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_.--~ ~::=~' Cie• Int- - t at ' a° a [lOOl ViSS't. URSD , I3IO lb, an" c. 2 01 ' 1 ..(Idanni 3 yrs'' ..... 4 ......... ........ 3to unick ; rter of s Tunit t tter o e " hi' Stang' .f for lull 4, of t he pit e xtrs• , 1 do° ".:: ....... 5 •• ....... , ...... Ranf e tO, filly 0 '1, 7 F r ee Ar o 'Dined jo bel ie° ems . t ee 100 1 400 the 1 0° Sg eh a Sg bs. ( 3 do e l , sly app Ibo 4 Ldbreile, 4 01/ -00 li r. Brunel, c i v i l engineer, was next called.—The evidence, Vlach „ Was not cl ose d at the r i s i ng o f th e C omm ittee, was ten ch the same as that , given before the Commons atolto t tittee. H e started, on the map, with the line b eg i nn i ng k ar l i. f "d, and tr ac i ng i t through i ts route, past Moreton.in.the h,42u", Evesham, Worcester, Droitwich, Kidderminster, Stour. ge,Brierley Hill, Dudley, to its final termination in the Grand "tlan line at Wolverham ton. The engineering peculiarities Le described to be very f p avourable. There were only two • wae 860 y ards, near to Moreton, and another at Dudley tun. 946 :ARer explaining the mode in which the line connected itself a the vari ous towns, and the sites and peculiarities of the var i - I stati "s, the Committee adjourned till Monday at I I o'clock. Clorz 111. , - ESDAME JUNCTION RAILWAY. : ' o mmittee on this Bill sa t this day at eleven o'clock, in the 11 2. Court. Present—Lord Radnor (Chairman), Lord Walsing -1":. Lord D e Frey ne , and the Marqu i s o f E xeter . ob j: t BELLASI S opened the proceedings by stating the oo Snergean of Mr. Graham of Westburn. That gentleman's pro- Penn s , . . • am, injured in a very high degree by the proposed line, and eeisi • t ng could justify its construction, saving the most pressing Le by a 1Y: He should show that this necsity did not exist, for I feyi 'Re which Mr. Graham had been E sA the trouble of sur. ',w i n g greater facilities could be afforded to the country B„ ° _:t in the slightest degree affecting his residential property. t:"" deviation line the gradients were better than on the original ', th e steepest b e i ng only 1 in 160, and the sharpest Curve was 1404e -quartets of a mile. They interfered with no ornamental /Mat er 0 Pert "'log a few cottage gardens, which might be made a fc tr o repensation He "le al legations. . should call evidence in support of the All attempt was mad e t o come to some un d e rstanding between id P y rotn oters and th e opponents, b ut without effect. X once was therefore called. Mr. ‘,.....Hunter, W.S., prov e d the value of the property which e ; n " hearin "u a old b i njured if the or i g i na l sc h eme were carr ied out. yourli te g engineering evidence for the deviation, and r evidence for the original Bill, the room was cleared, and th .._he CUAIRSIAN said that the opinion of the Committee was, that ,7 1 7 s Were nos uch objections to the proposed line of deviation as - ••1 , justify th em in passing the Bill against Mr. Graham's opposition. ~,, : tr clause was inserted to guard the interests of Mr. Graham, and the`' ... use Mr. Hildyard for the Garukirk Railway (opponents), cotnrnittee proved the preamble. Their Lordships then rose. ....STAN'JDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. Alit Committee reassembled this day. AULTEDARE RAILWAY. This Bill was declared to have complied with the Standing Orders. ErtEWA.SH VALLBY RAILWAY. 4e c onsideration of this Bill was postponed. ,WP ORT AND PONTYPOOL RAILWAY. Ihis Bill passed the Standing Orders. *'"rlbOlt AND SOUTH—WESTERN (METRO- ThisPOLITA.AC EXTENSION.) 4; Bill passed th e standing orders. 311Vr INGICAM AND GLOUCESTER RAIL- WAY URANCHES. T his Bill passed the standing orders. SOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. I MPORTANT DECISION. irEtTTZTLDEN AND ItTE LINE. t i n . the Ch airman taking his seat this morning at the usual hour, th e e• 7otorsox, on the part of Mr. Hodges (the late Member for Lea r , l l% l '4' of Ke nt ) and Mr. Kn i g h t, oppose d th e li ne . The Vbi e C Gentleman' s a dd ress was t o th e e ffect that the injury Publi c Wo uld be done to their property was not justified b . y any 14,.C?" Which would ensue from the making of such a line. sitt eee l t LLe lt h . Was about to speak on the part of Mr. Sutton and kr. 4- petitioners against the line, when . 14I ttee d a ., l2nt sen objected but , after some discussion, the Coin- Lae 1 , 94 7: 5 u1ed that Mr. Mellor ' had a right to speak on the part of Mention e d. tr idie MIILLoa then addressed the Committee at length as to the I • tables nJUrY his°` the Tenterden and Rye Company, and also as . to the el' • done by the proposed line. Atl er hclients which would be 2° by th. ea ting some evidence with respect to the traffic likely to Att u ; Proposed line, the room was cleared. Ci l ie nett,4 Ta eining in deliberation for ten minutes, the room was Th e c en, b ean it: 4411 .4.x declared that the preamble of the Bill had not A nix suggested that the IVI ZAISTER AND DEAL LINE Mr n ext be tak en. bed eir(4oead LnsuiTis and Mr. D. HILL contended that the Committee A fter I determined to postpone the Bill till next session. Itinst, . a lung dicussion, the Committee decided to take the kr and Deal line tomorrow morning. said that the line was opposed by the Kentish Coast 7 Cor n c . PanY, bu that Company had been dissolved. oft h "4 at 1 . -41 amAN said t that no. counsel could be heard on the part Ille : el la n tl e sei . of the . — 461) 'AND' HASTINGS (BRIGHTON) *!rC the n read, LINE r with traftexwaTuca said that In consequence of an arrangement With d 2e Ashford and Hastings Company, he was instructed to ie." the S outh-Eastern, Ashford, and Hastings Bill. cnnunittee then adjourned at five o'clock. GROUP NN. 44 1 111 P n EPPING RAILWAY. •-•RTAN T ANNO NCEMENT. tb urie kitall stated that the arrangements with respect to carrying ti,quittlfetertn.llervanlliomfeumrtah:: than Old Ford had been completed, come. ?PPosition was withdrawn. superintendent of the Blackwall Railway, gave he 41/04 to the increase of traffic on the Blackwall line. The y bi t estimated the traffic of passengers 'at 2,500,000 ayear y , 1i 0 4 . . a t Year it was 3,500,000; and before the end of the y ear i t a rnoUnt to 4,000,000. He had ti 4 are .i ? gave evidence with respect to the tra ffi c. "d the number of Passengers which might be expected on 'hart ° , l3°se d junction line at 1,252,76 2 , which, at an a v e ra g e fro,— , 3 d. each, would yield a revenue of 15,6591. 10, 6d., in t : B leb 4,6971 17s. l i d . wou ld h ave t o be deducted for work. e -X , Pena e. leaving a net income of ,961/. 13s. 41., being Cen t. s upon the capital of 200,000/. 10 Ker said the length of the line would be one mile and three. that the smallest radius of a curve would be 18 chains, bee . ste epest gradient 1 i n 94 , and that the working expenses would 4 8 per cent. on the receipts. T he CHAIRMAN then, without clearing the room, declared the a"atable to have been proved. The clauses were then agreed to, with the addition of one for the 14.0 tection of the property of Mr. Cotton ; and the havin g k een directed to report their deci s i on to the House, the 4Parated. GROUP X. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, Lord C ourtenay in the chair, when, in accordance with the resolution ea t roe to yesterday, Mr. Webst er h anded in a series of objections t he sections of th e L ondon and York line, especially that at the adley.lane Wood, and several others. AUsTIN stated that he had the same objections to tender, but t hat he did not think it necessary to make a separate amendment. thia:lr..Warisrea, on behalf of th e Di r ect Northern, conceived that Yo n g was all that was r equ i re d to invalidate the London h d York line. s4animated discussion then arose as to the reception of the ob -44, and the Committee retired ; and a ft er coming to two re. ti tat "Q hs, which were afterwards annulled, they ultimately agreed th e ho evidence should be received, except that which related to lio v irr dar ta , at n o ti ce nad and at the Robery Wood k t e and that should be given to the other side. k • : //i /NN claimed his right to adduce rebutting evidence to rn the tra ffi c testimony of the Di rec t N or th ern . bu_teo• Char les Bartholom ew , eng i neer and surveyor of t h e Ri ver hers, it tn OarlY, which p os i t i on h e had held for the last twe l ve Itei;; ; * a ted that tha number of vessels which passed on the Don e eediC," was twenty.fiv e . With out an y re f erence to t h e pro /44 Of the Direct Northern Company, arrangements had been trok 6 ::/t year to widen and deepen the canal up to Doncaster, I „-,; Si n• to Bft. Gin in order to make the canal navigable wri ß a h r ',` vessels. Nego;:ations had been entered into with Mr. the 1 , - ,7" and Sir William Cook, P as well as other landowners, for t-/chase of land to the amount of 20,0001. and upwards. But %1 bridge were thrown over the canal at or near Stainforth, t he destro the advantages of this improvement. heav vessels which could now pass were about 80 tons, 11 f~~ E - LONDON CAZETTL. (THIS E trENING.) Ti le n WHITEHALL, JULY 9, 1845. 14 %sed `‘ l leen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be Of M I 4 „,nder the Grez,. . ignity of a Baronet kili t t , un ited Kin dolt P Seal, granting . f Gfeat Britain and Ireland unto 4, ir o ' raneiS Davis, g Esq G o vernor of Hong-Kong, and the a reale of his body lawfully .' begotten.L y 4 1 CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 10: !lattts h Bart •, t .iy , f Ext.teritNEsl? TO S h E It \ E IN THE PRESENT PA RLIAME WI. ir J 'l'homss huller Duckvsort , ~ 1 4, roorn of Sir William on Webb Follett, deceased. . anston. Itioarr"gliof Ahined n Sir Frederic to r ' ill th e „, -°-- • l x Kat,, her Slajesty s tleY-General. nty of Midd ese , Thesiger, of Bry , At -2d R . WAR OFFICE, JULY 11, 1845. 11 41 e g l naent of Life Guards—Sir M. R. S. M.. Stewart, el ay i4t° he Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice , sth 4 v'./10 retires, July 11. I t " , apt e tt i n ' tne k nt of bragOon . Guards—Lieut. J. C. Yorke to sl, t , ~,,,oY purchase, vice Meade, who retires; Cornet Yorke . J* 3."arwiurd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice C rawf u ' rd ' T ... , r' bornas Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice , 1 3th R' " u 'Y 11. ' 4 A isQg'reent of Light Dragoons—Captain W. Knox to be_ C 'Y Purchase vice Hamilton, who retires ; Lieut. C. capta , i C . s Tin to b e ,b • r ffl chase vice Knox ; Cornet tilsio*D„,,oraville to be n Lil p e u nant, by purchase, vice Deacon;Cornet, kreß. 4 n s l . 1.1. Goad, from the 51st Foot, to be by 11,h Re g ,' e Doraville, July 11. FaJth f?rrient of Foot—Capt. W. H. Thornton, from th 'Tidy 1 1. ° °t; to be Captain, vice Stanley, who exchanges, 1 5th p c , "reh ks --°- -P. H. Mylius Gcnt., to be Ensign, w .fl i e th_o_ e u_t gia le e ' Vice Braybrook ' appointed to the Ceylon RI It 4 4ti July ii e ' a pp tlia;;'l .I:iiEnsi n R. W. Pi .r to be Lieutenant, by pur -1 ,sice Nooth,gwho retires l ; E. L. Pretyman, Gent., rhsl st pri, by purchase, vice Piper, July 11. , . ase ocit__ 1,. ~ li• B. Westropp, Gent., to be Ensign, b y ß p e u p r i - kent'44eo,,"°wley, appointed to the Ist or Grenadier t G_uards, July 11. ,ieth,,,F,,oout--.F. H. Baxter, N.D., to be . Assistant-Surgeon, J ul i ‘,ulloch, appointed to the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, Y 11. 