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FvFNING EDITIO2N. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. PETITION. To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament as sernbled ; The Petition of the undersigned Inhebitant of Great Yarmouth, and Freeholder of the County of Norfolk, Most humbly sheweth, That the peculiar circumstrn.e:s of your petitioner in two several instances hereafter referred to, conjointly with a feeling in the country, now very generally expressed, on the severity of legal punishment for criminal offences, ren ders it an incumbent duty to state, with all due deference, That, in the humble opinion of your petitioner, the first and legitimate end of punishment is the reformation of the offender. That the punishment inflicted for the commission of crime in civil society should, in all cases, be of such a na ture, end in such proportion, as would most effectually tend to eradicate from the mind of the offender the pro pensity to the crime committed : That it is u unreasonable is itself as it is unjust to the criminal to inflict upen him a greater degree of punish ment than would otherwise be awarded in order to prevent the perpetration of crime in others: "'hat, in the humble but decided opinion of your peti tioner, punishment in itself just and adequate being alone consonant to the Divine will, would also be the most pow erfully efficacious as an example, and, therefore, perfectly coincident with the doctrine of utility, to deter and prevent the commission of crime by others : That your petitioner, from his own experience, knees that excessive punishment defeats its own end: That, in the opinion of your petitioner, the infliction of death as a punishment is not only unjust, but vindictive and excessive ; and, under any merely human legislature, inde fensible : _ _ That your petitioner, having been stopped on the King's highway, his property demanded, and, with a sword sus pended ever his heal in the hand of a ruffian, his life deeply threateaad ; and having also a few years since de tected a forgery committed on himself, which he brought the unhappy culprit to confess ' • was absolutely and entirely precluded instituting any legal proceedings against either culprit, both by his insurmountable abhorrence of vindic tive punishment, and by his decided conviction that the in fliction of death is in all cases unwarrantable : That your petitioner having learned religious and moral, as well as civil obligation, from the New Testament, hap pily finds himself not only instructed to honour the King, but likewise to revere God ; and while taught to "render unto Caesar the things which are Cmsar's," is, at the same time, enjoined by the great Legislator, to " render unto God the things which are God's :" That your petitioner is, therefore, constrained, by a pa ramount allegiance to the supreme moral Governor, and an irresistible feeling of duty, never, under any circumstance., to become an agent in depriving a human brother of the invaluable boon of life, and therchy violating and wantonly destroying the most sacred relation between man and his Maker : And, being fully and firmly convinced that the Creator has the sole proprietary right in that life which none but Himself could give, your petitioner feels himself em boldened most earnestly, but most humbly, to implore your Hon. House deliberately and nt-tt urely to weigh and consider whether it bo not fearful and daring presumption in any human Government to wrest that right from the Creator's hand, and, unauthorised by Him, destroy the only part of his glorious creation which He himself declared was made " in his own image :" That for these reasons your petitioner (an aged man) presumes, with all due respect, to entreat and supplicate the attention of your honourable House to the grave sub• joct of his petition. And your petitioner will ever pray, &c. (Signed) WILLIANI ALEXANDER. IPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS (From the Globe.) We were not aware yesterday of the additional con firmation of our views respecting the reality of the " fatal schism' in the Tory party, which is afforded ties week by an old and respectable organ of jog-trot Conservatism. It is not alone the Stondard, " red with the blood of Ireland," as O'Connell called it ; but Bell's Weekly Messenger, " guiltless of his coun try's blood," has taken the field. One may consult this highly honoured hebdomadal oracle much on the same principle as Fox consulted Lord B—, or M..l:ere consulted his old woman. What Bell's IVcckly ..Vessenger says, many good easy folks think ; or if tliought is a bold word to use respecting their interior processes, many good easy folks ruminate in accordance with Bell's Weekly Messenger. When we find this s•rt of weekly waggon of political wisdom rolling its bread wheel slowly—deliberately—not with railway precipitance—over the political character of Sir R. Peel —we deem the portent worth marking. Neither is the reverend sage by any means quite wrong i❑ his estimate of the insincere (political) character of that very plaus ible personage, and the inconsistencies into which his scant of heart in the cause leads him. Naturally those who are more in earnest in that cause are provoked by ' them ; we cannot partake their indignation at what seems to us so venial a crime as not being in earnest in defending that which is indefensible; we can only coin pa.ssionate the leader and the party by turns. (riom the Stdurtard.) The discussion on the Canada Bill last night was long, animated, and painfully interesting. The matter Icuated was me which to plain understandings, or in other times, is hen the worl I seas governed by men with ma►culine minds, would not admit of a moment's question :—it was this, whether a measure, admitted .en one side to be at best most dangerous, on the c'her characterised as certainly fatal, ought to be adopted ; no necessity for adopting any measure eeistieg, as must be obvious to all the world. Whence the necessi:y of rushing upon danger or upon certain ruin, as the case may be ? There is but one answer—the despotism of cant. We are to pay, in the less of the Canadas, and afterwards in greater losses, the penalty of the departure from the sound doctrines of those days, when noti ins were herd in peace and se curity—the simple but self-evident doctrine, that no men ought to be entrusted with power, except upon assurance that he will make a good use of it. We have contemned this doctrine ; we have been taught to hold, that all men are alike entitled to power—that the right to the exercise of power is indefeasible even by treason itself, and that no distinction can be properly made between good citizens and traitors, except that some . preference is in policy due to the latter, because o' their proved disposition to disturb the settled order o society. (From the Courier.) We do not know of any damestic regulation which ts excited more general disapprobation than the County Constabulary B 11. Of late there has been a consider able outcry arzainst what are contemptuously termed OK. Great Unpaid ;" and ifene thing can be mere piti fully despicable than another it is the abuse of genCe wen who lay aside the inducements to enjoy the otiwn cum dignitate." It is not easy to conceive a cha racter more nevlul to society or more creditable to human nature, than that of a man who foregoes the means of luxurious idleness which wealth affords, in order to attend to the wants and strifes of the poor. That here and there may he occasionally found a person who ex ercises tkis power in an illegal manner, does not prove that that power is improperly invested in the whole body. Such cases nre merely exceptions, and, as may be sup posed from the general character of the E-glish gentle. man, and tha education which he receives, they are of rare occurrence. Let us not be misunderstood, wken we speak in approbation of the services which our county magistrates render to the country—services for which the country cannot pay, inasmuch as they would disdain to receive pecuniary recompense —a s under rating the industry, talent, and integrity of those magistrates who are paid for the exercise of their abilities. These of necessity have to attend to the m)st trivial as well as to the most serious affairs, and are properly remunerated for it ; and but justice it is to say of this useful boi'y of men, that very seldom indeed do wo find an individual transgressing the bounds of his hired duty. A SINGULAR FOX HUNT. Of this hunt we gave a brief sketch in our last, hut being furnished tsith further particulars we renew it. On Thursday morning week, at an early hour, Henry Robinson, of Low Fairhank, near Staveley, saw an old fox stealing to cover in a plantation not far from his house, and having missed several barn-door foals at different periods, Ise determined to give the enemy chase and compel him to shift his quarters ; he raised hue and cry in the village of Staveley, and the hunters mustered, getting together three of the fox dogs belonging to Henry Rauthmell, Esq., of Hutton Bridge-end ; the dogs were Ruler, Rattler, and Music, and a terrier with the cynical name of Dean Swift, as fierce, bitter, and indomitable as his renowned namesake. There was now a fair field of pedestrians, and into cover the dogs rushed ; the well known and deep-mouthed tone of Ruler, which never challenges unless the game be astir, gave signal that Reynard was not far off ; and the cry of the hunters was, " Hark to Ruler, hark?' Out of cover they all bounced, the three hounds close upon the fex, with the Dean yelping in the rear. He twice rounded North Spring wood, where he had gone for shelter and protection, and when forced out with the three dogs hanging on his rear, he went at a galloping speed for Old Hall Spring wood ; but here he was not permitted tohave any rest, for the dogs were still well up, steady to their purpose, and determined on mischief. He now took the open upland coun try, over the high end of Crook, through part of Under millbeck, and then down to Crosthwaite ; thence to Whitbarrow where he looked for earth and safety : but delusive were his hopes, the enemy were at the gate ; being hard pressed, he doubled, and made for Winster woods, the dogs still close in his wake, they pushed him rapidly through plantation and wood ; he now ran for Gomershow and thence to Gill Head, where he plunged into the dam to cool his heated body, followed by Rattler. He still made good play, and appeared strong. nor did the dogs slacken their pace puce; he tho u Last of Windermere lake, and went nearly away to Newby Bridge ; here he doubled and regained Gomershow ; he now relaxed his speed, and gave signal of distress, as the dogs ran him at view wherever the country was open—his powers were ex hausted, and he could sot shake off his stern and ruth less foes : his last effort was from Gomershow to Lutherburn, the upper part of Cartmel Fell, where he found a temporary earth. Spades and mat tocks were now in 'request ; and in about an hour he was dragged from his last earth by the fierce and uncompromising Dean Swift, and se cured in a sack. Nothing would satiate his un relenting pursuers but his blood—he was unsacked and delivered over to the tender mercies of Ruler, Rattler, Music, and the Dean ; thus after a severe but gallant run ignobly fell the farmer's foe ; James Birkett, Esq., of Birkett Houses, was present and got the brush. It is worthy of remark, and shows the hardihood of our mountain peasantry, that many who began the chase were in at the death.—Kendal Mercury. • LAW IN TELLIGENCh. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 3. TUE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. DANIEL. The further arguments in tkiis part-heard case, which came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor, granting an injunction restraining the Vestry of Marylebone from raising 25,0001. on the secu rity of the rates, occupied his Lordship the whole morn ing. The Court rose at one o'clock, and the further con s:deratic n of the case was postponed to Friday. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JULY 8. Demurrers, exceptions, and further directions, of no in terest except to the parties concerned, occupied his Honour the Vice-Chancellor the whole day. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (More Mr. Justice PATTEsoN.) The Court was occupied for several hours in the dis— posal of two charges of capital assault upon females, made against the persons named Cornelius Sullivan and James Allen. Both prisoners were convicted, and in the former case sentence of death was recorded, and in the latter indgmeat was respited, in consequence of a flaw in the nclictment. William Sims, 35, was convicted of assaulting- a wo man named Elizabeth Butler, with a knife. The LEARNED JUDGE, in passing sentence, observed that he did n.:t know to what cause to attribute it, but it was a melancholy fact that the offence of stabbing had increased to a most alarming extent in this coun try. Formerly Englishmen were content to resort to ;heir fists. the weapons with which nature had provided them, but now, upon the slightest provocation, a knife, or any other desperate weapon, was made use of. The prisoner was then sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months. THE CASE OF MR. GEACH.—II will be recollected at a previous session of this Court, an indictment was preferred against Mr. Geach, the gentleman who acted %s sol;eitor and defended Frost, the Chartist, for mis demeanour, and the time was put off until this session, and the defendant was to have appeared and taken h s trial on Wednesday, but he did not do so. Mr. ADOLPHUS upon this applied for the cstreat of the recognisances of his bal. Mr. BODKIN hoped the Court would not take this step. Mr. Geach said he was at present confined in the Queen's Bench prison for debt, and the Court was aware that. this would place him in great difficulty as Ito preparing his defence. lie had an affidavit upon the subject, and he had every reason to believe that the defendant would be ready to take his trial on Tues day, and be hoped the Court would allow the trial to stand for that day. Mr. ADOLPHUS said he must oppose the applica tion. The defendant ought to have appeared in dis charge of his recognizances. After some discussion the Court consented to respite the recognizances for one day, with the understanding that the defendant should attend the Court, and that the same further application should be made upon the subject. NEW COURT. .lerenilah Moore and James Walsh were indicted for assaulting James Seddon, a very elderly nun, and steal in; from his person a watch and appendages, value 31., his property. . _ . . Tne ease was sent over specially from the Surrey Se.ssions, which is being holden at Horsemonger-lane. The prosecutor, an infirm gentleman, between 70 and SO, stated, that on the 30th of May he was pas sing through Kent-street in the Borough, when he was " tripped up and thrown down" into the kennel, and while prostrated, his watch was taken from him. Mr. Jos. Camp stated, that he was in Kent-street at the time, when he saw the two prisoners knock the old gentleman down, when Walsh pulled his watch from his pocket and ran away with it. Moore immc diately attempted to pick . Mr. Sedden up, but he thought his effort a mere pretence, for when he had lifted him half up, he let him fall, and then he (Moore) ran off in a contrary direction to Walsh, and cried out, " There he goes—there goes the thief."—Witness was quite sure as to the identity of both the prisoners. The Jury w:thout hesitation returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners. It was then further proved against Moore that he had been previously convicted and imprisoned for pick. ing pockets. The Common Serjeant sentenced Moore to trans• portation for 13 years, and Walsh for 10 years. F. B. Beamish, Esq., M.P., and Colonel Tho• mas, M.P., have paired for the remainder of the Session. THE CORPORATION QUESTION.--NUTTER Mr. Trotter, of Horton-place, Epsom, has be- v. CIIAPMAN.—We were in hopes, in fact we had no doubt come a candidate for the vacancy for West Surrey, occasioned whatever, of being able to communicate to our readers, this by the death of Lord Arden. and the removal of his son, the day , the judg ment of th e Court of Error , in the case, which has late Member, to the Hous e o f P eers. been se long before them, of Rutter v. Chapman, and which, THE WEATHER.—During the last week rain our readers are of t a b t i v s a b r o e r , u i u nvia i lves lt th w e as va u lity rs o tu f u t d he au la ir t er of has fallen more or less every day, and on Friday in particular, ic.necorpo believe,r a incorporation n u. 0. doubt was g entertained by any party_conc n e d rn ce e d d, it came down in torrents for hours toeether, and the Cl -de has since rolled a winter volume of flood to' the sea. The that the decision of the Court would be given on Monday last. crops have not been injured by the moisture, and with On that . day Mr. Heron, the town-clerk, and other parties in grainsolir heat during the present moeth the promise of abundance teresteo, were waiting in Court. Twe cases were dispos . ed of, which the fields so cheeringly display would be realized, but and the judgeswere about quitting the bench, when Mr II r without it, we are afraid that another scanty harvest will requested the maser of ate Court in attendance to ;ir e remind be our lot. By this time haymaking would have been their Lordships of the Manchester Corporation case. general in the Vs est. of Scotland, but for the rains which have cor di n gly did so ; and the Chief Justice . of the Jo a u c r; marred all out of door operations, and as yet comparatively of Common Pleas, Sir N d • . .Tindal replied that the little has been done in this way ; the return is not so heavy a' s Court had not come to any decision upon n the subject. The believe, until Mich 1 u n u e s x next. n a d e N m b o a a s w d ;light have been anticipated from the appearance of the rye- matter, therefore, still stands over, d we grass fields in the month of April. The clovers are generally light.—Glasgow Herald. such delay in a mere p? . Te rm , which commenceisvoantethcaese2w o o ti f ldb o e ve v m ax b a e t r i A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK.—Goo. Tomline, enough; ad hut, in a ' accumulating, it is still worse. publ t ic u c t a l se considering the interests at stake, EA., of Riby Hall, the new Member for Sudbury (the right 1 ., the expenses constantly to retain the seat he wisely declines to defend), is the grand- ch : s y e i r s the Mu l nsettled, and its inhabitants, of son of the late Bishop, and nephew of the Chancellor and Pre- nicipa ove y r ' nment of the borough of Man whate, to remain so ong u needlessly "kept in hot water ?" If the centor of Lincoln. To his father the millionaire left the vast jud l e, e,r a party, to be utheir minds upon the question, the bulk of his wealth, being promised a peerage for his darling m,r6i, discreditablenvenot• made is it to p them that such should be the case. child. The two sons pensimed upon the Chur c h received They are paid (the Judges of the two Courts engaged in this only 5,000 L each of the father's vast wealth. It is thus great matter) upwards of 50,0001. per annum, for hearing eases, dignitaries rifle the altar to found families, and then talk ,, of and deciding doubtful points ; and, if still they . cannot or will public the poverty of the Church, and seek for grants to ex- not decide them, it wete to be wished that their places might tend' it. —Stamford Mercury. he supplied by others who would.—Manchester Guardian. PUBLIC PARKS. —We have heard it stated that NARROW ESCAPE.—Some of our r(aders may tonere i s a wea lthy an d tru ly patriotic gentleman of Liverpool, have observed, at the bettom of the Castle Rock, on the south who is so pecu li ar ly f avour able t o the f orma ti on o f a t l eas t one side, and a little west of the Grassmarket, a straggling collec park, for th e h ea lth and recreation of our ‘ good old town," tiosi of h u t s , which are dignified by the name of the Castle that he has expressed a d es i re , s hould he find a suitable site, to Bank—the whole of them are in a ruinous state, and inhabited lay out a sum of 50,000/. in the purchase and laying out of the by the very lowest of our population. In one of those hovels, ground, and to dedicate the same gratuitously to the use of the on Thursday night, a woman was sleeping with two young , children en the floor, in a co rner o f t h e room, when a l arge public for ever . Th e statemen t o f our informant was derived from a gentleman of the first respectability, who, we believe, portion of the side wall, in the centre, bulged o u t, and fell in. Hart, but not ser i ous ly, heard it eith er f rom t h e i n di v id ua l hi mse lf or some intimate The woman and her children were friend. We sincerely hope that the statement may be verified. as they wore lying close by a part of the wall which did not Meantime, as so munificent a donation by one individual is so give way. The poor creature was so destitute, that there rare in this too mercenary age, as naturally to suggest the pnssi- was scarcely an article of furniture, even of the most bility of a mistake having arisen, all we can say is, that if it be common description, in the house ; otherwise it must have the fact, the gentleman alluded to, should he no bl y come f or - I been d estroye d , as th e s t ones w hi c h were o f cons id era b le size, ward, will earn for himself whil e living an enviable reputation spread all over the floor. The house is altogether in a tottering amongst his contemporary fellow. subjects ; and when he has condition ; though we believe every room is o,cupied, with the gone to " that bourne from whence n o t rave ll er re turns," his exce pti on o f the one where the tenant was ejected in this sum. name, linked with his benevolence, will be cherished with feel- mary manner. Yet for rooms of this description these poor I ngs of gratitude and respect for ages yet to come.—Liverpool creatures are glad to be allowed to pay from 10d. to Is. per Standard. week. We may add, that the attention of the authorities has • COURVOISIER.—It was exactly two months been directed to the state of the house ; and we have no doubt between the committal of the murder by Courvoisier and the they' will take the necessary steps to prevent other families in. day of his execution—the horrid crime having been committed curring a similar risk. —[This paragraph indicates the condi on the 6th of May, end jos**, vindioated on the 6th of July, tion of the poor in Edinburgh.) I THE SUN, LONDON, TB EIRSDAY, JULY 9, 1840. IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JuLr 8. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. The amendments of the House of Lords to the Taff Va'e Railway Bill were agreed to. On the motion of Lord SANDON the Herculaneum (Liverpool) Dock Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord BARRINGTON presented a petition from the union of Bradford praying that in the Bill for parochial assessments, unions might not be included. The Noble Lord also presented a petition from the Great Western Railway Company against the Bill for Assessing Railways. Mr. VLLIERS presented a petition from Worces ter, against the Copyright Bill. The Hon. Member also presented several petitions from different parts of the country, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. HANDLEY presented a petition from 700 of the handloom weavers of Norwich, complaining of dis tress arising from the reduced duties upon East India silk. Mr. KELLY presented two petitions from Ipswich, the one against, and the other in favour of the new Poor Laws. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD presented petitions from Reading in favour of the Copyright Bill—from Kilbride, praying for a mitigation of the punishment of Mr. Feargus O'Connor, Mr. John Cleave, and seve ral Chartists ; also a petition from Mrs. Ann Carrier complaining of the treatment to which her husband has been subjected in Islonmouth gaol. M r . GROTE presented a petition from merchants of London connected with Australia, complaining of the application of the land fund to purposes other than that of emigration. He said he would take an oppor tunity, upon another day, of calling the attention of the House to the prayer of the petition. Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester, praying for an equalisation of the sugar duties. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD withdrew the Copy right Bill until next Session. Sir E. WILMOT postponed, until to-merrow, the Juvenile Offenders' Bill. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from Forfar and Glasgow, complaining of the treatment of political offenders in prison, and praying the House to address her Majesty to dismiss her Ministers, they not possessing the confidence of the. country. Also from Gorbals to the same effect, and several against the Copy right Bill. Colonel SAL \VEY presented a petition from a practioner in medicine, complaining of the want of pro tection in consequence of the self-election of licentiate bodies throughout the country, and praying for medical reform. On the motion of Mr. GREENE, the Goods on Canals Bill was postponed till this day week. Captain GORDON presented two petitions from parishes in the county of Aberdeen in favour of Lord Aberdeen's Bill. Mr. HAW ES presented a petition from the church wardens and overseers of Lambeth against the prin ciple of exempting public companies from payment of rates. Mr. VERNON SMITH presented a petition from the Mayor and Town Council of Northampton in favour of the importation of free labourers into the %Vest Indies and British Guiana. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. F. KELLY gave notice that on Tuesday next he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to enable freeman of boroughs to vote in the election of town councillors in certain cases. Mr. GROTE gave notice that on Tuesday next he should call the attention of the House to a petition which he had that night presented respecting the appropriation of lands in New South Wales. JOHN THOROGOOD. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice, that on the 21st of July he should move an address to the Crown, praying for the release of John Thorogood from Chelmsford gaol. Mr. HUTT gave notice, that on Tuesday he should call the attention of the Houle to the dues levied by the King of Denmark on British vessels entering the Sound. Mr. BAINES gave notice that to-morrow he should move for certain returns relative to the commutation of .-. tithes, and continuation of former returns, and also that he should move for a return of the number of prisoners who had been confined in the Queen's Bench prison during each year, from 1830 to 1840, with a view of ascertaining what had been the effect of the law abolishing imprisonment for debt. On the motion of Sir THOMAS FREE MANTLE leave of absence for one month was granted to Mr. Edward Stanley, and So George Rose. Mr. ORMSBY GORE moved for certain returns relating to Holyhead and Port Dynllaen, of which he had given notico yesterday. Mr. VERNON SMITH suggested that the Hon. Gentleman should postpone his motion till to-morrow. Mr. ORMSBY GORE had yesterday stated his intention to the on'y Member of the Government whom he saw in the House. It was not his fault if they did not attend in their places, and he did not intend to postpone his motion. Mr. VERNON SMITH said the Hon. Gentleman having given notice could not bring it on to-day until all the Orders of the Day had been disposed of. He (Mr. Vernon Smith) opposed it, and therefore the lion. Gentleman could not move for it now as an un opposed return. Mr. ORMSBY GORE would not have the least objection to postpone his motion till to-morrow if the Hon. Gentleman wished it. The Hon. Gentleman then presented a petition, praying the House not to relax the Standing Orders in favour of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill, which was ordered to be referred to the Committee on that Bill. OPIUM IN INDIA. Lord S A NDON said, although he did not see the President of the Board of Control in the House, he would yet propose a question of which he had given notice to that Right Hon. Gentleman, as lie doubted not but one of the Honourable East India. Company whom he saw present would give him an answer. His question was, whether the East India Company had taken, or were about to take, any steps for separating themselves from the growth and cultivation of opium in the East. Indies. Mr. HOGG, although he would not take upon him self to answer as a representative of the East India House, would as an individual Director say that no step had been taken as yet to separate the Company from the growth of opium in It.dia.