The Sun. — London, England, 1851-06-25 00:00:00

QUARREL BETWEEN THE BARBERS AND WIG-MAKERS OF BERLIN. A Berlin correspondent tells the following ludicrous story, showing the absurd extent to which monopoly, or Government division of labour, is carried in Prussia: " The new trade laws, and the restric• lions they have introduced as to guilds and occupations, have caused a violent quarrel between the barbers and the wig -makers ! The latter claim an exclusive right, according to the statute, to cut the hair of the public; the barbers insist that their profession is not limited to shaving. The arguments on both sides had to be formally heard by the magistracy, whose judicial gravity was severely tried on the oe cosion. It was solemnly urged on behalf of the barbers that, in the abstract, there is no distinction between the hair of the chin and the hair of the head; the form of the instrument used to remove it did not affect the question; whether the operation was performed by the razor or scissors was a matter indifference. The office of the barber was to remove superfluous hair wherever it grew: ergo, they had as good a right to clip as to mow. The wig -makers, evading the abstract question of right, represented that the barbers do not confine themselves to clipping, but comb, brush, t r i m , curl, oil, was h, ano i nt, and othrwise dress and adorn the heads of their customers, and that these higher branches of the art belonged of right to the wig -makers, who alone can legally create a cherelure. The barbers re joined by an objection, as fatal as that in the celebrated case of Shylock v. Antonio (in Shakspeare's reports). They contended that the business of the wig -makers only began where that of the barbers ended, when there was no hair left to cut; with perfect baldness the head became the property of the artist in perruques, and at this point the barbers were ready to abandon it, retaining only a right of property in the chin. The ma gistrates considered the force of the objection, and the barbers have triumphed. The above is only a repro duction of the arguments really used before the Court which decides such dieputes, acid they occur daily. It may be said that all the trades of Berlin now sue each other to establish what occupations belong to one guild and what to another. If all the claims were listened to, we should shortly arrive at an Oriental division of em- Dloyments, and to get one article complete it would be necessary to go to half-a-dozen shops for the component parts of it. Fortunately this splitting up is no longer possible." MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, June 24.) STMAR.—To-day the West India Sugar market pre sented a firm appearance; there was a large home trade de mand at rates fully f gnat to those of Friday, and in some cases a small advance was obt •ined. The purchases amounted to 1.009 hhds, &e.,including at auction 176 hhds 7 trcs Barbadues which went at full terms, good to fine yellow realized 393 to 41s, ord to mid 36s to 38s 61, 87 hhds Demerara crystalized sold at stiffer rates, good and fine yellow at 42s 6d to 45s 6d, good and mid brown ditto at 37s 6d to 39s per cwt. The supply at market of West India is less than last week REFINED.—To-day a further increase occurred in the • home trade demand for Refined Sugar, and good brown lumps cannot be obtained under 47spercw orderst.For crushed Sugar the nxiesket is firm and export are on the increase. MA lIRITIIIS.—To-day the parcels of ov6e Mauritiusthose f per of sold privately were at rates 6d Friday. At auction 682 bags sld ew a . t ta 3Bs 6rdotoo 35540 s 6tod l for mid to fine yellow, and a few ots good brown 3.5 s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was cwt.asi fine in brisk demand, and realized an a d vance of d per whiteße- At auction 2,224 bags were all sold, o tares realized 42s to 423 6d, middling to g 41 s 6d, ordinary 39s to 39 s 6d. damp 3od 40s to 7sr soft 6dto 42 5, fine gr a i n y y e llow 44 s to 44s 6d,. ordinary brown 21§4, ordinary and middling grey is h yellow i like Mauritius 363 6d to 37s 6d. For Madras the demand ai anc t ls At mach better, and rates are 6d per owl higher. tion 5,657 bags were sold, very ordinary and mtddli .s ng , soft bro wn at 27s 6d to 28s 6d, good to fine 29s to 31 and ordinary to good yellow 31s to 33s 6d par cwt. public sale t h ere was on ly one smal l sale of F ore i gn Sugar, but privately some parcelswere sold at full f ormer rates, the particulars however are c not floatingallowed t o transpire, but exporters are still the chief St b uyers offloatingcargoes. At auction 75 hhds S . Croix so ld at stiffe'r rates; good and fine bright yellow at 423 to 44s per cwt. Me nasses.—There is only a limited demand, yet holders are not disposed to press sales, stock not being larger than last session. Prices for low to fine West India rule at 133 6d to 16s, Bengal and Mauritius 12s to 15s 6d; Cuba and Porto Rica 14s to 153 6d per cwt. thaCni".—West India stock is 3,000 baga larger in the preceding season; bat consumption is better than of late. Trini dad and rates are 47s s nited parcels being There are several buyers or on offer; red has realifiz7l,4o°3nLY) grey 36s to 403. Grenada, howevert,brcOlnowtintuoesfinteo, and tract little notice, and of 436 bags 27 brls at auction a small part only sold at 353 to 375 fur ordinary and middling, at 38s to 423 for good to fine red. Foreig n has been operated in wi reluctance, and there are sellers of Para and Bahian 263 to 28s, Guayaquill 30s. per cwt. COPPEE.—To-day the market for both foreign and colonial Coffee presented a firmer appearance, and the privat e operations were upon a more extended scale by shippers a n d h ome dealers at full former rates. Only 54 casks and 21 bags Plantation Ceylon were offered at auction and sold with fair spirit; low mid and mid at 49s to 52', fine to fine ord 43s 6d to 483 and low to good ! ord 38s to 41s 6d. Native Ceylon is not to be obtained/ Under 37s fo r sound. firm For low and good common Congou prices are now at aid to qd; there is also a good home trade demand; several shipping orders have been completed, and a less qeantity is on offer. In medium to rather strong blackish sorts operations are upon a more extended scale at 10d to llirl, and merchants are less di used to realize, but geed to fine qualities are freely offeri s n p at Is to is ' 6l " and dealers op ,, rete with much cautio g Prices have uradergoee no further decline for You4.llpson, and a good demand has been experienced for both Canton and Shanghai kinds; the latter is considered the cheapest Green Tea in the market, and in consequence in reque , at. O f other sorts of Green these is yeta p lenoti mt ful supply, and t h e limited transactions are yet at rates in favour of b uyers; but little variation from pre•ent terms is look e d for with respect to ord and medium sorts. In S cented or Pekoe Teas little has been done, a l t h oug h parcels are offering at low quot a ti ons. The value of Ooloisg is I s to ad, and few buyer s are to be met w i t h . Of Ponchongls the quantity here .is trifling, yet rat e s are lisdle better then nominal, con sumption being small. To -day common and good ord Congou met with increased attention, and prices closed firmly at 9id to 10d per lb. Other sorts of Tea are rather more in request at the previous value. R ics.—To•day holders of 448 t India Rice were firm, BORRIBLE TRAGEDY 1N AMERICA. (From the Boston Courier, June 9.) One of the most distressing events that has occurred in this neighbourhood for many years, took place at Roxbury, on Saturday evening. A man named Ephraim L. Daggett, of Hope, Me., had been noticed, as if labour ing under some religious hallucination, wandering about the city during Friday, and called at several houses. He represented that he was subject to epileptic fits, and pleaded great poverty, and begged food. Among other places, he called at the house of Dr. Train, but the doctor not being at home, Daggett inquired for the re sidence of the Rev. Mr. Trafton, and being told where he was, he left and proceeded in that direction, though it does not appear that he called upon the clergyman. On Saturday morning, about eleven o'clock, he called at the house of Dr. A. J. Cummings, who resides in Church-place, Ruggles-street, near the Freewill Baptist Church; he said he was hungry, and that he was willing to chop wood, or do any other jobs about the house for his dinner. He was supplied with food, and after dinner loitered about the house until six o'clock, when ho was furiiished with tea. The doctor went out about seven o'dock on a professional errand, leaving Daggett, who soon after complained of' pain in his heart. He asked leave to sit at the kitchen fire for the purpose of warm ing his feet, and permission was granted. He sub-j sequently entered the dining-room, still complaining of pa i n , took a seat, untied his neck haadkerchief, opened his shirt bosom, and said ho wanted to see Dr. Cummings. His strange manner alarmed Mrs. Cum mings,and she asked a Miss Crosby, who was present, to go and call in some of the neighbours. Miss Crosby, who was holding in her lap Dr. Cumming's daughter, a child about four years old, set the little girl down for the purpose of complying with the request. The moment she did so Daggett rose, and after mut tering in a low tone fora moment, exclaimed, " It is no nie—she must go." Be seized the child by the hair of her head, pulled her across his knee, and cut her head almost off with a razor which he drew from his pocket. The appalled mother attempted to rescue her sweet innocent from the grasp of the slaughterer, but she was attacked, and sustained a wound in the hand. She finally succeeded in rescuing the lifeless body of her child, and with it ran into the street, the infant's head dangling over her shoulder, Daggett still in pursuit, at tempting to strike her neck with the raised razor. Tne appearance of the affrighted mother,, as she ran frantic through the streets for help—holding in her arms her almost headless child, bleeding from every severed vein —was a sight too awful to be described. The neigh bours soon heard her outcries, and upon their approach Daggett, who bad followed Mrs. Cummings some distance, receded to the piazza of the doctor's house, and there cut his throat in such