The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-10 00:00:00

luuulp. I V Pi IZ "-- ‘ ,...- --.....„.............._ ...„.„ , -A...., ....nc......... _ .........--- iat:1°111-Sitaittirr said that, although he did not me h a i n n t , o s i , ti , e plaintiff was bound—ti by the stric t law of nl"T h e , w a , s 1 4 t rOd to give notice as on bills of exchange—but t hi e nk it re,,,,,!,! notice in reasonable time.. He did n ad ,"!').le to suppose that a chequo given at Hou 4 : t ri ‘ s . low ' on 11, 4 ; 441 (1 be expected to be presented the stme da at the t 'gh ti a , nd "PPeared, therefore, that no loss had a i 0 , l kiit ,e fault of plaintiff, as the money was drawn out got g h tot,„ l ne lame day, and very likely before the cheque g the ..4. Mr. Arnold had indemnified the detendaut. ittry instantly gave a verdict for the plaintiff. P I (I On:lett Vaitti on SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. ItAILwANIT COM3HrrEES. (THIS DAY.) R OUSE OF LORDS. Cotnrai t e „?tbr et WALL RAILWAY. the p,s et 0 _ at eleven o' c l oc k i n th e Lord Chancellor's f Ellenborough in the chair. t172°11-.k oo Len t°n. M.P., was the first witness examined this lesje ete , * the county of Cornwall generally, and thought e_7 s llk e e:e line the best practicable one. Several other lines had Ati lt C r etl, but this he considered the most feasible , and, under .._ Ce tt.t e tlin re t ences, tort Treezwere a useful and a good one. seiststwhi.kinee t. ll a a ,ig h eh e l a e r . d the line would cross several creeks, ti e s ' fmmerly representative for Cornwall, was adverse ;ote ote ei c er the consideration of the Committee, and rather 4 14 l`toiac en tral line, RS Ned, eof Cornwall. the lt Thought the li n e would answer all the pur- Wer,o Peeel re for St Ives, thought the principal population els ore, ntvaq W MIld be much benefited by the proposed line. The ti.trott.t?lres were in favour of it. I 4tetirofatrahined—Petitions had been presented to Parliament Leh at e B ull, and one against it from the inl.abitants of St. fir h i nto at the line the best practicable one, but had not gone I tiL l orestie et i on ihkt.lsrutaaitenth, to ;reelerk of Plymouth, was next examined. as exa mined as to the f ee li ng o f the district t passed itu tie s i o ZO he represented to be favourable to the line. lea to rr t s i eht of t °° ,_ ll °M, the engineer of the line, entered into a e to et,t.!.l e ngineering peculiarities of the line, gradients, i s .etahi t ° Cs, and embankments, which he represented to be th e Put in th e pl ans and sections, an d exp l a i ne d th e m toff Particulars ~ of whi c h h ave a l rea d y b een g iven in the le t „t blei er _ ht roons' Com tn. itee Ai_ as, ob ,e, civil engineer, was examined generally respecting . q ci tele uot rl .he r epresented to be well laid out. His evidence . lice pally in corroboration of Captain Moorsom's "t orahs.. est e , --e then adjourned till to.morrow at eleven o'clock. 04. 0 WORCES P rra 7 t, AND WOIa 0111 t . 17 Valtar A ' RAILWAY. Pt 11, 140 .ttee resumed its sitting to-day at eleven o'clock, ede i r tb le . the chair, when the examination of witnesses was tete • tOel te r. and lie t• • eel ) , George Hickman Bond, of Kingswin ibaY acc oo t; l tled . in corroboration of the evidence of traffic and te ed ',sehlenoecklattoo adduced by the witnesses yesterday. bro s e ,; al we lch ` or the latter was principally confined to the coal 1 , 4 11 11 1, 1 4 e ot to engaged, and stated-that the railway on the Peri e . t e the V r ° ," a ecernmedate them to the south much better ies t , r' ° Posed, and Olsen up, at London especially, an Th doe at arket f i d Per or the disposal of coals, that might be taken to by 1,40 Witness es ten Per mile. °ere: . 4 lise te , wa .s subjected t o a ver y rigid cross examination Se n t h eti totttcwlth the object of showing that the estimate the to ter e l le a:hew ed of the expense of carrying coals . was incor.. tsry s coat s tit 'erl that he did not know whether it was possible rat s to 4 o le alati oo th e Price stated, as he had never made the nece . s shtre se hele I , The coals of Staffordshire he considered superior ' t eem t Ther e reel to either those of Leicestershire or Derby -1210 °afore Was a quantity of coal sent at present by ste, - the top ' Which sold at Kingawinford, for from ss. /Ns 141 hot to T he The best was sold for 12s. the ton. the l s to e o u lepe t ii i l l te te llat its pric was at Oxford. What he wanted o dor b i for the purpose of coal traffic. That was elle : S atia ted s supporting the present Bill. b erbyZ s Wer e - . it *at tot true that Derbyshire or Leice . st e e e r i thi tt , lree eol *OPerior to the Staffordshire coals. The pm Was s t• Gd. or Gs. per tonhence it was ne- Co q : the e , to c the ee,...; - aee on the Staffordshire coal, in order to ee soo eete tt i e ntisete in the south with the former coal. T ey Dr II Of f t hey had to pay Is. 7d. per ton for carriage. On the Oe kt t aPee se g e t °I • the route of country, of the places it touched k \ Vette a nd of entrance into London, he preferred the fs et r . Le ek r n schem e 40 4 , 41. ir e . l . 4 ilih Sheriff of Worcestershire, and carpet menu. if_eootos at Minster , was next examined. He employed o.,:pailiateboatthi(seldhderminster, or nearly one-sixth of . the whole trade. th e 'ld e l se emes of railway. He had examined them on the et, kiltro gone through thecoun try f or the purpose. Taking e a as tht t re. sell Whole, he was decidedly in favour of the Great se Were tri te, thou h there many considerations he tet were thee e r ... favour of the other. As far .as Kidder. e i 'ell of °"` concerned, the approach as well as the the Gre at Western scheme were much superior to % fa' Ismidon and Birmingham. The latter line crossed po;_lsehoup.theroada in its approach, and the station was in a low N o r toed , ou`..ageotis situation. The other only crossed one . turn. H apt `.` aPProached as near the town as possible without tbi e ti resp befesonchief to property. The witness then explained, by et * re the Committee, the relative poeition of the two ' at 'd their leerors.euut. respective advantages and disadvantages. s e the ei tned hy Mr Hoes—He had not been examine' l i to ;d , oe of Commons . A line through Birmingham b to e h te q ter eotdesirable, yet he considered there oug tto Petltion. tO °Re as into London than by the London and Birming ec ' then tco • • the public would be much better provided for by Is oo ,'„let eeou _ He considere . d, as far as London was concerned, NI , el l e au through Birmingham, and another by Oxford— ft:Shinto ou t equal in advantage to Kidderminster. . He sent sal 7 in goods from 400 to 500 tons, and received in return Mao Ote go t tit G o 0 tons, exclusive of coals. The goods he sent nut were i . ) :1 y e l a v r ° ol . in value. Ile used a boat of coals weekly, or 1,000 Odo r , e understood that the low land on which the "te ed end Birmingham station was to be placed was to be ern liPpq th at would cause f l oo di ng . If th e ra il way was carr i ed : c it moved es a good deal of his objection on that scorewould be re- Rater' th ough then he apprehended there would still be danger of t he ~a cc ulnulating. He attended a meeting in Kidderminster, on ere 3 d of April last. He proposed the first reso l ut i o n. An It " ti tnent was proposed in favour of th e other l i ne, b u t te l e, * negatived, and th e reso l ut i ons of the Great Western 14 1 Ne were carried. Mr. Aldis at the meeting, he (Mr. Leigh) r the advantages of the London and Bunting kik l ine, in bringing the Banbury wool market in connexion with 7 1er reitister. He did not hi mse lf t hi nk there was much a d van . t -I ll s II such a connexion lit oot r i ; P . aul Matthews said he was manager of fire-clay-works near d etti t i e _ n dlie- They produced about 7,000 tons of manutactur t e etie st *; Yearly, principally fire-bricks and crucibles. They sent a Steolerable quantity of these to the south. The Great Western efi o ;:e ! as far as the town and suburbs were concerned, would b.:the greatest amount of accommodation. 11444,4*. a-e XaMination of this witness did not elicit any point of et importance. tO' f • town clerk of the city of Worcester, deposed as to 11 eel' 0 5. gOf the people of that place in respect to the proposed aesoo.tle recollected being present at a public meeting of the e s to llt the City-hall last year, when resolutions were carried „he ,ekleccillajority in favour of the Great Western . scheme. t i a ea r: es were fully explained on both sides before eTheirr et W as • e ta ken. Th vote was almost unanimous in T he ir th t o te e Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. ste e l wa s of the L on d on an d Bi rm i ng h am th en pro. i h l s odo nett fr om Weedon to Worcester. chat was afterwards e . ' and a new one brought forward. A meeting of t he Coun • sek ezr. Council took place on the 3d of September,. at which t ,/ le a j t " Were again submitted, and the Council decided Woh, it Y c'f twenty to three in favour of the London, Oxford, eit , held e t r i l l ' e ar :Pton. A meeting of . the Chainter of Co t n d i . m; Z;e,r4her erne day, and a similar resolution pass In i 'en th e ,prliother public meeting of the inhabitants was held, at eV 'don • ne line was submitted, with the other parts of the lo este r , Wee Birmingham scheme, along with that of the Great ps he n a great majority, in fact nearly all, voted for reso. ," f aeour tis k ; ear eoet of the latter scheme. th e — 'ell to the great Edwards, collector of customs at Southampton, - 4ht th o e Veal increase in the trade of . Southampton, and e e Zle th ee „ - P r esent line from Staffordshire and Worcester would " 1 , —to be supplied with the produce of Manchester, the h i " the mid , ese, -eo roas , and counties. ealee ce ....later Foster, of Evesham, gave evidence as to the tt ;_ e i4 f eel li ii; le t r h , e ci li v n l e would fiord to that town and neighbourhood. of the people was generally in favour of it. * osl ;beri lig pecut ti a ' was exarnined . as to the comparative %The bre :ri n t r ies of the competing line& The expense of tiketlilernbegvni,htlepinferior gradients on the London and Birmingham " I t ae a, in his opinion, counterbalance the expense conse.. gauge by the transhipment to the other line. e e tteet w e: o r u nes : . was cross-oxarnined at ' some length respecting the on th e the Scotch railwas, hut it did not seem to bear 'et co_ subject - matter of the y examination - in-chief. .ertuttee then adjourned till to morrow at eleven o'clock. , e i th% see C hair c ee . '4:MITISII MIDLAND RAILWAY. t"MttgaW"rnittee on this scheme, consisting of the Earl of Devon, " :°ll, i o t ti h e e Bishop of Landaff, the Duke of Grafton, Lord sta Ir. c o a ct , rd Charleville, assembled this morning at elev e e n n, th 42 ' 1 ths, . I ! ua N briefly opened the case for the promoters, d -.5 t ine line ow t , i proceeded from Perth, through Strathmore, t to gth or ly e vorfa r , passing by Cupar Angus to Glamis. The • SY, and e "ne would b e twenty m il es , w hich was all new mil l), en erewer Mi les railway a l rea dy ex i s ting would be added to it. tte s ieGt t°e ther engineering difficulties on the line, and the er4bie district which it traversed would be very con. he ll " l leek ran, --er was the first witness examined. He deposed ge hd st ated l a the traffic in coals cattle. slate, lime, and potatoes, Of aren tO be his firm conviction that the proposed line would The e eort advantage to the country. length but th anon of the witness was continued at considerable e tl e t Port s e entire of his evidence has already appeared m ime rho H ouse were published in the proceedings of the Committee Lord w e e of Commons. - eardsei