The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-14 00:00:00

''i...:. ijtril ?I'bittou SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The House met to-day at a Quarter -past One, in order to forward all the Bill 3 on the table a stage, and also for the purpose of giving the Royal assent by Commis sion to a great number of public and private Bills. The Earl of BEDEsnALE, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack. Lord EDDIS3UBX laid several reports and papers on the table. The House then adjourned during pleasure, her Majesty's Commission fir giving the Royal assent not having arrived at the House. LOYA L ASSENT. At half--past two o'clock, the Royal Commission baying arrive t, Lord CA7IPBELL, Lord MONTEAGLE, and Lord Ennisuuttv took their seats below the Throne, robed as Lords Commissioners. when the Royal Assent was given to the foiluv.lng seventy-six public and private Bills: The Duke of Cambridge's Annuity. Marlborough Howe. County Courts Extertilon. Navy Pay. Borough Bridges. Public Libraries and Museums. Electors (Ireland). Parliamentary Voters (Ireland). Equivalent Compa❑y's Annuity Redemption. Canterbury Settlement Lands. Registration of D2i.ds (Ireland). Excise Sugar and Licences. Commons Inclosure (No. 2). Borough Courts of Review (Ireland). Deanery of Sr. Burian Divison. Sheep and Cattle Contagious Disorders Prevention Continuance. Court of Chancery (Ireland). Fees of Court of Common Pleas (No. 2). Mancheiter Bonding Amendment. Turnpike Acts Continuance. Fisher:es.. Grand Jury Cess (Ireland). General Board of Health (No. 2). Municipal Corporation (Ireland) (No. 2.) Cruelty to Animals (Scotland). • National Gallery (Edinburgh). Mercantile Marine (No. 2). Registration of Judgments Offices (Ireland). Engines for taking Fish. Ecclesiastical Commission. Railways Abandonment. Benefices in Piardity. Small Tenements Rating. Inspection of Coal Mines. Borough Gaols, Police Superannuation Fund. Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland). Poor Relief. London Bridge Approaches Fund. Crime and Outrage (Ireland) Act Continuance. Customs. Assizes (Ireland). Stamp Duties (No. 2). Assessed Taxes Composition. Union of Liberties with Counties. lAer of Copyright of Dasign (Amendment). Biiston I pproverue.nt, Ahrket, Water-works, and Ceme. tery. West Cornwall Railway. East of Fife Railway. Westminster Improvement. Birkenhead Doek Trustees. Glasgow Iliarkcts and Slaughter-houses. Bishop of London (St. Michael's Church, Chester-square, Estate. Marylebone and rinchley Turnpike Roads (to continue and amend the Acts relating to the above Roads). Liverpool, Crodpy, .and tionthport Railway (sale or lease to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company). River Lee Trust. Wolverhampton Improvement Act Amendment. St Andrew's and Quebec Railroad Company. Belfast Int rrovernr•nt. Bishop of London Estate (St. Gabriel's Church, Pimlico). Oxford, •Worees:f r, and Wolverhampton Railway. The Hartlepool Wcst Harbour and Dock. Westminster Temprary Bridge. Cavendish (or Harcourt's) Estate. Somerville's or Mills (13arford R-ctory) Estate. London (City) School for Orphans of Freemen. Earl of Craven's (or Sir John Johnstone's) Estate. Duke of of Buckingham's Estate. Tuftbn Estate. • Earl of Glengall's Eitate. • Sir Henry M. Vavas..ur's Estate. Earl of Effin7,ham's Emma, Viscount Middleton'. Estate. Bowes Estate. The Earl of Lincoln's Divorce. Hall's Divorce. The Royal Cororni3tion having conclude& Lord C.,OIPISELL to his teat on the Woolsack as Deputy Speaker, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor mEssAGF, Flzo - 4 THE COMMONS. A Message from the Commons brought up several Bills. THIRD READINGS. The following BiLs were read a third time and paiserl:— Spitalflelds and Shorediteh New Street. Transfer of Improvret4nr, Loans. L%w Fund Datirs (irti4nd). Savings Banks (Tio,.nil), Holyhead Haziwur. . . Lough Corrib Impr,vrne.:lt Company. Compeniatioa (Irvlaw?). General "Lard of fl,a,!th (No. 3). Cmsolidated Fund A pc , ropriat!on. Lord MONTEAGLE presented petitions from Van Diemen's Land against the Australian Colonies Bill; also a petition from New South Wales to the same effi et. The petitions were ordered to be laid upon the table THE POSTAL REGULATIONS. Lord CANIPBEr.d. said that as he had not been pre sent when the report of the Commissioners on the Post office was presented to their Lordships, he would take the present opportunity of stating how satisfied he was with the result to which they had arrived. As ons of the judges of the land, he could state that by the now regulations which had been_ recently introduced the work of mercy had often tom interrupt-d ; not to speak of social inconveniene , s while on circuit, it was absolutely necessary that communication should take place between the judges and with the Home-office, but, by this P,)st offiee regatation, all communication had been cut off for twvnty-fmr hours. • More than one in stance hid occurre.il where very serious inconvenience. almost affitcting human Ile, had occurred, and himself and his brother Judea on circuit had found it impossible to obtain any relnx , ition, even under such serious cir cumstances. Lord moNTE,.xGLE said that he could not give a testimony so striking e 2,. the Noble and Learned Lord, but he could stare that an inst,nce had occurred in his own family where had been found impossible, in con sequence of the Poit office regulations, to summon a physician in a very urgent case by any other means than by the electric telegraph. Had such a case occurred with a poor man, it would have been impossible to have got over the difficulty. Their Lordships thou adjourned at lialf-past Three. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER tuck the Chair shortly after One o'clock. PETITIONS. Lord D. STUART presented petitions from Maryle bone, praying for the separation of Church and State. Mr. WYLD presented a petition complaining of the cht.etive character of the Catalogue of the British Mu seum. and praying the House to take steps to remedy the defect. The petition was signed by a great number of authors and artists. Mr. LOCKE presented a petition praying the House to restore the delivery of letters on Sundays. NOTICES OF MOTION. Several notices of motion were given for next session. RETURNS. Mr. SCULLY moved for copies of all correspondence in reference to the conduct of Thomas Young Prior; Esq. (a magistrate for the county of Galway), with his Excellency the Lora-L'eutenant of Ireland, or with the Lords Justices, in the month of July 1850; and also, a copy of any war:ants issued by the said Thomas Young Prior, Esq., in June last, for the committal of prisoners to the Brideweli of ClArden, in the county of Galway.— Agreed to. Mr. SCULLY moved for a return of the names of the baronies and halt-baronies, with their respective coun ties, in Ireland, which have been proclaimed under the Crime and Outrage Act, with the dates of the com mencement and ending of such proclamation; of the number and expense of the exra police force in each townland of the preclainied baronies; of the number and description of arms taken or surrendered to the police under the Act, in each barony; of the number and nature of crimes committed in each of the proclaimed baronies, from three months previous to the proclamation up to the present date; ant, of the number of licences to carry arms granted Zild ref wed under the Act.—Agreed to. SUPPLY OF WATER IN THE METROPOLIS. Mr. WYLD said, early this session several private Bills were introduced for supplying the metropolis with water, but the whole subject having been referred to the Board of Health, those Bills were deferred from time to time, to enable the House to see the report of that Board. Ultimately that report was forthcoming, when the Bills were thrown ou'. Now, it was very likely that a great many of these schemes would be again deposited in the Private Bill-ofilea, for the purpose of having them once morn brought before :he douse next session, but it would save a great deal of time and expense to the parties en gaged in those se!lecnem, if the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of Sete Ix the lime Department, would state if it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to take anysteps during the recess for the better supply of water tv the rnetrepolis. Sir GEORGE GIi,EY said, the report of the Board of Health would ree,ive the careent consideration of the Government during the recess, but the Hon. Member would doubtless r,eollfet that an appendix to that report was proalised by the Board, which had rot yet been produced. He was, therefore, net aware of what would be the contents of that appendix, but the report itself, and the evidimce — upon which it was handed, would reccile the careful consideration Government. ft c• tad nor, however, at this peri o d 1.4(14 eay what proposit on OGvernment might hereafter think ?toper to Danko to rati:trient on the subject, nor could undertake to Premise t'at Government would .r':; 2 THE bring in any measure for the better supply of water in the metropolis. With reference to the Bills which had been thrown out this session, all he could say was simply this, that if the parties who promoted them this session should again think proper to re►i►e them next session, they would do it with their eyes open and with the knowledge that Go►ern mect might think it advisable that they should not re cei►e the sanction of Parliament. Under these circum stances he thought it would be imprudent for the parties to incur any great expense in the matter. THE RECENT POSTAL REGULATIONS. Mr. THORNELY wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the working of the recent postal regulations on Sunday was now ready, and if so, whether be could state what course would be adopted by the Government in consequence of that report? Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that the report had been completed and presented to the Treasury, and be under stood it had been laid on the table of the House; but, of course, he was not prepared to say what steps would be taken by the Treasury in pursuance of that report. The Hon. Gentleman moved that the report be printed, which, we understood, was aerefd to. -~.~: , ..- :~_ `, " •i PROCESS OF REFINING SUGAR, In reply to a question from Mr. THORNELY, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had directed an investigation to be made by experienced chemists into the alleged deleterious effects produced upon sugar by the present mode of refining it; but there appeared to be considerable doubt as to whether the presence of white lead could be detected either in the sugar or in the treacle. He thought, under these cir cumstances, the best course he could pursue was to move that the reports and correspondence should be printed, in which case the public would be enabled to form an opinion on the subject. A motion for the printing of the documents was then put from the Chair, and agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER laid on the table a return of the general heads of expense in building the New Houses of Parliament. MR. O'CONNOR AND MR. HAYTER. Mr. F. O'CONNOR asked the Speaker whether or no, if a Minister of the Government was appointed a chair man of a Select Committee it was Parliamentary, honest, or fair, that that Minister should pay a witness in at tendance on the Committee his expenses out of his own pocket? The SPEAKER complained that the Hon. Member had given shim no notice of his question.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it was competent for a member of a Select Committee to pay a witness summoned to give evidence before that Committee his expenses if he thought proper. Mr. HAYTER—The Hon. Member—the so-called Hon. Member.—(Loud cries of " Order, order," in the midst of which the Hon. Member resumed his seat.) Mr. F. O'CONNOR, with much warmth, characterised by certain strong epithets the source from whence the Hon. Member (Mr. Hayter) derived his information, and was loudly called to order. The matter then dropped. INCOME-TAX PAID BY RAILWAY COMPANIES. Mr. LOCKE moved. fora return showing the amount of income-tax paid by railway companies in England, for the year ending the 31st day of December, 1849; a similar return for Scotland ; and a return of the pas senger-tax paid by each railway company for the year ending as aforesaid (for England and Scotland). Agreed to. EDUCATION (SCOTLAND). Viscount MELGUND moved an address for return of all sums granted, under the authority of the Committee of Privy Council for educational purposes, in each county in Scotland, for each of the years 1847, 1848, and 1849, stating the names of the places in which the schools re ceiving aid are situated, and the religious body with which each school is connected; and distinguishing the parochial schools from other schools connected with the Established Church.—Agreed to. FOREIGN TARIFFS. Mr. NEWDEGATE called the attention of the House to a report, entitled Foreign Tariffs, presented this session • . (No, 570), and pointed out a number of changes adverse to this country, which had taken place in the tariffs of foreign countries, and which were not to be found in the report in question. Mr. LABOUCHERE entirely concurred in the object the Hon. Gentleman had in view. It certainly was most desirous that the House and the country should have as complete and accurate information as pos,ible with regard to the tariffs of foreign countries, and the changes that were made in them from time to time. With respect to the return which the Honourable Gentleman spoke of, the course which the Board of Trade pursued in reference to it was this:—They requested the Fo reign -office to send a circular to all our Ministers and Consuls abroad, asking them to furnish the information required by the return. The information which they supplied was laid upon the table as it arrived ; but whether the inaccuracies existed as pointed out by the Honourable Gentleman, of course it was impossible fcr him to say. Both the Fo reign and Colonial Offices, however, had written to all our representatives abroad requesting them to continue to supply this information, or the changes that were made from time to time. in former tariffs, and he hoped. when all the accounts had been received the Government would have the means of affording full and correct information upon the subject of foreign tariffs. The Hon. Gentleman asked him whether or no he was ready to agree to a motion which he was disposed to make, that each foreign tariff as it arrived should be printed and submitted to the House.—(Hear, hear.) Now he hoped the Honourable Gentleman would not make that motion. He could assure him that the Board of Trade would not lose sight of the subject, and thus it would be their constant desire to supply the House and the coun try with the information in the most coLvenieut form, but he was not quite sure that all the tariffs could be printed without incurring enormous expense. Before next session, however, he would con sider what would be the most convenient form fur lay ing them on the table of the House. - Mr. NE WDEGATE thanked the Right Hon. Gentle man for having in substance acceded to his request, and he would only add that, in the event of the tariffs not be ing laid on the table, they would be placed, if not in the library of the House, at least in the offices of some de partraeat of the Government, where the House could have free and easy access to them. The subject then dropped. THE ROYAL ASSENT. After a papa of more than half an hour, there being no other business before the House, The Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the blr, and having advanced to the table, summoned the House to attend the House of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given by commission to several Bills which bad passed both Houses. The SPEAKER then left the house followed by the whole of the Members who were present. On his return he real the titles of the Bills to which the Royal assent had besn given (for which see Lords' report). A Message was brought up from the Lords, stating that the►r Lnrdships had aree 1 to the Security fur Ad vances (Ireland) act Amendment Bill, and several other Bills without any amendment. Colonel SIB CIIORP gave notice that early next ses sion he would call the attention of the Huuse to the in definite periods at which the House had commenced its sittings during the present sessibt. The House then adjourned until Half•past One to morrow (Thursday). FRAN CE. The Itioniteur du Soir announces (as follows) the arrest of M. B mnelier, who was a leading orator at the Bonapartist meetings before the election of the 10th of December : " The old demand of highway robbers is well known--' Your purse or your life. It appears that this kind oi demand has been somewhat varied in these latter days. M. Hippolyte Bonneiier, it seems, had taken it into his bead that he would at- tempt to attain the place of of director of the Odeotithel atre by the protection of the President of the Republic; and, accordingly, he applied on the subject to M. Au guste Chevalier, Secretary-General of the President, who had lately obtainea for him some pecuniary assistance to extricate him from great distress. The nomination not arriving, H. M. Bonnelier, it is said, wrote a letter of threats and violence, afterwards carried into effect. On Saturday, when M. A. Chevalier was leaving the EiyEee, M. H. Bonnelier suddenly accosted him with most abusive language, and apparently was prepared to prcceed to acts of violence; but M. A. Chevalier remained cool, and, without allow ing himself to be intimidated, had the porte-cochere shut, and sending for the guard gave him into custody. M. H. Bonnelier was taken before the Commissary of Po lice of the district. That magistrate considered the case grave enough to order his provisional arrest. Yesterday he was placed at the disposal of the Procureur of the Republic." ITALY. The Risorgimento of the Bth, and the other Turin papers, give an account of the steps taken by the Government in the matter of the refusal of the sacrament to Chevalier Santa Rosa on his death bed. The irritation of the inhabitants of Turin at the conduct of the monks of the order of Servi (servants of God), w h o h a d the direction of the parish of San Carlo, to which Santa Rosa be longed, and who had, even before they received orders from the Archbishop, ref use d to sen d t h e viaticum, had risen to such a p i tc h t h at the Mu nicipal Council held an extraordinary sitting, and unanimously voted an address to the Government, praying for the removal of the a b ovement i oned friars. The Council of Mintsters was assembled when the address arrived, which, bein g i n ac . cordance with what had previously been determined on by the Ministers, received immediate execution. The Intendant-General, Chevalier Pernati, and Chevalier Bellono, Syndic of the town, imme diately proce e d e d to the convent to not ify the determination of the Government to the inmates, and to make an inventory of their moveables, as well interest public a seizur e o f a ll t h e papers w hi c h m i g ht public justice. The fathers made no resistance, only begging they might be allowed to draw up a protest against what they called a spoliation, which was accordingly granted. But baying in this protest declared that they were expelled by force, alluding to the escort of Carabineers which was to accom pany them, the Syndic and Intendant-General signified to them that if they did no t suppress that declaration, the escort would be withdrawn, and they left to go alone. The fathers, feeling that the escort was intended for their personal safety, and not for the purposes of coercion,. pre- SUN, LONDON, ferred suppressing this obnoxious passage, and took their departure, fiftten in number, in two car riages, under the protection of an escort of National Guards as far as San Salvario, where the latter were relieved by the Carabineers. The fathers car ried all their money with them, besides a change of clothes! their other property was consigned to the charge of the economate. The income of the convent is estimated at 32,0001. Several papers were seized, among which the autograph letter of Monsignor Franzoni, peremptorily forbidding the fathers to administer the sacraments to Chevalier Santa Rosa, unless he signed a retracta tion, several copies of which were also found. There was, besides, some correspondence which had passed between the Archbishop and the convent on the subject, and an authentic copy of the well-known circular of Monsignor Franzoni. The place of the friars was immediately occupied by secular priests, that there might be no interruption in public worship. The National Guard and military in the meantime pre served order in the city. Monsignor Franzoni, baying been aummonded by the Government to give up his see, and having refused, was taken on the same day to the fort of Ft nestrelle, in order to preclude the pos. sibility of his disturbing public tranquillity again. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—Advices from the United States came to band this morning, showing that the weather had become more favourable for the growing crop of cotton, and that prices had conse quently receded to the quotations current on the 17th ult. The accounts differ, in some degree, from different districts ; and there are wide dis crepancies between the opinions of various parties as to the prospects of supply ; the private letters being generally more sanguine as to quantity than the printed circulars. The effect 072 our Exchange has been an increased perplexity in people's judgments on this important subject ; and, in the earlier part of the morning, it was expected that we should have a somewhat drooping market. Sellers were found steady, however, to their previous terms ; and the general firmness was strengthened by an early telegraphic re port to the effect that a good business was going on in the raw material at Liverpool. In yarns the day's transactions have not exceeded a moderate amount; but both the home consumers and the continental merchants have supplied their more immediate wants, with less of hesitation than was anticipated, and, for the. most part, without any advantage in the conditions, as compared with what they could do before. The Rus sians were active buyers, at high rates, for delivery not later than the 20th or 25th of October ; but the India houses are still standing aloof. Forgoods, there is an increased and a more general inquiry ; and sales are effected with rather less difficulty than they were, at the quotations w hi c h h ave o f l a t e b een hardly obtainable. Tbis statement applies to shirt ings, and the various descriptions of printing cloths, except low 7-Bths, as well as to the lighter domestics. On the whole, a tone of cheerfulness has prevailed, which was not observable at the date of our last re port; and it is pretty evident that nothing but a slight difference in price stands in the way of more considerable operations by the India houses, and other classes of buyers, than have been effected for several weeks back. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—There has been a good demand for flannels at this market to-day. They were eagerly bought up early in the morning, and, the supply being under the average, the market was soon over. In wools the demand has been limited, owing to the advance now asked; but the trade ge nerally is in a healthy state. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have to report an improved disposition for business on the part of the manufacturers of this town, some houses displaying considerable activity in their preparations fur the ensuing autumn trade. The throwing trade continues much as reported for some time past, producers proceeding, hoWever, in the mean time cautiously, as there must be a consider able advance on thrown silks, before a steady bu s i ness can be calculated upon. Th e raw silk market is ex tremely firm, with an upward tendency, strengthened by actual scarcity of certain qualities, now, and likely to be, in demand. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There has been very little change in our market since our last report. There has been a fair trade doing in the Cloth Hall, and low goods continue to have the best sale. An average amount of business has been doing during the week in the warehouses. lieurax, SA:ruanAr.—there was about an ave rage attendance in our Piece-hall to-day, and a pretty fair inquiry, chiefly for fancy goods. The demand for yarn, both for home manufacture and for export, but principally the latter, is still animated, and the quotations exhibit considerable firmness. There is nut a large amount of business doing in wool ; and, as the stocks in the market are heavy, some descriptions are rather easier to buy. LEEDS, TIIESDAY.-0 wing to the small supply of goods brought to the Cloth Hall, there has not been much done in the market, but still large deliveries are being wade to order, which keeps stocks very low in the maker's hands. A good steady business con tinues to be done in the warehouses. MADEMOISELLE LIND.-LIYEAPOOL, TUESDAY.-- As our readers are aware, Mademoiselle Lind is to give two concerts in this town previous to her departure for America. The first takes place at the Philharmonic-hall, on Friday evening, and the second on Monday. On the following Wednesday the " Nightingale" will set forth on her Trans atlantic trip, on board the new American steam-ship At lantic, and many travellers have secured berths in order to accompany the popular songstress across the ocean. She is expected to arrived in this town from London by the express train on Thursday, and she will attend the rehearsal the same evening. M. Benedict, who was with Mademoiselle Lind at Baden, writing to the committee of the Philharmonic Society, says that he never heard her sing better than she did at the concert given in that town on Tuesday last week. The enthusiasm was boundless, and the receipts 6. , 01. The whole of the tickets for the Liverpool concerts have now been di.posed of, and are selling at a premium. The specu lators are in many cases realising a profit of 50 per cent. It is estimated that there will be about 2,600 persons present each evening, and many distinguished persons from a dis tance are expected. ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE OF CONVICTS.—Two con vial', one named John Purvis and the other James Blamir, between three and four o'clock on Monday afternoon, suc ceeded in climbing over the wall of the yard and the wooden fence of Commodore Henry Eden's garden into George street, Woolwich. Two police-constables from the dockyard gate immediately gave chase, and they were both captured near the Marino Barracks, and within twenty minutes were returned on board the Warrior convict hulk. LONDON VD , ITATION.—The Bishop of London has intimated to the clergy of his diocese that he will hold visi. tations in St. Paul's Cathedral, on Saturday, November 2, Monday, November 4, Wednesday, November 6, and Thurs day, November 7. Four years have elapsed since his Lord sh►p's last visitation. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 13. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) IN RE L. ALEXANDER AND co. His HoNoun gave judgment this morning on a dis puted question in this old bankruptcy, the proceedings under which are still lingering on. Mr. Morrison, a director of the Britannia Life Insurance Company, had petitioned the court, setting forth that the company had advanced 2,1001., in 1845, to Mr. Bardgett, one of the bankrupts, who was also a director of the company, for which 350 of the company's shares were deposited with Mr. Morrison as security. There was now due, as principal and interest, 2,3081. The prayer of the peti tion was that the company might be declared equitable mortgagees of the shares so held; that they might be sold on the Stock Exchange, and the proceeds !applied in the discharge of their debt. This was opposed by the assignees, on the ground that the property in the shares was in them. The case of the Lancaster Canal Company bad been much relied ou in the argu ment, where it was ruled that shares held by bankrupts, if not fully transferred, passed to their assignees. In this case there had been no actual transfer, nor had it ever been contemplated, beyond an agreement on the part of the bankrupt, to transfer when called upon to so. The whole thing was in fieri; and when the loan was made, the entry in the company's book contained no mention of Mr. Bardgett's name. It was clear the intention was that the ownership and dis position of the shares should remain in Mr. Bardgett, who continued to receive the dividends, and to vote as a proprietor. The case of the Lancaster Canal Company had never been overruled; this case came entirely within that rule. He must, therefore, hold that the property vested in the.assignees, and the result would be that the petition would be dismissed with costs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug. 12. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) THE CASE OF STARVATION.--DVe brought up Our report of the trial of Sarah Bubb for the murder of Maria Hook in yesterday's paper up to the departure of the late.t available train on Monday. We now resume the report from the point where we broke off yesterday.] Mr. Humble, surgeon, and medical officer of the Westbury-on-Severn Union, deposed that he first saw the deceased in November, 1848, when the prisoner and Ann Apperby brought her to him. He examined the child, and prescribed a slight aperient for her, directing that she should have port wine and norishing food. He found that she was afflicted with prolapsus ani, a disease not uncommon to children, but not of a dangerous cha racter. In 1849 (January) he again saw the deceased at her father's house. She was huddled up over some ahscs, and was naked with the exception of a small rug over her shoulders. There was no fire in the room, and the child seemed emaciated from want of proper food and clothing; made a post mortem examination of the body, and found it in an excessive state of emaciation • it only weighed 6 1 bs.