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OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CfIINA. (From the Overland Bengal Hurkaru, June 2.) SII MMAE.Y.—Though about the most peaceable of [ the peace-loving journalists of India, we were lately, in our destitution of news, tempted to indulge a hope that the quiet whi c h h as l ate l y re i gne d b eyond the ,Sutiej was about t o b e most e ffe ctua l ly b roken. -there was a report —a very circumstantial one, too— that a plot had been discovered at Lahore, having for its first object the assassination of Colonel Lawrence, the Resident. It appeared from the accounts received that the queen -Mother was at the bottom of the plot, and that several discontented chiefs about the Court were the elected instruments of her murderous de sign. The Resident was to have been put to death f O nlow his next appearanc e a t D ur b ar ; and what was to olreport saith not. The rumour adds, however, that th e Colonel becoming acquainted with' the plans laid for his destruction, went straightway to the Dur bar, and upbraided the Sirdars with their meditated W tre achery, telli ng t h em—so runs the story—that they ould gain nothing by taking his life, but 'night have some one put over them more severe than he W as , as England had many officers ready and hifit to fill his place, and would be sure to avenge his death. Sir J. Littler having returned from d e a th. to Lahore, ostensibly for the purpose of inspecting the European troops at the capital, but in reality, as said, with some un more important object was , this fact seemed to give cotenance p to the rninour. B ut t h ough more than a week has elapsed since we first heard of the alleged conspiracy, no thing that has yet reached Us from the north-west bas tended to confirm the report. One of the up country papers h a d h eard a rumour of the Ranee being engaged in a diabolical plot, and had recoived, it said, particulars of the affair which it did not deem it discreet to publish. But the other and usually the better informed journalist gave not a hint of anything Wrong, beyond an intimation that the real reason of air John Littler's return was not that which was assigned for it. Under these circumstances, our quidnuncs are beginning to despair of that agreeable excitement r4 from the p erusa l of well-authenticated cc?unts Which see of treachery, mur d er, re b ell i on, and war, med to be in store for them. tin One of the few items of authentic news from La re, worthy of notice, mentions the design of Colonel Lawrence to visit Cashmere immediately ; his Pre toslimed object being to afford his advice and assistance the Maharaja Ghoolab Singh, on certain points con nected with the government of his newly-acquired prejudice province ofThhiesrae are i still iirious tales afloat to the h ss's v character for gratitude and fidelity to his British patrons and benefactors ; but !ts there is in the ev ery reason to believe that they originate Lahore ill - _Will borne to hi m by s o me in high places at , th ey flo credit. excite but little attention, and receive retrenchments carried out under the management of the British officers appointed to advise and superin teneLd 'l, • - e local govern men t. S u lt an M a h omed Khan, " of the brothers of Dost Mahomed of Caubul, and formerly chief of the province who has so long been under surveillance at Lahore, ' having, through favour `. British influence, obtained leave to return to his received With some state, and where he seems dis -1 • Posed to take up his abode. April, The latest accounts from Caubul are to the 10th the,?tild,are not of much interest, except in so far capital, n ,. l °rni us of the return of the Ameer to his Present aiter b tc, r - sving, as is presumed, settled for the With wh : 4 e s id with Ameer Khan, the Ghilzie chief Akbar Ii -ill " e was lately at war. The remains of at Balkh ghat had been interred with due solemnity to Luckerect , and the ruler of Kholoom had undertaken a suitable monument over his grave. Singh ,11°Iv remains quiet. The bandit Doonghur TLe.....nas disappeared in the wilds of Beekaneer. ri 44°°°sci i nsurrection appears to have been sup- Preased. , Al 1-1.. d . eatifefdeLri.nabad, in the Deccan, the Contingent has e ne o r sen by the Nizam's Wuzeer, without the e s l l t p a i e ressin g ins a m m as u t t e i r n , y for the ostensible purpose of realitywh° amongst the troops of the had struck for arrears of pay, but in of th e . ts is supposed, to serve more selfish objects delo ) Minister. The temporary occupation of Hy .._ .. ad by the subsidiary force might have resulted 'en_ disorder and bloodshed ; but the troops, though and to great provocation, remained cool and firm, tr.poosthuhs:verted a threatened collision with the wild sident in throng the city. The conduct of the Re . sTiz entering the place without the sanction of_ 4, 0 7 has been much criticised, and the more un h ave r. h a ° l 3', as the demonstration does not appear to 1 ,...._ ad the intended effect of reducing the muti vvrs to obedience. It is probable thit this matter lvilleadw to the interference of the Supreme Govern ment,hich is urgently needed. It i s babl,. reported, and with great appearance of pro an' "Y, that the present peaceful times are to furnish e_, oPportunity, for further reduction of the military b;taciblishment of is the c ountry , anl of the cost thereof, the n um b er o f E uropean troops of t _ he inr4ami iling army servi ng i n t h e three Presidencies. It Za'-:„. . e ntioned as confirmatory of this rumour that her ieesty's 21 st Foot and 3d Dragoons are to be sent m during the next cold season. la. The weather continues favourable on the whole. Willerne w ere a f ew excessively hot days last week, the thermometer rose to above 94 in a cool r oom ' but degrees this has given place to a temperature . 10 lower, with cloudy skies and frequent rain. lie the w ould appear to have been very heavy weather a:r the head of the bay lately, as no fewer than eseightlVieleaasehlSiphave put back within the last week or Framjee Cowasjee, laden with a valu- ialbolve.car,go for London, has also put back, an attempt $1 ... 1 0g been made by her Lascar crew to set her on 7li. e nnitte rc i al affairs continue dull, and the Money iti ll o rl( et is still t i ght. Freights without much alter n. Exchange, lightly depressed, is now quoted at O s . o 1 sr . to 20. Old. for first class ten months' bills on England. 248.--Jurra 2, Noots.—The Delhi. Gazette of the I.iffairsult, just r ece i ved, thus reports on the state of in the north-west :—" Our frontier continues in the most blissful state of repose ; we have not one ,erd of the least political importance since our last, talf We except perhap s the announcement that Maha t j " " -h °° l ab Singh has ' expressed his determination a make Cashmere his place of permanent abode. L ATEST IN MADRAS TELLIGENCE. (From the Overland Madras Athenceum, June 9). Athenceum Press, June 9, Two, P.M. IP*Since our summary was in print information, seem - authentic, has been received by the Spectator of a fresh breaking out of insurrection in Goomsoor. If the amount given by our contembe ed °I; the pacification of the coun porar try ha m s i ay ndeed depen d been su Petficial ; and on the same hypothesis it is impossible to resist the conviction that the plans of the present agents are seriously deficient in adaptation to the wants of the e ase. But the sources of Goomsoor intelligence are 80 clearly poisoned with partisanship, that we never receive what issues from them without distrust ; which feeling prevents us from laying too much stress on the present instalment of bad news. The substance of it is simply, that Chokra Bissbye has managed somehow to muster a force of five thousand strong, at the head of Which he has perpetrated several outrages, and that the sacrifice of four human victims has been mats by some of the Hill tribes, as a proof of their sincere resolution to stand by this arch revolter. Colonels Dyce and Camp bell are represented as preparing all the counteractive measures that the emergency allowed of. BOMBAY. SECRETARIATE ARRANGEMENTS. —In consequence of the expected departure of Mr. Pringle and Colonel Mel ville with the Hon. the Governor in Council, to Poona, for the monsoon, it has been arranged that Mr. Mallet, the secretary in the political and secret departments, shell take charge of the military and marine depart °lents, and that the duties of the revenue, financial, and separate departments shall devolve on Mr. Escombe. We understand that only a portion of the garrison D and has b een se l ected to accompany the suite of the Governor to Poona. This arrangement will, no doubt, Ilford some satisfaction to the denizens of Bombay, who Would otherwise have been entirely deprived for several. months of the inimitable performances which at present bleterially add to the enjoy ment o f an evening ramble or ride on the esplanade.