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thfit person and property were more secure now than fl , flues this i sanguinary punishment was so mercilessly n- When the R;get Honourable Baronet made the same speech next year that he had made to-night, he hoped he would add another branch to the subject, and live ,_ the H ouse some particulars relative to the effects of the ab o li t i on of capital punishment in other countries, in order to show that human life and property had been r endered l ess secure in those countries than they were 4t the time that capital punishment was in ' N u e. In Tuscany , in Belgium, in Prussia, and believed i n Russia also, capital punishment hel was tactically abolished, and it would in all pro abihtY be soon put esa S an end to in the Ameri- t totes of Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Massa usetts. The Hon. Member then proceed to argue that e ▪ prac'ice of banging did not deter from the commis of the cri me o f murder. Soon after the spr i ng eg :te In the y ear 1844, four men were hanged for murder ti t ilen agh, Tipper ar y ; b u t w i t hi n one wee k f r om that efi murder was perpetrated on the high road close to 'mitt t t ° rin, and in the course of six months of the . follow . - e Setunan and winter 16 murders were committed in n t e s a me neighb our h oo d, 1 6 attemp t s a t mur d e r, and 52 inses of firing i n t o d we lli ng -h ouses. A ga i n , was th e r e h l Yeomen to suppose that the hanging of the poisoners of, °gland had in any degree deterred from the crime tle sen iag? For his part, looking at the character of • kuPetrsons by whom this crime was committed, he tile gut they might fairly come to the conclusion . that bi infliction of capital punishment was not likely to h it y , r e e the effect which it was desirable that it should tie there was one view of the clues ", li th,,"tioh was altogether fatal to the argument eittit" tight Honourable Gentleman, and that was the the ,erdivary inequality of the punishment, and Lae,Yitable injustice which arose from that inequad -01 In 1849 a woman named Mary Ball was hanged innrentry for poisoning her husband, and another ebila an W all hanged at Devizes for poisoning her . infant son.,;„,_ 4 _, third woman, named Charlotte Harris, was be e Za Of murder and not hanged; she happened to ebili:P l ent, and was res pit e d until the birth of her I lsron V to have hanged her then the Right Ho Hon. I th ich e i tho ught would fail in produing the good results %bile, es seem e d to ant i c i pate f rom h ang ing other per /40 Again, there was the case of Mary Ann Hunt, h tee i.:844 convicted of the murder of her mistress. 40 e aeen1 1 a i n P r egnant, though an unmarried woman, ang ' th l e e t minute ~0 1 the sentence was respited, and subsequen t y !IteeT k • But a practice like this was not in accord- he tilt the principle upon which punishment should dad v et °. It was playing fast and loose with the law lth the lives of the unfortunate criminals who came • a ßithill i ns th e operation of the law. Mary Ann Hunt's case 4 hole a -4 , G et an exactly parallel one to that of Sarah 'Rind"' who murdered her mistress and was hanged at alsn o .; under the most awful and appalling circum of h:. kary Ann Thomas was tried to be coaxed out a oat ged cell hy the clergyman, and failing that was drag °f it by a policeman, carried to the scaffold h in nea lt- ,'„. of screaming, and there executed before t e !Nth,' many thousands of persons. The other . i,ertt,,,_was not hanged at all. There was no dif %lN; between their crimes, but there was the utmost aobe er n Fe Possible between their punishments. When klbj e „ all lg some time ago with a learned judge on the I,kJed,-; the learned functionary told him never to take fat oPinion on the abolition of capital punishment, 41 11gf 4 ' ne y had done so they would have been still Yein l g for sheep -stealing and forgery. Having for !Ne s tle " the System in operation, they believed it to be tor tart, and defended it accordingly. Let them not a t th e i nnocent were sometimes hange d . Th ere ' ,141tatre el, t a eea : e° of Michael Howard, who was hanged in 'e 3 se s 41 September, 1847, on the evidence of wit- ees B i„ ° O , on the trial of another Michael Howard, his le the following spring, also gave toetstimony on he w oo l t he latter was likewise sentenced death; and , th e af h ,•" have been executed but that it was proved that wilie - " e ases had perjured themselves on the first trial, hegel% 'exulted in the execution of the first Michael r o , e d• The r esp i te f or the other on l y arr i ve d two d ays teN the time fixed for his execution. The uncertain .the evidence on which capital convictions of eietinl„ obtained, as shown in the recent case 4 1. 4 e rritt, charged with poisoning her husband, Nit), the man Denny, charged with murdering his hrtt bet was another element of wrong. It would be 11 L osi lt , i l er , to adopt the system of punishment which fri t t! 1783 mentioned as being more effectual Z a hlt e n o - t a L I K in the repression of crime than capital pu nschlad been —viz., imprisonment f)r life, with Zh, h e . ": I PPing; and though he was no advocate of the 'milt et - . still thought that that system was preferable to t hltt ft ia la Liag in this country. It would be easy to show me sa ;" e c tt of deterring from . the commission of crime capital punishment was the most untenable thetteeventtathle•he execution of Rush, at Norwich, did not tjoe °f e : Ilan Gleeson from murdering several mem -1114 yin Liverpool. While the country was h„elistlg with „' that affair, and in a very short time subse- Fri e mi w hile Gleeson's affair was still fresh in the Pn ci ' the Mannings were not deterred from mur ;o () 4 ;11, th e nor. What they were bound to do was, People that human life was sacred—that l e th °m e i not to raise his arm against his fellow man; but 1V ::); cb) se they must withdraw from men's eyes 41 of a law which proved to them that human tainit 44,,et_eacred. to peel f ';."EY explained that what he had stated with a lge 1 4 t- il Le_fe o rri ng to the judges was, that he referred * iv. fitly n doubtful points,. but he never implied hh 44 8 4 gree of responsibility rested upon the judge r ,, C)11 1114 - to the execution of the sentence, but solely e 4 4 nr, l e ,ererary of State. Of t e e r d i with‘ l e u ir il, I R believed that human life might be se al, 21i s. [laving recourse to taking away the lives tese je ested Experience proved that neither amongst th er `pf d eav ° l ' the uneducated classes did the unish it' Tote ean operate as a preventive to crime.. He h it ' ° litio r ; 7 1 en the House to assent to the motion for e ta 'a tlo gre ; teeling assured that by so doing the would , A n t ed th, i ii l mPair the . security which the law threw T i r a • EW 4 ,,,, the subject. e " ied. Fo r e divided, when there appeared— ,the Motion 40 appeared— Against it •" 46 MaPrlt * • ' ' . ••• Y against the motion ... 6 ttg 1", 0, THE CHARTER. of CON Win • NOR moved a resolution to the follow the th That this House, recognising the great the L e h 'llle fir labour is the source of all wealth; that his n - uutir et %the only legitimate source of power; that t ;wn b nould be the first partaker of the fruits of th e ; r eaey , : at rY; that taxation without representation Itee' e scur e „'" should be resisted; and believing that el b l e reee e 0 . 13 1 the country would be best developed by Pe ts !inc....! re presentatives chosen by the labouring . hi t ults ; t`7l°Junetion with those who lire byother industrial Sa ti ense e a d t (in recognition of the above great truths) s leet' entitled Ptil the principles embodied in the docue „ie e „ t h e Alt 0, People's Charter—namely, annual arealb l e~d~ suffrage , vote by ballot, Equal elect 4etabll ". qs.,, Property qualifications, and payment of th ei c is 8 , I le regretted to see the Ministerial It lthltt if . t t raPty, and he begged to remind kr e . „" D; "ie people were tranquil on the subject ane e -a i r l ,: e a,t moment, while trade was pros 'A6Bl' °Y no means certain that they would re p4-aet t o e n ri time of depression arrived. It wa p ro cotui p Point to the relative proportions of the re- t hi , ,e th e n for England, Ireland, and Scotland, to 4 41 eeessitof e Ybe d . Y a change. Their attention might . lic‘ , oljt te ., irected to the example of France, where hiteeurthat pl despotism had been estib 61e.is ehattcLec ththoue of the President and the Legis freal' beg an ::: were alike protected by soldiers with finedgre ti ,.' • No such results need be apprehended wa s e ,,,u i fi the charter in England, where the public I E 4 I hi s in'n't'ig_btened and ripe for free institutions. He frcnn the would fail, as it had failed in former th„, e ve . e opposition of a Ministry backed by capi e . %h ie kin g r eitts .) , to oppose any mea,ure antagonistic to linb i .et to He kn ew that, interesting as the 4 04 1 c, am etch hi s motion referred was to the be h ie wo u l d eve ry class out of doors, the I,ifo.ad an toportProibably be counted out before W eale tu r the . A ltnist tl e tl y' t antf concluding, and he could equir e no the House that the people „ fr eeir e wh; _ h h stron ger e .