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DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.' The new Copenhagen Cabinet has not as yet, pub lished a programme of the political principles on which it is prepared t 9 act. In spite of this uncer tainty, the pubicis extremely satisfied with the KING'S choice of his Ministers. One of the first acts of the Cabinet has been to announce the adoption of Prince CHRISTIAN of Glucks - burg as the future heir to the Crown. MURDER IN LIVERPOOL OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND. Op Thersday an inquest was held befare P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner for Liverpool, on view of the body of Ellen Hogartb, who was killed, on Tuesday night last, during a quarrel, by her husband, Thomas Hogarth. The accused had been remanded by Mr. Mansfield, to await the result of the inquest, and was brought from Bridewell in the custody or three policemen; he is a man of repulsive aspect, with strongly marked animal pas sions, and stated to have been much addicted to drink ing, while the deceased was represented by the various witnesses as a very sober, industrious woman, who sup ported both the prisoner and their son by washing and ch aring. The son, a mild-looking and rather intelligent boy, of about fifteen, was present, and very deeply affected at the loss of one parent, and the ignominous position of the other, but his evidence was not called for. The landlady, Ellen Anderton, and her husband, de posed to the facts as stated in our account of yesterday, adding that tlse prisoner and deceased were in the habit of quarrelling,and that on Tuesday night the deceased went for some- nilk, and on her return called her husband to his supper. He followed her, and immediately they began to quarrel, when the witnesses heard the deceased fall heavily and exclaim, " Oh, Tom, that's enough for me." On the neighbours going up stairs, they found the prisoner with his arm round the deceased, holding her up, bat she was dying, and before the surgeon, who was sent for arrived, she expired. • The prisoner cross-examined the witnesses with great self-possession, and denied that the angry expressions attributed to him had been used. He said his wife turned round and fell down stairs during their " bit of a scuffle." The Coroner then summed up. The jury, after consulting for a few minutes, returned a verdict of manslaughter against the prisoner, and he was,committed under a coroner's warrant to Kirkdale Gaol, to await his trial at the ensuing assizes. The inquest on the bodies of the two children mur dered by their unhappy mother, was again postponed. She is believed to be insane, and medical testimony to that effect will be produced. THE CHORLEY COAL-MINE EXPLOSION. The inquest on the four unfortunate sufferers by an explosion of carburetted hydrogen ior gets, at Chorley, near Preston, on M o nday, Wednesday; and we are now in possessionwoafsentioxreecifull and accurate informa tion respecting the melancholy ev en t t han could be ob tained at the date of our first account. The name of the gentleman from London was Mr. Tempest Green, a son of Rear-Admiral Sir Andrew Green, K.C.H., and he had reached Gillibrand Hall, near Chorley, on a visit to Mr. Henry Gillibrand Hawarden Fazakerley, a young gentleman of his own age, on Sunday evening. The c oroners jury, after being sworn and having viewed the bodies of the deceased, on Wednesday, adjourned the investigation to the 30th instant. Mr. Fazakerley and his friend left Gillibrand Hall on Monday at noon, taking with them the keeper and a gentleman named Smith. Mr. Fazakerley had spoken to the under-looker at one of the mines on his estate, a, man named James Billinge, on tha previous Friday, to go down the new mine on his estate, but Billing° advised him to wait till the ventilation was better. The mire is the property of Messrs. Blundell, of Wigan, who are lessee 4 of the minerals on this part of the estate. Without de claring his intention to his companions, on Monday, Mr. Fazakerley appears to have taken them directly to this mine, where he irquired from the engine -tenter for Bill:nge, anf that person was sent for. The messenger returned from Billinge's house, saying he could not find him, but as no one was at work in the coal pit he had brought a miner named Taylor to act in Billinge's place. Teylor lighted four candles and placed them in balls of clay in the way miners usually do, and then he and Mr. Fazakerley stepped into the basket sus pended over the shift and were lowered to the bottom, a depth of about 620 feet. Arrived there, it appears the whole of their lights were extinguished, and this should have warned them that care must be exercised; but Taylor returned to the top of the shaft, and after re lighting his candles took a flaming torch made of a piece of rope, well saturated with oil and pitch, and prepared to descend the shaft a second time, inviting Mr. Green and Mr. Smith to accompany him. Mr. Smith declined, and asked where he had left the "young squire?" Taylor replied that he had left him at the bottom, smoking a cigar. Mr. Smith then ques tioned Taylor as to whether he was sufficiently ac (painted with the mine to conduct the gentlemen through the workings, and he replied with apparent con fidence that he was. At this time James Billings came to the top of the mine, and Mr. Green having stepped into the basket, Taylor and Billinge placed their feet into it, and all three were lowered down the abaft. It was ascertained that they all alighted safely at the bottom, and Mr. Smith and tho keeper remained on the bank at the eye of the shaft, along with the engine -tenter, to await the singnal from the bottom, when the party should wish to return. In about a quarter of an hour a rush of air up the shaft threw out some dust, and though uo noise of an explosion was heard, the engine -tenter immediately expressed his conviction that there had been a fire-blast. The emission of sulphur up the shaft soon confirmed this alarming statement, and but little doubt could remain to any one acquainted with the mine that the party at the bottom of it had perished; for it was known that there was but one level driven from the bottom for working purposes, and in that the party would mos t lik e ly b e w h en they fired the explosive gas. There is no one left to tell exactly under what circumstances the unfortunate party brought their fate upon them, but in all human probability they were in the level spoken of, which is but 25 yards long, and ascends slightly. The means of ventilation in the pit was a drift-way to another mine, but as this was choked up with water almost to the roof, it would be quite in efficient, and carburetted hydrogen collecting in the coal level would naturally ascend to the highest or farthest end from the shaft. The two gentlemen and their conductors, by taking a blazing torch into such a con fined recess, would be almost like a man who should be rash enough to take a torch into a cannon's mouth when there was a charge of powder at the further end,and when the gas ignited there is bat little doubt but the fire-blast carried them out of the level into the bottom of the shaft, where their bodies would sink in the water of the sump-hole; and here, indeed, they were found quite dead, as soon as other miners could be induced to descend the shift in search of them. The two unfortunate gentlemen, though much bruised, were only slightly disfigured by the scorching fire about their faces, and it is provable that their death would be almost instantaneous. Mr. Fazakerley was an only son, and to his family and friends his untimely death, coming only a few weeks after the death of his father, is a severe shock. The elder brother of Mr. Green was down at Gillibrand Hall yesterday, and appeared to be deeply affected by the fate of his relative. The two miners leave families unprovided for—Taylor a wife and three children, and Billinge a wife and nine children. DES TRUCTION OF A SKIP BY FIRE AT SEA. Our advicee by the Royal Mail steam-ship Europa, ar rived in the Mersey on Monday, contain an account of the destruction by fire, on thr, in let. 35 40, long. 70 45, of the new ship Salt j isT F u e n a e r'n, Charles Owen commander, on her voyage fromeef theew Orleans to Liverpool. Shortly after the discovery fire on board the Sallie Fearn, the ship Frank Johnston fortunately bore down, and her command e r, Captain Brown,gar_ 3e gallantly succeeded in rescui n g th e crew an d passengers (2 s ons) from the burni ng s hip, an d conveyed them to rßos ton. The cargo of the Sallie Fearn consisted of 3 2 74 - n gold, The of cotton and 120,000 d o ll s , i n America ' Id. The ship, valued at 60,000 doll s ., was i nsure d in Boston, but the cargo is supposed to have b een i nsure d i n ' Eng land. The following is Captain Owen's ac cou nt of the disaster!