The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-22 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, July 21. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GIBBS. This was an appeal from the Vice-Chancellor K. Bs uce. The information was filed at the instance of Will. Lam Frederick Rock and others, inhabitants of the pari all of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, in the city of London, to. com pel the defendant, Mr. Alderman Gibbs, to ascot .n t for the moneys paid to him, or that had come into his. ha nds since the year 1823, as perpetual churchwarden of • that parish. The information also prayed the appointe Sent of a receiver, and that Gibbs be removed from his c ffice of trustee of the parish property. When the info ma tion came before the Master of the Rolls, his Lord ship directed a reference to the Master, to inquire whai ; sums of money had been received by Alderman Gibb: from 1823 to 1843, and to allow as against the so ams so received all payments and disbu rsements on a_cec.otniant re- e the parish. In June, 1846, t he Master ra port, by which it appeared that Alderman d a Gibba had paid in that period 17,1361., and ofits from, had that he a r eceived 12,778/. in rents and pr parochial estates. A sum o f money had. also been received on account of rates, but on the whole balance of the account 5921. appeared to be due to Gibbs. A larger sum had been claimed by Gibbs, but the Master disallowed 610 l . which had been paid in costs. After this result of the account-taking, the r elators abandoned any further proceedings; but on the matter coming before the Vice-Chancellor on further directions, his Honour ordered the costs of all the members of the select vestry who had been made co-defendants, with the exception of those of John Pelly Atkins, the aldeinnan's co-church warden. Mr. LLOYD and Mr. HUMPHREYS, for the defirndant, now argued that there was no just ground for sue h a de cision with respect to the costs. The informati on had failed in ail it sought to establish; the relators he. I aban doned all claim to relief. They even refused to ask that the defendant might be removed, and it seemed very hard under such circumstances to compel him to pay ail the costs of so much fruitless litigation. Mr. BATES, on the other side, hoped his Lordship would allow the appeal to stand over for a short time, as his leader Mr. Swanston was engaged elsewhetes. The LORD CHANCELLOR said peremptorily, %hat it was time it should be distinctly understood tb..est no case could stand over in that court in consequo',lce of the ab sence of counsel. iillr..PATF&Alien con tended that the whole of the pro had done a service to the par s ish,loy the Course'tli'ey hqui adopted. The defendant in hit, answer denied that he was bound to account to any one, except the members of the select vestry. His LORDSHIP saw no reason to be dissatisfied with the decision of the Vice-Chancellor. The defendant had by his refusal to account or give any explanation respecting the moneys in his hand, given rise to the whole of the litigation. It was true that instead of being a debtor of the parish he turned out to be a credi tor, but that fact could not be ascertained until the account was taken, and any taking of such account the defendant had pertinaciously resisted. It was no answer, therefore, to the order for the payment of costs that the relators had 'not succeeded in establishing their charges against the defendant, for it he had done his duty, by accounting when called on to do so, these charges in all probability would not have been made. His Lordship therefo - re affirmed the order of the Court below, and dis missed. the appeal with costs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Cambridge, July 20. REGINA V. BEDWELL.-JUDG3IENT. In the course of the present assize, Mr. Justice PATTESON delivered the judgment of Mr. Baron Parke in this case, which was an indictment against the defendant for disobedience of an order of two justices under the statute 53 George 111., chap. 127, for the payment of 16s. assessed upon the defendant for church-rate in St. Botolph parish, in this town, together with 1/. 12s. 3d. costs thereon. The case was tried by Mr. Baron Parke at the Spring Assizes for 1845, and judgment deferred, the de fendant having been found guilty subject to certain points which were taken in the course of the trial, which 'it was then arranged should be fully argued in town be fore the Learned Baron. Mr. O'Malley was after wards heard in support of these points, and Mr. Couch in opposition thereto, and, further time having been taken to consider the questions then submitted to him and Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Patteson now proceeded to pronounce the decision to which his Learned Brother had arrived. The indictment contained three counts, and with reference to the second and third the opinion of the Learned. Baron was, that the defendant was entitled to a verdict on questions which were merely technical; but with regard to the first count, he thought that the verdict of guilty ought to stand. It had been objected, in the first place, hat his count was bad, inasmuch as it only alleged that the rate in question had been duly made, and allowed as by law required, and that the defendant had been duly rated therein at the sum of 165., whereas it ought to have gone on to set forth the facts which by law constituted a legal rate and rating. The general rule was undisputed, that the facts and circumstandes constituting the offence ought to be averred in an indictment, for, otherwise, the law resulting from those facts would be a question for the jury, but here there were two answers to this objection. In the first place, there was a distinction between the allegation of facts which constituted the offence, and those which ought to be averred by way of inducement, in which latter case a more general alle gation is sufficient. In the present case (proceeded the Learned Judge) after quoting and distinguishing several cases (to which express reference may be deemed super lions), the offence for which the defendant is indicted is the disobedience of the order of the justices, and the introductory facts are only alleged with the view of showing that that order had been made by parties having a jurisdiction so to do, and that it was consequently obligatory on the defendant. These facts are, there fore, mere matter of inducement; but the other portions of the count show that the justices had jurisdiction to make the order; for it then appears that the informa tion was sufficient, and was given to them by com petent persons, these persons being the then church wardens, whose duty alone it is to collect and receive the unpaid church-rates. They alone can sue for them in the ecclesiastical courts, and their information to the justices gives them jurisdiction. The words of the 7th and Bth of the statute, taken in the ordinary sense, make the fact of a rate being duly imposed on a party, and unpaid by him, conditions precedent to give the jus tices jurisdiction to enforce the payment of an order ; but the proviso that the justices are to examine upon oath into the merits of the complaints, and the power of appeal to the sessions, lead to the in ference that they are not conditions precedent, and that the information on oath that a rate is duly made in which the party is rated and of his refusal to pay, is enough, if supported by sufficient evidence, of which the justices are to judge, to give them power to decide and make an order for the payment, so that the order when made would be valid, and could be enforced whether or not there was de facto a proper rate and demand, and refusal. This is the case generally speak ing where the justices act judicially. The case of a poor-rate under 43 Elizabeth, chap. 2, sect. 4, is not the same, for the words of that statute differ. There the validity of the rate is essential to the power of the jurisdiction of the parties to issue a distress warrant, so that if the rate has not been duly published, or the party proceeded against be not an occupier within the parish, the warrant is unauthorised, and the justice is liable to an action of trespass. Whether the fact of a demand on, and refusal by the occupier, is essential to the jurisdiction of the justice to issue his warrant, or his decision on the evidence before him I given on oath be sufficient, ha s no t been decided believe ; but I have a l ways t h ought that it would,asbe sufficient, and that i n a spec i a l plea by a • iustieeto an action of trespass, it would b e enough to state that a plaintiff was was duly made and published, and t h at t h e was an occupier and rated, and that the re was a complaint on oath by the overseer that he did not pay on demand, and that that fact was proved to the satisfaction of the justice. I think that in this ase, if there was a sufficient informat ion on oath of a church rate on which the defendant was assessed, and of the demand and refusal by him, the justices had juris diction and the order was valid; for why are they to inquire into the merits of the case an d adjudicate on them unless their adjudication is to be binding, especially when it may be made the subject of appeal? If this be so, then the information is sufficient, as averred in the 'first c ount. It shows that t h e mag i s t ra t es had jurisdic tion, far the rate is alleged to have been duly made, and no case of sehas been cited, nor can I find any, to show that the order a justice is not valid if founded on an informa tion which does s how en t jurisdiction merely because the information is op the objection of informality in making a mi xed galleood, law and fact. The first count, theref ore, i s g jection. Th e second was, as far as it relates to this ob tlattt does not appear that the churchwarden s are authorised to receive an d co ll ect th e rate when they demanded it I think it i s sufficient if they were so when th e rate was• refused, for that is the offence. The third objection was it isat the averment of the warrant . was defective, because without stated that it was ant wountulsdtatt)an " recited as therein recited," g what was recited; but enough of the warrant out setting forth the recital. Then, also, it e stated . w that the warrant was not averred to , be addressed objected that one; but I think that it is so averred