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_._rVENTNO Ti Off' C RIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and Mr. Baron PARKE.) TRIAL OF COURVOISIER FOR THE MURDER OF LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL. This morning having been appointed for the trial of • Courvoesier, wbo stands charged with the wilful murder °f Lord William Russell, the Court was thronged in "ere part ; not nook or corner, was unoccupied, but ( , )I ,.aing to the admirable management of the Sheriffs and Under Sheriffs, not the least d:sorder, confusion, or t r_ o wding e occureed. The outer gates of the Court-yard were closed, and guarded by the police, both within and without, and no admission could be obtained except by tickets; si gned e , by the Sheriff or Under-Sheriff. The number of tickets issued was limited to the number of Persons who could be accommodated in the Court Without inconvenience. The tnt ance to the Court, Which _is nearest the eetoior gates. was re served 'exclusively fur the ingress and egress of Witnesses, the public being admitted by the further en trance only. At the foot of the steps leading to this en trance the thatet was again. inspected, and the bearer Passed up the lobby between the Old and New Courts. At the door of the Old Court the ticket underwent a t hird revision) before the bearer was perraittsd to cotes. Additional seats were erected in every part of the Court, Where they could be placed so as to afford accomrnoda ten, and a row of chairs were placed in front of the Bench. Toe accommodation for the reporters was excel !We and we beg to return our thanks to the Under s§herifits for their urbanity in affording us every accommo dation 'and facility: which the circumstances would allow. The police performed their duty with the utmost civility, and tao general arrangements reflect, the highest credit on alI the parties concerned. Many of the nobility who applied for tickets during the course of yesterday were !Wasted, accommodate 'Court could not aecomodate more than the number who had already had tickets issued to them. The Intense interest excited by this trial,, and the anxiety to obtain admission to the Court, fire greater than has been Omni foe years. At a quarter before ten, the Lord Mayor a nd Sheriffs , entered the Court, preceding his 'Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, whom they conducted to ,! 11 place on the Bench, The whole _Court rose to receive his Royal Highfiese, who seemed to take the most intense 40 m -hi - the proceedings, On - eitteßerich we observed the Earl of Cavan, Lord Lennox, Lady- A. Lennox, the Earl of Mansfield,' Lady Granville Somerset, Lady Burghers'', Aldermen Sir 1 4,,• Wood, Harmer, T. Wood;Humphrey, D. W. Ilarvey, . L 4sq., Mr. Sergeant Arabin, &c &c. - The Judges entered she Court shortly before ten o'clock. At, ten o'clock, Francois Benjamin Courvoisier was Place4tt'the bar . . He looked pale and thinner than when ender examination at Bow-street, but be seemed firm and nolleet e d. Having been arraigned, he pleaded not guilty in a low' tone of voice; and, in reply to the Clerk of the -Arraigns, said that he would be tried by an English Jury, waiving his right of 'having half the Jury composed of foreigners. Mr, Adolphus, :Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Chambers, ap- Peareti on behalf of the prosecution, and Mr. C. Phillipps and Mr. Clarkson for the defence. Mr. HoWcr appeared 49 Solicitor for the prosecution, and Mr. Flower for the Prisoner. Mr. WING, Solicitor to the Duke of Bedford, was also resent, aad was frequently in conversation with Mr. nobler during the course of the proceedings. A model of the House in Norfolk-street was on the table. Before the proceedings commenced, Mr. Boosuts made an application to the Court to fix a day for the trial of Gould, when Mr.. Baron PARK& fixed Tuesday next. ThiJory in Courvoieier's case having been sworn, , Mr. Anouttus proceeded to open his case, and said , had he not heard ail that he bad heard during the last konth, relative to this extraordinary case, the present state of the Court, crowded as it was by the great and noble ° , l _ the 'land, would convince him su ffi ciently th a t he was about to call their attention to one of the most im tenant, and extraordinary eases that ever ha I 171:11 brought before a Court of Justice. But h e al tided to these circumstances only to beseech the Jury 10 dismiss from their minds all that they might have heard On th e subject, and to come to a decision solely on the e /Ideeee which might be laid before them. It was a moss t t a, loarliable circumstance that the father and the brot her o ' unfortunauedeceased Nobleman had both come to an , u ntiruely end, but their deaths bad been the effect of acei 'teat, whereas Lord William Russell, in the retirement and s eclusion of his own house, at the advanced age of 73 Years, had been most foully murdered, and it was the object 1 1 . 1 their present inquiry to determine whether that murder :ad been perpetrated by the prisoner at the bar or not, and whether it might be considered in strict accordance W ith rules or not, he was willing to make any witnesses W ho -Could throw any light on this dreadful trans- ' ▪ etion his witnesses, so that the prisoner should have ti cause for complaining of the manner in which prosecution had' been conducted. The prisoner had li7ed' with the deceased Nobleman as valet ; he had b een' in his Lordship's service only fie., weeks, but, in jus nets to the prisoner, he would say that his Lordship had re eeived with him a most high and unexceptionable character, t he that, up to the moment of the murde r, there was not 'ae least shadow of an imputation on the character of the Plisoner. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to detail, a l they . subsequently came out in evinence , the transactions o ' the day previous to the murder, as they related to the de ceased i and the prisoner, the manner in which the door ,P„' the house had been fastened on that eve nin g , the state h O Wl'ichtlielrouse-maid had found the huse on the fol ;wingetorning, the appearance and behaviour of Cour °isletv:lam called on that morning, the appearance pre eleatecitily Ow rooms of the house, which proved that the 1- ' l 'sonrwiter - had.committed the. robbery must:have been Well acquainted with the house, and have known at once to What places to go to find_ the.ealuables. He commented strongly upon the , fact of the pencil-case, opera.glass, &c., e king found in the passage wrapped up, and contended that a Illief'would undoubtedly have put these articles in his POcket, and walked away with them ; and that the fact of t heir being left in the passage was a p r o of that the bur glary merely one simulated for the purpose of hiding lO rne Other crime. The Learned Counsel then animas'. %rad :upon the conduct of Courvoisier in ope nin g the utteri of his Lordship's room without attempting to wake his master ; and more particularly direoted the at ilention of the J ur y to'the reinaikable expression, " There tir'''lhotedsby - - the prisoner, in answer to the exclama tionof--" My Lord f my 'Lord I" used by the housemaid H e theft described the appearances presented by the bo d y ec tne deceased Nobleman, which rendered the supposi -04 of suicide impossible. He then proceeded to com ment upon the state in which- the back-door was found, lid contended that it was utterly impossible any entrance hove been eff.cted into the house•by this door in e mann e r the prisoner had induced persons to believe. In " i dol 14 render the case more complete, the door and door- P. , st would be produced to them, and evidence of persons tide rstan di ng these matters . , which would show that the tiu°° r, had been broken 'from the inside , and not f r ete• the outside. The pantry poker and screw - d river t he the masks in the c'oor would also be produced, and if e doo r were broken open from within that was a most da mning fact against the prisoner. The Lea rned Counsel "en proce e d e d to that part of the case connected with the "el ate in which the rushlight and candle were found. His ord s hi p had b een rea di ng the life of Sir Samuel Romilly , anti the book was placed with the spectacles in it, so as to Vuee the idea that his Lordship bad been reading in bed. nut cunning in this case had overreached itself, for the candle was eso placed that as for any advantage to be derived from it by a person reading in bed, it might as teen have been placed in the cellar. The Learne d Counsel 'laid, that bad he been consulted, lie should have ad vised the p o li ce to h ave t a ken the prisoner into custody at oitle e• He then proceeded to the circumstance of the 10/. n ote, found, as he contended, where no one but the pri soner could have placed it. That 101. note he should . PY'ave bad b een pl ace d in his Lordship's hands for a elm - pita hle purpose, and had never been out of his Lordship's rS,Seafune; and the p risoner , had stated that his Lo rdshi p t Nhadoathling o/. note in his case on the day before the was found in the prisoner's box when it was searched, and he observed that that statement had Produced an effect on the Jury, but he would P u t it to them whether a man of ordinary cunning, who had been guilty either of burglary or murder, would not carefully avoid placing any thing in his box cal culated to draw suspicion on himself, but he did not trust to any thing connected with the prisoner's box, in this case: Th e Jury probably had heard something of linen marked with blood having been found in the pri.oner's box, but he did not draw any conclusion from that, nor attach any importance to the circumstance. He then pro ceeded:to comment on the fact of the rings and the 101. note being found in the prisoner's pantry, concealed behind the skirting-board—that 101. note bad been in his lordship's silk note-case, in Lis bed-room, on the night of the murder. He coptewled tha: no one could have placed it there but t he prisoner, who had been roaming about the house the whole night, with a wax-candle, to conceal t hesei, articles, in order to induce a suspicion `'at• a burglary had been committed. All these di scoveries had been made before any reward was offered for the discovery of the murderer. He then proceeded to corn me" upon the finding of the locket, on the Saturday, un derneath a heart: -stone in the butler's pantry. That locket a ntained the hair of his Lcr ' shi p' s deceased lad y , and h ad been missed by his Lordship while on a visit at Richmond, :' c e e °rnUanied only by the prison er. Search was made f or „ „"',.