The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-15 00:00:00

NEI ►~~~~• THE NEW CURRENCY BILL. rom the Morning Post of yesterday.) e t c . n ..ue New Currency Bill.is virtually carried ; and the 'mental scale of prices has been recognised as the of prices best fitted for the meridian England. Sir R o b ert Peel ' s currency scheme is, confessedly, rowed wholes a l e f rom Mr. Jones Loyd, one of the pant of the -advocates of free trade in corn— gh, as Mr. Gisborne slily remarked,ot n a free t'a th der ou free in his own b us i n e ss of banking. Mr. Charles id ler, indeed, complimented the Minister on having '3/4uepted.the doctrine f the " Political Economy Club" basis . s o _,"iee of his legislative measures, and expressed a Zthlt a repeal of the corn-laws (as to the expediency , w hich all th e mem b ers of the " Club " in question r -e agreed) might b e t h e ni • xt of the Right Hun. Ba s reforms. , ri' l ‘ tr • Charles Buller's wish might have been spared. h'eel's corn -laws are, in effect, abolished by. Sir Robert k ee ea rs new currency measure. Under the action of that s ure prices in England must be forced down to the t % i-- ti e tin ee ' tal level. The corn-laws mush therefore, in all t s u e Come, prove inoperative. Their specific repeal —4 , .ess free arcely traderbe thought necessary by even the most it . ItThe Ministerial measure was opposed, last night, by by j l awe , ;. by Mr. •Ilastie, by Mr. Charles Buller, and 4,inr• Gisborne,--all of them unflinching free traders, ti staunch supporters of the principles of the money 40 , w . of 1 819. Yet even those honourable gentlemen i'_4llnli from a movement so startling as that which is turveolved in the Bank Charter project. The fears there which Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Wodehouse, and Col. itot"p expressed as to the effect of the measure on the qustr of the country may fairly be assumed to be not witho ut' cause. 4,P b l ail the triumphs which, under the auspices of Sir e rt Peel, the free traders have achie v ed, thi s on th e FellNrren eY question is, beyond comparison, the greatest. 'night Mr. M un t z exc l a i m , t h at h e cou ld under ahh`onui why th e f ree - tra d ers " on hi s s i de of the House rii en ti ' d support the Minister, but how country gentle sh,,:,whe are attached to the corn-laws and high prices, support him, did, as the Hon. Member for Bir i'arri admitted, surpass his comprehension. e shall hereafter carefully analyse the speeches de ed on the occasion. At present we have only space c o attnounce the utter abandonment by the House of 17Ur eons of the last remnants of the policy of protection COURT CIRCULAR. -Lep Queen, , z attended by the Countess of Gainsborough, tutY Waiting, left Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes t en o'clock yesterday morning in an open carriage and ~4.1 % :,!,5, c 0rted by a party of Lancers, for Claremont. Colonel 10 41 ,"‘onot, Equerry in Waiting, followed in a chariot and end Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Lister, cf Honour in Waiting, and Viscount Sydney, Lord ‘vaiting, occupied another open carriage and four. %ger Majesty was conducted to her carriage by the Lord 5 1 4 berlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice Chamberlain, 4,, George Lennox, Lord in Waiting on Prince - Albert, and `2,4liral Sir Robert Otway, Groom in Waiting to her Ma 's Maj es t y th e Ki ng o f S axony an d hi s R oya l Hi g h ness k a t'e e Albert left Buckingham Palace directly after her Jest-, for Hampton Court. His Majesty and his Royal kZittless were in an open carriage and four. Two ope n car eee and f our f o ll owe d, th e fi rst conta i n i ng hi s E xce ll ency 4, 1 44j 0ur de Minckwitz and M a j or -G enera l Si r Ed war d Li t v r , at er, Equerry to Prince Albert ; and the second, contain t4ll`'ount Albert Vitzthum, Major de Reichart, and Dr. IV Earl of M or t on , Lo r d i n W a iti ng , an d L or d Ch ar l es Lesley (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting, attended Fe Albert and the King of Saxony to their carriage. o e illustrious party drove through Richmond to Ramp tourt, wh ere P r i nce Alb er t an d th e Ki ng o f S axony ' .' 'l il t ed, and viewed the Palace arid the pleasure-grounds. e royal party afterwards proceeded from Hampton. 41 1 to Claremont. i r j lion. C. A. Murray arrived at Claremont yesterday s• 'og from town. • t i t i %ltobe r t and Lady Gardiner hail the honour of dining 'Wier Majesty at Claremont, last evening. Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess r i ,! l > and the Princess Alice were taken their accustomed af"' a iri ace ngs yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham LRoyal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended f , 4r oness Ahlefeldt and Major • Stephens, honoured the C ri oanceof the morning concert at her Majesty's Theatre lierclay with her presence. had an interview with the Right lion. W. E. 'ri i ' s 'erie yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. It g e Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet- N i . 3 :esterday afternoon at their office in Whitehall-place. present the Bishop of Winchester, the Right ibhouse, and the Dean of Westminster. tes were received yesterday at the Colonial-office, )vernor of New South Wales. .ewart had an interview with the Earl of Dal •erday, at the Board of Trade. ial Committee of her Majesty's Most Honourable il, sat yesterday. The Lords present were the :nt, the Vice Chancellor Wigram, the Chancellor of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty it from Madras, "Moottoo Vyaya Raghanadha iottoo Natchiar," was resumed. Mr. Kindersley, igram, Q.C., and. Mr. Jackson, appeared for the Ind Mr. ll'arge, Q.C., Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. E. F. le respondent. rdshipi adjourned the case for further hearing ye four o'clock. iFUL STEAM-BOAT COLLI- N, NEAR GRAVESEND. TWO LIVES LOST. ly hour on the morning of Thursday, a collision, ,h a melancholy loss of life, occurred on the river 1, eight miles below Gravesend, by the Ant on. ship, Caain Jackson, running down a fish :ailed the Maria, which, in consequence of the %ter of the concussion, was literally dashed to circumstances connected with the accident are ireful nature. The fishing-boat, which belonged ieford, and was about twelve tons burthen, left m Wednesday forenoon at high water, there iard, besides*Peneford, his apprentice, Abraham :wo children named Williams, who were pro le cruise for the benefit of their health, and is reside in Crooked-lane, Gravesend. During ty laid in Shell Haven, Sea Reach, and at four ,he above morning they got under weigh and fishing, as did many other vessels. At about . the Antwerpen was observed. bearing up the nu e}! London, the Maria then lying-to, about m Nei id 4 4 : 1 ! the n e t s being set, and Peneford and his appren- Wig about making a haul, the Antwerpen appa tlk4eY beari ng down upon them. Peneford called out to On board to port their helm, and from signs made by thate, who was standing on the paddle-box, to the man Rio helm, he thought it was attended to, but soon per -414 that the steamer had not altered her course, and Ve s , N tt h . s el would inevitably be run down. Both himself a 3 apprentice, who is a young man eighteen years of : 4 a(l in shouted, but their cries were apparently not ,4 1 % tst°0 of d, and in a few moments the Antwerpen, which the first class steam-ships, came on at full speed, Ni i t ,' 'king the Maria's stern, split her completely in two, Zisile sides passing under the paddle-boxes, the paddles klv,„ e ted the destruction of the smack, by hurling the ~`rel i, a " in atoms. The crash attracting the attention of the ItJo tit of the different smacks fishing in the haven, they put ? t 1) and made all haste to the assistance of the unfortu ti,lN:rtsons belonging to the Maria, and a boat from the k re Pen was likewise immediately lowered ; but owing to . 4 t way the steamer had on, by the time she was ~glat to, she had gained upwards of two hundred yards tti' th e spot where the collision occurred. For several t c ,t}„'.,,,it was greatly feared that all had perished, but e, t6 r t . - renFford and his apprentice were,observed struggling t ,4e rel i r Peneford was at length picked up by •a, k,k4 11 named Savage, and the apprentice was saved b'y ?ley w l belonging to the steamer. As may be imagined, ere both in a dreadful state of exhaustion, and Pene- Ip l il t e t: a z ts clarnap . on was, " Where are the poor children ?" but searching amongst the floating pieces of 111 nothing was seen of them, having no doubt being Otit Li.stantly by the paddles of the steamer, as at the mo ou.! striking they were both on deck. They are both . qq titr) ite 12, and the other 13 years of age. The accident Zy t ,,,, t iaeed much sensation amongst the inhabitants at le B 114 - A reward has been offered for the finding of the ea t " o , f the but up to eight o'clock last night nothing had been m. m 44 4 4 ,1 1! PROM HYDROPHOBIA.—Last evening, Mr. f i ch 4 ?Oil an inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the body 040 r " Evans, aged 14. Mrs. Mary Dunderdale, No. 2, 1 74 IZ:Street Lisson-grove, said deceased was an orphan t p Six weeks ago a mongrel dog, belonging Fitt cit u a b i o e r l , b - l u ia t m as ed Rudland bit him in the hand. The she was Washing him -on Tuesday last Q. k alialed,'" Oh, do not wash me ; take the water away." 11' 5 ,14;' e sPie, a surgeon who saw deceased, said he was I.7Ditlg under hydrophobia, and advised his removal to that ',4 441, which wi's done. Mr. Bannister, house-surgeon, e"eased was admitted with decided symptoms of hydro -1114,411Z that he lingered in great agony, and expired on Mr. Rudland, the owner of the dog, said he ex- VI it; i ll° symptoms of madness before he bit deceased. As 1, 5 (1; 4 e hod done so witness tied him up, and he died in %VI afterwards By a Juror—l paid no tax for the dog. think 'the evasion of the dog tax a very great it is 80 easily evided in London, that almost every kentl ilVkr at ? and simple, has a dog. They are allowed to t, ) kid T out the streets, to the manifest danger of the . p.ub -14,114,-(H!hink the Government ought to •be memonahsed, tax collectors to be more rigid in the taxing of A q4i.Thals. Verdict, "Died of hydrophobia." ISO N ORDER AGAINST REPEAL BUTTONS.— tit-I'S i llustration of the practical working of this petty IV t , i 'l - l e b "re ian occurred this morning. The Surgeon of the t t f hacaars dro ve up i n a h ac k car t o b rea kf ast w ith G en. ;1 4 '41 4 i 1:4 ' The sentinel at the Barrack gate peremptorily 4h ilisL ° c ,admit him. " Don't you know me?" said the l'urgeon. " Yes, Sir," the sentinel replied, " but 114' t You B ee the driver has a repeal button at his breast. ' Patin, having no alternative, got off the . vehicle, and Pri his fare, walked the remainder of his journey.