with sufficient '" ny meta clearness. Another objection was that the u warrant was not averred to have been served a reasonable time before the day o f appearance; but it must be assumed that the justices satisfied themselves on that point, otherwi se t h ey would have acted unjustly in making the order in th e absence of the party , an d the intendment is always fa voura ble to the validity of an order. Another objection was, that the order should be set out verbatim according to the tenor. There are precedents both ways. But as it is n o t necessar y in an action on a judgment, I do not 13 ,",why it should be so in an indictment or an order ; "nu I think it is enough to set out the substa nce cor- TtlY• There are t wo more objections — one that the church order nrchrate is n o t averre d to h ave b e en in force when the was made • the other that the warrant was with out date. As to • th first, it averred that the rate con tinued in force at th e • time . of the indictment, and that the justices found the e portion of the rate assessed on the defendant to be due to which I think is quite su e s c ‘ h.urchwardens' complainants, date of the order is immaterial. ,i en As to s to the second, the of commitment in which it is This is not a warrant time when imprisonment is t necessary to describe the .reasons I think that the judgment ought For these oug,ht to be arrested. At the conclusion of this address, Mr. Justice P ATTESON inquired of whether he was in a situati on to pay the coats the defend an t prison, for, added he, if that b e so, shall cont en of the self with ordering you to enter i n t o recognizancett my_ pear at the ensuing assizes to rec e i ve sentence. 43 up. The defendant—My Lord, 1 have not got a shilling to bless myself with ; and as the thing has be en h ang i ng over my head for two years I would prefer that your TIIE SUN, .....---..., Lordship should pass sentence on ree at once. There is not the least probability of my being able to pay the costs. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Very well; I had hoped that you, or these who have backed you in this matter, and ' have discovered wha t the y deemed to be informalities in the proceedings against you, would have saved me the necessity of passing any sentence at all beyond a nominal one. As, howeve r, there is no chance of your being able to pay the costs, I infer that it would be equally impos sible for you to pay such a fine as I should deem it my duty to impose on you, and I am driven to pass a sen tence of imprisonment on you. The defendant—Certainly, my Lord ; certainly. Mr. Justice PATTESON—The offence of which you have been found guilty is one which is of a serious character, no matter what the subject of the order might have been. When justices make an order which is within their jurisdiction, and there is a right of appeal, which is not exercised, it becomes the duty of the party to submit to it. It does not become any individual to set up his own private and obstinate opinion in oppo sition to the law, and if such a course is carried on, it will certainly turn out that the law is the stronger. You have agreed to pay a church rate, for which you were duly assessed and rated, and of which a proper demand was made; and you have subsequently refused to obey an order of two justices, issued to enforce that obligation which the law imposed on you. The sentence of the Court on you is one which must be of a serious character, and it is that you be imprisoned for six months. Mr. KEANE was instructed to request that the de fendant might be confined among the first-class misde meanants. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Oh, certainly; that must be so understood. The whole day has been devoted in the Nisi Prius Court to the two special jury causes, both of which arose out of certain corn speculations, but did not afford a matter for the reporter. The assizes terminated at six o'clock. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, July 20. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.: THE MIEIFIELD MURDERS. Yesterday morning the prisoner charged with these offences, Patrick Reid, was put upon his trial on one of the indictments—that for murdering Mr. James Wraith. Great numbers of persons assembled about the court long before the Learned Judge took his seat, at nine o'clock, and the outside of the building, from the crowds -e , - leee e seen u p bustle The prisoner is stated in the caienuar to e only 20 years of age, but he appears older. There is nothing in his appearance to create a prejudice, but rather the con trary. He is of stout build, and to all appearance a person of considerable bodily strength, with a counte nance more composed than with the generality of men placed in such jeopardy. Both he and M'Cabe, the wit ness, are said to have come originally from Ireland. One indictment charges Reid with the murder of Mr. James Wraith, at Mirfield, on the 12th of last May. A second indictment with the murder of Ann, the wife of James Wraith, at the same time and place. The third with the murder of Caroline Ellis, also at the same time and place. The Learned Judge having taken his seat yesterday morning, Reid was called on to plead to the first of these indictments, and pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Bliss, Mr. Overend, and Mr. Ingham appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Seymour for the defence. Mr. Buss stated the case to the jury. The Learned Counsel said that the charge now against the prisoner was that of having wilfully, and of his malice afore thought, killed and murdered the late Mr. James Wraith. Mr. Wraith was an old man of about 78 years of age, living, on the 12th of May last, at a house called Wateroyd-hall, near to Mirfield, in this county. He was possessed of some little property, and had formerly been a gentleman's steward. The family, at the time of the murder, consisted of but three persons, Mr. Wraith, his wife, Ann Wraith, an old lady of 68, and a young woman, their household servant, whose name was Caro line Ellis. Mr. Wraith had two step sons living, one at Manchester and the other at Mirfield, and he also had some great nephews living in his own neighbourhood. It had been the custom in the family to dine between twelve and one o'clock; and from the evidence it would appear most probable that the attack made upon Mr. and Mrs. Wraith and the servant must have been during the time of the two former being at dinner in the parlour of their house. There was a garden in front of the house, and a yard at the back, and in that yard a well, in which well, as the jury would have proved to them, were discovered one of the instruments supposed to have been used by those committing the murder, and a key, which would be proved to be that of the kitchen door of the house. There were three apartments on the ground floor of the house, two rooms looking to the front and a kitchen to the back, besides a passage situate between those two front rooms, and leading to a front door. At the other end of that passage, there was another door, which led into the kitchen, and from the kitchen there was but one other door, and that led into the back yard, and that door was near one corner of the kitchen, and near to the door leading to the yard. From the passage, some stairs went to the upper floor, and near the top of the staircase there was a, window commanding a view of the outer door of the kitchen, so that any one who came to that door might be seen by a person look ing out of the window above. A foot-path, from a lace called Wateroyd-lane, ran close by the house, and the way to the back door would be by that foot-path. The nearest neighbouring house was one hundred yards distant. The day on which the family were mur dered was Wednesday, the 12th of last May, on which day all three of the inmates wero seen at home and alive. Before that, on Monday, the 10th, the old gentleman had been to Wakefield market, and had then received some money, and lie was on that day seen to wear his best bat, which was missing on the 12th, and had not since been found. His step-son had then seers him wearing that hat. On the 11 th he was seen to have some money in his pos session, and on the 12th, in the morning, his step-son also saw him in possession of a sove reign, which he, deceased, happened to let fall as he was counting some money. No money, however, had been found after the perpetration of the murders, except ing one half-sovereign, and that was left in the pocket of the murdered man. On the morning of the 12th, it would appear that Mr. Wraith had gone to speak with one of his nephews, Joshua Green, a young lad, who lived a short distance off with his mother. He went for the purpose of telling the lad to come to his (Wraith's) house, to help to pick some stones. The boy came, but later than lie had intended, on account of a heavy shower of rain. On arriving at the house, which he did soon after the usual dinner time, he knocked, but received no answer, and found all fast, and finally, from the appear ances of the place, which he would describe, ho went away and gave the alarm to his mother, which imme diately led to the discovery that the whole family had been murdered only a very short time before. The ser vant was found lying on her back near to the door of the ' kitchen which opened into the yard, and her body was still warm. Mrs. Wraith's body was lying in the same position in the passage, and near to the front door. Mr. Wraith's also in the same position in the parlour, where the dinner things remained on the table. The injuries sustained by all three of the unfortunate people were of such a kind that, in the opinion of the medical men, not one of the three could have committed sui cide, and that of itself would induce the supposition that neither of the three could have participated in either of the murders. The house had been found quite fast all round, the key of the outer door of the kitchen, as before mentioned, being subsequently found in the well. Michael M`Cabe, now one of the witnesses, had been ap prehended on the afternoon of the same day. That man lived at a spot called High-town, three miles from Mr. Wraith's. He was a hawker by trade, dealt in glass and earthenware, and bought old rags and bones. The pri soner Patrick Reid also lived near, along with his father and mother, at Daw Green, about