The Sun. — London, England, 1851-07-30 00:00:00

oke, 4 .1..:,h 5v:;, 7 :5 4 , wis—: ..N. 11, .4, le to T.gi v . -- - lyttgZ& SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Lord REDESDALE, in the absence of the Lord Chan cellor, took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from Bradford in favour of the retention of the Crystal Palace. PRIVATE BILLS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, several pri vate Bills were forwarded a stage. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up. Several other Bills were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER. took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. Moore's Estate Bill was considered and agreed to. PE. Mr. MASTERMAN presented a petition from London in favour of the Law of Evidence Amendment Big. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Scotland, praying for the continuatce of the Crystal Palace. Petitions to the same effect were presented by several other Hon. Members. Sir B. HALL presented a petition from the presentee of St. Thomas, within the diocese of Exeter, complaining of ihe conduct of the Bishop of Exeter in refusing to license him, and praying the House to afford him re dress. AUSTRALIAN STEAM NAVIGATION. In reply to Mr. HENLEY, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said no step had yet been taken for establishing a steam com munication between the Cape of Good Hope and Sydney. The subject was one of considerable importance, as such a communication would involve a large expenditure of public money, and although the Indian Committee re commended its establishment, he was net prepared to say whether the recommendation would be carried out or cot. _ _ Lord JOCELYN, as Chairman of the Committee, must move the adjournment of the House, for the purpose of contradicting the statement of the Right Hon. Gentle man, that the recommendation could only be carried out at considerable expense to the public. Now, so far from that being the case, the Committee, after h earin g evi dence upon the subject, arr i ve d a t the conclusion t hat the route recommended was not only the cheapest, but the best, and if the Government thought the recommendanon could not be put in force without an expenditure of something like 50,0001. a. year, why did the . Righ h t On : Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exa l hequer ;o w b o e m : d a c. ." thb Committee, allow trie recinain T I h n e ' r 3 e l e l c o n a.i mend ti on , 13 the report of the Committee? o 'ty of eleven to five, however, was agreed aj say rl that the report was and it was unjust for a t n ° y * a majority carried by a co rahlea d te_i o n ne of o ntorests. Those who adopted rho r eport nothing but the public interest, at heart in d&rig so. The CHANCELLOR of the EXEHEQUER re v r e d f r om the evidence which was produced be-• j,7. r a c t h e Committee, it appeared that the minimum, estims.te :Jr carrying cut the two hoes recomnecaled by the report was no less than 150,0001. H e d en i e d t h a t 1 - had thrown out r.ny imputation against. the mariner in which the report was carried. All t h :L t ho had done was simply to state that in the existing state of affair.; it was nor ad- viable to carry cut the recommendation of the Committee. Lord NAAS tt.;d the House that if the reeetiethenda tien of the Commit!ee were carried out it would be tis saving to the eounfry of 40,0004 a year. An HON. MEMBER —NO, no. Lord isIAAS said he meant to say 20,0004 a year. The SPEAKER said the error of the Noble Lord only shored the necessity there was for putting an end to the ihcorivenient practice of debating such questions as this on a motion fur adjournment. The mitten for the isdjournthent was then withdrawn. EPISCOPAL INCOMES. Sir B. HALL gave notice that, early next session, he would move the appointment of a Select Commitvie to inquire in'io epitieopal incomes. ADJOUINMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RU,SELL bltid, if the courso of public ha slues& would permit, he would move, on Friday, thin the House at its rising should adjourn uutil Weciaesday nest. PUi3LIC LIBRARIES. On the motion of Mr. EWART, the Committee on public libritri3s was re•appoiated, for tte purpose of r so ale form.-. 1 evidence on the subject of forei,:n The dropped orders were re-appointed. COALWHIPPERS (PORT OF LONDON) BILL. This Bill w4s read a third tithe and passed. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, Mr. T. EGERTON objected to prooceeding with u Bill of this itoporte.nce at this late period of the session. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said th.e. Bill and ita details had loosen fully eonmdered in Cie L-rds. Its principles nad also been affirmed by tile House, and its provisions were not of that vast impo r tauee as to justify the postponement of the 8,11. Sir F. TIIESIGEII. sate the measure was one of ewe.- siderable importance, and although it might have be en fully considered by the House of Lords it did nut foll,e‘v that this House was to be bound by the opinion of the Howe of Lords. This House might with to follow the course pursued by the Lords, and refer the Bill to the consideration of a Select Committee; and, as many its provisions must inevitably lead to discussion, he hoped it would be postponed. Mr. MACGREGOR said the country was looking for tl - 1, passing of the Bill with great interest, and ho hoped its progress would not be stopped. Sir DE LACY EVANS said the principle of the Bill had been affirmed with only one dissentient, and he therefore saw no reason for postponing a measure which would have the effect of reforming ono of the greatest evils that existed on our statute book. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said it was only in tended to go into Committee pro form&. Five hundred persons had taken out protections for articles exhi bited in the Crystal Palace, and they were anxiously waiting to see if they would bo allowed to take up patents under this Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON had received communications from Salford in favour of the Bill, and he hoped the Houses would proceed with it without delay. The Bill would confer a great boon upon the manufacturing an terest of the country. Mr. NEWDEGATE admitted that defects existed in the Bill of last session, and if he supported the motion for proceeding with the Bill, it would be to amend these defects. Mr. SPOONER asked when it was proposed to go into Committee again on the Bill, if it went throt.gh pro formci? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER repl fed, on Friday morning. Mr. T. GIIBENE suggested that the practice of allow ing a patentee six months to specify wa a great evil, and ha hoped it would be dealt with by this Bill. As the Bib. now stotal it would nava the effect of chenclig the intellects of the country of many of their best woras, and if it were in,,t amended he hoped it would be with drawn altogether. For instance, the proposal to appoint examiners Was highly objectionable, and ought not to be agreed to. Me. BROWN said the object of the Bill he big hly approved of, but there were defects in its details, anca he trusted they would be amended in Committee. Mr. CARDWELL supported the Bill, but did not consider it as ,s final settlement of the patent law', which required a thorough reform. He suggested that the Government should appoint a Committee next session to make a full, searceing, and dispassionate inquiry into the subject, with the view of producing a more perfect measure. He hoped no objection would now be made to going pro forma through Committee. Alderman SIDNEY regretted that the Go vernment would not consent to alter the Bill, as, under particular circumstances, it increased the cost of obtaining patents. Though die incomes of the Attorney and Solicitor-General would be diminished for the next three years, yet, as after that period there would be an additional fee of not, and after seven years of a 100/, the incomes of those officers would ultimately be greatly inc reased. Instead of there being a permanent reduction in the co st of obtaining patents, there would be a considerable increase in con sequence of these different payments. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was very inconvenient, and, as far as he knew, a new practice to introduce a debate on the merits of a Bill on the motion for go i ng into Committee pro forma. H e ho p ed the p racti ce would not be encouraged or prevail i n the House . — (Hear.) With respect to the suggestion of the Hon. Member for Liverpool (Mr. Cardwell), all he could say without cora anitting himself at present was, that the Governm ent would take the subject into consideration with the view of seeing whether they could agree to the p ro p os al. They cnly treated the present Bill as an im p rovement on tne existing law. (Hear, bear.) The Bill then wentthrough C 'tt e pro forma, and the report was, ordered to be brought up CHURCH BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. t into The house then en OD Friday. Clause 1, afte r a wCommittee upon this Bill. short discussion, On Clause 9, was struck out. Clauses 2,3, 4, 5 , 6 , 7 , and 8 were agreed to. Mr. HEADLAII proposed an amendment, to omit ofrom eratLn the clothe use the Provisions of exemption from the of Mortmain The SOLICITOR-GENERI p L opposed the amend ment. After a short conversation the Committee divided when there appeared— For the amendment ... ••• ••• 19 A g ainst it Majority ••• •• 49 ••• —3O The amendment was consequently lost. The clause was then agreed to. The other clauses of the Bill from 10 to 28 were agreed to. Mr. FREWES proposed the following clause:— " And be it enacted, that upon the next avoidance of any benefice, which has no church or chapel belonging to it, and which has a population of f o rt y p ersons, or u p wa rds which has of forty persons, and