The Sun. — London, England, 1850-06-27 00:00:00

Eborb lEitfttion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. NEWCASTLE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Gold Cup. Canenu ... ... Achyranthes ... ••• 1 ... 2 The Members' Plate. Maid of Team Valley ... 06baldeaton Gulliver . Cocktail . ... ... The Lottery Stake& Mickleton Oxford Blue Rebecca colt Eiculapius The Grand Stand Stakes. The Cutler Tightwaist Valentine ... 1 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 .„. 2 ••• 3 TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING Six o'CLocx. No business doing. RECEPTION OF THE MINIS I'ERS AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. During the whole ot. the-day the principal streets of the metropolis have been paraded by men bearing pla cards, calling upon the citizens of London to meet Lord Palmerston at the House of Commons this even ing. Accordingly, at half-past three this afternoon, a large number of individuals were collected in the Pa lace-yard and round the doors of the House of Com mons, lining both sides of the - veaLfrom Poet's-corner -to Great George-street. Lord John Russell was the first who arrived, and was received with loud and unani mous cheering. Lord Palairrston arrived at five o'clock in a close brougham, and owing to this he pa,sed through a great part of the crowd without being recog nized. On stepping out, however, he was immediately recognized and saluted with loud cheering from all sides, as well as from numerous Members of Parliament who were congregated about the doors of the House. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.- (THIS DAY. A general meeting of the members of this institu tion was held this day, at eleven o'clock, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in pursuance of a resolu tion passed at a previous_ meeting in December last, to take into consideration the draft of the rules and regulations of the society. Among the subscribers present were Mr. W. B. Gunton, Mr. Jenkin Jones, Mr. Julius Oders, Mr. Yates, Mr. J. L. Evans, Mr. Gibson, and Mr. Ramsey: Mr. JENxtN JONES was unanimously called to the chair, and the minutes of the preceding meeting having been read and confirmed, he said, a copy of the draft of the proposed rules he believed had been sent round to every subscriber, whether he had paid his subscription or not, in order that an opportunity might be afforded him of attending this meeting and proposing any alteration, modification, or addi tion to the rules previously to their being submitted to the general body for their approval. The committee 'appointed at the meeting in December had taken very great pains to form such a code of laws and regulations for the government of the institution as should, as far as practicable, meet the views of the commercial body at large. That had, however, been a matter of difficulty, owing to the diversity of opinion which existed as to the character of the institution they were about to form. Some advocated the erection of alms-houses in con nexion with the society ; others thought that the rules should confine the relief to be granted entirely to personal relief. He thought that the committee had met the views of those two parties in a very satisfactory way. If they confined themselves to getting up an institution solely with the view of granting relief in 'an asylum, it would be manifest that a large amount of capital would be required for its erection, and thus the society would be precluded from giving personal relief for some considerable time. The committee therefore proposed, in the first instance, to grant per sonal relief, and then to erect an asylum eventually if their funds would justify them in doing so, and that they might do under one of the proposed rules of the institution. The Chairman concluded by reading the draft of the proposed rule. A letter was read from M. H. J. Cherer to the chairman, suggesting that further time should be given fur the consideration of the rules by the sub scribers bef.re they were filially settled, and that they should be ratified some day in December next. Mr. W. G. B. GUNTON suggested that the ratifica tion of the rules should be deferred to the next half yearly court, out of deference to the proposition of Mr. Cherer, who had taken a deep interest in the formation of the society. The CUAIRMAN said he quite agreed with the sug gestion of Mr. Cherer, but at the same time he (tbe chairman) knew the difficulty of getting a body of subscribers together merely to consider rules ; and he proposed that the meeting should discuss the rules seriatim, having the time of their subsequent ratification to be fixed afterwards. On the first rule being read, which prescribes the object and limits the relief to be granted by the so ciety " to necessitous commercial travellers, being members," Mr. CUARLES WOOLTERTON moved, and Mr. BROOKSTY seconded an amendment, to the effect that the relief should not be confined to members of the. institution. After some discussion this amendment was nega tived on a show of hands, and the rule as it orginally stood was confirmed by a large majority. The rule defining that the board of management should consist of thirty governors, to be elected an nually by ballot at the general court in December, was rescinded; and An amendment, proposed by Mr. WOOETEETO and seconded by Mr. RUMSEY, to the effect that the board consist of thirty governors, and shall be chosen from the donors of ten guineas and the annual sub scribers of one guinea, and that one-third of the board shall retire annually by rotation, was substi tuted for the original rule. On the rule defining that a donation of fifty guineas in one or more payments, in five years, shall constitute the donor a vice-president for life, being put, Mr. WOOLTERTON proposed as an amendment that the words " five years" be struck out, and that no time be limited for the payment of the fifty guineas, which amendment was carried. The rule prescribing the qualification of candidates for annuities to be persons who have paid at least ten annual subscriptions of one guinea was rescinded, and on the motion of Mr. Levy, seconded by Mr. Rum sey, the following amendment was substituted as a stihitantive rule :---That no person be eligible as an trinuitant writ he has paid at least five annual sub scriptions of one guinea ; and that no annuity be granted to a person under the age of fifty-five years, unless afflicted with total blindness, paralybis, in sanity, or other calamity which shall permanently in capacitate him from earnin g a subsistence, and that the affliction shall haVe occurred subsequent to his joining the institution. The amount of annuity to be granted t o a rec i p i ent of relief was settled at 25/., and if he 'shall die, leaving a widow, the board are empowered to grant to such widow such an amount of relief as they may deem necessary, not exceeding 25/. a year. A few verbal alterations were made in other of the then approved which rules, as altered and am approved by the meeting, subject to tehnded, were th e their being finally confirmed at the next general meeting, in December -next. A committee, consisting of .thirty gentlemen,7 t h e_ e were appointed to conduct the affairs of the society until next general meeting. On the motion of Mr. GUICTON, seconded by Mr. WOOLTERTON, Mr. J. L. Evans was appointed solicitor to the institution. The following. gentlemen were appointed auditors : lidtr. Wm. Tilt, Mr. John Beall, Mr. Michael "WO, and Mr. Richard O. Milledge. Mr. Carter was continued in the office of honorary secretary; Mr. GUNTON, tbe treasurer, intimated, before the conclusion of the meeting, that the total amount of money in the hands of the society was 2881. 15., and'that during to-day be had been promised dona tions of ten guineas by Mr. John Ceffley, and five guineas by Mrs. C.ffley. He might also say the c )mtnittee had promises that would make about 1,0001., including the sum in' hand, which he thought indi cated a remarkable degree of success , considering that the society was only set on foot in December last. On the motion of Mr. Wooraawrox, seconded by Mr YATES, Mr. Gunton was re -appointed the trea surer of the institution. Votes of thanks were then respectively passed to= the Chairman, Mr. Gunton, the treasurer, Mr. Evans, three the hono o'clrary, .'secretary, and the meetin g se p arate d at ock Tiverton gaol is at this moment eimpti for the first time during the last seventeen years, so ghat out org p 6 1 141- lation of 12.000 inhabitants there is not Itow - al single felon in - • TITE.. SUN, , LONDON, PtitrliSD AY iiN/YERIAL 'PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. The Earl 01 HARR° WBY presented a petition PETITIONS. against infringement on the hours of factory labour, fix , d I'D bouts in 1847. Lord STANLEY presented a petition with a similar prayer. Earl TALBOT presented a petition from Kensington against the erection in Hyde Park of the building for the Exposition of 1851. Lord BROUGHAM complained of the unsightly brick building erected in the open space near St. Margaret's Church, which he hoped was only for a temporary pur pose, but in finding fault with this they were straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel, while they were au thorising the erection of a huge brick building in Hyde Park. He should.either to-morrow or Tuesday giv e notice of his intention to draw the attention of their Lordships to this subject. IRISH FRANCHISE BILL. Lord STANLEY wished to know whether it was the intention of the Noble Marquis to postpone the mc don for the commitment of the Irish Franchibo Bill, which stood for to-morrow, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to postpone the Bill to Monday, if the Noble Earl opposite would postpone the motion of which he had given notice for Monday. The Earl cf HARROWIIY would postpone his mo tion for Monday, if the Noble Marquis would secure hilt, some other day. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would accede to the troposal. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL. Earl GREY would propose-to bring up the report o .his Bill to-morrow. In reply to Lord STANLEY, Earl GREY stated that he proposed to omit those clauses which related to the formation of a federal Go vernment. ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE OF LORD-LIEU TENANT OF IRELAND. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented peti tions from the Lord Mayor, corporatien, and trades of Dublin against the proposed abolition of the office ot Lord • Lieutenant of Ireland, which he desired might be read in ezeenso by the clerk at the table. The retitions having been read, The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, after regretting that the petitions had not been placed in the hands of some Noble Lord more adequate to do justice to the sub• ject, and stating that a considerable difficulty had existed in inducing any other Noble Lord to present these peti tions, as several of them had refused to do so, proceeded to move the following resolutions:-1. That to abolish the office of Lord Lieutenant is contrary to the ex pectations held out by the statesmen who carried the legislative union between the two countries, and who declared that though her Parliament was re moved Ireland should still retain her Court. 2. That if ever a period were inauspicious for say great chime e in the accustomed executive of Ireland, it is at a time when three years of famine have reduced her to the utmost verge of despair; when large numbers of the resi dent proprietors are ruined ; when the burden of ties. poor laws is in operation; when the forced sales of estates is carrying on; when a rebellion has tern only recently sup pressed ; when agitations of lend questions excite to violence and illegal proceedings; and when the great controversy of free trade and protection con vulses the agricultural interests of the country. 3. That, considering Dublin is one of the handsomest cities in Europe. and justly the pride of all Irishmen, with a p , lation 4300 000. atrade improving between 1833 and 1848 from 600 to 980,000, end a navigation augmenting from 1843 to 1848 by 92 803 registered tens; that it is the head quarters of a large army; with law courts presided over by twelve judges, a high court of equity adminis tered by a Lord Chancellor, a college of heralds, an opu lent university, and an archiepiscopal see, and abounding itself in scientific, literary, and charitable institutions ; and considering that it differs from Edinburgh by being separated from the Imperial metropolis by a beis serous channel, while it possesses a Privy Council prepared to take all steps which a public exigency may require, it eppears that Dublin is a capital cempetent to give the civil and military direction which a crisis may requre—a crisis which, notwithstanding the increased facilities of communication, may demand instant and local interposition, and which the office of Lord-Lieutenant, now existing for upwards of half a century, has label to been found able successfully to cope with and control, As the brother of the statesman who had negr , ciated the Union he felt bound to draw the attention of their lord ships to this subject. He had carefully studied the debates which had taken place elsewhere, but he had not found in them any sufficient argu ments to authorize the abolition of the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The case of Ireland was by no means a parallel case to that e,f_Scot la, d. Ireland was separated from England by the sea, and if they deprived Ireland of the local administt atune they would find themselves involved in difficul ties, particularly in time of war. (Bear, hear.: He should like to know what was the opinion of the illustrious Duke, on this subject he considered him a much higher authority than Lord Somers or George who were the only authorities quoted in favour of this measure. Be knew not what necessity there could be for a fourth Secretary, seeing that at present the Lord-Lieutenant was subjected entirely to the control ot the Home Secretary. What would have been the state of Dublin two years since ;f they had not bad Lord Cla rendon there as Lord-Lieuteniant to take immed a , e measures to prevent the city ft , m oneule, in spite of the opposition of the Lard Meyor of Dublin? Was it possible, he would ask. that an Under Secretary in Dublin, octiog uuder a fourth secretary in Loudon, could have acted with such energy, or would have taken upon himself the re sponsibility of so doing. He objected to experine.ital legislation, and this was merely experiments) Then with regard to jibbing, that was the act not of the Lord-Lieutenant but of the Minister of the day, and would continue under the rule of the fourth Secretary as much as it had done under the Lord Lieutenant. It had been said that tho people of Ireland were indifferent to this subject. It was true the provincial cities had nut made any great de monstration, but the citizens of Dublin had done all they con d against the Bill; and surely the loyal citi zens cf Dublin had claim ear the Government of the country. This was only the first step, if they took away ~the Lord Lieutenancy, they would soon take away the four Courts and the loyal Hospital. Then they talked about the Queen's visit ; but they were legislating for posterity, and it was mere cajolery to hold forth these royal visits ae a substitute fur the Lord-Lieutenant's Court. How was her Majesty to be received at Phcen x Lodge when there was no Lord-Lteuienant there? The place would be uninhabited; it was in itself a miserable place. Who was to receive her Mwjesty there? It was preposterous to talk of these morning calls as a substitution for the Court of the Lord-Lieutenant. He would urge upon the Government the necessity of appointing a Commission to take evidence on the subject before they determined to abolish the office of Lord-Lieutenant. (LEFT SPEAKING.) as, HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER t. ok the Chair at Four o'clock. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed Prussian Minister's Rvsidenee. Timber Preserving Company. The following Bills, as amended, were considered and agreed to:—:- &larylebone and Finchley - Turnpike - Roads. --- Rochdale. through Bamford and Birtle to Bury, and other Turnpike Ri ads. The Manchester Bonding Bill was read a second time. Mr. LABOUCHERE dfolined to g - ‘e any pledge of that fort, but he could positively state tha . he hscl no apprehension of any such vote be ng asked for.—(010) Mr. ROEBUCK confidering, this answer unsati:fic tory, f.eve notice that on the earliest possible day, he should take the sense of the House upon the propriety of destroying the parks. COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Lord DUNCAN wished to ask the Noble Lord (Lord Eliringoti), the chief minister of sewers,—(A h)— whethfr the print. d ruinu'es of the Commission+ rs of Sewers were proper records of th ,, ir proceedings, the minute-book not having been entered up since Fe- bruary last? Lord EBRINGTON said he had been informed by a barrister thattheprinted minutes would be good evidence in a court of justice. TWO SICILIES. Mr. B. COCHRANE, seeing the Noble Lord at the head of the Government in his place, wished to ask him whether any correspondence had passed be tween her Majesty's Government and the King of the Two Sicilies, not the King of Naples, on the subject of some extravagant and absurd demands made by British mi rchants in Messina. Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that communications had passed betwecn the two Governments, but as the last dispatch intimated that the matter in dispute had teen referred to arbitration the time had not arrived when the papers could be laid on the table. Mr. B, COCHRANE asked if any threat had been held out to the King that the British fleet would be sent to Naples ? Lord J. RUSSELL said no such threat whatever had been held out, but be must decline answering any more questions on this subject, as the commu nications were going on with a friendly Government upon claims that now appeared to be tair and just, and these questions would only have the Effect of impeding their recovery.