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Vbtrt Vtation SUN OFFICE, Secen o' Clock. NEWCASTLE RACES. THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Gold Cup. Canezott ... ... Achyrtinthes ... The Members' Plate. Maid of Team Valley ... Osbaldeston ... Gulliver ... Cocktail .. •• ... ... The Lottery Stakes. Mickleton Oxford Blue Rebecca colt Eiculapius ... ... ... The Grand Stand Stakes. The Cutler Tightwaist Valentine ... 1 1) .. . 3 . 4 ... 2 ... 3 TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six O'CLOCK. No business doinz. RECEPTION OF THE MINIS i ERS AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. During the whole of the day the principal streets of the metropolis have been paraded by men bearing pla cards, calling upon the citizens of London to meet Lord Palmerston at the House of Commons this even ing. Accordingly, at half-past three this afternoon, a large number of individuals were collected in the Pa lace-yard and round the doors of the House of Com mons, lining both sides of the way from Poet's-corner to Great George-str , et. Lord John Russell was the first who arrived, and was received with loud and unani mous cheering. Lord Palmerton arrived at five o'clock in a close brougham, and owing to this he ps,sect through a great part of the crowd without bf ing recog nized. On stepping out, however, he was immediately recognized and saluted with loud cheering from all sides, as well as from numerous Members of Parliament who were congregated about the doors r,f the House. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' BENEVOLENr INSTITUTION.-(THIS DAY, A general meeting of the members of this institu tion was held this day, at eleven o'clock, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in pursuance of a resolu tion passed at a previous meeting in December last, to take into consideration the draft of the rules and regulations of the society. Among the subscribers present were Mr. W. B. Gunton, Mr. Jenkin Jones, Mr. Julius Oders, Mr. Yates, Mr. J. L. Evans, Mr. Gibson, and Mr. Ramsey. Mr. JENRIN JONES was unanimously called to the chair, and the minutes of the preceding meeting having been read and confirmed, he said, a copy of the draft of the proposed rules he believed had been sent round to every subscriber, whether he had paid his subscription or not, in order that an opportunity might be afforded him of attending this meeting and proposing any alteration, modification, or addi tion to the rules previously to their being submitted to the general body for their approval. The committee appointed at the meeting in December had taken very great pains to form such a code of laws and regulations for the government of the institution as should, as far as practicable, meet the views of the commercial body at large. That had, however, been a matter of difficulty, owing to the diversity of opinion which existed as to the character of the institution they were about to form. Some advocated the erection cf alms-houses in' con- flexion with the society • others thought that the rules should confine the relief to be granted entirely to personal relief. He thought that the committee had met the views of those two parties in a very satisfactory way. If they confined themselves to getting up an institution solely with the view of granting relief in an asylum, it would be manifest that a large amount of capital would be required for its erection, and thus the society would be precluded from giving personal relief for some considerable time. The committee therefore proposed, in the first instance, to grant per sonal relief, and then to erect an asylum eventually if their funds would justify them in doing so, and that they might do under one of the proposed rules of the institution. The Chairman concluded by reading the draft of the proposed rule. A letter was read from M. H. J. Cherer to the chairman, suggesting that further time should be given for the consideration of the rules by the sub scribers be& re they were finally settled, and that they should be ratified some day in December next. Mr. W. G. B. Gummi.; suggested that the ratifica tion of the rules should be deferred to the next half- yearly court, out of deference to the proposition of Mr. Cherer, who had taken a deep interest in the formation of the society. The CHAIRMAN said he quite agreed with the sug gestion of Mr. Cherer, but at the same time he (the chairman) knew the d(fficulty of getting a body of subscribers together merely to cowider rules; and he proposed that the meeting should discuss the rules seriatim, leaving the time of their subsequent ratification to be fixed aWrwards. On the first rule being read, which prescribes th object and limits the relief to be granted by the so ciety " to necessitous commercial travellers, being members.' Mr. CLIARLES WOOLTERTON moved, and Mr. BROOKSTY seconded an amendment, to the effect that the relief should not be confined to members of the institution. After some diseusion this amendment was nega tived on a show of hands, and the rule as it orginslly stood was confirmed by a large majority. The rule defining that the board of management should consist of thirty governors, to be elected an nually by ballot at the general court in December, was rescinded ; and An amendment, proposed by Mr. WODLTERTON, and seconded by Mr. RumsEr, to the effect alit the board consist of thirty governors, and shall be chosen from the donors of ten guineas and the annual sub scribers of one guinea, and that one•third of the board shall retire annually by rotation, was substi tuted for the original rule. On the rule defining that a donation of fill guineas in one or more payments in five years, shsll constitute the donor a vice-president for life, being put, Mr. WOOLTERTON proposed as an amendment that five words " five years" be struck out, and that no time be limited for the payment of the fifty guineas. which amendment was carried. The rule prescribing the qualification of candidates for annuities to be persons who have paid at least ten annual subscriptions of one guinea was rescinded, and on the motion of Mr. Levy, seconded by Mr. Rum sey, the following amendment was substituted as substantive rule :—That no person be eligible as an annuitant until be has paid at least five annual sub scriptions of one guinea ; and that no annuity bt granted to a person under the age of fifty-five years, unless afflicted with total blindness, paralysis, in sanity, or other calamity which shall permaner.tly in capacitate him from earning a subsistence, and that the affliction shall have occurred subsequent to his joining the institution. The amount of annuity to be granted to a recipient we t of relief was settled at 251., *IA if h e shall die, leaving a widow, the board Are-en" to such widow such an amount of relief as empowere d th to ey g ma t deem necessary, not exceeding 251 . a year. y A few verbal alterations were made in other of the rules, which rules, as altered and amended, .were th 4 n approved by the meeting, subject t , ) their bein g fi nally confirmed at the next general meeting, i n December next. A commis tee, consisting of thirty genqemen, were appointed to conduct the affairs of the st.ciety until tl e next general meeting. On the motion of Mr. GUNTON, seconded by Mr. WOOLTERTON, Mr. J. L. Evans was appointed solicit. r to the institution. The following gentlemen were appointed au.ltors : —Mr. Wm. Tilt, Mr. John Beall, Mr. lichael Goodall, and Mr. Richard 0. Milledge. Mr. Carter was continued in the tfile3 of hcnorary secretary. Mr. GUNTOic, the treasurer, intinnteJ, before thy: conclusion of the meeting, that the t .tai amount of money in the heads of the society was 28d1. 155., and that during to-day he had been promised dona tions of ten guineas by Mr. John Caffley, and five guineas by Mrs. C.filey. lie might also s,iy the committee had promises that would make about 1,000/., including the sum in hand, which he th indi cated a remarkable degree of success, considering that the society was only set on foot in December last. On the motion of Mr. WOOLTERTON, seconded by Mr YATES, Mr. Gunton was re-appointed the trea surer of the institution. Votes of thanks were then respectively passed to the Chairman, Mr. Gunton, the treasurer, Mr. Evans, the honorary secretary, and the meeting separated at three o'clock, Tiverton gaol is at this moment empty for the first time during the last seventee years, so that out of a .opu lation of 12 OCO whabittuna u t u t 4 uut, poi 4 0401 " ciatody..fogia Crogm. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordah pa met at Five o'c'ock. The Earl o. HARROW BY presented a petition PETITIONS. against infringement on the hours of factory labour, fix. d a tsn bouts in 1847. Lord STANLEY presented a petition with a similar prayer. Earl TALBOT presented a retition from Kensington against the erection in Hyde Park of the building for the Exposition of 1851. Lord BROUGHAM complained cf the unsightly brick building erected in the open space near St. Margaret's Church, which he hoped was only for a temporary pur pose, but in finding fault with this they were straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel, while they were au thorising the erection of a huge brick building in Hyde Park. He shouldeithcr to morrow or Tuesdit) air e notice of his intention to draw the attention of their Lordships to this subject. IRISH FRANCHISE BILL. Lord STANLEY wish.d t.) know whether it was the intention cf the Noble Marquis to postpone the min tion for the commitment of the Irish Franchise Bill, which stood for to-morrow. The Marquis el LANSI)OWNE was understood to postpone the Bill to Monday, if the Noble Earl opposite would postpone the motion of which he had given notice for Monday. Tie Earl cf HARROWLY would postpone his mo tion for Motiday, if the Noble Marquis would secure bin some other day. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would accede to the proposal. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL. Earl GREY would propose to bring up the report of this Bill to-morrow. In reply to Lord STANLEY, Earl GREY stated that he proposed to omit those clauses which related to the formation of a federal Go- vernment ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE OF LORD-LIEU TEN AN r OF IRELAND. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented peti tions from the Lord Mayor, cerporatten, and trades of Dublin against the proposed abolition of the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, which he desired might be read in extenso by the clerk at the table. The t eitions having been read, The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, after regretting that the petitions had not been placed in the hands of some Noble Lord more adequate to do justice to the sub ject, and stating that a considerable difficulty had existed in inducing any other Noble Lord to present these peti tions, as several of them had refused to do so, proceeded to move the following resolutions:—l. That to abolish the office of Lord Lieutenant is contrary to the ex pectations held out by the statesmen who carried the legislative union between the two countries, and who declared that though her Parliament was re movi d Ireland should still retain her Court. 2. That if ever a period were inauspicious for any great change in the accustomed executive of Ireland, it is at a time when three years of f.mine have reduced her to the utmost verge cf despair; es hen large numbers of the resi dent proprietors are ruiner' ; when the burr'en of new poor laws is in operation; when the forced *ales of estates is cam lug on; whoa a rebellion has fern only recently sup pressed; wnen agitations of lend questions excite to violence and illegal proceedings; and when the great ce.ntroveray of free trade and protection con vulses the agricultural interests of the country. 3. That considering Dublin is one of the handsomest cities in Europe. and justly the pride cf all Mel men, with a pixie lation i 5300,000 a trade improving between 1833 and 1848 from 600 to 980,000, and a navigs don augmenting from 1843 to 1848 by 92.803 registered tens; that it is the hi ad quarters of a large army, with law courts presided over by twelve judges, a high court cif equity adminis tered by a Lord Chancellor, a college of heralds, an opu lent university, and an archiepiscopal see, and abounding itself in scientific, literary, and charitable institutions ; and considering that it differs from Edinburgh by being aeparated from the Imperial metropolis by a bois terous channel, while it pesseeses a Privy Council prepared to take all steps which a public exigency may require, it appears that Dublin is a capital competent to give the civil and military direction which a crisis may requre—a crisis which, notwithstanding the increased facilities of communication, may demand instant and local interposition, and which the office of Lot d-Lieutenant, now existing for upwards of half a century, has hitherto been found able succi.ssfully to cope with and control. As the brother of the statesman who bad neeeciated the Union he felt bound to draw the attention of their lord ships to this subject. He had carefully studied the debates which had taken place elsewhere, but he had not found in them any sufficient argu ments to authorize tie abolition of the office of Lord Lieutenant of It elate). The case of Ireland was by tio means a parallel case to that e f Scot laed. Ireland was set arated tram England by the sell, and if they deprived Ireland of the local admiuist. ation, they would find themselves involved in diffieul tiee, particularly in time of war. (Hear, hear.) He should like to know what was the opinion of the illustrious Duke, on this subject he considered him 1. much higher authority tnan Lord Sow ers or George 111., who were the only authorities quoted in favour of this measure. He knew not what necessity there could he for a fourth Secretary, seeing that at present the Lord-Lieutenant was sutijecto I entirely to the control of the Home Secretary. Whet would have been the state id . Dublin two years since if they had not had Lord Cla rendon there us Lord-Lieutenant to take immed aee measure* to prevest the city fr m ttneute, in spice cf the opposition of ch e Lord Mayor ef Dublin? Was it possible, he would ask. that an Under Secretary in Dublin, acting under a fourth secretary in London, could have acted with -itch energy, or would have taken upon himsc if the re -ponsibility if so doing. He objecte 1 to experimental legislation, and this was merely experimental legislation. Then with regard to j bbing, that was the act not of he Lord-Lieutenant but of the Minister of the day, and would continue water tho rule of the feurth Secretary es much as it had done under the Lord-Lieutenant. It had been said th.,t the people of Ireland were ;nd fferent to this subject. It was true the proviiic,al cities had nut made any gr. at. de monstration, but the citizens of Dublin had dine all they cou'd against the Bill; and surely the loyal citi zens cf Dublin bad claim on the Government of the country. This was only the first step, if !hey took away ;the Lord Lieutenancy, they would soon take away the four Courts and the Royal Hospital. Then they talked about the Queen's visit ; but they were legislating for posterity, and it was mei e cajolery to hold forth these royal visits as a sub'titute for the Lord-Lieutenant's Court. How was her Majesty to be received at Premix Lodge when there was no Lord-Lieutenant there? I'tse place would be uninhabited; it was in it:a a miserable place. Who was to rec. ire her Majesty there? It was preposterous to talk of these morning calls as a substitution for the Court of the Lord-Lieutenant. He would urge upon the Government the necessity of aapointing a Couimission co take evidence cu the subject before they determined to abolish the effiee of Lord-leeTesan'. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER t , ok the Cbair et F.,ur o'clock. THIRD READINGS.. The following Bills were read a third time and passel Prussian Minister'. R siripnce. Climber Presprvit , g Company. The following Bills, as amended, were considered nod sureed to:— Nlar)lehone and Finchley Turnpike Roads. Rochdele. through Bamford and Birtle to Bury, and other Turnpike R, ads. The Manchester Bonding Bill was read a second time. Mr. LABOUCHERE declined to give any pledge of that sort, but h., could p..sitlvely state tha, he hkd no appr..hension of ai:y such vote be'ng a,,ked for.—(01.!) Mr. ROEBUCK coloidering this an-wet utiati,•fac tory, .ave notice that un tt:e earliest possible day, should take the sunse uf the House upon the propriety , of destzoying the poilig. COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Lord DUNCAN wished to ask the Noble Lord (Lord Ehrington), the chief minister of sewers—(A laur h) — whether the printed minutes of the Commissioners of Sewers were proper rec !Hs of their proceedings, the minute-book not having been eLtered up since Fe bruary last? Lord EBRINGTON said he had been informed by a barrister that the printed minutes would be good evidence in a court of justice. TWO SICILIES. Mr. B. COCHRANE, seeing the Noble Lord at the head of the Government in his place, wished to ask him whether any correspondence had passed be tween Iv r 111aj ,, Aty'b Government and the King of the Two Sieilies, nut the litng, of Naple s, on the subj.-et of somF estravapint arid absurd nernands made by Brittoh mkr2harns irl Me;, , lPa, _ Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that cemrcunicetions had passed hetwet n the two Governments, hut as the last di-patch ititireat. d ttat, the metter in dispute had teen referred to 1111)dr:dimn the time had nut arrived when the papers could be laid on the table. Mr. B. COCHRANE ailted if any threat had been held out to the King that the British fleet would be sent to Naples ? Lord J. RUSSELL said no such threat whatever had been held out, but he must decline answering any wore questions on this subject, as the comniu nicstions were going on with a friendly Government upon claims that now app. ared to be and just, and these que,tions would only have the effect of impeding their recovery.