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tw. tt ,, k.,.‘ . - 'rh o t ; ' -- ...iK , .........„.........„ c . ~..,..,,,,----- .i ,,, - , an to fly t h a - t " L ottii.:Ai t x kir.' Raid that, althOUgh he did not. me , t e , Inc plaintiff was bound —a. by the strict la wof much was I,_ bo ti , d t u o ulittil to give notice es on bills of exchange —bin he was was to ri've malt in reasonat,le time. He did not think it t h e 34 sonable to suppose that a cherple ginn at Hounslow on bank er "Illd be expected to be presented the same da: , at the thr 8 ; and it appeared, therefore, that no loss had arisen tli::_g_ l l, the fault of plaintiff, as the money was drawn out of l ip ," 0 4 t ut the same day, and very likely before the cheque got Th e ?". Mr. Arnold had indemnified the defendant. Illtry is gave a verdict for the plaintiff. RAILw Ay c -IOMMIrrEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. CORNWALL RAILWAY. The Committee met at eleven o'clock in the Lord Chancellor's rao:nun'the Earl of Ellenborough in the chair. theniCh.i rl es Lemon , M.P was the first witness examined this ng— Knew the count; of Cornwall generally, and thought l y zn ilected line the bet practicable one. Several other l ilies had ;Projectru, „ but this he c ons id ere d t h e mos t f eas ibl e , an d, u nder cros' circumstances, a useful and a good one. 10 114 e4arn ined—Had heard the line would cross several creeks, uf_ which were navigable. to the Thremain, formerly representative for Cornwall, was adverse la f a under the consideration of the Committee, and rather Tvour of the central line. po2 enstasistg— Thought the line would answer all the pur uf the peel le of Cornwall. or co ; M P. for St Ives, thought the principal population pe, nwall would be much fit t edbene by the proposed line. The of St. Ives were in favour lo f: ""examin ed — Petiticns had been presented to Parliament lee r .°4 of the Bill, and one against it, from the inhabitants of St. ki:tr. hin-orthiunthesttihgeatliionne. the best practicable one, but had not gone Whiteworth, town.clerk of Plymouth, was next examined. (LEFT SITTING.) tItZ - -zrOltD, wolticksTamt, AND 177°X. h. VERI4.II.IIIPTON nzar.w.a.y. t.l Co • at eleven o'clock, Lord a MTEnttee resumed its sitting to-day . . At 0.-- aci ntlr in the chair, when the examination of witnesses was -,vceed with ford ll' : En gland . and Mr. George Hickman Bond, of Kingswin ttilw.:vre examined in corroboration of the evidence of traffic and The Y se adduced by the witnesses yester t d o ay th . e coal tree. evidence of the latter was principally 14, 4 % i n which he is engaged, and stated tharth fi e ne r d ailway on the thao o r i an ge would accommodate them to the south much better ir opo e ether proposed, and open up, at London especially, an o ton,ltoant Market for the disposal of coals, that might be taken radon et Id per ton per mile. 1 1 k r , w A itn ess was subjected to a very rigid cross-examination lvirnes';`,t'sTlN, with the object of showing that the estimate the ro ct. ' had formed of the expense of carrying coals was incor_ to ea Ile admitted that he did not know whether it was po i : e li c it:l . ! slity ~ a , _a als at the price stated, as he had never madeth fo r , ulation. The coals of Staffordshire he considered s e uperior iiiiintsehold ,- , -i-, r-r Poses to either those of Leicestershire or Derby -441 4,. -there was a quantity of coal sent at present by to 1217 Oxford, which sold at Kingswinford, for from ss. „ Il e(*) d t n he a 'n• The best was sold for 12s. theton. ..". ilt,... °t "Y what itsprice was at Oxford. What he wanted ,b p o ZPeting line for the purpose of coal traffic. That was It ~,..._d of his supporting the present Bill. shit: --"nined--.lts not true that Derbyshire or Leicester. berb: t Vs were superior to the Staffordshire coals. The price of 4 1t02 P1 0 14 e,t e°als W as ss. 6d or 6s per ton ; and hence it was ne „:".le r t h eb , r— nce the carriage . on ihe Staffordshire coal, in order to —n itt hot 4 Pete in the south with the former coal. Onthe bou nds oso if they had to pay Is. 7d. per ton for carriage. d attet ex t , " „t n lfe, of the route of country, of the places it touche "Icat v s ,•v, and of entrance into London, he preferred the r. L e r h e to scheme. f at , e ~. 4terlA Sheriff ef Worcestershire, and carpet manu ° 6 "-- n ICiddertainster was next examined. He employed Ifel,;'W et Kiddeerninste; or nearly one-sixth of the whole trade. In : P, fault' schemes of railway. He had examined them on the ‘ „ a scher. — ' Robe thro eh the country for the purpose. Taking ' v elterrC ell 13 e ugh seb, whore , he was decidedly in favour of the Great were many considerations kiattet Wear i ''' zi 's fav t o hough t t h h e e re other. As far as Kidder -14111, ion *talk obncerunrd o f the approach as well as the 'le tT . 'e Great e Western ' scheme were much superior to se, er , he L, and ll' in ham. The latter line crossed t,,-uttlract: ~.eroads in its a um roa g ch, and the station was in a low Tke re,,, antageous situation. " The other only crossed one . turn. 0? 1,, """, atkl ,a - 1 an y ." aPPrOaChed as near the town as possible without to D'h_kisehief t p Ti e witness then explained, by I, and their resCopeePmc "oltie t :' "' f ore th e respective advantages tlierelative paAtion of the two r and disadvantages. th k (LEFT SITTING.) —. Se ---------- RAILWAY. The en... °TTISH MIDLAND s'ash. tl -.obligee on this scheme, consisting of the Earl of Devon, s-too y an, the Bishop of Landaff, the Duke of Grafton, Lord ir, /f rA G , an . d Lnrd Charleville assembled this morning at eleven. i,7tett th -•ttualv briefly opened the case for the promoters, and wie r o ,L'aL the line proceeded from Perth, through Strathmore, to kb "I Of L. , Ini, .Orf ar v 'Of the i ,_ , passing by C upar Angus to Gl am i s . The new r and one would be twe n ty m il es, w hi c h was allail 'here, ' e n Miles ra i lway already existing would be addedtoit. li I begt r e bb partic ular engineering difficulties on the line, and the c lerebi e, the district which it traversed would be very con /Ir. 1,,_ beroly—a'ackeller was the first witness examined. He deposed ge. ,?2t l st ar :, !ri the traffic in coats, cattle, slate, lime, and potatoes, "' Of g,:, ". to be his firm conviction that the proposed line would ..a, advantage to the country. (LEFT SITTING.) • --'4; LONDON RAILWAY AND EXTENSION. nain,,,,t Co mmittee appointed by the House of Lord s . t e o t as ht ; kor nih e Illerits of this scheme assembled for the first time .t.tokrtit-itlttee,lneeNeos.it2teCdoenr Committee-room, attached to the House. a T he Brougham (Chairman), the r of "gh. Lord Sondes, Lord Gage, and Lord Hawarden. BilliQ.o staied the case for the promoters. The ob . Was o authorize the leasing of the West London that mY to the London and Birmingham Company, and to empower e tan '° l ,„ tu t'anY to co nstruct a branch or extension from the present lkin t ; 4 at the Kensington Canal Basin to the river Thames, at a , 11 thear Cremorne House, with a view of extending the traffic k,e,London and Birmingham and Great Western Railways. ~tiqtidder and Mr. Robert Stephenson proved that there no kleheer,infl di ffi culties on the line. It would be 1 mile 52 chains Ift t o, and would cost 60.0001. ' ig,• l ‘ li lls. the superintendent of the goods tra ffi c on the London to ,C 4n, ingham Railway, proved that the present want of access h 'gat line from Camden-town kept a good deal of traffic away ,: a k the line. At present the tra ffi c amounted to 165,000 tons -"kttally, and of that 40,000 tons went to the banks of the Thames. (LEFT llTTirio.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. TZNTERDEN AND RYE LINE. th e c C hairman, this morning, took his seat a t the usual hour, and ~„°ol rnit tee proceeded to th e cons i deration of the a b ove line. 14:. ° : first wittiest called by Mr. H ILDYARD ( on t h e p ar t of the rs of the line) was eo~ r ' Hicks , a merchant at Rye, who spoke to the difficulty of .i in 114 tkati on between th a t p l ace and other parts of the county, slith London. The required communication would h b e e Atht — PPlied by the proposed fenterden and Rye line, but t Ot ri ti c : r t d and Hastings lines, proposed by the South Eastern, and the It y „," Conapany's would give no accommodation to the people testorlCrn, beans, and peas were exported from Rye to G r it 41,,,, tve , ? P 001 , and other places. He raised a large quantity of .0 11,1 1 ., — , er ; and w ould send a quarter of what he raised to Lon- Uq e were an available railway communication. 4 era 4 n bon Mr D HILL on the art of the Ash. 'to flut th te • n"l4e a ltiali o ing. (Bright) line,. the witness st p ated that Folke. ° reat advantage over Rye, in the railways, and that %ford 1 %4 wo uld be inc rease d b y any such railway as the pro • Rod Hastings line. (LEFT 81171 INCL) GROUP NN. ,At tb -e sittin XI s IbING RAILWAY. to s tn . ' , II, o n th e of the Co mm it tee i t was announced that Lord ill Part of the Woods and Forests, had given his con in 44". t hne Passing through the C own lands, subject to certain F o , kt ran. s _ th e v`filent,. t, 4 ° of all ow i ng t i me for t h e completion of these libel: b eliev e it e . C ommittee adjourned until tomorrow. Lol l ,phd o ld u i the intention of the promoters not to carry the 'es ho e. 4 b° M, Where it will for m a junction with the Eastern , GROUP X. IRPORTANT T (IN DECIS__. • Th e n "SrOWL ZINES. ,olliift. . A : Poi nt ~.k , ( ee met at half.past twelve, and . retired t v o id c e o n n c s e id s e o r et„]",leb Was raised Att e ,. "" °Y 111 r. Cockb 'ea that th urn, B AR 4 consider b • Yesterday respecting the e v se h ad ie t ale time, Lord COURTENAY saidt le d , i ; irt evidence s r.ucted him to state that they had . come , h t a t o o t o t a fr h e e r r e C s s o o u l r :u h : ''l34 tt . b e Direct Northern Company were at liberty as Wou ld s ho w Ore veet ° k sectio, which nanndyererrtohres -' Part* being constructed. toil': tleeitto-fr:O'rro . migh t , 'iv._les who desiredinvalidate the section standing i n the Londonos. d e o rs i , . to which they intended Secondly, . thsat must , Mst, ansl that vi Morning of the points . wi 's not • at no evidence would be received of which notice taitt IP'en to-Mor el se 11°uldPcon . crlu°:ens' ely atter the itation o or r o t i h o e g ; an e d thirdly, that the Cm eeu to take evidence against the sectio d ns n li r• Aty 1i1t.% of said that he h 1 one ob.l though the of the Farring o y--. 4.•. a nd that ad . .. h s i n t r m e e e - t nerinefOnrel3jecl 17,itthi:y had a co k shuld, th t O o ty. e d r e e e s a i d on y ere not otherwise conjoined, evidence supplementary to that The me by Ur. Cochbu' r ° n n Y Ptarties were t the Lon ee d t on wi a t n h d l Y f o r. rk C lin k e t . , e corarn. ti z two, th :t r, te eo.. , 2 ,. en , ttt ) e_ sas Utterly irn 11 ' lt te ' * l Lion of the witnesses and the peculiarity v o a f lu th e e ; The nt • 4 gist • possible to hear the early portion of the , - .tilt -it spoke to the value of the land on the line. The e mtko • Was that Messrs. Padley and Moore who had valued the .totn th eotootne hundred and twenty.second mile- seven ti::,er Tre nt %es i v i.! ed that the total worth of the twelve s miles , inch they had surveyed, was 17,9491. to the (LEFT turrisc.) buTeR I - AND F LANDERS MAILS i t l ht R DU TCH FINANCE. 14,4,,a5!,11.1441nux, JULY 7.—The bulletin of the laws contains in a royal ordinance fixinat 5,035,20) ft r.ns, tp,sltal destined for the reimbursement of twenty-six new ?adeQat_the Pour -and-a-Half per Cent. bonds of the late t ° l.e Bate . The reimbursement is to take place on the .n. t ,est° ", after which day these bonds will cease to bear ili " the h 44 4, _ olders of the bonds which are to be rei t nl .. - Zvtin e iraLY Present themselves on the Ist of August aud 01 e t Artht.):l, at the office of the agent of the Minister of Finance e best of :`,ata, to deliver their bonds, with all the coupons, b ?vet), ormeh falls due on the Ist of October, 1845, on the de- Il t i ere st. W hich they will receive the capital, with four month's h 141.4 (lieerelelinister of Finance is charged with the execution of 111 : Ilan, , (Signed) WILLIAM. `The (Sig ned niter of Finance, , , like, " VAN HALL.' le R uss JULY 7.