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had been settled on himself, with a reversion to his son, I and afterwards to his son's son, the noble earl would pay 6001. for his life interest, his son would do the same, and I his son's s9n would pay 2,0001., or 10 per cent. upon the I capitalisedincome. Clauses 2 to 8 inclusive were agreed to almost without discussion. On clause 9, The Earl of DERBY, following Earl PowiS, who was scarcely audible, wished to be informed what was the in tention of her Majesty's Government with regard to corpo rations sole. The LORD CHANCELLOR said cormations sole were almost all ecclesi as tical, and were not strictly subjects for a succession tax. Instead of being paid a salary they were paid by a real estate, which devolved upon one after another. The hierarchy of the church and rectors and vicars were successors of such a nature that it was con sidered impossible to bring them under the operation of the bill. Clauses 9, 10, and 11 were then agreed to. After a few observations from the Earl of CLANCARTY, clauses 12 to 21 inclusive were also agreed to. On clause 22, which related to outgoings, The Earl of MALMESBURY wished to know what was intended by the term " necessary outgoings." The Duke of ARGYLL said it was impossible to specify in an act of Parliament the necessary outgoings on an es tate. It had been thought best, on the whole, to leave such matters in the ordinary course. No doubt the usual deductions would be allowed under the bill. After a short conversation the clause was agreed to. Clauses up to 26 were agreed to. On clause 26, which relates to the duty on the value of mines, The Earl of DERBY said the clause was an impossible one, because it was simply out of any man's power to ascer tain the value of a mine. Earl GRANVILLE observed that the value of the mine was to be ascertained according to the ordinary mode of letting. After a few words from Lord TRURO and the Earl of DERBY, The clause was agreed to, as were clauses up to 34. On clause 34, which imposes the duty on the successor to the fall amount of the property, although a part of it might have been previously eaten up by encumbrances, The Earl of DERBY said he was not going to move an amendment on this clause, which would not be receivedby their lordships, but he could not allow it to pass without pointing out its manifest injustice. If a man succeeded to an estate of 20,0001. a year, of which all but 5,0001. had been anticipated and eaten up by the encumbrances of the predecessor, he was taxed not on the 5,0001. which he did receive, buti on the amount which he might rec eive but did not' receive. If the property had been actually parted with to the same amount, instead of being m ortgaged, the tax could not be levied, and, th e refore, it s eemed to be the grossest injustice to levy it when , to all intents and pur poses,_it was parted with as far a s the successor was con cerned. Earl GRANVILLE said that it was impossible to legis late so as to meet every possible case that might arise. But if they once admitted the principle of exemptions like this, it would be likely to lead to great evasion of the duty. For instance, a man with an estate of the capital value of 120,0001. might make a colourable mortgage o f 100,0001. so that the duty world be paid only on 20,0001. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that a man may raise money on the reversion even for legitimate purposes, in vesting it in trade, for instance, and under such circum stances, was he to be exempt although he might be getting 10 or 15 per cent. on the money so invested? The Earl of DERBY said that in that case the duty would be paid both on the money invested on the trade, and on the property on which it was borrowed. After a few words from Lord Truro, the Earl of Har rowby, Earl Granville, and the Earl of Alalmesbury, The LORD CHANCELLOR sa id th ere was a bodicalled the Reversionary Fund Society, whose business it was to purchase up reversions and it was singular, if this clause involved so much injustice, that not a single word of com plaint bad been heard from that body. (Hear.) The (clause was then agreed to, as were the following clauses up to clause 48. On clause 49, The LORD CHANCELLOR stated, in answer to Lord Hardwicke, that the disclosing of confidential information received under the provisions of this act, would be treated as a misdemeanour. Allusion had been made to the case of the Newcastle corporation losing 7,0001. aiyear, by the production of their title deeds in a court of law ' • but the fact was, they lost it because it never belonged to them. After a conversation, in which the Earl of MALMESBURY, Earl GRANVILLE, and other peers took part, the clause was agreed to. On clause 54, The Earl of MALITESBURY wished to know why the bill was to operate from the 19th of May. Was it the Chancellor of the Exchequer's birthday? (Laughter.) Earl GRANVILLE said a few words in reply, and the clause was then agreed to. The Earl of DERBY was understood to state, in the confusion caused by most of the peers leaving the house, that he should not press his amendment for restricting the operation of the act to five years. The remaining clauses were agreed to, after a valedictory protest from the Earl of HARROWBY against the "injus tice " of the bill, which elicited a short reply from the LORD CHANCELLOR and Lord TRURO. The house then resumed, the bill was reported, and the third reading fixed for a subsequent day. COLONIAL CHURCH REGULATION BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. MISSIONARY BISHOPS BILL. The Bishop of OXFORD moved the second reading of this bill. Its object was to authorise the placing of a bishop at the head of the foreign missions of the Church of England. Earl Powis, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Bishop of Sa lisbury, and the Marquis of Salisbury, having expressed their opinions on the bill, The Earl of ABERDEEN expressed a fear that the bill might lead to very serious inconveniences. At the same time, the protection required for the bishops would be not greater than for the missionaries. After a few words from the Earl of MALMESBURY and the Bishop of OXFORD, the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Their• lordships then adjourned, at 10 minutes to 12 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(YESTERDAY.) The house resumed at six o'clock. PETERBOB4OTJGH ELECTION. Mr. BRIGHT moved, that in the matter of the Peter borough Election Petitions Committee, the parties have leave to appear by themselves, their counsel, or agents. Mr. WORTLEY, as chairman of the committee, was quite willing that counsel should be heard, but it was ex tremely desirable that the committee should be enabled to check the proceedings of counsel, so that the sittings might not be so procrastinated by undue extension of examina tion and discussion on their part as to prevent the com mittee from reporting during the present session. The SPEAKER said, that counsel, if appointed, must be heard in the ordinary way. Mr. WORTLEY appealed to the hon. member for Man chester to leave the matter in the hands of the committee, who would be quite ready to call in counsel if the necessity arose. _ Mr. BRIGHT objected that the committee had not been appointed according to what he understood to have been the feeling of the house, pursuant to which, and upon the Stamford precedent, he himself ought to have been ap pointed a member. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Lord J. RUSSELL moved that, after Monday, the Ist of August, orders of the day have precedence of notices of motions upon Tuesdays. Mr. DISRAELI did not wish to offer any opposition to the motion, because he thought it desirable to facilitate the progress of public business. But tho house ought to part with the privilege of bringing forward motions with due caution ; and he hoped that in assenting to the motion there would be a clear understanding that if in the present state of public affairs any great question of urgency should arise on which independent members should wish to take the opinion of the house, the noble lord would take care to afford the necessary opportunity. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL felt grateful to the right hon. gen tleman for the facility which he was disposed to afford to the progress of public business, and considered that if any great public question should arise the house would have a claim on the Government. (Hear, hear.) The motion was then agreed to. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, Mr. Boverie in the chair. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said, he had given notice of the secret cl auses , t wo o f w hi c h ra i se d a question whether se cret committee should not ha ve th e p ower o f tendering their advice and opinion, and if necessary, of recording that advice and o pi n i on on all orders that may reach them from the President of the Board of Control. The object of his clauses was to impose something in the shape of a check to those wars which had produced so mach mischief in India, Ho contended, moreover, that all the recent wars in India had been entered into in consequence of the secret committee not having power to check the proceed ings of the Board of Control. He moved the insertion of the following claus e in the bill :—" That the secret com mittee of the Court of Directors shall consist of the chair man, deputy-chairman, and such other director as shall be selected and nominated by the Court of Directors ; and that the said Court of Directors shall select and nominate such third member on the first Wednesday in April, 1854, and shall certify the maid. appointment, and in the case of vacancy all future appointments, to the Secretary of State for the Affairs of India, under the seal of the East India Company." si r C. WOOD—The objection to this clause is, that it is the law as it stands. (A laugh.) The clause was negatived without a division. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY then moved the clause of which h e had given notice, which was as follow s :" That the said secret committee shall transmit to the supreme go o f S fromta - t e ver ement in Ihtlia all orders of the s.aid.. Secret as by the law is now required as to orders emanating Secretary the President 4 the Board of Commissioners of the Affairs f India, e xcept that if the said secret committee shall think may tender their advice and opini on on the fit th©y ' effect of any such or der or orders, and if they deem it ex pedient may enter a protest in writing as to th e e ff ect of such order or orders, an d t the suchsaid t s p e r c o r t e est c s om sh m al i l tt b e e e, d aun l ,yi recorded at the office of t also at the office of the . of Stattoe inter fere b but nothing in this act shall be sa c j o d nst S rue re ary d t inany way with the power of the said Secretary any order or orders that he may hinkfit a t o 8 t d a ir t e ee t t o i e s li s a u l e think transmit through the said secret committee.,, Mr. HUME said, as this clause would meet t .w he h o a h t je h ct s he had in vie w , h e wou ld g ive it his support. wanted was to emp ower the Court of Directors or the s ecret committee to record their dissent whenever they happened to differ in opinion from the Board NOGGoft Control. was sorry he could not, consistently with his s en 4 e o duty, support the clause. Mr. DISRAELI wished to make an inquiry of the Go vernment with respect to the statement of the hon. bast., that her Majestv's and security of tad if i l o. i , nisters were responsible for the peace rest with those wlio 0 aud* that d tho responsibility should e xcised the power. He wanted to know whether qv poi% er of recalling the Governor-Gene - • ~ if India. wipe lo lio left with the Court of Directors ? ,:A. .' - : , ald not, go into any question as to the propriety of .. ~ , . • *.! *pat power with the directors ; but he thought it 7' .0 j iii, 1 : 1, ,, ..ritet • ..., onitof the most important powers which could be con y.. .4. •,,,- :_?____ ~ it l'and if her Majesty's Government were to be held , 77_ . .., ...le forthe government of ludia, it appeared to be f. .... ) p: , ?..-fip shwas,„; . i.,,..ssile tha hey . could fulfil that responsibility i i ~..)4/. '. 1,:- !; , g . made in the power of rec a lli ng r7 , ..:4 , •:•:14 2 1 e It General. y the 14, ..`;* -,e'ly 44 : OGG had confined his observations to the secret ')-. ' ' ' . • stions of peace and war, and of negotiations with • had the last twenty years rested native Princes, for with zj ez if s GoTeniraot, and he Proposed to eon. her tinue it there. During the same period the Court of Di rectors had exercised the power of recalling the Governor- General, or any other public officer, and of that power ho did not propose to deprive them. Mr. HITME said one of his objects in supporting the clause was to enable the secret committee to communicate their proceedings to their colleagues in the direction. At present they were not able to do so, except with the con sent of the Board of Control. Mr. RICH should vote for the clause, because it would give reality and substance to the remonstrances which the secret committee could now make. Mr. OT WAY said it was important it should be known in India by whom public officers were recalled. At present that could not be known, in consequence of the directors being compelled to sign dispatches against which they had solemnly protested. Allow them, however, to record their dissent, and they would be relieved from a disagreeable position. Mr. BLACKETT observed that Mr. Tuckett, an East India director, whose memoirs were lately published, speak ing in reference to the Affghan war, said that he had felt humiliated at his name being mentioned in connection with that war, although he had not concurred in the order of the secret committee in which it eriginated. He (Mr. Blackett) thought that responsibility should always be laid on the proper shoulders, and he should, therefore, supp ort the amendment of the hon. baronet. Mr. V. SMITH did not much admire the constitution of body like the secret committee, and he quite understood how humiliating it must be to be compelled to sign orders in respect to which there was no responsibility and no credit. On this account he should have wished that the Court of Directors should be smaller, in order that the secret committee might be done away with, and that the orders might be transmitted through the whole Court. But he thought there was much force in the objections which had been stated by the hon. baronet the member for Honi ton, against registering the dissents of the members of the committee, aa d he should, therefore, not think it advisable to support the amendment. The committee then divided — For the amendment... 3O Against it Majority against . —42 Mr. HUME moved the insertion of a clause extending the qualifications of electors of the Court of Directors to all persons having 5001. stock in the East India Company, and having had that for 12 months, as by the present law ; also, all holders of comp an y' s paper to the value of 10,000 rupees ; also, to allow every civil and military servant who had served the company 20 years in India, and who should have retired from the service of the company, to vote for a director after he should have been 12 months at home, and 12 months after he should have resigned the service, and to enable all electors to vote by proxy. Mr. LOWE said that his first objection to the proposed amendment was that they had struck out of the act all those clauses which prohibited canvassing for directorships, and the great evil having been said to be that the best per sons could not be induced to come forward as candidates in consequence of the onerous nature of the canvass, the hon. gentleman now proposed greatly to increase its oner ousness by extending the number of the electors. Another and conclusive objection to the amendment was, that it proposed to give a share of the governing power t o a num ber of persons not belonging to the company at all, but standing so it in the relation either of creditors or servants. Parliament had already decided that the government of India should for the present be left with the East India Com pany ; and that being the case, he thought that they should not be right in taking the government out of the hands of the company, and giving it to some other body of men. He therefore felt himself compelled to oppose the amend ment. Mr. WISE supported the clause. Sir C. WOOD considered that there was this fatal ob jection to any iacrease in the existing constituency in the manner now proposed, that it would be totally inconsistent with the decision to which the house had already come, viz., that the government of India should, for a time at least, be vested in the East India Company ; that was, iu the proprietors of East India Stock. They might take away the government from the company if they pleased, and choose whatever constituency they thought best to elect the council or other body whom they might appoint to be the advisers of the minister for India ; but they could not consistently, with the charter, or with the principle of this bill, or even consistently with the very existence of the East India Company, place upon the electoral body by whom the directors were chosen any other class of persons than those who were holders of East India Stock. Mr. T. BARING saw no force in the argument of the President of the Board of Control, that the constituency must be confined to the holders of East India Stock. The right hon. gentleman bad himself introduced a great change in that principle, by giving to the Crown the power of no minating to the Court of Directors without any appeal to the Court of Proprietors, and without the qualification on the part of the nominees of being holders of stock. If the principle wore applicable to the Court of Directors, it might to be so also to the constituency who elected them. He wished to see an elective body whose interests should be identical with those of India, and who should be per manent and independent—a body to whom the Government might look in 1874 for the means of efficiently carrying on the government of India. Qn these grounds he should support the amendment to be proposed by the hon. mem ber for Warwickshire, which, if carried, would certainly identify the Court of Proprietors with the interests of India. He approved also of an extension of the Court of Proprietors, because it would materially affect the evil system of voting by proxy. He was afraid, however, that the amendment of the hon. member for Montrose would not meet his views. Lord J. RUSSELL begged to observe, before the com mittee divided, that the hon. member for Huntingdon carried the matter far beyond the Government proposition or the necessity of the case. The Government proposed to deal with a body, anomalous indeed, but whose practical administration of the government of India had been for the welfare of India; whereas the hon. member for Hunt ingdon would create a now and strange body, an indepen dent body, standing between the Crown and tho people of India, and the working of which was a matter altogether of uncertainty. The point was one, at all events, which should be left to the wisdom of Parliament at some future time ; it was quite inappropriate on the present occasion The committee then divided. The numbers were— For the clause Against it Ma jori ty... -20 The clause was consequently lost. Mr. BIACKETT then moved to add the following words to clause 22:—"And whereas doubts have been entertained as to the