The Sun. — London, England, 1840-07-30 00:00:00

EN ING ON. Edlle • s o re Ilion, it is extremely desirable that the said lands, sale served, be sold, and the proceeds arieiteg horn the L e of the same placed at the disposal of the provincial gislature, to be appli e d exchteLvely for that purpose. Mr. W. ELLIS eeceeeled the motion. O Lord JOHN 'eIt7S`..;ELL said, with regard to the n e' Cle utlemete's statement that th e Bi l l was contrary tua .w.isiyes of th e p rov i nce , an d carr i e d b ecaus e the l'Pe.sit..to had left t own , h e t h oug h t i t was c lear that 8 1c1 ' , 'was not the case, for if it had been so, and the Irr‘tosition had desired to oppose it, they would not ye lef t town , His object throughout the ma tter had , s ten to at t a i n a fe i r settlement, by wh i ch these lands he so ld an d di sposed of w i th a d vantage tot he :pro v i nce. The Bill was not exactly what he couhl have it - 7 is hed, but h e t h oug h t i t wou ld be' better to settle 'n this way than to defer it to a future period. He theref ore hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not press his motion. .1:1111e. PAKI NGTON thought the Hon. Member for - -eittenny m u st b e under a m i sta k e , an d h a v e spoken of another Bill, since this one had never received the drxision of the Legislature of Canada at all.—(Hear.) Mr. T. HOBHOUSE sdel, he feared that whatever .'Objection there might he to this Bill, they should not be able to carry any other through the House at '.sat:Period o f the Session. The Churc h of Einelend nh Peered to possess a great advantage 'Bin , an d also the previous one of the Noble, feted, which he t hought a better one than the present. Stiil, as it op- Peered t o hira that any settleenent of the question was b better the no settlement at all, h e th oug h t i t wou ld t; e in exr edient in his Hon. Friend t o press hi s mo o te• a division. The Ch urc h o f E nglan d compose d et rine-fifth of the different religious persuasions in V lads, a n d h e th ere f ore th oug h t t hi s Biil granted i t a feat deal t o o muc h. H e t h oug h t a l so i t would have ' L een bet ter if t h ese f un d s h a d b een i nvested in securities °,`., Great Britain., instead of the debent ures o f C ana d a . hoped the alteration made in the Bill would not les •,"n its v a l ue i n C ana d a w i th those Dissenters who bad r e , ' so ener ge ti c i n t h e i r d e f ence o f t h e P rov i nce ; b ut " feared, from the despatch of the Governor-General, , B , t4 tirtg the. difficulty he had in procuring the assent of r 4 l s rovince to th e or i g i na l measure , th at suc h m i g h t it ,"' the cae e , on account of the ascendan c y h e gave t o t h e -3 / 4 st ahlished Church. He hoped, however, that such tr ee l e trot be the case, as since the Provinces were Pritel, it was desirable to de away with every cause of is teri&o n . Al t h ough, therefore, he saw much to ap vi'l°lufe in the m o ti on o f hi s H on. F r i en d , h e h ope d h e Oa not press it to a division. 1. BRINES said, that if his Hon. Friend pressed motion to a division he should feel bound to vote ofthhioa, 'l* ic Church ' of England had a lion's share these rese rves, and ha did not cons ider that distribu iiit:.eri.ielliZythrneseeafnusndasn equitable one. Many could conscientiously for the purpose ept;e : ti i o : l ; „ N H : w h o/I :anted to know if they would be Pe d rinrsted to receive them for the purposes of general , T ntl. put that question to his Noble h 0 If' the Bill provided for that contingency, he not he . 1 ; 0 much reconciled to its provlsietts ; if it did co hs •'; ` a nn'ght it would create, and ought to creme, i i l a u r e ,T a T b/e discontent in Canaria. JOIIN RUSSELL said the terms in which ee e ,„, ° , n • Friend had framed his question rendered it bad be difficult to answer. The terms purposely iti oe e en left so general as to leave much in the discre - allu".,of fhe Governor-t. but if his Hon. Friend • ued to edecation liming no connection . whatever With r r Igicv lls instruction, he did not think that that Wo uld t b • v . e a fair appli ca ti on o f t h e f un d s . x 0 angers were then or d ere d to withdraw, an d t h e use divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Hume's motion Agains t it Majorithet "elle Bill was y n read a third time and passed. l CONSTABULARY BILL. e, Manswer to a questioa from Lord J. RUSSELL, r. HODGES stated that he should withdraw the l usrabul ary Bill for the present Session. E*W SOUTH WALES AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BILL. On the m o ti on of Lord J. RUSSELL, the Order I ; f tile Day for the third reading of the New South ales and Van Diemen's Land Bill was read. Mr. VERNON SMITH moved certain amend- Meets extending the provisions of the Bill to certain dependencies of the Colonies, and in answer to a quese tion from an Hon. Member, he stated that no official account had been received of the illness of Capt a i n lobson. The amendments were agreed to, and the Bill was red a th;,rd time and passed. SUGAR (EXCISE DUTIES) BILL. The, CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 1 ',•,‘"1t4 moved the third reading of the Sugar (Excise emir s) Bill, Mx. HUME asked whether thee Customs Bill was en; rely withdrawn? The Hon. Member complained of the present state of the law, as regarded the duti es i n oeffee and sugar , and h.e thought it would be unwise to 'creinue' that system, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Std that the Rill was withdrawn for the present, but he Could Pot help observing that those who had op- V:0 the Bill seemed afterwards disposed to complain el; '..ithdravval. Th e same reasons wh i ch had in hru the Governm e nt t o w i t hd raw t h e C ustoms Bi ll mefaseahresseed them not to attempt to introduce any new with regard to the duty on sugar . SL AVE TRADE TREATIES BILL. On the moti on o f t h e CHANCELLOR of the EX , thi r d' l lUEß the Sl a v e -t ra d e T rea ti es Bill was rea d a time arid pase ATTO RNEYS AND SOLICITORS(IRELAND) BILL. S o lo n the 'motion of Mr. PIGOT, the Attorneys and citore (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. lii D R-AINAGE OF LANDS BILL. the o f * 'ANDLEY having moved the third reading , 7Drainage o f L an d s Bill. grow, SIBTHORP opposed the Bill on the b ee , i I' d , of the l a t eness o f t h e period, which ground had 'e for •► tl 1: o e l sufficient by the N o bl e L or d th e Secretary , loni es for resisting anoth er Bill (Mr. Keliy s the B 0 " n ishment of Death), and by the President of su re. a - p i '', Trade, for withdrawing a financial Inca fully d ; 4 "e Lill now before the House had not been an ad .scu ssed, for in none of its stages had there been ir e e e .equate attendance of' Members, considering the eerteeice interests of the m easure , an d t h e magn i tude o f the was H e s which wou ld b e affected by it.—(Hear.) trihi‘zilunwillin g to ava il h i mself of the power out f ho thought he l oad now of counting the House in c - a ; r or i ue was unwilli ng to i mpe d e t h e G overnment Inny rig on time public business.—(H ea r, an d a Ivor g" 11 . e .erke . t of the Bill, however, would be to unwilling e willit -tg horse to death for the sake of the upon e. " - se. He hi mse lf h a d expen d e d t h ousan d s tit ' l ,a l. 4 'ge, but h e h a d no d es i re to expen d more f or th ere uen( - 41 of oth ers ; an d i n h i s county (Lincolnshire), Hr h u' L iTs no occasio n whatever for such a Bill as this. Bill } . 4( - 1 ;ilea to comp l a i n of the manner in which the ei g. ), 4 14 _ (1 , Ilteen b roug h t forward. He had come down 3141_, o eter night t o watc h the Bill, but in none of its 41,8. `3-was i t b rought on in a full House. It had je"tYs been brought on unexpectedly, and in a thin Bill The Hon. Gentleman who had charge of the relied T res upon th e support o f the Secretary for the r l a s urYs who dep en d e d on hi s support, and could not turn ithout hi m ; and on the principle that " one good tri deserves another," he informed that Hon. Gentle t°,' "' in a " pig's whisper," w h en h e wante d a H ouse f be kcpt for thi s Bill. A s h e (Colonel S ib thorp ) mwe Iti lound to resist the Bill in every way, he would now that the House be counted. S trangers w ere t h en or d ered to w i thdraw, but there ei ng mote th an f orty M em b ers present, the gallery wae re -opened. On our re-admission we found Mr. HODGES recommending that the Bill be with tirawn for the present. Mr. HANDLEY briefly replied, and said, that he felt it his duty to press the third reading of this Mr. GRIMSDITCH said that no Railway Bill that fee e was enacted contai ne d c l auses w hi c h more inter . rd with the rights of property than this Bill. He ° F re ed with the Hon. Member who said that in its pre hes st ages it h a d no t been sufficiently discussed, a nd session - ntkght it rea ll y oug h t to stand over for another the i ( !ns if it passed in its present form, it would give here" land owners a very great power over the pro !i'lta_q of th e smaller proprietors. Under these circum readies he would f ee l i t hi s d uty to oppose the third uc ng.. • rHou_rgers were th en or d ere d to w i t hd raw, an d t h e livided. The number s were— Romaee third reading last it 5 Majo r i ty f or the Bill -39 The Bill was then read a third time and passed. MR• FEARGUS O'CONNOR. AGLIONBY, at the suggestion of the Chan. ca ‘ kr °f the Exchequer postponed his motion for the consideration of Mr. Fea ' rrus O'Connor's petition, pre siented on the 9th of July, to a future day, on the un iiierirstnadng that he should have an opportunity of ° nging it forward before the termination of the ses. Aion„ v., WAYS AND MEANS. The Iteport of the Committee on the Means was brought up, the resolutions were agreed to, Ways and and a Bill (the Appropriation Bill) was ordered to be brouzlit in and founded thereon. PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS BILL. On the motion that the House resolve itself into a Committee on the Parochial Assessments Bill. Mr. GALLY KNIGHT moved, as en amendment that the House resolv e itself into a Committee on the Bill that day three months. Captain PECHELL said if the Hon. Member di vided the House upon his amendment he should support him, although he must admit the Bill contained some useful enactments. He hoped the Hon . . Mcmher would not feel called upon to divide the House on the question of the Sp ea k er leaving the chair, as thereby thu means retaillisig .eme of thc. valuable clausesof tho Pill Would be taken away. Mr. P. SCROPE trusted the Hon. Membir would allow the Bill to go into Committee. 