The Sun. — London, England, 1850-07-17 00:00:00

t; alxt SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.—(THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the proprietors in this bank was held this afternoon, at the Bank House, Loth bury, for the purpose of receiving a half-yearly report from the directors, and to declare a dividend. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided. There was a very numerous attendance of proprietors. The report of the operations of the bank during the peat half-year was read to the meeting (for which see our City article). The CHAIRMAN moved that the report be adopted, printed, and circulated among the proprietors. Mr. TITE said he would have great pleasure in seconding the motion, but before doing so lee wished to take the opportunity of expressing the feeling which a number of gentlemen around him entertained on a subject of some importance. They would recollect that at one of their half yearly meetings, some short time back, when the lion. Alderman, and colleague of the Right Hon. Gentleman who now presided, was in the chair (Mr. Salomons), he called the attention of the pro prietors to the surplus funds of the bank, and ob served that there ought to be some limit placed on the accumulations which might be made under that designation, or else they (the proprietors) would be working not fur themselves, but for the benefit of posterity ; and he was not aware that posterity could do anything for them.—( I-1. laugh.) On that occasion he believed it was suggested, or expected, or believed—nay, almost promised, that their "rest" would be considered sufficient at 100,0001., after providing fur the losses cf what they knew to have been a year of great ditliculy and danger; and they would remember that last half-year there was a general understanding that the losses of 1848 had been fully met, and that the " rest" ( f 111,0001., which then appeared in the accounts, was in point of fact the bona fide and lowest existing surplus, and was nut to be diminished by any of those bad or doubtful debts which were so fatal to commercial transactions in that year. Now, without wishing to interfere with the unanimity with which he was sure the motion for the adoption of the report would be received, he perhaps might be per mitted to say that he thought something ought to be said by the directors at the next half-yearly meeting with regard to the amount of the " rest." At the time to which he alluded it apparently amounted to 115,0001, and presuming there would be an additional accumulation next half-year, in propor tion to the increase of the present, he did think, with the greatest respect for the direction, that the proprie tors were entitled to such a return of their money as the directors could fairly give them.—(Hear.) Allu sion was made last half-year to the advantage of the " Old Lady " over the way having a large surplus at her command, but, as his life was limited, he would much rather enjoy the benefits of his money during his life than leave it behind to form a part of some wonder ful and magnificent accumulation, which might, perhaps, astonish the commercial world, but would b e attended by no benefit whatever either to himself or to any of the other proprietors. He was quite wil ling to leave the matter in the hands of the directors, but he did hope that next half-year they would divide a bonus among the proprietors, believing that it would only be an act of justice to them to do so. Apart from that subject, however, he begged to congratulate the proprietors on the satisfactory nature of the report, and that the directors were enabled to pay a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. on the year. It was, therefore, a ith very great pleasure that he gave his cordial essent to the motion which had been pro po:,eil by their distinguished chairman.—(Cheers.) Mr. BROWNE observed that when reference was made to the large " rest" of the "Ord Lady" of Threadneedle-street, it ought not to be forgotten that the London and Westminsterßank was placed in a very different position, for the proprietors had only paid up a small portion of their capital, while the holders or Bank Stock had paid up to the fullest extent their respective shares. He, therefore, fully coincided in the suggestion of the Hon. Proprietor, that there should be some division of the surplus capital of the bank in the shape of a bonus. The motion was then put and carried. Mr. TITE—I take it for granted, my Lord, that the suggestion will be brought under the consideration of the board ?—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN—I have no doubt the directors will take the matter into their consideration.—(Hear.) A vote of thanks to the directors for • the able manner in which they had discharged their duties, and expressing the entire confidence of the proprietors in their management, was then unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks. Another vote of thanks was tendered to the Chair man, who had left his important civic duties to be present at the meeting. His LORDSHIP replied in appropriate terms. Mr. BROWNE proposed a vote of thanks to J. W. Gilbert, E,q., the principal manager, and the other managers and officers of the bank, for their able ma nagem nit of its affairs during the past half-year. Mr. TITE seconded the motion, observing that he had often, and with great pleasure, heard Mr. Gilbert lecture on literary matters, and that he wished very much he would give them a lecture on reserved funds. Mr. GILEART returned thanks on behalf of himself and his colleagues, stating that for sixteen years he had had the honour of performing a similar duty. Without entering into a lecture on re - served funds, which would be too tedious and uninteresting to engage the attention of a meet ing like that, he might be allowed to say that nothing tended so much to increase the value of shares in a bank as having a large surplus fund to fall back upon. —(Hear, hear.) Ile regretted that there was so little communication between the proprietors and managers, and observed that great advantage might result to the bank by a little more co-operation on the part of the former. Only one in every five kept accounts with the bank. There were 1,115 proprietors who, from their wealth and respectability, were sufficient to make the fortune of any bank. They had paid up a million of money, and were ready to increase that to four millions whenever called upon, yet out of that number only X 29 were customers of the bank.—(Hear.) They should recollect that the dividends were paid out of the profits derived from their customers, and that in proportion as the proprietors co-operated in extending the businese of the bank, the directors would be enabled to give better dividends and larger bonuses. The meeting then separated. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. Tho following Bills as amended were considered and agreed to: — Sr. Andre eV ' S and Quebec Railway Company. St. Thomas's Hospital Estate. Wolverhampton Improvement Act Amendment. SAOKE PROHIBITION BILL. The Sheriffs of London appeared at the bar, and pre sented a petition from the Lord Mayor. Aldermen, and Common Council of the city of London, in Common hall assembled, in favour of the Smoke Prohibition Bill. Lord D. STUART presented a petition from Salis bury, in favour .f the Sunday Trading Bill. 11r. MUNI Z presented a petition from Birmingham, iu favour of the smoke Prohibition Bill. Sir G. STKICKLA.ND presented a p*-tition from tlle Earl of Abergavenuy against the Copyhold Enfranchise ment 8111. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from the parish of S% Andrew, Hui Corn, against the Sunday Trading Bill. Mr.F. O'CONNOR presented a petition from a place, the name of which we could not catch, against the Friendly Slcieties Bill. Mr. IiANKES presented petitions from different pa rishes in the county of Dorset against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. FLOYER also presented similar petitions f.'om parishes in the same county to the like effect. Mr, P. SCROPE presented a petition from a place in Gloucestershire, praying for the repeal of the stamp duties on newipsprs. RETURNS. Mr. WAWN moved for a return showing the number and dates of the monthly returns (if any) in each year from the . 2oth day of November. 1844, to the 20th day of Noyetabcr, 1849, transmitted to the National Debt Qdloe by the Dartford Savings Bank, in which no signa taire.of a manager or other offic2r, as required by the National Debt Office, is affixed, to certify to the true account of weekly receipts and payments as made in his presccb:i: and. copy of the correspondence (if any) he tweem the National Dabt Office and the said Savings Bank, respecting the non-compliance with the reguls tioua of the National Debt Office, and the (itie signing or trensnai,sion of any such monthly statements of accounts during the same period.—Agreed to. Tine, MEsinna also moved fur a return showing the amours; of annual b dances in the hands of the Com inissieuera for the. Reduction of the National Debt, on acoduut of Ysiudiy Societies (occlusive of balances duo Lo tho trustees of borings hanks), for each of the years commencing on the 20th day of November, 1829, and ending on the 20,1 day or Novel:l2°er, 1849; also the amount of stock and ee'•er :ecur:Vcs held by the said Commissioners at the same dates ree pet:lively, on account of Lueli societies, distinguishing the particulars, as well as the total amount and value of the same stock or other securities.