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Vittrb latittion THE SIJN,I have seats in the new Parliament—(Laughter)—but if he should not appear in the House again, he should look back with credit to the exertions he had made to prevent the addition of another bishop to the overgorged Church Establishment.—(aughter.) The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment l4 Against it Majority On the question that the Bill be read a third time, Mr. P. BORTHWICK moved the omission of so much of so much of clause 2 as enacts the exclusion, in rota tion, of the future bishops of certain existing sees from seats in the House of Lords. Lord JOHN RUSSELL would not repeat the argu ments which he urged yesterday against the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, and he hoped that after the ex pression of opinion that had been given by the House in favour of the Bill he would withdraw his motion. Mr. LAW supported the amendment. Mr. P. BORTHWICK would not divide the House upon the motion, and it was by leave withdrawn. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up. LONDON BRIDGE APPROACHES' FUND BILL. The Lords' Amendments in this Bill were considered and agreed to. LEITH HARBOUR AND DOCKS DUES BILL. The Lords' Amendments on this Bill were considered and agreed to. COMMUTED ALLOWANCES FOR PENSIONS. Sir DE LACY EVANS moved for copies of such orders, warrants, or directions as may have been issued by the War-office or Treasury, bearing date about the year 1832, inviting or authorising pensioners to receive a commuted allowance for their pensions with the promise of land in the colonies; of such un published representations to Government as may have been made by the Earl of Durham while Governor of Canada, on the consequences of these commutations; of such orders or explanations as may have been issued by the English Treasury or War-office to the Ca nadian Government or otherwise, on the subject of restoring the pensions of the pensioners in Ca nada under certain specified circumstances ; of such minutes or orders as may have been drawn up by the Treasury, showing why the measure of restoration of pension extended to the pensioners in Canada, ought not to be granted to the commuted pensioners who may not have left England, or who may have returned to England from Canada. Also, of such representations as may have been addressed to the Treasury subse quent to 1832, by the Right Honourable Edward Ellice and the Right Honourable Sir Henry Hardinge, when Secretaries at War, in reference to the justice or policy of commuting pensions for service or wounds, and to the case of those who claimed restoration of their pensions, after having, in fact, paid back with interest, the amount which had been advanced to them as a commutation by Government. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. Mr. FOX MAULE did not consider he would be jus tified in producing the papers, and he should therefore oppose the motion. The motion was then withdrawn. RAILWAYS AND THE DUCHY OF LAN CASTER. Mr. HUDSON inquired of Lord John Russell, whe ther it has the sanction of the Government that the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster may insist, in case of any railway requiring any of the Duchy's land, that the railway before receiving the consent of the Government, shall be obliged to agree to pay such a price for the land as he may think right to demand, and take such securities as the Chancellor may determine to require them to give. Lord J. RUSSELL said that it was impossible for him to state the grounds which induced his Noble Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to refuse the land in a particular case, and, without inquiry, he could give no reply to the question of the Hon. Gentleman. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, it was agreed that the House, at its rising, should adjourn till one o'clock to-morrow. NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. H. R. YORKE moved for copies of all coares pondence entered into between the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, &c., the architect, and Dr. D. B. Reid, since September, 1846, whether referring to the new House of Commons in particular, including also all special letters between the Chief Commissioners and Dr. Reid, or between the Secretary to the Chief Commis sioner and Dr. Reid, since Sept., 1846. Of the original notes of evidence taken by Mr. P. Hardwicke during the progress of the reference appointed by the Viscount Canning, when the referees decided that they would not have reporters present. Of the answer transmitted by Dr. Reid to a document issued by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, on the 2d day of December, 1845, and in juxta position with it; the "objections by Dr. Reid," that appear in p. 46 of the Minutes of Evidence laid before the Select Committee on Westminster-bridge and New Palace. And a paper dated the 19th day of April, 1845, and titled Minutes of Conversation,' which was transmitted by the architect to ,the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, and Dr. Reid's reply thereto, viz., his letter addressed to the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, and dated the 30th day of June, 1845. SUPPLEMENT TO THE “LONDON GAZETTE " OF TUESDAY. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, JULY 21, 1847. All Peeresses, on announcing their intention of being present on the occasion of the prorogation of Parlia ment, will have places reserved for them in the House of Lords, if the announcement be made at the Lord Great Chamberlain's Office before five o'clock on Thursday, the 22d instant. Peers' eldest sons, wishing to be present at the proro gation, will have tickets for the Peers' eldest sons' box forwarded to them, upon a written or personal applica tion at the Office. No strangers can be admitted, on the day of the pro rogation, except by a ticket from the Lord Great Cham berlain's Office. The doors will be opened at twelve o'clock. WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, G.C. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JULY 20, 1847. Notice is hereby given, that, in consequence of the approaching prorogation of Parliament, and the imme diate resumption of the works for the completion of the House of Lords, the weekly issue of tickets from the Lord Great Chamberlain's Office, for viewing the House of Lord 9, will be for the preEent discontinued. WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, G.C. REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS DURING THE WEEK ENDING JULY 17. Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in the week. Males ... ... ... 479 Males ... ... ... 600 Females ... ... 465 Females ... ... 582 . . 944 Total Total ... 1,182 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The House re-assembled at Half-past Four o'clock. The Earl of SHAFTESBLRY took his seat on the Woo sack, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. NEW PEERAGE. _ The Marquis of Drogheda was introduced by the Marquis of Cholmondely, the Earl of Redesdale, and Lord Wharncliffe, and took the oaths and his seat as Baron Moore. The House then adjourned till to-morrow at a Quarter before One o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would abstain from again going over the arguments which he bad already urged upon the subject of the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asapb, but he would at once address himself to the ground upon which the Right Hon. Gentleman founded his opposition to the third reading of this Bill— namely, the temporary exclusion of the Bishop of Manchester from a seat in the House of Lords.—(Hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet thought that there was great danger from the expulsion of one of the bishops from the House of Lords, and founded his opinion upon statements made in this House, while he altogether overlooked the fact that the bishops in the tipper House had a full opportunity, it they thought proper, to express their opinions upon the subject. The Right Hon. Baronet set aside all this silence upon the part of the bishops, and said that he attached great weight to the statements of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath and the Hon. Member for Kerry; but he (Lord John Russell) did not think that that Hon. Member bad even recorded his vote on the subject, so little insight did he appear to attach to his own opinion on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) He did not wish again to enter into the question of the rotation of the bishops ; he did not see any danger real or theoretical in the proposition. He thought it would be of some advantage to the bishops if instead of their having to spend the first portion of their time, after their appointment, in London in attendance on their duties in the House of Lords, they had the opportunity afforded them of becoming acquainted with the duties of their dioceses. Such an opportunity would have, no doubt, been of great service to the last created bishop—the Bishop of St. Asaph. With respect to the grievous di visions of the Church, he would only say that it was his most earnest wish to see the Protestant character of the Church of England fully and entirely maintained. Mr. S. WORTLEY felt it incumbent on him, not- withstanding the support which he had formerly given to the Bill in its other stages, to join in the opposition to the Bill in the present stage. Ilia reason for opposing the Bill was because of the retention in the B;11 of a clause for excluding the new bishop from a seat in the House of Lords, a principle which he considered to be utterly subversive of the constitution of the country. If this measure were to pass, the responsibility of dealing that severe blow to the Church would not rest so much with