0 1ase b P. oot—Lieut. H. W. Gordon to he Captain, _l3.Y.Peuur: teri ah r' l ,ce Weir, who retires; Ensign M. P. Lloyd to be Lieu- En be Enc . , ' °Y purchase, vice Gordcx • J. J. Coghill, Gent., 0466171E:'FboYottrehase vice Lloyd, fuly 11. Ensign H. U. Coates to be Lieutenant, by pur si. et' vice Kebbel who retires • R. Canner, Gent., to be t e l ' ) Y Purchase, vice ' Coates, 7uly ' 11 ; M. W. Bell, Gent., ';}' l L: i gn, b c ,Y purchase, vice Davis, who retires, Ju y I \ 2. est 1 44 ,'oot--.., aptain W, Lyon, from half-pay of the 6th la lus ~"...e f litlent, to be Captain, vice the Hun. A. G.Stu V a u r r t : l th a-se na r , ,get ; Lieut. 7' P. Onslow to be Captain, , by p 'ietit' L i " t •on; who retires : : Gent Ensign D. S. Mille to be '''' be e t -,--rn, bY purchase, vice 6nslow ;D. Thompson. • 9 t l - I • 4 sign ; by purchuse, vice 'Miller, July i ~ be v.. 'oot—Captain J. T. Stanle from the 11th Font, to J siTtain, vice Thornton, who exchanges, July 11 ; Ensign de e 4 ter, to be Lieutenant withoet purchase, vice Satma,rs, gleed' Jul Sh 2; .J.G. T ompson, Gent., to be Ensign, Ist user, July 11, L orithr West India Re giment —Sergeant-Major G. Jones, frorn Viet „Zecruiting District, to be Ensign, without purchase, d deceased. gilaoVest India Regiment —J. Halahan, Gent., to be Ensign, c Ut purchase, vice Burke, dismissed the service, July il• taio,eV,°ll, Rifle Re gimenLieuteoant F. B. Bayly to be Cap -4,414 ltnout purchase, vice Burleigh, deceved, May 2 ; Lie . u- Aayi v G; B. Tattersall to be Captain, without purchase, vice b isi.i '4„wnose promotion June 20, 1845, has been cancelled, Li; --, 1645; Second Lieutenant P. O'Gorman, to be First Setlntoecinain,t, without purchase, vice Bayly, Slay 2, 1845 ; earth .....ientenant H. Lwettenliam to be First Lieutenant, by lot lse Vice O'Gorman„ whose promotion by purchase, has 44 —'"' 411 e 4 : 1 ; Ensign W. L. Braybrooke, from the 15th H E'S IT N, AS.P Foot, to he Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vie Suet enham, July 11, 1845, Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—W. King, Gent. tO '.be Ensign, by purchase, vice English, whose appointment his been cancelled, July 11, 1845. BREVET.—Captain William Lyon, of the 67th, to ba 3lajo r in the Army, Nov. 1841. UNATTACHED.—To be Captain, without purchase.—Lieut.. J. 31. Isaac, from the 59th Foot, July 11, 1845. HOSPITAL STAFF—Staff Sur2eon of the Second Class A. Foulis to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class. vice W. Fergus son, appointed Governor of Sierra Leone, July 11. 31EmottAtinust—The date of the commission of Ensign and Lieut. Rowley, of the let or Grenadier Regiment of Foot. Guards, is 7th July, 1845, and not 4th J'aly, 1845, as pre viously stated. Erratum in the Gazette of the nth June, 1845. _ . Ceylon Rifle Regiment—For Second Lieutenant C. C. Durnford to be First Lieutenant, 'vice Bayly, promoted,'readl vice Tatlersall, promoted. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk. P. Bennet the younger, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; C. Tyrrell the younger, Esq., to be ditto ; C. Lillington, Esq., to be ditto, June 27. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House was I counted, but there were. 40 Members present. On our re-admission to the eallery we found Sir JAMES GRAHAM on hi; legs, stating that it was at his request that the Noble Lord, who had framed the Bid, with the sanction of the Government, had undertaken the conduct of the Bill. He considered the measure as much the measure of the Government as if he had introduced it himself. This was the reply he made to the Honourable Member, in consequence of his charge of amateur legislation. He had, no M‘uht, his Noble Friend, if allowed to make his statement, would be enabled to show that a great saving would be effected by the Commission to be appointed under the Bill. On the question being put that the House should resolve itself into a Committee on the Lunatics Bill, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he had a petiiion to present from an individual, complaining of the treatment of a Mr. White, a , poor brother of the Charter-house, in a private mad-house, , although several persons had stated that he was not insane. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. Lord A a HLEY denied that the Bill was any job, and de fended the course pursued by the Commissioners. fended the course pursued by the Commissioners. The Noble Lord then explained what the state of the law had been up to 1834, and the appointment of the Commission. The Act then existing was renewed every three years up to 1642, when a Bill was brought in by his Noble Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancas ter. He then proceeded to explain the nature of that Bill. He then went on to say that the Commission was then ap pointed at that time ; that they reported there were 17 county asylums in England, 11 of which were of a mixed chai acter, and were supported by subscription and voluntary contributions. There were 99 houses VI hich were licensed by justices, 59 of which received private patients, and 40 received pauper and other patients. In the metropolitan dis tricts there were 37 houses licensed by magistrates, 33 of which received private patients, and the remaining four pauper and other patients. 'these were visited four times a year. There were altogether 166 houses of this description, which were visited once, twice, and a few of them four times a year. The report on this Commission was presented to that House at the close of the last session ; and as he had taken such a prominent part in the investigations, and having been chairman of the Commission, he had been solicited to bring for ward some measures to remedy the evils which existed, and the result had been the two Bills which were at present under consideration. The Noble Lord then explained the details of his Bills, and said that, if the House had carefully read the report of the Commission, they would have little difficulty in giving their support to them. He also proved that the expense of visitation would be considerably diminished, though the labours of the Commission would be very materially increased.—( Hear.) He then dwelt upen the utility of unexpected and frequent visitation, which would be provided for by these Bills. There was no one better acquainted with the enormous evils which existed under the law as it now stood than he was, and he trusted that the Honourable Member for Finsbury (Mr. Duncombe) would not throw any obstruc tion in the way of those advantages which would un doubtedly result to those unfortunate creatures if these provisions were carried into effect. 'I he Noble Lord then detailed several instances of the most shocking cruelty which the Commission had reported on, and which had been permitted under the existing law, and he hoped that the House would no longer tolerate the existence of those evils which were a disgrace to the age in which they lived, and more especially to this enlightened country. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the amendment of which he had given notice—" That the Bill should be postponed till next session, there not being sufficient time this session to give that consideration to the subject which it required." He objected to the construction of the Commission. It should sit perpetually, as the Poor-law Commission did. He did not like these amateur Commissioners ; if they must have Conamissioners let them be properly paid, properly responsible, and placed under the supervision of the Home-office. At the present advanced period of the session this measure ought not to be pressed forward with such haste. It would be better to postpone the measure until next session, and then to insti tute a searching inquiry. This measure would not correct any of the abuses he had complained of Persons might still be incarcerated by interested parties, upon the production of a medical certificate, signed by two medical men. An inquiry ought to be made, to ascertain if this was such a measure as these unfor tunate people required for their protection, and such a measure as the nation had a right to expect from that House. The Noble Lord had made no allusion to the petitions which he (Mr. D. ) had presented. Let them look at the petitions of Mr. Perceval and of Mr. Lewis Phillips. Did the Noble Lord mean to say that Mr. Phillips was insane? He (Mr. T. Duncombe) would inform the Noble Lord that Mr. Phillips was as sane as any man in that House. How was it that the allegations of that petition had not been - inquired into? He had made inquiries on the subject, and he believed every ale gatior.l of the petition could be made 'mit. (The Hos nourable Gentleman then 'read the petition - of Mr. L. , Phillips, , which • has already been published.) • Mr. 'Phillippe brought- •- an 'action acainst Dr: 'Warburton,. - which, however; Mr. Chitty said could tiot be sustained, 120'0- cause he -had been incarcerated with a proper certificate, but he indicted Dr. Warburton and all the parties for a conspiracy, and Dr. Warburton paid 1701. rather than let the matter come into court. Mr. Procter, one of the Commissioners, who had known Phillips, saw him in the asylum, and said he could tot release him until he had had their visit. A poor woman in the next cell to Phillips had complained to the Com missioners, and had been brutally ill-treated by the keeper in consequence. These things required that a searching in quiry should be made into the operation of the present law. There were good things in this Bill ; for instance, the power of visiting asylums for single patients. But he objected to rendering this Commission permanent until inquiry had been made into the working of the existing Commission. This measure had been so smuggled through the House, that the public were not aware that such an important measure was under consideration. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to the petitions of Mr. W. Bailey and Captain Digby, both of whom he believed to be sane. He contended that Captain Digby had been confined from interested motives, and that he was not a fit person to be shut up. It was horrible to contemplate the probability of a sane man being committed to one of these dreadful asylums on a certificate signed by two interested apothecaries, without being taken before a magistrate, and without the intei vention of a jury. Captain Digby was not released until he threatened an action against the persons who had incarcerated him, and as a proof that Dr. Stillwell did not consider him very insane he would state that Dr. Stilwell made him sign a cheque for his keep before he was released. He complained that where parties came before the Commissioners to prove the sanity of their friends they were treated with haughtiness and arrogance. Capt. Digby's relations, and some of thern , ladies too had been thus treated by the Commissioners, and if they would.