--Agreed to. The dropped notices cf motion and ordas of the day Were data re-appointed. MILITIA PAY BILL. This Dill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. The adjourned debate on the Small Tenements Rating Bill was postponed until to-morrow. SUNDAY TRADING BILL. Mr. B. WALL presented petitions from the Tower THE SUN, Hamlets, 'Marylebone, and cth2r parts of the metropolis, signed by nearly 12,000 persons, against the Sunday Trading Bill. Mr. WAKLEY 'prelented n petition from St. Luke's to the same effect. _ _ Mr. B. WALL sugested to the promoters cf the Bill that, under the circumstances of the case, the farther consideration of the Bill should be postponed until next session, or at all events to acme future day in the present session. .Ir. C. PEARSON said. representing the promoters of this Bill, he believed he should best consult the wishes of those parties by yielding to the suggestion which had fallen from the Hon. Member (Mr. B. Wall)—(Hear, hear)—and as it was of importance to have the assistance of the law-officers of the Crown, who were now neces sarily absent, in discussing its provisions, he would therefore consent to the second reading being postponed until this day week. PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. The House resolved itself into Committee on this Bill. Oa arriving at the sth clause, which provides for the borrowing of money on the security of the borough rater, to carry out the purposes of the Bill, Mr. HENLEY objected to the clause on the ground that there was no limit to which the borough rate might be pledged under it for carrying out the objects of the Bill. Sir G. GREY promised to introduce words into a subsequent part of the Bill to modify the operation of the clause so as to meet the objections of Hon. Members opposite. 'rho remaining clauses were then agreed to without discussion; the House resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be reported on Monday next. COPYHOLDS ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL. On the motion that the House should resolve itself into a Committee on this Bill, Sir a STRICKLAND moved as an amendment that the House should go into Committee on the Bill this day three months. His objection was to the whole Bill itself, and not to any particular portion of it. He sub mitted it was not framed so as to carry out its professed object, namely, the doing away with copyhold tenure and the converting it into the tenure of fee simple, The Bill was called the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill; but when he looked into the principle of the Bill he found there was not one provision which would lead to the en franchisement of copyholds. The Bill, in fact, proposed a commutation of rents, which it would effect in a most unjust manner. The principle of the Bill was a confis cation of private property ; and be contended that it was a universally recognised rule in that House never to in terfere with private property unless some great public benefit would result from such interference. He con tended that no such public advantage called for the peas lug of the iuill b fore the klcuse. The Bid, in fact, sought to interfere with the interest of the landlords for Vat? benefit of the tenants. Mo. MIILLINGS seconded the Rini ndrur t. He was afraid that this Bill wns only introduced for a par ticular occasion, and though he had voted for the second reading of the Bill, to row felt it to be his duty, having changed his views on the subject, to oppose the Bill on going into Committee. He did not believe that any Bill of this sort would be carried out by a private Mt tuber, but it must be taken up by the Government, and that could not be done without much more evidence than they had before them at present. That was the course which he should recommend, and he should be happy to give them every assistance in his power.—(Flear, hear.) Mr. HUME supported the Bill. Be was sorry to see that the Honourable Member had changed his course of proceeding upon tha subject. The question was whether copyholds were an evil or not, and he thought that anybody who knew anything about the matter would confess that they were a great nuisance both to the holders' and to the lords of the manors. Ho quite agreed that this ought, it possible, to be a Goverment measure, and that, too. had been the opinion of the late Sir Robert Pee . He hoped the House would allow the Bill to go into Committee. Mr. HENLEY considered that whether they allowed the Bill to go into Cominiare or not, it was quite clear that a Bill of this kind could not pass into law. Mr. AGLIONBY complained of the course which bad been takea both in doors and out of doors with respect to the, Bill. The objk.cts and provisions of the Bill had been equally misunderstood a - id miss-presented. Honourable Members had n•o right to discuss the principle of the Bill, upon the present oc casion, upon going into Committee, after the second reading had Leen carried by a large majority. The House then divided, when there appeared— For going into Committee ... 40 Against it Majority —9 The House then went into Committee. On clause 1 being proposed Mr. lIIILLINGS moved the omission of certain words with the vicew of inserting others, to place all manorial rights at the disposal of the Copyhold Commis sioners for the purpose of their ultimate abolition. Mr. AGLIONBY opposed the amendment. Mr. MUELINGS was anxious to see all manorial rights destroyed, and copyholds placed on the same footing as freeholds.. That was his motive for proposing the amendment. Lord HARRY VANE was quite certain that if this Bill was to effect any good it must be conUned to the .simple object of doing away with certain inconsistent copyhold rights, reserving all the rest that were not objectionable. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND thought differently. The Bill, to be Gf any use, should altogether abolish copyhold tenure, aad ho certainly should support the amendment. Mr. HUME would vote f,Jr the amendment if Le thought it were practicable. He was anxious to see all c)py held ri:zhts destroyed; but it was impossible to do it under this Lill. Sir B. HALL said the principle involved in the amend ment was tco large to admit of its being left to the de cision of the Copyhoid Commissioners; but still he would support it if the Hon. and Learned Member would exclude mines and minerals. Mr. HENLEY wished to know if the Honourable and Learned Member who had charge of the Bill in tended to exclude from its operation all copyholds that do not enjoy the right of renewal. Mr. AGLIONBY replied in the affirmative. Mr. MULLINGS agreed that all copyholds ought not to be enhanchisod, but still he would only preserve mines and minerals, and in order to meet such excep tional cases, he had no objection to add to his amend ment the words " except as hereinafter providk d for." The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... 47 Against it . . ... 55 - - - —8 Majority ... The amendment "Ili consequently lost. Oa retarninz to the gallery, we found Mr. HENLEY prov 7 sing a — farther amendment on the first clause, providinq ;hat Caere should be enfranchise ment only on the demand of three-tourths of the copy holders of an estate. Mr. AGLIONBY opposed the amendment. His great object was to provide tur individual enfranchisement. Mr. GOULBURN supported the amendment, which he contended would prevent great injuaice being dune to the lord of the manor. Sir B. HALL wished to see the landlord and tenant put on the same footing as each ether, and he would be ready to give each of them equal f.icilities for enfranchisement ; and he would recommend the Hon. Member fur Oxforthhire nut to press his present amendment, but to insist upon some provision by which th 3 lord also could claim enfran chisement. _ _ After a short conversation, in which Sir C. Burrell, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Aglionby took part, Mr. HENLEY dEfen&d his amendment, and refused to withdraw it. _ Mr. MULLING' thought that there would not be any great futilities given to the small copyholder3 by this elsuse, and he ahould support the amendment. Lord E, HOWARD supported the amendment, but expressed himself favourable to the principle of giving power to the lord of manors to commute with equal fa cility as their tenants. After af ew words from Mr. J. A. SMITH, the Com mitee when there appeared— _ . For theasi andmint 74 Against 44 I.l4jority —3O The .amendment was accordingly carried, and it be came en original proposition. Mr. UUME then moved as an amendment that the majority of the tenants in number and amount should Save the power to decide the qaestion of enfranchisement. Mr. HENLEY said, introducing the value ef the property would seriously affect the small cottagc:-holder, who would be outvoted by the large tenant. Mr. HUME met this objection by proposing to kayo mouatktehethweordsth utt that amendmenthr.d run thus: tsht majorityof h ue, a w o h ri ich wu t uid e brtbr'C onversation, the Co tenantsAfA f ter i n a u s u h rn o mmittee again divided, when there appeared. For the amendment ... 