w not been unit e d to any other benefice or benefices by order of her Majesty in Council,tae said benefice chapel shall remain and continue void until a churchor ndh ta Wilt where divine service shall be performed;a the r"g nth] • e shall olurnenta arising from the sa id benefice the ea over to • ftoni. , to time, whilst it is void, be L e a together with ref •• • • or bishop of the diocese, whe, .:acoa of the alohdeacoary, and patron or Pa cat., the said benefice, shall act as trustees for the 4 `~ T E receipt of the said fees and emoluments, which shall be appropriated by the said trustees for the purpose of building or assisting to build a church or chapel for the said benefice; and as soon as such church or chapel has been consecrated or licensed for divine worship by the archbishop or bishop of the diocese, then shall be lawful for the patron or patrons to present a spiri tual person to the said benefice, who shall enjoy all the rights, fees, and emoluments, and perform all the duties appertaining thereto, and who shall be under the same ecclesiastical control and authority as any other incumbent in the same diocese: provided al ways, that if the said archbishop or bishop shall license any room in the said parish for divine service, then it shall be lawful for the patron or patrons to present a spiritual person to the said benefice, who shall perform all the duties appertaining thereto, and who shall be under the same ecclesiastical control and authority as any other incumbent." The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the clause, as not coming within the scope of the Bill. After a short conversation the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the clauso ... 40 Against it ... Majority ... —3 On the question that the clause be added to the Bill a discussion took place, in the course of which it was arranged that the Solicitor-General should draw up a clause embodying certain alterations which were sug gested by Mr. Gladstone. The House then resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Friday. PETTY SESSIONS (IRELAND) BILL. The House then went into Committee upon this Bill. On clause 1 being proposed, Mr. M'CULLAGIi opposed the Bill, and observed that if the House agreed to it, they would adopt the principle that a single magistrate sitting at sessions might dispose of all cases included in the Summary Jurisdiction Act, with the exception of treason, and should also be empowered to imprison a person with out fine for the space of twelve calendar months. He asked the House whether it was wise or expedient to in vest a single magistrate with such considerable powers? Colonel DUNNE waa perfectly satisfied th at by enabling a magistrate to adjudicate summarily they conferred no benefit upon him, but, on the contrary, gave him a great deal of trouble, though the people would derive many advantages by such an arrangement. The clause was agreed to, as were also the following eight clauses. On clause 10 being proposed, Mr. M..CULLAGH moved the omission of section 2, enabling one magistrate to adjudicate summarily in all cases. Sir W. SOMERVILLE ; pposed the amendment, be lieving that it would be a virtual denial of justice to in sist upon the attendance of two or more magistrates in all cases. After some discussion the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... ... ... 13 Against it ... 49 -. ... Majority . . ... —36 The elauze wa s t h en agree d to, and the Chairman was direete,i to report progress. The House resumed, and the Chairman obtained leave to sit again to-morrow. The rermaininr orlrls were then disposed of, and the Howe at:jot:rued, at &x o'clock, till to-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The DALish charvr for the submarine and hod telegraphs is gran:ed to Messrs. G. Shepherd, C.E., and C. Button, paentees of the submarine telegraph, and not to Messre. Sheppard and Rotten, as stated in your impression of this day. Please correct this error, and oblige your obedient servant, G. SHEPHERD, C.E. Holborn-bars, 29th July, 1851. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. THREE LIVES LOST. We received last evening a communication to the fol lowing effect from Lees, near Oldham:— About nice o'clock this (Tuesday) morning, the boiler belonging to the mill of Messrs. Rhodes and Co., of Hey, burst—it is said somewhere near the dust-hole, in the bottom of the boiler—and of course the steam rushed out with tremendous force into the flee hole. Over the boiler was a willow-room in which three men were working, and the force of the steam threw upwards a small portion of the flagged floor of this room. The men, hearing the explosion, end seeing the rush of steam from below, ran towards the dour of the room to escape, and the steam concealing the aperture it had made in the fluor, they unfortunately fell through it into the steam and boil. ing water in the boiler-hcuse below. Two of them were almost instantaneously killed. When the steam had passed eff, and the water flowed away, the third man was extricated, still living, but ho expired in a few moments afterwards. It is generally thought that the boiler was short of water; and it is said that the water-pump had just been looked tu, and set to wells. Another statement is, that there was no whistle to in dicate the quantum of water iu the boiler. The boiler is almost a new cue. Our correspondent adds the following suggestions:— That boilers should always be outside, and detached from the mill or wetly; that they should always have attached to them a wl - Atstle, to indicate the state of the water; ono or two sufficient safety-valves; and a mar eury gauge, to indicate the pressure of steam in the j boiler. Previously to receiving the above communication, we had heard u vague rumour of this fatal accident, and had dispatched a reporter to the spot. He was enabled to glean the following additional particulars. Hey is about two miles east of Oldham, as the crow flies. The pro mis.ea on which the accident has occurred are the pro perty Messrs. James Rhodes and Brothers, and con sist of one large building, four storeys high, and several smaller ones. A portion of the larger building and abme of the smaller ones are occupied by Messrs. Fielden and Schofield, who, as well as Messrs. Rhodes, are cotton spinners. The larger building is filled with machinery, the whole cf which, in both the occupancies, is turned by one engine, the steam for which has been supplied by a boiler of about 42 horses' power. We were unable last evening to inspect the boiler in consequence of the . dark ness; but from what we could learn, it was cylindrical, and had a flue or flues. This boiler, which is nearly a new one, is fixed in a cellar running beneath two build ings, at the south-eastern side of the principal mill. The buildings over this cellar are only one storey high; that over the firing end cf the boiler is occupied as a willow room, while the other is the engine house. Imme diately in front of the fireplace of the boiler was a wall, which supported two very large flags, forming a portion :of the floor of the willow room; and the space below these flags and another portion of the floor, was used as the coal hole, to which access is obtained by a flight of steps leading from the yard. In the willow room there are two willows and a lap machine. This last is placed ex actly over the boiler; and the others immediately at the side of it. At all these machines men were at work yesterday morning, the names of the na?n at the wil lows being Jonah Brierley and James Winterbottom, and of the man at the lap machine, Samuel Lord. The engine was started about half-past eight o'clock yesterday morning, and nothing unusual was ob served until abut ten minutes before nine, when the boiler burst with a loud noise, and the steam and eater rushed fiercely out. The immediate effect of this was to throw down the wall supporting the flagstones in the floor of the willow room, and the three men becoming alarmed and running towards the door, in order to get out, they fell down with one of these stones into the space beneath. At the time the explosion happened, Mr. George Rhodes, one of the part ners in the firm was going into the willow room, and upon opening a door leading into it from the principal mill he was met by a cloud of dust followed by a rush of steam. He at once shut the door, and returned to the mill, from the lower floor of which he sent out all the workpeople, being afraid that the dan ger was not over. Some of these people going round to the door leading from the willow room into the mill yard, and finding that room full of steam and a portion of the flooring fallen in, were at once con vinced that the three men, whom they could not see, must be severely injured. After the steam had some what cleared away, some persons descended into the firing hole, where they found the three men, who had been working in the willow room lying on the fallen flag. The men were at once brought out, when it was found that Winterbottom was quite dead, The other two were still alive, but almost immediately expired. Mr. Elliot, surgeon, was speedily in attendance, but was of course unable to render any assistance, and the bo dies were soon afterwards removed to the Red Lion public-house, at Austerlands, where they are now lying. The bodies are all very severely scalded, but do not ap pear to have sustained any injury from the fall; and there can be no doubt that, as stated by the surgeon, death was caused by the scalding. Upcn examination, it was found that one of the plates in the upper part of the flue, immediately over the fire box had been rent by the explosion to the length of eighteen inches. The boiler was not moved from its position, nor was any damage done to the nachinery or the building, with the exception of the throwing do wn of the wail, and the falling of the large flag stone already mentioned. The cause of the accident has not yet been ascertained. The names of the deceased: were Samuel Lord, laptenter, about forty years of age, living at Lees; Jonah Brierley, wallower, about fifty or fifty-five years of age, living at He,y; - and Jam es Wi nter b ot t om , willovver, about 35, also living at -ey. Lord and Brierley have both left widows; the former one, the latter two children. Win terbottom was unmarried. The inquest is expected to be held to-day (Wednesday) at the Red Lion, Auster lands.