two miles from Wraith's house. He was of the same calling as M`Cabe. going about with a basket and hawking pots for sale. The well had been searched on the 19th of the same month. It was then pumped dry, being full of water up k to out mi a co b ohn o tf eh u l traeh t , t ehto t e w orkr ui o hwts cie f soh e ouee father, flo t d a of bdn eoe t hgreh andbtsol p o n , g a nwd within a i tfound i r t o h n e , o shown neighbour rt to have tahhvaeev name been belonged em e en ftakeni ll t yt onlyt awayh e soldering w ere the night before the murders were committed; and on that key and that iron there were still, on the 19th, al though they had been i n th e water, such indicationsas a scientific chemist wou ld d escr ib e as being those of blood. Some evidence would also be offered to prove the appearance of blood upon a p art o f the clothes of the two men, M`Cabe and the prisoner. Mr. Bliss then proceeded, after a very particular description of various localities, and their relative distances in the neighbourhood, to trace the steps of those two persons, M`Cabe and the prisoner, from place to place, during a period of several hours, on the morn ing of the 12th, up to and subsequent to the time of the murders. M`Cabe had been seen by several persons at different spots, very near to Mr. Wraith's, and the pri soner also, and. the two, either just before or just after the time when the crime must have been committed, were seen within a few yards of each other, and that within a few yards of Mr. Wraith's house. Near that house there was a public-house, kept by a man named Chadwick, called the Shoulder of Mutton, and the two were both seen at that house, the one coming in about ten minutes after the other had left. To all appearances the two men were at that time going from house to louse in their ordinary occupations as hawkers. Near about the time when they were both seen near Mr. Wraith's, a witness had heard a loud shout or cry to proceed from th e di rect i on of Wra i t h' s. R e id was at first seen with a cap on, and he was then going towards direction, he was wearing Mr. Wraith's. Afterwards, pro ceeding on the way towardsg-ahwi sh hat; e o n wa rn g d o h i o n hu g es e i w n . an s hone n p opposite ro be fore the magistrate It had made a statement, in which h, said that he magistrate, about the hour in question, c tiled a k t oo l c l ke r. d, VNr a a n i dg th's,nnthe door f as t, an d no to house with his bask e t, but having He t len a o t c k afterwards,, he l left, and a a n s d fur the wards a h a er e st r at h ed is , h one wards Mirfield Church, he came woman," and a witness wo u ld state t o h ra ar w he was with °1 " a woman there, but that she w as th e prisoner's mother. M . Cabe's evidence, if cre di ted, wasm own as affecting the prisoner , because he also said important t ta h l e t h id called at Mr. Wraith's about the same time, knocked at the door, at first got no answer, but then heard foot steps at the door ; and the door being then opened a fey inches, a man looked out at him for a short time, and M'Cabe said that that man was the prisoner at the bar. He (11‘Cabe) said that something on the floor of the kitchen, just near the door, attra.:ted his atte n ti on . He looked down and saw something white, sprinkled with blood ; and he added, that the prisoner, perceiving that he could see that, then shut the door. M'Cabe at that time heard a moaning noise within the door. He asked if they " Wanted any pots," to which answer was made from within, in a low voice, " No, sir." Al`Cabe then went away. The prisoner, it would seem, had for merly been on very good terms with the family at Mr. Wraith's, but some time ago he had a quarrel with Caroline Ellis, the servant, respecting a tea-caddy. He charged her with having taken one from his basket, and the dispute between them ended in Mr. Wraith making him quit the premises, since which he had been heard to say that he would be revenged for it, and, speaking of the servant, that he would " serve her out." Mr. Noble, the governor of the gaol, would repeat to the jury a statement made by the prisoner since his committal. The jury, Mr. Bliss concluded by saying, would have to consider the case in two points of view : to say if the evidence made out the charge, supported as it was by what M`Cabe would say ; and, if they doubted his veracity, to say if it were not sufficiently established by the facts spoken to by the other witnesses. The first witness, Mr. Charles Clapham, was ex amined merely upon the plans of the premises of Mr. Wraith, distances, &c. Joshua Green, the lad mentioned by Mr. Bliss, said that Mr. Wraith, for whom the witness worked, came to him about half-past eleven on the morning of the 12th of May, desiring him to come to help gather some stones. He came to the house of witness's father, at Cripplegate, opposite to a public house called the King's Head. Went accordingly at half-past one. Usually went at one, but was then prevented going at that time by a shower of rain. Went then to the kitchen door, which was fast. Knocked and kicked at the door, but no answer, and no noise, except that ho could hear the " tic-tac" of the clock. Stopped at the door five mi nutes or so, and then went to the kitchen window, the shutters of which were about four inches open only, and the sash closed. On looking through he could just see something white laid on the floor, but could not tell what it was. lie then went round into the garden in front of the house. The blinds of the room in which the family dined were closed, and he could not see into the room. At the front door he saw blood running out under the door in " blobs" (running out " in lumps like.") It ran on the step. Then ran home and told his mother, in two or three minutes after seeing this. John M‘Kennall, Thomas Green (brother of Joshua), Mr. Henry J. Watkinson, and Mr. tiriah Bradbury, the two latter surgeons of Airfield, were then examined as to the particular appearance of the house, and of the bodies of the three murdered persons. Mr. Watkinson detailed at length the result of his examination of the bodies. The throats of all three had been cut in the most dreadful manner, and in the instance of Mr. Wraith, it appeared that a blunter instrument had at ' PurpoT € 9n tried, and then a sharper one used for the VII uL UledStA'aa 1,117.7 u eau' 11,m/a . i.aa3 ingt.alGll ['LC: turned inside out, but half a sovereign was found in one of them. The skulls of the three were fractured in se- veral places, each fracture being enough of itself to cause death. In the mouth of the old gentleman and lady were found some pieces of pie crust, or bread, which they would seem to have been recently eating at their dinner, and also some of their teeth, which latter had evidently been knocked out by the blows inflicted by the murderer's hand. There was a poker in the parlour, and some of the injuries might have been done by that, and many of them by such an instrument as the soldering iron now produced, and found in the well. There were two drawers opened in the parlour, which appeared to have been rifled of a part of their contents. The table-cloth and a napkin upon it were spotted with blood, and a silver pint drinking cup, found on the table, also had blood upon it. It contained some beer, and ap parently there was blood mixed with the beer, blood on the handle, and running down the sides of the cup, as if the murderer had taken up the cup to drink with a bloody hand. Mrs. Wraith's wedding-ring had been taken off her finger. The bones of one of her arms were broken, and the female servant also had a broken arm. From the evidence of these witnesses the scene of the murder appears to have presented one of the most dread ful sights that can be imagined. It was supposed that the girl had, at the moment of attack, been engaged in cleaning the kitchen fender, which was found lying at some distance from the fireplace, witha small plate or saucer on it containing some sand.l Mr. Watkinson said that on the body of the girl there was one garter, an elastic garter of a brown colour. He, on the Saturday (the 15th), went with the constables to Mrs. M'Cabe's, and there, in a box, they found a piece of another garter of the same colour, and nearly the same in general appearance. (It was now produced.) Richard Green, superintendent constable of the Dewsbury division, stated that be found Michael M'Cabe at the Shoulder of Mutton, in the custody of two officers, on the 12th. Took off his clothes, and found a little blood on one of his stockings. His stockings were very wet. He made a statement to witness early next morn ing. On the 14th took the prisoner into custody. Told him he was suspected of this murder, and that informa tion had been given of his being seen near the house of Wraith. Reid then said, " Well, I was there about the time you mention with my basket, selling things. I knocked at the door, but no one answered, and I walked on." Being asked if he chose to say where he then went, he proceeded to tell of his going forward and meeting with " a woman." Asked what dress he had on on the 12th? He replied, the same he then wore, which the witness then took off him. Cross-examined--There is a reward offered for a con viction of the offender in this case. Witness was twice with M'Cabe, in York Castle, yesterday (Sunday) the 18th of July. The first time, at noon, he made a statement. had no conversation with him the second time, at about two o'clock ; but believed the statement he made the second time enlarged the first. Witness had no doubt but 111‘Cabe's stockings had been washed, when they were found so wet as before stated. Mr. Sergeant WILKTNS now submitted that M'Cabe should be called at once, before he closed his examination of Mr. Green, in order to see how far Mr. Green might controvert the statements of M`Cabe. His LORDSHIP thought that course would be proper, and, therefore, Michael M'Cabe being put into the box, he stated, on examination in chief, that he was an Irishman, and had come to England when "at the breast." He was now about thirty-five years of age. On the 12th of May last was living at ilightown. Is a married man, and had lived in the same neighbourhood for about five years. Had been from six to twelve times in all at Mr. Wraith's, hawking pots. Before the 12th of May, how ever, he had not been there for twelve mouths. On his way there, on