— 'Veni V Post. Itt ALL AT THE MANsiox-HousE.—The Lord th: t he ii / i' l a.3'gress have issued invitations for a grand ball, i aken-house, on the 3d of July. We understand Cite or the lathes will appear in dresses strictly or 8 . t Alkito o aifields manufacture. 41 1 211 beoIIGE UNIVERSITY, JUNE 14.—At a con . g . re- Yesterday, a degree was conferred on William 41111 lairgdalene College. v; • 1. EATHER IN SCOTLAND.—We still continue Th e -sit ed . h e at ui ~ at intervals with copious and refreshing showers. tot i lk i t te fi % lke lvise shines forth occasionally with warlnth and E• 11 )e ( 14. and altogether the weather is everything that rnst ' red . — Glasgow Courier. hPi4,ei_tlie celebrated violinist, has presented to the Ivi t n h 4 a n ic rY of Musicians the munificent donation of 74/., Litk Ato so lY of the proceeds of the concert which he gave, owit gto "eles, on the Ist instant. As M. Ernst was not of ~ub sudden indisposition, to fulfil his promise to e eon u thought it due from him to present the profits (10:41ed. an d India fund, the object of which is the support trn inA wt - e Agent. musicians—a benevolent act, which h 4.1114 mt_ credit. 411 4 SIIA.LSEA PRISON.—These premises have . I S re ' red e urch aa ed, and are now fully occupied by willing ta,18 0 : 1) de of 4t a , Instead of, as formerly, being the tempo 'tiiN4lent f or TI:1,1??, unfortunate victims to the laws of im ins ( lit et ' 1 8 now The front,' formerly the Governor's T tweilt„." . i andsonie . draper's shop, and the tenants , t `3' th e J s .',lx houses gain access by Angel-court, which do • ale of the old wall, part of which has been , w1 I„ for their e-- t) it, cc ommodation.name has yet , but it is intended to call it Marshalsea alace-place. b 9 v deti T,Jesty- , f or e , the . ri e we ;loam' ss tl °Q.6 and fo ably enale 0. ur d °-„ t rAti t rel , lvat er, E e Y- s( i tiare. 8, 0 4/0' e 4, 1 0 u ht r ? lied , c i r t y4;e flables a tr ogg. f goo ?o h , r t _ Ley (( -hers ofde+ Ifr" e Alber ClaoricAlr tr illustr L ter, 45:e. 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' and a la r g e ers lPr °I I tl at of oe / th, Parent , el l Sr wti lll ght the l . a ted f, e o f :S Q ' th k on presenn i ipee' - erteed fi les . 0, 0 0 1 '"elock t R e v. f or Lo 311 e, Ve h 'e c 1 ti tt 'NI, the 0)7'4 gr , 44 t1 b eing a o f - 1 4 Y bearing abita n i t :oe ToOi °4 boa ecol‘ 1 51 ' •of AO kt t lpate tire ° O r tY e hei P e Dela for) 1 1 ,,•'°ed 111, I to , , o r, that rlt, uL e otv 1 414 p;Ssei we rhe Od id e al apn - r ha -e of P 'll o ot iel tt ti ers7. -ln s b ess i ' opo °0 ( 1, 0 0 0 tki °f the ing ; A O' kid at to the • g I the 0,41)1,4_4;de OPENING OF THE OXFORD SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. RAILWAY. PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. Another great attraction to Our festival will be the easy GLOBE:-The debate on Sir Robert Peel's Currency and short method of conveyance now offered to the public plan was well sustained last night on both sides. We by the opening of the line of railway between Oxford and have not space at present to weigh the arguments intro- Didcot, in conjunction with the Great Western. At the duced in it ; but there is one point-the continual re last festival, la 1839, many of the coaches were more than currence to the, case of America-which, we think, eight hours performing the journey between Oxford and requires notice. Sir R. Peel asks, " Why should the ' London. Now the Great Western railway tables announce example of the United States be inapplicable to this two hours and twenty minutes as the necessary time for country ?" Just because the main moral ingredients are whirling you from the university to the metropolis. On materially different. The United States have figured re- Monday the Government inspector, General Pasley, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Brunel, and some of the Directors of the peatedly as a confederacy of public and private sp ' Great Western, with a party of ladies, made the first'trial of not on their own funds, or their own internal credit-but the new line. The distance from Paddington to Didcot, 53i ' on the grand delusion which flourished in Europe re miles, was done in the short space of one hour and eight specting the certainty and immensity of American profits. minutes. Mr. Brunel •directing the engine. From' Didcot Omne ignotum pro ntagnifico -the fact that industry can to Oxford they travelled slowly to give the inspector an thrive upon new soils was magnified into the idea that opportunity of making the necessary survey. On arriving, capital can find its best investments in new countries. at the Appleford Bridge, the centres had not been struck, This general delusion-for such it is-and the best and caused the steps of the carriages which hit against them exposure of it, by the way, has been written by_ an to be twisted nearly off. The force was such that it is sup- American, Mr. Carey-was naturally encouraged by e ua posed that had the tra been on a narrow age of line in- stead of the broad one in of the Great Western, it must have the contagious effect of Brother Jonathan's sanguine inevitably been driven off, and the consequences might have self-confidence, and by the reckless speculations in prema been fatal. The train, however, arrived safely at Oxford ture public works which the States became borrowers to about half-past two. Carriages were in waiting, and conveyed execute. Such were the circumstances which distin the party to the Angel Hotel, where a champagne lunch bad guished the case of America from that of our own been provided. We believe the inspector expressed his appro- country. The moral (or immoral) spring of unlimited bstion of the line, and the party returned again to Padding- credit depended not on particular instruments. The ton in the evening. On Wednesday the line was opened American credit system was a mere conduit-pieie for ad for passengers,- the first train leaving the Oxford station at vances and investments in the wildest schemes ; and ten minutes to eight o'clock in the morning. There were when these proved bubbles, the collapse of the banking not so many passengers as might have been expected. It channels and reservoirs for the funds of dupes followed arrived safely at Didcot in about 26 minutes. The line was exceedingly smooth, and the riding pleasant and comfortable, being a further confirmation of the superiority of the broad as a matter of course. STANDARD.-Lord Monteagle and Mr. Benjamin gauge over the narrow one used in the north of England. Hawes last night obliged the two Houses of Parliament The line of rail between Oxford and the Abingdon-road sta- and the country by producing two of the longest and tion, a distance of seven miles, commands a view of country least readable debates of the session. Lord Monteagle's one of the most beautiful that can be imagined.. Passing motion was for a Committee on the import duties- Hinckse y , it crosses the road to Abingdon about .mile from a Committee on the import duties, to commence its Oxford, under a brick bridge; it passes on a short distance labours on the' 14th of June !-while Mr. Hawes from the Isis, through Kennington, by Sandford, to Nune- let loose his eloquence against Sir Robert Peel's ham, the seat of the Archbishop of York, where it crosses Bank Charter proposition. Lord Monteagle's pro the water, and shortly arrives at the Abingdon station, a . . pretty building of brick and stone, situated about three miles position was rejected by a majority of 184 to 75, from Abingdon. Another mile and we are at Appleford sta- Mr. Hawes's by a majority of 185 to 30. Lord tion, a temporary shed. After passing under another brick Monteagle's financial talents have been tested by office, bridge, then two miles of uninteresting country, and we are and are, we can assure him. very justly appreciated at Didcot, a village of a most-we were going to say-rue- by an intelligent public, now making good his deficits ful, but we suppose it will be better to say rural aspect ; by property-tax payments. Mr. Hawes, unluckily frighted out of its propriety by the notoriety it has lately for himself, but we think fortunately for the assumed in being the place of junction with a branch line to public, has had no official trial, but he has the Great Western. If any one is desirous of seeing a vil- spoken quite enough in Parliament to exhibit the lage in its natural rudeness, of which they may have some- - measure 'of his abilities. But what of these things ? times heard, we would advise them to run down as far as Didcot, before it is transformed by the civilisation now daily Lord Monteagle had his night, though sure of being passing through it. Its church (we speak of the exterior), beaten by a majority of no less than-109,; Mr. Hawes, has the appearance of a barn, whitewashed on the grand oc- his night, in the face of a certain majority of 155. against casion of opening a new line of railway, with a small wooden him. Time has been called " the enemy," by visitors hayloft at the top, meant, we suppose, to supply the place at country seats in rainy weather, recruiting-officers in of a tower. The entrance is a red brick portico, contrasting country towns, and other compelled idlers ; per well with the whitewash of the main building. Should the haps ousted officials and disappointed aspirants reader defer his visit till winter we are told he must inquire to office have something of the same for Mudcot instead of Didcot. to the venerable scythe-bearer. Manifold are the The temporary wooden station, erected or being erected, contrivances by which those to whom time is " the is, we imagine, from its scantiness, intended to last only a enemy" prosecute their hostility against him ; but of all few days. From Didcot to Paddington is 53 miles, making these contrivances, give us a good financial or commer a total of 63 miles between Oxford and London. The fares are-Ist class, 15s. ; 2d class, 10s. ; 3d class (only once a vial debate in Parliament as incomparably the most day), 6s. There will be nine trains a-day, besides the lug- efficacious, and, as the examples of Lord Monteagle gage, or 3d class train. These and Mr. Hawes demonstrate, it is a resource available Leave London at And arrive at Oxford at to " the meanest capacity, "as the cheap school 6h. Om. a.m.' Bh. 10m. a.m. books boast themselves. Sir Robert Walpole used Bh. Om. a.m. 10h. 30m. a.m. to apologise for permitting and even encouraging 9h. Om. a.m. ... Ilh. 36m. a.m. very coarse conversation at his table by saying, that 10h. 15m. a.m. ... ... 