—(Cheers.) TENANT RIGHT - (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD intimated that he wished to postpone further proceedings on this Bill until Tuesday next, in the hope that some arrangement might be come to with the Government respecting it. AFFAIRS OF GREECE--ADJOURNED DEBATE. Sir JOHN WALSH rose to resume the debate. He said one of the advantages he had in addressing the House on this question at a late stage in' the debate Was, that he should consider himself exempted from troubling the House with a recapitulation of the facts involved in the question, which he might fairly assume were fresh in the recollection of Hon. Members. He had had the advantage of listening to the speech of the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, from one end to the other, and he would frankly say he entirely disapproved of the whole foreign policy of the Noble Lord. At the same time be hoped the Noble Lord would forgive him for rendering his (Sir John Walsh's) sincere and unfeigned admiration for that speech, considering it us an effort ot Parliamentary eloquence of a very high order. The Noble Lord had complained that no Hon. Member on that (the Protectionist) side of the House, had thought it to be his duty to meet the 'resolution in the other House by a similar resolution in this House. Hon. M. mbers on that (the Protectionist) side of the House thought that two alternatives were presented for the adopion cf her Majesty's Ministers. These were, either to have tendered their resignation on the vote of the other House, or to have justified them selves by a counter-resolution in this House emanating trom th-mielves or from some known supporter of their pi Hey. It had been imagined by Gentlemen on that side of the House that one 01 these two alternatives must be followed. bat a third course had ben iound eut, which the Government hid ad rpted that of donee nothing at all. They nau left it to a geetlemair who was not always a supporter of their p iney, but occasionally found fault with merry perte of their foreign policy, but who was-now prepared to vote confi dence in their policy as a whole. But there was one point which this present resolution would no' meet, and that was how fir it was the duty of a Government to protect its subjects abroad. He contended that the Government of this country should adopt and carry out that great maxim of political as it was of Christian morality—" Do unto others as eou would have others do unto you." That in respect to Greece we had neglected to adhere to that wise adage, and had done what we should have resented in the highest degree it directed against this country. How should we like to set aside our own or dinary courts of justice, and establish other tritunals for the express purpose of giving cempeneetien to foreign subjects who felt themselves aggrieved? Yet the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston), who was supposed to be the champion of liberal principles, who wished to be con sidered in all the states of the world as the defender of freedom, came forward in that Houee, and in glowing terms announced his conquest over a dependent and weak state. The LI .n. Baronet then referred to the uses of indi vidual injury and oppression which the Greek Govern ment had commuted, observing that in point of fact there were only two instances where the Greek Govern ment had been culpable, namely in the treatment of the loniens and the capture of a boat belonging to the Fan tome. The conduct of the Greek Government in both, he thought, was justitiable.ai With respect to the boatmen at Saleina, the Noble Lord seemed to insinuate that the Custom-house officers were accomplices of the brigands; but as that seemed to be only an insinuation, he (Sir John Walsh) thou: ht he was en titled to assume that it was without foundation. Ile con sidered that the Noble Lord had tiff riled a very unsatis factory explanation as to the not laying on the table of the fluti.e the documents on the arbitration between Mr. Finlay and the Greek Government. He thought that the Members t f 112 e House of Commons had a right to e °rept:sin ot the suppreseio veriin that ease. With i espect to the case of M. Pacitioe, it had been so much au verted to in this debate that he should not think of d eellaig upon i , . The Pacifico case was the first origin of all the subse quent troubles ; these-claims were tee foundation e f all the great character which these transactions had assumed. The Noble Lord was bound to have sati,fied himself on the justice of these claims, but, as the blue book showed, Sir Edmund Lyons was directed at the first outset to send in Pacifico's bill in the usual form, and to leave it to tt e Greek Government to object to she items as they chose. He would nut go into the details of the French di-puce, but he would just allude to the most unfounded assertion of the Hon. and Learned Member who opened the debate, that the French Go ver.euent had been actuated throughout the whole mater with th • utmost bad faith. Russia, in these transactions, appeared to be the champion of the freedom and inde pendence of small states, as the protec tor of the week, and the opponent of arbitrary power, as applied to international relations; whereas England, on the contrary, with her great power and undoubtel su periority was heralded firth to the world as a nation which arrogated to itself the right to enforce demands of a very questionable character, which might be made upon foreign states. The Noble Lord (Lard Palmerston) bad resorted to the most unscrupulous means in order to carry out his particular policy in re gard to foreign nations, and he had by doing so sown the seeds of disturbance and revolution in many parts of the world. The Noble Lord had always laboured under this error; he constantly imagined that in fostering what he considered liberal principles in Europe, he was marling out and promoting something analogous to the glorious system of English liberty; but it they traced the whole history of his foreign policy, they would find that that policy hid encouraged Jacobinism and anarchy, which in the end led to a reaction; and thus it turned out that instead t f the Noble Lord promoting the cause of liberty lie travelled through anarchy and blood shed to military Government. (LEFT SPEAKING.) and 'the condemnation of Archbishop Franzoni, which the cardinal had protested against in his last note. The Marquis d'Azeglio declares that in the facts complained of by the Holy See, " the action of the cabinet and of the different powers of the State has been rigorously restrained within the limit of their respective rights and duties," and that "no other way was open to uphold the former and fulfil the latter." He further expresses a hope that the conduct of the Piedmontese clergy will be such as "to avoid placing his Majesty's Government under the disagree able necessity of obeying their duty in this respect, from the fulfilment of which alone depend the respect of subjects towards the authorities, their obedience to the laws, and the order and tranquillity of the state." The general tenor of the note is temperate and dignified. ~T HE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE." W e find in an American newspaper an article under the above title, on an alleged discovery of a new mode of decomposing water, and of obtaining from it the means of illumination and of betting, at a cost so trifling as must put a stop to the use of coal! There is frequently so much grave vtaggery in American newspaper-, that we are never quite sure whether K e are reading a serious narrative or a clever joke ; but the following article certainly doe/ not look like a jeu d esprit. As to the amount of truth contained in it, we must leave our readers to judge for themselves, merely remarking that, if it is true, the discovery is indeed "the greatest of the age." (From the Boston Daily Transcript of the Bth inst.) It all that has recently been said of the discovery, by Mr. Henry M. Pains) of_the.decomposition of water, and the production of an inflaminabbp gas, that is cafe and easily managed, and can be auplied to dumtsic uses, be true, then this must attain par eminence the rank we have assigned it at the head of this article. A couple of gentleman of this city, a teg dais since, addressed a letter to Mr. Paine, _ making in. guided on the subject of this gas. In reply, be with much courtesy, invited them to come to Worcester, where he would be happy to show its operation, and give them any intimation they might desire. On Thursday evening, Viese gentlemen visited Worcester; and their report is, that they were well repaid for their journey. They learned from Mr. Paine that he bad dis posed of the right to use his invention in the United States to parties of gentleiteti in Buston and New York. lie was very courteous, and gave the gentlemen all the information he could, without