that day, he was at Charles Flint's, at between eight and nine in the morning, and then at other places—Smithson's, Hallas's, a place called Little London, and then at the Shoulder of Mutton. He was at the latter at some hour " convenient to dinner time." Saw Reid that day. He was at the Shoulder of ,Mutton (Chad a ick's) when witness went in, but they did not speak. The witness then mentioned other places that he went to, and then said that he went to Mr. Wraith's, and to the kitchen • door, at which he knocked. No one at first came to the door, but on his repeating the knock he heard a foot move up stairs, and afterwards heard it come step by step down stairs, and towards the door at which he stood. It seemed first to go towards the fire-place and then to the door. The witness knocked a third time, and the foot then came towards the door, and the door was unlocked and opened about six inches, so that a man's face might come out. He then asked if they " wanted anything in his way." A low voice answered " No, sir." At that time he could hear an " exhausted sigh," and saw something white on the floor underneath the door. It was sprinkled with blood. The man, who could see witness look at it, then shut the door. Witness then left, and as he put up his basket with his hands to place it on his head, he saw that the kitchen shutters were put to. Saw the man's face in the doorway for about two or three minutes; might be more or less. It was that of Patrick Reid. Afterwards went to M'Ken nal's and to Smithson's, and at the latter smoked some tobacco, then to Flint's, and there remained for an hour or three-quarters, and from that straight home. Was on the same day, afterwards, apprehended when on his way to Chadwick's. Had heard, while at Flint's, of the murder, and on hearing of it he made a statement. That was before he had been home. Had known Reid by sight for about five months, but did not know his name. Knew him " by the look" well. Cross-examined—Came into court from the gaol, and was sent to gaol along with the prisoner, but did not know it was upon the charge of murdering these people. Was examined three or four times as a prisoner. On the 12th first went to Flint's. They are wholesale dealers in pots. First told his (witness's) lawyer, Mr. Watts, that Reid was the man he saw at Wraith's. Told him on the 18th or 19th of June. Flint asked him if he had seen anything else at Wraith's. Did not tell Flint that he had seen " lots of blood " on the floor. Did not say that he had heard " groans, and heavy groans;" but did say that he had heard an exhausted moan. On the next morning Mr. Green, the inspector, came to him, at about four, in the lock-ups. Did not then say to Green, " Mr. Green, I wish to tell you how it was that I was at that house where the murder was committed." Did not tell him that the man he saw was a tall, good-looking man, nor that the man kept the door open about three inches; he said six inches. Did not know what he did say to Mr. Green. Did not tell him that he (witness) was alarmed, and thought that the man would knock his head off. Had said that Mr. Flint stated that it was not certain if it were a murder, or whether all the family had been killed by a thunder -storm. Had also said that he thought the blood might have been caused by their " killing fowls for a feast;" and also, that the moans he heard might have been those of the old lady in illness, and the strange man who opened the door the person:attending on her. But witness did not, in fact, think they were killing fowls, nor did ho think the strange man to be attending the old lady, because there was a servant in the house. When at Chadwick's, after being at Wraith's, witness did strike his hand down on the table, and exclaim, " I have missed it, I have missed it—that man is gone, and lam here." At first, did not tell Green of the prisoner being the man, because he was not then sure of the man. Was not sure it was Reid until the evening of the 12th. Required time to consider, though he knew prisoner's face. Could not see the whole of his face when he opened the door. Only saw one side of it. When the daitdfirst not br k o n u o g w ht, hi; witness an d tol fi d rst Gr t e o e ld n t A h i a r t . hlve prisonera ( t w ts i , t (witness) w his ss witness's) attorney, on the 19th or 20th of June, that he knew Reid to be the man. Knew nothing ea l of the piece of garter now shown to him, and said to be hisfoundatto d (witness's) Madess's)hou two statementsse.Hadn never had to Green adit in his hand before yesterday (June 18th), and then, for the first time, said that he had seen Reid standing near to Mr. Wrath's, with two other men, on the day of the murder. By his LORDSUIP—ToId Mr. Green once that he did Gr ß ee y n li th r not kn ow w h o R e i d was. B at h e ( w it ness ) did k now who he was. • Bt. Mr. Gree n recalled—Was asked as to severa l of theLiss—aWas not sure that he did ever tell Mr. assertions just made by M'Cabe, and directly contradicted some of the material of them. John Hepworth (constable), Jonathan Ashton, and John Wraith Were examined, and proved the finding of LONDON, THURSDAY the things in the well, and the fitting of the key to the kitchen door-lock. A mason, named Dawson, said that he had paid Mr. Wraith a sovereign and sixteen half crowns on Monday, the 18th May. He (Wraith) was that day at Wake field, and he then had a watch in his possession. And a stepson of the deceased, named Parker, said he had seen deceased counting some money in his parlour on the 11th, and saw a sovereign drop. Charles Flint stated that M'Cabe did say he had heard " groans, heavy groans," when at Wraith's. Witness never heard any thunder at all. M‘Cabe did also say on the 12th that he had seen " lots of blood" on the floor. Mr. Joshua Ellice, a manufacturer, was examined as to the fabric of the garters. He said he did not think them a pair, and that they were not made of the same material precisely. Several other witnesses were examined, who spoke to seeing the prisoner in the neighbourhood of Wraith's on the morning in question, and also as to his first wearing a cap, and then going the other way with a hat. And Benjamin Moreton, a hawker, spoke positively to seeing both M'Cabe and the prisoner standing within sixty yards of each other, very near Wraith's, just abut the time of the shower of rain before-mentioned. Mr. W. West, a member of the Society of Friends, and of the Royal Society, a chemist, from Leeds, was called to show that there were some spots of human blood on the clothes shown to him, and that there was blood also on the key and the soldering iron. From several experiments he had made he was decidedly of opinion that there remained some portion of " animal matter" upon the key and the iron. His experiments, the witness said, had been made with such nicety and care as even to anticipate his being deceived by any perspiration which might have been left on the metal. Fibrin, a component part of the blood, was a component which would resist the influence of the water. Mr. Noble, governor of the gaol in the castle, said that when Mr. Watts, M`Cabe's attorney, came to see M'Cabe, Reid asked him (witness) what had passed between Mr. Watts and M`Cabe. He (Mr. Noble) said that he did not know, but that it was thought by the public that there must have been more than two persons engaged in the murder. The prisoner then made a re mark, which he (Mr. Noble) was not sure of being able exactly to repeat: it was either that " there was no others in it, or none knew about it but them two." Ile used the word them. No, nct the word "them," but " us"—" us two." Prisoner asked " what he thought of the case," and witness said, in reply, that he thought he was in a very serious predicament, for if the jury found him guilty be would be sure to bo executed. -..qe-e.e.asar.-ansinatian_ Mr. Noble said he could not the persons " knowing of it." He h - ad not expected at the time to be a witness. He spoke from his impression merely. Wraith Green, great nephew of Mr. Wraith, and Rose Ann Hellas, of Mi r fi e ld, s t a t e d, th e fi rst , t h e circum stances of the priso ner ' s quarre l w i t h th e f ema l e servant, Caroline Ellis, just before Christmas last ; and the second, that about last Easter she had met the prisoner in the road near Wraith's, when, pointing towards th e house, he said, speaking of the girl, " That d— bitch has taken something out of my basket, and I will serve her out for it." Witness only smiled at this, and told him he should let the girls alone. Thomas Kitty, an Irish hawker, living at Daw Green, about thirty yards from the prisoner's father, had bor rowed the soldering iron now produced from the pri soner's father several times, and the last time it was on the 11th of April. Witness saw prisoner on the 11th of May, and the so ld er i n g iron was then at w it ness ' s house, lying in a corner . Pri s oner came in f or it, an d said that his father wanted it. Witness's wife told him where it was, and that he might take it. Prisoner then took it, and carried it away with him. Gave a descrip tion of this iron since the murder, and before it had been , shoryn. Knew it now to be the " self and same" solder.mg iron. The witness, on cross-examination, admitted that he had been committed to gaol at Wakefield for desertion, and thence transferred for six months to Gloucester. And also that he had been in gaol at Manchester, being convicted of hawking without a license. Had, perhaps, sometimes thrashed his wife, but never knew of her seek.. ing (refuge at the prisoner's house; and never accused them (his wif e an d R e id) o f being too intimate. There were only himself and wife present when Reid came for the iron. Did not know if any one else now in York had ever seen the iron at his house, Mary Waldron had, but she is not here. The wife corroborated Kitty's statement about Reid coming for the iron, which she could identify with cer tainty. She had asked prisoner if he was " preparing for the I)aw-green row that night" (it having been said that all the new-comers of the Irish there were to be driven out of the place). She said to him, speaking of the soldering iron which he had just taken up, that "any person that got a blow with that would not know what had happened to them." Prisoner thereupon waved the iron, and said, " No, they will not." Cross-examined—Never took refuge