The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-07 00:00:00

4 4, did-___________ sel;, d °t. de,rve the imputation of being fraudulently ki e f, ' w hich isai the Upon them a:,(113 ,- contended, lit F - ,,, n re ' t hat the 811 . 1 emus uncalled' for, He believed Va n ti 9 °e st , moral eanstretin hail been at upon the id .; urieureble Gentleman (-'; W Somerville), who l t "es a so s measure on k Part of L rt of feeble assent to the 'Oh the Got-erne:lent—that he had, in fact, bsen lt • e 'l hr e - 'lrne Oire a t of impending dsnger when he SiiG,, e a r s'leot to the second readings When, however, m , 241eni alirogated their functions Of initiating 1°4 6 -. L °f this important charact,r, he should have 1444% tole ( tlieY would hive - , • ' their rie.ht in favour of °f u '• • (3 pnt and pope. Si " ' s ic the tia,ed sobriety ?t ju, No 4; b ut ,_ have of th , silection of g th m e ' D t ' ..,--:_on Cams IP.l)(err`!.,Lavre,selected Lord Westmea 1 titt h e spz"... o,e . to order. of ard eoltilt satd the Hon. Gentleman was not b kr ,Z. ‘:'eit lzea `ilu.L L AGll said he had found the Marquis of ',.lltitieith-14,,can;e oil the Bill, and he was therefore 4".(, h" li rer eriing to him. The Noble Lord. it aP -I,lthstif t . l7 ° au snor e ' s on the subject, and he had , (1 411 i n , hti other Bill were not pissed into a law he mt ila 'P e ach th , at. • 11,,-est of . :, Ministry; so tit it was . under . of 4 to . _l4lPPuchment they now eave their coup •ik l ii 0,-, ..1,3311re Which was contrary to the spirit ilt'Nit :PI triglish law ; f . m. it was not until 1688 :klit;"oll.4thd?,ed todi strainan ' ythin g that parto.)k ofthe Ntsie s in ' VII. And when that power was granted, — I),;ieeor ireland had been so great—(N3' no)b I' 14 tia " 9 , so universal, so notorious that t e t)ill h,ektstnission, of which theseonsor to the present Itt dints member, had ecommended that that tioecit t ° r .flt,‘,nine, growing crops should be abolishe e d : th i 4 sfpr 3 uullagh) would rather vote for the restor to ° Lill ) !'wer of distraining growing crops than tar boshtC ri lPti'a: bore upon it the damning brand . of b 'idid „1 establish a law of dealing in Ireland which tr, not dare Sid, teal n e s .t° Make for this country... If there ta co did not cesslty for doing something in this matter, Iltrl k lltitt d enY that there was, he should be ready Oir ep l'ie2t.to discuss the amendments of whi re e . Ole IC t ce, with the view of retaining nil l led ' c ams to whic ovisionsthoef civil Bill 11 1 4 4; e a f b ea ci tt , to d isarm the measuref its worst and most die!eth- res. In its present shape the Bill would the of Ireland to a state of . serfdom, v,ttioa of th e it was more fitted for Russia than for 4, k , ..01 040 t Tre‘.l3_fitish dominions. lit i d i t °pr ot ",'N NE contended that the Bill . was neces tfoillersL Property in Ireland. He denied that . the ;IlAtese• Ir eland were oppressive. That certain acts. 114 ° slat I , te °k place in Ireland he admitted, but they lt te4 hi see':4,llMd. Look at the oppression of. little tot co s , .nri es. i,e°treet is said the Hon. and Gallant Colonel was 41 t t % y il itsi - ,1 11 " is law, and certainly the heat which he i', / eop . . te s Warranted the House in doubting his facts. kirttleaNresGallant Gentleman said all they wanted hy l aki to m e prevent fraud. Why, there was a law le,' they,et fraud. If that law was not perfect, 1, 4 1 . 131; °41 d come to Parliament and have it al l 5 the this was a law to do an injustice to a tenant liP. t lits ti ll t : 6 t of the landlord, giving the latter an u e. ,' to pe g e t The Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Vof te e °f the clauses of the Bill which had ttp -Ilt and 1131"ing a question of doubt as betwefn . the :'l, who andlorcl from a civil court into a criminal , 1 4 04 landlords would be the judges, and who . ti" l P ',tly irot4 tenant 10/. for the offence of . removing G hi l l atit,,, lll , the land, and imprison him for not li"rtisp"t've months. The Honourable and Learned 4 tO I colicluded by moving that this debate be 4 a . kI P. Atcn t it lio n ~.- C K felt it to be his duty to oppose the d ‘ 44 4 0t oiii 4letabers present knew that land in Ireland Vil a d YiSubject to rent, but to rentcharge, and the 4 il 'a , ra e Lstied to pay it was subject to imprisonment di plitll/41..„,,et...,, !41!Isdiiii:iq could not see that there was any herds ti tlie ntl;""g i ng a man to ' hard labour." who had fpittal, grid away with his crops. The law in yak, 4 lt had prevailed for more than one la d u i n s.. = 1 4i4a er ' 0 W , 4 8, that if the goods which had been ibe a 0... 1 4, 4 to, thirrandulently removed, tbey conk f .n l ikl ) ,l l ettld r , t i ,Y d aYs, and that the man so removi g 1 , 4 ) 4 e, l' a m""Y, if recovered, fail to realise the rent, s!t tl' i h i soe l- "' e t . i .to be imprisoned' for six months, with 1 y t tl ntlii r. h Lle (Mr. Henley) was of opinion that that ilAt'elhedv.4 extended to Ireland , because there th ,: e i 'qa l iSdpr e ,W,llleh a, landlord had against . a . man_wh Bithe,"t'Y renloved his crops was a civil Bill for k ii(llLLl' k u nt of the rent. . E t, Sil ''t Iva S OMERVILL said, all that he Pt a : fl ' B s ti s tl 'iniestina of justice on the part of the ep,laiali.,l,, eelieved it wasa libel to say that this was 11:411tee-„‘"°41's Bill. Could they not at least go into N', 4 106, 0 1)° , 1 1 the measure?—(Cries of " No, no.") k1)1kt'90).,;`,4 approved of the object of the Bill, but sib tlfe e Le‘ed to the means by which it was proposed )11 41: 4t fa t l e'iienßot regarded the proposed means as t:1, 41 4 48,,5ent to . 1 t legi3lation, and hoped the House , N li kl gt eth ,'IILiN CRAWFORD objected to , any : ilttsealutt't4tuat be regarded , as this must, as a ' one L .'tt l i °l tll l.6 , --4 measure hich wholly ignored the los.4toaedetiset.--(llear hear.) The Hon. Member 114 11 14 t o - b etail nf the fraudulent process of distrest 4 4 ' )' t he Irish landlords against their oppressed t .A, 8 Pt Nith A' tilhrBbla'W'P, was lad to infer from the cheer . s o . f . kt Ml,:l i t (t o,4;zsuers that they assented to the princet t, al, o ad ; b ti e law should .be applied to England l i t ill i faim at this late period of the session he obi. qt:. Roth:" co nsideration of the measure now be. I,, ti tl i iNtyB-sk‘., Notw ithstanding the hopes held out iii s lt, "' "st Be 'Peech at the commencement of the se / , s'i l t s k t 4 j t/ ot t?e 4l c e z th i itl ii g would .be done to settle the quest ;tp t , i tt e p s. s tep ha l b relatton k s between landlord and to remedy the crying removal k' ii4 t lit,it' i C i i ; oi l icl 4 ia _ lli i i i ite d t e h e e ntae f n of the crops by the l'o4 l l 9th:d b se4 ' B Q ub sl e t red th i e tm e n ar t ful crisis to which hsrl4 theeilining lasesubjected within en h o e ug la l: t wh f e w n i y t e h ar al ,Iti '' kb •andi ord was s-- ev i ct within a shor t ; a, t li eel °at si _ , s of Ireland to individuals fro tolvof het),,(trluridrecl thousand 1 1 1 „ 4 ? to Ne s ( ,:ar, hear.) The returns of the num, th ri Thi . 1 4 1 s eo e „`. Poor people which had been pulled ti lt . l [ll4` st tto i:' on the system of eviction in opera ' 't e Of ' aPPy country, had not been laid on al to lii:vas v et 'IOUs, btit• it was too well-known not now eater 4 i cie tmi Y larg e , H e would _ thi 4li 8 01. this uestion, because he o . be ti °. i/ tele, t q , ',Jed " legislatio4 tie, i '.4 . 1 , 0 any sued 4 one-si 1 11 4 1 of " 4 . Poo- it i , he e aq ttt . said that the Bill contained provi; io rt. o tild _ otr as „ n t - --.r a nature towards the . tenant itp s he IL ()-' tinder any circumstances, give it his ~44 -ta e th i 4 w th" divided on the question of the act- A ss th e debate when there appeared - qe• 1 - lite hillg i t ' l Mlrtlille n t ..• •• . 22 . 46 4 til ' l lti , AL . • • - ** —24 li lt e 4 N i , lora, v i „-, against ... --- ori t .tli,'ilse, ~,'-'u then rose to move the adjournment orer k,,tttslii,tlsitin'tie House ought to adjourn in and roilytaiia:thQ C Chas 1h ar s 1 alight be more amply discussed, in „iil; cki ges which had been made by Hon. tlit t lst t ti,,,,, p l4 side of the House might be fully trad !ste l t s _ t ife r d . The Hon Member was proceeding 11. ° V l4 rge of . paid by the Man ‘ 0 41 t l , ~I t . slim money at J, 0 , in 1847 to support the Irish paupers ...pn (li ... 15 t )) 0 44)nl°1:11 Ireland, and to save their chtter_ r ?lii;''tes,,usotl;*hPn th e Hon. Mensber for Kerry (NI. Member ki,:td„4l(l9') called out " Hear." The Hon. Mem o b m. t ;rt , ;, 11 4 ,. t ,he i ,t4r6Pd towards the Speaker, rid 41 • h4 "4l' , N I f' l* "uption he always met with a from e he tllitt,t,g!ta Rh Kerry, who had, his said, formerly i . . li t :. At l ' a lto wh . o seated behind him, but now he iC 4 4 1 . : kt'v• 0) 6,1414A him. kl,t;tls, '4OI.","INTELL—It is not true. 'qDt,,' ti 1 -8---Tne Hon. Member tells me it is kV Yf;;. 0, Hon. Nt 'ltt-Nt "'''ICELL—It is untrue that I inters tOs. l'lv 41 8 4 • ir A - `ol,t, 'leg behind. Itl) tc li. t et t T h S "bold put himself in the . hands t i t' s e t . ik t o ts wi l l i e r. Member proceeded with his dts . ,11.10114,4t1.dres:it'ill, seas to order. The Hon. Member N: Itt v . g hinaself at all to the question before h . •NOLI, 1; h Ill "8 continued, and was again called t l la i, I'D th,411-'l,llCiktk • i ,t'ktp, ‘ ,,•or h - reminded the Hon. Member that the 4,ltlSep,s'lliejl:e Rouse related to the adjournment. 1/ 41‘ .1t, 40,, Q r e o rder' T he would strictly confine himself ...L. to )4 Ne Or.) .0 Ron. Member for Rochdale was , k- lit t jq t .'4 lll , g a f?„.. 