—Manchester Guardian of this day. STATE OF TRADE. (From the .Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TIIESDAY.—By the Africa, which ar rived in the Mersey on Saturday night, we learn that cot ton had lost from i to 1 cent per lb. at New York during the week, and that rarely has a growing crop presented a more healthy or vigorous appearance, or a better stand than the present one does. In Liverpool, a considerable business continues to be done, and prices are reported to be abo u t itd. above those o f Frid ay; but buyer s fi n d an anx i ety to sell which enables them aboutthe st s a ti t l same generally to do as well as on that day. In our own market, the operations in yarns have been on a fair scale for India and Russia; and the prices paid are mans still show much backwardness, and complain of out moderate orders, e t :: on Friday and Saturday. The Ger mans the dull eir Mediterranean markets, yarns, continue nd givinglow counts generally, remain scarce. There is still a good demand for wa r p s , up s , to number 20's, both for continental and home consumpti on , but particularly - the latter; and the makers are, in many instances, supplied with _ contracts for several weeks to come; yet higher prices cannot be obtained, and those who are open to orders take them on the terms which have lately prevailed. Medium pin -cop weft is quiet. In goods, there has been a fair business of a pretty general character. Some manufacturers of stout fabrics and. printing cloths have entered into renewed engagements, of rather considerable extent. The Indian buyers, seeing an unfavourable telegraphic statement about piece goods, have held aloof, waiting for their letters, which will be received this evening. On the whole, there is no decline to-day in any descriptions of yarns or :goods, neither is there any advance; but there is more steadiness throughout, and many articles exhibit what is called an increased stiffness. RCCHDALE, MONDAY.—The peace market has under gone little change since last Monday, either in price or demand. In wool the demand i s stead y , and prices farm, with a scarcity of that quality of wool varying from 9d. to 13d. per lb. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—Our manufactured goods trade is, if anything, less ac tive than of late; owing, in a grea t measure, to the interim which usually takes place at this season, prior to preparations becoming general for the autumn trade. The demand for thrown silk re mains quiet. The appearance of the market is, however. satisfactory; prices maintaining their firmness, which operates favourably with producers, who aro gradually extending their operations. The raw silk market re mains very firm, with an upward tendency. The delive ries continue good. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—In our piece hall to-day there has been rather more doing in light fancy goods; but for heavy fabrics there is hardly any inquiry. Yarn remains in the same condition of extreme depression. The de mand is tar below the production, and the quotations are consequently in a drooping state. Scarcely any wool is ehanging hands, and the turn is still in favour of the buyer. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Our market continues much the same as last week. A pretty active trade has been done during the weak. It seems to be generally expected that we shall have a good autumn trade. The wool warehouses have been rather more active to-day. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The market at the cloth halls has been good, and a fair qvantity of goods continue to be delivered to order. Prices remain firm, and business in the warehouses is brisk. s UN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1851. AYLESFORD. — Notwithstanding the heavy rains we have had during the past week, the vermin still are as numerous as before. A very short crop this year. BIRLING.—We are very indifferent here—rather worse than last week. LINTON.—Our bine has grown considerably since the rain, but we have also an increase of vermin in our up per grounds —some of them are getting worse every day. MARDEN.—In some grounds a decided improvement is observable, in others the hops appear stationary. STAPLEIIIIRST.--The effect of the late rain is visible a few places in this parish; but speaking generally the plant is weakly, owing to the ravages of the vermin with which they are still infested, and precludes the possibility of growing anything like a crop. ULCOMB.—We cannot report any improvement this last week; the bine continues very foul, and much of it too sickly to make any effort for fruit. CRANBROOK.—The plantations have not made any very perceptible progress during the week. There has been a complete saturation of the grounds, and a few days' fine warm weather will no doubt work wonders and decide the fate of the gro w th. OTFORD AND SHOREHAM.—There is a decided im provement in some few of the hop gardens; but at least in two-thirds of the plantation the prospect of growing any hops is entirely gone for this year. WROTHAX (TowN DISTRICT).—We are decidedly worse than last week, the vermin following every shoot; the weather during the past week has been most favour able for their increase; and as one generation of them die a fresh one succeeds them in much larger numbers. CANTERBURY.—We have nothing favourable to re port this week of the hop plant. Our accounts, for the most part, represent the country grounds in a bad con dition. The attack or vermin, combined with slackness of bine, render the chance of a good crop very critical. Some of the well-cultivated plantations in this neigh bourhood have certainly improved a little, the hop look ing a good colour, and promising a fair yield; but this is far from general. Warm, still weather is now required to bring them to maturity. Duty estimated at 75,5001. to 80,0001. TICEHURST.—The hop plantations are not doing so well as they were a fortnight ago; many gardens have gone the wrong way, and the others are at present quite at a stand. Sussax.—Our reports from Rye and its neighbour hood state that the lice have increased in most gar dens since the rains, yet, so sanguine are the hop growers of that district that the plantations will go through the blight, that they calculate upon growing from 10 cwt. to two tons per acre. ATROCIOUS MURDER IN PARIS. The police arrested on Sunday the young man rho murdered a girl named Juliette Flame in a public house in the Rue du Cherche-Midi. His name is Joseph Humble:, his age 19, and his occupation that of a waiter in a coffee-house. The arrest was effected at 110, Rue St. Honor 4, in the residence of 'a concierge, who is a friend of his mother. He readily answered the questions put to him, and made this statement:—" I know," be said, " that I have com mitted a horrible murder, and I know the fate that awaits me. But las not a monster—l was distracted—l had an attack of brain fever. During eight months," he continued, " I had intimate relations with Juliette; I loved her passionately, but at last I fancied I perceived she deceived me. Ido not know whether I was right or wrong, but a violent jealousy took possession of me, and I resolved to kill her first, and myself afterwards. I was under the idlc.ence of these ideas when I met her on Wednesday. We went into the public-house, and ascended to a bed room. A bottle of wine was brought us, and Juliette seated herself on the bed. It was nearly nine o'clock, and vertigo seized me. I passed my hand over her throat, which appeared to surprise her; but be fore she had time to make any observation I seized a razor which I had for some time carried in my poc ket, and, in one cut, made a severe wound in the throat. Poor wretch! She had only time to cry Mother! mother!' when she fell dead. I was troubled, and for a few moments knew not what 1 did. But at last I reco vered my self-possession. I washed the blood iron my hands and face. I opened the door, but when half-way down the staircase, the idea of seeing her again recurred to me, and I went and kissed her fur the last time. I hurried away. I went to the river and washed my trousers. Afterwards I went home, and said to my father and mother, Kiss me, to you will see me no more; I am a great criminal, and deserve the scaffold!' In their stupor they did not think of stopping me. I went out of Paris and slept in a lodging-house at one of the barriers. In the morning I was agitated, and did not know where to go. So I re- solved to commit suicide. But before dying I deter mined to try to see Juliette once again. I went to the Morgue, where I thought her body would be taken; but I arrived too late—she had been recognised by her mother, and the body had been removed. I listened to what was said in the crowd. ' A young girl has been murdered,' they said, ' and the murderer after wards threw the body into the river.' I shrugged my shoulders and went away. I went to a church, with the intention of confessing to a priest, but not finding one, I wandered about the streets for some time, and at last left Paris. I only returned this morning. And now I have only to request that I may be condemned to death. My repentance and my chastisement will open to me the gates of heaven, and it is there alone that I. can hope to see Juliette again." This statement was made with the greatest calmness. Tho prisoner had on a shirt stained with the blood of his victim. The expression of his features is remarkably mild. He had procured himself a passport for a foreign country. FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC. The following are the last returns of the gross re ceipts of the principal French Railways : NORTHERN.