The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-03 00:00:00

-.) 1' the the ke,al The s, all have none Non cait P°S a .) said rec• for • im ised in% nd. try di- ins lot RAILWAY COMMIT EES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. Their Lordships met in Committee to-day at eleven o'clock, Lord Radnor in the chair, when the case of the 14141200 'w, innwriums, AND CARLISLE LINE, Was resumed. Mr. Brown, of Greenock Mains, Ayrshire, was examined re sPectraffic ting the a mount of mineral and agricultural produce that might be expected to go along the line. sh!dr. Gi rdwood, agent t o L or d B ute, near Old Cumnoc k , Ayr ire, gave evidence similar In effect. Mr. Barclay, manager of the Catrine cotton works, deposed as to the amount of coals used at the manufactories at Catrine, and the amount of traffic to and from Glasgow to the works, which he represented to be very considerable; the particulars of this wit ness's evidence have already appeared. At this stage of the proceedings the CHAIRMAN said he wished to state, on behalf Of the Committee, that' they were satisfied that the evidence had made out the opening statement of Mr. Andrews respecting the traffic through the route of the line, and also with r egard to the necessity of railway communication through that part of the country. Mr. ANDREWS Was willing to accede to any arrangement founded the suggestion of the Noble Chairman, but submitted that a reolution should be come to embodying the opinion of the Corn rocititee. He was quite willing to abandon his opposition to the tot a "ian line, providing the promoters of that line would agree uP their opposition to the project for which he had the ho "Ur of a Ppearing. !li.Mr. TALBOT had no objection to any opinion that the Committee butght express regarding he P rotest the merits of the line for which his Friend appeared, providing the Caledoni a n Bill wa s cuised, "" c li ents ed to being a p ar ty t o any course t h at wou ld bi n d other from withholding th e i r o pp os iti on t o any Bill t h a t th e Party r w rop er m ight bring bef ore P ar li ament nex t sess i on. Wh en t h e time came th ey would be prepared to show that the traffic the no t sufficient to warrant the construction of two lines, and that us Caledonian was much the best line of the two. Hr. Atisvisi was not sati s fi e d w i t h w h at hi s L earne d F r i en d h a d advanced He was prepared to sho that the Glasgow, bumf • to ries, and Carlisle line was superior in every respect the Caledonian lin e. If he understood their Lordships f g “ t * it was their opi n i on t h at t h e d i str i ct of country trruatiiiitcCarlisle, by Dumfries and C umnoc k , t o Kil marnoc k , h a d sufficient to warrant the construction of a line of rail way' If so, he considered it should be made by an independent l, " ' : _PerlY. He did not care a straw for the opinion of his Learned w t 'end as to whether or no the traffic of the country .Id warrant the formation of such a line as he (Mr. Austin ) appeared for. It was the opinion of their i.itisohniptsothat hewanted, who were placed in their present exalted tar.. guard the public interests and to adjudicate impar. ala:i• Their opinion had been given, and if his Learned Friend not prepared to fall in with that opinion he (Mr. Austin), " u ld their Lordships desire it, was prepared , to go on with the evidence. The CHAIRMAN intimated that he thought it would be as well for A ustin to g o on w i th his evidence for rebutting the ease of the Caledonian line. Aft.. s ome "eliberate. further conversation, their Lordship s re ti re d t o I) O 'nfr n th eir return th ey i nt i ma t e d t h at t h e counsel for the Glasgow evid U .iess and Carlisle line should go on with that portion of their ence that bore on the case of the Caledonian line. mei* fe. Wi lliam Crawford was n e xt ca ll e d and examined respecting el ing of the inhabitants of the county of Ayr, which he re. Presented to be uni versal l y i n favour of the line by Dumfries. I , a nr • Reid, of Kil marnock, gave evidence about the traffic of Ku-- Was Which he represented at 600,000/. y ear l y. A great part of that went southward. Johstone, manager of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway, deposed asto the immense increase of mineral produce in Ayrshire within the last few years, and a l so as to that Company having guaranteed 4 Per cent. on the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and to ' *ark it In conjunction with their own. HOUSE OF COMMONS. shorn GROUP A. y after twzdve o'clock the Chairman (Mr. Lascelles) and Sir J. Phillips entered the Committee-room, and The Citatausx said that he had received a letter from Mr. Roche, stating that he was confined to his bed. The business of the Committee could not proceed with only two members. Mr. MERREWETHER thought the business might proceed with the consent of parties. The CHAIRMAN thought not. A discussion ensued as to what course should now be taken. The Ccmmittee adjourned, with the understanding that if other Members w ere appointed i n the place of Mr. Roche and Mr. ti'Greachy to-night, the Committee wou ld meet to-morrow at tw elve o'clock and p sad D eal line , roceed to the cons i deration of the Minster GROUP NN. THE EPPING RAILWAY. Zrhe Conumke on the above g rou p were to have met this 2 n ing at tw e l ve '' c l oc k , b ut, in consequence of the absence of " Members, f rom ill ness , t h e C omm i ttee did not sit, and it was -.3ourned till tomorrow. GROUP X. he Ca i ntEcT t 5 , 111 II av‘ra NORTHERN . of teinarobridge and Li the first witnest called at PROJECT he Com the sitting of t ban engineer. Is azxare that, in consequence of t ° ncoln project, the whole of rth the line south kte coin was abaned, and part of that to the no also, to the don about four miles and a half. too:, M rs geant Wasu vosu---There were two Bills; the first Nee:frore w hole of the li ne, an d t h e second took the l i ne, b y the old the 1 24th mile at Broxton, on to Lincoln, within four Ml les en( ' a half of it. From London to Broxholme the line was pait.a..;inelQ_t,liveithlimit of deviation for a mile and a half, and that was another line so far. pit 'ergeant WRANGIIAN objected to the plans and sectio ns ed now t tot.n n i inasmuch as they were not those originally deposi , .9 diffent ones and the datum line was also different. The Committee retired to consider the objection, and on their P!ltiro sa id they were of op i n i on that they did not con _ s< the Plans and sec tions now before them the same if ur t . hes s e originally put in. But tbey wished to know vier, elleant Wrangham contended that those plans and sections the 1 4 " e t the same as those lodged in the Private Bill Office. dr.'.,Sergeallt WRANGIIId said they were, in so far as they affected I,,; ; ',"'"ing of the three miles. A long argument followed, a ft er " O ' 33 ° thtbeeicr Committee retired to consider the objection. j vi h e CII&IRNIAN was of op i nion that they could not receive evi. ha d cre on plans a n d sections of a line or portions of a line, which 'l l, not been deposited at the Private BilLoffice ; but that, under t he Peculiar circumstances of this case, the Committee did not feel talled on t o exclude parole evidence of a general nature as to the desirableness of extending the line from Burton to Lincoln. .114. Copeland, mill-owner, of Lincoln, was then called, and he said he conceived the Direct Northern the best line that could be l'lS!gested for that part of the country ; and that it be most desirable to keep up the Fosdyke navigation. (LEFT SITTING.) .L A- TAL ACC IDENT ON THE R AILROAD FROM E XET ER ° ` L tuourty„--A tunnel is about being formed on the line•from "„nt it seter to Plymouth, near Dawlish, and men are engaged excava. cei either side who have orders not to fire a blast without 'wnittin i cating w ith earl, other. Last Monday, one of the men .._ hi nt - as about t o bl ast a ro&, Imagined that the distance between and the rendered it unnecessary to give th e man opposite to . w h'rri arn ioff, and he unfortunately set fire to the fuse, and the went off with such force that it entered through the mound fe77, een hint and the man at the opposite side, killing the latter, o 4etu allY carrying away his head, which was found some distance Da his bod y. CONVICTS FOR VAN DIEMAN'S LAND.—WOOL "vie" SDAY•— e ' . WEDN E Th E ueste an , hired convict ship, having tslten ti now in stores a t D eptford, moved down the river last week, and 4,7 Moored opposite the Royal Arsenal, to receive convicts f or South Wales. One hundred a nd fifty conv i cts were b rought from Milbank Penitentiary on Friday last, by the Nymph, :leolvtieh steam.packet, an d put on board the Equestrian, and one ne4nn d red and si xty b y the Fairy steam-packet on Saturday. The „, eict guard consists of a d etachment of the 1 lth Regiment, from ,natham. The corps bein g now under orders for New South gales, a large portion will do duty, on their passage to that dis. ti nt colony, as convict guards. A detachment of the royal s tttillery, belonging to Captain Turner's company, 6th battalion, fi nt". ark at the same time i n t h e Equestrian, for a passage to N ew .outk Wales, being the first artillerymen ever sent to that colony. Th e company was relieved on Monday from duty at the Tower, a fort night before their regular ch ange , for the purpose of facili. sti ng their embarkation ; and the remainder of the company, der the command of Captain Turner, are expected to embark Z l ' e xt week, in ano th er vessel, for the same destination. Govern. en t has acted wi se ly i n reso l v i ng to strengthen the forces in ew South Wales, now a colony of great importance, in conse. g u enee of its vicinity to New Zealand. c i „ . P REPTCH FRUIT.—The General Steam Navigation ,t—''Pally's vessel, James which arrived at the St. Katha. rl e's Wharf late on Monday L evenng, from Havre, had upwards Of LsiX hundred baskets of French cherries on board, of excellent ltiality and in good condition, which were landed and delivered ed iately, for th e mar k ets of the following morning. It is ex. meted the .._that the pres en t wee k w i ll b r i ng the importation of foreign S UDDEN to a c l ose for the season, GAIN OF WEALTH.—A poor woman, nibaed Caroline Boothby, living in Earl-street, Seven.dials, has 117° OcO vered to be the ri g htf u l owner of very extensive freehold 43ho tilriitl hys.oolrtttli;ted in the neighbourh oo d o f B et h nal.green, which be put in possession of, the e s ti mate d va l ue b e i ng ' 4 otl ti ° , l L B he was previously gaining a precarious living by needle. d Was at time% unable to procure food. Ase: s cUTIONS FOR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—THE Nti o . CU P ntr.—Yesterday Mr. Thomas, the secretary to the f er 4l for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dumb Animals, pre. ho tte R charge against Robert Irons, of the Star public. dri p ' "ill:nook, before the Mayor of Windsor, for having soll e bona ina van, containing fourteen or fifteen per. blsi to rates, on the cup day, .the horse having a large fOss:uig Wound j" the off-sboulder, caused by the collar, r ki . e ' being lame of ' , se leg, and in a state totally unfit ',.