The Sun. — London, England, 1844-07-22 00:00:00

rbirbf Nbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. • STANDARD.—Inthe debate upon the Maynooth grant either of 1840 or 1841, we do not remember pre cisely which, Sir Robert Peel, while declining to refuse the grant, freely declared his conviction that a thorough inquiry into the system generally pursued at the Romanist College was called for, adding that the proposition for this inquiry would most becomingly proceed from the parties more directly interested. Three years, at least, have passed since this intimation was given, yet we do not find that the parties directly interested in Maynooth have mani fested the least disposition to act upon it. Maynooth remains, as Sir Robert Peel said on Friday, still in a most "unsatisfactory position," and it is now full time for 'the Government to take up the consideration of the subject. This consideration, to be effectual for good, must, however, go a great way beyond the constitution and conduct of this particular college. Narrowing the in vestigation within these limits, almost the only alterna tive at which the Government could arrive would be either to enlarge the grant, which upon the hypothesis would be to augment enormously an enormous evil, or to discontinue it altogether, which, if not a violation of one of the subsidiary engagements of the act of union, would be easily employed as a pretext for charging such a violation. The investi gation to be opened by the Government must take a much wider range ; it must embrace the considera tion generally of the means of education of the middle- ' class Roman Catholics of Ireland, with a view to reform the clergy of the Church of Rome through the laity of the Church of Rome—the only way in which the Ro manist clergy, or the peasantry now enslaved to them, can ever be effectually reformed, or the latter can be emancipated. Were the middle-class Roman Catholics in Ireland as well educated as the corresponding class of Pro testants, the power of the priests over the peasantry would be rapidly extinguished ; and whether we are right or wrong in our conviction that a prodigious step would be made towards the religious reformation of the whole people—it is certain that all, if not made Protestants, would be made incomparably better Roman Catholics, better neighbours, better subjects, and better men. The means of effecting this all-important object may not be ersily discoverable, hut we believe that they are not hopeless, and it is quite appa rent that if employed they will be, in the great majority of cases, of certain operation. There is in Ire land already a numerous body of educated Roman Catho lics, and these are universally, except the very few for whom the tempting prizes held out by faction have proved too strong, peaceable and loyal citizens ; their number is increasing, and, with improved facilities and motives for education, will increase until they become co-extensive with the whole of the middle-class Roman Catholics in the island. These men hold an opinion of the present order of Roman Catholic priests very lit'le different from that held by Irish Pro teAants, and are at least as anxious as we can be to see that order both improved and humbled. In the in wrcourse of life they mingle freely and cordially With Protestants of their own rank, and are as fteely and as cordially accepted in Protestant so ciety. A great deal of this 'sappy commuuion is due to Trinity College, Dublin, as Mr. Wyse almost acknow led•4ed while paying a just tribute to the high and honour able spirit of this Irish University, but the debt is due to Trinity College as it is—not to Trinity College as it would be it Mr. Wyse's proposition of introducing Roman Catholic fellowships and scholarships were adopted. It is because the corporation of the College is and must remain exclusively Protestant, that it is able to deal without partiality or suspicion of par tiality, which suspicion would be just as destructive of peace as the thing suspected. The notions of the power of rude fusion in conciliating, the disposi tions of men, long prevalent in Ireland, are strangely contradictory of what experience teaches every where else. If you would have men to unite cordially in friendship or in any common feeling, you must trust to their voluntary approximation ; and where you interfere at all, interfere only to keep them as much as possible apart upon those subjects upon which you know that they cannot agree. The means of conciliation hitherto employed in Ireland have been very much like the device of cruel boys, who tie the tails of cats together and throw them across a cord that they may lovingly embrace, or who fling a bone to two dogs at play, to promote their affectionate dalliance. It is not, there fore, surprising that in Ireland "conciliation" always means a challenge to reciprocal hatred. Quite sure we are, that the less any Government attempts to force the Irish Protestants and Roman Catholics into union, the more rapidly they will join in friendship; like all the rest of the world they chc o3e to have their affections at their own disposal. To come back, however, to our immediate subject. IV bat the Government contemplates we do not pretend to know, nor are we certain that they have as yet any digested plan ; and, indeed, we almost hope that they have not, because we think that in preparing prelimina ries for their reform, an amount of good may be of fQcted, inferior only to the adoption of an effectual reform itself. Before, in fact, any further step should be resorted to, we would wish to see a. report o f the constitution, state, conduct, and prospects o f a.l the principal universities on the continent of Europe in which Roman Catholics are educated, whether in Roman Catholic or in Protestant countries. Such a report would be best compiled from the re ports of Consuls, for the reports of Commissioners are . always suspected, and the value of this re port would be the weight with which it must operate upon the minds of the middle class. The report of which we 4)iiik would, if we mistake not, show that in every country of Europe, Ireland only excepted, the Roman (!diholic clergy and laity are educated in common, sing' Ole Irish Roman _Catholics would thus see the fraud, which many of them already suspect, practised iii reservi Maynooth for an exclusively ecclesiastical esta blishment . : Let us only reflect for a moment what would be the e ff ec t, if the middle-class Roman Chatholics of Ireland should insist upon a community of education as be tween laymen ,and clergymen. The laity would, of course —honourably a wbitious not to come behind their Pro testant fellow-citizens —demand the same liberal and comprehensive . education, which so many of them now seek - and receive at Trinity College, and the priests must submit to the su mp course of reading. Nor is this all. The priests could not dare to follow, in the presence of laymen, that abominable line of study which occu pies neerly all their attention in the sty at May nooth. Their fellow-students of the laity would not endure the abominations of Dens and Liguori, or the atrocities of Devoti—at all events if such vile books ehould still constitute the foundation of sacerdotal eau cation, the Roman Catholic laity would know it, and 'would not be shocked and insulted by first hearing the tr , -tiling of their wives and daughters confessors from the kips of Protestants; and in the presence of Exeter Hall. T A TI7ERSALL'S.--THIS EVENING. QUARTER TO Six O'CLOCK. GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 1 FronchiSe 8 to 1 agst dErn 9 to 1 agst Croton Oil 9 'to 1 ag,st Best-of-Three 10 to I agst Parthian 10 to 1 agst Canton 12 to 1 agst The Pride of Kildare tO to 1 agst Elegance filly tr .:(l to 1 agst Lucy Banks GOODWOOD CUP. 6 to' 4 agst Alice Hawthorn ST. LEGER. 4 to 1 opt Ithuriel 4to 1 st The Cure 8 to 1 assC Bay Mourns 8 to 1 agst .Princess 10 to 1 agst L;gly Buck IMPERTAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Tice LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack a, f; half-past Four o'clock. su `USURY DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. c ourts , -I were immediately called in to be heard against the' Bill. ' The LOILV CHANCELLOR said that he saw two Counsel at the bar, but it was the rule of the House that airily one Cot,•tiset should be heard in a case of this kind. The learned g ottlenien might draw lots for the pleasure of addressing th, - . HoL.se as Counsel. Mr. Sergeant Wrang.ham was heard in support of the petition against the pill. He said that the notice given to the petitioneYs, the.`- they should be heard this day, had been so short, that ,+, would be impossible for ,their counsel to go now into a detailed analysis of the evidence taken before the Coomittee of the House of Commons, upon which the Bill vas founded. It had been laid down in that House on a former occasion that their Lord:thips would not agree to the second reading • of a Bill of disfranchisement, except upon evi- ' deuce heard at the bar upon oath. It did not supersede that law - of their Lordships' House (which ihad been acted upon in the case of the disfran efiLsement of Stafford in 1836), to say that evidence had b ee n, heard upon oath before the Commissioners sent down to take the evidence. Their Lordships would ' not ag.'ee to a BUJ of Pains' And Penalties, without hearing for themselves, at their own bar, evidence on oath, in corrobation of the allegations in the preamble. He therefot e humbly submitted to their' Lordships that they were mot in a condition, accordiug to ti:e established r 'Ales of their Lordships to pass this Ea until they had so beard evidence in support of the allegations. In the evio'ence taken before the Commissioners sent do wl.l their Lordships h ad no proof of the extent to which corrup tion pr evailed, of t he classes amongst which it number of was pra used, whether there wer e any, and persons, i`o whom the corruption had not extended. In , t w en ty- se , 'en ,boroughs of small constituencies corruption equal to th at proved against Sudbury had been proved to exist, but ii , ese boroughs were exempt from disfran chisement, because it was found that there was a suffi cient coast ituene,v free from corruption and entitled to the franehis le. Tho present was the third Bill which the House of C ommons, in its zeal to maintain the purity of elections, ,had seat up to that House. That which was sent up last year broke down at their Lordships' bar. Therefore, in order to End out sm ne thing to make out a case for warranting the, House oe Commons in passing a third Bill of this kind, and to induce their Lordships to agree to it, a Commission; was sent down. If their Lordships would look at the report of that Commission they would see that nothin g _could be more ambiguous than it was. Lord BR OITGIIikiNI asked was the Learned Counsel atb:e to stateg from his instructions what number of voters the bribery had been brought home ti , and of what classes. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham said chiefly to the freemen. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that a great number of the freemen were also 10/. householders. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham said that there was a body of 310 ten pound householders qualified to be registered. of whom only two were accused of corruption in the report. The LORD CHANCELLOR—OnIy two by name. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham said that the evidence, both before the Committee of the House of Commons and the Commission sent down, had proved that the corrup tion prevailed amongst the lower class of freemen, and that the ten-pound householders were, with an exceed ingly small exception, untainted. But the report did not make any distinction upon this important circum stance. The Learned Sergeant then proceeded to state points of the evidence, which he contended were in fa vour of his allegation. The Learned Counsel concluded at half-past five o'clock. ACTIONS FOR GAMING AT RACES SUSPEN- SION BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND moved the order of the day for the further consideration of this Bill, and James Thomas Russell was called to the bar, in pur suance of their Lordships' order of Friday last. The LORD CHANCELLOR asked was the witness at the bar, and being answered in the affirmative, his Lordship informed the witness that a part of the ques tions and answers of the previous examinations would be read to him ; and if Mr. Russell desired the whole would be read to him. Mr. Russell wished to hear the whole read, which was accordingly done by the clerk. The reading of the evidence being concluded, _ Lord BROUGHAM ask e d th e w itness did he not on the former day say that he had never seen the person whose name he refused to give, except in the presence of his brother. The Earl of RADNOR rose to order. He had on the former occasion objected to this question being pressed. The witness and counsel were ordered to withdraw. Lord RADNOR proceeded—He was of opinion that neither in law or justice should the witness be compelled to answer the question or to be committed to prison if he did not, as was threatened the other day. He rs - minded their Lordships that when the Bill was sent up from the House of Commons, a petition was presented from the plaintiff, Charles Henry Russell, praying to be heard by counsel against the Bill, and the counsel were heard. Well, after that, a Noble Duke moved that evidence should be required to show that the petitioner was the bona fide plaintiff. It seem( dto him that it was rather late in the day to call for evidence that he was the plaintiff after he had been named by his counsel as plaintiff upon his petition. But passing that over let them come to the position the matter now stood in. —(Hear, hear.) The witness on Friday refused to give the name of a person whose name was commu nicated to him in professional confidence, and stated that he had laid a case before Mr. Erie, the Queen's Counsel, that he was not bound to divulge the name to the House. The House then adjourned in orde r to examine the witness's evidence before the Committee, and to compare it with what he had given before the House. He (Lord Radnor) had compared the evi dence, and he could not find that there was any discrepancy. Whether the person whose name it was sought to get at was a gentleman or no gentleman, it was quite consistent with the most respectable cha racter that a man should be desirous of putting an end to gambling of this kind, and yet might not wish to be held up as a common informer in a qui tam action. In such a case it was not improper or unreasonable that a man, gentleman or no gentle man, should go to an attorney, and ask him to find some one to bring the action, he himself being liable for the costs. The object of fishing out the name was to enable the Earl of Egremont and the other defendants to know against whom they might proceed hereafter, if the action went in their favour or were stopped. He did not think that the answer would be of any use to the House. He could not see what they wanted with it, or what right they had to exercise their power of committing the winsesses. Lord BROUGHAM thought that this was not the time when the Noble Lord should have made his speech. The time would be when the motion should be put for committing the witness. Then it would be for his Noble Friend to make his speech to show cause why the witness should not be committed. —(A laugh.) But lie (Lord Brougham) never beard so marvellously erroneous an argument in his life, as that the witness was not bound to answer because a Queen's Counsel very learned in the law, gave an opinion that he was not bound to answer the question. What ! was it to be said to their Lordships that they should be governed in their acts, whenever a point of law arose, by the opinion of a counsel learned in the law? He (Lord Brougham) was sorry that his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack was dis turbed by other Noble Lords.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He wished to have the attention of his Noble and Learned Friend, because this point was very material—more material in respect to the forms and privilegs of the House then to the case itself in question. His Noble Friend (Lord Radnor) did not understand the case—(A laugh)—the question was one of very material consequence to the case. The object of the examination was to ascertain who was the per son interested in these qui tarn actions. The pa titioner was herrd by counsel on his representation that he was plaintiff, and that he would be injured by the passing of the Bill. Now, the object of the question was to ascertain, whether he was the plain tiff and liable to be injured by the Bill. It was with a view to the privileges of the House that he troubled their Lordships with those observations. The Duke of RICHMOND said that his Noble Friend the Earl of Radnor had taken up this case with great warmth and but little consideration. The Noble Earl had accused the Committee of striving to fish out the name of an individual to serve the purposes of Lord Eglintoun. If that had been said out of the House he (the Duke of R.) would give it a very short answer. He thought they were more perfectly right in getting at the name of the individual who brought the action in another person's name, and might be, for aught they could know, the foreman of the jury, although he was interested in the amount of all the costs and one-half of the damages. Lord EGLINTOUN was certain that hale. Friends on the Committee would not condesced to as they had been accused of acting, for the purpose of serving his interests. He would by no means wish that onhis account any friends of his would be so influet red. —(Hear, hear.) [LEFT srrusc.l HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) RAILWAYS BILL. On the motion that the House resolve itself into a Committee on the Railway Bill, Mr. MORRISON said, that some few years ago the Government of the country appeared to be altogether opposed to any interference with railroads, in conse quence of which greater enterprise was manifested by capitalists to embark in railroad speculations. It would have been much better if the Government had shown this desire of interference some years ago. If the pre sent Bill passed, the public would be benefited to the extent of more numerous competing lines, but the pro prietors of existing railroads would be most materially injured. He thought, that if a tariff of lid, or 2d. was levied on competing lines, it would have the effect of causing a reduction of fares, if that was the object of the Bill. The best objection to' the Bill was, that it was unnecessary. With r , gard to third class carriages, he thought that public opinion would soon correct the abuse of delaying. poor persons travelling in the third class. He was bes: acquainted ,with the Great Western Railroad, and he thought that a great improvement might be made in tl:e third class carriages. He also thought that the comfort of those persons who travelled in the second class car riages was also too much neglected. Another abuse was that some carriers were favoured more than others by the directors. He-thought that lists of the prices of carrying goods ought to be left with the Board of Trade, and that they should adhere to those price , . He did not think that railway companies ought to be liable to a penalty of 101. for parcels which might be lost. On grounds of public policy, he thought that such a pro vision was necessary with regard to stage coaches ; but railro:ds were circumstanced so differently that he thought they ought not to be made subject to a penalty for lost parcels. He had great faith in the atmospheric principle upon railways, and he thought it would soon become exten. sively adopted. He did not thoroughly approve of the