The Sun. — London, England, 1840-07-17 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. AMERICAN NEWS. Further extracts from the New York Papers to the 2d inst., brought by the Great Western : THEATRICAL MOVEMENTS.—Most of the Southern Thea tres are now shut up fer the summer season, and their actors and managers are wending their way North and West, either for the purpose of making fresh arrangements for next year, or to obtain temporary employment. The St. Charles Theatre at New Orleans is closed for ever, and at the last accounts only the French Theatre remained open in that city. Abbott's Theatre at Charles ton is closed, and the Savannah company have, by this timedtreught their season to an end. Norfolk and Peters burgif., nothing doing. At Philadelphia, Fanny Ellsler, and the Park corps of figurantes, have been doing a great business. From that city the fair danseuse proceeds to Baltimore, and from thence to Wakhington. The closing of the 'jerk has thrown a large quantity of musical and dramatic talent out of employment. Of the the latter description manyeaf the Park company have gone down East, intending to extend their tour to Nova Scotia and Lower Canada. Giubelei, Miss Poole, and Chap man, with the Park orchestra, have made an engagement *ith the proprietor of the Tivoli Gardens. Mr. and Mrs. Martyn, and Mr. Manvers, are expected to visit Saratoga, and some of the principal places in Upper Canada. Se guin and his wife, with Hornoastle, are in New England. J. M. Field has been playing at Boston. Harry Wallack, his lady, and Lambert, formerly of the National, are at Baltimore, as also Signor de Begnis, Signora Vellani, and Timms, the pianist. Madame Trust, and the Diavolo fa mily are Buffalo. Mr. and Miss Vandenhcff are playing at St. John's, New Brunswick, and in the same company we notice the names of Fredericks and Anderson, late of the Park. The Rainer family are at Montreal. Here, in New York, there will be very little employ ment for stock actors or singers, until the month of Sep tember. Then the Park management will be re-organized, and the National on the eve of opening. In the meantime nothing will go down but concerts in the several Gardens, and light vaudevilles that can be got up with seven or eight performers. The others will have to practice economy, (mil wait for better times. MURDER.-_A most atrocious murder was perpetrated on the Allegheny Mountain, on the morning of the 18th inst. The victim was Edward Dixon. From what we under stand, the murderer must have taken a position about twenty yards from the door of Dixon's house, and having whistled in a way to excite his (Dixon's) attention, and he gipping out into the yard to ascertain the cause, was shot through the chest and died. immediately.—Romney (Va) Intelligencer. ATROCIOUS MURDER —We learn from the Nashville Whig that William Coltart, a young gentleman, residing at Franklin Tennessee, was murdered in open day, on the Shelbyville and Winchester road, on the 12th inst., by a desperado by the name of Zebulon Payne of Bedford county. Coltart haviug stopped at Shelby, over night, on his way to Winchester, was joined by Payne on Fri day morning, with the deliberate purpose of murdering him for his money, which purpose be accomplished by cut ting Coltart's throat, from ear to car, on the highway, ten or twelve miles beyond Shelbyville. The cry of murder being heard by a neighbouring farmer, Payne was dis covered in the bloody act, and before securing the whole of his plunder ; and although immediately pursued he made good his escape, and is now supposed to be lurking in that neighbourhood. OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT.—Last night, about twelve o'clock, an assault of a most outrageous character was made by a man named Hugh M'Alamar, upon the person of Dr. Josias T. Whitaker, which, there is but little doubt, will prove fatal. The scene of this atrocious affair was in Painters'- court, near the intersection of Pitt and Potter streets, Old Town. •If appears there had been a quarrel between the parties the night previous, and M'Alamar threatened to take the life of the Doctor. They unfortunately came in contact last night, as before stated, when M'Alamar immediately drew a large spring knife, and plunged it several times (eight in number, we believe) in the abdomen of Whitaker. Several physicians were immediately called to his aid, but which, we understand, is likely to prove of no avail. As soon as this fiendish act was accomplished, the perpetrator deliberately washed the knife and himself also. He was soon after arrested by Lieut. Spence, of the Middle District Watch, and imme diately conveyed to the watch-house : —Baltinsore Patriot. FROM HAVANNAIL—Captain Pendleton, who has arrived at Boston, in the brig Cocheco, states that the seven pirates condemned at Havannah were to be shot on a st , :iging off the Moro, on the lsth. PENN- YAN, YATES CO., JUNE 23, 1840.—TERRIBLE t'CONFLAGRATION.—Tho whole business part of our village was desolated by fire last night. It broke out about 11 o'clock, in Alva Clark's hardware store, and is supposed to have caught where a forge was used for soldering. The fire spread with frightful rapidity, both north and south, sweeping everything in its course. . . By . the greatest exertions of cur citizens, the American hotel wai saved. The Farmer's Bank was burned, but cverythilk valuable in the building was saved. The loss, including buildings, is estimated at $BO,OOO. Penn• Yan is a thriving village, situate near the outlet of Crooked Lake, 185 miles from Albany. It is very ad vantageously situated for trade, and has a water communi cation with the Erie Canal. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. ( FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.) (From the Globe.) Mr. Kelly's Bill for the substitution of secondary punishment in all cases (except murder and treason) to which the penalty of capitdl punishment is still affixed by the law, last night passed into Committee, after an ineffectual attempt on the part of the Attor ney-General to induce the Honourable and Learned Gentleman to postpone the Bill till next Session. This refusal we regret ; not because we are hostile to the objects, with certain and very few exceptions, which the Bill is designed to secure ; but because we fear that those objects will be defeated by the apprehensions which many Members will entertain, that the rapid manner in which the clauses of the Bill have been passed through Committee has prevented careful exa mination of its probable effects ; and thus cause the Bill to be thrown out at some future stage of its progress. The Bill itself, as it passed into Committee, illustrates our meacing, and confirms our fears. The haste with which it is urged through Parliament at this advanced period of the session, and in the exhausted and impa tient state of feeling in which the few Members who re main in town are found, after the close attention to their parliamentary