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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOITSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at four o'clock. ROYAL COAIMISSION. The Royal assent was giv en by comm i ss ion to the fol owing bills, viz.:—Public liouses (Sect io cotland) ; ntPering arish Vestries (No. 2) ; Highway Rat es ; Elns ; E of Seamen ; Lunacy Regulation ; Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Act Continuance • Newspaper Stamp Duties ; Crime and Outrag e (Ireland) ; Registrar of Meetings ; Municipal Corporatio Act Amendment ; Sheriffs C our ts (Scotland) ; Oaths in Chancery ; Naval Coast Volunteers ; Land Tax Redemption ; Consolidated Annuities (Ireland) ; Turnpike Acts Continuance reland) ; Poor Relief Act Continuance ; Electric Tile graph Company's ; Worcester and Hereford Railway ; Westport Port and Harbour ; Bayswater, Paddington, and Holborn Bridge Railway • West Cornwall Railway ; Crieff J un ction Railway ; Tralee and Killarney Railway; Imperial Continental Gas (No. 2) ; Breen Collegiate Church ; Castlemain Estuary Reclamation ; Chard Rail way ; East Anglian Railways (No. 2) ; Limerick Im provement ; Monmouthshire Railway and Canal ; Severn and Wye Railway and Canal ; South Wales Mineral Railway; Staffordshire Potteries Water Works; Stamford and Essendine Railway ; Cork and Brandon (No. 2) ; Galway Improvement. The Lords Commissioners were—the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, and the Duke of Argyll. Their lordships then adjourned during pleasure, and resumed again at five o'clock. The Earl of HARDWICK presented several petitions from Liverpool praying to be exempted from the opera tion of the pilotage bill. INDIA. BILL. Earl GRANVILLE said it had erroneously gone abroad that he was opposed to the introduction of free trade into India. He was reported to have expressed such an opinion on the discussion of the India Bill, but it was a mistake which he was glad to have the oppor- tunity of correcting. UNIVERSITY TESTS. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented peti titions from several places in Scotland against the continuance of religious tests in the Universi ties of Scotland. The noble marquis said he concurred in the prayers of the petitioners, and said he hoped soon to see the day when these tests would be abolished in the English as well as the Scotch Universi ties. The Duke of ARGYLL presented several petitions from plaue3 in Scotland, in favour of the University Tests Bill, and praying for the abolition of all religious tests in the Scotch Universities. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Commons' Amendments to the Charitable Trusts Bill were considered and agreed to. SECOND READINGS. The following bills were read a second time and or dered to be committed, viz.:—Land Tax Commissioners' Names Bill ; Defacing the Coin Bill ' • Linen, &c., Ma nufactures (Ireland) Bill • and Militia Ballot Suspnsion an d Militia Law Amendment Bill. HACKNEY CARRIAGES DUTIES BILL. On the motion of Lord STANLEY of Alderley, this bill was ordered to be read a second time this day three months, as an objectionable am en d men t h a d b een intro _ . duced into the fourth clause by the Commons. PILOTAGE BILL. Their lordships then went iTltocommittee on this bill. The Earl of HARDWICK opposed the 10th clause, and called upon the house to exempt Liverpool from the operation of the bill, on the ground that the navigation of the Mersey was so difficult, owing to the changeable character of the sands and sandbanks, that it would be dangerous to intrust a master or mate with the pilotage of his own vessel, as this bill proposed. There would be no objection to give such authority to the master or mate of a coasting vessel, but there was decided objections to extending it to foreign-going vessels. Lord STANLEY of Alderley opposed the proviso. Lord COLCHESTER supported the amendment, be lieving the safety of life and property rendered it abso lutely necessary that Liverpool should not be included in the bill. The house divided— For the amendment 6 Against it l4 —3 The bill then passed through committee. THAMES EMBANKMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL. The report of amendments on this bill was received. DRAINAGE OF LAND (IRELAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The report of amendments on this bill was received. DUTIES ON HORSES LET FOR HIRE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. DUBLIN CARRIAGES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, The Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to express his regret at the opposition offered to the bill by some members of the Established Church of Scotland. If he thought that it would interfere with the rights and privi leges of the Church of Scotland he would be the last per son to bring it before their lordships ; but, believing, as he did, that nothing of the kind would take place, he confidently recommended it to the favour of the house. He confessed that he put very little value on all tests of this description—(hear, hear)—and every day afforded a testimony either to their being valueless or mischievous. This test, on which it was proposed to legislate for the future as regarded the lay professors of the universities of Scotland, did not establish any abstract principle, but it caused a great practical evil which was felt very much at the present time, and which would be greatly in creased hereafter unless some such remedy as was now proposed was applied to it. For whenever the test was not altogether disregarded it was attended with great hardship, and the truth was that it was only effectual in cases in which the framers of the test themselves would have been anxious that it should not have been applied, for it was applied to those persons whom the framers of the test would have been most desirous to admit into the universities. The universities of Scotland were not ecclesiastical institutions, and the Church was entirely incompetent to impose any test on the professors—and not only so, but students were ad mitted of all sects and persuasions without any ques tion as to their religious opinions. The professors had no authority over the students outside of their lec ture rooms ; they were independent of the university authorities, and these institutions were open to the whole world, and were entirely different to Oxford and Cam bridge. The Church of Scotland was certainly always in connection with the universities, and the theological chairs, where the necessity for a test was more required, would remain untouched by the bill, which only applied to the professors who filled the chairs of literature and science, from whom no such test was required as was required from the professors of theology. It was true that a commission, which sat ten years ago, and of which he (Lord Aberdeen) was a member, had reported, that in consequence of the diversity which existed in the different universities, they were of opinion that the practice ought to be made uniform, and one test univer sally administered to the professors of all the chairs. But a great change had taken place since that time, and one-half of the kingdom had now rendered itself con scientiously incapable of taking the test. There was then no Free Church, and it was against the members of that church that the test now operated, and on them alone was the hardship complained of inflicted. The test itself was framed in 1707, just before the discussion of the question of the union of the two kingdoms, and an act was passed called the Security Act, the object of which was directed against the admission of Episcopa lian professors into the universities, and the test was framed a 3 against episcopacy and that alone. Some alarm, certainly a groundless one, was felt at a parlia ment of which bishops were members legislating on mat ters relating to the Presbyterian Church, and the Scotch test a was directed against Episcopalians in the same auneawa directednner as the test which existed in this country was against . all dissenters. The latter test had been time to y with, and it would have been a very good havewhen got the rid of the Scotch test against Episco palians rid ofyears English test against dissenters was only directed. that by the test It would show that the test was against Episcopalians, Episcopalians, when it was seen a declar . ation was made of adherence, not only to th e also an adherenc e to the confession of faith but hureuhworship, and obedience to the discipline of the Church of Scotland. (H ear .) Th e members of the Free Church by this test were to t a k e it of Scotland wh o suffered s doc trine and faith were concerned far as matte rs of tie but now th e y could not conscientiously adh ere to Church, and so were exclude& they were hop e d d o do so, and discipline of the in doing it as it were ready to take the test ; an d .