The Sun. — London, England, 1850-07-26 00:00:00

I 1 the piti,,NATION AL MONUMENTS. "(ti le .. uiE Said he had given notice of a motion 0 ,1 1 . 1 (1 1 . 48 tldtte that the Sp;-aker leave the chair, for . au t a . . ~, 41°Ptetl thee Ale ie 4 ty, praying that measures Lula . ° . b, kd it e ensure the ouhlie free admission to St. Pat.! s 4ilY.slll°ll.laents, and i he Wished to take this oppo . rtu ; lterk .ftliading the Liouie, that on the accessloo of a li c l i n "tY he had presented a petition agreed to at .. 111) gi 1 1 -- "Yrig and signed by 600 artists and men di s •- 1' 4 ,4 eti‘.la science, praying for free admission , to Member hilttludokhni that occasion the Noble Lord the Item, 'lin -' at was at the time Secretary for the Home /at ) , tl4ot, addressed a letter, by direction of her Ma bake'° the Il.lan and Chapter of St. Paul's, and to the e f W 11' It tSdi e wellington, Governor of the Tower, - te i lai ! that gretter facilities should be given for the Pkaij oe i ll of the public to those place. He had no le osee o,ll,,taYing that what hail been done in con:w ilts „ the recommendation of the Noble Lord had Illeprreductive of much benefit and imrovement to 11 4 e °l4 of tho me tr opo:is.-(lleur, hear.) Colonel . t au La 6 the hoarr.f the police, bad stated iu evidenc,e, i i , l44ll lblP p e eable and er3erly manner in which crowds - th ' - ° Kettle* (if late y e ors was to be attributed sd,4i4:l togtfaitin which th-y - L ' a 1 ted , rgone by a f' , , e 114 °4 Public laces and buitlirtg',that ke s , tr e Police t,tcersPwould do more in a crowd . to /sil l , ti le Peace, than twenty would have done a few kith toga, nis owa opinion was in entire concurrence h t tfeh ec i" of Cilouel 'tows , ' on the subject. He had 4 heed Iv'th con,iderablo int,rest th 9 thou ;ands whom i e lt l tr a s e y " : al ,11.11ipton o..iurt, and had be,ngra ., tified . QI N & I,„'n watch they enjoyed and conducted Ln e w oteyer"fe Consmittoa haain,a; strongly recommended le t e ,, ° ,stry l c ,. a,ellity should be given throughout Cie itsr ; 4 4; 1-: the admission of the people to public t li,4slt'„e w as sorry to find thst in some cases the .41 . S e ' Pet ition had been male to the recommenda rotatcterat catkiedrsls had been opened with t h e SOS of th adrsutlge to the public. Westminster as t 'tser, ee l, and the present Dean deserved the thanks ,he i t L l ettefors the steps he had taken. True there 'tit hall till. demanded fot. visits ,. to .s t the e s n tail e chapels. d hitike;,4llld net ritto 'Nos e. , r OhJeCt to that, es sut.h 1 ii 1, aha ino contrast between Westminster and St. uti,tOl'sd .thost disgraceful If the went to St. . ant ) ,,, . • t ,:eo oh , 6 service, the moment it was over they were people ~:ivist,'ee'' and if they went at a time there et was an ho e ibi tioh....' they Were required to 1 4 of then,' eat) Consideriug that t p h a e y gr a e s ater por k Publi -"untlthents in St. Paul's had been erected _at ° tie ee est it to t h. o th ere ~ , was disgraceful that the public could lot e '° l lo. witoout paying money.-(Hear.) 1 as the pe - ople coo • 1 I not see Nelson's k,, i) _iitlZuts,, bat All that S o eq ae P a ying to see it?-(Hear, hear.) 011 narrow • • 1.4. scor i e ,_ . a spirit that he hoped the system Ole th...`" 4B e in all Our cathedrals,. If ever he . should ht 0o bve4PlNiintment of another Committee, it should Ish. llo h eed " this subjeot; but he trusted there would ience f„,: t e llth 4 ,,, 1,0 another Committee. The e n"' r h 4 . ' il il tet. 'fad had warranted them in giving fort er 1411: ' - io titis-h bla se y, who was oneof to ohe thetr u f s r t e c e e s a d o - f 4th e tt Of th e haz . ), at first was opposed h a , result ettettc, because he thought injury would th Ate ' at Much to his credit he had the candour ttl t 4 1 ,00 4 ' 0 r n the relaxation had been made, that no less k "la Pe se had r , d through the Museum on ( 41 °S / Mond passed , 1 1 e 4 ttif „. aY, and that without damage to the Itet,heo.rPeoce being dono to any one thing. 7l ;kb ery r , lie was snxious that Government shoo! 'i teli tt'llol..P°llUnity of urging the question on those , tq , wor e ~:,, .. !IL . ,14,,,, ail reluctant to concede admission. ls, 4 10 11. i:: a greed in the general optnion . , exp., mated of "ibi s • 'nealher• that it was most desirable , 4 il ktiO n 1 '4413 110W l' la ths sa l into -‘- be graved to the public to objects 4r i 'len e4 t. On receiving the return moved fur "stem"4lf k Meat'l,,,,ber for blontrose from the present S.. " 111 , he stated that he sent the return e !o,e,t,tipiZeet furnished by the verger, who was th k t I ti to CC' ° f the tees, and added that he had endea kst,ultlim4ee the matter cn a more s stisfaetory foot ,N'll.,°:eabtei ~ had been prevented doing so by the Ite, e ,ola„ e c , (l by the Ecel:siastcal Commission o . ver . tpAse mi . kin receiving that communication . he . had 4,tetalaid beset of the Ecclesiastical Commission to i4l t i ti ti4le;vo informed that the matter had f_. _ . Ad had . under their consideration, but that difii 1 11 4 to ~ aritif,n f r • • re pared with %tt), th ern their not being p tilt taifQ„Ltig freely er ger. The public had a real grievance "ti t ' l oei .`"Y admitted t, Sr.aul's, and he hoped ltitlyZe?,,olunication with ;he Dean would end in Ti 4 of that ante.-([sear.) 4 14 411 44 , ,04, 4 t , SUPPLY. tAo t ill t h 411 Went into Committe of Supply, Mr. 11 4 t.,, e ellair. NC' htl , t he lieu ~, al N0t , ,,, se of Industry, Dublin.. t i , t1 . 1 4. ',aotr,i„L' complained that this vote had been `tt411g101), ;,".standing the agreement, at th? time i.qt n ,.. ' 44 all such grants should remain un- Nt e \ot() Q A fill ' 4 % e ' ll also said a few words against the re ilq efikker,,,aef. e.iPvotadlk'ELLOß of the EXCHEQUER said . I,lltll:.Qe‘at`i'sr►his testimony to the constituents of ; tl O IlistoSt.,.:Tea that they had done what they I N, i ° 3' iter; the vote. lie could not, however, con- ClP,lt o ° ,thel, 'e of it. -Agreed to. Flitl,7t4Ontle Orphan Hospital, Dublin. tl li k it ile 4 , for tae objected to the vote on the ground tb. l' is) ;'• e 81IPPOtt of an institution exclusively i'll baC4k\lfl. kythil k l ties ! , of the - not ''' ilt h ' -E LLoR EXCHEQUER said il .4 4 1 1 iit ti i '•• Made for many years and could 11441.1A:01st once. He hoped that it would be Ar P te 'llA kt, '"d that no more children would be 8 ,1 t o 4 V rO\T r ' 14a - * word' supported the vote. liil%httt je.h)-I,4„feutta Mr. lIUME, 1 1 . 1 ° ni o , _ l-13 . WOUiti not move the rejection of 4 ,t4ztt children were to be adm i tt ed . ;44(0404 ' L LOR of the EXCHEQUER cool e d ,„Isk, 4eee that no more childreu would h l o 1 4? - : ) . 44 4 ) 4, r the I,lr d , 4 t r lt. f et n , eitraoreland Lack Hospital.-Agreed 'llty.,lO t i . ttlE,,tits(),`.(NOLl)g-in hospital, Dublin. Agree iiiit:itiqu thi s ._4o,bjected t) the reduction which had 'i f the „fim. Nall34..l4.ither votes as a vio "O1 ,1 1 . 1 „ 4,1 1 , I to l/ 543 teimn : d been com.! to at the time of the less -,.?Yeal,;-,,ted that the understanding was 1 1 Ltq,,411 iti,,',-,,kter the union. He trusted the vote yyoot,„Noi:ger reduced. (4,v-mieally i'4B thought' the Hon. Member was not l,4tit's'istit,4leline A hell Scotland WAS concerned. viti. htNer y Et r g° he had voted 25,0001. for the erec tOltb,a_t,,op, art in Edinburgh.--(thar.) iterNort Tae vote has not yet been taken. 1 1 tie to `4l)-8--- i ,4 1 4, fl vote that At least the HOB. Member had M-Klllllitie, araOunt.-(Hear, hear.) When othnrl t - " I 'll had pie -BOf 8 3 topathy fir inanimate . la t . lc% art, h e ought to have t h '1; 10 'i to h . it e.Yh Id '% ' - • some also to L c '.,': )l :. q k ‘t il. ., sseit to t! ,s, poor living countrywomen "tlt "st " * ) N *d • ,A t , h t ~, sat ,it had been maintained by 4 , t) 1111 'men at th e Period of the union, that t h , th e , tts t4 „ 'tttt,,, o tra erit ' Passed Ireland should hay.) a full t t l'h:vot e tlf arei, 2l the r ources of this country, not 64, 4 111 4 hi then' but ofduty 11 1 ,i"O t f i l 1,3 50 ° 1. egr.ed to. r ipi Iv 100,it was then voted in aid of the funds Atht‘litu4l 44.rf,41,,bi1101in, mill e f 4 i e , - e" to for the support of the Fever ii, t o l th ' 4 O/. ;::3 of tßpcovery, Co t ik-street . , Dublin. i ' l ll o s 4 „ eu for the hospital for incurables. t'l„llit,loPcit• '\*lUNit 'DONUAL Atetttotttil2l:l that a aura not exceeding 37,6981. lit, ' 0 the Protestant Dissenting ministers i la x .tl l ~t 41 4 1, L , tt . , 4 l ',.jj . g il o i, ,4steosoeft? c!ll the attention. of the C-om treq,ri't of 01 04 , rresbyterian clergyman the th,ilt i ; g okt c , l °art eri hie', county Tipperary. The rev. 10 e ‘to, , 18 4 ,. Y. stipend had been regularly paid lAth i NOttr , 1;..1?ut the next instalment, in October 'epOtti.itl• Th:o,been stopped, and no sufficient tf he t t bto tl Ist • t-lonourable Member went at some sleet ' o4 ail s of th polioOt tiv Q , onc e . e case, and referred to a I , C th which had taken place upon the I lti a Et itl e Rev t , i „h t ,top e e. . 1 ,,. • Gentleman and the authorities Vit :Itl4r,rettire"e,Government said he lead not iotp 1 , Ckik e Rao x,', AG attributed the fact of the de- Vte, kil le sity oftr• Dill's stipend from that period ofd,gtor It Pertion in the Regium Doman I,lt "soh,,aae ''') Nlatthe Ol e tlta.,..ded fan e h . , , vvs, who went by the sou it:re b:`'ioa 1 , a t h• Isle ena-(Laughter)-wbo had Lithrettsr,"o4b - ' 5 , office a considerable defaulter. 04' 4 4 -4 by -ell ernneht before the House on a Illiiill)..thittal tae Iti g th b l t ?in. Ilember for Athlone (Mr. ,°e t e yes alai aid sai d „en. Baronet the Secretary for 'of °0 •MI e rgv lule matter was in the hands of 'o ii p o ly, e t , e v %Oh ..,. 