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at, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY l, 1851. frourtbWlTttfon SUN OFFICE, S even Clock% THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, JUNE 28, 1851. The Queen has been pleased to grant the office of So licitor-General for Scotland to George Deas, Esq., Ad vocate, in the room of John Cowan, Esq., appointed a Lord of Session. The Queen has also been pleased to appoiat Thomas Mackenzie, Esq., advocate, to be Sheriff of the shires or sheriffdom of Ross and Cromarty, in the room of George Desa, Esq., advocate. CROWN. OFFICE, JUNE 28. MENDER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Greenwich—David Salomons, of Great Cumberland-place, Hyde-park, in the county of Mid dlesex, Esq., and Alderman of the city of London, in the room of Edward George Barnard, Esq., deceased. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 30. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—Christopher Charles Teesdale, vice Parkin, promoted; James Lyons, vice Johnson, promoted; Charles Edward Torriano, vice Field, promoted; John Tatton Butler Brown, vice Bradshaw, promoted; Charles James Tyler, vice J. M. Campbell, promoted; George Joseph Smart, vice French, promoted; Robert William Gregory Leonard, vice Sir W. Johnson, Bart., promoted; Henry Noel Eden, vice Seymour, promoted; Alexander Walter Armstrong Ogilvie, vice F. Miller, promoted ; Robert Henry Newbolt, vice Haig, promoted ; Thomas Mahon, vice Owen, promoted; Charles Edward Stirling, ►ice Milman, promoted; William Carey, vice Boyle, pro moted, June 18. Corps of Royal Engineers.—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—Charles Nassau Martin vice Clarke, promoted; Francis Edward Pratt, vice Bainbrigge, pro moted, June 18. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 26. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet Cuth. bert Featherstone Daly to be Second Lieutenant Gentleman Cadet William Sanders to be Second Lieu. tenant. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire. The Right Hon. William Bateman Lord Bateinen to be Deputy-Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, JUNE 1 8 . The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Augustus Salmon, of the city of Bristol, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JUNE 30. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend William Pardie Dickson to the church and parish of Cameron, in the presbytery of St. Andrews, and county of Fife, vacant by the resignation of the Reverend Doctor William Brown. Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. James Somers to the church and parish of Barry, in the presbytery of Aberbrothock, and county of Forfar, vacant by the deposition of Mr. William Simpson, late minister there. _ WHITEHALL, JULY 1. The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Reverend George Evezard to the perpetual curacy of St. James's Chapel, in the parish of St. Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, and diocese of London, the same being void by the death of the Reverend Stewart William Hanna. BANKRUPTS. 0 Nen Sparrow, grocer, Aldgate High-street, to sur render July 11, at half-past one, and Aug. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingisall-street; Surr and Gribble, Lombard -street. Francis Woolhouse Saunders, harnessmaker, Thame, Oxfordshire, July 12, at eleven, and Aug. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall.streot; Cooke, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Llewellyn Thomas, grocer, Bristol, July 13, and Aug. 13, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assig nee, Bristol; Bigg, Bri s t o l. ames Hervey, sharebroker, Halifax, July 17, and August 28, at eleven, at th e L ee d s District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Parker and Adam, Halifax; Courtenay and Compton, Leed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. John T. Austin, fringe manufactuter,Wardour-st., Soho Leon. Just, watchmaker, Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell. John Missenden, cattle-dealer, Caledonian-street,King's - cross. J. Harrison, leather-seller, South-terrace, Bermondsey. William Palmer, electrotypist, Charington-street,lso - Joseph Jackson, superannuated clerk in the Bank of England, Essex-place, Mile-end-road. Richard Saul, meat salesman, Blackfriars-road. William Job White, printer, King-street, Holborn. Richard Farnham, assistant to a beershop-keeper, High street, Shoreditch. Charles Westlake, butcher, Newport-market. John Gagdon Cameron, master mariner, America• square, Minories. Thomas Charles Chesmere Wicks, journeyman ivory turner, Gray's-inn-lane. Francis Robinson, journeymen butcher, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate-street John Charles Seipp, foreign merchant, Wellelose-s cinaxe, Goodman's-fields. James Simpson, commission agent, Pollard's-row, Beth nal-green-road. Joseph Gunning, law writer, Upper Holloway. James Edmund Wood, engraver, New-square, Minories. R. Collinson, upholsterer, Newmae-street, Oxford -street. Isaac Harris, grocer's clerk, Peckham Rye. A. Smith, cab proprietor, Garden-row, London-road. W. E. Follet, gilder, Chenics-place, Somers'-town. William Squire, pianoforte maker, High Holborn. Samuel Herbert, mealman, Kercerton, Gloucestershire. William Moore, farmer, C o lburn, Yorkshire. James Robson, plate layer, Ferry-hill Station, Durham. H. Nutt, hair seat manufacturer, Kingston -upon-Hull. John Pearson, grocer, Staleybridge, Cheshire. Thomas Swinburn, grocer, Hedley, Ovingham, North umberland. John Widdall, licensed victualler, Side-o'-th'-Moor, Old ham, Lancashire. J. W. Brown, Commander, R.N., Cawsend, Cornwall. Samuel Bearcroft, smith, Gloucester. John Owens, greengrocer, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan shire. Elizabeth Shapley, shopkeeper, Harford, Ilsington, De. vonshire. Mary Shapley, shopkeeper, Harford, Ilsington, Devon shire. John Thomas, grocer, Michaelstone-super-Avon, Gla morganshire. J. G. Nicholson, cheesemonger, High-street, Woolwich. Frederick Reeves Barrett, teacher of music, West beep ing, Lincolnshire. William Harrison, tailor, High-street, Hartlepool. Thomas Williams, grocer's assistant, Manchester. John Ladeveze Plaistow Trapaud, Count de Chabot (commonly called Marquis de Saint Maurice), Lieut. on half-pay in the East India Company's Service, Erith, Kent. John Jeffery, Chard, Somersetrhire. Walter Morgan, grocer, Penydarren, Glamorganshire. John Robins, groom, Aileburton, Gloucestershire. George Brown, woolstapler, Bradford, Yorkshire. SE OF EXCH Amsterdam 11 16 Ditto, three months., 11 1734 Eiotterdara 11 17% Antwerp 25 2234 Brussels • • • • .. 25 2234 Eanaburgh •• • M.B. 13 7% Altona... ..... ........ Paris, 3 days'sight 25 234 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 20 Marseilles •• •• .• 25 2234 80urdeAux......... • Frankforton Maine.... 119 Vienna, effec. fio .. • • 12 11 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 35 Petersburgli, Sil. Bble•• 37 Madrid .. • • .... .... 50 Cadiz ••...• • • • . .. 50% 3arccloaa • • • • ...... Bevills.• •• •• •• • • • • •• .• .NGE.-('THIS DAY.) Gibraltar • • • • • • • • •• •• •• Leghorn ••••••• • •• •• • • 30 35 Genoa •• •• •• •• •••••• •• 25 32% Milan • • -• •• •• •• •• •• •• Venice. • • • • • • • • • • • Naples 41% Palermo,peroz.. •• .• .• 124 Messina •••••••••• •• •• 124( Lisbon— •••••••••• •• •• 5314 Oporto ••••••••• • • • •• • • 5N Rio Janeiro •........ Buenos Ayres .. • • .... New York, 60 days'aight Philadelphia .• 1•1101111 OP BULLION, PEI OS. Foreign Geld in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Now Dollars •... 0 4 114 Silver in bars 0 5 ON MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. SMITHFIELD MARKET REMOVAL BILL. Lord REDESDALE brought up the report of the Standing Orders' Committee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill, recommending that the Bill be not pro ceeded with, inasmuch as the standing orders relating to private Bills had not been complied with. Lord BEAUMONT considered that if they treated this Bill as a private Bill they would establish a most dangerous precedent. It was a public Bill, to remove a great public nuisance, and had been introduced into the House of Commons, and been there treated as a public Bill, having been introduced, not on petition but motion, and had been thoughout treated as a public Bill, save that the Standing Orders' Committee of that House having been consulted on the subject, had recommended that notices should be published in the Gazette. This was done, and the Bill was proceeded with as a public Bill, and as a public Bill it had been sent up to their Lordships. Their Lordships might, it they pleased, treat it as a private Bill, but the real ques tion was, did it concern great public interests or did it not. In the cases of the Metropolitan Cemeteries Bill and other Bills of a similar character their Lord ships had treated them as public Bills, and he thought that in such an important case as this the Bill should be considered as a public Bill. He would move as a reso lution that, inasmuch as the Smithfield Market Removal Bill partakes more of the nature of a public than of a private Bill, it is the opinion of that House that it should be proceeded with as a pub lic Bill, and that the standing orders should not be insisted on. The Corporation of London had had ample equitable notice, and might if they chose be heard at the bar by counsel against it. The Marquis of SALISBURY thought that such a resolution should not be proposed without notice. Lord BEAUMONT would, if they thought it neces sary, postpone his motion, and give notice of it. Lord LYNDH'URST thought the Bill was not a public Bill. Lord REDESDALE said the standing orders had been passed for the protection of private property, and wherever private property was touched by any Bill, it was necesssary that those standing orders should be observed. He hoped their Lordships would insist upon the observance of the standing orders in this instance. Everybody knew that Smithfield -market was a nuisance, and that the Corporation of London actually knew all about the Bill, but still it would be most dangerous to allow the standing orders to be dispensed with. The notices might have been given in November, and then the standing orders would have been complied with. If the Noble Lord thought the standing orders ought not to be insisted on he might make tho motion, but it would be most objectionable to treat this measure as a public Bill. Lord BROUGHAM wished exceedingly that this Bill should pass into a Bill, and would recommend his Noble Friend (Lord Beaumont) to move the suspension of the standing orders instead of persevering in his motion. He had no fear of this House losing the respect of the com munity by acceding to this Bill. Earl GREY concurred in the recommendation of his Noble and Learned Friend opposite, but thought that as his Noble Friend (Lord Beaumont) had consented to postpone his motion to Thursday, he thought it would be better not to enter into the discussion until then. Lord BEAUMONT then gave notice that on Thurs day he should bring the question under the considera tion of the House. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, July 1.) Su oaa.—To-day there was a further increase in the supply of Colonial at market. Importers of West India were disposed to realise; but submitti ng to a reduction on the rates f Friday of 6d per cwt, caused a good demand to prevail, but chiefly for refining purposes. The purchases are 910 hhds, &c., including at auc ti on 1 60 hfids 15 tierces Barbadoes, which sold at steady rates; middling yellow at 37s 6d to 38s 6d, good to fine 39s to 41s, 442 hhds 8 tierces and 270 barrels St. Lucia, however, went rather lower ; fine yellow at 39s to 40s, middling to good 36s 6d to 38s 6d, ordinary 35s to 36s 6d, good to fine brown 34s 6d to 355, low and middling 33s to 34s per cwt. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar met with a good demand, supplies being moderate, and rates are firm; brown lumps cannot be obtained under 47s per owt. In the market for Crushed Sugar there is a firmness, with a fair business doing. MA.uniTrus.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was leas in demand, and the public sales of 1,941 begs went at rather lower rates, good to fine yellow selling at 395 to 4os, low to good mid 36s to 38s Gd, and fine brown 355 to 35s 6d per cwt. There was little done privately. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon dealers were less dis- Peaed to op er ate in Belgal Sugar; the hest Benares re alised the former value, but other sorts sold 6d per cwt lower. , Of 3 800 bags at auct ion about half sold , fin d e t o 'l '4tien rd ' 4 os to 42s 6 d , goc d middlin g t o good 4 and ordin d ary ,tl;,' to middling 38s 6 d to 39 e 6d, Madras 3,000 ~.,, „ good soft yellow 32 s to 37 5. Of at 43s to 45s other were offere_d at , anction, grainy sold terms, but of other g r o t o s d to fine yellow; those are full easier rates; soft br‘°,,--- a portion only found buyers at 35s 6d, and a few lO ' ts - 37s to 38s 6 d. Of at 26s 6d to 30 s , ye llow 31s to Ceylon 459 ba gs 50 bZ°cl brought mostly at 33s 6d for orcen \l at-, trey i s h ; tilt at 32S t o 345 6 10 d, but wer rates. CocoA.—British Plantation these are et w"th little atten tion, and parcels can only b© sor a la t 1 At auction 500 bags and 13 4' -.-.. Grenada middling and good red at --3't es were taken in, rather lower rates. ordinary middling grey 32s to 343:t0 38 3 . St Lucia, ordinary dark red, 355. The rates takt4 fit. Vincents, red Trinidad have bee n 40 s to 46?, and ' f i e viv4ltelY for 40s per cwt. In For e i gn sa l es are yet .- i,,,.5 ' scale. There are sellers of Bahia and Pa u r l'''a t a ' mall 36s to 28s, and of Guayaquil at 303 per cwt. a ` 46 5 to FOREIGN.—To-day there was less demand for p o Sugar from shippers and hom e d ea l ers, but holderes ita s floating cargoes would not sell a t l ower prices. Of pe°r vambuco 4,898 bags at auction were a ll t a k en in at 37; for good brown. _ • _ Lord REDESDALE said that the Noble Lord must give specific notice if ho intended to move the sus pension of the standing orders. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that by giving such a notice, his Noble Friend would bo admitting that it was a private Bill. The notice had better bo given generally. After a few words from Lord COLCHESTER, Lord BROUGHAM recommended his Noble Friend to confine himself to a general notice. Lord BEAUMONT gave notice that on Friday he would call the attention of their Lordships to the sub ject, and that on Thursday he would state to their Lorebibi "- i t :rdships the specific words of the motion he intended a'lbriait to their Lordships. A rneng: PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL Th e t ot GRANVILLE then moved that their should go into Committee on the Patent LAW ent ....• " ,11 , and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) AlOLASSES.—Operations have been of little moment, but parcels are not pressed for sale, the stock being smaller than last seaeon. The value of low to fine West India is 13s 6d to 16s. Cuba and Porto Rico 14s to 15s 6cl, Bengal and Mauritius 12s to 12s 6d per cwt. For honey the demand is brisker, and stiffer rates are ob tained for fine. The value is from 35s to 55s for Jamaica, as to quality. COFFEE.—This afternoon the demand was less active for Plantation Ceylon Coffee, and in some cases rather lower rates were acceded to. At auction, however, 227 casks and 167 bags nearly all sold, mid went at 52s to SU 6d, low mid 50s to 51s 6d, fine fine ord 46s to 4 B°, fine ord 44s to 45s 6d, good ord 42s to 53' pea berry 51s to 565, triage 36s 6d to 428 ' Native is less in request, and former rates are supported with tl•fc at 38s for real cu ty. At public sale 250 bags old Rood ord, and at 33s 6d to 363 tcr s da maged. Mocha is still wanted, and atiffur rates are • vex 110-usll OF COMMONS. The Lords The SPEAKER t ook th e Ch a i r a t T we l ve o ' c l oc k. Bill and the Maltnesbur' amendments to the Chorley Waterworks y siderul a n d agreed to. Turnpike Roads Bill were con- The Wark wort h i larbour Dock Company Bill was read a third ti me and paned. The ilartlepool Pier and Port Bill was considered end agreed to. COUNTY COURTS FURTHER EX TENSION BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. moats, Clau ses were agreed from 1 tto.o 8 inclusiv e , w i th several nuaeLd- obtained. At auction 50 hf-bales sold at 69s for good, Clause 9 was struck out. and at 63s to 64s for mid clean garbled. Clause 10 was agreed to, after a short discussion. TEA.—To-day the public sales of Tea went off with Clauses 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 were struck out. faVkfilt, and of 8,300 packages offered 4,000 sold, good Clause 16 was postponed. ord ongou realised 104 d to lid, which is rather Clauses 17 and 18 were agreed to. higher. _Other sorts went at full rates, except Canton Clauses 19, 20, and 21 were struck out. Gunpowder, which sold id lower. The remaining clauses were then agreed to. RICE.—To-day the rates accepted for East India Rice Mr. MULLINGS moved the following clause :—That were 3d under those existing previously ; there was in if in any action commenced after the passing of this consequence a good demand from shippers and home Act, in any of her Majesty's superior courts of record, dealers. At auction 7,443 bgs 873 pkts were nearly all in covenant, debt, detinue, or assumpsit, not being an sold; good to fine white w e nt a t 10s to us, mid and action for a breach of promise of marriage, the plaintiff good mid 9s to 9s 9d, fair broken 8s 6d to 9s, damaged shall recover, by verdict, a sum exceeding twenty pounds, 5s 6d to 9s. 650 bags Madras went at 7s to 7s 6d for and not exceeding fifty pounds; or if in any action corn low pinkey, and dama ge d 5s 6d to 7s. Sago is rather menced after the passing of this Act, in any of her Ma lower, and 241 cs sold at 18s 6d for mid small pearl. jesty's superior courts of record, in trespass, trover, or SPIcEs.—To-day at auction 37 es Bengal Ginger sold ease, not being an action for malicious prosecution, or at 37s to 37s 6d for ord home trade sorts, being cheaper, for libel, or for slander, or for criminal conversation, or Of Pimento 10 bgs went at qd for mid, this is a full for seduction, the plaintiff shall recover, by •verdict, a price. 29 cs Cassia Vera sold at 36s 6d, one lot 355. sum exceeding five pounds and not exceeding twenty SALTPETRE.—To-day Calcutta was in good demand, pounds, it shall be lawful for the judge, or other presid and full rates are obtained; the best sorts meet with ing officer, before whom such verdict shall be obtained, most attention. At auction 2 , 45 0 bgs were nearly all if he shall see fit, to certify on the back of the record, disposed of; very superior 2 per cent realized 29s 6d to that it appeared to him at the trial that the cause of action 30s, fine 41 to 34 28s 6d t o 29 5 , 5 t o 5i 28s to 28s 6d, was one for which a pl a i n t oug ht to h ave b een entered in good 61 to 61 per cent 275, mid 11 per cent 26s 6d, any such county court as aforesaid, and the plain washed, &c, not retracted 23s to 29s per cwt. tiff in such case shall have judgment to recover such SPIRITS.—Of Demerara Rum several parcels have sum only and no costs; and it shall not be necessary to been sold at is 10d to 2s 4d for ord to good 30 to 40 enter any suggestion on the record to deprive such plain per cent over proof, and there is a firm market. A good tiff of costs; nor shall any such plaintiff be entitled to demand prevails for East India at is 3id to is 4d proof, costs by reason of any privilege as attorney or officer of and there are not free sellers. Orders for Leeward such court or otherwise. Island are upon an extended scale at is 5d to is 6d, and The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the clause, holders have confidence. For shipping and home con- thinking it unfair to allow parties the privilege of sumption several parcels of Jamaica have been taken, applying to the superior courts, and then indirectly to previous terms being w ell supported ; ord and mid qua- punish them for so doing. lity 30 to 33 p er cent over proof selling at 2s 4d to 2s Bd, Mr. MULLINGS said that as the Attorney-General good 32 to 36 over 2s 9d to 3s 3d, fine sad choice marks opposed the clause he should not press it. 34 to 38 over 3s 4d to 45 4d. There is a desire on the The clause was then withdrawn. part of holders to sell Cognac Brandy best brands of Mr. MULLINGS then moved another clause:—That the vintage of 1850 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditt o 4 s 6d to it shall be lawful for the judge of any county court, upon 45 Bd, 1848 ditto 4s lid to 5s id, 1847 ditto 5s 5d to one calendar month'sprevious notice thereof, to be affixed 5s 7d, older 5s lod to 7s, low to m id 2s 6d t o 3s Bd, an d in the office of such court, to direct, that for the space of Bordeaux 2s 9d to 2s 3d. I n B r iti s h ma d e Spirit not one calendar month, to commence not earlier than the much has been done; the value is still 9s 5d to 9s 6d. tenth day of August, and to terminate not later than the Gin for export can be obtained at 2s 6d. Geneva rather twenty. fourth day of October in any year, the office of more in demand at is 7d to is Bd, and fine ails 9d to 2s. such court shall be open for receiving money and issuing INDIGO.