duties which the public business of the country has exacted—excites, we confess,our serious apprehensions lest the Bill, it it pass into a law, should be found crude and incomplete, unw orthiot its author, dis creditable to the Legislature, and injurious rather than beneficial to society. (From the Courier.) The Punch and Judy affair of O'Connell and Mel bourne takes up somewhat more of public attention than its merits would require. We, as observers, are obliged to notice their movements, and this is a task from the performance of which we should feel most grateful to any person who would be at the trouble of releasing us. The gentleman to whom we allude has hel:. one of those meetings in Dublin which under a properly regu lated Government could not possibly be convened for the treasonable purpose of disuniting the kingdom. Need we say, that at any former period—under any other than a bed-chamber Ministry—such an intention would have b een visited with a high penalty ? It is the fashion of this day, under the mild and philosophical dominion of the Whigs, to bestow mercy upon the foul crimi nal and to visit the committer of a simple misdemeanor with all the horrors that a Whig-conducted gaol can allow ; but cf all those state prisoners, whom her Majesty's Ministers hold in custody, is there one half or quarter so guilty as the person to whom we allude? This gentleman, Mr. O'Connell, continually raises the cry of a repeal of the Union, of that which alone preserves his country in a rank in the scale of ci vilised nations. Were this to rest solely with Mr. O'Connell and his stupid followers we should not care, but unfortunately a vast mass of the Irish population —unreflecting as the bulk of them are—do take him to be a sort of Sir William Courtenay. (From the Standard.) At the repeal meeting held in the Roman Catholic chapel of Rathmines, on Tuesday, Mr. O'Connell had the astonishing candour to confess, that the vexatious obstructions thrown in the way of Lord Stanley's Bill were no other than we have repeatedly described them : " One of the letters read this day had alluded," he said, "to the victory obtained over Lord Stanley." It was NO VICTORY ; it was merely a suspension of hostilities; it was no triumpi ; it only showed that they had done their duty in retarding it when they could not defeat it. But it was Far from being a victory; they had merely rendered it im possible that his Bill could be carried into a law this Session. It was by killing time, by the clock alone, that Lord Stanley was defeated!" So far, therefore, the keeper of the consciences of her Majesty's Ministers is at variance with the Eng lish familiars, who do their bidding. The Chronicle insists that Lord Stanley's withdrawal of his Bill is a signal defeat. The Globe follows on the same side. But, to ! the master of their masters says it is no such thing, and for once in his life speaks the truth. Of what new calamity such a prodigy is the forerun ner it is difficult to conceive. He says correctly enolgh that their boasted Whig triumph is no vic tory, and that he and his proteges have but " re tarded that which they could not defeat." He com pares the Imperial Parliament to a set of street pick pockets, and adds that brad the Bill been really defeated the Irish people would have owed no more thanks to Parliament than would be due to a gang of swindlers for respiting an attack upon their pockets ! As for emancipation, it had been useful to the rich, but had done nothing for the poor ! He had, he said, been charged by the Orange press with having ulterior ob jects ;he admitted that he had ! He had the restora tion of the Irish Parliament in view. UNOSTENTATIOUS GENEROSITY.—Monroe Edwards, Esq., of the parish of lberville Louisiana, has manumitted 160 slaves. He is now in th is city, and has just had the deed of manumission prepared at Wright and Walker's office, from whom we derived the information.—Cincinnati Ga zette. Saturday morning a married female, named Eliza Miller, 40 years of age, who resided with her husband at No. 21, Great Arthur-street, Old-street, St. Luke's, having suddenly been seized with a pain in her stomach, proceeded to the shop of Messrs. Winder and Co., chemists and druggists, No. 154, Whitecross-street, St. Luke's, and asked for four pennyworth of the tincture of rhubarb, which the shopman, as he imagined, served her with, and she immediately swallowed it in the shop. She had no warier done so than to his amaze ment and horror he discovered that he had made a mistake, and had given her poison (laudanum) in quantity more than sufficient to deprive two persons of their existence. He in stantly administered antidotes, which, however, proved in effectual, the poisonous draught she had swallowed being too powerful to be removed by such means, and she was removed with all possible despatch to St. Bartho lomew's Hospital, when the stomach-pump and other re medies were promptly applied by the house-surgeon, and his assistants with some success, and the beadles, by the orders of the medical gentlemen, were directed to walk the poor woman about the square of the institution, in order to pre vent her going to sleep, which, however was prevented only with incessant labour from eleven o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the evening, a period of seven hours, at the expiration of which a change of a favourable nature began to manifest itself, and after admininistering restoratives to the unfortunate creature she was conveyed to bed, as may be sup posed, in an extreme state of exhaustion, and notwith standing the greatest portion of .he poison had been eradicated, the effects of it had so reduced her system that it was not ex pected she would survive. Beiag, however, a woman possessed of a strong constitution, together with the unremitting medical care and attention she experienced at this excellent institution, although extremely low and weak, on inquiry last evening at the hospital, she was understood to be in a fair way of recovery. COWES. -GERMAN EMIGRANTS IN WEST Cowes.—On Sunday last a novel hut truly interesting scene was witnessed at the Independent Chapel in West Cowes, of which the Rev. Thomas Mann is the pastor. About three weeks back a essel called the Dorothea, bound from Bremen to Baltimore, with 120 Germans on board, principally of the poorest classes, put into Cowes to remedy some slight damage previous to proceeding further on her voyage. The first repairs were no soaner made than still greater ones wee discovered to be necessary—an untoward circum stance for the poor emigrants, who little foresaw the calamity that awaited them. Instead of being, by this time, half way en their voyage to America, they are to be seen wandering up and down the streets of Cowes, exhibiting a degree of patience and good conduct, under circumstances of a very trying nature, that is highly creditable to the character of the country to which they belong. In this their forlorn condition the Rev. Thomas Mann, with a spirit of true Christian sympathy, offered to these poor foreigners, on Sunday last, the consolations of religion, assembling the whole mass of adults, to the number of 105, in his chapel, on Sun Hill, where, after reading to them in their own tongue the Ritual of the Lutheran Church, the Reverend Gentleman delivered an interesting and appropriate sermon in the German language, which did not fail to excite in his humble but grateful hearers an intense feeling. We are happy to learn that some few donations were placed at the disposal of Mr. Mann for the use of his newly-adopted congre gation, which was applied with that gentleman's accustomed alacrity, as well as a number of German Bibles and Testaments. —llanipshire Independent SINGULAR ATTEMPT OF A BOY TO COM MIT SUICIDE.