The Sun. — London, England, 1844-07-31 00:00:00

Pourtt Xbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. SOUTH SEA HOUSE—(THIS DAY.) SA Quarterly G enera l M eet i ng of the Proprietors of South Sea Stock was held this day at the 6cuth Sea House, in Threadneedle-street. Charles Frank, Esq., took the chair at twelve o'clock. The CHAIRMAN said that the object of the present meeting was to take into consideration the proposition of the Chancello r of the Exchequer. The correspondence which had taken place with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer was printed, and he was sure the proprietors were aware of the natur e of that proposition. Ile would, however, read it to the meeting. The correspondence was then read, by which it ap peared that the Government proposed to complete the guarantee fund, and to transfer 610,0004 to the Com pany for that purpose. After the reading of the correspondence the CHAIR MAN proposed a resolution approving of the completion of the guarantee fund and the transfer, on the basis of the correspondence. A short discussion took place on the resolution, some of the proprietors, Mr. Makatta, Mr. Manbert, Mr. Hammond, and others, advocating a dissolution of the Company, by which the Company would be saved the expense of management, amounting to about 6,000/. They contended that if the Company accepted the proposition of the Government the expenses of the management would fall upon the Company for an indefinite period. They did not think there was any necessity for keeping up so large an establishment, when the Bank of England or any other incorporated body might pay the dividends at scarcely any increased expense. The CHAIRMAN said that they were then met for the purpose of considering the proposition of the Chancellor art Of 41, khquer, and it would be open to them equler,--im a future occas i on what they were .ith regard to the Society. If they were ire the resolution, the effect of that that the proposition of the Chancellor of the uses' was uniost, and less than what they were SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS : FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The wrongs inflicted last year by the French on the Sovereign and people of Tahiti, have not merely remained unredressed—they have rapidly multi plied in severity and extent. The accounts just arrived from the Society Islands, which were published in th e Globe of yesterday, have excited surprise and indignat ion among men of all parties. These renewed i nstances of aggression must, we apprehend, be s u fficient . to rouse Lord Aberdeen from the indifference with which he has hitherto treated the subject. The occupation of Ta hiti by French troops ; the deposition of its Queen; the confiscation of property ; the imprisonment of the Chiefs whose presence and influence with the people might have been troublesome to the invaders—have been followed up by the seizure and imprisonment of the British Consul. These acts of unprovoked vio lence upon a defenceless State have been committed under the pretext of a " Protectorate," not merely un sought by the "protected" Queen Pomare; but earnestly, and with touching simplicity, protested against and de plored by her. An appeal by the insulted and deeply injured Queen to the English Sovereign, for pro tection against the outrages which had been perpetrated on her person and government, made last year, was at first slighted. Tahiti and its dependencies are situated at a vast distance from England—nearly at the antipodes. They are also of slight importance in the scale of na tions—mere specks on the map ; and are manifestly too insignificant to merit the interference of England, whose sympathies are with great and powerful nations ; to whose tender mercies she magnanimously consigns the weak and the defenceless. Time was, when a more noble spirit actuated the councils of Britain. It is true that Britain was not bound by absolute and formal treaty to maintain the independence of Tahiti ; but there was an assurance, almost in the nature of a solemn promise and engagement, given to Tahiti by a former forei g n minister of this country, that Eng land would watch over its safety and interests. That interesting spot had been civilised and Christianised by the labours of English missionaries, who had settled there, and had introduced a form of Govern ment closely resembling in its institutions that which exists in this country. Under that constitution, Tahiti advanced to a considerable elevation of civil and social excellence. The arts were introduced and cultivated ; commerce was established, and regulated by recognised laws; and religion gave a tone to the morals and stability to the institutions of the country. The his tory of nations affords no instance of an improvement so rapid in everything which elevates and ennobles man as Tahiti exhibited. Such was the condition of Tahiti when the French Admiral Dupetit Thouars last year commit ted those aggressions by which he acquired inglorious fame. With an apathy of feeling and tardiness of uct, which implied an indifference to the complaints of French aggression that were made - to him as the Foreign Minister, Lord Aberdeen at length directed a represen tation of the case to be made to the French Government. M. Guizot disavowed the acts, and promised to inter fere. Lord Aberdeen was elated with success ; and puffed forth his own doings in Parliament, as though his diplomacy was unequalled in its policy and unprece dented in its influence. Somehow, or other, the French admiral was impracticable. The " Protectorate "—in the propriety of establishing which Lord Aberdeen had acquiesced—was followed by the occupation of the island. All knowledge of this extraordinary proceeding was also disavowed ; and a very courteous assurance was given to our Ambassador that the French Govern ment did not adopt the responsibility of the act. Still it has been followed by yet more flagrant proceedings in Otaheite 133 the French commanders. The Queen has been deposed ; and has sought refuge from per sonal indignities on board a British frigate. The • British Consul (Mr. Pritchard) has been seized, by military authority, and placed under arrest, without any charge being alleged against him, or any explanation furnished as to the cause of this out rage upon his person, and this insult to his country's flag. Mr. Pritchard fortunately eluded the vigilance of his keepers, and escaped on board the English vessel, by which he has reached this country. He was to have an audience with Lord Aberdeen yesterday. Summonses were last evening issued for a Cabinet Council to be held this day—it is conjectured, for the purpose of deliberating upon the extraordinary conduct or the French Govern ment, not merely in tacitly encouraging, while it professes to disavow, the acts of its agents in the matter of Otaheite; but for pursuing the same aggressive policy in Algiers and Morocco. The quiescence of England, with respect to the occupation of the former, has encouraged the alarming invasion of the latter territory; and, combined, assumes an aspect at once portentous to the preservation of peace, and derogatory to the good faith supposed to exist between France and England; on which alone pacific relations can be preserved between the two countries. We are—we have ever been, the advocates of peace. But the maintenance of peace is not.best promoted by a mean and truckling acquiescence in acts which com promise the honour, and deteriorate the interests of Britain. The country that exhibits indifference to what is due to its character and safety, is on the verge of dis honourable and disastrous war. We do not attribute to the French Ministers a desire to involve the two countries in a war. Bet we do charge them with yielding to the war faction which exists in France, to an extent that must result in war, if they do not pause in their aggres sive policy. They will otherwise find themselves com mitted beyond the power of retractation. Pacific as surances are but words. When the acts of a Govern ment are found in frequent antagonism to its professions, there requires no extraordinary powers of prescience to predict the result. STANDARD.—The proposed embankment of the Thames from Blackfriars to Westminster would be a noble ornament to the metropolis of the British empire, but we are not quite sure that this consideration has not been rather injurious than beneficial to the project. The public is so fhr utilitarian, as to think that " the game ought to be worth the candle," and that ornaments may be bought too dear. Accustomed, therefore, to look upon the proposed embankment. as an ornament, and as an ornament only, though to be bought at a high price, they turn coldly from it. This would be our own feeling too if we had not to " make the journey," as the French happily describe such hard work, of Fleet-street and the Strand, as often as we have to make it, and to run the risk which every one must run in crossing these perilous thoroughfares some half-dozen times a-day. This disagreeable expe rience has convinced us, as it must convince every one who will prove it, that some additional means of com munication between the centre of the City and West minster is a matter about which there can be nollnger an option. The grand duct, which might ,- shave served very well for a population of a million, will not serve for a population of about two millions, with a traffic increased fivefold, to say nothing of the feli citous introduction of those most lumbering of all impediments, omnibuses. In short, a new thorough fare continuing the line of Thames-street to West minster is already indispensable to the safety, net to say comfort, of all the pedestrians of the metropolis, and every addition to the ex tent, population, and trade of this huge city makes the want of this additional thoroughfare more intolerable. The only question then that can be raised is, where this new thoroughfare is to be situated ? Within the