53 Against it Majority The amendment was accordingly lest. Mr. SPOONER suggested to tt,e lion. and Learned Gentleman thn propriety of withdrawing, the Bill. O n calm consideration he hoped the lion. and Learned Gen tleman would see that that was the best course he could parsu2. Mr. AGLIONBY had been calmly considering this Bill for two years—(A laugb)—and he certainly must say the manner in which he bad been met this session was most unfair. He certainly should not withdraw it at this stage. Mr. SPOONER had no other alternative, thee, but to move that the Chairman do at once report progress. Mr. AGLIONBY reiterated his statement that this opposition could only be characterised by the term fec. tious, but it would not deter him from proceeding with the Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM reminded the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that the amendments wheb had just been carried would entail upon him the necessity of consider ably altering the remaining provisions, and he put it to the Hon. and. Learned Member. whether it would not be better to postpone the Bill- for the purpose of consider ing the alterations that were required. Mr. AGLIONBY was quite prepared to make all the alterations, and agree to all the omissions which now became necessary, end he hoped the Committee would go on with the details. The motion that the Chairman do report progress was then withdrawn, and the clause as amended was agreed to. On clause 2, Mr. AGLIONBY said, in order to accomplish the object of the foregoing smeLdments it would te neces sary to make considerable verbal alterations in this clause, and he therefore hoped the Committee would convent to postpone it. Clame 2 was postpone d. On clause 3 being moved, Mr. G. J. HE ATIICOTE moved assn amendment that the Chairman report progress, and ask leave to sit again, it being advisable, in his opinion, that the further pro gress of the Bill should be stayed altogether. Mr. AG LIONBY hoped that the House would not agree to the amendment of the lion. MemFer. Ile (Mr. Ag lionby) had been twice air( ady prevented from procoed ing with this Bill, fiat, by the Derby day, secondly, by the Ascot Cup day; and now he thought it rather hard that he should be again prevented from proceeding with it in consegt:ence of the agricultural meeting at Exeter. Mr. G. J. HEATHCOTE eventually withdrew his amendment, and the clause was agreed to. On clause 4, Sir B. HALL proposed that this clause should be amended by ranking :t incumbent on the comissioners under the Bill to entertai❑ any application which may be made by the lord or lord, of the manor who may be the owner or owners of three-fourths in value of the manor. Mr. AGLIONBY could not consent to the proposed amendment, inasmuch as it would completely alter the leading principle of the Bill, and 'mess with great severity on the poorer class of tenants. Sir B. HALL wanted to put the lord of the manor in the same position as the copy holder in carrying out a proposition for enfranchisement. After a desultory conversation, in which Mr. Goul burn, Mr. Henley, Mr. Hume, Mr. Anstey, and Mr. Aglionby took part, Sir 13. HALL withdrew his amendment, hut moved that the Chairman should report progress. Mr. AGLIONBY opposed the motion. The gallery was cleared for a division, but none took place, Mr. Aglionby having consented to the Chairman reporting progress. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and asked leave to sit again this day week. SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL. Mr. BANKES moved the second reading of this Bill. He said the main object of the Bill was to put an end to a very great existing nuisance which prevailed in this metropolis, and throughout every considerable town in the kingdom. When it was known that a great influx of foreigners would take place in this country and this metropolis next year, on the occcssion of the National Exhibition, he thought it of the very utmost importance that in visiting our museums of art mid manufactures they should not be unnecessarily in convenienced by the smoke nuisance which now exists to so injurious and disagreeable an extent. He based the necessity for the Bill on another ground—namely, that the action of the atmosphere, impregnated in so high a degree with smoke, was in the highest degree prejudicial to the pictures and objects of art and industry collected in the National Gallery and Museum, and the various other museums in this metropolis and throughout the country. Mr. Alderman COPELAND deprecated the interfe rence which this Bill propos, d with the manufacturing industry o: tie country. He contended, on the experi ence of in,n connected with manufactures, that the smoke which issued from a manufactory or a dwelling-house was not neatly so deleteri; us or so injurious to health as the gas which resulted from the smoke-consuming a;,pa ratus now partially in use in the country. He called upon the House to reject a Bill which, whilst it would be wholly inoperative in carrying out the very object it contemplated, would only tend to shackle the trade and commerce of the country. He could, therefore, move that this Bill be read a second time this day three months. Mr. lIUME teconded the amendment. Mr. BROWN could not give a silent vote upon this questicn. It WM a mistake to suppose that the interest of manufacture alone was affQcted by this Bill. The landed interest would suffer from it equally as much, for the interest of agriculture was greatly dependent upon the prosperity of the manuf icturing districts. No doubt smoke was a nuisance, but until science could discover some effectual means of preventing it, such a Bill as this should not he allowed to pass. Mr. MUNTZ slid it was c asy enough to prevent the making of smoke, but when once mask no process could destroy it. He had heard, and indeed seen a process,/ hich destroyed smoke, but the process was too expensive to admit of its gtnet al application. In his opinion, Bills of this nature shou!d be mate to apply only to particular dis trict.s, but for the reasons he had already seated he was opposed to this Bill, and he should then:fire vote against it. — Sir G. GREY said, no one c(mid disapprove of the principle of this Bill, but looking at the number of amendments that must be made in its details it was quite hopeless to think of getting it passed at this period of the session. He put it, therefore, to the Honourable Mem ber opposite, whether he would be advancing the object he had in view by pressing his motion fur the second reading. Mr. MACKINNON reminded the House that the principle of a Bill the object of which was similar to this had already been affirmed, hut seeing the opposition that was likely to be brought to bear upon the details of this measure; he hoped it would be postponed until smoke prevention had been more effectually tested. Mr. BANKES said it was useless for him to attempt to proceed with this Bill against the opposition of the Government, but still ho begged to remind the House that no later than to-day the corporation of the city of London had presented a petition in its favour. Under all circumstances, however, he thought it better to with draw the Bill tor the present. The amendment was then agreed to without a divi sion, and the Bill was accordingly thrown out. BOROUGH GAOLS BILL. This Bill went through Committee. LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, PA:. S. CRAWFORD called the attention of the House to the extensive system of extermination which had latterly been going on in Ireland; and yet, in the face of that fact, the other House of Parliament bad been bold enough to pass an Act which would still further depress the people of Ireland. At the very time when the tenantry of Ireland was calling upon the Legislature to confer upon them their just rights, the Upper House was passing a Bill to restrict them to the utmost extent.—(Hear, hear.) He did not ob ject to increasing the security of the land• lord; but before he could consent to a Bill for that purpose the landlords themselves must do justice to their tenantry. Many of the provisions which this Bill con tained were of a most pernicious character. For instance, one of ttse clauses prohibited the tenant from cutting his corn and removing it after sunset. Now, there were many poor tenants who were unable either to cut or to remove their crops till that time, and this clause, there fore, would prove a source of great injury to that class.—(Hear, hear.) His main objection to the Bill, however, was that it would have the effect of pro moting extermination; and under those circumstances he felt it to be his duty to move that the Bill be read a second time that day three months. Air. C. B. RUCHE seconded the amendment. Mr. HAMILTON would never consent to support nay Bill which could have the effect of extending extermina tion, but he did not believe this Bill would have that effect. He believed it would greatly benefit the tenant, and in many cases savo him from expense. In point of fact, it only amended the law of landlord and tenant with regard to the power of distraint. It gave the landlord power, which he was clearly entitled to, of dispossessing a tenant in arrear on condition that ho consented to forego his rent, a provision which must prove highly beneficial to the tenant; while the clam e to which the Hon. Gentle man opposite had referred could only come in force in cases where the tenant was anxious to defraud his landlord. At present the mode of ejectment was cum bersome and expensive, cg.ially as injurious to Vie land lord as oppressive to the tenant; and the main object of this Bill was to amend that law. Mr. BRIGHT thought the House ought to come to the consideration of this question with some regard to the existing state of Ireland and the present rela tionship between landlord and tenant in that couutty. Nothing, he thonzlit, would be more ill-judged, unless in cases of absolute necessity, than that the House should proceed, with so little _ time for deliberation, to pass any law which should give ad ' ditiunal power to the landlords of Ireland, when so b 1 a spirit existed on the part of the tenants, and he believed