—From July 16 to July 22: Passengers, 349,248 t.; goods, 192,006 f.; total, 541,254 f. ROUEN.—From July 13 to July 19 ; Passengers, 114,4421.; goods, 79,702 E; total, 194,144 f. HAVRE.—From July 13 to July 19 : Passengers, 40,482 f.; goods, 34,635 f. ; total 75,117 f. ORLEANS. — From July 14 to July 20 : Passengers, 91,772 E ; goods, 102,278 E; total, 197,050 f. BoRDEAuX.—From July 14 to July 20: Passengers, 49,329 f.; goods, 42,539 E; total, 91,868 E VIERZON.—From July 14 to July 20 : Passengers, 38,680 f.; goods, 37,422 E; total, 76,102 f. BOULOGNB.—From July 14 to July 20: Passengers, 39,477 f.; goods, 16,759 f.; total, 56,236 f. NANTES...—From July 12 to July 18 : Passengers, 22,4341.; goods, 15,832 f.; total, 38,286 f. STRASBURG —From July 16 to July 22: Passengers, 111,646; goods, 68,845 E; total, 180,491 E BALE.—From July 1 to July 7 : Passengers, 30.7321.; goods, 31,043 E; total, 61,775€. MoNTEREAtL — From July 9 to July 18; Passengers, 10,310 E; goods, 14,721 E; t tal , 25,0311. MARSEILLES. — From July 9 to July 15: Passengers, 48,623 E; goods, 22,190 E; total, 70,830 f. LIONS.—From July 6 to July 12 : Passengers, 226,152 f.; goods, 76,474 f.; total, 302,626 f. CHARTRES.—From July 7to July 13: Passengers, 32,907 f.; goods, 13,0551.; total, 45,962 f. THE LONDON GAZETTE, July 29. BANKRUPTS. Edward Herring, manufacturing chemist, Southwark, to surrender Aug. 7, at half-past one, and Sept. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Caunan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Wood, Alderagate. John Limbird, stationer, Strand, Aug. 8, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Smith, Bat inghall-street. Richard Keeping, watchmaker, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Aug. 7, at two, and Sept. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, of f icial assignee, Basinghall street; Whittington, Dean-street, Finsbury-square. Edwin Gates, grocer, Aylesford, Kent, Aug. 6, at half past eleven, and Sept. 6, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansteld, official assignee; Wilton and Blackman, Raymond's-buildings, Gray's Inn-square. Walter Levy, maccaroai manufacturer, White's-row, Spitalfields, Aug. 4, at eleven, and Sept. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Jenkinson, Sweeting, and Jenkinson, Lombard-street. Alfred Hinton, stationer, Portsmouth, Aug. 6 and Sept. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Weir and Smith, Basinghall-street. Edward Davis, currier, Northampton, August 6, at half-past one, and Sept. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Heath, Artillery place West, Finsbury. Thomas Irlam and Vincent Wanostrocht (and not Wanostrocht Wanostrocht, as before advertised), brokers, Liverpool, Aug. 7, and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Sharp, Field, and Jackson, London; Miller and Peel, Liverpool. Robert Heath, William Welch, and John Heath Barber, ironmongers, Tunstall, Staffordshire, Aug. 16, at ten, and Sept. 2, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Stanier, Udall, and Knight, Newcastle-under-Lyrae; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Thomas John King, innkeeper, Stourport, Worcester shire, Aug. 12, and Sept. 9, at twelve, at the Birming ham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir mingham; Watson, Stourport; Hodgson, Birmingham. David Phillips, linendraper, Cardiff, Aug. 13, and Sept. 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acre mann, official assignee, Bristol; Bevan, Bristol. Betsy Daw, miller, Lumber mills, Tavistock, Aug. 7, at one, and Sept. 18, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court; Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Elwortby, Plymouth. John Searle, builder, Brixham, Devonshire, August 12, and Sept. 17, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall:street. J. S. Story, SL Albans, Heitford, banker, Aug. 28, at one—Nl. Fletcher, Lime-street-square, merchant, Aug. 28, at one. In the Country. S. W. Isherwood, Kingston•upon-Hull, woollen-dra per, Aug. 20, at half•past twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Ilull—T. Martin, Liverpool, merchant, Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Gray and R. Williams, Chester, engineers, Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Farley, Liverpool, !woman, Aug. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. _ PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. F. E. D. Hest, Aldermanbury, merchant, 55., any Monday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birehin-lane. R. Woollen, Warrington, Lancashire, butcher, 21d., any Thursda Lee. Manchester. 3r) between ten and one, at the office of Mr. W. Edmond, T. Edmond, and B. M'Kinn, Liverpool and Bombay, merchants, fourth dividend, 4id., any Thursday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee, Manchester. THE TRUE PEACE CONGRESS. We have received the following account of a most gratifying instance of" fraternization" from ono of the foreign visitors who " assisted," to use his own phrase, at the scene:—On Friday about fity persons were assem bled together at Simpson.'s ordinary at 13i11ingsgate. These persons met there at the " fish dinner" with out any previous concert, and the company consisted, in addition to the habituJs of the ordinary and sundry English visitors, of ten French gentlemen, who had agreed to form a party to come to the London Exhibi tion. These gentlemen were from Lyons, from Chalons, and from Paris. The French and th© Eng• lish soon became on the most friendly and intimate terms; in fact, they seemed as though they had been in timate friends for years. The French, wishing to recog nise the frank hospitality with which they had been re ceived, swat for a case of champagne, and the fire com menced along the whole line. The French proposed the health of the Queen of Great Britain, and the English re plied by toasting " The French R.'public." The company sang " God also the Queen," in honour of the first toast, az.cl the " Merseiltaise," in honour of the second. Each toast and each coup/et was greeted with enthu siastic cheering. Tho most extreorainary circumstance attending this cordial union between the people of the two echoes is that, among all present none of the French understood Engli,b, nor did any of the English understand French. The communication of their thoughts and f.elings took place by a natural end spontaneous movement. The people of the twe,. nations need not the aid of diplomatic science to under stand and to communicate with each other. Left to themyives, and to their own feelings, they will never agsie open a fusillade against each other, save that of champagne curki. DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE. The following are the competitors :or Doggeit's Coat atd Badge, and other prizes, on Friday next: — George Daniel Weggett...Somer',-quay. Salter Martin Milford-lane. Alfrt:d G. Andrews Battle-bridge. John Lasbbrook Old Sean. George Bean • Custom-house Lower-stairs. ___ John — Webb Wapping. In addition to the coat and badge for the first man, 4/. lOs. for the second, and 2/. 103. for the third, be queathed by the late Sir W. Julliffr, the Fishmongers' Company Lava liberally adfted a guinea for the first man, a guinea and a half for the fourth, and a guinea each for the two The race, will be started, under the able direction of Mr. Thirds, at five in the evening. MR. SALOMONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—There appears to be considerable difference of opinion on the exact position of the question as to the admissibility of Jews into Parliament, and believing that as the House of Lords have chosen not to pass the Bill, it is not possible for that question to he more favourably situated than it now is, perhaps you will spare room for the following observations. My own opinion is, that Mr. Salomons has taken the oath and is entitled to take his seat, but I should be most wanting in candour were I to contend that the question is entirely free from doubt; and then the point i 5 this, — in an admitted doubtful case what mode of proceeding is open to the least practical inconvenience. Much obloquy has been thrown, and in my judgment very o unjustly, upon the Master of the Rolls for the reso lution of last session in the Baron's case, which, however, differs legally from that of Mr. Salomons; but, suppose that the Master of the Rolls had recommended the House to adopt a diffent course, and to pass a resolution de claring that the oath was well taken! Let us reflect upon the great inconvenience which might have arisen. Suppose in some score of aotions raised to recover the penalties the Court of Queen's Bench had held that the oath had not been taken, and that the penalties wore re coverable, we should have a direct collision between the House of Commons and the courts of law—the former deciding that a Member had taken the oath, the latter convicting him in penalties for not having taken the oath. The House of Commons must have given way. From this unfortunate position the Master of the Rolls—worthy of the name of Romilly—has saved the House. No collision can now take place; for suppose the Court to decide that Mr. Salomons has not taken the oath, then they agree with the House of Commons. But suppose the Court to decide that Mr. Salomons has taken the oath required by law, and therefore the penalties are not recoverable, surely it is as clear as the sun at noonday that the House of Commons would ac cept that decision as the constitutional solution o f a legal question, and immediately admit Mr. Salomons. Lord John Russell is clearly of this opinion, for al though the point was not directly raised, he said, "If in a discussion !la a court of law new light were thrown upon the subject, !here was no reason why the House should not avail itself of that new light." A Russell could not have spoken otherwise. If a majority of the Hou se o f C ommons were to b e so silly as not to avail themselves of that new light, and again turn Mr. Salomons out of the House of Commons, Sergeant-at-Arms, would gaat. immediately commeLce an action against the and a Briti s h j ur y wou ld g i ve suc h e r A e r d m ia s t: ly damsges as would induce the veriest bigot to cry, Hold, enough ! Fur these reasons it appears clea r t o me th a t i t i s no t possible for the question to be raised in a more favour able manner. Penal laws must be construed strictly, and in favour of the liberty of the subject. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, R. W. HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Gazette of yesterday.) BARMING.—During the past week some of the strong grounds have shown a rather better appearance than they did before the rains came; as they keep growing and putting forth burr, they are likely to bear a fair crop, but there is a good deal of very slack bine, which has given way with an increase of vermin, and are not likely to do anything, or,lat best, but very little. MEREWORTH.—The hops in some grounds are mak ing a favourable progress, but where they are struck with the blight they daily get worse, and the vermin is as vigorous as ever. HADLOW.—The hops are generally improving, though the vermin is thick in some grounds. HOLLINGBOURNE.—The late thunder ahowers have produced a slight improvement. MALLING.—If some grounds have slightly improved, others have gone back more than as equivalent. YALDING AND HIINTON.—Our hops for this week past made little or no improvement. BRENCHLEY.—A great portion of the hops in this parish have completely given way, and cannot recover; in other grounds there is a shade of improvement since the rain. GOUDRIURST.—We are of opinion that three-fourths of the perish are very bad, with but very little bine, and in many gardens no lateral shoots ; among the largest plantations may be found one or two gardens which we may term splendid for the year. Unfortunately we have had no rains till this last week of any consequence, so that there is no visible effect at present; it is very evi dent they are past recovery. IGHTHASI AND SEAL.—Within the last few days the hops have slightly improved. Mould has mado its ap pearance in a few gardens. SMARDEN AND BIDDENDEN.—The bine still remains in an unhealthy state in most grounds; the fly was seen in some gardens on Saturday as lively and brisk as ever. LAMBERHURST.—•The hops in this parish are still very foul,and the vermin follow n p th e young s hoots. Th e lat erains have washed them, and they certainly look better. TENTERDEN.—The hops have improved during the last week, where they are free from vermin; but upon the whole not more than half a crop can be expected. ORPINGTON.—The hops in our parish and St. Mary Cray are going daily from bad to worse. Our land does not appear to suit hops, and the only wonder is that hops are cultivated about here. FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, JULY 28.—Since last Thursday we hare a decided improve ment in most of our grounds, and the very worst are cer tainly looking better. (From the .Maidstone Journal of yesterday.) MAIDSTONE, JULY 2 8.—As far as our observations go, the variable and wet weather of the past week has not but in a very few instances improved the hop planta tions of this neighbourhood, and though there are many gardens, especially about Farleigh, still free from blight, and which continue to maintain their healthy and vigorous appearance, we cannot announce that the pros pects of the hop-growers generally ere improving— many of the gardens that were foul with vermin have already turned black from the growth of the usual fungus on the honey dew. W. Edmond, T. Edmond, and R. M'Kinn, Liverpool and Bombay, merchants, sucond dividend, 25., any , Thurs day, between ten and coo, at the office of Mr. Lee, Man chester. J. Watson and R. Y. Watson, Sunderland, ship builders, 53., any Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. G. Staight, final dividend, 6d., any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall.street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. F. E. D. Mast, Aldermanbury, City, merchant, Aug. 21, at twelve. In the Country. W. Gray, Sunderland, Durham, draper, Aug. 28, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. T. Hall, North with, Cheshire, bookseller, Aug. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—S. W. I s herwood,Kingston- upon- Hull, woollendraper, Aug. 20, at half-past twelve, at the Townhall, Kingston-upon-Hull. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Reed, Bermondsey -street, Southwark, hop-mer chant, certificate of the second class—E. Woodruffe, Old Broad -street, City, ship broker, certificate of the third class—T. Brighouse, Liverpool, contractor, certificate of the second class—J. Emery, Preston, Lancashire, inn keeper, certificate of the second class—A. Y. Barrett, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, engineer, certificate of the third class—J. B. Browne, Newcastle-undo-Lyne, wine mer chant, certificate of the third class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. T. Creasy and P. R. Wilkinson, Brighton, auc tioneers—H. Lelliott and J. Lolliott, Derby, coal mer chants—W. Winnow and T. Dike, Pimlico, builders — H. B. Brown and J. C. A. Smith, exhibitors of a moving panorama—J. Hudson and M. D. Hudson, liington. upon-Hull, merchants—J. Fish and R. Watson, Oswald twistle, Lancaster, cotton spinners—F. Barker and J. Barker, Great Mitchell-street, St. Luke's, iron founders —S. Cook and W. J. Down, • Plymouth, painters and glaziers—H. W. Capes and E. Ralph, Manchester, auc tioneers and appraisers—T. Marsh, J. Marsh, G. Marsh, W. Marsh, and E. Marsh, Dudley, stove grate manufac turers (so far as regards T. Marsh)—T'. Smith and R. Jones, Stoke-upon-Trent, colliers—W. Copland and G. Wyllie, Manchester, braziers—A. Hooper and E. S. White, Birmingham, irontounders—G. Wright nud R. Wright, Derby, coal masters—J. Ferris and W. Gill, Devon, drapers—W. Bedington and W. Tonks, Birming ham, brassfounders—W. Smith, E. Sewell, S. W. Cox, and T. Holland, Derby, cheise factors—T. Lund and A. M'Neil, Preston, pawnbrokers—G. E. Fox and W. L. Barrington, Manchester, manufacturing chemists. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Stephen Dickenson, Manchester, dealer in drysalteries. Richard Jones, Hirwain, Glamorganshirc, carpenter. Henry Waters, Troedyrhiow, Glamorganshire, grocer. William Moulding, Aberavon, Glamorganshire, butcher. John Coates, Swansea, tobacconist. James Rock, Dover, licensed hawker. Thomas Lag&:n Ewer, Borough-green, Cambridgeshire, grocer. Edward Minton, Knighton, Radnorshire, plumber. Edwin Smith, Eaton Bishop, Eiereforthhite, butcher. Ann NVitoonab, Hereford, innkeeper. David Parry, Cefrillamiewrch, Denbighshire, blacksmith. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A. Edmond and A. J. Gibb, Edinburgh, stock brokers and commission agents, to meet within the Rooms of Messrs. Cay and Black, Edinburgh, Aug. 4 and Sept. 1, at three. J. Cochran, Largs, to meet within the King's Arms Inn, Ayr, Aug. 2 and 23, at elEveo. J. Allen, Jun., Glasgow, oil nvrchant and drysalter, to meet within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow, Aug. 4 and 25, at twelve. J. R. Nlr.cfa-quhar, Portleich, ?less-shire, farmer, to meet within tne ailnagown Arms Inn, Tuin, Aug. 5 and 26, at one. R. Levey and W. Paton, Glasgow, manufacturers, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Aug. 4 and 25, at twelve. IMPERIAL PARLI A MENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 29. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. The Marquis of LANSDO WNE moved the third read ing of this Bill. The Earl of ABERDEEN, although he had on a former occasion occupied a considerable portion of their Lordships' time, yet could not permit this the last op portunity he should have to pass without again entering his protest against this ill•omened Bill. He was almost alone in his opposition to this measure, and therefore at least he was entitled to the credit of acting from conscientious motives in thus placing himself in opposi tion to the great majority of their Lordships. Yet, although this Bill had been carried by large majorities in both Houses, he had not heard of any single individual who expressed himself as entirely satisfied with this Bill. All that the supporters seemed to be agreed on was that something must be done;" and nothing could be more dangerous than to legislate under the pressure of pas sion, which was always the case with those who said something must be done." The arguments of the Noble Baron Ctlonteagle), who the other night moved the omission of Ireland from the Bill, were conclusive against any legislation on the subject. Here was a measure proposed by her Majesty's Government, which, ho believed, was pregnant with mischief of every de scription, calculated to lead to the meat disastrous con sequences, and likely to produce a spirit of disobedience which they ought not to encourage; and even at that last stage of the Bill he felt it his duty to enter his pro test against it. The Bishop of OXFORD said that had he consulted his own feelings alone he should not have troubled the House with any remarks at this stage of the Bill, cir cumstances rendering it peculiarly painful to him to ap proach the subject at all; but as his silence would, he knew, undoubtedly lead to misconstruction of his motives with regard to a matter so deeply affecting the religious interests of the country, he felt it his duty, holding the posi tion which he did, and alluded to pointedly as he had been in the course of these debates, to state his opinions, lest it should seem that he felt a lukewarmness with regard to the great object which that Bill was intended to achieve, or that he did not give a hearty and full, and—in spite of what bad fallen from the Noble Earl—a rational assent to the Bill which her Majesty's Government bad introduced.