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Iturti)s2bitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. FEES (COURT OF COMMON PLEAS) BILL. On the motion of Lord BEAUMONT the House re solved itself into Committee in this Bill. Lord BROUGHAM objected to the Bill that it inter fered with vested interests, and suggested its recom mittal. Lord BEAUMONT acceeded to the suggestion, the Chairman reported progress, and the Bill was ordered to be re committed. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. PETITIONS. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Scarbo rough in favour of the abolition of the advertisement duty and of the newspaper stamp duty; also petitions from a number of solicitors in favour of the Master's Jurisdiction in Equity Bill. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. _ _ _ Lord BROUGHAM said that no one was in general less disposed to take notice of attacks upon his character as a member of their Lordships' House than himself. He had often been abused, often been accused, generally falsely, on account of his political conduct. He had in those cases adopted the proper course—he had left those accusations to fall to the ground from their own utter falseness, and he had found that eventually justice had been done on his calumniators, and their calumnies had been passed by utterly unregarded. But there was one species of breach of privilege which he was by no means disposed to pass unnoticed. To be exposed to attacks was the fate of all ; no man need be ashamed of being attacked; but when, for the purpose of ground ing an attack upon a Member of Parliament, per sons chose to put words into that Member's mouth which he had never uttered, which were the very contrary to that which he had expressly stated—when having published from their own reporter a true account of what a Member had stated, the proprietor of a newspaper chose to adopt a false report in order therefore to ground an attack, he thought that that was a case in which their Lordships were called on to take notice of the conduct of the person so offending. He had read with astonishment, but certainly with great amusement, theetbsurd tissue of misrepresentations which had been published with regard to his conduct in the matter of a recent Divorce Bill. It had been stated that he always made a point of attending in the discussion of every divorce Bill, now it was absolutely necessary that some law Lord should attend upon the discussion of all such Bills. It had been said that no divorce Bill could pass without his being present; why, it might as well have been said that no Bill whatever could pass without his presence, seeing that he had a right to be present at all proceedings injtheir Lordships' House, and that he was generally punctual in his attendance. Then followed a statement which was a total fiction. It was said that the parties concerned bad been received as visitors at his house, when he well knew that a criminal connection was being carried on between them in another country. He utterly denied that—he had no suspicion of any such connexion subsisting ; and since he had been aware of the sus picious connection he had never teceived the par ties in his house. He had not seen them since he had known that a suit had been instituted in the Ecclesiastical Court. It was further stated that he re lished with great gusto all the vile details that were gone into in these cases, and that he had more particularly exhibited that gusto in developing the details of the evi dence of the Italians in the case of Queen Caroline. Now so far from that being the case, he was in that case coun sel, not for the prosecution but for the defence, and be had, as it was his duty, endeavoured to put these Italian witnesses out of Court, to prevent their evi dence being given to smother those details finally in which he had cross-examined them, for the purpose of shaking their testimony. It was further said that he had given notice of his intention of opposing the progress of the late Divorce all by browbeating the witnesses. 'Now this writer should have been aware that it was his own Bill. He had himself given notice that he should move the second reading of that Bill, and that in bring ing forward this accusation the writer was charging him with an intention of brow• beating his own witnesses, and of defeating his own Bill—then the writer in the Daily News accused him of saying that if all the letters 'which had been addressed to himself by married women could be produced in court they would afford undeniable evidence of cruelty. He had said no such 'thing—but he would not com ment upon such - absurd trash. He had filed an affi davit denying all those charges. From the respectable proprietor of the Globe ho had received an assurance that those charges had been inserted in that paper wholly without his knowledge ; that respectable gen tleman had at once given up the name of the person on whose authority that statement had been made, and he admitted that he was a person of such respectability and standing that the proprietor of the Globe might have been easily misled. That person resided abroad, and the letter had been written under circumstances of great excitement, so that he was disposed to make allowances, but with regard to the proprietor of the Daily News, who had adopted a false report after publishing a correct one, there was no such excuse, and he should therefore take time to consider the course he should adopt, and he gave notice that he should, if on consi deration he took the same view of the subject he did at present, move at the sitting of the House to-morrow that the printer of the Daily News be called to the bar Lord REDESDALE observed that what he said was not that he wished to oppose the Bill, but that ho con sidered that sufficient evidence had not been adduced to justify the House in sanctioning the passing of the Bill, and he thought it right to allude to the circumstance, , lest it might le a d to a p rece d ent i n ot h er cases, a l thoug h be had done so with considerable pain. CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS BILL. Lord CAMPBELL proposed that the House should resolve itself into Committee upon this Bill, which he said had been introduced to obviate the dangers which frequently arose to the administration of justice from errors in indictments of a technical and formal character. It would enable the judge to amend an indictment where there was some slight variance between the evidence and the terms of the indictment. The Bill went through committee without any discus sion and was ordered to be printed. IRISH FRANCHISE BILL. In reply to Lord STANLEY, Earl GREY said it was the intention of the Govt rnment to take the second reading of this Bill on Thurs:lay next, and to go into Committee upon it on Monday following. MARRIAGE BILL. The Bishop of OXFORD presented several petitions against sanctioning any measure allowing marriage with a decalsod wife's sister. L ;r1 RODEN presented a considerable number of petitions from Ireland to the same effect. SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST-OFFICE. Lord NELSON presented several petitions agains. Sunday Labour in the Poit-offiee. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) ELECTIONS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Sir G. GREY, the Elections (Ire lar.4) Bill was read a third time. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the insertion of the following clause:—" And whereas it is expedient to provide for increasing the number of polling places, be it therefore enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Lord-La:utenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by and with the advice of the Privy Council in Ireland, f rom t i me to time h-reafter, on petition from the ses tnstices of a n y county or riding in Ireland, in quarter ais assembled, representing that the number of pollin g pl aces for such county :r riding is insufficient, and pr a yi ng that the pl ace or places mentioned in the said petition may be a polling place or polling planes for the county o r r idi ng within which such place or places is or are situate, and that such or baronies, half barony or half baronies in a petition mentioned may constitute a district for polling at such polling place (but so as not to divide any onyorhalf barony), to declare bar mentioned l in the said petition, that any place or places or polling shall be a polling pl ace or riding, and that the barony org plies fur that county or half baronies in such petition mentioned' shallf barony tute a district for polling at such polling place consti , and that the other polling districts of the said count shall be altered accordingly; and every suchYdeacrla r r i a d t n g or c,rdPr tor creating addit i onal polling place s , and 'toll': t• • rids for the same, shall be certified polling d is t ricts under the hand of the clerk of the said Privy Council, and, when so certified, shall be published in the Dublin Gazette, and shall be of the same force and effect as if the same had been made by the authority of Parliament: provided as aforesaid s always, that no such petition hall be m a d e by such justices so assembled , u nlessa notice in writin g shall have been delivered one month at the least before the holding of such quarter session s to the clerk of the held, peace of the county or riding wherein the same are count or signed by two justices of the peace for such