„" tihi to Proof of the necessity for the rna'k u e th e e w there to advocate. His only object r efusunderst u r r icher, and the poor rich. He the conduct of the Protectionists in -oir ng their support.. to the motion of the Hon. Mem tlie 41,j:rest Sure powe r • tilte rai fra y the other night for the extension of ion th e h b, v°te d age it , t4ds of tn . Th Mat L ook aat hey were for placing all %lid 13 Wienssttatieditig el ms, and yet to a man they w h: Bath f or t the result of the present aye 'ha, And the Y would ' "ch °I. Yorkshire, returned one Tory and one :t itself could ,„ no hat a house thus divided not stand . What he desired to see P llli s t f i r ° o ll n li er r th eq e e l i a r n a d na s e h auld be cultivated according to the * era t :ge; and h _ ats, and not according to political i thport become th e Was convinced that if the Charter law of the land they would cease to Portin. agricilltural produce, and, in fact, becom e an ex- Kle e : C° Watt A 4 thp Souse, Y• The Hon. Member was continuing to --411:1when opal on r ang er ,:".•MßEit moved that the House be counted. k t went were ordered to withdraw, and there being If.p tu f t -4 z,ne members present, the House adjourned Eight o'clock till to-morrow (this day). SU NDAY POST . . are il.''''''', 1.10 TRH EDITO R OF THE TIMEa A h re sidence being 120 m il es from Dublin, ~., net t esh,. only the mortification of having all my days and 4rotti C'n(lence detained from England tw o 1 4 b :„Jublin one by the new Post-office regulations, ef:e`g instances Placing me in a worse position e t t h ro a! her kilo rftil vieYe were in operation—in short, .r Year,,! civilization to the state of things existing 60 b litil °, but, in addition, I have to witness the ce..?l, travelling by my gate on every Sunday Pcsaill,'"lll employing men and horses without a ny /'o4",,u'antage, as the mail-bags are not opene d . atair se e exercised a great influence over t h e )"011 east this unhappy kingdom, and in this instan c e . If oa s i b l , In but confer a benefit on it by replacing us , ceat u ' 0 ) at least in the same position as in the last , ry. ouly 7 Your constant reader, GALVABESIS. 1 10 v ..............................., I nt S 7;llUtiql. --- ;77, A-1-7-- - 4.--The p's°fo llowing is the fl e e - si t;4 ol ,, 1 1% 1,... e re 011,„Peorliththe stone - The .placed by the Earl of e grave of Addison in Westminster Abbey lulrfeT,ePiristartea..b,3, Tickell. The Montague alluded to was " of Halifax :—., "N to 41 - 4 ADDISON. Sittee thZ4ese cha‘rabers, where the mighty rest, Nor eer'wir foundaio, came a nobler guest ; A fairer .8 to the bowers of bliss conveyed Oh, go1;31?,t, or more welcome shade. Alid else " p r ever, take this long adieu, l) In peace neat thy lov'd Montague. c, b " Born, 167 2—Died, 1719. 'artropi 41 0 Elltatatre) P.C.; 1849," PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JULY 10. MARRIAGES BILL. Order for Third Reading read ; Motion made and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day three months :" - Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." The House divided : , - MAJORITY—AYES, 144. Ahdy, Sir T. N. Grenfell, Charles W. Price, Sir R Adair, R. Shafto Grey, Sir G. Rawdon, Colonel Aglionby, IL A. Harris, Richard Repton, G. W. J. Anstey, T C. liatchell, John Ricardo, John L. Bagshaw, John Hayter, W. G. Ricardo, Osman Baines, M. T. Headlam, T. E. Rice, E. R. Baring, Sir F. Heald, James Rich, Henry Bating, Thomas Heathcote, G. J. Rohartes, T. J. Barnard, Edward G. Heywood, James Romilly, Colonel Barrington, Vis. Heyworth, L. Romilly, Sir John Bass, M. T. Hobhouse, T. B. Rumbold, C. E. i Bellew, R. M. Howard, Lord E. Salwey, Colonel Benbow, John Howard, C.W.G. Sandars, G. Berkeley, Henry F. Hudson, George Scholefleld, William Birch, Sir T. Jackson, William Sidney, Alderman Blewitt, Reginald Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, John Abel Bright, Joan Jolllffe, Sir N. G. Smith, John B. Brocklehurst, J. Kershaw, James Smith, M. T. Brockman. E. D. King, P. J. Smyth4John G. Brotherton, J. Lennard. T. B. Somers, J. P. Brown, H. Lewis, Sir T. Somerset, Captain Brown, William Littleton, E. R. Spooner, Richard Bruce, Lord E. Locke, Joseph Staunton, Sir G. Bunbury, E H. Loveden, Pryse Strickland, Sir G. Buxton, Sir E. Mackinnon, W. Stuart, Lord D. Carter, J. B. Mangles, R. D. Stuart, Lord J. Chaplin, W. J. Marsh 11, J. G. Thompson, Colonel Clay, James Marshall, William Thornely, Thomas Cobden, R. Martin, C. W. Tollemache, F. J. Cockburn, Alex. Masterman, John Tufnell, H. Coke, E. K. Matheson, Colonel Vivian, J. H. ... Copeland, Ald. Milner, W. H. Waddington, H. S. Crawford, W. S. Milnes, R. M. Wakley,lThomas Currie, Raikes Mitchell, T. A. Wall, C. B. Denison, Edmund Molesworth, Sir W. Walmsley, Sir J. D'Eyncourt, T. Moody, C. A. Watkins, Colonel Dodd, ii. Morris, David Wawn, J. T. Ebrington, Lord Mostyn, E. M. Westhead , J. P. Ellis, John . Muntz, G. F. Willcox, Brodie Elliot, John E. Noel, G. J. Williams, John Evans, William O'Brien, J. Wilson, James Ferguson, Sir R. Osborne, Ralph Weod, Sir Charles Fitzwilliam, G. W. Owen, Sir John Worcester, Marquis Foley, J. H. Paget, Lord George Wrightson, W. B. Forster, Matthew Parker, John Wykl, James Fortescue, J. W. Pechell. Sir G. Wyylll, Marmadeke Fox, W. J. Pelham, A. D. TELLERS. Galway, Viscount Pendarves, E. W. Wortley, J. S. Greene, John Pilkington, James Hill, Lord Mama TILE SUN DONNA MARIA MARTINEZ, THE BLACK MALIBRAN. An interesting biography of this celebrated lady has just been published, from which we extract the following account of her musical performances, which produced such an astonishing effect in Madrid as to secure for her the patronage of Queen Christine, and the honour of being frequently commanded to perform at the Court concerts by the Queen of Spain. Of the Cuban melodies, we are told that— " The traveller toiling through the sultry plains of Louisiana, or journeying in South Carolina and Vir ginia, is frequently made aware of his approach to a gang of working negroes by the jargon of semi musical sounds with which the labourers accompany the clicking of the hoes—some singing one air, others whistling another, and not a few chanting that monotonous improvised recitative which all negroes are poets enough to love and weave out of the ordinary proceedings of the minute. It would be im possible but that a people thus tunefully gifted should have produced a class of melody embodying their feel ings, descriptive of their habits, and marked by a rude freshness which would form is best characteristic. Accordingly a vast number of airs have been lately attributed to negro composition, and it is very possible that of these a considerable portion were literally what they professed to be. An opportunity, however, is now offered to the mudeal public of hearing un doubted negro melodies sung by a lady, herself one of the race, perfectly familiar with the habits, the vocal style, and the animating spirit of her compatriots in Cuba, and endowed by nature with a fine appreciation for whatever was most intensely characteristic and melodiously beautiful in the class of tunes sung in the coffee and sugar plantations of the Queen of the Antilles.' Tne Spanish colouring which the melodies naturally exhibit is of course one of their most interesting features. The words of these songs are. as might be expected, often trivial and silly, turning upon any common-place subject within the observation of the singer, and frequently altering their character, along with the music—from grave to gay—from the most plaintive to the most blithesome strains. In the specimens which will be given by Donna Maria Marti nez these general characteristics will be more or less apparent. One of the songs is the plaint of a negress, who complains of her hard work under a tropical sun. A dialogue with her master, containing a queint speci men of Cuban repartee, winds up the ditty.' But Donna Maria sings other melodies than those of the negroes in the West India colonies of Spain. She is an adept in the performance of those wild and thril ling ballads which the peasants of Andalusia sing, and which, to be heard with the proper effect, must be lis tened to accompanied by the guitar, as a Spaniard, or as Donna Maria alone can play it. We quote an extract from that part of the pamphlet treating of this branch of the subject:— " The beauty and the energy of the ballads of Spain are very generally known. The spirit-stirring strains of her chivalresque war songs—the quaintly tender sweetness of the lay destined to be sung in love lorn tones beneath the balcony of beauty—the jocund strains of playful satire, and the gay and rollicking roundelay, expressive of the merry and the adventurous life of the contrabandista or the muleteer—all their varying ' modes of the lyre'—have each their representatives in the fine ballad anthology in question. To be perfectly appreciated, however, these songs of sunny swarthy Spain must be heard executed with the fervour of passion and piquancy of accent, which properly be long to them. They must be heard, too, accompanied by the shower of rippling notes which a performer' to the manner born' can alone educe from the national in strument—from that guitar which, in ordinary hands, gives so little idea of the passionate music which it can discover when touched by the glowing fingers of a Spa niard chanting his native airs.' Succeeding these notices of the ballads, which will on Saturday night be submitted in all their freshness and characteristic beauty to the audience of her Majesty's Theatre, there follow some free but spirited and spark ling translations of the songs, seeking rather to give the pith and spirit than