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I _ _________. kr t., NATIONAL MONUMENTS.. the ' 'alE Saida had given eetice of a motion o l n . dtess(lotr,estion th tSepc,lcer leave the chair, for an au ed opto her Majesty, praying that . er • St. 'Paul's ted •'' te ensure the üblic free edmission to ht be tuoi.titylotsf.!l°?crti.ents, and he wished to taketh an is ne o s p s p io o i r i llery.eahndteg tho House, that . c . n the , Ptilli e "J e 'Y he had presented a petition a n reed m t e o n at b ti oste‘l l , l : ol "ing, and signed by 600 artists and '' lti ' ' (-- in sei e?ce, praying for free admissio A n ie t m o h S e t r . fort,, B ' ~ Ja that eceasiou the Noble Lord the Home heper•Ot'°°, who was at the time Secretary for the _ _ a. iee v ,111'nt, who a letter, by direction of her M bali te ' 01°f the Heart and Chapter of St. Paul's, and to the er, recorn temin l'ellinetoe, Governor of the low id ti , ,g that gretter facilities should be } give ' n for the I had no he 4,4ti'oiloti of the public to those nine"' oele te l e ll f ? saying that what had been N d h o e l n e e ' L in or c d on h s n e d - . be eo ° the recommendation of the 0 ent to the PtAuctive of much benefit and l im b 1 4.'.°P ) e of the meteepelis.—(fleur, hea p r r . e ) vem Colonel Th at 4 ' the head of the police, had stted u.t. ev n i r d o e w nee s 148e,01 ,eiceable and orderly manner in which. ° iteciciltilliter4tionginegther of la'e years was to be attributed t 0,,, tw t , °il to which tilt . ) , had und . ergone by a free public places and builitg., rowd to je et - police officers would do more In a c few and that -4 e th e • id have done a NI peace, than twenty wou . Wi th th!2' His own opinion was in entiFeconcurrence He had ,Witched ?f Colonel Rowan on the subject. at h a ,' With considerable interest the thousands whom Btu,' 3 ceo at Hampton Curt, and had besn te gra t ti e fi m ed . 414 W ay Iti which they enjoyed sad conduc om d m h ended ttit epe The Cenernittee having strongly totatrvrfY facility should be given throughout ree the whole fuel er the admisiion of the people to public,,insti was sorry to find tteattle:)t he that in some o c m a Sa n, ~, ePposition had been male to the rec tre,keveral cathedrals ha I been opened . with Westminster was Ot t 01.4 advaetage to the public. West ms ' es h the dtha e et fr et the m, and the present Dean deserved m _ i t r b n e e th t a h i e i r k e s N 8 9 man for the steps he Lad tak . en. T hat h„ Tall fse still demanded for visits to he chapels, entailed be e " suctild not Object to that, as such visits ? tOl's elPe use• The contrast between Westminsteran .o d , S t t . . ; . 4 41' l' a s Most disgraceful. If the people went. t ° ' 41 4 4 8 "Itring service the moment it was over they were ho ,c,,°:?t, and if' they went at a time there an Ilti4;:4ee, they were required to pay I le a of•°tl,ll*--(Hear.) Considering that the gr a e s ater per ,,'"e Public 4 monuments in St. Paul's had been h et; 4°la eV, it was disgraceful . that the pued e c e wi t c e e o d s ul a i d t t t ot r il e : there without Paying money.—(Hear.) 1444 W itho ut that that the people could not see Nelson's All that thoeetitth°?t Paying to see it?—(Heart hear.) t otle s t ° narrow a spirit that he hoped the system l ' r °Pos e cease in all our cathedrals. If ever he should certsitti,!hkeaPpeintment of another Committee, lio t o " (ie on this subject; but he trusted there would f W ,„ h ; i eli th L"d of another Committee. .The . . experiencen further - mile °Y (lad had warranted them in th e lire!: Lord Stanley, who was one of g th iv e i tr g ustees of toiseol'lsh Aluseuna, at first was opposed to the free ad bothll,,°f the public, because he thought injury ne w nd o o u n ld r totteCetult, but much to his credit he had the 1 41 ,e 2, after the relaxation had been made, th u a s t e n u o m loss on t he 411:)°0 persons had passed through the M to the ,k,t4Otiat4Y, Monday and that without damage ig. ties l . h°' sixpenCe being done to any one hould ,„ •41t eet. - p ear ) He was anxious that Government Partie s - •Y opp wh ortunity of urging the question . on . s those gl, Sir G „,° were still reluctant to concede on.admissi se _ t hs li o : 1 11 „ . 1 ( agreed in the . general opinion . of et doai te : Member, that it was most desirable that ta t i ion should be granted to the public to objects by t h °DI interest. 0 receiving the return moved for fbroe!l'(,f's'tm J_le ,, tuber receiving the return moved for Stember for Montrose from the present el'hti se ra ' aut . e, he stated that he sent the return ici4, o r ec i.t eat furnished by the verger, who was the ed to of the fees, and added that he had endea the O t ,'t, hitt'et‘Place the matter cn a more satisfactory foot to' Lil t he had been prevented doing . so . by -4re exercised by the Ecclesiastical Commission over hd Notivetittek On receiving that communication be a It,. the aft , . tiZ'ad h entton of the Ecclesiastical Commission to ol t l tc el ehrti informed thattiematt h e u r t 1 4 ,,,,55 t, tri _r...inder their consideration, being itl ee to h : a laen from their not . had d t dhiahien e tot e`:"3' the verger The public had A a prepared a g r r e i d ev eLl e th e ti kt f l in g f reely 'd .. tt d to St. Pau l 's , 1 tilorest•eer "tet nun a i:tt l io e n with the Dean would end in and he hoped iY i ng of that grievance.—(Hear.) ,:I,4li,lll:3itlitsteh?eelii. :wenrinPtPeL SUPPLY. of Supply, Mr. 4 4 4 1 4 1 t frirxt,herlielu.se of Industry, Dublin. Lt ti e d, tlo , u. 1,08 co . mplaine I that this vote had been t i e t he Itti. ',withstanding the agreement, at the time 'lt% 10e, that all such grants should remain wa d kr e f ., d , s . .11Zir;a7litlihi,AAT, also said a few words against the re t4ttai ell ..Krant. hothta iso,,ICELLOR of the EXCHEU r,, IL, ~,- , -I bear his testimony to the constituents Eßsa o id f ittlltitl4;ekirentlernen that they had done what they tO a ease the vote. Ho could not, however, con e ttlY increase of it. —Agreed to. tle°,4l‘.thtiersPene?le Orphan Hospital, Dublin. ii . `it ts,a3`iouLD objected tanh. vtoittentoionntelixeelgursoivuenldy T tl eitt at. r the support of ins I the e e4 Ati EXCHEQUER said 1 ,! ; te h ad PELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said made for many years and could not thti tl t Otle lw. , l made for man kiolittelly redLa_lt. at once. lie h y o y e e d a that it would be air d, "eot, and that no more p children would be ~Art94.llakkll.T r ON supported the vote. 44 4 . iii4,.3' ON from Mr. HUME, 4 ° 4 '-'4„j'IOLDS would not move the rejection of t to if '-'° tne-e children were to be admitted. Th e t a NANcE kt,,, 44 n_ LLOR of the - vottted. .Isuranee that no more chi ld ld E re g n U w E o ß ul e d eu b l e d 20 0 ' aitre ed , t° ', ' 4 f 't th ' O l f.!l t the l\ Lock Hospital.—Agreed le,44•ltEty.-4? Lyin.-in Hospital, Dublin. Ittletkid,; °L.DS'objected to the reduction .i which had h th ad e t lest in this and other votes as a violation 1111) . 44tlittR which hadbeeri come to at the time of the 1 ; kr, b N ted "l NE r ) to l , l , to 2,, emarked that the understanding was )4 4 b t 8 t ref ears f .the • He trusted the vote a t.r union. 4s''.ltty arther reduced. kt%ao ssOLDS thought Scotland was concerned. ago he ead voteu prof"' Iltjm .E l of art in Edinburgh.—(Hear.) 0 ,11 4,,,,, --he Vote has not yet been taken. Member had th e '',Cled , "'OLDS —At least the Hon. When tts• 'len 0" ) Date that amount.—(Hear, hear.) tte l l : 3 an Gentle at had sympathy for inanimate pie 14keet I°l ' hi l l 3 3 f rie of art, he ought to have somealsoto theo,iikte t b\ ,I,e. Reynolds's) poor living countrywomen h .n tlei ,I, nrADitai, he IRhe,t'A.Wl)ol\l said, it had been maintained by ritht:th,t statesmen at the period of the union, a that full Is e!? that measure passed Ireland should 'tt,, l itte t . cf e r f igat of the resources of this c h o a untry, not tf l'h e :tite e ,,, th ° ll e e, but of duty. Nv 4 ,, 41 °f 1 14 agreed to. 11,;;44,es 1/08i.)iito:1;reabsitinhen voted in aid of the funds Ai)itti ,:114aereed to for the support the Fever tsiof,ls4,eue of Recovery, Cork-street, Dublin. the „ ()• was voted for the hospital for incurables. !Qoalile pi. .REGIU NI DONUM. it I t s br, ~,.oPosition that a sum not exceeding . Itelatld''`aated to the Protestant Dissenting ministers 3 . 7,698/. ,sttli;'. Sot t ' , ttett alto) -014-4,1" rose to call the attention of the Com ilti• lij 000 ° of Presbyterian clergyman—the rev. hia,N atl , 1 , of lonaael, County Tipperary. The . of to kir'et(parterly stipend had been reghlar o l Id y to p la s er N; a e 31 14 ~;e _ 1 849 ; but the next instalment, ,%R tll t i,%si zc J d a , had been stopped, and no sufficient .°ll k „Ititp th e e ' The nonourable Member went at some Nh,worrea details of the case, and referred to a tt deco betvi),(Mdence which had taken place upon . the . t k . t de uli tt On e" , th e Rev Gentleman and the authorities '" ' - h t Pr p7„s,.tte• The. Government said he had not ,-,:,'`t' h ,„- ~,f c'ti,,„-.Tr,etarn. He attributed the fact of the de '4l4' itte co - ti Rev. Xlr. Dill's stipend from that period ri, i) ; n a4 sity of a person in the Regium Donum . e li tio 101 hC4eorge \tattle who went by the sou 'h %'-'se - " e arl ( C h'. ' ews ' bter)—(Laughter) bad f t kt ntl o !ld ed f ~tsle em—(Laug te este, r ens his office a considerable defeulter. t o t i i• o e 0 had been brought before the House on a tkwrel4,keeeditc'htlehlY),th.e Hon. Member for Athlone (Mr. ) et ty ~ad then eget Hon. Baronet the . Secretary for fled , e illl ilt w ee elrg ytt ai en th matter was in the hands of ha t °tie de hemwt they de oftici h d e h Gene u r l a d l s A ta s t s e em w b h l a y t o w f o l u rti 11,11,tt t,, tro ttt,r. decided then it it had been brought '` l4i p ti k t' tltkr t e h 4bY ' cr iail Church in Ireland, assembled in .1 1 , 4 thiiin ere certain resolutions had been passed ,4,crett4,tanclL,,ith blr. Dill, regretting that any nes ,"( It ~.11,toset6 had arisen between himself and the , l itl,"' o 4-1 br,"nd expressing a hope that the arre!.r h s el lt .d I\eThe bond due to him would . be forthwit . . fet„, th t, Gorr had been again oC Ing:IUM .I4 ••`' to e- the that and Mr. Redington bad t ,l e hl tt e ti l l e tidedtY tl.iat Wjhen' the rev. g entleman yen his arrears t oti a No eertencate to the Castle f of tdeltakilittiht_rpltiliredkLyr. Dill. considered that the ort . n thsa:°.