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despair of ultimately effecting a very . reform. H e gave t h e Government cre di t f or reform th e i r system of church discipline. but wishing salutary o rt i t l : f reasons he had ment i one d h e h ope d t h ey wou ld post p one the m easure, in order next year to lazing forward a mere c omprehensive and a better one. Mr. GOULBURN said that the same arguments ni t would constantly b e urge d f or p ost p on i ng th e Bill, a that he should therefore give it his support at the present ti me. —(H ear, hear.) It had been stated in the course o f th i s debate, that h Preclud e d f rom creating the Bishop of Manchesterteywere by the first Ecclesiastical Commission, but the very names attached to the report showed that it was not intended that it should contemplate the binding up of this ex ten skin f or ever. Surely if the Commission contemplated the extension of the inferior clergy, it was also their duty to provide a sufficiency of ecclesiastical superin tendence. The question was now, whether there should be a new Bishop of Manchester or not ? He did not consider that a Bishop of the Church of England was to be r mere ornamental appendage to that Church.— (A, laugh from the Hon Member for Montrose.) Did the lion. Member for Montrose, who professed himself a member of the Church of England, think that the Church ()fight to do without bishops ? He knew the fervent at tachment of the Right lion. Baronet behind him (Sir J. Graham) to the Church of which he was a member, but he thought that that Right Hon. Gentleman had not stated correctly what were the duties of the bishops. He considered that their duties were far more extended than those ascribed to them by the Right Hon. Gentleman. Ile might feel thus having lived under two ecclesiastical an perintendencies, which added to the duties instanced by the /Right Hon. Gentleman, others of a far nearer and still higher character.—(Hear, hear.) He would not only vote for the creation of the new bishopric of Man chester, but also for that part of the preamble which recognised the necessity for a further creation of three more bishops—(" Hear, hear," from the Radical benches)--and in taking that course he knew that he should merit the thanks of the Churchmen of this country. Mr. B. ESCOTT said that this was perhaps one of the most important Bills that had been introduced into the House in the whole of this session, and it was therefore necessary that they should give the greater deliberation to it. He had listened to the speech of tke Honourable Member for the Uni versity of Cambridge with great attention, but he did not hear him allege a reason why he had supported the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph, when in office in one year, and in the following year, when out 13i °Moe, advocate the creation of five new bishoprics. thThrowing the speech of the Ri g ht H on. G entleman, en, out o f the question, as it well deserved, let them see how the question really stood. The objects of the Ec clesiastical. Commissioners were to benefit the poorer Cl ergy, and. the opinion of the working clergy, if taken thought so, where were their petitions P Where were the petitions of the laity ? No one had petitioned for this augmentation to the Bench of Bishops, but the Go cefrnment had seen fit to do this unasked, and the House that the were asked to sanction it. But he believed and itienebeopposition now given would defeat the measure, beved also that her Majesty's Ministers would be most grateful that they had done so. He did not think that the attempt to aggrandise that portion of the Church which was the most open to objection, would in any degree tend to make the Church itself popular with the country,Mr' C. IYNN supported the Bill. He thought the azquestion of a seat in Parliament for the additional bishop Irty secondary consideration, and he thought that this ,11:goo might well be considered on a future occasion. titioner n: Gentleman opposite asked where were the pe 'R , se sin favour of this Bill.—(hear, hear, from Mr. °tt.) Now, when a member of the Ecclesiastical fain araituhiisssion in 1 844, he had taken some pains to ascer , and he had found that the great majority of the clergy and laity were opposed to the union of the seessirefuS.t R . A . saph and Bangor. IN GLIS supported the Bill, and felt greatly I!La.. toansished that Sir James Graham should oppose it, as , 1 17 _ nearly identical with the measure which he him awna ft brought forward about seven years ago. For his reserved erp4 ticr)eheiordeially but he aPproved of the measure, limitin g t h e r ma himself the right of moving that the clause new Bishopsptoe%gative of the Crown to summon the in C ommitte e , e 11°48 e of Lords should be expunged Mr, S. WORTL increase of the tem EY w , would have justified a as of opinion that the great _porai peerage since the Reformation bish i n ch. e e a s e o i li n l tdh have number ave in the House of Lords.il proposed thepa't tet;.: words in the preamble ivi w n uasi led e for the ation of the additional bishops h a it q d been !) lef g t out, but Si .n rathese words happened to be inserted, he did not wish l ove that they should be expunged. He thought it mast. unconstitutional that such ancient bishoprics as prCarlisle or Norwich should be deprived of their ancient ivileges, in o r d er that these new bishoprics, as provided th ll ,)' . the Bill , should have the privilege of takin g eir seats in P ar li ament b y rotation, Tin !e_ enQ urahle and Learned Gentl eman t h en quote , ' calli ne ' h ie n in support of t hi s vi ew , and concluded b) ar , ,p upon the House support the Bill, notwith ~;ut lu tng the objectionable s poilnts to which h e had ad .erred, and which he hoped would b e amen d e d i n Com kitt . Mr. B. OSBORNE thought that the question for con ' aid Mr. was, how they should best dispose of the sur plus funds of the Ecclesiastical Commission. In hls ° Onion this would be best done by increasing the Parochial rather than the episcopal clergy. It appeareo : ,t° him very strange that the Noble Lord (Lord John Ittissell) who, while in opposition, coquetted so much Nash the Dissenters, should now appear so zee- 1 1 11 !A to ingratiate himself into the good opinions of the members of the Church. He be viewedlieved that this proceeding would not be favourably .:__ by the constituents of the Noble Lord in bu r don, and if' they marked their sense of his conduct elYectijoecting him as their representative at the next i t wo j i, and making him a martyr to his new creed, the euhludrlhe.j_ust punishment for his present flirtation with (Cheers.) 1 Mr, T DUNCOMBE opposed the Bill. He consn ] , dered this measure was uncalled for, and would t en d to • excite R deep feeling of hostility against its promoters. -toe present Government . had no right to bring such 4 measure forward, and if it was intend, d t° increase . the usefulness of the Church, the' ' aanuld rather increase the parochial clergy than ' til e number of Bishops.—(llear, hear.) The Hon. Gen tletna n, after reading several letters, which he had re eetred from the working clergy—(Laughter)—calleti I.Potl the House to reject the Bill, and join him in giving ''' the most decided opposition at every stage. thr. AGLIONBY opposed the Bill, and considered of the opponents cf the measure were the best friend- the Government, and the sincere lovers of their reli n• (Hear, h ear.) k Mr. COLLETT was also opposed to the Bill, and eteacteudgbht it v ery strange that such a Bill would be advo y a Liberal Government. —(Cries of " Divide.") The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority.... —llB On ou r re admission to the gallery we found Mr. DUNCOMBE denouncing the result of the divi s inn, as disgraceful to the House.—(Cries of " Order, order," and great uproar.) The SPEAKER called the Hon. Gentleman to order for e such la nguage, as it was unparliamentary to impugn th decision of the House. eMr. B. ESCOTT said, that as well as he could re mber, th e l anguage of the Hon. Gentleman was, that vote come to was disgraceful to a weak adminis tration. Mr. DUNCOMBE repeated what he had said, and consider e d the vote most disgraceful. The Hon. Memb!.! for Lambeth had displayed great inconsistency, for in 18 36 he had voted against a Bill which was well known as the Bishops' Bill. ...Mr. AGL IONBY defended the course pursued by the . tion. Member for Lambeth. Lord J. RUSSELL censured the conduct of the Op- Position, which he characterised as quibbling, and hoped the Rouse would see it in its true nature. , Mr. B. OSBORNE w i s h ed to ask the Speaker if the l anguage of the Noble Lord was Parliamentary ? The SPEAKER said that he would have called the Noble Lord to order had he considered it necessary.