25 G f t all o the• ion of aetely ns- L s o be Chief r ie d to wr y, it cx the of thi If the us on- turned 1 since beard He ,it `:7 111.01 ae• law ezce,lt wet , " !d su*.- )ut of ie lacy• bat be capital )uld be yen to. ~... elievcd ho pro: Laposst- eases, otrimoa Li ought cived a . he Ile a mu the 1 there Juries follow ent to hliorate h e saW ,i s (Mr. aseS of ad beer. , eling 01 , protec itc ntico ion arlel )t, press . , out or vic Clogs, aments t. Tha t person• !hen the further so nobli rs. vith the so on be 'ully be• ,r ec :ings thd "'ter' re. l t he all'h fla s° 5 01 1 be [ rvi i b 1 ta IEI ,I- •, ra tio° );ave erse S ' 113011, THE SUN, LONE) Sir. C. BURRELL objected most strongly to the clause relative to the highways rate, and unless that clause were withdrawn, he should give the whole Bill his decided opposition. Mr. G. KNIGHT persisted in dividing the House. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For going into Committee - Against it w. • l2. . . Majority The House then went into Cotprnittte, and the first and second clauses wore ektz,tt'A to after a short con versation. On clause 3 relative to the highway rate being pro posed, . - Sir C. BURRELL objected to it. An Act wits passel last Session respecting the hip' lway rate, and he could not see the necessity Qtlaroducing any new measure upon it. He 14 , ,'pecl, therefore, the Hon. Member would withdr- dw the clause. Mr. P. SCROP - E thcught the clause necessary to give an appeal aniost the highway-rate, which did not exist at presc:,.i. Color L. ,, T. WOOD had a strong objection to the and would divide the I-louse upon it. cle[dse, F.Artl•ogers were then ordered to withdraw, but no divi sion took place, and the clause was ordered to stand part of the 1311. On the 4th dame being proposed, Captain PECHELL suggested that the r , enalty pro posed to - be levied on Overseers for neglect of duty should be reduced from 51. to 1/. Mr. GOU LBURN had never witnessed so vague and loose a piece of legislation as that proposed by the clause in question. Sir C. DALRYMPLE thought that the clause would press with unnecessary severity on those public officers. Mr. P. SCROPE defended the clause. He did not think that a more mitigated penalty than that men tioned in the clause ought to be adopted, as it was abso lutely necessary to punish with some degree of severity cases of fraud and gross neglect of duty. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the Amendment Against it 3B Majority against the Amendment The clause was then agreed to. On our re-admission to the gallery, we found Colonel THOMAS WOOD upon his legs, moving the follow ing clause :—" Provided always, and be it further enacted, that nothing herein contained shall apply to any poor-rate, or any assessment or valuation made by virtue of any local Act or Acts for the making of poor, rates, management and relief of the poor of nay parish or parishes, nor shall exte,ad or be construed to extend to ►imit, affect, or alter any provision of r,, f such Act or Acts ;" which, after a short cor:, ersa ti o a, was nega tived without, a division. fir, (3r et,t ate insertion of the following el l au M F: 4 D , 2 - tru whereas property in the oc oRS_L,; : r : .t cupakien st t! , e4.1 ';`o rporate of boroughs, and applicable to :he punt is of such boroughs respectively, and etlier prez:!etv..y in the occupation of other conpnrAtel.iodies as r - ustees for public purposes-, ate tick now by law rate able to the relief cf the Isobt, by reason that such oc cupation is not benAcitti to the occupiers, and it is ex pedient that alrett*. property should nevertheless be rate , . able and ;ee rated to the relief of the poor j be it therefore enacted that all property in the ocertnrion of the body corporate of any borough, et ',II the occupation of any other corporate bo4 l At trustees for public purposes, which would In tnteable to the relief of the poor if such ocenpation were beneficial, shall, from and after the r-,asting of this Act be rateable and rated to the rebel' of the poor, whet'ntt the interest of the said bodies corporate aramin be or be not a beneficial interest, any law, usagc, or custom to the contrary notwithstand iag." It was most oppressive to the owners of other pro perty that this corporate property should be exempted from rateability, and with a view of remedying it he had proposed this clause. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, strongly supported the clause, and trusted the Committee would agree to it• Before the passing k - )1 . the Municipal Reform Act, this property was liable to rating, but since the passing of that Act the Courts had determined that this property was exempt. The co.nequence was, a great additional burden 7;a:, thrown upon the rate-payers of county pa ris,`:,es in which such property might be situated, for the purpose of relieving the rate-payers of the large towns, the corporations of which were in possession of the property. After a few words from Lord SANDON and Mr. THORNELY the clause was agreed to, with the pre. amble of the Bill. The House resumed and the Report was brought up. BANK OF IRELAND. The Bank of Ireland Bill passed through Committee without amendment, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. COAL DUTIES (LONDON). On the motion for bringing up the Report of the resolution on the Coal Duties Bill, Mr. HAWES objected to the manner in which it was proposed to apply these funds. He thought the drainage of ti►e city a more important object, and that they should consult the health rather than the convenience of the metropolis. He should, therefore, divide on bringing up the Report. Mr. is. J. STANLEY supported the measure, from which he said great improvement had been made in the poorer districts of the metropolis. He was astonished at the opposition of the Hon. Member for Lambeth, since among great improvements in other parts of the metropolis, it was proposed to make exclusive improve ments in the district represented by the Hon. Mem. ber.—( Laughter.) Mr. BAINES said the Hon. Gentleman had omitted onegreat advantage of this measure, which was, that it would impose a tax which no one would live to pay — (Loud laughter)—at least, no one now living. Mr. G 0 IJ LBU RN said the tax was a grievance which it was proposed by this Bill to perpetuate. He thought there were many great and serious objections to the measure, and that it should not be brought forward at so late a period of the Session.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. WARBURTON said, the Hon. Member for Northumberland hid inquired, at the beginning of the Session, if it was intended to impose a tax on coal for the improvement of the metropolis ; and the answer of the Government was understood to be that there was no such intention. He thought the Bill ought not to have been introduced at this period of the Session. Lord SAN DON concurred in the observations of the Hon. Member for Lambeth in the necessity of pri marily attending to the health of the metropolis. Sir DE LACY EVANS denied that this was a new tax. It was merely the continuation of an old one, and he for one thought the object of its continuaece was well worthy the sanction of the House. Lord G. SOMERSET trusted the Hon. Member for Lambeth would divide the House against the con tinuation of what he must consider a most improper tax. He would prefer that the tax should be made perpetual at once, than that it should be continued from one four years to another, in the manner it had hitherto been. WAKLEY said that no one had suggested what better tax could be imposed. Improvement in the metropolis was required, and the expense of that improvement must be paid for.—(Hear, hear.) Where was that expense to come ;from ? Would the Hon. Member for Lambeth consent to an addi- tional tax being imposed upon soap ?—(Great laughter.) The improvements would not only benefit London, but all visitors to London, and until some better Ricans of taxation could be suggested, he hoped the proposition would be supported.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. AG LION BY objected to the imposition of a tax, which he contended would oppress exclusively the poorer classes. Sir S. LUSHINGTON had originally entertained a great objection to the tax on coals, but meetings had been held in the Tower Hamlets, and not one dissentient voice was heard against the continuance of the tax for improvements. In fact he believed his constituents were unanimous in favour of the Bill, and it should be recollected that the population of that con ►tituency consisted - of 400,000. No man could deny that the improvements were absolutely necessary for the health, happiness, and comfort of the people of the metropolis.—( Hear.) Sir C. BURRELL supported the Bill. The House divided, when there appeared— For the Report Againat it Majority The Report was received and a Bill brought in and read a first time. The Population Bill was re-committed on the motion of Mr. FOX MAU LE, and several verbal amendments were made, and the Report ordered to be brought up on Friday. The Population (Ireland) Bill was also re-committed, and the Report ordered to be received this day. The Report on the Railways Bill was agreed to, and I the Bill ordered to be real a third time this day. LOAN SOCIETIES. Oa the motion of Mr. ABEL SMITH the Loan Societies Bill was read a third time and passed. The Church Building Act passed through Commit tee. Amendments postponed to the third reading. •The Metropolis Improvement (No. 2) Bill was read a second time. The Slave Trade (Venezuela) Bill passed through Committee. Mr. FOX MAULE brought in the Militia Barracks Inspection Bill, which was read a first time. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House Adjourned at Two o'Clock. A case of crim. con. came on for trial at the Queen's County assizes on Wednesday. A person named Byrne was plaintiff, and an individual named Lowman was de fendant. The plaintiff was married to Miss Anne Power, in May, 1834, and they had five children. They lived in Mount Mellick, and plaintiff was proprietor of a canal passage -boat. The defendant is 70 years of age, is married, and has a daughter who is married. Several statements were made by the plain tiffs oounsel, alleging, misconduct on the part of his wife with th,-.• de R:w.lant, not oar of whirls oas substantiated; and Court, Counsel , and Jury were unanimously of opinion that the plaintiff laboured under a kind of monomania and almost unparalleled species of jealousy. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL- WAY. The hali--yea,rly n..e'e,'.leg of the shareholders in t he above tledbriaking, was held in the London 'tavern yesterday. John Harman, tsq. in ebe Cheir. ',The .formal kusiness bO.-itg been disposed of, The e', 4 l...nlAti said he would call upon the S,2cre ,ea, - ..ry to read the Report, and afterwards he would ex plain some of the points more fully than could be done in the Report. - The Secretary ragathe Report, from which it aleyearicil that in October the line would be opened to the Star Hooley-lane, a distance of upwards of sixteen miles from London. That by Midsummer next it would be opened a distance of thirt,) , :r3v-en and throughout to Brighton in the early part of next autumn. That the Shoreham branch was opened cn the 12th May, and had carried 51,592 passengers, at a profit over the expenses of 835/. ss. 11d., and that only 280 shares were actually forfeited. The Directors fully anticipated that the wheldts Cost of the line would not etreeeol 1,800,600 e , and that the re payment to be 'made by the South Eastern Railway Comperiy b and from the sale of land, would amount to 300,0001. The CHAIRMAN then said it would be his duty to go a little more into details than could be done in the Report which they bad just heard read. With respect to the works, they were not in so forward a state as they had been lead to believe they would be by the Re port made at the last meeting, but the delay had arisen from causes for which no blame could be attached to either party, the water breaking into their works was a pure accident, and cooll not have been foreseen. They proposed to open' twenty-seven miles altogether in Oc tober, and the Directors, lenra having gone fully into details with large preerietors of coaches on the road, and others, would be enabled to book passengers through out the whole line, and in the passage there would be only one shifting of the luggage. In the following Febru ary it was expected to open the works further—indeed it was highly gratifying to the Directors to see theengineer progressing at his utmost speed, and they had no reason to doubt his performing his promise. He begged to be allowed to congratulate the Proprietors upon the sue cess of the Shoreham branch. When their arrange ments were completed for the transit of coal and trier chandite, that line must prove highly profitable to the shareholders; and if the Commissioners of the Shore ham Harbour acted for the interests of those for whom they were in the Commission, with proper spirit— trith very little expense they might so improve the her hour, that, recollecting that the distance was 2A---" less than to Southamton, and • tat . other 2.; miles would be: saved in • .. ` Lie . wiles p passage to Havre—if those itn- Pr°''''`.7.7ents were made, their line would become the principal thoroughfare between London and Parist (Cheers.) That was a very important cdnslderation ; and, wherever it cols bereught forward, he trusted the Preptieto4 Viatlilu give it all the support in their power. A suggestion was also thrown out that the Shoreham line might very easily be carried on to Worthing at an expense not exceeding 100,0001., and when they consideredehat they would be able to work the line without any, or very little, addition to the force necessary for working the i line to Shoreham, it must be evident how important c was that the Company should obtain it. A Company would be formed, and he hoped it would meet with the support of the Brighton Proprietors. Then came the question of the terminus at London-bridge. The Direc tors had had many anxious interviews with the other Companies ; the result was, that a Bill had been passed which no doubt would prove satisfactory, as no doubt the Greenwich Company would proceed heartily with the work ; but there were many persons who al ready thought that it would be absolutely necessary for the Brighton and South Eastern Company to have a West End terminus.—(Applause.) He begged to congratulate the meeting upon the satisfactory state of the share list. There was only a deficiency of 18,000/. No one list showed any less amount. Then came the im portant question of the estimates. It was natural that the Proprietors should inquire how the estimate had now been raised from 920,0001. to 1,800,0001.: it would be remembered tint the former sum was only an estimate for the formation of the line ; it had nothing to do with stations, direction, and many other contingen cies, and there had been much extra work which could not have been foreseen, such as the bricking of tunnels, the breaking in of the water, &c. Another item, end one of much importance, was this : It, had originally been thought that the rails would have been good enough at 601bs. per yard, but experience had proved that the cheapest rails were those of a heavier description ; they had used rails weighing 751bs. per yard, which of itself had added 35,000/. to the estimate. He trusted the Proprietors would be of opinion that the Directors had been as economical of their property as possible, and that they had performed their duty faithfully to all. Mr. WALEY begged to move that the Reports which had been read should be adopted, printed, and circulated, and, in doing so, congratulated the meeting upon their general purport ; he thought their under taking stood in a very favourable position. Mr. MAUBEIIT begged to second the motion. Con sidering the present traffic on the road to Brighton, he had no doubt but the receipts of the Company would exceed 500/. per day, which would pay six per cent., but as in all other cases railroads bad always doubled the traffic he had no doubt, but in a very short period, it would yield 20 per cent. to the Proprietors. The resolution was adopted. A resolution was then proposed to declare 280 shares upon which the calls had not been paid up, forfeited, and that they be disposed of by the Directors, which was also adopted. Mr. WALEY suggested as a hint that the Directors should not force them into the market under present circumstances, as it would be like furnishing cheese to the mice, it would be gratifying those who were the enemies of the Company. The CHAIRMAN said 87 of the shares were to be declared forfeited for the purpose of being reissued to the parties, they having deposited the money for them with the Court, Of course the Directors would take every precaution in issuing the others. The CHAIRMAN said there was one subject which he mentioned with considerable regret—he alluded to the number of accidents which had happened on their line—no less than 300 cases had been sent into the County Hospital at Brighton from it, which must have proved expensive. They had made some dona tions, but he thought the) had not done enough, and as they could do it much service at little cost to them selves, he would propose that one day's proceeds from the takings on the Shoreham branch should be handed over to the Hospital.—(Cheers.) It probably would do them good in the end, as many, no doubt, would use the railroad on that day, and might imbibe a taste for such a mode of travelling. They could not do it without the sanction of the Proprietors, or it would have been done before. The suggestion was immediately adopted. Mr. LEVY begged to ask whether they were upon as good terms with the Croydon Company as with the South Eastern ? The CHAlRMAN—Certainly. In answer to a Proprietor, The CHAIRMAN said a line had been surveyed to pass by St. George's Church in the Borough, and ter minate in the neighbourhood of Westminster-ridge. The plans had been deposited. They would use the whole of the Croydon line. Thanks were then voted to Mr. Rastrick, the en gineer, and the Directors, which having been duly ac-. knowledged, the meeting separated. CORONER'SINQUEST.—THE SUICIDE MANIA —LAmENTABLE SUICIDE OF A BOY THIRTEEN YEARS OF AGE.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Mason's Arms, East-lane, Walworth, before Win. Carter, Esq., the Co roner for Surrey, on view of the body of John Lee, aged only thirteen years, who committed suicide. William Lee, the father of the deceased, stated that the deceased was thirteen years of age; his mother died twelve years ago; he was one of eight child ren. Witness's other children, of whom seven were married, left him only the deceased, and as the boy and himself lived solely together, he naturally took a great interest in his well doing. The deceased was a very active, good-tempered, and intelligent lad. Witness saw him last alive about eight o'clock on Saturday evening at home. He appeared well and hearty. Witness then went about his business, which detained him for several hours, and he returned to his residence soon after 12 o'clock, and was surprised at not finding a light, which the de ceased usually left burning for his father when he was out late. Witness climbed over the back palings of the yard, and gained admission to the house, having occasion to pass through the wash-house, and was.horror struck on seeing his son sus-, pended by the neck from one of the rafters of the roof. The features of his child were so hideously distorted that for some time he could make no effort to cut him down. There can he no other reason, as far as he knew, that could have induced the boy to destroy himself, than that he committed the act from the peculiar impulse he received by reading the adventures of noto riously bad characters, and the fact of two nambers of the " Annals of Crime" being found on the table where it appears he had been reading on the previous part of Saturday evening. Several other witnesses confirmed the above evidence, and the Jury after some consideration returned a verdict, " That the deceased was found hanging, but whether done by design or accident there was no evidence to prove." ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASTER AND PRESTON JUNCTION RAILWAY.—On Sunday evening last, at the Lancaster station, the engineer, who was in charge of an engine which be had got in readiness to convey the mail train to this town, left a boy to rub and clean the brass-work. The boy being somewhat more precocious than was necessary, took it into his head to show a juvenile companion " how to start engines." He thereupon raised the lever, and off flew the steam-horse at a tremendous speed. The youth remained on the engine, but could not succeed in stopping it; it rushed to wards . wards the station, and came contact with some ca rr i ages which it quickly displaced, seriously injuring several o f th em , and kept performing divers curious antics with the walls an d same intercepting machinery, until the engineer accomplish e d the task of terminating the exploit of the foaming monster. The loss, which we understand is about 100/., will fall upon the North Union Railway Company; the engines, carriages, &c., being their property , and th e engineer being in their employ. The lad was of course frightened, but not to death, and no personal injury was sustained. —Preston Chronicle. EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE AT A LU CIFER MATCH FACTORY.—Yestertlay between the hours of twelve and one, a fearful explosio n took place at th L uc if er manufactory of Messrs. Graham and Davis, IS G. 1, Primrose street, Bishopsgate, by which one of the workmen, named Dean, was killed on the s; ot, and others much hurt. The body of the deceased was removed to Mr. Medcalf's public house adjoining, to await the coroner'a inquest COURT CMCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess Of Charlernont, Hon. Miss,Paget, Lord Byron, Hon. Vs ill um CoWper, Colonel `.. - '7emyss, and Colonel bonouted the Marquis of Wostminster with ilitot company yesterday afternoon at his residence in Upper Groivenor-street. The Noble Marquis and Lord Rob•zrt Grosvenor received her :Majesty and his Royal Highness, their inspectivn ot atter:led Cie Miyal P4rty dv t a itig tht fkt,ttr . cs rbart'Aidris he Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge visited the Queen yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace to take leave of herajesLy herdeoart , :we for the tlontirient, X Her royal .igunc ss also visited and took leave of the DuChess of Kent at Ingestrie House;. and the Princess Augnqa at Clarence House, St. Jarnes'z. Viscount Melbourne; Lord Mil, and Lord John Russell had auutences yesterday of her, Majesty. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, JudgeAdzocate-,Oeneral, hid an audierc., of the • gueeb tb Majes! 4 .7 the ii i-er.',celngs of some Courts" Martial. His Excellency, the Turkish Ambassador, accompanied by Mr. Salerno, her Majesty's aient,il Interpreter, was presented to Eris Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday afternoon by Viscount Palmerston. The Royal Dinner Party at the Palace last evening in cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Marquis of Headfort, Earl of Surrey, Earl and Countess de Grey, Earl and Countess Cowper, Earl of Morley, Lady Char lotte Dandas, Viscount klelbourne, and Lord Pitzalan. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards at tended at the Palace during the &ening. Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, visited the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday afternoon at Cam bridge House, and took leave of her Royal Highness. The Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of Cambridge, visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge honoured Mrs. Dawson Darner with his company on Tuesday evening, at her residence in Tilney-street. A Deputation on West India Emigration, consisting of Messrs. Green, Cohen, Rees, and Kendricks, had an in terview ,with Lo rd John Russell yesterday, at the Colonial office. The' Bishop of Ripon and Captain Pechell had inter views with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing:, street. Chief Justice Chipman had an interview with Lord John Russell at the Colonial-office yesterday. ACCIDENT RELIEF SOCIETY. A meeting of Chit excellent Society which was esta blish for 0. 1 .6 iltifizsz a ithraediate relief to the families of poor persons injured by accidents, was held at the London Coffee-house, John Labouchere, Esq., ALP., in the chair. The Itep.ort stated, that, the funds of this excellent Chati4; gave f,ioa to nitwit' Mothers and ail.- d?en at their homes when deprived of support Untßl fhe most painful and heart-rending circumstances, were impioving, but not in proportion tb the strong claims upon the benevolent: 'rhe Committee had, in their application for support, met with many who; under an impression that the Society was connected with the metropolitan hospitals, had hesitated to Contribute to its funds, being liberal supporters of those excellent es tablishments, and there was reason to apprehended that from that cause much assistance had been withheld. The Committee were anxious to remove the difficulty, and wished it to be distinctly understood that the Society was in no way whatever connected with any hospital, but bad been instituted for the benefit of those for whom the hospitals made no provision. Amongst a great number of cases to which the benefits of this ex ' celleDt institution were applied were the following : ' J. N.—Fell from an omnibus while removing a trunk for a passenger. His leg was broken. He was taken to the North London Hospital and the limb was imme diately amputated. Two days afterwards he died, leav ing a wife, and six children under twelve years of age, without a morsel of bread. Food, &c., to the amount of Os. a week was given to the family for some time. Great misery was alleviated. J: L.—Having his right hand cut off by a machine printing press while at work, applied for assistance, and with his family received food, &c., for two months. W. D.—Formerly a builder in good business in Hampshire, on the 2d of February applied to the So ciety, being an inmate of St. Thomas's Hospital from blindness occasioned by over exertion and anxiety. Du ring his confinement his family were afflicted with small pox. "It is impossible," rem ar k e d t h e v i s i tor, " to say how much this poor family suffer," and therefore the Committee continue to assist them. W. W., a labourer, had his thigh broken by a kick from a horse, and was taken to Clearing -cross Hospital, and thus a wife and five childre n were in deprived of sup port an instant. The unfortunate man was discharged the hospital in a weak condition, having been there up wards of ten months, and with his family have been re moved to Hertfordshire to his parish, without any pros pect of ever being able to work again. Thomas Gibbons, Colson's ward, Bartholomew Hos pital, broken leg, having a wife and five children, living at 3, Brook's-gardens, Battle-bridge, has been in the hospital several months, a disease having formed in the injured limb, by which his condition is so reduced that amputation is considered dangerous, and it is believed he tvill not long survive. The case of Mrs. Spence, widow, deserves particular mention. The husband, a journeyman plasterer, was at work in the Poultry, with his son, a lad 14 years of age, on the morning of the Queen's marriage. He fell from the scaffold, and was conveyed to the hospital, where he died almost immediately. A week after the accident, his widow was confined with her fourth child. She was recommended to the Committee, and received substan tial relief and consolation. These are .a few of a vast number of cases. The Society, it is proper to state, has received the strongest r ecommendation from the medical men- of several hospitals, and has been a great many times alluded to by the late and the present Lord-Mayor, in conse quence of the many instances of the great advantages derived from it to which the magistracy of the city could bear testimony. A series of resolutions was unanimously agreed to, pledging the meeting to great exertions, and calling upon the ladies in particular, to aid in carrying its great objects into effect. DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. DESTRUCTION OF THE ISLAND OF TERNATE. THE HAGUE, JULY 26.