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ess es.....—i ee eeseseessiesseeies........, seiessesesseeses - to their measures in a blindfolded manner. The Bill itself • the law of nations. The French Government passed a similar /er•Ces • •'s: House was not consistent will the dispatches of ' concurren t Act. But the Braz ilian Government had 1. • ' .13ercieen, which declared that e ersiee sliond be ' not taken such a course. It was true they had announced ''assesd eat against the Brazilian traders .. tit' teen , e eu seble their intention of agreeing to the proposition, but ne specific eitent. There was one arneniiment introduced lute rids Biil law had been passed, and the measure, if new carrie ', would which, was ve r y important—it es-3, that the tonnage and ships 'in real i ty be no more binding than if the Minister of ti:e Crown of Brazil which fell into the hands of the cruisers of this coun- suggested an Act to the Sovereign which was not serried out try should be a pp r opriated to the benefit of those who seized by the force of law. The Executive roust always come to the them W . hy, it would be reeoliected, that in the vote on t he assistance of the Legislature, but, even if such ha i been the Consolidated Fund, there had been 3 5 , 0001 . voted to reward case in Brazil, he should have denied the power .e the Bra the men and officers of these very cruisers. Such a Bill, he zilian Government to enter into the treaty with that of England was sure, would excite the worst feelings in the minds of the to make the sale of negroes piracy. people of Brazil against this country. Then with respect to The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that his Hon. and the slaves seized by these cruisers, they were quite as badly Learned Friend was as well aware as he was, that Brazil was treated after they were taken from the slave ships, as they I peculiarly circumstanced as regarded the slave treaties. He were during the Middle Passage. The Hon. G entleman here knew that she had become a party to the slave treaty of 1817, read an extract from a letter to Lord Aberdeen, from the West and though Brazil said, that now the mixed commission was at Indies, showing the evils to which the negroes were subjected ian end, and that the slave-trade was abolished in her do after being seized in the slave ships. He should like to know i minions, it was admitted that Brazil had passed no law, ex what would England have thought, when it was a slave trading pressive of an abolition of the slave-trade, but she contended country, to have been treated in the same manner as they had that the fact of her declaring the slave-trade to be piracy, recently treated Vrazil. He was sure, from the bench of bishops amply sufficed to show that she held the principle that slavery downwards, it would have excited a general feeling of indigna- was extinct in her dominions. Now the question was, in what tion. He considered the policy of the Hon. Member for Hull ( Mr. mode this matter should be dealt with. His Honourable and Hutt ), at present, however well intended, was a very impolitic Learned Friend said that the Courts of Admiralty and Vice course. Should that lion. Gentleman introduce a motion next Admiralty ' had no power of dealing with Brazilian slaves as session for a committee of inquiry, he (Mr. Gibson) would pirates, but with all deference to his Hon. and Learned willingly support him. Before sitting down, however, he Friend, he thought he was in this case in error, for begged the Government to furnish the House with Mr. Ellice's if the Brazilian Government had, by the convention dispatches, that they might show the true nature of the pro- acknowledged that they recognised the carrying teedings in which that Gentleman hail been engaged. Brazil on the African slave trade as piracy, then surely they were said she would not put this duty on British manufactures if we justified by the article of that convention in dealing with them ceased to tax her sugar. He must refuse his assent to the as pirates. Therefore, with regard to the first part of the Bill, and would not share in the grave r e spo e sibiliry of sanction- clause, he ventured to differ from his Hon. and Learned ing it. It was their own policy which forced them to carry Friend, and he was not prepared to abandon, without very out the law of 1826 in this hostile spirit. ihe passions of the serious consideration, the stipulations contained in the latter Brazilian people would be roused against this country by this part of the clause. line of policy, and supposine they might make the condition Sir T. WILDE would ask how the Executive Government of a few slaves a little better, would that counterbalance the could proceed against the subjects of foreign countries as dangers which Britlit subjects resident in the Brazils must criminals under circumstances in which they could nut proceed continually incur ? How long were the great trading interests against their own.—( Hear, hear.) They could indeed pass of this country to be trifled with, to satisfy small sections of the laws enacting that any aggression by the subjects of a foreign anti-slavery party? The great majority of the anti-slavery party nation upon the subjects of England, could be punished as • were averse to any hostile policy on the part of the Govern- piracy, but they could not so proceed against the subjects of a ment. It was the monopolists of this country who by their third nation.—( Hear, hear. ) influence on the Executive brought about this state of things, Sir R. PEEL said there were two things to be considered — and interrupted the amity and good feeling which would be an offence against the Brazilian subject, and an offence against productive of such beneficial results to Great Britain and Brazilian property. He apprehended that in this case the Act Brazil.' applied to the property and not to the subject, and, therefore, • Sir R. PEEL said he would state to the House, as shortly as he thought the position of the Hon. and Learned Member was he could, what the objects of the Bill were, which had been confirmed. He would take care that before the third reading ' sent down from the House of Lords, and which he now sub- of the Bill, the clause should undergo further consideration, and mitted for their consideration. The international engage- in the event of its being found that some alteration was ne ments between Brazil and this country would be seen in a re- cessary, the Committee might rely upon its being made. solution on the subject of the slave trade, recited in the Con- Mr. M. GIBSON must take the liberty of asking some vention of 1826. By the first article of that Convention it further explanation as to this Bill. The Right Hon. Baronet was provided that no subject of Brazil should engage in the had stated that this Bill would not interfere with Brazilian sub- African slave trade on any pretence or pretext whatsoever, and jects. Now, how could the Right Hon. Baronet reconcile this that if any such subjects were found carrying it on they should with a dispatch which had just been sent out to Brazil by Lord be treated as pirates. There was, therefore, an international Aberdeen, which stated that all Brazilian subjects found en agreement. Subsequently, in the same year, there was a supple - g a g ed in the slave-trade were to be treated as pirates? mental treaty by which the right of search was mutually este- Sir ROBERT PEEL replied that the treaty of 1826 gave blished. A mixed Commission was a g reed upon to determine the power to deal both with the person and property of Bra the Offences. Brazil had the power of terminating the supple- zilian subjects found engaged in the slave-trade, but within mental treaty 16 years from that date, but the original tre at y the las t thirt y y ears the p ower had onl y been applied to sub remained in full force and effect. Accordingly, in jects, and they did not intend to change that system by the 1841, Brazil gave notice that she wished to ter- present Bill. minate it, and it was terminated accordingly. Captain PECHELL remarked that the treaty of 1826 only The Hen. Gentleman had observed that foreign countries did gave this country power to deal with property and ships not seem very confident in the good faith of this country re- actually engaged in the slave trade ; but by this Bill Govern specting her wish to put down the slave trade. No doubt im- ment proposed to deal with vessels which were only equipped putations had been thrown out, but when the sacrifices which for the trade. The treaty, moreover, only gave them power England had made in the cause of the slave were remembered, to destroy, and not to sell vessels which might be captured he thought she might set at defiance all such unworthy sue- while engaged in the slave-trade. picions.—( Hear, hear.) The bishops in the other House of Sir R. PEEL said they had exercised the power of seizing Parliament might, or might not, have advocated the con- vessels which were only equipped for the slave-trade for the • • tinuance of the slave trade, but that was not the question. The last thirty years, and he could see no objection to their con question was—was this country prepared to abandon her former tinuing to do so. line of policy—was she prepared to retrace her steps, and ren- After some farther discussion the clause was agreed to, as der her former exertions fruitless ? He would not deny that were also 4 and 5. • the Government had not come to the resolution of presenting Clauses 6 and 7 were agreed to, after a short discussion, as this Bill to Parliament without great deliberation and great was also clause 8. regret.—( Hear, hear.) Every means had been taken Mr. HUTT said he did not much approve of the measure, as to prevail upon the Brazilian Government to act upon it was one which involved a great deal of expense. the terms of the convention of 1826, but they were fruitless. The other clauses were then agreed to, and the House The Government had, then, no alternative but to bring for- resumed. ward the present measure, and act independently on their part, or allow the slave trade on the coast of Africa to be carried on, as formerly, by Brazilian subjects. It was the opinion of Sir William Follett, whose name he could not mention without exciting a respect for the memory of that distinguished man, that in case Brazil refused to act upon the treaty of 1841, England was fully justified in exercising the right of search upon Brazilian vessels. That was a right they had exercised up to the present time. Then, with respect to the production of papers which might be rendered necessary for various purposes connected with the public service, the Hon. Gentleman could not say that he had ever refused to produce them, where such a course would pro mote, instead of injure, the public service. It was necessary, for the promotion of the interests of this country, that this measure should be passed into a law, but if Brazil would enter into a treaty with them, not for the suppression of the slave trade, but into new engagements, for the purpose of giving effect to the original agreement of 1826, they would not proceed with it. But it had been rendered necessary by the conduct of Brazil for a long series of years, during which they bad implored that country to take measures other than those of a temporary nature. The Honour able Gentleman said that the measure was imperfect, because alterations of which he did not approve were made when it passed through Committee pro