extent of the powers granted to the Governor- General in Council by the 43d sec. of the said act of the 3d and 4th years of King William IV., it is hereby declared that the said Governor-General in Council shall have full powers to enact, alter, or amend any laws for the said ter ritories (subject to the restrictions specified in the said 43d section of the said act, as well as to the right of disallowance of such laws vested in the Court of Directors by the 44th section of the same), without any previous sanction of the said Court of Directors, except in the cases reserved by the 46th section of the said act, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in former acts or charters still in force and unrepealed." Sir C. WOOD opposed the clause on the ground that there was no doubt whatever with regard to the existing state of the law. There was an old axiom that prevention was better than cure. For that reason he thought it right that the Government should possess the power which they did, and he should therefore oppose the clause. The clause was then negatived without a division. Mr. RICH, who had given notice to move a clause, in quired before doing so whether his right hon. friend had adopted any regulations, and if so, what regulations, to provide for the great difficulties which attended the admis sion of the young natives of India into the college at Hal leybury ? Sir C. WOOD said it was impossible that he should have made any regulations of the nature referred to until he knew whether the house would assent to the principle of the bill which he had introduced. Mr. RICH concluded, then, that the right hon. gentle man had prepared no regulations on the subject. Although he was certain that it would be rejected, he felt bound to move the resolution of which he had given notice, and to . . oress it to a division in order to show the sense entertained of what was due to the natives, not in word, but in deed. The hon. gentleman then moved a clause giving greater practical efEsiency to the 87th section of the act 3d and 4th of William IV., c. 85, which declared that no native of her Majesty's Indian territories, nor any natural born subject of her Majesty resident therein, should by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour, or any of them be disabled from holding any place, office, or employment under the said company. Sir H. MADDOCK could not support the motion. Mr. BRIGHT believed that justice might be done to the natives of India without diminishing the sources of employ ment for Europeans in that country, or reducing their emoluments. He was convinced that arrangements might be made which would render the natives of India just as well satisfied with British rule as the Europeans in India were themselves and it was because he believed that the proposition before the committee was just in itself, and consistent with the interests of both countries, that he asked tho committee to assent to it and to force the Presi dent of the Board of Control to insert it in the bill. Sir C. WOOD observed that the object of her Majesty's Government was to do justice to all classes in India, and to extend the employment of the natives, not only with re gard to the numbers to whom employment was given, but also by promoting them to higher situations than they had hitherto filled. The hon. member for Richmond had stated that the clause in the act of 1833 had been a perfect nullity. Mr. RICH explained that what he had said was, that that clause was a nullity so far as the covenanted service was concerned. It was true that natives had been admit ted, under the company's authority, to minor situations, but they then reached a wall which, by the rules of the covenanted service, was impassable. Sir C. WOOD proceeded to say that the hon. member for Manchester (Mr. Bright) had stated that the clause had been an entire nullity, and that the natives had not been admitted into the service of the ➢lr. BRIGHT explained that he had said that natives were now only employed in offices which were just as ac cessible to them before the clause was passed, and the bar rier which that clause was supposed to throw down still existed. _ Sir C. WOOD said the object of the clause t o w hi c h th e hon. member referred was to promote the general employ mentdia, but i of natives in India, and if the natives had been gene rallyenployed the clause was not a nullity. The hon. member.e for Manchester had complained that much higher '''''''' were given to Europeans than to the natives of In office in India Rh o n tho t evidence taken by the committee it was dis tinctlywn , art arlity to leave this country to undertake induce a man of f iat a much higher salary was required to country, than would t , expose himself to the climate of that ssuimpeirilin.t(eiuntdieenacaetoiheouh,eie.b7ceived for maintained e performance . of salaries must be paid tions, and who were called officers duties. He must observe had been admitted to much high er tofore been open to them, and Lor r d to a native the appointment of nia to It was necessary that European in India, and large o. t tfi ha aci t eili natives of India who occupied high posi , ho ur , to discharge important Reference had been made to the petitions which Dalhousie had given Calcutta. presented to Parliament from India, but it was 1.1w).1 well known been that those petitions were not wholly the productions the natives, for they were partly got up by the Englishno editors of newspapers. He would undertake to say that one of the petitions was written and got up by the editor of a newspaper at Madras—(hear, hear)—and was not, a s it was represented to be, the spontaneous production of the natives. It was not necessary, in order to insure the ge gistraoitithan had here. ge neral employment of the natives, that they should be largely admitted into the covenanted service. The door was thrown open to them, practically, to a far greater ex tent than before by the general admission of natives to Haileybury College, and, for his own part, he believed that natives might be admitted safely and advantageously into the covenanted service. Lord STANLEY was afraid that the right hon. baronet was not fully awata of the importance of this amendment. UNA it turned the 'whole queation whether or no the 24 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1853, tives of India were to be admitted to the civil service of the company. For himself, he thought the proposal of the Government, which professed to throw open the civil ser vice to unlimited competition, but which at the same time absolutely excluded natives of India, was a retrograde step. He did not say that because he approved of the old system of patronage, but because, while the old system could not have been permanent, the present plan would not be felt to be an abuse in this country, whatever it might be in India, and it would therefore be allowed to continue without im provement. He confessed he did not think it at all likely that any of the natives of India would come over to be educated at Haileybury ; but that was the less to be re gretted, because the educational establishments in Calcutta and other large towns in India were such as prevented the slightest fear of the education of the natives being much inferior to what it would be if they were educated in Europe. He should vote for the amendment. Mr.LOWE said he could not avoid expressing his surprise at the tone in which this question was taken up and dis cussed. Hon. members founded themselves on clause 87 of the act of 1833, which declared that no native should be disqualified, and they wished to see the spirit of it carried out. But in the military service, where no change had been made, the effect of that very clause was to produce an exclusion of natives. If that section was to be taken as the groundwork of their policy upon this question, it applied as strongly to military covenanted service as to civil covenanted service. By this bill they proposed, in stead of exercising a patronage confined to Europeans, to open the doors of Haileybury to any native of India capable of passing the requisite ordeal. Colour, religion, and descent had hitherto been disqualifications, but they would be so no longer. The bill, in fact, fully carried out the meaning of the clause, and it was, therefore wrong to op pose the bill in this particular, as if it were not intended to give full effect to the principle of the clause. It might be certainly that there would not be many Indians who would be able to compete with success, but that was not the fault of the bill, but the fault of the system of education pur sued in India. Then, it was said, that poverty might in terfere to prevent the competition, and it was suggested, that a third of the admission should be open to competi tion in India. If that system were adopted, however, it would be found that the effect would be that those who were elected under examination in India would be inferior to those elected under the examinations in England. Be sides, if the principle were good for anything, why should the numbers of admissions be limited to a third ? His opinion was, the Hindoos ought to receive fair opportuni ties for competition, and nothing more. His belief was that the bill was unjustly accused, and that for the first _ _ time it broke through We restrictions of European mono poly, more than that which a growing nation ought not to concede. Mr. M. MILNES said he could not vote for the clause of the hon. member for Richmond, although it appeared to be a fair logical deduction from the conclusions to which the house had come. The effect of this system of compe tition, he was convinced, would be to open the Indian population to the conviction that these ranks and honours were impossible for them fairly to obtain. After a few words from