12h. 38m. p.m. it was his business to set all his guests at ease, 12h. Om. noon 2h. 35m. p.m. and that there were certain subjects upon which 2h. Om. p.m. ... 4h. 25m. p.m. sh. Om. p.m. ... ... 7h. 25m. p.m. every one, ignorant or blockhead as he might be, fancied 7h. 30m. p.m. ... 10h. 10m. p.m. that he could shine. It is prettymuch the same with Bh. 55m. p.m. ... 11h. 18m. p.m. financial and commercial questions in Parliament ; upon The luggage train leaves Paddington 4 30 a.m., and them, every ignorant blockhead thinks himself qualified arrives in Oxford at 10 30a.m. There are nine trains leave to shine. Let us not, however, be ungrateful ; the ma- Oxford during the day, besides the luggage train; the first nufacturers of long debates are great benefactors to news at '7 50 a.m., the last at 220 a.m. We have heard some paper writers, whatever may be the effeetef their favours complaint that there is not any train from Oxford to meet upon newspaper readers-like those votaries of the Muses, the one leaving London at 6 a.m. for the West of England, of whom Pope'says that they are • as ,it prevents passengers arriving from Oxford. in time to "Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep." cross by the steamers the same day into Wales. We had Statesmen of the Hume, Hawes, Ward, and Williams almost forgotten to mention that the station at Oxford is , entirely a wooden one. It is situated in the first field on cias are the right hand side of the road after passing overt' Folly- _" Restless themselves, to give the journals rest." , s bridge, arid commands a good view of Oxford. Their long-winded, inanities load our columns, but leave us nothing to remark upon. A very convenient disposi tion of things, and one of which we avail ourselves to day, to the extent of leaving' the two debates to the judgment of our readers, with but one word of re mark, and that refers to a speech in the House of Lords, which, like Sir Robert Peel's speech in the Com mons, was an exception to the dreary dulness of the night's debates in both Houses-we allude to the speech of the Duke of Richmond.' His Grace objected to the. course of Sir Robert Peel's Government as tending " bit by bit " towards free trade. Now, we. think that the highest praise that can be rendered to any British Government is that it gradually tends towards free trade, in precisely that way in which .Sir Robert Peel's Government tends, viz., by making protec tion unnecessary, but retaining it while any necessity for it exists. To retain protection for any interest one day, after that interest ceases to want protection, is 'to injure, not to serve that interest ; to injure it .not merely. by the effect of an' invidious distinction, but by destroying in it the spring of enterprise. It is by protecting an industrious commercial pursuit up to that point at which it can main tain itself by the utmost exertion, but not beyond that point,-that the pursuit in question will be carried to com plete perfection. We do not, for example, consider that we are too sanguine in anticipating a period not dis tant when England shall be a country constantly exporting corn ; and when that time shall arrive we have the opinion of the late Mr. Rothschild for the conclusion-a conclusion to which, indeed, :r. common sense would conduct without any autho rity-that England must absorb all the wealth of the world. But we need not say that if the prices of corn were maintained at an extravagant point, by very high protective duties, the transition to Continental prices could scarcely be effect ed, ' notwithstanding, or because of, a surplus produce, but at the expense of general ruin, while it is perfectly plain that without some protection, the agricul ture of the country, instead of - advancing, so as to enable us to export, must rapidly retrograde. " The bit by bit" tendency to free trade is, therefore, so far, from being re-. pugnant to protection, that it is the necessary and whole some sequel to protection. The most zealous advocates of protection, and few have been more sincere or zealous than ourselves, claim protection as necessary to augment the productive power of the country. Well, when this productive power has been carried to the degree that competition may be defied, ought you not to throw away the protection, upon the same principle on which the in fant's go-cart is hung up when it is able to walk ? GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.—The rail way communication between London and Edinburgh is ra pidly approaching completion. On Tuesday next the line of railway already formed will be extended from Darlington to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and on that day the Chairman of the London and Birmingham Railway (Mr. Carr Glyn), and a paiity of his friends, will dine with Mr. Hudson, the Chair man of the Midland, York and North Midland, and New castle and Darlington Railways, and a party of his friends, at the Assenibly-rooms, in Newcastle. The entire distance bet t ween London and Newcastle, upwards of 300 miles, will be iiccomplished, it is calculated, in twelve hours, including all stoppages. From. Newcastle to Berwick-upon-Tweed, a distance of 60 piles, a line of railway has been projected, and surY, eys made . by the east coast, and thence to Edinburgh, little more than 50 miles, a line is already in course of forma tion. On leaving the station at Euston-square, the traveller pasSes 83 miles along the London and Birmingham Railway to Rugby, thence 49i miles along the Midland Counties Railway to Derby, thence 63 , 1 miles along the North Mid land Railway to Normanton, thence 234 miles along the York and North Midland Railway to the Cathedral City of Yotk, thence 45 miles along the Great North of England Railway to Darlington, thence 27i miles along the Newcastle, Daitlington, and Durham Junction Railway to Workington, the ce 5i miles along the Pontop and South Shields Railway (fo erlv the Stanhope and Tyne) to Brockley Whins, where the line - diverges 'to Sunderland and Shields, and thence 6i mils along the Brandling Junction Railway to Newcastle, or then to Gateshead, on the south bank of the river Tyne, where a magnificent station is being erected. Such is the route from London to Newcastle, that will be available to the pubßic by railway on and after Tuesday next. A more direct lines to York from London has been projected through the Eastern Counties by way of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Lin coln, which will shorten the distance by about 30 miles, and pass over the most extensive plane in England, uniting the rallies of the Trent and Ouse, by direct railway communica tiort with the metropolis. ACCIDENT TO MR. PEER, THE SOUTHAMPTON COACHMAN. —Last evening an accident of a dangerous nature happened to the above well-known coachman, on entering London. It appears he was driving his coach past Apsley Hottse, about sib o'clock, at a gentle rate, when two omni busgs, which were racing against each other, endeavoured to pass, him, the wheels of one of them came in contact with the off fore wheel of his coach, the force of which precipi tated Mr. Peer off the box ; he fell upon his head on the kerb stone, and was picked up quite insensible, and bleeding profusely from the mouth and ears. He was instantly carried to St. George's Hospital, when it was ascertained he had received a severe concussion of the brain, and had broken his collar bone and two of his ribs. He now lies in a very dan gerdus state, and little hopes are entertained of his recovery. Mr. Peer is about fifty years of age, and has been many years on the road. NARROW EscArE.On Tuesday last, as Mr. Par ratt, of Chuich-street, Westminster, was about getting on board the steamer Jasmine, at London-bridge, he unfortu nately fell into the Thames, and immediately disappeared ; he, however, instantly rose up again, and held up his hands, when Mr. P. Badger, barrister-at-law, of Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, who was standing by, at great risk of being pulled in, immediately went on his knees and held out his stick, which Mr. Parratt caught hold of and held till other assistance was obtained, when he was rescued from his perilous situation, to the great gratification of all present. THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE POUNDS IN BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES DESTROYED BY FIRE.—On Mon day evening Mr. W. Skinner, a boot and shoe maker, carry ing on rather an extensive business in High- street, Stratford, went with a 201. note into his cellar, for the purpose of depo siting it with several others (which it appears he kept in a tin kettle) to the amount of 380/. ; when in the act of depositing the 20/. note in question some person entered his shop, and he left the cellar for the purpose of ascertaining what was wanted, and on his return he found the whole of the notes, amounting to 4001., in flames, and he only succeeded in saving 151. It is supposed the notes were ignited by a spark falling from the candle. Unfortunately the numbers are not known, therefore, there is no probability of any portion of the money being recovered from the Bank of England.—Essex Standard. A slight shock of an earthquake was felt at Stam ford, on Wednesday evening, about seven. Many persons were sensible of the tremulous motion of the earth for ten or fifteen seconds. It was accompanied with a noise like distant thunder, and was by some mistaken for that pheno menon; but there is no doubt that it was - a convulsion of the earth. At Tinwell, Ketton, Tixover, Duddington, Cliffe, Apethorpe, Wansford, Collyweston, Easton, &c., &c., the shock was distinctly felt. In some of the above-named villages various articles were displaced ; at a gentleman's house at Easton, the bell at the outer gate was rung in consequence of the vibration produced by it.--Stamford Mercury. SHOCKING DEATH OF AN AGED FEMALE FROM DRUNKENNESS.—Yesterday, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the King and Queen, Chapel-street, St. George's-in-the-East, en the body of Mary Brown, aged 72, the wife of an old naval pensioner. It appeared that the parties resided in Al bion-place, and that they were both equally addicted to ex treme intemperance. On Tuesday last they passed the latter part of the day in drinking, and returned home about nine o'clock intoxicated. The husband of deceased was just able to ascend the stairs to his bedroom, but as she was attempt ing to follow him, her strength, impaired by liquor, failed her, and she fell down several steps, and lay senseless at the bot tom, where she was obliged to remain all night, as well from the injuries she had received, as from the incapacity of her drunken husband to aid her. When he awoke, somewhat refreshed, next morning, he discovered her condition, and brought down his bed, and placed her upon it. Afterwards he called a neighbour, and the assistance of Mr. Garratt, a surgeon, was procured ; but from the first he saw that hers was a hopeless case. However, he and his assistant attended her until her death, which occurred next morning. He was of opinion that the fall ruptured one of the viscera. Ver dict, " Died from the effects of a fall, happening whilst in toxicated." ACCIDENT ON BOARD TIIE COMET STEAMER.