• i h e etie e Pr y him would compromiseudhsddeethlieueldntteu a e l e fay g o ner f ', e Y,terian body, a_resbyterian body le aded lir oaf N .,_ „..e. Ing of the P ~ virL,tr4,4o4t Ir. iiill a claim, and he regretted that st et 7ith th ~ahould have incurred the unpopularity , tiec%°?"l)43,l)::seeil rweheboYhteardianhbodyd- on account of the con ed and who was influ t4till'illtsttlil.l::trsr°onraeirtnelledtivesaoefeheonstilit'ytowards Mr. Di11,. 0 It h as of hi s pro_ gentleman seemed to examine to e 1,,,.. s e 1 _ ih e , 10. ,_ e. eedings. Ho would ash_w . h , a e t ,e h_ad , f e n ' - 'ase of "Y, what of Mr. Duncan Chi . ai ' In ' ( ( Jir o Y colitl ,Reeat injustice towards Mr. Dill, who . ev a i l ,' his to it, 1, -aving accorded to the rules laid tine te tneatett,gregation havin a regular church for t l ttie k t c ' i ve• 13ss,usb'f".re>. there bein g g an ahthorised minist . e e r et. c )ternin families be n a g resident in tia e t . bpi That4lloteltse had not yet been sifted to the bot ch 1. tesd e to d l i i i,, , and he then hoped a just award 4,, . st)lit.t,.._. reverend gentleman. t %ee "VILLE said it seemed the Honour t er, w anted t v e e t 4 oil (Nt a.t ,,, 0 throw that case altogether upon . " s a , L e '' for ' e wa) who had been lately a clerk in t 4,l e 'Y tl ie t e dist b •. th -of t h - orre, ri ution of the Regium Donum. r,itte4,, e Rouse Pesidenee upon that subject on the k*osor:e had b ee anyone could See that everything in 41 e 1 / 4 t ets t4 "t• A n n ! Ic a" h 7 the whole sanction of the e t t r ite n. t itit and dialL(leirY was now making into the ?• lid i Lit ev Pesel of the funds entrusted to that I ° Oli 4 , had noteethlng connected with the affair of i N 1: 1 ' bet regr,,eieti, d"e by the Government, and he I c ' \ ;' eon take n II he the time of the House should dow4l,°inellreeililr°°l-•!hpt ti.' such c aae• When the Member I i,'s ?ver e ail sta g luestion before the House he (Sir Pee,..1% 41 , Y ether pttecl that when Mr. Dill chose t ) ' , AN ht.lril wouidtryteriau clergyman in Ireland 4 ri till to ''' Md. Re thought the Go eXPaCt to be furgilhed Tritil such information as it deemed important. The provin cial synod had recromsnd, d Mr. Dill to comply with the requisition of Government. There were 483 Fresh) te-:an clergymen in Ireland, and of these 482 complied with the Government requisition ; and until Mr. Dill thought fit to do so also, the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland had de termined that his arrears should not be paid. Mr. OSBORNE thought it was a gratifying feature in that discussion to see the Roman Catholic Member for Tipperary advocating the cause of the Presbyterian minister. He could bear testimony to the high worth and respectability of the rev. gentleman alluded to, than whom no ono had done more to arsuage religious differ ences and promote general Christian harmony.—(Hear.) There was no doubt about the fact that Mr. Dill's first stoppage of stipend was owing to the personal animosity of that Mr. 1). Chisle'em, who twenty years ago La I absconded from Inverness after a forgery, had then en listed in a foot regiment, from which he had been discharged, but whom they found shortly after snugly placed in the Castle of Dublin in an office of great trust. He could bear testimony to the high respetahility of Mr. Dill, and the disreputable character of Mr. Duncan Chisle'em, to whose animosity the former originally owed the withholding of his just stipend. He was rot°. nished no reward had been offered for the apprehension of Matthews, But there was another and a more im portant question involved in that discussion. How long were they to continue that grant? How long were , they to continue making two Church establishments in IrelAnd?—(Hear.) Mr. REYNOLDS would move the rejection of that vote altogether, as he was an advocate for the voluntary system, and maintained that every religion ought to sup port its respective ministers. No man ought to be called upon to pay the clergyman of a religion to which he did not belong; but in Ireland 8,000,000 of people were re quired to vote no less than 1,000,0001. sterling to the Protestant Episcopal religion, while not more than about 750,000 were in communion with the English Protestant Church of Ireland. They ought neither to be called upon to support a Protestant establishment nor a Presbyterian one. He appealed to all Dissenters in that House, in a spirit of justice, fair play, and honesty, to vote with him for the rejection of that mo tion. He believed that were it not for the corrupting influence of that grant of 37,0001. a year there would not be a more independent body of men in any country than the Presbyterian clergymen of Ireland. The amount of the grant was divided among 500 of those clergymen; and he opposed its continuance with a view to dissolve the connexion betweea them and the Govern ment. He felt persuaded that if a stop were put to that allowance they would no longer be spies on the one hand or dictators on the other. Mr. ANSTEY supported the grant on the ground that the Presbyterians of Ireland were themselves anxious for its continuance. Mr. SADLEIR said he believed that the abolition of the grant would bring int) connexion with the Pro testants and Roman Catholics of Ireland the Presby te- rians of that country, whose energies, patriotism, and political independence was very much paralysed by an allowance of that description. But he had risen prin cipally for the purpose of stating that he thought the Rev. Mr. Dill was fairly entitled to the allowance which he had claimed. Mr. HUME said he wished to remind the Committee that while it appeared that an average of only 401. was raised by the 451 Presbyterian congregations in Ireland, an average of 80/. would be divided among them by means of that grant. He trusted the House would check a grant which was going on increasing year by year. With respect to the case of Mr. Dill, if the necessary certificate was produced, there was nothing to prevent the money being at onee paid. In a quarrel of this kind about the loaves and fishes, if her Majesty's Govern ment would take his advice they would abolish the grant altogether; and then the Presbyterians would soon find means to support their clergy without any extra neous aid.—(Elear.) Mr. BRIGHT considered the grant was most objec tionable. The system was capable of unlimited expan sion, for congregations might divide and sub-divide to any extent, and each division receive the benefit of the grant on raising a certain sum themselves. After the system had been so long in operation, perhaps, it might be considered rather harsh to stop the grant without the slightest notice. But he thought it might be placed in process of extinction by an annual reduction. If the grant should be reduced by the sum of 5,000/., the result would be that the congrega- tions which now paid 351. would have to pay 451.; and the Government grant would in such case be rduced from 751. to 65/. By proceeding in this manner for a few years the grant would be gradually extinguished, and no perceptible increase would be felt in the congre gational payment. If the Hon. Member for Dublin would withdraw his motion, he (Mr. Bright) would pro pose that the vote be reduced by 5,000/.—(Hear.) Mr. REYNOLDS declined taking the advice of the Hon. Member, but would make him this offer—that if the Honourable Member would divide with him, and his motion should be lost, he would then divide with the Hon. Member on his proposition. He, however, thought it the better way to take the bull by the horns at once.—(Laughter.) Mr. S. CRAWFORD said the Presbyterians claimed this grant on the ground of being required to pay for the support of the Established Church. Although he thought the grant ought to be abolished, yet, consider ing that any immediate change might operate prejudi cially and harshly in certain cases, he trusted the Hon. Member for Dublin would accede to the motion of the Hon. Member for Manchester fur a gradual reduction of the vote.—(flear, hear.) The Committee then'divided. The numbers were— Fer Mr. Bright's amendment ... ... 45 Against it ... 108 Majority ... --63 Mr. REYNOLDS said he would divide the Committee against the vote. ~. 123 ... 27 — The Committee divided. For the vote ... Against it ... Majority ... The vote was then agreed to. On the vote 6,790/, for charitable allowances charged on the Concordatum Fund (Ireland), Mr. REYNOLDS moved tkat the vote be reduced by the item of 216/, salary and allowances of the minister and clerk of St. Matthew's Chapel, Ringeend, The Committee divided. For the amendment ... Against it ... ••• Majority .. ..• The vote was then agreed to. The following votes were agreed to without discus sion :- 20,700/. for the General Board of Health, Ireland, and 2,3461. for the Central Board of Health, Dublin. On the vote 13,3521. to defray the expenses of the En cumbered Estates Commission, Ireland, Colonel surnioßr said—l move that the vote be disallowed, The CHAIRMAN—Does the Hon. and Gallant Mem ber mean to divide the House upon this vote? ilonel SIBTHOR I)—Certainly.—(Laughter.) The gallery was then cleared fur a division, but none took place, the vote having been agreed to without a division. •G • ••• 24 ••• ..• 123 ••• ••• -99 The following votes were then agreed to:- 15,000/. for navigation is connexion with drainage in Ireland. 14 763/. for the British ambassador's house at Con stantinople. 1,0001. for defraying the expense of the militia and volunteers in Canada. 