'kir '' tie the t4ey" "_ i i. the General Assembly of Ire 'Yiti4tl, 4 " vt•qo,4htteate ;dad he would state what would tleptv4tlth'te,i ince then it had been brought G tit I tOa et o till Church in Ireland, assembled in ta tl.a With Cert,i ti . _ kictf iN t4 N bed kr repo, had been passed ki4kota. ti..i 44 : sepal, r egretting that any rims kt , t 1) ° ,, , 1 e xt ., 4 between himself and the Oa.. blithe 'lllll rre4Sirtg h 'ltt r , h Qt,,, due t ,a hope 1 " e ' t ' 4 l l tnn a ° elm would be forthwith i tr tie 0 i s th h . e,'t had been again communt too4,,4l ill od 1 lfh;ll°Jact, and Mr. Redington had t tOot h Alli t i 'erti" w hen the rev. ' gentleman t tf " t te ' k °4 ° to sent 0 % the (hi, P. b.,, the Castle his arrears .. l ''fit. 'l , Niti e tl by 1,.'11 considered that the form of 111 Is t its P e r "n would the inte it% q 4 v0,, Net, it'hYteri compromise A C lid NnCt or 4 1 feelinn." , n odY, and had declined to ti l 4 o l 4l th tOe 4t . A . l h r. bi te C )0I the' Presbyterian body i tl 4 4 I s h t he 4 %Li naveBeiti.ira, and he regretted that k• t 6 rtry,, esb !feria •incurred the unpopularity ea D e ,, it so h a b od _ . _., : t tli tt ; ih Pet m 4 , )on account of the con ) ly i at r ev i,,e useonded, and who WRS influ tt,,ke w et() h i ore tid eof hostility towards Mr. Dill, ►,‘,445, til t ' Pree es seem d to e amiae too II ? tit , ss ki aton eedinc.s ii e x. • , 'Y fit e Y; wi l ''' • *1 would ask what han ") 1 hi it, Otat at °f Mr Duncan Chisle'etn? 5 1.4 45 t e t0, ) 41 4 e0 ' 11,„ 3 1. t0 it t thea..ivU,stice to. ard;lVlr. Dill, who t(littie'vtq,l,l4ll4.leg_itti„o iltaolliccorded to the rules laid itt. c tttresb„re, th ere ~,, g a regular ehurch for ), li i i` l l lt i t "Ett v t i' s `:r t l i an f ar Zg a.n authorised minister Ol, ll ' \;ta•t4,;l.lif the,ad h ot ~,...' ,oeing . resident in the ltd"lt • klo t a . ti t d L. J,v ,, ,. been sifted to the bet tiit oZtal,t'qltilW' r. ve re • ' ici " 'arl hoped a jUdt award Nt (,feko t , ' xlirit lEEE ,_,,Fe.ntletnan. talit 4 0, 4 (Mat,:d th ro gl `t It seemed the Honour tli hv mot tae wh w lota ease alto ether upon of ,'" dst ill , ? boa bven l t •l g clerk ' ei i orrem, an on of ~ a L . y a i ll e te e ad °lls e 4 roder," ~.__ the Regiu . at Donum. kNttab.tl4etm be,„ ',Y on e eelliurn that subject on the .ql:toere' .4 4 :tone h., old 4eo that everything in NI, 1-, jalehd d • 'quir t ,' "e whole sanction of the uil l llt IS N , W 0 .9 no, .• . h . 1 1, 4. , ev, r 111 e f th . malting into the t 4, 1 ieot apt q bot eo ,. e funds . e ntrusted to that 't yos peeningd 'aected ~ tk 4 14 , u to. egr et t ,. one b y ~, wit the affair ot ti e ' 4,,, i eti e b' r ell up by the *073 Povernwent, and he iiiiN'ttetaill e,tightt,?• such , e : el th e House should p. ev e t im ..e (m ew 'sic% When the Member % te I 1 ty (4, Eit,,,ed ton before th I kep, t tet 4 ger il, ~ th St wb e louse he (Sir "144 loil,()'°Yteriah , en Mr. Dill chose t i a tint be paid %JergYnaan in Ireland 'ti eapeet to.o thought the Go bc furnished with THE SUN, such information as it deemed important. The provin cial synod had recommended Mr. Dill to comply with the requisition of Government. There were 483 Presbe ter a.: clergymen in Ireland, and of these 482 complied anti tie Government r. q'lisition ; and until Mr. Dill thought fit to do so also, the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland had de termined that his arrears should not be paid. Mr. OSBORNE thought it was a gratifying feature in that discussion to see the Roman Catholic Member for Tipperary advocating the cause of the Presbyterian minister. He could bear testimony to the high worth and respectability of the rev. gentleman alluded to, than whom no one had done more to assuage religious differ ences and promote general Christian harmony.—(Hear.) There was no doubt about the fact that Mr. Dill's first stoppage of stipend was owing to the personal animosity of that Mr. D. Chisle'em, who twenty years ago ha" absconded from Inverness after a forgery, had then en listed in a foot regiment, from which he had been diechareed, but whom they found shortly after snugly placid in the Castle of Dublin in an office of great trust. Ito could b , ar testimony to the high respectability of Mr. Dill, and the disreputable character of Mr. Duncan Chtsle'em, to whose animosity the former originaly owel the withholding c f his just stipend. He was alio nished no reward hal been etlered for the apprehension of llerat , hevvs, But there wan another and a more im portant question involved in that discussion. How long wero they to continue that grant? How long acre they to continue making two Church establishments in Ireland?—(Hear.) Mr. REYNOLDS would move the rejection of that vote altogether, as he was an advocate for the voluntary system, and maintained that every religion ought to sup port its respective ministers. No man ought to be called upon to pay the clergyman of a religion to which he did not belong; but in Ireland 8,000,000 of people were re quired to vote no less than 1,000,000/. sterling to the Protestant Episcopal religion, while not more than about 750,000 were in communion with the English Protestant Church of Ireland. Th e y ought neither to be called upon to support a Protestant establishment nor a Presbyterian one. He appealed to all Dissenters in that House, in a spirit of justice, fair play, and honesty, to vote with him for the rejection of that mo tion. He believed that were it not for the corrupting influence of that grant of 37,000/. a year there would not be a more independent body of men in any country than the Presbyterian clergymen of Ireland. The amount of the grant was divided among 500 of those clergymen; and he opposed its continuance with a view to dissolve the connexion between them and the Govern ment. He felt persuaded that if a stop were put to that allowance they would no longer be spies on the one hand or dictators on the other. Mr. ANSTET supported the grant on the ground that the Presbyterians of Ireland were themselves anxious for its continuance. Mr. SADLEIR said he believed that the abolition of the grant would bring into connexion with the Pro testants and Roman Catholics of Ireland the Presbyte rians of that country, whose energies, patriotism, and political independence was very much le-seined by an allowance of that description. But he had risen prin cipally for the purpose of stating that he thought the Rev. Mr. Dill was fairly entitled to the allowance which he had claimed. Mr. HUME said he wished to remind the Committee that while it appeared that an average of only 401. was raised by the 451 Presbyterian congregations in Ireland, an average of 80/. would be divided among them by means of that grant. He trusted the House would check a grant which was going on increasing year by year. With respect to the case of Mr. Dill, if the necessary certificate was produced, there was nothing to prevent the money being at once paid. Ina quarrel if this kind about the loaves and fishes, if her alejesty's Govern meat would take his advice they would abolish the grant altogether; and then the Presbyterians would soon tied means to support their clergy without any extra neous aid.—(Hear.) Mr. BRIGHT considered the grant was most objec tionable. The system was capable of unlimited ,expae rtion, for congregations might divide and sub. divide to any extent, cad each division receive the benefit of the grant on raising a certain sum themselves. Alter the system had been so long in operation, perhaps, it might be considered lather harsh to atop the grant without the slightest notice. But he thougnt it might be placed in process of extinction by an annual reduction. It' the grant should be reduced by the sum of 5,0001., the result would be that the congrega tions which now paid 35/. would have to pay 45/.• and the Government gran t wou ld in suc h case be reduced from 75/. to 651. By proceeding in this manner for a few years the grant would be gradually extinguished, and no perceptible increase would be felt in- the congre gational payment. It the Hon. Member for Dublin would withdraw his motion, he (Mr. Bright) would pro pose that the vote be reduced by 5,000/.—(Hear.) Mr. REYNOLDS declined taking the advice of the Hon. Member, but would make him this offer—that if the Honourehle Member would divide with him, and his motion should be lost, he would then divide with the Hon. Member on his proposition. He, however, thought it the better way to take the bull by the horns at once.—(Laughter.) Mr. S. CRA WFORD said the Presbyterians claimed this grant on the ground of being required to pay for the support of the Established Cnurch. Although he thought the grant ought to be abolished, yet, consider ing that any immediate change might operate prejudi cially and harshly in certain cases, he trusted the Hon. Member for Dublin would a cede to the motion of the Hon. Member for Manchester for a gradual reduction of the vote.--(Hear, hear.) The Committse then divided. The numbers were— For Mr. Bright's amendment ... ... 45 Against it 108 Majority --63 Mr. REYNOLDS said he would divide the Committee against the vote. The Committee divided, For the vote Against it ..„ Majority ..• ••• The vote was then agreed to. On the vote 6 700/., for charitable allowances charged on the Coneordarnna Fund (Irelaud), Mr. REYNOLDS moved that the vote be reduced by the item of 2161, salary and allowances of the minister and clerk of St. Matthew's Chapel, Hingsend, Dublin. The Committee divided. For the amendment ... Against it ... Majority ... The vote was then agreed to. The following votes were agreed to without discus sion :- 20.700/. for the General Board of Health, Ireland, ard 2,346/. for the Central Board of Health, Dublin. Oa the vote 13,352/. to defray the expenses of the En cumbered Estates Commission, Ireland, Colonel SIBTHORP said—l move that the vote be disallowed, The CHAIRMAN—Does the Hon. and Gallant Mem ber mean to divide the House upon this vote? Coltnel SlBTHOlSP—Certstnly.—(Laughter.) Tee gallery secs then cleaeed for a division, but none took place, the vote having been agreed to without u divisieu. The following votes were then agreed to:- 15,000/. for navigation in connexion with drainage in Irelaed. 