e earneliffe was then examined by Mr. FORSYTH — His tient the stated „„ r ge nerally the traffic which might be expected not lito ti Proposed line furni s h ed sufficient grounds for the Bill to eenstr u b efore the House. if the Scottish Midland Railway were ld ee't afford et eds he was of opinion that the east coast line would w a ccommodation to the public. In the valley of w ere /411 ; e 4 considerable quantity of cattle were fattened, which S eoti ehe ! I l i on) , sent to London and to the south-western parts of ltpeellee-""' ' o r sale s. The ty • Grain and potatoes were also prucluce in the sed - Woul d eaven chiefly cultivated the soil. Theprep 4 ,:d he is.e lsive an impulse to the manufactures of the dist ° riet, er e tte-Jctoeved that the inhabitants and proprietors of land there The • edl Y in favour of it. he Mare • - toeMt of Breadalbane was the next witness` called, and rohoeft b rated ; y al every particular, the evidence which had been , tfr, iYat7rd Wharncliffe. the it_lhanati, merchant, residing at Stanley, spoke generally as ebtiti oed ` f mc from that place, and stated that the coals which were ti lati ,Zena Newcastle could be procured at a much cheaper rate k r. j r:e;:nt if the railway were constructed. t ellard e 8 00 the provost of Montrose, gave similar evidence as ,4r Montrose Niw„ 4a Ms, of Blairgnwrie, spoke as to the fasilities which the ttlr ed id afford for the conveyance of the yarn and manufac- Thr,,,°d_ a to and from Blairgowrie, Glasgow, and Dundee. `-'°,lThaittee then adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow. LONDON RAILWAY AND _ The se e EXTENSION. yenta, the Committee appointed by the House of Lords to as . - eetar o i n iur Merits of this scheme assembled for the first time this t ertin tit l e _ n 11 % 2 Committee-room, attached to the House. The ilset.t)oco.e conaisted of Lord Brougham (Chairman), the Earl of k r. „,gh, Lord Sondes, Lord Gage, and L net Hawarden. e et _ 4ALso, se • C ., r h. ee e. se•ss stated the case for tee oromoters. The cis '4lll° t `'''t was . t ' o authorize the leasing . of the West London er aY to h t hat Le London an d Bi rm i ngham Company, and to empower terkf is ParlY to construct a branch or extension from the present ertittt`r at the K ens i ngton Canal Basin to the river Thames, at a ear to Cremorne House, with a view of extending the traffic ke i s a f 2 3 don and Birmi ng h am an d G reat W estern R a il ways. et tlfine e Z st er and Mr. Rob er t Stephenson pros ed that there no tft e eZ.ii difficulties on the line. It wou'd be 1 mile 52 chains 14,-7thisilld would cost 60,0001. ktd s. t!' he auPerinteildent of the g traffie on the London fh t Jtateen Railway, preyed that tae present want of mess 4" 14 Cakatilill•toWit kept a good deal of traffic away . from the line. At present the traffic amounted to 165,000 tons annually, and of th ,t 40,000 tons want to the banks of the Thames, Mr. moor Clarke, the superintendent of the goods traffic on the Great Weste.ii Railway, gate similar testimony as regard d that line. This Closed th ,, case for the promoters. Mr. M. Cita:magas then at lrv,sed the Committee on behalf of Lord Kensing,on, two.thlrds of whose property would be destroyed by the proposed railway. He contended that the Kensington Canal was amply sufficient and expeditious fur the traffic to therPrer but, even if it were not sufficiently expeditious, the canal might be easily converted into a railway, without in. flicting injury on the property or rights of private individuals. Evidence having been adduced to substantiate the statement of the Learned Counsel, Mr. TALBOT replied, and the room was afterwards cleared. The Committee having deliberated for a few minutes, strangers were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had come to the resolution to postpone their decision till Monday, and in the mean time they recommended parties to conic to terms. HOUSE OF t_ OMMONS. GROUP A. TENTERDEN AND EYE LINE. The Chairman, this morning, took his seat at the usual hour, and he Committee proceeded to the consideration of the above line. The first witness called by Mr. HILDYARD (on the pert of the promoters of the line) was Mr. Hicks, a merchant at Rye, who spoke to the difficulty of communication between that place and other parts of the cot nty, and also with London. The required communication would be fully supplied by the proposed Tenterden and Rye line, but the Ashford and Hastings lines, proposed by the South Eastern, and the Brighton Company's would give no accommodation to the people of ft, e. Corn, beans, and peas were exported from Rye to Glou cester, Liverpool, and other places. He raised a large quantity of corn himself, and would send a quarter of what he raised to Lon don, if there were an available railway communication. On cross.examination by Mr. D. HILL, on the part of the Ash ford and Hastings (Brighton) line, the witness stated that Folke stone had a great advantage over Rye, in the railways, and that the inequality would be increased by any such railway as the pro. posed Ashford and Hastings line. Mr. Southerton, owner of fishing-smacks at Rye, spoke to the advantages to the Rye Harbour fishery which would ensue from the making of the proposed line. It was very difficult to get a market for all the fish caught. He himself had sometimes been obliged to sell as many as seven waggon-loads of fish for manure. A waggon-load was equal to 125 bushels. All that he had sold for manure might be sent to London and sold as food, if there were a railway communication, He was frequently obliged to throw fish back into the sea, having no market for it. The fishery would support a much greater number of men than it does at present, if there were a line from Rye to London. The Ashford and Hast• lags line would give no accommodation to the fishery. Mr. Wilsted stated that his father and himself had been super intendents of Rye Harbour for forty years up to the present time, and gave evidence as to the improvement which would be made in the harbour at Rye by this, and the injury which would be done by either of the other lines. Mr. Meadows, a farmer and surveyor of roads at Bennington, spoke to the improvement of the roads of that place which would be caused by the cheapening of material, resulting from the proposed line, if the Bill were passed. The roads were ma Jf "sea beach," that is, shingle obtained from the sea.shore. This "beach" was obtained at Rye Harbour, and would be carried on the proposed line. It might then be conveyed much cheaper by the railroad than it could by the present mode of conveyance. Mr. Thompson stated that he had bee. employed by Captain Moorsom to take notes of the traffic which might be expected on such a lint as the proposed Tenterden and Rye.,i He 110:1 stationed four men at the following places—one at Playden, one at Rolvington, one at Bird's Isle, and one at Tentenden. Bird's Isle was about a mile north of Tenterden. He had repeatedly visited them to see what they were doing, and to copy the notes which they had taken. The witness spoke at some length to the precautions against error, and against noting dowis traffic such as would not be available, which had been taken by him, and by the persons he employed. Cross-examined by Mr. D. HILL—The four persons he employed were named Small, Goble, Fin, and Snow. Goble, who was sta tioned at Rolvington, had been master of the union workhouse; Fin, who was stationed at Tenterden, was a tailor. He might count nine of his own trade to a man, but would not be likely to count nine men for one tailor.—(A laugh.) Snow, was a gardener's labourer, and had been stationed at Bird's Isle, and Small was stationed at Playden. There was another man at a Efth station, but as the traffic at that place might be conveyed by the Ashford and Hastings branch line, it had been struck out of the tables on the passing - of that Bill. Mr. Aviary, a coal merchant at Tenterden, spoke to the ad vantage to the coal trade which would be produced by the proposed line. Coal would be rendered much cheaper by the cheaper carriage, and the result would be that a much greater quantity would be consumed Mr. Hatch stated that from 3,400 to 3,500 tons of lime were imported annually to Tenterden for manure. This line would greatly facilitate the carriage of lime, and would therefore make it much cheaper. The present expense of carriage of lime from the Kent Chalk-hills to Tenterden was 15s. per waggon load, a waggon load being equal to two tons. Mr. Barnes, a land surveyor, said that the value of the land through which this line passed was 18,9.881. 1 le. He knew Mr. Sutton's field called " Staving Den," and which was the worst land on the line. He thought the part of this land which would be left by the railway would be inure valuable than the whole field was at present. He thought Major Curtiss's land would be much improved by the railway. Mr. Curtiss (a relative of Major Curtiss, a petitioner against the line) was then called, and gave evidence of the advantages de rivable from this line. He thought Major Curtiss was mistaken in opposing this line, which would greatly increase the value of his property. Mr. HILDVARD then said that his evidence was now concluded, and there being no evidence to be produced on the other side, the Learned Counsel proceeded to address the Committee in favour of the proposed line, and dWelt at great length on the evidence as to the tratfie which had been given by the various witnesses, and which has been published at length, from time to time as it oc curred, in the columns of The Sun. Mr. D. HILL addressed the Committee on the part of the Brighton Railway Company, and in reply to Mr. Hildyard, he pointed out -shortly what he considered the advantages of the Ashford and Hastings branch, and the disadvantages of the Tenterden and Rye line. The object of the Learned Counsel's speech WAS principally to show that the greater length of the Tenterden and Rye line was not sufficient to account for the excess of the estimates of the expense of that line over those of the Ash. ford and Hastings branch line. The expense of the former was estimated at 500,0001. That of the latter would be 140,0001. There was only a difference of 11 miles between them, the difference of ex. pense being 360,000/. Mr. - CLARKSON then addressed the Committee at some length on the part of Major Curtiss, after which the Committe adjourned at Five o'Clock. GROUP NN. EPPING RAILWAY. At the sitting of the Committee it was announced that Lord Lincoln, on the part of the Woods and Forests, had given his con. sent to the line passing through the Crown lands, subject to certain clauses, For the purpose of allowing time for the completion of these arrangements, the Committee adjourned until to-morrow. We believe it is the intention of the promoters not to carry the line beyond Old Ford, where it will form a junction with the Eastern Counties line. urßoUr a. IMPORTANT DECISION. TOME LINES. The Committee met at halt past twelve, and retires! to consider the point which was raised yesterday respecting the evidence to be adduced by Mr. Cockburn After a considerable time, Lord COURTENAY said that the Com mittee had instructed hint to state that they had come to a resolu tion that the Dii ect Northern Company were at liberty to offer such rebutting evidence as would show any errors in the Landon and York sections, which might, under the standing orders, prevent it from being constructed. Secondly, that all those parties who desired to invalidate the sections must give notice to-morrow morning of the points which they intended to contest, and that no evidence would be received of which notice ' was not given to-morrow morning; and thirdly, that the Com mittee would proceed to take evidence against the sections imme diately after the conclusion of the case of the Farringdou•street station. Mr. AUSTIN said that he had only one object with Mr. Cock burn, and that though the parties were not otherwise conjoined, yet they had a common object to defeat the London and York line, and he should, therefore, only offer evidence supplementary to that produced by Mr. Cocliburn. The Committee then proceeded to the evidenee of land value; but, from the position of the witnesses and the peculiarity of the room, it was utterly impossible to hear the early portion of the statements. The first witnesses spoke to the value of the land on the line. The result was that Messrs. Padley and Moore who had valued the land from the one hundred and twenty.second mile-store to the River Trent, stated that the total worth of the twelve miles seven furlongs, which they had surveyed, was 17,9491. Mr. ATKINSON valued the land from the River Trent to the Don, a distance of 18 miles 1 furlong and 1 chain, and he found the whole of the work to be 28,3421. Mr. John Oliver took it from the River Don, to and including Brayton, and his estimate was 24,2451. Distance, 11 miles 7 fur long. 8 chains. Mr. George Alderson valued it from Brayton to York, and his total was 24,1361. for 12 miles 4 furlongs 3 chains. The aggregate amount was 94,6721. Total distance, 55 miles 4 furlongs and 2 chains. Mr. Padley produced a model showing the level of the River Witham, and the fall of the Delft drain into it, the object being to show how the line would pass over the country when the water was out, the criterion being the flood which °centred in 1828. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM objeLted to the model on the ground that part of it was constructed on the horizontal principle and other parts on the vertical principle. On Mr. WEBSTER'S re-examination, Mr. Padley stated that this was conceived to be the best plan to construct a model, as it showed both the surface and the slope of the banks of the river and the drain. Mr. Mance' was recalled to speak to the traffic.tables, and stated that he had taken one quarter of the traffic between Lincoln and Torquay as due to the railway between Lincoln and Gains borough. He had taken one.third of the traffic between Gains borough and Thorne, and one-third between Thorne and Snaith. The Goole traffic by canal he had omitted altogether. He had taken one-sixth of the Crowle traffic for the railway. In the Selby district he had divided the traffic, and the total amount was 67,204/. He had tested these calculations by those of the London and York line, and taking all the calculations to gether he found the whole of the expense of the line from Lincoln to York to be 078,312/., and the net returns would be 67,2041., including coal with the other goods. The cross-examination of Mr. Sergeant Wrangham occupied a considerable time, and he succeeded in very much shaking the evidence of Mr. Mancell. Mr. Webster's re.examination, however, tended to restore the confidence which should be placed on this evidence, although no new facts were elicited. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow. A HINT TO SIR ROBERT INGLIS.—Lord Brougham, last evening, at Laeter-11011, wilds addressing the assembly after Mr. t.,inipson's speech, Winded to the notorious phrase, " go,ilegs system of tducation" applied to the Irish Colleges BEI, and remarked that it ought to be called, not a " godless," but a " pricstless system of education." IMPR OVEMENT OF TUE WORKING CLASSES.— Last evening Mr. J. Simpson, of Edinburgh, delivered the first of two addresses to the working-classes, on the means of improving their character and condition. Lord Brougham occupied the chair, surrounded by several other Noblemen and gentlemen. Exeter• hall was not quite tilled, but there were about 2,000 persons pre sent. On Mr. Simpson's coming forward he was received with on loud cheers. In the , curse of his add ress he dwelt very largely the report of the Health of Towns Commission, anti on the ne cessity there was for the immediate Improvement of the dwellings of the labouring classes. Me alluded to the improvements taking place in those dwellings in Edinburgh, and exhorted the labouring classes of London to pursue an equally sensible and advantageous plan, as the chief means of elevating their position in society ; and, by so doing, also to improve the health of themselves and their familiec,and increase their c omforts and en j o y ments, as the pros perity of all must in a great measure depend on the character and good conduct of the great masses of society.—(Cheers.) It was then moved and seconded that Mr. Simpson be cordially thanked for his kindness. A vote of thanks was then awarded to the chairman (Lord Brougham), who returned thanks, spd the meeting them dispfued, usEf ul / 1 5 " icile t4t usefu l Clo fe f Wb •a ' o°4 11 Os; los r, to 2 " StO 's ' Ni refit [arti e r 13 0 6 :sum s. 143 9 . 4 .: Os P l e ost ; 045 ; icloet Y :3 l ~e'le,':.4 'id tbeit his cs ° ' the 4h ing te I sd I°l nin ist t r i s; g srs doe ; o t ided 0 A o sl suit 04 at hs ,te o O f :be apo 0 „ - e r ery T i e si esissiv roar• t he ices , sire b ' s ti for d ot e r e -the t 1 0:, j 0 17 7 "% 3 0 ion ‘l° of the i cts t to that t he that ip on B. tbe thra:ej. L Y•) Cou rt to A Y.) 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On the motion of Lerd CAUPBELL, this bill was read a third time and pas,:ed. The m. 0., ot R!CHMOND presented a petition from 3,130 of the inhabitants of a place in the County ot Sussex, praying for the repeal of the malt-trx. He also presented a petition from the farmers of Burt, County Donegal, against the Irish Tenants' Bill. Lord LYTTELTON presented a petition from the Rev. Charles Miller, incumbent of Marlborough, praying for a dissolution of the Tithe Commission, and an alter ation in the Tithe Commutation. Several Bills were brought up from the House of Commons, principally connected with railways, and were severally read a first time. Lord CLIVE presented a petition in favour of the Oxford and Rugby Railway. Lord BROUGH.:.II.I presented a petition from a gen tleman of the bar, complaining that he had been seriously injured by the late accident on the Great Western Railway, and praying their Lordships to in stitute an inquiry into the cause of it. PRIVILEGE. The Duke of RICHMOND begged to call their Lord ships' attention to a matter of privilege. He held in his hand the petition of Mr. Thomas Baker, who had been superintendent of the C division of the metropolitan po lice force from the year 1829 down to August in the last year. The petitioner stated that on the 26th day of April, he attended before the Committee of that House, appointed to inquire into the taw respecting gaming, when he was examined by such Committee, and gave evidence before them. That Mr. John Harlow, a person named in that evidence commenced at: action on the case. in the Court of Queen's Bench against him, wherein he sought to recover damage's from the petitioner for in jury alleged to have been done to him in consequence of such evidence. That petitiomr had not pleaded to such action, and, therefore, he prayed the House to take the premises into their consideration, and to grant him pro tection against the action. (LEFT SrEAKiNG.) hers whether they knew how much the Roman Catholics of Ireland contribeted out of their own resources to the support of the Catholic religion ? lie could tell these individuals alone subscribed upwards of 10,000/. annually to the propaganda of Lyons. In the course of the present session a considerable sum of money had been drawn from this fund for the endow ment of the Roman Catholic clergy contrary to the wishes and feelings of the, p3ople of E: gland. On the present occasion they were called on to vwe another sum of money from the same source—for the establishment of three colleges which had been de nounced by the Roman Catholic prelates. It was impos sible to say what other dips would be made in this great reservoir next session, but if the Irish Lands Commission had suggested another encroachment upon it, viz , the payn ent of 400,0001. to the Irish constabulary. By many these points were looked upon with indifference ; and be the Ministry this Consolidated Fund seemed to be repsdel as a sort of Pool of Bethesda, where all the financial souls of Ireland might be healed, whenever they thought fit to trouble its waters. He saw no reason why Trinity College should not be made available to the purposes of education in Ireland. Alin(.st the whole emoluments of that establishment were swallowed up by its fellows only one of 320,000 of the Irish Catholic population were educated there, and these were obliged to pay the tutors but were never allowed to participate in the enrol; m tots. He had had a notice on the paper, to which the Right Ron. Baronet seemed adverse to the di. eussion of. (LEFT SPEAKING.) TATTERSALL'S.—THIS EVENING Six o'CLocx. tAvEaroor. cur. 5 to 1 agst Winesour—taken 6 to 1 agst Trueboy 6to agst Milton 11 to 1 agst Ironmaster 12 to 1 agst Rowena 12 to 1 agst Coranna 12 to 1 agst Lightning 25 to 1 a ;st Little Hampton GOODWOOD CUP. 2 to 1 agst Foig-a-ballagh. 5 to 1 agst Ironmaster 12 to 1 agst Stomacher GOODWOOD STAKES. 11 to 1 agst Pythia 12 to 1 agst The Libel 16 to 1 agst Pineapple 17 to 1 agst Venus 18 to 1 agst John o'Gaunt 18 to 1 agst Queen Slab 20 to 1 agst Europa 25 to 1 agst Wee l'et 25 to 1 asst Boarding• School Miss ST. LEGER.. 5 to 1 agst Weatherbit 6 to 1 agst Merry Monarch StiIPPING.-(11111S DAY LONDON, JULY 10.—Willd fre,ll breeze auul elc,tly, with n 1 at times. DEAL, JULY 9.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Tropic, Ro bertson, Port Philip; Susan, Alger, Calcutta ; Caroline (Arab ship), Short, Muscat; Pauline Houghton,l, l'ava ; Castle Lacklan, Bruc , , Jamaica; Carleton A tigers, N assau ; Minerva, Ogden, Nassau; Speedy packet, Gibraltar. Arrd. from the River for, Louise, Mau ritzon, Rio Janeiro; Tancred, St. Lucia; Humber, Mitamichi. PLYMOUTH, JULY 9.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. British Queen, Evers, Saldanha Bay. FALMOUTH, JULY 9.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breezes.—Arrd d Bth, Woodbines, Skeach, Quebec. 9 th , Arab, M'Lochlan, Whydah, saile May 29. Sld. Titania, Anson, 11011,g-Kollg. LIMERICK, JULY B.—Sid. Hornet, iledigan, St. John's, New Bruns wich ; Nerio, Gibson, Quebec. COWES, JULY S.W.—Arrd Caspian, Peabody, Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, July 9.—The Mary, Sullivan, was spoken 20th ult. off Ce oy with the pasngers of the Adeline on board, wnc vessel foun ap de ß red , to the eastwar e d of the Banks s,ven days prev i ous. h The Aberdeen, arrived here, saw three vessels on shoreon Male Vache. CAMPELTOWN, JULY 7.—The Dalkeith, INPFarlane, from Gl asgow to Fort William, got on tie rocks near the Mull of Kentyre sth inst., and will be a wreck; part of materials saved. BRISTOL, JULY 9.—Wind W., fresh and stormy.—Arrd. Miranda, Ball, Cape de Vents. NEWPORT, JULY 9.—Sid. Fan n y , Ayles, Grenada. SWANSEA, JULY 8.--The Clara, of Brixham, Windsor, ran on the S.W. part of the Mumbles Head this morning. and is likely to become a wreck. HULL, JULY 9.—The Sherry, in making the Dock yesterday morn ing grounded at the entrance, hove off this morning with considerable damage. liEawicx, JULY B.—The Eleanor, Ramsay, on Goswick Sands 28th ult., came off this morning, and towed in here. HULL, JULY 9.—Wind W.S.W.—Sid. 8, Regent swick. , Stephenson, Mira michi ; Aldebaran, Turner , S t. John's, New Brun CLYDE, JULY B.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 6, Triton, Smith, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. 8 . Las car, Greets, Bombay; Sarah Botsford, Black, Demerara. GREENOCK, JULY 7.