—A daring robbery was committed khit, it Y it eleven o'clock, while General Tom Thumb was I Nt s v p.g t in the hall of the Philharmonic Society. 'I he re t,t04,14:1 1 1 . er , "m Thumb had received from several foreign q k tchi rl er ,!.ln a box on a table near his chair ; an adroit thief, a i, el , 'N i t ! "18 ePPortnnity, stole a diamond pin and other arti t,"ht f e u at 2,500 francs. Happily the presents of the Pre hilit,° the United States, of Queen Victoria, of King Louis Mia; ( : fr , ef the Duke of Devonshire, and of the Countess , were not taken. A TT 4 11 4 I.eriin TO SIR ROBERT INGLis.--- or nail., , 44 .INT ."."."..'""'....". d B Yha n 1 44 " t li r g , at Lxeter-hall , whe, addressing the as, , ein . l , - ,rous p.irast. 1114,064 Simpon 's speech, winded to the nut, l 1 f,111,4,1 s Ystern of education" applied to the Irish lolltge ; , , 4 a ~ remarked that it ought to be called, not a " godless, Priestless system of education." ' Pin yti Drace' e, 313 n. ki. Eye,. Tr .tter , r , Claur: Quebec' 0, Al es. Penang' jape, a d gait ti, sailed Janei ro h tilt ch Y e° ' . us. GlaSg o " sth in Miranda, a n on t h e 0 becorn Av morn' istler 3b" w 1 311°5' k San("l ,on, Milv ;t. 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Dit f )0 0 :1401 DA tid. llLittle, selblifir, !wif e cha r d ie?, / onlp u- d road' I eel! le i id le lair „or igo;_d t ~ublisb. , Av g 4 0 niere hp 10 1/ ' r. ore° be sl i n the 08 >fore ti fie; r es to tre t e ( n the e 4 mplainie~l to ler of it , _"r., he fen , e ri i n etl. j o t° uip b oa t°f! satis f° tie' f t he 0 1 o mas t f . e dit t ote ic e th e rest ed .edi nt°' yerf te i n e to. to Pr r M g r h e ar ,tsiolyt h.:4e disc° DA I(.) e priet t ' i n 'oei _ lic e. - ie ; (Id piol 3d 0' iced r ece o t ' dele e joi it c" e iet e ve- 0 000 1 dell °l 01 4 ver ol tbs • , h e. be efi 151 odan t jj ge; le O P ' ow' Al e r beeP.deoc g be el l / f oo l , yer AP " ; bts / b' , o utlt the 6rw uß r t br :V g sa ne Y ° give ° Os TWE SUN, LONDON.;‘_TITURSDAY_EVENT:tNa,_ciirtTLY_IO, LAW INTELLIGENCE' • OF EXCHEQUER, Jul, 9 ( Nisi Prius Sittings in London, beforo the Lorin CHIEF BARON and a Sp , •ial, Jury.) HAYWOOD V. 31'1,0W I.E. Th:s cs a in volvett a =0,;. - -.e inirortanec between the compositors and ma-ter-t•rinters. n:tmely, wi - o.ther thc former, when working by " the piece," were entitled to have that description of printing work, known as " appeal cases," " cast up" at Eid. a thousand, or at 7d., the compositors con tending for the larger, and the masters for the smaller sum. The case was commenced yesterday, and resumed this morn— ing, at the sitting of the Court. After some witnesses had been examined on behalf of the plaintiff, The CHIEF BARON interposed, and observed that since the case ws opened last evening, he had given some consideration to the subject-matter the action, and it struck him as quite clear that the jury could do nothing more than decide whether the plaintiff we 4 entitled to the sum of 2/. or 3/ , for which this action was brought. Whether the compositors, as a body, should receive 7d. or Bd. a thousand, would remain as much an open gut stion after the verdict as it was before the action was brought. One of the jurors observed, that in his opinion no evidence had yet been adduced by the plaintiff to establish anything like a custom. _ _ The Lotto CHIEF BaitoN said that no verdict could pre vent the matters from refusing to give more than 7d. a thou sand to-morrow, or the workmen from refusing to work under Bd. The good sense of the matter was that the parties should mutually agree beforehand at what price the work nas to be done. Mr. MAaTtx, on behalf of the defendant, was ready to ac cede to any suggestion his Lordship might throw out. The Loan CHIEF BARON said the action, no doubt, was brought bona fide. It was a pity so much expense shenid have been incurred ; but, in his opinion, the proper course was to withdraw a juror. Mr. Sergeant TA LFOURD said, the gentleman who in structed him for the plaintiff was, in fact, acting for the body of printers, and felt a great difficulty in taking on himself the responsibility of adopting the Chief Baron's suggestion. In debted to, and as Ise might say, personally bound as he (Sergeant Talfourd) was to this body of workmen, he felt, after the intimation thrown out by the Learned Judge and the jury, that he could not refuse to accede to the sugges tion, and that lie might take upon himself the responsibility. With mutual expressions of respect and goodwill, a juror was then withdrawn, and an arrangement made for entering a stet processus in similar actions brought by other workmen against the same defendant. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUhT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) Gorge haler, was indicted for felo niously forging and uttering an acquittance or receipt fir the payment of ii, 145., with intent to defraud Abraham Wild:ly Roberts. Mr. CLARKSON said he had just communicated with his client, and as he could not hope to struggle success fully against the facts that were to be deposed to by the witnesses for the prosecution, he would, with the per mission of the Ceurt, retract his plea of not guilty. The plea having been recorded, . _ Mr. CLAnKsoN -- said he belieVed he should be in a position to show the Court by respectable testimony that the prisoner, up to the time of the transaction, had borne a most unimpeachable character. He believed he had been led away by other parties. 111 r. B(.DKIN reminded the Court that there were three ocher indictments against the prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON said he believed that the extent of the defalcations of the prisoner was not more than 131. altogether. Mr. Roberts said the amount was much larger than that stated by the Learned Counsel, but this was not so much the consideration, as the feeling that his duty to the public required him to prosecute in a case which he considered one of great breach of confidence. The pri soner was entrusted with cheques to pay the trades people, and his j ractice was to keep the amount and forge the receipts of the parties. The prisoner received a most exceW nt character when he came into his service, and he believed he hasi been induced by parties to bet upon horses and horse-races, and this had led him into difficulties. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he should consider what sentence ought to be passed upon the prisoner. Chades Chalk, 38, was indicted for feloniously killing and slaying his son, George Chalk. There was not the least evidence in support of the charge, and Mfr. Justice WILLIAMS directed the jury to return a verdict of Not Guilty. William Warren, 26, shoemaker, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Sarah Warren, with intent to murder her. The facts of this case have already appeared in our police reports. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS baying summed up, the jury found the prisoner guilty of a cowmen assault. The Learned Judge, after some appropriate observa tions, sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprison ment. Ai,thony Aldred was indicted for forging a receipt for the rum of 20'3., with intent to defraud Edward Cooper. It appeared that in June last the father of the prose cutor received a letter which purported to be written by his son, and in which he was requested to send hire a poit-office. order for 205., to No. 93, Tower-street, Blackfriars-road. The order was sent, and was proved to have been received by the prisoner, who signed the name of the prosecutor to it, and received the money. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and a previous conviction for felony having been proved against him, he was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Henry Lowden, a news- agent's boy, was convicted of uttering a forged request for the delivery of four quires of the Ph torial Times newspaper, with intent to defraud Andrew Spottiswoode. Thomas King and John Cow tnay were also convicted of a similar offence. Mr. Baron ALDERSON sentenced all the prisoners to be kept to hard labour for two years, but intimated that in the cases of Cnurtnay and King, who had received a good character. that some mitigation of the sentence might be granted. diary Calland, 19, was convicted of stealing a 10/. Bank of England note, the property of Marie Quentin, her mistress. She was sentenced to be transported for ten years. SURREY SESSIONS. Guidford, July 9. (Before Mr. Pucx LE and a full Bench of Magistrates.) Charles Henry Viscount Dillon was indicted for unlawfully assaulting George White, a toll-collector in London, on Sun day, the Bth ult. There was a second count charging the noble defendant with a wanton assault. Mr. Wallinger attended as counsel for the prosecution, which was instituted by the lessees of the turnpike trusts, in whose employment the prosecutor is engaged ; and Mr. Ballantyne and Mr. Knapp, on the part of the defence. Mr. Wallinger briefly stated the facts of the case, and then called George White, who stated that he is a toll-collector, and that on the night of the Bth ultimo he was engaged in col le,cting the Sunday tolls, at the Kent-street-gate, in the Old Kent-road. That about eleven o'clock on the night in ques tion he heard the blowing of a horn, and that shortly after wards a carriage and four, with lamps, came along, and on ar riving at the gate he called out for the toll. The gentleman, however, who was driving, paid no regard to the intimation, and as he seemed determined on passing through without pay ing, he k prosecutor) then seized the reins of the near-wheel horse. The moment, however, he did so, he was struck several times over the hat and on bis shoulders by the driver, who was Lord Dillon himself. The blows were very sharp, and he saved being struck in the face by holding down his head, and having two coats on at the time, he suffered no injury from those inflicted over his back. After having been assaulted in the manner described, the servant then got down from behind the carriage, and his Lordship said, " Pay him the toll, for he has got a good eight pennyworth." Prosecutor then let go the reins, and the ser vant, instead of paying the toll produced,a ticket, which he was told did not clear that gate. Lord Dillon then called out to his servant to give his name and address, after which the car. riage was driven through the gate, the toll not having been tendered at all. In answer to the CHAIRMAN, the prosecutor said, that when his Lordship found that he had hold of the reins he pulled up the horses, hut he (prosecutor) was dragged about twenty or thirty yards before the animals stopped. Mr. Walton, one of the lessees of the turnpike trusts, was called for the purpose of proving that the prosecutor was ap pointed by the Commissioners of Pavements, and that he had been for some years in the situation. An objection, however, was then taken by Mr. Ballatityne on the ground that it was not proved the prosecutor was a collector of tolls, as averred in the first count of the indictment, his appointment in writing specifying that fact not being laid before the Court. A long discussion ensued on this point, which was eventually decided in favour of the Learned Counsel's argument by the CHAIRMAN, who observed, that as the objection was held good, the defendant was therefore only liable on the second count in the indictment, namely, that for the common