore the wager had been lawful. This argument the . Court was of opinion could not be sustained, both bee Luse the plea showed a lottery, and because, admitting a het, still it was one on which the plaintiff could not answer. The Court was also of opinion that a special plea was necessary•to bring the defence properly before the Court. There must therefore be judgment for the defendant. THORPE V. COLEMAN. In this ease the declaration in substance stated that the plaintiff had laid a bet of 101. upon the event of the Derby in 1844; the defendant betting 101. that Campanero would win, the plaintiff betting an equal sum that Orlando would win. The defendant pleaded that the bet was illegal, and the plain tiff demurred to the plea. The demurrer was argued on the 10th of June, when Mr. Sergeant Byles, for the plaintiff, con tended that a bet of 101. upon a legal horse-race was recover able at law ; and Mr. Sergeant Channel( insisted that, although any sum less than 101. might be so recovered, that amount could not. The Court took time to consider its judgment, which was now pronounced by Lord Chief-Justice TINDAL, to the effect, that as this was a bet for the sum of 101., the Court, without expressing an opinion on, and certainly without having the intention of expressing any doubt as to the propriety of, the decision of the Court of Exchequer in the case of " Applegarth v. Cullyer," 10 Meeson and Welsby, 723, thought that, on looking at the provisions of the second section of the 9th Anne, c. 14, this action could not be maintained. By that section a person who had voluntarily paid a bet of the value of 10/., made upon cer tain games, of which horse-racing was one, was entitled to sue for and recover it back within three months then next : from which the inference was that an action to recover a bet of that value would not lie, if the person losing should refuse to pay it. It was obviously the intention of the Legislature that the loser should not ultimately lose, and that the gainer should not ultimately gain —an intention which would be better effected, and more in accordance with the spirit of the law, which abhors circuity of action, by holding that an action shall not lie against the loser to recover the bet, than by hold ing that it must first be paid, and then be recovered back in an action. It had been said by Mr. Sergeant Ryles that this action was not brought to recover the money due on the bet, but to recover damages for the breach of the promise to pay the debt. The argument savoured too much of subtlety. The duty of paying damag es for the non-i.ayment motiey de pended on the d u ty o f paying the money itself; and if a man was not bound to pay a given sum of money, he was not liable in damages for the neglect to pay it. It was further sug gested, that as the operation of the statutes against gaming was suspended until the end of the then next session of Parlia ment, by the statutes of the 7th of Victoria, c. 3, and the 7th and Bth of Victoria, c. 58, the inferetice to be drawn from th he e hraidg f vol. n a ta l o r s i l e y r tat.s, paid e n c o o vl longer r back the value n gera applied. But the be t w h i ch t the eertslid not think that the Acts against gaming were suspended by the statutes referred to, except in so far as the recovery of a pecu niary penalty was concerned. If they were suspended, it was for a time only. and that suspension could not confer on any one positive rights which he had not had befo-e. The statutes of Victoria were temporary Acts, passed to remedy a temporary inconvenience; to the remedying that inconve nience they must be confined; and they must not be permitted to have incidentally the effect of altering the law. There must, therefore, be judgment for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET On Wednesday Thos. Hill, who for many years has filled the situation of messenger in the office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Hall, charged with being drunk and disorderly in St. James's Park, and with assaulting the keepers in their attempting to remove him. James Lott, No. 3 Park-keeper, stated that about half-past five o'clock on Tuesday evening, the prisoner came to the gate of the inclosure