-- The Sallie Foarn sailed from the South-west Pas , : of the Mississippi on the 14 th ult. Nothing worthy of n occurred until the 28 th of June, when the weather - o'be came squally, accompanied with rain, lightning, and thunder. The squalls were not heavy, and the ship was E.N.E., wind al most aft. At under all sail, steering half-past one, sea account, she was struck by lightning, which gave her a tremendous shock torn and aft, and brought her foretopgallantmast on deck. The heel of the topgallanttnast and the foretopmast head and heel sere shivered into splinters. The lightning then passed a mn the forem a st along t he topsail sheets, ripped up 3 F ,c , f the u pp er d ec k an d a canine below, and struck the ,_ eet.ower deck (the ship had three decks) about the " l n i n k locke rs . Th ree men we re also prostrated by the sh was ' fo tt i they recovered; and an iron bolt in the bits Oven and to be in a state of fusion. Captain foreh aehes t the carpenters immediately had the had been affectedremoved to ascertain if the cargo careful survey, as by the lightning, bat, after a hold, saw nothing of fire. The hatches were again put and royals were down as before. The studding sails seen issuing from evneetanken in, after which smoke was sail hove in sight, an d a c Tening below. At this time a si:011 of distress which she answered was made, bynaopwproaching the Sallie Fearn. The main hatch was opened, and two bales of cotton were taken smokeut, although the ship sp out; h peared to be full of fire could be seen. ulked The hatches were again put on no t a o n k d e e b p r o o k u e t th e air. Again opened the forwardsmok hatch rushed up to an out one bale of cotton, when the water steering alarming extent. Closed the hateh,esetiamemediately, and reversed the eesign, union down a ai o a a r , er t h a directly for us ; commenced pouring chain lockers an'd 'ore hatch ; but in smoke issued from every part of the ship forward, all themselves to the utmost, and ' all hands exertinfr obey ing every order. ' ' At 4.30 P.M. the ship came alongside and proved to be the Frank Johnston, Captain Brown,' from Havannah bound to St. Petersburgh; requested him to keep company with us for the night, to which he, without hesitation, consented; filled away and hauled to the north, " till we could ascertain if the fire could be stifled." Wind fresh from S.W. Set main topgallantsail and passed ahead of the ship, all hands pouring water on the forecastle deck and chain lockers. At 6.30 P.m. found the pitch beginning to ooze from both sides of the deck, and could hear the fire below burnin with awful rapidity. Hove the mainyard to the mast, for t%e ship to come up. Oponed for a mo ment the fore-hatch and feline the ship v, mass of li vin g tire. Re came ' - 4 alongside, and we told him our situation; he hove to immediately, and for the first time all earthly I prospects of saving the ship vanished. Got the two quarter-boats down, and one large surf-boat out. Sent the mate in the surf-boat to the ship with two kegs and one box, containing 125,000 dolls, in American gold, which Captain Brown received on board. At a quarter past 7 P.M. the boat returned with Captain Brown, who offered us all the assistance in his power. Then the fire be low, apparently to the main -hatch, burned like a roaring cauldron. Captain Brown then left for his ship, seeing no more assistance could be rendered. We now commenced saving what few things were about the deck and our luggage. At 8 Pal. the fire burnt through the main deck, on the larboard side, in two places, abreast the fore rigging. Sent three loads of dunnage, &c., to the ship. The boats returned immediately, together with a boat from the ship. At half•past 8 P , the fire burned forward of the main hatch. All hands left the ship at 9 P.M,, and at half-past 9 P.M. the ship was wrapped, fore and aft, in a living flame. The foremast, mainmast, and mizenmast, together with all sails, went by the board, to the starboard, and the flames roared up from every part of the ship. At 10 P.M., by appear ance, the ship had burnt nearly to the water's edge. At 11 Pat. the flames considerably decreased, and we sup pose the ship must have sunk shortly after midnight, as no flames could be seen. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. EASTERN COUNTIES AND NORFOLK RAILWAY...-Trafie return for the week ending July 20:— Passengers, parcels, &c. ...£12,594 19 8 Merchandise, cattle, and cartage 5,156 1 1 Total „,, ... ... L 17,751 0 9 Corresponding week of 1850 ... 16,586 0 5 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY...JiIt/fie Or the week ending July 20 : MAIN LINZ. Passengers ••• ••• Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. ••• Mails ••• ••• ••• • £2,167 11 0 • 52 5 7 • 581 11 3 • 575 0 0 Total ... £3,376 7 10 ••• MOLD. Passengers ... ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ••• Goods, cattle, &c. ... Total ... .£4l 4 7 ... 1 11 11 ... 125 6 2 STEAM-BOATS. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Porter and J. Todd, Coach and Horses-lane, Stoke Newington green, stone masons—J. Bircumshaw and E. Fletcher, Nottingham, lace manufacturers—E. Boden, F. Fielder, G. Hodgin, and T. Hodgin (as far as regards T. Hodgin), Manchester, agents for the sale of yarns — E. Boden, F. Fielder, and G. Hodgin, Manchester, agent for the sale of yarns—R. Wearing and W. Knowles, Manchester, tailors—T. Jackson and W. Boardman, Altrinchaw, Cheshire, millers—J. Cowman, J. Wood, S. Wood, J. Pickles, and R. Pickles, Bradford, Yorkshire, machine makers—W. Gater and G. H. Gater, South Stoneham, Southampton, millers—P. W. Barlow, W. H. Barlow, and C. J. Wollaston (as far as regards C. J. Wollaston)—B. L. Phillips and E. H. Elliott, Brook street, Holborn, carvers and gildera—A. Mitton and J. Bentley, Halifax, Yorkshire, brokers—L. Desgra toulet and W. Forster, Tachbrook-street, Pimlico, builders—J. Bowers, G. Murray, and H. Brown bill, Liverpool, railway contractors—S. Newman and W. Hultne, Bristol, engineers—J. Stewart and W. Chicken, Blackwall, engineers—F. D. Lambert and J.:Ridley, St. Mary-at-Hill, City, coal factors—J.lß. Taylor and J. G. Taylor, Liverpool, ship brokers—Mary Gammon and T. Gammon, Birmingham, glass manu facturers—F. Mattock and J. Mattock, Manchester, provision dealers—W. Bell, W. T. Bell, W. Stobart, W. Kimster, W. Croudace, and C. Croudace (as far as re gards W. Croudace), Durham. lessees of Washington Colliery—J. S. Worger and F. Worger, Dover, grocers —N. Lawrence and H. Simpson, Coventry, malsters. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Francis Radnall, Wolverhampton, writing clerk. George White, Walsall, Staffordshire, clerk to an iron ,_. merchant. Robert Wicks, Ingham, Norfolk, farming bailiff. _ . Abraham Henthorn, Rochdale, stonemason. William Miles, Worcester, paper dealer. Henry Baker, Hanbury, Worcestershire. Samuel Devereux, Worcester, working gardener. George Winnall, Worcester, journey man coachbuilder. William Porteous, Tyne-green, Nurthumberland,market gardener. William Henderson, Bishopside, Northumberland, farm labourer. Joseph Cox, Tipton, Staffordshire, pork butcher. William Sparrowe, Union-place, Clarendon-square, Somers -town. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A. Canewell, Greenock, spipbuilder, to meet within the Tontine Inn, Greenock, July 31, and Aug. 21, at twelve. J. Grant, Glasgow, manufacturer, to moot within the Globe Hotel, Glasg , ,w, July 31, and Aug. 22, at twelve. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Hoard of Inland R(.,v , nuo, had an interview with the Chancellor of tho Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. IMPERIAL PA RLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, July 25. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woo sack at Five o'clock. COMMONS ENCLOSURE (No. 2) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE this B was read a second time. PETITIONS. The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Glasgow against the Inhabited House Duty Bill; also several petitions in favour of the maintenance of the Crystal Palace. The Earl of SC. GERMANS presented several peti tions from Westminster and other places, praying for the preservation of the Crystal Palace. UNLAWFUL OATHS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE, this Bill was passed through Committee. TURNPIKE ROADS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE, this Bill was passed through Committee. PRIVATE LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE this Bill was passed through Committee. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved that the House should go into Committee on this Bill. Lord MONTEAGLE would now put the questions of which he had given notice :—First, if a Roman Catholic diocese bears the same title and is conterminous and identical with a diocese in the Established Church, is such Roman Catholic diocese " a pretended diocese" under sections 1 of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill? Is the Papal instrument appointing to such diocese illegal and void under such Bill; and is the jurisdiction, authority, pre-eminence, or title conferred or proposed to be conferred by such appointment, unlawful and void under such Bill? Secondly, if a Roman Catholic diocese bears the same title with a diocese in the Established Church, but is not conterminous or identical therewith, is such Roman Catholic diocese " a pretended diocese" under section 1 of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ? Is the Papal instrument appointing, or purporting to ap point to such diocese unlawful and void under such Bill ; and is the jurisdiction, authority, pre-emi nence, or title, unlawful and void under such Bill ? Thirdly, if a Roman Catholic diocese neither bears the same title nor is conterminous with any diocese of the Established Church, is this " a preterded diocese" under section 1 of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill? Is the Papal jurisdiction appointing or purporting to appoint to such diocese unlawful and void under such Bill; and iszi the jurisdiction, authority, pre-emi nence, or • title unlawful and void likewise under the said Bill ? Fourthly, is the ap pointment of a vicar apostolic in England or Ireland, under the authority of any Papal rescript, letters apostolic, or other instrument from the Roman See, rendered illegal and void under the 16th Richard 11., coupled with the declaratory and enacting provisions of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assump tion Bill; or is the person acting or claiming to act under such instrument or appointment subject to any penalty or prohibition under the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill? The LORD CHANCELLOR, in reply to the first question, said that inasmuch as the Bill enacted that cer tain briefs and rescripts erecting certain pretended dioceses were unlawful, it followed as a matter of course that every using done under those briefs was unlawful; also, in reply to the second, ha