The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, [The following appeared in our Third Edition of a constable, and eventually the daughter, while last night :—] standing at the door, saw her mother fall into the yard from the window. James Donovan, aged 8, said that after Mary Burt and his sister were locked out of the room he tried to undo the bolt, but his father beat him for it. His father and mother were both tipsy when they came home, and Catherine (his sister) promised to give him some tobacco if he would leave off beating their mo ther. He beat her first with a chair till it broke to pieces, and then he beat her with a leg of the chair. Mother tried to lay bold of witness, but father tore him from her ; and then, getting her to the window, he pushed her head out first and lifted her leg 3 up af terwards. Witness tried to look out, but his father would not let him, and threatened to beat him if he (lid not say that his mother jumped out of the window herself. He then lay down and pretended to be asleep when the policeman came. By the prisoner—l told the police that mother fell out because you threatened me, and made a sign that you would beat me ; but it was not true. You pushed her out. Mother jumped out of a parlour window once, when you were beating her, but it was not a high one. This was in Pipeclay-alley, Bedfordbury. Catherine Donovan, aged ten, said she was stand ing at the door while Mary Burt was gone for a po liceman. She heard her mother crying " Murder," and presently saw her fall from the window into the yard. She looked up, and saw her father's hands out of the window, as if he bad pushed her. She ran out of the yard and screamed for the police, and when they came witness followed her mother to the hospital. The witness repeated former statements as to the habitual ill-treatment of her mother by the prisoner, who was in the habit of beating her with a poker and a 21h. weight. They were both addicted to drinking. By the prisoner—lt was getting daylight when I saw your hands at the window. John Calvert, journeyman cutler, deposed that he was at the corner of Short's-gardens between one and two o'clock on Sunday morning, when the little girl, Catherine Donovan, ran up to him and said that her father had " chucked" her mother out of the window. Witness found the woman on the ground, with her clothes round her neck, bleeding and helpless. He said, " Can you speak ?" and she replied very faintly, " Yes, D3n Donovan did it." Witness then ran up stairs, and overheard the prisoner threatening the boy in disgusting language if he did not say that his mother jumped out herself. The boy was replying that he was rather sleepy, and did not know. He swore at him, and said he must say he saw her jump out ; and when witness afterwards spoke to the child, he said what he had been told to say. Witness :x.sked the prisoner to go down and help the poor creature to the hospital, and he replied that " she might go to h— and be first." The certificate of the house-surgeon of King's College Hospital stated that the woman was still in great danger from the fracture of the skull, and con sequently Mr. HALL rmanded the prisoner for another week. MARI:BOROUGH-STREET. FRANCE. The usual religious ceremony in commemoration of the anniversary of the death of Napoleon took place yesterday at the chapel of the Hotel des Invalides. The President of the Republic was present. He was much cheered in passing to and from the chapel. The service was attended by the veterans of the Empire, who afterwards proceeded in procession to the Place Vendome, and deposited crosses of immortelles at the foot of the column. The Opinion Publique states that the Committee of the National Assembly to which the laws on the press have been referred had resolved to maintain • the caution money as , it now stands fixed. The fines, however, to which the editor of a journal may ' be condemned are in future to be required imme di iately after hi s con d emnat i on, w i thout await - ng the decision of the Court of Cassation, when he thinks proper to appeal against the sentence. After a l ong di scuss i on, t h e com mittee adopted th e sys t em o f a post stamp , w ith ou t which no journal shall in future appear In Paris, and in a certain number of adjoining departments, such as Lower Seine, Seine and Marne, Seine and Oise, &c., the stamp will cost six centimes, and the numbers thus stamped will be carried free by the post-office. The Administration will consent to the reduction of one centime per number on those distri buted through the town, which will consequently be only liable to a stamp of five centimes. As respects the journals published in all the other departments, the price of the post stamp is not to exceed that now required for their conveyance, and the numbers bearing that stamp will be carried by the post-office without any additional cost ; so that the new tax will only affect the numbers of the departmental journals distributed through the town. Captain Alontgowery, formerly of the 4th Light Dragoons, appeared before Mr. Bingham to answer a charge of violent assault on Mr. Thomas Rolt, of Hyde-park-gardens, with t:ee loaded end of a stick. Mr. bolt, whose eye was bandaged up, and who appeared to have suffered severe.lv, was accommo dated with a seat in the counsel's box. Mr. Clarkson was for the complainant s Mr. Bodkin for the defendant. Mr. Thomas Rolt, of Hyde-park gardens, was then examined—He became acquainted with Captain Alontgommery some years ago at Leamington. On the 9th of April he was riding in his cab through Berkeley-square, about 4 o'clock, when he was over taken by Captain Montgomery, who was on horse back. Captain Montgomery rose up and called him a d— b—liar. Complainant proceeded a few paces, upon which Captain Montgomery rose up and hit him on the breast with a stick or whip. Complainant endeavoured to ward off the blow with his whip, and in so doing struck Captain Montgomery's horse, and then complainant was left to pursue his route. Two days afterwards complainant received a note to this effect :-- "Your insulting conduct to me induced me to horse whip you in Berkeley-square. I hardly expected you would have put up so quietly with the chastisement you received. I waited at the Army and Navy Club all day, but have not heard from you. " I now leave you to the contempt you merit, and I write t) you solely to tell you I shall make it public, the punishment I inflicted on you and the manner you bore it. " C. MONTGOMERY, " Late of the 4th Light Dragoons." Complainant saw nothing more of Captain Mont gomery until he met him on the following Sunday in Hyde-park. Complainant did not answer the letter, but he wrote afterwards to tke Army and Navy Club, and the note was not taken in. On the Sun day when the assault took place complainant was going towards Tattersall's, when Captain Mont gomery and two friends passed him. As they passed he heard them jeering and laughing at him. Went to Tattersall's and remained about ten minutes, and then returned through Hyde-park. Near Apsley House saw Captain Montgomery standing in conversation with two gentlemen. Went up to him and said, " Captain Montgomery, you behaved in an ungentlemanly and cowardly manner to me in Berkeley-square. It is not likely I shall keep it, therefore take that," slapping him with the back of the open hand on the face. The blow was not given with force, it was only meant for an indignity. Captain Montgomery said, "D— you," and then drew from behind him a stick which he ap peered to have partly in his coat pocket. Coin plainant perceived Captain Montgomery was going to strike him, and he held up his stick to guard off the blow. He did not succeed, and the blow fell on his head and knocked his hat off. Complainant, seeing the defendant was about to repeat his assault, handed his stick to a person who was standing near, but the person would not take it. Complainant then received a blow over the eye which deprived him of his senses for the time. It appeared as if the defen dant held his stick in both hands, but complainant could not tell which end he was struck with. When complainant recovered his senses he found he had received a severe wound, the blood was running down, and the sight of his eye was gone. Did not know whether Captain Montgomery struck or at tempted to strike a third blow. Was taken to St. George's Hospital, and afterwards went home, and had been attended by Dr. Pope ever since. Had suffered great pain from the blow, and was still suf fering from the violence he had sustained. Cross-examined by Mr. Bodkin—Was certain that he only struck Captain Montgomery once. Applied no opprobrieus epithets to him. Had stated exactly what passed. Knew Colonel Charritie. Saw him at Tattersall's, and spoke to him about the conduct of Captain Montgomery. Told him he thought he should let the matter rest. Did not tell Colonel Charritie he was going to thrash Captain Mont gomery, and did not hear Colonel Charritie say he had better not do it; or, at all events, not on Sunday. Had previously had a conversation with Colonel Char ritie, in which he had said he should retaliate on Cap tain Mongomery some way or other. Said he would spit in Captain Montgomery's face. Mr. Pope, surgeon, Manchester-s quare—Was the complainant's medical attendant. 