a manner as to produce death in less than ten minutes. The scene of blood was terrible to behoid—the sitting room and hall of the house, the Piazza outside, and the street adjacent, were stained with it—but those blemishes can be wiped away. The neigh bours, who were appalled with what they suw, will forget the sight; but the recollections of this awful tragedy will never pass away from the memory of the mother. Dr. Cummings returned in the midst of the confusion. He found Daggett in his parlour, with his throat cut from ear to ear, and still breathing. He attempted to dress the wound, but death rendered the task unsuccessful. All this time the doctor was unconscious that it was the body of his only child whom he had caressed half an hour be fore, that lay bleeding upon the table. Daggett is supposed to have been insane. His strange manner the day previous to the murder and suicide would seem to warrant that supposition. He carried in his pocket a 'small Bible, and several times during the afternoon, and just before the slaughter, he took it out and pretended to read from it. The razor wi th which he committed the deed he took from a shelf in Dr. Cummings' kitchen, unnoticed. Dr. Cummings allowed Daggett to remain about the house during the afternoon, in the hope that in the mean time he would be able to see some of the city au thorities, and obtain for him a permit to the poor aoouse. He did not regard him as a dangerous person, and though he seemed demented, there was nothing in his manner to excite fear. ---- I THE LONDON GAZETTE, June 24. WHITEHALL, JUNE 21, 1851. The Qaeen has been pleased to present the Reverend Evan Jenkins to the vicarage of Kinivilgaio, alias Con wilgaio, alias Cynwyl Gab with Llansawell, in the county of Carmarthen, and diocese of Sc. David's, void by the cession of tho Reverend George Howells, the last incumbent. WHITEHALL, JUNE 23. The Queen has been pleased to grant the place of one of the Lords of Session in Scotland to John Cowan, Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scotland, in the room of Thomas Maitland, Eq., deceased. The Queen has also been pleased to nominate and ap point the said John Cowan to be one of the Lords of Justiciary in Scotland, in the room of the said Thomas , Maitland, deceased. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cardiganshire. John Boultbee, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 20. BANKRUPTS. Anthony Patten, horse-dealer, Chapple, Essex, to sur render July 12, at one, and July 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Graham, official assignee; Hil leary, Fenchurch-street. Joseph Sowerby, silk mercer, Oxford-street, July 10 and August 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Wootton, To kenhouse-y ard. William Hanson, statuary, Warwiek-road, Kensing. ton, July 3, at ten, and Aug. .5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch• lane; Ladgrove, Mark -lane. John Benton, corn merchant, White Horse-street, Stepney, July 4, at half-past one, and Aug. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street; Hißeery', Fenchurch street. William Davies, coal merchant, Walbrook, July 3 and Aug. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Gresham, Castle street, HollT)rn. Augustus Bozzi Granville, boarding and lodging-house keeper, W embly, Middlesex, June 28, at two, and Aug. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee d P, lows Guildhall-cha m b ers , B asinghall-street; Lawrence an Old Jewry-chambers. Thomas George Tidey, bookseller, Rugby, Warwick shire, July 3 and 31, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Wratislaw, Rugby. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. William Heath Bonds, builder, Creek-road, Deptford. Francis Pailmer Parker, clerk in the Mental Life As surance Office, Windsor-terrace, Vauxball-road, John Trix Bragg, wine merchant, Belgrave-street, King's-cross. Jonathan Jarvis, milkman, Great Wild-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Frederick Sparrow, tea merchant, Skinner-street, Snow. hill. William Fairchild, veterinary surgeon, Church-place, Paddington -green. James Fisher, confectioner, Sloane-street, Chelsea. Abraham E. Davis, shoemaker, Mitre-street, Aldgate. Nathaniel Jones Woolley, High-street, Camden -town, Ann Reynolds lodging -hou se k eepeer, Grease - street, Rathbone-place. Alexander Reid, commission agent, Tachbrook-street, Pimlico. Edward Cowell, agent for the sale of books, &c., Cam bridge. Frederick Gilbert, grocer, Phenix-place, Spitalfields. Anthony Carroll, furniture dealer, East -street, Finsbury market. Thomas Rattray, ironmonger, Bedford-place, Stepney. Colin M`Cullum, ship broker, Sidney-square, Mile-end. E. Kiggius, hawker, Wellington-street, 131ackfriars-road, J. Hall, surgeon, Terrace, Trinity -square, Tower-hill. William Wells, jun., Shouldham-street, Edgeware- road. H. Harley, coal dealer, Riding House-lane, Marylebone. F. Houstoun Bloxam, clerk, Mitcham-eoramon, Surrey. James Bennett, licensed victualler, Salford Lancashire. Henry Crock well, commission agent, Salford. Francis Barrington Church, surgeon, Gravesend. George Garner, baker, Manchester. 1 Thos. Harrison, butcher, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. John Oabaldeston Hayes, beer -house-keeper, Salford. John Jackson, beerseller, Manchester. James Mills, farm bailiff, Westerton, Sussex. held,R i g n s r o o n c e , r a ,s g e a n s s t i , 8 S t a a n l t f , o r i d y , e L s t a a c c h a i s i h t i i n r g e . t 0 n , Sussex, H R . al u ph p , n e d r i t e h r y , r MerthyrTyd vi l, G T y l a d in v i or , g G a n l a s m h i o r r e . , Evans,JEo.hDnavies Harlow, Essex. John Rochdale, Lancashire. Richard o,bourne, tailor, . gancshainrneo. Cannon, wheelwright, . Yorkshire. Joseph Richardson, journeyman printer, Middlesborough James Richard Taylor, cut nail Henry Thomas, mason, Paignton, Devonshire. manufacturer, King's Norton, Worcestershire. Richard Wade, linendraper, Chatham. Thom ast m Huddersfield, Sunderland, cy fan-cloth manufacturer, Lindley, DIVIDENDS. and would not sell, but at full rates; *sippers and home dealers, however, were less disposecF"to operate. Of 3,769 bgs, 512 pckts Bengal at auction not above half sold; good white at 10s; good mid Os 6d to 101, mid Os to 9s 6d; fair broken 8s 6d to 9s, and damaged 5s 6d to 8s 6d per cwt. SPICES.—To-day at public sale 50 bgs Bourbon Cloves were taken in at bid; there were buyers at 61d. Of Pimento 156 bgs found buyers at 4id to 4d for mid and good, but chiefly at 4id, being the full value. SALTPETRE.—To-day Calcutta Saltpetre was held for previous rates, but few buyers were to be met with, and of 1,639 bags at auction a small part only sold at 26s to 27s 6d for mid to fine quality 12 to 4 per cent. refrac tion, and washed 22s 6d to 26s 6d; whilst fine strong was taken in at 29s to 29s 6d for lf to .5i per cent. INDIGO. —East India is to be obtained 2d to 3d below last sale's rates, yet there is little desire shown to operate. The quantity declared for the Bth July is now 13,090 chests; the stock is 7,000 chests larger than last season, but home and export deliveries 5,000 chests smaller. COCHINEAL.—Prices are lower; at auction 240 bags mostly sold, Mexican silvers 2s 9d to 2s I Id, black 3s 4d to 3s 6d; Honduras silvers 23 10d to as 6d, black 4s to 4s 10d. SPIRITS.—There has been more disposition to operate in Leeward Island Rum, and rates are firmer; some par cels having been disposed of at Is 5d to Is 6d per gallon proof. In East India a good deal has been done at an advance, and is 3id to is 4d is the present value. Demerara has been operated in with more readiness, and prices have assumed an upward tendency; several transactions having taken place at 2s to 2s 3d for 32 to 40 over proof, at which some parties will not realize. The home trade and shipping demand is good for Jamaica, and on the part of holders there is more confidence.' The terms of plain and mid quality 30 to 33 per cent over proof have been 2s 4d to 2s Bd, good 32 to 36 over 2s 9d to 3s 3d; fine and superior 3s 4d to 4s 4d for 34 to 38 over proof. Prices for Cognac best Brands of the vintage of 1850 rule at 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 do 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1848 ditto 4s 1 Id to 5s 2d, 1847 ditto 5s 5d to 5s 7d, older sorts 5s 10d to 7s; low and mid 26s 6d to 3s 10d ; Bordeaux 2s 2d to 2s 3d per gallon. For British made Spirit trade is quiet at 9s 4d to 9s 6d; Gin at 8s 2d to 8s 3d for 22 per cent under proof. Only small orders have been executed for Geneva at is 7d to is Bd, and fine at is 9d to 2s per gall ,n. OlLS.—Although Pale Seal is to be obtained at the moderate rates of 301 to 301 s 10 per tun; yet operations have been upon a limited scale. Other sorts met with little attention, and 281 to 291 10s is the value. In Cod transactions have been of little moment, prices are also on the decline, and rule at 361 lOs to 371 10s; there are not buyers for arrival at these terms. Southern is held for 301 to 321 103 for low to fine; but arrivals having taken place caused dealers to operate with reluctance. In Sperm little has been done—fine British is offered at 841 to 854 and American at 831 to 831 101; lower rates are looked for. Head-matter is dull of sale, and can be obtained at 881 to 921. Linseed Oil has been in good request by home dealers at 32s 3d to 32s 6d per cwt; there are, however, few export buyers. Several contracts have been entered into for delivery at 32s to 39s 6d. Several transactions have taken place in Rape Oil, and the market has a firm appearance—brows at 31s 6d to 32a, pale 33s to 33a 6d; Foreign Refined 345. The moderate rates prevailing for Olive occasions a good demand to exist; Gallipoli at 381 to 394 and other sorts 361 to 371 lOs per ton. Of Palm several parcels have been sold; and fine realized 27s 9tl to 28s per cwt ; there is also no increase of supply. There has been more demand for Cocoa Nut; Sydney at 27s to 28s 6d; Ceylon and Cochin 28s 6d to 31s; the supply is on the decrease, and deliveries are better, both for home -trade purposes and shipment. TaLLow.