Mr. PHILLIMORE, Mr. RICH replied, and The committee then divided — For Mr. Rich's clause Against it Majority The clause was, consequently, rejected. Mr. NEWDEGATE moved the addition of the following stock ck East :_ India At s c t l o a c u k se, v w ot i e t s h ac a vi co e r w din o g f Company, the proprietors of stock or shares in any cum. every ballot for the election of directors of the East India gi to vi th ng e v th al e u p e r or t 'e h t e o i r r s Parliament, or of the government of India, for the purp ose pang or association of persons established by authority of of effecting or carrying on by means of joint stock any un dertaking of irrigation, drainage, railway ior other com munication, or other object of internal improvement in India, under the supervision of the Government thereof (such proprietors being qualified as hereinafter mentioned), shall be entitled to vote in respect of their paid up stock or shares, according to the scale following, that is to say, one vote in respect of 2,000/. ; two votes in respect of 4,0001. ; three, votes in respect of 7,000/. • four votes in respect • of 10 000/ and upwards. Hi s object was to en courage the application of capital and enterprise from this country for the improvement of India. He would not, however, divide the committee on the subject. The clause was then brought up and read a first time. On the question being put that it be read a second time, Sir C. WOOD acknowledged the temperate manner in which the hon. member had introduced the clause, but doubted very much that it would be wise to adopt it. The clause was then negatived without a division. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE then moved that the Chair man should report progress. Lord J. RUSSELL did not object to the Chairman re porting progress, but in the present stage of the bill he proposed that it should be proceeded with this day at 12 o'clock. After a few words from Mr. PHILLIMORE, the Chairman reported progress, and asked leave to sit again at 12 o'clock this day. CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL. . 47 . 173 -126 On the motion that this bill be'read a second time, Mr. MAGUIRE wished to have some reasons from the Government for the renewal of this measure at a time when Ireland was unusually tranquil. Sir J. YOUNG was happy to corroborate the statement of the hon. gentleman that Ireland was at the present mo ment in a state of great tranquillity. The act would not be necessary at MI6 present time, if it were not that many circumstances had convinced the Government that the baneful system of Ribbonitnn extensively prevailed ; and it was against that, and that alone, that the provisions and powers of this act were directed. He was sorry to say that disturbances prevailed in the north of Ireland, while in the west and south they were tranquil. He denied that the act was intended to be directed against the liberties of the country, because every one who was the true friend of his country would endeavour to put down those outrages. With the one single exception of these secret societies, he could congratulate the house and the hon. gentleman upon the general tranquillity and prosperity of the country. Mr. BOWYER moved that the bill be read a second time that clay three months. He did not think the bill was needed for Ireland, and the house should pause before it assented to such a stringent and unconstitu tional measure. In the county of Louth Ribbonism was entirely extinct, in consequence of the efforts of the clergy, aided by the pastoral of Archbishop Cullen. The greater portion of the evidence given by the witnesses before the committee on the state of crime in Ireland, as regarded th csaunty of Louth, was a tissue of fables, cal culated to convey a most false and mischievous impression of the state of that county. Mr. LUCAS was astonished at the statement of the right hon. baronet as regarded the return. The proclamations referred to were few of them recent, some being since 1848, and some antecedent. Since 1850 there was not one, eas3pt from the province of Ulster, that was to say subse quent to the famine having passed away. This was a subject worth serious attention. He (Mr. L.) drew the at tention of the right hon. baronet to certain words attri buted to the Irish Attorney-General, at the Monaghan assizes, in which that great law officer of the Crown urged the landlords of that county not to reduce their rents— stating that in a country disturbed by crime the landlord who did so would be an enemy of his country. He (Mr. Lucas) wished to know whether these were also the senti ments of her Majesty's Government, assuming the facts to be as represented. He (Mr. Lucas) seconded the amend ment. The house then divided — For the second reading l4l Against it Majority —llB The bill was read a second time accordingly. BURIALS (BEYOND METROPOLIS) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. On clause 7 being proposed, Lord PALMERSTON said the bill was of a purely sani tary character, and was not intended to operate to the ml vantage or disadvantage of any particular sect. _ Lord J. MANNERS sainlie clause already provided that there should be a piece of unconsecrated ground set apart in every graveyard for the use of dissenters, so that, in fact, the object of the hon. member was fully provided for. The clause was thou agreed to, and the bill passed ,hrough committee. STAMP DUTIES (No. 2) BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. Oa the third c:ause being read, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (in reply to Mr. Newdegate) said that the effect of this clause would be to enlarge the statutory size of the newspaper by one half, leaving it open to the proprietors to make what use they pleased of the enlarged space, provided they did not divide it into more than two sheets. Mr. NEWDEGATE said they were about to make a present of 34,000/. to some six newspapers, at the expense of the smaller and struggling publications. He should therefore move that the clause be omitted. The committee divided— For the clause O2 Against it 4O Majority for the clause —s2 The other clauses were also agreed to, and the bill was reported to the house. The Land Tax Redemption Bill was read a third time and passed. The Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill was read a third time and passed. Tho Highway Rates Bill was read a third time and passed. TURNPIKE ACTS CONTINUANCE, &c., BILL. This bill was read a third time. On the motion that it do pass, Mr. FREWEN moved the insertion of a clause, to the effect that upon the same trust a second toll should not be paid at any turnpike-gate within two miles of the gate at which the previous toll was paid. Mr. FITZROY opposed the clause. The house divided, and there appeared-- For the clause 27 Against it Majority Lord NEWPORT then moved the insertion of a clause prohibiting the use of dogs in drawing, or helping to draw, carts or barrows on turnpike roads, under the p ena lt y o f 20s. and costs, or 21 days imprisonment with hard labour. Mr. 0. GORE supported the clause. Mr. FITZROY opposed it, but expressed a hope that if the clause were adopted by the house the noble lord would consent to mitigate the penalty of hard labour. Mr. FREWEN supported the clause as a means of get tin, rid of a most dangerous nuisance. Lord NEWPORT said he had no objection to omit the words " hard labour," if the Government would consent to the clause in that shape. The house went into committee, and the words "hard labour" having been expunged from the clause, it was agreed to, and read a third time, and the bill passed. The Consolidated Annuities (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Betting-houses Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday next. The Dublin Coinage Bill was committed pro form; and ordered to be recommitted on Thursday. The Customs, &c., Duties Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow (this day). METROPOLITAN BUILDING ACT FURTHER AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. LOCKE moved the postponement of the second reading of this bill until Thursday next. Sir W. MOLESWORTH moved, as an amendment, that it be read a second time that day three months, on the ground that its object was to enable a private indivi dual to set aside the provisions of the Metropolitan Building Act. The amendment was agreed to, and the bill was accord ingly lost. The Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Act Continuance Bill went through committee. The other orders baying been disposed of, the house adjourned at half-past three o'clock. The Earl of AtTN ZSLEZ and air JouN itAMODEZI have paired for the sess ion. fourtt ./°-71:11tiott SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. GOODWOOD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MATClL—Whittington beat Jane Pullett. LAVANT STAKES. Bay Celia Epaminondas Amos , • I deat heat 0 0 300 SOUS. SWEEPSTAKES. Ilex Sackbut Greyleg LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. GOODWOOD STAKES. 3to 1 agst Hobbyhorse. 3to 1 agst Joe Miller. Bto 1 agst Kingston. Bto 1 agst Vindes. 10 to 1 agst Haricot. 15 to 1 agst Retail. 20 to 1 agst Ireland's Eye. CHESTERFIELD CUP. Indian Warrior is scratched. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. The Earl of HAEROWBY presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Chester, against the sys tem of licensing public-houses. The Marquis of SALISBURY presented a petition from Hertford, against the General Board of Health Bill. The Earl of GALLOWAY presented a petition from a place in Scotland against the grant to Maynooth. The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition from Jamaica praying that additional facilities may be afforded for the introduction of free labour into that island. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH (No. 3) BILL. On the motion of the Duke of ARGYLL, the order of the day for the committal of this bill was discharged, and the bill ordered to be referred to a select committee. BRECON COLLEGIATE CHURCH BILL.. On the motion of the Earl of CHICHESTER, this bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted. PARISH VESTRIES (No. 2) BILL. The Earl OidHIdiESTER moved that this bill be read a second time. The Earl of WALDEGRAVE moved that it be read a second time this day three months ; and after a brief discussion their lordships divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 2l Against it • • . 2O Majority —l The bill was accordingly read a second time. BANKRUPTCY (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time, and passed. PUBLIC-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was also read a third time, and passed. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to ;—London and South-Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury Branch) ; Newry and Enniskillen Railway ; and Westminster Improve ments Bills. The Galway Harbour Bill was read a third time and passed. The special report of the Eastern Union Railway Bill was agreed to. Mr. BAGSHAW presented a petition from Warwick against the Education BM. Mr. JAS. MACGREGOR presented a petition from a Cinque Port pilot complaining of the Pilotage Bill. RAILWAYS. Mr. JAS. MACGREGOR wished to know what course Government intended to take with regard to the rail way regulations which were printed and circulated yes terday among members. Mr. CARDWELL said these resolutions were of the utmost importance, and the recommendations which they contained were now under the consideration of the Go vernment. Some of them would have to be carried out by standing orders, while others would have to be made the subject of a bill. The former would, of course, be re ferred to the committee now revising the standing orders; but with regard to the latter, circumstances over which he could have no control raight prevent his intro ducing such a bill this session. The subject, however, was still under consideration, and if there was time a bill would be brought in this session. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. The committee on this bill was then resumed. Mr. J. C. PHILLIMORE moved the insertion of the following clause And whereas it is expedient that a tribunal should be constituted to decide upon and take cognizance of any disputes that may arise between the government of British India and any native Prince not a British subject ; and to interpret any treaty of which the meaning may be disputed between any native Prince and the British government, be it enacted, that the Queen's judges at each presidency shall henceforth be respectively a competent court to decide any question in dispute between the government of British India and any native Prince not a subject of the British Crown, who shall appeal to such tribunal, and that an appeal from the decision of such tribunal shall lie to the Court of Privy Council in this country, and that such decision of the Court of Privy Council shall be final. That every person having a vote for the election of a member of parliament in this country, who shall have resided five years in India, shall have a vote in the election of such directors of the East India Company as are not nomi nated by the Crown." Mr. LOWE opposed the clause, as such a tribunal would be unsuited to the feelings and wants of the natives of India. Mr. BRIGHT suggested that all disputes between native princes and individnals should be settled by the Privy Council. This was the late Sir R. Peel's proposed to do, and ho thought the plan might be well re-inserted into this bill. Sir C. WOOD did not think it would be advisable to adopt either this clause or the suggestion of the hon. member for Manchester. Sir J. W. HOGG insisted that the establishment of this tribunal would be inconsistent with the existence of the Government of India, and the committee would therefore act unwisely if they adopted it. After a few words from Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. J. S. PHILLIMORE declared that such a tri bunal as that which he proposed, existed in almost every civilized country in the world, and he could see no reason why India should not have the benefit of one too. Mr. J. A. SMITH supported the clause. The clause was the negatived without a division. Mr. BRIGHT moved the insertion of the following clause :—." Whereas it would tend to a more speedy and effective administration of Indian Affairs in England, and would materially diminish the expenditure of such administration, if the business of the two departments of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company, were transacted in one and the same building, it shall be lawful for the said Board of Commissioners to provide, and the said board shall, within two years from the 30th day of April, 1854, provide, in some suitable situation, sufficient offices for the transaction of the business of the two departments as aforesaid ; and the said board is hereby empowered to sell the buildings and premises now occupied by the Court of Directors in Leadenhall-street, in the city of London, and to apply the proceeds thereof to defray any expenses which may be incurred in providing convenient offices, in one building, for the use of the said Board of Commissioners, and the said Court of Directors." Sir C. WOOD opposed the clause. He did not think it would be advisable to adopt the clause, though he thought something might be done to reduce the correspondence between the Court of Direc tors and the Board of Control, but he did not thing that if this proposal were adopted it would lead to any saving of expense. Mr. V. SMITH supported the clause. Sir H. MADDOCK also supported the clause. The committee divided, when the numbers were— For the clause 6l Against it 74 Majority —l3 Mr. V. SMITH moved the following clause :—•" And whereas, by an act passed in the third and fourth year of his Majesty King William the Fourth, inti tuled, "an act for effecting an arrangement with the East India Company, and for the better government of his Majesty's Indian territories till the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty four," it is enacted, that the President of the Board of Commissioners for the affairs of India, but no other commissioner, as such, and the secretaries and other officers, shall be paid by the said company such fixed salaries as his Majesty shall, by any warrant or warrants under his sign manual, countersigned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being, direct ; be it enacted, that such fixed salary shall in no case be less than the salary which shall be paid to one‘of her Ma jesty's principal Secretaries of State ; and that only one of the said secretaries to the said board shall be capable of being elected or sitting and voting in Parliament. Viscount PALMERSTON thought it was desirable that the President of the Board of Control ought to be placed in every point on a footing with the Secretaries of State. Upon that point he was quite prepared to agree to the proposal of the right hon. gentleman. He also thought, with regard to the second part of the clause, that it was of great advantage to the public service to have a permanent Under Secretary in every important depart ment, and he should therefore assent most cordially to the second part of the clause. Sir J. W. HOGG also supported the clause. Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the clause. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY supported the clause. After a few words from Sir C, B UBBELL and M r , J, [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE CAMP AT CHOBHAN.- 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.—Observe, opposite the York Hotel. The Royal Exhibition. A valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one mile and a half distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera-houses, country scenery, and ship s are c l ear ly see! at 12 to 14 iles. They are in va l ua bl e f or s h oo ti ng , de stalking, yachting, to spo r t smen , gent l emen, gamekeepe rs ? and tourists. Telesc o p es —A new an d mos t impor t an t peF du t iaz ani invention in telescopes, p ossess i ng suc h extra?r_ powers that some, 3i inches, with an extra eyneg-reeet wi and the show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's r ei hint , ' only 3 double stars ; with the same telescope, catintemn w ir g to th;re o e m m il i e le s s . ounces can be seen a person's and a ' half distant, and an objec t They supersede every other kind for f the waistcoat-pocket, and are of larger and all siz es, glasses, with wonderful s'rse w ith increasing powers accordingly. Opera and rac power ;an object can be cl e a rly seen, from 14 to 16 mil es distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, hav e in vented invaluable pres ervi ng spectacle l enses. Immedi a t e l y they are placed b efore imperfect vision, every o bj ect appears clear and.distinct; the most aged, defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its yo u thf u l , natural, an d original state. Deafness—New Di scovery— . The O rganic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful and newly-in vented ven t e d instrument, for Deafness, en ti re l y d i fferent from i others, to surpass anything of the kind that has b ee n, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it enables d e af persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired. —S. and B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street. Piccadilly. Observe, opposite the York How. UPPER INDIA RAILWAY.