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dean was pieced.--( Hear, hear.) The Honourable and Learned Member had remarked that English gentle men properly drew a distinction between the universities of Scotland and the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, but he begged to remind the House that in one most important particular alone there was a marked similitude between the collegiate institutions of the two countries. He alluded to the fact that the Church of Scotland drew its mi nistry solely from the Scetti h universities. The Government were under solemn engagements to that Church by the Act of Legislative Union between the two countries, and it was useless to tell him that the late separation in the establishment had dissolved their engagements. It was no such thing, and therefore Government could not, consistently with their duty to the psople of Scotland, allow this Bill to be read a second time. list new, turning to the constitution of the Scottish Church, he was prepared to show that the principals of the universities in Scotland exercised a general superintendence over the stu dsnts rtelmitted into these colleges. They observed that no doctrines of a noxious tendency were inculculated ; and the 'louse ought also to remember that the great majority of the professors of the university were also meebers of the Esta blished church of Scotland. He reecated it, that the profes sors exercised a salutary control over the members of those uni versitic3 ; and if Dissenters were admitted to these honours. there we; a power existing to prevent any evil, and, at the same time, to allow them any liberty to which, as, subjects of the British empire, they were entitled. In that stormy period of Scotland's history, when every interest was in a state of dis order, within the wails of the universities all was peace. It would be remembered that professors were nominated by certain municipal authorities, as in Edinburgh and tdesssow. In the first city the members of town council h the rower of nominating the principals of the colleges ; aid as in gartled the Church of Scotland it was urged by the Eight lion. G ntleman the Mernlier for Edinburgh (Mr. Ma c lay) that it was in a minority. He should be disposed to ( F iestion that statement. The Church of Scotland, he thought, w, re in nembers greater than the followers of the Dissenting Chu-ehcs. D.. had been stated that very great names were op posed to the prevent system of Church establishments, and those of Dostors Cnalinet s, Cunningham, and Candlish had been cited in support of that assertion. As far as those gentlemen were concerned, they had not expressed themselves opposed to the present law, they were in favour of the extension of it. On the motion that the Bill be read a second time, and after st,aerzers had been ordered to withdraw, :sTre J. S. WORTLEY said that he regretted that no Gen 11:man on the opeosite side had risen to reply to the remarks of the Right Hon. Baronet and the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member fur Edinburgh. He had heard with the deepest pain the speech of the Hon. Member for Edinburgh ( Mr. Macaulay), and it was with net a little astonishment that he had listened to one observation which had fallen from that Hon. Member ; and he could scarcely believe his senses when he heard the Church of Scotland denounced as a factious as semblage—as a branch which ought to be cut off. What was the state of Scotland? r as well known that Scotland was in a state of religious ensien, and he was grieved to find that sorne of the Memoers of that House were ready to lend their asdstance to the foinsntas ion of that difference which was already unhappily so great. Ile believed that the indiscreet language of several of the members of the Free Church had led to this spirit of opposition. The spirit of the Church of Scotland was entirely opposed to those principles which occa sioned division. It should 'be recollected that they were not ab ,ut to impose any new tests, but simply to preserve the old ones, and he believed that this was the time to abolish any of those means by which the conduct of the universities in Scot land was secured. The corporation of Edinburgh appointed twelve out of the twenty professors, and it was well known that the whole tendency of the popular excitement in Scotland was towards the Free Church. Now it should be recollected that the whole of those tests were regulated by the senatus aeade micas, It was of little cons. , equerice whether the officers of 'he several colleges were appointed by the popular voice or by the professors. He was one of that party —he believed it was a great party in that House—who felt that it was necessary for the i'hurch of Scotland to be connected with the State.— ( Meer, hear)—and he wished to know how the Church was to be supplied unless the universities were under redulatione which would enable them to supply the churches with ministers of principles similar to those on which the church was conducted ? It might be presumptuous in him to differ from the Right Hon. Gentleman in points of history, but he should remind him that it was not fhe Act of the year 100, before the Union, but that of 1712, which regulated the ministerial characters of the professors of those universities. T hat was the Act which transferred the patronage of those churches to the heritors, and it was necessary, therefore, to be easeful that they did not deprive the Church of Scotland of one of those securities which had been given by the last Act for the government of the Church. The universities of Scotland were even now more open than any other universities in the kingdom, and there was, therefore, no reason to allege for the transference of that government on which their peculiar character depended. That was the real question. It was not to be overlooked that the object of this motion was to transfer the patronage of those churches and those universities to the hands of those who were their greatest enemies. He felt assured that in the late seces rethere was to be found an immense number of persons who I seceded simply from attachment to their ministers. The ree Church of Scotland had shown the utmost readiness to carry out the views of the body in an active interference with the academies of the country. In one instance, when a college in connexion with the Free Church, and when it was stated th it 30,000/. were wanted, no less than 20,000/. was subscribed by a few individuals. He was no opponent to the Free Church, for he thought that the establishment of this Church was likely to excite a generous rivalry, such as had been exhibited in England in consequence of the discussions at Oxford. From that discussion a new spirit had arisen, new churches had been built, new schools established, and all would allow that an impulse had been dif fused over the whole Church. Ha was no opponent to the Church of Scotland, or to those who were seeking to establish a better system of ecclesiastical polity. He wished to see a g ,nrraus rivalry among the several portions of the community, bet he must assert that this attempt to popularise the govern ment of the to :irersities was uncalled for. Sir G. GREY felt called upon to express his surprise at the course which the Government intended to pursue on this question. Pressed as they were by the arguments of lain Hight Honourable Friend in opposing:these tests, not a single argument of the least consequence had been ad duced to support their continuance. He was sorry to say that there was a total disregard - of principle on the part of the Govern ment. He wished to know what circumstances had occurred during the last year to induce the Government to change their minds to such an extent as they did upon the present Bill ? The Right Hon. Gentleman, in opposing the Rill, had resorted to such shifts that he could not adequately de scribe them. He had stated, however, that in all the univer sities these tests existed. Sir J. GRAHAM—In all the universities except Edin burgh. Sir G. G7'..EY replied that Sir D. K. Sandford, professor of Greek in Glalgow, was admitted through an Episcopalian pro test. The Hon. Gentlemen said that no evil resulted from these tests ; but the reason why they did not result in evil was because they were never brought into actual operation. He hoped, however, that they would not allow sectarian collegiates to be tolerated in these counts ice. He would on these grounds give the Bill his Roost oordial support. If the bond of union betw,en Church and State in Scotland was the system of patronage which existed, he should like to know how long tho integrity of the Church would continue, as the great ma jority or the patrons were Episcopalian Protestants? This was a sample of the expedients which Hon. Gentlemen were obliged to resort to. He hoped the Government would not look to the opinion of the Gene al As , embly alone in this matter, but that they would re-consider the course which they had determined to adopt on this question, and remove for ever sectarian education from the colleges and institutions of the country. 1:0111 7 ..T INGLIS hoped that he would be acquitted of eriv ,h;reTect, ;f h said that the speech of hi [fin. Fri,tla had ocly one nrgumen , of any value which called for let .ittemtioa. If it was true, said the Right Hon. Gen- tleman, that the Church, as established in 1767, and by the subsequent Aets in 1712 and 1742, was not the same Church as now estnblist ed, he would ask, where the Church wan to which the St; to was allied, and which required these Acts ? The argument of bis Right Hon. Friend proved too much. Ile could never conceal from himself that it was his duty to promote the right of the Church to which he belonged, and in Christian charity he was equally bound to support the Church as at present established in Scotland. The question use not .whether they would impose tests, but whether they would preserve those which had been considered necessary for the preservation of the Established Church of Scotland. To say that. this was persecution was a very different reading of t. e weird to what he had been accustomed to. He thought it was net fair for the Right Hon. Gentleman who made the motion, and the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, to taunt the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir James Graham) with treating Ireland on a different footing in respect to collegiate education. Has opinion was that the two countries were placed in different circumstances. There was no analogy whatever be t seen them. He would certainly now look upon the Free Church of Scotland, which had withdrawn itself from the Establishment not from a difference of creed, but on a point of Church government, as not deserving of any privilege what ever. lie thought the Church of Scotland should continue to receive that proteceon which it deserved, and that the vote this night would 'show, in a marked manner, what was the feeling of the House on this important question. Mr. PRINGLE did not like the House to come to a deci sion upon the Bill without affording him an opportunity of re cording his opposition to it. The Governmeat who had thought proper to establish those institutions imposed those tests, and he considered that it was only due to the Church of Scotland to fence it round by such provians. He did not consider, how ever, that the members of tee Free Church, any more than Episcopalian Protestants, were bound by them. The object of these tests wan to prevent the subversion of the Church. They were not of much use in themselves, but they were indirectly of great be ne fit.