in prisoner's house. Her husband had thrashed her many a time. Thrashed her, she supposed, when she deserved it. The case for the prosecution having closed at about half-past three to-day, Mr. Sergeant WILKINS proceeded to address the jury, in a speech of about three hours, in which he showed his usual ability, and which commanded profound attention from a crowded audience. The summing up occupied until nearly six, when the jury retired, and they did not return into court until ten minutes before nine this evening. They then begged to ask a question of the Court, and came back into the box for that purpose. The foreman was handing a written question to the Learned Judge, when His LORDSHIP said they had better read it out. The foreman then, reading from the paper, said that the jury wished to know whether, if the prisoner were acquitted on the present indictment, he could again be tried for the murders of the women, supposing that ad ditional evidence could be obtained? They did not now think the evidence sufficient. His LORDSHIP told them that that was a question which he could not answer them, because it was not one which they at present could properly inquire into. The foreman—Then, my Lord, I don't think we shall ever agree. His Lonnstan said he supposed they must have been making a mistake, because in the present trial they had nothing to do with the questions of the other then, murders. my Lord, we are quit e a to pronounce a verdict of acquittal, when some of the juror s sugges t e d th a t t h ey had better again retire. They did so , an d a f ter a b out five minutes' absence, came back, s a yi ng , by th e fore , jrcheed. foreman—Oh, an h; O was h, about fore man, that they found the prisoner Not Guilty. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. —Lincoln, July 20. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron HoLre.) MURDERS BY POISON. —Mary Ann Milner, a rather interesting young woman, aged 27, was charged with the murder of her enother-in-law, nary Milner, by poison. Mr. Wildman and Mr. Dennison prosecuted ; Mr. Miller defended the prisoner. The prisoner and her husband lived at the village of Barnathy-le-Wold, in this county, and were agricultural labourers, or cotters. The deceased and her husband lived in the same village. It would seem the old people were taken ill, and were recommended by the doctor who attended them to take sago. It would seem that during the time the mother and father-in-law were taking the sago the prisoner was there, and had almost the whole house to herself, and to one of the witnesses she admitted having given the sago to the old people. The mother died. The father survived, but has become paralytic. Suspicion having been excited by subsequent circumstances, the body was exhumed, and the presence of arsenic clearly detected. The prisoner was proved to have purchased arsenic, but the facts were too slight to warrant a verdict of guilty, and a verdict of Not Guilty was returned. The prisoner was then charged with the murder of Hannah Tickels, being the wife of her brother. Mr. Wildman and Mr. Dennison prosecuted ; Mr. Miller defended. It appeared that on the 30th of Juno the deceased had eaten some pancake in the morning with the pri soner, and about ten o'clock she came into the kitchen of one Mary Winter, stating she had been so eating the pancake, and that she believed she was poisoned, and should die, that the pancake had poisoned her. She stated she had not taken any poison herself, and had never had any in the house. Deceased, who appeared to be in full possession of her senses, then left and went to her own house, the witness followed, and found her on her knees, violently sick, and saying the pancake had poisoned her. She wished her husband to be sent for, and he shortly afterwards arrived. This witness u proved that she was with the deceased at intervals to two o'clock of that day , and she continually complained of her throat being very. hot. Mary Watson went and told the prisoner what Tickels said about being poisoned by the pancake ; whereupon she turned pa l e , her lips became white, and she seemed almost unable to walk. The prisoner went to the deceased, and said, " Oh, Hannah, do you think that the pancake has caused you to be so ? " Tickels was unable to reply. She died about six o'clock of the same evening. The first matter vomited was thrown oway, but the witness thought what was subsequently vomited should be preserved, and told the prisoner so, but after the death of Tickels, prisoner said it had got thrown away. Elizabeth Wat son proved th a t b etween e i g ht and nine oclock of the day in question deceased came to her, and asked, ":Whether she had any one in her house ?" she replied , " No," Deceased said, she would tell her something, ' but she was not to tell any one." Sho then stated the prisoner had come to her house and said, " Why, you have no fire; I'll lay you have nothing warm this morn ing, 'and if she would go with her she (the prisoner) would fry h er a panca k e. That she went and had the pancake, but she believed the prisoner had put some thing in it, she felt so queer—that she would have left a porti on o f t h e pancake, but a lodger was present, and it would have looked unmannerly. William Percival, a grocer in the same village, proved that six or eight weeks previous the deceased came for a pennyworth of mercury (white arsenic). He said it was rather an aw k ward thing, b u t s h e a ppeared to be i n her ri g ht m i nd, and not likely to destroy herself. She replied, " Oh n o , I want to kill so me rats.' , James Burdet Moxon, a surgeon, proved the making a post mortal:, examination of the body, and gave it as his opinion, that death was caused by arsenic, in which opinion he was confirmed by Mr. Paleron, a sur geon, of Brigg. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and sentence of death was passed upon her. There was another indictment against her for the murder of Ellen Tickels. Lord Redesdale had art interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt yesterday, at the Office of the Commis sioners of Railways, in Great George-street. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKEN WELL. John Ramsay, who, it will be recollected, surrendered himself to the police on his own confession, was again placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with the wilful murder of Mr. Henry Williams. Evidence was taken at great length as to the occur rences of the night when Mr. Williams received the injuries that caused his death, but nothing definite was proved that tended to connect the prisoner with the crime of which he accused himself. Ultimately the case was remanded for a week. THAMES. Caroline Ayres, a young woman about 20 years of age, was charged before Mr. Yardley with stealing various sums of money belonging to her master, Mr. George Blake, landlord of the King of Prussia public house, in Cartwright-street, Rosemary-lane. The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Blake as bar-maid for one year and nine months. Her wages were only Si. per annum, besides board and lodging, and when she entered her master's service she was very poor and possessed of very little clothing. For some time past Mr. Blake, who is a widower, and placed great confidence in the prisoner, ascertained that his receipts did not at all correspond in amount with the sale of spirits, ale, and beer. He was slow to suspect any one, and his losses continued to increase to an alarming ex I tent. At last he began to entertain suspicions of his ibar -maid, and ascertained she was in the practice of making large purchases, spending a good deal of money, and that she was about to be married. Having been informed by another woman in his service that the prisoner had given her money out of the till to make purchases for her, he called in police-sergeant Eves, No. 14 H, and Chaplin, a con stable, No. 104 H, who commenced searching her boxes and drawers. While Eves was engaged in searching a drawer in the prisoner's bed-room, she took a piece of paper out of a box, and before he could stop her she put it into her mouth, and made an attempt to swallow it. Eves without any ceremony grasped her by the throat and made her disgorge the paper. In doing so she was nearly choked. After a great struggle he obtained pos session of it. The writing upon it was the prisoner's own, and commenced thus, " Already bought, 201. 10s. 6d.," and then recited a list of various articles, including a bedstead, bedding, table covers, Chinese ornaments, vases, &c., recently purchased to the amount of 51. more. Eves then continued his search, and found the prisoner's boxes crammed with the most expensive articles of wearing apparel, including a cardinal cloak of the best silk, a new dress, five shawls, four cards of lace, and four hand- Inge ‘ ,bigipe L larin3mpl vith,_ th e most elegant ribbons. and their production exhibited sufficient proof drat 1111 , prisoner had made extensive preparations to go into housekeeping with her intended husband on her own account. The purchase of these goods by the prisoner could only have been effected by continually robbing her master, and the deficiency in his receipts was at once accounted for. A large piece of calico was also found in one of her boxes, and it appeared from the evidence of a fellow-servant that a few days since the prisoner took ss. lid., in halfpence, out of the till, and directed her to purchase some calico and a pottle of strawberries. A bed, bolster, and two pillows, which the prisoner bought a few days ago, were deposited in a house next door to the King of Prussia, and were taken possession of by the police. The prisoner had not forgotten to purchase a very handsome lady's silver watch, and jewellery to adorn her person, and the police laid their ruthless hands on this property also, and would not allow her the use of the gold eardrops, brooch, ring, and keeper, which she intended to wear for the first time on her wedding-day. While Chaplin wag looking over the back kitchen he ob served the bride in expectancy cover a wet cloth over the dresser. He raised it, and found a silver watch valued at five guineas. The prisoner wished her master, the police, and the magistrate, to believe that she was enabled to make the extensive purchases she had done out of her wages-81. per year, but they were not so credulous; they believed