beingy inhabitants riding, and residing therein, or by ten _ registered voters for such county or riding, which notice shill state that the Court will, when such sessions are held, be moved to make such petition, nor unless the clerk of the peace shall, ten days at the least before the holding of such sessions, have caused a copy of such no tice to be inserted twice at the least in two of the news papers of such county or riding, if two newspapers are published th ere i n, or if not, in a newspaper published or commonly circulated therein, together with a no tice of the day upon which such quarter sessions will be held: provided always, that when such motion is m a d e, any person objecting to the same shall such be heard by Court against the same, or any part thereof, if he thinks I fit." After a few words from Mr. FREWEN and Mr. AN.. STEY, which were wholly u nintelligible o w i ng t o t h e buzz of conversation which prevailed in the House, Sir GEORGE GREY said the object of the clause was to assimilate as much as possible the law (,f Ireland to that of England, and all parties who might feel them selves aggrieved by the arrangements made fur polling places would have ample means of redreis. Mr. ROCHE said he had the strongest possible objec tion to the clause. Lord NAAS also opposed the clause. After a few words from Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL and Lord CLAUD HAMILTON, Sir W. SOMERVILLE did not understand the oppo sition which had been raised against this Bill. It had been before the House for two years, and none of the numerous dangers which had bean now anticipated had then been heard of. Mr. SCULLY would move to reject the clause if it were persisted in. . Mr. STAFFORD supported the clause. Mr. O'FLAHERTY thought the clause was most objectionable for many reasons unless it was materially altered. Mr. HUME supported the clause. It was in fact as similating the law in Ireland to that which existed in England. Mr. SHARIIAN CRAWFORD supported the clause, thinking it a great improvement in the law as it at present existed. Mr. POWER supported the clause. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the the House divided, when there appeared— For the clause 168 Against it ... ... 21 Majority ..• ... —147 Mr. M'CULLAGH moved the addition of some words to the clause, to assimilate the polling system of Ireland to that of England. He had understood the Right Hon. Secretary for Ireland to say that the English system would be extended to Ireland by the Bill, but, in point of fact, it was not so. Sir W. SOMERVILLE explained that what he said was, the Bill assimilated the two systems as far as it was practicable. Mr. ANSTEY was of opinion that this was a ques tion in which the magistrates in quarter session assem bled were not as such directly interested. They were only interested in it as were any other class of free holders. Colonel DUNNE opposed the amendment. He be lieved, as a body, the Irish justices were as respectable as any kindred body in the world. He hoped they would retain the Bill and the clauses as they now stood. Mr. E. B. ROCHE supported the amendment. He had no hesitation in saying the majority of the Irish magistrates were in the habit of acting, on political questions, against the habits and feelings of the people. After a few observations from Sir De Lacy Evans, Colonel Dunne, Mr. Scully, and Mr. Sharman Crawfor - which were very indistinctly heard in the gallery, The House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it ... Majority ... The amendment was accordingly lost. Mr. FRENCH proposed a clause to the effect that polling places should be appointed on petition of electors. Sir G. GREY opposed the clause, which he did nol think was necessary. He disclaimed the charge of WI• fair dealing on the part of the Government. After a few words from Mr. FREWEN, in support of the clause, ... 52 ... 118 . .-66 The House divided, when there appeared— For the clause ... ... ••• Against it ... ... ••• Majority ... ... The clause was consequently lost. The House then adjourned till Five o'clock. ... 33 ". 108 -----75 The House resumed at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Major BRUCE presented a petition from Morayshire against the Marriage Bill. Mr. GASKELL presented a petition from Wenlock in favour of this Bill. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from Westminster against the Interments Act. Sir DE LACY EVANS presented a similar petition. TENANT RIGHT (IRELAND). Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that on an early day he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of tenant right in Ireland. ENCUMBERED ESTATES ACT. Colonel DUNNE asked the Solicitor-General, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to in troduce any amendment into the Encumbered Estates Act (Ireland), which would give to the gentlemen of that country, whose estates have been subjected to its enactments, the same protection to their persons that is given to bankrupts in this country. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied that it was not the intention of the Government to introduce such an amendment into the Act, it being totally distinct from the principle of the measure. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. HUME gave notice that on the motion for going into Supply, he would call the attention of the House to the new Houses of Parliament. Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from 400 medical practitioners of the metropolis, praying for some reform in the present system of examination for license to practise; and asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he was prepared to bring forward any measure in reference thereto. Sir GEORGE GREY said he had recently received several deputations of general practitioners, but they seemed to take such conflicting and contradictory views of the matter that he was not prepared to propose any measure on the subject. Lord JOHN MANNERS wished to know when it was proposed to go into Committee on the Factory Bill. Sir GEORGE GREY proposed to take the Metro politan Interments Bill on Monday, and the Factory Bill on Thursday. Lord DUDLEY STUART asked when the Bill, as it had been amended, would be printed, and in the hands of Honourable Members. Sir GEORGE GREY said it would be delivered to morrow. Sir W. JOLLIFFE wished to ask the Honourable Member for Montrose a question. The Hon. Member had given notice of a motion for next week on the sub ject of the new Houses of Parliament. Did the Hon. Gentleman imagine that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government assented to his proposal to appropriate , a day to the motion next week. Mr. HUME apprehended, that when the Noble Lord saw the importance of the motion, he would give him an early opportunity of bringing it forward. MINISTERS' MONEY. Lord J. RUSSELL thought it right to state to the Hon. Member for Cork, who had a motion on the paper relative to the abolition of Ministers' money, that her Majesty's Ministers had held a consultation on the sub ject, and Government was now engaged in preparing a plan which was likely to prove satisfactory to the House and the country. He therefore hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not press his motion.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. FAGAN was understood to say that he would not. SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST-OFFICE. Lord ASHLEY then rose to bring forward his mo tion for the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post office. If the motion had no other claim to the consideration of the House than the deep and extensive interest that had been manifested in it by the whole con stituency of the country, it would deserve most respect ful attention.—(Hear, hear.) No other subject had caused a more lively sensation in the public mind than this, nor was the interest confined to one class or profession. It was not confined to any one sta tion, order, or rank of society, but the feeling pre vailed from the highest to the lowest.