forma. These altera tions were not, however, of such a nature as to alter the objects which the Bill had in view in any material degree, and had reference to the continuance of the mixed Commission for a period of six months. There was another alteration, giving a part of the proceeds of 'a slave vessel and of its cargo to those who had aided in capturing it. He hoped, therefore, that he had fully explained away the charge which had been brought against the . Government that the measure was imperfectly constructed, and had been hurriedly introduced. He did not think that any good object would be attained by producing the correspondence or the instructions to which the motion referred. Mr. HUTT said, if they passed this Bill, as he had every reason to believe they would, in two years they would find their trade with Brazil utterly destroyed. The trade between this country and Portugal was of the greatest importance, and anything tending to its injury, as he apprehended this measure would, could not be too much deprecated. Then they should re collect that other countries were anxious to enter into engage ments of a more beneficial nature with Portugal than we could offer. The slave trade was not now carried on as formerly under the Portuguese flag, although in other countries—under the flag of the United States, for instance—it had greatly augmented. But if the Brazilian flag did not afford the same facilities as formerly for carrying on the slave trade, it was too lucrative to be entirely got rid of; so that they would only drive it into other channels offering facilities for carrying it on. Lord PALMERSTON did not concur in the views which wete entertained by some of his Hon. Friends with respect to the measure before them. indeed ho could not pursue any other course, as he was the first to suggest the adoption of the course which the Government were now pursuing. The question which the House had to consider was whether the treaty of 1826 was to be tendered null and void, or whether they should adopt measures to enable the Crown to carry it into execution. He was of opinion that if this country entered into treaties with other countries and did not enforce them, when any country became reluctant to carry them out, that they would bring disgrace upon themselves by their negligence, and want of national honour. The Govern ment of which he was a Member during the ten years they were in office, used every argument in their power to induce the Government of Brazil to carry out the engagements which they had bound themselves to, but like their successors they bad not succeeded in their object. Every time the question of the slave trade was discussed, that treaty formed a promi nent portion of it. Were they then to be permitted to carry on their traffic in slaves with perfect impunity, and were they not to take those means which the treaty with Brazil placed in their power? In that case he was ready to bear his share in any responsibility which might ensue. If the Government had not taken the course with Brazil which they did with re spect to the sugar duties—( Hear, hear)—if they had taken the proper course, they should not have found themselves in the position they now hell, and would tot have occasioned that irritation in Brazil which threatened to put an end to the treaty of 1817. When they asked 13,azil to fulfil her engagements they asked no more than they would perform what they had agreed to do by treaty. He was much afraid, however, that the measure would not put an end to the slave trade, as it would be driven to other portions of the globe, offering facilities for carrying it on. The slave trade of Brazil would be carried on under the flag of France and of the United States. He took that opportunity of calling the attention of the Government to the slave trade carried on between Muscat and the Isle of Borneo, in the hope of its receiving their attention during the recess. He did, therefore, hope that her Majesty's Government would make those representations to the French Government, which would induce them to recal that ordinance. Slavet y did not exist in the Mauritius, and there was, therefore, an opportu nity of checking the importation of negroes, but it did exist in the Isle of Bourbon, and he was afraid that a means might be afforded for promoting the slave trade in the interior of Africa. He trusted the Government would urge upon the Imaum of Muscat to take all steps for stopping the trade within his domi nions. The Governor of Cuba had sent back the negroes which had been introduced into his island. The negroes in Cuba became forfeited to the Crown. and the consequence was their liberty. The Dutch Governor had purchased these negroes illegally, and he should say that as the Dutch Govern ment had no right to retain British sut.jccts in bondege, he hoped, therefore, that the Government would interfere to set them at liberty. Then, again, no progress whatever had . been made in giving liberty to the Einancipadoes, and he hoped the Government would insist on the liberation of thoise • men. By national law and by treaty we were entitled to demand it. Those who were to be set at liberty were entitled to the protection of the country, and he was quite sure that if this point was pressed upon the Spanish Government, it would go further than any other. He trusted that the papers of next year would be more satisfactory than those of this year. i When tt.e Government talked, no men could speak more fairly, but when they came to act he was sorry nothing could be seen, and their acts fell far sh o rt of their words. He thought that the return which he had moved for last year might have been ready by this time. Sir R. PEEL said, that in explanation he might assure the Noble Lord, that if he would appoint a time, he would request Mr. Barry, in the Foreign Department, to show him that it was no indisposition or negligence, but a real difficulty in making out the return which prevented its being furnished. Mr. M. GIBSON only wished to explain that it was not competent for the House to make a law which should bind Brazilian subjects. The circumstance of the executive having declared the slave trade to be piracy, did not make it piracy, and therefore they ought to be very careful how they legislated on raise grounds. The House then went into ,Committee on the Bill, and on e. the first clause being proposed, Capt. PECHELL inquired whether the Admiralty had re ceived any account of the gallant conduct of Lieut. streport, in the capture of a slaver, and of the sufferings of Lieut. Wilson, of the Star, and severa l o f t h e crew on a ra f t ? Sir G. COCKBURN replied that as yet they had received no official co mmun i cat i on. Mr. HAWES thought the House should be put in posses sion of the negotiation s b y w hi c h the ruptures in the Brazilian colonies had been caused, and which were issued between the two Governments in the final arrangement of the stipulations of the treaty. Sir R. PEEL considered that the production of such papers would tend to irritate rather than cement those differences which all must deplore ; at the same time that they would not afford any information r e sp e c t ing the policy of the Govern ment, and therefore he must o pp ose their production. • Air. M. GIBSON th ou g ht the y were le gislating in the dar, and with blinded eyes, unless the correspondence which led to the ruptures first, and this Bill eventually, were freely laid be fore -the House. Mr. HAWES considered that the whole difficulties in re spect of legislating for the Brazil, and preserving concord in • • the colony, was the fallacious and inconsistent course pursued by Government in making a difference between tree and slave grown sugar. . Lord PALMERSTON said he had always imagined that the , favourable reception of the sugar of Braz il was a sine q ua non es in the negotiations between this and the Brazilian Government. The clause, as well as the second, were then agreed to. . On the third clause being put from the chair, • Sir-THOMAS WILDE said that the Government had no power whatever to make any conduct an act of piracy, unless by REMOVAL OF PAUPERS BILL. The House then went into Committee on the Removal of Paupers Bill. Captain JONES suggested an amendment in the 4th clause, to which Sir J. GRAHAM objected, upon the ground that the amendment would have the effect of repealing the power of removing paupers altogether. The clause only gave the power of landing paupers at the port nearest their native place, and then of being sent on to that place, instead of being landed at Cork, for instance, which might he the place farthest from their native places. After a few words from Sir R. FERGUSON, the clause was agreed to. Clause 5 was next proposed, and, after a few words from Mr. G. Palmer, Sir J. Grahapx, and Mr. Darby, agreed to. The remaining clauses were disposed of and the House re sumed, and the Bill was ordered to be reported to-morrow at twelve o'clock. TAXING MASTERS' COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL. Upon the motion that the House go into Committee upon this Bill, Sir R. FERGUSON wished that it might be an instruction to the Committee that some compensation might be given to certain officers of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, who would be aggrieved by this Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would not consent that any such instruction should be given to the Committee. Mr. HAMILTON said he had a petition from certain solicitors in Ireland, who prayed that they might be appointed as taxing masters, they being the most competent persons. He would suggest an amendment to the effect that solicitors of the Court of Chancery7of twelve years' standing should be chosen for the office of taxing master. Mr. T. B. C. SMITH opposed the amendment. The effect of the amendment would be to exclude barristers and many attorneys of great talents and abilities who did not practice in the Court of Chancery. He objected to this principle of ex clusion, and thought it would be unfair in its operation. The remaining clauses and the preamble were then agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be reported to-morrow. TURNPIKE-ROADS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill passed through Committee—report on Monday. DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE BILL, This Bill also passed through Committee. Report this day. REAL PROPERTY—(No. I.) BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. The Bill went through Committee, and the House resumed. ...... The report was brought up and adopted, and the Bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed. ASSIGNMENT OF TERMS BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill, the clauses of which were agreed to, the report adopted, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. GRANTING OF LEASES BILL. After a short conversation between Sir T. Wilde, Mr. M. J. O'Connell, and the Attorney-General, the last of whom cordially supported the measure, this Bill went through Com mittee. The report of the County Rates Bill was brought up, and ;he Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. SCOTTISH TURNPIKE TRUSTS BILL. On the motion being put for the committal of this Bill, it was moved that it be committed that day three months. Mr. P. M. STEWART supported the Bill, and declared that the Hon. Member had misrepresented its purpose and purport. He was quite sure that this Bill would be looked upon by the people of Scotland as an improvement on the existing law, and, were it not so late at night, he could easily dispose of the arguments of the Hon. Gentleman against Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE confessed that he did not agree with the views of the Honourable Member who had just sat down, and intimated his intention of ♦oting against the committal of the Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority for the amendment The Bill is consequently lost. FEES (CRIMINAL COURTS) BILL, Mr. ESCOTT:in moving the committal of this Bill, stated that its object was to prevent a person being, in certain coun ties in England, compelled to purchase his right of pleading, and his right of trial, when charged with a criminal offence, by the payment of exorbitant fees to the officers of the local cri minal courts. They would never get any justice unless they should decide that no person should be inflicted with any fine beyond the damages for the offence. He was at a great loss to know why this Bill should be opposed. This was a mere question of money. These fees formed a con venient way, except to the parties who paid them, of paying money into the pockets of men other wise respectable, but who would not be thoroughly respectable as long as they received those fees. He wished then that this Bill would be allowed to go into Committee. and if any amendments were to be made as to the practical working of it he would be most happy to listen to them. Though the Bill might not be perfect, there was no doubt that it would do a great deal of good, and would create a great admiration for the administration of justice in this country and a love of the laws. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that they had now arrived at a period of the session, and at an hour of the morning, when it would be necessary to cut this matter short. He had heard the Honourable Member say that the Bill was not necessary ; but it was as necessary as most other measures of superfluous legislation. With regard to parties acquitted, he agreed with his Friend ; but he totally differed from him as to patties found guilty, for he did think this latter class ought to be made to feel the infliction of the law. Lord J. MANNERS said it was impossible for any Member to understand this, what he would call " hocus pocus " legis lation. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that if the House sided with him in staying the further progress of the B It, he would give notice that, to-morrow, he would introduce a Bill for the abolition of fees upon pleading and acquittal. Mr. P. BORTH WICK briefly supported the motion. Mr. ESCOTT, at the request of several Hon. Members, then withdrew the Bill. DRAINAGE BILL. The Earl of LINCOLN moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the Improvement of the Sewerage and Drainage of Towns and populous Districts, and for making provision for an ample supply of water, and for otherwise promoting the health and convenience of the inhabitants, He said it was not his intention to press the Bill through the House in the present session, but simply to have it introduced and printed, and placed in Hon. Members' hands, so that their best attention might be given to its details during the recess. Leave was then given to introduce the Bill. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock. HOUSE OF :CORDS, Jul q 24. Their Lordship met shortly after Five DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the promoters of competing railways to the Direct London and Portsmouth line, and praying to be heard by counsel be fore the Select Committee as a competing line against the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Bill. The Noble Duke moved that the petition be referred to the Select Com mittee on the Bill, which was agreed to after a short discussion. DUBLIN AND GALWAY RAILWAY.—REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE. - --- - Lord BATHURST said he had been directed, as the Chair man of the Committee appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the Dublin and Galway Railway Company, to call the attention of the House to their report. The Committee had met and considered the petitions which had been refergd to them, had heard counsel, had examined witnesses in support of the allegations in the said petitions, and had arrived at the opinion, that most systematic frauds had been used for the purpose of obtaining the necessary number of signatures to the subscription contract. No pro per attention had been wild to the letters of al lotment. Names had been inserted without the consent of the parties, and letters had been sent to country postmasters, with a request that they in iffht be returned to London through the Post-office. It also appeare4 that . 2504 we re to be ( p )., a ,i id . t . o , a person on his not bringing certain charg e s "'clin" th e Corn' pang, and 500/. more on the Bill passing the Standing '" Committee, The subscription coatra4 did not a l ma go three fourths of the estimates. The result of these de liberations had induced the Committee to express entire concurrence in the report of the Committee, and that the reduction in the amount of deposits last session, by the House of Cc,e,mons, had given a facility to frauds like those mentioned in their report. Under all these circumstances, they had come to the decision not to inquire further into the Bill without further directions from the House. The Earl of BESBOROUGH said the report was a peculiar one, and he thought it better to give a notice respecting it. He should therefore move to-morrow that the Bill be no further proceeded with. PRIVILEGE. Lord BROUGHAM said he bad now to state, that having brought forward a statement with regard to the privileges of the House, that he had seen a statement giving an explanation with respect to the report of the newspaper in question, and that their Lordships ought not now to call the reporter before the House, or proceed against the editor of that newspaper. The Noble Earl opposite would forgive him if he said that he never intimated that he wished to do so. They had had too much experience on matters of that sort, and he thought it better to leave him (Lord Brougham) as the ag grieved party to proceed at law by means of a criminal information, if he wished to adopt that coarse. No doubt he could prosecute ; it was no excuse whatever that the matter occurred in the House of Commons, but he had to state that it appeared the statement was made and was published in another newspaper, against which he might proceed, if he pro ceeded at all—namely, the Morning Chronicle, as it had published the same speech in the same words. He therefore should have proceeded against both, or against neither. But he had seen a statement in both of these papers purporting to be this—that the same individual Member of the other House who was represented to have made this un just speech, which no person would pretend to ex tenuate—that some person was made to say in the same paper, that what he was represented to have said was under an entire misapprehension of the facts—that he was not present in the Select Committee of their Lordships' House, as, not being a member, he could not be, and that he had been misled by the information which he had received.—( Hear. ) The same individual had stated that the evidence to which he had referred, had no reference to the evidence of Mr. Parkes, but to some other person, which showed that the in formation this individual received was entirely incorrect, for there was no other evidence which was not taken down an d reported to their Lordships, but that of Mr. Parkes. Now, the same individual was stated to have said, and, he believed, correctly, that he was exceedingly sorry that his language had given pain to any persons, but the only pain it had given him was being induced to speak upon and to bring the matter before their Lordships. Well, but he regretted it, and that being the case he (Lord Brougham) was sure he was anticipating the decision of their Lordships when he suggested that they should not proceed further with the matter.—(Hear, hear). It would then still be open for him to prosecute the publishers of the libel, because it was no protection forcthem even if the language had been spoken in Parliament. He could not conceive that the House of Com mons, holding the doctrine of privilege so high, could have allowed this speech to have passed unnoticed had they heard it, but he was still more surprised at the statement that the House had al lowed hours to pass away after reading what appeared in the newspapers, before anything was said about it. He could not for his I;fe believe for one moment that the statement made in the newspapers had the least foundation in truth, namely, that nobody got up'to complain of what had been printed as having been spoken in their presence—that nobody got up to complain of the grossest libel that was ever published having been spoken in the House of Commons till late in the day, when the party who uttered it voluntarily got up to explain it away. The House ought to have at once, and he believed they did, on their first meeting, take the matter into their serious consideration, and he could not conceive it possible that they could have acted in the way represented by the newspapers. One of the papers had to-day ventured to publish another libel upon him. The Morning Chronicle was pleased to say this morning that he had rendered a great service to the public in throwing out the Dublin and Galway Bill, which he was supposed to have done, but had acted unfairly in prejudicing the Bill be. fore acting upon the Committee. Now, there never was any thing more gross, nor more slanderous than this, and he said it was a most flagrant breach of privilege. He would not, however, appeal against it, but leave it in their Lordships' hands. How could he prejudge the Bill when he was not a Member of the Committee, nor had he ever had any thing to do with the Bill, further than inquiring into certain allegationsi against the promoters; nor, in fact, bad it been yet thrown out— for it had not been reported on to that effect by the Committee. He hoped, before he concluded, he might be allowed to say one word upon the subject of Members of Parliament holding shares in a railway company, and being allowed to vote for its Bill. In 1837, he induced their Lordships to adopt a most salutary standing order—namely, that no Peer should have anything to do with a Railway Committee who had any con nexion whatever with the railway in question ; and he trusted the same rule was carried out in the other House of Parliament. The Earl of WICKLOW remarked that on the former even ing he suggested that it would be necessary to take steps to call the publisher and reporter of the libel to their Lordships' bar, but a Noble Duke opposed it, on the ground that those individuals would have to answer questions which might cri minate themselves. Now that was the last object he had in view. His object was to give the Noble Lord an opportunity of changing the subject from one of privilege to one of a cri minal character.—The matter then dropped. RUNCORN AND PRESTON BROOK RAILWAY. Lord CA MOYS brought up the report of the Select Com mittee on this Bill, who had found that the preamble was not proved. Lord MONTEAGLE would suggest to the House that some steps should be taken on the subject of swearing witnesses before railway Committees, instead of the present absurd mode of swearing witnesses after their testimony was given. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that some measure was in contemplation on the subject. Lord CAMPBELL said the Commons ought to swear witnesses before their own Committees. Witnesses had there pledged themselves to facts which even under the sanction of an oath they would be most jealous to revoke. THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Lord BROUGHAM moved a resolution that an address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to give directions that the New Houses of Parliament might be ready by the beginning of next session. Lord WHARNCLIFFE opposed the motion. It was quite clear that though a temporary accommodation might be ob tained, the inconvenience of being surrounded by workmen and disturbed by noise would more than counterbalance any advantages which the accommodation might afford. Lord CAMPBELL should support the motion of his Noble Friend. The finishing of the Houses of Parliament would be postponed to the Greek Kalends. The Duke of WELLINGTON begged that their Lordships would recollect that this was the House of Lords and also the Chamber of Parliament. There must be a communication between the two Houses, and also care must be taken that no inconvenience would arise to her Majesty when coming to open and prorogue Parliament. Lord CAMPBELL explained. He did not mean that her Majesty should be inconvenienced in the slightest degree. Lord SUDELY could not concur in the propriety of the address. It would materially interfere with the future ar rangements of the New Houses. The Earl of WICKLOW would give his vote for the ad dress of his Noble Friend. If they did not do so, they would be in that House for the next five years. He hoped his Noble Friend would persevere in it. . . _ Lord BROUGHAM saw nothing whatever in the objec tions which were raised against his motion. A great de'sl had been said in reference to the inconvenience which the Law Lords would sustain by the noise of the masons who would be at work outside, but they were quite willing to un dergo the risk of that noise ; for he was quite sure that the noise made inside would drown all other clamour.—( A laugh.) If any inconvenience would arise to her Majesty in the opening of Parliament (which God for bid), he was quite sure that she would graciously consent to open Parliament by commission for one year. There was, however, a most serious question for the House to consider, and unless they adopted the motion it would not be easy to say, after the delay that had occurred, when they would get into the new Houses of Parliament. The LORD CHANCELLOR then put the motion, and declared that the non-contents had it. Lord BROUGHAM—The non-contents have it? Their Lordships then divided, when there appeared-- Contents. Non-contents Majority against the motion PAUPER LUNATICS BILL -24 Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the second reading of this Bill. He said, although the Bill had emanated from Lord Ashley, it had been brought in under the auspices of the Go vernment, and must be considered as a Government Bill. Throughout England there was insufficient accommodation for lunatics, and many of the asylums were crowded to excess. In a civilised country like this, they ought to remove at least some of the evils arising from lunatics. That was the object of the present Bill. Sixty out of every hundred of theselunatics could be cured, provided their maladies were attended to - . in time. The others were those who were considered to be in• curable. He would move the second reading of the Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND objected to tli'is Bill, because, if they passed it in its present shape, they would pass a bad measure, but if they sent it to a Select Committee they would pass a better Bill. He had a great suspicion of any Bill that came before them on the ground of humanity. He should like to have the Poor-law Commissioners brought to the bar of the House, to tell them if they had lunatics in their work houses. They had no right to have lunatics in their work hawses. If a lunatic wished he could leave the house at three hours' notice. It was ridiculous to have them admitted into workhouses, when it was impossible that they could be cured there. This Bill would increase the county-rate to a great extent. He objected to it also for the manner in which the rate was to be levied. The owners of land and not the occu piers should be taxed. He begged that his Noble Friend would reconsider before determining that he would not send the Bill to a Select Committee. It would be very much amended in a very few hours by a Select Committee up stairs. This Bill passed through the House of Commons, where there were many gentlemen who were considered to represent the agricultural interest ; but if an election took place to-morrow, he did not think that they would be called upon to resume their duties. He would move that it be referred to a Select Committee. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he would suggest that it was not convenient that this Bill should be proceeded any further with, as far as the second reading was concerned. He understood that a clause had passed through the House of Com mons by mistake, which it was necessary to expunge. They should then proceed with it as a new Bill, and read it a first time. A message from the House of Commons was brought up, stating that an amendment was made on the Pauper Lanatics Bill, at present before their Lordships, which amendment was not made on the engrossment of the Bill, and requesting that this amendment should be inserted in the Bill, and that the 85th clause should be expunged from the printed Bill, as it did not form part of the Bill when it left the Commons. Lord CAMPBELL did not understand the nature of the amendments, nor did he exactly understand the present posi tion of the Bill in consequence of that message. The Duke of RICHMOND thought that their course was very clear. All they had to do was to send their messenger with the Bill to the House of Commons, and say that their Lordships would expunge the clause as requested. Lord COTTEN HAM thought the most regular way would be to send the Bill back to the Lower House as it was, and let the alterations and amendments be made there. The LORD CHANCELLOR did not eoncur with the Noble Lord who had just sat down. In 1836, Mr. Wilkes brought a message from the Commons, requesting that a certain provi sion should be expunged from the . Marriage Bill for England, which had been agreed to on the third reading in the Common;. The way in which that message was dealt with was this :—All the proceedings which were already had on the Bill in their Lordships' House were vacated. The provision was expunged. The Bill as amended was then read a first time, and ordered to be printed. Now, the present Bill was in a state precisely analogous, and he conceived that, with such a precedent, their course was very clear. The Earl of DEVON said it was perfectly true that, in the case of the Marriage Act, such a course as had been stated by the Noble Lord had been pursued, but it was a course not Alp ported by precedent. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that it was done quite in accordance with precedent, for Lord Melbourne, under whose guidance the Bill was, had alluded to two precedents where a similar course had heen adopted, and those were cases in which the massages were brought up by Mr. Wilb er f o rce and Sir ( - 40)11(11p, JO* • - awn After a few words from Lords CorrexHam and Lord CAMP BELL, Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved that the proceedings on the Bill up to the present stage be vacated ; that the amendments be made, and the clause expunged, as requested ; and that the Bill, so amended, be brought in, read a first time, and ordt•eed to be printed.—Agreed to. The Duke a RICHMOND then gave notice that he would move that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the existing laws and regulations on the subject. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said he would take the second read ing of the Bill to-morrow ; and if the Noble Lord persisted in his motion, he would take the sense of the House upon it. A desultory conversation then ensued, after which The Duke of RICHMOND withdrew his motion, and the subject dropped. COMMONS ENCLOSURE BILL. Lord STANLEY moved the second reading of the Com mons Enclosure Bill, and explained its provisions in detail. He hoped their Lordships would agree to the Bill, and not allow a subject of such importance to be delayed for another sesekm. Lord FITZ HARDINGE agreed in the general principles of the Bill, but objected to the 151st clause, and was of opinion that the Bill should be referred to a Select Committee to un derAo the requisite alterations. Lord STANLEY replied that the 153 d clause removed what appeared to be objectionable in the 151st. He hoped the Noble Lord would allow the Bill to proceed, as any suggestion he had to make could be considered when the Bill went into Committee. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BILL. On the motion of the Earl of HADDINGTON this Bil was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Mon day next. COLLEGES (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed WASTE LANDS (SOUTH AUSTRALIA). The report on this Bill was brought up, and it was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The other Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, JULY 24. COAL TRADE .(PORT OF LONDON) BILL, , Read a third time ; Clause (Be it Enacted, That from and after the 31st day of December next, there shall be allowed upon the expor tation from the Port of London, westward of the City boundary on the River Thames at Staines, of Coals exceeding in quantity in one barge, lighter, or other vessel, twenty tons, which shall not have been landed, a Drawback of the full amount of all the Rates or Duties which shall have bees paid in respect of such Coals, subject however to such rules and regulations as may from time to time be made by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, to prevent fraud in respect of such Drawback, such rules and regulations to be approved of by the Com mittee of her Majesty's Privy Council for managing the Affairs of Trade ; and if the master of any vessel, or coal weigher, shall, in any certificate or otherwise, state any circumstance which is net true, for the purpose of enabling the owner of such Coals, or his agent, to ob tain any such Drawback as aforesaid, or if any lighterman or other person employed to carry such Coals to their destination westward of the City boundary on the River Thames at Staines, shall not deliver the whole quantity of such Coals at some place to the westward of the said boundary, every such.master or coal weigher, lighterman, or other person so offending, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding one hundred pounds) brought up, and read a first time :—Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause be now read a second time." The House divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 24. Baine, Walter • Forster, Matthew Rous, Captain Bowes, John Grosvenor, Lord R. Somerville, Sir W. Brotherton, J. Hutt, William Tufnell, Henry Duncan, George Liddell, 11. T. Wakley, Thomas Egerton, W. T. 3litealfe, Henry Wawn, J. T. Escott, Bickham Muntz,:G. F. Wortley, John S. Esmonds, Sir T. Norreys, Sir D. TELLERS. Ferguson, Sir R. A. Ogle, S. C. Hume, Joseph Fitzmaurice, W. Palmer, Robert