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.s ~\ ~ y a'_~4_ { PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. Rumours were yery rife about the Houses of Parliament last evening that Parliament wculd not be prorogued till this day week, in consequence of the evident intention of Ministers to pass the Bishopric of Manchester Bill in the present session. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 19. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. Lord BEAUMONT presented 100 petitions against the Government plan of education from several places. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. A Messenger from the Commons brought up se ve r a l Bills, which were read a first time, and ordered to be printed. The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions from Norwich, praying for the alteration of the law of BStt mint. The NOBLE DUKE also presented a petition from Sussex, praying for the repeal of the malt-tax. IRISH DISTRESS. Earl GREY presented a dispatch from the Governor General of Canada, stating that the sum subscribed in the North American colonies, for the distressed Irish, amounted to no less a sum than 33,000/. BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice of his intention to morrow to move an address to the Crown upon the sub.. ject of the business of the session. LEITH HARBOUR BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the third reading of the Leith Harbour Bill, and explained its provisions at con siderable length. He said the object of the Bill was to empowe r the commissioners of the harbour to expend the surplus of their capital on improving the harbour, and to raise, if necessary, 125,0001. by loan, for the same purpose. He, however, had no objection to strike out the clause empowering the commissioners to create additional capital to this amount, as be believed the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Redesdele) objected to the Bill on account of that clause. He could not, however, consent to the re-committal of the Bill. Lord REDESDALE said he was perfectly justified in characterising the Bin as a "job." Why there never was an instance of a Minister of the Crown proceeding with a Bill to its third reading, and then consenting, for the purpose of neutralising opposition, to withdraw the leading clause. The Commissioners sought power to raise far more money than they themselves admitted they required. He moved that the Bill be read a third time this day three months. Bill; Lord BROUGHAM said it was a stupid, jobbing he admitted, however, that he had not read it. Lord CAMPBELL explained, that the Bill merely sought power to borrow 125,000/ ; but the commissioners could not borrow it without the consent of the Commis sioners of the Treasu, which was to be repaid with inte rest. I n f act, the commissioners might raise the money without thi s Bill. The Duk e Bill asa . of RICHMOND also characterised the e ; their The commissioners ought to have paid b een gallurPlit job." s funds i n t o th e E x chequer, but they had not was z Member fo to '. Leith, because the Lord Advocate be e arl G REY considered that the aspersions which had cast upon those who supported the Bill, were not c leditahl e to the House—(Hear, hear)—and he b e li eve d ti t ° the " vagaries" of the Noble and Learned Lord, who admitted that he had not read a line of the Bill, and who treated of general matters instead of the subject be fore the House, did much to bring the proceedings of that louse into contempt with the country.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) But the Bill was breught in by the late Go vernment, and the then Lord Advocate was not the 14ember for Leith, but a gentleman strongly opposed to it on political, as well as other grounds. The reason the Money had not been paid into the Treasury, was because there was a dispute on the matter between the Treasury and the commissioners. The reason his Roble and Learned Friend had consented to withdraw the money clause, was because the commissioners had ! 41 .!? Power without i t , an d b ecause th e d rawer o f t h e fh . til had thought that th e y cou ld no t do so with ou t it.. the thought their Lordships would not reject the Bill on b_F!ogiunds stated against it. The work was one of an nt " of a fterSTa. GERMANS public character. when there opposed the Bill. short discussion, their Lordships divided, aPpeared— For the third reading 26 Against it 2O upThe'douse aj en dorityiv foided r the on third readin —6 M th amendment of Lord aesdale. to the effect that the debt of the Commis -I.T: fl iers to th e T reasury of 228,3 7 4 / . 9s. B d ., b e taken at atl .!;!above amount on Whit-Sunday, 1852, instead of "bit-Sunday of the present year, when the numbers Were—. For the amendment Against it Majority for the amendment... —5 third time and After some verbal amendments, the Bill was read a ic , passed. üBLIC WORKS AND DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. The Marqui s o f LANSDOWNE moved the third leitc ling of this Bill. -After a few observations from the Earl of BOSSE, The Bill was read a third time and passed. Th e the Tr Maruis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table of -.Louse v arious returns. 16 MAYNOO TH COLLEGE. the he E ar l of REDESDALE wished to k now w h en 4 report o f t h e v i s i tors to Maynooth C o ll ege wou ld b e .41 on the table of the House ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought it highly Zsirable that the public should be made acquainted wi h r aanagetnent of the college; but the visitation had _n'Y taken place on the 20th of June, and six weeks LUUSt at least elapse ere the report could be ready for deliv e ry. E HERRING FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee after a short dis etssion. NEW ZEALAND (No. 2) BILL. On the m ot i on o f Earl GREY, t h e N ew Z ea l an d (N o . 2 ) Bill went thrr ugh Committe AM e. ' ° ° l l REMOVAL ACT ENDMENT (No. 2) BILL. thLord CHURCHILL moved the second reading of is Bill. T he object of the Bill was to extend the Peration of the Act of last session to make the settle- Meet of paupers equal with the union. ilititoftxertsonae observations from the Earl of STRAD The Earl of RE DESD ALE expressed himself strongly against the Bill, as estabiishinc , a principle highly ob. Jeer lonab.e ; namely, that of making the poor chargeable 011 the general funds of a union. He thought that a Bill Ou ght, not t o pass without full discussion, and he must, therefore, object to it. he Th e Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to committed to-morrow. COMMONS' INCLOSURE BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be c ommitted. LONDON BRIDGE APPROACHES. The London-bride App roaches (Fund) Bill was read a thi r d t i me and pa ss ed DESTITUTE PERSONS (IRELAND) BILL (No. 3.) This Bill was read a third time and passed. H RATES ILL. This Bill was IGHWAY read a third time an d passed. MI PAY BILL. This Bill wag read LITIA a third time and passed. COPYRIGHT (C )LONIES) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. The Commons amendments to the Masters in Chancery Affidavit Offices Bill were agreed to. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL, This Bill was r ea d a second time, and ordered to be committed. The other Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned shortly after Eight o'clock. 411 ROUSE OF COMMONS. July 19. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Three o'clock. FEVER HOSPITAL. Mr. FORSTER presented a petition against the Fever Hospital Bill. RAJA OF SATTARA. Sir J. HOBROUSE moved for a copy of soma letters and other documents connected with the ex-Raja of Sattara. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. Mr. S. OBRIEN was led to put a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer relative to the Charitable Trusts Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman had on s former occasion stated that the Lord Chancellor had introduced a Bill into the House of Lords for the purpose of regulating charitable trusts, but finding there was co much opposition to the measure proceeding in the present session, that Noble and Learned Lord had thought it his duty to withdraw it. Now What he wanted to know was, whether the Right Hon. Gentleman had any objection to the Bill now being read ft first time, in order that it might be printed, and its provisions considered in the interval between the disso lution of the present and the meeting of a new Par 'lament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Hon. Member had, in some respects, misunder- Stood what he bad stated on a former occasion. The Bill had been introduced in the Lords and printed, and he had a copy of it, which was very much at the service of the Hon. Member. FACTORIES BILL. Mr. TRELAWNY wished to know from the Chan cellor of the Exchequer whether it was his intention to allow the present Parliament to separate without intro ducing a Bill to compensate properly those persons who would work twelve hours a day in factories, which they Were prohibited from doing by the enactments of the Bill that had been passed in the present session. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could 11 9 . 1 f c ,1 out no hope to the Hon. Member of the introductio n of itch a Bill during the present session. LEEDS FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL ESTATE BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were Vnludered an d agree d to : 'nit,: burgh and Northern R a il wa y, S a i n t Andre w ' s an d Newburgh Harbour Branches and Road Crossing s o i kfewport Railway Extension). "gc'w, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway _kowlairs Branch). % V i r aterworks (No. 2). Ber n and Wat erwor k s. il ez l iw iand North-Western Railway (Kenilworth to , Branches and Extensions, &c.) A Wolverhampton Gen era l C eme t r y. icaisTANT SURGEONS IN THE NAVY. TY.A.ELEY inquired whether it was the intention THE of the Admiralty to a ff o rd greater facilities to the as sistant surgeons on board of ship for the purpose of study than they possessed at present. Mr. WARD said the assistant-surgeons had as many facilities for this purpose as the other professional young men on board ship. The Board of Admiralty were of the same opinion, and they did not intend to make any alteration. Mr. WAKLEY said he should feel it his duty next session, when the navy estimates were before the House, to bring the subject under its attention, and to propose that greater facilities should be afforded to them for pursuing their studies alone on board ship. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER BILL. ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the motion for going into Committee, Mr. ESCOTr rose. He thanked the Noble Lord for his courtesy in postponing the debate until to-day. He called upon those who were opposed to the measure not to be daunted because they had been beaten—he called upon them not to shrink from giv;ng the measure all the opposi . :ion in their power. As yet the members of the Govern ment had spoken but sparingly on the subject. Thee had not argued this question at all—whether the fact o' there being a surplus of money for church property justified the creation of another bishopric.—(llear.) He should like to know from the Noble Lord who repre ,ented a part of Yorkshire (Lord Morpeth) what were the sentiments of the people of that county on the , übject. He had not spoken, but he could tell him that not all the blood of the Howard, could cram four new Bishops down the throats of the people.—(Hear, hear.) Now, there was the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Sheffield (Mr. Ward), he should like to know if Sheffield was in favour of the Bill ?-1 - Mr. Ward said that his con stituents had not said one word on the matter.] Thet the lion. Gentleman assumed that silence gave consent. Mr. Ward—" No, no, I have not said a word on the matter."] —(Laughter.) Oh ! then "silence did not give censent !"—(Hear.) But no one more strenuously sup ported the appropriation clause than the lion. Gentle man, and was a greater advocate of the liberties and of the education of the people. He was at a loss to knoe on what ground he supported this Bill, when the fabric tottered with the weight which had been placed upon it already.—(Hear.) But he saw another Hon. Gentleman —(Laughter)—the Hon. and Learned Member for Dun garvon (Mr. Sheil).—(Hear, hear.) He wished to know his sentiments.—(Hear.) The Hon. Gentleman had been borne down this session by the encumbrance of his office as Master of the Mint.—(Hear, hear.) There was a time when his time and his talents were devoted to the promotion and protection of the liberties of the people.—(Hear, hear.) He should like to know from him if Ireland was in favour of the Bill. — (Hear, hear.) But he saw another Hon. Gentleman—a Member of the Government—the Right Hon. Member for Edinburgh—(Hear, and laughter, caused by the Right Honourable Gentleman sitting forward ' and taking off his hat.) He came to the Right Honourable Gentleman, and he would ask him if Edinburgh—if Scotland was in favour of the creation of four new bishops. He had read the able essays of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and he had read and heard the speeches ,he had made in Par liament, but he recollected nothing in either which would justify him in supporting this Bill. He called upon him to state the grounds on which be supported it. He would address himself to another member of the Gov ernmen t, th e Att orney -G enera l ; h e wished to ask him whether it was constitutional, whether it was respectful to express the sentiments of the Sovereign in the preamble of this Bill. But if he wanted an argument in favour of the opposition to the Bill, he might refer to the Weekly Chronicle, an able and intelligent journal, of which the Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Sheffield, was the proprietor. He was happy to turn from the Members of the Govern ment, who supported the Bill, to the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Dorchester (Sir J. Graham), who was opposed to it. But where was the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamwortb (Sir R. Peel)? Why was he not in his place to state his views and those of his constituents on the Bill? Surely he would be better doing this than addressing pamphlets to his constituents. He was at a loss to understand how the Noble Lord the Member for Shropshire (Lord Clive) could support the Bill. Certainly, under such circumstances, Earl Powis ought to be Chancellor of the University of Cambridge instead of Prince Albert He was anxious also to hear the Hon. Gentleman the Recorder of London (Mr. Law) state his reasons for supporting the Bill. But he wished to address himself also to those who aspired to be leaders of the Country Party, though he might mention in passing that the country did not support them.—(Hear.) Where was the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn (Lord G. Ben tinck) ?—(Hear.) He called upon him to state his rea sons. Did the Bentincks come from the "Low countries" for the put pose of supporting four new bishops ? Was it for the purpose of creating four " Brummagem mitres," as the successors of land, that his ancestor came over with William?—(Hear, hear.) But where was the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Shrewsbury (Mr. Disraeli)?—(Hear, hear.) He was busily engaged ad dressing the farmers of Buckinghamshire—he was riding on John Hampden's sacidle through that county; but he wanted to know from him how his support of the Bill was consistent with popular principles?—(Hear.) Would some friend of his tell him how the creation of tour new bishops was consistent with liberal principles? fie would tell the House and the public why they did not rise in their places and defend their votes. They knew that division lists were not much looked it in the country.—(Hear, hear.) They knew that they were not printed in country newspapers. The expense of these new bishops would have to be paid by the hard-working clergy of the Church, and he there fore denounced the measure as unjust and uncalled for. Let the House remember the objections that were once raised against putting the Church into commission, and bear in mind the manner in which those objections were overcome. The leaders of the popular party were told by the then Government that the measure was proposed by them for the benefiting of the working clergy, and upon that understanding, and through the aid of those arguments, the measure was allowed to pass. Had that understanding been carried out? Did this measure carry it out ? No such thing; and again he denounced it as an act of in justice towards the people, and an act of breach of faith towards that House.—(Hear, hear.) Suppose the estates of some of the aristocracy of the country had been put in commission for the purpose of raising a fund for relieving the wants of the poor, and when a surplus fund had been raised by that means, it was pro posed to devote them to the support of addi tional Lords of the Treasury, what would have been said of such conduct ? Could it have been denounced in language too strong or too severe ? And yet that was just the case here ; and, considering that a majority of the whole House had never expressed any opinion upon this Bill, he felt it to be his duty to persevere in the opposition that had been raised against it.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord might prorogue on Thursday, but on Thursday he should not pass this Bill.—(Hear.) He concluded, by moving as an amendment, that the other orders of the day be now read. Sir WILLIAM MOLES WORTH seconded the amendment. Mr. AGLIONBY wished to allude to a point which had been touched upon in the course of this de bate. The Bishops of London and St.. Asaph stated, before the Commissioners appointed by th a t H ouse t o inquire into this subject, that it was highly advantageous to keep up the distinction between the episcopal and ecclesiastical funds, because the Church wanted provi sion for more bishops. He thought thatevidence bore upon the present question, and he hoped the House would not lose sight of it in deciding this Bill. The Bishop of St. Asaph's opinion was, that if more bishops were created they would be enabled to induce the laity to subscribe towards a charitable fund for increasing the number of poor working clergy.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. lIUME said if the spirit and feeling of the Bishop of London were to be taken as the spirit and feeling of the bishops generally, he did fear there was no hope for improving the poor working clergy of this country. But if they were to create these new bishops, or to establish colonial bishops, why did they not give St. Andrew's, Edinburgh, and Glasgow bishops ?—(Hear, hear.) He regretted that the Noble Lord had not come down to the House stating that he was prepared entirely to withdraw, or at least to post iabpagenosnatnienob tssrhte. breath, tteh q h , u ef o e al s tcn t i oid o tn n tthinne t h i u l sea l hn hisote h ue e next session of Parliament, boundenshould, therefore, this d ß u i t t resisto r(oHn gealyrp t hr o oe the aterß. ; lie implored the Noble L or d f or his own . ll " sake to post pone th e Bill t ill another session. Then, if they still saw it necessary t o press i t, let them bring it forward in the beginning of the session, so that the m easure wou ld at least have the b ene fi t of , a full consideration. He was anxious that the opinion of the country should be taken upon this subject; moderation would be the better means o sh f e th el a e t rg p y ow wehr ot preserving his wnpower, than by an arbitrary exercise the opinions and pushs:rishotoreall a Bill through Parliament against few werye es of the people. Of the mass of proposed to add to t e h l attendedd to the religious wants of tnowhe people,prop adequately paid ; and yet it was bishops —to add to those whoenumber of luxuriously paid were now rolling in their carriages in the midst of ya (greased and starving popu protest against pro lation. He did on ev,erhenausuentdh "Ilear hear,,, , Ivere now wasting from the Opposi tion.) with this Bill the time' ofati;;etrouse to prevent the ton. time l of wasft he wasting House.