infringing on the rights of the new proprietors. A fortnight since, he would have been pleased to have shown the entire instrument; but as the matter now stands, he did nut feel at liberty to show it. We un derstand that steps have been taken to secure patents in Europe; and when secured, the right of use will be offered for sale at a cost within the means of all. Mr. Paine does not claim the discovery of decom posing water, which was known 65 years ago; hut he does claim the discovery of a new principle of elec tricity, by which the decomposition of water is very rapidly produced at a merely nominal cost. An hour was spent in hearing kin; discourse upon the subject, and, if all he claims for the discovery is verified, it cannot fail to revolutionise many departments of modern commerce. To see the purest flame, so clear that the faintest tints of blue arid green can be readily distinguished, and of such a peaty, that the eye is not pained in gazing on it, certainly speaks well for the su periority ot the light. It burns with an even and steady consumption, about one cubic feot in three or four hours, sufficient to light a comaion-sized room. There is no swell or smoke to the gas. Tine flame is opaque, and the power of the jet tremendous. During the lase - winter, Mr. Paine erected a light house upon a hill in front of his house, from which he decocted the rae s, by a reflector, to a village opposite Worte.ter, and one mile and a sixth distant in an air line. The light was so powerful, that persons in the village could read by it. Another illustration of the character of this light is in the fact, that an excellent daguerreotype has been taken by it. Mr. Paine exhibited the stove which warmed big room. It was about 14 inches in di Am-ter, composed of two circular pieces of sheet iron, between which a flame issues, and the cold air rushing in, it gives foi th a most deligh ful heat. The stove may be used for cooking, and in fiet for all purposes, where heat and light are recoiled. The entire labour required to make a day's supply of gas for a common dwelling-house does not occupy two minutes in turning a crank; and the ma chine takes up about as much room as a common mantel clock. Writing upon this subject, Elihu Burritt, the learned blacksmith,sais;—"Taere is not only a saving of ei peuse, but of work, and the inconvenience and care of wood, coal, and ashes, and the danger from fire almost corn pleiel) annihilated. This is not supposition; we saw the lights, followed the pipes to the cellar, and saw the apparatus employed for the decomposition of the water; and must say we can hardly find words to express our astonishment at the simplicity of the machine, %Olen at the same time we think of the greatness and grandeur of the discovery. This must rank, if not above, cere tautly equal, with the greatest discoveries and iinveti lions of the age. Wood, and coal, and oil, and fluid, may all be disi,ensni with, by the use of Mr. i'aine's appulatus." Mr. 13urritt further says :—" Two jets such as • were burning in his house, would be sufficient to light a ino tierately siz .d had every nigh', at an expense of the in terest en tie cost of the mitchme (about six dollars per annum). with only the little trouble ot occasioually fill ing the cistern." It is understood that Mr. Paige has disposed of his proprietory right to his discovery for a sum], which Ina) at first seem incredible; but a inomerh's consideration will show that the-purchasers will have got a good bur g tin if all that is said of the capabilities and cheapness of the light can be established. l'he terms of purchase are reported to be five millions of dollars, half a million down. Mr. Paine is expecting a visit from the committee on gas of our ci:y government at Worcester, to look into this mater. PE ririoNs. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Similar petitions were presented by Sir C. Burrell, Mr. Christopher, Mr. R. Palmer, and several other Hoe. Members. Mr. PRIME presented a petition from Arundel com plaining' of the alterations in the Post-office. Mr. J. REYNOLDS presented a petition from Dublin against ministers' money. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Fotfarshire praying fur a drawback upon bonded spirits. Sir 1). NORREYS presented a similar petition from Malton. • Mr. S. WORTLEY presented several petitions from different parts of the metropolis in favour of the Mar riage Bill. Mr. PACKE presented a petition from Hinckley against certain clauses in the Savings Bank Bill. Mr. M. GIBSON presented eight petitions from Man chester in favour of the MNrriage Bill. THE PROPOSED ERECTION IN HYDE.PARK. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY gave notice of a motion for Monday next with respect to the right of the Commis• sioners of Woods and Forests to erect a building in Hyde-pack for the Exhibition of 1851. Sir DE LACY EVANS gave notice that to-morrow he would Ott a question to the Commissioner of Woods and F orests on th e same su bj ect . Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that on Monday next he would ask the first Lord of the Treasury w h en the intended E x hibi t i on of 1851 would cbse; also wh ether whe it was not advis a bl e that the th e Commissionerswhether, of Woods and Forests should r eco nsider building in Hyde - park , sadtheir In determin ation th t e o e erect vebto the f the amount raised, or to b e raised, by voluntary su b scr iption being insufficient, it was i n t h e contem plation of her Majesty's Ministers to ask Parlia ment, either this year or next, for a grant of public money to defray the expenditure which would be in curred.—(Hear, hear, and cheers from the Protectionist benches.) Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know from the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russitll) whether, in the event of ti building being erected in Hyde• park, there was any stipulation that it was to be pulled down ?—(Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said, as the Hon. Member f, , r Finsbury had given notice of a question on the same subject for Monday next, he would rather (lifer giving an answer to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's clues tion until that day. Mr. lIUME wished to know if Government would guarantee that there should be no expense incurred on the part of the public? Mr. LABOUCHERE said it should be distinctly tin , derstood that Government had nothing whatever to do with the expense of the exhibition, which was alto gether a private specula,tion. affernment had nothing whatever to do with it. Mr. ROEBUCK asked the Right Hon. Gentleman whether he would sanction any epplication to Parlia ment next year for a grant to assist the undertaking, supposing the Bigot Hon. garomt should, then be in _ DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A letter from Vienna of the 20th says—" \Ve are assured that the Cabinet has received intelligence of the definitive settlement of the Danish question. The principal bases of the settlement are—ist, To gua rantee to the reigning family of Denmark the in tegrity of the monarchy ; 2, To guarantee to the family of Hesse the right of succession in virtue of the &die law ; 3, To accede to the Augustem burgh family a becoming indemnity. Cer tain—administrative advantages are besides, it is said, to be accorded to the duchies, bencefoith inse parably united to Denmark. The affair is said to have been conducted and regulated, unknown to, or at least, without the participation of Prussia, by the Eiglisli Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen, acting with the assent of Russia. The acceptance of the Berlin Cabinet, however, is not doubtful, although it must abandon its floe project of creating a Prusso•German navy, that pre ject having depended on an entirely different solution." ITALY. The Corriere Mercantile contains a letter from Naples of the 17th, froth which it appears that the account we gave yesterday from the Marseilles papers, of an accident which had taken place at Naples, was exaggerated. It appears that the roof of an old building, formerly used as a• granary, and turned into a barrack, fell in on the 16th, burying eighty soldiers under the ruins. The King imme dirtely went to the spot, accompanied by a single general. The Risorgimento of Turin quotes correspondence from Naples of the 13th, giving an account of the commencement of the trial of the persons accu , ed of belonging to the political sect of the Unita ltaliana. The trial commenced on the Ist instant, at noon, before the Grand Court. The prisoners entered the hall manacled, and were placed i❑ a row between two files of gendarmes, The Grand Court was com posed of eight judges and three substitutes. Among the accused, forty-two in number, were five ecclesi astics, one of : whom was the Arch-Priest Miele. There were aiso among them Signor Carafe, of the duchy of Andrif , , Count PGerio, Signors Settembrini, Nisco, Pirunti, Persico, Leipnecher, Gualttiri, Agresti, Braico, Barilla , &c. There were twenty-two ,counsel for the defence ; Sig. Navarro, President of the Court, opened the case ; his speech lasted three hours. On the second day they act of accusation was read, in which, however, some points were suppressed, among which the assertion that Count Matniani was at the head of the sect. The examination of the defendants was then commenced, and lasted the whole day.. The proceedings were adjourned, on account of one of the prisoners, Leinnecher, being seized with a dangerous fever. The Concordia of Turin of . the 221 gives a few extracts of an official note from .he Marquis a'Aze- Flio to Cardinal Antonelli, in which the former justifies the abolition of ecclesiastical privileges) tourtt tit ition SUN OFFICE, Half-past Seven o'clock. ATROCIOUS ASSAULT UPON HER MAJESTY. (THIS EVENING.) This evening, at a quarter-past six, as her Ma jesty was leaving Cambridge House, accompanied by a lady in waiting and three children, a tall gentlemanly-dressed man, about 26 years old, aimed a violent blow at her Majesty's head with a bludgeon, by which her bonnet was removed. The villain was instantly seized by the police, but not before he re ceived summary and severe punishment from the hands of the infuriated populace, who surrounded the carriage and witnessed the assault. The miscreant is well known at the West End, and is considered insane. Her Mbjebty, we rejoice to say, was but slightly injured. NEW CHANCERY ORDERS. The following notice, in connexion with the recent orders of the Court of Chancery, was issued yester• day : " Notice—The following resolutions were agreed to at meetings of the Masters or the 7th, 10th, and 18:h days a June, 1850, for the purpose of carrying into eff,-et the general orders of the 3,1 day of June, 1850: "1. That all matters which are to .be heard by the Master shall be enter, d by the Muster's clerk in one or more list or lists in regular order, except such matters (it any) as the Master shall direct to be taken at parti cular times, and the Master shall proceed to hear and dispose of the matters in such list or lists in the order in which they stand therein, but this is to be subject to the direnions contained in oho fifth of the abovementioned orders. (Order five states that `The Master shall give priority, as far as may be, to exceptions for insufficiency, impertinence, and scandal, and to matters and applica tions under 3 and 4 William IV., cap. 94, tec. 13, and the orders made in pursuance thereof, and to any other matters or applications requiring immediate dispatch.') " 2. If any proceeding before the Master in any cause or matter in any list tails by reason of the non-attend ance of any party when the same shall be called on in its turn (from whatever cause such non-attendance may arise), and the Master shall not think it expedient to proceed exparte, the cause or matter shall be peremp torily struck out of the list, and shall on no account whatever be heard or entertained by the Master until the same be again set down in the list in regular cour-e by taking out a fresh warrant for that purpose. 3. That the above regulations shall not alter the existing practice by warrants with respect to matters to be attended befare the Master's chitf clerk. " These regulation , : to come into operation from and after the Ist day of July. 1850." INSOLVENT DEB 101(8' COURT, June 26 . • _ _ IN THE MATTER OF SAMUEL GRENVILLE FLETCHER. This insulin-iv, who had been proprietor of the Kentish Champion, weekly newspaper, apvli-d to be discharged. He had been nearly two years in prison, five months of which time he had bi en seriously ill, and had ly , en pre vented from making- an earlier application for the want of means. He had published some " Parliamentary Portraits," and hid been tecretary to a company called the Hydraulic Telegraph Company, which had been provisionally registered. Mr. H 41, a wine-mPrchant, opposed on the ground that the insolvent had obtained goods from him to nearly 101., end he had sued him in a county court. It appeared that a Mend of the insolvent had offered some of his creditors a composition of 48. in the pound, which was refused. Mr. Commissioner LAW was of opinion that Mr. Holl had good caul , of complaint, but whether he would press his case rested with him. Is was the insolvent's fault that he had remained so long in confinement. The case stood adjourned for a week to amend some 'Wine - Matters. E - TENING, JUNE 27, 1850 a POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET, Edward Ilawkes, a letter-csrr er, was charged with steihng a letter coma ning a valuable miniature, set as a brooch. Information was given at the General Pos'-office re specting the loss of a letter and its contents, which had been sent by Mr. J. Pike, a jeweller at Chatham, to Messrs. Alexander, of Batton-gar&n. The u,ual t , st of honesty was applied to the servants in the del.arment through which the letter pa , std, and the prisoner was detected—having stolen a trap•letter containing a marked hall'-sovereign. The coin was found upon him and the brooch was afterwards taken from a box at his lodgings. Mr. HENRY committed him for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A lady asked the advice of Mr. Bingham in the fol lowing case: — She saw in a shop, 96, Oxford•street, a mantle marked a guinea which suited her, and she went in • and bought it. She put down the guinea. but was told she must pay another halt-guinea, as the price was a guinea and a halt'. She declined taking the mantle at that price, and requested to have her money returned. This was refused, and she was comp.-11A to pay the halt guinea. As she conceived she had been imposed upon she wished to know if she bad any mode of obtaining redress. Mr. BINGHAM said a magistrate could render no at sisiance, but tie had no doubt she could procure redress at the ceunty court. A second lsdy came forward and made a precisely si milar statement, but the occurrence took place in ano ther shop in Oxford-street, the number of which was not stated. The lady said she bad been terrified into giving the additional price Mr. BINGHAM gave this lady the same advice as he had given to the former one. MARYLEBONE. Mr. Assheton Smith, a gentleman of considerable pro perty, residing at 13, Hyde-park-gardens, attended be fore Mr. Broughton, by vittue of a summons which had been obtained against him for assaulting Richard John Kent Herring, a youth fifteen yt ars cf age, whose father is a solicitor in Stafford-street, Maryiebene. Mr. Herring attended on behalf of his eon, and Mr. Randall for the defendant, who was accompanied to the court by two Members of I'arliaaient and other friends. Mr. Herring, upon the ewe being called on. remarked that he hoped there would be no distinction made, and that the defendant, however high his station in life might be, ought to take up his pasition in the placa usually occupied by persons when charged under similar circumstances. The gentleman added that, while in the court, defendant had assaulted his (Mr. Herring's) clerk, for which offence he would probably be proceeded against elsewhere. Mr. BROUGHTON said it was no unusual occurrence at the Old Bailey for a party accused to be allowed to sit by the side of his counsel. Defendant here left his seat and stood at one end of the attorneys' table in front of the bench. Mr. Herring detailed at some length the particulars connected with the affair, and the following evidence was adduced:— Complainant said—On the morning of the 24th inst. I was sent by my father to defendant's house for the purpose of serving him with a copy of a writ. The footman was standing at the -door, arid I asked him if Mr. Smith lived there; to which he replied that he did, but that he was then engeged with a gentleman. He asked me my business and my name ; when I told him that my business was particular, and that I wished to see Mr. Smith himself. Ho said he did not think Mr. Smith would see me without knowing my name and the reason for my calling, when I told him that my name was Herring, and repeated that my busi ness was of a particular nature. He asked me if I would come in and sit down in the hall, which I did; and pre sently the butler came and questioned me as to my name, &c., and I gave him the same answer which I had given to the footman. He left me, and in about an hour and a half afterwards a gentleman, who I imagined at the time to be Mr. Smith, went out of the house, and, jumping into a cab in waiting at the door, was driven off. The butler came and asked me my name a second time, and on my telling him what it was, he opened a door and went into a room, and soon afterwards Mr. Smith made his appearance. I asked him if his name was Aitsheton Smith, and he said " Yost, it is; what do yen want? " I then put my hand into my pocket, and took therefrom a writ and a copy, and holding out the copy told him (Mr. Smith) that I had a writ against him, when he said, " If !ou come presenting any of your writs to me I'd give you a good licking. Get out of my house directly." -He put his fist up within three or