—(Hear, hear.) That feeling was not confined to any religious sect, nor to any class. But this question must be urged on higher grounds —on the grounds of justice to the parties concerned, and of its importance to the whole country. He hoped this discussion would be conducted in a sober spirit. He IT his part would say that he would utter nothing which should in the least degree excite anger or promote division. On the contrary, he must begin by thanking the Government and the Post-office authorities for what they had already done in this matter. They had already conferred a great benefit on the country, and he hoped they would accomplish their own good work, and perfectly establish their own reputation. He should just like to state to the House the extent to which the public had expressed their feelings on this vital sub ject. The report of the petitions presented respecting it was not complete up to the present day. The total number of petitions, however presented relating to it up to the 24th May, was 3,820, and the total number of signatures appended to those petitions, was 549,538. Now many of those petitions (from Scotland alone, 335) were signed by the Chairman. There were, besides, several hundred petitions yet to be presented, and he had, therefore, a right to conclude that the signatures, appended to the petitions on this subject, would actually amount to no less than 700,000, and that the number of petitioners in favour of this motion did not fall short of one million and a half of persons. The petition from the town of Liverpool in favour of this motion was signed by 14,000; and 200 bankers and merchants in that town formed themselves into an association for pro moting the object of that motion. The petition from Manchester was signed by 31,000 persons, among whom were a great many of the largest firms and the greatest capitalists in that city. The petition from Aberdeen was signed by 16,702; from Paisley, 6,563; from Edinburgh, 24,298; and-from Glasgow, 21,750. The Town Council of Glasgow consisted of 50 persons, 41 of whom bad signed the petition. In -1839 when the subject of the penny postage came under discussion in that House, the Government yielded to a body of petitioners amounting only to 266,511, and that discussion affected a revenue to the amount of 1,000,0001. This present re quest had been backed by full 700,000 peti tioners, who asked for no exemption from taxa tion, who asked for nothing for themselves, but simply that a boon may be extended to a certain number of their fellow -creatures. The London memorial was signed by about 5,000 persons, among whom were many bankers a e n no ct u merchants. The Government now said they had done mgraeifttaioineesdalatdhmaohtrett(Lord Ashley) said they could do a y t c h o e u y ld w an is d h o ed ugh to t tsotganodforswtiallr,d.buTt The demand which he (Lord Ashley) made, and to which he now wished to call the attention ta of the Hous e was s i mp l y this—he simply required the United Kingdom should be every town and city of is ' th put on the same f oot i ng with respect to p os t a l matters , b imply required th a t t h e metropolis oulethropotohlais. modelHe s she for every town and city in the kingdom on this matter. He might be told( that what they asked was cable ; he denied that it was s o , an d , as a opfra that ,ct i proof h e would refer to the evidence that had be en adduced on the (subject, which sho we d that the total suspension of labour in the Post -office on Sunday would be a great boon to the letter-carriers, and might be carried into effect with the best results. It had been stated that there was no objection on the part of the Post office to the first portion of the resolution which h e had to propose. Upon the second part—th e transmis sion of mails on the Sabbath—the report states that, taking a range of 250 miles from the (metropolis , the stoppage o f Sabbath would mails on thecause no incsnvenience. This range would include almost every one of the English towns with the Scotland and Ireland of exception certainly would suffer by that Constitution, but it must be remembered that both countri es had petitioned ver y extensively for the encouraging o f the whole measure. But in order to meet the wishes o f a ll, though he thought w hom he re presented retained their own opinion on th e su bj ec t, he should be disposed to modify the resolution so far as merely to engage the House to address her Majesty to put an end to the collection of letters on the Sunday, and to pray her to issue an inquiry as to how far it might be possible to suspend the transmis- sion of mails on the Sabbath. He would -not enter into any theological argument; but this he would say, that every man acknowledging one or both Testaments, acknowledged the Divine institution of the sabbath. Another ground fur his appealing to the House was the justice of the claim. He could not see what plea upon which his claim could be denied, if it were necessary then they must open the London office as well as the pro vincial, if it were not then they mutt shut the provincial offices. This was a sanitary question too; one day at least was absolutely needed to those sons of toil, or otherwise they knew not what an amount of widowhood and orphanage they entailed upon their class. The Noble Lord then pro ceeded to read passages from the prize essays by work ing men, on the temporal advantages of the Sabbath, to show the sentiments of the working classes on this subject. He felt great confidence, because he knew that he represented the feelings of above a million of his fellow-subjects. He was not asking for the passing of a new law, but asking the House to afford an opportunity to the sons of toil to enjoy that Sabbath which had been given to them by their Maker. Mr. COWAN seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEPUER opposed the motion, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE TRAINING MASTER AND THE CONSECRATED PATH.—Opposite Exeter hospital there is a foot-path, taken from the abandoned burying-ground adjoining. It is re ported that the training master of the Episcopal school hath forbidden his pupils to walk thereon, because a few hundred years since the ground was consecrated ! If this be a sample of the clerical instruction imparted to the instructors of the next generation, what will the seculars have to say to it ? Western Times. DISCOVERY OF A COPPER MINE.—It is stated that a very valuable copper ore mine has just been discovered on the property of a Mr. Harrold, close to the city of Limerick. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. George Hackett, a desperate young fellow, who a short time ago contrived to escape from the " Lock up" at Marlborough-street Police-court, together with a confederate, although the lock to the door was Chubb's patent, was brought before Alderman Hum phery, upon the charge of having made a murderous assault upon Storey, one of the most active officers of the City police. The prisoner had been looked for in vain since his flight from Marlborough-street, to which court he had been sent from the Mansion-house some weeks since, to undergo examination on a charge of bur glary in a house in New Bond-street. Storey, how ever, learned that he intended to go to Epsom races on the Derby-day, and accordingly was on the look out, and chose London-bridge as his station. Between ten and eleven o'clock he caught a sight of Hackett's woman, who was seated, dressed out in ribbons and silks, in a cart. Next to her sat a man, whom he knew to be a companion of Hackett's, and judging that the prisoner could not be far off, he kept his eye upon the vehicle as it passed over towards Surrey, and he soon saw a head pop up from inside, which he knew to be the one he wanted, and immediately ran over to perform his hazardous duty. Hackett jumped out of the cart on finding that he was discovered and endeavoured to get away. Storey grappled him and they fell down together. Hackett immediately began to use a life preserver upon the head of the officer, who had no weapon, and was prostrated on the pave ment after the infliction of several desperate blows. Bleeding profusely the dicer contrived to get upon his legs, and pursued Hackett, who ran towards Thames-street, and was stopped by a man at whom as he was passing he aimed a deadly blow with the instrument he had already used with such effect. In Thames-street, Hackett's woman came to the rescue, and violently kicked the officer, who however ob tained by that time such assistance as enabled him to secure both his assailants. Several witnesses testified as to the facts of the foregoing statement. Storey, who appeared with a plastered and bound up head, said he had apprehended Hackett in April for a violent assault upon Trew, a brother officer, and it was after that event the extraordinary escape had been made from the place of security at Marlborough street court. Hackett, whose self-possession was very remark= able, said he never had touched the officer with a life preserver. He admitted that he had endeavoured to get away, and surely he was not to be blamed for wishing to get out of such company, but the wound on the man's head had been caused by a fall against the kerbstone of London-bridge. " If," said the prisoner, " I had hit him with the life-preserver, I'd have knocked his skull in, and no mistake; so your Worship must see that he is wrong there." Alderman HIIIIPHERT—Hove do you know it would have knocked his skull in P Have you ever knocked a skull in ? Hackett—No, but I know a life-preserver would do it easy. I should like to have his head examined. You have only his word for it. Alderman Huurnsav—Several persons swear that they saw you strike him frequently with the in strument. A gentleman here stated that he was surprised to see the officer able to follow the prisoner after having received such murderous blows. He also said that the conflict took place in the middle of the pavement, and not near the kerbstone or any projection by which such desperate injury could have been inflicted in the struggle. Mr. May, a surgeon, who examined the head of the officer, said the wound was more likely to have been inflicted by blows from an instrument like that produced, than to have been caused by a fall upon the pavement. The prisoner cross-examined the surgeon with the view of getting from him an admission that the wound might have been caused by a fall against a jagged stone, but he failed in his object.' Hedington, the o ffi cer, produced the life-preserver, the large end of which had been broken off in the struggle. He said—At the station-house this morn ing the prisoner called to m e , an d sa id if I wou ld square it " with Storey, he would give me a " finnif " (a 51. note). I said I could do nothing of the kind. When we were in the cab, coming here, he said, "I wish I had struck him with my fist instead of the