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ellitrti %titian SUN OFFICE, Se#7l o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER tookßD READIN the Chair shortly after Twelve. THIGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: — Manchester Bonding. St. Thomas's Hospital Estate. COND READINGS. Cavendish's (or Harcourt's) Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. STANDING ORDERS. On the motion of Mr. %` ILSON PATTEN, it was ordered that the following Committee should be appointed to revise the standing orders of the House relative to private Bills :—Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Greene, Mr. Henley, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Wright son, Mr. Evelyn Ihnison, Mr. Teton Egerton, Mr. Sotheron, Captain Jones, Sir Henry Willoughby, Mr. Brotherton, and Mr. Thornely. A great number of petitions were presented for and against the recent alterations in the Post-office. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Edinburgh against eertain clauses in the Friendly Societies Bill. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from an individual in the metropolis against the erection of the proposed building in Hyde-park. Mr. WAWN gave notice that on the bringing up of the report on the Mercantile Marine Bill he would move that the Bill should be recommitted. POOR RELIEF BILL. The Poor Relief Bill was read a third time and passed. POOR RELIEF (CITIES AND TOWNS). Mr. SHAFTO ADAIR moved the second reading of the Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) Bill. Mr. T. EGERTON submitted to the Hon. Member whether it would not be a more prudent course for him to 'withdraw the Bill at once, as he considered there wo.sld be ,no chance of its passing during the present sesnion. Mr. S. ADAIR felt bound to call the attention of the House and the Government to the object and provisions of the Bill. It did not apply to the agricultural districts, but simply to cities and towns. As an instance of..the inequality of rating in cities in towns, he might state that in one parish in Cambridge the rates were 4d. in the pound, in another 2d., in a third Is. 2d., and in a fourth Is. 3ea., and it was his firm belief that in Lon don and the larger cities similar inequalities existed. He believed also that the principle of the Bill ought to be extended to more unions than he proposed to extend it, and he hoped that the House, by reading the Bill a second time, would approve of the principle. Mr. E. ELLIS seconded the motion. Mr. T. EGERTON moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. BAINES opposed the Bill. He hoped that the Hon. Member would not think it necessary to press forward with the Bill at this late period. He thought that the whole question was bound up with the question of settlement, and they could not expect to see either of them settled separately. It was for this reason that he hoped the Hon. Member would not press forward this Bill. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY, though he regretted that the Bill had not been brought in before this period of the session, was unwilling that the principle should be negatived. He believed that the Bill was well calcu lated to remedy many of the evils which existed in con sequence of the present system both in cities and towns and also in country districts. Mr. V. SMITH complained that the Right Hon. Gen tleman the President of the Poor-law Board, when he begged the Hon. Mover of this Bill to withdraw his Bill because it was bound up with the large question of rating and settlement, had not pledged himself to bring some measure of his own forward on this subject. Sir G. GREY said, with regard to what had fallen from the Hon. Alderman, nothing had been said upon the principle of the Ball .by any Member who bad spoken. He could say that the valuable reports which had been alluded to had been under the consideration of Government for some time, and they hoped to be able to bring forward some measure on the subject early in the next session. Beyond this he would not wish to pledge himself. Mr. SHAFTO ADAIR consented to withdraw the Bill. After what had fallen from the Right Honourable Baronet who last addressed them he could not persevere with the Bill. After some further discussion the Bill was withdrawn. COMPOUND HOUSEHOLDERS' BILL. Sir WM. CLAY moved the second reading of this Bill, which was intended to confer the franchise upon parties who were entitles to, but did not enjoy it. The House was aware that in London and other large towns the landlords of a certain class of houses, with a rental of 101. and upwards, compounded for the payment of the rates, with advantage to the parish as well as to the tenant; and the consequence was, that the occupiers of those houses were not re turned as rate-payers, and they were consequently deprived of the privilege of the franchise. At present the occupier had to make an annual claim to he placed on the register of voters, and the object of this Bill was to render all subsequent applications unnecessary after the first claim had been made and allowed. As the law now stood, - very many thousand persons were excluded from the franchise who were clearly entitlei to it. and while he was ready to make any change in the details of the Bill, which the Huns° might. upon consideration, think necessary, ho hoped there would be no objection to reading it a second time, and affirming its principle. Mr. NE WDEGATE said this very same Bill stood for a second reading on the 26th of July last, and now that stage was prepared to be taken three days earlier this session. Last year the Government thought the Bill was too important to be read a second time at so late a period of the session, and for the same reason he should oppose the motion now. Lord Denman, in his time, warned the Legislature not to trifle with this sub ject. That Learned Lord said, if this practice were to prevail it would open the door to enormous frauds. He (Hr. Newdegate) did not see that the necessity for this Bill was pressing, for the returns presented to this House snowed the number of borough electors throughout the country were greatly on the increase. He therefore felt it his duty to move that this Bill be read a second time this day three months. Sir GEORGE GREY did not feel any hesitation in supporting the second reading of this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) The objects of the Bill came entirely within the spirit of the Ream Act, and was far from identical with the Bill of last session, as had been stated by the Hon. Member (Mr. Newdegate). Sir E. N. BUXTON said he had no hesitation in giving his assent to the Bill. There were thousands of persons quite as fit to vote as those who did vote, but who were at present disfranchised for want of such a Bill as this. It enabled persons who actually lived in a 101. house, though they were not in point of law chargeable with the payment of rates, to vote as well as those who actually paid the rates. He would not say the machinery of this Bill was exactly what he could wish.—(" Dear," from the Opposition.) But that was not the question. The question was, whether the House would allow a great number of persons, who really were qualified to vote in point of the value of their houses, to be disfranchised simply because the landlord and not they paid the rates. Mr. TRELAWNY rose to advocate the principle of the extension of the suffrage, and to claim the vote of the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, in consequence of his late speech on the Irish franchise, and he could not see bow he could refuse it. It had been said by the Hon. Member for Warwickshire that the voters were diminish ing in counties and in towns. Ho could not see, then, how that Honourable Member could refuse his support to this Bill. Ile must say, however, that if there were anything proposed in that House bearing the character of progress, they were sure to find one of the Members f'r Warwickshire opposing it, and generally the other Member supporting his colleague.—(Laughter.) After a few words from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY and Sir G. PECHELL. Sir W. CLAY replied, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it 90 24 -56 Majority The Bill was then read a second time. SUNDAY TRADING PREVENTION BILL. Mr. C: PEARSON presented petitions from small shopkeepers in thu New-cut, Larabeth; Irom the butchers Of Clare-market ant Nevvgate-market, and 17 petitions from the cla's of small chandlers in the metropolis, in favour of this Mr. B. WALL presented a large number of petitions against the Bill. Colonel THOMPSON presentei a petition from a hairdresser against the 811. Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON presented a petition, as we under , tood, against the Bill. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented petitions from St. Luke's and other parishes in favour of the Bill, and one petition against it. The Noble Lord also presented a petition complaining of the manner in which petitions had been got un against the Bill. Many of the petitioners had been induced to sign a petition against the Bill under the impression that the petition was in favour of the Bill. Mr. C. PEARSON then moved the second reading of the Bill, which had come down from the Lords. The other House had passed it after the subject had been carefully Considered by a Committee. It was expected that a Member in moving the second reading of a Bill should state something in favour of its principle; bet in this instance it was difficult to separate the principle of the Bill from its details. It was nut based upon religious grounds—it was rather amt asure of police, and he sup ported the Bill for the simple reason that one day in seven ought to be set aside for recreation and rest. How that one day st.ould be spent he had nothing to do with. This was a matter which rust rest between the man who ceased from labour on the Sabbath and his God. This Bill wai intended to improve or assiit the work , ng classes. He belonged to that body himself, and as be was himself often compelled to work on the Sunday from necessity, it. would be a gross act of hypocrisy in lima he supported this Bill on the ground that it was rt quired for the purpose of securing the religious observance of the Sabbath. No one could deny that the parties whose interest would be most affected by this Bill were favour able to its principle; for in many instances the large majority of them had ireffectually attempted to put it in force by voluntary means, while one trader, who was in the habit of taking 401. on a Sun day, and others similarly situated, were prepared to forego their profits for the sake, net so much with the view of securing the due observance of the Sabbath as providing for a day of rest in every week, uPon which they could be relieved from the severe THE _SUN, competition of labour which the absence of a com pulsory law like this!' at present gave rise to. Lie believed that everything that legislation could che to put an end to the fierce competition which prevailed among traders on Sunday would be an inestimahi benefit in preserving the sanctity of that day. but it would be a benefit much more to the poor than the ix)). —(Hear.) It was for this purpose of rescuing the Sun day from that fierce competition to which the humbler classes were now subject that he stood there as t . ne ad vocate of the Bill.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Memher con cluded by moving the second reading of the Bill . Mr. BARING WALL opposed the second. reading. The Bill was certainly backed by the authn:•ity of the House of Lords; but he must call attention to the fact that in the Select Committee of Lords a great deal of the evidence taken before that Committeci went not to the propriety or impropriety of . passing a Bill of this description, but to disparzge the character of many of the witnesses who gave their testi mony. Mr. Hayman, who was called before that Com mittee, said he knew that there was no opposition to this Bill, except from publicans and Chartists, which was far indeed from the fist.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to read further evidence from the blue books at some length, from which he drew the inference that this was a Bill sought to be imposed upon the poor by the rich. A great part of the evidence went to show that the Bill would be entirely inoperative; it was full of anomalies and discrepancies, and he was astonished that the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman could reconcile it to his conscience to bring in such a Bill. No man could be mere anxious than him self to see the Sabbath properly observed, but he did not think that this Bill was at all calculated to ensure this object. TLe Bill was neither a Christian nor a social Bill, and he objected to the principle and the details. He had no abstract love of Sunday trading, but he did not want to deprive the public of the many conveniences which they possessed and prized. It was on these grounds that his opposition was rested, and from an anxie:y that no measures should be passed without some more ex tended consideration. The Hon. Gentleman then con cluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time that day three months. Mr. ANSTEY seconded the motion. _ . CO. THOMPSON supported the second reading of the Bill, and offered his assistance to the Hon. Mover in se curing to the public the continuance of those conve niences to which they had a right. He considered that the Bill was a great blow to the Sabbatarian superstition, and calculated to place the question upou:lair and rea sonable gr,und. Mr. ALCOCK supported the Bill. Mr. ANSTEY contended that this Bill was essentially a Bill aimed at the poor man, and giving exceptions to the rich. He believed that this movement had com menced in hypocrisy, and was continued through fraud and ignorance, and be hoped that by voting for the amendment they would put a stop to the growing super stition. Lord D. STUART supported the Bill in principle, though there were many of its provisions to which he had objection. Mr. G. THOMPSON should be one of the last to consent to any measure which could restrict the Chris tian enjoyments of the people, but he did not believe this Bill would have that effect, nor did he think it would impede their liberty, or reduce their rights. Ile believed that it was indispensably necessary for the sake of humsnity to prevent Sunday trading that was not absolutely required by the wants of the community. The majority of the inhabitants of the metropolis were favourable to this Bill, and when he was told that those who were immediately interested in continuing Sunday trading were also disposed to support it, he was at a loss to understand why the House could refuse to pass it. But, independently ot,that reason, he azked the House to pass the Bill as an act of justice to tha working classes ; for the law as it now stood encourag.d the payment of wages late on a Saturday night, and placed the labourer at the mercy of the unfair trader, who never scrupled to pass off upon his Sunday customers defective articles which he could not dispose of on the other days of the week. Mr. HAWES bad represented Lambeth in that House for many year; and be was bound to state that the vast majority of the inhabitants of that borough were favour able to some Bill of this sort. Certainly, the whole of the shopkeepers were anxious for such a measure, and be believed the evil practice of Sunday trading had led them to entertain that opinion. Sunday trading in Lambeth reached its present extent by small degrees. At first the shopkeeper only opened his doors fur a few early hours in the morning, but gradual competition forced him to remain open nearly the whole of the day, and he had now no other hope of a remedy for the evil he had brought upon himself except in a Bill of this nature. Mr. W. J. FOX said he would by no means have it understood that he undervalued the importance of a day devoted to rest and recreation; but the question which he had to decide now was, would this Bill enable the pebple to secure that day more effectually than they did at present? He did not think it would, he rather believed that this and all such petty measures detracted from the due observance and enjoyment of such day. It was nonsense to tell him that it was a Bill demanded by the working classes, it was a Bill required by the well-to-do shopkeeper, who wanted to increase his own comforts at the expense of his customer. The laws of this nature already in force were ridiculously inconsistent. For instance, a man could buy a copy of Dickens's publica tion on a Sunday, but could not purchase a Bit ale or Prayer-book. Throughout all these Sabbata rian laws the same contradictions were observable. but this Bill was the most inconsistent of them. It would, in fact, stop the functions of the baker, the cook of the parish, and deprive the poor hard-working man of many sources of enjo)menr. Before he could sup port such a Bill as this be must be satisfied that the Sabbath, as a day of rest and recrea tion, would be treated more generously than it was at present. He mug see the same liberty awarded to the poor that was enjoyed by the rich man—namely, that if sp , nding the Sabbath in the manner which pleased him best. lie objected altogether to any at tempt on the part of the Legislature, or of any other body, to force the poor man to spend the Sabbath ac cording to their peculiar sectarian notions, because such a proceeding served only to debase the poor man, making him either a dreamy hypocrite or a creature who indulged in brutal habits, and until he saw a dis position to treat the Sabbath more as a rational day of enjoyment than as a day of penance, he must decline to support any measure of this kind., Sir JAMES GRAHAM really did not believe with the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, that this was a petty measure. True, it dealt with a subject surrounded by great difficulties, while, according to his own private opinion, it ought not to be disposed of without refer ence to religious views; Cut, nevertheless, as its promo ters had preferred to urge its adoption upon social grounds, he had no objection to treat it in that light. Well, then, without pledging himself to all its details, he thought the House might safely pass this Bill ; it was a measure he believed required by the majority of the inhabitants of this metropolis, and while it more effectually secured the due observance of the Sabbath, it would neither interfere with the rights nor the enjoyments of the poor man. It would rather tend to increase them and improve his social coedition, and he therefore felt himself con strained to support the motion for its second reading. Mr. AGLIONBY, treating the Bill as a measure of police, considered it to be a most bungling and petty affair, fraught with evil and mischief. If the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Graham) could not recommend, when in officeos Bill of this kind to the House, he (Mr. Aglionby) could not understand why an independent Member should have hoped to carry such a Bill through the House.