river bank it cannot be placed without cut ting through, besides some thousands probably of other expensive houses, the Inner Temple, the Middle Tem ple, King's College, Somerset-house, the Savoy, the Adel phi, Ilungerford-market, Whitehall-place, Whitehall gardens, Richmond terrace, with the magnificent resi dences of the Duke of Buccleuch and others. The bare purchase of the ground for this line would probably cost as much as the erection of a terrace upon arches from Blackfriars to Westminster twice told. Yet be tween such an enormously expensive street as we have suggested and Lord Lincoln's proposition there is really no choice, for, we repeat it, the second thorough fare is perfectly indispensable. An objection has been raised, that the masonry to support the pro , posed terrace would displace so much of the .tide water as to render less rapid the current of the river. We should think that this would be scarcely an objection, if, as the report on Westminster-bridge states, the current has become so rapid since the removal of old London bridge, as to deepen the channel seven feet, between Westmister and Blackfriars, and to undermine the founda tions of all the older bridges and all the buildings whose foundations are on the river's banks. But suppose any mischief to arise from the displacement of the water, that may be very easily remedied by finding a new place for water on the Surrey side, or by deepening the frontage on the Middlesex bank ; but, in truth, we believe this fear to be perfectly groundless. Whatever, happens, We must have the thoroughfare, and the sooner the better. - .2.......... r, ( e to do wi t h ,-_ ' to.,_.—oegative A .: - would be th e ..... Exchequer VI 4-, . entitled to. A ft t Sir J. L. GOLDS3IID said that he would vote for the resolution on the understanding that a meeting was to be called on a future occasion with - resprct to the expe diency of keeping up so large an establ . shment. lie thought, however, that the old clerks of th establish ment ought to be provided for. The resolution was then put and carried, after which the meeting separated. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. • (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The House re-assembled at Five o'clock. Sir. C. BURRELL presented a petition from Sussex in favour of protection to agriculture. Mr. HARDY presented petitions against certainclauses in the Insolvent Debtors' Bill. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the inmates of 'Whitecross-street prison in favour of the Insolvent Debtors' Bill. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented petitians from Ireland in favour of a repeal of the union. Mr. BOUVERIE presented a petition from Wilts against agricultural protection. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from Uppingham against certain clauses in the Insolvent Debtors Bill. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL gave notice that, on going into Committee on that Bill he would move several amendments. Mr. WYSE also gave notice that, on going into Com mittee on the same Bill, he should move a proviso re specting the visitors of the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth. FRENCH AGGRESSION AT OTAHEITE. Sir C. NAPIER said he wished to put a question to the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, of great importance to the character and reputation of this country. He had not given notice of his intention to put the question, but it referred to a matter of such public notoriety, that he hoped the Right Honourable Ba ronet would be able to give him an answer. The ques tion he had to put was, whether it was true that the British Consul at Otaheite had been arrested under the English flag by the French authorities; whether the lights of the English residents were obliged to be put out at eight o'clock in the evening by the oral's of the French; whether the French had established strong for tifications there; and whether, in consequence of these operations, Queen Pomare had been obliged to take refuge on board a British ship ? He also wished to ask whether, at the time these operations were going on, there was a British force at the island, and if so, to what extent ? Sir R. PEEL said, though the Hon. and Gallant Officer had not given me notice of the question, yet two other Hon. Members, the Noble Lord the Member for Dorsetshire, and the Hon. Member for Evesham, had notified to him that it was their intention to put a ques tion of a similar nature to that of the Gallant Officer ; they will perhaps excuse me if, as the Gallant Officer had the precedence of them, though he has not given notice of his question, I take the opportunity of answering my Noble Friend and the Hon. Member in the reply I give to the Gallant Officer. In doing so, I must limit myself to the statement of those facts which are of the most importance. Among these is the removal of the British Consul. We bare received ac counts from Otaheite, and presuming on the accuracy of these accounts, which I have no reason to call in ques tion, I do not hesitate to say that a gross outrage, accompanied by a gross indignity, has been com mitted.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Her Ma jesty's Government received information to this ef fect on Monday last, and we have taken the , first opportunity of making those communications to the French Government which we considered the circum stances called for. The outrage was committed by a person in temporary authority at Otaheite, and from what we know of the facts it was not committed in consequence of any authority given him by the French Government. Presuming that the accounts are accurate, I apprehend that the French Government will at once make such a reparation as we think this country has a right to require. I trust I shall not be pressed for any further information on the subject.—(Hear.) Sir C. NAPIER said there was one part of his question which the Right Hon. Baronet had not an swered—whether a proper force was stationed at Ota• heite at the time, and whether the French had esta blished fortifications on the island ? Sir R. PEEL said he had given the Hon. and Gallant Officer all the explanation necessary. DROPPED ORDERS. When the dropped Orders of yesterday were called on, for the purpose of being disposed of, Mr. WYSE expressed a wish to bring in the Art- Unions Bill at once. Sir R. PEEL hoped the Hon. Gentleman would give precedence to the motion of his Noble Friend, on the subject of Captain Warner's invention, which stood for yesterday, and which had been put off at the re quest of the Government, as he understood that there was a general feeling throughout the House that it would be proper that his Noble Friend should be afforded an opportunity of bringing forward his moti on . POOR-LAWS (SCO I'LAND)—LTNATICS IN THE -ISLE OF ARRAN. Mr. BOLTVERIE asked whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce any measure during the next session of Parliament founded on the report of the Commissioners of Poor-laws for Scotland ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM had not had time to read the voluminous evidence attached to that report, and there fore could not pledge himself as to the course of conduct which he might think it right to pursue until he had had an opportunity of giving that evidence mature consideration. He would avail himself of that opportunity to offer to the House an explanation on a subject which had been adverted to during the discussion on the mo tion of his Noble Friend, the Member for Dorsetshire, on the subject of pauper lunatics. The Hon. Member for Lambeth had, during that debate, quoted a passage from the report which had been alluded to by the Hon. Mem ber for Kilmarnock, describing, in most feeling terms, the state of the pauper lunatics in the Isle of Arran. He had immediately called the attention of the Lord Advocate to the subject, and he had great pleasure in stating to the House that nine months ago active measures had been taken to redress some of these evils. The pauper lunatics had been re moved from Arran to the Glasgow asylum. Steps bud been taken to bring to justice the offending parties ; in fact, criminal proceedings were in progress against them, and prec au ti ons b ad b een taken to prevent a re currence of the evil. SLAUGHTERING HORSES BILL. On the Order of the Day for the third reading of this Bill being read, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said the Bill had undergone considerable alterations in Committee. He had made various inquiries of several parties connected with the business of slaughtering horses, and the House would be glad to hear that the statements of the cruelties which they had heard on the last discussion were unfounded. Those statements had been quoted from a pamphlet published by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ; but there was a rival society in existence, called the " National Animals' Friend Society," and it was owing to the rivalry of these societies that these exaggerated statements had gone forth to the public. He objected to the 4th clause, because it gave power to the police to call upon the inspector to accompany them to these knackers' yards whenever they pleased ; and he equally objected to the 6th clause, which imposed a penalty on the inspector of 401. if he refused to do so. He thought it was uncalled for and unjust that the inspector should be at the beck and call of the pace without any fee or reward. He should move the striking out of the objectionable words of the clause. Mr. COWPER defended the clauses as they at pre , sent stood. The House then divided, when there appeared-- For the amendment .. Against it Majority for the amendment —27 The clause wtts then agreed to. On the motion that the Bill do pass, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that those who bad the management of this Bill did not know anything about it. Where cruelty took place was not in the licensed yards in the City, but