—(Hear, hear.) It had been argued with singular ability before their Lordships, that that Bill was simply and altogether a civil and political measure, and did not in any degree touch religious considerations. If by " civil and political" was meant that it only affected the civil and political standing of this country, then he must say that he could not assent to that Bill on any such grounds, but he believed that, on the contrary, it immediately and directly concerned the religious character of this country, and on that ground alone did he give it his assent. He did not mean by that to main tain that it was the province of that House, by their votes, to establish religious truths—he thought it was not, and his Noble Friend opposite who assented to that proposition, seemed to him to confound the place which he (the Bishop of Oxford) held in this country, with that which he held in that House as a legislator. He had different lines of duty as a bishop and a clergyman of the Church, and as a legislator of the land sitting in that House. He thought they were bound as being set in trust with great truths still professed by this nation, and as occupying places in the Church of this land. to which had been committed the spiritual superin tendence of the people, to protest against that act of aggression on two grounds, first as being in their judgment an introduction of false and fatal doctrine into this their laud, and next as being a schismati cal intrusion of a rival Church on to ground already legitimately occupied by the Church of this land.—(Hear, hear.) On both grounds ho thought they were bound to protest, and the clergy had so pro tested in their solemn synod, and he was prepared in spite of what hed been said against that synod, to jus tify every separate detail of that protest, as in their pre sence he declared he believed them to be fully justifiable. But he did not mean to say that it was the duty of that House to follow the same course, or that it was for Parliament to attempt to hold the scales between dif ferent allegations of truth—between Catholicism and Protestantism. As soon as they gave the British Ca tholics seats in Parliament they made it impossible for Parliament to act on the presumption that one faith was true and the other false, and, therefore, in that House, he had never argued against the falsehood of the Roman Catholic faith, deeply convinced as he was of its falsehood on all points in which it differed from the faith of the Church of England, because he did not feel it lawful for hire to do so in that House. And still less did he assent to this Bill with any idea that they could maintain truth by persecuting error, or make en actments to decide what was right. The whole series of such endeavours had been futile in execution, or ini quitous and unjust in their operation. Therefore he'had never lent his aid to any attempt of a nature which seemed like persecution of others for their religious opinions. But this was not a measure of that description, and as a Christian people he thought they could not do less than thus enter their protest against what was an act of aggression upon their religion and their Church. It had been held by some, that this measure was alto gether to be considered as a repulsion of an insult to the Crown of England; but if that wore so—if it was as patriots and Englishmen, and not as a Christian people, they felt that act—how could they difference that act of the Bishop of Rome from those which they applauded in the very highest manner when done of old, when from Jerusalem, as a eentre, went forth those who, denying that they had anything to do with the kingdoms of the world, did at Antioch, at Alexandria, at Jerusalem, and p ß r o e m e p e p , t f s o e u t ia a d p o o h s t a e i i r t s e o r f el a e irs ly to h li y c , a j u i t t h h o i r e i e ty,and lay et ei t he Bishopow n of Rome were an aggression merely quoad the nation, then every one of these acts of the apostles was an ag gression, because there too there were empires and mo narchies, and it was as much an aggression to set up bishops without the consent of those monarchies, as it an u n ofC Rome was to do so now in this country. But there was this hsot of ine himself, it was impossible for him t o d o as h e h a d d one difference, that this country was a Christian count r y, which those of old were the Pope was an aggression, because he de cnlaw lapsedo not of the t ne t a o n d Bishop this actr ia de clared that this was not a nation, and b ecause h e sdecla red state. By y y thatthe no w canon war e with regard to this country, unless he assumed that to be the fact, and be would be acting against the laws of his own Church if he by any act abolished the ancient sees of England, except on the ground that we were not a Church of Christ. Thus those expressions in the Papal brief, which had been treated as hyperbolical, had for their basis that assumption. He (the Bishop of Oxford), therefore, took a legttimate and right view of the mat ter—and he was not now speaking as a member of the Church of England, but as a member of a Christian nation—when he said that it was for all the Christian sects of this, country to declare that that net of the Bishop of Rome was a denial of their Christianity and an ag gression upon their common faith. It was indeed takin; up the protest of our forefathers. They would not sub mit to anything touching their Christian independence. They were an independent member of the great Christian commonwealth of nations. As such they were bound to reject this act cf the Pope. They were doing what their fathers did at the Reformation. They thee stated that they adopted certain doctrines and rejected others. They acknowledged the reformed Christian truth as set forth in their formularies. They would not sanction any ultra montane doctrines. What was the ground of the Papal rescript? Not merely that it had sent into this country new bishops, but that it had abolished the existing epis copal institutions.—(Hear, hear.) There was a mixed temporal and spiritual power in the act. By the act of the Bishop of Rome, the very sees of the English bishops were swept away. There was an attempt to re move them from the category of Christian people. There was an abolishing of their rights of independence as a Christian people.—(Hear.) He did not say that he altogether approved of this Bill, but it was the best under circumstances. The Bill had reached them at too late a period in the session to amend it. He thought he had now shown that something should be done, and that this Bill, under the circumstances, was the best that could be done; he, therefore, should take his share of the responsibility of passing it. He did not believe that it was taking from the Roman Catholics that which was necessary for the exercise of their religion. Every thing that was necessary for the salvation of the souls of Roman Catholics was provided by the ancient system. The Pope had felt, in past times, that the appointment of diocesan bishops would be so distasteful to the people of England, that he had abstained from resorting to that step. He had now appointed a local and territorial Roman episcopate, and abolished, in so far as in him lay, the existing episcopate. There was, therefore, a ground for a national movement. This Bill did not altogether satisfy him, because he was not sure that they ought to have proceeded in this way at all; but it was better to do something than let things remain as they were. For the Legislature to do nothing, would have led to dangerous results. They denounced the special dogmas and claim to universal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome. They wished to secure to this country that which was its unalienable right as a Christian na tion. He thought that, to effect this, this Bill went too far, and yet it did not go far enough.—(A laugh.) He thought they could never enforco these money fines. The Bill might have been made a self-executing measure. The Ministers of State should never concede rank, or right, or title to any man in virtue of a rank conferred by the Pope. Supposing there was a Pretender to the Crown, and that he was to appoint peerages. Why, that would be a misdemeanor. Was it not the same with the bishops of Rome? Why should her Majesty's Ministers concede to these pretenders rank and title after the bishops of this Crown? This Bill left the Roman bishops of the colonies to take rank after the bishops of this crown. It was too late in the session to rectify this; but although he considered this Bill as passed, yet he trusted their Lordships would not consider the question settled. What, did their Lordships think of passing this Bill with no intention of enforcing it? A penal Bill passed with the professed intention of not enforcing, it was an encourage ment to further aggressions. That must be a weakening of the Protestant cause in England. Ho believed that the interests of humanity were at stake in maintaining the reformed faith in England. He knew the subtlety and power of the Roman pontiff. For generations they had studied to obtain absolute power over the Christian Church. He deprecated weakening the force of their national protest by the pissing of this Bill, which was not to be enforced. They had, not only a true creed in England, but an apostolical Church, and that was the Church which the Jesuits and It'ananists wished to uproot. But he trusted their Lordships would uphold the reformed faith. They had against them all that the subtl-ty and power of the human intellect could do, but they had the truth of God with thew, and he trusted that they would hand down to their children that pure and reformed faith which they had received from their fathers.