—( antei introduction h of trusted that a greater waste. He considered that this Bill was a breach of public faith the Bill would be sent to join so man'y of th e e had been brought in this session. —(Laught er ) 1111 which Lord J. RUSSELL could not but think, after hearing the speech of the Hon. Member who had just sat down, that the present opposition arose from a misappreh ens i on ' of the question. The Hon. Member seemed to represent that the ecclesiastical measures generally introduced by her Majesty's Government had for their object the in crease of the resources of the hierarchy, while they, depressed those who had more immediately the cure of souls, But he would remind the Honourable Member that when this Commission was appointed many of the higher clergy held pluralities and other means of emolument, which did not now exist. The Commission applied its attention to this state of things. incomes of applied themselves in the first place to the of the bishops, and it appeared to them that the fact that the bishops held many amounts for the purpose of eking out their salaries was a considerable abuse, and they thought that by reducing the salaries of the better paid bishops, so as to equalise the emoluments of the different diocesans, without trenching on other funds, it appeared to them that by this mode of equalisation the , efficiency of the Church might be greatly increased ; and in this way the emoluments of the bishopric of Durham had been reduced from 22,0001. to 8,0001. Then they thought that the number of deans and canons might be greatly reduced, and by such means they found au amount per annum of 134,000 L, but owing to the better management of property, this amount was in creased to 300,000/. Now, to what purpose was this sow to be applied? It was to be devoted to SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY the augmentation of the cure of souls, as far as these might be seen necessary, due consideration being always had to the wants and wishes of the different districts. How, then, were the expressions of Hon. Gentlemen justified? Here it appeared that the Government, by diminishing the superfluous dignities of the Church, and by abrogating the patronage of the Crown and of the bishops, had a sum of 300,0001. per annum, a portion of which they wished now to devote to the extension of the English bishoprics. He did not wish to argue again the whole merits of the question; it was sufficient for him to say that the pre sent was to be view e d in the light of one of a series of measures, and looking to the reforms which had been already obtained by the abolition of pluralities, the more effectual provision for the cur• of souls, and many other reforms, he really thought that if a case could be made out for the establishment of a new bishopric, it would not be right to prevent the Church from the exercise of that power which belonged to all dissentients, whether civil, ecclesiastical, or political, viz., an extension of the means of government of such bodies. He thought that it was an essential part of the plan which he had hinted at that there should be an increase of the number of bishops beyond that of Manchester. He was fully per suaded of the correctness of that opinion, and he did not purpose to take one single farthing from the taxation of the country, or to in -rease the power of the Church by giving those new bishops seats in the other House of Parliament. In that opinion he was fortified by the opinion of the Right Rev. Prelates, who formed part of the Commission. The whole bench of bishops were quite satisfied with the arrangements, that there should be a creation of new bishops who should not have seats in the Upper House. -le trusted, therefore, that the House would not refuse to go into Committee this evening on the Bill, especially as he had given up the sitting of the House on Saturday on the express condition that the House should go into Committee to-day for the purpose of hearing the objec tions of the Hon. Member for Manchester, and those )f the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Dorchester, in opposition to the details of the Bill. Sir W. MOLES WORTH thought that the whole of the argument of the Noble Lord might be summed up in one sentence, viz., " that we have hith erto d one some amount of good, and i t is right, therefore, that we should now do a little evil." He did not think that such was an argument fitted to be used in favour of a measure for the creation of a new bishop. He thought ,hat it ought to be clearly established to the satisfaction of the House that there was a necessity for a new bishop before the Bill was allowed to pass into law. So far from inch a case having been made out, there had been twenty speakers on his side of the House upon the Bill, and of that number seventeen had spoken against the ' Bill. No pressing emergency had been brought forward by the Noble Lord, or by any other speaker, for pushing this measure forward with so much haste. The Noble Lord said that the commission had recommended the creation of a new bishop of Manchester upon the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor ; be (Sir W. Molesworth) (hoaght that there might be probably something in that, and let the Noble Lord bring in a measure to carry that recommendation ; but there certainly could not be any reason for pressing forward a measure of this nature, especially when the Noble Lord had said that this was only a portion of a great and comprehensive measure on the subject. He thought that the better course would be to postpone the Bill till next session, when a full opportunity would be given tor the consideration and discussion of the whole bear ings of the question; and he for one would promirl Nhen such a measure was brought forward, to give it his best and most attentive consideration. Mr. TRELAWNY said that he would dividm upon every stage of the Bill; but he would not be a party to any factious opposition. MESSAGES FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords appeared at the bar, and demanded a conference with the Commons. Lord J. RUSSELL with several other Members then retired, and after the lapse of ten minutes returned and intimated to the House, that at the conference just held they had agreed to receive messages from the Lords, in future, by one Master in Chancery instead of two, as at present. Lord J. RUSSELL explained. Mr. COLLETT continued to think the measure un just and objectionable in every respect, and he was de termined to resist it in all its stages. (The Hon. Gen tleman proceeded to read several letters expressive of the hostility of the writers to the creation of any new bishoprics, which excited much laughter.) Mr. WYNNE thought it was not in accordance with the rules of the House that any Gentleman should read any doccument without the permission of the House. Mr. HUME said that this was done every day by Members of the Government as well as by other Mem bers of the House. The SPEAKER did not think the Hon. Member was out of order. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE hoped the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Winchester would not proceed further with his amendment, as he could not give it his support, being bound by the arrangement he had made with the Go- vernmeta on Friday last, not to give any further opposi tion to the House going into Committee on this Bill. Mr. B. OSBORNE concurred with the Hon. Gentle man the Member for Finsbury, that after what took place on Friday night, he could not support the amend. went of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Winchester, and he hoped the Hon. Member would withdraw it. Mr. B. ESCOTT said, that after what had fallen from the Hon. Member who had just spoken, he would not press his amendment to a division. The amendment was then by leave withdrawn. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. Mr. M. PHILIPS said a deputation of his consti tuents had with him waited upon the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, urging him not to allow this Bill to pass in its present form, and he took that opportunity of requesting of her Majesty's Government, that when they came to legislate again upon this sub ject, their views and statements should not be lost sight of. There could be no doubt that Manchester was greatly in want of spiritual education ; but he did not think this Bill was calculated to supply the defi ciency. He must therefore move a verbal amendment to the preamble of the Bill, to prevent certain parochial funds in Mancheger being appropriated to the purposes of this Bill. Mr. CHOLMONDELEY regretted that this measure had been hitherto discussed in so intemperate a tone ; but he hoped now, that they had ~,crot into Com m itt ee on the Bill, the merits and details of the measure would be discussed with more temper and decorum, and with less reference to party feeling or sectarian differ ences of opinion. For his own part he most. strongly supported this measure. At present Manchester was within the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Chester, but that distinguished prelate had so much to do in other parts of his diocese that he could not devote that attention to Manchester which its wants and importance demanded. But under existing circumstances, considering the paucity of the funds attached to a new diocese, he thought it would be much better both for the bishop himself as well as the diocese, that the bishop should not for the present be put to the expense of sustaining the expensive dignity of a seat in the House of Lords. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it would be much bet ter, notwithstanding what had been said by the de putation of the Honourable Gentleman the Member tor Manchester, to leave the parochial funds embraced by the amendment to be dealt with by future legislation. Mr. HUME did not believe that the necessities or wants of Manchester required the establishment of a new bishopric. Manchester was within the diocese of the Bishop of Chester, and all the services the people required of a bishop could be easily performed by that Right Rev. Prelate, if the number of poor district work ing clergy were augmented.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. H. WALKER said it was his intention to give his consent to the passing of the Bill. Mr. HORSMAN supported the amendment. He did not object to the creation of a Bishop of Manchester, but as it had already been settled that a bishopric of Manchester should not be created till the union of the Sees of Bangor and St. Asaph took place, he did net think it right to proceed with this Bill till that event oc curred.—(Hear, hear.) An Hort. MEMBER said he had no doubt that the work ing clergy were of great service to the Church, but it was necessary that some supervision should be placed over so large a body of them as were engaged in admi nistering spiritual relief in the large and important dis trict of Manchester.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY, Mr. PENNANT said he represented a portion of this new diocese of Manchester, and he could state that the clergy of the district which he represented were strongly in favour of this measure.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. Hume, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Cholmondeley, Mr. Collett, and Mr. M. Philips, Sir W. MOLESWORTH thought that there were two questions to be considered, first, whether an in crease of bishons were really necessary; and secondly, whether it would or would not be more advisable if, instead of creating those bishops, an increase were to be made in the amount of the incomes of the working clergy of the country. Ha did not think that a case of necessity had been made for the creation of a new bishop. It had been stated by the Noble Lord that the necessity had been established eleven years since. He denied that such was the case; it had been proved by the commission, which then inquired into the subject, that in some cases there was not enough for the bishops to do, and in other cases there was too much, and it was resolved to unite the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, to divide the see of Chester, and to create a new Bishop of Manchester. But he wo u ld as k the Noble Lord why in the present sheae, have avoided Ch e s Chester , inflictingw hic h bishop, the h °epee b o r i o . u s g t h . t A in sit a ph ia p eas T ur h e e t o G o a v d e d r n a m e p n o t r t w i o o n u d o f h the s instancel s he had not, instead of proposin g t o ma k e a new owonasdthcoen p s i e d o e p r i e e d f a s E t n o g o l a n l a d r g a e n , into jury s uc h as was proposed Noble Lo r d h ad gone seby the pr esen t Bill . Th e further, and said that it wa s hi s intention t o propose to the county of C create a Bishop of B o d m i n f or ornwall. But he having sat for the county of Cornwall in one Parliament might claim to have some knowledge Of the feelings he felt quite convin ce d if there were of th a t county, and for Cornwall in the H ouse that he wouldany Hon. M em b er not dare to rise up in his place and thank the Government for the appointment of a Bishop o f Cornwall. would be the cost of a Bi s h o p of Cornwall ? I Now, what It would no doubt be equal to if not more than 4,0001. per Now, this sum would be sufficient t o ra i se theper annum. Now, this sum would be Sufficient to raise the m incomes of all the clergy in Cornwall to t h e amount 100/. per annum. Sir G. GREY said that as the proposition for a bishop of the county of Cornwall was not yet before the House, it would not be thought necessary for him to follow the Honourable Baronet who had just sat down in his argu ments upon that point. With respect t o th e necessity of the appointment of a bishop for Manchester, he thought a clear case had been made out for such appointment by the fact of the great increase of the population of the see of Chester, end not merely of general population, MORNING, JULY 20, 1847. but of members of the Church of England, and the vast increase which had taken place in the number of the places of worship and of the working clergy. Dr. NICHOLLS said that some very exaggerated statements had been made in the course of the debate with respect to the expenditure on the palace of the Bishop of Ripon, the one advanced by the Election Com missioners had been only about 1,200/. instead of 54,0001. as stated by Hon. Members. Mr. B. ESCOTT complained that the real question at issue in this case, had not been adverted to by the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which was, whether an increase of the po pulation required a corresponding increase of the number of bishops? Mr. HUME said that he had repeated again and again, and would repeat again and again, till he had obtained an answer to his objection, that this measure was a flagrant breach of compact. Lord J. RUSSELL denied that this was a breach of compact. A settlement had been made some years since on the subject, but there was nothing in that settlement to prevent the Government at any future time from propos iug a measure similar to the present. After a few words from Mr. HOUSMAN and Mr. COLLETT, strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment l4 Against it Majority —72 The amendment was consequently lost. Mr. V. SMITH then moved the following amend - ment:—That in page 4, line 2, of the preamble, thi , words " so soon as conveniently might be, three other additional bishoprics," should be omitted. What. he would ask, would be the case in a future Parliament, if these words were allowed to remain part of the preamble? Why, that these new bishoprics would be appointed ; and, according to the views of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Dorchester, the bishops at present ap pointed were not sufficiently occupied. Sir J. GRAHAM—Not overburdened with labour. Mr V. SMITH—WeII, that being •he case, he thought there were other points which should occupy their at tention before they proceeded to increase the number of the Episcopal body, such as giving the bishops addi tional powers over the clergy. Ile was also of opinion that the House should be influenced by the recommen dations of the Ecclesiastical Commission. That Com mission was of opinion that the spiritual destitution of the people was to be removed by an increase in the number of chapels, and of the parochial clergy. And he (Mr. V. Smith) was at a loss to know how this re commendation would be carried out by an increase of three in the number of the Episcopal body. After quoting the evidence of the Bishop of London, in favour of this view, he proceeded to say that the Noble Lord had acted wrong in acceding to the suggestion of the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Dorchester, in not postponing the preamble, and also contrary to pre cedent. In his opinion it would give rise to a discussion upon the preamble on every clause. After a few words from Lord CLIVE, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that his object in in serting these words was, that the course of the Govern ment might be generally known ; but as they were not intended to pledge any future Parliament, he thought the words might be as well omitted.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Sir R. INGLIS, Mr. AGLIONBY thought that the cause of not post poning the preamble was neither inexpedient nor in convenient. Mr. WYNN thought the alteration consented to by the Noble r 3 ord, was a judicious one, and he trusted the House would proceed with the consideration of the clauses, and any further alterations in the preamble might be made afterwards. Sir J. GRAHAM was of opinion that, generally speaking, it was judicious to postpone the preamble ; but with regard to the present Bill, he thought that the course was not convenient, and the turn which the debate had taken, confirmed him in that opinion. of Manchest er . A s i t was, h e . 6 forthwith" s h ou ld b e om i tte d , Mr. HUME regretted th at as the Noble Lord had consented to throw out t hree parts of the Bill, he did not also consent to thr ow out the remaining portion, n th a o m u e g l h y t , t t h h e at ß th is e h w op o r r i d c and the words " till such time as the two sees should be united," substituted. Mr. M. PHILIPS had intended to offer this opposi tion, but was not certain that this was the proper time to do so. Mr. ROEBUCK said that alth ough the recommenda searwe read. fi tobject to tions of the Commissione rs were mere matters of recital, and might be objected to b y a cl ause at the end, yet, as discussion w iscussion should be the speediest way of set tlin g the question, he thought eachthat mr f . Hon.oijthA t he r eco m mendations T thMembersougbsthotuhl that t, as if t h h te the e taken when the whole question came to be discussed on the after part of the Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK said that the Noble Lord could no longer depend upon any one of the recommendations of the commission, for by throwing out so much of the recital he had altered in a very material degree the character of the recommendations. Sir G. GREY said that the Bill would have been complete even without the introduction of these, and, therefore, the objection of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath was of no force. After some conversation, the portion of the preamble under consideration was agreed to. The remaining portion of the preamble was then read and agreed to. On clause 1 being proposed, The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved that the fol. lowing words be inserted—" And also any order of her Majesty in Council relating to the said union (of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph) and of the new see of Man chester." Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that as it was his inten• tion to raise the question on the second clause, he should not then offer any opposition. After a few words from Mr. HumE and Mr. B. OSBORNE, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL read the order in Council of 1839 relating to this subject, and commented upon it. The amendment was afterwards agreed to. Some conversation of rather a technical character arose between the Legal Gentlemen on both sides of the House, respecting the rem aining portion of the clause, which was terminated by Mr. HUME, who said it was perfectl% absurd to see so much uncertainty upon a clause which ought to be framed in the clearest manner. In order to get rid of the difficulty, he should object to the clause altogether. The Hon. - Member then moved that the clause be omitted. Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when there appeared — For the clause l2B The Aclaguasines w as it . . ... . ... then ag . r .. e . e . d ... t 2 5 Majority On clause 3 being proposed, Lord SEYMOUR moved as an amendment that the words" Durham and Winchester" be left out. After a few words from Lord CLIVE, The amendment was negatived. Mr. STUART WORTLEY moved that the clause be altogether omitted. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL defended the retell- o fo n r w t b a e r d c t b h u i r s e ß b ill a nd a and e b tion of the clause. by o it u n w t s y Mr. LAW objected t o t h e c lause, as being unconsti tutional. He hoped th e N o bl e Lord who had b rou g ht in his gift, but make it wor thy o f their acceptance. Lord CLIVE abwoouutldtoncootnbfeernaigbgeanrdefilyt asked every M e mber who felt an inte rest in the spiritual welfare of the community, to support the Government on this Bill, as by doing so they would have four bishops instead of one. Mr. NEWDEGATE objected to the clause. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the Bill had passed the House of Lords, where there were bishops to object if the Church was likely to suffer by the exclusion of this bishop from the House, and as they hadcti agre eould d to it he did not see that any reasonable objection cbe made to it, for no one could doubt that they were, at least, competent to give an opinion on the matter. Sir T. D. ACLAND thought the creation of a new bishopric would be attended with many serious imprac ticabilities. However he would accept it as a sort of instalment of that which they ought long ago to have had. Mr. ROEBUCK objected to the clause. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL thought that it would be the , best thing that could be done to meet the spiritual exigencies of this country to create the new bishopric, but he did not see how the spi ritual exigencies of the community would be met by giving the proposed bishop a seat in the House of Lords. He thought that giving it to him would be mo re likely to distract his attention from the care of his flock. Mr. AGLIONBY supped the retention of the clause. The House then divided, and there appeared— For the clause ......... lll Against it 57 Majority Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that as the t wo nex t clauses stood upon th e same grounds, he thought th e y might as well be disposed of at once. The third and fourth clauses were struck out. The fifth clause was withdrawn. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and the report was ordered to be brought up this day Tuesday. ) THE LORDS' AME NDNIENTS TO THE POOR LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL moved the adoption of these amendments. Mr. WAKLEY moved the adjournment of the de bate. su rprised wa s that th e G overnment Mr. ETWALL so readily gave up this clause; he begged to negative the motion of the Nole Lord. Sir G. GREY. b said it w , as ould be bett er t o l eave i t to the discretion of t he board of guardians, h to te ex clusion of strangers from their meetings. Mr. WAKLEY thought it would b e b etter to ex punge both clau ses, and th en .0 upon an agreement with the Lords, one o f them mi ght be retained and the other expunged. Mr. BROTHERTON had acted as a guardian, an d he was aware of the objection that the poor entertain ed to exposing their affairs to the rate-payers , and I if it was for that alone he wiiuld vote against it. Captain PECHELL said that if the press and pub lic such were admitted, the re would be no more scenes enacted as had taken place at Andover. Mr. P. BORTHWICK was utterly inaudible in the gallery. After a few words from Mr. ETWALL, The House divided, and there appeared-- 89 For t h e motion Against it l9 M .jority 7O The Lords' amendments to the Irish Poor-law Admi nistration Bill wore agreed to. Polling Places (Ireland) Bill, Lords' amendments,were agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock, Three this day (Tuesday). ST. LUCIA. SUSPENSION OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND SECOND PUISNE JUDGE OF ST. LUCIA. By an arrival from St. Lucia, on Thursday, we have received a file of the Palladium, of the 24th ultimo. This paper contains the official notification of the sus pension of Chief Justice Reddie, and of Mr. Leuger, the Second Puisne Judge of the Royal Court. The notice of the Chief Justice's suspension is in the fol lowing words:— Chief Justice Reddie, Judge of the Royal Court of this island, having been charged by Colonel Torrens, whilst in the administration of the government of St. Lucia, with the authorship of two letters, signed " The Shade of Polycarp," published in the Inde pendent Press newspaper, and which are libels upon the Lord Bishop of the diocese, and the Chief Justice having been called upon to make his defenee in writing, has not satisfactorily disprorcd the above charge, nor exculpated himself from having had any co nexion with the paper in question. Ili, Excellency the Governor-in-Chief does, therefore, and in consequence of instructions from her Majesty's Go vernment, suspend him from the office of Chief Justice of the Island of St. Lucia, until her Majesty's further pleasure be known. Mr. Leuger's suspension is given as folllows :- 1 Mr. Leuger, Second Puisne Judge, having been charged by Colonel Torrens, with the authorship of a series 0• shamefully scurrilous French articles, which appeared in The Independent Press newspaper of this Island, and Mr. Leuger, having refused to deny the charge or to exculpate himself; his Excellency the Governor-in- Chief, in consequence of instructions from her Ma jesty's Government, has suspended him from his office of Second Puisne Judge of the Royal Court of St. Lucia, until her Majesty's further pleasure be known. Both these individuals embarked for England on Tuesday morning, per Eagle, proceeding to St. Thomas. It is remarkable that Mr. Reddie has been suspended for his " Polycarp" libels against the Bishop, and (as may be seen by the Martinique Almanac), he left St. Lucia on the festival of St. Polycarp, the 27th April! The Solicitor-General, the Hon. Louis Lacaze, has been named in the place of Judge Reddie, until her Majesty's pleasure be known. The situation was offered, we understand, to Mr. Hanley, but he declined, preferring to await the chance of being permanently named from home, rather than risk the humiliation of possibly only holding the office for two months provisionally. The — Governor-General left Si. Lucia on Saturday night, at ten o'clock. The island was enjoying beautiful crop weather, and every one seemed to breathe a new air now that the great Rhadamanthus is gonel—Grenada Chronicle, May 1. (From the Independent Press.) Government Office, May 27, 1847. J. G. Porter Atthill, Esq., Attorney-General of this Island, having been charged by Colonel Torrens, whilst administering the government, with being concerned in libelling the Government through the medium of the Independent Press newspaper ; and having been called upon, and had one month to exculpate himself, and having failed to do so, his Excellency the Governor-in Chief, in conformity to instructions from her Majesty's Government, does therefore suspend him from the office ..f Attorney-General until her Majesty's further pleasure be known. His Excellency the Governor has further directed tha the following extract and dispatch from the Secretary o State be made public. By command, W. HANLEY, Colonial Secretary. NIGHT BALLOON ASCENTS AT VAUXHALL GARDENS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have been a little surprised to find that wkni,t the denunciations against the night balloon exhibitions at Vauxhall-gardens have been dealt out with emphatic and unmerciful energy, yet that little labour has been ' bestowed in endeavouring to convince the understanding by adducing facts in corroboration of positive statements and weighty charges. The case to my own mind seein ing simply to resolve itself into this—that a balloon in the air, as well as several moving mortals and inanimate things, became injured during a storm of thunder and lightning on Tuesday week last. The disaster, which happened between heaven and earth, seems so horrible to contemplate, that one is apt to tremble at the thought, and to be loud in outcry against the repetition of the hazard ; but since this misfortune is pretty well unpre cedented and remarkable, few mishaps can be brought fo . rward to sh‘i w t h e danger of a voyage in the air at night. As well, I humbly presume, might we attempt to demonstrate that it is "p, rilous foolery" to walk, ride, or sit still, beca use persons, in one or all of thes.: positions, have been struck with lightning, or subjected in consequence to a narrow escape. Now, Sir, I did expect that as one of ou r b ret h ren i n arms had turnvil