neddy' (the life-preserver)," and he asked me if I thought he would get " hookied" (transported) for it. He repeated that three times, and he said if I would try and get his old woman turned up, he would give me a "quid" (a sovereign). He also asked me to send him a solicitor. The prisoner—l merely said, would they charge my wife, and I said if he would get me a solicitor I would pay him—that's all. I have been working bard these nine months ; my wife and I were going to Epsom races—but I can't go anywhere now with out being followed and apprehended. I never struck this man, but he was accidentally hurt by the fell. Sarah Walsh, the female who tried to rescue the prisoner, :was then placed at the bar. She was dressed in a black silk gown and a gaudy shawl, and she said, in answer to Alderman Humphery, that Hackett's name was John Smith, and that he and she were, at the time the officer attacked them, going to buy goods over the water, and not going to Epsom races at all. Alderman HUMFaERT—I shall commit Hackett for ;his desperate attack upon the officer, and order the City Solicitor to prosecute. Storey has, by his reso lute conduct, prevented the plunder which was, no hdaopusbth,e hasintnded to be committed at Epsom, and per hapsa prevented decoy t b o murder eb e used too a . tThe the races.wom an was dressed up as AI A It YLEBONE. Mr. William Hernshall, a person of considerable property, residing in Fitzroy-place, Kentish-town, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, on the charge of having stolen two bricks, the property of the Commissioners of Sewers. ilvidence in support of the case was gone into on Monday, and the prisoner was remanded upon giving good bail for re-appearance ; the said remand took place at the suggestion of a surveyor to the Commis sioners, who was anxious to communicate with the Board upon the subject at their sitting on Tuesday. M r . Woolf now attended for the prisoner, many of whose friends accompanied him to the court, and who seemed much interested in the matter. Police-constable Ransby, 61 S, gave the following evidence :—At half-past seven o'clock on Sunday morning, as he was on duty in Calker's-lane, Kentish town, he saw the prisoner come towards a bridge, and suspecting that he was the party hoh tyw w hoha a d d ta o k n e ly n bricks away before from a wall there, wit ness hid himself, ile(witnes s), bricks, had not b een l ong in watch. e observed the prison er come justhis m a r hiding-placekae and kept s k n e m p t ew w nhf a e t n t c h h w is it s h il a k cphiocsekletr-ehf his own hou se , m an o d v k e e t r w eh o ie b f r , ic a k n s d , then in t o o hw t h h a le e k ewpd aw ay ua intoan wentwith after him, and on stopping him e d in the direction o situate about 200 yards from the spot. Witness W e itn h e hu ss having in his po ssess i on two bricks belonging to the Commissioners of Se we r s , a t th e same time telling him that he must consider himself in custody for the r t h o e b r b e e i r n y. t . h W e r t i n c e k 3 s e the initi a l s o f th e ma k er ' s name " B." Witness i asked hi m t o g i ve up a chisel w op i e th ned hi t s he rn h a a r n k d u k p e n rc n hi t e h f, em an , d as fo n u l n s d o ' which he had, and he did so, and he was then conveyed to the station house, where the charge of felony was preferred, and he was then locked up. Witness further stated that he found other bricks laid down so as to form a path at the rear of the prisoner's dwelling; some of them had the initials before referred to upon them, and in all probability had been removed from the wall from which the two (produced) had been stolen. Suspicion of the robbery was entertained against some poor persons, but there was now every reason to believe that they were entirely innocent. The wall was much damaged. Mr. Woolf said that his client felt acutely the in discretion of which he had been guilty, and was wil ling to make any reparation in his po .ver for the wrong he had done ; he would put the wall into pro per order, and in addition thereto would be happy to THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 30, , 1850. contribute a sum of money to the poor-box. He was a man of great respectability, and his family were much distresed at the situation in which he wA4 placed. Mr. BROUGLITON having ascertained that the Com missioners were willing to leave the case entirely in his hands, and that they had no desire to prosecute, remarked that the respectability of the prisoner was an aggravation of the offence; but under all the cir cumstances he should deal with it as one of misde meanour and not as a felony, and for the unlawful possession of the bricks he inflicted a penalty of 505., or one month's imprisonment in the House of Cor rection. The fine was immediately paid. LAMBETH. Amongst the applicants to Air. Elliott for some re lief from the funds of the poor-box was an aged and enfeebled person, of lady-like manners, whose case was found to be so deserving, that Mr. Elliott, who is generally exceedingly careful in the distribution of the funds placed at his disposal by the benevolent, at once ordered her 51. from the poor•box. The applicant, it appears, is the granddaughter of John Robertson, author of " Elements of Naviga tion," who died in 1776, leaving a daughter totally unprovided for. Mr. Robertson had been master of the Naval School at Portsmouth (now the Naval Col lege), was subsequently appointed librarian to the Royal Society, and died while holding that appoint ment. His daughter, the mother of the present ap plicant, had married the son of a clergyman, who died, leaving her with a young family, without the slightest means of providing for them, and she was, in consequence, compelled to apply to the friends of her late father for support and assistance. The funds at the disposal of the Royal Society being very limited, the managers were only enabled to allow her 101. a year during her life ; but a nobleman, the late Earl of Dysart, who had been educated by her father, had generously allowed her 501. a year, and this allowance was paid by his successors up to 1846, when she departed this life. Oa the death of her mother the pension and allow ance had ceased, and the applicant and her afflicted sister had been compelled since then to work all day and a great part of the night' at bead work, and the utmost they could earn at that employment was six shillings or seven shillings a week ; and such was their close application to that labour, with the hope and expectation of supporting themselves, that the sight of both became so impaired that neither were able to work at it present,_ and therefore they saw nothing before! them but starvation or a workhouse, and the thought of going to the latter was to them' worse if possible than death itself. An effort had been made by a benevolent clergyman to procure for them a pension from the Admiralty, but this was found impossible. He had, however, received from the Government a grant of 301., and from the late lamented and benevolent Queen Dowager 201., on their behalf. These sums, notwithstanding the most rigid economy, were not sufficient for their perma nent support, and, as before stated, nothing was left for them but starvation or the inside of a workhouse. Before making application for the grant of a small pension from Government,. the Misses Coppard had written to several distinguished admirals and officers of the Royal Navy, requesting their opinions of the merit of the work written by their grandfather, John Robertson, and the following reply is selected from about one hundred : " Admiralty, Sept. 5, 1848. " Madam,—l greatly regret to find, from your letter, that you are suffering under such privations, which in deed a just and grateful country ought not to permit to be the case of a granddaughter of the celebrated John Robertson, for no man in England ever did so much for the improvement of her seamen. His book was th• first work that placed practical navigation on the basis of science; it taught the sailor to understand the empirical processes he was employing, and it has remained to this day the text book from which all succeeding treatises have more or less borrowed their materials. " I wish I could do anything that would sooth the re maining years of your own and your sister's life, but really nothing is in my power beyond the free permis sion to use this note in any manner you please, and the hearty sympathy of—Yours, very truly, " Miss A. M. Coppard." " F. BEAI7/ORT. Similar testimonials were received from Admirals Sir E. Codrington, Sir C. Malcolm, Sir T. B. Mar tin, Sir C. Ikins, Captain W. H. Smyth, and other distinguished officers, and all expressed the deepest sympathy with the distressing situation of the grand daughters of so distinguished a man, and one who, by his writing, had conferred such benefits on the naval profession. The poor lady, on receiving the 51. ordered to be given to her by the magistrate, expressed her deepest Kratitude ; but liberal as the sum was, it will fall tfr short of affording her and her afflicted sister a per manent means of subsistence. THAMES. Mr. George Hobson, a bookseller, residing near the George, in the Commercial-road, appeared before Mr. Norton, who sat for Mr. Yardl e y, c h arge d w i t h assaulting Mr. Edward Smith, a mathematical instru ment maker, residing in the same vicinity. Mr. Pelham appeared for the defence. The complainant stated that about eighteen months since the wife of a