The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-15 00:00:00

ELECTION MOVEMENTS. AYLESBURY. o f new candidate has made his appearance in the shape ph7r. J, P. Deering, of the Lee, near Wendover. Dr. /34iLna.ore is also spoken borough.—fucks of for our tc , uckB •,-Tuser. BIRMINGHAM. I,„_ Meeting of some of Mr. ,tsro ,ner's friends tool: 137n4,t 0- -- (1: y (Saturday), when it was arranged that his committee should hold its first sitting on Tues -114 :. ; le t. In the meantime all the necessary machinery seen prepared, and in the course of a few days . an re 3 7 10 canvass will be commenced. Mr. Mu= remains f ie lr l uely determined not to coalesce with Mr. Schole th ; so that the battle will be single-han& d between be e latter gentleman and Mr. Spooner. It appears to pp: P r evailing opinion that Mr. Scholefield has in the se4,eri tithe instance somewhat too prematurely offered him iitle,;(3 the constituen c y. In all probability, in conse -6Z ef increasing years, the next will be the last -0 1:1 at which Mr. Spooner will tender his services eii ra tha . tnent ; and on this account, as well as incon e. it t e.ation of his a ss id uous att en tion to the local business 48 in terests of the borough, a large portion even of the 7ral electors are unwilling to disturb him in the pos -I°o of hi s seat . Th e contest ma y, however, be te wii r,e; but the probability is that the present Members " °a again returned. The BEWDLEY AND STOURPORT. representation of these boroughs has been for dal years confided to a member of the Winnington Pees Y« whose family seats are near at hand, and who di st s l3 large property and considerable influence in the Il et• Sir Thomas E. Winnington is the present th e al k- eer for these boroughs, and is a Whig of the old le t il. It is not expected that there will be any oppo• e a to his re-election. A m • CAMBRIDGE. heaeeting called by the Committee of the Conser e'e,Aseociation was held last night at the Black s — lan, the avowed purpose of which was to pass tioti eselati on declaratory of the objection of the associa teeet° any compromise between the two parties in the "as to the candidates at the next election. By an e elB ight, the committee had summoned meeting of Mo ra" instead of "the members of the association, th et th rough this, a large number of the Whig party and tpi ,section of religionists who hold the most extreme le te tit° „as as to the Maynooth grant obtruded themselves e e l i eue room, and resolutions condemnator . y of the 14n e al conduct of Mr. Manners Sutton and Sir Fitzroy th e Y Were passed, in addition to the one recognized by • committee. Th CUMBERLAND (EAST). ta m he Car lisle Patriot asseverates that there is strength LI R c leat to ensure the return of two Conservative candi e•sies, be opposition to Mr. Marshall and Lord Howard. le,r election, only lo by about 80 votes. DROITWIt °r this ancient boreugh Sir John Pakington, the eesent member, will again be a candidate. and there Op ee tils little doubt that he will again be returned wielleut "sltiore Th e ESSEX (NORTH). it r i„ bustle o f th e co mi ng centest. continues, particu tee! In the Northern Division, in which since our last, ti eed rl ew candidate has pissed across the stage and re ho., and another has already corn on. A meeting was at Colchester on Saturday, when Mr. Savili Ooley eO7l in troduced as the opponent of Mr. Rebow. but in th e s eeuence of being attacked with sudien ille se &Irina te t i r,°ceeding he withlrew on Monday. At Braintree is ednesday, Major Bere,ferd, one of the peeked ieers for Harwi c h, was ann o unced as his success° , h ee 4 s field. In the Southern Divi,lon Mr. Brim ,tin self ceded to the requisition soliciting him to offer him the only that gentleman and Mr. B iwyer Smyth are k r. ;9l candidates yet in the field. A requts Lion to thz_ Tho mas Barrett L nnard become a candidate for l eit 's divi s i on of the county at the ens erg elect len. is we in the course of signature —Chelinfoid Chronicle. theEVESHAM AND OTHER, tionouGris n Evesham we are informed that Mr. Jell, Budge, 0 , partkanor house, will he prquesed by the Ceesere iriv-• the Y. Lord Marcus Hill will again seine forward on te t . L iberal side ; as to Mr. Borthwiek we are yet de t irel y ignorant in regard to hi, iteentiens. In Kid p osed Ater we hear that Mr. Godson will be egain op- Wh d by Mr. Sampson Ricardo, on the Liberal interest, br e' r" him hard in 1841, only toeing by 12 votes. jonitwich will retain its present valuable member, Sir eirtla P ukington. They talk of a Liberal iipposition to 14' nenbow, in Dudley ; and the Bewdle Gins. rva Si e 4 ,-,, e r zPect that Mr. Monteith will again try a fall with tad'flumes Winnington ; but these are but rumours, et i e af ter all th ere m ay be no contest in Kidderminster. 'ewdley, or Dudley.— Worcester Herald. Th HUDDERSFIELD ef canvass of the Huddersfield constituency on behalf Sir, George Wilson, chairman of the Anti-Corn-law a tithe result e d i n a b ou t 440 si g n a t ur es being attached ne requisition, besides as many absolute promises of 4 1 , 1 1 1 °11 as brings the number up to 532 voters. With th a result, and as not more than 1,000 electors (at ker.titinost) are likely to poll in the event of a contest. ti Wilsnn's return may be regarded as secure against C andidate of any party. Wis Sin HULL. h ce our last the only movement made in this town th e reference to the approaching election has been on k n part of the "Liberal" supporters of Mr. Clay. e e . " e ", i e ng definite transpired with reference te a secend - ,',, tu ate in the Liberal interest, but a youne man, a ttl,"er of our former representative, Mr. Hutt, now a o , for Gateshead, was, we learn, spoken of. Mr. ref: Sykes was, we understand, asked to stand, but ' se d.--Hull Packet. LEEDS. 4 14 11 1! reception given to Mr. Sturge by a public meet le e e'f the inhabita n t s o f L ee d s , consisting :)t about t i," o persons, i n t h e Cl ot h h a ll yard, on Monday eye to'g« cor responded with that given by the Liberal el c ~aeon the p rev i ous T hursday i n t h e M u sie-hall. A me w as passed in his favour, so nearly unanimeus that only Libor t ia l e l i o a r e fo in ur hands were seen to be held up on the that great assembly. The section of With thats ' wh° support butler Aldarn have cotnmuniceter gentleman, borne. to, We apprehend it would be perfectly vain and S- ic'elen t o bring forward the hen. gentleman under pre et circumstances.--Leeds Mercury. LCFIED. I " Mottyn has ann l unc H ed himself as a candidate for ; li nt;hir e SO that there c a n b e li tt l e doubt new that `IV vacancy in this city will be supplied by Lord A r i e i s s:cn i; the. private secretary to Lord Palmerston. At. with te7lriends of Captain Dyott have taken no ste f. p r s co l m n e f;Vet to the election. Should the gallant effie _ ard AlZ i e r d„in the Conservative interest the seat of L Paget would be in dander. MALDON. fo r. Waddington visited Ataldon again o Menday lest Wel'," Purpose of calling upon some of the . elector,' ; he th a ,nortiy make a general canvass. We are . int i n s r e ld . 14 ' ni g return with Mr. Dick at the next election g ated certaiu.—Essex Standard MARYLEBf )NE. r ee il a? fallowing is a copy of the opinion in Mr. Sal•i tiscase or " h " ; have co e ‘idered the very peculi , circumstances eielnotte's case, and are of opinion that Mr. Salem es of decline t.) act as returning-officer for the b mere h he,4tarylebone during the current year; that the sher . ffe OthPoWer to accept his resignation, or to er elir;iblbl person to that office; and that he is net 1 1 ,;e to serve in Parliament fur that borough so long e holds the office. " T. N. TALFOURD. "FRANCIS NEWMAN ROGERS. " B. PEACOCK. 4 'ru e $. D AND BASSETLAW. kid RETFOR la generally believed that both Captain Dancombe th e r. Vernon intend to offer thems e lves again. Of tiiit,.. te turri of the former there scare . ly appears a n y ib e Leuee of opinion, but the latter having, from the ke Zpility and time-serving course which he has pur- NC' regardless of the expre-aed opinions of his con . tittients, completely alienated the good opinion ot all Ai t o _ ti es, we are well assured he will be strenuously, and los 'uout a doubt most successfully, opposed by one Xll be consideration for the opinion of his constituents be more in accordance with the feelings of the . ectors; but who is to be the man, is perhaps too much "u say. It is currently rumoured, however, that a s. Of a resident nobleman will offer himself; a?ld it is also laid by others it is to be the worthy baronet command ing the Sherwood Rangers. A third report adds, that the free traders of Manchester are also to have their man lent here.—Notts Guardian, SANDWICH. As we stated last week, Lord Clinton, son of the Duke -1 2! New cas tle, has appeared, as a " No P opery" candidate the two Liberals, Lord Paget and Mr. Grentill ; 4it is not for a moment supposed that he has the ; tightest chance of success.—Dover Chronicle. STOKE-UPON-TRENT. held within meeting of a section of the Whig Radical party, u within these few days, it was determined to again 02 or t Mr. Ricardo, and to invite a second candidate to ' _ e hie colleague, to the ejection of Mr. Alderman • b v v"iand. This course is, however, strongly condemned 4 1 1 naay . of the leading gentlemen in the Liberal interest. 