—(Hear, hear.) The question had occupied the most anxious attention of the Court of Directors, and the Noble Lord must be aware that it was a question not only of great interest as regarded the revenue, finances, and commerce of the country, but also as regarded our con nection with the independent powers in India. Sir STRATFORD CANNING wished to know, as there were many notices for Friday, on g)ilog into the Committee of Supply, if it was really the intention of the Government to bring on the question of supply on that evening, and if it would be brought on at an early hour. Mr. PARKER said there was no doubt but it would be brought on on Friday. Mr. LABOUC HERE believed the estimates would be brought on upon Friday, but the Chancel:or of the E xchequer would be in the House in a few minutes, and would be able to give a positive answer. Colonel SAL WEY seeing the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department in his place, wished to ask when a return he had moved for on the 10th of April, of the names and residences of the Justices of the Peace, members of the Established Church, in England and Wales, would be laid on the table of that House. Mr. FOX MAULE—It wag laid on the table of the House lust night. TREATY WITH AUSTRIA. Mr. LABOUCHERE brought in a Bill for autho rizing the ratification of a commercial treaty with Austria, which was read a first time. SALE OF BEER. Mr. PAKINGTON moved the Order of the Day for the further consideration of the Sale 'f Beer Bill. Lord SANDON said it now fell to his lot to pro pose the clauses of which he had given notice, the object of which was to prevent the consumption of beer on the premises in houses hereafter to be licensed, or to be licensed for the first time, and which may be passed into the hands of new tenants. They had had the testimony of men of all parties as to the expe diency of extinguishing that class of houses which authorized the consumption of beer upon the premises. As evidence of the evils of the beer-shops, he might refer to what had been stated by the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the condition of the hand loom weavers. The Commissioners there went a little out of their way, to inquire into the effect o f the beer-houses. One of those gentlemen said that thousands o women and children were deprived of the comforts of life by the temptations of the beer shops on the road tf:de. There could be no doubt that the beer-shops perverted the morals of the working classes, and with regard to the borough he represented, the Report of the Watch Committee of that borough stated that the beer-shops were a great source of crime. The evils of the present system were, however, so ge nerally acknowledged, that he did not deem it necessary to produce any further evidence on the subject. The real question was whether the measure of the Hon. Member for Droitwich would materially tend to mitigate those evils. He (Lord Sandon) allowed that it might produce such an effect in the agricultural districts, inasmuch as the limitation for the renting of houses in places with a population not exceeding 2,500 inhabitants, amounted to the high sum of 10/.—(Hear, hear.) measu r towns e the eu limitationbe t l e n n d l a e d r g w was fixed at P 2./., at which houses of a very low descrip tos m e e tn little towns, effect, however, for in theh descrip tion might be rented. Again, in the metropolis the limi tation was 15/.. which was an exceedingly small sum. Was therefor.• of opinion that the mnasurc of his Honourable Friend would be inefficient to increase the respectability and diminish the number of t beer-houses in large towns. But, in addition, it would give beer-houses a peculiar advantage over the houses of licensed victuallers, inasmuch as it would not compel beer-sellers to close their houses until twelve o'clock, while the licensed victuallers were at present obliged, in the generality of cases, to close theirs at eleven. The House would perceive that he had framed the clause so as to make its operation entirely prospective. It provided that no person who now had a license should have it taken from him. He knew his Hon. Friend the Member for Droitwich would say that it would be diffi cult to prevent the consumption of beer on the premises. It might be very difficult, he acknowledged, to provide against all innovations, but there was a very strict en actment in the 4th and sth of William the Fourth, against the carrying of beer to neighbouring houses. He hoped the House would agree to the clause as Magistrates, clergy, and all classes, even the poor themselves, were in favour of such an enact ment. The Noble Lord concluded by proposing a clause for preventing the consumption of beer on the premises, in houses hereafter to be licensed for the first time, or to new tenants. Mr. PAK I NGTON had no doubt the intention of the Noble Lord and himself were the same, viz., to get rid of the evils of the present system. He could not, however, agree to the clause proposed by his Noble Friend ; even if he succeeded in carrying his clause, it would not effect its object without some very stringent police regu lations.—( Hear.) He understood from many Ho nourable Members and Magistrates that the houses where beer was not licensed to be sold upon the premises were much the worst—(Hear, hear.) But if this clause would be productive of all the good which his Noble Friend anticipated, he must ask would the House agree to it ?—( Hear.) He thought the House would not agree to a clause of which the effect would be practically to repeal the present Act. — (Hear.) He would not risk the success of the measure, the principle of which the House had assented to, by agreeing to this clause. Mr. B. WOOD said the clause applied only to existing houses ; he thought it would tend much to settle the question if it were altered so as to be made applicable to all new houses. Allusion had been made to the hours now fixed, which in his opinion would cause a vast deal of difficulty. He would put it to the Noble Lord whether it would not be better to alter the clause so as to affect new houses simply, and to allow existing licences to continue as they were. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he thought it right to interfere between his Noble Friend on the one side and the Honourable Gentleman on the other, and to point out that the effect of the proposition would be to create an exclusive property in beer-houses, which should go on for ever—(Hear, hear)—and so confine unto them alone the sale of beer. This proposition might be very convenient to the proprietors of the present houses. It united the interests of the licensed victuallers on the one hand, and the proprietors of the present beer-houses on the other ; but it omitted one small thing only, the interests of the public. He did not think the proposition of his Hon. Friend would be more palatable to the public than that of the Noble Lord. He would not go at great length into the subject ; he would merely remind the House that this proposition went to the entire repeal of the Beer-laws, and to the putting in force the whole system of monopoly which existed before their enactment.—(Cheers.) The same power was given to the Magistrates of licensing— (Cheers)—which had before given rise to so many complaints—( Loud cheers) —and the same abuses must be the consequence—(Loud cheers) —but not under the same circumstances, because now a free trade in beer had been created, and any attempt to put an end to it would only have the effect of producing an illicit dealing in beer which no police could prevent— (Cheers) —and of rr4tlucing among the lower orders a strong feeling of dissatisfaction with law.—(Cheers.) Sir C. BURRELL thought that the f-ec-trade in .beer had been destroyed by the present beer law. He believed there was no just ground for the assertion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that beer houses under the old system were improperly conducted. The Magistrates, at least in his part of the country, licensed only those persons who conducted their houses with propriety and correctness. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex plained. He did not mean to cast any imputation on the Magistrates. Mr. IVARBURTON said the question before the House was, whether they would allow new houses and new tenants to be licensed to sell beer, to be drunk on the premises. The effect of that would be gradually to worm out all those houses which were at present so licensed. It appeared to him that such a proposition was only the knocking down of one monopoly for the purpose of raising another. Mr. HAMILTON thought the clause of the Noble Lord ought to form part of a separate Bill. He agreed with the Hon. Member who spoke last, that if th• clause was adopted it would do away with one monopoly for the purpose of setting up another. As the clause completely altered the Bill he should give it his decided opposition. Mr. SLANEY opposed the dame. After a few observations from Sir J. GUEST, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— For the Clause 47 Against the Clause Majority The Report was then received, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL. On the motion of Mr. HANDLEY, the House went into Committee on the Drainage of Lands Bill. After a few observations from Mr. DARBY and Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET, which, in con sequence of the noise in the b o d y o f the House, were cox i pletely inaudible n the ga ll ery, Major HANDLEY said, ever since the commence. ment of the first session of this Parliament, he had en deavoured to pass the Bill beyond its present stage. He therefore hoped the Noble Lord wou ld withdr'aw. his charge. With reference to the arguments of the Noble Lord, th9t the small proprietors would be over-ruled, lac thought nothing would be more unjust than that a parish should be deprived of the benefits of the Bill by the opposition of a few small, or even large farmers. Mr. DARBY said in a former Bill great difficulty had been felt as to fixing the number of consents. The number io that Bill he thought was Lis much too high as in this it was too low. After a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS and Mr. LYNCH, Lord G. SOMERSET opposed the Bill, because it proposed to bind one-third for the benefit of the other two-thirds--it ought to be matter of arrangement. He thought they ought at all events to introduce the same words in the Bill as were in the Sewers Bill. Dr. NICHOL thought the: Bill would work very great injustice, as the value was to be taken, not upon the original value of the land, but upon the improved value. After a few words from Mr. Darby, Mr. Pryme, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Handley, and Mr. Hodges, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Com mittee divided, when there appeared— For the clause Fur the amendment l6 Majority in favour of the clause The clause was then ordered to stand part of the Dill. Clauses up to 15 were agreed to, with a few verbal amendments. On clause 16 being proposed an Hon. Member moved that the House be counted. There were however 40 Members present, and the Committee proceeded with the Bill. Clauses up to 23 were agreed to. Mr. DARBY objected to clause 24, and after a few observations from Mr. Handley, and Mr. Rice, The Committee divided, when there appe a r e d — For the Clause Against it Majority The clause was then agreed to. Clauses 25, 26, 27, and 2S, were then agreed to. On the reading of clause `29, Mr. HODGES moved a verbal amendment, which was agreed to. Clauses up to 49 were then a greed to. The remaining clauses up to 67 were agreed to. On clause 67 being proposed, Mr. WILLIAMS move d the omission of the clause, and strangers were or d ere d t o withdraw , but the House did not divid e , t h e c l ause b e i n g w ithdrawn. The remaining c l auses up to 92 w ere then a g reed to. On claus e 93 b e i ng propos ed, Mr. HODGES moved the omission of the word Sewers from the clause, and also th at Middlesex sho ul d be exempt e d f rom t h e opera tion of the Act. Major HANDLEY said that the amendment would make the Act inoperative. Mr. DARBY opposed the amendment, and said that if it was carried he should propose a clause ex empting Sussex from the operation of the Act. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment .................. 22 Against the - Idment ............ 48 amen, Majority ..................... —26 The claus e was t h en or d ere d to stand part of the Bil. The preamble was then agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be reported to-morrow. MARRIAGES ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Houss - , having resumed, The Marriages Act Amendment Bill, on the motion of Mr. LANGDALE, wen t through Committee pro forma,for the p ur p ose o f being're•considered on the 16 h. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH BILL. Mr. F. KELLY rose to move the second reading of the Punishment of Death Bill. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said that he had but one observation to make. His Hon. and Learned Friend the Attorney- General had stated on the first introduction of the Bill, that he thought that its pros kions should be exten4d to Irellaud And to 6t;otiand, auci 1u that upituon he (Mr. Kelly) entirely concurred, As he had found that his first motion had received the sanction of the great ma jority of the House, he had caused two additional Bills to be prepared for the purpose of extending the Act to Ireland and to Scotland. With respect to the Irish Bill he slould only observe, that if the House gave its sanction to the second reading of the English Bill then under their consideration, he could in that case antici pate no opposition to the other, and he would be pre pared to lay it before the House on to-morrow. The two Bills would by that means go together, and with them •, the Bill which related to Scotland. With regard to the last Bill, however, he should ob serve, that as the jurisprudence of Scotland dif fered so much from that of England or Ireland,. and he was so imperfectly acquainted with the techni calities of the laws in that country that he felt that he should find the subject attended with some difficulty, but he still hoped that he should be able to lay the Bill before the House in a short time, and certainly before they could be prepared to go into Committee on the English Bill. Having made these statements he would content himself with simply moving the second reading of the Bill.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. FOX MAULE said it was not his intention to oppose the second reading of the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) But at the same time he thought it fair to warn the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen that there were many alterations which he intended to introduce in the Bill, when the House went into Committee. He would ob serve that there could be no apprehension that if the Bill should not pass into a law this Session, the practice observed for the last two years in the administration of criminal justice would be departed from. That prac tice was founded on the principle of the Bill, and it was mainly for that reason that he (Mr. F. Monte) did not object to its second reading. He was opposed to capi tal punishment in all cases in which such punishment could not be justified on the principle of holding out a good example—(Hear, hear)—for he held that the last sentence of the law was not an act of vengeance, but recourse should be had to it merely for the pur pose of deterring others. On those grounds he would net oppose the second reading of the Bill, but as the I Hon. and Learned Gentleman had stated that it was his intention to introduce a similar measure for Scot- land, he hoped that as soon as the Bill was prepared the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would be ready to submit it to the consideration of the Lord Advocate or other law authorities of Scotland, because all legal proceedings in that country were of such a nature that he was sure that the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, with all his talent and industry, would not be able, without consulting Scotch lawyers, to frame such a measure as it would be advi sable that the House should adopt. Mr. F. KELLY said that with regard to the Scottish Bill he should be happy to be assisted in the framing of it by the law officers of the Crown, and he would certainly submit it. to the Lord Advocate as soon as it was prepared. He also wished to express a hope that if he should be unable to carry that mea sure during the present Session, that circumstances would not offer an obstacle to the passing of the other Bill, which he was sure would be carried unless opposed by the Government.