on behalf of the landlords also. Without going into the details of the Bill, he thought it would be ex ceedingly unwise to pass such a Bill as this, when next session the House would have to go into the considera tion of the whole question of landlord and tenant. He would, therefore, support the amendment of his Hun. Friend (Mr. Sharman Cranford). Mr. F. FRENCH supported the second reading of the Bill. Mr. ANSTEY said, with a view of coming to a full and deliberate conclusion on this Bill, and having regard to the late hour of the day (five o'clock), he felt it his duty to mote that the second reading be postponed to this day week. Colonel DUNNE, whilst acknowledging the purity of the motives which actuated his Hon. Friend the Member fur Rochdale (Mr. S. Crawford), felt himself, neverthe less, ccmtrained to support the second reading cf the Bill. Mr. HUME called upon the House to pla:ie the land lords and tenants in Ireland on the same footing as they were in England, and expressed his intention of sup porting the amendment. He concluded by calling upon the Government to bring forward a comprehensive mea sure to meet the existirg relationship of landlord and tenant in Ireland, and nut to leave that task to any in dividual Member of the House. Sir W. SOMERVILLE denied that this was a land lord's measure. Without pledging himself to support thesth meant detailseean:t ensuing m t gtrleiwei winter tde) , and that those evils Bill,rkeaunoewwiendg vigour, he evils he which it 7 might h . trecur in a con strainedmr.Eto. v E ot . e it f) o r e th il e E te see c o o n n dre n a d d e d from all a yi ng t h e bad feelings far existing landlord and t enant i n Ireland would ingt. o eh nl it y s igtnen this d Bill,to between exas perate so those feelings ; and he lamented tulfar that the Government intended to give it their support. He would support the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Yu.; hal r Mr. v a . 1 Y) The o'clock found th e H on. M em b er still c a ( r i oA s s x e addressing the House, and prevented it coming to any decision on the question hefere it. The Hcuse then adjourned till Twelve to-morrow. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The action and reaction between the cotton market and the yarn market is of a somewhat lively character just row. The exten sive Fides effected by the spinners during the last fortnight, at advancing rat . es, gave rise , from day to day, to large transactions in cotton, at rather higher prices also. On Saturday and 3 esterday there was an increase of activity in Liverpool, at tended with some further gain in general value; and this, aided by advices from the States, quite as unfivourable as before in regard to the growing crap, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1850. has produced a good deal of excitement today among the spinners, who have again raised their quo tations for warps, bundles, and cops, of nearly all numbers and qualities : they have asked to I. per lb. more than they did tnis day week, and have realised at least a farthing. The buyers have caught the invulse so far as to make it very evident that they are prepared to operate freely on last week's terms. Finding this iinprp.cticable, the Germans have abstained from an ticipatory purchases, and confined themselves to the execution of positive orders. A considerable business has, however, been done for home consumption, taking coarse and fine counts together, the demand for which is now very great. The finer numbers of single and doubled continue in much request on Russian account, as well 115 on that of the British manufac turers ; and there is some call for spinnings suitable for the Levant likewise. For India there appears to be no demand, and common 40's are consequently altogether neglected : there is a little more g.,ing on however, in common .50's for other quarters. Spinners are remarkably free from stock, and well supplied with contracts. Goods have partaken of the movement in a limited degree. This is seen in cloths of various kinds, for printing and bleaching, and in the medium and lower qualities of shirtings, from 40 inches downwards, as well as in long cloths and domestics. In some of these articles a good deal has been dune, so far, this week; and but for the requirement of higher prices, the sales would have reached a considerably larger amount. The makers of some kinds of goods, however, find little inquiry; and all complain of the employment of looms being rendered profitless, indeed to a great extent worse than profitless, by the dearness of yarns. There can be nu doubt that the vast increase of weaving power, to which we have o ccasionally adverted, is now t e lli ng p ower f u lly in favour of spinners, and against manufacturers. This can hardly proceed much further, without causing the latter to resort to short time. Ronal:ux, MONDAY.—The manufacturers con tinue to have:a good demand for their flannels, which meet with a ready sale at former prices. The wool dealers are asking better prices for the raw material ; and, so far as English wool is concerned, they obtain them. Lord MONTEAGLE said whatever legislation it pleased their Lordships to introduce on this subject in relation to England, the people of Ireland were willing and ready to accept in relation to tl_e hitter country. He obi.- cted, however, to the power t!,iven in a Bill on their Lordship's table, which enabled a to•c:cut for life to Kra❑t leases for ninety-nine years of the estate which was settled 14011 him. _ Afor a word or two in explanation from Lord BROUGHAM, Tile Bill was thrown out. LIVERPOOL WATER-WORKS BILL.—BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. The Earl of EGLINTON called the attention of the Home to a petition complaining of the mode in which signatures had teen obtained in Liverpool to petitions against the Bill introduced fur the purpose of giving a better supply of water to Liverpool. His Lordship referred to the statements of several persons to show that a great number of fictitious names had been added to these petitions, and that several indi viduals had been employed to go about the town to procure signatures. His Lordship, after allud ng to the serious nature of the proceeding in question, moved that Mr. Joseph Byrne, Mr. Joseph Hind, and Mr. Duncan M'Arthur should be called before the bar of their Lordships' House. Lord LANSDOWNE thought the House was much indebted to the Noble Lord for bringing the subject under its attention, as there was no greater abuse of its privilege:, than that of forging names to petitions. and he should cordially second the motion of the Noble Lord. After a few words from Lord MONTEACLE and Lord STANLEY, the motion was agreed to, and the three par ties mentioned above were ordered to be brought to the bar on Friday next. ELECTIONS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the report on this Bill was agreed to. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE the Muni cipal Curporations (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord WHARNCLIFFE gave notice that on the third reading of the Factories Bill his Noble Friend (the Earl of Harrowby, as we understood) would move the inser tion of the ulause which he had on the preceding even ing moved in Committee. Their Lordships then adjourned. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—A better inquiry has existed for man ufactured goods since our last, and some basiness has treen transacted. Sellers are looking for higher prices, which, we think, they must ere long obtain, considering the lowness of stocks and the active state of the raw silk marker, with constantly advancing prices. The thrown silk market is quiet, which is mainly attributable to sellers holding back their stocks, as the prices lately current, when divested of all charges, are scarcely more than present rates if raw material, thereby leaving but little margin for working. The inquiry has been confined chiefly to shipping sorts for the continent, a large export of which is n ow go i ng on . Sh ou ld t hi s con ti n ue, we think it will tend to establish the equilibrium of prices between raw and thrown silks. l'he dyers continue better supplied with work. The raw silk market has been characterised by great activity during last week, with prices tending upwards ; the continual demand frorn the continent favouring the view taken of higher prices. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There has been a fair amount of business doing to-day, in a general way. Several foreign buyers have been in town, and, as a manufscturer said, "what was wanted was picked up sharply." The business of the warehouses has nut been quite so brisk as last week. HALIFAX, SATUI'.DAY.—Our Piece has been rather better attended to-day, and there has been a good deal more inquiry for fancy goods, but not fol lowed, we believe, by any large amount of purchases. 'Fhe activity of the yarn trade continues unabated, and the spinners are asking a still further advance, but it is not conceded to the full extent by the merchants. The features of the wool market are but little changed. The staplers are asking higher prices, but the spinners manifest reluctance to give even the current rates, which 'are below those at which large quantities have lately been bought of the growers. STAMFORD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Stamford St. Leger. Officious ... ••• ••• Clelia ... ••• ••• ... Thistledown ... ••• ... The Two Year Old Stakes. Beaufort Midas The Hunter's Stakes. Pulcherrina ... ... ... ... ... ... Cogia ... ... ... 2 Dart ... ... ... ... ... 