— Yesterday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, a fatal accident happened on board the Star Company's steamer, Comet, whilst moored off the Terrace Pier, Gravesend. The steamer, it appears, had just been brought to, aft er a p assage from London, when the engineer, a young man, named John Goble, set to work to clean the machinery; to enable him to do this, he, with the stoker, i m p ru d en tly go t i n amongst it. hilst thus engaged the force of the tide against the paddles in some degree moved the shaft. The stoker immediately got out, and Goble exclaimed, " I shall get out too, for I don't at all like it." He, however, continued work ing; and suddenly the tide with greater force set the engines again in motion, when the brass head of the shaft caught the unfortunate man, and jammed him with such fearful force against the ironframing of the engines as to cause almost instant death. CRICKET.—The match between the Etonians and the Marylebone Club was played in the Shooting• fields, at Eto College, on Thursday, and terminated in favour of the MarYlebone Club, with nine wickets to go down; the Etonians not being able to stand against the true and sharp bowling of Bayley and Royston from Lord's. The batting of the Etonians was good, particularly on the part of Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Hoskins ; but their scoring did not equal that of their opponents, Captain Liddell and Mr. E. Bayley. In consequence of the alarming illness of the Dowager Lady Gle.nlyon, the Duke and Duchess of North umberland were precluded from the honour of attending his Majesty the King of Saxony when his Majesty visited the gardens at Zion on Thursday last. We regret to hear of the serious indisposition of the Countess of Radnor. Her Lady-ship's state of health causes the greatest alarm to her numerous friends. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. • OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY and Mr. Justice WILLIAVLS.) THE MURDER AT BATTERSEA. RContinued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) ichard Taylor, 203 D, examined by Mr. BODIUN—I opened the door for the prisoner, and afterwards was placed in the same cell. I offered him some bread and cheese, but the prisoner said he was so agitated that night that he could not eat any. He then said that if a reward were offered he should choose his man to give himself up to. Superintendent Bicknell, of the V Division, produced some papers. William Daniel Andrews, deceased's brother, said that his sister's boa was so saturated with blood that he destroyed it. He had, likewise, for the same reason, burned her white straw bonnet. Her age was 45 years and three months. Police-constable Langton produced the shawl and dress worn by deceased on the evening of the 29th April. William Connor, M.D., Battersea, proved the female's death, and the cause of it. He should think, from the situ ation and appearance of the wound, that it was not inflicted by herself. The letters were then put in and read. (Such portions of those letters as are fit for publication have already appeared in our report of the examination before the Magistrate at Wandsworth). Mr. Wflainis then addressed the jury in a most effective speech. He said, that in rising on behalf of the prisoner, he was encountering a fearful responsibility, partly in conse quence of the fair, straightforward, and impassioned manner in which his Learned Friend, her Majesty's Solicitor-General had stated the case; and more, in consequence of the wit nesses called into that box (the brother and sister of the deceased.) In consequence of the mental suffering, they appeared to feel, it was quite natural that they (the jury)' should turn with a feeling of overwhelming indig nation to the unfortunate man at the bar whom they were given to understand was the cause of all that suffering. But he (Mr. Wilkins) trusted that they would bear in mind that the evidence produced had been wholly circumstantial, and though the case as advanced for the prosecution was barely possible, yet he begged to re mind the gentlemen appointed to examine into those circumstances, that they must not judge of the inno cence or guilt of the prisoner from mere possibilities. Let them examine the case, as stated by his Learned Friend. The Learned Barrister then dissected the evidence in detail, and contended that the words spoken by the deceased were merely the unconnected ravings of a mind, weakened by loss of blood, and mechanically uttering sounds which, be cause spoken by those around, vibrated upon her ear also; for was it at all likely that if she had been cut and injured by the man with whom she had been passing the evening, her exclamation to Hall, the toll-keeper, and to other persons, would have been, "See, how some one has used me." He thought that great caution was necessary in admitting the evidence of the coal porter, Cooke, who had so positively sworn to the identity of the prisoner with the man who called, "Police, police !" on the night of the murder. He wished particularly to call their attention to this part of the case. The little boy, Evans, who ran for the surgeon, to the Chelsea Old Church, did not observe the witness Cooke at the place he stated that he was standing at. He did, indeed, see one young man whom he had never seen again. How did this harmonise with Cooke's evidence ? Ile thought the simple fact was—that Mr. Mullins, who had also run to Chelsea for a surgeon, and who wore a dark frock coat and a broad-brimmed hat, was the very man who called " police," and whom the witness Cooke sup posed to be the prisoner. They knew that it was a feeling with the lower classes to overrate and exaggerate facts, where they were supposed to militate against a man placed in the same situation, and charged with a henious crime, as the prisoner was. The Learned Gen tleman concluded a powerful address, by imploring the jurymen to lean towards the side of mercy to remember, that though their erring judgments might fail, yet an all-seeing eye would, if the prisoner were guilty, pursue him, and an omnipotent - and an all-powerful and unerring arm would punish his secret crime ; but that if they had reason afterwards to repent of a too severe verdict, it would be when repentance would be too late. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL waived his right of reply. Mr. Baron GiTRNEy summed up.. In this, as in very many other cases, they bad only circumstantial evidence be fore them, on which to found their judgment. It appeared that the deceased had been for many years on terms of the warmest friendship with the prisoner. The last act of her life was the going with the youngest daughter of the prisoner to her mistress's house, and the first evidence they had was that of the person who first observed her on her return home, and after the wound was inflicted. The Learned Judge then read over and com mented upon the evidence. They must consider that the account given by the prisoner of himself was that of a man who had time (for several days had elapsed) to prepare a story. It was for them, however, to weigh all the circumstances, and he could only say, that if they had a fair and reasonable - • , doubt that the priscmer had committed the offence with which he was charged, then it was their duty to return a verdict of acquittal.. • - The jury 'requested leave to retire, and they also begged that the papers produced in Court might be handed to them. They left the Court at twenty minutes past five o'clock ; and returned at twenty-five minutes to eight, when the pri soner was again placed in the dock. He appeared quite calm and collected, and as the name of each juror was called he regarded him with a steady gaze. The usual questions having been put, the foreman pro nounced the verdict of Guilty. Mr. Justice Wawms, who had come into Court to receive the verdict, said that sentence would not then be passed, and the prisoner was ordered to be taken back to the gaol. Dalmas at first made a motion as though he would have addressed the Court, but he appeared to change his determi nation immediately, and he turned round and walked with a firm step to the interior of the gaol. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 12, 1844. -Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Edward Goulburn, Sergeant-at-Law, to be one of the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy, in London, in the place of John Herman Meri vale, Esq., deceased. WHITEHALL, Julie 12. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Wm. Gilchrist, A.M., to the church and parish of Dalmellington, in the presbytery and shire of Ayr, vacant by the transporta tion of the Reverend Robert Houston, late minister thereof, to the church and parish of Gorbals. WHITEHALL; JUNE 14. Her Majesty is graciously pleased to approve of the South West York Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry being henceforth designated by the title of the " First West York Yeomanry Cavalry;" and of the Morley and Agbrigg Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry being henceforth designated by the title of the " Second West York. Yeomanry Cavalry." WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 14. Ist Dragoon Guards —M. Fenwick, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Thompson, promoted, June 14. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieut. E. V. Mackinnon, from 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Corrance, who exchanges, June 14. 15th Regiment of Foot—Captain W. Fulton, from b9th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dickinson, who exchanges, June 14. 22d Foot—Captain J. Ramsay, from 49th Foot, to be Cap tain, vice Powell, who exchanges, June 14. 30th Foot—Captain W. F. they, from the St. Helena Re giment, to be Captain, vice Marecbaux, who exchanges, June 14. 44th Foot—Ensign H. A. Porter to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Fulton, who retires; W. G. F. Copland, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Porter, June 14. . 47th Feet—Lieut. H. M. Hamilton, frosts the 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Drought, who exchanges, June 14. 49th Foot—Captain C. T. Powell, from 22d Foot, to be Captain, vice Ramsay, who exchanges, June 14. 