— (S ensat i on i n th e co urt.) A c hild newly born would usually weigh from &lbs. to 81bs. This child was four years old. It appeared about the usual height of a child of that age, but was a complete skele ton. Death from starvation would present such ex ternal appearances as the body of the deceased Maria Hook presented. The body internally was healthy; the lungs were terfect, and there wet e no symptoms of Lonnarpirtihoen. stomach - heartachwas avnedrfeveitsicleraemgpetnye.ralLlyoowkiene r g externally and internally at the appearances presented WEDNESDAY by the body, witness was of opinion that the child died from want of sufficient food and clothing. Charles Bampton, huckster, proved that Hook and Bubb bought goods at his shop to the amount of 10s. to 14s. per week. After an address of two hours from Mr. Pigott, who dwelt especially on the absence of motive for murder,, his Lordship summed up in a speech of an hour and a half, and the jury, after retiring for ten minutes, returned a verdict of Guilty of aggravated man slaughter and the prisoner was sentenced to transporta tion for life. _ The trial occupied exactly twelve hours, having closed at nine o'clock P.M. August 13. (Before Mr. Justice 'WILLIAMS.) LIE STARVATION CASE —Richard Hock was charged with the manslaughter of his daughter Maria Hook, at Churcham, by omitting to give her proper food and clothing. The particulars of this case need scarcely be repeated. As will be seen above, the prisoner's sister-in-law, a woman named Bubb, was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to be transported for life. The prisoner Hook was charged with being a party to the manslaughter. The evidence was similar to that given on the trial of Bubb yesterday, but it came out that when the prisoner Hook was at home the deceased Was generally better treated than in his absence. In his defence, the prisoner said he had always pro vided sufficient food and clothes for the child, and had directed Bubb to attend to her. The jury found him Not Guilty. POISONING CAsE. Hannah Curtis was charged on the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of Thomas Harris, her former husband, at the parish of Frampton Cottrel. The prisoner was formerly married to Harris, Who died after a short illness, and in a month after his death she married a man named Curtis, who used to visit her during the lifetime of her husband. On open ing the body, there were traces of arsenic discovered in the deceased. _ _ A great number of witnesses were examined in sup port of the indictment, but the case for the prosecntion had not closed when our report was dispatched. WESTERN CIRCUIT, Wells, Aug. 12. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE. henry Hillier, alias Henry Ax ford, was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas George, at Nunney, on the 3d of April, by cutting him on the throat with a knife. Mr. Phinn and Mr. Everett were counsel for the pro secution, and Mr, Edwards defended the prisoner. The only mode of making this case understood is by a narrative of the facts, as the case only rested upon cir cumstantial evidence. It will first be necessary to state the facts under which the body of the deceased was found ; secondly, the circumstances attaching them selves to the prisoner about the time of the murder; and, thirdly, expressions of the prisoner, indicating the mo tive of the prisoner for wishing to get rid of the decased. The deceased was a lad about 17 years of age, and he lived with his parents at Nunney, near Frome. He was in the habit of working for Messrs. Iloddinot, for whom also the prisoner worked. The prisoner also lived near. On the night of the 3d of April the deceas e d Left his work with his father about seven o'clock. The prisoner left about the same time. The deceased went home, and having washed and dressed himself, as was his habit, lie went out, and he was heard talking to the prisoner and some other persons in the shed adjoining the house of the father of the deceased. He was seen there up to eight o'clock. A little after eight the deceased was seen passing over the bridge which was between the house of the prisoner and that of the father of the deceased, and the prisoner was seen looking in the direction in which the deceased was going; that was the last time the de ceased was seen alive. The mother of the deceased sat up for him, and about five o'clock in the morning she became so uneasy that she awoke her husband, and begged him to go and look after their son. The husband got up and went to the cart-shed, and upon going in he saw the body of some person reclining on the left side. The head was bent under the shoulder, and the face was so much covered with blood that be could not recognise whose body it was. He rushed out, and at that early hour i❑ the morning he saw the prisoner standing at his door completely dressed. He called to the prisoner to come to him. He came and went into the shed, and at once recognised the body, and exclaimed, " Poor Tom has cut his throat at last." The body was brought out on a hurdle on which it was found lying, and it was found that the head had nearly been severed from the body by a wound across the throat. In the course of the day the body was washed, and on the sth an in quest was held; but it was to be regretted that the co roner would not allow any surgical investigation, and the jury came to no verdict at all. On the 7th the surgeons were called in to look at the body, and they found the gullet a nd windpipe cut completely through, and they discovered that there had been two cuts on the throat; that there was first a stab, and then a cut, and they said it was quite impossible that the person who inflicted the first cut could have inflicted the second—that is, under the supposition that it was suicide. The cuts were so violent that the knife scraped the bone at the back of the neck. They also fuund a wound on the temple, which had fractured the skull, and which must have been given before the throat was cut. The smallclothes and waistcoat were open. On the right-hand pocket were the marks of three bloody fingers, and on the left-hand pocket also were the marks of blood, as if done by the hand. There was no blood on the hands of the deceased, and the smockfrock was pulled close down. The surgeons were of opinion that the deceased met his death from the violence of some other person, and not from his own hand. At the time the body was brought out, the father, thinking, as had been suggested by the prisoner. that the boy had committed suicide, was anxious to find the instrument with which it was done, and the prisoner found the knife of the deceased near the spot where the body was found. From a superstitious idea this knife was first put in the coffin that it might not cut any more throats, and the blade was broken. The prisoner and the deceased and other persons had been in the habit of occasionally sleeping about the outhouses of the farm, and that night the prisoner saw a man of the name of Whittaker, who worked for Messrs. Hoddinot, and who came to his house that eveniug to wait for his master's horse, and the prisoner three times told him that be wanted to go to b thatm ic a e n an n s amed Solomon Hillier tbat night got rid of Whittaker, and the e told s a . Hoddi no t h a d complained of persons sleeping about by ss the farm, an d h e b egged Hil l i er not et ietidu, thatgprisoner and h Messrs. r to sleep about the' farm that night. It turned out that Messrs. Hoddinot had made no such complaint during the present year. The prisoner went to the house of the deceased's father that night about nine o'clock, and inquired of the mother whether she would ask her husband whether he (the prisoner) was to cart dung in the morning? This was a very unusual inquiry, because that man had no authority to give the prisoner any orders. The mother then inquired of the prisoner whether he had seen her son. He stated most positively that he had: not, whereas he had parted with him only three-quarters of an hour before. The next thing heard of the prisoner was about half-past ten o'clock, at his own house. He was a married man, and hi s w ife, who had been a widow, had a boy, about four teen years ef age, who slept in the same room with them. He saw the prisoner come to bed befor eleven o'elock, and that the smock-frock he wore had a good deal of blood upon it; he took off that smock frock and put it under the bed , and went t o s l eep w i t h a ll hi s clothes on; he got up in the m orn i ng , an d t h e b oy saw his mother get a tub of cold water , i nto w hi c h she put the smock•frock. After t h e b oy had made this state ment he was taken before the magistrates, and then he said that the story he had told was false, and that it had been suggested to him by his master The boy to-day told his original story, and declared that what he had stated before the magistrate was un true, and that no suggestion h a d b een made to h i m. The prevaricationhalof borrowed the the boy was quit e s h oc ki ng . T he pri soner smock-frock, and when asked to re turn it be said his wife w as wash i ng it, and it was re turned to the parties clean and i roned, whereas when he had borrowed it on previo us occas i ons it had always been sent home dirty. Then came the mot i ves w hi c h actuated the prisoner to commit this crime, and these were to be gleaned from expressions used by the pri soner towards the deceased. One was on the morning of the murder, when he said he wished some one would put Tom out of the way, as he could not bear the sight of hi m . On the day after the