Captain Garrett, a woman well known to the police, resided at his house, and owing to some previous indiscretions, her husband, on going to sea, requested witness to look snarply after her. After her husband left she came home in liquor, ac companied by Mr. Hobson, who went with her into her bedrobm. Witness's wife felt it her duty to ap prise Mrs. Hobson of the fact, and that lady came to the house, but nothing arose. Since that time he had been repeatedly threatened by the defendant; and last Saturday, whilst on board the Jane Morris, Mr. Hobson struck him three severe blows on the head. Mr. Pelham, for the defence, said that there was i not the slightest foundation for imputing anything criminal to his client with respect to Mrs. Garrett, who is now a widow, and whose late husband was Mr. Hobson's particular friend. She had taken a little drop too much on parting with her husband, and it was at his particular request that Mr. Hobson saw her home, being accompanied at the time by her sis ter, a married woman. Mrs. Hobson, one of the par ties most interested in the matter, was then in the court, and did not believe a single word of the slander which Smith had circulated against her husband, and which would be made the subject of inquiry in an other place. Here Mrs. Hobson stepped forward, and said she had the utmost reliance on her husband's conjugal fidelity. Mr. Pelham---Smith, not satisfied with insulting my client, sets his children to the same work as they pass the door. He admitted that on the occasion al luded to Mr. Hobson did strike Smith a back-handed blow, having been grossly provoked by his sneering gestures. Mr. NORTON said it was indiscreet in the defendant to conduct a drunken woman to her bedroom, but as his wife did not think anything improper occurred he was so far fortunate. It was certainly very pro voking to be taunted for an offence of which he felt innocent. The defendant must enter into his own security to keep the peace for six months, and the complainant would do well to govern his tongue, and show his children a better example. NEW STAMP DUTIES. The following petition of the Committee of the Stock-Exchange against the new Stamp Duties Bill was presented in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening : " TO THE HON. THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KING DOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. " The humble petition of the Committee of the Stock- Exchange of London, " Showeth—That your petitioners are the •hair man, deputy-chairman, and committee of the London Stock-Exchange. " That their long practice in business has rendered them intimatately acquainted with the effect of the stamp charges on transfers of shares of bank, canal, dock, assurance, railway, and other companies, as now levied. " That the effect has been to limit considerably the extent of bona fide transactions, and to engender a system materially at variance with the interest of the revenue of the country. " That the shares of public companies are in this anomalous position, that, although for all purposes of conveyance they are treated as real property, yet that, in the event of death, they are brought under the de nomination of personal property, and made liable to probate and legacy duties. " That, such being the facts of the case, your peti tioners had anticipated, when an alteration of the stamp duties was under consideration, that a material reduction in their amount would be proposed, both upon the ground of equity and the policy of the prin ciple now recognised as a general rule in levying duties, that extreme rates of impost defeat the object intended. " That your petitioners have, therefore, learnt with great surprise, that instead of reduction in the exist ing rates, the now before your Hon. House pro poses a scale of charges of which the practical result would be an increase of not less than 60 per cent. upon the average of stamps now in use. " That your petitioners therefore pray that, in the establishment of a scale of duties, regard may be had to a rate, which , by its moderation and uniformity, will remove the many evils incidental to the existing charges, which act most injuriously on the large in terests involved in the question, on the business of your petitioners, and on the public revenue. "And your petitioners will ever pray, &c." The petition is signed by " .James Hutchinson, chairman, Charles Cancellor, deputy-chairman, John Barnes, Robert Barnett, George Bayley, enry Bilke, Charles J. Brown, Matthew Flower, James Foster, Thomas Gibbes, Thomas Gribble, Stephen C. Hope, Edward J our dan, Thomas H . Longden, George Loveless, William Mello, Francis Mercier, Robert W. Moore, Charles S. Mortimer, William H. Mullens, John Norbury, Samuel H. fulley, Louis Samson, William Scott, L. M. Simson, Henry Tu dor, S. J. Wal.y, William Whi‘P, Arthur W , lkin , 11, UNIVEItSIT Y • IN TELLIGENCE TUE ROYAL COMMISSION. CAMBRIDGE, MAY 29.—Tne Vice-Chancellor has informed the members of the Senate that he has sub mitted to his Royal Highness the Chancellor the two addresses of resident members of the Senate pre sented to him, and also the following representation (for which he alone is responsible) : " TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. " Christ's College, Cambridge, May 14, 1850. " The Vice-Chancellor has communicated to the heads of colleges Lord John Russell's explanation of the views of her Majesty's confidential servants, in advising that a Royal Commission should be appointed to inquire into the state and revenues of the Uni versities of Oxford and Cambridge; into the provi sions of the statutes by which the said Universities and their several colleges are governed; and to re port their opinions whether any measures can be adopted by the Crown or by Parliament, by which the interests of religion and sound learning may be promoted in the conduct of education in the said Uni versities.' " The Vice-Chancellor feels much pain in stating that this communication, so far from dispelling, has confimed and increased the objections and apprehen sions which the heads of colleges entertained, in con• junction with himself, at Lord John Russell's an nouncement; and in expressing his conviction that, if made known to the Senate at large, it would pro duce a similar effect upon them. " The address of the resident members of the Senate to the Vice-Chancellor, which has been submitted to your Royal Highness, so clearly and satisfactorily meets nearly every point of his Lordship's letter, that it seems unnecessary to trouble your Royal Highness with any additional statement. The Vice-Chancellor will, however, venture to make a few brief observations. "It is stated that the object of the proposed Com misssion is not to interfere with the additions recently made to the studies of the University by an authority ab extra, but to bring the aid of the Crown, and, if necessary, of Parliament, to assist in their completion.' " To this it may be respectfully submitted that the changes are already made, and require nothing but time to test them, whether or not they are beneficial, and whether or not they may be usefully extended. If, as is confidently hoped, the verdict of experience be in their favour, the University now has within itself the power, and (the Vice-Chancellor believes) the will, to complete and extend the good work. " It is impossible to say beforehand how these ad ditional branches of study will affect the distribution of honours and rewards in the several colleges. This, too, can only be shown by time and experience. How far those who attain honours in the new triposes may be deemed worthy to share in the rewards hitherto mainly given to proficients in mathema tical science and classical literature will be seen after a few examinations have been held. If deemed worthy, the colleges possess ample power to reward them. Lord John Russell seems to be under the impression that, in each college, some particular branches of study are prescribed to candidates for fellowships and scholarships, and that the electors are restricted to rewarding proficients in those branches only. But, with respect to the col leges in Cambridge, at least, this is not so. There is DO difficulty created, so far as the Vice-Chancellor is aware, by the statutes of any college in this Univer sity, to the recognition of any sound and useful learning as a qualification for advancement to situa tions of honour and trust within it. " His Lordship states that, In many cases, the advantages and emol u m en t s i n th e separa t e colleges are limited, by the wills of founders, either to the natives of some particular county or district, or to the scholars educated in some particular school, or in some instances, to the descendants of the founder and his family. Such restrictions cannot fail to be inju rious, and to be injurious in proportion as the field of choice is narrowed by the particular condition an nexed to the advantages of the college.' " The absolute restriction to the descendants of a founder and his family of any emoluments is very rare in this University, if it exists at all. " In the opinions of the heads of colleges, to disre gard and set aside entirely the wishes of a founder in the disposal of his bounty, and to open unreservedly to all candidates what was given by him, and accepted by a college, as an advantage to a particular county, district, or school, would be an interference with the rights of property both dangerous and