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IMPERIAL PARLIA)IENT ITOUS!!: )F i n , . The LORD CH IN'CL:.L.' - )11. to , k s seat 0.1 tho Woolsack at Five o'clock. LAW OF LIBEL ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Law of Libel Act Amendment bill was read a second time. PRIVILEGE The LORD CHANCELLOR laid en the table the report of the Committee which had been yes!erday appointed to search for precedents relating to the petition of Thomas Baker. The Duice of RI,_;11110ND moved that T orris Balp:r be call d to the bar of their Lordships' House, fur the purpose of oelivering. in the declaration in the ac ion to which his petition referred.,—Agreed to. The plaintiff, Thomas Baker, then appeared at ts.e bar, and in an , ...ver -to" questions from the Lord Chancellor and Brow - fham and Campoell, statel that he had been su•:itn-ored. in the in nth of A;wil. IS-11, to apoear and gi , :e evi ience before a Cornmi'tee of their Lordships' 11. , use on the •übje •'- of tit , - 1 tws r,latt:, , to q,amttig. Since that d ire ha.l 1,3 , 11 with 3 i.s an action for libel, which hail been - Drought against him by a person named Harlow, for evidence giveo before that Committee. He hail been serve I with a copy of the deelarivion in the action, which had been brought in the Court of Qasten's Bench, which deciaratin had been read to him by the clerk to Mr. Baines, his attorney, and a portion of the statement contained in the iiiiclara ion consisted of a portion of the evidence given by him before their Lordships. He had not made that statement elseahere. The witness was then ordered to withdraw. The LORD Ctl ANCELLOR moved that the plaintiff and his attorney he-ordered to attend at the bar of their Lordships' House on Monday. By that time the report would have been printed, and their Lordships would be in a condition to con sider the subject, Lord BROUGHAM would not object to the course pro posed to be taken, but he begged to guard himself against being considered as pledged to support ulterior proceedings against the parties by not opposing this motion. The LORD CHANCELLOR also reserved to himself the entire right of determining what course it might be advisable to pursue when they should have had the plaintiff and his ati torney before them. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE was rejoiced to find that the House was prepared to assent to this motion. He was glad to find them now prepared to adopt a course so opposed to that which they had pursued yesterday. They were now acting in a manner entirely conformable with the protest which he had made against their proceedings yesterday. They had actually no more information before them, and yet they were now about to do that which they had refused to do yesterday— namely, to summon the plaintiff and his attorney before them. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, and an explana tion from the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, Lord CAMPBELL said that he should be prepared, at the proper time, when the parties should have appeared at the bar, to stimit a motion on the subject of the course to be adopted towards them, which would he in perfect accordance with the practice adopted in similar cases by both Houses of Parliament and by the courts of law. Lord STANLEY reminded the House that they had only agreed to summon the parties to the bar, without pledging themselves an to the adoption of any particular course when they hail them there. Lord CAMPBELL said that they now did not know more of the subject than they had known last evening, and yet they were prepared to summon the parties to the bar, which they had refused to do last evening. Lord BROUGHAM said that they had appointed the Com mittee la-t evening, not only for the purpose of searching for precedents, but to give the twenty-four hours for reflection on the matter before they decided. The Duke of WELLINGTON said they were in a different position now to that in which they had been placed last even ing. Last evening they had only heard the allegations of the petition. To-night they had hail the evidence of the petitioner delivered on oath at the bar, stating that the action had been brought against him for evidence given before their Lord ships.—The motion was then agreed to. ALLEGED RAILWAY FRAUDS. The Earl of CLANCARTY presented a petition from the Chairman and Directors of the Irish Great Western Railway Company, denying v the allegations of a petition presented laa evening, charging them with fraud in attaching certain signa tures to the share list without proper authority. The peti tioners stated that they had no reasun to believe that any such fraud had been committed, and that they had exercised the greatest care and vigilance for the purpose of ascertaining that all the signatures attached to the share list were genuine. Petitions were presented in favour of the Wakefield, Ponte fract, and Goole Railway, and the Lynn and East Dereham Railway. RAILWAY DEPARTMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE. The Earl of DALHOUSIE, in laying a minute of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade upon the table of the House, said he thought it right to state totheir Lordships the altera tions which Government were prepared to make in the Board of Trade, and the ground upon which they proposed to make the change. After tracing the history of the Railway Depart ment of the Board of Trade, and reminding their Lordships that the House of Commons had departed from their former system of appointing local Committees, and referring only one pro ject or Bi,l to a single Committee, proceeded to remark that the alteration had been found to operate most successfully, and before the close of the present seseion it was fully anticipated that the greater part, if not all the mass of railway business which had come before the other House would be disposed of, The Noble Lord, after explaining the alterations which had been made, proceeded to state what had been the result of the labour of Committees with regard to the Railway Bills which had come before them. On 247 railway schemes, comprising a distance of 8,000 miles, 58 of those schemes were withdrawn, and 19 were rejected for non-compliance with the standing orders. One hundred and sixty of these Bills were read a se cond time, and nine of them were still under consideration ; so that, in point of fact, there were 151 railway schemes which bad been reported and decided upon by the House of Commons. Now, of these, there were six cases where a diff..rent decision had been come to from that of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. The gauges case, the Portsmouth, the Run corn, the Eastern Counties line, and two other cases. There were eight or nine other cases in which there was also a dif ferent decision come to, bat in them there were some compro mises or change of circumstances which accounted for that. Of the whole 151 schemes only 15 were rejected, and 123 were ab solutely confirmed. Now, in future, the Government would not interfere with any railway scheme, but would leave its merit to be decided in the way which had been found to work so admi rably. The minute which he would lay upon the table would embedy the merits of that arrangement which it was proposed to introduce. Lord BROUGHAM approved of the hi:- and candid state men s made by the Noble Lord with respect to the decent in terment of the Board of Trade. The Noble Lord then com mented on the immense power of delay which was exercised by Mr. Hudson to protract the passing of railway bills for the pur pose of enabling him to take advantage of their standing orders. If he only got a bill protracted for so many days more, no re port would be made, and the same sum of money would be ex pended again next session. His advice to the Committee would be to make a report at all events, for it was perfectly necessary for their protection against Mr. Hudson, the Minister of Delay. —( Laughter.) He was working for delay with a twelve counsel power, each of them being capable of expending as much time as he was capable of expending money, agreeably to themselves and disagreeably to everybody eke. He, Mr. Hud son, would he just as well pleased to hear a speech from a coun sel opposed to him of six hours in I,eigth as a speech of the same length from his own counsel. He was quite surprised at the eulogiums passed on the Board of Trade by the Noble Lord in announcing its end. Why should they put an end to a body that was gifted with all the good qualities which he (Lord Dalhousie) had attributed to them ? They must have came to their end unfairly, either by murder or suicide. After a few words from Lord FEVERSFIA3I and Lord Iluouc Era ar, the matter dropped. COSTS ON RAILWAY COMMITTEES. Lord BROUGFIAM then moved that his railway resolution be adopted as a new standing order. The object of the resolu tion was to make the promoters of a new railway pay the costs of an opposing landholder. The Duke of RICHMOND suggested that a proviso should be introduced providing that costs should not be recoverable in eases where the opposition was proved to be of a frivolous nature. Lord BROUGHAM consented to mal.:e the alteration The Earl of WIt:KLOW objected to the resolution, because there was no precedent on record that could justify their Lord .slt_ips in adopting, it. Lord WA OUGHAII argued that the resolution their Lord ships had come to relating to costs in their judieial proceedings was a sufficient precedent to justify their Lordships in adopting this resolution. After a few words from Lord AIONTEAGLE and the Duke of RICHMOND, The Earl of WICKLOW thought that there ought to be Erme communication between the two Houses before that resolution was carried. He thought there was one material objection to it, which was that it prevented parties from pe titioning the House upon the subject of raffle ay s. He thought that as the Noble Lord himself had changed his mind so often upon the subji:cst, it would he well to defer the consideration of the matter. Lord BROUGHAM said that it was impossible for a man to make a frivolous opposition on a matter connected with his own property. Should it be said that a man's resistance of an invq sion of that kind should be considered frivolous and vexatious? If they did not pass the resolution, they would be continuing to take a man'sproperty, and subjecting him during all next session to the expenses consequent on his resistance. He thought, in conclusion, that proceeding- by resolution was a much better mole of proceeding than by Bill. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that no alteration which the Noble Lord could rrys-le in the resolution 'would snake it accept able to hirn. Lord BR "DUGH AM said that if no change that he could mike would please the Noble Lord—if the Government set their face against the resolution in every shape, he would wash his ha :d; of the matter. Lori WHARNCLIFFE said that he did not speak as a member of the Government. He spoke as a member of the House of Lords. Lord PORTMAN was very glad of the . course taken by th e Noble and Learned Lord ( Lord Wharnclifle. ) He was inclined to think that all these things should be regulated by Act of Parliament. He thought the most proper course to follow would be to proceed by Bill. One Noble Lord stated that the Costs of these schemes should be taxed. Now if the costs on other proceedings could not be taxed unl ess b y Act of Parlia.. scent, he did not see how they could give costs on railway legislative proceedings. Lord BROUGHAM said that he never had occasion to hear so many mistakes in all his life as the Noble Lord made who tai just sat down. The resolution which he purposed to add to the standing orders of the House was based upon the report of the Committee to which the Noble Lord referred. Loris POI THAN intimated his assent, but said that he did not mean to state that there hail been a discrepancy. Lord BROUGHAM asked if there was any Noble Lord prosent who did n t believe that the Noble Lord wished to cotivey the idea that there was a discrepancy between the reso lution and the report of the Committee ? The Earl of DEVON thought it would be most discredit able to the House if they would not hear any parties who !night petition the House. The LORD CHANCELLOR wished to know what the position of the question before the House was? lie understood that the Noble Lord ( Brougham) wished to withdraw his re .olution, and bring it forward, in an amended form, on Mon day eight, and, if that were so, he tho ug h t i t was only waste of time to continue the discussion. Lord LAN,DOWNE then moved for leave for the Noble Lord -to withdraw his resolution, and to submit it again on Allonday. Lord WHARNCLIFFE then withdrew his opposition.' Lord BROUGHAM was sorry that his Noble Friend had done so, for he wished to have had the pleasure of a triumph over him. After a few words from the Earl of Devon, Lord Brougham, and Lord Redesdale, The resolutions were then postpon ed till Monda y . The . Documentary Evidence Bill was rea d a third time and oassed. The Earl of CLANCARTY gave notice that early next :2seiwo he should move for a Committee to inquire into the working of the Isish poor-law. Several Bills were then advanced a stage, and their Lord ships adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS, July 11. LUNATICS BILL. ( Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Lord A ~H LEY denied that the Bill was any iob, and de fended the course pursued by the Commissioners. The Noble Lord then explained what the state of the law had been up to 1834, and the appointment of the Commission. The Act then existing was renewed every three years up to 1542, when a Bill was brought in by his Noble Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancas ter. He then proceeded to explain the nature of that Bill. He then went on to say that the Commission was then ap pointed at that time ; that they reported there were 17 county asylums in England, 11 of which were of a mxed character, and were supported by subscription and voluntary contributions; there were 99 houses which were licensed by ju , tices, 59 of which received private patients, and 40 received pauper and other patients. In the metropolitan dis tricts there were 37 houses licensed by magistrates, 33 of which received private patients, and the remaining four pauper and other patients. These were visited four times a year. There were altogether 166 houses of this descrip•ion, which were visited once, twice, arid a few of them four times a year. The report on this Commission was presented to that House at the close of the last session ; and as he hod taken such a prominent part in the investigations, and having been chairman of the Commission, he had been solicited to bring for ward some measures to remedy the evils which existed, and the result had been the two Bills which were at present under consideration. The Noble Lord then explained the details of his Bills. and said that, if the House had carefully read the report of the Commission, they would have little difficulty in giving their support to them. He also proved that the expense of visitation would be considerably diminished, though the labours of the Commission would be very materially increased.—( Hear.) He then dwelt upon the utility of unexpected and frequent visitation, which would be provided for by these Bills. There was no one better acquainted with the enormous evils which existed under the law as it now stood than he was, and he trusted that the Honourable Member for Finsbury (Mr. Duncombe) would not throw any obstruc tion in the way of those advantages which would un doubtedly result to those unfortunate creatures if these provisions were carried into effect. Ihe Noble Lord then detailed several instances of the most shocking cruelty which the Commission had reported on, and which had been permitted under the existing law, and he hoped that the House would no longer tolerate the existence of those evils which were a disgrace to the age in which they lived, and more especially to this enlightened country. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the amendment of which he had given notice—" That the Bill should be postponed till next session, there not being sufficient time this session to give that consideration to the subject which it required." He objected to the construction of the Commission. It should sit perpetually, as the Poor-law Commission did. He did not like these amateur Commissioners ; if they must have Commissioners Ilet them be properly paid, properly responsible, and placed under the supervision of the Home-office. At the present advanced period of the session this measure ought not to be pressed forward with such haste It would be better to postpone the measure until next session, and then to insti tute a searching inquiry. This measure would not correct any of the abuses he had complained of. Persons might still be incarcerated by interested parties, upon the production of a certificate signed by two medical men. An inquiry ought to be made, to ascertain if this was such a measure as these unfor tunate people required for their protection, and such a measure as the nation had a right to expect from that House. The Noble Lord had made no allusion to the petitions which he (Mr. D.) had presented. Let them look at the petitions of Mr. Perceval and of Mr. Lewis Phillips. Did the Noble Lord mean to say that Mr. Phillips was insane? He (Mr. T. Duncombe) would inform the Noble Lord that Mr. Phillips was as sane as any man in that House. How was it that the allegations of that petition had not been inquired into? He had made inquiries on the subject, and he believed every alle gation of the petition could be made out. (The Ho nourable Gentleman then read the petition of Mr. L. Phillips, which has already been published.) Mr. Phillips brought an action against Dr. Warburton, which, however, Mr. Chitty said could not be sustained, be cause he had been incarcerated with a proper certificate, but he indicted Dr. Warburton and all the parties for a conspiracy, and Dr. Warburton paid 1701. rather than let the matter come into court. Mr. Prockter, one of the Commissioners, who had known Phillips, saw him in the asylum, and said he could not release him until he had had their visit. A poor woman in the next cell to Phillips had complained to the Com missioners, and had been brutally ill-treated by the keeper in consequence. These things required that a searching in quiry should be made into the operation of the present law. There were good things in this Bill ; for instance, the power of visiting asylums for single patients. But he objected to rendering this Commission permanent until inquiry had been made into the working of the existing Commission. This measure had been so smuggled through the House, that the public were not aware that such an important measure was under consideration. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to the petitions of Mr. W. Bailey and Captain Digby, both of whom he believed to be sane. He contended that Captain Digby had been confined from interested motives, and that he was not a fit person to be shut up. It was horrible to contemplate the probability of a sane man being committed to one of these dreadful asylums on a certificate signed by two interested apothecaries, without being taken before a magistrate, and without the intervention of a jury. Captain Digby was not released until he threatened an action against the persons who had incarcerated him, and as a proof that Dr. Stillwell did not consider him very insane he would state that Dr. Stillwell made him sign a cheque for his keep before he was released. He complained that where parties came before the Commissioners to prove the sanity of their friends they were treated with haughtiness and arrogance. Capt. Digby's relations, and some of them ladies too had been thus treated by the Commissioners, and if they would grant him an inquiry lie would prove it. Captain Digby, if he were examined, would state the cruelties which he had witnessed, and he did himself honour by the way in which he had come forward. He knew it might be said that Capt. Digby was insane. But he would direct their attention to cases which had come before the police magistrates, and about which there had been no doubt. ( The lion. Gentleman then alluded to the case of Mrs. Finn, who, having been confined as a lunatic, was released through the intervention of Mr. Broughton. magistrate, who had stated from the bench his opinion that the law required alteration.) Now this measure made no alteration whatever in the law in this respect. He also objected to the great allowances, and to the large retiring pensions, awarded to the Commissioners and their officers. It savoured of an attempt at a job, and that alone ought to throw out the Bill. On the amendment being put from the Chair, Mr. S. Crawford and Mr. Smith rose together, and, neither being inclined to give way, Mr. DUNCOMBE rose to order, and insisted on the priority of Mr. S. Crawford's claim. The SPEAKER having called on that Hon. Member to proceed, Mr. S. CRAWFORD said that, considering the late period of the session, he thought the proposition of postponement not only reasonable, but absolutely necessary, and he, therefore, should second the amendment of his Hon. Friend the Member for Finsbury. Mr. V. SMITH regretted that the Honourable Member who had chosen to introduce this amendment had not thought it consistent with his duty to consult the convenience of the Speaker, and reserve discussion till the Bill went into Committee.—( Hear, hear.) But the very objects of the Member for Finsbury himself—viz , to obviate or remove the evils existing under the present Commission—would be much better promoted by allowing the measure to proceed without delay. The comparison instituted between the two Com missions, the existing and the proposed, was strangely un tenable. The peculiar feature of the Noble Lord's (Ashley's) Bill was, that it sought to dispense with the present Commis sion, and create another without the anomalies or evils com plained of now, and its virtual effect would be to postpone the powers of the very Commission which was so frequently and unjustly impugned. He said unjustly. As to the anecdote told by the Honourable Gentleman respecting Captain Digby, who was alleged to have signed a cheque when in confinement, and on his liberation immediately going to his banker and stopping payment, the case, if true, certainly attached blame to the officer, but none whatever to the commis sioners.