would remind the Noble Lord that it was already unlawful to usurp the titles of dioceses of the Established Church, and that the bishops appointed to such dioceses were, therefore, unlawful and void, and all that was done under them was consequently void also. In reply to the third question, he said that the law never interfered with the free exer- cise of the Roman Catholic religion, and always allowed that which was necessary to carry it out. In reply to the fourth question, of which he had only had notico a short time, he would state that the Bill made no alteration in the law, but merely declared that to be unlawful and void which was before unlawful and void. The appointment of vicars apostolic had not been heretotore considered unlawful, and the present Bill did not in the least, in that respect, alter the exit ing Lord MONTEAGLE complained that the answers or his Noble arid Learned Frie.nd were most unsatisfactory, and should therefore move that it be an instruction to the Committee to introduce a clause exempting Ireland from toe operation of that Bill. It was quite clear, he contended, that these signatures of the Irish bishops of the Catholic Church under the titles they were now called upon to consider, were given under the cognizance of the Irish Government itself. This letter had been traced most clearly to the full knowledge of the Duke of Portland, and having been fairly acknowledged from the line of the accession of the Duke of Bedford down to the present day, on what ground of reason or of justice could they vindicate these acts of oppression, in punish ing these prelates for the appointment of Cardinal Wise man as Archbishop of Westminster? He cautioned their Lordships that they were on the verge of a preci pice—that difficulties were approaching them of the na ture of which they were not aware, and the magnitude of which they could not appreciate. On what possible ground were they justified i❑ aiming a blow at the Ca tholic bishops and clergy of Ireland, who had taken no active part in what they were pleased to call Papal ag gression? What reason had they for destroying the episcopal character of these bishops, and for taking away from theta the power of exercising episcopal functions, as far as an Act of Parliament could do it? There was, no doubt, an end put to the or dination of priests, the collation to benefices, the con secration of places of worship, and the confirmation of the young. On what grounds were such acts to be justified? If it were true, as the newspapers stated, that the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland was in this country, why had not his opinion on the subject been given, either in the ancient and constitutional manner, by means of dis patches, or else by a speech from his place in Parliament? The want of attention on both those points was a signal instance of indifference to the interests of Ireland. Since the penal code of William and Mary, there had not been such an aggression on the religious institutions of any country as they were now directing against those of the Catholic community of Ireland. It was inconsisten!, glaringly inconsistent with the religious liberties of her Majesty's subjects, that this Bill should be extended to Ireland, and inconsistent, also, with the language which her Majesty adopted in her speech from the Throne, in in allusion to the subject. _ The LORD CHANCELLOR here expressed his de cided opinion that any purely spiritual act exercised by Catholic bishops or clergyment would not be illegal. Lord MONTEAGLE thought that upon this ground they endangered the Act. It was also most dangerous to the Established Church in Ireland. He had now ex hausted his own strength in endeavouring to make out the truth of his assertion that they were doing wrong to Ireland, which was utterly uncalled for, and, therefore, he called upon their Lordships to concur in his amend ment. The LORD CHANCELLOR said there was a great difference between the order of a bishop and the juris diction of a bishop.—(Hear.) A bishop was made so by the imposition of hands, which gave him a holy calling, which could not be touched by this Act. He utterly de nied that marriages and other similar spiritual acts would be void. His holy character could not be reached by an Act of Parliament. An eminent Roman Catholic, whose work he held in his hand, had laid down distinctly the difference between the exercise of spiritual functions and the exorcise of such a jurisdiction as this Bill referred to. There was a great distinction be tween the order of bishops and the jurisdic tion of bishops—a distinction which was recog nised in all the authoritative books on the subject. This Bill related only to documents trom the Pope, ap pointing archbishops, bishops, and deans. The order and appointments in the Romae Church hitherto observed would not be illegal. Any act interfering with the pre rogative and jurisdiction of the Crown, and inconsistent with the common law, that was to say, giving the au thority to hold courts and set up a law contrary to the laws of the realm, was clearly illegal. Any party convicted of such an act would be indictable. He would not trouble their Lordships with regard to the general question touched upon by the Noble Lord. It deserved grave consideration when it was entered upon, and it was not a subject to be entered upon by a side wind. When he alluded to the Cardinal's cap he used the ex pression in referee :e to its being used in derogation of the rights of the Crown, and with no intention of disre • spect to Catholic clsrgymen, or any other clergymen. He was sorry that he had used the expression, as it had been misunderstood. He knew their Lordships were lovers of religious liberty, and therefore trusted that their Lord ships would give full toleration and perfect freedom to the Roman Catholics, but at the same time take care that they did not trench upon and invade their own rights. Lord CAMOYS would support the motion of his Noble Friend (Lord Monteagle). The Bill before their Lordships was a gross invasion of religious liberty, and he entered his solemn protest against this Bill being ap plied to Ireland. He thought the alterations this Bill had undergone showed the necessity for inquiry. This Bill was both prospective and retrospective. It was to the latter he wished to direct their Lordships' authority. It commenced by reciting the act of the Pope that had been done, and declaring it void. It was a declaration against the ordination of priests in Ireland, and against marriage ceremony. They must deny . the validity of the latter the moment they denied the jurisdiction and authority of those who were to perform them. They therefore told the people of Ireland that their clergy were laymen, and their marriages void. There was one way of getting out of this difficulty, and that was, by making it prospective, and not retrospective. The Irish people would then know beforehand the consequences of their acts. It was often said that this Bill would be a dead letter. Well, that might be so. But it might also not be so, as any successful informer would be looked upon as most popular. He thought the Irish ought to agitate until they obtained a repeal of this most unjust Act. He had a strong conviction of the impolicy of this Bill as is related to Ireland. Viscount CANNING thought that the objections of the ;Coble Lord who opened the debate had not been fully answered by the Noble and Learned Lord on the woolsack. This Bill committed the inconsistency of im posing a severer penalty on a minor offence, than upon the greater cffence. The one great obj( ction to the adop tion of the amendment of the Noble Lord was this— that the late act of- the Pope, as it was considered, affected the supremacy of the Crown. Whether that conclusion was right or wrong, it was not necessary he should inquire; b ut P ar li ament h a d acce pt e d it, and it was certainly the strongest point made by the advocates of the Bill. A territorial tide could only emanate from the Queen; the title was otherwise no title, in the sense in which the law could recognise in—(llean) The basis laid down by Sir Wiliiam Blackstone was this— that all titles and honours should emanate from the Crown. He believed that her Majesty's Government £l6B 2 8 ... ... £5lO 4 6 12 15 8 Passengers ••• Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... £523 0 2 SPIREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RIILWAY...TIOAC re ceipts for the week ending July 20 : Passengers £360 2 8 Carriages, horses, and parcels ... 9 12 8 Live stock 13 14 2 Merchandise and minerals ... 285 3 3 Total Total ... £673 12 9 Corresponding period last year.. 800 2 1 BRISTOL AND EXETER RAlLWAY. —Traffic for the week ending July 13 : Passengers Goods ... Parcels ... Mails ... ... £4,053 12 2 ... .. 1,025 2 1 209 4 11 223 4 2 ••• ••• ••• ZSI 511 3 4 Scorrog CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week ending July 20, 1851 : Passengers (12,419), parcels, horses, and carriages ... ... £1,144 8 8 Goods, cattle, &c. 700 5 4 Total Total .. 1,844 14 0 Corresponding week in last year... 1,637 15 4 Perth, July 23, 1851. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth 01 Vietoria,cap. 32 for the Week ending on Saturday, the 19th day ct July, 1851. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Votes i55ued........ 27,53,560 Government debt •• 11,015,100 Other securities .. • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,250,1 8 5 Silver bullion • • • • • • 33,375 £27,283,560 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 24th day of July, 1851. £27,283,560 BANKING DEPAATMEN T. Proprietora'capital.. 14,553,000 Rest - ••.• • • • . 3,219,384 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and D ividend accoan,s).. 3,957,006 Other deposits ••. • .. 9,583,816 Seven day and other .... 1,182,893 Government securi- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • • 13,464,021 , Other securities • . 