—(Cheers.) TENANT HIGH r' (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. SHAR %lAN CR Av% FORD intimated that he wished to postpone turther proceedings on this Bill until Tuesday nex:, in the hope th,t some arrangement might be come to with the Government resps coot% it. AFFAIRS OF GREECE—ADJOURNED DEBATE.. Sir JOHN WALSH. rose to resume the debate. He said one of the advantages he had in addressing the House on this question at a late stage in the debate was, that he should consider himsels exempted from troubling the House with a recapitulation of the facts involved in the question, which he might fairly assume were fresh in the recollection of Hon. Members. He had bad the advantage of listening to the speech of the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, from ore end to the other, and he would frankly say he entirely disapproved of the whole foreign pylicy ef the Nt,ble Lord. At the same time he hoped the Noble Lord would forgive him for rendering his (Sir John Walsh's) sincere and unfeigned admiration tor that speech, considering it Ls an effort of Parliamentary ell gut nce cf a very high order. The Noble Lord had cempl.ined that no Ht n. Member on that (the Pro ' t) side of the House, had thought it to be his duty ti meet the resolution in the other House by a similar resolution in this House. Hon. Members on that (the Protectionist) side of the House thought that two alternatives were presented fer the adopion of her Majesty's Ministers. These were, either to have tendered their resignation on the vote of the other House, or to have justified them- seves by a counter-res,ltrion in this Ho - use emanating from to m , elves or horn some 'known supporter of their p licy. It had been imagined by Gentlemen on that side of iue House that one of these two alternatives muAt f 'll twpfl, bd , a hint course had ben found out, which the Government h d advted that of doing nothing at all. .1 they oral lett it to a gentleman who was not alw,rys a supporer of their rlicy, but occasionally found fault with many parts of their foreign policy, but "who was now prepared to vote confi dence in the it policy as a whole. But there was ono point which this present resolution would not meet, and that was how far it was the duty of a liovernm.nt to protect • its subjects abroad. He contended that the Government of this country should adopt and carry out that great mrxim of political as it was of Christian morality—" unto others as you would have others do unto you." That in rt spect to Greece we had neglected to adhere to that wise adage, and had done what we should have resented in the highest degree if directed against this country. How should we like to set aside our own or dinary courts of justice, and establish other tribunals for the express purpose of giving cornperwtion to foreign sutjects who felt themselves aggrieved? Yet the Noble Lord (Lord P.,lmerston), who was supposed to be the champion k f liberal pi inciples, who wished to be con sidered in all (he states of the world as the detender of freedom, came forward in that Huth e, and in skwitrg teems announced his cobqoest us er a d. pendent and weak state. The H n. Baronet then ref. rred to the eases of bade victual it jury and eppression which the Greek Govern m-nt had commi , ted, observing that iu point of fact there were only two instances where the Greek Govern ment had been culpable, namely in the tee atment of the lonians and the capture ef a boat b.-longing to the Fun tome. The conduct of the Greek Goveiumeht in both, he thought, was ju.tifiAte4: With respect to the boatmen at Selcina, the Noble Lord sek-ued to insinuate that the Custom-house efficers were accomplices ot the bricands; but as that seemed to be only an insinuation, he (Sir John Walsh) thou,ht he was en tttled to assume that it was withk.u , foundation. Recon sidered that the Noble Lurd had if mind a very unsatis factory explanation us to the not laying on the table of the Bon -e the dizarnents on the arbitration b , twerp Mr. Finlay and the Greek Gorr•rritnent. He thought that the Members • fit e House of C. IDIDODS had a right to complaint of the suppre.,io veri , n that case. With respect to the case of Pacifico, it had been so much adverted to in thisdebate that he should not think of d e ell:ng upon it. The Pacifico case was the first origin ot all the vbs..- quent troubh a ; these claims were tee fotodation el all the great character which these transactions had assumed. The N .ble Lord was b. , uncl t r have sati-fied himself on the justice of these claims, but, as the blue book showed, tiir Edmund Lyons was directed at the first outset to send in Fanatic's bill ie the usual form, and to leave it to the Greek Governmeet to object to the items as they chose. He would nor go into tne details or the French kii•pute, but he %mild just allude to the most unfounded assertion of the lien. and Learned Member who opened the debate, that the French Go verereent bad been actuated throughout the whole master with th , utmost ha.' faith. Russia, in these transactions, appeared to be the champion of the freedom and inde pendenee of small states, as the protec for of the weak, and the opponent of arbitrary power, as applied to international telations; whereas England, on the contrary, with her great power and undoubted su periority was herald .d f •rth to the world us a nation which arrogated to itself the right to enforce demands of a very questionable character, which might be made upon foreign states. .The Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston) had resorted to the most unscrupulous meats in ceder to carry out his pirticular policy in re gard to foreign nations, and he had by doing so sown the seeds of disturbance and revolution in many parts of the world. Toe Noble Lord had always laboured under this error; he const.ntly imagined that in fostering what he considered liberal principles in Europe, he was carry ing out alai - promoting someihing ausl,gous to the glorious system hf English liberty ; but if they traced the whole history of his foreign policy, they would fled that that policy had encouraged Jacobinistn and anarchy, which in the end led to a reaction; and thus it turned out that instead • f the Noble Lord promoting the cause of liberty he traveller; through anarchy and blood shed to tuilitsry Government, (LEFT SPEAKING.) DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A letter iron► Vienna of the 20. h sapi—" We are assured that the Cabinet has received intelligence o f , the defini#ive settlement cif the D,,nish question. The principal bases of the settlement art-Ist, To gua rantee to the reigning family of Denmark the in tegrity of the monarchy ; 2, To guarant,e to the family of Hesse the right of succession in virtue of the Sulic law ; 3, To accede to the Augustem burgh family a becoming indemnity. Cer tain administrative advi , ntages are besides, it is said, to be accorded to the duchies, hencefor th inse parably united to Denmark. The affair is said to have been conducted and regulated, unknown to, or at least, without the participation of Prussia, by the Pl(nipotentiary at Copenhagen, acting with the assent of Russia. The acceptance of the Berlin Cabinet, how e%er, is not doubtful, although it must abandon its fine project of creating a Pritsso-German navy, that pry jets having depended on an entirely different solution. . . The Corriere Mercantile contains a letter from Naples of the 17th, from which it appears that the account we gave yesterday from the Marseilles papers, of an accident which had taken place at Naples, was exawgerated. It appears that the roof of an old buiding, formerly used as a granary, and turned into a b aria k, fell in on the 16th, bur) iog eighty soldiers under the ruins. The King imuw dirtely went to the spot, accompanied by a single general. The Risorgimento of Turin quotes correspondence from Naples of the 13th, giving an account of the commencement of the trial of the persons accu - -ed of belonging to the political sect of the . Unita &liana. The trial commenced on the lit instant, at noon, before thic Grand Court. The prisoners entered the hall manacled, and were placed in a row between two tiles of gei.darmes. The Grand Court was com posed of eight judges and three substitutes. Among the accust.d, f,rty-two in number, were five ecclesi astic, one of whom was the Arch-Priest Miele. There were a'so among them Signor Carafe, of the duchy of Aridri4, Count Poerin, Signors Settenihrini, Nisco, Pironti, Persico, Leipnecher, Gualttiri, Agresti, Braico, Barilia, &c. There were twenty-tia o counsel for the defence ; Sig. Navarro, President of the Court, opened the case; his speech lasted three hours. On the second day they act of accusation was read, in which, however, some points were suppressed, among which the assertion that Count Marniani was at the head of the sect. The examination of the defendants was then commenced, and lasted the whole day. The proceedings were adjourned, on account of one of the prisimers, Leinnecher, being seized with a dangerous fever. The Concordia of Turin of the 221 gives a few extracts of an official note from the Marquis d'Aze giio to Cardinal Antonelli, in which the former ouatifigs tka abcilitiou *I eccledagical privilviceP) THE SUN, LONDON, PETITIUN~. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition against the admission of Jews into Parliament. _ Sunikr petitions were presented by Sir C. Burrell Mr. Christopher, Mr. R. Palmer, and several other Hun Members. _ _ Mr. PRIME presented a petition from Arund.4 com plaining of the alterations in ihe Post-uffice. Mr. J. REYNOLDS presented a petition from Dublin against tuinisterp.' money. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Furfarshire praying for a drawback upon bonded spirits. Sir D. NORREYS; presented a similar petition from Malton. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented several petitions from different parts of the metropolis in favour of the Mar riage Bill. Mr. PACKE presented a petition from Hinckley ~ gainst certain clauses in the Savings Bank Bill. Mr. M. GIBSON presented eight petitions from Man cheet. r in fay.,ur of the Kirriksgo Bill. THE PROPOSED ERECTION IN HYDE.PARK. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY gave n(lice of a motion for Monday next with respect to the right of the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests to erect a builaieg in Ilyde-park for the Exhibition of 1851. Sir DE LACY EVANS gave no ti ce th a t t o - morrow he . _ 'would put a que s ti o n to th e Fi rst C om mi ss ion e r of woods and Fixests on the same subject. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that on Monday next he Isom d ask th. fi rs t Lord the Treasury when the Intended Exhibitiont of 1851 would close; also whether it was not advis a bl e t Forests should reconsider the Commissioners of Woods and Hyde -park, aud their determination to erect the building in wheth raised , er. by voluntary' the evert of to the aoutit raised, or to su bscription being insufficient,t, init was in the contem plationiaters to a s k Paths of her Majesty's ti went, either this 3 ear or next, tor a eraut of D which money to defray the expenditurewould be in public cut red.—(Hear, het r, and cheers from the Protectionist benches.) Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know from the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) whetter, in the event of the building being er. eted in Hyde-park, there was any stipulation that it e as to b , pulled down ?—(Hear.) Lord J. RUSSFLL said, as the Hon. Member fur Finsbury had given notice of a question on the same subject for Monday next, he would rather de f.-r giving an answer to the lion. and Learned Gentleman's ques tion until that day. Mr. HUME wished to know if Government would guarantee that thi re should he no expense incurred on the part of the public? r- Mr. LABOUCHERE said it should be distinctly u derstood that Government had nothin4 whatever to do with the expo nse of the exhibition, which was alto gether a private speculation. Government bad nothing whatever to do with it. Mr. ROEBUCK asked the Right Hon. Gentleman whether he would Ea no ion any tpplication to Parlia ment next year for a !runt to avtist the tur?eraking, sunPosiu&thti _iiima.l3nroutt nindul4 Own Oo in °Sae -- TH URSD AY EVENING-, JUNE 27, 1850. and the condemnation of Archbishop Franzen', which the cardinal had protested against in his last note. The Marquis d'Azeglio declares that in the facts complained of by the Holy See, " the action of the cabinet and of the different powers of the State has been rigorously restrained within the limit of their respective rights and duties," and that "no other way was open to uphold the former and fulfil the latter." He further expresses a hope that the conduct of the Piedmontese clergy will be such as "to avoid placing his Majesty's Government under the disagree able necessity of obeying their duty in this respect, from the fulfilment of which alone depend the respect of subjects towards the authorities, their obedience to the laws, and the order and tranquillity of the state." The general tenor of the note is temperate and dignified. “THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE.' We find in an Atnerlcen newspaper an article under the above title, on an alleged discovery of a new mode of decomposing water, nod of obtaieing from it the tneane of illumination and of heating, at a cost so trifling as must put a stop to the use of coal! There is frequently so much grave waggery in American newspaper-, that we are never quite sure whether we are reading a serious narrative or a clever joke ; but the following article certainly does not look like a jeu d esprit. As to the amount of truth contained in it, we must leave our readers to judge for themselves, merely remarking that, if it is true, the discovery is indeed "the greatest of the age." (From the Roque. Daily Tian.:cript of the Bth inst.) 1: all that has recieely been eel of the discovery, Mr. Henry M. Yeitie of tie di composition of water. and the production of an ieflemuiable gas, that is safe and easily managed, mid can be al pied to dom. s is uses, be true, then this must attain par eminence the rank we have assigned it at the head of this article. A couple cf gentlemen of this city, a few da>s since, address, d a letter to Mr. Paine, making in , quiries on the subject of this gas. In re ply, he with much courtesy, invited them to come to Worcester, where be would be happy to show its operation, and give them any information they might desire. On these gentlemen visited Worcester; a'' that they were well repaid for their journey. thern Thursdayy i ev.r report Th e e u y ii l i e it ' learned e d from Mr. Paine that he had dis posed of the right to use his invention in the United Saes to parties of gentlemen in B ston and New York. He was very courteous, and gave the gentlemen all the information be could, without infringing on the rights of the new proprietors. A fortnight since, he would have been pleased to have shown the entire instrument; but as the matter now stands, he did not feel at liberty to show it. We un derstand that steps have been taken to secure patents in Europe; and when secured, the right of use will be offered tor sale at a cost within the means of all. Mr. Paine does not claim the discovery of decom posing water, which was known 65 years ago; but he does claim the discovery of a new principle of elec tricity, by which the decomposition of water is very rapidly produeed at a merely nominal cost. An hour was spent in hearing him discourse upon the subject, and, if all he claims for the discovery is verified, it cannot fail to revolutionise many departments of modern commerce. To see the purest flame, so clear that the faintest tints of blue and green can be readily distinguished, and of such a quality, that the eye is not pained in gazing on it, certainly speaks well fir the su periority of the light. It burns with an even and steady consumption, about one cubic toot in three or four hours, sufficient to light a common-sized room. There is no swell or smoke to the gas. Toe flame is opaque, and the power of the jet tremendous. During the last winter, Mr. Paine erected a light house upon a hill in front of his house, from which he directed the rays, by a reflector, to a village opposite Worcester, and one mile and a sixth distant in an air line. The light was so powerful, that persons in the village could read by it. Another illustration of the character of this light is in the fact, that an excellent daguerreotype has been taken by it. Mr. Paine exhibited the stove which warmed his room. It was about 14 inches in di.ecat,,r, composed of two circular pieces of sheet iron. between which a flame issues, and the cold air rushing in, it gives forth a most delightful heat. The stove may be used for cooking, and in feet for all purposes, where heat and light are required. The entire labour required to make a day's supply of gas for a coalmen dwelliug-house does not occupy two minutes in turning a crank; and the ma chine takes up about as much room as a common mantel cluck. Writing noon this subject, Elihu 13urritt, the learned blacksmith,s l/ s :—" Teere it tiot only a saving of expense, but of work, and the inconvenience and cane of wood, tied, and ashes, and the danger from fire almost com pletelt annihilated. This is not ,upp e ,idee ; We saw the lights, followed the pipes to the cedar, and saw the apptv a'us employed for the decomp of the water; and must say we can hardly find words to express our astonishment at the simplicity of the machine, when at the slain time we think of the greatness and grandeur of the discovery. This must rank, it not above, cer tainly tgeal, with the grainiest discoveries and inven tions of the age. Wood, and cost, and oil, and fluid, may all be dispensel with, by the use of Mr. Paine'. apparatus." Mr. Burt itt further says :—" Two jets such as were burning iu his bus., would be sufficient to light a mu oerately siz d ha'l every nigh', at an expease of the iu terest on tne cost of the machine (about six dollars per annum). aiih oily the little trouble of occasionally fill ing the cistern." It is understood that Mr. Paine has disposed of his proprietor) right to his discovery ler a sum, which may at first seem incredible; but a imiresn.'s consideration will show that the purchasers will have got a good bar vin if all that is said of the capabiliee- and cheapness of the light can be established. rhe terms of purchase are reported to be five millions of dollars, halt is million do we. Mr. Paine is expecting a visit from the committee on gas of our city government at Worcester, to look into ,his matter. fourtt :gbitton SUN OFFICE, Half-past Seven o'clock. ATROCIOUS ASSAULT UPON E R IV" A.J EST Y. (THIS EVENING.) This evening, at a quarter-past six, as her Ma jesty was leaving Cambridge House, accompanied by a lady in waiting and three children, a tall gentlemanly-dressed man, about 26 years old, aimed a violent blow at her Majesty's head with a bludgeon, by which her bonnet was removed. The villain was instantly seized by the police, but not before he re ceived summary and severe punishment from the hands of the infuriated populace, who surrounded the carriage and witnessed the assault. The miscreant is well known at the West End, and is considered insane. Her Majesty, we rejoice to say, was but slightly injured. Stitt lizvaton LATEST PARTICULARS. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) SUN OFFICE, Eight o'clock. Oar reporter has ascertained from Mr. Inspector Wall, of the Vine street p )lice station, that the above information is quite correct. • The miscreant described himself as Robert Pate, of 27, Duke-street, St. James's, and Wisbeach, in • . Cam bridgeshire, and stated to the police that he was formerly a lieutenant in the 11th Hussars. The occurrence has, as might naturally be expected, created a great deal of excitement at the West. end. Inquiries are momentarily being made at the Palace as to the safety of her Majesty, who, we are glad to repeat, suffers but slightly from the effects of this atrocious attack. Information of the assault has been forwarded to the police authorities in Scotland-yard, and the various Ministers of State, and in all probability the culprit will be brought up at the Chief Pulice-court the first thing to•morrow morning. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, June 26. IN THE MATTER OF SAMUEL GRENVILLE FLETCHER. This insolvent, who had been proprietor of the Kentish Champion, weekly newspaper, ILK lied to be discharged. He had been nearly two years in prison, five months of which time he had b. ea seriously ill, and bad b en pre vented from making an earlier application for the want of means. He had published some " Parliamentary Portraits," and had been secr , tary to a company the Hydraulic Telegraph Company, which had been provisionally registered. Mr. Holl, a wine-merchant, opposed on the ground that the insolvent had obtained goods from him to nearly 101., end he had rued him in a county court. It appeared that a friend of the insolvent had offered some of his creditors a composition of 4s. in the pound, which was refused. Mr. Commissioner LAW was of opinion that Mr. Holl had good cause of complaint, but whether he would pt - ess his case rested with him. It was the insolvent's fault that he had remained so long in confinement. The case stood adjuuttiod fur 11 Week to 50349 Ptall4 WPM' POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ROW-STREET. Edward Ilawkes, a letter-e Trier, was charged will ate ding a Mier cows, ning a valuable miniature, set ai bra i eh. Information was given at the General Pos , -office re specting the loss of a letter and its contents, which had bt.en sent by Mr. J. Pike, a ;jeweller at Chatham, to Messrs. Alexander, of Hatton-gardt-n. The usual tt at of honesty was applied to the servants in the department through which the letter passed, and the prisoner was detected—having stolvn a trap letter containing a mark.d hal.-sovereign. The coin w4s found upon him and the brooch was afterwards taken from a box at his lodgings. Mr. HENRY committed him for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A lady asked the advice of Mr. Bingham in the fol lowing case:— She saw in a shop, 96, Oxford-street, a mantle marked a guinea which suited her, and she went in and bought it. She put down the guinea, but was told she must pay another halt-guineA, tvii the price %%14 a cuinea and a halt. She cketined Taking the mantle at that price, and requested to have her money returned. This was refu , cd, and she was compril,d to pav the h.lll - As she cone , ived she had been inipoed upon ~tie wished to know if she bad any mode of ohrsining r ress. Mr. BiNatiAm said a magistrate could render no a,- sis!ance, but ne had no doubt she could procure redress at the ot..unty court. A second lady came forward and male a precisely mitar statement, but the occurrence took place in ano ther shop in Oxford -street, the number of which was not stated. The lad; said she had been terrified into giving the additional price Mr. BINGHem gave this lady the same advice as he had given to the former one. AI A IIYLEBONE. Mr. Assheton Smith a gentleman of considerable pro perty. residing ut L 3, H)de-park-gardens, attended ne fore Mr. Broughton, by vii tue of a summons which had been obtained against him for assaulting Richard John Kent Herring, a youth fi.feen yt ars t f age, whose father is a solicitor in Stafford-street, Maryieb.ne. Mr. Herring attended on behalf of his son, and Mr. Randall for the defendant, who was accompanied to the court by two Members of Parliament and other friends. Mr. Herring. upon the case being called on, remarked that he hoped there would be no distinction made, and that the defendant, however high his station in life might be, ought to take up his pasition in the place usually occupied by persons when charged under similar circumstances. The gentleman added that, while in the court, defendant had assaulted his (Mr. Herring's) clerk, for which offence he would probably be proceeded against elsewhere. Mr. BROUGHToN said it was no unusual occurrence at the Old Bailey for a party accused to be allowed to sit by the side of his counsel. Defendant here left his seat and stood at one end of the attorneys' table in front of the Leitch. Mr. Herting detailed at some length the particulars connected with the affair, and tke following evidence was adduced:— Complainant said—On the morning of the 24th inst. I was sent by my father to defendant's house for the purpose of serving him with a copy of a writ. The footman was standing at the door, and I asked him if Mr. Smith lived there; to which he replied that he did, but that he was then engaged with a gentleman. He asked me my business and my name ; when I told him that my business was particular, and that I wished to.see Mr. Smith himself. He said be did not think Mr. Smith would see me without knowing my name and the reason for my calling, when I told him that my name was Herring, and repeated that my busi ness was of a particular nature. He asked me if I would come in and sit down in the hall, which I did; and pre sently the butler came end qu- , stioned me as to my name, &c., and I gave him the same answer which I had given to the footman. He left me, and in about an hour and a half afterwards a gentleman, who I imagined at the time to be Mr. Smith, went out of the house, and, jumping into a cab in waiting at the door, was driven off. The butler came and asked me my name a second time, and on my telling him what it was. he opened a door and went into a room, and soon afterwards Mr. Smith made his appearance. I asked him if his name was A isheton Smith, and he said Yest, it is; what 4o you want? " I then put my hard into my pocket, and took therefrom a writ and a copy, and holding out the copy told him (Mr. Smith) that I had a writ against him, when he said, "If lon come presenting any of your writs to Ere give you a good licking. Get out of my house directly." tie put his fist up within three or four inches of my face, and on the footman, by his directions, opening the door, I qui'ted the place. Mr. BRoUGUTON (to Mr. Randall)—What answer is there to this? Mr. Randall—Mr. Smith has just inti mated to me that he wishes to make his own statement and to call his witnesses. Mr. Smith—l deny the truth r f the greater part , of what complainant has stated. I admit having said that I would give him a good licking. The tootman and the butler were called, and their evi dence, particularly that of the former (who, however, prevaricated considerably in some ins'auces), was con tradictory of the moat material portions of complainant's allegation. The witnesses underwent a severe cross-ea amtnation by Mr. Herring. The MAGISTRATE felt that be should not be justified from the coLtltcting nature of the evidence, in commit ting the defendant, and the summons was therefore dia.. misstd. LAMBETH. Mr. Henry Page, a master bricklayer, was brought before Mr. lilfce,i for further examination, charged with adminievering p ison to his el!eged wife; also with inter marrying wiih Mrs. Mary Ann Clarke, a married womer, his former being then and now living. The said Mary Ann Clarke was also charged with intermarrying with Henry P.ige, the. above-teentineed prisoner, her former husband heitig then and now living. The circumstances of this case are most extraordi