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t 44 „ , tLs 49,„ ..-TTERSALL'S—TIIIS EVENING Six o'arocx• GOODWOOD ST AWE s. 6 to 1 agst Grand Dizke 8 to 1 agst Backbiter 14 to 1 agst Cariboo 15 to 1 agst Miss Whip 15 to 1 agst Windischgratz GOODWOOD cUP . 4 to 1 agst Cariboo 4 to 1 agst Nancy 4 to 1 agst Clincher ST. LEGER. 9 to 2 agst Hernandez 25 to 1 agst Clasher 25 to 1 agst Ban IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. 'The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Clerkenwell Improve ment (Transfer of Powers to the Corporation of London, .&,;.), and the Wicklow Harbour Bills were considered and agreed to. The St. Helen's Improvement (No. 3), and the South Fiolland Drainage Acts Amendment Bills were read a third time and passed. Tayleur's Divorce Bill was read a second time. CRYSTAL PALACE. _ _ A great number of petitions were presented from va rious parts of the kingdom praying for the retention of the Crystal Palace a 4 a winter garden. The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was read It third time and passed. The report of the Metropolitan Interment (Advances) Bill was brought up and agreed to. IMPROVEMENT OF TOWNS (IRELAND) BILL, The House went into Committee on this Bill. IMPROVEMENT OF TOWNS (IRELAND) BILL. The House went into Committee upon this Bill, and after considerable discussion clauses from 172 to 180 inclusive were agreed to. The House then resumed, the Chairman reported pro gress, and obtained leave to sit again on Monday next. Mr. ROCHE suggested that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government should at once abandon this and other Bills which be did not think could be carried during the present session. Mr. REYNOLDS hoped the House would not ac cede to this. SUMMARY JURISDICTION (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee. REPRESENTATIVE BI PEERS FOR SCOTLAND LL. This Bill wag read A third time and passed. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL. The report upon this Bill was brought up and agreed to. BATTERSEA PARK AMENDMENT AND EX TENSION BILL. This Bill went through Committee. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. lIAWES obtained leave to bring in a Bill for re gii!ating the affairs of certain settlements established by the New Zealand Company in New Zealand. The Bill was subsequently brought in and read a first time. WINDSOR PARK. Colonel SALWEY wished to ask the First Commis sioner of Woods, " Whether the entrance to the public avenue, commonly known as the Long Walk, at Windsor, ii to continue in the ruinous and neglected state in which it has bean allowed to remain since the removal of the huge, tw..lve months ago? Also, whether there is any intention of closing any portion of that avenue?" Lord SEYMOUR, to the first question, replied that immediate steps would be taken for the improvement of the entrance of the Long Walk; and to the second ques tion, that there was no intention of closing any portion of that avenue. The House adjourned at a few minutes to Four v'eloek. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) AIiMY PENSIONS.—We are glad to find that the Go vernmeut have at last favourably entertained the case of those men who served and were wounded in action in the Peninsula, but discharged on the completion of their limited period of service without a pension. It has al ways teen considered a great hardship to withhold from those deserving old soldiers the grant of soma pecuniary allowance. It is gratifying, therefore, that after the lapse of so many years their services are recognised, and that they will enjoy, without parochial assistance, the means of decent subsistence. FLAG-CAPTAIN TO REAR-ADMIRAL lIENDERSION, C.B. —lt will be seen that Captain St. Leger Cannon has teen appointed flag-captain to the newly appointed Com mander-in-Chief fur the South-East Coast of America wation. We understand that Captain Francis Decimus Hastings (1840), was the officer selected, and actually , received his commission on Wednesday; but in conse quence of that gallant officer having . been suddenly belz , d with a fit of apoplexy, the commission wus re turned the 38111-4 thy. 04ptain Williqm Slaughter, K.H. (1837), a distin gtshed officer who served afloat for about 18 years daring the vier, but who has not served since he was posted, has accepted the retirement of 1846. He is in receipt of the Greenwich out-pension. . . The new commander-in-chief of the south-east coast w.f America station, li.ar-Admiral Henderson, C. 8., is said to have obtained his appointment through the in terest of the Duke of IVellington. Ho was Captain of Saudown Castle, a sinecure appointment in the gift of his Grace, as the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. 'rho Admiralty have ordered the Apollo, 8, troop ship, Commander Rawstorne, on her arrival trom Hali fax with her troops, to proceed to Chatham and be paid off at that port. She has done good service since Jarviary, 1849. The Diree:or of Works at Devonport Dockyard, Cap !.Y.in Williams, R.E., has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Colonel, and will now we presume quit the extraordinary dockyard service and return to his legiti mate position in his own corps. NEW STEAM SHIPS FOR TILE NAVY.—The Admi ralty have ordered two new screw-ships to be laid down at Pembroke Dockyard—one, a screw-frigate, on the lines of the Tribune, 28, building at Sheerness; and the other, a paddle-wheel steam-sloop, on the lines of the Cruiser, building at Deptford Dockyard. BRITISH CLIPPERS IN THE CHINA TRADE.—By our list accounts from China we hear that the clipper ships Reindeer, Oriental, and Stornaway have arrived—the latter, built for Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co., expressly for the tea-carrying trade, has already made, for this time of the year, a splendid passage from Bombay, beating some two dozen vessels that left before her; and bets upon her performance homeward will, it is expected, run very high. She is commanded by au experienced hand in tneve seas, Captain John Robertson, formerly of the aohn O'Gaunt. Lieutenant Ro,ynes, of the 23d Fusiliers, has been appointed Acting Paymaster to the reserved battalion, in lieu of Hopton, promoted. Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir Edward Blake ney, G.C.B. and G.C.H., commanding the forces in Ireland, has left Dublin for England on leave of absence. MINING INTELLIGENCE, (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The inquiry for shares this week has predominated over the amount of business done, and, on the whole, oar market wears as healthy an appearance as a diminished business allowe. Several of the progressive mines have announced samplings of increased quantities of ore, both lead and copper ; and the shares in such have, in con sequence, attracted more attention. Still, the market generally is much in favour of the buyer, and we think iuuit continue so for some months to come-it beingevident th4t other causes must concur with the present abund ance of capital to produce A perf, ctly saisttactory state of affairs fur both buyers and sellers of mining shares. We have spin to remark that there is a large class of stock upon which heavy sums have been expended, quite un saleable for the moment. Tne directors of the Devon Great Consols, at their weekly board meeting on Thursday, declared a dividend of 71. per share, amounting to 7,168/. At Treviskey meeting, on Monday, the accounts !showed-Copper ore sold, 27th March (less 2201.2 r. 4d. f.)v dues), 2 4211. 7s. 3d.--Labour cost and tributea part 'or April and May, 8481. 17:4. I Id.; merchant s ' bill s, ~, 7451 s 14s. 7d. ; wa t er c harge to Tresavean , 208 /. 185 . 7d.: balan ce profit on the two mont hs, 1,1171. 16s. 2d. ; add - V C( ' in hand end of March, 401. 83. 13.,==1,158/. 4 5 . 3d . _Deduct dividend, 1,1401.; leaves balance to next ac count, 181. 4i. 3d. .. t., a de n d o f i, , . ~, icklo w Copper Mine ruceting, on the 10th the rate of per 18s. per share was made, being after of 141. 15s. ah cent. per annum, and making a total cent. on the capital originally paid iu dividends-s_ay,29s per•e present market vain paid up of ot each, tn At the United _43 tor which is 25/. 10s. per share. showed_copper morinees Meeting last week, the accounts ~ tin ore 8,8901. 194. lld • sold, 24th April and 29th May, eeipts, 3131. 123. 7d. er-_- 9,41341. 5 2291, 12s. lid.; sundry re (l-48th), 1901. 8. 'd. ; I. 5d.-By lord's dues 2,761/. 14s. 7d.; tributa' AbOarr cost, May and June, mer chants' bills, 2,2151. 17s. 101: balances, 9991, 16s. 81.; s. 92.; from which deduct losseat.oving a profit of 3,2661. 9s 53,, leaves a balance in hand end of April, 1,1881. 2,0771. 18s. 4d. to next account of At EAsc Wheal Crofty meeting, on Tuesday, e coun ts for May end June sho'w'ed-B,lance 3 ' , e se- from last ac count, 1,392/. I Is. 93.; ores sold (les dues), 1,9581. 93 8 2 .; di sc ount, income-tax on dues, 15; 0 , 22/. 54. 51 - 3 , 3731 64. 10d.---To costs and merchants' bills, 2,123/, tis.: leaving balance in favour of adventurers, 1,220/. Os. 102. At East Buller meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts for Live months, ending May, showed-Balance last ac count, 98/. Bs. Id.; costs and merchants' bills, 552/. 15s. Bd. ... Oa 3a. 9d .-By call in Febru iry, 5121.: leaving balance against adventure re, 1391. 33. 92 . A call of 103 . per share was made. erda • the At the Mendip Hills Mine meeting, yest ), accounts showed-Balance last account, 1,443/. 63. Bd.; amount of cost from May, 185 0 , to end of Jane, 1851, 5,43 51. Os. 5d.; interest and discount, 154/. 143.; charges account on sale, 611. 13s. 2d.; directors' 15 month's sa lary, 3121, lo s . ; management and office) experms, 314/. 