3,0001. for repairing the harbour at Lybster. 18,100/. to defray the expense of erecting light-houses abroad. 30.0001. for defraying the expense of a place as a ge neral repository for public records. 8,0001. for the law charges, salaries, allowances, and expenses of the office of Solicitor to the Treasury. 3,5551. towards defraying the expense of prosecuting offenders against the laws relating to coin. 7,7001. towards defraying the expenses of sheriffs and officers of the Court of Excequer. 5,330/. for the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court. 44,324/. for the law expenses of Scotland. On 33,761/. for criminal prosecutions and other law charges in Ireland being proposed, Colonel DUNNE said, as an Irish Member, he felt himself bound to protest against the treatment to which his country was subject. These expenses ought to have been placed on the Consolidated Fund. Mr. C. LEWIS believed that if the balance was struck between England and Ireland in respect to criminal prosecutions, Ireland would be found not to be a loser. The subject was settled in 1846 in England as to what proportion should be borne by the rates and by the Con solidated Fund; but though no similar arrangement had been made in Ireland, the half of the expense of the constabulary was fixed on the Consolidated Fund, and Ireland would be found, therefore, to have the best of the bargain. Colonel DUNNE complained that convicts were kept in gaol in Ireland after sentence, at the expense of the county in which the conviction took place, whereas, properly speaking, they should be supported by the country. Mr. 11. HERBERT also complained of the large number of convicts in the gaols of Ireland. In his own county there were 550 convicts in the gaol, which was built to hold only 130. The condition of the gaols in Ireland was so bad that Government should come for forward with some remedy. Mr. SADLEIR bore testimony to the disgraceful state of the gaols in Ireland likewise. There was in the south especially a most frightful mortality in the workhouses and the prisons arising from their crowded condition. lle appealed to the Government to relieve those prisoners in the gaols who were convicted of slight offences. Sir GEORGE GREY said there had been a suddcz and enormous increase in the nu m b er o f convicts for transportation in Ireland within the last two years. The Government had, however, made such arrange ments as would relieve the rates from their mainte nance until they were sent off. They had provided accommodation for 3,500 on Spike ; Island, and else where. Ile (Sir George Grey) considered that there was much reformation needed in the county prisons in Ireland. Mr. SADLEIR said, though the Government had certainly made exertions in the matter, they had not made them equal to the exigency. The vote was then agreed to. The next vote, 15,500/. to complete the sum necessary to defray the expense of the metropolitan police force of Dublin, was agreed to without discussion. On the vote of 90,0001., to complete the sum necessary , to defray certain charges for criminal prosecutions, for merly paid out of the county rates, Mr. V. SMITH wished to know whether any steps had been taken to promulgate a uniform scale of fees fur county prosecutions? Sir G. GREY said he had obtained information from all the counties and boroughs of England, with regard to the mg, pf expense§ ciwged fin prooclitigesp*with THE SUN, LONDON; the view of securing something like uniformity. He was surprised to find that the discrepancy in the various counties far exceeded anything that could be justified by the saryir;,i , circumstances of the counties. Mr. HENLEY said they ought to take care in endea vouring to establish uniformity that they did not increase the rate of these charges. Mr. lIUME hal objected to the voto every year, and would continue to object to it. If the country paid these expenses, they ought to have some check over them, which at present was not the case. Sir J. TROLLOPE complained of the inefficient manner in which the duties of the inspectors of prisons were discharged—they sanctioned the most extravagant expenditure, and in some instances the prisons built were found to be wholly inadequate to the accommodation of the prisoners. Mr. AGLIONBY referred the Committee to an amend ment in the Criminal Justice Bill, which he had sug gested, with regard to taking the pleas of prisoners in cases of larceny and misdemeanor, for the first offence, before the magistrates at petty sessions. The effect of h's amendment would be to save the country 40,000/. or 50,0001. per annum. The vote was then agreed to. On the next vote, 7,5501. to complete the sum neces sary to defray the charge of inspection of the various prisons, Sir J. TROLLOPE move.] that the salaries of the three inspectors, amounting to 2,1001., be omit!el from the vote. Sir G. GREY vindicated the inspectors, whose labours were extremely valuable to the country. At the same time, he must say that the Committee on prison disci pline had recommended that some change should be ef fected in the present system of inspection. Mr. T. EGERTON hoped the inspectors would attend to what the Right Hon. Gentleman had said. Colonel SIBTHORP had ,visited several prisons, and had never seen a set of more jolly, happy, well-fed, well clothed fellows than the convicts were. They were much better fed, much better clothed, and much more lively, be was sorry to say, than the agricultural labourers of England were at present.—(Hear, and a laugh.) There was too great a disposition on the part of the public to sympathise with criminals. When men com mitted such crimes as the assassination of Mr. Drum mend, why they were under the influence of monomania. He remembered hearing that on,one occasion a jury ap plied to Chief Justice Hale, as a Christian, to extend mercy to a criminal. The Chief Justice replied, " I hope, as a Christian, that I am disposed to exercise mercy, but there is a mercy due to the country. The prisoner is a notorious scoundrel, and I shall hang him." —(A laugh.) He (Colonel Sibthorp) thought that prin ciple might with great advantage be carried into effect more extensively than it was at present. He wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he would be prepared with some additional places of confinement when that exhibition of which they had heard so much was opened in Hyde Park.—(Roars of laughter.) He hoped it would never take place, as " there was many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip;" but if they once had such a set of fellows let loose upon them without law or without religion, the additional force of 2,000 police that was spoken of would not be enough. If they went on with that accursed free-trade system, they might rely upon it more prisons and more police would be required. They were going to inundate the country with a set of fellows who, if they were not lost on their way herr, would be the greatest curse that ever was inflicted on them.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) In answer to Mr. HUME, Sir G. GREY said the expenses of the model prison at Pentonville had been considerably reduced, and with regard to the separate and silent system a report had been prepared, which would be laid on the table before the House separated. After some further conversation, Sir J. TROLLOPE withdrew his amendment, and the vote was agreed to. On the vote of 137,2241., to complete the sum neces sary to defray the charge fur Government prisons and convict establishments at home, Colonel DUNNE suggested that the vote be post poned; but after an explanation from Sir G. Grey, with drew his objection, and the vote was agreed to. The f 'flowing votes were then agreed to:- 65,8481. to defray the charge for the maintenance of prisoners in county prisons and lunatic asylums. 69.2301. for the transportation of prisoners. 100,1471. for convict establishments in the colonies. The House then resumed. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH BILL. This Bill was read a third time, and additional clauses were added. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. On the third reading of this Bill being moved, Mr. TURNER said, as the Bill had been materially altered since its first introduction, and as it had never yet undergone full discussion, ho should take the sense of the House on the question. The report which had been presented to the House showed that the Bill pro posed to deal with 23,746 charities under 30/. a year, and 27,000 charities under 1001. a year. The report stated that the Commissioners on investigation were of opinion that much of the mel-administration ascertained to exit in these charities had arisen from ignorance. The Commissioners had been applied to in several in• stances by trustees for advice, and the advice that had in consequence been given was productive of much good. The Bill went in direct opposition to the recom mendations of the report. The Bill wished to place all charities below 30/. under the jurisdiction of the county courts, and all charities between 301. and 1001. under the jurisdiction of the masters of the Court of Chan cery, at the same time doing away with appeals. The provisions of the Bill, he was satisfied, instead of &creasing would very much increase litigation. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman went at considerable length into the objections which he entertained towards many of the provisions of the Bill, the Bill itself he was satisfied being only cal culated to promote political and party objects. If the Bill passed the House would find that the trustees of charitable funds would become merely political parti sans. He admitted that charities had hitherto been much abused and made to subserve party purposes; but the Bill, if it became law, so far from curing existing complaints, would very much augment and perpetuate them. The alterations that had subsequently been made in the Bill he did not find at all rust the objections. It was perfectly clear that the Bill had not been properly considered. It would involve endless litigation through the absence of any restriction on applications to the courts, and he should therefore venture to move that the Bill be read that day six months. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the report in question did not contradict, but specially assisted the objects of the Bill. The great object was to have a tribunal to which questions connected with cha rities might be referred. Such a tribunal was the county court. In the charities under 20/. the great majority of cases related to ss. donations, or there abouts. It was essential in such cases there should be a cheap tribunal to refer to, and the county courts, in conformity with the recommendation of the Commissioners, were to be resorted to. The At torney-General was an officer who had power to prevent improper suits; and this would meet one of the objec tions raised by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. Tnen, with respect to the jurisdiction of the Masters in Chan cery—he did not think there would bo that want of uni formity of decision because there were ten Masters of Chancery, as was anticipated, even though there might be no appeal from their decision. The Masters were generally desirous of establishing uniformity of decision; but if appeals were invited and cultivated, they would destroy completely the value and object of the Bill. In conclusion, he could only say that the Bill had been brought in for no party purposes, but had been required for a considerable length of time for the purpose of en abling overseers of the poor and persons having the ma nagement of petty charities all over the country to administer them in a satisfactory manner, by placing within their reach a tribunal to which they might have recourse for advice and assistance in matters of difficulty, and by affording them an easy mode of redress in cases of breaches of trust, and giving the greatest possible publicity to the accounts of the various small charities— an object of the utmost importance both in his opinion and that of the Commissioners, with the view of prevent ing breaches of trust for the future. On these grounds he earnestly entreated the House to assent to the third reading of the Bill. Mr. GOULBURN (who rose amidst loud cries for a division) said he would not occupy the time of the House more than a few minutes. They had before them the Bill of the Learned Attorney-General, and they had the report of the Commissioners appointed by the Crown to examine the subject. The Bill was laid on the table on the Ist of March, and the Commissioners made their report on the 25th of June, and he presumed, therefore, as they were undoubtedly gentlemen fully re solved to discharge the duty imposed on them, that they must have considered the subject of charities with refe rence to the Bill now before the House. It was, never theless, remarkable that the Commissioners in the course of their report made no allusion to the Bill, but laid down a system incompatible with it, as had been shown by his Hon. Friend, particularly with respect to that part re lating to local tribunals; because they particularly pointed out that if the local tribunals were to be resorted to for the purpose they ought to be under the control of some office or board, to prevent the abuses to which such tribunals would be liable. The Hon and Learned Attorney-Gene ral had spoken of these charities as though they were of small importance, but it must be remembered that out of 28,000 charities 23,000 would come within the jurisdiction of this Bill, and it was precisely because they were of small amount that they would be the more open to jobbing, because the public atten tion would not be so likely to be attracted to them as to those involving accounts of 15,000/. or 20,0001. In fact, the only ground on which the system was defended was its cheapness. lie objected, however, to place these charities in the hands of the attorneys of the county courts, whose practice mast have led them to deal with a totally different class of subjects. Without imputing improper motives to the county court judges, it would be extremely difficult to secure them from party influences, which might be exerted through the instrumentality of their clerks, especially in matters connected with educe tion.--(lleur.) The Route then divided, when there appelred— For the third reading... ... 96 the r e . .to AG r d g°aljin . lL ‘ sat e l-lj e iotrU ho ilt o tyN l s moved ... an a:m:endm:e•.: —43 hie. st3o43insert among the exceptions from the Bill. The ATTORNEY_ GENERAL opposed the amend ment. HENLEY supported it. The House divided, when there appeared— For This the he r Majorityie s Bamendmentill av‘g, iinst . : • h e e a t went thtrouilleC: : n o l ia m tn e . n it k e e. The Summary Jurisdi ct i on '37 -39 8 Against it 7 (Ireland) Bill was rea d a third time and passed, with the addition of a clause pro poked by Colonel DUNNE. The Navy Pay Bill went through Committee, was re portc cl, and the report to be received this day. second reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Ire land) ill was postponed to Monday next. Th e Equivalent Company all was read a second time and ordered to bo committed this dsy. The second reading r f the Tenant Right (Ireland) Bill vs ra.s fixed for this day. The , Administration of Criminal Justice Improvement Bill w as fixed to be committed on Monday. The: order for the Committee on the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill was read and discharged. The Trustees Bill passed through Committeee and was ordered to be repot ted. The second reading of the Masters' Jurisdiction in Equity Bill was postponed to Monday. On the motion for the consideration of the Lords' amindinenti to the Bimefices in Plurality Bill having been brought on, . . An. Hofs. MEMBER moved that the debate be ad journ ed. After some discussion, in the course of which the House appeared to be against proceeding with the mo tion at that late hour, the subject dropped, and was understood to have been postponed. The Committee on the Compound Householders Bill was postponed till Monday. The Ccmenittee on the Debtors and Creditors (Ireland) Bill was postponed to this day. The second reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill was postponed to Wednesday next. On the motion for the third reading of the Small Tenements Rating Bill, and further proceeding on adding a clause, Mr. STANFORD said he intended to oppose the clause, end if it was persevered in ho would move that the House do now adjourn.—(llear hear.) After a short discussion a division took place on the question that the clause be added, to the Bill. The House divided, when there appeared — Ayes ... ... GI Noes ... 27 Majority in favour of the clause —34 The Bill was understood to have been read a third time. On our return to the gallery a motion was just made for the adjournment of the House. The House divided, when there appeared— Ayes ... 23 No* 63 Majority against the adjournment —4O The Registrar of Judgments Office (Ireland) Duties of Stamps Compensation and Salaries Bill passed,through Committee. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Two o'clock. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 26, LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, July 25. (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) RUSSELL V. THE EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. BACON and Mr. MILLER moved for the committal of the Sheriff of Norfolk for contempt of the court, in taking possession of railway carriages and other pro perty belonging to the company, under a writ of fieri facies, issued at the instance of a simple contract credi tor, there having at the time been a receiver appointed by the court. It was alleged by the plaintiff at law that his debt was for coals and coke supplied to the company, for which he had obtained a judgment. The Learned Counsel stated that the sheriff had a clear notice of the appointment of the receiver before he interfered with the property in question. Advice had been given to that officer to apply to a judge, who suggested that the re ceiver and the sheriff should interplead. The receiver, considering that he exercised his office by authority of the court, declined to interplead. Counsel contended that in tdis determination the receiver was acting pro perly, for his appointment would be a mere nullity if be could be interfered with by or on behalf of a judgment creditor, his duty being especially to protect the inte rests of the bond creditors and mortgagees. Mr. ROLT and Mr. TOLLER appeared for the execution creditor, and contended that the appointment of the re ceiver was made upon an order taken by consent, and had been concerted with a view to defeat the simple con tract creditors. It was manifestly unjust that the bond creditors and mortgagees should have priority of pay ment out of the tolls or fares produced by the working of the line, while the creditor who supplied the coals by means of which the line was worked would be left unpaid, Mr. Roundell Palmer and Mr. Bunney appeared for the sheriff. Mr. BACON pointed out that if the law allowed an execution creditor to interfere with a receiver, a com pany might, by creating many simple contract debts, en- able creditors of that class to defeat the prior claims of the bondholders and mortgagees. His HoNoun—Has the defendant in the suit in which the receiver was appointed been served with notice of this motion? Mr. BecoN—He has not. The practice of the court does not require it. His HONOUR said that the registrar considered the practice did not require such notice. Assuming that such was the practice generally, he still thought there were circumstances connected with the case which might render it necessary and right that the defendant should be present, It might be that it would appear that the plaintiffs and the defendants in the suit were not distinguishable; but that could not be denied in the absence of the defendants. If the Ccurt were to permit the sheriff to go through with his process, it might have the effect of allowing him to interfere with tha defen dant's property. His Honour would not permit firm to stand in the way of attaining substantial justice. Al though concert in obtaining the appointment of the re ceiver was not denied, it might turn out that such con cert was not improper or blamable. The motion must stand over for the defendants to be served. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 25. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANS.) IN THE BANDRUPTCY OF ALARIC A. WATTS. The bankrupt, who was described as a printer, in Berners•street, came up on the question of certificate, unopposed. _ _ Mr. LAWRENCE expressed a hope that the Court would in this case grant a certificate of the first class. The bankrupt's misfortune had mainly arisen out of harassing and protracted litigation in the Court of Chancery. There had been a heavy loss in the realia ition of pro perty, which mainly consisted of copyrights and pictures. The personal expenditure was of the most moderate character, and the accounts most accurately kept. There was nothing, in short, he urged against Mr. Watts, who enjoyed a high literary reputation. The official assignee stated that a dividend of 7s. 6d. in the pound would be paid in the course of a feW days, and testified to the satisfactory nature of the accounts. The solicitor to the assigne4s, Mr. Bolden, confirmed the statement of Mr. Lawrence. The assignees were perfectly content. The expenditure of the bankrupt had always been most moderate, considerably below his income. The COMMISSIONER could have no hesitation whatever in granting the certificate at once, but w ould take time :o consider his deci,,ion as to the question of class. SHERIFF'S COURT, July 25. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCEIELL.) • CREW CON.—.COLES V. MARSHALL. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for criminal conversation. The cause was before the Court some time back, when the damages, which were laid at 300/, were assessed at 2001., and a new trial had been granted on the ground of excessive damages, and an improper reception of evidence. Mr. Parry appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ballhn tine for the defendant. From the statement of the Learned Counsel for tho plaintiff, and the witnesses called, it appeared that he was a young man, and h a d been in the employ of Mr. Lunham, wholesale provision merchant, in the Borough, where the defendant, a me a n was warehouseman, at 5/. plaintiff was married in 1847, his own age, kept a little shop in G week f e ttout fifty years of age, worth-road, where sweetmeat': his salary at the time was 11. a week , .hidoi suweife tobacco, w h wl o were about solad the occurrence which led to the actio G lou c e ster-place, he ei p s and his partial board. The hadascieuWas since a o t bs M er r v . e L d u t n o h y tt i rn s : t s neces sarily absent at hi s , t h b a u t p t l a h i e n t d i e ff f a n defendant a i f i a t s s w t i h l l e n r e h m e e a i w n a e s d n in e thes same employment. In work,Januar y a n d v a l d t o t c h u e m d e n f t e defendant was d e f dant's handwriting was put in, which had been sent by him to Mrs. Coles, and in which he made an ap pointment with her. The plaintiff's suspicions were excited, and on being told what sort of a person had visited his wife, he declared that it was the defendant. Soon afterwards he sold off his things at the shop, and was subsequently summoned to Southwark Police Court to support his wife, where he denied his liability, on the ground of adultery with Marshall. The Magistrate, however, made au order on him to support his wife, and on the following day the defendant and Mrs. Coles were traced to a coffee-house, in Newington-causeway, where they had engaged a bed for the night, and on the plain tiff and a policeman entering the room, the defendant was found undressed, and Mrs. Coles in the bedroom with him. In stating the case, Mr. PARRY contrasted the age of the parties, and the situation of the plaintiff under the defendant who had destroyed his happiness, and then asked the jury to award the full sum at which the damages were laid in the declaration, namely, 300/. Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury in mitigation of damages. He complained that no female witness had been called, and that certain facts had been withheld from the jury. Then the jury would consider the shop which the plaintiff had kept —a cigar shop—and where he had exposed his wife to the attention of men. lle did not mean to deny that the defendant was a man advanced in years, but he thought it very probable he had fallen into the temptation, and bad not practised the arts which had been imagined to seduce the young woman. The Learned Counsel was proceeding in an energetic strain to oomment on the abience of the parties who had wit rlissed the scene in the coffee-house, when Mr. Parry interrupted him, by sa3ing that the viitnesses had been subrzenaed by the defendant ald were in attendance—an interruption which Mr. Ballantine denounced in strong language as resembling a trick to catch the jury. Ile (Mr. Ballantine) contended that it was a case for small damages. The Learned UNDER-SIIEBIFF, in placing the case be fore the jury, told them they had nothing to do with the former trial—their only dut y in the case was to as sess the damages on the eviclet,ce given, the d e f en d ant having admitted the cause of action b y allowin g judg ment to go by default. Altho u g h the observatio n should not have been made by Mr. Parry, it was to b e ob servad that if any witness had been kept back, the de fendaut had the power to bring forward any evidence he thought proper in the inqu ir y with the view to dimin ish the damages; he had, howe ver, called no witnesse s. 'rho Jury, after a brief consultation, assessed the da mages at 200/.; the same amount as was awarded on the former trial. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE HOME CIRCUIT.—Lewes, July 25. CROWN COURT.—(P.efore the LORD CHIEF BARON.) Mary Hardwick, who was convicted on Tuesday of feloniously attempting to drown her child in the sea at Brighton, was brotlgnt up for judgment, and sentenced to he impri.:,oned and kept to hard labour for twelve months. Elizabeth Bacon, a girl who had been convicted of setting fire to her master's house, was also brought up for judgment, and sentenced to the like punishment. 7 layton Darby, 23, a stout-built, determined-looking countryman, was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John Rickman, and Et 'sling two watches, value 501., two gold chains, two gold seals, and other articles, his property. Mr. Johnson conducted the prosecution. The Learned Counsel having briefly stated the cir cumstances of the daring outrage imputed to the pri soner, the following evidence was adduced: — Mr. John Rickman, the prosecutor, who, being a member of the Society of Friends, was examined upon his affirmation, said,—l reside at Wellingham, in the parish of Ringmer. My family consists of myself, my self,, and my two daughters. On the night of the 7th bruary last we retired to rest at our usual hour. About tiso o'clock on the following morning I heard a noise in the house, and I got up and was about to pull the night-bolt of my door, when it was suddenly burst in with g reat violence, and thr e e m en en t ere d th e room . They hud a light with them, and I observed that one of the men had a bludgeon. They were all completely disguised by having something tied over their faces. One of the men then went to the side of the bed where I was lying, and another to the side of my wife, and they demanded my money. I was collected enough to say, "I am sorry for you." The men then said, " Your money—your money—give us your trousers." I pointed to where my trousers were lying, and one of the men took them up and rifled the pockets. They then took two watches that wore hangi ng a t th e h ea d of the bed. They were both valuable, but one in particular was so. The men then began ransacking the drawers, and while they were so engaged I heard the alarm-bell ring, and the men then ran away. But for this I believe, from the conduct and demeanour of the men, that life might have been lost. When the men were gone I went down stairs, and ascertained that the house had been entered by a window at the lower part. Miss Sarah Rickman, being also af f irmed, said—l oc cupied the same bed with my sister on the night in question. We were disturbed in the course of it by hearing a noise at the door of our bed-room, and di rectly afterwards three men came in. Two of them came up to our bed and demanded money. My sister told me to ring the bell that was on my side, and I did so, and the pull broke. My sister was then about to ring the other bell, and one of the men said that it she did so he would strike her. She attempted to ring the bell, and he immediately struck her with a bludgeon. Miss Rachel Rickman said—l was in the room with my sister on the night of the robbery. The men were so disguised that I could not identify any of thorn by their faces; but I heard the voice of one of them, and at first I thought it was a woman. I have since, however, heard a man named Richardson examined, and by his voice I am certain he was one of the men who was in the room. Thomas Richardson, an approver, was then examined. He said—l have now come from the gaol to give evi dence, being committed for trial upon this charge of bur glary. I know the prisoner. On the evening of the 7th February I met him at a beer-shop kept by Allen Gower in the Cliffe at Lewes, and Richard Funnell and Edward Carey were also present. We all agreed to go to Mr. Rickman's, at Wellingham, and we started from the beer-shop a little past