—(Cheers.) Is was on these grounds that he called upon their Lordships to support the third reading of this Bill.—(Cheers.) Lord - STUART DE DECIES entered his protest against this Bill, as uncalled for in this conntry, and unjust towards Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) When their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects wished episco pal institutions for the promotion of their spiritual interests, why should they not be allowed to have them ? Had they not bishops of their own, and why should not the Roman Catholics have bishops? They should remember the golden rule of doing to others as they would be done by. For three hundred years the Catholic Church in Ireland had been governed by arch bishops and bishops appointed by Papal reseripts, and yet they are now called on to sanction a Bill which would cut off that necessary intercourse between the Catholics of Ireland and the see of Rome. The conse quence would be, that the people of Ireland would have recourse to every species of political agitation to obtain the repeal of this obnoxious Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Indeed they had already established a Catholic Defence Asso ciation, and ere long that country would exhibit scenes similar to what was witnessed before the passing df the Catholic Relief Bill, in 1829. The Noble Lord then alluded to the late outbreak in which Mr. Smith O'Brien was involved, and said it was more owing to the exer tions of the defamed Catholic priesthood, than to the presence of the military, that the people were restrained from joining in that insurrection. Believing that this Bill, if passed into a law, would be fatal to the welfare and the peace of Ireland, he felt bound to vote against the third reading.—(Hear, hear.) The Duke of ARGYLL said he felt bound to defend the Bill against one position which had been taken by the Right Rev. Prelate (the Bishop of Oxford), namely, that the Bill would be of no value if it were not carried into effect, meaning, as he (the Duke of Argyll) inferred, that it would be useless unless the penalties were en forced. To that view of the matter he must say he was altogether opposed. He looked upon the passing of the Bill as showing what law was established with respect to the assumption of titles, and that knowledge he be lieved would prevent the Roman Catholics pursuing the course which otherwise they might feel inclined to fol low. The Noble Duke then explained that in the re marks he had felt it his duty to make upon the protest of the prelates of the Established Church, he by no means meant to convey any personal offence. He ad mitted that at one period the Church of England had been the great bulwark of Protestantism; but at present it was the only Protestant Church which day by day and week by week, was sending over converts to the Roman Catholic Church.---(Hear.) The Bishop of OXFORD having said a few words in explanation, Earl FORTESC UM next addressed their Lordships in support of the Bill. One of the first votes the Noble Lord said he had ever given in Parliamen wcs given forty. six years ago, in support of Mr. Ponsonby's mo tion for considering the Catholic claims, and since that period he had uniformly given his cordial support to every measure in favour of civil and religious liberty. He was of opinion that the present measure was called for by the circumstances that had occurred. He hoped the law would be obeyed without the necessity of en forcing the penalties to which the Right Rev. Prelate had referred.—(Hear.) He had no doubt that Parlia ment would do its duty, and that if the necessity should arise in another session, measures of a mere stringent character would be passed.—(Hear, hear.) The Earl of GLENGALL d en i e d that the conduct of the Catholic priests is the late insurrection deserved Unit favourable rodeo which had been made by a Noble Earl opposite. Ile considered that the proceedings of the Synod of Thurles showed abundant reason why the Bill should ba extended to Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Earl NELSON did not deny that an aggression had been made in the step taken by the Pope, on the prero gative of the Crown; but was of opinion that the step taken by the Government was not the course calculated to arrest that aggression. He looked with suspicion on the Bill now before the House. When the matter first came forward, the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment did not take notice of it, and then, when the ag gression had gone to a certain length, the Noble Lord put forward his letter, which proved a brand of discord to the already too much divided Church of England. The Bill, in his opinioa, would prove a deathblow to the P resent Ministry. 1 The Marquis of SLIGO felt it to be his duty to enter his protest against the Bill, which ho complained of as an unfair attack on the rights and privileges of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, seeing that the alleged offence was confined to England. Lord REDESDALE adverted to the course taken by Lord Stanley (now the Earl of Derby) on this question, who said if the measure were one calculated to support the prerogative of the Crown, that he would support it. And looking at the whole question, be (Lord Bodes dale) felt it his duty to give his entire support to the Bill, the object of which was to oppose the aggres sion, not merely as a spiritual one, but as a temporal one also; and viewing it in that light, it completely, he should say, cut the ground from under those who op posed the aggression merely as a spiritual one. Ile looked upon the whole proceeding as an ultramontane one, intended to entrap the most respectable portion of the Roman Catholics into support of it. The Noble Marquis who had just sat down complained that an at tack had been made by the measure on the religious rights of the people of Ireland, seeing, as he said, that the offence was confined to England; but, looking to the conduct of the Roman Catholic priests in Ireland, and the manner in which they viewed and spoke of the Established Church of this country, he thought that her Majesty's Government were perfectly justified in applying the Bill to that country. He felt that the Bill was called for, and hoped that it would become law this session. He wished, whatever course might be taken, that Rom an Catholics and Protestants might continue to live in peace.—(Hear.) Viscount GAGE would endeavour to show to their Lordships that since the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 the Roman Catholics had in every way proved themselves worthy of their civil and religious rights ; and that the step recently taken by the Pope was taken on the recommendation of the English Roman. Catholic hierarchy alone, for the purposes of the disci pline of the Roman Catholic Church in this country,:and not by the Pope, as from himself; or with a view to any assumption of power against the Crown of this country. All the evidence, including that of Cardinal Wiseman, proved that, and that the Popo had nothing whatever to do with what was spoken of as Papal aggression. He (Viscount Gage) was in a position to show that the English Roman Catholic hierarchy had ground for the step which they had thus recommended to the consi deration . of the Pope --a step solely intended for the establishing of their own Church government, and their Lordships might take his word for it that the Roman Catholic hierarchy were no more frightened about this proceeding than the kcenest politi cian in their Lordships' House.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Ho thought that their Lordships ought to legislate cautiously on this question.—(Hear, hear.) The Nobl e E ar l was a lmost innudihle in the gallery, but he was uuderszoed to express en ov-nion to the effect that a great fuss was being made about a shadow. They were, he thought, breaking a butterfly upon a wheel. The Roman Catholic Church would not cam ono lax pence about their Bill. They should prohibit the e,bsorp tion of wealth and property by that Church, but he ri)- gretted that the Government appeared to be withd, rawirig their attention from realities, from the establisl imen ta for supportieg and propogating the Roman Catholi Le faith in this country, to the ideal aggression which ha d been made by the appointment of those bishops by- the see of Rome.—(Hear ) Earl GHIA explained with regard to what had fallen from the Bishop of Oxford, that in the cola dies the Church of Rome was by law placed upon the same foot ing as the Protestant Church. In some of the cola niea they shared equally in the Government grants, anal. in others from having acquired them from Roman C athelic countries they were the established church. Under these circumstances it was utterly impossible to deny their claim to any social distinctions they might: pO9 serm. For himself, he regretted that these titles sh oulti exist at all in the colonies, and if be had had the power to make any alteration and go back, it wi mitt be to deprive them all of titles, and place thew u , pon an exact equality. It was an anomaly to encumber men. with titles and dignities, whose incomes did not in a U.QI3 , instances enable them to sustain the rank of cam mon clergymen. They did not recognise any district ti ties, only the rank which any clergyman held in his nwn church, as Bishop Wilson or Archbishop Poulden. If this distinction was attended to, much misapprehens ion would have been removed. Tao Bill was then read a third time without opt to - sition. Lord MONTEAGLE then moved the addition of a clause, with a view to remove certain doubts that neig it ; arise fr om misconception of the meaning of the Legis'ef tore. He proposed a clause, the effect of which w ;, that if the Roman Catholic prelates would use the de - sienations in the Catholic Bequests Act, they should fee 3 themselves from the penalties in this Bill. He sake( 1 their Lordships whether they could suppose that at thi time Lord Cornwallis was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , and Lord Castlereagh and the Duke of Portland wers Ministers of England, ho asked them to say if al that time Papal bulls had been received in this countr s ' appointing Roman Catholic bishops, as had recent) a' been done, whether the Ministers he had alluded i ;o would have ventured to instruct the Lent 1- Lieutenant to send a message to the Iris h Parliament, recommending the Irish Lords and Con 1- mons to pass such a measure for Ireland as the one no Pr before their Lordships, on the ground that there he cl been a Papal aggression in England? Why, if such al absurd thing had been attempted, the Irish Parliamerd would have laughed the Government to scorn.