fear inches of my face, and on the footman, by his directions, opening the door, I quitted the place. Mr. BROUGHTON (to Mr. Randall)What answer is there to this? Mr. Randall—Mr. Smith has just inti mated to me that he wishes to make his own states , nt and to call his witnesses. Mr. Smith—l deny the truth of the greater part of what complainant has stated. I admit Laving said that I would give him a good licking. The footman and the butler were called, and their evi dence, particularly that of the former (who, however, prevaricated considerably in some instances), was con tradictory of the most material portions of complainant's allegation. The witnesses underwent a severe cross-ex amination by Mr. Herring. The MAGISTRATE felt that he should not be justified. from the coalicting nature of the evidence, in commit ting the defendant, and the summons was iherefore dis missed. In the Country. G. Wilson, Wakefi.od, d apw-,ly 18, at eleven, at the Court, Leda—J. Peuneuk, York, farrier, Juiy IS, at eleven. at the Court, Leeds—G. Page. Wolverhamp ton, coal dealer. July 18, at twelve, at the Court, E;r miugham—J. T. liolla,nd, Coventry, broker, July 18, at twelve; at the Court. Birmingham. CERTIFICA I'ES GRANTED. J. R. West, Mill 'wall, Poplar, certificate of the second class—J. Prentice, Oxa)rd, ironmonger, certificate of the first class—A. Mose, Cambridge, grocer—W. B. Maher, Little Britain, City, painter, certificate of the third class —W. Archer.Painswick, Gloucestershire, miller and corn factor, certificate of the second class after fifteen months from May 22—E. Lord, Painswick, Gloucestershire, miller, certificate of the second class after eighteen months from May 22—M. D. Robinson, Dudley, Wor cestershire, coatectinner, certificate of the second class — \T. Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, innkeeper, cer tificate of the second class—J. Chawner, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, grocer, certificate of the second Blass—J. Bynner, Oswestry, Salop; certificate of the first class— J. Finnsmore, Birmingham, steel pea manufacturer, cur -1 tifirute of the first class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. J. Bather and J. Griffiths, Shrewsbury, builders — F. S. Frost and T. P. Wright, Portland, Dorsetshire, surgeons—E. Hudson, J. Nicholson, and J. Crowther, Leeds, common carriers—E. Hudson and J. Nicholson, Liierp ail, common carriers—T. H. Boorman and J. Anderson, Liverpool, rice millers—R. Wilson and It. Doughtan. Ipswich and liendlesharn, Suffolk, manufac turers and ,deal, ra in E tst India oils—S. Prior and G. Hick, Malmesbury , Wiltshire, millers—T. Steel and J. Sa , el, Trinity -street, Rotherhithe, lightermen—M. Wil kinson and G. Kerman, Liverpool, apothecaries—J. J. Sparks, J. Sparks, jun., and IV. Jacks , n, Liverpool, ship store dealers—W. Buchanan and E. Hill, Liver pool, merchants—S. Lambert, J. Brown, and H. C. Pigott, Regent- street, gold lacemr n (so far as regards H. C. Pigott)—P. Johnson and G. B. Wolstenhome, Wi gan, Laneashire, engine,ra—E. Ely and J. Fuulger, City-road, horlcultural builders—W. P. Bathe and J. G. Breach—W. Rushforth, B. Wells, and J. Wray (so far as regards B. Wells)—H. B. Roberts and J. T. Wal ker, Moorgate-street, City, tailors—J. Blaker and W. Blaker, Brighton, coachmakers—J. J. Huskiason and G. Terrill, Birmingham, Alcester, and Evesham, carriers and coach proprietors—H. King and T. Pat kiuson, Car rowford, Lancashire, washing liquor manufacturers—C. Attwood and J. Braim, Kidderminster, bout and shoe makers--J. Leighton, J. Leighton, jun., and J. Leigh tan, Brewer-street, Golden-square, booksellers and binders (so far as regards J. Leighton, sen.)—S. Coch rane, J. Cochrane, and J. M'Kee, Newcastle-under- Lyn] , ' Staffirdshire, mercers and dr:slurs (so far as re gards J. M'Kee)—W. Quilter, J. Baj, G. H. Jay, and W. Crasbic. Coleman-street, City, accountants (so tar as regards G. H. Jay)—N. Hinchcliff, G. S. Hincticliff, E. 8. - Hinchcliff. and W. Haselden, Chelsea and Wardour strker, paperhanging manufacturers (so far as regards E. S. Hincticliff). INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Walter Scott, Salford, Lancashire, letter press printer. Owen Parry, Bangor, Carnarvonshire, victualler. John Waldo Pring, Bangor, Carnarvonshire, surgeon. Daniel Wiaiains, Caernarvon. William James Foot, Hatton-garden. William Black land. Art ow, Warwickshire, shoemaker. Richard jailson, Dalton, Lancashire, joiner. Elizabeth Timmins, Dudley, Worcestershire, victualler, Joseph Sykes, Huddersfield, innkeeper. Robert Kaye, Alinone bury. Yorkshire, grocer. Sarah Juckes, Rodihgton, Shropshire, farmer. Richard Beech, Wombridge, Shropshire, charter master, Charles Hiorns, Leamington-priors, baker. William Hilton, Shaw, Lancashire, tea dealer. John Horden, Leamington priors, clock and watchmaker, William Swat's, Leeds, butcher. Thomas Loverock, Dudley, Worcestershire, retail brewer, James Leech, Longwood, United States, manager of a manufactory. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. W. Ross, Portobello, litlmburghshite, innkeeper and catch proprietor, to meet within the Ship Tavern, Edin burgh, June 26 and July 24, at two. W. Hodge, Leith, shipowner, to meet within the New Ship Hotel, Leith, June 28 and July 19, at two. J. Norie, Ihverness, merchant ald spirit dealer, to meet within the Vine Hotel, Inverness, Juue 29 and July 20, at twelve. J. Hewat, Dumfries,- druggist, to meet within the Kaig's Arms Inn, Dowries Jute 2 and 23, at one. CITY SEWERS COM lIISSION. Oa TueEdsy a meeting of the C.mmissioners of Sewers for the ci . y (f London was held at the Guild hall. Mr. Deputy Peacuck presided. The ordinary routine business having been trans acted, several personal applications were attended to, and the reports of the inspectors read and considered. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. Mr. G. WALTER then brought tor ward a memoria from gentlemen connected with the ward of Farring. don-without. Deputy OBBARD presented a petition to the same effect from Dr. Hutchinson, of Bridge-street, and others, which having been received, Mr. WALTER said he could assure the Court that the inhabitants of hts district were much annoyed by the nuisance, and therefore he (Mr. Walter), seeing that a measure for its suppression was now before the House of Commons, would suggest tiv,t the prayer of the petitioners should be complied with, and that the Court should petition in favour of the Smoke Prohibition Bill. The CHAIRMAN—The Common Council have pe iotied, and therefore the 'natter is taken out of our ,ands. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR observed that it appeared to him that, as the matter, was referred to that Court to report upon, the commtttee should have done so without delay.— (Hear, hear.) Whatever that report might be, it was the duty of those to whom the business was referred to have so reported. He consi dered that they ought to do all that lay in their power to get the smoke nuisance abolished, though he would not have members of the Curt be too fasti dious, kit they should drive away manufacturers from their trade in the City.—(Hear, hear.) Still he thought that the suggestions made by practical men ought to be attentively considered, that the object of the petitions, represented by the worthy members, Mr. Walter and Deputy Obbard, might be' aecotn plished.—(Chwers.) Deputy Holz would move that the petitions be referred to the General Purposes Committee, fur their examination and report. Mr. T. HALL warmly seconded the motion. Deputy LOTT also surported the reference. Mr. WALTER thought the Court should petition Parliament upon the subject and in support of the Bill without delay. as did also Mr. W. Barber. Mr. GODSON said that the Bill in question was not a Government, but a private Bill, promoted by a pri vate individual, and therefore, that they were in po sition to petition against it.—(Hear, hear.) Was it not strange that no report either, " Yes," or "No," had been made on this reference ? He thought so, and he was glad to see that in this opinion he did not stand alone.