— (Loud cheers.) Mr. ESCO i'll defended the course pursued by the minority, and contended that the quibbling was all on the other aide. Mr. M. PHILLIPS said the best thing the House could do, was to undo the Bill of 1636, in reference to the Bishopric of Manchester. Nothing could be more satisfactory to his constituents. Sir G. GREY said that if they went into Committee on the Bill, they might modify it thero as the House t hought proper. The debate was then adjourned . ti'l to-morrow (this day). The oth er or d e rs of the day having been disposed uf, the /louse adjourned at Half pa-t Twi lve o'clock. ECTRIC . O DEL ROOM OF THE EL . TELEGRAPH COMPANY. We Were yesterday gratified by being permitted to .tiletsepeerti the models deposited in the model room of th e Electric Telegraph Company, at 345, Strand. In this e °lll there are working models of every electric tele gra ph that has ever been invented, and it i s ko st interesting t o h a ve the gradual perfectionement 6f the instrum e nt, f rom its first appearance as a mere thilosophical toy to its present state, in which it may th considered as a power of even greater potency than pri n ti ng press itself. Wonderful, however, as is the s t doubl e needl e t e l egra ph (th e one at present in use) Ith b ids fair t o h e superse d e d b y w h at we ma y ca p t ki e s Ynabolic printing telegraph. The powers of thisits ans a thousand letters have been transmitted in one thminute from one term i nus to anot h er. In the same room hea t ° is an ele c t r i ca l c l oc k, w hi c h requ i res no w i n di ng u p, te ar wh ich, were it not liable to wear out from wear and the of material, might be considered as having solved l en Problem of perpetual motion. The clock will go as el gtric as the meta l o f wh i c h i t i s made sha ll last, or t h e ce • r o , wires shall remain. We also visited the business -0E441 of t heestablishment, and witnessed the transmission 4 4 4 :O s age to Southampton, and the return of a n answe r in ov an half a m i nute . Th e gent l eman w h o atten d e d ~,,o rk? r the rooms was most attentive in showing the lions ng of the mod e l s , an d most l uc id i n ,hi s explana nee 13 ,' the modu s operandi of the various telu graphs, le l °I evements the relativ - , values of the various inventions and Pr The t entl y East India and China Association have re tltito) Published their comparative statement of the hlwa e a r of British sh . p with their tonnage, entered the let Ireal t r, ti r ou l- t s Trards from and _to , places within 63 f " 1 4 3 East :India Company's Charter, from the 474 le4r 4ll 7Athe 30th Q t . a ue , ul the pare 1446 POOR-LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL. HOUSE OF LORDS.-JULY 15. LIST OF THOSE WHO VOTED AGAINST LORD BROUGHAM'S MOTION THAT THE ENGLISH POOR-LAW BILL IIE READ A THIRD TIME THAT DAY THREE MONTHS. DUKES. EARLS. LORDS. St. Albans Beshorough Stafford Grafton Auckland Beaumont Buceleuch Charlemont Montfort MARQEISES. Scarborough Foley Clanricarde Waldegrave Dunally Lansdowne Fitzhardinge Kinnaird Westminster viscouNT. Wrottesley EARLS. Falkland Camoys Grey BISHOP. Campbell Minto St. Asaph 74 onteaglel Devon LORDS. Churchill Suffolk: Cottenham Wharncllffe LIST OF THOSE WHO VOTED WITH LORD BROUGHAM. DUKES. EARLS. VISCOUNT. Rockingham Stradbroke Combermere Cleveland Radnor EARLS. Rosse St. Germans Lovelace LORDS. Redestiale Brougham PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, JULY 15. BISHOPRIC OF MANCIIESTRR, &c., BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day three months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided:— LITERATURE. THE TV ESTMINST'ER AND FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. XCHL and No. LXXVIII. Not the most effectively finished, but certainly the most interesting paper, in this double quarterly, is the one, half-critical, half-biographical, upon the character, the abilities, and the literary productions of Rudolph Topffer. Dissent, however, we must, from an opinion expressed by the reviewer at the outset of his paper, to-wit " that Richelieu, though a great statesman, was an execrable poet." To our thinking it would have been more correct to have said Riche lieu was no poet at all. Who can forget his trum pery attempt to induce Pierre Corneille to pawn a portion of his dramatic glory ? Who can ever forget the incident about The Cid? Richelieu an execrable poet ? We protest again distinctly that the great Cardinal was as much a corynhee as a poet. We not only marvel with the reviewer that Geneva, or he might have said Switzerland in its totality, "so illustrious in other respects for its intellectual fertility, has hitherto produced very little in the department of imaginative literature," but we wonder that i n a reg i on so em i nen tl y calculated to enkindle artistic enthusiasm, no really wonderful painter has ever appeared. Why, the landscapes would seem to arouse the emula tion of a thousand Salvator Rosas—the domestic primitiveness a race ofTeniers—the historic scrolls a whole generation of Titians. France has her Poussin, Spain her Murillo, England her Hogarth, Flanders her Rubens, Dutchland her Ostade, America her West, Italy her Buonarotti, her divine Raphael, her incomparable Lionardo, her Caraccis, her Corregio, her Domenichino, her Guido, her Paul Veronese, her Guilio Romano, but Switzerland ! In romantic literature, as just observed, she is almost a blank. Stars have risen over her mountains, however, to beacon after emulators alongithat highway of art, and not the least bright amongst those is Rudolph Topffer. Born at Geneva, on the 17th of February, 1799, he has disappeared already, but he has left behind him fragments of genius which must excite the talents of his countrymen. Shelley called the broken sculpture of the ancients—such as the Elgin marble— the despair of modern art. The expression was an emphatic one—but true. The frag ments of imaginative literature left behind him by Topffer, will not so much excite feelings of despair in his posterity, as those of admiration, and, what is better, emulation. The reviewer in the Foreign Quarterly has done well in introducing this natural romancist, or rather novelist, to the attention of those English readers, who are, as yet, unacquainted with his compositions—parti c ul ar ly with his " Presbytere," his " Bibliotheque demon Oncle," and his "Rose et Gertrude. ' "Persian Poetry" is an attar of rose contribution, suggested by a very graceful work, by Miss Louisa Stuart Costello. A companion article is the one entitled "Birds of Jamaica." Bookworms will alone read the " Trial of the Earl of Somerset," and Quakers will alone find attraction in the " Life of George Fox ;" to both classes respectively, we commend them terefore. From the critical notice of Mrs. Butler's " Year of Consolation," we cannot re sist requoting one of the quotations, descriptive of the Apollo Belvidere : " From the moment I set my feet in the Vatican I was possessed with a sort of nervous terror, lest I should be utterly disappointed in it: this feeling increased with every chamber I entered, to such a degree as to cause me to feel absolutely sick with excitement; I feared to look round each new room, lest I should confront this great divinity, and remained unmoved; each time I ex perienced a sense of absolute relief when I found that we had not yet reached that shrine; and I believe, if it had been proposed to me to leave the Vatican without seeing the Apollo at all, I should have been well pleased to have done so; and yet for all future time I shall know better. All that has seen written, all that has been said, all that has been copied in drawing, painting, or sculpture, of this wonderful statue, has left the marvel of its beauty unimpaired; no foreknowledge can prepare one for it, nor any description give one an idea of its grace and lightness, nor any number of ecstasies 'rub off the bloom of its divinity. I could believe the legend of the girl who died for love of it; for myself, my eyes swam in tears, and my knees knocked together, and I could hardly draw my breath while I stood before it; the guides held up torches to show the light through the marble draper), while I was dazzled with the light shining through the marble face; and the French lady emitted opinions in a voice as sharp as needle-points. Heaven! what a witness to the glory of the human soul is such a conception as this! Man's thoughts devised, man's fingers wrought this god! This perfect creation had its origin in the yet fairer idea of a man's brain, for who ever yet worked as he imagined! There was a lovelier and a grander shape in the mind of him who made this, than even this that he has made! Oh, well may we thank the only true God for being formed capable of such things. I have no words to speak my sense of gratitude for these new revelations of beauty and of grace, vouchsafed to me in this the very mourn ing-time of my life; angels have ministered, do minister, to me incessantly, and this enchanting presence, this I divinity of the beauty-worshipping heathens, is to me a I very messenger of my God, bidding me bless him who hath permitted me to behold it." one around him, they will not be able to school him into moderation by a laboured essay on the evils of intem perance: their system has plenty of venom for inoculating with disease, but not a single antidote : they can never write of a bishop without a sneer, nor of religion without a jest: they strike at everthing that is venerable; and, if they have effaced many a right notion in the minds of their readers, we are sure they have never implanted a wholesome principle in its stead.' For true philosophy, therefore, the people will henceforth know where to go—not to the truth-tell ing Jerrold —not to the native wisdom of Burritt— not to the blithe genius of Dickens—no, to the Church of England Quarterly Review. Remem ber that. TILE WEST INDIES. SCHEDULE OF DUTIES To come into operation on the Ist of August ensuing at Jamaica, in th e event o f h er M a j est y' s assen t being obtained to the Bill. S. D. Ale, beer, cyder, porter, or perry, per tun ... 87 0 Asses, per head ..• ••• • • 5 Beef and pork, salted or cured, and all cured meat, per barrel of 2001 b. ••• '•• Bread or biscuit, per cwt. ••• ••• ••• Bricks, per M. ••• Butter, per cwt. ••• ••• Candles, wax, spermacetti, or composition, per box of 561b5., ss. Tallow, per ditto... Cattle, neat, per head ... • Cheese, per cwt. . Cocoa, per cwt. Coffee, British, per cwt. ..• ••• Drugs ... 