assault, and that the case was to be treated in the same way as that of any other person not a toll collector seizing the reins of the horses under the circumstances above described. Mr. BALLANTYNE said that his objection being ruled a valid one, he trusted therefore that the case would stop where it was, for he could assure the Court and jury, on the part of Lord Dillon, that his Lordship regretted the circumstances that led to the transaction, and that they never would hay. ' occurred had it not been for the danger to which he and his friends were exposed by the manner in which the prosecutor acted on the occasion. Mr. WA LLIN GE R expressed a desire on the part of the lessees that the case should proceed, their object being to protect the men in their employ irom treatment such as that experienced by the prosecutor. Mr. BALLA NTY NE then proceeded to address the jury on the part of Lord Dillon. He said the facts were that on the night in question Lord Dillon, who was driving his own car riage from Greenwich, on approaching the turnpike at a slow pace, and having no reason to suppose that a toll was to be de manded, on not pulling up immediately the reins of a spirited horse were seized by the defendant, and his Lordship merely did what any other man so circumstanced might have done, that was, to whip at the aggressor in order to make him let go and not cause a serious accident by his over zeal in the discharge of his duty. He (the Learned Counsel) had asked for the production of the prosecutor's written appointment, but it was withheld ; and if it had been brought forward, he had reason to believe that it would be then discovered that the lessees had no legal right to take tolls at the gate in question, which were only demanded on Sunday, when the tradesmen and other per sons who wanted a jaunt with their family were called upon to pay this illegal demand. The CHAIRMAN having summed up the evidence, the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and Lord Dillon retired from the Court with a number of his friends, who were anxiously waiting the result of the trial. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Yesterday Charles Robins, a groom, was brought up in the custody of Inspector Shackle and other fficers of the detective force, charged with stealing from the dwelling-house of Lord James Stuart, No. 6, White hall•place, a steel sword, a pair of epaulettes, a coat and cape, a dozen of soda water bottles, and other articles, the property of his Lordship, Lord James Stuart said - The prisoner has been in my ser vice as groom, and since he left. I have missed a gold snuff-box, having a miniature in enamel upon it, a very handsome steel sword, a French cane, several small silver articles from my dressing-case, such as those produced, and au old great coat, upon vltich was attschod a stuff opt). 'The (Tsui:3oes do - lid bolo sg to me, but are the property r f the Earl of Bute, who is col. reel of the Glamorgau.shire I`, Ir. JARDINE—Are you certain that these articles were mise e d the }tt isor. r was in your service? Presecutor— Tito , y intight inis,oel for any hi-•h that. I kno,t , but I s'' at. oilIG:41 Of the priswler, that I not ot)ly him a. gs:od chata-er to another place, but also gave him raore money than the wages due to him. John Ashton, sergeant of the Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards, said he knew the prisoner, and about the 9th of Ja nuary last saw him sell the epaulettes produced. He had offered them to him in the first instance for sate, and as be had no use for them, he said he would take them to a person who was in the habit of purchasing such articles, which he subse• quently did, and he was present when they were sold. Wit ness knew that the prisoner was in the service of a member of his Colonel's farnil:. Abraham Harris, 30, James-street, Westminster, said he purchased the epaulettes from the prisoner, and gave him 1/. 12s. He then said that he had got more things if witness would call home, at the same , ime writing down No. 6, White hall-place, and witnese havi ng ca ll e d, h e purc h ase d th e swor d produced for a guinea, and two dt,zen of soda water bottles for about. I s 6d. _The prisoner was remanded. THREATENING THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER -John Dillon, a naval officer on half- pay, was brought up on a warrant, charged with having, some )ears back, sent several letters to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, containing threaten ing language. Mr. Hayward, from the office of the Solicitor to the Trea sury, said that s , ) long back as the month of March, in 1843, a warrant was granted by Mr. Hall for the apprehension of the defendant, for having used threatening language, and sent letters of a threatening character to the t hancellor of the Exchequer. The warrant was then lodged in the hands of a constable, by whom it was ascertained that the defendant was conk reed in the Qieen's Bench prison, but as it appeared that he had since thought over the matter careful;y, and had writ ten that nothing could justify his adopting such an intemperate course, the Chancellor of the Exchequer hoped that the ex pressions of regret were genuine, and had no objection to with draw the charge, upon the undemanding that, the defendant should enter into his own recogiiizances for his future good behaviour. • The defendant said he felt most grateful for the clemency shown to him by the Chancellor, and could not find words to express such feelings; Lut he hoped the Court would allow him to offer a few words in explanation, to show that he was not altogether to blame for the intemperate course he had adopted. 1171 r. Hayward i nterposed, and said there was no necessity to enter into details of past transactions , his instructions being that the ends of justice would be answered by the course pro posed. The defer dant assured the Court that he felt the most un bounded gratitude sh,,vtn to him. not only by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, hut by Sir Robert Peel, and he trusted that Air. Hayward would give his best regards to them to that effect. The defendant was then ordered to enter into his own recog nizances in the sum of 100/. to keep the peace and be of good behaviour to the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn and all her Ma jesty's subjects for the next twelve months, which being com plied with, he was discharged. QUEEN-SQVARE. RECKLESS DAlViNG.—Yesteraay Joseph Clark, the driver of the cab 1,560, was finally examined, charged with having rtck.essly driven against one of Mr. Mivart's carriages, as it was returning with a foreign Prince from a recent entertain ment given by the Marquis of Londonderry, at Pose Bank, Fulham. Mr. filivart's coachman received some very severe injuries, independently of which, the carriage was much damaged. The facts of the case are briefly these : at about eleven o'clock on the night of the 30th ult., Henry Jeffries, coach man to Mr. Mivart, was driving from Rose Bank cottage, through Brompton, when he heard a vehicle coming in a con trary direction at a furious rate. The coachman apprehend ing, from the drrk and consequently dangerous state of the road, that some accident might occur, although strictly on his own side of the road, drew still closer to the footpath, when, on a sudden, defendant's cab came with great violence against the carriage, and at the moment after the collision defendant whipped his horse until he extricated his wheel from the carriage, and then drove off at a furious rat e ; and, in all probability,. wou'd have escaped with impunity, but for the circumstance of one of his wheels coming off before he had driven many yards. The force of the collision was such as to throw Jeffries on to the ground, head foremost, and render him insensible. Independently of being much injured about the head, he had sustained severe bodily contusions. Lord Ruth ven's carriage was close behind at the time of the accident, and the gentleman was politely invited to take a seat therein. The damage to the carriage was considerable. The whole of the evidence distinctly went to show that the defendant was on the wrong side of the road, and that Mr. Mtvart's coachman was in no way to blame. The defendant, in answer to the charge, pretended that the carriage had run tip against him. Mr. BURRELL said it was a gross case of careless and reck less driving, and convicted him in the fullest penalty of 31. Defendant was committed to hard labour for two months, in default. I~IL RAILWAY COMM.ITTIIIiti (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. TIEY.E CORNWALL RAIXaW.t..Y. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The remainder of the day was occupied in hearing the evidence of the Earl of St. Germans, the Earl of Morley, and the Earl of Fahmuth, who severally brae testimony to the advantages of the proposed line. They thought it was the best practicable line , and that it would confer great benefits on Cornwall. The details entered into were, however, wholly uninteresting, and the engineering evidence bad yet to be disposed of, when the Committee adjourned at a quarter past four o'clock. oxponn, WORCESTER,, AN D WOLVER- HAMPTON. THE BATTLE OF THE GAUGES. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Graysbrook, of Stourbridge, deposed as to the general cor. rectness of the evidence furnished by Mr. Matthews. He believed the feeling of South Staff.rdshire was in favour of the Great Western scheme. No tarther back than last Saturday be sent round a petition to the House of Lords in favour of this scheme for signatures, when every master In the district of S:ourbridge signed it with one exception. Mr. Pardon, alkali manufacturer, of Stoke Priors, was examined as to the amount of the salt trade of Worcestershire. He deposed that, with improved facilities for transmitting the salt, three adjoining counties might use at least 100,000 tons yearly. At present the make was 1,500 tons weekly. Twenty years ago it was but 300 tons weekly, Mr. South, farmer, of Berkshire, gave evidence respecting the great advantage which would be conferred on Berkshire in supply ing salt for the agricultural districts by theconstruction of this line. The light lands between Reading and Basingstoke required salt for top draining, and if it could be had from Worcestershire at any price under 11. it would confer a great benefit. The present line, he was persuaded, would accomplish this. It might be supplied at Chipping Norton at 12s. 4d. per ton, at Farnborough at I7s. 9d., and at Basingstoke at 19s. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION RAILWAY. IMPORTANT DECISION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. M. CHAMBERS then proceeded to address the Committee on behalf of the promoters of the Dublin and Armagh inland line, contending that the coast line was commencing at the wrong end. The Commissioners appointed in 1836 to ascertain the best mode of supplying Ireland with a general system of railway communication had recommended that all main trunk lines ought to pass through the interior of the country, as had been done in England, and leave it for time to produce branches to the main ports and exten sions along the coast. The Dublin and Armagh Railway was one of these main trunk lines, but the Dundalk and Portadown was only a coast extension, and therefore the Learned Counsel con tended that the Committee ought to prefer the former, and reject the latter. Two witnesses were then called to prove that theinland line was the best of the two, and the case for the opponents closed. The room was therefore cleared, and the Committee having re. mained in deliberation for five or six minutes, strangers were re. admitted, when The Cliaminx announced that the preamble to the Dublin and Belfast Junction Bill had been proved. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The Committee met at three o'clock. The Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair. The following Bills passed through Committee : The Preston and Wyre Railway. The Norwich and Bandon Railway. The Glasgow Junction Railway. The consideration of the Great Western Railway Bill was post. poned till to.uierrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. TENTERDEN AND RYE LINE. (Cantinued from our Afternoon Edition of yestraday.) Mr. Clarke, a farmer, and also a general dealer, at Rolvington, was then called, and spoke to the feeling in favour of the line at that place, and also to the advantage to trade, &c., expected from the line. The population of the parish of Rolvington was about 4 0 O. Mr. Harding, another witness from the same neighbourhood, corroborated the former evidence. Mr. HILDYARD was about to call another witness, when The CHAIRMAN said that he thought no further evidence on the subject of the feeling in favour of the line, and of the necessity for such a line, was necessary, and that Mr. Hildyard ought now to produce the engineering evidence and the traffic .tables. Mr. HILL/YARD said that he was not prepared to produce the traffic.tables, but if tha Committee would allow him to examine a witness from Tenterden, he would be able to produce the traffic tables immediately afterwards. Mr. Goding, a resident at Tenterden, gave evidence in favour of the proposed line. Captain Moorsom, civil engineer, was then called and examined. I** August last he was engaged to lay down a line from Headcorn to Rye, and accordingly surveyed the country between those places for the purpose of laying down the best possible line 'in the direction pointed out. He bad also estimated the expense of the line, which he calculated at something under 140,0001. The items included in that sum were as follows : For fencing, 5,5351.; for earthwork, 35,5301. ; for masonry of all kinds, including bridges, &c., 25,963/. ; for stations, 4,965/. ; and for contingencies, 18,7631.—being about 17 per cent. This was a very liberal estimate for contingencies, the usual amount allowed being 10 per cent. The object of the line was to make a communi cation between the port at Rye and the interior of the country. The steepest gradient on the line was lin 130. There was no tunnel on the line. There were no very important curves on the line. The length of the line was 17 % miles. Captain Moorsom was then cross-examined by Mr. HILL — Witness had had an assistant to work the calculations, which were founded on observations made on the spot by Mr. Thompson, who was now present. Captain Moorsom was then cross-examined by Mr. CL►IIKSO\, on the part of Major Curtiss, a petitioner against the line—He did not think the line would do any injury to Major Cur. tiss's house, though it passed within a quarter of a mile of it. The engines when passing the house could not be heard there, as there was a hill between the house and the line, which would be an obstacle to the sound, but they would be heard at the house both before and after they came directly oppo site to it. He did not think it would injure Major Curtiss's pro perty, as the value of the land through which it passed was not equal to the improvement in the value of the land in general. Mr. MELLon was about to cross examine Captain Moorsorn on the part of several landowners whose property it passes through, and who had petitioned against it, when Mr. HILDYARD said that he wished to call a witness who would prove that the opposition of these gentlemen was in reality con ducted by the Brighton Company. Mr. MELLOR objected; and after some discussion, Mr. HILDTARD asked a question of the person he had alluded to, without calling hint as a witness ; and being satisfied with the an. swer, withdrew his objection to Mr. Mellor's cross.examination. The witness, being cross-examined by Mr. MELLOR, said that this line passed through a field belonging to Mr. Sutton, a petitioner against the line, and separated a piece, one acre in size, from the rest of the field. Mr. HILDYARD asked whether the witness was aware that the field in question was called " Starvation Glen," from the extreme barrenness of the soil P— ( A laugh.) The witness replied that he did not know the name of the field. Mr. HILDYAMO said that he must call another witness to prove that fact. On the conclusion of Captain Moorsom's evidence, the Corn. mittee adjourned, shortly before five o'clock. GROUP KK. SOUTHPORT AND EUXTON JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Committee met at twelve o'clock. There were present Sir Charles Lemon, Chairman ; the Hon. Charles Hope, Sir E. Flimer. and Mr. Horsman. The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had come to the decision that the preamble of the above Bill had not been proved. The Committee then broke up. GROUP X. LONDON AND YORE. LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. COCKBURN here stated that the evidence on his case had closed with the last witness, excepting only some formal evidence, which was not as yet complete. He therefore wished at this sea sonable juncture to mention a circumstance which had of late come to the knowledge of his clients. He was in formed, and be believed he could prove to the satisfaction of the Committee, that a fatal error had been made in the plans and sections as deposited by the London and York Company ; an error precisely similar to that which had been discovered and held fatal in the case of the Cambridge and Lincoln, and which, there fore, must place the former in the same predicament. In the ten miles from King's-cross an error of no less than ten feet had been committed. The surface level was ten feet too low, taking the working sections as a criterion, and thereby both the navigation and the roads would be materially interfered with. The law allowed only five feet difference in the limits of deviation, and on a turn pike road only two feet. In one place, hov.ever, an error of no leas than twenty-seven feet had been made in the line as now before the Committee, and he contended that the Bth Victoria, c. 20, had been violated. There was no difference between them and the case of the Cambridge and Lincoln, and he called upon the Committee to inflict on those who had first suggested the import ance of the error the same penalty as had been paid by the Com pany which the Committee had postponed for the present session. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM, without entering into the merits of the case at all, would merely submit that his Learned Friend, hav ing neglected to cross-examine any of the engineers who had been in the witness-box on that point, were now precluded from enter ing into any evidence on the subject. Mr. COCKBURN insisted upon his right to adduce any argument for the case, and asserted that his Learned Friend could not bring any precedent for the course which he desired the Committee to take. The Committee then retired for consideration, and on their return Lord COURTENAY stated that, as the Committee understood Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, they were not in a position to give their deci sion till to.morrow morning. The points were so important, and involved so many interests, that they were anxious to consider them carefully, but to.morrow he thought they might safely decide as to the course which might be taken. Mr. AUSTIN intimated that he had evidence to tender on the part of the York and Noah Midland Company similar to that pro posed by Mr. Cockburn, and therefore this decision would affect all the three parties who were opponents of the London and York Bill. It was agreed that Mr. Cockburn's evidence should be taken to morrow. Mr. WEBSTER stated that he was prepared to prove that an error of 18 feet had been made in the datum line of the Sheffield branch, and proceeded to call evidence of the traffic on the line proposed by the Direct Northern Company between Lincoln and York. Mr. Mansell, an assistant of Mr. Bush, traffic taker for the line, put in a number of tables to show the amount of traffic on the line. THE CAMBRIDGE AND NORWICH RAILWAY.—In consequence of an accident on the line below Ely—the Prick willow bank—occasioned by a slip in the earth, the opening of the line from Newport is postponed until the 19th inst., but it is not certain that it will even then be in a condition to be opened. It had been arranged for the opening to have taken place yesterday, on which day the Directors intended to have made a tour of inspec. tion throughout the line, and would have dined afterwards in a marquee erected at the Cambridge station. This design is now of course postponed. The line from London to Cambridge is, we are able to state from authority, in a state of perfect readiness for the immediate transit of passengers, &c., but General Pasley, Government Inspector of Railways, declines to sanction the open ing of part of the line until the whole is completed.—Cambridge Advertiser. BODY FOUND IN THE RlVER.—Yesterday the body of a very respectably-dressed, middle-aged man, apparently the captain of some vessel, was picked up near the Horns, at Cuckold's.point, Rotherhithe. He is at present unknown ; but the following description may possibly lead to his identity previous to the lnquast :—He is about five feet nine inches, rather stout, dressed in a blue:cloth jacket, new velvet waistcoat, and white trousers. Round his neck a ribbon was suspended, with a medal of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Society, and he had a letter in his pocket, apparently from his wife, and signed "Jane Wilson," dated from Sunderland, with no address. He had Ilc or 12s. in his pocket and some keys. The body now lies at Rather. hithe church. ''""' .l PITILAMENT. L,kl _ (THIS DAY.) --.-.•JAN1.....--- NOUSE OF CtiY4liONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'Clock. Leave was asked and granted for Committees to sit, notwith standing the meeting of the House. Mr. CARDWELL moved the order of the day for going into Committee on the MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BILL. Mr. WAWN observed that last night the House was led to believe that the Commons Inclosure Bill would be the first business proceeded with this day, and as many Members, acting on this belief, had absented themselves, he urged the Hon. Member the Vice-President of the Board of Trade to proceed with the COMMONS INCLOSE/RE BILL. Mr. CARDWELL having consented, the House resolved into Committee on this Bill. Clauses up to 70 inclusive having been previously discussed, the 71st was that now commenced with. On this latter ciente, as well as on the 76, 85, 88, and 104, a desultory conver sation arose between Mr. Wawn, Mr. Bouverie, Lord Lin coln, and Lord Clive, but these, as well as the intermediate, were eventually agreed to.