—Russian on the spot is held with more firmness, and 37s 6d to 37s 9d per cwt are the rates asked for fine new yellow Candle; dealers, however, are not disposed to extend their operations. For last three months of the year the prices demanded are 39s to 398 6d; only moderate contracts, however, are entered into. Home melted is not much required, and still offered at 35s to 36s net cash, with a plentiful supply. Of Austra lian 500 casks at auction were all disposed of • beef at 34s to 35s 9d ; sh ee p 35 s 6 d to 375; but 300 pkgs Syd ney only partly found buyers at 33s to 36s 9d for low to fine. For auction 800 casks, &c., are declared. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. When made in i upFrom what PLACES. General Post.Ofilce I port dia..When London. I patched. due. —....._.....--_—.—_. --_—____•,---• ............—..- America (by Brit. pkt.)N i June 27 ( America (by U.S. pkt.) N J u l y 1 .. •• .. .. L iverpool • • July 5 America (by U.S. pkt.) M J u l y 2 .• .. ,Liverpool ..I July 2 So Africa (West coast).. N 1 4th of the month .... Plym uthampt. June 26 outh July 3 Alexandriat.... N 19th & 30 t h of mo. Dover • . Belgium • • • • .. N Daily ~.• .. Dover .. June 21 Da • Brasil .. . • .. M 9th o f th e month Southampt. Julyily 12 • Buenos Ayres .. .. M 9th of the month Southampt. July 12 . Callfornia(viaChagres)M Id & 17th of month South:m:lot. July 5 Cape of Good Rope N 14th of month Plyino Uttl.. July 3 Constantinople* .. •• 24 7th 17th 27th o f mo Dover .. June Central America .. M 24 & 17 th of mon. Southampt. July b3O Channel Isles .. .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southarapt. Tn. Th.Sa Chili .. .. „, .15 17th of the month Southampt. July 90 France .. .. M &Ni Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Greece* • • . .. N 7th 17 th 27th e f mo Dover • . June 30 une 30 }lamburgh • .. .. N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Rolland .. .. .. kWednes. & Satur.,Lorhien .. Mos. Thur Honduras .. .. . 17117th of the moathlSouthampt. July 20 Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead .• Twicedally India(via Southamp.) M 20th of the sionth'SoutharepL July 43 India (viaMarsellies) N 7th& 24th efmonth D over • • 'July 1 Mediterranean (via 1 Southampton) .. M,2oth of the month Sonthampt. July 23 Mediterranean (via I Marseilles) .. .. 17 1 7th& 2491 ofmonth Dover Mexico • . July .. .. .. 31/2d of the month ../Southampt. ~ July 6 Madeira .. .. .. M.9th of the month i l So D ut o h v a e m r pt. July 12 r ,7th,l7th,l9th 25 Malta: , • • .. . NT N V st & h 3lostt hh,Dover 0f 25 t rn h o , o n fm 27th th o .. July 2 Naples .. .. . Southampt. 'June 26 Peninsular.. • • .. 3 .N , , 7 5 t t h h 1 1 7 5 , t h h 2 2 7 5 t t h h o e f f m m 0 0l Dover .. July 2 3,5 t Tuscany* .. .. .. N, sth M 17th of the month Southamot. (July 20 ' h 15th 25 tll of mo, Do ver .. July 2 rPearupal .S.tate.s: :: Bristol In Vcr. D . At the Court, Basingball-street. July 15 . at ele ale, London -wall, City, boot and shoe maker, the Country. July 15, at h „Tt'n--J. Shelford, Hertfordshire, butcher, 4u-past eleven. 1 J. Carter, J C u o l u y rt l . s, B a r t ia , tn ie l— von li : at Bristol, July 17, at eleven, at the taovurt, Liverpool. h Co Liverpool, dealer in paint, D IVIDENDS. PAYMENT y. City, elothi e and one, at the office of m r. 4e lts between eleven bet W m . S e r h c a h w an a ts n , d 2o B s . ., S o h n aw a i n S 3 , 4 l , 4ndl eworth, Y or k s hi re , t i m . a j nd ew t r hree &b owing Thu ter, George-street, Manchester. ls. 3d., on ThGur.sCd o i y u , r t il e u e n y e , 0 26 l d , tween eleven and two, at the o ffi ce o f rs'aYs, mar. be- Stanefeld, I Easingliall-street. W. Smith, Curtain-road, timber mercha nt , 23 Thursday, June 26, and three following Thur s d aya, " 4° be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, 13 asinghall-street. S. Eenton, Fore-street, City, linendraper, lid., o n Thursday, June 26, and three following Thursdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. A Puzzt, --- J. Dawson, Northfleet, Mitre-court Chambers, Temple, rented to his A domestic, newly engaged, pre and Clement-lane, chip-owner, 28. 6d., on Thursday, of one of whi r e TlS w ter, one morning, a pair of boots, the leg comes Av on ra n set4 asich longer than the other. "How JULIO 26, and three following Thursdays, between eleven length?' th at these boots are not of the same and two, at the o ffi ce of Mr. Stansfeld, Basin 11 11- t t. g a s ree " I really d W. Dicken s Isleworth, grocer and cheesemonger, the most is, that the on dorm, Sir, but what bothers me pair stairs are in the sa e fix en Thursday, June 26, and three following THB POTENTIAL M O m Thar . Graham rsdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. joined without invitation a OD.—An Oxford student art • • Coleman -street. which he boasted so much of P his y dining at an inn, after J. F o • "You have told us e abilities, that one of the rd, Richmond, licensed victualler 2id on Thurs- Party said , day, JUne 26, 64c1 or • ' '' tell us something you cannot do n ? ,ngli of what you can do, ee following Thursdays, between . 46 •,, „ . cannot pay Key share of the rsick9 /4 4 1 . K .,. mwa , s tud he, " I Naples* .. Papal States* Peninsular.. Dover IJuly 2 Dover . July 2 I Soutbampt. 'June 26 /Southamut. (July 20 Dover .. July 2 ISoutbarapt.lJuly 20 Southampt.lJuly 6 :ed (*) are conveyed by Peru .. Tuscany* West 3f;l7th of the month West Indies (except I Havanna & Nassau) Mild of the month .. * The mails to those countries thus marl French packet vi{ Marseilles CA.LlFonms.—Malls to are now despatched and di and from Callfornl lue by every Amer!, via the United states n packet. GLASGOW AND SOLITIII- WESTERN RAILWAY...-. Tullio for the Week ending June 21, 1851: Glasgow, Passengers (21,129), Goods, Bic., .ind Horses and Carriages ... Z 3,812 3 8 Corresponding week in la s t y ear for Glasgow a n d A yr an d Glas gow,June 23, 1851. Damfrie s , an d; C ar li s l e R ailways ... ••• £ 2 , 756 9 1 CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Burrell,:Blackmore, Essex, victualler, certificate of the third class—W. M'Dowall, Little Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, printer, certificate of the third class —R. Gadesden, Brompton-square, coal-merchant, certi ficate of.,the: third:class—Mary Astle, J. T. Astle, and C. Ante, Cloak•lane and Coleman -street, bookbinders, certificates of the third class—J. Fletcher, Haslingden, Lancashire, hardware dealer, certificate of the second class—J. M'Lean, Liverpool, commission merchant, certificate of the first class, after twenty-one days from June 19—R. Blacker, Ripon, Yorkshire, innkeeper, certificate of the second class, after twenty-one days from June 19, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Massey, Neptune street, Wandsworth, and T. Umpelby, High-street, Lambeth, potters—W. &life and J. Hunter, Bradford, Yorkshire, coach proprietors—T. Milward and J. Southey, Uffculm, Devonshire, millers —W. Brotherton, J. Bryan, and J. Peto, Hungerford• wharf, oil merchants (so far as regards the said W. Brotherton)—J. H. Langworthy and T. Pratt, Farm street, Berkeley-square, and Gloucester-maws East, King-street, Portman-square, veterinary surgeons—R. Dent:and . W. W. Page, Leamington Priors Warwick shire, drapers—J. B ew l ey and T. W. Lisher, Beech street, Barbican, varnish manufacturers—J. Tattersall and F. Pilling, Salford, Lancashire, machine makers— J. Blake and W. Short, Liverpool, ship chandlers—W. Parsons, Colchester -street, Whitechapel, and D. Ed wards, Haverstock street, Hampstead-road, builders— G. Leeds , D. Morl e y, an d J . Booth, Hulme Manches ter, small ware manufacturer s ( so f ar as regards the said G. Leeds)—G. Day and E. Burman, Dewsbury, York shire, millwrights—W. Dowell and G. Dowell, Wapping wall, grocers—J. B. Pigott and R. N. Newton, Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen manufacturers—Ellen Thackeray and J. Thackeray, Radford, Nottinghamshire, cotton doublers —S. Binsted and J. W. Prebble, Rotherhithe, New-road, japanners—P. Griffith, T. W. Griffith, and -E. L. Griffith, Pall-mall, wine merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. , Edward Shelley, Liverpool, ale and porter dealer. John Jones, Liverpool, agent. Samuel Genese, Liverpool, auctioneer. James Wood, Liverpool, assistant master. Henry Liversedge, Liverpool, beerhouse keeper. Thomas Duke, Liverpool, beenhouse keeper. John SKIT, Liverpool, clerk. John Douglas Robinson, Liverpool, passenger broker. Robert Milward, Worcestershire, beerhouse keeper. Samuel Beard, Shropshire, labourer. William Lediard, Worcester, cabinetmaker. James Greenough, Lancashire, druggist's assistant. Joseph Morris, Sussex, lodging house keeper. James Gibson, Northumberland, painter. Charles Hall, Portsmouth, beer seller. Walter Scott, Southampton, printer. George Hough, Huddersfield, corn miller. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A. Drysdale, Edinburgh, silk warehouseman,' to meet at the Ship Hotel, Edinburgh, June 30 and July 28, al two. W. Thomson, withinburh, writer, to meet the Temperance Hotel Edi n, Edinbu g rgh, June 30 and July 21, at twelve. J. Campbell, Roth esay, j o i ner, to meet within Kin, loch's Hotel, Rothesay, July 2 and July 30, at one. REFORM IN THE FEMALE COSTUME. Last Thursday Mrs. Smith gave a public lecture on dress and its relations, both hygienic and social, with reference to the present and future fashions, at Hope Chapel, Broadway. There was a very large and fashionable audience; indeed, the lecture-room was filled to its utmost extent. Mrs. Smith, after making some preliminary remarks said that ladies should at least, consult their comfort and health —that one cannot exist without the other—but at present woman was the creature of sunshine, and she sacrificed all to prevailing fashions and conventional forms. We understood her then to say that there was phi losophy in dress as in all other things; and that it should be observed that the dress now coming into use was adapted to all kinds of weather, and it was especially adapted to out-door purposes ; " but," added she, " let my sisters by all means preserve the long robe for parlour purposes; for the sake, however, of their comfort and for the sake of humanity, let them adopt the new style. In articles of dress it is time that women should begin to disenthral themselves from vulgar customs, and think for themselves, at least in articles of dress, and consult their own comfort and hap piness, and, I may say, the happiness of those who come after them, evea though they should for the present be sneered at by the press. The costume now being introduced is adapted to our institutions. " Why should we," said Mrs. Smith, "care for what is worn in profligate courts? We should seek for what is healthful, and what will contribute to our cemfert, and adopt it. We, the daughters of this Republic, why should we be the slaves of foreign fashions?