The Sun. — London, England, 1851-06-17 00:00:00

INSULT TO 7'HE BRITISH FLAG, AND ICIDNAPPING A TAILOR. On Saturday, at the Whitechapel County Court, was heard the case of "Jamieson v. Ramsay," in action of tort. The damages were laid at 501. The plaintiff is a retired tailor, possessing a villa called "Labour's Re treee," on the baeks of the Thames. The defendant is an old man-of-war's man, who some time ago became possessed of considerable property in Whitechapel; but preferring to live afloat, he equipped a yacht of six g ens, , the To m B owling, in which be lives. In the evidence it appeared that on Easter Mondays the plaintiff (Jamie son) holds a festive anniversary, in remembrance of the day on which his wife died, and cannon are lot off to announce the joyful tidings. It happened that on the laet anniversary the Tom Bowling was cruising off powde Labour's R etreat, " and when her crew smelt the !zr, all hand s were piped for act i on, and they re ed fire. The fi ring on both sides continued s ome It , until the landsmen pat stones in their gun s , and riddled " Tom 'S" duck . and streaming bunting. The shottin siegrheisesion was resented, and the boatswain, stack el e ch . Ms, seriously damaged the tailor s his . c rew, t i o rnaeYs ' offered to M e Captain Ramsay then landed a demand satisfaction for the insult friends, the ea Captain challenged the tailor himself, po litely offering 1 1 1 ) 1 tailor, thinking n i l t the sway, upon which tileeeri choice of swords or pistols. The to_ faint than to fight, swooned and on comi ng ordered him to be taken prisener ; himself under hatche s of his se n s e s h t e h r e e h ta e il w or as fo k u e n p d t the whole night, bewaili he he misfortune of being .yapped by pirates, as t he kid morning he was brought befor e th e for insuitin hie captors. In the . d efendant and tried by court-martial, g the British flig and being found guilty was sentenced to the erd-arua - '. He 4 -3 last resource, begged for mercy, however, and, a , offered up prayers. The sentence was thou d e c n o mm Bailorst commuted to the it,fliction of as operation p erform when first crossing the line. In that state he was trans ported to Herne Bay, 40 miles from home, veitho t u a farthing i n hi s p oc k e t, Mr. G. E. Wi lliam s , for the de- Wi fendant, co n t en d e d t h a t the plaintiff deserved the treat ment which he had brought on himself. Thfjudge said that, although the plaintiff had acted most imprep arly in loading his guns, the defendant had retaliated too se verely; but, under the circumstances, he should award only 54 &alleges, without costa. THE QUEEN'S BALL.—,Some Surprise has been ex • _ presortiii the City circles that the Lord Mayor was not pre rent ht - 1 14 0 . peen'a Ball on Fri.lay ni g ht. The circumstance i&stiseptiblecif.eity)l79lanation. The same course has, in all kolatbility,beela j talOn in respect to this as in respect to i all former eriteFtinmentit, of the same nature, given under ,',- eimilar;circkmitan6S. '; ‘ ,lt t tis a matter of etiquette that no one I f 18 bliite4: o ll-auctr occaaloils as this ball out of the Court tCeircle— It.will doithtless ,?onsole civic dignity to perceive PratlerY-few taernbahe Government were at the ball \it 4tievion Wjle,wero mired by the d u ti es o f th e i r office to ato tirtheßtAse , et mmons. Lord John Russell and Siailikeorge-Greß':ware' both in the House at midnight on Friday, artrfneitU of them W 43 dreaed in fancy cootiume•-- Emir* Paper. Mr. ALSO?, of Hall, moved an amendment:— " That this meeting disapproves of so much of the preamble of the Bill as relates to any working arrange ment and amalgamations with the Lancashire and York shire Railway Company, and also disapproves of the clauses of the Bill, being 23 to 45 inclusive, relating to the same subject." Mr. GEORGE EMMETTE, of Preston, seconded the amendment. The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment and original motion to the meeting, when the lormer was carried by a large majority. A scrutiny of votes was ordered to take place, the re sult of which was announced by the chairman as fol lows:—For the amendment, 1,609; for the original mo tion, 1,088; being a majority of 521 Against amalgama tion, Which waifreceived with great cheering. Mr. ALSOP then moved th e adoption of the other portions of the Bill, which was carried; after which the thanks of the meeting were given to the chairman, and the meeting separated. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER. The shareholders met on Friday at Chester according to adjournment. At two o'clock the Chairman and the other officials connected with the company entered the room; and, after a short pause, he asked if the scrutineers were ready to state the result of the poll taken on the amend ment proposed by Mr. East. Mr. S. P. RonorsoN, one of the scrutineers, was about to read a report which he had drawn up, when— Mr. ROY said he objected to Mr. Robinson reading that report, inasmuch as the other scrutineer, Mr. Nicol son, had not seen it, nor was he even consulted as to its contents. Mr. ROBINSON then put the report in his pocket, and observed that the majority of shareholders in the room yesterday were in favour of his amendment; but, in con. sequence of the great number of transfers which had come in within the past few days, he found himself quite unable to examine them, and, consecpently, could not give a report before Wednesday or Thursday next.— (" Oh, oh !" and cheers.) Mr. NICOLSoN said that he really did not see any cause for such a delay. He was of opinion that the re sult aright be ascertai ne d i n the course of a short time. The nembers as taken were, according to his calculation, 5,500 for Mr. East's amendment, and 19,558 in support of the directors, and of th e agreement w ith the Great Western Comp any. The CHAIRMAN said that these repeated adjournments could really en d in no good result. If they wen adjournment on adjournment they wou ld I no d t o therefore tan with terminate the busine ss i n one, or even two mont h s . think that Mr. Robinson should be prepar w ed to deliver big rep ort on Tuesday, and that he w ill no the chairman say so. Mr. W. G. THoatesoN protested against limiting their scrutineer to time. He should have every opportunity afforded him to examine the whole of the votes with ereat care. Mr. RAwsoss. of Manchester, thought it most injudi cious to limit Mr. Robinson. He was of opinion that he should have full time, and that as this was the first scru tiny which had token place in connexion with this mat ter, it was the more desirable it should not be hastily done, but full and complete in every respect, so that no complaints could be made on a future occasion. Mr. TREVOR said, he thought it would be desirable if the meeting adjourned for 12 months. At the end of that time Mr. Robinson and his friends would surely be prepsred.—(flear, hear, and a laugh.) Mr. ROBINSON said that he was most anxious to com plete his laborious task, and be would endeavour to get over it as fast as possible. At the same time, the re gistry should be regularly scrutinized, so as to prevent trouble on a future occasion. He therefore did not think he could be ready Jselore 'Thursday. Ho would, if he could, on Wednesday. Ultimately it was agreed to adjourn the meeting until Wednesday next, at two o'clock. After the meeting of the company adjourned a meet ing of independent shareholders was held, Mr. G. Thomson in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that he had receivd a letter from the secretary of the London and North-Western Com pany, stating that there was every prospect that the pro posal for a guarantee of 4i per cent. would be favour ably received by the board. Resolutions were passed to the effect that the terms now uuder the consideration of the London and North- Western Company were such as would insure a fixed dividend higher than would ever accrue from the Great Western proposal, and also be more advan tageous, as such dividend would commence from the Ist of July next, instead of being postponed for some years; calling on their brother shareholders to join them in protecting their property ; and in the event of theeproposal being acceded to by the London and North-Western Company, the Chairman be requested to urge the immediate co-operation of the shareholders, and to take such further steps as might be necessary for securing the same. --- LAUNCH OF THE THA M ES-8 UIL T CLIPPER CHEBUC7'O. On Saturday afternoon W 43 launched, from the build ing-yard of Messrs. Bilby and Perry, nothertiithe, one of the finest merchant vessels that has, perhaps, ever been built iu the Thames. This ship was laid down for Anderson, Thompson, and Co., on lines specially adapted for competing with the Yankee clippers in the China trade ; and is one, we trust, of a fleet of merchantmen that will ()brain the same signal success over the American sailing ships as our British mail steamers have achieved over the Yankee steamers. The Chebucto on the stocks displayed all the appearances of a remarkably str,ng built ship; in fact, much stronger, and therefore much heavier. than the American ship., but she has sharply-formed bows (remarkably so for a sailing vessel), and a very clean run; and although there can be no mistake as to her stowage amidships, she is also very lean abaft. She was named by the wife o f one of the owners, and went off the slip in g a ll ant stile, and floated amost handsome spvcimen of British naval architecture. The bow and stern of the Ch e b ucto have been con structed on a new principlfe suegested by th e b u il ders, the timbers being worked in-diagonall y, instead of per pendicularly. The advantage; of this mole of construc tion are said to be twofold; . first, .a alleged t h at the this timb er is more easily converted, and, sue , roily, tit diagonal form is the strongest. Oa account o f t hi s new principle in construction one of the surveyors of Lloyd's was specially depured to attend the launch, to t es t t h e breakage in launching and we are informed that a ft er the most conclu,ive test had been applied, it was found that the breakage or clrfl?ction did not amount to one eighth of an inch, the result thereby es . years."tablishing tha elsim f or t h e s h ip to b e reg i stere d "A 1, tairteen The length of the ship is 134 feet; breadth, 26 feet inches; depth, 13 feet; tonnage 430. She is at once to by saasted, rigged, fitted, and completely equipped, and is under the command of Mr. Beech, an experienced rims. ll.ter. M essrs. Tnompson of Billiter-square, and Mr. H. Lindsay, of the East India Chambers, have ,an nounced her to sail direct for Shanghai on the 10th of July. A dozen of such vessels as the Chebucto will soon t!ake.the *h i d out (f the sails of as many American !Orientals," and will re establish the character of Bri tish, naval architecture. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BOLTON, BLACKBURN, CLI FUEROE, AND WEST YORKSHIRE. The adjourned special meeting of this company was - held at Blackburn on Thursday, Mr. W. H. Hornby in the chair, for the purpose of considering " a Bill for ex tending and enlarging the powers of the above company, and for authorizing working arrangements and amalga mation with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company." The CHAIRMAN, after a few remarks, proposed " That the meeting approved of the Bill passed by the House of Commons." which was seconded by Mr. C. POTTER, one of the di. I rectors. THE SUN, LONDON, LAW INTELLIGENCE. BAIL COURT, June 16. (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) CELL V. FOWLER. This wa3 an action brought by an attorney to recover the sum of 29/., being the amount of his bill of co, 8 in curred in an action commenced by him on behalf of the defendant against the editor of the Daily News for libel. The plaintiff baying obtained a verdict for his entire claim, the defendant subsequently applied in person to set aside that verdict on the ground of surprise. Mr. Justice Erle having granted the rule nisi, Mr. Lush appeared to-day on behalf of the plaintiff, and showed cause against the rule. The defendant was heard in support of it. Mr. Justice IVlorirmAN discharged the rule. THE QUEEN V. THE PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS OF a PUNCH." A rule nisi for a criminal information against Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, the printers and publishers of Punch, for a libel upon the Rev. Peter Daly, of Galway, having been granted a few days ago, Mr. BADDELEY, this day, moved that the rule be made ab3olute. Mr. WELLS said he appeared to show cause against the rule; and he was happy to say that it would only be necessary for him to occupy his Lordship's attention for a short period of time. In consequence of what had been stated by his Learned Friend when moving for the rule, he (Mr. Wells) was compelled to refer briefly to one or two points in the affidavit of the reverend gen tleman, in order to explain satisfactorily what be was about to say. It appeared, then, by the a ffi davit of th e Rev. Mr. Daly, that a dinner took place in Galway on the 17th of March last, at which he presided as chair man. There were about 60 persons present. In the course of the evening one of the toasts given was that of " The Press," when an individual of the name of Blake responded to it, and used language of an extraordinary kind. The language, as set forth in the affidavit, was this—" He proposed that there should be selected 100 men like himself; that 40 should be sent to Liverpool, 30 to Bristol, and 30 to Portsmouth, who upon a certain day should set fire to and burn the English fleet, and so destroy her Majesty's Government." This language was uttered in the presence of the reverend gentleman, who it appeared indignantly protested against the use of such language. Mr. Blake was silenced on that occa sion, partly in consequence of the pr h otest rh o t f est th o e f rev. the gentleman and partly on account Went on. It might have been other persona present: and t h e fes tivities of of t t h o e a e s v k ening thenecea m it ad a the p ublishers an un Court fo t t e o n n l a a t r e g e m t i s h t i a s k r e u h l e a ; d b b u e t en a s epp b e y ars cl early that of Punch as to the pe r son who uttered these wot da, the y thou g ht that the best course they could take was at once to admit that mistake. It appeared that several reports of the speeches that took place at that dinner appeared in different newspapers in Ireland; and he might state for the satisfaction of his Learned Friend that the report which appeared in Punch was copied from a newspaper published in Dublin. The speech made by Mr. Blake was not unfortunately reported in his own newspaper, the Galway Vindiaitor. Still there could be no doubt but that these extraordinary words being used at the dinner had occasioned various reports to be circulated respecting them, not only in Galway, but in other parts of Ireland. The mistake origin ally occurred by the proprietor of some other paper in Ireland attributing the use of such language to the rev. chairman instead of to Mr. Blake. He (Mr. Wells) had only to say that Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, who were very respectable gentlemen and the proprietors of Punch, regretted much that this mistake had occurred. It was certainly no fabrication on their part—though this was no justification —to have attributed to this rev. gentleman the sentiments which had been uttered by another. It was a novel position for them to occupy in that court, and he trusted that they would never again be called into court to answer such a charge. Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, as the publishers of the paper in question, thought it their duty promptly to come before the Court to explain the mistake which they had com mitted, and to express their regret that it had occurred. Ho trusted that the statement he had made would be deemed satisfactory. Mr. BADDELEY, on behalf of the Rev. Peter Daly, said that he entertained not a particle of ill-feeling against those persons, and had certainly no wish to push the matter further. He felt that the libel was one which compelled him to come forward for the vindication of his character, and openly and promptly to call for the interference of the Court. Hui Learned Friend said that the defendants had fallen into a mistake in respect to this statement. They had come forward openly, man fully, and in a proper spirit, to express their regret for having done so. They had tendered their apology to the Rev. Mr. Daly, and vindicated his character. It was, therefore, not his client's wish to press the matter any further, having done that which in justice to his own character and in justice to those who were under his spiritual care and superintendence, he was bound to do. His character Wes now openly vindicated before the world. His Learned Friend said it was the first time the de fendants were before the Court. He concurred with him in the wish that it would be the last. It was to be hoped that charges of this sort would not be lightly and wantonly made, but that that maxim would be constantly kept in view:— lodged at the station-house, he and other constables had heen ever since o•ngegerl in se aching for the prisoner, but unsuccessfully, until last Saturday evening, when he succeeded in tracing him to a public-house in Boot street, Spitaltields, and after a desperate resistance took him into custody. With the assistance of another officer he forced him on for some distance in the direc tion of the station-house, when the prisoner, after ano ther strenuous attempt to escape, suldenly asked him what good it could do to him to " settle" him, and offered to present him with 101. if he would consent to " square" it. Ile prisoner was recognised by several constables in attendAnca as having been repeatedly in custody for highway robbery and other serious offences; and it was stated by Morel!, an active detective officer of the N division, that the prisoner had been no less than four times convicted, and sentenced upon one of those occa sions to seven years' transportation, but that it was after wards commuted to twelve months' imprisonment. The prisoner, by the advice of Mr. Vann, his solici tor, declined offering any defence, and was ordered to be brought up in a week, for the completion of the evi dence against him. LAMBETH. DERBY-DAY ANCr 4 EMENTs.—Yesterday Charles James Preedy and George Thomas Preedy, two beardless youths, the sons of a surgeon residing in the vicinity of Gray's Inn-road, appeared bef 're Mr. Elliott, to answer to a ' charge of assaulting Mr. Henry Dobson, a coachmaker and livery stable keeper, in Guswell-street, by throwing bags of fbur and seriously injuring his clothes on the Derby-day. Mr. Wontner attended on behalf of the complainant; and Mr. Cooper, the barrister, appeared for the de fendants. From the statement of Mr. Wontner and the testi mony of several witnesses, it appeared that Mr. Dob son, while proceeding with two friends in a phaeton to Ep ra so inge mrr s e- p c l o e u as r u se re o v n an t s he th D e Derby-dray s i de aossfedTooontng. one of G Mr. Dobson having on an outside co a t o f s o mew h a t p conspicuous appearance, the defendants, one of whom was sitting alongside Mr. Grainger, the driver of the van, and tne other on the roof of the vehicle, commenced " chaffing . ' him about his " Moses' duffer." and not con tent with this. began to throw pellets of flour at the parties, until Mr. Dobson and his friends were com pletely covered with Enraged et their conduct Mr. Dobson got out of his phaeton, and laying hold of de fendant Charle-s by the coat, endeavoured to drag him off the box. He did nor, however, succeed, and in his effort he tore his coat and truu.ers. A number of the persons inside the van here got out of the vehicle, and with the defendant George made a fierce attack upon the complainant, so that the consequences might have been very serious to the latter, had he not been assisted by some gentlemen to whom he had appealed for protection. As