—The limited transactions in East India have executions only. been at a reduction on last quarterly sales rates of 2d to Sir G. GREY opposed the amendment. 3d per lb. On Tuesday next the sale will commence, After a short conversation the clause was postponed and the quantity declared is 13,830 chests, being a larger until the report. quantity than was expected. In Spanish little has been The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the following done, and rates incline downwards; on Friday 900 serons clause :—And whereas by an Act passed in the tenth will be offered at auction. year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, &c., COCHINEAL.—HoIders having been ready sellers at it was enacted that no person should be entitled to ap previous low rates, occasioned the home and export pear for any other party to any proceeding-in any of demand to be better for all qualities. At auction 450 the said courts, " unless he be an attorney of one of bags were nearly all disposed of—Honduras Silvers, good her Majesty's superior courts of record, or a barrister to fine went at 3s 6d to 3s 11d; low to good mid at-law instructed by such attorney on behalf of the party, 2s 10ii to 3s sd; black, ord to fine 3s 6d to 4s I Id; Te- or by leave of the judge, any other person allowed by neriffe, Silvers 3s 2d to 3s 4d, and black 38 5d to 4s Id, the judge to appear instead of such party, but that no The value of Mexican Silvers is 2s 9d to 2s 11d, black barrister, attorney, or other person, except by leave 3s 2d to 3s 6d per lb. Stock is 2,000 bags more than last of the judge, should be entitled to be heard year, and deliveries exhibit an increase of 1,000 bags. to argue any question as counsel for any For auction 200 bags are declared. other person in any proceeding in any court OILS.—The limited transactions in Sperm have been holden under that Act," be it enacted, that the at rather lower rates, and of 45 tuns of auction, a part said provision shall not be deemed or construed to only sold at 801. 5s to 831. ss, but chiefly at 831, apply to any case within the jurisdiction given to the for good quality. In Headmatter sales have been said courts by this present Act, or by any other Act, small at 88/ to 92/. Southern is less wanted, and other than the above partly recited Act, and that in all easier rates are taken. At auction 74 tunssold at cases in which jurisdiction is given to the said courts by 29115 s to 321 for ord to fine. Seal has been only in the present Act, or by any other Act other than the moderate request ; and the prices taken for pale are above partly recited Act, barristers-at-law and attorneys 30/ to 301 103, other sorts 28s 10.3 to 29/. 10s. The shall have and enjoy such rights and privileges as have value of Ccd is 361 to 37/. Cocoa Nut has fallen in been hitherto used and exercised by them respectively value. At auction 400 casks in part sold in in the superior courts of common law at Westminster. Ceylon at 283 to 28s 6d ; Manilla 25a to 26s Mr. FITZROYsaid, that in its present state, he should 3d ; South Sea 26s to 263 9d. Linseed Oil is feel bound to oppose the clause. to be obtained at rather lower rates; still shippers have After some discussion, in which Mr. P. Howard, Mr. operated with caution; a good home trade demand, how- Mullings, and Mr. J. Evans took part, ever, has been exp er i ence d at 31s 9d to 325. For delivery Mr. WAKLEY moved that the debate on the amend few transactions have taken place, although there are set- ment be postponed, to give time for its further conside less at 3 Is 6d to 31s 9d. In Rape Oil little has been done— ration, since if adopted it would introduce an entirely British Refined is obtainable at 335, brown 31s to 31s 6d, new feature in the practice of the county courts. and Foreign, pale, 33s 9d, to kls. In Olive t ransact i ons Sir G. PECHELL a l so recommen d e d th e postpone aresll t G o a a ll f ip ai o r li e a x t te 3 u B t/ to h 3 ol 9 d l e ; rs however, are disposed to meat of the clause. e Levant at 36/ lOs to 371 103. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL professed his readi- A good demand exists for Palm, the rates paid being ness to modify the clause to meet the objection which 27s 6d to 283 per cwt. for fine. had been raised against it. neeow,—The rates demanded for fine yellow Candle The clause was then agreed to, on the understanding on the spot are 37 s 6d to 37s 9d per cwt. Prices that it was to be modified. are not so firm for delivery; and there are sellers for last three month s o f the year at 39i; but few The Bill was then ordered to be printed, and recom mitted on Tuesday next at 12 o'clock. transactions have taken pl ce. Home melted is offering The House then resumed. at 35e to 365, net cash, and dealers operate with ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTY VALUATION reluctance; th e supp l y remains plentiful. Of Australian (IRELAND) BILL. 680 casks at auction were partly sold—Beef at 33s 9d This Bill passed through Committee; and the House to 35s 6d; Sh eep 353 to 37s 3d; 184 casks South Ame- adjourned until Five o'clock. rican 33s 6d to 375; and 14 casks Oporte 34s to 35s Gd - per cwt. For auction 800 casks of Tallow are declared, COUR, A The House resumed at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of the Pharmaceutical Bill. Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition from the metropolis praying for the abolition of the paper and newspaper duty. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from a place in Staffordshire against the truck system. Mr. HERRIES presented a petition from Sunderland, complaining of the repeal of the navigation-laws. Lord NAAS presented a petition from Mr. Archer; the patentee of a machine for making perforated postage stamps, complaining that the Government had only offered him 2001. for his invention, and 300/. for the machine, the machine itself having cost him altogether 9001., and praying for an inquiry into the circumstances connected with his cases. Colonel FREESIUN p7esented a petition from the physicians, surgeon. 9, and medical practitioners of Wey mouth and Melcombe Regis, praying the House to pass a Bill for regulating the qualifications of pharmaceutical chemists in Great Britain; also petitions from the che mists of inhabitants of the same - place of similar import. hares to the amount of 7,5001. Some conversations ensued relative to the directors borrowing money to increase the operations of the company, but no resolu tion to that effect was adopted, anc it was left to the dis cretion of the directors. The report was then unanimotmly adopted, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated. REFUSAL OF A MEDICAL MAN TO ATTEND A WOMAN IN LABOUR. The week before last Mr. Hitetins held an inquest at Marion, near Gainsborough, on be body of Elizabeth Fletcher, who died in child-birth Liter being delivered of twins. The case excited extreme interest. The husband stated that in April last he spoke to Mr. Smith, surgeon, of Marton, to attend his wife, and that Mr. Smith replied, " Whenever your wife wants me, call upon me, and I will attend." On T ues d ay night (de 10th inst.) at nearly 11 o'clock, his wife being taken in labour, he went to Mr. Smith and asked him to accompany him to his wife; but Mr. Smith replied that he you'd not go. He went home, but though the midwife sent him again, Mr. Smith still refused to come. Fletcher imploringly said, " Do, Mr. Smith, or my wife will die;" but the surgeon said ho would not, and that he might " go to h— fur a doctor." Mr. Fairchild, surgeon, of Willingham, residing at a distance of three or four miles from Marton, was then fetched, but before be arrived the poor woman was dead. At this stage of the inqairy the husband sobbed and cried as if heart-broken. Tho jury expressed a wish to have Mr. Smith present, and the coroner sent for him. The evidence having been read, Mr. Smith said—l deny having promised to attend the deceased : they owed me money, and I was not bound to go. I also deny telling the husband that he might "go to h-- for a doctor." The man was drunk when he came. Coroner—But I apprehend the wife was not drunk; the man states that he had only one pint of beer, and that that was given to him: I will recall him. Being recalled, the man asserted before Mr. Smith that he had engaged him, and that Mr. Smith had pro mised to attend. He added, "I was not drunk, and you know, when I begged and prayed of you to come to my wife as she vi as dying, you told me I might • go to h--- for a doctor.'" Mr. Smith—l deny it, and I suppose, Mr. Coroner, my word is as good, at least, as that man's. Coroner—Stay, Mr. Smith, we will teat that. Call in a man of the name of Cooper. James Cooper, butcher, stated that on the Tuesday night he felt poorly, and wished Mr. Smith to give him some medicine to take home, and they both went to the surgery from the White Swan. While there the bus band of the deceased came, and again asked Mr. Smith to go to his wife, but the latter said be would not. The man begged and prayed of him to go, as he was sure his wife would die. The surgeon declared that he would not go, and that the man " might go to h— for a doctor." Coroner—Now, Mr. Smith, the jury will form a cor rect estimate with respect to which side the truth has been found on. From your positive denial of the one fact, which has been confirmed by evidence that even you have not disputed, I have little doubt of the truth of the husband's statement that you did promise to attend. That unfortunately wants confirmation, and had it been confirmed it would have become a duty to deal with the case differently from what must, as it stands, necessarily be the issue. By your promise to attend the wife, the husband had, as he supposed, no occasion to apply to any one else, as he relied upon you; but supposing you had not promised, surely, when an appeal for a dying woman was made, and whea under nature's severest trial, common huma nity should have induced you to leave a public-house and go the distance of 400 yards to save a fellow-crea ture; but ibstead of obeying these humane dictates, you not only refused, but forgot decency of language, and outraged all respect for yourself and the profession by adding cruelty to inhumanity. I confess I envy not your feelings. _ _ A furor—Mr. Cooper, was Mr. Smith sober? Cooper —Well, I think so. Coroner—Was the husband sober? Cooper—Yes, sir, he was. Coroner—Another contradiction to your statement, Mr. Smith; and as you have no other explanation, you may retire. A. S. Harvey, Esq., deposed that he had seen the de ceased, and had heard the evidence, and from the facts he could arrive at only one conclusion—that the de ceased had died from excessive basmorrhage and exhaus tion from the loss she had sustained, which might have been averted, if she had had the medical assistance she required. The Coroner summed up, animadverting strongly upon the want of feeling on the part of Mr. Smith and his denial of the truth of the husband's statement, a hich had been confirmed. The law, he believed, was not stringent enough to punish in this instance, or it would never have been more justly carried out. The medical profession was of the highest importance, and only very few in stances of such total disregard of humanity would be found. The evidence was before the jury, and the verdict he would leave to them. The jury then unanimously agreed to the following verdict:—" That the deceased, from excessive haemor rhage and exhaustion did die; that Mr. Smith, surgeon, did refuse to attend the deceased, although informed that she was in a dying state; and that, from medical evidence, had she had medical aid her death might have been averted. The jury, upon the evidence, are of opi nion that, although the deceased did die from natural causes, her death might have been prevented had Mr. Smith attended."