—( H ear , hear.) He he seven petitions to present tonight which he had not the oopertunity of producing. He thought that if the whole Church were oonstilted on the matter, they would express their opinions in the same terms as were exhibited in the language of thong petitions. These tests had been in existence for 150 years, aatl during that period there was no clamour raised— there was no complaint urged, and it was only within these last two yeave that they were inclined to force from their educational colleges all religions tests. Why should the Church of Scotland alone be deprived of that right which belonged to the Church of England ? What would be th e con sequence of pissing this measure? It was his opinion th a t if it passed, in the town council of Edinburgh every election would be more or less dependant on the reli gious communion of the persons appointed. The students hi the universities would be influenced in the same way. This mea su-e was not directed against the principal establishments in Scotland—it went. much further, it was intended to affect the supposed system of education generally, and it would strike a blow that would be generally deprecated. He was entirely against any measure that would tend to sever sound religion from sound education. Mr. C. BULLER said that the test that was proposed to be continued by the Hon. Gentleman who had Just sat down ought to be the first to be abolished. The test which Sir D. Sanford took was, that the would practice and conform to the worship in us in the said church. He would like to know what better plan was there that the most subtle enemy of the rights of conscience could devise to keep out all the members of other Churches, than to extract from persons a declaration that they would practise the worship of a Church to which they did not below , . Ihe argument now in favour of the ab sence of tests in the Irish colleges was, that they would create a sectarian system of educ a ti on , and would work out religious distinctions. Was that s t a t e o f t hi ngs peculiar to Ireland pro; thanks to the Government, who had placed Scotland in One same pp ition as Ireland in that respect, the same argu ment could be applied to, with Scotland a l so . H e saw great regret the course which the Government had taken upon this subject. In truth, it was an att em pt to i mpose new tests. The great body of the clergy of the Free Church of Scotland hail petitioned against the imposition of tests, and now was the time to conciliate that Church. By passing this Bill they would effect that conciliation, and the cost of that conciliation would merely be the abolition of a few tests. The LORD ADVOCATE said the Bill was intended to re peal a part of the Act of Settlement. The Bill proposed to abolish tents without any proposition for new ones in their stead being made. He was not aware that any body of the Dissen teis of Scotland had expressed an opinion in favour of this Bill. The resolution of the Free Church did not do it. The leading members of that Church were not in favour of this Bill at all. He did not think that it had been shown that any practical evil had resultest from the imposition of the tests at present in oree. If no evil luta resulted from these tests, what ground THF SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY E TENING could there be for the abolition? He did not believe that any class in Scotland was in favour of the entire abolition of tests in the universities of Scotland. Dr. Candlish had said he would rather have the present tests than no tests at all. The Dissenters wished the tests to be altered, so as to admit their own body to the universities; but they would rather the present testa continued than have no security at all, for in that case, if there were no tests at all, persons who were of no religion would gain admis sion to the universities. Why pass the Bill; why proceed with the measure—a measure which would be acceptable to no one ? Part of the education inculcated on the students was logic, moral philosophy, Greek, Latin, and mathematics; to the two former sciences, viz., logic and moral philosophy, theology was intimately connected, but. it was proposed by this Bill to render it obligatory on the Established Churchman to attend those lec tures as by professors of a different belief. Such a course was eminently inconsistent, and would only serve to introduce dis satisfaction, if not irreligion. The system proposed was wholly in contradiction to that pursued in Trinity College, Dublin, and he trusted it would be discountenanced by the House. Mr. P. M. STEWART, amid loud cries of" Divide," said, that after the admirable speeches of the Members for Leith and Edinburgh, the latter still remaining unanswered, he would trespass but a few minutes on the attention of the House. The opponents of the Bill had treated with contempt the opinion of the majority of the people of Scotland, for the Free Church undoubtedly comprised the vast majority of that country, and had despised petitions presented from that eminent body. The Government had now in their power, by passing this Act, to offer a boon to a divided Church—to heal dissen sions—to afford relief when most required—and to consult the universal opinion of the people of Scotland. Let the Govern ment adept some decided course; let them adopt the motto incribed on a banner, yesterday unfolded by one of their officers at his re-election—" Principle and no expediency ;" and thus entail honour on themselves, and confer justice on the Church. In the words of the Act which proposed the original test to advance the religion of Scotland and the good of the Church, they would at once take a better view of the case and oppose the Bill, for which Scotland would be lastingly grateful throughout the Church and the country. Sir R. PEEL said he had never concealed from himself the difficulties with which her Majesty's Ministers would have to contend in bringing for eard any scheme for the education of the youth of Scotland. It had subjected the Government to charges which had been most unjustly brought against them on a previous occasion. It had been said that theprinciples which had been adopted as to Ireland necessarily compelled the Go vernment to adopt a similar principle in other parts of the em pire. He would ask, what were the eircumsts nces under which these new academical institutions were founded? It was wished to provide at the expense of the State good secular education. It is not proposed to insist on a system of sectarian education, ner to educate ministers for the Church in Ireland ; nor was it pro posed to separate religion from the education which it was in tended to give. Having carefully considered the circumstances of Ireland, the Government had called upon individuals to make provision for the religious education of the young men at the colleges. There might be found existing, both in Ireland and in other parts of the empire, institutions of great antiquity intended for the education of ecclesiastics and ministers of the Church. In this very metropolis there existed King's College for the education of clergymen of the Establishment. In Ire land we find Dublin University establ shed for a similar pur pose. Maynoo:h also existed ter the Roman Catholics ; and in the north of Ireland a college for the edu cation of Presbyterian ministers had been founded. It was quite true that the Government had not imposed on the professors the taking of any particular test, but then they were told they were guilty of some inconsistency because they did not follow the same course with respect to Scotland as they hail pursued towards Ireland. It was not intended to alter Dublin University or Trinity College. The Government had been charged with inconsistency because they had not opened Trinity College to the Roman Catholics. The Government had desired to establish these colleges with the understanding that the same principle must not necessarily be applied to similar institutions. These colleges were to be founded so as to meet the special circumstances of Ireland, and they defended the establishment of those institutions on those grounds. A suf ficient guarantee and security had been provided for the integrity of the professors. It was proposed to give to the Crown the absolute power of appointment, and the absolute power of re moval, and that was the substitute for any test to be tairen. What was the case in Scotland? There were certain acade mical institutions which were immediately connected with the Church. In these institutions the ministers of the Church generally received their education. The proposed Bill ad mitted that the academical institutions of Scotland were con nected with the Church. It was especially provided in the Bill that nothing should extend to interfere with the chairs of divinity in any of the universities of Scotland. The Bill re cognised a material distinction between the collegiate establish ments of Scotland and those about to be instituted in Ireland. It would be found that an engagement had been entered into at the Union that the professors of those universities should make a certain subscription implying compliance with the doctrines of the Church. Could there be a doubt as to the meaning of the requirements of the Act of Union? It was ex plicitly laid down that the professors of these universities, before their appointment, should subscribe to the " Confession of Faith" as the confession of their faith. The Right Hon. Gentleman admitted the binding force of that engagement. He said he would not attempt to quibble it away. The Right Hon. Baronet, after having alluded to the tests established in 1711 by an Act of Parliament passed in the reign of Queen Anne, and showing the consistency of resuming tests which had been in disuetude for 130 years past ; and speaking also of the disruptions that had taken place of late years in the Scottish Church, continued to say that the Government had been told that no tests had been required in the new institutions in Ire land, and ;`the objection might be further urged, that there were good grounds to abolish that principle in the English universities. He had contemplated the proposed schemes for the education of the youth of Ireland, and had thought it might be a great benefit. The Bill for the Scottish universities pro vided that all the professors of divinity should be subject to the tests. The Government had been assured that the Bill would meet with general concurrence on the part of the people of Scotland. If it had been otherwise, the Government, per haps, would not have been perfectly willing to have agreed to it. What petitions had the people of Scotland forwarded in favour of the measure ? He believed there had been one or two peti tions, but these did not contain the opinion of the people in favour of the repeal of these tests. Mr. HUME—There have been no petitions against—all in favour. Sir R. PEEL—The Hon. Member says none against. Since the Bill had been brought before the House the General As sembly of the Church of Scotland had met, and it had declared itself not in favour, but against the Bill, and prayed that the Act of Union should be maintained. He (Sir Robert Peel) was not prepared to set aside the Act of Union entered into with the reople of Scotland. He was not pre pared to set aside the guarantees of the Act of Union with out great consideration, especially as the people of Scotland had not expressed themselves against it. Was there a general desire among them that these tests should be removed, on the grounds that they were against the sense and interest of the people, then he should hold it to be a matter worthy of serious consideration. But even then such a step should not be slightly regarded. They ought not on slight grounds to inter fere with that which constituted the basis of a national compact. —( Hear, hear.) They had desired to extend the benefits of academical education to Ireland, and it had been objected to that measure that the danger was the principle with regard to the appoMtment of professors which it contained would be extended to Trinity College, Dublin, and to the English and Scotch universities. There was, however, a great distinction between those institutions established for the purposes of aca demical education, and institutions established for other pur poses—institutions set apart for religious instruction, and of great antiquity—( Hear, hear)—guaranteed by particular compact, founded for the purposes of theological education and the instruction of the ministers of religion, who were to exercise spiritual influence over the people. He did think it necessary to apply a different rule to these institutions to that he proposed for the Irish academical institutions. He would not consent to alter the law so that the professors and instructors of youth in the principles of religion should be exempted from those tests which were guaranteed by the national compact, and whirls the opinion and feeling of the country required.