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THE LONDON GAZETTE, July 1. WHITEHALL, JUNE 28, 1851. The Queen has been pleased to grant the office of So licitor-General for Scotland to George Deas, Esq., Ad vocate, in the room of John Cowan, Esq., appointed a Lord of Session. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Thomas Mackenzie, Esq., advocate, to be Sheriff of the shires or sheriffdom of Ross and Cromarty, in the room of George Dem, Esq., advocate. CIitOWN•OFFICE, JUNE 28. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Greenwich—David Salomons, of Great °timberland-place, Hyde-park, in the county of Mid dlesex, Esq., and Alderman of the city of London, in the room of Edward George Barnard, Esq., deceased. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 30. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Gentlemen Cadets to be Secovad Lieutenants —Christopher Charles Teesdale, vice Parkin, promoted ; James Lyons, vice Johnson, promoted; Charles Edward Torriano, vice Field, promoted; John Tattoo Butler Brown, vice Bradshaw, promoted; Charles James Tyler, vice J. M. Campbell, promoted; George Joseph Smart, vice French, promoted; Robert William Gregory Leonard, vice Sir W. Johnson, Bart., promoted; Henry Noel Eden, vice Seymour, promoted; Alexander Walter Armstrong Ogilvie, vice F. Miller, promoted ; Robert Henry Newbolt, vice Haig, promoted ; Thomas Mahon, vice Owen, promoted; Charles Edward Stirling, vice Milman, promoted; William Carey, vice Boyle, pro moted, June 18. Corps of Royal Engineers.—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—Charles Nassau Martin vice Clarke, promoted; Francis Edward Pratt, vice Bainbrigge, pro moted, June 18. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 26. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet Cuth bert Featherstone Daly to be Second Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet William Sanders to be Second Lieu tenant. Commiision by the Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire. The Right Hon. William Bateman Lord Batemen to be Deputy-Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, JUNE 18. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Augustus Salmon, of the city of Bristol, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JUNE 30. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend William Purdie Dickson to the church and parish of Cameron, in the presbytery of St. Andrews, and county of Fife, vacant by the resignation of the Reverend Doctor William Brown. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Bev. James Somers to the church and parish of Barry, in the presbytery of Aberbrothock, and county of Forfar, vacant by the deposition of Mr. William Simpson, late minister there. WHITEHALL, JULY 1. The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Reverend George Evezard to the perpetual curacy of St. James's Chapel, in the parish of St. Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, and diocese of London, the same being void by the death of the Reverend Stewart William Hanna. BANKRUPTS. O we n Sparrow, grocer, Aldgate High-street, to sur render July 11, at half-past one, and Aug. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Surr and Gribble, Lombard-street. Francis Woolhouse Saunders, harnessmaker, Theme, Oxfordshire, July 12, at eleven, and Aug. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street; Cooke, Lincoln's Inn-folds. Llewellyn Thomas, grocer, Bristol, July 14, and Aug. 13, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Bigg, Bristol. James Harvey, 841arebroker, Halifax, July 17 and August 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Parker and Ad am , Halifax; Courtenay and Compton, Leeds. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. J. T. Austin, fringe 1:13 anufactarer,Wardoue•street, Soho. Leon, Just, watchmaker, Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell. John Missenden, cattle-dealer, Caledonian-street,King's cross. J. Harrison, leather, seller, South -terrace, Bermondsey. William Palmer, electrotypist, Charing ,ton-street So mers'-town. Joseph Jackson, superannuated clerk in the Bank of England, Essex-place, Mile-end-road. Richard Saul, meat salesman, Blackfriars-road. William Job White, printer, King-street, Holborn. Richard Farnham, assistant to a beershop-keeper, High street, Shoreditch. Charles Westlake, butcher, Newport-market. John Gordon Cameron, master mariner, America-square, Minories. 'Thomas Charles Chesmere Wicks, journeyman ivory turner, Grey's Inn-lane. Francis Robinson, journeyman butcher, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate-s tree t. John Charles Seipp, foreign merchant, Wellclose-square, Good ecan's-fl e ids. James Simpson, commission agent, Pollard's-row, Beth nal-green-road. Joseph Gunning, law writer, Upper Holloway. James Illtlinund Wood, engraver, New-square, Minories. R. Collitson, upholsterer, Newman -street, Oxford-street. Isaac Harris, grocer's clerk, Peckham.rye. A. Smith, cab proprietor, Garden-row London-road. W. E. Follet, gilder, Chenies.place, Somers'-town. William Squire, pianoforte maker, High Holborn. Samuel Herbert, mealman, Ken:tenon, Gloucestershire. William Moore, farmer, Colburn, Yorkshire. James Robson, plate layer, Ferry -hill Station, Durham. H. Nutt, hair seat manufacturer, Kingston -upon-Hull. John Pearson, grocer, Staleybridge, Cheshire. Thomas Swinburn, grocer, Hedley, Ovingham, North = berland. John Widdall, licensed vietaaller, Side-o'-th'-Moor, Old ham, Lancashire. J. W. Brown, Commander, R.N., Cawsand, Cornwall. Samuel Bearcroft, smith, Gloucester. John Owens, greengrocer, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan shire. Elisabeth Shapley, shopkeeper, Harford, Devonshire. nary Shapley, shopkeeper, Harford, Devonshire. John Thomas, grocer, Michaelstone-super- Avon, Gla morgan shire. J. G. Nicholson, cheesemonger, High-street, Woolwich. Frederick Reeves Barratt, teacher of music, West Deep ing, LincolnAtire. William Harrison, tailor, High-street, Hartlepool. Thomas Williams, grocer's wsistant, Manchester. John Ladeveza Plaistow Trapaud, Count da Chabot (commonly called Marquis de Saint Maurice), Lieut. on half-pay in the East India Oompany's Service, Erith, Kent. John .Jeffery, Chard, Soncersetshire. Walter Morgan, grocer, Penydarren, Glamorganshire. John Robins, groom, Aileburton, Gloucestershire. George Brown, woolatapler, Bradford, Yorkshire. MARKET IN TELLIGEN CE. (From th© .49ndon New Price Current, July 1.) SUGAR.—To-tthy there was a further increase in the supply of Colonial at market. Importers of West India were disposed to realise; but submitting to a reduction on the rates of Friday of 6d per cwt, caused a good demand to prevail, but chiefly for refining purposes. The purchases are 910 bhds,. &c., including at auction 160 hhds 15 tierces Harbadoes, which sold at steady rates; middling yellow at 37s 6d to 38s 6d, good to fine 39s to 41s, 442 hhds 8 tierces and 270 barrels St. Lucia, however, went rather lower ; fine yellow at 39a to 40s, middling to good 36s 6d to 38,s 6d, ordinary 35s to 365 6d, good to fine brown 34s 6d to 365, low and middling 33s to 34s per cwt. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar met with a good demand, supplies being moderate, and rates are firm; brown lumps ca'not be obtained under ,47s per owt. In the market for Crushed Sugar there is a firmness, with a fair btrainess doing. MAUBITIIIS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was less in demand, and the public sales of 1,941 bags went at rather lower rates, good to fine yellow selling at 39s to 403, low to good mid 36s to 38s Gd, and fine brown 353 to 35s 6d per cwt. There was little done privately. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon dealers were less dis posed to operate in Bengal Sugar; the best Benares re igned the former value, but other sorts sold 6d per cwt lower. Of 3,80.0 bags at auction about half sold, fine white at 42s to 42s 6d, gcod middling to good 40$ to 41s 6d, low to middling 383 6d to 393 6d, and ordinary to good soft yellow 32s to 375. Of Madra s 3,000 bags were offered at auction, grainy sold at 43, to 45s 6d for good to fine yellow; these are full terms, but of other sorts a portion only found buyers at easier rates. soft 35 3 6 a brown at 263 6 d to 30s, y ellow 31s to 459 bags ',few lots good brought 37 s to 38s 6d. Of Ceylon 50 bags went at 32s to 34 s 6 d, but mostly at 33, 6d are lower rates. for ordinary greyish; these Cocos,—British Natation tion, and parcelsean. • has met with little atten tion, auction 500 were taket in, b ag O illy be sold at rather lower rates. Grenada middling andszand 13 boxes ordinary middling g ray red at 36s to 38s. _St Lu e cia, ordinary dark red, 352 . T 2s to 345 and St. Vine nts, red Trinidad have been 40s t tie v ' for 40s per cwt. In Foreign atoll taken privately ri a a i L e 6, , and for grey 363 to Neale. Thera are sellers of 28s, and of Guayaquil at 30s per c and Pars at 263 to B a s hi': e yet uon a small FOREIGN.—To-day there was le:s t Sugar from shippers and home dealers, demand for Foreign floating cargoes would not sell at lower but holders of nambuco 4,898 bags at auction were allPttil-c". Of Per for good brown. 'on in at 37s Mol499ES.—Operations have been of little n i° brit parcels are not pressed for sa l e , the ant,stock,,, smaller than last season. The val ue o f l ow to fineVi'' India is 13a 8d to 16.. Cuba and Porto Ri co 14s to I " 6d, Beng al and Mauritius 12s to 12s 6d p er cwt. For s I Honey the demand is brisker, and stiffer rates are ob tained for fine. The value is from 355 to 55s for Jamaica as to quality. COFFEE.—This afternoon the demand was less active for Plantation Ceylon Coffee, and in some cases rather lower rates were acceded to. At auction, however, 227 casks and 167 bags nearly all sold; mid went at 52s to 53s 6d, low mid 50s to 51s 6d, fine fine ord 46s to 483, fine ord 44s to 453 6,A, good ord 42a t o 535, pea berry 51s to 565, triage 363 6d to 425, Native is less in r quest, and former rates are supported with difficulty. At public sale 250 bags sold at 38s for real good ord, and at 33s 6d to 363 for tis ane& Mocha is still wanted, and stiffer rates are otitained. At auction 50 hf-bales sold at 69s for g ood, and at 63s to 64s for mid clean garbled. a Txs• —To - - 9 1 the public sales of Tea went off with fair spirit, and of 8 ,300 packages offered 4,000 sold, good ord Congou realised 104 d to 11d, which is rather higher. Other aorta went at full rates, except Canton Gunpowder, which sold id lower. RICE.