°rlc. It appeared from !lie evidenee that the poor ani. , e ehr gad been driven th ree t i mes th a :to the beat i 'e' n day Th e defendant was fined 10s. anu ex from Wi n d sorZ e r n so s n es' The in the enlwo hY info was against James Maunders, a k . dan t Of Joshua Ende rby, a carrier, at Highgate. The . tcfen the cas e aPPearing, the service of the summons wa s . proved, h. and lo Of th :e gone into. John Smith, a constable in d t ri e vi e ng p h ! , kaster society, proved that the defendant was Ascots van, filled withpeop le , through the park, towards and Iv gor se : that, when about two miles from Windsor, one of the 1 48 Ill....which was quite exhausted and could proceed no furthe n r : leg, E st i nhumanly beaten with a heavy carter's whip. Its 1 " a tent. 6 "rl its rubbing against the pole, was raw to a considerable Cl. T heh a o n r d It was altogether more fit for the knacker's than to do wor. so d se had to be taken out of the van and leg back to Windsor; to .."' e race party were left to walk through the broiling sun a tm " heath . The defendant was fined in the full penalty of 21., Arls:„ Q ' ts 123 . ; and in default he was ordered to be committed to eu t _7 and hard labour for fourteen days, and a warrant was made gly Robert Dilly, the proprietor of a coach, running for d ee r ,... and Windsor, was fined 55., and costs 4s. 6d., sh ould ". 4 a horse that morning with several raw places on its 1 4r, just under the collar. The moiety of the fines to which _'°usas was entitled, and the party who had laid the . informa. was ba,nded over to the treasurer of the Windsor Dispensary t . Vis ek , //' RATHER AND CROPS.—During the . last tei t ,... l !squent and heavy showers have fallen ; and on F riday it 'ncessantly. Some of the crops in the ne i ghbourho od w . 10 Iq 4tunsequence considerably laid ; but they have recovered in a l ight d Nree from the effects of the rain, owing to the Of th e breezes which have since prevailed. The aspect ti stit e°L itrY has now become alike beautiful and luxu tioris. and i t would be di ffi cult to remember a time when t h e sheh4 Whet her white or green, gave fairer promise of autumnal i ng i o a t n e.e. Wheat, b ar l ey, an d oa ts, are either ;rt ear, or burs t. Asce nt Z't, and the p otatoes are com i ng away with scarCflY an ap. Ne ' la nk. The gardens, also, present a perfect flush of 141..pri. h e and ripe strawberries, cherries, &c., have now been added to p- ' able kind.—Edinburgh pe nis more homely and serv iceable er of Tuesday. tat l `;NI'LICT WITH THE roLicE.—We have heard that 14 troi l ,tim esdaY evening last, as the Bohey party of police were itt.ng near Mohill, county Leitrim, they met a man whom they test 7; but on their return with him to the barracks, they were t l ts per 7 silt armed men, who attempted to rescue the prisoner. A a ttkki ate Conflict ensued, in which the police stabbed two el the 4nung party, and succeeded in making three of them prisoners.— "4,loUrnat. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Nicholson, of Carlisle, deposed as to the amount of the traffic of that port, and the amount of traffic that might be expected to go along the line of railway through Dumfries. Mr. A. Oswald, M.P., gave evidence respe , :ting the mineral and agricultural produce of Ayrshire, and as to the great advantage that would be conferred on the district by the proposed line of railway. Mr. Thomas Crichton, Provost of Dumfries, was examined re. specting the town and trade of Dumfries, and also as to the feeling of the inhabitants, which he represented to be generally in favour of the line. Mr. Gordon and Mr. Reeves, late of the Post.office, were ex , amined generally respecting the traffic. Mr. Marmaduke Constable Maxwell, of Terregles, near Dumfries, deposed as to the importance of Nithsdale as an agricultural dis. trict, and of the great benefit the farmers would derive from the railway, in bringing supplies of coal and lime from a distance at a reduced rate of price. Mr. Lenny, a landed proprietor, gave evidence to a similar effect. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow, at eleven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (3 IZOUP A. LONDON, CROYDON, CHATHAM, AND OR PINGTON (ATMOSPHERIC) LINE, AND LONDON, CHATHAM, AND NORTH KENT LINE. The CMAIRMAN on taking his seat this morning, at the usual hour, read the decision of the Committee as to the three principal Bills now before them, an intimation of the nature of which was given yesterday, and was accordingly published in the last edition of The Sun of last evening, and was to the effect that the preambles of the above Bills were not proved. A discussion of great length as to what Bills should next be taken then ensued, and the room was cleared in order to give the Committee an opportunity of consulting. On the re-admission of strangers, The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had determined to take first the Bills which were unopposed ; and to postpone those which were opposed by landowners. Several counsel urged the importance of their Bills, and the shortness of their evidence, and after a long discussion as to which Bill should next be taken. The Committee decided on taking first the LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY EX— TENSION AND WIDENING BILL. Mr. Gregory, the engineer of this line, who was the only witness called, said that it was proposed by the London and Croydon Com. pany to widen their present line by making an atmospheric tube on each side, so as to have, in addition to their present line, a double atmospheric line. The expense was estimated at 150,000/. The OMR/WAN declared the preamble of the Bill to be proved. TUNBRIDGE AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS LINE. Mr. ALEXANDER said that this was a Bill to enable the South- Eastern Company to make a line from their works at Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells. The land was already purchased, and the greater part of the line was already made, the only purpose of the Bill being to legalise what had been done. Mr. Barlow, the engineer of the line, was then called, and proved he above statements. Mr. CLEASB Er was about to cross-examine the witness, when Mr. ALEXANDER objected, on the ground that he, Mr. Cleasbey, had no locus standi. Mr. CLEASBEY abandoned his cross.examination. The CHAIRMAN said the preamble of this Bill was also proved. A discussion ensued as to Mr. Cleasbey's right to appear on the part of the Commissioners of the Navigation of the river Medway, and the Committee decided that he had no lotus standi, as the land of the Commissioners was not interfered with. GREENWICH RAILWAY WIDENING AND EXTENSION BILL. Mr. ALEXANDER said that the South. Eastern Company sought by .his Bill to obtain power to widen a portion of the Greenwich line n order to allow the Croydon line to cross it the more conveniently. ➢ir. George Stephenson, civil engineer, spoke to the nature of the proposed widening. Mr. ALEXANDER stated that the extension proposed had been abandoned, being opposed by the Government, on account of its interfering with Greenwich Park. The CHAIRMAN declared the preamble of the Bill, as amended, to be proved. After a long discussion as to what course the Committee should now pursue, it was decided to adjourn until to.morrow, that in the mean time the Chairman might apply to have another Hen. Mem ber appointed in the place of Mr Roche (whose ill health would prevent him from attending tomorrow) before any new part of the subject should be entered into. The Committee accordingly adjourned. GROUP L. LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH DIRECT, AND GUILDFORD AND CHICHESTER LINES. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) • Subsequently the Committee proceeded to the consideration of the clauses of the Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth) Bill, but, as in the other instance, not a single decision was made of the slightest interest to the public. At four o'clock the Committee adjourned till to-morrow. GROUP X. CAISTDRIDGE AND LINCOLN LINE. Mr. HILDYARD (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday) said—He had touched upon the landowner's opposition to this line, for there was but one; he would now pass that by with a single observation. The opposition was that of Mr. Pemberton, who was not a landowner, but a trustee to two ladies; and it ap peered that the only injury that would be done in that instance was such an encroachment upon a farm as was unavoidable in all such undertakings, and therefore he would say not one word more on that objection, except this, that it was the only such objection offered, and that this line there fore, came before this Committee recommended by the re. markable circumstance that there was not a single objection to the line in the shape of a residential injury. He had now to complain of not having been fairly dealt Kith by the London and York Com pany, inasmuch as they now come forward, at this late period of the proceedings, with a parcel of clauses by which it was pro posed to obviate the difficulties that originally existed to that line, in reference to the Witham navigation. He would contend for it that those clauses had evinced a total dis. regard to the public convenience, and had in view only the pro motion of the interests of the London and York Company, The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment upon Mr. Cubitt's evidence, and said that that gentleman went so far as to tell the Committee that there was no moral difficulty on the line. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAILE said that Mr. Cubitt did not use any such expression, Mr. HiLnysan hoped he would not be interrupted in this way. His Learned Friends would have the reply, which was an enor. mous advantage over him ; and his Learned Friends ought to be content with that, and not endeavour now by those in terruptions to prolong a case which had now occupied the time of the public and the Committee for over sixty days. The CHAIRMAN begged that the Learned Counsel would not be again interrupted. It was not necessary, for the Committee had their notes of the evidence before them, and if Counsel should make any mistake as to the evidence, the correction should be left to the Committee. Mr. HILDYARD then proceeded with his commentary on the evi dence of Mr. Cubitt, and referred to the notes of it. He eon tended, that Mr. Cubitt proposed to place a fixed bridge over the Witham, which would have the effect of obstructing the navigation of the Witham, and to which the trustees of the public, namely, the Witham Navigation Company, had no power to consent, because they had been appointed by an Act of Parlia ment to take charge of a public trust, which they had no power to transfer to the London and York, or any other company, with out at least taking care that, to whatever hands they should transfer that trust, the public convenience should be guarded and preserved. But Mr. Cubitt was prepared to meet every diffi culty and obstruction, and was ready to propose clauses to any effect, almost, in order to grasp at the preamble of this Bill, as a drowning man caught at a straw.