Duke, Sir J. MAJORITY-NOES, 37. Baird, W. Fuller, A. E. Mackenzie, W. F. Baring, W. B. Gaskell, J. M. Masterman, John Bentinck, Lord G. Goulburn. Henry Meynell, Captain Blackburne, J. I. Graham, Sir J. Patten, J. W. Bowles, Admiral Greene, T. . Peel, Jonathan Broadley, H. Hamilton, C. J. ' - Polhill, Frederick Bruce, Lord E. Hamilton, G'eorge A. Smith, T. B. C. Buller, Sir J. Y. Herbert, Sidney- . . Spooner, Richard Cardwell, Edward Hussey, .Ambrose „ Wellesley, Lord C. Clerk, Sir G. Jermyn, Earl , Crippa, W. Jones, C a ptain TELLERS. Fitzroy henry Kemble, Henry" ' ' - - Young, John Flower, Sir J. Lincoln, Earl . Lennox, Lord A. Fremantle, Sir T. Lowther, Sir J. H. TURNPIKE ROADS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Order for Committee read ; Motion made, and Question Proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the • Chair :"---Amendmeat pro posed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words "this House will, upon this day three months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof:--- Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided ' MINORITY-AYES, 16. Bowring, Dr. Muntz, G. F. Wilde, Sir T. Brotherton, Joseph Norreys, Sir- D. J. Williams, William Corry, Henry O'Connell, M. J. Ferguson, Sir It. Pringle, Alexander; TELLERS. Hawes, Benjamin Tower, Christopher Stewart, P. M. Hindley, Charles Warburton, Henry Duncan, George Manners, Lord J. Wawn, J. T. MAJORITY-NOES, 42. Acland, Sir T. Gardner,J. D. Palmer, Robert Arkwright, George Goulburn, Henry Peel, Sir R. Austen, Colonel Graham, Sir J. Rashleigh, William Barkly, Henry Greene, Thomas Bolleston, Colonel Borthwick, Peter Hamilton, C. J. B. Sibthorp, Colonel Broadley, 11. Henl,y, J. W. Smith, T. B. C. Bruce, Lord E. Herbert, Sidney Spooner, Richard Bruges, W. H. Lincoln, Earl Thesiger, Sir F. Buller, Sir J. Y. Mackenzie. W. F Vesey, Thomas Cardwell, Edward 31`Neill, Duncan Wellesley, Lord C. Cripps, William Masterman, John Yorke, Henry R. Darby, George Moffatt, George Young, John Denison, E. B. Mundy, E. M. TELLERS. Escott, Ilickham Nicholl, John Scott, Francis Flower, Sir James Packe, C. W. Campbell, Sir Hugh NEW ZEALAND. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 24. PAIRS. Acland, Sir T. Ebrington, Lord Acland, T. D. Berkeley, H. Arehdall, Captain Clements, Lord Ackers, J. Butler, P. S. Bateson, T. Rawdon, Colonel Balfour, J. M. Ellice, E., jun. Barneby, J. Winnington, Sir T. Bell, M. Standish, C. Baillie, Colonel Morrison, J. Blakemore, R. Phillpotts, J. Bruce, C. Howard, J. Buck, L. W. Heathcoat, J. Burrell, Sir C. Collins, W. Burroughs, H. N. Ord, W. Buckley, E. Smith, R. V. Brownrigge, J. S. Elphinstone, H. Campbell, Sir H. Fitzwilliam, G. Charteris, F. Worsley, Lord Compton, H. C. Hayter, G. Copeland, W. Matheson, J. Clerk, Sir G. Pattison, J. Cochrane, A. B. O'Brien, C. Carnegie, S. Sheridan, R. B. Conte, Sir C. Redington, T. N. Christopher, R. A. Maule, F. Cole, H. Hallyburton, Lord F. Douglas, Sir C. Fox, Colonel Deedes, W. Labouchere, H. Douro, Marquis of Byng, G. Dawnay, W. Berkeley, C. Dugdale, W. S. Morrison, General Drummond, H. H. Train, G. Duncombe, A. Duncombe, T. S. Eaton, R. J. Humphery, J. Grimsditch, T. Philips, M. Godson, R. Cowper, W. Gordon, Captain Gore, R. Gore, W. R. Bellew, R. M. Hale, R. B. Howard, Captain fteatheote, Sir W. Ramsbottotn, J. Heneage, G. W. Pechell, Captain Hepburn, Sir T. Gisborne, T. Hodgson, It. L. White, S. Hogg, J. W. Osborne, Captain Knight, F. W. Busleild, W. Knight, H. G. Archbold, R. Knightley, Sir C. Cayley, E. S. Lawson, A. Gill, J. I.indsay, H. H. Dundas, J. Marton, G. Bell, J. Morgan, C. Dundas, W. Maurhell, T. P. Cavendish, Ryder, G. D. Bright, J. Oswald, A. Dalrymple, Captain Smollett, A. . Ricardo, L. Stanley, E. Rutherfurd, A. Stewart, J. Trelawny, J. S. Somerton, Lord Pendarves, E. W. 'I hompson, Alderman O'Conor, Don Tollemache, J. Bannerman, A. Villiers, Viscount Duncan, G. Vivian, J. E. Grey, Sir G. Wal,h, Sir J. Thornely, J. Wall, C. B. . Scrope, P. PARLIAME Y BUSINESS. THURSDAY, JULY 24. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to : Caledonian Railway Scottish Central Railway Clydesdale Junction Railway Dundee and Perth Railway Aberdeen Railway Edinburgh and Northern Railway Newcastle and Berwick Railway Liverpool and Bury Railway ( Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Railway, and Bury Extension) Edinburgh' and llawick Railway London and South Western (Metropolitan Extension) Rail way (No. 1) Newport and Ponty Pool Railway. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolution reported ; " That in the case of the Winchester College Estate Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." Resolution agreed to. Message from the Lords,—That they have agreed to the Loan Societies Bill ; Highway Rates Bill ' • Art-Unions (No. 2 ) 131 11; Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill ; Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill; Militia Ballots Suspension Bill; Cromford Canal Bill ; t o the amendments to Bail in Error Bill, without amendment ; Turnpike Trusts (South Wales) Bill; Scottish Midland Junction Railway Bill, with amendments. That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act for fa cilitating execution of the treaties with France and the United States of America for the apprehension of certain offenders." SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at St. George's Hospital on the body of James Conner, aged twenty-eight years. It appeared by the evidence that on Friday last the deceased was employed at same new houses now in the course of erection in Eaton-square, Pimlico. Seme other workmen were building a platform near the top, beneath which deceased was standing, when a large iron chisel, about 18 inches in length, fell from the platform, and struck deceased upon the head, cutting clean through the cap. He was immediately picked up, covered with blood and quite insensible, and conveyed to the above hospital in one of Mr. Cubitt's vans. Mr. Johnson, house surgeon, said deceased, when admitted, had sustained a lace rated wound, between two and three inches in length, on the back part of the head, through which his brains were protruding, and adhering to the hair and clothes; a considerable quantity of brain appeared to have been lost. Deceased died on the following day Verdict, " Accidental death." ANOTHE R YOUNG ONE.—A new journal has been started at N ew Y or k , ca ll e d Young America. We believe the principles it a d voca t es are — un iversal repudiation, mint-juleps, no taxes ; and a tarnition thrashlnif to all the world,—Panch. PROTEST ON PRIVILEGE OF PARLIAMENT, JULY 4, 1845. DISSENTIENT 1. Because this House is now for the first time inter fering. to stop by force an action brought against a party for a wrong done to a fellow-subject in slanderous words, alleged to have been falsely spoken, and in thus inter posing its power, under the name of privilege, between the subject and his strict legal right, sought to be made good in a court of law by the course which the law has prescribed. 2. Because, whatever right the House may be supposed to derive from precedent, that is, from former instances in which it has exercised similar powers, there can be no doubt that in former times both Houses of Parliament were wont to do many acts, under the name of asserting their privileges, acts which, in the present day, and for a long time past, both Houses of Parliament have wholly abstained from doing, and which would now be consi dered by all mankind to be gross and wanton violations of all justice. _ _ 3. liecau , e, though the right, however founded, or however proved, to do such acts as these, or even such acts as the present of a far less ob'ectionable kind, were, admitted, yet it is always a question of expediency and discretion whether or not this power, even if it be pos sessed by right, shall in any given case be exercised ; and it ever behoves both Houses of Parliament to be most cautious and abstinent in the use of powers like these, which are assumed by them over parties charged with offending against themselves, and are used by them in their own case without the intervention of any impartial and judicial authority. 4 Because it is, in a peculiar manner, the duty of both Houses to abstain from such acts when they reflect that there is no code of privilege promulgated whereby the people may know against what law they offend, that the law is in each case declared, possibly made for the first time, after the alleged breach of it has been com mitted, and made in the heat of the strife occasioned by the alleged offence, that the Members of the two Houses always differ among themselves both as to the law and its application, and that they who promulgate it are at once the lawgivers, parties, prosecutors, jurors, judges, and executioners ; while in this instance alone no power of extending mercy to the offender exists in the State. 5. Because it behoves this House in a more peculiar manner to avoid placing itself in so strange and ano malous a position, seeing that as it is the supreme court of justice in the last resort in all cases criminal and civil, so it ought to be most anxious ever to set the example of strictly just, regular, legal procedure, and should most carefully shun all violations of law and justice, and should especially be slow to interfere with pending actions, which may, in their result, come before itself as a high court of appeal. 6. Because the cases in which it is expedient and jus tifiable, from absolute necessity, to interfere with the rights of individuals and the ordinary course of the law, are of a description wholly different from the present, being actual obstructions offered to the proceedings of the Houses, and which must be removed without any delay, else the arm of Parliament would be paralysed ; and because no objection could ever be raised to such an exercise of power, and of rightful power, either by the two Houses or by any other tribunal. But constructive contempts like the present are of a wholly different description, and no harm whatever can arise from allowing them to be dealt with by the course of the law as administered in the regular courts of jus tice, those courts to which the Sovereign as well as the meanest of his subjects must always resort for the esta blishment of rights and punishment of wrongs—those courts to which the Houses of Parliament may most safely resort as the abodes of strict justice --courts pure from all taint of corruption, free from all bias of in fluence, uncontrolled by the threats either of regal authority or aristocratic insolence, or popular violence, and to which neither faction nor fear can ever gain access. i. Because the argument that witnesses must be pro tected from vexatious and costly suits is wholly inappli cable to the case, inasmuch as no one pretends to doubt that they may be prosecuted at the instance either of the Crown or any individual, whether a Member of the House or not; and if so prosecuted never could recover one farthing of their costs, though ever so honourably acquitted. 8. Because no punishment which can be inflicted either, by a prosecution or by the house upon a witness for the most wanton and the falsest slander of an indi vidual, can afford any reparation whatever to the party thus injured, as the House has not by law the power, if petitioned, to give any such compensation. 