unprecedented. " If the proposed plan be persevered in, the Vice- Chancellor can only regard with the deepest anxiety and sorrow the future prospect of the University. The issuing of a Royal Commission, especially after having been so earnestly deprecated by so large a number of resident members of the Senate, will be taken to imply that, in the opinion of her Majesty's Mi nisters, the governing body of the University are unfit for their position, and that, although possessing the power to adapt the institutions over which they pre side to the requirements of the age, they want the will or the capacity to do so. Regarded in this point of view, the Vice-Chancellor fears that it will be felt as an affront and an indignity, and as such will be resented. A painful struggle will in all probability ensue, which, whatever may be its termination, will destroy the peace, and impair the usefulness of the collegiate bodies, and of the University at large, for many years to tome, and will inevitably create in the minds of a large body of educated men a permanent feeling of distrust in the wisdom and generosity of the Government of the country, and a spirit of re sistance to its authority and influence. " The Tice-Chancellor begs to be forgiven for ex pressing himself thus frankly, and for adding his earnest hope that, after all these difficulties and objec tions have been stated, her Majesty's Ministers may be induced to re-consider their determination." HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE PAST WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) In the week ending last Saturday the deaths regis tered in the metropolitan districts were 866, a num ber which, it is satisfactory to find, is still below the average corrected for increase of population, though it almost exactly coincides with the average if taken without such correction. During the corresponding weeks of ten previous years, 1840 -9, the deaths rose by nearly constant progression from 795 in the first year to 979 in 1848 ; the average, with an addition for present population is 944, compared with which, the number returned last week shows a decrease of 78. The deaths included in the zymotic or epidemic class amount in the present return, to 156 the corrected average is 196. Of special epidemics, small-pox was fatal to six children and two adults; scarlatina to 13; both diseases, but particularly the latter, showing a less mortality than usual. Measles destroyed 23 children, and a man of 35 years, who, according to medical certificate, died of " measles (7 days) typhus (5 days) ;" hooping cough 35 children ; these diseases at present do not vary much from the average. 11 persons died of diarrhea. In the notes appended it appears that in a house in Chandos•street, visited by Mr. Leonard, the refuse of fish is kept till the smell is intolerable, and the air is so vitiated that some of the inmates have diarrhea, and have suffered during the last two months from the complaint. Thirty-two persons died of typhus, which is still less than the average, but exhibits a slight tendency to increase. A young boy died of intermittent fever. Twelve women died of child-bearing, to six of whom death is ascribed to puerperal fever. Diseases of the respira tory organs, exclusive of consumption, numbered in the last week. 138, .being more than have occurred usually at this season of the year—the average is 112. Consumption carried off 125 persons; it fluctuated in the corresponding weeks of 1840.9, between 103 deaths and 163. In the case of a lime-porter, who died at the age of 50, this disease was produced by the irritation of lime-dust to which he was exposed in his occupation. The deaths of two women are re corded as the direct result of intemperance; and be , sides these a blacksmith hanged himself, in a state of unsound mind caused by intemperance ; and a clerk, aged 24 years, drowned himself "in temporary in sanity brought on by excessive drinking." The classification of deaths in public institutions, shows that 66 deaths were registered as having occurred in workhouses ; 50 in hospitals ; 6 in lunatic asylums ; • and 4 in . the Royal Hospital, Greenwich. THE IRON TRADE. Another fortnight has passed without any percep ble improvement in this trade. During the early part of it some expectation seemed to prevail that the blowing out of more than forty of the Scotch blast furnaces, together with the determined stand so long maintained by the colliers and workmen, would soon reduce the make in that country below the consump tion, and that consequently higher prices might be anticipated there. In Staffordshire also several fur naces had been put out of blast, and the stocks of pig iron not being in the hands of needy sellers, it was thought that any improvement in Scotch pigs would have influenced the quotations here; hence, consider able inquiry began to be made by purchasing firms for the better qualities, but unfortunately the demand for manufactured iron by no means participated in the improvement, bat rather continued to decline. In nail-rods of course nothing has been doing; in hoops and sheets but little; while orders for merchant iron in general are unusually flat, and several makers have intimated their willingness to accept lower figures. All prospect of activity has therefore again subsided. Some considerable works have been put to stand for want of orders ; among them is men tioned the extensive portion of those belonging to the British Iron Company at Brierley-hill ; and it is reported that notices have been given for reductions in wages, both to puddlers and mill-men, by several masters in the district. Employment has also become more scarce on account of the proceedings lately carried on for putting down the system oftommy shop:. The qu an tity o f i ro n ma d e is much in pxc,ss of the daily evnzurziptiot. The tor.,:gt , mari:yt!, app ier to be glutted ‘l, itn forek.,l and almost unsale able supplies, and prices are resorted to something under the actual cost, in order to compete with the tempting offers made by our more fortu nately circumstanced neighbours. But the continu ance of business upon such terms can only be a question of time, and unless some unforeseen source of demand should spring up, the whole make, not only of this, but of each producing district throughout the kingdom, must be further curtailed, and that within a short period. From the best infor mation we can obtain, it appears that a reduction of 5 per cent. on the general rates of wages had been sub mitted to by the workmen engaged in the manufac ture of iron throughout the principality, and that the price of Welsh iron; free on board at the ports, is now 41. 10s. ; but that, even at these figures, buyers are scarcely to be found. In Scotland pig-iron is again dull of sale, and the exports of the first four months of the present year fall short of those in the same period of 1849 by nearly 37,000 tons. The prices now quoted vary from 425. 6d. to 455. per ton. The number of furnaces there stated to be in blast on the Ist of January last was 112, of which 45 are now standing on account of the colliers' strike, and the produce of many others is reduced, so that the total quantity made is supposed to be less by about 6,000 tons weekly—a contraction which must have a bene neficial result on the market, at least in reducing the enormous stocks on hand with which the present year was commenced.—Aris's Birmingham Gazette. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TAW VALE. An extraordinary general meeting of the proprie tors of this company was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, yesterday ; Mr. John Sharland in the chair. The attendance of shareholders was thin. The meeting was convened pursuant to a resolution passed at the special meeting, held on the 28th of February last, and whi h was as follows : " That the report be received, and that it be printed and circulated amongst the proprietors, and that the di rectors be authorised to cause the necessary surveys to be made of the deviation suggested by th 2 report, and also to obtain tenders for the execution of tile works upon the basis contemplated thereby, and so soon as they have obtained the information necessary for that purpose they do summon within three months from the present date an extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors, to take such report into further consideration." The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, the secretary submitted the following re port of the directors : "In accordance with the report of the committee of shareholders, and the resolution of the extraordinary general meeting of the 28th of February, 1850, your di rectors appointed two of their body to proceed with an active canvass of the landowners, occupiers, and others in the locality of the line, for making up an amount of not less than 50,0001., by subscriptions for shares, agree ably to the report of the committee of shareholders; and although your directors cannot report entire success, still the progress made, and the information gained, enable them to say that they have no doubt of ultimate success in that respect. Your directors also ordered Mr. Neale to survey the line as for application to Parliament for the deviations required ; and also to prepare the neces sary sections and drawings, with estimates and specifi cations, for submitting the works of the twenty-six miles from Umberleigh.bridge •to Crediton, to contractors. These