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despair of ultimately effecting, a very salutary re orm. He gave the Government credit for wishing to reform th e i r system o f c h urc h di sc ipli ne , but for the reasons he had mentioned he hoped tbey would postpone the measure, in order next year to bring forward a more C omprehensive and a better we. Mr. GOULBURN said that the same arguments would constantly be u r g e d f o r postponing the Bill, and that he should therefore give it his support at the present time.—(Hear, hear.) It had been stated in the course of this debate, that they were Precluded from creating the Bishop of Manchester by the first Ecclesiastical Commission, but the very names tetached to the report showed that it was not intended that it should contemplate the binding up of this exten sion for ever. Surely if the Commission contemplated the extension of the inferior clergy, it was also their duty to provide a sufficiency or' ecclesiastical superin tendence. The question was now, whether there should be a new Bishop of Manchester or not ? He did not consider that a Bishop of the Church of England was to be a mere ornamental appendage to that Church.— (A laugh from the Hon Member for Montrose.) Did the Ron. Member for Montrose, who professed himself a Member of the Church of England, think that the Church ought to do without bishops ? He knew the fervent at tachment of the Right Hon. Baronet behind him (Sir J. Graham) to the Church of which lie was a member, but lie thought that that Right Hon. Gentleman had not stated correctly what were the duties of the bishops. He considered that their duties were far more extended than those ascribed to them by the Right Hon. Gentleman. He might feel thus having lived under two ecclesiastical s uperintendencies, which added to the duties instanced by the Right Hon. Gentleman, others of a far nearer and Still higher character.—(Hear, hear.) He would not only vote for the creation of the new bishopric of Man chester, but also for that part of the preamble which recognised the necessity for a further creation of three more bishops—(" Hear, hear," from the Radical benches)—and in taking that course he knew that he should merit the thanks of the Churchmen of this country. Mr. B. ESCOTT said that this was perhaps one of the most important Bills that had been introduced into the House in the whole of this session, and it was therefore necessary that they should give the greater deliberation to it. He had listened to the speech of the Honourable Member for the Uni versity of Cambridge with great attention, but he did not hear him allege a reason why he had supported the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph, when in office in one year, and in the following year, when out of office, advocate the creation of five new bishoprics. Throwing th e speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, how n, out of th e quest i on, as i t well deserved, let them see n_ the qu es ti on really stood. The objects of the Ec clesiastical C omm i ss i oners were to benefit the poorer c illoergy, and the opinion of the working clergy, if taken w, would be thatno new bishoprics were wanted. If they thought. so, where were their petitions ? Where were the petitions of the laity ? Yo one had petitioned for this augmentation to the Bench of Bishops, but the ofGo vernment had seen fit to do this unasked, and the House Commons were asked to sanction it. But he believed that the opposition now given would &feat the . measure, and he believed also that her Majesty's Ministers would be most grateful that they had done so. He did not Ch think that the a t tempt to aggrandise that portion of the de urch which was the most open to objection, would in anydegree tend to make the Church itself popular with the country. Mr. C. WYNN supported the Bill. He thought the question of a seat in Parliament for the additional bishop a very secondary consideration, and he thought that this question might well be con s id ere d on a f u t ure occas i on. '1 : 11 e Ron. Gentleman opposite asked where were the pe titioners in favour of this Bill.—(Hear, hear, from Mr. st `c ) tt-) Now, when a member of th e E cc l es i ast i cal Commissi on i n 1844, ho had taken some pains to ascer tain this, and he had found that the great majority of the clergy and laity were opposed to the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Sir H. R. INGLIS supported the Bill, and felt greatly j a t s tZi g ished that Sir James Graham should oppose it, as irlY identical with the measure which he him selfbroughthe forward about seven years ago. For his 11 part .o reserved _cordially approved of the measure, but he 'muting tne Prerogative himself the right of moving that the clause new Bishops to the g aive of the Crown to summon the in Committee. House of Lords should be expunged Mr. S. WORTLEY increase of the tempo 'cl%r'as of opinion that the great would have justified arna' peerage since the Reformation Lords increase in the number of bishops in the House of He would have proposed that the words in the preamble creation of the additional bishopsii a quasi pledge for the had been left out, but as these words happened to be inserted, he did not wish to move that they should be expunged. He thought it Most u nconstitutional that such ancient biahoprics as PCarlisle or Norwich should be deprived of their ancient rivileges, i n order that these new bishoprics, as provided IV the Bill, should have the privilege of taking — t heir seats in Parliament by rotation. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman ten belden in support of this view, and conclude ci d t-" 4 C alling upon the House to support the Bill, notwith standing the objectionable points to which he had ad Ye rted, and which he hoped would be amended in Com rnittee. Mr. B. OSBORNE thought that the question for con sideration was, h ow t h ey should best d plus funds o f th e Ecclesiastical Coml p i o ss a i e on of . th l e n 1 1 1 1 ; opinion this would be best done by increasing the parochial rather than the episcopal clergy. It appeared !_o Russell) very strange th a t t h e N o b le Lord (Lord Joh n ell) who, while i n o p pos i t i on, coquetted so much with the Dissenters, should now appear so zea lous to ingratiate himself into thegood opinions of the members of the Church. Ile be lieved that this proceeding would not be favourably viewed by the constituents of the Noble Lord in b L. ondo . n, and if they mar k ed their sense of his conduct e lectioy rejecting him as their representative at the next n, and maki ng hi m a martyr to his new creed, i t t s_vo , n . ld be ju s t punishment for his present flirtation with ue uhurch.—(Cheers.) Mr. T. DUNCOMBE opposed the Bill. He consi' dered this measure was uncalled for, and would tend to ..o e xcite a d eep fe eling of hostility against its promoters. 113, present Government had no right to bring such measure forward, and if it was intended to increase the usefulness of the Church, they should rather increase the parochial clergy than the number of Bishops.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gen tlemen, after reading several letters, which he had re ceived from the working clergy—(Laughter)—called upon the House to reject the Bill, and join him in giving it the most decided opposition at every stage. Mr. AGLIONBY opposed the Bill, and considered that the opponents of the measure were the best friends of the Government, and the sincere lovers of their reli gion.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. COLLETT was also opposed to the Bill, and thought it very strange that such a Bill would be advo cated by a Liberal Government.—(Cries of " Divide.") The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority... —llB On our re-admission to the gallery we found Mr. DUNCOMBE denouncing the result of the divi• sion, as disgraceful to the House.—(Cries of " Order, order," and great uproar.) The SPEAKER called the Hon. Gentleman to order for such language, as it was unparliamentary to impugn the decision of the House. Mr. B. ESCOTT said, that as well as lie could re member, the language of the Hon. Gentleman was, that the vote com e to was di sgrace f u l t o a weak adminis tration. Mr. DUNCOMBE repeated what he had said, and considered the vote most disgraceful. The Hon. Member for Lambeth had displayed great inconsistency, for in 1836 he had voted against a Bill which was well known as the Bishops' Bill. Mr. 4GL[ONBY defended the course pursued by the Hon. Member for Lambeth. Lord J. RUSSELL censured the conduct of the Op position, which he characterised as quibbling, and hoped the House would see it in its true nature. Mr. B. OSBORNE wished to ask the Speaker if the language of the Noble Lord was Parliamentary ? The SPEAKER said that he would have called the Noble Lord to order had he considered it necessary.