9. Becaule' the protection of witnesses before the Houses of Parliament never can be regarded as more essential to the public weal than the protection of wit nesses before the courts of civil and criminal judicature ; yet no one pretends to doubt that an action may be brought against any person for slanderous words falsely spoken by him in giving his evidence before these courts, and though no damages could be recovered if the words were spoken in answer to a question put in the cause, yet it is quite certain that the action must take its course, and that nothing could be done by the court to stop it ; so that the witness must be exposed to ex actly the same vexation and expense which are alleged to form the only ground for interfering to stop the action in the present case. 10. Because the order to prevent a defendant from pleading, or the commitment of the plaintiff for a con structive contempt, never can really stop the action, which may proceed through all its stages whatever be done to the parties; unless, indeed, the greater and un heard-of vialence were committed of arresting the judges and their officers, and destroying the record and tearing the proceedings from the file. 11. Because all the arguments drawn from alleged analogies in a court of equity are wholly wide of the question, inasmuch as the granting an injunction to stay actions at law, or to prevent receivers and other officers, or quasi officers, of the court being sued for acts done under its authority, are not granted discretionally, but are matter of strict right ; and inasmuch as snail injunctions only prevent the party against whom they issue from obtaining his re.aedy in one form, reserving it to him in another, nay securing it to him in the court which stays the action •, whereas the present proceeding deprives the party of all remedy whatever, the House having no power or autho rity to grant him redress -12. Because it is a great aggravation of the mischief so justly complained of, that for the last nine years the other House of Parliament has sold all the papers printed by its authority, allowing a discount to encourage the trade in those publications ; and that though this House has not as yet engaged in this branch of business, yet it communicates its prints to the other, which sells them with its own. 13. Because the inexpediency, injustice, and cruelty of exercising the alleged privileges of the House is strongly illustrated by the peculiar circumstances of the present case. A cosnplaint is made by a peer that an action has been brought against a witness. The defen dant is publicly described as a most respectable person, who had served well in the Peninsula ; to the plaintiff is applied the most severe and even coarse expression, while in no court that tried the case could such praise or censure of the character borne by the parties ever be heard for an instant, much less proved in evidence ; and while it is also manifest that precisely the same course must have been pursued had the respectable man been the slanderer, and the censured man been the injured party. Under the prejudices excited by such statements, the parties are examined at the bar. The plaintiff is compelled to disclose his case ti the defendant. He describes himself as grievously injured, and as severely suffering from the effect of the attack made upon his character by he defendant. He farther declares that he was wholly ignorant of the privileges of the House, wholly unconscious of his having acted in breach of them by bringing his suit—a thing the more easily believed when we reflect that the nature of Parliamentary privilege was distinctly stated, in de bate, to be wholly unknown to the judges of the land, and only understood by the House itself. Finally, the attorney, who has been seized and imprisoned for fol lowing his client's instructions, declared that he acted under the advice of counsel ; and afterwards informed the House, through a Peer, that he had received direc tions to discontinue the action ; yet both client and attorney are imprisoned, the attorney after this com munication was made ; and nothing whatever is done against the counsel who deliberately advised the whole proceeding. 14. Because nothing can be more unlike all the judi cial proceedings to which the present has been compared than the course now pursued, inasmuch as whenever the law has declared that a Court shall not proceed in any case by reason of another jurisdiction being interfered with, a particular mode of preventing this proceeding is provided by the known law ; and in another and im portant particular, the present proceeding is extremely unlike that of injunction, to which it has been likened, for an injunction is commenced to stay proceeding in one Court, in order that justice may be done in another which has possession of the suit ; nor is any one pre vented unless he disobey the order so given ; whereas we issue no order, but at once proceed to to punish the party before he has been guilty of any disobedience, or had any oppartunity of doing what we desire he should do, and we punish him on the sole ground of his having broken some privilege unknown to him, and which we admit is understood by nobody but ourselves. 15. Because, finally, it is all along affirmed in the course of these discussions, that whatever privilege we do not in any case exercise, we cease to possess ; whereas there are many privileges most undeniably belonging to us, some which in former times were constantly exer cised —some which we still declare to be ours on the face of our standing orders—and none of which have now for a long time past been exercised at all ; and in illustra tion of the varying usage which exists respecting such privileges, it may further be remembered that a very great change has come over this question, even within the last forty years ; as no one can affect to think that either the Houses of Parliament or the Courts of Justice would at this day punish summarily for contempt these acts which frequently were thus visited within that pe riod of time, including the very publication for which Sir Francis Burdett was sent to the Tower, and which raised the last great discussion of the privilege question in Parliament, in the Courts of Law, and in this place. BROUGHAM. WICK LO W. At -ANCTIESTER.—STATE OF TRADE.—There has been no material change in the demand for goods his week. The mar ket does not exhibit much animation, but is very steady, and prices perfectly Arm. For yarn the demand still outruns the production, and prices, especially of warps and the common counts of water twist, have an upward tendency. There has been a failure, in Liverpool, of a house engaged in the Mexican trade; the liabilities are understood to amount to about 60,0001., a considerable portion of which is due to parties in this town. It is understood that the failure is owing, in a great measure, to unsuccessful mining specu lations.—Manchester Guardian. A man named George Robinson, sixty-eight years of age, who was said to be an illegitimate son of George IV., was charged at Bow street Police Court, on Wednesday, with having, when intoxicated, indecently assaulted three boys. He was ordered 404 bail 4 and Artawer the charge et the ecotone, ATTEMPTED SWINDLING AT -- NOTTINGHAM. A case of an extraordinary character has just occurred lin Nottingham, in an attempt by a clergyman to swindle several tradesmen out of goods to a large amount ; but, owing to his former proceedings having been made known in the public prints, happily, in this instance, he has been defeated. Three weeks ago an advertisement appeared in the Nottingham papers, of which the follow ing is a copy : " SCHOOL--COLLEISIATE, COMMERCIAL, AND AGRICULTURAL. " A married clergyman of some standing, and of considerable experience as a tutor, has come to reside in Nottingham, for the purpose of opening a boarding school for young gentlemen, and has taken the house in Castle-gate, formerly occupied by Dr. Mitchell Davidson, which will be ready for the reception of pupils on the 4th of August. "a The plan of education to be adopted will he based on strictly religious principles, upon a system as far as possible catecheti cal and explanatory, and will embrace the usual Greek and Latin classics, the pure and mixed mathematics, and a solid, liberal, and comprehensive course of English literature ; so that whatever rank of life the pupil may occupy, it will be the aim of the master that he possess the character and feelings of a scholar, the Christian, and a gentleman. " A course of simple lectures, on a level with the capacities of the pupils, will be given once a fortnight, on some scientific or literary subject-- it having been found by experience that a conversational style of instruction commands the attention, and awakens the energies of the mind without oppressing it ; and while it affords an ample opportunity of frequent illustration, accustoms the mind to reason and think for itself—a point of the utmost importance in the education of youth, and far more beneficial than heaps of undigested matter obtained by rote. " The accomplishments by eminent masters. "French and drawing taught without extra charge. " The advertiser would he happy to meet with clerical duty in the neighbourhood. " For prospectuses and references, apply to the Principal, at his residence, Castle-gate, Nottingham. " Castle-gate, July 16, 1845." This advertisement excited much interest in the town and neighbourhood of Nottingham, particularly amongst the clergy, who felt their order somewhat involved by a gentleman entering the town without ,announcing his name : and it is mainly owing to this circumstance that the attempt at wholesale swindling has been successfully prevented. Immediately after the above announcement a gentleman, habited like a clergyman and of polished ad dress, called upon Mr. Jones, upholsterer, Beast market hill, Nottingham, and gave his name as the Rev. Dr. Ber rington ; he stated his intention of opening a school, and referred to the terms of his ad vertisement, which had appeared on the Fri day preceding, and expressed a wish to be supplied with furniture, carpets, &c., for his house in Castle-gate. On Mr. Jones requesting a reference, the name of " Mr. Welshman, 77, Cornhill, London," was given, and he was described as a West India proprietor of great wealth. So frank and prompt were the answers to the several questions put, that Mr. Jones thought all was right ; and believing that proper inquiries must pre viously have been made, or so large a house would not have been let, consented to supply the goods. Men were immediately employed in making and fitting carpets, setting up beds, and arranging the furniture to render the mansion complete. The articles supplier" amounted to 2001. Finding that success had attended his efforts, Dr. Berrington than applied to Mr. Whetnall, wine -merchant, Parliament-street, of whom he ordered wines and porter, which soon found their way into the cellar in Castle-gate. Mr. Hurst, china-dealer, Chapel-bar, was also favoured with an order for china; and Mr. Parn ham, bootmaker, Long-row, opened an account for shoes; the china and six pairs of shoes, all being promptly sup plied. Mr. Palethorpe, engraver, speedily got ready a large brass plate, which was placed on the hall door, having had engraved upon it " Rev. Dr. Berrington's Academy." A barrel of ale and eatables of every de scription followed in rapid succession, and on Saturday morning last Messrs. Astill and lledderley, ironmongers, Clumber-street, on hearing the oft-repeated tale, under took to supply kitchen utensils to the amount