80s. per cent. ad val. Fish, dried or salted, per cwt. ••• mackerel, pickled, per barrel ••• alewives and h err i ngs, p i c kl e d, p er brl. . . pickled fish, not otherwise described, per brl. salmon, wet or salted, per brl. ••• - smoked, per cwt. ... •• herrings, sm o k e d , per b ox .• ••• Fish, smoked, not ot h erw i se d escr ib e d, per cwt. Flour, wheat, per barrel ... ••• ••• Ginger 80s. per cent. ad val. Grairr, per bushel ••• ••• Hams, bacon, dried beef, tongues, and sausages, per cwt. ... Horses, mares, and geldings, per head ... Indigo, per lb. ... Lard, per cwt. 20 4 4 12 ... 2 0 ... 4 0 ... 7 0 ... 10 0 ... 20 0 ... 2 0 4 0 2 0 4 0 ... 8 0 ... 10 0 0 6 4 0 6 0 0 3 ... 10 0 ... 20 0 0 3 ... 7 0 "International Law," and the " Currency principles," are the two political papers of the number, and a multitude of miscellaneous notices, complete the Westminger and Foreign Quarterly. This number is one of the least meritorious that has been published fora considerable period. _ • Meal or other flour (not wheat) per barrel Molasses, per cwt. ••• Mules, per head ... Oil, blubber, fins, and skins, the produce of fish and creatures living in the sea, loos. per cent. ad valorem. Preserved meats, soups, vegetables, fish, and all other provisions in tin cases or other packages, 80s, per cent., ad val. Rice, per cwt• ••• ••• Ditto, undressed, per bushel Salt, per cwt. Sheep and goats, per head Soap, per box of 561bs. . ••• •• Spirits—Brandy, rum (except th e produce • of this island), gin, whisky, and all other spirits and cordials, per gallon Sugar, refined, per lb. Swine, per head • Tea, per lb. ••• ••• ••• Tobacco, manufactured, 6405. per cent., ad vat, and 3d. per lb. Ditto, unmanutactured, 480 s. per cent., ad val., and 3d. per lb. Wines, in bulk, or bottled, per tun, 2905. and 140 s per cent., ad val., and 2s. 6d. per dozen, for every dozen quart bottles wine. Wood, per M. feet pitch pine, by superficial measure of one inch thick • 12 Ditto, per M. ft. whit pine, or other lumber ditto 8 Ditto, shingles,cypress, longer than 12-in. per M. 8 Ditto, Boston chips, and all shingles not other wise enumerated or described, per M. Ditto, Woodhoops, per M. Ditto, staves, heading, red, or white oak, or ash▪ , Wheat, per bushel Glass and silk manufactures-40s. per cent. ad val. Cotton, linen, wo ollen, leather, p a p er manufactures, mock jewellery, hardware, clocks and watches, corks, cordage, and oakum-40s. per cent. ad val. All goods, wares, and merchandise, Plantation supplies, clothing, and effects of every description not pre viously enumerated- 40 s. per cent. ad cal. Except the following, which shall not be liable to any duty under the Act:—Coals, coke, coin, bullion, books, and printed papers, diamonds, fresh fruit and vegeta bl es, hay and straw, oil-meal, or cakes, as food f or catt l e, wool, u ice, fresh fi s h, manures,ms:resins, tor o singing ttou mulberry irst elesb poultry , ea n and resins,tfherergs fresh l a a mn n oe t s a , at, nc leeches,dot t o o t n h , er g birds, dogs, specimens of natural history, army c l o thi ng, slat es,tow, aol regimentalsse sarsaparilla, sand andnecessaries, unrefined d yewsouoga d r , Molasses sugar w hides, he m p, flax, and of foreign m anu f acture are prohibited. ... 1 0 ... ... 3 0 10 0 THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. XLIII. We cannot afford a better conception of the diver sity and character of the papers contained in this quarter of the Church of England Review, than by enumerating the different contributions. Firstly, there is an argumentative and elaborate article on " The Church of the Future." Secondly, there is a chapter of Asiatic interest, upon " China : Political, Commercial, and Social." Thirdly, there is a con sideration of the progress and facilities of " Educa tion in France,"—a matter of vital importance just now. Fourthly, there is a fantastic examination of Lord Lindsay's theory of " Progression by Ante - "C Fifthly, there and c isa striking c essa t y o a r bou , t o n c i sl Clerical Sixthly, a commemorative paper on " Church of England Poetry,"—rather braggart like in tone,but that by-the-way. Seventhly, a misrepresentation of " The Manufacturing System," which will stir up the bile of the .Manchester population—if it be ever perused by that portion of the community. Eig,h a prolonged and abusive outcry against ‘t The sently make a quotation. N inthly, a gossip anen Teachers of the People," from which we shall pre; " Travels in Peru." Tenthly, an argument on an old theme,_" Scriptural Geology." And an appen dix of " Notices of Books." We have particularly referred to an abusive outcry against " The Teachers of the People,"--it is an outcry most abusive and most ignorant. Against whom in the name of common sense does the reader imagine is this ignorant abuse directed ? Who does he imagine to be here stigma tised as the moral pests of the people ? Why, Elihu Burritt, the editor and contributors to the People's Journal, the writers for Jerrold's IVeekly Newspaper, Douglas Jerrold himself, and—Charles Dickens ! 0 Mistress Caudle, rise and vindicate thy creator ! 0 Sairey Gamp, leave the bottle on the chimbley-piece for once, which, unbeknown, you drinks from to the shade of Harris, and do likewise with thy frequent pardner, Betsey Prig. As a sample of this egregious piece of absurdity, we transcribe the subjoined passages : The Douglas Jerrold -school of socialism is clearly a foreign importation. It has done more to enervate the the the working circumstances man's manly and truth-l ov i ng sentiments of the English mind than depress all e which on dfti o h n a . v e t a t i e s ! y o tended to resalts of that propagandism which France glories in as her special mission —which she initiated with the bloody mysteries of the guillotine and ministered to all Europe in fire, and sword, and desolation, by the brave but ferocious spirits of her Grande Armee. Though the maintenance of universal peace be assumed as a leading doctrine, yet antagonism to existing institutions is its object. Give its disciples the same field, the like power, and a sufficient impellant motive, they would soon find themselves, with Elihu Burritt's morbid nonsense in their mouths, hesitating at no desperate deed which might compel the adoption of their creed. The moral and social regeneration of which they boast was baptised in blood, arid must, some day or other, have its confirmation in deadly strife. These men are ever talking of moral force as that to which alone they trust for their social conquests, though the forms of speech which they use are fierce and warlike enough. Moral force is all very well where physical strength cannot be exerted ; but, if the issue of the great socialistic mission, which France advocates and apostate Englishmen adopt, is to rest on moral force alone, it is not difficult to predicate that it will be one of failure, since moral force and right prin ciples must go together, and of the latter this socialistic mission is devoid. We are no advocates for the bigotries contains ti t o n: nr npn n tna i a zl destroyed3iaw a , n r t hsh n vhee , ien i of nationality, but we respect and venerate the safe guards which it contains. Universal brotherhood, fra ternization, scfoac p enl d h ,sa: r ber a wahcu z teonet common ias o ntme ; :pnoe t brenr iheuvehsteterdni principle.nca csd y t on ; aacnr b hae n u af s t ay st ern i ooTnei the )ba t i. e s s.: acceptation i s t alldheea favourite deferencesoienf d i a f T confederation, spirit, of love, which can only be originated in the family—be therein developed in its pristine energy— and thence disseminated through the multiform social ramifications and relations which the very existence of a family requires. ro ask us to become nu -English, that we may be the disciples of a system of which the foreign socialist is the missionary, is tantamount to requiring that we efface the individual characteristics hich mark our place in the great family of man; and it is just this end which the Douglas Jerrold -school of philosophy is aiming at. If it be effected, men will become confederate, but will never be brethren: there -o-iation but there will n o t b e conf i dence; may be as 4 . , and the only bond that will hold them together will be one. of selfish, interest, and not of holy affection. However great the evils of this day may be, th e th eor i es of socialistic writers will neither ameliorate nor remedy them. They may goad the social sufferer into m a d ness, but they will hortation to patience: they may Rut a weapon into his 14144 Itut, Nitou they sae Ligi use tt to the h u t o f every ••• ... ... 4 0 ... ... ... 1 0 ... ... ... 0 9 ... ... .. 2 0 2 0 ... ... 6 0 ... ... 0 .•• ... 2 0 1 0 ... 4 0 1 0 THE NUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1847. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. - WESTERN CIRCUIT.