°Y desire of his Lordship. It could net be found ; and :i t er the murder it was found in the p risoner's p antr y , con. : t ta ted as he had stated. No o ne could have stolen it but the prisoner; no one could have concealed it but the pri ner, and he who concealed t hat concealed the other ar t The hearth-stone had not been moved, but there was a s ma ll o p en i n g between it are" the floor, throu g h which the locket might have b een, and most probably had been, thrust. The Learned Counsel then related the cir cumstances attending the finding the watch and the Other art lie must now probably anticipate what be ti,e defence. It night be said the pri vAier wa s w ithout motive. Now that was a v er y f allaciou s ti fit—what motive could be assigned for 1110 dreadful attempt ohich Lad recently been made upon 41:1 illevrieus personage, and which , i f successful, would avt , plunged the whole nation in distre ss. But there was not al:coetlier an absence of motive. It would be in evi ktice t 174 the prisor.er was unhappy, and had a desire to return to hia own country. He also :supposed, as fo reigners generally do. th: Noblemen always have 41 "i•le.alile sum of money about them. The natural -u PPusit:on from seeing the 'Russia box with the ivory rouleaus con stantly. in his. Lordship's possession was, that they were filled with gold,ate and if so,iicre was sufficient motive. Foreigners, unfort u. n 3r, generilly map) murder the prelude to robbery, and the Pilsoner imdouLiedly expected to get a large plunder in ready money, which wou ld h ave enabled him to escape at once, but being disappointed in this expectation, he adopted the measures he had c_oonie,,to induce the supposition that a burglary had been committed. btless, the 'Jury would be warned agairst convicting on sir. cowstantial eiitAence, and he would read to them what had been said by Patch, who was tried for murder thirty.six years ago, on the subject of circumstantial evidence. (The Learned Counsel then read the passa ge , and was proceeding to read what had been said by Chi e f Baron 3PDonald, wa i‘ s tr ii . it_e . rropted by in reply to that address, when he Yuumirs, who objected to the reading of anything re. .~!;-a' lilting to anOther case, with a view of making it bear upon the present one, more particularly when it cams with such au thority as that of a Learned Judge. Lord Chief-Justice ritNnAL sad the Learned Counsel might make any remarks en the general question of circumstantial -evidence. Mr. A noLruus proceeded to state the opinion he had - al7uded to, and which stated, that circumstantial evidence was more sa tisfactory whin the chain was complete, than even direct evidence. It might also be attempted to show that the witness Mansell was unworthy of credit, and - from what had been published he imagined that such would be the defence. Her character had never been i .rpeached. Mr. C. I'llitttra objected to the Learned Counsel vindicating the character of a witness which had not been attacked by the defence, and that merely because it had been attacked in the public F pers. Lord Chief Justice TINDAL thought Mr. -A doiphus might go on. Mr. A Datpitus would defy them to bring any single imputation against the character of the witness Mansell ; and if they had any witnesses to examine who could prove any thing against her cha. racter he would himself call them. He then proceeded to ♦indi. rate the character of the police from any imputation that might be cast upon them. The Bedford family merely prosecuted here as petitior.ers for public justice ;- (hey had no desire to hunt an unprotected foreigner to an ignominious death. The feelings of pity might be appealed to, but let them remember that mercy Was a mitiga ion of punishment; not a denial of justice. The safety of the comMunity depended triron the verdict of Juries in eases 'similar to this, and it was for them to determine whether the de'enceless fema:e, the decrepid old man, and the helpless infant should retire to rest and remain in their beds in safety. Should the depositions before the Coroner become necessary forthe defence, he should not object to their being so used. Mr. C. PHILLIPS was much obliged, but 2'l he asked was justice. • Mr. Baron PARKE thought the case should be conducted as cases ordinarily were, and that Mr. Adolphus ought not to concede any. thing more than he would in ordinary cases. ' Mr. C. Putt-ties said ail he dosired was, that the depositions taken by the Coroner should be before their Lordships.. The Co roner, whose name was Higgs, had, he believed, been sent for. • The following witnesses were then caked : Sarah Mansell—l was housemaid in the service of the late Lord William Russell, he resided at 14, Norfolk-street.. A cook and valet were also in his Lordship's service. I had been with his Lordship three years, the cook two years and nine months, the prisoner at the bar was the valet, those were all the in-door servants. There was a coachman and groom who did not reside in the house. None of his Lordship's family resided with him. I remember the morning of Tuesday, the sth May. His Lordship went out about 9 o'clock, the prisoner had been with him pre►iously, lie came' to me after his Lordship went out, and said his Loidship had given him five messages to attend to, and he was apprehensive he should forget some of them: One of them was that his Lordship had told him to order the carriage at 5 o'clock, to go to Brookes's. Myself, the cook, and the prisoner, dined together at a little after one that day. The prisoner afterwards went out and returned a little before five. He was aloras. He said he should go and put out 'his Lordship's things to dress. The upholdsterer 's men came to the house soon after. his return. Ile remained about a quarter of an hour. He went up to his Lordship's bedroom to tighten the bell-pull. The pri soner went up stairs with him. , Whilst they were up stairs, a man named Carr, an acquaintance of the prisoner's, came to the area gate. He had called about a fortnight before. He came down into the kitchen. Carr remained after tha upholsterer had gone. Ile remained until six, and took tea with myself, the cook, and the valet . The coachman came in by the area steps while we were at tea. The prisoner said he hail forgotten to order the carriage, but that lie should tell his Lordship he had told him to order it at half-past five. I told him he had better tell his Lordship the truth, as his Lordship would sooner forgive him. He said he should tell him it was half-past five; his Lortislii r was very forget ful, and must pay for his forgetfulness, The coachman then left. After tea the prisoner. went into his own pantry with Carr. They remained about half an hour. Lord W. Russell soon after returned in a- hackney cab. I went to prisoner and told him, and he went up and let his Lordship in. His Lordship went to the dining-room. Soon after that the prisoner came down with a letter in his hand. He said he was going to take it to the stables by his Lordship's direction. He then went out, accompanied by Cart. I saw nothing more of Carr. The pri soner was absent about ten minutes. He returned down the area steps. He said that his Lordship had appeared angry when he first came in, but that afterwards he got quite good-tempered. The prisoner, when he came in from the stables, brought in his Lordship's dog. -His Lordship then went out for a walk, accom panied by his dog. His Lordship returned about half-past six. The prisoner was soon after employed in making arrangements for his Lordship's dinner. The dinner hour was seven. About seven a bell hanger came to fasten the handle of the door in Lord Russell's roam. I went up with him at the prisoner's re. quest. He was in tbehouse about a quarter.of-an-hour. He repaired the handle of the door. Lord Russell died at home that day alone. He was waited upon by the prisoner. His Lordship went into the back drawing.room after dinner; he was there when I went to bed ; the coachman came a little before nine, to fetch the dog. I saw nothing `rriOre . of the coctehman that evening. The cook had gone out, and the prisoner and myself supped together a little before nine. The prisoner while at supper talked about a change of ser vants. The cook was going away and a new one expected ;he said if a friend of Mine, who had applied, was not taken, he should not recommend any one himself, as he did not like his Lordship's service. On the 22d of April, the day Lord Russell came to Lon don from Richmond, the prlioner said his Lordship had been very cross and peevish, as they had changed his room three times while lie was at the Castle at Richmond. I said that was the reason his Lordship was angry ; he said his Lordship had lost a locket while at Richmond, but he did not know how it was lost:; he could not find it. He said he did not know how the late valet had stopped so long, as his temper would not allow him to stop with his Lordship. After that time the prisoner said that he must write to the porter about the locket ; this was not many days before the sth of May. I never heard him say anything after that time in reference to that locket. The cook retired on the evening referred to soon after ten, The prisoner let her in at the front door. The prisoner went out after she came in far a pint of porter by the way of the area steps ; he was absent a few minutes. When he returned I do not know whether he fastened the area-gate; it was generally unlocked in the day time. It was the duty of either the cook or the prisoner to fasten it at night; the key was hung up in the kitchen. Ido not remember seeing it after the prisoner returned with the porter. I went to bed at about a quarter after ten: I slept immediately over the room in which Lord Russell slept; the cook slept in the same room but in a different bed. The beds were at different ends , of the loom, and I had to pass the cook's bed to get to my own, It was my duty to light a fire in Lord Russell's bedroom at night. I did so on the night in question, and then went up to bed. There is a door at the foot of the stairs leading from the landing near Lord Russell's door to the floor where I slept., The prisoner slept in an adjoining room to mine, at the back of the House. Every thing appeared to be in its usual state on that night in Lord Russell's room. The room adjoining Lord Russell's behind it was not used for any pur. pose. There was a door of communication between the two rooms. The door opening intro Lord Russell's room from the landing had a spring on it, which caused it to close of itself without producing any noise whatever. The door leading up to the third floor shut easily. Lord Russell's bed-room door was covered with baize. . The attic stair door was an ordinary one. It was sometimes closed of a night, and sometimes left open. After I had been up stairs about twenty minutes the cook came up and went to bed. We neither of us left that bed-room any more that night. I heard no noise, nor was lat all disturbed during the night. It was the duty of the prisoner to remain up until his Lordship went to bed. A fire was left burning in the kitchen. I awoke about half after six on the following morning. The cook was then in her bed and asleep. I usually got