nary, and the offence was brought to light in a v..ry singular manner. Informatien was given to the police about ten days ago that the prisoner Page had adminis tered poison to his wife, whose life at that time was despaired of. Page was taken inio custody on the charge, and in the mesutime it was ascertained that both the prisoners had been previously married; the woman mar ried Mr. Clarke eight years ago, but frequently absented herself from his house as long as three weeks at a time. On Wednesday fortnight she left Clarke's house, and did not return until the Friday. when she appeared quite mad, and it was with conaiderable difficulty that she could be restored. When her senses were sufficiently returned she burst into tears in the presence of Clarke (her first husband) and exclaimed, "I have a great burden nn my mind. I was married to Page. et Poplar Church, on the 10 , h of February, 1848." Clarke (her husband) said she was in a sane state of mind when she male that teatement; that ho had seen her in Page's company sore rid times, and had giveii him a snund thrashing when ever he met them. Being informed that Page had admi nistered poison t) her, he gave information to the police and had him apprehended. Donald Brims, the constable who apprehended Page, said, that he called on the female prisoner immediately afterwards. she then told him that she was married to Page, and that be placed some drug in her drink while in a coffee-house near Newington Church. As soon as she was sufficiently recovered he apprenended her ' tor intermarrying with him, her former husband being then living. Mr. ELLIOT—Have you any evidence respecting the double marriages? Brims—l have some witnesses pre sent who can give evidence. Maria Nash, a widow, was first called, and stated that she was present at Lambeth oil church in the latter part of 1842, when she saw the female prisoner married to Andr•w Clarke. Wittleis's husband was also a wit ness to the marriage. Martha Page, the mother of the male prisoner, said she was present when he married Ellen Regan at St. John's Church, Waterloo-road, on the 6th of April, 1834. The constable produced a copy of the reeister relative to the la - it marriage, signed by the Rev. Mr. Irvine the minister, and two witnesses. Mr. ELLIOTT asked the const ible whether he had the registers of the other marriages? The officer replied iu the negative; he bad not had sufficient time to get them. Mr. ELLIOTT—I shall remind the prisoners until M. , riday next, when I expect you will have all the evi dence to complete the case. Mr: Soloman, who appeared for Page, said he did not obji et to a remand, as Les client courted the fullest in quiry. The prisoners were then reminded. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. F. Golding, Tonbridge-wells, Kent, grocer, July 15, at twelve—R. Knight, Mitcham- road, Croydon, llcensA victualler and timber dealer, July 15, at twelve—G. P. flu , chineon, Crawford -street, Marylehone, grocer, July 15, at one. In the Country. E. G. Self, Dorchester, ironmonger, July 25, at one, at the Court, Exeter—L. T. Sabine, Weymouth, Dorset shire, ironmonger, July 25, at one, at the Court, Exeter —E. Wray, Kingst )n-upon-Efull, draper and, mercer, July 24, at halt-past twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston upon-Hull—W. Dixon, anchester, ironmonger, July 18, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMEN r OF DIVIDENDS. H. Parker, Sheffield, banker, 3s. 64., on Tuesday, June 25, or any subsequent day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. C. Sanderson, Sheffield, iron merchant, Bd., on Satur day, June 29, or any subsequent day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. W. L. Oddie, Clitheroe, Lancashire, ls. 6d., on Thurs day. Julie 27, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. G. Hutton, Sheffield, grocer, 7s. 6d., ou Saturday, June 29, or any subs. querit Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. 0. Richards. Fleet-street, law bookseller, 9d., on Wednesday next, and three following Wedu( sdaye, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. L. GuilleaumP, Berners-street, Oxford-street, manu facturer of artificial fl.)wers, is. l Id., on Wednesday next, and three following Wednesdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. H. Luise', jun., and A. Elan, Hatton-garden, foreign provision merchants, 31d., on Wednesday next, and three following Wednesdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the C..urt, Bssingball street. T. Collingsvnod, Nutieham Courtney, Oxfordshire, inn. keeper, July 17, at eleven—H. Spiller, St. John's-wood. Wave, Jolai•wood, dater, July I,S, it eleven. In the Country. G. Wilson, Wakefield. draper. July 18, at eleven, at the CJui . t, Loeds—J. Blinoek, Yolk, arrier, July 18. at eleven, at the Ginn, Loedzi—G. Page. Wolverhamp ton, coal deafer. July 18. at twelve, at the Court, Bir mingham—J. T. II d,ati, Coventry, blotter, July 18, at twelve, at the Court. Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. R. West, Mill •wall, Pop,ar, certificate of the second elms—J. Prentice, Oxford, ironmonger, certificate of the first class—A, Mose, Cambridge, grocer—W. 13. Blsher, Little Britain, City, painter, c-rtificate of the third class —W. Archer, Paiuswick, Gloucestershire, miller and corn factor, certificate of the second class aftr fifteen months from May 22—E. Lord, Painawick, Gloucestershire, miller, certificate of the second class after eighteen months from May 22—M. D. Robinson, Dudley, Wor cestershire, coefectioner, certificate of the second class — V. Walker, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, innkeeper, cer tificate of the second class—J. Chawner, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, grocer, certificate of the second class—J. Byrther, Os Nestry, Salop, certificate of the first class— J. Finn• more, I3irmin„h►atn, SLed peo manufacturer, cer tificate of the first PAR ['NERSEIIPS DISSOLVED. C. J. Bather and J. Shrewsimr), builders — F. S. Frost and T. P. Wrigtot, Portland, Dorsetshire, surgeons—E. Iludsmo, J. Ni,itokon, and J. Crowther, Leeds, common cdtriers—E. Hudson and J. Nicholson, Lit e.p :01, common cameo s—T. tl. Boorman and J. Anderson, Liverpool, rice tuillers—R. Wilson said IL Doughtou, Ipswich and Handleshatr, Suffolk, un,mufac turers and deal , rs in E .st India oils—S, Prior and G. M.timesbury, Wilt,hirv, millers—T. St. el and J. Steel, TrLity-street. liotherhithe, lightertnen—M. Wil kinson and G. K arm ill, Liverpool, apothecaries—J. J. Spkrks, J. Sparks, jun., and W. Jack. •n Liverpool, ship store deaiers—W. 13uchantri and E. Hill, Liver pool, tn. rchants—S. Lambert, J. Brown, and H. C. Pigott, Etegent•stree , t, gold lacetto.n (a" far as regards H. C. Pigott)— P. Johnson at.d G. B. Woolstenhotne, Wi gan, Lancashire, engine •rs—E. Ely and J. Foulger, City-roa.l, hor icnitural builders— W. P. Bathe and J. G. Breach—W. Ru-hforth, B. Wells and J. Wray (so lar as regards B. Well,)—H. B. Robot; and J. 'l'. Wal ker, Moorgatt-sTeet, Ci;y, tailors—J. Blaker and W. Blaker, 13righ:on, coAchtnakers—J. J. Hu,kisson and G. Terrill, Birmingham, Alcester, and Evesham, carriers and coach proprietors—H. King and T. Ptilkinson, Car roaford, Lancashire, washing tcpior manuf.ctur.rs—C. Attwood and J. Brain), Kuidertniust-T, boot and shoe makers—J. Leighton, J. Leighton, jun., and J. Leigh- Von, Brewer-street, Uuld,n-square, bookselkis and binders (so far as regards J. L-ighoon, sen.)—S. Coch rane, J. Cochrane, aid J. M.K.-e, Ne"castle-under- Lymo, Stalfidshire, mercers and dra f erk (so tar as re gardi J. 111•Kee)—W. Quilter, J. Baq, G. 11. Jay, and W. Crosbie, Col.tnan-strt.et, City, accountants (so tar as regards G. H. Jay)—N. Hinchcliff, G. S. Hinclicia, E. S. Hinchcliff, and W. Haselden, Cheikea and Wardonr strue, paperhanging mauutactuters (so tar as regards E. S. Hiticheliff). INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Walter Scott, Salford, Lincashire, letter press printer. Owen Parry, Baogor. CLrnarvt.nshire, victualler. John Waldo Pring, Bangor, Carnarvonbhire, surgeon. Daniel Caernarvon. William James Foot, Hatton-garden. William Blackland. Arrow, Warwickshire, shoemaker. Richard Jackson, Dal:on, Linea Mite, joiner. Elizabet 4 Timmins, Dudley, WorcPstershiri, victualler. Joseph Sykes, Hudder,field, inuker uer. Robert Kaye. Almon(' bury, Yorkshire, grocer. Sarah Juckes. Rodu.gron, Shropshire, lamer, Richard Beech, Woraniidgo, Shropshire, charter master, Charles Hiorns, Leamington-priors, baker. William Hawn, Shaw, Lancashire, tea dealir. John Hornen, Leamington prn. , rs, clock and watchmaker, William Swabs, butcher. _ _ Thomas Loverock, Dudley, W“rcestershire, retail brewer. James Leech, Longwood, United States, manager of a manufactory. SCOTCH SEQUES TR ATIONS. •_ W. Ross, Portobello, Eclinburglishire, innkeeper and coach proprietor, to meet within the Ship Tavern, Edin burgh, June 26 and July 24, at two. W. Hodge. Leith, shipowner, to meet within the New Ship Hotel, Leith, June 28 and July 19, at two. J. Norie, LAT.-mese, merchant aid spirit dealer, to meet within the Vine LIAO, Inverness, June 29 and July 20, at twelve. J. Hewat, Dumfries, druggi.