59th Foot Captain H. B.- F. Dckinson, from the 15th Foot, to be Captain, vice Fulton, who exchanges, June 14. 62d Foot—Lieut. G. P. Drought, from 47th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hamilton, who exchanges, June 14. 97th Foot—Lieut. F. S. Corrance, from 11th Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Mackinnon, who exchanges, June 14. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign A. W. Joyce to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Deckner, deceased, March 28; Serjeant-Majur J. Lawless, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Ensign, vice Joyce, June 14. • 3d West India Regiment—Lieut. E. S. Glen to be Captain, without purchase, vice Berwick, deceased ; E. A. M'Taggard to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Glen, June 5. St. Helena Regiment—Captain C. H. Marechaux, from 30th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hoey, who exchanges, June J 4. 111estoRANnum.—The Christian names of Ensign Cameron, of the 42d Foot, are William Gordon, not Walter Gordon, as previously stated. • MEMORANDUM.—For Promotions in the Gazette of the 7th instant, in the 85th Regiment of Foot, read 83d Regiment of Foot. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Rutz 11. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieut. C. M. Raynes, to be First Lieutenant, vice Macartney, deceased, May 3; Second Lieutenant G. H. L. Milman to be First Lieutenant, vice Willis, eashiered, - May 15. MEMORANDUM.—The dates of the promotions of the un der-mentiened officers have been altered as fellows, vit.:— First Lieutenant M. P. Biddulph, 26th April ; First Lieu tenant H. A. Vernon, 28th April. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Mid-Lothian. Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—The Hon. S. Lerd Aberdour to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice the Earl of Morton, resigned, April 22. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Trinity Term.—Seventh Victoria. 12th June, 1844. This Court will, on Monday the 24th day of June instant, and three following days, hold sittings, and will proeeed in disposing of the Case of " Regina against the Great Western Railway Company" in the Crown paper and the rules in Crown cases which have been enlarged to the first, second, and third days in this present Term, and the business in the special paper and the new trial paper, and in giving judgment in cases that may then be pending. BY THE COURT. _ _ COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Trinity Terni.—ln the seventh Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria. Wednesday, the 12th day of June, 1844. Thii Court will, in addition to the other days already Ap pointed, on Saturday the 6th day of July next, hold sittings, and will proCeed in disposing of the business then pending in the new trial and special papers. BY THE COURT. Read in open Court, the 12th day of June, SAMUEL DARE, Mister. WHITEHALL, June 8, 1844. '":' The Lord Chancellor has appointed dharles Gresley, of the City of Lichfield, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. AUTUMN CIRCUITS, 1844. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. HENRY REVELL REYNOLDS, Esq., Chief Commisioner. Berkshire-Reading, Tuesday, October 22. Oxfordshire-:-Oxford and City, Thursday, Octobet 24. ' Worcestershire-Worcester and City, Saturday, October 26. Herefordshire-Hereford, Tuesday, October 29. Radnorshire-Presteigne, Thursday, October 31. • Bteckuockshire:t.Brecon;sattirdty. Noitwnlier ,2. - • Carmarthenshire,-Carmarthen and Borough, Thursday, No vember 5. Cardiganshire-Cardigan, Thursday, November 7. Pembrokeshire-Haverfordwest and Town, Saturday, Nov. 9. Glamorganshire-Swansea, Tuesday, November 12. Glamorganshire-Cardiff, Thursday, November 14. Monmouthshire-Monmouth, Saturday, November 16. Gloucestershire-Gloucester and City,. Tuesday, Nov. 19. City and County of the City of Bristol, Friday, Nov. 22. Somersetshire-Bath, Tueiday, Noiember 26. Somersetshire-Taunton, Thursday, November 28. Devonshire-Exeter and City, Saturday, November 30. Devonshire-Plymouth, Wednesday, December 4. Cornwall-Bodmin, Friday, December. 6. Dorsetshire-Dorchester, 'Tuesday, December 10. Wiltshire-Salisbury, Thursday, Dec. 12, At the Town and County of the Town of Southampton- Friday, December 13. Southampton-Wixehester, Saturday, Dec. 14. AUDLAND CIRCUIT_ JOHN GREATMED HARRIS, Esq., Commissioner, Essex-Chelmsford, Friday, Nov. 1. Essex-Colchester, Saturday, Nov. 2. Suffolk -Ipswich, Monday, Nov. 4. Norfolk-Yarmouth, Wednesday, Nov. 6 . . - Norfolk-Norwich and City, Thursday, Nov. 7. Norfolic--Lynn' Saturday, Nov, 9. Suffolk-Bury St. Edmund's, Monday, Nov, 11. Cambridgeshire-Cambridge and Borough, Tuesday, Nov. 21.. Huntingdonshire-Huntingdon, Thursday, Nov. 14. Northamptimshire-Peterborough, Friday, Nov. 15. Rutlandshire-Oakham, Saturday, Nov. 16. Lincolnshire-Lincoln and City, Monday, Nov. 18. Nottinghamshire-Nottingham and Town, Wednesday,Nov. 2 0 . Derbyshire-Derby, Friday, Nov. 22. At the City and County of the City, of Lichfield-Monday, Nov. 25. Staffordshire - Stafford, Tuesday, Nov. 26. Shropshire-Shrewsbury, Friday, Nov. 29. Shropshire-Oldbury, Monday, Dec. 2. Warwickshire-Birmingham, Tuesday, Dec. 3. Warwickshire-Coventry, Tuesday, Dec. 10. Leicestershire-LeiCester, Wednesday, Dec. 11. Northamptonshire-Northampton, Friday, Dec. 13. Bedfordshire-Bedford, Monday, Dec. 16. Buckinghamshire-Aylesbury, 'Tuesday, Dec. 17. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. WILLIAM JOHN LAW, Esq., Commissioner. Yorkshire-Sheffield, Friday, Oct. 18. Yorkshire-Wakefield, Monday, Oct. 21. At the Town and County of the Town of Kingston-upon- Hull-Tuesday, Oct. 29: Yorkshire-York and City, Thursday, Oct. 31. Yorkshire-Richmond, Monday, Nov. 4. Durham-Durham, Wednesday, Nov. 6. Northumberland-Neweastle-upon r Tyqe, Fridays Nov. 8. At the Tdwn and County of the Town, of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, same day; Cumberland-Carlisle, Tuesday, Nov. 12. Westmoreland-Kendal, Saturday, Novo4- " Lancashire-Lancaster, Monday, Nov. 18. Lancashire-Liverpool, Thursday, Nov. 28. Cheshire-Chester, Monday, Dec. 2. At the City and County of the City of Chester-Same day. Flintshire- Mold, Wednesday, Dec. 4. Denbighshire-Ruthin, Thursday, Dec. 5. Merionethshire-Dolgelly, Saturday, Dec. 7. Anglesey-Beaumatis, Tuesday, Dec. 10. , Carnarvonshire-Carnarvon, Wednesday, Dec. 11. Montgomeryshire-Welsh Pool, Saturday; Dec. 14. HOME CIRCUIT. DAVID POLLOCK, Esq., Commiesioner. Sussex-Horsham, Thursday, Oct. 24. Kent-Dover, Thursday, Nov. 14. At the City and County of the City of Canterbury-Saturday, Nov. 16. Kent-Maidstone, Tuesday, Nov. 19. HertfOrdshire-Hertford, Friday, Nov. 29. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. SAMUEL WILCOCKSON, linendraper, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. BANKRUPTS. DUGALD MACF iiILANE, wine merchant, Berners street, Oxford-street, to surrender June 21, at half-past 10, and July 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard; Crouch, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane. ALFRED THOMPSON, grocer, Southampton, June 25, at half-past twelve, and July 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchi n -l ane , C ons hill ; Newbon and Evans, Wardrobe-place, Doctors'-commons. * HENRY WOOD, woollen factor, 13asinghall-street, June 25, at eleven,and July 26 , at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, fficial assignee, Basinghall-street ; Dickson and Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; :Hardwick and Davidson, Weavers'-hall. RICHARD MUSGROVE, woollen draper, Birmingham, June 26, at half-past:twelve, and August 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings; Hardwick and Quest, Weavers' -hall, Basinghall street. THOMAS JOHNSON, sen., WILLIAM JOHNSON, and CHARLES MANN, bankers, Romford, Essex, June 24, and August 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Stevens, and Co., Queen-street, Cheapside. JAMES TAYLOR, commission merchant, Liverpool, June 26, at twelve, and July 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-roiv, London ; Rogerson and Radcliff, Li verpool. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. J. Barnett, beer-seller, Twerton, Somersetsbire. J. Eyres, smith, Great Alie-street, Goodman's-fields. T. Bethel', tailor, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road. E. Stallard, fellmonger,,Buriton, Hampshire. - J. T. Farnell, schoolmaster, Norwich. G. F. S. Gillard, grocer, Commercial-road, Lambeth. J. Menzies, South-bank, Regent's-park. H. Benjamin, traveller, Little Abe-street, Goodman's-fields J. Prince, licensed victualler. Bath. H. G. Basham, road contractor, Stroud, Gl ouces t ers hi re . T. Jeeves, bricklayer; Hitchin, Hertfordshire. S. Yearsley, attorney, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire. J. Colton, rope maker, Neat Retford, Nottingharnihire. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1844. J. Ward, beer shopkeeper, Yorkshire. S. Glover, painter, Yorkshire. M. Hughes, snuff dealer, Birmingham. J. Smith, manager of a silk mill, Leek, Staffordshire. H. B. Hall, engraver, College-street, Islington. J. Clark, Orsett, Essex. R. Newbery, baker, Cambridge. W. Wilson, farmer, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire. J. Baldock, labourer, Brenchley, Kent. C. Cole, attorney's clerk, Brunswick-street, Islington. E. Bathurst, Banbury, Oxfordshire. J. W. Hutchins, stone mason, Ipswich. T. Merritt, coach maker, Pump-row, City-road. R. Hughes, wine merchant's cellarman, Liverpool. W. H. Stephens, undertaker, Peckham. W. Shallcrass, corn dealer, Union- street, Blackfriars-road. T. Playfair, house agent, Portman-street, Portman-square. J. F. Muckleston, baker, London-road, Southwark. G. Sutton, congreve match maker, Bethnal-green. J. Wheeler, labourer, South Littleton, Worcestershire. S. Dainton, painter, Bermondsey-street. G. Crook, parchment maker, Witney, Oxfordshire. W. Eagle, clerk, Grove-place, Bethnal-green. W. Wright, carpenter ' Bedford-street, Covent-garden. J. Turtle, cowkeeper, Clapham. H. Wilton, attorney-at-law, Rodney-street, Clerkenwell. J. Glover, accountant, Peckham-grove, Camberwell. W. Robertson, coffee-shop keeper, Eagle-terrace, City-reiad. S. Parbery, builder, Wells-street, Jermyn-street. F. Layton, carpenter, Brackley, Northamptonshire. T. F. Wilkins; farmer, Reigate. W. Weeks, horse dealer, Edmund-place Aldersgate-street. J. Pearson, victu a ll er , N ewcas tl e -under- Lyme. J. Turner, licensed victualler, Newton, Cheshire. R. Watson, horse breaker, Northampton. J. Devereux, frame-work knitter, Adam-street, New Kent-rd. J. J. Sanders, jun., carpenter, Poplar. H. Jones, shopkeeper, Bedwelty, Monmouthshire. C. Thomson, surgeon, Aldersgate-street. W. Plats, cloth manufacturer, Birstall, Yorkshire. J. M. Walker, Baybam-terrace, Camden-town. E. L. Weale, wine dealer, Walcot-square, Lambeth. E. Briden, working gardener, Hampstead. H. Puddick, eating-house keeper, West Smithfield. F. T. B. Dumelow, at torney's clerk, Shepperton-pl., Islington. SECOND NOTICES. S. Short, boot maker, Berwick-street, St. James's, June 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Baker, Goudhurst, Kent, June 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Patten, naval architect, Paradise-street, Lambeth, June 20, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. W. H. Begin.