1:1 ° Right Hon. Gentleman . sat down .4k1:41%4 ;(11007,,,,,,W0rds in condemnation of the Bill. lit) h r „kkr, / t "i'd ELL was glad the Right b . Hon. L t tl S ?o ' Wholl eYn.ohis) had charged him nte i!tt,ittl: 4,llllabilesitt.ting behind . , as he had h w w ad i . t .o a b i n boaPd tt:t:4l,‘ . it et ieet of c _ o otr . adicting a matter which at el i f ii i 44l.o l4 the previous r t u d m t o o ur b . im Ile should he because the ! K il t tltP'll.::,'''', whic Y h iva rd e formerly , subsisted be llt 1 11 'QC' t ue iti ht a H . Gentleman was now ) 4,Zi, s k,' 4 , 4, 1 : 1 '1% he„ j ; lie e o n le'ected to the way the t'io,to:,,f,tha- bea„t•Ped OD. The j discussion had beep al Alpet,,'ltl tor", 11 were in Committee, while Hoe. fet,44,i7444l,l%.ibtateitttue? could to prevent the Bill from s, lk,. tot q' seta ,k 1 irry , the law a few words in vindication of his iitts i 'llp;;lto iv) eti the subject. The lion. Member 1 4 ,,_,11e „, -t IY di w „ °Pposed the motion for adjournment i 1/4)47141;11).N :‘,47,guished for the pertinacity with , .;iti es'iournments when the Ministry of Sir op • 4 0 , . c,,,, ea, th4:44`.°1'4,; gi •'.° ,, ir , N ß LL —Never. It ti % I, f t th e 8 0 ''''' he and his friends moved the &d -ill h It l; Ns t tue3ti 'm with the view of defeating 14 ''' 9 • k -9 SeVe the . time of the House . on both Sta„ t ta r C lTrit l4 n, • As'sois, lei,' e,iti,,,se,.. motions for postponing the Bill.. ipip,„.ll 3 , ' iv a „ 4 usN said in the present temper of littShill'a2teett ihe t ;t B , Bi b a l,e iogo e infoCo Committee, and il l , I) s tt l itd 0 , 4 b e d os _: l . treacly sat for thirteen hours. these irregular debates. pra et .so i 4 the t ti ,'" chec k b eta e t ke ss t ots '''' to tosOttY of Members, and he t ou, 1. , v 4 .r, 4e ro t as for the House to agree to ' l O to Alt ttOttlk 11ttty 4r.4.1'01,1 sOti., sr, * a ßej ., , wished to protest, in the face ep i i tte e , 'ast the abuse of this privilege of the tl ii u t aY a Pt s Wes ' . s t) k tt4e tech T , ° Made to impede the public 'IN eta oust) r°eeedings as had occurred that 01.ke t tits ) , "Olt to pass a censure on Members ,11',Al‘i',,,fer tb . r e tt,'4lr, cik,11,4;i1,,_ V -t i s tn r , arks to the same effect, i"N's q , to, farlia n ,'' know whether the Noble tincl ` t at i - 4 ` 11 1? a -"nary language when hecbarged I ti hv, Q,l,Rlater.\ citiestion into ridicule over his :'sle °til ` i ktill ' thllltls,:i3c'tateaos:id tit;le'rt°t\i'-deTitaied he had used the words. "tl ,- °ap -`llRht4te th e " 10 n. and Learned Member eas,!te a,., %P.) w, matter into ridicule over his 't,ti tes ! ~I l ted b y rieust he again repeated was, h i st Alt tiN oe e ‘ al cala n • Members to obstruct public si 'i th 'llq s ,Rot to to lower the dignity of that tht ,13 G AT 8 • be re r Sk i h a , %s e th sid, ~1 1 P essed. ha, tilts. li e b i ell th e Franchise Bill was be hitlilllat p r , s : ° LOrd himself divided about the C o eeding with the Bill, and upon 44 determiued each time were THE frivoloue. That was a sufficient answer to the Noble Lord.—(Hear.) He would state a reason why the de bate should be adjourned—tiaat reason was to be found ' in the report of the Commission, to which he would refer. He f 'Lind that during the evening no lawyer had spoken in favour of the Bill. The English law officers were ab sent, and be contended that the alteration proposed by the measure in the law of landlord and tenant was such as ought not to be made withoct obtaining their sanction. On these grounds he maintained that there ought to be an adjournment of the debate. No charges of factious opposition would induce him to withheld his support from motions of adjournment, and he put it to the Go vernment whether, under these circumstances, there ought not to be an adjournment. The Government had not the manliness or the fairness to call it their Bill—it was a measure begotten of the Marquis l of Weatmeath, and recommended to them by Lord Clarendon, and they had lent themselves to work that they ought to be ashamed of. Lord PALMERSTON, in the present temper of the House, did not see any prospect of discussing the clauses in Committee, aad suggested that they should go into Committee pro forma—(No, no)—and take time then to consider whether some modifications might not be advantageously made in the 8111. He did not suppose there could be any second opinion as to the necessity of enforcieg the principle of the Bill, namely, the preven tion of fraudulent practices, which must ultimately tend to destroy all confidence between landlord and tenant. He hoped both sides of the House would agree as to what course they ought to take, and probably the best thing they could do would be to toss up whether they should adjourn the debate, or go into Committee pro forma.—(Much laughter.) Mr. NAPIER pointed out what the law of England was with regard to the miming away of crops fraudu lently for the purpose of evading a distress for rent. Both in England and in Scotland such a proceeding was regarded as a criminal offence, and punished accordingly. Why should there not be some remedy for the landlord in Ireland? If he evicted the tenant, he was liable to by assassinated. If he distrained, the tenant was assisted by his neighbours, and the crop was carried off. As to the precise remedy, if that suggested in the Bill was ob jectionable, they could make au alteration of the clauses in Committee. Mr. HAVES said there appeared td be a general understanding that there should be some alteration made in the Bill. The suggestion of the Hon. Member for Oxford, that the law ought to be assimilated to that of England, appeared to be received on his side of the House with approbation.—(No, no.) At all events, it was evident that the Bill must receive some further con sideration. Mr. HAMILTON appealed to Hon. Members opposite to allow the Bill to go into Committee pro forma. He was satisfied that no Hon. Member opposite would coun tenance fraud, and that all were anxious to see j ustice done between landlord and tenant. Mr. M'CULLAGH said if Ireland was a colony she might expect the favour of the Government; being mere Irish, they had no hopes of obtaining justice from that House.—(Oh, Ohl) Mr. NE WDEGATE said it was evident that a system of organised violence and fraud was being practised in Ireland; and if Hon. Members would persevere in op posing the present measure, the object of which was to prevent the continuance of that fraud, they must lie under the imputation of endeavouring to abet and shield it. Colonel DUNNE objected to the adjournment of the debate. Lord PALMERSTON trusted the debate would be adjourned, as it was impossible they could come to any satisfactory conclusion in the present temper of the House. The motion for the adjournment of the House was then by leave withdraws, and the motion for the adjournment of the debate was then agreed to. The Canterbury Association Bill went through Committee. The other orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE - - BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Monday the sth, the Ministerial Resolution that the Member fur London is not entitled to sit till he with the Old Testament in his hand shall take the Oath of Abjuration on the true faith of a Christian, was carried in the preliminary stage by 163 against 101, and in the next by 166 against 92. Will not this remind the public of Hone's once cele brated rhymes, containing the lire " And the Pope don't turn a Protestant, though we'd let him, but be won't." The second Resolution, that the House will take into its serious consideration &c., was carried by 142 against 106. In the course of the debate arising, the tone of the Liberal side appeared to be considerably strengthened, and or the other lowered. On the whole it was to have been desired that the discussion should by any means whatever have been prolonged, because it is by discus sion that the true truth always gains. But it is impos sible to doubt, that the cause has been considerably ad vanced. In the evening the Stamp Duties were considered in Committee. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stood stoutly to his principle of making the duties proportional or ad valorem. Which is a a point gained for justice and for the people. On Tuesday the introduction of the Bill to continue the Crime and Outrage Act in Ireland was warmly de bated. It might have been supposed the Government would have been glad to declare they could dispense with the rough-rider. Unless they progress faster than they do, it will be a long time before the _steed can be counted in the ranks. . I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, Aug. 7, 1850. VENTILATION OF COAL MINES BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Silt,—l solicit your courtesy and candour to insert in your widely-circulated and able journal the following observations on the report you have given to the public of the second reading of the Inspection of Coal Mines Bill. in the House of Commons. It seems to me quite impossible the Secretary of State (Sir G. Grey) should have been so ignorant (I will not say wilfully mistaken) of what passed in the House of Lords on the debate on this Bill as to assert " the necessity of the Bill had been universally admitted; the Bill had received much consideration in the other House, in which there were large coal-mine proprietors, and he had also received stat-ments from the most important coal miners in the country approving of the Bill in its present shape." Now the petitions against the Bill on the table in the Commons will prove it is far from universally approved. The only two c al proprietors that spoke in the House of Lords were Lord Lonsdale and myself'. Does he pretend (the Secretary of State) that we were in favour of the Bill? Does he not know we have more stake in the coal trade than those with whom he has communi cated? In whose charge was the Bill in the Lords? Lord Carli.le's, who can, with all his ability, know nothing of the working of collieries in Northumberland or Durham. Why was the Earl Grey and the young Earl of Durham not ready to uphold the measure? Can it also be supposed or believed that Sir George Grey did not know or hear of the powerful address of Lord Brougham