The Sun. — London, England, 1851-06-24 00:00:00

Total receipts ... ... £3,018 13 0 STATE OF THE ENGLISH DRAMA. A masterly paper on the condition and prospects of our national drama, contained in the current number of the IV eehly News and Weekly Chronicle now araalga mated with each other, is thus terminated : Such i s : the state of the London drama, and the largerovincial c i t i es, and its contemplation may afford the ial philosopher, as we l l as the manager and the criti r the c, much suggestive thi n ki ng. It is quite certain that the refined courtly porti on o f soc i ety do not now con- English drama as one of their habitual amusements. The rich of every class imitate the great and the intellectual and professional classes, though now and then lured to a theatre by a clever per former or a remarkable piece, no longer consider it as a branch of literature and the fine arts, which it becomes them to be well acquainted with. Who, then, do frequent the theatres? A very miscellaLeous class. A few traders who have nut country villas ; some few profes sional people whose business prevents their leaving Lon don daily; the large collection of•clerks and assist ants who also now occupy, as lodgers, the metropo litan residences once occupied by their masters. A vast number of people belonging to the innumerable arts connected with theatrical representation s , and amongst whom the circula'ion of orders and free admission s is enormous. Perhaps the most remunerating and the moat respectable classes are the country vi.sitors, includi ng highly educated persons, who visit the London th eatres as places to be seen once. Literary men certainly do not attend them, except as connected with the press; for it is r emar k a bl e h ow f ew one ever sees i u t h e course of a constant attendance. The conclusion, then, w• must come to is, that the cultivated and propertied classes have nearly forsaken the English theatres ; the portion that like theatrical entertainments transferring their patronage to the operas an d musical e n t er t a i nments. I s t h e d rama therefore oblit erated ? By n o means ; b u t i t s l um b ers whilst there is no force brought to bear upon these classes. Each theatre (with one worked Without any or two exceptions) is definite idea or persevering aim. n 0 1 ,, e a l "rases_ are sought to be attracted, and habits, t caught. Classes of totally different re dea"tes, senti ments, and ideas, are - voured to be pleased by one entertainment ; en a ult only to be brought about by the most general ap pee lone and hith e rto only successfully accomplished by th dramatic writer whose genius was as universal BS it was particular. iy this meaus theatrical art, as well as dramatic art, sa , 00 means nfenitivatioe. Bap . hassrd speculation supplies the place of scientific a pendsp plication is on ; and a the is a lottery a n d a s h ow, w hi c h de hundred c be r egretted, for the drama of ontineenciesf ro , r succes. This is England is the noblest in the world ; it bas taught history to statesmen, and given Phraseology to orators; it containa a perfect programme of human life and humanity, and deserves a better fate than to be tossed shout on stalls at fourpence a volume. The interest of table ; men in m en i s un i versal and indestruc and to have an opportunity of seeing humanity in every situation, and under every phase of humour and insentiment ia too entertaining and too intensely oeresting not to excite curiosity and approba- I' n• All we have to do is to cultivate and s'ud the art by which these things can be developed, and Stud y shape. ourselves to those outward circumstances which alust be complied with or .subdued before any human transactions tureCouldtnennrcatn proceed with regularity and continuity. capital in sastnenand intelligence be induced to ven creature of the time iu as s.peculations, we should soon see this good a condition as any other. A definite idea and indomitable energy, with the ne cessary capital, produce all our successes and excellences, and the thest r „ are In the purely iatellirctexcep tion. nai%l drama associations of the talented cocnqians w here advisable, as in the old time; thus Were got to e g ira i b a le th c e om a p pe a n n i i n e ! from the earliest perioLiodfetioantr the etraamidmal no small yrneas e is, culsr portion, capital perhaps, suffi cient. It would be cone gilded into proprietaries . 8 we _Eirl3 of SUCC2B3, if the literary producers could co_ and management ; as n taut practice with with all artists, gives the roomentu facility th em as a et derived from experience. Such a stotal revolution of the party arrangements arrangements of the theatres Would clear p the ground of much deleterious incerebrance, and Open a new era for dramat i c net and literature. We perceive tendencies of this kind flecking the darkened horizo n of the theatrical world; aui shell be gratified if these few desultory thoughts may draw the attention of the taste fat and the profession to an earnest consideration of the subjsct. , OWNERS A N , ~D Lungs or MiNES. —A Bill ha s been brought into the House of Commons by Sir W. Somer ville and the AttorLey-Genenal for Ireland, to provide facili. ties for owners or lessee s of mines in Ireland to obtain entry on lamb fur searching for and working such mines. The preamble to the Bill rtates that it would tend to increase the means of employment to the labouring poor if facilities were provided for working mines in Ireland, and that various mines are situate under the surface of lands demised by leases, in which effectual or sufficient powers have not been re served to the owners or lessees of such mine to search for or work the same. The principal facility to be given will be— power to the owner or lessee of a mine in Ireland, on giving notice to fIX • tenant of the land on which the in , ne is sitiaja r An ',pi, a clerk of the peace the esti mated V. r, . ... ""''', ,‘ ed for working the mine, to enter Vs. ) . ~.. . • • 4tllt i of land required. The tenant k Qu i of the . , %I F , z .1' :t., . recover eoec iaa t e damages - 0 ': ' 4 - -, .- t ' `e - : .-::::::,',;' •:g > : 1.0 - • tro.K-F, _~;~~ ~`''ti;~ -~., ;''?,~ DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Sonderburg papers state that the Danish and Schleswig members of the Flensburg Assembly are agreed on accepting the Danish succession, flag, coinage, customs, and excise. The Duchy of Lsuenburg has been desired by Royal proclamation to nominate a Commission of six persons for the revision and approval of the plan of Government which was proposed for that Duchy in January last. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The number of visitors to the Exhibition yesterday was folly equal to any of the previous days. At an e'trly hour strings of crowded omnibuses,w ith their roofs covered with expectant visitors, might be observed hastening along to the Crystal Palace. Heavily laden pleasure vans, and even long open waggons with benches fixed in them e were pressed into the service , while th e entrance al lotted to p e d estr i ans was beseiged long before the re gular time for opening arrived. The number of visitors throughout the day up to three o'clock was as follows: From 10 to 11 o'clock ................... From 11 to 12 ............... ............ From 12 t o I ............................ From Ito 2 ..................... F rom 2 to 3 ............................ 22 778 17,408 11.900 6 234 4,204 Total .............................. 62 584 and at thAt boar visitors were continually arriving in considerable numb ers. A greater proportion of the rural element was perceptible among the visitors yesterday , than we have noticed :or some time. Several large par ties, apparently of lsbouring agricultu r i s t s , were present i n the buildin durin the who of the day, e n d altogether the Palace g presented a le very crowded appearance. During the morning several proof impressions in colours, made from the first of the series of interior views of the Exhibition, painted by Mr. N as h f or h © r Majesty, were exposed to view. The subject of this drawing is the transept on th e Ma opening day a t t h e moment when her Majesty took her seat on the chair of state. The Crystal fountain is in the foreground, and the Royal Commissioners, the foreign ambassadors, and the great Officers of State in their rich and varied costumes, are grouped round the throne. Being in colours, t h e glit tering and brilliant effect produced by that glorious scene has been rendered with admirable fidelity, and the drawings present the appearance of a highly finished picture. These drawings, when completed, will form the most perfect memento of the Great Exhibition which can possibly be imagined, and in Mr. Nash's able hands the most perfect accuracy may be relied on. The other plates will be ready, we believe, in the course of next month. The total number of persons who visited the Crystal Palace daring the day was 67,555. The amount received during the day was— For season tickets £2 2 0 At the doors ..• ... 