Queen's evidence and admitted his folly (though, by the way, he styled himself originally more or less acquainted with the principles of aerostation), that we should have seen specified something like a few solid reasons and interesting statistics to clear up the matter in the esti [nation of the scientific world without the shadow of a doubt. But this, Sir, I believe to be impossible, for, although a vast number of night ascents with fireworks have been made during the past forty years, few acci dents have attended them, and certainly not more than one or two of a fatal character. Feeling convinced of the safety of a night ascent made under fair and favourable circumstances, I promised, i n the presence of several gentlemen of the press at Vaux hall, that I would accompany Mr. Gypson again, and join in the honour of disproving the correctness of a host of ungenerous insinuations which have been pro pagated. Accordingly we appeared on the Waterloo ground before an immense assemblage of distinguished visitors, practical philosophers, and eminent men, on Thursday evening last. And, Sir, with pride do I say it, we ascended majestically, amidst a roar of hearty cheers, displaying the fireworks with safety and satis faction, and finally returned to the delight of every per son in the Royal property, without a scratch, a bruise, or the least casualty. As one fact is worth a thousand arguments or three volumes of predictions, I hope you will give these hasty remarks publicity, for they record an aeronautic achievement that was performed coolly and successfully when some portion of the press had not ceased to thunder its censures, and when thousands in consequence expected to hear of a fatal termination to a pleasing sight. —I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, HENRY COXWELL. STRIKE AT THE COTTON MILLS. The larger portion of the works of the Hull Flax and Cotton Company are stopped, and have been so since Monday week, owing to a strike of the hands. The fol lowing is a copy of the placard distributed by the fan tory people OR Wednesday :—" Strike of the Strippers, Grinders, and Scutching men of the Hull Cotton Mills. Apppeal to the Public.—The above strike took place on Monday last, July sth, 1847, on account of our wages tieing reduced from I Is, a week to 10s. Id. which, from the great price of provisions, &e., it is impossible to exist upon, we are therefore compelled to appeal to a ge nerous public to assist us in endeavouring to repress op pression and maintain our rights.—Hull, July 6th, 1847."—This strike is the first which has taken place since the opening of these works, and is attributable to the following circumstances:—On Thursday, the Ist instant, the inspector of factories in this district caused to be delivered to the manager of the company's mills a copy of the new Act of Parliament for regulating the hours of labour in factories, prohibiting the employment of the operatives more than eleven hours per day. Ac companying the Act was a circular calling the attention of the proprietors and managers of the mills to its pro visions. Notice was immediately given to all the work people, who were at the same time informed that a re duction would be made in the wages of those working by time, proportioned to the decreased period of labour. Their answer was that they would require the same wages as before, to which the manager replied that it would not be given ; and that they might take a week to consider the subject. The whole of the time-hands stood out ; and their absence from the works compelled ' the cessation from labour of some others whose opera tions depended upon those of the time-hands. The total number of unemployed were thus about 1,500. In some other departments of labour in which the parties are paid by piece, the operations are being continued as before. In Hull the reduction is in exact proportion to the reduction of time, viz., one in 12, or 8/ per cent. The Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Company have informed their operatives that they have resolved to bear part of the loss with them, that is to say—the loss of interest, consequent upon the unemployment of their capital dur ing one twelfth part of the time which it has hitherto been worked, or equal to one month in every year.— Hull Advertiser. PROTEST AGAINST THE POOR- S 14 ~~ 4 :31PORTANT• DECISION TO 0mm131.7 xthtus. oe-cou n r i t, t but e , atthe ilimaalpomratanr7eithto the 17°11 deeOisni‘.nSaotufrday, considerable 1 riding public, w as come to b y Mr. W. Beaelon th°Ea magistrate. The qu es ti on was mooted at the hearing aittin l 1 .Robert P a summons under th e M e t ropo li tan Carriage Act r ( a 6 n o d 7 Victoria, cap. 86), against H enry Ti ley, a conductor i the employ of the Hammersmith Convey ance Core any.n for refusing to admit into his omnibus Mr. Cogan, for whom there was then room, and te.• whose admission no reasonable objection was made. stopped the omnibu s o f which occasion to go to town Mr. Cogan stated that aeout eight o'clocf; on the onimportant morning ot• th business,e Bth ins t h ., e h s a t v o i p n the defendant was the conductor, at the Broadway, Ham mersmith, and on his attempting to get in th o defendant shut the door, saying he had other passeng ere to take up, and would not let complainant into the omnibus, although there was room for four persons, it not foi six. The defendant, in answer to the charge, admitted hay. ing done so, and stated that his omnibus leaves Turn. ham green :.t a quarter to eight o'cloek; that on starting he has eleven inside and four outside passengers booked daily, and therefore he had only two places for chalice passengers. On the day in question he had already taken two chance pue . eneers in at Black Lion lane, and therefore could not take in the complainant, the remain. ing vacant places belonging to gentlemen whom he had still to take up, and who paid for their places, whether they went or not. To prove that fact he called s d o e u p t o i s t e i d th t e ha o t ni be ni b b a u d s f !n or q t u h e e st l i a o s n t , t v li vi r t e e e th ) e , e r ar h e e p Mr. C ec il, o f S r. George ' s-terrace, Kensington, who ing he sh with t l d o p r a n y o t i!, ,r a n h d i s th p a l a t e i e f . he H was a i l l s l o t p h r e o n v e e x d t thatm ut; a tr i( a l v i e .o l r led a daily • his personal knowledge there were mu entlemen who made a practi ce o f d oing the same. aYg Mr. Beadon said, the words of the Act of Parliament touerang the question, were part of the 33d section, viz., " who shall refuse to ad m i t an d carry, at the lawful fare, any passenger, for whom there is room, and to whose admission no reasonable objection is made." Mr. Cogan contended that the objection meant by the statute was a personal one, such as a drunken man or other objectionable individual hailing an omnibus in its progress along the road. His only object in taking out the summons was the public benefit, in order that the question at issue might be decid , d. Mr. Beadon said it was for him to decide whether or not the objection made by the defendant to the admission of the complainant into his omnibus was a reasonable objection within the weaning of the Act of Parliament. A public conveyance of the kind of which the defendant was the conductor, was, in his opinion, of the nature of a stage coach, and the rule laid down with stage coaches was, that when a passenger paid his fare, or even a deposit, the proprietors have the right to keep the place open the whole of the way, or if they let it, to provides, some other conveyance for the passenger. He consi dered, therefore, that an omnibus was a public convey ance for the benefit of the inhabitants along the road which it travelled, and if any number of them contracted to pay whether they went or not, the proprietors had the right to keep the places for them. The statement of that fact to a person wishing to enter as a passenger was, therefore, a reasonable objection to their admission, and consequently the summons must be dismissed. Mr. Burke, of trotting notoriety, performed, over the Belle Vue Course, which is some yards short of three quarters of a mile, a wonderful feat in driving two, horses in a tandem, 16 miles, in 58 minutes and 19 seconds, to the entire satisfaction of some thousands of spectators. _ _ ROBBING THE SAXON MINISTER OF 3,000 DOL LARS.—On Saturday in , o. mittion was received by the police that the Baron Beust, the Saxon Minister, of Wilton-crescent, Be!grave-square, had been plundered of the above amount by a person named Ernest Ramsharn, who is supposed to be now trying to get out to America. DEATH FROM MORISON'S Puts —Last week, Emma Partington, aged 30, of Love-place, Rochdale, swallowed in two days, ss. 6d. worth of liorison's pills. After which her health, which had been delicate, be came worse, and she ultimately died. At an inquest held upon the body, the jury returned a verdict " That she died from an overdose of the pills." Tourists will learn with satisfjtction, that at Naples, a tariff of charges for the hire of horses and mules to ascend Mount Vesuvius has been fixed and published ; and also for the charges of the porters and boatmen employed in carrying passengers and their luggage on board the steam-packets. VACANCY IN THE ADMlRALTY.—Speculative opi nions have abounded during the week, in reference to the vacancy at the Admiralty Board, caused by the appointment of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam to Greenwich Hospital. Our belief is, however, that until Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker has again and deci sively refused to accept the vacant post no Gazette will be issued, and it will take at least another week to settle that question.—United Service Gazette. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. -- On Sunday evening a boat, in which were two ladies and several gentlemen, was swamped just below the pool, nearly opposite Rattenburgh's Dock, by the swell of several steamers simultaneously passing each other. The life buoys of each steamer were thrown overboard, and a boat lowered, and all were saved except Mr. Smith, a young gentleman of Gray's Inn, who was swept by the tide under a tier of ,hipping, and entirely lost sight of. With this sal exception the exertions of the steam-boat people were suceess!til. OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION.—We understand it is probable that the number of voters who will poll at the approaching contest for the tleisersity of tfxford I will he unprecedently large. The number O'l those wh o voted in 1829 was 1.366, being 755 for Sir R. Inglis, arid 611 for Sir R. reel. It is rumoured that Mr. (Millstone's friends estimate his propable supporters at little short of the total numb, r polled in 1829, while Mr. Round's party are i qualiy confident. Alio king for paira and absentees, it may perhaps be near the mark to name 2,000 as the number likely to be actually present. THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.-0,1 Saturday the third and last exhibition for the season took place in the gardens of this society, at Chiswick. The preparations were on an extended scale, his Grace the Duke of Devon shire having kindly directed that his extensive grounds should be thrown open, and placed at the disposal of the society. The morning broke most unpropitiously ; at daybreak there was a storm of thunder and lightning, which continued with slight abatement until after eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a drenching rain descending nearly the whole of the time. About midday, most fortunately, indications of a favourable change presented themselves, and soon after twelve o'clock occasional. bursts of sunshine gave pleasing anticipations of a fine afternoon. At the opening of the doors, at one o'clock, very few persons were in attendance; hut towards two o'clock fashionable equipages began to draw up in rapid succession, and continued to do so until long after five o'clock, by which hour the gardens were moderately filled, and presented an exceedingly gay and brilliant scene. The bands of the Ist Life Guards, the Royal Horse nadi er s G w u e a r rd e s i n ( a ß a l u e n e ) d , a n t ti c e e a C s o u l d s s u t a r l e ! m a i s i , d a t i h i d e fl t he ate altoG r-e- gether passed off very satisfactorily. ACCIDENT ON THE DORCHESTER AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—DORCHESTER, JULY 17.—The greatest consternation was created in this city to-day, on it becoming known that the 7 o'clock train, A.M., from here had met with a serious accident, the reports in creasing as being told from one to the other. On pro • ceeding to the spot we found happily the accident nrta (though serious) was not a tithe so bad as re p resented. The simple facts areeleaysefioillow miles acr' :—The hgee s train , consisted of and journey a n towards ; :e — vant L arrival te i 121 e r about six passengers' engine,ther Southampton, passing over Moreton-heath (a loose stendy embankment forming part of the road, at 25 feet above the natural ground below) the train ran off the line, so sudden and unexpectedly, that the engineer had no time to revert or stop the speed; fortunately hut one carriage was thrown down this trem , ndous embankment, and that had but two gentlemen therein, who most m_ i sa eulously, on assistance arriving, were found but littl b e re in injured, d on ly th us providentially escaping with cuts and is neither having a limb broken. By thefortunate break ing with the other of the chain, connecting this l ov er l carriageer the precipice, five and the engine, but this one fell the engine maintaining its place on the rail, and the driver proceeded to the anearest s tation for assistan ce . Af te r some delay they pr oceeded on their journey, arriv ing in London without f ar ther accident. es —Te extent t which A LG IERS.—The h : 0 B UILDING S IN going on in Algiers, is scarcely un d erstood building is in Eugland. This c ountry is associated in our minds with little b u t barbarism, Christian slaves, an d bombard ments ; and we are scarcely prepared to hear of a cathe dral. churches (some for Protestants) abbattoirs, schools, covered markets, banks, eustom-houses, &c , on which been many thousands of pounds sterli ng have . expended by the French. Yet such is the case, andthe • erection of private houses keep pace with the constant increase of the population. In the mixed or Arabian districts of the three pro v i nces no less than 842. private houses have been built, th e value of which has been estimated at 176,0001. ; besides 38 industrial establishments esti mated at nearly 9,0001 more.—The Builder. ' EFFECTS OF FACTORY LEGISLATION.—The hands at one of the mills belonging to Messrs. Taylor, Wigan, are still out, in consequence of the Factory Act coming into operation on the first of July, and compelling a re duction in time, and of course also in wages. It is not true, as stated in some of the papers, and currently rumoured amongst the public, that Messrs. Taylor were offering a reduction of 25 per cent. upon the wages. re cently paid ; the proposed diminution being labour. At i t proportion to the reduction in the hours of belonging to one of the mills (that in Church-street) to work with. the above firm, the hands have continued tien. At the large out a murmur under the new g ' commenced , re they resumed mill, where the " turn o . ut . but, at the small mill, in work on Monday morning are still idle. Pre vious engine and machineryWallgate, the into force, Messrs. Taylor's mills were to the act coming Mr. Henryh• ' s y Whittaker 's mill were all in full operation . 'die last week from the same cause . — Leeds Mercury. wasi It will be recollected that Dr. Arnold Mendolt sohn, advocate, at Berlin, some time ago assisted M. Oppenheim in abstracting, under peculiar circumstances, the casket of the Baroness de Meyendorff. For this M. Oppenheim was brought to trial, before the Court of Assizes of Cologne, but Dr. Mendolssohn contrived to make his escape, and, notwithstanding all the exertions of the police, nothing was heard of him until a few days ago, when he voluntarily presented himself to the judi cial authorities of Dusseldorff, and constituted himself prisoner. He has since been examined three times, and will, it is said, be shortly brought to trial before the Assize Coart of Cologne. Young, the tragedian, a contemporary of the Hembles, on Friday, visited BristoL Though in his 71st year, he is looking both hale and hearty. He came s from Clevedon Court, the seat of Sir Charles Elton. (EXTRACT.) " Saint Lucia, Z No. 20. 3 " Downing-street, March 16, 1847. " Sir,—l have received your dispatches of the dates and numbers noted in the margin (Nos. 6 and 7, 12th and 20th Jan., 1847), with their several enclosures, relating to the conduct of the Chief Justice and the Attorney- General of Saint Lucia. " I have to acquaint you, in answer, that none of the public servants in St. Lucia can be permitted to retain offices which they hold during her Majesty's pleasure, if it should appear that they have been in any way parties to the publication of the gross libels which have been published in the Independent Press, or even if they should be shown to have been concerned in a paper in which such articles were inserted. To allow any persons holding such offices thus to countenance and support such systematic attacks upon the person administerinz the Government, would be entirely inconsistent with the maintenance of that official subordination which is essential for the good of the public service. But this observation applies with much greater force to per sons holding such high offices in the administration of justice as those of Chief Justice and Attorney-General. It is their duty to enforce the law, and, as part of it. the law of libel. It is, therefore, a most flagrant violation of that duty that they should themselves con tribute at all to a newspaper, which the one might so probably be required to prosecute, and the other to try for libel ; and if it could be proved that they, or either of them, had been authors of some of the worst libels, this would, of course, be a great aggravation of the offence. " The charges brought against these officers being thus of so grave a character, I have to instruct you to proceed with the least practicable delay to Saint Lucig, and to institute an inquiry into their truth. If, after having called upon Messrs. Reddie and Atthill for their defene, and beard what they have to allige, you do nut find that they can exculpate themselves from the charge of having had connexion with the paper in question, you will at once suspend them from their offices, transmit. ling to me a full report of your proceedings. " You will consider these instructions as equally ap plicable to the conduct of Mr. Leuger, the second Puisne Judge. " Governor Reid, &c.. &c., &c." (True copy.) (Signed) ROBERT KAY, Private Secretary. (True copy.) _ - W. lIANLEY, CoL Sec. and Treas. "Saint Lucia, 1 No. 29. " Downing-street, April 13, 1847. " Sir,—l have received your dispatches of the dates and numbers noted in the margin (Nos. 15, 18, 22, and 24; 4th, Bth, 9th, and 10th Feb.) further relative to the conduct of the Chief Justice, the Attorney-General, and the second Puisne Judge of St. Lucia. " I have to refer you to the dispatch (No. 20, of the 16th March) which I have already addressed to you on this subject. " The additional papers now transmitted have not appeared to me to call for any modification of the in structions contained in that dispatch. Referring, how ever, to the renewed demand of Mr. Reddie, that the proposed inquiry should be conducted according to judicial forms, I have to observe, that public officers to whom it is imputed that they have been abetting a scur rilous newspaper in libelling the officer administering the Government, are not to suppose that no notice can be