(a or a ia o Episcopalians able to reconcile it to their consciencol3 some of the most eminent professors existed, while others had a difficulty of the most eminent professors in the University Man Edinburgh were Episcopalians, because that university had had the good sense never to impose the teat. But at present any one might insist on the test being taken, an d it would apply n ot onl y p ros p ectivel y b ut retro! spectively, and all professors would be required to take it. The circumstance. which had brought this matter of the Free Church to was the election of a member had ben a change in a law of the to a professorship of moral philosophy. Since the fram ing of the test there Church, which w as opposed to the d tenets of those who framed it, and was entirely in accordance with the opi nions of the Fr ee Church, namely, the law affecting church patronage. As regarded the test, the theologi calt professorships would remain hereain as wal ethey n o reason ; but as regarded the lay professorships, why the professor of Latin should be compelled not only to agree to the Westminster Confession of Faith , but also to the discipline of the Chu rch of Scotland. By the proposed relaxation great benefit wou ld arise to the uni versities by extending the admission to those chairs to all persons without the necessity of a sectarian test. After a recapitulation of his previous statements , the noble earl proceeded again to express his regret that a portion of th e mem b ers of the E sta bli s h e d Church of Scotland should be opposed to this bill, but at the same community anxiously d • time he was satisfied that the great mass ' of the united was of essential desired a measure of this interfere with the shouldpass, Scot land that this bill importance to the universities of Scot so 1. It and it did not in the least Church. On many duer influence. and authority of the had been rejected bj, tolvielou:loauttempts a bill of this kind majorities, but on this occasiose of Commons by small I, g Oniflierent parties, it had which had been come to arnon n ' d . b Y an understanding Y one Scotch mem ber passed by a majority of 5 to voting against it. They had now the advantage of 4 Mat= THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1853. held, and whether any steps had been taken with a view to establish an uniform and accurate system of re cording meteorological and other observations at sea ? Mr. CARDWELL said this subject had been brought under the attention of both the Board of Trade and the Admiralty, and Captain Beechy would attend the con ference at Brussels o THE ICAPE. f of the former Board. Sir D. L. EVANS gave notice that early next session he should call the attention of the house to the policy which this country had pursued towards the Cape, POSTAL COMMANDUNICATIONY BETWEEN SUEZ BOMBA. Mr. GREGSON asked the First Lord of the Ad miralty whether her Majesty's Government had taken any steps to improve the postal communication between Suez, Aden, and Bombay ; and if so, when such im proved arrangements may be expected to take effect ? Mr. COWPER said the steam communication in question was in the hands of the East India Company, who were taking steps to improve it. BRITISH MANUFACTURES. Mr. PELLATT wished to ask the Secretary of the favouredc bw h eh a mi r l p g e e a d t nh doh nations,si those linenh o e f r dutiesmeavlmanufactures zui. Belgium am i ci n tr Holland uoanrnedsm6Ganpe rue Germany than aaccnet nuy manufactures aree. those ,s o 62whilepp per rtr fhccooeestnneht cent., 0. other Treasury why the following British manufactures are Belgium and Germany are 1 per cent. ; cotton and wool len manufactures 6 per cent., while those of Belgium and Germany are 4 per cent. ; and earthenware 10s. per cwt., which amounts to about 35 per cent., almost a prohibitory duty ; and whether her Majesty's represen tative in Holland has remonstrated against these charges since Parliament reduced its import duties upon butter, cheese, eggs, and other productions of that country. Mr. WILSON said there was a difference in the duties, but we have not with Holland a treaty based upon the favoured nations' clause. We had no right, therefore, to claim to be put on the same footing as Bel gium. With regard to the latter part of the question, no doubt such representations would be made by the Foreign-office. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION IN INDIA. Mr. LUCAS wished to ask a question of the Presi - of the Board of Control , as to t he p rovision made dent for the , Ixercise of the Catholic religion in India, in pur suance of , `he compact of 1 8 33, and also to the p rovision " e made for the same purpose. hereafter to T) agreed that the principle laid down in t. Sir C. WOO., , le provision should be made for the am} was that am • non+ in'he lndia, and he was quite pre - R oman Catholic re 4 present provision was q pared to admit thatquite cis it was intended for. There was inadequate no o bj e f e o t r io t n h e to p u r increase it if it could be done. TURKEY A ND RUSSIA. Lord J. RUSSELL said—l- Stated the other day that before the prorogation of Parliament I would give the best information I could with respect to the present relations between Turkey and Russia. I will, there fore, make 3 short statement on that subject to-morrow, and at the sanie time I will move that th un e ho erstuse at the its house will sit at 3 o'clock to-uiorr ow, promised. . I dand time and at that rising do adjourn unti l Friday I will make the statement I hav: _ q GOV ERNMENT OF 'NWA BILL. The Lords' amendments to the GoveCiiment of India Bill were then taken into co nsideration. i n to the " s O a n l t tdhuet yquestion " Sir J. FITZGERALD ob j ected to the amendment,t, b th e at the agreeda t m o, endment rela' g which proposed to strike out the clause repealing the salt monopoly of the East India Company. Mr. GREGSON said it was a most unjust and cruel thing to impose an enormous duty on salt, which pre vented the natives using it with their simple food. He hoped if the clause was not omitted the company would take steps to reduce the duty, for he believed that a re duction would have the effect of increasing rather than of diminishing the revenue. Sir C. WOOD said as the question had already been discussed so fully, he did not think it necessary to enter into it again. He had never said a word in favour of maintaining a high duty on salt ; he was the last person to wish it, and was willing to concur in any reduction which could be made with common prudence and caution by the Government of India. He objected to the omission of the clause, because it was contrary to all principle for the house to legislate with reference to the details of the India Ad ministration. He, therefore, though not dissenting from the principle of the amendment made by the House of Commons, thought the House of Lords had acted wisely in not agreeing to the omission of the clause. Sir DE LACY EVANS was glad the right hon. gen tleman objected to the abolition of the duty on technical grounds and not on principle, and expressed a hope that after the vote of the House of Commons he would recommend the Government of India to re-arrange the tax if its maintenance should be necessary. Mr. HADFIELD protested against the amendment of the Lords, believing that salt was as necessary to the _natives as mother's milk, and moved that the amend ment be rejected. Tie amendment was then put and negatived without a divisj on. The a oiendment of the Lords respecting salt, and their remaining omendments were then agreed to. PETERBOROUGH ELECTION. Mr. GASKEITJL brought up the report of the Clitheroe Election Committee unseating Mr. Whalley for that borough. The reso2utions of the committee have been already published. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Registrar of the Privy Council, Liberated Africans (Sierra Leone), and Passengers' Act Amendment. CANTERBURY ELECTION. Mr. CRAUFURD moved for an address for the production of a paper referred to in the minutes of evi dence taken by the committee appointed to inquire into the existence of corrupt practices in the city of Canterbury, described by them (question 11, 212) to be " a paper consisting of extracts from papers which Mr. Henry Coare Kingsford handed in, but not printed with their report ; and also for the production of certain other papers severally described by them as " Paper B," "Draft Minutes of Evidence," "Minutes of Evidence," " 11th January, 1853, Minutes," and " Unindorsed paper," or " Leaf of proof," and referred to respectively in questions 10,288, 10,292, 10,297, 10,302, 10,303, 10,306, 10,307, and 10,308, but not printed with their report. Mr. LOWE opposed the motion on the ground that the document was only produced before the commission under extraordinary powers. Parliament had given to them discretion to publish what they thought necessary, and as they had not published the document in question, he did not see what object could be gained by its pro duction now, when the whole inquiry had terminated. Mr. THOMSON HANKEY here took the oaths and his seat for Peterborough, in the room of Mr. Whalley. Mr. W. WILLIAMS supported the motion. He thought the enquiries would be a farce if the commis sioners were allowed to use their discretion as to what evidence should be published. Mr. I. BUTT denied the right of the house to con trol the discretion of the commissioners. Lord J. RUSSELL thought the house ought to pre sume that the commissioners had rightly exercised their discretion, and considered that it would act unwisely in ordering the production of the document. He ad mitted, however, that the commissioners might have adhered a little more closely to the general rules which governed English courts of law. (Hear, hear.) Mr. F. FRENCH supported the motion. After a few words from Mr. HUME, the motion was withdrawn. not its toleration, was, at all events, its perfect impartiality to all religions, for it placed them on an equality of footing. He regretted he could not agree to the motion of the hon. member, because it would have the effect of postponing the ratification of the code until next session of Parliament. Mr. I. BUTT supported the motion. Mr. A. PELLATT thought that by agreeing to the code, they would revive the customs of the middle ages, and interfere with the principles of civil and religious liberty. Mr. NEWDEGATE supported the motion. He looked upon the code as a contravention of the whole system of our jurisprudence ; all he asked was that the Government should take the subject into their further consideration. Mr. HUME thought it was too much to expect that a Roman Catholic country like Malta should all at once be brought round to our Protestant feelings. Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD opposed the motion. Mr. WARNER said, if the motion was pressed to a division, he should certainly vote in its favour. Lord J. RUSSELL said, when we took possession of Malta the greater part of the inhabitants were Roman Catholics, and it was agreed on all hands that he had promised to them the full privileges of their religion. The code in question was entirely in accordance with the original understanding, and would considerably modify the existing laws. He admitted, however, that it required further consideration, and that would be given to it by the Government, with the view to secure every respect to the Roman Catholic religion, and at the same time to enable all of her Majesty's subjects to en joy the entire benefit of their civil and religious liberties. Mr. SPOONER thought the statement of the noble lord would be satisfactory to the house. Mr. HADFIELD expressed his thanks to the hon. member (Mr. Kinnaird) for bringing the subject for ward, and also to the noble lord for the latter part of his speech. (Hear.) The discussion was sure to do good. The time was come when in the eye of the law all persuasions must be equal. It was the boast of this country that a slave could not put his foot on any British territory without being free ; but the best of all liberties, and the brightest gem of the Crown, was re ligious liberty, which would enable a man to worship his Maker, according to th'e dictates of his own con science. (Hear, hear.) He respected the rights of the Roman Catholics equally with his own ; he asked for nothing himself that he would not concede to them. Having these sentiments, he hoped they would use no weapons but those of reason, scripture, and truth. Mr. KINNAIRD tendered his thanks to the noble lord for the remarks he had made on this subject, and they formed a complete justification to him for bringing it forward. (Hear, hear.) He thought the noble lord had answered the observations of the hon. gentleman the Secretary for the Colonies with entire impartiality. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) The hon. gentleman had accused him of showing bitterness in his speech ; but if the hon. gentleman would read that speech in the news papers to-morrow, he would not find a word in it calcu lated to wound the feelings of any one. (Laughter.) After what had been said by the noble lord, he would not press the motion. The motion was then withdrawn. ELECTION PETITIONS. An HON. MEMBER moved, on behalf of Mr. Locke King, for a return of an alphabetical list of all election petition presented during the present session, showing the names of the places, names of members petitioned against, &c. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTEP,SALL'S—MoNDAy. The attendance was comparatively thin, and only a very limited amount of business was transacted. The most important movement was the depression of West Australian for the St. Leger. At the commence ment 6 to 4 was laid in bets of 900 to 600, and 300 to 200 until the takers had invested in the aggregate up wards of 1,8001. A slight reaction then took place, and towards the close 600 to 500, and 90 to 75 were the last bets we saw booked. 4to 1 was taken to 1601. about ' Sittingbourne, and 7 to 1 and 6 to 1 to a little money about Cineas. EBOR HANDlCAP.—Pantomime had several friends, who got on at 9 to 2, and filially 4 to 1 ; and the out lay on Sally Warfoot colt, at odds varying from 10 to 8 to 1, not only advanced him to the position of second favourite, but it created a strong impression that he will this time be the chosen representative of Dawson's stable. Catspaw was quite friendless until nearly the last moment ; a few investments were then made at the odds quoted. The transactions relative to the other horses named below were only to small sums. DERBY.-1000 to 40 and 1000 to 50 were taken about Dervish, but the former odds were subsequently offered ; 35 to 1 was taken to 851. about First Lord, and 1000 to 25 about the colt by Hetman Platoff out of Infidelity. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HANDICAP.—Bets on this event were paid, but the anger of the layers against Haricot and of the backers of Candlewick was evidently at a white heat. The prices at the conclusion of business were as fol low : GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Pantomime (taken). Bto 1 agst Sally Warfoot colt (taken). Bto 1 agst Catspaw (taken). Bto 1 agst Adine (taken). 10 to 1 agst G-oorkah (offered). 10 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 12 to 1 agst Lord Fauconberg (taken.) 12 to 1 agst Lord Lieutenant (taken). 12 to 1 agst King of Trumps (taken). 100 to 7 agst St. Andrew (taken). 15 to 1 agst Ariosto (offered). 1000 to 15 agst Rosalba (taken). ST. LEGER. 6to 5 agst West Australian (taken). 4to 1 agst Sittingbourne (taken). 6to 1 agst Cineas (taken). DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Dervish (taken). 35 to 1 agst First Lord (taken). 40 to 1 agst Infidelity colt. YORK AUGUST MEETING. Programme of the three days' sport : WEDNESDAY. The Dundas Stakes of 50 sovs., added to a handicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. One mile and a quarter. 21 subs. b c by Melbourne—Sally CatharineParr,j3 yrs, 7stslb Warfoot, 4 yrs, Bst 71b Corybantes, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Pharos, 3 yrs, Bst 41b Ammonia, 4 yrs, 7st 41b Master Slender, 4 yrs, Snowdon Dunhill, 3 yrs, Bst llb 7st 41b The General, 3 yrs, Bst Beverlac, 3 y rs , 7 s t 31b The Italian, 6 yrs, Bst. Gavotte, 3 yrs, 7st 31b The Friar, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b The Surveyor, 4 yrs, 7st Phantom, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b Wings of a Dove, 3 yrs, Feversham, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b Est 131 b Gossip, 3 yrs, 7st 91b Captain Cornish, 3 yrs, Antigone, 5 yrs, 7st 91b 6st 121 b Lady in Waiting, 4 yrs, bf by Don John—Physalis, 7st 61b 3 yrs, Est 101 b The Ebor St. Leger of 25 sovs. each, with 100 added for the second horse ; for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; penalties for winners. Two miles over the Old Course. 19 subs. b cby Tearaway —Margaret West Australian Sir Walter Erycthon Sittingbourne Warbler Veteran England's Beauty Dear-Me Oxonian Middlethorpe b c by Orlando, dam by Ray Middleton Newland. Buck Vindex Mistletoe Trio Game Tommy Mabella Tankersley Sweepstakes of 100 each, h ft ; for four-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b •, fillies, Bst 31b ; maiden four-yr-olds allowed 71b. Two miles over the Old Course. 