'Saw him on the Sunday when the assault was committed, and found him with a severe contused wound on the forehead. There was also very severe injury to the right eye. The upper and under lids wore nearly cut through, the lower orbit of the eye was fracture d—a concussion of the retina had deprived the eye of Ili ;ht The wound was a dangerous one ; for many day s Mr. Roll's life was not safe. Did not think be would ever perfectly recover the sight of that eye. The injuries might have been occasioned with such a weapon as the loaded stick now produced. The blow on the forehead might have been inflicted with the thin end, but the blow on the eye was certainly indicted with the loaded end. In reply to a question from Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Rolt said he was connected with the turf, :and the owner of race-horses. Mr. Bodkin, for the defence, true ted the Bench would send the case to th MT. BINGIIAM said he sessions, must call ,on th e d e f en dant to find b a il to answer the l c yo ha t. r h g e e ; d a i t g n t t e y Central 4 to. Criminal C ourt. Mr. B o dki n said it was o p e a A r t i r n . g c ata rtkhsaotncourt m w a h t i e c d h h t n h e a t l , e u c te given as to th e course of future procee.'eaddivnigcse. would be The defendant was then bound over .and liberated. CIIESTER.—RIVE R DEE CONSEILY A Pi CY BILL. The preamble of this Bill which has excititel such great in terest in Chester and th e manu facturing district w as yesterday approved by the Commons' Coramittee. A. mass of evidence was adduced before the C , 3 nireittee for and against the Bill during the last three weeks, and the following engineers were examined iim support of the measure:—Messrs. Robinson, M‘Lean , Simpson, a n d Hamilton Fulton; and against, and 01x . the pa r e of the Dee Land Company and others, .Messrs. Rendel, Walker, and Stephenson. .:zi - -----'-_. _ Concealed griefs are the most corenaming, as secret maladies are the most fatal.—Eliza Cook's Journal. EMIGRATION UPON MRS. CHISLI ()LOMA'S PLAN. Oa Saturday evening the first preliminary meeting took place of intending emigrants under the superintendence of the above-mentioned lady, at Charlton-ter race, Islington, for the purpose of the various families being formed into groups. Upwards of 2O) persons were present. The Hon. Vernon Smith, M.P., the Right Hon. Sidney !Herbert, M.P., and _working lklr. Sidney, severally addressed them a 5 to the plan of fur nphing the means of emigrating, and e 3 :p. , ,ained at consider ableoi;ngth the duties incumbent on al.I. those intending to tr y n e a e e d to the colonies. 2,0001. has been. slreadv subscribed cide as to the a il ls o lO.b:acipnpeoYi n t classes, as also the foil owing donations:— in t Herbert, M.P., 200/, and La, iy Pembroke, 251. cours e eination of the proceedings it was announced that the week the committee would meet to de means of raising the required capital, and skip upo , fi „. , trustees to receive sut iscriptions. The first I - - - “apiaall yf • Woad about June r iesto—Sunday Timm RUSSIA. The Kolner Zeitung states, from Posen of the 2d inst., that his Majesty the Czar is expected to arrive in Warsaw on the 7th, and that a Congress of the Princes of the north is to take place in that city on the 14th inst. According to other accounts the said Congress is to assemble at Kuliseh. IRELAND. SAVAGE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE TWO ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGYMEN AT THE ALTAR, IN DUBLIN. I}'im.lN, MONDAY MORNING. ^ A correspon dent informs us that at nine o'clock yesterday morning, at mass, a maniac, young and well dre..s2d, from Cabintelly, named M'Mahon, rushed into the sanctuary, White Friars-street, Dublin, as the Reverend Mr. Corrigan was celebrating mass, and prostrated him by a violent blow on the back of his head, with a piece of an ash branch, three feet long, about four inches thick, and three pounds weight, prepared for the purpose. The assassin then made another attack at the side altar on the Rev. Mr. O'Rooke, who was officiating there, inflicting severe wounds over his temples, and felling him to the ground. The man was instantly secured, and was with difficulty saved from the vengeance of the congregation. The lives of both clergymen, who are ar advanced in years, are despaired of; and, as might be expected, the greatest excitement prevailed. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 6. (Sittings in Banco.) (Continued from our Afternoon alition of yesterday.) IN RE THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL submitted that this rule should be made absolute. This application was made on behalf of the directors of the Electric Telegraph Com pany, whoa Messrs. Wilirc3r and Smith had libelled in the letter written in the Morning Herald, and unless persons were at liberty to libel individuals, because members of a company, the Court would protect those individuals from the gross libel which had been pub- fished concerning them. This was a matter of character, and tha company were anxious not only to meet the charges brought against them, but to explain others fully and amply. Mr. MARTIN and Mr. gars followed on the same side. Lord CAMPBELL was of opinion that this rule ought to be discharged, and that those who applied for it should be left to their remedy by an action for indict ment; and as there was an action already pending in which the questions which had been agitated to-day would be decided by a jury, in order that there might be no prejudice from anything that fell from him (Lord Campbell), ho would abstain from saying anything more. The rule we discharged, without costs. IN RE THE QUARTERLY RE - TIER. Mr. COCXBURN applied fcr a rule nisi calling on Mr. Murray, the publisher of the Quarterly Review, to show causo why a criminal infirmation should not be filed against him for a libel which appeared in that work, in an article relating to the disturbances at Vienna end the murder of Count Latour by the populace, and which was worded in such a manner that it could apply to no one but Count Puisky, on whose behalf he made the present application. It charged a Hungarian gentleman in this country with distributing money and intoxicating drinks, and exciting the populace of Vienna to revolution and to the murder cf Count Latour. The COURT refused the rule, on the ground that the arfcle in question did not point at Count Pulsky with sufficient explicitness to induce any one to come to the conclusion that he was the person referred to. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 6. . (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Barons ALDERSON, ROLFE, and PLATT.) SWASEY V. WOODS. This nation was tried before Mr. Baron Alderson a few days since, when a verdict was found for the de fendant. Mr. Minns now moved for a rule to show cause why the Yerdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, - on the ground of misdirection. The action was brought by Dr. S.'vabey to recover a year's salary for services rendered to the Indu,trial and General Life Assurance and Deposit Company, of which the defendant was a director. It appeared that the company was originally projected by a person named Cleland, and through him the plaintiff was introduced to the defendant and other provisional directors, and a resolution was unanimously passed at , a meeting of the directors on the 2nd of August, 1849, that be should be engaged as the secre tary of the company. At that meeting the defendant was not precent. Tho appointment of the plaintiff was, however. subject to the reservation that he was only to expect remuneration in the event of the company being completely formed. The plaintiff accordingly entered the service of the company upon those terms, and con tinued in the capacity of secretary for five months, but on the 19th December he was dismissed without any justification, although something was said about his being a nervous person, who was not likely to discharge properly the, duties of his office. This agegation, how ever, he was instructed to say was a mere pretence, in order to prevent the plaintiff having any claim against tth,le,, director s . Th e Learned Judge was of opinion at the trial th at there was no evidence of a bargain between plaintiff and the directors, and accordingly directed a vereitt f . i t the defendant. The Learned Counsel now contended that there clearly . was a bargain made with the plaintiff, becaus e the und erstan di ng was, that i f the concern want on in should i be paid hi s sa l ary as seem- Wye and t h at by he implication he w as not to b e dis charged f rom that service P unles s on the ground of mis mere conductspeculative One. In the presen ease t the hiring was not a . the r contEgent on the suceass of etm:neration for which was directors was actually formed,hanpdrodiect, for a board of his services for several consecutive moenpluintiff had given Case of extreme hardship if a person, thB. It would be a urr - herstanding that he Was not to be pziagfoor his upon the services until the company was actually formed, ahoull give services for many months an d then be dischargedhis without cause a few days b e f ore the company was legally incorporated, without receiving remun eration. He apprehend e d t h at if an actanc3:f this arbitrary charact r were to be done the plaint ff ' who would thereby be deprived o f t h e induce ment held out to him fep giving his services, should be paid for his labour and time out of the fund s e i t h er of the company or o • f the directors personally, and th at i n this cesee the verdict ou g ht to have been ter the plai n tiff, because the directors had undertaken the responsibility of d sclierginee him. Thl Cour.T was of opinion that no rule ought to be graniel, fur the jury had fou nd that under the arrange ment by which the bargain was madeno member of liable, but the b oar d of directors was to b e personally that t h e remuneration was to be f oun d oa t o f the fund s of the company. Under these circumstances, hiVi the plaintiff could ag found this state of facts, not recove r on any of the counts of the declaration. The eri u wa s no contract rt was satisfied that there to make the directors personally liable,because it, hod been mo rectors personally . the directors and all the e erie at at the trial, that personally