11,803,076 ,Notes ...........• •• 6,649,515 Gold and silver coin • • 579,487 X 32,496,099 432,496,099 Chief Cashier. Dated the 24th day of July, 185 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, July 25.) Suaaa.—To-day importers of West India Sugar were sellers of brown and inferior sorts at rather lower rates, but there is no further decline for better kinds of yellow; the market, however, presented a quiet aspect, and the purchases are only 364 hhds, &c., including at auction 100 hhds Demerara crystalized, which sold rather cheaper; good and fine yellow went at 40s to 445, ord and mid 36s 6d to 395, mid to fine brown 35s to 36s per cwt. For the week operations are 1,971 hhds, &c., and the reduction is 6d on the better, and is per cwt on in ferior and brown sorts. REPINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was bought more freely for home consumption, still there are sellers of low to fine grocery Lumps at 46s to 49s per cwt, and the market will be better supplied next week. In Crushed Sugar there is yet little doieg, and rates tend down wards. MAtußmus.—To-day there was little done privately in ➢Mauritius, and at former rates there were free sellers; a part only of 1,378 bags at auction found buyers at 36s to 37s for mid to good yellow, and fine 38s to 39s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at public sale 9,452 bags Bengal were all sold, but at the low rate of 27s for com mon Khaur. Of other sorts none were offered at auc- tion, and there was little done privately; sellers are willing to take former terms. For Madras the market has a dull aspect, and rates tend downwards. FortEism—To-day there was little passing privately in Foreign Sugar for any purpose, and holders are still disposed to realise. A floating cargo of fine yellow Havannah was sold at 22s 6d for No. 14. There was no public sale. MOLASSES.—OnIy limited transactions have taken place, and holders appear disposed to sell Antigua at 15s 6d, other sorts of West India at 13s to 14a 6d. Porto Rico 13s 6d to 14s. Bengal and Mauritius Ils 6d to 12s per cwt. There are senora of Honey at a further doclirm. Prices for West India are now varying from 30s to 50s for low to fine. Cocoa.—Trinidad is held for full rates, but dealers are less disposed to operate, and of 650 bags at auction a part only sold, mid to fine red at 42s to 478; grey 36s to 40s, and damaged 34s 6d to 41s per cwt. In Grenada sales have been trifling at 33s to 40s. Foreign is not cheaper. Bahia and Para can be obtained at 26s to 27s and Guayaquil at 29s to 30s per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was an increased de mand for all sorts of Plantation Ceylon Coffee, but chiefly for exportation; at auction 294 casks 283 bags were all sold Si firm pricy s, good mid to good realised 55s to 61s, low mid and mid 49s to 545, and fine fine ord 46s to 48s, other sorts 40s to 455, and triage 36s to 42,. Native Ceylon rather more in demand, and 1,900 bags at auction sold for export at 36e 6d for low ord, damaged 34s to 36s 6d, black 16s to 245. 97 cases Madras realised 34s 6d to 36s 6d for low to good ord unclean and mixed. TEA.—There are not sellers of Congou under the rates current o❑ Friday last, but there is a fair supply, and operations are upon a limited scale for all purposes. The rates taken for low and good ord are 10d to 100: medium to rather strong blackish leaf l Id to is, good to fine is id to is 7d per lb; best sorts are least in demand. In Oolong sales have been small at is to is 4d, superior is 5d to Is 7d, and there is an increasing supply. Young _Lipson of the lower descriptions is much wanted at lld to is Id, but the quantity on offer is small ; Shanghai kinds are in good demand at full terms. There are many buyers of Canton Gunpowder of clean quality, and at last week's valuations holders are not willing sellers; sorts, from Is 5d to is 9d per lb, are also more in demand, and a less quantity is on oiler. For other sorts of green there is a quiet market; mer chants are, however, not disposed to sell at any further decline. In Scented and Pekoe Teas little has been done, easier terms are acceded to. To-day there was a more active demand for low and good ord Congou at lOid to Hid, the market is firm, but no change in other sorts. RlCE.—East India Rico was less in demand to-day, and none was offered at auction; holders refused to sell at lower rates. FFLETIT.—In Raisins sales are upon a small scale; there are sellers of Valencia at the low rates of 28s to 30s ; Eleme 32s to 345. SPICES.—The demand continues to increase for Pi mento, and a further advance has taken place of *d to id per lb. A t pu bli c sa l e 540 b ags so ld f ree l y at sid to Sid for mid an d goo d ; sea d amage d 5d t o 51d. Th ere is no further rise to notice for Pepper, but supply is moderate, the demand good, and rates firm. At auc tion 1,100 robins Malabar were sold at 3Ad to aid for half heavy, and damaged at 2id to 30. The par cels privately were Sumatra at 3/1 to 31d; Penang, 3d, and heavy Malabar Sid to aid. White is yet in small supply, and wanted at 6.1 to Bd. Cayenne is still selling at is to Is 10d. There are several buyers of Pod Pepper, but few parc e l s are on offer, an d 50a to 60s per cwt is the v alue of goo d to fi ne. T h e d eman d for Cassia Lignea is only for small parcels, yet holders are firm, and obtain 96s to lO2 s , as supply i s scanty. Cassia Buds realised 1153 to 1183. In Cinnamon few transactions have taken place, and the quarterly sales will take place on Monday, when 2,000 bales will be offered. Ginger is yet purchased with caution for home consumption and exportation, whilst prices have further given way. At auction 174 p ac k ages African were sold at 255 6d to 265, damaged 1 7s Gd to 21s 6d ; 36 barrels Jamaica at 55s to 56s for common. There aro sellers of better sorts at Goa to 1063 ; shipping East India at 15 s to 175.. Cloves have not improved in value, but there is a oetter de mand, and at auction 5 casks Penang sold is ld to is lid; 22 bp Zanzibar 6- 1 d damaged Sid to 6d. The ratts paid privately for sound Penang were is to ls2d, and and d boyna 7d to 8d per lb. Nutmegs are firm in price, s good dem an d , w i th a limited supply. SPIRITS.—A fair business has been done in Demerara Rum this week at la 9d to 23 2d per gallon for 28 to 40 per ceist over proof, but there is an increasing supply, and merchants are disposed to sell. For In dia the demand is better, an d t h e parcels . sold were East at is i 3d to Is 3id , proof, at thes e rates the marketwasfirm In Leewe i rd Island sales ar e upon a small scale at is 4 . id to Is sd, and fine brown at Is sjd to is 6d proof. Fine and superior Jamaica much wanted, hut there is no in crease of supply, and prices rule firm at from 3s 2d to 4s 6d. Other sorts are purchased with reluctance for all purposes. There are sellers of low to mid 30 to 33 over proof at 2s 3d to 2s 7d, good mid to good 32 to 35 over 2s 8d to :33. Brandy is more in demand, still rates do not improve, and Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1850 rule at 4a 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1848 ditto 4s Ild to 5s Id, older sorts 5s 4d to 53 7d, low to mid 2s 6d to 3s 6d, and Bourdeaux 2s 2d to 2s 3d. British made Spirits are quoted at 93 53 to 93 6d. Gin for export 2s 6d, Geneva is 7d to is Bd, fine is 9d to 2s. COCIIINEAL.—To-day there was a greater demand for Cochineal. and an advance took place of id rt. lb. At Auction 235 bgs were sold at 3s to 3s 9d for low to fine Honduras silver. Ou.s.—The demand for Seal Oil continues to increase, and prices to advance; several transactions have taken place, pale at 321 10s to 33/, and other sorts 31/ to 321 per tun, the former being most in request. In Cod hale doing; rates are on the decline, and at 36/ to 361 10s; for arrival parcels can be had under these terms. Southern has been in good request, and supply being limited prices are advancing, and rule at 301 to 321 lOs for common to fine. Sperm is yet operated in with reluctance and there are sellers of Colonial at 811 to 841. Head matter in small parcels realized 901 to 941. Cocoa Nut continues in brisk request, and supply to fall off; Cochin realised 31s to 335, and Ceylon 30s to32s percwt. Prices are firm for Linseed Oil at 32s 3d to 32s 6d, and a good home trade demand exists; but exporters have operated with caution. Several contracts are reported for delivery at 31s 9d, and supply of Oil is yet moderate. In Rape Seed Oil an extensive business has been trans acted at advanced rates; brown selling at 33s 6d to 345, pale 34s 6d to 355; Refined Foreign at 365. Palm sells more freely, and fine realized 27s to 27s 6d. Prices are not higher for Olive, there is, however, a good demand; Gallipoli at 38/ to 39/, and other sorts at 36110 s to 371 lOs per tun. TALLow.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow went at higher rates, 418 cks Australian selling at 37s to 39s for Mutton, Beef 36s to 375; 370 pkgs South Ameri can, fine 37s 6d. THE LONDON GAZETTE, July 25. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JULY 23, 1851. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Au gustus Constantine, commonly called Earl of Mulgrave, to be Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, vice the Right Honourable William Sebright Lascelles, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 25. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Assistant Staff- Surgeon John Wyatt to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Arden, promoted on the Staff, July 25. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Gilfred Baker Cresswell to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Honourable G. J. Noel, who retires; Cornet William Drury Nathaniel Lowe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cresswell, July 25. 15th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Henry Brett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Keown, who retires; Cor net Thompson Donovan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brett, July 25. 