4 subs. Adine Orelio King of Trumps Au gur The Yorkshire Oaks of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added ; for three-yr-old fillies, Bst 71b each ; certain penalties and allowances. The second to receive 40 sovs. out of the stakes, and the third to save her stake. One mile and a quarter, 65 subs. Lady Margaret b by Verulam Manilla Mayfair (Sharston's dam) Athol Brose Helena (h b) Rumour Bracelet Nerva Voucher The Belle Hannah Latona Annie Gage d'Amour Valour Auld Acquaintance Honeydew Little Blossom Sylphine Miss Tennyson Miss Agnes br by Galanthus The bby Melbourne—Tiffany Queen of Tyne Lady Mowbray Anteverta Madame Fanny Springflower Violante gr by Magpie Colleen Amazon Dhas Peggy Lady Gough Lady Georgina Elspeth Rose of Ellel Kernel ; Augusta Phrygia Ceres Oxonia Idyl Frenzy Telltale Peach Qinaminta Fright Belgravia. (dead) Fairthorn Nicotine Mary Aislabie Tipsy Misletoe Miss Woolgar Strawberry Hill Mabella Hermoine Queen Bee Huff Malice England's Beauty ; The Queen Vaultress Jacquenetta b by Hetman Platoff Comfit Peggy Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; three-yr-olds, 7st 91b ; four, Bst 121 b ; five, 9st 41b ; six, 9st 71b ; and aged 9st 91b. Two miles. The Convivial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for two-yr-old colts ; colts, Bst 61b ; fillies, Bst 21b. Certain penalties and allowances. The second to receive 10 per cent. out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake. T.Y.C. 94 subs. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added. One mile. The Chesterfield Handicap of 10 sovs each, with 60 added, the winner of any handicap of 200 sovs value after the declaration of the weights to carry 71b extra. One mile. 37 subs. Yr st lb Yrs st lb Longbow 4 9 0 Claverhouse Nancy Hungerford Little Harry 4 8 1 Guicowar King of Trumps 4 8 1 Slang a 6 6 Gossamer Indian Warrior... 4 7 9 ,, Snowdon Dunhill 3 6 4 Evadne Calot Trifle (h b), Alfred the Great 4 7 5 Happy Joe Bardolph Scarecrow 4 7 2 Patience 3 5 10 Lady Agnes b c by Melbourne ' Luxurious Sally Warfoot 4 7 0! Miss Agnes Kiteflyer Mrs. Birch 5 6 121 Flutter Agnes Wickfield 4 6 12 Timid Fawn (dead) 5 0 0 THIIRSDAY.—The County Plate of 100 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 15 each, 5 ft ; two-yr-olds, Est 121 b ; three, Bst 101 b ; four, Ost 41b ; five, six, and aged, 9st 61b ; maiden allowances. T.Y.C., 5 furlongs and 44 yards. 41 subs. Auld Acquaintance, 3 yrs di cby Hetman Platoff— Bribery, 2 yrs Infidelity c byThe Emperor—Begum, The Hatchet, 3 yrs 3 yrs The Wild Huntsman, 2 yrs Mr. Sykes, 3 yrs Lambton, 3 yrs Deerhound, 3 yrs Goldfinch, 2 yrs Pelion, 3 yrs Bridesmaid, 2 yrs Hothorpe, 5 yrs f by Bay Middleton—Lady The Field Marshal, 2 yrs Strut, 2 yrs Longbow, 4 yrs Ivan, 2 yrs Claverhouse, 4 yrs Koh-i-noor, 4 yrs Bianca, 2 yrs Mentmore Lass, 3 yrs Remorse, 2 yrs Lady Louisa, 3 yrs Mortimer, 2 yrs Barrel, 2 yrs King of Trumps, 4 yrs Kennyside Hero, 2 yrs Captain Cornish, 3 yrs Lord-Lieutenant, 3 yrs Hurworth, 3 yrs Moscow, 3 yrs Ludwig, 2 yrs Snowdon Dunhill, 3 yrs Gold Dust, 3 yrs Commodore Charley, 2 yrs Ephesus, 5 yrs Peggy, 3 yrs Alas, 2 yrs Malice, 3 yrs Stiletto, 2 yrs Battery, 3 yrs The Great Ebor Handicap Stakes of 200 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared ; certain penalties ; the second to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. Two miles, on the Old Course. 101 subs., 58 of whom declared. Age st lb Newminster 5 8 9 Robbie Noble 4 8 8 Ariosto 5 8 5 Adine(in.lolb ex.) 4 8 0 Little Harry 4 7 13 Red Lion 4 7 12 King of Trumps 4 7 12 Gossamer 4 7 8 Indian Warrior 4 7 7 Father Thames 4 7 6 Muscovite 4 7 5 Lainbton 3 7 4 Exact 3 7 3 Nabob (inc. 61b ex.) 4 7 1 Fancy Girl 4 7 0 Now or Never a 7 0 b c by Melbourne —Sally Warfont 4 6 12 Octavia s.).lb ex.) 4 6 12 4iiaflyer 6 10 Galvanism 4 6 10 Talfourd 3 6 7 gulooiat 3 6 7 s of 10 sous each, with 50 colts, Bst 7lb ; and fillies; Bst T.Y.C., 5 furlongs 44 The Prince of Wales Stake, added, for two-yr-olds ; 21b. Winners 21b extra yards. 37 subs. Ruby Contender Applause Student Weathercock Skinningrove Nightshade Ossa Tom br c by The Era or William! le Gros, Roper's Daughter Dervish ch or gr c by Sleight of Hand—Comus ch c by Sleight of Hand— Hamptonia Domino Horatio Midsummer Eecleston Alas The Hopeful Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, if declared, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ' • fillies, Bst 31b ; cer tain penalties and allowances. One mile and a half. 6 subs. Feversham Grapeshot Young Norval North Pole The Mayor of Hull Bloomer pays 10 ft The Eglinton Stakes of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 sovs added ; for two-yr-olds, 7st ; three 9st ; certain pe nalties, and allowances. One mile. 28 subs. Rosa May, 2 yrs Hurworth, 3 yrs b c by Verulam The Hind, 2 yrs Welham, 2 yrs Exact, 3 yrs Lambton, 3 yrs King David, 3 yrs Norma, 2 yrs Exactly, 2 yrs Bridesmaid, 2 yrs Barrel, 2 yrs Kennyside Hero, 2 yrs Michaelmas Maid, 3 yrs Malice, 3 yrs ch c by Pyrrhus the First —L'Hirondelle Epaminondas Tadcaster The Sheriff Stiletto King Sterndale Exactly Bridesmaid Spinaway Bonehill Beauty b c bro to Maid of Masham by Don John Whitenose Canute Rosaline Brown Holland Bright Phcebus Nelly ,Ivan Boddicot, 2 yra Feversham, 3 yrs c by Clear-the-way Nanny, 2 yrs b c by The Emperor—Be gum, 3 yrs Winter, 3 yrs Field Marshal, 2 yrs Antonio, 2 yrs The Jewess, 2 yrs Itch, 3 yrs Lamprocles, 2 yrs Holiday, 2 yrs • Bianca, 2 yrs Remorse, yrs John Bull, 3 yrs The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 sovs each, 30 ft ; for two yr-olds, Bst 71b each. T.Y.C., five furlongs and forty-four yards. 4 subs. Boiardo, Comforter (dead), Lamprocles, Tros. A Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, 30 ft, for three-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b ; certain penalties and allowances. One mile. 4 subs. The Friar, North Pole, Oxoilian, Middlethorpe. The Lottery Plate of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for three-yr-olds and upwards. One mile. FRlDAY.—Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, for two-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Three-quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Haze Rally Royalist Astolfo ()Mips, ch cby Pyrrhus the First--1 Vixen Conspiracy J Glengowrie The Filly Sapling Stakes of 50 sovs each, 20ft, for foals of 1851, to run at two yrs old ; Bst 51b each. T.Y.C. 10 subs. b fby Melbouine, dam by Actaeon—Ardrossan Lady Bird Papageno Crosslanes Mcesia The Ramee Holiday Crosslanes The Great Yorkshire Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b ; certain penalties. The owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs out of the stakes, and the third 50 One mile and three-quarters. 133 subs. The Gimcrack Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 soya added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b ; winners extra. The second to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake. One mile. 32 subs. Vixen Orange Blossom Warplot Red Rose Sister of Mercy Hotchpot Applause Boddicot gr c by Clear-the-way— Katty Darling's dam b c by Slane—Alarm's dam Beckley Sharpe (dead) Thessalian The Jewess ch or gr c bro to Grey Tommy—Sleight-of-Hand Diligent Boiardo Kaffir Dunstable Miss Sellon ch c by Pyrrhus the First— Gabriel Cyprus Doctor Wilson b c by Cowl—Lucy Neal Robin Hood King Sterndale Brown Brandy Lady Lambton Spinaway Strutaway Lady Napier .Barrel Kennyside Hero Dianne bro to the Maid of Masham Canute Heedless • L'llirOndelle Warplot The First Year of the Aske Produce Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1850 ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b. T.Y.C., five fur longs. 11 subs. Ortolan Copenhagen Tros _ c (dead) by John-o'-Gaunt Julian Miss Sarah Glanoopia Olitipa Iluinguffin br f by Bay Middleton— f by Picaroon Princess Venus Alice Crosslanes The Consolation Scramble of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs each. Five furlongs: The York Cup, value 100 sovs in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for three-yr-olds, carry 7st 61b ; four, Bst 91b ; five, 9st 31b ; six and aged, 9st 61b ; certain penalties and allowances. To start at the T.Y.C. post and go once round, about two miles and a half. 14 subs. Missive, 3 yrs Ann Eliza, 3 yrs The Jackdaw, 3 yrs f by Malcolm—Manoeuvre, 3 yrs Torment, 3 yrs King of Trumps, 4 yrs The Friar, 3 yrs The Members' Plate of 50 sovs. One mile and a half. The Tyro stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added. T.Y.C., five furlongs and 44 yards. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, the Selling Stakes, the Lottery Plate, and the Members' Plate closed yesterday. Exact, 3 yrs Rosalba, 3 yrs Grapeshot, 3 yrs Contentment, 3 yrs Lord Fa i econberg, 3 yrs Chief Justice, 6 yrs Battery, 3 yrs RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the number o; day's racing. AUGUST. Birmingham and Spark brook (3) Bungay (1) l6 York (3) 17 Boulogne (2) 17 Paik.ley lB Tonbridge (1) 18 Radcliffe (3) 22 Barnsley (2) 22 Egham (2) 23 Liverpool Hunt Cup (2) 24 Derby (2) 25 Hereford (2) 25 Eccles (3) 29 Lichfield (2) 29 Chelmsford (2) 30 Plymouth 30 SEPTE: Lincoln (2) 1 Bridgnorth Marlborough Cheadle (Staff.) (2) Warwick (2) 6 Totnes & Bridgetown (2) 7 Weymouth Morpeth (2) Western Meeting 8 Rochester & Chatham (2) 8 Western Zoyland and Bridgwater (1) l2 I if it not put to that which, was u favour of the measure, and he trusted that an end won't. be public opinion I' checked, would be Lord REDESDA LE ur g ed that a measure vexation. Lord ht not to of this it:o great kind, and involving a principle, n u d g he hoped be pressed at this pei iod of the session, a .t. the noble earl would be doted to withdra w The Earl of lIADDINk pone the bill until another s, ssi t o_i, if GTON wohueldthaoguroehettiot post- The in the nest gable that he would get al , Y I session. He was by no meal but he looked upon it as a oTessive measure, which s il a u ttfi a . s ed with the bill, • • test hereafter an he • afforded some security for the perfect religious e ub stabl d ishm h e e n i t iev of ed a ' ltion, it was the inten result was not provided by legisl, , if that to establish a college of their own, wli tion of the clergy of the established crcla, and where sided over only by members of that ch cj A u ch rch sho u u f should Scotland l Preand • line The nobl earl, of whose observat the students might be educated in its doe', cip . ro ot osin intention of 1,3 fifty was heard, intimated his `nines le s s and n doinse very low t; one in "-opossible to collect from the quite i. som ,: , amendments in committee ; but their objt,ct it was which he .spok e ' 'list the blll friend, who was absent) agai part a noble I d of the Church of Scot an , from the Generai assembly The DA L - . a ARGYLL presented a petition (on the petitioners stated that but said he did not agree either Th petition or its alleg,lt inns : than a declaration •othing more the existing test wa,. L with the prayer of the ()lessor that he believed in the upon the part of the truths of the Scripture. 15 . giving this general definition t t it wheastelustu,chhemtuhroUghautdthine weakness of their case. did in this allegation General expected, admitting t s ‘ 7 ,7 test, so far as , tablished religion rd p t r h o a p t o the sed thet e d oc trines insufficiency and o fdiscipline test a of a r t e h l e i h of un oStchoetrla;nhdut werein instead d ern o e f d, th t a h t ey theyd would e el a tie 1113 any General Assembly could not consent to to.,bill ground but that of uncompromising hostility to i.." 2 Y, b. of that infringed the rights and privileges of the Chun_ Scotland. But so far from the test being confined to a declaration of a belief in the truth of the Scrip tures, it required the person subscribing to it to declare that he adhered to the Westminster Con fession of Faith, and to promise that he would con form, in all respects, to the worship and discipline of the Established Church of Scotland. Now, every one must see 'that it was intended by this that every person filling any one of the professorial chairs should be a member of that church. That was the state of the law at present, and if that law was strictly and literally carried out, those who were members of that church only could fill these offices. But the altered state of society in Scot land had rendered that impracticable, and the result was that in the University of Edinburgh the test was in abey ance, and in the Universities of Glasgow, Aberdeen, and St. Andrews, episcopal professors subscribed to the test without having any notion of binding themselves either to the worship or discipline of the Established Church of Scotland, and to enforce that test literally would be to exclude from the professorial chairs the most eminent professors of the day. Take the case of Edinburgh--who was at this moment the professor of natural philosophy in that university ? Professor James Forbes, a man of European reputation, who had advanced the boundaries of human knowledge in numerous departments of science, but he was an Episcopalian—a member of that very church against which this test was directed. Again in the department of mental philosophy—the professor of metaphysics was Sir W. Hamilton, a worthy successor of those great men who throughout the close of the last and at the beginning of the present century had main tained the honour of the University ; he, too, was an Episcopalian. Then, in the department of medicine — that department in which the University was so deser vedly celebrated—who filled the professorial chair ? Pro fessor Simpson, also a man of European reputation ; he was a member of the Free Church. Thus, if the test wire enforced the University of Edinburgh would lose the services of the present eminent professors of natural philosophy, of mental philosophy ; the medical professor, and also' the professor of mathematics, who was also a member o f the Free Church. Then the Church of Scot land regarded this test as conferring upon them eccle siastical rights in connexion with the universities, but an unanimous judgment of the Court of Session had decided that the universities were civil and not ecclesiastical estabiishments, and that the Established Church of Scotland Lad no jurisdiction. The students were of all sects and ai,! religions—no test was imposed upon them, and it was anomalous to insist upon a reli gious test from the professors. Suchlibeing the state of the case, the existing test being not only useless, but capable of being turned to the injury of the universities, the Government had to consider whether they would impose a new test, and they found that had they pro posed to do so, their measure would have failed in the House of Commons, and they considered that under all the circumstances the best course would be to require a simple declaration from the professor that he would not use the influence of his office to the derogation of the established church. His noble friend who last spoke had stated that the clergy of the Established Church in tended to establish a college of their own, where stu dents of their own reli g ion might be educated apart from those of other sects. He thought nothing could be more injurious to the church than such a course, which would deprive them of the services (for the edu cation of their youth) of the most eminent professors. He should be most happy to see a larger proportion of the gentry and middle classes educated in the Universi ties of Scotland, but they would never maintain the due influence of those institutions if they attempted to con fine the professorships to the limited sphere of the Esta blished Church. There was no weight whatever in the argument that the bill was an infringement of the Act of Union. The hereditable jurisdictions had been gua ranteed by the treaty of union, but it having been found in the course of a few years that the state of society was opposed to their continuance, they were abolished, and it was absurd to contend that the same authority—the Parliament of Great Britain—which had made the change, was not competent to make the alteration now proposed. He regretted that the bill had come up to their lordships at so late a period of the session, but the delay had been consequent upon the efforts which had been made to secure the assent of the Scotch members in the other house, and he rejoiced to say that at a pri vate parliament of those members the assent of all, he believed, except one, had been given to the measure. Under these circumstances he trusted their lordships would consider that the time bad arrived when the existing oath exacted from professors of the Scotch Uni versities should be abolished, and a simple declaration substituted. The house then went into committee. Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to ; some amendments proposed by the Earl of HADDINGTON having been put and negatived. On clause 3, The Earl of HADDINGTON proposed to insert words making the declaration more stringent in regard to the proteetion afforded by it to the Church of Scot land. The Duke of ARGYLL said the amendment was evi dently directed against the members of the Free Church, and would prevent any professor writing or speaking adversely to the doctrine and discipline of the Estab lished Church apart from his office. It was, he thought, sufficient to require that the influence of the office should not be used in derogation of that church. The amendment was then put and negatived, and the clause passed. The remaining clauses passed through committee, and the house resumed. COURTS OF COMMON LAW (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The Burials (beyond the metropolis) Bill, and the Em ployment of Children in Factories Bill severally went through committee. The Assessed Taxes, Insurance on Lives, and Sheriffs Courts (Scotland) Bills were severally read a third time and passed. PUBLIC WORKS ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. This bill also went through committee. The Stock in Trade Exemption Bill, the Customs Tariff Act Bill, and the Customs Consolidation Act Amendment Bill were severally read a second time. The Commons' amendments to the Transportation Bill were agreed to. The Commons' amendments to the Entails (Scotland) Bill and the Vaccination Extension Bill were severally agreed to. Their lordships adjourned at eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 1 o'clock. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. BUTT, a new writ was issued for Dungarvon, in the room of Mr. Maguire, who, since his election, had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. On the motion of Mr. E. BERKELEY, a new writ was issued for Stamford, in the room of the Right Hon. Mr. Herries, who, since his election, had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Banbridge, Dublin, Newry, and Belfast Junction Railway ; Galway Harbour ; Har wich Docks and Pier ; London and North Western and Buckinghamshire Railways ; Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, Westminster, Vestries ; Severn Talley Railway ; South Wales Railway (Deviation) ; South Wales Railway (Pembroke, &c.) ; South Wales Railway (Power to purchase, &c.) _Rushby oo k e ' s Di vorce an d t h e B aron Vi v i an 's Estite bills were read a third time and passed. Mr . 11. WA LL p PETITIONS. polls in f avour of o resented a petition from the metro pen Opening Crl Palace on Sundas. Lord D. STUART sentpred ysta a petition from Marylye bone, praying the house to interfere in behalf of Edward Murray. asked the P • whetherTraCdoelonelßLAtlhß °r"13.A.19.°. Government had received true, of Africa, that e G ov resident of the Board of I 9.ri. t, mation of the truth of an islan a d ny e confir ing an almost inexhaustible lately discovered on the east supply of guano, has ontain. event of the report being and, in beenth intention to take any steps that would 'whether it was their e to be obtained at a more would cause that moderate • article culturists of this country? price by the agri- Mr. CARDWELL said no such information I reac hed him ; but with regard to the supply - had PPly of generally, be had bee n in communication with guano miralty on the subjec t, and instructions had beenheg i A , d i ; to the fleet in the Pacific t o su pp l y an y informati on - th% I might receive with respe ct to new discoveries of guano, ; 1 METEOROLOGI CAL OBSERVATION. Mr. HAMILTON asked the First Lord of the Admi ralty, in reference to Parliamentary Paper No. 115, o f Session 1853, and to the communication made by Lieut. Maury to the Secretary of the United States Navy, and the conference sugge s t ed in the letter of the Secretary of December 16, and of Mr. Ingersoll of March 7, whether any such confe rence had y FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Mr. SOTHERON moved for leave to bring in a bill to regulate Friendly Societies, and said his object was to introduce it at once and to get it printed, in order that it might have a wide and extended circulation dur ing the recess, and thus enable hon. members to be en tirely master of its details by next year. The motion was then agreed to. CRIMINAL CODE OF MALTA. Mr. KINNAIRD called the attention of the house to the Malta cri mina! code. He complained that it gave very great offence to the Protestants in the island, and said it contained several articles relating to offences against religion, all of which were more worthy an in tolerant and despotic nation, than a country like England, which boasted of its civil and religious liberty, and were unprecedented even in the law of Malta itself. They all appeared to proceed from a guarantee which was said to have been given for the protection of the religion of the Maltese, and he was anxious to know what was the nature of such gua rantee, for he was not aware of its existence. The lion. member mentioned that under the code a person might be imprisoned for one or three months for not kneeling or taking off his hat to a Roman Catholic procession, or for reviling or insulting that religion, and for six years solitary confinement for stealing the eucharist from a priest's house or from a Roman Catholic church, and said such punishments were entirely opposed to the whole spirit of the English law. He could not believe that the noble lord, the leader of the house, who was the advocate of civil and religious liberty at home and abroad, would give the sanction of his name to a code which, under the pretence of giving protection to religion, enacted a series of abominable and persecuting laws. The hon. memberconcluded by moving that the amended code was opposed to the constitutional rights and privileges of her Majesty's subjects, and was an innovation of the Maltese law, and that an humble address be presented to her Majesty asking her to with hold her sanction to it until it had received the mature consideration of Parliament. Mr. T. CHAMBERS supported the motion, being of opinion that if the code passed it would put an end to all free free discussion respecting religion in Malta. Mr. F. PEEL reminded the hon. member that Malta was a Catholic country, and was placed under an elec tive Legislature, to which Catholic members were re turned, and the code to which the hon. member referred had been passed by that Legislature after a great deal of consideration. ROYAL COMMISSION. Here Mr. PULMAN, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, summoned the house to attend the House of Peers to hear the royal assent given by commission to several bills. On his return, Mr. F. PEEL continued. He said it would sur prise the house to learn that the code of 1847, to which t tl h iir e igbee h nr o ta n i hon . member alluded, never existed as a law in Malta. It merely drafted by the Malta Commis sioners, and was sent home for confirmation ; but it never came into operation. For many years the con olidation of the criminal law of Malta was felt to be an in want,their e r i t ch c a o r n a s c i t s e t r e , d a n o df the variety epr es en to codef enactments ha had been dating from many centuries back—and oppressive and milder spirit order to bring them more in harmony with sion was I.n o a in n t y ed as to twe t a i n ' e d it had not of the English criminal law, The distinguishing been confirmed without great delibera inntqyuiryeearina tion ; for as to ago th a e c s o u m bj m ec is t: g ullth ing characteristic of the code, if CLITHEROE WRIT. On the motion of Mr. G. A. HAMILTON, a new writ was ordered for the election of a member for Clithero, in the room of Mr. Aspinall, whose election was de clared to be void. The house then adjourned till three this day. WEST COAST OF AFRICA. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY. The African Mail Company's steam-packet Faith, Captain James Parsons, arrived at midnight. Her outward dates are—Arrived at Obeira, May 13th : Teneriffe, June Ist ; Goree, 6th ; Bathurst, 7th ; Sierra Leone, 10th ; Liberia, 13th ; Cape Coast Castle, 17th ; Accra and Lagos, 18th ; Bonny, 22d ; Fernando Po, 23d ; Old Calabar, 26th ; and Lagos 29th. On the homeward passage she left Lagos July 3d ; Cape Coast Castle, 6th ; Liberia, 12th ; Sierra Leone, 27th ; Bathurst and Goree, 31st; Teneriffe, August 6th; and Madeira August Bth. On outward passage the surf ran so high at Lagos that the mails could not be landed, and they were placed on board the brig John Bagshaw, lying at anchor off the harbour. On the homeward pas sage severe weather continued. At Lagos, Mr. Whitford, purser of the Faith, with her gig and launch, manned by nine Kroomen be longing to her Majesty's ship Waterwitch, went ashore with emigrants and baggage on the 30th June, and left at 7 p.m. on the Ist July, with stores and return mails. Mr. Whitford and all hands were unfortunately lost. On the 2d of July the screw of the Faith's propeller was unshipped in consequence of the rottenness of a connecting part of the machinery called the cutter. On the 3d she wa s taken in tow by her Majesty's steamer Poly phemus, which conveyed her to Cape Coast Castle, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, when the propeller was repaired under the inspection of Mr. Williamson, engineer of the Polyphemus. The Faith has a large number of passengers, among whom are Mrs. Kennedy, the lady of the) Governor of Sierra Leone, and his private secre tary, Captain Searle. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Myrmidon, Lieut.