any exact and literal version of the lays. The Cuban lyrics, being imitated from the com position of the negroes, have of course little literary merit to recommend them. Not so the Spanish ballads, one of which, called "La Buenaventura, or the good fortune," a graceful and sparkling translation, we have pleasure in quoting:— " Mark I 'tis the Gitana, Wanderer in the land, Skilled to read the future In the lines upon your hand; Mark her black eyes gleaming, Like the unsheathed steel— Wildest of Gitana , — In the city of Seville. " See! she meets two lovers— Well wish they to know, What on them the future Haply may bestow; Smiling, happy faces— 'Sunny, nut-brown health— Toil by day, the dance at eve— Humble store of wealth. " Ave, blessed Maria Forthwith they begin; Conceived,' says the Gitana, Conceived without siu.' Come, cross my hand, my lovers, And the wanderer in Spain, By Eastern lore, will prophecy The fortunes of you twain.' " I come of the ancient race, Magic spells who sung, Ere the pyramids arose, When the earth was young. I am of the mystic blood Which ran in old Chaldee; In the sky or in your palm I your fate can see.' " Closely the Gitana Bends above their hands; Every line of life and love Well she understands. All the wondrous future Thus can she reveal— Wisest of Gitanas • In the city of Seville I " Hush she speaks! All Egypt's Blessings I foresee, Raining round your door-post— Blithesome may you be! Wealth and happy seasons, Store of oil and wine— No canker in the olives, No blight upon the vine. " So cross my hand, my lovers, The ventura I have told, Is worthy brightest silver— Is worthy reddest gold. And true it is as hopeful— But that you'll know ere long, I say it—l, who read the stars — And never read them wrong.' "Gone! the dark Gitana, Wanderer from the East; Worshipper of fearsome creel, Scorner of the Priest. Gone! the dark Gitaua— Spoke she Booth and leal? We'll hope the best, and luck attend The Lovers of Seville." We cannot but believe that no narrow bigotry of colour or of caste will prejudice the first appearance as an artiste, or be allowed to cast a slur over the musical merits or the " Black Malibran." THE PORTLAND HARBOUR OF REFUGE. We have been requested to publish the following letter on this subject : " Portland Roads, Jaly 2, 1850. " Mr. John Harvey, Postmaster, Weymouth. " Dear Sir,—l have read the remarks on the subject of a breakwater for Portland Roads, and I avail myself of this opportunity before proceeding from this port, on my voyage to Van Diemen's Land, to assure you, that, in giving my support to the Harvey testimonial. I consider that lam only doing that which the whole of our mari time marine are called upon to do; it is most certainly due to you, for promoting a harbour that will associate the name of Harvey with the most usetul and extensive shelter in the channel. It is highly gratifying to see the work, now under the auspices of Government, progress ing so rapidly; and it must be very satisfactory to your mind to know that you have been so instrumental in its adoption. It will he a credit to the nation in every sense of the word, and I think his Royal Highness Prince Al bert in having laid the first stone bears strong testimony in its favour. " We shall now have a harbour of refuge to run to upon all occasions, thank God! and it is much needed, particularly to our mercantile marine, in making a voyage. Allow me to thank you for your strict atten tion to the mails and everything connected with this ship in relation to the Post office department, it is a pleasure to meet with efficiency in such matters. " I remain, dear Sir, yours truly, "G. N. LIVERAY, Commanderof the Convict Ship Nile.' In regard to the Shambles, Captain George Nathaniel Livesay remarks to Mr. Harvey, 4th July, 1850 :—" This natural Breakwater should be com pleted by artificial means, as soon as the Portland Breakwater is finished." The opinion of this expe rienced gentleman is valuable, and should be recorded for the consideration of the nautical world and the Government. —Poole Herald. NARROW DCAPES FROM DROWNING.—On Tuesday last, about 10 o'clock, a girl of the name of Maria Street, a whose f child h a e t a her rth r e es fi id r e s s on t leek th oh e t ß he ulo c d h wiro me a r d was and dr .Biae t k e w n . d a i t n e g r Canal,2ic e oe w r b h a e l n a , n i c n e d e h n e d r e s a e v i f o a u n r d i n fel t l o f r r o e m a c h t h a e fl c o h w r h e fs e n h t e h r t t h v t e h r e , water. which, at that place, is about 9 feet deep. Some lads who were at hand, gave the alarm, and, happily, prevented the child from following her nurse. The poor girl had twice risen to the surface, and again sunk, when Lewis Cox, a porter on the wharf, to whom much credit is due for his promptitude of action, arrived, and with a boat-hook took her out. She was removed to the house of a relative, where she was attended by Mr. King, surgeon, who, after some time, succeeded in restoring animation. Another accident, of a similar nature, occurr e d on Friday morning, in the river Cann, j us t a b ove the i ron b r id ge. M r. Wat son's second child, Emma, four years old, whilst in cwhhaerrgee it t of is an er e . lder brother, slipped into the water deep ; but fortunately an intrepid lad, named Raven, apprentice to Mr. S u lli ngs , was near , an d im mediately jumping in, succeeded i n rescu i ng t h e c hild, th oug h at the imminent risk of his life. The child had sunk once, and on being brought ashore, was insensible, but speedily recovered cciactousuess, and is now gered. quite well.—Essex MINORITY-NOES, 134. Adderley, C. E. Farnham, E. B. Mundy, William Arbuthsott, Hugh Ferrer, James Naas, Lord Arkwright, G. Fellowes, Edward Neeld, Joseph Ashley, Lord Forbes, Wm. O'Brien, Sir T. Bagot, William Fuller, A. E. Oswald, Alexander Bateson, Thomas Gladstone, W. E. Packe, C. W. Beregord, William Gordon, Admiral Palmer, Roundell Blackstone, W. S. Goulburn, Henry Patten, J. W. Booth, Sir R. G. Graham, Sir James Pennant, Colonel Bouverie, E. P. Greene, Thomas Plowden, W. H. Bowles, Admiral Gwyn, Howel Plumptre, J. P. Bramston, T. W. Hall, Sir B. Pusey, P. Brisco,i M. Hamilton, Geo. A. Raphael, Alexander Broadley, Henry Hastie, Archibald Reid, Colonel Buck, Lewis W. Heneage, (r. H. Richards, Richard Buller, Sir Y. Henley, J. W. Sadleir, John Burghley, Lord Hervey, Lord A. Scott, Francis Burrell, Sir C. Hildyard, T. B. Seymer, Henry Ker Cabbell, B. B. Hildyard, R. C. Sibthorp, Colonel Chatterton, Colonel Hood, Sir Alexander Simeon, John Christopher, R. A. Hope, A. Spearman, H. J. Clerk, Sir G. Hornby John Staff.'rd, AugustuS Clive, R. H. Hotham, Lord Stanley, E. Clive, Henry B. Hughes, W. B. Taylor, T. E. Cobbold, John C. Inglis, Sir R. H. Tellisoll, E. K. Cocks, T. S. Jones, Captain Thesiger, Sir F. Cole, 11. A. Koating, Robert Thornhill, G. Compton, H. C. Law, C. E. Townley, R. G. Conolly, Thomas Lewisham, Viscount Trevor, a. Corry, Henry Lindsay, Hon. Col. Trollope, Sir J. Cubitt, William Lockhart, W. Turner, G. J. Davie, Sir H. Lowther, Colonel Verney Sir H. Dickson, S. Lygon, General Villiers, F. W. Drummond, Henry M'Neill, Duncan Vivian, J. E. Duckworth, Sir J. Manners, Lord C. Vyse, R. H. Duncan, George Manners, Lord J. Walter, John Duncombe, A. Matheson, James Wegg-Prosser, F. Duncombe, 0. Maule, Fox Welby, G. E. Dundas,' George Mena, Sir Henry Wellesley, Lord C. Dundas, Sir David Miles, Philip W. S. Willoughby, Sir H. Du Pre, C. G. Miles, William Wodehouse, E. East, Sir J. B. Elonsell, William Weod, W. P. Edwards, H. Moore, G. H. Egerton, W. T. Morgan, 0. TELLERS. Einlyn, Viscount Morison, Sir W. Mackenzie,riV. F. Estcourt, J. B. B. Mullings, J. R. Walpole, Spencer Clause (Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to extend to that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland) brought up, and read a first time : Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause be now read a second time." The House divided : MINORITY-AYES, 130. Adderley, C. E. Farnham, E. B. Morgan, 0. Arbuthnott, 11. Farrer, James Morison, Sir W. Arkwright, George Fellowes, E. Mullings, J. R. Ashley, Lord Forbes, William Naas, Lord Begot, Hon. W. Fuller, A. E. Nee ld, Joseph Bateson, Thomas Gladstone, W. E. O'Brien, Sir Timothy Beresford, William Gordon, Admiral O'Connell, M. J. Blackstone, W. Goulburn, Henry Packe, C. W. Booth, Sir R. G. Graham, Sir James Palmer, Roundell Bouverle, E. P. Greene Thomas Patten, J. W. Bowles, Admiral Gwyn, Howel Pennant, Hon. Col. Bramston, T. W. Hall, Sir B. Plowden, W. H. Broadley, H. Hall, Colonel Plumptre, J. P. Buck, Lewis W. Hamilton, G. A. Pusey, Philip Buller, Sir J. Y. Hastie, Archibald Raphael, Alexander Burghley, Lord Heneags, G. H. W. Reid, Colonel Burrell, Sir C. Henley, J. W. Richards. Richard Cabbell, B. B. Hervey, Lord A. Sadlei'', John Cayley, E. S. Hildyari, R. C. Scott, Francis Chatterton, Colonel Hildyard, T. B. T. Seymer, H. K. Chichester, Lord J. Hood, Sir Alexander Sibthorp, Colonel Christopher. R. Hope, A. Spearman, Henry Clerk, Sir G. Hornby, John Stafford, A. Clive, H. B. Hotham, Lord Stanley, Edward Clive, R. H. Hughes, W. B. Taylor, Thomas E. Cobbold, J. C. Inglis, Sir R. Tenison, E. K. Cocks, T. S. Jones, Captain Thesiger. Sir F. Cole, Hon. H. A. Keating, Robert Thornhill, G. Compton, H. C. Law, Hon. E. C. Townley, R. G. Conolly, Thomas Lewisham, Vis. Trevor, G. It. Cubitt, William Lindsay, Colonel Trollope, Sir J. Davie, Sir Henry Lowther, Colonel Turner, George