in those places outside the town, where the horses wer e k e pt b e f ore they were slaughtered: The Bill then passed. CAPT. WARNER'S INVENTION. Lord INGESTRE said be could assure the House that he rose with the utmost reluctance to bring forward the question of which he had given notice. He felt very considerable reluctance on two grounds. The first was, his own inability to do justice to the question ; and the next was, that he had always held the opinion that that House was the last place in which questions of that nature ought to be discussed. The question of these in ventions had been more or less befure the country for a period of ten years. It was about five years ago that he first became acquainted with the nature of Captain Warner's invention At that period he brought it under the consideration of the late Government, and he had also on a subsequent occasion brought it under the considera tion of her Majesty's present Government, in order that the invention might be investigated, and if approved of secured to the country. These inventions were, in his opinion, of permanent advantage to the country. He bad always thought so, and in consequence he had been as sailed with every species of ridicule. Notwithstanding that ridicule, notwithstanding the talentwhich might be brought against him in debate, the obstacles which might be thrown in his way, he felt it his duty to bring forward this subject for the consideration of the House. He trusted the House would give him credit for the motives by which he was actuated. Perhaps it would be convenient to the House if he shortly traced the history of this matter. His attention had first been called to the subject by a paragraph which appearedin a newspaper in the year 1839. In consequence of this information he was ultimately introduced to Captain Warner, the inventor of these projectiles. He then inquired a little into the history of the invention, and endeavoured to trate it to the best of his ability. He was bound to say, having taken the utmost pains in the investigation, that there was great reason for further inquiry. For that reason he had determined never to lose a single opportunity of ad vocating the cause, till it was proved to bo either of the greatest possible importance to them as a maritime and one of these commercial country, or a gross imposition ; litSPElt/ HORATIO RODD, commission agent, Great Newport street, Long-acre, to surrender Aug. 8, and Sept. 10, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official as signee, Birchin-lane ; Collins and Rigley, Crescent-place, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. JCCIIN JENKINS, currier, Crown-place, Old Kent-road, Aug. 9, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Williams, Alfred-place, Bedford-square. GEORGE GRANTHAM, grocer, Manchester, Aug. 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Messrs. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Dearden, Manchester. JONATHAN BAIL, cabinet maker, Salisbury, Aug. 5, at two, and Sept. 10, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Kirk, Symond's Inn. JOHN BARLOW, silk throwster, Congleton, Cheshire, Aug. 16, at eleven, and Sept. 16, at two. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Hudson, Bucklersbury, City. JAMES SMITH, newspaper publisher, Southampton street, Strand, Aug. 9, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street; Maltby and Otter, Old Broad-street. SAMUEL MORRIS MASON, 'mister, Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, Aug. 8, and Sept. 12, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir mingham; Gregory, Leicester; Motteram and Giddy, Bir mingham. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. J. Barton, publican, Sheffield. J. Farnell, cotton-warp-dealer, Bradford, Yorkshire. D. Taylor, stone-mason, Bradford, Yorkshire. G. W. Ward, farmer, Melton, Suffolk. G. Roalfe, carpenter, Bishopsbourne, Kent. J. Jones, tailor, Bath. W. Gray, farmer, Romford, Essex. S. Sadler, cheesemonger, Frederic-street, Regent' s -p ar k. J. Smith, butcher, Congleton, Cheshire. W. Sier, clerk, St. John's-square, Clerkenwell. E. J. Holden, plumber, Green -street, Stepney. E. Johnson, miner, Bilston, Staffordshire. J. Robinson, clerk, Gloucester-place, Rlarylebone. R. Elliott, cabinet-maker, Cheltenham. T. J. Robotham, chymist, Burslem, Staff or d s hi re . T. J. Alger,coach-maker, George-street, Mile-end New-town. J. Barraclough, wool-sorter, Rochdale. W. Didcote, shoemaker, Cheltenham. G. Butler, carpenter, Chipping-hill, Essex. J. Morris, draper, Rawtenstall, Lancashire. J. A. Neame, commission agent, Milton, Kent. G. Jones, carder in a factory, Manchester. R. Mount, saddler, Blackheath. T. Brook, joiner, Birstall, Yorkshire. W. Golland, pork butcher, Sheffield. J. Hamnett, hatter, Grantham, Lincolnshire. D. Wade, cloth manufacturer, Batley, Yorkshire. M. Crabtree, cloth weaver, Bradford. J. Orton, turf agent, York. S. Henshaw, dealer in game, Manchester. J. Hall, attorney, Manchester. T. C. J. Egan, Meadow-place, Kennington. J. Harris, blacksmith, Woodham Mortimer, Essex. S. Brewer, victualler, Falmouth. E. Metcalf, leather dealer, Liverpool. R. Nash, miner, West Dean, Gloucestershire. J. Suckling, tailer, Stebbing, Essex. C. W. Bond, eating housekeeper, Long-lane, Bermondsey. J. Dodd, brew er , Liverpool. T. Hitchman, victualler, Kidlington, Oxfordshire. J. W. Bellis, clerk, Union-street, Bishopsgate-street Within. A. Greig, teacher, St. John's-wood -terrace, Marylebone. J. Taylor, printer, Birmingham. J. F. Leaver, cordwainer, Reading. T. W. Nichols, painter, Tranmere, Cheshire. N. Scholefield, woollen draper, Liverpool. W. Curran, stevedore, Liverpool. G. W. Roberts, accountant, Sambrook-court, City. J. Cole, coach broker, Baildon-place, Deptford. G. Huxstable, tailor, Wine-office -court, Fleet-street. G. Saxby, victualler, Southwell, Nottinghamshire: J. Walker, wheelwright, Caddington, Hertfordshire. J. Rantell, wheelwright, Thaxted, Essex. R. Pickles, victualler, Halifax. G. Nye, surgical instrument maker, York-pl., Westminster-rd. T. Donaldson, corn-dealer, Brick-lane, Bethnal-green. SECOND NOTICES. T. C. Buick, surgeon, Islip, Oxfordshire, Aug. 5, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. Brothers, Lieutenant R.N., Norwood, Surrey, Aug. 3, ai eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, cfficial assignee. W. Eagle, clerk, Grove-place, Bethnal-green, Aug. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. G. Board, bricklayer, Lovegrove-street, Old Kent-road, Aug. 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. S. Gudgin, gun maker, Canterbury, Aug. 5, at h a lf-pa s t one, at the Cou r t o f Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. W. Cox, sen., assistant to a genera l dealer, Newington causeway; Surrey, Aug. 5, a t t wo , a t th e C our t of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. E. L. Weale, w i ne d ea l er , Walcot-square, Lambeth, Aug. 5, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official as signee. M. Adams, rope-maker, Maldon, Essex, Aug. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. B. Polkinghorne, Plymouth, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Exe ter District Court. Heineman ' o ffi cial assign e e. S. Yearsley, a tt orne y, Leckhampton Gloucestershire, Aug. 5, at eleven, a t th e B r i s t o l District Court. Hutton, officia assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghail-street. J. Pledge, bricklayer, Vauxhall street, Lambeth, Aug. 23, at eleven—E. Hayward, innkeeper, Castle Hedingham, Essex, Aug. 20, at half-past twelve—L. Laughtod, brewer, Wisbeach St. Peter's, Cambridgeshire, Aug. 23, at twelve. In the Country. R. Turner, fancy cloth manufacturer, Almondbury, York. shire, Aug. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—S. B. Lines, grocer, Halesowen, Shropshire, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—E. Thorneyeroft, jun., and G. Thorneycroft, jun., iron manufacturers, Wolverhampton, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Webster, newspaper proprietor, Sheffield, Aug. 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. J. Baker, grocer, Romsey, Hampshire, Aug. 21—W. Lick fold, licensed victualler, Merrow, Surrey, Aug. 22—H. Wood, woollen factor, Basinghall-street, Aug. 20—J. Heward, hay salesman, Hendon, Aug. 23—W. Line, builder, Ramsgate, Aug. 21--T. Carline, builder, Shrewsbury, Aug. 22—T. H. Wetmore, grocer, Worcester, Aug. 24—J. W ar d, coac h ma k er , West Bromwi c h, §iaffordshire, Aug. 24—J. Cormie, earthen ware manufacturer, Burslem, Staffordshire, Aug. 20—P. and J. Cattaneo, jewellers, Reigate, Surrey, Aug. 20—J. Dowle, wine merchant, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Aug. 20—J. Foakes, market gardener, Mitcham, Aug. 20—J. W. Harris, wine merchant, Wolverhampton, Aug. 20—J. Maclean, car. renter, Somerset-street, Whitechapel, Aug. 20—G. Greatley, jeweller, Hatton-garden, Aug. 20—W. Lynn, hotel keeper, Liverpool, Aug. 20—R. Richardson, gambroon manufacturer, Manchester, Aug. 20—D. Parker, hop merchant, Manchester, Aug. 20—M. Ogston, watch maker, Davies-street, Berkeley square, Aug. 20—W. Brown, auctioneer, Rickmansworth. Hertfordshire, Aug. 20—S. Meredith, linen draper, Liverpool, Aug. 20—G. F. Squires, plumbers, Emmett-street, Aug. 20— T. Adams, publican, Newport, Isle of Wight, Aug. 20—J. and J. B. Monteliore, merchants, George-street, Mansion-house, Aug. 20—C. Newton and C. Worssam, engineers, Kingsland road, Aug. 20. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Bythell and J. Horsfall, calenderers, Manchester—W. Blackford and W. H. Armitage, saw manufacturers, Sheffield —J. T. tie Mattos and I. M. de Leon, merchants, Copthall court, City—B. France and J. Hallas, cotton spinners, Hud dersfield—C. Denby and G. A. Cator, rag merchants, Leeds —R. and T. M. Clark, drapers, Epworth, Lincolnshire—. H. G. Gordon, T. K. Finlay, J. Stokes, and A. S. Finlay, Bombay (so far as regards T. K. Finlay)—C, Graham, J. Lunn, J. Gwdery, A. Graham, and C. N. Graham, grocers, New Bridge -street (so far as regards J. Lunn)—C. Collambell and H. E. Beck, surgeons, Lambeth-terrace, Lambeth—R. Wood and B. Fairbur n , electrical inst rumen t ma k ers , Graves end—S. SmaUpage and W. Bracewell, cotton spinners, Burn ley, Lancashire—W. Pate, W. Robinson, and E. Pate, cabinet makers, Burnley, Lancashire—J. M. Bennett and W. W. Batchelor, woollen drapers, Worcester—E. and G. Garrett— J. Lochhead and H. Gilchrist, chinamen, Great Queen -street, Lincoln's Inn-fields—J. and H. Fullbrook, carpenters, Or mond-row, Smith-street, Chelsea—Field, Son, and Kell, stock brokers, Warnford-conrt, Throgmorton-street (so far as re gards G. Kell ). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES SMITH, hotel keeper Wardie, Edinburgh, Aug. 8 and 29, at three, at the New Ship Hotel, Shore, Leith. WILLIAAI LESSLIE, grain dealer, Strandhill, Linlith gowshire, Aug. 3 and 24, at two, at the Red Lion Inn, Linlithgow. The Ecclesiastical CommisSionen for England had a meeting yesterday. The Commissioners present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Lord President of the Council, the Earl of Besborough, the Earl of Chichester, and the Earl of Harrowby. IRON AND COAL IN AUSTRALIA.--Iron ores seem to be so plentiful in Western Australia as to have attracted the notice of the settlers in a variety of places, and to have drawn out speculative inquiries as to the possibility of work ing the mines and subjecting the mineral to the manu facturing process by the agency of wood fuel. The Govern ment, it is , said, have offered a reward of 2,500 acres of land to any one who shall discover coal ; but the more urgent operations of the settlers have hitherto prevented any attempt being made. We readily admit the importance of such a discovery as that of coal, and could wish that the go vernment of this province were empowered as well as inclined to encourage the finding so valuable an addition to our available resources ; but, in our opinion (whilst we hate such, stores of forest wood), it is not indispensable to the, produc tion of good iron from our own rich mineral.--Australian Journal. COMFETITION !—The Forth and Clyde Canal Com pany are now carrying passengers from Glasgow to Edin burgh for Is. in the steerage, and Is. 6d. in the cabin. If it was not for the Canal Company, what would the fares to Edinburgh by railway be?—Glasgow Saturday Post HOUSE OF LORDS, July 30. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. The Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Dissentients Bill was read a third time and passed. The Church Endowment Bill, the Ecclesiastical Juris diction Bill, and the Clerks of the Crown and Chancery Bill, severally passed through Committee, and were re ported. The Metropolitan Buildings Bill also passed through Committee, and was reported. The Privy Council Bill was read a third time and passed. LAW COURTS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, with some preliminary ob servations which were inaudible in the gallery, moved the order of the day for the Committee on the Bill for regulating the certain usages and practice of the courts of law in Ireland. Lord CAMPBELL objected to the appointment of prothonotary and other officers by the Lord Lieutenant or his secretaries, instead of their being appointed by the judges of the respective courts. He would, at another time, move an amendment for the purpose of removing that objection. The LORD CHANCELLOR defended that part of the Bill, which he said was not a new enactment, as the appointment of the prothonotaries had been vested in the Lord Lieutenant. The Bill then passed through Committee. CATHOLIC PENAL LAWS REPEAL BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he had been requested by his Noble Friend near him (Lord Beau mont) to move the report of the Committee on the Bill for repealing certain Acts imposing penalties on Roman Catholics. He (the Lord Chancellor) had carefully examined the Bill, and it did not pro pose to repeal any measure for the retention of which there could be the least reason shown. The motion was that the report be received. That motion was made with a view to another—namely, that the Bill be recommitted and in Committee it would be competent to any Noble Lord, or Reverend Pre late, to state his objections to any part of it. It was a strange objection, under the circumstances, that the Bill was brought up at so late a period of the session ; the fact being, that the Bill had been before the House far two months, to enable every Noble Lord and Rev. Prelate to examine its details. He defied any Member of that House to Lay his hand upon any Act named in this Bill which ought not to be repealed. The first Act was the Act of Edward VI., the Uniformity Act, which required every person attending a place of wor ship to use the Book of Common Prayer, and impos ing upon any person attending worship where the service was not performed acce i rcling to that b oo k, a heavy fine for the first off ence ; 'for the second, impri sonment for one year ; and for the third, imprisonment for life. He did not propose to repeal the Act, but only that it should not be obligatory on Catholics. Could any one doubt the propriety of that ? The next was the Act of Elizabeth, the Supremacy Act, which enacted that if any one assumed that any person had ecclesias tical, spiritual, or temporal authority in these realm; except the Queen, should for the first offence be punished by the forfeiture of all goods and chattels ; for the second, by imprisonment for life; and for the third by all the penalties of high treason. The third Act imposed penal ties for not attending the parish church at least once a week. Now, how could that law be retained after the Catholics had been emancipated ? The sth of Elizabeth subj ec t e d every one who d en i e d th e supremacy of the Sovereign at once to a pramunire. How could any one say that this Act should be retained in the present times ? The next Act was, that any person who should be reconciled to the Church of Rome should be guilty of high treason. Another imposed the heaviest penalties uson any Ca tholic who should cause his children to be educated abroad. Was it reasonable, that at this time, such a law should be retained 7—(lear, hear.) Another of those Acts prohibited any Roman Catholic from departing more than twelve miles from his own home, or approaching nearer than ten miles to the me tropolis.—(A laugh.) Would any one say tlit that Act should not be repealed ? The 35th of Charles 11. disqualified all persons who became converts to the Roman Catholic religion to hold office ; another Act prevented Roman Catholici from having arms in their houses, or possessing a horse of the value of more than 5/.—(Laughter.) If a Roman Catholic was found to possess a horse of greater value than that, the horse could be seized and sold for that price.—(Hear, hear.) Who would say that he did wrong in repealing that Act ? (Hear, hear.) Now, if his Right Rev. Friend, who ex pressed on another evening some alarm for the security of the Church on account of the proposed repeal of these Acts, would state to the House the reasons which convinced him (the Bishop of London) that any one of those Acts should be continued, he (the Lord Chan cellor) would give up his opposition to it.—(Hear, hear.) Ho had recommended to his Noble Friend to allow his Bill, after passing through the Committee, to stand over till the next session, in order that it might be seen what the Government would do in the meantime. But if his Noble Friend was not willing to do so, he (the Lord Chancellor) would feel it his duty to support the Bill. The Bishop of LONDON did not wish it to be sup posed that he was opposed to the repeal of those penal laws, which pressed, not practically, but in theory only, upon the Roman Catholics. Apprehensive as he was of being supposed to be a supporter of those obnoxious laws, he was thankful to his Noble and Learned Friend for giving him an opportunity of stating his reason for opposing this motion. His Noble and Learned Friend expressed an opinion that this was a subject which it would be more fitting for the Govern• ment to take up and consider in the course of the approaching recess. As that was the fittest course, and as their Lordships had almost an assurance from the Lord Chancellor that it would be adopted, he would protest against the measure being now taken up by her Majesty's Government, at the end of the session, without notice, and without consulting any of those Members of their Lordships' House who were the rulers and guardians -of the Established Church, and who ought to be consulted upon matters affecting so much the interests of that Church. Risking whatever imputations might be cast upon his charity, he would protest against the repealing of those statutes, without giving the House time to examine how far that repeal would affect other laws. It was to be remembered that since the Reformation the constitution of this country had been not only essentially Protestant, but anti-Popish. The first time the bolwarks which the Reformation had set up around the Church were broken, was in passing the Catholic Emancipation Act. Their Lordships should beware how far they went in breaking down other barriers. In removing those which it was now proposed to remove, they should be careful to as. certain that none more essential to the interests of the Church should be endangered by their removal. He believed that in these observations he only expressed the sentiments of le-20ths of the Protestant people of this country. There was an Act —the 10th of Geo. IV.