14 765/. for the British ambassador's house at Con stantinople. I,COO/. for defraying the expense of the militia and volunteers in Canada. 3,000/. for repariug the harbour at Lybater. 18,100/. to defray the expense of erecting light-houses abroad. .. 123 . 27 . --96 .. 24 . 123 -99 30 : 000!. for defraying the expense of a place as a ge neral repository for public records. 8,000/. for the law charges, salaries, allowances, and expenses of the office of Solicitor to the Treasury. 3,5551. towards defraying the expense of prosecuting offenders against the laws relating to coin. 7,700/. towards defraying the expenses of sheriff and officers of the Court of Exchequer. 5,330/. fur the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court. 44,324/. for the law expenses of Sootland. On 33,761/. for criminal prosecutions and other law charges in Ireland being proposed, Colonel DUNNE said, as an Irish Member, he felt himself bound to protest against the treatment to which his country was subject. These expenses ought to have been placed on the Consolidated Fund. _ _ Mr. C. LEWIS believed that if the balance was struck between England and Ireland in respect to criminal prosecutions, Ireland would be found not to be a loser. The subject was settled in 1846 in England as to what proportion should be borne by the rates and by the Con solidated Fund; but though no similar arrangement had been made in Ireland, the half of the expense of the constabulary was fixed on the Consolidated Fund, and In land would be found, therefore, to have the best of the bargain. Colon — el DUNNE complained that convicts were kept in gaol in Ireland after sentence, at tho expense of the county in which the conviction took place, whereas, properly speaking, they should be supported by the country. Mr. H. HERBERT Les° complained of the large number of convicts in the gaols of Ireland. In his own county there were 550 convicts in the gaol, which was built to hold only 130. The condition of the gaols in Ireland was so bad that Government should come fot brward with some remedy. Mr. SADLEIR bore testimony to the disgraceful state of the gaols in Ireland lik ew i se. There was in the south especially a most frightful mortality in the workhouses and the prisons arising from their crowded condition. Tie appealed to the Government to relieve those prisoners in the gaols who were convicted of slight offances. Sir GEORGE GREY said there had been a anddem and enormous increase in the number of con v i cts f or transportation in Ireland within the last two years. The Govtroment had, however, made such arrange ments as would relieve the rates frotn their mainte nance until they were seri; off. They had provided accommodation for 3,500 on Spike •Island, and else here. lle.(Sir George Grey) considered that there was much reformation needed in the county prisons in Ireland. Mr. SADLEIR said, though the Government had certainly made exertions in the matter, they had not made them equal to the exigency. The vote was then agreed to. The next vote, 15,5001. to complete the sum necessary to defray the expense of the metropolitan police force of Dublin, was agreed to without discussion. On the vote of 90,000/., to complete the sum necessary to defray certain charges for criminal prosecutions, for merly paid out of the county rates, Mr. V. SNII wished to know whether any steps had been taken to promulgate a uniform scale of fees for county prosecutions? Sir G. GREY said he had obtained information from all the counties and boroughs of England, with regard to the scale of expenses charged for prosecutions, with LONDON, the view of securing something like uniformity. lie was surprised to find that the discrepancy in the viri9us counties far exceeded anything that could be justiLd by the laryier: circumstances of the counties. Mr. lIENLIiX said they ought to take care in endea vouring to establish uniformity that they did not increase the rate of these charges. Mr. HUME objected to the vote every year, and would continue to object to it. If the country paid these expenses, they ought to have some check over them, which at present was not the case. Sir J. TROLLOPE complained of the inefficient manner in which the duties of the inspectors of prisons were discharged—they sanctioned the most extravagant expenditure, and in some instances the prisons built were found to be wholly inadequate to the accommodation of the prisoners. Mr. AGLIONBY referred the Committee to an amend ment in the Criminal Justice Bill, which he had sug gested, with regard to taking the pleas of prisoners in cases of larceny and misdemeanor, for the first offence, before the magistrates at petty sessions. The effect of his amendment would be to save the country 40,00)/. or 50,000/. per annum. The vote was then agreed to. On the next vote, 7,550/. to complete the sum neces sary to defray the charge of inspection of the vurious pthone, Sir J. TROLLOPE mole,' that the salaries of the iespectors, amounting to 2,1001, be omittel from be vote. Sir G. GREY vindicated the inspectors, whose labours were extremely valuable to the country. At the same thee, he must say that the Committee on prison disci pline had recommended that some change should be ef fected in the present system of inspection. Mr. T. EGERTON hoped the inspectors would attend to what the Rieht Hon. Gentleman had said. Colonel SIBTHORP had visited several prisons, and had never seen a set of more jolly, happy, well-fed, well clothed fellows than the convicts were. They were much better fed, much better clothed, and much more lively, he was sorry to say, than the agricultural labourers of England were at present.—(Hear, and a laugh.) There was too great a disposition on the part of the public to sympathise with criminals. When men com mitted such crimes as the assassination of Mr. Drum mond, why they were under the influence of monomania. He remembered hearing that on one occasion a jury ap plied to Chid Justice Hale, as a Christian, to extend mercy to a criminal. The Chief Justice replied, "I hope, as a Christian, that I am disposed to exercise mercy, but there is a mercy due to the country. The prisoner is a notorious scoundrel, and I shall hang him." —(A laugh.) He (Colonel Sibthorp) thought that prin ciple might with great advantage be carried into effect more extensively than it was at present. He wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he would be prepared with some additional places of confinement when that exhibition of which they had heard so much was opened in Hyde Park. —(Roars of laughter.) Be hoped it would never take place, as " there was many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip;" but if they once had such a set of fellows let loose upon them without law or without religion, the additional force of 2.000 police that was spoken of would not be enough. If they went on with that accursed free-trade system, they might rely upon it more prisons and more police would be required. They were going to inundate the country with a set of fellows who, if they were not lost on their way here, would be the greatest curse that ever was inflicted on them.—(Hear, bear, and laughter.) In answer to Mr. HUME, Sir G. GREY said the expenses of the model prison at Pentouville had been considerably reduced, and with regard to the separate and silent system a report had teen prepared, which would be laid cn the table before Lhe House separated. Alter some farther conversation, Sir J. TROLLOPE withdrew his amendment, and the vote was agreed to. On the vote of 137,2241., to complete the sum neces sary to &fray the charge for Government prisons and convict establishments at home, Colonel DUNNE suggested that the vote be post poned; but after an explanation from Sir G. Grey, with drew his objection, and the vote was agreed to. The following votes were then agreed to:- 65,8481. to defray the charge for the maintenance of prisoners in county prisons and lunatic asylums. 69,2301. for the transportation of prisoners. 100,1471. for convict establishments in the colonies. The House then resumed. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH BILL. This Bill was read a third time, and additional clauses were added. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. On the third reading of this Bill being moved, Mr. TURNER said, as the Bill had been materially altered since its first introduction, and as it bad never yet undergone fell discussion, he should take the sense of the House oa the question. The report which had been presented to the House showed that the Bill pro posed to deal with 23,746 charities under 301. a year, and 27,000 charities under 1001. a year. The report stated that the Commissioners on investigation were of opinion that much of the mal-administration ascertained to exit in these charities had arisen from ignorance. The Commissioners had been applied to in several in stances by trustees for advice, and the advice that bad in consequence been given was productive of much good. The Bill went in direct opposition to the recom mendations of the report. The Bill wished to place all charities below 30/. under the jurisdiction of the county courts, and all charities between 301. and 1001. under the jurisdiction of the masters of the Court of Chan cery, at the same time doing away with appeals. The provisions of the Bill, he was satisfied, instea'l of di creasieg would very much increase litigation. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman went at considerable length into the objections which ho entertained towards many of the provisions of the Bill, the Bill itself he was satisfied being only cal culated to promote political and party objects. If the Bill passed the House would find that the trustees of charitable funds would become merely political parti sans. He admitted that charities had hitherto been much abused and made to subserve party purposes; but the Bill, if it became law, so far from curing existing complaints, would very much augment and perpetuate them. The alterations that had subs( quently been made in the Bill he did not find at all met the objections. It was perfectly clear that the Bill had not been properly considered. It would involve endless litigation through the absence of any restriction on applications to the courts, and he should therefore venture to move that the Bill be read that day six montns. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the report in question did not contradict, but specially as isted the objects of the Bill. The great object was to have a tribunal to which questions connected with cha rities might be referred. Such a tribunal was the county court. In the charities under 20/. the great majority of cases related to ss. donations, or there abouts. It was essential in such cases there should be a cheap tribunal to refer to, and the county courts, in conformity with the recommendation of the Commissioners, were to be resorted to. The At torney-General was an officer who had power to prevent improper suits; and this would meet one of the objec tions raised by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. Tnen, with respect to the jurisdiction of the Masters in Chan cery—he did not think there would be that want of uni• formity of decision because there were ten Masters of Chancery, as was anticipated, even though there might be no appeal from their decision. The Masters were generally desirous of establishing uniformity of decision; but if appeals were invited and cultivated, they would destroy completely the value and object of the Bill. In conclusion, he could only say that the Bill had been brought in for no party purposes, but had been required for a considerable length of time for the purpose of en abling overseers of the poor and persons having the ma nagement of petty charities all over the country to administer them in a satisfactory manner, by placing within their reach a tribunal to which they might have recourse for advice and assistance in matters of difficulty, and by affording them an easy mode of redress in cases of breaches of trust, and giving the greatest possible publicity to the accounts of the various small charities— an object of the utmost importance both in his opinion and that of the Commissioners, with the view of prevent ing breaches of trust for the future. On these grounds he earnestly entreated the House to assent to the third reading of the Bill. Mr. GOULBURN (who rose amidst loud cries for a division) said he would not occupy tho time of the House more than a few. minutes. They had before them the Bill of the Learned Attorney-General, and they had the report of the Commiscioners appointed by the Crown to examine the subject. The Bill was laid on the table on the Ist of March, and the Commissioners made their report on the 25th of June, and he presumed, therefore, as they were undoubtedly gentlemen fully re solved to discharge the duty imposed on them, that they must have considered the subject of charities with refe rence to the Bill now before the House. It was, never theless, remarkable that the Commissioners in the course of their report made no allusion to the Bill, bat laid down a system incompatible with it, as had been shown by his Hon. Friend, particularly with respect to that part re lating to local tribunals; because they particularly pointed out that if the local tribunals were to be resorted to for the purpose they ought to be under the control of some office or board, to prevent the abuses to which such tribunals would be liable. The Hon and Learned Attorney-Gene ral had spoken of these charities as though they were of small importance, but it must be remembered that out of 28.000 charities 23,000 would come within the jurisdiction of this Bill, and it was precisely because they were of small amount that they would be the more open to jobbing, because the public atten tion would not be so likely to be attracted to them as to those involving accounts of 15,0001. or 20,0001. In fact, the only ground on which the system was defended was its cheapness. He objected, however, to place these charities in the bands of the attorneys of the county courts, whose practice must have led them to deal with a totally different class of subjects. Without imputing improper motives to the county court judges, it would be extremely difficult to secure them from party influences, w th h e i i e r h ei T r ig k h s, t e b s e p : i ezd in th m r a iu tt g e h rs instrumentality e th o e nneeted,ithed tiThe (l4lo.ertliterh h e i n rd read uc o st- f e Mr. AGgoaui 53 xnLisatßlioutrißtyN divided,reading... when .. . !a p p .. e . r —43716 the word " schools moved—an amendment to insert among the exceptions from theTiBieiIIATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the amend ment. Mr. HENLEY supported it. The House divided, when there appeared— For the amendme n t -- Against it z 7 a 7 Majority ag a i ns t t h e amendment —39 The Fisheries Bill went through Com m i ttee. Toe Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed, with the addition of a clause pro posed by Colonel DONNE. The Navy Pay Bill went through Committee, was re ported, and the report to be recdved this day. The s:reond reeding, of the Landlord and Tenant (Ire land) Bill was postponed to Monday next. The Equivalent Company Bill wag read a second time and ordered to be committed this day. The second reading of the Tenant Right (Ireland) Bill was fixtcl for this day. The Administration of Criminal Justice Improvement Bill was fixed to be committed on Monday. The order for the Committee on the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill was read and discharged. The Trustees Bill passed through Committeee and was ordered to be reported. The second reading of the Masters' .Jurisdiction in Equity Bill was postponed to Monday. On the motion for the consideration of the Lords' amendments to the Benefices in Plurality Bill having been brought on, An HON. MEMBER moved that the debate be ad journed. After some discussion, in the course of which the Howe appeared to be agiiazt proceeding with the mo tion at that late hour, the subject dropped, and was 2133erstOOd to have been postponed. The Committee on the Compound Householders Bill was p , stponed ti:l Monday. 'The Committee on the Debtors and Creditors (Ireland) Bill was postponed to this day. The second reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill was postponed to Wednesday next. Oa the motion for the third reading of the Small Tenements B i tin g Bill, and further proceeding on adding a clews-, Mr. STANFORD said he intended to oppose the clause, and if it was persevered in he would move that the House do now adjourn.—(Hear hear.) After a short discussion a division took place on the question that the clause be added to the Bill. The House divided, when there appeared— Ayes ... ..• ••• 61 .„ Noes ... ..• •.• 27 Majority in favour of the clause ••• —34 The Bill was understood to have been read a third time. On our return to the gallery a motion was just made for the adjournment of the House. The House divided, when there appeared— Ayes ... 23 Noes .. ..• ••• 63 Majority against the adjournment —4O The Registrar of Judgments Office (Ireland) Duties of Stamps Compensation and Salaries Bill passed.through Committee. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Two o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE•CH4IVCELLOR'S COURT; July 25. (Before Sir J. K. RUSSELL V. THE EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. BACON and Mr. MILLER moved for the committa, of the Sheriff of Norfolk for contempt of the court, in taking possession of railway carriages and other pro perty belonging to the company. under a writ of fieri &cies, issued at the instance of a simple contract credi tor, there having at the time been a receiver appointed by the court. It was alleged by the plaintiff at law that his debt was for coals and coke supplied to the company, fur which he had obtained a judgment. The Learned Counsel stated that the sheriff had a clear notice of the appointment of the receiver before he interfered with the property in question. Advice had been given to that officer to apply to a judge, who suggested that the re ceiver and the sheriff should interplead. The receiver, considering that he exercised his office by authority of the court, declined to interplead. Counsel contended that in tdis determination the receiver was acting pro perly, for his appointment would be a mere nullity if be could be interfered with by or on behalf of a judgment creditor, his duty being especially to protect the inte rests of the bond creditors and mortgagees. Mr. ROLT and Mr. TOLLER•appeared for the execution creditor, and contended that the appointment of the re ceiver was made upon an order taken by consent, and had been concerted with a view to defeat the simple con tract creditors. It was manifestly unjust that the bond creditors and mortgagees should have priority of pay ment out of the tolls or fares produced by the working of the line, while the creditor who supplied the coals by means of which the line was worked would be left unpaid, Mr. Roundell Palmer and Mr. Bunney appeared for he sheriff. Mr. BACON pointed out that if the law allowed an execution creditor to interfere with a receiver, a com pany might, by creating many simple contract debts, en able creditors of that class to defeat the prior claims of the bondholders and mortgagees. His HoNouß—Has the defendant in the suit in which the receiver was appointed been served with notice of this motion? Mr. BAcoti—lle has not. The practice of the court does not re quire it. His HONOUR said that the registrar considered the practice did not require such notice. Assuming that such was the practice generally, he still thought there were circumstances connected with the case which might render it necessary and right