—Gentleman' s Gazette, June 1. We have to announce the following shipping arrivals ~1114 departures: May 30. The barque Sovereign, rutit, from Aden; ship Sir Charles Napier, Tulluck Aro„to Aden.-31. The barque Lavinia, M'Phee, from '''"uen; ship Madagascar, Hight, from London.-29. The bar n; Erin, Maine, for Singapore; ship Swithamley, Tendon. —Telegraph for China ; ship Childs Harold, Lilley, fur taon don.—Telegraph and Courier, June 1. t.9:1 We hav e rece i ve d the following statement, in con 11aton of the d e t a il s g i ven i n our paper some time 'lnce regarding the opium dispute in Malwa. Its ac eur,e,Y, we are assure d, may b e str i ctly depended on:— The Moonim of Muniram Sett, in Malwa, having evaded the award of Punch nominated by the Resident °t. Wore, by paying a penalty of 10,000 rupees, under 11 inspresaton that the result of the award would not be favourableo to his employer, has taken the matter of cr i uto time bargains in dispute before the Sirkar of ,:oonor for adjustment, in order to prolong its termina 'ditou to en indefi n it e p er i o d, an d there b y distress the i tale rs) who l oo k w i t h anx i ety for compensation for the Z,9 1 sustained by them owing to his employers not ful- A his engagements with them. tics The dealers h ave every reason to h ope t h at, i n jus e to them, the Resident of Gwalior will take cog. ti lal a r , nee of the matter, and obtain the necessary informs nht from the Resident of Indore, who, being well ac 4 : 7 ll ted with it, will give him the information requisite ,blneble him to afford relief to the parties concerned, es early a p er i o d as poss ib le. the 0 w ill, howev er , b e not i rre l evant to men ti on t h at fe r es "a lt sustained by the dealers are serious, and call redress from the authorities under whom they T are placed. The diffk.rence between the sale price and that of the day on which the opium was to be delivered is the first item of compensation of consideration; the second is the loss of interest by holding the opium on hand until it was ascertained that the Moonim woald never come to a fair adjustment—after which, as will be remembered, it was ordered by the Resident to be sent down to Bombay. The dryage is the third and last item for compensation. " The ruling price of the day on which the contract falls due, is the standard observed in settling prices of the opium time bargains, and it is hoped this data will be assumed, as an invariable practice, which obtains at Malwa in adjusting similar differences."—lbid. NORTH WEST. Our frontier continues in the most bli'sful state of repose ; we have not one word of the least political importance since our last, if we except, perhaps, the announcement that Maharaja Ghoolab Singh has ex pressed his determination to make Cashmere his place of permanent abode.—Delhi Gleam, May 26. A letter from Ferowpore complains, in a still louder tone than some which have preceded it, and with very great justice, of the lamentable apathy displayed in attending to the wants of the community in respect to the ecclesiastical duties of the station. Death has, since the letter was written, removed one of the chaplains posted to Ferozepore, and we sincerely be lieve that the repeated instances of leave on medical certificate granted to him, against the wishes of th(. bishop and archdeacon, by the Lieutenant-Governor, were fully justified by the then state of his health. Indeed the treatment to which this unfortunate man was subjected by his immediate superiors appears to have bee❑ harsh in the extreme, to say the least of it. We believe that Mr. Firminger, the second assistant chaplain appointed to Ferozepore, is not, under present circum stances bound to join within a certain period of his nomination, but considering the wants and frequently expressed wishes of the local community, we do not See what great stretch of authority there would have been in directing the Rev. Gentleman to join forthwith, in stead of travelling at his ease throughout the length and breadth of the land. The not proceeding to his post at once manifests, we grieve to say, a want of zeal which should not appear in his class at least.—lbid. CALCUTTA MONEY MARKET. BANK OF BENGAL. Discount on Govt. Acceptances, 3 months 8 per cent. Discount on Private Bills and Notes, ditto 12 „ Interest on deposit of Company's Paper ll „ Interest on Cash Credit Accounts ll „ GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Transfer Stock Paper, 5 per cent pm. 5 0 a 6 0 Bombay, 5 per cent, dis. 4 0 a 5 0 Old Sicca, 5 do., according to numbers „ 4 0 a 5 0 New Company's 5 per cent 1 8 a 2 0 Third 4 Sicca „ 15 0 a 16 0 New Cy. 4 ditto BANK SHARES. Bengal Bank Co.'s Rs. (4,000) Prem.2,550 to 2,600 Union Bank „ (1,000) Disct. 30 to 50 Agra Bank 91 (500) Prem. 240 to 250 Oriental Bank N. Western Bank ~ (500) „ 100 to 130 PRICE OF BULLION, &C. Sycee Silver, Co.'s Rs. per 100 sa. wt. lO4 oto 104 12 China Gold Bars, per sa. wt. Gold Dust ditto Spanish Dollars, per 100 220 4to 220 12 Mexican ditto „ 219 Bto 220 0 Sovereigns Madras gold mohurs Old gold mohurs MADRAS MONEY-MARKET. we have no change to notice under this head. Money continues scarce, and investments of all kinds difficult of realisation. The rates for accommodation at the Bank have not undergone any amelioration. _ FREIGHTS. To Liverpool—dead weight. London. Rice Sugar Salt Petre Red Wood Seeds and other miscellaneous 4 0 ,f goods Measurement goods Cotton Indigo Whampoa Cotton, 7i- to Brs. per bale. CHINA. (From the China Mail of May 20.) Rumours of an attempt on the part of the Chinese to surprise Hong-Kong have prevailed during the past week, and slight circumstances have been looked upon with suspicion which at another time would have been passed unheeded. The military and police have been on the alert; but, though this is highly commendabl: at all times, we greatly doubt that any peculiar necessity exists for it at present, and suspect that the whole originates in a report of some vapouring officials at Canton, who have been beseeching Keying to allow them to take ven gvance on the outside barbarians. Upwards of a month ago our Chinese correspondent at Canton informed us that'on the 22d day of the second moon, Yeung, the Prefect of Sinhing-fu, a district in Kwang-tung, had come to Canton with 2,000 soldiers, and offered to exterminate the English, but Keying re fused, and three several applications on the same subject were equally un,uccessful. Wei, the saltco;nmissioner; was next entreated to affix his seal to a declaration up:in the people to rise en masse and slaughter the barbarians. This Wei positively refused, and admonished the people of the illegality and danger of any such pro ceedings as they contemplated. The blood thirsty Yeung does not seem to have been at all satisfied with these rebuffs, for our correspondent, writing on the 24th day of 3d moon (Slay 8), informs us that the Prefect had been tempting Keying with fresh proposals. The following is a translation of the letter : " It is reported that his Excellency Yeung, the Prefect of Si e hie Lt ..fe has come to Canton with some brave men to be,eech Keying to give orders to slay and extermi nate the English ; but Keying would not grant his request. Then Yeung privately advised some of the people to gather secretly some bravo men and to come to Hong-Kong, pretending to be traders, until they had all assembled and were ready at once to set fire to the buildings, and come over to slay all the soldiers. At that time they had 200 or 300 men, who, dividing into separate companies, were to arrive at Hong-Kong at the same time in the passage and post boats. Unless caution and care are exercised, disastrous consequences may ensue " Taukwang, 27th year, 3d moon, 24th day (May 8, 1847)." _ We do not believe there is any ground for apprehend ing an attack on Hong-Kong ; and at Canton foreign residents are now more free from molestation than formerly. (From the China Mail, May 24.) The following is the Emperor's r* ply to Keying's dispatches announcing the recent occurrences at Can ton : " We have received the official notification presented to us by Keying, intorming us that on the 19th day of the 2d moon the English merchants, with a number of soldiers, suddenly entered the provincial river. Accord ing to the