-j Clauses up to 103 were then agreed to, with some verbal amendments. Air. HENLEY thought that the principle of compulsory al lotment would be anything but beneficial to the poor. He must enter his protest against it. Mr. S. CRAWFORD entertained no such apprehension with regard to the allotment system. He thought that it would be more effectual than any proposal he had heard for the permanent relief of the pcor. The 104th clause was then read. Mr. S. CRAWFORD objected to the clause. He con sidered that the allotment should be altered from half an acre to an acre. Lord LINCOLN opposed the amendment. The clause was allowed to stand part of the Bill. On the 105th clause being read, Mr. BO UYERIE objected to this clause. He con sidered the warders should not be empowered to turn out the occupants of allotments, unless upon very strong grounds. He considered that it would be quite unprecedented to confer a power of such an arbitrary kind upon the wardens as this clause conferred. He was quite sure that the Noble Earl never contemplated such a thing. The Earl of LINCOLN thought that if this clause were struck out the Bill would be rendered completely inoperative, and all the advantages which he anticipated from the Bill would be prevented. Mr. COWPER thought the wording of the clause was too stringent. After a desultory conversation, in which Mr. Henley, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Cowper, and Mr. Crawford joined, The clause was agreed to, with some amendments, agreeably to meet the suggestions of Mr. Bouverie. Clauses 106 and 107 were agreed to. (LEFT SITTING.) PANORAMA OF ATHENS. Mr. Burford has just produced a spendid panorama of this city, celebrated not only for its arts and science, but for the most magnificent site perhaps ever selected for the capital of a country. It is a remarkable proof of the taste displayed by the ingenious, refined, and learned Athenians, that even in the infancy of the state, they should have displayed such judg ment in fixing upon this spot for a city, whose fame was to eclipse all others, whether as regards its temples, its public buildings, or the celebrated men to whom it gave birth. The view is taken from the hill of Musmus, near the singularly strik ing monument of Philopappus. From this spot a most excellent prospect is obtained of the Acropolis and of the surrounding plain. On the summit of the Acropolis are seen the far famed ruins of the Parthenon, splendid even yet, in their last stage of decay, and on either side on the plain below, in singular contrast, the modern city of Athens, and the elegant palace, lately erected by King Otho for his residence. Looking around we have distant views of the 2Egean Sea, the Port of Piraeus, and the islands of Salamis and Corinth, the prospect being closed by Mount Parnes and the snowy range of the Cytliteron. The celebrated Pnyx, the beautiful Temple of Theseus, the Areopagus, the River Ilyssus, now a mere rivulet —and, in short, almost every place and monument in the neighbourhood of the Acropolis, celebrated in verse or in his tory, is rendered in this panorama directly from nature. The whole is painted with consummate art, the nearer objects being relieved with almost magical effect, and the more distant painted with that soft and tender touch which so well imitates nature. The varied effects of light and colour on the surrounding hills contrast finely with the quiet tone which pervades the greater part of the level, and with the cool tints of the distant Lea. Altogether this is one of the best painted panoramic views Mr. Burford has hitherto presented to the public. THE MURDERERS of Mr. PALMER. PLYMOUTH, JULY B.—The ten men (eight of them calling themselves Brazilians and two Spaniards) charged with the murder of the above unfortunate and promising officer and party, were examined at the Plymouth Guildhall this day. Although the intention of having the prisoners examined at the Guildhall was not generally known; the Guildhall was crowded with parties anxious to catch a view of the mur derers. Mr. Eastlake, the Crown solicitor, appeared on behalf of the prosecution. The prisoners had the evidence interpreted to them, and Mr. Collier, the Portuguese consul, and Mr. Lus combe, the Spanish consul, attended by professional assistance, watched the case on behalf of the prisoners. From the opening statement of Mr. Eastlake, it appeared that the jurisdiction of the magistrates was under the 7th and Bth Victoria, which continued the powers under the 7th Geo. IV., relating to offences committed on the high seas, and for the more speedy trial of the offenders. The object of asking the magistrates to commit the prisoners on the capital charge was to have them tried either at the Castle of Exeter or at the Central Criminal Court, as the Government might determine. %The locus in quo was on the coast of Africa, at a place called Lagos, near the Bight of Benin, and the time February last. The details of the entire case were of the most dreadful description. It appeared that on the 27th Februry the boats of the Wasp boarded a suspicious Brazilian vessel, called the Felicitade, which, being found fitted for slaves, was taken as a prize. Very soon after another very suspicious vessel was descried, which proved to be the Echo, having a cargo of 434 ( who had been 48 hours without food) on board. Lieutenant Stupart, who was in command, took charge of the Echo, and directed Mr. Palmer and nine men to take charge of the Felicitade, into which ship nine from the Echo were re• moved. The next thing that Lieutenant Stupart heard of her was, that she had been recaptured by those on board, but he little deemed that the awful tragedy which would be detailed in evidence had been committed. The Felicitade hove in sight of the Echo, and communicated the intelligence just stated; but, being a faster sailer, made off. Fortunately, however, the Star within a very short time recaptured the Felicitade, then sailing under an assumed name, and the appearance of her decks were such as left no doubt that a horrible con flict had recently taken place. About four-and-twenty hours after the prize had been taken, three men volunteered a state ment, to the effect that the slaver ws really called the Felici tade, and had been previously taken by a midshipman and party of nine men, who had all b een mur d ere d by t h e crew o f t h e slaver. A book was found on board bearing the name of Lieu tenant Stupart, of the Wasp, and this left no doubt of the cor rectness of the evidence offered by the approvers. As if the tragedy which had taken place was not sufficiently complete, the gallant officer who was placed in command of the slaver the second time, Lieutenant Wilson, had endured the utmost degree of suffering. The Felicitade,during a terrific storm, was over set, and Lieutenant Wilson,' with his men, were twenty days on a raft, exposed to the greatest danger, and momentarily expecting death. He saw no less than five of his men fall off thelraft, but was at length providentially picked up by the Cygnet. The gallant officer, though he had been exceedingly ill, was happily sufficient recovered to be present that day. Lieutenant Stupart, of the Wasp, was under examination at the time the post left. • THUNDER STORM AT HAVRE.—A storm of thunder and lightning burst over Havre on Sunday night, about twelve o'clock, and lasted until five the next morning. A copious rain accompanied this storm, which extended to Bolbec, where a con. sidetable quantity of hail fell, and broke upwards of 2,000 panes of glass. A number of tree! , were also uprooted. PRESENTATION OF THE CALCUTTA ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. —When Dwarkanauth Tagore paid his first visit to this country, he was honoured by being made the medium through which the city of Calcutta received a very great and well-appre ciated compliment—namely, a present from the Queen and Prince Albert, of their full.length portraits. These have been placed in the Town-hall of Calcutta, and are represented to be admirable likenesses of the royal donors. In acknowledgment of the honour thus conferred, the inhabitants of " the City of Palaces" unani mously voted an address to the Sovereign, and took the oppor tunity of Dwarkanauth Tagore's second visit to this country to have it presented to her Majesty. Dwarkanauth Tagore was honoured on Monday with an audience of the Queen and Prince Albert, when he presented the Calcutta Address, which was most graciously received by her Majesty. At the same time she condescended to prolong the interview by expressing the warm interest she felt in her Indian dominions, and by making numerous inquiries relative to them, which showed considerable Lmiliarity with the subject. Her Majesty and Prince Albert closed the audience by presenting Dwarkanauth Tagore with their miniatures, exquisitely copied from the well.known portraits by Wiuterhaulter. The condescending kindness of the Queen and her illustrious consort has left a deep impression on Dwarkanauth Tagore's mind, and he is very sensible of the honour which his Sovereign conferred upon him. On Monday evening he had the further honour of joining the royal party at the Palace, and of being introduced by the Queen to her illustrious relatives the King and Queen of the Belgians, both of whom expressed a lively interest to wards India.—Advertisei. • IMPROVEMENT OF THE WORKING CLASSES.— Last evening Mr. J. Simpson, of Edinburgh, delivered the first of two addresses to the working-classes, on the means of improving their character and condition. Lord Brougham occupied the chair, surrounded by several other Noblemen and gentlemen. Exeter. hall was not quite filled, but there were about 2,000 persons pre sent. On Mr. Simpson's coming forward he was received with loud cheers. In the course of his address he dwelt very largely on the report of the Health of Towns Commission, and on the ne cessitythere was for the immediate Improvement of the dwellings of the labouring classes. He alluded to the improvements taking place in those dwellings in Edinburgh, and exhorted the labouring classes of London to pursue an equally sensible and advantageous plan, as the chief means of elevating their position in society ; and, by so doing, also to improve the health of themselves and their families,and increase their comforts and enjoyments, as the pros. perity of all must in a great measure depend on the character and good conduct of the great masses of society.—(Cheers.) It was then moved and seconded that Mr. Simpson be cordially thanked for his kindness. A vote of thanks was then awarded to the chairman (Lord Brougham), who returned thanks, and the meeting then dispersed. E XP ERIMENT WITH THE GREAT BRITAIN.—There being a very light spring tide on Saturday, a very short draught of water was necessary in order to get this leviathan steamer safely into the graving-deck. After every exertion, by trimming coals, cables, anchors, &c., at seven o'c:ock on Saturday morning the ship was drawing 14 feet 8 inches aft and 12 feet 6 inches forward. Captain Hosken, seeing this, immediately ordered a bolt to be taken out of the bow and allowed the foremost compartment to fill with water. This, in a short time, brought the ship to 14 feet aft and 13 feet 1 inch forward, putting her in the trim required, and, at the same time, affording satisfactory proof of the utility and efficiency of the water-tight bulk-heads. —Liverpool Albion, of Saturday. Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India House for the election of a Director, in the room of Major-General Sir Jeremiah Bryant, C. 8., deceased. At six o'clock the glasses were closed and delivered to the scrutineers, who reported that the election had fallen on the Hon. William Henry Leslie Melville. BRIGHTON, TUESDAY.—Lady Ward, J. S. Drax, Esq., M.P., and Captain Kelly, R.N., arrived here this day by the packet Magnet, from Dieppe. ROYAL SANTIAGO MINING COMPANY..-.-At the meeting of the Proprietors of this Company yesterday, a diviaend of I/. 10s. per share (amounting to 10,500/ ) was declared. WILFUL DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.--During the last few days information has been forwarded to the nietropoLtm nolice.stations respecting the wilful sinking of several belies which were lying off the premises of Messrs. Hoppe aNa CO., islackfriars, on Friday night. The barges were heavily laden web property, which is totally destroyed. A large reward is offered ftr the apprehension of the miscreants. WORSHIP-STREET. STABBING BY AN ITALIAN BOY.