The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-16 00:00:00

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T. li ti " rt...t p.few the " F ;:etV li a 0 ° ratbs,The toed, holic re h olt earlier ~rrey d e l and ° l ' l ite r. don, 1 Vrsthe g° e ${ .r, and s , the SOA'' day 00 11 ; of r hilet Ater Gov ei-L e f n the 4 700 some d 1 iraPr u be tt „* ; oats, he bricic . biderable°lo, og inien fa o :lc, and _ n ri fterri v r s ll' a b l e ldlet i l, fractured ii`vj wou nd ' fti C' te rnal l le si j r sel e he 00'0 u e 111 1 P ° 1 11 ; n 5 9 laTria wive h hav e ' Dual '4 o e' the g edl ioe beach i t old it the O r .0 d prueo DEPARTURE OF THE EXPERI MENTAL SQUADRON, The imposing sp ec t ac l e of the fleet, under the command in chief of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., weighing anchor at Spithead, and proceeding to sea on its experimental cruise, took place yes terdqr In the presence of her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert, haidleilaai.idetedt he ythe King of th e B e l g i ans and h i s Q ueen, her M a j esty of Queen D o w ager, hi s R oya l Hi g h ness P r i nce G eorge .., Cam b ridge, the Earl of Haddington and the Lords of the Admi. ' S4 Y, and a larger number of distinguished noblemen and gentle. den. admirals, generals, and other officers of the army and navy, a ti , nas ever p er h aps assembled at Spithead on any previous occa . The interest which the sailing of this fleet has excited must 44 /e been universal, for railway trains on Monday and Tuesday brought thousands of ladies and gentlemen to Portsmouth and its 4eighbourhood—a very large proportion of them from distant parts of the kingdom. In the list of company at the principal hotel were the following, `tort of who m were afloat yesterday on the departure of the fleet : " - The Earl of Yarborough, Lord Adolphus Fitzciarence, Captain VtPhlham A. Baili e and Lady Harriet Hamilton, Lord and Lady ~... _7 1 ' 1 4, Sir James Dennis and officers of the Buffs, the Hon. Capt. k t:4l ward Plunkett, Si r H arry Verney, Ad j utant. General Sir J. aell " a 'd, Mr. Ed mun d Y ates P ee l , Capt. Mart i n, Capt. Black. b ,., °rTl e, Capt. S otheby, Capt. Cuppage, Capt. Dykes, Capt. Sandon, Lapt. Shea, Capt. Randell, Capt. Gaskeil, &c. A finer morning could not have succeeded to a more beautiful evem ee th e .7 Wiest, h the haze of which, just as the glorious sun had sunk in 47west, the huge hulls and lofty masts of the men.of-war loomed 0 :e the sea like distant mountains rising from the deep. The ni og breeze was just strong enough to allow the yachts to tape e , c to and f ro beneath the brilliancy of the sun, whose bright "lit, however was occasionally overshadowed by a passing cloud. 1 The Victory . • e h with the flag of the Port 1 A dtre _ ~ 104, Captain Mow ray, t , ' ra t, lYing off the dockyard, and a few merchantmen and yachts :144t: arbour, were dressed with their gay ensigns ; and the Hiber. , k i 04 C .. ' Ca ptain Peter Richards, C.B, the flag-ship of Sir W. th ee '' , for the Mediterranean, lying to the westward of the expe- I a e ;"`"tal fleet at Spithead, was also dressed out over the topmasts ! ..a stein to stern. 41:he Admiralty flag was hoisted at the dockyard, and the Black NV! , their 41", at Lordships' steam-yacht, Master-Commander Cook, sh.,.ched at half.past nine to Rjde, for the Duke and Du. ellaLass of Buceleuch ; the Lightning, steam.tender, Master Cons. e.4et Pettey, was also dispatched thither for some noble person the The Pri ncess Al i ce, Master Commander Luke Smithett, at et ! an te time left Pertsmouth harbour for Ryde, to embark h er rtY the Q ueen Dowager and suite. 004e!loyal Highness Pr ince G eorge o f Cambridge arrived at ette e ` h Y special tr a i n a t ten o'clock. The Duke of Cambridge erevented b 1 . ht 1 d' , osition from accompanying him. A t .. ys ig n I,p leaddi'l %latter-past eleven the Lords of the Admiralty, the Earl of svc„„ ti no nl Sir W. H. Gage, Captain W. A. B. h Hamilto t n, s th e e etet4.. Se cretary, and the Hon. Captain Dundas,t i e o P t r h i e va A e dod. telly b' with Lord Wharticlitle, left the . dockyard Whe,,,,..fie, attended by Lieutenant 1 riscott, of the St. Vincent, Proceed' appointed Flag Lieutenant to wait on the . Admiralty, and re eel. l, TA across the Royal Clarence Yard, to be in readiness At N n e er M a j esty. totiv em. ntY•five minutes to twelve o'clock the royal special train, king and he r Majesty and Prince Albert, and their Majesties the ;mere te Queen of the Belgians, artived at Gosport terminus, teem "e royal party was received by Major-General Pakenham Me rtes went through the Slow somewhat tedious form of presenting It t e let el e s e cl t he garrison to her Majesty), Mr. Martin, general su. u ata e- " ei lt, Mr. Stovin, general manager of traffic, and Mr. The cuPernitendent of he locomotive department. %los eyal standard was immediately hoisted, the guard presented teria ti 'a" then her Majesty and suite, accompanied by the . Lieu. Vie r i s r"ernor and staff, drove to the Clarence Victualling-yard, kr. , ;,`"e Lords of the Admiralty, Captain Carter (Superintendent), iteepenwn ( Master-Attendaut), Mr. T. T. Grant, F.R.S. (Store le attee",,C4Ptain aloubray, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, &c., were et ee 3 a nce to receive them. Ilisig i s m ialesty, leaning on the arm of the King of the Belgian . s, '''rte t t , ; ) ,°'ert by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who gave his 4 eco tA l e Queen of the Belgians, embarked in the new state barge, .itt C e gie d by their suites, and were steered by Lord Adolphus llitit ' 'nee to the Victoria Albert, which lay out a short dis. terr ed ° , the harbour As soon as the royal standard was trans. th, itiel,‘„ t°l4 the bow . of the barge to the main of the yacht, a salute `taceli,,Ti out from the old Victory, which was taken up by the tlearly'"t an d some of th e y ac ht s, un til th e smo k e wrea th s h a d The e ei.°l4i ter ated the whole of the b r illi a nt page a ntry f r om v i ew . t ' u d taV tle the hurrahs of the multitudes assembled en the beach, th 'aeneed mor e effective and spirit-stirring cheers of the seamen who , Re % the Yards of th e men-of.war. ' J ason ' ti ler th e royal standard had displayed its well •known ha , at n - -e main of th e roya l yac ht , t h e B e l g i an t r i co l our roya l k oetio uted . The yacht in a few minutes afterwards left her t hread i !' end steamed slowly down the harbour towards Spithead, Nit w il ! I her "ray with care and difficulty amid the innumerable l'eopi, tch crowded it. As she passed along the dense masses of oh th e who darkened every eminence on the beach, and swarmed l oloid ....Platform and ramparts , cheered again and again, until the like de7. l ' c ing from point to point ' along the narrow -Cherwell, rose The'atant thunder. kw Princess Alice, having on board her Majesty the . Queen ihke'ef.l..r. and suite, left Ryde at half-past ten, and tell into the Consu t . he Victoria and Albert. it chit ee P r ' cu rul among all the various beautiful specimens of naval *ln c h e ,'" tt re Was the graceful little Fairy, her Majesty's tender, tlie e P.,' afed around the royalyacht, and turned about through bar sense and steam with all h clerity and ease attributed to trieZeirial narnesake.e"The slender te tapering masts, raked symmhe shrehleaft, and almost unsupported by the cobweb cordage of in t to e th 'howa, at aYs—her low and perfect mould melting t a hio y the 4444- anei ritn—her great speed—and, above ev er c y ootbio g, ed to the ' Net s i Of or the he 50 swell caused by paddle-wheels—all attractive to the eye that she won on theaffe o ct f io th n e s ?i Pes e a T e et l e of the old school, and overcame the prejudices represete. trunnions. The amateur seamen mustered strongly,. o and vtry t 'rtn, r ta tiVe3 of nearly every Yacht Club were present 1 :Phitt rie : rc utt the clipper schooner of 200 tons down . to the olg jibs catter of 10 • clothed in their snow-white canvass,. t ' e t3 , i. auc l gaff.tops ' ails set, and flitting over the wester in . thei elkeetion, they formed the most beautiful coup d'cerl IQ a h l'uld be conceived, stretching away for miles, tacking 4 510. . r r . o, running out of every creek along the isle, and tarit..tneir tiny armament with wonderful zeal and tolerable regu e,4,7_, Among them were " the great reputations "of the racing ;7,..a0---the Crusader, the Camilla, the Alarm, the Gleam, Lord aruorough's schooner yacht, &c. The dusky forms of numerous t e Mers struggling under the enormous loads of living creatures RIO swarmed from stem to stern, on paddle-box, deck, riggiug, Yards, co ntrasted with th e livelier hues of the sailing vessels, and relieved their monotony. toisottoo aboexiroeogsrett(t)ed:v h t o h we . ver, that in Mme eases the captains secret en opportunity of demonstrating their loyaltyg the convenience of those whom thean their consulting passengers essi o they intended to compliment—oc belly running their vessels so near as to interfere somewhat MTh the . i,... motions of the royal yacht, or It hen to windward favour ti'og. t hose or on beard with a full taste of their quality in the produc ing smoke. After the vessels of the royal cortege, came the the ac k_ Eagle, the Comet, the Rocket, the Bee, the Turk, the Tagus, kiel• natti er, and the Water.lily, an extraordinary, but pretty ; thoug steamer, built by Mr. Maudslay. Velu m ' t hey proceeded towards Spithead, accompanied by so many Net th at competition was fairly baffled, until they rounded the Wora.swi_a_kY;ewhh.uenngthsoe h S e t..V i i ly neent led off with a royal salute, which The , rilo c ,n oP and continued by the other ships of the squadron. upon the enormous hulls of the men sshiethat it soon enveloped them in a dense cloud, through thei r 'ne flashes ofthe guns spirted fiercely out, and alone marked eeediriiktlnn. At last the firing, which was very regular, pro gl the fro At the ships in the order of their position, was at an end, eeeeri:sraoke slowly drifted to leeward, rising like a veil and un re,r4"tifi .all the splendour of the scene. The men-of-war were e,reii.e..7e,,eawt;mptrhoeceuesduiraigl order, grim and silent—ports open, guns run tole ri little flags Wee sie r eel) , 4 living soul to be seen on board. The royal yacht between the starboard and larboard divisions. are run u to the Admiral's main, and in YatdalUtaot the rigging appears instinct with life—the irk th a ! 'd c ordage swarm with men, until at last they I N eir , t B 'and in ta e • rows of duck frocks and trousers, reason 4" c°roe three th P e ci ni ! e cheers for the Queen. For some , I , r ne f7rag,vot....h_er, p r oba u b n ly c b r e in c ' ausethe . signal could not be made out t ai ta , ,, ere scarcely extended, owing to the light breeze—the ! t e alsio m n not follow the example of her fellows, and her men e el th e ,'," the tops or i th rls in silence. Another signal `nd en,: `adritirel, and as if e b " ' ic the gaskets were cast off, olite"u came the sweping f y old m s a o g f the canvass, and the bare Of "es of sail. Masts and rcpe were in an instant concealed by a mass At t tt w ent th;Vieeeeli):t minutes to one signal was made from the flagship, par ks Vi ne . ° weigh, and at one the whole squadron, comprising ts -st er re ``nt.Ciptain Rowley, flag of Rear-Admiral Hyde ii2alt: lom.lnua.nder.in-Chief of the Squadron ;. the Trafalgar, 120, test n eY, g 2 , irt i the Queen, 110, Captain Sir B. Walker ; the Car l ,' ‘-aPtain Collier ; the Albion, 90, Captain Lockyer . ; etellea; th e ' S B 4, Captain Moresby ; the Vanguard, 80, Captain e ra . 'al alto,. , Su Perb, 80, Captain Corry ; and the Rattler, a s a c l re a ve r , 4 Z:he ore..`:oornrnander Smith, were under sail. The T Jrietfter72.ll,,,e_a:lis:ancdorrnoypalelst: the setting of her sails, which were g t . he Il an , 7e of the other vessels fore, main, and mizen, topsails, wa rt vi ":"gh, the s foresails , — and jibs ; but ' the Rodney was first th e "ale l e „ oPerb being second. The usual effect of the firing d e r ... 