-. grant him an inquiry he would prove it. Captain Digby, if he were examined, would state the cruelties which he had witnessed, and he did himself honour by the way in which he had come forward. He knew it might be said tha Capt. Digby was insane. But he would direct their attention to On the amendment being put from the Chair, Mr. S. CRAWFORD and Mr. Salmi rose together, and, neither being inclined to give way, Mr. DUNCOMBE rose to order, and insisted on the priority of Mr. S. Crawford's claim. The SPEAKER having called on that Hon. Member to proceed, Mr. S. CRAWFORD said that, considering the late period of the session, he thought the proposition of postponement not only reasonable, but absolutely necessary, and he, therefore, should second the amendment of his Hon. Friend the Member for Finsbury. Mr. V. SMITH regretted that the Honourable Member who had chosen to introduce this amendment had not thought it consistent with his duty to consult the convenience of the Speaker, and reserve discussion till the Bill went int o Committee. — (Hear, hear.) But the very objects of the Member for Finsbury himself—viz.;_ - to obviate or remove th e evils existing under the present Commission—would be much better promoted by allowing the measure to proceed without delay. The comparison instituted between the two Com missions, the existing and the proposed, was strangely un tenable. The peculiar feature of the Noble Lord's (Ashley's) Bill was, that it sought to dispense with the present Commis sion, and create another the anomalies or evils complained of now, and its virtual effect would be to postpone the powers of the very Commission which was so frequently and unjustly impugned. He said unjustly. As to the anecdote told by the Honourable Gentleman respecting Captain Digby, who was alleged to have signed a cheque when in confinement, and on his liberation immediately going to his banker and stoppad payment, the case, if true, certainly attached blame to the officer, but none whatever the commissioners.— ( Hear, hear, hear.) It fell wholly without their juris diction, and like that of Mr. Phillips and Mr. Per cival was irrelevant to the conduct of that body. He, theiefore, trusted the House would refuse the proposition for delay, and adopt a measure of such vast benefits and importance to the public. Lord DUNCAN moved the adjournment of the debate. Sir JAMES GRAHAM surgested that the Hon. Member for Bath should withdraw his motion of adjournment, on an understanding that the details of the Bill should not be dis cussed till Monday next, and that meanwhile the sense of the House should be taken on the Hon. Member for Finsbury's amendment. Mr. DUNCOMBE stated that the appointment of Monday twelve would bepersonally ,ecerenamed h inconveniente ldw o t u oh p im ro , m b i u se t n if ot Tu to esd op ay pos a e t the Speaker's leaving the chair on that day. This arrangement being acceded to, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared — For Mr. Duncombe's amendment. For the original motion 66 Majority for the original motion. —6s The House then adjourned to Five o'clock. The SPEAKER took the chair again at Five o'clock. PRIVILEGE:. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from Mr. Phillips, who stated that he had suffered much in practice as a surgeon, and had been kept out of several lucrative situations in conse quence of the evidence of Mr. Jasper Parrottgiven before a Com mittee of that House. The petitioner prayed the House to take his case into their most anxious consideration, and grant him the means of meeting the evidence of the said Joseph Parrott, and if such evidence should be proved to be false, toenable thepeti tioner to recover damages. The Hon. Baronet moved that the petition be printed, and gave notice that he should submit a motion on the subject on Monday next. Mr. DIVETT said he had a petition on the same subject from Mr l'erott, who stated, that in giving the evidence complained of, he had been actuated by no malicious or vindictive feeling, and that such evidence was given under a sense of duty which he owed to that Hon. House. The petitioner prayed for an opportunity to substantiate the truth of statements, and alleged that Mr. Phillips had not been deprived of any office in consequence of the evidence of the petitioner. Mr. BALFOUR presented a petition against the Scotch Poor Law. Messengers from the Lords then brought in Bills from the Upper House. THE DANISH CLAIMS. Mr. HAWES postponed the motion on the Danish &aims to Tuesday week. Mr. ESCOTT said he would on Tuesday next move for leave to bring in a Bill for the abolition of certain unjust fees in courts of criminal jurisdiction. Sir JAMES GRAHAM moved the order of the day fur going into committee on the Poor. law Amendment (Scotland) Bill. Mr. HUME said that while he was most anxious that her Majesty 'sGovernment should ameliorate the condition of the poor in Scotland, he was anxious, as the Bill before the House was a every onc, containing many provisions, that it should be post poned till next session, so as to give the people of Scotland an opportunity of testin the Bill, and of postponing such amend ments as would render further legislation unnecessary. He trusted that they would, therefore, postpone the, Bill. Mr. EIVART quite agreed in the opinion of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hume) that the measure should be left over till nett session. BANKRUPTS. William Parsley, hat maker, Woolwich, to surrender July 18, at half-past one, and Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bank- Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Hughes, Chapel-street, Bedford-row. Samuel Elphick, victualler, Bermondsey-street, July 18, at two, and Aug. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, offieial assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Pyke, Lin coln's Inn-fields. William Haward Rawe, currier, Portsea, July 17 and Aug. lb, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall.street, London; Messrs. Clarke, Bishops gate Church • yard, London. John Harvard, Brook-street, lamp maker, Bond-street, July 17, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 22, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street ' • Hodgson, Red Lion-square. William Burleigh, scrivener, Haverhill, Suffolk, July 19, at half-past eleven, and Aug. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, London. Belcher, official assignee; Holmes, Liverpool street, Bishopsgate-street, London ; Jardine, Stoke, Essex. Forth Marine Insurance Company, Bishopsgate-street Within, July 24, at half-past eleven, and Aug. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Penr.ell, official assignee ; Ellis, Cowper's-court, Cornhill. John Archer Dow, draper, Romford, July 19, at half-past one, and Aug. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignre, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Bristow and Tarrant, Bond -court, Waldrook, London, and Greenwich. Thomas Eastwood, grocer, Brighton, July 19, at eleven, and Aug. 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbary ; Stevens, Wilkinson, and Co., Queen street, Cheapside. John Davenport, wholesale hosier, Little Love-lane, London, July 22, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-pace, Old Jewry ; Watson, Winchester-buildings, Broad-street. James Filbey, licensed victualler, Eghasu, Surrey, July 21, at one, and Aug. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside. Joseph Thorn, New Breniford, Middlesex, paper hanger, July 23, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 11, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane, Lombrad-street ; Sleap, Middle Temple-lane. John Farrow, Stanton, Suffo,k, draper, July 23, at one, and Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Soles and Turner, Aldermanbury. John Shorland, grocer, Bristol, July 25, at twelve, and Aug. 22, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Cross, Son, and Ash, Bristol. Thomas Lovell, general dealer, Henstridge-marsh, Somerset shire, July 28 and Aug. 22, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Poole and Gamlen, Gray's Inn, London ; Chandler, jun., Sherborne, Dorsetshire. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending July 8, 1845, is 325. 9id. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of July 11.) SUGAR.—To-day there was more activity in the home con sumption Sugar market, and prices have assumed a firmer ap pearance for all kinds. British Plantation was in good request for the scale and pan, the quantity sold amounting to 700 hhds and tree, and the rates paid were a shade above those previously quoted. REFINED.— To-day brown grocery lumps were sold at 695. to 70s, and Standard lumps at 71e per ever, but there was mere desire shown by the home trade to purchase. Ihe market is firm for bonded Crushed, it is wanted, but few sellers are to be met with. MAURITIUS.--This afternoon 11,711 bags of Mauritius Sugar were permitted to public' competition, and the . whole sold at an advance on former rates of 6d to Is per 'cwt. FoßElGN.—TheDutcb Company's public sale of Ava'Sugar having gone off with much animation, and at an advance on last auction of 2s to 3s per cwt, has produced increased activity in the market here for every description of Foreign Sugar, and an advance in prices has occurred for all kinds. The deliveries are still going on largely, far exceeding the arrivals, and some merchants have no Sugar undisposed of. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Madras Sugar rrift with more attention, and 1,710 bags at auction were all sold at the farmer worth, low damp bright yellow fetched 39s 6d to' 40s, middling 40s 6d. middling brown 37s 6d to 38s, and washed 375 per cwt. COFFEE.—There has been a falling off in the demand for all descriptions of West India Coffee this week, but any decline in prices has been prevented by merchants supplying the market sparingly ; the falling off in the arrivals this season, together with the great deficiency in the stack, causing them to be firm. By private treaty few purchases have been made and of 105 casks offered at public sale a part only found purchasers. TEA.—There has generally been less activity in the market since our last, Black of every description is held with firmness, but for several sorts of Green prices have assumed a downward tendency—the supply being on the increase. Hollers of Congou have refused to take lower rates. In Pouchong a good business has been transacted at firm rates. Souchong has been selling at former rates. Twankay is held with firmness. Hyson has been less sought after, and prices are not so firm for common, but in the value of the better kinds there is little variation. In Hyson skin rather more business has been transacted, and fine has fetched stiffer rates. Gunpowder and Imperial have presented a quiet appearance, and lower prices have been taken for fine. Flowery Pekoe has declined in value, but Scented Orange Pekoe is still much in r equest. SPICES.—To-day Black Pepper was in request, and 595 bags Sumatra, at public sale, were sold at the former value— half-heavy sifted fetched 2id to 2id, good light clean 2d, ordinary 2id, and sea damaged lid to 2id. SPIRITS. — The demand has been very extensive for every description of Jamaica Rum this week ; prices have advanced 2d to d per gallon, and the business transacted has been much larger than for a long period. In Leeward Island a large business has been transacted, and prices are still on the ad vance. Demerara has been in good request, and stiffer rates are again paid. Calcutta has been purchased with increased freedom, and a further improvement in prices has taken place. Brandy has been purchased with caution, and prices continue on the decline. Ge neva has been selling at is 84 to is 9d for common for expor tation, and fine fit for home consumption at 2s 2d to 2s 9d. English Corn Spirits lOs 2d per gallon nett cash. OILS.