— ( Cheers, and loud cries of " Divide.") Lord J. RUSSELL thought it was hardly necessary to argue the question further.—( Loud cheers.) He had been taught to consider that religion was a matter of principle, and that it was necessary to maintain it as useful and beneficial to the State. He could understand the tenacity of the Hon. Member for the University of Oxford (Sir R. Inglis) in support of the tags and privileges of toe universities, and he could comprehend the motives of those who looked upon those tests as cobwebs and snares to entrap the unwary. Those who entertained such opinions about the injurious nature of tests, as well as the Hon. Member for the University fur Oxford, could well defend their opinions ; but as for the Government, it neither held one opi nion nor the other. They (the Government) told them one day there was no need of religious tests, that they were utterly useless; and the next day they came down to the House and told them that tests were absolutely necessary for the maintenance of religion in Scotland, and that in the language of the Lord Advocate, they should not, by any means, act on latitudinarian principles. He put it the House whether Ministers ought not to assert one principle or the other—(Loud cheers)—whether they were to act on one principle in dealing with the Irish Colleges Bill, and on other pi incip'es when dealing with English or Scotch universities?—(Loud cheers.) It was not sufficient for them to be told that such a course of proceeding was to serve the particular interest of the Ministry.—( Hear, hear.) lie had heard an old story of two knights who met each other on different sides of a shield, one side of which was black and the other white; they fought a desperate battle in support of their opinions respecting the colour of the shield, the one knight maintaining that the shield was black, and the other asserting it was white. But the Ministry did something more than this. At one time they maintained that the shield was black, at another they declared that it was white. They sup ported one or two other principles alternately, so that it was impossible to know what they really meant on any matter involving the religious interests of the country.—( Cheers. ) Ile believed that these tests only entangled scrupulous persons, and furnished no guard against infidelity. That such tests did not fulfil the object for which they were intended, lie need only refer to three notable examples—Lord Bolingbroke, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Gibbon—all of whom held important appointments under the Government. These tests did not prevent these men holding these appointments. They were good Tories and Churchmen, though entertaining their well-known opinions on religious questions.—( Hear, hear.) But the tests under consis deration did not exclude from the universities those men who held different doctrin s to those rf Presbyterianism. They excluded those who agreed with all the leading doctrines of the Presbyterian Church, but who differed upon points of Church Government only. Ou this ground the tests shut out professors of natural philosophy and mathematics. If any man, a teacher of mathematics, did not hold with the policy of the present General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, he was excluded from all chance of filllng a professor's chair. He happened to knew the futility of these tests, having attended the University of Edin iurgh, and been present at the lectures of the celebrated Dugald Stewart. The class that attended the teachings of th o at great philosoph er was cast osed of all denominations. At the close of the session a Committee was formed to draw up an address to be presented to that celebrated man, which was cemposed of a Presbyterian and a Member of the Church of :England, while the party who drew up the address was a Roman Catholic—then Lord Killeen, now the Earl of Fingall.—( Hear, hear. ) It was said that the clergy of the Church of Scotland had not peti tioned in favour of the Bill. 1 his was not to be wondered at, as they were, in fact, the excluding body.—.(hear, hear. ) Suppose they were to ask the Primate of Ireland, or the clergy under his care, their feelings on the expediency of the May nonth Bill—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear ")—what would be the result ? Why, he doubted if there were five or six of the clergy would support that measure, or even the New Colleges Bil— -1 Cries of " Hear, hear.") The appealing to the clergy of the Church of Scotland was, therefore, no sound criterion to guide the House in legislating on this question. Bat really after all, without entering into the question any fur ther, he was disposed to ask the House to establish either one or the other of the principles he had enumerated. His Hon. Friend the Member for Oxford (Sir H. Inglis) said the Go vernment had a general policy, anti that they had made an ex ception to that policy in favour of the Irish colleges. But let themadopt c ne pr i nc i p l e or t h e ot h er, an d d o no t let the country ask what it was. It would be niost injuri ous t h at the opinion of the country rshould erestingpbleacealtogether shaken—that there should be no plebeyf England that House. If they adopted a vacillating course, th e people ildered, but when th e y came to their senses ) would be a sehses . l they could I first b uid con demn demn the conduct which had l et l them into- this painful di 1 1 , .-a - Aral. He had, therefore, to appeal to th e House, as he be: gan, not to suffer this stain on their character—to trust upon the Government of the day—and to let the House of Commons remain in future free from such a stain, and not to be touched by such a dishonour.—( Great cheering. ) The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it Majority against the motion —B The announcement was received with great cheering by the Opposition. CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. Upon returning to the gallery, we found Mr. 'WATSON moving that the House go into Committee on the Bill. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said he would shortly state to the House the grounds upon which he asked their ase - sit to this Bill. He did not mean to invade what were termed the safeguards of the Established Church, but simply to repeal some statutes which were a disgrace to the statute book and to the age in which they lived. The present Bill had passed a Committee of the House of Lords during the last ses sion, and, so far from going beyond the wishes of the Lord Chancellor and the law lords, these noble and learned per sonages only complained that it did not go far enough. A Com mission had been appointed in the present session, which made a most valuable r. port on the general laws affecting numerous classes of their fellow-subjects in a religious point of view. He had been blamed for not making the Bill more comprehensive, but had he extended i' s provisions to all classes of Dissenters, it would not have passed through both Houses of the Legis lature. The first class of penal measures to which he would allude, was thal. which affected the supremacy of the Pope. The Commission stated that these Acts ought to be repealed. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then went on to the penal statutes chiefly p•ssed in the reign of Elizabeth an‘l William the Third affecting the Roman Catholics, imposing the penalty of high treason upon those who a second time were convicted of acknowledging the poli tical supremacy of the Pope. Many of these statutes were not only absurd, but wholly inoperative at the present time, for beads and Agni Dci were imported at an ad valorem duty of 30 per cent.—( Laughter.) Not so the regular clergyman, and yet we had this penal enactment. He could not under stand why this penal Bill should be retained on the list, for he believed that they were not sufficient for the education of the youth of this country. He expected the support of that side of the House. The Members on that side had voted for the Maynoeth Bill, and for the education of the people of Ireland. If the Right Hon. Baronet would look to the several statutes he would see that they were totally inapplicable to the circum stances of the case.—( Hear, hear.) It he would look at these reasons he would see that the principle of penal laws affecting religious opinion were bad. He had expected a most respect able opposition from the Hon. Member for Oxford ; but if the question were to be discussed, he trusted that the principle for which he had contended was one which ought to be recog nised in every legislative assembly. He was obliged to the House for their attenti :n to the observations he had felt it his duty to make.—( Cheers. ) Sir J. GRAHAM said that, in the opinion which he had expressed with respect to this Bill, there was, in fact, no dif ference between him and the Government. This was shown by the decision which had been come to in the Lords. And with respect to the amendments, he had no personal objection; but he still thought that, so far as the Bill of 1829 was con cerned, he was obliged to say that her Majesty's Ministers had duly considered the measure, and they were of opinion that great care was requisite before they came to any decision. He was not aware that her Majesty's advisers had ever inti mated, either directly or indirectly, their readiness to concede to the repeal of the laws now denominated obnoxious. Such a course he, for one, regarded as highly inexpedient; and he re peated what he had more than once previously stated, that in the present state of public affairs, it was not advisable to pur sue it. At the same time he would admit that, in the next session, some measure might be introduced which would satisfy the Hon. Member for Kinsale, and render it safe for him to withdraw his resolution. Mr. REDINGTON reminded the Right Hon. Baronet that this was the only day in the week on which such orders could be brought forward, and he trusted that his Hon. Friend, who had so ably and perseveringly introduced the measure, would not too readily abandon it. Some short time since he heard a discussion in another place upon the severe enactments still maintained and exercised in Portugal, and the Colonial Secre tary, in reply, appealed to the fact of this country having only a few years since repealed penal acts equally as stringent. One would have supposed that such a plea would not have been urged unless the, Government could come into court with pure hands and prove that this country was wholly free from the taint of religious intolerance." And yet how diametrically opposite was the fact. But let the House look to the imposi tions virtually placed upon that estimable sect of the Catholic Church—the Jesuits; and yet Prussia—Protestant Prussia— had successfully, and with honour to herself, established institu tions for the benefit of that order. Again, the late Dr. Doyle, esteemed for his charity and conciliatory feeling, and that re nowned friar, Father Matthew, were virtually regarded as proscribed. Sir R. H. INGLIS said the measure was not the least important which had been brought forward in the present year, and yet at this late period of the session they were called upon to deliberate on it. Few in that House who were not interested in it knew the nature of the Bill, and cer tainly none out of the House were aware of what the Bill proposed to effect. It proposed at once to entirely repeal the Act of Supremacy, repealed the Act which prohibited Jesuits from appearing in that House, and repealed the Act which pro hibited Roman Catholic processions. He apprehended, if the Bill passed as it now stood, there would be no restrictions placed upon those processions, and a Roman Catholic Bishop would have a right to claim a participation in a see of the Established Church; and he asked the House, having already incurred the obloquy of the country for adopting similar measures, were they prepared to proceed further with this Bill ? Well, then, he should sit down, trusting that the further consideration of the measure would not be pressed upon the House, and would con clude by moving that the Bill be committed that day three months. Mr. SHEIL thought that the Right Hon. Baronet ought to be the last person who should talk of the bigotry of Jesuits.