% watch maker, Bishopsgate-street, Without, June 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. W. Coningworth, sen., purser, R.N., Agnes-place, Wa terloo-road, June 20, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. G. Frost, licensed victualler, Stoke, Suffolk, Jane 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Merchant, sen., builder, Bosley, Kent, June 20, at eleven, at the,Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. F. Mitchell, Bride-lane, City, June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. E. Croft, bricklayer, Castle -street, Southwark, June 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager. official assignee. J. Nye, surgical instrument maker, Alfred-place, South wark, June 20, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. W. Hentig, Hamilton-place, St. Pancras, June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. W. A. Wilson, decorative painter, Granville-place Bag nigge-wells-road, June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. F. J. Grace (otherwise F. Grace), tailor, Arlington-street, Mornington-crnscent, St. Pancras, June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. E. Harris, attorney's clerk, Branch-place, Hoxton Old-towi, June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. T. Bevins, bear retailer, Regent-street, Vauxhall-bridge road, June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. T. Hillen; farmer Thursferd, Norfolk, June 18, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Gerrett, licensed victualler, Cock-lane, Shoreditch, June 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. W. Lys, hatter, Mile-end-road, June 19, at, twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. T. Adams, horse dealer, Surrey-square, Old Kent-road, June 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. E. Russell, Oval, Kennington, June 19, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. J. Sparke, Princes -street, Drury-lane, June 19, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. W. Canner, cabinet maker, Brighton, June 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnsen, official assignee. J. ,Taylor, painter, St. Albans,street, -Kennington-road, June 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee. E. Howell, tailor, Henstridge-place, St. John's-wood, Jun e 19, at half-past elev e n, a t th e C our t o f Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. J. Griffin, miller, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, June 18, at half. past eleven, at the Birmingham Di s tri c t Court. Christie, official assignee. H. North, confectioner, Mousley, Leicestershire, June 20, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. T. Taylor, sen., brick maker, Birmingham, June 24, at half ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Mg-lardy, hair dresser, East Teignmottth, Devonshire, June 28, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee. R. Blackhurst, auctioneer, Toxteth-park, Lancashire, June 29, at twelve, at the Liverpool Di s t r i c t Court. Bird, official assignee. J. Jones, slater, Liverpool, June2s, at twelve, at the Liver pool District Court. Turner, official assignee. G. Small, pork butcher, Liverpool, June 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. J. Ferrer, licensed victualer, Liverpool, June 18, at half past eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official -assignee. - H. F. Brown, veterinary surgeon, Buxton, Derbyshire, June 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. A. Thomas, clog maker, Oldham, Lancashire, June 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. R. Sutcliffe, carrier, Shade, Lancashire, June 20, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. J. Daniel, farmer, Langstone, Monmouthshire, June 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. (Dividends, &c., in our next.] PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending June 11, 1844, is 345. lid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FRAM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—In the foreign exchanges the rate upon Ham burgh experienced a decline, owing to letters from that place by to-day's mail advising a material fall there in the rate upon London. Amsterdam was likewise rather lower, in consequence of a demand for bills upon that place, which de pression, however, did not extend to Rotterdam. Paris re mained about the same as last post. Sir Robert Peel has answered the application of the Lon don bankers for an extension of the Bank of England's power of issuing on securities beyond the 14,000,0001. in cases of emergency: He refuses to allow such extension in any other case than that already provided for in the sth clause of the Bill—viz., that of a private banker ceasing to issue his own notes, and even denies that his speech, when first the mea sure was proposed, justified the supposition that a different course would be adopted. It must, however, be said on the part of the bankers, that whatever was the original intention of the Premier, both his own language and the correspon dence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with the Bank, led the most experienced persons in the City to believe that a general power of extension was contemplated, and not merely a power in the one particular case. SUN.—The value of Consols this afternoon was slightly depreciated, 978 having been paid, though the latest bargains were at 98 to 98*. The Unfunded Debt continues firm, as also the heavy securities. As usual, after the settlement of the account, the Fo reign Securities have undergone some fluctuation. Spanish Actives improved this afternoon to 228 and 231, and the Three per Cents. to 341 341 ; but the most decided alteration was in Mexican Bonds, which got up to 341 1, owing partly to the more favourable advices from the United States. Portuguese Converted were steady at 47. Belgian Bonds were 1041. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these:—Birmingham and Gloucester New were 54 1 ; Croydon, 41 to 4:I ; Manchester and Leeds, 3.5 i. ; Ditto and Birmingham, 15 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 218 ; Norwich and Brandon, 51 ; South-Eastern, 24 to ; Ditto New, 7 to q- ; York and North Midland, 681 to 691 ; Ditto Half, 33 ; Scarborough Branch, 161 to 164 ; and Paris and Orleans, 17:1 to 18 premium; Brighton, 31 to 3/ ; Greenwich, 54 to 51-; and North Midland, 7 to 7f discount. With the, exception of a slight decline on Hamburgh, occasioned by the lower quotations per to-day's mail, we cannot notice any alteration of moment in the Foreign Exchanges. The American accounts read well as regards trade. The following are political extracts relative to Cuba and Central Amernca " The Florence has arrived from Mantanzas, with ad vices to the 22d May. "There had been a number of people, white and black, arrested two days before the Florence sailed, on suspicion of being concerned in the abortive insurrection. The Court was sitting at Mantanzas, trying the negroes be longing to the plantations. There had been a number condemned, taken out to the plantations to which they belonged, and shot. The prisons and forts were crowded with prisoners. "Ii was said that Mr. Donald, a native of New York, and an engineer, was arrested and imprisoned, charged with being concerned in the riots ; alsa several other engineers. The Thomas H. Benton, Captain Roberts, arrived yesterday from San Juan, reports that he (Captain R.) attempted to enter the port of St. John's, in Central America, but was refused admittance, it being under a blockade by 11. B. M. schooner of war Hornet, Lieut. Miller. The blockade had lasted three months, the British vessels which enforced it being relieved monthly." COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn 3O 45 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Genoa 25 99 Antwerp 25 90 Milan Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Venice 47 Altona l3 141 2 ' Naples .................. 39 Paler- Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine 1211 Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. ii. 3 M 953 Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon Oporto 54 Rio Janeiro 23 Cadiz 36 Barcelona 36 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres — NewYork,2ldyssight Philadelphia - PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 Silver in Bars 0 4 11# DuRIIAM AGRICULTURAL SociETY.--The County of Durham Agricultural Protection Society, at a ge nera l meeting held last week, voted the sum of 1001. in aid of the funds of the Central Agricultural Protection Society, insti tuted in London. __ _.,,._ IMPEitiAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 14 Their Lordship.; assembled at Five o'Clock: Several petitions against the Dissenters' Chapels were presented. THE STATE' TRIALS. In answer to a question from the Earl of WICKLOW, The LORD CHANCELLOR said there was no fOundation whatever for the report that the circuits of the judges in this country had been postponed until after the writ of error in the State trials had been disposed of. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND). The Earl of MINTO wished tolt,sk -whether it was the intention of the Government to propose any measure for assisting parochi a l ed uca ti on in Scotland. The minimum income of the schoolmasters was 10s.la week, and the maximum was 361. a year. It was evident that for this remuneration the services of gentlemen of snperior education could not be obtained. He begged therefore to ask whether it was to be hoped that at some future day the Government would take this ' subject into their consideration? The Earl of HADDINGTON would not go into any discussion upon this subject, and would confine himself to answering the question put by his Noble Friend. The attention of the Government had been turned to the subject, and although it was not in his power to say that the Government would introduce a measure this season, he believed that it would be done next session. Lord BROUGHAM said that the remuneration was so scandalously inadequate that he wondered how men of education could be found to fill the offices. He thought their efficiency would not be impaired by giving them adequate salaries. The Earl of GALLOWAY agreed with the Noble Earl Minto, that this was a subject worthy of the at tention of the Government. In some counties the schoolmasters were paid reasonably, and were respect able and competent persons. But in other places their position was much to be pitied. There was an Act of 1823, which was a disgrace to the statute-book, providing that the house of the schoolmaster should not have more than two apartments; one of which should be the kitchen.