the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, but with those Hon. Members on his side of the House who had uniformly given their support to the interests of the Church. Sir R. H. INGLIS regretted the omission of such words from the Bill as the Government had thought proper to omit; but even the Bill in its present shape, mutilated as it was, was such as in his opinion was deserving of his support, and he could not therefore concur in the opinion of those Hon. Members who had considered it advisable to reject the measure in its pre sent stage. Mr. HOPE thought, that as the Roman Catholic episcopate had been increased from six bishops to ten to superintend its few hundreds of thousands of members, surely the Protestant Church of England, with its mil lions of members, ought:to have a corresponding increase in the number of its bishops. Mr. HORSMAN regretted that the discussion upon this measure had been more upon the ground of the wants of the episcopacy than of the serious existing wa nts in the parochial system of the country. He hoped to hear from the throne on the opening of the next session that her Majesty had taken into her most serious consideration the wants of the country in that respect. With respect to the welfare of the Church, it would be highly conducive to its interests if the existing :system of patronage were reviewed and remodelled. The subject of church-rates was also one which deserved the serious consideration of the Government, with a view to removing the dissensions which constantly arose out of the present mode of levy ing them. Lord H. VANE supported the Bill, but could not help stating, at the same time, that he should have pre ferred a union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. He considered the doctrine preposterous that the increased revenues of the different sees—of London for instance — should be devoted to the creation of colonial bishoprics. He wished to have the revenues of the Church solely devoted to the purposes of the Church. The expulsion of the new bishop, and of the other three referred to, from the; House of Lords would cause much bitterness, ani mosity, and jealousy. The Bill in its present shape, however, was preferable to th e state i n which it was ori ginally brought in. Mr. GOULBURN should support the third reading of the Bill, as he considered it would be a great s t e p towards promoting and extending the religion of their forefathers. He deduced from the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir James Graham), with respect to a near and dear friend of his (Mr. Goulburn's), the Bishop of Carlisle , that a bisho p with an extensive dio cese, and a limited number of clergy, could discharge all the duties of his sacred office effectually. The labours of that Right Rev. Prelate were an example to all others. If his diocese were to be increased, as he understood, the harmony which prevailed in his present diocese would doubtless be extended to the increased portion. He thought no one could doubt that a Bishop of Manchester was absolutely required, and he contended that the Government would have done well to have conceded that new bishop a seat in the House of Lords.—(Hear.) denied that the Dissenters had obtained in creasoZ did not think ow t er in the ad m i n i stra ti on of religion, but he that they really objected to another bishop representin g a lame diocese o taking h.is seat with his compeers in th e House of Lords. had that the Noble Lords. He r egretted, there fore,Lintention of allo w i ng the Bishop a op b o a f nd m o a n i e lc d he le s i t s e o r r a ig s i e n a a t l in the other House. Mr. B. ESCOTT adverteol to his arguments against the Bill, and advised the Government not to introduce into the new Parliament questions with respect to sees which could not bear investigation, but to honour bishops and parochial cl ergy when they d id their d u ty, instead of making their s ees and th_ei e rcottcluct matters of daily discussion in that House. H his opposition to the Bill. shoveld cont i nue Lord CLIVE supported the Bill. He considered that more danger might be apprehended from li m i t i ng the -trumber of bishops than from extending th eir number. There was no force in the objections ageeinst the new bishops having a seat in the House of Lords..--(Divide.) Mr. AGLIONBY denied that Dissent was: not rife in the diocese of Carlisle, as various Dissenting congrega tions existed. Mr. GOULBURN did not deny that Diss eat existed in the diocese of Carlisle. Sir. J. GRAHAM explained that he did n of say that Dissent did not exist in the diocese of Carlisle.. Ile said that the Right Rev. Prelate did not meddle • with trifles, and that as harmony . isteJl between the whc 'le chur ch body, Diss ent other dioceses. 'l",iies?L'itter and antagonisti c than in After a few word 1-) kCLAND, Mr. DUNCON s from Mr.' LEFR OY and Mr. 30 . highly of IBE said, I 'on Gentlemen wh the Noblei n this matter o spoke would do well to u Lord's" conduct (Laughter) —and IliTo W rt him at; the ensuing chic t to they goad he advised him to s the gr eat friend of the C ?itirch hi s sea t, behind him as his so come ever to his side, sea d take extingui:eher upon th e Gov ppoi ter. They ha d put an a er t ere, sit manufactu ring ten after bishops, toed he thought, r bi r ry . had take re place, that the Noble Lord would not more bishops.—(Laught er .) Al; ee sfi rate, n'Ziefrisiev't env ‘ly 1 he would b disposed so to dabble, he trusted :orevard • his Bills earlier, in order not to drive the discutisio n of them to almost the last day of the session. !Mr. COLLETT rose amidst lot id calls for a divis ion. It?. said the very name of bisl top was offensie .e— -(Laughter)—and considered that the country could do very well without their aid. The .) were now going ; to meet their constituents, and many of them might not Agreed to. . The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1847. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.-(THIS DAY.) The Share Market has been firm to-day, without much change in the quotations. The following are a few of the principal ssales of Railway Shares by Messrs. Lamond and Co.:— North British, Extension £o 15 6 Ceylon . ... Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 014 0 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, ex int... 5 17 0 North British, Thirds Eastern Counties. York Extension 6 13 0 Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0 17 6 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 19 0 Great Northern Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, ex int 5 12 6 ffeweastle and Berwick, New 9 15 0 UNIFORMITY OF TIME BY TELEG RAPII. —The Electric Telegraph Company are now making such ar rangements as will enable them to communicate the true time, as observed daily at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich , to every station on the various lines of railway where the company has a telegraph station, and of course to all large towns throughout the kingdom. It is now the daily practice at Greenwich, at one o'clock, to indicate the true time by dropping a ball from the upper part of the Observatory, which being telegraphed to the Admiralty, and signalled to the shipping on the Thames, enables ship's chro nome t ers t o b e a dj us t e d. The contrivance by which the Telegraphic Company propose to extend the knowledge of this exact time throughout the kingdom is exceedingly simple. It is intended that the ball, immediately on being detached at the top of its fall, should strike a spring, which, con nected with the various lines of electric wires of the com pany, will instantly strike a bell at every station. Thus it is not only possible and practicable, but what in all probability will be a matter of daily experience ere very long—that before the ball at Greenwich Observatory shall have reached the ground in its fall, the electric bell at Manchester will have struck and set ringing; so that we shall know it is one o'clock at Greenwich before. the ball announcing that fact there has finished falling a few feet! In this way the true time at Greenwich may be kept by every railway company and every large town in the kingdom.—Kentish Mercury. Miss BURDETT COUTTS'S NEW Catmcn.--The ceremony of laying the first stone of St. Stephen's Church, in Rochester-row, Westminster, by Miss Burdett Coutts, took place yesterday, with the usual ceremonies on such occasions, in the presence of an immense con course of people. Miss B. Coutts was accompanied by Lady Antrobus, Lady King, Mrs. Ramsden, &c. There were present, besides the Bishop of London, who assisAal in the ceremony, the Bishop s o f O x f or d , Ad e l a id e , an d Tasmania; Lords Brownlow, Sandon, and Ashley; the Dean of We s t m i nster , t h e Rev. Lord John Thy rine Archdeacons Sinclai r an d Bentitick, and many of the clergy of the Abbey and the adjacent districts; Sir F. Trench, &c. The whole of th e expense of the erection of the church about to la, built is to be defrayed by Miss Burdett Cuutts, together with the endowment and the building of schools for 230 boys and 170 girls. Tho site has been presented by the Dean and Canons of Westminster. The church, which has been designed by Mr. Benjamin Ferrey, of Trinity-plac e , an d w h ic h w i ll be built by Messrs. Rigby, of Westminster, will be in the decorated style of the fourteenth century. It will contain a nave 82 feet long by 21 feet wide ; a i s l es 82 feet long by 13 feet wide; and a chancel, 47 feet long by 21 feet wide. There will be a massive tower and spire at the east end of the north aisle, the base of which will be 23 feet squ are, and the entire height 200 feet. The materials used in the construction will be Sneaton ragstone for the walls, and . Ansto E n n stone for the quoins and dressings ; the roof willbe gis oak covered with lead. For the seats, stalls, and screens Rigabells in wainscotth the to w N e v r i 1 . 