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1' . net person and property were more secures how t . e . a n n . al flier n,this senile:in ' e y punishwent was so reercilessly i h . 0 , e .'u• %Then . 111: 11. .sti eh t Honoureble Berms( t rued i : , t he s h ee' 3 speech next •3 - ea: that he hel merle t s,r.le.h, and _ h oped lie would add another branch to the suoice e d /ttr the Rouge some particulers relative to the een . ets of titreabolition of capital punishment in other c untricr, in erder to i ruow that human lif • and property had been et r 'eered less secure in those countries than they vv: re th° gene that capital punishment eas i / ogee - ' - . LA L..; In Tuscany, in Belgium, in Prussia, t w an i d s );7„riered in Rude also, capital punishmee La r e - ;7; e allY abolished, and it would in all pro --ty be soon put an end to in the Ameri can States of Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Massa °,l4tiestts. Tlae Hon Member then proceed to argue that s. 6 , a Practice of hanging did not deter from the commi ;lee a p• 'oi the crime of murder. &son after the spring tas ;lrv! i n the year 1844, four men were hanged for reorder tis s " ena gh, Tipperary; but within one week fromthat ic e 4 MUrder was perpetrated on the high road close to that , 'l l " e wn, and in the course of six months of the f . ,1 ,, 1 , 0 i w• r; I tl i g a rniiren and winter 16 murders were corn n, ,t ,,, , c 5 i ,) ea s e sitttl e neighbourhood. 16 attempts at rahrde e . 1 e s of firing into dwelling-houses. Again, it eY rewas there in in t ason to suppose that the hanging of the rho of i fs'land had in any degree deterred from „l, , 1 i Peur is "ing? For his part, looking at the cha . rec er o, th e P " .801 : 1 5 by whom this crime was commit t ,d, he e le tt ett . they might fairly come to the conclusio a that hs_ ea ntetion of capital punishment was not likely to br t he effect which it was desirable that it sh 'Wel N ye ' b put there was one view of the q tes of tithew,..i.ch was altogether fatal to the argument site . 9'eht Honourable Gentleman, and that was tee and the 4 i n °d !earY incepiality of the punishment, the eritable injustice which arose from that i . ri n e n ci 4 e e a ; st C o p' 1849 a woman named Mary Ball was h .. a sp ee _lentry for poisoning her hu*band, and au . o . her chi da p %rat banged at Devizes for ..i e on ,: A third woman, named Charlotte h Harris, was poisoning her in-ant be „ l e et e_o of murder and not hanged; she appened to ohir e gnalat, and was resited until the birth . of her ti d, but to have hanged her then the Right Hon. 4, r i e pe ne ! thought would rail in produing the good results se n ;" a• seemed to anticipate from hanging other per- Whe . 4 gaie, there was the case of Mary Ann Hunt, 1 00, was convicted of the murder of her mistress. She, ee e Wtta Pregnant, though an unmarried woman, and the "oe- e a llt imi of the sentence was respited and subsequently iseeir e e e. sties a .`,.". Rut a practice like this was not in accord ' bel: rite the the Principle upon which punishment should "'lttfZetee. It was playing fast and loose . with the law aith• wit d' the lives of the uncortur ale criminals who came ase IN irithe operation of the law. Mary Ann H e c n f t' a C rah Th 04 7 1 : 4 st an exactly parallel one to that td ate a l I, who murdered her mistress and was hanged at sts n - under the most awful and appalling cirdcum gdhee:Celtib7 Ann Thomas was tried to be coaxe d out i,.. the clergyman, and failing that was . re : , a state t : of it by a policeman, carried to the scsil Ad in vie,,, - ",, of screaming, and there executed before the Woman°l Many thousands of persons. The ether ,. fe een was nut haneed at all. There wls no nif- dire er ee between their ' ciimes, but there was the utmost en eeeveettlFe possible between their punishments. e lit i ,h e i ci eef,: n th g:3 3 .a e rn tl e m d e ego with a learned judge on the functionary told him never to take that a ges opinion on the abolition of capital punishment, l ahlei ne th ,Y had done so they would have been still ee4.l's for sheep -stealing and forgery. Having for epees see the system in operation, they believed it to be ' Jr Sary, 1, and defended it accordingly. Let them not Was ge th - ' t the, innocent were sometimes hanged. There ti tn , e ease ef Michael Howard, who was hanged in „ tri c e ; .., "asse s ,'n oeptember, 1847, on the evidence of wit . - eoe s i - tv uo, On the trial of another Michael Howard, his vei l i,;) in the following spring, also gave testimony on he e, o „; e he latter was likewise sentenced to death; and th e ~ , , , .4 " , have been executed but that it was proved that ss * liiee ltaes ses had perjured themselves on the first trial, rioe e , l e Mited in the execution of the first Michael befetr". The respite fir the other only arrived two days Nal.: tite r time fixed for his execution. The uncertain *ere °` the evidence on which capital convictions oe Ann obtained, as shown in the recent case 44 "ye Merritt, charged with poisoning her husband, ehi ld ° ' the L ,,,, Denny, charged with murdering his f,er e4, w as (mother element of wrong. It would be flow a r , to adopt the system of uaishineet which 44 p lt e e - i n '''; . 1 783 mentioned as being more etf.etual tish eee are in the repression of crimethan capital p.u iieenai" had been —viz imprisonment fo• life, with l ash, h whi PPine; and te . :ou e Nts he was no advocate of the te t , e . S till thobught that that system was preferable to tha t d i ti Tng in this countr • It would be easy t , show l ltne e e e ul ea of deterring from 3. the commission of crime Pos s ibec aof capital punishment was the most untenable Prevent tit© he execution of Rush, at Norwich, did not ,ars e t ~, Man Gleeson from murdering several mem teligie - '! tr ilY in Liverpool. While the country was I t ieetl g with tl , rtt affair, and in a very short time subse- PablieY„,'.while Gleesou's uffsir was still fresh in the , tl eiie e 'r e n r ,d• the lannings were not deterred from mar to tee,C'olirlor. What they were bound to do was, !No le the People that human life was sacred—that to 01,1„4s snot to raise his arm against his fallow man; but te e 0 order odo ee they must withdraw from men's eyes lif e tt e s ra n tt en of a law which prorei to them that human Sir G Asnerrd. i o ea l s eet io - re l. B er l7 .expl ,, ined that what he bad stated eith tee ' ring t o the judges is as, that he referred " tit Jedg es at a u on doubtful points, but he never itnelleo t °ith res " uegtee ef responsibility rest A upon the judge 11 Pers th r ,P e ,,et to the execution cf the seutonce, but solely Me S. 'E'eretary of State. atir el ~.. ADAIR believed that human lire might be se tteealie_theet having recourse to taking away the lives med ivals, Experieece proved that neither amengst eet or a,ted or tee unedueated clesses did the punieh thsereeo;:o"atilia,iperate, as ' a provpnlive to crime. He : 'Melee. ts on the House to assent to the motion for 'a ee do gge d,'on feeling assured that by so doing they would • erentid feeling the security which the law threw Ste lire of the but - jeer The W Alt ' - e t _ . ep led. .:t.unse divided, when there appeared— eor the motion : - . 40 Against it MajoritY..agal .•• - , 46 1.1 ns t the motion ..... 6 r• F rye TUE CHARTER. trPre efr ' ONNOR moved a resolution to the follow ecipie:t'or'' That; this House, recognising the great a pe w at labour is the source of all wealth; that ie e I tee are te e 1 . . hi s aeou eer eh _ -,,i,?ti y legitimate source of power; that t at: )wri i4dOStruUjet be the first partaker of the fruits of ti i ,?ttri tly, ..._ .3 . ; that taxation without representation . hit:reseette:neufshould be resisted; and believing that O a I Made country would be best developed by sse a i n by. ret p h r e esentatives chosen by the labo ing tililtlir,se_iti;°O7aJiltn,c,atiorne with . those who live h byother industrial te e :plate ado k l eogni . tiop of the above great truths) el entitled eta the principles embodied in the deco the annual People's Charter--namely, orei ea. Universal k t .,_ 14triets, COsuffrage, vote by ballot, sepal elect as7ulberser ,e,eproperty qualifications, and payment of enee e , the ° s an Ile ,regretted to see the Ministerial a t st that i f ilk Pie!, and he begeed to remind Dee * u e ' PeoP'e were tranquil on the sub eec .. _e ns Present. moment, while trail) was pros )4 a ' i a 5 by Co meens certain that they would re litliie":4 When a tim f depression arrived. It was Pretter;".to point to th e o Pre, e -illv e , for En relative proportions of the re P r ohee t i he i neeessit he 4i -I ce directedY glend, Ireland, a,d Scotland, to that to might of a change. Their attention li s h pittedthe example of France, .where let' sm whe e t a complete despotism had been estsb lee e h e the house ofthe President and the Leeis - ~ _ f r it e ed hay a n iti ne b t c B r . were alike protected by soldiers with tialitild granting the o such results need be apprelieed, h e el .. a charter in England, where the public ~,, to w hi s ~.._eeohtened aed ripe for free institutions. He a l ii r t a. fro7 t t h l- e n would fail, as it had failed in former th e " 8 , eV er rcaiopposition of a Ministry backed by capi selsWe el leing e i, s ) , tu ° PPose any meaeuro antagonistic to r ,4.ct to which He . He knew that, interesting as the 4 0 ,:e, and " L e" his motion referred WII3 to the aucr_ortprobably be h e I l se would every class out of doors, the rot or au probably of counted .nut b,fore ss et e,A Us e concluding, and he could bl eu ' respi re no try and the House that the people iv.. tire which h e anger proof of the necessity for the richer, and the ,q . a, ..t 0 make " theu rtitshthere to advocate. his only object e su e l e l . / . 