on the Bill, who with more than his wonted ability, investigating and searching powers, went into all the inextricable evils that must arise from legislative interference in the ticklish and very • nice operations of the workings and discipline of the deep and intricate coal-pits of the north of England? Was it fair, then—was it just—above all, was it consistent with fact for the Secretary of State (always presuming your re porter was accurate) to make such a statement of uni versal support as I have noted to the Commons House of Parliament. Fortunately, I perceive, Mr. Disraeli expressed his great surprise, and most ably exposed the determined opposition it had met with by extensive coal proprietors, and energetically and wi.ely pointed out that instead of bringing in such an important Bill in the last hours of the session, when so many legislators had left their duty, and only Government placemen remained, a delay, at least to the next session, was absolutely imperative and necessary. The Member for Gateshead need not have challenged the Member for Buckinghamshire to state the coal pro prietors who were in opposition to the Bill. The House of Lords' debate pointed out this fact clearly, but certainly did not reveal to the House the representations Mr. Hutt bad received from the most important coal owners of the north districtsuperior proprietors, no dou6t, to those noble personages who headed the opposition in the Lords. I cannot but observe that it is somewhat singular that both Lord Lonsdale's and Lord Brougham's most singularly able - speeches were scarcely reported in any one of the papers, and there seems to have been a studious attempt in some quarters to stifle the real de merits and mischief of this Bill under the influence of the political economists, philanthropists, and, ultra humanity conceptions and feelings. In conclusion, Sir, I beg, through the medium of your journal, to protest in the strongest manner, as the prin cipal coal-owner in Durham, against the principle of this unwise and most injudicious Ventilation of Coal Mines Bill. No amendment in Committee will overcome its meddling and vicious effects in the interior administra tion of the intricate workings under ground in the pits. It will create endless contention and squabbles between • the Government inspector and the viewers charged with the active duties of the mine below ground.. The impe rium in imperio in such positions must have fatal effects, and it will have accomplished no other result but adding the patronae e of coal-mine inspectors to the office of Secretary of Stale. In addition to my solemn protest, I hereby publicly declare that if ever any inspector shall interfere in the working of our pits, in any manner, with my appointed agent and viewer, I shall charge upon such inspector and the Government all the consequences of any and every accident that may occur, and I shall make known to all my col liers that I will never (as heretofore) provide for and domesticate on the colliery premises, tor ever, as we now do, the wives and children of those who may be left destitute by any explosion or accident that under the Governmeet direction shall arise. The large sums now borne on our books fir maintaining those who, from un avoidable accidents, become paupers and burthens on the concerns, may be henceforth borne by the Government (as well as all losses and damages in the pits), as that enactment which seizes the management of private pro perty, and interfere* in its control, ought to provide for all consequences, and I trust the House of Commons will shape out due provision accordinuly; and further, I humbly but respectfully declare that I will submit to all the penalties of the Bill rather than yield to the mon strous; injustice of allowing. a Government inspector to survey with his people, and take plans of my under ground and old workings; nor will I yield to any charges SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG UST 7, lB5O. and costs for maps and plans of my extensive coal &id at the ad libitum discretion of the paid inspector, who will like no better business than placing - the trade in absolute confusion. Employing, as we coal•owners all do, for our people's safety, our own interest, the pre servation of life, and the wealth of our concerns, the ablest and most scientific viewers and practical men in the trade, nothing but absolute compulsion and force will induce me to surrender the property I preside over unto others.—l remain, Sir, yours, &c. VANE LONDONDERRY. Seaham Harbour, Aug. 5, 1850. REDUCTIONS OF OFFICIAL SALARIES. REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE. The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the salaries and emoluments of offices held during the plea sure of the Crown by Members of either House of Par liament, voted in the annual estimates; and also into the salaries and emoluments of judicial offices in the superior courts of law aod equity in the United Kingdom; and int > the retiring pensions allotted to the judges; and also into the expense of diplomatic establishments charged on the Consolidated Fund, have considered the maqers referred to them, and agreed to the following report:— In fulfilling the important duty entrusted to them, your Committee, in the first instance, directed their at tention to the salaries attached to those offices held dur ing the pleasure of the Crown, which are usually filled by Mernlaers of either House of Parliament, and are voted in the annual estimates. Your Committee first selected those offices which, from the nature of the duties attached to them, have always been considered of the greatest impedance in a Government, namely, those of First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the three Secretaries of State, and the Fir>t Lord of the Admiralty. For these offices it is requisite to secure the services of men who combine the highest talents with the greatest experience in public affairs;' and, considering the rank and importance of the offices, and the labours and responsibilities incurred by those who hold them, your Committee are of opinion that the salary of these offices were settled in 1831 at the lowest amount which is consistent with the requirements of the public service. fore them that the most unecessary delays and deten tions prevail in the offices of Masters in Chancery, which might be easily and immediately re moved, so as to reduce largely the amount of business, and claims on the time of the Master. Such reforms, besides conducing to economy, would facilitate the course of justice, and give the greatest relief to suitors in the courts of equity. The Committee further recommend to the serious at tention of the Government the enormous expense of legal proceedings on behalf of the public. The vigilant super visiun of the Board of Treasury over this branch of pub lic expenditure in all the departments seems essentially neeesslry. Your Committee recommend that all fees on appoint ment to office be abolished. SCOTLAND. The Committee recommend the following scale ol salaries for the Judges of the superior courts in Scot. land : The Lord President of the Court of Session ... £4,300 Lord Justice Clerk and President of Second Di vision of the Court of Session ... 4,000 Lords of Session, Justiciary, and Exchequer, each ... 3.000 They do not recommend auy alteration in the offices of Lord Advocate arid Solicitor• General. It has bean given in evidence to your Committee tha , the busi❑ess transacted in the various courts of Scotland is of a very unequal amount ; and they have every rea son to believe that the number of Judges is larger than the population and business of that part of the United Kingdom require, and might be diminished. It has, in deed, been stated that measures are in contemplation, whereby the present inequality may be in some degree rectified; but your Committee would press on the at tention of the Government, that when any vacancy may °war, thi subject may be well considered, and that the opinion of this Committee with regard to the number of Judges should be attended to. in the opinion of the numerous members of the Conven tion at once stamped him as a statesman whose services would one day be called for by the nation. Mr. Bates is, probably, over 55 years of age William A. Graham, Secretary of the Navy, is a native of North Carolina; may be set down at fifty years of age or under, and represented that State in the Unite] States' Senate two years, viz., from 1841 to 1843. In August, 1844, he was selected Governor of the State, for which office he was re-elected in 1846, retiring at the expiration of his second term, in January, 1849. His administration as Governor was popular, and he is con sidered in North Carolina as one of the most talented of the Whig leaders in tbat State. John J. Crittenden, of - Kentucky, the Attorney- General, is well known to the people of the United States as a statesman who has been long in public) life. He is now, we should think, about sixty years old, and entered Congress as a member of the Senate in 1847, serving them but two years, with Isham Talbot for his colleague. From 1819 to 1835 he continued in the practice of his procession, as one of the first lawyers of Kentucky, residing principally at Frankfort, and occa sionally representing his county in the State Legislature. In 1835 he was again elected to the United States' Senate, and continued to serve in that body until March, 1841, when ho was appointed Attornes- General by President Harrison. On the out break of the Whigs with John Tyler, in September, 1841, Mr. Crittenden resigned, with the other members of the Cabinet, except Mr. Webster, and retired to pri vate life, from which, however, he was soon called by the Legislature, to again take his seat in the United States Senate in 1842. He was also elected Senator for another term of six years, from March, 1843; but in 