--( Hear, hear.) It fell wholly without their juris diction, and like that of Mr. Phillips and Mr. Per cival was irrelevant to the conduct of that body. He, therefore, trusted the House would refuse the proposition for delay, and adopt a measure of such vast benefits and importance to the public. Lord DUNCAN moved the adjournment of the debate. Sir JAMES GRAHAM surgested that the Hon. Member for Bath should withdraw his motion of adjournment, on an understanding that the details of the Bill should not be dis cussed till Monday next, and that meanwhile the sense of the House should be taken on the Hon. Member for Finsbury's amendment. Mr. DUNCOMBE stated that the appointment of Monday would be personally inconvenient to him, but if Tuesday at twelve o'clock were named, he would promise not to oppose the Speaker's leaving the chair on that day. This arrangement being acceded to, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Duncombe's amendment. t For the original motion 66 Majority for the original motion The House then adjourned to Fire o'clock. The SPEAKER took the chair again at Five o'clock. PRIVILEGE. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from Mr. Phillips, who stated that he had suffered mach in practice as a surgeon, and had been kept out of several lucrative situations in conse quence of the evidence of Mr. Jasper Parrott given before a Com mittee of that House. The petitioner prayed the House to take his case into their most anxious consideration, and grant him the means of meeting the evidence of the said Joseph Parrott, and if such evidence should be proved to be false, toenable the peti tioner to recover damages. The Hon. Baronet moved that the petition be printed, and gave notice that he should submit a motion on the subject on Monday next. Mr. DI VETT said he had a petition on the same subject from Mr. Parrott, who stated, that in giving the evidence complained of, he had been actuated by no malicious or vindictive feeling, and that such evidence was given under a sense of duty which he owed to that Hon. House. The petitioner prayed for an opportunity to substantiate the truth of his statements, and alleged that Mr. Phillips had not been deprived of any dice in consequence of the evidence of the petitioner. Mr. BALFOUR presented a petition against the Scotch Poor Law. Messengers from the Lords then brought in several Bills from the Upper House. THE DANISH CLAIMS. Mr. HAWES postponed his motion on the Danish claims till Tuesday week. CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. Mr. ESCOTT said he would on Tuesday next move for leave to bring in a Bill for the abolition of certain unjust fees in courts of criminal jurisdiction. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL. Sir JAMES GRAHAM moved the order of the day fur going into committee on the Poor-law Amendment (Scotland) Bill. Mr. HUME said that while he was most anxious that her Majesty 'sGovernment should ameliorate the condition of the poor in Scotland, he was yet anxious, as the Bill before the House was a long one, containing many provisions, that it should be post pried till next session, so as to give the people of Scotland an opportunity of testing the Bill, and of postponing such amend ments as would render further legislation unnecessary. He trusted that they would, therefOre, postpone the Bill. Mr. EWART quite agreed in the opinion of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hume) that the measure should be left over till next session. He thought an opportunity ought to be ac oorded every Alember of the House, but especially those re presenting Scotch communities, to consult their constituencies on the measure. He for one wished for such an opportunity, as h.• should be in a better position neat session to give a de cided vote upon the Bill. Mr. P. M. STEWART said he would go further than either of the Hon. Members who had preceded him, in urging the postponement of the measure. He asked the Government to apply to Scotland their own principle—that principle which had guided them in their conduct of other propositions intended for the benefit of other parts of the kingdom. He asked them to look alt the feeling of Scotland upon this measure, to consult the opinion of the people of that country, and then ;at upon the expressed advice of those most competent to give it, NOW, though this Bill had been snore than two months before the public, not one petit-lion had been presented in its favour—( Hear, hear)—while, on the other hand, numerous had been the petitions laid on the table of the House in its condemnation. It was a measure which while bringing no good to any one, but making the case of the poor man infinitely worse, would, as his Hon. Friend the Mem ber for Montrose had said, encumber the statute-book, already overloaded with amended laws, with another altered or re scinded enactment next session. The present was purely a national question. He was willing to a. , sist the Government on the subject of national legislation. The proposed measure d;d no good to the poor man. No sufficient equivalent was substituted for the pains and distresses which he suffered. The Hon. Member for Peebles might shake his head, but that fur nished no argument. There was the evidence of the parish of St. Cuthbert, a little world in itself, resisting the Bill. The Bill was not passed yet, and the parish of St. Cuthbert, which contained a population of 70,000 individuals, objected to the measure, because it would amalgamate them with the city of Edinburgh. They provided for their own poor, had their own workhouses, and were perfectly independent of the city, and yet it was intended by the present measure to assimilate them with the city where the poor-rates were Is. 6:1. in the pound. The Bill would force them to join with the city. That was a sample of the entire measure. The centralisation system was founded on a false principle, and would occasion universal discontent if the Bill were proceeded with any further, as it now stood. Why not consult the feelings of the people of Scotland? He would say, let the Bill for the present stand as it did, but do not let it be passed through the statute-book until the next session, in order that sufficient time may be afforded to make the neces sary inquiries for proper alterations. He would say that they ought to apply the same principle to Scotland that they applied to other questions. Hardly had one petition been receive.' in favour of the measure, while great numbers had been forwarded against the measure from the people of Scotland. All admitted that legislation was necessary, that a poor-law was wanted for the people of Scotland, but they considered that the present measure, instead of effecting an improvement, would render matters far worse than they now were.—( Hear. ) Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that as a direct appeal had been made to him, he would briefly address himself to the ques tion. If ever there was a question which was divested of all party character it was the present. It was said that the present Bill was a crude measure, and that time had not been given for the due consideration of the question. That was not the case. There had been ample inquiry made before the present Bill was framed. Evidence had been taken before a commission, and whatever difference of opinion might prevail as to many points of that evidence, it was generally admitted that it abundantly preyed the necessity of legislation. That evidence had been before Honourable Members for twelve months. He was sorry that any man should think that the Bill was a crude and im perfect measure, yet in supporting that opinion it could not be said that it had been hurried through the House. The Bill was introduced at the beginning of the session, it had been amply discussed, and a large majority of the House had decided in its favour. It had also been once postponed, in order to allow the people of Scotland an opportunity of discussing its provisions. His Right Hon. and Learned Friend (the Lord Advocate) and . himself had given the measure their best consideration and most anxious attention, and it was their deliberate opinion that it was as good a measure as could, under the circum stances, be introduced. When he remembered how much the matter had been canvassed, and what a length of time the people of Scotland had had for deliberation, he could not see that there was any necessity for further postponement. The Hon. Gentleman said there were no petitions in favour of the measure, whilst a great number were against it. He (Sir James Graham) must say that he had never known, in all his Parliamentary experience, a measure of this kind to be petitioned for. He thought, when the measure came into full operation, the people of Scotland would be well satisfied with it. The House had already, by a large majority, twice affirmed the principle of the 8.11, and if, after passing through Committee, there remained anything obnoxious in it, the Hon. Member could move the amendment on the third read ing of the Bill. Mr. LOCKHART thought, with some modifications, the Bill might be made acceptable to the people of Scotland. He further thought that it would prove a remedial measure. .The only clause he objected to was the 16th clause; with that ex ception he approved of the Bill. Mr. GIBSON CRAIG was understood to say that he entirely approved of the Bill, and thought it would be received with approbation by the people of Scotland. Mr. HASTIE hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would post pone the Bill, at least for the present. That some remedial measure for the condition of the poor of Scotland was neces sary, he did not mean to deny; but in consequence of the manner in which the press had described their sufferings, much had been done to ameliorate their condition, and they were nosy in a better state than they had been for some time. He must repeat his desire that the Government would postpone the Bill. Lord DUNCAN did not agree with the Hon. Member in thinking the condition of the poor of Scotland at all improved. Mr. E. ELLICE said he held in his hand a statement, from which it appeared that since the discovery of the actual state of the law, the poor had been in a much better condition, and were better cared for than they were before. He differed very much from the opinion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh. He knew that the almost unanimous opinion of the people was against this Bill being passed in its present shape. He had met with but one opinion with respect to this Bill if it were passed in its present shape, and that was, that it would be most mischievous in its effects. At a meeting lately held in Scotland, this Bill was declared to be a fraudulent at tempt to take away the rights of the poor. He entreated the Right Hon. Baronet to pause before he pressed this measure. Sir J. APIA GGART could bear testimony to the accuracy of what had fallen from his Hon. Friend the Member for Paisley. Sir J. HOPE, and Mr. P. BOATHIVICE s*pported the Bill. Mr. G. IItINCAN said he had received a great many letters upon this subject from various parts of Scotland very recently, and some of them even that day, all of which ex pressed their dissent to this Bill, in