Dickson, Samuel Mackenzie, W. F. Vyse, H. R. 11. Duckworth, Sir J. M`Neill, Duncan Walpole, S. H Duncan, George Mannsrs,jLord C. Walter, John Duncombe, A. Manners, Lord J. Wegg-Prosser, F. Duncembe, 0. Matheson, J. Welby, G. E. Dundas, George Matheson, Colonel Wellesley, Lord C. Dundas, Sir D. Mottle, Fox Willoughby, Sir H. Du Pre, C. George Meux, Sir rlenry Wodehouse, Edmund East, Sir J. Miles, P. W. Wood, W. P. Edwards, Henry Miles, W. Egerton. W. T. Monsell, William TZLLEZS. Emlyn, Viscount Moody, C. A. Lockhart, W. Estcourt, J. B. B. Moore, G. H. Oswald,., A. MAJORITY-NOES, 137. Abdy, Sir Thomas Fox, W. J. Price, Sir B. Adair, Hugh E. Galway, Viscount Rawdon, Colonel Aglionby, H. Greene, John Ricardo, J. L. Anstey, Thomas Grenfell, Cnaries W. Ricardo, Osman Bagshaw, John Harris, Richard Rice, E. R. Baines, M. T. Hatchell, John Robartes, T. J. A. Baldwin, Barry Hayter, W. G. Romilly, Colonel Baring, Sir F. T. Headlam, Thomas Romilly, Sir John Baring, Thomas Heald, James , Rumbold, C. E. Barnard, E. G. Heywood, James Salwey, Colonel Barrington, Viscount Hepworth, L. Sanders, George Bass, Thomas Hobhouse, T. B. Scholefleld, William Bellew, R. M. Howard, Lord E. Sidney, Alderman Benbow, John Howard, C. W. Smith, J. A. Berkeley, H. F. Hudson, G. Smith, M. Tucker Birch, Sir T. Jackson, William Smith, John B. Blewitt, R. J. Johnstone, Sir J. Smyth, John George Bright, John Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Somers, J. P. Brocklehurst, J. Kershaw, James Somerset, Captain Brockman, E. D. King, P. J. Spooner, R. Brotherton, Joseph Lennard, T. B. Staunton, Sir G. Brown, Humphrey Lewis, Sir T. Strickland, Sir G. Brown, W. Littleton, E. R. Stuart, Lord Dudley Bruce, Lord E. Locke, Joseph Stuart, Lord J. Bunbury, E. H. Loveden, Pryse Thompson, Colonel Buxton, -sir E. Mahon, O'Gorman Thornely, T. Carter, John B. Mangles, R. D. Tollemache, F. J. Chaplin, W. J. Marshall, J. G. Tufnell, H. Clay, James Marshall, William Vivian, J. H Cobden, Richard Martin, C. W. Waddington, H. S. Cockburn, A. J. Masterman, J. Wakley, T. Coke, Hon. E. K. Milner, W. M. Wall, C. B. Copeland, Alderman Milnes, R. M. Walmsley, Sir I. Crawford, W. S. Mitchell, T. A. Watkins, Colonel Currie, ltaikes Molesworth,Sir W. Wawn, J. T. Denison, Edmund Morris, David Westhead, J. P. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Mostyn, E. M. L. Willcox, Brodie Dodd, G. Manta, G. F. Williams, John Ebrington, Viscount Noel, Gerald J. Wilson, James Ellis, John O'Brien, John Worcester, Marquis Elliot, John Osborne, Ralph Wrightson, W. B. Evans, William Owen, Sir J. Wyld, James Ferguson, Sir R. Paget, Lord G. Wyvill, Marmaduke Fitawilliam, G. W Pe :hell, Sir G. Foley, John H. Pelham, Hon. D. A. TELLERS. Forster, Mathew Pendarves, Edward Wortley, J. S. Fortescue, J. W. Pilkingten, James Hill, Lord M. THURSDAY, JULT PUNIiHMENT OF DEATH. Motion made, and Question put,' That leave be given to bring in a Bill to abolish the Punishment of Death." The House divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 40. Adair, Hugh H. Gibson, Thomas M. Robartes, T. J. Adair, R. A. Shafto Harris, Richard Scholefleld, W. Alcoa, Thomas Heywood, James Sidney, Alderman Barnard, E. G. Heyworth, Lawrence Smith, J. Benjamin Bright, John Keating, Robert Tancred, H. W. Brotherton, Joseph Kershaw, James Thompson, Colonel Clay, James King, P. J. Thompson, George Cobbold, J. C. Lennard, T. B. Thornely, T. Cobden, Richard Lushington, C. Walmsley, Sir J. Crawford, W. S. Milnes, R. M. Willcox, B. M'Ghle D'Eyncourt, C. T. Mowatt, Francis Duncan, George Nugent, Lord TELLERS. Ellis, John O'Connor. Fcargus Ewart, William Fagan, William Pearson, Charles Hume, Joseph Fox, W. J. Pechell, Sir G. MAJORITY—NOES, 46. Ashley, Lord Fordyce, A. D. Pugh, David Pussy, Philip Fortescue, J. W. 13aines, M. T. Bellew, R. M. Frewen, C. H. Richards, Richard Bennet. Philip Greene, Thomas Romilly, Sir John Blackall, S. W. Grey, Sir G. Seymour, Lord Blair, Stephe n G wyn , H owe l Somerville, Sir W. Bouvorle, E. P. Halford, Sir H. Spooner, Richard Campbell, W. P. Hatchell, John Stafford, Augustus Chatterton, Colon e l Heald, James Wakley, Th omas Cowper, W. F. Henley, J. W. Wilson, James Craig, Sir W. G. Hope, Alexander Wood, W. P. Drummond. Dundas, G. Hen ry Howard, Lord E. Yorke, E. T. Howard, P. H. Dundas, Sir David Lewis, G. C. TELLERS. Ebrington, Viscount Martin, John Hill, Lord Mann/ Ferguson, Sir R. Morris, David Hater, W. G. Floyer, John Parker, John y LORD DONOGHMORE.—The statement respecting the death of the Earl of Donoghmore is incorrect. His Lord ship had been suffering from severe illness, and is still in a somewhat precarious state, but by the last accounts was con sidered rather better. THE SCRAPING PROCESS AT HAMPTON CO " As you told me that a resident had contradicted my il t . 7 ment that the brickwork of Ham p to n Court is being scr e ai a o t ed - I considered it my duty to make another visit to the spot, in order that I might ascertain the t ru th o f my own previous impressions. A few days ago, therefore, I went over again to Hampton Court, and found that to one front of the gate way in question they had scraped the whole of the brickwork, some of the stonework being new and the remainder scraped. I could at once see that such was the case, but wishing to have a " resident" or two on my side of the question, I asked of one what had been done ; he informed me that the brick and stontivork had been scraped. A secon d " resident" not only said the came, but that the two fine terracotta medal lions inserted in the walls had undergone the same process. The scaffolding is now on that front of the gateway which forms part of the fist quadrangle; the same work —not of restoration, bat spoliation—is going on here, and will probably be completed in about a week. If the scraper is to go the entire round of the building there will be an end to that quiet grandeur which so particularly belongs to Wolsey's glorious old Palace of Hampton. Court.—Correspondent of the Builder. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1850. MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.) DUBLIN UNIT ERSITYMAGAZINE. The number for July fully sustains the high cha racter of this talented and entertaining periodical. The first paper, giving a full and clear account of the modes operandi of that most marvellous of scientific inventions—the electric telegraph—together with some brief but lucid observations on the daguerreo type, the safety-lamp of Davy, electro-plating, and others of the most noticeable of " the gifts of science to art," is one of the best popular treaties we have seen on scientific matters. A review of Townsend's " Modern State Trials" is written by a masterly hand, whose remarks on the duel cases of Stuart and Sir Alexander Boswell, and of Lord Cardigan and Cap• tain Tuckett, yield only in interest to those on Cour voisier's trial, in et hich he ably and conclusively vin dicates the much-vexed conduct of the eminent coun sel for the defence. He also gives a full account of the extraordinary claims laid to the Earldom of Stir ling, which gave rise to one of the most remarkable trials on record, and descants skilfully and tempe rately on the strange case of poor vanity-bitten Smith O'Brien, profoundest self•donkeyher whether in senatorial coal-hole or Antipo dean Gyarw. " The Old Man's Bequest" is a very good story, and the few pages on "The Poets and Poetry of Munster" are exceedingly well done. To the writer, whoever he be, of the article entitled " Agnes Sorel and her Contemporaries," we send our affectionate greeting, as a fellow-admirer of that gen tle beauty which we first learned to love in Schiller's beautiful drama. Several modern novels are well no ticed in a paper styled " A Flight of Lady-birds," and a translation from the German, " The Mysterious Compact," promises, when completed, to be a story of the highest class of interest. In the " Portrait Gallery" we are presented with a sketch of that true ornament to his order and his country, the Earl of Rosse. A Ballad anent a rebel wight of '9B, " Shamus O'Brien," would have been more to our liking if the grotesque spelling, intended to convey a correct notion of Irish pronunciation, had been avoided. Indeed, we wish Irish authors would reform this habit altogether. Dr. Mackenzie has struck into the right path in his recent clever work, and, to our mind, the Hibernian stories in his " Mornings at Matlock," read all the better for his sparing to perplex the eye with a barbarous medley of misplaced letters, rudely and laboriously conveying a lame idea of the idiom of the reciters or conversing parties. The concluding paper, being a second notice of " Southey's Life and Correspondence," is distinguished by the same ex cellences which has already elicited our admiration for its antecessor. It beare the impress of the scholar, the critic, and the gentleman—of one whom Southey himself must have appreciated and esteemed, if they have ever held comp a nionship. Distinguished as is the reputation which the Dublin University _Magazine has long acquired for the literary criticism which con stantly enriches its pages, we cannot but pronounce it fortunate in having secured the services of a writer of such a rare combination of acuteness of intellect and amiability of feeling. In a " Sonnet on the Poetry of Wordsworth," the following quatrain struck us as poetical and harmonious in no slight degree Thou gentle Poet, she hath tuned thy mind To deep accordance with the harmony That floats above the mountain summits free, The Concertof Creation on the Wind." ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE. Edited by J. Bernard Burke. In reading the account of the trial of James Stewart, of Clan Stewart, of Appin, in the year 1752, at Inverary, for the murder of Colin Campbell, of Glencow, which appears in the present number of St. James's, we were much struck with the de scription and the cause of the murder as detailed in the following evidence— " Mungo Campbell, writer in Edinburgh, deposed that he set out from Edinburgh on the 7th of May last, in company with the deceased, Mr. Campbell, of Glenure, to assist him in ejecting some of the ten an t s upon t h e forfeited estates of Ardshiel and Lochiel, over which the deceased was factor; which tenants, it was apprehended, would not remove till legally ejected; that they went to Fort William, and, in their return, they arrived on Thursday, the 14th of May, at the ferry of Ballachelish, proposing next day to eject some of the tenants of Ard shiel. The deceased, after waiting about an hour, and communing with some of the tenants, crossed the ferry between four and five in the afternoon. Glenure and the deponent entered the wood of Lettermore, and coming to a part where the wood was pretty thick upon both sides, so that the murderer could have easily concealed himself in the bushes, and where the road was so rough and narrow that they could not ride conveniently two horses abreast; the deponent went foremost, and might have been about twice the length of the courtroom before the deceased, when he heard a shot behind him, and heard Glenure repeatedly cry out, Oh! lam dead.' The deponent immediately returned to Glenure, alighted from his horse, and also took the deceased off his horse; then run up the hill from the road to see who had shot him. He saw, at some distance, a man with a short dark coloured coat, and a gun in his hand, going away from him; and there was so great a distance be tween them, that the deponent thinks he could not have known him although he had seen his face. As the depo nent came nearer he mended his pace, and disappeared by high grounds being interjected between them. " Substitute the name of Mauleverer for that of Camp bell and the account would read as that of the most recent Irish murder. In 1750 Scotland was in the same unsatisfactory social state that Ireland is in 1850, and the necessary conclusion is, that if in 1850 we adopt precisely similar measures with regard to Ireland, which in 1750 we adopted with regard to the Highlands of Scotland, we shall have Ireland in the same orderly, happy, industrious, and prosperous condition as Scotland. We commend the attentive study of the measures, so successfully adopted for the regeneration of Scotland a century since, to our legislators. The series of the " Heroines of the Peer age" is continued, and the Countess of Salisbury, in honour of whom Edward 111. instituted the Order of the Garter, is the heroine of this month. Among the miscellaneous contents of the St. James's Magazine of July, we should select as worthy of especial commendation "The White Knight's Vow, a Tale of the Desmond Wars." THE BRITISH GAZETTEER. The part issued for the present month reaches to page 416 of this popular and valuable work. The county maps are those of Huntingdon and Glouces tershire, and it is embelliihed by a beautiful engrav ing of Richmond Rail way BridvP. THE BANKER S MAGAZINE. One of the best a:ticles in the present number is a statement of the glaring absurdities of the present condition of the law ' as regard s the existing system of pleading, in which the writer has availed himself of the able pamphlet of Mr. T. Jones, a very able ana lysis of which appeared some time since in the Times. Among other papers characterized by the usual ex cellence of this periodical, we would direct attention to one on the " Progress of the Business of the Royal British Bank," one of the soundest and most valu able institutions which has yet appeared in the Bank ing world. COURTCIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow Buckingham (Saturday) at were issued yesterday from the Privy Council Office to the Ministers and Officers of State. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester and his Royal Highness Prince George visited the Lieut.-Colonel Queen yeste r d ay at B uckingham Palace. C R o o l y o n a l e t Highness he H Hon. n . Prince A . A Gordon,lb e r rodeattendedu ot b o y n horseback yest er d ay morn i ng. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Birch, took a carriage drive yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess Helena took an airing in an open car riage and four yesterday. The other members of the Royal Family took their usual exercises yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yes. terday afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Com mission for the promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, to be held in the year 1851. His Royal Highness arrived at the new Palace of Westminster at ten minutes past three o'clock, at.. tended by Lieutenant• Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon. The Commissioners present were, Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyall, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, Mr. Pusey, M.P., Mr. R. Stephenson, Mr. Sheppard, and Mr. Alderman Thompson. Mr. S. Russell and Mr. Stafford Northcote, secretaries to the Royal Commission, attended. Colonel Reid, chairman of the executive committee, and Dr. Lyon Playfair were present. Mr. Cuhitt The Building Committee of the Royal Commission held a meeting, at twelve o'clock, in the n ew P a l ace ( ( , c f int W ir e m st a t n in , Westminster, R. whichstep Stephenson, attended on, xi r. Brunel,by and Mr. T. S. Donaldson. Mr. Digby Wyatt, Mr. Owen Jones, and Mr. H. Wyld were present. Mr. Scott Russell, Secretary to the Royal Commission, was in attendance. Mr. Walker, Government Secretary of British Guiana, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. Mr. F. Bernal had an interview with his Lordship yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday, at their office in White hall-plane. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Bnard of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. CAUTION TO FARMERS USING PAINT...-. Some d ays ago, the death of a young bullock, the property of M r . p og _ son, of Long Clawson, as c iused by its licking the paint from some gates before it Too dry.—Li ncoln acrocru. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. TO THE EDITOR OF' THE SUN. Sin,—l have read with much I ,Leasure your excel lent article on the proceedings in Parliament respect ing Westminster Bridge, and hea:•til'y join with you in thinking that the public are much indebted to Sir Robert Inglis for having defeated 1.0 silly a plan as that produced, although it received the sanction of our sapient Chancellor of the Exchequer, who seems resolved to prove, beyond the pos sihility of any future doubt, the truth of the adage, with how little wisdom the affairs of a great country can be admi nistered. His brick-dust budget—his pen; )y-in-the-pound contribution for paying off the National Debt—his insincere or ignorant proposals respecting the stamp duties, promising to reduce taxation!, but really in creasing it—his savings' banks pr( tject—in short, every proposal he ever made on an in iportant subject, since he has been Chancellor of the Exchequer, for he made a most excellent Secretary, shows that he is utterly incapable of grappling with arty subject be yond the mere routine of office. It is to be hoped that the majority of 138 against 15 will teach him a little modesty in pronouncing his opinion upon subjects of which he knows nothing. On the subject of the Westminster Eridwe, will you permit me to draw the attention of the public to a proposal I made some years since, in a letter ad dressed to Mr. Phillips, the Secretary to the Metro politan Improvement Commissioners. Having most carefully examined the ground, I en tertain no doubt that if the plan were properly carried out, it would pay every shilling of the expense and contribute something handsome towards the erection of a new bridge; and I would submit to every dis interested person, that my opinion as to the expense of improvements is entitled to consideration, from the fact that the result has proved how correct it was when placed in direct opposition to that of the archi tects and surveyors of the Woods and Forests, on the subject of the expense of my plan for the improve ment of Westminster. In my letter to the Commissioners I suggested that a new street should be built upon the south side of Richmond-terrace, and of similar character, lead ing to the proposed new bridge, and upon the other side of the river, to form a new street from the bridge to a central point in Westminster-road, from whence several roads diverge. The property which would be destroyed is of very trifling value, except the river frontage necessary for the bridge and the houses in Parliament-street; the double frontage in the street from Parliament-street to the bridge would be very valuable. No injury would be done to the owners of pro perty upon the north side of the river, because both aides of Bridge-street ought to be destroyed. I pro posed that the south side should be swept away, the north side pulled down, and