—Shereld Times. HORRIBLE ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND SUICIDE. On Saturday night and early on Sunday morning the neighbourhood of the Barracks, in Silver-street, which has many years been a moral and physical nuisance to the whole city, was the se. - me of a most shucking crime, being an attempt at murder and suicide. It appears that a man named John Waters, a country labourer, had been residing in the barracks several months with a girl named Mary Ann Bush. Latterly they had disagreed and quarrelled. On Saturday, Waters asked the girl to "go home with him and be comfort• able," but she refused to live with him again. lie then asked her if he should dine with her on the follow ing day (Sunday), and if so he would buy something for dinner. To this she agreed, and he then went and purchased some things for dinner and took them to her house. In the middle of the night, or about one o'clock in the morning, she went home in company with another man, at which time Waters was lying under the bed, as she thought, asleep. After the other man had left, Waters commenced a quarrel with the girl; they had high words together, and he caught hold of her by the neck, when she felt a sharp sensation, as though he 'as pinching her neck, and cried out " 0 John, don't murder me." Her cries alarmed the neighbours, and two men named Maund and Spragg forced the door, and one of theca knocked Waters down. Waters got up and ran up a passage, turning into a place where he concealed himself under some stairs. Maund then ran to the station-house and gave information to Sergeant Bateman, who was quickly on the spot. Manwhile two girls dragged Bush out of the kitchen to their own house, and finding her throat cut, of concealmentut,theytiedana,parnodn round her neck to stop the hemor r h age . S ergeant Bate oinnanpufolluinngd h W im ate o r u s t by i the n his ac collar, found th at hi s throat was also cut. Policeman Workman th en came up, and by his assistance the man was taken to the station-house, where also Bush was soon after conveyed, and Mr. Budd, surgeon, was speedily on the spot, and sewed up their wounds. That on Bush's throat was five inches in length, but no artery had been cut; that on 'Waters's throat con sisted of two cuts, one of which had penetrated his windpipe. Both have been pronounced in a fair way for recovery. In the house where the shocking occurrence took place, Bateman found in the centre of the kitchen a great pool of blood and a pocket knife lying close by with blood on it; the knife had been recently sharpened. It is said that evidence will be ad duced to prove that Waters had been seen to sharpen the knife, and that he had also threatened the girl Bush. True to her sex, however, she pleaded in his behalf when in cus tody, and endeavoured as far as possible to ward off the consequences of his crime. Her evidence was taken be fore Mr. Sidebottom and Mr. Pierpoint, on Monday, at the police station, and the case was remanded.— Wor cester Chronicle. FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT. A most distressing accident occurred here on Tues day morning last, which resulted in the death of a fine young man named Robert Dalgleish, who had charge of the steam-engine of the Messrs. Cochrane, manufacturers. While engaged in his attendance upon the engine, which is a condenser of 14-horses power, and acts in junction with a large waterwheel, he was caught by the breast of his loose jacket by one of the "governor balls," which serves to re gulate the admission of the steam. His arm was in stantly entangled between the spindle and governor rod, and in a moment he was whirled round and round by the machine with a velocity which was increased by the governors b e i ng forced down by this obst ruction, thus allowing the steam full power by opening the valve. His cries soon attracted the attention of the other workmen, who hastened to his rescue with all speed. Notwithstanding every exertion, a few minutes elapsed before the machinery could be brcught to a stand, so groat was the velocity it had attained. On being dis engaged of the few remaining shreds of clothing which bound the unfortunate man to the engine, a melancholy spectacle presented itself. Almost every article of cloth ing was literally stripped away, and the body dread fully mutilated. The right arm, in particular, by which he was pri nc ip a ll y entangled, was twisted and crushed till the bones w ere almost ground down. He sustained, besides other injuries a severe fracture of the left leg, and on one aide the ribs were entirely fractured. The rods to which the governors are attached were bent out almost to a r i ght angle—an instance of the extra ordinary pressure to which the body must have been sub jected. Strange to say, notwithstanding all this, the unfortunate sufferer retained his senses when relieved, and for the short time after that he lived, nor did he ever .complain of pai n . T h i s may b e accounted for by his Head having entirely escaped injury, while the severity of his b ru i ses had prostrated all nervous sensibility. A stretcher being procured, he was con veyed to his father's house, and the medical assistance of the town was i n prompt attendance. From the first, however, it was seen that his injuries were fatal, and he expired about three hours after the accident. The un fortunate man being alone at the time when the accident occurred, not the slightest blame can be attached to any one.—B order Advertiser. DUBLIN CUSTOMS.—The Customs duties received at the port of Dublin for the week ended Juno 28, were 12,4421., viz. —Tea, 5 ,866/. • suer, 1,606/. ; wine, 1,2601. ; spirits 4271 . tobacoo, 2,609/: ; numllaneous, 1,2724 Sir F. BARING, as the author of the Treasury minute which had been so much attacked, was anxious not to shrink from taking his share of the responsibility attaching to it. It had been said that these frauds could not be prevnted ; but ten years' experience in the case of tobacco had con vinced itim of the contrary. In 18:32 statements were made that the adulteration of coffee had gone to a great extent, and that chicory had been very much introduced. The Treasury minute was issued on the representation of the most re-pect able part of the trade that the law was a punishment to the honest dealer and a protection to the dishonest. Their state tnent was this—" We obey your regulations, and du not mix chicory with our coffee, but our neighbours do; and the re sult is that we are losing the trade which they gain." The question was, whether the law would be effectual if carried out, and he was assured that such would not be the case. The respectable part of the trade whom he saw assured him that the law was inefficient, and that if the whole of its powers were carried into effect they would be unable to accomplish the object in view. But he was told this was a question of public morality, and that great dishonesty was practised by those who so.d the mixture called coffee; but if parties were perfectly aware of what they were buying, he could not understand where the dishonesty was. But as they talked so much of public morality he must beg to cau tion them with regard to one point. They could not carry their object into effect by the mere repeal of the Treasury minute; they must introduce a new survey and system of excise ; and was that likely to render the people more moral ? He had had unfortunate experience of the effect of the Ex cise laws, and the evasions and frauds attending them, and he was perfectly satisfied that the success of this motion would introduce a most unconstitutional practice, and he therefore hoped the House would reject it.—(Hear.) Mr. HERItIES assumed that as he Right Hon. Gentle man was the author of the minute in question he had ex hausted all the arguments which could be urged in its de fence. And, after all, what had he/ said? All he had said was what with him was a matter of necessity. But, he said, that if they now insisted on enforcing by means of the ex cise a check on this fraudulent practice, they would increase immorality greatly by extending the excise laws. Why, there was not one of these trades to which allusion had been made which were not already subject to the excise with re spect to many other articles, so that the operations of the excise officers in point of fact would not be extended at all. This was the first time he had heard the head of a depart ment sanction the commission of fraud.—(Hear, hear.) A technical objection had been taken to the motion on the ground that an excise clause was proposed, to be introduced into a Customs Bill. But that was not correct. If the House should accede to the motion of his Hon. Friend, it would not follow that excise officers must of necessity be the persons employed, for it would be quite competent for the Treasury to employ the officers of the Customs if they should so please. The mixture was said to have been accepted by the public, but he confessed he had never heard that the public were willing to have it, or that this celebrated Chancellor of the Exchequer's mixture had been advertised. Such being the case, and the motion of the Hon. Member for Huntingdon not being inconsistent with the practice of the House, and being moreover calculated to preve n t f rau d, h e would cer tainly give it his support.