many of its clauses. Now, with regard to the definition of the sum at which parties were to be rated, he understood it was intended to be fixed at 40/. ; but if it was, he would ask, why not state it in the Bill? (hear.) But if the Bill were to be passed into a law in its present state, so far from its being of any benefit, it would be an unfailing source of litigation, and of heart-burning and ill will. Mr. ROSS said he represented a portion of the country where the people were deeply interested in this Bill, and there were some clauses in it that were deemed so unjust and so monstrous, that if the Right Hon. Baronet opposite did not consent to abandon them — altogether, he would g ivethe Bill al the opposition in his power. What he now wished more par ticularly to advert to was this : it would appear by this Bill that neither an Irishman nor an Englishman could acquire a right to relief in Scotland. Now, let him ask, was it because that men happened to be natives of either England or Ireland that no period of residence in Scotland would give them a right to relief ? Was it possible that an Irishman, who might have spent his youth, and his blood, and his sinew in enabling a Scotch manufacturer to convert the man's strength into goods, that at the end of his power of labour he was to be turned adrift, sent back to Ireland, and, finding that none there lived belong ing to him, he was to find no asylum in Scotland if he should return to it, but be treated as a vagabond. Such treatment would be enough to make a man's blood boil. But let him asz what argument could he, as an anti-repealer, use against such a law ? If, then, the Right Hos. Baronet did not abandon those clauses he (Mr. Ross) would move that the Bill be read a third time that day three months. Mr. T. DUNCOM BE said that though he was not con. nected with Scotland, yet he had received several petitions from different parts of that country against the measure. He had received petitions from Aberdeen, from Dundee, from Edin burgh, from Paisley, and from Glasgow, and the parties sign ing them all complained that the Bill contained no provision for the relief of able-bodied paupers out of employment. The question was whether the Bill would not place the poor in a worse position than before ? He considered it would. The measure, in his opinion, was hurried through the House in order to put an end to certain rights of appeal that have lately been dis covered as belonging to the people. It was found that the poor had an appeal to the Court of Session, which the present Bill now sought to quash. He hoped, from the feeling displayed by the people of Scotland in their petition, that the Right Hon. Gentleman would consent to the postponement of the Bill to another session. Colonel RA WDON supported the postponement of the Bill. Nearly all the Scotch Members in the House had either spoken or voted against the measure, and great numbers of petitions had been presented to the House from the people of Scotland against it. On these grounds he hoped that the fur ther consideration of the Bill would be put off till the next session. There was one clause which had his most decided op position. It was a most inhuman and cruel clause. It pro vided that persons under the necessity of applying a second time for relief should be acted towards as a criminal, and under certain circumstances be treated as a felon. Such a clause was so harsh, so inhuman, and so unconstitutional, that he csuld not consent to going into Committee on such a Bill. He concluded by moving that the Bill be read that day three months. Sir JAMES GRA HANI said that the objections of the Gallant Colonel were matters of detail, and could be better discussed in Committee than now. He denied that the clause was of the penal character described. It only provided that in case of parties living on the parish funds, under circumstances where they might be able to work, and had reasonable pros pect of employment, should be treated as rogues and vaga bonds. The same principle was recognised in England, as Well as in Scotland. It was, therefore, nothing new, and was ne cessary as a protection against fraud. After a few words from Colonel RAWDON, Mr. HAMILTON said he should be sorry to defeat the measure, as the objectionable clauses were stated to be an open question. Ile hoped the Gallant Colonel would withdraw his motion, and allow the House to go into Committee. Unless the clauses then were much modiffed, he should certainly give the Bill his most decided opposition. Sir J. GRAHAM explained, and hoped that Hon. Mem bers would go into Committee on the Bill, when a full oppor tunity would be allowed of discussing the clauses. Lord C. HAMILTON condemned the clauses of the Bill relat:ng to Irishmen, and hoped that, on going into Committee, they would he altered so as to give the natives of that country an industrial settlement. Mr. HENLEY said that unless the clauses were much al tered, he should give the Bill every opposition in his power.— ( Loud cries of " Divide.") The Gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared— For the amendment 3B Against it 9O Majority against the amendment ...... —s'2 Mr. HUME said, that he himself did not give trouble to the Government with respect to this Bill, but he only for warded to the Lord Advocate all the requests of the working classes in Scotland that it should be postponed. He had been assured that the going into Committee would not be pressed against the wishes of the people of Scotland, whom this Bill would affect. He wished to see the Bill postponed and cor rected. He thought it was the Bill of the rich man, against the poor man. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, that he was perfectly con vinced that his Hon. Friend had not expressed his own opinions, but those of others, fur he well remembered that when his Learned Friend (the Lord Advocate) first introduced the Bill, the Hon. Member ,Mr. Hume) expressed his de cided approbation of it. Lord JAMES STUART begged to say, that he and many Members at his side of the !loins, whom he could answer for, bad voted in accordance with their views, as to their public duty. He would not sit in that House to sup port landlords' measures, nor to give his vote in favour of any measure which would be oppressive to the poor of Scotland. It was said that there were no petitions presented from Scot land but which were hostile to this Bill. He himself had pre sented a petition from his own constituents, and he could not say that there was any desire expressed in it for the postpone ment of the Bill. He could not perceive that it was a landlords' Bill, as was stated. He was, therefore, in favour of their going into Committee once more on it. Mr. P. M. STEW ART approved of the introduction of the poor-law into Scotland, but yet he was of opinion that the measure should be postponed till next session, in order to give themselves the opportunity of obtaining information on the subject from practical men, and framing the Bill so as to be satisfactory to all parties. Lord DUNCAN said that it was difficult to discover what they were at. If they wished to discuss the principles of the Bill, would it not be better to do so on the third reading, and if they wished to discuss the details, why not go into Committee on the clauses? The House then went into Committee, OD relidino of elapse 35, THE SUE, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENTNG, JULY 12, 1845. Mr. GLADSTONE said that there was a great necessity to improve the provision for the poor in Scotland. But, unhap pily, the question had been mixed up with ecclesiastical and territorial matters with which they had no natural or necessary connexion. He thought that farm servants and domestics should not be assessed to the poor-rates. Mr. HOPE saidhe had had peculiar opportunities of seeing the working of this law. In the parishes with which he was con nected they bad only been driven to the assessment in conse quence of the larger proprietors having refused to contribute their share of the funds necessary for the support of the poor. The clause was then agreed to. On the 36th clause being proposed, Mr. P. M. STEWART said that he should wish to see some more practical machinery to carry out the clause. Mr. HUME said that he should be glad to see any means by which, in the case of refusal, any proprietor could be com pelled to pay his portion. Certainly there was none in the clause. Mr. E. ELLICE thought that some better means should be provided for the certainty of obtaining relief for the pauper. In the Lowlands the clause might work very well, but in the parishes in the Highlands there was a great difference. In three counties there was no possibility of enforcing this relief. Mr. ESCOTT thought that some better means should be adopted for enabling the authorities to grant more efficient relief than that which the clause allowed. Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE said that much was to be granted for what had been said on the other sfde of the House ; but he was quite inclined to agree with what had fallen fron the Hon. Member for Winchester ( Mr. Escott), and that greater facility should be given for the obtaining of this relief, and for increasing the amount of it. Mr. HAWES said that the Bill was well worthy of consi deration, and from the opinion which had been stated by Dr. Alison and Dr. Chalmers, he was quite ready to believe that its effect would be to improve the condition of the lower classes of the people of Scotland, and it was a matter of indifference as to how the assessment should be enforced. After a few words from Lord DUNCAN, The LORD ADVOCATE said that he was not prepared to say that there were not difficulties in the stay of urging this assessment, but in those parishes where the system had been adopted it had worked most satisfactorily. He had received a great many communications, and he was justified by the tenour of the whole of them in persevering in promoting the principle of the Bill and the integrity of this clause. It had been a matter of peculiar care with him to frame the clause in such a way that the pr Terry should be assessed in the parish in which it was situated. He had endeavoured to take the benefit of all the communications from different parts of Scotland, and they were very numerous, and to embody them in this Bill. He had taken care that the assessment should be made on the actual means of the residents. By the law as it stood, one half was raised on the real property, and one half on the other means of the parties, so that if a man had 5001. a year from real property, and 5001. a year from other sources, he paid on the 1,0001. a year ; and the same rule held in all cases, and thus got rid of this source of complaint. With regard to the mode of levying the tax, he proposed that one half should be levied off the land lord, and one half off the tenant, and he did think that would be a fair and equitable mode, and to prevent the possibility of that mode being rendered oppressive, he had placed in the hands of the Board of Supervision a sufficient remedy, as well as a proper guard against any one party being assessed in more than one parish, unless under peculiar circumstances. Mr. P. SCROPE begged to remind the Lord Advocate of the fact