up at that hour. As I was going down stairs, I knocked at the prisoner's door ; it was my custom to do so. I did not hear him give any answer. The door at the foot of the attic stairs was slightly open. I noticed a warm ing-pan on the landing immediately adjoining Lord Russell's door. The handle was nearest the door, so that you would have to step over the warmitig•pan to get to the door of the back room, but it presented no obstacle to getting in and out of Lord Russell's room. It was the prim ner's duty to warm his Lordship's bed. The warm. ing-pan was generally taken down into the kitchen. The bed had been warmed every night since the prisoner came. It had since before occurred that the warming.pan had been left on the landing, and I had spoken to the prisoner about it. This was before I.ord Russell had gone to Richmond. I left it, and went into the back room adjoining Ms Lordship's, but did not remain a moment. I went in for a broom. I did not observe the state of the door leading from that room to Lord Russell's bedroom. I then went into the back drawing-room. I noticed his Lordship's writing-desk turned round, and the four drawers open and the top jammed up with paper; there was his Lordship's bunch of keys, and several of his papers, on the hearthaug. I noticed a screwdriver, which I had seen in the butler's pantry a few days before, lying on a chair in the back drawing.room. The screw. driver belonged to the place, and had been in possession of the late valet. I noticed nothing in the front drawing.room particular. I opened the, shutters. I then went down stairs, and came into the passage. When I got there I saw a number of things lying behind the street door; the street door was shut, it had no fastening done, but a latch. There was on the door a top and bottom bolt, and a lock and chain, but none of them were fastened, and the door was on the latch. I was at the bottom of the stairs when I first noticed the things lying behind the door. The things were his Lordship's large blue cloak, his opera glass, and a little trinket box lying on the top of it. There were a number of things lying on the mat nearer the door, tied up in a napkin, than the cloak, which I did not observe at that time; the cloak was neatly folded up. I did not at that' time notice any other articles. I did not examine those things on the mat until atlas* the police come. They contained his Lordship's gold pencil case and gold toothpick. They were in the folds of the napkin. The napkin contained a silver sugar dredger, a little silver caddy spoon, a silver top of a salt dredger, a pair of spectacles, a little cayenne spoon, and the top of a silver dish cover. The napkin was the same that I had given out on Monday for his Lordship's dinner. I saw it on the Tuesday, and asked Courvoisier if he wanted a clean one, and he said No, he could make it do twice. The cloak was usually kept in the dining room, the opera.glass in his Lordship's bed room, the toothpick case and the pencil case his Lordship generally carried about his person, and at night put them on a small table in his bed. room ; the dredgers were usually kept in the pantry cupboard, the Gish cover was kept in the sideboard cupboard in the dining room ; the prisoner had the key of it. There were other articles of plate kept in the same cupboard. I went up to the street door when I saw the things lying about, and then went to the dining room; the shutters were closed, I opened the door, and then went in, and opened the.shuttetsi and saw several things lying about, I saw the silver candlesticks, the bottom of the dish.cover, and other articles lying on the floor. Sugar was sprinked about. All the drawers of the sideboard were open. I felt alarmed, and went upstairs to my own bed-room. I found the cook still in bed. I then went to the door of the prisoner's room, in consequence of what the cook said. I said, Courvoisier, do you know of anything being the matter last night. He instantly opened his door. It was about ten minutes after I had first called him. He was dressed all but his coat. He was accustomed to wash himself in the pantry. He was dressed as he usually was. I said, Do you know what has been the matter last night:? He said, No. I said, All your silver is about, He poked very pale and agitated, and gave me no answer. He put his coat on as he was going down stairs, and went down instantly. I immediately followed him. He took the warming. pan down in his hand into the dining-roorr. It was generally half an hour or longer before he came down after he was called. He first went into the dining.room, where he left the warming-pan. I did not hear him say any. thing. He then went into his own pantry down stairs. There is a door near the pantry, opening into the back atea. I did no tice the state of it as I went down. I followed him into his pantry. There was a cupboard there and drawers. They were all open. He went up to the drawers. He said "My God, some one has been robbing us." I said, Let us go up stairs; when we, , w ere as far as the passage, I said" fur God's sake let us go where his Lordship is." We went up stairs. He went up first. I followed him close. He went into his Lordship's bedroom by the cloth door. The door closed upon me, but I had the hand l e i n m y hand, and went in immedi a t e l y after. There are three windows facing you as you go in. When I came in the prisoner was opening the shut ters of the middle window. He must have passed the font of the bed to do it. I went about half way to the middle of the foot of the bed, and noticed blood upon the pillow. Before I did so, I said, " My Lord, My Lord," and the prisoner said " Here he is," or" There he is," I cannot say which. I cannot say whether this was said before or after I saw blood on the pillow. On seeing the blood I screamed and ian out of the room. There were hang. ings to the bed, and the curtains were closed on the side nearest the door. They were half closed on the same side at the foot. I left the prisoner in the room. I think I went part of the way up the a ttic stairs, and then ran back, and went down into the street. up the attic stairs was to al arm t h e in e en l thought I would give an a l arm i n the street. I left the house by the street door, and went to a neighbour's, . • lir Latham's, nearly opposite. They did not come 101oyk°, object going at the next door, and the footman came up. serva nt came up while I was standing there. occurred. I had left the front door of the u( otAt there, eg him 5i r a . nw Latham'sh d I at rang sha d house eturn o ed p e t wic think u the cook at she followed me. I was not gone many minutes. When I the bottom of he stairs. I r, 'n left. I went into the dining-room. Ido not know whether I found theprisoner I No stranger had come into the house a t that time. • - 1 9 . • rr., 4r1 V, 4., 4IV 16, • v - '3 " I L ' 44 LiA,DAJN Tti rrr, A I . 11 .1t440 - • Fitting on a chair in the dining. room. He appeared to be writing. He had a pen in his hand, and a small piece of paper lying before him on the table. I said " What the devil do you sit there for: You ought to go out arid see for some one, cr a doctor.' He said !must write to ,Mr. Russell. He only wrote about two words. I said some one must go to Mr. IlUsSelL Mr.. Russell lived near Bel. grave-square. He got up and vent to the street door. There was a labouring man going past, and lie beckoned to him. I told him not to call such a man as that, and the man went on. In a tiny minutes after that the coachman came. and Mr. Latham's servant, Young, came also. They went up stairs. . lam not sure whether any 'one went up with them. I think I was on the stairs when Young said something to me about fetching a doctor. I was about to do so when the coachman went to fetch Mr. Elsgoed. In afe LV minutes after he went the police arrived. I think I west .up into the bedroom with them. I then saw hit - Lordship's face. I noticed it at that time, ani.l I saw- a :quantity of blood I was in the habit of making the bed. His Lordship usually lay next to the window ; there were two pillows ; they were generally. placed side by side, as if for two persons. They were in that state when I saw them that tnorniag. His Lordship was on his right side, with his face towards the window. He was lying with his head on the pillow nearest the window, and the other pillow-was lying behind his head. It was the corner of the pillow next the window, on which ite was lying, that I had noticed blood when I first went in, in the morning. There was n dressing.table in the room, the one with a wh;te c'oth on which L rd Russell was accustomed to ptace his pencil-case, tooth-tick, his rings (five in number) which he wore daily. There were none of these articles on the table then. I saw a purse on the table. It was empty. Mr. Boniim said, that perhaps it would be as well if the officer were to produce thet:e articles now, in order to their being idea. Lifted. But it apoeared thay were not quite ready. The witness who had been standing in the witness box upwards of three boors, requested to be permitted to sit down, and, under all these cir cumstances, the Judges, after consulting together, determined to adj,iurn the proc-;edings for a quarter of an hour, for the purpose of enabling the Jury and the Court to procure some refreshments. (To be continued in our SECOND EDITION.) COURT CIRCULAR. WEI )7 ;E: = .DAT.----Tlie Queen gate a grand iir ner this evcning,' in St. G eol ge s Hall, to , a numerous 'party.! The company Consiated of the_ following:--Eler Royal' Highness tge DuChe4 of Kent, his Sercue High ness the Prince of Leiningcn, Mousieut Guizot, the French AMbassador, Duke and Duchess of f3eanfort; Marquis and :Marchioness of Douro, Marquis and :Marchioness of Nor., manby, Earl and Countess of Erroll, and - Lady lila Hay: 'Fart and Countess of. Uxbridge, and the Ladies EleanOra Ind Constance Paget, Earl and Cetintess of Albemarle. Earl of Surrey, Earl.o7' Marelf; and Lady .Caroline Len nox,- Viscount: seTborne, Viscount and Viscountess Pal naerstein and Lady Fanny Co Lord' and Lady Say, mour, Lord and Lasty.../iirmaird; Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Lord Levetein, Lori Walpole, Lord Clarence Paget, Lord George Pa g et, Sir Henry Wheatley, Madame la Marchese ci'llarcourt,Right lion. George S. and Lady Agnes Byng, lion. Colonel Cavendish, Mr. Cavendi&b, lion. Cowper, Mr. George-Edward Anson, Mr. and. Hon. Mrs. Brand, Colonel Wylde, Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt (of St. Leonard's Hill), Lady Anne Maria ,Daa - son, lion. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Lister, Baroness het:zeta, Lord Lilford, Hon. C. Augustus Murray, Sir Fred: S:ovin, LOrd Alfred Paget, Sir Edward Bowater, Mr : Francis Seymour, Colonel Rc•id and Colonel Mac donald of the. Life Guards, and Major Irton and Major Stevenson of the Riffe Brigade. His Royal Highness - Prince Albert rode on horseback in the Great Park thi3 forenoon, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, Mr. George Edward Anson, and Mr. FranciS Seymour. His Royal Highness returned to the Castle at half-past two o'clock. Prince George of Cambridge took his departure this morning for the Queen's Lodge in_ Bushy •Pat 4; to .pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager on his way to town. Colonel Cornwall also left this morning Air town. The Duke and Vachessof Somerset and the Dukc and Duchess of Leinster left the Castle this His Excellency Mons. Giiliot 'the Fr,;nch Ambassador,: the Duke and 'Duchess of. Beaufort, -Marquis and Mar chioness of Douro, Marquis of Noinfinby, Countess of Erroll and Lady Ida Hay, Countess of Albemarle, Earl of Surrey, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Lord, - anfi Lady Seymour, Lord Leveson Lord Clarence Paget, Viscount Melbourne, Sir -Henry Wheatley; and the Hon. William Cowper, arrived today at • the Castle on a visit to her Majesty. The Queen inspected last evening two prints from Ross's celebrated 'miniature of her 'Majesty and Prince Albert, just engraved by Mr. - H. T. Ityall; and which were submitted to the Queen by Mr.. Mania ColnagLi, Her Majesty was graciously please l to express her un qualified approbation. Her Majesty and Prince Alb2rt accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, returned to the Castle from Ascot at six o'clock last evening The Royal party have not been to day to the Races, but to-morrow it is expected that the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the numerous visitors at th e C ast l e , will honour the A.Qcot races with ther presence. Her Majesty will have another grand dinner party in St. George's Hall to-morrow evening. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Archbishop of Canterbury with their company to dinner, last. evening, at Lambeth Palace. . Prince George of Cambridge returned to town at half past five yesterday afternoon; from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Viscount Melbourne left town yeiterdly afternocn, on a vis:t' to the Queeta at Windsor Castle. Lord Clifford,,Lorel Kvane, Sir Joshua Rowe, and Mr. Jeretnie had interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Colonial Office. _ _ _ _ Mr. Mark Philips and a Deputation had an interview , yesterday morning with Viscount Alclbuurne, at his official residence in DavOing-street. SPORTING IN_TELIIGEINCE. ~ - • ASCOT. HEATH RACES. The second has ever been an indifferent one at Ascot, like the Wednesrlay in the Newmarket and Doncaster meet. ings, and the Thuraray at Epsom, it is a. make weight, and rarely affords sports ot any interest even to racing men. The list advertised for yesterday had little to recommend it ; five races certainly appeared in it, but it was whispered that two or three would end iii a walicoier; unluckily for the Spectators, turned out to be the case"' With so little to attract, a large company :wits , not expected ; however, it reached the average of former years, and that there was a f a i r sprink ling of fashion, the :following list of visitors will. prov e ..--Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Exeter. Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Errol; Earl of Jersey,, Earl of March, Earl of Orford, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of Albemarle, Earl of Stradbroke, Earl of Wilton Earl Bruce, Lord C. Manners, Lord G. Manners, Lord G. Ilentinck, Lord J. Manners, Lord Lilford, Lord Rosalyn," Lorrl Macdonald, Lord Maidstone, Lotd - Kdburne, J. Fitzroy, Lord Villiers, Lord Somertsm, Sir A. Clifton, Sir 11. Sey niour, Sir H. C'ambbell, Sir J Shelley, Sir F. Collier, Hon. G. Ansou, Bon i General Grosvenor, Hon. H. bons, flott. G. Fitzroy, Ifotrr, G. S. Byng, lion. J. Macdonald, Hon. C. A. Murray, flop. .I..,Wodehotise, General•Pigot, Colonel "Peel, Captains Gardener; Bulkelev, Williams, Knox, Martyn, Seymour,: Williamson, Ricardo, Pella t ; 3lessrs. Sh:ifto, Thornhill, Ilation, Pryme, Hungerford, Waller Brand, I'liillimore, Greene, •;Townley, Neville, Hawker, Waller, Shelley, Rush, Fee. The weather Vtas'fine up t o th e last race, whin the rain came down in earnest; and had not ceased when We left the ground. The racing will !peak for itself The Swinley Siakei of 25 soy. each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 3-yrs old. ist 4113 . 4 4 yrs, Bst 10113.; fillies allowed 31b. The last mile and a ha}f, to start at the -Swinley post, 4 subs: Mr. Bowes's Heiman Platoff, 4 yrs „—walked over. Sweepstakes of 200 SOvs.. each, h ft, for 3-year &d colts, Bst 51b; and fillies, Bst 2lb ; those by untried .stallions or out of un tried mares allowed albs; if both 51bs. Swinley Course, 4 subs. Lord Exeter's c Scutari The Coronation Stakes of 100 sous each, h. ft., for 3-yr-old . fillies, Bst 7lb baeh. The new mile, 9 sub:. Lord Albemarle's b. f. Spangle " (Cotton) I Col. Anson's bk. f. Black Bess M. Thornhill's Emetic Mr. Bull's b. f. b. Camel, out of Bangtail .I%rliTtarb e th. t t;.e t s ie rie g F,c, . v‘c — .iopr 2 tsh t .a, o st I .tAh a tin g cl .tt rana, s Emetic-s tand; o t o n 4 T a u g e s s t da ß y l , a ‘ e v k ere mßess-sore, by i y i 2 agst Spangle'and 3 to 1 agst Bangtail. Emetic made play:at a good pace, with Spangle second, Black Bess well up with the latter; and Bangtail in the rear, the distance where Spangle headed' Emetic; a beautiful race between the three, was wan by Spangle by a neck; Black Bess beating Emetic for second place by half a length. Bangtail was beaten off. • • Sweepstakes of 100 so's each, h ft, for foals of 1838 ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b ; those by untried stallions or out of mares whose produce.never won before the day of naming, allowed 31bs, but only one allowance. Three quarters of a mile. 5 subs. Lord Albemarle's b e Doctor Dilworth, allowed :sibs, walked over, and divided the stakes with the Duke of Bedford's f by Taurus, out of Plaything. allowed 31bs. Plate of 501. for maiden horses at the time of starting ; three years, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 81b ; five and , upwards, 9st 21b. Mares and geldings t allowed 31b. Swinley Course. Mr. Gal pin's b f Blemish, by Emilius, 3 yrs ...... ...( Percy) 1 Sir G. Heathcote ' s bf by Huntington Beauty, 3 yrs Mr. Pillimore's ch f Tiny, 3 yrs Mr. Osbaldeston's ch c Auburn, 4 yrs Mr. Bishop's br g by the Pacha, darn by Reveller, 4 yrs Betting.-6 to 4 agst Blemish, and 4to 1 agst Auburn. .131enifli made the running from the first.turn, and won cle verly by a length. The - gelding was beaten off. upwardi of 100 t, than on the first slay in 1839, a proof that if the company was not so great as hail been anticipated ; there Was 'no falling off. We ought to have stated, that besides making the Stand a good one to look from, as well as to look at, the Committee consulted the creature comforts of the visit or's by placing the refreshment-rooms under the joint contract of Messrs. Hare and Ford, of Richmond ; the addition of ice to many other delicacies proved . vastly agreeable. VIE CUP. . . • When we left the course the odsis were as follows :- 4 to 1 agst Mr. Pettit's St. Francis (Macdonald.) 9to 2 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury ( Templeman.) 6to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Montreal (J. Day. ) 7to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau ( Robinson,) 8 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Caravan (J. Day, jun.) 8 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Euclid (Conolly.) 10 to I agst Mr. Scott's Two 12 to I agst Sir G. Heathcote's Valentissimc(Chapple.) Copt. t e3 i r d s n r o 7a r s7t s SibA7 sntk Muleteer, 200 to 5 agst Mr. Morgan ' s Quo Minus It was considered doubtful whether. Qn6 Minus or other of Scott's two would run. . The following are the weights for the Grand Stand Plate, ' this day :—Mr. S. Herbert's Arctic, aged; 9st 9;1) ; Lord Albemarle's Domino 4 yrs, 9st 31b ; Mr. V. King's Ruby, 6 yrs, Bst 1111; ; Corbet's Jenris; Jones, '4 yrs, Bst 91b Mr. Byng's Barrabbas, 4 i . rs, 8 t 41b ; Gen. Gros venor's Daedalus, 5 yrs, Bst; Mr. V. king's Msdurf, 4 yes, 8••t;' Mr. Shelley's The Drama, 4 yrs, 7st 1215 ; Capt. Gardnor's 10, 4 )rs, 7st 121 b ; Mr Forth's Solace colt, 3 yrs, 7st ;alb; Mr.. Weller, 4 yrs, ist 81b ; Lord Exeter's Amu- L B o o ti e d v E n , xe 4 te 3 r r ' s s , 7 S s e t ti 4 ta lb ri ; , Jl 3 l r y . rs ß , e 7 r s e t sf 4 or lb w ; s 4 4 re v v r i s il , e ti s s t P 7 e l b rie ; l e iN s ir 11 71 1 5 e1 Exeter Hellespont,3 yrs„,Ost ; and Mr. 'mist'. 3 yrs,6st Lord Exe of Dewdrop. • , Bob6 Adin •P ' e s b el C, 3 :3 7' Laurel, out CRICKET. . GOWN AND Tow NOF C A MBRIDGE—MA RYLEBONE CLUB. —On Tue s day this match, between seven gentlemen of the Univ ers ity w i t h three players of the town of Cambridge with E. Wenman given, and seven noblemen and gentlemen of the Marylehone Club, with four players of their ground, was de cided at Lord's, after two days scientific and severe play, i n favour of the latter, by 49 runs, the innings of Marylebone amounting to 267, whilst Cambridge scored but 218. The game commenced about mid-day, in the presence of a large concourse of persons, among whom were noticed several distinguished amateurs' i nc l u ding Lord F. Beau clerc, Lord C. Russell, Lord W. Beresferd, Sir H. Pey ton, Honourable F. Ponsonby, lion. G. Ponsonby, Hon. S. Ponsonby, and Col. Hawkins. On Monday, shortly before twelve, the wickets were pitched on a beautitul piece of turf, as level as the bed of a billiard table, and the play began by the Marylebone gent l emen co mmencing their innings. As the match excited an unusual degree of i nterest among sporting men, bets to a considerable amount were laid, an d both sides backed themselves freel y , the Cantaba espe cially. At the commence ment betting generall y was 5 to 4 in favour of M a rylebone, and at th e conclusion of their first innings it ad van ced several points in their favour. The Mary lebone p la y ers were —Hillyer, Ilawk.. o i n f s w , C i o n b t e b r e t t o t n , , R .K Hon. y Cap t. as t a on t : E Liddell, eIl, Dean, T. M. Wythe, P Hon. Col. Lo w th er , E arl —sq., F. G. Tuck, Esq., and Bentinek, Esq. The Gown and Town of Cambridge players were :—Pryor, Fermi*, M. Hand, Esq . Wenman, lion. F. Ponsonby, Boning, T.A. Anson, Esq,, Kirwan, Esq., H. Parker , Ls q , W 1 . De St. Croix, Esn. , a n d H. Mills, _... ills, Esq - —...... ........."+ .