—The market has at length assumed a firmer appear ance for Olive Oil, a good demand has been expei ienced from the home trade, and several parcels have been taken for exportation • the rates paid are above those previously quoted. in Palm a good business has bee trans acted, and the advanced rates were fully supported. Cocoa Nut is wanted, fine Ceylon fetch 28s to 295, and Syd. ney 25s to 271. Linseed Oil has been purchased sparingly by ' the home trade ; prices continue on the decline. Rape Reed Oil has been purchased with caution, and there are sellers of Pale at. 36s 6d to 375, and brown at 35s 6d to 36s per cwt. The stock is still increasing of Seal Oil, and there are sellers upon rather lower terms. Cod is held for 31/ to 31/. 53., but the demand has been limited. An increased desire has been shown to purchase Sperm Oil, and the supply having fallen off, an advance in prices has taken place. TALLOW.—On the spot Russian is not to be bought upon lower terms, but the purchases made by soapmakers and chandlers have been limited ; for delivery prices remain firs and for the last three months of the year contracts have been entered into at 40s 6d to 40s 9d per cwt, indeed some parties refuse to sell thereat. Other kinds are not much wanted at present, but the supply not being large no general decline in tices has taken place. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. - The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. LAW OF LIBEL ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Law of Libel Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. PRIVILEGE. The LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table the report of the Committee which had been yestesday appointed to search for nrecedents relating to the petition of Thomas Baker. The Duke of RICHMOND moved that Thomas Baker be called to the bar of their Lordships' House, for the purpose of delivering in the declaration in the action to which his petition referred.—Agreed to. The plaintiff, Thomas Baker, then appeared at the bar, and in answer to questions from the Lord Chancellor and Lords Brougham and Campbell, stated that he had been summoned, in the month of April, 1844, to appear and give evidence before a Committee of their Lordships' House on the subject of the laws relating to gaming. Since that period he had been served with a declaration its an action for libel, which had been brought against him by a person named Harlow, for evidence given before that Committee. He had been served with a copy of the declaration in the action, which had been brought in the Court of Queen's Bench, which declaration had been read to him by the clerk to Mr. Baines, his attorney, and a portion of the statement contained in the declaration consisted of a portion of the evidence given by him before their Lordships. He had not made that statement elsewhere. The witness was then ordered to withdraw. (LEFT SITTING. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The STEAKEa took the chair at quarter past Twelve. Mr. BENNET was introduced by Sir John Tyrrell and Major Beresford, and took the oaths and his seat for West Suf folk, in the room of the late Col. Rushbrooke. On the motion of Mr. CA RDWELL, it was agreed that the House, at its rising, should adjourn to Monday. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE then moved that the House should now adjourn. Mr. WARBURTON then rose to address the House, when Mr. T. DUNCOMBE-moved that the House be counted. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but there being forty Members present, Lord ASHLEY then moved the order of the day for the House going into Committee on the Lunatics Bill. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE then moved that the House should now adjourn. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared -1 For tbe motion .. Against it 33 Majority against the motion The Speaker and the tour tellers made thirty-nine Members present, and such being the case, the Speaker vacated the chair, and waited_ till a Member arrived, when he again counted the House, and there being forty Members i n attepdance, the House proceeded with the business before it. LUNATICS BILL On our admission into the gallery, we found Mr. T. DUNCOMBE on his legs, condemning the Luna tics Bill in the strongest tei ms, and stating his intention, if the Noble Lord opposite persevered with the Bill, to move that it be postponed to next session. This was too important a measuee to be discussed in so thin a House, and he should therefore move it be coggtel? (LEFT The Edinburgh and Northern Railway, which occupied so much time in the House of Commons, and which went triumphantly through the ordeal of that inquiry, is cast for Tues day next to come before a Committee of the House of Lords. The Bill is to undergo a vigorous opposition, notwithstanding that Lord Campbell last night presented a petition from the county of Fife in its favour, signed by 18,000 persons. LONDON, E V'ENING, . HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS HAY.) The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. GALBRAITH V. ARMOUR. Their Lordships gave judgment to-day in this appeal, reversing the judgment of the Court below. MACPIIERSON V. CRAICIE. The arguments in this appeal occupied their Lordships the re. mainder of the day. CIIANCE/ItY.-(5. HIS DAY.) The following notice was put up today in the Lord Chancellor's Court :—" The Lmd Chancellor will sit on a Committee in the House of Lords on Friday." ROLL;.' COURT'.-(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls took causes to-day of no interest ex. cept to the parties concerned. VICE - CLIANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England heard unopposed petitions, petitions, short causes, and causes. The Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce took cause petitions and causes, and The Vce-Chancellor Wigram, after disposing of the cases of Cafe v. Bent, and Forsyth v. Ellice, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part.heard case of Phene v. Gallan. kAZII.IIINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY,) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE and Mr. Alderman Musaaovn.) John Marshall was placed at the bar, charged with a criminal assault upon the person of Sarah Ann Strate, a child of tender years, on the :24th June last, in the house of her aunt, a washer woman, living at No. 10, Little Coram.strect. Mr. O'Brien appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine for the prisoner. It appeared from the statement of counsel, that the prisoner was living in the same house with the prosecutrix and her aunt ; that upon the night laid in the indictment the prisoner committed the offence with which he stood charged, and•which would be detailed by the prosecutrix. Sarah Anne Strate was then called ; her appearance created the greatest sensation she did not appear to be more than eight or nine years old, though stated to be between ben and eleven, and of very weak and delicate frame. Having stated that she understood the nature of an oath, and was aware of the consequences that would follow a violation of it, she was sworn, and deposed that on the night in question she was alone in the house; her aunt had gone out. The prisoner came into the room and put her on the sofa, and told her not to tell, and that he would give her sixpence a week. (Here the prosecutrix described the particulars of the as sault, which were very revolting and disgusting.) The prisoner had hurt her very much and she cried out; she told Mrs. Higgins and Mrs. Parker the day after. One of them examined her and then took her to a gentleman's house, and from that she went to Worcester by the train. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—When her aunt came in on Saturday the prisoner was present, and said, " If this charge is to be made against me, let her be examined by a surgeon ;" was examined by a surgeon. By the COURT—Is the surgeon here? Mr. BALLANTINE—i believe not, my Lord. Prosecutrix, then in continuation, said she had been turned away from school because she was bad, she meant by that that she would not learn the books; never mentioned at school that any one ever behaved indecently to her. Sarah Higgins sworn—Lives in the same house with prosecutrix's aunt. Remembers the '2Bth of June. Prosecutrix complained to her on that day and said that the prisoner had been ill-treating her. Witness and Mrs. Harper examined the child's person and found that she had been seriously injured, Police constable James Newman deposed that he apprehended the prisoner in the house in question about one o'clock in the morning of the 29th June. One of the women present said the child had been sent away about a fortnight. The aunt said she had been sent away only that evening. Here the case closed. The prisoner's Counsel did not address any observations to the lury. The Learned JUDGE said that there was not sufficient evidence to prove the more serious offence; but he thought it would be well to remand the prisoner to the next sessions, and then have him tried for attempting a criminal intercourse with a child under the age of twelve years of age and above ten ; the prisoner to be admit ted to bail upon giving security, himself in 80/., and two sureties in 40/. each. JUL Y 11, 1845. tto obtain any information. If he could have got it he would have been spared the necessity of nicking the pre sent motion, but as it was he could only term it a gigantic scheme t,f connubial collegeality. It was not very likely, therefore, that any of those fellows would choose to leave their don/ us luxor in Dublin for a waste parish in the wilds of the west. The science taught in Trinity College was mathematics, and for this he was ready to acknowledge the university had obtained a European reputation, but in divinity he was sorry to say the eminent examples were few and far between. The corporation consisted of a provost, 7 senior fellows, and 25 junior fellows. The senior fellows received about 3,0001. a year for their services, and the juniors about 1,500/. What their duties were he never could exactly mak•: out, but he be lieved that they were precisely in an inverse ratio with their emoluments. By the fees fur tuition, the college had an income of about 28,316/, and from the rent of land in Brunswick-street and the neighbourhood, there was an income of 21,6841., making in round numbers 50,000/. a-year. And what was the object of all this, but to support Protestant ascendancy ? Now, he did not think that this was in any way meeting the requirements of the people of Ireland. Acade mical professorships in Trinity College were open to Protestants of all nations, whilst they were closed against the Irish Catholics. A few night ago, the Right lion. Baronet at the head of the Government pronounced a glowing eulogium upon Dr. Care, who certainly was one of the first lecturers in Europe ; but yet this very Dr. Cave was unable to fill a professorship in Trinity College. A Frenchman and a Spaniard were eligible, provided they were Protestants, but an Irishman was ineligible because he was not a Protestant. They talked a great deal of repealing the' penal laws, and their de sire to put down ascendancy, but they kept up an odious ascendancy in Trinity Coll; ge. It was their bounden duty to extend the provisions of the Act of 1793, and admit Catholics to participate in the honours and profits of the university. A Commission had been appointed to inquire into the Scotch universities. Why not into the Irish ? 