that the defendant should be present, it might he that it would appear that the plaintiffs and the defendants in the suit were ❑ot distinguishable ; but that could not be denied in the absence of the defendants. If the Ccurt were to permit the 3 herifF to go through with his process, it might have the effect of allowing him to interfere with tha defen dant's property. His Honour would not permit form to stand in the way of attaining substantial justice. Al though concert in obtaining the appointment of the re ceiver was not denied, it might turn out that such con cert was not improper or blamable. The motion mutt stand over for the defendants to be served. COURT Or• BANKRUPTCY, July 25. (Before Mr. Commissioner PANE.) IN THE BANDRUPTCY OF ALARIC A. WATTS. The bankrupt, who was described as a printer, in Berners-street, came up ou the question of certificate, unopposed. M. LAWRENCE expressed a hope that the Court would in this case grant a certificate of the first class. The bankrupt's misfortune had mainly ar i sen out of harassing and protracted litigation in the Court of Chancery. There had been a heavy loss in th e rea li zat i on o f pro perty, which mainly consisted of copyrights and pictures. The personal expenditure was of the most moderate character, and the accounts most accurately kept. There was nothing, in short, he urged against Mr. Watts, who enjoyed a high literary reputation. The official assignee stated that a dividend of 7s. 6d. in the pound would be paid in the course of a few days, and testified to the satisfactory nat ure of the accounts. The solicitor to the assignees, Mr, Belden,confirmed perfectly content. The exp en di ture of the bankrupt had always been most moderat e , considerably below his income. The COMMISSIONER. could hare n o h es i tat i on whatever the statement of Mr. Lawren ce . T he assignees were in granting the certificate at on ce, b ut would take time to consider his decision as to the question of class. SHERIFF'S COURT, July 25. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BIIRCHELL.) CRIN. CON.--COLES V. DIARSHALL. This was an action to recover c ompensation in damages for criminal conversation. The cause was before the Court some time back, when the damages, which were laid at 300/, were assessed at 2001., and a new trial had been granted on the ground of excessive damages, and an improper reception of evidence. Mr. Parry appeared for the plaintiff, Ballan tine for the defendant. and Mr. From the statement of the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff, and the witnesses called, it appeared that he was a young man, and had been in the employ of Mr. Lunham, wholesale provision-tnerchaatiin the Borough, where the defendant, a man of about fifty years of age, was warehouseman, at 51. a week and partial board. The plaintiff was married in 1847, and his wife, who is about his own age, kept a little shop in Gloucester-place, Wel worth•road, where sweetmeats and tobacco were sold; his salary at the time was 1/. a week, and he had since the occurrence which led to the action left his situation at Mr. Lunham's, but the defendant still remained in the same employment. In January last the defendant was observed to visit the plaintiff's wife when he was neces sarily absent at hi s work, and a document in the de fendant's h an d wr i t i ng was put in, which had been sent by him to M rs . C o l es, and in which he made an ap pointment w i t h h er. The plaintiff ' s suspicions were excited, and on being told what sort of a person had visited his wife, he declared that it was the defendant. Soon af%erwards ho sold off his things at the shop, and was subsequently summoned to Southwark Police Court ' to support hi s w if e, where he denied his liability, on the ground of ad u lt ery w i th Marsha ll. The Magistrate, however, made an order on him to support his wife, and on the foll ow i ng d ay the defendant an d Mrs. Coles were traced to a co ff ee -h ouse, i n Newington-causeway, n. and on the where plain they had engage d a bed for the night, and tiff and a polic eman enter i ng h was found u n d resse d, an d Mrs. C rOons, the defend ant Coles in the bedr oom with him. In stating the case, Mr. PARRY contrasted the age of the parties, and the situation of the plaintiff under the derendant who had destroyed his happiness, and then asked the jury to award the fall sum at which the damages were laid in the declaration, namely, 300/. Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury in mitigation of damages. He complained that no female witness had been called, a n d t h at certa i n f a cts had been withheld from th e j ury. T hen the jury wou ld consider the shop which the pl a i nt iff h a d kept—a cigar shop—and where he had exposed his wife to the attention of men. He did not mean to deny that the defendant was a man advanced in years, but he thought it very probable he had fallen into the temptation, and had not practised the arts which had been imagined to seduce the young woman. The Learned Counsel was proceeding in an energetic strain to oarament on the ebsence of the parties who had wit nessed the scene in the coffee-house, when Mr. Parry interrupted hint, by saying that the witnesses had been sub; wetted by the defendant and were in attendance —an interruption which Mr. Ballantine denounced in strong languege as resembling a trick to catch the jury. He Ballantine) contended that it was a caso for small damages. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF. in placing the case be fore the jury, told them they had nothing to do with the former trial—their only duty in the case was to as sess the damages on the evidence given, the defendant having admitted the cause of action by allowing judg ment to go by default. Although the observation should not have been made by Mr. tarry, it was to be ob served that if any witness had been kept back, the de fendant had the power to bring forward any evidence h e thought proper in the ingeiry with the view to diminish the damages; he had, however, called no witnesses. The Jury, after a brief consultation, assessed the da mages at 200!.; the same amount as was awarded on the former tria. FRIDAY , EVENING, JULY ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. The Learned JU DGE having asked the prisoner if he wished to put any questions to this witness, he replied, " I have nothing to ask him; it appears to me that he will say anything to get the reward he has been pro mised." Several witnesses were then examined, with a view to corroborate the testimony of the approver, and Mr. Martin, a chemist, at Lewes, proved that about the time the robbery was committed he abstracted something from the prisoner's eye, and gave him a lotion to bathe it with. The CHIEF BARON having summed up, The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty. The Lt.arned JUDGE, in passing sentence upon the prisoner, said that this was one of the most daring and alarming burglaries that he ever remembered to have heard of. The evidence made out most conclusively that he was one of a gang who were banded together for purposes of plunder, and it was perfectly clear that they did not hesitate to carry out that which was the most alarming feature in such cases—the resorting to acts of personal violence, either to prevent the parties they robbed from giving an alarm, or resisting their unlawful intentions. Under these circumstances it was highly necessary for the safety of the public that the law should be carried out to its full extent; and the sentence upon him, therefore, was, that he be transported for the term of his natural life. The prisoner merely gave an impudent grin when the sentence was pronounced, and walked away from the bar apparently quite unconcerned. The other persons concerned in the outrage were tried at the spring assizes for another burglary, and sentenced to be transported for life. OXFORD CIRCUI 1: Stafford, July 24. • CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Wrenrams.) WHOLESALE ROBBERY OF AN ENPLOYER.—Edivard Gooch Hone, aged 30, a chemist and druggist's assistant, was indicted for having stolen, on the 27th of June, at Wolverhampton, from Frederick Weaver, his employer, a large quantity of chemist and druggist's goods; and Harriet Warner, aged 31, w as i n di cte d f or rece i v i ng them, knowing them to have been stolen, and also har bouring Hone, knowing him to have stolen them. Mr. Greaves, Q.C., and 'Mr. Kettle appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Scotland for the defence of Hone, and Mr. Vaughan for the defence of Warner. There were five different indictments against the pri soners in the above form, each relating to different por tions of the prosecutor's property. The value of the articles included in all the indictments was about 500 L The quantity charged in the first indictment amounted to about 2001., including several packages of otto of roses, gold leaf, quinine, Macassar oil, &o; To this in dictment Hone, under the advice of his Counsel, pleaded guilty, and Warner pleaded not guilty, no _evidence being offered upon the other indictments.:- 16 order to establish the guilty knowledge of Warner, it was neces sary to go into evidence of Hone's proceedings. It ap peared that he had formerly carried on business as a che mist and druggist in the Strand, London; that he then went to Liverpool, and after being there for some years married. Before his marriage he and his wife were cc quainted with the other prisoner, who was the wife of a Mr. Loyal Warren, who kept a boot asd shoe shop there, and both the prisoner and her husband went with them to church when they were married. After living with his wife for about 15 or 16 months he left her and Li verpool, and for some intervening period his steps were not traced. The next notice of him was when he was assistant to a chemist and druggist at Stone, from whom employment he came at Christmas last into that of the prosecutor, who is a wholesale chemist and druggist at Wolverhampton, the latter believing him to be a good character, and allowing him a salary of 651. is year. TI prisoner must have soon commenced his wholesale sys tem of plunder, for in less than six months his empl o y r had lost goods to the extent above stated. A great part of these were recovered, and the passage to the witness box was beset to-day with seven large boxes of need - eine, pet fernery, &c. Indeed, the case was supposed by many in the court to illustrate the oil adage, " that it is a bad wind that blows nobody good," as the presence of so much perfumery diversified very agreeably the sameness°. the noisome odour that generally distinguishes the Crowe court here. For ten weeks prior to his arrest he had been living in lodgings at Wolverhampton with the other prisoner, who had also abandoned her husband, and th-le it was that the goods in the indictment in qttestion were all found and identified. The question for the jury was whether she had received tie goods which were found in their lodgings, knowing that they had been stolen from any one? The evidence on this point was to the following effect: Madox, a police-officer, proved that when he and the other officers went to search the prisoners' lodgings they declined to tell what was the subject of the charge, and she pointed to two cupboards that were in the room in Haire CIRC July 25. CROWN COURT.