—(Hear) It was still more strange that the subject had been referred to the Parliamen tary Committee also; but still no report had been made from either body, though the references were dated in January and April last. Deputy Lott had inquired of Mr. Simon whether the Effluvium escap ing from chimney ebafts, after the 'smoke had been consumed, was not more deleterious than opaque smoke. He (Mr. Godson) was prepared to show from the most eminent scientific authorities that such an opinion was altogether fallacious. With regard to the Chairman's remark that the Bill was in the House of Commons, and that it would there succeed, and therefore that he thought it to he unnecessary to move in the mutter, on the principle that " too many cooks would spoil the broth," he (Mr. Godson) could not help thinking that the way in %htch the subject had been treated savoured very much of something like a "cooking," of the matter altogether. The Chairman had informed him (Mr. Godson) that the reference had been sent to the surveyor, and that that gentleman had stated he could do nothing with it, so that between their officer and the Committee of Health, the matter had been hitherto neglected, notwithstanding the fact that the officer of health for the City (Mr. Simon) had written strongly with reference to the nuisance, and the injury done to the health of the City, and the poor in particular, from the smoke esc.ping from the numerous large chimney shufts scattered throughout the City. Upon the motion being put that the petitions be referred to the General Purposes Committee, it was carried unanimously. Some business of minor importance was then trans acted, and the Court adjourned. A deputation, consisting of the following noblemen and gentlemen, had an interview with Lord John Russell on Tuesday at his official residence in Downingiiatreet, on the subject of the removal of those dangerous obstructions to the navigation of the Menai Straits, the Sneliy Rocks: —viz. Lord Newborough (Carnarvon), Mr. Thomas Turner (Carnarvon), Mr. John Williams (Mayor of Chester), Mr. Taylor (Aberystwitb), Mr. V:iughan Williams (Port Madoc), Mr. Magnus (Aberdovey), Mr. J. Parry (Bangor), Mr. Meredith (Barmouth), Mr. David Williams -(Port Madoc), who were accompanied by the undermentioned Members of Parliament:—Sir R. Williams Bulkeley (Anglesey), Hon. William Bagot, Mr. William Brown, Sir Thomes Birch, Mr. Edward Cardwell, Mr. D. A.,Saunders DAvies, Viscount Emlyn, Mr. A. E. Fuller, Mr. H. G wyn, Mr. William B. Hughes, Sir John flamer, Mr. David Morris, lion. E. M. Lloyd Mostyn, Hon Colonel Pennant, Lord George Paget, Col. Powell, Mr. Richard Richards, Mr. Robert S'e7henson, lion. Col. G. R. Trevor. Mr. J. R. Vivian, Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Mr. Thomas P. Williams, Mr. John Williams, and Mr. George Moffatt. INQUEST.—Tas STATE or THE SERPENTINE. — On Tuesday an inquest was taken by Mr. Bedford, at the Malpas Arms, Charles-street, Grosvenor-square, on the body of Thomas Bellonia, aged 18, the son of a West India mer chant, who was drowned in the Serpentine on Sunday morn ing. Mr. Chorley, the secretary to th e Humane Society, said that he had waited on the Duke of Cambridge since the last inquest, and represented to his Royal Highness the ne cessity of preventing ba hing on the north side, from its dangerous state, and his Royal Highness immediately wrote to the Commissioners of Police, but nothingl had yet been done. The jury considered it was quite time bathing on that side should be prevented. A few policemen would be enough to carry out any order given on the subject. Verdict, ,c Ac cidental death. LAMBETH. Mr. Henry Page, a master bricklayer, was brought before Mr. Elliott for further examination. charged with adminiverincr rison to his alleged wife; also with inter marrying with Mrs. Mary Ann Clarke, a married winer, his former ::ire being then and now living. The said Mary Ann Clarke was also charged with iroermaroing with Henry Page, the above-mentineed prkoner, her former husband being then and now living. The circumstances of this case are most extraordi nary, and the offence was brought to light in a very singular manner. Information was given to the police about ten days ago that the prisoner Page had adminis tered poison to his wife, whose life at that time was despaired of. Page was taken into custody on the charge, and in the meantime it was ascertained that both the prisoners had been previously married; the woman mar ried Mr. Clarke eight years ago, but frequently absented herself from his house as long as three weeks at a time. On Wednesday fortnight she left Clarke's house, and did not return until the Friday. when she appeared quite mad, and it was with oinsiderable difficulty that she could be restored. When her senses were sufficiently returned she betel into tears in the presence of Clarke (her first husband) and exclaimed, " I have a great burden o n m y mind. I was married to Page, it Poplar Church, on the 10th of February, 1848." Clarke (her husband) said she was in a sane state of mind when she mate that ssatement; that ho had seen her in Page's company seve• nil times, and had given him a sound thrashing when ever he met them. Being informed that Page bad admi• nistered poison t 3 her, he gave information to the police and had him apprehended. Donald Brims, the constable who apprehended Page, said, that he called on the female prisoner immediately afterwards. tShe then told him that she was married to page, and that he placed some drug iii her drink while in a coffee-house near Newington Church. As soon as she was sufficiently recovered he apprenended her for intermarrying with him, her former husband being then living, Mr. ELLloT—lave you any evidence respecting the double marriages? Brims—l have some witnesses pre sent who can give evidence. Maria Nash, a widow, was first called, and stated that she was pres-nt at Lambeth old church in the latter part of 1842, when she saw the female prisoner married to Andrew Clarke. Witness's husband was also a wit ness to the marriage. M ar th a Page, the mother of the .male prisoner, said she was present when he married Ellen Regan at St. John's Church, Waterloo-road, on the 6th of April, 1834. The constable produced a copy of the re dater relative to the last marriage, signed by me Rev. Mr. Irvine the minister, and two witnesses. Mr. ELLIOTT asked the constable whether he had the registers of the other marriages? The officer replied in the negative; he had not had sufficient time to get them. Mr. ELLIOTT —I shall remand the prisoners until M,nday next, when I expect you will have all the evi dence to complete the case. Mr. Soloman, who appeared for Page. said ha did not obj. et to a remand, as his client courted the fullest in y. The prisoners were then remanded. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Ba.inghall-street. F. Golding, Tonbridge-wells, Kent, grocer, July 15, at twelve—R. Knight. Mitcham-road, Croydon, been:led victualler and timber dealer, July 15, at twelvw—G. I'. Hutchinson, Crawford-street, Marylehone, grocer, July 15, at one. In the Country. E. G. Self, Dorchester, ironmonger, July 25, at one, at the Court, Exeter—L. T. Sabine, Weymouth, Dorset shire, ironmonger, July 25, at one, at the Court, Exeter —E. Wray, Kingston-upon-Hull, draper and- mercer, July 24, at half-past twelve, at the Town-hall,Kingston upon-Hull— W. Dixon, anchester, ironmonger, July 18, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. H. Parker, Sheffield, banker, 3s. 6d., on Tut , sday, June 25, or any subsequent day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. C. Sanderson, Sheffield, iron merchant, Bd., on Satur day, June 29, or any subsequent day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. W. L. Oddie, Clitberoe, L incsshire, ls. 6d., on Thurs day, June 27, or any subsequent Tbursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leed, G. Hutton, Sheffield, grocer, 7s. 6d.. on Saturday, June 29. or any subst queritSaturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. 0. Richards, Fleet -street, law bookseller, 9d., on Wednesday next, and three following Wedue sdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. L. Guilleaume, Berners-street, Oxford-street, manu facturer of artificial flowers, Is. 11d., en Wednesday next, and three following Wednesdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. H. Loiyal, jun , and A. Elan, llatton-garden, foreign provision merchants, 3d., on Wednesday next, and three following Wednesdays, between eleven and two, at the effice of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basingtaill strew, T. Collingwood, Nutieham Courtney, Oxfordshire, inn keeper, July 17, at eleven—H. Spiller, St. John's woe& terrace, Bt ! John's•weed, slater, July 15, at eleven. • PA RLIAME. IYtsior4S• (-From the Ya , :es and froecedtrws of the Rovse of Commons) - - WEDNESDAY. JUNE ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS BILL. Order for second Readitig read; Motion made, and Ques' tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the wo-ds " upon this day six in:Aiths." Question put, "That the word now' stand part of the question." The House divided : - MINORITY—AYES, 53. Adderley, C. B. Forbes, W. .Nbel, G. J. Sainte, H. J Fuller, A. E. O'Connor, Fear's Baldock, E. H. Galway, Viscount O'Flaherty, Anthony Bankes, G. Goddard, A. L. l'lumptre, J. P. Bennet, Philip Guernsey, Lord Repton, G. W. Best, John Gwyn, Howel Robartes, T. J. A. Blackstone, W. Harris, Captain Rushout, Captain Booth, Sir R. G. Hildyard, T. B. T. Scholefield, W. Brooke, Lord Hill, Lord E. Sibthorp, Colonel Luck, Lewis W. Hood, Sir Alexand Stafford, A. Burghley, Lord Kerrison, Sir E. Stansfteld, W. R. C. Burrell, Sir C. Mackenzie, W. F. Thompson, Colonel Buxton, Sir E. Meux, sir H. Trollope, Sir.J. Chatterton, Colonel Miles, P. W. Vyse, R. H. Cholineley, Sir M. Milner, W. M. Welby, G. E Christop:ier, it. A. Mullings, J. It. Colvile, C. it. Muntz, G. F. Conolly, Thomas