-_ . tend progres ,. " The peculiar vibrating quality of the metal of which Mr. Solomon's newly-invented ' Voice Conductors' are comrosed, combining w►th their structure, gratifying render them highly calculated to improve the hearing, at any that they are age, but particularly where general torpor prevails, producing great debility of the nervous and muscular power of the ear. my decided approval of the supe- These instruments, by preserving a natural expansion of the ear, admit and concentrate the most trilling sound, and by thus to ob serve,: i n v c e o ly u r tt a oh g a i n t gt removel i l t e s i r a t icl.olteiromanuirsoanl seat sdo t e h fa e cdcatp. te adapted of t it so h ni e t ii t n g ear imperceptible, and can be worn w►th perfect e.,se. I also have much pleasure in expressing rior.efticacy and construction of his 'Patent Spectacles,' for all eases of impaired vision. Mr. Solomon's scientific attain ments are perfectly obvious, and render him justly deserving of he professional eminence he enjoys.—J. Knight Carey, M.D. Thomas -street, Limes ick. —To Mr. E. Solomons, Optician, &c., No. Zi6, Old Bond-street, and No. 1, Old Jewry, Cheap side," EAST INDIA HOUSE. The CiIAIR7NIAN Eald that the papers relating, to the interests of the Company laid before Parliament were now on .the tt.ble of the •H )use, in accordance with the bye• laws. • Mr. &ImmoNs, in relation to one of those papei!s, wished to ask whether there was any negotiation goieg en between tlie. Government and the Director; relating to the !part of the expenses of the war with China to he borne by ;he Fist India, Company. The CfIe;IRMAN inter' apted the Hon. Gentleman, The Court. was-made special on several greunds, and if they en tered into a discussion then that business would be post poned sine die. He then informd the Court that the warrants for the dividends due on the sth of July would be ready on Monday, July 6. ! • The CHAIRMAN then laid on the table very voluminous papers relative to the case of the Rajah of Sattara. The Dirt etors bad not made a selection of the papers, although some thought that would have been the best cours. They had laid the whole before the -Proprietors, and every facility for their coeslleration Weuld beaa'orded to every Proprietor,__( Cheers.) The CuAinltAN also a.ad the Directors had reconsidered the case of Captain Iliziside, ar d proposed that he should have a pension of 200/. a year for. his services, he having sailed six voyages in the responsible situation of Com mander, and been once wounded, but they did so as a special case. The Board of Controul i however, over ruled that preposition and sanctioned a pension of 150/. a year—( On loh !)—whieh was agreed to. Mr. TwistNo then presented a Report frcm the Com mittee on Bye-laws, stating that the bye-lass had been. strictly complied with during the last year. Sir C. FORBES complained that the 'Report was incor rect, •as the clauses relating to the Hill. Coolies had. been introduced into Parliament on the Gth February ; why.were they only laid on the table then ? 'the (iIIAIRMAN said the Bill was merely a Colonial eaSsengers Bill until within the last ten days. The India Company was not affected till then, and no time had been lost. in calling the attention of the Proprietors to the ,subject. The Bye-law Conr - nittee was then re-appo:nted, after `a 'desultory discussion, raised by Sir Charles Forbes, as to -the 'qualification of the gentlemen proposed, under a bye-law of 1709, requiring them to be proprietors of 2,0001. stock. The answer was, that that bye-law was obsolete. The CIIAIRNIAN then said, the Directors had prepared a petiticn to the 1 - 1 ,- )use of Commons against the Colonial Passengers Bill. They. expected information from • India almost daily upon the subject, and therefore they were of opinion - that the Legislature ought not to proceed with a Bill, which would repeal an Act of the Indian Government prohibiting the exportation o- emigration of natives as labourers to the West Indies until that information had been received. The petition would be read to the Court. The Clerk having read the petit:on, Sir C. FennEs expressed his utmost satisfaction at the course proposed to be pursued by the Directors, and cordially supported the petition. Mr. WEEDING expressed his satisfaction, and hoped the Court would have an opportunity of discussing the merits or the measure. He did think the Bli would repeal the enactment of the Indian Govern ment. The third reading of the Bill was fixed for to morrow. Mr. HOOO, M.P., had been assured that ti:e third reading of the Bill . would be postponed for a week. Mr. WEEDING was glad to hear it, and he trusted the Directors would give the Court an opportunity of saving the natives of India from being made slaves. Mr. POI NDER agreed with his Hon. Friend, and hoped the petition would have the effect of preventing the English Legislatuio from giving their sanction to so fl:gitious a measure, which was onlF• another means of reviving the abominable system of slavery which bad already cost this country twenty millions. After a few observations from several Prcprietors in sur port of the petition, it was adopted. In answer to a question from a Proprietor, The Cu aihmAN said in the event of the Bill passing the Hotiso of Commons They should present a similar petition to the House of Lords. An HON. PROPRIETOR moved that the debate upon the petition to the Lords should be adjourned till Thursday week, so that the Court of Proprietors should keep the matter in their own hands. Mr. ASTELL, a Director, hoped the worthy Proprietor would not press the question to a division. The Directors were fully alive to the subject, and wero determined to protect the natives of India. The. matter had, therefore, better be left in the - bands of tbd Biecntive. • In answer to a question, the ell s altin'ari'said he would not feel it his duty to call. attr , Ceurvfol.nthe. purpose of spe al Circumstances ci c onsidering the question, unless:l2fit,e t , arose. After a long arid:: desultory - discussion - , the p e tition to the Lords was agreed to. • Mr. SALONIONS then moved that the papers relative to . the case of the Rajah of Satfara; be printed and circulated among the Proprietprs Sir Cita RLES FowasS - seconded. the •metitin, and • hoped that if there was any objection to the printing - of the whole, selections might be made that might make the case clear to the understandings of the Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN objected to any selection, because they would be charged with unfairness let them make what se lection they might. The printing of the whole would cost two thousand pounds, and the Directors thought that was too large a sum to expend upon such a purpose, out every facility would be given: to the Proprietors perus ing the documents. - the motion was modified, so that the despatches of the Indian Government, and the Correspondence between tte Home and Indian. - Governments, and the minutes of the Courts held for: the consideration of the case. should be printed. The motion was tben . corried. • Mr. BROWN then pave notice of a motion for next Court, complaining of a pat;-t.ix impoSed upon native Christians. In answer to Mr. Poynder, the CHAIRMAN said they bad received information of the abolition of the pilgrim tax by a minute of the Indian Government. The 11(n. Gentleman put '''''''' other questions, hut the Chairman said it was impossible for him to answer them without notice ; he could "not possibly be prepared for them. The Court then adjourned at five o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. ( From the ilknchester Guardian ) MA N CHESTER. —As the canals still continue closed, tie business done yesterdaY, was to a very limited extent, and without the slightest appearance of improvement in prices, which, indeed, in some c; ses, were rather lower than en the preceding Tuesday.. Reel -MALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JUNE 15 market to-day has been dull and heavy, and the bu siness, as compared with former weeks, has been consider ably more limited. The prices remain the same as last week. In the wool Market there.is no change to report. HUDDERSFIELD 31 A RKET, JUNE 16, 1840.—There was little done in this market, in any description of goods to day. Perhaps there has not been a more discouragnm ''' market during the "vear, and prices ar e qu it e no mi n al. Wools arc heavy of sale, and late prices arc scarcely sus tained. In the warehouses there is little doing. In short, trade wears anything but a pleasing aspect. CORN A VERA GE°/. GENERAL 'AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORM Fertile Week ended June 15, 15340, made up from the Returns Pf the Inspectors in the different Cities and Town* in Englatui ami per Imperial Quarter. Wheat ti7s. 7d. I Oats - 45; 1.1, Barley 2ss. 91. I Rye ...... 3is Id. I Pease • .14i. lid. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEI,XS • PRECYDING. Wheat Os. Oats Harley 371. 31,, Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat 39s. Sd. (rats Barley 6s.. 4d. Bye THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKETS. Pricei steady, and a fair disposition was manifested to do business. The imports still light, and the auctions were not of much moment ; some large ones are, however,. announced. West India Sugar sells steadily-at stiffer prices, but. fur Cotice the demand was dull. TEA MARKET. Not much demand for Free Trade, but Prices were firm, and Company's t;ongou was not to be had under 2g. Oid. cash. Further parcels have been declared for public competition. TALLOW MARKET., Previous rates supported, but not much demand either on the spot or to arrive. •• SPIRIT MARKET. Rum held firmly, with a trifling dem:lnd. Brandy sold slowly; prices on the decline. , METAL MARKET. Spelter dull, and pices rather lower. Iron sold slowly, but Lead has been in fair request. PROVISION MARKET. Bacon sold steadily ; Butter dull of sale and prices depressed. HAY MARKET.. A good demand, and prices firm, although the supply was rather large. Clover, 31. 103. 'to 5/. 123. ; Meadow Hay, W. 10s. to 4/. 43. ; Straw, 1/. 14s. to 1/. 16s. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JUNE 17.—Wind S. W. to NV.S. W. ; fresh breezes. —Arrived the Ralph Bernal, Bridges, from Jamaica; Lotus, Barbadoes ; Marmion, Harrison, Quebec. .Sailed the Princess Ann Josephine, Moller, for Rio Janeiro; Ellen, Yapp, Cal cutta; Sering&patam, Madras. LIVERPOOL ; JUNE 17—Wind W.S.W. ; fresh.---Arrived the Celt, Greig, and J. P. Dobree, from Laguna; Providence, Taago and Laguna; Jarrow, Walker, Demerara; Ironside, Texas; St. Leon, Westeott, and Orwell, Grayburs, New Or leans; Birmingham, Drummond, Mobile; St. Andrew, Leitch, Charleston; Victoria, Baltimore; Isalsel, Halifax. Off - port, the Windsor Castle, from Quebec. COWES, JUNE 17.—Arrived the Peri, Bailey, from. Ma tanzas ; Arno, Dixey, ditto ; Autumn, Rogers, Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, J UNE 17.—Wind S.W., strong breezes and squally.—Arrived the Gladiator, Britain, from New York. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 17.—Wind W.N. W.—Sailed the Hima laya, Burn, for Port Philip and Sydney. SCILLY, JUNE 11.—Arrived the F.liza, Nowland, from An cona. Off port, the Paradise,.Synrant, from Manilla; Francis. Burn, Edrington, Monte Video ; Odessa,. Rio Janeiro ; Arbre a Pain, ditto. Sw NsEA, JU NE 16.