— (Loud cheers.) Mr. ESCO yr defended the course pursued by the minority, and contended that the quibbling was all on the other side. Mr. M. PHILLIPS said the best thing the House could do, was to undo the Bill of 1836, in reference to the Bishopric of Manchester. Nothing could be more satisfactory to his constituents. Sir G. GREY said that if they went into Committee on the Bill, they might modify it there as the House thought proper. The debate was then adjourned till to-morrow (this day). The other orders of the da pastiweitzo.o.ioc.pkosed of, the House adjourned at Half MODEL ROOM OF THE ELECTR TELEGRAPH COMPANY. We were yesterday gratified by being permitted to inspect the models deposited in the mod el room of t he Electric Telegraph Company, at 345, Strand. In this ?corn there are working Riedel' of e ver y electric telegraph that has ever been invented, and it is most interesting to have the gradual perfec tionemeni of the i ns trument, from its first appearance as a mere philosophical toy to its present state, in which it may he considered as a power of even greater potency than the printing press itself. Wonderful, however, as is the double needle telegraph (the one at present in use) it bids fair to be superseded by what we may call the symbolic printing telegraph. The powers of this telegraph are at present incalculable, but already by its Means a thousand letters have been transmitted in one minute from one terminus to another. In the same room there is an electrical clock, which requires no winding up, and which, were it not liable to wear out from wear and tear, of material, might be considered as having solved t he probl em o f p e rpetual motion. The clock will go as as the metal of which it is made shall last, or the ejectric wires shall remain. We also visited the business room of theestablishment, and witnessed the transmission (3 f a mess age t o S ou th am pt on , an d th e r e turn of an answer in less than half a minute. The gentleman who attended " over the rooms was most attentive in showing the working o f t h e mo d e l s , an d mos t l uc id in his explana tions_ of the m o d us o perandi of the various telegraphs, , of the relative values of the various inventions and Im Provements. The East India and China Association have re cently publish e d t h e i r com parative statement of the n umber o f B r i t i sh ships, w i t h t h e i r tonnage, enteredr , l s waFds an d c l eared outwar d s f rom an d to places within 1" 9 limits of the East India Company's charter, from the and i f ei t:uary to the Nth of June, in the yeas Is4l THE SUN', LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1847. POOR-LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL. HOUSE OF LORDS.-JULY 15. LIST OF THOSE WHO VOTED AGAINST LORD BROUGHAM'S MOTION THAT THE ENGLISH POOR-LAW BILL BE READ A THIRD TIME THAT DAY THREE MONTHS. DUKES. St. Albans Grafton Iluceleuch MARQUISES. Clanricarde Lansdowne Westminster EARLS. EARLS.: Besborough Auckland Charlemont Scarborough Waldegrave Fitzhardinge viscouniT. Falkland nisuor. St. Asaph LORDS. Cottcnliarn LORDS. Stafford .I.3eaumont MoutMrt Foley Dunally ILinnaird Wrottesley Camoys Campbell Monteaglel Churchill Wharncliffe Grey Minto Devon Suffolk: LIST OF TIIOSE WHO VOTED WITH LORD BROUGHAM. DUKES. Buckingham Cleveland - LAIILS. !VISCOUNT. Comberniere SITEDibrOkO L Radnor ORDS. Bosse Redesdalo Brougham Lovelace 'EARLS. St. Germans PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Cozcnonc.) THURSDAY, JULY 15. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTRR, &c., BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day three months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof:—Question put," That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 138. Acland, Sir T. Entwine, William Newdegate, C. N. Acland, T. D. Esteourt, T. 0. 3.Cicholl, John Antrobus, Edmund Farnham, E. • Norreys, Lord Austen, Colonel Ferguson, Sir R. Norreys, Sir 1). Barkly, Henry Ferranti, W. B. O'Brien, A. Stafford Baring,lF. T. Forster, M. Ogle, S. C. Baring, Thomas Frewen , C . 11. Pack e, C. W. Barrington, Viscount Fuller, A. E • Palmer, Robert Bennet, P. Gasket! , J. M . Palmer, G. Bentinck, Lord G. Gore, Robert P a lmerston, Viscount Blackburne, J. I. Goulburn, Henry Parker, John Blakemore, It. Graham, Sir James Fatten, J. W. Bohlero, 11. G. Greene Thomas Penant, Colonel Horthwick, I'. Grey, Sir G. Philipps, Sir It. Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, G. A. Pinney, William Broadley, Henry liatton,lCaPtain Plumptre, J. I'. Brown, W. Hawes, Benj. I'llunridge, Captain Buller, Charles Ilayter, W. 0. Price, Sir Robert Buller, Edward Heatheote, Sir W. Pulsford, Robert Buler, Sir V. Henley, J. W. Repton, G. W. J. Ityng, G. S. Herbert, Sidney Rich, henry Carew, W. IL Pole Hobhouse, Sir John Richards, Richard Cavendish, C. C. Hodgson, F. Russell, Lord J. Cholmondeley, 11. Hotham, Lord Russell, Lord C. Christie, W. D. Ingestre, Viscount Rutherford, A. Christopher, It. Inglis, Sir R. Ryder, Granville D. Clayton, R. It. Jermyn, Earl Sandon, Lord Clive, Viscount Jervis, Sir John • Seymer, Henry Ker Clive, It. 11, Johnstone, Sir J. Shell, It. L. Corry, henry Jones, Captain Somerset, 1,,,rd G. Courtenay, Lord labouchere, Henry Somerville, Sir W. Cowper, W. F. Langston, J. 11. Stuart, J. Craig, W. G. Lascelles, W. S. Strutt, Edward Talbot, C. It. Cripps, W. Lefroy , A. Dalmeny, Lord i.e Marehant, Sir D. Taylor, E. Sir E. Denison, J. E. Lindsay, Colonel T aylo r E. Denison, E. B. Lowther, Hon. Col. Walker,ird Dickinson, F.:II. Manners, Lord C. Walpole Rich Disraeli, B. Manic, Fox Ward, H. G. Douglas, J. S. Meynell, Captain WilShere, T. W. Duckworth, Sir J. Manes, It. Monckton Wood, Sir Charles Dussoambe, O. 3loffatt, George Wood, Colonel T. Dundas, Admiral Morpeth, Viscount Wortley, J. S. Dundas,iSir David Morris, David Wynn, C. W. Du Pre, C. G. Mundy, E., M. TELLERS. Ebrington, 'Viscount Neeld, Joseph Tufnell. 11. Egerton, W. T. Neville, Ralph Hill, Lord 3larCuS MINORITY-NOES, 20. Aglionby, 11. A. Duncan, George Osborne, Captain Aldam, William buncombe, Thomas Thornely, T. I3ouverie, E. P. Escott, Bickham Wakley, ThomaS Brotherton, J. Evans, Sir De Lacy Williams, W. Clements, Viscount heron, Sir B. Collett, John 'Dudley, C. TELLERS. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Ilorsman, Edward Hume, Joseph l)uke, Sir J. Molesworth, Sir W. Philips, Mark RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 211. Is. 3d.—Great Western, Quarters, ‘.s,i t p.—Ditto, Fifths, 2714—Ditto, New, 3% p.—London and South-Western (scrip), 1 / 4 dis.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 15-16 p.— North British, Extension, i 4 p.—Shropshire Union, 1% dis. —York and Newcastle, Preference, 4 1 ; 4 p. LIVERPOOL, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 24 p.—London and North-Western, 179 — Ditto, Quarters (C), 6M p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths (late West Riding Union), % p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, 17 , ; 1 dis.—Midland Stock, 129 1 A — Ditto, New, 4 1 4, p..—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3 1 / 4 — North Staffordshire, 3 p.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Che • shire (Chester New Shares), 3s. 93. p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, par—York and Newcastle, Preference (guar. 5 per cent. till 1850), 43,i p. ex int. MANCHESTER, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birmingham and Ox ford Junction, 81% p.—Blackburn, Clithoroe, &c., Preferen tials, 3 1 4 ; p.—Derby, Stafford, and Worcester, 28s. dis.— East Lancashire, New, A dis.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, i 4 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 2 p.—Ditto, Thirds, 11-16 p.—London and North- Western, 401. Shares (L. and M.), 27%—Ditto (Manches ter and Birmingham), Quarters (A), p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 6 1 / 3 n. p.—Manchester and Leeds, 21 n. p.— Ditto, Halves (late Liverpoo l and Bur y ), 31 / 4 p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 1 / 4 n. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 3 3-16 dis.—Midland, Consols, 129—Ditto, 501. Shares, OA ; p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3 p.—North Stafford shire, 3 p.—Northern Counties Union, 2:l', dis.—Oldham Alliance, 1-16 p.—Preston and Wyre, 373$—Ditto, Sixths, 6A—South -Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 5-16 dis.—York and North Midland, Preference, 101% p. LEEDS, JULY 15. STOCK ExcHANom.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 7s. 63. dis.—East Lancashire, New, 6s. 3d. dis.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 41. 1 ls. 3d. p.—Leeds and Thirrk, Preference, 12s. Gd. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midand, 11% dis.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 17s. 6d. dis. —Man chester and Leeds ( West Riding Union), ss. Gd. p.—Man chester and Southampton, 20s. dis.—Midland, Preference, 4 n. p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3 1 / 4 p.—North British, Quarters, 275. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, c. p.—North- Western, 283. Gd. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, ios. dis.—Edinburgh and Northern, Newport, Bs.—New. castle and Carlisle, 116 1 / 2 —Newcastle and Berwick (North Shields Purchase), 8 p.—North British, Halves, 15 HULL, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Buckinghamsbire, 14s. dis.—Manchester and Leeds (West Riding Union), 86s.— Newcastle and Berwick, New, 655. p.—North Western, 295. dis.—York and Newcastle. Preference, 4% p. EDINBURGH, JULY 14. STOCK EXCITANOK.—The sales are—Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, New, No. 2, 41s.—Edinburgh and Northern, New, 745. 6d.—Ditto, Newport, 71. 6s. 6d. —Ditto ' ditto, New, 50s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth, 22 s. — Great North ern, 85s. ex int.—North British, Quarters, 90s. 6d.—Ditto, Thirds, 50s. 6d.—Scottish Central, 27 3 %—Shrewsbury, Os westry, and Chester, New, 225. GLASGOW, JuLY 14. - , STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 40s.—East Indian, 4s. 9d.—Edinburgh and Northern, New port, 714—Ditto, New, - 52s.—Edinburgh and Perth, 235. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 1211.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. 8s. —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 76s.—Manchester and Southampton, 15s.—Ditto, New, 225. 9d.—North British, Thirds, 5 1s.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 4;{—York and Newcastle, Preference, 1214. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, arrived at her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight, at half-past six o'clock on Wednesday evening, from town. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount- Edgecumbe, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Macdonald, Earl of Morley, Major General Bowles, Lientenant- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Buckley, Lieu tenant-Colonel Seymour, and Dr. Meyer. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked out in the pleasure Queen and Prince Albert took grounds irarrtialhve. Yesterdayaft eafter morning the d at Osborne theTirheusDuauleheeasrlsyofwsaulkthienrltahnedgaarrrdievnes and plantations. yester day afternoon from town, on a visit to her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Prin ce of Wales, Pianee Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their accustomed airings yesterday. Their Royal highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton with their company at dinner, yesterday evening, at their residence in Portman-square. A deputation respecting the Bishopric of Manchester had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Members for Manchester, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson and Mr. Mark Philips, accompanied the deputation, which consisted of the Mayor of Manchester, Mr. Alderman Kay, Mr. Alderman Hopkins, Mr. George Wilson, and Mr. Thomas Woolley. Mr. J. Brotherton, M.P., and Mr. W. Brown, M.P., were also present at the interview. Mr. Morries Stirling had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt yesterday at the office of the Com missioners of Railways, in Great George -street. A deputation from the Windsor, Staines, and South- Western Railway, consisting of Mr. Chaplin, M.P., Mr. Chadwick (deputy chairman), Mr. Bedborough (Mayor of Windsor), Colonel Reid, M' Horne .P i li o r m .Locke (engineer), Mr. Drake (solicitor), and M r (se cretary), had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yes terday at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a ge neral meeting ye sterda y . A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Manchester, Mr. AldermanKing,latnigdhNtlrnAon. T. Alderman Gibson a lderillopkins, had the dan e interview with the r loa o r f ld..oafnTehraesdteetesterday on the subject of the Bishop. --------- PIRACY UFON TILE IIIGU SEAS.-011 the 3d inst., a body of men, amounting to about 150, boarded the Richard Watson, off Broad Haven, and about four or five miles from land. They immediately proceeded to plunder the vessel, and in a short time loaded twenty eight boats with the stuff, the value of which amoun oneted to about 1001. They then t ook to their boats; but boat's crew not being as active as the others, remained below after their companions, and on their coming upon deck, Captain Williams and his crew attacked them, and forced them down the hatchways. They were brought into Sligo upon Tuesday evening last, and immediately committed to gaol. They presented a very wild, and somewhat picturesque appearance. The names of the captured pirates are Michael Neary. John Cochran, Pat Dean, Pat NPEntire, Anthony Barrett, John Coffey, and Dominick APEntire.—Sligo Champion. THE NIGIITINGAI.E.—" Jenny Lind," says the Gateshead Observer, "it is whispered, may possibly visit Newcastle. The very thought of such a thing is enougi to drive our neighbours mad. We dread the reality. What if she should come on election-day. The return ing officer may then send to Parliament whoinsoeyer he pletims LITERATURE. THE WESTMINSTER AND FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. XCIII. and No. LXX Not the most effectively finished, but certainly the most interesting paper, in this double quarterly, is the one, half-critical, half-biographical, upon the character, the abilities, and the literary productions of Rudolph Topffer. Dissent, however, we must, from an opinion expressed by the reviewer at the outset of his paper, to-wit "that Richelieu, though a great statesman, was an execrable poet." To our thinking it would have been more correct to have said Riche lieu was no poet at all. Who can forget his trum pery attempt to induce Pierre Corneille to pawn a portion of his dramatic glory Who can ever forget the incident about The Cid? Richelieu an execrable poet ? We protest again distinctly that the great Cardinal was as much a coryphee as a poet. IVe not only marvel with the reviewer that Geneva, or he might have said Switzerland in its totality, "so illustrious in other respects for its intellectual fertility, has hitherto produced very little in the department of imaginative literature," but we wonder that in a region so eminently calculated to enkindle artistic enthusiasm, no really wonderful painter has ever appeared. Why, the landscapes would seem to arouse the emula tion of a thousand Salvator Rosas — the domestic . primitiveness a race ofTeniers—the historic scrolls a whole generation of Titians. France has her Poussin, Spain her Murillo, England her Hogarth, Flanders her Rubens, Dutchland her Ostade, America her West, Italy her Buonarotti, her divine Raphael, her incomparable Lionardo, her Caraccis, her Corregio, her Domenichino, her Guido, her Paul Veronese, her Guilio Romano, but Switzerland ! In romantic literature, as just observed, she is almost a blank. Stars have risen over her mountains, however, to beacon after emulators along:that highway of art, and not the least bright amongst those is Rudolph Topfler. Born at Geneva, on the 17th of February, 1799, he has disappeared already, but he has left behind him fragments of genius which must excite the talents of his countrymen. Shelley called the broken sculpture of the ancients—such as the Elgin marble— the despair of modern art. The expression was an emphatic one—but true. The frag ments of imaginative literature left behind him by Topffer, will not so much excite feelings of despair in his posterity, as those of admiration, and, what is better, emulation. The reviewer in the Foreign Quarterly has done well in introducing this natural romancist, or rather novelist, to the attention of those English readers, who are, as yet, unacquainted with his compositions—particularly with his " Presbytere," his " Bibliotheque demon Oncle," and his "Rose et Gertrude.' "Persian Poetry" is an attar of rose contribution, suggested by a very graceful work, by Miss Louisa Stuart Costello. A companion article is the one entitled "Birds of Jamaica." Bookworms will alone read the " Trial of the Earl of Somerset," and Quakers will alone find attraction in the "Life of George Fox ;" to both classes respectively, we commend them therefore. From the critical notice of Mrs. Butler's " Year of Consolation," we cannot re sist requoting one of the quotations, descriptive of the Apollo Belvidere : "From the moment I set my feet in the Vatican I was possessed with a sort of nervous terror, lest I should be utterly disappointed in it: this feeling increased with every chamber I entered, to such a degree as to cause me to feel absolutely sick with excitement; I feared to look round each new room, lest I should confront this great divinity, and remained unmoved; each time I ex perienced a sense of absolute relief when I found that we had not yet reached that shrine; and I believe, if it had been proposed to me to leave the Vatican without seeing the Apollo at all, I should have been well pleased to have done so; and yet for all future time I shall know better. All that has been written, all that has been said, all that has been copied in drawing, painting, or sculpture, of this wonderful statue, has left the marvel of its beauty unimpaired; no foreknowledge can prepare one for it, nor any description give one an idea of its grace and lightness, nor any number of ecstasies rub off the bloom of its divinity. I could believe the legend of the girl who died for love of it; for myself, my eyes swam in tears, and my knees knocked together, and I could hardly draw my breath while I stood before it; the guides held up torches to show the light through the marble drapery, while I was dazzled with the light shining through the marble face; and the French lady emitted opinions in a voice as sharp as needle-points. Heaven! what a witness to the glory of the human soul is such a conception as this! Man's thoughts devised, man's fingers wrought this god! This perfect creation had its origin in the yet fairer idea of a man's brain, for who ever yet worked as he imagined! There was a lovelier and a grander shape in the mind of him who made this, than even this that he has made! Oh, well may we thank the only true God for being formed capable of such things. I have no words to speak my sense of gratitude for these new revelations of beauty and of grace, vouchsafed to me in this the very mourn ing-time of my life; angels have ministered, do minister, to me incessantly, and this enchanting presence, this divinity of the beauty-worshipping heathens, is to me a very messenger of my God, bidding me bless him who bath permitted me to behold it." "International Law," and the " Currency principles," are the two political papers of the number, and a multitude of miscellaneous notices,' complete the Westminster and Foreiza Quarterly. This number is one of the least meritorious that has been published for a considerable period. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. XLIII. We cannot afford a better conception of the diver sity and character of the papers contained in this quarter of the Church of England Review, than by enumerating the different contributions. Firstly, there is an argumentative and elaborate article on " The Church of the Future." Secondly, there is a chapter of Asiatic interest, upon " China : Political, Commercial, and Social." Thirdly, there is a con sideration of the progress and facilities of " Educa tion in France,"—a matter of vital importance just now. Fourthly, there is a fantastic examination of Lord Lindsay's theory of " Progression by Anta • gonism." Fifthly, there is a striking essay about " Clerical Insufficiency and Church Reform." Sixthly, a commemorative paper on " Church of England Poetry,"—rather braggart , like in tone, but that by-the-way. Seventhly, a misrepresentation of " The Manufacturing System," which will stir up the bile of the :Manchester population—if it be ever perused by ythat and abusiveportion ofthe outcry community. agains E t ig , h , t i h , l h y e , a prolonged Teachers of the People," from which we shall pre• sently make a quotation. Ninthly, a gossip anent " Travels in Peru." Tenthly, an argument on an old theme, " Scriptural Geology." And an appen dix of " Notices of Books." We have particularly referred to an abusive outcry against " The Teachers of the People,"--it is an outcry most abusive and most ignorant. Against whom in the name of common sense does the reader imagine is this ignorant abuse directed ? Who does he imagine to be here stigma tised as the moral pests of the people ? Why, Elihu Burritt, the editor and contributors to the People's Journal, the writers for Jerrold's Weekly Newspaper, Douglas Jerrold himself, and—Charles Dickens ! 