12s. 5d..--7,723/. 2s. Bd.-By 10th instalment, 1,2501.; lead sold, 4,5641. 6s. Id.; leaving balance, 1,9081. 16s. 7d. Lead in stock about 100 tons, worth about 1,600/. At the Caradon Vale Mine meeting, on the 15th inst., the accounts showed-Balance from last account, 1441. Os. 6d.; cost-sheet for March, 1261. Bs. Id.; April, 941. ss. 3d.; May, 116/. 16s. 9d.; Nicholls and Co., for iron work, 501., bankers' commission, 11. Os. 6d.; C. Richard's (solicitor) account, 161. 16s. 3d.=549/. 7s. 4d.-By cash received, 2851. 12s. 6d.: leaves balance to next account, 2631. 14s. 10d. A call of 7s. 6d. per share was inside, ss. payable on the 29th lust., and 25. 6d. on the 26th August. At West Wheal Jewel speoial general meeting, on Tuesday, owing to the unavoidable absence of several of the influential shareholders at present engaged in Corn wall, the meeting adjourned until this day, when the business to be discussed will come under the notice of those present, and then be settled as they may decide. At West Alfred Consols meeting, on the 17th inst., the accounts showed-Balance last account, 2771. 13s. 6d.; labour cost, April, 3071. 2s. 3d.; May, 322/. 85. 2d.; mer chants' bills, 4426 2s. 91==1,949/. 6s. Id. Copper ore sold (less 61. 25. dues), 1401.65. bd.; call in May, 1,0241.; leaves balance to next account, 785/, A call of 153. per share was made. At West Basset meeting, on Monday (W. A. Thomas, Esq., in the cl'..air), the accounts showed-Paid total costs, 1,457/. 103. 101 By sale of ore and call, 3,171/. 15i. Bd.; leaving balance in hand, 1,714/. 4s. 10(1. At East Wheal Reoth adjourned bi-inonthly meeting, on Thursday, the accounts for the two months ending July 10, showed a balance in favour of the adventurers, 1071. 2s. 4d. At Wheal Vincent meeting, on the 18th inst., the ac counts (including May cost, 53/. 9a. Bd.) showed a ba lance against the mine of 294/. 185. I Id., and a call of ss. per share was made. At the Wheal Blencowe meeting, on the 15th inst., t -Balance last account, 136 /. 2 s. B d.; a h be our ac c o c n o t t s f s o h r o sho wed - Ba lance months, to end May, 1921. 6s. Bd.; merchants' bills, 33/. 2s. 7d....3611. 11s. 11d.-By tin sold (less dues), 531. 12s. lid.; calls, 1471.; old mate rials,balance against the mine, 1601. 9s. A call of 18s. leavingiBs.pershare was made. At the Wheal Arthur (Calstock) special meeting, on Monday, a report was read from Captain Carpenter, in which he stated that he had weighed and sampled on the previous Thursday 9 tons 7 cwts. 1 qr. of ore, and had he possessed a crusher, he could have sampled double the amount at the same expense. The lodes were look ing promising. The chairman called attention to the necessity of having funds in hand, and a call of ss. per share was made, payable on the sth and 9th of August next, by instalments of 2s. 6d. per share. At the Kingsett and Bedford meeting, on the 16th inst., the account showed-Balance last account, 119/. 3s. ; April cost, 671. 6s. ; May ditto, 231. ss. Id. ; sundries, 2/. 16s. 9d.-.212/. 10s. 10d. Received for calls, 631. 17s. 6i.; lead ore sold, 44/. 18s. 4d.; leaving balance to next account, 1031. 15s. At the North Wheal Bailer (Great South Tolgus) meeting on the 6th inst. the accounts showed-Balance last account, 655/. 6s. 3d.; ores sold (less dues. 71. 65.), 124/. 2s. 3d.=7791. Bs. 6d.-By labour cost for May, 262/. 15s. Bd.; ditto June, 2391. 175.: leaving balance in favour of adventurers, 2761. 15s. 10d. At Bolenowe meeting, on Monday, the accounts showed-Paid total costs, 8261. 19s. 4d.-By call, 1,5001.: leaves balance in hand. 6731. At Wheal Augusta two-monthly meeting on Thursday the financial statement showed-Received on account of calls, and tin sold to 23d of May, 8001. 25.; on account of last call, 4201. 15e.; for tin sold, 59/. Is. 6d.a=1,279/. 18s. 6d. Paid on account of mine costs, &c., to 23d of May, 5361. 17s. 2d.; ditto to date, 3841. 2s. lid.: leaving balance in hand, 3581. 18s. sd. The assets are-balance, 353/. 18s. 5d.; calls unpaid, 6921. 105.=1,051/. Bs. sd. The liabilities: merchants' bills, &c., to 31st May, 1591. 14s. 93.; mine costs, &c., for June and July, 225/. : leaving balanco in favour of adventurers, 666/. 13s. Bd. At West Wheal Virgin two-monthly meeting, on Thursday, the financial statement showed-Mine cost, &c., to 23d May, 5701. 16s. 5d.; ditto to date, 234/. 2s. 3d.=-8041. 183. Bd. Received on calls to the 23d May, 575/. Bs. 6d.; tin sold, 1111. 191 ; received on account of calls to date, 941. 4s. 61; tin sold ditto, 9/. 45.: leaving a balance due to the secretary of 141. 2s. Id. The assets are—Calls unpaid, 1251. 75.; call this day, 1501...2751. 7s. The liabilities—Balance to secretary, 141. 2s. Bd.; merchants' bills to 31st May, 1521. 3s. 10d.; mine cost, June and July, 1001.: leaving balance in favour of ad venturers, 91. Os. 6d. A call of 59. per share was made. At Wheal Mary, Redrath, special meeting, on Tues day, to take into coesideration the further working of the mine, it was resolved that it should be discontinued, and the engines and materials sold without delay. The meeting was afterwards adjourned to the sth August for final confirmation, prior to which, however, it will be inspected by some agents, totally unconnected with the concern. At a general meeting of shareholders in the Modi tonham and Marraborough Mine on Thursday, at the Oriental Hotel, Vere-street (Thomas Birch, E3q., in the chair), the accounts of the committee were allowed, and ordered to be entered on the cost-book; and a call of ss. per share was ordered to be made. The accounts showed-Balance of accounts passed the 15th May last, 961.45. 10d.; arrears of calls since paid, 391. 75.; call of ss. made the 15th of May (less arrears, 721.), 2561 =es 319/. lls. 10d.-May costs, 1111. ; June ditto, 771. 12s. 7d.: leaving balance, 1301. 19s. 3d. At Mengearne and Tregnorstic Mines meeting, on the 14th instant, the accounts showed-Balance from last ac count, 1031. 10s. Bd. ; costs for four months ending May, 176/. 9s. 2d. ; etteihants' bills, 421. 1 ls. 2d.=3221. Ils. -Received on account of calls, 2151. ; leaving balance against adventurers, 107/. 1 ls. A call of 11. per share was made. At East Balleswidden two-monthly meeting, on Thurs day, the financ;al statement showed-Cash on account of calls, &c., to 23.1 May, 7351. 135.; ditto to date, 2841.= 1,0194 13.1.-Mine cost, &c., to 23d May, 680/. 17s. 91; ditto to date, 1481. Os. Id.: leaving balance in hand, 1901. 15s. 21. The assets are: Balance in hand, 1901. 15s. 23.; calls unpaid, 2001. 10s.; call of ss. made this day, 2561. =6471. ss. 21.-The liabilities: Merchants' bills, 2901. 2s. 7d.; mine cost, June and July, 2901.: leaving balance in favour of the adventurers, 671. 2s. 7d. A call of Sc. per share was made. Shares have changed hands in Alfred Consols, West Providence, Mary Ann, Trelawny, Spearne Consols, Tincroft, Wheal Reeth, Treviskey and Barrier, Pen zance Consols, Wheal Arthur, Bodmin Consols, South Tamar, Bedford United, Marilyn, Langford, Trebel), Wheal Crebor, Devon and Courtenay, Wheal Golden, Wheal Zion, East Boriugdon Park, Trehane, West Ding Dong, Comfort, Wheal Seton, Crane and Bejawss, DAL Tolgus, Tywardreath, West Frances, Wheal Cupid, Wheal Russel, and Trefusis. In Foreign shares, business has been done in Cobra, St. John del Rey, Australian, S.Antiago, Linares, and Copiapo. THE SUN, FRANCE. The Journal des Debats quizzes the proceedings of the Peace Congress after the following amusing fashion : "We see, by the English journals, that the Con gress of Peace has opened its sittings at Exeter Hall, in London. We dare not promise it a very great success in presence of the other Congress of Peace, much more positive and much more practical, called the Exhibition. We have not yet seen our old acquaintance, Red-skin, the Indian of good com plexion, who took last year to Frankfort his calumet of peace. If he had been present, he would, perhaps, have prevented the massacre of the innocents, of which we have to complain. We saw in the Exhibition, in the French part, a collection of little soldiers, in colour, sent by Silberman, of Strasburg. There are cavalry, in fantry, artillery, and chasseurs of Vincennes, in all the eclat of their uniforms: you can buy 400 men, infantry or cavalry, for 20f.; it is a permanent army at a cheap rate. The English, who have not, fortunately for themselves many soldiers, were not aware how many had entered their territory under the cover of free-trade; they did not suspect that horse of Troy, introduced within their walls, machina ingens,faeta armis. The Congress of Peace has directed a murderous artillery on this army of painted pasteboard. We cannot say how many have been left on the field; since the famous battle of petits pates on the banks of the Euphrates, under the direction of Fourier, we have not heard of such carnage. The Congress of Peace has then voted unanimously as all those of a Con gress of Peace ought to be against pasteboard soldiers and wooden swords. M. Delbruek was the first to call for the censure of the Congress on play things. which familia rise children with ideas of war and battle, Mr. Cobden, a serious man, took up this luminous idea, and made a pa thetic address to mothers of families; Mr. Cobden, Member of Parliament, solemnly ranged in battle the red coats and blue coats; he described in picturesque language the blue coats rushing on the red coma, and made his auditory shudder at the sight of so much blood in effigy. It was specially to French mothers that the eloquent speech was ad dressed; for it is particularly in France that the de plorable mania of playing at soldiers prevails. And the Congress, as we said, unanimously voted a motion invit ing mothers