—Yesterday, an Italian boy, who had a box containing a racoon slung at his back, was charged wi,h stabbing a lad named Edward Wood, resid ing at Hackney. The prisoner's name could not be ascertained, for he would not speak, and made signs that he did not understand what was said, although it was stated that he had previously spoken Eng lish plainly enough. _ _ The yotlng complainant, who had his arm in a sling, stated that about half-past three yesterday afternoon he saw the pri soner sitting in Navarino-place, Clapton, with his box contain ing the racoon, and he expressed a wish to look at the animal, but the prisoner, he said, flew into a violent passion and ran at him with an open knife, which he drew from his pocket. The complainant said he tried to get the knife out of the prisoner's hand, and he then made a stab at his stomach. He, however, put out his arm to ward off the blow, and re ceived a cut upon his hand. The waiter at the Red Cow, Ralston, and two other wit nesses, stated that they saw the prisoner make a back-handed stab at the complainant, and the knife, a rough kind of Spanish knife, with a blade about five inches long, was pro duced by the police. _ _ _ Mr. littouctyroN remanded him for the present, and de sired the police to communicate with his master, who, it was stated, lives on Saffron-hill, HOP Iti'rELLIGENCE. "(From the Maidstone Journal.) MAIDSTONE.—Our hops, generally, look very promising, but they are still in danger, there being so much fly. In some in stances they must go black, whilst in other grounds they seem to set the vermin at defiance. The famous College ground still maintains its high character—it is well named the " crack ground." The duty is still 180,000/. From Worcester we learn that there is less fly since the s'orm on Thursday last. The Hereford plantations are said to be foul. arnAar.—The hops in this parish remain clean and healthy, and promise well for a good crop. 111EttEwounr.—The bine is looking extremely well, and growing fast. There is no vermin at present, and should the weather continue kindly for a few weeks longer, there must be a large crop. BRENCHLEY.—The late high winds have had the effect of clearing the plantations of vermin, which have almost wholly disappeared, and the bines are in a high flourishing state, with no indications of mould. WROTHAM, PLAXTOL, IGIITHA3I.—The hops remain free from vermin ; and although the plant suffered much from the enc-ingenial winds and weather experienced the first part of the week, the la -t few fine warm days have made all right, and, generally speaking, it is impossible for them to look better. An exception must, however, be made with respect to the young plants, which have very materially declined. EDENBRIDGE.—Our hops are growing we have a nicely ; little fly, but they a re so near the tops of the poles that they can scarcely be found. On the whole they seldom look better at this time of the year. CANTERLURY.—The weather of the past week has been somewhat rough for the hops, the result of which has been the blowing down of a few poles, and bruising the bine. In other respects, the hops have been relieved of a little oftheir vermin, and for the most part, appear very luxuriant. WEST KENT AND SURREY.—( From our Sevenoaks Cor respondent. )—Nothin g can exceed the beautiful appearance of the plantations ir. this parish, the bine healthy, clean, and every a ppearance of a good crop. CutvENlNG.—The hops are remarkably strong, branching in all directions, and clean, without a fly. SUNPRIDGE.—North side looking well, the line is not in some places so gay on the south side as we could wish, but no indication of vermin. BaAsTED.—The same observation applies here, with the ex ception of Toys Hill, where there are time first-rate pieces. The observations above are equally applicable to Wester ham, Limpslield (some particularly good), Oxted, Godstone, and in fact the parishes in Surrey generally, from Reigate on the west, bounded by the great chalk range on the north, to Horley arid Eurstow on the south, the line never presented, in the memory of the oldest inhabitant, so luxu riant or so healthy an appearance as at the present time. We v i si t e d the plantations at Seal, Otford, Shoreham, the Crays, and thence towards Dartford, and also upon the stiff chalky soils above Farningham and Eynsford, and still find the same result. That there is fly there can be no doubt, but it is a difficult matter to state where. The greatest probability is, it is near extensive woods, where we have found them ; but so small in quantity, and so few and far between, that they are not worth naming. Taking the plantations generally, we mean the parishes in the Sevenoaks and Dartford districts and Surrey grounds, we never saw them look better, or greater indications of a crop, As to the duly, if present ap pearances are to be a criterion, it will top 200,0001., so far as we are concerned, and our plantation is not small. JEWS' SYNAGOGUE.—INSTALLATION OF THE CHIEF RADBL—Yesterday was the day fixed for the installation of Rev. Dr. Nathan Marcus Adler , Chief Rabbi of the tnilitied gregation o' Jews of Great Britain. The Synagogue m Duke's_ place, was, from haltpast four, completely besieged with the ar rival of persons of the Jewish persuasion wishing to see the ceremony. The open space in front was completely crowded, and inscriptions on canvas fixed on several of the neigh bouring houses, such as " Welcome, Dr. Adler,. &c. Dr. Adler was, till the death of th e lat e English Chief Rabbi, the Chief Rabbi in Hanover, where his talents and his amiable character had caused him to be meek gu a respected.was His loss there will be muc h felt. The synago crowded to excess, all the elite o f ,_ He persuasion being present, the Rothschi Ids, the Montefiores, an d many others being present. At half. p ast fiv e Dr. A dler arrived, and entered the Synagogue, when the service im mediately began. The greater part of it was sung , or rather chanted. There 8 A choir of about forty or fifty s in g ers p resent, wh ose voices gave great effect to the chant, and a sermon was afte rwards pr eac h ed b y the Chief Rabbi. Though not understood b y us, and th erefore not appreciated, those of his hearers more gifted than ourselves, seemed fully to appreciate those powers of eloquence with which the Rev. Gentleman is so fully and generously gifted. After the service another psalm was chanted by the full choir, an d the con gregat i on then dispersed. A strange sight to us was to s ee the whole of the male congregation, as usual, wearing their hats during th e service. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE ON THE HUN GERF __ b "R SUS , PENSION.BRIDGE.—At Lambeth Po lice-court y est erday , A nn Adley, a middle aged female, was charged with attempting to throw her self off the suspension-bridge. On the preceding evening the pri loner's appearance attracted the at tention of on e of the officers on the bridge, and having watched her for some tim e, he removed her when about to throw herself over the bridge. He took her on shore on the Surrey side, when she promised to go home; but, having made a second attempt to throw herself off a barge, she was taken to the station.house. Drunkenness, it appe ared, was the cause of the prisoner's conduct ; and Mr. Norton, after reading her a severe lecture on the impropriety and wickedness of her conduct, discharged her. PORCINE VORACITY.—On Saturday last one of the cattle waggons on the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester It ilway, was loaded at Ardwick station with a sm a l l number of sheep and lambs, two cows, and six pigs, of the Irish breed. On the train arriving at the Glossop station, it was found that the pigs had nearly devoured one of the sheep, and were fighting for that portion of the carcase which remained. Tl.ey had also succeeded in killing a lam:. jth.t as the rain stopped. It is needless to say that the hapless cattle dealer, who was riding in an adjoining carriage, soon caused a separation on alighting from t h e tr ain.---31anchester Guardian. tan)wiiAL pAttLiA-TuEivr. -ROUSE OF COMMONS, July 9. LUNATICS ASYLUMS AND PAUPER LUNATICS BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The clause was then withdrawn for the purpose of being In troduced in an amended form on the bringing up of the repot. Clause 45 was agreed to, as were also clauses 49, 50, and 51. On clause 52 being read, Lord DUNCAN objected to the hurried manner in which tie Bill was being passed. He also complained that the town councils and magistrates had not been recognised by any of the clauses. After a few words from Mr. VERNON SMITH, the clause was agreed to, with verbal amendments. Clauses 52, 53, and 54, were agreed to, with some verbal amendments. Clause 55 was then proposed and agreed to, after some slight discussion as to its wording. Clauses 56 and 57 were then agreed to. Clause 58 was then proposed. Mr. WAKLEY objected to the free access of the overseers and guardians to the lunatic paupers, which was allowed by the clause. He thought that they would go on parties of pleasure to the country, under the plea of making an investigation.— ( Laughter. ) Lord ASHLEY moved that the words " at all reasonable times " be inserted after the words " free access." The clause was then passed as amended. Clauses 59 and GO were agreed to. Lord ASHLEY then moved the postponement of the fur ther consideration of the clauses, to give an opportunity of swearing in a Member. 'The motion was carried, and the SPEAK Eit took the Chair. Sir J. DUCK WORTH was immediately introduced by Lurd Lincoln and Sir J. Y. Buller, and having taken the oaths, took his seat in the House as Member for Exeter. The SPEAKER then left the Chair, and the House went again into Committee. Clauses 61 and 62 were then agreed to, as also were clauses down to 70. Clause 71, which makes provision for the discharge and re moval of lunatics from asylums, and for a penalty of 50/. on officers for allowing them to escape, or to be at large without permission, was objected to on the ground that the penalty was tco high. The clause was amended, and the insertion of the words " if not more than 20/., and not less than 10/.," and agreed to. Clauses up to 74 were also agreed to. Clause 75, which provides that in case of the death of a lunatic its cause should be stated, and sent to the clerk of the peace and the Commissioners of Lunacy, was proposed. Mr. DUNCOMBE objected to it, on the ground that in every case of the death of a lunatic information of the fact should be sent to the Coroner, who should hold an inquest on the body, and proposed that the clause should be so amended. Lord ASHLEY said they should recollect that they were dealing with public lunatic asylums. He could not see the necessity of holding an inquest in every ease, however necessary such a step might be where death occurred in private asylums. Mr. WAX LEY had had considerable experience as to the necessity of the amendment during the period he had held the office of coroner. He con-idered that it was also necessary as a species of supervision on the Commissioners of Lunacy. Whenever a criminal died an inquest was invariably held on his body, and he saw no reason why this should not take place on the death of a lunatic. If half a dozen rate-payers were empowered to visit an asylum, and inspect the body of a lunatic, he should not press the necessity of hold ing an inquest. They ought to give these unfortunate persons all the protection in their power. Mr. V. SMITH was in favour of adopting some middle course respecting those dying in private as well as in county asylums. It ought not, however, to be made peremptory, because many lunatics died from a long course of disease, and not from any other cause. Besides, the friends of the lunatics might have a great objection to the holding of inquests on the bodies of their relations. He objected to it being left to rate payers, who might be incompetent for the discharge of the duties which would thus devolve upon them. Mr. DUNCOMBE thought the holding of an inquest ought nots to be left to the option of the friends of the deceased. The same protection extended to the rich ought to be extended to the poor. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it 37 Majority against the amendment Mr. WAKLEY moved that the names of the parties present at the death of a lunatic should be inserted in the schedule specified in the Bill, which would be signed by the medical officers of the asylum. Lord ASHLEY offered no objection to this proposition, and the clause was, as amended, agreed to. On the next clause being proposed, Mr. DUN CONI B E inquired why Bethlehem was to be exempt from the operation of this Act? Lord ASHLEY was understood to say that there was a special Act of Parliament now in operation applying to the hospital of Bethlehem. Mr. T. D UNCOAI BE thought that if Bethlehem were exempt, St. Luke's ought also to be exempted. He believed that the Noble Lord was afraid to grapple with the monopoly existing in the institution of Bethlehem. Lord ASHLEY said that Bethlehem was an institution distinct from all other lunatic asylums in the country. It had been established by royal foundation, and was under an especial government of its wan Mr. DUNCOMBE still thought that this Bill ought to apply to Bethlehem Hospital. The clause was then agreed to. On the first schedule being proposed, The Earl of ARUNDEL suggested that some provision should be made for the spiritual instruction of lunatics who had any glimmering of reason in their minds. Lord ASHLEY was afraid that provision being introduced into this Bill respecting religious opinions of the lunatics might much impede the effectual working of this Bill. The Earl of SHELBURNE thought that such a provision would have a tendency to lead to religious persecution. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought the suggestion of the Noble Earl (the Earl of Arundel) ought to be entertained. Provi sions similar to that. suggested by the Noble Lord were always introduced into Acts of Parliament relating to prisons. Why, then, not be introduced into this Bill? Mr. P. HOWARD said, that when a man was not abso lutely raving mad, it might be of advantage that religious in struction should be afforded. The House then resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Friday. RAILWAY STANDING ORDERS. Mr. GREENE moved that standing order No. 123, re quiring reports on railway Bills to be discussed upon every Tuesday, be suspended to the end of the present session. Agreed to. MANCHESTER AND ALTRINCHAM RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the Manchester and Altrincham Railway Bill were agreed to. MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILW AY. The Lords' amendments to the Manchester and Birmingham (Ashton branch) Railway Bill were agreed to. ASHTON, STALYBRIDGE. AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Railway Bill were agreed to. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the London and Brighton (Horsham branch) Railway Bill were agreed to. NORTH WALES RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the North Wales Railway Bill were agreed to. GROUP A. Mr. LA SCELLES moved that the reports from the Corn mittee on the Railway Bills and projects included in group A, with reference to the South-Eastern Railway ( Widening and Extension of the Greenwich Railway) Bill, and on the South- Eastern Railway ( Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells) Bill, be taken into consideration on Friday next.—Agreed to. BETHNAL-GREEN RECTORY BILL. The St. Matthews, Bethnal-green, Rectory Bill, was read a third time and passed. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY. The report of the Committee on this Bill was brought up and received. TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY. The amendments of the Lords to this Bill were severally read and agreed to. TAW VALLEY RAILWAY AND DOCK. The amendments .- of the Lords to this Bill were likewise brought up and agreed to. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. The Lo;is V ana;;lnerTt;to this 13111 were brought up, read, and agreed to. Mr. I3ELLEW presented a petition from the county Louth in reference to the Irish Colleges Bill. SALMON FISHERIES BILL. _ Mr. PAKINGTON said that the Committee on the Salmon Fi-heries Bill had been unable to bring their labours to a con clusion this session, and therefore begged that the second read ing of the Bill should be postponed to neat session. UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion that the Universities (Scotland) Bill be read a second time, Mr. MACAULAY said, that on the occasion of the first in troduction of the measure her Majesty's Ministers had con sulted together and had consented that the promoters of the Bill should have means to brin,g in the Bill. It was expected that the opposition was over. It was ex pected that this important and salutary measure would have been allowed to pass. It had, however, been intimated that it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to resist the further progress of the Bill. Were the present an ordinary case he should not have been so much surprised at that unex pected intimation ; at the same time, however, his confidence in the strength of his case was so great that he could not think that the opposition of the Government would avail in defeating the proposed measure. He had been sent to that House by the inhabitants of a great city, which was in former times the greatest city of a noble and independent country, and it still continued to be the intel lectual metropolis of a free and intellectual people. The University had been so constituted that its renown during several centuries had progressed gradually to the furthest ends of the world as a great school of moral and intellectual science. That noble institution was now threatened with ignominious ruin by the narrow-minded and short sighted policy of the Government, which was resolved on its destruction without even the miserable excuse of fana ticism. He pleaded for all the great academical institutions of Scotland, and, while pleading for those institutions, he felt satisfied he should be heard with patience by every man who loved learning, and who valued religious liberty. He said, firstly, that this Bill was founded upon sound prin ciples ; and he said, secondly, that even if the principle of this Bill was not one which could he defended as generally sound, still there were special circumstances in the ease of Scotland which would make it their duty to pass the Bill. In the first place, then, he said the principle was sound, and whoever might controvert this proposition, of this he was sure, that it was not for her Majesty's Ministers to do so, for it was only the other day that they had come down to that House and proposed a system of secular education altogether divested of religion or religious instruction, and tests of every description. Yes, they brought in and defended that measure against zealous members of the Church of England, and they defended it, too, against the prelates of the Church of Rome; and it was only the day befele yesterday that they refused to accept one of the most moderate tests he had ever seer. , Was it seriously meant—was it desirable—that they s houl d sink below the aborigines of New South Wales? It educa tion was an evil, he was sure no man in his senses it his support. lie supported the Irish College the principle of which, and thathHeeauld give il h l e l3 a b r i e . ll of ) fore the House, was one and the sam:, ho brought in the . —( Scotland had a right to know from those Irish Colleges Bill why they called upon Bill. In Scotland there was no clamour them against ., the Universi tiet of England, or against the test . taken by English professo r a • and lion. Gentlemen opposite well knew that whether they sell; missions of peace to Scotland or not,. Scotland would i n every ex tremity be found fait hful to the common cause of the empire— ( Cheers) —and he was confident on that account, that anything bestowed on other parts of the empire ought not to be withheld from that country.—( Hear and cheers. ) In Scotland, as well as in Ireland, the Established Church was the Church of the minority of the population, perhaps not in so great a proportion as the people of Ireland, but the members of the Presbyterian class were not less in proportion than the Catholics of Ireland. If they trusted the education of the youths of Ireland to professors who had not take the test, on what principle did they con ceive that the youth of Scotland were less safe? The Bill had been founded on the same principle as that al- S :\7l-Try ~,~~> N . • • •-•"" 1 1 1511.4t , t00, Aat ji floe did held tius pull of the Bill to be generally inapplicable, he could **lc, iv To it a peculiar reason for ad o pti ng i t i n th i s case. 17( " 7 " 1 -`- r.1 3 * could not conceive how any person at all valuing consistoncy, and who voted for the motion of the Hon. Member for Devonport, could rcfuse to vote for tios Bill, nor could he understand how any lion. elenaber voting for the Irish Colleges Bill could refuse to vote for it, , Academical education in Scotland had some pa, Wier character istics. It differed entirely Vann that of En g land and I re l an d. Th e English Universiti e s had a character of their own—ancient and a deeply-marked character it might be, but, good or bad, it. was in perfect harmony with the system of tests. The lush colleges had no character at all—they have yet to receive it from the Legislature, and would bear any impression which the Legislature put upon them. But the Scotch universities had a distinguishing characteristic quite out of harmony with the system of tests. He entreated English gentlemen not to be impost d upon by the word University, nor to derive their idea from she nature of the Cambridge and Oxford Universit:es. What ought to be done with the English Universities was a perfectly distinct question, to be dealt with on entirely distinct grounds. At Cambridge and Oxford the object was to bring up men members of a particular Church. At Cambridge, no person was suffered to graduate without dea claiming his adhesion to the Church of England ; at Oxford, they were still more strict. The discipline even outside the walls of the college was analagous to that preserved within. Attendance in these universities was required at the common refectory ; they must be within the gates at a certain time ; officers were appointed to report whether or no the students had been present at divine worship, or in ti e hall at the proper hour. There were even officers appinted to watch over the students in the streets, to prevent drunkenmss and gross immorality. Punishment was inflicted where there was any breach of decorum or intemperance. In shcrt, the English universities undertook to form the religiou- opi nions and watch over the murals of the undergradu ates. Whether these rules and regulations accomplished the purpose for which they were designed was another question. They did not aim at inculcating any particular creed. A Jew might be a master of arts, or a doctor of medicine, in the Scotch universities, and the professors had no right to ask a man whether he attended a synagogue, a mass-house, an Episcopal chapel, or a Dissenting place. No inspection, no punishment, could take place. The relation between a Scot c h professor and his student was the same as that which existed between a man walking St. George's Hospital arid his superior —he might attend the lectures of Professor Faraday at the Royal Institution, or of Dr. Carlisle. Tests ware cur of ;:lace as applied either to the student or the profetioor, and it was idle to require a man to be a Prot stant to admit a Catholic, or a Trinitarian to admit a Unitarian to a degree, The Hon. Gen tlemen opposite might appeal to the Union and the Act of Se curity, but he denied that on those Acts they were precluded, nay more, he positively asserted, on the contrary, that they were absolutely required by them to apply the principle he sought, This he would prove, not by paltry quibbling, but what he believed would be the most incontro vertible arguments; arguments founded on that Union which he was willing to consider as a sacred trust, entered into by the two countries, binding them both to each other in bonds of indissoluble sanctity.