— Winchester, July 14. CRIMINAL COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Wit- f L1A318.) Francis Andrews, aged 67, was indicted for having cut and wounded Jane Caplin, with intent to kill and murder her. Mr. Sewell appeared for the prosecution, Mr. C. Saunders conducted the defence. It appeared that the prisoner, who was deaf and par tially dumb, had lodged in the house of the prosecutrix at Southampton; he was a man of weak intellect, but was generally harmless unless excited. On the 26th of Feb. he came into the house and complained that some one had taken a piece of canvass from his room; he charged the prosecutrix with having taken it; she denied it, and the prisoner then became much excited, and made towards the prosecutrix with his knife; she raised her arms to keep him off, upon which he cut her fingers and arms with his knife; she became faint and was falling to the ground, when the prisoner stabbed her in the side. It appeared, however, from the evidence of the fur geon, that the prisoner had been of unsound mind for some years, and the jury therefore Acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity. Hillier Fryer, an old man of 76 years, was indicted for having discharged a loaded gun at Sarah Wolf with in tent to kill and murder her. Mr. Beethain conducted the prosecution; Mr. Missing defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutrix and her husband kept house for the prisoner, who lived in a cottage in the New Forest. On the morning of the 14th of May Mrs. Wolf 's son lent two iron wedges, belonging to the pri soner, to a neighbour. In the evening of the day the prisoner came home, and on hearing that the wedges had been lent in his absence he became much excited, and swore that Wolf and his wife should not live with him any longer. At this time Wolf came home, and hearing the old man making a noise, said, " Mr. Fryer, don't keep noising, but sit down like a good man." The prisoner then turned round and seizing a gun, which was lying on the table, pointed it at Mrs. Wolf, and said to her, "D— your eyes, I'll blow your brains out." He then pulled the trigger, and the gun exploded. The shot struck her in the face, and also blew off her th um b. He then struck at her with the butt-end of the gun, but missed her, and the gun was broken in two pieces. A surgeon was called,;who stated that her life was in danger for some weeks, owing to the injuries she had sustained. Mr. MISSING having addressed the jury for the pri soner, they found him guilty of shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm.—Sentence deferred. Charles Wolfe, a young man, aged 17, was charged with having feloniously cut and wounded Elizabeth Ay ling, with intent to kill and murder her. There were other counts in the indictment varying the charge. Mr. Stock conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Saunders defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutrix, who was an interesting girl of about eighteen years of age, that she was nursemaid to Mr. Philip Thresher, who lived with his father at Fareham, who was a magistrate of the county. The prisoner was a footman, also living there; and on the 22d of March last the prosecutrix, being in the nursery, observed the prisoner come to the door. She asked him what business he had there? He said, " What?" and went away. Shortly after he came back again, and she heard him say, " I'll do for you." The prosecutrix being alarmed at this, went to the door to try to get out of the room, when the prisoner struck her on the head with a mallet he held in his hand. This knocked her down, and he then dragged her back into the room. She got up and tried to get away, when he knocked her down again. He then knelt down, and cut her in the throat with a razor he had in his hand, saying at the same time, " Brown—lll Brown you." The pro secutrix tried to catch hold of the prisoner's hands, but he cut her fingers with the razor. Atter asevere struggle the prosecutrix succeeded in getting away from the pri soner, and came down stairs, bleeding very much from her throat and hands. The prisoner followed her, but was taken into custody by some persons who were at tracted by the screams of the young woman, who was afterwards confined to her bed for a considerable time from the injuries she had sustained. On the prisoner being apprehended, he attempted to cut his own throat with his razor, and did succeed in inflicting a super ficial wound. It was elicited, in cross.exaraination of the prosecutrix, that the prisoner had been much attached to her, and had been made very jealous of her with regard to a young man named Brown, a footman to a gentle man in the neighbourhood. It, however, did not appear that the young woman had in' any way encouraged the addresses of either of these young men. The case for the prosecution having been closed, Mr. SAUNDERS addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that the whole affair had arisen out of a jealous feeling engendered in the mind of the prisoner, and which had provoked it to such an extent as to render him not master of his own actions, but quite insane; and that being so, he was not responsible for them, but was entitled to an acquittal on the ground of insanity. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS having summed up, the jury found the prisoner guilty of the attempt at murder. The Learned JUDGE having commented on the enor mity of the crime with which the prisoner had been found guilty, directed death to be recorded against him. HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsfard, July 14. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) James IVillesmere, 17, a remarkably innocent•looking country lad, was indicted for the wilful murder of John Terry, by fracturing his skull with a hoe. There was also an indictment against the prisoner for robbing the deceased. Mr. Ryland and Mr. llodwell conducted the prose cution. This case was of a very melancholy character. The evidence against the prisoner was chiefly circumstantial, but the effect of it was to leave no doubt that the pri soner was guilty of the crime alleged against him. It appeared that the deceased was an old labouring man, living near the town of liochfort, and on the 31st of March, which was the day he received the injury that terminated in his death, he was on his way to that town about ten o'clock in the morning. The prisoner, it seemed, had been lodging at a public-house in the village of South Farnbridge, about four miles from Roch fort, and on this same morning ho owed the landlord Is. 9d. for board and lodging, and he told him that he could not pay him at that time, but promised to give him the money on the following Saturday. Ile then called for a pipe of tobacco which he paid for with a halfpenny, saying that was all the money he had got, and shortly afterwards left the public-house and proceeded in a di rection for the town of Rochfort. It seemed that soon after this the prisoner and the old man joined company, and they were seen by several - of the witnesses walking together towards a place called the Mead, near Dag gett's farm, on the road to the town above-mentioned; the prisoner at this time having a hoe iu his hand, and the deceased a hoe stick without the iron end. About 11 o'clock the same evening the poor old man was found lying in the Mead, in a dreadful state. lie was literally covered with blood, and the top of his right ear was completely severed from the head, and was found in a mass of clotted blood among his hair. His pockets appeared to have been rifled, and his watch, a canvass purse, a key, and a small sum of money were missing. He had sufficient consciousness to state that he had been robbed and ill-used, and ho was then taken to the union workhouse at Rochfort, where he remained until the 22d April, when he died. It appeared that almost immediately after the time when the robbery and assault must have been committed, the prisoner went into a public-house at Rochfort, where he produced a watch which turned out to be that of the deceased, and offered to sell it to any one in the room for ten shillings, but no one would buy it, and he then called for some beer, which he paid for with a half-crown. It also! appeared that on his way to . Rochfort the pri soner had sold his hoe for sixpence, and he shortly afterwards sold the watch to a man named Brig for five shillings ; and, upon his being taken into custody, the canvass purse which contained the key of the poor old man's box was found in his pocket. The prisoner was afterwards taken into the room where the deceased was lying is bed ; and on his being raised up and shown the prisoner, he immediately said that he was the man who had robbed and beat him ; and he at the same time said to the prisoner, " You know that you are the man ;" to which the prisoner merely muttered in reply, "You are mistaken, old man," and made no further de nial. The deceased also, at the same time, identified the watch, and the other articles that were produced as his property. Mr. Hodges, the surgeon of the union, proved that the deceased died of a fracture of the skull, and he pro duced that portion of it which had received the fatal ha jury; and upon the hoe belonging to the prisoner being produced, it was found that the iron back of it fitted exactly the wound on the skull, and the surgeon said he had no doubt it was inflicted by it, and that in all pro bability one severe blow had caused the mischief. Mr. Baron PARKE, at the close of the evidence for the prosecution, asked the prisoner to state what he had to say in his defence. He replied, "My Lord, I have nothing to say." The Learned JUDGE, in summing up, told the jury that whether they should be of opinion the fatal injury had been inflicted with an intention to disable and maim the deceased, or whether it was merely to further the object of robbing him, in either case in the eye of the law it would amount to the crime of wilful murder, be cause the injury was inflicted in f ur th e r ance of a felonious and unlawful act. The Learned Judge then detailed the material particulars of the evidence, and said that-although no doubt it was a most painful duty for them to decide a question which involved the life of a person like the prisoner, who was hardly verging upon manhood, yet both they and himself were bound to per form their duty to their country under tho solemn obli gation of the oath they had taken, without any regard to the consequences that might result from it. The jury then deliberated for a few minutes,w when they returned a verdict finding the prisoner guilty of murder. They at the same time recommended bun t me ll r l e r Y ..Baron:PAßKE said be supposed the recommenda tion was-on account of his youth. The jury said it was. The Learned JUDGE then put on the black cap, and silence having been proclaimed, he addressed the pri soner, and said that the jury had come to the only con clusion which their duty to society had enabled them to come to upon the evidence, and it was now his mist painful duty to pas upon a mere 'boy; i li4 t entering upon Ate-;-tito sentence of undergoing 'ltn :Minious..death upon the public :scaffold. He believed that it was not his intention to have taken the life of the deceased, but it was quite - clear that the fatal blow was struck with the intention to render the deceased power less, in order that he might rob him with greater faci lity, and, as death ensued, his offence clearly amounted tar the crime of wilful murder. The jury had recom mended him to mercy on account of his youth, but he felt that it would be inconsistent with his duty in such a czge tot o ,P;(. 