investigations of the Viceroy, the said merchants alleged that their object was to revenge the insults they had received from the people of th e wery land ; they also desire to go to Fuhshae to converse and argue with the people, besides making a deter mined request to enter a portion of the provincial city. Since the establishment of peace the said foreigners have been tolerably quiet, until now that they have suddenly entered the country with soldiers, and it was certainly impossible to foresee such an occurrence, and arrange accordingly. We imagine, however, that they city though som eoth in er i r t e se a l s f on th f i o s r biseiangsii matteran xotofussmtoslelaterthe impor tance. The said Viceroy and his colleagues must not be disconcerted at what has happened, nor must they l ex hibit the least r e mi ssness , but command both the civil and military officers effectually to suppress the disturb ' ance, and not permit the existence of any cause of alarm to the inhabitants. " As the guns of every fort were spikeil, Keying must, therefore, demand the most severe punishments for those officers who were charged with the defence of the passes, but he must deliver up all the less important cases to the b )ard of punishment. "After the matter has been decided, again present a statement. "This must travel 500 le (about 160 miles) per day. Command it to be known. Respect this." This document shows that those were mistaken who suppo: , ed that Keying would either greatly falsity his sshrbeatelaesyenitn.demespgTemrrenha,tt,det4tae,otnciinotothe court, renralrine;neceetdifyuittroitlioiet o fn, r tn,chre t ome h wue a crd t uaitgpyape i would be answered by as to i e ts a h t r ae s ntrhm t ce h ee e mnd sau E , rn m ae i p mha e ica r st Emperor has and ri h cn a eod s f small importance," as it has always been esteemed by Keying himself, as well as by the more judicious among our own countrymen ; and the inference about our having ulterior views in urging it is, under the ci a rc d u e nr stances, perhaps not unnatural. No allusion is m the Imperial reply to the con cess i on of laud on Honan, n point of much more impo r t ance at present, andonae which, without great prudence an d f orbearance on the part of both the Chinese and English, seems not unlikey to lead to trouble. The spot proposed to be selected is private property, in the possession of numbers of people, who are not will ing to sell, and question our right to compel them, quot ing our own treaty against us. Their views are stated in a very long, but well-drawn and temperate memorial, presented a few days ago by a deputation of the old men of the villages to the English Consul, a copy of which we have received, and shall endeavour to give a translation of it in our present issue. The survey which was re cently made of the ground has created a ferment amongst the people, who have held numerous meetings, both at Honan and Canton, where, however, the speakers were more vehement in their denunciations of Keying than of the English. On the breaking up of one of these meetings, held on Thursday last (the 20th), at the Consoo.house, some vagabonds set fire to the new wooden boat-house, and to a mat shed in the neighbourhood, outside the factories; but the flames were speedily extinguished without doing any serious damage. " The excitement (a correspondent informs us) seemed greater among foreigners than among Chinese." It is impossible, of course, to calculate upon what a licentious rabble will attempt, wrought upon by people who believe that their rights of property, which are sacred even from the arbitrary grasp of their own mandarins, are to be invaded by the hated foreigner; but experience has shown that unprovoked outrages on the part of the Chinese are of extremely rare occurrence, even when but slight means of resistance have existed; and it seems improbable, therefore, that an attack will be attempted in the face of the Scout and Pluto, anchored off the Factories, with a company of the Royal Irish quartered within them. But if the matter is not settled satisfactorily now, it may be :a perpetual source of inquietude, though few merchants will probably be disposed to incur the odium and annoyance of erecting warehouses on Honan, so long as the present facilities for storing goods are offered by the brokers. It would certainly be very desirable that the goods were under the merchants' own charge; and it is to be regretted that a more eligible site than Honan had not been suggested. Its unsuitableness, however, ought to be a sufficient reason for proceeding no further in its ac quisition; and as Keying is probably as desirous to get out of a difficulty with his countrymen as ours are to improve their position, we trust the Plenipotentiaries may fairly consider the matter and come to some more satisfactory arrangement. Dane's Island has been spoken of as greatly preferable to Honan; and as it has large portions of ground unbuilt on, it would probably be much less difficult to obtain what is wanted there than at Honan. We have never been on Dane's Island ourselves, but it has been carefully examined by several intelligent mercantile men, and one of them especially, on whose judgment and experience we place great con fidence, speaks of it as containing the most eligible sites for warehouses in the Canton river. This matter is operating at present in keeping up irritation and a feeling of uncertainty most injurious to trade; but the present dullness may in no small degree be attributed to other causes. The general lull at this season has this year been increased by a prostration of native credit, in consequence of the failures among the ( - longs; one of the oldest of which (Linching) has fol lowed close upon those of Foo-tae and Aming. The debts in the present instance are said to amount to seven lies of dollars, partly arising from old losses, and partly from Linching's forced contribution to the Canton in demnity money, in 1841, which was almost entirely squeezed out of the Hong merchants—a mode of paying the claim which has crippled the trade of the city ever since, and thus probably caused more damage to foreign commerce than the value of the payment to Great Bri tain. many of the wealthy bongs have since with drawn from business, leaving it in the hands of a few smaller traders, who have been speculating far beyond their means. We are assured that the native failures in four months have been to the amount of three million of dollars, while the aggregate assets do not amount to a fifth. CANTON MARKEr, MAY 20. Quotations for imports are duty paid, and when not otherwise specified, the full cargo or shopman's price is named, which is subject to 5 per cent. discount for cash in two months, or 7 per cent. for payment in 10 days. IMPORTS. The import market has continued during the month in the same dull state as before, and prices have gene rally declined. CANTON.—SaIes during the month have been made to a very trifling extent; only a few hundred bales hav , ng gone into second hands at about the following quota tions:—Bombay, 6 dolls. 6c. to 8 dolls. 6c.; Bengal and Madras, 7 dolls, 6c. to 8 dolls. Bc. taels for cash in two months. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF STOCK AND DELIVERIES. Imptd. Delyd. Stocks same periods. 1847. 1846. 1845. Bombay, bales 3,787 4,100 17,865 30,576 26,343 Bengal „ 416 2,330 3,643 3,310 5,104 Madras „ none 718 3,478 3,160 27,812 American „ none none 1,567 1,851 none Shanghae „ 880 691 780 none none 5,083 _7,902 27,332 38,897 59,259 Cotton Yarn—But little business has been done. Quotations for cash in two months :--Nos. 16 to 24, 29 dolls. to 31 dolls.; 26 to 32, 32 dolls. to 34 dolls.; 34 to 42, 35 dohs. to 37 dolls. Long Cloths—There have been but few sales, and these at reduced rates in barter for produce. Greys may be quoted 2 dolls. 40c. to 2 dolls. 90c. for 60s. up to 725. and whites, 2 dolls. 70c. to 3 dolls. 25c. American Goods—Sales have been made to a small extent ; the present quotations are the same as last month -9 dolls. 50c. to 2 dolls. 60c. for drilling, and 2 dolls. 55c. to 2 dolls. 65c. for sheetings., Long Starlets are worth 11 dolls, to 11 dolls. 50c ; other colours about the same as before. Spanish Stripes—Tne present not being the season, prices have declined; they may be quoted from 1 doll. 103. to 1 doll. 25c. per yard. Camlets may be quoted as before, 19 to 22 dolls.; few or none have been sold. Iron has declined ; a small parcel of nail-rod and bar has been sold at 4 dolls. Tin Plates—No transactions; 7 dolls. to 7 dolls. 50c. Rattans are excessively dull, the best Banjarmassing not being worth more that 3 dolls. 