4.l.Plutti Copeland's connexion with the trade of the T.,ct) the moderation of his political opinions. and his services with regard to the obtainment and forma t e :,°frailway communication throughout the Potteries, mg " his re-election pretty certain. Cap ta- WORCESTERSHIRE (EAST). m Rushout, in consequence of ill health , will not jhimself for re-election ; and, in all probabili t y , the y' W- Ward, the brother of Lord Ward, will be in to' take the place of the Gallant Officer. Mr. James l op Liar Taylor, it is understoJd, will retire, and, wcord re,te the terms of the Droitwich agreement, Mr. 447etts Foley will be allowed to walk over the course eap e : t at l e ceessor without opposition. Such is the present of affairs in this division of Worcestershire. No WORCESTERSHIRE (WEST). Gen er ra r Won is likely to be offered to the return of 44 Ygon and Mr. Knight. Th. WORCESTER (CITY). citizens of Worcester, or at least some active . On their b e h a lf, have already named a host of ther e •ts to represent them in next Parliame nt. First, th is sir Denis Le Merchant ; all persons a re a g reed m itein a fit and proper person to repres ent a co snits,l engaged to a certain extent in commercial pur kr ...and anxious t o d o a good deal more business. As a li b i :: we can " cast t h e waters o f the land," we should . it the two great parties could agree a s to Sir bj, a colleague, there would be no contest. W e need a r , remind our readers that Mr. Bailey, at present Sir th Leolleague, retires from his po li tica l connexion st ow w orcester at this election, when it is under• Se ri , 118 will be returned for the county of Brecon. ould l a ant Glover was the first regularly proposed new not , , iste on the Conservative interest ; we keow "lug of that learned gentleman, except that we have 14411 61319 u11 the barristers attending the assizes THE SUN, LONDON, TUEsDAY MORINTI_NCT ) JUNE ri : \iB47. here. Mr. Rufford, the next in order of time, was ac cepted as fit and proper, last Monday evening, by a large and respectable meeting of electors. As chairman of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, Mr. Rufford has been necessarily , much connected, during the last three years with a numerous body of respectable citizens, and it is understood that his business habit*, and aptitude for commercial negotia tion have rendered him acceptable to mane electors, even among the party opposed to his political principles, which are moderate Conservatism. Mr. Robinson, our former representative, stands No. 4 in the roll ; we need not say one word as to his eminent qualifications, or acceptability to his constituency. The latter, indeed, have never been reconciled to the manner of his relinquishing their re presentation in 1837. A meeting of the electors takes place this evening for the purpose of consider. ing the expediency of sending a requisition to Mr. Robinson to stand for Worcester. It is understood that the main section of the Liberal party here—who, we need hardly say, support Sir Denis Le Marchant—have a second candidate, making an entirety of five. Who the gentleman is has not been revealed, but it is asserted that lie is one every way worthy of the coveted honour. Since the foregoing was in type, we have been in formed that Mr. Robert Hardy has this day declared that nothing shall prevent him from standing for 'Wor cester at the approaching election.— Worcester Herald. BRADFORD.— Mr. Busfeild has sent an address, but the Leeds Mercury intimates that it was not published. Col-nel Thompson has declined to stand unless pre sented with a requisition promising success. REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON. - The election movement in the City has received a fresh impetus during the last few days, by the announcement that Mr. William Payne, the coroner, will become a candidate for its representation in Parliament. Mr. Payne's high character in the City, and the general respect in which he is held by all political parties, will render him a powerful opponent. His intimate ac quaintance with the comm, rcial interests of the City, acquired by unceasing attention to the subject, have brought him to the conviction, as stated in his address, that much remains to be done, and that he is determined on endeavouring to accomplish it. On these grounds alone he has received the votes of many who might otherwise have opposed him. Mr. Lyall, it is already known, retires from Parliament at the close of the pre sent session, and the ratty candidates at present in the field to supply his place are Mr. Payne and Mr. Alder man Johnson. The latter belongs to the old and well nigh exploded high Tory school, and pledges himself to vote fur the resuseitation of the restrictive measures which public opieion has so unequivocally condemned. — From a Correspondent. THE NAVY. RULES and REGULATIONS respecting the APPOINT MENT, RANK, EXAMINATION, and PAY of EN GINEERS, under her Majesty's Order in Council of the 27th of February, 1847. RULES AND REGULATIONS AS TO THE APPOINTMENT AND RANH OF ENGINEERS. Engineers in her Majesty's naval service are to be classed in three divisions, and to be thus denominated: — Inspectors of machinery afloat. Chief Engineers. Assistant Engineers. The two latter divisions are to be divided severally into three classes, namely— Chief engineers of the first class. Of of the second class. of the third class. Assistant engineers of the first class. of the second class. 1$ of the third class. Engineers will be considered, as at present, to belong to the civil branch of the naval service, and they will be appointed and rank as undermentioned:— Inspectors of machinery afloat will be appointed by commission, and rank with, but after, masters of the fleet. Chief engineers mill be appointed by commission, and rank with, but after, masters. Assistant engineers will be appointed by order, and rank with, but after, second masters. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. DEFECTIVE STATE OF THE LAW IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS-NO PUNISHMENTS FOR CRIMES COMMITTED ON THE SEAS BETWEEN JERSEY AND GUERNSEY. A curious eth.e occurred last week, which illustrates the shocking state of the criminal law in Guernsey, *rid we may add in Jersey also. On Monday, the first of June instant, Mary Smith v.as seized and com mitted to the Guernsey prison, charged with having, whilst on board the cutter Mary and Anne, Captain Le Couteur—the vessel by which she had just arrived from Jersey—stolen ten five franc pieces of French money, belonging to the said Captain. On the fol lowing day, Mary Smith was taken before the Royal Court of Guernsey, but it having been proved in evi dente, that she had committed the robbery whilst in Jersey harbour, the Bailly and Jurats considered, that they had no jurisdiction, and dismissed the charge ! This decision is supposed to be justified by various pre cedents, among which is the one of Captain 011ivier, for merly master of the schooner Sarnia, who in 1837 was charged with having committed a rape on the person of a young woman on board the said vessel, whilst in Jersey harbour, upon which the Guernsey Court refused to take cognizance of the complaint, b:cause the offence had been committed out of that island. Now we beg to observe that on the last-mentioned occasion, Mr. Brock reminded the prisoner, that had the Sarnia arrived in Guernsey immediately after the crime had been committed (in like manner as the Mary and Anne had) or had it been committed during the voyage from Jersey to Guernsey; in fact, bad not the vessel returned to Jersey and broken the voyage, the Guernsey Court would have felt it its duty to try him for the crime with which he stood charged. This appears to us to be sound law, but bow different is the decision of the case before us. On the pre sent occasion, the vessel belonged to Guernsey; she hailed from that port, and was therefore clothed (if we may use the term) or invested with the protection of the law of that island: she was cleared outwards from the Jersey customs for Guernsey: the money was found on the woman's person, after the vessel had left Jersey, and wa: pursuing her voyage to Guernsey. The crime was therefore committee, in like manner as all civil acts were performed on that voyage, with the view, if any dispute arose, of their being controlled by the law and adjudicated upon by the Court of Guernsey. The Captain, crew, and passengers were all destined for that port; the voyage had com menced, and therefore every act and circumstance which transpired, was clearly within the cognizance of the Court of that Island. But mark ! The woman was apprehended immediately after she landed, and yet the Bailly and Jurats discharged her from custody, on the ground that they had no jurisdiction ! Now, from whence does the Court derive its jurisdic tion? Is it from the ancient customs of Normandy or from the reputed Constitutions of King John? We say reputed, because we are thoroughly convinced, that Guernsey and Jersey cannot establish any title to a charter from that monarch. It is all moonshine. Mr. La Croix tells us that " the pretended constitions of King John are an un digested memorandum of an inquiry instituted in Guern sey in the beginning of the reign of Henry 111., when the two islands had the same governor." Now history informs us that in those days the Governor was also Bailiff, from whence it follows, that the Channel Islands then formed only one Bailiwick, and therefore the Governor or Bai liff had jurisdiction criminal, civil, and maritime, over all matters arising in both islands ; and it is not very clear to us that this power was ever taken away from him. Be that, however, as it may, if dividing the islands into two bailiwicks has limited the original jurisdiction, it is quite certain that it has rendered the law very imperfect for the administration of justice. It is a sad reflection on the authorities of these islands to have allowed such a state of things to come to pass. When we consider the great intercourse which now exists between Guernsey and Jersey, by steam and sail ing vessels, what a splendid harvest the light-fingered gentry of England could reap. If the dictum of the Guernsey Court be correct, thieves and others may plunder and commit crimes on the high seas between Jersey and Guernsey with impunity. There is no law to punish them, for the Guernsey and Jersey Courts deny that the Admiralty of England have any jurisdiction, and they refuse to take any cognisance of the crimes themselves. In the present case, it would have been useless for the Jersey authorities to have sent a constable to Guernsey with the