4 lnae ro the lull of the little breeze that existed before, an t h 'uway u _ n n i 'ad lionn to run out their studdingsails to get any re fi a tip s at r them . Presently, however, the breeze came creep. w d after a f frem e _ e ak pub s,, few flourishes and " cat's-paws,'' settled down t Whi rh u ed and blewt of breeze in S.W. until two o'clock when t het the W°ui g be steadily. Great speculation existed as to ttod e Qu e , i e first round the Nab, but it was soon evident th en n t e lL b . b ei ng se oche light breeze was drawing fast ahead, the eras th e arafai ga ;Th the Albion dead to leeward of the three; . Work „ - e lii bion) , a t „ t e h e Canopus, the Vanguard (some contended it roy al ;',` it hi th e "" l astly the St. Vincent, which made very poor er a .C a ndard ti . cai rn weather. Her Majesty's yacht, with the tit e r, ' , teed :04, surrounded by thousands in the hired steam. tietrarrboard pa. , , t . dlY out to sea in the van, the Queen standing by eee. ace with".."e-box and appearing to watch the result of the e - r r e v e7 a teci . ly , and `wn.e, greatest interest. Her Majesty acknowledged f eeli r : 'de around ' h h impressiveness, the greetings which rose on ' 4 lie" Whi c tithe ,r, increased in warmth and intensity by the 4% aOther piremght Queen of England leading such a eet fi.out v. order of pasteotwuld show was naturally calculated to inspire. itd h ael ed q u arter %II th e y to the south 0 the squadron had rounded the Nab, d ri e to sailingand in two columns, and the ships, which t% the t"ir properSpitad.l'.nling were in advance, had to shorten sail hieisildstarb..._.t stations. At thrce o'clock they all made sail Al e fron7 in a quarter of an hour afterwards were ter 4 quartet li to s . r Past four the royal yacht hove in sight, .on , saluted, and her re which tuthead, followed 4 rds "Me UP to b y the Princess Alice and Fairy tender, Spithead er crewsbout live, when the Hibernia manned e AleoT„„1 cheered. thn r, nlo r , „,,___._,ll- ACCOUNT OF THE SAILING. s. th at as :e . a o g ificent sight cannot be pictured to the imagination I ,` ket eh , g ' h Presented itself when the squadron had reached N il %v.! . As far as the eye could behold the waters were c . o. t he e ''" countless vessels, all under sail, and each vieing with the , Nn er to keep I , e ` ." Zu e l warke _ .. this ace with those mighty fabrics which constitute c ‘ " ..ad . , y ach t ?' o_ evsea-girt isle, and are the pride and glory of its r r . . + on , and " all f the yth escription, belonging to the Royal Yacht sei". were followin Other clubs from the Thames to the Land s tee; r o eace ed the Ng4crowded with sail. Shortly before the ves 4'°st I °W bet ween doe nihteondriteoPr:eistie: nreigoth etSThu the Rodney, light the breeze freshened, and the con- Superb, Queen, and Albion was he Rodney was the first ship under weigh, perb and Albion, and had obtaieed the lead , c first ship, Superb next, and the Albion fol a; ~I ° I , the P e g rr th„Pa_nt that .. 5 Qqotarter of the Rodney. It very soon became 4 ' . 40,1 4.. the Alb.een would take the lead of them all, for while et " ,, e . e i l eft, e V e n_cl o oe ion were under all sail with studdingsails aloes th e g li d t rigs a i i . , 4 d n was rearing them lower and maintopmast Su le 't t° round I,,'passing them hand over hand. The Queen was , gar, b, and the Nab light, followed by th e Rodney, Albion 'Vanguard, whi c h had passed the Canopusand : I'm I le l) . uri ne ti.. _ s .alest y wa r __tnia t e the vessels were making the Nab light, her il'ltOtarpieear,..,°.uo take platform which connected the paddle-boxes, 4..lnig of ; ..ng egreat interest . in the scene before her, and in rjeer p au% t between _ eve... tri ce !) . e Nab light, her Majesty took the lead of the Heni tw":"‘,neffsDunmose, the signal was made for the fleet to re . t r M.;..._'.' at:dthe.Admiral leading. 1 : .. ' e ed ,Zrfiieo Prince Albert, with their royal guests, then grPose ren ,.." 1 „ ,. , and proceedei to Osborne House, as h, re they -.en mg for a day or two. 4°111,„ 43RUSSELS COMPANY. —This excelent operatic Elvin after a series of operas , few indeed in number, but all r citt),, e ,. the greatest satisfaction tO the public from the complete itat42:ll which they were performed, are about to leave London tely. 'S. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA I EVENING, JULY 16, IMS. RAILWAY DEPARTMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE. There was yesterday issued, by ord_r of the Howe of Lords, a copy of a Minute of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, dated the 10th day of July, 1845, relative to the consti. tution and mode of proceedings of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. At thc Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 10:h July, 18-35, By the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council appointed for the consideration of all mAtters relating to trade and foreign plantations. My Lords read and considered the following minu!e of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, dated 6,h August, 1844, relative to the constitution and mode of proceedings of the Railway Department. RAIL WAY COMMITTEES. (lESTEUDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. coal:rum= .72.11-ll.Vl2ir. The cross examination of Mr. Ilumfrey Williams (con. tinued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday)—The Lord- Lieutenant of the county was anxious for a county meet ing, in order that there might be unanimity a. 4 to the adoption of a line. Did not think his Lordship was in favour of the southern line. Believed the expenses incurred upon the surveying, &c ,of the central line had not yet been paid. Every share would have been better in the central line but for the report of the Board of Trade, which was unfavourable to that projrct. The next witness examined was Richard Haydon Downes, who gave evidence re,pecting toll on the ILinoaze and other places, showing there would he an increase of it on the projected Corn wall line. Mr. J. Jeffrey resided at Torpoint, and knew the feelings of the people there. An increase of toll must greatly affect the lower classes there. Was oppo ed to the present schedule, on account of these tolls. Mr. Collins, mayor of Bodmin, gave evidence to the effect that he and the people of Bodmin would prefer the central to the pre. sent southern line, to which they were opposed. Francis Rodd, Esq., High Sheriff of Cornwall, and J. C. Leth bridge, Chairman of Quarter Sessions in that county, gave evi dence against the projected line, and in favour of a central one, after which Their Lordships adjJurned, at a quarter past four, till to-mor. row morning. THE SCOTTISH MIDLAND RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Errington was called, and explained to the Committee the details of the working expenses, which amounted in the gross to 16,496/. 1 3s. 4d., being 45 per cent. on the capital. Mr. Hope proceeded to address their Lordships on behalf of the promoters of the line, in reply to Mr. Andrews' speech yesterday. He called attention to the nature of the opposition, and said, that for 140 assents amongst the landowners on the line, there were only 15 landed proprietors who dissented. The opposition to the Bill was an aristocratical opposition, got up by Lord Mansfield, for the purpose of preventing the line passing within sight of Scone Palace. The labouring classes and the poorer people felt, how• ever, a great interest in the making of the line, as they con sidered it would be a great public convenience to them, and their claims ought not to be neglected in order that the fancy or perverseness of a few influential me❑ might be humoured. Nor were the poorer classes alone in their support of the scheme— Lord Breadalbane, Lord Wharnclifre, and other most respectable men approved of it. The Learned Counsel then went into detail to show the fallacy of Mr. Andrews' inferences with respect to the traffic tables, and cintended that the traffic, as originally stated, was correct, and yielded a fair presumption that it might be ex pected to be conveyed along the proposed railway when constructed. At the close of the Learned Gentleman's speech their Lordships adjourned, at half-past two o'clock, until to-morrow. WAKEFIELD, PONTErRACT, AND GOOLE LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Several witnesses were examined on the same points, and their opinions were that a greatly extended trade in malt, coal, lime, &c., would be opened up by means of the projected railway. The evidence was of the driest character, and shortly atter four o'clock the Committee adjourned till to-morrow. THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOL VERHAMPTON RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) On the termination of Mr. Sanderson's evidence the traffic tables were put in, on which a brief examination took place, which closal the case on behalf of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton line. THE CASE FOR THE OPPOSITION. Mr. AUSTIN proceeded to address the Committee against:the Bill on behalf of the London and Birmingham Company. He said that the panics for whom he appeared were in a different position now from that which they occupied when before the other House. When they submitted their project to the Board of Trade and N the Lower House of Parliament, the opposing companies were on an equal footing, and those tribunals had two Bills before them ; but his clients were not now so favourably situated, as the House of Commons had thrown out their Bill, and their Lordships there. fore could not consider the relative merits of the two schemes, with a view to the approval of some one of them. If they could give them any decision it must be in favour of that one which was immediately before them, namely, that proposed by the Great Western Company. His application now was, that considering that a Commission had been issued on this subject, their Lordships should postpone their decision until the next year, when the Committee at present sitting to determine on the relative advantages of the broad and narrow gauge should have made its report; thus giving the Legislature of the country an opportunity of exercising its wisdom on the matter. The only question that eould interfere with this arrangement was one of expense, but, surely, in a matter of such great national importance not any pecuniary consideration should weigh with their Lordships, or influence in the slightest degree the decision of the Committee. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to de scribe the line and the districts it was intended to supply with rail way communication, and contended, that from the very inefficient manner in which that was proposed to be done by the Bill under consideraration, its further consideration should be postponed till next year.. It being four o'clock, the Committee adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock, when Mr. Austin will resume his address. NOILIATICII AND BRANDON (DEl=llll2ll SEANCE). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Committee also decided against hearing Mr. Calvert on be half of the Rev. Charles Wolleston and Mrs. Markham, who had petitioned against the line. Each time the room was cleared. The room was then cleared a fourth time, that the Committee might consider whether Mr. Coppock should be heard on behalf of the Corporation and inhabitants of Norwich, who had also peti tioned against the line. The Committee came to the determination that Mr. Coppock should be heard. _ _ Mr. Coppock then applied to be heard by counsel. He had a brief which he intended to have given to Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, when he arrived, but he had been engaged all the morning in the Oxford and Worcester Committee. The CHAIRMAN said Mr. Coppock had not intimated at the com mencement of the proceedings that he wished to be heard by counsel. Mr. Coppock said he had informed the short-hand writer that Mr. Sergeant Wrangham would appear for him when the proper time arrived. The short.hand writer intimated that Mr. Coppock had so in. formed him, but that he had not taken a note of it. Mr. CALVERT said an agent had a right to appear by counsel if he wished to do so. Mr. Coppock said it was a question of fees; besides, the Corn. mittee would gain more advantage by hearing counsel instead of him. The room was again cleared. When the parties were admitted The CHAIRMAN said, Mr. Coppock, we are ready to hear you. Mr. COPPOCH said he should first cross.examine the witness, and then address the Committee on behalf of the petitioners. Mr. Sidney, Mr. Reeve, and Mr. Wright, of Derhan, and Mr. Chamberlayne, of Hayle; Mr. Neave, Mr. T. Croker, of Shipston ; and Mr. Herring, of Barsham, gave evidence as to the advantages which would accrue to themselves and to the public from the atop. tion of the proposed line. Mr. Bidder was then examined at considerable length on engi. neering details. The traffic tables and the assents and dissents were then handed in, and the Committee adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP X. DIRECT NORTHERN AND PAFRRINGDON' STREET EXTENSION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Robert Stephenson, C.E , examined by Me. HILDYARD, Q C. —ls engineer of the line in question, in conjunction with Mr. Rendel. The route selected for that line was unexceptionable, and the cost would be, comparatively speaking, low. The excavations had been estimated Et 2s, a cubic yard; sewers at 2s. 3d. ; the brick.work for the former at 11/. a yard ; for the latter 111. 10s., and for tunnels 131. The cast iron was 101. 10s. a ton, and the permanent way was computed at 5,5001., the whole capital required for the project being 600,0001. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKR—The estimate of 600,0001. was amply sufficient for the construction of the line. No material alteration, if any, had been made in the plans and sec tions since they were deposited. If properly conducted, the system of running short trains was not attended with difficulty, and he did not regard its introduction on this line in the slightest degree ob jectionable. Mr. Rendel, C.E , examined by Mr. WEBSTER.—Laid out the line, in conjunction with Mr. Stephenson, and regards the mode of depressing, instead of eleva.ing the rail, a great and desirable ac quisition to the project. The estimate for the construction of the entire railway would be—for earthwork, exclusive of tunnelling, 51,763/. ; for brickwork, 135,6961. ; for foundations, 7,569/. ; for bridges, 36,7771.; for tunnels, 60.1281. ; for sewers, 39,640/. ; for common fencing, 5391.; and for 5} miles of permanent way, at the rate of 5,0001. a mile, 26,250/. ; making a total of 358,3621. for works, &c. Adding 10 per cent. for contingencies, or 35,8361., and 160,0001. for stations, as well as 241,6681., the entire cost of the line, including every item, would be 795,866/. Cross.examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE—The estimate he had stated as necessary for the completion of the scheme did not in clude the cost of excavation for the stations. Mr. HILDICARD, Q. C., announced that the evidence of Mr. Rendel closed the case for the promoters of the Bill. Mr. Nias, a landowner, possessing property in Shepperton, then signified his intention of bringing witnesses to give rebutting evi dence, before the opposing case was closed. The opponents of the Bill then proceeded with their case. Mr. Smith, examined by Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM—Is a land. surveyor, residing in Old Jewry, and has computed the value of the property required for the Farringdon.street Extension. Esti mates the entire amount at 405,9941., and adding 10 per cent. for contingencies, that sum would be increased to 465,5941. The station alone would cover property whose average value was 25,0001. per acre. Cross-examined by Mr. HILDYARD, Q. C.—The value of the land which he now stated, was made on the same principle as that which he adopted in giving his evidence on the London and York line. _ Mr. Jarvis, examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAICE—Is a land. surveyor, and computes the value of the land traversed by the pro • posed line at 394,5671., and including 10 per cent, for con. tingencies, 434,023/. In reply to an inquiry from Mr. HILDYARD, Q. C., the Chairman stated that tomorrow he would make a more explicit arrange ment with respect to the order of hearing the rebutting cases to the London snd York Line. The Committee, at half-past five, adjourned till to. morrow. MARKET 1i TELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of July 15.) SUGAR.—To-day importers of West India Muscovado Sugar insisted upon Friday's rates for all descriptions ; but there was only a limited business transacted. At public sale 126 hhds of Barbadoes offered, one lot of very fine bright complexion sold at 575, which is the full value ; but. all other kinds went off heavily at a decline of 6d. per cwt. REFINED.--To-day a fair business was transacted in Refined goods by the home trade, but at easier rates; Standard Lumps selling at 70s 6d to 7 Is, and brown Lumps at 68s to 70s per cwt. The mark, , t ii well supplied with goods. Bonded Crushed Sugar is held firmly at 41s for first sort, and there is little to be had. Matiarrtus.—The den - land has improved, and an advance in prices of 6d to Is per net has occurred, although the market has been better suppliel EAST INDIA.-T his afternoon Bengal Sugar was purchased with increaFccl freedom, and 1,445 bags at public sale were sold at an advance on the rates of the last auction of Is to ls 6d per cwt. Madras was in good demand, and 1,779 bags 5 cases at auction were disposed of at full rates. Of Java with certifi cate 40 baskets were sold at stiff rates. FOREIGN—To-day Foreign and Foreign E. I. Sugar were in excellent request privately, and brought stiff rates. A cargo of yellow Havantiah afloat, of middling quality, was sold at 27s 6d ; and 4,000 bags of Manilla on the spot at 265 per cwt. COFFEE. —Tc-day Mocha was sought after, but higher rates being asked checked business, and 211 bales 4 bags at auction were only partly sold at a rise on former rates of Is to 2s per cwt. With Ceylon the market was better supplied, and 1,551 bags were submitted to public competition; the trade evinced little desire to purchase native descriptions, of which the bulk consisted, and a small part only was diposed of at about the former value. TEA.—To-day there were nine public odes of Tea, corn. prising 18,029 pkgs, the trade manifested little desire to ope rate, and the biddings were la.riguid for black and green Tei, but merchants buying in largely preven'ed any general de cline in prices taking place. Of the quantity passed, amount ing to 13,700 plct,s, only the small portion of 1,150 actua;ty found buyers at former rates, excepting cornm , n Hyson which sold id to Id per lb cheaper, :lid we:it at 2s 4ii per lb. 111oLassEs.—The market has a dull appearance fur West India, and prices are going down for all descriptions ; the stock is on the increase, anti exceeds that of last season-17s to 22s is the value. Bengal Treacle is at present not much wanted. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon Cochineal met with attention, and 81 serons at public sales s; ere all sold at firm rates, viz., Honduras silvers, ordinary to good at 4s lld to 5s 4d, Mexican 4s lad to ss, and blank 5s 6,1 to 5s 9d per lb. t" -- 411tITS.—Jamaica Bum has been in extensive demand for home consumption, and many parcels have been taken for ex portation ; prices advanced 2d to 3d per gallon ; the sales reach 700 puns. Leeward Island has been in excellent request, and higher rates again given. For Calcutta there has been a lively demand, and prices have risen. There are few orders for Brandy, and a further decline in the value has occurred. Geneva has been selling at Is 8d to is 9d for common for exportation, and tine, fit for home consump tion, at 2s 24 so 2s 9d. English Corn Spirits 10s 24 per gallon nett cash. SPICES.—To-day Malabar Pepper was in good request, and 659 bags at auction were all sold at the full rates : heavy fetched to aid, sea damaged first class 3A , 1 to 3-id, second and third ditto 3id per privately several parcels of Sumatra were disposed of. TALLOW.—The puchasers made in Russian on the spot have been limited by chandlers and soap makers; and holders experience difficulty in obtaining former rates. Irrnico.—To-day during the progress of the sale 320 chests were withdrawn, and 723 chests have passed the sale. The sale went very unevenly at the rates quoted previously in our former report, but the home and export demand is good ; proprietors bought in 153 chests. Of the quantity which has passed the hammer (8,077 chests) 4,550 are sold. OILS.—Palm Oil ihas been purchased with increased free dom, and a further advance took place. Cocoa Nut has been in excellent request, and stiffer rates were paid. Rape Oil is little wanted, and prices are drooping. Linseed Oil has met with more attention, but no improvement has occurred in prices. Olive Oil has been purchased with increased freedom. All common Fish Oils have been purchased sparingly by the home trade, and there are few shipping orders; previous rates have been with difficulty supported. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. The following article is substituted for that which appeared in last Friday's Gazette.] WHITEHALL, JULY 9, P. 345. The Quoen has been plowed to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto John Francis Davis, Esq., her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, and Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the colony of Hong- Kong, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. twenty perso..s were in that room, and the roof, windows and doors broken, and stones in it, as you have described, do you consider they ould be in imminent danger ?—I do. To Mr. Hallanan—Was it from any conduct you saw in the village regarding the people's conduct, you sent for the additional force ?—No ; these were various circumstances which , induced me to se: :d fir an additii nal force. I heard very strong expressions in respect to ;he police and their past conduct from the people, but I heard no threats. After such an occurrence L should have sent fur an additional force under any circumstances. Mr. James Donegan, a juror, was the last witness examined. He deposed to the peaceable demeanour of the people, bnt admitted having heard that abreach of the peace was apprehended six weeks previous to the holding of the fair, and also that the stone throw ing commenced before the first firing. The case for the friends of the deceased here closed ;. and it being then half-past six o'clock, The Court adjourned to half-past nine o'clock next morning, when Mr. Scannell will speak as to evidence. RAILWAY DEPARTMENT. Minute of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade relative to the constitution and mode of proceedings of the Railway Oepartment. At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 6th August, 1844. . _ _ Ey the Right Honourable the Lords of the Con•mittee of Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign plantations. My Lords read and considered the following paragraphs and resolutions, taken from the third section of the fifth report of the Select Committee of tl:e House of Commons on Railways (1844) : In recommendit,g, therefore, that railway Bills be submitted to the Board of Trade previously to their coming under the notice of Parliament, the Committee conceives that that Board (or such other public department as may be intrusted with the care of rail way matters) might advantageously examine these Bills, and also the schemes themselves before they had assumed the form of Bills, with regard mainly to the following subjects :- 1. All questions of public safety, 2. All departures from the ordinary usage of Railway legisla ticn, on points where such usage has been sufficiently established. 