of families not to give any more pasteboard soldiers to their children. Henceforth they must choose for presents little instruments of labour and manufac tures, gingerbread ploughs, chocolate locomotives, illu minated tables of Pythagoras, and there will then be nations of little sheep, grazing peacefully, protected by tho crook of their shepherd, to the music of the pipe. There are, however, very serious, very honourable, mad very respectable men in the Congress, from whom we demand pardon for specking so lightly of their childish ness. But, seriously, which are the greatest children— those who make playthings of such speeches, or those who make playthings of painted soldiers?" SWEDEN. We read in the Independance of Brussels : " Th e Swedish Diet is on the pint of closing its session. We have i already stated that out of the four orders of which it s composed, two, the nobles and the clergy, had adopted the application made for credits to the amount of 322,000 t. to d e f ray th e establishing the Prince-floyel, who was expense of married some time back ; whereas the other two orders, the burgesses and pcas'intt, refused to vote it. By the terms of the Constitution, the question must be now submitted to a c zhLnittN3 composol of tan equal number of members from each order. The nobles and the clergy have already each named the thirty members who are to represent them in this committee, and as was to be expected, the . whole of the sixty mem b ers are in favour cf granting the sip , Plication made. On the other hand, the burgesses and the peas sn t s are to nom i na t e their members i but it s scarcely possible that out of the sixty mem bers to be named one or two should, not be in favour of the demand, th e po i nt will be decided probably b y a majority of one or two, that number being sufficient. The question excites much attention at Stockholm, sod the general opinion is that it would be better for the Government to withdraw its applioation, as a LONDON, SATURDAY victory with one or two votes of majority is morally equivalent to a defeat, particularly as two of the orders were opposed to the ap plication. It is even supposed that, in the end, the Ministry will resolve to adopt that course. In addition, it would appear that, to Sweden, the population begins to look with an eye of envy on the Constitution enjoyed by Norway, which is far more liberal than that of Sweden. Men ask why the two parties of the kingdom, united under the same sceptre, should not enjoy the same liberties ' and the same immunities, and it is remarked that this credit of 322,000 f., u well as an augmentation to the appanage of the Prince Royal, amounting to 150,000 f., are asked for from Sweden alone, without Norway being called on to participate in the matter. In conse quence, a movement for the purpose of applying the Constitution of Norway to Sweden is expected to ma nifest itself in this latter country. The partisans of the uniformity of the fundamental law affirm besides that the change will be equally profitable to both parts of the kingdom." RACING FIXTURES FOR 1851. Goodwood Claewton Mendip Frog Castle (Glouees.) 29 Downbam Park 3O Kuntiford Tenbary 3l UST. Ripon North Staffordshire Leith Subscription 5 Rainford (St. Helens) 5 Brighton 6 Leominster 6 Alvechurch 6 Brighton Club 8 Wolverhampton ... 11 Huntingdon l2 Reading Tunbridge York Southport Plymouth Paisley 2l Canterbury 2l Stourbridge 25 Derby 26 Taunton Egham 27 Lynn Stirling SEPTE: Scarborough Eccles Warwick Rochester Lincoln Bungay ....... 5 Radcliffe 8 Lichfield .. Cheadle (Staff.) 8 Yarmouth Leicester lO Weymouth .. 10 Monmouth Richmond Caledonian Hunt Chesterfield 1 Chester Hampton Autumn 7 Yorkshire Union Hunt. 8 NOVI Wrexham Perth Newmarket S.O l3 Holywell Hunt ..... 14 Hereford 23 Newmarket Houghton 27 Worcester First week. FRIGHTFUL ACT OF CANNIBALISM. The Courrier de Marseille gives from an eye wit ness the following details of an event on the coast of Africa, which has been slightly mentioned in some of the journals :—" A frightful act of cannibalism has been committed in the village of Grand Bassam, on the right bank of the river of that name, and close to a French settlement. The chief or king of this village, named Piter, or Peters, had to cele brate the creation of a new village recently established in his neighbourhood. He consequently drew out a pro gramme of the fete, and in order to render the Fetiche fa vourable, he resolved to sacrifice a human victim, who was afterwards to serve as a feast for his savage subjects. For this purpose he purchased a black captive in a neighbour ing village, who was brought bound hands and feet, to Grand Bassam. Before the day arrived for his immo lation, he contrived to effect his escape, and took re fuge in the French fort, and concealed himself in one of the cottages inhabited by the natives in the ser vice of the French. The King soon discovered his place of retreat, and entered into a negotiation with one of those natives, a corporal, to get him to give up the refugee to him. The corporal consented, and it was agreed that a canoe should be sent to bring away the victim. On its arrival, however, the natives at the post refused to deliver him up, notwithstanding the orders of the corporal. In the meantime the slave had slipped out of his hiding-place, and sought an other refuge, but ho was at length recovered and taken back to Grand Bassani. On the day ap pointed for the fete all the people assembled; the poor victim was tied to a tree, and the people commenced their savage dances round him, to the sound of the to,mtam. Each of the warriors then gave him a wound, and, when at length death released him from his sufferings, his head was cut off and stuck on a pole in the middle of the village. The body was afterwards cut up and thrown into a large cauldron, which had been prepared for the purpose, and boiled, and each of the persons present took a share. The native corporal who had been tampered with to give up tho slave was among the invited guests, and appeared to enter with great avidity into the horrible scene. The remainder of the day was spent in dancing round the head on the pole, which was afterwards taken down and kicked like a ball through the village by the savages. The com mandant of the French squadron on the coast called on the Chief niter to explain his conduct, and a force was stationed off the Grand Bassam, with the intention of burning it in the event of his lon ger refusing to give satisfaction for his conduct. At the last moment, and just when the attack on the village was about to commence, Piter sent a person with the amount of fine domanded-20 ounces 'of gold. He also agreed to deliver a certain number of oxen and sheep to the French factory." THE LONDON GAZETTE, July 25 BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JULY 23, 1851. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Au gustus Constantine, commonly called Earl of Mulgrave, to be Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, vice the Right Honourable William Sebright Lascelles, deceased. BANKRUPTS. Henry James Ellis, ironmonger, Ratherhithe, to sur• render Aug. 6, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 3, al eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stausfeld, official assignee; Carpenter, Old Broad-street. _ Thomas Hammond, boot and shoe maker, Conduit street, Paddington, Aug. 1, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 3, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Hartley, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury. Joseph Allanson, grocer, Kirby Moorside, Aug. 15, and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Shackles and Son, Hull. William Benjamin Richards, grocer, Hill Top, Staf fordshire, Aug. 9, at half past ten, and Aug 26, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Holland, Westbromwich; Hodg son, Birmingham. Robert Bew, grocer, Selby, Aug. 15 and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Wedd e ll an d P ar k er , S e lby ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Thomas Irlam and Vincent Wanostroct Wanostroct, brokers, Liverpool, Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liver pool; Sharp, Field, and Jackson, London; Miller and Peel, Liverpool. John Nurthing Bateson, cotton spinner, Rochdale, Aug. 5 and Aug. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester; Harper, Bury, Lancashire; Beanett, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court. Basinghall-street. F. Jones, Newchurch, Isle of Wight, apothecary, Aug. 15, at twelve—E. F. Green, Leadenhall-street, merchant, Aug. 15, at half-past twelve—W. Grayson, Mortlake, Surrey, market gardener, Aug. 15, at twelve—F. Cop land, Park-place, Paddington, Aug. 15, at twelve. In the Country. J. Powlesland, South Tawton, - llavonshire, dealer in seeds, Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinglaall-strcet. F. Rodbard, Croydon, Surrey, schoolmaster and lodg ing-house keeper, Aug. 15, at half-past eleven. In the Country. H. Scale, Briton Ferry Ironworks, Glamorganshire, iron manufacturer, Aug. 21, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—W. H. Edwards, Leeds, hosier, Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—T. S. Dobinson, Tyne mouth, Northumberland, banker, Aug. 26, at twelve, at the Court, New&tstle-upon-Tyne—J. Scott and J. Scott, jun., North Shields, shipowners, Aug. 26, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. Pearson, Plympton Saint Mary, Devonshire, merchant, Aug. 21, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Cerrito, Mincing lane, merchant, certificate of the first class—T. Hatfield and R. Hatfield, Clapham, Sur rey, plutAbers and glaziers, certificates of the second class—W. Cox, Blornfi-ld-terrace, Harrow-road, st oc k and share broker, certificate of the Scat class—W. Chit.. tendon, Tarlington-place, and Church-street, Padding ton, draper and hosier, certificate of the third class—J. Holden, Salford, Lancashire, licensed victualler, certifi cate of the second class—J. Taylor, Bradford, York shire, worsted spinner, certificate of the third class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Porter and J. Todd, Coach and Horses-lane, Stoke Newington-green, stone masons—J. Bircumshaw and E. Fletcher, Nottingham, lace manufacturers—E. Boden, F. Fielder, G. Hodgin, and T. Hodgin (as far as regards T. Hidgin). Manchester, agents for the sale of yarns— E. Boden, F. Fielder, and G. Hodgin, Manchester, agent for the sale of yarns—R. Wearing and W. Knowles, Manchester, tailors—T. Jackson and W. Boardman, Altrincham, Cheshire, millers—J. Cowman, J. Wood, S. Wood, J. Pickles, and R. Pickles, Bradford, Yorkshire, machine makers—W. Gater and G. H. Gater, South Stoneham, Southampton, millers—P. W. Barlow, W. 11. Barlow, and C. J. Wollaston (as far as regards C. J. Wollaston)—B. L. Phillips and E. 11. Elliott, Brook street, Holborn, carvers and gliders—A. Mitten and J. Bentley, Halii ax, Yorkshire, brokers—L. Desgra toulet and W. Forster, Tachbrook-street, Pimlico, builders—J. Bowers, G. Murray, and H. Brown bill, Liverpool, railway contractors—S. Newman and W. Idulme, Bristol, engineers—J. Stewart and W. Chicken, Blaokwall, engineers—F. D. Lambert and J.:Ridley, St. Mary-at-Hill, City, coal factors—J.lß. Taylor and J. G. Taylor, Liverpool, ship brokers—Mary Gammon and T. Gammon, Birmingham, glass manu facturers—F. Mattock and J. Mattock, Manchester. provision dealers —W. Bell, W. T. Bell, W. Stobart, W. Kimater, W. Croudace, and C. Croudace (as far as re gards W. Croudace), Durham, lessoes of Washington Colliery—J. S. Worger a n d F. Worger, Dover, grocers —N. Lawrence and H. Simpson, Coventry, =biters. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Francis Radnall, Wolverhampton, writing clerk. George White, Walsall, Staffordshire, clerk to an iron merchant. Robert Wicks, Ingham, Norfolk, farming bailiff. Abraham Henthorn, Rochdale, stonemason. William Miles, Worcester, paper dealer. Henry Baker, Hanbury, Worcestershire. Samuel Devereux, Worcester, working gardener. George Winnall, Worcester, journeyman coachbuilder. William Porteous, Tyne-green, Northumberland,market gardener. William Henderson, Bishopside, Northumberland, farm labourer. Joseph Cos, Tipton, Staffordshire, pork butcher. William Sparrow°, Union-place, Clarendon-square, Somers-town. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A. Carsewell, Greenock, spipbuilder, to meet within the Tontine Inn, Greenock, July 31, and Aug. 21, at twelve. J. Grant, Glasgow, manufacturer, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, July 31, and Aug. 22, at twelve. ♦UG :MBER. LiverpoolAutumnflunt 10 Morpeth lO Uttoxeter Dover ll Doncaster Sandbach Upton-on-Severn Bedford Eglinton Park ... 23 or 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket P.O 3O IBER. [BE& EVENING, JULY 26, 1851. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 25. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. COMMONS ENCLOSURE (No. 2) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE this Bill was read a second PETITIONS. The Duke of ARGYLL presented a potition from certain inhabitants of Glasgow against the Inhabited House Duty Bill; also several petitions in favour of the maintenance of the Crystal Palace. The Earl of S T. GERMANS presented several peti tions from Westminster and other places, praying, for the preservation of the Crystal Palace. UNLAWFUL OATHS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE, this Bill wa3 passed through Committee. TURNPIKE ROADS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE, this Bil was passed through Committee. PRIVATE LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND) BILL. • On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE this Bill was passed through Committee. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved that the House should go into Committee on this Bill. Lord MON !'EAGLE would now put the questions of which he had given notice :—First, if a Roman Catholic diocese bears the same title and is conterminous and identical with a diocese in the Established Church, is such Roman Catholic diocese "a pretended diocese" under sections 1 of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill? Is the Papal instrument appointing to such diocese illegal and void under such Bill; and is the jurisdiction authority, pre-eminence, or title conferred or proposed to be conferred by such appointment, unlawful and void under such Bill? Secondly, if a Roman Catholic diocese bears the same title with a diocese in the Established Church, but is not conterminous or identical therewith, is such Roman Catholic diocese "a pretended diocese" under section 1 of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill ? Is the Papal instrument appointing, or purporting to ap point to such diocese unlawful and void under such Bill ; and is the jurisdiction, authority, pre-emi nence, or title, unlawful and void under such Bill ? Thirdly, if a Roman Catholic diocese neither bears the same title nor is conterminous with any diocese of the Established Church, is this "a pretended diocese" under section 1 of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill? Is the Papal jurisdiction appointing or purporting to appoint to such ' diocese unlawful and void under such Bill; and is the jurisdiction, authority, pre-emi nence, or title unlawful and void likewise under the said Bill ? Fourthly, is the ap pointment of a vicar apostolic in England or Ireland, under the authority of any Papal rescript, letters apostolic, or other instrument from the Roman See, rendered illegal and void under the 16th Richard 11., coupled with the declaratory and enacting provisions of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assump tion /Sill; or is the person acting or claiming to act under such instrument or appointment subject to any penalty oil prohibition under the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill? The LORD CHANCELLOR, in reply to the first question, said that inasmuch as the Bill enacted that cer tain briefs and rescripts erecting certain pretended dioceses were unlawful, it followed as a matter of course that everything done under those briefs was unlawful; also, in reply to the second, he would remind the Noble Loid that it was already unlawful to usurp the titles of dioceses of the Established Church, and that the bishops appointed to such dioceses were, therefore, unlawful and void, and all that was done under them was consequently void also. In reply to the third question, he said that the law never interfered with the free exer cise of the Roman Catholic religion, and always allowed that which was necessary to carry it out. In reply to the fourth question, of which he had only had notice a short time, he would state that the Bill made no alteration in the law, but merely declared that to be unlawful and void which was before unlawful and void. The appointment of vicars apostolic had not been heretofore considered unlawful, and the present Bill did not in the least, in that respect, alter the exist ing law. , A Lord MONTEAGLE complained that the answers of his Noble and Learned Friend were most unsatisfactory, and should therefore move that it be an instruction to the Committee to introduce a clause exempting Ireland from the operation of that Bill. It was quite clear, he contended, that these signatures of the Irish bishops of the Catholic Church under the titles they were now called upon to consider, were given under the cognizance of the Irish Government itself. This letter had been traced most clearly to the full knowledge of the Duke of Portland, and having been fairly acknowledged from the line of the accession of the Duke of Bedford down to the present day, on what ground of reason or of justice could they vindicate these acts of oppression, in punish ing these prelates for the appointment of Cardinal Wise man us Archbishop of Westminster? He cautioned their Lordships that they were on the verge of a preci pice—that difficulties were approaching them of the na ture of which they were not aware, and the magnitude of which they could not appreciate. On what possible ground were they justified in aiming a blow at the Ca tholic bishops and clergy of Ireland, who had taken no active part in what they were pleased to call Papal ag gression? What reason had they for destroying the episcopal character of these bishops, and for taking away from them the power of exercising episcopal functions, as far as an Act of Parliament could do it? There was, no doubt, an end put to the or dination of priests, the collation to benefices, the con secration of places of worship, and the confirmation of the young. On what grounds wore such acts to be justified? If it were true, as the newspapers stated, that the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland was in this country, why had not his opinion on the subject been given, either in the ancient and constitutional manner, by means of dis patches, or else by a speech from his place in Parliament? The want of attention on both those points was a signal instance of indifference to the interests of Ireland. Since the penal code of William and Mary, there had not been such an aggression on the religious institutions of any country as they were now directing against those of the Catholic community of Ireland. It was inconsistent, glaringly inconsistent with the religious liberties of her Majesty's subjects, that this Bill should be extended to Ireland, and inconsistent, also, with the language which her Majesty adopted in her speech from the Throne, in in allusion to the subject. The LORD CHANCELLOR hero expressed his de cided opinion that any purely spiritual act exercised by Catholic bishops or clergyment would not be illegal. Lord MONTEAGLE thought that upon this ground they endangered the Act. It was also most dangerous to the Established Church in Ireland. He had now ex hausted his own strength in endeavouring to make out the truth of his assertion that they were doing wrong to Ireland, which was utterly uncalled for, and, therefore, he called upon their Lordships to concur in his amend ment. The LORD CHANCELLOR said there was a great difference between the order of .a bishop and the juris diction of a bishop.