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from the Duke of RICHMOND and Lord CAMPBELL in favour of an increased stipend to the schoolmasters, and alterations in the law respecting their office, Lord MINTO expressed his gratification at hearing that the Government were disposed to introduce a mea sure upon the subject. CORN-LAWS. The Marquis of SALISBURY presented a petition from Stafford in favour of agricultural protection. He would not read the petition, *cause, although it was respectful to the House, it was not respectful to the League, and perhaps some of their Lordships might be members of that body. THE BROTHELS BILL. The Earl of POWIS presented several petitions in favour of the Brothels Suppression Bill. Lord CAMPBELL thought that in the discussion of the Bill the Noble Lord, or some other Member of the House, should use his privilege of ordering strangers to withdraw. No one was more a friend to publicity than he was, but he thought that the subject of this Bill was one which should be discussed in private, as he supposed some of the details were not fit to be canvassed by their Lordships' families at the breakfast table.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) The Bishop of EXETER, in presenting a number of petitions in favour of the Bill for the Suppression of Brothels, said that he co u ld not o bj ect to the Noble and Learned Lord (Campbell) exercising his privilege, and ordering strangers to withdraw when the Bill came on for discussion. But he did not think that the discussion would of necessity introduce anything more offensive than the discussion of a divorce bill. The Right Rev. Prelate then moved the second reading of the Bill. He said it was no part of his intention to punish persons for prostitution, which he believed was its own punishment. His object was to prevent the crime, and he rejected with horror the doctrine that prostitution was necessary to the prevention of greater crimes. His Bill did not pro vide for the punishment of the seducer, although he looked upon such a person as the worst of the agents of Satan, and he would, if he could, direct all the vengeance of the law against the seducer, however high his rank, royal or lordly.. It was for the sake of the victim, and not of the seducer, that he would nut drag her into a court of justice, to convict her destroyer. He would not proceed against those who were guilty in the first instance ; but he thought that it was the duty of a Christian Legislature to use every means of putting down the trade of procurors and pro curesses. Even in heathen Rome such criminals were infamous by law. The Right Rev. Prelate then went into an exposition of the law in certain countries of Europe, in which the crime was, to some extent, licensed —nstate of things which he hoped he should never see in Christian England. The common law of this country, which was a condensation of wisdom as well as of morals, declared the keeping of brothels to be an indict able offence. But the law left it to individuals, on their own responsibility, and at their own cost, to enforce it. He stated several instances in which parishes and indi viduals were put to large expenses in suppressing houses of bad character. The Right Rev. Prelate then related several cases in which parties had been prosecuted for seeking and compassing the destruction of young females; and he also related the means which were adopted in the metropolis for seducing young women from the paths of virtue. He would not trespass any longer on their Lordships' time. He was addressing nearly IMP hundred of the Peers of England, and be was sure, that if the whole of the august body were pre seat, they would not refuse to allow this Bill to go into Committee. The Earl FITZHARDINGE said the House was in debted to the Right Rev. Prelate for the industry and research which he had bestowed upon this important subject, and he hoped that the Bill would go into Com mittee. In the Committee an opportunity might be pre sented of refuting a charge which had been made about two years and a half ago against a very venerable body —the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. It was as serted that that body were the proprietors, in their corporate capacity, of a great number of bro thels, of the worst kind.--(Laughter.) In the Almonry alone there were twenty notorious brothels; the property of the Dean and Chapter, being in the ra: tion of two brothels for every one prebend.—(Loud laughter.) In the Orchard-street district there were 30 of these houses ; in Pye-street, 40 ; and York-street, 20 —all the property of the associates, in their corporate capacity.—(Laughter.) He hoped that the members of that corporation would show in the Committee that they were not amongst the class of criminals to put down which was the object of the Bill.—(Great laughter.) The Bishop of GLOUCESTER considered that the Noble Earl had not given notice to those whom he in tended to attack.—(Hear, hear.) The property alluded to by the Noble Lord was not under the control of the Dean and Chapter, who, on every possible opportunity, bought up the leases, and, at the greatest sacrifices, let the premises to respectable persons. The LORI) CHANCELLOR recommended their Lordships to allow the Bill to be read a second time. Lord BROUGHAM was of the same opinion, and thought that the subject was one of which the least said the better.—(Laughter.) He could not say that the present Dean and Chapter were to be blamed for owning so many brothels—(Laughter)—but he did think it a discredit to them that they had refused a place in the Abbey, on the score of morality, to the statue of Lord Byron, which was regarded as the chef-d' ceuvrc of the greatest statuary of the The Bishop of LONDON contended that the Dean and Chapter would have betrayed their duty if they had admitted into their church the monument of a man who had done so much injury to morals and religion by his writings. Lord LOVELACE earnestly vindicated the memory of Lord Byron, but the Noble Lord spoke in so low a tone that he could not be accurately reported. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday next. The Slave Trade Suppression Bill then went through Committee, when the House adjourned at Half-past Seven o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. June 14. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Lord OSSULSTON presented petitions from North ampton against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS ON COMMIT- TEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. W. COLLETT moved that the Committee on the Monkland Railway Bill have power to proceed with the Bill with only two selected Members. It was with dif ficulty that a sufficient number of selected Members could be obtained in the Committee, and the proceed ings were stopped in consequence. This delay was attended with the greatest expense to the parties, and he thought the subject deserved the serious consideration and attention of-the Committee of Selection. Mr. WALLACE, in seconding the motion, called the attention of the House to a similar case of inconvenience which had occurred in the Committee on the Paisley Gas Bill. He did not wish to cast blame upon any per son. He thought the whole of the inconvenience was attributable to the system of appointing Committees on private Bills which at present existed. He trusted that some plan would, in the course of the next session of Parliament, be adopted to obviate the inconvenience which was so much complained of. Every delay which occurred through the non-attendance of £elected Mem bers on a Committee on a private Bill, threw an addi tional expense on the parties of between 2001. and 3001. Mr. ESTCOURT was glad the Hon. Member had called the attention of the Housetgotehsesd to subject, the jet,a h tr ou h s e e hoped that some pl an wou ld be suggested to remedy the inconvenience complained of. Some selected Members had to serve in three or four Committees, and, therefore, some of those Committees were necessarily adjourned to the great inconvenience of the parties con cerned. If every Member of that House would consent to serve on one Committee during the session, these delays would be obviated, and he thought that no Member would be called upon to serve more than once. He was glad to hear the eulogium which the Hon. Mem ber had passed on the Committee of Selection and on the Standing Orders Committee, and he could assurc that House that both those Committees had the utmost desire to perform satisfactorily the duties allotted to them to discharge. Mr. BROTUERTON thought some plan was neces sary to be adopted to secure the attendance of the se lected Members on those Committees. Those Mem • bers ought properly to perform the duties imposed upon them, and when once a Member was selected to serve upon a Committee, he owed it to the public to be punctual in his attendance, in order that the parties con cerned might not be put to unnecessary expense and in convenience. Mr. SHAW thought every Member ought to offer himself once in the course of the session and serve on a Select Committee, and if he would not do so voluntarily there ought to be some rule adopted to compel his at tendance. Mr. GREENE suggested the propriety of spreading these Committees on private Bills over the.whole.of the , session in the same manner as Election Committee 4. If s this were done, and a time appointed for the consider.o.- ; tion in Committee of each Bill, the inconvenience corn-, plained of would be obviated. Mr. COLLETT briefly replied, and ,the motion was: agreed to. RAILWAY FROM DUBLIN TO CASFIEL. Mr. VESEY obtained leave to. bring in a Bill for making and maintaining a railway _ from the city of , Dublin to the city of Cashel. The Bill was brought up,.. and read a first time. The names endorsed on the back of the Bill are those of Mr. Vesey, Lord Eliot, and Mr. , Wyse. 4 ., On the motion of Mr. MILNER GIBSON, the Man- chester Stipendiary Magistrates Bill was read . a third time and passed. / On the motion of. Mr. BRADSHAW the Canterbury .. Pavement Bill was read a third time, and passed. On the motion of Sir J. Y. BULLER - the Delabole . and Rock Railway Bill (No. 2) was read a third time, and passed. . COlonel FOX presented two petitions from bodies . of Congregational Dissenters in the Tower Hamlets, against • the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Dr. BOWRING, presented a petition, signed by per sons of various religious persuasions, at St. Ives, in fa vour of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Lord C. MANNERS presented a petition from Leices tershire against the income-tax. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bristol, signed by religionists of all denominations, in favour of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Colonel WOOD presented a petition from Brecon, against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. DETENTION OF LETTERS AT THE POST OFFICE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE .aid he held in his hand a peti tion, a copy of which he had transmitted to the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, informing him of his intention to present it, and also to bring its contents under the immediate consideration of the House, as the case was one re quiring immediate redress. It was the petition of W. J. Linton, William Lovett, Joseph Mazzini, and others, resident in London, complaining of the de tention and opening of their letters at the General Post office, and praying for immediate redress. The letteri were written from 47, Devonshire-street, Queen-square, within the last month, and the petitioners said that although they were not written for any political purpose, and did not contain any treasonable matter, they had been detained at the Post-office by the Post-office authorities beyond the usual time, and they had been read at the Post-office. The petitioners said they considered such a practice as an introduction of the spy system of foreign States—% system repugnant to the free system of the British Con stitution, and dangerous to liberty. They were pre pared to prove the truth of those allegations, and they prayed for a Committee to inquire into the subject. The petition was then ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE said, the course which he might pursue would very much depend on the answer which he should receive from the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir James Graham) to a question which he should now put to him. His question was, then, whether the Right Hon. Gentleman was aware that the letters of these individuals had been opened, read, and exa mined at the General Post-office, and if so, whether it had been done by the authority of any one of her Ma jesty's principal Secretaries of States? Sir J. GRAHAM said he had to thank the Hon. Gentleman for the perfect fairness and frankness of the course he had pursued on the present occasion. He had been so obliging as to send him a copy of the petition yesterday, and to notify to him the precise ques tion which he meant to put; and he had, there fore, had an opportunity of considering the' answer which he should give to that question. The House was aware that from so early a period as the reign of Queen Anne, power had been invested in the . principal Secretaries of State, by warrant, to detain let-' tern, and to empower the Post-office authorities to open. them. That power came under the review of Parlia ment in 1837, and by the Act of the Ist of Victoria, that power continued to be vested in her Majesty's . principal Secretaries of State. With respect to the let ters of three of the petitioners, no warrant had been issued. With respect to those of one of them, he had, on his own responsibility, issued a warrant, which was not now in force. Having made this declaration, he must beg further to 'add that this power 'was vested in the responsible officers of the Crown by the law of the land—that it was entrusted to them, for the public safety—that the Parliament of the country placed confidence in those who exercised it ; and that it was not for the public good to press for inquiry into this particular case.—(llear, hear.) At all events, he did not think it consistent with his public duty to enter into any further ekplanation—he hopttt the House would confide in him to such an extent as not to call for any further information. In reply to a question from Mr. HUME, the purport of which we could not catch, Sir J. GRAHAM said he had carefully considered the subject. He had gone as far in explanation as he con ceived it his duty to go. He must respectfully but firmly resist any attempt to call upon him for further infor mation. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that as the petitiOners called upon the House.to grant them immediate redress, he should now, as far as he was able, endeavour to give effect to this petition. Mr. TATTON EGERTON rose to order. After the explanation had . ' been given the - Hon. Gentleman could not, according. to the standing orders, proceed to address the House. Mr. T. DUNCOMBB said he was within the standing order of the House with respect to the presentation of petitions, and it was greatly to the credit of the House that that order admitted of the course which he pro posed to pursue in the case of petitions complaining of some personal grievances, requiring immediate redress. In the case of petitions complaining of some personal grievances— Sir JAMES GRAHAM—I beg to state to the House Unequivocally, that no warrant now exists with respect to 'either of the four petitioners.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said the case required imme diate redress notwithstanding that statement ; and he must say he was astonished, and he thought the House must be astonished, that the Right Hon. Baronet should attempt to blink this discussion. • Mr. F. SHAW rose to order. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he was not to be put down. —(Cheers from the Opposition.) Mr. SHAW said the question now was, whether the Hon. Gentleman could proceed to discuss this question. The question was, whether there was a personal griev ance involved, and he would submit that as there was no warrant in existence, the Hon. Gentleman was not at liberty to discuss the question.—(Oh, oh.) He did not see how any person was at that moment affected by what . the Hon. Gentleman complained of. Mr. DUNCOMBE rose, but there were loud cries of Chair, chair," upon which the Hon. Gentleman sat down. The SPEAKER—The order of the House under which the Honourable Gentleman claimed the right of speaking on this petition was to the following effect :—" That in cases of petitions complaining of personal grievances, for which there was an urgent necessity of providing immediate remedy, the sub ject-matter of such petitions might be brought under the consideration of the House. In this case the Hon. Gen tleman had given notice on the subject, and having given that notice, it appeared to him that this was not a cast• of urgency requiring an immediate remedy. Mr. DUNCOMBE said he had no opportunity of bringing forward the question yesterday, and he took the earliest opportunity of bringing it forward. What he complained of was, that the letters of those persons were opened, and that the spy system of foreign countries was introduced into this country.—(" Oh, oh," and "Chair.") The SPEAKER repeated that he did not think this was a matter of urgent necessity, requiring immediate remedy; and, therefore, could not be discussed then.— (Ministerial cheers.) Mr. DUNCOMBE—I move, then, that this House do now adjourn.—(Loud Opposition cheers.) Now I will raise the question.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentle man, the First Lord of the Treasury, took that mode the other evening of speaking on the main question, and it was decided that he could do so.—(Hear, hear.) Tho Right Hon. Gentleman, the Recorder of Dublin, would not, perhaps, like that all his co rres p on d e nce, relative to the jury lists of Dublin, and the subtraction of certain lists, should be opened and read by the House.— (Cheers, and Oh, oh.") But others did not wish to have their family secrets revealed. The Re pealers also would not like to have their correspon dence examined and read, and copies of their letters communicated to the Recorder of Dublin.—(A laugh.) What did these parties complain of ? The Right Hon. Gentleman had stated that he had issued his warrant for opening and examining the letters of these parties. He had no doubt that the Act of Parliament, the Ist of Vic toria, passed in 1837, recognised that power in the Se cretary of State. The power had existed previous to that Act, and even from the time of the Commonwealth; but he did not believe that one man in twenty thousand knew of the lines that had been smuggled into this Act, placing their correspondence at the mercy of the Secre tary of State. It was a power that ought to be taken away from any Secretary of State, particularly from one who exercised that power in an unscrupulous manner. He had opened the letters of one of these gentlemen. Would the Right Hon. Baronet state which of them it was whose letters had been thus opened? Sir J. GRAHAM—Certainly not. , Mr. DUNCOMBE—The Right Hon. Baronet would not state whether it was the letters of Mr. Mazzini, of Mr. Lovett, or of the other two gentlemen. He had been told, indirectly, that it was Mr. Mazaini who was thus honoured with the particular attention of the Right Hon. Baronet. The law made it a misdemeanour in any one to open a letter, or detain it longer than necessary, unless it was misdirected, or returned to the office, the person to whom it was ad dressed not being able to be found, or being dead, In these cases the letter, if returned, was always marked as returned for these reasons, and he contended that the Act of Parliament intended that when letters were opened by the authority of the Secretary of State, that it should be stated on their cover that they had been opened by authority. Even in the time of Mr. Pitt and Lord Sidmouth this was done when letters were opened by the Secretary of State. Why this system of espionage should be countenanced by the Secretary of State he could not imagine in a time of perfect peace and ' domestic tranquillity. He believed that • during the last two years letters had been opened at the Post-office in a most unscrupulous manner. This was a state of things the people would not bear, and he hoped after this exposure they would take some means or other to counteract this invidious conduct en the part of her Majesty's present Ministers. It was most disgraceful ; it might do for Russia, or for France, or the Austrian States, but it • would not ,do for the free air of England. •It was proved that the Government did open the letters of