Mr. Blake's till supplied her with the money. The prisoner, who treated the affair with much levity, said she purchased the calico with her master's money for the use of the house. Mr. Blake said he had never authorised the prisoner to do anything of the kind. Mr. YARDLEY remanded the prisoner for a week. SOUTHWARK. Mr. Seeker, one of the magistrates of this Court, held a long investigation in the lobby of the Queen's Prison, relative to a charge of assault brought by Hart Davis against Mr. J. L. Barroiti, Captain Clarke, Major Talfull, and Mr. Bean. All parties were prisoners at the time. Mr. Sims attended for the prosecution. From the statement of the complainant, it appeared that on the evening of Wednesday, the 14th, while on the ground of the prison, he was suddenly attacked by Barrotti and Clarke, who knocked him down and kicked him severely. The other two defendants subsequently took part in the attack upon him, and continued to ill treat him until he was rescued by some of the watch men and turnkeys. He was so mach injured as to be obliged to go to the infirmary for the night. Mr. Parry, who appeared for the defendants, said that he could prove that the complainant's statements were very much exaggerated, and cross examined him with the view of showing that his previous conduct had been calculated to give great cause of provocation. He hoped that the magistrate would deal summarily with the case, and consider that an apology from Mr. Barrotti would be sufficient reparation. Mr. SEM:MR having intimated that he should send the case before another tribunal, —Mr. Parry said that he should not, in that case, call his witnesses. The charge was then referred to the next sessions, all the parties being bound over to keep the peace in the meantime. EVENING, JULY 22, 1847. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—Prince Albert and Prince Waldemar of Prussia inspected the fleet at Spithead this afternoon. The Spiteful steam-sloop, Captain Sir William Hoste, Bart., arrived at Spithead last evening, about six o'clock, from the East India and China station. Her dates are— Bombay, March 6; Point de Galle, April 5; Cape of Good Hope, May 29; St. Helena, June 9; and Ascen sion, June 19. The President, 50, flag of Rear-Admiral Decree, the Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, and the Iris, Captain Munday, were in Simon's Bay when she left, the latter to proceed two days after for England. The Belle Poule, 60, flag of Rear-Admiral Des Fosses, was at St. Helena, en route to Brest. The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8., and the Mariner, 12, Commodore Mathison, were at Ascension, which island was very healthy, water very scarce, but turtle plentiful. The coals at the depot at Ascension (ashore) had ignited while the Spiteful lay there, and created great consternation; they were nearly all consumed before the fire was extinguished. Lieute nant Mends, on promotion from the Fox, Captain Priestly, of the 25th Regiment, from the Cape, Lieute nant Spencer Pickard, from the Fox, and Mr. Hutton, nephew of Captain Hutton, Governor of Ascension, have come home in the Spiteful, by whom we learn that the Agincourt, 72, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Coch rane, was to sail from Penang two or three days after the departure of the Iris. The Spiteful has been in com mission four years and seven months, and was first com manded by Commodore Maitland, who recently died on the station. She has had two acting commanders besides Captain Sir W. Hoste, Bart., who has brought her home. She sailed in company with the Fox, 42, from Bombay, and kept company with her under canvas to Goa, parting company at Cannanore on the 18th of March. From the latter place sho went to Colombo and Trinco malee. The Sapphire troop-ship was at the latter place when she left, where, also,ltheyeterel, 16, was daily expected. The Spiteful has been much empl o y e d in carrying troops, in disembarking and embarking whom her paddle-box boats have been of the most eminent service. She was employed in th e expe di t i on against the pirates of Borneo in July last. Sh e l e f t t h e Cape with 230 tons of coals in her bunkers, and took in 100 tons at Ascension. She made the passage to Ply mouth in fifty days, a strong head wind blowing the last five; she steamed (exclusively) for thirty-ono days, with a constant succession of light winds. The following shows how cheaply a steamer may be navigated with judicious management and scientific application of the means at disposal in making passages of great distance: — Total amount of coal expended, 361 tons. Total cost of vessel, 597/. Os. bid. Total cost of coals, 5701. 2s. Total number of miles run, 4,378. Ditto oil and tallow, 261. 18s. qd. Under steam, 746 hours. Average distance, with one ton, 13 miles 9-10ths. Average expenditure per day, 10 tons 9 cwt. Cost per day, 191. 4s. ld. This was with one boiler and three fires, and the constant use of the expansive gear, and reflects very great credit upon the perseverance and economy of Sir W. Hoste, as well as proving to the ma ritime world generally, how far that little means, when properly applied, will take the steamer. The Spiteful is in admirable order and condition, so far as discipline and accessories imply ; but her machinery and boilers, of course, require repair. She is a Surveyor vessel, but monstrously under powered, being of 1,050 tons, but of only 280-horse power. She will proceed to Woolwich to be paid off after replenish ing,. fuel. The Hindostan, which arrived also yesterday at Southampton, reported the Spiteful at Ascension on the 29th of June, together with the Penelope and Iris. The latter may have been there, but the Spiteful left the llindostan for that island, not vice versa. FORGED BANK OF ENGLAND NoTEs.—Parties would do well to be exceedingly careful in examining Bank of England notes before they are taken, as there are some forged notes now in circulation, of most superior workmanship, and in which the resemblance to the true notes is carried into the most minute particulars. On Tuesday a note was returned to a gentleman i❑ Man chester, stamped as forged, by the Bank of England, which appeared from one of the endorsements on the back to have previously passed through the well known London bank of Robarts and Co. In this note, which purported to be a Birmingham one, No. A. 05204, dated April 14th, and signed " S. Roberts," not only were the water mark and the lettering of the note imitated so closely as to defy detection on a very close examination by the unpractised, but there were even in the note some of those minute dots in the letters of the word" by the absence of which forged notes are sometimes de tected. The signature was an exceedingly close resem blance as to the form of the letters, though there were some small differences between the flourishing in the false signature and a real one of Mr. Roberts's ; the false signature was also in much darker ink than the true one. The only other variation that could be de tected was an exceedingly slight one in the border tracing of the stamp in the corner of the note.—New castle Guardian. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 21. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) NEW PEERAGE. The Marquis of Drogheda was introeuced by the Marquis of Cholmondeley, the; Earl of Rf_desdale, and Lord Wharncliffe, and took the oaths avid his teat as Baron Moore. The House then adjournel till to-morrow at a Qu leer before One o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMOIVS, July 21. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would abstain from again going over the arguments which he bad already I urged upon the subject of the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph, but he would at once address himself to the ground upon which the Right Hon. Gentleman founded his opposition to the third reading of this Bill— namely, the temporary exclusion of the Bishop of Manchester from a seat in the House of Lords.—(llear.) The Right Hon. Baronet thought that there was great danger from the expulsion of one of the bishops from the House of Lords, and founded his opinion upon statements made in this House, while he altogether overlooked the fact that the bishops in the Upper House had a full opportunity, ii they thought proper, to express their opinions upon the subject. The Right Hon. Baronet set aside all this silence upon the part of the bishops, and said that ho attached great weight to the statements of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath and the Hon. Member for Kerry; but he (Lord John Russell) did not think that that Hon. Member had even recorded his vote on the subject, so little weight did he appear to attach to his own opinion on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) He did not wish again to enter into the question of the rotation of the bishops ;he did not see any danger, real or theoretical, in the proposition. He thought it would be of some advantage to the.bishops if, instead of their having to spend the first portion of their time, after their appointment, in London in attendance on their duties in the House of Lords, they had the opportunity afforded them of becoming acquainted with the duties of their dioceses. Such an opportunity would have, no doubt, been of great service to the last created bishop—the Bishop of St. Asaph. With respect to the grievous di visions of the Church, he would only say that it was his most earnest wish to see the Protestant character of the Church of England fully and entirely maintained. Mr. S. WORTLEY felt it incumbent on him, not withstanding the support which he had formerly given to -L n;11 in its other stages, to join in the opposition to the Bin in tse His ream,n e x opposing the Bill was because of the retention in the is;il of clause for excluding the new bishop from a seat in the House of Lords, a principle which he considered to be utterly subversive of the constitution of the country. If this measure were to pass, the responsibility of dealing that severe blow to the Church would not rest so much with the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, but with those Hon. Members on his side of the House who had uniformly given their support to the interests of the Church. Sir R. H. INGLIS regretted the omission of such words from the Bill as the Government