—To-day the rates accepted for East India Rice were 3d under those existing previously ; there was in consequence a good d emand from shippers and home dealers. At auction 7,443 bgs 878 pkts were nearly all sold; good to fine white went t a 10 3 to Us, mid and THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING: good mid Os to 9a 9d, fair broken 8s 6d to 9s, damaged 5s 6d to 93. 650 bags Madras went at 7s to 7s 6d for low pinkey, and damaged 5s 63 to 7s. Sag) is rather lower, and 241 cs sold at 18s 6d for mid small pearl. SPICES.—To-day at auction 37 cs Bengal Ginzer sold at 37s to 37s 6d fn. ord home trade sorts, being chc aper. Of Pimento 10 bgs went at 44d for mid, this is a full price. 29 cs Cassia Vera sold at 36s 6d, one lot 355. SALTPETRE.—To-day Calcutta was in good demand, and full rates are obtained; the best sorts meet with most attention. At auction 2,450 bgs were nearly all disposed of; very superior 2 per cent realized 29s 6d to 30s, fine 4/ to 34 284 6d to 295, 5 to 5f 28s to 28s 6d, good 6/ to 64 per cent 275, mid 11 per cent 26s 6d, washed, &c, not retracted 23s to 29s per cwt. SPIRITS.—Of Demerara Rum several parcels have been sold at is 103 to 2s 4d for ord to good 30 to 40 per cent over proof, and there is a firm market. A good demand prevails for East India at Is 3id to Is 4d proof, and there are not free sellers. Orders for Leeward Island are upon an extended scale at is 5d to Is 6d, and holders have confidence. For shipping and home con sumption several parcels of Jamaica ha►e been taken, previous terms being well supported; ord and mid qua lity 30 to 33 per cent over proof selling at 2s 4d to 2583, good 32 to 36 over 2s 9d to 3s 3d, fine mad choice marks 34 to 38 over 3s 4d to 4s 4d. There is a desire on the part of holders to sell Cognac Brandy best brands of the vintage of 1850 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 6d to 43 Bd, 1848 ditto 4s lld to 5s ld, 1847 ditto 5s 5d to 5s 7d, older 5s 10d to 75, low to mid 2s 6d to 3s Bd, and Bordeaux 2s 2d to 2i 3d. In British made Spirit not much has been done; the value is still 9s 5d to 9s 6d. Gin for export can be obtained at 2s 6d. Geneva rather more in demand at is 7d to is Bd, and fine at is 9d to 2s. INDIGO.—The limited transactions in East India have been at a reduction on last quarterly sales' rates of 2d to 3d per lb. On Tuesday next the sale will commence, and the quantity declared is 13,830 chests, being a larger quantity than was expected. In Spanish little has been done, and rates incline downwards; on Friday 900 serous will be offered at auction. COCUINEAL.—HuIders having been ready sellers at previous low rates, occasioned the home and export demand to be better for all qualities. At auction 450 bags were nearly all disposed of—Honduras Silvers, good to fine went at 3s 6d to 3s I Id; low to good mid 2s 103 to 3s sd; black, ord to fine 3s 6d to 4s 11d; Te neriffe, Silvers 3s 2d to 3s 4d, and black 3s 51 to 4s id. The value of Mexican Silvers is 2s 9d to 2s 11d, black 3s 23 to 3s 6d per lb. Stock is 2,000 bags more than last year, and deliveries exhibit an increase of 1,000 bags. For auction 200 bags are declared. Oils.—The limited transactions in Sperm have been at rather lower rates, and of 45 tuns at auction, a part only sold at 801 58 to 83/ ss, bat chiefly at 834 for good quality. In Headmatter sales have been small at 88/ to 92/. Southern is less wanted, and easier rates are', taken. At auction 74 tuns sold at 291 15s to 32/ for ord to fine. Seal has been only in moderate request ; and the prices taken for pale are 30/ to 30/ 10s, other sorts 28/ 103 to 29/ 10s. The value of Cod is 361 to 37/. Cocoa Nut has fallen in value. At auction 400 casks in part sold in Ceylon at 283 to 28s 6d ; Manilla 25s to 26s 3d ; South Sea 26s to 26s 9d. Linseed Oil is to be obtained at rather lower rates; still shippers have operated with caution; a good home trade demand, how ever, has been experienced at 31s 9d to 325. For delivery few transactions have taken place, although there are sel lers at 31s 6d to 31s 9d. In Rape Oil little has been done— British Refined is obtainable at 33s brown 318 to 31s 6d, and Foreign, p a l e , 33 s 9d to 345. In Olive transactions are to a fair extent; holders, however, are disposed to sell Gallipoli at 38/ to 391; Levant at 361103 to 371 10s. A good demand exists for Palm, the rates paid being 27s 6d to 28s per cwt. for fine. TALLOW.—The rates demanded for fine Yellow Candle on the spot are 37s 6d to 37s 9d per cwt. Prices are not so firm for delivery; and there are sellers for last three months of the year at 395; but few transactions have taken place. Home melted is offering at 35s to 36s net cash, and dealers operate with reluctance; the supply remains plentiful. Of Australian 680 casks at auction were partly scld—Beef at 33s 9d to 35s 6d; Sheep 35s to 37s 3d; 184 casks South Ame rican 33s 6d to 375; and 14 casks Oporto 34s to 35s 6d per cwt. For auction 800 casks of Tallow are declared. SOUTHERN WHALE FISHERY COMPANY. A special general meeting of this company 'was held on Monday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of communicating to the shareholders further information respecting the progress of the company's affairs, Mr. J. D. Powles, in the absence of Lord Hardwicke, in the chair. The report was read. It stated that the commis sioner on his return to the settlement from New Zealand found all the affairs of the company in a very satisfactory state, and all their servants in the enjoy ment of good health and spirits. It appeared by letters from Mr. Towns, the company's agent at Sydney, that the Earl of Hardwicke had been reported off Howe's Island with eighty barrels of sperm oil on board; and on the 18th of August last the brig Governor arrived from Sydney with the stores which the commissioner had or dered in April. The bay whaling season at the islands had by no means realised the expectations entertained by the commissioner shortly before his departure for New Zealand, no oil having been taken up to the time of his return, and there was but little chance of anything being done that season, as the New Zealanders had all proceeded to cultivate the lands for potatoes, and they would not continue their duty on board ship until after they had finished their work. Se veral vessels had arrived with a supply of stores. The Samuel Enderby had returned with 191 barrels of sperm oil, the produce of an eight months' voyage. Oni the 7th of January last a large shoal of black fish entered the bay, and being driven up Laurie Harbour, 54 of them were captai ed, and yielded 51 barrels of oil. A large quantity of sperm oil was shortly expected in England, having been shipped at Sydney in March. The Sir James Ross, Sir Ed ward Parry, and the Lord Nelson arrived at the islands the latter end of January, all in good order, and their crows in good health. The Sir James Ross took in 226 barrels of sperm oil and 81 barrels of common oil, which was a very fair quantity. The whole of the company's ships, now increased to nine by the addition of the Black Dog, would be fairly engaged in fishing during the present year; and it was thought that they might anticipate the arrival of a satisfactory amount of produce within twelve months of the pre sent period. The statistical details with reference to the settlement in January, showed that there were 94 white persons, exclusive of the seamen, 3 horses, 45 horned cattle, 258 sheep, Si lambs. The buildings erected had been a storehouse, a cooper age, a blacksmith's shop, a powder magazine, and eighteen dwellings, and it was also intended to erect a building to serve for a sailors' home whilst in port. The land cleared and under cultivation was about four acres, and about half a mile of road made. The only information as to surveys of land was that Enderby Island had been surveyed, and its length was found to be 24 miles. The opinion of an intelli gent gentleman as to the soil and climate was, that the reports respecting the quantity of wet weather which were about were unfounded, and that the climate was very healthy, and the cold not greater than was agree able. A long discussion ensued on the motion for the adop tion of the report, and in answer to questions it trans pired that Mr. George Dundas, M.P., one of the direc tors, intended going out to inspect the settlement, free of expense to the company. It was stated that the value of the oil taken for the six months was about 5,2001. It It appeared that Mr. Enderby was still a defaulter in shares to the amount of 7,5001. Some conversations ensued relative to the directors borrowing money to increase the operations of the company, bat no resolu tion to that effect was adopted, and it was left to the dis cretion of the directors. The report was then unanimously adopted, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated. WRECK OF THE EMIGRANT SHIP HALCYON. ___ We regret having to record the loss of the American emigrant ship Halcyon, which sailed hence on the 17th ult., with upward s Of 300 passengers, principally Irish and German emigrants, for New York. The whole of the passengers and crew, with the excep tion of one woman and a child, were providen tially rescued from a watery grave, having been humanely taken on board, almost in the last extremity, by the New York ships, Connecticut, Capt. Latham, and the William H. Wharton, Capt. Gates, laden with cotton, on their passage to Liverpool. The Halcyon encoutered a heavy gale on the Bth inst., longitude being about 574 and latitude 42, within five or six days' sail of New York. The ship, from a succession of disasters, became totally dis abled; and, notwithstanding the exertions and skill of Captain Wade and his officers, to which the whole of the passengers we have conversed with bear willing and eager testimony, those on board would most inevitably have perished bad not the vessels alluded to have rendered timely assistance. To Captain Wade, who most courte ously and readily afforded us every information, we are indebted