it was, however, he got very roughly handled, was struck on the face with a stick by one of the defendants, and the same person tore away a portion of the front of his trousers, so that, his clothes being covered with flour, he presented a most ridiculous appearance, and his pleasure was de stroyed for the day. Mr. Dobson had some know ledge of the defendants from their having some time ago brought an old chaise to his place, and wished him to take it in exchange fur a better one ; but he would have remained in perfect ignorance as to their names and addresses had not one of them instructed an at torney to bring an action against him in one of the superior courts at Westminster for the injury done to his clothes. In his cross-examination Mr. Dobson denied that he had called Mr. Preedy, sen., an old blackguard and a horse coper ; though the witnesses called to corroborate his testimony admitted that ho had said something like the latter. Mr. Cooper said he was not present to defend the mo dern Derby and Oaks days' amusements of throwing pellets of flour and rotten eggs, which were as degrading as they were vulgar, but if Be should show that one of the defendants had not thrown anything at the complain ant, and that the other had been provoked to it by the improper conduct of the complainant himself, and making use of the most offensive language towards Mr. Preedy, sen., he hoped his Worship would see the pro priety of dismissing the complaint. Tne Learned Gentleman called a number of witnesses, whose evidence differed considerably from that given on the part of the complainant. In the cross-examination of one of the witnesses, Mr. Wontuer elicited an answer from him that Mr. Dobson had offered to pay the damage doao to the defendant's clothes, provided be was not further assailed. After much discussion on both sides, Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that it was quite clear that the defendants were the first aggressors, and convicted them in a penalty of 40s. each, or in default of payment to 14 days' imprisonment. The father of the defendants said that he would no pay a shilling of the penalty; and the youths were sen to prison. taken ut on one point, for it appeared from the report of the Ct manssioners of Woods and Forests last year. that the expenses in Richmond Park had amounted to not less than 5,174/. Colonel SIBTHORP took occasion to allude to the Exhibition, to which he continued to entertain the most decided objection. He detested everything that robbed the fair tradesman, He had to add that he never had been in the Exhibition, nor had ever been even near it. Mr. HUME said he was at a loss to account for the sum of 1,4801 for " the department of the ranger." Ho was also unable to understand how an outlay of 3,0001. had been incurred in Hyde-park. He Imes./ of no recent work in the park except the erection of the marble arch; and he believed that the expenditure in question could not have been incurred under that head. Lord DUNCAN said he wished to repeat his ques tion—Why Richmond-park, Bushey-park, and Hampton Court park had not been included in the vote? To that question he had received no answer. He found that 5,1741. had been expended last year on Richmond-Park, and 2,6991. on Bushey and Hampton Court-parks. Was he to understand that no expense whatever was to be incurred in those parks in the course of the present year? And if such expense was to bo incurred why had not the ereount been included in the vote? Lord SEYMOUR said that these estimates had been prepared Rota the Pell which bad been presented to Paeliamont last year, and in which those parks bad not been included. But when he had further considered the eul - ject, he had da ermined on including them in the Bill of the present year, and on placing them in the estimate for the future. With regard to the sum of 1,4801. for ranger's department he had to observe, that the ranger received nothing for himself, and that sum was divided among the gate-keepers and other persons to whom pay ments were made through the ranger. He had further to state, that the expense in Hyde-park hid been )12e curred, not for erecting the marble-arch, but for widen ing the road near the Serpentine, and ft r the purchase of iron-railings. Iron was at present cheap, and as many of the wooden railings had become old and useless, he had thought it advisable to replace them by rsihrgs of a more durable material. Lord DUNCAN said that the answer be had receives to his question was not a satisfactory one. The Bill in troduced last year had been abandoned towards the close of the session; and he confessed that nothing relatingto that Bill h a d surprised him more than t h e omission of Richmond, Bushey, and Hampton Court Parks from its provisions. He wished to know from what quarter his Noble Feiend intended to take the money for the ex penditure of tho se p ar k s, if any expen diture should be necessary. Did hi s N o bl e Fr i end mean to take it out of the land reven ue , w hi c h di d not come un der the notice of Parliameete Lord SEYMOUR said he proposed hat the expenditure this year should be taken out of the land revenue; but in future years it would be included in that vote. Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know what was done with the sums paid for pasturage in the parks? Lord SEYMOUR sa i d that those sums were paid into the Exchequer. Mr. HUME wished to receive some explanation with respect to the sum of 2,347/. for improving the ground in the neighbourhood of Chelsea Hopital. Lord SEYMOUR said that the gardens at Chelsea. Hospital had lat e ly b een thrown cpen to the public; and it was th oug h t that it would be desirable to fill up the . canals and p oo l s b etween the hospital and the river , and i then to imp rove and beautify the ground so reclaim ed, and give the nublic free access to it. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that after the death of th e live Governo r of Che sea Hospital he heel written to the Duke of Wellington io state that it was the opinion of the Commissioners for the Management of the woods and Forests that it would be desirable to thro w th e gardens of th e hospital open to the' public. The N oble Duke had immediately acceded to that arrangement' end it had since been carried into effect. Mr. HUME expressed his approval of the arrange' Colonel SIBTHORP said that a sum of 4,5001. 110 been grant e d specially for meeting the expense °,.f whether moving the marble arch. H e wished to know lc"' that sum had covered the cost of the removal? Lord SEYMOUR said that all the ex pe nse of th removal of th e mar b le arch had been defrayed out ; the sum stated by the Hon. and Gallant Member. , Mr. HUME sa id h e thought the Noble Lord deserve " the hi g h est cre di t for the mode in which he had ar ranged that matt er . I n his opinion the marble arch was very ornamental i n its present situation, and all the ~ sur rounding porti on o f the park had been v er y considerab l y improved.—(Hear.) Colonel SALW EY said that as the road from Pimlico to the Stableyard in St. James's had been opened for private carriages, he would suggest that it should be opened for h ac k ney coaches and cabs also. He believ ed that many persons would find that arrangement a T el l convenient one. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said it appeared that the cost of maint a i n i ng 2 000 acres of parks amounted to net l es than 32 5401 a year; and he certainly thought that was an excessive expenditure. Colonel SAL WE Y said he hoped his suggestion Ivith respect to the opening of the road between Pimlico and the Stableyard of St. James's to the public generally would receive the most favourable consideration. Lord DUNCAN said that if that suggestion were t adopted h e t ruste d that the additional expense whic h would thereby be incurred would not be thrown upon the hind resenue, but ,that it would be included in the 011 ' mates brought be'ore the House. Mr. HUME said he thought that what the publ ic generally paid fur ought to be open to the public gape' rally.—( Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said ho did not think it would be desirable to open the road in question to cabs and our nibuses. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. " ridentem dicere verum Quid Vetat." He (Mr. Bmodeley) consented to the rule being dis charged, of course in the usual way, upon payment of costs.—Rule discharged accordingly. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, June 16, (Sittings in Banco.) lIELSHAM v, BLACKWOOD AND ANOTHER This was an action for a libel in Blackwoods Alagazine, ;he facts of which were fully repined in this paper yes erd ay. Mr: PEACOCK, Q C., now said an apology had been prof&red some time ago, but Captain ll , lsham was not satisfied with it. He no v, therefore, came on behalf of the defendants to tender the filla , ing apology, which the dofendants liopt4 would be satisfactory. " We are ready on the part of Messrs. Blackwood and the au.hor of the article in question to wlthuraw every imputation upon Captain Holsham of anything like un fairness with refereuc,s to the duel, and in particular to state that having made inquiries relative to the expres sions attribweri to Baron Bayley, and the statement that Captain tlcish.m had practised pistol firing previoudy to the duel, we believe that the statements in the article relative to Vern aro unfunded." Mr. KEANE, for the plaintiff, said he had perescd the apology now tendered, and he recommended Captain Hei,harn to accept it. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Then the case will be disposed of on payment of costs by the defendants as bttwten attorney and client. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. iv 0 /.? S 11. 1 P- S TREE, T. DESPERATE CONFLICT WITH BUROLARS.