— ( Hear, hear, and cheers.) He considered that he had mani fested an opinion of their principles and proceedings which was really astonishing.", He would ask him what country did not bear evidence to their exertions— " Qum regio in terris non nostri plena laboris." What country, he would ask, did not benefit by their labours ? The Right lion. Gentleman talked of the lite proceedings in Switzerland, but did he ever hear of Vestris, the professor in Zurich ? Sir R. INGLIS—He Ras expelled. Mr. SHEIL—Yes, tardily expelled, but was he not the principal instigator of the late outbreak ? He could speak from experience, that the Jesuits were the most zealous promoters of education. He, himself, was educated in a Jesuit college, and he could say that they were always devoted to the cause of genuine liberty. Mr. NEWDIGATE found fault with the Government, and accused them of a breach of promise with regard to the present question. Sir J. GRAHAM dilclaimed the imputation of the Hon. Member, and said that the Government never contemplated making any alteration in the Bill of 1829 so far as regarded the Jesuits. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL did not exactly understand the position in which the House stood with the country. The Government had been pledged to everything and to nothing. They had disappointed the expectations of the people on several measures, and it was nos time that they should understand what they really meant to do. He was prepared, for hirwelf and other Irish Members, to say that they thought the present proceedings of Government most urirequired and unjustifiable. Mr. B. ESCOTT had heard nothing to induce him to vote with Government on this occasion. Sir R. PEEL said that on this subject the Government had appointed a Commission, which had only returned its report on the 30th of May, but owing to the pressure of business, they had not been able yet to give it their consideration. He was willing to admit his readiness to cope with what he regarded as the prejudices of the people ; but, in the present instance, he was not prepared to legislate gratuitously, when legislation was unnecessary, if not unsafe. The Roman Catholic Bequests Act had been conceded by the Government to advance the interests both of the Church and general community of Ireland. It was not intended as a means of prejudicing the archbishops of the various sees in that country, nor of lessening their influence there ; it had been accorded as a boon, and he saw no reason fur introducing its pretended deficiencies into this debate. Lord J. RUSSELL thought it desirable that the Govern ment should introduce its own proposition, rather than incur the difficulty of discussing and satisfactorily legislating on clauFes of a Bill in Committee. But as no such step had been taken by the Right lion. Baronet the Prime Minister of the Crown, and as no pro , pect was held out of the law of 18:29 being amended, or its penal enactments re pealed, he should vote fin• the Rouse ping into Committee, without pledging himself to the adoption of all the clauses of the Bill, or the abolition of certain restrictions. _ The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it Majority against the motion The Schoolmasters (Scotland) Bill was read a third time. The Bankruptcy Declaration Bill was read a second time. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at a Quarter-past One o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 9. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to : Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway. Manchester and Birmingham Railway (Ashton Branch). North Wales Railway. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. Trent Valley Railway. Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction Railway (Ard wick and Guide Branches). Eastern Counties Railway (Ely and Whittlesea Deviation). Reports of the following Bills to be taken into consideration on Friday : South Eastern Railway ( Widening and Extension of the London and Gne Railway). South Eastern Railway (Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells). London and York 11, , tilway Bill,—Petition for additional provision reported; report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. CONIMITTEE ON PRIVATE BILLS APPOINTED BY TILE COMMITTEE or SELECTION. The Committee of Selection have nominated the following Committee : A Committee of Viscount llowick (Sunderland),—Chairman, Sir John Walsh ( Radnorshire), Mr. Thomas Mackenzie (Ross), Lord Leveson (Lichfield), Mr. Savile Ogle (Northumberland), to whom they have referred the Bill comprised in group ZZ., viz.:— The Bolton and Leigh, Kenyon and Leigh Junction, North Union, Liverpool and Manchester, and Grand Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation. The Select Committee will meet on Thursday, July 17, at twelve o'clock. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway,—Third reading, Friday, .July 11. Brighton and Chichester Railway (Portsmouth Extension), —Third reading, Friday, July 11. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway,—Third reading, Friday, July 11. Gravesend and Rochester Railway,—Report, Friday, July 11. SHAMEFUL CONDUCT AT VAUXHALL GARDENS. — On Tuesday a bei.efit club hired Vauxhall Gardens for the purpose of dining. A vast number assembled (having pre vi ,usly the streets with music, banners, &c.) In the evening a great number got intoxicated, and proceeded to demolish everything around—chairs, tables, benches, beer mu 2s; plates flew about in all directions - the ornamental tarts of the gardens were trodden down, the beautiful figure of Nep tune was broken, and, in fact, the gardens were strewed with f rag ments. The police were called, and a party of the rioters conveyed to the station-house. The proprietor has detained their banners, &e , the damage. Such conduct is disgrace ful to benefit clubs, and injurious to the proprietors of gardens 9uch as Vauxhall, whose aim and desire ought to be, and we Wheys is, to keep up the respectability of the establishment. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JULY 9. UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question pro posed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Ques tion to add the words " upon this day six months:"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 108. Azlionby, IL A. Ellice, Rt. lion. E. Ogle, S. C. Baillie, 11. J. Ellice, Edward Ord, William Bailie, Walter Escott, Bickham Oswald, James Bannerman, A. Esmonde, Sir Thos. Pcchell, Captain Baring, F. T. Etwall, Ralph Philips G. It. Barnard, E. G. Ferguson, Sir R. A. Plumridge, Captain Bellew, R. M. Forster, Matthew I'ulsford, Robert Berkeley, Captain Gibson, T. M. Rawdon, Col. Bernal, Ralph Gill, Thomas Redington, T. N. Blake, M. J. Grey, Sir George Ross, 1). R. Borthwick, Peter Grosvenor, Lord R. Russell, Lord J. Bouverie, E. P. Ilallyburton, Lord Scott, Robert Bright, John Ilastie, Archibald Seymour, Lord Ilrotherton, Joseph ILtwes, B. Sheil, R. L. Browne, W. Ilindley, Charles Shelburne, Earl Buller, C. Horsman. Ed ward Smith, Vernon Buller, Edward Howard, Henry Smythe, George Chapman, B. Howick, Viscount Somerville, Sir W. Christie, W. D. Hume, Joseph Stansfield, W. R. C. Clay, Sir W. Humphery, Alderman Stewart, P. M. Colcbrooke, Sir T. Jervis, John Stuart, Lord J. Cowper, W. F. Lobouchere, IL Tattered, H. W. Craig, W. G. Langstdn, J. 11. Towneley, John Crawford, W. S. Lemon, Sir C. Troubridge, Sir E. Curteis, H. B. Loch, James Villiers, Charles Dalmeny, Lord Macaulay, T. B. Vivian, J. 11. I .alrymple, Captain 31"faggart, Sir J. Wakley, Thomas Denison, John E. Mangles, R. 1). Wall, C. B. Dennistoun, J. Marjoribanks, S. Warburton, 11. D'Eyncourt, C. T. • Marshall, William Ward, 11. G. Duncan, Viscount Mitcalfe, Henry Watson, W. 11. Duncan, George Mitchell, T. A. Wawn, J. 'P. Dun combe, Thomas Morris, David Williams, William Dintlas, Admiral Munson,i General Yorke, H. R. Dundas, Frederick Morrison, James TELLERS. Dundas, David O'Brien, J. Hill, Lord M. Ebrington, Viscount O'Connell, M. J. Tunic'', Henry MAJORITY-NOES, 116. A'Court, Captain Furman, T. S. Lygon, General Acton, Colonel Fox, S. L. Mackenzie, T. Alford, Viscount Fremantle, Sir T. Mackenzie, W. F. Arkwright, George Fuller, A. E. APNeill, DIMCP.4I Ashley, Lord Gaskell, J. M. Meynell, Captain Austen, Colonel Gladstone, Captain Mildinay, H. St. John Bailey, Joseph Gordon, Captain Neville, Ralph ltaillie, Colonel Goulburn, 11. Newdegate, C. N. Baird, W. Graham, Sir J. Nichol!, John Barkly, H. Granby, Marquis Northland, Viscount It tring, W. It. Greenall, Peter Packe, C. W. Bentinck, Lord G. Greene, Thomas Palmer, George Bernard, Viscount Grimston, Viscount Patten, J. W. Blackburne, J. I. Grogan, Edward. Peel, Sir Robert Ilowles, Admiral Milford, Sir 11. Pringle, A. itrisco, M. Hamilton, C. J. B. Rashlelgh, W. Broadley, Henry Hamilton, George A. Repton, G. W. J. Bruce, Lord E. Hamilton, W. J. Rolleston, Colonel Bruges, W. 11. L. Hamilton, Lord C. Sanderson, Richard Buck, W. L. Hampden, Renn Seymour, Sir 11. Buckley, Edmund Harcourt, G. G. Shaw, Frederick Burrell, Sir C. Ilarris, Captain Smith, T. li. C. Campbell, Sir Hugh Henley', J. W. Somerset, Lord G. Cardwell, Edward Herbert, Sidney Spooner, Richard Carew, W. IL I'. Hogg, J. W Sutton, 11. M. Clerk, Sir G. Holmes, W. A'Court Taylor, Edward Clive, It. H. Ilope, Sir John 'foment, J. E. Cockburn, Sir G. Ilope, Charles Trench, Sir F. W. Corry, henry Hope, G. W. Trollope, Sir J. Darner, Colonel Hughes, W. B. Trotter, Joh* Darby, George Hussey, Thomas Vivian, J. Ennis Denison, E. B. Inglis, Sir It H. Waddington, IL. S. Douglas, Sir 11. Jermyn, Earl Wellesley, Lord;C. Douglas, Sir C. Jocelyn, Viscount Wortley - , James S. Duckworth, Sir J. Johnstone, Sir J. Wortley:John S. Emly-n, Viscount Knightley, Sir C. Wynn, C. W. W. Estcourt, T. G. B. Lennox, Lord A. Farnham, E. B. Lincoln, Earl TELLERS. Fitzroy, henry .I.7ckhart, William Young, John Flower, Sir J. Low:her, Colonel Baring, Healy ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL, Order for Committee read ; Motion m4de, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"—Amendment pro posed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, " this House will upon this day three months resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof:— Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : _ MINORITY-AYES, 47. Aglionliy, H A. Forster, Matthew Ross, David H. Arundel, Earl G ill, Thomas Russell, Lord J. Bellew, It. M. Hawes, Benjamin Sheil, It. L. Blake, M. J. Hill, Lord M. Smith, J. A. Bouverie, E. P. Hindley, Charles Smythe, George Brotherton, J. Hume, Joseph fil )merv i 1 I e , Sir W. Browne, W. Jervis, John Stanstield, W. R. C. Chapman, Benjamin Labouchere, Henry Tufnell, Henry Christie, W. D. Mangles, R. D. Wakley, T. Craig, W. G. Marshall, William Warburton, H. Crawford, W. S. Mitcalfe, Henry Wawn, J. T. Curteis, 11. B. Mitchell, T. A. Williams, William D'Eyncourt, C. T. O'Brien, J. 