—The Circassian, Marshall, hence to Quebec, put back sth inst., making 2y, feet water per hour, having sprung a icked up, leak 600 miles west of Cape Clear. O OF F E , TILE WIGHT, JlT,,,,Jrur--7. 7•--Jesse, s A e unao3asnhcl , s , e f , . n Brent, dla ßatavia. p On SCILLY, JULY 6.—Unicorn, New Orleans. NEWPORT, JULY B.—A boat, about 15 feet long, with pieces of the stern davits, and marked outside " Susan. of Guernsey," and Inside 6thG e i o n . st G „ od lo fre in y i , l ' e ' s pa s hi s t . e w d , lodtatci e Eddystone , t d h y b b y o i t i o o n, i e a i s ., LIVERPOOL, JULY 9.—Wind N.N.W., fresh.—AiTd. Mary, Trailer, Sierra Leone ; Georgia, Collins, Savannah ; Tenessee, Young, Char leston ; Aberdeen, M'Grath, Quebec ; Washington, Wilkie, Quebec ; Glance, Spitall, Montreal ; Oratava, Teneriffe; Scio, Warrior, Alex andria. off Port, President. Std. Lady East, Goldsmith, Penang; F a vourite, Mauritius ; Challenge , Africa; Mononghalela, Julius, Philadelphia. DUTCH AID FLANDERS MAILS DUTCH FINANCE. THE HAGUE, Juuv 7.—The bulletin of the laws contains in its last number a royal ordinance, fixing at 5,035,203 fiorms, the capital destined for the reimbursement of tiAenty-six new series of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. bonds of the late Syndicate. The reimbursement is to take place on the lst of August, after which day these bonds will cease to bear in terest. " The holders of the bonds which are to be reim bursed, may present themselves on the Ist of August and fol lowing days, at the office of the agent of the Minister of Finance at Amsterdam, to deliver their bonds, with all the coupons, the first of which falls due on the Ist of October, 1845, on the de livery of which they will receive the capital, with four month's interest. " The Minister of Finance is charged with the execution of this decree. (Signed) " The Hague, July 5, 1845. "6 The Minister of Finance, (Signed) " VAN HALL." BRUSSELS, JULY 7.—A daring robbery was committed yesterday at eleven o'clock, while Gent , ral Tom Thumb was exhibiting in the hall of the Philharmonic Society. 'I he pre sents which Tom Thumb had received from several foreign courts were in a box on a table near his chair ; an adroit thief, watching his Opportunity, stole a diamond pin and other arti cles, sallied at 2,500 francs. Happily the presents of the Pre sident of the United States, of Queen Victoria, of King Louis Philippe, of the Duke of Devonshire, and of the Countess Lazaroff, were not taken. THE MURDERERS of Mr. PALMER. PLYMOUTH, JULY B.—The ten men (eight of them calling themselves Brazilians and twe Spaniards) charged with the murder of the above unfortunate and p ro mising officer and party, w ere examined at the Plymouth Guildhall this day. Although the intention of having the prisoners examined a the Guildhall was rot generally known; the Gutildhall was crowded with parties anxious to catch a view of the mur derers. Mr. Eastlake, the Crown solicitor, appeared on behalf of the prosecution. The prisoners had the evidence interpreted to them, and Mr. Collier, the Portuguese consul, and 3lr. Lus combe, the Spanish consul, attended by professional assistance, watched the case on behalf of the prisoners. From the opening statement of Air. Eastlake, it appeared that the jurisdiction of the magistrates was under the 7th and Bth Victoria, which continued the powers under the 7th Geo. IV., relating to offences committed on the high seas, and tor the more speedy trial of the offenders. The object of as king the magistrates to commit the prisoners on the capital charge was to have them tried either at the Castle of Exeter or at the Central Criminal Court, as the Government might determine. 4tThe locus in quo was on the coast of Africa, at a p l ac e called Lagos, near the Bight of Benin, and the time February last. The details of the entire case were of the most dreadful description. It appeared that on. the 27th Februry the boats of the Wasp boarded a suspicious Brazilian vessel, called the Felicitade, which, being found fitted for slaves, was taken as a prize. Very soon after another very suspicious vessel was descried, which proved to be the Echo, having a cargo of 434 ( who had been 48 hours without food) on board. Lieutenant Ftupart, who was in command, took charge of the Echo, and directed Mr. Palmer and nine men to take charge of the Felicitade, into which ship nine from the Echo were re moved. The next thing that Lieutenant Stupart heard of her was, that she had been recaptured by those on board, but he little deemed that the awful tragedy which would be detailed in evidence had been committed. The Felicitade hove in sight of the Echo, and communicated the intelligence just stated; but being a faster sailer, made off. Fortunately, however, tin Star within a very short time recaptured the Felicitadet then sailing under an assumed name, and the appearance of her decks were such as left no doubt that a horrible con flict had recently taken place. About four-and -twenty hours after the prize had been taken, three men volunteered a state ment, to the effect that the slaver ws really called the Felici tade, and had been previously taken by a midshipman and party of nine men, who had all been murdered by the crew of the slaver. A book was found on board bearing the name of Lieu tenant Stupart, of the Wasp, and this left no doubt of the cor the evidence offered by the n a p re p d r o t v h e e r utmost s. A s degree if the tragedy which had taken place d was not sufficiently complete, the gallant officer who wasplaceit a c d o e m n sTand of the slaver the ntially ad p b m e k n ed up by the i second time, Lieutenant Wilson, of suffering• terrific storm, was over act, and Lieutenant W i o the . men,d anoe were twenty days on a raft, exposed ~..t e saw greatestno less thane fiv r e s and momentarily expecting death. He of . his men fall off The F F.. lic .lle i s t ne a ng el t, e w d pi u tr r ho i ri, providentially e a s therait, but was agallantt officer, though he h rectness of Cygnet. The sucient recovered to be presente thatunder day. Lieutenant Stupart, of examination at eeding y er I the time the p ost left. ~......_t_..T.L...2 THUNDE STORM AT HAITRE A stor m o f th un d e r . an d lightning b urst over Havre on Sunday night, a b ou t t we l v e o'clock, and lasted uhtil five the next morning , A copious rain accom pan i e d this storm , which extended to Bolbec, where a con. sideta bl e quantity o f hail fell, and broke u R upwards of 2,000 panes of glass. A num ber of trees were also uprooted. PRESENTATION OF THE CALCUTTA A DDRESS TO THE Queen and Prince QUEEN. —When Dwarkanau th Ta, ore paid his first v i s it to this cou ntry, he was honoured by being m ade the medium through w hich the city of Calcutta received a very great and well- appre- Albert, of their full-length portraits. These have been placed in th e Town-hall of Calcutta, anti are represented to be admirab:e l ik eness es of the royal d o nors. In . ackno wledgment of the honour th us conferred, th e inhabitants of ' the City of Palaces" unani mously voted an address to theSoverei , and to o k th e oppor tunity of Dwarkanauth Tapr!,a second_ Tagore to this country to h av e it presente d to her Majesty. w arkanauth Tage was h onou red on Non d a y with an au d .D Dime of the Queen and Prince Albert, when he presented the Calcutta Address, which was most graciously received by tier Majesty. At the same time she condescended to prolong the i nterview by expre s sing the war m interest she fe lt in her Indian dominions, and by making nume rous inquiries r elative to them,_ NViliCh allowed considerable f.mili ar ity with the subject. I I Majesty and Prince Albert closed the audience by presenting Dwarkanauth Tagore with their miniatures, exquisitely copied from the well-known portraits by Winterhaulter. The condescending kindness of the Queen and her illustrious consort has left a deep impression on Dwatkanauth Tagore's mind, and he is very sensible of the hon our w hi c h his Sovere i g n conferred upo n hire. o Monday evening he had the f ur ther honour ofjoin in g the royal party at the Palace, and of being introduced by the Queen to her illustrious relatives the King and Queen of the Belgians, both of whom expressed a livelj interest to wards ladle.— Advertiser. ROYAL SANTrAGO I‘IINING COMPANY.—At Itie meeting of the Proprietors of this Company yesterday, a dividend of 11. 100, per share (amounting to 10,500/.) was declared. PANORAMA OF ATHENS. Mr. Burford has just produced a spendid panorama of this city, celebrated not only for its arts and science, but for the most magnificent site perhaps ever selected for the capital of a country. It is a remarkable proof of the taste displayed by the ingenious, refined, and learned Athenians, that even in the infancy of the state, they should have displayed such judg ment in fixing upon this spot for a city, whose fame was to eclipse all others, whether as regards its temples, its public buildiugs, or the celebrated men to whom it gave birth. The view is taken from the hill of Musteus, near the singularly strik ing monument of Philopappus. Froth this spot a most excellent prospect is obtained of the Acropolis and of the surrounding plain. On the summit of the Acropolis are seen the far famed ruins of the Parthenon, splendid even yet, in their last stage of decay, and on either side on the plain below, in singular contrast, the modern city of Athens, and the elegant palace, lately erected by King Otho for his residence. Looking around we have distant views of the lEgean Sea, the Port of Piraeus, and the islands of Salamis and Corinth, the prospect being closed by Mount Parnes and the snowy range of the Cythaertm. The celebrated Pnyx, the beautiful Temple of Theseus, the Areopagus, the River Ilyssus, now a mere rivulet —and, in short, almost every place and monument in the neighbourhood of the Acropolis, celebrated in verse or in his tory, is rendered in this panorama directly from nature. The whole is painted with consummate art, the nearer objects being relieved with almost magical effect, and the more distant painted with that soft and tender touch which so well imitates nature. The varied effects of light and colour on the surrounding hills contrast finely with the quiet tone which pervades the greater part of the level, and with the cool tints of the distant tea. Altogether this is one of the best painted panoramic views Mr. Burford has hitherto presented to the public. Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India House for the election of a Director, in the room of Major. General Sir Jeremiah Bryant, C. 8., deceased. At six o'clock the glasses were closed and delivered to the scrutineers, who reported that the election had fallen on the Hon. William Henry Leslie Melville. BRIGHTON, TUESDAY.