opp os it e St. James's Palace in a state of in toxication, while he was speaking to some young ladies who were then entering the grounds, and, having staggered inside the gate without being observed, he cried out , t your eyes, you - 7 —, what business have you here?" upon which witness desired the children to run away into the inclosure, and seeing that the prisoner was very drunk, he told him to quit the ground, which he refused to do. He then used the most abusive language, and when witness attempted to remove him, he struck him violently on the face and breast with his fist Another o ffi cer h av i ng come to h i s ass i stance , t h e prisoner was with much difficulty removed from the inclosure, and in the struggle he att em pt e d t o punc h w itness in the eye with his umbrella, at the sam e ti me c h a llenging him to fight for daring to lay hands upon him. Prisoner-1 have not done half what the witness has swor n to, but I ad m it w h en they laid hold of ine in such a m anner did offer resistance, and could do so again. William Goodwin, a gate-keeper, stated that he was in the lodge when the prisoner eatered the gate, and hearing the noise, he went and saw him assault the last witness. On attempting to remove him he laid hold of the iron railing with his left hand, insisting to be left in the inclosure, anti brandishin g t h e umbrella in his right, he said to the last witness, " I'll job your eye out." A number of persons had by thi s t i me collected, and the prisoner being forced eut, the g a t e was s h ut, and he was conveyed to the station-house. Denis Farrel, another park-keeper, proved that when he came to the assistance of the other witnesses the prisoner was very abusive, saying they should lose their coats in the morning for not allowing him to pass. In answer to the charge the prisoner denied having u'ed the foul language imputed to him, although he admitted having been a little intoxicated, and as a matter of course he did en deavour to offer resistance when the park-keepers laid hold of him in such a rough manner. Mr. HA LL ordered the prisoner to pay a penalty of 4/., or be sent for twenty-one days to the House of Correction. The prisoner was then removed, and in a short time the money being paid, he was discharged. William Wheels, conductor of a Richmond omnibus, ap peared to answer a complaint preferred against him by Mr. George Sexton Woodhouse, No. 3, New Boswell-court, Carey street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, for having, on the 19th of June, in the Strand, made use of abusive and insulting language to him, and also with committing an assault upon him. Mr. Charnock appeared for the defendant. On a former day another person was summoned by mistake, and the present defendant; who was then in the body of the Court, presented himself to have the case decided, which was objected to, until process should be served upon him in tie usual way, particularly as attempts had been made to practise an im position upon the Court. The complainant, who conducted his own case, stated that on the day in question he agreed with the defendant to take him and two friends front Hampton to London for 2s. each, and on arriving in Leicester-square his friends got out, leaving a female, a gentleman, and himself in the vehicle. On passing along the Strand, n e a r t o S omerse t H ouse , h e o ff ered his fare to th defendant as he wanted to get out, and to his astonish ment he applied a most filthy epithet to him, at the same time asking what he meant b i offering such a sum as 25., and upon reminding him that it was the amount for which he had agreed, he repeated the same disgusting language, threatening to break his barnacles about his face, unless he gave him another shil ling. Witness said he should have no objection to give him the amount he demanded if ha had not used such words in the public streets, and having got on the road he followed the urn nibus as it moved away, in order to ascertain the number, when the defendant jumped off the step and struck him a violent blow in the side, which caused him to fall and sprain his ancle. The defendant wished to make it appear that the complainant had behaved indecently to