Bill of the Government, because it passed by three lead ing points—revision, tariff, and lease. Mr. WILLIAMS did not think this Bill went far enough in protecting the public. He thought greater powers ought to have been taken by the Board of Trade with respect to the revision of railways ; and he thought that the provisions of the Bill ought to have been ex tended to old as well as to new companies. He hoped the. Right Hon. Gentleman, the President of the Board of Trade, would consent to extend the clause relating to third-class passengers to all existing companies. Third-class passengers had hitherto been treated in the most inconsiderate, unjust, and cruel manner, by existing railway companies, and he hoped therefore, that all companies ought to be made to come under the operation of the third class passen gers' clause in this Bill. He thought, too, that power should be given for the revision, by the Board of Trade, of the carriage traffic on a railway, as well as the pas senger traffic. Colonel SIBTHORP had no hesitation in saying that the present Bill was a very similar Bill to that which was originally before the House. More than half the clauses had been struck out, and the Bill was most par tial in its operatiens. The Bill would have the effect of establishing a monopoly in favour of existing railway companies. Mr. V. SMITH had expected that some statement would have been made by the Right Hon. Gentleman with respect to the alterations which he had proposed. Great alteration had been made, and he thought that only one day for their consideration was too short a time especially without any explanation by the Right Hon. Gentleman. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. On clause one heiniProPosed, Mr. GLADSTONE rose and said he would take that opportunity of explaining the alterations which had been made in the Bill. lie did not think that the public in terest would be prejudiced by the abandonment of the clauses which had been struck out of the Bill. The Hon. Member for Lincoln appeared to imagine that in the Bill as it originally stood the option of revision and purchase wag . made applicable to existing railway companies.. He could Assure his Hon.. Friend that such was not the case. That part of the Bill remained exactly the same. His 119 p, and Gallant Friend came forward with great sympathy for the poor, and took objection to this Bill OD that round. prow the Bill in THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1644. this respect remained unaltered; and therefore if his Hon. and Gallant Friend was satisfied with the original Bill, he must also be satisfied with the present one. There was one material relaxation in the term of the option of revision or purchase—that was, that the right of purchase should not accrue until after twenty-one years, instead of fifteen years, after the passing of the Act of incorporation, as originally intended. This he thought was a very material alteration. Another change in the Bill was, that !the right of revision being once exercised should not be again exercised within the further term of twenty-one years. The Bill in its pre sent state provided that when a railway should be pur chased, it should be taken at the value at which it might be estimated at the time of the purchase. He thought this was an improvement in the Bill. Then, again, it was provided that if the railway, at the expiration of twenty-one years, should be making more than ten per cent., the transfer should be effected by the pay ment of twenty-five years' purchase. The Bill also provided that in the case of a branch liable to the clauses creating the option of purchase, joining a main line that was not liable, if the Legislature should think fit to ex ercise that option with respect to the branch line, it should be in the power of the company holding the main line to demand of the Government to take the main line also on the same terms. He thought this was a just provision. It was not the object of the Bill to pre judge the question of expediency at all; that question would be left open for the future consideration of Parliament. He could not agree with the Hon. Member for Inverness (Mr. Morrison) in thinking it expedient that a maximum charge on railways should be established by Govern ment of Id., 2d., and 3d. per mile for the three kinds of passengers. He felt that the announcement of such an enactment on the part of Parliament would toll the knell of speculation in this country. The Hon. Gentleman re marked that the cost of construction was now greatly re duced, but he must also remember that the great channels of communication had already been constructed. He did not think that there was any other point upon which it was necessary to offer any explanation. Mr. WARD expressed his satisfaction with the pre sent Bill. Be felt that the objectionable parts of the old Bill had been withdrawn, and he expressed his satisfaction with the course which the Right Hon. Gen tleman had taken. He believed that the Bill would be as satisfactory to railway proprietors as it would be conducive to the interests of the public. Mr. GLADSTONE took that opportunity of ex plaining that on a former occasion, in alluding to the petition of the Birmingham Railway Company, he had not intended to say anything disrespectful to the solicitor to that company. He had also alluded to a circular as having been written by Mr. Burke. He had afterwards found that that circular was not written by Mr. Burke. Mr. HAWES would offer no further opposition to the Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman having modified the Bill in the manner ha had done, showed a determination on his part to consider the interests of the public. Colonel SIBTIIORP maintained that this clause did not look to the interest of all parties, nor did it apply the stringent clauses to all railways. Mr. BERNAL, in consequence of the alterations in the Bill, would not take any further part with respect to it. The objections he had taken to parts of the Bill still remained. Mr. V. SMITH, in consequence of the alterations that had been made in the Bill by the Right Hon. Gen tleman, would give the measure no further opposition. He thwight the clause of option ofpurchase on the part of the Government ought to be retained for the purpose of keeping the railways under check. He also thought that something ought to be done with respect to the comfort a the poorer classes who might travel by railroad. Mr. P. HOWARD supported the Bill. Sir E. COLEBROOKE supported the Bill, although he thought more advantages might be given to the public than was proposed by the present meaasure. Clauses 1 and 2 were then agreed to. Clause 3, after a few observations from Mr. GLAD STONE and Mr. VERNON SMITH, was agreed to. Clause 4 was agreed to with some ♦erbal amendments. Clause 5 was agreed to without alteration. On clause 6 being proposed, Mr. THORNELY observed that the clause only en acted that third-class trains should be run on week days. Now he had no wish to interfere with railways which refused to run any trains on Sundays ; but he thought that in cases in which railway companies ran first and second-class trains on Sundays they ought also to be compelled to run third-class trains. Mr. GLADSTONE could not consent to any altera tion in the Bill, which had been drawn up in strict ac cordance with the recommendation of the Committee. The question had been argued in Committee, and he, for one, would be no party to compel companies to run particular trains on Sundays. He was aware of the dif ficulty of enforcing the observance of the Lord's day by legislation, but he would never hold out a bonus to a violation of the Lord's day. He was aware that railroad companies were compelled to carry the mails on the Lord's day, but that was a case of necessity. But the Government would be setting a bad example to the people if, without necessity, they were, by compulsory legislation, to enforce the running of trains on the Lord's day. The respectable work ing man, who wished to change his place of abode, would rather give up a working day, and the wages of a working man, than travel on the Lord's day. The ob servance of the Lord's day was a great support to reli gion in this country, and it was the chief support to re ligion in Scotland. Mr. WARBURTON observed that his Hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton had not expressed any desire to compel railway companies to run third class trains on Sunday, but if railway companies ran first and second class trains on Sundays, they ought to be placed under the same restrictions with regard to third class trains as they were on working days. The old Acts of Parliament always made an exception as to the observance of Sunday in cases of necessity. Now, a poor man might have a re lation at the point of death on a Sunday as well as a rich man, but it seemed, according to the idea of the Right Hon. Gentleman, that the poor man ought not to be permitted to travel to see his relation unless he could go in a first class train. He thought that wherever railroad companies ran first and second class trains on a Sunday, they should be compelled to run third class also. Mr. THORNELY said that where railroads were now closed on a Sunday he had no wish to compel them to run trains. But that was no reason why the poor man should be compelled to remain at home, or pay first or second class fare. He proposed to insert in the clause the words " on any day on which passengers are con veyed." Mr. V. SMITH said the proposition of the lion Member for Wolverhampton was perfectly reasonable.. It only amounted to this, that when trains did run a cheap train should be run also ; so that what was done for the rich man might be done for the poor. Colonel SIBTIIORP supported the amendment, on the ground that they ought not to make distinctions be tween the rich 'and the poor. He, however, suggested that the clause should be postponed. Mr. GLAI)STONE would move that the Chairman do report progress, as it was now (pointing to the clock) the hour for proceeding with the regular public business. —(Cries of " No, no," and " Divide.") Mr. SHEIL said the meaninc , of the clause as it stood was, that Dives might travel on the Sunday, but Lazarni might not.