0 Mistress Caudle, rise and vindicate thy creator ! 0 Sairey Gamp, leave the bottle on the chimbley-piece for once, which, unbeknown, you drinks from to the shade o f Harris, and do likewise with thy frequent pardner, Betsey Prig. As a sample of this egregious piece of absurdity, we transcribe the subjoined passages : " The Douglas Jerrold-school of socialism is clearly a foreign importation. It has done more to enervate the manly and truth-loving sentiments of the English mind than all the circumstances which have lately tended to depress the working man's condition. It is one of the results of that propagandism which France glories in as her special mission—which she initiated with the bloody mysteries of the guillotine and ministered to all Europe in fire, and sword, and desolation, by the brave but ferocious spirits of her Grande Armee. Though the maintenance of universal peace be assumed as a leading doctrine, yet antagonism to existing institutions is its object. Give its disciples the same field, the like power, and a sufficient impellant motive, they would soon find themselves, with Elihu Burritt's morbid nonsense in their mouths, hesitating at no desperate deed which might compel the adoption of their creed. The moral and social regeneration of which they boast was baptised in blood, and must, some day or other, have its confirmation in deadly strife. These men are ever talking of moral force as that to which alone they trust for their social conquests, though the forms of speech which they use are fierce and warlike enough. Moral force is all very well where physical strength cannot be exerted ; but, if the issue of the great socialistic mission, which France advocates and apostate Englishmen adopt, is to rest on moral force alone, it is not difficult to predicate that it will be one of failure, since moral force and right prin ciples must go together, and of the latter this socialistic mission is devoid. We are no advocates for the bigotries o ptdt ie f oer, spn n ntuir a lzo t awa i : o .thewi n aode h a ern l cei, i iae t nih y, ps at deference ltbet favouriteifuoneitnorn end N in V tit acv e r means,iei ndal t es i . oapl p h r e r e cawn t ic: iceoav a nare n aaorm d e apprehend, characteristics brotherhood prt e edior r ncait a sdnhy t t ,ce e :arapinrilb l eoe i au.o e st dst safe guardsiooTnckhiibaati essi c s o p n ir t i a t, insofthleovidee, whichaofaconeafendeoraniti} be o , n ,but originatedno t o f in afami t l h y e •. it may have th e sem bl ance, but it never can have the family—be thence t d h ia e sn r s e nd i tn n ri ne d laa e t t v ei e do l n o ts p h e wr d ohni i gc n hh its pristine energy— andttlhiee v m er u y l • ti e f x or is m ten s c o e ci o a f l ramifications a family requires. To ask us to become nu-English, that we may be the disciples of a system of which the foreign socialist is the missionary, is tantamount to requiring that we efface the individual characteristics which mark our place in the great family of man; and it is just this end which the Douglas Jerrold -school of philosophy is aiming at. If it be effected, men will become confederate, but will never be brethren: there m ay be association, but there will not be confidence; and the only bond that will hold them together will be one of selfish interest, and nct of holy affection. However great the evils of this day may be, the theories of socialistic writers will neither ameliorate nor remedy them. They may g oad the social sufferer into madness, y t o a a l y m pn h t i m a by ,ae a a n p empty into ex hortationhis hand, but, when they s e e h i m u se i t to t h e hurt of oyery but they w t i o l pnaotienbcee:abtlhee one around him, they will not be able to school him into moderation by a laboured essay on the evils of intem perance: their system has plenty of venotn for inoculating with disease, but m,t a single antidote : they can never write of a bishop without a !;ncer, nor of religion without a jest: they strike at everthing that is venerable; and, if they have effaced many a right notion in the minds of their readers, we are sure they have never implanted a wholesome principle in its stead." For true philosophy, therefore, the people will henceforth know where to go—not to the truth-tell ing Jerrold—not to the native wisdom of Burritt— not to the blithe genius of Dickens—no, to the Church of England Quarterly Review. Remem ber that. THE WEST INDIES. SCHEDULE OF DUTIES To come into operation on the Ist of August ensuing at Jamaica, in the event of her Majesty's assent being obtained to the Bill. s. D. Ale, beer, cyder, porter, or perry, per tun ... 87 0 Asses, per head ... •• ° Beef and pork, Y. alted or cured, and all cured meat, per barrel of 2001 b. ••• ••• Bread or biscuit, per cwt. •.• ••• ••• Bricks, per M. ••• Butter, per cs t. • ••• Candles, wax, spermacetti, or composition, per box of 561b5., ss. Tallow, per ditto... Cattle, neat, per head . . ••• Cheese, per cwt. . . Cocoa, per cwt. „, Colite, British, per cwt. ••• ••• Drugs 80s. per cent. ad val. Fish, dried or salted, per c w t. ... ••• ••• 2 mackerel, pickled, per barrel ..• ••• 4 0 - alewives and herri ngs , pickled, per brl. . . 2 0 pickled fish, not otherwise described,per brl. 4 0 salmon, wet or salted, per brl. ••• 8 0 smoked, per cw t. ••• 10 0 herrings, smoked, per box ..• ••• 0 6 Fish, smoked, not otherwise described, per cwt. 4 0 Flour, wheat, per barrel ••• ••• 6 0 Ginger 80s. per cent. ad val. Grain, per bushel ••• ••• Hams, bacon, dried beef, tongues, and sausages, per cwt. ... ••• Horses, mares, and geldinge, per head ••• Indigo, per lb. ••• Lard, per cwt. Meal or other flour (not wheat) per barrel ... Molasses, per cwt. ••• ..• ••• ••• Mules, per head •,. ••• Oil, blubber, fins, and skins, the produce of fish and creatures living in the sea, 100 s. per cent. ad valorem. Preserved meats, soups, vegetables, fish, and all other provisions in tin cases or other packages, 80s, per cent., ad val. Rice, per cwt. ..„ Ditto, undressed, per bushel Salt, per cwt. ... Sheep and goats, per head Soap, per box of 561bs. ••• ••• Spirits—Brandy, rum (except the produce of this island), gin, whisky, and all other spirits and cordials, per gallon ••• ••• Sugar, refined, per lb. ... Swine, per head ... ..• • •• Tea, per lb. ..• ••• •.. Tobacco, manufactured, 6405. per cent., • ad val ., and 3d. per lb. Ditto, unmanufactured, 480 s. per cent., ad val and 3d. per lb. Wines, in bulk, or bottled, per tun, 2905. and 140 s per cent., ad val., and 2s. 6d. per dozen, for every dozen quart bottles wine. Wood, per M. feet pitch pine, by superficial measure of one inch thick Ditto, per M. ft. whit pine, or other lumber ditto Ditto, shingles,cypress, longer than 12-in. per M. Ditto, Boston chips, and all shingles not other wise enumerated or described, per M. Ditto, Woodhoops, per M. •• • ... Ditto, staves, heading, red, or white oak, or ash, per M.... •.• ••• ••• 2 Wheat, per bushel Glass and silk manufactures -40 s. per cent. ad val. Cotton, linen, woollen, leather, paper m anu f ac t ures , mock jewellery, hardware, clocks and watches, corks, cordage, and oakum-40s. per cent, ad val. All goods, wares, and merchandise, Plantation supplies, clothing, and effects of every description not pre viously enumerated -40s. per cent. ad val. Except the following - , which shall not be liable to any duty under the Act: — Coals , cok e , coin, bullion, books, and printed papers, diamon ds, fre sh fruit and vegetables, mulberryhay and and other oil-mealor cakes, as f oo d f or catt l e , plants, cotton, wool, ice, fresh fish, turtle, poultry, fresh meat, leeches, gums, resins, tor• toiseshell, resins, guano and other manures, singing birds, dogs, specimens of natural history, army clothing, slates, regimental necessaries, raw hides, hemp, flax, and tow, sarsaparilla, and dyewood. Molasses and unrefined sugar of foreign manufacture are prohibited. 20 0 4 0 4 0 12 0 ... 2 0 ... 4 0 ... 7 0 ... 10 0 ... 20 0 10 0 20 0 0 3 7 0 1 0 3 0 10 0 *Of , ... 4 0 ... ... ... 1 0 ... ... ... 0 9 ... ... .. 