—(Hear.) A bishop was made so by the imposition of hands, which gave him a holy calling, which could not be touched by this Act. He utterly de nied that marriages and other similar spiritual acts would be void. His holy character could not be reached by an Act of Parliament. An eminent Roman Catholic, whose work he held in his baud, had laid down distinctly the difference between the exercise of epiritual function, and the exercise of such a jurisdiction as this Bill referred to. There was a great distinction be tween the order of bishops and the jurisdic tion of bishops—a distinction which was recog nised in all the authoritative books on the subject. This Bill related only to documents from the Pope, ap pointing archbishops, bishops, and deans. The order and appointments in the Roman Church hitherto observed would not be illegal. Any act interfering with the pre rogative and jurisiction of the Crown, and inconsistent with the common law, that was to say, giving the au thority to hold courts and set up a law contrary to the laws of the realm, was clearly illegal. Any party convicted of such an act would be indictable. He would not trouble their Lordships with regard to the general question touched upon by the Noble Lord. It deserved grave consideration when it was entered upon, and it was not a subject to be entered upon by a aide wind. When he alluded to the Cardinal's cap he used the ex pression in reference to its being used in derogation of the rights of the Crown, and with no intention of disre • spect to Catholic clergymen, or any other clergymen. He was sorry that he had used the expression, as it had been misunderstood. He knew their Lordships were lovers of religious liberty, and therefore trusted that their Lord ships would give fall toleration and perfect freedom to the Roman Catholics, but at the same time take care that they did not trench upon and invade their own rights. Lord CA.MOYS would support the motion of his Noble Friend (Lord Monteagle). The Bill before their Lordships wits a gross invasion of religious liberty, and he entered his solemn protest against this Bill being ap plied to Ireland. He thought the alterations this Bill had undergone showed the necessity for inquiry. This Bill was both prospective and retrospective. It was to the latter he wished to direct their Lordships' authority. It commenced by reciting the act of the Pope that had been done, and declaring it void. It was a declaration against the ordination of priests in Ireland, and against marriage ceremony. They must deny . the validity of the latter the moment they denied the jurisdiction and authority of those who were to perform them. They therefore told the people of Ireland that their clergy were laymen, and their marriages void. There was one way of getting out of this difficulty, and that was, by making, it prospective, and not retrospective. The Irish people would then know beforehand the consequences of vote of Ministers in support of his motion, as the clause ment agents in the late election, and pray had been forced upon them.—(Hear, hear.) He should, inquiry. therefore. move the omission of the clause. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said he particularly de sired to have some explanation of the operation of this clause with regard to the Charitable Bequests Act, the operation of which, as was provided iu a special proviso, was not to be affected by this Bill. If the Charitable Bequests Act was to stand, end this Bill to go, then how much of this Bill was to be annihilated by the operation of the first? He thought that in Ireland, which case they were now chiefly con sidering, the effrct of the proviso would be to render the whole Bill a nullity. It would be an absurdity, under the circumstances, to say that they had the same law in England as in Ireland. He should be glad to have some explanation on that subject. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that if a parish priest was bound acting as a priest the law did not per mit any inquiry. If parties were married by a priest, unless evidence could be given that that priest was not properly appointed, and that the parties were aware of it at the time they submitted to his officiation, the law permitted no inquiry. Tbat was one of the many cases in law where tney were buund to submit to persons acting in a public capacity. The question, theretere, ??1,9 not whether an archbishop, bishop, priest, or other person claiming to exercise a spiritual function, was le gaily appointed or not, but whether, at :.he time of his officiating, he had spiritual superintendence of any given matter. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he could see no use in the clause; and it the law survived it, it would re main as a mere useless expression, illustrative of the vindictiveness of Parliament. The Earl of WICKLO VV objected to the clause, that the appointment to chaplaincies, end to the of :2e of pa rish priest in Ireland, which were always objects of much canvassing, could not be called iu question, if the Noble and Learned L )rd's view of the subject were the correct one; and also because it would be impossible to procure the bishop's appointment. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that these were notoriously mutters of fact, and decided without reference to validity of appointment. It was always doubtful who was parish priest in Ireland, and a popular candidate would not retire. Lord MONTEAGLE put the case of a bishop claiming property by virtue of the provisions of the Bequests Act, and its being objected that upon the proposed Act he was not the true bishop. In that state of facts there were only two things for their Lordships to say, either that the bishop should not have the property, or that the Commissioners of Bequests should have a virtual power to repeal an Act of Parliament. After a desultory discussion upon the legal effect of the clause in connexion with the Charitable Bequests Act, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and their Lord ships divided — Contents ... Non-Contents Majority for the clause... On clause 2, Tho Earl of ELLENBOROUGH observed that it did not appear to have been looked through with any great care by the House of Commons, which probably arose from there being no discussion on the third reading. For in stance, there was the word" a word of considerable importance in Parliamentary language, and it also con tained the words "such Bill,' no Bill whatever having been mentioned previously.—(A laugh.) But these were unimportant, and only served to show the extreme negligence with which one of the most important Acts ever passed had been treated by both Houses. He did not mean to propose anything, however, inasmuch as he believed the Government were resolved not to afford the House of Commons an opportunity of re-considering the Bill. He had hoped that the door had been closed for ever on religious persecution.—(Hear, hear.) The Catholic Emancipation Act was designed to establish re ligious peace, but the latter part of this Bill would cer tainly tend to establish religious discord. He regretted that her Majesty's Government should have passed the limit within which they were justly entitled to legislate, in consequence of the aggression which had taken place against her Majesty's supremacy and the indepen dence of an Imperial State; and he deeply deplored that they should have thought fit to adopt a mode of legis lation which, while it could not touch the Pope, who was the principal offender, would inflict a most unjust penalty on the Roman Catholic population of Ireland. The Duke of ARGYLL rose to move an amendment, and apeloeised for doing so at so late a period of the session. He took this course, however, from the strong feeling which he entertained that they had nut seen the end of the subject. Looking to the feeling exhibited by the Roman Catholic Church, and in the address drawn up by the Catholic laity, they might expect to see a re vival of the spirit of the Papacy in its most encroaching form. He (the Duke of Argyll) considered that that penalty of 1001. against the old sees in Ireland was the greatest millstone round the neck of those who supported the Bill. So far as the addition with respect to giving the power to prosecute to a common informer was con cerned, he regretted that it had been introduced into the Bill, and would move its omission. If he wanted argu ments, however, in favour of his own views he could find them amongst those who opposed the measure. He thought, however, that they were fully entitled to pro. hibit those titles in Ireland. After a few words from the Marquis of LANS DOWNE, which were inaudible in the gallery, The Earl of ELLENBOROUGEI also expressed his objection to the addition of the clause referred to, which ho thought one of the most unfortunate things in its practical results that could have occurred. Tne