'Yorke, Henry IL Duncan, George Ogle, S. C. Dundas, Admiral Philips, G. R. TELLERS. Escott, Bickham Rawdon, Colonel Watson, W. H. Dimond*, Sir T. Redington, T. N. O'Connell, M. J. MAJORITY-NOES, 89. Acland, Sir T. D. Darby, George Lennox, Lord A. Acton, Colonel Denison, E. B. Lincoln, Earl of Alford, Viscount Emlyn, Viscount Lowther, Sir J. II Arkwright, George Farnham, E. B. Lygon, General Austen, Colonel Fitzroy Henry Mackenzie, W. F 'hale, Colonel Flower, Sir James M`Neill, Duncan Baird, William Fremantle, Sir T. Mastennan, John Balfour, J. M. Fuller, A. E. Meynell, Captain Barkly, Henry • Gaskell, J. M. lc Leh°ll, John Baring, Henry Gladstone, Captain Packe, C. W. Baring, W. B. Gordon, Captain Patten, J. W. Bentinck, Lord G. Goulburn, Henry Peel, Sir It. Bernard, Viscount Graham, Sir J. Pennant, Colonel Blackburne. J. I. Granby, Marquis Pringle, Alexander Bodkin, W. 11. Greene, Thomas Ra.shleigh, William Borthwick, Peter Grhnston, Lord Rolleston, Colonel Bowles, Admiral Grogan, Edward Shaw, Frederick Brisco, M. Halford, Smith, T. B. C. Broadley, H. Hamilton, G. A. Somerset, Lord G. Broadwood, H. Hamilton, W. J. Spooner, Richard Bruce, Lord E. Hamilton, Lord C. Sutton, 11. 31. Bruges, W. H. Henley, J. W. Tenuent, J. E. Burrell, Sir C. Herbert, Sidney Trench, Sir F. Cardwell, Edward Hodgson, F. - Trotter, John Carew, W. H. P. Hope, G. W. Waddington, 11. S. Clerk, Sir G. Ilouldsworth, T. Wellesley, Lord C. Clive, Robert H. Ilughes, W. B. Young, John Cockburn, Sir G. lIIISSey, Thomas Cole, 11. A. Jenny'', Earl TELLER 7. Corry, Henry Jocelyn, 'Viscount Inglis, Sir R. H. Crippa, William Knightley, Sir C. Newdegate, C. N SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.-TUESDAY. The haste with which our express was forwarded from the Heath this afternoon prevented our giving so full a description of the race for the July Stakes as it required. The first start was a failure ; at the second Gusman jumped off with the lead, followed closely by the Little Vulgar !Boy, Tit-bit, and Smuggler Bill, and the Messene colt lying up. with Garcia filly in their wake. They ran in this way to the plantation, where Gasman and the Vulgar Boy were beaten, and the run ning was taken up by the favourite, Garcia, with some difficulty getting through her horses , taking second place. Half. way up the ropes the filly challenged , and, after an indifferent race, Tit-bit third, be a ti ng th e M essene co l t b y a Wrebonius (wh o ran un ki n dl y all the way), Vulgar Boy, were be a t en o ff . M oon b eam got an w ne o ,ci n kt. t h q e T a Lo l i e gt n tal g ec t o h vl , tu, off in a good place, but was beaten in the first 200 yards. WEDNESDAY. Previous to the races, Messrs. Tattersall had a sale of blood stock, when the following lot, bred by Mr. W. Edwards, were disposed of : Monarch 3 yrs, a b c, by Liverpool, out of Princess Gs. Victoria .............. ............................ 80 60 Flatfish, 3 yrs, a b f, by ditto, darn by Agreeable F mtstool, 2 yrs, a br c, by The Saddler, nut of trudge ... 230 13: eastgirth, 2 yrs, a ch f, by The Saddler, out of Josajou... 210 A br f, 2 yrs, by The Saddler, dam by Agreeable A bay yearling f, by The Saddler, darn by Sultan A br f, by The Saddler, darn by Agreeable Freegitt, ach yearling c, by the Saddler, out of Retamosa 200 A ch yearling f by The Saddler, dam by Emilins 125 Of Mr. Webber's horses, Extra alone was sold, the price 40 guineas. In consequences of these sales, the races did not commence until half-past two, and were not brought to a close until near five. The following are particulars : Mr. Bouverie s Science, Bst llb ( Whit e h ouse ), b eat Mr. Shelley's I3lanchie, Bst 41b, in a canter.-7 to 4on Blanchie. Sweepstakes of 100 soy!. each, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, est 41b. New T. Y.C. Winner to be sold for 100 sovs. Col. Peel's fby Slane, out of Seakale Lord Exeter's Adrianople 2 Mr. Steer's Caroline Rogers's St. Domingo Betting-2 to 1 apt Caroline (t)-3 to 1 agst each of the others. Caroline cut out the work for the fir3t half mile, and was then passed by Adrianople and the Seakale filly, the former leading ; the filly waited till half-way up the cords, challenged, and won cleverly by a neck; Caroline a bad third. The winner was claimed. Mr. Vernon's Hartshorn, Bst 41b (Nat), heat Duke of Bed ford's Panther, Bst 71b. 6t05 on Hartshorn. Won by a length. 501., for three yrs old, 7st 21h; four yrs, Bst 71b; five yrs, 93t llb ; six yrs and aged, 9st 51b. From the starting post of T. M. M. to the corner of R.C. Mr. Shafto's Metal, 3 yrs (Pettit) 1 Mr. W. S. Stanley's Keppel, 3 yrs Colonel Peel's lonian 3 to lon lonian. Me'al made all the play, and wan by a length. lonian' beaten all the way. The Town Plate of 501., for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, fist 31b. Last mile of 13. C. Colonel Peel's Her5ey.......... (Nat) 1 Mr. Wigram's Kesheng Mr. Freeman's Stamp .. Lord Exeter's Adrianople Mr. T. R. Charlton's Ruff Mr. Hopkin's Event 2 to I agst Hersey ; 4 to I agst Kesheng ; 5 to 1 agst. Stamp; sto 1 agst Adrianople; and 6 to 1 agst Event. Event made severe play, followed by Adrianople and Kesheng, Hersey waiting on them ; they maintained these positions to the distance, where Hersey took the lead, and, with Kesheng a n d St amp i n wa iti ng , made the rest of the run ning, winning easy by a length. Nothing was near the first three. Chesterfield Stakes (this day).—Even on Free Lance. GOODWOOD RACES. The official programme of the brilliant meeting about to be held at Goodwood has just been made public through the Sheet Calendar, of which it occupies no less than eight eo lumns ! It is preceded by an intimation that no person guilty of malpractices, or, notoriously in default, &c., will be admitted within the Grand Stand or its inclosure, or on any part of the Duke of Richmond's property in Sussex, and that should any of the parties warned off in 1843 intrude themselves they will be prosecuted. The most stringent rules are also announced with regard to the examination of horses of whose age any doubt may be entertained, for the observance of the time and order of running, and otherwise for maintaining the high station the Goodwood meetings have so deserve.lly at tained. A. list of the nominations for the standing engagements would occupy more room than we can devote to such matter— we must content ourselves with a short abstract of the pro. raised sport. On the first day, Tuesday, July 29, there will be eleven races, the last in heats, viz., the Craven Stakes, of 10 sore. each, (8 subs.) to name the night before running —the Lavant Stakes, of 50 sovs. each,3o ft, for 2 yrs old (31 Subs.) — the Three Hundred Sovs. Stakes, h ft, for 4 yrs old (16 Sobs)—the Gratwicke Stakes, of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for :3 yrs old (52 Subs. )--the Ham Stakes, of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for 2 yrs old (41 Subs.)—the Drawing-room Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with a bonus of 10 sovs. each (31 Subs.)— A Sweepstakes, of 300 sovs. each, h ft, for 2 yrs old (3 Subs. )—the Welter Stakes, of 20 sovs. each, for Gentlemen riders (9 Subs. )—The Goodwood Club Stakes of 10 sovs. each (handicap), for Gentleman riders (15 Subs. ) A match for 500, between Antler and Red Deer—and the Inn keepers' Plate of 501., heats. On the Second Day :—The Goodwood Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 58 acceptances—The Queen's Plate—The Stewards' Cup, value 300 sovs.—The Coscdray Stakes —The Chichester Members' Plate, heats—and the Stand Plate, heats. On the Third, and Grand Day : The Cup, value 300 wvs., with 760 in specie, 48 horses named, two p.p.-200 sovs. Stakes, for 2 yrs old (7 Subs. to each)--The Racing Stakes of 50 sovs. each, p.p., for 3 yrs old (15 Subs.)—A Two-yr old Stake of 25 sovs. each (7 Subs.) JULY 10, 1845. —The Sussex Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for 2 yrs old (10 Subs.) —A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for 3 yrs old (6 Subs.) —A Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, for 3 yrs old (4 Subs. )_The Molecomb Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft (29 Subs.) The Dske of Richmond's Plate of 1001. (1 andicap)—and the Anglesea Stakes, of 15 sovs. each, for Gentlemen Riders (12 Subs) ; in all, eleven races. Friday will be a field clay for the gentlemen jocks, the only races for the professionals being the Nassau Stakes of 50 sovs. each (24 Subs)—The Chesterfield Cup (19 Subs)—and a match be tween Lady Anna and Lady Trampolina, for 100 each. The other stakes are the March Stakes, of 10 sovs. each (54 Subs), which is sure to produce three races—The Bentinek Stakes, of 5 toys. each, with 50 added (26 Subs)—and the Maidstone Stakes, of 15 sovs. each, with 50 added. Taking them as they now stand, the stakes to be run for exceed 30,0001. ! This, however, will be greatly reduced by forfeits, but at a moderate calculation the gross sum to be paid will not be less than 20,0001. THE COLON [AL BANK. The Colonial Bank Proprietors have received a more favourable report of their operations in the West Indies, though they have not yet received a dividend, the former losses being so heavy. The position of the bank may be expected to improve, but, at present, it is shown in the following:— The Directors now lay before the Proprietors the cus tomary statement of the debts and assets of the corpora tion, as required by the charter, made up to the 31st of December, 1844, in which is exhibited the amounts of profit realised by the bank during the half-year ending at that period, viz. : . • DEBTS. £ S. d. Circulation Deposits and other liabilities Paid-up capital 500,000 0 0 Profit £1,148,460 12 2 ASSETS. Specie £198,092 3 10 Due to the Bank in the Colonies on bills discounted and purchased, including those past due, but reported good 507,009 19 2 Due to the Bank in the Colonies, cash credits, and current accounts reported good 130,697 2 8 Due to the Bank in London on bills re- mitted, cash at bankers, &c 208,358 8 10 Balance of bad and doubtful debts Bank premises, and furniture in London and the Colonie5... 5,505 18 7 Balance of preliminary expenses £1,148,460 12 2 On reference to the last report, it will be observed that there is an increase in the balance of bad or doubt ful debts of 3,1271. 