4 , tlot nnderstende bi, r 4 ; lll g their „p the poor rich. H . e conduct of the Protectionists in the:l.:West Sugort to the motion of the Hon. Mem t_ owesricultural fraLthile other night for the extension of ot. in the hands of 1". that They were for placing all t ere e . tt against it. Look ass, e!ass, and yet to a man they and ~The West Ridi o ;" the result of the present se s whir3ath, for instance, e' .Yorkshire, Dublin, Cork, egai r f a , 4 eld they Would lichaeturned one Tory and one n ay, .e itself could not spa that a house thus divided t:tlioitit,t the land should 'bnd' What he desired to see p i er requirements e cultivated according to the ,wtre to bete and h e w. ' and not according to political "11 1 3 Ort - c ore thQ IftW" convinced that if the Charter Portion -e'eultural of the land they would cease to trldr e 4 "entry. T K r oducc, and, in face, become an ex- AnZ h e Rouse, w i; Ih n• Member was continuing to ti e u n- Mee t , e n o 1 'Alger Meet, moved that the House be counted. 4 4 tW 4 were or et eutys ni „_ dared to withdraw, and there being a lfpe st -a"? Members present, the House adj - urned '4'grit 'clock till to-morrow (diis day). ~, SUNDAY POST' gi r '0 TUE EDITOR OF THE TIME& I I A v '''''Aly residence being 120 miles from Dublin, alm torr e e "t only the mortification of having days i and frqtnstndence detained from England two 14 botk!lblin One by the new Post-office rcgulati t on a : l , Letor:lniltances Placing me in a worse position h kradi- railways were in operation—i n short, retr 6 o ci 3easle eivilizition to the state of things existing Ilittil 1/4130311% in addition, I have to witness the ttvice.cl; travelling by my gate on every Sunday 11Ni:1,41'441 era Ploying men and horses without any d iillvantage, as the mail-bags are not "elle the tiffki r ° B ;ave exercised a great influence over c.ll e °- tbil "happy kingdom, and in this instance if 2nnot but confer a benefit on it by replacing tp, esirl il t,l sih le s at least in the same osition J uly 7 . Your constant reader,as in the l as t GALVAENSIS. TO A. Flies ,t ninsoll.—The following tli lon tipon the stone recently placed by the Earl or is : the 1 ) e pere over the grave of Addison in Westminster Abbey Qaarielfit:ef are by Tickell. The Montague alluded to was 'St Earl of lialifax :. t 4 vr_ ier " ADlnsOrr. ne to these chambers, where the mighty rest, ~Qlrice their foundation, came . a n . obler gue.st.; 4Nor 'er was to the bowers of bliss conve3ed Ar,,f,airer spirit. or more welcome shade. Y!? And for ever, take this long adieu, `xllol sleep in peace neat thy 1 'd lit tague. ov on I y ! 16 —Died, 1719. ' tertOn) Earl of Ellesraere:PitTaii97•.' THE SUN. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes , 4;,1 Proce.Ed;n7l of t?e Timlse :If Connumes. WEDNESDAY, JILT I'). MARRIAGES BILL. Order for Third Reading read ; Motion made propes2d, " That the Bill ba now read the third time :" Amendment propoge3, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day three months :" Question put, " That the word now' stand par, of the Question." The Howe divided - . MAJORITY-AYES, 144. Abdy, Sir T. N. Grenfell, Charles W. Price, Sir E. Adair, It. She to Grey, Sir G. Itawdon, Colonel Aglionhy, H. A. Harr'.3, - Richard Repton, G. W. J. Ansley, '1 C. Batelle'', John Ricardo, John L. Bagshaw, John Hayter, W. G. Ricardo, Osman Baines, M. T. Headlam, T. E. Rice, E. It. Baring, Sir F. Heald, James Rich, Henry Bay iirz, Thomas Heatlicote, G. J. Robartes, T. J. Barnard, Edward G. Heywood, James Rumilly, Colonel Barrington, Vis. Heywerth, L. Hominy, Sir John Bass, M. I'. Iloblious,, I'. B. Itumbol.l, C. E. Bellew, E. M. Howard, Lord E. Salwey, Colonel Benbow, John Iloward, C.W.G. Sandal's, G. Berkeley, Henry F. Hudson, George Scholefiel , l, William Itir,li, Sir 'l'. Jackson, William Sidney, Aidernian hlewitt, Reginald Johnstone, Sir J. Sinith..Tolm Abel Bright, Jonn Jolliffe, Sir SI . G. Smith, John 11. liroelilehnrst, J. Kershaw, jaines - t.inith, M. T. Crockman. E. D. King, P. J. Smytii,',Jolin G. Brother:on, J. Lennar 1. T. B. Some: s, J. P. Brown, 11. Lewis, Sir T. Somerset, Captain Brown, William Littleton, E. 11. Spooner, Richard Bruce, Lon] E. Locke., Joseph Staunton, Sir G. linahnry, H 11. Loveden, l'ryse Strickland, Sir G. Buxton, Sir E. Mackinnon, W. Stuart, Lord D. Carter, J. B. Mangles, R. 1). Stuart, Lord .1. Chap in, W. J. llda:Ash 11, J. G. Thompson, Colonel Clay, James .11a:shall, William Thormly, Thomas Cobden, R. Martin, C. W. Tollemache, F. J. Cockburn, Alex. Masterman, John Tunic'', 11. Coke, E. K. Matheson, Colonel Vivian. J. IL Copeland, Aid. - Milner, W. M. Waddington, 11. S. Crawford, IV. S . Milnes, It. M. Wakley,)Thoina.3 Currie, Baikes Mitchell, T. A. Wall, C. B. Deiii.son, Edeiund Molesworth, iiir W. Walmsley, Sir J. D'Eyncourt, T. Moody, C. A. Watkins, Colonel Dodd, S .. Morris, David Wawn, J. T. Elnington, Lord Mestyn, E. M. Westhead , J. P. Ellis, John Muntz, G. F. Willcox, Brodie Elliot, John E. Noel, G. J. Williams, John Evaos, William O'Brien, J. Wilson, James Ferguson, Sir R. Osborne, Ralph Wood, Sir Charles Fitzwilliam, G. W. Owen, Sir John Worcester, Marquis Foley, J. 11. Paget, lord George Wrightson, W. B. Forster, Matthew Parker, John Wyld, James Fortescue, J. W. Peelle'', Sir G. Wyvill, AI armaduke Fox, W. J. Pelham, A. D. TELLERS. Galway, Viscount Pendarves, E. W. Wortley, J. S. Greene, John Pilkington, James Hill, Lard Marcus MINORITY-NOES, 134. Adderley, C. B. Farnham, E. B. Mundy, William Arbuthnott, Hugh Ferrer, James Naas, Lord Arkwright, G. Fcllowes, Edward Nee ld, Joseph Ashley, Lord Forbes, Wm. O'Brien, Sir T. Bagot, William Fuller, A. E. Oswald, Alexander Bateson, Thomas Gladstone, W. E. I'acke, C. W. Beresford, William Gordon, Admiral Palmer, Roundell Blackstone, W. S. Goulburn, Henry Patten, J. W. Booth, Sir R. G. Graham, Sir James Pennant, Colonel Bouverie, B. P. Greene, Thomas Plowden, W. H. Bowles, Admiral Gwyn, Bowel Plumptre, J. P. Bramston, T. W. Hall, Sir B. Pusey, P. Briseo,l M. Hamilton, Geo. A. Rapl , lael, Alexander Broadley, Henry Ilastie, Archibald Reid, Colonel Burk, Lewis W. Heneige, G. H. Richards, Richard Buller, Sir Y. Henley, J. W. Sadleir, John Burghley, Lord Ilervey, Lord A. Scott, Francis Burrell, Sir C. Hildyard, T. B. Seymer, Henry Ker Cabbell, B. B. llildyard, It. C. Sibiliorp, Colonel Chatterton, Colonel Hood, Sir Alexander Simeon, John Christopher, R. A. Hope, A. Spearman, 11. J. Clerk, Sir G. Hornby John Stallard, Augustus Clive, R. 11. Hotham, Lord Stanley, E. Clive, Henry B. Hughes, W. B. Taylor, T. E. Cobbold, John C.': Inglis, Sir R. 11. Tenison, E. K. Cocks, T. S. Jones, Captain Thesiger, Sir F. Cole, 11. A. Keating, Robert Thornhill, G. Compton, 11. C. Law, C. E. Townley, R. G. Conolly, Thomas Lewisham, Viscount Trevor,.G. Corry, Henry Lindsay, Hon. Col. Trollope, Sir J. Cubitt, William Lockhart, W. Turner, G. J. Davie, Sir IL Lowther, Colonel Verney Sir 11. Dickson, S. Lygon, General Villiers, F. W. Drummond, Henry M`Neill, Duncan Vivian, J. E. Duckworth, Sir J. Manners, Lord C. Vyse, R. H. Duncan, George Manners, Lord J. Walter, John Duncombe, A. Matheson, James Wegg-Prosser, F. Buncombe, 0. Manic, Fox Well,y, G E. Dundas, George Marx, Sir Henry Wellesley, Lord C. Dundas, Sir David Miles, Philip W. S. Willoughby, Sir IL Du Pre, C. G. Miles, William Wodehouse, E. East, Sir J. B. Monsell, William Wood, W. P. Edwards, H. Moore, G. H. , . Egerton, W. T. Morgan, 0. TELLERS. Evelyn, Viscount Morison, Sir W. Mackenzie,:W. F. Estcourt, J. B. B. Mailings, J. r. Walpole, Spencer Clause (Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to extend to that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland) brought up, and read a first time : Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause be now real a second time." The House divided: MINORITY—AYES, 130. Farnham, E. B. Morgan, 0. Farrer, James Morison, Sir W. Fellowes, E. Mu;lings, J. R. Forbes, William Naas, Lord Fuller, A. E. Neold, Joseph Gladstone, W. E. O'Brien, Sir Timothy Gordon, Admiral O'Connell, M. J. Goulburn, Henry Packe, C. W. Graham, Sir J ames Palmer, Roundell Greene Thomas Patten, J. W. Gwyn, Howel Pennant, Hon. Col. Hall, Sift B. Plowden, W. H. Hall, Colonel Plumptre, J. I'. Hamilton, G. A. Pusey, Philip llastie, Archibald Raphael, Alexander Heneage, G. 11. W. Reid, Colonel Henley, J. W. Richards, Richard llervey, Lord A. Sadleir, John Ilildyar 1, It. C. Scott, Francis Hildyard, T. B. T. Seyiner, 11. K. Hood, Sir Alexander Sibthorp, Colonel Hope, A. Spearman, Henry Horuby, John Stafford, A. Hothani, Lord Stanley, Edward Hughes, W. B. Taylor, Thomas E. Inglis, Sir R. Tettison, E. K. Jones, Captain Thesiger, Sir F. Keating, Robert Thornhill, G. Law, Hon. E. C. Townley, it. G. Lewisham, Vis. Trevor, G. It. Lindsay, Colonel Trollope, Sir J. Lowther, Colonel Punter, George Mackenzie, W. F. Vyse, 11. It. H. M`Neill, Duncan Walpole, S. li Mannurs,;Lord C. Walter, John Manners, Lord J. Pegg-Prosser, F. Matheson, J. Welhy, G. E. heson, Colonel Wellesley, Lord C. Manic, Fox Willoughby, Sir H. Mcux, Sir henry Wodeliouse, Edmund