—(Applause.) Let us come near to something that will contribute to our comfort and health, It would be curious (said she) to investigate the laws which have precluded woman from assuming the manly costume, but perhaps it would be found to arise from the different organization of the sexes." Here she admitted that there should always be a distinctive character in the costume of the sexes. She then went on to describe the various fashions of different ages, and their inconvenience and danger to health. "But you," said she, addressing herself to the ladies, `have no right to d es t roy G o d' s h andiwork. " It was a duty they owed, not only to themselves but to their posterity, to adopt whatever gave the freest action to their limbs. As yet they were the slaves of fashion and custom, which was in some measure to be attri buted to milliners and tailors. " We mast (said she) have a dress easy of adjustment ; such a one as a lady can put on without calling in the assistance of her neigh bours." Mrs. Smith then recommended the French hat and Turkish trousers, but not so short as to trans form a woman into a figurante. Over this robe a Gre cian jacket, which may be adapted to the taste and wealth of the wearer. Such a dress would give grace and elegance to the person, and she who wears it would walk with more ease and breathe freer. Public opinion was in favour of them, and they should take advantage of it. Mrs. Smith was loudly applauded during the delivery of several passages of her address. —New York Herald. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the malls are sent trona the General P ee by the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] HOUSE OF LORDS, June 24. The LORD CUANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Lord STANLEY presented petitions against the Sites of Churches Bill. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, praying for a re form of the patent laws ; a petition from Kidder minster with a similar prayer; also a petition from the members of the National Land Company, complaining of the conduct of a Member of Parliament, in conse quence of which they had suffered grievous hardships; and a petition against the Police of Towns Act. APPRENTICES TO SEA. SERVICE (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of CLANRICARDE this Bill went through Committee. PREVENTION OF OFFENCES BILL. Lord CAMPBELL said that this Bill had been sent back by the Commons amended by the insertion of a clause punishing persons more effectually who placed obstacles on railways. He moved that the amendments be agreed to. The amendments were agreed to accordingly. SCHOOL SITES AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE this Bill was read a third time and passed. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Lord STANLEY gave notice that he should post pone his motion on this subject, until Monday, and that he should move that the papers be referred to a Select I Committee. It was his intention to take the sense of the House on the subject. SOUTH-WESTERN (IRELAND) RAILWAY BILL. Lord HONTEAGLE presented a petition from the landowners of the county of Kerry, praying that they might be permitted to give a guarantee for money lent to the railway company out of the county rates. Lord REDESDALE was opposed to the principle of landed proprietors being called on to guarantee railway shareholders. Lord BEAUMONT said that in this instance the landowners prayed to be permitted to give the guarantee. CASE OF JOTEE PERSHAUD. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGU moved for the pro duction of the charges against Jotee Pershaud, an army contractor in India, and of the verdict given on the trial. Jotee Pershaud was no ordinary person. His father had long been connected with the Indian Government, and Jotee Pershaud had continued to take contracts for the supply of the Indian army. He had contracted to find the army of the Satlej, and never had army been better provided, and in the last war in the Punjaub he had contracted to provide the army in provisions and horses, and that army was always well supplied, whilst the enemy had been compelled to surrender for want of provisions. He was always at head-quarters and had agents in all parts of India, over whose conduct of course he could not ex ercise aty control. He was a man o f gentlemanly emeanour and had performed great services, yet at the end of the war he had had charges of the gravest character brought against him. Now, nothing could be more dangerous than to bring grave charges against a man who had performed great services without being very certain that such charges could be proved. Now he stated upon the most high authority, that it would have been very difficult to carry on operations effectually if Jotee Pershaud had not had the manage ment of tae commissariat. The charges against Jotee Pershaud had been referred to the military authorities, and they lad reported that those charges were frivolous and vexatious, and had recommended that they should not be followed up. This report was sent to the military board, and the military board was divided in opinion as to its adoption. It was not, however, equally divided; for two of the Members concurred with the conclusion of Major Ransey, while the other thought that the whole matter should be referred to the President in Coun cil. On the 19th January, 1850, accordingly, reference was made of the matter to the president in council, and on the 15thof February following the President in Coun cil referred the case to the Lieutenant-Governor of the north-western provinces. On the 11 th of March the Lieutenant-Governor further referred it to the magistrate of Agra, who made his report on it on the 27th of June. Other reports were also made, one on the 9th and one on the 12th of July, by two other gentlemen, civil agents, engaged in the investigation of parts of the charge. After the first report was presented it was withdrawn, and the report of one o f t h ese gen tlemen substituted in its place; because it had been discovered is the meanwhile that, unfortunately, the ma gistrate of Agra, to whom it had been referred, was a debtor in a large amount to Jotee Persaud. On that account the further prosecution of the inquiry was con fided to another person, who, on the 7th of November, made a final report upon the case. The lieutenant governor thereupon directed the prosecution to proceed as against Jotee Persaud, which was confirmed by the Governor-General. All this while, however, the Go vernor-General o f I n di a appeared to be without any cognizance of the early proceedings in this case. In January and February, 1850, the Governor-General was at sea, oft his voyage from Bombay or to the eastern islands, and he could not therefore have cognizance of this part of the proceedings. In fact he only became so when the final report was nude. The trial took place on the 27th of March, and, after twenty days' trial, the accused was acquitted. He (the Earl of Ellenborough) should state that in September, 1850, after he had been arraigned, Jotee Pershaud proceeded to Calcutta and instituted a civil suit for 578,000/., the balance of his claim against the Government. This was a proceeding grounded on misapprehension and ill-advised. Because if it had been brought at first it would not have been competent for the Government to interpose a criminal prosecution while a civil suit was pending. He (the Earl of Ellenborough) did not think it very extraordi • nary that Jotee Pershaud, seeing that he was to be tried under the new Act in the Mofussil court by a judge and jury appointed by the Government, and seeing the way in which the trial was to be got up, should prefer a trial in the Supreme Court to a trial at bar. He thought the President of the Council coai.mitted a great error when he did not adhere to the opinion of the majority of the military board, and not proceed further with the inquiry. But he thought the proceedings from the first founded in error as to the course the Government ought to pursue. That course should have been to direct the military accounts to be investigated, to pay to Jotee Pershaud what they believed to be due to him, and leave him to bring his action fur whatever balance he might deem due to himself. But undoubtedly they were grave charges which were brought against the persons who were concerned in those transactions. He understood that the witnesses against Jotee Pershaud were per sons who had been concerned in the military con tracts, and that they had been brought by force under the escort of the police to Agra; that at first their evi dence Was in favour of Jotes Pershaud, that they were then threatened with prosecution fur their own mal practices, but were also told that if they made a full confession they would be pardoned, and some of the wit nesses were kept in durance until the trial commenced. The whole of the evidence, too, on which he was ar rainged was evidence taken in his absence. Jotee Per shaud in the meantime went to Calcutta, and not having returned at the expiry of his term of bail his recog nizance, were estreated, and Mr. Laing, who was his ad vocate and also his bailsman, instead of having his goods seized, had an embargo laid upon his press—for he was the editor of a newspaper —the object being to stop the mouth of the paper. In this country how great would be the indignation excited if a party were to enter the bedroom of a lady and seize her jewels; but in India to violate the sanctity of the zenana of a Hindoo was cal culated to excite not merely the indignation of the people, bat to raise a spirit of insurrection from one end of the country to the other. It was an offence never to be forgiven, and if they disregarded the opinions and feelings of the people in matters of that kind they might be sure their dominion in India would not be worth a fortnight's purchase. Ho