—(Cries of " Divide.") Mr. CHARLES PE'ARSON said he should reserve what he meant to have said in the way of reply to a future stage of theßill, having no doubt that it would pass its second reading. The House then divided, when there appeared— For Wet second reading lOl ' Against it 22 Majority. in favour of second reading -79 COPYHOLDS ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL The Ilouse then resolved itoe3 into a Committee on the Cops holds Enfranchisement Bill. _ _ _ Mr. .l I RE WEN had always supported this Bill, but he would suggest to the Hon. Member for Cockermouth (Mr. Aglionby), who had charge,,of the Bill, that consi dering the late period of the session, it would be desirable not to proceed further with the Bill at present. Mr. AGLIONBY felt that he was to some extent pledged to the House to proceed with the Bill, and therefore he had no other alternative but to go on with it. Sir G. GREY said, two years ago the Government had ught to introduce a Bill of this description in the House of Lords, but the difficultii s to its being carried were so inLuperab!e, that they were obliged to abandon it. He had to state that it was the intention of the Go vernment, early next session, to bring in a Bill relating to the entrancbi!ement of copyholds, more limited in its object than that before, the House, the main purpcse of which would be to encourage facilities for the enfran chisement of copyholds, but not to go the length of ' making such enfrunchisements compulsory. Mr. AGLIONBY declined to withdraw his Bill on any such vague intimation of the intentions of the e , t n ( t S ra i (Sir e G h . i s G e rn r e e y2 t . Government as that v.hich had fallen from the Right H te o u n d . ed ßa th ro a n t wi th outH (Nl r c 0 . m A p g u l Agli on by) w ) be wholly illusory. o co u n ld - Mr. HENLEY. was of opinion that it would not be advisable to proceed further with the' Bill at this late period of the session, and after the intimation w hich had fallen from the Ri g ht H on . B aronet (Sir G. Grey), he (Mr. Henley) would move that Mr. Bernal leave the chair. Mr. AGLIONBY would resist the motion of the Hon Member for Oxfordshire (Mr. Henley) to the last; even. if he (Mr. Aglionby) should be alone he would divide the House against it, and if he was beaten he would next session again and again introduce a Bill on the princip'e of compulsion.—(llear, hear. and cheer:.) AfLbr a few words from Mr. SPOONER and Sir GEORGE GREY, The House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ••• Against it .. Msjotil ••• ••• 36 ..• •.• -25 The Bill wa; acc - ordingly lust. DEal ORS AND CREDITORS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was re.d a stcond time. BOROUGH GAOLS BILL. This Bill was r t ad a third time and passed. CORONERS' FEES AbOLITION BILL. Sir B. HALL movtd the second reading of this Bill. Mr. HENLEY said he had no objection to the princi ple of the Bill, but he hoped that the Hon. Ali tuber, after taking the second reading, would consent to post pone it until next year. The object of the Bill was to commute the fees now received by coroners into salaries; and as there would scarcely be time this session to take the opinion of the great number of persons whore interests would be affected by the Bill, he trusted the Hon. Baronet would yield to his suggestion. Sir G. GREY said he also had no objection to the LONDON, principle of the measure, if lair means were adopted to ca':ry it into effect, but he thought the mode in which it was proposed i to fix the salaries was very objectionsiOle. A few days ago he received a deputation of coroners with reference to the Bill, and they alluded particularly to the very unequal scale on which coroners were remunerated by the magistrates of the different counties, and it followed that if their salaries were fixed on a ca►culation of the amounts which they had indivi dually received for a series of years past, the injustice which now existed would be perpetuated.—(Hear, hear.) There was also another point to bo considered: no effectual security was taken for the performance of the duties of the coroners when the motives arising from the payment of fees no longer existed. He therefore appealed to the Hon. Baronet whether it would not be advisable to postpone the further consideration of the Bill until nest year, seeing that there was not sufficieht time this session to discuss these various details. After a few words from Mr. T. EGERTON, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON said he agreed with the principle of this Bill, as the present system worked badly, but he thought the details were open to alteration and improvement. It was true some difficulty would arise about settling the salary, but be hoped the difficulty would not be such as to prevent the passing of the Bill this session. After a few words from Sir B. HALL, The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday. NAVY PAY BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday. CRUELTY TO ANIIIALS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee and was r..ported. On the question that the Bill be read a third time on Friday, Colonel SIBTHORP moved that the Bill be not pro ceeded with till this day three mmths. Sir G. GREY hoped the - Hon. and Gallant Colonel would reserve his amendment for the third reading. Colonel SIBTHORP had no objection to take that course. The amendment was accordingly withdrawn, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Friday. HIGHWAY RATES BILL This Bill was read a third time and passed, after the addition of some new clauses. SMALL TENEMENTS RATING BILL. ADJOURNED DEBATE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proposed the second reading of a clause the object of which was to give to the occupiers of small tenements the option of paying rates, and deducting them from the rent, where the landlord neglected to do so, in order to qualify those occupiers to vote, and so prevent their disfranchisement, which frequently happened as the law now stood. Mr. STANFORD characterised the clause as a sup plement to the Reform Bill, and much too important to be discussed at that late hour a the sitting of the House. Sir H. WILLOUGIIBY thought this was an aban donment of the principle of the common law. Sir G. GREY supported the clause, conceiving that it would only extend the number of municipal voters by admitting persons to vote who had been excused from paying rates, which he thought was not objectionable, seeing that iu such cases the rates would be paid in the shape of Mr. HENLEY thought there was no ground shown why the Houle should depart from the general principle of the law of paying a tax to be a ground of voting, be cause some parties would not take the trouble of getting a vote by asking for it. Mr. ELLIS supported the clause, contending that without it the franchise iwould be narrowed to an incon venient ex' en t. Mr. P. St.:ROPE opposed the clause, thinking that under its opPration a class of persons who were paupers would be admitted to exercise the franchise, Mr. BOUVERIE supported the clause. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said there was great dif ference between a Parliamentary, and a municipal franchise. He thought that a composition for the p%ynant of rates, which was admis>ible with re gard to the Parliamentary franchise, resulting from the occupation of a lot house was inadmissible with re spect to a municipal franchise, where the sole test was a continuous payment of rates for three years. As at present advised, he could not think it expedient to sup port the clause. Mr. BAINES, whilst admitting there was consider able difficulty in carrying out the principle involved in the clause, he was yet prepared to support it. After a few words from Air. SPOONER and Sir WM. JOLLIFFE, The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading of the clause... 