2 0 2 0 12 0 8 0 8 0 CARDINAL RULES FOR RAILWAY MANAGEMENT. Had these rules been strictly followed how many millions might have been saved, and how many direful accidents prevented. Every lino of railway should be uniformly straight and level. Every rail should be convex, in order to diminish the friction, and thereby insure economy in the constant work on railways in each direction throughout the year. The wlicels of locomotive engines in particular, as well as of all other carriages, should have a true perpendicu lar bearing so as to avoid all lateral strain, which now tends so generally to the destruction and rapid wear and tear of rails. Down and up trains to be scrupulously confined to their respective lines of railway, and on no account whatever to be allowed to interfere with each other. Every railway should be of the same uniform guage throughout the country. Had these plain rules, so enthusiastically reiterated by me on all occasions to the Government and public gene rally been carried into execution, how much more cheer ing would the share lists be to the respective shareholders. The common interest of the public in railway s is pa ramount and must comman d the determined influence of the legislature over the silly clamour about the vested rights of railway companies. Most assuredly the p ublic, by and from wh om a l one the ra il wa y companies can prosper, will neve r succum b to t h e present arbitrary rates and fares. The miserably d ec li n i ng state o f ra ilway property can only be improved by adopting rules of common sense, intelligible to the meanest capacity. The lowest tariff of rates and fares possible will unerr ingly guide us to the most permanent state of prosperity, and would infallibly increase the revenue in a tenfold degree. One quarter of the rates and fares now charged will eventually be condemned as exorb i t ant and intol erable. Let the sam e economy be pract i se d on railways which characterises the a p p li cat i on of steam power for the mil lion in our manufa ctor i es, and on b o ard our vessels , a nd the welfare of all c l asses will be un i ve rsal. These rules are so impartial to all that none but the ignorant or arrogant will dare to dissent from them. All railway companies, however wealthy or important, will nevertheless bend to public opinion, and more particu larly so as they will find it their invariable interest to accommodate their only customers to the utmost. — Thomas Gray, the " Railway Pioneer." DEVONp HANDSOME PRIZE FOR CONIPETITION. At this Regatta, which takes place on Wednesday', July 28th, we have much pleasure in stating that a hand some cup, presented by her Majesty and Prince Albert will be competed for. This mark j of royal favour will, doubtless, be followed up by others, perhaps . not to so large in amount, but still sufficient to render this rega . tta ono of surpassing eclat and pleasure. The following letter was received by Mr. Joseph Beer,tht) Honprary i Secretary of the Regatta, announcing the ntention of her Majesty : " 37, Curzon-street, July 5, 1847. " Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the Ist Inst. : , I have much satisfaction in informing you that her Majesty and Prince Albert have been most graciously pleased to give a Cup, to be contended for at the approaching regatta ment, through you.—l am, this year , at Devonport! I trust that this mark of Royal Sir, your servant, favour will b© duly appreciated by . the residents, to whom I have much pleasure in making obedientthe announce " H. TUFNELL." " Mr. J. Beer." CAUTION.—GOLD ..... WATCHES AND JEWELLERY: Caution is often necessary to be observed in our dealings with entire strangers. We have received a communication to the following effect, which shows on approval, the necessity of this :----a w ell-dressed person, calling c intimation his himself the son of a Polish Count and refugee, has for some time past been about the country in various direc wthatechefisr,a&t tions, taking advantage of persons by persuading them dupes afterwards receive is a letter, usually from some toH Having gw accomplished m t p o l i s l e h a e v d e t g h o a l t d , Mosaic solicitor, requesting immediate payment ; and before the parties have time to reply, 4, a copy of a writ" is served upon them for the full amount. So well does he spread his net, that if the parties only touch, they are entangled in the trap set for them. The decoy which he mostly uses in the first instance is, to represent himself as the son of a Polish Ccunt in distress (his parent) whom he is supporting by his exertions. lie then states that he is the agent of a society formed to encourage young people to save their money, and that on buying his gold w a t c h es , h e wants no money until he calls again, his object being to further the interests of the society, &c. His first aim in coming into a neighbourhood is usually to search out the church clergymen, and, if possible, to have some dealings with them so as to become possessed of their names, and the names of as many of the respectable parishioners as possible. This done, his game com mences. Such has been the extent of the fellow's peculations, that justice to society demands we shoeld place the unwary on their guard, for the watches are not worth in common, more than half the prices charged, and th© parties are too often in duced to pay for them at the exorbitant price, together with their costs of the writ, R, --c-, rather than suffer exposure of their fay, or -run the risk of a trial with a man who, even in the event of their winning, wo u ld pro bably have decamped out of the country, and be nowhere to be found. We forbear to mention the man's name, hoping this hint may be sufficient to put a stop to his career, by awakening the suspicion of the public.—Leeds Mercury. Shocks of an earthquake Were felt in the depart ment of the Seine-Infeeieure, at about elcYen Q ' C 194 on the night of the 10th. 4 0 1 0 ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.— ll' inehester, July 14. CRIMINAL counx.—(Before Mr. Justice LIA s.) Francis Andrews, aood 67, was indicted for having cut and wounded Jane Caplin, with intent to kill and murder her. Mr. Sewell appeared for the prosecution, Mr. C. Saunders conducted the defence. It appeared that the prisoner, who was deaf and par tially dumb, had lodged in the house of the prhsccutrix at Southampton; he was a man of weak intellect, but was generally harmless unless excited. On the 26th of Feb. he came into the house and complained that some one had taken a piece of canvass from his room; he charged the proaecutrix with having taken it; she denied it, and the prisoner then became much excited, and made towards the prosecutrix with his knife; she raised her arms to keep him off, upon which he cut her fingers and arms with his knife; she became faint and was falling to the ground, when the prisoner stabbed her in the side. It appeared, however, from the evidence of the zur geon, that the prisoner had been of unsound mind for some years, and the jury therefore Acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity. Hillier Fryer, un old man of 76 years, was indicted for having discharged a loaded gun at Sarah Wulf NI ith in tent to kill and murder her. Mr. Beetharn conducted the prosecution; Mr. Missing defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutrix and her husband ke=pt house for the prisoner, who lived in a cottage in the New Forest. On the morning of the 14th of May Mrs. Wolf's son lent two iron wedges, belonging to the pri soner, to a neighbour. In the evening of the day the prisoner came home, and on hearing that the wedges had been lent in his absence he became much excited, and swore that Wolf and his wife should not lire with him any longer. At this time Wolf came home, and hearing the old man making a noise, said, " Mr. Fryer, don't keep noising, but sit down like a good man." The prisoner then turned round and seizing a gun, which was lying on the table, pointed it at Mrs. Wolf, and said to her, " your eyes, I'll blow your brains out." He then pulled the trigger, and the gun exploded. The shot struck her in the face, and also blew off her thumb. lie then struck at her with the butt-end of the gun, but missed her, and the gun was broken in two pieces. A surgeon was called,:who stated that her life was in danger for some weeks, owing to the injuries she had sustained. Mr. MISSING having addressed the jury for the pri soner, they found him guilty of shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm.—Sentence deferred. Charles ll'qfe, a young man, aged 17, was charged with having feloniously cut and wounded Elizabeth Ay ling, with intent to kill and murder her. There were other counts in the indictment varying the charge. Mr. Stock conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Saunders defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutrix, who was an interesting girl of about eighteen years of age, that she was nursemaid to Mr. Philip Thresher, who lived with his father at Fareham, who was a magistrate of the county. The prisoner was a footman, also living there; and on the 22d of March last the prosecutrix, being in the nursery, observed the prisoner come to the door. She asked him what business he had there? He said, " What?" and went away. Shortly after he came back again, and she heard him say, " I'll do for you." The prosecutrix being alarmed at this, went to the door to try to get out of the room, when •the prisoner struck her on the head with a mallet he held in his hand. This knocked her down, and he then dragged her back into the room. She got up . and tried to get away, when he knocked her down again. lie then knelt down, and cut her in the throat with a razor he had in his hand, saying at the same time, " Brown—l'll Brown you." The pro secutrix tried to catch hold of the prisoner's hands, but he cut her fingers with the razor. Atter a severe struggle the prosecutrix succeeded in getting away from the pri;7 . , soner, and came down stairs, bleeding very much from her throat and hands. The prisoner followed her, but was taken into custody by some persons who were at tracted by the screams of the young woman, who was afterwards confined to her bed for a considerable time from the injuries she had sustained. On the prisoner being apprehended, he attempted to cut his own throat with his razor, and did succeed in inflicting a super ficial wound. It was elicited, in cross-examination of the prosecutrix, that the prisoner had been much attached to her, and had been made very jealous of her with regard to a young man named Brown, a footman to a gentle man in the neighbourhood. It, however, did not appear that the young woman had in any way encouraged the addresses of either of these young men. The case for the prosecution having been closed, Mr. SAUNDERS addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that the whole affair had arisen out of a jealous feeling engendered in the mind of the prisoner, and which had provoked it to such an extent as to render him not master of his own actions, but quito insane; and that being so, he was not responsible for them, but was entitled to an acquittal on the ground of insanity. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS having summed up, the jury found the prisoner guilty of the attempt at murder. Tho Learned JUDGE having commented on the enor mity of the crime with which the prisoner had been found guilty, directed death to be recorded against him. HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsford, July 14. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) James Willesmere, 17, a remarkably innocent-looking country lad, was indicted for the wilful murder of John Terry, by fracturing his skull with a hoe. There was also an indictment against the prisoner for robbing the deceased. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Rodwell conducted the prose cution. This case was of a very melancholy character. The evidence against the prisoner was chiefly circumstantial, but the effect of it was to leave no doubt that the pri soner was guilty of the crime alleged against him. It appeared that the deceased was an old labouring man, living near the town of Rochfort, and on the 31st of March, which was the day he received the injury that terminated in his death, he was on his way to that town about ten o'clock in the morning. The prisoner, it seemed, had been lodging at a public-house in the village of South Parnbridge, about four miles from Roch fort, and on this same morning he owed the landlord Is. ed. for board and lodging, and he told him that he could not pay him at that time, but promised to give him the money on the following Saturday. He then called for a pipe of tobacco which he paid for with a halfpenny, saying that was all the money he had got, and shortly afterwards left the public-house and proceeded in a di rection for the town of Rochfort. It seemed that soon after this the prisoner and the old man joined company, and they were seen by several of the witnesses walking together towards a place called the Mead, near Dag gett's farm, on the road to the town above-mentioned; the prisoner at this time having a hoe in his hand, and the deceased a hoe stick without the iron end. About 11 o'clock the same evening the poor old man was found lying in the Mead; in a dreadful state. Ho was literally covered with blood, and the top of his right ear was completely severed from the head, and was found in a mass of clotted blood among his hair. His pockets appeared to have been rifled, and his watch, a canvass purse, a key, and a small sum of money were missing. He had sufficient consciousness to state that he had been robbed and ill-used, and he was then taken to the union workhouse at Rochfort, where he remained until the 22d April, when he died. It appeared that almost immediately after the time when the robbery and assault must have been committed, the prisoner went into a public-house at Rochfort, where he produced a watch which turned out to be that of the deceased, and offered to sell it to any one in the room for ten shillings, but no one would buy it, and he then called for some beer, which he paid for with a half-crown. It also! appeared that on his way to Rochfort the pri soner had sold his hoe for sixpence, and he shortly afterwards sold the watch to a man named Brig for five shillings ; and, upon his being taken into custody, the canvass purse which contained the key of the poor old man's box was found in his pocket. The prisoner was afterwards taken into the room where the deceased was lying in bed ; and on his being raised up and shown the prisoner, he immediately said that he was the man who bad robbed and beat him ; and he at the same time said to the prisoner, " You know that you are the man ;" to which' the prisoner merely muttered in reply, "You are mistaken, old man," and made no further de nial. The deceased also, at the same time, identified the watch, and the other articles that were produced as his property. Mr. Hodges, the surgeon of the union, proved that the deceased died of a fracture of the skull, and he pro duced that portion of it which had received the fatal in jury; and upon the hoe belonging to the prisoner being produced, it was found that the iron back of it fitted exactly the wound on the skull, and the surgeon said he had no doubt it was inflicted by it, and that in all pro bability one severe blow had caused the mischief. Mr. Baron PARKE, at the close of the evidence for the prosecution, asked the prisoner to state what he had to say in his defence. He replied, " My Lord, I have nothing to say." The Learned JUDGE, in summing up, told the jury that whether they should be of opinion the fatal injury had been inflicted with an intention to disable and maim the deceased, or whether it was merely to further the object of robbing him, in either case in the eye of the law it would amount to the crime of wilful murder, be cause the injury was inflicted in furtherance of a felonious and unlawful act. The Learned Judge then detailed the material particulars of the evidence, and said that although no doubt it was a most painful duty for them to decide a question which involved the life of a person like the prisoner, who was hardly verging upon manhood, yet both they and himself were bound to per form their duty to their country under the solemn obli gation of the oath they had taken, without any regard to the consequences that might result from it. The jury then deliberated for a few minutes, when they returned a verdict finding the prisoner guilty of murder. They at the same time recommended him to mercy. Mr. Baron PARKE said he supposed the recommenda tion was on account of his youth. The jury said it was. The Learned JUDGE then put on the black cap, and silence having been proclaim ed, he addressed the pri soner, and said that the jury had come to the only con clusion which their duty to society had enabled them to come to upon the evidence, and it was now his most painful duty to pass up on a mere stripling--a boy just entering upon life — the sentence of undergoing a n igno minious death upo n the public .scaffold. Ile believed that it was not his intention to have taken the lif e o f t h e deceased, but it was quite clear that the fatal blow was struck with the intention to render the decea se d power less, in order that be might rob him with gr ea t er faci lity, and, as death. ensued, his offence cl ear l y amounted to the crime of wilful murder. The jury had recom mended him to mercy on account of his youth, but he f e lt that it would be inconsistent with his d u ty in such a case to do more gum to transmit the recommendation to the proper quarter, and he would advise the prisoner not to place any reliance upon a favourable result, for he considered it very possible that those whose province it was to take such matters into consideration might con ' skier the offence was one of so dreadful a character, that they would not feel themselves justified in advising her Majesty to interfere to prevent the law from taking its course. Tie should, therefore, advise him to make the best use of his time, with the assistance of the chaplain of the gaol, to make all the atonement in his power in this world, by a sincere repentance for the dreadful crime he had committed, and to be prepared to meet that sentence which the law required him to pass. The sentence of death was then passed in the usual form. The prisoner did not betray the slightest emo tion during any part of the proceedings, and when the portion of the skull of his victim was produced by the surgeon, he looked at it quite composedly, and seemed to regard the ceremony of fitting it to the tool with a good deal of curiosity. When the Learned Judge had concluded his sentence, he turned round and walked away from the dock with the utmost composure, and indeed he app eare d a l most the only unconcerned spec tator of the proceedings. Mr. R VIAND, with wh om was M r. Rodwell. mace au application to postpone the trial of David illeildtreid, for manslaughter, to the next assizos. The defendant, who was out on bail, was the captain of the Royal Victoria Leith steamer, and he was charged with having run down a schooner, called the Rose, while lying at anchor in the river, and thereby occasioning the death of two men named Thomas Emmett and Henry Shillibeer, and was charged upon two inquisitions with the oflenca of mandaughter. Mr. RYLAND said ttitt the witnesses, who were nearly all seafaring men, hail been bound over to att en d, b ut as no one had been instructed to conduct the prosecu tion, or get the witnesses together to go before the grand jury, only two of them were now in attendance, and it was therefore useless to go on with the trial at these assizes. He therefore had to apply to the Court to post pone the trial to the next assizes. Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the prisoner, ob jected to the trial being postponed. He said that from the feeling entertained in Scotland with reference to a person under such a charge, no person would employ the defendant while it was hanging over him. He had now been out of a situation for several months on that account, and it would be very hard upon him that he should be kept in the same position for eight months longer, when is was the duty of the prosecutors to have been prepared to go on with the trial at these assizes. Mr. Baron PARKE said that under the Habeas Corpus Act, if a prisoner surrendered on the first day of the assizes, he had a right to demand to be tried at these assizes, unless the Crown gave some good grounds for a postponement. In the present ease he was of opinion that there was not sufficient ground stated for post poning the trial. It was the duty of the prosecutors to have taken care that the witnesses were in attendance, and he could not help expressing an opinion that the criminal business of the county, either from economy or some other cause, was not conducted as it ought to be. On the first day of the assizes, in a most serious case of poisoning, no counsel was retained to prosecute, l i and he was obliged to hand the depositions to a Learned Counsel in court just before the trial. The defendant then surrendered, and he was given in charge to the jury. Mr. RYLAND said that, under the circumstances they had heard alluded to, he must consent to their returning a verdict of not guilty. He had no witnesses in at tendance to support the charge. Mr. Baron PARKE told the jury that they must find the prisoner not guilty, because proper. steps had not been taken on behalf of the prosecution to get the wit nesses to attend. There was a failure of justice no doubt in consequence of this proceeding, but it was not the fault of the prisoner, and he ought not to suffer in con sequence of the neglect of those who prosecuted him. The jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty upon MI inquisitions, and the defendant was ordered to be Imediately discharged. July 15. _ _ At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. Baron PARKE said that upon a further considera tion of the point of law raised by the Learned Counsel, in the case of the two men Kimpton and Hickton, the Dagenham policemen, he had resolved not to give effect to it by postponing the judgment, but he should pass sentence upon the conviction that had taken place, leav ing it to the prisoners to adopt the course of issuing a writ of error if they thought proper to do so. The prisoners Kimpton and Hickton were then again placed at the bar and arraigned upon another indict. ment, charging them with conspiring together to defeat the ends of justice by giving false testimony before the coroner at the inquest upon their murdered comrade. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Clark appeared for the Crown, and Mr. Hawkins defended Kimpton. Mr. CLARKSON was about to open the case for the pro secution, when Mr. Baron PARKE interposed, and said he did not see what necessity there was to go into this indictment. If a conviction took place he should not pass any sentence except upon the first indictment, and if no writ of error was brought, or, if brought, the first conviction should be held good, it would be quite unnecessary .to proceed with this indictment. Some conversation then took place between the Learned Counsel, and upon Mr. Clarkson undertaking not proceed any further with the indictment for con spiracy in the event of the conviction for perjury not being disturbed, the jury were disoharged by consent from giving any verdict upon this indictment. At a later period of the day the prisoners were brought up for judgment, and sentenced to pay a fine of 1 s., to be imprisoned for a week, and then to be transported for seven years. This concluded the business of these assizes. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Northampton, July 15. The cause list contained three cases—one being an action for debt, undefended; the second was for an illegal distress, verdict for the plaintiff with 61. damages; the third was a tithe cause, between University College, Oxford, and the vicar of Towcester; but it was settled without the necessity of swearing a jury, so that the civil business was over by twelve o'clock the first day. In the Criminal Court, Ruth Wells, aged 31, was charged with the wilful murder of her new• born male child, at Abthorpe, in this county. Mr. Flood conducted the prosecution. It was known the prisoner, who is a single woman, was pregnant, and the child, after its delivery, was seen on a chair in the bedroom; she afterwards came down stairs and put it in the privy. The evidence of the medical men went to show that the child was born and died from suffocation ; but it might have been caused by the bed clothes. The prisoner was found guilty of secreting the birth. Sentence deferred. John C. Kromby, aged 38, was convicted of having uttered a false acceptance for 491. 75., and sentenced to ten years' transportation. Mr. Macaulay prosecuted and Mr. Miller defended. This case closed the business of the assizes. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Redford, July 15. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) TEBBS V. BEVAN. Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Worlledge were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Fitzpatrick ap peared for the defendant. This was an action of trespass, for assault and bat tery, to which the defendant pleaded not guilty. The plaintiff is the landlord of the George Inn, in this town, while the defendant was the head waiter at the Swan Hotel. The case arose from a broil when the de fendant was intoxicated. The jury, after about fifteen minutes' deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintiff, with ono shilling da- wages. The Learned JUDGE, on being applied to, refused to certify the right of the plaintiff to costs, so that each party pays his own costs. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) DELIBERATE ARSON. William Ellis, aged 20, was indicted for setting fire to a stack of stubble, at Humbershoe, the property of Daniel Gutteridge. _ • Mr. Worlledie conducted the case for the prosecution, The prisoner is an unmarried agricultural labourer, and the prosecutor is one of the guardians of the poor for the Luton Union, in which capacity he would seem to have been singled out by the prisoner as the most proper man on whose property he might commit an act of incendiarism, and so promise to himself the benefits of transportation, together with the trifling accompani ment of food. From the evidence of the witnesses called for the prosecution it appeared that the prisoner had been for some time out of work, and not many days beforo the fire in question, which occurred on the night t of the 15th of May la s t, h e sa id t o a man named Wr ig ht that he could not get any work, and they would not ha ve him at the union (where however, he hadneveo r n fire to applied for relief), and that he must set some place get himself transported. On the night of thehefirwe,aisvhich WAS confined to the destruction of the stack , pre sent, as many others were, and at to his friend Wright, " Well, I fire to old Gut terid g e's told you of last week ; I set fire stack, and if that 'ont do l settle fire to summet said happened he told another =home t he be h f i o d ra no th w e o fi rk re , railway, til I n a failing iob whichsome where." else." It further appeared n th t a h t a r ,a s , nd that he was nor rocroy, nor food, should do something nt occasion, a few days after g he oingto look for a job nonoarsthteo ge On a subsequent -a f e ound lying lazily at full the fire, he ‘rvass. Turning himself, and being d d oo. ing l t h h a ez, b s e a e i n d, t ; y ‘ iNngotahlionngg; timea length on the was to I can get nothing , I don't you to get a job, and I cant; and ain't got a bit of bread to asked what he g „ t ," " Well, said the ,interrogator, " why 'list, and go for a soldier? " Oh," said he, "I've had thq shilling offered to me many a day, but I 'ont go a soldiering by no manner of means. I'd rather be trans ported, and so I've set fire to Dan Gutteridge's stack." When called on for his defence, the prisoner said he had nothing to say to the jury, and, as might be ex pected, they had nothing to say to him except that he was Guilty. Mr. Justice PATTESON then proceeded to pass sentence on the prisoner, for whose offence lie thought that want of work did not afford an excuse, as he had been in formed that there was no lack of it at the time in ques tion in this county. Even if he had been out of work the union was open to him, but he had not availed him self of the relief provided for the poor and needy, :con tent rather to d o m i sc hi e f to t h e proper ty o f his neigh bour, bour, under th e va i n d e l us i on t h at hi s condition inain his p I colony wo u ld b e super i or to t h at w hi c h he filled own country. In thi s h e would find lie was grea tly at ho ie grea tly mis taken, for the worst condition of an Englih was preferable to the life of a convict in a penal settle ment. The prisoner, however, opportu nity of testing the fallacy of his hopes, would havefur, a a s . r his offence was a monstrous one, t h e sentence of the law was that he should be transported for 15 y ea rs. s, With this caw terminated the msiz e 0 3 6 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 CITY vstpr y eOveFeinLa ( a )N2 eti O ng N ef E th L e EeleCctrolr`slwOaNs held at the White Hart, Bishopsgate-street, to hear the opi nions of the candidates. Mr. Pattison, Sir George Lare Fent, and Baron Rothschild attended. The meeting numbered above four hundred. Mr. STE - came took the chair, and introduced the sub ject of the meeting, by remarking that they had now the opportunity of meeting the candidates face to face, and asking them any questions they pleased. He was quite sure that the citizens of London would not elect a man who was not favourable to civil and religious liberty. Mr. ParrisoN, who was received with loud cheers, said that having now had tho honour of being their re presentative since 1835, with a slight interruption of two years, he was ready and willing to come forward again. He need not detain theta with a detail of what he had done. They all knew his votes on . every great question. —(Cheers.) There was no individual who read the newspapers who did not know how he had voted. He of tta civil always d a p r p e e li a g r i ed ee s b e b r e e r tt)h.em lie looked uponthe church-rate as an odious tax. Though he was a mem (b) f e t r e , e a s d e a e l h ar is ed fa h t i n s i n o i f e Church that u e r v c ery of man England, he had a right to pray according ' r.• to his conscience, and that it was un fair that a man who did not agree in belief with the Church should pay for it.—(Applause.) He had al ways been a friend to free trade.