Miles, P. W. Wood, W. P. Miles, W. Monsen, William VELLUM Moody, C. A. Lockhart, W. Moore, G. 11. Oswald,, A. Adderley, C. 7t. Arbutlinott, H. Arkwright, George Ashley, Lord Begot, Hon. W. Bateson, Thomas Beresford, William Blackstone, W. Booth, Sir It. G. Bouverie, E. P. Bowles, Admiral Bramston, T. W. Broadley, H. buck, Lewis W. Buller. Sir J. Y. Burghley, Lord Burrell, Sir C. Cabbell, B. B. Cayley, E. S. Chatterton, Colonel Chichester, Lord J. Christopher. IL Clerk, Sir G. Clive, 11. B, Clive, R. H. Cobbo J. C. Cocks, T. S. Cole, Hon. 11. A. Compton, It. C. Conolly, Thomas CuUitt, William Sir Henry , ickson, Samuel , ackwortil, Sir J. unean, (me , rgo Duitcoml)e, A. Ouncotubc, 0. Ge,rge Dundm, Sir D. Iht l're, C. George East, Sir J. dwards, Henry Egerton, W. T. Eutlyn, Viscount E4tcourt, J. B. B. MAJORITY-NOES, 137. Abdy, Sir Thomas Adair, Hugh E. Aglionby, 11. Anstey, Thomas Bagshaw, John Baines, M. T. Baldwin, Barry Baring, Sir F. T. Baring, Thomas Barnard, E. G. Barrington, Viscount Itass, Thomas Bellew, IL M. Benbow, .Tohn Berkeley, IL F. Bitch, Sir T. Illewitt, IL J. Bright, John Brocklehurst, J. rocknian, E. 1). Brotherton, Joseph Brown, Humphrey Brown, W. Brace, Lord E. Banbury, E. 11. Buxton, •-ir E. Carter, John B. Chaplin, W. J. Clay, Jam es Cobden, Richard Cockburn, A. J. Coke, lion. E. K. Col,eland, Alderman Crawford, W. S. Currie, Itaikes Denison, Edmund D'Eyncourt, C. T. Dodd, G. Ebrington, Viscount Ellis, John Elliot, John Evans, William Fc.rguson, Sir Fitawilliam, G. IV Foley, John IL Forster, Mathes Forteseue, J. W. Fox, W. J. Price, Sir R. Galway, Viscount Rawdon, Colonel Greene, Joha Ricardo, J. L. Grenfell, Cnarles W. Ricardo, Osman Harris, Richard Rice, E. R. Hatchell, John Robartes, T. J. A. Hayter, W. G. Romilly, Colonel Headlam, Thomas Romilly, Sir John Heald, James Rumbold, C. E. Heywood, James Salwey, Colonel Heyworth, L. Sandars, George Hobhouse, T. B. Scholefield, William Howard, Lord E. Sidney, Alderman Howard, C. W. Smith, J. A. Hudson, G. Smith, M. Tucker Jackson, William Smith, John B. Johnstone, Sir J. Smyth, John George JoWife, Sir W. G. Somers, J. P. Kershaw, James Somerset, Captain King, I'. J. Spooner, R. Lennard, T. B. Staunton, Sir G. Lewis, Sir T. Strickland, Slr G. Littleton, E. R. Stuart, Lord Dudley Locke, Joseph Stuart, Lord J. Loveden, Pryse Thompson, Colonel Mahon, O'Gorman Thornely, T. Mangles, R. D. Tolleinache, F. J. Marshall, J. G. T H. Marshall, William Vivian, J. H Martin, C. W. Waddington, 11. S. Masterman, J. Wakley, T. Milner, W. M. Wall, C. B. .lilacs, R. H. Wahnsley, Sir T. Mitchell, T. A. Watkins, Colonel Molesworth,Sir W. Wawn, J. T. Morris, David Westhead, J. P. Mostyn, E. M. L. Willcox, Brodie 3luntz, G. F. Williams, John Noel, Gerald J. Wilson, James O'Brien, Joha Worcester, Marquis Osborne, Ralph Wrightson, W. 13. Owen, Sir J. Wy id, James Paget, Lord G. Wyvill, 31armaduke Pa hell, Sir G. Pelham, lion. D. A. TELLERS. Pendarves, Edward Wortley, J. S. Pilkingten, James Hill, Lord 31. THURSDAY, JULY H. PUNT 41AIENT OF DEATIL ➢lotion made, and Question put, " That leave be given to bring in a Bill to abolish the l'unishment of Death." The House divided : MINOR' T Y-A I' ES, 40. Adair, Hugh E. Gibson, Thomas M. Robartes, T. J. Adair, R. A. Shafto Harris, Richard Scholefleld, W. Alcock, Thomas Heywwod, James Sidney, Alderman Barnard, E. G. lleyworth, Lawrence Smith, J. Benjamin Bright, .; ohn Keating, Robert Tancred, H. W. Brotherton, Joseph Kershaw, James Thompson, Colonel Clay, James King, P. J. Thompson, George Cobbold, J. C. Lentiard, T. B. Thortiely, T. Cobden, Richard Lushington, C. Walmsley, Sir J. Crawford, W. S. Manes, R. M. Willcox, B. AVGliie D'Eyncourt, C. T. 3lowatt, Frauds Duncan, George Nugent, Lord TELLERS. Ellis, John O'Connor. Feargus Ewart, William Fagan, William Pearson, Charles Hume, Joseph Fox, W. J. Pechell, Sir G. MAJORITY —NOES, 4i. Ashley, Lord Fordyce, A. D. Pugh, David Baines, M. T. Fortescue, J. W. Pusey, Flap Bellew, It. M. Frewen, C. 11. Richards, Richard Bennet. Philip Greene, Thomas Romilly, Sir John Blaekall, S. W. Grey, Str G. Seymour, Lord Blair, Stephen Gwyn, Howel Somerville, Sir W. Bouverie, E. P. Halford, Sir H. Spooner, Richard Campbell, W. F. Hatchell, John Stafford, Augustus Chatterton, Colonel Heald, James Wakley, Thomas Cowper, W. F. Henley. J. W. Wilcon, James Craig, Sir W. G. Hope, Alexander Wood, W. P. Drummond, Henry Howard, Lord E. Yorke, E. T. nuncios, G. Howard, P. li. Dundas, Sir David Lewis, G. C. TELLERS. Ebrington, Viscount li art i n, John Hill, Lord Marcus Ferguson, Sir It. Mor r i s, David Hayter, W. G. Floyer, Jolla Parker, John LORD DONOGHMORR.—The statement respecting the death of the Earl of D onlghmore is inc orrec t. Hi s Lord ship had been suffering from severe illness, and is still in a somewhat pri , carions state, but by the last accounts was con sidered rather better. THE SCRAPING PROCESS AT lIAMPTON COURT. As you told me that a resident had contradicted my state ment that the brickwork of Hampton Court is being scraped, I considered it my duty to make another visit to the spot, in order that I might ascertain the truth of my own previous impressions. A few days ago, therefore, I went over again to Hampton Court, and found that to one front of the gate way in question they had scraped the w hole of the brickwork, some of the stonework being new and the remainder scraped. I could at once see that such was the case , but wishing to have a " resident" or two on my side of the question, I asked of one what had been done; he informed me that the brick and stonework had been scraped. A second " resident" not only said the same, but that the two fine terracotta medal -1 ons inserted in the walls had undergone the same process. The scaffolding is now on that front of the gateway which forms part of the fist quadrangle; the same work —not of restoration, but spoliation—is going on here, and will probably be completed in about a week. If the scraper is to go the entire round of the building there will be an end to that quiet grandeur which so particularly belongs to Wolsey's glorious old Palace of Hampton Court —Correspondent of the Builder. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1850. DONNA. MARIA. MARTINEZ, THE BLACK MALIBRAN. An interesting hicgrephy of this celebrated lady has just 'nen published, from which we extract the following account of her musical performances, which produced such an astonishing effect in Madrid as to secure for her the patronage of Queen Christine, and the honour of being frequently commanded to perform at the Court concerts by the Queen of Spain. Of the Cuban melodies, we are told that— " The traveller toiling through the sultry plains of Louisiana, or journeying in South Carolina and Vir ginia, is frequently made aware of his approach to a gang of working negroes by the jargon cf semi musical sounds with which the labourers accompany the clicking of the hoes—some singing one air, others whistling another, end not a few chanting th,t monotonous improvise d recitative which all negroes are poets enough to love and weave cut of the ordinary proceedings cf the minute. It would be im posAble but that a people taus tur.eully g.f rd should have produced a cla, , s of melody embodying their lea logs, descriptive of their habits, and re a. krtl by a rude freshness which would form is 13.-st characteristic. Accordingly a vast numbsr if airs have been lately attributed to negru colupsition, and it is very past.-ihle that of these a cunsiderable portion were literally what they professed to be. An opportunity, however, is now rffcred to the mu•ieal public of hearing un doubted negro melodies sueg by a lady, herself ere of the race, perfectly familiar with the habits, the vocal style, and the animating ?p:rit of her compatriets in Carla, and et.dow ed by nature with a fine app:r ciation f.;r whatever was most intensely characteristic and melodiously beautiful in the class of Manes sir -g in the coffee and sugar plaltations of the gse.:n of the Angles.' Ti.Q Spanish colouring which the melodies naturally exhibit is of course one of their most ieteresting features. The words of these songs are, as might be expected, often trivial and silly, turning upon any common-place subject within the observation of the singer, and frequently altering their character, along with the music—from grave to gay—from the most plaintive to the most blithesome strains. In the specimens which will be given by Donna Maria Marti nez these general characteristics will be more or less apparent. One of the songs is the plaint of a negress, who complains of her hard work under a tropical sun. A dialogue with her master, containing a quaint speci men of Cuban repartee, winds up the ditty.' But Donna Maria sings other melodies than those of the negroes in the West India colonies of Spain. She is an adept in the performance of those wild and thril ling ballads which the peasants of Andalusia sing, and which, to be heard with the proper effect, must be lis tened to accompanied by the guitar, as a Spaniard, or as Donna Maria alone can play it. We quote an extract from that part of the pamphlet treating of this branch of the subject:— " The beauty and the energy of the ballads of Spain are very generally known. The spirit-stirring strains of her chivalresque war songs—the quaintly tender sweetness of the lay destined to be sung in love lorn tones beneath the balcony of beauty—the jocund strains of, playful satire, and the gay and rollicking roundelay, expressive of the merry and the adventurous life of the contrabandista or the muleteer—all their varying modes of the lyre'—have each their representatives in the fine ballad anthology in question. To be perfectly appreciated, however, these songs of sunny swarthy Spain must be heard executed with the fervour of passion and piquancy of accent, which properly be long to them. They must be heard, too, accompanied by the shower of rippling notes which a performer to the manner born' can alone educe from the national in strument—from that guitar which, in ordinary hands, gives so little idea of the pasiioeate music which it can diseover when touched by the glowing fingers of a Spa niard chase tiny his native airs." Succeeding these notices of the ballads, which will on Saturday night be submitted in all their freshness and characteristic beauty to the audience of her Majesty's Theatre, there follow some free but spirited and spark ling tea illations of the songs, seeking rather to give the pith and spirit than any exact and literal version of the lays. The Cuban lyrics, being imitated from the com position of the negroes, have of course little literary merit to recommend them. Not so the Spanish ballads, one of which, cal e 1 "La Buenaventura, or the good fortune," a graceful and sparkling translation, we have pleasure in quoting:— " Mark ! 