view to bring Mary Smith back to Jersey, to be tried here, because in the case of Wren and others, who in 1836, were charged with robbery, broke prison in Jersey, pursued to Guernsey and apprehended there, the court of that island liberated the arrest, on the ground that the capture and detection of the prisoners ie Guernsey was illegal for a m a tter that originated o u t o f that Bailiwick. This case was brought under the notice of the Royal Commissioners when they were in Jersey, who examined the bail i ff upon th e law f or th e appre hension of fugitives from justice, or runaway criminals from Jersey. Sir John De Veulle is reported to have said, that " If a prisoner escaped to Guernsey, his re covery was impossible by any means whatever." This is grand! splendid! and very comforting withal. How ever disgraceful it might be to the authorities of Guernsey to permit such horrid abuses to creep upon them, the authorities of Jersey deserve equal blame, as we shall now proceed to show. In the case of Mat thews and Prowden, charged with the commission of carious robberies in Guernsey, who escaped to Jersey, and were apprehended here, the Court of this island held also, that inasmuch as the crimes were committed out of the Bailiwick, they had no jurisdiction, and liberated the prisoners 1 Here is a pretty state of things. If a person commits a crime in one island and escapes to the other, he evades punishment, and if he commits it on the high seas he avoids it also. Hear this all ye thieves, rogues, and vagabonds, who would run a muck for plunder. What a wide field is open to your horrid pursuits, through the apathy, negligence, or incompe tence of the local authorities of Jersey and Guernsey to make laws to punish you, when you commit your wicked deeds in these parts. Now what must be the end of this shameful position in which we are place d, tf the Commissioners do not devise a remedy ? What ! why Lynch Law will be established among us—that wretched system which prevails in America, amid in all other new countri , s, where Law and Justice fail to meet the wants of the community. Take the follow ing case for example, IN hich is reported in the Cleve land Plain Dealer, a journal published in the western world : " A LYNCH COURT ON LAKE ERIE.—A gentlemanly blackleg, took passage from Buffalo on board the Supe rior, Captain Wilkinso n , on her last tr ip u p. He took a deck passage, so as t o give him a chance to berth with whom he pleased i n t h e steerage. H e soon selected his victim, an unsuspe c ti ng o l d man , w h o had been so imprudent as to show co ns id era bl e o f a p u rse of money, in making change for hi s f are. The f e ll ow managed to get into the same berth with the old man, but appeared very restless till sometime about midnight, when he dis appeared. The old man missed a suspender button pocket, and his purse, with ninety dollars of money in it, when he awoke in the morning. He made complaints to the captain, pointing out his 'ellow lodger, whereupon a search was instituted, but nothing found. All were satisfied of the fellow's guilt, and a lynch court was im mediately organised to make th e ro bber divulge. Corn. Wilkinson presided es jud ge juris diction, in all such cases. ' claiming maritime The fellow was arraigned. the prosecuting witnesses sworn , the jury looked dag gers at the villain, and he caved. He said the money would be found in one of the water closets, which was so, and the same was restored to the old man. The judment of the court was then that the culprit should have " ropes end" three times and repeat- Two stalwart men took him by each hand and extended his arms, while Jack executed the sentence. This took place about 15 miles off this port on Sunday morning last. The fellow was put ashore here, and the way he mizzled was a cau tion to the craft." Now only but think of the commanders of our steam-boats and sailing crafts forming a court on board their vessels for the trial of delinquencies com mitted there. Only red et on the summary mode of punishment inflicted. How would it do to see Com modore Goodridge or Commodore Babot preside at a court of this description. and sentence a thief to re ceive a dozen lashes for his malpractices? It would be shocking ; but still such things will come to pass it something be not done to remedy the evil. If our courts of justice have not the power to try offences committed out of their bailiwick, nor auth .rity to order a mutual surrender of refugee criminals, it is high time that mea sures were adopted to redress the grievance. We would recommend that a royal charter be granted to the Courts of Jersey and Guernsey, so as to extend the cognisance of those tribunals to all ',Liame and misdemeanours com mitted on the seas, harbours, and such maritime places in the Channel as may not be within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England — that competent judges, and an efficient police be appointed, who should be paid for their services, necessary, so andth that t suchthe latter othr e remedies as would put may p ursue cr i m i na l s when an end to the system which allows criminals to escape punishment and prevent the adoption of Lynch law among us. We hope that General Napier, for the p eo pl e of Guernsey, and General Raynett, for the peopl e o f the Jersey,sub ewi l lsub je ct - -Jer s ey t_jr ma e k e s ey a n d Guernsey a News, barrels; the John and --____-_--- . Havre :—the George FRENCH FLOUR.—Several ar rivals of flour have taken place within these last few days from France, of which Marv, 650 barrels; the Britannia, 842 barrels; the James w49in2gbwarrereels from the B th u e rte p n o s ? 740 0 f Watt, 457 barrels ; the Columbine, 100 barrels; and the Betsy, from the same place, the large quantity of 1,400 bar tbharcufoglhlot rels of the article, the produce and manufacture of France. INTREPID CONDUCT. —On Thursday, during the time that a company of the Royal Sappers and Miners were practising under command of Lieutenant James Liddell, Royal Engineers, in forming bridges with pontoons, at St. Mary's Creek, an alarm was raised that two soldiers were drowning. Lieutenant Liddell went to the spot, threw of his sash and sword, and plunged into the water with his uniform on, and after some difficulty succeeded in bringing one of the men to the shore, and two artillerymen also dived after the other man, whom they fortunately caught just as he was sinking for the last time. They brought him ashore and laid him on the grass. Both the men appeared nearly dead. They were removed to the barracks, and attended by the medical officers of the corps.. Their names are Thomas Birt and Jain Masters; they are attached to No. 4 company. The names of the two men eho assisted in Raving one man are John Brady and William Somers. They also belong to the No. 4 company of Artillery. Lieutenant Liddell and the two artillerymen deserve the notice of the Humane Society for their intrepid conduct in saving two lives. The creek Is not only very deep, but it is very dangerous, owing to the numerous eddies, which have proved fatal to expert swimmers; and in consequence of the great number of lives lost every summer by parties bathing, the com mandant last year issued an order forbidding soldiers bathing in that place. PARISH or ST. PANCRAL—The first of the ecclesi astical districts into which it is proposed to divide this extensive parish has been formed. It is termed the "Gray's 1 Inn district," and the Re v . R. Allen , MA., has been ap - Ethted to the incambeng? OH the ambled= of the Rev. "Maas Dale, M.A., the Vim. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, June 14. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool. sack af Five o'clock. BURGH POLICE (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL this Bill was read a second time. NAVAL MUTINY BILL. This Bill went through Committee. JUVENILE OFFENDERS' BILL. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from the justices of the peace of the West Riding of Yorkshire in favour of this Bill. CRIMINAL LAW. Lord BROUGHAM laid the report of the Select Committee on Criminal Law upon their Lordships' table. POST-OFFICE REVENUE. Lord ELLENBOROUGH rose to move their Lord ships relatively to the revenue of the Post office. He said several months had passed since their Lordships had, on his motion, ordered returns on the subject of the revenue, which were not furnished till the Ist of June. These returns, now that they had been produced, showed in many instances deficits which could not have been produced unless by great negligence ; and as the sub ject was one of so much importance not only to this kingdom, but to others, he thought that some inquiry ought to be made into them.—(The Noble Earl then entered briefly into some statistical details, none of which reached the gallery.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said. that many of the abuses complained of by the Noble Earl arose from the fact of the contracts having been made for the con ♦eyance of letters at a time when the means of commu • nication to foreign countries were not so easy as they were at present. The Government, however, had no objection to the appointment of the Committee as moved for.—Motion agreed to. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the Commons brought up a consi derable *amber of railway Bills. JUVENILE OFFENDERS BILL. The Earl of DEVON moved the second reading of this Bill. We understood the Noble Lord, who was al most inaudible, to advise the postponement of any dis cussion on the Bill till it was in Committee. Lord BROUGHAM agreed with the recommendation of the Noble Earl, as he hoped that by slight alteration revere' objections, if not all that were recorded against it, might be got rid of. TRUST MONEY INVESTMENT (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of DEVON this Bill was read a second time. PUNISHMENT OF VAGRANTS (liZELAND) BILL. The House then went into Committee upon the Pu nishment of Vagrants (Ireland) Bill. Atter a few words from Lord MOUNTCASHEL, the clauses were agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be re ported to-morrow, AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. Lord STANLEY said, that as he intended to bring forward his motion with reference to the English inter ference with the affairs of Portugal to-morrow evening, and as the subject was calculated to lead to a very lengthened discussion, he hoped that it might be under stood that the debate would commence at five o'c'ock, if the Noble Lord the President of the Council Ibad no objection to such a course of proceeding. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to say that he should have no objection to such a course being adopted. Their Lordships then adjourned. RULES AND REGULATIONS AS TO THE EXAMINATION AND QUALIFICATIONS OF ENGINEERS. INSPECTORS OF MACHINERY AFLOAT. Inspectors of machinery afloat will be appointed by their Lordships for the responsible duties of superintend ing generally the machinery of steam•vessels attached to each station or squadron; and the candidates for such appointments must be men of experience and acknow ledged ability, in whose judgment, integrity, and talent implicit reliance can be placed. CHIEF ENGINEER. No person will be considered qualified to hold the commission of a chief engineer %ho is not able to keep accounts, make notes in the log of every particular of the working of the engines and boilers, draw rough sketches of any part of the machinery with figured dimensions fit to work from, be able and willing to exert himself practically as a workman when occasion requires, either in driving the engines, or packing, repairing, or adjusting the variou:, working parts of the machinery, and making good the defects of boilers. He must, there fore, possess a thorough knowledge of the construction and working of marine engines and boilers in all their parts, coupled with skill and experience as a practical mechanic. He must be so far acquainted with the elements of theoretical mechanics as to comprehend the general principles on which the machine works. He must un derstand how to apply the indicator, and draw the neces sary conclusions from the diagrams. He must be acquainted with the principle of expansion, and al& to prove, or at least to illustrate the advantages to be derived from the use of expansive gear. The particular class to wt'ich a chief engineer will be appointed will depend not only on the result of his exa mination, but on his character, services, &c. Chi , f engineers will be examined at the steam depart ment at S-merset House, by the chief engineer, and in spector of the machinery of the navy, in the preseLce of the comptroller of steam machinery. ASSISTANT ENGINEER. He must be able to keep accounts, and make rough working sketches of engines and boilers. He must produce certificates of servitude in a factory, or other proof of his acquaintance with engine work, and of his practical abilities as a mechanic, as well as testi monials of good conduct and character. He must understand the general principle of the engine, and be acquainted with the names of the various parts and their uses. The second class assistant engineer, in addition to the foregoing general acquirements, must have served at, sea at least one year, and produce proof of his capability to work engines, &c. The fir-t class assistant engineer, in addition to the regoing general acquirements, must have served at sea at les,t tern 3 cars as an engineer, and be competent to :eke charge of the engine when required to do so. He must be acquainted with the principle on which the ma chine works in all its parts, be able to adjust the various working parts, and set right defects which may arise in the engin,s and boilers. According to his acquirements in these points, his proficiency as a workman and his general character and servitude, will depend his promotion to the higher rank of chief engineer. But he will not be considered eligible for promotion to this latter rank until he shall ;have served three years in the capacity of first class assistant, or as •• first class engineer" cn the old establishment. Assistant engineers will be examined by the chief engineers and inspectors of machinery of the Government factories, in the presence of the superintendent of the dockyard, or such other officer as may be nominated for the purpose. In the event, however, of the exigencies of the service requiring the entry of engineers who may not have served at sea the full periods herein stated, but in other r, spects may produce proof of their qualifications. a de• vials n from these regulations will be Glowed by the special authority, in each instance, of the Board of Ad miralty, a notation to such effect being made on the passing certificates with a statement of the circumstances of the case. All engineers at present in the service are to be con tinued at their present rank and denomination until they shell have been examined and found eligible fur promo tion inn the new establishment. RULES AND REGULATIONS AS TO THE PAY OF ENGINEERS. The pa) of engineers on the new establishment will be regulated under the articles in the Queen's Regula tioes" and "Admiralty Instructions," applicable to com mission officers, except as regards the termination of their harbour-service pay, and commencement of sea pay, which will be regulated as directed in the case of warrant officers, under chap. x., art. 8. page 93, of the Queen's Regulations." SCALE OF PAT. Rank. Sea pay per Harbour service pay month. per month. X. 8. d. X. s. d. Inspectors of machinery afloat ... 25 0 0 ... 13 15 0 First class... 20 0 0 ... 11 0 0 Chief engineer......{ .. Second ditto 16 0 0 . 8 16 0 Third ditto. 14 0 0 ... 7 14 0 -t First class... 12 0 0 ... 612 0 A ss istant engineers Second ditto 910 0 .. 5 4 0 Third ditto. 8 0 0 ... 4 4 0 N.B. They are not to receive any additional pay for ser vice within the tropics, nor any compensation in lieu of the allowance for the instruction of boys. When engineers borne for harbour duty may have charge of steam machinery, they are to receive sea pay. When engineers are appointed from harbour-serviee pay to sea-going ships, they will be entitled to receive three months' advance et pay. When engineers ere employed to execute any work. not tor their own ship, they will be allowed extra pay (granted under the "Queen's Regulations," chap. x., sec. 4, art. 1, pay 104) aceoroing to their rank. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone Ves try, Mr. Sammons stated that the sheriffs had taken the opinion of counsel on the power of a returning officer to resign his trust, and that the opinion had been against him. He now begged to draw the attention of the ves try to what he considered a very important subject ; that the notices and lists which had been sent him for signature from the officers of the various parishes were addressed to him as " Town Clerk of the Borough of Mary h-bone;" he would ask whether he was town clerk? There was another important subject, which was thia:— The law compelled him to serv.e as returning officer, but it did not compel him to pay the expenses of the office out ii f his own pocket. Parliamentary returns had been called for, and when he (Mr. Salomosts) sent to the vestry clerks of the parishes, they replied that they would not incur expense, and that they had no funds at their disposal for such a purpose. He had, therefore, paid for them himself, running the chance of gutting re tppbaaeridrise.hfurwl-1 o. i usuirsud: urged h c d e et s ni s , o eb r ew n hp d ol g al h ee et subject u i t n u s a e to do that, and the strange t the position,a attention li e , of the vestry. After some discussion the matter was referred to the Committee. On the deferred motion coming on, which was passed on the Bth of May, for obtaining the sanction of the vestry towards the necessary arrangement for purchas ing a site for the baths and washhouses, a memorial was presented by 230 rate-payers, calling on the vestry not to sanction the expenditure of so large a sum to wards the completion of the proposed plan. A letter was read from Mr. Staunton, complaining of the statements made by fir Peter Laurie at this vestry, re specting the establishment of baths and washhouses in the parish of St. Martin. Sir Peter had stated, that the parish of St. Martin had taken a mews for their build ing; that they were going to have water turned off trout the reservoir in Trafalgar-square, after the fountains had been worked by it all day; that it would be necessary to pull down several houses; that they were involvad in difficulty, and that the thing was at a standstill. All these statements he denied most positively. The ground which the parish had rented for ninety-nine years never had been a mews. The water to be suppled was not to be that from the reservoir in Trafalgar-quare. It was not contemplated to take down any houses; nor had the comtnissioners of St. Martin's been in any difficulties, nor had they been brought to a standstill. On the contrary, all their proceedings hitherto had met with the unanimous concurrence of the ratepayers in open vestry. . . After this statement had been read, Mr. Aamsox moved the non. confirmation of the mi nutes of the Bth of May, on the ground that the extent of land b ink, so much curtailed, it would not be puliiie in the vestry to purchtt,e the sit,. Sir PETER LAURIE seconded the motion, and said that what he haol stated about the baths and wa,hhouses of St. Nhatin applied to the baths at Whiteehapel. Earl MANNERS supported the non-confirmation; and, after some discussion, the motion was non-confirmed by a large majority. INQUEST ON THE REV. MR. STARL—An inquest was held on Monday at Llanberis on the remains of the above-named unfortunate gentleman, lately discovered among the precipices of Snowdon, and the jury returned the following verdict :—" That the Rev. Henry Wellington Starr, in the month of September last, was ascending a certain mountain in the said county, and died on the same, without any hurt or injury having been done to or committed upon him by any person or persons whatsoever ; but the said jurors are unable to state whether his death was occasioned by a fall, by cold, or how otherwise in particular, although they incline to the belief that it was caused by his acci dentallyfalling over a precipice during the hours of dark- On Tuesday last the remains of this unfortunate an were buried in Lianberis, the service being read by t 12 —Two logs of , GREENOCK, JUNK • apparently e' e l ßev. William Wales. of Northampton. pule, by the BliyOUMPOOd?artiTed_in tho Clyde. ng N ee o gsn r t t .hl' h American , were picked up, and a large quantity UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 12.