20c. duty paid; Straits, 2 dolls. itoc.; and Water, 2 dolls. Pepper remains about the same as last quoted; holders appear inclined to hold. The quotation is 5 dolls. to 5 dolls. 50e. duty paid; but we hear of no transactions. Rice—The weather having become favourable for the coming crop the price has given way materially ; Arracan is 1 doll. 30c.; Manilla and Java, 1 doll. 60c., for good cargo. Putchuck—Dull, at 7 dolls. 50c. to 8 dolls. duty paid. Cloves—Maintain themselves at 35 dolls. duty paid. Opium—Malwa, the clearances are small; the stock is moderate owing to the large quantities sent northward; in the expectation of heavy arrivals holders anxious to to realise, and the price for the best is 540 dolls., with a mouth's credit Bengal, the clearances have been very considerable, and leave a very moderate stock; the scarcity of money, combined with the fsllina due of some time bargains, has caused prices to become unduly depressed. To-day's rates are :—New Patna, 627 dolls. 50c.; old ditto, 625 dolls.; new Benares, 622 dolls. 50c.; Turkey has been in good demand, and has advanced to 390 dolls. SUN, LON DON, THURSDA Y MORNING, JULY 22, 1847. concur in the opinio❑ of those Hon. Members who had considered it advisable to reject the measure in its pre sent stage. sorelyl s uo p nMes superintend episcopate the t li e n 0 dib,Prai members,Etods t ebfs t e h t eoawon:ugtignhchett; hundreds,t euoartshchehaad have oeoff a raf osEtmhnt correspondingohgsueilxas na ß bndi o d an Catholic thousands i bishops hs members, i t eoni nres t r e bem n earis t lse o : 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 wants 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 thus. 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 the state in which it was ori ginally brought in. - Mr. GOIJIBURN should support the third reading of the Bill, as he considered it would be a great step 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 bishop 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.) No one denied that the Dissenters had obtained in creased power in the administration of religion, but he did not think that they really objected to another bishop representing a large diocese taking his seat with his compeers in the House of Lords. He regretted, there fore, that the Noble Lord had abandoned his original intention of allowing the Bishop of Manchester a seat in the other House. Mr. B. ESCOTT adverted 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 clergy when they did their duty, instead of making their sees and their conduct matters of daily discussion in that House. He should continue his opposition to the Bill. Lord CLIVE supported the Bill. He considered that more danger might be apprehended from limiting the number of bishops than from extending their number. There was no force in the objections against 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 Dissect existed in the diocese of Carlisle. Sir. J. GRAHAM explained that he did not say that Dissent did not exist in the diocese of Carlisle. He said that the Right Rev. Prelate did not meddle with trifles, and that as harmony existed between the whole Church body, Dissent was less bitter and antagonistic than in other dioceses.—(Hear.) After a few words from Mr. LEFROY and Mr. ACLAND, Mr. DUNCOMBE said, Hon. Gentlemen who spoke so highly of the Noble Lord's conduct in this matter would do well to support him at the ensuing election— (Laughter)—and if he was the great friend of the Church they said he advised him to come over to his side, and take his seat behind him as his supporter. They had put an extinguisher upon the Government manufacturing ten bishops, and he thought, after what had taken place, that the Noble Lord would not burn his fingers with any more bishops.—(Laughter.) At any rate, if he did feel disposed so to dabble, he trusted he would bring forward his Bills earlier, in order not to drive the discussion of them to almost the last day of the session. Mr. COLLETT rose amidst loud calls for a division. He said the very name of bishop was offensive— (Laughter)—and considered that the country could do very well without their aid. They were now going to meet their constituents, and many of them might not fiave 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.—(Laughter.) The House the, divided, when there appeared— For the amendment l4 Against it Majority —79 On the question th-at the Bill be read a third time, Mr. P. BORTHWICK moved the omission of so lau.th of clause 2 as enacts the exclusion, in rotat ca. 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 opini,in that had been given by the House in favour of the Bill he would withdraw his motion. Mr. L W supported the amendment. Mr. P. BORill WICK 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. LEI VII 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 re ceive 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 que,nt 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 Goverment. 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- EXPORTS. Teas—The transactions during the month have been limited,noOrange say chests I p s pe chopskkooePekoe at C a tatlo6nlg2tootuo2alst7llt taels;a tl ; B 2,4s feels 0h half-chests fn- b c- o ch a ae r ts d ttys ; p 2 I ,o al o . boxes plain Caper at 9 to 12 taels; 10,000 chests Twan k at 13 to 30 t , ,els; 1,000 chests Hyson at 27 to 45 taels; 2,500 chests Young Hyson at 19 to 35 taels; 500 packages Moyune Gunpowder and Imperial at 13 to 30 Lae's; also 8,000 chests Canton Young Hyson at 11 to 14 taels; and 4.000 chests ditto Imperial and Gun powder at 17 to 22 taels. The stock remaining unsold presents little to select from, and consists of 50 chops Congou, 20,000 chests rwankay, 2,000 chests Hyson, and 2,500 chests young Hyson end 2,500 chests Gunpowder and Imperial, be sides a large quantity of Canton-made. Advices have been received from the tea districts; the crop is represented as large, and the price moderate. It is said that no Plain Caper nor Plain Orange Pekoes will be brought down this year. The first Moning Congou is exi.ected in the course of a month. SlLE.—About 100 bales Tsatlee have been sold during the month at 400 dolls., leaving 600 bales Tsatlee and 200 ditto Taysaam still unsold. The crop of Can ton has proved very short, and the article must continue high. SUGAR. —No. lis quoted 6 dolls. The Teentsien junks are likely to want large quantities next month. FREIGHTS. 61. per ton is the current rate to England. EXCHANGES. 4s. 3id. to 4s. 4d. for bills on England at six months' sight; the former is the Oriental Bank rate. Accepted Company's bills on Bengal sold at 212 rs. WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY.—The Royal Mail Steam Company's ship Forth, Captain Chapman, arrived this afternoon, at half-past five, bringing mails of the follow ing dates, in charge of Lieutenant Strover, R.N., Admi ralty agent:--St. Jago de Cuba, June 24; Jamaica, 23d; Jacmel, 26th; Porto Rico, 28th; Demerara, 19th; Tri nidad, 21st; Barbadoes, 24th ; Grenada, 26th; St. Vin cent, 27 th; St. Lucia, 27th ; Martinique, 27th ; Domi nique, 27th; Guadaloupe, 28th; Antigua, 28th; Nevis, 28th; St. Kitt's, 28th; Tortola, 29th; St. Thomas, July Ist; Fayal, 12th. Her freight consists of 450 dollars, 104 oz. gold, 1,075 oz. silver ; 93 'ierces 371 barrels 137 bags coffee, 67 bales sarsaparilla, nine cases succades, one case tortoise shell, one cask and 31 barrels ginger. At Jamaica the weather continued very fine, and the crops most abundant, but suffering, more particularly, at the Windward Islands, for the want of rain. The Great Western arrived at Barbadoes on the 22d June, and proceeded to Jamaica. The Thames, down the Spanish Main. The Avon, from Tampico to Havannah, en routs home, by way of Bermuda. The Conway at St. Thomas's, the Eagle at Demerara, Rein Deer at St. Thomas's. The weather homeward continued moderate from St. Thomas's to Fayal, and thence strong winds with gales from N.E. by E., and E. by N.B. The Forth brings home 81 passengers, amongst whom are Colonel Macdonald, lady, daughter, and servant ; Captain Elwyn, lady, and four children ; Captain Forbes, R.N. ; Captain Evans, Captain Walker, Captain Westmacott, General Restoland, Comte de la Castelneau, &c., &c. The mails will be dispatched by the ordinary 1.15 Am mail train. PROGRESS OF TYPHUS FEVER IN LEEDS 15 our painful d u ty s till to h ave to recor d an increase in this town of that distressing malady typhus fever. Sinc e our last m an y h ave b een a dd e d to t h e cases a l rea d y in existence, notwithstanding all the efforts which have been put forth to arrest its spread. During the present week about twenty cases have been removed from Wel lington -yard to the Fever Hospital, though every pos sible preventative and remediable measure had for some time pre ! io us ly b een resorted to. It is a melancholy gratification to lea rn th at this seat of disease (Welling ton yard) i s now enti re l y c l eared of its inhabitants. Mr. Whitehead, chief clerk at the Board of Works, has taken possession o f every dwelling, eighteen in number , and it is intended that they shall not again be inhabited for the space of three months, an interval which will be occupied in thoroughly whitewashing, cleansing, and purifying them. From succeeding paragraphs it will be seen that the Rev. W. S. Monck, and Mr. Samuel Sharp, surgeon, have become victims of the fever since our last. We have also to add to the list of those sick, Mr. Richard Hodgson, assistant to the borough surveyor, who it is supposed caught the fever whilst attending to his duties in Shannon-street. The p o li ce w h o were ill are improving, and the assistant of Mr. B u l mer, surgeon, is likewise progressing satisfactorily towards recovery.