'tis the Gitana ' Wanderer in the land, Skilled to read the future Iu ihe lines upon your hand; Mark her black eyes gleaming, Like the unsheathed steel— Wildest of Gitana In the city of Seville. " See! she meets two lovers— Well wish they to know, What on them the future limply may bestow; Smiling, happy faces— Sunny, nut-brown health— Toil by day, the dance at eve— Humble store of wealth. " Ave, blessed Maria !' Forthwith they begin; Conceived,' says the Gitana, Conceived without Sill.' Come, cross my hand, my lovers, And the wanderer in Spain, By Eastern l ore, will prophecy The fortunes of you twain. ' " I come of the ancient race, Ma4ic spells who sung, Ere the pyramids arose, When the earth was young. I am of the mystic blood Which ran in old Chaldee; In the sky or in your palm I your fat© can see.' "Closely the Gitana Bends above their hands; Every line of life and love Well she understands. All the wondrous future Thus can she reveal— Wisest of Gitanas Ia the city of Saville ! "hush she speaks! All Egypt's Blessings I foresee, Raining round your door-post— Blithesome may you be! Wealth and happy seasons, Store of oil and wine— No canker in the olives, No blight upon the vine. " So cross my hand, my lovers, The venti,ra I have told, Is worthy brightest silver— Is worthy reddest gold. And true it is as hopeful— But that you'll know ere long, I say it—l, who read the stars — And never read them wrong.' "Gone! the dark Gitana, Wanderer from the East; Worshipper of fearsome creel, Scorner of the Priest. Gone! the dark Gitana— Spoke she sooth and lea!? We'll hope the best, and luck attend The Lovers of Seville." We cannot but believe that no narrow bigotry of colour or of caste will prejudice the first appeurarce as an artiste, or be allowed to cast a slur over the musical merits of the " Black Malibran." THE PORTLAND HARBOLTit OF REFUGE. We have been requested to publish the following letter on this subject:— " Portland Roads, Jaly 2, 1850. "Mr. John Harvey, Postmaster, Weymouth. " Thar Sir,—l have real the remarks on the subject of a breakwater for Portland Roads, and I avail myself of this opportunity before proceeding from this port, on my voyage to Van Diemen's Land, to assure you, that, in giving toy support to the Harvey testimonial, I consider that lam only doing that which the whole of our mari time marine are called upon to do; it is most certainly due to you, for promoting a harbour that will associate the name of Harvey with the most useful and extensive shelter in the channel. It is highly gratifying to see th e work, now under the auspices of Government, progress ing so rapidly; and it must be very satisfactory t) your mind to know that you have been so instrumental in its adoption. It will be a crc lit to the na ti on i n every sense of the word, and I think his Royal Highness Prince Al bert in having laid the first stone bears strong testimony in its favour. " We shall now have a harbour of refuge to run to upon all occasions, thank God! and it is much needed, particularly to our mercantile marine, in making a voyage. Allow me to thank you for y our str i ct atten tion to the mails and everything connected with this ship in relation to the P ost-of co depart men t, i t i s a pleasure to meet with e ffi ciency in such matters. " I remain, dear Sir, yours truly, "G. N. LIVESAY, Commander of the Convict Ship Nile.' In regard to the Shambles, Captain George Nathaniel Livesay remarks to Mr. Harvey, 4th July, 1850 :—" This natural Breakwater should be com pleted by artificial means, as soon as the Portl an d Breakwater is finished." Ihe opinion of this expe rienced gentleman is valuable, and should be recorded for the consideration of the nautical world and the Government. —Poole Herald. NARROW DCAPES FROM DROWNING.—On Tuesday last, about 10 o'clock, a girl of the name of Maria Street, Ir ei - in road, nd w ß as iae t k e la ln v ci t u e g r a Canal, when, in endeavouring to reach a flower in the river, whose ed fatherne a r tl resides first des lock ontl u i n e t ß he id d she overbalanced hersei and fell from the curb-stone into the water, which, at that place, is about 9 reet deep. Some lads who wlre at hand, gave the alarm, and, happily, prevented the child from following her nurse. The poor girl had twice risen to the surface, and again sunk, when Lewis Cox, a porter on the wharf, to whom much credit is due for h's pro:nptitude of action, arrived, and with a boat-hook took her out. She was removed the house of a relative, where she was attended by Mr. King, surgeon, who, after some time, succeeded in restoring animation. Another accident, of a similar nature, occurred on Friday morning, in the river Cann, lust above the iron brfdgo. Mr. Wat son's second child, Emma. four years old, whilst in charge of an elder brother, slipped into the water where it is very deep; but fortunately an intrepid lad, named Raven, apprentice to Mr. Sullings, was near, and im mediately jumping in, succeeded in rescuing the child, though at the imminent risk of his life. The child had sunk once, and on being brought ashore, was insensible, but speedily recovered consciousness, and is now quite well.—Essex Herald. MAGAZINES, &c.--(CONTINUED.) DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. The number for July fully sustains the high cha racter of this t a l en t e d and enterta i n i ng per i o di ca l . The first paper, g i v i ng a full and clear account of the modus operandi o f th at most marve ll ous o f sc i ent ifi c inventions —th e electric telegraph—together with some brief but lucid observations on the daguerreo type, the safety-lamp of Dave, electro-plating, and others of the most noticeable of " the gifts of science to art," is one of the best popular treaties we have seen on scientific matters. A review of Townsend's " Modern State Trials" is written by * masterly hand, whose remarks on the duel cases of Stuart and Sir Alexander Boswell, and of Lord Cardigan and Cap tainTuckett, yi e ld on l y i n i nterest to th ose on Cour voisier's trial, in which he ably and conclusively vin dicates the tnuch-vexed conduct of the eminent coun sel for the defence. Ile also gives n full account of the extraordinary claims laid to the Earldom of Stir ling, which g ive rise to one e f the most remarkable trials on record, and descants aed tempe rately on the strange case of poor vanity-bitten Smith O'Brien, profoundest self donkey fier whether in senatorial coal hole or A ntipe dean Gyarx. The Old Mao's Bequest" is a very good story, and the few pages on "The Poets and Poetry of Muester" are exceedingly well done. To the writer, whoever he be, of the article entitled " Agnes Sorel and her Contemporaries," we send our affectionate greeting, as a fellow-almirer of that gen tle beauty which we first learned to love in Schiller's beautiful drains. Several modern novels are well no ticed in a paper styled "A Flight of Lady-birds," and a translation from the German, " The Mysterious Compact," promises, when completed, to be a story of the highest class of interest. In the " Portrait Gallery" we are preseeted with a sketch of that true ornament to his order and bi 3 country, the Earl of Bosse. A Ballad anent a rebel wight of '9B, " Shamus O'Brien," would have been more to our liking if the grotesque spelling, intended to convey a correct notion of Irish pronunciation, had been avoided. Indeed, we wish Irish authors would reform this habit altogether. Dr. Mackenzie has struck into the right path in his recent clever work, and, to our mind, the Hibernian stories in his " Mornings at Matlock," read all the better for his sparing to perplex the eye with a barbarous medley of misplaced letters, rudely and laboriously conveying a lame idea of the idiom of the reciters or conversing parties. The concluding paper, being a second notice of " Southey's Life and Correspondence," is . distinguished by the same ex cellences whi c h h as a lready elicited our admiration for its antecessor. It beare the impress of the scholar, the critic, and the gentleman—of one whom Southey himself must have appreciated and esteemed, if they have ever held companionship. Distinguished as is the reputation which the Dublin University Magazine has long acquired for the literary criticism which con stantly enriches its pages, we cannot but pronounce it fortunate in having secured the services of a writer of such a rare combination of acuteness of intellect and amiability of feeling. In " Sonnet on the Poetry of Wordsworth," the following quatrain struck us as poetical and harmonious in no slight degree : " Thou gentle Poet, she bath tuned thy mind To deep accordance with the harmony That floats above the mountain summits free, The Concertif Creation on the Wind." ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE. Edited by J. Bernard Burke. In reading the account cf the trial of James Ste%art, of Clan S:ewart, of Appin, in the year 1752, at Inverary, for the murder of Colin Campbell, of Glencow, which appears in the present number of St. James's, we were much struck with the de scription and the cause of the murder as detailed in the following evidence— " Mango Campbell, writer in Edinburgh, deposed that he set out from Edinburgh on the 7th cf May last, in company with the deceased, Mr. Campbell, of Glenure. t) as,ist him in ejecting some of the tenants upon the forfeited estates of Ard.hiel aad Lochiel, over which tie deceased was factor; which tenants, it was apprehended, would not remove legally ejected; that they went to Fort William, and, in their return, they arrived on Thursday, the 14th of May, at the ferry of Ballachelish, proposing next day to eject some of the tenants of Ard shiel. The deceased, after waiting about an hour, and communing with some of the tenants, crossed the ferry between four and five in the afternoon. Glenure and the deponent entered the wood of Lettermore, and coming to a part where the woad was pretty thick upon both sides, that the murderer could have easily concealed himself in the bushes, and where the road was so rough and narrow that they could not ride conveniently two horses abreact; the deponent went foremost, and might have been about twice the length of the court room before the deceased, when he heard a shot behind him, and heard Glonuro repeatedly cry out, Oh! lam dead.' The deponent immediately returned to Glenure, alighted from his horse, and also took the deceased eff his horse; then run up the hill from the road to see who had shot him. He saw, at some distance, a man with a short dark coloured coat, and a gun in his hand, going away from him; and there was so great a distance be tween them, that the deponent think: he could not have known him although he had seen his Lea. As the depo neat came nearer he mended his pace, and disappeared by high grounds being interjected between them." Substitute the name of Mauleverur for that of Camp bell and the account would read as that of the moat recent Irish murder. Ia 1750 Scotl ind was in the slme unsatisfactory social state that Ireland is in 1850, and the necessary conclusion is, that if in 1850 we adopt precisely similar measures with regard to Ireland, which in 1750 .ve adopted with regard to the Highlands of Scotland, we shall have Ireland in the same orderly, happy, inclustriouF, and prosperous condition as Scotland. We commend the attentive study of the measures, so successfully adopted for the regeneration of Scotland a century since, to our legislators. The series of the " Heroines of the Peer age" is continued, and the Countess of Salisbury, in honour of whom Edward 111. instituted the Order of the Garter, is the heroine of this month. Among the miscellaneous contents of the St. James's Magazine of July, w e s h ou ld se l ec t us wor th y o f especial commend a ti on " T he Wh i te K n i g h t ' s V ow, a Tale of the Desmond Wars." -- - THE. BRITISH GAZETTEER.. The part issued for the present month reaches to psge 416 of this popular and valuable work. The county maps are those of Huntingdon and Glouces tershire, and it is embellished by a beautiful engrav ing of Richmond Railway Bride. THE BANKER'S MAGAZINE. One of the bast a:ticles in the present number is a statement of the glaring absurdities of the present condition of the law, as regards the existing system of pleading, in whi c h t h e writer has availed himself of the able pamphl et o f Mr. T. Jones, a very able ana lysis of which a p peared some time since in the Times. Among other p a p ers c h aracterized by the usual ex cellence of thi s p er i o di cal, we would direct attention to one on the " Progress of the Business of the Royal Britivh Bank," one of the soundest and most valu able institutions which has yet appeared in the Bank ing world. COURT The Queen will hold (Saturday) at aWi gU — Cl- 4o u An c ßi l. to-morrow Buckingham Palace. Summonses were issued yesterday from the Privy Council Office to the Mini s t ers and yesterday Officers c rs of State. Her Royal r• lig ness the Duchess of Gloucester and his Royal Hi h g ness Prince George visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, rode out on horseback yesterday morning. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Birch, took a carriage drive yesterday. Their Royal llighnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess Helena took an airing in an open car riage and four yesterday. The other members of the Royal Family took their usual exercises yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yes. terday afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Com mission for the promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, to be held in the year 1851. His Royal Highness arrived at the new Palace of Westminster at ten minutes past three o'clock, at tended by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon. The Commissioners present were, Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyall, Mr. Cokden, M.P., Mr. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, Mr. Pusey, M.P., Mr. R. Stephenson, Mr. Sheppard, and Mr. Alderman Thompson. Mr. S. Russell and Mr. Stafford Nortbcote, secretaries to the Royal Commission, attended. Colonel Reid, chairman of the executive committee, and. Dr. Lyon Playfair were present. The Building Committee of the Royal Commission hs Id a meeting, at twelve o'clock, in the new Palace Westminster, which was attended by Mr. Cubitt (chairman), Mr. R. Stephenson, Mr. Brunel, an d M r . T. S. Donald4on. Mr. Digby Wyatt, Mr. Owen Jones, and Mr. H. Wyld were present. Mr. Scott Russell, Secretary to the Royal Commission, was in attendance. Mr. Walker, Government Secretary of British Guiana, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. Mr. F. Bernal had an interview with his Lordship yesterday at the Colonial -office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners fjr England had a general meeting yesterday, at their office in White hall-place. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board o f Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official r es id ence in Downing-street. PAI NT - '—Some the paint oSf°Aml days - s a o g n oC : of-t4.hl death Clawson, FARMERS :Aof l g y Ea bullock, s its e au u s s d NtG b h y ePP l Ar t o : from some gates before it was dry.—LincOn Mercury. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. TO 'MN EDITOR OF 711 E SUIV. hare read with much pleasure your excel lent article on the proceedings in Parliament respect ing WeArninster Bridge , and heartily join with you in thinking that the public are much indebted to Sir Robert Inglis for having defeated so silly a plan as that produced, although it received the sanction of our sapient Chancellor of the Exchequer, who seems resolved to prove, beyond the possibility of -any future doubt, the truth of the ad3ge, with how little wisdom the affAirs of a great country can be admi nistered. His brick-dust budget—his penny-in-the-pound contribution for paying off the National Debt—his insincere or ignorant proposals respecting the stamp duties, promising to reduce taxation, but really in creasing it—his savings banks projtct—in short, ovary proposal he ever made on an important subject, since he has b:'.en Coancellor of the Exchequer, for he made a most excellent S cretarv, shows that he is utterly. incap.lle of grappling a ith any ' subject be ond the mere routine of office. It is to be hoped that the majority of 138 against 15 will teach him a little modesty in pronouncing his opinion upon ul.jects of which he knows nothing. On the subject of the Westminster Bridge, will you permit me, to draw the wtention of the public to a proposal I made some years since, in a letter ad dressed to Mr. Phillips, the Secretary to the Metro politan Improvement Commissioners. Having most carefully examined the ground, I en tertain no doubt that if the plan were properly carried out, it would pay every shilling of the expense and contribute something handsome towards the erection of a new bridge; and I would submit to every dis interested person, that my opinion as to the expense of improvements is entitled to consideration, from the fact that the result has proved how correct it was when placed in direct opposition to that of the archi tects and surveyors of the Woods and Forests, on the subject of the expense of my plan fur the improve ment of Westminster. In my letter to the Commissioners I suggested that a naw street should be built upon the south side of Richmond•terrace, and of similar