—The most active pr, parations a , e now making t._a- the installation. The appearance of the interior of the Senate House is unth rgoing rapid tranwOrmation by reason of flat- erection of the neces sary temporary fittings for the ao,..u,trnsiarion of the C , thp •hy at the al p 'oJehiraf, ceremonies. The good people of Cambridg.• appe,ir to hart thstnisscit every other matter fr , m their thoughts, and now the dignitaries of the univer,tty appear to have relaxed a lade in the severe stoicism with which they look or profess to look upon pomp and cyrein flies. The profiis of the horticultural fete are t be given to Addenor... , ke's and, in , rder to ensur , tie institution against. loss, an indemnity fuel is beta:. laised, to which 9001. has already been -uhscribel The bat..ds of the lst Lite Guards and the Col.-lt , tr, am Guar.ls are to be in attendance to ediven the scene by the dispensation of merry music. lhe Chancellor will, ..n Monday afternoon, conter honorary thgrees in tee Senate II use. The municipal ituttort ies meet on F tday tn-xt, reit. arse the parts they are tpi y , prona-e widre,ses, Tne high sheriff of the county and his javelin men will be present at the reception of the royal psrty st the railway stati .n. A grand (I,play of fireworks will be go! up by the towns ', ople and it is not improbable that the poorer classes will be entertained at a public dinner on Parker's Piece. The subject has been already inoote :,nd it being too .ight i:. the evcnin t -4 . s for ttauking if Humiliation pro ,hien.e a compensating effect. it is proposed to substitute the enter ,onment I have mention' d. The Bishop of Norwich, Marquis Cam ien, Earl of Devon, BAron Pak •, Lord /it. L'Esle, M and Madame Van de Weyer (BAgian Minister), the Chevalier and Madame Bunsen (Pru,dan \bluster). and Sir Robert Ingti , , M.P., have accepte i ii.vitations to be pre , ent, it, addition to the listing t i-bed p.-rsons before enuny rated. TRINITY COLLEGE —The E..glish Declamation prizes have been adjudg,4l to-1, Barry; 2, C. B. Scott; 3, Hun. E. H. .-tattlt-y. JESUS COLLEGE.— The following genii. men have been elected foundation scholars:—T. C. Durham, W. Kirkby, and C. Smyth. To a Marsden Scholarship, W. Kirkby. To Sterne's Exhibition, E. C. W) vill, and Boothby. To Rustal's Gratuiti , s:—A. P. Sander son, 8.A., 221.; J. A. C. Helm, 221.; E. C. Ince, 13. A., 201.; W. NI. King-mill, 8.A., 20/ ;P. R. Sandilands, 201.; S. W. Merry. 181 ; Boothby. 181.; A. Hutchins, B. A , 12/ ; J, M. Morgan, 61.; J. A. C. Helm (tor declama- tion), 21. QUEEN'S COLLEGE.--Plizes for Latin dissertation have been awarded to Fowler and Richard* (iEg ); tor English, to Ford and II Wat,on (}Eq). EMMANUEL COLLEGE.—Seliniarnh;ps have been con erre:l on the foLowi..g students:—C. W. Dyer, J. H. But , !her, Salo, PEMBROKE COLLEGE.—Henry Cohom, 11. A., of this C llege, has been appointed heat mastt,r of Tavistoek Granina,a S Cool. THE CHURCH.—The following appointments have 6e -n toad : The It iv. Sampson B.A.(1815), of Trinity lle:.:,, to the bead mastership of the Grammar School, Faver,hnm, Kent. The R v. George Martin, 13.1)., of St. John's Col le4e, to the Bodley lectureship 01 Sc. Paul's Clituch, er. ihe Rev. T. G. Galiwey, B.A (1836), of St. John's Ciiilege, to the chaplait.cy of her 114 sty's ship Terrible. The R.-v. L-Ais Brown, NI A., , a King's Col lege, to he chaplain to the Marquis of Downshire. The Rev. John Conchman, A, of Clare Hall, to the reetocy of Thoriih), Northamptonshire, On his own STAGE FOOT-LIGHTS DISPENSED WITH IN THEA THES.-1 had often been struck with the classical or p i ct urcnque expression thrown over the features of even a very plain and inelegant countenance by the elevation of the artificial light, when atone reflected on it, from a pilot exclusively above its level—not directly above the head, but immediately in front of it, at an angle, probably, of forty-five degrees, so that the expression of no feature be lost. Again, I had often admired the purity and serenity, as welt as briliaacy of effect produced on colours and on scenery under the I , ke circomsiances— au eff,ct whicii every one mos+ have observed,—so iar as were c doors and shadem, or these with ns,—in the windows of kwellers, drapers, &c. ; and, —so far as regards le•rspt Cave or scenery,—in picture p. ;a l;eries, where the light in general is also made to de scend exclusively from above. The:unnatui al glare of the toot light, therefore, paricul ,iriy on the traces of hose on the stage, I g-ot of alio4ether, and that too suct!,s4li awl to Ito satisfac , ion boll or actors and srn adFrs, bo!il irion of a central con geries of lights in the very body o the IF - use, and almost in the place usua ll y o ccu p ied b y• the chandelier, with a retb•.cti r suflicieiitly large and powerful to turn the wh , le flood i,f light, upon the stage, at about an angle of 45 de,..rees. A second congeries, however, was requisite wi, hm the proscenium, to aid in the proper and unintertupted display of the scenery on the like prin ciple, the complete design for which display compre hended the systematic use of scenery so illuminated also from behind as to give the dioramic effect, as far as pos sible. The experiment was curried out, at all events, to a sufficient extent to prove, not only its. practicability, but its great superiority to the usual method of lighting the stage; and I believe that nothing else is requisite to t' , e Frost brilliant realisation of this striking novelty in all its details, but the well fill e d treasury of a metro- polite!' theatre.—Correspondent of The 131 alder. POPE PIUS IX. AND Tits IRISH.—A notice appeared lately in our columns of a rosary and an autograph letter from Pope Pius IX. , which were on their way to England to be disposed of for the benefit of the suffering Irish. We are now requested to state, that this valuable gift has arrived, and is at present in possession of the lady by whose friends it was sent from Italy. The rosary consists of eleven agate beads, set in gold, with a head of the Saviour engraved on cornelian, pendant from a small gold tassel at one end ; to the other is attached a ring to suspend it from the finger when used in prayer. On the letter (of which we subjoin a copy, with the translation) we need make no Comment—lL speaks for itself. Tire managers of the London Joint-Stock Bank, 69, Pall. Mall, have kindly undertaken to exhibit the rosary, and to receive subscriptions; and the noble names of Shrews bury, Aiun!el, and Surrey, Stourton, M'Farline, Throck morton, Sir James Kempt, and many others, which are already on the list, leave little Joubt that the hope of realiz ing 1001., in fulfilment of the intentions of the benevolent and liberal-minded Pontiff will be easily accomplished. We ought to add, that his Holiness's letter is addressed to his sister-in-law, the Contessa Mastaj :—" Amata Cognate,— Alla dama Sienese che si ha communicata sa lodevole inten: zione di raccogliere un sussidio per poveri Irlandesi colpiti del fiagello della fame, potiete, mandare l'unita coronae, ac- . compagnata della nostra benedizione estensi va a tutti quell' che si occupano e contribuisclenso a questa pia opera La pace del Signore isci con toi e con tuta to famiglia. Pio P. P. IX., Papa."—(Trauslation.) " Belov ed Sister-in-law. —To the Sienese lady who has communicated to you her praiseworthy intention of affording some relief to the poor Irish suffering from the scourge of famine, you may send the enclosed rosary, accompanied by our full and general bless- ing to all who are occupied in, or who contr ibute to, this pious labour. The peace of the Lord be with you and all your family. Pius P. P. IX., tol Pope."—Times. " TWA SUNS I' THE LIFT.'--Robert Burns has long since settled the fact, that " meens" are occa sionally to be seen in the lift, especially by the sons of John Barleycorn who are out at e'en ; but a couple of suns is et phenomenon that was observed, we should think for the first time here (Aberdeen), on Saturday, since the days when our forefathers used to see armies in the heavens, and prognosti cate therefrom the coining events by shadows thus cast be fore. Tho phenomenon which was seen on Saturday even ing, however, was singularly beautiful. There was first the sun, in all the quiet beauty of a summer eve, sinking in the west ; then a golden ring appeared around him, and then the appearance of another sun in the nerth, with a sickly aspec t and of smaller diameter. The phenomenon continu ed for about an hour, and was an object of much interest to those who witnessed it.—North of Scotland Gazette. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S PAIIK.--At a meeting of the fellows, held on Saturday (the Duke of Nor folk, president, in the chair), a ball o t to o k place, and the fol lowinf ladies and gentlemen were added to the society : The Earl of Mansfield, the Earl of Harewood' Lieutenant- Colonel Hope, Captain Carnac, R.N., C a pt a i n Knox. F. L. Popham, Esq., C. R. Fenwick, Esq., C. Churchill, Esq., J. Lawrence, Esq., Thomas Green, Esq., Alfr e d Hitchcock, Esq.. " G. R. Ogilby Moore, Esq., J. Alliston, Esq G F. Jarinon Esq., A. Slous, Esq.. R. Wheeler, Esq, J Hood, Esq., Basil G. Woodd, Esq., Nisbet Browne, Esct W. Rotham, M.D., Lady Dobson, Mrs. Robert Harrison, Mrs. J. Duncan Mullens, Mrs. Uzielli, Mrs. Dalton Serrall, bi r s. usyneo, and Mae Haigh. ROMAN CATHOLICS. Mr. HUTT presented tw•o petitions fr•.