1 be Thechurchwill used. There wi be ll ca b p e ab a le p o e f alof ac commodating 1,000 persons. The s ilver trowel used by the munificent founder was presented to her b y the in habitants of the district ; on it was engraved an appro priate inscription to that effect. The following is the copy of the inscription enclosed within the foundation stone of the church : Ilujusce Zdis sacrosanctx, Deo, Creatori, Sospitatori, Sanctificatori, in honorem B. Stephani protomartyris, dictataa, lapidena anspicalem posuit Angela Georgiana Burdett Coutts, filia natu minima Francisci Burdett, Bronetti, hujus civitatis Westmouasteriensis Suffragiis ohm in Senatum per MI. annos cooptati, eadem illa, pietatis ergo in patrem, et grata, in Deum observantin, quam nunc inchoavit sedem, proprio sumptu exstructura, ornatura, dotatura, singulare in hocxsercitiloprtiveKarinkiufige.entise exemplar. A.D. MDCCCXLVII. The Rev. W. Tennant, M.A., formerly curate of St. John's, Westmi nster, has been licensed, on the nomina tion of Miss B. Coutts, by the Bishop of London to the incumbency. The Government of Berlin has established a central police for all the railroads of Prussia. M. Duncker, Counsellor of the Government, is placed at the head of this important branch of the Administration, and is succeeded in his late post of director of the police of Berlin by Baron Minutoli, who held the same office at Posen, THE NEW PALACE AT WEST- MINSTER. The architect's Last report of the present state of the works, up to the 30th of June, is as follows: " The carcase works of the portion of the building towards New Palace-yard are entirely completed. The Victoria Tower is about 90 feet high; the carving of the stone groin within it is completed, and the scaffolding is removed. The Clock Tower is also above ninety feet high. Framed scaffolding and hoisting apparatus have been pre pared, and are now being fixed for the upper portions of those towers which are not yet contracted for. The stone groin over the central hall is now being turned, and is far advanced to completion. St. Stephen's Hall is in part carried up to its full height for the roof, and the re mainder is, upon an average, within about 10 feet of the same level. St. Stephen's Porch and the western entrance of the building is carried up to the height of about 30 feet above the ground. The Commons' public lobby, and the central masses of the building above the corridors and public staircase, are, upon an average, within about 10 feet of their full height. The House of Commons' ceiling, beams, and bracketting, and stone screens at the north and south ends of the house are completed. The fittings and finishings of the house are not yet ordered, as no decision is yet come to respecting Dr. Reid's plans for warming and ventilating this portion of the building. The House of Lords, the royal ante-chamber, and the house or public lobby, with all their warming and ventilating arrange ments and apparatus, are (with the exception of a portion of the stained glass, the fresco paintings, statues, and other works of art) completed ; and those portions of the building were occupied for the first time imme diately after the Easter recess of the present year. The fittings of the old House of Lords were re moved during the Easter recess, the house con verted into a gallery of approach from the House of Commons, and other communications made be tween the temporary and the new buildings. The fittings and finisbings of the libraries and refreshment rooms are near completion. A considerable extent of joiners' works in ceilings is prepared; much of it is fixed, and other finishings are executed in other portions of the building. The new committee-rooms in the river front have been temporarily fitted up for use since Easter. There are at present 1,276 men engaged upon the works of the New Palace, of which 708 are employed at the building, 147 at the quarries, 228 at the Govern ment work at Thames Bank upon the joiners' fittings, and 193 upon miscellaneous works both at the building and elsewhere. "CHARLES BARRY." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—Prince Albert and Prince Waldemar of Prussia inspected the fleet at S p ithead this afternoon. The Spiteful steam-sloop, Captain Sir William Hoste, Bart., arrived at Spithead last evening, about six o'clock, from the East India and China station. Her dates are — Bombay, March 6; Point de Galle, April 5; Cape of Good Hope, May 29; St. Helena, June 9; and Ascen sion, June 19. The President, SO, flag of Rear-Admiral Dacres, the Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, and the Iris, Captain Munday, were in Simon's Bay when she left, the latter to proceed two days after for England. The Belle Poule, 60, flag of Rear-Admiral Des FOSSi3, was at St. Helena, en route to Brest. The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8., and the Mariner, 12, Commodore Mathison, were at Ascension, which island was very healthy, water very scarce, but turtle plentiful. The coals at the depot at Ascension (ashore) had ignited while the Spiteful lay there, and created great consternation ; they were nearly all consumed before the fire was extinguished. Lieute nant Mends, on promotion from the Fox, Captain Priestly, of the 25th Regiment, from the Cape, Lieute nant Spencer Pickard, from the Fox, and Mr. Hutton, nephew of Captain Hutton, Governor of Ascension, have come home in the Spiteful, by whom we learn that the Agincourt, 72, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Coch rane, was to sail from Penang two or three days after the departure of the Iris. The Spiteful has been in com mission four years and seven months, and was first com manded by Commodore Maitland, who recently died on the station. She has had two acting commanders besides Captain Sir W. Hoste, Bart., who has brought her home. She sailed in company with the Fox, 42, from Bombay, and kept company with her under canvas to Goa, parting company at Cannanore on the 18th of March. From the latter place she went to Colombo and Trinco malee. The Sapphire troop-ship was at the latter place when she lett, where, also, the Petrel, 16, was daily expected. The Spiteful has been much employed in carrying troops, in disembarking and embarking whom her paddle-box boats have been of the most eminent service. She was employed in the expedition against the pirates of Borneo in July last. She left the Cape with 230 tons of coals in her bunkers, and took in 100 tons at Ascension. She made the passage to Ply mouth in fifty days, a strong head wind blowing the last five; she steamed (exclusively) for thirty-one days,with a constant succession of light winds. The following shows how cheaply a steamer may be navigated with judicious management and scientific application of the means at disposal in making passages of great distance: — Total amount of coal expended, 361 tons. Total cost of vessel, 5971. Os. 61(I. Total cost of coals, 5701. 2s. Total number of miles run, 4,378. Ditto oil and tallow, 261. 18s. bid. Under steam, 746 hours. Average distance, with one ton, 13 miles 9-10th. Average expenditure per day, 10 tons 9 cwt., Cost per day, 191. 4s. ld. This was with one boiler and three fires, and the constant use of the expansive gear, and reflects very great credit upon the perseverance and economy of Sir W. Hoste, as well as proving to the ma ritime world generally, how far that little means, when properly applied, will take the steamer. The Spiteful is in admirable order and condition, so far as discipline and accessories imply ; but her machinery and boilers, of course, require repair. She is a Surveyor vessel, but monstrously under powered, being of 1,050 tons, but of only 280-horse power. She will proceed to Woolwich to be paid off after replenish ing fuel. The Hindostan, which arrived also yesterday at Southampton, reported the Spiteful at Ascension on the 29th of June, together with the Penelope and Iris. The latter may have been there, but the Spiteful left the Hindostan for that island, not vice versa. DESTRUCTION of the SHIP PAL LADIUM BY FIRE. Letters dated St. Helena, June 10, received yesterday, communicate the loss by fire of the ship Palladium, 400 tons burden, Captain Ravilly, while on a passage to Bourbon. The ship left Nantes on the 15th of March, with two ladies on board as passengers, the crew, beside the master, amounting to fourteen men. On the 4th of May, in lat. 23 52 south, long. 25 50 west, smoke was discovered issuing from the lower hold, which eventually proved to come from the cargo near the bottom of the hold. On account of the inflammable character of tho goods, chiefly pitch, oil, turpentine, oakum, timber, &c., there was but little hopes of saving the ship from destruction, nevertheless the men worked in cessantly on the pumps, but in less than an hour they were forced to cease their efforts, the smoke and heat becoming unbearable. The boats had already been got over the ship's quarters, and the two lady passengers placed in them, into which all on board retreated, but all the provisions they could get at was a small bag of biscuit and a keg of water, together with a compass, a chart, and the ship's papers. Within half an hour after they quitted the ship she burst into flames, and continued burning until midnight. The sufferings of the passengers and t , :e crew were subsequently fear fully severe. They were ten days before they sighted a ship. At length the Sutlej, belonging to Liverpool, bound to Calcutta, picked them up, the master affording them all the comfort and attention himself and his crew could bestow. A few days afterwards, the Sutlej meeting with a vessel bound for St. Helena, they were to it, and safely reached that island on the 9th of June last. The loss is stated to be little short o 16,0001. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CHATHAM —Last night, about half-past twelve o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Thompson, extensive boot and shoe makers, High-street, Chatham. The fire was observed to issue from the top of the house, when it was found necessary to break open the shop door, as the inmates appeared undisturbed. On proceeding up the stairs, the passage was found to be one body of flame, and owing to the suffocating state of the staircase, the party found it necessary to retreat. It was afterwards discovered that the inmates had escaped from the roof to the ad joining houses. The military from the garrison, under the direction of the Brigade-Major, Capt. J. S. Wood, and other officers, were soon in attendance, and were most efficient in protecting the property, as they lined the street for some distance, and would not allow any im pediment to the public rendering assistance. Besides the garrison engine, there was one from the Royal Marines, under the command of Colonel Menzies, K. 11., second in command of the battali on; t h ere was a l so t h e d oc ky ar d engine, worked by the dockyard police, under directions P i P te ° t control d e s f h eu of Lieutenant Wise, R.N. ; as also another from the n i c a t n i e t r s, Tucker, with R t h . e N. s h p n ' se Kent crew ounderrdina ordinary g o n engine was also on the spot. Th e w h o l e o f t h ese eng i nes were supplied most plentifully with water from Colonel James Best's brewery at Chatham, which was brought in their barrels on drays from that establishment, and, n otwithstanding the engines kept thro w i ng a l arge body of water on the burning building, the fire communicated itself to the establishment of Messrs. Magnus and Son, silversmiths and jewellers, and also to the house of Mr. James Burrell, an extensive printer and stationer, and also agent to the Royal Exchange Insurance-office. The fire was not got under until four o'clock this morn ing. The damage done is very considerable; the amount as yet cannot be estimated. The Messrs. Thompson are insured in the Phoenix 2501., and in the Norwich 1,0001. Too much praise cannot be best owed on the military and navy for their services on this as on all other similar calamities. The Sun engine from Rochester did not arrive until the fire was nearly extinguished. CHURCH EXTENSION IN ST. PANC,RAS.—MUtiI VICENCE OF THE DUKE OF BEDFORD. — The population of this extensive parish amounts to upwards of 160,000 persons, whilst the whole of the accommodation . furnished by the e x isting churches is only sufficient for 23,000, being one-eighth of the population. There are also more than 8,000 children who are growing up without any instruction in the doctrines and precepts of the gospel. To remedy this deficiency the Rev. Mr. Dale, the vicar, has set on f oot a pu bli c su b scr iption for the erection of places of worship, and which amounts to upwards of 3 ,000 . 1. Withi n t h e l ast f ew d ays hi s Grace the Duke of Bedford has made the munificent donation, in addition to the funds already raised, of 5001., together with a site of ground for the erection of a church subject to certain arrangement; as to the building. THE WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY. On Monday night a numerous meeting of the mem bers of the Westminster Reform Society was held at Stannard's Hotel, Upper Wellington-street, Strand, "to appoint a Committee to superintend the registration of voters for the city of Westminster, and to consider cer tain reports circulated by r the agents of M. C. Cochrane with reference to the society." Mr. Blake in the chair. The Committee having been elected, and several new members having been received, Mr. HUSGETT, the secretary, stated that he had written five letters (with the printed circular, that had been sent to all the members) to five gentlemen who were members of the society, and who it was reported had given their support to Mr. C. Cochrane, in which he had particularly directed their attention to the notice of the circular, " that it was to consider certain reports cir culated by the agents of Mr. C. Cochrane with re ference to the society;" the circular having iavited their attendance. The SECRETARY then, in answer to the Chairman, said that not one of the five gentlemen were in the room. But, in a few minutes, Mr. Hallett, who was chairman of Mr. C. Cochrane's meeting at the Hanover are Rooms, entered the room. He however, left Hanover care the Rosiness he was requested to be present at came on, and which was delayed while Mr. Huggett went to ask him to return. This did not take place, and Mr.H Huggett stated that in the course of a conversation between Mr. Hallett and Mr. Rocker, a member of the society, the former said that he had no charge to prefer against the society. Mr. Cox ehserved that in the course of his canvass, he had heard it stated that the society had received from 4,0001. to 5,0001. from candidates and representatives, and that Mr. C. Cochrane had vouchers in his possession, which he obtained at a cost of 1001, proving that the society had received that sum of money. He knew that he had not received one farthing, whil e ho had at various times advanced money in support of the return of a Liberal candidate, and he had never heard of any other member of the society having had money given to him. —(Hear, hear.) For the credit of the society, a dirsct contradiction to the slanderous imputations ought to go forth, as he knew that-the reports had been the means of Mr. C. Cochrane obtaining some votes.—(Hear.) Mr. Ilucorrr said that Mr. Cox had been on the Registration Committee and on the Committee for general purposes ever since he had been secretary, which was now nearly seven years. Mr. Cox remarked that he had been a much longer period than that. Some members of the society stated that similar re ports had come to their knowledge, and it had been asserted by Mr. Rogers, a surgeon, who was an active supporter of Mr. C. Cochrane, that as much as 8,000/. had been received by the society. Mr. T. P. HEALEY observed that the rumours were calculated to affect the character of the society, and that they ought to receive from them the most prompt denial. —(Hear.) They ought to guard themselves against these slanders, for it was only by having recourse to such statements that the agents of Mr. C. Cochrane had any possible success with the electors.—(Hear.) They would, therefore, do him a service, while they would in flict a serious injury on the society. It was easy to be shown that the members of that body had acted honestly and disinterestedly, and with the beat intentions, to promote the Liberal cause, and that in the selec• tion of Mr. C. Lushington they have asserted good claims to the confidence of the constituency.—(Hear.) It could be proved, without any difficulty, that the society has been conducted on principles of the most perfect independence with reference to the candidates and to those Members of Parliament who had been returned through its influence, whose conduct, from that very circumstance, had been enabled to be discussed with perfect freedom and independence. — (Hear, hear.) The character of Mr. Prout, who founded the society, and who had taken so warm an intere - t in its success, was in itself a guarantee that nothing of a mercenary descrip tion would have entered into the councils of that society —(Hear, hear.) He thought that it was their duty to show to the public that they hr received no such benefit as alluded to in the report, and that in the selection of Mr. C. Lushington they were influenced by no motives to dictate, but for the independence of Westminster. He moved the following resolution: — " Reports having been circulated by some persons who have given their support to Mr. Cochrane, that this society has received funds from the representatives of this city, and that our recommendation of Charles Lushington, Esq., originated in some such benefactions, this society, convened for the purpose of rebutting such calumnies, resolve— " Ist. That, shortly after the passing of the Reform Bill, it was seen by most Westminster Reformers that it could not be final, and in order to uphold the principles long advocated in this city, it was deemed requisite to form a society to enunciate and support further reforms. " 2d. That this society was formed r'so to guard, purify, and augment the registration of Westminster electors. " ad. That all persons being electors, or by the tenancy eligible to become so, may, upon the payment of five shillings annually, become members of this sceiety. " 4th. That with the funds so arising, and with the occasional pecuniary assistance of one member, who was the first proposer of this society, and with the gratuitous assistance of Mr. W. B. West, many years secretary, and the late William Trott, Esq., in the Revising Bar rister's Court, this society has, with the strictest economy, been able to accomplish its ireeortant functions, but that on no occasion has the society e.'er added one farthing to its funds from any of the candidates or representatives of this city." Mr. HocKEN seconded the resolution. Mr. PnouT observed, that in the year 1836, when the seat of Sir F. Burdett was in jeopardy, on which occa sion the society took up Mr. Leader, the canvassing books were not in readiness. The funds of the society were then very low, upon being acquainted with which Lady Evans offered the sum of 10/. in order that the society might be able to prepare them. But at the meeting of the society subsequent to the money being offered, it was resolved that the money should be returned, which was done, and he held in his hand the receipt of her Lady shid in acknowledgment. (The receipt was produced.) For years they have been able to pay their secretary only 10/., and now they can only afford to give him 201. per annum, though the services of the gentleman holding that office were worth at least 50/ a year.