for the following report of the disaster:—" On the Bth of June the Halcyon, when within five or six days' sail of New York, was dismasted in a heavy S.E. gale. The fore and mainmasts went by the deck, and the mizen mast below the top. The rudder was rendered useless by the thumping of the spars before they could be got clear and the violent action of the sea. One pump was broken by the cargo fetching away, and the other wus so much injured as to be rendered nearly useless. Up to the time of the Connecticut and the William IL Wharton co ining to the rescue, which was on the 11th, it was impossible, in consequence of the violent rolling of the wreck, to get up a jury mast of sufficient size to !wady the sinking ship. All this time the leaka g e was inereasing the cargo was working , and the hull strain ing violently. One of the steerage passengers, a wo man, sustained a serious injury from some iron rails on deck falling on her feet, and crushing her very much, 7,2 r arch caus e d he de a b When the Connecticut and anf i l lia th l ey }l. passengers with provisions, water, &c., lae W urta h e t:o o n w , , ca.mie down they took off the wreck being dire ctly on the 12ta. When leaving, the eastward, and it that might come th o e ffieers deemed it prude ntbei ng nearly night, " he (Captain Wade) in the track of ships bound to the ill-fated vessel ex her. Captain Wade, during the night running foul of p l o re, s st e sh t e h er on fire, to prevent any ships safe deliverance ; and the handed to us for br - sub joined t es timonial has been pa leatiOn deepesta n d ra p t a i s t s u e d n e g o f r o s r of th t e h i the "L iverpool, June 23. •`I am desir ous , f or myself and in the name of fhe officers and passengers of the late unfortunate ship Hal cyon, to take this opportunity of expressing publicly our acknowledgment of the debt of gratitude due Iron us to Captain Latham, of th e s hi p Connecticut, and Captain Gates, of the William IL Wh arton, of New York, an p d to the officers and crows of their respective ships. To their humane conduct and praiseworthy exertions the company and passengers of the Halcyon owe, under God, the pre servation of their lives. " Through their untiring exertions over 300 persons were transferred to their ships, without the loss of a single life. Receiving such large numbers on board ships having accommodation only for their ordinary company required pers ona l sa crifices to be made and inconvenience to be suffered by each and all belonging to them. Yet these sacrifices were made, and incon veniences borne promptly and with the greatest cheer fulness. Everything that could be done to add to the comfort or promote the health of those thus placed under their care was done in a generous spirit of huma nity. Although the rescued persons feel that the con• sciousness of having performed a noble duty in a noble manner will bring more enduring pleasure to the minds of their deliverers than any tribute they can offer, they feel bound to perform their duty, and thus publicly re cord their gratitude. " A. T. WADE, " On behalf of the officers, crew and pas sengers of the ship Halcyon." The William H. Wharton arrived in Liverpool on Thursday evening, with the mate of the vessel and 190 of her passengers, and the Connecticut, bringing Cap tain Wade and the remainder of the unfortunate people, on Friday evening.—Liverpool Paper. REFUSAL OF A MEDICAL MAN TO ATTEND A TVOMAN IN LABOUR. The week before last Mr. Hutchins held an inquest at Marion, near Gainsborough, on the body of Elizabeth Fletcher, who died in child-birth after being delivered of twins. The case excited extreme interest. The husband stated that in April last he spoke to Mr. Smith, surgeon, of Marton, to attend his wife, and that Mr. Smith replied, " Whenever your wife wants me, call upon me, and I will attend." On Tuesday night (the 10th inst.) at nearly 11 o'clock, his wife being taken in labour, he went to Mr. Smith and asked him to accompany him to his wife; but Mr. Smith replied that be would not go. He went home, but though the midwife sent him again, Mr. Smith still refused to come. Fletcher imploringly said, " Do, Mr. Smith, or my wife will die;" but the surgeon said ho would not, and that he might " go to h— for a doctor." Mr. Fairchild, surgeon, of Willingham, residing at a distance of three or four miles from Marton, was then fetched, but before he arrived the poor woman was dead. At this stage of the inquiry the husband sobbed and cried as if heart-brok en . Th e j ury expressed a wish to have Mr. Smith present, and the coroner sent for him. The evidence having been read, Mr. Smith said—l deny having promised to attend the deceased : they owed me money, and I was not bound to go. I also deny telling the husband that he might' go to h-- for a doctor." The man was drunk when he came. Coroner—But I apprehend the wife was not drunk; the man states that he had only one pint of beer, and that that was given to him : I will recall him. Being recalled, the man asserted before Mr. Smith that he had engaged him, and that Mr. Smith had pro.. mixed to attend. He added, " I was not drunk, and you know, when I begged and prayed of you to come to my wife as she was dying, you told me I might' go to h-- for a doctor.'" Mr. Smith—l deny it, and I suppose, Mr. Coroner, my word is as good, at least, as that man's. Coroner—Stay, Mr. Smith, we will test that. Call in a man of the name of Cooper. James Cooper, butcher, stated that on the Tuesday night he felt poorly, and wished Mr. Smith to give him some medicine to take home, and they both went to the surgery from the White Swan. While there the hus band of the deceased came, and again asked Mr. Smith to go to his wife, but the latter said he would not. The man begged and prayed of him to go, as he was sure his wife would die. The surgeon declared that he would not go, and that the man might go to h— for a doctor." Coroner—Now, Mr. Smith, the jury will form a cor rect estimate with respect to which side the truth has , been found on. From your positive denial of the one fact, which has been confirmed by evidence that even you have not disputed, I have little doubt of the truth of the husband's statement that you did promise to attend. That unfortunately wants confirmation, and had it been confirmed it would have become a duty to deal with the case differently from what must, as it stands, necessarily be the issue. By your promise to attend the wife, the husband had, as he supposed, no occasion to apply to auy one else, as he relied upon you; but supposing you had not promised, surely, when an appeal for a dying . woman was made, and when under nature's severest trial,' common huma nity should have induced you to leave a public-house and go the distance of 400 yards to save a fellow-crea ture; but instead of obeying these humane dictates, you not only refused, but forgot decency of language, and outraged all respect for yourself and the profession by adding cruelty to inhumanity. I confess I envy net your feelings. A juror—Mr. Cooper, was Mr. Smith sober? Cooper —Well, I think so. Coroner—Was the husband sober? Cooper—Yes, sir, he was. Coroner—Another contradiction to your statement, Mr. Smith; and as you have no other explanation, you may retire. B. S. Harvey, Esq., deposed that he had seen the de ceased, and had heard the evidence, and from the facts he could arrive at only one conclusion—that the de ceased had died from excessive hemorrhage and exhaus tion from the loss she had sustained, which might have been averted, if she had had the medical assistance she required. The Coroner summed up, animadverting strongly upon the want of feeling on the part of Mr. Smith and his denial of the truth of the husband's statement, which had been confirmed. Tho law, he believed, was not stringent enough to punish in this instance, or it would never have been more justly carried out. The medical profession was of the highest importance, and only very fewin stances of such total disregard of humanity would be found. The evidence was before the jury, and the verdict he would leave to them. The jury then unanimously agreed to the following verdict:—" That the deceased, from excessive haemor rhage and exhaustion did die; that Mr. Smith, surgeon, did refuse to attend the deceased, although informed that she was in a dying state; and that, from medical evidence, had she had medical aid her death might have been averted. The jury, upon the evidence, are of opi nion that, although the deceased did die from natural causes, her death might have been prevented had Mr Smith attended."—Sheeeld Times. HORRIBLE ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND SUICIDE. On Saturday night and early on S u nday morning the neighbourhood of the Barracks, i n Sil ve r- s tre e t, which has many years been a moral and physical nuisance to the whole city, was the scene of a most shocking crime, being an attempt at murder and suicide. It appears that a man named John Waters, a country labourer, had been residing in the barracks several months with a girl named Mary Ann Bush. Latterly they had disagreed and quarrelled. On Saturday, Waters asked the girl to "go home with him and be comfort able," but she refused to live with him again. He then asked her if he should dine with her on the follow ing day (Sunday), and if so he would buy something for dinner. To this she agreed, and he then went and purchased some things for dinner and took them to her house. In the middle of the night, or about one o'clock in the morning, she went home in company with another man, at which time Waters was lying under the bed, as she thought, asleep. After the other man had left, Waters commenced a quarrel with the girl; they had high words together, and ho caught hold of her by the neck, when she felt a sharp sensation, as though he was pinching her neck, and cried out " 0 John, don't murder me." Her cries alarmed the neighbours, and two men named Maund and Spragg forced the door, and one of them knocked Waters down. Waters got up and ran up a passage, turning into a place where he concealed himself under some stairs. Maund then ran to the station-house and gave information to Sergeant Bateman, who was quickly on the spot. Manwhile two girls dragged Bush out of the kitchen to their own house, and finding her throat cut, they tied an apron round her neck to stop the hemorrhage. Sergeant Bate man found Waters in his place of concealment, and on pulling him out by the collar, found that his throat was also cut. Policeman Workman then came up, and by his assistance the man was taken to the station-house, where also Bush was soon after convoyed, and Mr. Budd, surgeon, was speedily on the spot, and sewed up their wounds. That on Bush's throat was five inches in length, but no artery had been cut; that on Waters's throat con sisted of two cuts, one of which had penetrated his windpipe. Both have been pronounced in a fair way for recovery. In the house where the shocking occurrence took place, Bateman found in the centre of the kitchen a great pool of blood and a pocket knife lying close by with blood on it; the knife had been recently sharpened. It is said that evidence will be ad duced to prove that Waters had been seen to sharpen the knife, and that he had also threatened the girl Bush. True to her sex, however, she pleaded in his behalf when in cus tody, and endeavoured as far as possible to ward off the consequences of his crime. Her evidence was taken be fore Mr. Sidebottom and Mr. Pierpoint, on Monday, at the police station, and the case was remanded.