— Leeds Mercury. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—Th e last concert of the season, and last appearance of Dr. Spohr in England, is fixed for Friday next. Three of S pohr's . works, vi z ., •' The Last Judgment, " Chr i st ians Prayer," an d " Milton's Version of the 8 4 th Psalm" (the latt er a new composition never yet performed), will he produced on the occasion. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 21. Their Lordships sat this morning at Ten o'clock, for the purpose of giving judgments ; and, after having dis posed of several causes, Earl MINTO said that, in order to save time, he would move the third reading of the Poor Removal Act, it being understood that there was to be no debate upon that stage of the Bill. Lord REDESDALE and Earl GREY having assented to the motion, the Bill was read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure. The House re-assembled at Half-past Four o'clock. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Wool sack, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. NEW PEERAGE. The Marquis of Drogheda was introduced by the Marquis of Cholmondeley, thee Eak of Rede.dale, and Lord Wharneliffe, 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, July 21. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. The Lords' amendments to the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Supply of Surplus Water to Manchester, Salford, and Stockport) Bill were agreed to. Lord G. BENTINCK presented a petition from the magistrates, proprietors, and others of St. George's , Jamaica, complaining of the competition to which they, were exposed in consequence of the reduction of the duty on which slave-grown produce was admitted, and stating that as they had to grow coffee and molasses by means of free labour, they should not be exposed to unfair competition. The NOBLE LORD, in answer to a question from Mr. Ilindley, said it was his intention to bring the whole subject before the House in another Parliament, if he had a seat in it. The Lords' amendments to the London and South- Western Railway Bill were agreed to. The Jesus Hospital (Newcastle) Estate Bill was read a third time and passed. SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON the following returns were ordered :—A return of the number of days on which the House sat in the session 1847, stating the total number of hours occupied in the sittings of the House, and the average time ; and. also, showing the number of hours on which the House sat on each day, and the number of hours after midnight ; and of the number of divisions in the session 1847 ; stating the subject of the division, and the number of Members in the majority and minority, tellers included ; also, the aggregate number in the House on each division ; dis tinguishing, also, the divisions on private Bills from pub lic; and, also, the number of divisions before and after midnight (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 723 11 , of session 1846) DIRECT BI RM I NGHA M AND LEICESTER RAILWAY AND MR : KUNTZ. Mr. BANNERMAN complained of a statement Mr. Muntz had made at a meeting of the scripholders of fhe Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway Com pany, in the capacity of chairman, reflecting upon the mem bers of the Select Committee appointed in 1846 to consi der the merits of the scheme. The Committee, the Hon. Gentleman remarked, unanimously threw out the scheme, believing it to be a perfect bubble, and it was quite evi dent from the manner in which the money of the unfor tunate shareholders had been wasted, that their decision was a perfectly correct one. Mr. Munta, however, seemed to think otherwise, which he had a perfect right to do, but he had no right to attack the Committee in the manner he had done at Birmingham on Satur day, simply because they did not agree with him in that respect. The scheme had been very properly denounced by the Railway Times and the Railway Record, and it was not fair that the characters of Hon. Members should be impugned because they had conscientiously done their duty with the public. He had felt: himself called upon not to allow this statement of Mr. Manta, the Hon. Member for Birmingham, to pass unnoticed. After a few words from Sir EDMUND FILMER, who also denounced the statement of Mr. Muntz and his scheme, the subject dropped. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER BILL. Sir GEORGE GREY moved the third reading of this Bill. . Mr. HUME regretted to be compelled further to waste th -. time of the House upon this matter, but upon principle he must move that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. • Mr. E WART thought her Majesty's Government would have acted with more discretion had they post poned this question till a future Parliament; but, never theless, he must confess that so far as the Bill acknow ledged the principle of the non-admission of bishops into the House of Lords, he perfectly agreed with it. Let them, however, improve the efficiency of the working clergy, and they would be doing tar more service to the people and the country than by establishing new bishoprics of this sort. Still he did not think that his Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose would be doing well to divide the (louse at the final stage of the Bill. 1 Sir J. GRAHAM said he was about to give a con- 1 scientious vote upon the third reading of this Bill, and he wished to state his reasons for doing so. Some few years ago the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment succeeded in passing a Bill providing for the estab lishment of a see of Manchester upon certain con ditions. These conditions were the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph, and upon that event taking place, it was arranged that a bishopric of Man chester should be created, whose incumbent should be entitled to all the rights and privileges possessed by the other bishops. None of those conditions had been ob served, while this Bill was directly in opposition to that portion of the arrangement which provided that any Bishop of Manchester should have a seat in the House of Lords. Now he altogether objected to that provision. It was unjust, because it violated the prerogative of the Crown. The introduction of it by the Government was tantamount to admitting that the duties of a bishop could be more effectually performed when the Right Reverend Prelate had no seat in the Legis• lature ; but upon the authority of the Bishop of Chester himself he could state that this conclusion was perfectly erroneous. But it was said the present bishops had too much to do, and there fore they wanted assistance. It became, then, impor tant to ascertain what were the duties of a bishop. True the bishop was always to be found taking the lead in promoting the charities within his diocese, but, upon the whole, he thought it would be found that the bishops were by no means overworked. in reference to episcopal matters.