3,016 11 0 MISS CUSHMAN'S HAMLET. Miss Cushman has recently achieved a splendid triumph at Cinciunatti by her admirable delineation of the character of Hamlet. The Cincinnati Enquirer of the 28th may has the following critique on her per forroaeee:__ The arduous part of Hamlet was presented on Mon day e vening at the National The .tee to a discriminating and delighted audience, Never has it fal!en to the lot of the writer to record a triumph so complete and entir e tl as that ac hi eved in the personation of the philosophic a l Dane. Hamlet has long been regarded as one of the Most chast e an d finished creations of the immortal bard, and while there has been a divessity of opinion in the criticism of the character, there has been none as to the entire tenor of the play. All of the aspirants to histrionic fam e have attempt©d the portrayal of this difficult part; few have succeeded in embodling even in a faint degree our conception of the character. Some have re presented him as a firm, determined, and uncompro mising avenger; others, as a weak, vacillating, uncertain enthusiast, full of great resolves, but weak in execution. It was reserved for Miss Cushman to present our ideal of the unfortunate Prince. From first to last interest never fl :geed, and our admiration of the play received a new impulse from her happy delineation of the subtle workings of this great mind. The public taste has be come so vitiated with the food presented by the modern stage, that even refined and cultivated actors have some times condescended to pander to it by stage trickery. mouthing, and ranting, overstepping the modesty of natur e in the pitiful ambition, by making " points," God rive the mark, to secure the plaudits of the groundhogs. How w h o l ly different Miss Cushman's conception! In 116,1 of the cl ustering, swaggering braggart, we had, what Shakspere gave us, a refined gentleman, full of courage, determined to the end. Where all was so per fect, it is difficult to particularise, but the scene with his Mother was full of touching beauty, and the "grave" scene will long be remembered by those so fortunate as to witness it last night. In truth, from first to last, the most caustic and censorious critic would have been dis armed by the beauties of every point of this personation. With a few exceptions the piece was very fairly put upon the stage. With an excellent Ghost, an unusually good Lterteg, and an Ophelia and Q leen far above me diocrity, we ought to feel satisfied. We hope Miss Cushman will be induced to repeat this character, which W e predict will add still more to her wide-spread fame. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1851. FRANCE. EPIDEMIC AMONG CATTLE. The grippe, cholera, and other disagreeable epidemics, have disappeared for a time; but, en revanche, a most virulent epidemic, which bears strong analogy to the cho lera, has b'en decimating several classes of the inferior animals. Like the cholera, this formidable disease cuts off the strongest subject in an hour, and is characterised by prostration, stupor, specific diarrhea's, blue colour of the skin, and general injection of the alimentary canal, especially the small intestine. The disease, whatever it may be. is highly virulent, and in a most extraor dinary degree contagious. Every fibre, every drop of fluid in an animal eat off by the complaint, is capable of transmitting the original disease. Even a drop of the squeous humour, inserted beneath the skin of a healthy animal, gives the malady. The symptoms, howe►er, are considerably modified according to the class or even species of animal; and as the morbific cause re mains the same, an opportunity is offered of studying the comparative effects of the same pathological cause in dif ferent classes of animals. This interesting study has been taken up by several members of the Academy of Medicine, who are now performing an extensive series of inocula tions. In the south of France the " sweating sickness" has again broken out with coasiderable violence, and as this curious malady was a precursor of the cholera in 1849, great alarm has been ocossioned, the more espe cially that the disease has proved fatal in several cases. M. Aligne. ax inspector-general of hospitals, with a strong staff, has been dispatched, to render assistance and report on the sanitary condition of the affected lo calities. Many of them have been completely aban doned by the inhabitant.; the middle ages still exist in various parts of France, and, indeed, among ourselves likewise. CHLOROFORM AS AN ANAESTHETIC. The local use of chloroform or of the chloruretted hydrochloric ether, is becoming more general here .very day, and is now almost universally substituted for opiate or other calming lotions. The quantities, however, dif fer from those employed on your side of the Channel, at least if I may judge from an English prescription, now before me, in which two minims of chloroform to an ounce of water are ordered. This homeopathic dose could produce little or no effect upon any severe pain. The " Dutch liquor" is preferable to chloroform as a local agent, and it is not impossible, seeing the progress of modern chemistry, that some other substance of supe rior qualities may be brought to light. Thus M. Ed ward Robin, one of our most industrious chemists, has discovered that hydrobromic ether possesses anaesthetic properties of a valuable kind. it has no acrid or caustic savour ; its odour is not disagreeable ; it render animals rapidly insensible, without apparently pro ducing any unpleasant effects. Those of chloroform, as is well known, are sometimes dangerous, and often of a curious kind. We had an example, not long ago, at one of our hospitals here. The subject was a poor priest, doomed to amputation of the leg for gangrene. He was chlorified, and reduced to a state of strange in toxication, during which the language of the holy man was anything but edifying. His expressions, in fact, became so immoral, that it was almost impossible to complete the operation amid the laughter of the assis tants.—Medical Times. CURIOUS CASE. A curious case was a few days ago submitted to the Court of Assizes of the department of Morbihan. Three men named Patre, B net, and Ruello were tried for hav ing attempted to sell what is called $ " Secret of the State" to the English Government. It appeared from the indictment that in the port of Lorient there is an establishment for the manufacture of a peculiar descrip tion of cannon balls for the navy of a very dangerous nature, called boalets asphysians. Pere was employed in the making of these bails, and Binet was also em ployed in the port. In November and December last they got leave of absence, and went, with Buell°, who is a baker, to London. Ruello supplied the fends. It was immediately rumoured, from some observations they had made, that they bad gone to England to sell the secret of making these balls to the English Government, and it was ascertained that Binet and Ruello had had Ire q tient communications with the Englsh Consul at Lorient. These two men bad also caused an application to be made to a notary named Le Bobinec for an advance of 4,000 f, and promised to pay him 25,000 f. for it. They then said that they were going to England to sell a secret for making balls which would bring them several millions. Pa re was also heard to make a similar state ment to Binet's wife. Oa arriving in London they, ac e )mpanied by an interpreter, went to the Board of Ad miralty. Their proposition was favourably received, and they were sent down to Portsmouth that experiments !night be made with their secret. The experiments lasted 15 days, and took place on board the Excellent, Captain Cheds. The Captain a report to the Admiralty was not sufficiently favourable to induce it to purchase the secret; nevertheless, an indemity of 1,200 f. (481 . ) was awarded to the men. They bad demai , ded 4 000 f. They then attempted to sell the secret to the Ambassador of Russia and to the American Consul, but both declined to accept it. The three men passed some time at London, and when their money was exhausted they fell into misery. In August last Petra returned to France and enlisted into a regiment at St. Omer, but he was recognised and arrested. Binet and Ruello arrived at Boulogne in No vember, and were arrested. The accused, on being inter rogated by the Court, denied that they had been to Eng land to sell the secret; but, in addition to the above facts, it appeared that reports of the police who had watched them in L radon, and their own correspondence with their families, stated the contrary. It was also shown that Petre knew part of the secret from being employed in making the hullo's, and that he had got the rest of it by examining the papers of Colonel Thou renin. the di rector of the manufactory. The jury, however, after hearing the evidence and pleadings, returned a verdic of " Not guilty" in favour of all the accused. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jung 23. ;Sittings in Middlesex, at Niel Prins, after Trinity Term, before Mr. Baron MARTIN and Common Juries.) 111.GLEY P. BAILEY. Mr. Greenwood and Mr. Raymont conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, with Mr. Joyce, appeared for the defendant. This was an action by which the plaintiff, who was re presented as a dressmaker, sought to recover compensa tion is damages for an assault alleged to have been com mitted upon her by the defendant, a gentleman connected with the Stock Exchange. The defendant plcsied not guilty, and that although he had made the tieseult, still that he had not used a greater amount of violence than was necessary to pre vent the plaintiff from forcing her way into his cham bers. It appeal ed that the plaintiff, whom, it was stated, earned her livelihood as a dressmaker, lied met the de fendant at the Holborn Casino and at Caldwell's Danc ing Rooms in D an -street, Soho. In the course of time an intimacy took place between them, which in the end, as the plaintiff contended, led to her becoming enceinte by the defendant. She had been accustomed, as the evidence went to show, to visit the defendant at his chambers, first in Leicester-square, then in Fur miace it w as t h at the alleged assault was said to have val'a-in n , an d lastly in Gray's-inn, and at this last pbaeeidn aCnOnmorilyiintlgedv.isitFsotro a th le e n d g e t f h en o d l an ti t me the u p p l o a n int o iff ne had oc casion wh en s h e called in ' Leicestor-square s b o t o ld the defend ant that she wanted o carriage dow n to _Exeter, where she money to p a y h er w mother for the p urpose of being a goad girl. going One One of to ' her witnesses for th e d e f endant stated that he Was the pre this particular visit, an d added that the defendant Lad s a d said, if she really were going home to live as a good girl. if she would call u p on hi m the next morning be would give her the necessary auto to pay her fare to Exeter. Some time since the plaintiff went to the de / fendant's chambers in Gray' s -i nn at a t i me when he had a gentleman of the name of C ooper ta ki ng coffee with him, and upon that occasion, in th e fi rst i nstance, she had pulled the bell with groat violenc e . Th e d e f endant went to see who it was, and on o p, n i ne t h e d oor the plaintiff attempted to force her way into the chamber.. This the defendant resisted, whereupon the plaintiff assailed him with a volley of abuse The deteneeet thereupon called ont to his friend Cooper to go and fetch a policeman. However, without the aid of that personage, the defendant at length succeeded in sh ut ti ng the door, leaving the plaintiff