Naas, Lord Dunne, Coionel Newport, Visct. TELLERS Newdegate, C. N. Spooner, Richard MAJORITY—NOES, 108. Alcock, Thomas Gibson, T. M. Mostyn, E. M. Anson, Colonel Gladstone, W. E. Mowatt, Francis Anstey, Thomas Greenall, Gilbert Nicholl, John: Bailey, Joseph Grey, Sir G. Nugent, Sir Percy Baring, Sir F. Guest, Sir John Patten, W. Birch, Sir T. Hall, Sir B. Pearson, Charles Blair, Stephen Harris, Richard Pechell, Sir G. Bright, John Hastie, Archibald Pennant, Colonel ll rock ieh urst, John II atchell, John Peto, Samuel Brotherton, J. Hawes, Benjamin Pilkington, James Brown, W. Headlam, Thomas Power, Dr. Clay, James Heald, James Prime, Richard Clay, Sir W. Henley, J. W. Pusey, Philip Clive, 11. B. Hodgson, W. N. Rawdon, Colonel Corbally, M. E. Hope, Henry T. Ricardo, J. L. Cowan, Charles Hornby, John Romilly, Sir John Cowper, W. F. Hughes, W. B. Balwey, Colonel Craig, Sir W. G. Hume, J. Sanders, George Cubitt, William Hutt, William Smith, Vernon Darner, Colonel Jackson, William smith, M. Tucker Davie, Sir H Jervis, Sir John Smyth, John George Dawson, T. V. Johnstone, Sir J. Smollett, A. Denison, Edmund Keogh, William Stanley, Edward Divett, Edward Kershaw, James Stanton, W. IL Douglas, Sir C. King, P. J. Sullivan, Michael Duckworth, Sir J. Labouchere, Henry Thornely, Thomas Duff, James Lascelles, E. Tufnell, Henry Duncan, eseorge Littleton, E. R. Tyrell, Sir J. Duncombe, 0. Locke, Joseph Villiers, Charles Duncutt, John Lowther, Colonel Vivian, J. H. East, Sir J. Lushington, Charles Walmaley, Sir J. Egerton, W. T. Mackie, John Westhead, J. B. Elliot, J. E. Mackinnon, W. A. Willcox, Brodie Fagan, William M'Gregor, John Wilson, Matthew Fergus, John Matheson; Colonel TELLERS. Foley, J. 11. Maule, Fox Chaplin, W. J. Freestun, Colonel Morris, David Ellis, John THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 25.—The weather being exceedingly fine the attendance was very small, and trade inactive. A mere retail business doing in both wheat and flour, but without a change in the value of either. All kinds of spring corn are neglected, and the turn lower. Indian corn a heavy sale, at a decline of fully Is per qr. LEEDS, JUNE 25. We are well supplied with wheat. The fine weather tends to make the trade rule sloe', yet prices for fresh samples are maintained. Other sorts in very limited demand. Oats and beans do not vary in price. Other articles no change. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JUNE 25.—Owing to the con tinuance of fine weather, and this being the race week, very little business was transacted to-day at our market. The for sales effected in wheat were at tilts quotations of Saturday last. Other articles nominally as before. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, JUNE 25. —The supply of beasts comprises about the same number as on this day week, the quality of which was unusually prime. Trade was 'dull, at a decline of 3d per stone, with a bad clearance. The supply of sheep and lambs was less than that of last week by 200• The mutton trade met a steady demand. Lambs met a fair, rale, at a reduction on former rates. fart of both sheep an d lambs remained unsold. Beasts, 540 ; sheep and lambs, 6,80 0 . Beef, 4s 9d to 6s Od per stone ; mutton, 4d to 5d ; lamb, 6d to 60 per lb. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JUNE 25.—There were in the meal market to-day 18 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs• imperial, which sold thus :-1 at 1198 Od, 2at It 8s 6d, and 15 at 118 s Od ; average price of the whale 1/ 8a id 4-12ths• 2 sacks flour, which sold at 275. 1 sack barleymeal, which was not sold. 14 sacks pot-barley, whereof 8 sold thus :-- 2 at 14s, 2 at 1/ Os 6d, and 4 at 19s Od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, JUNE 25.-"" Oat straw, from 6s 6d to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stones iron; wheat ditto, 6s ltd to 7$ 6d ; barley ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od• Hay, from Is to Is 2d per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, JUNE 24.—There were 116 bags oatmeal and only 1 of barleymeal at this day's market; oatmeal down is per bag on all qualities; barleymeal same 0 last week. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third imperial .. ... ... 28s Od 26s Od '2ss Oti Barleymeal, per ditto ... 17s 61 17s Od '--5 Od \ Peasemeal ... ... ... —a Od —s Od --s Od Flour ... ... ... ... —s Od —s Od --I Od 1 Pot barley •.. .. ... —s Od —s Od . ....8 Od CORK, JUNE 24.—Flour—First 12s 6d to 138; extra 1 4 t, seconds, 12$ Od to 12$ 6d ; households 9s to I ls; thirds, 7 11 t° '' per cwt. Oatmeal los 6d to COs; Indian meal 7s Cd to 74 gi; wheat' meal, lOstolOs 63 per cwt. Indian corn 1404 to 1: - .08 Od per on: Bran 3/ 12s0d to 3' 158 per ton. Hay—Farmers 35s to 425; averse 38s ; dealers 42s to 46$ Od; average 44s per ton. Straw— Farme r) 18. Od to 36s Od ; average 3 s ; dealers 388 Od to 00s vat average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to Oil household loaf 5d to 50 per 41b. Fresh butter, 7d t° 8d per lb. Eggs-4s Od to 4s Id per hundred. Coals--', Newport 14s; Lydney 158 ; Landore 14 8 ; Best N eat ! Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 38s 6d to 00s per en Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 6d per imperial gallon. Me'„ —Beef 4d to 4d; mutton 5d to bid; veal 4d t 0 5d ; pork 34d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages bd per 11). 'Hops 61 los to 81 10. per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2. 6d to 3156 per too. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 8/58; Valonia 141 to 01; French 71 ss; Spanish 91 per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 128 per tone; llemp 33/ tot*/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 13s to 141; le!, ditto 15s to 20s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9' Os to 10' le' ton. Timber—Memel, 851 per ton; deals, first quality, 1 814 second quality, 168 per 100. Hides—Market 14s to O" salted 15s to 21s per cwt ; calf skins 20 to 2d per _ l n s. Potatoes, white 10d to I2d ; Minions 14d to 16d ; Onal' u— i s Peruvian, 11/ 103; Ichaboe, 91 per ton ; Tar—Archang e ' . 98 per barrel. COAL MARKET.—YESITERDAY. • Buddle's W. Hartley.. 13s Gd Braddvll Uurr's W. Hartley l3s Gd Creswell ... .... .... 13A 9d Chester Main l2s lid l Hetton Cresswell Main ...... 12s Al Illaswell 1 53 9 1 Davison'sWest Hartley 13s 6tl' Lam bton 9 3 Hot) well North Percy Hartley l3s 3d Russell's Hetton ..... 15° Od Ord's Main ... 11s 9(1 Stewart's t'antield Moor .... l2s 6dWhitwell ..... ...... Canfield Moor Butes... 12s Od , Caradoc ..... ...... Townley l•2s Od Hartlepool 155 „ 911 •0, est Hartley 3 6d West Wylam Wylam ... l3s 3d Whitworth 125 s",i Adelaide T 14 3 9' -aelaide Tees South Durham Os 6 4 Tees Hartley ...... 1 2 ' od Howard's W. H. Neth. 1 56 market. 190. Wall's End, &c. Hedley Riddell Eden Main l4s Od Bell 14s Od Shipp at RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JUNE 26. A STOCK ExonAtion.--The market remains firm, an considerAble amount of business doing, particularly in Gr e ,„ Western and Bristol and Exeter Shares, but without AMP" tion in prices. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 26, STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was very little business al: to-day, but prices were steady. The transactions were .n 0 , follow:—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. 06 Ditto, r e, ference, 1214—London and North-Western, 110—Ditto , o'd. Quarters, 15-16 c. p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), i 4 p.— Halves, 26 1-16 dis. Birkenhead, Lancashire, if), Cheshire, 18% dis--South•Eastern and Doter (NO. Thirds, 53A. _ MANCHESTER, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was quiet to-day, 11 0 13 : 1 ' prices had rather a downward tendency. The trial°, to lion,. were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 37—t Fifths, 10 dis.— Ditto (West Riding Union); Poi 'Tao, London and North-Western, New, Quarters, % P. — ; 10 0. Manchester and Birmingham, Quitters (C), 1 3 . -- ",./411 1 chester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, Preference, 8 — "" Staffordshire, 10 9-16 dis BIRMINGHAM, JuNs 26. .00 sroci Excissum.—Business in this share market very flat to-day. London and North-Western were nuo t e e or sellers 110—North,Staffordshire, sellers, 10% dis.--!'b r b iter bury and Birmingham (A), buyers,94,—South Stsffor da buyers 4 1 / 0 , sellers 4 dis. A tomtit's nest was -lately found in the hat;;lJ, mounting a scarecrow placed in a garden near Prom Yorkshire. e# EADVERTISEMENT.]—There is nothing be tter Holloway's Pills for Bowel Complaints, Diarrhoea,. an d c oo' , ordered Stomachs.—Persons subject to these comp laints not use a finer medicine than these invaluable' pills, a I L • taken in moderate doses, and the diet properly attended '''o're certain cure will be e ff ected. Their strengthening Zee' speedily renovates the impaired tone of the stomach ao dero ders the digestive organs more powerful. 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