—MichaeI Butler, au a , hh tic, netermined-looking fellow, who has been repeatedly in custody upon charges of burglary and highway robbery, was paced at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged wish having b. en concerned with another man not in custody in breaking into the premises of Mr. Henry Bateman, a wheelwright, in Holywell-lane, Shoreditch; and also with having as molted and wounded the prosecutor, with intend to murder him. It appear e d f rom the evidence of Mr. Bateman that between twelve and one o'clock on the night of Friday, the Isth of F e b ruary last, he returned home from the hour- ofa friend with whom he had bpent the evening ,and found that the out e r gates l eading into his yard wera closed and locked as he had left them; but on crossing ever to the side entrance o f hi s d we l l i ng -house, he -ob served that the door was partly open, and heard a low whispering of men's voices inside. lie immediately closed the door, and retreated underneath the window of the bed-room in which his brother slept, to whom he was calling loudly by name, when two men suddenly rushed out upon him through the street-door, one of whom dealt him a violent blow on the head with a life-preserver, which caused him to stagger back, and before he could recover himself the other attempted to knock him down with the butt end of a horse pistol. Wt itnpas instantly closed with the fore most of his assailants, and a desperate struggle ensued between them, in the course of which the other man kept beating bim incessantly over the head with the life-pre several severe wound s , f rom which the poured down down his face and perso n , b at h e still se bloodr v e r p , inflicting per tinaciously retained his hold of the first man, and while grappling with him they both rolled over and fell into an adjoining horse-pond. The struggle was there resumed between them, and after receiving repeated blows from the pistol, which almost deprived him of conaciousness, he at length succeeded in wresting it from his assailant, and two or three policemen having now made their ap. Pearance at the front of the gates and demanded admit. tatice, the two burglars hastily made their way on to the top o of th e externa l wa ll an d e ff ecte d th e i r escape. Th e been tebles were then admitted by his brother, who had disturbed by his cries, and in searching the pond gle, ovirbieillt serve r n ew and rd they di scovere d t h e h orse p i stol and life.pres Produced, the latter of which h a d bronze been s ur mounted s by t h e h ea d o f a b eavy by the forc e had been broken off f r o m th e h an dl e beak of whieshevhear the blows blows inflicted upon hi m , and the producing t e through his hat in diffirent places, The o ffi cers alPsfs r ounds in his head and fore lying in tho nei g hb ourho o o u d nd a "jeramY" or crowbar of the same spot, and the skirt of one of the burglar'seous, which had been torn p t c h k orns and the remainder off during the contest bet w een in the street, in of which coat was afterwards where was in the dereewhee remained the pocket of which was found a e inl i ip had been stolen from the premises . Wi tness w hi c h meantime conveyed up stairs to bed, under the care of a surgeon for a cunei very dangerous condition, and upwards of t_..,,,, t ime _ /no in a . n is elapsed before he had entirely recovered from th e t" effects of the injuries he had sustained. Ia answer to questions from the Magistrate, the r p 0 secutor stated that to was himself unable to identify-tb; prisoner, the sudden and dlsperate nature of the attack having afforded him no opportunity to scrutinise the per . - son of either of his assailants. i Poli ce - consta bl e Ch am b ers , 41 G, deposed to attentio n having m P been attracted by cries cf " Murder" and p o li ce yard, between one and two o'clock fro morningtlie '°secu'r's u question, on reachin g which the prisoner suddenly press-tired him selfL at the top of the wall upon his hsnds and hne , s; hut al soon as he caught sight of him he raised himself upon his feet and darted along:the wall until h e reached the roofs of some adjoining outhouses, which h e d exterously clambered over aof sand got clear o. ri tness could positively swear to the identity of the prisoner, as the moon was shining brightly at the h time, and he was well acquainted with his person from boanving seen him rEpeatedly prowling about the neigh• rh ood. Blion-constlible Evans, 145 G, stated.that in come clUeace o f jaf W llll ‘tioll . of ,the burglary betas ken ROUSE OF LORDS, June 16. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. CHANCERY REFORM. Lord BROUGHAM wished to draw the attention of their Lordships to the measure for increasing the judicial force of the Court of Chancery, which had been intro duced by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government. He approved of the measure es far as it went, but he hoped that his Noble Friend would say with regard to this measure, as he h a d sa id w h en twenty years since he intr oduced the Reform Bill, "But we do not mean to atop here;" words full of terror to some, but most auspicious to the advocates of reform. So he hoped that the friends of legal reform might con sider this as merely a first step in the right direc tion, and that his Noble Friend would direct his attention to other and more fundamental reforms. He particularly wished to draw the attention of his NoLue Friend on the woolsack to the necessity of a re form in the manner of transacting business in the Mas ter's office. The Noble and Learned Lord then pro ceeded to relate the progress of a case in which he was interested; that cause was brought on before the Vice- Chancellor in 1842, and referred to the Master, who replied in 1843; it was heard again in 1846, before the Vice-Chaticelior, referred back to the Master in 1847; heard again in 1848, before the Lord Chancellor; referred spin to the Master, and having been referred to the Master six times, at last, in 1850, after a lapse of ten years, an issue was directed to try that very question before a jury which had been referred to the Master originally in 1842, and bad been again referred to him six times. But there was an appeal against this, and that appeal now stood for hearing. When entered it stood 69 down the paper; it now stood about 50, and it was calculated that in about a year and a half they would have the decision of bis Noble and Learned Friend, if he should so long live, as to whether the issue should be tried or not. Ile held in his hand a petition from the parties en gag, d in this suit, and he hoped some means would bo devised to enable the judges in Chancery to work out their own decrees without re ference to the Master. A worse system than the present had never been devised. The Master saw the witnesses and reported, and the Vice-Chancellor who did not see the witnesses gave the judgment. In another case a reference was made to tne Master to ascertain who was the next of kin; after a lapse of two years and a half the Master reported, and then the case was heard, when it appeared that according to the judg ment of the Court it mattered nothing who was the next of kin, inasmuch as the Court decided that the whole property went to the residuary legs tee. He begged to say that in this he meant to cast no imputation on the judges, nothing could ex ceed the labour and the conscientious and efficient manner in which the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce Learned Friend The o pre site - sauce of discharged his Nobleh i arduous du ou L s site (Lord C ranworth) closed his lips as rearded him, and his f r i en d s the Master of the Rolls a nd the Vice-Chancellor Turner had only just taken °Ake; bat he felt bound to bear his testimony to the very efficient manner in which the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce had performed his duties. IRISH REPRESENTATIVE PEERS. The Earl of EGLINTON complained of the delay which had taken place in the issue of a writ for the elec tion of an Irish representative Peer to fill up the present vacancy. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that no unne cessary delay had taken place in the issue of the Royal Proclamation. No official notice of the vacancy had been given. The Earl of EGLINTON hoped the Noble Marquis would consider this notice as a notice of the vacancy. Earl FIIZ WILLIAM thought the Government would not be authorized in ordering the issue of the proclama tion until they had received some official notice of the vacancy. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the case was precisely similar to that of a Peer succeeding to a title on the death of his father. Lord REDESDALE thought the subject was one worthy of consideration, and he hoped the Government would introduce some measure on the subject, PUBLIC-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Duke of ARGYLL moved the third reading of this Bill. The Earl of MINTO was anxious that the House should uuderstand•that the object of this Bill was to de prive quarter-sessions of th e p ower of fgra t t h it e magistrates or refusing in ieg licenses, and of transfer r i ng magis trates sbdeerpriorfingthpoesersonmsagaips: plying for licences of the power of appeal I) ; ow th e u r s, to in from the local magistrates to the county quarter sfacst,mavlilr virtuall y sessions. The power thus given to a sm a ll number of magistrates might be abused, and would probably be abused for political purposes. It was the first attempt that had been made to deprive the general body of the magistracy of power and to transfer it to a small number of i n di v id ua l s selected from their body. Re would conclude by moving that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. The Duke of ARGYLL would not deny that the wouldpowermi git bb c ee o conferred on li: for 0 pol i ticalc t o h m e m p r it e t s e e e pnu o t justices r f psyoss etesa,bus b th y ea vn t e h n i s whichtßh a i l that nothing could be worse. He hoped the House would not throw out the Bin. ported t f he h Bill, which was ap- Lord KINNAIRD The Earl of EGLINTON h o e proved of by the greats mpa-orit would not agree to the amendment° people ol Scotland. p o el their Lordships He thought the Bill would do great goodt the it