3 The Burghley Stakes. Littla Jack ... Wanota ... ... ... Gmt ... ... Lord Exeter's Plate of 501. Watch Dog •• ... ~. ~, ... 1 Peasant Girl ... ... ... • • ~, ... 2 Louis ... ... ~. ... ... -- -----.----- -------- c.hidtig , proeecdings will ehr_raeterizo Friday. This is no less Div-Ird Rob Ah , r shipowner, North '-' e Nor than a grai. , AtotiA dinner to ha eivi:n t•, some 600 or 700 July of the most deserving• po:iir of Exeter in the pavilion. ewalt.-u - on-T , ne ' 9 1 . )i:Irict 'Court. Walcit ( ' sod 9‘ : 1, at eleven, . n r .t t :ie ., . 9 8, Each inenti:ce of the local committee will be furnished signLe, P Newe j sist'ii-up - on-Tylie ; Maples, '—l) ales, at twelve , at the 0 with a I lt itahle number of tickt•ts for distribution, and 2earee, Erecli:rick . -citi.;ct, Old Jewry. .._ no doubt ample remnants of the splendid diLir:r which M. So)er is getting, up will thus be done due justice to. But the active mind of the " Regenerator" Las been plot ting still further novelties. After the supplemental enter tainment upon Friday, he proposes to hive the tahlßs cleared away and a stage erected for a grad ussuut dames, in which M. Leen de GdlPmand at.d some of the crack London lechers will exhibit. A qrieltling of the High landers who contended ',A the Ilothmd-park fete aru also expected down, and there are fui thr,?rroore to be trt,r,- part r.cies, di<solving views, and a py of flori cultural specimens from the far-r; teed Exeter nurseries, these various attractions enhunerd by the pat formanco of a brilliant musical prognimtr,e. The admission to this melange of entertainment will he 35., and the products will be devoted to the various bed charities; so that altogether the Exeter folk will find the employment of foreign industry in the getting up cf the Pavilion Dinner a somewhat better speculation than native could have been. The town is not as yet quite so full as it was ex pected to have been, and the speculators in lodgings are consulting as to the propriety of dest eln; g from the remarkably high horses which they rode at such •a rate yesterday. The MarquiA of Downshire (the president) arrived on Sunday night. Lord Le;ce-ter came down yester day. The local landlords and M.P.'s, most of whom entertain parties of guests, are at their respective seats; and a distieguished party from town expected by this afternoon's train. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, JUIY 16. We had again a small show of wheat. There was a slight reduction in price, but not Is per qr., owing to the firmness the growers evince in holding their remaining stocks, and from a report of the growing crop having suffered from something of a blight, as also from the heavy rains and thunder storm of last night. We bad a sample of new white peas on sale ; 32s was bid for them. pER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red Ditto, white. 4ss to 48s Oats Oils to 00s Barley, malting ... 00s to 00s Rye Ditto, grinding 00e to CO, Malt. oos to 00a Beans ... 2Bs to 00., Flour, per sack ... OCs to OW AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 13, 1850. , Wheat ......... 1,046 quarters, at 42s 6d Barley Oats Beans Peas HULL, JULY 16. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states : —Since Tuesday last we have had a succession of warm, genial wea ther, and unfavourable reports as to the wheat crops have ceased. The desire to increase stocks on the part of millers has received a check, and business is quieter than at the early part of last week. Holders, however, show no disposition to give way in price, although we have a considerable arrival of all kinds of grain since the above table was made up. To-day our farmers were little influenced by the dull reports of yester day's London market ; and some rain having fallen, they were enabled to make last Tuesday's prices for all fresh thrashed samples. Rather more foreign on show, and though little business was done prices are unaltered. Fine and heavy malt ing barley is scarce, and fetches long prices. For grinding samples we have a good sale at fully our quotations. Not much business doing in beans, but holders are firm. Very few peas offering, and the article is in demand. Linseed is dearer, and cakes support the late advance, with but few of first make offering. Contract cakes are less easy to buy. Rape cakes quite up to our quotations. The season for bones may be re. garded as over. The following are the present prices of grain : Wheat, English, red 43 to 45'Peas, white and yel. 24 26 Do. white ...... I)antzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea 44 46 nigsberg 42 46 Do. Petcrsbnrgh ... 38 42 I Pomeranian and Do. Riga& Archngl. 38 —4O Hamburgh . 4O 42 i Do. Konigsberg .... —3B & Danish, Holstein,Per ton. Friesland 35 38 Lins. c,Hull'6/17s6dto IC's6d Russian and Odessa 32 40IDo. fine foreign Oats, English .. l5 —171 Do. inf. foreign...o/ Os to 51 55 Do. Danish.— ...... . 15 17 Rapeseed Do.Friesland l5 18, Rape cake5...753 01 to 774 60 Do. Russ. & Odessa 15 17 Tares, English OO3 003 Barley, malting — 24; Do. foreign 20s —26 s Do. grinding........ 19 20 , Guano 6/ to 10/ 0, Beans Do. foreign ..... 22 24; Rye meal sllos Livxaroon, JULY 16.—At this day's market there was the usual attendance cf the town trade, but very few country buyers in attendance, and the weather being very fine the business done in wheat was on an extremely limited scale at a decline of Id to 2d per 70Ibs. Flour met with little inquiry, and nominally maintained its value. Oats were takea to a moderate extent at late rates. The same remark applies to barley and beans. Peas were quite neglected. Good yellow Indian corn was offered in vain at 26a per quarter, and must be quoted Is per quarter lower than this day week. CORK, JULY 1 5.—Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s ; extra 148 ; seconds, 12s Od to 12s 64 ; households Os to Ils; thirds, 7s to 8. per cwt. Oatmeal lOs to 10564; Indian meal 6s 6d to 7sod; wheat meal, 10s to 10334 per cwt. Indian corn 004 to 00s per ton. Bran 4/ Os Od to 4/ 2s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 22s to 30s; average 265; dealers 44s to 50s 04; average 00s per ton. Straw—Farmers 17s Od to 32s Od; average 245; dealers 30s Od to 35s Od; average 00s 04 per ton. Bread--Wheaten loaf 6d to bid; household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 7d to 84 per lb. Eggs-4s 4d to 4s 6d per hundred. Coals— Newport 14s; Lydney 15s ; Smiths' 14s ; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 38s 6d to Oos per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 6d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 44 to 4id ; mutton 5d to 60; veal 44 to 54; pork 3id to Oa; bacon 6d to 7d; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 10/ Os to 0/ Oa per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 7153 to 8/ss; Valonia 15/ to 0/; French €1; Spanish 9/ to 10/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone. Hemp 331 to 00/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 13s to 141 ; red ditto 15s to 20s per barrel ; Newfoundland 0/ Os to 0/ ler ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton; red pine, 3/ lOs; yellow ditto, 2/ 15, per ton; deals, 131 to 181 per 100. Hides— Market 14s to 20s; salted 15s to 21s per cwt ; calf skins lid to 21 2 e1 per lb. Potatoes, white 10d to 12d ; Minions 14d to 18,1; Guano—Peruvian, 11l 10a; Ichaboe, 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel. 19s nor barrel. Aug.J; _SI n.,ter,A DIVIDE N DS. trlildea(;oslnti:acsitincgairislilies,treweat.rehotoemen, 1, at eluven. In the Countrr. J. W. Brooke and J. 'bVil.es,u, Liverpool, wero bses °I the Court, Liverpn,l, Au , .• 6. Y t eleven , PAYMENTS ..)1' DIVIDENDS. N T-moat J. M r .t.i.. 0 2c , ~; • ' 'e" on: 1 C. D. Machews ChipPieg s ,. e .•r...,..hirr , , .. , piri ri- - • .--. , ' ri t a,eir f •..ipping UM:C.f.:C:I), 50- ' , 3 ,,, alTl,l''.r.':;',9,. first, ':,, , cond, and third divide of 11 - 0 _.,, ,i 1.1"., 4_ , -74' 4 . on Thursday, July IS, or auy subs,o .Z. .`,. ','r'"), between eleven and three, a: the ufßce l''' I v : . J. P 3 Y ri , a l3 ,- i s i b un t,% i v ng til t ld aM W .- . Askew, Leeds, cloth Thur 11- on booth were u _.. 6 Thursday, July IS, and any aubs c Vf :l ., Fr,,, m sday, bet, eon eleven and two, at the oilice ot . 30 an, Leeds. ola , J. Ilar.hsw, Leeds, cloth merchant, 3.1. on Ou r ' i ; eii Jul y ‘ 18 , and any subsequent 'Thursday, between e'er Tue - sday . , July cud tn A '.u, at the ogler et Mr. Fr( came, Leeds. 0 j On Ball, Manchester, sharebroker, 169. 04 " w tween ten and one, at the office of Mr. flobsos Beestl - . da..v, July ell i e T s . t Fl i r - ington, Manchester, commission agen' 8 4; 1 IS, grid every following TuesdaY,oo, I,: n ct m ond a •,.. , , o t o t d l- , ,e L t e iffi ec c is e , ( 7, P l' e , Nottinghamshire, farmer, 5!. 11 1 . , wic rites 16, and every following. Tuesday, belw•e t i f r! l a r io u i I n ' subsequent proofs, any day d alter Jute on. an Letween eleven and two, at the office of Dir.V"'" ' d'bt,sro: Manchester, _, 1. 'first dividend or i'6; Leeds. builder, A IO . T 7 I , CES OF CERTIFICATES. , R. Nilson, _ In the Country. n tOl d on, kingston•upon-Hull, steneollso- ball, at half-past twelve, at the Too l ' ste r, grocer e e l‘ a t ri e a ed l e - e Kingston-upon-Hullpscilnsegtanoittlleadrt—theeaC.eWeaularetrr—,e, manufacturer,i L An g i u v A : g e aL. u r r p g g i Bv or e, o r s ra l e :l t° a :T t . ld . Sel twelve.i Ir i m: e . ; e i :: hr : 31: i t L. Ab i t 1 1 6ni G a ve g:C i e t :97 ' 1:61111411: at the and provision dealer, Aug' 7' at " e 1 IV° Court, Liverpool—S. Adams, Birmingb,l'thattr ' at eleven, Aug. B,Denton, at 11107 tainland, Yorkshire, silk and co • r. Goode, Hereford, chemist an d al ci !...t. S. .Von so the third k, class—F. J. eleven, at the Court, Leeds. S. Smith, Lo , utb, Lincolnshire, draper , ce . C. rtl a il l e a l na r. at the Court, Birraingba.nuer, C A A h r i f e E t tS, Merthyr elrttAtlyNrT:::v• 1 I. :,. 