—On Friday night a woman named Coglan, residing in White's-alley, Chancery-lane, discovered her son, a boy, named William Co g l an , a b ou t e l even years o f age, lying on the floor, covered with b'ood. She gave an ahrm, which caused the lodgers to hasten to her assistance. Some one went for a medical gentleman, who found a very deep gash had been inflicted in the boy's throat, which he sewed up. The boy then, by his advice, was taken to the King's College Hospital, Portu gal-street, Lincoln's Inn, where he was promptly attended by Mr. Lee, who also discovered two other wounds upon the breast. A table knife, smeared with blood, was afterwards found upon the floor at some distance from where the boy was lying. It was subsequently ascertained from the boy's sister that they had both agreed to make away with themselves, anit that they had - sharpened a table-knife on a pan for that purpose. The boy states that his sister first proposed that they should do so. She observed to him that their mother had threatened to beat them both when she came home, and to avoid this she said, that if he would cut his throat the would cut her's afterwards. He then whetted the knite upon the pan, and first tried it upon his chest ; but, finding that it would not enter, he inflicted the wound upon his throat. His sister was about to follow his ex ample, when an infant brother, who is two years old, and who was in bed, awoke, and who, upon seeing the blood, screamed out. She then let the knife fall. The boy Coglan bears a very bad character, and is in the habit of leaving home for days together and associating with other bad boys. He was on this occasion, locked up by his mother for som e misconduct. The last account of him at e hospital was that the wound was not dangerous. CHURCH EXTENSION.— MR. VILLIERS STeAay.—This gentleman has addressed a letter of consider able length to the Waterford Clironiele, in reply to some strictures in that journal upon the observations delivered by him upon the recent motion of Sir Robert Inglis upon the ques tion of Church Extension. The explanation of Mr. Stuart is, in substance, that in his of anion the question demanded the most serious consideration ; that he had announced his de termination to vote for the motion if no reply were given to the , pe ec h o f Si r Robert Inglis, an d hi s readiness to resign if _ t t ta e t d eourse was displ eas i ng to hi s cons tituents —that thereupon S INGUL AR CASE OF SCALDING TO DEATH. he ought to and Lord John Russell satisfied him, that,,that oppose t he motion, "by informing the House —Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, from the measure now before it, arid the adoption of one which at St. Thomas's Hospital, en the body of Richard Sadler, aged I he contemplates submittin g t° i ts consideration next Session , two years and a half, whose death w as c a used b y bein g scalded very considerable funds may be rendered available to the exten. in the following unusual manner:—lt appeared from the evi- sion of religion, without the imposition of any fresh burden deuce of the deceased's mother that on Monda y last she w a s u p o n the people." Mr. Stuart add s —" 1 rose upon his Lord washing in the yard of her house, No. 34, White's-grounds, ship resuming his seat, for the purpose of stating that I should Bermondsey, and deceased was playing about the yard. He support his opposition to the motion, en the groun d of the os had gathered together a number of clothes-line pins, and was s ibility o f bringing into i m nt e o , epi,i,ihteapnz f t o h e is h ay . ailah b l e c e fu n ti d ie ; e b a u u t se ' th o e; running, by his mother's orders, to place them in the clothes- House, angry not to submit the basket, when he stumbled and fell right into a fish-kettle full o f thi s d e b a t e b e i ng prolonged, insisted, having been with . more than boiling water, overturning the kettle as he struggled inside of usual s t r ict ne ss, on my observance of the rule spea king t o it. He was instantly removed to the above hospital, in which, twice during a debate. I was obliged, according to the evidence of Mr. Teale, house-surgeon, he ; its w ill, an d to give my vote without an y explanation." died died on Tuesday from the effects of the scalds. Verdict—" Ac. [Having in the first instance called g p u u e b s l t i i c on a , tt a e n n e t t io to n to eon cidental death. ' duct of Mr. Villiers Stuart on this vote on A requisition has been presented to the Sheriff , a part for a county meeting of what he has said in his defence. We always rejoice to to address the Queen on her escape fromsee fie recent attack. The Sheriff has fixed next for the Friday Members called to account for their votes, and obliged to • give purpose. We await the arrival of that day l.ttle.m- reasons for their conduct.—En. Suar.] with some patience, because we are certainly THE WEATHER.—We have p l easure in • curious to ascertain the sea-stating son why no requisition for this purpo se has emanated frsm the that a decided change has taken place in the weather since parties who usually take tke lead on suchw ho Monday. Yesterday was fine, and much good was effected i will doubtless attend for the Par of occasions, but E j ustifying the course the country in saving Hay, Turf, &c. This day is even m ore they have pursued in the present in stance.— • • • Cambridge g n i al, and there appears every prospect of continued favourable Advertiser. I weather for agricultural pirrposes.— Cerk Southern Reporter. RED RIVER RAFT.—The Government Authorities have taken in l*nd the business of again opening the Raft on the Red River. The steam boat Compte, with forty hands, commenced operations on the 6th inst. It was supposed that she could clear a passage in thirty days. listascHoLv.—A letter has been received in Philadel phia, stating that the Hon. Samuel NV Kean, late United States Senator for Pennsylvania, attempted suicide in a fit of insanity on Tuesday last, at his residence in M'Kean County, by cutting his throat with a razor. Alt h ough Gen. ill'Kean was alive when the letter giving the information was written, yet, it is added, there was not the slightest prospect of his surviving many hours. DAMAGES.