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) diary Hardwick, who was convicted on Tuesday of feloniously attempting to drown her child in the sea at Brighton, was brougnt up for judgment, and sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months. Elizubctle Bacon, a girl who had been convicted of setting fire to her master's house, was also brought up for judgment, and sentenced to the like punishment. ".1 rayton Darby, 23, a stout-built, determined-looking countryman, was indicted for barglariously breaking and, entering the dwelling -house of John Rickman, and ft-aling two watches, value 50/., two gold chains, two gold seals, and other articles, his property. Mr. Johnson conducted the prosecution. Tho Learned Counsel having briefly stated the cir cumstances of the daring outrage imputed to the pri soner, the following evidence was adduced : Mr. John Rickman, the prosecutor, who, being a member of the Society of Friends, was examined upon his affirmation, said,—l reside nt Wellingharn, in the parish of Ringmsr. My family consists of myself, my wife, and my two daughters. On the night of the 7th February last we retired to rest at our usual hour. About two o'clock on the following morning I heard a noise in the house, and I got up and was about to pull the night-bolt of my door, when it was suddenly burst in with great violence, and three men entered the room. They had a light with them, and J observed that one of the tnen had a bludgeon. They were all completely disguised by having something tied over their faces. One of the men then went to the side of the bed where I was lying, and another to the side of my wife, and they demanded my money. I was collected enough to say, "I am sorry for you." The men then said, " Your money—your money—give us your trousers." I pointed to where my trousers were lying, and one of the men took them up and rifled the pockets. They then took two watches that were hanging at the head of the bed. They were both valuable, but one in particular was so. The men then began ransacking the drawers, and while they were so engaged I heard the alarm-bell ring, and the men then ran away. But for this I believe, from the conduct and demeanour of the men, that life might have been lost. When the men were gone I went down stairs, and ascertained that the house had been entered by a window at the lower part. Miss Sarah Rickman, being also affirmed, said—l oc cupied the same bed with my sister on the night in question. We were disturbed in the course of it by hearing a noise at the door of our bed-room, and di rectly afterwards three men came in. Two of them came up to our bed and demanded money. My sister told me to ring the bell that was on my aide, and I did so, and the pull broke. My sister was then about to ring the other bell, and one of the men said that it she did so he would strike her. She attempted to ring the bell, and he immediately struck her with a bludgeon. Miss Rachel Rickman said—l was in the room with my sister on the night of the robbery. The men were so disguised that I could not identify any of them by their faces; but I heard the voice of one of them, and at first I thought it was a woman. I have since, however, beard a man named Richardson examined, and by his voice I am certain he was one cf the men who was in the room. Thomas Richardson, an approver, was then examined. He said—l have now come from the gaol to give evi dence, being committed for trial upon this charge of bur glary. I know the prisoner. On the evening of the 7th February I met bins at a beer-shop kept by Allen Gower in the CH& at Lewes, and Richard Funnel! and Edward Carey were also present. We all agreed to go to Mr. Rickman's, at Wellingbam, and wo started from the beer-shop a little past nine o'clock. Carey and the pri soner went away first, and I and Funnell followed them soon afterwards, and we all joined upon the road. We went past the Cats public-house, and also by the Prince of Wales, at the foot of Mailing•hill. We then went to Ridge's farm, which is about a mile from the prose cutor's. When we arrived at Mr. Rickman's we walked round the house, and I got a knife and cut a notch is the closet window, intending to take out the pane; but, as it was not large enough to admit Carey's body, we went to another place, where there was a large glass window, and Carey broke it, and Funnell then shot open the shutters, and we all got into the house. We struck a light and examined the room, and took two silk handkerchiefs. We then went into another room on the ground floor, and afterwards went up stairs into the ladies' room. The prisoner Carey and I went in, and Funnell stayed outside on the landing. We were all armed with sticks and were disguised, so that no one could see our faces. Funnell and Carey had black crape over their faces. I had a piece of white linen over mine, and the prisoner had a red handkerchief over his. We found the two ladies in bed, and Carey demanded their money. One of the ladies rung a bell by the side of her bed, and Carey caught hold of the bell-pull and tore it down. The other lady said there was another bell on her side of the bed, and Carey said to her, " But you are not going to ring it." She was about to lay hold of the bell-pull when Darby struck her with his stick. After this they went to the bed-room of Mr. Rickman, and heard the noise of the bolt being drawn inside, and they immediately broke the door open, and the prisoner, I, and Carey went into the room, Fun nell being still standing in the landing outside. I saw Mr. Rickman and a lady in the room, and heard Mr. Rickman say, " lam sorry for you," when m mey was demanded of him. I took one of the watches from the bed-head, and the prisoner took the other, and we then looked into the drawers, and we took away a plated candlest . ck. While we were rifling the room Funnel! came in and gave us an alarm, and when we got out of the room we heard the alarm bell ringing. IA e then all left the house the same way that we had entered it, and went across the fields to the London-road. On our way we had to cross a stream, and the prisoner jumped into a bush, and got something into his eye. The next dry I saw the prisoner with a handkerchief over it, and his eye appeared to have been injured. Wo wrapped all the stolen property in the handkerchiefs, and took it to a beer-shop, where it was left. I saw no more of it, and on the following day the keeper of the beer-shop gave me three sovereigns as my share of the 'spoil. Darby and Carey received the same sum, and Carey took Fun neli's share for hire. A day or two afterwards I saw the prisoner again, and he told me he had had something taken out of his eye. 6, 1850. I which they met her, and s:id "There it nothing in thorn;" but on searching one of them they' found a large quart!ty of chemical materials, opium, &h . ., and on searcking ail! other found, besides a quantitP of articles is common we. as cups and saucers, abottethirty par , eels of a peculiar character, such as several bottles of anchovy sauce and a quantity of caustic. She appeared• very much distressed when the officers went in with Hone in their custody, and when she asked him what was the' matter he made no answer. In a room up stairs they fotind several toiletbettles, - and boxes containing opium, perfuniery, &c.; and so neatly packed that it was difficult for one to pack it; and when they took out the contents they could not replace them. They found also a quantity of essential oils in 'the - room. The toilet-bottles were all on the dressing-table. They also found in a work-box some brass weights, which are commonly used .by druggists. On their finding these, she said, "Somebody must have put them there; I never saw them before." Theie was no proof that these weights ever belonged to Mr. Wear er . The landlady of the h ouse i n which they lodged said, she never saw either of them bringing in any boxes or medicine. • This fact vas relied on for the prt•secution cs a prof that tho articles were brought in sep.srately in swell parcels and then packed up. After they hal been lodging there for a short time, Mrs. Warner went away, taking three boxes with her; and in a short time returned wite two boxes, in which some of the stolen property wa s afterwardA found. His Lot - Insure, in summing up. told the jury that if they had any reasonable doubt of the prisoner's know ledge of her paramour's guilt in robbing his employer, they ought to acquit her. The jury deliuerated for five minutes, and then found them