—(Laughter and cheers.) The amendment was read from the chair 'amid loud cries of " Divide." Mr. DENNISON hoped that the Government would give way on this point. An immense number of th% working classes did travel on the Sunday, .and while it would be a great boon to compel the running of a cheap train with the others, it would be a great injury to de prive them of it. Mr. COLLETT was understood to support the amendment. Mr. lIODGSON suggested a difficulty in detail, the mail trains being compelled to run at a speed of not less than 27 miles an hour, while the cheap trains ran at 12, and there would be a difficulty in compelling a third class train to be attached to the quicker one. After a few observations from Mr. ENTWISLE and Sir W. GuEsT, the House divided, when there appeared— For the original motion 4l • For Mr. Thornley's amendment 73 Majority against Ministers —32 On clause 6 being read, Colonel SIBTHORP objected to the limitation of speed to twelve miles an hour. He did not see why the third class trains should not travel at the same rate as the first and second. He would divide the Committee on the question of toll. He would move that the maxi mum be one halfpenny instead of a penny per mile for third class passengers. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, the motion having been negatived without a division. On the question that the clause stand part of the Bill being put, Colonel SIBTHORP said he would divide, but the motion was negatived without a division. The clause was then ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses up to 23 inclusive were agreed to. On clause 24 being proposed, Col. SIBTHORP complained of the manner in which this Bill was hurried forward. How was it possible that they could give sufficient consideration to twenty-eight clauses which were only delivered to members on Saturday. It was not giving them a fair opportunity for discussing a Bill of this importance, which, moreover, was a new Bill. to begin it at half-past two, and run it through Commit tee by half-past five o'clock. They had no end of dis cussions on the Fine Arts. They did not care twopence for the poor people, and however much he might respect the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Board of Trade, he must say it was not a proper mode of legisla lation to run this Bill through at such a railroad pace. He protested against it, and if ho lived to enter the House another sessien, he would see if Hon. Members would not support him in urging Ministers to bring for ward important measures at the beginning of the session. Mr. HUME withdrew the clauses of which he had given notice. Sir T. FREMANTLE move a clause for regulating the conveyance of the military by , railway. Lord INGESTRE expressed a hope that in all future railway Bills a clause would be introduced enacting that all locomotives should have six wheels. Mr. MART postponed his clause for the public examination of candidates for situations on railways. The House then resumed, and the Chairman brought up the Report. Messengers from the Lords appeared at the bar, and brought up several Bills. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. On the motionof - it.thADSTONE, the Joint- Stock Companies Bill was read a third time and passed, in order to send it up to the Lords as soon as possible. POOR-LAWS. In answer to a qu;sti(;ri -- frC;n Col. SIBTRQRP, Sir J. GRAHAM said he proposed to take the report of the Poor-law Amendment Bill on Wednesday next, as an order of the day, to come on in its turn as one of the regular orders. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that it was his intention to proceed with the Joint-stook Banks Regulation Bill to-morrow at Twelve o'clock. Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to a question from in Hon. Member, said, that he should proceed with the South Wales Turnpike Trusts B►ll on Wednesday at twelve o'clock. CAPTAIN WARNER, Captain PLUMRIDGE wished to know if the Noble Lord opposite was aware of the result of Captain Warner's experiment, and whether as a naval officer he would state his opinion of it. Lord INGESTRIE said that a large ship had been des•royed by Captain Warner, on Saturday last, off Brighton. He had done so publicly, and such being the case, it must have come to the knowledge of his Gallant Friend, but he was not at liberty, according to the forms of the House, to state how it was done. It would, perhaps, be better that he should read a document he had then in his hand. The Noble Lord then read a document, dated July 21, 1844, certifying that the opera:ions on the John o' Gaunt, 300 tons, conducted by Captain Warner, on the 20th instant, were under their manage ment and control ; that the explosion did not take place by combustibe matter either on board the ship or otherwise ; that Captain Warner was on board the Wallace steamer at a distance of 300 yards ; that it took place in consequence of a signal from the writers on the shore, and that the time could not be known by Captain Warner. They further declared their belief that, since the vessel had left Gravesend, Captain Warner had not been on board of it. Signed by Lord Ingestrie and Captain Henderson. Sir C. NAPIER wished to know whether there was not a torpedo inside of the vessels. • Lord INGESTRIE said he had read the certificate, and that he was prepared to make oath of it. In reply to a question from Mr. EWART, Mr. GOULBORN said he was aware that a Bill on Art-Unions had been introduced into the other House, but he was not aware what were its provisions. THE CASE OF DALMAS. In reply to a question from Captain POLHILL, Sir J. GRAHAM said he had no hesitation in stating that he did advise her Majesty in mercy to grant a reprieve in the case of Dalmas, but he should object to laying .on the table the infoi mation on which he had given that advice. (LEFT SITTING.) THE BOY JONES AND THE BOY JOINVILLE. (From Punch.) The eyes of Europe are once more upon the Boy Jones. Well, the eyes of Europe have very often been turned upon more insignificant persons. We confess it—we have a regard for the Boy Jones. Whether he be really nephew or not of George Jones, of Ancient America, Esq., we have nevertheless a regard for the youth, who at so early an age associated his name with the annals of his country; for what future History of England, we ask, will be complete, omitting all notice of Jones? Poor boy! If fortune were not as perverse as a prima donna, the Boy Jones would have been born in some western square; would have learned his humanities at college, and so been regularly trained for public place. Only think of the Boy Jones, as Home Secretary, at the Post-office! As it is, we have only the heavy Graham. At least, we should have had sprightliness casting its charm over illegalities; Jones would have broken a seal with a whim apologetic of the felony, whilst Graham— but we will not pursue the contrast. Jones is a genius. That of the millions who gaze upon the awful walls of Buckingham Palace, shut out from them as from Paradise, Jones should have been the only daring spirit that conceived a design to pass them—to dip his plebeian fingers in the custards of the royal lar der—to creep up the royal chimneys—to crouch beneath the royal sofa, thereby (as his uncle, George Jones, has written t• Punch) .‘ causing her Majesty so much alarm;"—that he alone should have done this makes Jones—whatever his real time of life may be—far in advance of his age. And her Majesty—bless her!—saw the daring in its proper light; and therefore, as it now appears, sent the Boy Jones on board the Warspite (whence the world has just heard of him), with a recom mendation to the captain to watch " his dawning me rits," that Jones may, in good time, sport epaulets. A recent letter tells us that Jones fell overboard off Tunis iu the first watch ; when the life-buoy, " which blazed away with a steady and beautiful light," was let go, and Jones clinging to it, called out to the boat's crew, " Here I am—look lively !" However, the writor insinuates that Jones jumped overboard, "and that fir no other purpose than to see the life-buoy light burning." This is a slander. The truth is, the poor boy had been reading in the forechains his uncle Jones's "Ancient America;" whereupon he naturally fell into a sleep, which lasted many hours, and in his sleep fell overboard! His life was saved for greater things. However, we are happy to have heard thus incidentally of the Boy Jones; as his whereabout is a sufficient evi dence of the watchfulness of Ministers as regards the designs of France on Morocco. Sure we are that neither Sir Charles Napier nor Lord Minto would have twitted the Admiralty with neglect had they only known that the Boy Jones was on the Gibraltar station. We at once acknowledge the profound policy of Ministers: it is their intention to meet Joinville with the Boy Jones! There is, if we mistake not, a minor theatre drama called The Prizes and the Chimney Sweep ; and we have no doubt that this piece will, sooner or later, be revived on the high seas, with—as Mr. Osbaldiston has it—" new and startling effects; the whole to conclude with the destruction of the enemy's fleet!" Yes : let Joinville hover on the coast of Morocco, Britannia may be as mild as a Quakeress, for has she not at Gibraltar her babe of glory—the Jervis of the chimney—the Nelson of the larder—her Boy Jones ? It may, possibly, wound the self-love of the French to learn that we pit our Jones against their Royal Admiral; nevertheless, up to the present moment, is not the achievement of greatest daring on the side of our hero ? We taste the fulness of content to know it is so. To quote the sweet song of a sweet singer— " As the pause upon the ceasing of a thousand-voiced psalm, Is our mighty satisfaction and full eternal calm," to know that wheresoever Joinville is, there henceforth will be Jones; that whensoever it may please the French Admiral to attempt a descent on Brighton, Margate, or Herne Bay, Jones, "Like a sweet little cherub will sit up aloft, And keep watch for the life of John Bull!" And when some twenty years have passed away, pleas ing it will be to see the Boy Jones—then Post-Captain Jones—kneeling to receive the honour of knighthood from our darling Queen, surrounded by her seventeen sons and daughters; most pleasant will it be to mark the sly yet benignant smile with which her Majesty dubs the hero who " once caused her so much alarm;" the in truding_ boy, who, according to his own report, once heard the Princess Royal " squeak." We put it to Mr. George Jones, as a man and an an cient historian—should so likely an event come to pass, would he then deny his nephew, the Boy Jones ? Punch thinks not. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CROYDON. A man named William Bates, who has for a great many years been confidentially employed by Mr. T. L. Robinson, wine and spirit merchant, and also a banker at Croydon, was taken before Messrs. Reed, Adams, and Sutherland, at the TOwn Hall, charged with plundering his employers to a very large amount in wines and spirits. Mr. R. Russell, of Uroydon, attended in support of the prosecution, and -a solicitor from London appeared for the prisoner. From the statement of Mr. Russell, and the evidence that was adduced, it appears that for a considerable time Ur. Robinson. had missed large quantities of wine and spirits, but no suspicion was at first entertained of the prisoner, on account of the long period he had been in Mr. Robinson's service, and the goad opinion that was entertained of him. On the 2d of this month, a bottle, containing a gallon of gin, was found in the bottling-house, where it had no business _ _ to be, and Mr. Robinson's principal clerk, who was informed of the circumstance, directed that a mark should be placed upon the bottle, and that it should be watched. The bottle was - subsequently re moved by the prisoner, and he was shortly afterwards taken into custody. Mr. Robinson, believing that many other persons were concerned in the plunder, and that his property had been feloniously removed by parties in the neighbourhood, then told the prisoner that if he would tell him the whole truth, and who were the re ceivers, he would not prosecute him. The prisoner at first denied that he had robbed his master, but after wards he admitted that he had stolen the bottle from the bottling-room, and he showed the officer where it was concealed under a bundle and some pea sticks in Mr. Robinson's garden. Upon the prisoner's house being searched by Inspector Collier, there were found no less than twelve empty bottles, some of which had contained wine, and others spirits of different kinds. A quantity of pale brandy was also found concealed in a clock case, and in other parts of the house several bottles full of gin were discovered, but the spirits, of course, could not be identified. The prisoner's solicitor did not attempt any defence upon the merits. but he urged that Mr. Robinson's observation to the prisoner amounted to such an inducement as would exclude the prisoner's con fession from being received in evidence, and, as the case was by no means complete without it, he was enti tled to his discharge. Mr. Russell, on the other side, contended that, even should the magistrates consider that Mr. Robinson's promise to the prisoner ought to exclude the confession, yet the act of the prisoner in taking the policeman to the place where the bottle was concealed was clearly evidence and coupled with . the . other circumstances made out a sufficient prima facie case to justify the'bench in , committing the prisoner for trial. The magistrates then consulted together for some time, when Mr. Russell said that if the bench really entertained a serious doubt upon the matter, he was sanctioned by Mr. Robinson to state that he did not desire to press the charge. The magis • trate then told the prisoner he would be discharged, but I.e must not therefore imagine that the bench considered him innocent. They had no doubt of his guilt, and but for the inducement that has been held out to him by Mr. Robinson to make a confession, he would certainly have been committed for trial. The prisoner was then discharged. HONESTY.—A pleasing instance of honesty in a farming l a b ourer occurre d l as t w eek. A gentleman not far from us di spatc h e d p er p os t a letter, inclosing a 10/. note, add resse d " M r . Hepworth." By a mistake in the post-office, the letter was sent to Epwortb, in Lincolnshire, w h ere it was delivered to a poor man, a farming labourer, of a • similar name. The next post brought back the 10/. note to the sender, with a remark from the poor man that he was sure it could not have been intended for him,—Bury Pest, SAMBO SUTTON'S CItIM. CON. CASE. At the Cambridge Assizes on Friday, an action was brought by the well-known " Sambo Sutton," a ci-devant prize-fighter, against Mr. Samuel Preston, a briokmalter in that town, for criminal conversation with his wife. There was a second count, charging the defendant with having unlawfully and wrongfully harboured and de tained plaintiff's wife, and kept her away from her hus band. Mr.' GUNNING stated the facts of the case as he pro • posed to prove them in evidence. His client, he said, was Mr. Thomas Sutton, who complained of one of the most serious injuries which one man Could inflict upon another. Mr. Sutton was a wine -merchant, residing in London ; in former years he was connected with the prize-ring, and was well known in the sporting world. His age was about 27, and that of his wife about 23. The defendant was a man between forty and fifty years of age, residing in Barnwell, and having a wife and family ; he was a brickmaker and builder. His Learned Friend, Mr.. Sergeant Byles did not intend in the defence to contend that the plain • tiff was not entitled to a verdict ; but he inti nded to rely upon his powers of sarcasm and ridicule. His Learned Friend, he was sure, would fail, for whatever the station in life of the plaintiff, he was entitled to equal justice. It was not for a -man who had com mitted this grievous act against his neighbour to in struct counsel to answer an action by throwing ridi cule on the .person whom. he had injured. In 1840, the plaintiff, being then about 23 years -old, marrir d Isabella Pearce, some few years younger than himself, who was a shopwoman in Burlington Arcade, London, and a person of unblemished character. , After his marriage the plaintiff intended to quit his calling of . prize fighter, but he found a difficulty in meeting with any other occupation. At length, in an unhappy mo ment for his wife, he came to Cambridge in 1842, where he gave lessons in the art bf self-defence, taking up his abode with his wife, A the Black Bear.— (Laughter.) There the plaintiff and his wife lived happily together. The plaintiff had occasionally to go to London ; during his absence his wife boarded with the landlady, and he seldom returned without bring ing her a present of some sort. This was the state of things when the defendant became acquainted with the parties, professing great friendship for the plain tiff, and offering to assist him in getting into some business. Towards the end of May, 1843, plaintiff went to London, and during his absence his wife was missed from the Black Bear, early one morning. She was not seen for some time, but there could be no doubt whatever that she had been off somewhere in tie company of the defendant. After a month or so de fendant returned to Cambridge and took a house at Ches terton, where he should be able to prove the act of adultery complained of. T. a Turner, teacher of dancing, 26, Sutton-street, Lambeth—l have known plaintiff eight years ; and was present at his marriage at St. Martin's Church, in 1840. Since that I have often visited them ; they lived to gether on the most happy terms ; nothing could be more affectionate and fond. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant BYLES—Plaintiff is called " Sambo;" he is rather black and woolly. lle fights great battles, and is the most respectable amongst them. When I first knew him he was a pagilist ; I never heard of his exercising his profession on his wife ; he may have beaten men, but not ladies. They kept a cigar shop in Drury-lane when first married ; and afterwards lived in a " first floor private," near Soho-square. After that they went to Clerkenwell, and lived private in a parlour ; plaintiff used to sing at concert rooms; his wife did nothing be yond making him little things ; she was a very bandy woman.—(Laughter.) I know nothing about Cam bridge except what he has told me. He came to Cam bridge in October, 1841: sometimes he was at Oxford and other places : he left his wife in London, and some times brought her with him to Cambridge. lie 1.1 her at the Black Bear, in Cambridge, but he was never away long together from her. I never heard that she had complained _ of his beating her, or that she com plained of him for another reason. She lived at a stock and glove shop in Burlington Arcade. Mr. BYLES—DO you peofess the Polka ?—(Laughter ) Witness—Certainly I do. She came to tea with him at a lodging near Leicester-square. Mr. BYLES—DO you remember his buying some flesh coloured gloves for her ? Witness—What colour ? Mr. BYLES — FIesh-coloured—l know the term is rather doubtful in this case.—(Laughter.) Witness-- He bought gloves, I don't know what colour. Mr. BYLES—Was the courtship short ? Witness— Eight or nine months. By the JUDGE—Her mother was dead some time be fore her marriage. Re-examined—She was an assistant in the shop. knew her there for some time before her marriaze. Plaintiff is now what you term a vocalist and wine-mer chant.