liable, bee" agreed not to hold each other look to the success of the un dertakinz for rernunerites *Rule refused accordingly.. POLICE INTEL BOW-ST REET LI QENCE. - _Daniel Donova n was re -examin . en the charge o f th row i ng his eed before M r . H a ll W and otherwi se ill-t reat i ng her. 1 e out of window, It was proved at the former exam' • prisoner a n d hi s w i fe, two cbildrennati°ll that the woman named M ary B urt, occupied one a young r and second floor o f 19, S'ort's-gardens. The on th e D nov reached home between twelve o ' c l oc k on S ° a night and on e i n th e morning, both being drunk dos aY quarrelsOme. B urt and the prisoner's daughter tried to prevent their fi g hti ng, but were compelled them selves to run out of the room, to escape his violence. lie bolted the door upon them, and renewed hi s attack upon his wife, th e i r son, a hild of eight years, being the only other person present. The woman's continued cries of "Murder" induced Bert to look for LONDON, THE lONIAN ISLANDS. (From the Corfu Extraordinary Gazette of April 13.) This Gazette which we have received, contains what is called the " Speech of his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner of her Majesty the protect ing Sovereign of the United States of the lonian Is lands, to the Most Noble the Legislative Assembly of the said States, on the 13th of April, 1830, in reply to the address of the Assembly of the 11th of April, 1850." We take from it the following extracts :-- "Mr. President and Gentlemen,—The address which you, as organ of the Legislative Assembly, delivered on Thursday last, forces upon me the somewhat unusual duty of a reply, lest my silence upon some of the many points adverted to, which were not included in my open ing speech, should be misconstrued into assent. I shall not apologise to you for speaking plainly. The times require it, and the example set me by the Assembly leaves me no choice. Without anger, without irritation, but with a feeling of deep sorrow, that an assembly in which I still believe that there is a great preponderance of men of modera tion and good sense, should have given even a momentary sanction to sentiments which, if acted upon, must prove subversive of order, and fatal to the public peace, I wish to record publicly the following fleets:— " On my arrival in these islands I found four persons confined, under the High Police Act, by the orders of Lord Seaton; two at Paxo and two at Cerigo; two of these are now members of this Assembly. I released them all. I found nine prisoners awaiting their trial for the attack made upon the towns of Argostoli and Lixuri, in September, 1848. I released them al!. I passed fourteen days in Cephalonia, seeking commu nication with men of all parties, and trying to re move causes of local and personal irritation, for which my government, at all events, had given no cause. I signified to her Majesty's Minister at Athens my rea diness to receive back the political refugees then in Greece, upon a simple assurance that they would respect the laws, and live peaceably upon their return. Could I carry conciliation farther? And how was I met? By the Scala outbreak! By excesses, which it is my duty not merely to deplore, but to put down; for which purpose I availed myself in three instances, during a time of actual rebellion, of powers whi c h all m y prede cessors have used much more largely in time of peace. Whenever the time for calm legislation shall arrive, I shell be ready to consider any proposal that may be made to me for fixing and regulating the use of a power which must exist somewhere in every civilized state, and which by the chart of 1817 is confided here to her Majesty's representative; but you will understand me when I say that the measure to be proposed must provide a prompt and summary remedy against treasonable at tempts upon the public peace; that I cannot regard men who take part in these attempts as exempt from respon sibility because they happen to be connected with the free press, and that I must view with some distrust any proposition on this subject emanating from the present assembly, after the tone assumed in its address. Your injustice has wounded me deeply, and will retard a settlement, which I should have been the first to pro mote, if sought in a spirit of conciliation and good faith. "I pass, lastly; to what you are pleased to term the radical reform' of a Constitution not three weeks old, and which can only be said to have come into operation on the 20th of March, when the Assembly met and the new Senate was formed. "You do me the honour, in seeking my co-operation, to allude to the experience that I have had as a public man, and you must not be offended, therefore, if I tell you that the first fruit of that experience is to teach me, in dealing with practical questions involving the gravest interests, not to content myself with vague words. What do you mean by radical reform ? What is the system that you mean to propose to me to adopt in order to bring the interests of the majority' into harmony with the institutions of the state? That ma iority is composed of very discordant elements; and, judging by xecent events, the assembly would find it impossible to indicate any form of government which all its own members would be prepared, without mental re servations or protests of any kind, to take as the basis of their future relations with the protecting power. When a calmer moment shall have arrived, I may per haps see this project practically worked out, and accom panied by proper guarantees that it will not be repu diated as soon as passed. If I see a reasonable prospect of the successful working of this project; and if I find, moreover, that the opinion of the islands coincides a ith that of their representatives—for you have no mandate to make a new constitution, but simply to take part in the work of legislation, under a constitution already made—l may then see my way to some practical result. But in a matter of such moment, I warn you that I shall not put my faith in vague gene ralities, or rest satisfied with a reference by the Legisla tive Assembly to the lonian Press as the exponent of the popular desires. I have seen in that press many wise and moderato and useful suggestions, but I have seen in it, also, principles subversive of all government, and doctrines, that could lead to nothing but the dissolution of society were it possible for them to be practically tried. " If, then, you have a proposal to make to me, make it in plain and intelligible terms. I shall be happy to find it of such a character as may warrant me in afford ing you the cooperation which you ask. But I will not risk the peace of these islands, or my own character as a public man, by assuming the responsibility of sub. mitting to the Queen, with whom all constitutions changes must originate, any proposal in which I do not entirely concur; nor do I think that such a proposal can be prudently or properly made until we epproach the close of a cession in which the assembly shall have given oroofi of moderation and good sense in the use of the powers which it already enjoys. " I have no wish to keep open past differences, I have met openly charges openly made, and which I believe to be unjust, but I am ready still to co-operate with you in every good and useful work. All that I ask is, that you will take a soberer view than you appear to me to have done hitherto of your own position and powers; that you will rest satisfied with that share of authority which the Constitution secures to you, and learn that to, respect the rights of others, who exercise with you a concurrent jurisdiction, is the best way to secure your owe. '• It is not for me to speak, in the name of the British Crown, of that distant future which the address shadows forth, when the scattered members of the Greek race may be re-united in one mighty empire, with the, consent of the European powers; but I have no difficulty in expressing my own opinion that, if such an event be within the scope! of human contingencies, Sove reign and the Parliament of England would be equally willing to see the lonians resume their place as members of the new power that would then take its place in the policy of the world. " it is not with this, however, that we have now to deal, but with a constitution under which you may, if you phase, enjoy security, prosperity, and a large mea sure of political liberty, and with rights which you have sworn' to respect and maintain.' Let me exhort you to consider this engagement as the source of those improve ments which aro now to be attained. Acting in this spirit—with moderation, prudence, and mutual respect, evinced by all the three powers— even in what remains of the present session, much good may be done. I will set the example of what I recommend, to act as mediator when differences arise, if the moderate party in this assembly will second my efforts firmly and in good faith. If not, I shall not shrink from any course that my own sense of duty may prescribe; and, in that ease, having exhausted all the means of conciliatio❑ that my experience as a public man can suggest, I shall use, legally and constitutionally, the rights vested in me, as the Queen's representative, for the maintenance of peace and order; and, confident in the support of the intelli• gene° and good sense of the country, I shall wait until the time shall have arrived for a legislation consonant with its wants. " By order of his Excellency, " Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner." FA SHIONS FOR MAY. (From are re romL g eF a o t l i l y i et. The robes redingotes ?I favour this spring. The form is easy and becoming, and gives opportunity for the display of taste and richness in the magnificent chemisettes worn with this toilette, especially those trimmed across with