—(Hear, and cries of " Divide.") Mr B. OSBORNE assured the House that he would re spect the hour, and that his observations should be few. In givibg this assurance, however, he must remind those Hon. Members who did not seem disposed to take their coffee before dinner that this was a very important question to the commerce of this country. A greater delusion had never been foisted on the public than that which had been first hatched by the Hon. and Learned Member for Youghal, and now was brought into second life by the Hon. Member for Huntingdon. What was the whole gist of the question? The Hon. Member called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to violate a very important principle. He called on the Government to interfere in all the petty details of commerce, instead of leaving them to the legitimate spirit of enterprise and competition.—(Hear, hear.) He haft been informed by one of the first houses in the metropolis, that, in consequence of the erroneous impression which had been abroad that bul lock's blood and bone-dust and other ingredients were used for the adulteration of coffee, a great demand had arisen for what was called " Anatey's Pure."— (Laughter.) But what had happened since? He was told by the same authority that within the last fortnight the same people had come back to the establishment and said, "Let us have nothing to do with that stuff for which we paid ls. Bd. a pound, but give us the old mixture at ls. a pound."—(Hear, and laughter.) The law of 43d George, which had been m i srepresented, only provided against the introduction of vegetable substances, and would afford no protection against the admixture of bone-dust and horses' blood. He had had this mixture examined, and it turned out that it was not horses' blood which it contained, but horse beans.—(Laughter.) It had been asserted that the importation of coffee decreased last year, but the Hon. Gentleman who made that statement forgot to tell them that the impo tation of other potables— tea and cocoa—had increased. He hoped the Irish Members would well weigh this matter, for it was very important to Ireland. He knew from residing in that country that this beverage was fast creeping into consumption there, and he therefore called —not on the Hon. and Learned Member for Youghal, who, probably, did not care much for Ireland, in asmuch as he was never likely again to represent an Irish constituency, but on the other Irish Members, to resist the motion of the Hon. Member for Huntingdon. He knew that Hon. Member's motives to be perfectly pure, but there were parties behind, large owners and consignees of tea and coffee, to whom a reversal of their policy might make a dif ference of 25 per cent, on their money stock. Let the House not be made the tool of a commercial operati ea. Mr. G. BERKELEY said, that the question before the House was simply this—whether the Government were to sanction a fraud in this country or not?—(Hear, hear.) He held in his hand a document of the greatest importance— namely, a report from the Commissioners in British Guiana as to the state of that colony and its exportations. He would be glad to hear the Hon. Under-Secretary for the Colonies explain why this report had not been laid upon the table up to the present moment? It appeared by this report that the export of sugar and coffee had gradually decreased during the last 20 years—but the decrease in the exportation of coffee within the three or four latter years was most serious. The policy of free trade had inflicted great injury upon' the landed proprietors of this country and these were not ti mes w h en their interests and those of the colonies should be divided. The same policy that had brought ruin upon the colonies was bringing ruin upon this country.--,Hear, hear.) Unless they stood tog •ther shoulder to shoulder to check this invasion upon their just rights, they would find that it would un doubtedly end in the ruin of the whole community. He trusted that the proposition of the Hon. Member for Hunt ingdon would be carried. - Mr. WAKLEY said that this subject, if properly dis cussed, out to occupy but a very short space of time. The question, in reality, was this—Would the Government of England sanction a practice of this sort ? (Hear, hear.) It was not a question as to whether chicory was unhealthy or not; but whether the Government, whose duty it was to institute prosecutions for offences of adulteration, was to sanction an adulteration in the article of coffee for purposes not as yet explained. - (Hear, hear.) He believed that the Government, in taking this course, was acting most unjustly, immorally, and injuriously, both as respected their own character, and the character of the British Legislature. He regretted that he was not present during the entire of the debate, but he understood that he had been alluded to by the Hon. Member for Essex (sir J. Tyrell), whom he saw in his place. It appeared that the Hon. Baronet had re ceived a letter from some person, whom he had not named. He (Mr. Wakley) held the document in his hand. He did not know whether he ought to read it—(" No, no," from Sir J. TY&ELL.) It was curious writing. The author appeared to have had a twist in his hand as well as in his head,—(A laugh.) The writer said he had no doubt but that the agitation on this subject had been set on foot by the coffee merchants and grocers, and that it was impossible but that the Lancet and other publications were in their pay. Now (observed Mr. Wakley) they said that the practice of the Government in sanctioning this adulteration was calculated to have an injurious effect upon the morals of the people. He was sorry to find that that injurious effect had even extended to the Hon. Baronet the Member for Essex. That Hon. Baronet was at one time esteemed and respected as a noble-hearted, very droll, straightforward, and honourable man. He did not, however, hesitate on that evening to read an extract from a letter in that House con veying an odious and scandalous imputation of this kind, without reading also the name of the slanderer. If the Hon. Baronet were acquainted with a single fact or circumstance to justify him in conveying such an insinuation, in former times, before he was reduced to his present wreck of morality, he would have boldly stood upon the floor of the House, and have named the party who had made the accusation.— (Laughter.) But now it appears, notwithstanding the for mer high attributes of his character, he is sunk to this de grading level, although he is still the country gentleman par excellence.—(Loud cries of "Oh, oh.") Why, if he were guilty of what was imputed to him in that letter, he was unfit to sit in that House or to mix in respectable society.—(Hear, hear.) Throughout those proceedings, he assured the House that he was sol4ly influenced by public grounds and considerations entirely, and that he had never been influenced in his conduct by individual feelings. He would further assure the Hon. Baronet, that outside of that House he was not personally acquainted with any grocer or coffee merchant, nor had he any private communications with such persons. What he had done was solely from public considerations and on behalf of the public health, which he believed was damaged by this adulteration.— (Hear.) If he had said anything that was painful to the Hon. Baronet's feelings he begged at once to recal the words. It was not his intention to make any insinuations in reference to him—(Laughter)--as he entertained the highest respect for his personal character. Sir J. TYRELL could assure the Hon. Member for Fins bury that in reading the extract referred to, from a cor n . munication he had received that morning, he did not mean to convey any insinuation whatever against the Honourable Gentleman. He entirely acquitted him of any such motives. But when motives of a corrupt nature were so bandied about he thought he might as well read the do cument in question.—(Laughter.) Mr. HUME referred to a Treasury minute in reference to this subject. A prosecution having been commenced in Liverpool for a fraud upon the revenue by the adulteration of coffee with chicory, the Chancellor of the Exchequer was ap plied to for instructions upon the subject. The Right Hon. Gentleman replied by saying that such a proceeding was im proper, as is could not be considered that the revenue was defrauded, the duty being paid upon chicory He would support the Government. Mr. CAYLEY said th a t a great many o f were growers of chicory, ashis constituents they foun d. that nothing else would pay them. H e was therefore oppose d to any prop os i• tion that was calc u l ated to discourage i ts gro wth. The House th en divided when t h ere appeared— For Mr. Baring's motion ... 122 Against it . ..• ••• 199 . t the motion —l7 , Majority against CUSTOMS BILL. —TIMBER DUTIES. The 11011 8 e then went into Committee upon the Customs Bill. Ijr . iiR Upon E t he ßi clause thought respect ing itright to timber call h p t ro e p proposed, attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the alterations proposed to be made in the timber duties. From all parts of the country, and from Liverpool more especially, they had re ceived strong remonstrances against the alteration of the timber duties. From the city of Liverpool, especially, he had had the honour of presenting a petition to the House upon the subject. In this petition there were several strong reasons urged for not making the change in these duties in the manner it was proposed. The Canadian, the colonial, and the shipping interest had already suffered much injury by the alterations made in those duties, and were likely to suffer much more serious injury by the proposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman. It would be remembered that in 1n46 an adjustment was made of the timber duties in order to carry out what were called the principles of tree trade. It was well known that the restrictive duties then put on had reference to the difference of freight between the Baltic and North American timber. The difference of duty he thought was about 308. The difference of freight was at the time 28s. in the one case and 14s. in the other. They now proposed to take off from both parties interested the same sum of 10s., which would in effect favour considerably the Baltic trade. He was not prepared to go specifically into the question, but wished merely to throw out the suggestion for the con sideration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. These alte rations had also the effect of giving to the Baltic shipowner a decided advautage over