LORD CHANCELLOR said the introduction of the clause was chiefly owing to the Irish Members, who, to spite the Government, had withdrawn from the House and Billowed the clause in question to be carried against the wishes of the Ministry. Tne Earl of ELLESMERE, who spoke in a very in audible tone, was utiderstood to say, that although he had shared in the same, feelings of irritation which many others had felt in consequence of the acts of the Pope, ho did nut think the best way to meet it was by pro posing that Bill. He considered if their Lordships thought it necessary to embody their protest against that conduct in a legislative form, that which his Noble Friend the Noble Duke proposed to them would have bsen in many respects the safer and better course to pursue. He should support the amendment of the Noble Duke. The Duke of NEWCASTLE was surprised at the argument of the Noble and Learned Lord, that these words ought to be retained, because the Irish Members must take the consequence of having allowed them to be inserted. If the Irish Members neglected their duty, that was no reason for their Lordships neglecting theirs. It ought to go forth that the Government, disapproving of those words, were yet determined, backed by the ma jority of their Lordships, not to allow a word of the Bill to be altered, in order that further discussion might not be raised on it in the other House. Earl GREY said the Noble Duke had misapprehended the argument of his Noble and Learned Friend. What his Noble and Learned Friend had said was that these words made no practical difference in the Bill, for whe ther they were in the Bill or not, the Attorney-General would have to institute a prosecution if the prerogative of the Crown were infringed upon, and the evidence sufficient. The Earl of MALMESBURY thought the words would be regarded by the people of England as of the greatest importance, and hoped they would be retained. The people had lost confidence in the conduct of the Go vernment, and these words would keep the Attorney- General to his duty. Their Lordships divided, when there appeared — For the amendment ... 26 Against it ••• .•• ••• ••• 61 Majority for retaining the words ... —35 Lord MONTEAGLE stated that he would bring for ward the clause of which he had given notice on the third reading. Lord CANNING wished to know whether, under the third clause of this Bill, archbishops and bishops of pre tended sees, if they fixed " Roman Catholic" before their titles, would be exempted from the operation of the pe nalty of 100/.? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, had the Ro man Catholic prelates called themselves Roman Catholic bishop' or archbishops, as the case might be, that would have wade all the difference in public feeling. Lord CANNING did not find his question answered. Earl GREY said he considered the clause of the Noble Lord (Lord Monteagle) unnecessary. The Bill would not touch any one taking title as a Roman Catholic prelate, if that title were according to the form in th e Bequests Act. Practically, as far as Ireland w as concerne d, th e Bill would make no difference whatever. Lord CRAN WOR'ra said, if in the late Roman Ca tholic creations the parties had prefixed the words B oman Catholic" before their title it would un doubtedly have made a g reat difference in public feel ing; but he did not think that it would have exempted them from the operation of the Act. The 2d clause was agreed to. On the ri motion fo r t h e 3 d clause, the la se us Th e ea e r , l of Sr. GER NIANS move d the omission of because it contained words which permitted Scotch bishops to use titles prohibited to the Roman Ca tholics. The Duke of ARGYLL said the law had an un doubted right already to prohibit illegal titles. There was not the same reason for prohibiting titles to Scotch bishops which there was in the case of Roman Catholics. The clause was then agreed to without a division. Clause 4 and the preamble were also agreed to, and the House having resumed, their Lordships adjourned at a Quarter to One o'clock. 77 26 -51 HOUSE OF COMMONS. July 25 (Continued from our Third Edition of yesterday.) The House resumATER SUPtePLY. ed at a Quarr before Six. W Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from Mr. James Miles, praying to be allowed to give evidence be fore the Committee on Wafer Supply. STATE CHURCH. Sir G. PECIIELL presented a petition from Brigh ton against a state church. CRYSTAL PALACE. Mr. SCUOLEFIELD presented petitions from Bir mingham and Kensington, praying for the maintenaue of the Crystal Pglsee. Mr. fIYWORTH presented a petition to the stow effect from Newport, in the Isle of Wight. Several other similar petitions were presented. MR. SALOMONS. Sir BENJAMIN HALL presented two petitions from the electors of Greenwich, praying to be heard 'by counsel in support of the claim of David Salomons, Esq., one of their representatives, to sit and vote as ts Member of this House, and moved that these petitions be prints ,d. Agreed to, and ordered to be taken into considerati on on Monday next. HARWICH ELECTION. BARON ROTHSCHILD. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from the elector 5 of Harwich, complaining of the interference of Govern Log for an Mr. RAIKES CURRIE presented a petition from the electors of the city of London, praying the House (amongst other things) to admit, by resolution, the Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, one of their representatives, to his seat in this House; or that the petitioners may be heard by counsel at the bar of this lions:, in support of the prayer of their said petition. This petition was also ordered to be printed with the votes, and taken into consideration on Monday next. ANNUITIES. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD moved for returns showing the amount of annuities for lives, and for terms of years, granted in each year since 1810 inclusive; and the amount of capital stock cancelled in each of the said years on account of such terminable annuities: and of the amount of the annuities for lives, and for terms of years, which have ceased in each year since 1810 inclusive.—Agreed to. CLERKS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. Sir G. PECHELL inquired of the First Lord of the Admiralty, whether any arrangement was likely to be made for carrying out the prayer of the memorial of the clerks in the Mediterranean fleet for granting them the same rank and privileges as awarjed to the other subordinate officers on passing their examination? Sir F. BARING said that part of their prayer had been agreed to, and the remainder of it would be taken into consideration. IRISH LEGISLATION. Mr. REYNOLDS said it was customary for the Trea sury S. , .cretary to move on a Friday that the House a its rising should adjourn to Monday, but as the Hon. Gentl,man had not to-day made that mo , ion, he would avail himself of the omission to make that motion for the purpose of drawing attention to the state of the legisla tion for Ireland in the present session. In doing so he thought he might as well at once anticipate the objec tions which would be take❑ to the course he proposed to pursue. It would be objected that too much time had been devoted to Irish affairs. He must deny that. Since the month of February last, when Parliament met, no measure fur the benefit of Ireland had been passed. It was true the Noble Lord passed a Bill of pains and pe nalties against the religion of the country, which he car ried with large majorities through that House, and which was now passing with railway speed the other House of Parliament. He also had the credit of with drawing the public grants hitherto made for the medical hospitals of the city of Dublin. It would be much better not to allow the Irish Members to sit ill the House at all than to treat them as they had been.—(Hear, hear.) A Committee had been appointed to consider the propriety of doing away with minis ters' money in Ireland, of which the late Mr. Shiel was chairman ; the result of the inquiries was that this obnoxious tax was unanimously condemned as an insult to the Roman Catholics, and most irksome to the clergy to receive. The Noble Lord promised to bring in a Bill to remedy this abuse, and when he called attention to the subject the Noble Lord's answer was, that too much time had been given to the Ecclesi astical Titles Bill to allow him to bring the measure forward. The amount of this payment was 16,0001. year, and of that 11,0001. was paid by his constituents, and be had therefore a right to call attention to this subject. He would refer to another subject, with regard to which, however Irish Members might differ upon other. matters, they all felt that the business of Ireland was not conducted in that House in a proper and busi nosa-like manner.