are not yet completed, but are engaged to be so within one month ; and tenders for conditional contracts will be thereupon immediately advertised. Your direc tors are prepared to state, that so much is already known in respect to the surevys, &c., that all the anticipated advantages and saving in cost of construction of that portion of the line will be fully re alised. Your directors regret that it was deemed neces sary to confine them, by the said resolution of the 28th of February, to three months fur completing all the objects contemplated. They then urged the period for their report to be left to them, and if it had been so, one extraordinary general meeting might have sufficed. They are, in consequence, under the necessity of asking the shareholders to adjourn the further consideration of the same to the next half-yearly meeting in August, to be made special for the purpose of receiving such report and acting thereupon. Your directors will now submit for your confirmation the forfeiture of 870 shares, upon which the calls have not been paid, in conformity with the Acts relating thereto." The CHAIRMAN said, that presuming the adjourn ment would take place as recommended by the report, the order of business would be to proceed with the forfeiture of the shares. Alderman CARDEN wished first to know by whom the shares to be forfeited were held ? The CHAIRMAN refused to give the names, as such a proceeding was altogether unusual. Alderman CARDEN proceeded to complain that in structions had been given by the directors to the former solicitor of the company, to sue all those defaulters, except certain parties who were the nomi nees or the transferees of the directors' shares. The CHAIRMAN denied the accuracy of these asser tions, and called the worthy alderman to order for travelling out of the special business for which the meeting was summoned. Alderman CARDEN, notwithstanding this rebuke, continued his animadversions, averring that it was all very well for the directors to make over the shares to their own nominees, and then make calls which only the liond fide shareholders had to pay. It was well known to the committee of shareholders that the present chairman had transferred a large number of his shares to other parties, on the very eve of a new call being made. The CHAIRMAN again interposed, to deny these assertions. The parties to whom his shares had been transferred had all paid up their calls. None of the present directors had transferred any of their shares. After some further altercation, Mr. TITE (a director) rose to prevent any further angry discussion, and called upon Alderman Carden to discriminate between the conduct of the present board and that of their predecessors. The calls were absolutely necessary to enable the company to pay its just debts, and there could be no doubt that the most prudent course was to forfeit the shares in arrears. The meeting then adopted the suggestion, and the 870 shares mentioned in the report were accordingly agreed to be forfeited. Mr. TITE then moved, and Mr. WooLAKE* (an other director), seconded the following resolution :-- " That the report of the directors now read be re ceived, and that the further consideration of the report of the committee of shareholders, presented to the special meeting on the 28th of February last, be adjourned to the next half-yearly general meet ing in August, to be made special for the purpose of receiving and acting upon such report as may then be made. A long discussion then ensued with respect to :he present constitution of the board of directors, it being contended by M r . D avey , M r . Josiah Wil kins, and others, that one-half of the board being composed of South-Western directors, a feeling ad verse to the success of the undertaking was enter tained among the land-owners of North Devon, who viewed with distrust the narrow-gauge policy of the South-Western Railway Company, and were jealous of an undue influence in favour of that policy being exercised in the Taw Vale direction. The chairman and several other directors stated, on the other hand, that the company was pledged to carry out the line upon the broad-gauge principle ; that the whole body of the directors were in favour of that principle; that even the interest of the South-Western Company in the Taw Vale line was contingent upon the line being constructed on the broad-gauge principle ; and that not only was the feeling of hostility among the landowners of the district unfounded, but that the *result of the recent canvass of the district showed the project to be one that was viewed with favour rather them with aversion by the landed proprietary. The resolution was ultimately agreed to nem. con. ; and after passing a unanimous vote of thanks to the chairman and directors, the meeting broke up. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.—A meeeting of the shareholders in this company was held in the Exchange-rooms, Man chester, yesterday, at one o'clock. Charles Turner, Esq., of Liverpool, presided. The meeting had been adjourned from the 24th of February, for the purpose of receiving the report of a committee of investi gation, appointed at the last general meeting of the company. The Chairman stated that the labours of the committee had been so great that they had been unable to complete the report, and it was, therefore, desirable that the meeting should be further adjourned to the 24th of June, at one P.M. Mr. Simpson se conded this resolution, which was carried. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.--The North British Railway branch from. Newton to Wallacenick, about a mile or two from Kelso, is nearly completed, and is expected to be traversed by an engine on -the ist of June ; but the junction with the Berwick and Kelso line, will not be effected before August. --Edinburgh Advertiser. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 29. STOCK ExcHkriGE.--Tbe market was firm to•day, and a good busines was done in Great Western and Bristol and Exeter, but without alteration i❑ prices. Midland were also in request, LIVERPOOL, MAY 29. STOCK ExcnANGE.—The share market was firm to-day at the quotations. The transactions wereas follow:—London and North-Western, New Quarters, dis.—Ditto, Quarters (C), I 3d. p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol..Fitths, 9/. 13s. 9d. dis.—Midland, 35 , 4 —Ditto, Halves, 26:. 4 dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, 1414—llitto (No. 4), Registered, 476—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 8% dis.—Dutch Rhenish, 6 dis. MANCHESTER, MAY 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The amount of business done to-day was limited, but prices were very firm. Tho transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 38—Ditto Fifths, 9 3 4 dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 8 5.16 dis. —East Lanca shire, 7 11-16 —Ditto, Quarters, 136 —North > Staffordshire, 10 1-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Stock, 4 11-16—Manchester, ehaeld, And Lincolnshire, 14,6 Ditto, Preference , 7 5-16—L on d on and North-Vi r est erg ' Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C). 9 -16 P. >, : fit::, i'~';_x ~ 3.1!. 3TC,ot EXCITAN,4. -011 r Maiket w.;.3 more rnaea to-day, and prices were improved The only ton: actions, however, w ere Sh rews b ury an d Birmingham (L)/ 71. Is. 3d. dis.—Shropshire Union, 41. Is. 3d. dis. RK, MAY 28. STocit EXCHANGIC. YO —The t ransactions to-day were s 101 ' low :--York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 13 1 2 . 2 —Ditto (G. Purchase), 1 —Great Northern, Preference, 101.8 x. 9d, THE WINDOW-TAX. A deputation of the Metropolitan Sanitary As g° ; elation waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday last, on the subject of the window -tax. Dr. GAYIN introduced the members of the dep_ity h tation, and read the following resolution, passed the acting committee on the 19th of April, 1850 " That inasmuch as it is the object of the asso eisll,, e to obtain through Legislative enactments remedies for" ,, evils which result from the present imperfect sanital „; condition of the metropolis, and as it has bee n Abu, dantly proved that the tax on windows has operated terially in the production of evils which could sea r _ ce tt o have been anticipated by the Legislature when the o f was first imposed, and that the evils themselves are_i., distressing magnitude, and produce much disease not or et ; through the shutting up of windows already in ex .,„ot ence and the building of houses without a siu" tr . supply of light—an element necessary to healthy or f,,, nisation—but by the great obstruction to ventilstre; which is the practical result of taxing all aper" l which while admitting air also admit lig ht ' . farther, that inasmuch as it i s the belief ol d to association that no Government could be f,1 11 „ 0 0- support the continuance of a tax so clearly and "To strably proved to operate most injuriously on the ent) of the people (a primary object of all good govern ° t o unless the revenue thereby derived was essential to_rge wants of the nation, it is expedient that another soAas whence to derive the necessary sum be indicate d• on policy and equity point to the imposition a a no houses. That all houses should be included, Wit h oc. exemptions as may be deemed expedient by Par lia lds. That a Government registration of all houses is 111 0 0 , mentally necessary for the bringing horde to the d.ory ins of all classes of the community