3. All provisions of magnitude which may be novel in their principle, or may involve extended considerations of public policy. For example: Amalgamations and agreements between separate companies; extension of capital; powers enabling railway com. panies to pursue purposes different iu kind from those for which they were incorporated; modifications of the general law. 4. Branch and extension lines, in cases where, upon the first aspect of the plan, a presumption is raised that the object of the scheme is to throw difficulties in the way of new and probably legi timate enterprises. 5. New schemes, where the line taken presents a strong ap. pearance of being such as to raise the presumption that it does not afford the best means of communication between the termini, and of accommodating the local traffic. 6. Cases where a Bill of inferior merits may be brought before Parliament, and where a preferable scheme is in bout fide con templation, although not sufficiently forward to come simultaneously under the judgment of Parliament, according to its standing orders. 7. Any proposed arrangements with subsisting companies which may appear as objectors to new lines. The adequate and satisfactory discharge of their duties would entail upon the Board of Trade a great additional amount of labour and responsibility; and it is the opinion of the Committee that if the recommendations of this and of its other reports should be adopted it would be necessary to enlarge the railway department of that Board, and to improve its organisation. Upon these grounds, and with these intentions, the Committee have come to the following _ . Re,olution,--That it is expedient that all railway Bills should henceforward be submitted to the Board of Trade previously to their inc.roduction into Parliament; and that the various docu. merits and other requisite information connected with each project, and, if necessary, copies and sections of the line, shall be lodged at the office of the Board of Trade, at such periods as shall afford sufficient opportunity for their examination. My Lords read and considered the heads of several clauses of the Railways Bill (now awaiting the royal assent) which relate to the functions of this department. My Lords read the letter of Mr. Lefevre to Sir George Clerk, dated the 2d instant, in which it is proposed that provision should be made for the appointment of two secretaries to the railway de partment of this Board, and of an assistant inspector, and the reply of the sth instant, in which it is stated the approval of these ar rangements by the Lords of the Treasury. . My Lords are of opinion that they are not competent, without the aid of time and experience, to lay down definite rules for the future practice of the railway department of this Board; but they have decided upon the following general instructions (subject, of course, to reconsideration hereafter, if on any particulars they should be found inapplicable or inconvenient) with respect to— !. The constitution of a Board for the purpose of transacting railway business. 2. The preparation of minutes and reports. 3. The provisions to be made for obtaining adequate and early information. My Lords are of opinion that for the adequate and satisfactory discharge of the duties which, as is now proposed, will devolve upon this Committee, it is desirable that a distinct Board should be constituted in the department for the dispatch of railway busi ness, and that such business shall be settled by written minutes, in the same manner as the ordinary business of this Committee. The President or the Vice. President of the Committee will act as the head of this Board, and the remaining members of it will act as his advisers in all its transactions, and subject to his control. ling authority. The ordinary members of the Board will be, besides the inspector. general, and, in his absence, the assistant inspector, the superin. tendent, and the joint secretaries. 2. Every minute of the Board upon a railway scheme, and every report upon a railway Bill, to have the signature of—firstly, the president or vice-president of this Committee; and secondly, three members of the board, one of whom, at least, to be an engineering officer of the department. _ As respects minutes upon railway schemes to be made before the Bills for giving effect to them are framed, my Lords direct that whenever the department has formed an intention to prepare such a minute, whether upon the application of parties or otherwise, notice shall be given of that intention in the Gazette, for the information of those whom it may concern. ' • My Lords direct that in such notice shall be stated, as nearly as may be, the points into which inquiry is to be made in connexion with the proposed line of railway. No such minute, unless of a preliminary or provisional nature, shall be signed until six weeks after such minute shall he laid on the table of both Houses of Par liament fourteen days after the opening of the session. Reports to Parliament on railway Bills shall be made within fourteen days, if there shall have been a previous report on the schemes embodied in them respectively, and at all events within six weeks at the furthest from the rect ipt of any such Bill. 3. As regards the measures to be taken for obtaining early sod regular information respecting railway Bills and railway projects before they have assumed the form of Bills. Adverting to the resolutions already adopted by the House of Commons on the 19th of July, and to those which it is the inten tion of the Vice-President to propose for adoption in the House of Lords, and also to the provisions contained ie the Joint-Stock Companies Registration and Regulation Bill, which, if that Bill shall beccme law, will insure the deposit in a public office, under the superintendence of this department, of all documents made public by the promoters of any such joint-stock undertaking as may be formed subsequently to the passing of the Act, my Lords are of opinion that there will be adequate security for their being duly apprised, from time to time, of the origin and progress of future railway projects up to the periods of the presentation of the Bills. To make similar provision for their subsequent stages, before the passing of the Acts of incorporation, my -Lords will cause to be addressed to all the Parliamentary agents the circular hereto annexed (A). As regards railway projects already announced to the public during the present year, and now in existence, but not having assumed the forms of law, my Lords direct a list to be prepared of these, and the circular letter (B) hereto annexed to be ad. dressed to the solicitors or other leading promoters of them. Having adverted to the various important changes which have been effected by the House of Commons, during the present ses sion, in the constiitution and proceedings of the Select Committees vppointed to consider the provisions of Railway Bills, and consi dering that this altered state of circumstances appears to render it unnecessary that the Railway department should continue, in pursuance of the recommendation of the Select Committee on Railways of 1844, to submit to Parliamentary reports on the com parative merits of railway schemes, my Lords are of opinion that it is desirable to make certain alterations in the form of the railway department, and in the rules for conducting railway business. I. My Lords are of opinion that the distinct board constituted by the minute of 6th August, 1844, should be discontinued ; and that all railway business should hereafter be transacted by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade in the same manner as the ordinary business of this Committee. 11. All such railway business, however, shall be transacied by proceedings distinct from the ordinary business of this Committee. The dispatch of railway: business shall be conducted by separate written minutes, and the directions and decisions of the Lords of the Committee shall be carried into effect by the several officers of the railway department. 111. Reports will not hereafter be prepared for Parliament, con. veying the opinion of the Lords of this Committee on the merits of any railway project, or on the comparative merits of competing schemes. IV. But in order that my Lords, with a view to guarding the pub. lic interest, may have at all times an accurate knowledge of the ob jects of the various railway schemes, and of the extent of the powers which the promoters desire to obtain, my Lords direct that the pro per steps should be taken for submitting to the two Houses of Par liament the necessity of adopting resolutions requiring the promoters of the various schemes to deposit, as heretofore, at the Board of Trade, a copy of the plans, sections, &c. It would also be expe dient that they should be required to deposit, concurrently with their plans and sections, a sketch of the proposed lines, on an Ordnance map of England, or on a scale equal to such Ordnance mop, and also a written statement containing a description of the railway, its course, its advantages, its proposed fares and charges, and the principal provisions of the kill which they intend to introduce. It would further be desirable that the promoters should deposit, as heretofore, with the Board of Trade, a copy of the Bill, as well as of such amendments as may be made during its progress. V. If upon examination of any railway Bill it should seem expe dient to the Lords of this Committee to draw the attention of Par liament to its provisions, or to circumstances connected with it, my Lords, after the commencement of the session, and from time to time as they may see fit, will direct a report to be prepared accord ingly. Such report shall have reference to the following subjects :- 1. All questions of public safety. 2. All departures from the ordinary usage of railway legislation, where such usage has been sufficiently established. . . 3. All provisions of magnitude which may be novel in their principle, or may involve extended consideration of public policy. For example : Amalgamations and agreements between separate companies; extensions of capital ; powers enabling railway cool. panics to pursue purposes different in kind from those for which they were incorporated ; modifications of the general law ; also fares and charges ; and generally all points connected with the Bills to which my Lords may think it right on public grounds to draw the attention of Parliament. Such report shall be signed by the President or Vice-President of this Committee; but it shall in no case pronounce an opinion on the actual or comparative merits of any railway scheme. 6. My Lords direct that the annual report of the officers of the railway department to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade should he laid, as heretofore, on the tables of both Houses of Parliament. The rules which my Lords have now laid down for the transaction of railway business will be subject to re-con sideration hereafter, if, from further change of circumstances, or otherwise, they should be found inapplicable or inconvenient. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS —The July Quarter Sessions for the county of Middlesex commenced yesterday at the Sessions. house, Clerkenwell-green. Numerically the calendar is somewhat heavier than usual, but the offences are not of a serious nature. 127 names appear on the calendar for trial, of whom 100 are in dicted for felony, and 27 stand charged with assaults and other of fences. This being the Quarter Session of the county, Mr. Hemp, officer to the Sheriff of Middlesex, called upon the following persons to answer to the'r respective names, or be severally outlawed : Alexander Dalgleish, late of Bloomsbury-place, John R. Brinkman, otherwise John R. Broadhead, late of Berkeley. square; Robert Fulke Greville, commonly called the Hon. Robert Fulke Greville, late of Burlington Hotel; Sir Charles Edward Grey, Knight, late of Portland-place ; Joseph Ferdinand Count Taaffe, late of Percy-street; Henry Whittaker, late of Lincoln's Inn, New-square; Mortimer Percy Drummond at three suits; and Anthony Randall, late of Chesham-place, Beigrave.square. A paragraph, copied from one of the minor jour nals, is now running the rounds of the French press, stating that the French Government has settled the claim of Mr. Pritchard by paying him 25,000 E, whic:-. sum has been drawn for, it is said, in three bills from the Cape of Good Hope, arid paid in Paris. ARISTOCRATIC WRITING. The bad writing of many of the nobility and gentry is proverbial. An illustration of this occurred at the Warwickshire Quarter Sessions last week, when, the Coventry Herald states, a prisoner who, on commitment, had made a confession to Lord Lilford (which was taken down by his Lordship), was acquitted in consequence of no person Cour t I d it being able to decipher his Lordship's , writing. ALARMING RIOTS IN ARMAGH. TWELFTH JULY.