--Lady Ward, J. S. Drax, Esq., M. P., and Captain Kelly, R.N., arrived here this day by the racket Magnet, from Dieppe. LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT OF EXCHEQUER, July 9. Nisi Prius Sittings in London, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury. ) HAYWOOD V. IVI'DOWALL. This case involved a question of some importance between he compositors and master-printers, namely, whether the former, when working by " the piece," were entitled to have that description of printing work, known as " appeal cases," " cast up" at Si. a thousand, or at 7d., the compositors con tending for the larger, and the masters for the smaller sum. The case was commenced yesterday, and resumed this morn ing at the sitting of the Court. After some witnesses had been examined on behalf of the plaintiff, The CHIEF BARON interposed, and observed that since the case ws opened last evening, he had given some consideration to the subject-matter of the action, and it struck him as quite clear that the jury could do nothing more than decide whether the plaintiff ass entitled to the sum of 21. or 31, for which this action was brought. Whether the compositors, as a body, should receive 7d. or tid. a thousand, would remain as much an open qm stion after the verdict as it was before the action was brought. One of the jurors observed, that in his opinion no evidence had yet been adduced by the plaintiff to establish anything like a custom. The LORD CHIEF BARON said that no verdict could pre vent the masters from refusing to give more than 7d. a thou sand to-morrow, or the workmen from refusing to work under Bd. The good sense of the matter was that the parties should mutually agree beforehand at what price the work was to be done. Mr. MARTIN, on behalf of the defendant, was ready to ac cede to any suggestion his Lordship might throw out. The LORD CHIEF BARON said the action, no doubt, was brought bona fide. It was a pity so much expense should have been incurred ; but, in his opinion, the proper course was to withdraw a juror. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD said, the gentleman who in structed him for the plaintiff was, in fact, acting for the body of printers, and felt a great difficulty in taking on himself the responsibility of adopting the Chief Baron's suggestion. In debted to, and as he might say, personally bound as he (Sergeant Talfourd) was to this body of workmen; he felt, after the intimation thrown out by the Learned Judge and the jury, that he could not refuse to accede to the sugges tion, and that he might take upon himself the responsibility. With mutual expressions of respect and goodwill, a juror was then withdrawn, and an arrangement made for entering a stet processus in similar actions brought by other workmen against the same defendant. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) George Hiclanott, :30, butler, was indicted for felo niously forging and uttering an acquittance or receipt for the payment of IL 145., with intent to defraud Abraham Wilday Roberts. Mr. CLARKSON said he had just communicated with his client, and as he could not hope to struggle success fully against the facts that were to be deposed to by the witnesses for the prosecution, he would, with the per mission of the Court, retract his plea of not guilty. The plea having been recorded, Mr. CLAnKsort said he believed he should be in a position to show the Court by respectable testimony that the prisoner, up to the time of the transaction, had borne a most unimpeachable character. He believed he had been led away by other parties. Mr. BODKIN reminded the Court that there were three other indictments against the prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON said he believed that the extent of the dcfalcations of the prisoner was not more than 131. altogether. Mr. Roberts said the amount was much larger than that stated by the Learned Counsel, but this was not so much the consideration, as the feeling that his duty to the public required him to prosecute in a case which he considered one of great breach of confidence. The pri soner was entrusted with cheques to pay the trades people, and his i.ractice was to keep the amount and forge the receipts of the parties. The prisoner received a most excellsnt character when he came into his service, and he believed he had been induced by parties to bet upon horses and horse-races, and this had led him into difficulties. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he should consider what sentence crefht to be passed upon the prisoner. Challes L'halk, 38, was indicted for felcMiously killing and slaying his son, George Chalk. There was not the least evidence in support of the charge, and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS directed the jury to return a verdict of Not Guilty. William Warren, 26, shoemaker, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Sarah Warren, with intent to murder her. The facts of this case have already appeared in our police reports. Mr. Justice 'WILLIAMS having summed up, the jury bland the prisoner guilty of a common assault. The Learned Judge, after seine appropriate obssrva- Lops, sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprison- ment. Anthony Aldred was indicted for forging a receipt for the sum of 205., with intent to defraud Edward Cooper. It appeared that in June last the father of the prose cutor received a letter which purported to be written by his son, and in which he was requested to send him a pn t othee order for 205., to No. 93, Tower-street, 13Lekfriars-road. The order wai sent, and was proved to have been received by the prisoner, who signed the name of the prosecutor to it, and received the money. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and a previous conviction for felony having been proved against him, he was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Henry Lowden, a news-agent's boy, was convicted of uttering a forged request for the delivery of four quires of the Pictorial Times newspaper, with intent to defraud Andrew Spottiswoode. Thomas King and John Couitnay were also convicted of a similar offence. Mr. Baron ALDERSON sentenced all the prisoners to be kept to hard labour for two years, but intimated that in the cases of Courtnay and Ring, who had received a good character, that some mitigation of the sentence might be granted. Mary Calland,l9, was convicted of stealing a 10/. Bank of England note, the property of Marie Quentin, her mistress. • She was sentenced to be transported for ten years. SURREY SESSIONS. Guidford, July 9. (Before Mr. Pucree and a full Bench of Magistrates. Charles Henry Viscount Dillon was indicted for unlawfully assaulting George White, a toll-collector in London, on Sun day, the Bth ult. There was a second count charging the nobb defendant with a wanton assault. Mr. Wallinger attended as counsel for theprosecution, which was instituted by the lessees of the turnpike trusts, in whose employment the prosecutor is engaged ; and Mr. Ballantyne and Mr. Knapp, on the part of the defence. Mr. %% Olinger briefly stated the facts of the case, and then called George White, who stated that he is a toll-collector, and that on the night of the Bth ultimo he was engaged in col lecting the Sunday tolls, at the Kent-street-gate, in the Old Kent-road. That about eleven o'clock on the night in ques tion he heard the blowing of a horn, and that shortly after wards a carriage and four, with lamps, came along, and on ar riving at the gate he called out for the toll. The gentleman, however, who was driving, paid no regard to the intimation, and as he seemed determined on passing through without pay ing, he t prosecutor) then seized the reins of the near-wheel horse. The moment, however, he did so, he was struck several times over the hat and on his shoulders by the driver, who was Lord Dillon himself. The blows were very sharp, and he saved being struck in the face by holding down his head, and having two coats on at the time, he suffered no injury from those inflicted over his back. After having been assaulted in the manner described, the set vent then got down from behind the carriage, anti his Lordship said, " Pay him the toll, for he has got a good eight pennyworth." Prosecutor then let go the reins, and the ser vant, instead of haying the toll produced,a ticket. which he was told did not clear that gate. Lord Dillon then called out to his servant to give his name and address, after which the car. riage was driven through the gate, the toll not having been tendered at all. In answer to the CHAIRMAN, the prosecutor said, that when his Lordship found that he had hold of the reins he pulled up the horses, hut he (prosecutor) was dragged about twenty or thirty yards before the animals stopped. Mr. Walton, one of the lessees of the turnpike trusts, was called for the purpose of proving that the prosecutor was ap pointed by the Commissioners of Pavements, and that he had been for some years in the situation. An objection, however, was then taken by Mr. Ballantvne on the ground that it was not proved the prosecutor was a collector of tolls, as averred in the fi rst count of the indictment , i his appointment n writing specifying that fact not being laid before the Court. A long discustion ensued on thispoint, which was eventually decided in favour of the Learned Counsel's argument by the C HAIR MAN, who observed, that as the objection was held good, the defendant was therefore only liable on the second count in the indictment, namely, that fur the common assault, and that the case was to be treated in the sam e wa y as that of any other person not a toll collector seizing the reins of the horses wale the circumstances above described. Mr. BALLANTYNE said that his objection being ru led a valid one, he trusted therefore that the case would stop wl ere it was, for he could assure the Court and jury, on the part d Lord Dillon, that his Lordship regretted the circumstances 'OUSE OF CO AMONS. - The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'Clock. Leave was asked and granted for Committees to sit, notwith standing the meeting of the House. Mr. CARDWELL moved the order of the day for going into Committee on the MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BILL. Mr. WAWN observed that last night the House was led to believe that the Commons Inelosure Bill would be the first business proceeded with this day, and as many Members, acting on this belief, had absented themselves, he urged the Hon. Al: mber the Vice-President of the Board of Trade to proceed with the COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. Mr. CARDWELL having consented, the House resolved into Committee on this Bill. Clauses up to 70 inclusive having been previously discussed, the 71st was that now commenced with. On this latter clause, as well as on the 76, 85, 88, and 104, a desultory conver satio betwetn Mr. Wawn, Mr. Bouverie, Lord Lin coln,n and Lord Clive, but these, as well as the intermediate, were eventually agreed to. Clauses up to 103 were then agreed to, with some verbal amendments. Air. HENLEY thought that the principle of compulsory al lotment would be anything but beneficial to the poor. He must enter his protest against it. Sir. S. CRAWFORD entertained no such apprehension with regard to the allotment system. He thought that it would be more effectual than any proposal he had heard fur the permanent relief of the poor. The 104th ciause was then read. Mr. S. CRAWFORD objected to the clause. He con sidered that the allotment should be altered from half an acre to an acre. Lord LINCOLN opposed the amendment. The clause was allowed to stand part of the Bill. On — thelosth clause being read, Mr. BOUVERIE objected to this clause. He con sidered the warders should not be empowered to turn out the occupants of allotments, unless upon very strong grounds.He considered that it would be quite unprecedented to confer a power of such an arbitrary kind upon the wardens as this clause conferred. He was quite sure that the Noble Earl never contemplated such a thing. The Earl of LINCOLN thought that if this clause were struck out the Bill would be rendered completely inoperative, and all the advantages which he anticipated from the Bill would be prevented. Mr. COWPER thought the wording of the clause was too stringent. After a desultory conversation, in which Mr. Henley, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Cowper, and Mr. Crawford joined, The clause was agreed to, with some amendments, agreeably to meet the suggestions of Mr. Bouverie. Clauses 106 and 107 were agreed to. Clauses up to 125 were agreed to without a division. The CHAIRMA N reported progress. and the House resumed. MEMBER FOR ABINGDON. The ATTORNEY. GENERAL was introduced by Lord Jerrnyn and Mr. Forbes M'Kenzie, and took the oaths and his seat, on his re-election for the borough of Abingdon. RETIRING PENSION TO NAVAL OFFICERS. Captain PECHELL wished to ask the Gallant Admiral op posite (Sir G. Cockburn),.whether, and when, it was intended to bring forward the supplemental vote for retired naval offi cers ? They had heard it currently reported that such a thing would take place, and he (Captain Pechell) thought it per fectly fair, under these circumstances, to put the question. Sir G. COCKLIURN said that the subject was under the consideration of her Majesty's Government, and he was not prepared to give any other answer than that already given by the First Lord of the Treasury the other evening. If fur ther information was required the Hon. and Gallant Member had better repeat his question that evening. COMMONS JNCLOSURE BILL. The House again rent into Committee on this Bill, and the remaining clauses were agreed to. The Chairman then left, and the sitting of the House - was suspended till five o'clock. The House resumed at, Five o't lock. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. Mr. GREENE brought up the report on the Commons . nelosure Bill, whis,h was oidered to be received on Friday next. Mr. LOCKHART moved that the Committee on th Yoher Road (so. 2) be allowed to sit on Friday next. —Agreed to. The Lords' amendments to the Lyme Regis Improve ments, Markets and W a terworks, and to the Chelsea Improvements Bill, were agreed to . Mr. MACAULAY brought up the repo rt on the South Devon and Launceston and So uth Devon Railway. Lady Sandy's (Turner) Estate Bill was read a third time, :is was the Ula,gow, Barrhead, and litilston Rail- way Bill. The Lords' amendments to the London and Brighton (Horsham Branch) It:dimly Bill, and the Belfast Im provements Bill were agreed to. Mr. LASCELLES moved—" That it be an instruction to the Committeo to whom the Railway Bills and pro jects comprised in Group A stand referred, that they have power to introduce el sues in the Bill for making a railway from Bulverhithe to Ashford, promoted by the B.ighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway Company, authorising that Company to transfer the powers which may be conferred ~n them by coon Bill to the S:.11111- . Eas ern Railway Company, and making the last men tined Company to exercise such powers, or some of hem, in terms of the prayer of the petition." The , PE:\ KER then put the question. Mr. GREEN E said a few words, which were wholly inaudible in the gallery. The motion was agreed to. Mr. MUNTZ moved the third reading of the Glasgow, Barhead, and Nmilston Railway Bill. Read a third time and passed. Mr. HAWES presented several petitions in favour of the Physic and Surgery Bill from various places in Kent, Middlesex, and Surrey. Mr. I J ACKIN NON presented a petition from New castle, in favour of he Smoke Prevention Bill. Mr. SHELL presented six retitions from Dungarvon and Charleville, in favour of the Ap othecaries Bill ; also a petition from Cork, in favour of a Ten Hours Bill. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY presented a petition of a Ten Heurs' Bill. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. BODKIN gave notice that he should on Monday move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law re lating to orders for the removal of paupers. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. C. BULLER gave notice that on the 19th inst. he should move for copies of the correspondence which had taken place between her Majesty's Government and the New Zealand Company since the late debate. SPAN ISII TREATIES. Lord PALMERSTON said it was his intention on TueLday next to submit a motiou on the subject of the correspondence which had taken place between her Ma jesty's Government and the Spanish Ministry on the sub jectof the treatiesexistingbetween thiseountry and Spain. IRISH COLLEGES BILL. On the motion that the Colleges (Ireland) Bill be reed a third time, Mr. OSBORNE proposed that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to direct an inquiry to be made into the amount of the revenues of Trinity College, Dublin, from rents of College lands, endowments and bequests, fees on matriculation, on taking degrees, and from every othi source ; also in the manner in which that income is xpt nded, the number of senior and junior fellows, of professors, scholars, and all other officers of the college, with the amount of salary and allowances to each of them ; with a view to ascertain whether the income or funds at I resent applied sob ly to the benefit of Pro testants in Trinity College, DubLn, might not be beneficially extended, so as to make Roman Catholics and Protestent Dissenters eligible, it otherwise quali fied, to all echelatehips, and to all such fellow hips, profes:.orships, and other offices in Trinit) College. Dub lin, as are not intended for ecclesiastical purposes, or immediately connected with ecclesiastical endowment. He regretted that no Member of the Government had brought fore aid this Sut,jest. How ever much he might regret that the matter had fallen into such in effectual bards, he would endeavour to make amends for his it:efficiency by the brevity with which he dis cussed it. lie did not think be could be fairly charged with any desire to throw an imetdedi meet in the way of the proposed measure. lie had ab stained, lethertee iron) chterieg oe any of the details of the measute, because, the more be considered the matter, the greater uouid be its inability fur the purposes proposed, unieSS a et eat al oration took place in the constitution of Trinity College, Dubin. The whole system of that college was unknown, much yet remaieed to be told with regard to the economy of its internal working. '1 here were subjects which involved much consideration and inquiry before any alteration in the collegiate educ , tion w as enfore , d. It w ould also be more prudent to refrain teem vi)ti-g a large sum of money for a pur to which the Catholic heirareby Lad unanimously de clared would not be acceptalle to the Irish people.— ge would at the same time ask Honourable Mem- m ~, that led to the transaction, and that they never would have lowed by Ministers. But if they did hold the principle occurred had it not been for the danger to which he and his of the Bill to be generally inapplicable, he could shove friends were exp iced by the manner in which the prosecutor a peculiar reason fer adopting it in this alias. He / , acted on the occasion. could not conceive how any person at valuing Tse, Mr. WALLINGER expressed a desire on the part of the lessees consistency, and who voted for the motion of the /e e l - , e eee e \e-; that the ease should proceed, their object being to protect the Hon. Member for Devonport, could refuse to vote for this f men in their employ from treatment such as that experienced Bill, nor could he understand how any Hon. Member voting ‘ - 1 by the prosecutor. for the Irish Colleges Bill could refuse to vote for it, • - Mr. BALLANTYNE then proceeded to address the jury on Academical education in Scotland had some peculiar character. the part of Lord Dillon. He said the facts were that on the istics. It differed entirely from that of England and Ireland. oodor ba The --- v, night in question Lord Dillon, who was driving his own car- En g lish Universities had a character of their own—an , it cient and )T -e 1 c * , '`4 riage from Greenwich, on al proaching the turnpike at a slow a deeply - m arked character it might be, but, gd was in ".1 k - es- • 4 pace, and having no reason to suppose that a toll was to be de- perfect harmony with the system of tests. The Irish colleges manded, on not pulling up immediately the reins of a spirited had no character at all—they have yet to receive it from the horse were seized by the defendant, and his Lordship merely Legislature, and wouldbearany irnpressionwhich the Legislature did what any other man so circumstanced might have done, put upon them. But the Scotch universities had a distinguishing that was, to whip at the aggressor in order to make him let go characteristic quite out of harmony with the system of tests. He and not cause a serious accidentby his over zeal in the discharge entreated English gentlemen not to be imposed upon by the of his duty. He (the Learned Counsel) had asked for the word University, nor to derive their idea from the nature production of the prosecutor's written appointment, but it was of the Cambridge and Oxford Universities. What ought withheld ; and if it had been brought forward, he had reason to to be done with the English Universities was a perfectly believe that it would be then discovered that the lessees had no distinct question, to be dealt with on entirely distinct grounds. legal right to take tolls at the gate in question, which were At Cambridge and Oxford the object was to bring only demanded on Sunday, when the tra desmen and other p er- up men members of a particular sons who wanted a jaunt with their family were called upon to Cambridge, no person was suffered to graduate without de pay this illegal demand. claiming his adhesion to the Church of England ; at Oxford, The CHAIRMAN having summed up the evidence, the jury, they were still more strict. The discipline even outside the after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty, walls of the college was analagous to that preserved within. and Lord Dillon retired from the Court with a number of his Attendance in these universities was required at the common friends, who were anxiously waiting the result of tha trial. refectory ;erthe ey must be within the gates at a certain time ; officers w appointed to report whether or no the students had been present at divine worship, or in the hall at the proper hour. There were even officers appointed to watch over the students in the streets, to prevent drunkenness and gross immorality. Punishment was inflicted where there was any breach of decorum or intemperance. In short, the English universities undertook to form the religious opi nions and watch over the morals of the undergradu ates. Whether these rules and regulations accomplished the purpose for which they were des i g ned was another question. They did not aim at inculcating any particular creed. A Jew might be a master of arts, or a doctor of medicine, in the Scotch universities, and the professors had no right to ask A man whether he attended a synagogue, a mass-house, air Episcopal chapel, or s .Dissenting place. No inspection, no punishment, could take place. The relation'between a Scotch professor and his student was the same as that which existed between a man walking St. George's Hospital and his superior —he might attend the lectures of Professor Faraday at the Royal Institution, or of Dr. Carlisle. Tests wore out of place as applied either to the student or the professor, and it was idle to require a man to be a Protestant to admit a Catholic, or a Trinitai ian to admit a Unitarian to a degree. The Hon. Gen tlemen opposite might appeal to the Union and the Act of Se curity, but he denied that on those Acts they were precluded, nay more, he positively asserted, on the contrary, that they were absolutely required by them to apply the principle he sought. This he would prove, not by paltry quibbling, but what he believed would be the most incontro vertible arguments ; arguments founded on the. Union which he was willing to consider as a sacred trust, entered into by the two countries, binding them both to each other in bonds of indissoluble sanctity.