—(Hear hear.) The Noble Lord repeated the objections to Um Bill which he urged in the former debate, and concludei by moving that the words he had proposed should he brought up and added to the clause. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he would n( ti give a negative to the proposition of the Noble Lot .e without briefly stating his reasons for doing so. TI Noble Lord seemed to perceive the same dangers in th le measure which had been alluded to by the Noble Ea ri (the Earl of Aberdeen) who commenced the discussie 0• The Noble Earl seemed to think that mischief wou Id ensue—that indictments might be instituted, the effect . of which would be to debar Roman Catholic prelates fro ra the free exercise of the Roman Catholic religion, au t I from that protection of the law which he asserted they now enjoyed, and which the present Bill would not,,ire point of fact,' deprive them of.—(Hear.) The Noble Lord denied on a former night that such a Bill was:at all necessary, and argued that it should not - has' been proposed; but had such a course been pursued, an a • had the Government been quiescent, there can be r it doubt that the public excitement would have been great / incteastd, and that a short time would have elapsed e; to they would have witnessed still farther encroachmen to on the part of the Pope, and have seen the Protests) it Church considerably weakened in its influence. Whe le they had seen in Catholic countries the difficulties whit powerful eeveteigns had to encounter in meeting the et I' crottchments of the Church, he felt perfectly sure th tt the course which Government had pursued was the oal / safe and proper course, under the circumstances in whit rtt the country was placed. He admitted that there was portion of this Bill which he would rather not have se( at in it. He meant the clause that gave power to an i former to prosecute for penalties; but notwithstandit tR that objectionable portion, he tought the Bill, as whole, was the best measure they could have adopted. It had been said that the power claimed over the Rom. la Catholics was spiritual, and that territorial power w 0 never contemplated; but to any one who looked calm .11 at the subject, it must appear that the step taken by t be Pope was of a temporal as well as of a spiritual ch s meter. He did not think, therefore, that the propos , amendment was necessary, and he trusted that tlic Lordships would be of that opinion, and while the would give the Roman Catholic the full and free exei cise of his religion, they would, on the other hand, tal ;.4) such a course as would secure the prerogative of the Crown, and effectually check any undue inrot td upon it. The Earl ST. GERMANS was of opinion that tl to speech of the Noble Marquis who had just sat dov 111 contained in itself arguments in support of the Nob le Lord (Lord Monteagle's) amendment. The wor adopted by his Noble Friend in his amendment, in speaking of the Roman Catholic bishops of Irelar were in the very words which were commonly made t 0 0 of by the Noble Marquis himself (the Marquis of Lai Ise downe) in speaking of those bishops. And it was on record that, whenever they were spoken of, either off foie ally or by historians, they were designated as Rot in lin Catholic bishops of so and so, as, for instance, tke Ro men Catholie Archbishop of Armagh, the Roman eta tholic Archbishop of Tuaw. There was not until come paratively modern times any instance of Roman Catho lie bishops being designated " Vicars Apostolic" ire - thes 0 kingdoms, and the first vicar apostolic of whom that was any record was, he believed, appointed in thi s country by Gregory XV. There could be no quern 'tint I that the Roman Catholic archbishops and bishot Ireland were the direct and lineal descendents of tb original bishops appointed by the see of Rome in slant country. Looking et all the circumstances, he sh De la support the amendment of his Noble Friend. Lord CRAN WORTH felt it necessary, in cootie' quence of observations which had been made in allot lion to him by the Noble Earl who had just sat down, to 'explain that what he would be understood as hav irig, said was, not that if Dr. Wiseman should call him te ll the Archbishop of Westminster he would expose him s ell to penalties under the provisions of the Bill; but tha tf be should call himself the Roman Catholic Archbish oP officiating in the district of Westminster, which was signed to him, or that of the Roman Catholic Archbish oP of Dublin, or act in the same way in relation to the ail' trict in which he presided, and that he was officiating el; Roman Catholic archbishop within that district, he welsh' not be liable to penalties. The Bishop of OXFORD said the Noble Earl (Earl St. Germans) had fallen into a great error ha stathig that the Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland were lineally descended from the ancient Roman Catholic bishops sr pointed/ by the see of Rome. The fact was that a ceer tury, or almost a century of a break had occurred: be' tween them, and the schism which led to it was greater than that which had occurred in this country. Lord MONTEAGLE replied, arid consented to with' draw the clause. _ _ _ The Bill was then read a third time and passed. CHARITABL 1.: TRUSTS BILL. Oa the motion of the LOAD CHANCELLO.R their L:•rdships went into Committee on the Charitable Trust ) Bill. Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to. Clause 3, after some discussion, was agreed to. Clauses up to 18 inclusive were agreed to. On clause 19, Earl PO WIS moved the omission of the clause. After SOILIC discussion the clause was agreed to. The Duke of CLEVELAND then moved that th e three London royal hospitals should be exempted from the provisions of the Bill. The Earl of WARWICK, as we understood, supportei the motion. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Noble Del° and the Noble Earl had altogether mistaken the o bjeci of the Bill. No one would interfere with the man air meat of Christ's Hospital, which had been particuLall alluded to by the Noble Duke. It had been thou.kb. right by Parliament to adopt a general system for ti".: management of charities. There were a great mes.l3Y other charities which it was proposed to exempt, bait' unless they should exempt all, they could not fai exempt any. The real question was, were their Lol re ships prepared to exempt particular charities, or a O l c h ar ities, from the operation of the Bill. The arl of CHICHESTER said they found by (0' perience that large charities were generally better Inv Li ned than small ones ; yet in all large charities it waa occasionally necessary to take steps to guard aga.;l3 l ' abuses. The effect of the proposed system would be i ° secure the charities now in existence. The Marquis of SALISBURY supported the ameild . mont. The amendment was then put, and negatived with 0° a division. The Bill was then passed through Committee, and I 113° House resumed. Tho House then went into Committee on the Lea Or hold Tenure (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill, which passed through Committee. Their Lordships adjourned at a Quarter past Elevela o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 29, :(Continued from our Fourt Edition of yesterday.) On the SPEAKER resuming the chair at half-pass 01° ' o'clock, Petitions against the removal of the Crystal Pahtcf; and in favour of a winter garden, w ere presented by Pi' J. Walmsley, from residents in and visitors to the te e ' tropolis, and from Kensington ; by Mr. Heywood, f: 49 '" Chelsea; by Mr. J. Bell, from Piccadilly and fre l l Brompton; by Mr. Ewart, from Pimlico and the city ° London; by Mr. Geach, from Westminster, Horneastle' and Skipton; by Mr. Hastie. from Paisley; by Mr. P r soy, from Newark; by Mr. Rumboid, from YarmoutN. by Mr. Heald, fro m th e ma y o r a nd other inhabitants ).: Stockport; and by Colonel Sibthorp, from Chelsea, 1 ; presenting which the Hon. and Gallant Member said 11 would do everything in his power to oppose it. Ash" A petition was presented by Mr. DUNCAN, from . curers in the district of Fraserburgh, in favour of conti nuing the Board of Fisheries for Scotland; and a petit% from Mr. A. Gordon, praying for the abolition of t' board, was presented by Mr. ANDEnsoN. The Marquis of BLANDFORD gave notice tha t of would, next session, call attention to the necessity v. rendering more effectual the parochial system of th e °I tablished Chure b. SIR T. TURTON'S CASE. Lora Mr. ELLIO L, in answer to questions from —° r Jocelyn,atated that a draught Act for the relief o f C %; tr,in sufferers by the insolvency of Sir T. Torte° laid before the Council on the 27ila of Decerubur, u° a. was ordered to be published for genera l informatioOf an to be reconsidered in Council an the 27th of Februtir'•