—The Avondbodc gives the following particulars of the disaster which has befallen the Island of Ternate : _ __ "On the morning of the 2d of February, at half-past eight o'clock, the air appeared dark, and threatening a strong north-west wind, accompanied by heavy rain, drove the clouds impetuously along, and everything seemed to indicate some extraordinary phenomenon ; which, in fact, soon followed, for a thick smoke soon arose from the crater, accompanied by a loud subter raneous noise like thunder, while boiling lava and hot ashes burnt cud destroyed everything on which they fell. If the appearance of the phenomena was striking in the daytime, it was still more so in the evening, when the stones projected from the crater could be dis tinguished among the flames, which frequently rose to a great height. This destructive eruption continued twenty-four hours, and ended wi..11 a frightful subter raucous noise, which made the inhabitants fear that the ground would give way under their feet. The noise was so great, that persons close together could not hear each other speak. Passing over some days, we come to the 14th of Fe bruary, 1840, which proved so disastrous : at half-past twelve at night a loud noise was heard, accompanied by slight trembling of the ground, which grew every me. ment more violent, and woke the inhabitants from their sleep. As the shocks became more violent, most of the people left their habitations. At half•past three in the morning, while the rain fell in torrents, a violent shock was felt, the people could hardly keep their feet, the houses were shaken, and most of the buildings fell. In many places the earth opened and immediately closed again. Nothing was left undamaged ; and on the 15th of February nature seemed to have obtained the highest point of fory. An extreme violent shock was felt, Men and animals hastened in terror to the river side. filled all the boats without distinction of rank ; the fears, especially of the women, were so great that some went a great distance through the water in order to reach a boat, to escape being swallowed up by the earth, which opened from time to time. When the fury of the storm was past, and the poor inhabitants had i n some measure recovered their fright, they perceived how complete their ruin was. w ere laid waste ; th e most costly Men's possessions spices and numerous other production s were spoiled, and buried under r uins ; not a piece of f urn i ture savecil; and not one stone house in all Ternate remains standing. Even Fart Cringe, which has with )od several earth quakes for these 200 years, has given way on this oc casion, and truly the welfare and importance of Ter nate to our Government is lost. The private injury is estimated at 900,000 florins. The shocks were felt at Gildo and Tideri, but no damage was done ; thanks to ' Heaven, no lives wale lost. Most of the people will leave the island and s ettle elsewhere. MUNSTER, JULY 14.—The Westphalian Mercury officially announces that the Archbishop of Cologne has received permission to reside in this city. Th e Royal rescript states expressly that the state of the Prelate's health alone has induced his 'Majesty to grant this per mission, and that he will not deviate in any particular from the line o f conduct followed by th e King, his father. The Archbishop still remai ns a pr i soner o f State. Before he left Darfeld he was obliged to sign several articles relative to the conduct he is to observe during his stay in this city ; at first, it is said, he refused to sign these articles, but consented i n t h e en d to s i gn all the papers.—Jouraal de Franefort, July 25. We understand that interdicts have been granted at the instance of Mr. Alexander, the patentee of the Theatre Royal, prohibiting the performances of two persons named Purvis and Miller. They are the managers of two small con cerns, on the Green, where horsemanship, ground and lofty tumbling, and snatches of Msssaniello, Tekeli, &c. &c., were done at the price of tyro-pence per head.— Glasgow Herald. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, throw the letter aside without returning the cheap civitt. J., 7 of a reply; and we can state, that in the present instance they . have nctit departed from that dignified course. In at least three-fourths of the cases where ;applications have foctn mate, and ought in common justice (to say nothing of common humanity) to have been anpvered with a con siderable remittance in cash, no answers of any kind have Seen received, nor ,over will be. Will the Times now say that the pilce of Hour Fag no direct action on the comfort of the starving peasant, ot that he has not even a wish to taste it ? FROM THE MORNING PAO.RB OF THIS DAY. (From the Dimes.) It has long been to us and a numerous claii of Society, a subjeet of unfEdgned regret that Lord Durham laboured for so many months under ari illnetta; Which, We fear, was a a butdeprived a r to t le th e he l e ai m 't rsi a o!f1 6 ,) a t e Consolation n p s a ? i i n a ;t: i 0 1 . as . was satnhjoeseb protracted, l olvwh o wrhieicr a el n dt i attached, alatise and falenst has. also released him from a state of the most oppressive sui?Jihse. 'The l'ioble Earl was considered by those who knew burn btsis to' he te mats of straightforward truth and integrity, with little in .him of a sordid or ungenerous nature, and with a heart quire to ahlb df kind .and warm affections. The faults of this departed Nobleman came more tinder the head of temper than of principle. H e 4iSs tsaid td be arrogant, though perhaps without cause —imperious in his dotnest;3 c!ro.,; yet his imme diate family lewd ,him—irritable when op'piaHtlOhough . s,et tearer heard that fie was vindictiv.e 7 -end it fa ! fiaSie sible that the pt'ontieaei 'hexcitement with which be has often been reproached may have proceetk's'. attic from an: varying and harassing ill health, than from origina l into-- mite of the moral temperament. Ilespectiag Lord Due ham'3 capacity or solid atiainrilenn d 7 c etatesman, we can not conscientiously affirm much to his advantdgd. was all his life a flashy politician—talked of, boasted of, aspitta itig to be prominent—but never, thet we know of, accom- - Wishing eh} , nets or exhibiting any powers oh which per' sons of segeel a ea judgment could rely, as indications of eminence thereafter. in his Rueti:M mission his Lcirdship was generally looked. upon as having rathet evaded any difficulties which a bolder mind; and one more tefise.oiae of high purpose, might hate strrigefeel With, although perhaps unsuccessfully, than to have feiale encoun tered and overcome them. His whole derneanet": nt the Court of St. Petershurgli, if not foully slandered, was thatatterised by obsequious complaisance towards the Sovereign, whose unfriendly feelings and purposes against this country he had, as the advos cates of Lord Palmerston assert, been instructed to pa , . netrate and to traverse. Of the so:styled " despotic " niission to North America little can with truth be re marked, but that it was a failure the most entire, and, as the history of a few years will show, the most calamitous to the empire that has attended any effort of colonial po licy since that series of horrible absurdities which ended in the establishment of the United States Republic ; while, so far as concerned himself, the whole course of his autocracy was vainglorious, perverse, and reckless of na tionel consequences—beginning in buoyant self-conceit, and ending in feeble-minded petulance said mortification. Lord Durham had some disciples among the most shallow and unscrupulous of the revolutionary rabble. But they knew not their man, nor did he know them. They thought he might be trusted in his demonsttations of democracy— he flattered himself they might be made subservient to his ambition, and led after his footsteps. The first practical trial would have undeceived them both. ( From the Morning Advertiser.) The spt.ech of Mr. Fox Mauls, on Monday evening, in reply to Sir Robert Peel, on the subject of Non-Intrusion, was one of the most masterly speeches which has been de• livered in Parliament for some time. It'displayed all the bold decision of' purpose and fearless expression of the sen timents of the speaker, which might be looked for is one who Peels that his principles are grounded on the rock of truth—that those principles are of infinite importance— that they have the impress of divine sacredness upon them —end that, however much worldly men may, for a time, oppose them, they are destined to achieve an ultimate and glorious triumph. If we could persuade ourselves that there were any faint-hearted wavering persons in the ranks of the Nen-littruatenists of Scotland ; if we imagined for a moment that an); evangelical clergyman or layman in the bosom of the Scottish could be so far worked upon by the machinations of those w ho , be cause hostile to all vital religion, are doing whatever in them lies to rivet the fetters in which the Church is held at this moment, or rather in whin slit; is attempted to be held, to the secular power—as to lcok with gloolsiy foreboding; as to the result of the struggle now going on in the Scottish Establishment; if, we say, we could persuade ourselves there were any such person in the Northern Church, we would tell bin to go end suffer the word of rebuke administered to him in the noble.: minded speech of Mr. Fox ;Vault. It was a speech worthy of a man, and what is more, worthy of a Christian. It was a speech which would have done honour to the most illustrious Scotchman that ever adorned the ranks of the Covenanters. And here we may remark, that coilld thN Covenanters but have risen from their graves and heard the Hon. Member for Elgin deliver such a speech in such a place, and to such an assemblage, their bosoms would have beat with joy at the circumstance, mid they would have gloried in having so worthy a descenclanti (From the Morning Herald.) Momus with a dice-box would, in a thousand instances, be a fitter statue for an English court of law, than the ac cepted type of Justice—a comely maiden, blindfolded and with scales in hand. The whim, the humour that often dictates a sentence, smacks more of the eccentricity of a jester than of the dispassionate serenity of a sage; the judgment would seem rather a thing of aces or sixes than the result of nicely-balanced testimony. We think it would be difficult to find an attentive renter of the reports of Assize—those apparent common-places, yet pregnant with the greatest human interest, abounding with the most instructive traits of character, graced and deformed with the noblest feelings and the basest passions—who has not been startled with the great good luck falling to the cul prit at the bar ; who, on the other band, has not felt his campassion moved towards an offender, whose sentence is severely disproportionate to the amount of his guilt? Tine question becomes this—not. who is in the dock, but who is upon the bench? The sentence of the prisoner is not so much the bitter fruit of his guilt, as of his good or ill-luck in his Judge. It is not