~m places in Durham in favour of increa.:i.g the grAits to noiLan Catholics for the purposes of education. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Mr. DIVETT presented a petition from the pari , h of St. Thomas, Exeter, in favour of certain alterations in the Health of Towns Bill. The House then adjourned at Two o'clock until Five. The House resumed at Five o'clock. COLONIZATION. Lord M. HILL appeared at the bar, and stated that he had presented the address to her Majesty with which he had been entrusted, according to the commands of the House, to which her Majesty had been pleased to make the following gracious reply :—" I have taken into my c ,n.:ideration the address of my faithful Commons. I am deeply sensible of the advantages of colonization, and I will direct such inquiries to be made as shall lead to the adoption of such measures for that purpose as shall be free from the evils that have heretofore resultedfrom hasty legislation on this subject." PETITIONS. Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY presented a petition from the Catholic clergymen and laymen of the county of Gloucester, praying for an extension of the franchit-e. Lord BROOKE presented several petitions ft.( m Stratford upon-Avon in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition, praying for a repeal of the ratepaying clauses of the Reform Act. ANATOMY ACT. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition against. the provisions of the Anatomy Act. Mr. FERRANI) also presented two petitions frim Leeds and Huddersfield to the same effect. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the inhabitants of Hampstead in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. ' POOR-LA W —CENTRALIZATION. Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from the Board of Guardians of the Wakefield Union, complaining of the present system of centralization, and praying the House not to adopt that principle in the Poor-law Ad ministration Bill now pending before the House. EDUCATIONAL GRANTS. Mr. R. D. MANGLES presented a petition nume rously signed by inhabitants of the eastern parts of the country, complaining of the exclusion of the Roman Catholics from a participation in the grants of money voted by this House for the purpose of education. AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that he should, upon the first convenient opportunity during the adjourned debate on Portugal, move, as an amendment to the motion of the Honourable Member for Montrose, that .Great itain having become a party to a foreign armed interference in the affairs of Portugal, with a view of terminating the civil war existing in that kingdom, it is the opinion of this House that upon tranquillity being restored, it will become the duty of the British Government to endeavour by every just and legitimate means in its power to confer upon the people of Portugal the full enjoyment of their constitutional rights and privileges.—(Hear, hear.) ISLE OF MAN. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on an early day he would call the attention of the House to all the unre dressed grievances of the Isle of Man.—(Laughter.) QUARANTINE. On the order of the day that the House go into Com mittee on the Navigation Laws, Dr. BOWRING - desired to know what changes this proposed alteration would effect in the laws of quarantine? Mr. MILNER. GIBSON said that ships with clean bills of lading would be admitted from any port without quarantine. NAVIGATION LAWS. The House then resolved itself into a Committee upon he Navigation Laws, the resolutions were adopted, and he Chairman obt tined leave to bring in a Bill. The House then resumed. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. BANKES asked what was proposed to be the line of procedure with regard to public business on Wednesday, and whether it was in tended to go on with the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill on that day. If so, the Poor Removal Bill which he had fixed for that day would have no chance of being proceeded with. He regretted that the Noble Lord had proceeded with the suspension of the Navigation Laws to-night, as his Noble Friend the Member for Lynn would have been present had he been aware that the resolution was to be moved to-night. He wished to knew at what future stage it would be convenient that the discussion should be taken. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that if the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn desired to oppose the measure, he had no objection to take the discussion on the second reading. - ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. SHAW desired to ask the Noble Lord whether be meant to bring forward the Encumbered Estates (It*land) Bill on Wednesday next. There was very considerable apprei , enaion entertained respecting this Bill. It was very important, and was looked to with great anxiety. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I intend to bring it for ward as soon as possible, but I do not see that I can do so before Wednesday se'imight. WESTMINSTER HALL. Mr. S. WORTLEY wished to call the attention of the House to the state of Westminster Hall. A temporary wood work had been erected by the Committee of the Fine Arts for the purpose of an exhibition. Leaving that wood work erected was most dangerous, and he trusted that it was not intended to use the Hall for the proposed exhibition this year, and that it would be removed, as it obstructed the view of one of the noblest sights in the kingdom. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that his Noble Friend the Commissioner of Woods and Forests was not in his place. He had no doubt what ever that when called upon he would be able to give a satisfactory answer. - PORTUGAL—ADJOURNED DEBATE. Mr. BORTHWICK resumed the adjourned debate. He regretted that the present question did not come be fore the House for discussion at a much earlier period. The Noble Lord said, that in the then state of the nego tiations he could give no direct information, but that the interference, if made, would be effectual for the protection of the Queen, and for that also of the British residents in Portugal. The Noble Lord had given the same reply, and this was all the information which either the House or the country could obtain until a French newspaper published the protocol on which this interference was founded, to all Europe. In all the foreign politics of the country he (Mr. Borthwick) had always, to use the words of a Right Hon Friend near him, adopted the plain and open course prescribed by the constitution. This was what he had advised when her Majesty was about to pay a visit to a foreign potentate, but neither in that instance nor in this had the Noble Lord adopted such a course. He could not but blame the Government for interfering with the affairs of Portugal until they had pursued the usual constitutional course of taking the opinion and ad vice of that House upon the subject, as Mr. Canning did in 1826,when a similar interference was asked by Portugal. The Noble Lord said that it was necessary to interfere for the interests of Portugal and of this country. Now, if it should be proved that the result of this interference had not been attended with these benefits, but, on the con trary, tended to alienate the affections of the Portuguese people from this country, and to disturb the peace of Europe, what then would become of the arguments and the course of conduct pursued by her Majesty's Go vernment? He wished to know film the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Affairs whether the present prisoners of war in Portugal, who had been in arms under Sada Bandeira, were not entrapped into their present position I He hoped the Noble Lord would give ample information on this point, and enable the House by giving it the means to form a correct judgment on them. It was to this description of violation of state ments, it was to the present description of international law that the. Queen of England's name and the name of Parliament was asked to be attached. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to relate, in de tail, the political intrigues which had lately taken place in Portugal, under the influence and direction of Costs Cabral, remarking that those intrigues produced dis content throughout the whole country, and eventually Costa Cabral was obliged to retreat from office. The Duke of Palmella was then called into office, and the proclamation and proceedings of that honest Minister had all but restored tranquillity and revived commerce in Portugal, when the Queen acting again under the advice of the Cabralists, drove that patriotic Nobleman from her Councils, and replacing him by the Marquis of Saldanha, and the creatures of Cabral, who had succeeded in bringing that unhappy country to her pre sent lamentable condition. The Noble Lord at the head of the Government had represented that state of things to be the result of the proceedings of three parties, who had possession of the country, namely, the party attached to the cause of the Queen—the Junta, and those who followed the fortunes of Don Miguel; but that representation was not correct.—(Hear, hear.) The true cause of the discontent evinced by the people of Portugal was produced by the ty rannical intrigues and unblushing tazation.—(Hear.) The Hon. Member for Cork was a repealer, but there was never any objection made to taking the vote of that Hon. Member on subjects which came before the notice of the House, neither was it for a moment attempted to be insinuated that the Government were inclined to be come repealers. The case was decidedly parallel to that of Portugal in the present instance. The Noble Lord bad said, that had the Junta of Oporto succeeded, blood would have flowed in the streets. There was no founda tion at all for such a charge, neither was there any rea son for supposing that more acts of cruelty or injustice would be perpetrated by the Junta, than had already been committed by that party whom the Noble Lord called the constitutional party of Por tugal.