—S..turday being the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne, processions took place in several parts of the country, which were joined by some of the lodges from this city, who on ' their return were attacked by a violent mob, when a collision took place, and a number of stones having been thrown by both parties, and shots fired in all directions, the consequence was that nine or ten persona were seriously wounded. The row commenced by one of the adverse party pulling a fife from the mouth of one of the Orange party playing it, when the riot became serious and general, and was only quelled by the interference of the magistracy, who called out the police and military, and after great exertions and energy put an end to the riot, but not without themselves receiving assaults and injuries. The persons wounded are Wm. Magee, Callan-street, a gun shot wound in the shoulder, serious; Thomas Corr, gun-shot wound in shoulder; John Boyle, serious wound in groin ; Wm. Carson, aged sixty-six, severe contusion of face and body ; Jane Carson, aged thirty.five, contusion of eye and wounds in body ; Anne Maguire, wound in right side of abdomen (serious). There are, it is thought more wounded, as the the affray, while it lasted, was most desperate, a great number of the windows in Thomas-street and Irish-street having been broken. The riot commenced at five o'clock, when the shops in general were closed, and it did not terminate until eleven at night. Great praise is due to Counsellor Robinson and Mr. Paton, magistrates, who were promptly on the spot, and but for whom the scene of outrage and bloodshed might have been more extensive and serious. Since writing the above we have heard that one of the wounded persons has died.—Armagh Sporting Chronicle. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 15. The House met again to-day to hear apeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cot tenham, and Lord Campbell. TREVOR V. TREVOR. Mr. HoDosoN resumed and concluded his arguments in this appeal on behalf of the appellant. Mr. ROMILLY addressed their Lordships for the respondent, following Mr. Bethel', who was heard yesterday, and Mr. L. WICR A3l replied. Their Lordships postponed their judgment. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 15. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) IN RE ABRAHAM HENRY CHAMBERS. The bankrupt in this case, the well-known banker, whose case has been in progress of litigation for a number of years, and who has only just been liberated from prison, came up to day for the purpose of obtaining his certificate. The Learned CommistoNEß asked if any creditor was in attendance for the purpose of opposing the application for cer tificate now asked for by Abraham Henry Chambers ? The Solicitor for the assignees—No, your Honour. We (the assignees) do not intend to oppose the application; and I am not aware that any of the creditors of the bankrupt intend to oppose. The bankrupt was then declared to have obtained his certificate. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, July 15. (Before Mr. Commissioner RABBIS.) " BOATSWAIN SMITH " IN DIFFICULTY. The insolvent, known as " Boatswain Smith," applied on his petition to be discharged. He was liberated on bail a fort night back, and there was now no opposition made to him. The debts on the schedule were 441/., of which no consi deration had been received for 275/. ; the bona fide debts were only 162/. The insolvency was attributed to the law expenses (the non-consideration debt) incurred in being ejected from the Danish church in Wellclose-square, which he had rented at 501. a year from 1825, and his debt for rent was 34/.125. He had been connected with the British and Foreign Seamen and S'ldiers' Friend Society. The insolvent, in answer to the questions of Mr. Commis sioner HARRIS, stated that he had made an application to the Thatched House Society, but obtained no assistance, because he was in custody for law costs in an action of ejectment. The building which had been used as the Mariners' Church in Well close-square had lately fallen down, and the property therein buried. . . Mr. Commissioner HARMS said he perceived the insolvent was in custody for the costs of an action of ejectment, and re quired an explanation on the subject. The insolient stated that there was a mariners' Danish church in Wel!close-square, of which he was the minister. The place was taken about twenty years ago to afford religious in struction, and he had the superintendence of the place. The rent bad been paid, and an action was brought in ejectment to obtain possession, and he was now in prison for the costs of the same. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS remarked that one of the places in Wellclose-square had been obtained by an action, and the other had fallen down. _ The Court ordered the insolvent, who appeared to be labour ing under indisposition, to be discharged. A SEIZE INTELLIGENCE. 110 M E (?I I: C 11.1 T.— Chelmsfo rd, July 15. The commission for the county of Essex was opened on Mon day. The business is rather heavier than usual, there being 25 prisoners for trial, sof whom are charged with arson. On the civil side 23 causes are entered, three of them being special jury causes. Chief Justice Tindal sat in the Crown court, and Mr. Justice Coleridge presided at Nisi Prins. (Before Chief Justice TINDAL. ) INCENrIARISM. —Samuel Read, 45 , _ was indicted for set ting fire to a stack of beans and a stack of straw, the property of William Ridley, at High Ongar. When the prisoner came into the dock he gazed wildly round him, and looking up to the gallery, where a number of ladies were sitting, he exclaimed, " Ah, there they are, I see them, the angels—l do love them." He then made a low bow to his Lordship, and burst into a loud laugh. His conduct altogether betokened insanity. Chief Justice TINDAL inquired whether the prisoner was in a sane state of mind, or whether his conduct was assumed? Mr. Neale, the governor of Springfield gaol, said the pri soner had been under his charge since March, and he had op portunities of observing his conduct since that period, and in his opinion he was really insane. The jury were then sworn to decide whether the prisoner was in a fit state of mind to plead, and upon hearing the evi dence of the surgeon they found that he was not ; and he was accordingly remanded until the next assizes. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Bedford, July 14. The commission for this county was opened this afternoon by the Learned Judges of Assize, who also afterwards attended Divine serviee in St. Paul's Church. _ It is rumoured that this had well nigh proved a " maiden assize," as far as the " criminal prisoners" are concerned ' • as it is, report has it that late on Saturday night a watchful con stable laid hold of an offender. He, however, is not of import ance sufficient to give employment to the " calendar .mangers whose voices are silent, and disturb not the quietude of this town with their accustomed clamour. The cause list contains one special and two common jury causes, but its exact entry cannot at present be ascertained. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Northampton, July 10. The commission for Northampton, the first place of busi ness on this circuit, was opened at half-past six yesterday evening by Sir Frederick Pollock, and this morning, at an early hour, the Learned Chief Baron proceeded to the church of All Saints, where Divine service was performed. At eleven o'clock the two Courts were opened, Mr. Justice Maule taking his seat on the Nisi Prius side, and the Lord Chief Baron pre siding in the Criminal Court. On both sides the business is light. The calendar has the names of twelve prisoners, several of them being for rape, and two for cutting with intent, &c. There are eigt causes only, and we believe they are altogether of a trivial nature. Geo-ge Martin Keatley, aged twenty-one, Tames Cunning ham, aged thirty-nine, and John Geldar, aged sixteen, were charged with assaulting and robbing, near Stamford, one Wil liam Wright Waterfield. Mr. Hildyard prosecuted. Mr. M , rtulay conducted the defence. The pro. ecutor is a butcher at Stamford, and on the Ist of June was coming by Burley Park from Kettering. At the distance of a mile and three-quarters from Stamford there is a drift way leading to the great north road. The prosecutor saw three men there. He continued his way, passing the men, who followed him. About twenty minutes past ten he saw a man he knew named Richardson, and bade him " Good night." A short distance further on, having looked behind him, he saw a mats, with whom he walked conversing. Sud denly he passed in front, and stood before him with a stick. This was Keatley. The other men then ran up to the pro secutor, who was knocked down by Keatley. Saw Cunning ham by a side view. He was then dragged to the side of the roar! and robbed of 4s. 6d. in money, and a variety of small articles. Prosecutor called out. One man seized hold of his throat, but said if he would hold his noise they would not hurt him. Having robbed him they went away, and prosecutor went on to Stamford. The prosecutor returned to where he had first seen the prisoners, and found Keatley and Cunning ham asleep, to whom he swore positively. Thomas Sanders, a police-officer at Stamford, accompanied prosecutor to the gipsy camp, and apprehended the prisoners. A woman present said there had been a robbery, and she sup posed that was what they were wanted for. Cunningham said " hush." The prisoners were travelling with china orna ments. In the camp, in a bag, were found 145/. 10s., 841. 10s. being in gold. There were other witnesses, but the only evidence as to identity was that of the prosecutor. Two persons gave Cunningham a good character, and re presented his business to be of that description as to make it not unlikely he would have a large sum of money by him. The Learned Judge having summed up, the jury retired. Ultimately they acquitted the whole of the prisoners. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, July 14. John Derwody was indicted for having maliciously cut and wounded John Beacham, at Fareham, with intent to murder him or to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Edwards was counsel for the pro3ecution, and Mr. Mis sing defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner was servant to an officer, and had several times been at the Railway Tavern at Fareham, where the prosecutor was hostler. On the 24th March the prisoner went to the stables with some horses, and some words took place between the two parties relative to the hostler's fees, which the prisoner had not paid. The prosecutor threatened to inform the prisoner's master that he did not pay him, when the prisoner took up a prong and struck at Beacham's head, but missed him. He then stabbed at him with the prong, but Beacham defended himself and avoided injury. They parted ; in about twenty minutes afterwards they met again, and the prisoner asked Beacham if he would give it him then. Beacham said he would if he would stay. The prisoner struck at Beacham with a horsewhip, but did not touch him. Beacham then knocked the prisoner down, he got up again, and they " mug ;led" a bit. They both fell down, and then the prisoner with akuile cut the prosecutor in the neck and over the eye. They get up again, and the prisoner went away. The prosecutor afterwards fainted away, from the loss of blood, at the Railway Tavern. Search was subsequently made on the spot where the affray had taken place, and the blade of a knife was found covered with blood and hair. The prisoner was taken into custody, and the handle of a knife was found upon him which corresponded with the blade found on the ground. A surgeon was called in to see Beacham ; he was then covered with blood, and fainting. There was an th e wound on the face seven inches i n length to the bone. There was also a wound of considerable depth in the throat. The wounds must have been inflicted by . a sharp instrument. Mr. MISSING addressed the jury in mitigation of punishment, for'he admitted that the facts were beyond dispute. Mr. Baron PLATT having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty with intent to do grievous bodily barrn. The Learned JUDGE then addressed the prisoner. The jury, in their cornpa , sion, had found a verdict on the second count of the indictment, thinking, perhaps, there was some doubt about his intent to murder this unfortunate person. It was fit he should tell him that if the verdict had been pronounced on the first count, he should have left him for execution, and he would have expiated his offence on the gallows. As it was the jury had saved him from that, but it behoved the Court in a case of this kind, which belonged so little to the feelings of Englishmen—the use of the knife—it behoved the Court to vindicate the justice of the country. He was invited to fight this man, but instead of acting as he ought in a manly way, he took from his pocket a knife, and held it in concealment, with a view of inflicting a wound in a cowardly manner—certain it was, he meant to do him some grievous bodiy harm. His conduct was most savage and atrociou , , unworthy of a man. The Court saw nothing in the case that could palliate it, and therefore sentenced the prisoner to 15 years' transportation. Robert Spencer and Henry Bedford, two boys aged 16 and 17, were indicted for the manslaughter of Jacob Li,;ht on the 20th of May. Mr. Missing conducted the case for the prosecution. This was a very distressing case, so much so that the Learned Judge was in tears during the whole of the trial. The facts are simple and easily told. On the day in question, a donkey was grazing on Netby- common, with its fore legs tied together by a cord. The deceased, who was a little boy, untied the cord and got on the donkey. He rode towards the prisoners. When he got up to them they took the cord from the boy, tied him round the body, and then tied the other end of the cord round the donkey's neck, and started the donkey. The bey being frightened, got off the donkey, which immediately went off at full speed, dragging the boy after it, and kicking him in a frightful manner. The two prisoners then ran after the donkey, endeavouring to stop it, which at last they succeeded in doing, but the boy died in a few minutes from the injuries he had received. The prisoners ran for assistance, and were exceedi❑gly distressed. The jury found the prisoners Guilty, and they were sen tenced to be imprisoned for a fortnight, but without hard labour. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Grey, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Governor of the colony of New Zealand. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Frederick Holt Robe, Esq., Major in the Army, to be Lieutenant-Governor of the province of south Australia. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint George Lilly, E,q., to be Assistant•-Judge of the Supreme Court of the island of Newfoundland. ...„ Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex. West Middlesex Militia—H. Bliss, Gent., to be Lieutenant, July 12. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Mid-Lothian. loyal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain Aitchison to be Major, vice Wauchope, resigned ; Lieut. A. Hope to be Captain, vice Aitchison, promoted, July 5. WHITEHALL, Ju•%Y 8. The Lord Chancellor has appointed David Randall, of Neath, in the county of Glamorgan, Gent., to be a Master Extraordi nary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Dowries Taylor, oilman, Brooke-street, Holborn, to surrender July 24, at eleven, and Aug. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Berkeley, Lincoln's-inn-fields. . William Robqm, grocer, Chipping Norton, Hertfordshire, July 30, at two, and Aug. 26, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Sadgrove, Mark-lane, City. Henry Cooke, painter, Liverpool, July 29 and Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London ; Jones, Liverpool. John Lea, jun., wine merchant, Liverpool, July 29 and Aug. 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London ; Brabner and Co., Liverpool. John Robinson, spirit merchant, Beverley, Yorkshire, July 28 and Aug. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds; Lambert, John-street, Bed ford-row, London; Shepherd and Myers, Beverley; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. Benjamin Haigh, manufacturer, Dub-cross, Yorkshire, July 28 and Aug. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds; Emmett and Allen, Blooms bury-square, London; Messrs. Alexander, Halifax; Courte nay, Leeds. [Dividends, &c., in our next.l LORD ASHLEY'S LUNACY BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,_Many thanks for your very able article on Lord Ashley's Lunatic Bill and for the clear exposition of the im provements to be effected by its operation. It would be well indeed if the Press would enlighten the public mind more generally on this most important subject. I agree with you that his Lordship's measure is still very deficient, and that it continues, and I fear will perpetuate the unconstitutional mode of depriving an Englishman of his liberty, and taking from him his civil rights by the certificate of two mad doctors or two needy and bribed apothecaries or one of each of them. As soon as I had recovered from the surprise and stupor that so heavy and unexpected a blow as confinement in a mad house produced, I began to call to mind what I had heard and read of Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights—l recollected that no Englishman was in future to be deprived of his liberty without a trial by a jury of his peers. That this constitutional principle has been carried out and incorporated in our laws, which, to ensure the liberty of the subject, have provided that a British subject shall not be detained in custody without being taken before a magistrate, having witnesses sworn to the truth of the charges made against him or her being confronted with his or her accusers, and`then acquitted or committed for trial by jury. Meditating on the subject, and studying the disease of in sanity with its operations in the characters of those around me, I soon discovered that it might be wise and expedient to prevent a man in a stare of delirium or frenzy committing crimes for which he would not, from the present state of his disease, be amenable to the laws hereafter—to give either one or two medical men the power, under a written certificate, of handing that person over to safe custody, either under the guard of a keeper, a prison, or a lunatic asylum; but here the power of the medical certificate should end. Within seven day; it should be required, and within 24 hours, if the patient be sane enough, to demand the right of inquiry, he should be again brought back within the pale of the Constitution, and be carried before a magistrate; his stat e an d case inquired into; the deposition of medical and other witnesses be taken; and the magistrate decide upon the necessity of further confinement or otherwise. This confinement not to extend beyond three months without the intervention of a trial by jury on his sanity or insanity, in the same inexpensive form as our criminal proceedings are conducted, under the authority and presidence of the judges of the land, who are infinitely more capable of patient research and expounding the laws than any of these new-fangled autho rities—the Commissioners, who se ex i s t enc e, I hope, will be as brief as their deserts. Had this been the l aw an d practice, I, who am not consc i ous of having had any attack of insanity in my life—who challenge the whole world to produce any insane act I ever committed— who was once absolved in open court by my bitterest enemies, of having committed any violent ac:, and also of ever having threatened one—inste a d of having had to endure the misery and wretched sufferings of passing nearly five years among the maniac, the idiot, and the epileptic ; I should not have been confined more than seven days at the utmost, in place of five l on g years. Were mine an individual, an isolated case, although so ruinous and disastrous as I have d escr ib ed, I feel that it would be pre sumption in me to occupy your space and time, but I cm and will, if required, supply half a dozen cases similar to my own. I am, Sir, &c., WILLIAM BAILEY. P. S. I would that every individual, man or woman, in this kingdom would deeply Consider that under the present and the proposed regulation of lunacy, % under Lord Ashley's new Act, That what was my case yesterday may be yours to-morrow." A L SSIG. AFFRAY AT IR €_-LAND BANHL THE i . The case for the prosecution closed on Thursday evening. Two magistrates, Mr. Moloney and Mr. Meade, came forward before the defence was entered into, and voluntarily tendered the follow ing evidence Mr. John Moloney, J.P., of Ballinaboy, being sworn, was exa mined by the CORONER—I am a magistrate of the county, and re collect the last fair night of Ballinhassig. I was at the fair that day, and left it between three and four o'clock, to the best of my knowledge. I was not in the fair between that and the time the people lost their lives. There were no other magistrates with me leaving the fair. I did not attend it as a magistrate. About nine o'clock in the evening I returned to the fair. About that hour Mr. Cornelius Keller catne to my house i n great haste, nearly out of breath, and on my goiog to the door, in consequ ence o f w h at he told me, I came back to the fair with Mr. Meade, and Mr. Biggs followed us in the rear, and the Rev. M r . M ea d e came as far as the bridge. When I came outside my own gate I saw a man leaning against the ditch wounded in the left arm, and we seeing him so re q ueste d the People to get him a doctor, and Mr. W. Meade, the magistrate, and I pro ceeded to the fair. Having found that a number of people were dead and wounded, we called out to get a doctor. Mr. Meade finding the people unwilling to go, as they said they were afraid, faced up the hill, and said he would go himself, calling on Mr. Biggs to accompany him, and for me to remain with the people and ap.. pease them as well as I could. I remained with the people, and expostulated with some of them to go home ; they did so generally while I remained, which was about until eleven o'clock. To Mr. Walsh—l did not attend the fair as a magistrate, but merely as a country gentleman, and bought and sold cattle ; before leaving the fair I did not see any occurrence or appearance that would require the influence or presence of a magistrate. You have re ided for many years at Ballinaboy, near Ballinhassig 7—Yes, for about fourteen years, but I have been connected with it for about twenty four years. Can you state what has been the character of the people in the district during that period 7—According to my knowledge during that period a more peaceable or well-conducted people I never knew. Mr. W. R. Meade, just ice of the peace, Ballymartle—l am a magistrate of the county, and dined with Mr. Moloney on the day of the fair, at Ballinaboy, which is about a quarter of a mile from Ballinhassig. In consequence of a representation which was made to us Mr. Moloney and I left his house rather before nine o'clock, and Mr. Biggs joined us, fur the purpose of going to the fair. On going outside the gate we saw the wounded man, as described by Mr. Moloney, and we then went to the fair, and I ask e d severa l persons where the doctor was, and