had thought proper to omit; but even the Bill in its present shape, mutilated as it was, was such as in bis opinion was deserving of his support, and he could not therefore concur in the opinion of those Hon. Members who had considered it advisable to reject the measure in its pre sent stage. Mr. HOPE thought, that as the Roman Catholic episcopate had been increased from six bishops to ten to superintend its few hundreds of thousands of members, surely the Protestant Church of England, with its mil lions of members, ought:to have a corresponding increase in the number of its bishops. Mr. HORSMAN regretted that the discussion upon this measure had been more upon the ground of the wants of the episcopacy than of the serious existing wants in the parochial system of the country. He hoped to hear from the throne on the opening of the next session that her Majesty had taken into -her most serious consideration the wants of the country in that respect. With respect to the welfare of the Church, it would be highly conducive to its interests if the existing 'system of patronage were reviewed and remodelled. The subject of church-rates was also one which deserved the serious consideration of the Government, with a view to removing the dissensions which constantly arose out of the present mode of levy ing them. Lord H. VANE supported the Bill, but could not help stating, at the same time, that he should have pre ferred a unioa of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. He considered the doctrine preposterous that the increased revenues of the different sees—of London for instance — should be devoted to the creation of colonial bishoprics. He wished to have the revenues of the Church solely devoted to the purposes of the Church. The expulsion of the new bishop, and of the other three referred to, from the; House of Lords would cause much bitterness, ani mosity, and jealousy. The Bill in its present shape, however, was preferable to the state in which it was ori ginally brought in. Mr. GOULBURN should support the third reading of the Bill, as he considered it would be a great step towards promoting and extending the religion of their forefathers. He deduced from the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir James Graham), with respect to a near and dear friend of his (Mr. Goulburn's), the Bishop of Carlisle, that a bishop with an extensive dio cese, and a limited number of clergy, could discharge all the duties of his sacred office effectually. The labours of that Right Rev. Prelate were an example to all others. If his diocese were to be increased, as he understood, the harmony which prevailed in his present diocese would doubtless be extended to the increased portion. He thought no ono could doubt that a Bishop of Manchester was absolutely required, and ho contended that the Government would have done well to have conceded that new bishop a seat in the House of Lords.—(Hear.) No one denied that the Dissenters had obtained in creased power in the administration of religion, but he did not think that they really objected to another bishop representing a large diocese taking his seat with his compeers in the House of Lords. He regretted, there fore, that the Noble Lord had abandoned his original intention of allowing the Bishop of Manchester a seat in the other House. Mr. B. ESCOTT adverted to his arguments against the Bill, and advised the Government not to introduce into the new Parliament questions with respect to sees which could not bear investigation, but to honour bishops and parochial clergy when they did their duty, instead of making their set s and their conduct matters of daily discussion in that House. He should continue his opposition to the Bill. Lord CLIVE supported the Bill. He considered that more danger might be apprehended from limiting the number of bishops than from extending their number. There was no force in the objections against the new bishops having a seat in the House of Lords.—(Divide.) Mr: AGLIONBY denied that Dissent was nut rife ill the diocese of Carlisle, as various Dissenting congrega tions existed. Mr. GOULBURN did not deny that Dissoit existed in the diocese of Carlisle. Sir. J. GRAIIA AI explained that be did not say that Dissent did not exist in the diocese of Carlisle. He said that the Right Rev. Prelate did not meddle with trifles, and that as harmony existed between the whole Church body, Dissent was less bitter and antagonistic than in other dioceses.—(Hear.) After a few words from Mr. LEPROY and Mr. ACLAND, Mr. DUNCOMBE said, Hon. Gentlemen who spoke so highly of the Noble Lord's conduct in this matter would do well to support him at the ensuing election — (Laughter)—and if he was the great friend of the Church they said he advised him to come over to his side, and take his seat behind him as his supporter. They had put an extinguisher upon the Government manufacturing ten bishops, and he thought, after what had taken place, that the Noble Lord would not burn his fingers with any more bishops.—(Laughter) At any rate, if he did feel disposed so to dabble, he trusted he would bring forward his Bills earlier, in order not to drive the discussion of them to almost the last day of the session. Mr. COLLETT rose amidst loud calls for a division. He said the very name of bishop was offensive— (Laughter)—and considered that the country could do very well without their aid. They were now going to meet their constituents, and many of them might not have seats in the new Parliament—(Laughter)—but if he should not appear in the House again, he should look back with credit to the exertions he had made to prevent the addition of another bishop to the overgorged Church Establishment.—(Laughter.) The House thea divided, when there appeared-- For the amendment l4 Against it Majority 79 On the question that the Bill be read a third time, Mr. P. BORTHWICK moved the omission of so much of clause 2 as enacts the exclusion, in rotation„ of the future bishops of certain existing sees from seats in the House of Lords. Lord JOHN RUSSELL would not repeat the argu ments which he urged yesterday against the motion of the lion. Gentlem an , an d h e hoped that after the ex pression of opinion that had been given by the House in favour of the Bill he would withdraw his motion. Mr. L A W supported the amendment. Mr. P. BORTIINVICK would not divide the Home upon the motion, and it was by leave withdrawn. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up. LONDON BRIDGE APPROACHES' FUND BILL. The Lords' Amendments in this Bill were considered and agreed to. LEITH HARBOUR AND DOCKS DUES BILL, The Lords' amendments on this Bill were considered and agreed to. COMMUTED ALLOWANCES FOR PENSIONS. Sir DE LACY EVANS moved for copies of such orders, warrants, or directions as may have been issued by the War-office or Treasury, bearing date about the year 1832, inviting or authorising pensioners to re ceive a commuted allowance for their pensions with the promise of land in the colonies; of such un published representations to Government as may have been made by the Earl of Durham while Governor of Canada, on the consequences of these commutations; of such orders or explanations as may have been issued by the English Treasury or War-office to the Ca nadian Government or otherwise, on the subject of restoring the pensions of the pensioners in Ca nada under certain specified circumstances ; of such minutes or orders as may have been drawn up by the Treasury, showing why the measure of restoration of pension extended to the pensioners in Canada, ought not to be granted to the commuted pensioners who may not have left England, or who may have returned to England from Canada. Also, of such repreerd:ttions as may have been addressed to the Treasury subse quent to 1832, by the Right Honourable Edward Ellice and the Right Lioutirable Sir henry Ilardinge, when Secretaries at War, in reference to the justice or polio" of commuting pensions for service or wounds, and ens to the case of those who claimed restoration of their pions, after having, in fact, Faid back with interest, the amount which had been advanced to them as a commutation by Government. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. Mr. FOX MAULE did not consider he would be Ps" tified in producing the papers, and he should therefore oppose the motion. The motion was then withdrawn. RAILWAYS AND THE DUCHY OF LAN' CASTER. Mr. HUDSON inquired of Lord John Russell, wile' ther it had the sanction of the Government that the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster may insist, f' case of any railway requiring any of the Duchy's land,' that the railway before receiving the consent of the Government, shall be obliged to agree to pay suc h a price for the land as he may think right to demand , and tsl4° such securities as the Chancellor may determine I° require them to give. Lord J. RUSSELL said that it was impossible for; him to state the grounds which induced his Noble Friena the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to refuse ti!S, land in a particular case, and, without inquiry , he con give no reply to the question of the Hon. Gentleman* ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, it wa s agree that the House, at its rising, should adjourn till one o'clock to-morrow. NEW HOU SE OF COMO. Mr. 11. R. YORKE moved for cop M ies NS of all correr; pondence entered into between the Commissio ners her Majesty's Woods, &c., the architect, and Dr. D. f lo ; Reid, since September, 1846, whether referring to t new House of Commons in particular, including al l6° a special letters between the Chief Commissioners and Dr. Reid, or between the Secretary to the Chief Commis sioner and Dr. Reid, since Sept., 1846. Of the origin notes of evidence taken by Mr. P. Hardwicke during "I progress of the reference appointed by the Visconti! . Canning, when the referees decided that they would 0,011 have reporters present. Of the answer transmitted Of Dr. Reid to a document issued by the Cemmissionere her Majesty's Woods, on the 2cl day of December , 18 and in juxta-position with it ; the "objections by P.'; Reid," that appear in p. 46 of the Minutes of Evidenc ela l before the Select Committee on Westminster -bridge l ! ! New Palace ; and a paper dated the 19th day of . 