— Wor cester Chronicle. FRIGRTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT. A most distressing accident occurred here on Tues day morning last, which resulted in the death of a fine young man named Robert Dalgleish, who had charge of the steam-engine of the Messrs. Cochrane, manufacturers. While engaged in his attendance upon the engine, which is a condenser of 14-horses power, and acts in junction with a large waterwheel, he was caught by the breast of his loose jacket by one of the "governor balls," which serves to re gulate the admission of tho steam. His arm was in stantly entangled between the spindle and governor rod, and in a moment he was whirled round and round by the machine with a velocity which was iucreased by the governors being forced down by this obstruction, thus allowing the steam full power by opening the valve. His cries soon attracted the attention of the other workmen, who hastened to his rescue with all speed. Notwithstanding every exertion, a few minutes elapsed before the machinery could be brought to a stand, so great was the velocity it had attained. On being dis engaged of the few remaining shreds of clothing which bound the unfortunate man to the engine, a melancholy spectacle presented itself. Almost every article of cloth ing was literally stripped away, and the body dread fully mutilated. The right arm, in particular, by which he was principally entangled, was twisted and crushed till the bones were almost ground down. He sustained, bcsicks other injuries, a severe fracture of the left leg, and on one side the ribs were entirely fractured. The rods to which the governors are attached were bent out almost to a right angle—an instance of the extra ordinary pressure to which the body must have been sub jected. L Strange to say, notwithstanding all this, the unfortunate sufferer rettined his senses when relieved, and tor the short time after that he lived; nor did he ever complain of pain. This may be accounted for by his head having entirely escaped injury, while the severity of his bruises had prostrated all nervous sensibility. A stretche: being procured, he was con veyed to his father's hoise, and the medical assistance of the town was in prompt attendance. From the first, however, it was seen Chat his injuries were fatal, and he expired about three hours after the accident. The un fortunate man being alone at the time when the accident occurred, not the slighted blame can be attached to any one.—Bor der Advertiser. GLASGOW AND SOUTIOVESTERN RAlLWAY..—Traffic for the Week ending June 28,1851: Passengers (21,198), Goods, &c., and Horses and Cariages ... £3,778 17 11 Corresponding week in last year for Glasgow and Ayr and Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railways ... £2,769 13 4 Glasgow, June 30, 1851. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 1. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five &Clock. SMITHFIELD MARKET REMOVAL BILL. Lord REDESDALE brought up the report of the Standing Orders' Committee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill, recommending that the Bill be not pro ceeded with, inasmuch as the standing orders relating to private Bills had not been complied with. Lord BEAUMONT considered that if they treated this Bill as a private Bill they would establish a most dangerous precedent. It was a public Bill, to remove a great public nuisance, aed had been introduced into the House of Commons, and been there treated as a public Bill, having been introduced, not on petition but motion, and had been thonghout treated as a public Bill, save that the Standing Orders' Committee of that House having been consulted on the subject, had recommended that notices should be published in the Gazette. This was done, and the Bill was proceeded with as a public Bill, and as a public Bill it had been sent up to their Lordships. Their Lordships might, it they pleased, treat it as a private Bill, but the real ques tion was, did it concern great public interests or did it not. In the . cases of the Metropolitan Cemeteries Bill and other Bills of a similar character their Lord ships had treated them as public Bills, and he thought that in such an important case as this the Bill should be considered as a public Bill. He would move as a reso lution that, inasmuch as the Smithfield Market Removal Bill partakes more of the nature of a public than of a private Bill, it is the opinion of that House that it should be proceeded with as a pub. lie Bill, and that the standing orders should not be insisted on. The Corporation of London had had ample equitable notice, and might if they chose be heard at the bar by counsel against it. The Marquis of SALISBURY thought that such a resolution should not be proposed without notice. Lord BEAUMONT would, if they thought it neces sary, postpone his motion, and give notice of it. Lord LYNDHURST thought the Bill was not a public Bill. Lord REDESDALE said the standing orders bad been passed for the protection of private property, and wherever private property was touched by any Bill, it was necesssary that those standing orders should be observed. He hoped their Lordships would insist upon the observance of the standing orders in this instance. Everybody knew that Smithfield-market was a nuisance, and that the Corporation of London actually ,knew all about the Bill, but still it would be most dangerous to allow the standing orders to be dispensed with. The notices might have been given in November, and then the standing orders would have been complied with. If the Noble Lord thought the standing orders ought not to bo insisted on he might make the motion, but it would be most objectionable to treat this measure a 3 a public Bill. Lord BROUGHAM wished exceedingly that this Bill should pass into a Bill, and would recommend his Noble Friend (Lord Beaumont) to move the suspension of the standing orders instead of persevering in his motion. He had no fear of this House losing the respect of the com munity by acceding to this Bill. Earl GREY concurred in the recommendation of his Noble and Learned Friend opposite, but thought that as his Noble Friend (Lord Beaumont) had consented to postpone his motion to Thursday, it would be . better not to enter into the discussion until then. Lord BEAUMONT then gave notice that on Thurs day he should bring the question under the considera tion of the House. Lord REDESDALE said that the Noble Lord must give specific notice if he intended to move the sus pension of the standing orders. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that by giving such a notice, his Noble Friend would be admitting that it was a private Bill. The notico had bettor be given generally. After a few words from Lord COLCHESTER, Lord BROUGHAM recommended his Noble Friend to confine himself to a general notice. Lord BEAUMONT gave notice that on Friday he would call the attention of their Lordships to the sub ject, and that on Thursday he would state to their Lordships the specific words of the motion he intended to submit to their Lordships. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Earl GRANVILLE. in moving that the House resolve itself into Committee on this Bill, thought it necessary, in consequence of the desire of the Noble and Learned Lord opposite, to make some statement with respect to it, because very great errors prevailed in the public mind with regard to it.--(Hear.) The Bill which he had now the honour of submitting to their Lordships was an amalgamation of the two Bills—the one introduced by the Noble and Learned Lord opposite, and the other by himself. It contained clauses to be found in one er other of those Bills, and there was very little new matter in it, and that was chiefly of a technical nature.—(Hear.) The principal objections that were raised with respect to patents were the delay and expense in procuring them; the want of security to the true inventors; the existence of numerous patents on the same subject; the impossibility of knowing what had been previously done with respect to patents; the objection to the taking out three separate patents for the United Kingdom; and to these were to be added serious complaints from the colo nies as to the existing law, and the injustice to them of there being any patent restrictions whatever. There was also another grievance which would be got rid of by the Bill. At present it was nearly impossible for manufacturers in other countries to obtain protection in this country. This the Bill would afford. The second and third clauses constituted certain high functionaries as Commissioners, including the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, and the law officers of the Crown, who would bo authorised to act under it in appointing officers and framing rules. By this means, instead of eight offices connected with patents which existed in London at the present moment, there would be in fact only two—via, one public, that of the Great Seal; and one private, that appointed by the Commission. Any objection that might exist to the combination of these high functionaries, on the ground of the impossibility of their action, would be obviated by the circumstance that their office would not be Ministerial, but simply con nected with the appointment of officers—examiners and scientific persons. The next four clauses regulated the mode of application for patents. The present mode was a petition, with a general specification of the scheme proposed to be patented. The arrangement in these clauses would obviate the evil that existed of people putting in a vague and general idea, and then spending the subsequent six months in running about seeking to obtain a hint from one invention or another, so that the invention patented at the end of that period was often as different as could be fancied from the general idea proposed in the first instance. These clauses would also give greater advan tages to the poor mechanic than he at present possessed, because by depositing in the first instance 51.