17th Regiment of Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Robert Allan to be Surgeon, vice William Smith, who retires on half-pay, July 25. 20th Foot—Captain Lord Mark Kerr to be Major, by purchase, vice Gordon, who retires; Lieutenant William Pollexfen Ratcliffe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lord Mark Kerr; Ensign George Hewish Adams to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Ratcliffe, July 25. 30th Foot—Captain Robert Dillon, from the 97th Foot, to be Captain, vice Burton,who exchanges, July 2i. 53rd Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Acton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Maude, appointed to the 77tn Foot, July 25. 77th Foot—Lieutenant John Hackett to be Captain, without purchase, vice Philip Bolton, who retires upon full-pay ; Lieutenant Henry Robert Carden to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fellowes, who retires; Ensign William Ronalds to be Lieutenant, vice Hackett; Ensi._;n William Henry Cecil George Pechell to be Lieu• tenant, by purchase, vice Bertram, who retires; Ensign William Felix Tollemache to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Carden; Ensign James Arthur Maude, from the 53d Foot, vice Ronalds, July 25. 97th Foot—Captain Fowler Burton, from the 30th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dillon, who exchanges, July 25. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon William Arden, from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Allan, appointed to the 17th Foot; Acting Assistant-Surgeon James McGrigor Laing to be Assistant Staff-Surgeon, vice 'Wyatt, appointed to the sth Dragoon Guards, July 25. WHITEHALL, JULY 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Wood lock, of Albert-terrace, Black Rock, in the county of Dublin, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland. BANKRUPTS. Henry James Ellis, ironmonger, Rotherhithe, to sur render Aug. 6, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Carpenter, Old Broad-street. Thomas Hammond, boot and shoe maker, Conduit street, Paddington, Aug. 1, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 3, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Hartley, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury. Joseph Allanson, grocer, Kirby Moorside, Aug. 15, and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Shackles and Son Hull. William Benjamin Richards, grocer, Hill Top, Staf fordshlre, Aug. 9, at half-past ten, and Aug 26, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Holland, Westbromwich; Hodg son, Birmingham. Robert Bew, grocer, Selby, Aug. 15 and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Weddall and Parker, Selby; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Thomas Irlam and Vincent Wanostroct Wanostroct, brokers, Liverpool, Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liver pool; Sharp, Field, and Jackson, London; Miller and Peel, Liverpool. John Northing Bateson, cotton spinner, Rochdale, Aug. 5 and Aug. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester; Harper, Bury, Lancashire; Beanett, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court. Basinghall-street. F. Jones, Newchurch, Isle of Wight, apothecary, Aug. 13, at twelve—E. F. Green, Leadenhall-street, merchant, Aug. 15, at half-past twelve—W. Grayson, Mortlake, Surrey, market gardener, Aug. 15, at twelve—F. Cop land, Park-place, Paddington, Aug. 15, at twelve. In the Country. J. Powlesland, South Tawton, Devonshire, dealer in seeds, Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter. NOTJCES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. F. Rodbard, Croydon, Surrey, schoolmaster and lodg ing-house keeper, Aug. 15, at half-past eleven. In the Country. H. Scale, Briton Ferry Ironworks, Glamorganshire, iron manufacturer, Aug. 21, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—W. H. Edwards, Leeds, hosier, Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—T. S. Dobinson, Tyne mouth, Northumberland, banker, Aug. 26, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —J. Scott and J. Scott, jun., North Shields, shipowners, Aug. 26, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. Pearson, Ply mpton Saint Mary, Devonshire, merchant, Aug. 21, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Cerrito, Mincing lane, merchant, certificate of the first class—T. Hatfield and R. Hatfield, Clapham, Sur rey, plumbers and glaziers, certificates of the second class—W. Cox, BlomAeld-terrace, Harrow-road, stock and share broker, certificate of the first class—W. Chit tenden, Tarlington-place, and Church-street, Padding ton, draper and hosier, certificate of the third class—J. Holden, Salford, Lancashire, licensed victualler, certifi cate of the second class—J. Taylor, Bradford, York shire, worsted spinner, certificate of the third class. EVENING, JULY 26, would not, end if they desired to do it, they could not, apply this 1 tVe to Irelend.—(Hear, hear.) It had been however, said by a Noble and Learned Lord in that de bate on the second reading, that if this Act was found to be inefficient, the law must be made more stringent. —(Bear, hear.) The Noble Lord then referred to an Act passed in the Irish Parliament, in 1782, making it penal for the Roman Catholic bishops to assume the titles of their sees ; but that Act he said was not rigidly enforced. He then called the attention of the House to a remarkable circumstance which oc curred in 1793, when a relaxation took place in the ope ration of the penal laws. In that year a petition was sent to the Irish House of Commons, then exclusively Pro. teetant, and that petition was signed by the Cad - dic Archbishop of Dublin, subscribing hinaseef as such, and by several other Catholic bishops, each taking the titles of their sees.—(Hear, hear.) Sir Henry Cavendish called the attention of the House to the circumstance, but no notice was taken of it, and the subject therefore dropped. —(Hear, hear.) That circumstance showed what was the feeling of an exclusively Protestant Parliament on the subject of these titles.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord concluded by saying that he had no fear that Govern ment would enforce the Bill with any stringency in Ireland; and entertaining that view, he vr.eild oppose the amendment of the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.) Lord CR AN WORTH said, the foundation of the Noble Lord's proposition in moving his amendment was, that the Bill would inflict grievances of a most serious character upon Ireland. He seemed to think that it would render insecure marriages and other acts per formed by the Catholic Church in Ireland. If he (Lord Cranworth) thought there would be any such result from this measure, ho would say they must either drop the Bill altogether, or exclude Ireland from its operation.—(Hear, hear.) But, in fact, all that the Bill enacted was that the briefs or rescripta were illegal and void. His belief was that no one could be prosecuted except under the second section, which pro vided that a penalty should be inflicted upon any one taking the title of any pretended sees; and he did not see, upon consideration of the measure, that there was any reason why they should exclude Ireland from the operation of the Bill.—(Hear.) The Bishop of OSSORY was opposed to the amend ment proposed by the Noble Lord, and said he consi dered it would be very inconsistent to repel the autho rity of the Pope in this country, in which he was very weak, at the same time that they permitted him to ex ercise it in a country in which he was strong, as was the case in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Rev. Prelate then referred to a remark which had been made by a Noble Lord in the course of the debate, that the Catholic Church was the ancient Church of Ireland; and that Noble Lord further seemed to conceive that the Re formed Church of Ireland received its temporalities from the Catholic Church ha Ireland. But such a transfer could only be made by Act of Parliament. In point of fact, there was no new church. It was simply a reform of the corrupt church, and the Established Church was the true and only successor of the ancient Church of Ireland. The Earl of ST. GERMANS, who arose amidst several cries of " Divide," said that this was much too important a question to be put down by clamour. He did not doubt that the Right Rev. Prelate might be right in his argument, but he rose to draw attention to a more practical point—the question of the indictment. Lord Hale laid it down in his " Pleas of the Crown," that where a statute prohibited any particular act, and where by a subsequent clause it provided a proceeding by action of debt, without making an indictment, then the party might be indicted under the prohibitory clause, but could not be sued for the penalty. He wanted to know, there fore, whether, after all, the Attorney-General would have control over these prosecutions. And if he had, was it reasonable that he should be constantly left to the bigoted importunities of religious zealots, who would find no difficulty, in Ireland especially, of supplying him with plenty of work? And if, under the Bequests Act, or any other, a Roman Catholic bishop endeavoured to establish a claim to property, would they allow him to place an instrument which was by this Act declared to he illegal? Lord John Russell said, the House of Commons, that his law ad visers had recommended him not to found his proceed ings upon the statute of Ricuard the Second, but he (the Earl of St. Germans) had the authority of several emi nent lawyers, Sir Frederick Thesiger amongst the rest, for saying that by reciting the language of a portion of this statute, they gave vigour and life to it. Ho would ask their Lordships to consider seriously what might be the effect of putting such