—(Hear, hear.) He had been anxious to keep the soc i e ty t oge th er , an d i n that view had from time . to time advanced different sums of money. It was now in his debt 26/, 12s. 4d., and he having been owed at one time 89/.33.10d. He was astonished at the hardihood of some persons, who, with an utter disregard of truth, had dar e d to promu l gate suc h un foundad charges against the society.—(Hear, hear.) He was convinced that with every honest man the charges would have no effect. The proc ee di ngs o f the society had always been carried on with a view to promote the Liberal cause.—(Hear.) Re did not allude to his own exertions from any personal motives, but to show that the society had always been deficient of funds, and he was convinced the great majority of the electors would feel a_ -ured that the society had acted with an honest integrity, and for the support alone of the Liberal inter est of the city of Westminster.— (Applause.) Mr. Coppock, Mr. Besley, Mr. Williams, &c., ad dressed the society, when th an k s were vote d to t h e Chairman and the mee ting separated at a l a t e hour. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, JULY 7, 1847. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas William Whitehead (and not Henry William Whitehead, as be fore advertised), of Rochdale, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Edmund Edmonds, of Newent, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JULY I G. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and ap pointing the Right Hon. George Earl of Auckland, G.C.8., Rear-Admiral James Whitley Deans Dunelas, Rear .Admiral Henry Prescott, Captain Maurice m Lord Francis J h n c oHay),wper, her Majesty's Fre derick Fitzhardinge Berkel ey , Captain John Hay C. 8., and the (commonly Commissioners for exec utin g the office of High Admiral Honourable calledW l William i a of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 16. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Charles Sidney Davers Mills, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lord Otho Fitzgerald, promoted, July 20. 9th Light Dragoons—Captain Edward James Pratt, exchanges Light ; Dragoons, Captai n to Robertfrom half-pay, 16th Light D ra g oons, to be Ca p tian, vice James ANbixeorenroMmbaycayrtunleey who ,from 16th be Captain, vice Power, who exchanges, July 20. 16th Light Dragoons Captain Kingsmill Manley Power, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Yule, who exchanges, July 20. sth Regiment of Foot —Major James Smith Schon swar to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase; Cap tain Philip M. Nelson Guy to be Maio**, vice Schonswar; Captain William Turner, from half-pay 78th Foot, to be Captain, vice Guy; Captain Griffin Nicholas, from the 62d Foot, to be Captain, vice Edm Hamiuniton, appointed to the 87th Foot ; Captain Henry , the 89th Foot, to be Captain,_ vice Isacke , who exchanges; Lieutenant John Wallace Colquitt to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Turner, who retires ; Second Lieutenant Leopold Fitzgerald to be First Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Colquitt; Gentleman Cadet William Thomas Francis Wallace, from the Royal Military College, to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Carter, appointed Adjutant, July 20; William Leach, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Fitz Gerald, July 21; Second Lieutenant Charles Carter to be Adjutant; Colonel Sergeant Ber nard M'Douald to be Quartermaster; Dudley Hanley, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Batley, who resigns, July ,20. 9th Fool Frederick Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Trydell, appointed to the 51st Foot, July 12. 16th Foot—Cook Sibbs Flower, Gent., to be Ensign, vice pee u: l c o h s a ty se n , , v jicuelyß2laorkburn, whose appointment has been cancelled, July 20. 27th Foot—Ensign Thomas William Mostyn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dalzell, who retires ; Charles Conrad Brine, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, re tires; Young,9s7t;thhFoot—Ensign whoFoot—Assistantex ehiexchanges, es, Surgeo njuly2o .Ludovic Charl es Stewart, from the 50th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, v David L at o uehe c George oithu r st Gent., Dunbar ent Dillon ,t o be P E i l u k s i i n a g n: ton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cator , who re by purchase, vice Pilkington, July 20, 48th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Anderson Morshead, from half-pay 3d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dore, ap pointed to the Ceylon Rifle Regiment ; Ensign J ,wes Mancor to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice SeHick, who retires; Conrad Tuik, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mancor, July 20. 50th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Laker Young, from the 29th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Stewart, who exchanges, July 20. 51st Foot—Lieutenant William Douglas Scott to be Captain, by purchase, vice 'sham, who retires; Ensiau Henry Bruen Westropp to "be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Scott ; Ensign John Frederick Trydeil, trom the 9th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Westropp, July 20. 53d Foot—Colour Sergea!, t William Peel to be Quar termaster; vice Cornea, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons, July 20. 57th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Maitland Moore, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gallen, promoted in the Cape Mounted Riflemen, July 20. 62d Foot—Captain Henry John Jauncey, from the 87th Foot, to be Captain, vice Nicholas, appointed to the sth Foot, July 20. 87th Foot—Captain Louis H. Hamilton, from the sth Foot, to be Captain, vice Jauncey, appointed to the 62d Foot, July 20. 89th Foot—Captain Frederick James Isacke, from the sth Foot, to be Captain, vice Edmunds, who exchanges, July 20. 93d Foot—Paymaster Stephen Blake, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Wardell, who exchanges, July 20. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Frederick Nassau Dore, from the 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Syms, appointed Paymaster in the 3d Foot, July 20. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Ensign Frederick Gahan, from the 57th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hamilton, whose appointment has been cancelled, July 20. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Paymaster William Henry Wardell, to the 93d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Blake, who exchanges, July 20. Royal Malta Fencible Regiment—Major Francisco Bussiett, C.M.G., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, with local and temporary rank, vice the Marquess Guiseppe de Piro, C.M.G., who retires upon full pay; Captain Carlo Cutajar to be Major, with local and temporary rank, vice Bussiett ; Lieutenant Felice Rine° to be Captain, with local and temporary rank, vice Cutajar ; Ensign Guiseppe Sesino to be Lieutenant, with local and temporary rank, vice Riazio; Filippo Giacomo Testa ferrate, Gent., to be Ensign, with local and temporary rank, vice Sesino, July 20. BREVET.—Captain William Turner, of the sth Foot, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837. MEMORANDUM.—Erratum in the Gazette of 22d June, 1847.—F0r, the commission of Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, Joseph Edmondson has been altered groin July 2, 1841, to 20th December, 1846, read, the: com mission of Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, Joseph Edmondson has been altered from July 2, 1841, to 2Wh December, 1845. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Measfield, hotel keeper, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. Diedrick Carsten Hermann Lomer, merchant, London- street, City, to surrender, Aug. 2, at two, and Sept. 3, at half•past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Thomas, and Ho!lams, Mincing-lane. Henry Monson, builder, East Manchester-square, July 26, at one, and Aug. 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Newbon and Evans, Doctors'-commons. James Dodge, gas•fitter, Walworth-road, July 29, at eleven, and August 28, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Cooper, Old Cavendish-street. Henry Woodhouse and Thom2s Theakstone Wood house, warehousemen, Aldermcnbury, July 29, at three, and August 20, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank rupt3y. Follett, official assignee, Thsirighall-street; Davis, Coventry; Lloyd Milk ,trees, City. Henry Smith, cl-vir•maker, Br;ley, Southampton, July 29, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street ; Fitch, Southampton street. Robert John Day, wine merchant, Halstead, Essex, Aug. 6, at two, and 31, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane, Lombard street; Wilkinson and Raseh, Nicholas lane, City. John Price, Belle Sauvage Hotel, City, Aug. 6, at one, and 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Brisley, Pancres-lane, City. Joseph Gardner, baker, Nottingham, July 30, and Aug. 27, at ten, at tho Nottingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Coope, Not tingham. Luke Normington, worsted spinner, l_ster Dyke, Yorkshire, Aug. 5 and 25, at one, at the Leeds District Court. Stansfeld, official assignee, Leeds ; Fiddey, Temple; Barr, Lofthouse, and Nelson, Leeds. Wiliam Scott, hardware dealer, Liverpool. Aug. 3 and 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cotterell, Throgmorton street ; Fletcher and Co., Liverpool. Abraham Smith, worsted spinner, Leicester, July 30 and Aug. 27, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Sculthorpe, Leicester. Sarah Bowring, plumber and glazier, Pendleton. Lan cashire, Aug. 4 and Sept. 1, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Man chester ; Atkinson, Saunders and Atkinson, Manchester ; Abbott, Charlotte -street, Bedford-square. Joseph Newman, carpenter, Frampton Cotterell. Gloucester, Aug. 3 and 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hutton, official assignee, a istol ; Nash, Bristol. John flay, surgeon dentist, Bath, Aug. 5 and 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Wellings, B.:th ; Jones, Blayland, and Jones, Crosby-square, London. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Dodgson and Bradbury, ironmongers, Bishopsgate street Without—second div. of 2s. in the pound, on Saturday, July 17, and three subsequent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abhurch-lane, City. J. Woodhams, painter, High-street, Portland-town — first div. of Bd. in the pound, on Saturday, July 17, and three subsequent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groo n, Abchurch-lane, City. J. H. Hipwood, merchant, Cornhill—first div. of is. 6d. in the pound, on Saturday, July 17, and three subse quent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch lane, City. J. Knox, carpenter, Black-horse-yard, Bond-street — first div. of 2s. 10d. in the pound, on Saturday, July 17, and three subsequent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. T. H. Fiske, ironmonger, Portsmouth—first div. of 4s. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. W. Clevesley, floor-cloth manufacturer, Cumberland place, Old Kent-road—first div. of ls. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Cole man-street. J. Thorogood, innkeeper, Aldgate High-street—first div. of 1 Oid. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. M. Gilbert, coach proprietor, Lawrence-lane, Cheap side—a div. of 2s. 4d. in the pound, on Thursday, July 22, and three following Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms'-yard, Moorgate-street. F. A. De Wilde, cabinet ironmonger, Wells-street, Oxford-street—a div. of 71d. in the pound, on Thursday, July 22 and three following Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms'-yard, Moorgate-street, W. F. Cowper, B. F. Cowper, and P. E. Cowper, linendrapers, Darlington—first div. of ss. in the pound, on any Saturday after July 23, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. H. Hodgkins, shoemaker, Birmin.lham—first div. of 51d. in the pound, on any Thursday, r t the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. R. Pickstone, grocer, Manchester—a div. of 4s. 9d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser. Manchester. DIVIDENDS. J. Partridge, coal merchant, Cheltenham, Aug. 13, at half-past twelve, at the Bristol District Court—G. and J. Barton, copper roller manufacturers, Manchester July 29, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J, Bel', advertising agent, Finch-lane, Cornhill, Aug 12—it. IlLbbins, stone mason, Ketton, Rutlandshire, Aug. 10—J. L. Bourdon and P. J. Meugens, Finch street, Whitechapel, Aug. 10—J. Judd, shopkeeper, Brynmawr, Breconshire, Aug. 12—W. J. Geach, auc tioneer, St. Colomb Major, Cornwall, Aug. 10—T. P. Fay, surgeon dentist, Liverpool, Aug. 10—J. Robinson, perfumer, Manchester, Aug. 11—J. Butterworth, cur rier, Rochdale, Aug. 12—R. Land, cotton spinner. Blackburn, Lancashire, Aug. 11—T. T. Cooke, bill vender, Manchester, Aug. 10 —M. Parker, grocer, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Aug. 10—D. F. Thomas, Carmarthen, Aug. 10—J. Williams, carpenter, Aberga venny, Aug. 10—C. Goodwin, cement manufacturer, Great Guildford-street, Southwark, Aug. 10—T. G. Webb, lace manufacturer, Wood-street, Cheapside, Aug. 10. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Robinson, T. Robinson, and W. Sanford, Milk street, Cheapside—J. F. Burnside and T. Hillman, stationers, John-street, Crutched-friars—J. Kennedy and B. Renner, master porters, Liverpool—H. J. Tine, S. Richards, and R. Harfield, engineers, Gravesend—G. and M. Bowen, grocers, Llanasa, Flintshire—W. and J. Bryden, estate agents, Regent-street—J. and W. Pack ham, brickmakers, Mayfield, Susses—H. Hudson, W. Sims, and J. N. Ward, shipwrights, Liverpool.—Z. Leigh and T. Wilson, tea dealers, Manchester—E. Whitmore, H. Whitmore, and A. Whitmore, stock broker, Change alley, City—J. and H. Clarke, pawnbrokers, Notting ham—J. Todhunter and P. Sancton, indigo, merchants, Cheapside—k. Tooth and T. Peerless, timber merchants, Brighton—J. Carr and S. Barrass, Heddon East Stone Quarry—C. H, and A. Robinson, shoe makers, Stockton upon-Tees—G. Mannering, sen., and G. W. Chandler, painters, Dover—R. S. Parry and 3. Blenkarn, Leaden hall -street—G. Jozeau and E. H. Duhamel, chemists, Haymarket—J. Blackburn and J. Rodwell, farmers, West Witton, Yorkshire—J. M. Williams, N. Davies, and D. Pritchard, linendrapers, Liverpool—T. Carter, G. Carter, and J. B. Carter, starch manufacturers, Hull —W. H. Tebbutt and G. H. Hough, estate agents, John street, Adelphi. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Thomas Ross, farmer, Quenzieburn, Stirlingshire, July 28 and Aug. 16, at one, at the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. James Clark, power-loom cloth manufacturer, Glas gow, July 24 and Aug. 13, at eleven, at the chambers of Mr. Gourlay, Glasgow. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial. office for the Governor of the Cape of Good ilope, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, .1 aly 20. The House met for public business shortiy afar Fiye o'clock. A message from the Commons brought up several Bills, and another message requested a conference with their Lordships, with respect to the Lords' amendments on the Poor-law Administration Bill. The conference having been granted, on the return of the messengers, on the part of the Lords, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE st,,ted that the Commons agreed with some of the amendments, and disagreed with others. BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. Lord BROUGHAM then ruse to call the attention of the House to the manner in which the business of Parliament had been conducted during the present ses-_ sion. He did so with no factious design. His intention was to bring under the consideration of their Lordships the course legislation had pursued during the present session, and in doing so his only object was to gather lessons for the future, and prevent Parliament from undergoing such another session as that which was now about to close. He would call their Lordships' at tention to the measures that had been introduced, those that had been withdrawn and those that had passed. Of the latter he felt bound to say that he had never known a session in which such calamitous mea sures had passed. Of the English Poor-law Bill which they had passed this session be could not say much. Another measure was the Poor Heliefareland) Bill. How long that measure was to last he could not say; but he believed, that in bringing it forward, they were only putting off the evil day. It was one thing to give relief, and another, after they had taught men to be-beggars, to withdraw it. To say that because persons were to be relieved from hunger who were unable to help them selves during the summer months was a proposition which he must confess he could not grapple with. He found that in several districts assessments had been made to the amount of 9s. in the pound for a single quarter of the year, making a sum equal to 365. in the pound for the year. Unless the pound sterling had a capacity of swelling in Ireland, he did not see how those rates were to be paid. Then there was the Factories Bill—it did not require the talents of the seer to forsee what would be the results of that Bill. Those three measures were certainly the worst that he had ever known to be passed. Now with respect to ;mother subject, the endowment of the Catholic Church he thought it might be rather an unpopular opinion to express just now, that the Catholic priesthood ought to be endowed, and he be lieved that despite the assertions to the contrary, that there was not a single individual in connexion with that church who would not jump at the offer. He was sorry that a measure had not been introduced to carry out those opinions. He greatly lamented that the advice of a Noble Friend of his had not been taken, to establish amicable relations with the see of Rome ; and when alluding to foreign nations, he could not in passing avoid alluding to the Prassian Government, to pay the tribute of his profound respect and grateful thanks for the noble sacrifices, even of prerogative, which the illustrious Monarch of that country had lately:made in giving a free constitution to his people, and he knew that the same feeling wrs felt universally in this country. In some quarters, indeed, he knew that that gift of a constitution was not favourably viewed, but such he knew was not the feeling in England. Then again, there were measures which were just brought forward seemingly for the purpose of being withdrawn, some of them of the most important nature, others of a less important character, but all of them involved in one common and pitiless abandon ment. The first to which he would refer was one with respect to Ireland, for the purpose of extending the period of elections for counties in Ireland. The pre amble of that Bill recited, that " Whereas it was expe • dient to limit the polling at elections to one day," yet the Bill contained no proviso for so reducing the time to be allowed for such elections. That Bill, however expe dient might have been its provisions was gone, however, with its brother Bill—the Parliamentary Electors' Bill. Then, again, there was the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill, which was considered