character, lead ing to the proposed new bridge, and upon the other side of the river, to form a new street from the bridge to a central point in Westminster-road, from whence several roads diverge. The property which would be destroyed is of very trifling value, except the river frontage necessary for the bridge and the houses in Parliament-street; the double frontage in the street from Parliament street to the bridge would be very valuable. No injury would be done to the owners of pro perty upon the north side of the river, because both sides of Bridge-street ought to be destroyed. I pro posed that the south side should be swept away, the north side pulled down, and the future buildings set back to a suitable distance s erected in a st 3 le corre sponding to the new building, and used for Govern ment offices, approached on Palace-yard side by a flight of steps, for then it would be easy to level the ground opposite Westminster Hill, which would very much improve the appearance of that building and of Westminster Palace. On the south side of the bridge there is no doubt that property would be injured, but this injury would be much lessened by the formation of a street con necting the approach to the new bridge with that of the old one. In this, as in all really useful street im provements, the principle of economy is to make the improvement extensive. While upon the subject of improvement, permit me to draw your attention to the marble "arch, for a paragraph has gone the round of the papers, stating that "a great design of Lord Lin c ol n ' s , extending the Mall to Charing- cross, is to be entirely sacrificed." Now, some ten or twelve years since, I proposed to one of the Committees of the House of Commons on Metropolitan Improvements (and the Committee thought so well of the plan that they printed it in their report) to sweep away all the buildings between the Mall and Cnaring-cross, and to build a crescent facing the Strand, with a royal entrance to the Mall, in the centre of which should be placed the marble arch. But at that period removing the marble arch from the front door of the Palace was considered akin to pulling down the altar and the throne, and the pro posal was unheeded. Now the arch is considered by every person as an incumbrance, and its removal is become necessary. May this be the fate of other absurdities, greater, if possible, than the original erection of the arch in such a situation, and still more opposed to the spirit of the age. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, RIGBY W ASON. Corwar, July 8, 1850. TESTIMONIAL TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON. _ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. S/R,—lf there is one thing more than another that makes your paper exceedingly valuable to a British public, it is the bold, consistent, and unflinching ad vocacy of popular freedom which has ever been the characteristic of your spirited journ 1. Therefore, Sir, I feel confident that if I can tarow out a suggestion that will be the means of doing honour to so dist'n euished a statesman as my Laird Palmerston, it will find a place in your widely circulated column,. Sir, on Saturday last you gave publicity to a letter from a gtntleman in Bloomsbury in reference to this subject, and as that gentlsmen omitted t 3 state what the amount of the subscription should be, and the node of collecting it, permit me to undertake this tarle. First, I propose that the subscriptions be uniform in amount, and that it be of such a sum as all classes of her Majesty's subj 'cts can cheerfully subscribe; and then I propose that the charge be sixpence, as this is a sum that mechanics, tradesmen, merchants, and peers can contribute, and would be the means of giving an opportunity to a noble and generous people of con feting the groundless assertion of Lord Stanley, that the policy of Lord Palmerston is adverse to the people of England. The next quetion of importance is as to the mode of collecting the sum. What I propose is, that a central committee be formed in London, csnsist ing of the following noblemen and gentlemen, with power to add to their number:— J. A. Roebuck, Esq. Sir James Duke Lord Dudley Stuart Alderman Hunaphery R. Osborne, Esq. John Abel Smith, Etq. A. J. Cockburn, Eig, Lord James Stuart Sir Benjamin Hall Baron Rothschild Lord Alfred Paget George Thompson, E q. William E wart, Esq. and subscription-books be deposited in the temporary office; for distribution to bankers, tradesmen, and licensed victuallers, who may make application for them in London end different parts of the United Kingdom. And, Sir, mark my words, that amongst the ♦,ry first to make application for subscription-booka will be the tradesmen of Wakefield, in Yorkshire, Manchester, Southwark, and Montrose. I further propose that every subscriber record in the subscription book his name and township, for the purpose of having all the subscribers printed and presented with the piece of plate; for, as there will b ample means to meet this expense, my object is to do good as much as honour by giving em ployment to a number of that important branch of trade, the compositors and printers cf London. I further propose that a highly influential and well known friend of popular freedom be selected to receive the different collections obtained by tradesmen, to for ward the same to the central committee in London, and at the time of presenting the piece of plate to Viscount Palmerston the said gentleman be deputed to represent the subszibers of the town in which he shall reside, and by so doing it would form one of the most interest ing and noble events that, has ever occurred in this or any other country. The next proposition I have to make is that the piece of plate should consist of a silver candelabrum, designed in the following manner:—The base work to be a repre sentation of Great Britain, with the waves dashing against her shores ; around the outside edge the following words inscribed:— " When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang the strain— Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves, 13ritains never shall be slaves I" On the top and centre of the island is an oak, the boughs forming the branches for the candlesticks. At the base of the oak is the figure of a negro kneeling, with his hands clasped and uplifted, his looks directed towards heaven, with expressions of thankfulness to Almighty God for his safe deliverance from accursed slavery through the noble and untiring exertions of Lord Pal merston. The emblem of this design is as follows: The island represents the country his Lordship is called on to govern; the first verse of " Rule Britannia" repre sents that he has never truck'el to foreign despots, but maintained the dignity and freedom of his country unsullied; the oak represents the firm and unflinching character of the Noble Lord; the liberated negro repre sents the strenuous exertions the Noble Lord has made on behalf of the oppressed and degraded African. And I have no hesitation in saying that if this design is carried out it will prove worthy of this distinguished diplomatist. And upon the day of presentation what a noble spectacle would it present to the world by his Lordship's saloons being lined on each side by those Members who voted in approbation of his Lordship's policy, and in the centre, headed by Mr. Roebuck, those choice and noble spirits gathered . from the different cities, town , , and districts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to commemorate a glorious triumph over a foul and deep-laid conspiracy of foreign despots. The malice and chicanery of home-bred ene mies, and the flagrant apostacy of unsuspected friends, for the purpose cf crushing one of the most noble, ge nerous, eloquent, and petriotic statesmen that ever lived in the tide of times.—l am, Sir, &c. London, July 9, 1850. INVENTOR. RUTLAND ASSIZES.—Up, to last night there was not a single prisoner for trial, and it was not known at Oak ham that there would be any business at Nisi Prius ; the probability is, therefore, that it will be a maiden assize, as was the case last summer, when Justice Coleridge was pre sented with a pair of white gloves. It is expected the Judge will reach Oakham to-morrow morning by the 8.35 A.M. train from Peterborough, and shortly after proceed to Church, escorted - by the sheriff (the Icon. William Middle ton Noel). The Castle has been whitewashed and thoroughly cleansed.--Lincoln Mercury. AN ENGLISHMAN. Leamington, July 8, 1850. [We give insertion to the above, as it comes from an old and valued correspondent, but we must not be und 1 stood as agreeing with him in all the opinions he propounds because we insert hi 3 letter.