—(Laughter.) But the Committee would know how to deal with that evidence when they came to consider it, and to say whether those clauses had come in too late or not ; but let the Committee not forget this tact, that a phrase was used in evidence to this effect, that if the London and York Company got their Bill, this Witham navigation would have become theirs, and that they could do whatsoever they pleased with it, notwithstanding any clauses that might be introduced into the Bill. The Committee had it in evidence that the towing.path of the Witham would inevitably be under water in flood times by the works of the London and York line, and therefore chat fact should not be forgotten by the Committee. The Committee would also ob,erve that the London and York had originally a clause in their Bill giving a power to sell the navigation for 999 years to the Cambridge and Lincoln ; but seeing the peril that such a clause would place them in, the clause had been withdrawn. The Learned Counsel having made some further observations, wound up his long address at three o'clock. DIRECT NORTHERN. The CHAIRMAN then directed that the case of the Direct Northern line should be gone into. Mr. COCKBURN said he would commence his case for the Direct Northern by calling his witnesses at once, and reserve his observa. tions for the close of his case. Mr. Richard Dawson was then called—He deposed that he was the owner of 2,800 acres of land in Lincolnshire, and has lived all bis life in that county; has no doubt but that the Direct Northern line was the best that could be devised for that county; the cattle traffic carried on it was Immense. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM here contended that this case should not be allowed to go on, inasmuch as the plan had been altered, and was now a different one to that deposited originally. The Committee retired, and on their return stated that they would express no opinion upon the objection raised, but would al. low the case to proceed, and would hope that, as the case now be fore them awaiting their decision was the London and York line, the Counsel would confine himself as closely as possible to the line now before the Committee. Mr. Cockatrax said he would endeavour to do so, and then pro ceeded with the examination of the witness. He said the reason he preferred the Direct Northern to the London aid York was, because it was a direct trunk line. When this witness's examination closed, the Committee ad. journed. MEETING OF MEXICAN BOND- HOLDERS AT THE LONDON TAVERN. A large meeting of the holders of Mezican bonds was held, yesterday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, Mr. C. R. Robinson in the chair, far the purpose of considering the correspondence which has recently passed between the Com mittee nominated by the bondholders, Messrs. John Schneider an d Co,, and Messrs. F. de Lizardi and Co., the agents of the Mexican Government, respecting the dividends. The advertisetnent convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN said they had been called together by rather peculiar circumstances as respected the holders of Mexi can bonds, and the reason why the meeting had not been palled earlier was because it had been delayed from time to time in the hope that 'Messrs. I.ixardi and Co. would have paid the sums of money lying in their hands to the Mexican bond holders, whose property it was, and not that pf the Mexican Government, as they had stated in the correspondence which had ensued on the subject. The meeting had at length been called, and they had now to consider what course they ought to pursue to obtain that justice which they had hitherto failed to obtain either from the Mexican Government or from Messrs. de f4ardi and Co. He would make a few remarks with respect to the positi&n in which they stood. The Mexican Government had a pp ointed Messrs'. John Schneider and Co. as their agents. Being so appointed, they called upon Messrs. Lizardi and Co. to hand them over the sums which they hid in their hands r the purpose of paying the Mexican diriden4s, which they had refused to do, at the same time stating they would feel obliged if Messrs. Schneider and Co. would pay them the halanee of the account with the Mexican Government.-- (A laugh.) !:;,r, this being communicated to the Commit tee, they called upon the to nay the money to Messrs . S c h ne ider and Co., or in 'the r evcrit of their declining to do so, to divide i t among the bondholder's, but the 7 had refused to do either 9up pr dip so far as the moneys in question were eonperned, that they had acted in the apaoity of agents of the Vg*ipp;n vprnment, and not as the Wnts p 1 the bondholdfrsi and that they had a right, if they Lt:',,".lglit krofer, ~. __..._ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING JULY 3, 1845. to apply the money to the liquid a ti on of a debt which the Mexican Government had contracted with them. Now, was this objection a tenable one? When a certain por tion of the Customs duties received at Vera Cruz and Tamt.ico were set apart for the payment of the dividends, and when two Commissions—one on the part of the Mexican Government, and the other by the committee of bondholders—to see that agreement carried out in full force, and that the money so obtained was properly applied—( Hear)—Messrs. Lizardi and Co. were entrusted w ith it s p a y men t, an d had continued to des so until, for the first time, they set up the pretensions he had stated. It was true they were the agents of the Mexican Government, but it was equally true that they were the agents of the bondholders—the joint agents of both. By documents w:hich he held in his hand, signed by Messrs. Lizardi, and C 0., on the one part, and by himself, as chairman of the committee on the other, they held themselves responsible to pacy this money to the bondholders. If they denied that tl.is wa s so, he could not but characterise their condu , :t as most ex tra Hear, hear.) ( The chairman then read docu ments bearing out the statements he had made.) That agree me was drawn up to avoid any mistake as to the way in which the money should be applied, and th;tt it might he kept distinct from other transactions which they might have with the Government of Mexico. What other object could the agreement have than this? If this was not its specific object, why did they enter into it at all ? The bondholders supposed that the money sent over by the Mexican Government was to liqui date their claims, and those who had learnt with pleasure that the remittances were large, were doomed to dis • appointment, for whether they were large or small made no difference, as none of it came into their hands.—( Hear, hear. ) They merely had it on the statement of Messrs. Lizardi that the Mexican Government' were in their debt. But shat had the bondholders to do with that ? If they had paid moneys on account of that Government they had given them credit, and the landholders were not to be told, that if the Government did not pay them their account, that they must—(Hear)--that they should lay their hand on their money. It was, therefore, for them to consider what means they should take to compel them to act honestly and justly towards the bondholders. They had had just reason to complain of the last Mexican Government, but they might expect better things from their successors. Were they to be told that the money which was sent over to Messrs. Lizardi and Co. was no more safe than if it were in the hands of Santa Anna, who pur loined 300,000 dots. to 400,000 dots. of the public money of Mexico ? The Committee had considered these the most desirable steps to adopt, and with that object in view they had framed several resol.itions, which he would sub mit to the meeting. It was considered that there were no means which they could exercise to compel them to pay Messrs. Schneider and Co. the money, yet he could hardly believe that this was so. When the agreement and other statements which they had in their possession were considered, he thought a court of equity would be of opinion that they could effect this object. The folkming resolutions were submitted to the meeting, and were carried without a dissentient voice . " 1. That this meeting has seen with great satisfaction the change which the Mexican Government has made in its finan cial agency. _ "2. That the refusal of Messrs. Lizardi and Co., the late agents of the Mexican Government, to hand over the moneys remaining in their hands for the paym en t o f t h e di v id en d s on Mexican Bonds, to Messrs. Schneider an d C o. , or to app l y them to pay the dividends, is in variance to law, equity, and justice. _ "a. That it is the opinion of this meeting that the moneys sent to Messrs. Lizardi and Co. were for the express purpose of paying the dividends, and that they have stated in various ways that tl is was so. i; 4. That a Special Committee of Bondholders be appointed to take such measures as may be expedient to compel Messrs. Lizardi and Co. to apply the funds in their hands for the payment of the dividends, and that it consist of three members f the Committee and three gentlemen to be nominated by the meeting." Mr. Thomas Thornton, Mr. Samuel Samuel, and Mr. Richard Garde, barrister-at-law, were appointed on the part of the meeting. The CHAIRMAN said they mast be perfectly aware that if legal proceedings were taken that they could not do so without expense, and he should, therefore, propose—" That in order to provide the necessary funds to give effect to the resolutions which had been passed, that Messrs. Schneider and Co. be re quested to deduct from the first dividend a rate in exact pro portion to defray the expenses."—( Hear, hear.) The expense on each bondholder, considering their large number, would be very trifling. This proposition. like the others, was carried unanimously. A BONDHOLDER inquired what was the amount in the hands of Messrs. Lizardi ? The CHAIRMAN could not be positive, but he believed 60,0001. or 70,0001. sterling. The dividends due in April am! October were unpaid. It this state of things continued the arrears would be greatly augmented, and all the advantages which the bondholders expected to derive by surrendering two years' interest, would not be realised. Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister, had applied to Messrs. Lizardi with no better effect than the bondholders. He understood that 70,000 dollars came over by the last packet. Mr. Limo considered that the exact amount which Messrs. Lizardi had in their possession belonging to the bondholders might be easily ascertained by reference to documents and to the names of packets which had arrived since the last dividend was paid. The CHAIRMAN said their present object was not so much to ascertain the exact amount of money in their hands as to enforce its payment. _ A vote of 'thanks to the Chairman was proposed and car ried unanimously. In returning thanks, the CHAIRMAN said both himself at.d the Committee, wh 3 had acted gratuitously, and should continue to do so, would use every exertion in their power to promote the interests of the bondholders. The meeting then separated. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEIV'S BENCH, July 2. (Sittings in Banco before the full Court.) DOUEL V. GEVE. This was a motion for a new trial, upon which a conditional rule had been obtained. Mr. Crowder, Q. C., appeared to show cause why the rule should be discharged ; and the Court, having heard counsel on both sides, decided upon granting the motion. SHANK V. KEITH. This was an application, on the part of the defendant, of a similar nature to the last. It was originally an action for trespass brought by the plaintiff' against the defendant, tried before Mr. Justice Patteson, in which there was a verdict for the plaintiff. The motion was made on the ground of misdirection of the jury, and that the verdict was against the evidence. The plaintiff was remainder man to Admiral Shank, of the manor of Dawlish, who died in 1824, at an advanced age, having been blind for a long time previous to his death. The manor then reverted to his widow, who died in 1843, when the plaintiff became proprietor. The specific subject of action was the cutting down of certain trees, which grew on the boundany of the manor. It was alleged on the part of the plaintiff that during the blindness of the Admiral and the widowhood of Mrs. Shanks the defendant had encroached upon the boundary, and cut trees which overhung a path-way, and which trees were rooted in the plaintiff's land. The right of possession was dis puted by the defendant, who asserted that the trees belonged to him The case was tried at the last assizes on the Western Circuit, and occupied several days. The evidence was most conflicting, and the jury were sent to view the place. They returned a ver. diet, as has been stated, for the plaintiff. Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Crowder, Q C., for the defendant. Their Lordships postponed judgment. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, July 2. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court sat this morning for the purpose of delivering ludgrnents in several cases that had stood over for considera- Lion. Of those in which judgment was pronounced the follow ing were of more direct public interest ALLPORT 0. NUTT. In this case the plaintiff had declared in debt for 100/. for money had and received to the plaintiff's use, and for 1001. upon an ac,.ount stated. The defendant, except as to the sum of 1/., had pleaded the general issue, and as to that sum pay ment of the amount into Court. He had also pleaded as to the sum of 991., parcel of the moneys in the declaration men tioned, that a certain illegal game called 6 , a lottery" was set up and exposed, to be played by the defendant, at a certain public-house in the City of London, which " illegal game called a lottery" was what in sporting circles is designated a " Derby sweep." The conditions and regulations of this " sweep" were, that the subscribers should not exceed 155 in number, each contributing 11., and paying his subscription to the defendant, who was to be the treasurer; that before the race was run the name of each horse entered for the Derby should be written on a card, all of which cards were to be placed in a box ; that a like proceeding should take place with the names of the subscribers, and that a drawing of names and horses should be made by two dis interested persons. The subscriber who drew the horse placed by the judge as the winner of the race was to be entitled to receive a sum of 1001. out of the money subscribed, from the defendant. The plea further alleged that the plaintiff, before the Derby was run last year, drew Running Rein, the horse which had been placed as winner by the judge, Mr. Clark, whereby the plaintiff, according to the rules and regulations of the said illegal game, became entitled to receive from the defendant the said sum of 1001. The plaintiff demurred to this plea, assigning, along with other causes of demurrer, that the method of determining the right of the plaintiff to the money claimed was not an illegal game or a lottery, but a mode of betting by each of the subscribers to a small and legal amount upon a legal horse-race ; and also that the plea amounted to the general issue. The case was argued in Easter Term by Mr. Sergeant Byles in support f the demurrer, and Mr. Sergeant Channel! in support of the plea, when the Court thought the question of such importance as to require further consideration. Judgment was now delivered by Lord Chief-Justice TINDAL, to the effect that in the opi nion of the Court, the statutes against lotteries were not re stricted in application to those lotteries only in which an unfair advantage might be taken. The Court was bound to give effect to clear words of prohibition, and to pronounce this lot tery illegal. The statute of the 10th William 111., c. 17, especially declared all lotteries to be public nuisances; the statute of the 42d George 111., c. 119, declared the lotteries called " little-goes" to be common and public nuisances, and against the law; and without acting in contravention of the express words of these statutes, the Court could not hold such lotteries as that under consideration to be excepted from the general prohibition. It had been contended that in the case of each subscriber there had been a bet on a lawful race, and that therefore the wager had been lawful. This argument the Court was of opinion could not be sustained, both because the plea showed a lottery, and because, admitting a bet, still it was one on which the plaintiff could not answer. The Court was also of opinion that a special plea was necessary to bring the defence properly before the Court. There must therefore be judgment for the defendant. shall not lie against the loser to recover the bet, than by hold ing that ii must first be paid, and then be recovered back in an action. It had been said by Mr. Sergeant. Byles that this action was not brought to recover the money due on the bet, but to recover damages for the breach of the promise to pay the debt. The argument savoured too much of subtlety. Tile duty of paying damages for the non-rayment of more} , de pended on the duty of paying the money itself; and if a man was not bo un d t o p ay a g i ven sum o f money, he was not liable in damages for the neglect to pay it. It was further sug gested, that as the operation of the statutes against gaming was suspended until the end of the then next session of Parlia ment, by the statutes of the 7th of Victoria, c. 3, and the 7th and Bth of Victoria, c. 58, the inference to be drawn from the right of a loser to recover back the value of the bet which he had voluntarily raid no longer applied. But the Court did not think that the Acts against gaming were suspended by the statutes referred to, except in so far as the recovery of a pecu niary penalty was concerned. If they were suspended, it was for a time only, and that suspension could not confer on any one positive rights which he had not had before. The statutes of Victoria w ere t emporary A cts, passe d to reme d y a t i emporary nconvenience ; to the remedying that inconve nience they must be confined; and they must not be permitted to have incidentally the effect of altering the law. There must, therefore, he judgment for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION -HOUSE. A man named John Daher was charged with having committed bigamy. Ann Twig, of No. 11, Bennet street, Blackfriarz-road, stated that the prisoner, and a female who accompani, d him, took lodgings in her house, stating that they were married. Witness suspected that they w• re not mar ried, and mentioned her suspicions to a friend, who called at St. John's Church, in the Waterloo-road, and actually saw the clergyman perform the ceremony. The name of the female to whom he was united was Ann Gwynne, and she never slept in the house until after the solemnization took place, about twelve months ago. Sarah Gill, the wife of a steam-vessel engineer, stated that she went into St. John's Church, and saw the minister perform the ceremony between the prisoner and Ann Gwynne. She afterwards saw them living together as man and wife in Bennet-street. Mr. Robinson (for the prisoner)—Were there not several married in that church on that day? Witness — I believe there were. Mr. Robinson —And might you not have made a mis take in supposing the prisoner to be a bridegroom ? Witness—Not the least mistake in the world. The LORD MAYOR—You are a married woman ? Witness—l am, my Lord. The Loan MAYOR—Then you could not easily mis take a bridegroom for an ordina r y p erson on suc h an occasion ? Witness—Certainl,i, not, my Lord. The bridegroom in rather a different situation from that of other men at the altar.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—Not the least doubt of it. Mr. Robinson—Will you venture to swear that he was married in your presence ? Witness—l will swear it. Mr. Robinson—Will you swear that you saw him put the ring upon the lady's finger ? Witness—No, but I saw him step fora and as the bridegroom, and go regu larly through the ceremony. It was here stated that the female to whom the pri soner was married on the occasion alluded to, could not be found. Sarah, the first wife of the prisoner, stated that her maiden name was Atwood, and that she had been mar ried to the prisoner thirteen years. Tile LORD MAYOR--Why was not this case pro ceeded in before ? The wife—Because I was confined by illness. The Loan MAYOR—Has he ceased to support you ? The wife—Yes, my Lord ; I am obliged to work for my own bread. He has left me these five years, and refused me any assistance. We were married in Bath. The LORD MAYOR then directed that the witnesses to the first marriage should be sent for, and remanded the prisoner for some days. A girl, scarcely 16 years of age, named Eliza Griffin, was charged with having robbed her mistress. The case was an extremely distressing one, as the respectable father of the prisoner found it necessary to recommend the prosecution in the hope of saving her from greater misery, likely t) arise from the depravity she constantly witnessed amongst her associates. Mrs. Byrom, a widow lady, stated th a t th e p r i soner had lived with her upon a former occasion, and acted with integrity and circumspection, and, in fact, was a most unexceptionable servant. Lately, however, there was a change. Witness missed two sovereigns which she had placed in the kitchen-drawer, and when she was searching about fir them, the prisoner asked her whe ther she had lost anything, and, upon being answered in the affirmative, expressed a hope that no suspicion at tached to her, witness replied that there was no suspi cion of the kind. Afterwards, the prisoner mentioned that her father wished to speak to witness, and took the opportunity while they were talking together to step out of the house. The witness subsequently saw the prisoner at the station- house, where she also saw four knives and four forks, which were her property, and had been taken away by the prisoner, who also acknow ledged that she had stolen the two sovereigns. A Inc tropolitan policeman stated that the poor dis tressed father of the girl charged her at the station house with having rubbed her mistress ; and witness went to a house of notorious character, near the New cut, in Lambeth, and found there in a table-drawer the four knives and four forks which had been stolen. He also ascc-rtained that the wretch( d girl was on the most intimate terms with a lad, aged 16, named Billy Gibbs, one of the most ingenious housebreakers in the county of Surrey, and that she had but just left him. A woman, named Bradshaw, stated that Billy Gibbs lodged at her house, but she did not really know his trade or profession. The prisoner knew Billy, and she called at the house and said that she had procured a place, and that she would not go home that night, but she would sleep with Billy Gibbs that night, and she acted accord ingly. She produced a sovereign, which she said she had got from her father, and she paid witness three shil lings which she owed, and she put down four shillings in liquidation of the back rent of Billy Gibbs, who did not always find it convenient to pay. The LORD MAYOR---D 0 you know anything about the knives