—(Hear, hear.) Now the Act of Union and the Act of Security provided that no person should be allowed to occupy any place as a teacher unless they sul.scribed to the Confession of Faith, and con formed to the Established Church. The Articles of Union were such as he represented in 1707, in regard to the Esta blished Church. At that time there was only one Church. Now, he would ask, was the present Established Church of Scotland the same as that at the time of 1707 ? He would answer, not. British legislation had violated the Articles of Union by the changes which it had made in the Church of Scotland. It was a principle of the Church of Scotlant, at the time of the Union, to allow the people to have a voice in the appointment of their religious teachers. The Ariictes of Union gave the people this privilege. This was the opinion of the great body of the Scottish Presbyterians. They considered that the right of appointing pastors by the people was a ques tion of great and vital importance. They stated this to be a fact which could not be impugned. They maintai led that the people should have a share in the appointment of the mini sters who administered to them religious instruction. On this point they held the opinion ,jure de vino. He was not exaggerating the opinions of the members of the Church of Scotland in what he was thus expressing. The Act of 100 gave the power to the people of the disposition of presentations, which were generally considered to he a fair representation of the general body. That was the constitution of the Church oe Scotland at the time of the treaty of 1707. Five minutes after the union took place a great violation of this compact occurred. In 1710 the Whig Government were driven from power, and a Tory Ministry was brought into office, and kept in office, and that Ministry regarded the Presbyterians of Scotland sk ith great concern. The general opinion of the Union was, that the Eng lish were desirous of breaking the treaty as far as possible with out interfering with the State, and the - Act of 1712 violated the treaty which had been of iginally entered into in 1707. From the Act of 1712 most undoubtedly followed every great secession and every great schism which had since occurred, and, among others, that of 1752. And in the last two years they saw, it might be with disap probation, but certainly not without strong sentiments of ad ' miration, 470 ministers of the Scottish Church throw up their charges, and resign themselves to the care of Providence. ( Hear, hear.) They saw their followers also leave with them. They had their worship, not in churches, for they had none, but on hills and moors, as their forefathers had done when they were animated by a similar spirit. The rich had, in the case he had cited, contributed in a princely manner, and the poor had also contributed in the same spirit with which the ssoor widow contributed her two mites to the treasury of Jerusalem.—( Cheers.) The secession was the first of the statute of 1712, and from that Act, and that only, did the present disputes arise. This was the true historical statement, and these were the results of the Act of 1712. He implored them to consider the manner in which that Act was acted on. They effected the treaty, and, in five years after, they broke through it, and the consequence was the secession of a great body of worshippers, until at last the Church was left in a minority. They ought to attend to the conscientious scruples of that Church, for, let them suppose that Boston, the author of th e ccFourfold State," or other worthies of his class, were now ex isting, and supposing they explained to tht m the nature of the revolution which had taken place in tlie Church of Scotland— if they asked, " Is this your Church, is this the Church which was to be protected by the Act of Union ?" they would say, No ; our Church is the Church of Chalmers and Sir David Brewster, not the Church of Dr. Hill and Dr. Muir. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that the universities was not now subject to these experimental tests. Those tests had been discarded by the Dissenters. The Ministers came down to that House to estab:i,li colleges in Ireland without tests, and then, two hours after, they proposed the introduction of tests into the Scottish universities ten times as stringent as they were before. He thought the House would not submit to allow such things as these to pass unnoticed. 'I he tests of late y ears had fallen into desuetude, and of the present professors in the University of Edinburgh twelve were Non-conformists. Bath the Right HOP. Gentlemen opposite had filled the office of Lord Rector of Glasgow, and could give good evidence that tests in the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh were aban doned, and, if abandoned, why were they now sought to be re vived ? They were not enforced while all the people of Scot land were members of the Established Church, but as soon as the majority of the people of Scotland became Dissenters, it was endeavoured to enforce the tests. He would read a paper from the Presbytery, conceived in such a spirit that he must say that he thought the Presbytery would have very little rea son in future to speak against the intolerance of the Vatican. The paper was addressed to one of the ministers, and concluded by recommending the removal from his office, " for the love of God, the safety of the Church, the prosperity of the kingdom, and to deter others from committing the like offence." " The glory of God !" This was not the first time that the glory of G-ti had been made a pretext for the intolerance and injustice of nein. If she is under the necessity of burnishing up her arms fur her defence in a warfare of that kind, the days of the Churcti of Scotland were numbered.—( Hear, hear.) The difficulty was to obtain menof great eminence and abilities to fill the chairs of universities. Now they had all the world—all Scotland—to make a selection from. If they threw out the present Bill, they would narrow their choice to one-half of Scotland, aod the emoluments would be proportionably reduced. If such a course were followed, the consequence would be the decay of the uni versities—those institutions which boasted of the names of Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart, Mayfair, Black, and Jamieson. —( Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Govrrnmetit went from one extreme to the other—backwards and forwards—like a reed shaken by the wind. They established four tests at Limerick, four at Glasgow, and three at Aberdeen. Was it possible that such a Government deserved public respect or public confidence? Was it not strange that even their most liberal measures failed to gain the applause of liberal men ? Was it a wonder if they lost the confidence of the country ? But he spoke to the House—he spoke to those gentlemen who voted with the Go. yes nment on Monday. He knew party had its obligations, but they had their limit, but there were some measures into which no party should follow their leader.—(Cheers.) They wanted to appoint men who would declare their opinions in favour of all points of Church government. He implored those members of the Church of England to protect those doctrines winch they believed to be true, and all who loved science and learn ing to stand by them that day and aid them in awning the destruction which was threatened to the universities of Scot land. The Hen. Gentleman concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time, and resumed his seat amidst great cheering from the opposition. Sir J. GRAHAM said, the subject which the Honourable Gentleman had brought forward to accompany a great question of public policy, should not induce him to depart on the present occasion from taking a fair review of the arguments which he had brought forward, nor to trust to his abilities to sustain the decision to which her Majesty's Government had come to on a matter of importance with respect to the universities of one part of the United Empire. His (Mr. Macaulay's) arguments with respect to the new colleges were diametri cally opposed to those which it was his duty to urge on that occasion. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that he had observed the marked hesitation with which Government had stated their views and intentions with respect to this particular measure. Now, in the last session of Parliament, this identical proposition was brought under the considerations of the House by a motion introduced by the Hon. Gentleman the Member bar Perth, and sustained with great ability and argument by the Hon. Member for Leith. On that occa sion it was his duty to state to the House the reasons which had induced the Government to resist this proposition. In the present session the Hon. Member for Leith asked for leave to introduce this Bill, and he (Sir J. Graham) stated on the part of the Government, that although they were not prepared to resist the first introduction of the measure, yet the utmost de liberation had not induced them to come to any deci sion upon the subject different to that which ',hey had fi t t r o a m ey timt thought d e . that arrived the a i rt subsequenti the last session.ingu tinquiries b O a n d cison, and although they did not oppose the first r t s , t aaleft introduction of due the Bill, yet it was distinctly understood _ open for the te n d c e o d n Government to pursue They Lo d ur a se cco t r h d e i y ng m ly i s g i h n t ce aft , e a t i • d ward s think proper to at opt. their deliberations had induced them to come to the decision that it was their attention to the matter, and the result of• I duty to resist the motion which the Hon. and Learned Member had just made. It was not for him, however, to go into foreign t o pics, but it was his duty to consider, in de a li ng w i t h th i s q uestion, what were the enga gements which the Crown was under to the people of Scotland, and the effect of making the great change which this Bill sought to introduce into that country'. Without having any regard therefore to foreign topics, but with a sincere regard for the interests of the people of Scotland, it was for him to ask himself what was the correct and proper line he ought to take in dealing with this question. Now, if it were simply a question for altering the religious tests in use in Scotland, in the same manner as that proposed the other evening by the lion. Member for Devon shire in respect of the Irish colleges, he should be fully prepared to prove to the House that it was tar better to adhere to the is sts in use in the universities of Scotland, because they rested upon the sanction of ancient statutes, rather than to intrnduee any modified terms into them. The Right lion. Gentleman in some parts of his speech had alluded to the conduct of Go vernment with respect to the Irish Colleges Bill in dealing with the question of tests, but he appealed to the justice and to the recent recollection of the House, whether throughout the whole of their arguments with respect to the admission or exclusion of tests from these colleges, they did not invariably rest the course they were taking upon the peculiar and especial circumstances connected with the people of Ireland ?—( Hear, hear.) He by no means contended that, as a general prin ciple, it was safe or expedient to exclude from universities of any sect the necessity of religious tests, but the course which the Government had taken in regard to the Irish colleges was , justified by the peculiar otrettinetancea in which the sister king- • ) .day I I