Canada. This was altogether in WRECK OF_THE_.EIIIIG.R.A.AT SHIP HALCYON. We regret having to record the loss of the American emigrant ship Halcyon, which sailed hence o n th e 17 t h ult., with upwards f 300 passengers, principally Irish and German emigrants, for New York. The whole of the passengers and crew, with the excep tion of one woman and a child, were providen tially rescued from a watery grave, having been humanely taken on board, almost in the last extremity, by the New York ships, Connecticut, Capt. Latham, and the William H. Wharton, Capt. Gates, laden with cotton, on their passage to Liverpool. The Halcyon encoutered a heavy gale on the Bth inst., longitude being about 57i and latitude 42, within five or six days' sail of New York. The ship, from a succession of disasters, became totally dis abled; and, notwithstanding the exertions and skill of Captain Wade and his officers, to which the whole of the passengers we have conversed with bear willing and eager testimony, those on board would most inevitably have perished had not the vessels alluded to have rendered timely assistance. To Captain Wade, who most courte ously and readily afforded us every information, we are indebted for the following report of the disaster :—" On the Bth of June the Halcyon, when within five or six days' sail of New York, was dismasted in a heavy S.E. gale. The fore and mainmasts went by the deck, and the mizen mast below the top. The rudder was rendered useless by the thumping of the spars before they could be got clear and the violent action of the sea. One pump was brokea by the cargo fetching away, and the other was so much injured as to be rendered nearly useless. Up to the time of the Connecticut and the William H. Wharton coming to the rescue, which was on the 11th, it was impossible, in consequence of the violent rolling of the wreck, to get up a jury mast of sufficient size to steady the sinking ship. All this time the leakage was increasing, the cargo was working, and the hull strain ing violently. One of the steerage passengers, a wo man, sustained a serious injury from some iron rails on deck falling on her feet, and crushing her very much, which caused her death. When the Connecticut and William H. Wharton came down they took off the passengers and crew, with provisions, water, &0., and they left on the 12th. When leaving, the wreck being directly in the track of ships bound to the eastward, and it being nearly night, he (Captain Wade) deemed it prudent to set her on fire, to prevent any ships that might come along during the night running foul of her. Captain Wade, the officers, and passengers of the ill-fated vessel express the deepest gratitude for their safe deliverance; and the subjoined testimonial has been handed to us for publication : "Liverpool, Juno 28. " I am desirous, for myself and in the name of the officers and passengers of the late unfortunate ship Hal cyon, to take this opportunity of expressing publicly our acknowledgment of the debt of gratitude due from us to Captain Latham, of the ship Connecticut, and Captain Gates, of the William 11. Wharton, et New York, and to the officers and crews of their respective ships. To their humane conduct and praiseworthy exertions the company and passengers of the Halcyon owe, under God, the pre servation of their lives. " Through their untiring exertions o ver 300 p ersons were transferred to their ships, with ou t th e l oss o f a single lif e . R ece i v i ng suc h l arge num b ers on b oar d ships havi ng accommodation only for their ordinary company required personal sacrifices to be made and inconvenience to be suffered by each and all belonging to them. Yet these sacrifices were made, and incon veniences borne promptly and with the greatest cheer fulness. Everything that could be done to add to the comfort or promote the health of those thus pieced under their care was done in a generous spirit of huma nity. Although the rescued persons feel that the con sciousness of having performed a noble duty in a nt,b!e manner will bring more enduring pleasure to the minds of their deliverers than any tribute they can offer, they feel bound to perform their duty, and thus publicly re cord their gratitude. " A. T. WADE, " On behalf of the officers, crew and pas sengers of the ship Halcyon." The William 11. Wharton arrived in Liverpool on Thursday evening, with the mate of the vessel and 190 of her passengers, and the Connecticut, bringing Cap tain Wade and the remainder of the unfortunate people, on Friday evening.— Liverpool Paper. GLASGOW AND SOUTN-WESTICZN RAILWAY.— Traffic for the Week ending June 28, 1851 : Passengers (21,598), Goods, &c., nd Horses and Carriages ... £3,778 17 11 Corresponding week in last year for Glasgow and Ayr and Glas gow, Diunfries, and Carlisle Railways ... £2,769 13 4 Glasgow, June 30, 1851. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMON& June 30. CUSTOMS BILL. (Continued from our Third Edition of yesterday.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Hon. Member had acted under the delusion that coffee was the only article adulterated, whereas almost every other article of consumption was in many instances mixed with deleterious ingredients. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not think it expedient that the grocers throughout the country should be subjected to Excise interference to prevent their mixing chicory with coffee. Any Government interference in regard to this alleged fraud could only take place on two grounds— either that the article was adulterated with dele terious ingredients prejudicial to the health of the public, of that the revenue suffered in consequence of the practices adopted. Now he was in possession of facts which showed that chicory was not injurious to health, and that its mixture with coffee was actually preferred by a great number of persons. The revenue had suffered to a very inconsi derable extent, if at all, by reducing the duty on coffee; he thought he had adopted the best means of prevent ing the continuance of the adulteration by chicory. He held iu his hand a letter which he had received that morning from a coffee-roaster in the metropolis, stating that the mixture of chicory with coffee had led to the production of a much better article than that which had formerly been in use, and that previously to tho introduction of chicory the coffee sent to the roasters was so bad that the men engaged in roasting it could hardly remain on the premises during the process, while the trade were at present enabled to purchase good coffee, and, by mixing it with chicory, to give the public a much better and cheaper article than that which they had formerly sold. He could assure his Honour able Friend that if he could give him (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) any information showing that a dele terious article had been mixed with coffee, he should take care that the party guilty of the offence should be pro secuted. The Treasury minute dealt with chicory, and with nothing but chicory; and with respect to the mixture of any other article the law remained as it had been. He should confess, however, that unless it should appear that there had been some deleterious article mixed with the doffee he did not think it was the business of the Treasury to interfere. No doubt the Treasury found it desirable to present the adulteration of such an article as tobaceo, on which a very high duty was imposed. But it should be remembered that the powers confided to the Excise officers in these matters were confided to them mainly, not for the purpose of pro tecting the consumer, but for the purpose of protecting the revenue. It was lett to the discretion of the revenue officers to decide whether in any particular case the protection of the revenue was so indispensable that it was advisable, in order to attain that object, to subject parties to that annoyance which always accompanied Excise interference. His belief was, that in the present instance it was n o t wor th w hil e t h at the Excise officers should interfere in the manner proposed. His Hon. Friend had alluded to the falling off in the con sumption of coffee during the last three or four years. But it should be observed that there had been a large increase in the consumption of coffee during the last ten years; and he believed that by reducing the duty on the article he was taking the best means of insuring its increased consumption. There were in Great Britain 131,000 grocers, who had taken out licences for the sale of coffee, and it would be no light matter to subject all these persons to that Excise supervision from which they had been exempted during the last ten years. He had received communications from several agri cultural districts, in which he had been requested not to in terfere with the growth of ehicory,which had been carried on successfully for some time. One gentleman had stated to him that there were probably 20,000 engaged in the cleaning or the cultivation of chicory, arid that he himself employed nearly 300 persons in that way. He further said that the supply of labourers in that business did not equal the de mand, so that those who did offer themselves were all in full employment. His Hon. Friend proposed that he (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer) should put an end to that employ ment. He had been informed that in the great consuming towns in the manufacturing districts the mixed article was preferred to the inferior descriptions of coffee, and not a single complaint had as yet proceeded from the consumers against the mixture in question. All the complaints that had been heard upon the subject had been raised by the roasters and the sellers of coffee. His Hon. Friend proposed that they should introduce into a Customs Bill a clause which was to be carried out by the Excise; but it would be a new and unexampled proceeding to introduce an excise restriction into a Customs Act. He had formerly heard frequent complaints, to the effect that he had imposed undue restraints on the right of the agricultural interest to cultivate any article they might please. And yet the Hon. Gentleman proposed it to be known that if the consumer were prevented in that case from having a cheap and wholesome beverage, that arrangement would be forced on an unwilling and reluctant Government, to the injury, as he believed, of the dealers, of the growers, and of the public. Mr. CRAWFORD said he entirely approved of the mo tion of the Hon. Member for Huntingdon. Neither the growers nor the importers of coffee had any objection to chi cory as chicory; but they objected to the use which unscru pulous dealers