38 Against it Majority ... -9 On the question being put that the clause be read a third time, it being now six o'clock, The SPEAKER adjourned the House, amid great laughter. MACKINTOSH ESTATE BILL. (THIS DAY.) The Lords' Committee on this Bill resumed their in quiry to-day, Lord Shaftesbury in the chair. Mr. ANDREWS was heard on behalf of the opponents of the Bill, and contended that if it should unfortunately receive the sanction of their Lordships the children of the clan of Mackintosh would be deprived of the benefits of the fund which bad been left by the will of Captain Mackintosh, and would transfer that fund to par'ties who bad no right or interest in it whatever, and yet no malversation or profligacy had been shown on the part of the trustee* to whom the manage ment of the fund was entrusted by the tes tator. Independently, however, of the real merits of the case, there was a question of considerable importance which had been rased by the other side. It was the ordinary rule of practice in their Lordships' House that no property held under circumstances similar to the present should be transferred to other parties without the consent of all the trustees ore:eller individuals, in whom it was originally vested. Now, in order to escape that restriction, the promoters had attempted to invalidate the right of Mr. Shaw to be trustee under the will of Captain Mackintosh, that gentleman having strongly protested against an application to Parliament for a Bill of this nature. The persons who were to administer the fuad-were to be magistrates of Inver ness, and Mr. Shaw had act-d in that capacity for some years, without any one impeaching his right. Mr. Shaw was a member of the Town-ceuncil as well as Dean of Guild, and the opinon of Mr. Rutherford and Mr. M'Neil, the eminent lawyers, to whom a case was submitted, in 1841, was that a Dean of Guild, who was also a mem ber of the Town Council, could claim to be a magis trate, and therefore a trustee of the Mackintosh fund. A decided objection was thus furnished to the further progress of the Bill, because Mr. Shaw had de liberately dissented from any such inter!erence with the fund. There was, however, another trust , e, whose right to be a magistrate could not be successfully ques tioned, who was also opposed to the Bill. The next point which he raised as being fatal to the Bill was, that it bad never been laid before the judges, and that the notice given of the application to Parliament did not comprehend all the objects which the promoters intended to accomplish. Mr. lloen asked permission of their Lordships to be allowed to re ply to these points, in order that they might be disposed of before his Learned Friend entered upon the merits of the Bill. The CHAIRMAN said it was not customary to hear counsel on questions arising on the standing orders, but in the present instance they would allow the Learned Counsel to answer the objections which the other side had thought fatal to the Bill. Mr. HOPE then contended that the magistrates of In verness who were the trustees of the fund, like all cor porate bodies, acted by quorums and majori ties, and therefore the consent of all of them to the present Bill was not necessary. The number of magistrates was six, and four of them had as sented to the present application to Parliament for an alteration in the mode or managing the fund. As to the other point, the Learned Counsel argued that the notice was sufficiently ample, but in the event of its not being sa, the Committee, were perfectly justified in striking out any clauses which they might think fo reign to the object of the Bill, as set forth in the notice in question. . _ _ Tne Committee-room was cleared, and on the return of the parties, _ _ Tbe CHAIRMAN intimated that their Lordships had overruled both the objcctions. Mr. ANDREWS then said, that the effect of the Bill would be to confine and hamper the execution ef the will, and deprive those whom the testator most wished to benefit of the education which he thought be had se cured to them. The Learned Counsel had said that the Inverness Academy had declined, and was not now able to give a proper education to the Mackintosh boys, such as was contemplated by the testator, ~but nearly all the witnesses whom he (Mr. Andrews) had called had been educated at the school, and they all agreed that it was at present in as good a state as when they were members of it, and that the education afforded was not only as good as was generally gisen at schools, but was sufficient to qualify a youth to enter the University. The net income sirisingsfrom the fund was between 600/. and 7001. a year ; that sum was likely to be diminished, and it was proposed by this Bill to deduct a clear one-third for the general purposes of the academy, thus depriving the Mackintosh boys of a great portion of what was left for their especial benefit; yet it had not been proved that the boys did not receive an education which was likely to elevate the clan, or ti qualify them fur situations in life such as were contem plated by the testator. On the whole, he thought it would be injudicious for their Lordships to sanction a Bill of this kind without the consent of all the trustees, and he entreated them to preserve intact this property, which had conferred such valuable benefits on the Mackintosh c)an, obsprving that any diminution of it would be felt as a heavy loss, not only by laeyiir room h e uzl e x w i ttu s v t : i n n eg g i ea6 fa rei i;a dn i , l i n ha e en s ad e r. r d l a t , f i i t tne l errdeaptol reply, participate in it, but by th e i r descendants fur all time to c o m e . sport interval, the of F a I :ti t l, l. l i , e le s e C w lt n i e hu a r ec e r tk a r i s ine no lt Mackintosh es d he t announc e d mid ' 'v h e that thelCommittee w e r e of of a r Fundtm o ney o 'ey i°) Zr ui the be p u rposes ei t out he academy. The Committee were also of opinion il.at the climes relatidg to the manag ement of the audit, and the supervi s i on o f the • fund, and the admission of the bursars, excepting .o far as such clauses directed that any sum of mum y should be paid to the directors of the academy, should be allowed. The Committee then separated. ANOTHER STRIKE,—The power-loom fustian weavers, to the number of about 300, in the employment of Mr. Joseph Schofield, at Littleborougb, Rochdale, have turned out fur an advance of wages to the amount of three farthing* per pound... eGarn WEDNESDAY EVENING, FRANCE. At the sitting of the Assembly yesterday a ballot took place for the nomination of the remaining ten mkmbers of the Council of Prorogative. M. Cr6ton having obtained 273 votes, General eulhires 266, Al. Vesin 264, Al. Leo de Laborde 259. Al. Casimir Perier 259, M. du Crouseilhes 257, Al. Druet Desvaux 249, were proclaimed member, of the Committee. The candidates who afterwards obtained the greatest number of votes were—Messrs. Combarel de Leyval, 245 ; Benjamin Delessert, 240 ; Gr6vy, 235 ; Cham bolle, 221 ; Garnon, 212 ; Bixio, 210 ; Adelsward, 20i ; Durand Savoyat, 202. Another ballot will take place for the choice of the three remaining members. Letters from Toulon of the 19th inst. announce the return of the steam-corvette Solon from Naples, where she had delivered dispatches to Admiral Deschenes, commanding the French fleet. It was believed the Admiral would proceed to the north. Each of the captains under his command had received sealed orders, not to be opened till they ar rived in a certain latitude. The deposits received in the Paris Savings-bank on Sunday and Monday last amounted to the large sum of 710,603 f. The deposits withdrawn on those days amounted to 219,153 r. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. Tne Queen intends to move to La Granja in the beginning of August. MADRID BOLSA, JULY 18.—The Three per Cents. were done at 32i for cash; the Four per Cents., at 12i ; the Five per Cents., at 12i ; the Debt without Interest, at 3l; and the Coupons, at 5-1. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—A very quiet market was generally expected this morning, under the com bined influence of advices showing a further slight decline in the value of cotton at New York, and a flat and drooping market for piece goods at Calcutta ; and some of the buyers anticipated a small advan tage on their side, in bargaining for yarns or goods. On the whole, the market has certainly not exhibited the animation which prevailed before the receipt of the accounts alluded to ; and the day's transactions have been considerably restricted. Natu rally enough, there has been, on one side, a little more of hesitation about paying the extreme rates of last week; and, perhaps, on the other, somewhat less of indifference to sell upon those terms. But this is the full extent of the effect produced ; indeed, some arti cles are still acquiring additional value. Spinners have shown themselves particularly firm ; and their sales for home use, and for shipment to Germany, Russia, and the Mediterranean, have reached a- fair aggre gate amount. The finer counts, both single and dou bled, are still hardening in price. As regards goods, we cannot report much progress in selling ; but the manufacturers are not dispo se d t o make any conces sion to their customers. The India merchants hive been rendered less inclined to operate than before by the accounts they have just received. We learn, however, from an eminent merchant, that the South American markets are becoming rather more favour ably circumstanced for business in our fabrics. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—There has been a brisk de mand for flannels to-day, and the manufacturers have asked rather more for their pieces, in order to meet the late advanced price of the raw material. The wool market is steady, and prices are firm. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There is a visible im provement in our market to-day, in the Cloth-hall. Low goods have been in request, and have met with ready purchasers. The trade of the week has been good ; in fact, an improvement on last week's. The wool market is about the same as last week's. Co lonial wools are in rather more request than before. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—AIthough there were more lookers, on than purchasers in our Piece-hall to-day, yet a tolerably steady business is doing in some de scriptions of worsted goods. The advance in cotton, however, has considerably affected those fabrics which are partly made of that material, checking both the de mand and the production. The spinners are still very busily employed ; and, where orders for yarn must be given out, the late advance is fully conceded. The wool trade is rather quieter in the country, as the farmers are beginning to see the folly of their extra. vagant expectations. The stocks in the hands of the staplers here are large, and the consumers are very unwilling to purchase at the high quotations de manded. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—There is no new feature to notice to-day in the cloth trade. Since last weeli, a very good business continues to be done. Al de scriptions of goods are eagerly purchased at the halls. Stocks are very low, and business is very brisk in the warehouses. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—Our reports from v.ll quarters are still all as favourable as the most reckless speculator for a large crop could desire. With the exception of s ome pieces of slack bins, and a trifling attack of mould in acme parishes, not worth speaking of, and which makes no progress, nothing can be more flourishing than the state of the plantatioe, TICELIURST.—our hop bines are in a very growing state; the weather for the last few days has been very favourable to them. We have a few gardens where the blues are gating yellow at the bottom. We continue clear of vermin.—Maidstone Journal, of July 23. MALLING —The hops aro coming into burr. The bine is still growing and healthy looking, with the ex ception of a slight appearance of mould in one or two grounds. EDENBRIDGE.—The bine cannot be doing better; it looks very healthy, and is free from vermin. STAPLEHunsT. — The bl►ies continue to grow vigor ously, and at pro,ent bid fair for a crop. ALToN AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, JULY 22,—The plantations are doing everything which the most san• guine croppist could desire.—Maidstone Gazette, of July 23. MORTALIT Y in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROLI ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDLNG SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1550. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *176 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 59 Tubercular Diseases ... 162 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 117 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 31 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 89 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... 72 Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. 10 •• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ••• 9 Diseases of the Joints,-Bones, and Muscles Diseases Maliorm a o t f i oß the v Skin, 4 0 3 Premature Atrophy 23 Old Ago 37 Sudden ... 6 Violence. Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 24 Causes not specifieds DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 863 ••• ••• Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated, spondlnz week in the 1841. of 1849. Week. West Districts... 301,189 .. 228 138 North Districts.. 376,568 ... .. 235 ... 168 Central Districts 374,199 ... 250 ... 140 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 295 ... 179 South Districts .. 503,346 ... 733 ... 238 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1741 ... 863 Males ••• ••• ••• ... ... 424 Females ... ... ... .........----...--. •• ... 439 BIRTHS IN THE, WEEK. Males ... .•• 592 Females ... .•• 601 Total ... ••• ..1,193 *ln this number are included 15 by Scarlatina, 31 by Typhus Fever, 51 by Rarrhces, and 5 by Cholera. Ripon,G - - The Captain P - , SOUTHAMPTON, 1% EDNESDAY.IIO . it sh N i I: ninsular and Oriental Company's ste Moresby, has arrived hers with the heavy portion of the Indian mail. She brings seventy-four passengers, amongst whean is the lion. Mr. Davis, the United States Commissioner to China, also specie value 5,0001., and a large cargo of silks and general merchandise. Sir W. Parker's fleet was crui,ing in the neighbourhood of Malta. The Peninsular mail steamer Jupiter sailed from Gibraltar for Southampton, to touch at Lisbon, on the 16th inst. WOOLWICH, JULY 23.—His Excellency the Ne paulese Ambassador and his suite, accompanied by Captain Cavanagh, arrived at Woolwich at a quarter before 12 o'clock to-day, anti were received by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., Commandant of the Garrison, Colonel Cruttenden, and Brigade-Maj , r Bingham. Th e Royal Horse Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Bell. and the Field Batteries, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson, had previously assembled on the common, and were drawn up in line to receive his Excellency, who rode down the front with the command ant and his staff, and up the centre, betwixt the gun and limber carriages of the batteries, and in the rear of the Royal Horse Artillery. His Excellency, after viewing the whole of th e interior of the extensive range of buildings containing the stores, was conducted to an opening on the south side of the second story, and had a view of upwards of 30,000 gulls, many of them of large dimen.ions, and . on being condu c ted to the north side had a view of the piles of shot and shells kept ia readiness for service. On leaving the Royal Arsenal his Exce lency returned to the garrison, and witnessed mortar and ly.witzer practice at the mortar battery, and then returned to town. AIk.XICAN INDEMNITY MONEY.—It is stated in the letters by the Niagara, that " the last payment on the three-and-a-half milli m dollars of the Mexican Indemnity has b.a:n made to Mr. Belmont, the agent of Messrs. Rothe child." The amount comprised in this instalment was 462,000 dolls. HATTl.—Accounts of the 23d June from Pert au-Prince state that the Haytien Governme nt was increas ing i ts fleet, for the purpose of attacking the Dominicans. The export duty of 10 per cent. on American vessels had been taken off on the 24th of May last, thus putting them on an equal footing with the vessels of other nations. DoVER, DEAL, AND CINQIJS POUTS RAILWAY.— The Master in Chancery Brougham has appointed the 29 th inst. for th e settlement of the list of shareholders, liable in connexion with this company, and will sit for that purpose ua Vice-Chancellor Wigram's Court. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales cf Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 baies, of which 500 American and 500 Surat were taken for export, and 500 American on speculation. The market was quiet, and closed steadily at about 1-16 d. in favour or buyers. The sales com prised 4,000 American, 300 Pero= and Maranham, at Bd. to 81d.; 200 Egyptian, at Bid. to 9d.; anti 400 Surat, at 44d. to 6d. per lb.—Railway Shares slightly improved, and the market closed with a better feeling. Accounts from Hamburgh state that a large brewery had bet n burnt down, together with a quantity of malt, &e., valued at 50,000 mares banco. No lives were lost. In the Amsterdam Stock Market on Monday prices were steady. Advises from Nicaragua state:—"The agents of Howard and Son's, and Low and Co.'s line of Pacific steamers, have arranged fir. building wharfs in the harbour ;of Realejo, which is henceforth to become their principal coal and provision tie} hr, at which all their steamers will stop both in their up w.:rd and downward paring , s. Thii will be a grand improvement upon the present arrangements, and will lead to the ultimate abandonment of the Chagres and Panama route. Indeed, some dozPn or more families have abeady lett Panama, to open establish men:s here. An American hotel is now in operation in Granada, and in a few days one'will be opened in this city. There are, probaloly, not far from 100 Americans now making permanent establishments in the country; among these are the agents of several Californian houses, who are opening a trade in coffee, sugar, rum, rice, and other tropical productions. Central America must become, to Oregon and California, what the West Indies have been and are, to the Eastern United States. There are now twelve sail in the port of Realejo, chiefly from San Francisco. This new impulse is everywhere per ceptible, and has led to a marked revival of industry. The amount of land this year put under cultivation in this state tar exceeds that of any previous year since the in dependence. The crop of corn will be double that of '49. The coffee and indigo crop, both of Nicaragua and San Salvador, will probably show an advance of from 30 to 50 per cent." From the 7th to the 23d inst. the Hon. East India Company have elrawn bills from London to the tollowing amount:— Rate. Amount. On Bengal Madras ..... 23. .... Total X150,640 6 9 On Bombay there were no bills _ Stocks are looking up this mornirg, and the purchases for money have a favourable influence. Consols have been 961 to 97 for Transfer, and 96i to 971 for Account. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Ct nts. have been quoted 9Si to 99k, and the Three per Cents. 971 to Bank Stock has been firm at 211 to 212. Exchequer-bills are 675. to 70s. premium. The Foreign Market is more animated. Mexican Bonds have been steady at 29i to 30. Equador are to 4. Grenada have been 18 to and Brazilian 92 to 1. Peruvian Stock is 82, being rather higher. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 34 to 344. Sothis!, Five per Cents. are 17i to and:Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents. 57g. Railway Shares are generally at fuller rates. Consols QUARTER TO THREE. ... .. ... ... 961 97 Ditto Account ... ... ... 