1, t w e: f , DPg_ b ta a " :1 11 1: : , e;t: I L 1: n r ; ir r d: a r m Sa °P - cieYor' certificate7l I ram-court , . brewer jFc:.fent andu e secondHolloway,-isot r ui gtr. classnts, seller ill:or:5d- --% t e ; l e ci f °ni ; cuatoham, anchur and chain cable manufacturer, floe' mark o , l the first class—E. Archer, Clire-street, floe. . emaker a s t — id W E . . Wallace,t.aiter, certificate cf . the third 0415600 c, Sunderland, butcher, certificate cf lb° class. booksellersiiMotvivrdlannryd: 11. Booth PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVEV• ~aoirer spinal Jun., Oxford -street J. N . e New ;:l o i, _ a r .d .,- ( n . y f e a r r bI llo : , and statio?!l Grirobast„ regards W. Bowd jun., an d F. Gri erY)—W• Grimshaw, 10 ~ „„ansfaj, m'havf, Gowell-street, 144 0 ° '''' )...-W• tur , r ~....s as far senq •. ICeighic, ii,, as regards W. Griusshaw, otos, y0rk,,,.-7' E. B. Keighley, and J. ICeighleY„ iebleY) ire, cardmakers (as tar as regards W. n e ,,,5p00 1 f coon iikilor, IT. Cunnirgham, and T. Powell, .-0r son and S. (as far as re,•ards J. Mellor)'.agbp Hibbert, Chorley and Manchester, glhoter, manuf attornruiws—W. Joynson and R. Gibson, To Kent, t Y . — J. Isard and H. Wighteick, Ofor? ~ andlers—J. Dixon and T. Abecpherd, buildings,' ~ ,Enuager• 4, High-street, Islington, W es- de a ler; -- A Brennan end M. dr,Gautier. and F. de Banker, Reg ,nt-stratt titdijatt" andl)J"—uK• King,ford, J. Cr. Lt--* E. Niag6nra. WI City, cW. Lay , Corn-Exchange.Y:aei Sivs4-I'd,seo') liingsfor see —H. ‘l, , b ra lacters (as far as regards IC. road, eat '.'tc.l'll and W. Day, Cirencester-FlaCQ'f,juts and J. n r . inet makers—S. Spooner. s en., S. SP °° ,.7 ry O n , tddy , llanworth-road, Hounilow, ot h-e mot' —C. T u —J. ''' 4 " (1 W. G. Pnill'i s S nderland• rcler,,c,,bitor . .aietherell and W. Carter, l) '"" 'stock, Pe v v ° ,,"„idide , mining sharebrokers J ' lavi d G• Iv" . llsr , Nt, heldale an A. MI 11 Kingston-upon-Pull * , painters—W. Miller, „ o arl, and A. Beard, - Liverpool, wine and spirit nacre'A tryrty ISootlf , L —_. ncashire, brewers (as far as regards P.. m od' li Taylor and J. Bowen, Rumford, Ea e 1• udiroOders/ ers--11. B. Colbran and R. Winder , l3righten, basbirer W. . Dawson and T. Dawson, Blackburn, 14°Ic- shuttlemakers. INSOLVENT t'ETITIONERS' John O'Connell, Cardiff, grocer and publican. f , Henry Bees, Gloucester, porter. b u tcb e a William Morgan, Llandinatn, Montgomerys h ir e ' oct r g ill Wiiii3M Sands, North Eldham, Norfolk, gr insurance r. aSullolmweael m"mai oltboiher broker, o n 3 0: draper. Robert Scutt, Dorchester, butcher. William Storey, Sheffield, journeyman drePer• D r Henry Norton, Sheffield, hairdresser and per Joseph Waddington, Bradford, Yorkshire, beet' keeper. pi° Joseph Westbrook. Sheffield, journeyman silver P „,, 0 30 SEQ UESTRATIONS. D err meet July:2o, and Aug. 11, at twelve, ad within DO"' J. BrandS,Cglid'egonkland, contractor and gr c) Royal Hotel, Airdrir.and 01°1; fisher, A. Bennett, Friarton, near Perth, farmer 002- sher, to meet July 12, and Aug.l2, at t welve' g.ee t the Royal George Hotel, Perth. G. Miller, Edinburgh, engraver and July 19, and Aug. 8, at one, within C Pr a i Y ntearl°dtilistacie: I r sod Rooms, Edinburgh. 4, skn N orae: irisicdswa to t o meet of eo t farmers,Fj h yt o r 2 i ae h eo s td r D A, July.c 1 21 e o ll t r r t e l e e t• 1 e d a cei n tr, , ns F oLc o ek r n fa nao r n . xd ABrima ine rl A i of; b . 1 13 8f , s m c a o t a t l w a o nd lime merchant, to meet j I,r a nd fr-_ - _, t oor ofle 'rede. A. Candlish, IVY Leni i°7‘ cla2t,tlae,A TO% Ail, Doon Park 2 d twelve, within the Selkirk Arms. Kted FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of July, 1850, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Eight Hon. Henry Tufnell was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majest3's ➢Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. LIVERPOOL, -,,1X1T ....__..._....... s ,rs RAILWAY SHARE IVlAitt Of' STOCK EXCI I ANGE.—The share market R ag d rr e y, The tr. • ansactions were as follow L ter a n 10 8 / 4 e, JULY 16. dull tn • s to o f : ancas i IP . - Quarters, 13 9-1 r i 2—London and North-W e titTo ~.I ` . l o' Ditto, New Quarters„ : 1 6 c. n M'clland, 38 -- " -- ar ' LP 243 /i—Oswestry and Chester, - 1 .. nd ,'''' b":/4—).orl , a land, 14% • t till BIANC [JESTER, JULY 16. OM" B c l. STOCK EXCIIANGIL—Ba9iness in this share altea continues inactive, and prices have a drooping et fir ° BIRMINGHAM, JULY 16. the n STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share market Ica- . lll to-day, but very little business was transacted. jo eS. LEEDS, of 1) ,•. /15 ,,jed ° : STOCK EXCHANOR. —There was a lair amo unt y ---,e - pirr done to-day. The transactions were as Or ;,...--lsia' nians, 71. Is. 3d.—East and West Yorkhire. 5 ,. 4 ,_ 1 ,115." ( 1/,, , Extensions (No. I), registration guaranteed, Dle 11 1 A $J land, .50/. Shares, 24% tlis.—North Statlordshire,l stkelr' York and North Midland 14/, Ils 3d.—Mi dl4°- tl' -7---7-2---I—'---- If-l eis '1 Tb ha ?it O r DISPENSARY FOR CONSUAIPTION.----"—e,A n o - ° , r e d -' was be , - ste t•si vi• meeting of the directors of this charity in the premises of the institution, `, 26, 1 ‘ 151. 1r. S eid l° Regent-street; Mr. Thomas Stevenson in the ell sts te r i,ti T. Hudson, hon. secretary, read the report, w 11 ,... ic a , the P o the r / since the last meeting the number of patients I,3 _ e froat, e r 0 of St. Marylebone had nearly doubled, parishes had iho greatly increased. The tota t etos il ;0t persons who have received benefit from the di s Poe rl u c 40' its commencement in 1847 amounted to 2, 056 ' deice' eO r ra d while th o l 00 0 0 , ia es of patients at present remaining on at° ~, 1 2 ' r Pi Thirty patients have been visited at their hornelieved'este been cured, 11 have died, and 103 have been relieve Dil these must be added the number of patients who sd Saber 0 to attend without giving notice, but are suPP i ° ,, s 0 4) 0 6 been relieved, amounting to 182. Of the iv" 'marl' care, patients relieved, those from the parish of i t: ov erliveii are 173, front St. Pancras L 6, St. George's, 11l co l ~s 0° vote 0 ~roe' 17, St. James's 34, St. Giles's 14, other parts o f , t bae P c iiiig i 97. The report having been adopted, a passed to the chairman and governors, and the r terminated. tel l /41 11; c d b t 1 lie fl 'il ii ° t e e ° cl r 9 tfi f r o le ill He A sa3 . b in e7i n n te a d Yankee — " L o has t ey • just u r these animals, and on retiring put out the ligl' t ' t hree ° ,i t lie,,* over your pillow some strong smelling c heese , a g sPr: . ,Nor' red herrings, some barley meal or new malt, h a l :, r ats n' of dried codfish. Keep awake till you find Li " - iei tie and then make a grab !" 1 r geO .00 [ADvERTHEmENT.]-111 most poi C o me c o mPla l o to vier vop iart io r , for the Cure of Indigestion, Stomache and are Holloway's Pills.— Captain Smith, residing ay, ol f oif had resided the greater part of his life at sea , Li . en rec i drench pa!arnceetniliu° able portion of that time in warm climates, suP °. to se one Or' s 0 eee from a liver complaint and indigestion, and o• te , to r „ so, extent that he thouht it was impossible for h' ln at bolcavfloV both i w ito, P ei He folloxed the advice - of medical men abroad, lout without benefit; he then comalencef,h,t Kr 1 ) 0 loway's Pills, and soon experienced so much rclief;100:140, severed in taking them for a few weeks, wh en a nd ° health perfectly restored. Sold by all druggl 9t , ' fessor Holloway's Establishment, 24 4 , Strand, .1.-' At the Court at Buckingham Pale ca, the 15th day of July, 1850, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Ma jesty in Council. Her MejeAy in Council was this day pleased to deliver the Great Seal to the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight, whereupon the oath of Lord Chancellor cf Great Britain and Ireland was, by her Majesty's command, administered to him, and he took his place at the Board accordingly. JohnOn the 11th lth agedinst., At Tuubridge-we ' l l l . s l2 . S o : :T t n 1 11 : '1 : „ ...„, a teil On the 12tt • i inst., at Ridgemount-place, 113wr f 44 4,f, Ca t. - p ;:tri G. Battler R N v iJler O ii Deputy ttlbwe C l o i4 rAi t I I si i s ill s si "it inst., at G t i j e initeliscriahulinyt..oo heath, n t d l l , e Surrey,Ar u m e ) r : s a l, g y e s. ti (i I so is ' n i il t I l a , ~ ,-. 1 4:1 5 0 :1 9 , m_ y_n , the bell), widow of the lata S. Ward, Esq. a i lc o e e , P ar ~, , ,y; 00 , 1 I 2th inst., in Part;-street, Regent's c„"2-' J. R. 2.lajchUie, Adjutant of the Queen 'o u „.,.00 1cr itordsiiire Yeomanry. /sew - 0 , On the 11 th inst., at Pentonville, Ale/Wid e!. j ‘ al ee r-street-------Htirienittl.S:Aes.ts, tohinee: j.:orooqi::: B F , ;(i nc ., h, fu a r ge l ei na c n 9 y . years one of the ctficers of the - -------C London Prin teand, P d and rinter, at Published .The Bens. ehe co osl ffli" l- 0136co• O. il2, Str _ 'rand . in tne Product of th © fiavav , In 14. - Middlesex, Werineslay, July 17, 1850. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, July 16. THE KHYBER PASS. The Earl pf ELLENBOROUGH, seeing the Noble Marquis the Lord President in his place, wished to avk him if Government had received any dispatch from India on the subject of the late expedition to the Khyber Pass ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied that such a dispatch had been received, but there were portions of it which he did not think it would be advisable to lay be fore the House. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGU objected to its being produced in a mutilated form, as such a course was cal culated to produce much misapprehension. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE'S answer was in audible in the gallery. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH hoped the Noble Marquis would read the dispatch himself, and decide. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would read the dis patch himself. Ths Earl of ELLENBORMIGLI would be perfectly satisfie3 it the Noble Marquis would do se, publicrosebyicontemplationreductionsgreatunderstood, service. It was, he Foreign Ambassadors to such reduce the salaries of our an extent as was aliso- to the interests lutely imcompatible with a d ue of the country. At the regardsame time that it was in contemplation to he understood of all persons connected with the judicialreduce the salaries of the country, in order, he supposed, cs establishments ruin upon our domestic affairsP wh el h to bring the same reduction would bring upon our foreignthe first-named desirable if iil-judged retrenchment sv affairs. It was day, that it should take place was the order of the it should commence at the top. and that roughout—th at no rank in the country should be exempt from retrenchment. Ho would give notice that he should, on Thursday, humble address be presented to her Aa .ruove that a her Majesty that she will be graciously js ' praying pleased to be caused to be laid before the House au account stating the amount of say i ng in the civil list since 1838 , distinguishing each year, made the savings made in each year. He knew that there ands a bargain made with the Cro w n at the commencement of each reign; but that bargain was made upon the supposition that things would remain ioeLrly i n their then po.dtion, and if retrenchment took place in any department of the public service, w h y should it net take place in all? It was painful to him to add another obiervatien, which, however, he felt himself compelled to make. If any person should say, as had been said to the late Duke of Cambridge, and been by him repudiated with indignation—if any one should dare to say that the time had arrived for lowering the English aristocracy, then he would say that the person so speak ing; was guilty of the greatest imaginable folly, fur that Parliament had resolved that the English aristocracy should nut be lowered—(flear, hear)—but the English aristocracy *mild be lowered if such things were per mitted to pass as were now passing. A lady of the very highest rank, who was nearly and intimately con nected with Dukes and Marquises, had been redneed to the humiliating necessity of advertising for employment. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the office alluded to had been filled up by the up point opt of a most meritorious functionary, but from the low tone iu which the Noble Marquis spoke it was impossible to catch the name of the person so appointed, neither can we be certain whether or not the name was mentioned. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER, who spoke in a very inaudible tone, was understood to say that the lady alluded to had b en appointed to some situation. Lord BROUGHAM had understood that the appoint ment had been made, but not confirmed. LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL. Lord I'ORTMAN, in moving the second reading of this 13111, which came from the House of Commons. observed that it had been introduced for the purpo-,e of improving the relations between landlord and tenant. The only diffetenoe between this Bill and the one which was propesed last session consisted in its bein g extended to Iceland. The obje ct of the 13111 was to permit tenants for lia3 to make agreements which would be binding on their heirs wid successors; and though permissive in one sense it was not so in another. Lord BEAUNIONT o b s erved that though this w as calle d a petmiszive ir m , i suie, it, was only so in regard to those who would profit by it, while it was compulsory on these who suctesd.d the tenant, who made an ar viaueemeet under th e Bill . Th er e was not a single pro t t hat s , t lo ! i l 111 it whi c h could be commen ded, and believing would be injurieua to the interests it wee pro posed to beuefit ile! would a'°" that * it be read a second time this day six month s , Lord 1111OUCillAki oppose d t he d second rea di ng of the Bill. , THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SIIOW AT EXETER. EXETER, TUESDAY.—The preliminary proceedings at the shoe-yard and the trial ground have been satistac torily got over, and this evening the implement depart ment will be thrown open to the favoured few who have a prior right of entree. The judges rre now busy drax - ing up their award upon the array cf rural engines and implements collection sihich, if the popular rumour is to be trusted, will display several novelties in principle, in many cases a considerable degree of im provement in detail, and which will, at all events, intro duce to the notice of the farmers of the west a vast va riety of agricultural machines hitherto unheard of amid the wooded hills of Devon. A great feature a this year's exhibition is, how ever, the gay end fete-like character which belongs to it. At no other town which has been the scene of the scc:ety'et operations have they been accompa nied by so many festal tokens and holiday-like de corations as those with which Exeter is glittering. The whole aspect of the place is that of a city tricked out fn. some joyous national festival. A stranger who wanders through its crowded streets, beneath the shade of scores of triumphal arches, and hundreds of waving banners, and floral wreaths and mottoes, would hardly believe that such festive rites were lavished upon the meeting of a practical society, intent upon carrying the relative merits of long horns and short horns, and settling the precedence between scores of dibbling-ma chines, clecl-crushers, and sub-soil ploughs. Such, how ever, is the case. Exeter has always been a holiday keeping and anniversary-keeping city. The memory of Guido Fawkes is greener upon each returning sth of November upon the banks of the Exo than in any other town of England, end accordingly it was not to be sup posed that the good people of the Faithful City were to allow such an opportunity for festivity as the present to pass by unimproved. Many of your readers may be acquainted with the general features of Exeter—with its picturesque situa tion—climbing to the tops of partially-wooded hills— diving down and nestling in grecu and orchard sprinkled ravines—glorious trees of vast boll and fur thest spreading foliage, ever and anon rising over the white walls of ranges of villa-like crescents and rows, or amid the quaint, steep roofs, and high-peaked gavels, which mark the older portion cf the town. They will remember the brightly painted houses, the steep, clean, narrow streets, at every half-dozen steps permitting a bird's-eye glance over patches of purely rural scenery beyond the city walls—the green slope of cornfield and meadow—or the swelling and wooden ridges of the irregular chain of hills which girdle in the town. In no locality of England, not a marine watering-place or inland spa, does there exist so great a proportion of suburban streets, squares, and crescents, inhabited by the upper classes of society as in Exeter; and the general appearance of a large portion of the city, composed as it is of pleasant villa residences, (Alen embowered in trees and always gay with garden and shrubbery ground, is as agreeable as it is characteristic. Horticultural establish ments and nurseries also abound. Upon every wall in the suburban portion of the town flowers and creeping shrubs bloom with all the proverbial luxuriance of Devonshire vegetation, while the eye is still further refreshed by plunging into the cool greenery of the luxuriant orchards and coppice wocds which are every now and then to be found nestling down in snug ravines, the steepness of the slopes of which have preserved them from the operations of the builder. I have said that the display of arches, banners, mottoes, floral decorations, and so forth, is quite un exampled. One wonders where all the gaily hued bunting and emblazoned calico came from. Throughout the principal streets—High-street, Fore-street, Queen street, St. Sidwell's, and many others—there flutters a flag from almost every window. Huge slowly waving banners are stretched from roof to roof; numerous transparencies rivet crowds of gazers; floral emblems and devices, with suitable mottoes, abound at every corner; the ensigns of all manner of trades, guilds, and benefit societies, stretch forth their quaint blazonries, amid union jacks, royal standards, tri-colours, and stars and stripes; while whole forests of evergreens, of laurel, and of bay, appear to have mysteriously sprouted from the walls. In Queen-street, near its junction with the High-street, where the new and handsome post-office and market-place stand, a double row cf young firs have been planted by either kerb-stone, and many of the arches—which, by the way, are tastefully built, in various and varying fashions—are provide:l with rows and clusters or coloured lamps, which glimmer gaily every evening from amid the wreaths of ivy, of laurel, and of bay. Last night the streets were crowded until