th- female in the omnibus, and that he had been appealed to by her for protection, which caused him to abuse the complainant. He denied having struck him. The female, Mrs. Payne. the wife of a tobacconist, wa- called to substantiate the defence, but her evidence was contradicted by the other passengers in the omnibu, , . It appeared, also, that the defendant had offered money to compromise the affair. Mr. JARDINE having commented in strong terms on the description of the evidence brought forward by the defendant, said he never knew such gross conduct, not only in his treat ment to the complainant, but also in the manner he had at tempted to make out his case. He had no hesitation in saying that the complainant had satisfactorily proved the charge, and he should, therefore, order the defendant to be sent to hard labour in the House of Correction for two months, and his li cense to be revoked. MAI?I'LEBONE. FORGERY ON THE PADDINGTON S AVINGS BANK.— Yesterday a respectably dressed woman, named Illizabeth Mitchell, was charged with having been concerned, with a man not in custody, in the forgery of the name of her husband, Henry Mitchell, and thereby obtaining from the Paddington Savings Hank the sum of 441. 19s. 2d. John White, a messenger to the Savings Bank, deposed that on the previous evening the prisoner, accompanied by a young man, apparently not more than twenty-one years of age, entered the premises together, when the latter, on being asked his business, said that he wished to take out some money, and witness subsequently saw money paid to the man by the cashier. On their quitting the bank, witness observed that the prisoner was much agitated, and he then imagined that there was some thing wrong in the transaction. Henry Mitchell, the husband, stated that he resided at 7, Wellings-place, Paddington-green, and was about to set forth all he knew in regard to the affair, but was stopped by the Magistrate, who decided that his wife being the only person yet in custody, his evidence could not be admissible. Mr. RAWLINSON asked him what he knew of the man suspected of the forgery, to which he replied, that he had known him about three months. His name was Bass, and he and witness had been employed by the same master. Young, 115 D, said that, on the same morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the prisoner was given into his cus tody by her husband, and on her being told what she was charged with, she stated that she knew nothing whatever about the money. Inspector Wiggins stated, that in addition to the sum which Bass had obtained from the bank, he had got possession of a great deal of the pri,oner's wearing apparel, and a portion of which had been traced to a house in Drummond-street. Tee prisoner said that the man Ba•s had lodged at her house, and that on Saturday fortnight he I,ft. She missed the book the next day, and knew not who had got it until Monday, when he (Bass) saw her, and toll her that he had given the proper notice for withdrawing the money. She admitted having gone to the bank with him to receive it, but asserted that no part had been given to her. The prisoner was remanded for further examination until next Tuesday. SERIOUS CHARGE OF SHOOTING A BOY, AT EAST GRINSTEAD. James Taylor was brought before Robert Crawfo-d, Esq , on W , •dne.,,day last, clarged with shooting at and wounding Joseph Dyer, a boy, aged 5 years. Mark Dyer, aged 12 ) ears, deposed that on the 21st of Jun ,- he was ;n A ti-11 be10:72i,.g• to wit]! ,its brothers. JAL' Dyer c.,t;(l .Jo- ph 1)37,.... Avis. y tisitog in a hr- 0 1: v rich run, Im..t•.e. 0 rind; of NIT% r, havinghad p.