efficient 3619 bed measures; and that the data which would be f urnis t od through such a tax would prove the groundwork forgo. greatly facilitate the introduction of those Weld be That by the operation of such a t a x parishes wo u l d be greatly protected through the facilities which %so l os. afforded,to prevent untrue returns of unoccupie d h ,, ° „ That it is expedient, therefor e , th a t thi s assoeis w T e re• present to the Chancellor of the Exchequer tb ° the going means of obtaining th e revenue nece ssarY fo b t r iag purposes of the State, and that he be requested win t° d os( in a Bill for the total abolition o f th e t a x on , e ," and for the imposition of a tax on houses in ioei‘ c in' The Rev. Dr. WORTHINGTON said, that AS t. h , e er ed cumbent of a parish of 40,000 souls, he consTetif that sanitary rlations would be very iroP' r e d it. carried out if the Government simply conteete. . xe s, self with passing the Metropolitan Cemetery' the Having been ,the main instrument in briegi n g u ril clergy to unanimity on the question of intra gn o iee interment, and inducing them to meet the exig„, e f ott of the time by adopting a report which he had ",,,,est up, and which the Board of Health was at P — o uld circulating, he considered that Government' fait only half effect its important ends if the vsint 9ll e ras were not also removed. He trusted that tho . ‘'" nt ' 00' ment would not listen to the city of London re"-de. strance on the present Bill, but pass it in All_L t „ 5 1 00 0 tails. In no climate was the window-tax so P'„; t he as in one so variable as that of England,' v 1 , 116 ,:er life of its inhabitants was necessarily an in - r„ 0 , - rs' istence, and where the large town population quired every accessory of air and light. Other '3ll but enjoyed a pure climate and an outdoor existence t he the Englishman was deprived of everything etched enjoyment of his home. To l oo k upo n the W el ' T o' dwellings of the lower classes deprived of everY i c e d. sible comfort, and exhibiting nothing but wr et fbich uess and disease, was the most painful office to t tedt the clergy of this great metrop o li s were sub lfil d the and it became every Government that reta iled he glory of all Government, at heart to retne d i no rtv evils that pressed on the grea t aggrega t e of the o es lation. It was not merely as legislators, but al ? pup' and philanthropists, that they w e r e ca lled o sits ply the present deficient elements of light ari larg e not simply in the dwellings o f th e poo r, but 'in oil manufactories and private dwelli ngs , where sttset pressed equally. He did not vent ur e to say, ' ba t a house-tax would supply the r even ue requi r `"!sor left that to the Chancellor of the Exchequer tcr.vetili cider; but he - contended that the Governmen t ' ‘ ," n ts not exercise a proper consider a ti on o f the W%eriel this great people unless it passed a continuous ' t 0 11; of enactments which should accomplish the gre%o of ject of sanitary reform, and th e entire arneliorsti, the physical condition of the peopl e . %pe st Mr. LORD observed that it was too much to of a sanitary association to find a substitute fo r proved to be detrimental to the health of the P i vitP However great the financial difficulties BOY, which the Government may h ave t o conterio , :0 0 came parties in authority to grapp l e w ith the: jo, if they were honestly sincere in their efforts I : ' ° e prove the moral, social, and physical w_9ll - .. b 0 e ' 13 ;0 7 0 ,, 5' the suffering masses of the labouring class L c sures admitted to be right in themselves st t h o' carried out, and a fresh tax substituted, "I n eooi e ,', whose peculiar duty it was to attend to 1 "ohlw through which newly-adjusted taxation the r health might no longer suffer. reP ll , l The CHANCELLOR of the ExcHEQuElgt stated that the difficulty of removing the tO tit ot,s: fiscal one, and that it was not so easy to 5u 1 . )5 1 , -- house-tax as the deputation seemed to an n- i.ese_ ro l i ' stated that there were 487,000 houses whiohe r oo o ' paid the window-tax, while there were. 3' . glen houses that did not pay the tax. To itopus` A ' gluvr fore, a tax on 3,000,000 houses now borne bY ' '' r ti* E s only, was a difficulty that any Chancellor 0.-iettts chequer might well shrink from. lie adli ll %)iii there were many sanitary evils produced .hl it " t fs ' e but could not hold out any hope of a the tax this season. The deputation then withdrew. fri , THE COIUNTRY - ' LEEDS, 1114. y 28. —We have a mo d era te arrivatt ;' with a tolerable show of samples from vessel vessels' bele". r er , trade is firm, and a f a i r sa l e of wheat at ra ther l d ei; i iiilo,o Not much passing in barley, and prides a , betas ;i oit i held firmly ; oat s an d s h e lli ng f u ll y as de ar . O t ' hi of without alteration. S u pplie s NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, MAY '28. - "' - `7,11 . 0 4 :40 both English and foreign wheat small. Trade Of" i d with with a good demand, at rates rather above those o f last. Oats in short supply. Trade brisk, at an ad al per quarter. Arrivals of flour limited, and price' r tained. In other articles no chang e. ,11, 6 e r iss NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MAY of beasts at this morning's ma r k e t exce eded ro„iei show last week by eighty h ea d. Q u alit y very gTho'ftsbet slow, at a decline of about 3d per stone. Part ~., sold. The sheep and lamb trade was improvei exhibited was 400 less than last Tuesday, jed . .: -: ti,'" 51 ,1 ; shade higher prices for mutton, Arrivals.- - JJ'l, sheep, 3,800. Beef, 4s 6d to 5s 9d • mutton , is lamb, Id to lid per lb. Th ere " EDINBURGH MEAL MA.RKET, MAY the meal market to-day 10 sacks oatmeal, each v t i e T s i -I ji imperial, which sold thus :-7 at 11 10; Od, an d „t average price of the whole 1194 10d 2-12ths. " fl a id 2 1/4- 4, whereof 1. sold at 275. 1 sack . barleymeal, which • %IV.' 5 sacks pot-barley, whereof 4 sold thus 1 , -1 at 11 515 1 • r and latl/ 2s Od. ) l1A 4 OW EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKil' a ;tea; OIY Oat straw, from 7s 6d to , lOs Od per kerapie of St 7 wheat ditto, 7s 6d to 91 Od ; barley ditto, 6s ), 1 0.1 , Hay, from is to i s 2d per stone. „ rh 7,„-A ; DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, MAY 2/ .--"^ j P%L . bags oatmeal an d 4 o f b arleymeal at this f a ! jorl e r sales dull. Top price of oatmeal 29s 6d, or 38 ur iri i top price, same as last week's quotations.. • nog d: Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First r A ' oad imperial .. 29 s 6d 283 • (P), Barleyrneal, per ditto ... --s 17i 6d - """ 5 „a Peasemeal ..„ —s Ud oo Flour ... — 8 1)(i= Pot Pot barley ... —s Od ' _ ..., COAL MAltlik, I. YEsTBADA I " - ' . 1 4 4 ; 5 .. 1 H ga as sit ti A ng d , a s i H rs ar bi ty n... l 3 l ss 4 6 d d Ei W e h ll i o t e w . e .. l . l . ....... : ............... ...... T o a :I fdolywell •• ... • 1, 9J Canfield 111111o7rrB.u"ie"s: 11 1 32 3 : s : 9dd d a Se a y r r ie o y ur_a:! . e .. s ... " .. ..* * :,..i W 0 i Wylam .. , r i •••• Riddell ..... ... ...... Richraund.. .. ... 14 3d Ships at ... ... s Wall's End, & c. Ni ca xon d 's . nu irkp e, iflorert!l..j.f .0.,.... :anio 63 ' -- , the 9 w n i t t h e e o 2 f 7 v h . iaztliuginEri BIRTHS. ea , 24 thins t . , a t C °Ga F r u : c : 1 t aEA h t s o °g W Elr e r I 1° 1, : On, the ' R. Bowden Smith, yEsq. . r - , ,eOO OF A DAUGHTER . , MOO , inst., atSouth o ton- , A ffi• On the 26th square, Mrs. John Carter. On the 27th inst., at N rth-bankii,B‘dSr:ecstt.*:Seneostleh'l:4l:ll:-'"61:c117:410: WO Augustus Fisher. ° the On the 25th inst., at King's-terrace; Southelt, ) , J. E. Atkins, jun , Es • cl. 1 " M ED ar— se On the 27th inst ,at St George s, ane , -s, r l 3'..itth A l l ' l4l ; if ver-e0 =Jel l court Johnstone, Esq., eldest son of Sir Jem ll •Ch' e• stone, Bart., M.P., of Hack/less-hall, Yorkshire, t',301,4000, second daughter of Charles Mills,Caro,,Tll:ol.l4eriat On the 22d inst., at Burneston, yorkshire, •e•" 1,,- daag.,;(l , Esq., of Bella Vista, Chili, to Caroline Maria, en i i ' o ,aouP of E. J. Carter, Esq., of Theakstothall in the 84 I DIED sge d"69,,t Ai llir: a . Brooo o nny n ntst t iiht h uee e 19th inst., at Whitby, Yorkshire' 5-0 €"' ruw r e t R. Taylor, 3LA., rector of Clifton Campville,, '„ - v io'Of °*assi' On the 19th last., at Dartmouth, Eliaabetn,N:-tott ..• late A. noldsworth, Esq., of W i dd i combe en d 4 " ..° t 6, pine, Devonshire, aged 9/, a s t ag e , At the Crescent, Worthing, on the 20th je° - ' ' _ _..,,0 Mary, relict of the late John Willan Esq. ~,.,frey On the 24th inst., at Welbourn,' Li:lool°B'a' l,lO late i n a h e n r s e d s l t e t . Harriet Mary Lewis Start, eldest daughter of the "'" O. F. sge il°l ()n the 19th inst Mar the wife of John - ~, Esq., of Peckham. •' Y' 'ffil e e • x 17:sliaidttarli a p t, sth, u , aA n on d fren e tt e lhy. , leo. : lig . oe ß u . ~ BEJr E. a l n . d e es t,` : :: .: DO - 6 id : is : v ei j . ro le p t : ; to: c On the 10th inst., at his residence, Half -goon-e • ~, adilly,Aln Blizarl, Esq., aged 63...._. ----.:„. 44, of - - vow • oil London : Printed and Published by bIUBD, O ~„ jio% ei NO. 112, 'Strand, Printer, at .J'he th us vl"‘-',„milig Strand, in 4 .. hr. Precinct of the Savoy,' in file Biiddleeelt, Thursday, May 30, 1850. , • 14 4 Ob Pa 4 e kelt, fht,. l4 s tr alto Lund, the With t Nth %T9l ot e the at th itith e h eac , II .ki rrn o w l; 4 te 5 ( ri .The e e, for, v' ‘ ,11 41 11