—Arrived the Atmeta, Johnston, Cuba. CORK, JUNE 15.-4./iT Port, the Stephen Wright, English; from St. Andrewi, New Brunswick Active, Hutt, Odessa ; Protector, Edgar, ditto. SHIELDS, JUNE 15.—Sailed the Xandriana, Joplin;;, from Calcutta. t.t,, jitNE 17, W. fresh gales:—Arrived the Camilla, West, from Malaga. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—We have had a brisk demand for Cotton to-day ; the sales 5,060 bags, without material - change in prices. Our at rivals thii morning arc French and Ostend mails, ship letters from Jamaica, I3arbadoes, and St. Kitt's ; and New York May 19, by the Gladiator, old date. The:Dutch steamer Batarier 'has arrived, bringing Dutch Papers to June 17, and prices from Amsterdam of June 15. HAGUE; JUNE 15.1 - lis Excellency the Minister of the In terior, at half-past ten o'clock this morning, in the name of the King, closed the ordinary Session of the States General of 1839 and 1840. By the receipt of the American Papers on Wednesday, the following banks in the Unitcd States have announced paying, dividends :—The Commercial, Farmers and Mechanics, Ken sington, Northern Liberties, Penn Township, Western, Girard, Mechanics, Manufacturers and Mechanics, Morgamensong, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Sonthw•ark. THE FUNDS. Consols may be quoted at the leaving-off prices of yester day, 91'4 for the Account, the 16th July; Reduced, 911; Exchequer Bills, 26 28 prem. ; India Bonds, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 174 1761 ; India Stock, shut. In the Foreign Market, the only business doing is in Spa nish Active, which left off at 26*, at present 26, although the news is favourable from Spain—a trifling improvement has taken place in the above Stock ; Deferred, 12 y • Pas.ive, 6i ; Portuguese same as they c!osed, 35i 6 ; ; fhree per Cents , 244 ; Colombian continues firm, owing to favourable accoe.nts having been received from that quarter, 271 28 ; Mexican, 3 4 i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54a Five per Cents., 101 a SHARES.—Great Western, 41 42 prem. ; London and Brighton, 51 4 (Use.' Blac!:wall, 11 21 prem. ; Birmingham, 99 101 prem. ; Southampton, 58 59 per share ; Croydon, 121 13 ditto; Greenwich, 9 10 ditto; Manchester and Birming ham, 6 5 disc. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red India St.ck ...... Ditto Bonds ...... • 3 per Cents. Con. 3i per Cent. ... — Ditto Red New W I per Cent. New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expire Jan. 5, 1860. .. Oct. 10, 1859. ... 13 9-16 -pm Jan. 5, 1860. Jan. 5, 1880. April 5, 1880. Jan. 5, 1870. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS 1 Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds ...... 104* Ditto Acc0unt......... Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds .• • Ditto Account Chilian Bonds ... Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account. Colombian Bonds, 1824 271 Ditto Account 271 8 Danish Bonds ...... Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 — Ditto Account Mexican Bonds,s per cent --- Ditto Acc0unt........ Ditto,6 per Cent — Ditto Account ... Neapolitan — South Sea Stock Old Annuities ... New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Exch. 13i115,1,000/. 26 25 pm: Ditto ...... 500/. 27 25 p►u. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial - pm. Ditto Advertised - Bank Stock for Acct India Stock for Acct Consols for Acct 9131 IAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bond; .. Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Prussian Bonds ..... Russian Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic ....• • Spanish Ditto i Account Bonds ceo 2 unt . . Defet rod . French ,5 per cent... —f. imiu m m 4 per cent... —f. —c• 3 per cent... —f. —c. — Dutch, 21 p ci e la r ng ee e nt — Ditto Accoun' Ditto,s per cent 101:, Ditto Account - . I'RICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. £, a. d. £. s. d. £. 9. ea RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester BO ..... 73 Eastern Counties Great Western Ditto New 30 Hull and Selby London and Blackwall London and South Western 381 SB Midland Counties ... lOO lOO ...... to )00i North Midland, (New) JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia... ........... ... 20 ...... 31 Union of London HALF-PAST ONE. Money contirues at five per cent. in the House. Consols continue firm at the morning price of 914 for the Account; Exchequer Lilts, 26 28 25 prem. lower; Bank Stock, nothing done. In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing; Spanish Active, 26i ; Deferred, 12i ; Passive, 6i ; Portuguese nothing done; Colombian , 27 1 28 ; Dutch Two-anti-a-Half per Cents., 541 ; Five per Cents. 10 1 i. 1 1 0 0 0 8 i; ; E a Ditto, st e New, 50 ; S ou th W es t ern , 5r v Counti es , 15i: SHARES.—Very little doing, and rath er l ower t h an y es t er . day North:;iliiriecisitaenrdn: L Tilite reading public may congratulate BANKERitse upon another and an i mportant acces sion . --- lE f to the list of new aspirants for literary honours in ti.e class of prose fiction. " The Banker Lord, j which hasjustst made its appearance to disp ute or divide t he palm of popularity with Mrs. Maberley's charm in g novel of " Emily," cont a i ns some of the most striking pictures of fashionable society that our day has produced. But its leading charm will be found to consist in its singularly forcible, racy, and true pictures of Irish life in all its various grades, from the stately old Peer, Lord Still-organ, and his high-minded son, the Protestant pastor of the parish, ch.wn to the exquisite Tricey, and the incompar able Mrs. Kelley—the latter two characters alone being suffi cient to make the fortune of this capital ncwel. The Irish por tions of this tale, promise to revive the palmy days of Miss Edgeworth, to whose best productions it is scarcely i n f er i or. The Review of the National Guaids in Paris took place on Sunday, before the King of the French. Nothing occurred to mar the tranquillity of the day. One of the battalio ns of the Nationat.Guards, on defiling before the King, cried out for electoral reform, to which it is said his Maj es t y replied, " Y ou s h a ll h ave i t , m y children." THE POET CLARE.—A correspondent informs us that the poet Clare died, some months ago, at the Lunatic Asylum at York.—Halifax Express. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS,• JUNE 1 7. The Speaker took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock. Waugh's Divorce Bill was read a second time and or dered to be committed. Mr. STRUTT brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the Weaver Churches Bill. Mr. E A STHOPE presented petitions from Yeovil, Bingley, Grimawold, Loughborough, and several parts of I Yorkshire, against Church Extension. Mr. T HORNE LY presented similar petitions from Wolverhampton, and several other places. ! Mr. HOGG presented a petition from the East India House, pissed that day, relating to the emigration of Hill Coolies to the Mauritius, and other Foreign Colonies, and praying that the Colonial Passengers Bill might not be allowed to pass into a. law. Mr. BAINES presented petitions from Essex, Wor 'eeitershire and Westaiorland, against any grant for Church Extension. •ro • Mr. T. DUNC6NIBE presented a petition from Mr. Thomas Potts, druggist,,Bath, complaining of the prison treatment of his brother William Potts, imprisoned for a political offince, which , he stated was calculated to pro duce mental derangement, and prayed the House to ameliorate. G R E E N E presented a petition from Lancaster, com plaining of the sanction given to idolatry in India by the British residents there, and praying for the interference of the House. Mr. D F.NISTOUN presented petitions for the liberation of Mr. F. O'Connor, for Annual Parliaments, Universal Suffrage, and Vote ky Ballot. Lord WORSLEY presented petitions from Stroud and Painswick, Gloucestershire, against Church Extension. Lord SA NDON presented a petition from Mr. Hut chinson, Chairman ‘f the Steam Navigation Company, praying the H o us e t o t a k e i nto consideration the duty on steam-vessels; and the law of pilotage. Also a petition from the Ch a i rman an d ot h ers of a public . meeting, held at Cheltenham, complaining of the difference in the treat ment of persons in the higher and lower ranks of this country, convicted of political offences—( Hear, hear)— and praying for the dismissal of the presen t Ministry; in which the N o bl e L ord said he need not say he heartily concurred.—( Laughter. ) Lord G. SOMERSET presented several petitions from Monmouthshire, in favour of Church Extension. Mr. II U M E presented petitions from Stroud and Wall's End, against Church Extension. Also a petition from the Manchester Universal Association, complaining of the treatment of political prisoners in the gaol of Wakefield ; a petition from the grocers of Kilkenny praying that other than British Colonial sugar may be imported. A petition from the planters of Trinidad, praying for protection against the importation of slave-grown sugar. A petition from Airdree, praying for Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and Annual Parliaments, and three pe titions from Paisley, praying for the dismissal of her Ma jesty's Ministers—(Opposition cheers)--and for the sub stitut'on of those who would make Universal Suffrage a Cabinet measure.— (Counter cheers.) he Earl of LINCOLN presented a petition from Not tingham, against the continuance of the office of Poor-law i Commissioners. Mr. WA KLEY presented petitions from the President and Members of the British Medical Association ; from 14 physicians and surgeons of London ; from Dr. Sinclair and six physicians and surgeons of Manchester; from cer tain physicians of Stowo.market, Suffolk ; from two sur geons of Brcntford, in Middlesex ; from certain surgeons in Yorkshire ; and from ten physicians and surgeons re siding in Stortford, in Essex, against the Vaccination Extension Bill. . Mr. Sergeant JACKSON preiented a petition from certain electors of Dublin, complaining of the needless and vexatious protraction of the Registry Sessions in EVEMIIkIG .EDITIOM me -- their city. Th e petitioners entered i nto a l ong statement . Mr. WA K LEY said that the gist clause of the Bit of their grievances on the subject. which rendered vaccination gratuitous, would disqualify Mr. S. O'BRIEN presented a petition from Limerick parties who benefited by it from voting according to the against. Sergeant Talfourd's Copyright Bill. 1 previsions of the Reform Bill. Mr. INGHAM presented a petition, praying that the 1 Sir J. GRAHAM intended to introduce a clause into Courts of Law might be removed from Westminster Hell the Bill which would remedy that inconvenience. to some place nearer tee Inns of Court. 