—a com paratively small sum—he could work or exhibit his in vention for the six succeeding months, and by that means arrive at something like a just knowledge of its utility, so as to be in a better position to go to the further expense of perfecting his patent or relinquishing it altogether. The Bth clause abolished the present caveat system, which, according to the evidence taken before the Select Committee, was the source of great frauds. It was pro vided by the clause, that instead of a caveat, after an application was made for a patent, the application should be reported on the title of the patent by the examiners, and publicly advertised for objections to it—to be made in writing. The 9th clause gave a general right and power of appeal to the law officers of the Crown, who had large powers conceded to them for the revision of the decisions arrived at by the examiners. The objection to the interposition of the law officers of the Crown was in his (Earl Granville's) opinion sufficiently met by the evi dence taken Wore the Select Committee, in which it was proved that questions of law were so intimately mixed up with questions of p a t en t s , th a t n o sc i en tifi c man, unaided by a lawyer, could possibly decide them. In referring to this point the Noble Earl bore the fullest testimony to the perfect indifference of the pre sent law officers of the Crown to their own pecuniary clauseth mattercon stitu o t f e s d ea th li e ng law pa o Interests in presen ce o f t h e pu bli c good. The next competent authoritiesoing swept patents; and andby so d away the several tedious and expensive stages of suing out a patent—such as the sign manual, the proceeding by bill, and the signature of the Privy Seal. The 11th clause introduced into this country a system adopted in foreign countries with great success—namely, the ex tension of the costs over a period of three years, in three several payments—the first being the small sum of 251. on a patent in the th ree ki ng d oms . Th e 1 2t h c l ause provided that the form of the patent should be copied —not at the expens e o f th e i nven t or —f or enro l ment i n Dublin and Edinburgh. Tho 13th gave the power of extending the patent on payment of certain fees. The 14th prevented the claim for a patent on an invention in use in foreign countries. In these days of travel, when a few hours took a man to France and Germany, and a few days to the United States—the countries where in vention was most active--it would bo a monstrous case if a person could go over to those countries, and if he found a particular invention likely to be useful in this country, to have the power of taking out a patent for it, and establishing a monopoly. The next nine clauses related to specifications generally, and were intended to give them publicity, which they did not possess at present. The four following clauses contained the pro visions of what was commonly called Lord Brougham's Bill, and the remainder might be struck out, as they bad not power to go to the House of Commons. The Noble Earl again recapitulated the remedies which it was proposed to effect by this Bill—namely, the aboli tion of useless offices, the obtainment of scientific assis tance in the granting of patents, protection to inventors from the date of their application, the abolition of the system of caveats, provision for carrying patents further, extension of patent rights, and cheapness of process. lie proposed to omit the colonies from the effect of all JULY 2, 1851. patent laws whatever. He then proceeded to state that while several of the witnesses examined before the Select Committee were certainly favourable to the exis tence of patent laws, others, of great scientific and legal eminence—namely, Mr. Cubitt, the civil en gineer ; Mr. Brunel, Mr. Ricardo, M.P., Colonel Reed (author of the "Law of Storms "), the Swiss consul, and the present Master of the Rolls, were adverse to them, the latter especially, on the ground that these laws were bad in principle, and not advantageous either to the inventor or to the public. He (Earl Granville) agreed himself with the views of these witnesses. Although he proposed the Bill he considered patent laws as unadvisablo for the public, disadvantageous to the inventor, and wrong in principle. He believed that, in the present state of the world, such a stimulus to inven tion as that afforded by protection was not required. The mania now-a-days was for scheming and improve • ment. There were no patent laws needed for great dis coveries. Gunpowder, printing, painting in oil, were not produced by protection. A n d a s r egarded discoverers, he believed that in general they were quite willing to communicate their discoveries to the public irrespective of pecuniary advantage to themselves. Again, with re gard to inventions: if it was conceived that only 1 in 50 were useful, it followed that 49 persons in that 50 were employed in a manner not advantageous to the public. He believed, also, that, generally speaking, the pecuniary gains of inventions were derived not by the inventors, but by the capitalists with whose assistance they worked, or alternately by the last improver of the invention. Considering, therefore, the large expenses incurred by patentees, not the fees but the costs of patent and agents and litigation, ho was of opinion it would be found that the great body of inventors lost more than they gained by the system of patent laws. As regarded the poor inventors he was afraid it was impossible to prevent workmen from giving the advan tage of their inventions to capitalists; but even in that respect he (Earl Granville) considered protection a dis pel vantage, by causing the inventor to shut himself up without communication with his fellow-workmen, in the hope of making a large fortune. According to Mr. Lloyd, a barrister engaged in patent practice, this prac tice had the effect of stereotyping a single idea in the mind of the workman. The Noble Earl then entered on a statement of the evidence of Mr. Mercer before the Select Committee, which was to the effect that patents should be made both cheap and numerous. With regard to the public, he did not consider they derived any ad vantage from the patent laws; because the price of the commodity produced by the invention was enhanced through the monopoly conferred by their agency. He was aware he would be met by the suggestion of copy right on books; but although he believed even that principle was carried too far, he could not admit that there was any analogy in the two cases, based as they were upon two different conditions. With respect to the advantage of patents, tho result of the experience of the Judges was to shake their opinion very much as to their value. As, however, the general opinion entertained on the subject was in favour of patents, the Government did not think they would bo acting in accordance with their duty if they did not endeavour to introduce what were obvious amendments in the state of the law of patents so as to place it on a more satisfactory footing. Lord BROUGHAM said, that if their Lordships would peruse the whole of the evidence taken before the Committee, they would find that there was a great por tion of it in favour of a system of patent laws. Cer tainly his own opinion as to the necessity for and im portance of such laws had not been shaken. It was a great mistake to suppose that he had abandoned his Bill any more than the Noble Earl (Granville); the two Bills had been referred to a Select Committee, and the result of the inquiry had been the amalgamation of the two Bills into one, which was reported on by the Committee for the sanction of the House. It could not, therefore, be objected to either to him or to his Noble Friend that they had abandoned their Bill. On the contrary, they had redeemed their pledge to amend the law by producing the measure now before their Lordships, and which ho hoped their Lordships were prepared to pass into law. The Duke of ARGYLL had received petitions from sugar refiners of the United Kingdom, complaining of the colonial sugar refiners taking advantage of the pro cesses invented in this country, to their detriment, and therefore praying a remedy by the extension of the patent-laws to the colonies. The Earl of HARRO WBY advocated the same views. Lord CAMPBELL entirely approved of the Bill. He wished, however, to point out a difficulty in the law with respect to the infringement of patents. When a patent was infringed, the first proceeding at law for redress was an application in a court of equity for an injunction; then the equity judge directed the plaintiff to bring an action in the courts of law to establish his previous right. The action led to great delay and expense, and when at length the plaintiff obtained his verdict he got no security thereby, for in every fresh instance of in fringement of his patent the same course must be taken by the plaintiff for his protection. Why should not, then, the same tribunal which first took cognisance of the infringement and granted the injunction, decide the matter altogether? Earl GREY was not prepared to deny but that the portion of the Bill which exempted the colonies from its operation was, to a certain extent, a hardship to the sugar refiners of this country; but the question was, whether, if that portion of the Bill were