'The Right Hon. Baronet said there were peculiar circumstances in the case of Ireland. So there were circumstances that should compel inquiry into the Dublin University beyond any other. And if the House declined to interfere, he did not think the Royal hand could be more usefully employed than in giving consent to a Royal Commission to inquire into the state of that college. Such an act would do credit to a Sovereign who, whilst she rivalled Elizabeth in the ability to rule, infinitely surpassed her in all the softer and more re fined attributes which adorn the sex.—(Cheers.) Mr. M. BELLEW seconded the motion. He saw no reason why a test should exist in Trinity College, Dublin, any more than in the Scotch universities, where it was virtually abandoned. It was of no use to attempt to blink this question. Sooner or later this Church question must come on, and they might therefore as well settle-it at once. There was one point beside, which he desired to bring before the notice of the House. And it was this. He held that it was the policy of the Government to do as much justice as poisible to all the people of Ireland, except so far as it might touch the Church. Now this attempt to ex clude the Roman Catholics from the advantages of the corporate property in Ireland would prove' a vain one. The Government might think that it was wise to keep this property in an exclusive position, but such was not the opinion of Edmund Burke. In 1798 he had stated that no large measure could ever be successful which did hot do away with those religious distinctions, which had been the curse of the country, and ho trusted therefore that no attempt would be made to persevere in this system of exclusion. He wished to say one word before he sat down, with reference to the Landlords and Tenants Commission, and all he would say upon that subject was, that the destitution existing in that country was beyond all calculation. The suggestion of the Right Hon. Baronet a t the head of the Home Depart ment of a royal commission would at once, meet all the circumstances of the case, and he believed that the pre sent Sovereign would prove in no way inferior to Eliza beth in providing for the education of Ireland. Sir I'IIONIA'S FREMANTLE said - that he re gretted that it was not in his power to accede to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. - The Hon. Gentleman `had` made a. very humorous speech, 'and. had evinced that he' had made very extensive researches, and had touched on a vast variety of topics. If h e h a d ma d e ' ou t any ease of a malverEation of the funds of the college, then indeed there would be some reason for inquiry, but no such grounds had ever been attempted to Ve.adduced, and he must therefore be obliged to resist the motion. The great front of the offence appeared to be that the fellows were allowed to get married. Mr. OSBORNE—AII the fellows ? Sir T. FREMANTLE—He believed only the senior fellows. But, whether only the seniors or all, the princi ple was the same. Now, without going into any length ened inquiry on this Subject, he must contend that the circumstance in no way affected the course of education which was given at Trinity College. Then, again, with respect to the Church patronage, he felt compelled to express his dissent froth the assertion that thatpatronage was unwisely employed. And again, with regard to the income of the College, the Honourable Member appeared to have gone on very insufficient data or the conclusions at which he had arrived. The Honourable Member had stated that the income of the College was 60,000/., and that the emoluments of the senior fellows was as much as 3,000/. a year. Now, from the inquiries which he had made, he was induced to believe that the income of the richest fellowship was not more than 1,700/. a year. Yet, even if it were 3,000/., which it was not, there would still be no impediment to the good education of the pupils, and he believed that no objection was felt against the emo luments which the professors enjoyed. Then, again, as to Protestant ascendancy, why it might as we ll be said that they were supporting Catholic ascendancy by in creasing the grant to Maynooth from 8,0001. to 26,000/. a year. And as to the exclusion of Roman Catholics from the college, it was well known that Roman Catho lics did go there, were educated there, and were thankful for the education they received. Respecting the suppo sition that Roman Catholics were excluded from the ad. vantages of the scholarships, all he had to say was that there was a case at the present moment pending in the Queen's Bench in Dublin, in which a Roman Catholic member of the University, who had passed his examina tion, was suing to be installed in a scholarship. Should that decision be unfavourable, an Act of Parliament might be necessary ; but until the decision of the Judges was made known, it was at least premature to accede to any motion such as that before the House ; and con caiving that no sufficient ground had been made for pass ing it, he should certainly give it his decided opposition. Mr. ROCHE said that the Right Hon. Baronet, who had just sat down, had stated, that in the event of the decision of the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench in Dublin being unfavourable, that an Act of Par liament would be necessary. That was the very thing he wanted, and why not pass an Act at once? The Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland had referred to what had been said by his Right Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Dungarvon about Catholic ascendancy. But the Right Honourable Baronet ought to remember that though they desired that the Roman Catholics of Ireland should be educated, they had no desire to establish an ascendancy of Roman Catholics over the Protestant Church there. It had been asserted over and over again that the College of the Trinity in Dublin was open to all sects and classes. This was a fallacy which could not be too frequently over thrown. It was not the case. The Roman Catholics were admitted on the same footing as Protestants ; and lie therefore contended, with other Irish Members, that, since they would not withdraw any part of the funds of that college for the purposes of education, the Government should at least build another college on more liberal principles, and give the same extent of classical learning to the students who might be entered of it. The professors of Trinity, in the anatomical and other chairs were required to conform to the Esta blished Church of Ireland. Now he should like to know what difference the being a Catholic should make in anatomy, natural or moral philosophy, or other chairs, unconnected with theology in that college. He thought that every Irishman who really loved his country would be anxious to see all these restrictions removed, and without it, he thought the reconciliation of that country could not be accomplished. Mr. HAMILTON assured the House that there was no indisposition on the part of the fellows of the Uni versity of Dublin to give her Majesty's Government any information on the subject of these colleges, but he thought this motion had its origin in a hostile spirit, as it certainly emanated from a hostile party. It had been said that the system pursued at Dublin College was hostile to education ; but he would remind the House of the names that had emanated from it, distin guished in every department of the classics, the arts, and the sciences. It would be invidious to institute any com parison with the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, but he could not help saying that there were at present more fellows in the first of these Universities than had been in the Dublin College from its very foundation.—(Hear, hear.) The objections which Hon. Members had urged against the University of Dublin was, that it was a merely Protestant College. But they should remember that it was founded by Queen Elizabeth ; and if they recollected the character of that age, and the opinions which were prevalent, they would not surely express any surprise that it was founded for the purpose of extending the Protestant faith. There were certain offices to which Roman Catholics were not eligi ble, but they were of that kind that the restriction could not be looked upon as a very great grievance. They were the offices of Provost, Vice-Provost, and certain fellowships and scholarships. The Hon. and Learned Member then enumerated the different classes in the college, in order to show that education was there taught on the most liberal principle. The only objection which the Hon. Member seemed to substantiate, and the justice of which he (Mr. Hamilton) would not admit, was, that the university was intended to propagate the doctrines of the Protestant Establishment. He thought that if they interfered with the present system they would, in stead of conciliating Ireland, be rather adding to her dis tractions. Mr. WARBURTON thought that no objection could reasonably be given to a motion, which had only for its object the establishment of a Commission for the pur pose of inquiring if the intentions of the founders of the university had been carried out. They had to inquire whether the funds which had been given had been ap plied according to the terms of the charter, and they found the charter of Charles 1., in 1637, laid down the scale of emoluments which the provost, and other officers, were to receive. There they found that the provost was to receive 1001. sterling, the senior fellows 91 13s. 4d., and the junior fellows 31. Now, indeed, they, in consequence of the difference in value of money, should be placed on a different footing ; but yet they had to look if a large amount of the available property of the college was not swal lowed up in the shape of salaries, instead of being expended in the way directed by the founders. And if they did examine into the history of the Univer sity, they would find that encroachments had been made at different periods—encroachments which 'crippled the energies, and limited the usefulness of the Institution to a very great degree. And on this subject alone, the Go • vernwent ought to institute .a royal commission of inquiry. Some of the arguments of the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, seemed to him to be carried too far. Surely in this instance, where the codege was open to all stu , dents of whatever persuasion, and where office and emo lument might be held by Roman Catholic gentlemen— surely, he repeated, at this time, and under present circum stances, the