2 ttliago to 4 1141 04 4 reColaulattsittia to MAJORITY-AYES, 138, Newdegate, C. N. Adana, Sir T. Acland, I'. 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Dundas,,,Sir David Morris, David Wynn, C. W. Du Pre, C. G. Mundy, E.,M. TELLEM. Ebrington, Viscount Neeld, Joseph Tufnell, H. Egerton, W. T. Neville, Ralph Hill, Lord Marcus MINORITY—NOES, 20. Aglionby, H. A. Duncan, George Osborne, Captain Aldam, William Duncombe, Thomas Thornely, T. Bouverie, E. P. Escott, Bickham Wakley, Thomas Brotherton, J. Evans, Sir De Lacy Williams, W. Clements, Viscount Heron, Sir R. Collett, John Hindley, C. TELLERS. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Horsman, Edward Hume, Joseph Duke, Sir J. Moleaworth, Sir W. Philips, Mark RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 211. Is. 3d.—Great Western, Quarters, 5 3 / 4 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 27y 4 —Ditto, New, 3% p. —London and South -Western (scrip), 1 4 dis.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 15-16 p.— North British, Extension, '4 p.—Shropshire Union, 1 dis. —York and Newcastle, Preference, 4 1 % p. LIVERPOOL, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHAISSE.—The sales are—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 2 1 4 p.—London and North-Western, 179 Ditto, Quarters (C), GM p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths (late West Riding Union), p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, U s " dis.--Midland Stock, 129 1 ,4 — Ditto, New, 4 1 / 2 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3M — North Staffordshire, 3 p.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Che shire (Chester New Shares). 3s. 9d. p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, par—York and Newcastle, Preference (guar. 5 per cent. till 1850), e l p. ex int. biANCHESTER, JULY 15. STOCK Exciwton.—The sales are—Birmingham and Ox ford Junction, 8 1 / 4 p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preferen tials, 3 1 4 p.—Derby, Stafford, and Worcester, 28s. dis.— East Lancashire, New, dia.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, t,4 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 2 p.—Ditto, Thirds, 11-16 p.—London and North- Western, 401. Shares (L. and M.), 2774—Ditto (Manches ter and Birmingham), Quarters (A), 6 1 4 n. p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 61t n. p.—Manchester and Leeds, 21 n. p.— Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury), 3 1 4 p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 1 4 n. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 3 3-16 dis.—Midland, Consols, 129—Ditto, 50/. Shares, 418 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3 p.—North Stafford shire, 3 p.—Northern Counties Union, 2 3 4 dis.—Oldham Alliance, 1-16 p.—Preston and Wyre, 373,1—Ditto, Sixths, 61i—South Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 5-16 dis.—York and North Midland, Preference, 1018 p. LEEDS, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 7s. 6d. dis.—East Lancashire, New, 6s. 3d. dis.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 4/. I Is. 3d. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preterence, 12$. 6d. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midand, 1 1 / 8 dis.— . Malton and Driffield Junction, 17s. 6d. dis. chester and Leeds (West Riding Union), ss. 6d. p.—Man chester and Southampton, 20s. dis.—Midland, Preference, 4 n. p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3 1 ,i ; p.—North British, Quarters, 275. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, c. p.—North- Western, 235. 6d. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 15. STOCK ExcuANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 10s. dis.—Edinburgh and Northern, Newport, Bs.—New. castle and Carlisle, 116 I —Newcastle and Berwick (North Shields Purchase), 8 p.—North British, Halves, 1518. HULL, JULY 15. STOCK EXCHANGIL—The sales are—Buckingharosbire, 14s. dii.—Manchester and Leeds (West Riding Union), 86s.— Newcastle and Berwick, New, 655. p.—North Western, 295. dis.—York and Newcastle, Preference,. 4% p. EDINBURGH, JULY 14. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, New, No. 2, 41s.—Edinburgh and Northern, New, 745. 6d.—Ditto, Newport ; - 6s. 6d. —Ditto, ditto, New, 50s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth, 225. —Great North ern, 85s. ex int.—North British, Quarters, 90s. 6d.—Ditto, Thirds, 503. 6d.—Scottish Central, 27:3—Shrewsbury, Os westry, and Chester, New, 225. GLASGOW, JULT 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The aides are—Caledonian, New, 40s.—East Indian, 4s. 9d.—Edinburgh and Northern, New port, VA—Ditto, New, 523.—Edinburgh and Perth, 235. Glasgow. Kilmarnock, and Ayr. 1211.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. Bs.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 76s.—Manchester and Southampton, 1 5s.—Ditto, New, 225. 9d.—North British, Thirds, 51 s. — South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 4%—York and Newcastle, Preference, 1211 COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, arrived at her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight, at half-past six o'clock on Wednesday evening, from town. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount- Elgecumbe, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Macdonald, Earl of Morley, Major General Bowles, Lieutenant. Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Buckley, Lieu tenant-Colonel Seymour, and Dr. Meyer. Iler Majesty and her Royal Consort walked out in the pleasure grounds after their arrival. Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk in the gardens and plantations. The Duchess of Sutherland arrived at Osborne yester day afternoon from town, on a visit to her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their accustomed airings yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton with their company at dinner, yesterday evening, at their residence tit Portman-square. A deputation respecting the Bishoprc of Manchester had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Members for Manchester, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson and Mr. Mark Philips, accompanied the deputation, which consisted of the Mayor of Manchester, Mr. Alderman Kay, Mr. Alderman Hopkins, Mr. Geolge Wilson, and Mr. Thomas Woolley. Mr. .j: - Brotherton, M.P., and Mr. W. Brown; M.P., were also present at the interview. Mr. Nlorries Stirling had ass interview with the Right Hon. Edward S'rutt yesterday at the office of the Com missioners of Railways, in Great George -street. A deputation from the Windsor, Staines, and South- Western Railway, consisting of Mr. Chaplin, M.P., (deputy ( N N i i r a . y c or ha o d f w l i v ekindsr).colon e l R e id , m.p chairman), Mr. Bedborough Mr. Locke (engineer), Mr. Drake (soli c i tor ) . and Mr.. , Horne (se cretary), had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yes terday at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a e general meeting yesterday. 'A deputation, .consisting of the Mayor of M anc h ester, Mr. Alderman King, and Mr. Alderman M. Gibson Hopkins, a had t a h n e interview with the Right Gi Hon. T. sic of Manchester. Board of Trade yesterd a y o n the sub j eet of the Bishop. PIRACY UPON THE HIGH SEAS.—On the 3d inst., a body of men, amounting to about 150, boardcd the Richard Watson, off Broad Haven, and about four or five miles from land. They immediately proceeded to plunder the vessel, and in a short time loaded twenty eight boats with the stuff, the value of which amounted to about 1001. They then took to their boats; but one boat's crew not being as active as the others, remained below after their companions, and on their coming upon deck, Captain Williams and his crew attacked them, aad forced them down the hatchways. They were brought into Sligo upon Tuesday evening last, and immediately committed to gaol They presented a very wild, and somewhat picturesque appearance. The names of the captured pirates are Michael Neary. John Cochran, Pat Dean, Pat M'Entire, Anthony Barrett, John Coffey, and Dominick M'Entire.—Sligo Champion. THE NIGHTINGALE.