-•rnyssion of Mr. Neve to do so. Ills brother a t rho ,AW t t t•, tHe br-ok ,10 fif • SW• h' • i'! :[tut .1 their and ,toseph r a ' t ' 1 ,- d. by Joini to Mr. Avi:'s T:u (i.nk. o , him zit .Mrs. :And said wouid s ho, t S=l ,, them there again. Mrs. Avis i,r. u:hit •but, awl - shored -Taylor his hands. welch were • cov , -r,d with.biOnd, and Taylor said she had been O.p p:,,g th,:n in bullock's blood. John Dyer, aged tee vt-ars, N 1 peed that, he was on OA. ground wn, , n brother Joseph was si . ;ot. He was if.r , ut a rol (nun si , n. llc saw Taylor cOlTh' the hr,.,k. Ho s•-rd yiwr ey,s, I will sli:t, you." Ha saw Tat los stoop avid !ear I lin.n fire. alas brother NI. and ts6tte.ss hod lion co his aunt's, Mrs. Avis's. It. was about half-past two in tin- afterno ,,, i. Martha Avis deposed that on the 21st of June, about half-past two, she heard a gun fired, and soon after Joseph Dyer was 1,41 up by the buys, who told her Mr. Tat ler had shot Joseph, and the blood was then running from his hands. Taylor came to her house, and said, ".D-11 their eyes, I will shoot them ail." She ran back to 'get the children away, and asked Taylor what he meant by shooting the child, and he said he would shoot him again if he caiviht him there. Witness then went away, fearing he would shoot her. The witness produced two shots which she had picked out of the child's clothes. Thomas Brown, who. works for the last witness, stated that he asked Taylor what he meant by shooting the child, and he replied that he would shoot them dead, and that he would shoot him if he did not hold his tongue. He had a - gun in his hand. William Avis cor roborated the evidence of Mark Dyer, and said Mr. Taylor-fell when he fired the gun, but witness was con fident that he fired the gun first. William Wallis, sur geon and apothecary at Hartfield, deposed that he had examined the child and found that one shot had passed through the middle finger of his left hand. Another shot had hit the right hip and perforated the skin. Two shots had remained in the back of the thigh ; and from the back to the frontof the thigh, one shot had gone quite through. The prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes; but it was intimated to him that bail for his appearance would be accepted.—Brighton Guardian. 11A KIKET NE WI_4—(YESTERDAY .) SNLITHrIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 18s to 4/15s ; 11 1 6 611 0 10., 41 16s t o 5/ 8 3; fi ne Upland do., 51 10s to 5 1 1 6 Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 1118 s to 2/ ; ig Straw, 2/ to 2l 2s per load. Both Hay and Straw $0 freely at full prices. efta CUMBEHLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 4/ to 41165; 119 .4 litto, 4/17s to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/10s to 5118 s ' • C 1 0 95 Hay, 4/ lOs to 5/ 18 s; O at S traw, 11 18s to 2/;NV 11 on . straw, 21 to 2/ 2s per load. Supply moderately go trade firm. WHITECITAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 159 to 41 10 1 useful ditto, 41 12s to 51 5s ; Ene Upland ditto, 5 l 83 21; 5/ 15e; Clover Hay, 4/ 103 to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to d Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2 s per l oa d . A fair Om e ' supply, and a steady demand. 4/ 0 New Meadow Hay sold freely at from 3/10s to per load. JULY AT Irta.AIMETS. w Of SOUTHALL, JULY 2. We bad a fair average suPPv ert il fat stock on sale in to-day's market, while the gel 11 demand ruled steady, and last week's quotations were wri t) supported. Beef from 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 36 ,. ° 10(1 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, :zs to 4a per Sibs. rnbst RomFoun, JULY 2.—Prime beasts, sheep, and A" - iie . commanded a steady sale, at full rates of currency- C' t "6 ( j; wise, the trade was inactive. Beef, from 3s 4d to 45, 10 Mutton, 3s Gd to ss; Lamb, 45 10d to Gs; Veal, 3 5 Su e * 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling qgdi 18s to ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and 2 11 ' Cows, wr•ith their small Calf, 16/ to 191 each. q 4 LEWES, JULY I.—Beef from 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; Mutton, v; t o to ss; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 35 3s 8d per Sibs. Supply limited, and trade firm. c 011,36 kittAIMET. •ciret Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Buddle's Hartley, 15,; Chester Main, 14s 3d; Eiasi ing,s Hartieci; 14s 6d; Holywell Main, 14s • Nelson's West Hartley, "661; New Tal,field, 13s 6d ; Ord's B.edheugh, 13s ; Ravensic°,lB •%!'est Hartley, 15s • West Hartley, 15s; Wall's end Besci c d , an,t Co., 14s ; Hilda, 14s 3d; Eden Main, I4s 9d; 1311 4 d; Hetto,!, 16s ; Iletton, 16s 9d ; Lamhton, 163 0 Pemberton, 14s 3cl ; Russell's Hetton, 15s6d ; South ge l ' 15s 9,1; Adelaide, 15s 94 ; Coke, 24s ; Derwentwater 1101 1 ,; I is ; Hartley, 14s 6d ; L ew i ss M er th yr , 21 s 3d ; W est Hartle Netherton, 14s 6d.