97:97i ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BEITISa FUND 3 O'CLOCK: PRICES. Junit .t.oek.: ' .c, - , Cent. Reduced Anne ..... „.... 9746% 97% 3 ;:er Cent. Consols Annuities... —... 96';'; ; N 97 97 Now 3 , 4 per Cent. Anne.. ... `.on„ ~ nno. to ~ x pire Jan. 1860 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities ...... .:onsi-lo for Account 97 971/. 97% ..xe,hequer tiill - 3. Ilk - % 6; 2d 1,900/. June 7O 67 p 67 p Stntll e June 67 70 p 70 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. razitian liontts Ditto, New, 1843 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 1 ,E per Cent lBl4 18% Ditto Deferred Mexican, S per Cent.lB46, with Coupon"— - Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds. 413 per Cent — Ditto, Account Ditto, Deferred ' 35% 36 35% Portugueae 5 per Cents. Ditto,:4 per Cent. Ditto, Account Russian Bonds Ditto, 4 1 % per Cent Nuatil,th h per C.-int. 1544) Ventanela Bonds, 2 1% per Cent Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in Lone on. Dutch 2 1 i per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certifieates — 89% PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN , .. RAILWAY SHARES. PAID ' AT °NIL O'CLOCK. PRICEA Caledonian Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 Cil•eiter and Holyhead... 50 i.a...t.ern Counties.... 2O .. 6% 6% Eat Lancashire .reat Northern Do., ',. I A Deferred ... 12%—.• --- Do., .5 per Cent. Pref. 121 Treat Western 100 ...... 569 2 y i ~ Si ... . Ditto New 171 15 . 7 3 / 4 .. ... ...... .. VA . ~_ Hull and Salby ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Do. Quarter Share:... 12►,% 2l Lancar,hire& Yorkshire 1O( i)o. Fifths.. .. 11v 2 . Leeds and Bradford L rndon, Brighton. and South C0..a5... ...100 ...... 814 80 London and N. Western 100 .10 8 3 /4 109 lO9 Ditto, Now Quarters 17 London ta S.Wcetc.rn ...1f!O Midland . .........100 Do., 50/. Sharer, Do., Birm. and Derby ICO North BritiAh _. ..... ... 26 Ditto Preference - North . Staffordshire ... 17N t 6 14 6 14 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate lB ..... 18 3 4 l B l 4l Shrewsbury and Birm... 13 1 4. 9% dis.. ..... \ ork. Newcas;le. and Berwick-- . Do, Newcastle Extra. 20 Dc. G.N.E. Preference 9 ... York and North Midland ta, Ditt., P , er,irenne JULY 24, 1850. KILRUSII, JULY 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Arid, Stuart, St. John':, New Brunswick ; Governor Hugel', Quebec. BELFAsr, JULY 22,—`Vied S.—Arrd. Acadia, Mira bobraon. Hetherington, Barbadoes. DEAL, JULY23.—Winti E S.E. A.M.; seven P.M. S.W., lighe.—Arrd. Candidate, Fowle, Barbadoes; Oregon, Ford, New Orleans, from Gothenburg. Arrd. from the River aod ski. fur Southampton, Calcutta, Jeisica, Port au-Prince; Soldan, Bo -ton; Maria Grace, Newfoundland. LIVERPOOL, JULY 23.—Wind S.E.--Arrd. Dorcsanti, Robinson, Calcutta ; Maxim, L:nAsay, Valparaiso ; Hamlet, M.Laren, Cuba; Try ',Rine, Le Crane, La Guayra; Forest, Jefferson, Mubth ; Ellen Maria, Whit more, Savannah ; Adelaiclo Metcalf, Scott, Quebec; Thetit., Selby, ditto; Mountaineer, Williems, Savannah; Wm. Rathbone, Spencer, New York; Martin Luther, Quebec; Reindeer, Lepron, ditto. Sld. Jane, Duffus, Valpiraitio; Speed, C.y;un; Devoniar, Port Natal; Gazelle, Tampico; Entelprize, New York; Wm. D. Sewell, ditto; Ply Da-nth, Ruck, Boston; Eliza, Bt Halifax; Larne, Qd• bee. BATB URST, liIVI.R GAMBIA, JUNE B.—The Lady Sale, or Bristol, hence to London, got aground on the RA Bank, in pulling to sea 2d May, was towed oft acid back to this pert on the 29th, by H - M.S. Dover, has been surveyed, and is discharging to repair. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Angl- Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5%. 3eulognii and Amities... 20 ...... 7% 734 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 patch Rhenish ...... ... 8 ... •••• 4 s,ast Indian ............... 7 Luxembourg - Ditto Namur and Liege ....«. 20 ... Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 E'aris and Rouen 2O ...... 2 t 24% Paris and Strasbourg ... 13 Rouen and Havre ....20 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 -.— West Flanders B 3A ..... MINES. Cobre Copper United It exican 2B k 4 JOINT STOCK 13A.N Kb.. Nnstralasia , Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto, New ..... 10 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY 24.-- . Wind at noon S.S.W. to S.W., moderate breez,l and cloudy. BRISTOL, JULY 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Schyryd, Margrate, Cape de Verd. Sid. Northumbria, Quebec. Off port, Maria, Carus, Barbadoes. GLOUCESTER, JULY 22.—Arrd. Nicaragua, Quebec. WATERFORD, JULY 22.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W.— Arid. Sophia, Ballard, St. John's, New Brunswick. QUEENSTOWN, JULY 21 AND 2i --Wind.S., strong.— Arrd. Launce.ton, &Avery, Laguna; Kingston, Fortune, St. John's, 'New Brunswick. Off port, Cape Breton, Reid, Callao. LIMERICK, JULY 22.—Wind E —Arrd. Abby, Irvine. Sr. John's, Newfoundland, for Leith; Primrose, Fer guson, Quebec; Jessie, Gorman. ditto. SUNDERLAND, JULY 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Fairy, Riches, Cape of Good Hope. HULL, JULY 23.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Quebec, Renton, QaebeC. PLYMOUTH, JULY 23.—Arra. Victory, Quebec. Off port, Fortune, Lemarie, Porto ,Rico, from Havre; Chris tian, Hatlerstrom, Samarany, from Gothenburg; Thos. Cronholm, Bahia; John Ormerod, Harker, Trinidad; Arab, Dominica; Hermioue, Loner, Gambia, from Am sr.erdarn. OFF THE LlZARD.—Amaranth, Walker, Grenada. FALMOUTH, JULY 23.—Wind S. to W.—Arrd. Pike, Francis, Rio Grande; Woodbine, Skeocb, Quebec. Sld. Alcbyrnist, Qu• bee; Countess of Mulgrave, Quebec. Off poet. Guelim, Seleer, Cordebas, for Havre; Friedhandel, Steillos, Aux Cayes, for klamburgh. HELFORD, JULY 22. Arrd. Cormoall, Charles, Quebec, SCILLY, JULY 22.—Wind S.—Off port, Sirius, Neiki vski, Bahia. ABERDEEN, JULY 22.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. Sir. W. Qun bec. PETERHEAD, JULY 21. —Wind S.E. soap, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 23.—Wind W.---Arr4. PiAt Glacgow, Wadharn, Qebec. Cow,S, JULY 23.—Wind variable.—Arrd. PotNdam, Wolff, B onvis; Thon,p,on, B this; liapliee, Nepi , un, d itt y ; Lorrutice, fluvantrAh. DARTMOUTH. —6 id. Cad 13 , 0. Q ue b ec . Y NVEY, iod SE.—Arrd. Royal Ade -laide, ;with, Q JULY 22.-1 N in.b: C. PENZANCE, JULY 22.—Th ck, with raic. Arrd. Mercy, P:nrich,,Be:ize. PILL, JULY 23 —Wind S.E.—Sid. Northumbria, Queb , c. NEWPORT, JULY 23.—Wind W.—Sid. Terrell, Bos ton; So p, re, Qu(s,bf c. - CARDIFF, JULY V3.—Wind E.S.E.—Acrd. Harmony, James Qtrei Woi,d, ditto. Lola; ISLAND CHANNEL. JULY 22.—Arrd. Oxe b a, Witherton, Miramichi, frum Liverpool. BOIFt.OTTG Eli li OP IVLELItICM'r. For all kinds of Hups the demand is very inactive, at last week's quotations. The duty is called 180,0001. VTELITECELEXPEX. Prime Beef and Mutton were in good request, at full prices. In other kinds of Meat ♦ery little doing. Beef, from 2s 4d to 38 4d; Mutton, 25 8 , 1 to 3s 10d; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 28 8d to 3s 6d; Pork, 3s to 3s 10d per 81bs, by the cat case. SECONDARIES'-(THIS DAY.) (Before J. POTTER, Lq.) GALE V. GILLILSPIE. This was an action to recover the sum of 31. 14!... for rent. The defendant pleaded non occupancy, but the evidence was conclusive on the part of the plaintiff. Mr. YuitszoN, of Clifford's Inn, appeared for the defendant, and submitted that the plaintiff could not recover judgment for more than the debt, as by the 128th section rf the County Courts Act, persons not corning within the exception of that clause, which enacted that all suits formerly instituted in the superior courts for less than 201. shall be brought in the county court of the district where the debt or some material point arose; end by the 29th section it was enacted, that in cases where the plaintiff sued in the superior courts he should only recover a verdict for the amount of the debt, and DO costs. The Learned SECONDARY said that the case was sent down from the court above on a writ, and he was bound to make a rcturn. Mi. YORSTON said that this course compelled the plaintiff to apply to a judge to enter a suggestion on the record to deprive plaiutiff of costs—this was a matter of course, but entailed great expense ; but Mr. Justice Coleridge, at chambers, had, on the 2001 March, 1850, in a case " Bell v. Freemantle," set aside a judgment for defendant and co,tz. The Learned SECONDARY held that he must enter the verdict for the full amount. SHERIFF'S SMALL DEBTS COURT. (THIS DAY.) IMPORTANT TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS.-LEWIS V. BERRY. The plaintiff in this action was lately landlord of the Catherine Wheel, in Catherine Wheel-square, Bishops gate, and the plaint was laid for 10s. 3d. for the balance of an account for beer, &c., supplied on account of the defendant. Defendant's wife appeared and challenged the accu racy of the account, and admitted that she had run up the score for herself and companions, without the know ledge of her husband. The Learned JUDGE said that it was a very bard thing for a rnau to be called upon to pay these secret scores for gin and beer; publicans ought not to allow it. FlaintitY said ttat their business could not be carried on if they did not occasionally give credit. The Learned JUDGE—WeII, I think you acted very improperly, for you had no autho: ity from the husband, and as at she had were not necessaries, according to her station in life, you are not legally entitled to recover. Judgment for the defendai:t. BO W-SrItEET.