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had stated that by the course the Government had adopted an end would be put to despotism. It was no such thing. All that he had secured was the ghost of a dead constitution. The charter of 1826, of which mention had been made, had been gambled and frittered away by a thousand Acts. Why, the Queen herself was fickle as fortune itself, and she had violated her promises and pledges to the people as often as sh e h a d rose f rom her hed i n to te intended dw to b from r in gthe back N otbhlee prisoners Lord, o when f therTeos Torres . e Government s v He wished e dras, and whence th ey i ntended to bring They talked largely of an amnesty, but they did not even know where those pri soners were. The Noble Lord the Member for Ly nn k new positiv el yalready bound t o , if not arrivedat, Angola.that they r hesewpri soners were to have been sent to the Azores or to Madeira, or to some other place rather than Africa. This was communicated in secret to the representative , of her Britannic Majesty in Portugal, but it was 'fier wards disc overe d by 11.. Southeron, and communicated to the Noble Lord the Foreign Secretary, that the - m engagement entered into was not to be kept, and that the prisoners were sent to Angola. The reason alleged fur this breach of faith was the interference of lwnd on their behalf. Ile would ask, then. when tht, was the case with regard to the prisoners of Torres Vedras, what guarantee had th , y that ail whee engagement. with regard to the affairs of Portug.,/, would in - oh served by the Queen of that eottutr . )?—(Hear, hear.) What security did the Noble Lord give the people of Portugal that their liberties would be respected, now that the insurrecti:i was said to quashed? He (Mr. P. Borthwick) said in his place in the House of Common , that no intimation whatever bad been given to Das Antes that hostilities woul.i be waged against him by the British force. The lion. Member read several extracts from the instructions sent out tO Wylde, to show that no notice w;ite.ever hail tv,•ort given him that such were the intentions of the Bri tish Government , and no such instructions hod been sent out to hurt by the Noble Lord.—(H ear . h,Tr,) He de nted that the _Noble Lod had wade µup e aeh cation, and he no called luipdeon, who, he in ro him toget a u i pa u r ; i l l , ;l 4 ,: iti n ad d the conduct of Colones w used a threat to Sa Da I;: . ndier: n w cia b t ic io h n. w_as ( c ir e: . lt r e , m i p ,:a ib r l .; s of th r ,P rtnce in its nature and false in its c There was no similarity betwet.'l the c p sfa u;tugo.lnthe .l become their of Orange and that of the Queen o ne case the people sought for Prin , monarch ; in the other, the people were clittutitted as t o v.hom should be the sovereign. The p.-,:'le were dis united aid distracted, and whilst the e"untr) such sate it was impolitic in the high , tt d .gte, .`or this country to interfere. In 1830 tt r p pi von) rose and depos d tlnir s v, t t but interfered to re-estab , ish the Li ii , ;i!w Of thi- he did not complain, hecaus- :fp &if rence be tween the case of Belgiumn and of l'or.u„ol was equally great. The interference being itnpnlitte, and being to,ked upon with jealousy, and a. a wanton and un called for act by a vast mass of the people of Portugal, they would find that it would result in the destruction of the country, in the annihilation of her trade, and in the bloodshed of her people. In order to illustrate his argument, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman referred at some length to the works of Grotius and Vallet, and argued from them, that the intervention of England was opposed to the law of nations. The importance of an alliance between this country and Portugal was admitted by every one, and by no one with greater force than the Noble Lord. There was no greater fallacy in the Noble Lord's speech than that the interference of this country would promote and strengthen our alliance with Portugal, but the object which it had in view was opposed to the will of the people, and therefore could not tend to that end. The end of it would be this—either the destruction of the Crown, the establishment of a republic in Portugal, or the absorption of that country by Spain—an act which would be against the whole policy whist] this country had pursued for centuries. He denied that there was any groundfor believing that the Miguelites intended to organise a conspiracy for the purpose of subverting the sovereignty of Portugal. Louis Philippe ascended the throne of France, because he was pledged to give utterance and to support the doctrines of the people —to support popular principles ; and was it not remarkable that he should have lent himself to this intererence ; but there was nothing in the documents to lead one to believe that France would have interfered if Great Britain had declined. He apologised to the House for the length to which his address had extended, and in conclusion begged to ask the Noble Lord, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, upon the broad unquestionable principle of the law of nations—upon a knowledge of the alliance and amity subsisting between the state of Great Britain and Portugal, with a view to the practical benefit of Europe, and of the maintenance of that amity and that fri en dly an d close a lli ance, h ow he could justify the course which he had adopted ? In the name of outraged humanity, in the name of the people of Portu gal, who had been deprived_ of their liberties, he called upon the Noble Lord the representative of her Majesty ' to stand up in his place, an d to v i ndicate this monstrous exception—for he (Lord Palmerston) admitted it to be an exception to the general rule which guided our fo- reign policy. He asked him to show by some facts, in addition to that already published not even in the speech or the Noble Lord at the head of the Government—he asked him to explain the necessity that had urged him to depart from the universal rule—from the general rule of diplomatic practice in a matter of this sort. He was at a loss to know why they protected the Queen of Portugal rather than any other tyrant.—(Hear, hear. All the heirs, save one, to the Crown of Spain, had been married to persons beneath their rank, and were thus prevented from inheriting the Crown; one remained, and that was the Duke de Montpensier; and what was wanting to render his claim complete? Why, nothing but the severance of Portugal and Spain; and it had ever been the policy of this country to prevent Portugal from being absorbed by the latter country; and why, then , should we desert the cour se w hi c h we had ever taken : He would again apolo g i se f or h av i ng occupied the attune tion of the House. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Messengers from the House of I,..rds bronght down certain Bills, which were laid upon the table of the House. Mr. CHRISTIE defended the course taken by tits Government, which had taken measures to obtain the Queen's consent to the terms of the constitution before they consented to interfere. The Hon. Member for Wycombe demanded more for the people than was asked for by the Junta, and his notions of liberty went further than those whom he represented, for he said that, what he desired wns, the charter of Don Nitro in its original integrity.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord did not in terfere to give one party a triumph over another, but in order to restore peace to Portugal; and the charge of aiding and abetting despotism in another country was as unfounded as it it were made against the Presbyterian gentry of England who fought against the Crown, in order to obtain Constitutional liberty, but who, when they saw the country in danger, and the Con stitution jeopardised, changed sides, and arrayed them selves by the side of the King. The Hon. Member for. Montrose said that the principle of intervention was un warrantable, but there were combinations of circum stances that required statesmen to depart from general rules and general principles. If they were entitled to interfere in a war of succession, were there not circum stances which would justify their interference in prevent ing a war of succession? They were as well entitled to prevent the evil as to remedy it. Upon these grounds, it appeared to him that the Government had an ample de fence for their interference in the affairs of Portugal. He hoped that henceforth Portugal would be secure of that constitutional freedom which had been gu arantee d for it by that Constitution which had been so much violated. Lord J. MANNERS said that he rose, with much pain, to support the motion of the Hon. Member for Montrose. It had been stated on the part of the Go vernment, that the interference of this nation bad been necessary, in order to secure the peace of Portugal as well as that of the adjacent nations. He would ask the House, in respect of the assertion that the state of Por tugal required this intervention, what benefit had the Peninsula ever derived from their interference in their domestic concerns? Intestinal discord had been the re sult of it, and disergasisation had gone on to such a degree, that the country had become a by-word to other nations. lie would refer to the opinion which had been given by the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, that the constitutions, both of Spain and Portugal had been violated, and that those freedoms which had been guaranteed to the pc , ople had been most flagrantly violated. It was well known this , the very last revolu tion which had taken place in Portugal had been suc cessful without the slightest danger or injury to the throne or liberty of the Queen of Portugal, and