murder he said he did tremble so since Tom George was dead that he could scarcely stand. At another time the prisoner went and put his fist in the deceased's face, and swore if he (the deceased) -told any more"about him he would beat his brains out; he was continually cursing him, and swear ing,that he would beat him; and he used frequently to go in search of him. The Sunday aEer the murder the prisoner said to a man that he thought they had killed him as they had Tom George, as he had not seen , him so long. The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE asked the jury whether, put ting out of the case the evidence of the boy, they would think there was sufficient to justify them in convicting the prisoner, because he must tell them that they m us t not place any credit in what the boy said. The jury said they did not think there was sufficient to call upon the prisoner for his defence, and therefore returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The Learn e d J uDG E said he fully concurred in the opinion of th e j ur y, for even had they found th e pri soner guilty upon the evidence o f that boy, he could not carried have allowed th e s entence to be i nto effect; at the same tim e it was a matter which ought to h ave b een inquired int o , an d was a most proper prosecut ion. asit h een d be en stated, case had excited greatthe parties belong e d to a stated, though not prove d, that interest , gang of she e pstealere, and that the deceased having ex to tell the farmers all ab ou t i t , pressed his determination he was found murdered in the way stated. Mr. Justice Conzu then said he did not kn ow t h e nE had held the inquest u p on name of the coroner who m uch wanting in his duty i n not having called in this body; but be was medical t es timony, because if h e h a d done so it was impos s ible his jury could have separated without returning a ve rdict of wilful murder against some person unknown, it, an d then persons' attention would have been directed to a nd probably a differ en t resu l t ether the prisoner • might arrived at; might have been not have been put uponsbis trial at all, or else further e vidence might have been adduced against him. Either coroner extremely wrong; and if any coroner went upon way, he thought the a system of abstaining from calling medical evidence, for the purpose of saving ex pense, or for other reason s, he might lay himself open tof Queen's Bench, and sub to proceedings in the Cour ject himself t o extremely unpleasant consequences. n In exoneration cf the coro lar er, we may state that the magistrat es are s o particular a t the quarter sessions , about the expenses of the coroners, hose gentlemen that are really a f ra id t o call in med ica l or other aid. It has long been a n ti c ip a t e d that in co nsequence of the difficul ties thro wn i n t h e wa y of coronets by the magistrates with regard to the allowances of c ases, the adminis trationpea of justice would be imp eied I and now we Imo a glaring ii 1114120 . AUG UST 14, 1850, EVENING, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 13. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. Lord BEAUMONT presented several petitions in favour of the Friendly Societies Bill from different parts of the country. PORTLAND HARBOUR AND BREAKWATER two individuals, he must say that, having heard choir statements, he was unable to extract the slightest excuse or explanation of what they had done. In these cir cumstances, he was under the painful necessity of mov ing that each be committed to custody for one fortnight. He then moved that Charles Gream and Michael Alex. ander Gage be committed to the custody of the black rod, and to be by him transmitted to the gaol of New gate, and there imprisoned for one fortnight. The motion wAs agreed to unanimously. Mr. Gream and Mr. Gage were then removed in custody. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION—IRELAND. The Earl of RODEN had, he said, to propose a ques tion to the Noble Ma!quis of which he had given notice, and with respect to which he was anxious to elicit an answer from the Noble Marquis. He was about to pro pose that question in no hostile spirit, for he was the last person in that House who would propose to place any embarrassment in the way of those eh() now pre sided over the affairs of Ireland. Having passed a long 1 fe in the sister kingdom, and having mixed with all classes of society in that country, he believed ho was well acquaints d with the opinionS of his countrymen, and had received from them—he might say from all of them —marks of great kindness, and. therefore, was most anxious upon any subject in which they were interested. He wished he could say that it was his ,opinion that any amelioration had taken place in the situation of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) When they came to look back at the circumstances that had taken place in that part of Ireland—when they came ter fleet upon all the scenes of blood that had taken place, and that had occurred month after month—then he said they had no reason to suppose that any change for the better had taken place either in the social or moral condition of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) And here he must beg leave to say that he did nut think that any change, such as they must all desire, could be effected so long as the system of national education was deemed to be the right one, and the only system to be supported by the Government. —(Hear, hear.) He could not help thinking that to deny the Holy Scriptures to the people, which was part of the present system of education, and to reuse to give any part of the public funds to a scriptural education, was doing that which must leave the people in a state of ignorance and misery such as they were known to be. He referred to these facts because they had much to do with this question.—(Hear, hear.) The unhappy events that had occurred—the murders of individuals which had been alluded to, and which they must all deplore, could not but engage the anxious attention of her Ma jesty's Government.—(Hear, hear.) He now begged to state some facts to their Lordships. Some years ago, in many parts of the south and west of Ireland, a large portion of the Roman Catholic inhabitants had left the Church of Rome and gone to the Church of England; ha alluded particularly to the district of Dingle, in Kerry, and to a place (as we understood) in the county of Limerick. A short time since—about a year ago— very serious affrays had taken place between the two parties; and now he had to state the tyrannical course that bad been pursued, not only against poor indivi duals who from conviction had joined the Church of England, but also against the Protestant minister who administered to those individuals.—(Hear.) The first statement he had to make was with regard to Dingle. The clergyman who superintended that flock had left the Church of Rome. He was a man of excellent character, and died about a year and a half ago. He was succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Lewis, a gentleman, it was to be ob served, who had nothing to do with bringing individuals from the Church of Rome to the Church of England. This gentleman for the last year had been subjected to most tyrannical proceedings. He begged leave to read an account of those proceedings, as sworn to in a court of justice, in a trial that took place at the last assizes, and before that eminent judge the Lord Chief Justice Black burne. -Mr. Lewis's statement was, that on his return in October last, he found that both the parish priests had died, and the Roman Catholic bishop `ad selected as their successors three priests that had already distinguished themselves by their persecption of those who had exercised their right in changing their religion. These persons had intimated their intention to give him a warm reception. —(Hear, bear.) Mr. Lewis had directed emplbyment to be given to all persons without distinction--(Hear, hear.) He farther stated that these violent and riotous proceedings had been sworn to in open court at the Dingle sessions by the most unimpeachable witnesses; that it was proved that he had been followed by a riot ous mob of upwards of 300 persons, who pursued him as if he were a mad dog; that the persecution had con tinued for the last four months, and that his servant had been so terried by this violence as to be thrown into a fever, which resulted in the loss of his reason. When be (the Earl of Roden) heard in Dublin of these pro ceedings, he thought that the facts connected with them had been overstated. He accordingly sent down a friend to Dingle, to ascertain by personal inspection what the real state of the case was. The answer which be received from this gentleman corroborated to the letter what had been stated, and in addition said that the mob had been gradually increasing in number, and that by their groaning and hissing they had frt quently succeeded in putting a stop to the service in the church—that the police had looked on at this outrageous behaviour on the part of the mob without attempting to interfere or to arrest the rioters. How different (observed the Noble Earl) was the conduct of the Protestants of the north to their dissenting brethren. The only offence committed by this gentleman was that he was a Protes tant minister ; for, as to his great benevolence and Christian-like temper, he had before him the strongest evidence to show that the Rev. Gentleman was charac terised by both.—(Here the Noble Earl read letters from two eminent lawyers in testimony of that fact.) It appeared that in March . or April last, upon a Sunday, while this clergyman was engaged in the performance of his duties, he was interrupted by the most violent yells and hootings from the mob that had assembled round his church. He sent a policeman out to arrest some of these disorderly persons; two persons were ac cordingly arrested, and were tried before Chief Justice Blackburne. They were found guilty ; the Chief Jus tice sentenced them to six months' imprisonment, ob serving that their crime was a serious one, but would have bees much more serious, only that the Rev. Mr. Lewis had acted with great leniency by charging them with the minor offence of conspiracy instead of that of interrupting Divine worship, which would render them liable to transportation.