on the landing-place. The plaintiff was not to be filed, and therefore s h e soon re commenced her attack upon the bell, which attack, as one of the witnesses for the defendant said, must have lasted as long as half an hour at least, sworn _ panied by abuse. The defendant, with his friend, ulti mately went to the door a second time, and the door was no sooner opened than the plaintiff, more violently th an before, tried to effect an entry into the (Members. Of course this fresh effort was resisted with increased vigour on the part o f the defendant, who kept hold of the door, and opposed her entrance wi th his body. The defendant ultimat e ly f o r c ed her back, when she called out , " Cary, he has kicked me; came up " A woman, whose name subsequently p rov ed to be Mrs. Stephenson , thereupon came up fro m t h e l ower landing, and soon afterwards the plaintiff fell down. The defendant then closed the door. Evidence Was given to show that the plaintiff was near her confinement at the time of the alleged assault, and that what had caused her to fall had been a kick, from which she had sustained her injuries. The witness Ste phenson said that had it not been for her assistance the plaintiff would not have been able either to rise from the place where she had fallen in consequence of a kick, or to regain her home. That evening the plaintiff suffered great pain, and she was compelled to foment her stomach, and on the next morning medical advice became requi site. F or th ese injuries and results l • If the p sant now claimed compensation. On behalf of the defendant it was urged that there had been no kick given by that gentlemen; and that in truth there had been no more force used to prevent the plaintiff from effecting an entry into the chambers than was absolutely necessary. And then as to the claim of the Plaintiff upon him, as the father of the child of which she was delivered in April last, it was contended that there was no more claim npen that gentleman than there was upon any other particular individual, seeing that she was ILA a modest woman. YVitae sses were called, who proved that the defendant "td not kick the plaintiff, that she was a frequenter of 0331110 es and other dancing rooms, and that the defendant was not the Oil admitted to the closest f ~. • y person who had been arnioarities with . Mr. Geezew o replied • I OD at consielerab e length. Mr. Baron 411 s looking at ~1 TIN left it t o th e j ury to say w h e th er , Placed before them, whole of th e ev id ence wh i ch had b een them, they were satisfied that there had been a greater atnount of force u se d b y t h e d e f en d ant to plaintiff fro m • his chambers, in the way and under the was fairly circumstancesand dre which they had heard, than case it would be tat:onably necessary. If so, then in that a elf. duty to find a verdict for the plain tiff with such an she was e n amount of damages as they might con sider The jury, after some o. i et COUSULtGraOII returned a verdict for the plaintiff--duaages 104 P POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. The conductor of an omnibus was charged by the so licitor to the Excise with having taken passengers into his carriage and driven into the city from the West-end without having a licence. The driver and conductor are, in cases of this kind, considered to be both liable to heavy penalties under the sth and 6th Victoria. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, appeared for the defendant. G. W. Shaw (officer of Excise) said, at four in the afternoon I saw the defendant driving an omnibus which had no plates. Th• vehicle was full inside, and there were nine or ten outside. The defendant went along a devious route through Leicester-square, Long-acre, Drury-lane, Wych-street, and Temple-bar to Cheapside, and plied fur passengers all the way. I went into the omnibus and paid 6d. Mr. Lewis admitted that the plates wore not exhibited, but said he could show that their absence was caused by mere accident, and that there had been upon the part of the defendant no intention to evade the duty or to vio late the law for any purpose whatever. A coachman who had driven tee omnibus on the day before that on which the complaint was made, said as he was driving along on the former day he observed that one of the horses had a wound upon it which ren dered it unfit for such work, and he accordingly unhar nessed it, and sent it home to the depot. at the same time removing the plates from the oinnibu-, to show that he could not take any passenger; that next day, by the merest accident and in the immense hurry of business arising from the Great Exhibition, he had forgotten to put in the plates and happened to come in the way cf the Excise effiuer, who, finding that there was an over sight upon the part of the servants of the omnibus pro prietor, was determined to prosecute the case. Mr. Bateman (from the office of the solicitor to the Excise) submitted that all that was necessary was to prove the violation of the Act of Parliament, end that had been distinctly proved. Mr. Lewis submitted that a magistrate in convicting under such circumstances would decide in opposition to the spirit and meaning of the Act altogether, which never was made to punish an accidental omission. Mr. Bateman said if excuses were to be allowed in such cases there would be plenty at hand upon all oc casions. If the magistrates were to listen to such apo logies for missing plates as that they had been lost or stolen, why they would be lost and stolen every day, and there would be no use in an Aot of Parliament at all upon the subject. The Loan MAYOR—No doubt of it. I convict the de fendant in the penalty of 101. He may, if he please, pe tition the Board of Excise in mitigation, but I have no thing to do with that part of the question. The defendant requested to be allowed to go out and procure the 101.; but The Loan MAYOR said it was his duty to see the pe nalty paid, or to sentence the defendant to imprisonment fur three months. He wished all persons connected with omnibuses to be very cautious in attending to the Acts by which their carriages were regulated, as he and his brother magistrates had determined to let ❑o case which might be proved before them escape with im punity. The defendant paid the 101. penalty, and said that he would petition the Board of Excise in mitigation. WORSHIP-STREET. Michael Butler, a powerful fellow, of notorious cha racter, was placed at the bar for final examination, be fore Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with having broken into the dwelling-house of Mr. Henry Bateman, a wheelwright, in Holy well-lane, Shoreditch, and with having also assaulted and wounded the prosecutor, with intent to murder him. The offence was committed on the 10th of February last, when the prosecutor, on returning home from an evening party at a late hour, discovered the prisoner and anintier man secreted at the rear of the premises, both of whom instantly set upon him, and after beating him unmercifully with the butt-end of a horse-pisiul and life-preserver, with which they were respectively armed, and inflicting numerous severe wounds about his head and other parts of his person, succeeded in Of. cting their escape over the rota of some adjoining out-houses, and had ever since eluded pursuit until about ten days since, when the prisoner was traced by the police and taken into custody. The depositions of the several witnesses having been completed and read over, The prisoner was next charged with having been con cerned, with another man not in custody, in the follow ing murderous assault and robbery upon an aged widow, named Elizabeth Hussey, living in Mulberry -court, Wh• techapel. The prosecutrix stated that at about five o'clock in the evening of the 19th April lest, the prisoner, who was accompanied by another man, called at her house, and stated that they required the attendance of her son, who is an itinerant musician, with his violin at a rand which was to come off that evening, and that he would receive ss. for hia services. She invited them into the parlour to receive their directions, as her son was not at home, and one of the men having insisted upon providing some liquor, another woman who was with her was sent for it, and as soon as she had left the prisoner inqu►red if there was any other person in the house, which she answered in the negative, and then asked her her age, which she told him was 65. The instant the words were uttereu the prisoner sprang upon her and grasping her by the throat, flung her down upon the fluor, where he held her fast while the other man forced his hand down the bosom of her dress, from which he abstracted a bag con taining two sovereigns and a quantity of sil►er, with which he er,caped ieto the street; but the prisoner con tinued holding her down, and compressed her throat with such violence that she entirely lost her senses. She did not recover consciousness till nine o'clock in the even ing, when she felt herself in a state of extreme suffering and experienced all the effects of strangulation, which confined her to her bed, where she remained for a con siderable period under medical attendance. A married woman named Rosina Flaherty, who was present at the time referred to by the last witness, was also examined, and gave similar positive evidence to the prisoner being one of tho men who had perpetrated the outrage. Fornsal evidence of former convictions was then given by a retired police sergeant of the G division, named Cross, who was present at the prisoner's trial and con viction for highway robbery in October, 1846, at the Central Criminal Court, when he was sentenced to seven years' transportation, which was afterwards commuted to twelve months' imprisonment; and also of a second conviction for felony, and sentenced to a similar period of incarceration in the month of January, 18411. The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was fully Com mitted for trial upon the first charge, but was ordered to be again brought up in a week for the completion of the depositions in the second case. TRAMES. C♦PTURE OF ♦ BORGLAR.