narrow frills of Malines or Valen ciennes lace, with insertions of embroidered muslin; or those still more dressy, the lace of which float over the front of the body, forming a jabot a Louis XV. Many of these robes redingotes have revers on the body, and we very much approve of this trimming. It gives grace to a plain body, is an advantage to the bust, and renders the robe more dressy. The form of the sleeve is an easy Amadis; they are made short, and progressively large; in order to allow of the under-sleeves, which are larger than ever. All these dresses are trimmed with !ounces, pinked, to imitate English embroidery; the chicrees, or the profusion of narrow woollen laces, which are placed one over the other, have a charming effect; but especial care must be taken to match the woollen lace to the dress, in order that this trimming should be distingue. Tho casawecks have so entirely ingratiated themselves into favour for in-door costume, that it will be difficult entirely to renounce them. Their reign is far from over; for at the present time some beautif u l ones are made in taffotas glace in all colours, with p ago d a s l eeves; they are trimmed all round with narrow chicorees to match. ets and pardessus is not yet d e - The shape of mantel cided. The trimmings only are varied. A new an d beautiful passementerie is now used, imitating a rich blonde, with insertion. This work is of great beauty and delicacy; never has anything of the kind yet pro duced merited so much praise and patronage. The coif turn nearly al wa y s d ec id es the good taste of a lady of fashion. frontwNt W h e : a w l o gr u ho l t d wl ys fi w . o r i s f d t e nn m ae r d e r n o: t wi the on b a oe nd white dgee wo rh c cw r b a h pi are hr b e io s n t n nr e t t mi ; mu t ee h dd e n round the curtain. The crown is covered with ten rows of the same blonde. This rich and light trimming has a delightful appearance; the inside of the bonnet is trimmed with blonde and branches of lilac, and white lilac. A branch of the same flowers is placed on the side of the bonnet. Another of rice straw is beautifully elegant and SlM ple. The front is rather open; an insertion of rich and transparent blonde is placed about three-quarters of an inch from the front, upon which is a light straw work. The curtain is trimmed in like manner. The bonnet is trimmed with a bow of rice straw, mixed with blonde, and is both graceful and pretty. The inside is orna • mented with heart's -ease and lilac. IVe have also noticed a charming capot of white taffetas for a young lady; the edgo is trimmed with two narrow biases of crepe-lisse, and two rows of narrow blonde. Four simple runnings form the front ; the crown is entirely covered with biases of crepe-lisle and blonde alternately. Another of pink crepe-lisle, with two bia ses o f pink taffetas, about the width of an inch, covered with crape; these two biases placed upon the transparent front re semble two graceful ribbons. The crepe is gathered full over the curtain. The e;lge of the front has four rows of blonde, pluced en ruche; the inside is trimmed with blonde and A magnificent Leghorn bonnet is now worn, trimmed with white feathers; the inside is trimmed with daisies. A charming capoto is made of blue and white glace taffetas; the trimming is a bathe of lace, placed upon the crown, crossing over the front, the ends filling on either side. It must be remarked that the shape of the bonnet is slightly opened, being the most becoming, and good taste disapproves of the enormous fronts, the interior of which aro loaded with flowers; they are both heavy and devoid of grace. The same may be said of the flat and square crowns, which fashion does not recognise in its saloons. The slightly-domed crowa is light and co quettish, and permits of a diversity of trimming. The curtains are particularly pretty, being elegantly full, and sufficiently narrow to leave the neck at liberty ; an important precaution, as the prettiest coiffures, when they fall on the shoulders, become quite ungraceful. The prettiest flowers WOM upon Leghorn or rice straw bonnets are the almond, apricot, and chestnut blossoms. A leghorn bonnet, lined with pink crape, and trimmed with two bouquets of the peach blossom, is very elegant. The crape capotes are much in vogue this season. The coiffures worn at the fetes given in honour of some brilliant weddings are particularly bea'itiful. Some half-wreaths are composed of branches of ivy, mixed with wild. roses; other s o f vo l u bili s of different co lours, mixed with briar. Among the beautiful and charming spring 'taffetas, we have noticed some very pretty ones, with small bouquets of delicate flowers upon pale blue, green, or white ground. Steel-coloured checked taffetas, having a pink, blue, or cerise-coloured bouquet in each square; plaid taffe tas in all shades, others with narrow lines, are also much worn. The taffetas Fontagnes is also in great demand, with a white Japan blue, or English green ground, with wreaths of . flowers i n a l l shades, gradually rising from the top of the flounces to the waist ; others, equally fashionable, are in broad white stripes, strewed with small bouquets of roses, Easter daisies, or some other delicate flower. The shaded taffetas continue in fashion ; green and pink, orange and blue, white and grey, appear the most worn; the flounces of which aro stamped in a manner to imitate open English embroidery. Pekins with narrow stripes, or small checks, in pink, white, blue, or grey, sprinkled with small broches bouquets, in the shade of the ground of the material. For dresses for full dress, taffetas camaieux, with broard stripes of white upon a grey ground, sea-green, or blue, strewed with bouquets or branches in all colours, are much admired, as well as the double pekins, with dark stripes on a light ground, all of which have flounces scollopped and embroidered in the same shade as the dress. The pardessus decidedly adopted by our fashionables are, for the most part, closely fitting the waist behiryl, and floating loosely in front ; those which do not fit so closely are sufficiently curved to indicate the figure. - The most elegant trimmings for these pardessus is a deep lace, sometimes placed in a double row at the bottom, and two others, sufficiently high to cover the opening for.the arm. Woollen lace, the same colour as the material,.is also employed for this purpose. Others have deep fl ounces p i n k e d i n a largo pattern, a or small plaiting eded with a narrow chicoree, or flounces.g of ribbon at the edge and top of the But the most elegant and simple novelty of this kind is quite a plain pardersus, entirely covered, embroidered, and trimmed with a very deep, rich, and light fringe. The effect of this embroidery and fringe may be compared to the beautiful China crapes. PR OFESSOR FARADAY'S LEC TURES ON DOMESTIC CHEMISTRY. The subject of Professor Faraday's second lecture at the Royal Institution, cn Saturday, was a candle." The materials of which candles are made, and the processes of manufacture, were first noticed, though briefly. The wax for candles comes principally from Africa, in a dark brown mass, which is bleached and purified till it becomes of the pale yellow colour of wax candles. Spermaceti undergoes variou s c h anges before it is fit for being made into candles. Its origi nal condition is a thick oleaginous matter mixed with oil, from which it is separated by pr essure , t h e liquid portion being "sperm" oil. The extraction of stearine, the hard and pure portion of tall ow , f rom suet, was illustrated by a variety of specimens ex hibiting the conditions of the material in its various stages of purification. Spermaceti was taken as an exemplification of the manufacture of the materials into the form of candles. The platted cotton serves to give the wick a twist whilst burning, so as to bring the end to the edge of the flame, by which means it is completely consumed, and the candle snuffs itself. The fixing of the wicks in the moulds, the mode of pouring in the melted spermaceti, and the extraction of the candles from their moulds, by first giving each one a blow to liberate the . spermaceti f rom it s a dh es i on to the metal, were exhibited. In maki ng wax can dl es a d i fferent mode is adopted, for no plan has hitherto been de vised for casting wax candles in moulds. The melted wax is poured over the wicks when suspended, and thus the candles are formed by a succession of layers of wax. Having shown the mechanical part of the construction of candles, Professor Faraday proceeded to consider the manner in which a ' candle burns, and the requisites in the materials for producing the effect. Tne fuel which supplies the flame must be vaporised before it is burned, and before it is vaporised it must be melted; and there fore it is essential that the fuel of which a candle is formed should be solid, be r ea dily me lt e d, and be convertible into gas by the heat of supply am ppl fl ye e f. , i i n nfla o m rd m er able to g k a e s ep t h u r p o u gah the tinuous con me dium of the wick. The property of the wick of drawing the melted tallow or wax, by capillary at traction, to the flame, was illust ra t e d i n an i ngen i ous manner. A cotton wick surrounded by wax was placed on a plate containing water, and a piece of potassium was put contiguous to the wick at the top. When the water rose thr oug h t h e cotton b y capillary attraction, it set fire to the p o ta ss iu m . Experi ments were shown with pieces of candle made of gutta percha and of camphor for the purpose of illus trating, that unless combustibles possess the property of melting at a given heat, and not under, they are unfit for the manufacture of candles. The gutta percha candle burned like a link, as it did not melt with the heat cf the flame ; the camphor, on the