and forks? Mrs. Bradshaw—She asked me to mind them for her but I suspected they were got dishonestly and refused to have anything to do with them, and then she took them into Billy Gibbs's room, the w and I heard th em rattle in the drawer, and I informed the police. The Psitdi charactersem?fYw e L o a r r d e , this Billy should be gl a d to know whether I am not at liberty to apprehend hi m i n this case. It is evident to us that he acquainted Gibbs with, is and one of l has made a thief of this unfortunate girl. The LORD MAYOR said he could not see any ground for apprehending Billy Gibbs in the present case, but as he was a persoa of such desperate character, he must, in all probability, soon fall into the hands of the police. The case of the girl at the bar was indeed a melancholy one, and showed how soon depraved society ruined all sense of honesty and shame. He apprehended that the only chance the prisoner had of escaping the extremity of wretchedness was by removal from the country alto gether. She had cerainly, for one so very young, shown extraordinary maturity in vice. The prisoner was then committed for trial. Yesterday di ll TltonsasE being manyyearsSecretarydrunk and disorderly in St for the Home Department, 3 p a g r k t . h k e e keepers eper, s t a t i e n d their th at about a ttein h p j a t l a i f n m . g p e a s t s ' o s t : I nst h A i h niimgsnruimohiter remove him. of the inclosure opposite";ning, the prisoner came to the gate James Lott, N o , rospeaking to some young ladies who James's awa y P i a n l t a n c et the en inclosure, a ric s i t n a s t n e r e o , f a i nnd five o'clock on Tuesday toxication, while he thewswg observed, and, having staggered inside twheer in were thenats ewithoutn ter in g h ein g served, he cried out " D— your w ey i e tri s es Y s n d u esired the ehildrvsenainsttel"r Ymoved h o a o ve you here?" upon which tshe e e in g g ro t o h o a d t , t w he hi l: : r h is h o e n er —•, what b us drunk, he told him to quit refused very fo t r o h idso assistance, s . s i s H t a e n then e e , t h e used i prisoner rmwoas was did offer resistance, thnebela:lieddftwbio:lu. abusive language, and wohnentwitnessAnotherathaving come punch attempted to remove him, come t he face and breast with his fist. w he ith st in ru u c c it h h d im iffi v c i u o i l ty nt r l e hold of inclosure, and in the witness in the eye with his challenging.irkeoedfei:tsheoset witness. struggle he attempted to Prisoner -1 have not dorliaeidhaholof agai h n i . m to fight for daring what the witness has sworn r, o st f at m ed e to lay hands upon him. lodge 00 , d7 b ei u lw t l i ha l me a n d Gt m : i eo t di ;vi when isno,n ea t r h ge e an y ttee t i h n a such wasa the gate, and hearing the noise, tidhedincl iron railing with his left of persons had b he went and saw him assault the la , he said to the cllustre,and brandishing the the prisoner witness, " I'll job your and the prisoner being forced out, they this time collected, was convel'ed to the station-house. gate was shut, and he Denis Farrel, another park-keeper, n came to 'he assistance of the other witnesses'- e u tho y m a n e b rd e e r ' o m e l i t l . n :: roved that when he very abusive, saying they sh mid lose their coats • was for not allowing him to pass. in the morning In answer to the charge the prisoner tlenied foul language imputed to him, although he having wed the admitted having been a little intoxicated, and as a matter deavour to offer resistance when theoe course he did en park-keepers laid hold of him in such a rough manner. Mr. HALL ordered the prisoner to Pay a be sent for twenty-one days t o the House of Correction.'enalty of 4/., or The prisoner was then removed , and in a short time the money being paid, he was discharged. IVilliam Wheels, conductor of a Richm ond omnibus peared to answer a complain t p re ferred against a- George Sexton Woodhouse , N o. 3, New Boswei s i him by , M p r. Carey street, Lincoln's Inn-fields , for havi ng , on the 19 -rrt Carey of June, in the Strand, made use of abusive and insulting language to him, and also with committing an assault upon hi m. Mr. Charnock appeared for the defendant. On a former day another person was summoned by mistake, and the present defendant , wh o was then in the body of the Court, presented himself to have the case decided. which objected to, until process should be served upon him mtl was e usual way, particularly as attempts had been made to ' practise an im position upon the Court. . The complainant, who conducted his own case, stated that on the day in question he agreed with the defend him and two friends from Hampton to London' forant to take and on arriving in Leicester-square his friends got 0 2s. each, a female, a gentleman, and himself in the vehicle. out, leaving along the Strand, near to Somerset House, h e eir _uo passing to the defendant as he wanted to get out, an d ' to b r s ed his fare ment he applied a most filthy epithet to him, at the astonish. asking what he meant by offering such a sum as 2s e same time reminding him that it was the amount for which be . } , t and d upon he repeated the same disgusting language, threateni n a agreed, his barnacles about his face, unless he gave him to break another . shil ling. Witness said he should have no objectioe t the amount he demanded if hs had not used such words o or f t ive him public streets, and having got on the road he followed tteinothe nibus as it moved away, in order to ascertain the rn when the defendant jumped off the step and stroei r t iumber, violent blow i n th e s id e , which caused him to fall him a and sprain his ancle. The defendant wished to make it appear that the complainant had behaved ind e c e ntly to the female in the omnibus, a he had been appeal e d to by her for protection, vhiehlla that liim to abuse th e complainant.` He deniea having strata( him. The female, Mrs. • Payee, the wife of a tobacconist, w as called to substantiate the defence ? but her evidence Was contradicted by the other passengers in the omnibuF. It appeared, also, that the defendant had offered money to compromise the affair. Mr. JARDINE having commented in strong terms on the description of the evidence brought forward by the defendant, said he never knew such gross conduct, not only in his treat ment to the complainant, but also in the manner he had at tempted to make out his case. He had no hesitation in saying that the complainant had satisfactorily proved the charge, and he should, therefore, order the defendant to he sent to hard labour in the House of Correction for two months, and his li cense to be revoked. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As your pages are never refused to the benefit of your readers—as The Sun is valued by a large portion of the natives of the Principality in London—you would oblige one of the number if you would insert the present letter to draw the attention of my countrymen to the fact, that while every denomination of British Christians in this metropolis, except themselves, have for years pos sessed places of worship, where the service has been performed in their own language, they alone, till the end of the year 1843, were not allowed a chapel according to the established religion, with ser vice in their native tongue. And now that they have (through the unremitting exertions of the Earl of Powis) obtained that pri vilege, it has been observed with astonishment that the poor, little patronage which the chapel in Ely-place affords is all bestowed on the English. Surely there arc English chapels enough in London to employ pew-openers and organists without taking the " one ewe lamb" of Wales, and giving it away f rom the natives. I need only pint out how the offices in the Welsh chapel in Ely.place are filled, viz., by those who cannot even answer the native Welsh in that language when they come there to attend divine service. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A NATIVE OF WALES. REPRESENTATION OF ROSS AND CROMARTY.—Refer ring to our notice, in the Third Edition of our Satur turday's p a p er , to t h e rumour of an expected vacancy in the representation of Ross and Cromarty, and to the letter from the present LEI'. Member for these counties, in our paper of Monday, contradicting the report of his having any intention of retiring, and which we there fore cannot doubt is unfounded, we beg to mention that our notice of it was founded on in tiwmation received from the county and from Edinburgh ; and that we find from the Ross•shire paper of last week, published before the date of our notice, that the rumours alluded to were prevalent there ; and that we know that in Edinburgh it was stated, before our notice appeared, by parties who might be supposed acquainted with the facts, that the worthy and Hon. Baronet we referred to intended forth with publicly addressing the electors as a candidate on the occurrence of a vacancy, either by the retirement of the present Member, or a dissolution. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Morton's admirable comedy of A Cu , e .for the Beam t Ache was performed here on Tuesday night to the great delight of a crowded house. There is no theatre in London at which it would be possible to cast this comedy, except at the Haymarket. Farren's Old Rapid is a personation so ad mirable, it defies any approach to imitation ; and the young Rapid of Charles Mathews is as spirited and effervescing as a glass of champagne. Buckstone's Frank Oatland, although not equal to Webster's, is a very worthy piece of acting ; and pretty Julia Bennett is the most interesting Jessy Oatland that has appeared on the stage in our remembrance. The comedy is to be repeated to night, and will no doubt attract a crowded house. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—DEAFNESS.—N O . 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly.—lnvisible Voice Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not more uncoil'. fortable nor perceptible than having a small piece of wool in its place. They enable individuals at an ad vanced age, and of forty or fifty years' standing of ex treme deafness, instantly to join in general conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant, low speaker, at church, theatre, &c. They pour the conversation into the ears to such an extent, that in most severe cases deafness cannot be observed. Also original Ear Cor nets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears, and improved Hearing Trumpets of every description. Many of those instruments have received the approbation of the Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Bri tain. The Newly Invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it 's brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera-glasses, Micro scopes, &c.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Jpticians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with d person of the same name in their immediate neigh oourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent nistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at 39. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel COWARDLY AND HEARTLESS HOAX.