1 Mr. WA ELM' said that that provision of the Bill Mr. PO 'CI, IS TM SCROPE presented a petition Icm which e ould put it in the poWer of young and inex- Ihe Borough of Stroud against Church-rates. i - perienced men to supersede the more competent members Mr, ROW LMN l) a L emo e; presented p e titi ons f r .m of the pr o f ess i oneeou ld g i ve r i se t o very genera l d iscontent ; Hertford against any grant for Church Extension. and lie would advise the Right Hon. Member not to per- Mr. PE ASE presented several petitions from Durham severe with it. He would suggest to the Hon. Member and places in the West Ridi ng o f Y or kshire, to the same that he should allow the Bill to pass through Committee . ffect. Also petitions against Church-rates. pro iorma e and that he should introduce a new measure, Mr. VERNON SMITH p resen t e d a petition from the such as weeld be acceptable to the profession generally. Independent Dissenters of Kilsby against any grant for ' Sir J. GRA HAM said, that he bad then no amendment Church Extension. ' to introduce into the Bill. He could have no amendment Mr. HANDLE Y presented similar petitions from places to discus until the 10th clause came under cossideration. in Lincolnshire. and also for the abolition of Church-rates. The 1331 was not introduced by him, but the management CHURCH EXTENSION. of it had been committed to him, and be could nor, under. Sir ROBERT INGLIS gave notice that•on Tuesday these circumstances, accede to the 'proposal of the Hon I;.e :i0:11 of June he would call the attention of the House Member to allow the Bill to pass through Committee pro to a : uteset, wires% he hoped to have been able to have forma. brought leeward yesterday, namely, Church Extension.— Jr.e 'IVA KLE le then objected to the superintendence S Cheers and laughter. ). e hire: the Bill entrusted to the Poor-law Guardians. He CHURCH_ RATES. t proposed tl at the Guardians.should be empowered to con- Mr. EA ST HOPE gave notice that he should, on the tr .,--. T . net merely w'th medical practitioners. b u t w ith t l :e 30th of J une , move f or l eave to bring, in a Bill t o relieve „ legally qualified practitioners" in each Union. Dissenters from the payment of Church-rates. Si r J . C r RA HAM thought that the fittest parties to he SUPREME COURTS (SCOTLAND). entrusted with the power of determining those who should Mr. WA LI. ACE gave notice :hat on the first supply 1„, e m e e n as practitioners were the Poor-law Guardians, day he should call the attention of the House to the repeal tilt; F. FRENCH did not place the same confidence of the Select Committee on Supreme C o urts i n Scotland. in the Guardians as the Right Hon. Baronet. POLITICAL OFFENCES. Mr. WARBURTON thought that the last part of the Mr. T. D UNCO :MBE gave notice, that on the read- Bat vas that which related to the superintendence of the leg tile Order of the Day for the House resolving itself Gemdians. into a Committee of Supply, he should call the attention Alter some further conversation the Committee divided of the House to the punishments for political offences, and on elm Wakley's amendment, when there appeared— would submit a motion to the House on the subject. For the amendment ... - ' 33 CANADA GOVERNMENT BILL. Against it Mr. VE ll NON - SMITH gave notice (for Lord John Majority for the amendment —9 Russell) that on Thursday that Noble Lord would move The clause, as amended, was orded to stand part of the the omission of the clauies relating to District Councils. slim LUDLOW ELECTION. On the reading of clause 2, which gave the Guardians The SPE AK ER informed the House that the sureties of the Poor power to 6x the places and times for the given by the petitioners against the return at the last glee- attendance of the medical officers for the purpose of vac tion of the borough of Ludlow were found to be unobjec- ciliation, amiable. Mr. WARBURTON said that the 31 elate° gave COLONIAL PASSENGERS BILL. sufficient power to the Guardians, and he should recom- Mr. Is ABOUCHERE, on the part of the Noble 5e- mend that the clause should be withdrawn. ' cretary to the Colonies, gave notice that he should defer Sir J. GRAHAM said he had no objection to the the third reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill from postponement of the clause. to-morrow to come future period. After a few words from Mr. Lucas, Mr. F. French, Mr. El LITT informed the Speaker that he was placed m r . Warburton, and. Mr. Wakley, the clause was in circumstances of peculiar difficulty with respect to the postponed. Committee which he had obtained to consider the expedi- On the reading of the third clause, which was to the mcy of allowing the grinding of Foreign Corn in bond, effect that the Guardians and Overseers should be re being also appointed ono of the Committee for e quired to conform to the regulations of the Commissieniers forming New Docks, and finding it impossible of Poor-laws. to discharge the duties of both. He should therefore Mr. Ne' AKL E Y objected, on the ground that it would feel obliged by the Speaker's advice as to what he should reduce, under the authority of the Poor-law Commission Jo under these circumstances.—( Laughter.) not only the Overseers of parishes, in which at present the The SPE AK ER was understood to say, tha' it was not New Poor-law was not: in force, but also the medical his duty, nor was he able to advise the Hon. Gentleman. practitioners of those parishes. The medical teen instead DROPPED ORDERS, of blistering the public, would be themselves severely blis- The Dropped Orders were then disposed of. tered by this clause. VACCINATION. Sir JAMES GRAHAM would assert, that the Poor- Sir JAMES GRAHAM rose to move the Order law Commissioners always availed themselves of the high. of the Day for the further discussion of his Vac- est medical authority in the country, before they made any ciliation Bill. In doing so, he would not detain regulations respecting medical matters. the House, as he felt the disadvantages under which - Mr. WAKLEY replied, that if the Commissioners he laboured on the occasion, it not being in his power to were in the habit of consulting the highest merle : al au . bring any professional knowledge or any practical expe- thority ? that authority ought to be known._( Hear, rience to bear upon the subject, w hil e th e Hon. Gentle- hear.) , Why did they not have a medicel Commissioner? man (Mr. Wakloy) who was opposed to him possessed The consultation of " high authorities" was nothing mo re both those qualifications. The best course, he thought, which than a sytem of jobbing—(Hkar, hear)—and those au. could be followed would be, that he should first submit his thorities were respected only by the Commissieners and motion to the House, and that the Hon. Gentleman opposite their friends. lie objected strongly to the clause, but he should propose his plan by way of amendment. In his h a d no d ou b t t h at i t wou ld pass.—( Hear.) This Bill was (Sir J. Graham's) Bill, he had not provided an absolute the first nibble of the Poor-law Commissioners' at the pretentative for inoculation; and h e h a d abst a i ne d from whole of the parishes of the metropolis, and it would en doing so, not because his owe opinions did not incline to able them to swallow them all, such a measure, but because he do u bt e d w h et h er th e public Sir JAMES GRAHAM repudiated the insinuation of mind was prepared for such a prohibition. His Bill dishonest motives. merely proposed considerable restraints on inoculation, Mr, WAKLEY denied that he had imputed dishonest but it fell short of absolute prohibition. One of these re- motives. straints was, that no one, not a medical practitioner should Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he used the word him inoculate for the small-pox.. The Bill of the self, because the imputation of dishonesty was conveyed Honourable Gentleman went the whole length of in the language of the Hon, feentleman. prohibition, bet he ( Sir J. Graham) should ob- After a few words From Sir George Strickland and serve, that if the . House would consent to go Mr. Darby, in fervour of the clause, Mr. Wakley spoke into Committee on his measure, they might strike out the vigorously egainst it, and Sir B. Halt moved a proviso to 10th and Ilth clauses, and substitute the Ist clause of the the cf.f.2ct that it should not come into operation in parishes Hon. Gentleman. So far' there was no absolute differencel having local acts for the poor-rates. between the two Bills. The real difference between them I Mr. G RINISDITCH supported the amendment, upon was in the frame-work of the two measures with re- w hi c h t h e H ouse divided, when tire number s w er em. - epect to the encouragement to be given to vaccination.. For the amendment - The difference bet Ween the Hon. Member and himself, i . Against it was, that the Honourable Member treated the Poor-law I Majority machinery, to which he was compelled to have re The clause was then agreed to. -'. - ' •'m s course, as merely , subordinate, because he placed no On the - ith clause, giving the Poor-law Commisaioners confidence in it. Whereas be (Sir J. Graham) finding power to annuli contracts, • that the Legislature had confided greater objects to • Mr. WAKLEY again objected to the centralizing sys• the Commission, and thinking it worthy of their confidence tern, and the House divided— entrusted the entire execution of the plan to the Guardians, ' For the clause 4O and the general superintendence to the Commissioners. Against it ll The .Hon: Member for Finsbury would forgive him for.say- Majority 29 mg that there appeared, in his Bill too much regard f or Other clauses up to 10 were agreed on, On th a t his brethren c f the lancet.—( Laughter.) Why the c l ause Hon. Member proptsed that every medical man be en- Mr. WAKI,EY said the question now arose—end it titled to a fee of 2s. for vaccination, an d a s the re were at was the most important part of the Bill—whether the least 300,000 persons in the, kingdom who must under House should imperatively prohibit inoculation, which he the Bill be vaccinated, it wamequivaleet to a g r a n t o f earnestly called upon the House to do, and he therefore 300,0001. to the ptoFession.—(Hcar, hear, and laughter.) moved the omission of the words which prohibited any but Mr. WAKLEY said he should not, without the express regular practitioners from inoculating, thus making the permission of the Right Hon. Baronet, have moved the imbibition general. • Order for his Bill, as the conduct of the Right Mr. WARBURTON seconded the amendment. Honourable Gentlemen had been so courteous, so Sir G. STRICK LAND was convinced that no pro ' considerate, and kind—( Hear, hear)—in allowing his hibition to innoculate for the small-sox could put en end to Bill to stand over for weeks, though he had the priority, that disease. He, moreover, thought it would be an inter till he (Mr. W.) brought his forward.