--John Shaw, carver, 3, We;t-street, Globe-fields, 23 years, was charged with loitering about Washington-street, Bow-common, with intent to commit a felony. As he was talking to Mills, 30 C, a detective officer, on Saturday evening, Sergeant Smith, 28 K, also a de tectivo, detained him, as he was well known, to see what he had, and telt his pocket, which evidently contained keys, whereupon the fellow snatched away his cow, threw off his hat, and took to his heels. Finding he gained ground, the sergeant called out "Stop thief!" when a man dressed es a butcher caught him by the Elephant and Castle—a distance of nearly half a mile. The street was a very dull one, through which you would scarcely meet a person passing in an hour. At daylight next morning Sergeant Smith and Mills found six skeleton keys and a "jemmy" withi❑ ten 3 ards of where the prisoner bad been stopped. Sergeant Smith heard a rattle as of keys during the chase. A person who bad engaged the prisoner, not knowing his cha racter, had been robbed of 201. or 301., but the offence could not be brought home. Nineteen duplicates had been found at his lodgings. Mr. Pelham, for the defence. cross-examined the officers with great dexterity, hut could not elicit anything favourable to the prisoner, and Mr. Imatiest sentenced him to three months' hard labour, directing Nwgeant Smith to see to the duplicates, SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Poet-offer by the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] When made up In F rom what PLA.CES. General Post-aloe port din. When London. patched. due. 41.1•••••••,....... .............,...,.,,,,...... , .................... America (by Brit. pkt.) N Jane 27 .. .. Liverpo o l • • July 5 America (by U.S. pkt.) N •• •• Liverpool • July 2 America (by U.S. pkt.) 51 July 2 •• •• S3outtuunpt. June 26 Africa (West coast ).. N 14th of the month Plymouth July 3 Alexandria* • • ...... N 19112 & 30th of mo. Dover .. June 28 Belgium • . .. .. N Daily .. .• .. I)over .. Daily Brasil .. • .. 51 9th of the month Sonthampt. July 12 Buenos Ayres .. .. Al 9th of the month Southampt. July 13 Callfornia(viaChagree)sl 2d & 17th of month Southampt. July 5 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. Ju y 3 Constantinople' .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. .1 une 30 Central America .. Id 2d k 17th °limn Southampt. July 6 Channel Wes .. .. NiMon., Wed.. & Fri. Southampt. Tit Th.da Chill .• .. .. .II 17th of the month Southiunpt. j July 20 France . .. .. M& N Twice daily .. *.. Dover .. 'Tv/modally Greece* •• .. .. N 7th 17th27th of mo D over •• June JO Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday Lond on .. T. Sat Molland .. •• .. M Wednes. & Satan Louden .. sfiiuTkri Honduras .. .. . N i 17th of the month Southamp t. July 20 Ireland .. •• M& Ni Twice daily .. .. ill ., olyhmul .• 'I w i ced a il y i India (viaa(va s S r o a ti rse tli tn am es p i ) 3l N ' 7 2 l o h t ,t h o u f th th i e rm at o o n n th th ll so o n r th er atap . t : i July July :3 Ifediterranean (via i Southampton) • • 3L,2oth of the month Sonthampt. July 23 fediterronean (via / Marseilles) .. .. N7th&l4tls ofmonth!Dover - ••July I Nalco •• •• •• 312 d of the month..lSouthampt. July 5 . i iti acl t e a t . ra .... ...• .....2f f 17. 9 at t h h i o on f tht t il h o, e ir9 m nith o o, n n2 t t p hth ilo p uth oy a e m r pt. J .T_ un ul y 12 e _23 France M& N Greece* Hamburgh N Holland ~ .. Honduras , . N 1 Ireland .. 34 &Ni India (via Sonthamp.) India (via Marseilles) Mediterranean (via Southampton) • • it _ Mediterranean (via Marseilles) N!7th&24tii ofmonth, Mexico 312 d of the month.. kladeira • • • • .. If,9th of the month ' Malta* .• •• X filth,l7th,l9th,27th, &30th of month Naples* Nisth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. IJuly 2 Papal st a t es * N,511115th 25th ofmo'llover ,July Peninsular.. .. M; 7th 17th 27th of ow Southampt. ;Ju ne 26 Peru .. 31.17 th of the month ,Southamot. I.Tuly 20 Tuscany* N sth 15th 25th of mo'Dover .. :July 2 West Indies .. 31 1 17t3 of the month iSoutharapt. July 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month .. iSouthanapt. /July 5 * The mails to those countries thus marked ( 0 ) are conveyed by French racket ir! 4 Marseilles . CaLzroama.—Malls to and Prom California, ria the United States are now despatched and due by every American packet. THE LA NGUAGE OF Y OUNG L.ADIES.—_ The Rev. ScPol belt', in an add ress b e f o , e th e S ew b ur y por t F emi l e ho, which has b een pu bli s h ed, enlarged upon t h e use A. ea of exaggerated, extravagant forms of speech,—saving splendid for ',etre, magnificent for handsome, horrid . or b t r h e e a y a t h h a had met ea pe s7hitand horrible for unpleasant, immense for large, thousands or myriads for any number more than two. " Were I," he says, " to write down, for one day, the conversation of some young ladies of my acquaintance, and then to interpret it literally, it would imply that, within the compass of twelve digressing mpaorsseedmt experiences, had seen more imposing spectacles, a h r r v o e u l g lo h us m a o d re . had endured more fright, had enjoyed more rapture, than would suffice for half a dozen common lives." ventures endfourteenhours, h ai r The shipments of specie by the G angPs, which left for India on Friday, amounted to 81,0001. With the excep tion of 18,000/.. for Alexandria, and ,frool, in gold for Ceylon, being in bars an the whole was silver, 55, 4001. d ( 1 0 14, 3 for 4 Bombay, 5,6001, for Calcutta, cad 2,10i11. for Cl tin IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 23. The Lonn CLtNcaLLoR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock, SANITARY STATE OF THE METROPOLIS. The Bishop of LONDON wished to draw the atten tion of the Government to the sanitary state of the me tropolis, and to the necessity that existed for giving effect to the laws existing on the subject, and to the in troduction of (rash legislative measures. The Earl of CARLISLE said that the attention of the Government was directed to the subject. HIGHWAYS (SOU CH WALES) BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, Viscount HEREFORD opposed the third reading, as it was an exceptional Bill, introducing a species of le gislation for Wales different from that which existed in England. He reeved that the Bill be read a - third time that day six moethe. The Earl of CAWDOR defended the enactments of the Bill. Experience had shown that such enactments were needed. Viscount HEREFORD expl a i ne d . The Duke of RICHMOND supported the Bill. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE hoped their Lord ships would pass this measure. The Bill was tlen read a third lime and passed. A PPEALS. Lord LYNDHURST moved th a t i t b e referred to the Committee for Pri v il eges to consider and report what f to th b e e Master of t h e Rolls and other Judges of the cerypursued f or O b taining the attendance and ad course, having reg ar d to the privileges of this House, of Chan a ev o ice of h rot t He considered tha the on the h ear i ng of appeals, &e.Bill which had been introduced into the other Hove for the reform of the Court of Chancery affected the privilege s of their Lordships' House. fie understood that Bill had been drawn up by his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack, and it did him honour; he considered that Bill would enable his Noble and Learned Friend to get rid of arrears in the Court Chancery, It also provided for the attendance of quite,judge in their Lordships' House to be consulted in appeals. He had himself been always in favour of such a measure, and he w as sure that the propositiot would meet with, the approbation of the country at large ; but it would be for the Committee of Pivileges to determine how such attendance could be obtained. Certain he was, it ought not to be obtained through the medium of a Bill introduced snto the other House of Parliament. Such a course would be a direct invasion of their Lord ships' privileges. He therefore proposed that the matter should be referred to a Committee of Privileges, so as to have the question determined before the Bill should come up from the other Rouse. He admitted that it was most desirable to secure the attendance of equity; judges in their Lordships' House when their Lordenips were hear ing appeals, but tist advantage ought to be secured without any infringement of the rules of their Lord ships' House. Tie judges of the courts of equity were all Privy Councillors, and he proposed that in con ' formity with ancient practice, write of summons should be issued to them, commanding them to attend their Lordships' House, eR had formerly been issued to all Privy Councillors. Whether that writ should be issued by their Lordship' at once, or whether a short Bill should be introduced into their Lordships' Howse, wag a question which he would not take upon himself te determine; all he eould do would be to move that the question be referred to a Committee of Privileges. The LORD CHANCELLOR would not oppose the motion. He had drawn up the Bill with great care, and with Ise utmost anxiety not to in fringe upon the privileges of their Lordships' House. The enactments of tie proposed Bill merely placed the equity judges upon the same footing with regard to attendance on their Lordships as the common law judges. Lord LYNDHURST had no objection to the clause, he only wished to prevent any infringement of the privileges of their Lordships' House. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Bill only gave the power of summoning the equity judges. Lord LYNDHURST repudiated the idea of the House of Commons giving their Lordships power. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE considered it was a wise course in the other House to introduce clauses to make a Bill intelligible. Those clauses neither had the intention nor had they violated the privileges, because their Lordships could not say what would be the effect of awe clauses until the Bill should be before their Lordships. Lord STANLEY vindicated the course taken by his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Lyndhurst). The atteement of the Noble Marquis that it was not intended to pass the clause in the other House was all that his Noble Friend contens'ed for. The Duke of RICHMOND maintained that the House of Lords bed the right to originate money clauses. lie hoped that the clause would not be retained in the Bill, as he should not wish the Bill to be thrown out. The Marquis of LANSDOsVNE said that care would be taken that it should be excluded. Lord BROUGHAM hoped the example they were about to set would not be followed by the ocher House of Parliament in a similar case. When a Bill with money clauses was sent down to the House of Commons what, however. did they de? They were nut very likely to refer it to a committee of inquiry to ascertain if it was en infringement of their privileges ; they were more likely to take it for granted that it was an interference with those privileges. With respect to the important aubj-ct of the attendance of the Vice-Chancellors at the Reese he felt more strongly the advantage of that ar rangement. Nothing could be more entirely in accord ance with his views than to have the attendance of the equity judges. As connected with the appellate juris dictiou of the House he wished the matter had been in treduced at an earlier period. Lord LYNDHURS r did not want to defeat the clause, but to deal with it in a proper and constitutional manner. Lord BROUGHAM thought they ought also to'call in the judges of the Scotch courts in Scotch appeals: The motion was agreed to. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES. The Earl of CARLISLE moved that leave be given to t h e petitioners, praying to be heard by counsel against the Episcopal and Capituler Estates' Manage ment Bill, to be heard before the Select Committee on the Bill (whose petitions were presented on the 15th, 16th, 19th, 22d of May, and 2d, 6th, and 19th of this instant June). Lord PORTMAN said that the course proposed by the Noble Earl was unusual, and opposed to the rules of the House. Nothing could be more fatal to the passing of an important measure, in accordance to the princi ples of sound justice, than to hoar the antagonistic dis cussions of counsel, who were instructed by those having extreme views on the subject, and as a precedent it would be highly ineonvenient; for it they cdmi:ted counsel in those cases why not admit them in the case of any other future petitioners? He should say non-con tent to the motion, After some conversation, in which the Earl of liar rowby, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Duke of Richmond, and ether Noble Lords trok part, The Earl of CARLISLE consented, at the suggestion of the Bishop of Salisbury, to withdraw his motion, which was thereupon withdrawn accordingly. The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND presented a petition against the navigation-laws from shipowners; and others. REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES BILL. The amendments of the report ou this Bill were agreed to, the clause relating to maps, on the suggesion of Lord Lyndhurst, being omitted. The Bill was ordered to he r- ad a third tirn ,- , to-morrow (this ri VETERINARY SURGEONS' EXEMPTION BILL. This Bill psmsed tnrou,..h Committee. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COM .3i OPIS, June 23 The SPEAKER took the Chair at Fuur o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINES. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Dundee and Arbroath Railway. Liverpool Docks ( Alteration of Management, &a.) Monklend Railways. The following Bills were road a third time and passed; Brighton Extramural Cemetery. Caledoniatpßeilway (Motherwell Branch Extension and Losbulabagow Branches). London (City) Sewers. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Riil way. IitIETRUPOLI FAN WATER BILL. Mr. MOW A..r l' gave notice that to-morrow he should move, in the cas e o f t h e M etropolitan Water Supply Bill, that the standing orders be dispensed with, and in the event of the House agreeing to that motion, he should move that the Bill be read a second time. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Eccle siastical Titles Bill, Sir BOBER r HARRY INGLI-; presented a petition team Edinburgh, slimed by the Lord Provost, by the Moderator of the Gent•ral A•semnly of the Establiehed Church, by the Mod,r &tor of the Generel Assembly ut the Free Church, by 272 ministers, and by 4 877 other persons in Edinburgh and its vicinity, against the ad mission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Glasgow' against the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill. Mr. Ii ARBER presented a petition from Stockton on-Tees in favour of national arbitration. Mr. SCULLY presented a petition frota the millers of Tipperary, complaining of the importation of foreign Sour. Several petitions were presented in favour of and against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. SEW ER AGE IN sr. JAMES'S. Sir DE LACY EVANS put a question to Viscount Ebringtou, why the sewerage works in St. James's, Westminster, promised to be executed last year, have not been, up to the present time, execwed or commenced; and whether the suns of about 120,000/, proposed to be levied by a rate of sixpence in the pound, on the northern side of the Thames, is intended to coy r existing liabilities or to execute new works; and, if partly for the fue.mer purpose, how much of that, sum ,s proposed to be so appropriated; and whether it is intended, its has bt ea reported, that the parti , a retidieg iu the streets o: localities in St. Jatnes's, hitherto left without any sewerage, shall be subject to a special rate in addition to the rate of sixpence in the pound now in course of collection. Lord EBBING TON said that the reason why the works had nut been finished was, that it had been fuuud impossible to borrew mere than 10,000/., which sum was not sufficient to complete all the works. With regard to the sum of 120,000 L, a great part of it was to be applied to new works and part of it to the defraying of the current zpwas true that a spec i a l rate was teobeenlseevieditn certainly thmaaner proposed by Act of Parlia ment. WATER SUPPLY. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE called the attention of the Right Hon. Baronet the lioaae Secretary Le au actrertiseraent in the Times newspaper of this morning, containing a prospectus of a proposed water company, in which it was stated that the Government did not intend to offer any opposition to the Water Bill, which had been lately read a second time in the House of Commons and re ferred to a Select Committee. lie wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman whether any such assurance had been given by the Government? Sir G. GREY said the statements made in the adver tisement were wholly unauthorised. No communication which could justify the assertion had payed between the Government and the secretary of the proposed com pany. __ _ THE CORPORATION OF LONDON. Sir B. HALL moved for a return of the num ber and names (;f the different wards within the city of London, with the number of aldermen and corn mon-councilmen ; of the number of persons rated to the relief of the poor in each parish within the city of Louden; of the number of persons on the register of Parliamentary electors for the several years from 1645 to 1851, distinguishing livery. men from householders; and of the number of persons on the register of municipal electors for aldermen and common councilmen, from 1845 to 1851 (each ward to be given separately). —Agreed to. KIf,RUSH AND ENNISTYMON UNIONS. Mr. REYNOLDS wished to know why the returns ordered on the 11th of April in regard to Kdrush and Ennistymon Unions, had not been laid on the table? Sir G. GREY said he would communicate with Sir W. Somerville, and a-certain the cause of the delay. INVENTION FOR PERFORATING POSTAGE STAMPS. Lord NAAS as k e d the Secretary of the Treasury whetner the machine for perforating the sheets of postage labels, which was furnished by the patentee to the Commissioners of Stamps in the year 1849, had been found to answer the purpose for which it was intended; and if so why perforated postage stamps have not been supplied to the public, in accordance to the terms of the arrangement entered into between the Commissioners and the patentee—viz., that he was " to furnish thee machine on the understanding that he was not to be repaid the cost thereof, or to re ceive compensation for his invention until the plan was brought into successful operation, or hid received the unqualified approbation of the public ;" also, whether the perforated postage labels which had teen in use in both Houses of Parliament for the last three months have been supplied by the patentee, or in the usual way by the postmaster of the district. Mr. C. LEWIS begged to state, in the first place, that the invention to which the Hun. Member bad alluded had been tried, and had been found to succeed, and in con sequence of that success a certain sum of money had been awarded by the Treasury to the inventor, partly as a reward for his invention, and partly as some compensa tion for the coat of the machine. However, Mr. Archer, the inventor, was not satisfied with the amount awarded to him, and he declined to accept it. Under those cir cumstances the department of Inland Revenue did not think themselves justified in making any use of the machine, and particularly as the inventor had intimated his intention of removing it. The machine, therefore, remained in the ffice, and no use had been made of it beyond this —a certain number of sheets of perforated postage stamps had been furnished, at the requst of the inventor himself, to the gentlemen in the library of the House of Commons, and also to a postmaster in Bridge street, Westminster. COLONEL ROSE. Mr. URQUHAR r asked it the Government would produce the Treasury minute, on which a compen saiion of 1.8201. for the lose of half-pay was made to Co lonel Rose, while Consul• General in Beyruth? Mr. C. LEWIS said there would be no objection to produce the Treasury minute. MR. DISRAELI'S RESOLUTIONS. In answer to Sir B. HALL, Mr. DISRAELI said he had not yet settled the points on which he intended to take the opinion of the House with regard to the financial arrangements of the Go , vernweet; but he would probably be able to lay a copy ~f his resolutions on the table to-morrow evening. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. On the question that the preamble be agreed to, Mr. WALPOLE rose to move an addition to the pre amble, and in doing so he observed that it was suppcsed chat there was considerable ambiguity in the exist ing law bearing upon the subject, which this Bid embraced. For his part he thought there was nu ambiguity whatever in it. The law wss clear and dis tinct, but as some ambiguity had been suggested, it was right that they should attempt to remove it, so as to mak the law as plain and distinct as possible, and the best way to attain that object was by making some alteration in the preamble to this Biil. That was one of the reasons which induced him to propose this addition, but he bad another and a very important reason for moving this amendment. It was highly desirable thet this Bill should be rendered effective. Now the only way to do that was to make the preamble an unequivocal protest against the recent aggreseion of the Pope. It was not necessary that this Bill should be a retaliatory act upon the Pope, but the preamble might be so worded that it should form an energetic protest against all future aggressions of this character. and tench the Pope that his aisumptiou of ecclesiastical authority in this country was illegal in fact as well as in law. He therefore wished to propose an addition to the preamble, which, after declaring that this kingdom was and had been at all times so free and independent that no foreign prince, prelate, or potentate hsth or ought to have ea:) , jerisdiction or authority, either spiritual or temporal. withia its realms, would go on to specify the law in defers words:_.' And whereas the said brief, rescript, or letters apoetolicel, and all such or the like, acts or matters touching the Queen, her crown, her regality, .and the realm, and the pretended constitution of a hierarchy of bi,hops named from sees and with tities derived from places belonging to the Crown of England, and the assumption or use by any person other than the person thereunto authorised by law, of the name, style, or title of archbishop, bishop, or dean of any city, town or place, within any part of the United Kingdom, are usurpations and encroachments in manifest derogation of the Qaeen's authority, and against the spirit and intent of the said statute of the tenth year Of King George the Fourth, and such usurpations and encroachments ought not to be allowed to ripen into usage or to obtain the sanction of time and custom." Mr. MOORE remarked that up to the year 1829 Members of Parliament were obliged to s wear t h at they believed th a t no foreign potentate bath or ought to have any authority, spiritual or otherwise, in this country; but by the Act of 1829 that oath was virtually abolished, and he should contend if the Committee udepted this addition that they were repealing the Catholic Relief Act by a side wind. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL did not think there was any necessity for making this addition to the pre amble, which as it now stood would accomplish all that was required.—(Hear, hear.) Everything which had been sanctioned by the Committee in the clauses had its corresponding part in the preamble, and he thought, therefore, that no advantage would be seemed by the Hon. and Learned Gentlemea's preamble. No addition would be made to the Protestant securities by it, neither would it at all confirm or alter the law. There was one change in the preamble which was absolutely for the worse. The preamble of the Government Bill declared that certain of her Ma jesty's subjects had taken upon themselves these illegal titles, but the preamble proposed by the Hon. Gentle man began by asserting that the Pope bad erected cer taia sees and so on. Now, if we had to quarrel with the Pope, a foreign potentate, it must be done by diplomatic means, and not in the preamble of an Act cif Parliament, which dealt only with her Majesty's subjects. It seemed to him that there was not one aloe talon proposed by the Hon. Gentleman which were improvements to the Bill. Be could not conceive what good could arise from the addition of half-a -dozen words to a preamble which W 43 already precise and clear. Mr. BANKES considered that tho Hon. Member for Mayo had wren a good reason for the adoption of these words, for he stated it was his opinion that the spirituel jurisdiction of the Pope in this country was a right which might be queiviened. It was requisite, as wed for the safety of Protestants as Roman Catholics, that they should clearly understand the principle on which the House legislated. Should any of the amendments which were how on the paper be agreed to, it would then become necessary that 4 more s:ringent and nifire satisfactory preamble should be passed than the preamble as it now stood. Lord J. RUSSELL said the question for the Commit tee to decide was whether the present preamble was suit able to the climes that had already been agreed to. For his part he thought it was, and he could see no reason for impeetiee words into it that might hereafter lead to to alt,- conridera th ble difficulty. Unless the C omm i ttee proposed one was not prepared r e Act of 1829, to which he con f essed he for do, be obtained by this introduction of o these obj• wor e would he thought (he present prea s , and as mble was amply suf fi cient t o meet the purp oses o Bill, he ahould certa i nly vote against the amend ment. Mr. NAPIER raid the oath in the Act of 1829 bad been originally taken from the 13th and 14th of Geor 111. in Ireland. Th e di stinction between the (Atha takenge by Protestants and Roman Catholics had been made to relieve the conscientious scruples of the latter; but the amendment proposed by the Hon. Member for Midhurst neither touched nor created any doubt which any Hon. Member might feel, but would rather have the effect of dispelling doubt. Now although a good deal of time might he said to hare been consumed in those discussions, he could not think it ought to be considered wasted if they could at last come to a clear understanding on that Bill.—(l.lear.) The opinion of Sir Edward Sugdeu, re lative to thoae oaths, expressed at a public meeting in Surrey, he conceived was sufficiently , explanatory, and coming from such an authority, that opinion could not be controverted. (The Hon. Member here read an ex tract from the speech in question, in which there was a contrast drawn between the two (whs.) In the Act re- Ow k ing the diplomatic relations with Rome the li n ks ef Wellington had been careful to introduce a pro vis o tby pro serving all the origins! Acts in their i_ht t eff i r s i , w`lien the poar,:ra of the sovereignty r coun try wore secured. With respect to the t itle o b of Elisabeth. the Church, that had been obk coed t o head of Tne cpccial statute of had nev er been l Henry VIII, oparnan lase in fore, in Ireland, although the ,n. preserved the right to the Soverei g n. There present , o T t he t r . o e ought to be no confusion about the met' nce bet Act —no m is un d erstan di n g He thought t h ere was no involve d in the amend ment the words and the principle su bstantial whatsoever d differe nce relative to between the of the Hon. an d L earne d Me m ber t for Midhurst an d the ; but the Hon. M ember's amendment had this advantage, that it was not framed Member's for an o th e r Act. —(1101o, . 1 The Hon. Meopwrinheicihplewiarst the amend ment also pointed too aPaasr2 w t i l; oe ui l3 " ETr ff , r ill :.' n t: c out distinctly. Teem was, of th e Government preamble or other parts o f th e st bleb was not contained in the womb of the ancient constitution of this country.—(Hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would make only one observation in reply to the Hon. and Learned Gentlemae. It would seem that some dpubt had been raised by the Act of 1829 as to the power possessed by foreign princes or potentates. Now he (the Attor ney-General) would admit of no such doubt. He could not agree with the Hon. Member for Mayo on that point. He denied that there could be any doubt as to the constitutional declaration which was required to be made, and therefore he could not see why they should introduce into the preamble of the Bill anything which would admit that there were doubts on the subj.-eh If there was no substantial difference, as the Hon. and Learned Member for the University of Dublin said, be w r the ea m le preamblesome thin; e . at:eietnstottol. pwrhoyposiendtrodamuceendimnteont th a at nd p thing unnecessary, that might be offensive to the Roman Catholics? That was not the act of a part of the Le gislature, but the united act ot the entire body, com posed as it was of Roman Catholics as well as Protes tants. He would therefore put it to his Hon. and Learned Friend whether it was worth his while to in troduce words which might hurt the feelings of his Roman Catholic tellovv-countrymen, and be of no use to the 13 (11?—(Hear.) Mr. MOORE explained that what he intended to say, and did say, was, that many believed the Act of 1829 was meant as a recognition by this country that Roman Catholics might, without any infringement of their loyalty, believe in the Pope's spiritual authority in this kingdom.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. GRAT fAN said the cause of all the confusion in which they were involved was this--that they were at tempir g to legislate as a Protestant Parliament, upon Protestant principles, for a Roman Catholic people. At tempts had been made to do the same, which had sig nally failed, by men of greater eminence than those wrto now made the attempt. For his part he regretted that the Government had involved themselves in such a mea sure as that they were then discussing. At all events the system of legislation which they were pursuing to wards Ireland would, ere long, reduoe it to such a con dition that few would wish to live in the country, and it would be hardly worth retaining as a possession of the Crown. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Walpole's amendment ... 131 Against it ••• 140 Majority aga i nst the amendmen Mr. WALPOL E said the preamble, t as it then stood, contained no distinct statement of the proceeding against which the Bill was spatially directed. Lard J. RUSSELL said be thought that in the pre amble, as it stood, there was quite enough to show what was the reason for the introduction of the measure. Mr. WALPOLE said that the preamble contained no distinct statement cf the illegality of the brief. Ile should therefore move, at the end of the preamble, the following words:—" And also to constitute within these realms, contrary to the laws and customs thereof, a hierarchy of bishops named from sees, and with titles deri ve d from places within these realms." Lord J. RUSSELL said he believed it might be easily understood that it was intended to erect such sees, and he could therefore see no necessity for the introduction of that amendment. Mr. DISRAELI said he thought that nothing in the Act should be learned by implication. He believed that the proposed amendment would effect a necessary im provement in the preamble, Tee Committee then divided, and the numbers were— For the amendment... ••• 117 Against it ... ... •.