—Ships arrived, 7. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN 411 For the Week ended June 28, 1845, mad e u p f rom t h e Returns of d, Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Engl a nd and Wa i per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. BARLEY. BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I -1 _, r ..PRICE 47s lid 29s 7d 23s 2d 323 Id 39s 3d r 5 .9 6i DUTY .. • 20s Od 9s Od 6s fd 108 6d 4s 6d 50 BODY OF A GENTLEMAN FOUND IN THE THAME S ' / Wednesday morning, at an early hour, the body of a well-dreL, man was picked up floating down the river with the tide off cliffe. On being secured and brought ashore at Stone-stairs , I wearing apparel was searched, when there were found four 011 0 sovereigns, a silver pencil-case, an d t wo or t h ree cards, from it is supposed that his name is Willis, residing in the vicinitl o Islington. The body now lies in Step ne y Old Ch urc h dead-101 awaiting a coroner's inquest. DEMOLITION OF THE ROYAL STANDARD B. 1.• WlND.—Wednesday morning, at the usual hour of hoisting ce , royal standard on the triumphal arch opposite Buckingham Pals de , there was but a small porti on o f it l e f t , i t hav i ng been nearlY .14 molished by the wind on Tuesday afternoon. The Bag h a / a become fixed on the top of the flagstaff when the wind was bi° W with violence, the greater part of it was torn to ribbons. SUICIDE BY A PATIENT IN ST. BARTHOLOME W k HOSPlTAL—Wednesday Mr. J. Payne held an inquest in the ho si o , room of St. Bartholomew's H os pi ta l on t h e b o d y of Edward Westi, aged twenty-six, a shoemaker, who committed suicide in the ino tution by cutting his throat w ith a razor, f rom f ear o f los i ng his' f hr Maria Davis, one of the nurses, said that the deceased was broeg' l into the ward about three weeks ago, having a bad knee- 1 a quarter. past twel ve o ' c l oc k t h at morn i ng while w i tne ss , attending to a patient, she heard a noise like the gurgling person's throat. On proce e di ng t o th e :b e d s h e o b served a quant'a of blood upon the floor. Witness immedi a t e ly called , the sister, who sent fn . Mr. Moore, the house su r g!fil Mr. George Welsh, coffeehouse keeper, the decees* - 0 , brother, said that the deceased about six years ago ceived a blow on his knee with a hammer, which g r s 0 dually got worse, and latterly h e was una bl e to wa lk . He 0 1 .0 Guy's Hospital three months, and was removed to this institll st , from that hospital. Witnes s su pp or t e d hi s b rot h er, w h o was f ful that he should not be able to earn his livelihood. Mr. C. . Moore, house-surgeon, said that dece a sed h a d di v id e d a ll the I° l,, cipal arteries, and that the wound was very extens i ve. V e rdict ,,, " Temporary insanity.'' A Como DROWNED.—Wedneslay afternoon M oi r : Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Red Cap, Archway, Upper flo, loway, Islington, on the bcdy of Wm. Payne, aged two years. , deceased, who was playing in a garden, was reaching to touc h small fruit tree, when h e l os t hi s b a l ance and fell into an ad:lol,l9*/ 0 , ditch, where he was smothered before assistance could be afforu Verdict—" Accidental death." AD VERTISENIENT.] — SPLENDID ARRANGEMENT OF jet LooLING-GLASS, produ e in g , the effect of a l o ng arca de, and so iwwilderine• a,. t i cause a doubt whether you* in London or in old Rome. "Arch follows arch, and pile succeeds to pile." This unique apartment is devoted to cutting and arrsrp ing7h , h ,ir in, a nd w i t h another having.a beau" I. Nailes. are on th- ..roand-floor. in calling' ? t , rit:on to their e , tablishon-!fit, _Ross and Sow. h i to th. a tv:i.ntag:•s of their system—viz, the never I, kkH apprenti c e s nor young' men from ' e country, customers a•killg for the 0- , :wilt w. , ir them ; every pers. , , ha,, , el ,an briP li e e d, tt , ey twice, without, being wash 0 ; raro , ..s nrc not pressed to buy hung* thee do Address, Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishor At i V Elri I:7 , EMLNT —BLOTCHES ON THE SK(ift s p EXTE AORDINA RV CURE BY HOLL; , WAy'S piLLs' oncTmENT !