—(Laughter.) He has been in the wine trade about a fortnight. Mary Laxton, landlady of the Black Bear, Cambridge —I remember plaintiff and wife coming about October, 1841. They had a bed-room, and sat with me and my family in the bar. I have a niece living with me. They used to leave at the end of every term at first, but in May, 1842, they came to live here altogether. I never saw anything but happiness between them. She quitted my house on the 29th of May, 1843. I missed her early in the morning Her husband was absent. Defendant used to come and sit in my bar for hours. He saw plain tiff and his wife there. After Mrs. Sutton left defendant did not come as usual. Hannah White, niece of the last witness—l lived at at the Black Bear, and knew the plaintiff and his wife. They lived happily together, and were kind and affec tionate to each other. About a month after Mrs. Sutton left the house, Mr. Preston said he had been to Scotland with her. He came into the bar and spoke of it of his own accord. He said he had been to Scotland with her, and had called to see a young friend there, Miss Gray, who was a beautiful creature.—(Laughter.) Cross-examined—l never saw the black beating his wife. I have seen him going to strike her, but he stopped. I have got vinegar and brandy for her. She drank the brandy—(Laughter)—but not the vinegar— she bathed her forehead with it—she was faint. We put - no brown paper on with the vinegar. She was faint be cause she had had a dispute with her husband. I also applied some vinegar to her arm. I never said I had seen her so knocked about that she could not feed her self. She is a good-looking person, and used to dance most weeks. John Chapman—l own some houses at Chesterton. Preston hired one between Midsummer and MiehaelmaF, 1843, at 71. a-year ;he said it was for a person of a rather delicate constitution, out of the low part of Huntingdon shire, who had some little property of her own to sup port her. He brought a female to live in it, a goodish looking person, about twenty-four or twenty-five. I never heard him say who it was. W. H. Meedle, jeweller, Hyde Park-street, Bayswater —I knew plaintiff and his wife, and saw them married. I came to Cambridge last January, and called: on Mr. Preston, by direction of the plaintiff, at his louse at Barnwell. I said " I believe you are living with, or keeping, Sutton's wife ?" He said he didn't kn,)w any thing about it. I asked him if he chose to give! her up, and he said no. I afterwards went to a house at Ches terton, on the same day. I watched the house, knd saw Mrs. Sutton at the window. She appeared to be living there. I saw two persons through the blind in the bed room, and afterwards there was no light. ' Mr. Sergeant BYLES submitted that there wa4 no case for the jury. His LORDSHIP thought there was not much evidence, but it was a question for the jury. Mr. Sergeant BYLES then addressed the jury for the defendant. Who were the parties in this ac ti on , ? Th e plaintiff's wife was a shopwoman in Burlington Arcade, — a great thoroughfare, where a great many shops were kept by a great many pretty women. Black Sambo entered Burlington Arcade one fine afterncion, like other distinguished people at the West-end, Mr. Dyce Sombre, for instance ; walked backwards and forwards, and was struck by the charms of Isa bella.—(Laughter,) An invitation to tea followed, and then there was a wedding. Who - gave the lady away ? The Profelsor of the " Polka."—(Laughter.) There was no accounting for tastes. Now, the plaintiff' was black and woolly, yet if he treated his wife well she might no doubt feel affection for him. But what was to be thought of a husband, black and woolly as he was—(Renewed laughter)—and who therefore ought to have been peculiarly careful about his wife; lekving her in a place like Cambridge, tatally unprotected ? What was to be thought of a mart who took his wife to the Black Bear—a most appropriate name truly—(Laugh ter)—and left her there for months together, allowing her to dance every week with - young men frequenting the house ? He contended at some length that there was no evidence to prove the charge of a criminal inter course, and called on the jury in conclusion to give a I verdict for the defendant The Learned JUDGE summed up, and after a short consultation, the jury returned a verdict for the de fendant. THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUEEN'S PARK.— Although the formation of a carriage drive from the Watering -stone by Holyrood, the foot of Arthur-street, the Echoing Rock, Samson's Ribs, Duddingstoe, and across the eastern edge of Arthur's Seat to Parson's green, was commenced about a year and a half ago, the progress, in consequence, we believe, of the want: of funds, has been less rapid than was desirable. A good deal, however, has recently been accomplished. An excellent roadway and footpath have been formed between the Watering-stone and the stile at the north-end of the walk round Salisbury Crags ; and that portion between • the foot of Arthur-street and the road leading to the Powder Magazine is now nearly completed. One intermediate marsh between these two portions not having been yet drained, the junction of the two parts, now almost finished, cannot be effected till the operations connected with the drainage are completed. We under stand the drains will be commenced in the course of the ensuing month, and that this important link in the com munication will be completed with as little delay as poe' sible. The portion finished under Salisbury Crags is now exquisitely beautiful, and daily attracts crowds of persons who take an interest in the work. The wall running up the valley has been removed, the debris from the hill and other incumbrances and nuisances cleared away, aid the surface smoothed and sown with grass, already form ing a rich and verdant carpet.--Edinburgh Paper. CAUTION TO PARENTS, - Two children were brought to the Dispensary, Barnstaple, on Tuesday last, each of whom had got a cherrystone in his ear. The first was a boy from Tawstock, to whom the accident had happened on the preceding Sunday, and several abortive attempts had been made to get out the stone, by which the ear was very much irritated, and it was not without much difficulty that the surgeons at the Dispensary succeeded in extracting it. Scarcely had he ben relieved when the second came i nto t h e h ouse, ale ] in his case also, whi c h h a d on ly just ociirred, 'extraction was performed,—qeelrfil goxettt, THE CURRENCY. Mr. Loyd, in illustrating his principle that th e i ssues o f paper should be regulated by the stock of bullion, goes over some historical ground, which well deserves to be placed be fore the men of business of this City, all of whom are cog nisant, some of them painfully so, of his facts. Adverting to what are termed the " panics" of 1825, 1832, 1837, and 1839, he offers proof with respect to the first, third, and fourth period, that the intensity of them at least was owing entirely to the disregard of that principle; and that in the second pe riod, that of 1832, the threatened consequences were averted acc by ident an ad h er o that princi ence, even though partial and in some measure This may be shown in much less space than Mr. Loyd has devoted to it, leaving those to consult his pamphlet who wish a complete acqu a i n t ance w i t h the details and the figures, the utility of which there is no intention of dis paraging in this attempt at the brevity which we know to be always acceptable to City readers where it can be attained. His figures then show, with respect to the fi rs t p er i o d, when no returns were made of the country circulation, that the stock of bullion fluctuated as under.:— February, 1824 ... August, 1825 Millions. 134 Difference and that the Bank issues were iu Millions. February, 1824 August, 1825 Difference That the Bank directors, in fact, paid no attention whatever to the abstraction of their bullion, or (relying, perhaps, on the "prosperity" doctrine of that time) thought it of uo im portance to do so. The crisis which followed was the most dreadful which has ever occurred. Mr. Loyd's figures further show, with respect to the third period, that of 1837 (and we purposely leave to the last that of 1832, as forming the exception), that the stock of bullion fluctudted as under : Millions. September, 1833 ll March, 1837 4 Difference Yet, taking the aggregate of the paper circulation, the country issues, as well as those of the Bank of England, the following results are exhibited : Millions. September, 1833 March, 1837 Difference And the consequence, as deduced by Mr. Loyd, was the failure of some of the largest London houses, and the prostra tion for a long time afterwards of our foreign trade. Mr. Loyd's figures further show with respect to the fourth period; that of 1839, that the stock of bullion fluctuated as under : Millions. March, 1833 September, 1839 24 ' Difference And with respect to the paper circulation, these were the results— Millions. March, 1838 September, 1839 Difference . —• This state of things led to the advance of the rate of inte rest to 6 or 7 per cent., to the loans from the banks of France and Hamburgh, and to the prostration of the na tional character, as well as that of mercantile credit. The Bank had no control over the country issues, and did not like to disturb their own, for fear of reducing the dividend among the proprietors. Jn the second period, that of 1832, something like an ad herence to Mr. Lovd's principle was manifested, not im probably because the Bank were then engaged in a negotiation for a new charter ; and these were the results :—The stock of bullion stood in— Millions. August, 1830 February, 1832 .... 