—(Her, hear.) Mr. FOX MAULE said that he was sure the Lord Advocate would not sanction any Bill with regard to Scotland which was not comformable with the laws of the country, but he could not, however, pledge himself to sanction the measure. Captain BERKELEY said that there were many clauses of the Bill to which he was opposed, and on which he would take the sense of the House in Com mittee. The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. CIVIL BILLS COURTS (IRELAND) BILL. The Civil Bills Courts (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS BILL. The House then went into Committee on the Pa. rochial Assessments Bill. Clauses I and 2 were agreed to. On clause 3 being proposed, Mr. WAKLEY suggested the better may would be to allow the Bill to go through Committee pro forma, as many Hon. Members . were absent upon the sup position that the Bill would not come on that evening. Nothing satisfactory► with the Bill could be done that cventng, and he therefore hoped his suggestion would be agreed to. _ . _ After a few observations from Captain PECHELL and Mr. E. J. STANLEY of a similar nature, Mr. P. SC ROPE agreed to the suggestion. Some alterations were then made in the Bill. On the motion of Mr. P. SCROPE, the Bill, with the amendment, was ordered to be printed, and re- committed on Friday next. On. the motion of Mr. E. J. STANLEY leave was given to the Committee on Petitions for Private Bills to sit and proceed forthwith, and take into considera tion the Metropolitan Improvement Bill. Mr. BALD WIN obtained leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the compounding and commuting of charges on freehold or copyhold property for charitable pur poses, and to extend the provisions of the Act 1 and 9 Geo. IV., c. 92. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Eleven e'Clock. UNION BANK OF LONDON. The first-annual meeting of the Directors an d Pro prietors of the Union Bank of London, took place yester day, at the Company's-offices, Moorgate-street. The Chair was taken by Sir Peter Laurie, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and at twelve o'clock, the hour appointed for commencing the proceedings, the room was crowded in every part. The CHAIRMAN having read the requisition con vening the meeting, called upon the Secretary to read the Report. The SERETARY then read the Report,'which detailed at some length the proceedings of the Company since its establishment. The paid up capital of the Company amounted to 210,000/. and the surplus profits to 16,5181. The Directors had declared a dividend of 5 per cent. on all pa:d up capital, leaving an ample allowance for bad and doubtful debts, and a sum of 2,000/. to form a Reserve Fuji. The Report was received with loud cheers. Mr. MAITLAND, a proprietor, moved the adoption of the It-port, and congratulated the Directors on their prudent and judicious conduct, by which they had been enabled, in a sealon of great commercial embarrass ment, to bring the undertaking to a successful issue, and declare a dividend of 5 per cent. on the profits of the first year. He wished to impress upon the Proprietors generally the necessity and sound policy of transferring their accounts to the Bank in which they were shareholders.—(Hear, hear.) By that means they would be enabled to participate in a large amount of interest which it allowed upon deposits and balances, and which in the last year amounted to nearly 8.0001. Mr. ROBERTSON seconded the motion, which was put and carried unanimously. A PROPRIETOR inquired whether it was in contem plation to make any further calls upon the shares, and the Chairman stated that no such intention existed at present, but that would be conti ngen t upon t h e nature and extent of the business they would have to transact in the course of the next year. If any rapid increase in their business took place another call would be ne cessary, of which due notice would be given. Mr. HYNES moved a vote of thanks to the Direc tors for their zealous and efficient management of the affairs of the Bank. The motion having been seconded, was carried una. nimously. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. He thought that watching the interests of the Company, increasing their dtvidcnds, and promoting the prosperity of the Bank, was the best speech he could make.—(Cheers.) Thanks were then voted to the Managers at the principal and branch offices of the Book, and to the Chairman for his very proper conduct in the chair ; after which the meeting separated. DURHAM COUNTY POLICE. The following valuable testimony as to the utility of that excellent and constitutional force the Rural Police, in this county, would have appeared in last week's Herald, had it not been sent by mistake to the office of a contemporary, by whom it was not published : ‘‘ We, the yeomen, occupiers of land, and others, in the several districts of Chester Ward, beg to state our entire approbation of the establishment of the Rural Police. The protection to property has been strength ened, and crime prevented; while trespass, road, and other nuisances, since that force has been introduced, have evidently been decreased. We cannot speak too highly of the different officers and men who are engaged on this establishment. Their general sober and attentive habits, and readiness to act, or assist in any way where they can be of service, as in colliery or other accidents, to which this division of the county is so peculiarly liable, has in many instances, to our knowledge, called forth expres sions extremely favourable to them ; and so far are we from thinking it a burthen on our rates, that we con sider ourselves amply repaid by their protection." Then follows a list of seventy-three names of the most respectable men of all parts of the Ward, at the head of which stands that of Sir Thomas John Clave ring, Baronet. This must be highly gratifying, not only to the enlightened Government that framed the system, and to the intelligent Magistracy by whom it was in troduced into the Palatinate ; but also to Major \Vemyss, Chief Constable of the County, and Superin tendent Maddison of Chester District, whose assiduous attention to the duties of their respective offices has earned for them and the men under their command the respect and applause of all the well-disposed members of the community, among whom, and for whom, they exercise their functions.—Sunderland Herald. Mr. F. Shoberl, junior, of Rupert•street, has just had the honour of being appointed printer to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. POLICE GENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. FIRES IN LONDON.—Amongst the vast number of communications made to the Loyd Mayor on the sub ject of the fires which take place in London, anti the means of preventing the destruction of life and pro perty, his Lordship thought the following, which refers to Captain Manby's plan, particularly deserving of no tice. His Lordship observed that the account of a fresh calamity, from the neighbourhood of Exeter, in creased the painful interest of the subject ; and he trusted that the active energies of the publi c wou ld b o immediately called f or th. His Lordship expressed a fervent wish that publicity should be given to some of the communications, in the hope that Parliament, to whom Captain Manby intended to send a petition, would be induced to interfere " 5, Chester-terrace, Borough-road, " 19th June, 1840. " My Lord Mayer,—The great impOrtance of the subject, and the kind attention you have shown to sug gestions for averting the dreadful consequences of fire, must plead my apology for this intrusion on your notice. " I beg to submit to your Lordship's perusal some extracts from a communication which I addressed to D. W. Harvey, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Police in your city, on the 29th May last, when fires were so rife as at present, and just one week previously to the sad cala mity in Ivy-lane, Grey House, which we all deplore. " On the 17th instant I received an acknowledgment of the receipt of my communication, and an intimation that my suggestions were not at present likely to be entertained by the city authorities.' " Having for the last twenty years practically studied the subject more closely and intimately than any man 1 living (not a fireman), I cannot help feeling some sur prise that such an answer should be returned, especially as it is generally understood that the Court of Common Council is likely to be moved in the matter. " Never was more striking need for some protective measure being adopted than at present,' and I should be most happy to assist in any way that may be in my power so great a public benefit. " I beg to assure your Lordship that I have ;no per sonal interest in the matter, my exertions being pro botw publico. "1 have taken the liberty of enclosing for your Lord ship's perusal a report of London fires for 1839, similar reports having been communicated by me to the Me chanics' Magazine for some years past. " With much respect, I have the honour to be, " My Lord Mayor, your most obedient servant, " W. BADDELEY." Extracts from a communication addressed to D. . Harvey, Esq., May 29, 1840, by William Baddeley : " Well knowing the deep interest you take in the welfare of the corps under your command, I have taken the liberty of addressing you on a subject of considcra able importance, and one relating to a branch of the service which is, I trust, susceptible of increased effi ciency. " Most of the City parishes are provided with fire engines, but partly from the antiquity of the machines themselves, and partly from being in charge to incom petent or inadequately remunerated persons, their in utility has long been notorious. The idea which first occurred to me on the formation of the new City Police was, to suggest that the whole of these engines should, either by alteration or exchange, be made uni form in power and equipment, and attached to the police force. " I foresaw, however, several objections to this plan, nor do I now think it either necessary or expe dient to convert this force into a regular fire