—ED. Sun.] HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. We are indebted to the courtesy of Messrs. Taprell, Holland, and Sons, of Great Marylebone-street, un der whose immediate superintendence the details of the royal funeral will be carried out, for the follow ing :—The mortal remains of his late Royal High ness were yesterday, at noon, hermetically soldered down by the new process, in the leaden coffin which encases an inner coffin made of the best Spanish ma hogany, highly polished, and lined throughout with white satin. The outer or state coffin is a most splendid specimen of workmanship ; it is manufac tured likewise of mahogany, highly polished inside and out, and covered with the richest crimson Genoa velvet, thickly studded with silver (gilt) nails, the ornaments, which are profuse and of the same mate rial, are most elaborately chased, as also the massive tundlee. The inscription, which will be in Latin, has not yet been decided on, nor has it been ascer tained whether the remains will lie in state or not. The last resting-place of all that is mortal of the il lustrious dead is not yet known with accuracy. It is probable that those details will be made public this evening. The whole management of the solemnities will be under the control of Mr. Banting, of St. James's-street, and that of the details under the firm above-mentioned. Yesterday evening workmen were sent down from Messrs. Taprell and HuHands, to Windsor, Hampton Court, ana Kew, for the purpose of covering, the ornaments, &c., in the Chapels Royal at those palaces ; the material used is the best superfine black cloth. The Royal Chapel at Whitehall is to be simi larly covered this day. THE MALT-TAX and PROTECTION. f NAVAL IN TELIfiXs TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. d APPOINT MLN ;4le:Tia.,,, t . 4 ,k 4 SIR,—As a practical man, and of some observatior, I rd Captains—Wallace Houstot _ a allow me to address the public through the columns of J. Williams (1841) to stut, ~, ft#' - ' a I your paper. I College, Portsmouth. .'" 7, 1 -ei;Li; My father was a very comidarahle farmer through I Commander—George S. ...-zi ' , 8404. - t a long life, and I was with him many years- I have, , the Royal Naval Colleete. a 4 6 ' es lt *.-, c s , "/1 a' too, been a m anu f ac t urer thirty-five years. I n re - 1 Lieutenants —L um ley 'A oti* James ference to th e mo ti on i n th e H ouse of C ommons on ,D. Curtis (1849), en d Ed ov4" as; , ‘' .43% to the sth of July, for the repeal of the whole duty on I study at the Woolwich steam:facioU OD.vies malt, it may be a fair question b ask, who are th e ' f 1844), to the Cygnet, 8, fitting at oriarelt on the parties intended t o benefit.? Now, we naturally ex- i (;oast of Africa. pect the public good is the especial care of the House I Surgeon—C. N. Wilkinson (1849), to the Niger, of Commons. But, the re peel of the malt-t.x may, 18 , protection to the Africa. at Portsmouth, for the coast of I conceive, be rather a matter of Afri s t e t landed interest. I admit that th e re d uct i on o f this brats:—G. L. B. H am ilt on an d F. S. arlison, to duty ought to be the means of at once lowering the , the Excflient, gunnery ship; Philip Homen to the price of beer to the public, and thereby increase : Victory, fLg-ship, Portsmouth. the consumption and demand for harloy, sa as ; A ; ,- .Ss.st , int-Surizeoli —J. M. Duffas (acting 1849) to raise the price, anti thus bPnefit: the fArnvr, to the Niger screw sloop, at PortAmoutb. The repeal of the nialt-tax bas been long ; B,, cond Afa, „ er.— George Read (1842) of t' e ataitated, and at the present time agrieulture ' Hoe e. to the the-a.. flag-ship, at Sheer nes,. needs a helping hand, but the means -- the true Midshipmen—TN:l:ring Baker, o th- Clgnet ;J. means--oleffecing this mus: b,4 through a different G. .F. Dyer, to the Niger; ll. P. Knevitt, to the channel. Tile malt-tax is important i. - 1 the Govern- Lp n ,,,i, r , 50 , Li sbon, merit scale, and if Ministers cm da without it I could . Mas-ers Assistents--11. B Dowling, to the Niger; name a far more direct benefit to the public, viz., the 11:. C. Jones, to the evp;net ; G. Rorie, to the I:n -duty on %N itido w s , and incur-:gees a., air's'. fire, &C. . pregnable flag ship . , at Devonport. Let us look soberly at the relief of the me lt-tax, and ; Naval Cadete—U. E. Mareyr, to the FiTard fl,g - review the parties who will be hen' fit , d thereby. • shire at Woolwich. Mr. Bass, the great brewer ( f B l eton- ,n-Trent, has : Boatswain—G. D. Maxwell, to the Scout. delivered his judgment in the House on this impel-- 1 The following officers attended the levee of Sir F. tent motion. Mr. Bass is a business man, and his Bering at the Admiralty on Tuesday last :—Vice opinion ought to be regarded ; he sympathises with : Ad m i ra l Si r F ranc i s M ason , K . O 8., Vice-Admiral the grower of barley, and feels for the consumer of ; Sir L. Curtis, Bart., C.B , Captain the Earl of Hard beer, and the lower classes ; but I take it that the re- . ; wicke, Captain Sir Thomas Thompson, Captain C. mission of the malt- tax would neither benefit one or I Freemande, Captain H. Edgell, Captain T. 11. Mason, the other, but most certainly be pocketed ty the : Captain A. Tozer, Commander H. Phelps, Cottunan licensed victualler and retailer of beer. May I ask : der %V. S. Lockyer, Lieut. H. J. Blomfield, Lieut. how the public are taxed by these dealers at the pre- i M. H. Rodney, Lieut. W. Wood, Lieut. T. H. sent time? What is the price of good ale and porter Butler, Lieut. P. Rainier, Rev. Mr. F. Haman, Pay generally throughout the country ? And are the : master and Purser S. Winter. consumers fairly dealt with ? I believe that a very ' Captain Washington is at Devonport on the subject excellent quality of ale and porter may be produced of harbour improvement. On Tuesday he met, by at is. per gallon, and where do you go to find either appointment, Mr. E istlake, Queen's solicitor, and retailed for less than double that sum ? Commander Walker, late Queen's harbour master, at Who will not confess that Government made an I Commodore Lord John Hay's office, in the dockyard. awful mistake many years ago, with the view of Crocodile, old frigate, was taken into dock at Dept benefiting the poor, by granting a licence to many i ford, yesterday, to be fitted for a receiviog-ship at the persons to brew and open a beer-shop, expecting a ! Tower, to take the place of the Perseus. good wholesome beer at a cheap rate to be dealt ote- Edinburgh, 60, screw steam-guard-ship, has been And what is the result the measur e ? It h as not taken into dock a t Portsmouth, to be immediately only proved itself a failure, but creat e d nurser i es o f fitted in every way similar to the Ajax. crime. Elfin royal yacht-tender, Master Commander Bal- The repeal of the duty upon leather is yet warm liston, went out from Portsmouth on Wednesday to upon my mind. Was not this thought a great public I try h er eng i nes ; she was taken on the graving slip service by Ministers when it took place ? But did it F yesterday to have her copper cleaned. prove so? No. The price ef leather was much I Express, 6, packet- b-ig Lieutenant-Commander higher for a time, and the tanner benefited, but Lowry, having been paid wages, sailed from Devon afcerwards,although the tanning business became in all : port on Tuesday for Falmouth. respects amazingly depressed, and leath e r at an f x- . Fairy, Master-Commander Welsh, royal yacht tremely reduced price (say fifty per cent.), still who- screw-tender, has had her n o sidings regilded, and is ever is measured for new boots and shoes has to pay now ready for service, at Portsmouth; it is expected the same—the old price. Who is benefited in this she will he required to convey the court to Osborne, matter? The shoemakers. about the 18th instant. With respectful submission, I beg to add a few ob- Inflexible steam-sloop, lying in Woolwich basin, servations on the subject of " protection"—protection is now ready for commission. of landed property. Now, Sir, to me this outcry Niger screw steam-sloop, to be commanded by always appears very wrong and surprising. I have Commander Heath, has been taken out of the old good reason for saying, whenever a farmer loses his basin, alongside the Victorious hulk, at Portsmouth, occupation he will meet a fearful difficulty in finding an d i t is expected her pendant will be hoisted to-day. another. Who dare give up his farm ? Still I have Retribution steam-frigate has been put out of the a word of advice under thi s he a d. I h a d a lesson basin at Woolwich, a n d will be ready to leave for (once upon a time) on this subject from a man cf Greenhithe and Portsmouth so soon as the Polyphe- God, the rector of my native village. He took the mus arrives. tithes, and his father the rents, of the several farms in Wizard, old brig, has been commissioned at De our occupation. I well remember that both rents vonpert by Lieut. Barnard, of the Ajax, 60, screw and tithes had to submit in those days to a laud ship, for the apprentices tender at Queerstown, and veluer, who went over the farms time after time to will be fitted arid navigated to her station by a crew put on a little more. I also well remember that from the ordinary depot ship. afterwards, when the farms came to he sold, the rec- Vengeance's marines were expected to arrive at tor of the parish at the time of sale (by auction) Portsmouth from Chatham last evening by railway. kindly made an offer to the purchasers to lease the Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, and nearly all the tithes for his life; but mark—it was at a still higher officers have joined the Vengeance. rate of rental! Knowing, as I did, that only a year PoRTSMoUTH, Tutiasnee.—A Russian Finland or two before a rack value was put upon the tithes, ship, laden with hemp for the dockyard, in coming I took the liberty to call upon the rector for an ex- into harbour yesterday at ebb tide grounded on the planation, when he gave as a reason " that land and Spit, and remained till the tide flowed. She then came tithes had long been increasing in value, and must off without damage, and anchored at Spithead ; she always continue to increase, so that, as he never in- was towed into harbour to-day. tended to alter his tithes again, he thought it right to PLYMOUTH, JULY 10.