Government might cause inquiry to be made with the view of throwing the university open to all sects, and placing Catholics and Protestants on exactly the same footing. He should be the very last person to divert the property of the College to other than the objects to which the founders meant it to be applied, but in these days, when they were building colleges in other parts of Ireland, it might be well to do away with the objectionable statutes which only restricted education, and he should, therefore, deeming the commission sought for by his Hon. Friend truly necessary, support the mutt .n. Sir R. 11. INGLIS said that the foundation of the university of Dublin was as purely Protestant as any college in this country. It had been said by the Hon. and Gallant Officer who moved the resolution, that the statutes of Elizabeth did not c, ntain the word " Pro testant ;'' but did' any Honourable Member mean to say that that sovereign contemplated other than the ex tension of Protestant doctrines ? Having heard nothing in the speech of the Hon. Gentleman opposite in its favour, he should resist any interference cn the part of the Crown with respect to funds, left by certain persons for private purposes. Mr. HUME was sorry to find this motion opposed by her Majesty's Government. lie was surprised at this, sf eing that In r Majesty's Government had evinced a de sire to conciliate the people of' Ireland. He thought his Hon. and Gallant Friend, the Member for Wycombe, in introducing the motion, had made out a very strong case. He thought that the motions of his Hon. Friend was particularly well timed, seeing that her Majesty's Government had asked the House to grant certain sums of money for educational puiposes. He was right, under those circumstances, in asking what funds were at pre sent in existence for such purposes, and how they were appropriated. He did not see how her Majesty's Go vernment could refuse this, when they were asking the House to grant more money fur education in Ireland. On a former occasion an application was made for money to be voted for Scotland, and a precisely similar course had been adopted to that suggested by his Hon. and Gallant Friend. He believed that his Hon. and Gallant Friend's argument had been very unfairly met. The Government, in opposing the motion, were not carrying out the liberal view which they had lately ex pressed towards Ireland. It was his opinion, that all Irishmen should he placed upon the same footing with respect to education and religion. He thought that Ire land was justified in calling for the inquiry which had been demanded. It was the policy of the Government to grant such inquiries, for whenever a party had re course to concealment, the result would not be benefi cial to them. Upon these grounds, he should support the motion of his Hon. and Gallant Friend. Mr. LEFROY was opposed to this *motion, because he believed the effect of it would be to open the honors and emoluments of Trinity College, Dublin, to other parties than Protestants. He thought they were bound to sup port that College in its present position. He did not believe that a single argument had been offered in favour of the motion of the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman, and therefore he should oppose it. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL did not think that the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had shown to the House a very promising example of the logic taught at Trinity College. He (Mr. M. J. O'Connell) hoped that they would have some further exposition of the principles upon which the Government intended to oppose the motion.—(Hear.) They had, he thought, exhibited as much inconsistency in that matter as they had in financial matters. In Scotland tests were to be imposed, in Cork they were not, but in Dublin the Government were determined to maintain the tests in full force. He had supported this Bill in its early stages, because he believed it would, in its ef fect, advance mixed education. But mixed. education • would never succeed while equality was not observed. The new colleges were to be thrown open to till, while the old ones were to , be exclusive. Until this inequality was abolished, discontent would continue, and ought to continue, He could not understand the inconsistency .that was shown by the Government with respect to this matter of education. That which they believed to be good and essential in one case, they repudiated in another. Their consciences appeared to vary with the position of the places respect ing which they attempted to legislate. As be had said before, they never could hope to conciliate Ireland while the present inequality was allowed to continue. Let them place every creed upon the same footing with respect to the honours and emoluments of the colleges in Dublin, and they might depend upon it that discon tent would rapidly die away. Mr. SHAW believed that this motion had been brought forward for the purpose of alienating funds from the objects for which they were originally intended. Trinity College was founded by a Protestant Queen, by Protestant funds, and for purely Protestant purposes. This had often been repeated, and he would repeat it again and again, for this simple reason—that the truth could not too often be repeated. There were as many Roman Catholics now in the University of Dublin as there were formerly, and he did not wish that the Roman Catholics should be deprived of the advantages of acade mical education. The Hon. Gentleman who had brought forward this motion had taunted him with being igno rant of everything connected with the government oithe University of Dublin. He had, however, had considerable experience in that University. lle had taken his degree of Doctor of Laws there, and had two sous who entered it, and consequently he must be somewhat acquainted with its internal management The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then went into details respecting the salaries of the professors and fellows, which he defended on the ground of the onerous duties they had to perform. The senior fellows had more tine for literary pursuits ; the time of the juniors was wholly taken up in teaching the students, and every one of them was actively en gaged in giving lectures and instructing the scholars. There was also another duty which the junior fellows had to perform. The divinity students had to attend two years, and the junior fellows, besides their ordinary duties, had to instruct these students. He had, there fore, disposed of two of the objections which had been raised against the fellows. He would say that the Go vernment could not violate the funds, without doing gross injustice to the intentions of the donors who had endowed the college. Mr. SHEIL entirely coincided with his Hon. Friend the Member for Kerry that the members of the three professions of theology, law, and medicine, should not stand distinct. They started together in the same field of life, and, if he might employ the sublime language of the great poet whose remains were now entombed in the ad jacent cathedral, he would say, " Leaving the world, with no blot on their name, Looked proudly to Heaven, from the death-bed of fame." They lived and they would die together. Surely, in the morning of life, when the sweetest, and finest, and most lasting friendships were formed, which would last through life, religious moans for directing those feelings ought not to be rejected. Without the aid of religious education, all secular education would be perfectly use less. The youth was transferred from his home, and was no longer under the care of that best of all sentinels, parental love. It was perhaps in religion that a little learning was dangerous, for it was in silent monitions of a well grounded religious feeling, probably first incul cated by a mother, and sustained by the exhortations of the ecclesiastical adviser, that the rash and headstrong passions of youth were restrained. These statements were not imaginary, and the Government had not pro vided for them. They had not guarded against it. Re ligion, in his opinion, ought to have been made the basis of the system. The Government ought to have made religion the groundwork on which the entire scheme should be founded. The Roman Catholic bishops had asked the Government to erect Catholic chapels as well as Protestant. The Right lion. Gentleman the Secre tary for the Home Department had said that chaplains must be appointed for the Unitarians and other sects. Was he aware of the fact that in Ireland there were only 500,000 Presbyterians, 40,000 Unitarians, 180,000 Pro testants, and upwards of 7,000,000 of Roman Catho lics? And yet, looking at these facts, he said it was necessary to provide chaplains for the Unitarians. Why, Protestant, Presbyterian, and Catholic chaplains ought to be appointed to the colleges. Ought religion to be left out, when, compared with which, every other object of secular education was evanescent and contemptible? He would now refer to the appointment of professors. He thought that the Catholic bishops, in seeking what they did, were perfectly justifiable. They suggested that the professors of metaphysics, of geology, and ana tomy, should be Catholics. The Government said such a proposition was monstrous. Those professors in Dub lin University were all Protestants, and he would con tend that the bishops were perfectly right in pursuing the course of refusing to recognise the principle of the measure, unless sufficient means for the instruction of the Roman Catholic youth in the proposed colleges, in their proper religion, were fully recognised and provided for. He would not complain of the distribution of offices, of the appointment of magistrates, of the neglect of the interests of Ireland, but he would content himself with a fact. Fifteen years ago Catholic Emancipation was car ried—fifteen years had elapsed since that great measure passed the Legislature, and he, who at. that time led the way in carrying it, was now the Prime Minister of Eng land. There were eight millions of Roman Catholics in Ireland, and yet not a single Roman Catholic held office under the Government—not one had the right of entree at the Castle of Dublin or the Home-office.—(Hear, hear.) It was not so under the Whigs. Un der their Administration the claims of the Catholics met at least with some consideration. Under the Whigs these were appointed to office—Sir Michael O'Loghlen, and Judge Ball, while Mr. Pigott was the Attorney-General for Ireland. The Whigs in their ap pointments to office consulted the interests and feelings of the great Catholic community ; the present Ministry had not. When proposing the present 13i1l, the Academical Education Bill, whom did they consult? aCatholics Cer tainly not the feelings or the remonstrances the of Ireland. The Hon. Member for Louth had told them that would be inconsistent for Roman Catholics to support the Government so long as they adhered to the present Church Establishment, and refused to open Trinity College. In that he perfectly agreed. There was neither teciprociyor justice Hon. sticein such a system. He now came to th eamendment. Member for Wycombe (Mr. B. Osborne) had referred to the original foundation of Trinity College as not being of an exclusive character. He could corrobor ate that fact. It was not intended for ecclesiastical or sacerdotal purposes, b ut a s an institution f or t h e education generally of the youth. This was the object of the establishment, as founded by Queen Elizabeth, who was a good Protestant, but who was, nevertheless, a very heathen in a carnal point. He held in his hand a book, descriptive of the state of Ireland, written 200 years ago, written by no less a person than Lord Bacon. The work was entitled the " Queen's Service in Ireland." That great man said, in the work in question, " to tolerate the Roman Catholic religion;" and then he went on to advise the people of Ireland in a state of contentment, to pursue an even course between England I and Ireland, and to treat the people as one nation ; one great means ofaconiplishing which was by carrying out a liberal system of education.