of 401. or 50/. ; part of these goods was sent in the same after noon, and the remainder was to go on Monday morning. A speedy and, however, was put to this extraordinary career by a clergyman, who, after anxiously search ing to discover the character of the " married clergy man" about to favour the public with a " plan of educa tion based on strictly religious principles," and a per formance of clerical duties in the neighbourhood, found a newspaper containing a full-length description, in characters not to be misunderstoo 1, of the celebrated Rev. Dr. Barrington ! This paper, the Witness, a Scotch newspaper, being placed on Saturday evening in Mr. Jones's hand, he discovered, to his utter astoaishment and alarm, that his customer was the veritable Dr. Berrington, who figured at Graveley, in Hertfordshire, in the month of March last, by taking a large house, opening school, giving extensive orders, and obtaining credit for goods to the amount of several hundred pounds. On reading this article, copied from the Hertford Reformer, on the 29th of March last, Mr. Jones determined to adopt a prompt but a judicious course. Having arranged to call in Castle-gate that afternoon, he instantly sent an excuse, as it was market day, and requested that Dr. Berrington would call upon Mr. Jones at his house, as he wished to speak to him there. In a short time Dr. Berrington was on Beast-market. hill, and in conversation with Mr. Jones. During this interview, which was contrived to be continued three hours, twenty of Mr. Jones's work men were despatched, and they, entering the " large house," completely cleared it of all the articles which had been furnished by their employer. Dr. Berrington, on returning into Castle-gate, found out his mistake ; and the news of the discovery getting wind, the house became so besieged, that the occupier quickly left it to the will of his creditors. On that day, for the first time, the lodgings this " gentleman " had taken were disco vered. It appears that three weeks ago he took his two boys—one four, and the other ten years old—to the house of Mrs. Hawkins, Milton- street, where he re mained with them while he made the effort to swindle the tradespeople. On the day he was discovered, his wife, in a far ad vanced state of pregnancy, arrived by train from Lon don, and she, as well as the children, was wretchedly attired. Oa seeng her, the Doctor said he had got the house ready, the wine was decanted, and bouquets of fresh flowers neatly :arranged upon the tables. New cloth'-s had been ordered for the boys, and every requi site had been furnished for a splendid career. The er pose, however, had, unfortunately for him, but happily fur others, ruined his bright prospects, and on the fol lowing day (Sunday), this Rev. Doctor and family set out by train for London. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, JULY 22.—His Majesty's corvette, the Ajax, Captain Jeune, and the Dordrecht transport, sailed from Flushing on the 15th of this month, bound for the West Indies. His Majesty the King reviewed the troops to-day, which composed the garrison of this town and of Delft. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William, co- regent of Hesse, was present at the review. ST PETERSBURGH, JULY 12.—The Russian Invalid publishes a bulletin of the 21st of June from the Cau casus, from the camp, not far from the fortress of the Dutschnoje, in the Kyrk Pass. This report, however, contains nothing but accounts of marches and ma noeuvres, quite uninteresting to persons unacquainted with the ground, excepting the account of an engagement on the 17th of June by which the Russians made them selves masters of the Antshimeger mountain, a very im portant post in the military operations in those parts. In that engagement the Russians had seventeen men wounded and nine killed. The enemy, 3,000 strong fled as soon as the attack begun. 'HE QUEBEC FIRE SUBSCRIPTION AT MAN chester.—The Manchester Subscription for the relief of the sufferers by the late calamitous fire in Quebec, now reaches the sum of 6,4961. 18s. It has been asked more than once whether the other manufacturimr towns of Lancashire, upon all of which the inhabitants of Quebec have strong claims, are not about to contribute. We are glad to find that a meeting is to be held at Preston, and we hope that Bolton, Rochdale, Oldham, Ashton, &c., will come forward, each according to its ability, to do something to aid the thousands of their suffer.. ing fellow-subjects in Quebec.—Manchester Guardian. EXPRESS TRAINS ON THE LEEDS AND MAN CHESTER RAILWAY. —These trains commenced running on Mon day week, the 14th inst., two from Leeds and two from Manches ter daily, at the hours of nine in the morning and six in the evening from each place. On inquiry, we learn that they have maintained their speed (which is not more than thirty to thirty-two miles an hour, including stoppages) daily, with but one exception, when, from the overheating of one of the axles of the engine, the train exceeded its time by a quarter of an hour. The time fixed is two hours between Manchester and Leeds, and the trains now regu larly accomplish the distance from four to six minutes within the two hours —Manchester Guardian. A bet, for a considerable sum of money, was taken the other day by a gentleman in town, that he would find a man who would ride one of the horses regularly employed in running the Balfron stage-coach, belonging to Mr. James Stewart, inn keeper in that village, from Glasgow to Balfron, a distance of 19 miles, in 1 hour and 15 minutes. As might be expected, there were heavy bets depending on the result. The match came off on Tuesday morning, when Mr. Stewart's chesnut 8 years old mare was selected, and she was ridden in gallant style, amidst the plau dits of a vast concourse of spectators, who, as usual, had turned out for the occasion, by a young man of the name of John Fergu son, jun., weighing nine stone. They started from the Round-tell, on the Garscube.road, at six a.m., and arrived at Stewart's Inn, Balfron, in 1 hour 5i minutes, being 91 minutes within the pre scribed time. This is considered by the gentlemen of the turf as an extraordinary feat, when it is remembered that it was performed on a common, and by no means easy, metal road, and by a mare regularly employed in the lead of a heavy stage coach. The ani mal, we understand, was perfectly fresh after the journey.—Glas. gow Journal. PEOSECUTIONS.—A return relative to the rates of allowance for prosecutors' and witnesses' expenses, and for attorney and counsel, and toprosecutions for felonies and misde meanours, in the counties of England and Wales, at the two last assizes and quarter sessions, has been printed by order of the House of Commons, on the motion of Mr. W. D. Christie, M.P. for Weymouth. From a summary of the return, it appears that the total number of prosecutions for felo nies at the summer assizes of 1844, and the quarter ses sions of 1844-45, in England and Wales, amounted to 1,957, and the total number of prosecutions for misdemeanours to 129 ; that the number of prosecutions for felony at the Spring Assizes, and the Epiphany or Easter Quarter Sessions of 1845, amounted to 1,779, and the number of prosecutions for mis demeanours to 100 ; and that the total number of prosecutions at the two last assizes and the two last quarter sessions, re spectively, amounted—those for felonies to 4,476, and those for misdemeanours to 262. The number of cases in which no pay ment was made for brief or counsel's fee amounted, in the three periods respectively, to 705, 725, and 2,099. SERIOUS GIG ACCIDENT. On Wednesday, an accident of a very serious nature occurred in the Wandsworth road, which, it is feared, will terminate fatally. A young man, named James Scott, was returning home from the City, when the horse which he was driving suddenly took fright and darted off at full speed towards the new road leading to Battersea. The driver managed to keep his seat until he reached the Bri tannia Tavern, where he was thrown out with fearful violence whereby he received such dreadful injuries that it was deemed advisable to remove him to the nearest hospital, where he now lies in a very precarious state. MR. ROBERTS THE ACTOR.— We perceive by the New York papers that our old friend Roberts, of the Strand, bids fair to become as great a favourite in America as he is in this country. He has appeared at Niblos, in New York, and made quite a hit, and we understand that .he is engaged to erferrn at all the principal cities in the States. WOOLWICH DOCKYARD. VISIT OF THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTI% t The Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington. Admiral the of Hon. Sir George Cockburn, G.C.8., Vice-Admiral Sir W illis : Hall Gage, G.C.H., an d C ap t a i n B ran d ret h, D ire ctor of Erigin'i t. ' ing and Architectural Works, officially visited Woolwic h I)° : t , yard yesterday, and were ac com p an i e d over the various (10 3 ' 1 '14 by Commodore Sir Franci s A. C o lli er, K.C.B. and " t r i Tinmouth, Master-Att en d an t ; Mr. Lang, Master Shiliv irig '.. e ; . . Mr. W. Jenkins, St ore k eeper ; M r. F . L . Mouchett, store' ceiver; and Mr. Lloyd, Chief Engineer and Inspector of chinery. Their Lordships first visited the Grampus, formerly nanledte Tremendous, a 50 gun ship, ord ere d t o b e ra zeed and convil!' • into a vessel similar to the D is d a i ns. O n e x am i n ing the AroP h which had been altered in the b ows on a plan of Mr. Wbil oinof e : re d Cowes, it was ascertained that th e b ow would have to be at " again, owing to the difficulty which would be found to w°lll .d ber guns on her present const r u c ti on . Th e i r L or d s hips then vi' ite the extensive factory for making steam-engines, and entered te l i . nutely into many details conne c t e d w ith th e wor ks, which were n ot plained by Sir. Lloyd. Several important additional w°r machines and improvements hav e recen tly b e en added to this : v . partment, and it is now in a very efficient state, and capable of P o during the largest and finest eng i nes necessar y for her g a it $ service. At the rear of the f a ct or y th e i r L o rdships witn esiu " t 4 steam-boiler in operation, supplied with a nth ra cite coal, whi c , lid : s o not emit any smoke. It has hitherto been a grea t obstacle to th e of that descripti on o f coa l s i n steam-vesse l s, t h at it was (littl e° bt get them to burn s o v i v idly as t o ra i se t h esteam, an d when br °ug g , to a red heat they p rove d mos t d estruct i ve to the iron 1 1 0 - , which they were supported. Th e exper i men t t o -day was t°,Lbel a plan of using i ron b ars a b out h alf an i nch th i ck. a nd four " . lbes deep, and having a tank underneath, where the cinders and fall, the steam from which keeps the bars at a model:ate teraPe i ." . ture, and renders them less liable to injury from the heat of the • A blowpipe has been introd uce d b e l ow t h e en t ra nce of each ." nace, which affords a strong current of air to carry 011 011 111 b U'ti f Si : and this is attained by a f anner put i n mot i on by the revolrla. • engines. and Their Lordships then visited the boiler.maker's department, 01 a hundred ha m mer s cease d th e i r d eafen i ng no ise on the _s i g tbe being given. In this dep ar t men t th e engines are worke d e L : ejr • atmospheric principle, which affords sufficient power to drive sb Re for cutting, and perforatin g p o i n t s f or pass i ng t h rou gh at one s r„ , iron of an inch in thickne ss , an d f or ot h er purposes . In the .