what he has done, but who he is tried by. The offender has transgressed the law ; nevertheless, if good luck be upon his side, be falls to the circuit of Baron X., a mild, meek judge, who visits the culprit with the hard labour of a couple of months : but wo to the evil-doer if he be arraigned before o ti ff o e n t, " d fo e r d : seven l years d a i t ce lf b a o sl Baron Z. for to that inexorable functionary, transporta tion' the rattled. gentlest one sentence of was reported tread-mill,—the less fortunate wins the !h l 'e hulks. throws In the Herald of Tuesday at Wortester, before Mr. Baron the trial James Welch, me Lh p e ie a s ee . u . se we d had stolen from a confectioner' s shop three . of the stolen articles-was found in his pocket. The' ca was fully proved, and the man fou n d gu il ty; whereupon Mr. Baron Parke, having assured the prisoner that "he would never do any good where he was," sentenced him, for having stolen three meat pies, value three-pence, to— transportation for seven years ! It must be observed, how ever, that the man bad been only a few days released from gaol for robbery: nevertheless, we think James Welch might have been more fortunate in his judge. That he is a thief, there is no doubt; nevertheless, ho is a luckless varlet who has thrown deuce ace : on another circuit, it is more than probable that to the same thief sixes would have turned up. Can the reader, attentive to the various penal. ties passed at the Sessions on various offenders, doubt the chance ? MONEY MARKET and CITY NE 't VI3 (WEDNESDAY EVENING.) C HRONICLE.—The English Funds were somewhat flitter at the opening of the market, Consols for the Account being sellers at 91. Prices, however, soon ex perienced a slight improvement, having advanced to 91k to I, but a depression took place again in the after part of the day, owing to some large optional sales having been effected, and the market ultimately closed at 91 for the Account, and 90 .to s for Money. This fresh decline in the F u ri 4 t was occasioned by renewed romoars that unfa- Voilrable intelligen,7!* bad been again received from Paths relatile to the Eastern qi:estion, although nothing of a positive chaileter. was stated. The 'Meat language, however, of the French press, and fall in the ftentes, gavt; si colour to the reports, and still excite the apprehensions of some speculators, who seem to think that the French Minister is resolved to stand out in support of the Pacha against the Porte and the other European Powers. In the Foreign House an improvement took place in Spanish Actives, which advanced to 261 to ; subse quently, however, prices receded to 261 to at. which they closed. The low prices received from Holland no doubt had some influence in producing this alterattm, and iome putter vtill have it that Barcelona be been declared On a state of siege. In the mean time we may observe, that tile le'ry Clear and authentic account of the events at Baicelona, eatitai* in the lead from our correspondent there in the Chronicle d to-day, which tensility leads to a very different conclusion, has been the subject of much term+ and commendation in the City. Portuguese And South American Securities are agaid a shade lower to-day. ----- TIMES.—The meeting of the Colombian bondholders to take into consideration M. Fortique's proposal has not produced any satisfactory result. To the principal of the debt admitted by Venezuela the bondholders agreed, al though they had previously required that the payment of so small an interest as 2 per cent. should only continue for five years; after which it was to increase per cent. per annum, whereas M. Fortique's plan 'would continue the 2 per cent. for seven years. The difficulty which prevented the parties from coming to conclusion was in the settlement of the arrears of interest now diai for which the bondholders last March demanded bonds at 100 per cent., which should not bear interest till 1859, Phen they should bear interest at 2 per cent., increas:Pg per cent. per annum till they should amount to 5 per cent. M. Fortique's proposal was, that these bonds should not bear interest till those for the principal of the debt reached 6 per cent. (a period of 23 years), and then should only commence paying s per cent., which was to increase i per cent. per annum till they reached 3 per cent. The bondholders were wiiling to allow 12 years instead of 10 before the deferred stock should become active, but were unanimously opposed to this plan, and, as M. Fortique professes to be unable to act further with out.the consent of his Government, resolve to adhere to their requisition of March last. Consols were firmer in the early part of to-day, being 91 for money, and 91k to 4 for the account. The consequence of the meeting of Colombian bond bblders has naturally been a dline in the price of that stock, which left off at 25 to H ERALD.—Both in and out of the Stock Exchange money is remarkably easy. It may readily be obtained by respectable people en stock at 3 to 3i- per cent., whilst out of ne . good bills for discount are scarce to be t ' met with, and are dily done at 4 per cent. and even ender. In such circumstances, Which are a test of the' aburiddnta of unemployed capital, the AFessed stale of the funds would dernly appear not to be refeeable to causes originating at hditte, and therefore can only be attributable to the disturbed and more compli cated state in which the foreign relation" of the country have been recently thrown. As yet the full extent of the Mischief involved in the capricious changes of system at the Foreign Office cannot even approximately be approached, but enough is known to show that ill blood has been inflarbi'd in a consi defable, degree between the rival tapageurs (as !1e Thiers sympatheticallj , Ehatneterises Lord Palmerston) of Deft ing.street and the Tuilefiett It is possible that all this may end in the passage of sundry cliff notes, and a com peting interchange of saucy squibs, between' these two Statesmen; more renowned in that line than for the perform ance fi4 Elie solid dtrties of office, but at the same time, it must be remeniberid thet empty Babblers in a war of words may chance, and, perlieps ifitentionally, to set the world on fire, if only by way of rendering their own premises i . in the shape of salary here and stockjobtieg in , Paris, of greater value and profit to themselves, what ever may be the niiionnt ef damage to the community at iarge. The French Pap'ets are extremely frothy and furious about the quadruple alliance between Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Great Britain, and whet& these is so much smoke, it is generally accepted that there , rata be some fire. Cooler reasonete apprehend however an ex ception to the rule in the present itietance, and are in clined to believe that the French steam, so doily up just now, will eventually be effectually condensed into Cool water by the freezing temperament a Louis Philippe, wbose " voice" is not " for war," however belligerently his Mi 'lister may be disposed. It is indeed not improbable that if M. Thiers continue the present " flare up" in his papers much longer, his master may contrive to extinguish him altogether, to accomplish which hitherto a plausible occa. sion has been wanting much more than the inclination. POST.—Everything had rather a stationary appear ance at the Stock Exchange this morning. Consols did not, however, close quite so well as yesterday, and a cor responding heaviness occurred, as usual, in the various other markets. The unsettled state of affairs in the East cannot of course but exercise an unfavourable influence on prices, whatever importance is to be attributed to other circumstances ; such, for instance, as are of merely do mestic interest. SUN.—At the meeting of Colombian Bondholders this afternoon all the new propositions of the Venezu elan Commissioner were rejected, and the Bondholders have resolved to abief6 by the proposition they made to the Republie in March last. From statements read at the meeting it is proved that the resources of Venezuela are steadily improving, and are amply sufficient to enable her to offer much better terms to tbe Bond holders, if so disposed. Lord Palmerston has intimated to the Government of the Republic, in terms about which there can be "no mistake," that if justice is not done to the British creditors, he must take the matter up in a more serious form. A vote of thanks was passed to his Lordship by the meeting for his energetic and valuable co-operation. The public Securities closed rather heavily. Consols for Money at 904 1, and for time, 908 91 ; Exchequer Bills remained at 255. premium, and the other Stocks as in the morning. . . (From the Morning P 0.4.) Among the many evidences which have reached us of the apprehension and dissatisfaction with which the warm est friends of Church and Throne regard the Eccle siastical Duties and Revenues Bill, we cannot but give a prominent place to the charge of the Bishop of Rochester, at his triennial visitation, holden in the present month. His Lordship is knows to entertain a strong opinion that the oath which every Bishop takes at his installation ex pressly prohibits him from consenting to the partial con fiscation of cathedral revenues which this Bill proposes to carry into effect. Upon this point he is expressly at issue with the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is of opinion that the oath of a Bishop does not hinder him from taking part in a legislative measure which, though it may take away from the revenues of the cathedrals, is intended tm be of service to the Church at large. The Bishop of Rochester admits the opinion of Paley to have been with reference to these statutable oaths, that they may be dispensed with when a manifest inconvenience would arise from their observance, but he doubts (as many wise men }Jaye done before him) that Mr. Paley is upon such questions an indubitable authority. His Lordship refers to the coronation oath, and the opinion of many Rev. Prelates—of Lord Chancellor Eldon, and of his Mjesty King George 111.