thought he had es tablished sufficient grounds for the production of the papers he had moved for. Lord BROUGHTON said that the Noble Earl bad given an accurate account of the early part of the pro ceedings to which he had alluded. But there was this inconvenience in discussing the adbject in the present state of their information, that the official documents which had reached him did not come down to the par ticular transactions to which the Noble Earl had espe cially alluded, and which he thought most worthy of censure. He was happy to find that the charges which in the first instance were brought against the Govern ment of India had not been repeated by the Noble Lord; that, on the contrary, he had the candour and straightforwardnes s to state, that the charge against the Government of having instituted the criminal investiga tion for the purpose of putting a stop to the civil suit was wholly without foundation. The contrary was the fact; the civil suit was not instituted until a great part of the criminal investigation had been proceeded with. t investigate The facts were shortly these:—On the 30th of March, 1849, a nat i ve contractor sent a communication to the a u th orities, charging Jotee Pershaud with fraud, e g m at b e erslement, and f o rgery. A m i litary board, cons i sting of three members, was appointed o esti the that tmatter,ha charges and two were na n e o m t b ers sufficientlyo of th e board rep or t e d well founded to be worthy of being further prosecuted; the third officer, however, being of a contrary opinion, and Sir John Littler, the Governor of the north-western province, on receiving those two different opinions, ordered the investigation to be pursued. The inquiry was put into the hands of Mr. Denison, who, after ex amining the accounts, reported that he bad discovered a false charge far 4,400 bullocks, which had never been used, and also that another false charge for 2,500 bul locks had only been withdrawn on the announcement of the inquiry inquiry having been institut e d. S u b sequently the was put into the hands of Mr. Cumming, who reported that he had examined all the proceedings and all the witnesses, and that he was fully satisfied there existed the most extensive frauds. It was true that Mr. Denison on a former occasion had borrowed a sum of money from Jotee Pershaud, with which he purchased a house; which, however, he had subsequently mortgaged to him for the money thus lent, and before the close of the investigation the money was repaid. But when Lord Dalhousie became acquainted with the affair he at once ordered the investigation to be entrusted to other hands. Two other magistrates also investigated the charges, and reported that they had discovered frauds of great extent. That was in July, 1850, and up to that time there had been no hint, on the part of Jotee Pershaud or his ad visers, of an intention to proceed by civil suit to recover in the Supreme Court balances alleged to be due to him. It was not till after the commencement of the criminal investigation that such an intention was announced. Lord ELLENBOROUGH—After his arrest. Lord BROUGHTON—The amount of those balances was set down at 5 70,0001., and respecting them Colonel Newbold, the assistant commissary-general, expressed his surprise at such a demand, as no previous claim had been made by Jotee Pershaud. But, to show the spirit of fairness in which the winks %flair was conducted, he HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 24. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) SMI 111 FIELD MARKET REMOVAL BILL. On the motion for the third reading, Mr. STAFFORD protested against the Bill, but inti mated that it was not his intention to divide the House on the motion for the third reading. He hoped the Bill would meet with a different fate in another place. Mr. HUME thought the House had proceeded in a rash and inconsiderate manner, in agreeing to this Bill, which in his opinion stigmatized and disgraced the first municipal corporation in the country. He moved that the Bill be read a third time this day six months. Mr. W. WILLIAMS rose to second the amendment, believing that his constituents would be very seriously injured by this Bill. Sir G. GREY defended the Bill, and called upon the House to adhere to his former decisions on this Bill, and read it a third time. There was no desire to exclude the city of London from the management of the new market; but, on the contrary, he yet entertained hopes that eventually the Corporation would be induced to un dertake its entire control. Sir JAMES DUKE repeated that the City was dis posed to make the existing market almost a free market, besides considerably increasing its size and improving its details, and he therefore could not help feeling that there was no necessity for this. He insisted that the Govern ment ought to give the House some idea of the number of acres that would be required for the new market if they were not prepared to name where its site would be. Again, he protested against the Bill, and trusted it would be thrown out elsewhere. Mr. CARD WELL supported the Bill. He denied that the Select Committee who considered the matter had not dono ample justice to the City. They gave the Corporation a fair hearing, and he ventured to assert that when the public came to look fairly at the question they would agree that the Committee had arrived at a just conclusion. Sir 11. VERNEY contended that Smithfield was a great nuisance, and its removal was imperatively de manded by the wants and wishes of the public. Sir W. JOLLIFFE thought it:was for the advantage of the public that the market should be in the centre of the metropolis, rather than five miles to the north. It was not strictly correct to say that the city of London was fairly treated either by the Bill or the Government, because how could they undertake the management of a market which they knew nothing of? Then House then divided, when there appeared— For the third reading ... 81 Against it ..• 32 Majority ... The Bill wa s th en read a third time and passed 49 . CHURCH BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. HUME asked what the object of the measure was. Sir G. GREY said the Bill proposed to facilitate the erection of churches in populous districts, and make pro vision for their endowment by the sale of pew rents. Mr. HUME complained that there was one clause in the Bill which would have the effect of preventing parties from building churches unless they allowed the bishop of the diocese to nominate the clergyman. The Bishop of London and others of his class made a great noise about the spiritual destitution of parti cular districts, and yet they promoted Bills of this description, which were little better than a robbe ry on the publi c an d the poor. It would have the effect of taking away on e .h a lf o f t h e f ree seats i n a ll chu rc h es that have been built by voluntary contribution. Sir GEORGE GREY said he should have no objec tion to take that clause out. Mr. HUME was glad of it, but even that would to himwouldn not remove his objecti on to th e Bill ; a nd itappeared to be a me asure t h at oug h t to b e referredtotheeoi deration of a S e l ec t C omm itt ee . This m ode the of tha E p s o t o a r ? legisla tion, in d e fi ance o f th e w i s h e s a d n es d tr w n a n nt o s nof of would before long lead to the destruction blished Church, and he should propose that it be read a second time this day six months. Sir B. HALL said populous clause in the Bill f or the sub-division of one, but the Bill went con siderably beyond was a goo d beyond that, and the House should pause before they read it a second time. This was not the first occasion or w in ahifcohrmaeßrilslesosfiotnbia similar this nature had been introduced; f Bill was brought in, which would h ave had the e ffect, had it passed, of considerably in creasing church rates, and this Bill was like t hat, the Bill of the Bishop of London. Its real object was to t ax the free seats of existing churches. His Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose had truly stated that no private individual was a ll owe d to build a church withoul endowing it, and the ON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2i, 1851. eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham,, Coleman street. E. Benassit, Lime-street, City, wine merchant, sed., on Thursday, June 26, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. S. Brtyly, Folkestone, grocer and cheesemonger, lid., on Thursday, June 26, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman -street. C. A. Harris, Bushey, Herefordshire, and Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, flax spinner, 3d., on Thursday, June 20, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. Elizabeth Mc Knott and J. Glass, Belvidere-road, and Blackfriars-road, coal merchants, 2s. id., on Thursday, June 26, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. G. Wheeler, Richmond, Surrey, grocer and cheese monger, July 16, at eleven—R. Gudgin, Cople, Bed fordshire, licensed victualler, July 17, at eleven—J. Marshall, Southampton, coal merchant, July 18, at half past one—W. L. Martin, Gravesend, Kent, ironmonger, July 18 at two—J. Moores, jun., Aylesbury, Bucking hamshire, draper, July 18, at two. In the Cou n t r y. II D. Stevenson, Bishop Wearmouth, merchant, July 16, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—J. Mitchell, Monkwearmouth Shore, Durham, shipowner, July 16, at half-pastlen, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—W. Andrews, Liverpool, agent, July 15, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool --T. H. Butler, Lichfield. ironmonger, July 17, at twelve, at the Court, Bar mingham. might mention that Major Bygrave, who had been ap• pointed to examine those accounts, had reported that there was a balance in favour of Jotee Pershaud. Lord BROUGHAM—How much? Lord BROUGHTON did not know the exact amount. Major Lawrence, who signed the minutes of the Council of the Government, in a minute, an extract from which he had now before him, made mention of an offer which bad been made on the part of Jotee Pershaud of' a com promise, in which he agreed to put an end to the civil suit if the Government would abandon the criminal pro ceedings against him. The offer was