--The Thetis was on Mon make the additim then." Such was the clergyman's , day, the Ist, towed up harbour by the Confiance reason, which I thought a bad one, and the time to steamer ; Tuesday and Wednesday, got out guns and which I allude, more than forty years ago, when stores; Thursday and Friday, returned shells and England was at war with France. Now, Sir, this tanks, and struck lower yards and topmasts : and on reverend divine was a learned mathematician, but Saturday she was paid off, and part of her crew con why his wisdom carried his calculations ahead in this veyed to Portsmouth by the Fearless steam. vessel ; way I never learnt; but by setting this truth before on Sunday she was re-commissioned by Cap'ain you, Sir, and the public at large, it is evidenced how August L. Kuper ; mind on Monday she received time has proved the fallacy and erroneous impressions seamen gunners from Portsmouth, by the Sprightly so selfishly and deeply wrought upon his mind. steam-vessel, which returned same day No iv, Sir, I never hear of agricultural distress ; but The Sealark sailed on Friday for the . coast of Africa. the true remedy runs in my mind, namely, that the The Express packet sailed yesterday for Falmouth. land agent should be applied as in years gene by, The sloop Arachne was on Tuesday warped from and the landlord's rent and parson's tithes valued ac- her moorings to the sheer hulk ; her masts will be cording to the times, fairly and truly, so that the taken out and stored to-day. landlord and tenant in farming inter es t g o h an d i n Messrs. W. B. Curving and John Mare have sur hand, as indeed the welfare of every kind of property , eJ _, ed the merchant s!earn-vessel Queen, which blew and interests at large ought to rise and fall together. up this morning in fiamonze. It is, stated that the I am, Sir, &c., accident 0 ' -ed thi - , eh the incareee.--- -cutei—ccurred through the incompetence of a lad in charge of the engine -room. The iron work of the machinery and boiler was in good condition. The Queen is five years old ; the boiler was made about thirteen months since, and the et-sit 1 and machinery survtled five weeks since. When Mitchell, the engineer, w: r• blown off the paddle-box, his face came some force against the mast of a smack lying alongside ; he still survives. WonLwicit, JULY 11 —The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Francis T. Brown, arrived at Woolwich yesterday from the Cspe of Good Hope, to be paid off here. Commodore Henry Eden went on board shortly after her arrival, and the crew were mustered, and went through their exercises in a satisfactory manner in his presence. Professor Airey, from the Observa tory at Greenwich, vt ent on board to-day to superin tend the landing of one of Bradley's compasses, which was sent to the Cape 22 years ago from Green wich Observatory, and has now been returned to this country. Captain -Varlo, three subalterns, four sergeantFT four corporals, three drummers, and IC2 privates of the Royal Marines of the 'Woolwich division left head•gnarters here this morning, and pro;teeded by the North Kent Rlilway to London, en route to Portsmouth, to embark in the Vengeance, commis sioned at that port. FURTHER EXPELUMENFS ON THE 'EF FECT OF SHOT ON IRON VESSELS OF \VAR. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The new butt which we described in yesterday's paper, as an exact copy —as to both wood and iron—of a section of the side of the main or gun-deck of the iron steam.frigate Sirnoom, was practised at to-day under the superin tendence of Captain Chads, from the fixed battery near the Excellent. The commander-in-chief, Ad miral the Hon. Sir Bliden Cspel, Rear-Admiral-Su perintendent Henry Prescott, and a number of cap tains in their several barges, with mat•y other officers, were present, and after every shot that struck visited the butt to inspect their several effects ; 32-pound solid shot with a few 8 and 10-inch hollow shot, were tired, the distance being, as at the former trial, 500 yards. From the report of this day's trial, we suppose that all parties will now be thoroughly con vinced that an iron vessel cannot in any way compete in action with a wood-built vessel. There was no diminution in the deadly anti terrific effect from the fractured shot and splinters of iron that flew in all directions on the shot striking. The wood fillings-in did, we believe, occasionally stop some of the sheet-iron splinters ; but the shot en tered and broke, and the iron ribs flew as in the former trials, and the latter ripped off the wood-plank lining, when struck by a shot, in large pieces. Aa we stated yesterday, the ribs run perpendicular at intervals of way fifteen inches. They are fastened to the iron plates by a three-inch lap, and project inwards six inches; the interstices were filled in with oak six inches thick ; and over these pieces and at right angles with the ribs, was a wood lining of three-inch planking, oak and fir. A large shot could hardly enter without striking a rib, and to-day one of these ribs drove off a whole sheet of planking; indeed, at the conclusion of the practice nearly all the woodwork had been driven off the iron. No doubt these splinters and pieces ,of wood would have made direful havoc to a ship's comp,sny on board. The iron shelf-piece section (a broad picce of iron running round the ship to support the 07,9 ck), was struck and knocked to pieces. This is not ,novered with wood, but in iron steamers oak might be svhsti tuted for iron, and would perhaps be better fir the' purpose than iron. One shot to-day, e ntered waterway, where, besides the iron work, the timbres' is solid oak, about fifteen inches thick. The shot' went clean through and was fractured to pieces. The hollow shot were most destructive, breaking is pieces , exactly like shells. Altogether it may be cn ld tr at all events, are not adapted for war purposes.— conclusive that iron vessels , bu ilt as the Stmooin is, Herald. • R JYAL NORTHERN YACIIT CLUH.—The Ingatta of L Royal oNnorltilieurrasdla73a,ctaitn.dClurbridiasyfixed the come 9 o . lf h at of August. A number of valuable prizes are offered for sailing matches, open to yachts belonging to members of all Royal yacht clubs, as welt as several for ships' long boats, jolly boats, gigs, skiffs, punts. tae.. The value of the prize will no doubt-inituce many vetkels from a distance to enter the lists with those of this neighbourhood, and there is a certainty of the approaching regatta being the most successfulaanaduaexti; citing ever held on this coast.. On the close of the sports on Thursday, the members of the club and their friends dine together, in the Tontine Hotel, Greenock, and on Friday, a ball 'ill be given in the Assembly ltooms, which, from the arrangements already making, wilt, we understand, be numerously add gaily attended.— North British Mail. Lord Graugh passed through S ou th Molton on his way to Instow, where he intends sojourning - for a short time. VAUXHALL GARDENS. Yesterday a grand day fête was given at these gar dens, on which occasion all the extensive and varied entertainments of the establishment were called into requisition. In the afternoon Mrs. Graham,-.the in trepid aeronaut, accompanied by a young lady. her daughter, and a gentleman, ascended in the Royal Victoria and Albert Balloon, which made its debut in the presence of a large assemblage of spectators. The young lady exhibited none of that timidity which might, not unnaturally, have been expected from a youthful member of the - fair sex; but, on the con trary, she displayed as much selt-possession and non chalance as her parents themselves. The balloon ascended very steadily, and was borne gently to the south-west, where it remained stationary at an in considerable altitude for some tune. A concert, vocal and instrumental, followed, in which Miss E. Nelson, Miss F. Haddart, and Mr. Leffler, assisted by several other artistes, afforded a rich treat to the lovers of harmony by the admirable manner in which - they ex ecuted some of the most popular pieces of music. The marble groupings appear to have lost none of their original attractions, and the scenes of equitation, with Madlle. Valentine. on her docile steed " Navarino," Madlle. F. Rosseau, and other female equestrians, are still deservedly popular. Mr. Nelson repeated his performance on the pine sticks and Nia gara stones, and Santa Atnerou and his sons displayed their extraordinary feats on the corde volante, to the astonishment, not unmingled with apprehension, of the spectators. The fireworks were, as usual on fête nights, on a scale of great magnificence, and all the other attractions of the place were put forward in great profusion. 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The Shropshire iron masters were in clined to an advance—a reduction they would not submit to—and that influence contributed greatly to the titmness of the market. REV. PATRICK BREWSTER WISPERDED.•—At meeting of the PreSbytery, of Paisley, held last week, it was resolved, by a majority of eight to two, to suspend this Rev. Patrick Brewster from the exercise of his judicial functions for a period of six months, for having conducted himself in a manner insulting to the Presbytery. —Caledonian ercury.