—" Jenny Lind," says the Gateshead Observer,.!' it is whispered, may possibly visit Newcastle. The very thought of such a thing is enough t© drive tail' neighbours mad. We dread the reality. What if she should come on election-dey. The return ing oMeer may thus sand to Parliaieut w4o4:94ira- 11 ° 11610. CARDINAL RULES FOR RAILWAY MANAGEMENT. Had these rule: been strictly followed how many millions might have been saved, and how many direful accidents prevented. Every line of railway should be uniformly straight and level. Every rail should be convex, in order to diminish the friction, and thereby insure economy in the constant work on railways in each direction throughout the year. The wheels of locomotive engines in particular, as well as of all other carriages, should have a true perpendicu lar bearing so as to avoid all lateral strain, which now tends so generally to the destruction and rapid wear and tear of rails. Down and up trains to be scrupulously confined to their respective lines of railway, and on no account whatever to be allowed to interfere with each other. Every railway should be of the same uniform guago throughout the country. Had these plain rules, so enthusiastically reiterated by m© on all occasions to the Government and public gene rally been carried into execution, how much more cheer ing would the share lists he to the respective shareholders. The common interest of the public in railways is pa ramount and must comman d the determined influence of the legislature over the silly clamour about the vested rights of railway companies. Most assuredly the public, by and from whom alone the railway companies can prosper, will never succumb to the present arbitrary rates and fares. The miserably only be improved by a d opting rules o f common se nse, declinin g s t a t e o f ra ilway property can intelligible to the meanest capacity. The lowest tariff of rates and fares possible will unerr ingly guide us to the most permanent state of prosperity, and would infallibly increase the revenue in a tenfold degree. One quarter of the rates and fares now charged will eventually be condemned as exorbitant and intol erable. Let the same economy be practised on railways which characterises the application of steam power for the mil lion in our manufactories, and on board our vessels, and the welfare of all classes will be universal. _ These rules are so impartial to all that none but the ignorant or arrogant will dare to dissent from them. All railway companies, however wealthy or important, will nevertheless bend to public opinion, and more particu larly so as they will find it their invariable interest to accommodate their only customers to the utmost. — Thomas Gray, the " Railway Pioneer." DEVONPORT REGATTA. HANDSOME PRIZE FOR COMPETITION. At this Regatta, which takes place on Wednesday, July 28th, we have much pleasure in stating that a hand some cup, presented by her Majesty and Prince Albert will be competed for. This mark of royal favour will, doubtless, be followed up by others, perhaps not to so large in amount, but still sufficient to render this regatta ono of surpassing eclat and pleasure. The following letter was received by Mr. Joseph Beer, the Honorary Secretary of the Regatta, announcing the intention of her Majesty "37, Curzon-street, July 5, 1147. " Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the Ist inst., I have much satisfaction in informing you that her Majesty and Prince Albert have been most graciously pleased to give a Cup, to be contended for at the approaching regatta this year, at Devonport! I trust that this mark of Royal favour will be duty appreciated by the residents, to whom I have much pleasure in making the announce ment, through you.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. TUFNELL." " Mr. J. Beer." His first eimgaimo ecoming CAUTION.—GOLD WATCBEE AND JEWELLERY.-- Caution is often necessary to be observed in our dealings with entire strangers. We have received a communication to the following effect, which shows the necessity of this :-5 well-dressed person, callin g himself the son of a Polish Count and refugee, has for some time past been about the country in various direc tions, taking advantage of persons by persuading them to allow him to leave gold watches, &c., on approval, Having accomplished that, the first intimation his dupes afterwards receive is a letter, usually from some Mosaic solicitor, requesting immediate payment ; and before the parties have time to reply, 6. a copy of a writ " is served upon them for the full amount. So well does be spread his net, that if the parties only touch, they are entangled in the trap set for them. The decoy which he mostly uses in the first instance is, to represent himself as the son of a Pogli,tsoh furtherecuia exertions. He then states that he is the agent of a in distress (his parent) whom be h i: ay s e upp see o intu rti e n g de b a y lin h g is s society formed to encourage young people to save their es i i s e u ty s4 B4 ll e y . to search out the church money, and that on buying his gol d o e l h d je w et a h tches he wants the fellow's into nh o teo m i anotneerye ne i g h bourh ood e until tee t t h h e calls possible, again, clergymen, and, if Thisthe extentdon e, h o i fa with them so as to become possessed of their names, and the names of "es many of the respectable peculations, that justice to society demands we parishioners com mences. Such e a e h s possible.es should place the unwary on their guard, for the watches are not worth in common, more than half the prices charged, and the parties are too often in• duced to pay for them at the exorbitant price, together with their costs of the writ, &c., rather than suffer exposure of their folly , or run the risk of a :tripi with fl. man who, even - in the event of their4in ii i.. , _ . ug would pro bably have decamped out of the country, and be nowhere to be found. W e forbear to mention the man's name, hoping this hint may b e sufficient t o put a stop to his career, by awaken i n g the !Aspicion of the public. Leeds Aferrury. - - Shocks of an earthquake were felt in the deptirt ment of the Seine-Int6ricure? 44 1140 14 eloven o'clo c l, ol , like sighs gi the 104.- the proper quarter, and he would advise the prisoner not to place any reliance upon a favourable result, for he considered it very possible that those whose province it was to take such matters into consideration might con sider the offence was one of so dreadful a character, that they would not feel themselves justified in advising ner Majesty to interfere to prevent the law from taking its course. He should, therefore, advise him to make the best use of his time, with the assistance of the chaplain of the gaol, to make all the atonement in his power in this world, by a sincere repentance for the dreadful crime he had committed, and to be prepared to meet that sentence which the law required Dim to pass. The sentence of death was then passed in the usual form. The prisoner did not betray the slightest emo tion during any part of the proceedings, and when the portion of the skull of his victim was produced by the surgeon, he looked at it quite composedly, and seemed to regard the ceremony of fitting it to the tool with a good deal of curiosity. When the Learned Judge had concluded his sentence, ho turned round and walked away from the dock with the utmost composure, and indeed he app eare d a l most the only unconcerned spec tator of the proceedings. Mr. RYLAND, with whom was Mr. Rodwell, made an application to postpone the trial of David Meiklereid, for manslaughter, to the next assizes. The defendant, who was out on bail, was the captain of the Royal Victoria Leith steamer, and he w as c h arge d with having run down a schoo ner , called the Rose, while lying at anchor in the river, and thereby occasioning the death of two men named Thomas Emmett and Henry Shillibeer, and was charged upon two inquisitions with the offence of manslaughter. Mr. RYLAND said that the witnesses, who were nearly all seafaring men, had been bound over to attend, but as no one had been instructed to conduct the prosecu tion, or get the witnesses together to go before the grand jury, only two of them were now in attendance, and it was therefore useless to go on with the trial at these assizes. He therefore had to apply to the Court to post pone the trial to the next assizes. Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the prisoner, ob jected to the trial being postponed. He said that from the feeling entertained in Scotland with reference to a person under such a charge, no person would employ the defendant while it was hanging over him. He had now been out of a situation for several months on that account, and it would be very hard upon him that he should be kept in the same position for eight months longer, when is was the duty of the prosecutors to have been prepared to go on with the trial at these assizes. Mr. Baron PARKE said that under the Habeas Corpus Act, if a prisoner surrendered on the first day of the assizes, he had a right to demand, to be tried at these assizes, unless the Crown gave some good grounds for a postponement. In the present case he was of opinion that there was not sufficient ground stated for post poning the trial. It was the duty of the prosecutors to. have taken care that the witnesses were in attendance, and he could not help expressing an opinion that the criminal business of the county, either from economy or some other cause, was not conducted as it ought to be. On the first day of the assizes, in a most serious case of poisoning, no counsel was retained to prosecute, and he was obliged to hand the depositions to a Learned Counsel in court just before the trial. The defendant then surrendered, and he was given in charge to the jury. Mr. RYLAND said that, under the circumstances they had heard alluded to, he must consent to their returning a verdict of not guilty. He had no witnesses in at tendance to support the charge. Mr. Baron PARE told the jury that they must find the prisoner not guilty, because proper steps bad not been taken on behalf of the prosecution to get the wit nesses to attend. There was a failure of justice no doubt in consequence of this proceeding, but it was not the fault of the prisoner, and he ought not to suffer in con sequence of the neglect of those who prosecuted him. The jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty upon both inquisitions, and the defendant was ordered to be immediately discharged. July 15 _ _ At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. Baron PARKE said that upon a further considera tion of the point of law raised by the Learned Counsel, in the case of the two men Kimptou and Hickton, the Dagenham policemen, he had resolved not to give effect to it by postponing the judgment, but he should pass sentence upon the conviction that had taken place, leav ing it to the prisoners to adopt the course of issuing a writ of error if they thought proper to do so. The prisoners Kimpton and Richton were then again placed at the bar and arraigned upon another indict ment, charging them with conspiring together to defeat the ends of justice by giving false testimony before the coroner at the inquest upon their murdered comrade. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Clark appeared for the Crown, and Mr. Hawkins defended Kimpton. Mr. CLARKSON was about to open the case for the pro secution, when Mr. Baron PARKE interposed, and said he did not see what necessity there was to go into this indictment. If a conviction took place he should not pass any sentence except upon the first indictment, and if no writ of error was brought, or, if brought, the first conviction should be held good, it would be quite unnecessary to proceed with this indictment. _ Some conversation then took place between the Learned Counsel, and upon Mr. Clarkson undertaking not proceed any further with the indictment for con spiracy in the event of the conviction for perjury not being disturbed, the jury were discharged by consent from giving any verdict upon this indictment. At a later period of the day the prisoners were brought up for judgment, and sentenced to pay a fine of l s., to be imprisoned for a week, and then to be transported fur seven years. • This concluded the business of these assizes. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Northampton, July 15. The cause list contained three cases—one being ;:n action for debt, undefended; the second was for an illrgal distress, verdict for the plaintiff with 61. damages; the third was a tithe cause, between University College, Oxford, and the vicar of Towcester; but it was settled without the necessity of swearing a jury, so that the civil business was over by twelve o'clock the first day. In the Criminal Court, Ruth Wells, aged 31, was charged with the wilful murder of her new. born male child, at Abthorpe, in this county. Mr. Flood conducted the prosecution. It was known the prisoner, who is a single woman, was pregnant, and the child, after its delivery, was seen on a chair in the bedroom; she afterwards came down stairs and put it in the privy. .The evidence of the medical men went to show that the child was born and died from suffocation ; but it might have been caused by the bed clothes. The prisoner was found guilty of secreting the birth. Sentence deferred. John C. Kromby, aged 38, was convicted of having tittered a false acceptance for 491. 75., and sentenced to ten years' transportation. Mr. Macaulay prosecuted and Mr. Miller defended. This case closed the business of the assizes. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Bedford, July 15. - CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERsoN.) TEBBS V. BEVAN. Mr. Sergeant Ryles and Mr. Worlledge were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Fitzpatrick ap peared for the defendant. This was an action of trespass, for assault and bat tery, to which the defendant pleaded not guilty. The plaintiff is the landlord of the George Inn, in this town, while the defendant was the head waiter at the Swan Hotel. The case arese from a broil when the de fendant was intoxicated. The jury, after about fifteen minutes' deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintiff, with one shilling da mages. The Learned JUDGE, on being applied to, refused to certify the right of the plaintiff to costs, so that each party pays his own costs. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) DELIBERATE ARSON. William Ellts, aged 20, was indicted for setting fire to a stack of stubble, at Humbershoe, the property of Daniel Gutteridgo. _ _ _ Mr. Worlledg© conducted the case for the prosecution. The prisoner is an unmarried agricultural labourer, and the prosecutor is one of the guardians of the poor for the Luton Union, in which capacity he would seem to have been singled out by the prisoner lib the most proper man on whose property he might commit an act of incendiarism, and so promise to himself the benefits of transportation, together with the trifling accompani ment of food. From the evidence of the witnesses called for the prosecution it appeared that the prisoner had been for some time out of work, and not many days before the fire in question, which occurred on the night of the 15th of May last, he said to a man named Wright that he could not get any work, and they would not have le _ him at the union (where, however, he had nevernami to for relief), and that he must set some , was confiied to the destruction of the stac er k m h get himself transported. On the night of p t i h a , :_ e fi e O r w e, a which ination said pre sent, as many others were, and at its done the trick I to his friend Wright, " Well, I_ r h e av t : old G atteridge's told you of last week ; I se n else." It further appeared that " h e had no work, stack, and if that 'ont do I'll se t a! and that he was nor home, nor mory, nor food, on the railway, failing whi c h eustfirbeefotors s th urn e m fir e e t happened be told another man t going to look for a job him a job some he few days after should On lazily at full h w e h ere. '' the fire, h e was grass. Turning himself, and being • length on the _ was doing there, said, " Nothing ; and a 8 S°llMheSetilineffollin found occasion,l y g in e g t to do. I have been trying a long time alsolcoend getwh a n t he .ng to get a job o , t a h n i , d I can't; and I ain't got a bit of bread,to said the interrogator, " why don't you eat." " Wei], 'list, and go for a soldier?" " Oh," said he, " I'v e heel the shilling offered to me many a day, but I 'ont go a soldiering by no manner of means. I'd rather be trans ported, and so I've Set fire to Dan Glatteridge's etttek.", When called on for his defence, the prisoner said he had nothing to say to the jury, and, as might be ex, pected, they-had nothing to say to him except that he was Guilty. Mr. Justice PAZTESON then proceeded to pass sentence on the prisoner, for whose offence he thought that wait of work did not afford an excuse, as he had been in • formed that there was no lack of it at the time in ques tion in this county. Even if ho had been-out of wort. the union was.. open -to him, biit he had not availed him self of the. relief provided for the poor and needy, con tent rather to do mischief to the property of his neigh- . bour, under the vain delusion that his condition in a . pet colony would be superior to that which be filled 3 in own country. In this he would find he was greastyl- home taken, for the worst condition of an Englishman was preferable to tho life of a convict penal settle meat.as his offence nity of testing the fallacy of his hopes.. for, law was ~ ‘ The prisoner, however, would have ins an opportu nity he should be transported for 15 years. ortu was a monstrous one, the sentence of the . • LIOLAt With, tiit casts terwted the assizes, r .~ 1` ~ ..-........ , tL,........_........ „ .r.r - I CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. 1 Yesterday evening a meeting of the elktors was held iat the White Hart, Bishopsgate-street, to-hear the opi nions .. of the candidates. - Mr. Pattison, Sir, George Lar- - -: pent, and Baron Rothschild attended., The - _.,- tln g ,` numbered above four hundred. - . ;r • • _ ka ~..' Mr. STEVENS took the chair, and int ro d uce d the iii&A.-1 ject of the meeting, by remarking that they had now the opportunity of meeting the candidates face to face, and asking them any questions they pleased. n o was quite sure that the citizens of London would not ' elect a man who was not favourable to civil and religious liberty. Mr. PATTIsort, who was received wjth loud cheers, said that having now had the honour of being their re ' presentative since 1835, with a slight interimption of two years, he was ready and willing to come forward again. He need not detain them with a detail of what be had done. They all knew his votes on every great question. —(Cheers.) There was no individual who read the. newspapers who did not know how he bad voted. He had always appeared betore them as a determined friend of civil and religious liberty. He looked upon the church-rate as an odious tax. Though he was a mens-- ber, as all his family, of the Church of England. he had often declared his opinion, that every man had a right to pray according to his conscience, and that it was un fair that a man who did not agree in belief with the Church should pay for it.—(Applause.) He bad al ways been a friend to free trade.—(Loud cheers.) When he had first appeared as a candidate, they bad rejected a man of high standing in his favour, deter mined as they were to have a man who advocated cheap bread. They had not that now, because it had pleased t t he i their hope Almighty i that or th theye future was founded bad ed in hat vests the p fa la ct use th .) at jitheeyhandad boner e repealed a r t he i e a m c o e r n n t - l a a s w t s h . — e r e ( G p r r e e a s e t n a t p a -- tive of a principle. He should fill up the principle of free-trade in every way. At present th ere was a con siderable schism among the Non - conformists. He would not complain. for he had declared his opinions, and had voted on every occasion for non-endowment of any description, and if any Minister should be hardy or bold enough to propose an endowment of the Catholic clergy, it should have his most determined opposition.