what reason was there to suppose that, had the present revo lution been carried out, any more disastrods circum stances would have occurred than had taken place in the former instance? The proceedings which had taken place in reference to the Portuguese Government had— so far from reconciling it to the people—separated it from them, and rendered oppression more certain to the people of that unfortunate country. The Noble Lord (Palmerston) distinctly reminded Mr. Bulwer that the British force: were sent to Lisbon in 1826, under the terms of a treaty, in order to prevent a, threatened invasion? He reminded him of Mr. Can ning's conduct on that occasion. Very different had been the conduct of the Noble Lord on the present. Mr. Canning deprecated, in 1826, the very course which had been pursued in 1847 ; he deprecated Britain meddling with the internal concerns of any foreign nation. But what was the defence presented? Altogether hypothetical ; the possibility of Don Miguel usurping the Throne, and the necessity of preventing an event which, whensoever it should nappen, was certain, it was said, to be unpopular. Unpopular 1 then how he (Lord John Manners) asked, what distant prospect could there be of the event taking place ? He would leave the Noble Lord, or any other gentleman, to explain that. Had it been argued that they had interfered to prevent bloodshed, or if they had actu slly interfered to prevent this there might have been a show of reason. But md,, they allowed the Queen's troops to engage, and to, butcher the peasants, and to drench the country with blood. It was, however, justified on the ground of its being necessary for the intere , u. of Great Britain. It had been said that Spain would interfere, whatever course might be adopted by Britain, and Government bad acted only in defence of the interests of Britain and of Europe. He denied that Spain would have interfered without the countenance of Great Britain, and if she bad, that was no reason to justify Great Britain pursu ing a course which in itself was unjustifiable. Leek where this principle led? Let them suppose a revolu orsienotfheGserecaitrcußmristtaainne,ewsuHldowsb:ot tion in Spain. Then France and Portugal would no; doubt feel themselves called upon to interfere. What p w r o e u c l a d t e be th intervention c she after the course she was at present pursuing ? She had committed he rse lf to i ntervention in t. e affairs of the Peninsula. He agreed with the lion. Member for Shrewsbury in thinking that this could not be the sours*, which they ought to pursue on this occasion. Well might Das Antas assure Colonel Wylde that it was ne cessary the insurgents should have some guarantee that their just demands should be secured equally with those of the Queen, for they had but too true a presentiment (Lord that the conditions entered into on the part of the Queers of Portugal would be violated. He J. Manners) said, therefore, that it was incumbent on England to see that the conditions laid down as th.- g rounds of its inter vention should be observed , sad that the p a r t y of the Queen shou ld not be allowed to act in the despotic and. cruel manner they had hitherto done. T he Noble Lord: h a d a ttempted to justify this in tervention by an appeak to precedents, and he had referred to the revolution whicit had occurred in this country in 1688. He (Lord Job.n M a nners) that a revolution which g ht supportedmaintained,ntt a e supported at all.--(Flear.) He did not think thAt a case had been matte out frit. their interference on this occas i on . —(H ea r, hear.) N o thi n g t r e e r q t a e req uired e t o o b u e could be more unjust; also, nothing could bfimore cruel than the Queen's troops in quelling the insv o rreetion, sad HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 14. The House sat to-day at Twelve o'clock, for the pur pose of reading a third time, in order that they might be taken up to the Lords this evening, no less than fifty one railway Bills. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. On the motion that the Committees have leave to sit, notwithstanding the sitting of the House, Sir R. INGLIS objected to the motion. It was quite impossible that Members could do their duty in that [louse and in Committee also. If the House was to sit at so early an hour in the day, the Committee ought not. Mr. WILSON PATTEN said that the House sat at so early an hour that morning for a special purpose, namely, that of reading certain Bills a third time, into which it had been necessary to introduce a clause in conformity with the resolution passed the other day. It there were any Bills, to the third reading of which there were special objections, the third reading of those Bills might be postponed, but it would be highly inconvenient to prevent the sitting of Committees in consequence of the sitting of the House. Sir G. CLERK observed that it would be better for the Hon. Baronet the Member for Oxford to move that the House should now adjourn to four o'clock than put an end to the sitting of the Committees for this day. The motion was then agreed to, and leave was given for the Committee to sit, notwithstanding the sitting of the House. REPORTS. The following reports were brought up and ordered to lie on the table: — Belfast Improvement. Blackburn Improvement, Market, &c. Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station and Branches to Granton, and to the Edinburgh and Cilasgow Rail- way). Clarence Railway, and Leeds and Thirsk Railway Amal- gamation. Eastel n Counties Railway (Purchase of the North Wool- with Railway, &c.) Eastern Union Railway (Branch from Manningtree to Harwich). Edinburgh and Northern, and Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railways Amalgamation. Edinburgh, Leith, and Grauton Railway (Leith and Granton Junction). Exeter and Exmouth Railway. Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Grantham and York). Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway and Pier (from Harwich to the Eastern Union Railway at Ardleigh). Liskeard and Launceston Branch Railway. Rat hmines Improvement. St. Ives (Huntingdon) Improvement. Taunton Improvement and Market. Caw Vale Railway and Dock (Deviations and Bideford and Soutlimolton Branches). Tunstall Paving, Lighting, Cleansing, Watching, Im provement and Market. Wisbech Port and Harbour. York and Newcastle and Newcastle and Berwick Rail ways Amalgamation. York and North Midland Railway (Hull Station and Branches) CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The Reports of the following Bibs were further con sidered, and agreed to:—Bristol Building and Improve ment, Colchester Navigation and Improvement, Croydon Commercial Gas and Coke, Legal Quays (London), Leominster Cana► Navigation Sale, Limerick Docks and Harbour, Liverpool Corporation Waterworks, Swansea Harbour, and Tyne Docks. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland Railways Amal gamation or Leasing. Aberdeen Railway (Brechin Branch Deviation). Direct London end Portsmouth Railway. Great Northern Railway (Branch to King's Lynn). Great Northern Railway (Deviations between London and Grantham). Great Northern Railway (Purchase of Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway, &v.) Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Deviation of Main Line in Crimple Valley, &c.) Leeds Central Railway Station. London and North Western Railway (Birmingham and Lichfield Line, &c.) London and North Western Railway (Kenilworth to Berkswell, Branches and Extensions, &c.) London and North Western Railway (Ormskirk and Hamster(' Branch). Portadown and Dungannon Railway. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Louth and Horncsstle Junction). Eastern Counties (Wisbeach and Spalding). Midland Railway (Erewash Valley). Midland Railway (Leicester and Swannington Amend ments). Midland Railway (Syston and Peterborough Devia tions, &c.) York and North Midland. Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford Junction. Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland (Amalgamation). Manchester and Leeds Railway (Alterations of Levels Brighouse Branch, &c.) St. Helen's Canal and Railway (Warrington and Black brook Branches). East Landcashire (Southport Branch and Preston Ex , tension). Buckingham and Brackley Junction. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Rail. way (Deviation of Main Line, &c.) Manchester and Leeds Railway (Branch from /Judders. field Railway to Barnsley). Manchester and Southport Railway. Lynn and Ely Railway. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway (Leith Exten sion). Cheltenham and Oxford Railway. North-Western Railway (Deviations at Skipton, &c.) The British American Land Company. The Van Dieman's Land Company. The Great Western Railway (Amendment and Exten sion.) The Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway (Amend ment and Deviation). Boston. Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Branch to Wi.,beach Harbour and Improvement). The Boston and Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Wisbeach to Sutton Bridge). The Manchester and Approach in Manchester). Mold Railway. The Glasgow, Andrie, and Monklands Junction Rail way (Cowlairs Branch) Bill was ordered to be read a third time to• morrow. The Leeds Central Railway Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The York and North Midland Rrilway (Harrogate Branch Extension and Terminus) Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS. Mr. STRUTT moved the suspension of the 132 d, 133 d, and 154th Standing Orders, tor the remainder of the present session, so far as they relate to any clause or clauses required to be introduced into railway Bills under the resolutions of this House of the 10th day of June. Agreed to. Mr, GREENE moved that the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills have leave to sit and ascertain if the stan ding ordera haTe been complied with, in the cue of Huggens' College Incorporation Bill upon Tuesday next. Agreed to.