13s. 6d., which, it is proper to ex plain, does not arise from any new transactions, but has been occasioned by the colonial managers having now re p rted as doubtful and bad sundry old debts which they had hitherto returned as good. A comparison of the re ports on bad and doubtful debts down to 31st December, [844, with those to 30th June preceding, shows the fol lowing results, viz. : An increase on bills doubtful, of £1,516 0 6 An increase on bills bad. 2OO 5 8 Ditto on cash credits and current accounts, doubt ful 539 16 8 Ditto ditto. bad B7l 10 8 Balance of bud and doubt ful debt as per last re port £83,175 13 6 Deduct undivided profit for the half-year end ing June 30, 1844 10,120 7 6 £1,716 6 2 ],411 7 4 £3,127 16 6 73,055 6 0 Balance as above stated £76,182 19 6 The Directors regret that, under the circumstances exhibited in the above statements, they find themselves again obliged to recommend the Proprietors to persevere in abstaining from a dividend, and to permit the amount of profit made during the half-year end ing December 31, 1844, after deducting all current ex penses, viz. Less half-yearly proportion of prelimi- nary expenses - 1,000 0 0 £9,776 12 8 to be carried to the credit of bad and doubtful debt ac count, which will reduce the balance to 66,4061. 6s. 10d. The Directors had flattered themselves they would have been enabled on the present occasion to re port an increased amount of profit as compared with that of the previous half-year ; but the sudden termination of the crop in many of the colonies at an unusually early period, by an unlooked for acces sion of bad weather, and its consequent diminution, had the effect of materially checking the bank's operations, and )f . .decreasing its profits, even to a slight degree be low those of the preceding six months. On a comparison, however, of the prufits made daring the entire year 1844 with those of the preceding year, they will be found better by upwards of 2,200/. With reerence to had and doubtful debts, the balance of that account will have been reduced by nearly 50,000/. compared with that stated to the Proprietors at the half yearly meeting held in January, 1244. It affords the Directors satisfaction to be able to state that since the commencement of the present year the operations of the bank in the colonies have ken steadily increasing, and, they trust, without undue risk, as the transactions appear to be of a sound and satisfactory character. They consequently expect, at the next half yearly meeting, to have an improved statement to submit to the Proprietors, as the accounts of the half year just ended., which are thus far in their possession, exhibit an increase of profit arising from the extension of busihess. On the whole, the Directors are of opinion the prospects of the bank are improving, and with an appearance of steadiness which leads them to hope that, with a little further exercise of that forbearance which the Proprietors have hitherto displayed, the corpora tion will surmount the effects of those adverse circum stances under which it has laboured for some time past, and will eventually reward the Proprietors, and, at the same time, fulfil the expectations of its founders. SERIOUS AFFRAY in LIVERPOOL Yesterday afternoon the inhabitants of the lower end of Dale-street, Byrom-street, Great Crosshall-street, Lace- at' eet, Fontenoy-street, and the various other streets which inters cot that densely-populated locality, were kept in a state of great commotion by a mob which had assembled and attacked a body of Orangemen. It appears that Orangemen to the number of 150 had been walking in procession at the funeral of a deceased brother. The funeral proceeded from New Bird-street, Tox teth-park, the residence of the deceased, to St. Mary's Ceme tery ; and, after the deceased had been interred, the procession was returning to the Park by Scotland-road, Byrom-street, and, we believe, Dale-street. The Orangemen composing' it wore black sashes, tied, in some instances, at the ends with orange ribbons. When they had reached the end of Great Crosshall-street, the crowd which had been accompanying them down Scotland-road was considerably reinforced by the Irish men resident in Lace-street and other low streets in that neighbourhood. The Irishmen appear to have been the ag gressive party, exasperated, no doubt, by the display of orange ribbons. A stone was thrown, and then a volley of stones fol lowed. The Orangemen, who were walking two deep, and were only accompanied by about 16 policemen, immediately halted and made an attempt to repel their assailants. In this they were, to a certain extent, successful, for they drove them up some of the adjacent streets, with the assistance of the police. The uproar, however, drew large bodies of other Irish men to the spot, and the mob, having in this way regained strength and courage, made the Orangemen, after a vigorous resistance, fly before them. We have been assured by the policemen and others who witnessed the melee, that stones and brickbats were flying about as thick as hail during the greater part of the affray. Happily no life was lost on the occasion, and the injuries so far as we could ascertain, were very few. Mr. Superintendent M'Donald received a very severe blow of a stone on the leg, and had to be conveyed home in a ear. In spector Bibby was struck on the jaw, and two or three of the force were wounded slightly in the upper part of the head. When the affray had lasted about half an hour, the Orangemen were induced quietly to make the best of their way home through some of the by-streets leading towards London-road; and Mr. Dowling, and very shortly after Superintendent Le verett, having come up with strong detachments of the police force from the neighbourhood of the docks, the mob were over awed, and all active disturbances was from this moment at an end. Besides the injuries already mentioned, several panes of glass were broken, and part of a shop sign was carried away by the force with which the stones were thrown. Mr. Dowling continued until about half-past eight in the evening to peram bulate a large section of the constabulary force in the streets in the vicinity, which were densely crowded by the lower classes; but about that hour a heavy shower of rain fell, which dispersed them to their homes without much trouble or delay. We should not omit to mention that three Roman Catholic clergy men also remained in the neighbourhood during the evening, and used their exertions to allay the excited feelings of the people.— Liverpool Albion. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE ORIGINAL METALLIC TABLET STROP, WITH FOUR SIDEIL--.llr. George Saunders, inventor and manufacturer, No. 25, Strand.— This article has been in extensive use for the last thirty years by the first cutlers, who pronounce it to have no equal in producing a fine smooth edge to a razor, so necessary to shave with comfort. They may be had of the following cutlers :—Lowcock, 38, Cornbill ; Lund, 24, Fleet-street ; Davis, 69, and Looker, 42, Leaden hall-street ; Verinder, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard 161, Strand ; Coleman, Haymarket ; Phiip and Whicker, 67, St. James's-street ; Warner, 25, Sackville street ; Paget, 195, Piccadilly ; Kingsbury, 152, and Durham, 201, Regent-street ; Einslie, 46, St. Martin's lane ; Robinson, 53, Bishopsgate-street ; Carter, Paris ; Lamprey, Dublin. The fact of their Leing sold by the above makes it superfluous for the inventor to speak further in their favour.—George Saunders, No. 25, Strand. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Gentleman's Real Head of flair, or Invisible Ventilating Peruke, is so close a resemblance to nature as to dety detection ; and to enable any gentleman to see the effect, a large assort ment is always kept for inspection, any one of which, if approved of, saves the purchaser both time and trouble. These splendid specimens of the perrnquean art, supe rior to anything to be obtained elsewhere, either in Paris or London, have only to be seen to be admired, and are the sole invention of Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishops,..ate-street, London. N.B. Splendid hair cutting apartments on the ground floor, the whole o f t h e walls being lined with looking - glass, a la mcde de Paris. LIVERPooL.—THE FIRE AT QUEBEC.--A subscrip lion has been opened in this town for the relief of the thousands of persons whose property and homes have been destroyed by the dia. estrous tire at Quebec. Hitherto, however, no public proceedings have been taken here to excite an enlarged and general sympathy with our suffering fellow-subjects, or to swell the fund to an amount beyond that which can be expected from the Elute appeal of a subscription-sheet. 'The total amount subscribed in the Ex. change newsroom up to this evening, was 790 4 —M anchester Guardian. THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE, (From George Cruikshank's Table-Book. No. VII. When walking the streets of a great city, nothing has struck us so forcibly as the general neglect of means for the preservation of li;e from the ravages of fire. There is scarcely a street in London but has given frightful testimony to the horrors of death by burning ; and yet there seems to be such universal apathy upon the sub ject, that nowhere can you find that any earnest, perse vering endeavours have been made to secure the co- ope • ration of neighbours for mutual preservation. The Le gislature has interfered for the protection of propel ty from lire, and made the erection of party-walls compulsory. It has done nothing fur the protection of life from the same fearful destroyer. The stret is have been tunnelled from one end to the other of this great metropolis, to ensure the comfort of the in-dwellers—it was a gigantic thought to drain such a mighty city ! Water has been brought from distant places, and conveyed through conduits and pipes to the dwellings of the most humble. Earth had to be delved, and rocks blasted, to effect this tremendous work ! Gas, subtle and tr,aeherous as it is, is brought safely to our doors, even into our houses. We walk as it were upon a mine; but such has been the perseverance of man, such the triumph of know ledge, that the mighty power is made subservient to his will, to be used as a blessing and a security.* But the subjugation of gas was the labour of nearly 200 years! And the conquest was worth the sti uggle! When such vast things have been done by co opera tion for the comfort• of the cominu , ,ity, is it not wonder ful that nothing worthy the name of exertion has been tried for the preservation of life from fire, when the means must be so insignificant in point of cost and diffi culty, although so greatly conducive to the security from that most horrible of deaths—death by fire ? We feel that in devoting- the pages of the Table-Book to the consideration of this subject, we are discharging a duty we owe to our fellow-crt at ures, and, therefore, offer no apology for the plans which we here put forward for the remedy of the evil of which we complain. Our designs may be imperfect or objectionable, but they may suggest to others better and more pfacticable modes of escape from the horrors of conflagration. The simplest and surest escape is a continuous balcony erected in frant si the upper windows of every house. This is so obvious, that it is unnecessary to advance one word in favour of the plan. We shall confine ourselves simply to the ob jections that may be urged against it. Ist. The facility that balconies are sail to give to robbery. To us nothing can be more futile than this objection. Stronger fastenings to the windows would as effectually secure the second or third-floor windows as locks and bolts do the street-door. Even were this objection tenable, we consider that less is to be apprehended from the burglar who filches the contents of a jewel-case or a drawer, than from that fierce assailant that devours a man's sub stance, and suffocates him with reekings of the feast. The destroyer which bursts into the chamber, and curl., about the bed and breathes its smoke into the nostrils, until the head grows dizzy, and the heart faint, leaving the wretch, thus made conscious of its desolating pre sence, scarcely time or thought for flight. Bewildered as he is, he knows not where to seek a refuge ; his mind, unaccustomed to revel t to any means for safety in such an emergency, has to joint its plans, and not to will the execution of those often considered and relied on. Were the balcony understood by the household to be the escape from fire, impulse and the instinctive love of life would generally guide the inmates of a burning house to their place of refuge. The plan which we annex seems to remedy the ob jection as originally stated, and to render fire ladders unnect ssary. The sketch represents a balcony extending in the front of the upper windows of a house, and having two move able ends, secured by a latch, and attached to a spring which communicates with a bell. In the case of fire, the end, being unfastened, falls to the edge of the adjoining balcony, and at the same time rings a bell. The end being released falls inwards, and thus opens a communi cation with the adjoining house. The bell would pre vent any improper use bing made of the balcony, and if so constructed, would serve as an alarum. 