--( Hear.) Let the Terence with a man's management of his own health, which House recollect that they were called on to legislate to en- they had no right to make. lie thought if they passed this courage vaccination against a popular prejudice. Would Bill some descendant of Dr. Morison would be coming to it net then be exceedingly impolitic to pass a measure, th e H ouse a n d saying that alt pills but his were the execution of which was entirely committed to a body injurious to health, and praying the Hous e f or a l aw pro so obnoxious to the poor; as the Poor-law Commissioners ? hibiting the use of all others.--( Laughter.) He was —( Hear, hear.) The poor would imagine that the intent therefore decidedly opposed to the amendment. tion was not to preserve, but to destroy their offspring.— Mr. C. BERKELEY thought all experience went to (Oh, oh.) Under' the Bill he (Mr.,.Wakley) proposed, prove inoculation should be prohibited by law. a poor man would be able to go to any medical m an h e Af ter a f ew wor d s f rom M r. D ARBY, Mr, M. O'Cos. liked with an order for vaccination. Let the House remem- NEU., and Mr. F. FRENCH, ber this appalling fact, that 17,000 died annually of the small- Dr. NICH 0 L L said he doubted if inoculation had ever pox, the number before Dr. Jenner's discovery being 45,000 been of any benefit. He believed the number of cases of annually. Why should so awful a scourge be per- small-pox after vaccination was very slightly superior to mitted to rage, when it could be put a stop t o b y the number after inoculation; but the difference was, that preventing inoculation 2—( Hear, hear.) In conti- after the former it was always of a very mitigated, and nental states, inoculation was generally prohibited. atter the latter of a very aggravated, nature.—( Hear.) Was human life of so little value that 200,000/. was too Sir J. GRA HAM thought the Hon. Member for Brid large a sum for saving it ? If the medical man performed port had even understated the evils arising from the small his labour, the labourer, was worthy of his hire.—( Hear, pox. Under 'many foreign Governments vaccination was hear.) Look at the contracts for medical officers to the strictly enireined, and it would be found that where this Unions—had they reflected credit on the profession or was the case small-pox was almost unknown. He was otherwise ?—( Hear, hear.) Yet it was never proposed not, 'however, prepared to make vaccination imperative, to put the whole vaccination of the country into the hands tut t h oug ht the most prudent step the Legislature could of these persons. He would like to knew how medicel take would be to prohibit inoculation.—( Hear.) He practitioners in any country town would like to have would not advocate the Bill, if he did not think that another practitioner introduced. into their neighbourhood every precau'ion would be taken, under its operation, to by this scheme? It was a scheme that could produce encourage vaccination, and to secure that it should be per nettling but heart burnings. He therefore trusted that House formed by competent medical authority. If pressed to a would fully consider it. It was not a party question, but one division, he should vote for the substitution of the clause affecting all parties equally.—( Hear.) lie did implore the of the Hon. Gentleman.—( Hear, bear.) House to consider the public prejudices on the subject, Mr. WAKLEY hoped, after the declaration of the and not to increase them by placing vaccination in the Rigia Hen. Baronet, there would be no division, and that hands of those against whom the public was justly pre- the public would receive confidence from the manner in judiccd. Let the House remember the discovery was which the proposition had been received by the House. made by a Doctor of Medicine, and that many who The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had considered the were undervaluing it to-day, might not have been subject many years, and was decidedly of opinion that ino there to do so but for the discovery of that great man. cuiation should be abolished.—( Hear, hear.) He was The greatest care was necessary in performing the opera- exceedingly rejoiced at the measure of the Right Hon. tion, and should, in his opinion, be lap to those elude. Baronet, and hoped there would be an universal concur cal practitioners whom the people might choose, and not be rence in it, in every house in the kingdom.—( Hear.) entrusted to the medical officers of the Poor-law Unions, Sir J. GR A HAM acquiesced in the amendment of the who were frequently the most incompetent professional men Hon. Member for Finsbury, and inoculation was pro in their neighbourhood. The Hun. Member concluded by hibited without a division. begging tlae House to adopt the amendment, and reject the original resolution. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY seconded the amend ment. He was of opinion that the practice of inoculation should be altogether prevented. Mr. WA R B LT RTON said there was one point on which all were agreed—namely, that it was their duty to prevent inoculation, and to encourage vaccination as much as possible. He believed that the time was come when the state of public feeling would authorise them to prohibit inoculation. He thought that the clauses of the Bill of the Right Hon. Baronet on that subject did not go far enough. He therefore gave a preference to the Bill of his Honourable Friend, but if that Bill were not adopted he would support the Bill of the Right Hon. Baronet, rather than have no Bill at all cn the subject. Mr. LUCAS objected to the Bill of the Hon. Member for Finsbury as likely to produce a system of canvassing for paltry half.crown fees. He much preferred the mea sure of the Right Hon. Baronet. Certainly the salaries of the medical practitioners under the Poor-law were very inadequate. Mr. F. FRENCH supported the Bill of Mr. Wakley. Mr. GOUL BURN said the public feeling would not yet stand a positive prohibition of inoculation : all that cou'd be done was to discourage it as far as possible. Mr. WARD said he did not understand the object of these Bills was to prohibit inoculation altogether. Medical practitioners generally, ho thought,were in favour of the Bill of the Hon. Member for Finsbury, but whether this were so or not, he thought the best plan would be to withdraw both Bills, and compound out of them one better than either.—( Hear, hear.) Lord SA NDON said he thought it was the opinion of medical men all over the world that vaccination should be encouraged, and inoculation altogether prohibited. Sir GEORGE GREY thought the best plan to come to an arrangement on the details cf the Bill of the Right Hon. Baronet would be to allow it to go into Committee, upon the understanding that it should then be decided whether they would restrain inoculation or prohibit it alto gether.—( Hear, hear.) Sir J. GRA El AM said it would be quite competent for any person who voted for the Second Reading of the Bill to introduce a clause in Committee to prohibit inocula tion altogether. The Hon. Gentlematt had somewhat taunted him with the number of petitions in favour of his own Bill ; but there had beer, a medical agitation on this subject, and he had not the means of counter.agitation. The question now faitly before the House was, shall the Poor-law Commissioners have the sole control over vac cination, or whether it should be left to the unaided and private exertions of medical practitioners in each district, with a view of profit. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the motion For the amendment Majority —l7 The House then went into Committee on Sir J. Graham's Bill, Mr. PAYNE in the Chair. On clause 1 being proposed, Mr. W AK L E Y said that the clause proposed to enable the Poor-law Commissioners to do that which they were empowered to do by the existing law. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the object of the clause was to render it imperative on all Unions to con tract for the vaccination o'f the patties within each Union. The clause, as amended, was ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses 11 and 12 were agreed to. The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS BILL. Mr. P. SC ROPE moved the second reading of this Bill. Sir B. HALL opposed the second reading • Almost the sole object of the Bill was to take the appeal from the vestries and give it to the Magistrates, who knew nothing of the subject. ' He , therefore, moved that the Bill be rely seconded Mr. dßalisecondti s ttilkic m that day thre e emonths. D RAE, ap*raei reluctantly P ct a E n C ti vH opposedEL L a n t d h e t s h e e c o A n T d T reading.o NE Y- GENE- Mr. BROTHERTON thought it very desirable that • facilities should be given for appeal to Quarter Sessions, and therefote he should support the Bill. . Mr. WAELE Y said this was another Bill from So merset House.—(Laughter.) Unless certain clauses were withdrawn, be must oppose the second reading. Mr. P. SCRO PE would withdraw the clauses, though he could give good reasons for their insertion. Sir B. HALL said he must Persist in his amendment. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. No divisixt, h("NN,r. j s il e r v . cr i our: .. place. t r i o s f o ,:u i t z t ito t PE ha Onthe Galleryinquiring we found e la uses the Hon. Member would withd raw. E said the Hon. Member was pressing his power of having a short number of Members too far. The Committee was the proper place for discussing the clauses. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on the 24th inst. On the motion of Mr. BAINES the Borough Watch rates Bill went through Cornmittee. To be reported on Friday. The Marriages Act was read a second time, on the !notion of Mr, LANGDALE. SUDBURY ELECTION. A petition was presented, complaining of ,an undue return for the borough of Sudbury, and praying that the election might be declared null and void. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, it was or dered " That an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously ptee,sed to give directions that there be laid before this House a copy of the Proposals by the Sub. Committee of Chap.. tors, for a 13111 to be substituted for the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill ; with observations and tabular statements, intended to show the comparative merits of the two measures." Adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clock. ELECTION COMMITTEE. The General Committee of Elections havQ appointed Monday the 13th day of July next for nornioating„ from Panel No. 3, the Select Committee to try the merits-of the Ludlow Election Petition. TEMPLE CHURC understand this Church is closed to enable the solicitors of the Inner and Middle Temple to effect some extensive alterations therein. Mr. Charles Kean has brought bothe from America a confession of the murder of Lord Norbur.'rriad by two Irish labourers, who absconded from Ireland sbOri . after the murder, and were employed in the United Stders.—..:Lime rich Chronicle. I 1