nine o'clock. Carey and the pri soner went away first, and I and Funnell followed them soon afterwards, and we all joined upon the road. We went past the Cats public-house, and also by the Prince of Wales, at the foot of Dialling-hill. We then went to Ridge's farm, which is about a mile from the prose cutor's. When we arrived at Mr. Rickman's we walked round the house, and I got a knife and cut a notch in the closet window, intending to take out the pane; but, as it was not large enough to admit Carey's body, we went to another place, where there was a large glass window, and Carey broke it, and Funnell then shot open the shutters, and we all got into the house. We struck a light and examined the room, and took two silk handkerchiefs. We then went into another room on the ground floor, and afterwards went up stairs into the ladies' room. The prisoner Carey and I went in, and Funnell stayed outside on the landing. We were all armed with sticks and wore disguised, so that no one could see our faces. Funnell and Carey had black crape over their faces. I had a piece of white linen over mine, and the prisoner had a red handkerchief over his. We found the two ladies in bed, and Carey demanded their money. One of the ladies rung a bell by the side of her bed, and Carey caught hold of the bell-pull and tore it down. The other lady said there was another bell on her side of the bed, and Carey said to her, " But you are not going to ring it." She was about to lay hold of the bell-pull when Darby struck her with his stick. After this they went to the bed-room of Mr. Rickman, and heard the noise of the bolt being drawn inside, and they immediately broke the door open, and the prisoner, I, and Carey went into the room, Fun nell being still standing in the landing outside. I saw Mr. Hickman and a lady in the room, and heard Mr. Rickman say, " I am sorry for you," when money was demanded of him. I took one of the watches from the bed-head, and the prisoner took the other, arid we then looked into the drawers, and we took away a plated candlest'ck. While we were rifling the room Funnell came in and gave us an alarm, arid when we got out of the room we heard the alarm bell ringing. We then all I'-ft the house the same way that we had entered it, and went across the fields to the London-road. On our way we had to cross a stream, and the prisoner jumped into a bush, and got something into his eye. The next thy I saw the prisoner with a handkerchief over it, and his eye appeared to have been injured. We wrapped all the stolen property in the handkerchiefs, and took it to a beer-shop, where it was left. I saw no more of it, and on the following day the keeper of the beer-shop gave me three sovereigns as my share of the spoil. Darby and Carey received the same sum, and Carey took Fun nelr's share for him. A day or two afterwards I saw the prisoner again, and he told me he had had something taken out of his eye. The Learned JUDGE having asked the prisoner if he wished to put any questions to this witness, he replied, " I have nothing to ask him; it appears to me that he will say any thing to get the reward he has been pro mised." Several witnesses were then examined, with a view to corroborate the testimony of the approver, and Mr. bfartin, a chemist, at Lewes, proved that about the time the robbery was committed ho abstracted something from the prisoner's eye, and gave him a lotion to bathe it with. The CHIEF BARON having summed up, The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty. The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence upon the prisoner, said that this was one of the most daring and alarming burglaries that he ever remembered to have heard of. The evidence made out moat conclusively that he was one of a gang who were banded together for purposes of plunder, and it was perfectly clear that they did not hesitate to carry out that which was the most alarming feature in such cases—the resorting to acts of personal violence, either to prevent the parties they robbed from giving an alarm, or resisting their unlawful intentions. Under these circumstances it was highly necessary for the safety of the public that the law should be carried out to its full extent; and the sentence upon him, therefore, was, that he be transported for the term of his natural life. The prisoner merely gave an impudent grin when the sentence was pronounced, and walked away from the bar apparently quito unconcerned. The other persons concerned in the outrage were tried at the spring assizes for another burglary, and sentenced to be transported for life. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—StaYord, July 24. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) WHOLEIALE ROBBERY OF AN EMPLOYER.—Edward Gooch Hone, aged 30, a chemist and druggist's assistant, was indicted for having stolen, on the 27th of June, at Wolverhampton, from Frederick Weaver, his employer, a large quantity of chemist and druggist's goods; and Harriet Warner , aged 31, was indicted for receiving them, knowing hem to have been stolen, and also har bouring Hone, knowing him to have stolen them. Mr. Greaves, Q.C., and Mr. Kettle appeared far the prosecution; and Mr. Scotland for the defence of Hone, and Mr. Vaughan for the defence of Warner. There were five different indictments against the pri soners in the above form, each relating to different por tions of the prosecutor's property. The value of the articles included in all the indictments was about 5001. The quantity charged in the first indictment amounted to about 2001., including several packages of otto of roses, gold leaf, quinine, Macassar oil, &c. To this in dictment Hone, under the advice of his Counsel, pleaded guilty, and Warner pleaded not guilty, no evidence being offered upon the other indictments. In order to establish the guilty knowledge of Warner, it was neces sary to go into evidence of Hone's proceedings. It ap peared that he had formerly carried on business as a che mist and druggist in the Strand, London; that he then went to Liverpool, and after being there for some years married. Before his marriage he and his wife wore ac quainted with the other prisoner, who was the wife of a Mr. Love! Warren, who kept a boot and shoe shop there, and both the prisoner and her husband went with them to church when they were married. After living with his wife for about 15 or 16 mouths he left her and Li. verpool, and for some intervening period his steps were not traced. The next notice of him was when he was assistant to a chemist and druggist at Stone, from who* employment he came at Christmas last into that of the prosecutor, who is a wholesale chemist and druggist at Wolverhampton, the latter believing him to be a good character, and allowing him a salary of 651. a year. prisoner must have soon commenced his wholesale sys tem of plunder, for in less than six months his employe r had lost goods to the extent above stated. A great part the d d ," i s e t a ai e g t u l w l i e s a h p s of these were recovered, and the passage to the witness box Indeed,b o d y generally ggood," distinguishes se presence supposedehnecCrown roof w b s was beset to-day with seven large boxes of med - y many in the court to illustrate the old adage, " that it is a e t b hianede'wpi noisomene r dt hmaoet odour blowsyo u'thatc. tt much perfumery diversified very agreeably the sameness'). court here. For ten weeks prior to his arrest he had been living in lodgings at Wolverhampton with the other prisoner, who had also abandoned her husband, and there it was that the goods in the indictment in question were all found and identified. The question for the jury was whether she had received the goods which were found in their lodgings, knowing that they had been stolen from any one? The evidence on this point was to the following effect : Madox, a police-officer, pro'ved that when he and the other officers went to search the prisoners' lodgings they declined to tell what was the subject of the charge, and she pointed to two cupboards that were in the room in 1850. which they met her, and said " There is nothing in them ;" but on searching one of them they found a large quantity of chemeal materials, opium, &c., and on etearclsing the other found, besides a quantity of articles in common nte, as cups and saucers, about thirty par cel: of a peculiar character, such as several bottles of anchovy sauce and a quantity of caustic. She appeared very much distressed when the officers went in a ith Hone in their custody, and when she asked him what was the matter he made no answer. In a room up stairs they found several toilet-bottles, and boxes containing opium, perfumery, &c., and so neatly packed that it was difficult for one to pack it; and when they took out the contents they could not replace them. They found also a quantity of essential oils in the room. The toilet-bottles were all on the dressing-table. They also found in a work-box some brass weights, which aro commonly used by druggists. Oa their finding these, she said, "Somebody must have put them there; I never saw them before." There was no proof that these weights ever belonged to Mr. Weaver. The landlady of the house i❑ which they lodged said, she never saw either of them bringing in any boxes or medicine. This fact was relied on for the prosecution as a proof that the articles were brought in separately in small parcel: and then packed up. After they had been lodging there fur a short time, Mrs. Warner went away, taking three boxes with her; and in a short time returned with two boxes, in which some of the stolen property was afterwards found. His LORDSHIP, i❑ summing up, told the jury that if they had auy reasonable doubt of the prisoner's know ledge of her paramour's guilt in robbing his employer, they ought to acquit her. The jury deliberated for five minutes, and then found them Guilty. Mr. GREAVES thereupon said he would not proceed with the other indictments, to which the