the future buildings set back to a suitable distance, erected in a style corre sponding to the new building. and used for Govern ment offices, approached on Palace-yard side by a flight of steps, for then it would be easy to level the ground opposite Westminster Hall, which would very much improve the appearance of that building and of Westminster Palace. On the south side of the bridge there is no doubt that property would be injured, but this injury would be much lessened by the formation of a street con necting the approach to the new bridge with that of the old one. In this, as in all really useful street im provements, the principle of economy is to make the improvement extensive. While upon the subject of improvement, permit me to draw your attention to the marble arch, for a paragraph has gone the round of the papers, stating that " a great design of Lord Lincoln's, extending the Mall to Charing•cross, is to be entirely sacrificed." Now, some ten or twelve years since, I proposed to one of the Committees of the House of Commons on Metropolitan Improvements. (and the Committee thought so well of the plan that they printed it in their report) to sweep away all the buildings between the Mall and Charing-cross, and to build a crescent facing the Strand, with a royal entrance to the Mall, in the centre of which should be placed the marble arch. But at that period removing the marble arch from the front door of the Palace was considered akin to pulling down the altar and the throne, and the pro posal was unheeded. Now the arch is considered by every person as an incumbrance, and its removal is become necessary. May this be the fate of other absurdities, greater, if possible, than the original erection of the arch in such a situation, and still more opposed to the spirit of the age. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, RIGBY WASON. Corwar, July 8, 1850. TESTIMONIAL TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—If there is one thing more than another that makes your paper exceedingly valuable to a British public, it is the bold, consistent, and unflinching ad vocacy of popular freedom which has ever been the characteristic of your spirited journal. Therefore, Sir, I feel confident that it I can ttarow out a suggestion chat will be the means of doing honour to so distin guished a statesman as my Lord Palmerston, it will find a place in your widely circulated columns. Sir, on Saturday last you gave publicity to a letter from a gentleman in Bloomsbury in reference to this subject, and as that gentleman omitted to state what the amount of the subscription should be, and the mode of collecting it, permit me to undertake this task. First, I propose that the subscriptions be uniform in amount, and that it be of such a sum as all classes of her Majesty's subjects can cheerfully subscribe; and then I propose that the charge be sixpence, as this is a sum that mechanics, tradesmen, merchants, and peers can contribute, and would be the means of giving an opportunity to a noble and generous people of con futing the groundless assertion of Lord Stanley, that the policy of Lord Palmerston is adverse to the people of England. The next question of importance is as to the mode of collecting the sum. What I propose is, that a central committee be formed in London, consist ing of the following noblemen and gentlemen, with power to add to their number:— J. A. Roebuck, Esq. Lord Dudley Stuart R.. Osborne, Esq. A. J. Cockburn, Eiq. Sir Benjamin Hall Lord Alfred Paget William E wart, Esq. i offi c L e a s l for r sdistribution ay to m ba a n k k e er a s, p t p r i a ie d i e t s i m or , f, a n nd t l h ic e e m nse in d and subscription-books be d e po s it e d i n th e temporary v Loudon and different parts of the United Kingdom. And, Sir, mark my words, that amongst the v.-ry first to make application for subscription-books will be the tradesmen of Wakefield, in Yorkshire, Manchester. Southwark, and Montrose. I further propose that every subscriber record in the subscription-book his name and township, for the purpose of having all the subscribers printed and presented with the piece of plate; for, as there will be ample means to meet this expense, my object is to do good as much as honour by giving em ployment to a number of that important branch of trade, the compositors and printers of London. I further propose that a highly influential and well known friend of popular freedom be selected to receive the different collections obtained by tradesmen, to for ward the same to the central committee in London, and at the time of presenting the piece of plate to Viscount Palmerston the said gentleman be deputed to represent the subscribers of the town in which he shall reside, and by so doing it would form one of the most interest ing and noble events that has ever occurred in this or any other country. The next proposition I have to make is that the piece of plate should consist of a silver candelabrum, designed is the following manner:—The base work to be a repre sentation of Great Britain, with the waves dashing against her shores ; around the outside edge the following words inscribed:— Sir Jamea Duke Alderman Humphery John Abel Smith, Esq. Lord James Stuart Baron Rothschild George Thompson, Esq. " When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang the strain— Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves, Britains never shall be slaves !" On the top and centre of the island is an oak, the boughs forming the branches for the candlesticks. At the base of the oak is the figure of a negro kneeling. with his hands clasped and uplifted, his looks directed towards heaven, with expressions of thankfulness to Almighty God for bin safe deliverance from accursed slavery through the noble and untiring exertions of Lord Pal merston. The emblem of this design is as follows: The island represents the country his Lordship is called on to govern; the first verse of " Rule Britannia' repre sents that he has never truckled to foreign despots, but maintained the dignity and freedom of his country unsullied; the oak represents the firm and unflinching character of the Noble Lord; the liberated negro repre sents the strenuous exertions the Noble Lord has made on behalf of the oppressed and degraded African. And I have no hesitation iu saying that if this design is carried out it will prove worthy of this distinguished diplomatist. And upon the day of presentation what a noble spectacle would it present to the world by hi s Lordship's saloons being lined on each side by those Members who voted in approbation of his Lordship's policy, and in the centre, headed by Mr. Roebuck, those choice and noble spirits gathered from the different cities, towns, and districts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to commemorate a glorious triumph over a foul and deep-laid conspiracy of foreign despots. Tne malice and chicanery of home - bred ene mies, and the flsgr int apostacy of unsuspected friends, for the purpose of crushing one of the most noble, ge nerous, eloquent, and patriotic statesmen that ever lived in the tide of times.—l am, Sir, &c. INVENTOR. London, July 9, 1850. RUTLAND ASSIZES.—Up to last night there WAS not a single prisoner for trial, and it was not known at Oak ham that thers would be any business' at Nisi Prins; the probability is, therefore, that it will be a maiden assize, as was the case last summer, when Justice Coleridge was pre sented with a pair of white gloves. It is expected the Judge will reach Oakham to-morrow morning by the 8.35 , A.M. train from Peterborough. and shortly after proceed to Church, esc, , rted by the sheriff (the Hon. William Middle ton Noel). The Castle has beets whitewashed acid thcaughly claaasette-r,Lincoln Xercury. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ' THE MALT-TAX and PROTECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU.2V. SIR,—As a practical man, and of some observation, allow me to address the public through the columns of your paper. My father was a very considerable farmer through a long life, and I was with him many years. I have, too, been a manufacturer thirty-five years. In re ference to the motion in the House of Commons on the sth of July, for the repeal of the whole duty on malt, it may be a fair question to ask, who are the parties intended to benefit? Now, we naturally ex pect the public good is the especial care of the House of Commons. But, the repeal of the malt-tax may, I conceive, be rather a matter of protection to the landed interest. ,I admit that the reduction of this duty ought to be the means of at once lowering the price of beer to the public, and thereby increase the consumption and demand for barley, so as to raise the price, and thus benefit the farmer. The repeal of the malt-tax has been long agitated, and at the present time agriculture needs a helping hand, but the means the true means--of effecting this must be through a different channel. The malt-tax is important in the Govern ment scale, and if Ministers can do without it I could name a far more direct benefit to the public, viz., the duty on windows, and insurances against fire, &c. Let us look soberly at the relief of the malt-tax, and review the parties who will be benefited thereby. Mr. Bass, the great brewer of Burton-on-Trent, has delivered his judgment in the House on this impor tant motion. Mr. Bass is a business man, and his opinion ought to be regarded ; he