—A case of crim. con. was tried recently at New Orleans, in which the damages were laid at 11'10,000. The jury gave a verdict for se cents. POPULATION OF HARRISBURG. —The population of Har risburg at the present time is 5,967, of which 5,272 are whites, and 695 coloured. In 1830 the population was 4.312, composed of 3,828 whites, and 484 coloured. IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 16 . The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. Lord KENT ON presented petitions from Notting ham and other places against the grant to the College of Maynooth. The Kiri of HADDINGTON presented petitions from several places in Scotland in favour of Lord Aber deen's Scotch Benefices Bill, which he regretted had been withdrawn. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition from Bristol, against the Grammar Schools Bill. The Earl of ABERDEEN gave notice that he would to-morrow present a petition from certain holders of Spanish Bonds, and on that occasion he would make some observations on the subject. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Liverpool against those clauses in the Beer-la.,vs Amendment B►ll which place beer-shops o❑ the same footing with public-houses in respect to hours. The licensed victuallers, he considered, were very much ill used—(Cries of " Hear, hear") —by the perpetual meddling with their business, by Members of either House of Parliament introducing Bills to regulate the trade. They were under the control of the magistracy of the country, and it was a difficult thing for a man of bad character to obtain a licence.— (Hear, hear.) But the beer-shopkeeper was under no such control, and no matter how bad a man's character might be he could obtain a - beer licence.—(Hear, hear.) The effect of the Bill now before the House, would be to compel the publicans, in self-de fence, to imitate the example of the beer-sellers, and allow their houses to be places of resort for the worst of characters—(Hear )—so that there would be "a race of rivalry between the two, to see which could the fastest demoralize the people.—( Hear, hear.) The Earl of WICKLOW gave notice that he would, to-morrow, move for copies of the instructions sent out to Sir George Arthur, upon his appointment as Go vernor of Canada. Lord LYNDHURST presented petitions from St. Mary's, and other parishes in the City of Dublin, against the grant to the College of Maynooth, and against the Irish Municipal Bill. Lord WHARNCLIFFE postponed till to-morrow the second reading of the Beer Laws Amendment Act. DUTCH MAIL. AMSTERDAM, JULY 14.—We learn from Paris that M. Rochussen has signed the treaty of commerce. We wait for the confirmation of this news. A letter from Frankfort of July 11, says, " A report of an expected general act of clemency of the King of Prussia, a report which people so willingly believe, has been for ume days past circulated here in such a man ner that its authenticity can scarcely be doubted. Per sons who are in general well-informed consider it as cer tain that the solemnity of doing homage to the King of Prussia will be distinguished by the publication of a ge neral amnesty. Such a noble act would excite universal gratitude. Baron Solomon Rot.hschild, who arrived here some weeks ago from Vienna, will go to-morrow to Carlsruhe, in order to make an arrangement respecting the loan which the Government of Hesse Darmstadt proposes to contract. The so-often repeated reports of an Austrian loan miy be most positively contradicted ; no such plan has existed, and all that has been said on the subject is pure fiction. ELBERFELD; JULY 12.—W e learn from good autho rity that the Russian Crown Prirce, travelling under the title of Count cf Beraflinsky, is going by way of Cologne, Elbnrfeld, Brelefeld, litnover, and Hamburgh, to Kiel, where he will embark for St. Peterstturgh. He is to pass through this town on the 15th ; 40 horses are ordered to be kept in readiness for him.—Dutch Papers, Nluly 13. BRUNSWICK, JUNE 30.—Many false reports. have lately been circulated here respecting the health of Duke William, some even declaring him to be dead. Some light may, perhaps, be thrown on the origin of these false reports by the placards which were found this morning posted up in several quarters of the city. They referred to Duke Charles of Brunswick, whom they highly ex tolle...t, aril seemed to be written by a skilful hand. the author is not known ; but as an opinion similar to that expressed by him on the placards has of late been frequently met with among the lower _classes, these - plaoards cannot well be looked upon as the unlawful act of some idler.—lllOgdebut Gazette. liamanaou, JULY 1 l.—Th . naignin g Duke of Bruns wick arrived at this capital on Itv 7th of this month, on his return from his tour in Italy. On the 4th of July a steamer arrived at Mayenec for the first time direct from London. —Hamburg Byr um Halle. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JULY 14, Bloner. Rill,. Actual Pea, 7.3 i per Cent. S3X 54 Dittn, ditto 5 per cent. Am., tS. rulic.44 per cent...... ..... " 9'4 SPN Ditto. ditto, 3!4 per cent. ........... Commercial Company, 4t per cent. ISO% 18D4 Mt,/ (V 35 and 1837) 5 per cent. ..... Loan 1837, 5 per cant................ ....... bitch ang e on London, One month l2 0214 Two raon Ills —Dutch Papers, Jaly 15. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, JULY 11. Bills. Money. St. Sclild. Sch., 4 1 v per cent 10 4 14 10314 Prul-siLln English Loan, 18;30, 4 per cent MG% t( 1 3 1 ,i kx,l.Ange oc London, three months 6 18% —Prussian State Gazette, July Pt THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1840. SCOTCH JUDGES. Lord LYNDHURST said he rose to put a ques tion to the Noble Marquis (Lansdowne) respecting the Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland. On several occasions the salaries and retiring allow ances of the Judges of England and Scotland had been increased, but on a late occasion the name of Judge Cranstown had been omitted. The Noble and Learned Lord then passed a high and elo quent eulogium on the Learned Judge, in which their Lordships appeared fully to concur, and concluded by expressing the hope that the omission had not arisen from any desire to deteriorate the character of that Learned Judge, or to undervalue his services. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE entirely concurred in thehigh eulogium just passed by the Noble and Learned Lord on Judge Cranstown, and emphatically denied that there had been any intention of the kind adverted to. The Bill to which his Noble and Learned Friend al- - luded had passed with a clause which was introduced for the purpose of new modelling the salaries, and'un der that Bill an increased salary would have been given to Mr. Cranstoun, and nothing but the omission of that clause prevented that being done. Fortunately her Majesty's Government had the satisfaction of knowing that he retired in circumstances of independence, and that he was followed into that retirement by the re spect and admiration of all who knew him.