Sli'oblie Earl. The amendment was then negat i ved without cot aanddivi sion, and the Bill was read a third time, and after cer tain verbal amendments were introduced into it, Ina passed. _---- regard me❑ PETITIONS. Tbe Earl of ZETLAND pressitedpetitiOna from Irifeihire and 9tber Flom gBl4lll Pm' oggrwsim In reply to Mr. COWAN, Sir G. G IiEY said the Government were not yet in receipt of the report respecting the distress that existed in the Isle of Skye and the Western Islands of Scotland. The report required a very great deal of preparation, but he Expected that it would be shortly ready to be laid before the House. CUSTOMS BILL. On the motion for the second reading of the Customs' Bill. Mr. DISRAELI said ho would take that opportunity of stating the course which ho intend,id to take with o the financial measures of the Govern- After the House had arrived at a mot important decision, renewing the income-tax only for ca l° year, Ira confessed the financial propositions of the Govyrnmelat bad assumed au entirely different aspect ; clod un?Jer these circumstances be thought is became tho duty of the House to ccnsider whether it was pt Lidera or politic, having due regard to the maintenance of S he public credit and the efficiency of the public service, to agree to a diminution cf any of the permanent souro es of the public revenue. He was anxious not to take any precipitate step on the subject, to, it he was bound to say he could not incu,r the responsibility whieb, as a Member of the Rouse, would proportionally devolve upon him, if h e slloired the finSLICiSi propositions of the arrfera• TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1851. The Earl of MALMESBURY presented 25 peti tions from Lincolnshire, and other parts of the coun try, complaining of agricultural distress; as a conse quence of the repeal of the corn-laws. The Noble Earl drew the attention of the Marquis of Lans downe to a remarkable statement which was made at the recent meeting of the National Society for Edu cation, to the effect that in consequence of the extcnt to which distress prevailed in the rural districts, the al). scriptions to the National Society from those districts had decreased one-halt: If this were true, it was a twit important fact, and well deserved the serious and atten tive consideration of the Government. The Earl of IIARDVVICKE said that the report 3 of inspectors of schools in Norfolk and Cambridgebhire .3on firmed the statement cited by his Noble Friend, tha; on account of the severity of distress in the agricultura dis tricts, the same amount of money as formerly coull not be raised there. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE addressed t few words to the [louse in reply, but tho Noble Marqiis was totally inaudible. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition fron Kid derminster in favour of the enfranchisement d copy holds. Lord BERNERS presented a petition from Leicester complaining of agricultural d istress . The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from the board of highways at Leeds against the Ratini of &aid! Tenements Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 16. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly leforo Four o'clock. vv PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the St. Andriw's Railway Bill were agreed to. The following Bills were read a third tine:— Bath Improvement, Markets, Waterwcyks, and Bath Commons or Freemen's Estate. Europesn and American Printing Telegraph Company. lichen Bridge and Roads. Trinity C. , llege (Dublin). Wicklow Harbour. Wrexham Improvement. The Caledonian Railway (Motherwel Branch Exten sion and Leamahagow Branches), and the Cam Naviga tion (No. 2) Bids were considered anclagreed to. PETITIONS. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petiticn from Dundee in favour of the Ecclesiastical Titles Lill; also a petition from the same place, praying for tie abolition of uni. versity tests. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the General Assembly of the Church of Scofand against Pupal aggression. - Mr. A. HASTIE presented a peitioa from Paisley to Ihe same effect. Mr. IL BAILLIE presented a )etition from the Ile of Skye in favour of Lord Nass's Ell relative to British spirits in bond. Mr. ANSTEY presented a petition agreed to at a public meeting at Van Diemen', Land, praying that transportation to that colony aid Australia might be abolibbed. Mr. COBDEN presented a 3tition from the West Riding of Yorkshire against tae Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. HUNIE presented two petitions from Montrose, one in favour of the abolition of university tests, and the other against the Bill for regilating public- houses in Scotland; also a petitio❑ from Worcestershire in favour of international arbitration. Mr. DUNCONIBE presented a petition from Ber mondsey, praying that steps night be taken to obtain the liberation of the Hungarian refugees in the Turkish empire. Lord NAAS presented several petitions from Dublin and other places in Ireland, praying that the duty on boms-made spirits might be levied in the same way as on foreign spirits. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from the electors of Ilarwich, complaining of undae Government influence being exercised at the last election for that borough, and praying for inquiry. The petition was read at the table, and the Hon. Member gave notice that he would to-morrow move that it be printed with the votes, in order that he might found a motion upon it. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from a person in Warwickshire against the Hundred Courts in that county. FOREIGN TARIFFS. In reply to Mr. ANSTEY, Mr. LA BOUCHERE said copies of foreign tariffs had been received from the different British consuls abroad, but they were of a very voluminous charaoter and had to be translated into English. The Government had thought it right to authoriso the consuls to incur a small expense in getting them translated, and as soon as the documents were ready there would be no objection to lay them before the Hou.e. PETITIONS. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from the General assembly of the Free Church of Scotllnd, in favour of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill; also a petition from Edin burgh, praying for the abolition of the annuity tax in that city. Sir G. GREY presented a petition from the inha bitants of Southwark in favour of the Government Water Bill. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Manchester against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Lord NAAS gave notice that he would to-morrow ask whether it was the intention of the Government to intro duce a Bid this session fur the better prevention of rail way accldent3. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. In reply to a question from Mr. DISH A E LI, Sir GEORGE GREY said that he had no objection that for the future public business should commence at half-past four. MERCANTILE MARINE BILL. In reply to a question from Mr. SANDARS, Mr. LABOUCIIERE said that a Bill to amend certain parts of the Mercantile Marino Act of last se , sio❑ had been prepared, and would be introduced as soon as possible. H UDES. Mr. BRIGHTSCOT wished C to J know G whether the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Government intended to fill up the vacancy which bad just occurred in the Scotch judical bench, or whether he meant to follow up the recommendation of th e C omm i r tee on official salaries w hich was, that t h e num b er of Scotch judges should be diminished ? Lord J. RUSSELL said that when he was Home Secretary he had been instrumental in tho appointment of a Committee to inq u i re i nto th i s subject, which had come to the decision that it was not expedient to reduce the number of S cotc h j udges; the Committee of last year certainly came to a diff,rent conclusion; but he believed,. from in qu i r i es t h at had been since made, that the weight of evidence inclined to the opinion that a re duction could not be judiciously made. CASE OF MR. WARD AT THE CARACCAS. In reply to a Question from Mr. DISRAELI, Lord PALMERSTON said that the case of Mr. Ward, the British merchant who had been ill-treated by the Venezuelan Government, was under the considera tion of her Majesty's Government, and ho could assure the House that he should look into the case with the fullest desire to do justice between Mr. Ward and the Vent zuelan Government, and that whatever was thought to be fairly and justly due would be expected to be paid by the Venezuelan Government. HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. Mr. URQUHART rose to put a question to the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs respecting the Hungarian refugees who had arrived in this country— whether their liberty of departure from Turkey had been accompanied by the condition of their non-return to that country, and whether the British Government bad been a party to the imposition of that condition? Lord PALMERSTON said he had no positive know ledge of the conditions which had been attached to the pernnisio n granted to the refugees to leave Turkey; but he bad reason to believe that permission had certainly been granted on the understanding that the refugees would not return to Turkey. As far as the Polish refugees were concerned, it was quite clear that that condition was in perfect conformity with the treaties existing b e t ween T ur k ey an d R uss i a , an d indeed with regard to the whole of them it was evident that Turkey w ou ld not b e j ust ifi e d in allowing herself to be ma d e i nto a pl ace f rom which attacks could be made by refugees on her ad joining neighbours. The British Government had not been consulted on the subject of these conditions, but the advice always given, from the time of the very first de mand mad e on T ur k ey by Russ i a f or thedelivering up of the refugees, was that she should cut . short ell the embarrassing ques t i ons ar i s i n g out of the interpretation of treaties by