—(Hear, hear.) But, admitting that the bish o p s were ove rwor ked, and re quired aid in the perf ormance o f t h e i r duties, where was the necessity of dep a rti ng f rom t h e we ll-established prin ciple of every bish o p having a seat in the H ouse of Lords. It was a right es t a bli s h ed b eyon d all doubt by im memorial usage, and h e f or one cou ld see no necessity for departing from th e ru l e upon this occasion. Some thing, however, had been said in justifica tion of the departure from the established rule, of the diminution of the Irish bench of bishops. But he could trace no justi fication whatever in that measure, _ a nd he looked upon the exclusion of the Bish op o f M a nchester from the House of Lords with the utmost alarm. The Honour able and Learned Member for Bath had told them that this measure was the forerunner of the separation of Church and State, and he was strongly inclined to agree with the Hon. and Learned Member, for already had disunion and heart burnings prevailed in the Church itself, and he was very much afraid that this measure would only add to the breach which already existed If they were to have additional bishops let them clearly lay down the prin ciples upon which they should be uniformly established, and not yield to the dictations of any one portion of the Church. The conclusion be had come to, then, was, that this measure would prove dangerous to the Church, and it was the duty of all Parties who respected the Constitution, or desired its continuance, to stand in the breach and resist it t o the last breath, however unpopular it alight make them in particular quarters or with a portion of a po pular saPcraifiticye. For these reasons, therefore, being p re p a red vote against the popularity to the dictates of his own consc ience, he had come to the conclusion of recording his vo third reading of this Bill. would abstain from again going over the arguments w hich he bad already urged upon the subject of the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph, but he would at on ce address himself to Lord JOHN RUSSELL said b e the gronnd upon which the Right Hon. Ge ntleman founded his opposition to the third rea d ing o f t his Bill— namely, the temporary ex clus ion of the Bishop of of Lo d ii Manchester from a seat 10 the HOLIBO r s.—( ear.) of the danger from the expulsion of one hisbishops from opinion upon the House of Lords, and founded while he The Right Hon. Baronet thought that there was great statements made in this House, . altogether opportunity, it they thought that the bishops in the Upper overlooked the fact *r opinions upon the subject. The proper,House express set aside all this silence upon the Right Hon. Baronet said that he part of the bishops, an d s attached great statements of the Hon. and Learned weight to the n a t he Hon. Member for Kerry; but Member for Bath a o attach to Hear, hear.) ded his vote h b* Hon. on t e su ject, so Member had even recor he danger, real a ear t' - tothe Illietti(eLord:eoihgphnratesßsfuutsdhlslieedill) did not think that that his own opinion He did not wish again to did not se the question of the rotation of the bishops ; .ti n e any the proposi He thought it would or theoretical, in proposition. be of some advantage to the . bishops if, instead of their the first portion of their time, after their having to spend on tehnetersuiatitioest_( grievous di visions , • tment in London in attendance on their duties in with opportunity afforded the acqu ainted them of becoming acqinti . theduties of their dioceses. Such an op po rtunity would have, no doubt, been of great service to . the last s tcreated bishop —the Bishop of St. Asaph. only say that • of the Church, be wou ld lt was his wish see the Protestant character of House of Lords, th e y ithh d re th p e ee most earnest to Church of England fully an d entirely maintained. Mr. S. WORTLEY felt it incumbent on him, not withstanding the h support which he formerly given to ad the Bill in its oth er sta g es, to jo i n in the opposition t o the Bill in the pre sent stage. His reason for opposing the Bill was because of the re tention _. in the Bill o f a clause for excluding the new bishop from a seat in the House of Lords, a principle which he considered to be ive of the constitution of the country. If utterly subvert 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, I 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 h a d t h oug ht proper to omit; but even t he Bill in its present shape, mutilated as it was, was such as in his opinion was deserving of hi s eupport, end he could not therefore LEITH HARBOUR BILL. HOUSE OF LORDS.-JULY 19. LIST OF PEERS WHO VOTED ON THE THIRD READING OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF LEITH HARBOUR BILL. CONTENT. BUNT. EARLS. LORDS. m Norfolk Granville De Manley MARQUISES. Bruce CamoyE Clanrlcarde Mint° Cottenham Lansdowne Besborough Wrottesley Fltzhardinge Montfert EARLS. Stafford Auckland VISCOUNT. Strafford Grey Falkland Dunally Flngall Lilford Radnor BISUOP. Sudeley Devon St..Asaph Campbell NON-CONTENT. DUKES. EARLS. Ric hmond Nelson VISCOUNT. Sydney Montrose Enniskillen Buccleuch Rosse Sondes LORDS. MARQUISES. St. Germans ,_ Colville Ailesbury Stradbroke Walsingham Huntley Cardigan Redesdale EARLS. VISCOUNT. Gray Harewood Combermer e Colchester PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proeeedtngs of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JULY 19. POOR-LAWS ADMINISTRATION BILL. Lords Amendments considered; Amendment in pr. 6, line 17, agreed to : —Amendment, to leave out Clause A, added to the Bill by way of rider, disagreed to : —Amendment, to leave out Clause B, added by w ly of rider ;—Motion made, and Question proposed, " That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment :" —Debate arising; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Debate be now adjourned :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn : —Main Question put, " That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amenchnent.W The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 89. Acheson, Viscount Ferguson, Sir R. O'Brien, A. S. Acland, Sir T. Filmer, Sir E. Packe, C. W. Antrobus, Edmund Forster, M. Palmerston, Vis. Archdall, Captain Gaskell, J. M. Parker, John Bentinck, Lord G. Gibson, Thomas M. Philips, Mark 3odkin, William H. Gore, Montague Price, Sir R. Borthwick, Peter Goulburn, Henry Rich, Henry Bouverie, E. P. Graham, Sir James Richards, Richard Bowles, Admiral Greene, Thomas Roebuck J. A. Bramston, T. W. Grey, Sir G. Russell, Lord J. Brotherton, Joseph Grosvenor, Lord R. Russell, Lord C. Brown, W. Halford, Sir H. Rutherford, A. Buller, Charles Hallyburton, Lord Seymer, Henry Ker Buller, Sir J. Y. Halsey, T. P. Seymour, Sir H. Byng, G. S. Hamilton, Lord C. . Shell, R. L. Carew, W. P. Henley, J. W. Shelburne, Earl of Cavendish, C. C. Herbert, Sydney Somerville, Sir W. Clerk Sir G. Hobhouse, Sir J. Spooner, Richard Clive, Vise. Inglis, Sir R. H. Strutt, Edward Cowper, W. F. Jervis, Sir John Thornely, T. Craig, W. G. Labouchere, Henry Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Cripps, W. Law, C. E. Vyse, H. Deedes, W. Lindsay, Colonel Walpole, S. H. Denison, J. E. Macaulay, T. B. Ward, H. G. Duckworth, Sir J. Mainwaring, T. Wilshere, W. Duncan, George Maule, Fox Wood, Sir Charles Dundas,lAdmiral Morpeth, Viscount Wortley, J. S. Dundas, Sir D. Neeld, Joseph East, Sir J. Neville, Ralph TELLERS. Easthope, Sir John Newdegate, N. Tufnell, Henry Egerton, W. T. Nichol', J. Hill, Lord M. MINORITY—NOES, 19. Aglionby, H. A. Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Connell, M. J. Bennet, P. Frewen, C. H. Pechell, Captain Blackstone, W. Fuller, A. E. Sheridan, R. B. Collins, William Hindley, C. Co'vile, C. R. Hodgson, F. TELLERS. Buncombe, T. Lawless, Ceell Etwall, Ralph buncombe, 0. M'Carthy, Alex. Wakley, Thomas Escott, Bickham Morris, David TUESDAY, JULY 20. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. Order for Third Reading read ; Motion made, and Qaes tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a third time :" —Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day three months :"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY-AYES, 45. Anson, Colonel Fox, C. R. Paget, Lord A. Antrobus, E. Goulburn, Henry Palmerston, Viscount Berkeley, Captain Graham, Sir James Parker, John Blackburne, J. I. Grey, Sir George Philipps, Sir R. Rodkin, W. H. Grosvenor, Lord R. Rich, Henry Brotherton, J. Hallyburton, Lord Russell, Lord H. Brown, W. Hatton, Captain Russell, Lord C. Buller, Charles Hobhouse, Sir John Rutherfurd, A. Cowper, W. F. Jervis, Sir John Shell, R. L. Craig, W. G. Labouchere, Henry Somerville. Sir W. Denison, J. E. Macaulay, T. B. Thornely, Thomas Dodd, G. Maule, Fox Ward, H. G. Dundas, Sir David Morpeth, Viscount Wood, Sir Charles Ebrington, Viscount Morris, David TELLSIIB. Elwell, Ralph Norreys, Sir D. Tamil, IL Ferguson, Sir R. O'Connell, M. J. Hill, Lord Marcus MINORITY-NOES, 18. Bankes, George Fuller, A. E. Taylor, E. Bentinck, Lord G. Henley, J. W. Trotter, John Bentinek, Lord H. Hudson, G. Vyse, R. H. R. H. Boldero, H. G. Law, C. E. Waddington, H. S. Bramston, T. W Nee ld, Joseph TELLERS. For, S. L. Palmer, G. Borthwick, Peter Frewen, C. H. Rashleigh, William Stuart, J. 