1848, having received the Whig nomination for Gover nor of Kentucky, he retired from the Senate, and was elected by a large majority to the executive office be now holds, the term expiring in September, 1852. In consequence of the understanding that Mr. Clay was not to be a candidate for President at the election for 1848, Mr. Crittenden, with other leading Whigs of Kentucky and other states, became early committed to the sup port of General Taylor, and took measures to effect the nomination of the latter at the Whig National Conven tion. Mr. Clay having subsequently changed his mind, and concluding to be a candidate before the Convention, a bitter feud ensued betweett Mr. Clay and Mr. Critten den and his friends; but Mr. Clay did not refuse to vote for Mr. Crittenden as Governor, nor did the Governor interpose his influence to prevent the election of Mr. Clay to the United States Senate. Still we have never heard that the feelings of coldness and jealousy of Mr. Clay towards Mr. Crittenden have ever been removed since their rupture in 1848. But the Whig party gene rally throughout the union consider Mr. Crittenden as one of their strongest and most talented men, whose ability and skill as a statesman, and prudence as a counsellor, have often been proved. Had not his duties to Kentucky forbidden him to accept, he would, doubt less, have formed one of General Taylor's Cabinet, as he was his most confidential friend and adviser. Nathan K. Hall, of New York, is the new Postmaster- General. His age is about 43, and he was formerly the law partner of Mr. Fillmore, who, of course, knows him well, and doubtless is confident of his capacity to per form the onerous duties of Postmaster-General accept ably, and that he will be a good man to keep his eye upon the Seward clique. Mr. Hall was, several years since, recorder of the city of Buffalo, and represented that Congressional district in the 30th Congress-1847 to 1849. It may be remarked, by the way, that Buffalo is peculiarly honoured at this time, having from her citizens the President of the United States, a member of his Cabinet, the Minister to New Granada (Dr. Foote), and several other of the public officers appointed by the general Government. The formation of this Cabinet causes three vacancies in the Senate, viz., the seats of Mr. Webster, of Massa chusetts; Mr. Pearce, of Maryland; Mr. Corwin, of Ohio. The Governors of States have the power of appoint ing-Senators until the Legislatures meet. The Execu tives of Massachusetts and Ohio, being Whigs, will fill the vacancies from their own party, of course. The Governor of Maryland is a Democrat, and thus the Whigs lose a Senator from this session. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 6, 1850. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Van Buren, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General for the Island of Tobago. Her Mejesty has also been pleased to appoint Edwin Donald Baynes, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary and Clerk of the Crown for the Island of Montserrat. CROWN-OFFICE, Atm. 3. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR- LIAMENT. County of Mayo—George Gore Ouseley Higgins, Esq., in the room of Robert Dillon Browne, Esq., de ceased. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Ridler, contractor for public works, Cow .ersley, Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. Charles Newton, dealer and chapman, Donyland•mills (not DODDyfield), Essex, to surrender, Aug. 10, at eleven, and Sept. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street; APCload and Stenning, London-street, Fenchurch-street. John Griffiths, linendraper, Strand, Aug. 19 and Sept. 13. at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Depree, Law rence•lane, Cheapsido. John Page, butcher, Sidmouth, / Devonshire, Aug. 15 and Sept. 18, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Elernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Daw, Exeter. John Veale Rowe, builder, Bodrnin, Cornwall, Aug. 15 and Sept. 18, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Collins and Son, Bod min; Stogdon, Exeter. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghsll•street. J. Amos and C. Sutherland, St. Helen's-place, City, merchants, Aug. 27, at eleven—H. Waddington, Bridge street, Blackfriars, merchant, Aug. 27, at one—G. Dou glas, Brunswick-place, Old Kent-road, linendraper, Aug. 27, at twelve—C. O'Neil, Golden-square, picture-dealer, Aug. 26, at one—J. De Levante, Wood-street, City, shirtmaker, Aug. 27, at half-past eleven—J. T. Earl, Lewisham, Kent, plumber, Aug. 29, at half-past eleven. In the Country. B. Jefferies, Worcester, boatbuilder, Sept. 26, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. 11. Chattam, Goole, innkeeper, 9d., on any day on or after Aug. 7, notween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. H. Hardy, Bradford, grocer, 11d., on any day on or after Aug. 7, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. G. Wilson, Wakefield, grocer, 9s. 6d., on any day on or after Aug. 7, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. T. Don, Swinton Iron-works, Yorkshire, is. 10d., on any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. Q. Dick and J. Dick, Finsbury-square, merchants, 4d., on 'Thursday next and following Thursday, betwee❑ eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall. street. _ _ Q. Dick, Finsbury-square, merchant, 6s. 2d., on Thursday next and following Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. • At the Court, Basinghall•street. J. Thompson, King-street, Camden -town, draper, Aug. 28 at one—W. Carmalt, Romsey, Hampshire, baker and confectioner, Aug. 28, at twelva—J. Robin son, High Holborn, bookseller, Aug. 21, at eleven—J. Belbin, Beaumont-street, Marylebone, coachmaker, Aug. 28, at half•past twelve. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. C. Morris, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, cabinet maker —S. H. Leah, jun., Romford, auctioneer, a certificate of the third class—W. Varnam, Ibstock, Leicestershire, draper, a certificate of the first class—T. Marsden, Manchester, wharfinger, a certificate, after two years from Aug. 3—D. M. Evans, Wrexham, Denbighshire, draper, a certificate of the first class, after twenty•one days from Aug. 2. _ _ PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Cleaver, and J. Wright, Nottingham, lace manu facturers—R. Billingham and P. G. Marinack, Margate, chemists and druggists—T. Pilkington and W. Wood, Elton, cotton spinners—J. Ratcliffe and W. Mayer, Derby, silk throwsters—J. Lockwood and J. P. Knight, South wark, hop and seed merchants—D. W . Hertz and H. Baines, Huddersfield—D. Kennedy, A. C Macgregor, and G. C. Bruce, Canton, China, merchants and agents (so far as regards A. C. Macgregor)—R. Bruce, H. Stothard, J. Stothard, E. Slaughter, and G. Fuller, Bristol, locomotive engine manufacturers (so far as re gards R. Bruce)—C. Willis and A. E. Jay, St. James street, woollen-drapers—W. G. Holmer and B. Wil loughby, South place, Finsbury, factors—T. L. Pem berton and T. E. Coalett, Sekley, coal masters—E. Jackson and J. Stork, Lancaster, seed merchants—J. Alderslade, G. Suellgrove, and J. Snellgrove, Newport, plumbers—J. Craske and G. G. Warner, Norwich, up holsterers—T. Garner and G. A. Garner, Suff ,lk, dealers in game—W. Howse and W. E. Gorringe, Tichborne street, St. James's, chemists and druggists. INSOLVEN r PETITIONERS. George Graham, Maryport, Cumberland, innkeeper. Thomas Weedon, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, cattle dealer, James Croxon,,Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, baker. Edwin-Harding, Gloucester, painter. Richard Griffiths, Wern, Shropshire, innkeeper. Juseph Beech, Waliall; Staffordshire, bricklayer. [ADVERTISEMENT.]— Frightful Cancerous Wounds in the Breast healed by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.--Mrs. Mathews, of Bridge. street, Southwark, after her confinement had such a dreadful bad breast that she could not possibly suckle the infant. Four deeply-seated cancerous sores formed in her left breast, which defied the united exertions of several of the faCulty to heal, and it was decided that the knife should be resorted to, as offering the only chanca of cure. This the patient positively objected to, and determined on giving Hol loway's Pills and Ointment a trial, which has been most suc cessful, for all the wounds are now soundly healed, and she is enjoying the best of health.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. NEW TELEGELPHIC DICTIONARY.—A French paper, the Presse, gives some account of experiments made at the house of M. de Girardin, with a new telegraphic dic tionary, the invention of M. Gonon. Dispatches, in French English, Portuguese, Russian, and Latin, including proper names of men and places, and a l so fi gures , were transmitted and translated, says this account, with a rapidity and fidelity alike marvellous, by an officer who knew nothing of any one of the languages used except his own. Dots. commas, accents, and breaks, were all in their places. This diction ary of M. Gonon is applicable alike to electric and to aerial telegraphy, to transmissions by night and day, to maxi time and to military telegraphing. THE TREASITAY. Your Committee believe that for the offices of Junior Lords of the Treasury a salary of 1,0001. is adequate; aud, although they appreciate the more laborious duties of the Secretaries to the Treasury, they are of opinion that a salary of 2,0001. per annum should be substituted for that at present attached to those offices. UNDER-SECRETARIES QF STATE. It appears that the Committee of 1830-31 reduced the salaries of the three Under-Secretaries of State from 2,0001. to 1,5001.; and, looking to the nature of their duties, your Committee do not propose any further alteration. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL. The duties of this office have been materially increased since the period when it last came under the consideration of a Committee of this llotLe. A Committee of the Privy Council is now charged with the distribution of the funds voted by Parliament for promoting education, and with the general superintendynce of the system of education al pursued in the schools which participate in the Go vernment grant. The President of the Council is the principal member of this Committee, and has practically the charge of the important and increasing business of this department, in addition to his other official and Parliamentary duties. Your Committee do not propose any alteration in the present salary of this office. BOARD OF TRADE. The officers in this department, which come within the terms of the reference, are those only of the President and Vice-President; but, as has been before stated, an other department has been recently established, which has the charge of superintending the development of the railway system. These duties were originally discharged by the Board of Trade, but the staff of the Board was found inadequate for their due performance. Your Committee are of opinion, now that the railway system is so near completion, that the duties of the Railway Board may again be discharged under the direc tion of the Board of Trade; they therefore recommend, with a view to save the salary of the Railway Commis sioner, that steps be taken to consolidate the department of the Railway Board with that of the Board of Trade. They du not propose to make any alteration in the salary of the President of the Board of Trade; but they recommend that the salary of the Vice-President be 1,300/. per annum. LORD PRIVY SEAL. Your Committee recommend that provision be made for the transfer of the duties of this office to some other department of the Government, and that the salary be discontinued. SECRETARY-AT-WAR. Another Committee of the House is especially charged with the investigation of the nature and duties of this office. Your Committee, therefore, have abstained alto gether from taking evidence, or making any recommen dation to the House with reference to the salary of the Secretary-at-War. PAYMASTER-GENERAL. This office is at present held by the Vice• President of the Bthrd of Trade, and your Committee recommend that the salary be 1,5001. for the united offices. THE JUDGE-ADVOCATE. Your Committee recommend that the salary of the Judge-Advocate be 1,5001. per annum, and that this change be made on the next appointment. They also recommend that i❑ future the Judge-Advocate Shull not be debarred from the practice of his profession whilst in possession of that office. ADMIRALTY. It appears that in this department the salaries of three of the Junior Lords are fixed at Looot each, with a residence, and of the other two at 1,2001., with no re sidence. Your Committee recommend that for the future the sa lary of each Junior Lord shall bo 1,0001.; and that resi dences be allowed only to the First Lord, the Senior Naval Lord, and the Secretary. ORDNANCE-OFFICE: The. same observations apply to this department as to that of the Secretary at War. MASTER OIT THE MINT. Your Committee recommend that this office, as a Par liementary office, be abolished, and that the duties of it should be performed by a responsible officer under the direction of the Treasury. CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IREL&ND. The salary of this office is 5,500/. The Committee are aware that changes in the local government of Ire land are contemplated. They recommend that, in case these changes are not made, the salary of the Chief Secretary be reduced to a sum not exceeding 3,0001 per annum; the reduction to take effect on the next vacancy, or, in case of no vacancy, at the close of the present Par liament. P3OR-LAW BOARD. The salaries in this department, which came under the consideration of your Committee, are those of the Chief Comrnissibner and the two secretaries. Your Committee do not recommend any alteration in the salary of the Chief Commissioner; but they are led to believe that the duties of secretary might be efficiently performed at a salary of 1,0004; looking, however, to the circumstances under which one of the present secre taries accepted the office, your Committee recommend that the immediate reduction should take place only in the case of the Parliamentary secretary, and that the salary of the other secretary should be reduced on the first vacancy. JUDICIAL SALARIES.-ENGLAND. Your Committee next proceed to the second part of the inquiry referred to them; namely, the salaries and emoluments of judicial officers in the superior courts of law and equity in the United Kingdom. They have taken evidence from some of the most emi nent men connected with the courts of each country; they have referred to evidence given before the Com mittee which sat in 1830-31, and have called for returns showing the changes which have been made from time to time in the salaries and emoluments of the judges; to all of which documents they respectfully call the atten tion of the House. After giving a careful consideration to this subject, they have determined to recommend to the House the following scale of salaries for the various judicial offices of law and equity in England:— Lord Chancellor ... 23,000 The Master of the Rolls ... ... 6,000 Vice-Chancellor of England ... 5,000 Second Vice-Chancellor . . ... 5,000 Masters in Chancery, each ... 2,000 The Accountant-General ... 2,000 It is understood that the office of the third Vice- Chancellor is to be abolished on the first vacancy. Chief Justice of Queen's Bench ... ... ... 47,000 Ditto Common Pleas ... .., ... 6,000 Chief Baron of Exchequer „, ... ... 6,000 Twelv , Puisne Judges, each . ... ... ... 5,000 The Committee recommend that the retiring allow ances of the Judges be adjusted so as to bear the same proportion as at present to their salaries for actual service. The attention of the Committee has been directed to the large emoluments of the law advisers of the Crown. These emoluments are derived from various sources, in cluding fees on briefs and patents, and appear to your Committee to be excessive. They do not, however, ex press any opinion on the subject, beyond a general re commendation that they be reduced; but th©y suggest to the consideration of the Government whether the duties of Attorney and Solicitor-General might not be as efficiently performed, 'and a saving effected to the public, if they were . paid by fixed salary instead of fees. In recommending that the Accountant-General be paid by a fixed salary, equal to that of the Masters in Chancery, they would also suggest that such arrangements should be made with regard to the brokerage on invest ments in stock, which now forms a part of the emolu ments of this office, as may most condace to the interests of the suitors in the Court of Chancery. In agreeing to these salaries for Judges and other officers in the courts of justice, the Committee have not adverted to the questions of patronage and fees, now under the consideration of another Committee of this House. They must, however, express a decided opinion, from some statements in the evidence, that no tees of any description should be added to these salaries; that s b n ebor str i ctly di nate enforced; o the regulations hith er t o p rov id e d and which may be further reco mmen d e d w i t h respec t t o appointments of fficers in the courts of law and equity shall that shallall b e persons placed o to be n hereafter nominated to such offices r easonable and moderate salaries, to be exclusively enjoyed by themselves; and that they shall invariably execute the i o t m ies m o it f te th e e al o s ffi o whole The dc. e v e n in tu p r er t son e . xpress a hope that re forms in the proceedings of venture courts may gradually lead to considerable reductions in j u d icial establishments. The appointment, emoluments, e stablishment, and A whole system of the office Of Accountant- e G en b e e : ral, should undergo revision. It i s in IRELAND. They propose the following salaries of the judicial offices in the Irish Courts : Lord Chancellor ... £6,000 Master of the Rolls ... 4,0 00 Chief Justice of Queen's Bench... 4,300 Ditto Common Pleas 4,000 Chief Baron of Exchequer 4,000 Puisae Judges, each ... 3,000 Masters in Chancery, each 2,000 Your Committee would make the same suggestion with regard to the number of Irish Judges which they have already offered in referring to the judicial establishment in Scotland. DIPLOMATIC SALARIES. The Committee have given much patient considera tion to the subject of our diplomatic expenditure, and have entertained a variety of opinion upon it; they have, however, decided to recommend a complete revi sion of the present system of our diplomatic establish ments, and with that view they came to the following resolutions:— 1. That it be recommended to the Government of France and Turkey to convert the embassies now main tained between those countries and England into mis sions, and that our diplomatic establishment at Paris and Constantinople be put on the footing of first-class missions. 2. That it be recommended to the serious attention of the Government that a single mission in some central point in Germany may be substituted for the several missions now existing at Hanover, Dresden, Stutgard, Munich, and_Franktort, without detriment to the public service. 3. That it be recommended to the Government to make arrangements for uniting the mission at Florence with one of the Italian missions. 4. That no diplomatic salaries should exceed 5,0001. per annum, exclusive of an allowance for a residence. 