made of the suspension of the provisions of the Act by the authority of the Treasury. It was well known that coffee was adulterated with the most unwholesome and offensive substances. Sir J. TYRELL said he felt compelled to oppose the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Huntingdon. A good deal of land was at present used for the growth of chicory, and a considerable number of labourers were em ployed in its cultivation. sow, he could see no reason why those labourers should be deprived of that employment. They had heard nothing of the unwholesomeness of chicory until after large sums bad been invested in its growth ; for he believed that the cultivation of an acre of chicory cost 141, while it was an article very well suited to the climate of this country. Mr. ANSTEY said no one wished to interfere with the growth of chicory, but what was desired was, to prevent substitutes from being sold for coffee, and fetching a price in the market which they would not otherwise reach; and he contended that those who laboured to that end were truer friends to the poor than the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The only persons who benefitted by the present atrocious system were those grocers who had memoralised the Right Hon. Gentleman. He differed from the lion. Member for Huntingdon in one respect, for in his (Mr. Anstey's) opi nion, the object which he had in view might be attained by abolishing the duty on coffee altogether. But if they were not prepated to do this, there was no alternative but the Excise system. The Right lion. the Chancellor of the Ex chequer said it was quite unprecedented to introduce an Excise clause into a Customs Bill; but he begged to remind him that the Right Hon. Member for the University o; Cambridge, when Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1843, pur sued that course, for the purpose of preventing the adulte ration of tobacco. Similar precautions had also been take': to prevent the adulteration of tea and pepper by means of the Excise, and why should not the NM muse be followed with repot to coffee ? THE SUN, ADULTERATION OF COFFEE. Mr. G. BERKELEY gave notice that on an early day he would move a resolution for the repeal of all Acts enabling the Government to prosecute persons for the adulteration of articles of consumption in order to put all traders on the same footing. DEATH BY SUFFOCATION. _ _ In reply to Mr. BASS, Sir G. GREY said, the case reported into to-day's papers with regard to the suffocation of a boy in a flue, had not, nor was likely to come before him in his official capacity ; but so far as ap peared to him, it did no; seem that there was sufficient evidence adduced before the jury to implicate any per son, or render him liable for the penalty imposed under the Act. SPIRITUAL DESTITUTION. The Marquis of BLANDFORD moved that an humble Address bo presented to her Majesty, pray ing that she will b e grac i ously p l ease d to take into her consideration the state of spiritual destitution existing throughont England and Wales; with a view, that her Majesty may be pleased to direct the adoption of such measures as she may deem expedient, for affording more efficient relief to the spiritual wants of the people, and for an extension of the parochial sys tem corresponding to the growth of a rapidly in creasing population, by the help which may be drawn from ;the resources of the Established Church itself. He admitted that much had been done since 1843, but still great spiritual destitution existed, and the great progress which had been made only served to make his case stronger that so much more remained to be done. The deficiency which remained „showed more strongly than anything else ;the faults of the parochial system. (LEFT SPEARING.) SOUTHERN WHALE FISFIERY COMPANY. A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of communicating to the shareholders further information respecting the progress of the company's affairs, Mr. J. D. Yowler, in the absence of Lord Hardwicke, in the chair. The report was read. It stated that the commis sioner on his return to the settlement from New Zealand found all the affairs of the company in a very satisfactory state, and all their servants in the enjoy ment of good health and spirits. It appeared by letters from Mr. Towns, the company's agent at Sydney, that the Earl of Hardwicke had been reported off Ilowe's Island with eighty barrels of sperm oil on board; and on the 18th of August last the brig Governor arrived from Sydney with the stores which the commissioner had or dered in April. The bay whaling season at the islands had by no means realised the expectations entertained by the commissioner shortly before his departure for New Zealand, no oil having been taken up to the time of his return, and there was but little chance of anything being done that season, as the New Zealanders had all proceeded to cultivate the lands for potatoes, and they would not continue their duty on board ship until after they had finished their work. Se veral vessels had arrived with a supply of stores. The Samuel Enderby had returned with 191 barrels of sperm oil, the produce of an eight months' voyage. On] the 7th of January last a large shoal of black fish entered the bay, and being driven up Laurie Harbour, 54 of them were captured, and yielded 51 barrels of oil. A large quantity of sperm oil was shortly expected in England, having been shipped at Sydney in March. The Sir James Ross, Sir Ed ward Parry, and the Lord Nelson arrived at the islands the latter end of January, all in good order, and their crews in good health. The Sir James Ross took in 226 barrels of sperm oil and 81 barrels of common oil, which was a very fair quantity. The whole of the company's ships, now increased to nine by the addition of the Black Dog, would be fairly engaged in fishing during the present year; and it was thought that they might anticipate the arrival of a satisfactory amount of produce within twelve months of the pre sent period. The statistical details with reference to the settlement in January, showed that there wore 94 white persons, exclusive of the seamen, 3 horses, 45 horned cattle, 258 sheep, 51 lambs. The buildings erected had been a storehouse, a cooper age, a blacksmith's shop, a powder magazine, and eighteen dwellings, and it was also intended to erect a building to serve for a sailors' home whilst in port. The land cleared and under cultivation wa s about four acres, and about half a mile of road made. The only information as to surveys of land was that Enderby Island had been surveyed, and its length The opinion of anintelli gentwas found to gentleman n e 2miles. as i to the reports respecting the quantity of wet weather which soil and climate was, that the were about were unfounded, and that the climate was able. very healthy, and the cold not greater than was agree- A long discussion ensued on the motion for the adop tion of the report, and in answer to questions it trans pired that Mr. George Dundas, 11LP., one of the direc tors, intended going out to inspect the settlement, free of expense to the company. It was stated that the value of the oil taken for the six months was about 5,2004 It It appeared that Mr. Enderby was still a defaulter in opposition to the principle upon which the alteration s the duties were made, which were to give the advantage the British shipowner over the foreign shipowner. Heb °7 , that the Right Hon. Gentleman would g ive him seine bet; explanation upon this point than anything lie had 01 ; heard him give. He did not intend to ask the Committee,: divide uponlite proposition, nor was he then fully preP i s' ‘ ; to go into tire whole question. lie hoped that in a e' d time he would be able to call their attention to the p e t; state of their shipping interest, when this question I"), be put prominently forward for discussion. He would t. f have a better opportunity of showing how extremely politic it was for the Government to adopt the course W they proposed. In the meantime he wished to reek' some explanation on the point from the Chancellor of I Exchequer. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not ot el b to enter into any question of the navigation-laws_ He lieved that so far from any interest having suffered by alteration in these duties, this alteration had proved most , neficial to the shipping interest as well as to the people ! nerally. He was glad the Right Hon. Gentleman oe" offer no opposition on this occasion, as no opposition bad b e made on a former occasion when there had been a redac t , , of the timber duties. It would be a hardship if persons be, now to be called upon to pay the duty twice, as it had suggested. He begged to say that he never considered ~ law of 1846 as a final settlement of this question ; but 'A, whe'eever an opportunity presented itself they ()light to duce the duties on an article of such great importanc e timber for building and various other purposes. He was° to say that the importation of colonial woods had menses' . whilst that of foreign timber had fallen off. He referred the circular of one of the largest timber dealers to chow t b the consumers had received the whole of the benefit of 1 • reduction of the duty. Another, a large builder, told 131 that the reduction of the duty made to him the differenc e the price of the roofing of a house. Mr. MITCHELL was understood to say that to the e ° sumer the reduction in the prices of Baltic timber was 10° ' load, whilst the reduction of the duty was only 7s. (icl• could say that Csnadian timber had increased in vain e sit the reduction of the duty. He did not approve of the att that were made to interfere with these arrangements, a , told the Right Hun. Gentleman (Mr. Herries) that he di. represent the shipping interest in this country on the pr' question ; that the only persons opposed to the change , great shipping owners in Glasgow, who had built a g fleet of ships in Canada. Mr. HERRIES replied that the Hon. Gentleman was. tirely mistaken in thinking he was connected with ind i duals in Glasgow. There was neither truth nor justice such an imputation. Representations had come to 11 0 ,, this subject from Ireland, great ports in England, and"' gow amongst the rest. As to the Right Hon. Gentleman' Chancellor of the Exchequer, he had not answered at 0' „ 1 matter of objection that he had touched upon. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER exp/aille d .j, Mr. WAWN objected that under the present system ' t could be built at Bremen duty free, and on arriving S i port had all the advantages of a British register. Mr. lIUME, as a supporter of the repeal of the nasq, 4 l Lion-laws, complained of the heavy burdens imposed 1t.7 .4 the coasting trade by the lighthouse dues. Those d'; ought to be put upon a different footing, as it had beef, commended by two Committees of that House. The Bob of Trade could not be got to move, and the consequence `: 1 , their coasting trade was destroyed—there was not o 'l the loss of money, but there was the loss of a supP l l seamen. The Marquis of GRANBY maintained that the colo fl f j interest looked upon the agreement of 1846 as being fins and he could not now allow the Bill to pass withotity, testing against the injury inflicted by this system of leg' - don upon their colonies. Mr. CARDWELL observed that the principle laid ii4 °l in 1849 was to remit duties upon all the great raw mate',; of manufactures. They had done this with cotton, silk, wool; and now a ship was the only article which waeL mitted duty free when manufactured, and yet had itrni a duty on the articles of which it was composed. He "t r very glad that in this Bill they were making a step in vance by lowering the duties on those articles. He e d gested that lancewood poles should be included with fa' ture wood. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER promise d consider the question upon the bringing up the report. i d Mr. A. BAILLIE observed that the reduction of the tilt duty was no advantage to the agriculture of this coon".) There never was a time within the last 100 years in Nv l3l , native timber was so unsaleable as the present momen t ," (Hear.) Ile had occasion lately to refer to the sale of tiO 3 ',[ 4 for the last 100 years, and he found that, while almost esli other article had risen in value, the case was different as timber. The resolutions were then agreed to, the schedule arneo the preamble arranged, and the Bill was ordered to be ported with amendments. INHABITED HOUSE-DUTY BILL.—FINANCIAL SOLUTION. Upon the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXC. - A QUER that the house resolve itself into Cemmittee oa Bill, bef Mr. DISRAELI said—The Hon. Gentleman the Mein for Bridport (Mr. Mitchell) has very unexpectedly mad e ., very unfair attack upon me. The Hon. Gentleman O A to suppose that it is not legitimate in a Member of this Ho; to question the propriety of any vote at which this 1 01 , 1 0 may have arrived; that if once its opinion is expresse d that manner— Mr. MITCHELL—Without opposition. Mr. DISRAELI—Yes, without opposition—for I a Ol d aware that the explanati on o f th e H on . M em b er ma kes a p rot i change in the question h e th us ra i ses , or i n th e p r i n ciple ' A which he contends.— (Hear.) Does the Hon. Gentle mean to say that a vote of this House is equivalent W. OO Act of Parliament? Such it is not in the contempla ti .al of the Legislature.- (Hear.) It has always been suplf t l i a that when a Ministry came forward and requested °f dot House to sanction an alteration in the tariff it did se circumstances that had been so well matured and Colie u l d be that there was th e prospect t h at i ts proposition 017 ge' adopted with so m uc h certa i nty t h at t h e country mightOtt ncrally assume that the vote which it had called for afterwards be ratified in the form of a Bill. No doubt w° o o generally be entertained that such an anti c ip a tion iff,: e a afterwards be justifi e d by the act. Still it n ever has r „,,, supposed that a vote of this House on the tariff could b garded as equal to a solemn decision by an Act of the 1 , e,g 1 ? ature (Hear.) What, then, has happened in this sessV, o What are the circumstances that have occurred? , House has been called upon to assent to certain alterattro in the tariff under quite different circumstances o 'o the circumstances under which the Bill is now broq o before the House, and which Bill is the consequence of vote on the tariff. The circumstances of the revenue „ 1 ., almost entirely changed between the one period and the otlicf,„ Is there not the proof that the condition of the revenue of t ,- ,‘ country to a certain degree is now in a precarious poshwo and that the surplus which was announced by the Minister, t the commencement of the session, and which as a surplus o f distributed in the mode which seemed best to him-0 0 °,,a hese being the remission of the timber duties referred to vi s the Hon. Gentleman—but that since that proposition I g o made the surplus that had been calculated upon as car m a has become essentially provisional.—( Hear.) Under f 1 3 7 51 circumstances, then, I thought I was not taking an uneti o course; but, on the contrary, that I was taking one which in accordance with the customs of this House- that is, 1 % only actually proper, but called for. Before this House . prorogued, and that we are sent back to our constituen t ' this House, the country, and our constituents sin uld clear l y understand what is their financial position.—(Hear, heart i , It has always been considered that that was a topic on wilt, it was most important that we should possess the most MS conceptions; it always was considered that that subject WS peculiarly the care of the House of Commons. if we 1 . , turn to our constituents now we may give them, as regaf4 the exercise of our functions, a very clear, and, upon th e , whole, I hope, a very satisfactory account. When the Boer met it announced to us that one important interest in f lll t° country was suffering great distress. As to the causes that distress Gentlemen in this House were divided ; but a" doubt was entertained that the subject was one of great irr o terest and importance. And no one can deny that it la° been discussed amply this session, and that the Rouse by ear, siderable numbers on both sides, who by their speeches or the ir votes manifested an interest in that subject, has shown the constituencies of the country that it has taken care to arril' at a distinct and definite conclusion on the subject.—(Hear' hear.) So, also, with that all interesting subject, the P4o', aggression. Whatever may be the contrary opinions ° Members of this House, there is no doubt that we have per' sued a course which has conducted us to a result which the country can understand.—(Hear.) Government, for stance, has brought in a Bill which they considered al l efficient Bill, but which, on this side of the House, was no t considered to be an effici en t Bill ; an d the united efforts 0 the two parties in the House, which the country must a‘r, knowledge, even if it d oes not rea li se th a t w hi ch it expected' have at least produced a piece of legislation which is clear in its object and definite in the results it wishes to attain.- - ;._ (Hear.) But if you come to the question of finance, defy any Member of P arliament to go b ac k to his constituent° and tell them clearly what is the condition of our finances.'" (Hear.) Whether we have a surplus or whether we hay s not a surplus • w h e ther the seances of our revenue are per' manent or whether they are fleeting ; whether they are p ro' visional, and, if provisional, whether they are provided f .o r a time so brief that, before another year shall have elapsout the principal features of our financial system may be changed, On this topic , then—the reven ue o f t h e country, which de pends upon the taxation of the subject—we are not in * position at the present moment to speak with that satisfae' tory certainty which our constituents have a right to expect an d to demand from us. Sir, it was with this visig of, the case that I have tliought it my duty to endea' deavour to induce the House of Commons to enter into A discussion upon the present state of the finances of the country—a discussion limited to that interesting and ire' portant topic, admitting no extraneous matter; and indeed the merits of the subject do not require any extraneous mat' ter to be introduced to command the attention of the House- It is a subject which I hope may be discussed in a calm, all impartial, and an unimpassioned spirit, and I at least on re, part have no m ean i ng w i th respect to the opinions which shall with all deference place before the House other than that which I have attempted to express in the resolution* which I have laid on the table of the House. I shall cer tainly set no example of admitting into this discussion ail other considerations than those which are essentiallyfinancial , and I am persuaded, if the debate be conducted in that spirit, that, whatever may be the conclusion we arrive at, the de' bate will be one which will not discredit the House, but tenet to satisfy the public.—(Hear, hear.) It is scarcely necessary for me to call the memory of the House to the financial state' went of the Minister which was made early this session- The House was congratulated on the advantage of having 13 ' financial statement made when the House met early in Fe bruary, but that financial statement, se far as its details are concerned, and I will even say its principle, is not cow' plated at the end of June.—(Hear, hear.) On that occa." sion the Chancellor of the Exchequer calculated that a sur plus of about two millions sterling was at his disposition and he stated to the House several remissions of taxation, which, assisted by that surplus, irrespe c tive of maintaining a fund f or th e re d uct i on o f the public debt, be contemplated to accomplish. That surplus, I need not re' mind the House, was assumed upon the fact that the House of Commons would renew the expiring tax upon income- Upon the assumption that that renewal would take place , and for no inconsiderable time, not merely for a term of three years, but until certain results were obtained, which the most sanguine cannot suppose are of easy or immediate etc" cemplishment—upon the assumption of that law being re-. new,ed, the Chancellor of the Exchequer found himself in possession of this surplus. Now I would beg the attention Of the House—for the consideration is important—to the cha racter of the tax the renewal of which was the basis of the financial statement of the Minister. Considerable contro versy has often taken place as to the intentions of the emi nent Minister who first reintroduced the tax upon property and income into our modern financial system—considerable controversy has subsisted as to the real intentions of Sir B. Peel—whether in effect it was his intention originally that the tax upon income should be a temporary tax, or whether that was only a Parliamentary pretence under which he wished to introduce a permanent feature of our financia l system. Now I wish to state my belief, and to adduce the reason for that belief, that the object of Sir k. Peel n the intro duction of the tas upon income was a temporary object .104