—(Hear, hear.) There was a similar state of things at Croom, where the Protestant clergyman was assailed by a ruffianly mob in a like manner. Application was made to the Irish Government on the subject, to which no attention was paid. Another application was made in a few days aftewards, when Sir Thomas Redington wrote to say that instructions had been given to the police to arrest all persons that were found guilty of violating the law, and that one person had been arrested for taking part in the proceedings referred to. Since then there had been no petty sessions, for the magistrates had failed to attend. Now (said the Earl of Roden) we know that a great many persons had left the Protestant Church and had joined the Roman Catholic Church, but we never knew them to be assailed by Protestants in the manner de scribed. If he did not believe the facts to be exactly as he had stated he would never have brought the case for ward. He thought that the Government ought to send stipendiary magistrates to the neighbourhood of angle. He wished to ask whether these circumstances, to which he had referred, had been brought under the considera tion of the Government, and whether they had taken any means to preserve the public peace-4o protect their Protestant ministers from such violence and insult, and thereby to secure the maintenance of that civil and religious liberty which was the right of every British subject? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought that the sub ject referred to by the Noble Eerl was one of a serious and important character, involving as it did much religious dissension amongst her Majesty's subjects, and produc ing a feeling of irritation extending from the highest to the lowest members of the community. There was no thing that the Government could do that it had not done, and would not do, to put down such a state of things. But the origin of these unfortunate occurrences was to be found in the conduct of certain parties, who, though no doubt actuated by a pious zeal and by motives just in themselves, yet their conduct partook of what was called an -aggressive character. These persons, it appeared, had introduced religious discussions into places where the great majority of the people were of a totally dif ferent persuasion. These discussions and appeals, ad dressed to the whole people, had the effect of provoking a demeanour on the part of the people which it was im possible to justify. It was, however, found to be almost impossible to put an end to dissensions that extended throughout the whole body of the population. There were many annoyances experienced by Protestant clergy men, not only in Dingle and Croom, but , in many other places in 'Mend where a system of proselytism was still carried on. It had been alleged that this system had been carried on in a form that looked like acts of bribery —namely, administering food and clothing to poor crea tures on condition that they would become Protestants. Such a system was highly improper and extremely well calculated to excite irritation, more especially at a time of extreme suffering and privation. But he did not rise to justify these proceedings complained of. Oa the con trary, he could assure the Noble Earl that the Govern ment, and Lord Clarendon particularly, bad made every effort to put a stop to them. A n nd th if e hadpthaterrtesoef the beencases,sthat p any en. reluctance ee wasto arrest individuals accounted for, a in all he diary magistrates and the police, by the fact of the ex istence of a great d ea l o f excitement, which would have been greatly aggravated by such an interference. He believed that the most effectual way of quelling these disturbances was by the exercise of great forbearance on the part of these clergymen as well as by the authori ties. The magistrates were, however, bound to admi nister justice to a ll parties. They had, however, con vincing evidence that the magistrates were not capable of meeting all the evils that grew up around t h em. H e bhyadthneo Noble e t bEuatrtlhawtetrhaearr a ever h e i n g d h ge a n a i d lenlen alluded to rr t t oa e ch able character, but it was s t ate d that they ha l di ep h in cw LI em ploymentemres vaenrcyepersonsobnoxiousi t was a s s o afi said, mostleit people ar immoral to ia c re character,generally.as t and ir h ebiTrrhiiteawteiiorno that existed. He wished th e Noble Earleto of this fact, that her Maje s ty' s Government and the Lord-Lieutenant were by n o means i ndifferent to this matter, and it' the Noble Ii irl would move for the pro duction of such extracts from th e p o li ce reports as bore upon this subject, he would have no o bj ect i on to laying them on the table of the House. Lord REDESDALE said it appeared to him that the magistrates and police took a totally different view of their duty in Ireland to what they did in England. Why did not the police arrest a few of the leaders of the mob in all these cases, and have them summarily con victed ? If they had done so, ther e was very little doubt but the matter would have been so on put an end to. The Earl of RODEN having moved for the productio n of the papers suggested by th e M arqu i s of Lansdowne, The Bishop of CHICHESTER wished to have th e opinion of the Lord Ch ance ll or as to w h ether the per sons thus assembled were guilty of a misdemeanour BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed, after the introduction of some amendments. LONDON-BRIDGE APPROACHES BILL. This Bill was read a second time; aud, On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE, the standing orders were suspended, when the Bill was committed, read a third time, and passed. BOARD OF HEALTH (No. 3) BILL. This Bill went through Committee. LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS BILL. On the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE, Charles Gream, of 23, Temple-str,et, Liverpool, and Michael Alexander Gage, were called to the bar of the House. They wer e accordingly brought up. The NOBLE LORD then proceeded to detail to their Lordships the circumstances under which these gentlemen had been summoned before their Lordships. It appeared that asham petition had te en g, t up in Liverpool against the Liverpool Water Wei kti Bill, and the fraud having bt en discovered by the Committee on the Bill, the Chairman brought the matter under the attention of their Lord ships, and, ultimately, the men who got up the petition, and forged, or wrote, the names to it, were summoned to the bar of the House, and after undergoing a term of imprisonment, they were again brought to the bar, and discharged with a reprimand. In the course of the examination of these parties it transpired that the two gentlemen now at the bar had been instrumental in employing them to get up the fraudulent pe titions, and hence they were summoned to-day to give some explanation of their conduct and proceedings. These parties went round the separate houses, but, find ing that that was somewhat troublesome, they repaired to a public-house and wrote down the names of hun dreds of imaginary persons, with imaginary descriptions, to the petition. The extent to which that had been carried appeared on the evidence, which showed that between 900 and 1,000 signatures appended to the petition were entirely fraudulent. One witness said he could speak to about 1,500 being fictitious names. A person named Brennan, a law stationer's writer, at Liverpool, said he had been present when the parties were in a public-house and engaged in writing the names of imaginary persons to the petition as quick as they could write them. In one case they had made a mark to the name of a man whom they described as a student. —(A laugh.) Their Lordships had had before them the mere agents in this nefarious practice, who were paid their ss. or 6:. a day for obtaining signatures; but the object of the second Committee was to discover, it possible, the parties who employed those men. The particular offence which it behoved their Lord ships to punish was, that after it came to the knowledge of the parties that the frauds and forgeries had been committed, they instituted no inquiry respecting them, but, on the contrary, employed counsel to defeat the investigation which had been set on foot by their Lordships' House. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that the parties at the bar bad been guilty of a gross abuse of the privileges of the House. The LORD CHANCELLOR said there could be no doubt that the subject was one of very great importance. It appeared to the Committee that a fraud and forgery had been committed, and that a peti tion had been wilfully presented to the House with a great number of fictitious signatures attached to it. If the circumstance was allowed to pass over without notice, neither their Lordships nor the public would have any security with regard to the petitions which were presented to the House. He did not think, how ever, that the punishment awarded by their Lord ships should fall on. the humble persons who had been made instruments in the hands of others. It was under these,circumstances that the parties were before their Lordships, and it was fur their Lordships to say what steps should now be taken to prevent such malpractice in future. Lord BEAUMONT said the Noble and Learned Lord had • given a correct history of the whole proceedings, and he would confine his observations to this simple remark, that the steps they now took should be clear, distinct, and decisive. He hoped the lesson to be given on this occasion would be the means of inducing parties to be more cautious in the petitions which they laid upon their Lordships' table. He apprehended that there was now only one course open to them, and that was to punish the parties. The parties were then ordered to withdraw. Two resolutions were then passel, declaring they had been guilty of a gross violation of the privileges of the House. Lord MONTEAGLE then moved that the parties be taken into custody. Lord CAMPBELL suggested that they ought to be committed for a specific period. The LORD CHANCELLOR said before they did that they ought to call the parties in and hear if they had anything to say. The parties were then called in. The LORD CHARCELLOR then informed them of what had transpired in their absence. Mr. Charles Gream sail he wished to be heard by counsel, and have witnesses examined in his favour. He was innocent of the charge which had been made against him. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, after the resolu tion of the House that application could not be granted. What Mr. Gream had to say u.ust now be urged in mi tigation of the sentence. Mr. Gream then proceeded to declare that he had been no party to the fraud. The parties who were guilty of that fraud were law-writers, and he and those with whom he acted, who were the promoters of the petition, had felt that they were proper parties to employ in soliciting signatures to the petition. The parish meeting to which reference had been made had nothing whatever to do with the petition ; it was merely called to consider out of what fund the expenses of the opposition to the Bill were to be defrayed. He atimiled that he had told the men that they might put the names of ratepayers to the petition, provided they had the authority of those ratepayers so to do, but only on such authority being given to them. He contended that the evidence of the man Planche was not worthy of credit. He would state a small circumstance with respect to him ; in giving an account of his expenses in coming to attend the Select Committee of Inquiry, he actually told a falsehood for the sake of 4s. 6d. in misrepresenting his fare on the rail way from Liverpool to London. He (Mr. Gream,) felt that in this matter he had been actuated by only Lair' and upright motives, and with not the slightest intention to deceive their Lordships. As ha hoped to stand before a higher tribunal than that, he declared his innocence, and that in presenting the petition in question to the House he thought he was presenting a petition to their Lord ships' House which could not be challenged. The LORD CHANCELLOR—MichaeI Alexander Gage, have you any thing' to urge in extenuation or ex planation to the House? Mr. Gage replied in the affirmative, and proceeded to vindicate himself and the committee over which he had presided as chairman. The principal charge which had been brought against them was that they did not take sufficient pains to inform themselves of the genuineness of the signatures attached to the petition. But the fact was, that in consequence of the second reading of the Bill having been fixed for a very early day in their Lordships' House, there were but two days to get up the petition, and the Committee had not time minutely to investigate the character of a number of signatures which amounted to upwards of 18,000. He then read copious extracts from the evidence he had given before the Select Committee, for the purpose of exculpating himself from the charge of having participated in the fraud, by showing that he had given instructions to the parties entrusted with the duty of obtaining signatures for the purpose of securing bona fide signatures only. He maintained that he had been not only cautious but overcautious. He complained that there bad been an unjust bearing against him and others, and was about to refer to a speech of Lord Beaumon►, as reported in the Times. The LORD CHANCELLOR told him he could not refer to anything in the newspapers that purported to be an account of what had been said in that House. Mr. Gage said he would then refer to the evidence, and was understood to cite answers given by himself ex plaining his conduct. He said that when it was heard that their petition was impugned, they determined to wait patiently, as they were sure that justice would be done by their Lordships. They had abundance of wit nesses to answer the charge if it had been their Lord , ships wish to hear them; and they did not desire to tres pass on their Lordships' time. It was his conviction that this was a deep-laid conspiracy for the purpose of defeating justice; and he hoped they would yet bring to light the authors of this iniquity. As to imposing upon their Lordships' House it was the farthest from his thoughts; for he ventured to say there was not a man in her Majesty's dominions who had a deeper veneration for this branch of the Legislature than himself. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that it was his be lief that persons in the situation of life of those who now stood at that bar—that persons like those must suffer severely from falling under their Lordships' displeasnre. They were considered by their Lordships to interfere with the right of petition, and he must say that he was not aware of the abuse ever being carried to a greater extent; and he was convinced that the persons who did this were fully conscious of what they were doing by the cautions they gave when this was attempted—that they were anxious that the persons they employed should be cautious in what they . did so as to escape detection. Thus the caution was given to b 3 a protection to the authors of what was attempted in case it should after wards be discovered. If their Lordships had dealt out punishment to those by whom the mischief had been effected they could not spare those who were the authors of that mischief. They must award such amount of punishment as would vindicate the authority of their Lordships, and secure the right of petition. This they would do, although their disposition was to be as lenient as their public duty would enable them to be. The heaviest portion of the punishment for the persons who had stood at the :Jar would be, on men of their station in society —an attor ney and an engineer—would be that which they would suffer when the punishment imposed by their Lordships had terminated. An attorney censured by their Lord ships would find that his reputation was injured, and the suffering, therefore, inflicted upon him would be of a serious nature. The other, an engineer, m ust i s n s of the course of his duty ha ve t o appear before I he H Parliament, and wh a t now occurred could not bu e t be brought forward to his discredit whenever he was exa mined. They had brought aubpdonthth th at he a pu nishment that would b Would be a consid erat i on with their Lordships winaawshearte ever punishment th ey di d inflict. With regard to these guiltythe wo uldse proceedings. say o :.----------"--''.---- The LORD CHANCELLOR did not precisely up to derstand the question the Rir,, , ht Be'. Prelate i,bed put to him. If he meant to ask whether persons 800. ciating together to hoot down one another were not did not follow that everybody vho haee.'n ed t° be 5"1 : • ing by at the time could be ch‘arged with taking port to d that if her Majest ' G as the The Bishop of CHICHESTER said that that w be. systemof continued. answer lieTe which he expected he would receive. e . s a he a(tmheisdLamord Chancelio!! y s Government instructions to magistrates to put an end to those ri be orderly proceed' . they oul° never suggested lags, it was impossible that s evrenroeuri bu isd t jeui. b . wicked The Earl of RODEN said he deprecated a v bad proselytism as much as any one. e • stipendiary that case but h • ted the appointment of a Comm t c believed that the establisbmen o fo tahmeyisdweelLea7uuurt:y magistrate here and there would prevent evil in question. The motion was then agreed to. CO:-' CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) ACT TINUANCE BILL. NSPO W°I On the motion of the Marquis of LA- . r d e di The H T ou H s this Bill ' was read a second time • and the s tan l n ° Es s amendmentrs le vaTodah known B h. having issioa fl, been suspended, it assedthrough Committee," reported, read a third time, P and pas-ed. ittee c this Bill, Lord E a hFaßvilnEgNreDsLulYvedSOitaCelliEiTalwEaS Culrat . 0 ig i i i i E s and pass-words. Lord REDESDALE moved an amendment .. 21st clause for the purpose of preventing the in o t i l ecret s . th i , ‘ l. gro i ti ,h n o d that it would defeat the whole Ament e ll them i.l as a s p e ro t t ) i mo M e atttliihveoaeNi parties T gdGah gboa o paedv b aei e j nsn e rssn c net os t md e tui d e vo:pbuet t j d, o ne . cdat e t ni bdode: theyti tivo 1 13 l5 " :1 :2, - " r i,ya f 0 o i l b e it Ajeet mit standh i After ng ew aia w w o i r th d d s ra fr w o n m Lord MONTgAGLg the a it° I:: f d t e h ;s ea n h : pAssed w i thdrawn . rough Comm. Wee! .. e a n oo ' rtt d• their Lorl d li s s hi o v n s the table were forwarded a 5.- .. , nro f (this da adjourned till One o'clock to-"" _____.................._____!_.!.-- it g fr S. THE COUNTRY MA I.- i j It IPSWICH, Aust. 13. t orer s " " st Our farmers being now busily engaged in harregtfeadoe of we have to report as usual at this season a smal l : t h e Oleo market ; consequently, a scanty supply of whet" good 85 st which on the whole may be said to be quite as o „. pel s week at about same pricer. A few samples of P ked, s • market, for which 27s and 29s per quarter were a sked' ( . 1 0Ali 8 B Wh arl e e a y t : r m ed alt . i . n . g. .. r ..! ! ......... Ditto, white. 4ss to .. ••• to v" 48s Oats ............ An, Ditto, grinding 4 Q 2 U s A t R o T E 4 R 3 s, Peas .. .......... on iI: t t o o moo: ' Beans AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING Atl ° ' 3 6 4 Wheat to to 0000: Maltßye . .......... . ........ ........... 00 , 6-6 , - , to to o uv; to ••• • 29° a l , A , Beans. ...... 