omitted, greater injustice would not be committed, and, also, whether the objection as to the non-extension of patents to the colo nies which the Noble Duke complained of did not go far ther, and support the views of his Noble Friend (Earl Granville) as to the inexpediency of any patent laws at all—views in which he (Earl Grey) concurred, but on which in the present state of opinion in this country on the subject he did not deem it expedient to act, but ra ther endeavour to improve the existing law as much as they could. But would it not be a great disadvantage to our colonial sugar manufacturers to be exposed to unfair competition with the sugar manufacturers of Brazil and Cuba, as they would be in case the law of patents was extended to the colonies? An instance in point occurred to him. A new inven tion was lately made of drying sugar by means of centrifugal force. There was a dispute among several parties as to the prior right of the patent of the invention, and they settled the matter by selling their interests in the matter to a company, which took out a patent for their machine, and the result was the sugar planters of Jamaica and Guiana had to pay 1001. for the machine which the grower of beet-root sugar in Bel gium, and of cane sugar in Brazil and Cuba, obtained for 601. That showed the inherent difficulty of the subject; and considering those circumstances, whilst they retained the patent laws at home he did not consi der it expedient to extend them to the colonies. The House then went into Committee; and the se veral clauses having been agreed to, the House resumed and immediately afterwards adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. July 1. COUNTY COURTS FURTHER EXTENSION BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the following clause:—And whereas by an Act passed in the tenth year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, it was enacted that no person should be entitled to ap pear for any other party to any proceeding in any of the said courts, " unless he be an attorney of one of her Majesty's superior courts of record, or a barrister at-law instructed by such attorney on behalf of the party, or by leave of the judge, any other person allowed by the judge to appear instead of such party; but that no barrister, attorney, or other person, except by leave of the judge, should be entitled to be heard to argue any question as counsel for any other person in any proceeding in any court holden under that Act," be it enacted, that the said provision shall not be deemed or construed to apply to any case within the jurisdiction given to the said courts by this present Act, or by any other Act, other than the above partly recited Act, and that in all cases in which jurisdiction is given to the said courts by the present Act, or by any other Act other than the above partly recited Act, barristers-at-law and attorneys shall have and enjoy such rights and privileges as have been hitherto used and exercised by them respectively in the superior courts of common law at Westminster. Mr. FITZROY said, that in its present state, he should feel bound to oppose the clause. After some discussion, in which Mr. P. Howard, Mr. Mailings, and Mr. J. Evans took part, Mr. WAKLEY moved that the debate on the amend ment be postponed, to give time for its further conside ration, since if adopted it wculd introduce an entirely new feature in the practice of the county courts. Sir G. PECHELL also recommended the postpone ment of the clause. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL professed his readi ness to mollify the clause to meet the objection which had been raised against it. The clause was then agreed to, on the understanding that it was to be modified. The Bill was then ordered to be printed, and reoom mitted on Tuesday next at 12 o'clock. The Howie then resumed. ECCLESIASTICAL PRO?ERTY VALUATION (IRELAND) BILL. _ . This Bill passedthrough Committee; and the House adjourned until Five o'clock. The House resumed at Fire o'clock. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of the Pharmaceutical Bill. Mr. %V. WILLIAMS presented a petition from the metropolis, praying for the abolition of the paper and newspaper duty. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from a place in Staffordshire against the truck system. Mr. lIERRIES presented a petition from Sunderland, complaining of the repeal of tte navigation-laws. Lord NAAS presented a petition from Mr. Archer, the patentee of a machine for sluicing perforated postage.. stamps, complaining that the Government had only offered him 2001. for his invention, and 300/. for the machine, the machine itself htving cost him altogether , 9001., and praying for an inqury into the circumstances connected with his case. Colonel FREEST UN presented a petition from the physicians, surgeons, and medical practitioners of Wey mouth and Melcombe Regis, praying the House to pass a Bill for regulating the qualifications of pharmaceutical chemists in Great Britain; also petitions from the che mists of inhabitants of the same place of similar import. ADULTERATION OF COFFEE. Mr. G. BERKELEY gave notice that on an early day ho would move a resolution for the repeal of all Acts enabling the Government to prosecute persons for the adulteration of articles of consumption, in order to put all traders on the same footing. DEATH BY SUFFOCATION. In reply to Mr. BASS, Sir G. GREY said, the case reported into to-day's papers with regard to the suffocation of a boy in a flue, had no t, nor was lik ely to come b e f ore him in his official capacity ; but so far as ap peared to him, it did not seem that there was sufficient evidence adduced beFore tlie jury to implicate any per son, or render him liable for the penalty imposed under the Act. SPIRITUAL DESTITUTION. The Marquis of BLANDFORD moved that an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, pray ing that she will be graciously pleased to take into her consideration the state of spiritual destitution existing throughout England and Wales; with a view, that her Majesty may be plowed to direct the adoption of such measures as she may deem expedient, for affording more efficient relief to the spi r it ua l wants of the people, and for an extension of the parochial sys tem corresponding to the growth of a rapidly in creasing population, by the help which may be drawn from the resources of the Established Church itself. The Noble Marquis, after expressing his sense of the importance of the question, and his own incapacity to treat it as it merited, observed, that much of the difficulty by which any proposition for extending the influence of the Church, arose from the jealousy with which some parties regarded the Church itself, and the party feeling which was excited by ecclesiastical questions. In the proposal he was about to make, it was not his intention to submit to the House any groat scheme of Church re form, or extension. All he asked was to do justice to, and make a wise use of, the powers of a Church estab lished by the blood of our ancestors, and endowed with their collective wisdom. What he aimed at was to rea lise the sentiments expressed by the late Sir R. Peel, when he brought in his measure of Church extension, in 1843. That eminent statesman then said, that if he wished to place the Church in its proper light before the people of this country, it must be done by extending its usefulness, by applying her present property to the strengthening of her position, and the increasing of influence, and especially by widening the basis on which she rests by an extension of our parochial constitution, which had been framed in other times, and adapted to a different state of society.—(Hear, hear.) That eves the position from which he (the Marquis of Blandford) started, the object at which he aimed. The extension and reform of our parochial institutions was the great and pressing event of the age; and it could only be effected by two mea sures; one was the sub-division of parishes, and the other the equalization of episcopal revenues. Such were the opinions contained in an aedre,s to the Throne, which he hoped the House would support by an expression of its opinion. That address was signed by 107 persons. It would have been easy to have procured the signatures of thousands, but it was thought desirable to confine the signatures to those of Peers spiritual and temporal, and to Members of Parliament. Among them were persons of all parties who felt that this was the great want of the age, and that the time had now arrived when they ought to carry their views to the foot of the Throne. In explaining his views he would as briefly as possible endeavour to show that an extension of our parochial institutions was a great and pressing want; secondly, that we had the means of supplying that want; and, thirdly, that the people in general wen) williug to support any thing that might be done by the Legislature for that ob ject.—(Hear.) Since 1843, when Sir R. Peel intro duced his measure of Church extension, he admitted much had been done.