2d. The formation of a continuous balcony would be impracticable where houses were of different altitudes. In such case we would propose the erection of " Fire Galleries," made in the form of a balcony, but having iron shutters between each window, in orcer that persons seeking refuge might be protected from danger, should any flames issue from the adjoining windows. Ten or twelve persons might remain uninjured for a length of time in one of these fire-galleries, or until such • time as the fire-ladders could be brought to their rescue. A ladder of iron placed in the front of the house, and so constructed that a person might descend between and the wall, would also afford a safe mode of escape. We repeat that we do not put forward these plans as pre-eminently ad, isable, but the Legislature that compels the formation of party-walls and sewers, ought to make the erection of some such simple and effective escape compulsory upon the landlord of every house in the metropolis. As we are upon this subject, we shall not hesitate to speak of another matter of gross neglect, where the life of woman is inure particularly at stake. We allude to the construction of fenders. How often is the public heart wrung by statements of some glad and lovely creature being reduced to a mass of hideousness by the ignition of the dress which was to have lent adornment to her beauty, even by the unexpected opening of a door! Could not the frequency of such calamities be diminished by adopting some other form of construction for the fender? We would suggest the introduction of a perpen dicular ornament rising from the centre. We will now add an extract from a letter which we have received from our worthy friend, " The Old Sailor :" 4‘ It is a fearful thing in a dismal and dreary night, when the gale is howling above, and the breakers are roaring below, to be lashed helpless to some cleat or mist, or shroud, whilst the wild waves beat over the sufferers, whose hopes have been driven away by the threatened death that appears inevitable. Dreadful are the feelings as the ship writhes upon the rocks which grind her stout timbers to mere powder—horrible to witness the raging of the ocean as it seems to deride in mockery the cries of the despairing crew and passengers. Alas ! from thence ihere's — no retreating.' The ship must be their coffin, and the bilbiwy ocean their watery grave. Those who have not experienced such visitations, can never form an adequate idea of, the horrdrg That rush out of the blackness of darkness to torture the spirits of the afflicted, as they behold first one, and then another, washed away, and, for a few seconds, struggling iu the white foam of the sea against the destruction that ensues. Even should the weather be fine when a wreck takes place—it may be after a storm —or, striking on the rocks that the leak may still overwhelm the sinking craft in smooth water—the keen agony is the same—and, oh ! to hear the piercing shriek as the last death-pang separates time from eternity, its thrilling sounds are never to be forgotten. " Now, much of this might be prevented, and that, too, by the simplest means. The Chinese are far before us in this matter. When their large junks go to sea, each passenger takes his own merchandise under his imme diate care ; and it is rarely, if ever known, that they neglect to carry with them three piees of stout bamboo, formed into a kind of triangular seat ; sometimes they have four pieces fixed in a square. These being hollow, will not only float, but will also sustain . great weight ; and a fri, nd assurel us that he was eye-witne3s to the wreck cf one of these large junks, when crew and passengers clapped these pieces of bamboo round their bodies under their arms, and threw themselves into the fickle waves. The burning rays of the sun came down with fierce intensity,t but John Chinaman was prepared even for that. Like P:,ul Pty, the everlasting umbrella was at hand—it was promptly hoisted, and away tney went for :he sh.)re, con v, ring as freely as the noise would admit; and truly ludicrous was their appearance, resembling a fleet of gigantic mushrooms broke adrift from their moorings,—but all were saved. " And what does this simple contrivance suggest? The facility of preserving life. Let every article on board our ships bi- made of a therout.thly floating nature: chairs, stools, tables, mattresses, at. d boats. Nay, more —every individual, male and female, should fuialish themselves, the men with waterproof waistcoats, the ladit s with pelerines, which may be blown and distended by the breath. We have seen some of this kind covered with black satin, that look quite handsome; and, when their uses are taken into consideration, invaluable in the time of peril. When we hear of the melancholy occurrences that have taken place- in steam boats, we would ask, why are they not all constructed in com partments with double bottoms, and especially at the most probable point of collision—the bows ? It is, in deed, a matter for serious contemplation." We trust that none of our readers will consider the small space which , we have devoted to this subject as misapplied—imperfectly as we feel we have executed the task thus voluntarily undertaken : but having the ad vintaevs of illustration at command, we have preferred the risk of disappointing a few of our good friends, who look to our pages for mirthful sentences alone, to incur ring the self-reproach of having maintained silence upon a subject which we feel to be importancas aff•cting the good of Many of our fellow-creatures, and which could not have been so clearly put forward without the eluci dation of our per Mil. G. Cx. * It is calculated that the consumption of gas in London amounts to eight millions and a half cubic feet every twenty four hours.- About 1660, Dr. Clayton first made coal-gas, which he burned as it came from sm a ll holes pricked in a bladder. t See " Notes taken d ur i ng the late War in China." By aptain Cutaway. —Table-Book, p. 91. MEMOIRS OF SOPHIA DOROTHEA, CONSORT OF GEORGE : 1.-With the exception 6f Mary, Queen of Scots, no illustrious personage has excited so much in terest and sympathy as the subject of this memoir. Her whole life, as related in these pages, is a perfect romance. The dreadful hatred of the Countess Platen towards her Royal Highness, the devilish acts with which she pur sued her to ruin, and the cold-blooded and cruel murder of Count Konigsmark by the same fiendish hand, makes us believe we are reading some recital of the cruelty of a female Borgia, rather than those of a German lady of the last century. The true features of the drama are now for the first time published, gathered from various German documents, and from the diary of the unfor tunate Princess herself, written during her long confine ment in the fortress of Ahlden. Independently of the interest these memoirs must excite on account of the ill-starred Princess, whose persecution they set forth, a vast number of contemporary portraits are given, which add great value to its pages The politic, yet week minded Elector of Hanover ; the Platens, tit-Jae devil. in human shape ; the corrupt Bernet orf ; Madame Schu. lenburg, and others of the ugly harem of George the First ' • Frederick Augustus, th e S ar d ana p a ] us o f th e North ; and last, not least, the handsome and notorious Count Konigsmark, figure most prominently in this in- Westing history.— Weekly Chronicle. LOCOMOTIVE STEAM-ENGINE S { The paper read at the la s t meeting of the InstitutionEe., Civil Engineers wa s by M r . J. G. B o d me r, M. Intit• C . re " On the advantages of w or king e n gines with higil - P r o -d steam expansively and et great v e locities." The author b his observatio ns up on th e principle of a cousiderable .are a; piston being essenti a l f or taking advantage of the initts impulse of highly elastic steam, in contradistinction to the do , of its percus s ive actio n , w hi c h h a d some time ago found a . cates. In order, therefore, to take advantage and be enabled to cut off the steam at an early period e i t ai l og stroke, the piston, at short intervals, and consequently m ov er a great number of strokes within a given time, must travel a limited distance, that as little as possible of the heat, Bod e sequently of the elasticity, should be lost. short It has been generally acknowledged that the action of as crank and rapid stroke is very disadvantageous to the ftar a T, D , and foundations of ordinary engines. Mr. Bodmer has, in s° o - 0 strutting his compensating engines, concentrated the at!` t ` o , of this acilv‘be and confined the strain to the crank, connecting rod, and 1 45 , 1 , 0 rod. By this circumstance, he has beta enabled to carry expansive principle to such an ext e nt a s to deliver the st.e:in into the condenser almost in a state of mere vapour, or three pounds of a vacuum. The saving of fuel must, t ab l e fcre, be in proportion, and mu s t b e a very consider reduction of the actual weight of the machinery and of 1 , coals on board steam-vessels on long voyages. The pal considered at great length the reasonings upon these pal considered ciples, and in tabular forms gav e th e com parative res ult ' s o f this and the ordinary engines. The peculiar constructiono the compensating engines was illustrated by several 1 11 °. 