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, i❑ 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., will be for the present discontinued. WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, G.C. REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS DURING THE WEEK ENDING JULY 17. i Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in the week. Males ... ... ... 479 Males ... ... 6OO Females ... ... 465 F ema l es ... .... 582 •- - Total . . 944 ----- Total ... 1,182 Miss BUBDETT COUTTS'S NEW CHURCH.—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. Rams, - ten, &c. There were present, besides the Bishop of London, who assisted in the ceremony, the Bishops of Oxford, Adelaide, and Tasmania; Lords Brownlow, Sandon, and Ashley; the Dean of Westminster, the Rey. Lord John Thynne, Archdeacons Sinclair and Bentinck, and many of the clergy of the Abbey and the adjacent districts; Sir F. Trench, &c. The whole of the expense of the erection of the church about to be built is to be defrayed by Miss Burdett Coutts, together with the endowment and the building of schools for 230 boys and 170 girls. The site has been presented by the Dean and Canons or Westminster. The church, which has been designed by Mr. Benjamin Ferrey, of Trinity-place, and which will 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; aisles 82 feet long by 13 feet wide ; an d a c h ancel, 47 fet 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 square, and the entire height 200 feet. The materials used in the construction will be Sneaten ragstone for the walls, And Anston stone for the quoins and dressings ; the roof will be English oak covered with lead. For the seats, stalls, and screens Riga wainscot will be used. There will be a peal of bells in the tower. The church will be capable of ac commodating 1,000 persons. The silver trowel used by the munificent founder was presented to her by the in habitants of the district ; on it was engraved an appro priate inscripti on t o t h at e ff ect . Th e f o ll o wing is the copy of the inscriptio n enc l ose d within the foundation stone of the church :-- Hujusce .lEdis sacrosanctse, Deo, Creatori, Suspitatori, Sanctificatori, in honorem B. Stephan protomartyris, dictates, lapidem auspicalem posuit Angela Georgiana Burdett Coutts, fifia natu minima Francisci Burdett, Brunetti, hujus civitatis Westmouasteriensis Suffraglis ohm in Senatum per XXXL atmos cooptati, eadem ilia, pietatis ergo in pat tern , et grates in Deum observantiss, quam nunc inchoavit sadem, proprio sumptu exstructura, ornatura, dotatura, singulars in hoc seculo Pr id . tantse m l. uAniuficenti 19 exemplar. XIII A.D. MDCCCXLVfI. The Rev. W. Tennant, M.A , formerly curate of St. John's, Westminster, has been licensed, on the nomina tion of Miss B. Coutts, by the Bishop of London to the incumbency. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—GENUINE EAU DE COLOGNE, imported direct, and kept two years in the docks before sold. Ross and Sons beg to say, that in consequence of the spurious trash offered, they are induced to make known the system adopted by them for the last thirty }ears of selling only the genuine, and that two years old. In consequence of their enormous cons umptiotl ; they are ena bl e d to sell the best e.t little more than i charged for th e spur i ous, t h e latter b e i ng a s in f e rior British brandy is to f o r e i g n. Prices—a sin g le bottle, 3s. ; a case of six, 16 s . ; s i x ca ses at once, 1 55. per case, as for cash only. Add ress R o ss asd S ons, 119 and 120, Bishlpsgat e - s t ree t, L on d on . dozen left of some that has been seven .Bs.established The y a central h a ve still a few ears in bond. The Government of Berlin has M. Duneker, police for all the railroads of Counsellor of the G ov ernment, is placed at the head of this important - branch the Administration, and is succeeded in his late poet o f director of the police of ll;h of Berlin by Baron Minutoli, who held the same Office at Posen. LAW INTELLIGENCE. BLoOmillußY COUNTY COURT July 21. (Before E. Dußors, Esq., Deputy-Judge.) EXTRAORDINARY CASE-THE VALUE OF A DOG.-WREN V. SOFTLY. This was an action for trover. The plaintiff sought t(, recover the value of a dog, his pi operty, detained by the defendant. The plaintiff stated that on the 19th of February last he lost a dog, and after the lapse of a month he ascer. rained that it was in the possession of the defendant, to whom he immediately applied for its recovery. The fendant refused to deliver up the dog, alleging that. it was his property. The dog, which was in court, was produced. The defendant stated that he found the animal on the 23d of February, and he refused to give it up to the plaintiff, as he thought it was not his dog. The dog having been sworn to be the property of the plaintiff, its restoration was ordered by the Learn e d Deputy-Judge, the costs to be paid by the defendan ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—Lewes. July 20. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) Maria Renshaw, 20, was indicted for having unlaw fully abandoned a certain child of which she was tke mother, with the intent that it should die, and thereby intended to kill and murder it ; and in other counts she was charged with the intent to cast the burden of maintaining the child upon the inhabitants of the parish of Bexhill, where she had so abandoned it. Mr. Attree prosecuted, and Mr. Johnson appez.red for the defence. When the prisoner was arraigned, she at first pleaded Guilty to the indictment. Mr. Baron PARKE told her that the charge made against her was a very serious one, and as the indict ment imputed several intents to her, each of which would require a different degree of punishment, he advised. her to retract her plea of Guilty an d to bare the facts stated, so that the jury might express an opinion as to what her real intention was when she abandoned her infant. The prisoner then pleaded Not Guilty. ' It appeared from the testimony of the witnesses that the prisoner had been in service at Hastings, and that she was in the familyway and near the period of her confinement at the beginning of June. On the 14th of that month she left Hastings and proceeded by the train to Brighton, where she took up her abode at a lodging house kept by a person named Howley, and on the 16th she was delivered of the infant in question, which appeared to be a fine, healthy child. On the 26th of June, ten days after her delivery, the prisoner said she had received a letter.from her father informing her that her mother was dying, and that she must go home directly, and her landlady accom p %flied her to the railway station at Brighton, whence she started with her infant by the halt -past twelve o'clock train. At this time the child was dressed in a new night-gown and shirt, and the other usual articles of dress for an infant, and the prisoner, although weak from her recent confinement, appeared otherwise in good health. When the train arrived at the Bexhill station, the prisoner got out with her child, and her conduct ex cited the attention of the clerk at the station, and it in duced him to believe that she was not in her right senses. She asked a number of incoherent questions, and was seen wandering about the station apparently in great distress of mind for a considerable time, when She again came to the station, and her conduct was still very wild and extraordinary, and she at length left by the half-past five o'clock train for Hastings ; but at this time she had no child with her. On the same evening, a person living at Bexhill had occasion to go into a field in that neighbour hood to fetch a sheep home to be killed, and while he was so engaged he heard , he moaning of a child, and proceeding in the direction whence the voice ap peared to come he was led to a ditch, where he found an infant lying among some high nettles, and quite con cealed by them from the sight of any casual passer-by„ and but for the cries of the poor infant it appeared very probable that it must have lain there and perished, The child turned out to be the prisoners ' • but it ap peared that the shirt and night-gown had been taken off it, and it had nothing on its body but a napkin and a cap. The prisoner was afterwards taken into custody, when it appeared that she admitted having deserted the child, and the present indictment was then preferred against her. Mr. JOHNSON made a