Guilty. Mr. GREAVES thereupon said he would not proc - ed with the other indictments, to which the prisoners had pleaded not guilty. When called on to say why sentence should not be passei, Hone, who seemed much affected, protested that 'he other prisoner was entirely ignorant of his having stolen the goods. his LonDsurr, in passing sentence on Hone, said he had seldom known a worse offence, for not only was the value of the property large, but he received from his employer a handsome salary, on which he could live in comfort and respectability ; but, instead of that, he pre femd plundering his employer. Ile (Mr. Justice Wil liams) felt that he would be deserting Ms duty if he did not pass a severe sentence upon him, and he would therefore direct him to be transported f,r ten years. As for you, Harriet Warner (said his Lordship), I feel for you, and I think you are to be pittied, for though you were not in the situation of a wife to this man, you were so much under his control that it was with the greatest difficulty you could have resisted or disobeyed his dime tions. I therefore sentence you to be imprisoned for three months in the common gaol but without hard labour. PARIS IN MARCH, 1850. (CONTIN USD The representation of Polyeucte at the Theatre Francais might have convinced any one that the Franc iis deserves its new name of Chose Publique. After the Cid, perhaps as a totality the most perfect dramatic structure in any language, Polyeuete shows the great: and true genius of Corneille. Nothing was wholly unknown to him. Napoleon. said that if Corneille had lived in his reign he would have made him a Prince. Napoleon may also have bad some notion of his own character approaching the Cid, for Josephine used to call her husband mon merit, mon Cid." The great artists were known by their Chris;ian names as Raphael and Guido : other, less celebrated, by some familiar appellation as Guercino and Luca fa presto : the Cid by the number of his names: Le Cid—Ruy Diaz —ll ,, drigo—My Cid Campeador. Cervantes calls him Don Rodrigo de Vivare. The mystic passages of the Folyeucte are r dogmatism. sian he i ravagese Ti t elevaeed i n th e hi ghest degree, but without profanity l e y ud p i i ( e - , : n i f st. c . ei were trust attentiv e: the vd gsatsltieronbcenttlevrnaipopsetarle'd iii ari their anxious countenances from physical impossibility of digesting what they had eaten. owh yeu Munseer, the stomach will only contain t w at o quarts of pulp ou an average —a long list of dishcs et pirennite abrcuce aunt par my. Rachel is an admirable sett% ss and co other in much distinguished, exvept D6jazq : yet there are hundreds of excellent comedians. : the authors and journals are continually praising them, from real admiration and from the great value actors set on praise. The tone of declamation is surely better in England, and snob was the ancient proverbial notion : Ex aeumine Gracum, ex nitore Ronzanurn, ex pompii Anglum. It is impossible that either Le Kahl or Telma came up to Garrick. The troops of players on the conti nent in the buon secolo or cinque cento, that is about 1,500, were ail English, and Eoglish plays are still acted in the Irish college at Rome every Christmas. The art would seem to be one in which it is impossible to dogmatize. Old Johnson said he never found au actor who could give a reason for what he did except Garrick and Hen • derson. Perhaps they did not give him good reasons, knowing that if he did not perceive they. could not explain. Actors, it would appear, . are seldom taught—they serve no apprenticeship, which is scarcely true of any other handicraft excepting the persons who on the almost invisible point of a steel punch cut the still more invisible letter which forms the matrix, which again forms letter-press typo. In fact originality and individuality would appear to be the essence of an actor. The author gives his premier rile, second rile, premier role marque, second role marque, jeune premier, jeune premiere, pire noble, Ingenuite, valet, Frontin, Jasmin —in short the simplicity of art—the individual character of the actor gives the multiplicity—uniformity with variety— /Iphi nell' 11110. Therefore the first quality of an actor is, to be totally unlike all other actors, imitating no body, learning n o thi ng excep t t o tread the inclined plane of the stage, to make his exits and his entrances. What creatures so different as Buckstone, Keeley, • Harley, Wright, Bedford, and Smith? Shake pere was at once dramatist, actor, and ma nager the same of Moliere, perhaps a better actor than Shakspere. An actor should not to ,be too tall, which destroys the illusion of the decor. Besides, the slow motions o f a sma ll fi gure are very graceful, as seen in women and in the dancer Perrot, who was shorter than most women ; whereas the quick motions of a tall person are ridiculous, so you lose the multiplicity of art. Besides, most great men, the proper subjects of tragedy, have been " little men." Kemble was asked about a Mr. Conway— " What do I think of Mr. Conway ?—I think he's a very tall young man." An actor should have large eyes, or the best part of his physiognomy will not be seen. The origin of the stage, like all other arts, is from Tuscany ; from the Etruscan mimes. Lazzi are tra ditional stage jests and " business," derived from Lazio, Latium—a curious instance of the tendinous ad Latium —and the modern extempore commedia dell' artc, from the ancient fabulee Atellane. The " Church" opposed the stage, partly because it superseded them. The Autos da fe of Calderon still remain : Atque utinam his nugis tote ills dedisset Tempera, srevitias 1 The Moralities, or Mysteries, are continued in many parts of Europe and South America. For the same reason the clerks opposed the invention of printing— it threw copyists out of work. Jarvey cannot abide Cibby ; Cabby cannot away with Buss. When they brought silk from China, pretiosa stamina Serum, why not printing and gunpowder ? No, it would have been the ruin of the profession. See Warner's Projectiles. Accordingly when the first printed: book cause out, a thousand copies exactly resembling the manuscripts of that age, they were given without scruple to the protector of all voracious and Phari saical sects. " Either we must put down printing, or printing will put us down," said a preacher at Paul's Cross. SJ Dr. Fibt, or Fist, or Faustus, ac quired his sombre fame as first printer ; hence also the word fusty. —Down with the great discovery of ' 1440!—The notion of Luther prevailing in many places is pi•ecisely similar. Can the Church maintain such positions ? Fleury, the actor, in his memoirs says :—" Till the revolution, the nuptial benediction was denied to actors." Louis Napoleon, finding the French governed by journals and theatres, sets up a paper called the Na poleon, in which he is believed to write • and this paper urgently recom men d s th e drama of:Bonaparte at the Cirque. It is addressed to the bourgeoisie, and contains the early part of Napoleon's life. There are other dramas or tableaux in which the ridi cule of Socialism is irresistible, and applauded without a dissentient voice, as the Coup d etat; which, however, seemed more Legitimist than was required. There is a comic opera, the Porcherims ; in which an ouvrier makes an admirable squire of dames, but turns out after all to be a Marquis ! The secret wound of France is, the fauxbourgs St. Antoine and Marceau ; when the bourgeois are profoundly sick ened, as with Charles X. and Louis Philippe, they forget the precautions necessary against those wretches. Besides the thousands slaughtered in June, 1848, the Socialists made a great demonstration without effect in June, 1849, but now they are vanished. It has been always so with the Gauls. Vilissimi ser viunt, sunerbissimi imperant. Prima illorum prelia plus qualm virorum, pOstrema minus quam faminarum. Liv. x. 28. And 'lasso— Impeto fano° nelle battaglie prime Ma di leggier poi langue a si reprime. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 4 agst Capt. Archdall's Windischgratz—taken and afterwards offered 8 to 1 agst Sir J. B. Mills' Won't-you-come -out-to- night—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord H. Lennox's Borneo 12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklatn's Snowstorm—taken M 5 to 1 !agst Mr. Reed's Clothworker—taken and afterwards offered The betting on this event was dull in the extreme, Clothworker alone being hacked for any money. SIAM STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Lord li. Lennox's Hernandez —taken 4 to 1 abet Colonel Peel's Black Sea 200 even between Black Sea and Bonnie Dundee • GRATWICE2 STARES. 6 to 4 agst Colonel Peel's Hurdinge—taken GOODWOOD CUP. 2to 1 agst Lord Stauley's Cancun-5 to 2 taken freely 7 to 2 agst Capt. Arehdall'sWindischgratz 10 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack 10 to I agst Mr. Merry's Chanticleer 15 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Officious 20 to 1 agst Lord Eg,linton's Elthiron Canezou was backed for all the money that cogald be got on, at 3 to 1 and 5 to 2, no one offering more than 2tol at the ohm). Otters to take 4to 1 about Win dischgratz, and to lay 10 to 1 eget any other. Any odds agst Montes. ST. LEGER. 6 to 4 agst Lord Zetlann'a Voltigenr—t to 1,0001. EZOR HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Lord ZettanO's Cantab DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—taken to 3001. 