requested come persons about me to go to his house for him. They all seemed unwilling to go, and I then said I would go myself, and Mr. B iggs said he would accompany me, and we arranged with Mr. Moloney to remain at the fair and endeavour to get the people home. M r . Bi ggs an d I proceeded to the police barracks, as the doctor resided next door to it. On our way up I looked at my watch at the bridge behind Mr Lombard's, and found it to be ten minutes past nine o'clock. When we arrived at the barracks we found the doctor was not at home, and I then went into the police barracks to make arrange ments about sending for an additional force. I went into the Dispensary three times that evening; the first time I went there was no light, but there was the second ; there were several marks of violence about it, and the windows broken, and the roof broken at the back, but not so much as at present. There were several large stones lying in it, in the outside room next the door, and I don't recollect seeing any in the other. I could f orm no opinion as to whether the stones came through the door or window. The only other mark of violence I remarked that evening was the wooden partition, a small part of which opposite the door eas broken. I did not examine the outside of the house that night, and I therefore cannot say if there was any mark of violence on ir. To Mr. Scannell—You saw the state of the Dispensary. If COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, left Buck ingham Palace in a carriage and four, at a quarter past nine o'clock yesterday morning, escorted by a party of the 4th Light Dragoons, for the terminus of the South-Western Railway at Nine Elms. Lady Portman, Lady in Waiting, the Baroness d'Hoeghvorst, Dame d'honneur to the Queen of the Belgians, the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting, and Major de Moerkerke, Officer d'Ordonnance of his Belgian Majesty, occupied one carriage and four ; and Colonel Bowles, Master of the Household, Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry to Prince Albert, occupied another carriage and four. Her Majesty, and her Royal Consort, and their august visitors, were conducted to their carriage by the Master of the Horse, the Earl (1 Morton, the Hon. Captain Hood, and Captain Francis : Seymour. The illustrious party left the ter minus by a special train, for the purpose of being present at the naval review, and afterwards of proceeding to Osborne House, Isle of Wight. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken an airing yesterday from Buckingham Palace, in an open carriage and four, ac companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Her Royal High ness the Princess Alice, was taken an airing in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland with their company yesterday afternoon at Sion House. _ _ His Royal Highness Prince George left town yesterday morning for the purpose of witnessing the naval review eff Spit head. The Prince travelled via South Western Railway. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet ing yesterday afternoon at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Chichester, Ely, and Rochester, and the Earl of Besborough. The Duke of Wellington, and the Chief Secretary for Ire land, had interviews with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Sir R. H. Inglis, and Mr. Timms, Solicitor to the Stamps and Taxes, had interviews with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday. The Marquis and Marchioness of Queensberry have returned to Farrance's Hotel from Anglesea. MR. WILSON'S FAREWELL NIGHT On Monday evening the Music Hall, Store-street, was crowded au ciel, and many persons anxious fur admis sion were unable to procure it, a convincing proof that Mr. Wilson's attraction remains undiminished. The programme contained many of the Scotch songs which he has rendered popular, and some foreign pieces, among which we had a beautiful German ballad, "In yonder happy cottage," and the celebrated scena from Fret Diacolo, the Irish ballad, sung charmingly, " Savourneen Deelish," and " The trim-built wherry," which last drew forth a hearty encore. The humorous Scotch songs were given in Wilson's own inimitable style, and caused great merriment. He was in excel lent voice and spirits, and never sang better. He must have sung more than twenty songs, rather a herculean task, but his voice was at the end as fresh and firm as it was at the beginning. After the programme had been gone through, Mr. Wilson took farewell of his audience in the following words:— " This being the last night of my season, the pleasing task devolves upon me of expressing to you the gratifica tion I feel that my nights among the songs of Scotland still seem to afford entertainment to a large portion of her Majesty's subjects. This evening I finish my fourth season in this room, and not one season has been be hind another in success. It is not a little pleasing to me to see here among my audience smiling faces, for I have seen them here so frequently since I first began my en tertainments, that I might almost by this time call them familiar faces. I wander about a great deal, and am whirled from place to place on many a rail, but, during my wanderings, with what pleasure do I look forward to my Monday evenings in this Hall, for I feel as if I were coining among friends, and almost as if I were at my ain fireside. I am now gciug out on a pretty long ramble into Wales, and parts of England and Scotland that I have not before visited, and lam sure I shall look forward with greater pleasure than ever to my opening in this room again, which I hope may be early in 1846. The mine of Scottish song is inexhaustible, and, the more I look into it, the more do I see of inte rest to bring forward. Till I have the honour of appear ing again before you, and with my heartiest thanks for all your kindness and indulgence, I most respectfully bid you farewell." PENSION S. (CIVIL LIST.) A List of all Pensions granted between the 20th day of June, 1844, and the 20th day of June, 1845, and charged upon the Civil List (pursuant to Act 1 Vic. c. 2) 1845. Jan. 28. Patrick Frazer Tytler, Esq. (in considera tion of his eminent literary attainments and merits as an historian.) 2OO Jan. 28. Mrs. Jane Hood. (To William Elliott, M.D., in trust for her, as the wife of Thomas Hood, Esq., author of various popular works, in consideration of his literary merit and infirm state of health Jan. 28. Susan Robertson 5O Mary Robertson Eleanor Robertson Elizabeth Robertson (The four daughters of Lieutenant-Co lonel Robertson Macdonald, and grand • daughters of the late Principal Robertson, in consideration of the eminent literary merits of their grandfather, as an historian, and their own destitute situation. In trust to James Rolland, Esq., and John Stewart, Esq., Writers to the Signet, in Edinburgh.) Jan. 31. Jane Caroline Stoddart 75 Frances Agnes Stoddart 75 (Sisters of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Stoddart, murdered at Bokhara, in consi deration of the services of their brother, and of there being no P.dequate provision for them. In trust to John Kitson, Esq., of Thorpe, near Norwich.) March 5. Mademoiselle Augusta Emma D'Este. (In trust to Edward Majoribanks, Esq., and Sir Edward Antrubus, Bart., fur her, in con sideration of her just claims on the royal beneficence June 11. Clara Maria Susanna Lowe (daughter of the late General Sir Hudson Lowe, in consi deration of the services of her father, and her own destitute condition. In trust to Sir Joshua Ricketts Lowley, Bart., Cap tain, R.N., and Lieutenant Edward Wil liam De Lancy Lowe, 32d Regiment of Foot) £1,200 EDW. CARDWELL. Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, July 7, 1845. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY.—The Rev. Mr. Potti cary, of Blackheath, was robbed in a singular manner on Friday last. The Rev. Gentleman, who is on a visit at Brighton, had been into the country, and on his return, about eleven o'clock at night, was walking from Sewell's stables, in Church street, to the Grand Parade. Between Marlborough.place and the Grand Pa rade, and northward of the entrance to the Pavilion, is one of the " enclosures," a lawn surrounded by a gravel walk, a border of flowers, shrubs, and trees, and a fence of irun palisades. While walking on the footway outside these palisades the Rev. Gentleman was suddenly seized by two arms, which were passed through the palisades, and which drew him backwards, so as completely to pinion him ; and, while in this position, he found his macintosh raised, and is third hand passed into his pocket, whence his purse, containing three sovereigns and some silver, was taken. The whole operation was over in less time than we have been describing it ; and the Rev. Gentleman gave an alarm to the sentinel at the Palace gate, who crossed the road, and assisted him in searching for the thieves. No trace, however, could be found of any one; and it is a remarkable fact that the Rev. Gentleman heard no voice during the whole affair. Some London thieves have the credit of planning and executing this extraordinary and impudent robbery. DISSOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY.—Yesterday a meeting of the governors and subscribers of this school, which was founded in 1816, for educating, clothing, maintaining, and instructing, in various useful trades, legitimate children of the indigent poor, was held in the board-room of the institution, Mitre street, Aldgate, to consider the circumstances. of the charity, and the propriety of continuing or discontinuing it. it. James Sehooling, Esq., treasurer, wa s called to and was supported by Doctor Alexander M'Caul, rector t of Et. , James's, Duke-place, the Reverend J. V. Povah, A.M., minor canon of St. Paul's, and other old supporters of the school, Thomas Saunders, Esq., City Comptard been ollerfounded by the , stated the position of the school, which he late Rev. R. Povah, LL.D. said dtterhly their finances were sl re duced that they were co m p elled to give up the boys' school, and now, in consequence of a further decrease in the subscriptions and donations, they that they could not continue the girls' school. H o e n ins e o b . e xplained that the receipts for the last two years were only 395/. 6s , Pd., and that they were indebted 231. to the treasurer. In conclusion, lie said that they had only the painful alternative to die solve the girls' school. After some discussio n it was resolved to call another meeting for the purpose of appointing a committee to wind up the affairs of the charity, and to collect funds for the pay. ment of its liabilities. After which, and a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting broke up. SCAFFOLD A CClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon Wil liam Graham, a labourer, living in Princes.street, Chelsea, whilst whitewashing the back premises of a house in Ebury-street, Pim. lico, was suddenly seized with a fit of epilepsy, and fell off the scaf fold (a height of at least thirty feet) into the back area. Medical assistance being promply procured, it was ascertained that the nn. fortunate man had severely injured his spine, in addition to which he has sustained several serious internal injuries. Only a short time since a similar misfortune happened to Graham, when he fractured his leg. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 15. LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL. ( Continued from our .Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Lord SEYMOUR believed that the plan of the Noble Lord would have the effect of preventing cruelties which had been practised in lunatic asylums. Lord ASHLEY said there were 34 board-days last year, and he had attended every one. Sir C. NAPIER would be glad to have the attendance of the other members of the Board. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it 45 Majority against the amendment On our return to the gallery we found Mr. T. DUNCOMBE complaining that Dr. Turner had been placed on the Commission, he being at the time between 70 and B'. years of age, and consequently would soon be entitled to be placed on the petition list. Lord ASHLEY said that Dr. Turner was a most efficient officer, and was well calculated for the duties which he had to perform. The Lord Chancellor fully approved of the ap pointment. Sir C. NAPIER understood that when the Commissioners under this 13ill should become unfit for work they should retire on a salary • but he thought a little provision ought to be made for those who had been all their lives acting as Commis sioners in the same way, and that they should not be turned adrift in their old ac e. Mr. WAKLEY was opposed to such a proposition upon principle, for if such a principle were to be recognised by this Act he would like to know where it would stop ? Certain per sons accepted situations for a certain amount of remuneration, and it was evident they were contented with it, for they per formed the duties, but the public and the labouring classes should not be made to pay large sums as retiring pen sions. He would ask the House what it did last night? It came to a resolution to refuse relief to a man who might not be able to get employment, yet a monstrous allowance of the description now proposed was asked to be made for men in their old age who had received a large salary for the discharge of their duties. Mr. ARBUTHNOTT would wish to know if this clause should be discussed now, or at any other time ? Sir J. GRAHAM said he hoped it would be discussed now, as it was desirable to make some progress with the Bill. Mr. DUNCOMBE did not approve of the Bill being passed through the House at this railroad pace, for he was anxious that the public should see how matters of this sort were disposed of here, and how the public money was applied. Now, the Bill provided that these Commissioners should have a retiring pension after fourteen years service; how did the House know but that many of these Commissioners had already served 13% years ? fie had asked the Noble Lord opposite to state shut the age of 1)r. Turner was, hut he could get no information at all on the subject. He could not ascertain whether he was a young man or an old man, or likely to remain long or short in his situation. He fully concurred with the Hon. Member near him, that though the Noble Lori opposite was a very humane man, it was an extraordinary thing that this Houseshould refuse relief to an able-bodied poor man who could not get employment, but let him starve, and then in twenty-four hours after come down and ask for a provision of this sort, in the shape of a retiring pension. Lord ASHLEY said he had no objection whatever to answer the question, but he could not really say what the age of Dr. Turner was ; but this he knew, that he believed him to be per fectly equal to the discharge of the most delicate and arduous duties. Mr. WAKLEY said he did not object to the individual, but to the principle of connecting past duties with future; and he would again repeat, that the public money should not be dia p )sed of in pensions, when that money was taken from the poor man in the shape of taxes upon every article he consumed, and to whom relief from the public money was refused, because he was ab'e-bodied, though he might be starving. Sir J. GRAHAM said the Committee was now only dis cussing the names of those who had been recommended for the officers, and he would not shrink from the responsibility of having recommended them. But the subject of the amount of salary was a matter for future discussion. Mr. DUN COMBE said it was putting the cart before the horse, to first nominate persons and then tell them that they were to have certain salaries and retiring pensions, if the Go. verement did not intend that such should be the case. Lord ASHLEY said there would be no breach of faith towards those parties if this clause should be left out. Mr. DUNCOMbE said he had no objection to give the medical man 1,5001. a year, but he did think it too much for the lawyer. The police magistrates, who were obliged to be barristers of ten years standing, had only 1,0001. a year, from which 5 per cent. was deducted, which went to a fund for a retiring pension. The prison inspectors also had but 7001. a year, with no allowance for travelling expenses. On these grounds he did think 1,500/. a year would be too much for these Commissioners. He conceived 1,0001. a year would be abundant, and he would undertake to get barristers of ten years standing who would be very glad to get it, and who would discharge the duties most ably. Mr. HINDLEY slid not see why the doctors should be favoured beyond the lawyers. Lord ASHLEY contended that the proposed salaries were not so high as those paid to other public officers in the same position, and he was quite sure that less than 1,5001. would not secure the services of men whom it would be desirable to employ. Mr. WAKLEY never heard of anything so easily done as finding excuses for giving men large salaries. Mr. CHRISTIE believed that a salary of 1,0001. a year would command the services of many most intelligent and clever men. Sir C. NAPIER did not see why the proposed Commis sioners should not be satisfied with 1,000/. a year, when the Lords of the Treasury and Admiralty only received that sum. Mr. BOUVERIE did not think 1,5001. a year a large salary when the duties required to be performed were taken into con sideration. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought, after the valuable sug. gestions that had been thrown out, it would be better that the Chairman should report progress, in order to enable the Noble Lord to improve- the Bill by adopt ing some of those suggestions. The Honourable Member then withdrew his amendment as to the word sir. At the suggestion of Mr. WAKLEY, the words barrister of ten years' standing were struck out, and the words barrister of five years' stsncling inserted. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE then moved as an amendment that the salary of the six paid Commissioners should be 1,000/., in stead of I,boo/. a year. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the original motion For the amendment Majority against the amendment —24 The amendment was consequently lost, and the words, 1,5001. were ordered to stand part of the clause. On the question that the clause stand part of the Bill, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE again divided the Committee, when there appeared, For the clause Against it Majority in favour of the clause .. The clause was then agreed to, as was also clause 4. The Chairman then obtained leave to report progress, and left the chair at half-past four oclock, and the business of the House was suspended till five o'clock. The House resumed at Five o'clock, when the SpzAxis took the Chair. The reports on the Epping Railway, the Rye and Tenter den Railway, the Launceston and South Devon Railway, the South Devon (Tavistock Branch) Railway, the Dublin Pipe Water, and the Gravesend and Rochester Railway Bills were received and agreed to. The Darby Court Bill was read a second time. MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY. Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the Lords' amendments on this Bill be agreed to. Sir G. CLERK objected to the reception of the Bill, on the ground that certain clauses were opposed to the report of the Board of Trade, and to the standing orders of the House. Mr. M. GIBSON proposed that the consideration of the amendment be deferred for a week, in order to give time for the alteration of clauses. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment 2 Against it Majority 4l GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND). RAILWAY BILL. The Lords' amendments to this Bill were read and agreed to. RICHMOND (SURREY) RAILWAY BILL. The Lords' amendments to this Hill were read and agreed to. Mr. HUME moved for certain returns respecting the sewers, of which the House had never received any account. — Ordered. Mr. YORKE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to extend certain provisions in the Act for Consolidating and Amending the laws relating to Highways in England. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Mr. MACAULAY, who was almost inaudible in the gal lery, from the noise which prevailed at the time, was understood to say that, a few evenings ago, he had put a question to the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite as to whether or not the Go vernment countenanced certain proceedings which had been in• stituted against Sir David Brewster and others, for not taking the test of the General Assembly. lie now repeated the question, and wished to know whether the Government would undertake and conduct such a prosecution, and whether they would lay on the table of the House the communications which had taken place between the Government and the General Assem bly on the subject? Sir J. GRAHAM said he had no further knowledge of the sulject than the Right Hon. Gentleman himself possessed. With respect to the prosecution of sir David Brewster, he did not understand that any resolution had been come to by the General Assembly respecting his prosecution. He was not in a condition to lay before the House any communications on the subject. SCOTCH POOR-LAW. Mr. P. M. STEWART asked when the Scotch poor-Jaw would be next brought on ? Sir R. PEEL was understood to say on Thursday_ next. NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND). Mr. OSBORNE wished to know when the vote would be brought forward for the purpose of national education in Ireland. Sir T. FREMANTLE said on Friday next. After some further conversation respectingthe fixing of the Committee of Supply, Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that he had no objection to fixing Friday evening for that purl An How. 1I ESUPPLEMENTARYsaas asked when i th E"l e S.T l[A supplementary AT E S estimates of votes of the division on the New Zealand question would be ready for delivery ? Mr. CARDWELL said, that they were in course of pre paration. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. BRAZILIAN CLAINIS-SUGAR Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to get some explanation on a subject which had caused very considerable anxiety among the merchants of this country. He referred to a rumour which had had already an injurious effect upon the funds. That rumour was, that the Brazilian Chamber had sanctioned an enactment prohibiting the importation of the cottons of England into that country, unless the differential duties at present impotted upon their sugars should be done away with. Sir lIOBER r PEEL said, that a letter had arrived on th e Stock Exchan ge , f rom t h e B r i t i s h M in i s t er a t the Brazils. It was dated the 24th of May, and made no allusion to such an enactment. He concluded, therefore, that the rumour was unfounded. SPANISH DUTIES. Lord PALMERSTON said, that it was now his duty to address the House on a matter of the very highest import ance, as it concerned the honour of this country, inasmuch as it related to the question whether the treaties subsisting between Spain and Great Britain had been preserved inviolate. It was a question relating to the commercial interests of this country, /ecause it raised the question, whether those treaties had or had not been heedlessly thrown aside. The question had been raised in consequence of a correspo ndence which had recently taken place between the Spanish minister.and the Se• cretary of State for Foreign Affairs. That correspondence had been lately laid on the table of the House by comvoand of her Majesty. That corres pondence related to the claim made by the Spanish Government , in virtue of those treaties, that the sugars of Porto Rico and Cuba, although these were slave. grown, should be admitted on the same terms as those sugars which were the result of free labour. His opinion was, that as matters at present stood, great and positive injury was in. flitted on the commerce of the country, and he considered it his duty therefore to ask the House to address the Crown upon this subject. In order to bring the question in the clearest