—CII-11S DAY.) Jan Uorgan, late waiter at the Somerset Ct. ffec house, Strand, was charged with having stolen a 51. note, and a cash•box containing a 101. note, some sover reigns, and several valuable documents, the property of his master. Alexander Stewart, the proprietor of the Somerset Coffee-house, deposed that the prisoner bad been in his employ for somo months past, and that lately he had given him warning. On the night before last the priso ner stopped out all night, end on the following morning a 51. note, which bad been kept for some time in a chif fonier, was missing. He returned the next morning about eight o'clock, quite intoxicated. Nothing was said to him, and during the day he went through his work. About a quarter-Fast seven o'clock he was seen to go through the bar with his box on his shoulder, and not returuing• for the remainder c f his wages, suspicion was aroused. The place vs as ss arched end the cash-box found missing, which contained, in addition to the money, several very valuable documents. Several of the documents abstracted from the cash box were found on the prisoner. He was remanded for a wick. THANIES.—(THIS DAY.) ROBBERY of 3,000!. WORTH or GOLD DUST.—Peter Vanderhost, a Dutchman, formerly st.aard of the Ba tavia, Rotterdam steamer, aged 40, litzbonness, a Ger • man touter, 28, Margaret Hermann, a tiernian, 41, and Conrad Hermann, 48, were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with steali. g gold dust end lumps of gold, lately brought. from Calitorma, to the amount of 3,0004 iu a German lodging•laouse, kept by a Mrs. Wernecb, in Little Alie•streer, Whitechapel, on Monday night last. Mr. Pelham appearkd for Hermann and his wile; M. Strauss, a respectable German linguist, acted us interpreter. It appeared that two foreigners, named Giacomo Tu,tta, an Italian, described in the police-sheet as a landholder, and Nicola Prosper Calliaux, a Frenchman, arrived trom California a few days ago with gold worth 3,0001., and hired apartments in Mrs. Werneeh'is house, where all the prisoners were engaged as servants. The owners of the gold went to Vauxhall on Monday night, and during their absence their rooms were broken into, acd the gold abstracted. On Tuesday night, at a late hour, in consequence of information to police-sergeants Foay and Macintosh, 3 H, with Caller d 89 H, repaired to a German lodging- home, No. 45, Bear-street, at the back of the St. Katherine's Dock, where they found Vander host concealed, and took him into custody, when he dropped on the fluor a few lumps of gold, part of the stolen property, and equal in weight to one hundred sovereigns, which Macintosh seized. Tuetta and Calliaux bad no doubt it was their gold. Vandcrhost made a statement to Sergeant Foay, implicating the other prisoners, who were ap prehended, and also implicating Christian. A great many witnesses were examined, who made oat a strong case against the prisoners who broke into the rooms rented by Tuetta and Calliaux, and plundered their boxes of the precious treasure. It was also proved that Fitz• bonness took Christian and Vanderhost to the house of a man rimed Lyons, in Cooper's-row, Tower-bill, shortly after toe robbery, and said they were emigrants proceeding to New York viic London, and had just arrived, and induced Mr. and Mrs. Lyons to receive them as lodgers. Lyons heard of the robbery in the course of Tuesday, and, suspecting his lodgers, turned them out of the house. Foay and Macintosh had no doubt Christian was in posses ion of the rest of the gold, and believed he could not escape. Mr. YARDLEY remEinded the priEoners for a week. THE SECURITIES FOR ADVANCES BILL.-DEPU aTtAtToironNeyT3oanLdo s n o t ; i c itor JOANs o s e 3 1 Li'dL e—nAageeedpuitnatcioansesfrpoemnditnhge in the Encumber e d E states Court, g waited by appointment on the First Lord of the Treasury, at his private residence, Cheshasn-place, on Saturday last, to press on the consider lion of Government the importance of re-introducing the Security for Advances Bill, as brought in by the present Attorney-General. The deputation wss accompanied by a large number of Irish Alembers. Having stated their object and pointed out the evils which would arise from Sir J. lleinilly's Bill being held over till next session, they were in funned by Lord JOllll liU6sell th tt the views of the Govern ment had not been changed in reference to the prim iple of the Bill; considering, however, the opposition which the Bill hat. experiel.ced, he thought the most judicious course would be to bring it torward again next session. If, however, the opposition were n t persevered in, it would be matter tor the consideration of the Government whether they would not yield to the wishes expressed, and re-introduce it this ses sion. The deputation then retired, and immediately put themselves in co mmunication with Mr. Stuart, who led the oppt shim, to the Bill m the House of Gaminnis, the result of which was, that yesterday that Hun. GA-alumni refused to withdraw or moony his opposition to he measure, anti the, Bill will not be re-introduced until the next scission. GUEAT EXHIBITION OF 1851.—Ysterday a public meeting of the inhabitants of the united parishes of St, A. drew, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr, was held in the large hail of the workhouse, Little Gray's Inn-lane, for the purpothe of taking into cousidera ion the most ail , quate means of promoting the succos of this national undertaking, and to tarot a local connut tee tor the saute purpose. A commit tee was appciuted to collect tuid assist its (Ai - tying out th e views of her Miajesty's COmmuistorter& ------------- WALKER TESTIMONIAL. (From the Lancet of July 20.). bst t he _ o, l e t is to a member of the medical profession t _, es 3 0 I honour is due of having commenced, and. csritiot must pestiferous the righteous agitation sin )ergo pestiferous of nuisances—interment i n L i gi st in towns., 'Va. G. A. Walker commenced his 10":;.„4 tnis cause single-handed and alone, and e 0 !r o l a when most every he had giant prejudices to contend witbite;o4 3isbn.liatr.drdi.; (i! hoi . fs er c y: u kil.d of authority against hint tinde Mit o .y alticulties which would hive damped the sr, most h i ealth men, and undaunted by the real dalige"r and life which he daily encountered, be Po bedside .0 3 t ia e ds o a f lions 0 f andtrhaegpeoautisent, sufferinghonourable oi c a treheeri 0 w13.1....1 fever consequent upon graveyard malaria grab the most wretched hovels of the poor --in the e / livingc ro wd crowded i neighbourhood,ogs affected hyi tssuartrinoopatirstoi idiseab danger-vaults of such foci of pollutioi ti, as were found beneath F,non Ch s P e r ! bls siniila se r burial-holes, was to be found the in t. philanthropist. et The results of his inqus werjrf, li h d lin his work, entitled "Gatherings fr om MI yards." s." The public, at first, were inclined O rk 0 h p .a o t n t the statements in that remarkable war hi;; hip exaggerated, and painfully ever l e y could scarcely believe that sone ,snitietl, graveyards of London were so over•crus ito h • very place of worship was hi, it .,if b i of infection, and that men were struck des° , P TO lightning,h FA i „,y the t —uv_um from an open gra ° 4o l ' terrible_ it catalogue of evils, however, soon receil_setto, d o _ions, to which the attention of the entirepote p_ li - was painfully drawn ;—the catastrophe ° A Aill i Church and—the melancholy story counecte., of S. largaret's, Westminster, under the very:7o.l Parliament—startled and alarmed even °pll' Lary hardy and sceptical. Then it was after years, . 10 0 ofary labour, that the cause identified wit h ti ! e tioff il Mr. Walker was discussed at public Tegoto formed the subject of coroners' inquests, 00,40 dietet e aitated in Parliament. At length, having . its origin in a solitary inotantain-ri; ing, bluerh aasit reacted of tes course. dow n s til t ; b, gi u g s b e ti s oeter c is tributary streams, it .becaree ibort,,stie° t. has a%. 0 hbreeonf extra-mural a _ p m r o u g r r a e l s s b o u f ri t a h l e . pursued its course, fresh ibr.rrelf ofol le to the discussions on this subject in f l e ' r elielidnlrjen rod ti : ii°lPll of a Bill by the Government , opposition of interested parties, to the int,loof: siaynietarf 01 coefet,„, an d the virtu,od I tt throw of the system. Wit)' that 1 3 i ll e oO a grave and numerous faults, Mr. Walliertto Oil nothing to do; but let it not be ferg : ° ; t o; l4° to him, and to him only, is due the ea u ": matt if f i having_ directed public attention to th e leo iii the h e e arl f y al d le a n ys aof Nh'iiestirnqutioriehsi,sitPhisilaP°;thuibPirgivtlists .e,m l ight have been remembered 040 . b Gyfer t i o ; circ.e. Few, indeed, are the rewards whic,a to ts : 01 ment offers to the medical man. Exl )° , 9 ; o f he t ra more deadly than the enemy in the fie'" .. 