5. That it be recommended to the Government to re vise the salaries of the whole diplomatic service, regard being had to the maximum suggested by the Committee, and to the relative importance of the various missions, and that in certain cases a union of missions might take place, or a consul or consular agent be substituted fur a mission, whereby considerable saving might be effected without icjury to the public service. The diplomatic pension list has engaged the attention of the Committee, and they have been led to remark how large a proportion the aggregate amount of pensions bears to the sum paid for actual service. There are cir cumstances connected with the diplomatic service which render it difficult to enforce all the regulations applicable to other pensions; but, looking to the main object for which all pensions are granted, they recommend that, strict regard being had to existing interests, regulations be made for the granting of future pensions, in respect of the age and circumstances of the parties claiming them, so far as is practicable, in accordance with the sixth and eleventh sections of the Act 4th and sth Wil liam IV., c. 24, which regulates civil pensions. The Committee, being anxious to report lathe present session, have not had time to prosecute the inquiry into the consular establishments, and they recommend that an investigation into this branch should be instituted in the course of next session of Parliament.—July 25, 1850. THE NEW CABINET AT WASH- INGTON. (From the New York Herald.) We give below the names of the members of the new Cabinet; they were sent in by President Fillmore on Saturday last, and confirmed by the Senate in Executive Session:— THE CABINET. State—Daniel Webster, Massachusetts. Treasury—Thomas Corwin, Ohio. Interior—James A. Pearce, Maryland. Navy—William A. Graham. North Carolina. War—Edward Bates, Missouri. Attorney-General — J. J. Crittenden, Kentucky. Postmaster-General—Nathan K. Hall, New York. The nomination of each member of the same having been confirmed by the Senate, a brief notice of the dis tinguished individuals composing it, from such materials as are now at our hands, will doubtless be acceptable to our readers. Of the Secretary of State, Daniel Webster, Massachu setts, his world-wide fame and reputation as a states man render it unnecessary to say much. He is well known as a native of New Hampshire, born in 1782, and consequently is now 68 years of age. Mr. Webster en tered Congress as a member of the House from his na tive state in 1813, and represented the state four years; after which he removed to Boston. In 1823 he was chosen representative in Congress from that district of Massachusetts, continuing in that capacity four years. In 1827 he was transferred to the Senate of the United States, and continued in that body fourteen years—viz., until 1841, when he was appointed Secretary of State by President Harrison. Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, being also a member of that Cabinet, is again a eolleage of Mr. Webster in the new Cabinet. Atter the quarrel of President Tyler with the Whig party in 1841, Mr. Webster refused to join his three colleagues in the Harrison Cabinet in resigning, but continued is Tyler's Cabinet until 1843, when he resigned. His most important act , while Secretary of State was the negotia tion with Lord Ashburton, on the part of Great Britain, of the treaty of Washington, in August, 1842, by which the long-controverted question o f the north-eastern boundary was settled. Notwithstanding the dissatisfac tion of some of the Whigs with his course in remaining in the Tyler Cabinet, Mr. Webster was, in 1845, again elected United States' Senator by the Legislature of Massachusetts, in which position he has continued until the present time—his term of service expiring in March next. It will thus be seen that Mr. Webster bat served in both Houses of Congress about 26 years—viz., eight years in the House of Repre sen t at i ves , and eighteen years in the Senate. The Secretary of the Tr easury, Th omas C orw in, of Ohio, is, we believe, about fifty years of age. Rising from humble life, he became distinguished as a lawyer, and was elected a representative to Congress from the Warren district in 1831 ,• he continued a member of the House until 1840, when he was chosen Governor of Ohio in October of that year by a majority so large as to settle all doubts that Harrison would receive the vote of the State for President the following month. Mr. Corwin continued governor but two years, Wilson Shannon, his democratic predecessor, then succeeding him, in 1842. The Whigs having a majority in the Legislature of Ohio i n 1845, elected Mr. Corwin United States Senator to succeed Benjamin Tappan, Democrat. His term as Senator therefore expres in March next. Mr. Corwin has been long known in Congress as an able debater and an advocate of the Whig measures of policy. In Ohio he is considered the most able and elo quent stump orator in the state. His speeches in Con gress, although sho w i ng tra i ts o f el oquence an d ta l ent o f a high order, have b een cons idered as wanting in ar rangement and condensation of point and ideas. What his peculiar talents as a financier may be remains to be seen, but he has always been an advocate of the protec tive system as applied to a tariff on imports. James A. Pearce, of Maryland. the Secretary of the Interior, is also about 50 years of age . He is a native of Kent cou n ty, i n th a t state, and was elected a repre sentative in Congress is 1835, again in 1837 and 1841, thus serving as a Member of the House six years. In 1843 he was transferred to the S e nate of the United States, and was re-elected at th e ex p irati on of his term in 1849; consequently, his present term does not exp i re until 1855. Mr. Pearce is a ready and eloquent de bater, and second to but few of the Whig Senators in point of talent. Edward Bates, of Missouri, the Secretary of War, is a prominent member of the ba r at St. Louis. He is during the is, we believe, a native of Virginia, and tration of John Quincy Adam s he was brou g ht fo r w ard colleague of Mr. Ben by the Hon. David Barton, Senate, and other friends of Ben ton is the United States' . Adams, as a candidate for representative .in Congress There was much dissatisfaction to succeed John Scott. with Scott—who was a friend of in Missouri at the time his . of having given the Mr. Clay—in consequence Adams, in the election of then a . vote of Missouri to Mr. 5. and thus the President by the House, :l a i r ' friend of Mr. Adams singu lar result occurred of electing to punish Mr. Scott for ition candidate being as President, no Jackson or "I"s b rof Con ress sup ported- in the field. Mr. Bates, as a mem e a g. , havings voted for the former oi. o l f. Representatives; but A ams during two years the he Administrationwas in the h io.uns e the minority he Ivid but as the Adams' . party were tions of national policy he found among the roinorit gluishaiinwgtivhsimself. On quest few opportunities of dieting wasovement and the protective life in 1829, Mr. Bates has reputation in Missouri, but advocates system. Retiring t i i r n i internal n t aol privateira hpr continued to enjoy a high comparatively unknown Y in that state, he had been. the Western to Internal the nation until the meeting of. Bat o e : a wa h s' i g h order, . a comprehen sive political friends having 1847, of Improvement Convention, .In a speech which the chair on that occasion which he delivered on taking chosen president. which body Air. and a b t e C en ht e c v s e g:, si i ii n g J e u in ly a , be exhibited talents wants and capacities of the country, sive knowledge of the to works of internal ' particularly with regard st u. . on . improve ment, which attracted much te u mMe time, and MAGAZINES, &c.- - (CONTINUED.) BENTLEY. Contrary to the usual practice of novel writers, Mr. Bell, in his delightful story "The Ladder cf Gold," continues the adventures of his heroine after her marriage, and certainly the post-nuptial adventures of Lady Charles Eton promise to be even more interest ing than were those of the lovely, long-suffering, but somewhat too yielding Margaret Rawlings. The railway panic arrives•—Rawlings is attacked as a railway swindler by all sorts and conditions of men and journals; the Etons, Lord William and Lord Charles, are highly indignant with Rawlings, and Lord Charles ventures in the presence of Margaret to speak disrespectfully of her father ; this, at once, rouses the indignation of the hitherto quiet girl, and, to the surprise of her husband, Lady Charles Eton reproaches him with his injustice in listening to slanders against her father, instead of going frankly to him and asking for an explanation. Shortly afterwards Mr. Rawlings calls, and a magnificent scene ensues between the two Lords and the parvenu, of which we give the conclusion. After taunting Lord Charles with his want of tact, Mr. Rawlings turns to Lord William and thus addresses him : " You wished to hear what I had to say, my Lord. I beg you will listen to it. When your nephew proposed for my daughter, I wasn't given to understand that you had any objection to the match, nor did I consent to it until it wa., in the first instanca, sanctioned by you." " I never approved of the connexion," said Lord William. But you sanctioned it, for all that." " Well—granted—l sanctioned it." " You had no objection, on the part of your nrphew, to receive with my daughter a sum of tifry thousand pounds, with a life interest in two thousand a•year. When that little arrangement was in course of negotia tion I was not appriaA of any scruples you had about my reputation ; uor did you exhibit any particular curiosity as to the sources from whence her fortune was derived." " Why should I? I knew of nothing against your reputation then." " And what do you know against it now? Can you pick out of the malicious rumours set afloat by a mob of disappointed speculators, who are turning round upon every man that happened to be more fortunate or saga cious than themselves, one definite charge? Not one. And upon these despicable innuendos you assume the right of demanding explanations from me, and casting a stigma upon my name." Your name, Mr. Rawlings?" exclaimed Lord Wil liam, " really I must protest against being accused of having a design upon your name, for I have yet to learn that there is any special distinction attached to it." " There is that distinction attached to it," replied Mr. Rawlings. " which has brought men of your class in troops about me, courting my favours like menial para sites. Your nephew was amongst the f)remost of them, when ho was seeking to aggrandize himself by a mar riage with my daughter, and now, at the first breath of slander, you are ready to repudiate the connexion." 