— which provided that a Roman Catholic taking an oath therein prescribed should not be liable to penalties under the Acts referred to in the present Bill. No incon venience could be suffered from the delay of this Bill. The Rev. Prelate concluded by moving as an amendment, that the report be received that day three months. Lord.BROUGHAM entirely concurred in the ob servations of his Noble and Learned Friend on the woolsack, and he believed that the repeal of these Acts would add to the security of the Church. Those laws were only retained on the statute-book —were only tolerated for an hour—on this condition, that they should never by any accident b e put i n force. One of these penal acts—the safegu ar d s o f the Established Ch h a penalty o f 200 marks upon any priest and 100 m ar k s upon every one who urc saying s mass, ed attended mass ; yet mass was said in every part of London every week, every day, perhaps, and Catholic churches, some of them of great architectural beauty, were erected in all parts, at the expense of the pious in that persuasion.—(Hear, hear.) Would any one attempt to enforce that cruel and absurd statute?—(Bear.) He had only one objection to thepresent Bill which was, that it did not go far enough ; and he hoped that in the next session, the Government would bring in a much larger and more comprehensive measure. A Noble Friend of his who was now high in the diplomatic service of the Crown, had recommended to Mr. Canning that the first step towards emancipation should be to do away with all those Acts of prwmunire, which prevented all commu nication with the See of Rome, and to establish such diplomatic relations with that court as were maintained by Prussia and other Protestant countries, on behalf of their Roman Catholic subjects. The Earl of WICKLOW believed from the turn the disdussion had taken that it remained with his Noble Friend (Lord Beaumont) whether or not this Bill should pass or not.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Rev. Prelate had alleged no argument against the Bill, but wished it to be postponed, to make way for a larger Bill to which there would be larger objections.—(Hear, hear.) It was admitted on all hands, and not denied by the Right Rev. Prelate, that those Acts were both useless and unjust. He would support theßill, with the hope that at a future time a more comprehensive measure would be passed. Lord CAMPBELL would recommend his Noble Friend to persist in the Bill as it stood.—(Hear, hear.) He had listened with great pleasure to the precise and accurate speech of his Noble Friend on the woolsack, who had clearly and forcibly demonstrated that those twenty. four Acts ought to be at once repealed. Lord BEAUMONT said that very little remained for him to do in respect to the Bill. After the lucid speech of his Noble and Learned Friend on the Wool sack, it would be supererogatory for him to add one word in support of the Bill. He would not have brought forward the measure if he had seen her Majesty's Go vernment taking any steps towards the repeal of those laws. But he had found support in her Majesty's Go vernment, especially in the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack, who was not deterred by the gross at tacks which were made on him by a public print, sup posed to be a friend to the Established Church.—(Hear, hear.) But could it be doubted that his Noble and Learned Friend was attached to the Established Church, or that he was thoroughly convinced that the retention of those odious laws in the statute book was useless to the Church ? The Right Rev Prelate told the House that there was provided by the 10th of George IV., an oath which would protect Roman Catholics from those acts of prcemunire. But did the Right Reverend Prelate k now t h at there was not one Catholic in one hundred who w as " qua lifi ed, " as it was palled—that is, who had taken the oath of the 10th Geo. IV. ? Indeed no Roman Catholic ever thought of going to the courts of quarter sessions to take that oath, which they would consider an insult to their neighbours, as if they sus pected some informer would enforce against them those prcemunire Acts if they were not qualified. The great majority of the Roman Catholics in England and Wales were at this moment liable to qui tam actions, and the laws which he sought to repeal held out ample pecuniary inducements to the informers.—(Hear, hear.) One Act gave a reward of 1001 to any person who should convict a " Popish priest of saying mass."--(Hear, hear, and a THE RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. HUME moved for copies of all correspondence relating to the deposed Raja of Sattara, which has taken place between the Government of India and Major Car penter, the officer in charge of the Raja, from September, 1839, the time of his Highness' departure for Benares, to the Ist of January, 1844. The lion. Member said it had been his intention to submit to the House, in moving for these papers, a short statement of the injuries of the Raja of Sattara ; but as he had been informed that there was no objection to their production he was unwilling to take up the time of the House by entering into details. Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion. This unfortu nate Prince had long been waiting for justice, and he hoped he would not have to wait fur it much longer. Mr. B. BARING said there was no objection on the part of the Company to produce the return. After some observations from Mr. Hoaci and Sir T. COLEBROOKE, the motion was agreed to. The Debtors and Creditors Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. The Transfer of Real . Property Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. THE COOPERS' TRADE. Mr. HUME rose to call the attention of the House to the depressed state of the coopers' trade in Great Britain, and to move that the House would, early in the en suing session, take the petition of the coopers into consideration, with the view of relieving them from their present distress. Great changes' had been made in our tariff, and the coopers considered that their interests had been neglected, and their trade in jured. They complained that the colonial market had been thrown open to the Americans, while a duty of 25 per cent. was maintained on the raw material used in this country. It was, therefore, impossible for them to compete with the Americans in the colonial market. All that the British coopers wanted to prevent them selves and thei r f am ili es f rom being ruined was, to be placed on the same footing with foreigners, with regard to the raw material. The greatest benefit had been experienced by those engaged in the cabinet making trade from the reductions which took place in the duties on mahogany, Amboyna wood, and rose wood. If a reduction took place on the raw material of the wood from which staves were manufactured, he had no doubt the change would be soon beneficially felt by the coopers. Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion. The question having been put. Mr. GLAI)STONE said he was sure the Hon. Gen tleman did not desire to obtain the sense of the House on this subject, and that his wish only was to raise a discussion. He agreed with the Hon. Gentleman as to the hardship which the coopers suffered, and he had doubts of the expediency of imposing a heavy duty on wood, or a class of articles like staves. He had said that the coopers attributed their distress to causes to which it was not to be properly attributed, and the Right Hon. Gentleman appeared to him to be under the impression that it was owing to the change in 1842, that distress had fallen on them. He would not hesitate to assert that their position was improved by the change in the law which had taken place in 1842. At the time the change was made he had reason to sup pose that the trade were satisfied with the arrangement. He now came to th e a l terat i on of the colonial duties and the duties charged on the importation of staves into the West Indies. The parties said their position was materially worse since the change in the law, and to that they ascribed the distress under which they were suffering. But the Hon. Gentleman was misin formed as to the extent of that change. The Hon. Gentleman stated there was a prohibitive duty on timber, which was not the case. A most exaggerated degree of importance had been attached to the change. The causes of dist ress must be sought for elsewhere.lt arose from the falling off in the general production of the West Indies, which had caused a diminution in the importation of staves both from this country and the United States. It arose in some degree also from the decay of the whale fishery, which had been reduced to an insignificant amount ; and another reason fur it might be found in the high price of staves from the Baltic. Another cause had also operated against the trade in London. The great brewers had lately adopted a new system of collecting their empty casks from the publicans, in consequence of which the quantity of empty casks in the cellars of the public-houses was much re duced, and that acted injuriously on the coopers of Lon don. Again, a certain portion of the coopering of Lon don had been transferred to other places. The trade of brewing had lately considerably increased at Burton-on- Trent ; that had affected the trade of the coopers in London; but, at the same time, the state of the trade was at the present moment not so bad as it hal been repre sented to be. There had been a great increase in the importation of staves during the first six months of the present year as compared with the first six months of last year. The duty paid on staves during the first six months, of 1843, was 8,6691„ and during the first six months of 1844, it was 15,9001. This justified him in saying that these figures showed at least a revival of trade. Then, as to the benefi is to be derived from a reduction of duty, he should be glad if he could re-echo the sentiments of the Hon. Gentleman, and state, that since the alteration in 1842, the furniture trade had revived. The declared value of the export of cabinet ware in 1840, was 78,0001., in 1841 it was 76,0001., in 1842 it was 75,0001., in 1843 it was 80,000/, and during the first six months of 1844, it was only 35,0001, showing a smaller amount of trade than during any previous year, and showing it was not so easy to get back a trade that was lost. The House must not suppose that this question was free from diffi culty. It was not a mere question as to whether, by the sacrifice of a revenue of 20,0001., they could save an im portant trade, but there were other trades in a position analogous to that of the coopers. There were the ins porters of wood for the making of peeking cases. They paid a duty upon the raw material, whilst foreigners imported their packing cases free from all duty. Perhaps the Hon. Gentleman wonld say, admit all packing-case wood free from duty.