—(Hear.) The report of the Church Commission at that time stated that 600 new churches at least were required, and he believed they had since been built. Undoubtedly, much had been done, but that, so far from weakening, rather strengthened his case, as he was prepared to show that much more re mained to be done. Since that period, the Incorporated Society for Building and RepairingCburches and Chapels had expended 1,246,308/. By the Curates' Aid Society, it appeared that within the last decade they had ex pended 179,652/.; while another great society—the Church Pastoral Aid Society —had within the same period spent 2,235,2451.; and yet according to returns from the various parishes in the metropolis, as well as Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Durham, and in deed all our large towns, there was still a large defi ciency of church accommodation. In the parish of St. Ann, Limehouse, for instance, the population was 25,000. the church accommodation only 1-12th. South wark had a population of 50,000, and church accommo dation for only 1-11th. In Durham there was only accommodation for 1-16th of the population. Taking as a basis the population returns of 1841, and allowing 450,000 in addition to the increase of the population since that time, there would be found an enormous defi ciency of church accommodation. Taking the number of churches, and allowing 3,000 persons as an aver age to each church, ho found there was the enormous multitude of 1,893,852 for whom no provision whatever was made, and who had never the opportunity of entering the house of God. —(Hear.) When they tested the spirital destitution of the people by the number of clergymen to the people the results were the same. In the twelve cr thirteen great parishes of London there were 762,358 inhabitants, and there were 171 clergymen to supply their spiritual wants; but if they took 2,000 as the average number for each clergyman, there would be a deficiency of 237 cler gymen, and 487,000 souls totally uncared for. Similar results were elicited by the same test applied to Man chester, where there was a deficiency of 52 clergymen, Liverpool 23, Leeds 29, Sheffield 21, Birmingham 2", and Newcastle 23, as compared with the population; in fact, taking the population of all our largo towns, and comparing them with the number of clergymen, it would be found that in every one of them there was a lamenta ble and decided deficiency. When they remembered all that had been done in this direction since the com mencement of the century, it would be seen that the wants of our increasing population had far outstripped all these exertions, and that, as Sir Robert Peel had said, existing parochial instruction having been framed for other times, and a very different state of society, must need attention at the present time. But with an addition to the number of parishes would come the ne cessity for an addition to the number of bishops, in con sequence of the greater number of clergymen they would have to oversee.—(Bear, hear.) He believed there was seemly any subject on which there was greater miscon ception than this. He would not enter upon a defence of episcopacy, but, if we were to have an epis copate at all, it was time that it should be adapted to the state of the country now. Since the time of the Reformation there had, he believed, been no addition to the number of bishops, except, one. Much difficulty aroso from the unequal division of the dioceses. Perhaps 500 clergymen might be taken as the average number in each see, but in some there were 1,000. The bishop was bound to receive letters from all those cler gymen and answer them, besides which tho secularities of his position were enough to obliterate from his mind the spiritual functions of his office.—(Hear, hear.) He was obliged to come to London to attend his Parlia mentary duties, surrounded by persons seeking for his patronage and support, and perpetually harassed by de mands on his time and attention which it was impossible that any one man could ad, quately meet. The report of the Church Commission in 1835 contained full parti culars of the state of the existing dioceses, the relative amount of the population to the number of benefices, clergymen, and average in each, and the result clearly showed that additional episcopal superintendence was necessary, that diocesan as well as parochial subdivision was imperatively required. We had already examples to show that an increase of bishops was attended with an increase of efficacy ; the increase of episcopacy in our colonies had been followed by an increase of clergymen from 290 to 605. Since the separation of the diocese of Ripon from that of York the same result had taken place, as a return which he had received from the Bishop of Ripon fully demonstrated. The Noble Lord referred to these returns in detail, from which it appeared that since 1836, including 100,0001. spent in education, there had been not far from 600,0001. expended in the diocese of Ripon in church accommodation and extension. Ho believed that similar results would follow everywhere the subdivision of sees. But then it was said, the Church ought to be represented by the bishops. He believed it ought to be so, but not by all the bishops. On the contrary, he thought by constant residence in these sees the now bishops would much more effectually pro mote the great objects of the Church, and of their ec clesiastical and spiritual jurisdiction.—(Hear, hear.) He thought deans' incomes might be made available for such a purpose by making the deans bishops, and, in deed, looking at the extent and importance of West minster, he thought the appointment of a bishop de sirable. The Commissioners who inquired into this sub ject recommended that 600 new churches should be beilt, and the money for doing so to be procured in this way:—there wore 770 livings in the gift of the Crown, 330 of which were under 200/. a year. Now, they recommended that these 300 should be sold, i n order to purchase larger benefices, the other 447 would then be sufficient, when sold, to produce a million of money, which, with private subscription, would be sufficient to erect the 600 churches. lie denied that taking away so large a patronage from the Crown would weaken its influence, or the connexion of the Church with the State. He believed that poor peopl e were in a state of heathen ignorance, and that to allow it to go on was a scandal to them as a Christian nation. Then the proposition he made was not a new proposition. In 1843, when the late Sir Robert Peel b orrowed 600,000 /. f rom the bounty fund for this purp ose, the Noble Lor d now a t the head of the Government did not object to i t , but, on the contrary, suggested that some of these very livings should be sold, in order to provide f on ds for the erec tion of churches. Th e I ncorporated S oc i e ty fo r Pro moting the Building et' Ch urches expended in seven years 1,647,000/., an d of that no less t han 985,000/. was contributed by private contributions. He (the Marquis of Blandford) did not come to the House for grants of p ublic mo ney, but was the Church of England to lan guish for want of funds, the more particularly when they considered the large amount of property left by their ancestors?—(Ucar, hear.) The Church of England was espec i a lly a church for the po or , an d h e did not hesitate to affirm that they all felt interested in Ithat subject, inasmuch as they were all anxious to pro mote public order. If the food of the peopl e was to be cheapened, why should not spiritual consolation be afforded to them uilike manner? bro l a ie d a w s " th t e lo l t an a d nx the y for any party p olic y , The Noble Lord concluded by moving the' Cu t on A lived ddr ess. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR said that the House mus t have heard with great satisfaction th e s p eec h j ust j l3ade by his Noble Friend, and in seconding his motion, it was unnecessary for him to make many ob servations. There was one feature in the character of his Noble Friend's proposition, and that was, that it proposed nothing new, and nothing that was not emi nently practicable. The evil existing was certainly very great; thousands and hundred s o f thousands of the poor had no spiritual instruction whatever, as might be seen from the "London City Mission Magazine," and by the reports of the chaplains of their prisons. He be lieved that nothing was better calculated to remove the evil than what was termed the parochial system, as put into practice by some clergymen. He had received seve ral letters from various parts of the country, showing .hat where new churches were built, education increased in proportion, and the best results followed. Ho was glad to state the Government had not been neglectful of this subject; at the same time he hoped they would for- ward this measure, and aid in applying the resources of the Church to the best advantage. He should call atten tention to the eight hundred livings in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, which he thought ought to be sold. It was well known the opinion of the late Sir Robert Peel was in favour of the sale. The nomination to those livings by the Lord Chancellor originated in times when the office was held by ecclesiastics; but these times had passed sway, and the Lord Chancellor had sufficient lay patronage to satisfy any reasonable man. If that plan was adopted, they would have better security that these livings a ould be well filled. He would not accept the voluntary system as a substitute for the parochial; and though they entertained different opinions upon those matters, much might be done to mitigate them. He would do the most in his power to promote the parochial system, as the best calculated to promote the spiritual welfare of the people. Mr. FIUME then rose to move, as an amendment upon, or as en addition to, the Marquis of Blandtord's motion, after the word " That," "there be laid before this House an account of all lands, houses, mines, tithes, and all property of every sort or kind whatsoever, be longing to the Church of England, or to any bishopric or any capitnlar or ecclesiastical body or corporation, solo or aggregate, setting forth the nature and extent of the property, and where situated; in whose possession, or to whom leased, and the date of such lease, and by whom held; the period for which the lease was granted; the fine, if any, taken at the time of granting the lease; the names of the parties by whom that fine was received, and the amount paid to each party; also, the rent reserved, and the annual value at which such property is now rated to the relief of the poor; and if tithes, the amount of the same; or, if commuted, the annual rent charge ; the re turn for each bishopric and ecclesiastical and capitular body to be given separately." He proposed the amend ment, not in opposition to the Noble Lord, for he agreed in a great deal that had fallen from that Noble Lord. The Noble Lord, however, made a mis take in his estimate of the extent of the spi ritual destitution, because he had calculated as if the whole population were members of the Established Church, and made no account of the church accommodation enjoyed by Dissenters. He objected that the property of the Church had not been well applied, and further, that bishops were of little use, and that the Church would be better without them. The ground he had taken in 1827 was that which the Noble Lord had now proposed; but when he brought forward a motion in 1836 to abolish