1 never bad any connexion with you, sir," cried Lord William, in a tone of ♦ehemence, " and I promise you I never will. Let my nephew answer for himself." " I will answer for both. Your nobility enriches it self at the cost of my industry, and then, having got all it wanted, takes the earliest opportunity of taunting me with its insolent superiority. But the triumph is mine. I began the world without a shoe to my foot. I was treated with scorn, beaten, and buffeted like a beast of burden. I resolved to take my revenge on the tyranny of the world—and I have done it. My daughter —the daughter of the shoeless beggar—is Lady Charles Eton, your Lordship's niece by marriage. You cannot evade that fact—she is amongst your countesses and honourubles, and will look down hereafter from your picture gallery as proudly as the best of them. I have known what it was to want a crust of bread—l have starved by the road side, and slept in fields and out houses—what am I now? Will it humiliate your Lord ship, if I remind you that my house can't contain the people of fashion that crowd about me ? I dine and dance the aristocracy—there is no end to cringing and flattery—l am suffocate with incense—it is more oppres sive than the drudgery I went through for a daily sub sistence—and I have the pleasure of knowing that out of my eubst,nce your Lordship's nephew is enabled to make that magnificent figure which your distinguished ancestors forgot to leave him the means of providing for. fell ine, then, which of us has the best right to set up an arrogant ascendancy over the other—you who quarter yourselves on my fortune, or I who stuff the cushions on which you stretch your dignity ?" As he spoke, his form seemed to dilate, his head was thrown back with an expression of scorn and grandeur, and the fire of concentrated passion flashed up through his fettrures. " You are an extraordinary man, Mr. Rawlings," ex claimed Lord William, drawing a long breath, " I sup pose you must take what course you think best." "It is my intention, Lord William," returned Raw Tinge, rising and taking up his hat; " and you must excuse me if I decline taking you into my counsel, hav ing got on pretty well up to this time without your help. But, before I leave you, I have one word to say. If you fancy I value your connexion, you are mistaken. All the advantage it can ever be to me, I have gained al ready. I have paid a high price for it, but I don't re pent my bargain. On your side the case is widely dif ferent—it is for your benefit, not mine, that we should keep on good terms, and, although I have no great opinion of your discretion, I think you know your own interests too well not to see the necessity of changing your tone about these railway libels. You must dis courage them. It won't answer the purpose fur you to appear indifferent. Your policy is indignation. Surely }ou ought to be indignant for your own sakes," he added in a sarcastic tone; .‘ and if anybody wonders why I am not indignant, all you need say is, that I hold these slanders in too much contempt to bo angry about them. I wish you good morning." When he was gone, Lord William and Lord Charles turned a vacant and baillsd look upon each other. The last chapter opens a new interest—Clara has fallen in love with a certain George Farquhar, which promises to end happily. The Gaol Chaplain con tributes a brace of ghost stories, which he tells with his usual power, and Alfred Crowquill gives us a most amusing anecdotal history of Vauxhall at the com mencement of the last century. The correspondence of Mrs. Piozzi with Lysons is continued, and the prcsunt batch is peculiarly interesting, as several of the letters relate to the materials which Mrs. Piozzi was at that time collecting for her biography of Dr. John son. In the paper on the " Personal Narratives of the Hungarian War," the honour and loyalty of the brave Hungarians who, under Kossuth and Klapka, resisted Austrian tyranny and royal rebellion is nobly vindi cated. "It was not change they demanded," says this writer, "but restoration. It was not that they wanted to destroy, but to reinstate. They did not want to drive the Emperor of Austria out of the country, to curtail his authority, or to sap his influence—they only wanted to make him King of Hungary. They did not require him to surrender any of his privileges, but simply to fulfil his duties. They did not ask him to do violence to his Austrian conscience, they only asked him to discharge the obligations of his Hunga rian oath." In the " Pen and Ink Gallery" we have a portrait of Lord Brougham, accompanied by a bio graphical sketch by Alfred Crowquill. The other il lustration is to the " Ladder of Gold." THE CATHOLIC MAGAZINE. New vigour seems to have been infused into this periodical, for some time familiar to the Roman Catholics of England in its previously separated form as Dolman's Magazine and the Catholic Regis. ter. Since their amalgamation into one organ newly christened under the above title, that organ has ap parently been in a state of transition, until the ap pearance of the present number, the sixty•sixth of the series, yielding promise of a very considerable and permanent improvement. As indicative of the variety of subjects compacted into the present instalment of the publication we may mention that besides a metrical effusion by Fuimus, and a por tion of the Diary of Martha Bethune Baliol, we find before us some charming verses on the " Death of the Princess Borghese," some more of the interest ing " Leaves from My Journal," the conclusion of " The Hour and the Motive," and the commencement of a new series of papers called " Recollections of Eminent Men," which latter augurs excellently from the merit of the present specimen. The subject of these recollections is the late Bishop Baines, and the pages relating to him are filled with agreeable gossip and anecdotes. Besides what we have already particu larised as forming the contents of the Catholic Maga. tine, we must mention the most valuable feature of the whole periodical, its epitome of Catholic intelli gence relating to reviews of recent works, to births, deaths, and marriages, and to a variety of passing oc currences, such as an editorial note on the Catholic press, a record of Parliamentary proceedings, a list of conversions, and som e i mportant allusions' to the Gorham controversy. COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE. The United Service opens with an able vindication of the thoroughly English policy of Lord Palmer ston, which we commend to the especial study of the members of the peace societies, and of those lordly tools of th e f ore i gn d espots w h o are d o i ng t h e utmost in their power to destroy their own order, by show ing that the [louse of Peers is actuated by a spirit anything but Euglish and national. Half-a. dozen such votes as that of their Lordships on foreign policy would restore to the question " What shall we do with the House of Peers ?" a gravity and an im portance whi h we never thought would have at tached to it in our time. It is not in order to sacri fice English and constitutional interests to Russian and Absolutist interests that Englishmen have given to the Members of the House of Lords the privileges they enjoy, and if those privileges are abused, the Sovereign and the people will most assuredly modify, or, if need be, abrogate them alto gether. Commander Michell's description of the island of Ruatan we commend to the diligent study of the Colonial-office. It is an island, 27 miles long and two and a half broad, situated off the coast of Central America; it is English territory, being a dependency of Honduras ; its soil is rich, its harbours many and good; its population, which in 1843 was only 80, consisted in 1850 of between 1,800 and 1,900 persons ; the exports, which in 1843 were of the value of 1,000 dolls., were last year of the value of 18,000 dolls. ; the i ,__ c ~. -_k....__ 1.1,/,:i iinhabitants, who consist for th e most par .r f,,._'' • , of liberated slaves from the Cayman island, / 3 ( . \ - 7, ...';'' f are living under a provisional Gov e rn men t con- / T A -:' ' t stituterl by themselves, but they have no means 'c . "-- -:--/ r -- , of defence, and Ere desirous of being recog- H, - -,---'-..2,. raised as British sul - k.cts, and taken und er British " * " 1 1; JS; la •.