• •-• 141 Majority against the amendment ----24 The question having then been put, that the preamble should stand part of the Bill, The Committee divided, and the numbers were— For the motion Against it ... ,•• 200 39 Majority for• the mation ~, —l6l Tho House then resumed amidst considerable cheers and laughter from the supporters of the Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL said he proposed to take the con sideration of the report on Fliday ; and on Thursday he would take a Committee of Supply. THE OATH OF ABJURATION (JEWS) BILL, The House having resolved itself into a Committee on this Bill, Mr. BERNAL in the chair, Sir R. 11. INGLIS said, that although his objection to the principle of the Bill remained uaaltered, be had no amendment to urge against its details in Committee; and he should not, therefore, occupy their, time by any protracted discussion upon that occasion. The first clause, which is also the only clause in the Bill, having been put, Mr. PLUMPTRE said he should follow the course taken by his Hon. Friend the Member for the Univer sity of Oxford, and not divide the House in that stage of the Bill. A majority of only 25 Members in a House of nearly 400 had affirmed the principle of the measure; and he trusted that that fact would not be lost sight of in another place. He protested against the Bill as most painful and uflensive to the people ot this Chris tian country. Mr. WALPOLE was understood to say that the Bill would place the Jews in a more favourable positioa than Roman Catholics with reference to their capacity to hold various icuporsant c fficss. Colonel :Aar BMW said the Bill would render neces sary more special arrangements with respect to Settle slay sittings and the reeding ot prayers in the House. He did nut believe the Noble Lord at the head of the Government cared one farthing for (be religion of the country. Sir R. INGLIS thought the Committee were entitled to some explanation from the Goverement with refer ence to the point raised by the /lon. and Learned Mem ber for Midhurat (Mr. Walpole). The SOLCITOR-GENERAL said the exclusion of Roman Catholics from certain offices did not rest ou re ligious, but simply on political grounds. The course of legislation had recognised it as an established priaciple that attachment to particular religious opinions as a matter of conscientiou s belief should not operate as an exclusion from civil privileges. The reason why Roman Catholics were excluded from certain offiees was, there fore, he repeated, purely political. The Crown, by the Act of Settlement, must be vested in one who was not a Roman Catholic. A Roman Catholic could not pre sent to a living, but a Jew could. A Jew was entitled to all the privileges of a British subject, and was only excluded from Parliament by an aceident. A case involving the right of Jews to present to a living came once before Lord Eldon. A living in the city of London, which was elective, hiscatne vacant, and the question arose whether Jews had a right to vote in the election; and it was decided that Jews had the right, though Roman Catholics had not. Mr. HUME thought the Noble Lord entitled to great credit for having brought this subject forward again and again, and hoped he would press it forward, for it was only an act ef justice. Mr. NAPIER said the Hon. and Learned General had had observed that the exclusion of the Jews from Parliament was owing to the accidental insertion of cer tain words in an Act of Parliament, but those very words ohowed that the Legislature of that time assumed every Member of the House to be a Christian.—(Cheers.) They had f or months been contending for the earthly supremacy of their Sovereign Lady the Queen; but here was a Bill calling in question the sovereiguty of our Lord and &venire Lord J. RUSSELL said there was no doubt that they were perfectly right in doing everything they could to promote the Christian religion and spread Christianity over the earth, but hetnuch doubted whether Christittaity would derive any force from civil persecution—(gear, hear )—and it appoared to him that to exclude from effice and the Legislature loyal sutaects of h er M • .jesty On ac count o f their religio °pillions was a sp ec i es of Christianity. persecutio n not conformable with th e principles of Mr. NEWDEGATE asked, whether in the election of clergymen to the Cures of this country it would be de cent or fit to invest with any authority those who rejected Christiaeity from its very tounds,iimi? They might de pend upon it that if thiu Bill should pass a great change de iv the feeling of the people of this country towards that House would inevitably follow, Mr. REYNOLDS denied cleat there was any proof of the existence of that feeling to which the Hon. Member had referred. Where were the petitions and bl meetings to prot est against the admission ot the Jews t ico Parlituni-nt? It 'sciatic!, he c Juld answer for it, the feeling was almost unanimous in faveur of the emancipa tion of the Jews, and he might observe that out of 37 Roman Catholic Members in [hat House, all but one had voted in that Bido on every division. Colonel THOMPSON thought the oath should be modified so es to allow a Member to be sworn on the Old Testament, taking the oath on the true faith of a believer in the Ohl Testament, The Bill then passed through Committee andwni reported, all ordered to be read a third time on Friday next. Sir. R. INGLIS expressed a hope that it would not be brought on at a time when it was impossible to dis cuss it. Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that he would not bring it on late at night. The Hous,, resumed. The Court of Chancery and Judicial Committee sill was read a second time. vote of 3;0,08300n:11.i:: KAFIR WAR. The adjourned debate on bringing up the report of the Committee of Supply was then resumed. the the first instalment towards the expenses of the Kafir Mr. EIUME protested against war, which in his opinion was attributable t o management alone. They to amerce this old scarce! form h y an estimate, without the slightest advaora z ,, • country in an anaount of which they co to this country or the Cape. He entreated th e . lt el. ni,:hte E. , 0 Lord at the head of the Government to review ethe.Ndehcii9- sion to which he had come a fewponsibi .e Government to to be b e t :e n t put , and allow raid a h i theed totterss colonists much at patent twt ha g se r flat t Cafein g i I noon to oppose the vote., It was hard that this ocfouittitrlvy shoo d be called upon to Cape. The Noblo BLnioridth had a responsible support the expenses dr that might have been avoi,ted if th. , y s h u e r e a s e i d by th t a h t o S se ir Evf; vas altogether mistaen when Government at the very commissioners that he had ap pointedad ben thwarted in k s is mea those gentlemen had Chown °Perea.'mi°l3; to aid him in h . the course which they h°a7l the It the P i Ox r cne d lit' u hn t e y t cs( t )pn o itr t ri a at k rt e n' ; The papers which he In Id in his hand proved that these four gelid .tnen, who were elected to fill the vacan cies in tho Legishtive Council, took a course th very reverse to a hostile one against Sir IL Smith. It was not, therefore, fair of the Noble Lord to make such a charge against these men. He believed hat of those gentl emen were at present in England, t and so two far from saying that they ware sorry for what t had done, a s t h e Noble Lord had stated they had he so y ex pressed themselves, they said, on the contrary, that if the thiag were to be done again they would not take any other course than the one they bad adopted. What were the facts ? The Governor, soon after he hid big speech upon the table, hended in fourteen reports upon different matters, amongst which were the_ supplemental estinestes of 1850, an d t h e est i ma t e s of 1851. Then came the bone of contention. The members referred to said they were not sent by w th h e a p t c w •o a p s le n t e o ce p%s vl an i y o e they refused t o procee d . T wo divisions, therefore, took pace, and th ese f our mem b rs, f i nding the Government csotnialstaitteuet'o or r he to Government, anythingrnen and _ but determined t o p ersevere, at once retired. To show tha t they were right in the course they took, public meetings were held whi c h approve d o f the course that had b een taken. There was another point of some importance- - namely, the probability of our being freed from the fur ther expense of m a i nta i n i ng the co l ony as far as regarded any warfare arising from the .. pos session of that co l ony. —(H ear, bear.) Pan". meetings were held a t w hi c h a d ec l arat i on was agreed to defray the expenses of any such wars if a constitution was granted to them. lie entreated the Noble Lord , it he had any regard for the state of the colony, for our finances at home, and for the p romo ti on of peace, net t ) allow any further delay to t a k e pl ace i n g ranting to n colony those institutions which, by letters patent, were promised them. He (Mr Hume) had prepared an amendment to add to th e vo t e, em b o d y i ng t h e v iews be had just e x p resse d ; but, for fear he would occasion any embarras sment to the Government, he would not press it. Lord J. RUSSELL did not know he could add any thingn to what he had s id upon a former occasion t o reference to this subject; but he would endeavour to make the views of the Government clear upon the t_Pfclre alluded to by the Hon. Gentl e man. The did not patent were granted in this country, but they presentative institutions was done in this wa g y r . " centaiu any complete details respecting these to be institu tions. They contained a mere outline, which w ee tilled up by the authorities at the Cape; when that line wit% filled up the representative constitutiont_ those not then immediately to be put in torte, but h try, details were to be sent