refused. Subse quently the whole of the proceedings were reviewed by the Governor-General; and, in his minute of the 4th of November, Lord Dalhousie expressed his approval of the determination of the Council to persevere in the prosecu tion, in order that, if it were true, as alleged, the cha racter of high departmental officers was implicated, their misdeeds might the sooner be brought to light; or, on the other hand, if there was no foundation for those imputa tions that their character might be the sooner vindicated. With respect to some of the minor charges, he had only seen them in the newspapers. Mr. Wylie showed that the great est indulgence had been shown Jotee Pershaud; there had been no extortion practised on him. He had forfeited his recognizances, and he had been left unmolested. He knew, therefore, of no charge which could be brought against the Government in the matter, unless the Noble Earl said he was not fairly tried. That, however, could not be justly maintained ; for the jury consisted of four half-castes and a native, a very able advocate had de fended him, and he was acquitted. What, then, did the Noble Earl compl a i n o f? Was it of an error of judg ment on the part of the Governor-General in having ordered his trial? Had he not ordered the trial, would it not have been said that it was in consequence of some complicity between Jotee and some high departmental officers, whose conduct the Government did not want to have exposed? What, too, was to be done with the re ports of the magistrates, four of whom had given it as their decision that the charges against Joteo Pershaud were well-founded, and ought to be prosecuted? The Government had, in fact, no other, alternative than to order the trial, and he could not see that it should be made a ground of complaint against the Government that they had failed to obtain a verdict. Their Lord ships knew that it was not always possible to obtain a verdict in this country. All that he contended for was, that there had been a sufficient case to go before ajury in the matter. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH replied. He con tended that there had been a great error in judgment committed in the proceeding criminally until Jotee Per shaud had proceeded with his civil suit, and had been found to rely upon upon documents liable to im peachment. He brought no charge against the Gover nor-General, who he believed could not have acted in any other manner than he had done; but still he doubted if the prosecution would have been sanctioned by him had he been in Calcutta in February. REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES BILL. This Bill was read a third time. On the question that the Bill do pass, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE observed that in the passing of that Bill it was his belief that they had ar rived at the satisfactory solution of a most important qeestion—a question, too, that for centuries had been in agitation. Although this Bill had been introduced with the sanction of the Government, still the chief merit of the solution of the difficulties in its details mainly belonged to his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Campbell), who had been the Chairman of a Com mission for the investigation of this subject. The measure was one not hastily or rashly adopted. It was, on the contrary, the result of the most careful inquiry. It was a measure that went from that House with greater sanction as a measure of law reform than any that had ever before been approved of by their Lordships; it went from them with their unanimous approval; it was a measure more entitled to the approbation of the public than any that he knew of, and he trusted that it would meet with the concurrence of the other House of Parlia ment.—(Hear.) The Bill then passed. SALMON FISHERIES BILL. On the motion of the Duke of ARGYLL, thin Bill passed through Committee. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Lord BERNERS presented a petition from Leicester against Papal aggression, and then stated that nothing but an imperative sense of duty would induce him to proceed with the notice he had given of presenting peti tions complaining of the continuance of agricultural dis tress, and praying that the laws of settlement and re moval might be repealed. He had hoped that some measure would have been introduced by her Majesty's Government in consequence of the report of a Select Committee of their Lordships' House; bat now the petitioners whose cause he advocated were placed at a disadvantage in not having the aid of the Noble Duke the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicester. The petitions he had to present were signed by upwards of 1,000 respect able farmers in Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, who were suffering very great distress, and who hoped some measures would be adopted, relieving them from the great burden of taxation to which they were sub jected. There had been other petitions to the same effect entrusted to him, but he would not occupy their Lordships' time with them at that hour, espe cially as some Noble Lords who intended to take part in the discussion had left the House. There were three allegations made in those petitions—first, that there was increased distress; second, as to the mischiefs of the law of settlement; third, as to the injustice of an unequal system of rating. He reserved, however, to a fitter oecasion the discussion on these points which he hoped would receive their Lordships' attention. COMMON LODGING-HOUSES BILL. The Earl of SHAFf ESBURY, in moving the second reading of this Bill, hoped that it would meet with the same kind indulgence from their Lordships which it had received from the other House. After a few words from the Earl of MINTO, The Duke of ARGYLL said, he hoped that the Bill would be extended to Scotland, where the lodging-houses were worse than in any part of England. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE complimented the Noble Earl (Shaftesbury) on the success of his labours in the improvement of the condition of the poor. The Bill was then read a second time. BRITISH WHITE HERRING FISHERY BILL. This Bill was read a second time. MARRIAGES (INDIA) BILL. The report on this Bill was agreed to. Their Lordships then adjourned. consequence was, as had actually occurred in a district with which he was connected, that large portions of the population went entirely without church accommoda tion. It was not the doctrine but the discipline of our Church that required reformation, and before the House entrusted greater powers to Right Reverend Pre lates they ought to insist upon reforming their discipline. Mr. PLUMPTRE said the two preceeding speakers was had not taken a very erroneous view o f t h e Bill, though he prepared to dispute that some of its rovisions were highly objectionable, but these could be re p moved in Committee and the Bill made a very useful one. Mr. W. J. FOX said this Bill had been brought for ward at a time when it was utterly impossible to con sider it fairly, either in or out of doors, and he con tended that it was only an act of justice that the second welding should be postponed to some future occasion. —(Hear, hear.) The Bill contained many clauses, all of which were of great importance, and some of which would seriously tax the poor. Ancient parishes were to be exempted from the operation of the Bill, so that a man would be taxed for living in a comparatively speaking new church district, while another clause pro posed to pay the clergymen of the churches which the Bill would embrace out of pow rents, thereby introduc ing into the church establishment the worst feature of dissenting voluntaryism. Sir R. H. INGLIS admitted that the Bill had been pushed forward a little too rapidly to allow of its being fully discussed, but it did not follow from that circum stance that the Bill was either bad or undesirable. He denied that the Bill was the Bill of the Bishop of Lon don, or that it was prepared for the sako of extending the patronage of that Right Reverend Prelate. Why, it would not, in point of fact, confer upon him more patronage than many Honourable Members of the House bestowed upon their butlers. He agreed with the Hon. Member for Oldham, that paying clergy men by pew -rents was a bad system, but that defect could be medided or remedied in Committee; and as the Bill on the whole was a good one, he hoped the House would not hastily reject it. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR assured the House that the Bill was very much desired by the working classes, because it would remove many of the existing obstacles that stood in the way of building and endow ing new churches, and so far from its object being to increase the patronage of the Bishop, it would in point of fact have the effect of reducing it. Mr. HENLEY should vote for the second reading upon the recommendation of the Noble Lord; but it must not be held from that feet that he was pledged to all the provisions of the measure. Indeed he disap proved of many of its clauses, and when they got into Committee be should endeavour to get them omitted. He thought more time ought to have been given to the House for discussing the principle of the Bill. Sir G. GREY . said the report upon which the Bill was founded was laid before Parliament more than two years ago. It was unfair to assert that the object of the Bill was either to increase the patronage or the revenues of the Bishops. He should be prepared en going into Committee to alter many of the provisions, and he therefore hoped the House would consent now to read the Bill a second time. Lord DUNCAN complained that the Bill had been too hurriedly pushed forward, but his main objection to the measure was that it sought to maintain clergymen out of pew-rents, which he certainly thought a most unwise principle. The thirtieth clause related to the validity of marriages, and as it was a most improper clause to introduce into a measure of this kind, he should be glad to know how it came there. Mr. MO WATT had had ample time to make up his mind upon this Bill, which he thought was highly ob jectionable, and ought to be rejected by the House. The Church had within its own revenue the means of making adequate provisions for the spiritual wants of the