—(Hear, hear.) Sir JOHN PAKINGTON rose to order. The course which the Hon. Gentleman now pursued was an illustration of that. He considered that it was over' straining the rules of the House to bring forward this subject without notice, and wished to take the opinion of the Speaker upon the point of order. The SPEAKER said it was overstretching the rules of the House for the Honourable Member, upon a motion of this kind, to introduce such a discussion, and wee most inconvenient. The Honourable Gentleman was not, however, out of order. He certainly ought uPer such a motion to assign some reason for moving the an' journment. Mr. REYNOLDS said he was glad the Right gee' Gentleman (the Speaker) had decided not to interrupt him. In the first week of February between ten and twelve Irish Bills had been introduced, and with eel exception they were still in that House, and which had escaped to another place. The Chief Secretary for Ire' land, however, now proposed an attempt to carry thent forward when Parliament had not more than ten days Le sit and one-third of the Irish Members were out of town, while others were kept watching the progress of these Bills till very late hours. He would refer to three Bills to illustrate the course of their legislation for Ire' land. There was the Improvement of Towns Bill, which contained 180 clauses. This Bill was read a first time the 10th of February, and on the 11th of April it we e read a second time, and then sent to a Select Com' mittee, and remained until the Ist of May for report; the Bill was afterwards postponed from day to day until the present period of the session. Ho also traced the progress of the Valuation of Ireland Bill, and the Me' dical Charities Bill, which had been postponed in the same manner. He then referred to the mortality in Ire' land, and remarked that the population in 1841 vot e 8,200,000, and in 1851 was only 6 500,000, and whic 4 ought to have increased to 9,ooo,ooo.—(Hear, hear.) They said that a million of this decrease had arisen from emigration. but what had become of the other m illion and a half? They were to be found in graveyards. The Honourable Gentleman complained that the retur n, from Krlrush, in relation to the mortality and went of the poor in the workhouse of that place, haa not been laid on the table. The consequence was that he was not able to bring forward hi s mo ti o n on th e subject. If he had had the opportunity, he would hav e establish a case of manslaught e r again s t the Poor- 10 Commissioners in Ireland. He asked the Noble Lord to call upon his subordinates to save Ireland from this mid; night legislation of which he was complaining. Irelanti was said to be the right arm of the empire. She W e t neither the right arm nor the left now. She was in fee t; no arm at all (A laugh)—owing to the way in lai c } , she was treated by this country. He would call t l P r his country to combine to defend themselves. — ( l l: hear.) They had passed the Ecclesiastical Titles 1 31 t, and let them take care that their passing of this -A° and such like conduct, did not so operate as to wean e ; tirely the affections of the people of Ireland from t1"11 country. He had always advocated a unity of aetio,„ between England and Ireland, and he regretted that 11; land was treated in the manner she had been, Ith, that treatment was calculated to destroy the great °e ject which he desired. He begged to move that t" House, at its rising, should adjourn till Monday. ie Sir H. W. BARRON seconded the motion, and se ! , that the people of Ireland were progressing in poo r '. and misery. He knew that the shipping interests vier ' seriously injured in Ireland, and that the coach-mek i l and the manufacture of glass and other interests, i'l e ao suffering from the policy pursued towards Ireland. p d complained of the manner in which the House Peas treated the agricultural question, in which Ireland so deeply interested. They also rejected his motion bet E w d m o e ne w r gm e n i an inquiry into Irish distress—although a large nuinuett of the Irish Members supported the motion—but an English n.ajority defeated bins. The Hon. BarOtlet the, referred to the motions made in respect to the ris; spirit duty, the milling interests, and other Irish cle ° tions, and said that, although these motions had recei v e teehh s r set Members n noli consequen ce o s ef c r , the support of a large body of the Irish Members, 'l3 cl he p r e e n ia c n e d_ of o E n n s g u l b i j s .e li ct M s e in mb w er b s io n tt r e ile o o' a interested—and no interest whatever. eye respect r. to j. 13 , " tested against this species of legislation, which TO * not be suffered by any other people in the world. a . Mr. MONSELL sa id there were at l east three M e / sures befor e th e H ouse , w hi c h, unles s th e y made ge ese effort, they would not be able to pass; and, Be thed measures were of the greatest consequence to Irel i he wished to know if the Government wou ld take efiV ra ,' tive steps to carry them? He alluded to the JMee, lo Charities Bill, the Irish Health of Towns Bill, and ' Valuation of Lands (Ireland) Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL would object to the motion of t h e a ° Hon. Member fur Dublin, because ho wished to pre c ,, e r j with Irish business. The Bill in relation to mi niet the money was not brought in owing to the delay in the business of the House, by the opposition given IV to , Hon. Member for Dublin, and the other Irish Merob e r , to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. He was desirous of ee bs , eying through Parliament the measures referred 10 0 (j the Hon. Member for Limerick, and Government Wc'dite do so if they were not interrupted by uncalled-fo r cussions by lion. Members for Ireland. 'O 4 Mr. ROCHE hoped that next session a morning sitting , i r. o n one day in the week would be granted, for the Plo' pose of disposing of Irish questions of a purely so character. ' ,tea Mr. SCULLY comp!ained of th e l eg i s l a ti o n au ° ,.ed with respect to Ireland, an d sa id, if t h e Noble P c ",, - r • (Lord J. Russell) h a d h ear d t h e c h arges b r ought ;if ward by the Hon. M em b er f or D u bli n , h e would ea r have felt it right to have replied to them. ro e Mr. Sergeant MURPHY wished to know what e eti t he the Noble Lord intended to pursue in reference t° also question of the minister's money, and he should lilte:res to know what was the precise course to be adopted i s s o se spect to the three measures referred to by the 1-" Member for Limerick. It it The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER -c oo impossible to say precisely when his Noble Friend at Arc l head of the Government would be able to bring I°r e ` c e on the subject of ministers' money. Of six Irish Bill f ee ' the paper for that evening three might have been ° i g a taken had it not been that lion. Gentlemen had oee ti l i ) iol) so much of the time of the House. The discussion 'fi aie pt had taken place effectually prevented the Impro ve of Towns Bill being arrived at to-night. ee - tha t Mr. WAKLEY intimated his desire to know to there was any prospect of arrangements being rae, ci co lso complete the formation of Finsbury -park. Ho shoo my'lo inquire whether it was the intenti( n of her Mej e : c ier, Government to bring in a measure forthwith to lotioa the Crystal Palace a permanent structure, tor b e eye the feeling universally prevailed out of doors ths'aha Crj stel Palace should remain a permanent s tructur e : D es the public had heard with alarm that the contrsT' the twe,n the Commissioners for the formation e i er OE Palace, and the Noble Lord the First Comusisti°v eye Woods and Forests, imported that the mine"' ° , 3 0 1° structure would commence in November, and the be taken down wi,hin ,ox m fobs. THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER. iiieroer Sir J. PAKING tiN stated Una the lion. , '. 013 oe for Penrhyn, when he brought forward his inetinisao? the Rochester case, made a statement which tbe f e h ire of Rochester thought injurious and unjust towerti3i,ho9 at the time he was Dean of Rochester. ember t° complained of a statement made by the Hon• nl e fo ods' the effect, that the stipends of the boys on th e 4 d, to, tip at Worcester had been reduced from 2 1 . 13 : th ,drs' led. Mr. Wheeler, the head of the Bich the, school at Worcester, had written a letter (sv., d pat Non. Baronet read), to the effect that the stire" their acts. It was often said that this 13111 would be a dead letter. Well, that migh; be so. But it might also not be so, as any successful informer would be looked upon as most ppular. fie th )ught the Irish ought to agitate until they obtained a repeal of this most utijust Act. He had a strong conviction of the impolicy of this Biil as i: related to Ireland. Viscount CANNING thought that the objections of the Noble Lard who ()paced the debate had not been fully answered by the Noble and Learned Lord on the woolsack. This Bill committed the inconsistency of im posing a severer penalty on a minor offence, than upon the greater offence. The one great objection to the adop tion of the amendment of the Noble Lord was this— that the late act of the Pope, as it was considered, affected the supremacy of the Crown. Whether that conclusion was right or wrong, it was not necessary he should inquire; but Parliament had accepted it, and it was certainly the strongest point made by the advocates of the Bill. A territorial title could only emanate from the Queen; the title was otherwise no title, in the sense in which the law could recognise it.—(Hear.) The basis laid down by Sir William Blackstone was this— that all titles and honours should emanate from the Crown. He believed that her Majesty's Government would not, and if they desired to do it, they could not, apply this law to Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) It had :been howevi.x, said by a Noble and Leavned Lord in that de bate on the scond reading, that if this Act w:is found to be ineflieient, the law must be made more stringent. —(Hear, Lear.) Tli-s Noble Lord then refsrred to an Act passed is the Irish Parliament, in 1782, tasking it penal for the R ,man Catholic bishops to assume the titles of their saes ; but that Act he said was not rigidly enforced He then called the attention of the House to a remarkable circumstance which oc curred in 1793, when a relaxation took place in the ope ration of the penal laws. In that year a petition was sent to the Irish House of Commons, then exclusively Pro ... testant, and that petition was signed by the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, subscribing himself as such, and by several other Catholic bishops, each taking the titles of their sees.