—(Loud cheers.) When he had first appeared as a candidate, they had rejected a man of high standing in his favour, deter mined as they were to have a man who advocated cheap bread. They had not that now, because it had pleased the Almighty that they should have bad har vests ; but their hope for the future was founded in the tact that they had repealed the corn-laws.—(Great ap plause.) He had gone to Parliament as the representa tive of a principle. lie should fill up the principle of free-trade in every way. At present there was a con siderable schism among the Non-conformists. He would not complain, for he had declared his opinions, and had voted on every occasion for non-endowment of any description, and if any Minister should be hardy or bold enough to propose an endowment of the Catholic clergy, it should have his most determined opposition.—(Great cheering.) The Roman Catholics did not wish it them selves. He objected to the endowment of any church.-- (Cheers.) Having read a letter from a friend of his, a Quaker, on the subject of the election, he proceeded-- He entreated them to support Lord John Russell-- (Cheers)—and his excellent friends Baron Rothschild and Sir George Larpent. Now who were the indivi duals opposed to them ? There was Mr. Masterman. Was he not what they called a Peelite ?—(Laughter.) Then they had Alderman Johnson.—(Laughter.) He was a straightforward man ; but he (Mr. Pattison) re membered that he was present at a meeting when Alderman Johnson had called the Reform Bill a dia bolical Bill.—(Great laughter.) Now, if he came to Parliament, where were their (the present meeting's) votes?—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Pattison) wanted the origi nal Bill unimpaired. The honourable candidate con cluded by saying that he would support Lord John Rus sell when he could, but that when he could not he would vote against him.—(Cheers.) Bar - on ROTHSCHILD said 'that he was anxious, very anxious, to have the honour of representing the City in Parliament.—(Cheers.) He had explained on every oc casion that his principles were in favour of free trade, and since 'its establishment he had observed the benefits derived from it. If elected, he would take care to see that every possible development was given to the system. He was now approaching a more difficult question—the question of endowments. He was for the most perfect liberality in religion as in trade. He should oppose every grant of money for church endowments.—(Great applause.) He did not think that any man ought to be called upon for .money for the support of another sect. He was anxious to see education extended as much as possible,- :but he thought that that education might bet extended with. & ttny..-Interference on the part of the Government in religious _matters. As'to thttextensitai of the suffrage, they had no proper representation in Parliament. He was in favour of the suffrage being further extended. He did not say that the Reform Bill was perfect, but he should always be happy to give every facility for extension, and to increase to a certain degree the number of persons entitled to vote. As to religious matters, he came forward to solicit their votes in favour of the cause which he ,represented.—(Tremendous ap plause.) He came forward to claim their support as a man who was an inhabitant of the same country, and attached to that country—(Cheers)—and it remained to be seen whether he was or was not entitled to all the privileges which the country could afford.—(Loud and general cheering.) Mr. GILPIN, as a conscientious Dissenter, could only have voted for one of the candidates (Mr. Pattison); but he confessed that since hearing Baron Rothschild his views were changed.—(Great cheering.) Sir GEORGE LARPENT said that he had been a friend to civil and religious liberty from the beginning, and then went on to explain his principles, which were in conformity with the Liberal school. Mr. RICHARDSON expressed his anxiety to know the sentiments of the candidates respecting the window-tax? Mr. PATTISON had always voted for the repeal of the window-tax, and had gone up with a deputation on the subject. Baron ROTHSCHILD would agree to alter the law, so as to make it fall less heavily. Sir GEORGE LARPENT said that no man thought less than he did of the window-tax. In answer to another question, the several candidates expressed opinions favourable to triennial Parliaments. Messrs. BATEMAN and SCOBELL having addressed the meeting, a resolution passed, supporting Lord J. Russell and three Liberal candidates. After which, the meeting gave three cheers, and a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was carried by acclamation, and adjourned. DREADFUL EXPLOSION. FEVERSHAM, JULY 15.—A most distressing and alarming accident occurred in the vicinity of Fevershatn (.11 Wednesday. We have received the following details from an eye witness: — The Messrs. Hall have for some time been engaged in cotton, e onx weret l e v n e s e di employed. Wednesday lswod p 3ha, r ei3 e cd. p h. a a raaAmt number for h terrificr oefet men, m minutes einpu a o nu tr ent o a amp c l taa,:snri alarmed e ela dln o' d clock gun o,oi) s habitants, and in less than half a minute a second report, equally loud, occurred. A few seconds more, and the rising of a dense body of smoke convinced those who knew the position of the different departments that it was in that part in which the " cotton " was prepared for explosive purposes, and from the great number of persons employed it was well known that there must be much loss of life. A great number of persons ran instantly to the place, and proceeded to extricate the sufferers. In a short time about twenty persons, more or less injured, were removed, most of them to their homes, and medical attendance ordered. By two o'clock ten lifeless bodies had been removed—some of them with scarcely a wound, and others sadly mutilated, so much so as not to be recognised. As it was known that seven or eight more were miss ing, the search was continued, and about eight o'clock two more bodies were found. The search will of course be resumed this day, though it was feared from the num ber of detached limbs, &c., found that the remainder of the missing are blown to pieces. Same very miraculous escapes occurred. One boy was carried out of the building with only a slight mark on his face; a man was running about in a state of nudity, ho being but very little if at all hurt. Mr. W. Ball, one of the partners, was conversing with Mr. Day, one of the superintendents of the factory, on his way to the office, and was but a short distance from the place when the explosion happened. Mr. Monk, the general superintendent of the Messrs. Halls' works was also on his way, and in three or four minutes Mr. Hall and the other two would have been in the office with Mr. Toppin (another of the superintendents), who is amongst the killed. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty the Queen Dowager's box was last evening occupied by the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, Lady Emily de Burgh and party. Amongst the company were the Conde Monte. the Marquis de molin and suite, the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Ar buthnot, his Excellency the Duke de Broglie and suite, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, the Princes■ Earlof Pembroke,o fC lan . il . lil. Galacovitz, the Count and Countess &Jams; the Count , - the ' E t ar e l the ra Viscount VdeilßlaenFrrnanctah,ethMeaErcahril°onfesßsecoLDe,otuhreo, Earl and Couatep Bruce, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Cardigan, h o E f all n o c f s m W e e r s e t , m t the eild' th Countess e Clifden, the Viscount and Viscountess Maidstone, M. C. do Noudriaffsky, Lord and Lady B Lady Emma Vesey, Lady Woodford,rabaz)n, Mr. and Ross Greville, Lady Mary Wortley, Lady Roe, Lady Mountgarret, Lord and Lady Lord and Lady Lennox, Lady Seymour , Lady Craven, Lord William ward Codrington and te Shawe Stewart, Sir Ed and Lady Camnhell, Sir II Mi sses Codrington, Sir John \Vil 11am and. Lad) Ca) the Hon.es eth Fleetwood, Sir Mr. Arbuthnot, the'llon Captain Vane, the Hon. Camp bell, Captain 8 uith .eorge Byng, Colonel Buckley, Mrs• Fityhu%h Captain :Meynell, RN., Major m.p., mill Mrs. n d -, .., Mr. Milbanke, Mr. Hodgson, I Lushington M P the g i s l. o on, Mr. Frinaley Sheridan, Mr. M.P., & c . 7 - *, on.Jaliau Fane, Mr.Broadwood, THE NIGHT BALLOON ASCENT AT VAUXHALL.--; The announcement that another display of noctur nal aerostatics would take place on the lioyal PropfnrY l ast night, night, attracted a throng of visitors, bothf w ithin the aerial without the gardens. The upheavings but for fully an hour beforehand_ there along the monster were not manifested until nearl y - t welve crowds round the exterior of the gardens, during the pro banks of the river, and en f the „ bridges, filling." we o re ex o; ee c lot expectant This completed, pro cess of the perfizmancee ato a, few minutes before twelve, the balloon slipped cable ee of some thousand feet, there and on reaching an daut cintedwbhyiehmtehaensvoofyititgseuupr; and fires of variegated colours. The process bouquets . was a splendid pyrotechnicaitita outpouring, consisting of plementary w ed as to co t n li themselves were seated. They were Mr. Gypson, who on this occasion made his sixty-ninth ascent, this being his second nocturnal one ; Mr. Coxwell, editor of the of firework deaisrplaatLeedh Aerostatic Magazine; and Mr. Augustus Bernal. Under the influence of a gentle buoyant breeze, the balloon sailed in safety due north. At about 120 feet below the car the fireworks were discharged by means of a slow match with perfect safety, illuminating the huge dome of gas and canvass above with much novelty and effect, and amidst enthusiastic cheering, The aeronauts were up about thirty-five minutes, had a view of the river, heard St. Paul's and other clocks strike twelve, and at length landed in Acton-fields, where some parties came to their assistance, and they made good their arrival 04 the gaktiens at twelve minutes past two.