poor, and he should be the last to assent to a Bill of this nature, which it appeared to him was intended to im pose a tax on the poor for the benefit of the rich. On the motion of Sir GEORGE PECHELL the de bate was then adjourned until Friday. ST. ALBANS BRIBERY COMMISSION BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, Mr. BANKES hoped the motion would not be pressed at that hour, four o'clock, otherwise he must be allowed to state his objection to it. Mr. ELLICE said he would withdraw the motion. The motion was accordingly withdrawn, and re-ap pointed for Friday. The House adjourned at ten minutes past Four until Six o'clock. The House resumed at Six o'clock. MR. DISRAELI'S RESOLUTION. Mr. DISRAELI said, in answer to the question of the Hon. Baronet the Member for Marylebone, the other night, as to what stage of the Government measure he in tended to move his resolution, that he had found that his Hon. Friend the Member for Huntingdon (111 r. Baring) had given notice of a motion respecting the duties on coffee, which must be brought forward on the first measure of the Government on Mon day, the 30th instant. Therefore, it would be ne cessary for him to move the resolutions, by way of amendment to the Government propositions, on the second measure as it applied to the general policy of the Government, and not to any particular measure. The resolution which he intended to propose was as follows:—" That according to an estimate of the probable future produce of the existing taxes, sub mitted to this: House by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, it appears that a surplus revenue may be ex pected in the present year to the extent of about 2 ,000,0001.; that in the revenue so estimated is included a sum exceeding 5 ,000,0001., derived from the tax on in come, respecting which an inquiry has been directed $ be made by a Committee of this House, on the result of whose labours may depend the future renewal or modi fication of that important impost; that in this provisional state of the financial arrangements of the country, it ap pears to this House to be most consistent with a due regard to the maintenance of public credit, and the exi gencies of the public service, not to make auy material sacrifice of public income in effecting such changes as may be deemed advisable in other branches of taxation." BONDED WAREHOUSES AT MANCHESTER. Mr. MILNER GIBSON rose to move for a Select Committee, to inquire into the working of the system of warehousing foreign goods, in bond, in Man ' ohester, as it affects importers, dealers, and consumers of goods liable to Customs duty, residing in Manchester and the neighbour ing towns ; also as to its effects on the Cus toms revenue, and to report to the House as to the expediency or otherwise of placing Manchester on an equal footing with all bonded towns in the United Kingdom. He did not ask for this Committee on behalf of the cor poration of Manchester, or of any particular interest in that town, but on behalf of the whole in dustrial population in that immense and im portant district. At present foreign goods were allowed to be bonded in Manchester; but it was under stood that the Government were about to nemove these bonded warehouses, and his object was to ask for a Com bmittee to inqui re i nto the propriety of that removal. In 1840, when a Bill was brought forward for establish ing bonded warehouses, an exception was made by those who opposed the Bill in favour of Manchester. By the law as it now stood the Corporation of Manchester were, in the first instance, liable for the expenses of the Cus toms' establishment in Manchester, connected with the bonding system; but as that expense (2,709/. a year) was not deemed to be a proper application of the funds of the ratepayers, the Corporation had given notice, as they were entitled to do, of their desire to terminate their liability. It had been said that to allow bonding to be carried on at the expense of the State would lead to the establishment of a general system of inland bonding. Hon. Members on the Treasury bench need not be alarmed on that point, for they had supported the Bill introduced by the late Lord Sydenbam in 1839, for establishing a j general system of inland bonding. The privilege of a bonded warehouse had been granted to Manchester, but was clogged with the condition that the borough funds should be liable for the expense of the Cus toms' establishment. That condition was proposed at the eleventh hour, and was accepted b y Manchester because it could not be res i ste d ; b ut i t was alw i a m. always believed that t h ey would be relieved from this proved proper liabilit y as soon as the experiment had of Man successful. Supp os i ng i t was worth the do so. Well, s% Man cheater t o cont i nue that system, why le then, and if oth er towns similar l y circumstan ced stanict should edclai be the same p r i v il ege he had no objectio n . , the men granted to thorn. The State having grante d t h esem , privi lege to eighty ot h er p l aces o f h av i ng b on d and having u n d erta k en t h e expenses of n officers, why no t b ear t h e ex p ense i n t ha t case also? If the Chanc e ll or o f t h e E xc h equer w the bonding ware h ouses system was carried would ask was it reasonable to comm enc e ereop inion that o of w t it o far, h with asowa e a large amount which was eighth on th e li s t, and w he re of revenue was collected? There were towns in which a larger amount of revenue oul collectedywsaeoven other than in Manchester. He did not a sk that bonding should be disc o ntinued anywhere ; his bonding he thought the should Chancellor of the Exchequer bonding facilities in the midst of such a locality as that was. It might be said that M wanancster was not a seaport ; and he knew great stress laid he upon that ar gument. But Manchester had communicationu o w n i s t e h i n the L S o e n a d o b n y l water. Was it not frequent l yn communication that goods were taken out of s hips do wn the river, and brought up here to be bonded? Meat was to prevent the same thingfrom i being done n Man. cheater? In Chester, of a very largo proportion the ht fro goods warehou . sed was broug m oth er plac es, and • to the place. 11 not imported directly in ,...e could not see between o, there had boon what difference there was Chester and Man chester in that respect. In Carlisle, t o one year Customs received for to the amount of no leas goods than 36,4714 for bonding foreign fract i on of them had been imported into Car l i sl e d irect ships could not go up there, for he believed it was ten ; but all these goods had or twelve miles from the sea been received from other bondingth warfehouses. In the case of one principal article, vii only seven places into which it v; at of tea, ported; but there were 40 oth ers brought, and therefore th there were a.s permitted to be im- Into which it might be oiple of only allowin . ey . did depart from the prin port. The same other articles in the tablishment in Mancbway discontinue it. If might bonding to take place in a sea be said of tobacco and various of trade. If their bonding es ester was not worth keeping, then the Committee for which he sought thought it was im rop t e h r to put the public to the ex pense of char gepof Manchester tisfid warehouses and Customs then he would bee , but if they thought otherwise then he would saga, y in the words of Lord G. Somerset, that the Government would be acting on a mo‘t ruinous principle, if for the sake of any pantic attachment to the opinions of old Customhouse officers they were to refuse paying the expense where such establishments were already placed. Mr. Goulburn's opinion had been in favour of the system which he recommended, provided the necessary exp would be rep a id b y the benefit to the public. enditure Go vernment, no doubt, would be well represented on the Committee for which he moved; in fact all parties would be cared for on it. The amount of rev:0 0 1 collected at M anc h ester was no less than 35°sw_ii; on l; that h a d b een collected at an expens e ot," 17s. per c en t., w h ereas in other places the expense e 21 reached as m uc h as 5 1 . 16s. 6d. per cent. e. er e would _ 0 therefore, without tre s p ass i ng further on the atten tion the House, conclude by moving, of his notice. aid hi The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 80, had often admired the eloquence and ingenuity "' en . Right Hon. Friend, but never so much as on that e o en. sion, for if people only took their ideas of the Pr!„ ini question from his apeech they would have but s_ls I. notion of what the real merits were.—(Laughter') according to the term , he were to confine himself to the mere point of opP tng the appointment of the Committee he would not nay: . much to address to the House on that occasion; not would he have to go into the various subjects touched_. upon by his Right Hon. Friend . But his Right .1 1 °,° worut Friend had made it necessar for him to say a few • • If his R i g ht granted, it Friend's on on these topics to which he had adverted. meaning of the term; for if the fact of Man u n f l E ' ci s eet having some communication with the sea was definitionl d be rather of a difficult port as make to b o e u out takenthe e r e f t o e e r : t t o h e n make almostit a everyor ei f towntha t d i n e s c E ri n p g t l i a o n n d was might to claim adopted , then be considered as a port. The warehousing systernwet,° been hitherto confined to the ports alone, there the single exception of Manchester; although_ tn it ,, e were other places which formerly enjoyed privilege, and from which it bad not been taken spay ' Otherwise it was con fi ne d to th os e pa as 030 , laces which came under th e we ll-d efined term of " ports." In 1840 s mittee had s a t on that subject, and they had reported' " that if, with a d vantage to trade, and safety tothere venue, inland bonding . warehouses might be estab,i they could b e conce d e d un d er certa i n res t r i c tions. And when an appli cat i on was ma d e b y M an chester _o 1 : 1 1 ; subject, the pri v il ege h a d b een a ll owe d to that plse u . e , , he condition that the expenses were to be borne ld by to the wn. TreasuryH e denied t thatat the y x t an expenses s eh e a a everwdasto b borne by been held out the public. Nor