—It tills' seldom or ever fallen to our lot to notice a mere disgraceful trick than was played upon two respectable young females of Crslehester, by a swain who has been notorious in several instances during his residence there for having " two strings to his bow." He had, however, contrived to get clear of all these advances under the pre. tence that he was a minor, and that his friends would not allow him to change his condition in life. Since then he has attained his majority, and made overtures sf love to the two young ladies in question, and an intimacy was formed between him and them (of course without their joint knowledge), which continued up to his leaving the town for London, about three months ago ; and a correspondence has been kept up with both of them during his absence, which led them to believe that he fully intended to lead them to the altar of Hymen. A few weeks since they both re. ceived letters from him, stating that he was in a position to render them comfortable and happy, and fixed a day for the nuptials to be celebrated at his parish church in London, wishing them to make the necessary preparations with regard to dresses, bridemaids, Ac., with whom he requested them to proceed to London, per railway, the day previous to that fixed for the wedding the taking care to name the same train for both patties), when he promised to be in readiness to receive them at the Shoreditch sta tion, and convey them to his residence in King William. street, where he arranged to have a select party of friends to meet them, and itccolnpa.ly him and them to church the next morning. The bait unfortunately took in both instances, and his request was complied with to the very letter; and the two par ties, with their intended bridemaids, arrived in London by the same train, but not in the same carriage. On alighting at Shore. ditch station both parties met, but neither suspecting the business of the other, nothing particular transpired to create any suspicion of the object of either one or the other's visit to the metropolis. But no Mr. R. appearing to receive them, both parties felt not only surprise, but greatly disappointed; but still their object was kept a profound secret, until they resolved to take cabs, and immediately proceed to King William-street, the pretended residence of Mr. R. at which bah parties arrived within a few minutes of each other, when to their astonishment, no such person as Mr. R. resided at the house which they had been induced to believe was his residence, from his letters to them. On the contrary, he was not even known in the neighbourhood. The parties felt that they had been most cruelly hoaxed, which led to a disclosure between them, when the infamy of the scoundrel was fully developed. But after consoling them selves that they had far better be hoaxed than united to one whose wreckless disposition must have rendered them miserable through life, they repaired to an inn, where they sojourned for the night, and returned to Colchester the next day. It is needless to say the heartless fellow has not since been heard of; but it is to be hoped that, ere long, he will have cause to repent his dastardly conduct in rifling to such a degree with the feelings of respectable females.— Ipswich Express. STATE or TRADE.—The yarn market continues in the same state as for two or three weeks past. The spinners being nearly all working to order, there is scarcely any business done for immediate delivery ; but exporters are still desirous of making contracts,—in some cases extending to the termination of the shipping season ; and prices remain exceedingly firm. In goods there is rather more business doing, and manu facturers, in some cases, are asking a slight advance.— ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—There has been rather less doing in the flannel market to-day than on the preceding Monday; manufacturers are wanting more money for their pieces, and buyers are not willing to give an advance, which has caused less business to be transacted. The price of wool is rather on the advance, and some sorts are very scarce. —Manchester Guardian. CRICKET.—THE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND v. THE GENTLEMEN OF KENT.—The continuation of this match was re sumed yesterday, and until abcut half-past two o'clock proceeded with as much satisfaction, considering the preceding unpleasantness of the weather and the consequent heaviness of the ground, as could have been anticipated. The bowling, however, refused to tell, and the whole of the " Kent " wickets were not down till the side had scored 333 runs, Mr. Whittaker having made up his score to 55 in the second innings. England then entered upon their second hands, again putting in Mr. Craven and Mr. Haygarth, and at the hour when the rain set in apparently for the night, 43 runs had been scored without even the loss of a wicket or even a chance having been given by either batsmen. The play of course was stopped, and at dinner time it was suggested by Mr. Swann, on behalf of the Kent Eleven, that as there was no prospect of the weather c'earing up, and consequently no chance of the match being played out that day, it would be as well that it should be drawn. The matter underwent considerable discussion, which was ultimately terminated by Mr. Kynaston, on the part of Eng land, saying that under the pressing circumstances of the case, the propssition of Mr. Swann would be acceded to, although his side felt the utmost confidence as to the result—the more so as the additional rain had made the ground still worse for the bowlers than at any preceding period of the game. It was accordingly agreed that the match should be drawn, without—as the members of the legal profession would say —any prejudice to either party. Bets, therefore, upon the match will also be drawn. FUNERAL OF THE HON. CAPT. DE SALIS.—The remains of the late much-lamented Captain the Hon. C. Louis Fane De Salis were removed yesterday morning from the residence of Mr. Woolmer, surgeon, Victoria-road, Pimlico (in whose neigh bourhood the gallant officer met with the melancholy accident which caused his premature death), for interment, in the family vault at Harlington Church, Middlesex. At nine o'clock the pro cession was formed to receive the body, and the coffin borne on the shoulders of four privates of the gallant deceased's company se lected for this duty, preceded by the full band of the Scots Fusilier Guards, playing the " Dead March in Saul," and the men of the first battalion, the pall borne by Captains Brendrip, Rumley, Terry, Jones, Francis Seymour, and William Ridley, proceeded to Knightsbridge, where a hearse and mourning coaches awaited its reception, to convey the body to its last resting.place. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Colonel Drummond, the Marquis of Douglas, and all the officers of the regiment, by whom the de ceased was held in the highest esteem and respect, swelled the mournful ranks. Captain Rodolph De Salis and Harvey De Salis, Esq., brothers of the deceased, and D. Holmes, Esq., were the chief mourners, and a great number of officers attended the pro cession throughout, among whom were the Hon. William Leices ter, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bart., J. P. Courtney, Esq., the Hon. James Murray, Colonel Walker, Charles Newton, Esq., Ralph Leicester, Esq. The hearse arrived at Harlington Church shortly after one o'clock, when the funeral service was performed by the Rev. L. C. Booth. ROYAL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN.—The annual festival of this charity was last night held at the London Tavern, the Earl of Faversham in the chair, who was supported by Mr. P. Borthwick, M.P., Mr. A. K. Barclay, Mr. S. M. Poo, Mr. '1 Grissell, Mr. F. Perkins, &c. The usual loyal and national toasts having been disposed ef, the Chairman, in proposing "Prosperity to the Royal Infirmary kr Children," observed that the building debt of the institution, amounting to 2,0001., had been paid off, and the charity was now proceeding with great vigour. Amongst the subscriptions announced during the evening were—twenty guineas from her Most Gracious Majesty; from the Queen Dowager, ten guineas; the Chairman, ten guineas; Lord Eldon, ten guineas ; Barclay, Perkins, and Co., fifty guineas; Mr. P. Borthwick, M.P., ten guineas; Mr. E. Antrobus, M.P., five guineas; Mr. T, Grissell, five guineas; Mr. S. M. Peto, five guineas; Mr. F. Perkins, ten guineas; Mr. D. W. Wire, five guineas. The dinner was enlivened by some effective singing, under the generalship of Mr. Hawes (including Mr. Manners, Mr. Keuch, Mr. Bayley, and the young gentlemen choristers of the Chapel Royal and Westminster). A most agreeable evening was spent, the company not breaking up until a late hour. SUDDEN DEATH OF A DRUNKARD.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Northampton Arms, Lower road, Islington, on the body of Thomas Newark, aged 46, a gardener. Deceased lived at a large lodging-house, in Church road, Islington, and Sunday afternoon last he dropped down dead whilst drinking some coffee and eating bread and meat, the first he had eaten for a week, having been drunk during the whole of that period. He wrs a man that would become a teetotaller for three months together, and then break out most intemperately. His sister attributed his death to the combined effects of intoxication and of a wound in the leg, which he neglected to have dressed when Verdict—" Natural death." , • THORPE V. COLEMAN. In this ease the declaration in substance stated that the plaintiff had laid a bet of 101. upon the event of the Derby in 1844 • the defendant betting 101. that Campanero wou ld w i n , the plaintiff betting an equal sum that Orlando would win. The defendant pleaded that the bet was illegal, and the plain tiff demurred to the plea. The demurrer was argued on the 10th of Amp, when Mr, Sergeant Bytes, for the plaintiff, con tended that a bet of 10/. upon a legal horse-race was recover able at law ; and Mr. Sergeant Channell insisted that, although any sum less than 10/. might be so recovered, that amount could not. The Court took time to consider its Judgment, which was now pronounced by Lord Chief-Justice Tfrin.at,, to the effect, that as this was a bet for the punt 9f 10/., the Court, without expressing an opinion on, and certainly without ha.ping the intention of expressing any doubt as to the propriety of, the decision of the Court of Exchequer in the case of " Applegarth v. Collyer," !P Meeson and Welshy, 723, thought that, on looking at the provisions of the seorid @potion of the pal Anne ! P. 14, this action could not be maintained. By that section a person who had voluntarily paid a bet of the value of 10/., made upon cer tain games, of which horse-racing was one, was entitled to sue for and recover it back within three months then next : from which the inferejsce was that an action to recover a het of that value would not he, if the person losing should refuse to pay it. It iviS obviously the • iotention of the Legislature that the losd shonld' not ultirfiately lose, and that the' gainet ilioOd pot' ultimately intention' which would `# b e tter elfeOpcf, and mote ip aeOraappe with the spirit of th e ) 04 - 1 which abhors Ctrolllty titf ackop, 1 17 bpiOng tbgt an action IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, .July 2. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly bAbre Four o'clock. On the motion of Mr. GREENE, Sir William Somer ville, Mr. More O'Ferrall, Mr. Archbold, Captain Gore, Mr. Hans Hamilton, Mr. Alexander Murray, Mr. C. Goring, Captain Layarl, and Captai n T a yl or , were a dd ed to the Committee on the Dublin Pipe Water Bill. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. DARBY, it was order that it be an instruction to the Committee on group A of Rail way Bills to entertain the petition of James Thorpe, praying to be heard by himself, his counsel, or agents, against certain parts of the South-Eastern Railway (Hastings to Ashford) Bill. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Captain MANGLES moved that the report on the London and South-Western Railway (No. 1) Metro politan Extension Bill be received. The Hon. Member stated, in r&erence to the observations made by the Noble Lord opposite (Lord G. Somerset), that the charge made by the Company of 3d. a ton on coals was reduced fur 15 miles to 21d., and fur 25 miles to 2d. ; the Com pany had also reduced the fares of passengers. Lord G. SOMERSET would not offer any further op position to the Bill, as it appeared to be one that would afford great accommodation to the public. The report was received after a few observations from Mr. HAWES. STANDING ORDERS. On the motion of Mr. ESTCOURT, it was ordered that during the remainder of the session the Select Committee on Standing Orders have leave to sit and to proceed to business with a quorum of three Members. 'The [lox. MesinEn also moved that during the re maim'er of the session the Committee of Selection should have leave to sit and to proceed to business with a quorum of two Members. Lord G. SOMERSET considered that two Members were not sufficient fur a quorum. Mr. WILSON PATTEN believed that nothing but routine business would have to come before the Com mittee, and such being the case he did not see why the motion should not be agreed to. He should there fore support the motion. Sir G. CLERK thought that two members were tco small a quorum. The motion was ultimately withdrawn. Toe Lords' amendments to the Exeter and Creditcn Railway Bill were agreed to. Mr. SIIARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition from 1,100 landowners of Roscard, in the county of Down, against the Landlords and Tenants Bill, and in favoUr of compensation for improvements. The Hen. Member also presented a similar petition from Cork. Mr. 11. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bristol praying for the abolition of the punishment of death. The Lords'amendtnents to the Wolverhampton Water works Bill were agreed to. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. r The London and South-Western Railway (No. 2) Bill was read a third time and passed. SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the Sheffield and Rother ham Railway Bill were agreed to. NOTICES OF MOTION—DISTRESS IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS. Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that, before going into Committee on the Scotch Poor-law Bill, he should call the attention of the House to the distressed condi tion, and the relief at present administered to the inha bitants of Sutherlandshire and other counties in Scotland; and also, on the motion that the Speaker leave the Chair on the Commons Inclosure Bill, he should move that the measure should be considered that day six months. TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said, that on Friday next he should move the resolution, of which he had given notice, relative to the valuation of land belonging to Trinity College, Dublin. Captain BERKELEY said, that on the motion th " A ' t the Speaker leave the ch a i r i n C omm i ttee of P,upply he should brin g f orwar d t h e resolution which he ; had already given notic e . LUNA On the order of "- ICS BILL. f te day for bringing np the report of the Lunatics and Pauper Lunatics Bills, DUNCOMBE said that he was de cl'7,edly 1 opposed to the second reading of this Bill. He wished the measure under consideration, and the other measure on the paper also introduced by the Noble Lord, to be postponed, because they were much too important to be brought on by a private Member. He did not see why the House should saddle the country with additional expenses. He did not think that six Commissioners, each receiving a salary of 1,5001. a year, with a retiring pension, were necessary. His Hon. Friend the Member for Weymouth had moved for a certain return relative to these expenses, and he thought it would be necessary that the House should be in posses sion of that return before they voted away any more money. He wished to know whether this was to be con sidered a Government Bill, or a Bill brought in by a private individual. If the latter, he thought it of too great importance to be left to the care of an Honourable Member.—(Hear, hear.) The Bill, as it stood, was liable to objection, because it did not give that protection to unfortunate persons confined in private asylums which it ought to do. The Under %cie:;retary of State for the Home Department said the other evening that the Bill must be passed during that session of Parliament, or the Commission would expire, but that was not the case. The Commission would not expire till next session, and where, therefore, he asked, was the necessity for the hurry of this proceeding? He said that these expenses ought not to be saddled on the Consolidated Fund until the return ordered by his Hon. Friend had been laid on the table. The public had a right to know how the money had been expended on former occasions, and were it but produced the House would find that the Commissioners were not the extraordinary fine persons they were represented to be. What did Mr. Perceval say, and he had ample experience of the system, eleven years ago ? He was a victim to the private asylum system. He stated that this Bill would not remedy the evils from which he and others had suffered. He (Mr. T. Dun combe) gave every credit to the Noble Lord the Member for Dorsetshire for his knowledge of this subject, but he would rather trust the statements made by individuals like Mr. Percival, who had had their knowledge founded '‘on experience. He protested against the indecent haste with which the measure had been urged forward ; and, under all the circumstances, he should move that it be read that day six months. Mr. S. CRAWFORD seconded the motion. Lord ASHLEY complained that the Honourable Member for Finsbury had not reserved the discussion on the part of the salaries to the Commissioners until the Bill was in Committee. He could then state to the Honourable Member for 'Weymouth every de tail whioh he might require. The discussion might in Committee be taken on the clause, but surely it was most inconvenient then to open up the whole question when so much time had already been consumed in its consideration. Should the honourable Member for Finsbury consent to this course, he believed he should be able to satisfy the House and the lion. Member for Finsbury that what he was asking was no more than what was just —was no more than what was economical—and no more than what was absolutely necessary for the exigencies of the case. The provisions of the Bill he stated so far back as last session, and, on that occasion, his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary for the Home Department had prevailed upon him to under take the preparation and bringing in of the Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman stated that Government would render him every assistance, if they approved of the Bill. The measure had now been before Govern ment for some time, before the Poor.law Commissioners, and various other parties, named by the Government, who had all sanctioned it, and he was now only acting for and as the mouth-peace of the Government, in pro pounding their Bills. He, therefore, entreated the Hon Member to allow him to go into Committee, when he had no doubt he should be able to dispel all his objec tions to the measure ; also out of kindness to the unfor tunate individuals for whose accommodation the pro visions of the Bill were intended. Mr. F. BARING hoped that his Noble Friend would allow the report to be brought up. That did not bind the House to enter into any discussion on tho subject. All that would be required would be to bring up the resolution and have it read, and then the House could enter upon the consideration of the whole Bill. He hoped his Noble Frilnd would not stand on a point of form. Mr. MILNER GIBSON briefly supported the motion of the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. Duncombe). He could not see any difficulty that would arise from taking such a course. r. MANNERS SUTTON suggested that they should be allowed to proceed with the Bill as far as the Committee, and that any objections might as well be made in Committee. He begged that the Hon. Member would not press his motion. Mr. V. SMITH was of opinion that any objections might be urged in Committee. After a few words from Mr. CARDWELL, Mr. CHRISTIE said he hoped that, under all the cir cumstances, his Honourable Friend would withdraw his opposition to the further progress of the Bill. Mr. DUNCOMBE said he would not withdraw his opposition. He wished the Bill postponed till next ses sion, and if this were not done he would divide the House on every clause. He had a duty to perform to the unfortunate creatures who were the objects of this Bill, and he was determined to persevere in his motion of postponement. Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House then divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Duncombe's motion Against it Majority —lO2 The report was then received. PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE. On the question, that the other orders of the day be proceeded with, Mr. DIVETT rose, and said he had to present a pe tition of the most important kind as respected the pri vileges of that House. It was from a gentleman named Barrett, formerly a Member of the House, who stated that last session he was summoned as witness on the Committee of Inquiry into the Medical Bill, at which the Hon. and Noble Member for borset shire presided. In consequence of the evidence which he had then given, he was subsequently served with notice that an action would be brought against him, and a declaration filed on the 26th of Ju ne stated that was s for giving f a l se ev id ence and the plaintiff. Thi s M r. Barrett affirming that he h a d stated nothing but what denied,ltihb e e cause lin g character action of was in strict conformity with the truth, and to that avowal he (Mr. Divett), after the most careful examination into the case, believed was strictly correct. The petitioner, after complaining of the expense and inconvenience to which this action would subject him, prayed the protection of the House against it. He (Mr. Divett) thought that if they were not prepared to accede to the prayer of the petition, they would be abrogating :~ ~..~,~ heir rights—(Hear) —and considered the subject mate rially affected the privileacs of the House. The de claration required Mr. Barrett to plead on Friday next, and it was, therefore, necessary for some specific resolution to be adopted With‘.ut delay. The Hon. Member concluded that the petition be read by the clerk at the table, and printed immediately with the votes, intimating his intent,on of following the matter up to-morrow by a su b s t ui ti ve motion. The petition wat then laid on tl e table, and ordered to be printed with the votes, but its reading at the table dispensed with. FIELD GARDENS BILL. Mr. W. COWPER presented a petition in favour of t 1 is Bill from the inhabitants of Kettering. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. On the clause which provides that three rate-payers in a parish may call a meeting on the subject of allotting land for gardens being read, Mr. CURTEIS moved that the number of rate-payers s' ould be six. Mr. ROEBUCK took that opportunity of inquiring of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Ilome Department whether this Bill, it' carried, would not su persede the existing poor-law ? Ile would also ask the Right Hon. Gentleman if this Bill was in accordance with the views of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and whe ther he was prepared to give tLe sanction of the Govern ment to it ? Sir J. GRAHAM said the Hon. and Learned Gentle man was probably aware that since the last discussion on this Bill it had been re-committed, and ail the clauses relating to the poor-law had been withdrawn. To the 19th clause he had several objections. but he had reason to believe that the Hon. Gentleman who had in troduced the Bill, was willing to consent to the omission of that clause. If he did consent to the omission of that clause, then his (Sir James Graham's) insu perable objections to the measure would be removed. His mind, however, was undecided as to the practical utility of the Bill. Still, a'thoueli he doubted whether any practical advantage could arise from the Bill, he had no objection to give it his support. Mr. DARBY hoped the lion. Gentleman would omit the clause. Mr. MILNER GIBSON suspected that the Right Hon. Gentleman was practising a species of cruelty to wards his Hon. Friend the Member for Hertford. The Bill would be allowed to pass on to the close of the session, and would then be killed dead by a count-out. He would tell his Hon. Friend candidly that he looked upon this Bill as a species of romance—there was nothing sound or real about it. It was not calculated to do good. The opinion of the ablest men in the country was op to=ed both to the principles and details of the measure, and it was trifling with the ti me o f t h e House to proceed with it any further.—(Hear, hear.) If his Hon. Friend the Member for Bath would move that the Chairman de report progress and ask leave to sit again this day sic months, he (Mr. M. Gibson) would support the motion, Mr. COWPER expressed his readiness to abanelo ie the 19th clause, on the intimation which he had reeseived from the Right Hon. Gentleman. The object of the Bill was to provide allotments of ground for the labour.. ing man to cultivate as small gardens, so that he migh4 have the benefit to be derived from their cultivatisaa, The Honourable Member for Manchester had des'.giveted so t 0 theßill as r a th er romantic than practi ca bl e . N o doubt wt t h h oe e t ildp eocrhi measure emflay w n . a b s e anefi Themeret wb yo r r o h m t n a e n g c Be e ialt classes e him, l . e t orbeauntnot thosewho Leicestershi re an d Northamptonshira, whereYtphart° time s oo o r f were in the h a bit o f employiag their leisureme in cultivating ga r d ens, small a measure as the one proposed would be of vast b ee. not be very anxious t o " s e i- at to th em . H e should m - .a.ter generally on th e su bj ect of a p l r l a o e t tie e s na now. ltly ,-se believed that all person s w h o were saw with the subj ec t were i n favour of g arde ': allotments, and the objections of those who were against allotments were to be ascribed entirely to their ignorance of their practical working and effects, He believed that all the labouring classes in different parts of the country would be benefited by the measure. Mr. ROEBUCK, complained that the Bill before the House would have an injurious effect upon the Condition of the working-classes.—(Hear, hear.) It was the peculiar advantage of the working classes of England, in comparison with other countries, to be free to serve any employer they thought fit, and to be paid in wages. Now, he looked upon this measure as a roundabout process to substitute payment in kind for payment in wages. Let there be no disguise. Was the working man to get wages, or was he to use the fringes of his time in these miserable patches of gardens to eke out his wages ? That was the real question. He had no objection to the work ing men having gardens to cultivate, but he was against any scheme that would give employers an oppose. tunity of using these gardens as a substitute for wages. The Hon. and Learned G en tl eman conc l uded by moving that the Chairman do leave th e Ch a i r. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFO RD said that the Bill was a movement in the ri g ht direction, giving th e l a b ourer some portion of independence, and raising him from the condition in which he was entirely dependant upon the pittance which the capitalist and landowner might choose to allow him. Ile was of opinion that the system supported by the Honourable Member for Bath would make slaves of the people by preventing them from having the use of the soil which was intended by their Maker for them. The great objection which he had to this Bill was that it did not go far enough. This measure was a just and proper legislation, and the commencement of a better system, and therefore he would eive it his warmest suppot t. Mr. ROEBUCK said that he did not want to make slaves of the people ; he wanted to keep the people of England in their present position, not like the people of Ireland, who were in that state on account of the cottier system which was about to be introduced into this country. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD begged to disclaim all personal offence to the lion. Gentleman. All that he intended to convey by the expression he used was, that the operation of such principles would have the tendency of making the people slaves. Mr. MANGLES perfectly agreed with the Hon. Gen tleman (Mr. Roebuck) in his definition of theory, pro vided always that the theory was a sound one. It was vain and utterly useless to set up the principle of the la bouring population living by wages. The question he would ask was —could wages be got for them? The fact was, the people could not get wages. It was only a short time ago that he met a labouring man, who had been a considerable time out of work, and was unable to procure any. The Hon. Gentleman would probably tell the poor man to go into the union workhouse. This man may have had too, probably, a wife and children If they laid down the principle that men were to live by labour he would ask bow were they to get it ? Was the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Bath lookin out of his parlour window on one of the squares of Lon• don able to tell how labour could be procured ? No man living by wages alone in his neighbourhood was able to make out a comfortable subsistence. The Hon. and. Learned Member had stated that the labourers gene rally kept three pigs in his locality (Guildford)—that was very rare. He would undertake to show the Hon. and Learned Gentleman five men who had raised them selves by allotments to a comfortable condition, whereas not one labourer could be shown who had so raised him self by his wages. He never knew one instance in which allotments had been tried which_ had beenattended with failure. He believed that tte system of wages as it at present existed was caleulated to lower the cha racter of the labourer in a moral point of view. The man who lived eacclsasively upon wages was generally a man of narrow mind. Mr. B. ESCOTT said that all the advantages which the Hon. Gentleman extolled were the effect of the allot ment system, and would not be given by this Bill. He had said when the Bill had come to the third reading he would state the grounds on which he would oppose it. The Hon. and Learned Member for Bath had discussed the measure with his usual vigour and force. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State had taken up a stronger position against the principles of the Bill than the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath. He would contend that the present measure was a new parochial system for granting relief in land to the labouring popu lation of the country, and if any portion of the labouring population were of opinion that their condition would be improved by this Bill, they would be egregiously mistaken. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said it was the paramount duty of the house to bring all their knowledge to bear on the discussion of the measure, which had been brought forward for the purpose of improving the condition of the labouring classes. It would be proper to consider whether the measure now tendered would conduce to that great end or not, and to deliberate further with respect to what might be called the impression out of doors. He entirely concurred with several of the leading maxims which had been laid down by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath. He thought that the labouring classes of the country must depend on labour for subsistence. They must depend on the fruits of their industry to be derived from the capital belonging to others being judiciously employed. It was absurd to think that the industrious classes could derive their sup port from any other source. He would be extremely happy to see the labouring population obtaining an _ in dependent subsi s ten ce f rom cu l tiva ti ng small districts of land, but such a s y s t em w as not compatible with their present condition, and to introduce such a system into England would be to assimilate the lo wer classes to the wretched state of the peasantry in I re l an d . If the measure, as had been represented, reduced the wages of the labourers, it would, in his opinion, be the most pernicious measure ever introduced. With respect to the efficacy of any measure introduced with the ides of adding to the wages of the labourer, he had great doubts. He was bound to observe with great sorrow the statement of the Hon. Member for Surrey, that at the present time, in the season of haymaking, in that county there were agricultural labourers who could not get employment. Sorry as he he was at this state of things, he did not believe that such a measure as that before the House would afford a remedy, though he admitted that such a plan would be better than no employment at all. As the Bill now stood he had great doubts that it would effect any amount of good. He saw, however, no danger in the experiment, and therefore he was not prepared to state, on his own responsibility, that he would oppose the progress of the Bill. Mr. TRELAWNEY should support the motion of the Hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Roebuck), as he maintained that the gill would have the effect of lowering wages in stead of increasing them, because it would diminish the demand for labour. Believing this to be the case, he should vote against the Bill. Mr. S. 11 OUT LEY should support the Bill, as whet , ever the system had been tried it had workedwell, and the physical as w ell as the moral condition of the labourer& had improved, instead of retrograded. Mr. BRIGHT said he should vote for the motion off the Honourable Member for Bath, as the Bill would place the labourer in a more dependent state than here tofore, and because it would increase the number of pam pers and the mass of suffering and misery extant iz the ....... Y.) pre bell. their 'an- and insel, ndau , and iot to India suit, 'pose do, ; suit Mr. could atur. , e to hand ) the inte• tions S. eg ond the