‘ protection. We trust that proper steps will at o nce 1 1 be taken to afford them the protection they require. If Ruatan were declared a free port, it would in a few years become the Singapore of the West.lndian seas. The paper on the Nepaulause is continued, and brings down their history to the close of the war with the English in 1815, when, after sustaining re peated defeats from Sir David Ochterlony, the Ghourkas sent to Calcutta to sue for peace. There are a variety of pleasant naiiatives of adventure in the present number of the United Service. ST. JA2IIES'S. Mr. Bernard Burke, in his preliminary notice to this number, announces that his professional avocations reluctantly compel him to relinquish the continuance of the magazine, but that the heraldic Register will be continued. We are sorry that the St. James s is given up ; as a periodical devoted to topography, ge nealogy, and local history, it had no competitor, and its loss will not be easily supplied. INSTITUTION OF THE REV. G. C. GORHAM. At the termination of the ordinary business in the Prerogative Court yesterday, the Rev. G. C. Gorham ai introduced to Sir H. J. Fust. Having signed the articles and taken the customary oaths, Sir 11. J. Fu,t addressed Mr. Gorham to the following effect:— " We, Sir ll , rbert Jenner Fust, Knight, Doctor of Laws, and Official Principal of the Arches' Court of Canterbury, lawfully constituted, do, by virtue of the authority to us committed, admit you, the Rev. George Cornelius Gorham, clerk, 8.D., to the vicarage of Baru ford-Spdte, in the county of Devon, diocese of Exeter, and province of Canterbury; we do give you true, law ful, canonical institution, and do invest you w ith all the rights and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and do commit to you the care of the souls of the parishioners of the said parish." Mr. Gorham then bowed to the Learned Judge and retired, accompanied by his proctor, Mr. Bowdler. The proceeding was quite unexpected, and when Mr. Gor ham was introduced very few persons were preseat, but information of the fact spread with great rapidity, and a large number of the practitioners at Doctors'-Com mons entered the court before the completion of the in stitution. CRICKET. ETON v. WINCHESTER. This match was concluded yesterday, Eton winning by five wickets. The following is the score:— Winchester, first innings ... ... 108 „ second innings ... ... 74 Eton, first innings ... ... ... 119 „ second innings ... ... ... 64 ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF NEWARK AND DISTRICT. ..... . This annual match, which was commenced at Newark on Thursday, was concluded on Saturday. The following is the score:— England, first innings t, second innings Newark, first innings ... ... ... 92 „ second innings (with twenty wickets down) ... ... 71 ... 70 ... 92 AQUATICS. RICHNIOND REGATTA. The regatta at Richmond yesterday was the leading aquatic feature of the present season, and was more at tractive by far than any that have preceded it. There were no fewer than eleven races upon the card, consisting of fours, pair oared, scullera, junior !cullers, and pair oars for watermen, the whole forming abundant sport from mid-day until the close of the evening. Gentlemen Ainateurs' Four Oared Race fur Five Silver Presentation Cups. The Lady Margaret Club—Messrs. 11. Field, R. Cobb, J. P. Rubinson, B. Smith (stroke), F. Le vein (steerer) (Purple) 1 Triton Club—F. Smithe, G.C. Ravenshaw, W. Watson, ll , dgson (stroke), A, Hutton (steerer)...(Crimson) 2 Meteor Club—S. Bone, West, Ibbotson, T. Bone (stroke), C. Clifford (steerer) (Blue and White) 0 Amateurs' Pair-oared Race for two Presentation Silver Cups. G. C. Ravenshaw, W. C. Hodgson (Crimson) 1 %Vest, S. Bone (Blue and White Star) 2 J. D. Chilling worth, J. D. Chillingworth (Light Blue) 0 Meesom and Eslie It was a capital race, the distance extending as before, but then reversed from Syon House to Richmond-bridge. It was a good start, all getting off level. Shortly after the start, in the heat of the race, Blue and White fouled Blue and White Star, and necessarily retarded them somewhat. During this time Crimson and Light Blue were having a gallant bout for the first place, and Crim son gradually drew in advance at Isleworth church. Blue and White Star laid down to their work in tine style, and soon collared Light Blue, who fell into the third place, Blue and White Star making such extraordinary way as hid fair to put the fortune of the day in the ba lance. Crimson, however, gallantly maintained their position, the second pair coaling in close upon their Stern. Thu winners in both this and the four-oared race rowed in bolts built by the Messrs. Searle. Araatcur Scullers Match or a valuable Silver Vase, prom:wed by the Ladies of Richmond. First That. T. Bone C. Cliff,nl F. I'. Rippengal %Von ( asily. Second lieut. ... ... (Dark Blue) 1 ... (Blue and White Star) 2 (Yellow) 0 W. F. Watson ... . . (Crimson) I A. Mutton ... ... . (Light Blue) 0 After a few stroke; the winner took the lead and kept it. `~' rl Grand Heat. Mr. Clifford arrived too late, and the other too were started without him, but owing to their accidentally fouling a little after the start, the umpire called them back, but Mr. Bone continued on alone. It was, after consideration by the committee, determined that the competitors should start again on the following (this) evening for the very valuable prize. Amateur Scullers Race for a Silver Wherry. G. Burchett ... (Dark Blue) 1 L. F. Chapman (Crimson) 0 H. Holmes ~. (Yellow) 0 H. Van Tolt (Light Blue) 0 There was a military band in attendance throughout the day, and the scene was altogether of the most ani mated description. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, AUG. 6. STOCK EXCRANGE.—The share market continues inactive, and busines rather slack, being principally confined to the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and Midland Stock, with little or no alteration in prices. Great Westerns closed to-day at ;;9—Ditto, New, 7 dis.—Midland, 34 1 ,i—Taff Yale New, 1 / 13 p. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a firm market to-day, still the business done has not been extensive. The transac tions were—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and 13.), guaranteed 6 per cent. till 1850 ; 12 1 ,4 9 —East Lanca shire. Preference, Quarters, 6%—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 3SI/ 2 —Ditto, Fifths, 9;H dis.—Ditto, Preference, 124,—Ditto, Fifths (West Riding Union), 8 1 4 c. dis.— London and North-Western, 112—Ditto, New Quarters, 1:p. —Ditto Fifths, 1 % p.—Matlock and Midland,34 t A, • Midland, Halves, 24 3-16 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 5 per cent. till 1850, 5 dis. MANCHESTER, AUG. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The shire market to-day was firm, but quiet, and business rather limited. The transactions were as follow:—East Lancashire, 8 3.l6—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 23 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 321. (late Exten sion), 9 2-16 dis.—Ditto, Fifths ( West Riding Union), 8 1 ,E dis.—Loudon and North-Western, 112—Ditto, New Quarters, 1 p. Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quar ters (C), 1 3-16 c. p. BIRMINGHAM, Atm. 6. _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have little change to notice in this share market. A small business has been done, but prices of old stock remain steady, with an inclination to advance. The only transactions reported were—London and North-Western, 111 3 / I —Ditto, Fifths, 1 1 4 p. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, " PETTICOAT GOVERNNENT."—It is impossible for Mrs. Trollope to pro duce an uninteresting novel. As long as she has been before the public as a writer of this class she has preserved a well earned reputation, and maintained an unceasing popularity. In these volumes there is a quaintness of sarcastic humour that points a moral and adorns her tale. While she deals unsparingly with the absurdities of human nature, and ridi cules the conventional hilits of the society of a cathedral town, she does so in a manner that cannot be offensive. Every person who knows the usual proceedings among such communities will acknowledge the truthfulness of the deline ation. These volumes will add to the popularity of the authoress, and furnish convincing proof that she has lost none of that cleverness for which her name has been for many years celebrated.—Messenger. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--BOTANIC WATER MID BEARS' GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin, and fall ing otr, the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head, is the use of the two above-named articles, applied alter. nately, the botanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf, and as a stimulant, and the bears' grease as a nourisher. If any further evidence was required of the virtues of bears' grease for renovating and preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the quantity used, and the length of hair obtained by some of the North American Indians, would be a sufficient answer.—Ross & Sows, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London, who first introduced the use of bears' grease in this country, and who fat and kill the animals, recommend the public to purchase none other but with their names and address printed on the pot, or the chances are their obtain ing a spurious article. THE POTATO DISEASE.—BRISTOL, SATURDAY.-- From I3anwell, Blagden, Henbury, Westbury, and many other places adjacent to this city, we are now constantly re ceiving' accounts of the potato crop being more or less affected by the blight. The disease has manifested itself more parti cularly since Sunday last, and there is but too much reason to fear that it is widely spread throughout both Somerset shire and Gloucestershire. Our accounts from Ireland fortu nately are still favourable, the plant in the sister kingdom u yet being almost wholly free from disease. Most of the miseries of life result from our stray ing from the path which leads to content. —Eliza Cook's Journal. METROPOLITAN BRIDGE BUILDING.--It is much to be regretted, that of the six principal bridges which cross the Thames in London, four of them—viz., London-b r id ge , S o uthwark -bridge, IVestminster, and Blackfriars—should all have exhibited symptoms of settlement and insecurity; with regard to the last of these, namely, Blackfriara, if great precautions are not taken, the time is not far distant, when the whole fabric will be precipitated into the river without giving hardly a minute's notice; indeed, the wonder i 3 that it has not done se before, notwithstanding the large sum expended lgtely its reneyAtiou—Builder.