—(Greet cheering.) The Roman Catholics did not wish it them selves. He objected to the endowment of any church.— (Cheers.). Having read a letter from a friend of his, a Quaker, on the subject of the election, be proceeded— He entreated them to support:. Lord John Russell — (Cheers)—and his excellent friends Peron Rothschild and Sir George Larpent. Now who were the indivi duals opposed to them ? There was Mr, Masterman. Was he not what they called a Peelite ?—(Laughter.) Then they had Alderman Johnson.—(Laughter.) Be was a straightforward man ; .but ;be (Mr. Pattison) re membered that he was present - at a meetin g when. Alderman, Johnson had called the Reform Bill a dia bolical Bill.--(Greet' laughter.) Now, if he came to Parliament, where were their (the present meeting's) votes?—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Pattison) wanted the origi nal Bill unimpaired. The honourable candidate con cluded by saying that he would support Lord John Rus sell when he could, but that when hp could not he would vote against him.—(Cheers.) Baron ROTHSCHILD said that he was anxious, very anxious, to have the honour of representing the City in Parliament.—(Cheers.) He had explained on every oc• casion that his principles were in favour of free trade, and since its establishment he had observed the benefits derived from it. If elected, he would take care to see that every possible development was given to the system. He was now approaching a more difficult question—the question of endowments. He was for the most perfect liberality in religion as in trade. He should oppose every grant of money for church endowments.—(Great applause.) He did not think that any man ought to be called upon for money for the support of another sect. He was anxious to see education extended as much as possible, but he thought that that education might be extended without any interference on the part of the Government in religious matters. As to the extension of the suffrage, they had no proper representation in Parliament. He was in favour of the suffrage being further extended. He did not say that the Reform Bill was perfect, but he should always be happy to give every facility for extension, and to increase to a certain degree the number of persons entitled to vote. As to religious matters, he came forward to solicit their votes in favour of the cause which he represented.—(Tremendous ap plause.) He came forward to claim their support as a man who was an inhabitant of the same country, and attached to that country—(Cheers)—and it remained to be seen whether be was or was not entitled to all the privileges which the country could afford.—(Loud and general cheering.) Mr. GILPIN, as a conscientious Dissenter, could only have voted for one of the candidates (Mr. Pattison); but he confessed that since bearing Baron Rothschild his views were changed.—(Great cheering.) Sir GEORGE LARPENT said that he had been a friend to civil and religious liberty from the beginning, and then went on to explain his principles, which were in conrormity with the Liberal school. Mr. RICHARDSON expressed his anxiety to know the sentiments of the candidates respecting the, window- tax? Mr. PArrisoN had always voted for the repeal of the window. tax, and had gone up with a deputation on the subject. Baron ROTHSCHILD would agree to alter the law, so as to make it fall less heavily. Sir GEORGE LARPENT said that no man thought less than be did of the window-tax. In answer to another queAiOn, the several candidates expressed opinions favourable to triennial Parliaments. Messrs. BATEMAN and SCOBELL having addressed the meeting, a resolution passed, supporting. .Lord J. Russell and three Liberal candidates. After which, the meeting gave three cheers, and a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was carried by acclamation, and adjourned. DREADFUL EXPLOSION. FEVERSHAM. JULY 15.—A most distressing and alarming accident occurred in the vicinity of Feversham Wednesday. We have received the following details ;row an eye witness:— The Messrs. Hall have for some time been engaged in extensive preparations for the manufacture of gun cotton, in which a number of men, women, and boys were employed. About three minutes past 11 o'cloek on Wednesday a most terrific report alarmed the in habitants, and in less than half a minute a second report, equally loud, occurred. A few seconds more, and the rising of a dense body of smoke convinced those who knew the position of the different departments that it ' was in that part in which the cotton " was prepared for explosive purposes, and from the great number of persons ess off, mpl, l ?e e. d it be was well known that there must much A great number of persons ran instantly to the place, and proceeded to extricate the sufferers. In a short time about twenty persons, more or less injured, were removed, most of them to their homes, and medical attendance ordered. By two o'clock ten lifeless; bodies had been removed—some of them with scarcely a wound, and others sadly mutilated, so much . so as not to be recognised. As it was known that seven or eight more were miss ing. the search was continued, and about: eight o'clock two more bodies were found. The search will of course be resumed this day, though it was feared from the num ber of detached limbs, &c., found that the remainder of the missing are blown to pieces. Same very miraculous escapes occurred. One boy was carried out of the building with only a slight mark on his face; a man was running about in a state of nudity, he being but very little if at all hurt. Mr. W. Hall, one of the partners, was conversing with Mr. Day, one of the superintendents of the factory, on his way to the office, and was but a short distance from the place when the explosion happened. Mr. Monk, the general superintendent of the Messrs. Halls' works was also on his way, and in three or tour minutes Mr. Hall and the other two would have been in the office with Mr. Toppin (another of the superintendents), who is amongst the killed. HEE ..... At ..AJESTY'S THEATEE.—Her Majesty' the Queen Dowager's box was last evening occupied by - the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanric .rde, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, Lsdy Emily de Burgh ai ld party. Amongst the company were the Conde Monte molin and suite, the Duke of Wellington and Mr. - Ar buthnot, his Excellency the Duke de Broglie and suite, his Excellency the Au,trian Ambassador, the Princess Galacovitz, the Count and Countess do Jarnac, the Cyunt the is c Earl ou t n de Bearne, the M archioness of Douro, the Marquis de Villa Franca , the Earl of Bective, the Earl and Countess B ru ce, the Earl of M unster, the Earl of Cardi g an, the o E f a E rl ii o etn f s W e e r s e tm t b o e rel Westmoreland, Countessthe Earl of r o e t m C b l r a o n k:, ill t i i a le m , v, Clifden, the'Viscount and Viscountess Maidstone, M. C. de Koud r iaffsky, Lord - and Lady Bra bazon, L Mr. and L a dy Emma Vesey - , Lady Woodford, L ady Roc, Rose Greville, Lady Mary Wo c rtle Mountgarret, Lord and Lad; sh Craven, Lord William Wortley, Lord and Lady Lennox, Lady Seymour, Lad Campbell, Sir Hesk et h Lady (ray, the Hon. Codrington, Sir John Mr. Arbuthnot, the Hon. e bßmeul.lep,k.l,e Buckley, and rhil.rs ward Codrington and the Mis ses awe Stewart, Sir Ed- Fleetwood, Sir Wil liam Lady Captain Captain Vane,, the lion. Fitzhugh, Mr7A g l e il ß ba7k g e ' , liam and Lady lhaith, Captain Meynell, R.N., Major C A ° l l r .° .;o l s rl i - g a so in n, Lushington, M *Hod gson, Mr. E riaaley Sheridan, Mr. P., the Hon. Julian Vane, Mr. BroadwOod , M.N., Sze. THE NIGHT BALLOON ASCENT AT VAIJMHALL.--:- The announcement that another display of nocturnal aerostatics would take place on the Royal Property !sal night, attracted a throng of visitors, both without the gardens. The upheavings of. the monster were not manifested until nearly tewre expe ctant but-for fully an hour beforehand there r _w ens, along the . crowds- round° the exterior of the_ bridges, d -- duripg the pm. , - banks of the river, end on th,e d,, This completed,. • cess of the performance of a filling .i minutes before tweite, the balloon slipped cable at efiviretihtheileterial f some thousand feet, there and on reaching Cu altitu de P consisting of . and fires of variegatt. co o . The process. bouquets displayed was conducted by means of .a_41.41 - * of firework t ohed to.ihat in which the . voyageur elementary ear 12.t ... t_t_ . themselves were setae . d • They were M was a splendid pyrotechnic ou t p ouring , lurs -r. Gypson, who onthis occasion made his sixty-ninth ascent, this being his second nocturnal one ; Mr. Coxwell, editor of the Aerostatic Magazine; and Mr. Augustus Bernal. Under the influence of a gentle buoyant breeze, the balloon sailed in safety due north. At about 120 feet below the car the fireworks were discharged by means of a slow match with perfect safety, illuminating the huge dome of gas and canvass above with much novelty and effect, and amidst enthusiastic cheering, The aeronauts were up about thirty-five minutes, had a view of the river, heard St. Paul's and other clocks strike twelve, and at length landed in Acton-fields, where some parties came to their assistance, and they made good their arrival at the go.rateil at twelve il*llltea put two ~~11 ;~. a .nJ __~