most feeling address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and urged that she had been driven almost to madness by the shame of her po sition, and that when she deserted her unhappy offspring she was not in a state of mind to render her accountable for her actions, and that therefore the jury ought not to find her guilty of having any of the wicked intentions im puted to her by this indictment. The jury, after deliberating a few minutes, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. CASTER. Mr. HUDSON inquired of Lord John Russell, whe ther it had 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 corres pondence entered into between the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, &c., th e arc hi tect, an d Dr. D. B. Reid, since September, 1846, whether referring to the new House of Commons in p ar tit u l ar , i nc l u di ng a l so a ll 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 l a id before the Select Committee on Westminster -bridge and New Palace ; and a paper dated the 19th day of 1845, and titled " Minutes of Conversation," which was 1845. her m transmitted by the architect to the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, and Dr. Rei d ' s re p l y thereto, viz., The oc h er o rders of the day were then disposed of, his al eg l sr e tey t et,edsrlWoaddressedand dated e thed t t he Commissioners of June, and the House adjourned. B r y er ad m v ar ic k es MONEY MARKET.—The premium . on gold at Paris is 12 per milk, which, at the English Mint price o f l 0 1 . (1 2 . 5 . p 4 e s r ; o a u n n d c e th Z r exchange standard at Parisgold, o gives n L 0 an short being 25.3 5, it follows that gold is 0.39 at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per a t in . d b e u a r r g e h r in th Paris pricee ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.8.: • exchange 3 rdwfr l eoh : rnmie l chai s n . and the exchange at Hamburgh . on London at short being ' 13.71. it follows that . gold is 0.18 per cent. dearer in Ilamburgh than in London, MIDLAND CIRCUIT.--Lincoln, July 19. CROWN COURT.—(Betore Mr. Baron ROLFE.) Mr. Baron Rolle took his seat upon the bench at ' eleven o'clock this morning, and shortly afterwards pro- ceeded to charge the grand jury, of which Sir John Tro'lope is foreman. His Lordship congratulated the jury upon the small number of prisoners for trial. He directed their attention, however, specially to the case of a woman charged with no fewer than three murders by the administration of poison. In the course of the day the grand jury returned three bills against the ac cused, and her trial is appointed to take place to morrow. Reuben Thacker stood indicted for stealing, at Bar rowby, in this county, on the 12th of April lust, six ewes and twelve calves, the property of John Ewinson. There was another charge against the prisoner for stealing articles of apparel. He pleaded Guilty to the latter indictment. Mr. Mellor prosecuted. The prisoner was undefended. From the statements of the witnesses it appeared that on the night of the 12th of April last the sheep were safe in a field belonging to the prosecutor. The following morning they were missing. tin the Monday evening Th., prisoner cslled upon a farm, r laving at Gonerby, with whom he was acquainted, stating that he had come for the purpose of meeting a quantity of sheep belonging to his master, Mr R char of Coston Bas ett. This statement, in ), sequence of the prison e r h av i ng b een formerly in the employ of Mr. Riciiards, was readily believed, and the p i •otier was accordingly accommo dated with lodgings for the night, and on his bringing the sheep they were also, according to a practice which prevailed amongst the farmers of the neighbourhood, supplied with pasturage. The next day the sheep, under the direction of the prisoner, proceeded in the direction of Ewei by, and were on that evening put up at the Plough Inn, Wilsford. In the mean time the robbery became known in the neighbourhood; the sheep were traced to Wilford, and identified by the prosecutor, and on Wednesday the prisoner was apprehended. The prisoner in his defence admitted driving the sheep (they having been delivered into his care for convey ance), but denied the robbery. The jury found him Guilty, and The Learned JUDGE sentenced him to four months' imprisonment and hard labour for the robbery of the apparel, and seven years' transportation for stealing the sheep. Martin Dale and Joseph Wright (two stout-looking fellows) were placed at the bar charged with burglari ously entering the house of Mr. Festus Dunham, of Six Hills, in this county, on the morning of the 2d of April last, and stealing certain moneys, &c., the property)of the prosecutor and his daughter. Another prisoner, named Fidlin, was charged with being implicated in the com mission of the offence, but it was stated that he was too ill to be placed upon his trial. Mr. FLOWER stated the case to the jury. Mr. W. H. Adams appeared for the prisoner Dale; Wright was undefended. The case, which was one of great aggravation, will be best understood by a condensed report of the evi dence. Festus Dunham—l am a farmer, living at Six Hills, in this county. On the morning of the 21 of April I was awoke by a great clattering at the door of my house. I put my head out of the window and asked wbatw r a l t; the matter. I saw a man outs id e , w h o rep li ed, ~ blow your b— old brains out." I believe it know him tin Dale who used the expression. Id d before. It was a very moonlight night , men come up and an d there was was Mar snow on the ground. I saw two ot h e r e t h e window out, and at the window. They kn oc ked . I said to my daughter, and all three men then went for the purpose of with a s s istance. . d l. m obtaining ade m y w ay assistance. out I returned with assistance. The sh h a o l a l s a e ll be murdered," an d I left a dog in the house, and men were then gone. prisoner Wright was formerly I : n fWt a h b ee out half an hour when I came back ee l found Te it had been stabbed, and was bleeding at the no . e h el d flit," and place in my emp l oy . He had e pe us to " the furniture in the hou se. . Frances Dunham, wife of the last witness, confirmed the main points of his evidence. After her husband left the house she and her daughter attempted to prevent the men entering her daughter's room. They placed a chest against the door. The men outside, when they found their entrance there opposed, said, " You need not place the chest there, for we mean to come in." Two men then forced themselves into the room. The prisoner Martin Dale was one of them. He had a lighted candle in one hand and a hayfork in the other. Witness asked him what his business was, when Dale replied, " We want your money," and rushed through her daughter's room into witness's room. He placed the candle upon the dressing-table, and took up 3d. in copper, which he put in his pocket. They next ransacked a drawer, but witness believed they did not take anything. Dale ,, then presented his fork at witness's breast, and said . p 12 you, where's your money ?" He then ransack ed herack dd drawer, and found a purse belonging t o half-crowns, two It contained a half-sovereign, . silg another h te r. four ess told the men that shillings, and two sixpences. heard that he was gone up the_y e il x a t ge. morning they missed from what money they had was in l h W er is A h n u s s e b e a , n )n d husband's as they pocket, h that they went away. B t ea .chest, and an n ch: apron. l'4 i r. ADAMS —Fad not k nown the house a new hat , a rosewood workbox, a maho g an y Cross-exg.mi e Dknew him immediately she saw h;ni got into the h ouse h er d aughter jumped Window and ran a wa y. Sh e (w i tness) never saw ag a in,al e before, out Whenor e, of t he bat tt h h ee Wright ; he was not th e ot h er man in the ro.m. Margaret Dunham, the dau g ht er, d eposed that when she jumped out of the window a man outs i de told her to go back. It was the prisoner Wright. She had known him from a child. She afterwards saw him in the house standing near her bedroom door. Joseph Rawson, being sworn, stated that he is a la bourer, and on the morning of the 2d of April was called up by the prosecutor. He immediately went to the front of the house, but the men were then gone. He wi a shortly afterwards joined by other men. There had been a good deal of fresh snow during the night. Upon examining the ground they were able to track the feet t of - three men from the house of the prosecutor to Lud ford Town E n d. Th e mar k s wen t u p t o fh e house of ' Earn (the prisoner not now upon his trial). He (wit