—(Hear, hear. ) Now the Act of Union and the Act of Security provided that no person should be allowed to occupy any place as a teacher unless they subscribed to the Confession of Faith, and con formed to the Established Church. The Articles of Union were such as he represented ;in 1707, in regard to the Esta blished Church. At that time there was only one Church. Now, he would ask, was the present Established Church of Scotland the same as that at the time of 1707 ?He woutel • answer, not. British legislation had violated the Articles of Union by the changes which it had made in the Church of • Scotland. It was a principle of the Church of Scotland, at the time of. the Union, to allow the people to have a voice in • the appointment of their religious teachers. The Articles of Union gave the people this privilege. This was the opinion of the great bey of the Scottish Presbyterians. They considered that the right of appointing pastors by the people was a ques tion of great and vital importance. They stated this to be a fact which could not be impugned. They maintained that the people should have a share in the appointment of the mini sters who administered to them religious instruction. On this point they held the opinion jure de vino. He was not exaggerating the opinions of the members of the Church of Scotland in what he was thus expressing. The Act of 1690 gave the power to the people of the disposition of presentations, which were generally considered to be a fair representation of the general body.. That was the constitution of the Church of Scotland at the time of the treaty of 1707. Five minutes after the union took place a great violation of this compact occurred. In 1710 the Whig Government were driven from power, and re Tory Ministry was brought into office, and kept in office, and that Ministry regarded the Presbyterians of Scotland with great concern. The general opinion of the Union was, that the Eng lish were desirous of breaking the treaty as far as possible with out interfering with the State, and the 'Act of 1712 violated the treaty which had been originally entered into in 1707. From the Act of 1712 most undoubtedly followed every great secession and every great schism which had since occurred, and, among others, that of 1752. And in the last two years they saw, it might be with disap probation, but certainly not without strong sentiments of ad miration, 470 ministers of the Scottish Church throw up their charges, and resign themselves to the care of Providence.-- ( Hear, hear.) They saw their followers also leave with them. They had their worship, not in churches, for they had none, but on hills and moors, as their forefathers had done when they were animated by a similar spirit. The rich had, in the case he had cited, contributed in a princely manner, and the poor had also contributed in the same spirit with which the poor widow contributed her two mites to the treasury of Jerusalem.—( Cheers.) The secession was the first of the statute of 1712,and from that Act, and that only, did the present disputes arise. This was the tr ue historical statement, and these were the results of the Act of 1712. He implored them to consider the manner in which that Act was acted on. They effected the treaty, and, in five years after, they broke through it, and the consequence was the secession of a great body of worshippers, until at last the Church was left in a minority. They ought to attend to the conscientious scruples of that Church, tor, let them suppose that Boston, the author of the " Fourfold State," or other worthies of his class, were now ex isting, and supposing they explained to them the nature of the revolution which had taken place in the Church of Scotland— if they asked, " Is this your Church, is this the Church which was to be protected by the Act of Union ?" they Would say, No ; our Church is the Church of Chalmers and Sir David Brewster, not the Church of Dr. Hill and Dr. Muir. The ' Right Hon. Gentleman had said that the universities was not now subject to these experimental tests. Those tests had been discarded by the Dissenters. The Ministers came down to that House to establish colleges in Ireland without tests, and then, two hours atter, they proposed the introduction of tests into the Scottish universities ten times as stringent as they were before. He thought the House would not submit to allow such things as these to pass unnoticed. '1 he tests of late 3 ears had fallen into desuetude, and of the present professors in the University of Edinburgh twelve were Non-conformists. Both the Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite hail filled the office of Lord Reci or of Glasgow, and could give good evidence that tests i the Uiversities o Glasgow and Edinrgh wer aban doned,n and, if n abandoned, f why were they now s bu ought to e be re vived? They were not enforced while all the people of Scot land were members of the Established Church, but as soon as the majority of the people of Scotland became Dissenters, it was endeavoured to enforce the tests. He would read a paper from the Presbytery, conceived in such a spirit that he must say that he thought the Presbytery would have very little rea son in future to speak against the intolerance of the Vatican. The paper was addressed to one of the ministers, and concluded by recommending the removal from his office, " for the love of God, the safety of the Church, the prosperity of the kingdom, and to deter others from committing the like offence." " The glory of God I" This was not the first time that the glory of God had been made a pretext for the intolerance and injustice of roan. Ii she is under the necessity of burnishing up her arms for her defence in a warfare of that kind, the days of the Church of Scotland were numbered.—( Hear, hear.) The difficulty was to obtain men of great eminence and abilities to fill the chairs of universities. Now they had all the world—all Scotland —to make a selection from. If they threw out the present Bill, they would narrow their choice to one-half of Scotland, and the emoluments would be proportionably reduced. If such a course were followed, the consequence would be the decay of the uni versities—those institutions which boasted of the names of Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart, Playfair, Black, and Jamieson. —( Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Government went from one extreme to the other—backwards and forwards—like a reed shaken by the wind. They establishediour tests at Limerick, four at Glasgow, and three at Aberdeen. Was it possible that such a Government deserved public respect or public confidence? Was it not strange that even their most liberal measures failed to gain the applause of liberal men ? Was it a wonder if they lost the confidence of the country ? But he spoke to the House—he spoke to those gentlemen who voted with the Go res nment on Monday. He knew party had its obligations, but they had their limit , but there were some measures into ich no party should follow their leader.—(Cheers.) They wanted to appoint men who would declare their 'opinions in favour of all points of Church government. He implored those members of the Church of England to protect those doctrines which they believed to be true, and all who loved science and learn ing to stand by them that day and aid them in averting the destruction which was threatened to the universities of Scot land. Thg Hen. Gentleman concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time, and resumed his seat amidst great cheering from the opposition. Sir .1. GRAHAM said, the subject which the Honourable Gentleman had brought forward t o accom p an y a great question of public policy, should net induce him to depart on the present occasion from taking a fair review of the arguments which he had brought forward, nor to trust to his abilities to sustain the decision to which her Majesty's Government had come to on a matter of importance with respect to the universities of one part of the United Empire. His (Mr. Macaulay's) arguments with respect to the new colleges were diametri cally opposed to, those which it was his duty to urge on that occasion. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that he had observed the marked hesitation with which Government had stated their views and intentions with respect to this particular measure. Now, in the last session of Parliament, this identical proposition was brought under the consideration of the House by a motion introduced by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Perth, and sustained with great ability and argument by the Hon. Member for Leith. On that occa sion it was his duty to state to the House the reasons which h the ad induced the Government to r esist this p ro p osition. present session the Hon. Member for Leith asked for leave to introduce this Bill, and he (Sir J. Graham) stated on tweedrt of the Government, that although they were not prep to resist the first introduction of the measure, yet the utmost de liberation had not induced them to come to any de h ci. sion upon the subject different to that which they u had arrived at in the last session. On the contrary, h t h e that to i h e t that their subsequent inquiries had tended to first introduction of eison, and although they did not oppose the d it left was open for the Bill, yet it was distinctly understo o d think proper to a( opt. They of th • p attention to the matter, and the resu lt . theirdeliberations Government to pursue what i(moduraseceetrlidelyngryisgihnteeaftearidwadrudes had induced them to come to the decision that it was their duty to resist the motion which the Hon. and Learned Member had just made. It was not for him, however, to go into foreign topics, but it was his duty to consider, in dealing with this quetion, what were the engagements which the Crown was under to the people ot Scotland, and the effect of making the great change which this Bill sought to introduce into that country. Without having any regard therefore to foreign topics, hut with a sincere regard for the interests of the people of Scotland, it was for him to ask himself what was the correct and proper line he ought to take in dealing with this question. Now, if it were simply a question for altering the religious tests in use in Scotland, in the same manner as that proposed the other eveiing by the Hon. Member for Devon shire in respect of the Irish colleges, he slicell be fully prepared to prove to the House that it was far better to adhere to the tests in use in the universities of Scotland, because they rested upon the sanction of ancient statutes, rather than to introduce any modified terms into them. The Right Hon. Gentleman in some parts of his speech load alluded to the conduct of Go vernment with respect to the Irish Colleges Bill in dealing with the question of tests, but he appealed to the justice and to the recent recollectio n of the House, whether throughout the whole of their arguments with respect to the admission or exclusion of tests from these colleges, they ecdid not an?d invaris . 1y rest uthmesteaonucresse connected w ere with t g h u e p p on e t p h l e of e Ireland hear.) He by no me ans contended that, as a general iar prin ciple, it was safe or expedient to exclude from universities of any sect the necessity of religious tests, but the course which the Government hacl taken tn regard to the Irish colleges was justified by the peculiar c ircumstances in rhich the sister king. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Roasnay Blr A SERVANT. —Yesterday Charles Robins, a groom, was brought up in the custody of Inspector Shackle and other officers of the detective force, charged with stealing from the dwelling-house of Lord James Stuart, No. 6, White hall-place, a steel sword, a pair of epaulettes, a coat and cape, a dozen of soda water bottles, and other articles, the property of his Lordship. Lord James Stuart said—The prisoner has been in my ser vice as groom, and since he left I have missed a gold snuff-box, having a miniature in enamel upon it, a very handsome steel sword, a French cane, several small silver articles from my dressing-case, such as those produced, and an old great coat, upon which was attached a stuff cape. The epaulettes do no belong to me, but are the property of the Earl of Bute, who is colonel of the Glamorganshire Militia. Mr. JARDINE—Are you certain that these articles were missed while the prisoner was in your service ? Prosecutor — They might have been missed for anything that I know, but I entertained so high an opinion of the prisoner, that I not only gave him a good cliarafer to another place, but also gave him more money than the wages due to him. John Ashton, sergeant of the Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards, said he knew the prisoner, and about the 9th of Ja nuary last saw him sell the epaulettes produced. He had offered them to him in the first instance for sale, and as he had no use for them, he said he would take them to a person who was in the habit of purchasing such articles, which he subse quently did, and he was present when they were sold. Wit ness knew that the prisoner was in the service of a member of his Colonel's family. Abraham Harris, 30, James-street, Westminster, said he purchased the epaulettes from the prisoner, and gave him IL 12s. He then said that he had got more things if witness would call home, at the same time writing down No. 6, White hall-place, and witness having called, he purchased the sword ptoduced for a guinea, and two dczen of soda water bottles for about Is. 6d.—The prisoner was remanded. THREATENING THE CHANCELLOR. OF THE EXCHEQUER. —John Dillon, a naval officer on half-pay, was brought up on a warrant, charged with having, some years back, sent several lettets to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, containingthreaten mg language. Mr. Hayward, from the office of the Solicitor to the Trea sury, said that so long back as the month of March, in 1843, a warrant was granted by Mr. Hall for the apprehension of the defendant, for having used threatening language, and sent letters of a threatening character to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The warrant was then lodged in the hands of a constable, by whom it was ascertained that the defendant was confined in the Queen's Bench prison, but as it appeared that he had since thought over the matter carefully, and had writ ten that nothing could justify his adopting such an intemperate course, the Chancellor of the Exchequer hoped that the ex pressions of regret were genuine, and had no objection to with draw the charge, upon the understanding that the defendant should enter into his own recognizances for his future good behaviour. The defendant said he felt most grateful for the clemency shown to him by the Chancellor, and could not find words to express such feelings ; but he hoped the Court would allow him to offer a few words in explanation, to show that he was not altogether to blame for the intemperate course he had adopted. Mr. Hayward i nterposed, and said there was no necessity to enter into details of past transactions, his instructions being at the ends of justice would be answered by the course pro- posed. The defendant assured the Court that he felt the most un bounded gratitude shown to him, not only by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but by Sir Robert Peel, and he trusted that Mr. Hayward would give his best regards to them to that effect. The defendant was then ordered to enter into his own recog nizances in the suns of 100/. to keep the peace and be of good behaviour to the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn and all her Ma jesty's subjects for the next twelve months, which being com plied with, he was discharged. QUEEA-SQUARE. RECKLESS Di/nut:G.—Yesterday Joseph Clark, the driver of the , cab 1,560, was finally examined, charged with having recklessly driven against one of Mr. Mivart's carriages, as it was returning with a foreign Prince from a recent entertain ment given by the Marquis of Londonderry, at Pose Bank, Fulham. Mr. Mivart's coachman received some very severe injuries, independently of which, the carriage was much damaged. The facts of the case are briefly these : at about eleven o'clock on the night of the 30th ult., Henry Jeffries, coach man to Mr. Mivart, was driving from Rose Bank cottage, through Brompton, when he beard a vehicle coming in a con trary direction at a furious rate. The coachman apprehend ing, from the drrk and consequently dangerous caw of the road, that some accident might occur, although strictly on his own side of the road, drew still closer to the footpath, when, on a sudden, defendant's cab came with great violence against the carriage, and at the moment after the collision defendant whipped his horse until he extricated his wheel from the carriage, arid then drove off at a furious rate ; and, in all probability, would have escaped with impunity, but for the circumstance of one of his w heels coming off before he bad driven many yards. The force of the collision was such as to throw Jeffries on to the ground, head foremost, and render him insensible. Independently of being much injured about the head, he had sustained severe bodily contusions. Lord Ruth ven's carriage was close behind at the time of the accident, and the gentleman was politely invited to take a seat therein. The damage to the carriage was considerable. The whole of the evidence distinctly went to show that the defendant was on the wrong side of the road, and that Mr. Mivart's coachman was in no way to blame. The defendant, in answer to the charge, pretended that the carriage had run up against him. Mr. BURRELL said it was a gross case of careless and reck less driving, and convicted him in the fullest penalty of 31. Defendant was committed to hard labour for two months, in default. WORSHIP-STREET. STABBING BY AN ITALIAN Boy.—Yesterday, an Italian boy, who had a box containing a racoon slurg at his back, was charged with stabbing a lad named Edward NV ood, resid ing at Hackney. The prisoner's name could not be ascertained, for he would not speak, and made signs that be did not understand what was said, although it was stated that he had previously spoken Eng lish plainly enough. The young complainant, who had his arm in a sling, stated that about half-past three yesterday afternoon he saw the pri soner sitting in Navarino-place, Clapton, with his box contain ing the racoon, and he expressed a wish to look at the animal, but the prisoner, he said, flew into a violent passion and ran at him with an open knife, which he drew from his pocket. The complainant said he tried to get the knife out of the prisoner's hand, and he then made a stab at his stomach. He, however, put out his arm to ward off the blow, and re ceived a cut upon his hand. The waiter at the lied Cow, Dalston, and two other wit nesses, stated that they saw the prisoner make a back-handed stab at the complainant, and the knife, a rough kind of Spanish knife, with ablade about five inches long, was pro duced by the police. Mr. 13stouGwrox remanded him for the present, and de sired the police to communicate with his master, who, it was stated, lives on Saffron-hill, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT lIVUSE OF COMMONS, July 9. UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion that the Universities (Scotland) Bill be read a second time, Mr. MACAULAY said, that on the occasion of the first in troduction of the measure her Majesty's Ministers had con sulted together and had consented that the promoters of the Bill should have means to bring in the Bill. It was expected that the opposition was over. It was ex • pected that this important and salutary measure would hare been allowed to pass. It had, however, been intimated that it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to resist the further progress of the Bill. Were the present an ordinary case he should not have been so much surprised at that unex pected intimation ; at the same time, however, his confidence in the strength cf his case was so great that he could not think that the opposition of the Government would avail in defeating the proposed measure. He had been sent to that House by the inhabitants of a great city, which was in 'former times the greatest city of a noble and independent country, and it still continued to be the intel lectual metropolis of a free and intellectual people. The University bad been so constituted that its renown during several centuries had progressed gradually to the furthest ends of the world as a great school of moral and intellectual science. That noble institution was now threatened with ignominious ruin by the narrow-minded and short sighted policy of the Government, which was resolved on its destruction without even the miserable excuse of fana ticism. He pleaded for all the great academical institutions of Scotland, and, while pleading for those institutions, he felt satisfied he should be heard with patience by every man who loved learning, and who valued religious liberty. He said, firstly, that this Bill was founded upon sound prin ciples ; and he said, secondly, that even if the principle of this Bill was not one which could be defended as generally sound, still there were special circumstances in the case ,of Scotland which would make it their duty to pass the Bill. In the first place, then, he said the principle was sound, and whoever might controvert this proposition, of this he was sure, that it was not for her .lajesty's Ministers to do so, for it was only the other day that they had come down to that House and proposed a system of secular education altogether divested of religion or religious instruction, and tests of every description. Yes, they brought in and defended that measure against zealous members of the Church of England, awl they defended it, too, against the prelates of the Church of Rome; and it was only the day before yesterday that they refused to accept one of the most moderate tests he had ever fen.. Was it seriously meant— was it desirable—that they shy 1 sink below the aborigines of New South Wales? lion was an evil, he was sure no man in his . sense.s w l o t ul e d d uuci dill, Bill, it his support. He supported the Irish the principle of which, and that of t h e Bill be the Hear, hear. ) fore the House, was one and the Scotland had a tight to know tronitho7chevimhotobtrhoruogwhtouint thisthe Irish Coll , ges Bill why the y calledupon Bill. In Scotland there w no clamourt against the Universi by English tie , of England, or agair,sttahse and Hon. Gentle men opposite t w e e t akc ll knew that whether they professors;ent pe ace to Scotlan d or not, Scotland would in every ' n ex ii t s r s e i o m n i s of t y be found faithful to the common cause of the empire— ( Cheers )—and lie w as,confident on that account, that anything bestowed on other parts of the empire ought not to be withheld from that country.—(Hear and cheers. ) I n Scotland, as well as in Ireland, the Established Church was the Church of the minority of the population, perhaps not in so great a proportion as the people of Ireland, but the members of the Pre s byt er i an c l ass we re not less in pr o portion than the Catholics of Ireland. If they trusted the education of the youths of Ireland to professors who had not take the test, on what principle did they con ceive that the youth of Scotland were less safe? The Bill bad been founded oa the same principle as that al- of th e Ole* , EA l ', IS 5 ,1 oil """ 7 load• ~ i