-- (" Hear, hear," from Mr. Hume.) That might be all very well, but the wood imported for this purpose might be ap plied to very different purposes. Now, with regard to the coopers, wood imported for staves might be used for wainscot, and for other purposes. He did not say that was any reason why the House should not take the question into consideration ; but he would remind the House that this was not a simple question on the subject merely of the duty on staves, but that it wen into the general question of the wood duties. He hoped that there were symptoms of a revival in the coopers' trade ; and, at all events, he believed that the coopers were not correct in attributing the distress under which they were suffer ing to the continuance of the duties on staves, but that that distress was attributable to other causes which were in the course of removal, and he hoped that the coopers' trade would soon be in a better state than it had been for some time past. Mr. HUTT thought that the question between his lion. Friend and the Right Hon. Gentleman as to the cause of the distress was matter of minor consideration; the fact if the existence of that distress was admitted by the Right Honourable Gentleman, and that was the great point for considera ion. He had frequently called the attention of the Right Hon. Gentlenian to the subject, and he had been gratified to find that that attention had always been earnestly and feelingly given.—(Hear, hear.) Ile ad mitted that this was no simple question. It was mixed up with the question of West India distress, and with a variety of other questions. Owing to this state of things the coopers had become Chartists, and if he were a cooper himself he should have great difficulty in not becoming one. He would take every opportunity of forcing this subject on the attention of the Government. Mr. HUME replied. The Right Hon. Gentleman bad not candidly stated the question at issue. The re lative situation of the coopers now and the coopers in former years was not the question. His complaint was, that no drawback whatever was allowed on the manu factured article, and without that not one single cask could be sent out of England. There was a shop in the Strand where the cooper's work from the United States could be purchased at twenty per cent. under the cooper's work of this country. As long as they levied a duty FINE ARTS. Mr. WYSE then presented the petitions of which he had given notice of, from artists and friends to art, in London and Dublin, praying the establishment of gal leries for the reception of casts, or the best works in sculpture, from the earliest period to the present. He recapitulated the statements in the petitions of the ad vantages that would arise from such an institution, and alluded to the orderly and praiseworthy manner, in which the people had behaved when admitted into collections of works of art. Such a gallery, if made, ought to he as complete as possible, and contain specimens of various schools and ages, from the Egyptian and Persian, to the Greek, the Roman, the mickeval, and modern schools. Its influence on art would he important and salutary. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to take into her favourable consideration, the prayer of those petitions for the establishment of 11 gallery for the pre servation of workS of art. Colonel RAWDON seconded the motion. Dr. BO WRING thought there was no person in this country to whom art was so much indebted as his Right Hon. Friend, and he hoped the motion would be as sented to. Mr. ESCOTT agreed in what bad fallen from the Honourable Gentleman as to the merit which was due to the Right. Hon. gentlentan for the zeal which he ma nifested in Promoting the hive of the fine arts in this country. He wished to know from the Hon. Gentleman whether the decision of the Committee with respect to the artists who had been solicited to execute works for the Houses of Parliament was final ? Mr. WYSE said that the Committee had selected cer tain of the artists whose works seemed to be the best, to execute certain . works, but the Committee had taken care not to bind themselves to take any one of the pro ductions of those artists.— (Hear, hear.) Sir T. FREMANTLE did not think the House was now in a situation to come to a proper decision on this important subject, and to vote an address to her Majesty upon a motion of which no notice had been given, lie thought the Right Hon. Gentleman would do better to withdraw his motion, looking at the state of the House and the period of the session. Mr. AGLIONBY thought it would be better that S Hon. GenThetlemen- should be dismi sse d at once by the peaker. Right Hon. Gentleman had not given any reason why the motion should not be allowed to pass, ex cept the late period of the session and the state of the House. He hoped the same reasons would prevent the Government from pressing certain Bills which they had declared their intention of passing. Lord ELIOT did not think that the Hon. Gentleman had dealt fairly by his Right Hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham. His Right Hon Friend objected to the motion because no notice of the motion bad been given, and he had urged that the lateness of the session and the state of the House were reasons why the motion should not be pressed. Mr. HUME would advise his Right Hon. Friend to withdraw his motion, and to give notice on the subject for next session. The honour of the country required that the state of art should receive the serious attention of the Government. Mr. WYSE consented to withdraw his motion, which was accordingly done. SLAVE TRADE. Mr. FOSTER moved for the following addition to the return moved for by Viscount Palmerston, on the 16th of July:—" The *umber of slave vessels arrived in the transatlantic States since 1814, their names, description (as brig, schooner, or ship, &c.), masters' names, tonnage, armament, number of crew, national flag, whether empty or with slaves (whose number to be stated), the loss by death on the voyage, from what part of Africa arrived, the length of passage, and date of ar rival, o far as these particulars are known to her Ma- THE SUN, LOVI)Oisi, WE'DNESDAY EVENIN6, JULY 31, 1844. it must be, and ho was himself convinced that it was the former of these appellations to which it was en titled to. The first information on the subject was derived from a Mr. Lukin, a gentleman holding some situation in the War-office. He happened to be in the country when Captain Warner was testing the powers of his invention. He inquired into it, and con sidered it of so much importance that he reported it to Sir Herbert Taylor, who laid the circumstances before his late Majesty King William IV. That re vered Monarch, who yielded to no man in his attachment to the maritime intesests of this country, at once con ceived the idea of the vast importance of the invention. After a great deal of personal investigation he thought it right to consult an officer of great eminence, Sir Richard Keates--a man whose distinguished ser vices were well-known to that House and the country. That officer was deputed by his Majesty to inquire more fully into the subject, and his investigation lasted nearly through a course of two years. He was given to understand that his reports had given the strongest possible opinion that this invention ought to be secured to the country; that it ought to be in the hands of the Prime Minister—(A laugh)whenever the circumstances of the country might require it, and that all the world should know that the Government of this country was in possession of such a power. The opinion of Sir Thomas Hardy, whose name could not be mentioned by any one connected with the navy, but with extreme respect, was taken on the subject. He considered it was most unfortunate for the country that the reports of those two officers should be mislaid. What had become of them he could not say; but this he knew, that they existed at one time. (LEFT SPEAKING.) TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE BANKRUPTS. :AM NT. laugh.) That Act was still in existence, and no one could say when an attempt would be made to enforce it. Ile would proceed with the Bill, and trusted that their Lordships would support him.---(Cheers.) The Bishop of LONDON explained. The question was then put, the amendment was nega tived, and the report received. The Bishop of LONDON, in reply to the Lord Chan cellor, said that he would not interfere in the Bill any further, as he knew, from tho way in which it was taken up, that any interference on his part would be fruitless. But he felt fortified in the course he had taken by the coun tenance and approbation of such of his Right Reverend and Most Reverend Brethren, who had attended to sup port him. The Bill was ordered to be committed on Thursday next. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill. The Marquis of SALISBURY moved amendments, the purport of which was not heard in the gallery. But they were agreed to without discussion. All the clauses, 118 in number, were read seriatim and agreed to, with only verbal amendments in a few. The schedules were then read, and agreed to. The report was brought up, and ordered to be received on Thursday. The Railways Bill was read a second time on the mo tion of Lord DALHOUSIE, who stated that the dis cussion would be taken on Thursday. The House then adjourned at Eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 30. (continued from our Afterni)on Edition of yesterday.; The House resumed at Five o'clock. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a body of artists, against the Art-Unions Bill. CAPTAIN WARNER. Sir J. GRAHAM said there was a notice of motion on the paper with respect to Captain Warner's invention but, as his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Govern. ment was most anxious to be present when that subject came forward, and as it was, from particular circum stances, impossible for him to be in his place that day, he would suggest to his Noble Friend (Lord Ingestre) the desirableness of postponing the motion, either until to-morrow or Friday. Lord INGESTRE said he should, under the circum stances, postpone the motion until to-morrow at five o'clock, POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS. Col. SIBTHORP gave notice that he would, early next session, take the sense of the House, by moving for the removal of the Assistant Poor law Commis. sioners. PORTS AND HARBOURS. Colonel DAWSON DAMER appeared at the bar as Comptroller of the Household, and stated that he had to acquaint the House that her Majesty had received the address relating to the several tidal harbours, ports, and rivers, and that her Majesty had been pleased to return as the answer, that consideration should be given to the subject. of thirty per cent., it was impossible that a single artiels could be• exported. He would suggest whether the coopers might not be allowed to manufacture in bond for the West Indies and the colonies generally. If that advantage were conferred the English merchants would, doubtless, give the preference to their own countrymen. After what had been said he should not take the sense of the House upon his motion. Lord SANDON hoped the Government would give their attention to the subject, as it was a very preszing case. After some short discussion the motion was withdrawn. . METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. The Earl of LINCOLN, in moving for leave to bring in a Bill to empower her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests to form a terrace and embankment, with convenient landing places for the public, on the Middlesex -shore of the river Thames, between West minster and Blackfriars bridges, said that he did not mean to press the measure during the present session ; but he was anxious to give Members an opportunity of considering the matter in all its bearings. Sir C. BURRELL opposed the Bill. Mr. HUTT thought the measure would be an advan tageous one, though he disapproved of many of its pro visions. Mr. HUI4IE said he thought those provisions in the Bill which were intended to effect improvements, would be the greatest possible impediment to the navigation of the river. Sir F. TRENCH said he had been examined before the Committee, and gave his evidence on the belief that Mr. Walker's proposition of embankment had been adopted. Improvements should not be confined to one bank of the Thames, both should be improved equally. A view of St. Paul's should be opened to the river, and nothing could be more magnificent or desirable than such a view would be. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. HEALTH OF TOWNS. Mr: MACKINNON rose to call the attention of the House to the report of the Select Committee on the Im provement in the Health of Towns in 1842, which states, " That the practice of interment within the pre cincts of large towns, is injurious to the health of the inhabitants thereof, and frequently offensive to public decency." Also, to the report of the Ecclesiastical Com mission, as follows :—" The practice of burial in the church or chapel, appears to us in many respects inju rious, in some instances by weakening or deteriorating the fabric of tie church, and in others by its tendency to affect the lives or health of the inhabitants ; we are of opinion that this practice should in future be discontinue." Parliatnent had been too long neglectful, of the disgraceful condition in which the churchyards of the metropolis were. Instead of exciting feelings of awe and rever ence, these venerable graveyards excited nothing but feelings of disgust. He would not mention the names of particular places. They were notorious as they were abominable. Let them view the burial places on the Continent, Pere le Chaise for instance, and they would see nothing to offend the eye or the ear, but everything to inspire feelings of reverence and admiration. Was it not a shame that the wealthiest, and in all respects the greatest, city in the world should be surrounded by grave yards so hideous and noisome that it would be disgrace ful to the most barbarous countries? They talked of the march of intellect and civilization, but let theni recollect the decent and solemn regard which was paid to the dead in Greece, Rome, and in Egypt. The Right Hon. Baronet would have a great deal of leisure during the recess, and hoped be would devote a portion of his time to this most important subject. He wished to know whether, in the course of the ensuing session, the Go vernment intended to introduce any measure on the subject. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he would not discuss the subject at present. It was a most difficult one to legislate upon. ' It was impossible to bring forward any measure on the subject, and until he could introduce one in all respects satisfactory, he did not in tend to call for Parliamentary interference. Nothing could be worse than legislating on such a subject .by piecemeal.—The subject then dropped. DON CARLOS. Mr. P. BORTHWICK then rose to move for copies of all correspondence which had passed between Dun Carlos (or on behalf of his Royal Highness) and her Majesty's Government, relating to certain propositions which had been made by that Prince, having for their object the tranquillisation of Spain; as also copies of all correspondence which had passed between her Ma jesty's Government and the Governments of France and Spain respectively relative to the said propositions.—The Hon. Gentleman alluded to a question which had been put by the Earl of Clarendon in the House of Peers to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, but he was called to order by The SPEAKER who said that it was quite irregular for the Hon. Member to refer to anything which had occurred in the House of Peers. Mr. P. BORTHWICK said he would bow to the de cision of the chair. He contended that the proposition which had been submitted to the Government of this country by Don Carlos relative to the affairs of Spain had been misunderstood and misrepresented, and in order to show this he called on her Majesty's Govern ment for the production of , these papers. He denied that Don Carlos was the representative of despotism, or that Isabella was at the head of a Liberal Government. He could not look upon that country as enjoy. ing constitutional liberty, three-fourths. of which was always in a state of seige. Why, he found by the public Gazette of Spain, that lately 147 men had been called out one morning and shot without the form of trial. He would ask when had Don Carlos shown any disposition to withhold constitutional liberty from the people of Spain ? He said that no in stance of Don Carlos having done so could be found. He (Mr. Borthwick) trusted the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government would not oppose this motion on a point of form, seeing that a principle of justice was involved in it. Lord J. MANNERS seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER looked upon the motion of the Hon. Gentleman as one which had been made merely to give the Hon. Gentleman an opportunity of expressing his opinions upon the subject. He thought that in the House of Commons, when papers were moved for, the Government ought to adhere as closely to matters of form as they possibly could. The House had before it the whole facts of the case, and he did not, therefore, think it necessary to enter more at length intu it in resisting the motion. The Marquis of GRA.NBrsaid the affairs of Spain were at presentin a state of confusion, in consequence of the - disputed succession ; a proposal had been made to arrange the matter by a marriage between th e young Isabella and the family,q Don dos, and this, he thought, was the only manner in which the contest could be ter minated. Mr. BORTHWICK replied, and asked if the informal part of the correspondence was refused, whether the Go vernment would also refuse that part of it which was strictly official, and which ought to be before the House. This question was not answered ; and on the motion being put, Mr Borthwick called for a division, in which the numbers were— For the motion 2 Against it 33 Majority against the ,m0ti0n....,, --31 MR. GEORGE STEYENSON• WILL OF L O R D WA LLACE.— Th e will an d c otl of the Right Hon. Thom as L or d Wallace, late of 11 , a te therstone Castle, N or th um b er l and, have just been Pito in Doctors' Commons by .Sir Charles Miles Lanin j , Monck, Bart., E. W. Hassell, Esq., and W. N 6 „, r „ 11- 0 , Esq., the executors. His Lordship gives to Thomas lean, Esq., and his wife, both of Carlisle, 5,000 L eac h ,. rd legacies to various branches of his family, friends, exeee, t `' bo servants, and very many other persons whom it woula nii utterly impossible to specify. The following are the °'' o parts of the will of public interest:—His Lordship dire r , two busts of himself to be executed in marble by Campbell, the sculptor (from. a cast taken by that gen t s ir man), one of which is to be given to his executor', s . Charles M. L. M onc k, an d t h e other deposited in lilt therstone Castle, and cons id ere d as an heirloom ; the plate and pictures in the castle arg also to deseti j as heirlooms. He expresses a strong desire that wi building may " n ever b e unoccupied, but tenanted b A,O those who have a n i n t erest i n i t. " He observes t',,A several parcels, of jewellery *ill be found packed 1 71 addressed by himself to various parties, and earee s 0 desires his exe cu t ors to f orward them to the persons whom they are addressed as soon after his death as 111 0 be. He al so di rects t h e i nterest of 100/. to be Patel yearly to a c l ergyman of the Church of England at r therstone, who is "to read prayers once on every s e a day, and administer the sacrament at least four times every year." The will is very long, and the pets ° property is sworn under 45,000 L BIRTHS. p On the 28th i ns t., a t O gwe ll House, Devon, the lady ° f Richard Plasket, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., at Bagni di Lucca, Mrs. E. L. Bob of a son. of On the 24th inst., the wife of Edward Whitaker, Es t P Lincoln's Inn-fields, of a daughter. On the 24th inst.. at Hunter -street, Brunswick.square , lady of Frederick K. Parkinson, Esq., of a son. fte .