35 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Newminster 40 to 1 agst Mr. Winteringham's England's Glory —taken 40 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Black Sea MR. SHERIFF NICOLL'S FETE CHAMPETRE. A most elegant dejeziner a la fourchate was given yes terday by Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, at his residence, Oldfields, Acton Vale, Middlesex. The beautiful pleasure-grounds were honoured by the presence of nearly 600 guests, in cluding the Right Hon. the Lurd Mayor, the Lady Mayoress, many of the nobility and Members of Parlia ment, the Court of Aldermen, Common Council, and their ladies. Messrs. Ring and Burner supplied the re• . fresbments, and with their usual efficiency responded to the desire of the worthy sheriff to sustain the ancient good character of civic hospitalit) ; they had also the good fortune to be assisted with some valuable sugges tions from the renowned chef I!. Soyer. The amucemeuts were of a varied and most pleasing character. Mdlle. Emile Vanderneersctl exhibited the surprisint, instinct of her little songsters of the grove. The Alpine singers pleaiod maey; and amidst a thousand evastoesstaayb,lisghaevde, universal e ive n r e sa w l a ot r b r4 e n r g n e o m ve e l n ti t e s s o , satisfaction. f a wh F ic o h s , t-o s ffi tr e ti e n; The rceno was enlivened by same excellent music from the band d the •Coldstr , cagi Guards, presided over by Mr. Godfrey. Edgingtofirs "I f tiar i qlitiew , svere, like the house and gardens, brilliantly illuminated in the evening", and, with the assistance of 011ivier's quadrille band, dancing was kept up till a late hour. Their Excellencies the Nepaulefe Princes were expected, but it was an nounced in the course of the day that they could not at tend in consequence of their preparing to depart. PROROGATION OF PARLIAILINST.7-the Right. Hon the Speaker will give his official dinner on Saturday, August 3. It is understood that rarliarnent is to be prorogued on the 15th of August. (Before Mr. GREAvEs, Q.C.) POLICE TRICKS-CONFESSIONS. John Rogers, William .Hughes, and Richard Huxley, were indicted for stealing, on the , 20th inst., at Kings winford, 268 lb. of rope, the property of Charles Wood cock and others. Mr. R. Thomas appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Huddlestone for the defence of Huxley. The other two prisoners pleaded guilty. This case was noticeable chiefly for a trick perpe trated by a police officer in endeavouring to make up evi dence, and the censure of the bench upon him for it. The prisoner Huxley when arrested denied all know ledge of the theft, but from the other prisoners the policeman got a confession, in which one of them Rogers, exculpated Huxley. This confession was made in the absence of Huxley, and the police-officer knowing that it would not therefore be evidence against him unless it were repeated is his presence, brought the three prisoners together, and then said to Rogers and Hughes, "Now repeat what you stated before." There upon they repeated their former confessions, and though Huxley, the moment Hughes exculpated him, denied the charge most vehemently, the constable re peated Hughes's confession to-day as evidence against Huxley. This course his Lordship severely censured telling the policeman that if he ever pursued such a course again, he should not be allowed to repeat it a third time in the character of a policeman, and in sum ming up the case to the jury said that such conduct was most dangerous—that policemen ought not to at tempt to make out evidence in such a manner against a prisoner, that it would be perilous to encourage such a mode of getting up evidence, a 4, if the parties really guilty confessed, they might have some object in fixing guilt or suspicion on innocent parties, in order to pro tect some cf their own associates, or to obtain some other improper object. Such conduct in a policeman was extremely reprehensible, and juries should be par titularly on their guard against evidence so obtained. Verdict, Not Guilty. TH E STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION AT BRISTOL. The inquest was resumed this day (Thursday), but prior to entering upon the evidence produced, we are obliged to state that two additional deaths have taken place in the infirmary, and the bodies of a male and female have been raised in the floating harbour. The first witness called this morning was John Nicholas, who deposed that he is a smith and boiler maker, and had been so for full forty years. Ile saw the boiler of the Red Rover about three weeks since, having been requested to do so by the captain, Mr. Muddy. Did not look at it inside, the man-hole not being large enough. Mr. Anderson, the proprietor of the boar. was present. He found the state of the boiler to be very bad, all the stays having been pushed in by the pretsuro of steam ; there was also a crack in the end stay to the length of about e;ghteen inches. Mr. Anderson asked him if he could repair the boiler, and he replied that he could not to wake a safe job of it, unless he put new tops, sides, and ends. Afterwards saw the boiler with a patch over the crack. Told Mr. Anderson that that patch would not strengthen it, but Would only prevent a leakage; it was an old boiler. Ills doll aterwards put a patch on the boiler, and told wit ness that the sit amer was again at work. Witness said to his son, •' You ought to have known- better; the steamer is not safe to travel in." Ills son was after wards employed as engineer aboard the boat, and lost his life by the accident. Witness remonstrated with him for taking the situation; and if his ad►ice had been taken his son would now probably have been alive. lie told him how dangerous was the state of the boiler. Could see that the boiler had not been made of new plates, and the strength of iron is lost by repeated heating. The Coroner and jury here went and viewed the boiler. Upon their return, John Nicholas was re-examined, and stated that he had viewed the boiler, which had exploded in conse quence of the stays having given way. There were but three stays in the boiler, whereas there ought t o h ave been nine. Th e plates when new were probably 5-16ths of an inch in thickness ; they are now less by the wear. For such a boiler the thickness_ should have been 7-16ths, or 3.Bzhs of an inch, not less. The boiler was unsafe fur such a vessel from two causes —first, that it was too thin; and, secondly, that it bad not a sufficient number of stays. Never saw such a boiler with so few stays. If the boiler had been good it might have burst through mismanagement. An accident would happen if the water were allowed to . go under the fireplace, but that was not the case in the present instance. On Sunday last the boiler leaked so much that the steamer had to put back. James Tomlin, waterman, deposed thatithe Red Rover came from Waterford at the end of April last. He had agraed to purchase her, and paid a small de posit. When the boat came she made several trial trips, but did not perform to his satisfaction; and Mr. Ander son then offered to reduce the purchase money by 20/. Further conversations took place, and he was further offered a reduction of 40/. in the price, and he then said he would take it if the boat were placed in proper order. He saw that the boiler andstubes 'were continually leak ing; ,when they were making a trial trip a screw flew out and nearly struck a man's eye out. John Gough, landlord of the Marquis of Granby, and engineer by trade, stated that he had examined the boilers, and they were good, and would have worked well for twelve mouths. Mr. Payne, who, however, admitted that he was th• proprietor of rival river steamers, gave as his opinion, as an engineer, that the boilers and engine were faulty and imperfect. _ _ Dr. Pairbruther described the nature of the injuries received by the deceased. This being the whole of the evidence, a question arose as tJ whether there should be an adjournment. Some of the jury wished to have the evidence of the engineer that was originally connected with her at Waterford. It was, however, ultimately , determined not to adjourn, and The Coroner, at great length, summed up the evi deuce, and had not concluded when our report left. REPRESENTATION OF TILE CITY OF LONDON'. At a meeting of the electors of the city of London, held yesterday, at the Londo❑ Tavern,. Bishopsgate street, for the purpose of considering the course that ought to be pursued by the Baron Lionel Rothschild, in consequence of the abandonment by the Government of the Jewish Disabilities Bill for the present session, John Abel Smith, Esq., in the chair, a resolution was passed —" That Baron Rothschild proceed to-morrow (this day) to the House of Commons, and claim to take his seat." Baron ROTHSCHILD said he would go down to the Homo to-morrow (►his day), but he could not help say ing he thought the subject was attended with more diffi culty than they'imagined. Arrangements wen then made that the electors pre sent at that meeting should meet Baron Rothschild at the llo'uze of Commons. [AnvEnnstmENT.]—Cure of an Ulcerated Leg by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Mr. John Olive, well knew n in Geelong, Port Philip, publishes in the Melbourne Morning Herald, of June 22, 1849, th e f o ll ow i ng extraordinary case:— " I had been afflicted for three years with an ulcerated leg, and had the best medical treatment in Melbourne and Van Die men's Land without experiencing any relief, when, hearing of the wonderful cures effected by Holloway's Pills and Oint. ment, I resolved upon trying them, and with gratitude I ac knowledge that, after using them and attending to the direc tions, I found my leg effectually cured in a very shorttime. Signed, John Olive."—Sold by all respectable venders of in : t dicinos throughout the civilised world, and at Professor Hol loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. He who chooses to gaze perpetually on a de} avd picture of humanity gradually assimilates himself to his d —Elk.a Cook's Journal. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. —The Que.n has been pleased to present to the Zoological Society tie enormous land tortoise recently brought from the Cape of Good hope in her Majesty's ship Geyser. The menag(rie has received some further additions during the current week, including a male tapir, from South America, and some small but interesting quadrupeds from West Africa.