prisoners had pleaded not guilty. When called on to say why sentence should not be passed, Hone, who seemed much affected, protested that the other prisoner was entirely ignorant of his having stolen the goods. HIS LORDSHIP, in passing sentence on Hone, said he had seldom known a worse offence, for not only was the value of the property large, but he received from his employer a handsome salary, on which he could live in comfort and respectability ; but, instead of that, he pre ferred plundering his employer. He (Mr. Justice Wil liams) felt that he would be deserting his duty if he did not pass a severe sentence upon him, and he would therefore direct him to be transported fir ten years. As for you, Harriet Warner (said his Lordship), I feel fur you, and I think you are to be pittied, for though you were not in the situation of a wife to this men, you were so much under his control that it was with the greatest difficulty you could have resisted or disobeyed his direc tions. I therefore sentence you to b© imprisoned for three months in the common gaol but without hard labour. (Before Mr. GREAVES, Q.C.) POLICE TRICKS—CONFESSIONS. John Rogers, William Hughes, and Richard Hurley, were indicted for stealing, on the 20th inst., at Kings winford, 268 lb. of rope, the property of Charles Wood cock and others. Mr. R. Thomas appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Huddlestone for the defence of Huxley. The other two prisoners pleaded guilty. This case was noticeable chiefly for a trick perpe trated by a police officer in endeavouring to make up evi dence, and the censure of the bench upon him for it. The prisoner Huxley when arrested denied all know ledge of the theft, but from the other prisoners the policeman got a confession, in which one of them Rogers, exculpated Huxley. This confession was made in the absence of Huxley, and the police-officer knowing that it would not therefore be evidence against him unless it were repeated in his presence, brought the three prisoners together, and then said to Rogers and Hughes, " Now repeat what you stated before." There upon they repeated their former confessions, and though Huxley, the moment Hughes exculpated him, denied the charge most vehemently, the constable re peated Hughes's confession to-day as evidence against Huxley. This course his Lordship severely censured telling the policeman that if he ever pursued such a course again, he should not be allowed to repeat it a third time in the character of a policeman, and in sum ming up the case to the jury said that such conduct was most dangerous—that policemen ought not to at tempt to make out evidence in such a manner against a prisoner, that it would be perilous to encourage such a mode of getting up evidence, fv, if the parties really guilty confessed, they might have some object in fixing guilt or suspicion on innocent parties, in order to pro tect some of their own associates, or to obtain some other improper . object. Such conduct in a policeman was extremely reprehensible, and juries should be par ticularly on their guard against evidence so obtained. Verdict, Not Guilty. THE STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION AT BRISTOL. The inquest was resumed this day (Thursday), but prior to entering upon the evidence produced, we are obliged to state that two additional deaths have taken place in the infirmary, and the bodies of a male and female have been raised in the floating harbour. The first witness called this morning was John Nicholas, who deposed that he is a smith and boiler maker, and had been so for full forty years. lie saw the boiler of the Red Rover about three weeks since, having been requested to do so by the captain, Mr. Muddy. Did not look at it inside, the man-hole not being large enough. Mr. Anderson, the proprit for of the boat, was present. He found the state of the boiler to be very bad, all the stays having been pushed in by the pressure of steam ; there was also a crack in the end stay to the length of about eighteen inches. Mr. Anderson asked him if ho could repair the boiler, and he replied that he could not to make a safe job of it, unless he put new tops, sides, and ends. Afterwards saw the boiler with a patch over the crack. Told Mr. Anderson that that patch would not strengthen it, but would only prevent a leakage; it was an old boiler. His son afterwards put a patch on the boiler, and told wit ness that the steamer was again at work. Witness said to his son, " You ought to have known better; the steamer is not safe to . travel in." His son was after wards employed as engineer aboard the boat, and lost his life by the accident. Witness remonstrated with him for taking the situation; and if his advice had been taken his son would now probably have been alive. He told him how dangerous was the state of the boiler. Could see that the boiler had not been made of new plates, and the strength of iron is lost by repeated heating. The Coroner and jury here went and viewed the boiler. Upon their return, John Nicholas wee re-examined, and stated that he had viewed the boiler, which had exploded in conse quence of the stays having given way. There were but three stays in the boiler, whereas there ought to have been nine. The plates when new were probably 5-I6ths of an inch in thickness ; they are now less by the wear. For such a boiler the thickness should have been 7-16chs, or 3-Bths of an inch, not less. The boiler was unsafe for such a vessel from two causes—tint, that it was too thin; and, secondly, that it had not a sufficient number of stays. Never saw such a boiler with so few stays. If the boiler had been good it might have burst through mi.management. An accident would happen if the water were allowed to go under the fireplace, but that was not the case in the present instance. On Sunday last the boiler leaked so much that the steamer had to put back. James Tomlin, waterman, deposed that Ethe Red Rover came from Waterford at the end of April last. Ile had agreed to purchase her, and paid a small de posit. When the boat came she made several trial trips, but did not perform to his satisfaction; and Mr. Ander son they offered to reduce the purchase money by 20/. Further conversations took place, and he was further offered a reduction of 40/. in the price, and he then said he would take it if the boat were placed in proper order. lie saw that the boiler and tubes were continually leak ing; when they were making a trial trip a screw flew out and nearly struck a man's eye out. John Gough, landlord of the Marquis of Granby, and engineer by trade, stated that he had examined the boilers, and they were good, and would have worked well for twelve months. Mr. Payne, who, however, admitted that he was the proprietor of rival river steamers, gave as his opinion, as an engineer, that the boilers and engine were faulty and imperfect. Dr. Fairbrother described the nature of the injuries received by the deceased. This being the whole of the evidence, a question arose as to whether there should be an adjournment. Some of the jury wished to have the evidence of the engineer that was originally connected with her at Waterford. It was, however, ultimately determined not to adjourn, and The Coroner, at great length, summed up the evi dence, and had not concluded when our report left. REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON At a meeting of the electors of the city of London, held yesterday, at the London Tavern, - , Bishopsgate street, for the purpose of considering the course that ought to be pursued by the Baron Lionel Rothschild, in consequence of the abandonment by the Government of the Jewish Disabilities Bill for the present session, John Abel Smith, Esq., in the chair, a resolution was passe d —" That Baron R ot h schild proceed to-morrow (th is day) to the Rouse of Commons, and claim to take his seat." Baron ROTHSCHILD said he would go down to the House to-morrow (this day), but he could not help say ing he thought the subject was attended with more diffi culty than they imagined. Arrangements were then made that the electors pre sent at that meeting should meet Baron Rothschild at the House of Commons. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Cure of an Ulcerated Leg by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Mr. John Olive, well knee n in Geelong, Port Phillip, publishes in the Melbourne Morning Herald, of June 22, 1849, the following extraordinary case:— " I had been afflicted for three years with an ulcerated leg, and had the best medical treatment in Melbourne and Van Die men's Land without experiencing any relief, when, hearing of the wonderful cures effected by Holloway's Pills and Oint ment, I resolved upon trying them, and with gratitude I ac knowledge that, after using them and attending to the direc tions, I found my leg effectually cured in a very short time. Signed, John Olive."—Sold by all respectable vendors of me dicines throughout the civilised world, and at Professor Hol loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. He who chooses to gaze perpetually on a del as picture of humanity gradually assimilates himself to his d;al.—Eliza Cook's Journal. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.