a man as Archbishop Murray upon his trial—a man who had uniformly discounte nanced agitation. and supported a submission to the law, and who had fully earned the esteem of every one. His appeal to his flock, dated in February last, was at once touching and impressive, and ought to operate as a caution. The Catholic bar of Ireland had made a mo derate declaration as to the impoliey of this course, es pecially after the Romish hierarchy in Ireland had been so long recognised. Believing this Bill to be pregnant with evil consequences to Ireland, he had come to the conelueion that it was his duty to give his vote in support of the proposition of his Noble Friend. The Duke of ARGYLL said he much regretted the course which the Noble Lord who had just sat down had taken with regard to Ireland. Connected as he was with Ireland, that resolution was much' to be regretted, and he really thought that his Noble Friend was not bound in strictness to come to the conclusions he had. Fie (the Duke of Argyll) denied the inference that ordi nations would be affected by the validity of the docu ment under which the ordaining bishop acted. The holy orders of the Church of Rome did not depend ex clusively on documents from Rome, but depended also on the canonical consecration of other bishops. He was quite convinced, too, that when it had been once ascertained that the priest had been ordained by a pre late of the Church of Rome, no further inquiry would be made as to the authority upon which that prelate acted in ordinary. Under that belief alone he was will ing to concur in the passing of this Bill; for he should be as unwilling to interfere with the religious rights of Roman Catholics in England, who were few in numbers, as he should be with those of Roman Catholics in Ireland, who were counted by millions. It was a measure much wanted in England, and especially re quired for Ireland. It was wanted there, were it only for the purpose of repressing the spread of opinions and principles hostile to the constitution. He had recently seen a pamphlet, said to be published " by authority," by which he inferred that the author had the sanction of Dr. Wiseman for what he wrote. In that book Dr. Bowyer alluded to a private Act called the Dublin Sani tary Act, in which the Irish Catholic prelates were, mentioned, with the nam es o f t h e i r sees , an d h e f oun d e d upon that fact an argument that those sees were well known to the Government as existing in the Catholic Church in Ireland. Probably few of their Lordships had seen that Act, and the inference was not justified. It showed the insatiable spirit of the Catholic Church, and how little it was to be satisfied by concessions. He gave his entire support to the Bill. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE observed that the original document of Dr. Murray, to which his Noble Friend opposite (Lord Monteagle) had referred, had only met his eyes that day. Whatever passed between Dr. Murray and the Court of Rome in private, was a matter of e hich neither the Crown, nor the Parliament, nor the public took notice, and though he might there be acknowledged and addressed as the Homan Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, the recognition was not on the part of our own Government. In his public documents, however, Dr. Murray had not assumed that title. The Earl of WICKLOW said that the Government never intended that the Bill should be carried into elf. et in Ireland, and notwithstanding the alterations in the clauses, by the pressure from the opponents of the Go. vernment, they still did not intend to carry it into effect in Ireland; and it was impossible that they should, be cause of the interference of the Bill with the Roman Catholic religion; and, therefore, that being so, it was a protection to the Roman Catholics in England to have Ireland included in the Bill, because, it not being in tended to carry it into effect in that country, it could not, with any show of reason and justice, be enforced in this country.—(Divide.) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. Their Lordships then divided on the amendment, when the numbers were— Contents ... ••• ... 17 Non-contents ... 82 Majority against the amendment —65 On being re-admited to the gallery we found The Earl of ABERDEEN addressing their Lord ships. He said he did not suppose it was the intention of her Majesty's Government that the Act should apply to titles other than those which the Pope conferred. He dial not know in that case why the word " therefore" was retained in the clause. To do so, he thought was carrying the spirit of religious intolerance farther than could have been imagined. The Act was only intended to apply to the Church of Rome and to Papal aggres sion. When Scotland was excluded, the word "other wise" ought to have been expunged. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the Act had no application to bishops who were appointed with the con sent of the Crown.—(Hear,) The Earl of ABERDEEN said the Crown had no authority to interfere with the appointment of the Scotch bishops. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE repeated his former answer, and after a few words from Lord Redesdale and Earl Grey their Lordships went into Committee, Lord Redesdale in the chair. On the question being put, that clause 1 stand part of the Bill, Lord KINNAIRD said the division they had just come to had reference to Ireland. But it was the opi nion of eminent lawyers that the Act not only applied to archbishops and bishops, but to the inferior clergy who were appointed by them, and he feared, therefore, that he would have to trouble their Lordship with di viding on the clause. He thought he might claim the vote of Ministers in support of his motion, as the clause had been forced upon them. — (Hear, hear.) H e s h ould, therefore, move the omission of the clause. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said he particularly de sired to have some explanation of the operation of this clause with regard to the Charitable Bequests Act, the operation of which, us was provided in a special proviso, was not to be affected by this Bill. If the Charitable Bequests Act was to stand, and this Bill to go, then how much of this Bill was to be annihilated by the operation of the first? He thought that in Ireland, which case they were now chiefly con sidering. the effect of the proviso would be to render the whole Bill a nullity. It would be an absurdity, under the circumstances, to say that they had the same law in England as in Ireland. He should be glad to have some explanation on that subject. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that if a parish priest was found acting as a priest the law did not per mit any inquiry. It parties were married by a priest, unless evidence could be given that that priest was not properly appointed, and that the parties were aware of it at the time they submitted to his officiatien, the law permitted no inquiry. That was one of the many cases in law where they were bound to submit to persons 1851. ac ing n pubUe er..acily. The question, theref , r , , was riot whither an archbishop, bishcp, priest, or other person claiming to exercise a spiritual function, was le. gaily appointed or not, but whether, at the time of his officiating, he had spiritual superintendence of any given matter. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he could see no use in the clause; and if the law survived it, it would re main as a mere useless expression, illustrative of the vindictiveness of Parliament. The Earl of WICKLOW objected to the clause, that the appointment to chaplaincies, and to the office of pa rigi priest in Ireland, which were always objects of much canvassing, could not be called in question, if the Noble and Learned L ird's view of the subject wore the correct one; and also because it would be impossible to procure the bishop's appointment. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that these were notoriously matters of fact, and decided without reference to validity of appointment. It was always doubtful who was parish priest in Ireland, and a popular candidate would not. retire. Lord MONTE AGLE put the case of a bishop claiming property by virtue, of the provisions of the Bequests Act, and its being obj: cted that upon the proposed Act he was not the true bishop. In that state of facts there were only two things for their Lordships to say, either that the bishop should not have the property, or that the Commissioners of Bequests should have a virtual power to repeal an Act of Parliament. After a desultory discussion upon the legal effect of the clause in connexion with the Charitable Bequests Act, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and their Lord ships divided— Contents Non-Contents ... Majority for the clause... On clause 2, The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH observed that it did not appear to have been looked through with any great care by the House of Commons, which probably arose from there being no discussion on the third reading. For in stance, there was the word " shall," a word of considerable importance in Parliamentary language, and it also con tained the words "such Bill," no Bill whatever having been mentioned previously.—(A laugh.) But these were unimportant, and only served to show the extreme negligence with which one of the most important Acts ever passed had been treated by both Houses. He did not mean to propose anything, however, inasmuch as he believed the Government were resolved not to afford the House of Commons an opportunity of re-considering the Bill. He had hoped that the door had been closed for ever on religious persecution.