—(Hear, hear) Coupling this passage, which would be f..und in the third volume of the work, with the pas , sage in the charter of Queen Elizabeth, already quo'ed in the progress of the debate, he (Mr. Sheil) contended that there was no ground whatever for excluding Roman Catholics ' from the University of Dublin. But that was not the way to ' meet the question in 1845. What they wanted were just prin ' ciples and practices to conciliate the great majority of the people of Ireland. Trinity College, even with it s present d e . fective constitution, had produceda galaxy of great men, yet that blaze of literary glory had only emanated from 700,000 Iri.hmen, a mere handful of the people.—( Hear, hear.) What then might they not expect if the whole waste' mind of Ireland was brought into the precincts of that institution, and that instead of 700,000, there were 8,000,000 of people pro fiting from the mine of intellectual wealth accumulated there. —(Cheers.) Let them not deny the great good that had been ' done, but endeavour to change the system for a better. The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman then proceeded to notice the fellowships of Trinity College, which were at present re stricted to Protestants, particularising several instances of the emoluments and advantages, which Roman Catholics were altogether excluded from by the present constitution of the College. He considered it would be of much greater service to education in Ireland, instead of attempting to esta blish dwarfish colleges for academical education, to apply 18,0004 to improve Trinity College, and to throw it open equally to Roman Catholics with Protestants. This course would be returned in full value to England in pacificating re sults, and in the general welfare and improvement of the people of Ireland._( Loud cheers.) Ile thought that those conces sions ought to satisfy the House, and the advantages which had been given to the Roman Catholic Church had been materially diminished. At the conclusion of this, their fifth session, it should be a subject for the consideration of the Alinis try that it was unwise to take such a measure as this at the conclusion of the session. This was no time for half measures, for he felt that if they longer delayed the set tlement of this dispute, the consequence would be that there would be a total disturbance of the peace of the community. and if this were not cared for, h e f eare d th ere wou ld be a fatal eruption, and the measure would be altogether destruc tive of the object for which this Bill was intended. Sir R. PEEL said that the object of the Bill was to give a perfect equality between the several parties. The Govern ment had certainly been very desirous to meet the religious feeling of the country. . Their object had been the liberal endowment of the Catholic Church. and it was a little unfair that the intentions of Government should he so misrepresented as they had been n this debate. There was no doubt but that the feeling of the people in Ireland would, by this debate, be largely increased. The object of the original grant had been to increase the resources of that country, and he thought that the principle would be erroneous which made any differ ence between the honours. If they were to state any parti cular interest as being affected, they might say . that the Presbyterian interest was paramount in the north, and the Roman Catholic in the south. The principle of this had been allowed in the Bequest Act. The Right Hon. Gentleman had given a very excellent speech in favour of the opening of several colleges. The circumstance of the religious principle being adduced, was sufficient to show that the intentions of Elizabeth had not been carried out. The Hon. Gentleman complained of a want of equality. Why, what could be a greater proof of that equality than the:circumstance that the Government had invariably adopted those plans which were likely to in fluence public feeling. One of their objects had been to raise religious animosities, and he was happy to announce that those feelings of opposition had subsided. The object of the Govern ment had been to subdue religious animosities, and they sue.. needed. There was no sacrifice, however great, or however lasting, he would not incur, if, acting with justice to Protestants and Roman Catholics, he could promote the peace and harmony of the country to which the Right Hon. Gentleman belonged. Sir V. BLAKE wished to correct a statement of the Right Hon. Baronet opposite. The petition from Galway to which he had alluded was not in favour of the Academical Bill, but that of the Maynooth Endowment. The people of Ireland were almost unanimously in favour of the latter; would to God the former measure was similarly acceptable to them. Sir R. PEEL—Did not the Hon. Baronet call on me and request that I would make Galway one of the localities in which the colleges should be established ?—( Loud laughter.) Sir VALENTINE BLAKE admitted the circumstance al luded to by the Right Hon. Baronet, but explained that, sub se— quently, the disadvantages of the measure had become so pal. pable as to change his mind. (Loud laughter.) The Hon. Baronet continued for some time the most 'emphatic gesticulations, but from the indescribable uproar which pre vailed during his entire address, not one word was audible in the gallery. Colonel SIBTHORP said there was no one single act which be did not believe the Right Hon. Baronet capable of, nor was there a single measure, however monstrous, which he did not think the Gentleman at the head of her Majesty's Government Would be disposed to carry in pursuance of that course which he called " expediency," but which he (Colonel Sibthorp) `could designate by no other term than " disgraceful subser viency."—( Loud cries of " Order," and laughter.) Well, if that epithet were too strong, he would withdraw the word "disgraceful," to suit the tender consciences of the Howse, and leave the designation "subse rv i ency ." Th e conduct of the Government had been of late so extraordinary that he should not feel at all surprised to see the Pope himself introduced as a Alember of that House by the Right Hon. Baronet, or if that gentleman himself took his seat some day as Mussulman, Ma , hometan, or Jew.—(Loud laughter, ) Lord J. RUSSELL admitted there were great merits in -this Bill, more especially as it contained the distinguishing feature of withdrawing religious tests. But when he came to thegeneral question of education for the higher classes of I re l an d, the University of Dublin was presided over exclusively by Pro testants, and scholarships and all offices of distinction were similarly exclusive. This inequality might be remedied in two ways—either by endowing a Catholic college similarly as Trinity College was sustained ; a second way, by giving the means of equality, as far as secular, if not ecclesiastical, benefits could be attained in the university. But if the Government really wished to remove these obnoxious distinctions and dis abilities, it could easily be effected, whether the political, social, or religious equality of creeds was considered. The people of England would speedily recognise and assent to the principle, and Ireland would at once be benefited and grateful. He should support the amendment of the Honourable Gentleman for the admission of Catholics into Trinity College, after which he would cheerfully vote for the third reading of the Bill, although it was not so perfect a Bill as he could have desired. The House then divided, when there appeared.— For the amendment Against it Majority against the amendment ----77 Sir R. H. INGLIS then proceeded to argue, that Govern ment would fail to make their system of education perfect and effective if they wholly divested it of religion. No wan was a. fit or competent person to be an instructor in natural philo sophy. or, in fact, in any of the sciences, who did not refer to the name or the attributes of the Almighty, and he should, therefore, move that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. Lord EBRINGTON declared his intention to oppose the third reading of the Bill, because Government had not suffi ciently explained upon what principles these colleges were to be governed. The SPEAKER informed the Hon. Member for the Uni versity of Oxford, that a former amendment having been moved upon the original motion, he could not put the amendment which the Hon. Member had just proposed. Sir R. H. INGLIS replied that he would meet the dia. culty by withdrawing the amendment, and dividing on the original question. The House then divided, when there appeared-- For the third reading Against it ...... 26 Majority in favour of it .. —.151 The Bill was then read a third time and passed. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. HAWES asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether he had any objection to lay on the table of the House the in structions recently forwarded to the Governor of New Zealand? Sir R. PEEL objected to their production. They were confidential,!and could not, consistently with the public service, be produced. DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day for reading this Bill a second time being read, Mr. S. O'BRIEN suggested its postponement. Sir R. PEEL objected to such a course. _ _ After a few observations from Mr. Redington, Sir R. Fer guson, and Sir T.fremantle, the 13i11 was read a second time. MAHON V. GRAHAM. This was the next case called on, and was one of a rather com plicated nature in its details. The facts appeared by the evidence to be shortly these. Two persons, named Corner and Mahan, were applied to by the defendant to advance a loan of 4001. to a Mr. Basket, a builder, upon a mortgage of some property be had ; the deed wasmade out in an office, on the door of which was defendant's name, but• he represented himself as acting for Mr. Warren ; a solicitor; 8601. of the money - Wasadvanced by Corner, and theeemainhig•4ol. by Mandtr, while the'deed Was alleged to havebeen , made out for 3601.; defendant paid Corner 8/..0r1 two - occasions, in lieu of 101., being the amount"of the money advanced to Basket, who died In 1848, but Corner said he never got the deed. A Witness named Bousfield was called to prove that he saw COI, ner get the deed from defendant, but Corner denied that such was the fact. The counsel who cross.examined the witness asked him a variety of questions from his brief, with a view to contradict him, but he answered in the negative to every one of them.. The Court was occupied the greater part of the day with the cast. CO Ultl kattC'ULAlt. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early calk yesterday morning in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttleton. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager arrived at Marlborough House in a carriage and four, at half-past four o'clock yester day afternoon, from her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park. Her Majesty was accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar. • The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace. 'fhe cempany included her Majesty the Queen Dowad er, their Majesties the Kiag and Queen of the Bel gians, her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, their Serene Highnesses the Princesses Anna and Amelie of Saxe Weimar, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Earl Delawarr, the Marchioness of Ormonde, Baroness d'Hooghvorst, Earl Jermyn, Lady 13eauvale, Hon. William Ashley, Hen. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, and Major de M oerkerke. Mr. Muntz, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P., with Mr. G. Heaton, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie and the Gentlemen of the Railway Department at the Board of Trade, to exhibit three models, showing the necessity of making the wheels of the carriages of equal weight on each side, or in balance, when revolving round. Sir J. Pelly had an interview with Sir George Clerk yester day, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Bishop of Colombo had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial -office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place. 'I here were present the Bishops of London, Lichfield, Rochester, and Worcester. The report of the Committee appointed to examine the allegations contained in a petition of the South-Eastern Railway Company, respecting the conduct of Mr. Hig nett, solicitor of the Board of Ordnance, and Captain Bolder() and Mr. Bonham, was presented to the House of Commons last night. The Times of this morning publishes several letters embodied in the report — among others, one from Mr. Hignett, which was read before the Railway Committee on the North Kent line, and also gives the substance of the re port. " The Committee," it states, " has reported on the facts against Captain Boldero and Mr. Bon ham, censuring the conduct of both. To use the colloquial expression generally adopted last night, the report "hits right and left" at all parties concerned, and the South-Eastern Company, the petitioners for this investigatio n , are themselves severely handled, and their conduct strongly reprobated." THE BRITISH MUSE UM _Mr, J. Doubleday has at length completed his labours upon the Portland vase. Mr. Doubleday has accomplished his undertaking In so masterly a man ner, that it would defy even the most critical to discover where the vase had been injured. We believe It is the intention of the authorities of the Museum, in order to preserve the vase from future attacks, to keep it in a separate apartment, accessible only by tickets. PRICE OF BREAD—'lhe price of the four-pound loaf in Edinburgh was raised a halfpenny on Monday last. It is now sold at sixpence-halfponn y. IM i-Ert IAL p HOUSE OF AKLIAMENT. ° COMMONS, July 10. IRISH Mr. OSBORNE (i LLEGES BILL. continuation from our Second Edition) said—On tha t : occasion the Right Hon. Baronet said that this was a question not to be hastily disposed of, and on a late occasion also, the Member for the Uni versity of Dublin had resisted all inquiry into the sub ject, on the ground thattb e revenues of the College w e r e (i private property, no r. Osborne) should like to ask that Hon. and Learned Member if he represented them as a private or as a corporate body ?—(Hear, hear.) Th e Hon. and Learned Member was a judge of law, and he (Mr. Osborne) would be glad to know from him the dis tinction between public and private property ? In order to assist him in arrivin g at a correct opinion, he would refer him to the statement of an eminent jurist, Sir Jas. M a ckintosh, upon the subject. Th e Ri g ht H on . B arone t the Member for the University of Oxford, said that he should vote for inquiry, if any H e allegation % of abuse were made against the College. tr. Osborn e ) th oug ht that if he could prove to the Right lon. Baronet's satis faction that the original character had been perverted, lie might calculate upon his support, and, in Abe first place, it had been alleged that Trinity Cone' as founded by a Protestant Monarch, from Protestant w and for Protestant purposes. What was thgerfoaid?r:lllat; College was founded in 1592, and the very ..en which it was built was taken from the Roman Catholic convent foundation was to of AP-Hallows, and the object of th a e nlo extend learning and civilisation Hear, hear.") Catholics of Ireland.—(Cries of , n ,g the Roman So far from Trinity College having b founded by was founded out Protestants for Protestant purposes, i t e , en Ie altogether of the public money for public purp oses. Dublinaa University denied that the original charter of the provided that it should be applied to sectarian or peculiar religious purposes. There was any one pas sage in the charter of Queen Elizabeth that could be construed at all to me an an y thin g of a that he was sure cou ld not be interpreted at kind, yet to mean that the University was founded for Protestant that otetst:nteffpurtposHes. There was not a sing le word in it would read the extract from the char ter, and begged ee that e the lion. Member for t he University 4 D ublin would gentlemen translate it it for the benefit of the country hind him. The Honourable Member read the ex tract to which he referred. The foundation of the Uni La r t e i ferred to versity of Dublin to Protestant forty years after, when Strafford and power, and persecution against the Catholics were in s was the order of the day. That was the first Ina the Ro • man Catholics were rendered ineligible. mentary charter, the exclusion of the ]lowan a supple- Catholics here read was thus set forth. The Learned Gentie emha a n n excluded, to the y P e r o o i t l e e s! a e n e a long extract in Latin from the second tuded, purposes.and effect that Roman Catholics should be the establishment set apart for He therefore denied that Trinit hp should iN. , jas est2lb hatted for exclusive purp oses, and be glad to hear what th , Right lion. Gentleman ti n , )r. the city of Dublin had to off( r o n the sub'Member her in its fact, Trinity College had be en cht y ir was there ngeld.altet Pct. In constitution to what it wa s ori g in al provided that there should be no married fellows in the nniversity. This was altoget her a lt , T i d they edhad o now that wh eh wu ld make Queen Elizabeth shudder in her grave—priest feltiws who were marri e d. H e had made won inquiry about this, but lie had not been able FRIDA 1 PHYSIC AND SURGERY DILL. The consideration of this Bill was postponed till next Monday. The Joint Stock Companies Bill was read a second time; as were also the Geological Survey Bill, and the Arts Union (No. 2) Bill. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND BILL. Mr. CURTEIS moved the consideration of the report ott this Bill. Mr. HOWARD hoped that the Bill would be postponed till the next session of Parliament. It would inflict great hard ship on his constituents, and ought not to be passed without full consideration. Mr. A GLIONBY had no objection to the postponement of the Bill, if her Majesty's Government thought that by so doing they could introduce the Bill in a more improved form next session. If it was the opinion of the Government that by postponing the measure till the next session of Parliament the interest of all parties would be better attended to, he had no objection to agree to that postponement. H e di dl not wish to thwart her Majesty's Government, kut to obtain from them an as surance that in the next session the subject should meet their earliest consideration, and a Bill would be brought in on the subject. Sir GEORGE CLERK fully believed that in the recess the Government would be enabled to prepare a more satisfac. tory and comprehensive measure, which would be brought for. ward next session, and as the present Bill had not been re ceived favourably by the body whom it was intended most to benefit, he trusted the House would allow the matter to be postponed. Mr. NA' AWN asked the House to read the reports of 1841 and 1h44, to see the unjust way in which seamen were treated. and he would only put it to the Right Ho. nourable Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government, whether, after these reports, it was not absolutely necessary that some measure should be carried into effect to remove these grievances. After a few words from Mr. CURTEIS the Bill was postponed. The Speaker then left the chair, and Mr. Greece having taken his place, the House went into Committee on THE BANKRUPTCY DECLARATION BILL. The House then resumed, and the Speaker reported progress. The Hous A e l t E he ß n c r H es A ol N ye T d itself i n to EN'SC, oal e L e . on the . to Mr. HENLEY objected to the firstclause, for consid t e h r e in r g ece th p. e principle of granting licences boarding-houses .perniciousishouidalenadrnhehtohmougthhte that before the tion of seamen, Houseundefined, aeceie notf d t it, t Government what was the definition of an " honest c r imp." After an explanation from Sir George Clerk, and a s h or t conversation between Sir Gecrge Cockburn, Mr. Wawn, Captain Corry, and Mr. Lambton, that and the other clauses were agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be printed and re• ported to-morrow (this day). The House having resumed, Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to continue expiring Turnpike Road Acts in Ireland. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to continue certain Turnpike Acts; a Bill to continue an Act for authorising the application of highway rates to turnpike-roads ; another, to continue the Act to amend the law relating to loan societies ; another, to suspend the making of lists and the ballots and enrolments for the militia of the united kingdom ; and another, to continue the exemptiog o of inhabitants of parishes, townships, and villages from liability to be rated as such, in respect of stock in trade or other pro perty, to the relief of the poor. Mr. M. SUTTON then asked leave to introduce a Bill to continue two Acts, relating to the removal of poor persons born in Scotland and Ireland , and chargeable to parishes in England. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN intimated his intention of opposing the introduction of so pernicious a Bill. The Acts whose con tinuance was now sought for, had been found to work most prejudicially to Ireland; the power of removing paupers. even after long industrial residence had ent itled them to a settlement, was a hardship alike weighing heavily on the pauper and the country to which he was removed. He therefore should strenuously resist the 'in troduction of the Bill. After a few words from Mr. Robert Palmer, Sir James Laken I rt