---A young woman, num: d Martha UVII I hor fri , •iis at th. eorner of Silver-010 Stepney, had b e e n f rom h er yout h covere d w i t h blOte . which touch Unpaired her health ; she was always lA a low, nervous, and irritale state. This poor girl 11 % been to almost every hospital and medical institution, L .ndon with ut obtaining the least relief, but, notiiii!!A s'anditt; the failure of all the m e di ca l men w h o treat case, sin-, has been completely cure d by th e us e 01° .: 1 1 , or these wonderul medicines which will cure a ny sl‘ i . o disease of however long standing, or invetbrate the cPt May be.—Sold at Professor Holloway's Establighalet' 244, Strand, a nd by a ll respectable medicine vend o,- throughout the civilised world. LLOYD'S -SHIPPING. - - LONDON, JU 3.—Wind S., fresh breeze and cl ou d y, with rain at 'LY Ines. DEAL, JULY 2:—Wind, A.M., S.W., fresh breeze ; p.m., E.S.E., Moderate.—Arr4.-Rlfteman, •Daylea; South Seas; Diana, .Garrick, South Seas • Princess Alice Maude, Hunt, St. J o h n ' s, New Bruns , w, ick.i n Artxi,frern the'River- and dd. , Ida and Enimit, Diedericksen, itia 'Janeiro ; William and Alfred, Lawrence, •Antigua ; Rosebud, Winn, .Algoaßay. Sld.•Calcutta, Ro,ss, Hobart Town; Veer Gibrol ders Jaskl, 'Batavia ; - Andromache, Sltelton, Bombay ; John Hardy, Slaughter, Jamaica ; Helena, Crick, Hallfai ; Junior Martin„Queboo. Remain, Jane, Buckland,lcir hanneSton; refitting windlass ; Nunez, Flight, for Alexandria. • PORTSMOUTH * JULY 2.—Wind S.W. to S.S.E.—Acrd: Aurelian, Brown, Quebec. Sid. Bucephalus, Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, JULY 2.—Wlnd S.S.W. to E. by S.—Sld. her Majesty's ship Spy, ValparAlso. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 2.—51(1. Thames steamer, West Indies. Fit,motryli, JULY 2.—Wind S. S.W., moderate.--Arrd. let, Ayrshire Lass, Brown, Port itepublicain and Bermuda - , sailed from the latter port the 30th of May; 2d, Sylvia, Hooks, Pernambuco. Off port 30th of June, Jane, Valparaiso. SWANSEA, JULY I.—Arrd. Johanna, Wilson, Valparaiso, in 109 days; Countess of Bective, Silverson, Cuba; Michael Williams, Cuba. PWLLPELLI, JULY I.—lt'bieW a heavy gale from S.S. W. last night which increased furiously towards morning. The- American ship Glendower, Parsons, arrived in Port i%ladoc on the 29th ult. to load, went on shore on the bar there this morning at ten. The life-boat passed here at 7 P.M. 10 P.M. Wind S.W., moderate. KnlosrowN, JULY I.—Several vessels drove into the harbour entrance this morning. LivEarooL, JULY 2 —Wind W.N.W., light.—Arrived Julle,, Thompson, Calcutta; Gazelle, Shepherd, Saldanha Bay; Kathleent Oldfleld, Sierra Leone; Heraldo, Vaccerees, Savanilla, with main mast sprung, and loss of foretopmast, having been in contact with an American ship, Bellona,Tampleo; Bengal ,C ,, ok, Meteor, , :t, , vern., and Tamerlane, New orleans ; Azabella, Rice Mobile; Pe. re Bur rowes, Mobile; Cumberland. Power, Apalachicola; Helen Aiiusta, Henny, Apalachicola; Alliance, Savannah; General Parket t, Charleston ; George Canning, Kidd, C' arl, stow ; Era, Posthorn, New Zealand ; Neptune, (lac! ic e ; Countess o! Mttlgrave, ditto ; Todeaferro, Azzapardi, and Valember, Reed, Alexandria. Sid, Tarolenta, Smith. New York; Yorkshire; Bailey, ditto; Columbian, Barker, ; Coromandel, Hunter, Quebec. 24..-oif port, ('urlu, te and Exchange. Put bacx, Clara, for Trieste, leaky having b,en on the banks; for Barbadoes. It blew a galo last night at W.S.W. Inn,tratas, JULY, 1 . —The Jane, Rhodes, of aii,i from Glasgow, for Leghorn, has been on shore: about three miles to the south of the lighthoute in the Solway Frith, with seven feet water In the hold, and expected to be a total wreck—crew saved, Coax, JUNE 30.—The Albion, Morrison, of Shields, out 48 days from Quebec (qy. for Quebec). was spoken, Bth inst. off Gaspe, having on board five of the crew of the brig Ecilior (qy. Auxili ar ) of Shields, lost in the ice 25th May, in lon. 48, the rest of the crew being on board the Eagle. LIMERICK, JULY I.—The Ellana, Rowland, hence to London, dro ve on shore on Sad Island in the river during a heavy gal e et w.s.w., but is expected off without damage when the gale moderates. CLYDE, JUNE 29.