6 1 and more insidious than the midnight 03591 'fertit r ot a to ing with death in the dark corners e f f r o . he has nevertheless nothing to lod* 1° 6 4 11 ee l ; as a reward, except the mans ° li dos L e and the satisfaction of having A 01 0 ,701 in of her the L decorations egion of H to on w ou ar r riors duty. In free and enlightened Eegi nu- ,1 salt l 7 o o medicine has no chance of rew'ard, not e Id ''''' obtained had he been a Fr'encictan, wh i c h. be 10 die/ a th e IVO: disgusted, with the ingratitude of of e the civic crown had he been bor n :0' 0 ;1, when haswe he no notice d i . ti:en. We are not surprised them tbe,nevetost'd the u% yet w iii a tr l y lo n w ien hin w i il t l the gre-; e o v i. I been t findal taken e t that a snatchedt .lfrr.o n3iNhittirabllcoeourion.has .4.locollattevi of his 9 ~.. ..,,,, aline credit tiv.1"110/Pcv to the movement. But the gratitude of bis fe hie las t . been held, Members of perceive by the newspapers that a public n - ( 0 0 0 aoptnagortloi whicha b om e ner s no t r a wa i aa n ns r e dd d ape d w enr. istitoh;essoloe. of d t l areautniia odwe n i: i c ei gii : oit t g o w ti : iol), ' of Che f s o gee fi t p2ar testimonialse o f se eotertein ilev fupnodhltioo psreet:ent 3:i i r• : 13 i d ed o " 111 t 4s# 1 1 0 community of his energetic, unwearteu ao do of ful labours in the cause of sanitary reforfr, - 07 00 0 t r h emoval of the dead from the centre of tbe f o re, tl ,4o theatliving."The names of the cominittefo tastivre, meeting . sufficiently guarantee tbst shalt "109 0 ni . 1 e will be a noble one ; and sincere w of ° re jule to see the valuable labours °Us w e° old own profession appropriately and .. , 400- , warded. The e ll ~ Pe° • k ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL "';,„ 1:) ,i angn4jor hibition of the Royal South London Federal was held in these gardens yesterday. f e „ . b e ich t rfi l ec ° ,l4 q sp u e e o e i s m m e - e n r s e o e f r p ec la te n t t l s , uannddefirotwheerssh:.eltreer 01 A s ' ol ,l oo , arraltg e g tu. ; 1 . 0 tion was highly creditable to the so ciety, „ o ,ll ' ofr flowers the piccotees attracted must nnt ic " i°e n,ot permit us to publish the very long liege f ro of P r tec h : Itl i ff The usual entertainments followed, and Ne ti l l / play was extremely good, notwithst . andittn t vourable state of the weather, and the CO numerous than could reasonably have been ', l " o "irsls,„• ' - ht musical performances in the orchestra were 11 "4 (110 3 'i Vice !It has been suggested that a On t. ; n o , e-; tion of the passage of the French troops overttPotOffento be giv. n with good effect. We once saw Jitil o ta t ecuted in day time, and assuredly t he progress 0' 4 army and the appearance of the distant cola' _ g /S, effect in some respects than by night. 0 ° 1,0 0 11% 0 THE FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT 0— t i WESTERN BAILWAY - BASINGSTOKE, TGE'fi l) 1 :4 0 1 4 4 1. an inquest, which did not terminate until s ke , b was held at the Railway Tavern, Bs:lof: f p, snd, - 100 4 Shebbeare, Esq., the coroner for North O tt b ' o ,ll , n! m tedill 13 of the principal inhabitants, on the, inn% 050 0 in ju red killed—four_ on o s t u h n e c r i persons y mor n being Samuel Jones, aged 27, who was fright out n°:„g a nea r v the dir ore ee distance from Basingstoke, owing to one d.„,, int ° , tb sion-trains to Southampton suddenly g°l;:slent"pc,ile In the course of the evidence it was stated, "jfig th e all geiniagst,threinid 338,5i2; „0., witness who had travelled by the same trni ti , w itbs' e , 0 0 00 1 ! that some of the passengers persisted, O k ra t' remonstrances of the guards, in mounting 11 tbst's . P, watch the progress of the other train ; 111 ; i00 , 11° 0°0 4 opinion, had it not been for this indiscre 000 0 would have occurred. Having he ard so 13°1) evidence, the Jury consiLred that there 7/ returned a verdict of " Accidental Dea th • pOr l. ilk• eer go ,„10, 1 ANOTHER INCENDIARY FIRE A' 'C der Vr O I terday morning, at a few minutes before rish of Hendon was thrown into a state 0 1 ,1 v g OOP p re fusion in consequence of another fire breesdistricti the third that has occurred in the same a nd 0 ;iit week. The flames originated in the rielq o o ol/ la s l lP lj mises belonging to Mr. Samuel Nicoll, , oti o to geroti' farm, and when discovered were raging furT'be fo r a ' A as of hay containing fifty or sixty luaus- b@rof and labourers of the district, to the nu lll set to work and eventually succeeded fork, OP% • IP,I m flames, but not until one-third of the n "c ed, 10 ° • ,0 2 From the part in which the fire con,e",„,orSi doubt is entertained but that it was ti' e u Itor th incendiary. Mr. Nicoll was i9sured Fire-office. A 0 49 ie t tir qt s o° •- SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING 1 111 C,. t biA , O i d" :e TILE LAW.— On Monday a meeting 0 .,,,,` .. - Al,v,: d 4„e ti place at their rooms, 21, Regent-street; o.`" vi eeP i ," it_ a pt' tt:', in the chair. The principal object of °r i g cott - if,V, t o receive a communication from the P e ' o tr 11 ` f the 6 t ot, h itti pointed to carry out the resolutions 0. ~por-„no n d to the establishment of a law school. T he ft" - " 14 s 40 ~,,o , mittee stated that they had great reason to w o ced:fee P iit P or more courses of lectures would be CO' ber next, and that three members of they, tbl°..Aittriftl3 stated their willingness to deliver lectooos4,lA have accepted their offices, and they he v ,. - 0 0 7 j5c 1: 0 4 ,4 pointed Mr. Spence, Q.C., Mr. James Ste ghee 0110torii Symonds, lecturers on the following braoc" B rtlnerhot " I Spence, on equitable jurisprudence ; Mr. Stels c p, O de r P'd property and conveyancing • and 111r.SYthe,,/,,i, cof: f i l etilei4 f and the mechanism of la i. ' The cointo; t , t l;, 3 ith; - ir ec ni„g ir will be desirable that the l lectur s shout° stO, d 'lti s. fees as well for the attendancee on the P,„ po' h iic l'iol,, ° tended to be formed in chambers as fort t', pto-jaile" But that all fees to be taken on account.__vt:to,h_oe, r.. 4 should be paid into the funds of the socte` , !.lstl e a e ' t distinct fund, and that, subject to this re 6 :of t 2AA turer should be allowed to fix the arnotill able for attendance on his lectures. Th! re :15 retO P OID received and adopted, a vote of tharnt s - t os '`lo ifOri three gentlemen who had consented to the th,s;ftlY resolution was then passed expressing ' s 16% 0 0'4 society to the present Lord Chancellor, forbohni-coo# s he had stated that he approved dale e sta f ta tije til ' D o e o h t o h o o l i s n ub t j l e se ct m . an T n h e e r mpreoeptoisnezdt yentliseculur%ed O il ' dr (I° ° , °4l o long vacation. . 00 0 S , IL IA, TILE CROPS.—The weather wi th ntithe 'lto/01.j? seasonable: great progress is madecwheatfilic'eclif I which will be abundant; and the crop o °' is l o p. ne if o t turnips, and potatoes are all very Preis ance of the country in every direction la po t A ful. On St. Swithin's day Monday la st ' fell.—Leeds Mercury. ' 1 111 ------- to BIRTH'S. COP ie p wi O fe n o t f h t e he la n tl e l v i . n j st o . h , n a t t r Stamford s -F i t . e b ' e ftni : r ef. 6u : je ti;ll' fi 7f. O ti ife o fo' 0 f 0 0 An ia l I I. : e l: t e te A l 2 9 o l t h hi v i Li irn S l 5 : : . :. in Sussex-gardohl,,f tile P A On the 18th inst., at Gosport, the vil i° -. , 10' polf de Montmorency W. T. Pritchard, is ,,je-P i e On th ( h• - ; On the 21st ins ' t., s i ci n . Gloucester-road, " 1 tlO Et , : O g a F .ii t , Greenwich, I th Seig;file :: :ftiag yt, v 4 . l, oooig i (. lit inst at ' C s iesterepla ce, jj).cle-P 16 At+ , dPi ooff O tuh n ere t ia l z i t, e , l_ . B s, t rr h ni. i (s t , i, u. s t t i . ll , ,L a i tt,,lG,leclo:autnAcr.eeDsrtien,r.,a. ole g ,_ n t7i rr e -e , 14 " 14 pe• e"74 ; e l ' vicar of Edgware. 6 3 .pIIPTOr Capta in 0 0 __ _At St. George's, Hanover- square, -roirteti:l)o,7fe°ll:' ;id Company of Pioneers, and Comm s , i i % Guelma, to Catherine, only child of I. ' • --‘ SI, tb e 11, Rai). stre et. ' dif e , 00:0:hne Royal 12th inst., in South M di ...11 - 1 035t6 fme el Owen, rector of Hodgetiton, and vicar '' 1 .4 tr'' O' brokeshire. On the l a h l 't ..\ h ,a i v n y s! . ., at Win,'sor, CaP tairi • ill e l° I,l occ h ttol lt / , $0 c loO• 011 the lt-th inst., at Button, near Long D e i , n ip i ll i elf shire, Rachel, the wife of J. T;.y ' 1 % 24. Ono' or lio. 0 t o mi O ss u ß t e h a e t3 l ,, at a l g i e i d n 7 st 7 , at Newport rag"; de , pIA 'of 40 ° ii jo U se n yh tl ß le d 2 rr 2 e d tt i , ns a t g ., e i d n Doe.venport- street, i f , tiff tis po, o Of London: Printed and Published l e ° O fil 064 , 80 0 0 0 -No. 112, Strand, Printer, at i ill FatTAL34I, in ~ 11c, Precinct 4 the So aa p.'" lr ' Middle/ma, Wedneaday g duly 241 lq--- ' ' - MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHAN GE-WEDNESDAY The supply of English Wheat on sale to-day was chit fly the refuse of that exhibited on Monday. As the attendance of millers was small, the demand for all de scriptions ruled very inactive, but we have no decline to notice in the quwations. Upwards of 8,000 quarters of foreign Wheat have reached us this week. St lected samples were held firmly, at full rates of currency. In the middling and inferior kinds very little business doing. Scarcely any English Barley was on show; but the quantity of foreign was extensive. Malting parcels sold stegdily at full prices ; but grinding and distilling sorts wore neglected. Malt, the supply of which was smal', moved off slowly at late rates. Good sound Oats were quite as dear. Damp qualities were almost nomima. Beans, Peas, and Flour commanded very little attention. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. ! Oats. Malt. I Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks 1,70 140 1,430 2.140 1,280 English .• —• • 5c0tch........ Irish .. •• •• Foreign . . 8,250 1 3, - 2 . 0 6,3t0 / t b.- ....,' '