1845, and tited " Minutes of Conversation, which vi transmitted by the architect to the Commissione r ' s . ° her Majesty's Woods, and Dr. Reid's reply thereto, yulz; his letter addressed to the Commissioners of Qm,es Majesty's Woods, and dated the 30th day of June, I°' Agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed 04 and the House adjourned. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 21. STOCK EXCILING.—The sales are—Birmingham an.d, O d i t; E ford, 7'4 3 p.—Ditto New Scrip, IA p.—East Lancashire, 14, L 0 , —Ditto, New, 3 / 4 dis.—Lancaster and Carlisle, Thirds , 4 7 1 4,1 —Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1% p.—London ;0, North-Western,l77—Ditto, New Quarters, 10%p•—ld„ all , e a4 ter and Leeds,32 Shares, par—Dittto. Halves (L. and D'," ter, p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), IA p.—blan ch Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ( late Great Grimsby an d „ is tle field), Quarters, 2 dis.—Midland, Halves, 3 3 / 4 and Berwick, New, 4 3 / 4 p.—North Staffordshire, 274 /foe Preston and Wyre, 38—Shrewsbury and Chester ( tiet N. W. M.), 5 1 4 p.—Ditto, New, 1 / 0 p.—York and NeWl3 O l.• Preference (guar. 6 per cent. till 1850), 4 1 4 p. ex jots fast and Ballymena, 10 dis. _ _ - MANCHESTER, JULY 21. 7,1* STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—AmbCrgate, f ham, and Boston, PA dis.—Birmingham and Oxford " l i /11 .:. tion, 7:!: 4 p.—Derby, Stafford, and Worcester, 1 11-1 6 (I , 6 res t Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1% dis.- -- u r dig, Northern (London and York Extension), Scrip, 5 -16 v e- o , " —Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 11 Ditto, Thirds, 1 / 2 c. p.—London and North-Western , h ' es tot —Ditto (Manchester and Birmingham), 704—M anc ifale and Leeds, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 1 /4 P• 2 ? chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 121. 10s. Share-9.'4E Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 3 1 ,x—Manchesterf ton, Matlock, and Midland, % c. dis.—Newcastle and lel li tef o f New, 4% p.—North Staffordshire, 2.' 1 c. p.—North-Wealord -1% dis.—Preston and Wyre, Sixths, 6% p.—South St fl oc , she 9.16 dis.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole) r LEEDS, JULY 21, 'oric STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Eastern Counti es. 0, Extension, 20s. dis.-East Lancashire, New, 12s. 6 d. Great Northern Extensions, 10s. dis.-Leeds and D i l is dis! 4 1 4 p.-Ditto, Halves, 2 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 6 'Ye Ditto, New, 5% dis.-Ditto, Preference, 10s. s. dig " - DittOf chester and Leeds (late Hud. and Sheff.), n• 394 . 321. Shares, 2s. 6d. dis.-Ditto (We s t Riding Uni(gog" -Midland, Preference, 3 3 4 p.-Newcastle and 7 6 d,-.1 1 • New, 41. 18s. 9d. p.-North British, Extension, 3 51.,.. 64; p.-North Staffordshire, 2 3 % p.-North-Western, „ her dis.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, par ---1 dale, 20s. dis.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 4% I' EDINBURGH, JULY 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen , Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 10s.-Arbroath and Fo b Bs' 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 141. 10s.-Ayr and GallowaYt -Caledonian 29/. 155.-Ditto, New, 24-Caledoni sl 9 : 10$' Dumbartonshire, 1/. 13s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, kV. -Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callendertip. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 38/. ex div.-Ditto, New' Olt 291. 10s. ex div.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 32/. ex div• New, No. 3,3/. 10s.-Dundee and Northern JunetiviAo, 11 s. 6d. -Dundee • and Perth, 33/. 58.-Ditto,_NeWl,olll Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 65.-East of Fife, 1/. 18s.- o s t ';:B.**" Central, 14 16s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, use.' Edinburgh and Glasgow, 691.-Ditto, Halves, 22 ", i Ore o. Ditto, Quarters, 171. 2s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Leith , All" 91 6 ton, 19/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 201. 108.-0A V:1 4 100 , 2/. Is.-Ditto, Quarters, 13s. 6d.-Edinburgh and 1 : 1 ,2 egi.! 181.-Ditto, New, 3/. 135.-Ditto, Newport, 040 Ditto, ditto, New, 24 10s.-Edinburgh and per ch roltit's Co.), 14 2s. -Ditto Halves, 6s.'-Glasgow and 11 - 3 1 , 0 6, 1201. 155.-Ditto, dew Stock, 421. 2s. 6d.-Ditto , rrr No. 1, 94 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2,6/. 13.--"_,,700 , Dumfries, and Carlisle, Si. 7s. 6d.-Glasgow and G l "7 , ,Dir 39/. ex div.-Glasgow General Terminus, 11/. gow and Greenock, 191. 55.-Ditto, Halves, 91. Ditto, Preference, 8/. 2s. 6d.--Glasgow, Kilmarnock, ent re at drossan, 3/. 155.-Great North of Scotland, 1/. 198.-7 Lo y Northern (late Direct Northern), 4/. 75.-Ditto (llitL L don and York ), 1/. 125.-Newcastle and Berwick. _lsitto. -North British, 331.-Ditto, Halves, 15/. 17s. 6d. , 65 , , 9d• Quarters, 41. I Is. 6d.-Ditto, New Quarteis (scrip) , f . .„ . 4e -Ditto, Thirds, 2/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 64 108. di tish Central, 281.-Scottish Grand Junction, 19s. vaboll Midland, 184-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 108.-Shr e a t jrll l3 % Oswestry, and Chester, 104-Ditto, New, IL 4s. and Dunfermline, 41. 155.-Stirling and Midland, ••'' ' 7. 1 0 1 Wishaw and Coltness, 491.-York and Newcastle, ore, -Ditto, New, 161.55.-Ditto, Preference, 12/. 7s. 6d.--oforw_g_ Bombay and Madras, 25.-East Indian, ss. 3d.-Gr es igadfl' of India, 2s. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras, 23.-- Nellore, and Arcot, ls. 6d. GLASGOW, JULY 20. STOCK EXCIIAITGE.—The sales are—Ayr and Qin P 49s.—Caledonian, New, 395. 9d.—D un d ee a nd er q nap ent rl 7 tors, 655. 6d.—East Indian, ss. 6d.—East Lothian ,0 0 7 38s.—Edinburgh and Northern, New, 51s.—Edinburb 121'• Perth, Halves, ss. 9d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and AY, Prefe r ' —Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 6%—Glasgow and Greenock,! Se p' ence, 65s.—Manchester and Southampton, Nevr, r s3 f g. castle and Berwick, New, 101.—No r th British, 1 “ - Val e " ' —Scottish Central, 284—York and Newcastle' ence, fet e a ------. ha el ' PERSONAL GRACES.—The countenance is r e d, tb ° additionally pleasing by the well-arranged cue bail' braided plait, or the flowing tress. In dressing '%,. Oi" nothing can equal the effect of Rowland's Mee : 36- it 5 , 0 , on either natural or artificial hair, renderi li t'docit admirably soft that it will lie in any direction, Pr ° , losP: beautifully flowing curls, and, by the transcencien,:otierA it imparts, rendering the head-dress truly enc":„Ilele A " Rowland's Kalydor is a preparation of upP IL L - se" kie 1 efficiency in improving and beautifying the e ;ta de ° complexion, preserving them from every vie iss- tifri ce ' the weather; and Rowland's Odonto, or Pearl Del l o tif e is alike invaluable for its beautifying and Pre se : 04 effects on the teeth and gums. Caution—lt is nee - e o to see that the word " Rowland's" precedes the i I:lg.tioes the article on the wrapper of each, as spuriou s irt are abroad. ~ gq o l# CUURCU ExTENSION IN ST. PANCRA-• - %10• I; FICENCE OF TIIE DUKE OF BEDFORD.—The P ° ,. 1) 1 .- Ora of this extensive parish amounts to upwards , N - . 61),e -persons, whilst the whole of the accommodation fur ;o o "' by the existing churches 'is only sufficient for `" l 'por s e being one-eighth of the population. There are als c ' t se; than 8,000 children who are growing up withue'e instruction in the doctrines and precepts of the g,, ° tce r 'i To remedy this deficiency the Rev. Mr. Dale, the e : o o ei' has set on foot a public subscription for the areeti l js il f ) places of worship, and which amounts to lIP °III , I IO °. 3,0001. Within the last few days his Grace the Pi c iiti° ll i Bedford has made the munificent donation, OA 0 sit to the funds already raised, of 5001., together °:,certel" of ground for the erection of a church subjec t •etti l arrangements as to the building. DSO o' A frightful event occurred last month at --- a s e Arif Effendi, governor of the town, had tsvo tame to 0 a crodiles in his garden. A negro having ill-tr eti o d• 511 $ , of them, the natural ferocity of the animal reter.,2 year he rushed on the governor's child, aged a bout ci biro' who as standing by the negro's side, and 1( ! 11e ___---- ---- : ---: 0 1 , BIRTHS. On the 16th inst., at South Lambeth, Mrs. de —hal./3.' il of a daughter. 3 1 r 5 " On the 17th inst., at West Hall, Aberdeensh ire ' of phinstone Dalrymple, of a daughter. ,; S( - 1' On the 19th inst, the lady of D. G. Cas save''' ' obe rt Upper Clapton, of a daughter. Tzev. On the 19th inst., at Bath, the lady of the - of $. Lovett, of a daughter. 0 / life R. O G n re t e h n e i l si o a th ne i i n s, st li ,, s i ri n ., C o r f a a nl s i o a n m . -place, Essex , til slic err tO ne On the 20th inst., the wife of Mr. Philip irke, 10 d 1 of Brompton- row, Brompton, of a son On the 20th inst., in Albert-road, Regents - P arl ' : ' tile , the OnO of Samuel Tomki in ng junin., EDqa;na $ of a n burg' - L, wa3 s - 0 street, fAiia lady of Walter F. Campbell, Esq., of a daughter. l o be MARRIED. A lfred, - l o be On the 10th inst., at St. Mary's, Paddington, '''.-3.1r. son of John Moore, to Mary Ann, only daughter ler h V el ot Waites, of Paddington-green. On the 20th instat St. James's, W t 'lister, the ti ter •, able the Archdeacon of Wilts, to Frances Laura, the late W. Dawson, Esq., of Wakefield, Yorkshire. VIP DIED. 11 , igY On the 10th tilt., at Broad - t Sussex, Charles wa er, r la ° Esq., surgeon, R.N., aged 57. Lain " On the 12th inst. at Sligo, Ireland, CaP Le t Barra Kelly, Staff Officer of Pensioners. , u sttirl On the 12th inst., at Cricklewood, Charles Aeb ors eldest son of Mr. C. Bertram, aged 27. dish -54 of On the 18th inst., in Harley-street, Cavell - Mrs. Bruce Jackson. surOgneonthoef her r tl it i ra in je s s t t . ) , ,,s in Do C e r k a y v a e r Tt p re e e r t o , n p po r r . t. T , Q , b 3.. l ;f +: On the 19th inst., in the Albert-road, Regent' f JO° F. Wingrove, Esq., aged 49. t son °,,,_ a v . On the 19th inst., Arthur Wellesley, young roa d, a d, e•v e ss , George Hammack, Esq., of Essex Mouse, Buw - l e ,ged , d' 0 8 1 1 t i h i :nt a t . iinnsstt:, William iCiirioaynid3oina,sit'e.X;stio.t,ecs,tirastc:' of 1131° . 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