sympathises with i the grower of barley, and feels for the consumer of beer, and the lower classes ; but I take it that the re mission of the malt-tax would neither benefit one or the other, but most certainly be pocketed by the licensed victualler and retailer of beer. May I ask how the public are taxed by these dealers at the pre sent time ? What is the price of good ale and porter i , generally throughout the country ? And are the consumers fairly dealt with ? I believe that a very excellent quality of ale and porter may be produced at ls. per gallon, and where do you go to find either retailed for less than double that sum ? Who will not confess that Government made an awful mistake many years ago, with the view of • benefiting the poor, by granting a licence to many t persons to brew and open a beer-shop, expecting a good wholesome beer at a cheap rate to be dealt out. And what is the result of the measure ? It has not only proved itself a failure, but created nurseries of crime. The repeal of the duty upon leather is yet warm upon my mind. Was not this thought a great public service by Ministers when it took place ? But did it prove so ? No. The price of leather was much higber for a time, and the tanner benefited, but afterwards, although the tanning business became in all respects amazingly depressed, and leather at an ex tremely reduced price (say fifcy per cent.), still who ever is measured for new boots and shoes has to pay the same—the old price. Who is benefited in this matter? The shoemakers. With respectful submission, I beg to add a few ob servations on the subj ec t o f " protection"—protection of landed property. Now, Sir, to me this outcry always appears very wrong and surprising. I have good reason for saying, whenever a farmer loses his occupation he will meet a fearful difficulty in finding another. Who dare give up his farm ? Still I have a word of advice under this head. I had a lesson (once upon a time) on this subject from a man of God, the rector of my native village. He took the tithes, and his father the rents, of the several farms in our occupation. I well remember that both rents and tithes had to submit in those days to a land valuer, who went over the farms time after time to put on a little more. I also well remember that afterwards, when the farms came to be sold, the rec tor of the parish at the time of sale (by auction) kindly made an offer to the purchasers to lease the tithes for his life; but mark—it was at a still higher rate of rental! Knowing, as I did, that only a year or two before a rack value was put upon the tithes, I took the liberty to call upon the rector for an ex planation, when he gave as a reason " that land and tithes had long been increasing in value, and must always continue to increase, so that, as he never in tended to alter his tithes again, he thought it right to make the addition then." Such was the clergyman's reason, which I thought a bad one, and the time to which I allude, more than forty years ago, when England was at war with France. Now, Sir, this reverend divine was a learned mathematician, but why his wisdom carried his calculations ahead in this way I never learnt; but by setting this truth before you, Sir, and the public at large, it is evidenced how time has proved the fallacy and erroneous impressions so selfishly and deeply wrought upon his mind. Now, Sir, I never hear of agricultural distress ; but the true remedy runs in my mind, namely, that the land agent should be applied as in years gone by, and the landlord's rent and parson's tithes valued ac cording to the times, fairly and truly, so that the landlord and tenant in farming interest go hand in hand, as indeed the welfare of every kind of property and interests at large ought to rise and fall together. I am, Sir, &c , AN ENGLISHMAN. Leamington, July 8, 1850. [We give insertion to the above, as it comes from an old and valued correspondent, but we must not be understood as agreeing with him in all the opinions he propounds because we insert his letter.—ED. Sun.] HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. We are indebted to the courtesy of Messrs. Taprell, Holland, and Sons, of Great Marylebone-street, un der whose immediate superintendence the details of the royal funeral will be carried out, for the follow ing,: —The mortal remains of his late Royal High ness were yesterday, at noon, hermetically soldered down by the new process, in the leaden coffin which encases an inner coffin made of the best Spanish ma hogany, highly polished, and lined throughout with white satin. The outer or state coffin is a most splendid specimen of workmanship; it is manufac tured likewise of mahogany, highly polished inside and out, and covered with the richest crimson Genoa velvet, thickly studded with silver (gilt) nails, the ornaments, which are profuse and or the same mate rial, are most elaborately chased, as also the massive handles. The inscription, which will be in Latin, has not yet been decided on, nor has it been ascer tained whether the remains will lie in state or not. The last resting-place of all that is mortal of the il lustrious dead is not yet known with accuracy. It is probable that those details will be made public this evening. The whole management of the solemnities will be under the control of Mr. Banting, of St. James's-street, and that of the details under the firm above-mentioned. Yesterday evening workmen were sent down from Mews. Taprell and Ho!lands, to Windsor, Hampton Court, and Kew, for the purpose of covering the ornaments, &C., in the Chapels Royal at those palaces; the material used is the best superfine black cloth. The Royal Chapel at Whitehall is to be simi larly covered this day. VAUXHALL GARDENS. Yesterday a grand d ay fe te was g i ven at these gar dens, on which occasion all the extensive and varied entertainment s of the establishment were called into requisition. In the afternoon Mrs. Graham, the in trepid aeronaut, accompanied by a young lady, her daughter, and a gentl eman , ascen d e d i n the Royal Victoria and Albert Balloon, which'made its debut in the presence of a large assemblage of spectators. The young l a d y exhibited none of that timidity which might, not unnaturally, have been expected from a youthful member of the fair sex ; but, on the con trary, she displayed as much selt-possession and non chalance as her parents themselves. The balloon ascended very steadily, and was borne gently to the south-west, where it remained stationary at an in considerable altitude for some time. A concert, vocal and instrumental, followed, in which Miss E. Nelson, Miss F. Huddart, and Mr. Leffler, assisted by several other artistes, afforded a rich treat to the lovers of harmony by the admirable manner in which they ex ecuted some of the most popular pieces of music. The marble groupings appear to have lost none of their original attractions, and the scenes of equitation, with Madlle. Valentine, on her docile steed " Navarino," Madlle. F. Rosseau, and other female equestrians, are still deservedly popular. Mr. Nelson repeated his performance on the pine sticks and Nia gara stones, and Santa Amerou and his sons displayed their extraordinary feats on the corde volante, to the astonishment, not unm i ng l e d w i t h appr ehension, of the sp ec t a t ors. The fireworks were, as usual on fete nights, on a scale of great magnificence, and all the other att rac ti ons of the place were put forward in great profusion. [A APPOINTMENTS. Captains—Wallace Houston (1847) and Woodford J. Williams (1841) to study at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth. Commander—George S. Hand (1841) to study at the Royal Naval College. Lieutenants —Lumley W. Peyton (1846), James D. Curtis (1849), and Edward Marshall (1843), to study at the Woolwich steam-factory ; Thomas Davies 11844), to the Cygnet, 8, fitting at Devonport on the coast of Africa. Surgeon —C. N. Wilkinson (1849), to the Niger, 8, screw-sloop, at Portsmouth, for the coast of Africa. date,—G. L. B. Hamilton and F. S. Dalison, to the Excellent, gunnery ship; Philip Homen to the Victory, flag-ship, Portsmouth. Assistant-Surgeon. —J. M. Duffus (acting 1849) to the Niger screw-sloop, at Portsmouth. Second Master. —George Read (1842) of the Howe, to the Ocean flag-ship, at Sheerness. Midshipmen—Thomas Baker, to the Cygnet ; J. G. F. Dyer, to the Niger ; H. P. Knevitt, to the Leander, 50, Lisbon. Masters Assistants—H. B. Dowling, to the Niger; T. C. Jones, to the Cygnet ; G. Rorie, to the Im pregnable flag-ship, at Devonport. Naval Cadets —C. E. Martyn, to the Fisgard flag shin, at Woolwich. Boatswain—G. D. Maxvvell, to the Scout. The following officers attended the levee of Sir F. Baring at the Admiralty on Tuesday last :—Vic e - Admiral Sir Francis Mason, K.C.8., Vice-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart., C. 8., Captain the Earl of Hard wicke, Captain Sir Thomas Thompson, Captain C. Freemantle, Captain H. Edgell, Captain T. H. Mason, Captain A. Tozer, Commander H. Phelps, Comman der W. S. Lockyer, Lieut. H. J. Blomfield, Lieut. M. H. Rodney, Lieut. W. Wood, Lieut. T. H. Butler, Lieut. P. Rainier, Rev. Mr. F. Hannan, Pay master and Purser S. Winter. Captain Washington is at Devonport on the subject of harbour improvement. On Tuesday be met, by appointment, Mr. E istlake, Queen's solicitor, and Commander Walker, late Qieen's harbour master, at Commodore Lord John 11,1's office, in the dockyard. Crocodile, old