—that, however the dko Houses of Par liament might decide, the S.svereign was precluded by his coronation oath from granting such civil and political pri vileges to the Roman Catholics as have since been granted by the Act of 1829. As to this question of the coronation oath, the Bishop of Rochester says it is one respecting which many good and conscientious men have taken a dif ferent view, but he considers the oaths of the Bishops with respect to the cathedral establishments of which they are at the head to be of a much more stringent nature. It is net for us to say more upon this subject than that the Primates of the Church hold differently from the Bishop of Rochester on this point. We regret that this is the ease, but we consider it to be our duty to submit to au thority. The effect of the panic on the English Bourse was felt at Amsterdam on Monday, probably by anticipa tion, the domestic Funds having become exceedingly heavy, and Spanish Stock having fallen I per cent. The closing prices of Monday were, Dutch Two-and- Half per Cents. 52 11-16 ; Ditto, F►ve per Cents. 101, and Spanish Actives, 21. This afternoon the Fareign Market was more animated, but Colombian Bands fell to 25k, and Spanish from 26i to 261 ; Mexican rallied to 30k, but Belgian dropped to 1041 ; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents. gave way to 102 fl Shares were a trifle mere buoyant. SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FOUR O'CLOCK. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, attended by Count de Cambis, General Colbert, and Madame, d'Oraison, arrived yesterday evening in time to join the dinner party at Goodwood, at which covers were laid for nearly 50. We understand that his Grace's hospitality will extend this evening to a still more numerous party. Their Royal Highnesses arrived on the Course this afternoon about two o'clock, and had not left when our account was for warded from the Course. Besides these illustrious personages, most of the visitors at Goodwood are present, and the attend ance generally is highly respectable. The weather is delightful, and the racing abundant. The following are the particulars of the running up to four o'clock. The Members' Plate of 501., with 501. added by the Ladies, and IW. for the second horse ; 3 yrs old, 7st 41b ; 4 yrs Bst 711) ; 5 yrs, 9st; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 41b. Tho winner to be sold for 350 sous., &c. Heats, once round. Capt. Garclnor's Brother to Enterprise, 3 yrs (Nat) I 3 1 Mr. Fairlie's Abraham Newland, 6 yrs Mr. G. Smith's Bedford, 4 yrs 3 2 2 Mr. Meiklam's Wee Willie, 5 yrs The first heat won by a neck; the second by two lengths; and the third by a length. The Goodwood Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft., &c., the second to receive 50 sous. Cup Course. (127 Sbs.) Mr. Allen's Orelia, 4 yrs, 6st 91b (Percy) 1 Mr. Bowes's Hetman Platoff, 4 yrs, 9st 71b Duke of Richmond's Glenlivat, 4 yrs, 7st llb 3 Mr. Shelley's The Drama, 4 yrs, Est bib The following were not p l ac ed —Domino, 4 yrs, 9st; The Potentate, aged, Sat 131 b; M e ndizabal, aged, Bst 101 b; Adrian, 8 6 s yrs, r s t) , b 8 Mickletonl ; Joanna, Maid,yrs, e B s s , t pF7 3 l:a l r b ttloo l ;f.3, P ll;b o H7; c o k trp e io,e t hie H 24gD e y r :r c tas u ol l n e 6la s es, , nt 6 144 i vl y yba r ri s s , : 6st ß l e O t l t b in ; g— Pl 3 ut t o o , 4 1 yrs, agst 6 H st et tlb an l 8 to 1 agst Mickleton Maid; 11 to 1 agst Orelia—taken ; 10 to 1 agst Domino ; 12 to 1 agst Mendizabal, 20 to 1 agst Adrian, "0 to 1 agst Pocket Hercules, 20 to 1 agst Joannina, and 4,25 to 1 agst The Potentate. Won easy by two lengths. (Further particulars in our next.) , A Plate of 501., the winner to be sold for 60 guineas, T. y. C. Mr. Treen's Doncaster, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (Roan) 1 ‘ D i u r2 k . t e ,Kro o hi f lne iscbufebi Queen's oin o yn, n sec d a sp ' o s l tiaev, F t; r. plate c l loo:v.:hdoloeuc- out e oga , f sd B m. e s , t a3n 7 iie l mb b . en a rri all miles ..aa2l and yd . t e.hsse, furlongs. r 5 us tnnilnb g. a n 3: wo n easy by two lengths. The winner claim e d. Lord Eglinton's Interlude, 3 yrs Lord Lichfield's Feather, 4 yrs .... Lord j.D B y t Bruce'se Marchioness,s CiTnhacakl Tamburini, s bs e u u sr r ja,nl Volars tile, Mr. Forth's Mr. Smith's Lord G. Bedford, 4 y rs e r t s s ile, yrs ..,‘ • • ...... (Lye) I - 4 2to 1 agst Chasseu r , 3 to 1 agst Tamburini, 6 to 1 agst Fe , a r t a h m e b r , u a r i nd S ni roads to ag i,ia3 st , Interlud e. followed by Feather to the top of the hill in returning, where the latter took it up, Chasseur lying second till past the distance, when Interlude went in front and won cleverly by a length. Cur BETTING.-7 to 4 agst Charles XII., 2to 1 agst Hetman Platoff. The others as before. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The Times fell foul of us last week., in one of its usual seramblinr , articles, for stating that the successful resistance of the Irish landlords in Parliament to the importation of foreign flour into that country has tended to aggravate the distress which prevails there at this moment among the labouring population. " Who ever heard," exclaimed this ,all licensed ranter—" Who ever heard of the poor of Ireland living on wheaten flour, or even tasting it, or wishing to taste it, from one year's end to an other l —they are just as much fed on flour as they are clad in jewels and embroidery. Any enhancement of the cast of flour can have no direct action upon the comfort of the labouring peasants, who never, we make bold to say, dream of asking what pricy it bears in the market, at least with any reference to a pro vision for their own necessities." All this, emblazoned with many a dazzing trope of speech, the Times " makes bold to say," without having inquired what foundation there may be for what it says or whereof it affirms. It so hap pens, and a very extraordinary fact it is, that the Irish poor, whose ordinary food is the potato, are, in the present dearth of that weanest of human food, actually thrown back—if Dux, we may be allowed the expression—in a great measure, i Mr. King,. upon the wheaten loaf; aud, consequently, its price is to to an D 0,.. them a question of the most vital import. The starving won easy by two lengt,._ weavers in the liberties of Dublin may be seen daily The Queen's plate of NV 2 s. in hundreds collected about the Mansion-house of the Lord Eglinton's Interlude, 3 yrs Lord Mayor to receive the benefactions which have been L or dL r ichfi;ld's h F a eather, 4 yrs subscribed for their relief, not in potatoes, nor in oatmeal, !-• d l3 uFort h e' s 'M carchsisoenuer'ss3 yrs_ ...... . Mr. but in wheaten bread. In like manner, many local a sse- yrs., Smith's Bedford, ors ciations have been formed in the interior of the country, , Lord G. Bentinck's Sal where, by the liberality of the resident country gen tlemen, Mr. J. Day's Tambur' bread i assisted by the clergy, farmers, aed shopkeepers , 2 to I agst Chr distributed to the sufferers at reduced prices. This fact Feather, and P we can " make bold" to avouch ; for we ha ve it from a Tambu_. gentleman worthy of credit, who witnessed what we de- it scribe, within the last fortnight, in, the province of Con naught, and who, while he bears a cordial testimony to the prompt and liberal charity of the Protestant clergy, adds the disgraceful fact, that in very rare ins tances indeed have the great proprietors, or absentee landlords, come forward to help them in the 1 The Earl of Derby continues his improvements good work. The common practice of those grand at Knowsley Park. His Lordship's aviaries, which contain tie beneficiaries, when applied to on such occasions, is to • rarest specimens of the feathered tribe, aro now completed. NEWS FROiI THE EAS " Maui t Lebanon, July 8 A long conference has taken place between Minoan Paella and the Emir Bechir, en the Syrian insurrection. Soliman declared, in the name of Mehemet Ali, that they should never again be taxed, that they should be allowed to retain their arms, and that they might if they chose be incorporated in the Egyptian army. The insurgents re pelled these vain promises with disdain. " Egyptian troops are daily pouring in from SO JeEn Their army consists of a heterogeneous m css of stoops of all nations, amounting to 20,000 in number. " Near, Balbec, Eldamia, and Mount Lebanon have . : risen en ettisse, and war seems the order of the day. A skirmish has takesi place at Tripoli between the insurgents and Ibrahim's solcheflie The garrison at Zoale, a small town near Beyrout, has been dispersed by the Maronites. In all these affairs the Mardeites, the Druses, and Me tonales have obtained signal advantages, notwithstinding, their numerical inferiority." Private Correspondence of the Semaphore de Marseilles. o an - Beeleetr, July 4. Although this town is in a state of sieg e, a ndotuedr rn , co in munication with the interior is entirely interc ,p although everything announces war, I believe the t an ar rangement will be effected. The insurrection has ex; ended teazel. ;eac than was reported. The last news receive'.' an noeneea aat the mountains in the neighbourhood of Alox andretta arid betakes are perfectly tranquil. Seyde, Sour 4 Acre, and Nariutse, hzve not taken up arms. The Anti- Lebanon remains neuter, and several of the villages of: Lebanon have not revoked. There are scarcely wore tlita 6,000 peasants under arms, 'skis tLree or four Princes - , but little influence, at their hem . This Emir Bechir has, remained faithful to Mehemet AIL This Emir was ehe only one who could have given the insurrection an alarm ing character. ALEXANDRIA, JULY 6.