of so much paramount im portance to the best interests of the country. Ile thought that nothing ought to have stood in the way of allowing that Bill to pass. But notwith,tanding the importance and the necessity of such a measure, the Government had made that to share the same fate as the other unfor tunate Bills. He then came to another Bill, which pro posed to effect much good for the whole commercial system of the country, he alluded to the Railways' Bill. He could hardly mention the name of that Bill without exciting a smile. He highly approved of the interference proposed by that Bill ; it was perfectly nece.,‘ , ary that some such supervision should be carried on by the Government over the railway interests. By rail ways the whole of the country was cut up, the old modes of travelling suspended, and the roads blocked up. A monopoly was afforded to those parties, and powers to take land and property com pulsorily. A Bill was brought in to allow the Govern ment some control over parties possessing these enor mous powers, and had been withdrawn in consequence of the threatened opposition of the railway authorities. He bad no hope to see that measure carried in the next Parliament, which was to be the first of the railway Parliaments, and where he had no doubt that instead of there being one person entrusted in railways, there would be a dozen. He deeply regretted, therefore, that the Bill had been withdrawn. Then the Health of Towns Bill, that was a subject mentioned in the speech from the Throne, and .a Bill had been introduced at an early period on the subject, but in that Bill the very place (the city of London) which of all others most needed the ope ration of the Bill, was excluded therefrom. That unfor tunate Bill, however, went the way of all Bills, except those which were of no real value or service to the coun try. Then there was the Thames Conservancy Bill, s Bill of great national importance, that had also gone the way of all the Bills. There was a Prisons Bill, also, that had been withdrawn, The Regulation of Births and Deaths (Scotland) that had shared a similar fate. Now, all these things showed clearly to his mind the si•zns of a weak Government, and he thought that any Ministry was better than a weak Ministry. He sincerely hoped that he might never live to see such sentiments a.„),ain adopted with respect to Bills, as had been with respect to the Health of Towns Bill, the Encumbered Estates Bill, and the Railways Bill. He hoped to see, whatever Government should succeed, one that was sup ported by public opinion, enshrined in its own Merits in the hearts of the people, and supported by large majo rities in both Houses or Parliament. Most sincerely did he trust that be might never again have to lament over such a session as this. He would, therefore, move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, setting forth that the measures recommended from the Throne had not been carried out by her Majesty's Ministers. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said—l am sure your Lordships must have observed that my Noble and Learned Friend, perhaps unconsciously and unwillingly, has directed a great deal of his speech and thrown a great deal of blame, not merely upon the Government, but upon the character and proceedings of Parliament. And although my Noble and Learned Friend may have made no direct attack upon the Government, I feel that I would not be acting consistently with my duty to allow this motion to be negatived (for I trust your Lord ships will give to it a decided negative) without a few observations. My Noble and Learned Friend stated, in sweeping terms, that public regret and disappointment has been oc asioned by the measures which have been withdrawn and the mischievous measures which have been passed during the present session. The general charge of my Noble Friend divides itself into three parts—first, with respect to those mea sures which have passed ; secondly, with respect to those which have failed to pass ; and thirdly, as regards those which have been withdrawn. Now, my Lords, on these three heads I venture to say that there is not one word of condemnation used by my Noble Friend to wards the proceedings of this session of Parliament which would not apply in an equal and corresponding degree to four out of every five sessions that we have gone through. And if that be so, how much less does that blame and condemnation apply to the present ses sion, when the circumstances of the country were in a condition which was more adverse to that mature deli berat'on which great and permanent measures require, when there was greater exigency and more pressing evils than almost on any previous session.—(llear.) My Noble Friend talked about the ill consequences of a too great subservience and courtesy of public opinion by the other House, but I must remind him that when he de scribes those evils (if evils they be) he must remember that they are the inevitable consequence of that measure which I joined with him in supporting—which is now the law of the land—which gave to the people that franchise which had been most unjustly withheld from them—those privileges to which they were fairly en titled, and by the concession of which the foundations of our institutions were most materially strengthened. When that great measure was carried my Noble and Learned Friend must have been blind if he did not see among its inevitable consequences the rendering of Mem bers of the other H ouse o f P ar li ament more attentive to the wishes and feelings of th e i r const i tuents, an d more eager to gain their good opinion. But, making allow ance for this spirit, which does not present itself upon this year for the fi rs t ti me , b ut w hi c h h as s h own i tse lf session after session since that great event in a similar manner, what is there singular or extraordinary in this session? My Noble and Learned Friend talks about the withdrawal and abandonment of Bills. Why, that has been the case every session at least within our memory, He relies upon the Health of Towns Bills. He seems to forget that that very sanatory measure, which he speaks of as if brought forward this session for the first time, and to which he says public attention was attracted in order that it might be sacrificed, has undergone that same operation before —(Hear)—has been presented and withdrawn—withdrawn, too, without one word of cen sure or remark from my Noble and Learned Friend.— (Hear, hear.) He talks about the ghosts of Biils, and speaks of the shades of those departed measures with an air of affected regret. He says that they are inanimate. Let me tell my Noble Friend that if there is justice at the bottom of these measures, if they are essentially use ful and just, I entirely disagree with him, for I do not believe that it is in the nature of the institutions of this country—that it is in accordance with our former history or with public spirit, that such measures should fall and be heard of no more. No, my Lords, if they tend to promote the interest of the community, if they were founded upon truth, they will not perish—their seeds will not fail to fructify, and the time will come when Parliameat, in its wisdom, will adopt them ' and when the public mind havin g b een en li g h tened by discussion, they will come into more perfect and har monious operation than if hastily passed, and before their nature and extent were sufficiently understood. My Noble and Learned Friend seems to think a Governmeirt ought to have nothing to do but to propose Bills, and then have them passed at once; but he ought to know well, as your Lordships must be well aware of; that there never has been a Government, and never will bs, so strong as at once to subdue public feeling, and in spite of it to carry in one session any great a-id important mea sure which they might think it expedient to propose. What is the history of the great measures which have hewn "Th l ion•?( 1 by Parliament hut a 0 1 --(1,1 , 1 t.fragalP 6, pun f :nig and WIC 0,:1111,11--, (-)„ 1 rcason against p.ejudice, of truth against ignorance Such has been the history of the monopoly of the East India Company, which was long supported by the greatest men this country could boast of. Such is also the his tory of the Test Act, of the Relief Bill of 1829, and of various other great and important measures. All have been carried, but not until after long and protracted tiseu-s;ons and tiela:,. not until the public mind wa s ttkezted as to tlitir utility a:.d fitness. lam not surpr!st-d, therefore, at the number elf these ehtts's, 83 my Noble and Learnt d Friend says ; for I know the 7 will be one day or another called into actual embodi ment. I now come to make a few observations upon the actual legislation of this session, and I must here say that my Noble Friend in his catalogue has omitted a grefit deal of that which has been done, in order to shoe' what has not. Many measures which, though not exciting great discussion, nor provoking long s peecheri upon one side or the other, are yet of great intrinsic importance, and may be calculated in a great degree to promote the happiness of the Queen's subjects. In tb i° • very session some such measures have been Pass e d: Most valuable and useful changes have been wady during the present session in the law of Scotland. The re have been three Bills—the Bill for the transference o '. land, the Bill relating to the service of heirs, and the. Bill relating to burgage tenure. All these Bills aPP, I i, to Scotland, and are unquestionably calculated to benefit that portion of the empire. The Noble Marquis then welt on to say that he entertained a confident beli ef that the loans advanced to Ireland would be repaid T ' fact, they were in the course of being repaid. T he . Noble and Learned Lord accused them with having don little during the session. Why they had proposed carried a Bill for the importation of corn, a Bill relating to the navigation-laws, a Bill respecting brewing from sugar, and distilling from sugar. The Noble and Learn" — Lord called these merely temporary Bills, but they wel l brought forward for the purpose of meeting a great so u pressing emergency, although they did partake of suel: a character. But they had also pasted measures of great permanent public importance: He should oppose ( hi motion. Lord BROUGHAM replied, and stated that he did no t undervalue the temporary measures of the Go v ernmen t : . He considered that the Government had been deficit pt in permanent measures of great public importance. The motion was then negatived without a division. Several Bills were advanced a stage, and their MN , ships adjourned shortly after Eight o'Clcck. • ROUSE OF COMMONS, July 20. The SZELKER took the Chair at Three o'clock. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills wer e considered and agreed to: — Birkenhead (Commissioners) Dock Acts Amendnierl (Construction of New Docks and Alteration of Culvert). Birkenhead Commissioners Docks Acts Amendment 01. to Construction of Sea Wall along Wallasey Pool?; e Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junol, Railway Deviations. Royston and Hitchin Railway (Sale or Lease). THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and pie! : —Dean and Chapter of Westminster's Estate--Je s Hospital Newcastle) Estate—Passingham's Estate. to Mr. REDHEAD YORKE presented a petition frq . ,,., a person employed under Dr. Reid, praying for the P. duction of certain documents relating to the ventilat z . of the New Houses of Parliament. : Mr. WAKLEY presented a p e titi on f r om Bra -- praying for the repeal of the Septennial Act. TRINIDAD. In reply to a question from Mr. HUME, 4 eo l Mr. HAWES stated that instructions had been, - be out to Trinidad, directing that the island shook' 0 , , partitioned out into districts, with the view of es te . Wishing municipal government, which might V o l after become a foundation for the erection of a Gen Legislative Assembly. THE BIBLE IN MADRAS. In reply to a question from Sir 0 0 . Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE intimated that the Home dye vernment did not approve of the order issued bf Governor of Madras, discountenancing the use ni tjor . Bible in a new class recently introduced into the t . versity of Madras, the attendance on which was r fectly voluntary. On the motion of Mr. HUME, returns were ortlerej to be laid before the House relating to the cultivationbet cotton in India ; and also returns relating to the name of resident and non-resident clergymen belonging W - Church of England. IMPORTATIONS FROM IRELAND. _,,re On the motion of Mr. GROGAN, returns "' i l l s ordered showing the quantities of Grain (specifying.o different kinds), and of Flour or Meal imported / 5 0 Ireland, from the Ist day of September, 1846, to th e , 4 o day of July, 1847, showing the number and deseriP,',o of live stock, the quantities of cured provisions °li r e. kinds, of butter, poultry, and eggs imported int ° o o. land during the same period; and showing the tio tities of cured provisions, of butter, poultry, en d exported from Ireland during the same period. THE DOCKYARD CORPS. In reply to a question trom Mr, HINDLEY, d olt' Mr. WARD stated that the entries into the yard corps were purely voluntary. _ COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT WIGAN• In reply to a question from Mr. HINDLEY, f tbe Sir G. GREY stated that th e reason no o fficer o eel Government was in attend ance at t h e coroner ' s 111g° 4 on the sufferers from the late l amenta bl e co lli e ry e s j e ro sion at Wigan, was because it to o k pl ace b e f o re w b . o „ was time to instruct an officer to attend. A n WV '1 f however, had been instituted into the matter by a .to of local magistrates, and those magistrates had con i ',.e the conclusion that the explosion was the result of cw lessness on the part of the workmen. EDUCATION IN THE ARMY. 11/ 1 Sir R. H. INGLIS said he wished to ask the o% Hon. Gentleman the Secretary-at-War a question r efs A to the schools and places of worship in the arini•- nr e report had reached him that it was intended to T O priate a room in every barracks for the instruction.oo children of soldiers belonging to the three denonli, l ?,t o rob t of religion recognised in the army, namely, the L„;10 of England, the Church of Scotland, and the Cbu';. c oes Rome ; and that it was further intended to use such t e as a place of worship on the Sabbath. lie w is be the r ask whether such report was true ; end if 8 0 0 1 40, the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary-at-Warr"' ' co l objection to lay the order issued by the Horse ; en the subject before the House ? . oef e Mr. FOX MAULE said the Horse would be - 40 that his Right Hon. Friend who pre.;eded him i n oo i l/ turned his attention to th e i mproveme at o f e dues' - idiev the army, not only of the c hild ren, but of the sep le too ; and since he (Mr. Fox Maule) had beelioe° office he had endeavoured to carry out the ose 0 of his H'onourable Friend. For that Pe, 113 , room had been . set apart in all the Pild bet throughout the country, and schoolmasters be 0 i/e, provided for the education of the army, but it, w oo th e intended to use such rooms as places of worsb l P Sabbath.—(Hear, hear.) COAST FISHERIES. A J I Captain PECHELL asked the S ecre tary for th e r o ' miralty if it was intended to increase the °Poe el; cruisers on the coast of Sussex, so as to preven,",,,efr gressions of the French fishermen upon the rign w English in that neighbourhood. ttee 10 . Ir Mr. WARD said the subject h a d exc ited the 1 4 1 . A 0 0 of the Government. Differences were found " sid e though faults were, on inquiry, di scovere d on bo th fr o m In order, however, to prevent those differene_ cle cet becoming serious, some interventi on w ould oh' ' so as to secure the rights of all parti es . , A ijlA fr THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER, AND A..— . .0 COMPANIES. u . v ior Mr. HUDSON gave notic e , t h at to - morr ow "" at' l ask whether the Governm en t h a d g i ven t h e irs i lo et .. to the course taken by t h e C hancellor of the pu-,1010 Lanca'er of askin g f rom ra il way companies vwialUt price he chos e f or l and requ i red by them belom*,,,, 0 7 the duchy, a n d o f perm i tt i ng t h em to ta k e Ow quantities as he might determine. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONER 1.--,;ro ,I D Mr. HORSMAN wished to put a question rei_e'"aefr the powers vested in the Ecclesiastical Como: 1 1% 01 e; It had been rumoured that the Ecclesiastical t v or y ie the sioners were about to take the tithes of a r e , i c es of_ ko p certain diocese, and add them to the roreer be Dino bishopric, the reason for so doing being that ' ot ioe is was also the rector of the parish. The ( i ti me Ol a f wished to put was, whether, if such a sob e- eod ti 1 contemplation, the Government w o u ld reconloac 0 it should receive the sanction o f th e Q u een ie nea tle e l.el Sir G. GREY, in consequence of the Hon' "" 003 50 1 410 having communicated to him the alleged Cl ot , do of this case, had made inquiry into the I° ol i ii the rectory (the name of which we did not hear) w hicll h o. Bishopric of Peterborough. It was a case W A:A WP„„el • AiC. e, Ecclesiastical Commissioners had no jurisn fig en; bee ever ; and he might state, as to the living yin to the bishopric, that no proposition of t"'„ er s• been laid before the Ecclesiastical Commiss l° ,4 - 0. the ABUSES OF THE POST-OFFIL' of r bo rt Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE then rose to brieeg o f s°, of consideration of the House the petition he offin,le Grapes, complaining of his dismissal front t o c eerfor letter-carrier in the Post-office. The„ isse? t iOo Gentleman said Grapes was not n' s ,rbaae s o er incompetency, because it was admitted on, al in tbe aL ,ol Grapes was one of the most efficient carrier be 0- 0 ill vice. The true reason of his dismissal Wel " O . a buse s of to his having been instrumental in correcti n g I ).. .reir the Post-office, and exposing fraud on sae D I t be Messrs. Kelly in reference to the tory." A preliminary inquiry had been r eB coei fit res 1 1 0- f case of Mr. Grapes, both by Mr. ‘, p o st•em c i e i n to the A th e Ile of solicitor to the Post-office, am., le c oo- To master-General, but throughout the wif e bora; 0 04 those inquiries Grapes was not allowed to h e nee° ole show that Grapes was an injured n 3 11 09 , ba t he 1 the mention that Kelly had been heard to BO' ; le bar 0 4 0 give a 1,000/. if he c o u ld pl ace G ra pes at t , t it Iv' 09 Old Bailey, and he (Mr. D unco mbe) thoug l i 'd s fioW t ot disgrace to the Government that theys a b d ° : the era p p e : servants of the publi c to be n 3 of, and insulted by, Kelly in this via li c r g! th at had been connected w ith th e Post-offic e „ le 0 j ot riod of seven years, and during the Ir in i N coeu 01 time no charge or pretence Dane a c harge ' ° flow ed f b #l had been made against him, ffice w it° to • parties connected with thcPos i t t -o w ffi li c s e a that 119 the invariably discharged the duties of his o there f c re, eoo , utmost attention and efficiency. It was , siu . ttod Oct bad that, because he bad acted fear.lee J. O po d . 0 duties to t 6 _ , scientiously in the discharge of his , id, ", to should move that an humble address be p.d to 1 he should be dismissed from the office he 1 1 0c ote; s i.. hf-r Majesty, praying her Majesty to be pear, heepPoet• lute an inqu'ry into the whole asatter.- - Li' l aid for Mr. PARKER vindicated the conduct o.ieluber office authorities, and prayed the 110 i''' Finsbury not to prose his motion for inquiry