-t, to meet within the King's Arms 1n.., Duriiir'i-s. .110 2 di' 23, at one. CITY SEWERS COIVI Ou Tuesdry a meeting of the C ,nitnissioners of Sowers fur the civ cf Lund,in was held at the Guild hall. Air. Deputy Peac,ck pre,ided. The ordinary routine business having been trans acted, teveral applioa..tons were attended to, and the reports of the inspectors read and considered. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. Mr. G. WALTER then brought for ward a memoria from gentlemen connected with the ward of Farling. don- without. D-puty OBBARD presented a petition to the same effect from Dr. ilutchineoit, of Bridge -street, and others, which hiving been received, Mr. WALTER said he could aseure the Court that the inhabitants of his district were much annoyed by the nuisance, and therefore he (Mr. Walter), seeing that a measure for its suppression was now before the House of Commons, would suggest that the prayer of the petitioners should be complied with, and that the Court should petition in favour of the Smoke Prohibition Bill. Tile CHAIRMAN—The Common Council Live pei ioned, and therefore the matter is t4ken out of our hands. Mr. H. L TAYL')R observed that it appeared him that, as the matter was re ferred to that Curt to report upon, the conontttee should have done so without delay..— (Hear, hear) Whatever that report might be, it was the duty of those to wh , m the business was referred to have so reported. Ile consi• dered that they ought to do all that lay in their pawer to get the smoke nuisance abolished, though he would not have members of the C ,urt be too fasti dious, lest they should drive away manufacturers from their trade in the City.—(Hear, hear) Still he thought that the suggestions made by practical men ought to be attentively considered, that the object of the petitions, represented by the worthy members, Mr. Walter and Deputy Obbard, might be accom plished.—(Cheers.) Deputy HOLT would move that the petitions be referred to the General Purposes Committee, for their examination and report. Air. T. HALL warmly seconded the motion. Deputy LoTT also sui•parted the reference. Mr. WALTER thought the C apt should petition Parliament upon the subject and in support of the Bill without delay. as did also Mr. W. B aner. Mr. GODSON said that the Bill in question was not a Government, but a private Bill, promoted by a pri vate individual, and therefore, that they were in po sition to petition against it.—(Hear, hear.) Was it not strange that no report either, " Yes," or "No," had been made on this reference ? He th , sught so, and he was glad to see that in this opinion he did not stand alone.—(Hear) It was still more strange that the subject had been referred to tho Parliamen tary Committee also; but still no report had been made from either body, though the references were dated in January and April last. Deputy Lott had inquired of Mr. Simoo whether the efiLiviurn escap ing from chimney s!-!afts, after the smoke had been consumed, was not more deleterious than opaque smoke. He (Mr. Godson) was prepared to show from the most eminent scientific authorities that such an opinion was altogether fallacious. With regard to the Chairman's remark that the Bill was in the Hou,e of Commons, and that it would there succeed, and therefore that he thought it to he unnecessary to move in the mutter, on the principle that " too many cooks would spoil the broth," he (Mr. Godson) could not help thinking that the way in winch the subject .had been treated savoured very much of sowethirg like a "cooking" of the matter altogether. The Cnairman had informed him (Mr. Godson) that the reference had been sent to the surveyor, and that that gentleman had stated he could do nothing with it, so that between their officer and the Committee of Health, the matter had been hitherto neglected, notwithstanding the fact that the officer of health for the City (Mr. Simon) had written strongly with reference to the nuisance, and the injury done to the health of the City, and the poor in particular, from the smoke escaping from the numerous large chimney shafts scattered throughout the City. Upon the m , .,tion being put that the petitions be referred to the General Purposes Committee, it was carried unanimously. Some business of minor importance was then trans acted, and the Court adjourned. A deputation, consisting of the to/lowing noblemen and gentlemen, had an interview with Lord John Russell on Tuesday at his official residence in Downing- street, on the subject of the removal of those dangerous obstructions to the navigation of the Mt nai Straits, the Snelty Rocks: —viz. Lord Newborough (Carnarvon), Mr. Thomas Turner (Carnarvon), Mr. John Williams (Mayor of Chester), Mr. Taylor (Aberystwith), Mr. Vaughan Williams (Port Madoc), Mr. Magnus (Aberdovey), Mr. J. Parry (Bangor), Mr. Meredith (Barmouth), Mr. David Williams (Port Madoc), who were accompanied by the undermentioned Members of Parliament:—Sir R. Williams Bolkelty (Anglesey), Hon. William Begot, Mr. William Brown, Sir Thomas Birch, Mr. Edward Cardwell, Mr. 1). A. Saunders Davies, Viscount Emlyn, Mr. A. E. Fuller, Mr. 11. Gwyn, Mr. William B. Hughes, Sir John Hamner, Mr. David Morris, Hon. E. M. Ll , ;yd Mostyn, Hon. Colonel Pennant, Lord George Paget, Col. Rtchard Richards, Mr. Robert Ste , henson, lion. Col. G. R. Trevor, Mr. J. R. Vivian, Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Mr. Tnomss P. Williams, Mr. John Williams, and Mr. George Moffatt. INQUEST.—THE STATE OF THE SEIMENTINE.— On Tuesday an inquest was taken by Mr. Bedford, at the Malpas Arms, Charles-street, Grosvenor - squa re, on the body of Thomas Bellonia, aged 18, the son of a W es t lndnt . mer chant, who was drowned in the Serpentine on Sunday morn ing. Mr. Chorley. the secretary to the Humane §ociety, said that he had waited on the 1/lie of Camhridge since the last inquest, and represented to his Royal Highness the ne cessity of preventing ba hing on the north side, from it s dangerous state. and his Royal Highness immediately wrote to the Commissioners of Police, but nothing had yet been done. The jury considered it was quite time bathing on that side should be prevented. A few policemen would be ebough to carry out any order given ou the subjeta. Ycrdiet, GUM* cleatli.n. PARLIAME IVISIONS. (.From the Vote., anti Pro, eerlangs of the House of Cmn►ntmi') WEDN'ESDAY. JUNE V. ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS BILL. Order for Second Reading r.,ad ; :lotion made, and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"-- Amendment proposed, lo leave out the word " now," aria at the end of the Question to add the wo-ds " upon this day six months." Question put, " That the word' now' stand part of the question." The House divided : MINORITY —AYES, 53. Adderley, C. B. Forbes, W. Noel, G. J. Baillie, 11. J Fuller, -A. E. O'Connor, FeargUs Baliioek, E. 11. Galway, Viscount O'Flaherty, Anthony Bankes, G. Goddard, A. L. Plumptre, J. P. Bennet, Philip Guernsey, Lord Repton, G. W. Best, John Gwyn, Bowel Robartes, T. J. A. Blackstone, W. Harris, Captain Rushout, Captain Booth, Sir It. G. Hildyard, T. B. T. Scholefield, W. Brooke, Lord Hill, Lord E. Sibthorp, Colonel Mick, Lewis W. Hood, Sir Alexand Stafford, A. Burghley, Lord Kerrison, Sir E. Stansfield, W. R. C. Burrell, Sir C. Mackenzie, W. F. Thompson, Colonel Buxton, Sir E. Meux, Sir H. Trollope, Sir,J. Chatterton, Colonel Miles, P. W. Vyse, R. H. Cholitieley, Sir M. NI dner, W. M. Welby, G. E. Chi istover, It. A. 111 uhings, J. R. t:olvile, C. It. Muntz, G. F. Cottoily, Thomas Naas, Lord Dunne, Colonel Newport, Visct. TELtESS. Newdegate, C. N. Spooner, Richard MAJORITY—NOES, 108. Alcock, Thomas Gibson, T. M. Mostyn, E. M. Anson, Colonel Gladstone, W. E. Mowatt, Franci" Ansley, Thomas Greenall, Gilbert Nichol!, John': Bailey, Joseph Grey, Sir G. Nugent, Sir Percy Baring. Sir F. Guest, Sir John Patten, W. !Snell, Sir T. Hall, Sir B. Pearson, Charles Blair, Stephen Harris, Richard Pealell, Sir G. Bright, Jinni Ilastie, Archibald Pennant, Colonel Brockiehurst, John liatchell, John Peto, Samuel Brotherton, J. Hawes, Benjamin Pilkington, James Brown, W. Headlam, ThomaS Power, Dr. Clay, James Heald, James Prime, Richard Clay, Sir W. Henley, J. W. Pusey, Philip Clive, 11. B. Hodgson, W. N. Rawdon, Colonel :;orbally, M. E. Hope, Henry T. Ricardo, J. L. Cowan, Charles Hornby, John Romilly, Sir John Cowper, W. F. Hughes, W. B. Salwey, Colonel Craig, Sir W. G. Hume, J. Sanders, George Cubitt, William Hutt, William Smith, Vernon Darner, Colonel Jackson, William Smith, M. Tucker Davie, Sir H Jervis, Sir John Smyth, .1( hn Georg. Dawson, T. V. Johnstone, Sir J. Smollett, A. Denison, Edmund Keogrt, William Stanley, Edward Divett, Edward Kershaw, James Stanton, W. 11. Douglas, Sir C. King, P. J. Sullivan, Michael Duckworth, Sir J. Labouchere, Henry Thornely, Thorns.' Duff, Jaines Lascelles, E. Tuttle% Huffy Dwican. u.