sending them sway from her dominions. UNIVERSITY COMMISSION. Mr. JOHN STUART asked Lord John Russell whether it was the intention of the Government to recommend t h at procee di ngs un d er the University Commission b e auspend .d unt il th e decision by the prop er tr ib unal be pronounced on the petition which had been prese nte d to her Majesty i n C ounci l by th e :Uni versity of Oxford, complaining of the illtgality of the Commission, and praying that it might be recalled? Lord J. RUSS ELL said it was no t t h e intention of the Government to suspend the inquiry until the lega lity of th e commissi,n was determined. REMOVAL OF SMI I'HFIELD MARKET BILL. Sir U. GREY intimated that, in consequence of the absence of Sir James Duke, he should postpone this Bill, which was fixed for to-morrow, until twelve on Thursday. DISTRESS IN THE HIGHLANDS. meat load already to pass, notwithstanding come th e vote which the the residence s o f ot h er ministers in Paris. If the Hon. House lea dut t`'. He sho u ld, t h ere- Member the to swi s fy hi s conscience by supposing fore, feel it his yto ask the House to reconsider that the change to a republican government had lessened the financial policy of the Government which had been , the expose of living iu Paris, he would find himself introduced to their notice, under circumstances so ea- ; mistaken. He had been told by several gentlemen who tirely different to those which now existed. He wished I had come over here to our Exhibition, that there never the Government to appoint a day when a calm, dispel- I was a winter in which the style of living in Paris was sionate, and strictly financial discussion might be taken I so expensive as that which had just elapsed, and that so on the subject to which he referred. 1 far from a republican form of government having les- Lord J. RUSSELL said the Government were not tamed the expenditure of social life, there had never prepared to fix a day fur the discussion, but if the Hon, been so much of what the French call luxe as in the past Gentleman gave notice of any resolutions which he in- year. tended to propose when the Bills were committed on Mr. BRIGHT said that those who bad opposed the Thursday next, they would be prepared to meet it on that reduction of the salary had done so on the ground that it day. would be i mposs ibl e for the Minister to live in his pre. After some ob servat i ons from the CHANCELLOR of the sent house with a less salary than 10,000/. He bad ex. EXCHEQUER and Mr. D isRAELI, pressed an opi n i on that the better course would have Mr. NE WDEGATE inti mate d t h at it was his inter- been to fix the salary in the fir s t instance, and t o a ll ow tion to oppose the Bill, and recommended the Govern- th e am b assador to suit himself with a house according principle w hi c h was involved. went to appoi n t a d ay f or taking a discussion on t h e to it. He believed that for many years the embassy at Mr. HUME sa id Paris h a d not cost less than 14,0001. a year, and that ciple of th e Bill , it ought if Mr. Disraeli obj ec t e d to the taken n ow . p vin ciple the se rv i ces m i ght have been done for half that sum. to be This being Lord J. RUSSELL said he did not give an opinion in a fiscal measure of considerable importance, he had heard amour of' 10,000/. as the salary. After the Committee serious complaint: at the great delay which had taken had decided on maintaining' the embassy he had con taken place in its passage through the House, curred in the proposal of 8,000/. Mr. DISRAELI said he did not wish to oppose the Colonel SIBTHORP said the discu-sion showed that Bill on any commerciel principle, but he thought it was the Government, though they professed economy, did expsdieat that the House should c msider whether it was not taro fur it any more than the Secretary of bade prudent to diminish the permanent sources of the public eared for his Peace Bill the other night.—(A laugh.) revenue. He (Colonel Siathorp) would always be in favour of the The Bill was then reed a second time, and ordered to Sovereign having every necessary comfort and suitable be committed on Monday. appendage ; but he believed the public money was ex- INHABITED HOUSE DUTY BILL. pended without any rare for economy, or any knowledge After some observations from Mr. W. WILLIAMS, either of the Sovereign or the persona composing those this Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be corn. departments on which the outlay took place. If 7 the Knitted on Monday. Hon. Member for alontrose—the father of economy-- SUPPLY. moved for any reasonable reduction, provided he did The House then went into Committee of Supply. not interfere with the enjoyment of the Sovereign, h© On the vote for 97,7471 being proposed for defraying should have his humble support. the expense of maintaining and repairing the royal Lord DUNCAN wished to know why the item for palaces,. and for supplying water, furniture was Larger in the Woods and Forests office Mr. W. WILLIAMS objected to it, on the ground than say of the other public offices? In thst office it that it wee wait,- ful and extravagant. was 978/., while in the Home Office it was only 1231., Mr. HUME put uquestion on behalf of those persons and in the Foreign Office 307/. from wh om h e h a d formerly presented petitions, whether Lord SEY alifUß was understood toe ay that an addi it was intended to make the new ride opened in Ken- tion had been lately made to the office for a Commit, sington gardens a perpetual innovation, or whether it sioner, and that had caused increased expense. would cease with the Exhibition? Lord DUNCAN asked was the addition necessary? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the ride had only Lord SEYMOUR replied that it was, and had been a been opened for the Exhibition season, and would be great convenience, closed when the Exhibition was over. Mr. V. SMI ru did not agree with the Hon. Member Mr. HUME contended that the estimates ought to be for Montrose that it would be any advantage to refer submitted to a separate Committee before being brought these votes annually to a Committee of that House. If before to House. Thee stimates amounted to 3,900,0001, they had no proper power of examination, of course they and he contended that a great portion of them ought not could not report, and, therefore, there would be no use to be brought before the public. Take, for inetance, the iia referring them to a Committee who could only re vote of 6,600/. fur Frogmore Palace —that he objected to, commend a better arrangement. There were a good as be else bad objected to the vote for building stables many items in that vote which he would wish to see for the accommodation of a youug man who might never separate. There was one, for instance, a vote of 3,950/. live to occupy them. Then, again, there was a vote to for a staircase for the farm -house at Kew. That and the Duchess of Kent for alterations of foreing-housee, others he would like to see as separate items. which was, of course, a matter adapted for luxurious en- Mr. HASTIE complained that the vote for the Cathe joyment. The Duchess of Kent had a very liberal deal of Glasgow was too small, and thought that one oi allowance from the people, and therefo re th e people the most perfect ornaments in Scotland ought to be put ought not to be further taxed for alterations of her form- in complete order. ing-houses. It was the Treasury which sanctioned these Lord SEYMOUR said only a small portion of the vote grants, and the House ought, theretore, to keep a watch- referred to —say about 1,000a —was intended for the ful eye over Treasury complaisance. He aleo objected staircase at Kew; and that had been rendered necessary to the vote for Hampton Court Palace, stables, and otit- by the great number of visitors who went there, to whom houses, 7,500/. The public ought not to be called upon an additional staircase was a great convenience. The to u se for the accommodation of individuals ! He asked chief of the item was for a house for the Victoria Regina the 'Treasury to act on some kind of principle in these — (Laughter)—and some other plants of great magnitude. , Mr. BANKES thought some explanation ought to be matters. Then, with respect to the Knights of Windsor an estate was left to defray expenses of the buildings given whysuehan enormous sum wasnecessary fora house and maintenance of the Knights of Windsor. What for a single plant. Ile wished to ask the Noble Lord had become of that estate? He understood the Dean whether a house in Whitehall, the property of the and Chapter of St. George had got hold of the estate and Crown, ws to be devoted to his office, and what was diverted the funds to other purposes. If that estate was the rent o a st,f as well as other houses similarly circutn left for the purposes of the Knights of Windsor, it was stanced ? a robbery on the public to come to that House and Lord SEYMOUR referred the Hon. Member to page ask for votes of public money for purposes that ought 7on the estimates, where he would find all the infurnea to be defrayed from the source he had referred tot tion h© wanted. He saw no chars© for Richmond Park in the estimates Lord DUNCAN thought it was inexpedient to devote of this year. He wished to know whether some restric- houses, the Crown property, to such uses. lions had not lately been put on persons visiting that Mr. HUME asked whether these houses were for offi park. There was a charge for Greenwich Park, which cials to live (No, no.) Then it would be best to he did not object to, fur whatever might have been its sell them at once. He could assure the Noble Lord that former state, he believed it was now kept in excellent he had read over the estimates carefully, whether the order. A charge was made for repairs of the Univerai- Noble Lord did so or not. 