did he think his Right Hon. Friend_ th e Member for Cambridge (Mr. Goulbourn), who, be re gretted, was not then in his place, could ever have g iven reason to expect th a t after a certain number of y ears such been embodied in an Act of Parliament. Probably, h p; d re t d he in ca to se. by arrangement t ß h n e t co t n h s e entOf ever, after the removal of the duty on cotton, been a large item in the Customs, the people tem' did not find it was so profitable a bargain as they con plated, and, therefore, they sought a change. They_n?! come to him asking him to take the charge of the al Ipar e ! which o b t s-e : duties upon himself; but he had said be thoug ht . . they had no right to ask the public to P a y of Blanchester for that which was for their own particular benefi t. , They had been recommended to put a reasonable rate duty upon goods warehoused in order to meet th ,err : d penses, but that they bad refused doing. They preferred for coming to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to as did that which he was obliged to decline granting. g e sso. not think there was any use for an inquiry in thst _ He had been applied to last year to put an end to bonding altogether, and he had agreed to their proposal, but 0 told them, that as an Act of Parliament had been pan e a in the matter, they would have to get another to repeal it. They had accordingly introduced a Bill, but h_ objected to the one they brought in. An o ffi cer of tn , • toms had been then sent down to make all due inquiry' and to examine whatever witnesses they thought prop er a to produce; and at the end of that inquiry the officerr bad been highly complimented by them for the manne ero which he had conducted the inquiry. The " hi d be taken upon that occasion was then before him, sad be had no objection that it should be printed; but any o f ther investigation into the subject would be a waste ido ce time and money. But he would say that the ev so taken before that Commission did fail in makingout a of any great advantage to be derived from that boo ew_s: system. The Right Hon. Baronet here read several e x ' tracts from the evidence alluded to with respect to vari o us articles, to show that what be had stated was correct' But, after all, it was only a question of benefit to a!: people of Man c h ester. And some of the witnesses oefe: in favour o f t h e proposition of his Hon. Friend were obliged to ad m it t h at it was an advantage to the tor! worth paying for. One of the Manchester witnesses also said that the advantage was worth paying for, bat that was a matter of feeling with the inhabitants of they cheater to obtain it through the Government, and " complained that they should be singled out to bear that charge. But it should be observed that they had been charge. But it should be observed that theyb wa' singled out at their own request. The question whether the revenue should at present be charged with a sum of 2,700/. a year f or the purpose of carrying o,ul, an arrangem en t i nto which the people of Manchell7. had voluntarily en t ere d, w i t h a v i ew to promote their own interests. Hi s Ri g h t H on. F r i end seeme d to think that the re was something peculiar in the case of Mal_ , e 1 „,, ohester; but he (th e Ch ance ll or o f t h e Exchequer ) n°," fessed that h e cou ld not see i t. On the contrary, P thought that L ee d s an d many other large towns , r ir, moved far inland, had a stronger claim to the indulgen' a in question than Manchester, which had an easy an most rapid me ans o f commun i cation with the great po re of Liverpool. But the consequences of extending Ob r d proposed c oncess i on to all large inland towns, would be to cr ea t e a ser i ous loss to the revenue. thought it was a wise principle, that when a tow n asked for th e b ene fi t of the bonding system, it s h o uld undertake to pay the expenses rendered necessary by the concession. Hi s Ri ght Hon. Friend had referre d t o the small cost of collecting the revenue at Mancheste r as compared with other towns. But it should be re" membered that in Manchester it was unnecessary to incur the expense of a landing establishment, w hich el indispensable at a seaport, and ho would further relni a w his Right Hon. Friend and the House that whether thr bonding system was or was not adopted at Manchester , it would still be necessary to incur at the seaport the present expenses o f t h e l and i ng establishments. la reply to the application for an inquiry into the subje o t , he had only to observe that they had already enoug h of evidence before them, and that he did not see holy they could derive the slightest advantage from the col lection of any additional quantity. Mr. BRIGHT said that, the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer seemed to think the; the people of M anc h ester were liable to the charge °' knocking at the Treasury doors and asking the Treasury to do something for them which they were not ready to do for themselves. Now he (M r ; Bright) would not undertake to defend the people of Manchester against that charge, because he believed it was perfectly notorious that there was no other portion of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom against whom it could be less reasonably urged. It appeared that the Right Hon. Gentleman himself had formerly been an advocate for that very concession to the people of Man' chester.—(" No," from the Chancellor of the Exche quer.) Well, it appeared, at all events, that the Right Hon. Gentleman had voted in favour of a Bill which bad been introduced by his colleagues for carrying out that object. In his (Mr. Bright's) opinion it was a mere su perstition to suppose that seaports only ought to have the privilege of bonding establishments. There was no thing in the position of Liverpool, as compared with the position of Manchester, which could prevent one of these places from benefitting by the system as well as the other. The Right Mon. Gentleman thought that it would be necessary to impose some check on the exten sion of the system. But he (Mr. Bright) believed it would be easy to impose any check that could reason ably be required by enacting that no town and by further enacting that all towns a sking the privilege should be en titled to the privilege unless a town in which a sum of 100,000/. or 200,0001 . a year weres!ot collected, should bear the expenses of it for the first fiv e years There had been received in Manchester 70,0004 in 249 ' 000/ in 0 13 1. 1 i 8 n 4 6 18 , 4 1 9 7 . 7,0 m 00 a / n . ch in 1847 , Manchester place in the ki ng d om, and that was at present the sixth largest bon din g 1 1 8 8 4 4 and lB7 ' 3 0 1 0 9 0 , 1 0 o i fact alone constituted a strong ground wh y t h e inhabi tants of Manchester should receive th e privilege in question. lie did not wish to say anything offensive to the Right Honourable Gentleman, but he should ob serve that any person with a capacity above that of an exciseman for the consideration of such questions must be aware that the exchequer could not, under the pro posed concession, lose the whole) sum of 2,700 Z whic h was at present raised f rom the ratepayer , s of Wenches.. ter, for it was manif es t th at any measure which gave in creased facilities for the distribution and consumption of articles on which duties were paid , prosperous population like that of Blanchester a vast and neighbourhood, must lead to and its venue of the state. But the pro Some addition to the re asked for an inquiry into that ple of Manchester only believed, a fair and reasonable Matter; and that was, he Mr. CARD WELL 8•d demand. the Member for th al that his Right Hon. Friend Goulburn), who Was Univ • ersity of Cambridge (Mr. had requested him to confined to his bed by indisposition.' stances under which state what had been the circum• tended to which the system had been ex - Hon. Friend had • Manchester in the year 1846. His Right tic • objected to a departure from the prun e which lieiited he h a d stated that be the privil ege to seaport towns; and could not s ee w h y , if such a con cession w ere made t oßlanchester, it s h ou ld not like s wise b e ma d e to any other large town which might put forward a simile the opi • mon of hi s Ri g h t H r appli cat i on. The check in proper . °Pourable Friend , against any abuse in finch cases, was that those " towns which asked for the privilege should b ear the expense of carry ing it into effect; and he thought that there would been come infringem en t o f the understanding which had come to upon the subject , if the concession at present demanded were granted to Manchester. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Manchester (Mr. Bright) . said it was a superst i t i on to suppose that the bonding system should be confined to sea ports. B u t he would remind the Hon. Gentleman that the great object in introducing that system was to encourage the re-ex- port trade. The Hen. Gentleman thought that any man with a genius above that of an exciseman would attach no value to the sum of 2,7001. He should, however, ob serve that there was not a word in that resolution which would not apply to many other towns as well Masto an chester • ,and the Chancellor of the Exchequer might not unnaturally sh r i n k f rom g i v i ng up a sum of nearly 3,000 1 . a year, multiplied by the number of all the large inland towns in the kingdom. Mr. lIUME said he could not support the motion, be' cause the extension of the bonding system to Manchester had been granted on the distinct understanding that the inhabitants of th a t c i ty should themselves bear the expense of the measure. He could not see any neces si.ty for any_ further inquiry into the subject. But i f . his R h i e ght . Friend had moved for an inquiry o in f to ee t ile state of the different ports, and the e xpees° would °uthe revenue in them, he (Mr. flume) tion. He readilyf dhave given his support to such a in°' of found that in many of those ports the expene t e lected.collecting_ the revenue was greater than the sum col expense I n the port of Borrowstonness, in Scotland, the the " c ollecting the rev enue was 941/. a year, an d amount collected was 541/. In the of T le e port ra the expense of collection was 5284, and the sum cols Rai 5 91, In Quernsey the expense of cellectioo ~~ SUN, LON II