—A meeting of the scrip holders of this company is to be held on Thursday to re ceive a report from the directors of the terms of amal gamation which have been arranged between the chairman of the company and the chairman of the East India Railway. Company. The directors have re solved to appropriate the remaining 23,980 unallotted shares, pro rata, among the scripholders, in order that the whole capital of 4,000,0001. should be subscribed. This sum, added to the 2,000,000/. at present authorised to be raised by the East India Railway Company, and a further sum of 300,000/. required for the works, will make a capital of 6,300,0001. G. PHILLIMORE, the house divided, and the numbers were— For the clause ll6 Against it Majority for the clause —B7 Mr. WISE then proposed a clause providing that at least one-third of the persons admitted to Addiscombe should be sons of officers in the civil or military service of the East India Company, to be disposed of by the Governor-General of India. Sir C. WOOD objected to the clause. After a few words from Mr. BLACKETT and Sir DE LACY EVANS, The committee divided, and the numbers were : For the clause . 29 Against it Majority against the clause —72 The house then adjourned until six o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock, when there being only 38 members present the house was counted out. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 25. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Frederick W. Clark as Consul at Sydney for the United States of America. , CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 25. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Derby (Northern Division)—William Pole Thornhill, Esq., in the room of William Evans, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 26. 2nd Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Henry Dal ton Wittit Lyon, from the 2nd Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Hawksley, who exchanges, July 26. 2nd Dragoons—Lieutenant Archibald Campbell Douglas Hawksley, from the 2nd Life Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Lyon, who exchanges, July 25. 7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Pedder to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sir William Ridley Charles Cooke, Bart., who retires ; Cornet Frederick Coates to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pedder, July 26. 13th Light Dragoons—Cornet John Davis (Riding Master) to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blair, who retires, July 26. 39th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Francis Reid, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice John Metge Bartley, M.D., who retires upon hall-pay, July 26. 50th Foot—Paymaster Hodder Roberts, from the 59th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Fair, who exchanges, July 26. 59th Foot—Paymaster Alexander Fair, from the 50th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Roberts, who exchanges, July 26. 62nd Foot—Captain Robert Ambrose Shearman to be Major, by purchase, vice Goode, who retires; Lieutenant William Henry Hopkinson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Shearman ; Ensign the Hon. William 'dairy Adelbert Fading to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hopkinson ; Charles Campbell Cubitt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Feilding, July 26. 65th Foot—Lieutenant George Meyler to be Captain, by purchase, vice Trafford, who retires ; Ensign John Owen Jones Priestley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Meyler, July 26. 79th Foot—Ensign Archibald Campbell Campbell, from the 82nd Foot, to be Ensign, vice Skinner, appointed to the 82nd Foot, July 26. 82nd Foot—Ensign Robert Francis Henry Macgregor Skinner, from the 79th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Campbell, appointed to the 79th Foot, July 26. 94th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Matthew Biddle, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Menzies, pro moted on the Staff, July 26. 2nd West India Regiment—Thomas Mackesy Vincent, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Marson, whose ap pointment has been cancelled, July 26. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Robert George Mac donald, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cunynghame,_ promoted, July 26. HOSPITALSTAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon Edward Menzies, from the 194th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Reid, appointed to the 39th Foot ; Augustus Frederick Turner, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forbes, vice Biddle, appointed to the 94th Foot, July 26. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant John F. Ferris, from the 97th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, July 26. BREVET.—Captain Edmund Roche, on half-pay Unat tached (late on the Staff of Major-General Sir Joseph Thackwell, G.C.8.), to have the rank of Major in the Army, July 21, 1849. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign and Lieutenant Olayton, appointed to the Ist or Grenadier Re giment of Foot Guards on the Bth July, are "Fitz Roy Augustus Talbot," and not Fitzroy Augustus Talbot, as previously stated. The Christian names of Second Lieu tenant Templeman, appointed to the sth Foot on the 17th January, 1851, are John Whitmash." The Christian names of Lieutenant Trent, of the 68th Foot, are " Harri son Walke John." The Christian names of Ensign Clutter buck, of the 12th Foot, are " John Hylton," and not Hut ton, as previously stated. COMMISSARIAT.— Deputy Assistant-Commissary-Gene ral Philip Pearson Harris has been permitted to resign his Commission in the Commissariat Department. Commission signed by the Vice-Admiral of the County of York. Thomas Holden, jun., Esq., of the town of Hull, to be Deputy Vice-Admiral of the said county, June 25. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County Palatine of Durham—William Robinson Robin son, Esq. , to be Deputy-Lieutenant, July 20. _ _ _ , . 2nd or North Durham Regiment of Militia—Richard Lamb, Esq., to be Captain, July 20. Durham Militia Artillery—Henry Stobart, Esq., late of the Royal Artillery, to be Captain Commandant, with the rank of Major; George John Scurfield, Esq., late Captain in the South Durham Militia, to be Captain ; William Randolph Innes Hopkins, Gent., to be First Lieutenant ; Collingwood Lindsay Wood, Gent, to be First Lieute nant ; Charles William Bell, Gent., to be Second Lieute nant, July 20. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—Hugh Jenner, Esq., to be Captain, July 4. Hertfordshire Militia—Octavius Frederic Timins, late Captain 82d Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, July 21. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Coles Lewis Harris, Gent.. to be Ensign, June 11; Samuel James Remnant, Gent., to be Ensign, June 28. Northumberland Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant James Crosby Anderson, to be Captain ; Lieutenant Frederick Lussan Loinsworth, to be Captain ; Lieutenant William Adamson, to be Captain ; Lieutenant John Forster Baird, to be Captain ; Ensign Francis Blake, to be Lieutenant, vice Anderson, promoted ; Ensign William Aubone Potter, to be Lieutenant, vice Loinsworth, promoted ; Ensign John David Scott, to be Lieutenant, vice Adamson, pro moted, July 21. 3d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Richd. John Blunt, Esq., July 19 ; Hepworth David Barclay, Esq., July 20; Chas. Francis Evelyn, Esq., July 22, to be Captains. 2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Wynn de Cerjat, July 8, to be Lieutenant. Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—Lient.-Colonel the Hon. Sholto Lord Aberdour, to be Lieut.-Colonel Com mandant, vice Sir John Hope, Bart., deceased, July 11. Edinburgh Regiment of Militia—The Most Hon. William Schomberg Robert, Marquis of Lothian, to be Captain, vice Woolley, deceased, June 21. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John Pinnock Thirkell, farmer, Cranbrook, Kent. BANKRUPTS. Nathaniel Bradford Pierpoint, Little Pulteney-street, Golden-square, to surrender, August 4, and September 6, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Cox, Old Bond-street. John Fiddaman, currier, Newark-upon-Trent, Aug. 5 and 26, at ten, at the Nottingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Hodgkinson and Son, Newark-upon-Trent ; Rawlins and Rowley, Birmingham. Charles James Plant, licensed victualler, Goswell-street, Aug. 4, at one, and Sept. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Messrs. Boulton, Clerkenwell. Thomas Casson, coach builder, Parr-street, Liverpool, Aug. 5, and Sept. 1, at eleven, 'at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, South John-street, Liver pool ; Rymer, Liverpool. COURSE OF EXCE Amsterdam ............ 11 16% Ditto, three months .. 11 184, Rotterdam .. .... 11 114. Antwerp .............. 25 22%, Brussels .............. 25 22% 1 Hamburgh ............ 13 .6% Altona .............. Paris •• • • .... 25 2% Ditto, three months .. 25 22% Marseilles..• • .. •• 25 25 Bourdeaux ............ Frankfort•on•Maine .... 119% Berlin ......... Vienna .. • ............. 10 57 Trieste .. Petersburgh.. •• •• 38 Madrid ................ 50 SevWe ................ - ANGE-THIS DAY. Gibraltar „„ „. Genoa •• •• •••• 25 37% Milan •• •••• •• •••• •• •• Venice •••• • • Naples ........ •• •• .• 41% Palermo ..... 125 Messina Lisbon ••.• . 00000 •• •• •• 5314, Oporto ••.••••••• • • • • •• 53 % Rio Janeiro . • •• •• Buenos Ayres New York, 60 days' sight Philadelphia ...... •• • • PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 'Mexican Dollars .... 0 4 11% Now Dollars 0 0 0 iSilver in bars ...... 0 5 .1% LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS COURT.—JULY 25. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY V. GEORGE HUDSON, M.P. His Honour gave judgment on the reserved point in this case, as to whether the defendant should be decreed to pay interest on 9,0001. which he had received for iron more than he had paid, and which he retained in his hands from 1846 to 1849. His Honour said he was of opinion that plaintiffs might have required interest at the rate of 5 per cent. from the defendant, but as they received his cheque in 1849 without demanding interest, he must consider it as a settled account ; and therefore, so far as respected this demand, the bill must be dis missed. He had already stated that he should reserve the costs till after the inquiries were made. ALLSOPP AND OTHERS V. FRASER AND ANOTHER.—IM. PORTANT DECISION. THE EAST INDIA PALE ALE INJUNCTION CONTINUED. Mr. Lloyd, Q.C., and Mr. Fisher moved, on the part of the defendant Fraser, who carries on the business of a porter and ale merchant in Thames-street, under the firm of "J. H. Fraser and C 0.," to dissolve an injunc tion granted by his Honour in June last, restraining the defendant from selling a spurious ar ti c l e as All sopp ' s celebrated pale ale. The learned counsel stated that the notice of motion was given for the following seal, but it stood over for affidavits. It might be taken as admitted that the ale which had been sold as Allsopp's East India pale ale was, in truth, a very different and an inferior article. It had been sold by Coombes, the other defendant, and not by Fraser, and the latter was not aware that Coombes sold it under the denomination of Allsopp's East India pale ale. It appeared that as to the 168 dozen which formed part of the ale in question, it was already bottled and in Fraser's cellar when it was sold to King, and that after it was sold it was labelled and packed in Fraser's cellars by Coombes. It was also admitted that an in voice was delivered by Coombes to King, the purchaser, in these terms, " Bought of G. Coombes, agent to J. H. Fraser and Co." Fraser, however, stated in his affidavit that he was ignorant of any such invoice hav ing been given until after the bill was filed, and Coombes stated that the only reason for his using Fraser's name was that he himself had no licence, and that without Fraser's knowledge he used his name in order to escape the penalties of selling without a licence, and that in truth he was not the agent of Fraser. Another ground for the present application was that after King had purchased the ale, he himself, through the medium of Coombes, got 20,000 labels printed, 10,000 of them copies of Bass's labels, and 10,000 copies of Allsopp's ; and he submitted that as that fact was not stated when the mo tion for injunction was made, the court would on that ground alone, in accordance with the usual practice, re fuse to entertain the injunction. Th e l earne d couns e l then read the affidavit of Fraser, in which he denied any knowledge that Coombes was selling the ale as Allsopp's ale, and stating that he did not see the bottles when labelled, and that it was usual when a large quantity of ale was sold by an ale merchant to allow the purchasers the use of his cellar for the purpose of labelling and packing. He submitted, the re f ore , as t h e cont i nuance of the injunction was injurious to the defendant's char acter, and as the defendant had no guilty knowledge that the ale was sold as Allsopp's, the injunction should as regarded him be dissolved. Mr. Fisher followed on the same side. His Honour, without hearing Mr. R. Palmer and Mr. Gifford, instructed by Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Smith, who appeared on the other side, said he had seldom met with a case which had given him less embar rassment than he had in refusing this application. The facts of the case as admitted by Fraser himself were, that he had in his cellar a large quantity of damaged ale, which was Prestonpans ale. He was at a loss to under stand for what honest purpose any sale whatever for the purposes of consumption of this ale was to be allowed. The price of it was 3s. a dozen the quart bottle, bottles included. In the absence of evidence, he did not believe that large dealers in ale in this metropolis would allow ale of this description to be sold on their premises. It was admitted that Coombes bought this ale of Fraser, and that Coombes did not buy it for any honest purpose appeared by his own affidavit. According to Coombes's own statement, it was bought for the purpose of being sold at fairs and races. It was true he did not say that in all cases it was labelled as Allsopp's pale ale. His brother took some of it to sell at one race, and a friend took another portion, and brought it b ac k with " Allsopp's pale ale'' upon it, on which he made no remark at all. If the court could protect the public against conduct of this description, the court would be willing enough to grant an injunction against any such ale being sold to the public ; but the court had no power, unless it interfered with the rights of individuals. When Mr. King suggested that Coombes should procure for him 200 dozen of this damaged ale, they went to Mr. Fraser's cellar for the purpose of testing it, Mr. Fraser bringing the sample bottle. Mr. Fraser says he went away, and that he knew nothing about it. He knew, however, that King came there for the p ur p ose of making some arrangement for the purchase of the ale, and he (Fraser) agreed to sell Coombes 186 doz. at 3s. a doz. Coombes had no licence, and Fraser allowed a per son of this description, according to his own statement, to sell ale upon his premises. He went into the cellar while the ale was being bottled. He says he did not see the labels, and that he did not read them, though they were manifest enough, and there must have been bottles standing about. The invoice was made out as for ale sold by him, and was delivered to the purchaser in his presence. He said he did not know the contents of the invoices and that they were improperly made out. The cheque was given to him, and crossed with his banker's name, and he paid himself out of it the 3s. a dozen which he charged to Coombes, and handed the difference to Coombes. Upon that state of facts he came here and asked to dissolve this injunction. It ap peared to him that he (Fraser) having given every faci lity to Coombes to carry out this proceeding, that he could not dissolve the injunction, and the motion must therefore be refused, with costs. Motion refused with costs accordingly. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-LEICESTER, JULY 25. LA MEET V. DAWSON AND ANOTHER. This was an action for libel. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., Mr. Mellor, Q.C., Mr. Sergeant Miller, and Mr. Hayes were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Field and Mr. Brewer were for the defence. The action arose out of the following circumstances : The plaintiff was educated for the surgical profession, but has never taken out his diploma, contenting himself years back with purchasing the business of a chemist in the eastern part of London, where he obtained consider able practice in the treatment of those diseases popularly known as "secret." He subsequently removed to Albe marle-street, Piccadilly, where, under the name of Curtis, he continued to be very generally consulted, he having extensively advertised himself and his works under the name of Curtis, particularly a work called " Manhood." The defendant, Mr. Dawson, is a regularly admitted surgeon practising in London, and is the author of a scientific work on a particular class of complaints, and in that book was contained the alleged libel, which was to the effect that he (Mr. Dawson) had been repeatedly consulted by patients who complained of having paid the advertising quack large sums of money, and that he had at the time of publication a gentleman under his care, who had been sent to him by a medical man in London, and who " was proceeding against Curtis (meaning the plaintiff), the author of I` Manhood,' for a similar fraud." The article then went on to charge the obtaining money by means of fraudulent representations as to curing the parties. The plea of justification was put upon the record. The i ury found a verdict for the pl a i n tiff, with a farthing ( Limages, thus negativi ng th e p l eas , an d leaving each party pay their own costs. SHIPPIYO INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOMI.Tht: IOUSE, JULY 25. ENTEREDINWARDS. soil ; Gloria Deo, Gothenburg ; Emanuel, Agatha from J a rs b R o u m u sli n , g i t e o r ... in ; e eon, stock ; William, Licata s Collingv, od, Dt kirk G f Taxkjobing ; Fortuna, llergens; Ann.2 , ca t e r i gare ine th, Nore derschleuse ; Friendsehap, W°ream E aD Cornelia, Cadiz ; Elward, Lenkinhafen ; Chace,. 5 7g- `7 B -4, 13112 ; we roeders, ltf r e e'r, Carohnenseil ; .I.Vree Gebro- B ders, s myr.a °r ; c mi um n ; e r va e , - St l e . ttin ~.,- Eliza Dantzie .; Lector, D G ro r b a a ti e t k ud . e, is ....,Tl a r eu m a ; Christine, vrobac i k ; Elida, Sonne- Langfeldt • Johanne ; Richard ;lid Clara, ' Saemnraneemrae'; , satah, Brussels ; Alpha, Konigs berg ; Ailibrosia; Gullardo, H shFr.e.dDroeH_riecrebk_asitiaelkels.t, 11o ! DramL a n d s 7r oontah—e; I h il An , e , n anevdo ; Conte Waldstein, Alex berg ; Wili l ln Elbur ' Mix Graf Alex andria Triton, h g, Von Scherin, Alex andria ; Aire, Legorn; Wilhelmine, Sonnesund ; Doro thea Catharine, Skive; Timanlipas, Tampico and Havannah ; ; Lulea • Anna Mar g Pandora, aretha, Amsterdam ; Expedi tion, Konigsburg ; Emily, Madras, &c. ; Pomerania, NVol gast ; Girchweister, Hamburgh ; M a id o f M ars hl am , Stettin ; Cleanthus, Cronstadt ' • Ann and Rosetta, Caen ; Ann Duprive, Cappelin ; Meta, Randers ; Sophie, Hor sens ; Crescent, Carthagena and Lisbon ; Hebe, Drago ; Stockholm, Stockholm ; George, Anclam • Maria, Odense ; Johannes, Ott ern d or ff ; Speculant, Aaailuus ; Ebenezer, Rostock ; Columbus, Dantzic ; John Oldham, Odessa ; Antona, Stettin ; Ercole Fortunata, Girgenti - Kulda, 1 Nakskow • S p hi nx, St. John's, New Brunswick ;' Granite, Archangel ; Alma, Uddewalla ; Venent, Sundsvall ; Prino Care, Stockholm ; Eindraght, Groningen ; Celt, Constantinople ; Catherina, Copenhagen. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Ferozepore, for Port Philip ; Farmers, Grand Canary ; Widar, Chris tiana, &c.; Two Brothers, Antwerp ; Juliano, Altona ; • Agenora, ouen ; Adolar, Trieste and Venice , Akbar, Sydney ; Casset er id es , Falkland Islands ; David Malcolm, Adelaide ; Helene 'Sophia, Varel ; Thomas and Ann, Havre ; Trophie, St. Thomas a nd Jamaica. — Th Anna e CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. —The Eliza beth, from Stettin ; Hamilton, . Bruges , Thomas Camp- Rostock ; Lida, Leghorn ; Laura bell, Bombay ; Andrews, olus, Elsinore et Adele, Hobart Town ; IF 4 and Riga ; Merse, Cape of Good Hope and Bombay ; Duo Fratelle, Genoa. LIVERPOOL, JULY 25. The Anderida, arrived at this port from . Cadiz, with part of the cargo of the Berkeley, stranded in Cadiz Bay. The Hermosa Valenciana, for Manilla, which sailed on the 20th inst., has put back, with loss of topmasts and jibboom. The James, from London to New York, was spoken by the Zenobi a, arrived at this port from New Orleans, July 10, in lat. 44 N., long. 43 W., and supplied by the latter with provisions. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Glasgow (s), bound southward, July 13, lat. 41 N., long. 11 W. . _ The Abeona, of Liverpool, bound southward, July 15, lat. 45 N., long. 10 W. The St. Helena, Clyde to Adon, July 11, lat. 40 N., long. 15 W. The Laura (barque), London to Demerara, July 13, lat. 43 N.; low. 13 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. CH.l:ilia% MD—JULY 22. We have to report to-d ay a little more activity in,t h i ; wheat trade, and th e grea .r part on offer was cleared °g at an advance of is to 2s I ,e:r qr., a few picked samples °t the best white ma ki ng 6l s and of red 565. Of peas , " „ w supply was more liberal, but prices remained firm. Prices to-day were as foil ow :—Wheat, white, old 4 2 s to 60s Od, new 40s to 58s ; red, old 40s to 545, new 36,..%t0 518 ; barley, 25s to 27 a ; c hevalier, 31s to 37s ; grin w 7,' 21s to 27s ; malt, 55 s t o I 6s ; chevalier , 55s to 58s ; °a 19s to 25s ; peas, part r id ge , 32 s t o 37s ; w hite, 338 to 3 . 55 5 ; boiling 39s to 42s ; dun, n i w, 31s to 35s ' • b eans , tick, 3 to 37s ; Harrow ticks, 33 s •to 39s ; Ma,7aga n, 32s to 365• COLCHESZ CER —July 23. A better supply of whet , for which much higher o_l l ' 3l were asked. This the buyers resisted, and the trade 1 • I i slow at about is per qr . Wier last week's r a tes. In 6131.1 corn no material change iiz value. Prices to-clay were as foil ow :—Wheat, white, 543 10626 red, 48s to Ws • barley, 2 to 33s ; oats, 23s to2se bv , " 3fazagan, 36s 4) 38s ; midkae and small, 38s to 40s ; Pe' white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 3 to 40s. KIRKCA L IDY—JULY 23. Here, to-day, we had oc ly moderate supplies of w.b . "f 4 and oats, and only one par( ;el of barley. Hi g h prices D t v g asked, sales were slow. :H owever , an a d vance o f is qr. on wheat and oats was. realised. Wheat. ] : , Barley. Oats. I Bel a I First Second I Third sos Od CiOs Od I 22s Od I Os v Oatmeal, per bag of 280r.t'bs imperial, 31s Od to 32s Od. Official Statement of the q 'uantities of Corn, &c., rec in the port of London, f rom the following ports, the 18th to the 23d July,, both inclusive. • • • • 51, 44 8 A - - Colchester Harwich 26 200 Leigh Maldon ll6Ol 374 COAL MARKET-JuLy 25. 11.1•-•• Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market s. d.I Burnhope l5 0 Hetton lB Carr's Hartley l7 6 Haswell 18 Willington Hartley l6 9 Lambtou l7 Holywell 18 0 Lumley .17 Howard's West Hartley Russell's Hetton .. ...... .. 17 Netherton 17 3 Scarborough .17 Lon g ridge's Wst Hartleyl7 E St ewar t' s 18 Pelton Main 15 3 Caradoc 17 Ravensworth W. Hartleyl7 6 Denison Tanfield Moor 8ute5......18 0 Heugh Hall • 17 West Hartley 17 5 Kelloe 17 Wylam . 16 6 South Hartlepool l7 Wallsend, &c. South Kelloe .17 ) Thornley Hartley ..... ...1 . , West Hartlepool .. ..... ..." 18 Tees 16 Pease's West St. Helen's Tees . ..... J a 6 Woodhouse Close . .... . :•. 1, `,: Derwentwater Hartley l' I Sold 97. Harton Riddell Framwellgate Johnson Eden Main Belmont Braddyll .17 0 1 .17 0 .17 0 .16 6 17 3 .17 3 .17 9 Ship at market 9 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 25. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The mar k e t h as b een qu i e t all OP but closed firm at rather better prices nominally tho, o the morning. Lan cas hi re an d Y or k sh i re, 781 ; Loa d and North Western, 1161, 6 c . ; N ort h Br i t i sh, 8 1 ; Eastern and Dover 21, MANCHESTER, JULY 25. „ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sa l es t o -d ay were few, boviti• prices ranging something better. The sales were : 0 ,4 lands, 72A ; Dove rs , 22, 1 15-16, if, 13-16, ; Leeds, ' a ; Chester and Birk en h ea d, 20i ; London Stock, 116 i. BIRMNGH, 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.— I Ther AM e was a JULY firmer share to-day. London and North-Western Stock was don° o f 1161 ; and Crystal Palace at 7*. There were buyel l i jo North-Stafford s hi re a t £4 B s. 9d. dis.; of Eastern Coon at £l3 is. 3d. LEEDS, JULY 25. ! 'fit STOCK EXCHANGE.—There h as b een rather less actl bat in the share market this m orn i ng th an on Saturda y, on the whole prices are well maintained, and midlv tb e have again slightly improved. The :—M followin g are 1 closing transactions Midlands stock, 72$ ; York North Midlands, xi ; East Lancashires, 18i. SEABORNE MALLS. (N signifies that the mails are sen t f rom th e General vs t.oe by the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] From •What iA :nLraomlndatinest.u:ennj Dispatched. Ea:...a/. COUNTRIES. or oi n. y Ocoee,ow nn JUt ay•Liverpool E'VerYFrid Each AmericaA e r c a (tbyyl lurint tpeadc ks)tsN packet) ..... • N July .26 Liverpool ... Aug. 2, America (by 17. States • •• packet) Aug. .• • • • • • • • • 3 Southampton'July 21 Australia (ria South ampton) .......... Sept.N Sept. 48 • • • • • • • '' Dr Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) .......... N August 1 .. .. •• .. London .. • •,; Africa (West Ccast).,N July 30 .•• • • ~ Plymouth. 11/11,`-ti . .. ;39 Alexandria.... N 6, 9, 24, &30of m. Dover .....• -' Ju'outheram ..P.r.n. l'JAuiugY:34l Ditto (via Marseilles) Alexandria ......-31 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Atig• Bahamas ......... 3.1 2nd of the month Southampton Aug Belgium • • N isally.. .. Dover Brazil M 9th of the month.. Southampton'All' is Buenos Ayres .... .. —3l 9th of the month.. SouthamptozOng•o6 Cape of Good Hone ..N 14th of the month Plymouth 'Jul/ Cape of Good Hope ..N Plymouth .. 26 Cape de Verdi; ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth .. Juu Ceylon (see India) Ceylon • • • • • • • • • • • • ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Juit 26 tm„. Channel 151e5.... • . ..N Mon.,Wed ,&Frid. Southampton Chili. • • • • • • • • • • • ....31 2d & 17th of month Southampton Aug. Chinn (see India) Constantinople „ „If 7,8,17,24,&27 of m. Dover I Ju/930 Constantinople 4th Sr 20th of mon. Southampton Aug. Bald Cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily _ Dover Twice Egypt (see India) 4011/ France & N Twice daily.. Dover ...... Tlvic46 Gibraltar • m 4, 7, 17,20, 27 of m. tiouthampton'Jtai Greece (see India) Greytown , 1 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton 51, Hamburgh „ „N Tuesday & Friday London iTaes• I Havannah „, 2nd of the month Southampton .Aug• Holland _ ▪ _MI Wednesday & Sat. London is India (viaSouthampt.)M Honduras 17th of the month. Southampton Aug. 4th & 20th of mon. SouthamptenArriv`; India (via Marseilles)3l Bth&24th of month Dover ......'Julyo lonian Isles (see India) Ireland ........ M& N Twice daily ...... Holyhead „I•rwiC a Lisbon ...............M 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampton Arils Madeira 9th of the month Southampton Aug. og Madeira .. ••••• • • • N July 30.• •• ••• • .. Plymouth ..IJult Malta (see India) N 7,17,19,28, 30 of m. Dover ...... 22 Mauritius (see India) 2nd of the month., Southampton .Al, .76 , I Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth .. JOY ........N Othisth2sthoffnon. Dover .... ~.Aug• New Granada ......M 2d & 17th of mouth Southampton Ang•rtsill New zealand •• • • •• .... By private ship .. Various ports,Thlce Papal States ........N sthisth2sthofraon. Dover __ Aug.l ed Peninsula 3,f 7thl7tl32Bthofnion. Southampton Arric Peru • • • • •••••• • M 2d & 27th of mon. Southampton Aug• i port Natal 14th of the month Plymouth .. Sicily • • • • • • ••••• • .. N sthlstll2sthofnaon, Dover ...... !Aug' 4 Tuscany • • • • •• • • ....N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ......lAng• Venezuela 31 2d & 17th of month SouthamptontAug• Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) West Indies 31,2 d & 17th of month.SouthamntonlAttg• I2d& 17th of month ISouthampton!Ang• 4 11141 * When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails 00 dispatched on the following day, with the exception of the Inl d tli e Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be dispatell day preceding. hi eb THE CHOLERA IN COPENHAGEN.—The c h o l era , w 0, is raging in Copenhagen, has numbered among its ' t - be tiros Madame Louise Hagermann-Lindencronay eD author of several dramatic works, which her c ountrYT v f pronounce to be of great merit, as we ll as o f a v arle i t ibe novels, tales, and compositi on s f or th e p i ano and harp. 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