—Sld. William Watson, Cunningham, Valparaiso ; Catherine Boland, Porter, Jamaica; Pomona, Newfoundland. MARYPORT, JULY I.—Wind S.W., strong gale.—Arrd. Dove, hPol lard, Cardiff, strained and leaky, having grounded o u t s id e the south pier this morning, and been assisted off. YARMOUTH, Juts 2.—The Waterloo, Blackier, from Newcastle to Sidmouth, is in the Reads, leaky, and will come into the harbour to discharge. LADY ELIZABETH DE BURGH.—The injuries Sus tained by her Ladyship, at the casualty on Tuesday last, are of only a superficial nature. The Marquis of Clanricarde's mansion was literally besieged with calls and inquiries throughout yesterday. A very remarkable collection of property, em bracing much to interest the connoisseur, is now arranged for pub. lie exhibition at Robins's Auction Rooms, in Covent-garden, pre paratory to the sale, which commences on Monday next, and con. tinues throughout the week. This multitudinous assemblage of property of every description connected with the fine arts, was col. lected by the late Mr. W. Forster, who was for many years a regular attendant at all auctions of interest and attraction, which accounts for the many rare specimens here found congregated, including !'gems from Strawberry Hill, and the Duke o f S ussex ' s sale— whilst treasures and relics are without end, which formerly claimed ownership with the most exalted persons in the world ; the watch and miniature of the unfortunate Marie Antoinette, are peculiarly interesting, as well as many relics connected with Charles the First, and Prince Charles Edward ; a cabinet of forty splendid cameos on Sardonyx, portraying with wonderful effect the life and paision of our Saviour, may be pronounced unique; it was formerly In the possession of Pope Leo X., and afterwards of Murat, King of Naples. Mr. Forster's intention, it appears, tv.ts to illustrate the works of Burns and Cumberland, as well as the lives of the Stuart family and their adherents ; and in addition to numberless por. traits and scarce prints, many interesting matters will be found connected with those periods of out history. BIRTHS. On the 14th ult„ at Polmet Bank, Stirlingsbire, g r. Walker, late of St. Petersburgh, of a son. On the 27th ult., at Antwerp, the lady of John 3 ,1 1.." -- Esq., of a son. On the 27th ult., the lady of Alfred Griffin, Esq., of a s°ll ' still-born. • ni Or the 30th ult., at L am b e th P a l ace, t h e lady of Wail Kingsmill, Esq., of a da ug ht er . On the Ist in s t., a t H ampstea d , the lady of J. Cosmo bl el vill, jun., Esq., of a sou. MARRIED. •On the 3d ult., at New Y or k, at t h e C hurch of Ascens 13or l?„ Alexander Brown Cleland, E sq. , M . D ., Royal Canadian '": Regiment, to Fanny K., youngest daughter of John Bober"' Esq., Bristol. On the 26th ult., at Bacup, Lancashire, Henry Broil Esq., of Winds or , surgeon to the Queen, to Laura, eh/eh°, daughter of the lat e W. O rmero d , E sq., of Bankside, in t`' same county. sOn the 26th ult. ' at llodnet, Salop, Jame s Ti mm i ns , e t , g son of Willi am Chance, Esq., of Spring-rove, Birmingl lo 7 to Eliza, second dau g ht er o f th e l ate G . Ferguson, Es+ , Houghton Hall, near Carlisle. DIED. On the 15th ult., Anne, th e w if e o f t h e Rev. R. jacks°" . ' Vicar of Abergele, North Wales. , t On the 28th ult., at Baker-street, Mrs. Margaret Fermi" son, widow of the late J. Fergusson, E-q., aged 84. • On the 29th ult., Mary, the wife of Isaac Lawrence, FAIV Mitcham-green, Surrey. , 7 On the lst inst., at Islington, Mr. Henry Snee. On the Ist i ns t., i n P ortman-street, Mary Sophy, the all/ daughter of R. Gwyn, Esq. . . On the Ist i ns t . , C aro li ne, t h e w if e of Lieutena nt-Colo ilei Pereira, Bengal Artillery. --• QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY. Flag Officers—Admirals Sir Philip C. H. Durham, Jan Carpenter, Sir David Milnes, G.C.8., Henry Raper; Admiral Sir John Chambers White. "• Captains —Richard Harvard, Right Iron. George Earl 01 : Egremont, Charles H. Paget, Edward Blanckley, Joselw Crew Tullidge, Joshua Treacei. Commanders—Joseph Ham i lt on , Ch arles Bell, John stirt Bate, E. N. Greensword, John M'Donald. Lieutenants=George Robert Godfrey, Edmund Lechtnec" Nicholas Troughton. George Alexander Leary, Christop.bg r Bagot, William George Buchanan, Malcolm M•Neale, Cbarlo s Alexander I'horndike, Irwing Maling, George C Brio ' - Thomas Anson. . Masters—John Tucker (A), John Burnett, Jobn John Davis (A), Adam Crawford, Joseph T. Watson,. Robe rt Stewart, Andrew Wm. Quinlan, Thomas Saanders Mord . 