frigate, was taken into dock at Dept ford, yesterday, to be fined for a receiving-ship at the Tower, to take the place of the Perseus. Edinburgh, 60, screw steam-guard-ship, has been taken into dock at Portsmouth, to be immediately fitted in every way similar to the Ajax. Elfin royal yacht-tender, Master Commander Bel liston, went out from Portsmouth on Wednesday to try her engines; she was taken on the graving slip yesterday to have her copper cleaned. Express, 6, packet-brig Lieutenant-Commander Lowry, having been paid wages, sailed from Devon port on Tuesday for Falmouth. Fairy, Master-Commander Welsh, royal yacht screw-tender, has bad her mouldings regilded, and is now ready for service, at Portsmouth; it is expected she will be required to convey the court to Osborne, about the 18th instant. Inflexible steam-sloop, lying in Woolwich basin, is now ready for commission. Niger screw steam-sloop, to be commanded by Commander Heath, has been taken out of the. old basin, alongside the Victorious hulk, at Portsmouth, and it is expected her pendant will be hoisted to-day. Retribution steam-frigate has been put out of the basin at Woolwich, and will be ready to leave for Greenhithe and Portsmouth so soon as the Polyphe mus arrives. Wizard, old brig, bas been commissioned at De vonport by Lieut. Barnard, of the Ajax, 60, screw ship, for the apprentices tender at Queenstown, and will be fitted and navigated to her station by a crew from the ordinary depot ship. Vengeance's marines were expected to arrive at Portsmouth from Chatham last evening by railway. Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, and nearly all the officers have joined the Vengeance. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—A RUSSißH•Finland ship, laden with hemp for the dockyard, in coming into harbour yesterday at ebb tide grounded on the Spit, and remained till the tide flowed. She theu came off without damage, and anchored at Spithead ; she was towed into harbour to-day. PLYMOUTH, JULY 10.—Toe Thetis was on Mon day, the Ist, towed up harbour by the Confiance steamer; Tuesday and Wednesday, got out guns and stores; Thursday and Friday, returned shells and tanks, and struck lower yards and to p mas t s : an d on Saturday she was paid off, and part of her crew con veyed to Portsmouth by the Fearless steam- vessel ; on Sunday she was re-commissioned by Captain August L. Kuper ; and on Monday she received seamen gunners from Portsmouth, by the Sprightly steam-vessel, which returned same day. The Sealark sailed on Friday for the coast of Africa. The Express packet sailed yesterday for Falmouth. The sloop Arachne was on Tuesday warped from her moorings to the sheer hulk ; her masts will be taken out and stored to-day. Messrs. W. B. Cuming and John Mare bave sur -1 veyed the merchant steam-vessel Queen, which blew up this morning in Hamoaze. It is stated that the accident occurred through the incompetence of a lad in charge of the engine-room. The iron work of the machinery and boiler was in good condition. The Queen is five years old ; the boiler was made about thirteen months since, and the vessel and machinery surveyed five weeks since. When Mitchell, the engineer, was blown off the paddle-box, his face came wirh some force against the mast of a smack lying alongside ; he still survives. WOOLWICH, JULY 11,—The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Francis T. Brown, arrived at Woolwich yesterday from the Cape of Good Hope, to be paid off here. Commodore Henry Eden went on board shortly after her arrival, and the crew were mustered, and went through their exercises in a satisfactory manner in his presence. Professor Airey, from the Observa tory at Greenwich, went on board to-day to superin tend the landing of one of Bradley's compasses, which was sent to the Cape 22 years ago from Green wich Observatory, and has now been returned to this country. Captain Varlo, three subalterns, four sergeants, four corporals, three drummers, and 162 privates of the Royal Marines of the Woolwich division left head-quarters here this morning, and proceeded by the North Kent Railway to London, en route to Portsmouth, to embark in the Vengeance, commis sioned at that port. FURTHER EXVERIAiENi'S ON THE EF FECT OF SHOT ON IRON VESSELS OF WAR. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The new butt which we described in yesterday's paper, as an exact copy —as to both wood and iron—of a section of the side of the main or gun-deck of the iron steam-frigate Siinnom, was practised at to-day under the superin tendence of Captain Chada, from the fixed battery , near the Excellent. The commander-in-chief, Ad miral the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, Rear-Admiral-Su perintendent Henry Prescott, and a number of cap tains in their several barges, with ma. y other officers, were present, and after every st - ot that struck visited the butt to insp-ct their several effects ; 32-pound solid shot with a few 8 and 10-inch hollow shot, were fired, the digtance being, as at the former trial, 500 yards. From the report of this day's trial, we suppose that all parties will now be thoroughly convinced that an iron vessel cannot in any way compete in action with a wood-built vessel. There was no diminution in the deadly and terrific effect from the fractured shot and splinters of iron that flew in all directions on the shot striking. The wood fillings-in did, we believe, occasionally stop some of the sheet-iron splinters; but the shot en tered and broke, and the iron ribs flew as in the former trials, and the latter ripped off the wood-plank lining, when struck by a shot, in large pieces. As we stated yesterday, the ribs run perpendiculir at intervals of way fifteen inches. They are fastened to the iron plates by a three-inch lap, sal-project inwards six inches; the interstices were filled in with oak six inches thick ; and over these pieces and at right angles with the ribs, was a wood lining of three-inch planking, oak and fir. A large ' s h o t could hardly enter without striking a rib, and to-day one of these ribs drove off a whole sheet of planking; indeed, at the conclusion of the practice nearly all the woodwork had been driven off the iron. No doubt these splinters and pieces of wood would have made direful havoc to a ship's company on board. The iron shelf-piece section (a broad piece of iron running round the ship to support the deck), was struck and knocked to pieces. This is not covered with wood, but in iron steamers oak might be substi tuted for iron, and would perhaps be better for the purpose than iron. One shot to-day entered the waterway, where, besides t the iron work, the timber is solid oak, about fifteen inches thick. The shot went clean through and was fractured to pieces. The hollow shot were most destructive, breaking ia pieces exactly like shells. Altogether it may be considered conclusive that iron vessels, built as the Simoom is, at all events, are not adapted for war purposes.—. Herald. vr DVP.RTISEM ENT.] —An astounding Cure o f 35 l oti ds n by Hollo way ' s Oi ntment and Pills.—Extract of a etter from Mr. Jeremiah Reed, of Molong, near Sydney, dated 25th Sept., 1848. "To Professor Holloway. Sir, 1 owe a debt of gratitude to you for my almost miraculous cure by the use of sour Ointment and Pills, after seven years in- tense suffering, caused by exposure to wet and cold. When I commenced using your remedies I had already expended up- RIT AI, NORTHERN YACHT CLII/3.—The regatta of wards of 2001. in other medicine and advice, without any be- the Royal Northern Yacht Club is fixed to come off at nefit, and had 35 ulcers on my body, a dreadful headache , and Greenock, on Thursday and Friday, the Bth and 9th of pains all over me ; bat your Ointment and Pills have cured A ugus t. A num b er of va l ua ble prizes are offered for sailing me, and lam now enjoying excellent health." Sold by all matches, open to yachts belonging to members of all Royal Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244 , yacht clubs, as well as several for ships' long boats, jolly Strand, London boats, gigs, skiffs, punts. tee. The value of the prize will no law' MASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS.—BIR• doubt induce many ves.els from a distance to enter the lisle with those of this neighbourhood, and there i s a certainty of g MIN, T HURSDAY.—Th e pr i ces fi xe d at the prelimi nary GHAM meetin. held at Handsworth a fortnight ago, have been maintained. The Shropshire iron masters were in-aquatic the approaching regatta being the most successful and *X- On the close of the sports on Thursday, the members of the club and their clined to an advance —a reduction they would not submit to—and that influence contributedgreatly the firmness of ' to 'citing ever held on this coast. the market ,on Friday, a ball will be given i n the Assembly Room s, REV. PATR ICK BREWSTER SUSPENDED. —At a 1 which, from the arran g e ments already_ making, will,- Iva meeting of the P res b ytery of Paisley, held last week, it wax un derstand, be numerously and gaily atterided.4./V er fF e resolved, by a majority of eight t o t wo , t o suspen d the Rev ' . , --Britijh Mail. Patrick Brewster from the exercise of his judicial functions Lord Gough passed through South Molten on for a period of six months, for having conducted himself in I hie way to Lwow, where be Waldo sojwiriaing for a thort a rumor lasigtin to the Presbytury..4oalerlonian gercuris 1 gacs