taken of such conduct, unless the charge can be substantiated against them in the same manner as would be necessary in the case of a criminal charge brought against an individual in a court of law. " Public officers upon whom such an imputation is made may properly be called upon to deny its truth ; and if they refuse to do so, or fail to exculpate them selves, their removal must be the consequence. " I have, &c., (Signed) " Governor Reid, &c., Btc." (True copy.) (Signed) ROBERT KAY, Private Sec. (True copy.) W. HANLEY, Col. Sec. and Treasurer. GOVERNOR REID AND THE ST. LUCIA JOURNALS. In an Extraordinary Gazelle, published last Thurs day, Governor Reid makes known his suspension from office of her Majesty's Attorney-General, he having failed to exculpate himself from the (false) charges brought against him by Lieutenant-Colonel Torrens ; and Governor Reid, to exculpate himself frort2 the charge of want of capacity, to execute with impartiality, the task imposed on him by his superior—has thought it expedient to publish at the same time, and through the same channel, the instructions of her Majesty s Secretary of State directing him to inquire into the truth or falsehood of the charges advanced by Lieutenant- Colonel Torrens against the judges and the law officer of the Crown. "GREY. Without inquiry this Governor has pronounced his opinion; but it is only necessary to read the three notices put forth by Governor Reid, to be convinced that his want of integrity and narrow mind have made him a ready instrument in the hands of Lieutenant-Colonel Torrens, to be used for the gratification of his more than womanish spite against those inhabitants of St. Lucia who would not condescend to feed his inordinate vanity to the top of his bent. The suspension of Mr. Attorney-General Atthill has led to the promotion of the newly-appointed Solicitor- General, Mallet Paret, to that office:—and the Officer administering the Government has given another proof of his escape from the trammels prepared for him by his predecessor Lieutenant-Colonel Torrens, and his dis regard of the known bias of his immediate Chief in Bar badoes—when such bias would interfere with the proper exercise of his discretion to nominate to office, under his administration. Mr. St. Martin, whom Lieutenant-Colonel Hay has selected for the office of Solicitor-General, is advan tageously known in the colony for his independence as a member of the bar as well as in his private capacity. It was this gentleman who, conjointly with his friend, Mr. Justice Leuger, as stewards of a public ball, shortly after Lieutenant-Colonel Torrens' arrival here, successfully resisted the tyrannical attempt of Lieutenant Colonel Torrens to force on the society of Castries certain per sons whose presence was objectionable , and it was this successful resistance that earned for Mr. Leuger the inveterate hate of the Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Torrens. It was Mr. St. Martin, also, who so perseveringly exposed all the adsurdity o f the law, and its equally a bsurd administration, during the persecution to which he was exposed, as the owner of the dog " Picard"— relative to the metal collar, so pertin . aciously insisted upon by the newly-appointed Commissary of Police, Zuhleke. But Mr. St. Martin is yet better known for the acumen he has always displayed in criticising the various laws and ordinances issued by our very incapable Legislative Council. His appointment, therefore, to an office which will give him the opportunity of practically carrying out his own views, and exercising his talents as a law-maker, will secure f or our laws henceforth that prec ision of language and technical correctness o f form,on which depends, certainty of interpretation , publicon, and facility of execution, the characteristics of ai2f laws. good ADMINISTRATION BILL. Dissentient-1. Because this Bill tends to subject to party influences, partialities and animosities, a branch of administration which, above all others, ought Co be esrelully kept free from them. 2. Because a Committee of the House of Commons having, after a long investigation, reporttd that " the proceedings of the commissioners" appear in certain particulars to " have been irregular and arbitrary, not in accordance with the statute under which they exercise their functions, and such as to shake public confidence in their administration of the law," it seems more reasonable to suppose that any obloquy which may have attached to the law or the administration of it in other particulars, may have arisen rather from that administration and the fault of the ad ministrators, than from the provisions of the law itself, or the constitution of the commission. 3. Because the influence of public clamour and the fear of misrepresentation on the one hand, and the de sire of popularity on the other (which I believe to have led in a great degree to these irregular and arbitrary proceedings), are likely to act with greater force on a person necessarily connected with party and constantly involved in political discussions than on one carefully separated from both. 4. Because, when such misconduct has been proved, or even charged, it seems more natural, more consistent with justice, and above all, more likely to lead to a better administration of the law in future, that a searching in vestigation should take place before aw impartial tribunal (as has been heretofore done in the case of the maladministration of other public boards), than that this Bill should be adopted, which by providing for the entire and immediate removal of all persons connected with the commission makes no discrimina tion between those who have honestly and faithfully fulfilled their duties, and acted in the true spirit of the law, and those who by negligence, ignorance, or folly have violated both the letter and intention of it ; and because the removal of them all indiscriminately with out proof of misconduct, or any compensation to those who have relinquished their professions, and devoted themselves wholly to the business of the Commission is unjust to individuals, and is detrimental to the public interest, inasmuch as it discourages persons of talent from leaving their own pursuits in order to attend to the public service. RADNOR. LOVELACE. PROGRESS OF TYPHUS FEVER IN LEEDS.-It 1$ our painful duty still to have to record an increase in this town of that distressing malady typhus fever. Since our last many have been added to the cases already in existence, notwithstanding all the efforts which have been put forth to arrest its spread. During the present week about twenty cases have been removed from Wel- lington-yard to the Fever Hospital, though every pos sible preventative and remediable measure had for some time previously been resorted to. It is a melancholy gratification to learn that this seat of disease (Welling ton yard) is now entirely cleared of its inhabitants. Mr. Whitehead, chief clerk at the Board of W.rks, has taken possession of every dwelling, eighteen in number, and it is intended that they shall not again be inhabited for the space of three months, an interval which will be occupied in thoroughly whitewashing, cleansing, and purifying them. From succeeding paragraphs it will be seen that the Rev. W. S. Monck, and Mr. Samuel Sharp, surgeon, have become victims of the fever since our last. We have also to add to the list of those sick, Mr. Richard Hodgson, assistant to the borough surveyor, who it is supposed caught the fever whilst attending to his duties in Shannon-st ree t. Th e p o li ce who were ill are improving, and the as s i s t an t o f Mr. Bulmer, surgeon, is likewise pr ogress i ng sa ti s f ac t or ily towards recovery. — Leeds Mercury. last, about t in A MILL AND FOUNDRY PARTIALLY —On Wednesday evening the mill and o'clock, an alarmicg fire broke tl _ p d hy o Messrs. Bates and foundry, New Bank, fire broke out in the model half-past BURNT DOWN. seven .immediately The ecommunicated to another B st a ru rr c y do w n room, and almost _as a millwright's shop, and in wasmodels. discovereda h e i f ch pr a e t pe o r n ty e time threatened an immense de part of the building d weretjrnon the spot—namely, the Leeds four fire-engines Halifa x, Bradford and Keighlev, and and Yorkshire, the B sonftituyseeofsfrteerry t h e valuable fire verywhie which short w 1s sapacci quantity 3which of f the lt w as and the populace b by two of the the A plentifulconfine d supp supply of . withinw at er was at band, and, owt t the t treo u dw nder in abouthalf an hour. Part of the roof firemen aeesthnugenaoribuilding fell in, and the damage done in the burn eliferittsioinn ing of the models, &c., is estimated at about 1,0001., and to the building of about 3001. We are sorry to add that neither owner nor occupier were insured. By the promptitude of the arrival of the engines, and especially by the efficient services rendered by the two engines be longing to the local insurance companies, the neigh bouring cottages and the property of their occupants were saved from destruction. We observe that Mr. Beaumont, the owner, and Messrs> Bates and Berry, the occupiers of the premises, have gratefully acknowledged in our advertising columns the efficient services rendered by the public during this disastrous calamity.—Halifax Guardian. NEW ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN. — house(a The producti on o f " A nna B o l ena " a t the new e capital noble performa nce ) i s d ist i ngu i s hed by s scenery by Grieve, worthy of note, particularly the in e torior of a gorgeous Tudor hall, which is excellently well painted. If the main arches wsehroeultdhebeowbittuhsoeulyt pointed instead of semi-circular, of the recent Diver r, w an objection. The scenery in some tissements, and the artist i bgro upings, call for praise. uilding, Mr. Albano's ar rangements have In respect of sound, in this mo st successful, every note is heard pure and distinct..-- Mt Builder , : f • L •-~ .