—On the evening if the 3d inst. the French corvette Diligente arrived from 3eyrout with a deputation from the French Consul at that place, com posed of the Chancellor and of MM. Lemont and Chem platreux. This deputation came to lodge the fallowing I Complaint with M. Cochelet : " That for a long time Mahmoud Bey, the Governor oil Bcyrout, !lad refused to grant the Europeans resident there, that protection to which they were entitled; that all the' Censuls unanimously complained of him; that since the ar rival of the Egyptian troops several Europeans became the victims of the insubordination of the military ; that &le.:. French Consul was obliged in consequence to declare to the Governor, that as justice was refused, he would be obliged to strike his flag, which he did in effect ; that for this' rea son the deputation had been sent to Alexandria. At this news M. Cochelet deplored that the French Consul h taken so serious a step without consulting Lite. Cochelet waited forthwith upon the Viceroy, whom he found in an excess of rage. He asserted that the French Consul at Beyrout had no reason for acting as he had done; that the pes'tien of the Governor was very critical at die present moment, and that the Consul's conduct Might ban the most fatal consequences ; that it would give confidence to the insurgent , and give rise at Con stantinople to iejuri.ui interpretations. The Viceroy was so leech displeased, that at first be refused to give , any satisfactiott. M. cochelet, however, finally obtained the following order, which was despatched immediately to Mahmoud Bey On receipt of this despia'eJ, you will immediately seek out those persons who were gn:lty of violence agaiinst some French subjects. You will hay.' them brought to trial regularly, and you will keep them in prison in the mean time. " As, with the assistance of God, the insurgents will very soon be subdued, I intend immediately after to go to , S:ria myself. and to pass sentence on the guilty. As soon as the French flag shall have been hoisted at the French Consulate, you will salute it with a discharge of 21 cantion.! " This affair was brought to a conclusion so quickly,, that the deputation sailed on the evening of the 4th on board an Egyptian steam-boat, which was ordered by the Viceroy f'e take despatches to the Governor of Beyrout. " Just at the instant that the steam-boat was leaving the harbour the steam. boat Genereax arrived with des latches, announcing that the ine:lrgents bad been defeated oft two points. The insurgents Ina! lost 400 killed and 600 ors. oners in one action." ( Private Correspondence of the Malta' Times of the 10th inst.) Cotisrawritsoeut, JUNE W.—When the news reached this city of the fresh insurrection in Syria, joy beamed in the countenance of every friend of the Ottoman Gnvern men% The position of the Pacha of Egypt is by i.lanY considered ticklish in the extreme, as, his power being en tirely of a military character, the slightest slur upon big . arms might at once be 11.4.11 to him. An amicable arrange ment according to the grasping conscienceless P. tha, bas hitherto been one by which Turf ey was to be made a vic tim to his ambition, but it was hoped that the state of Syria would cause hire to be more reasonable, and many persons began to prophesy that we were finally on the eve of an accommodation. The arrival of the French steamer, however, on the 25th, with intelligence that Mehemet All Lai ordered off, by Turkish and Egyptian ships, 16.000 man to be landed in Syria, has thrown our politicians into fresh doubts, for the solution of which we must be content to wait a little. On the 26th the English steamer of war Cyclops arrived here with despatches for Lord Pons:mby, , and I understand she sails again this very day fqr the ;?get at Deshika bay. (Private Correspondence of the Malta Pyles of July 15.) We b h 4,'e received private letters from Movul, datd /1 ! ;nio:Fling us that tLe o that astriet in open war with the .Paeba of Amcieh, f and that all com munication was cut off from Constantinople on account of the insurrection of the Kurds, who reuse to yield , tbg exorbitant demands of the Preba of M ,ssul. Mr. Rassam and Dr. Ainsworth were waiting for the abatment of this insurrection to posecute their journey to the Jacobite Patriarch of Antioch, called likewise the Patriarch of Mardin , who resides in the Kurdistan n.ousi taide. One of the East I ndia Company's steamers, the Nimrod, built fur the navigation of the guphigcs, had reached Bagdad. 'lt is of much less power tha.' the Euphrates. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 7.—The envoy of the Viceroy of Egypt, Sami Bey, has had a nice little country pa lace, or kiosk, placed at his disposal, to doish his quaran. - tine. It appears to be quite decided M a t his mission trill be a complete failure , as be has been, or be, told that the affair in question being in the bands of the five Powers the Porte cannot on any consideration listen to tiny pro posals through any other channel. To the confc, - enees in London the Sultan has sent a special ambassador, ~ n d it is evident that unless those were broken up and the . Ottoman delegate returned, nothing could be done on thin side. The answer mentioned was to be expected, and bough France will be much annoyed at such a result of the mission of Sami Bey, I dont see that the real friends of the Turks have any cause to be annoyed. I can assure. you, that whilst the delay may be detrimental to the Paella, it is doing no injury to the Porte, whose position is daily acquiring strength. A fine body of Albanian troops arc either arrived or shortly expected here, and the army will soon, under the active administration of the present Se raskior Pacha, be once more on a respectable footing-. We are looking with intense anxiety for fresh adviccs from Syria, and are curious to know what our ships will do down there. LLOYD'S SRIPPIISIG-(THIS DAY•) -or LONDON.—Wind, this day at noon, S. A. light breeze. DEAL, JULY 29.—Wind E.—Sailed the Outward bound. LIVEhYooL, JULY 29.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Zaate, Campbell, from Tobasco; Idris, Leggett, Tee tola ; Paragon, Hardy, St. Domingo; Mary, Hamilton, Mobile; Britantfca, Cape Bran; Cambridge, Prince Edward Island; James, Quebec; William and Joseph. Crisp. Licata. Sailed the Outward bound. Off port Penang, Chita ; Enterprize, St. John's New Brunswick. PORMOUTH, JULY 29.—Wind S. W.—Sailed the Imaum of Muscat, Thickbroom, for Calcutta. FALMOUTH, JULY 28.—Wind, W. S. W., fresh breezes. —Arrived the British Oak, Taylor, Licata; hirtal Dunn, Furze, Smyrtia; Errico, Sabarage, Gallipoli. Mr. O'Connell arrived in Mayo on Thursday. A repeal meeting, at which Sir Samuel O'Malley presides, takes place there to-day. The Ulster repeal meeting will take place in Belfast, on the 14th of August. On the morning of Wednesday last the inha bitants of Stckesley were aroused from their slumbers by the roaring of waters, and in about an hour afterwards the whole town was in the greatest commotion. By five o'clock the whole town and neighbourhood were one continued sheet of water, and the lower parts were covered several yards deep. The great cause of this disaster was the demolition of the dam of the extensive fishing lake belonging to Mrs. Livsey, of Kildale hall, about six miles distant from Stokesley, which was broken down by the unusual weight of water pouring from the hills. It is impracticable to state what the amount of dampgel may be at Stokesley, Kildale, Avton, Hutton, Rugby, and several other places in the neighbourhood, but it is believed it will amount to several thousand pounds.—Durham Advertiser. VON RAUMER'S ITALY AND THE ITALIANS. —We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marl borough-street, has this day published, " Italy and the Italians," by Frederic Von Raumer, author of " England in 1835," " Il lustrations of History," &c., in 2 volts. post Bvo., price 21s. bound, which can now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn hag also just published, " Queen Victoria, from her Birth to her Bridal," in 2 vols. post Bvo., with Portraits of her Ma jesty, Prince Albert, &c., price 21s. bound. Agents for Scot land, Me ssrs . B e ll an d Badfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. COINS FOUND IN CHARNWOOD FOREST.- On the 2d of June last, an urn or vase, such as is frequently found in Rom;n sepulchres, of very plain workmanship and totally unornamented, was found in Charnwood Forest, in that part of it which is at present in the occupation of the monks of the Cistertian convent which has lately been established in that neighbourhood. Charnwood is not far from Loughborough, in Leicestershire, and the spot in which the vase was found is in the highest part of the forest, and in a place which has pro bably never been used as arable land until the present time. The vase, which will contain about two quarts, was filled with coins of the Roman empire, varying in time from the year of our Lord 40 to the year 69. The coins that have been taken indis criminately from the mass in the vase are of a base metal ; they are white when cleaned from the incrustation of rust and cor rosion, and in good preservation , On the obverse the y bear , the heads of various Emperors and sons of Emperors, with the legends, Marius, Probus, Phillip, Quintillus, Gallienus, Salo niuna, Claudius Got4Gps, Victorious, & c., and on the reverse are figures of Veriui, - Fortuna, &c. The vase has probably been in the ground since the year 426, in which the Romans left England, or perhaps longer. It. was discovered by a lay brother of the convent, John 3l'Donell, and two labourers, W. Hickey and C. Lett, as they were ploughing. The vase was not more than a foot below the surface. The vase and its contents are now on view at Mr. Abraham's, No. 8, Bruton street, where they have been inspected by several antiquaries. Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Digby, the newly-ap pointed Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, Vice Sir nobert Waller Otway, is in his 64th year, and first cousin and heir presumptive to Earl !Digby, Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. The gallant Admiral is married to the Viscountess Dowager Andover, daughter of the Earl of Leicester, by whom he had an tay.ly daughter, the si-decant Lady Ellenborough, whose marriage with her Lord was dissolved by Act of Parliament in 1830.