contrary, melt e d too qu i c kl y, an d blazed rapidly away. In an ordinary candle the combustible is melted and held in a small revervoir, whence it is drawn by capillary attraction to the flame, end there the hydrogen of the fuel is con vented into gas, and instantly inflamed. This flame is of itself not luminous, though it gives an intense heat, and this heat enables it to burn the carbon of the fuel on which the illuminating pro perty of the flame depends. Professor Faraday exhibited several experiments fur the purpose of showing that the luminous property of flame depends upon the solid matter exposed to the burning hydro gen gas. Into a jet of that gas, which was nearly in visible, different solid bodi es were p l ac ed, when their combustion in some cases, and their mere incadescence in others, produced a bright light. Lime, for example, though incombustible, gave a ver y bright light when exposed to the h eat o f t h e hydrogen flame ; it is this substance, indeed, which produces the Drummond light, when the heat of the hydrogen flame is increased by the addition of a jet of oxygen gas. As the gas supplied to the flame burns only where it is in contact with the air, the interior of the flame is hollow, as w as prove d by the following simple experiment piece of white paper was held horizontally f or an instant, in the middle of the flame of a candle, when a circular mark was made at the back where the paper bad been scorched by the ring o f flame, th e interior of the ring being untouched. A s th e p a p er was held higher the ring diminished un til it came to a point. A very well contrived e x p er i ment was a rranged for exhibiting the shadows cf a flame, and of the gases that are burnt and produced during th e co mbustion. A soap - bubble blown with hydrogen gas was held between the rays of a Drummond light and a screen, and mixing the . bubble was burst, the shadow of the gas . mixing with common air was seen rising very beautifully. I . Vhe . n a bubble blown with carbonic acid which is the product of combustion, was shown in the same manner, the e ff ec t was equally curious, but in that case, th e gas b e i ng heavier than air, i t fell rapidly instead of rising. The shadow of the flame of a can dl e p resen t e d an interesting object ; the gas and th e smoke being seen rising for a considerable height, and producing great agitation around, all of which a c ti ons are cont i nua ll y taking place during the combustion, though invisible. This experiment, with which the lecture concluded, may, Professor Faraday stated, b e eas i ly repeated b y h o lding a candle in the rays of the su n , l e tti ng the shadow fall upon a white screen AN INSPECTOR OF POOR FINED. —The Ayr Circuit Court met on Tuesday last. The presiding judges were Lords Mackenzie and Ivory. William Main, Wigtonshire, parochial sc h oo l master and inspector of poor in the parish of Leswalt, was placed at the bar charged with neglecting to visit or provide in any way for Sarah Kennedy or Roney, who had been deserted in January last by her husband, and left with two children of tender rears, for whom, as for her self, she was unable to provide, in consequence of a severe attack of jaundice. The prisoner was ably defended by Mr. Logan, but the jury found him guilty of culpable neglect of duty as libelled, but with no aggravation . Lord I vory said it had occurred to him, as had been suggested by the counsel for panel, that a fine might be imposed , but it must be considerable. He would suggest the payment of 501., failing which to suffer one month's imprisonment. Lord Mackenzie concurred in the opinion of Lord Ivory, and sentence was passed accordingly.— Scotsman. LARGEST ROPE EVER ➢LADE IN SCOTLAND. - -Messrs. Peter Gavin and Sou, rope and sail cloth works, Bath-street, have just completed the largest rope ever made is Scotland. It is for the Mitsell Coal Com pany Victoria Pitt, 175 fathoms deep, near Hurlett. The rope measures 200 fathoms, or 1,200 feet; it is seven inches broad, and weighs upwards of three tons. It will be removed upon a series of trucks in a few days.—Scotsman. -- The the imperial with tho colonial interes.ecksto Honourable Baronet had appealed to D la bet be as an authority in support of his Plan , „ v (Mr. Labouchere) should be sorry if a y„ 10' authority were to say that it prere_6 o3i , t el any accuracy to define or enumerate the of the Crown. Besides, the Hon. Baronet had f adis ol , 59 poSSib__ sti o Some most mate, ial and important provisions, " s ; d io. which t! , e Bill would give ri,e to the greatest • pri v culties and to endless Etigation, V;za j e alies, t ; eiple of martial law and the principle °' f"' Ile hoped the House would not consent to root° o l o sle Bill, for he was convinced the scheme of the iD ue se i s its Baronet could not be carried out without to themselves in endless difficulties. 0 , reP ll Mr. ADDERLEY had never heard so meagr e . Tbe to an elaborate scheme of colonial governo k e :',l e felle ° Right Hon. Gentleman who had undertaken ;" ot ° of the Government Bill had taken up jest I ° ra ii,eose l l reply to the clever speech of the Honourable le a Ger but it would se em th at the Right Honourab le tlernan treated th e p l an propounded 5 s iteo' mad scheme, and it was unworthy of hi; s eri" bt tion. But if th e Ri g h t Hon. Gentleman t beug oofi° ° why did he venture to tell the House that the 00,1 only served to re - o p en a quest i on w hi c h h e Ad d e tle9) times been decid e d i n Committee? He (MI% bee ° denied that it was a mad scheme, or that it ba alto' decided before. It was entirely a new qu e t ti° , lo 0 54 ' gether; what they h a d b een di scuss i n g bitue: t hat whether or n o it was t h e w i sh of the 0 01oe1e bb d there should bo one or two chambers. V ; „ ei tbs / settled that matt e r, an d now they had to deterns's-tetios' was the beat pla n o f carry i ng out the liberal insub,ib that were to be e x t en d e d to t h e co lonies co' Bill. They had already decided that the 101 lonies were able to manage their own to do affairs, and all that th e y were now ca ll e d tiP a c e e s was to put an end to t h e me ddli ng inu lle t heta' the Colonial-office, so that the colonie s van ities selves should have the fullest 0fe r ..., 0 00;', of testing the principle of self-got - 00 os" The principles laid down by the Goiernmen; ; D ies ° carried out; they attempted to give to the be; sort of bastard constitution, something of rhea bs° tween that of Russia alid England. l ue i over ° promised to give the colonies a right t° the Oct their own local affairs, but, instead of doing se , h ' ir off' verument proposed to take the subject in `' e : be r hands and govern, but with a looser rein. 1 2' sole; ever, the Right H on . Gentleman th oug ht that t`' „ 00 9 ' niste would b o sstistied with th e sc h em e he P' - itie" , for their Government, he-would find himself Wi t , Of mistaken. The Ri g h t H on. Gentleman ob j ec ted i t of plan of the Hon. B aronet on the ground that-t1e61,1 tempted an impossibility —namely, attempted t° a c is the royal prerogative ; but was it not one of th 1 116 vilegea of Englishmen to define the prerogativ e ° ate' Crown ? This was indeed a strange and curia', goo' meat t) be used by a Whig Minister. The Bigb pre' Gentleman objected that the plan would define j oie rogative; but if he (M r . Add er l ey ) was not nsue''oter taken—and he spoke wader the correction of tbe elf ney-General--there was a succession of statutes fro f 01 11 Edwards downw ar d s , d e fi n i ng that attr ib u te e e Crown. The Ri g ht H on . G entleman then urge'ajets, there were some prerogatives of the Crown °° from the plan of th e H on . B aronet , , and he „ IY, the proclamation of martial law as among th ew ' oil . Gad& 11 to fortunately, however, for the Right Hon. argumeat, it had been held necessary very receu e t goo' proclaim martial law in Ceylon. Did the Higt rd Gentleman mean to say that it should not have been th,.;" claimed on that occasion by Lord Torrington, b ut r it should have come from the Queen tbrolig"',lel°, Colonial-office, upon appplicatien to that effect 03 ! o lio the Government in this country. The value of 0 . 0 in law consisted in the promptitude of its apPlic e 11 3 itit' s , cases of necessity; but to follow out the Prer ft° P , couched in the Right Hon. Gentleman's objectl e A ao; necassitywouldhaveceased t o ex i st, i n the case of a'' , id s colony, before permission to apply martial law cow obtained from thi s country . T he Right Hon. Gee d tie had asserted that there was no analogy betwo E a O B United States and the English colonies, beeaul o the r United States were each nct so distant from the o c' e • O ‘, " C!' as Australia was f rom E ng l and. But the TIV Gentleman for g ot th at i t was this very element ", 1 0 ' Lance that rend ere d t h e separation of the loca l cut so°,' perial functions, sought to be established by, the e Baronet, absolutely necessary, and strength to the arguments of the Hon. Baronet. t here Australian colonies were as near as Cornwall , then would be no need of a separate constitution for but it was their distance that rendered it W e ' ▪ 6 0 0f ° ‘ gave all the kph° The Right Hon. Gentleman had argued as if a s ° tion of the local and Imperial Government of th° o pOi . flies was an impossibility. But where was the 11 we " 10, sibility ? in what did i t cons i st? The theory Diet a line should b e d rawn b etween the tWO 6 a 'der of legislation, one of which was proposed to be ot her, with by the m ot h er country alone • the 101 entirely local, and t o b e d ealt with as such by th e ; s n e ; Legislature. The t rut h was they could never clas" . o P,," the Right Lion. G en tl eman h ad no argument 8g:". only an objection. Th ere were, i n fact, plenty o f not alone of the possibility, of separation, but '11 11 " propriety; and not one a ga i nst i t . Th e f i rst pr oof 4 might he adduced was , t h at t h ere had never been 11'0 gregate empire without such a separation. 