—(Hear, hear.) The Catholic Emancipation Act was designed to establish re ligious peace, but the latter part of this Bill would cer tainly tend to establish religious discord. He regretted that her Majesty's Gover nmen t s h ou ld h ave passed the limit within which they were justly entitled to legislate, in consequence of the aggression which had taken place against her Majesty's supremacy and the indepen dence of an Imperial State; and he deeply deplored that they should have thought fit to adopt a mode of legis• lation which, while it could not tench the Pope who was the principal offender, would inflict a mosl unjust penalty on the Roman Catholic population o Ireland. ••• 77 ... 26 ••• -51 The Duke of ARGYLL rose to move an amendment, and ap dogised for doing so at so late a period of the session. He took this course, however, from the strong feeling which he entertained that they had not seen the end of the subject. Looking to the feeling exhibited by the Roman Catholic Church, and in the address drawn up by the Catholic laity, they might expect to see a re vival of the spirit of the Papacy in its most encroaching form. He (the Duke of Argyll) considered that that penalty of 1001. against the old sees in Ireland was the greatest millstone round the neck of those who supported the Bill. S.) far as the addition with respect to giving the power to prosecute to a common informer was con cerned, he regretted that it had beau introduced into the Bill, and would move its omission. If he wanted argu ments, however, in favour of his own views he could find them amongst those who opposed the measure. He thought, however, that they were fully entitled to pro hibit those titles in Ireland. After a few words from the Marquis of LANS DOWNE, which were inaudible in the gallery, The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH. also expressed his objection to the addition of the clause referred to, which he thought one of the most unfortunate things in its practical results that c4,u1:1 hare occurred. Toe LORD CHANCELLOR said tha introduction of the clause was chiefly owing to the Irish Members, who, t. spite the Government, had withdrawn from the House and nllowed the clause in question to be carried against the wishes of the Ministry. The Earl of ELLESMERE, who spoke in a very in audible tone, was understood to say, that although he had shared in the same feelings of irritation which many others had felt in consequence of the acts of the Pope, he did not think the best way to meet it was by pro posing that Bill. He considered if their Lordships thnught it necessary to embody their protest against that conduct in a legislative form, that which his Noble Friend the Noble Duke proposed to them would have bsen in many respects the safer and better course to pursue. Ho should support the amendment of the Noble Duke. The Duke of NEWCASTLE was surprised at the argument of the Noble and Learned Lord, that these words ought to be retained, because the Irish Members must take the consequence of having allowed theca to be inserted. If the Irish Members neglected their duty, that was no reason for their Lordships neglecting theirs. It ought to go forth that the Government, disapproving of those words, were yet determined, backed by the ma jority of their Lordships, not to allow a word of the Bill to be altered, in order that further discussion might not be raised on it in the other House. Earl GREY said the Noble Duke had misapprehended the argument of his Noble and Learned Friend. What his Noble and Learned Friend had said was that these words made no practical difference in the Bill, for whe ther they were in the Bill or not, the Attorney-General would have to institute a prosecution if the prerogative of the Crown were infringed upon, and the evidence sufficient. The Earl of MALITESBURY thought the words would be regarded by the people of England as of the greatest importance, and hoped they would be retained. The people had lost confidence in the conduct of the Go vernment, and these words would keep the Attorney- General to his duty. Their Lordships divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... ... ... 26 Against it ... ... ... 61 Majority for retaining the words ... —35 Lord MONTEAGLE stated that he would bring for ward the clause of which he had given notice on the third reading. _ _ Lord CttgNING wished to know whether, under the third clause of this Bill, archbishops and bishops of pre tended sees, if they fixed " Roman Catholic" before their titles, would be exempted from the operation of the pe nalty of 100/.? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, had the Ro man Catholic prelates called themselves Roman Catholic bishops or archbishops, as the case might be, that would have made all the difference in public feeling. Lord CANNING did not find his questio❑ answered. Earl GREY said he considered the clause of the Noble Lord (Lord Monteagle) unnecessary. The Bill would not touch any one taking title as a Roman Catholic prelate, if that title were according to the form in the Bequests Act. Practically, as far as Ireland was concerned, the Bill would make no difference whatever. Lord CRAN WORTH :aid, if in the late Roman Ca tholic creations the parties had prefixed the words " Roman Caih , lic" before their titles, it would un doubtedly have made a great difference in public feel ing; but he did not think that it would have exempted them from the operation of the Act. The 2d clause was agreed to. On the motion for the 3d clause, Toe Earl of moved the omission of the clause, because it contained words which permitted Scotch bishops to use titles prohibited to the Roman Ca tholics. The Duke of ARGYLL said the law had an un doubted right already to prohibit illegal titles. Th ere was not the same reason for prohibiting titles to Scotch bishops which there was in the case of Roman C at h o li cs. The clause was then agreed to without a division. Clause 4 and the preamble were also agreed to, and the House having resumed, their Lordships adjourned at a Quarter to One o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. July 25, (ContinuedS frEAMom our ANAVIGATION fternoon Edition of yesterday.) through Committee, and aft er th e va rious ThisBILL. clausesßil w l en had t beenagreed to, Mr. MUNTZ proposed the in sert i on of the following clause:—"And be it enacted, th at from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, it shall not be lawful for any steam-boat to go to sea, or to steam up on the rivers of the United Kingdom, without having a safety valve upon each boiler, free from th e care of the engineer, and out of his control and interterence, and also subject to the approval of the surveyors acting under this Act." Mr. LABOUCHERE opposed the clause which gave rise to a brief di scussion, and ultimately led to a division, when the Government were defeated; the numbers For the clause Against it... ... 37 Majority The clause was accordingly added to tho • Bill: to be reported on Monday. The remaining twelve o'clock orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Three o'clock till a Quarter to Six. The House resumed at a Quarter before Six. WATER SUPPLY. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from Mr. James Miles, praying to be allowed to give evidence be fore the Committee on Wafer Supply. STATE CHURCH. Sir G. PECHELL presented a petition from Brigh ton against a state church. CRYSTAL PALACE. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented petitions from Bir mingham uud Kensington, praying of the Co stal Pal ace. for the maintenance Mr. HEYWORTH presented a petition to the same effect from Newport, in the Isle of Wight. Several other sinolar petitions were presented. MR. SALOMONS. Sir BENJAMIN HALL presented two petitions from the electors of Greenwich, praying to be heard by counsel in support of the claim of David Salornons, Esq., one of thf-ir representatives, to sit and vote as a Member of this House, and moved that these petitions be printed. Agreed to, and ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday next. HARWICH ELECTION. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from the electors of Harwich, complainiug of the interference of Govern- m'tt gent in the lato election, and pra,: t iiii; for an inquiry. BARON ROTHSCHILD. Mr. RAIKES CURRIE presented a petition from the electors of the city of Lond , m, praying the House (amongst other things) to admit, by resolution, the Baron Lionel Nathan do Rothschild, one of their representatives, to his seat in this House; or that the petitioners may be heard by counsel at the bar of this House, in support of the prayer of their said petition. This petition was also ordered to be printed with the votes, and taken into consideration on Monday next. ANNUITIES. Mr. SC HOLEFIELD moved for returns showing the amount of annuities for lives, and for terms of years, granted in each year since 1810 inclusive; and the amount of capital stock cancelled in each of the said years on account of such terminable annuities: and of the amount of the annuides for lives, and for terms of years, which have ceased in each year since 1810 inclusive.—Agreed to. CLERKS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. Sir G. PECHELL inquired of the First Lord of tho Admiralt), whether any arrangement was likely to be made for carrying out the prayer of the memorial of the clerks in the Mediterranean fleet for granting them the same rank and privileges as awarded to the other subordinate officers on passing their examination? Sir F. BARING said that part of their prayer had been agreed to, and the remainder of it would be taken into consideration. IRISH LEGISLATION. Mr. REYNOLDS said it was customary for the Trea sury Secretary to move on a Friday that the House at its rising should adjourn to Monday, but as the Hoe. Gentleman had not to-day made that motion, he would avail himself of the omission to make that motion for the purpose of drawing attention to the state of the legisla tion for Ireland in the present session. In doing so he thought he might as well at once anticipate the objec tions which would be taken to the course he proposed to pursue. It would be objected that too much time had been devoted to Irish affairs. He must deny that. Since the month of February last, when Parliament met, no measure for the benefit of Ireland had been passed. It was true the Noble Lord passed a Bill of pains and pe nalties against the religion of the country, which he car ried with large majorities through that House, and which was now passing with railway speed the other House of Parliament. He also had the credit of with drawing the public grants hitherto made for the medical hospitals of the city of Dublin. It would be much better not to allow the Irish Members to sit in the House .at all than to treat them as they had been.