1 , and detailed drawings, shooing the peculiar action of the The panvion valves, and the two pistons in each cylinder. yes ;,rcat difficulty encountered appeared to have been in the 't io of the air pump, which were d es t ro y e d by th e extreme rarulgir; of the action ; this was provided f or by co nstructing an su pump without valves. By a peculiar arrangement and a ater passages, it became practicable to substitute for r . a e, ordinary cover a piston travelling through a very limitedall o ll and for the air-pump bucket a solid piston travelling the, d length of stroke. The valves were thus done away with, and the action of the engine became complete. This constritetl,4 has been adopted with great success on several stationary se; locomotive engines, and is now being applied to mar ine , jpe gines, to which it is peculiarly applicable, as it is of gre l " ro . portance to be enabled to work the Archimedian screw P peller without the insertion of bands or wheel-works. , s i r Mr. J. Woods exhibited and explained the action of , o f rnens' chronometric governor. The centrifugal govela °. i s Watt being acknowledged to be an imperfect instrumenttesred • of the the consequence of its inability to adjust the valve to the al je. circumstances of the lead of the engine, Mr. Siemen s e nt vented the chronometric governor. The new iltst runi •• was stated to have been at work successfully for some at Carpenter's corn-mills, Shad Th ames . It consists c h . r s of a heavy pendulum, which is a ll owe d to move t°,‘ certain arc of vibration of chrono me t r i c revolutions , 4 1 1 - c h it is connected with the horizontal pinion above, is; therefore moves in union with it ; an endless screw it geared in contact with the horizontal pinion, it jo i drawn by a constant weight in a horizo n t a l di re ction; a nd therefore a tendency to produce a revolution of the pin° iso pendulum. This horizontal screw mu s t b e t urne d by the n eng es t at the exact velocity necessary to insu re it s r unning l o a with the pinion, driven at the constant velocity, dependld is the length of pendulum ; and s h ou ld th e eng ine sucte: turning the screw at the proper velocity no horizontal ment will take place, and the weight on the lever before - Too tioned, continues a constant driving power, independent odtb, engine, for overcoming the exist e n ce o f th e atmosphere„!,° w ee, friction of the p en dulum. If th e l oa d, or th e su pply ( r . ,:, ivy varies, a tendency to alter the speed of the h o rizontal sha ft , mediately commences, and it takes up a ne w position, by It a iot travelled faster, or slower, than the pendulum and its polo and it retains this altered position, and consequently t he t ist justment of the valve, by means of appropriate connecoi levers, until the conditions of equilibrium of load and P ° are again varied. stioa The action of this governor is so sensitive, that no Ora of the speed of an eng i n e, w h en 40 per cen t. o f its thrown off, can be observed, for the entire change is r o il formed in one-fiftieth of the revolution of the fly-wheel Leo. change absorbs or adds a portion of the momentum of th e Vicb dultun, and slightly alters its arc of vibration, the limit of 0 , 5 o f is between eighteen and twenty.one degrees, and by the ls" pendulous motion this is shown to affect the number 0 1 1 e y, lutions to the amount of only eight per cent. oa its vein s and even that small variation in the extreme position ot o itl pendulum ceases immediately the momemtum is restored former condition. • 10 0% This being the last meeting of the present s ession, " RENNIE, pre s ident, addressed th e m em b ers , w ith congE'aie tions on the i n t eres ti ng c h arac t er o f th e p a p ers re ad, t" e cussions at the meeting, and th e v er y f u ll a tt en d a nce of in bers and vi s it ors , an d i m p resse d upon t h em t h e nece ssity ' l ' t o doubled exertions in future, in order to support adequat el y elevated position to which the institution has attained. A da Mr. WALKER, in a speech full of kind feeling, l'r° vote of thanks to Si r J o h n R enn i e , f or hi s d ev otion ta. t o, duties of pr es id en t, hi s un if orm a tt en d ance at t h e In,e c ,, tl and the kind ness an d h osp it a lit y h e i nvar i a bl y displayed 7. members, collectively and individually. • ta The ballot of the - -;nn took place, and the meeting .e took and e journed until th e second session Tuesday p in lace, January th of the e n year. h , ) g aVie r COMMITTAL OF A DR UNKEN JUROR.—Trt-, ; 0 0 0 of a coroner to commit an i n di v id ua l appear i ng b e f ore biro " es er character of a juror in a s t a t e o f intoxication, was on Mond a y wrr cised by Mr. W. Payne, th e coroner f or t h e c i ty o f London' t tb ° , adjourned inquest, held b e f ore th e L earne d Gentlemaot_lebii° Feathers Tavern, Whitefria rs . Th e case was one o f allege' ts i 13 murder, and the female charged as h av i ng b een i n strunte" ors causing the death of deceased had been in custody Wlpith awaiting the result of the inquiry. Th e w h o l e o f the Paned re the exception of delinquent, assembled at the hour appoint,. after waiting more than a quarter of an hour, that tr id o l %ll o i entered the court in an evident state of intoxication, and too seat among his brother jurors. The coroner immediately 7 00 0 the disgraceful condition in which he appeared, and, ad el „ dothim, him, inquired if he thought himself in a fit state to decide 'O, liberty of a fellow-subject ? The defendant, with the Ind i g o l ot; manner so peculiar to parties in a state of half obliviousn ess, P tered out, " Yes, sir—O yes, sir 1" The tone and 08 1 er, .10 anything further conclusive had been re q ui re d, was suffic ien h 'isla the coroner, after addressing him at some length in te rin : 6 , 400 condemnatory of his conduct, which he described as 0.- r meter to the court, committed him forthwith to Giltspur-street which prison he was immediately removed in the cUStPdY., 010 officer. Thirteen jurors being still in atte n d ance, the inqui ry proceeded with, and a verdict of" Found dead" re t ur ned. the close of the inquiry the coroner addressed a letter t o t t.' Withair, the governor of Giltspur-street Compt c r, requestildo 3 : officer to inform the defendant, when sufficiently sober, t hat tb° his writing a letter of apology he would be permitted W le s " prison. DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION ON LONDO N 'B ta _„ WHARF.—On Monday an inquest was held in the vestry -wy sollo St. Magnus Church, London-bridge, on the body of Joh n 0 ) : aged 36, bootmaker, of Marylebone-street, Regent-stre et o, deceased went, in company with his wife and a few fr ien d 00'. Sunday last, to Gravesend, in the Falcon steam-boats and spending the day, apparently in good health and cheerful 7' returned by the eight o'clock Diamond boat, and arrived tail", don.bridge Wharf about eleven o'clock, without making " "i p eOl"; plaint of illness. When the tactics got ashore, and when e i: o ta 3 . the door of St. Magnus Church, he was seized suddenly oak' violent fit of coughing, and vomited a large quantity et :01/ .. ‘1, His friends becoming alarmed, endeavoured to get him i "," 0 surgeon's, and ultimately succeeded in conveying hiln Smith's, in Gracechurch-street, when, on that gentlefro n 'o r called up, Fills was found to be qu it e d ea d . The nit d ead' throat were found filled with ar t er i a l bl ood, occas i o ned d " ' rupture of the vessels of the lun gs , w hi c h were disease d ; and AO: had been occasioned partially by the rupture and suffocation • effusion of blood in the throat. Verdict, " Natural death.' ' ,o ,oo'. [ADVERTISEMENT.] T HE E ARL OF ROUGH AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounchl by this miraculous medicine after every means h —See extract of his Lordship's letter, dat e d fe e' Messina, Leghorn, February 2lst, 1845.—T0 P ro 11.11oway.—Sir, I b eg to acqua i nt you that Y‘',,u:egi have effected a cure o f my l iver and stomach wh it of' the most eminent o f t h e f acu l ty at home an d 6' ths: the continent had not been able to effect, nay, not eTe n k. o ": waters of Carlsb a d or M ar i en b ad. (S i gned) A ldb o rong`; ,o 0 These wonderful pills will cure any disease of the li ve stomach. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Profess°; s olt kway's establishment, 224, Strand, and by all vendors 0 ' tine throughlut the civilised world. Of 5 LOUISI SUGAR.—The Loa's Commis ll - e er ef l s t , g her Majesty's T reasury h av i ng h a d un d er cons id era tion ' 11 ; 1 6 applications from parties who h a ve i m p or t e d suga r the gr ° ofer Louisiana, with certificates of origin under the hand of g r ' t Debi her Majesty's C onsu l a t New Orleans, such certificates 00 ~f tb. in formal and regular compliance with the requiremen tS statute, and their Lordships having, in these several case . ! d oa t sidered that the attention of the shippers, i n a ll p ro babilitYs " (st ater been drawn with s uffici en t preci s i on t o th e t erms of the have been pleased to permit the admission of the said sugai l r,s o 0 lower rate of duty, and have c o mmun ica t e d w ith the , u tsjee ll Aberdeen, Secretary of State for Foreign Aff a irs, on the °u ret" with a request that hi s Lord s hip w ill ma k e k nown to Mr• „ e clai r" the American Ambassador, th e ir L o rd s hip s ' i n t e ntion tO ' 4 0 3 in future a strict compliance with the law. Their Lordsh iP :ode c therefore been pleased to direct, that certificates of origi n ' A the hand of Mr. Mure, being i n th e same f orm as t h ose alra"; v 000 mitted, and not otherwise objectionable, b e a d m itt e d up tO th- ,s of the month of June ultimo, but th a t f rom an d a f ter the o r ,o 01 cf July inst. a strict and regular compliance with the Pr ° " i' c i taoc e j the law in respect theret o , will b e i ns i s t e d upon i n eve ry to so" This order is of considerable i m p or t ance to the sug ar t r ad e th e importers of the article, and ha s b een commun icated c i o die r revenue departments of this po r t, Li verpoo l , B r i s tol, 3 " o f 1.1 0 worts of the kingdom, for the inforwation and governm ent - officers and all parties concer n ed. 410 he b- STATE OF TRADE.—There w a s a ve ry on market yesterday for goods generally, with a tendency T opi ese C , higher prices, particularly in singings for the east, and ie b ee cloths. The demand for yarn continues still buoyant, 10 " nn tre G ., t' prices were obtained for some numbers, for which large . d . C ' o lpl" have been made.— ItocunALE FLANNBL MARKET, • L " . .. r ich JULY 7.—We have had a brisk demand for goods to.daY, 1 ",;101 0 better than those obtained on the preceding Monday- a if still upon the advance, and certain kinds used for flannel s a r coming more and more scarce.—Manchester Guardia ? BIRTHS. f the On the 4th inst., at Rock, near Ainwick the ladf ° , Rev. R. W. Bosanquat, of a son. On the sth inst., the lady of J. C. DowdeswelP, 94.1 a son. rtiv titi' On the 6th inst., at Lower Berkeley-street, ° square, Mrs. Laurie, of a daughter. C O° ' On the 6th inst., at Hazelwood, the lady of Win te r. stable Maxwell, Esq., of Everingham Park, of a daug tl 6 On the 7th inst., at St. John's-wood-road, the lady Rev. W. Palmer, M.A., of Worcester College, of MARRIED. Air On the 2d inst., at St. Mary's Church, Cheltenhan l ,: We gustus Hailes, Esq., to Elizabeth, second daughter of the Rev. J. C. Green, of North Grimstone, Yorkshire. vretl e ' On the 7th inst., at the British Embassy, Brussels, ' - , rick Rowell, Esq., to Mrs. Prissick. - ,A 0 , 3 1° On the Bth inst., at St. John's, Hackney, Mr. - , '"f 0 6 , Rowton, of Kingsland, to Mai'y Ann, eldest daughte r late Robert Dawson, Esq., of Norwich. • DIED. JO ie I ' On the 13th of May, at Madras, the Rev. William Burford, 111. A. , a jog , On the 16th ult., at Bedford, the Rev. W. B. l ' ll-1' ~. M.A., late of Trinity College, Cambridge. tre e " On the 3d inst., James Bushnell, Esq.,f Gor(el's o Bedford-square. .„,1 67' f On the 4th inst., at Hythe, James Watts, Esq_-, age d ~se of the 4th inst., at Newick, Sussex, Colonel Newb°— the Royal Artillery, aged 80. e ' „ th On the 6th inst., at Hanbury, Worcestershire, A ll "' ..„ wife of Mr. W. Fownes. pelt On the Gth inst., at Clapham-common, Henry Ilumphery, ninth son of John Humphery, Esq., M. sart o ' On the 6th inst., at Lindfield, Sussex, Auos le ' ° daughter of R. B. Walker, Esq. 9 0' On the 6th inst., in Sussex-gardens George Knight, ie s Oa the 7th inst., S. I'. S. Wood. ' On the 7th inst., Radcliffe, youngest on of bi lLi j t a t:r e ' Wilson, Esq , surgeon, Doughty-street, Illecklenbut et ..... —.. Lon- oli . ;-rict.4. , o Y;... rutst,sn... UN MURDO YO ~.,' 1 12 1 N. 112 , :' t•-ay. , , . 1-rryt , ,-.. eal Tie Sun Of fi ce. , ," ilt ,"ti 0 , trand, in the Precinct of the Savor, in the `'°— Middlesex, Thuriday, July 10, 1845. •• ' 6' • ..:: . • . . „ ..e••• ". .. ,:. , T " A snie " a Z I3 , at at 7 7 , 1 140 4 4 3 at ob„ ." 4 Qtit t CI b . - "' e ' 4 f q tr vable ta; ttrtr t a Cs 444 , t for :R or e "e.ther at th Lothh un , I . 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