—(Hear, hear.) Perhaps he might be permitted to show that that feeling pervaded her Majesty's Government by reading a paragraph of a letter addressed to Mr. Cranstoun by Lord John Russell, who was then at the head - of the department in immediate connexion with the adminis tration of justice in Scotland :—" In making this com munication I cannot refrain from expressing my very serious regret that the services of so high a character should have been prematurely lost to the people of Scotland ; and that the Bench and the country should have been so suddenly and painfully deprived of the assistance of one so well calculated in every way to elevate its character, and give confidence to its deci sions."—( Hear.) Lord BROUGHAM said, no one who had assisted in the administration of justice either at the bur or the bench, could allow that opportunity in point of strict justice, and in the discharge of a strict public duty, to pass by without joining his testimony to that already borne, to the genius, the le trning, and the integrity of that eminent man.—( Hear, hear.) That they should see the space he had left vacant filled, however, he rather hoped than expected. One thing he would take leave to add to what his Noble Friend had stated with respect to the project once in contemplation, which would have added Lord Core. house to the Members of that House, that it was not one Ministry but successive Governments, who having entertained that plan, by the com mon consent of all parties fixed their view upon Lord Corehouse. But for the objection of a general nature which caused its abandonment, that accomplished Law yer and Venerable Judge would have become an orna ment of the assembly which he had now the honour of addressing. Lord DENMAN felt bound also to bear his testi mony to the high judicial character of Mr. Cranstoun. He hoped, at some future period, the other House of Parliament would feel that a debt of gratitude re mained to be paid to Mr. Cranstoun. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved for the return of minutes of proceedings before the Privy Council on the , subject of education, which he said would be satisfactory to all who took an interest in the important subject of education. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY expressed satisfaction at what had fallen from the Noble Mar quess, and was gratified that all the differences that had existed on the subject between the authorities of the Church of England and the Committee of the Privy Council, with respect to the appointment of inspectors of schools had been arranged. THE REGENCY. The Lord CHANCELLOR then rose and said, My Lords, I trust your Lordships will be of opinion that the importance of the subject to which I am about to call your Lordships' attention justifies me in depart ing from that which is the custom of this House not to make a statement on any Bill until it comes to the second reading. But, my Lards, I am anxious that your Lordships should be put in possession of the general provisions of this Bill before it is placed in your Lordships' hands. Your Lordships will re collect that immediately before the accession of her Majesty to the Throne it was thought necessary to make a provision for the only contingency which might at that time occur, and which appeared to be a possible event—of the Crown descend ing to an illustrious individual who, from his impor tant position as the Sovereign of another country, _might not be in these dominions at the time of his ac cession to the sovereignty. For that contingency your Lordships and the other House of Parlia ment thought it proper to make a provision for the Government of the country until the Sovereign himself should arrive to fulfil the duties and prerogatiies which so devolved upon him. That is not the only contingency, my Lords, which is now to be guarded against. An event may occur Alich for a long series of years may leave the cone try in this state that the heir to the Throne may be an infant of tender years, and incapable of dis charging the duties and of exercising the rights and pre rogatives ofa Sovereign. That is a contingency which your Lordships do not contemplate—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear")—and if the prayers of a nation be heard, it will not occur.—(Much cheering.) The nation hopes, my Lords, that the life of her Majesty may be prolonged, far beyond the term when the presumptive h e i r ma y arrive at a majority.—(Cheers.) But it is necessary for your Lordships, with all trust in Providence, to . guard against the p oss ibili ty o f t h at event which might happen at any term within a long series of affairs, during whi c h t h e h e i r to t h e T hrone would be in a state of infancy. Your Lordships have therefore to consider whether it is not ex pedient to guard against this possibility, and to provide the means by which, in such an event, the Royal functions should be exercised. If that should be your Lordships' opinion of the duty of Parliament, and your Lordships should think it expedient now to make the provision, the question then will be—First, To whom the important right of exercising the royal powers, during the infancy of the Sovereign, shall be confided, and whether theta shall be any provision made as to the mode in which that individual shall exercise those functions. It is a relief to me in submitting a measure for this pur pose to your Lordships'consideratien, to find that under circumstances very similar the opinion of Parliament was declared in an Act passed in the year 1830. I say it is a great satisfaction to me, because that Act passed under circumstances which entitled it pre-eminently to the consideration of this House, and not only re ceived the sanction of both Houses, and became the law of the land, but was introduced by a Noble and Learned Friend, a member of the then Administration. It made but little progress before that Administration changed, but it contained provisions so much ap proved of by Parliament, that it was taken up by the Government which followed, and became law by the unanimous approbation of all parties in Parlia ment. I said it was a great satisfaction to me to find that precedent, because it enables me to recall to your Lord ships' recollection the provisions introduced i n t o t h at measur e on the two subjects I have referred to, and therefore supersedes in a great measure the nece ssi ty o f travelling back to .an earlier period of our hist or y, and to the discussion s of former Parliaments. The Act of 1830 w as p assed on the accession of his late Majesty, her present Majestybeing then . of tender years : of years that it would have been lm possible. for her, if the crown had descended to her, for her p ersona lly to have administered its duties. The provisio ns o f that Act Were , that in that event the illustrious Mother of her Majesty should have the guar- dianship of the person of the Queen, and exercise the duties of, and act as Regent for, her Majesty, i until she should attain the age of 18 years, under certain restrictions. This Act contemplated the Crown descending on a minor, and making provi sions for tile Government. That to which I now call your Lordships' attention, also provides for the possible event of the Crown's descending to a minor ; and in that possible event there is a possibility, at least, of the infant's surviving its parent. My Lords, that surviving parent, so identified with the inte rests of the infant Sovereign, is the person to whom you would naturally look as the proper person to have the care and guardianship of the infant, and to have the administration of the duties of office. It was so considered in 1830, and I trust your Lordships will entertain the same opinion now.