--The QUO' 1:1 has been pleased to present to the Zoological Society the enormous land tortoise recently brought from the Cape of Good Hope in her Majesty's ship Geyser. The menagerie has received some further additions during the current week, including a male tapir, from South America, and some small but intereltilag ciwirupedg fxem Wegt Africa. PARIS IN MARCH, 1850. (CONTINUED The representation of Polyeucte at the Theatre Francais might have convinced any one that the Franciis deserves its new name of Chose Publique. After the Cid. perhaps es a totality the most perfect dramatic structure in any language, Polyeucte shows the great and true genius of Corneille. Nothing was wholly unknown to him. Napoleon said that if Corneille had lived in his reign he would have made him a Prince. Napoleon may also have had some notion of his own character approaching the Cid, for Josephine used to call her husband " mon amant, mon Cid." The great artists were known by their Christian names as Raphael and Guido : other, less celebrated, by some familiar appellation as Guercino and Luca fa presto : the Cid by the number of his names: Le Cid—Ruv Din —Rodrigo--My Cid Campeador. Cervantes calls him Don Rodrigo de Vivars. The mystic passages of the Polyeucte are elevated in the highest degree, but without profanity or dogmatism. The audience were most attentive: the Francais evidently pleases the bettermost Pari sians. Still, the ravages of gastronomy appeared in their anxious countenance s f rom physical impossibility of digesting what they had eaten. Do w hat you will, Munseer, the stomach will only contain two quarts of pulp on an average —a long list of dishes et parenniti abreurement parmy. Rachel is an admirable actress and no other is much distinguished, except Dejazet : yet there are hundreds of excellent comedians : the authors and journals are continually praising them, from real admiration and from the great value actors set on praise. The tone of declamation is surely better in England, and such was the ancient proverbial notion : Ex acumine Gracum, ex nitore Romanum, ex ponipci Anglum. It is impossible that either Le Bain or Talma came up to Garrick. The troops of players on the conti nent in the buon secolo or cinque cento, that is about 1,500, were all English, and English plays are still acted in the Irish college at Rome every Christmas. The art would seem to be one in which it is impossible to dogmatize. Old Johnson said he never found an actor who could give a reason for what he did except Garrick and Hen derson. Perhaps they did not give him good reasons, knowing that if he did not perceive they could not explain. Actors, it would appear, are seldom taught—they serve no apprenticeship, which is scarcely true of any other handicraft excepting the persons who on the almost invisible point of a steel punch cut the still more invisible letter which forma the matrix, which again forms letter-press type. In fact originality and individuality would appear to be the essence of an actor. The author gives his premier role, second role, premier rule marque, second role marque, jeune premier, jeune premiere, peire noble, Ingenuite, valet, Frontin, Jasmin—in short the simplicity of art—the individual character of the actor gives the multiplicity--uniformity with variety— il nell' UllO. Therefore the first quality of an actor is, to be totally unlike all other actors, imitating no body, learning nothing except to tread the inclined plane of the stage, to make his exits and his entrances. What creatures so different as Buckstone, Keeley, Harley, Wright, Bedford, and Smith? Shaks pere was at once dramatist, actor, and ma nager the same of Molie re, perhaps a better actor than Shakspere. An actor should not to be too tall, which destroys the illusion of the decor. Besides, the slow motions of a small figure are very graceful, as seen in women and in the dancer Perrot, who was shorter than most women ; whereas the quick motions of a tall person are ridiculous, so you lose the multiplicity of art. Besides, most great men, the proper subjects of tragedy, have been " little men." Kemble was asked about a Mr. Conway— " What do I think of Mr. Conway ?—I think he's a very tall young man." An actor should have large eyes, or the best part of his physiognomy will not be seen. The origin of the stage, like all other arts, is from Tuscany ; from the Etruscan mimes. Lazzi are tra ditional stage jests and " business," derived from Lazio, Latium—a curious instance of the tendimus ad Latium—and the modern extempore commedia dell' arts, from the ancient fabulce Atellance. The " Church" opposed the stage, partly because it superseded them. The Autos da fe of Calderon still remain :- - Atque utinans his nugis tots ills dedisset Tempora srevitia? The Moralities, or Mysteries, are continued in many parts of Europe and South America. For the same reason the clerks opposed the invention of printing-- it threw copyists out of work. Jarvey cannot abide Cabby ; Cabby cannot away with Buss. When they brought silk from China, pretiosa stamina Serum, why not printing and gunpowder ? No, it would have been the ruin of the profession. See Warner's Projectiles. Accordingly when the first printed book came out, a thousand copies exactly resembling the manuscripts of that age, they were given without scruple to the protector of all voracious and Phari saical sects. " Either we must put down printing, or printing will put us down," said a preacher at Paul's Cross. So Dr. Fii.st, or Fist, or Faustus, ac quired his sombre fame as first printer; hence also the word fusty.—Down with the great discovery of 1440 !—The notion of Luther prevailing in many places is precisely similar. Can the Church maintain such positions ? Fleury, the actor, in his memoirs says :—" Till the revolution, the nuptial benediction was denied to actors." Louis Napoleon, finding the French governed by journals and theatres, sets up a paper called the Na poleon, in which he is believed to write; and this paper urgently recommends the drama of Bonaparte at the Cirque. It is addressed to the bourgeoisie, and contains the early part of Napoleon's life. .... There are other dramas or tableaux in vs hich the ridi- cule of Socialism is irresistible, and applauded without a dissentient voice, as the Coup detat ; which, however, seemed more Legitimist than was required. There is a comic opera, the Porcherons; in which an ourrier makes an admirable squire of dames, but turns out after all to be a Marquis 1 The secret wound of France is, the fauxbourgs St. Antoine and Marceau ; when the bourgeois are profoundly sick ened, as with Charles X. and Louis Philippe, they forget the precautions necessary against those 71 , retches. Besides the thousands slaughtered in June, 1848, ,he Socialists made a great — demonstration without effect in June, 1849, but now they are vanished. It has been always so with the Gauls. Vilissimi ger superbissimi impel-ant. Prima illorum pradia plus guano viroruin, postrema minus gum fmminarum. Liv. x. 28. And Tasso— Impeto fanno nello battaglie prime Ma di leggier poi langue e si reprime. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL'S —YESTERDAY. GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 4 opt Capt. Archdall's Windischgratz—taken and afterwards offered 8 to 1 ngst Sir J. B. Mills' Won't-you-come-out-to night—taken 10 to 1 apt Lord H. Lennox's Borneo 12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Snowstorm—taken 15 to 1 'agst Mr. Reed's Clothworker—taken and afterwards offered The betting on this event was dull in the extreme, Clothworker alone being backed for any money. HAM STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Lord H. Lennox's Hernandez—taken 4 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Black Sea 200 even between Black Sea and Bonnie Dnndee GRATWICK3II STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Colonel Peel's Ifardinge—taken GOODWOOD CUP. 2 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Canczm-5 to 2 taken freely 7 to 2 agst Capt. Archdall'a Windischgratz 10 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack 10 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Chantielesr 15 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Officious 20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron Cant zou was backed for all the money that could be got on, at 3 to 1 and 5 to 2, no one offering more than 2to lat the close. Offers to take 4to 1 about Win dischgratz, and to lay 10 to 1 agst any other. Any odds agst Montes. ST. LEGER. 6 to 4 agst Lord Zetlann's Voltigeur—t to 1,0001. EBOR HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Cantab DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—taken to 3001. 35 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Newminster 40 to 1 agst Mr. Winteringham's England's Glory —taken 40 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Black Sea MR. SHERIFF NICOLL'S FETE CHAMPETRE. A most elegant dejeliner a la fourchetie:was given yes terday by Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, at his residence, Oldfields, Acton Vale, Middlesex. The beautiful pleasure-ground s were honoured by the presence of nearly 600 guests, in cluding the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Lady Mayoress, many of the nobility and Members of Parlia ment, the Court of Aldermen, Common Council, and their ladies. Messrs. Ring and Brymer supplied the re freshments, and with their usual efficiency responded to the desire of the worthy sheriff to sustain the ancient good character of civic hospitality; they had also the good fortune to be assisted with some valuable sugges tions from the renowned chef M. Soyer. The amusements were of a varied and most pleasing eharaot?r. Mdlle. Emile Vanderneersch exhibited the surprising instinct of her little songsters of the grove. The Alpine singers p'eased many; and atni.lst a thousand other novelties, a post-office was established, the new arrangements of which, strange to say, gave universal satisfaction. Tho scene was enlivened by some excellent music from (he band of the Coldstream Guards, presided ever by Mr. Godfrey. Elgington's marquees were, like the house and gardens, brilliantly illuminated in the evening; and, with the assistance of 011ivier's quadrille band, dancing was kept up till a lute hour. Their Excellencies the Nepaulese Princes were expected, but it was an nounced in the course of the day that they could not at tend in consequence of their preparing to depart. PROROGATION Of PAIL!AMBNT.—The Right. lion . the Speaker will give his official dinner on Saturday, August 3. It is understood that Parliament ie to be prorogued oh the 15th of Augmt,