back to this country, together with the ordinances that would be approvedy Letters ot, These ordinances were to be considered by the Government here, and her Majesty's Ministe t r b s ou as they to give such advice respecting them suitable) and conducive to the welfare of the colony. What happened on the occasion of these le_hter_s m pa h tent arriving at the Cape was this—Sir Smith instead of filling up Council by the appointment of its own noutine", thought it it would give greater weight to the deliberations the Council if he had a certain number chosen by election,the and thus to form a kind of representation even from . body through which the new ordinances were f to t b u. framed. Sir H. Smith, it appeared, was not very o! the vacancies in the Legislative nem in the result of these proceedings. Whatever mig ht . have been th e mot i ves of the four gen+lemen to whom h had alluded, a n d h e (L ord J. Rusecll) did not mean in the slightest d e gr ee to impugn their motives, they dtr_ fered so consid era bl y from the majority of the Council,e consisting of official memb ers as we ll as re p re sentatives for the eastern part of the colony, that, without consi dering whethe r t h ese d i fferences could be reconcile d , they left the Council, and the majority were left to dete r' mine amongst themselves what next was to be done. B y on the advice of th e law officers of the colony a nornmi,sstea was constituted, an d the proceedings of the Legislative Council cea se d. T he commission was to consider the whole of the details in respect to the representation or the colony. I t was evident that any further proceedings by this body would not lead to the result originally contemplated by th e G overnment, because they c ould not send home the ordinances in such a shape as would enable the Government here to take them into '3OO - and to send them back again for the purpose of their being put into force. Still lees could they ha ve done what the Hon. Member app,sred to think was practicable—namely, to put immediately in force in the colony a respectable eonstitutior. Teen cams the ques tion in refer ence to the representations he had made 01 the conduct of these four gentlemen. He wished to state that it he h a d g i ven any wrong colour to their mo tives—if h o h a d i mputed to there heroin:tents which they did not entertain, h e was exceedingly sorry for having so repres e n te d them.—(Hear, h ear ,) The author i ty from which he sp o k e was that of Sir 11. Smith himself, who thought that they h a d i ntended to resign before they' actually did so. (The Noble Lord here reed extra cts from Sir H. Smith's dispatches ot the 24th September arid the 30th November. 1850, in confirmation of what he had s a id.) Si r Andrew Stockenettean one of the tour members alluded to, said it was impossible to ; pro ceed then wi t h t h e estimates, or the ordinary business the Legislative Council. Now th ere was no thing whatever in the constitution to induce them to think that they were not to take into their consideration the ordinary business of a legislative council. The intention wes that any ordi nance they framed should be sent back h ere, and it approved of it was to form the groundwork of a representative institution. In the summons for the election of those gentlemen there was nothing implying that they were to serve only for the purpose of training a constitution for the country 8 9 , members of the L eg i s l at i ve Council. In the address o f these gentlemen, alluded to, to the Legislative Council, it stated that one of their principal oljects was to consider the formation of a representative constitution. That cl , arly implied that it was not to be their whole busi ness. They, however, thought that they ought not to consid, , r those estimates, and the whole proceedings of the Government w. re b rought to a stand. No d ou b t a large portiait of th e co l onists were in their favour; but he, believ e d t h at there was also a large portion who took an oppo s i te v i ew altogether. What, at all events, was clear was this —that it they had agreed to p.•oceed with the immediate business brought before them, and had drawn up the ordinances and sent them home, they would, before this time, have received that constitution they were su desirous of obtaining, and it would he now in tun term.. It was for that reason be was induced to say that these gentle-men must regret the cents() which they had take n. He was, however, sorry to hear that they did not regret the part they bad taken in the matter. Sir Andrew Stockenstrem was, no doubt, a gentleman who had for many years taken a deep interest in the afLiirs of the Cape, of which ho was a native. He (Lard J. Russell) had no doubt but that he formed most conscientious opinion of what his duties were. He, however, thought it was most unfortunate that these four gentlemen had acted in the manner described. It would have been much better if they had continued their ser vices in the Legislative Council and have submitted to the majority upon those points. There was great difficulty in proceeding in the matter here at home, inasmuch as they herd nut before them those official documents upon pfoerrmly einslterguicstleadtivtl Governor-Generalwh which c which they should proceed. Earl Grey had very pro eh e c o council u l dft on current business of the colony. The case was now some what complicated. As he bad before observed, the con stitutionb drawn up was but a mere outliue, and could not te renderedh effective until that outline was first filled up n he w t i im th e th t e o s b te Cape, anti afterwards approved of and sanctioned her Majesty's Government at home. Ile regretted thisstate of things; he thought it better that a represen tative constitution should he in full force at the Cape. Thereviere, no doubt, great temporary difficulties and great obstacles in the way of putting a constitution in force, n hen tho governor who was to be tho chief of Cho executive, and many of the inhabitants, who were necessary f ur i ts Eft wive operation, were now at a d i stancei defending the frontier f rota t h e aggress i ons enemy. But still he did not think it would he right that if the war were to continue for an in definite period, the representative institutions should be withhel ; for an indefinite. perhal.—( Hear.) Under such circumstances a constitution should be framed according to the test of their judgment. As to the second point of this great subject, he did not think that the Honourable Gentleman bad made it quite clear to the House what the nature of that prop. &lion was which his friends at the Cape wished to enforce, and to obtain the assent of this House to. The real fact was that this so-celled exten sion of the frontier was a move adopted for the sole pur pose cf defending the inhabitants and settlers in the colony of the Cape. It was not for the purpose of empire, There was no other advantage to be gained by this country by this move than to enable us to defend the settler, in that colony. He believe(' that there never was an opinion Si) gem rely entertained i n th e colony as to the best mode of protecting the lives and the the colonists as tbe propriety of &depth) graorrty of which was Of iginally proposed by Sir Bet taMid'Urban* that the former state of thinks it F ree - , that a vast number of fiefirs, Hell furnished happened turielahed with weapons of attack, made irrupij one upon the colonists and settlers. A t no many as 10 000 liare o wh , o time Chi re were as invading the c luny a t a mi . ) swQl l t all before them, went when the colonists least expected such au attack, farm-houses, cart y• end burned and destroyed the mg away the herds and murdering the settlers and th„ l , f • approved oe a mt'"'e. Sir 11 rjamin d'Urban de ITOtirirr, to eing beyoud the frontier, arid of en• g•mrere these eople through their chiefs, but stir! as Dia • • means we would Quasi subjects to the British Crown, by which be enabled to prevent these savage tribes from • be the colonists and settlers. That was the plan which they now adopted. It was not a 6 1" , c (if extension of territory. But Kafraria said if the people at the Cape, was a territory sepa rated from the Cape, which we were bound to defend and keep quiet with the money of Great Britain. Be must say he did not think that that was a very r esonablo pro poretion. It wan quite a deception for them to say, if we gave them a constitution they would defend their Own constitution from any aggression, and save this Country from the expense of maintaining any war. That offer appeared very tempting, but when we inquired further into it, it simply me ant this, that they would de feud that part of the frontier against which there w its no prospect of aggression, but would leave the country to defend that part where the inveding force was likely to be troublesome and upgreesive. That would be a most unprofitable bargain for us to mel te. His hope and belief was, that these differences would be soon brought to an end. No doubt they h, Py ought to have r ; presenta t ive institutions, 'which would generate greater zee! in the promotion of the interests of the coloey, and in defending the rights of the Crown; but, to surni ant immediate difficulties, the Government were compelled to ask for a voteoies, of money in order to carry the colony through its present coett an He believed that the Hon. Member for Montrose and himself had the same end in view however the might differ as to de tills, and he th ought Y the time wasnot fa disiant when they would agree even as to ther means to be adopted for bringing about t hose results w hich they all so much desired. The report was then brought up, and the resolution agreed to. THE SMITHFIELD MARKET REMOVAL BILL. The report, as amended, was considered and agreed to. The Guneoader Stores 1311 t went through Committee. On BILLS (IRELAND) BI * LL. On the motion for the Committee on the Civil Bills Mr. REYNOLD • S said there were several amend ments on PortIOLIN of the Bill. Re wished to knew what THE SUN, Sir W. the Select *et:ad vot( Sir D. Select Cot decisions n Mr. HE the Hausa Mr. FEE main:Mate Mr. GE agreed to The Co Fox Ag The elai Clauses Colonel ttnertion a the report. Clauses of the Bill, Clausu '7 Clauses Clause E The reu the Bill. 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