police. I flatter myself more good can be achieved by simple means. " The first thing to be attended to by the police in case of fire, is the preservation of life, and secondly, the preservation of property. To do all that human efforts can accomplish, it is only necessary that they have at hand some convenient and ready means of making a communication with the persons in danger. The portable fire ladder, employed by the London Fire-engine Establishments, was extensively adopted throughout the metropolis ; and in most pro vincial towns, surpass every other contrivance for this purpose ; forming the simplest, the best, and most promptly applied fire escape that can be employed. They are so forcible as to be of univer sal application. Each set consists of six ladders, each six feet and a half high, all of which fit one into the other until any required height is attained. To the top joint a pair of light wheels is affixed, to facilitate the raising of the ladders, by clearing projecting cor nices, window-cills, &c., as well as to give the ladders a broader and better bearing against the walls. From the axle of those wheels, a small pulley is suspended by an universal joint, through which a rope passes, at tached to a strong leather belt, by means of which sick persons, females, or persons in stupor, or other helpless states, may be rapidly and safely lowered. " The apparatus, therefore, in proper hands, offers the means of accomplishing the rescue of life wherever human agency can avail. It is not, however, one fire in twenty were a fire escape is required ; it is expedient, therefore, to consider how the most effectual assistance can be rendered at the remaining nineteen. This, Ido not hesitate to assert, can be best accomplished by Cap tain Manby's highly ingenious invention, consisting of portable vessels charged with an anti-phlogistic fluid. This vessel is of copper, holding about four gallons, pre cisely similar in form to those used in conveying the portable gas. Their use is as follows :—Three gallons of water, holding in solution a quantity of pearl-ash or other alkaline salt is turned into the vessel, the remain ing space is filled with highly condensed air, a pipe de scends within the vessel to the bottom, furnished at the top with a screwed nosel and a stop-cock ; on turning the stop-cock the elasticity of the condensed air throws out the alkaline solution with great force, throwing the jet to a considerable distance. " As the portable fire ladders arc most conveniently transported upon a light carriage, I propose to place be- neath them, five or six of the anti-ihlogistie bottles, ready charged. " In case of fire, the police give the alarm, and from the nearest station the apparatus is brought to the spot ; if lives are in danger, the ladders arc instantly raised, and their rescue effected. This important object ac complished, or meantime, if sufficient assistance is at hand, a policeman slings one of the anti-phlogistic bottles by a belt across his shoulders, and, advancing towards the seat of the fire, Liking up a favourable po sition, he turns the stop-cock, and discharges the jet point blink upon the fl units. When the first vessel is expended, a second is handed up to him, and that is also discharged, and so until the whole supply has been expended, or the fire extinguished. The fluid is proved to be far more efficacious than water in the suppression of fire, inasmuch as it leaves a coat, or incrustation, wherever it touches, which effectually prevents that part from igniting. " One immense advantage of this plan is that its ap plication may be coeval with its arrival ; no waiting for turncecks, no want of water, nor any loss of time in getting to work. " Under proper management, in the majority of in stances, this mode of procedure would be successful in extinguishing the fire ; in all cases the flames would re ceive such a check, that their ultimate suppression, on the arrival of the firemen with more powerful aid, would be a work of comparative ease. " In addition to any efforts that might be thus made, it is highly essential that no delay should occur in send ing for the turncock and firemen so as to be fully pre pared for the worst. " Under such a protective system, the greatest secu rity against the disastrous consequences of fire might b e insured, and our city would in this, as well as in other respects, stand altogrether unrivalled. 4 ' \\T 1. BADDELEY." The LORD MAYOR stated that he had previously received the following letter from Capt. Manby himself, accompanied by a copy of that scientific gentleman's admirable work " On the Extinction and Prevention of Fires." "Royal Barracks, Yarmouth. " My Lord—Having long devoted my most earnest attention to lessen human misfortune, and among them the dreadful occurrences from fires, makes me venture, in consequence of recent most distressing conflagrations, to respectfully beg leave to call your Lordship's notice, and to solicit your powerful and influential aid to carry into effect, the plan proposed by me for establishing fire police, as set forth in the accompanying paper, which I drew up on the awful fire of the Parliament Houses. The subject has very long engaged my thoughts, and I beg leave most earnestly to request, not only your acceptance of the little work I have put toge ther for my friends, but to invite your attention to the subject from page 60. In the hope I may yet live to see this warm object of my heart carried into effect be fore I close the scene of life, being very near entering into my 76th year, " I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, " GEo. W. MANBY, Capt. R.N." MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. Last week a smack making for Icolmkill, with about 6001. worth of goods for that island, and six persons on board, was, melancholy to relate, swamped a little to the south-west of Mull near Carsaig. It is reported that the unfortunate smack and another were striving at the time, and she had spread too much sail, whereas, by taking in a reef, this awful catastrophe might have been prevented. The bodies of the whole six, among whom was an interesting young female, were washed ashore in the course of the same -day.— Edinburgh Advertiser. OPENING OF THE GLASGOW AND AYR RAILWAY To BErrir.—On Wednesday the Directors of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway, with Mr. Miller, engineer, and Mr. Humfrey, secretary, made an experimental trip along the newly completed part of the line, from Kilwinning to Beith, a distance of eight miles. They were accompanied by deputa tions from Irvine and Kilwinning.— Edinburgh Advertiser. We understand that at a late hour on Saturday evening, an attempt was made to destroy the Philosophical Hall at Huddersfield, and its valuable eontents, the exhibition of which had been closed that evening. All the newspapers in the news-room had been gathered together, and set fire to, on the floor, which was a little burnt ; but the flames (lid not extend farther. We are not. away, that any clue has been ob tain( d t.ward.a di , r-ovi:Ty of the cant vs ho this la bolica attempt. —Halifax Express. _EVENING _EDITION. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCC• (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN WITH —ll.lnry Anne, London to Queue,' 231 ult. lat. 45 deg. lon. 40 dog. ; Edwin, London z St. John, N.B. 24th ult. lat. 46 deg. Icn. 37 deg. by thte Hudson, arrived at Liverpool ;lona, from Liverpool,. Cores, from Cork, and Elizabeth, from Dublin, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, by the Covenanter, arrived at Liverpool ; Wilson, Liverpool to Montreal, 29th ult. lat. 50 deg. lon. 28 dcg. by the Springflowcr, Symons, ar rived at Padstow ; Resource, from L eg ho r n, off Sicily Ist ult. ; Forth, Liverpool to Monte Vldeo, Ist inst lat. 46 deg. long. .!3 dog. by the Alexander, Bell, arrive, 4 Falmouth; John, Cadiz to Newfoundland, 21st ult. lat.-. 46 deg. lon. 43 deg. ; Christina, Liverpool to New foundland, 25th ult. tat. 48 deg. lon. 31 deg. by the Tot tenham, Brown, arrived at Waterford ; Wandsworth, from London, 11th ult. in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Roscoe, Liverpool to New York, 11th inst. lat. 51 dig. lon. 11 deg. by the Ann Joyce, arrived at Waterford ; Seadrift of Whitby, 12th ult., off Metis ; Edman, of Wbitehaven, 14th, off Cape Rezier ; Albion, Charringtots„ bound to Quebec, 16th ult., off St. Paul's Island ; Islay, Liverpool to Montreal, 10th, off Cape River, by the Car-. Liston, Henley, arrived at Bristol ; Nancy, Newcastle to Miramichi, 6th ult., on the bar ; Thomas, Newcastle to Quebec, 21st, lat. 47, lon. 39, by the Margaret, Moodie, arrived at Liverpool; Margaret, Johnson, from Belfast, 6th ult., below Greise Island ; Leander, from Liverpool, and Mary, Covin, Bth, off Cape Chau ; Sloan, Bordeaux to Quebec, 20th, lat. 46, lon. 43, by the Thomas Ritchie. arrived 'at Bridgewater ; Herald of Exeter, with loss of boats and bulwarks, having been run foul of, May 29, at the entrance of the River St. Lawrence; Pomona, Dublin to Quebec, 21st ult., out 26 days, by the William Wallis, arrived at Bridgewater. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals. —The Orient, Taylor, from New South WAS, in the Downs—sailed from Sydney in March ; Navariwo, Warming, from New Zealand, at Plymouth—sailed 16th March, Bahia 28th May. Arrivals at Madras.