'lt 1 0 41 whole of history s h owe d. T he second p r oof was, ss 1 ,00 all the early A mer i can colonies such separatia Ate made. ~The third was, that in the United States of:100~bto1 rice that se p arat i on was even now in the course carried out; an d t h e f ourth was, that in the Bill ollf had , been prep are d b y themselves they had ac t 0 - 0 e i his attempted to e ff ect suc h separation. In corro borati f it 0 first proof s h e read a long extract from the iv! 'lf° Mr. Gibb on W a k ef i eld; the second, he stateg roe fully set forth by the Honourable Baronet in the c of his able speech. The third was shown by the A 0 tory of the United States; while the fourth 0 10, supported by the Bill it se lf. Why not, he asked, oati, advantage o f th e opportunity, and adopt the el B iota system of separatio n p roposed b y the Hon. Bare o p.. The idea of the American Congress had taken pose ° of Lord Grey's mind in preparing the Bill; but 0 1 0 Noble Lord made the grave mistake of not seeing, id the proper congress of the Australian colonies Iv' iabg London, and that the president of that congress Wu., 4 11 obi t & her Majesty th e Q ueen of this country. If the „„'', 41 1 !; Lord had suc cee d e d i n creating this congress, be u s oP take the rud es t way t h at could be conceived to a', f o' the colonies f rom E ng l and. There was something lutely startling in the Bill of the Government• l' atr t• e" the first time in th e hi story of the world that a u3i,ie.o politest power pr o p ose d to form a sub-metroP"iitg power for the achievement of the same objects. 6ee e i; that the Minister s h a d promised local governtue-pll to the colonie s , an d t h en said that they ". not able to gi ve it— gratu i tously refusing, I.oftfe; what they had p rom i se d— the question was, vi,e - ies the Bill did no t conta i n materials which the emu - la might wrest to the purposes of self. governmen t ' t he 'upport of the view that the colonists did not look t a '' • Bill for a chance of local self-government, the Hon. -el' s.' et be tleman read an extract frem a recently-arrived nu r e f of the New South Wales Vindicator. What the CO 'se - h ie f looked for was a loophole in the Bill out of which, t ie ": a' could wring self-government. The Hon. Gen t , l ,r - a then read a letter from a colonist decrying the 1 3 "" v flouncing the Government, and stating that t 11. 41 , - would irritate the eolonists, but would not content He, therefore, appealed to her Majesty's Goverrilio ii whether it would no t b e b etter to adopt the proPo' - of the Hon. B aronet, or some other proper measure' to meet the req u i rements o f the colonies, rather Os% if , force the Bill before the House through Parlia° - eel, against their own expressed conviction; and he alW e r - e of wtootuleme Irlooteusuithtee e , ,un th d e er G t o h r e eru c m irc e rs a ta g n a c in es e , t w t h h e e th p er rot ; that had b een so repeatedly made of local self-Pie 1 - meat for the colonies.—(Hear, hear.) TA et _ Sir G. GREY would not enter on the wide fi ? "" al gi n s e cussion opened up by the Hon. Gentleman, bu t eu himself to the specific question before the Biu u t ,.. Thatcommitqtuedestit?onr twas,he purpose e r the of Bill .d sho . uld clauses proposed by the Hon. Baron c e o t ns th i e er A in le g ml)ti cl ei Southwark. These clauses propos e d . to give the c ow n , to legislature unrestricted power of legislation, reser r lO 7 O , the Imperial P ar li ament the power of legislating f 1, 0 perial matters alone. This, in his (Sir G. Gr' 0 , opinion, would be highly objectionabl e . The .L;b; Gentleman had m i sta k en t h e argument of his ',lieu Hon. Fri e nd t h e P res id ent of the Board of Trade es he charged him with inconsistency in opposing th e. a rt ist; position of th e H on . B aronet, and defending the D''';ge the ground of d e fi n iti on i n respect to the royal prot'ufs: tive. But in his (Sir G. Grey's) opinion the gre o : o cl jection to the clauses in question was, that they 5' 06 : 0 6 the absurdity of any such definition. The 02;tej vagueness of the definition they proposed was f" ll6 ; e ts t them ; because there was nothing more likely to 01 h e a collision between the Imperial Government slu m -- several local legislatures than such vagueness and it_ il 'o j ; tainty. The powers sought to be conferred oat 4 .,41 colonial legislature by the clauses could not be se - „fs exercised under these circumstances, and the re ei L n would be, as he bad stated, continual collision bet h vr i b - • them and the mother country, without any peesiy - h o ll t of an harmonious arrangement of the differences i " caused it. TIJESD AY EVENING, MAY 7, 1850. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 6. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. The Earl cf HARE WOOD presented several peti tions complaining of agricultural distress. • The Earl of EGLINTON presented several petitions with a similar prayer. The Archbishop of YORK presented a petition against Sunday labour in the Post-office. PARISH CONSTABLES BILL. This Bill was, on the motion of the Earl of ROMNEY, read a second time. Lord BROUGHAM presented several petitions in favour of the extension of the jurisdiction of county courts, to which extension he expressed himself fa vourable. REGISTRAR -GENERAL OF THE PREROGA TIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY wished to ex plain the circumstances under which he had appointed his son to the office of Registrar-General of the diocese of Canterbury. It had been stated that he had made an undue use of his patronage by appointing his son to the office of Registrar-General of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The fact was, that he had nominated his son to the reversionary office, but not to the sinecure office. A statute had passed in 1847, placing the Prerogative Court of Canterbury under the jurisdiction of Parliament with regard to the duties to be performed by any public officer, and with regard to his emoluments. Therefore ho had appointed his son to the reversion of the ()Coco of registrar, but not to'. a sinecure office. Wherever there was a court there must be a registrar, and his son was appointed to the reversion of that office, subject to the decision of Parliament as to the duties and to the emolu ments of that office. The Bishop of LONDON bore witness to the disin terestedness with which the Most Reverend Prelate had used his patronage when Bishop of Chester. CASE OF MR. RYLAND. The Duke of ARGYLL gave notice of a motion in this case for Friday. UNIVERSITY REFORM. Lord BROUGHAM recommended the Government to pause before issuing their Commission for inquiring into the state of the Universities. Without an Act of Par liament no efficient inquiry could be entered into, as the proposed Commission could not compel persons to give evidence. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought that when Noble Lords saw the names of the Commission they would be perfectly satisfied. Lord MONTEAGLE hoped that the representatives of the Universities in the House of Commons would bring under the attention of the House what had been done by the Universities themselves in the way of reform during the last few year.. Lord BROUGHAM objected that the Commission could only receive voluntary testimony. Witnesses egainst the Universities would volunteer their testimony, but the University authorities would hold back. JAMAICA. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from Antigua praying that the importation of Sugar the produce of slave labour might be prohibited; also a petition from the House of Assembly of Jamaica, complaining of the constitution of the Legislative Council, and of the manner in which the Council controlled the conduct of the As sembly by rejecting their Bills. Earl GREY was not aware that this petition would be presented, but he thought it necessary to stew that the state of affairs complained of had existed for more than a century past, and he was not prepared to admit that there had been any error on the part of the Legislative Council to authorize these complaints. They had never stood in the way of any reforms pro posed by the Assembly; they had only contended that any reduction proposed by the Assembly should be prospective, and that colonial faith should be observed as regards the present holders of office. Lord STANLEY concurred in the soundness of the principle laid down by the Noble Earl, and he only re• gretted that the same principle had not been observed in regard to Nova Scotia and other colonies. Earl GREY said the same principle had been ob served in all colonies. Salaries provided for by annual votes might be reduced, but not so with regard to sala ries permanently fixed by the Legislature. PROCESS AND PRACTICE BILL. The Ea'l of CARLISLE moved that the committal of this Bill be postponed, as certain amendments were to be introduced. Lord MONTEAGLE hoped that the Bill would be reprinted with the proposed amendments, and that suffi cient time would be given to the profession in Ireland to consider its provisons. After a brief discussion, in which Lord Campbell, the Earl of Glengall, and the Marquis of Westmeath, took a part, the Bill weut through Committee pro forma, and the amendments were ordered to be be printed. APPEAL IN ECCLESIASTICAL CASES. The Bishop of LONDON, who was almost inaudible in the gallery, was understood to introduce a Bill which had for its object some alteration in the law of appeal in ecclesiastical cases. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on the 28th of may, VENTILATION OF MINES. Lord WHARNCLIFFE then rose to present a peti tion, pursuant to notice, fr om t h e coa l -miners, praying forqegislative interference for the better ventilation and regulation of coal mines. He said there was no class in her Majesty's dominions that was better entitled to the consideration of the Legislature, whether we regarded the service which their labour rendered to the community, or the peculiar nature of the occupa tion in which they were engaged. It was a fact admitted that their occupation was of a character that exposed them to frequent casualities, which were considerably increased by the negligence or par simony of the employers. He thought that the Legisla ture should adopt such practical means as could be ob tained for the purpose of increasing the securities of these men while pursuing their dangerous occupations. Itjappeared by a return of the casualties in these mines, within the last few years, that there was, latterly, a con siderable increase. In 1838 the number of lives lost wore 349; in 1840 the number was 498; in 1845, 562; in 1847, 416; in 1848, 570; and in 1849, the number of lives lost was no less than 704. In 1835 the House of Commons caused an inquiry to be made on this subject, and since then there was a series of inquiries up to the present moment. During the last session the House of Lords, at his suggestion, consented to appoint a Com mittee, and it was a remarkable fact that there was a most perfeot unanimity amongst the members com posing the various Committees on this subject. In Belgium there was a considerable decrease of ac cidents, while there was a vast increase of produce from those mines. The great evil to which the miners were exposed was the defective system of venti lat.on. The inspectors of mines should be practical men. He could not concur in all the suggestions made by the petitioners. When they talked of imposing regu lations by compulsion, be thought that such a course was open to a serious objection —namely, they would be imposing a responsibility upon those who exercised this power of compulsion. He would rather place a direct responsibility upon those who ought to be considered the responsible party. He would ask his Noble Friend, in respect to the Commission that had been recently ap pointed, whether they had as yet considered their report, and if so, when they might expect to have it laid before the House? Earl GRANVILLE was understood to say that the report was under consideration, and would be produced i n the course of the session. The Earl of MALMESBURY thought that the Go vernment deserved much credit for the caution which they had observed in investigating this subject. The class of persons that sought for protection at their hands was, no doubt, one deserving of their best consideration and attention. .Fle was sure that the Government would see the great importance of guarding them as much as possible from accident. The Committee, however, on the ether h a nd, ought to have some regard to the inte rest and the comfort of the proprietors of these mines. They might, perhaps, see the Government inspectors be come directors of these mines, which would not be de sirable. Earl FITZ WILLIAM also recommended the Govern ment to proceed with caution, so as not to throw upon the owners of these mines a responsibility which they were not fairly entitled to. The Earl of ST. GERMANS hoped the Government would not be deterred by anything that had been said by the Noble Lord from prosecuting the inquiry. The petition was then laid on the table. PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL COURTS. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of a Bill to emend the procedure in criminal courts. The object of the Bill was to prevent the lamentable defeat of jus tice that frequently took place from mere technicalities, wholly unconnected with the guilt or innocence of the parties. One of these sources of the defeat of justice arose from what was called the variance between the indictment and the evidence. For example, it was alleged in the indictment that a man stole a cow, and it turned out that it was a heifer; or it was alleged that a man stole five lambs, and it turned out that they were sheep, and things of that sort, that had really no bearing upon the guilt or innocence of the party. He proposed by the present Bill to allow a power to the judge to amend the indictment, as the proofs camp out, and if necessary to have the trial postponed. He be lieved by the proposed measure much of the existing scandal on the administration of the criminal law would be obviated. Another principle involved in the Bill was to allow a more general allegation of the crime charged. According to the old form, they were obliged to enter with great minuteness into particulars. For instance. in case of murder, the length and depth of the wound ' must be specified, and the value of the instrument by which the death was caused, and, to avoid the danger of defeating the ends of justice, the counts in the indict ment were infinitely multiplied. He proposed that in an indictment for murder, it should be sufficient to say that a person. on such a day and place, murdered such a person. That would obviate all existing defects, while it crave the prisoner every advantage to which he could be fairly entitled. There were other enactments with the ;erne view, with which he did not think it necessary to trouble their Lordships. The Bill was then read a second time, and their Lord ships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 6. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. TURNPIKE ROADS. Mr. W. FATTEN moved that the standing orders, No. 6 and No. BS, relative to private Bills, be suspended, in the case of the Turnpike Road Bills referred to the Committee of Selection during the present session, and that any Committee, or Committees, to whom any unop posed Turnpike Road Bills might ba referre I, should have power to consider the same, any provision in the 109th standing order notwithstanding. The motion was agreed to. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time azd passed:— Elgin Guildry Fund Society Incorporation. Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. South S:affirdshire Railway. AMENDED BILLS. The following Bills ai amended were consi:iered and a4ree 1 to:— Cambridge Regula:ion and Improvement, Markets, and Fairs. Childwall Waterworks. East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway. PETITIONS. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Angussbire against any alteration in the parochial system of educa tion in Scotland. Mr. ANDERSON presented a petition from the Orkneys praying for some alteration in the Scottish Poor-law. Several petitions were presented against Sunday la bour in the Post-office. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented several petitions from Lincolnshire complaining of agricultural distress, and praying for relief. Mr. HOLLAND presented two petitions from Wis beach, one in favour of the Parochial Assessments Bill, and the other in favour of a reform in the Court of Chancery. Mr. BECKETT presented a petition from Leeds in favour of the Ten Hours Factory Bill. Mr. COCKBURN presented a petition from the Ro man Catholics of Kilkenny praying for additional church accommodation. Lord JOCELYN presented a petition from King's Lynn in favour of international arbitration. Sir J. DUCKWORTH presented a petition from Leith in favour of a remission of the duty on spirits. Mr. J. B. SMITH presented petitions from Stirling, Dunfermline, and other places in Scotland, against the Public Health Bill for Scotland. Colonel THOMPSON presented petitions in favour of the Extramural Interments Bill from Bermondsey, St. Luke's, Chelsea, the members of the Stock-Exchange, and St. John's and St. Peter's, Saffron-hill; also a peti tion from the board of highways at Bradford, praying that the 28th clause of the Highways Bill might remain unaltered. Mr. PELHAM presented a petition praying fur the abolition of the attorneys' certificate duty. Mr. F. SCOTT presented a petition from a place in Scotland complaining of agricultural distress, and pray ing for a return to protection. Mr. HUDSON presented two petitions from Sunder land, one in favour of the extension of county courts, and the other praying for certain alterations in the Merchant Seamen's Bill. Mr. T. D'EYNCOURT presented a petition from Lambeth in favour of the Extramural Interment Biil. Sir GEORGE PECHELL presented a petition from the attorneys of Brighton against the attorneys' certifi cate duty. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from St. Mary's, Lambeth, in favour of the Government Inter ment Bill. Mr. COWAN presented two petitions from Edinburgh against Sunday labour in the Post-office. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL. Mr. E. DENISON said the clauses in the Australian Colonies Government Bill, the clauses forming the Fe deral Assembly, were to be considered at the time this matter was discussed in Committee, upon the distinct understanding,' that those clauses were to be revise - I by the Government. lie wanted to know what view the Government took upon this point. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the Government still ad hered to the principle involved in the clauses which had been withdrawn, but they were desirous of giving the smaller colonies greater weight in the assembly. Those clauses would be laid on the table, when the matter would be brought before the House in a regular manner. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES GOVERNMENT BILL. Sir. W. MOLES WORTH rose to move that the Bill be recommitted, for the purpose of omitting all clauses which empower the Colonial -office to disallow colonial laws, to cause colonial bills to be reserved, and to in struct colonial governors as to their conduct in the local affairs of the colonies; and for the purpose of adding clauses enumerating and defining imperial and colonial powers. He said this Bill raised two questions, one of which was a special question with reference the Australian colonies, namely, what would be the best form of government for those colonies? That question had been fully considered in Committee, and he would not ask the House to re • verse their decision upon it. The other question bad not yet been discussed; that was, what amount of self-go vernment a colony ought to possess? Now the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) bad admitted that a colony ought to possess the greatest amount of self-government consistent with the integrity of the mother country. This Bill would not secure that end. If it passed in its present shape, there was not a single act which the Co lonial Government or. the Legislature could do without the express or implied sanction of the Colonial-office. If this Bill were to pass, a colonial governor would be a mere puppet of the Colonial-office, pulled by the wires in Downing -street. The Colonial-office by this Bill would have the power to annul any act of the colonial governor. It was evi dent that by this Bill the Colonial-office would continue to possess all those obnoxious powers which they now held. He would ask to whom all these vast powers were to to granted? To persons who had never had expe rience who were obliged to trust to second-hand informa tion, who were necessarily ignorant and generally misin formed. It would be easy for him to take colony after colony, and to mention the numerous instances of the evil effects, both to this country and to the colonies, from this system. But perhaps the Hon. Gentleman the Under- Secretary of State for the Colonies was instructed to say that such errors would never again be committed, that these powers would be used with the greatest circumspec tion. If the menaces of the colonists were unattended to acts of retaliation on their part might follow, and they perhaps wouldce d lead to the repent ance o f this country—such, for insta, as the remonstrances of Canada, the menaces of New South Wales, the murmurs of New Zealand, and now the demand of the inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope for free institutions. The Colonial-office was, in fact, a weak, ill-tempered, an d vac ill at i ng authority, which tyrannized over the people, and brought this country into universal hatred and repugnance. The question, therefore, was how they could give the colonies the greatest amount of self-government consistent with the position which this country occupied. He main tained that the inhabitants were entitled to certain rights and privileges, which ought to be reconciled with the local condition of each particular colony, and the maintenance of its allegiance with the mother I country. The colonial Parliaments were entitled to possess powers corresponding to those enjoyed by the British Parliament, with the exception of having an imperial power, for there could be no doubt if they had such power that they would become distinct empires, and form no longer an integral portion of the British dominions. Then came the question, how was this to be given to them. The greatest amount of self-government was not inconsistent with the purity and , integrity of the British empire. The immediate question ' then, for them t o d ec id e was how to draw th e li ne of demarcation between imperial and colonial powers; to decide that question they must determine what were colonial powers, and then those which were not enumerated must be taken as imperial powers; or they must first settle what were imperial powers, and leave those unenumerated to be con sidered as colonial powers. Now he proposed to adopt the latter course, because colonial powers were not so easily determined as imperial. Excepting those imperial powers he proposed to give the colonial Parliament all the power they were possessed by the British Legislature, and in order to establish what those imperial powers were, he had taken Black stone far his guile. In domestic matters the Crown enjoy ed the prerogative of passing its veto upon all measures passed by the Legisla ture, whether in the colonies or at home. New that prerogative could not be individually exercised by the Crown, and so tar as the colonies were con cerned, it was delegated to the Home-office, who, in its turn, sometimes delegated it to colonial governors. He proposed to transfer this veto to the governor and council of the colony.—(llear.) The colonial Parliament should be restricted from touching the royal; prerogatives, some of which, how ever, he proposed to transfer to the colonial governor. He proposed to vest all the imperial powers in a person appointed by the Colonial-office, paid by them and re sponsible to them, and the colonial powers in an officer paid and appointed by the Colonial Legislature. To remove the colonial governor he proposed that an address to the Crown shall be necessary. With regard to the colonial Parliaments, he proposed to restrict them from interfering with any foreign relations, with the command of the imperial forces, and from violating certain principles of polity which he held to be sacred, such as the establishment of slavery, &c. With these exceptions, he proposed that the colonial Government should have the same powers as the Imperial Parliament; and he would establish a supreme court, which should , have the power of deciding all matters connected with the acts of the colonial legis lature. In this he 'was justified by the example of the American judicial system. In support of this scheme of his ho might quote many eminent authors; and if this country had listened to such doctrines as these she would never have lost the North American colonies, and he was entitled to say, he thought that there was an analogy between the system of the United States and what ought to be our colonial system. And in order to give to the colonies the greatest amount of self - government which was consistent with the unity and integrity of the em pire, he proposed to withdraw all control over the colonial legislature from the Colonial-office, and to vest it, by the clauses which he now brought forward, in a separate tribunal. The Hon. Baronet concluded by moving that the Bill be now recommitted. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he agreed that the ma nagement of local concerns should be given as far as possible to these colonies, and that the inter ference of the Imperial Government should be confined to those cases where the safety of the imperial interests was concerned, and where it was necessary to restrain the colonial inhabitants from acting in a ho s til e or inju rious manner to each o th er , an d it was not to the object cf the Hon. Baronet that he offered any opposition, but his objection was that he was firmly convinced that the scheme of the Hon. Baronet, and the machinery by which he proposed to carry it out, would, so far from having a beneficial effect, introduce contu&ion and discontent into every part of our colonial empire to which he proposed to extend the measure. What, in fact, was the principle of the Bill? The Honourable Gentleman undertook in an Act of Parliament to define the prerogatives of the Crown, and ho mentioned nineteen instances in which the colonists were to have no jurisdiction; but as to all other rights beyond these they were to act as they pleased. Now he maintained that it was im possible in any Act of Parliament to define the rights of the Crown with precision, or to separate t 136 ' ) .. Mr. GLADSTONE wou ld b r i efly state wheoe wished to imply by the vote he proposed to give., oo 0 ' Right H on . G ent l eman had stated it was impostiet ,e 0 draw a li ne o f d emarcation between the power f;_r r , 0 Crown on the o ne h an d an d the power of the Leg ti ti' G , 1 tive A ssem bl y on t h e other. It would be too Intl ° oo IP assert in stron g t erms a direct negative to this Olten i but thin he, w ou ld say, t h at the object the most / a]. able and important to obtain was to emancipate the lonial legi s l a t ure f rom all control, save that whic h ' t' G Lo impos e d b y certa i n Imperial questions. This objet : I s o considered s econ d to none in importance. He 131- ' be assurance of it s perfect practicability t' , ,go , ' o dr thought it ought t o b e f ormally and carefully 00 had' id and that va gue op i n i ons of the difficulty of se i ntro! 0 6 these subj e ct s oug h t not to be considered a suffi,e' tg," answer to a moti on t h at contemplated practic al Ale c to The system had been tried in some of our 11° , r , V American colonies —they had been subject t o no ~„c " , a,i trol, and had been found to grow and pre spa* in ''', l / A sequence of this system. If the Act r mired, B° 7l fr found to require amendment, they would i m i n be calls if should he laws of England e ' override tl upon by the colonial legislature to ar .tend it. ,",) r lature ?He wished to rid this country of the neces L e i lof interfering with matters at a diets ice, over whic h 13, could not exercise efficient control. This subject ceg so toutoe examined by persons of le gal knowledge 8 i ili aen—and they ought to decide ff holy:1r, with Cate ge exc:ptienel ettses, the colonies Coe id not with advacr ,ilf be left to manage their own tiff:4i es, so that theyj n t , 0 as colonial legs li get rid of an administrative worked in a way to cause pair ful divisions and t° volve us in serious national discredit and disgraC e Of (Hear.) Ho troubled the f iouse with these reola!' r' pie because he was anxious to ' Jeer testimony to aprice l Which aas one of great ye ,itte and importance. The House then divide d, w h en th ere appeared -- 1 iepartmect which. ,02.