- Commander W. K. Joliffe, was at Fernando Po on the 26th June. The Pluto, standing to the southward, was passed on the 13th July. The l3ritomart was at Sierra Leone on the 27th July, f,nd the African mail packet Hope, which left Plymouth on the 2d August, was spoken with by the Faith, near Madeira, on the Bth inst. ..I.IE GREAT SMYTH FORGERY CASE. At -he time when the counsel for the plaintiff in this unpreeedentedly romantic cause threw up their briefs, there 7emained upwards of 50 witnesses to be examined on his behalf, while as near as 80 were present on the part of the defence, which would, it has transpired, have been one of the most complete kind. It would have been proved by Mr. Herapath, the eminent ana lytical chemist, that the deeds were indubitably for geries theink and seals being of modern date, most likely not as many months as they were said to have been Jears made. Another remarkable peculiarity which would have been established in regard to the seal is this. The distinctive mark of the baronetage is, as every one knows, a blood-red hand, and this hand is always placed upon a small shield on the face of the family bearings. In making the seal ordered by the plaintiff, the engraver was only able to get in, upon the small shield, a hand having three fingers and a thumb, and an examination of the seal on the deed proves that the fourth finger is deficient in the im pression upon the wax. Another important circum stance has been brought to light by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Gloucester, which has a mate rial bearing on the case. Dr. Verney Lovett, who is said to have married Sir Hugh Smyth in Ireland, and whose name is appended to the certificate in the Bible as " Verney Lovett, D.D., rector of Lismore," did not take his doctor's degree until 1809, which is the year after the alleged marriage. It has been ascertained likewise, that the day on which the plaintiff swore to having seen Mrs. Hay at Heath House, that lady was not near the place. It would have been proved that after leaving his home at an early age, the self-styled Sir Richard, in his proper name of Thomas Provis, entered service, and it was while in service that he stole a gelding, for which offence he was sentenced to death. In 1814 he was keeping a school at Ladymead, Bath, where he was charged with an abominable of fence, and having entered into recognisances he ran from his bail. In consequence of this his first wife (Mary Ann Whittick) separated from him. It is said that previous to her marriage with him she was in service at the Smyths, at Ashton Court, while it is certain that subsequently to their separation she lived with that family as house keeper. Probably much of his information as to the earlier branches of the Smyth family were derived from this source. Several members of the Bath family were present to state that they had never heard of such a person as the plaintiff in connection with their house, and the governor of Ilchester gaol was also present. The result of the trial has produced quite a commotion among the tradesmen of Clifton, who had, in the hope of gaining his future favour, warmly espoused " Sir Richard's" cause, and trusted him to a large extent with goods and money. It is understood. also, that four gentlemen of the Israelitish profession in London had advanced 1,0001. each upon bonds to secure them the moderate interest of 1,0001. each per annum. AH ELOPEMENT.—Abundant food has been supplied during the past week to the quidnuncs of Sunderland, by an elopement from that town. The gallant Lothario is said to be a " distinguished member of the College of Surgeons," and his accomplice is the daughter of a highly respected shipowner. There seems to have been some objection on the part of the relations of the young lady to the match, but as almost invariably happens in such cases, a little persecution only served to heighten the attachment. The lady was removed to a short dis tance from the town, but the same love which laughs at locksmiths, here held space in contemptuous ab horrence. They met. They were determined to have each other, and for the purpose of putting it beyond the power of mortals to prevent the reali sation of their wishes, they agreed to elope ! Time with them was an object, and they accordingly selected, as the place most suitable and most accessible for the attainment of their desired end, the cathedral city—• Durham. After making the necessary arrangements, they accordingly proceeded thither ; but what was their mortification to find, on their arrival, that the bishop and all the clergymen we're away at a visitation—it could not be done there. Undaunted by this rebuff to their fond anticipations they determined to try another place, and so hastened by first train to Newcastle. But there too a misfortune awaited them which they bad not cal culated upon. They did not arrive in the " canny town" till after 12 o'eloek--of course a considerable time too late for the marriage rites to be celebrated that clay. What was to be done ? they had gone so far with their project, would they not endeavour to carry it out ? After t l asl e v r i d g wu d al y a s r G e p d re er f s t p on la x] ra_ u e c tdo l , thataw n o d u p l would the t ec h ° e i y pn theypo yt bleared, pe a da r all ? ir came am e Yes-- b marriage ► back c k OD " their way rejoicing."—.Durhaya avereiser, :MBER. Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l3 Doncaster (4) 13 Dover 15 Pontefract (2) l9 Bedford (2) 2O Leicester (2) 21 Lanark (2) 22 Manchester Autumn (2) 22 Canterbury (2) 22 Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27 Walsall (2) 28 Northallerton (2) 29 OCTOBER. Chester Autumn (2) 4 Monmouth YorkshireUnionllunt(l) 6 Wrexham (2) Newmarket S. 0. (5) lO Warwick Autumn (2) lB Caledonian Hunt and Kelso 18 Richmond (2) 19 Newmarket (H.) (6) 24 IRISH RACES TO COME. AUGUST. Kilcock (2) l5 Down Royal Co r po r a- • Bellearstown (2) l7, tion (4) 23 SEPTEMBER. Curraugh Sept. Meeting 6 Limerick Grand .National2l Tipperary Autumn 12 Roscommon (3) 26 Tuam (2) 2O Johnstown (2) 2B OCTOBER. Curragh October Meeting NOVEMBER. Worcester (2) Epsom Autumn (2) 3 Newton Autumn (1) ....24 Cowbridge Hunt (2) 9 Aberystwith (3) Last week Liverpool Autumn (2) 9 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. COMET. The Captain of the Sydney Griffiths from Launceston, reports having seen a comet bearing on the Ist May last, when in lat. 52 S., long. 136 W. ' Age st lb CUSTOM-HOUSE —Am 15. Goorkah (in. 61b ex.)3 6• 7 ENTER INWARDS. —The Genius, from Thisted ; Lon- Lord Fauconberg 3 6 6 don Dram ED Enzultana, Odessa, - Emulation, Dantzic; Staffette Memel ; Concordia, This'ted ; Martha, Lubeck - Missivee 4 6 6 Twee Gebroeders, Rostock; Argo, Rugenswald ; Atalanta, Babett 4 6 3 Skive ; Anna, Tlsted ; Antje, Emden ; Fredrenesminda, Peggy 3 6 0 M emel ; June M ar i a , Skive ; Juliana, Emd en ; M a l e b org, Roger Thornton 3 6 0 j Dianna ; Freendschaft, Hoobraeils ; Griziena, Stralsund ; The Sur veyor 46 0 M a d onna , G o thenberg ; Water Witch, Wyborg ; Aglac, Dame Tattl e 45 13 Caen ; Eleven, Odessa ; i'amona, Gothenbe ro ,o• • Welcome, ~ do. ; Sir Robert Peel, Cronstadt ; Salvia, Gothenberg Coomburland Sta , ~5 1. , Tre Brodie, Lemoig ; Johanna Geary, Nekerminde ; thes 111°n 3 II . Active, Middleport ; Achilles, Sudwesthorne ; 21st of May Llanforda 3 5 11 . Nykiobing ; Henrietta, Carolinensia ; Christian, Hookseil ; Ann Eliza 3 5 10 August, Frederick ; Aorhans, Emilie, Dantzic - Itnma- Eliza ... . 3 5 9 nuel, Carolmenseil ; Frau Margaretha, ditto ; Twee Pantomime (in. 61b Gebroeders, Bremen; Wharfinger, Hamburg; Quebec ex.) 3 5 8 Backet, Fredricksthald; Tansy() Hilbegonde, Gronin- Catspaw6 gen; Good Intent, Memel; Wandronegemander, Chris -3 5 6 tiama ; Emblem, Cronstadt; Ravensbourne, Antwerp; Dick Turpin 35 „ Vedra, Dantzic ; Margaretha, Emden ; Catherine Lord Lieutenant. •. 3 5 t' Harmoine, Stolpemunde ; Amalia , Caroline, New- Incognita 3 5 1 karlingerseil ; Tokkeina, Swendborg ; Amandis, Stettin ; Cabin Boy .- 35 1 . Diligence, Hamburg ; Franc Peter, Varels ; Anna Mar- Nerva 3 5 0 garetha, Stralsund; Andria, Dantzic • Herminee, Ho o k- St. Andrew 3 5 0 i seil ; Ocean, Brussels; Christina Christina , H o lt enan ; Roealba 3 5 0 I Juno, G o th en b urg an d Udd e walla ; F avour it e, Brun- J sels ; Penelope, Follestad • Samson, Guerns9,.,4. Aalboig • Eline 'Christiana, Nested ; FS • Aalborg • Hamilton,' Bruges ; Haabet; M isted ; noord, kotterdam ; Sarsine, Nyldobing ; Dorothoes al Elizabeth, Riga ; Cornelia, Worcum ; St et f a r t Thisted ; Organ, Voile ; Jacobins Marie, Ben ° 3j Poseidon, Newstat ; Elvira, Wyborg ; LondonderrYchille, mel ; Flora, Nykiobing ; Esperance, Lekken; A p a t Abona ; Hoffnung, Emden ; Familie Sldvn ; Victor, Caen ; Helene, Malmo ; Christina, Vddescs,ii, Zodiacus, Aalborg ; Fortune, Emden j. • C° . l7 ; ° a lt Gothenberg ; Aurora, Emden Venus, SIP', ' x 01), Altona ; Mary Ann Stettin ; Oceane, 01; Dantzic ; Wornked, Emden ; Fortran, i'lmsci.,3; Johannes, Rusterseil ; Anna, Wismar; Henrietta, Skive; Maria, Stettin; Providence; J.,_re,...bur,; dent stadt ; Emmanuel Borremard ; Da' patch, F e r:pai• Maria, Tonning ; Edinburgh, Hamburgh ; Sid° ' Jules zic ; Johann Heinrich, Stettin ; JantYre Dantzic ; Ide, Mauritius ; Sirocco, Win' Emd ens;throdau ; C a jdorl• Wilhelmine, Thisted ; Ida, Dentzic ; Wesleyan , Brem en Jenny Lind, Stettin; S. Dordrecht, Dordt ; Orion, Tiger, Tonningen; Harrison, Petersburg ; Concordia, Rotterdam ; Iden, Hordsund ; Den in3r terdam; Mercury, Petersburg • Magnet, Harlinge n ; Bor Amsterdam ; Ceres, Rotterdam,' City of Rotterdam, kirk ; Fame, Calais ; Gretha, Skive ; Agra, Pr c a f ul a a jyrd' ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The gerctul, recht, for Dordt ; Vesta, Amsterdam; penhagen; Union, Dunkirk; Ceres, otterdatn;b;„ of Rotterdam, Dunkirk; Fame, 'Calais 316 re Ili Konigsberg; Agneta, Port Adelaide • b-e nar ' so* Stetta,a; Philip ; Wave, Christiana; Rhine, Rctterdam ; Se* Boulogne ; Ravensbourne, Antwerp Ord,Preigicre'o; tanzas ; Favourite, Antwerp ; Fyeno oel; Ida, Port Philip; illiam Septimus de SePti n i g e ' e garet * Sutlej, Calcutta ; Lisbon, St. John's ; An Amsterdam ' • Monsoon, Algoa Bay. tow al CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—Th e llav" ' nald, for Bombay ; Ceres, Gothenberg ; volt' Ariadne, Memel ; Argus, Terceira • Admiral von saris, korb, Sydney; Gilmore, Port Philip; it una bur g g ; nigsberg ; Ceres Harburg ; Hoffnung , ulogne Rotterdam Ann, ditto • City . o f 80, rp. Hamilla Mitchell, New iealand ; Rainbow, An'"„" VESSELS SPOKEN WlTif• 4‘4o , J5ll The Mermaid, from Pernambuco to. Qu o 12, lat. 35 N., long. 39 W • is l , The Bonito, Iquique to Queenstown, Daly N., long. 36 W. to .4011 The Harmony (brig), of Jersey, OP 94° -- lond, July 31, lat. 44 N., long. 26 W. W. The Poictiers, April 22, lat. 27 N., The Emma, May 14, ]at. 27 S., long. 12 ,, The Coheta, May 21, lat. 24 S., long. 13 -1-'• The Lamont, June 6, lat. 24 S., long. D° The Berlin, for Sydney, lat. 30 S., long- E. if The Canterbury, J une 27, l a t. 16 N., long; 85 got 2,01 The Monarch, Duff, Liverpool to shang hai ' the Gaspar Straits. Ju l V 2 5, 4 C*l° The Flower of Yarrow, for Vienna, 49 Finisterre. A g The Ripley, Sunderland to Melbourne, Alz,;.. poe N., long. 8 W.,and British Queen (s) s ame n 7tovinf The Margaret, The Gibson, Mauritius to (Pee - S., 15 l John at. 15 S. M, lon `K en g. zie, 7 T e2l is I , W. Port Philip, f , long. 22 W. l a t " to The Thames, London to Sydney, June 2 ') 5 5,0 23 W. e 21f 13t. The Diligentia, Akyali to Rotterdam, . 1131 Ist , long. 23 W. PAY 2 , The Margaret West, Batavia to London , 42 N., long. 32 W. l o ng' LB (101' The Hobe, of London, Aug. 7, lat. 50 00 - The Lord , Dufferin, Coquimbo to Siraur -4 it' SO, lat. 59 N., long. 14 W. jUn e The George Ludwig, Akyali to Bremen , IA 12 10 N., long. 24 W. 01,1 The Wildflower, Liverpool to Calcutta , N., long. 26 W. The Satellite (brig), July 23. COUNTRY MARKETS • CHELMSFORD—Auo• 14 " o ld. l- t , l hiteoo , Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, 00 1 to 57s Od, new 00s to 00s ; red, old 36s to , gri ll o o, 00s ; barley, 25s to 276 ; chev a lier, 31s to 01 , 5 n 6,9, 21s to 27s ; malt, 56s to 60s ; chevalier, 5 , 8 ,1:33. 4 . s s i 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 32s to 37s , / 6 boiling 39s to 42a ; dun, new, 31s to 35s ; to 37s ; Harrow ticks, 33s to 39s ; Mazagalb COLCHESTER —AuG. 13. to 6l)s ' 60 te o Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, le '2,55; ark red, 48s to 54s ; barley, 28s to 32s ; oats, 20$ 40i; r Mazagan, 36s to 38s ; middle and small, 385 white, 4.0 s to 4.2 s ; grey, 38s to 40s. ci c6i Corn , 1,00 50 1 a KIRKCALDY—.A.uG. 13. Here, to-day, we had a good supply of whel'oll_e.sllet. readily at last week's prices. Oats were i n , V o s , and were fully 6d per qr. cheaper. No ber lo 8 5 '0a Wheat. 1 Barley. I oats., 05 0 ,1 First Second s6s Od I 00s Od I 233 °,`,. u - na Third 528 Od I 00s Od 22s u- bo ov ' Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 31s Od COAL MARKET—Aue. 1 5 . _, o •lc ./ i k 0 , Prices of Coal per to n a t th e close o f the ' IS s. &I • , '"l 9 . Bate's West Hartley 18 01Framwellgste fop . •''',l , Dean's Primrose l6 0 Hetton Lyons . .....'lB Holywell..— . ... . —'_ 19 o, l lla/wren ........... " .••"IS Howard's West Hartley iKepier ............ ." ....18 Netherton 18 9 Plummer . ..... ''.•l9 Longridge's Wst Hartl e ylB 6 Russell's Hetton•l,.••„•••18' North Percy Hartley lB 0 Stewart's ....... •••': . .../19 , Redheugh Main 16 0, Cassop ... • ........ .....„••10 Tanfield Moor l6 9 H ar tl e pool •• • ••'' •••'' . l Tanfield Moor Butes 16 9 Heugh Hall-- '''''......1 , Tyne Main 16 6 i K e ll oe . . ......... i ....„... 1 g Willington Hartley lB 0 South Ha;rtleP °° ~....'l9 Wyk 18 6 South Kelloe ..... ' .. „.•111 Wallsend, &c. Tees ... - ...... ....••''' . l B Harton lB 0 Adelaide Tees •":,...•11 Hadley 17 9 1 South Darho l otlei ~. ;;,...;•';1 8 Eden Main .18 Woodhouse U•i°,, r Hetton lB 3 Derwentwater P Braddyll lB 61 71. Ship at market 88 1 Sold .......... .. RAILWAY SHARE MARK- 11 ' 5C oi l LIVERPOOL, AUG. 1 5 ' STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has " een Poi ') heavy, at a de c li ne o f per cent. on Lam a be ll belie s :dieg tef r o shire shares, ow i ng t o a rumour general' , n t, the dividend would only amount to 3 Pe r and Birkenhead, 20 ex div. ; C a l e donian, 3 d if.; er tio .o bi Counties, ; East Lancashire, 18c., r shire and Yorkshire, 76, 5,1, 6, si, 6 ; - 1 -' 1 ,41 1 .E"" and Southport, 17 2 c. ; Midland, 714 ; S ° ' Dover, 21i, 4, ; Dutch Rhenish, 2d. 10,$ ,01180 BIRMINGHAM, AuG• 15 ' o r 1 / 1 00, 0 3 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only business, the se pf done by the brokers was in connection wi th we fer v id of the fortnightly account which takes P",", to-morrow ; we have therefore no transs e loP, n '• 0 0$ except London and North-Westerns at 1 133 , t o OA'" as to nominal quotations they are abor t Saturday. bob 15. slf d o MANCHESTER, Aua• - n o 111 ' 4 0,SP STOCK EXCHANGE.— The Stock Ex ill ',.lc'es„ l , l , lj ill Jr, tie more excitement than usual of late, ane. Os;i way considerably. The business has been "freev r 6, tye stock, however, in which se ll ers offered s° 'Ot o s following sales were recorded :-764, a ~ar 1 1 4, I, g. One cause was said to be o° ' oll 3, ell a s h All half-yearly dividend was likely to be,l n : l t 1.,an, 2 40•- had been expected. Midland, 714 ; 14 , 3 " - Ore 4 " 15-16 ; Caledonian, 33i ; Dover, 21 5- 1 u 218 ; Sheffield, 28a. t gat 0 0 too STOCK EXCHANG LEEDS, E._w e h A av u e G. h l l Change this morning, and the bona fide • on s. iSi; 03' been. at a decline upon Saturday's q uotsti bire s, ' ve o ing are the closing sales :— East lA, r u c 'terns!W ; cashire and Yorkshires, 764 ; Leeds 9,„ v ors, land Stock, 71,1 ; South-Eastern and 0' 1 ; Northern Quarters, 255. prem, - 40' 11 0 1° Itoirg ef' [ADvERTisEmENT.]---The Earl of loway's astounding cure bl k ilecl. 40 113 4, medicine after every other means ha d ;71711P,r0D000 tract from his lordship's letter, data' ss or e ffe c o ll L . eghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To F rG- , e i115 1331 43 0 :00 beg to acquaint you that Ya r , ' m ach' tbs a cure of a disorder in my liver and 51m an d a' o leo og the most eminent of the acuity at home oot 0 Yleer Continent had not been able to effect • e • t' ‘sig ri doo waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad,, - „‘,. e o's 01 0 3, ROUGH." These wonderful pills Wit G.- J . : PlP: L i:Streit of the• liver or stomach —Sold ( 3 ',.,_ 9° ment) at Professor Holloway's Estabuirneery tbrotig London, and by all medicine vea kingdom. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn , - port' in the port of London, from the following ' the Bth to the 13th August, both inclusiv e ' • V c, g ?„ , . - Pq A - i f Colchester 789 100 -- 6 _ Harwich 1579 801 -- 6 3 / ' Id' Leigh - 30.27 3.3 Mahlon 1253 353 ---- .1 B 1 RTBS. i , 10 1 OF A soi .1 • 13edd itx ' ' d e ter On the sth inst., at the Shrubbery' oq. i o tt V tershire, the wife of Robert S. Bartleet, 0, p On the 11th inst at 7 Ors gardens, Hyde-park, inst., wife of T. CaraP be of the Northern Circuit. 0 1 f ife OF A DAUGFITEB* mre, th e d i e On the 11th inst., at Kingston, oxford s. " ..ar ic, Arthur H. C. Brown, Esq. Ijicle-r On the 13th inst., at 1, Oxford -square' lady of Major Bear. II ? MARRIED• oxford, thelt°lo, On the 9th inst., at Mary gagdal°l3€'Bralat3'ef $ e John Young Seagrave, M.A., vicar 0 , . daughter ,er shire, to Frances Henrietta, Youngest . irgy ee:„,,, ri ol ii r jamin Johnson, Esq., late of Neur3stle c c i ; tir o, " o f e o, On the 11th inst., at St. Gabriera k tt, acl"crocic_no, square, Pimlico, eorge Lythall Croe, e yie hercl,o ll 77o , coin's-inn-fields, solicitor, third son ot -,, ip beta.ote Esq., late of Shushions, Staffordshire, t°''' o f NVI2, widow of the late Joseph Watson , Fl ec l" Cumberland. ------ -------- 111>d e, DIED. 4 to a , „ . ..0.,,,, , i ,„, ilotel a is P On the 11th inst., suddenly,. at "" isr • F ll- or Rue Neuve des Bons Enfans, a Paria , ' f bis aged 77 . - h 9° 14. ° On the 11th inst. at Bath, in the a 9t --/ 4 °' the Rev. Richard Pearson, ALA. y 0 0 --------- _,,, n o ~,,..„ o i LONDON : Printed and Published bY 111 ,, t uP o ", ' ee ',.:0 14 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at by ou''.„ ate Strand, in the Precinct of the Sool, P' MiddIeMpTUWAY Allgttht 16, IP '. . . .. Irgi, Vfh, ~.4 4 , 2 .attirdt st a „, b , 1 )&11 4) tad., ' ' ' '1 Oft ----- ,On 14111