—lsadora, Hodson, April 22, from Vizagapatam, and sailed, May 6, to Masulipatam ; Ed ward Robinson, Parsons, 25th, from Mauritius ; Clarisse, Andree, May 9, Irom Penang; Amelia Thompson, Daw son, 4th, from Penang ; French corvette La Conelie, from Pondicherry; Ganges. M‘Fadzer, 6th, from Malacca. Departures from Madras.—Fleetwood, Simpson, May 10, for London. Departures from Saugor (Bengal).—Freak, Smoult, April 17, for Bombay ; Lady of the Lake, Boles, for Liverpool; Regina, Farquharson, for Mauritius; Tc naperim, Tapley, for Singapore ; Allcrton, Chatter ton, for Mauritius, and since put back; Mermaid, Sedg wick, for Singapore; Madagascar steamer, 20tb, for Liverpool; Isabella, Dickenson, 211 t, for Singa pore ; Victis, Asemonger, '22d, from the Cape, and put back dismasted ; George and Mary, Golightly, 22d, for London ; Syria, Currie, for Bombay ; Eupbrasia, Lang.- lois, for Mauritius; Stalkart, Dixon, for Singapore; Nassauth Shaw, Edwards, for Singapore, and put back with loss of sails, masts, boats, &c. ; Mermaid, Sedgwick, 22 for Singapore ; John Heyes, Wethcrall, for Mauritius ; Eagle, Patterson, for Singapore ; Flowers of Agie, Armand, 23 for Maurit;us ; Mahomed Shaw, Ovcnstone, and Isabella, Robertson, for Singapore ! Brilliant, Wyatt, 27 for Moulmein ; John Hepburn, May 8; Kitty, for Singapore and China; Lucy, Wallace, for Bristol; Shepherdess, for London ; John Crec, for the Clyde ; H. M. S. Conway, 9, and Young Hebe, (tender); Adams, Mills 9, for Mauritius; Victoria, Smith, 10 for Penang, and Singapore; Andromeda, Coltish, for London. CORN AVERAGE S . GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COlltN 9 For the Week ended July 3, 1848, made up from the Returns "f the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 67s. lid. Oats Barley 36s. I Id. Rye 343 I Pd. rease ...... ...433. Ild. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS , YRRCIDING. Wheat 675. 7d. I Oats 27.. 9d. Bans... ..... 455. Id. I Barley 263. Id. Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat ISS Sd. 1 Oats Barley 7s. 10d. 1 Rye THE MARKETS. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived s nee last 'IA:EeI-day, 52. s. d a. d. Adair's Buddl2's West Hartley l9 6 Walls End Russell's Helton '..'2 9 Derwent Main lB 0 Walls End S'ewart's ILlywed Ma h l9 6 Walls E d Whitwel• 2l 3 Hebburn Main cf) 0 Walls End Kellen Orienal Windsor's P0.,t00 19 t W.lls End Adel...ide Ord's lledhugh Pontop Windsor ......... ..... 19 9 Walls End Farrington Tees 19 0 Tantield M00r... ....... .... ..... 21 3 Walls End Clarenc elton 13 6 Townley .. ... Willington *LI) 6 1A ails End Seymour Tees.„ 2tl I Wylinii Walls End Bell and Brown 20 6fWalls End. Tees 2l 6 Walls End Clennell Walls End Killingworth W. E. Braddyll's Hetton Walls End Haswell Walls End Hetton ...2 C Stavely Main l9 :OUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. ' Barley. I Oats. 1 Beans. I Peale. ------, --- Per Quarter. B. to B. S. tO 4. i. to s. a. to B. sto I. Boston Braintree 65 75 33 40 `. - .6 32 36 40 38 Ag 15 ighton 67 74 33 45 j 27 V 2 42 46 43 .45 Cambridge — 67 f 3 _ 31 .... 41 _ 41 Chichester 65 72 38 44 28 29 43 44 41 4 ,1 Dunmow Grantham Grimsby 53 70 35 39 22 26 42 44 ---,,, Hailsham Hitchin 64 66 32 44 24 33 25 30 ~ Ipswich 62 70 36 32 24 28 38 40 38 9- a Lewes GS 70 43 22 28 34 40 4t- Lynn Maidstone B9 76 36 39 26 32 40 50 Norwich Pot woi th Romford 6O 76 34 42 22 32 36 44 36 4 0 Sandwich 56 77 34 43 27 34 33 45 33 40 Thetford 42 69 35 38 24 28 39 43 40 4 4 Wisbech Witham 65 75 31 40 ‘29 33 36 38 , f Yarmouth 62 70 33 35 26 32 38 40 40 4. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—JuIy? WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. Red _. Scotch, Welch, and Manx ------ Irish, White 7 0 9 S -- R e d 6 0 7 6 Foreign . 8 6 11 4 OATS, English, Welsh, anti Scotch, per 451 b 4 0 4 4 Irish - ... 310 4 - 0 Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 33 0 35 0 -- Scotch and Irish, pet 601bs Feeding 3 6 3 45 'BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 4B 0 '0 0 0 Irish, &c. Foreign ['ease, English, per Imperial q uar t er 44 0 45 e h Foregn FLoun, English, per 28010 . Iris OATMEAL, English an d I r i s h, p er 2401b s 454 225 0 45 5 0 84 ( 141 2 34 0 31 % ImiiiAN Coax, p(r 4801 b. .... 44 0 46 0 Rye, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial q ua r t e r 36 0 7 0 0.( LA•DY'S GOLD NECK CHAIN S may be selected from of several patterns, price, weight o f lotir sovereigns, Five G "‘ uineas ; weight of five sovereigns, S Guineas : weight of s i x sovere i gns , S even G u i neas . Thy weight is given by comparison with the weight of sovereigns' b..ing- more easily referred to than if stated in ounces and dic"' d The quality of the Gold is warranted equal to any that is work e into articles of this description. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Silversmith, Ws.t. - .:brnaker, &c., 47, Comb° (Seven Doors front Graeeehurch-street), London. Drawings of the newest patterns will be sent post free, if a r plication be made post paid. SILVER PLATE of LONDON MANUFAC' TURE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Working G° l4 ,: smiths, 14, Cornhill, Lo n d on , .;pposite the Bank of Englaol Thu best wrought SILVER SPOONS an d FORKS, 0 4 ' 1 : Pattern, 79. 2d. per ounce, th e Ki ng ' s P attern, i s . 4a• I' e e ounce. The following are th e we i g ht s recommen d e d , but to arteles may loe had lighter or hiav't7 at the same price per ounce; oz. I. d. oE• ''', 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 3 U at 7 2... 1. 1,,' 12 ditto Dessert dit o , 2 0 7 '2... 7 ' 1? (I ttu I able Forts go 7 2_ )0 1 5 2 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2... 7, 1 2 ditto Gravy Spoo ns lO 7 2... 3; I ditto Soup Ladle.- Salt Setsonsz•tt strong) II 7 2... 3; : ` 4 ditto Sauce ditt o . Fish Slice - 4 ditto I ditto 5 10 1 pair ditto S u g ar T ongs (strong) . n '' 0 1 5 " 12 King's Patter t Silver Table Spoons... 4O at 7 4... 14 1 3 ; 12 ditto Dessert ditto... 26 7 4... ii IV 12 ditto Tab c Fo r k s .. ..... ..... 4O 7 4... 14 1.1 4 i 12 ditto Dessert ditto 26 1 4.. 91 4 2 ditto Gravy Spoons „ 1 ditto Soup Ladle l2 7 4... 4 8 ' 4 ditto Salve ditto l2 7 10... 412 4 4 ditto Salt kipoons (strong gilt) 3 s$ a I ditto Fish S!'re 12 ditto Tea Spoo ls I 5 1 pair ditto Sugar " ,ng s N.B. A Price Current, , amj.ed as a Newspaper, contini r ing drawings, and every infot-nat.ll: - . relative to the purohao °f silver or Sheffiehl plate, toms., ,re had •a application, or will be sent into the country, postage free, in answer to apaid letter. BIRTHS. On the sth inst., at Finsbury- c i rcus , th e l a dy of A. Lasea rich, Esq., of Manchester, of a daughter. On the sth inst., in Fri,h-str ee t, S o h o . square , M r s. T. C• Methley, of a daughter. On the sth inst., at Putney, the wife of Anthony Fotherg ill Bainbridge, Esq., of a daughter. At Yarmouth, Norfolk, the lady of John Bracey, E'q'' daughter of Lieut. de Montmorency, R N., of Greenwich 11( 15.. pital, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 23d ult., at Kensington Church, R. T. Lankesherri Esq., of the Island of Malta, to Marina Flatholm, young's daughter of Robert Wilkins, Esq., of St. Mary Abbott's -ter race, Kensington. On the 2d inst., at Barbican Chapel, Assistant-Surgeon NI T ' Burrell, Madras M e di ca l E s t a bl is h ment, to Em i ly, only d a ughter of Mr. J. Harris, of Clapham. On the 4th inst., at Southampton, Major Stanley Bullock , the Madras Cavalry, to Augusta, widow of the late Captain 11 B. Williams.. On the 6th inst., at Kirkleatham, Yorkshire, Charles Dance, Esq., of Hereford House, Earl's-court, Old Brompton, to Jan! : widow of the late Capt a i n illitford I ng ilby, o f th e 84th Beg' ment, and eldest daughter of Charles Knyvett, Esq., of B°ll - Bcrks. D On the 3d inst., on board her Majesty's ship Victory, Mary Louisa, youngest child of Captain Loch, RN., aged 4. On the 6th inst., at Great Malvern, the Bishop of St. David's. On the 29th ult., at t . ,hrovsbury- place, Isleworth, Middle sex, Mary, relict of Daniel Shea, Esq., aged 82. On the 30th ult., at Blackheath, Thomas Handford, Escl•' late of her Majesty's Stamp-office, Somerset House. On the 2d inst., in Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Julia Apolline Alexander, second daughter of John Alexander Han key, Esq., aged 8. . . On the 2d inst., Eaton-square, Mrs. Hester Bolton. On the 4th inst., at Woolwich, Clara, relict of John Miller, Esq., and last surviving sister of the late Major-General Adye of the Royal Artillery, aged 73. On the sth inst., Harriet Beresford Beverly, eldest daughter of C. J. Beverley, Esq., of the Grove House;Hackney. Conlon : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, 9 f No. 11• S, ,- ;tr..1,(1, at The See Office, No. 112, Strand, i n the county of Multitesex.—Thursday, July 9, le4e. disi prol ailo , the prie sum pita eatal accn of ti I. -9. in: re; C] NV pril the eon at l that Paid whit affur tom on tl vrho, of is in tl ing, Prpi prec of co %Uhl an a Dire mod The most Stoc rent Bart date as re by a the Stoe. are ji that comic shall and Sh rovie i Surpl Divid Cal on Set a It Iva Th tirc u l Stove Ti, recto ; ducte tion Qtrir ovi ne Alovc Tl l Clael M . th fi, - j; Al the I ri 1:1 0 1), at