-orge Littleton, E. R. Tyrell, Sir J. Duiicombe, 0. Locke, Joseph Villiers, Charles Duncuit, John Lowther, Colonel Vivian, J. H. East, Sir J. Lushington, Charles Wahnsley, Sir J. Egerton, W. T. Mackie, John Westhead, J. B. Elliot, J. E. Mackinnon, W. A. Willcox, Brodie Fagan, William M•Gregur, John Wilson, Matthew Fergus, John Matheson, Colonel TELLERS. Foley, J. 11. Maule, Fox- Chaplin, W. J. Freestun, Colonel Morris, David Ellis, John' THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 25.—The weather being exceedingli fine the attendance was very small, and trade inactive. A mere retail business doing in both wheat and four, but without a change in the value of either. All kinds of spring corn are neglected, and the turn lower. Indian corn a heavy sale, at $ decline of fully Is per qr. LEEDS, Jo NE 25. We are well supplied with wheat. The fine weather tends to make the trade rule slow, .yet prices for fresh samples are maintained. Other rorts in very limited demand. Oats and beans do not vary in price. Other article. no change. NEWCASTLE UPON-TYNE, JUNE 25.—Owing to the con tinuance of time weather, and this being the race week, very little business was transacted to-day at our market. The felt sales effected in wheat were at thc quotations of Saturday lait. Other articles nominally as before. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, JUNE 25 —The supply 0f beasts comprises about the same number as on this day week' the quality of which was unusually prime. Trade was dull, at a decline of 3d per stone, with a bad clearance. The supply of sheep and lambs was less than that of last week by 200. The mutton trade met a steady demand. Lambs met a fail sale, at a reduction on former rates. Part of both sheep and lambs remained unsold. Beasts, 540 ; sheep and lambs, 6,102; Beef, 4s 9d to 6s Ott per stone ; mutton, 4d to 5d ; lamb, IS' to bid per lb. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JUNE 25.—There were in the meal market to-day 18 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 1 : 0 !, imperial, which sold thus :-1 at 119 a Ud, 2 at Is 8s 6d, as 1 at 118 s ud ; average price of the whsle 11 8a Id 4.l2tbs• 2 sacks flour, which sold at *47s. 1 sack barleymeal, which was not sold. 14 sacks pot-barley, whereof 8 sold thus :-*" 2 at 1 -It., 2at 1/ Os 6d, and 4 at :9s wt. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, JUNE 25."" Oat straw, ft orn 6s 6d to 8s Cd per keml.le of 16 stones Trott; wheat ditto, 6s iid to 7,6 d ; barley ditto, 6s Od to 75 o ‘ l ' Hay, from Is to is 2d per st,,ne. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, JUNE 24.—There were 1 16 bags oatmeal and only 1 ut hirleymeal at this day's market; oatmeal down is per bag on all qualities; barleymeal same last. week. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third, imperial .. ... 28s 03 26s Od 255 0u Barleyineal, per ditto ... 17s 6.1 17a 0,1 —0 (" Peaseweal ...• —s Od —s Od Flour —s Od —s Od 9 . 1 Pot barley ... —s 03 —8 Od O d CoRK, JUNE 24.—Flour —First 12s 6d to 13s ; extra Pit seconds, 12. ud to 12.6 d ; households 9s to 11 s ; thirds, 7s to Ya per cwt. Oatmeal los 6d to COs; Indian meal 7s 6d to 7,9 i; whest . meal. I , ls to 10s 6 I per cwt. Indian corn 1404 to 1:10s Od per wn. t . Bran 3/ 12t0d to 3 153 per ton. Hay—Farmers 35s to 425; averog; 38s; dealers 0.2, to 46. Od; average 44s per ton. Straw—Fartn e , f 7 18) .03 to 36a ud ; average 3 s; dealers 38s Od to 008 average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 611 0, household loaf 5d to 56d per 41b. Fresh butter, 7 d to 83 per lb. Eggs —4sOdto 4s ld per hundred. Coale, Newport 14s; Lydney 15s ; Landore 14s ; Best Nov' Culrn 13s per ton. Tallow 38s 6d to 00si per e rt i Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 6d per imperial gallon. Mt, —Beef 4d to 4-id ; mutton 5d to 6 id ; ve al' 44 , 1 ,7 5d ; pork 3id to 00 ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d pe r 1. 1 :, Hop: 6/ los to Si 10s per cwt. Bangor , later 3 ( 2 s 6d t o 3i 51 Pe. ton. Bark—Barbary 71 5s to 81 5 s; Valoma 14/ tool; French 7 1 53; Spanish 9/ per ton. Fleece Wool Ws to 12a per -toe t i Hemp 33' tot 0/ pet ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 13s to 141; r e , ditto Lis to 20s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9 Os to 10' .I ° ' ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton ; deals, first quality. 18 , 1 2, second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 2 uf caked 158 to 21 8 per cwt ; calf skins 2id to lid per 1 "' Potatoes, white 10d to I2d ; Minions 14d to Idd ; Guan°l Peruvian, 111 10s; Ichaboe, 9/ per ton ; Tar—Arelaing e ' 19s per barrel. COAL MARK ET.—YESTERDAY. ri d Buddle's W. Hartley.. 13s 6d Bradayll 9d Cares W. Hartley l3s 6d Creswell . 13i tA Chester Main l2s 6u tietton Cresswell Main Davison'sWestHartley 13s 6d Lambton Hol, - well North Percy Hartley l3a 3d ,Ruseell's Hatton ...... 15' ad Ord's Maiu ...... 1:s 941 Stewart's I "Uanfield Moor .... ..... 12s 6d Whitwell ... 135 " o d Canfield Moor Butes... 12s od l earadoc ..... Townley l -zs Od Hartlepool 1 55 ' o 'd %,‘ est Hartley West Wylam Wylam . l3s 3d Whitworth 125 a d Wall's End, &c. Adelaide Tees Hedley Riddell Edeu Main Bell Ships at market. 190. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL JUNE STOCK EXCHA.NOiI—The . mark et 2 r 6 emains firm, 0, 6 „:1 consider ,ble amou, t of business doing, particularly in u r i r Wesi ern and Bristol and Exeter Shares, but without sit e ticn in prices. JUNE V. STOCK EXCHANGE. LIVERPOOL Therewas very little business doll° to-day, but prices were steady. The transactions were vr e follow : —Lancashire and YorKshire,__Consol. 36 Ditto, te ference, 12 1 4 London and North-Western 110—Ditto, ,' 0 1:1, Quarters, 15-16 c. p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 3 4 p.—Micl ig i ol Halves, 25 1-16 dis. Birkenhead, Lancashire, 4), Cheshire, 18 , 4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover (No' Thirds, 53g. MANCHESTER, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The matket was quiet to -dap , j c , prices had rather a downward tendency. The tr , i n il it tor rim. were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 37 -Y A ,",. , Fifths, 10 dis.— Ditto ( West Riding Union), 85a )1 London and North-Western, New Q lutes, 3 / 4 p• -- 0# Manche*ter and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 3 4 p• N or lb chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, Staffords'aire, 10 9-16 dis BIRMINGHAM, Jume 26. /1 0 STOCE EXCRANGA. —Business in this share market d/ very flat to-ca). London and North-Western were (1 0 °' 00 1 sellers 110—North Staffordshire, sellers, 10 5 4 bury and dirmingliam (A), buyers,94,—South Staffora i "" buyers VA, sellers 4 dis. A tomtit's nest was lately . found in the hat,,4 11 ,1(1, mounting a scarecrow placed in a garden near D r ' Yorkshire. [ ADvF,RTISEMENT ]—There is nothing hette• d t pir Horowav's Pills for Bowel Complaints, Diarrhoea 11) 0 0, 1 , ordered Stomachs.—Persons subject to these comp/ai °l !„ ' t i not use a finer medicine than these invaluable pill" , taken in moderate Coses, and the diet properly attended ttu're certain cure will be etlected. Their strengthening "Alrete speedily renovates the impaired tone of the stomach 110", deft ders the digestive organs more powerful. Bile and dis %s o of the Liver may be infallibly.cured by their use , avid toot who are suffering from a long residence in hot climatelle s vel adopt a more etiectual remedy than Holloway's Pali'. ri are also the best family medicine extant.—So ld b y all vlf4 gists and at Professor lalolloway's Establishme nt, 244, Sty" London. BIRTHS. OF A N. On the 24th inst., at Branelaby-SO lodge, Yorkshire, the '' of 11. P. Cholmeley, Esq. On the 23d inst., at Blackheath, the wife of Dr. gob erV son, D.C. L. st e OF A DAU GHTER. On the 23d inst., at Caversharn, the I lady t of Charles orthinton, Esq. park-street, th On the 240.1 inst., in Hyde' Childs Pemberton, Esq. wifeß o W: ---------- atARRIED. S On the 20th inst. , at St. Mary J. Tinhorn, Esq. , of her Majesty's Do c ky ar d. I, .1 013° On the . Oth inst., at St. Peter's Church, ' Marlborougloteri 81. D., R ' .2,7 - ' W ., Masters, M.D.. onl y son of John Masters Esq., of 11°1 140" otoolwich, Julia, daub Urquhart Bremner , Esq.,ri jter:of t o H a rriet Octavi a, y o ungest daughter of the late Bullock, Esq / . ot • Dab ft A , ' Cin the 22d inst., the Rev. Rushworth Batley , ' Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. -ab baji On the 24th h i st , at W ar li es- par k , near Walthar tt Essex, William Banbury, Esq., aged 84. lciol ~,c i ss °, At Combe-wood, on t h e : 4th i ns t., G e orge xr. , -,. - fte le9' o surviving son o f J ames G . M ur d oc h, E sq ., of P" c e, square, London, aged 25. P IP On the 23d iost., in Portugal-street, aged 68, O 0 Maria, r e li ct o f t h e l ate J. S trat t on , E sq . o p J On the 22d i ns t., E mma , youngest daughter of ''' 0 Piggott, of Lancaster place, aged 28. A 8 111/° On the 19th inst., at Hampstead, the wife of . ; eff of Lincoln's Inn. 0 31113 .On the 20th inst., at Blackheath, Mr. Jamet 3 - , 0 1 late of Clapham. -.---....--o‘lll 0 I°l La iid Printed and Published by MIIRD„ PAi No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun vw.„' pe" , 'strand. in 'hr . ' ""Mitii , .0 the Savoy, w t , v‘ • middielsza, Mureflay, Jule 27, 1850.