28 ty 00 6 ;OP' Peas ... ... . CORK, Au G. 12.—Flour—First 12s 6d to wg ' t ;i r ds, ' , b l e st. .seconds, 11 a6d to 12s 6d ; households 9s to Ils ; 7 ,3c1; O m er, per cwt. Oatmeal 10s to 1056 d; Indian meal 75 Od t 42,. 641 5 ',4 0 meal. lOs to lOs 64 per cwt. Indian corn 611050 d wto3o,;o!.eto Oats ....... 1,81 4 5 quarters, at 4 19 6 , iu..A : i um. Bran 41 to 415 s Od per ton. Hay—Farmenons 50...T0 265; dealers 00s to 00s Od; average 00s per ton• A l i t i to °lib 175 Od to 25s Od; average 00s; dealers Ou i s of e g t to 8 4 tO. average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Whesten, h oer, co le , household loaf bd to 50 per 41b. Frtlared„ , Co l l 93 per lb. Eggs-45 2d to 48 4d Per " — i4s u" Newport 14s; Lydney 158 Od; Smiths' ' OOl per g e st 13s Od per ton. Tallow 385 6d 14 , 0 110. 41 t! Whisky, 25 0. p., 5s 6d per inaperialq7 104, p er 1 . ,'" —Beef 4d to 40 ; mutton 40 W v i g' es P u s / 1 61r 5d ; pork 4cl to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; os_,u,tvegt to o' m ich Hops 10/ Os to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates N -4 . 01; v so , ton. Bark—Barbary 71 58 to 8/ 58; Valonia 1 61 t b, vi,l r ed 61 ; Spanish 91 to 101 per ton. Fleee,e Wool 1 05 n3ste r ' 0 1 O r Hemp 33/ to 00/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings/ 0 , to 0 0 0 ditto 155 to 20s per barrel ; Newfoundland ° 3l 0; 0 10; ton. Timber 'Memel, 80s per ton; red O le ' 100. fO i' ditto, 2/ 155 per ton; deals, 13/ to 181 per ; es i joio , " Market 18s to Y2s, salted 205 to 32a P,e r— 83; r to° 30 to 30 per lb. Potatoes , white 4io ate , 9ll" - Oct to Od ; Guano— Peruvian, 111 105; Rh Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. S R TO A CK IL Ex W m A AN Y . SHARE in 4 " 1:11‘ -------------- 0/ .0, 0 ,i improvement d to-day, —ltSjerhOeasL,mrAeagruakredtstdhoese transactionsvere principally confined to Gr e at prioilitli Bristol Condones d Exeter, without any alteration ' d c lose t ' nd North-Western have receded, il li for , re as, to , LIVERPOOL, Ana. 13 ' d e fie pc STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions fated,' 314114/ I p ol i v tt : o — , L N a e n w ca Q sh u ir a e rt a e n rs d , Y;rk p. sh . ir v e, it C to on t s z o ti li ., d ales:2 s l o, 6 s p,'. ; Fifths, 9 - 16 d* 1- Is.—London nd Nora , '" 1 1. tist' Midland, 33 1 h— F.ll A ~ ~,,ters, g e ffC 0 —rewash Valley , 374 e - till ~ and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent.° ,tg /war YORK AUG. t 2• . n all . t ia 9' STOCK EXCHANGE.—The%9 trarsoarckttioisinses;;;9otlcest, 'N. follow :—Great Northern, 8 wick, 1 , 1%- - York and North Midland, Prefer° I°, l ' -........---...... oft ga d, - --- - iirAT 0 1 44 , [ADVERTISEMENT.] ---BOT A NIC . 0 , t bilit the 11- er , BEARS' GREASE. -When the hair is becole;fiego r d o, o rl ing off, the only effectual remedy, beside!l 0 , OP r 0t 4 ,01 is the use of the two above-named art le f e s fre° ls i f -As° nately, the botanic water to cleanse the roo toish er. 0 170 as a stimulant, and the bears' grease as ,a, rl „ ° ,.. s of , be ,„ts s ce° . by further evidence was required of the vlr„`,." -- can'irstieat for renovating and preserving the hair, al,Fl is ir °, s ol , , re ett of the quantity used, and the length °'„id be ,"•tet true, some of the North American Indians, W ° ,7 i ,b01100'410 9 answer.-Ross & .SONS, 119 and 1:30, ' ri rk o es London, who first introduced the use of 1 1 4 - 40° 3 1 , 0 10 0 ' country, and who fat and kill the aohn, ',' • l6 t 'belr,, S e ire l ! public to purchase none other but vtt" •0 , _A 5 81 . Vl' address printed on the pot, or the chanc e • 0, lip big a spurious article. WO 1 )1 . . CotlIP,„,01 1 ,00 ° ' - Digestion, T [ k i' s p vE admirable a N T e I r [ADVERTISEMENT.]-For uMs medicine E o N r T s .] i c-k Headaches, Fa 0 c t r s L o lv i e c ' ctush i rti f I fy : or l i, e v e : I b toio ° 00 1 : 0, ,- , 164 ; I, that all persons suffering from general de' i o thg s ea e al; tions, liver or bilious complaints, headaches; o n il io rOtots of appetite, or any other disorder brough a ef ts be , • De s habits, should have recourse to it as a safe sl ,l o oto ll ore p eild for, however great the suffering of the Pf ol itelf• o rk A O Pills will give almost instant relief, and tiii . .' i t he to' drv t d 0 the body and restore the impaired faculties u nina til i , 0° are also infallible in the cure of gout, r i he pritgi, l o oo . l 0 and palpitation of the heart.-Sold by ,8151113‘1,,,,-50t.,414 Professor Holloway's Establishment , 2 4 '"' ~ t he 7;01,v fry HYDE PARK.-It is strange tbr i '' t o f tif" 0 1 0 00' thoroughfare through the Park, an e% te jos ° ° ,o l 4 1 4 a half from Park -lane to Kensington,. r goa - 50 per if it , (Pent ly been made a subject of hial ed'e • OW o°r tee a do , Ag e , _, • strance in the public journals-that tw ° g o, 'Thi °" . 1,1„t as Bayswater and its lateral causf e .."„ d se ll o tbecrts" Knightsbridge, Brompton, and the u''''''; o O. i5 O o'clock at night be debarred access l o t tb° s „ of grin ,,olf',,, short traverse of about half a mile, or t. g i c tioPoisv o Bol suburbs should have to bear the heacq, se j oft t roO li mile course (by Park-lane or Notting-b' It is t o c p eg order to secure the liberties of the Cr r pea r i otic ° he r , er aere., a l e to r ° , oo6 years since I saw a dog shot by a •--, reti e t oe fO, 4. 4 1 receiving -house, because he could ne' e , r oreeno, 5400;0 the pales-" No dogs admitted." [ o ' l l ore s ,' ei"ot wot barons is the childish custom which sr' th o nwOorreeS, the barriers by ten o'clock, preventing; g th s Tite a r i l litr e t oo the artisan, or the labourer, from is l',,' ° A iag: ti ore li per,;•e, home, whether it be after work or '7iog 'idts i osy..-• to be open at all hours at least one W th s bri, A rel c ualF . suppose from Westbourne-terrace bY . , h e 0 c i e tie f ,ant Serpentine, to Prince's-gate : this worth' -of • pi and a saving of two miles to dweller° ittl n r A ad Builder. Th e rl3 O 6° ll , i ,,, ,- 00 0 00,1 THE HARVEST AND THE Lig°' o ei% The , o ce",oo work of reaping has commenced in 01 0 0 1., rojer is 'of partially in nearly all parts of the ce°oo I .d Di es tbe r ,ps , has been in many cases hastened bi ea Wool f ~,, el", quence of much of his corn having b, e ,, v ortrt it", to heavy storms. We are afraid the 1 1 ,e' ct tb,l' ut Ol t ir„ r o' the last fortnight will materially an' le g, u ffici'lps,r, e r The fields everywhere show well for st r , o f o p , O °A rather light, and there has been a W sn te 80,,P e lOvi e re produce either a large yield or a first-o,oer '' rye duce, therefore, we apprehend, will be %fail:Pot/7, t age, aria the quality also somewhat lesair b e en f ie° • 11: 1 disease is, we are sorry to report , oP r bil s g oof' "le threatens to be more calamitous tbe li g a Vis it- i 6 ° 1/6 1 c 0 ss l r o any year, except that in which this 0- 5, beirl e r if t oe i , experiew.:ed. With reard to other cre b P eeo r ies fror o 00 1) 100 , said to be thin in the ear; peas ha ve a ine cii T h k e tt a blight, and the late beans have safe' toirlf' blir n rcli cause, but the early bean crop prem ise it fie° Viii have nearly everywhere she their it r rhe je ssi tester Journal. f.-!i fa Ao p, 14,01. 0 ' A ~ 13 11 LIVERPOOL AND CROSBY' 0 ,0 ➢- ,0 11 have approved of and passed this eolr e. , it ole co l , the line to the Lancashire and Yor ks ,i r btolo l , l'° ( P ir itil FALLING DOWN A COAL-PlT.'"„„it Wi t if 9 Oi l a shocking accident-one, perhaPst " f l ap or o 0 • character, occurred at one of the Pi ts u ers ° Vd‘ °,l o e de 8 P ta rl e lf fP I Eery, Dalmarnock. James APB ° ~' was ° m go 4 01, 0 c. - A the '• overlooking" of the relay haeu s ; try( ) ~'- o e fWe°;, entrance to the pit, with one 0 /1 ,000; 3 ofe'er To amuse them he commenced the lir cie w h de ri 0 0 1° 0 ' nastic feats close to the brink. Su ook ers ' r of 3° t Qii‘ '' himself, and, to the dismay of the on disto oe 0 go was precipitated down the shaft, r _ e b o dY li It is needless to say that when tu was extinct.-Glasgow Ifail. 1e ,..i • , Ol e 800 OF t 0 " . 31'0 ° d . fie OE' „b, i On the 10th inst., at Culney-ba' 'lir e ' l'ifr s ' ci ri he P ' Alfred Crawshay, sq. *via , . - er ica' iio On the 11th inst., at East Green _, Am or ,„ 1 ., a, t . of Y Ott the 11th inst., at the Crescent, wife Ors' ' W. A. Hubbuck. ton . TO - , tvp th e 00,11 Iro On the 12th inst., at BroluPw wr ort. sT avir s , . OF A IIA V G ill* A. , ,to o ' jl ll i Is v ' On the 11th inst., at War ll° F. blaberley. et rl llee ' On the 10th inst., at Duncan" 0 0 ei ,sti tj j rl d or ,/ William Browning. ov er 0 ' Ardra lEl)., i ii sP # Se' lo te ViscountOthe Rl2etihdhianvsetn.,, ealtdeSstt.soGneo°f.rgiaeu-g'ilatreir °Of tit 00,0: Hon. Caroline Stuart, youngest W ll ie r 10"/ . • , no, the vigli• 10 1 ' Blantyre. Ilesooll-- st .0 oric A , j On the 10th inst., at We 3 , elae 1 is/S t or Lord Charles Paulet, to Mathewatie_e_bial , ,_ i ir :;or iu nerd Granville, Esq., of Wellesbo 13' of „A fs' s jo DIED . Vsq' iv Wigb t ' OP;dt 6P On the 11th inst., John •• • rd, srlif p oe-ed d o , St. John's-wood, aged 6 1 . . i v.. gova ir pliti`t e o o, 11 50 1° On the 9th inst., at Ealut Fairfield-eett'4s,,7it ststiorif 4, en the 10th inst., at Fa• Se t of t'.• et, ~P 11 -tre s e Samuel Chettle, late superinteheier.s 0. 4 't er On the 12th inst., at Upper ' PCI.I f ., 1 0 ter ct o n f tth)re.ltltehrviynnste, raj3wroloWrad. Collins °l3 ' goret°P' Si land, Herts, aged 81. ..„ 0 1, fr„O ce° _,., 14 1, t l i ff s 'l On the 10th inst.. at Liye' V a ied 2 ' ' or e,Diper daughter of T. A. Curtis, Lsci ., ,_ ur ys(l° , oers 7 i, P On the 11th inst., in Bloornsou_boose „ , :i .11 , On the 11th inst., at Sitarist he --jfaro, ; . ADO Ptl of T. Fitzgerald, Esq. - .ra 010 8 , 5 0 0 --------- 11511 ed by SO 0 8 Landon: Printed 'and Pob s _ p c ov , No. 112, Strand, Printer,,,, ti,a s o 10. teaurt. ;n ~..'",, PrAcine t ' o t Os aliddleaex, Wednesday, Aug - ,L 1 ~.. .~. __.+ ~' ~ ply