( ' On the 26th in s t., a t Fareham, Hants, the lady of the N. Midwinter, of St. Michael's, Winchester, of a son. On the 26th i ns t., i n W o b urn-square, the lady of ue orgt Capes, Esq., of a daughter, still-born. grt On the 27th i nst., at Barton-place, near Exeter, ~ Herman Merivale, of a daughter. re On the 27th i ns t., at O xford, Jane, the wife of lo Wright, Esq., of a daughter. On the 28th i ns t., at Stratford•grove, Mrs. Mania/ gor kins, of s son. Me lt On the 28th i ns t . , at Montague -square, the wife of ' deacon King, of a son. f)* On the 28th inst., at Hayes, Middlesex, the lady of Christie, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. of On the 28th o f J u l y, at Sunning-on-Thames, the 14a) B. B. Williams, Esq., of a daughter. On the 29th of July, at Trinity-square, Tower-hill , Jr-°. W. C. Smith, of a son. HARRIED. ti g ; On the 3d o f J anuary, 1844, at Australind, Western A & tralia, William Pearce Clifton, Esq., to An ne tte, y0unf...... daughter of the R ev . W. G. Huet, Rector of Mlle°t wickshire, and widow of H. Gaudin, Esq. h L iu On the 27th of February, 1844, at St. John's Church, L ceston, Van Diemen's Land, Edwin, second son of B. f the Esq., of Cranbrook, Kent, to Sarah, youngest daughter o_t*. late Francis Lucas, Esq., of Blackheath, in the same ce nn ,b ; r ief On the 23d of July, at Middleton Forfarshire, J. titer Esq., younger, of Guthrie Castle, to Middleton, eldest date' of Barnabas Maude, Esq., of Leghorn. DIED. „ a •cic On the 21st of J u l y , at Ch e l tenham, Augustus xr. n elf of the youngest son o f th e l ate R ev. Samuel Hemming, ' .' Hampton, Middlesex, aged 31. , I t i g deel On the 26th of July, at Kingston, Portsea, 'M ull b• Esq., first clerk Royal Engineer Department, Ports ,L ut iotto , On the 27th of July, at b ßickmansworth, Herts, vm— widow of the late M r . J . S wannell. vfEcl an d On the 27th of J u l y , at C room ' s-hill, Greenwich, - Parry Martyr, Esq., aged 22. Jo hn On the 27th of July, at Auley House, near Birkbeck, Esq., aged 64. , rng tov , On the 28th of July, at Cloudesley-terrace, Js' i at. George, second son of Mr. M. Lockwood, of Stationerscoef. gr. On the 28th of July, Ann, the youngest daughter David Sandell, of Amwell-street. Hora tio At Bookham, near Yap, New South Wales, Charles Nelson Matcham, Esq., aged 38. , ins dole, Settle, On the 29th of July, at Stepney-green, Joh n .'" t 1 0 0 East Esq., late assistant -master-attendant to the Hon. E Company, aged 61. Jo seph On the 26th inst., in Norf o lk. s t ree t, Park-lane , Littledale, Esq. l sington.a r k, etr. On the 26th inst., J . S . Pollock, Esq. , a t Bath-Plac e , k l l ' On the 27th i ns t., i n James -street, St. James s "- Bedford, Esq. ' ___....----', London : Printed a n d P u bli s h e d b y MURDO No. 112, of Strand, Printer, at The gun. Office, J.`"" t • 01 Strand, in the Precinct the Savoy, 14 w"-- Wexhiesby, July 1844. jesty's Government : also, the number of suspe4e d slave vessels departed from transatlantic ports all ics 1814, their names, description, masters' names, tonnogef armament, number of crew, national flag, whether Wig or with cargo. and what cargo, to what alleged destine' tion, and date of depanure, so far as these particular' are known to her Majesty's Government." An HON. MENDEN, then moved that the House be counted, when there being only Thirty-seven Member s present, the House adjourned till to-morrow at Twelve' NE W BRITISH IRON COMPANY' Yesterday a special general meeting of the Proprie"l of this Comp any was held at th © office, No. 3, l'e" Broad -street. Mr. RouTR, having taken the chair, stated tha t although thi s was not one of the general meetings pr o ' vided for by the deed of settlement, still the Directot! thought it advi sa bl e to convene the Shareholders, not for o to make a ny fi nanc i a l proposition to them, but merel.Y!o announce to them th e progress which had been ma d e ' , the re-organisation of the British Iron Coraßelt the interests o f w hi ch had been transferred her the existing S oc i ety on the 13th of Decemisi last. In c o nc l us i on h e assured the meeting that 1_ present positi on an d prospects of the Society were of P most cheering description. The SECRETARY' th en rea d the report, by w-- h I 2 appeared that the capital or the Company was I. oh at 400,0001. i n 20,0 00 shares of 201. each, of viu l 10,375 have b een su b scr i bed for as registered share'' and 9,625 as scrip, on the whole of which 51. per 51 had been recei ve d. Th e works, mineral leases, a n stock of the old Company were taken fl be t valuation of 200,0 00 1 ., which was paid on 30th of December; .50,0001. of w hi c h h a d bee n provided for by the first payment on the regist,t, shares, and the rema i n d er raised on debentures due in the months of May, July, August, Novere'„ M ' and Decemb er , 18 44. Of those debentures 500001 l in ay and Jul.), had be en p a id o ff , b esides 14,0001 a anticipation, making on the whole 64,000/. The den ture debts will th en not exceed 86,0001., which WI, provided for by the payment of the scrip shares fain due on the Bth o f A ugust and Bth November ; and b 9.0 call of 2/. 10s. on the reg i s t ere d shares, to be made, id November or De cem b er next ; and by another cab 5, the same amount in the month of April or May, 18 t, Considerable progress has be en ma d e i n re d ucin g t a surplus stock of iron received from the old Compaq , lin t the Committ ee f ee l assured that by adopting a dill system for th e future, sufficient mea ns may b e reall'al from this so urce to prov i de the necessary trading esP i and to defray th e expense of putting the works ie ihe most efficient state without making further calls on 1 ' Shareholders than will be required to complete the P,g; meat of the p urc h ase money. In the half-year, etteiglifi 30th June last, th e ma k e of pig-iron at the Compan y works amounted to 16,239 tons, which gave an aver li bd of 628 tons a wee k. I t i s expected that before the e°, of the year it e ill h ave i ncreased to 1,000, The report concluded by stating that the prospects of the ColeP ani were highly satisfactory. The report was then confirmed, and ordered to belt culated amon gs t t h e Sh areholders; and after a voW., thanks to th e Ch a i rman and Directors, the 1041! separated. This eminent engineer at a recent entertaintae at at Newcastl e , gave the following account of hiroge —" The first locomotive that I made was at worth colliery, and with Lord Ravensworth's mO Yes ! Lord Ravensworth and Co. were the 0- parties that wou ld entrust me with money to malls , locomotive en g i ne . Th at engine was made thir'.(a two years ago, and we called it 'M y Lord. Ile to my fri en d s that the re was no limit t o ' lO speed of suc h an engine, provided the vter could be made to stand. In this resre. is great perfecti on h as b een reached, and in COll5 quence a very hi g h velocity has been attained. it what has been d one un d er my management, the mer it is only i n part my own. I have been most oiL,,lt seconded and ass i s t e d b y my son. In the orael period of my career, and-when he was a little boP ti p saw how defi c i en t I was i n education, and made my mind that he should not labour under the 53- i defect, but th a t I wou l d put him to a good school, 3,,n't give him a lib era l tra i n i ng. I was, however, a rl4 man, and ho w d o you t hi nk I managed ? I bet myself to me n di ng my ne i g hb ours ' clocks and vtrate,, ho 0 o at night, afte r m y d a il y l a b our was done ; and son, I procured the means of educating my Ile He became ray assistant and my companion. hp. got an app o i n t ment as under-reviewer, and at P i g we worked tog e th er a t our engineering. I got leflot to go from Killingworth to lay down a railway Hetton, and next to Darlington; and after that went to Liverpool, to plan a line to Manchester , there pledged myself to attain a speed of ten mile s be hour. I said I h a d no d ou b t the locomotive migh'de, made to go m uc h f as t er , b ut we had better be 111° ay rate at the beginning. The Directors said I c t„ quite right ; f or if, w h en they went to Parlialllefej 1 talked of go i ng a t a greater rate than ten 1111... n an hour, I wou ld put a cross on the co nce; It was not a n easy t as k f or me to keep the en go ' d down to ten miles an h our ,e ut i t must b e done, an d did my best. I h a d t o p l ace myself in that most 1P::, pleasant, of all po,itions—the witness-box of a liamentary Committee. I was not long in it, 1, 0 7 0 you, bef ore I b egan to wish for a hole to er;e:fif out at. I c ou ld no t fi nd words to sat:6'; either the Com m itt ee or myself. Some one quired if I were a foreigner, and another bin that I was mad. But I put up with every re u and went on with my plans, determined not to be P ire , down. As s i s t ance gra d ually increased—iinPr..%p, ments were made every d ay —and to day a trams which started from London in the morning, brought me in the afternoon to my native soil, 5 " enabled me to t a ke my p l ace in this room, and s6B around me ma n y f aces w hi c h I have great pleas 'o in looking upon.'