pluralities, Gentle men professing to be friends of the Church voted against his motion. What was now proposed to be done was no more than he had formerly advocated, and for which ho was considered an enemy to the Church, when he only sought to apply its revenues to useful purposes. He was free to confess that great advantages had arisen from Lord Harrowby's Acts. It appeared that the duty of half the preachers in the Church were performed at a cost of 425,0001. The curates not receiving more than 751.; while the bishops had largely increased their in- comes, no addition had been made to those of their cu rates. He had suggested that the Ecclesiastical Com mission should be placed under the direction of laymen instead of bishops, in consequence of the rejection of which the Church had been robbed. In 1824 he pro posed that all livings in Ireland, having over 50 inhabi tants, should have 3001, a year, and all livings in England not less than 300/. a year. He hoped that both he and the Noble Lord had the same object in view. He trusted that the House would, in the first instance, agree to the motion of the Noble Lord opposite, and that they would adopt the amendment of which he had given notice, and which he concluded by submitting for the consideration of the House. Sir B. HALL was anxious to offer his thanks to the' Noble Lord opposite for having brought forward this motion, as he thought it was the only practical way of carrying out the objects which they had in view. He had taken rather an active part in reference to Church affairs, for the purpose of making known many of the abuses that existed, in the hope of having them removed. He thought that this motion must have the effect, if pro perly carried out, of removing those abuses. He also agreed in the addition proposed by the lion. Member for blontroe. He was certain that the funds at the disposal of the Church for useful purposes, if properly managed, were almost incalculable. The Noble Lord referred to a paper, No. 241, in respect to the subject of Church ex tension, which had been laid before the House that ses sion. There was an intimation from the archbishops and bishops, and 98 laymen referred to, that a million should be granted for Church extension. Now ho (Sir B. Hall) would oppose any Parliamentary grant whatever being made for such object. He presumed that his Noble Friend had no such object in view when he referred to the report made by the Royal Commissioners. The first proposition they made was, that there should be a sale of the Lord Chancellor's livings. He entirely ob jected to such a course being taken, as ho saw no reason at all at present for it. W hen these archbishops and bishops presented this address they might have thought it necesssary to have called attention to the number of livings of which they themselves had the patronage. If they were sincere in their declaration, be thought that their own livfngs might be disposed of with very great advantage for the object they had in view. He was not aware that the Lord Chancellor's patronage was be stowed in a worse way than that of the archbishops and bishops. There were about 700 livings in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. He held in his hand an account of the number held by four bishops. By this it 0 1 3 " peered that the . .Archbishop of Canterbury held 174 living;; the Bishop of Durham, 61; the Bishop of Lon don, 127; the Bishop of Winchester, 86. These four , prelates had, then, 448 livings, not one of which they were desirous of disposing of. The livings in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury amounted' to about 80,0001. annually, the sale of which would produce nearly the million which they asked as a grant for Church extension. He (Sir B. Hall) saw no reason whatever for attacking the benefices in the gift or under:the patronage of the Crown. The next proposition of these Com missioners was the adoption of a better system of management of Church property, by which they calculated upon a saving of no less than 500,0001. per annum ; and the address went on to say, "It rests with the Government to set the scheme in motion—it will remain for the people to press it forward." Now he did not think that they would get the people to press it forward unless they put the Establishment on a better and more satisfactory footing. When he spoke of the Church he wished it to be un derstood that he did not speak of the clergy. He knew that when an attack was made upon the emoluments of the Church, many persons were disposed to say, "Oh you are an enemy to the Church." He disclaimed being an enemy to the Church; he could not be an enemy to the community to which he belonged. All he de sired was to make the clergy, who were the servants of the Church— the laity being the Church -- good and efficient ministers for the performance of their sacerdotal duties. Ho had a document lying before him, the contents of which would astonish them. He had endeavoured to obtain from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners that return which he bad asked for month after month, until he was wearied by the frequency of his applications long before this. That return was ordered on the 2d of May in the last year, but it was not presented until the 22d of June in the present yea r . By thi s return i t appeared that the Church property was of i mmens e value, and yet the full value of it was not given. That abominable system of taking fines upon leases was still continusd. What was important in this return was in regard to tho real value of the property. H o hoped the House would bear with him while he stated what arch bishops and bishops of the Established Church had re ceived within the lastf Durham, 0 sevenye2ar7s62l.; of w years. Ho found that th e gross income of the see of Canterbury for the last tieh e s r e t v e e r n , years amounted to 210,1.541.; th a t of York, 100,4681. ; o f London, 125,925/.; of 101,130/, and so forth. The result of the whole was this. The gross incom e of the secs for the last seven years amounted to the enormous sum of 1 ,535,976/. The net income was 1 ,344,170 e The average income of the seven years, giving a net income to thes e bi s h ops, was no less than 19 2,024/. Would it be believed that the o fi f ne y s e r a e r c s eiv a e m d o f u o n r te le d to ases granted for li ves and for terms 636,387/. ? Now, when they ethooeskter it a fines upon such leases th ey ro bb ed the Chu as rc 5h Church to ow a n i c n certain extent. H e would take one case this return. Th e B i shop of Win ppeared had received 20,000/. in fines o w n i e tez h t o e pe. , last year. This was tolerably good for The House would recollect that previously to the lap'° of any see a septennial return should be made. and the bishop should have an income ranging from 4,200/. up to 1.5,0004 a year; and if he received mo re from that see than the sum allotted to him he was bound by law t o pay the di ff erence over to the Ecclesi astical Comm is si oners ; and if a less sum, th en h e was t o receive the difference from the same Commissioners. They had been led to believe that the income was to be confined as nearly as possible to the sum set down for the see. Many of the laity protested against even giving n an o y t boopptieornmtiottetdheto gamble bi.hops; in the property,theysaidthatt but heys thathould tb y should have a p os iti ve i ncome, and that they should e look to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners fur the pay- Anent of' their quarterly incomes. The episcopal body, however, said that they would not give up the property —that if they could make more than the amount of their incomes, they would not pay to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners one farthing more than they felt them selves bound to pay. From this return the whole would be made manifest as to the working of this scheme. He would show what occurred in six sees. The Bishop o f Chi c h ester was to have a fixed annual income of 4,2001. But in the seven years ending in December last he received 30,625/,, or about 1,2251. more than he was entitled to receive. The Bishop of St. David's was to have a fixed annual income of 4,500/., but he received 39,1231., making about 7,6231. more than ho was entitled to receive. The Bishop of Nor wich's annual fi xe d laconic was 4,5001.; bat he re ceived 39,5711 ; being 7,071/. more than he was entitled to receive. The Bishops of Oxford, Rochester, and Salisbury were in similar proportions. The result was, for seven years these bishops received 170,400/. in the whole, or 28,2671. snore than were allotted to the sees and the amount fixed as their annual incomes. Now, if any other persons were to act in this way he should be disposed to call it a ro bb ery o f a fur d. If a man assen t s to a certain fixed income being paid him for his services, and then he takes more than the sum assigned to him, he takes what he k nows d oes not b elong to him. But let him see the other side of the case. There were bishops who had to pay certain sums of money to the Ecclesias ticalthoa ( p i a n y o fit t hg m eu raaedmse taken,au t o o t hd from b y. o a mw r g et a rh i e n e o r c r ' e f d t e u i r r t e n d s t T f o o h d r e i Fund. Th ey h a d speculated upon their sees and y s ha a r v eg e be .h r e Te f huhseaes had d e were moved, in consequ e n ce o f the report of the E c cl e sia s ti c al Commissioners. The Archbishop of York owes to these Commissioners 2 ,317/.; the Bishop of St. Asaph, 1,6611., notwithstanding certain deductions made in it; the Bishop of Bath and Wells, 3 945/.; but this sum, he had just heard, had been lately ' paid; the Bishop of Ely, 9,242/.—all these making a total now duo by three bishop alone of 14,2254 He declared that if any per- lc Wasa eoeit cathedra] amongst : h e tt na r P hpo ° e l nt s de O g s rr O i sa b / cause the dut not been in I th en, was tbi t er; but in o sent time, be Which closed I , l d on Ascer 'to canons w t he was to b thing, The 'Nets; but t llot now refc t ention had, I with it, whiol t aro. Then men and bed grant had b confided to there appeal Was anxious !Ppointed, had been a that 2,400/ Were taken elves taken and time to this !tell quarto forth and smith, corn( te r.) 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