—(Herr, hear.) A Committee had been appointed to consider the propriety of doing away with minis ters' money in Ireland, of which the late Mr. Shiel was chairman ; the result of the inquiries was that this obnoxious tax was unanimously condemned as an insult to the Roman Catholics, and most irksome to the clergy to receive. The Noble Lord promised to bring in a Bill to remedy this abuse, and when he called attention to the subject the Noble Lord's answer was, that to o much time had been given to the Ecclesi astical Titl is Bill to allow him to bring the measure forward. The amount of this payment was 16,000/. a year, and of that 11,0001. was paid by his constituents, and he had therefore a right to call attention to this subject. He would refer to another subject, with regard to which, however Irish Members might differ upon other matters, they all felt that the business of Ireland was not conducted in that House in a proper and busi ness-like manner.—(Hear, hear.) Sir JOHN PAKINGTON rose to order. The course which. the Hon. Gentleman now pursued was an illustration of that. He considered that it was over straining the rules of the House to bring forward this subject without notice, and wished to take the opinion of the Speaker upon the point of order. The SPE.AKER said it was overstretching the rules of the House for the Honourable Member, upon a motion of this kind., to introduce such a discussion, and was most incon venieut. The Honourable Gentleman tees not, howee er, out of order. He certainly ought upon such a motion to assign some reason for moving the ad journment. Mr. REYNOLDS said he was glad the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Speaker) had decided not to interrupt him. In the first week of February between ten and twelve Irish Bills had been introduced, and with one exception they were still in that House, and which had escaped to another place. The Cnief Secretary for Ire land, however, now proposed an attempt to carry them forward when Parliament had not more than ten days to sit and one-third of the Irish Members were out of town, while others were kept watching the progress of these Bills till very late hours. He would refer to three Bills to illustrate the course of their legislation for Ire land. There was the Improvement of Towns Bill, which contained 180 clauses. This Bill was read a first time the 10th of February, and on the 11th of April it was read a second time, and then sent to a Select Com mittee, and remained until the Ist of May for report; the Bill was afterwards postponed from day to day until the present period of the session. He also traced the progress of the Valuation of Ireland Bill, and the Me dical Charities Bill, which had been postponed in the same manner. He then referred to the mortality in Ire land, and remarked that the population in 1841 was 8,200,000, and iu 1851 was only 6,500,000, and which ought to have increased to 9,000,000.—(11ear, hear.) They said that a million of this decrease had arisen from emigration, but what had become of the other million and a half? They were to be found in graveyards. The Honourable Gentleman complained that the returns from Kilrush, in relation to the mortality and ill-treat ment of the poor in the workhouse of that place, had not been laid on the table. The consequence was that he was not able to bring forward his motion on the subject. If he had had the opportunity, he would have establish a case of manslaughter against the Poor-law Commissioners in Ireland. He asked the Noble Lord to call upon his subordinates to save Ireland from this mid night legislation of which he was complaining. Ireland was said to be the right arm of the empire. She was neither the right arm nor the left now. She was in fact no arm at all—(A laugh) —owing to the way in which she was treated by this country. He would call upon his country to combine to defend themselves.—(Hear, hear.) They had passed the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, and let them take care that their passing of this Act, and such like conduct, did not so operate as to wean en tirely the affections of the people of Ireland from this country. He had always advocated a unity of action between England and Ireland, and he regretted that Ire land was treated in the manner she had been, as that treatment was calculated to destroy the great ob ject which he desired. He begged to move that the House, at its rising, should adjourn till Monday. Sir H. W. BARRON seconded the motion, and said that the people of Ireland were progressing in poverty and misery. He knew that the shipping interests were seriously injured in Ireland, and that the coach-making, and the manufacture of glass and other interests, were suffering from the policy pursued towards Ireland. He complained of the manner in which the House had treated the agricultural question, in which Ireland was so deeply interested. They also rejected his motion for an inquiry into Irish distress—although a large number of the Irish Members supported the motion—but an English majority defeated him. The Hon. Baronet then referred to the motions made in respect to the Irish spirit duty, the milling interests, and other Irish ques tions, and said that, altho ug h these motions had received the support of a large body of the Irish Members, they were lust in consequence of English Members putting down the voice or Ireland—ou subjects in which Irish Members only were interested—and in respect to which English Members bad uo interest whatever. He pro tested against this species of legislation, which would not be suffered by any other people in the world. Mr. MONSELL said there were at least three mea sures before the House, which, unless they made g reat efforts, they would not be able to pass; and, as these measures were of the greatest consequence to Ireland, he wished to know if the Government would take effec tive steps to carry them ? He alluded to the Medical Charities Bill, the Irish Health of Towns Bill, and the Valuation of Lands (Ireland) Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL would object to the motion of the lien. Member fur Dublin, because he wished to proceed with Irish business. The Bill in relation to ministers money was not brought in owing to the delay in the business of the House, by the opposition given by the Hon. Member for Dublin, and the other Irish Members, to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. He was desirous of car rying through Parliament the measures referred to by the Hon. Member for Limerick, and Government would do so if they were not interrupted by uncalled-for dis cussions by Hon. Members for Ireland. Mr. ROCHE hoped that next session a morning sitting on one day in the week would be granted, for the pur pose of disposing of I r i s h questions of a purely social character. Mr. SCULLY complained of the legislation adopted with respect to Ireland, and said, if the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) had heard the charges brought for ward by the Hon. Member for Dublin, he would surely have felt it right to have replied to them. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY wished to know what course the Noble Lord intended to pursue in reference to the question of the minister's money, and he should like also to know what was the precise course to be adopted in re spect to the three measures referred to by the Hon. Member for Limerick. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER felt it impossible to say precisely when his Noble Friend at the head of the Government would be able to bring forward the subject of ministers' money. Of six Irish Bills on the paper for that evening three might have been over taken had it not been that Hon. Gentlemen had occupied so much of the time of the House. The discussion whioh had taken place effectually prevented the Improvement of Towns Bill being arrived at to-night. Mr. WAKLEY intimated his desire to know whether there was any prospect of arrangements being made to complete the formation of Finsbury-park. He should also inquire whether it was the intention of her Majesty'e Government to bring in a measure forthwith to render the Crystal Palace a permanent structure, for he found the feeling universally prevailed out of doors that the Cr) stal Palace should remain a permanent structure, and the public had heard with alarm that the contract be tween the Commissioners for the formation of the Palace, and the Noble Lord the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, imported that the removal of the structure would commence in November, and the whole be taken dews within s7x it nibs. THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER. Sir J. PAKING iv iN stated that the Hon. Member for Penrhyn, when he brought forward his motion on the Rochester case, made a statement which the Bishop of Rochester thought injerious and unjust towards hiat at the time he was Dean of Rochester. The Bishop complained of a statement made by the Hon. Member to the effect, that the stipends of the boys on the foundel tion at Worcester had been reduced from 2/. 13s. 4d. u? ss. 10d. Mr. Wheeler, the head of the cathedral school at Worcester, had written a letter (which the lion. Baronet read), to the effect that the stipend PO°