that while the sale and transfer of property in Scotland would go on, still the assessment would be the same, and no power proposed to be given to the Board of Assessmentafforded a remedy against such a state of things, while, at the same time, an illimitable power of assessment was proposed to be given to the Board of Control. He would ask how would that Board of Assessment deal with a man who might have an income of 1,000/. a year from funded property. These, and several other matters of an objectionable nature suggested themselves to his mind by the assessment clauses of the Bill. Mr. HUME said it appeared to him that the Bill made a number of alterations which would be found to be very op pressive. He would suppose such a case as that of a man re ceiving 5,0001. a year from the East Indies, and 5,0001. a year from the West, and yet residing in Scotland in a part of the country where he might have a small property in each of three parishes ; he (Mr. Hume) would wish to know in which of the three parishes he was to be assessed for this property of his in India ? The LORD ADVOCATE said he thought he had already satisfactorily explained that difficulty. Mr. HUME did not think it would be fair to assess the property in India of a gentleman who might have come to a parish in Scotland merely for a few months' shooting, and where he might be the only person in the parish who could be assessed. _ _ Mr. SMOLLETT said he thought that some distinction ought to be made in the assessment between those who held land under different circumstances. Mr. ESCOTT did not think the mode of assessment at all an equitable one. Mr. EIVART conceived it an inconsistent thing that this Bill should provide that in certain cases the mode of assessment now existing should continue. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the Bill provided re medies before the Board of Assessment in all cases where any questions of difficulty of a peculiar nature should arise. Mr. G. DUNCAN said the Bill provided in certain cases that where the rate could not be had, the process of distress against the goods should be had recourse to ; but he would ask how that remedy could be had recourse to in cases of persons with three and four thousand a year living actually in hovels, several of which he was aware of. Mr. P. SCROPE hoped that a system of assessment would be adopted that would have stability. The propo-ed mode of assessment would be a premium to absenteeism, and a penalty to persons residing on their estates in Scotland. Sir J. GRAHAM wished that Scotch Alembers should avail themselves of the experience which the English law at present afforded, and the fruits would then be an attempt to escape those evils which were complained of in the present law. The provision entitled Foulet Scrope's Act was exactly similar to the mode of rating recommended by Hon. Members opposite ; that Act was rigid and unbending ; and though its principle was good, as effecting a uniform system of rating, yet, as it had proved wholly inoperative, he was loth to adopt the same unsuccessful experiment in the assessment of any other part of the kingdom. Mr. P. SCROPE denied the analogy between the Act he had introduced into England and that now sought to be applied to Scotland. Sir J. GRAHAM explained. Mr. BAINE said, that as the town of Greenock had been mentioned in the course of the debate, he wished to take the opportunity of expressing his entire concurrence in the clause, and his astonishment at the unmeaning opposition evinced against it. in this opinion he was backed by strong represen tations frsm the inhabitants of Greenock, oho were extremely anxious that the present mode of rating should not be altered, and felt considerable alarm at a change so serious being threatened. Mr. ESCOTT, after the opinion thus strongly expressed of the feeling of the people of Greenock, and, he doubted not, Of the entire population of Scotland, hoped the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department would with draw the Bill altogether, as its very essence was a change in the mode of assessing the rates. Mr. DARBY supported the clause. Mr. E. ELLICE:, jun., did not think the present law so ob jectionable as had been attempted to be proved. If any part whatever of the Act did operate prejudici a ll y , it was that which related to means and substance. He wag quite certain that if the Bill was passed, it would be the occasion of much legis lation on the subject of assessment, as it was more inquisitorial than that of the income tax. He perfectly agreed that the poor-law in Scotland should be assimilated to the poor-law in Ireland. Lord DUNCAN said that it was much more easy to speak against the measure than to propose a new one. For his own part, he thought that in lieu of a better system, the one before the House should be adopted. He trusted, however, that the intentions would be snbsequently imps used. Mr. REDINGTON said that the proposition laid down by the Lord Advocate was, that he was adhering to the law of Scotland ; but he (Mr. Redingtcar) asked if he was doing so ? He said no. He contended that the Lord Advocate was most inconsistent, and did not adhere to his promise. He was changing the whole system of the law in Scotland, and in a manner, too, which would be most unacceptable to the Scot tish people. The mariner in which the Irish paupers would be treated in Scotland under the proposed law, would be most unsatisfactory to the Irish people generally. Mr. GL ADSTONE said he thought those without domi ciles should be provided for, so as there should be no doubt or uncertainty about their relief. It was only right there should be a clear understanding oa this subject. tfhoalito'nvoingperson having less than 40/. amendment to the clause : ' A i l At H the end \l jE m of o in e a year from means and substance, should be so assessed." The LORD ADVOCATE said it was very hard to fix a precise sum, for the expense of living was grea'er 07 less in line e 17,th e different parts of the country. A minimum might be fixed, it was true ; but that rule would be sometimes the cause of hardship. Mr. HUNIE thought it should be left to the discretion of the board of guardians. Mr. ELLICE, jun., said the words 4 ‘ means and substance" not being defioed, he would vote against the clause. The House then divided, when their appeared— For the clause Against it Majority in favour of the clause —6o Clauses 36 and 37 were agreed to. On clause 3t being proposed, A Mr. P. M. S [TW ARI objected. He thought that exces sive powers were invested in the hands of the Commissioners. The clause, after a few words from the LORD ADVO CATE, was ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses 39 and 40 were passed without opposition. Mr. P. BORTHWICK proposed that a provision should be added, that no person not having a provision to the amount of 40/. should be rated. Clauses 41, 42, 43, and 44 were then passed without objec Lion, as was also clause 45. Clause 46 was then - a m 7reed tn. On the readi ng o f the 47th clause, Mr ELLICE move d an amen dment to the effect that the clergy of the Established Church should not be exempted from the payment of poor-ra . es. The LORD ADVOCATE opposed the amendment. He was willing to make some change in the clause to meet the wishes of th e H on. Mem b er oppos ite, if the particular amend ment was not pressed. After a desultory conversation, Mr. ELLICE withdrew his amendment, and the clause was agreed to. Clauses 4S and 49 were also agreed to. Clauses 50, 51, and 52 were then agreed to On clause 53 being read, Lord DUNCAN moved an amendment to the effect that. inspectors should not be dismi-sed without the authority of two-thirds of the board. After a short discussion the Committee divided, when there appeared-- For the amendment ........................ 11 Against it Majority against the amendment The clause was then agreed to, as were also clauses 54 and 55. The House then resumed, the Cbr.irman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Monday next. The Grand Jury Presentments (Dublin) Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday next. The Borough and Watch Rates Bill went through Com mittee. The Spirits (Ireland) Bill, the Bothwell Prison Bill, and the Bonded C orn Bill h av i ng ' respectively been read a second time, the House went into Committee on the IRISH JOINT-STOCK CONIPANI"S BILL, The preamble of which being proved, and the clause agreed to, the House resumed, and on the motion for the House going into Committee on the Cl lAINAL JURISDICTION OF ASSISTANT BAR- RISTERS (IRELAND) BILL, Mr. BROTHERTON moved the adjournment of the House. Sir T. FREMANTLE, rather than impose such an inm venience on the House, would suggest the postponement of the committal of the Bill till Monday next. Mr. T. B. C. SMITH, who introduce d the measur e , having acceded to this p roposa l, the report of the Merchant Seaman's Bill was, after a few words from the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Captain Berkeley, Mr. Wawn, Sir C. Napier, and Mr. Curteis, ordered to be withdrawn, and the measure was thus virtually postponed till next session. The Loan Societies Bill was read a brat time. The Hishwai Rates Pm wept throufh the same star. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past One o'clock. PARLIAMEN T XRY DIVISIONS. (Front the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, JUNE 11. POOR•LAW AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion nude, and Question proposed, "',sat Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"--Amendment pre• posed, to leave out from the ward " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, " this House will upon this day three months resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof:— Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 90. Acland, Sir T. D. Davies, David'A. S. Lincoln, Earl Arbuthnott, H. Dickinson, F. it. Lockhart, William Ashley, Lord Dodd, George Lowther, Sir J. 11. Baillie, Colonel Douglas, Sir C. Lygon, General Baillie, H. J. Duncan, Viscount Mackenzie, T. Baldwin. Barry Duncombe, A. Mackenzie, W. F. Balfour, J. M. Fitzroy, Henry M`Neill, Duncan Baring, W. B. Fremantle, Sir T. Milues, R. M. Barrington, Viscount Fuller, A. E. Mundy, E. M. Bennett, Philip Gaskell, J. M. Nieholl, John Blackburn°, J. I. Gladstone, W. E. Palmer, Robert Bolder°, H. G. Gladstone, Captain Peel, Sir Hobert Borthwick, Peter Gordon, Captain Peel, Jonathan Botfleld, Beriah Gore, Montague Pringle, Alexander Bowes, John Goulburn, H. Pusey, Philip Bramston, T. W. Graham, Sir J. Scrope G. P. Broadwood, Henry Greene, Thomas Smith, T. B. C. Brotherton, Joseph Hamilton, George A. Swollen, Alexander Bruce, Lord E. llampden, Renn Somerset, Lord G. Bruges, W. 11. L. Ilarcourt, G. G. Stuart, Lord J. Buckley, Edmund Hawes, B. Sutton, H. M. Buller, Sir J. Y. Henley, J. W. Thesiger, Sir F. Campbell, Sir Hugh Herbert, Sidney Wakley, T. Cardwell, Edward Ilodgson, F. Walsh, Sir J. B. Clerk, Sir G. Hogg, J. W Wawn, J. T. Codrington, Sir W. hope, Sir John Wellesley, Lord:C. Colebrooke, Sir T. Hope, Charles Williams, William Corry, henry Houldsworth, T. Wortley, John S. Courtenny, Lord Hughes, W. B. TELLERS. Craig, W. G. Hussey, Ambrose Young, John Darby, Georgo Jermyn, Earl Lennox, Lord A. MINORITY-NOES, 38. Acton, Colonel Dennistoun, J. lt'Taggart, lir J. Archbold,' Rawl Duff, James Morris, David Bailie, Walter Duncan, George Morrison, James Bannerman, A. Duncombe, Thomas O'Connell. M. J. Barnard, E. G. Dundas, Admiral Pechell, Captain Bernard, Viscount Dundas, Frederick Bashleigh, William Blake, M. J. Ellice, Edward Somerville, Sir W. Bouverie, E. P. Esmonde, Sir Thos. Stewart, P. M. Browne, W. Ewart, William Villiers, Chatles Clements, Viscount Forster, Matthew Yorke, Henry R. Colborne, W. R. Grogan, Edward Cole, H. A. Hamilton, Lord C. TELLERS. Collett, John Hastie, Archibald Ross, D. R. Cartels, H. B. Hume, Joseph Raw don, Col. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, JULY 11. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway. Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway. Brighton and Chichester Railway (Portsmouth Extension Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. The South Eastern Railway (Widening and Extension of the London and Greenwich Railway) Bill was referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolution reported ; " That, in thipcase of the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway Bill, amendments on third reading, the amendment to clause 19, may be adopted by the House, if they shall think fit; but that the amendment to strike out clause 20 ought not to be adopted by the House at that stage." Report to lie on the table. Standing Orders Revision,—Select Committee appointed, " to consider whether any and what alterations in the Stand ing Orders of the House respecting private Bills, the expe rience of the present session may show to be desirable :" Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Estcourt, Sir George Grey, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Greene, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Ewart, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Loch, Mr. Pa kington, and Mr. Pringle :—Power to send for persons, papers, and records; five to be the quorum. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP (A) OF RAILWAYS. LONDON AND CROYDON (CHATHAM TO GRAVES. END) RAILWAY BILL. Mr. Lascelles reported fro►n the Select Committee on Group A of railways, to whom several petitions against the Bills comprised in the said group, together with the report of the Board of Trade thereon, were referred, that in the case of the London and Croydon (Chatham to Gravesend) Railway Bill, they had heard counsel in support of several of the said petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and that they had examined the allegations contained in the preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE BILLS APPOINTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. RAILWAYS. Select Committee on Group ZZ. Sir John Walsh (Radnorshire), discharged from attendance on the Committee. Mr. Thomas S. Duncombe (Finsbury), selected, and added to the Committee, vice Sir John Walsh, NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junc tion) Railway,—Lords' amendments to be considered, Mon day, July 14. 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Various conjectures were made during the whole day by the numerous spectators on the cause of the arrival of this steamer. A report passed from mouth to mouth that the intelligence published by the Dagblad, of the Hague, was going to be realised by beginning to take sound ings for the purpose of making a harbour for small steam. boats, for the English correspondence, which will be of incal culable advantage to Scheveningen and the Hague. About six in the afternoon a fine Dutch merchantman was seen to approach in full sail, which passed close by the steam boat. This sight was loudly cheered by the thousands of spec tators assembled on the terrace of the bathing-house, especially when the Captain of the merchantman fired a saliste of three guns, but whether it was intended for the steamer or for the fair sex, or for the fine band of music directed by Mr. Dunck ler, is a mystery. 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BRISTOL AND SOUTH WALES JUNCTION RAIL- WAY.— EXTENSION LINE To Moxstoum.—The manner in which the Parliamentary proceedings under the South Wales Railway Bill have been lately reported, is calculated to create an erroneous impression of that Company's plans. It is stated that they have obtained a preamble "for a Bill to make a railway to Chepstow, with a branch to Monmouth," instead of which it should have been with a branch "from Newport to Monmouth," that being the branch which the South Wales Company take power to construct. The line from Bristol to the South Wales line near the Passage, and the extension from thence to Monnzouth, are both left to the Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway Companies; and the branch which the South Wales Company make from Newport to Monmouth will be upwards of twelve miles dis tant, in quite a different direction. SAFETY OF THE APOLLO TROOP SHIP. - The gratifying intelligence of the safe arrival of the Apollo troop ship at Quebec, on the 14th of June, was received at Lloyd's psterdap ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Abingdon, July 10. Mr. Justice Patteson arrived here at about three o'clock this afternoon, and having opened the commission at the Idridewell Hall, proceeded to attend Divine service at St. Helen's Church. The assize sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Yates, the Vicar of St. Mary's parish, Reading. There are eight causes entered for trial, one only being a special jury case; and it is expected that it will probably not come on at these assists. The calendar contains the names of nine prisoners, of whom one is committed for arson, one for wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, one for forgery, two for robbery with violence, two for housebreaking, one for sheepstealing, and one for larceny. The small number of prisoners is accounted for by the assizes following so quickly on the sessions, at which it appears a great number of cases were disposed of. July 11. Lord Denman, immediately on entering the town, at about half-past ten thi s morn i ng, procee d e d to the Shire-hall to pre side in the Nisi Prius Court. The ease of Simmons v. Gibson, the only special jury cause in the list, and which it was supposed, if tried, would have lasted a considerable time, was, by consent, made a remanet. No case of any public interest was tried in this Court today. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON. ) Henry Scott, aged 28, was indicted for having, at Cookham, in this county, on the 18th of May last, wounded his wife, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. Mr. Pigott conducted the prosecution ; Mr. J. J. Williams defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutrix, the wife of the prisoner, had been for abJut a week working some distance from home, at a place called Haygate Lodge, and that she returned to her house on Saturday the 17th, and, being unwell, went to bed, and did not rise till four p.m. on the Sunday following. She went down to get some water, and it would seem that there then took place some altercation between her and her husband, he wishing her not to go to church, and she persisting in doing so. She then went up to her room, and, on endeavouring to open a boa belonging to her, in order to get from it some suitable apparel to go to church, found that the lock had been tampered with, and that she could not succeed in unlocking it. On this she went down and taxed her husband with having opened her box, and asked him what he had done to the lock. He answered, " nothing," and she said she would not have her place examined by any of his friends, and then re turned to her room. While kneeling before the box and striving to open it, she received a blow on the back of the head which knocked her down. She tried to rise, but fell; and, on actually ruing, fell a second time. Sh e dis covered her husband, and with much difficulty got from him a hammer about a foot long, weighing nearly a pound, with which the blow had been inflicted. The hammer was pro duced in Court, and there was on the handle, just under the iron, a slight and very faint trace of blood. The prosecutrix could not tell with which end she had been struck, whether by the wood or the metal. The prisoner took her handkerchief off her bosom, and tied it on her eyes, telling her he was going to wipe them, when she replied that he need not wipe her eyes, after treating her as he had done. She went down stairs, and endeavoured to get out through the back door, but it was bolted, and while she was trying to open it, the prisoner took the hammer from her. He then tt ok something out of a box, in which he kept razors, went up stairs, and was seen no more that evening by his wife. The prosecutrix at length opened the back door, through which, however, she did not then leave the house, but went to the front door, an= called out to her neighbour, Alrs. Johnson, for help, but no one heard her. She then returned to the back door, and through it made her way to Mrs. Johnson's house. Mr. Johnson, who saw her, said she was in a very fainting state, and bleeding profusely from some wounds in the head. He took her into his house, and at once sent for medical assistance. The surgeon described the injury to be a narrow contused wound on the back of the head, two inches long, going to the bone, and a small bruise adjoining it, just such as might have been inflicted with the hammer produced in Court. It would not appear that the prisoner made ary attempt to escape, as he was on the follow ing day apprehended in his own house. Mr. WILLIAMS addressed the jury for the defence, and con tended that there could have been no intention to commit grievous bodily harm, serious as the injury was, and that the prisoner, who was a carpenter by trade, and therefore must have a hammer frequently in his hand, had in all probability been irritated by the dispute about going to church, and then by the accusation respecting the box, and had followed his wife up stairs, and in this excitement had struck her with the wooden handle. It was quite clear that had he aimed a blow with the iron end, no human skull could have escaped being frac tured, and death must in all probability have been the result. Mr. Justice PATTISON having summed up, the jury, after a very short deliberation, acquitted the prisoner of the felony, and found him guilty of a common assault only. His LORDSIIIIP then addressed the prisoner, and told him that he had had a very narrow escape, as, if his wife had died of the wounds, his crime would have been murder, and he most certainly would have been executed for it. As it appeared, however, that while working on a railway, and also while in prison, he had suffered from most violent headaches, which almost deprived him of hi s senses , t h at would be taken into consideration in meting out the punishment, though it was no defence whatever for the brutal assault he had committed. The Learned Judge then sensenced the prisoner to nine months' imprisonment and hard labour. HOME CI C UIT.— fie? tford, July 11. This circuq commenced on Thursday, on which day the Com. mission was opened with the usual form. The business is very light, there being only seven prisoners for trial on the Crown side. Twenty-one causes are entered on the civil side, but the greater part of them are undefended, and there are only three special jury cases. CROWN COURT. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE presided in this Court ; and after the grand jury had been sworn his Lordship proceeded to de liver his charge to them. After congratulating them upon the small number of prisoners for trial and the probability that their labours would be of very short duration, his Lordship said that having made all the remarks that appeared to him to be necessary with respect to the cases in the calendar, he would proceed to offer a few observations to them upon the im portant subject of the state of crime in the county. He had before him the criminal returns for England and Wales, upon which his observations would chiefly be founded. By these re turns it appeared that the number of prisoners committed for trial, or bailed, during the past year, in the comity of Hert ford, was 271. if they went back for ten years, they would find that the number at that time, for the same period, was 238: and ever since there had been a steady increase ; and it was worthy of consideration whether this could be accounted for by the increase of the popul ition during the same period, or whether it was owing to the moral deterioration of the popula tion of the county. He observed that in every other county in England, during the last two years, there had been a decrease in the number of committals, and although the increase in this eounty was certainly but small, yet he thought they ought to regard the subject with a very jealous eye, and endeavour if possible to trace out the causes of that increase. It was satis factory to a certain ex t en t t o perce i ve t h at a l though there was anincrease in the number of committals in the county, vet that there were very few cases of vimence to the person, and the erimes mostly consisted of common larceny and larceny by servants; and while upon this part of the subject he would mention one circumstanc e which in their capacity of magis trates he thought very important for their consideration. He perceived by the returns that out of 271 prisoners who were committed or bailed to take their trial, only 1 77 were convicted, and as many as 94 were either acquitted, not prosecuted, or the bills against them were ignored by the grand jury. Now he should not be so unjust as to found, upon such a return as this, a complaint of the manner in which the magistrates per formed their duty ; but at the same time he must take the liberty of calling their attention to the very great proportion of persons who had been sent to prison for a greater or less perm I, and who were eventually acquitted of the chr.rges brought again them. It m i g ht b e th e o pi n i o n of some that with re gard to a great many of those persons, although acquitted, yet there was no moral doubt of their guilt ; but if they placed any faith in the due administration of the laws of the country, they would see that they ought not to place much weight upon that opinion, and he, therefore, begged to impress upon them the importance of not sending persons for trial upon slight grounds. In all cases of imprisonment it was a great evil to the party who suffered it, and however improved their system of prison discipline might be, yet if any one was confined upon slight or insufficient grounds it could not fail to be a source of great in justice to himself personally, and very probably of evil to that society which he afterwards joined. Hi 2 Lordship then pro ceeded to observe that it was gratifying to see by the returns that generally throughout England crime was on the de cease ; in the mining districts there had been an increase, which was probably occasioned by the strikes of the workmen for higher wages, which had always been productive of crime ; and he said he would here remark that the mere impro ve me n t of the physical condition of the people did not appear to have any tendency to diminish crime. As an instance of this he would state that when he was at the last winter circuit in th e c ounty of Durham, it ap peared that in the coal •mining districts the workmen were get ting four or five-and-twenty s hilli ng s a week, with house rent and coals for nothing, whi!e in the other districts no more than the ordinary agricultural wages were being paid ; but yet the far greater proportion of crime ap?eared to . have been com mitted in the former, and the exte n t of crime in the latter was comparatively trifling. God forbid that he should wish to de press the physical condition of the working classes; but he was quite certain they would only half do their work in the repression of crime if they neglected their moral con dition at the same time. It was melancholy to see that, although there had been a general diminution in the amount. of crime, vet that cases of violence against the person had very :much increased, and particularly one class of offences connected with the game•laws, which he thought he ought not to pass over. In addition to the ordinary cases, of being armed at night in pursuit of game, tresspassing, &c., it appeared that dm-mg the year 1844 there were three cases of murder, nineteen of shooting at keepers or other persons with intent to commit murder, and two eases of manslaughter, all arising out of offences connected with the game-laws. He thought this afforded matter for very serious consideration ; and without wishing to say anything invidious, he could not help remarking that it was impossible not to lament that the present system of protecting game led to such serious results. Having made these observations, he would now express his opinion that the only mode by which crime could be surely re • pressed was to improve the moral condition of the people. It had been urged by the advocates for the abolition of capital punishment, that the certainty of severe seconda r y p un i s h ment would certainly tend to diminish crimes of that character, but he regretted that the returns before him, and his own expe rience, did not bear out that expectation, and he was sorry to say that the crimes from which capital punishment had been taken away had increased more in proportion than any others. The offences of cutting and wounding, a tt empts at murder, and the crime of murder itself, had increased thirty per cent. There appeared to be a very great increase among the prisoners of persons who were able to read and write, but this showed that such an education was not sufficient, and that i at was of no avail unless the persons who received it were taught to employ it properly, and that it would be of very little use to improve the physical condition of the people, or to give them education, unless education was founded upon morality and religion. The grand jury then retired. VESTEI?N ClRCUlT.—Winchester, July 11. The Commission was opened here yesterday by both the Judges, Mr. Justice Erie and Hr. Baron Platt. Their Lore ships attended Divine service in the Cathedral this morning, after which they proceeded to enter upon the bu.iness of the assizes about one o'clock. The calendar only contains twenty eight cases, but exhibits a proportion unusually great of atro cious crimes. Two persons are charged with feloniously wounding, six with manslaughter and child murder, whil e t h ere are no less than four cases of bestiality. THE DUEL AT T.ORTSMOUTH Althoughthat the parties co ncerne d i n th i s lamentable it is occurrenceino will not surrender to t a k e t h e i r tr i als at the present assizes, yet, as the depositions have been returned, and a bill of indictment prepared for presentation to the gland jury in the usual manner, Mr. Baron Platt made some obser vations to that body upon the subject upon the present occasion, Elis Lordship observed that the law upon the subject of duelling was -extremely clear, and had been distinctly laid down in the several text books upon the subject. His Lordship then pro ceeded to read from Russell upon Crimes the several principles upon the subject which were applicable to the present case; and the general efftot of which was, that a party who had caused the death of another, under circumstances which disclosed a deliberate purpose upon the part of the slayer to gratify a feel ing of revenge by inflicting grievous bodily mischief with a deadly weapon, was guilty of in4rder. With regard to the ease where the indiction of death was preceded by the oircum, Itaucos of great revocation having been 4,iveu to the slayer by the de cease d, it h a d b een l a id d own that in o rde • to reduce the offence in such cases from murder to ma n slaughter, it was essential that the wounding, battery, should have been inflicted immediately upon the occurrenceye the provocatio n , f or if th ere were a su ffi c i en t coo ling tim e 14 _ passion to subside and reason to interpose, and the person provoked afterwards kills the other, this is deliberate reveltge.' ofand not heat of blood, and accordingly amounts to r ° If, therefore, two persons deliberately fight a duel, and OP A i e r ° them be killed, the other and his second are guilty o f t or. i t s no matter how grievous the provocation, or by which ft r 4 of was given, and even the second of the deceased is gni" . t i . l the same crime, as being present aiding and abetting. I t ' perhaps be suggested that, in the case under consideration, la wound inflicted in the duel was not the immediate nau se p , death, and that it had, i n f ac t, resu l te d f rom the surgical e l e ration. But this would not be an available defence , , he wound originally given w as mor t a l, an d if the effect o f i th e surgical treatment had only been to hasten the decease• he jury would take care, as it was their duty to do, that t he should not suffer their minds to b e i n an y degree influ enc o e y by anything which they had previou s ly rea d or heard upon s the part of the case, and although they may not be able, upon the evidence before them, to decide with perfect certainty a s to real character of the offence, yet if they considered that thel i were different grounds for putti ng th e ma tt er into a coal 10 ° more minute and searching examination, their duty ann) to return the bill, and leav e the m er it s o f th e case to be un decided upon a full investigation of all the facts and the 13 v b fer The jury having retired, return e d on e or t w o indictments j common larcenies, which occupied the Court for the rest, °I the day. ~s e t Mr. Justice Erie sat at Ni s i P r i ns , an d di s p ose d of two c w t totally destitute of interest or i m p or t ance t o an ybody ei ce ` the parties immediately concerned. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT' OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) George Ilie!anott, on Wednesday, pleaded guilty to floe charges of forging receipts, was placed at the bar to ree e sentence. Several witnesses gave the prisoner an excellent characteribe Mr. Baron ALDERSON said there was no doubt that o . prisoner had prior to this transaction borne a very good cua t i o t ter, but still the offence was one of so serious a descriptio' se , it was impossible to pass it over without inflicting a seve r e ,j o g tence, such as would be lik e ly t o d e t er ot h er p ersons coing o " it in future. A short time ago the prisoner's life would in tu re probability have been fo r f e it e d, an d a lth oug h th e Legis'a it had of late taken a more merciful view of the offenee,h. doubly became the duty of the judges to take care that e o : a i o d placed lenity on their parts led t o an i ncrease o f the (dole! t he compelled a return to th a t d rea df u l p un i s h men t which y Legislature had aboli s h e d. H e th en sentence d hi m to be tr e° ported for ten years. A'ele d William Leonard, 24, and John O'Brien, were in - , 1 4 0 0 for feloniously assaulting Ellen Reeney and causing an exP' ° i,ori of inflammable gas upon her, whereby she was severely hu, r ,,j o h and injured, with intent to kill and murder her ; and It o g, Twenty, 33, was indicted for feloniously procuring , '"'" to it and commanding the first-mentioned prisoners to do andeOT S the felony. re j The circumstan c es u n d er w hi c h th e c h arge wa s pre f 'e ha r se will be fresh in the recollection of our readers, as they been given very recently in the police reports. ro' Mr. Baron Aanscitsort, at the close of the case for the P e to secution, expressed his opi n i on th a t t h ere was no e videne, r induce the j ur y t o conv i c t th e pr i soners o f t h e o ff e nce el 'i s tending to murder the prosecutrix. He doubted whet i l e er 'set law, if the p r i soners h a d rea ll y cause d t h e exp l os i on by t" o e imputed to them—viz., unscrewing the gas-pipe, it would e,Lef within the sco p e o f th e Act of Parliament, or whether could be charged w ith th e inte n t to murder the prose eeir' to In his opinion, the more probable intention and object w be lp burn and injure the hou s e, but, a t a ll even t s , h e cou ld 12 0 t „b $ thinking th a t th e ev id ence was very s li g h t to suppo rt s°' serious charge. cord. The jury concur r ed i n th e v i ew o f t h e case ta k en by his 7 - $O l ship, and th e y, th ere f ore , a t once returne d a ver di c t 0' Guilty, William Wallis was indicted for the manslaughter of Je U3ci Boxall. Oa It appeared that the prisoner and the deceased wer e yep public-house t oge th er , b o th b e i ng s li g h t l y i ntox i ca t e d, w i they quarrelled, and eventually fought, and the deceasew the scuffle, received such injuries as caused his death. ( 16' Evidence was add uce d f or th e d e f ence to s h ow t h a t the ceased had forced the qu arre l an d fi g ht upon t h e prisoner, joti the latter received a very good character. e v The jury found the p r i soner G u ilt y , b u t s t rong ly r ece mended him to mercy, polish confinement. Baron AL D ER SON sen t ence d hi m t o a mon th's pe Margaret Shoughnessy was i n di c t e d for unlawfully A u e9ert" in , ' ' her child. After the examination of some witnesses, Mr. Baron ALDERSON expressed an opinion that th e iir deuce did not support the specific charge contained ie tu-sot dictment ; and the jury accordingly returned a verdict of Guilty. SURREY SESSIONS. (Before Mr. PUCYLE and a Bench of Magistrateq 0 $ On Thursday—Tames Bowesly, age d fifty, d esc ribe , b of schoolmaster, in William-street, Poplar-row, in the Ps ri9 iiitY Newington, was indicted for indecently assaulting tw o girls named Palmer, sisters, who attended his school. d6a From the evidence it appeared that the defendant 1 " / pit wife conduct e d an i n f ant school, and that it was part °pia duty to teach the f ema l e c hi ldren, as well as the males, eaiveo and arithmetic. In the p er f ormance of that of f ice, it ass rle' in evidence that the defendant had behaved with gross ,;., tO cency to some of the female child ren , but more especia w d , two girls, sisters, of the name of Palmer, the daug hters /3 O P decent mechanic. The child ren were a t fi rst a f ra id tom e bat what had taken place at the school when they got horae; iliO one of them having confided to ano th er th e e i rcurns tanet e of defendant's gross conduct at length came to the knovri ibg the children's parents, and they, i n consequence , i n stitut e e ; t os present prosecution aga i ns t hi m . Th e c hild ren, i n the obit); of their exam i na ti on , gave s i m il ar testimony to that 130 they had recently done at the police-court, and wh i ' already appeared. sgsj it The defende n t d en i e d t h e c h arge, and insinuate d t h a t , iO , got up against hi m i n or d er to remove him from h i s s ituaL to t There, however, being no grounds for such an assertion as of uttered by the defendant, the jury found him guilty, and he sentenced to six months' imprisonment. 1 1 / 8 CHEESEMONGERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIOL ,,-- t tIO anniversary dinner of this Society was held on Thursday a m en London London Tavern, when about one h un d re d and twent y gentid sat down to an excellent dinner prepared in the best O i l tits Messrs. Bathe and Breach. M r . W . E wart, t °° o ol ll chair, and was supported by some of the principal metnher s p into trade. The Chairman, in prop os i ng th e toast o f the f? hope' " Success to the Cheesemonger s ' B enevo l en t I nst i tu tion,' ; h aft and ventured to prophecy that, in th e course o f a verf ed poA period of time, the duties upon those ar ti c l es w hi c h form roil an incubus upon their trade would b e remove d . Th e sec rot' then read the usual report, which announce d t h e i ncre asing r f t pe perity of the Institution, and al s o th e li s t o f su b scr i p tions To evening, which amounted to nearly three hundred pound' . 0 0 , vocal part of the entertainment was conducted by Mr. 1 - 1 013b6 n t' with his as s i s t an t s , contr ib uted greatly to the amusemen t AV assembled party, who retired about eleven o'clock. Mr. Toote the toast-master, and, we nee d h ar d ly add, acquitted himself ip able manner. REDUCTION IN THE P RICE OF GAS.—The rm. ham Old Gas Company have given notice that from the Ist " 0 0 present month the price o f gas to consumers under 5,0°°,,,, or feet per quarter, will be 6 s. Bd . per 1,000; to those consulnnw , wards of 25,000 cubic feet per quarter, 55. Bd., and to en g° above that quantity, 4s. 6d. per cubic font. lf e ORNITHOLOGICAL EXP RESS .—Th e sys t em 0- f O stl j munication by means of carrier-pigeons, between Lon °o , reo Paris, is carried o n t o a very considerable extent, and at 3 ; bi cost. There are several perfect establishments k e p, t ,ilor e : parties interested in th e qu i c k transm i ssion of inter ta a, at the ports o f D over and Calais, and at regular d iets on the roads o f th e two countries; whence the birds s'jitlis changed in regular order, as they return with their, b id billet. The i nterrupt i on occasioned by the hours of n h t oa made up by a man on horseback; who again at daylig;',., th e arriving at a p i geon -stat i on, transfers his dispatc h y dsl keeper, who has his bird in readiness. The distance 7,00 6 ` is accomplished in less than eight hours. It has been OS that hawks ha ve p rove d t h emse l ves dangerous enemies eoste to these quick-flighted birds; and a premium of half-a -c o f is paid for every hawk's head produced. The paY tof keeper is 50/ . a-year ; an d when this is added to the c;:tio0 food and th e expense o f sen di ng the pigeons on from s ' t hst to station to be ready for their flight home, it will aPP L „ ear jeti the servi ce i s atten d e d w i t h cons i derable outlay. 1`;11- of of traini ng young bi r d s, and the management of ` e fe ones, in feeding the m a t p ro p er ti mes, and in keeping t'l,,,oosw the dark till they are thrown up, is very responsible, an d* tO unceasing. A good bird is not supposed to last more than yeaßrs.—Note Book of a Naturalist. 11 ' OCHDALE MONTHLY CATTLE PAIR, 0 JULY 7.—We have had about an average number of b ° s acl cattle in the far to-day ; there was also a numerous attend all of graziers, butchers, and country farmers. The prices ° t bel sorts of horned cattle were about ten per cent. higher th an t n' were at our last monthl y fair, and more than an a verage ,T her of the middle qualities oibeasts were sold. Good ni t to aet was selling at 9d., 91-d., and in some in s t ances a t 10d . Per 6 being upwards of a penny per stone less than it was a ! vont' fl SAVAGE CONDUCT.—On Monday afternoon, - h tll- found upon the street was t a k en to the police-office Inac rY worse of liquor, and, as i s th e pract i ce with this descript i o n ° r t. " ola sonars, when they do not seem outrageous, he was put into t e ac. along with several others, who were in custody on the sa u ' d 151 ° lo count. After being left i n th e p l ace, i t seems he wen t b o ot down beside a fellow pris oner, named David Watson, and, svl o the slightest provocatio n , caug h t hold of his under lip v i _ A l /rein teeth, and fairly tor e out t h e piece. Watson was rescue" 00 the fury of this cannibal, but in a frightfully disfigured states,i. the want of a large porti on o f hi s lip.—Glasgow Constilui° jog, ROBBERY FROM A WAGGON.—Thursday e ve ri n la y shortly after nine o'clock, James Stutter, a man in the e n3r o oo , Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, had occasion to leave a wl ; containing goods, for a few moments, at the corner of Port° ;et* street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, and, during his absence, t w° 2o tl )a apparently countrymen, who had been noticed standing " 9 , 9 on' waggon, and had been supposed to be belonging to it, w e ' o tion served to lift several parcel. from it, and proceed in the drr Att ie of Holborn. Upon the return of the man they had made O" the property. a . be' SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Thnraday rnovarnr,giog tween eleven and twelve o'clock, a bricklayer, named John Ye leg residing in Upper-street, St. Martin' s- l ane, w h o h a d b ee n piP to excess, fell aster, with a box of congreve matches th ief pocket, which from some cau se i gn i ted and set fire to his cifhellt° His wife, who was in th e room w i th him, fortunately pu t out, but not before he had sustained severe injury. _o,e/ IHRTIELF. Gil ° On the 7th in s t., a t S out h ampton, the lady of Alfre — Esq., C.E., of a son. h On the 7th i ns t., a t S t. Ann ' s -hill, Wandsworth, the la of R. B. Dunlop, Esq., of a son. 0 14 iA On the 10th i ns t., at Freder-street, Mrs. Job* Taylor, of a son . d _....- . On the Bth inst., at Trinity Chur c h, Islington, the o f g esr ili. - --• b - Rheniers, to M , co .argaret Sergi Matilda, fifth daughtel iate Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Elphinstone. c h On the 10 t h i nst., at the church of All Saints, -vr;o0v" Daniel, son of Daniel T. Shears, Esq., of the Lawn , ger Lambeth, to Ellen, youngest daughter of John Gilbert mott, Esq., of Norwood. i)./If:D. o 111 1 11 °II' On the Ist inst., M rs . S myt h e, o f N ewpar k , Rose relict of the late R. Smythe, Esq. gi lriS' On the Ist inst., at St. Leonard's-on. Sea, LucY ~ second daughter of J. W. Sherer, Esq. 1.111 1. On the sth inst .., at Tunbridg e - we ll s , Ch ar les — 1 lace, Esq., aged 42. Si ° On the 6th inst., a t Ch ar l es -street, Berkel ey-squar e' Ann Ral..er, aged 82. ,_,.. Tor On the Bth i ns t ., at t h e Ff ryth, near Wrexham , AP' ping, widow of the late J. 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