'There were 21,00 W. for Royal ties of Aberdeen and Sr. Andrew's. He should like to palaces in the personal occupation of the Sovereign, and know whether the repairs were for the public buildings 20,000/. for palaces not in her occupation; making a or for the privet© residences of the professors? There total, as he had stated, of 41,000/, on that one item. was another item which seemed strangely out of place, This was the only country in the world in which the es under the head of Scotland as It was, of a sum of finales were not examined annually. They did so in 8401. for lighting and water connected with the British France, Belgium, America, and, in fact, in almost every Ambassado r s house at Paris. He trusted that before country he could name. He maintained that every one next session a Committee would be appointed to consider of the estimates ought to have been submitted to a Com the details of these estimates. mittee of the House before they were brought forward. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was rather difficult to It the Government were not - afraid of an examination be satisfy the Hon. Gentleman. Some years ago the corn. fore such a Committee, why should they object to it? plaint used to be that so much money was voted for the The Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to go to Bel au:ay, nav y, and ordnance Purposes, arid so little for the gium, as he (Mr. Hume) had done, and be present while purposes of science and education. A great change had the Chamber went through the public accounts of the been made in that respect, and large sums were now year, and he could not fail to profit by it.—(Laughter.) yearly voted for education, for scientific establishments, Colonel SALWEY said the expense of supplying and for parks and gardens for the recreation of the water for the use of Windsor Castle had been annually public, and yet the Hon. Gentleman came down and ccm- very great since 1849. In that year 6 500/. and 1,0004 plaiued of the large increase in the miscellaneous had been voted; in 1850, 5,900 e; in 1851, 8,000/. and estimate s , Now, although the miscellaneous estimates 3,700/. In all the items, which he would not go over, of this year contained an item of 130,00 W. for the ex- the surn of 34,153/, had been voted. Now, he pense of taking the census, they were 1 17,000/. below wished to know whether that expenditure was still to the estimates of last year. lie thought the lion. Mem- go on, or whether there was any chance of its coming bet had not paid that attention which he was wont to do to an end? to matters connected with the estimates, fur he bad Lord aEYMOUR said the expenditure had been re talked of the sum of 2,615/. being required for the cessary in consequence of the magnitude and difficulty ( , f garden of the Duchess of Bent at Frogniore. The the storks, and the construction of reservoirs on high don, Mt rater had forgotten that some years ago, when grounds in the neiehbourhoocl. the royal table was furnished with vegetables and fruits Colonel SALW EY said be wished to say a few words from three or four different gardens, it was deem e d dee- w ‘v i i t o h d r s e a s r p , e a c a t haeo t s h a e w p a o n sit i i t o o n ta of 5t5h0. /. M d i o li w ta n ry fo i r i t n h ig e h re ts pa o ir f sirable to establish one garden capable of furnishing supply, rather than t o k ee p up three or tom. kitchen of their houses. There never Was a more scandalous gardens in different places, each produci ng the same abase of a charitable institution than had taken place kind of fruit and the same kind o f vegetables at the in the case of these pensioners, fur the funded property same season, and therefore causing a consideraible ex- Ia i s l et i aside by the founders of the charity for their use pense, and, to a certain extent, a useless d supply, a u been appropriated for their own benefit by the stead of these Lord 13, sburough propose that large- Dean and canons of Windsor, and now the repairs of kitchen-garden should be formed at l Frogmo . re, _and that their residences were thrown on the public. Notwith it should he the only kitchen-garden or the supply of the standing that certain lands had been set apart for the Castle. The whole' amount was 2,6151., and it wee taken maintenance and lodging of these military knights on account of the different palaces occupied by her Ala- by one of the Edwards, by EiizAbeth, and Jamas I , Hon. Gentleman wished a Commitee to ex- which were managed by the Dean and chapter of Wind jaeinsitYn; th l e l d e etails of the vote, .and . to satiny themselves s.or, they only received le. a day as their pay. Over that t h ere w as a necessity for widening the two hothouses 500 years age, Edward 111. had established that charity referred to, and that the gardener was justified in say- as are .and for the soldiers who had followed him in his I • g that there was not a eufficient supply of early wars. In an evil hour, however, the institution had been ' potatoes, th or that there should be more grapes and placed under the control of the Dean and canons of poaches.—(A laugh.) None of the expense was in- Windsor, and while these revenues had increased ten- The on account of the Duchess o fKent.. The only fold, these unfortunate men had been left with a pittance h account of the Dueness of Kent was a sum of of Ist a day, and even their houses were nit repaired. ge fo ( r m t 0 repair of Frogneere House. He could not As he would have to brine forward a motion on this u 6e g hs l e ir ' e with t h e H en . Gentleman that it would be deeir- subject in a few days, he would not then enter into the have a Committee every year to examine those question more fully, but would merely move that the vote he House was aware of the principle on which of 550/. f o r the repair of' the houses be disallowed on the iatb em ies,taos t • Of late years great accommo- estimates, the estimate was framed. t a io s u th o e n ri th on at , subject eet Gallant (,on T M u e e m s d b a e y r dation had been afforded to thgearpdue.bnlsi.c act.llooasmidpetroantdCeoeuxr-t wa S s i t r a G ia . t G ro ß da E c Y o a sa m id o , for instance; but it next, be would not then enter upon its discu-sion ; but he P as was shown by the number of would say that if they disallowed that vote, these poor G o :t o r:l e e n h s a , d was not thrown awa y , . a b n e d en ot i h n e c r ue i r t ed " a l t Kew, persona who had resortednd tor enjoyment to the Botanical knights would have to pay the amount out of their own which had not only been admi- pockets. Gardens l e ad an o d u g a rou bat were also admirably kept iu order, Colonel SALWEY denied that they would have to onhad . been presented from I ra n b l iY B4l the number of visitors was 9 164, and last Sear F ay the amount. A etiti r denouncing that matter as a it was upwards of 179,000.—(Hear.) With regard to the electors of Wind P so gross job upon the public resources, and calling _ . tor the the keepers interference of warliament. children rid- Sir G. GREY sail of' course he meant the knights yearsago.had d n had directed that would be res , nsible if t a y s s, s b o u m t the present ranger . p he houses were repaired at all, ins on those restrictions should be done away with. As far as But with regard to the general question it was entirely made there, d o eon© k y' e ' restrictions his observation extended , Richmond Park was at pro- a legal one. The opinions of Sir W. Follett and the sent a greater source of enjoyment than it had ever been Gpr,eivseernnttaCit?nat'fhJaudsntiocecoonrotphQeteqouoeysttiooniohteardfebreeena,t ,that the recollection. of the Commissioners pp was to e substantiated, a court of law was the a rioted the claim s b SALWEY did not think it was legal wi m th r in . E hi L 's L re i c c o E lle , to inquire into the subject of confirmed e g d ar w de h n a s t ahtacithleatibeen- placcoelotooodloso. ginning of the present reign,. s aques from the Noble Lord on the subject, tion, but one tor Parliament and Government to take up. Colonel SALWEY did not rise to oppose the first He would ask, was there any objection to lay those legal item, but wished to know by whose advice the lion opiniene referrer] to on the table of the House? and the unicorn had been placed in their present po- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought, dayeition in front of BurkinghaM Palace. Only the other as a discussion wee to take place on the subject in a few h e saw two foreigners highly amused at the figures. days, it ought not to bo continued then. Lord SEYIIOUR said that the figures were made by Colonel sALWEY said he would divide the Corn.' the same person who had made and put up the figures in mittee On the question. the New Houses of P a r liament. — (A laugh') Knowing Mr. HUME thought it was the duty of the Govern ey had been entrusted to a parson of such .expe- ment to look after the case, and that his Hon. Friend r tl ie a n t e t e h he had not interfered either in the formation or was right in the course be proposed to take. in the placing of them. Colon e l SAL WEY said they had voted a total of no Mr. WILLIAMS called the attention of the Cora- less than 9 ,286/, fur that purpose since 1841, an d h e mittee to the increase in the miscellaneo us est i mates of would therefore take the opinion of the Committee on thin year. The same branch of ex p en di ture under the the item, D‘ike of Wellington's Government, in 1830, was Sir J. GRAHAM was not prepared for a discussion on 1,950 0001 ; under Lord Grey's Government, iu 1833, it that subject, but he wished briefly to state the reasons ot was 2,007,0004; under Lord Melbourne's Government, in the vote he would give if a division took place. That 1834. it was 2,061 ' 0 , 001 '; under Sir R. Peers, in 1835, question required the careful attention of the Committee. 2 , 144 . 0001 .; and this year it was 3,948 . 