a late hour with promenaders, enjoying what was by courtesy called the cool of the evening, but which was only a few degrees less intolerable in its sultry closeness than the full glare of the mid-day sun. The spot selected for the show ground lies about three-quarters of a mile from the cathedral, near the suburb of Mount Radford, and just elem.: of the strag gling lines of rose-clustered villas. In arrangement the structure is precisely similar to those which have been year after year, upon similar occasions, described in these columns. It stands upon the summit of a rising ground, the long lines of plain woodwork here and there embowered by shady trees. The place is ap proached in several ways from the city, and in every available nook and corner along these roads—the usual followers of such exhibitions—the suttlers and showmen, caravan men, and knock-'em-down men, have pitched their tents. In a field skirting the great centre of at traction quite a town of booths has sprung up. The weather is certainly procreative of thirst, aad here abouts the means of quenching it have been provided its the most bountiful abundance—goodly casks of malt of all qualities and flavour—tubs of the native beverage, hard Devonshire cider, suspicious stuff for a stranger unless duly qualified—all manner of pleasant potables, indeed, down to teetotal lemonade, stone-bottled ginger-pop, and sherbert, "as drunk by the Shaw of Persia," are heaped in vast profusion be neath the canopies of large and small mar quees. Caravans, of course, abound in nil their native yellowness, stored with no end of fat girls, white-baked ladies, anacondas, learned pigs, and the usual wonders cf peripatetic museums. Eesides these, there are sparring -booths, skittle-booths, equestrian booths; and one handsome tent is occupied by their diminutive ma jesties the Beejestnen, who happen to be at present in this part of the world. From inquiries which I have made, I have reason to believe that in no material point will the show fall be neath the level of any of its predecessors. The list of implements to be exhibited is a very long one, although one or two of the usual contributors to this part of the exhibition, including Messrs. Ransom, of Ipswich, do not this year appear in the field. The steam plough eppears to attract a great deal of local attentien; and the portable farm railway an invention originally sug gested by a M r . Thomas Grey, long a resident hi Exeter, is another of the implements most generally talked about. Of course in most respects the majority of the implements exhibited will be closely akin to those which we de scribed last year at .Norwich, and the year before that at York; but, as has been already mentioned, it is under stood that in very many cases the present show will ex hibit various ingenious improvements in detail. In the live-stock department the exhibition of North Devon% is looked forward to with great anticipation, it being confidently expected that the display of those aid inals will be by far the finest ever seen—a consummation which indeed we have a right to expect in the native place of the breed. The urban reader racy be perhaps profitably reminded that the North Devon cattle are a small-sized breed honourably distinguished by smallness of bone, closeness of grain of the flesh, and a great apti tude for quick fattening. Two short-bores will upon the average weigh three Devots, but then the same extent of land which will keep one of the former will provide food for two of the latter. To Mr. Quartly, a name well known in agricultural annals, belongs the merits of having, by skilful breeding, elevated the North Devon crass oonfgaoiliiir mals from a mere local variety to a high national classes of cattle. The Herefords are expected to muster strongly, acd in line case, but the short-horns will not be so numerous as at former shows. As to sheep, the exhibition is expected to be about an average one. The Leicesters will be in great force, and the Devonshire farmers are on the qui vice fur the Southdowns, a breed little known in this part of the world. Iu this de partmeet the Duke of Richmond, Mr. Shelly, and Mr Fisher Hobbs are as usual the high conteedi4pities: The pigs will not be so num erous as on occasions, but to make up fur thi s we learn s t o b tn e e t th ° e rm di former play of horses will be most magnificent. 'These animals have arrived in great numb ers f rom parts m ts a o n f ,es all the country, and amongst th em, t h e stout Stifteek are expectedpeculiarly strong. The come out pouches The ureterio takes place this evening, and a goodly muster is expected. The ball in the great pavilion comes off to-morrcw night. A Leff and excellent feature in the WHITEHALL, JULY 15. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters paten to be passed under the Great Seal, graLting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight, Chancellor of that part of the eaid United King dom called Great Britain, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Truro, of Bowes, in the county of Middlesex. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JULY 15. Royal Regiment o Artillery—First Lieutenant Ilorace Parker Newton to be Second Captain, vice Willan, re tired on half-pay; Second Lieutenant John Alexander Philipps Adams to be First Lieutenant, vice Newton, July 9. WHITEHALL, JULY 9. The Lords Commissioners for the custody of the Great Seal have appointed James Feitham, of Hingham, in the county of Norfolk, Gent, to Le a Master Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery. - 13ANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Brunscombe, common carrier, l3landford, Dcrsetshiic. BANKRUP I's. William Minter Wood, hosier, Dover, to surrender July 25, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 29, at half-past elevan, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Birehin hne, Cornhill; Reed, Langford, aud Illursden, Friday street, Cheapside. Henry Hart Davis, buihier, Battersea, July 22, at half-past one, and August 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, efficial assignee, Birehin-lane; Hewitt, Nicholas-lane. William Day went, tailor, Christian-street, St. George in-the-East, July 25, at twelv., and Aug. 29, at eleven, at tho Court ut' Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as signee; Dolby, Fi.h•stree.-hill. George Knight, Worthing, July 27, at half-past twelve, and August 31, at half-', - ;ait elrven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall chambers; Rhode3, Lane, and Rhodes, Chancery-lane; Butt and Worsloy, Ryde. Samuel Nicholson, trader, Yolk, July 29 and Aug 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, 01E cial assignee, Leeds; Paterson, Liverpool; Bulmer, Leeds. John Venderslays() Scantlebury, carpsnter and builder, Conduit-street East, Paddin g t on , J uly 27 and August 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, offi cial assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Vaughan, Lincoln's Inn- fluids. Thouiro Dalton and Thomas Edwards, ironfnunderF, Birmingham, July 24 and August 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Tyndall and Son, Birmingham. Samuel. Wilkes, clock dialtnaker, Birmingham, July 22, and Aug. IJ, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, efficial assignee, Birmingham; Lowe, Birmingham. JohnWelch, draper, Ashby-de- la-Zouch, Leicestershire, Aug. 2, at ten, and Aug. 30, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Cr art, Nottingham. Bittleson, official assig nee, Nottingha-r; ; Parker, ltoolte, PArlfer, El ncl White house, Berlfutd-row; Dewes, Ashby-de-la-Zona; Hodg son, Birmingham. George Colston Baylis, dealer in flour, Cardiff, Gla morganshirt, July 30, red Aug. 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. HutOr, ellwial assignee, Bristol; Bird, Ca.rylifF. Bristol r i July 29 as und W A il u n g a . m :e; , 2 a u t ct C ° le r v e e e n r, T a r t °N t v h b e ri ß (l ct Court. Miller, (. liieial assignee, Bristol; Abbot, Bristol. . Francis Blanchard and h.ssmore, tailors, L-cds, Aug. 2 and Aug. CO, at eleven, at tho Leeds District Court. Yeung, ()Mond assignee, Leeds; Upton, Leeds. John Scorah, seed merchant, Pontefract, Aug. 2 and 30, at vleven, the Lt.cds District Court. Young, ofli cial a:signev, Loods;B!aekburn, LeedF. John - Shurrnek, lit eased victualier, Texteth-park, Lancashire, July 29 and August 19, as eleven, at the Liverpcol• District Court; Morgan, official assigner, Liverpool; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row; Roby, Liverpool, _ _ --------- BIRTHS. th e lA a OF A SON. On the 10th inst., at Ingouville, Havre -de- O r4Ce' 1 /10 t the of William Smyth, Esq. r,..,_,, e 0.1 . On the 11th inst. at Butleigh Vicarage, ' 3 ' l ' #' 0 t°6 of the Rev. W. F. !Neville. Cile s"ir On the 12th inst., at Inglifield, Rock Ferry' k tb e wif - e, of Arthur S. Owen, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER . p 0 t'sq "..' d i On the 13th inst., at Mornington-road, ...e.-D en 11 ,-4 f 9 wile of R. S. Norton, Esq. On the 10th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, the lady ° 0 .., s'' ' Carnegie, Esq., of Stronvar e r a ptei° On the 15th inst., at Dtiblin, the wife 0 , -...„..........// llarris. ri iP ii e s -MARRIED. Or e ' ag- On the 11th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq, you Frederick Amedrez, E gg . to Magdalene Judith' col daughter of the late Louis ' E. Thornton, Esq. rrhonOso o On the 1' th inst., at St. Mary's, i s ii n gton, lo, to Jackson, Esq., late of the Royal Free llosy l poo to-q' youngest daughter of T. Wakefield, Esq., of Is ' ''' 'li Josls