1 John L. Wilkinson Chaplains—William Salter, John H. Theed. Mate—William R. Surrittge. • Medical Offi-!ers Surgeons Evan Edwards, Th °lrlls Hooper, Jatnt,s Long, R o b er t G reen, J ohn Adie; Assistant. Surgeon JOiln Rutnney Rees. •. , . Payanotters and Pursers—Edward Bate, Daniel Sparshott/ Peter .1. Stokes, Robert John Smith, JameS APlcain, Jao3o Renton, Samuel W. I). Pores. Royal Matines—Licut,-Colonels George Marshall, Edward Alexander 'roomer ; Captains Frederick Waters (Be'ret.: Maj 1.). Thomas Quested, Charles R. Miller ; First Lieute . mutts Mitchell Graham, John Balhetchett, John P. N. Clapperton ; Sec o nd Lieutenants John Ward, Robert Davies , Thomas Tnomson. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. General—Rumley, East India Company's Service, Sid -1 mouth. Lieutenant-Generals—Lord Harris, C. 8., K.CH., Colonel, of 73d Foot, Feversham ; Parry, Royal Artillery. Major-Generals—Ogilvie, C. 8., Banff; Pym, C.C., from Royal Artillery, London ; H ogg, E ast I ndia Company's oe..'' vice, Wimbledon; Sir Jeremiah Bryant, C. 8., East India Company's Service, Richmond, Surrey; Dun, East India Company's Service, Edinburgh. • Colonel—Sir Thom as Valiant, R.C.11, MIL, 40th Foot , Calcutta. Lieutenant-Colonels—Anderson, late of Ceylon Regiment , ' Glasgow ; M ars h a ll. l a t e of Royal Marines, Bath. Majors—Bampton, Unattached; Alexander Grant, 1 J 11 " attached. Captains—De Salis, Scots Fusilier Guards, London r Wright, 49th Foot, Torquay, Devonshire ; Burleigh, Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Ceylon; Dickens Royal Artillery, London; Miller, Royal Marines; Maddock, ' half-pay 79th Foot; Tur man, half.pay 4th West India Regiment, Yarmouth; Unattached. - Lieutenants--Stephenson, 2d Foot, Bombay ; Walker, 39th Foot, Dinapore, Bengal ; Berdm ore , 63d Foot, Bellarp Madras; Griffiths, late Bth Veteran Battalion, Calais; Stewart, half-pay 84th Foot; Davies, half-pay 42d Foot Abergavenny ;T. Thomson, half-pay Royanlarines. Ensigns—Peppe re ll, l a t e I s t V eteran: Battalion; , half-pay Foreign Veteran Battalion. Paymaster-L - Albert, half pay 39th Foot, Brighton,. Quarter-Masters—Beer, half- pay 2d Life Guards, I.6ndoe Atkins, half-pay 7th Hussars. Commissariat Department—Assistant Commissary Genera l J. J. Smith, Cape of Good Hope; Assistant-Commissary Ge•. neral R. Gilmor, half-pay. London : Printed sad Published by MURDO YOTJNG► ° f No. 112, St-ane, Printer, at 77te Sun Office, No. 11; &read, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County 01 Middlesex, Friday, July 4, J 845. 12 ,000 P 1 r , - c,OOO p i To the Ri; IET Lot one-third densely i t LF rench, Places of t a nd the nance hay hours, pr o and 12,000 to H e selvcs nob] leet ed in and clothe e xpend ono of s o many require mu Winter ivil the case IL to their fel tinder the, yo ur Lord' tanker,'' a Lord s aulTerer'sin th e occasion In ~„'r-,„ ETLNG comp] street, , 0 ,. tisely. " b p lansion-1 • A T In th b Notice is auiY, e a afte With. r THE 1311 Thom,_ Isar T homson n Tittesual ros of rlcY rro, annul han,a. 4 -1 n• b ai inn anne tott4 u • • • • .. With acp i• Watson' shou l d Publis Does gr atig, and peos stlB°lPrenl Pers e ed n ing S THE LA...1%1p lain great c: ~ viz., ti Vatted in the : ley other yet C. Watson'i gate, are re i tire, is sold b Contracts g . 7 - 11 E Mr. By t Two And Well, Dou'i• Whit We c Corn / Whic We c To ri Cor ni Will And And of This P-Vl , With The lc On tt tens for" , am , ilost-1 e e 4 Tag H ot Codringtotane an l" ' Coh,aretrial ta lt i , l i l e le n d ai J u e t a e n re , l ' t as linter Snni e and Cloth ; n a fan Tweed dowse] r o "8 Co Pr ats... ck ditto, di St• mart h ea e ri rv i ous de 1 14 d Al to t , s eareel 48, qa Your eantsl he4 l l ' l3 tha ! echocern] o thal Aril sect, qten t r Mr v . a' IN; I l'o st il Y, ( Plat; *ll l -I 'y sea( N, ND N, FRIDA:I MORNING, JULY 4, 1845.