—(Hear, hear.) Sir Henry Caveudieh called the attention of the House to the circumstance, but no notice was taken of it, and the subject therefore dropped. —(Hear, hear.) That circumstance showed what was the feeling of au exclusively Protestant Parliament on the subject of these titles.—(Rear, hear.) The Noble Lord concluded by saying triat he had no fear that Govern ment would enforce the Bill with any stringency in Ireland; and entertaining that view, he would oppose the amendment of the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hoar.) Lord CRAN WOR I'll said, the foundation of the Noble Lord's proposition in moving his amendment was, that the Bill would inflict grievances of a most serious character upon Ireland. He seemed to think that it would render insecure marriages and other acts per formed by the Catholic Church in Ireland. If he (Lord Cranworth) thought there would be any such result from this measure, he would say they must either drop the Bill altogether, or exclude Ireland from its operation.—(Hear, hear.) But, in fact, all that the Bill enacted was that the briefs or rescripta were illegal and void. His belief was that no one could be prosecuted except under the second section, which pro vided that a penalty should be inflicted upon any one taking the title of any pretended sees; and he did not see, upon consideration of the measure, that there was any reason why they should exclude Ireland from the operation of the Bill.—(Hear.) The Bishop of OSSORY was opposed to the amend ment proposed by the Noble Lord, and said he consi dered it would be very inconsistent to repel the autho rity of the Pope in this country, in which he was very weak, at the same time that they permitted him to ex ercise it in a country in which he was strong, as was the case in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Rev. Prelate then referred to a remark which bad been made by a Noble Lord in the course of the debate, that tee Catholic Church was the ancient Church of Ireland; and that Noble Lord further seemed to conceive that the Re ftrmed Church of Ireland received its temporalities from the Catholic Church in Ireland. But such a transfer could only be made by Act of Parliament. In point of fact, there was no new church. It was simply a reform of the corrupt church, and the Established Church was the true and only successor of the ancient Church of Ireland. The Earl of ST. GERMANS, who arose amidst several cries of " Divide," said that this was much too important a question to be put down by clamour. He did not doubt that the Right Rev. Prelate might be right in his argument, but he rose to draw attention to a more practical point—the question of the indictment. Lord Hale laid it down in his " Pleas of the Crown," that where a statute prohibited any particular act, and where by a eubsequant chaise it provided a proceeding by action of debt, without snaking an indictment, then the party might be indicted under the prohibitory clause, but could not be sued for the penalty. He wanted to know, there fore, whether, after all, the Attorney-General would have control over these prosecutions. And if ho had, was it reasonable that ho should bo constantly loft to the bigoted importunities of religious zealots, who would find no difficulty, in Ireland especially, of supplying him with plenty of work? And if, under the Bequests Act, or any other, a Roman Catholic bishop endeavoured to establish a claim to property, would they allow him to place an instrument which was by this Act declared to be illegal? Lord John Russell said, in the House of Commons, that his law ad visers had recommended him not to found his proceed ings upon the statute of Richard the Second, but he (the Earl of St. Germans) had the authority of several emi nent lawyers, Sir Frederick Thesiger amongst the rest, for saying that by reciting the language of a portion of this statute, they gave vigour and life to it. He would ask their Lordships to consider seriously what might be the effect of putting such a man as Archbishop Murray upon his trial—a man who had uniformly discounte nanced agitation, and supported a submission to the law, and who h .d fully earned the esteem of every one. His appeal to his flock, dated in February last, was at once tonching and impressive, and ought to operate as a caution. The Catholic bar of Ireland had made a mo derate declaration as to the inepoliey of this course, es pecially so long recognised. Believing this Bill to be pregnant with evil consequences to Ireland, he had come to the conclusion that it was his duty to give his vote in support of the proposition of his Noble Friend. The Duke of ARGYLL said he much regretted the course which the Noble Lord who had just sat down had taken with regard to Ireland. Connected as he was with Ireland, that resolution was much to be regretted, and he really thought that his Noble Friend was not bound in strictness to come to the conclusions he had. lie (the Duke of Argyll) denied the inference that ordi nations would be affected by the validity of the docu ment under which the ordaining bishop acted. The holy orders of the Church of Rome did not depend ex clusively on documents from Rome, but depended also on the canonical consecration of other bishops. He was quite convinced, too, that when it had been once ascertained that the priest had been ordained by a pre late of the Church of Rome, no further inquiry would be made as to the authority upon which that prelate acted in ordinary. Under that belief alone he was will ing to concur in the passing of this Bill; for he should be as unwilling to interfere with the religious rights of Roman Catholics in England, who were few in numbers, as he should be with those of Roman Catholics in Ireland, who were counted by millions. It was a measure much wanted in Englund, and especially re quired for Ireland. It was wanted there, were it only for the purpose of repressing the spread of opinions and principles hostile to the constitution. He had recently s een a pamphlet, said to be published " by authority," by which he inferred that the author had the sanction of Dr. Wisemau for what ho wrote. In that book Dr. Bowyer alluded to a private Act called the Dublin Sani tary Act, in which the Irish Catholic prelates were mentioned, with the names of their sees, and he founded upon that fact an argument that those sees were well known to ,the Government as existing in the Catholic Church in Iceland. Probably few of their Lordships had seen that Act, and the inference was not justified. It showed the insatiable spirit of the Catholic Church, and how little L't was to be satisfied by concessions. He gave his entire support to the Bill. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE observed that the original document of Dr. Murray, to which his Noble Friend opposite (Lord Monteagle) had referred, had only met his eyes that day. Whatever passed between Dr. Murray and thee Court of Rome in private, was a matter of which neither the Crown, nor the Parliament, nor the public took notice, and though he might there be acknowledged and addressed as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, the recognition was not on the part of our own Government. In his public documents, however, Dr. Murray had not assumed that title. The Earl of WICKLOW said that the Government never intended that the Bill should be carried into ett ct in Ireland, and notwithstanding the alterations in the clauees, by the pressure from the opponents of the Go• vernment, they still did not intend to carry it into effsct in Ireland; and it was impossible that they should, be cause of the interference of the Bill with the Roman Catholic religion; and, therefore, that being so, it was a protection to the Roman Catholics in England to have Ireland included in the Bill, became, it not being in tended to carry it into offset in that country, it could not, with any show of reason and justice, be enforced in this country.—(Divide.) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. Their Lordships then divided on the amendment, when the numbers were -17 Contents ..• ••• • 82 Non-contents ••• Majority against the amendment —65 On being re-admited to the gallery we found The Earl of ABERDEEN addressing their Lord ships. He said he did not suppose it was the intention of her Majesty's Government that the Act should apply to titles other than those which the Pope conferred. He did not know in that case why the word " therefore" was retained in the clause. To do so, he thought was carrying t he spirit of religious intolerance farther th an could have been imagined. The Act was only intended to apply to the Church of Rouse and to Pepsi aggres sion. When Scotland was excluded, the word "other wise" ought to have been expunged. The Marquis of LANSDO WNE said the Act had no a pplication to bishops who were appointed with the con sent of the Crown.—(Hear.) The Earl of ABERDEEN said the Crown had no authority to interfere with the appointment of the Scotch bishops. The Marquis of LANSDOWNR repeated his former answer, and after a few words from Lord Redesdale and Earl Grey their Lordships went into Committee, Lord Redesdale in the chair. On the question being put, that claim 1 stand part of the Bill, Lord KINNAIRD said the division they had just come to had reference to Ireland. But it was the opi nion of eminent lawyers that the Act not only applied to archnishops and bishops, but to the inferior clergy who were appointed by them, and tee feared, therefore, that he would have to trouble their Lordships with di viding on the clause. lie thought he might olcam the