5 Difference And the paper circulation, taking that of the Bank (for the country returns had not then been established), was— Millions. August,lB3o February, 1832 Difference 3i " On this occasion," says Mr. Loyd, " the drain upon the bullion does not, as in all the other cases, terminate in a crisis ;" and he cites the following remarks upon it from a pamphlet of Mr. Horsley Palmer : " Although during this period the bullion in the Bank was diminished from 12,000,0001. to 5,000,0001., yet in the pro gress of this reduction, as there was no excitement, and no undue credit given by the banks in the interior of the coun try, the interest of money gradually rose from 2i to 4 per cent. ; and, then, without discredit or distrust of any kind, the bullion returned into the coffers of the Bank, and money nearly resumed its former value." We cannot help thinking the deduction made by Mr. Loyd from these figures, which, in order to facilitate comparison, we have simplified as much as possible, to be a sound one ; and that had a contraction taken place when the bullion began to go out, the panics of 1825, 1837, and 1839 might have been much mitigated in character, if not wholly averted. This is the course to which the new Bill will compel the banks. It is impossible under any state of the currency to avert panics altogether, for merchants will ever trade when they perceive a prospect of advantage in whatever medium the g.ods are to be paid for; but it is probably the transi tion from peace to war, or the contrary, or extensive popular commotions, which alone need be regarded with any serious apprehension under the new system.—Times. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. TOTAL LOSS OF THE DOMINICA, BY ♦N ALTERATION IN THE SETTING OF THE CURRENT. KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Tune 23, 1844. Sir,—We take leave to report for the information of the Committee of Lloyd's the loss of the barque Domi nica, Salter, master, from London, bound to this port, on the Island de la Vache, off Aux Cayes, St. Domingo, on the 6th instant. No part of the cargo was saved by the crew, who, with the master and passengers, found their way to this island in the boats ; they appeared to think the ship would go to pieces shortly after they left her. The passengers speak highly of the attention evinced by Captain Salter to the navigation of his ves sel, the loss of which appears to have been occasioned by , a strong current setting to the N.E. We inclose certi ficates descriptive of this current from the master of her Majesty's ship Illustrious (the flag ship of the Admiral), and from the master of an American packet ship, who has made forty voyages to this island, by which it ap pears to hare been running from the 6th to the 12th instant.—We are, &e., &c. (Signed) LLOYD'S AGENTS. William Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. COPY OF CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO. "On 12th June, 1844, on the passage from Halifax to Jamaica, having made Great Inagua, a course wasshaped to pass about midway between Navassa and Point Morant, the wind N.N.E. at the time, blowing fresh, the ship going about nine knots. At daylight, land was reported me on the port bow. This I thought must have been the mistake of the young gentleman who called me, as 1 expected to have made the Blue mountains • but, on going on deck, I found it was the island of Navassa, bearing S.S.E. about 10 miles. We altered our course w S.W., and, although there was no decrease of wind. we found we altered the bearing of Navassa but very little until 9 a.m. This induced me to' believe that we had been under the influence of a strong north-easterly current,' which 'I found corroborated by observation. The current, during the twenty-four hours,,had sent us• N. 44 'degrees, E. 34 miles. (Signed) " CHARLES POPE, "'Master H.M.S. Illustrious." I beg to add, that after much experience in the navi gation among the West India Islands, I had always pre- viously found the current setting about a knot an hour to the S.W., when between St. Domingo and Jamaica." "On my last passage from Baltimore, in command of the barque Home, when off Navassa, we experienced a strong current setting to the E.N.E., at three miles per hour. On the 6th June, at 6 P.M., made Navassa, bear ing south about 16 miles. During the night we steered S.W., going from 4i to 5 knots ; at 4 A.M. the island bore S.S.E. about 5 miles, when we altered our course to S.W. by W. W. At 8 A.M. the wind freshened to a 7 knot breeze, which continued during the day. At 630 ;•.si. we saw the light-house on Morant Point, about 5 miles distant, the atmosphere at thelime quite hazy. I have performed 40 voyages to this port from Baltimore, and never experienced such a current. (Signed) - " WM. J. WATTS, Kingston, Jamaica, June 18, 1844." " Aux CAYES, June 19, 1844. ".We beg to inform you that the barque Dominica re ferred to in our advices of the 10th inst. has fallen over on her broadside and gone to pieces ; but a compara tively small part of her cargo has been saved through the dilatory proceedings of the authorities, and, since the late revolution, the disorder in all the branches of the public service are so great, that • robbery has been very extensive, and even in the Custom-house, under the very eyes of the authorities, civil and military, it is ut terly impossible to prevent robbery, no public func tionary having command over the people and soldiers, to cause himself or the property to be respeoted." Rev, J. Larupen, MELANCHOLY AND DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. —On barked in two boats in Ha moaze ; i n one of the boats t T h u e es f d o a r y em e a v n en o in f g th l e as p t o t c h k e y f a a r m d i i ly an o d f Mr. som P e e f a ri k e e, ful o s l * -,. t . ey, solicitor, Mrs. Peake, Miss Eden, Mis s L ampert two of Mr, Lam : a w n e d re i M n r t . h P e ea o k th e e , r an iv d ir. tw ß o . s m on . s ß e a f m th s e Lam pen's sons, and two sons of IVIr. Peake. When about midway of the harbour, the tide at the time running strong, having ebbed about two hours —one of the boats in which were Mr. Ramsey and others, drifted in the course of the Torpoint Steam Ferry Bridge, which was coming towards them.-- Finding it i mposs ib le to get out of the way of the St eam B r i dge, Mr. Ramsey several times " hailed it, as did Captain Burgoyne, who observed the approaching danger from the poop of the San Josef; but no attention being paid to these repeated warnings, the boat was run down. To. Ramsey fortu nately jumped upon the brow of tho steame r , and sue-ceeded in getting Mrs, Peal i e and Miss Lam en out of out b p the boat ; the young gentlemen also s uccee d e d i n getting , ut tho unfbrionate lady, Miss Eden, o n r i s i ng Imstily in the bo a t, rece i ve d a bloxv in the forehead from the brow of' the steamer, and was thereby thrown off her balance, and immediately fell overboard ; and from the heavy instrument she wore about her person for the purpose of supporting her back, being deformed, sunk instantly. Up to the time of our going to press the body had not been recovered.— Devonport Telegraph. WELDINCITON.-....A dreadful accident occurred to a man driving a heavy unloaded timber carriage, on Fri day last. A bundle of hay was placed on the front of the carriage for the horses to eat whilst loading, and the driver very incautiously seated himself on it. The wheels passing over a large stone in the road threw the from un carriage so much on one side as t o cause the hay to r o ll der him, by whi ch h 0 wits t'Arown off, Le wheel passing over part o f hi s b ead, and " - aking off the ear with the aide or the stni- . ..is face, close to the ' nose, and part of e• .: The poor fellow li es i n a dreadful state of suffering at the Wellington Union, where he has every attention shown him, with some hopes of his ultimate recovery,—Somerset Gazette. CHINESE DOMESTIC AC TECTURE. Intl) of Extract of a letter from Shanghae, dated the -- February on " As soon as I could get a place I removed on sh °re .: My house is neither very large nor very ding . consists of six small rooms, name:y, dining-room, sitt 0 _ room, and office (all in one), bed-room, store-room, and two rooms occupied by my lingu ist e g he Shroff, so that all are in use. The roomspa °' the house is built entirely of wood ; the about Ind feet high at the sides, and 15 feet in the centre ( I °P to the roof), and the tiles visible, there being no ceilingd so muster-re no/d cover the rafters. By dint of papering the walls , 511 the stopping up, or rather covering, the chinks betweeil an d cl?° o _ , planks, putting curtains to th e windows making a ceiling of mats, by nailing them to the raftodeg. and carpeting the rooms, I have made the plac e ,, l fi n of rately comfortable, at least habitable, and by the %Inc a small stove, and a pan of charcoal, or rather c°` - ',,cl sition of charcoal and other substances, which is 11 0 - . here, I keep myself from freezing ; but it is utterly I d possible to ke, , p draughts out of a Chinese house,llsbs, occasionally get a twinge of rheumatism. flowever'ol. next winter, I hope I shall have things wore c ° fortably arranged. n the " The weather is very cold, and snow lying °"--; - ground. The thermometer, when I got up this moral; was 28 deg. in my room. lam sometimes cold at with four blanket s an d a quilt over Me, and frequen tl . o find the water in th e basin, nail-brushes, Bce.; fre' le fft l et the morning. Although n o t ver y pl ea sant to me , " o tl being accustomed to a tropical climate, it is bracinghen will, I trust, strength en me t o s t an d the hot we llt n js I have been told th a t th e th ermometer so metimes sta ;%. at 127 deg. here in th e s h a d e . I sus pect it must be 're agg, , rated. Fortun a t e ly it d oes not last long, 11° _! ; ., 11 ::" than three months, or it would be impossible to ax''' FAIR SUFFERERS. (From Punch.) t o f By fair sufferers we mean a b ou t n i n ety-nine o a oo . every hundred of those p oor d ear young ladies' deinned, thrcngh the accident of th e i r bi r th, to latig li e s r in silk and satin, beneath the load of a fashionab le er 9, istence. Ah ! little think th e gay li cen tious P 9 ' 11 , 1 ; be who have no plays, operas, an d even i ng partie s r ide forced to go to, and no carriages to be obliged t' ° , t be about in, of th e m i ser i es w hi c h are en d ur ed bl t b i o daughters of affl uence ! I t i s a well-known fact'. 