00 a—double the No doubt the object was to benefit the officers who were a a : p e n ra ts g . e amount of the lour preceding G overn- the recipients of the bounty of that charitable institution. He wished to know why the public should b© —(Hear.) It was a b,nevolent establishment to provide taxed for the repair of such places as Arbroath Abbey an honourable retreat fur defer men, and he did not and Glasgow Cathedral. He also wished some explana. think in the distribution of its rewards that anythiag in tion of a new item of 41 ,8291. for royal parks and publi c the natur e of patronage bad been exercised. It was her gardens. In One place a charge was made of' 69/ 9s. 2,1. Majest's instructions that due reference should be made tor the repair of the office of the Ecclesiastical Commis- in all cases to the Horse Guards, and the Commander sion, and in another place another charge of Sill. for io.chi e r before an appointment took place to the insti tution. When he was Secretary of State for tehehaHpitoemre. the same purpose. The CH ANCELLORof the EXCHEQUER reminded Department, that case bad been brought under his cone the Hon. Meatiest. that the miscellaneous estimates had sidera'ion, flied his first impression was favourable to the had va rli bestowed m ent. been increased in contoauence of the wish of the House Knights of Windsor, and against the Dean and to include in them yow l hitherto kept distinct. For in- He had accordingly directed a roper gstiavteenrnaenetopoiftlitohne stance, there was a sum of 300,000/. for education and whole facts of the case to be laid before the law officers likewise 300,0004 and 400,000/. for criminal prosecutions. of the Crown, and the late Sir W. Fbuellfeotrte With respect to the item of 41,829/. it was now included great attention on . the matter, and h ad for the fi rst time in the estimates, instead of being de- on it. He (Sir J. Graham) did not t hi nk it frayed out of the land revenue, was usual to lay pinions Lord DUNCAN confirmed the statement of the Chan- His recollection of thatopeion, k ...owever, was, that a no npigehants,aansri there was no cellos of the Exchequer, and called the attentio n of th e cl a i m a t l a w could be substantiated against the Dean Hun. Member for Lambeth to a foot note i n th e es ti.. a n d Chapter of Windsur.—(llear, hear.) Now if setoucopmonpethl mates, which intimated that there would be a co rre - that were so, what were they to du? They would throw ' Power in spending increase in the amount of the land revenue paid t t h h o e c e r x o p w en n Chapter to repair the into the Exchequer. e th k e Mr. BRIGHT wished f or some explanation of the hou supposing the motion to be carried. Under all charge of se le fur the ambassador's h ouse at P av i a , One theses,ircstances of the case, he should he obliged to of the argum en t s use d b e fo re the C ommittee for not re- -rote egainst the motion of the Hon. and Gallant Gentle clueing the salery to 5 000/. was that the house was so man.—(Hear, hear.) large as to require 2,000/. a year to be expended upon Colonel SA.LWEY said, as he would have another I. fie had been told that the hour® had cost 60,000/. opportunity soon ef bringing the matter forward, ho 35 years ago, and that it had since cost this country would hot then put the Committee to the trouble of a 120,00 W. at the least. If, as he had been told, the house i divadan. was much lar g er than was necessary, it would be better i The motion was then negatived without a division, and to self it and rent a smaller one. I the voto was agreed to. Lord PALMERSTON believed that if tbo He ns A `was of ve la 41,829/. havin b reposed for the main- Member had hi s own wa y th ere would be no embassy at ; tenance and repair o l f a r r ti , s g , to ee o n tp P aths, Scc., and other all in Paris. He had stated his opinion to the Cons- charges in the mittee that wood was muc h too small an allowance for I Lord D UNCAN ' s p sid he did not complain of the vote; ; and it had been fluahe '- the representa t i ve of h e r Majesty at Paris. The salary ' but he wished to know why Hampton Court-park, had, however, been reduced to 8,000/. proposed at various - times to lessen the expense bysell- I the P '. ark and Richmond-park were not included , among others in that case. at Paris the fact was, a I Lord SEYMOUR said that the expenses of those Briuotuld sell for little ' parks were not considerable, and bad merely been iu or nothing, although the rent of h in o g us t e he lik h e ou o s u e r a a n m d b r a e s n s t a in d g or a 's n a similar house would curred for keeping up the roads. Those expenses should, amount to a considerable sum. r , t was ti, mistake to however, be included in the vote for the future. suppose that the house was either larger or better than j Lord DUNCAN said, his Noble Friend tuubt ban 13aL5' Colonel SALWEY did not want to have it open to omnibuses. Lerd J. RUSSELL could not see why omnibuses should be exeludel from th e roa d any m o re than caber if it were to be op: -wed to the public generally. Colonel SA.LWEY only asked tor the same indulgence in that case which had been granted in the case of the Bird Cage-walk, where cabs, but not omnibuses, were allowed to pass. The vote was then azreed to. A vote of 3.5291. having been proposed for the hire of temporary Comnaittee•rooms, and for the temporary, residences of officers of the House. Mr. HUME slid he saw that a sum of 1,2001. was charged for warnsirg and ventilating the House of Com mons, and a similar sum for cleaning it. Now he could not help thinking that these were excessive charges. EWAR esaid he believed they should continue to pay a large sum for cleaning the House as long .1 they had it warmed from beneath the floor instead of from above it. The House of Lords was warmed from above, and there was therefore no expense there for cleaning. Mr. BRIGHT said it appeared to him that a sum of 5001. a year was an excessive one for the rent of house for their clerk. He believed there were mans gentlemen of large fortune who occupied less expensive houses. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said be believed it would be d,fficult to obtain a furnished house in the vicinity of the houses of Parliament for less than 5001. a year. The vote was then agreed to. The vote of 3,5291. for the temporary accommodation of the two Houses of Parliament was agreed to. On the vote of 116,3851. for the works of the new Houses of Parliament, Viscount DUNCAN asked why they had not sat in their new House since the Whitsun recess, as had been expected; and if there was any prospect at all of their ever sitting there? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it would bo desirable to have one or two sittings in the new House in order to see how the arrangements had been made; but be did not anticipate that they would be able to occupy it during the present session. Mr. HUME said if his advice had been listened to fi ve years ago, and Mr. Barry removed, the House would have been finished by this time. For his own part, he had abandoned all hope. Roofs seemed to be put up only fur the purpose of being taken down again, and the architect had set them at defiance. But he blamed the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Go vernment, for it was they who were responsible. They would have expended very Leanly 2,000,0001. money, and there would not be an apartment in the whole build ing fit for the purpose for which it was designed. In every Committee-room they would be obliged to con struct a new roof, and thus make an entresol, or it would be impossible to hear. Were they to be treated like children by one individual, who had shown such utter incapacity ? Every day something new was started, and unless they got rid of Mr. Barry they would have yat:aresh.anee of seeing the works finished tor the neat The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER de nied that he was in any way responsible for the build ing. It was the work or Parliament, who appointed a Committee, which settled the scheme and plan. Go vernment was only responsible fur carrying out the plan as well as they could. The alterations bad the sanction of the Committee, and were admitted to be great improvernements. Air. WA WN could not allow the Government to shift their legiiim de responsibility on to a Committee. The vote was then agreed to. The vote of 7,000/. fur a repository for public records was agreed to. On the vote of 61,4811. for the new packet harbour and harbour of refuge at Holyhead, Sce., Colonel DUNNE thought it extremely dobbtful whe ther these works would answer the purpose for which they were intended. It was moreover stated on the au thority of some of the best engineers that it would take from 1.800,000/. to 2,000.0001. to complete the harbour. No donut it would answer as s packet station; hut was it prudent to incur such cost when it was extremely doubt ful whether after all it could be wade available as a har bour of refuge? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not know how more pains could have been taken to as certain the fitness of the situation. The matter had been inve atieatcd by three or four Commissices and two or three Committees, and the result of their inquiries was a unanimous recommendation of the plan, which had since been acted upon. 110 shuuld have no objection to inquiry, if any good could recut from it; but after so thorough an investigation it would be a waste of money to institute further inquiries.. lie believed that the works were going on in a v er y satisfactory manner; and, as tar y had gone, were rather below than above the estimate. Mr. F. FRENCH sad the merchants of Liverpool objected to the formation of a harbour of refuge at that point. For his own part, he contested he thought that those who represmed Irish constituencies were particu larly interested in the question; for he believed that this scheme was bolstered up by certain parties to deprive Ireland of the natural advantages which she possessed as a point of departure for America. Oil' L Z DAIILNCi mid ill 1647 Jima had bees s He (Sir R have to tsk grant, unl,l to put an pi ever, he foi least propii Ministers this sum to meat thtt t aggesAion many higli Hon. Mem ated the id the ground than equal that v, ry I Assembly per princi and hero t be its lies had Lit there show toleration He would that he an a certain indifferent —(hear, pediency was preps policy wi principles Mr. E L