°" ° o / dery their Lordships witnessed several fine castings, and One five tons in weight recently cast in this department. tea' On leaving the foundery, thei r L or d s hi ps i ns p e cted the e of d i° sive new buildings in progress of erec ti on at th e wes. , e nd „weir dockyard, and then proceeded on board the Terrible steal.' de , where they remained nearly en hour while Mr. Lang, w b : co el signed her, explained the prin c ipl e on w hi c h t hi s powerful be e is constructed, and the great accomodation she will afford vi m , finished, and their Lordships appeared greatly pleased with appearance. arisb While on board the Terrible the flag was hoisted on tile; so d church to announce the approach of the King of flollan iso i their Lordships and the authorities of the dockyard 'O ut diately to welcome his Majesty. On the departure of the King of Holland from the dev , t f the Lords of the Admiralty proceeded to visit the Royal l tiher e 'n ° 4l 120 guns, designed by Mr. Lang, and now nearly in h'a me . h ich went along the interior, and examined the strong manner in 7. - nee l this vessel, the largest by 700 tons of any yet built for the Navy, is built. Their Lordships left for town at three o'clock, aPPare ntli n g ; tified with the progress of the wor k s ai d attent i on o f the °- rifles in this dockyard. MONEY ANL) CITY NEWS a og of The operations in English and forei gn s t oc k s were gt e e j secondary importance yesterday, the grea t scene o f action ; ten , the railway market. Busines s i n thi s d epar t ment wa s vary !we sive, and was much influenced by the decision of the C° :4 ,„ -- 0 03/ on the London and York schem e . Th e s h ares o f this Cs"; 1 advanced in the early part of the morning, and were done 1 0 1 premium, but subsequently gave way, and closed about 4 o il premium. Midland Counties and York and North Midlands 5e Eastern Counties shares, were disposed o f a t a d ec line, in 0 01 quence of the success of the York projectors, these Cot:opal:In tbe interested in the success of the Ca m b r id ge an d Lincoln a n co pi• Direct Northern. The shares of the Cambridge and Line °lll ers pany were also much flatter ; an d th ose o f t h e D i rec t Norther n otS l in the course of the day marked 1 discount. The purcha s i T o ted sales connected with these shares were mostly c on e , 10 1 in the morning, and in th e l a t er h ours o f b us i ness n ew can s op." excitement was found in the decision of the " gauge VI AO S The first effect of the movem en t among t h e s h are s peeulatfasa to create a rise in Oxford and W orces t er t o t h e e xtent of " b osh 11. per share, which, however, was no t supporte d . Rug" 1101., on the other hand, declined t o % discount, which was Ab e„ 09' final quotation. The shares of th e G rea t W estern felt tl'ejoilS. favourable effect of the decision, for th e y a d vance d to an d T he tained 140 premium, buyers, up to the close of the mar ket' -.,A day has altogether been one of feveri s h anx i ety amo ng the J o itl. and dealers ; and not only " inside the house," but also ;Of! the house" has the excitement been apparent, for the P:hreer,, the alleys and courts leading to th e St oc k - E xc h ange were .„--pgir with the second and third classes o f d ea l ers , w h o h a ve sPr" f existence during the mania, and wh o o p erate as f e arlessli it ° o th e sequences as the most wealthy dealers in the market. Stock-Exchange closes a large amount of business is trans: 11 Os these people at the City coffee-houses. In the midst ';00 0 speculation Consols have remained steady at 99 to A for and at 9* for the Account. the The ostensible reason for the rise in Peruvian Stook ' ; that, under the prese n t executive, the internal affairs of eteo pw public will become settl e d enoug h to allow of a proper re 01! to financial affairs. On the Stock Exchange, however, thisii is not generally considered the true one, and the advanc e n o r e :, buted to a cause much l ess cre di ta bl e to P eru. It i s corr e ;rell; ported that the article of guano, on which the credits:al to - ie . J P ' for the payment of their di v id en d s , h as b een g i ven In eSc- Pmt bonds at par, so as to extinguish as muc h as p oss ible the 1 ; 0 10 0 . debt. By this method the debt might u l t i mate l y b e so diMle is pe al , !:, reduce the creditors with whom arran gemen t s m i g ht have te ced to a conveniently small numb e r. B uenos A yres h as a lso ad s ; n „-t::: some degree; but this is attributed solely to political esiu s tio s .a is to say, to the belief that the contest between the Arg en ol w : Uruguay Republics may be brought s p ee dil y t o a closeout the former may be allowed the free developement of her rel —Times. SPORTING INTELLIGEN— TATTERSALL'S.—YEsTERDAy. Of the many horses returned on Monday, as 1 01 44 most prominently in favo ur , B oar di ng - sc h oo l Miss, %lief 0 4Egis, alone were back e d i n earnest ; o f t hi s tr i o Of o d u first-mentioned had by far the most numerous party; will be gathered from the subjoined quotations, so, t 10:0 important influ ence on h er pos i t i on . L ot h ar i o w as gis c i Ltv o t, mand, indeed was the only ho rse i n th e G oo d w ood lot '7 e , 0, 1 at all fancied. Rowena, Wee Pet, and Europa, Woo e d o named, and Queen blab and V enus were on ly men ...... nominal prices. The latest quotations were as followo • t. GOODWOOD STAKES. I 09' 9 to 1 agst Lord Stradb ro k e ' s B oar di n g-school 10 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Pythia—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel 16 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Agis—taken 16 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Venus—taken 17 to 1 agst Mr. bleiklam's Lightning 17 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Queen blab 20 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsbottom's Pine Apple 20 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Lothario 23 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis 25 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Warp —taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Una 30 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's John o'Gaun t 30 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Britannia 33 to 1 agst Mr. Collins's Rochester. GOODWOOD CUP. 3 to 1 agst John Day's lot 11 to 2 agst Mr Vane's Valerian 10 to 1 agst Mr. Gulley's St. Lawrence 12 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster--tatkeeoll 14 to 1 agst Lord Ch es t er fi e ld' s Gamecock -4°- 15 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis 20 to 1 agst Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn .4t 25 to 1 agst Mr. G ra t w i c k e ' s S tomac h er c os-' Very little done. St. Lawrence only backed 111 ST. LEGER. 0 63 9 to 2 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Merry Monarch"' 5 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England—tak en 12 to 1 agst Mr. J o h ns t one ' s Annandale --43's. 17 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam A ct! 35 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Red Robin -4 Pt 40 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's The Pacha ar ehr to but 9to 2 and sto 1 taken about the Merry Mo n .„ ) )10 41 00 . 4001., and 5 to 1 about W ea th er bi t i n two or throe roe ° not to a large amount; only small sums laid out 00 horses quoted. _ dt / 1)0 ..v DERBY. i a bo- 50 to 1 taken to two or th ree h un d re d polio° c Cor' - Verulam's c, by Sir Hercul es , d am b y I s h mae l out 0 , GOODWOOD RACES. ,„„ c lvt oeu. so l The following horses l e ft t own yester d ay for u'i ot atleg' Aristides, Flaudit, Quebec, V au d ev ill e , Silvia* t iter Britannia. at it too d : Special trains will be s t ar t e d f rom Ni ne Elrne.ng at 00" before seven o'clock each day of the ensuing meet' tit the, , to wood, returning from F are h am at h a lf- p ast erg s on e evening. Coaches will be provided at the lat ter convey passengers to f the course. Handicap for and the rom Goodwood Cup Stal: y es i ISs t : e l bee ti# : Coranna, 6 yrs, 12 s t 71b — Th e Sh a d ow , ari e i c ib-- 42 , 0 b Croton Oil, 4 y rs , li s t 91b — Wh ee l , aged, list 'Abstrel;lll;l 5 yrs, list 71b—Arcanus, 6 yrs, list 31b—Sir lOst Ce ll yrs, I lst—Sorella, 4 yrs, I lst—Hampton, 6 Y r :bit 91 r,f 4 i , " Teetotaller, 6 yrs, lOst 111b—Wolf Dog, 3 yrs , ' l ost 61 "confe"C Black Rose, 4 yrs, lost 71b—The Roper, 4 yrs , . lib" - r hig"' Bower, 4 yrs, lOst 51b—Adela colt, 3 yrs, I ° s i n . f bY t 31b , 4 yrs, 9st 121b—Belvidere colt, 3 yrs, 9st 71b- ; yrs, g i. clan, out of Venus, 3 yrs, 9st 71b—Castledine' -.--„,_ __ 1• --- i J. TRTT-is, la dy 0 gh On the 19th arsonint., at llyde-park-square, the ter' don..,,,est Bovell, Esq., of . On the 21st inst., at Farley-hill, Mrs. Gel's' vd:roos-Pii6 On the 21st inst., Mrs. R. Barclay, kin" 3,10' Bloomsbury-squar e , o f a d aug h ter, st ill- born' ton, - I, ' On the 22d inst., a t th e T errace, IJpper C I3P par t r Bird, of a son. r" Rege ij r• • On the 22d in s t., i n U pper B a k e street, f a de ti gb o teself the wife of Edward N or t on , E sq., sui ge on, 0 E s q., w oo On the 22d inst., th e w if e o f Alf re d Lang , th e ma street, of a son. NT W-r° A On the 22d inst., at Egremont-place, — e A Se e 'f. of Henry Harrisson, Esq., surgeon, of a son,;,_ iier , of ti fle a' On the 22d inst., at Svdenham, Mrs. C. 11 , 1 d v of w On the 22d inst., at Norbiton, Surrey, the .• sc r ii . J. W. S. Powell, ncumbent of Norbiton , °f a .00 t,,,A7, i t 231ARBlED. -,, (2112 11.6 , 11"" ' On the 22d inst., at Matching, Mr. Tudor .ro•_,. bit • tee' Mary Ann Quare West, only daughter °L OIP be the i t f Kingstons. h Son 0 o ..4 On the 22d inst., at All Saints' Chtire , st so ye Commander Montagu Thomas, R.N., ref e lla, 1 o il Hon. Sir George Thomas, Bart., to Lii s buri' r ie.g. "f daughter of the late Rev. John Bowe, of ''.`aw, earl Oct the 22d inst., at St. Michael's Bassis elde 3 t clat* 1 0 of Mr. llislop, of Gutter-lane, to Frances, v d ard i f e k Mr. Severs, Basinghall-street. n, ' - ` fl of '- On the 22d inst. at St. Matthew's, Bristow] __,.ter Carver, Esq., to Elizabeth Tudor, elder d g u _..........., Garrett Key, Esq., of 'Pulse -hill, Surrey. Id ' yeAa O rt n oc t fa h lh e ei 21st July, at Nol.)ll,Southwick-c°s°o;l9o' 66k1; rt Word dente of his second son, the Hon. H. Manner s . 0 0 the Right Hon. Viscount Canterbury, G.C.D. , iii L a a g , e daptain Robert Adair ill On the 10th inst., at Gottenburgh, Mrs. B4O l)° , rt t pr of On the 21st inst.,k the siste r , f ili Hask ' Mary Ann Has er, 0P WV er, Esq., of Newbury, Berks. • _ On the 22d inst., at Marine Parade, Bright°P't CULP ,Nagh ten. pie vol o o 13 etsey, the only daughter of John Helps, Esq . ' ° o pli col-ninon. Miss C"li ol, .00 suOiving e 2 c l h s i t l d i nosft.Willis N nl r c l adn-tsrqyn,arres,q.. road, A°ll' On the 21st inst., at Hanley-road, Llornser E99' wife of n the William Bashaw Esq. 100 1bIlief David C° O 22d inst., g at Nolting-hill, , o ljN 11 n . Printed and Published b y IVtURP,,,e Col gi" ' ,('- 112 , Strand, Printer. at The Slog °7ll-0- ; • in the Precinct of the Savo)", 113 " Middlesex, Friday, July 25,18345. EX( and IL A wol Tlo and O 1 ? r i d Thu] boile Dreg, kon ' l'o • . ko lv , 'Az N , P. p . John Thor Di 'me t , • ella Ja im am, hob( THE S TIN, LONDON, _FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1845.