5 scarcely one of these tender creatures can 10 % e ig theatre or a concert-roo m t en m i nutes w i t hout - fit if seized with a violent headache, which, more frecl ue , e i 5 than not, obliges her to leave before the perfornne; t ice over, and drag a broth er , h us b an d , l over, o r q te tof young man, away with her. If spared the headache' often is she threatened with a fainting fit (nay, nlber then seized with it), to th e a l arm an d di stur b a nce ° f s till company ! Not happening to feel faint exact l Y h ' e y , it, there is a sensation, " a something," as she doer be " she doesn't know what," w hi c h s h e i s a l mos t sur e e ; t be• troubled with. Unvisit e d by t h ese af fli ct i ons , never less, either the cold, or the heat, or the glare of tu itee or some other source of p a i n , oppresses or e xcrile l o b her susceptible nerves. And when we take one 0 0 young lady, and put tog e th er a ll the public amuse of which she must eith er go to—or die--in the cou r td i eo, London season ; and w h en we a d d up all the he9w-wbst! and swoons, and the somethings she doesn't 10 0 .00 the shiveriags, burnings, and other agonizing se ns ; o lo 9 which she has undergone by the end of it ; th er „, e- 915t! an aggregate of torture truly frightful to colipc - '4s' Suppose she is obliged to walk—this is soine - o ti actually the case—happy is she if she can go t w o yards without some pain or other ; in the side, the shoo' the shoulder, the great toe. Thus the pleasure of s io ping, promenading, or a pic-nic is embittered • t h q sb e colocynth infused into the eau sucree of bliss! t bet reads a chapter i n a nove l , t h e chances are thi:l temples throb for it. She tries to embroider a 9° , lief doing more than an arm o f h i m at a time stru lo- f e ell eyes. Employ herself in what way she will, si le fsh 9 fatigued afterwards, an d may think herself well off ' t its; is no worse. Nine days out of ten she has no l e m , ilti on the tenth she enj o y s h er dinner, and is t a ,4 51 Then comes-that ho rr id p h ys i c ! She cannot tim e '.bes she objects to powders • draughts are i nsu ff e rable 0 0 1 0 Poor unfortunate ! What is she to do ? W:l4 nu care to vex her, sa ve , p er h aps, some slight *,-,11 O respecting the Capt a i n , s h e i s una b le to rest, thone ben a couch of down. Exercise would procure her si llin c or but oh ! she cannot take it. Whether a little 1099 1 , 00 0 ; finement of the waist, ea r li er h ours, plainer inll°,;eolP more frequent airings i n th e green fields, and 1 4. and bodily exertion generally, than what, spects, is the fashionable usage, would in any t i ti l one ci. , viate the miseries of our fair sufferers, may be quo -- r It may also be inquired how far such miseries.4o. imaginary, and to what extent a trifling exercise of Pr lution would tend to mitigate them ? Otherivistire o posing them to be ills that woman is necessarily T w ill to—unavoidable, irremediable : gracious powers e a torments, what anguish, must fish women, washe' - 51 - charwomen, and haymakers, to say nothing of seas of of all-work, and even ladies' maids, endure every - their lives ! in thescor DEAFNESS. TESTIMONIAL from John Sa w y er, Esq., ° f 5 wood Lodge, Maidenhead, Berks, to Messrs. S. and 13. mons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Gentlemen, Mo 4 le been deaf for some time, I was induced, in the month 0 0, vember, 1839, to m a k e t r i a l of your Invisible Vo i ce Condo/70 and, although at my advanced age, at that time past n3/0/1 year, I had no hope of obtaining any relief, yet immedil d Ol applied them I could hear the general conversation, 5 1 , 3 10° hearing has be come so muc h improved bheir use, that now hear acutely w i t h out t h e i r a i d. I am, Gentlemen' 0 most obedient serv an t, J. S awyer. 22d June, 1 841 ; 41 ; the late Henry C ow p er , E sq ., of T ewen Waters , Messrs, S. and B. Solomons :—Gentlemen, having berlroie / for many years, I was induced to try your Invisiblitops4 Conductors. They enable me to hear persons in 001 and at a place of worship most distinctly. The ped° , Handglass which you have sent me are very excellen suit my sight perfectly, the transparency of which is lryd,, liant, that alth oug h I h ave passed my 86th year tbeht,l2 May last, yet th e y ena bl e me to read, and by eandle-ligtoibr, the greatest ease and comfort to myself. I return 1,.„°2." thanks, and remai n y our o b edient servant, Henry 22d June, 1839.--Telescopes, Opera Glases, Dgic r &c. of the same kind of L enses. —Caution.—Messrs. S. lll 4.41 a lomons, Opti c i ans an d Aurists, arc not in any way Comte' or lio°' a person of th e same name in their immediate neighb°b"; Nor n any p ar t o f the country. To prevent mistake!' ittee tious, and Observe,—Only to b e h a d at 39, Albemsilt" Piccadilly, oppos i te the York Hotel. 111 PLEASING RESULTS. —With the gaiety assill n re nature in the b r i g ht ness o f the summer season th e 0 (0 few di s i nc li ne d to participate; and in pursuit • tbeii rational enjoyments, personal agremens, in n e , variety, are nec essar il y o bj ects of desire-4°„%flor which the p e rf ec ti on an d durability are at onee and important, meet their most available preserlot Gowland's Lotion ; first, as a decided remedy ltd cutaneous impurities ; a n d, secon d ly, as an elegfrefe.,4" and effective appendage to the toilet, removl,e o ftos species of l oca l discolouration, defending the all the well-k nown e ff ects of heat upon its surfn i • 're as contributing la rge l y to cont i nued delicacy and ,f 1 ness of the complexion. A WONDERF UL C URE BY HOLLOWA:-; 7 AND OINTMENT.—Edwa r d White, residing a' 0.1 Clement's-lan e , St ran d , was an in-door patient OS , oil 14 College Hospital, for an a b scess in the thig a ll ' wound, nine i nc h es l ong, on the same limb. L'eroollt, neither bend his knee nor put his foot to the b be eo He remain e d at t h e hospital five months in bed, 1„ H ril?„4 . was informed "th at noth i ng more could be done " d 0 .01 Fie was then carr i e d to hi s home, and commence sb!,ll, the above in va l ua bl e medicines. He can now wa`o all the day long ; but, to complete the cure, be 5 0 ))1/ 9 ',,, the remedi es . S o ld at Professor Holloway's es, 0; meet, 224, St ran d, w h ere advice may be had gr a ,, i it v by all re s p ec t a bl e ven d ers of medicine throng"' civilised world. , THIRD EDITION OF " CONINGSBY."-- e pr." 0 1 quested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great rough-street, has this day published a Third x,' PY I : 8 " Coningsby or, The New Generation," by " — noi ° „ . l raeli, Esq„ M.P. in 3 vols. post Bvo. which es l A i i r . v o ; had of alf booksellers and at all the libraries. P stott; burn has also just published -2. The Hon G . ,, 0 00 4- 1,, Smythe's " Historic Fancies," J val. Bvo., 12s. " 3. The second volume of Ur. Townsend's M eal ess of the Rause of Commons, Bvo.-4, The Marchie o n tir ts° Londonderry's Narrative of fret. Visit to the C ., 0 1, SI; Vienna, Constantinople, fLchens, Napl es , &c.,_ . 1 —and, The sevenf a v o l ume o f mi ss tr' e ,, e 913 : " Lives of the Queens of England," com rising t' na plet" elusion of the Life of Queen Elisabeth, and r the s g 0 Life of Anne of Denmark, ‘.gt. SINGULAR TREFT.—On Wednesday 7 .- o - af,f°' boy was in a spinney adjoining the turnpik',.:el, c o n this town to Loughborough, he discovered a 1 31 1 — c1 0 :1; tainitg, twenty-three. shrouds fifteen breast" tit twenty-four face-cloths, and four caps, evid e f li o efq Property of some tradesman who furnished n , so ck q have been made in Leicester, but as, sic `l, tides have been missed by the drapers beret ,I ra per posed that they have been stolen from some " Nottingham or Derby. —Leicester Mereury.,.., 1111' of BIR. Wield° On the 15th inst., the lady THS of the Rev.... ~,, fto tiert Twyford, Hants, of a daughter. , of On the 16th inst., at Ely-grange, Frant, the Law James Hebdon, Esq., o f a son. 11 va , On the 17th i ns t., a t Polygon-terrace, Soutba;n"-c Joseph Lobb, o f a son. P e° On the 18th i ns t ., at Streatham -hill, Bll.ll* J. 0• r eAri , of a son. On the 18th inst., at Brunswi c k- squ are, the 18d7 d m il. E. Kendall., jun., Esq., of a son. ale, 1/I.l* Ro O w n o :.: o n f e a l9 d t a h ug in h s t t e . r ,. ""at Beaufoy-terrace, Maida are' MARRIED. ono r-s c l o u d 0C On the 10th inst., at St. George's Church, only OP Tloratio Kemble, Esq., to Margaret Amelia, :', l3 : , i 'dieseAl et r• Lieutenant- Colonel Carpenter, of Potter's-bar, _ "'"" tho '"•te, On the Bth inst., at St. Alkmond's, Shrewsbury', _..09111 J. Poole, 8.A., incumbent of landsillo, 111-ontgonAi., wr Pauli Berlin On 11 0 . t e ,:h B e F l an i 1 3 8 a n t o Y h i : t ° Emily, eldest elan hlB. Blyth e ' s g ter of the late 1 ,0 04 goon, of Cound, Shropshire. T..— to On the 10th inst., at the British Embassy, Berlin* Ail' o f Bentley-, Esq., of the Free Grammar School, Shr ew- uioth ior common, to Caroline Augusta Field, sixth &tug e g o h r t p e e r , o E f sqP.r2ofoe..srsoir;tertii 0 _Liu. Surrey...ipYll:SataigAe youngest e d da On the 10th inst ,Franene --- le cl ' Veitl'' big' Leigham House, gtreatham. rm,fner 9- On the 11th inst., Mr, Cuthbert Relpb, of A .."--- P a ' Cheshunt,.aged 69, John On the loth inst., at Brand-street, Greenwich, Edward- Se at. f of 6n the 18th inst., pall-malbeast, Jo h n ~„fe ss o On the 18th inst., Hyman Hurwitz, Esq.' -"- Hebrew at University College, London. h Holborn. Ou the 19th inst., Mr. F. G. Berry, of Hig-- ......,.:...---......--- Franc of J. W. Liddi or, London: Printed and Published by 18.11.TR1 , 0 -Yli, _. 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