—( Hear, hear.) An other question remains, whether the Regent so ap pointed should be fettered by any Parliamenty re strictions, or whether the Regent should be permitted to exercise all the power, all the duties, and all the functions of the Sovereign? My Lords, a case may, undoubtedly, occur, in which Parliament may think it necessary, for some temporary abs nee, or some temporary illness of the Sovereign, to provide the means of exercising the Royal authority, and yet the great ob ject may be to preserve the royal authority unimpaired to the Sovpreign when he may return. Such was the object of the Bill to which I have before adveited, and which passed in the first year of her Majesty's reign. That Bill did not appoint a Regent —it appointed Lords Justices, and the object of the Bill was to do as little as m ight be, but to preserve things in that state that the Sovereign on coming into this country to assume the reins of Government might find public affairs in the same state, as , b as p n r e e a c r e l e y ding Sovereign. But, my as pos s ibl e , as tlry had been left Lords when your Lordships are ma ki ng prov i s i on , t h e object of which must be to provide for the govern ment of the country for a long series of years, your Lordships will be of opinion that it is not prudent, that it is n A safe, and that it is not consistent with the principles of the Constitution that the sovereign power should be lettered in the hands of the Regent. —( Hear, hear, hear, from Lord Lyndhurst and otl.er Noble Lords.) The power and preroga tives of the Crown are given to the Crown to preserve the balance of the different parts of the Con stitution of the country ; they are given to the Crown in order to preserve the power of the Crown in that state in which it is most beneficial to the public it should be preserved. They are not, therefore, give to the Crown for any other purpose than being exercised, and as occasion may re quire, of adding to or strengthening the power of the Crown, or dealing with the affairs of the State, in such manner as it is the duty of the Crown, according to the Constitution, to exercise or deal with them. They are not larger than the Constitution of the country thought neces sary ; and if they be necessary so to be exercised in the person of the Sovereign sitting on the throne, in his own right, and in the plenitnde of the power a Sove reign exercises how much more necessary ;must they be when the powers of the Sovereign are exercised not by one in his own right, but by a person with the diminished powers and authority of a Regent.—(Hear.) Any provisions fettering and restraining the power which the Regent would have to exercise, is what I do not expect your Lordships would be disposed to im pose. There were, however, my Lords, certain restric tions which cannot interfere with the due exercise of the Royal functions, and which yopr Lordships will agree with me in thinking might properly become pro visions of the Bill. My Lords, I now refer to those provisions which were inserted in the Bill of 1830 ; in my opinion they are so proper, so little liable to ob jection, that I have introduced them into the present Bill. My Lords, it is obvious that the Regent upon, for, and in behalf of the Sovereign, who is of tender years, should not have power to assent to any Bill which alters, or in any way fetters the succession to the Throne. My Lords, there are two other provisions which your Lordships, I have no doubt, will be of opinion ought to be inserted in the Bill—two other powers Which ought not to be confided to the Regent. I have no doubt your Lordships wiil bo of opinion that during the period when the Regent shall be acting under the provisions of this Bill, and while the Sovereign is yet under age, he should have no power of assenting to any Bill which would alter the laws which regulate the uniformity of the worship in the Church of England—(Hear, hear) — and that he should not have power to assent to any law altering the public worship of the Church orScotland These, my Lords, are powers which in my.opinion ought not to be given —these powers ought not to be entrusted to the Regent, so that when the Sovereign assumes the reigns of his Government he may find those important rights reserved to him.—( Hear, hear.) My Lords, with these restrictions, with these exceptions, I trust your Lordships will not think that the Regent ought to be called upon to exercise all the authority. and power of the Crown with fettered powers.—( Hear, hear, hear.) My Lords, in making provision for such an event, others objections may arise, but in the year 1830 they did not prevail, and if it should please Provi 7 dence so to afflict the country as to terminate the life of the Sovereign, before the period when an heir could assume the reins of Government—if that event should happen without your Lordships having made provision for the Government under such circum- stances, the country would be in a state which could not afford your Lordships satisfaction. Because then, my Lords, we should be called upon to discuss this question, when the country was not in a position to do so with calmness and temper, and when there would be no party in the State invested with the power to exer cise the royal authority ; whereas, now, we are called upon to provide for the probability of that event when all the parts of the Constitution arc perfect, and to make provision for a contingency which, however remote we may hope it to be, yet it is one that by possibility may happen, and which I think it is the duty of Parliament to provide for. My Lords, I have briefly stated what the objects and provisions of the Bill are ; and it would be a matter of great satisfaction to me that a measure so interest.. ing to all parties, and which adopts the provisions and restrictions of the Bill of 1830, should meet with the unanimous approbation of your Lordships.—( Hear.) The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday n ext. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR having moved the third reading of this Bill, Lord DENMAN took the opportunity of expressing his approbation of the principl es of the Bill. He ap proved particularly of the 44th clause, which gave the Lord Chancellor the power of altering the who!e prac- tice of his Court. The Marquis of WESTMEATH wished that the clause in question were extended to Ireland. Lord BROUGHAM said that there was no reason why a similar enactment should not be introduced with regard to the Court of Chancery in Ireland. The Bill did not, however, contain a provision to that effect, es the measure was one which, in its complete form, could regard England only. The Marquis of WESTMEATH hoped that next Session the Government would bring in a Bill relative to the Court of Chancery in Ireland. The Bill wa then read a third time, and passed. BEER BILL. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented peti tions frora the retailers of beer of Bath, Birmingham, and Portsmouth, praying for an erinaization of the law relating to the sale of beer. The Noble Marquis ob served, that as this subject had been, on the whole, satisfactorily adjusted by the Bill in the other House of Parliament, he should not offer any opposition to the measure when it reached their Lordships, and he trusted it would pass into a law. WEAVER CHURCHES. The NOBLE MARQUIS then presented a petition against the Weaver Churches Bill, and observed that a more unjust measure had~ never been presented to their Lordships. Lord STANLEY, of Alderley, presented petitions against the 13111 from Weaver and other places in Ches ter. The proposition laid down on the introduction of the measure into the other House was of the most that that should be done , bu t it was startling d escr i pt i on, for it. was said wherever a popula tion wa s d rawn together, those w h o h a d b een th e means of drawin g t h at population toget h e r ought to provid e churche s f or t h em. It might b e excee di n gly ri g ht, me rally speaking , contrary to a ll pr i nc i p l e to ma k e it the law of the land. It might j ust as well be said that if a man ufacturer or a railway c ompany drew a thousand men round their pre mises they ought to be compelled by law to build churches for them. He hoped their Lordships would well reflect upthe subject before they agreed to the on Bill. whoT hdereßw:slil ,irgPoef SALIS BURY contended that those masses together laid themse lves under the obli gat i on of providing sp i r i tua l instruction for them. The object of the Bill was highly meritor:ous, and it en abled parties to fulfil a great moral obligation. GRAMMAR SCHOOLS BILL. The E „.1 of DEVON moved the second reading of thi s Bill, and stated that after it was read a secon d time, he intended to move that it be referred to a Select Committee, in order that informa tion might be obtained as to several po:nts, which was absolutely necessary before the measure could be made perfect. Tile Bishop of SALISBURY did not intend to offer anY oPposition to the second reading, but expressed his gratificatio n th at such a B ill h a d been sent up from th e other House, as i t wou ld t en d to remedy many existing evils. Committ ee was one that met w ith hi s cor di a l con- ThQ propo s iti on f or referring the Bill to a Select con currence. Lord PORTMAN also approved of the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that no one could be better aware of the absuse and evils that ex isted in gramm ar schools than those who have had long experience in the Court of Chancery. Many of the schools were fettered by old trusts which rendered them. of no -use-at all, and nothing hut an Act of Parliament_ could remedy that evil._ The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be referred to a Select Committee. JUVENILE OFFENDERS. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the Bill to provide for the proper care and education of infants convicted of felony. The plan had been carried into effect to a certain extent by a very excellent Society, which was set on foot with the view of reclaiming those unfortunate children who it was found always came out of prison as bad, if not worse than they vent in, and who, in too many cases, were encouraged in wickedness and crime 1.5 , their parents. There was some difficulty in interfering with the pa rental rights, but the Court of Chancery, exercising the prerogative of the Crown as pater patrice, had the power of interfering in cases where the parental au thority might be exercised to the detriment of the child, and where it was possessed of property. The abject of the present Bill was to extend to the poor child convicted of felony the protection of the Court of Chancery, so that it might be rescued from the hands of the parents that would initiate it in crime. He apprehended that such a measure would be liable to no objection. He claimed no merit to himself for making the proposition as it had been suggested to him by the very excellent Society to which he had already alleded.—(Hear.) The Duke of RICHMOND was not aware of what the provisions of the 811 were, or whether they were sufficiently guarded in the details, but he thought tho measure was one which was calculated to effect great good. One of its advantages would be, that it would enable Magistrates instead of sending children to prison again and again to come out worse than they went in, to apply at once to• the Court of Chancery, and give the child into its custody. He would give his cordial support to the Bill. LordCOLBORNE fully concurred in the advantages which the measure was calculated to confer, and trusted that before the present session terminated it would pass into law. _ The Marquis of NORMAN BY was gratified to find that the Bill had received the general concurrence of their Lordships, and believed it would be productive of great benefit to the unfortunate children, who were thrown in such numbers at an early age into these pri sons, merely to become hackneyed in the ways of vice and crime. —(Hear, hear.) The 8,11 was then read a second•time and ordered to be committed to-morrow. Mr. GOULBURN said he should vote for going into Committee on much the same grounds as the Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets. He had over-esti mated the future value of the property, but he concurred with him that the Bill should go into Committee. The House then divided, and the numbers were— For the motion... For the amendment ll Majority The Shuttleworth Estate Bill was read a third time. The Report of the Committee on the Shrewsbury and Holyhead Road Bill was brought up. NOTICES OF MOTION. Captain PLC HELL gave notice of his intention, in the Committee on the County Constabulary Bill, to move amendments to the 20th clause. Mr. ESTCOURT gave notice that to-morrow he should move for a Committee to revise the Standing Orders of the House. Lord SA NDON gave notice that to-morrow, on the Order of the Day for the House going into Committee of Supply being read, he should call the attention of the House to the state of our commercial relations with Portugal. RATING STOCK IN TRADE. Mr. WILSON PATTEN wished to know whe ther the Rating Stock in Trade Bill would come on to-night. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was anxious to proceed with the Bill as speedily as possible, but he feared there was no chance of its being brought for ward to-night or to-morrow night, but as the House would probably s 4 on Saturday—(Cries of" No, no") it might be brought on on that day. Mr. GOULBURN objected to the Bill being taken on Saturday. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not object to take the Bill on Saturday, as it was of importance that the defect in the law should be remedied as speedily as possible. Mr. GOULBURN hoped the amendment to Pou lett Serope's Act would not be considered until the Bill of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had been dis posed of. CHINA. On the suzgestion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Mr. G. PALMER postponed the question of which he had given notice, relating to the reprisals on Chini, to Tuesday next. ST. SULPICE. Mr. PAKINGTON asked if any ordinance of the Governor-General had been received from Canada re specting the incorporation of the Monastery of St. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 16. Sulpice ? The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the ordinance o'Clock. had been received that day. BISHOP OF CARLISLE'S ESTATE BILL. Mr. PAKINGTON gave notice that on Monday On the motion of Mr. KEMBLE, this Bill was next he should ask a question respecting it. ' read a second time, and on the question that it be corn- PRIVILEGE. mitted, Mr. W. 0. STANLEY, before the Order of the Mr. DUNCOMBE rose to oppose the motion. The Day was read, wished to call the attention of the House Bill materially a ffected the i n t eres t o f hi s constituency, to a breach of privilege contained in the petition of Mr. and it was impossible, therefore, that the House could J. R. Ormsby Gore, M.P., presented on the 7th of July. allow it to pass without understanding the merits Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that although the and details of the measure. He could not understand petition might contain improper allegations, yet he was why it had been kept back so long, and why it was doubtful whether it contained a breach of privilege. to be forced on at the present period of the Session, Perhaps it would be as well if the Hon. Member would when it was impossible there would be time sufficient to at once proceed to state in what the breach of privilege discuss its provisions in Committee. Now what was consisted. the object of the present measure? It was to permit Mr. W. 0. STANLEY would do so.—(The Hon. the sale of the estate belonging to the Prebend' s Stall Gentleman then proceeded to read that part of the pe in St. Paul's Cathedral, the property of the Bi- tition complained of, which tended to impute partiality shop of Carlisle. The value of that Stall. was to himself and various other persons appointed to report 1,4801. a-year, for which the only duty to be o n the Holyhead Rail-road, and to state that their Re performed by that Bishop, was preaching two sermons port could not be considered unprejudiced or impartial. annually. The pres en t Bi s h o p had granted a lease of That was part of the petition presented in the House, that property, of which 274 years were unexpired, to an d it purported to be an extract from another petition, the city of L on d on , an d the Bill was t o enabl e the sale which, however, had not been presented in that House, of the whole property to the city for a sum of 240,0001. but in the House of Lords. The petition was signed 40,000/. of whi c h was t o go to the present Bishop of with the names of the Hon. Member for Shrop- Carlisle, and the remainder was to be paid to the shire, the Hon. Member for Caernarvonshire, Governors of Queen Anne's bounty, but that amount and the Hon. Member for the Carnarvon burghs. He was afterwards to be taken out of their hands and held it to be a breach of privilege to allude, as the peti given to the present Bishop of London, to be tion did allude, to a petition presented in the other House, by him appropriated as he should think proper. Now and he complained, in addition, that no notice had been he (Mr. Duneombe) could not see why such a distrust given him on the subject. should be shown of the Governors of Queen Anne's Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Hon. Member Bounty. The real secret of the Bill was that it was. complained of the petition as reflecting on him per intended to defeat the provision of the Ecclesiastical smelly, and another statement of the Hon. Member was, Duties and Revenues Bill. Such being the case he that the petition alluded to a petition presented in the could see no reason why the Bill should be passed other House. He would admit all that the Hon. Gen through the House during the present Session, and he tleman had stated, but still he did not see bow the should therefore move that the Bill should be committed question involved a breach of privilege. He would that day three months. therefore appeal to the Speaker for his opinion on the Mr. KEMBLE could see no way in which the in- subject. terests of the constituents of the Hon. Member would The SPEAKER said that he certainly could not be affected by the Bill. He certainly appeared to be understand how the matter in any way involved a breach acquainted with the secrets of the Bill, which he of privilege. In the first, the extract taken from a (Mr. Kernble) was not, as the first word petition presented in the House of Lords might be con he heard with re s p ec t t o t h e measure was sidered a part of the petition to which the Hon. yesterday, when he was asked to move the second read. Member referred ; and in the second place, if there were ing of the Bill. He thought that which had been stated a breach of privilege at all, it was a breach of the privi by the Hon. Member shosied the necessity for its being leges of the House of Lords. referred to a Committee. The object of the Bill was Mr. W. 0. STANLEY said that as the petition to enable the Bishop of London and the Archbishop reflected on him personally he had a right to be ap of Canterbury to enter into the sale of the property to prised of its presentation, which had not been the the Corporation of London, and to apply the money case. The Honourable Member cited the cases of to the endowment of churches five miles west Mr. Richard Mansard Philips and Mr. Wyndham in of St. Paul's and five miles east of Westminster, and support of his assertion. As he might have no other according to the provieions of the Bill, the whole amount opportunity of repelling the charges which the peti of any endowment was not to exceed 3001. He trusted, tion contained, he hoped the Hon. Member opposite therefore, that the House would allow a Bill, having (Mr. 0. Gore) might be allowed to bring forward his such laudable objects in view, to proceed.—(Hear.) motion early in the evening. Mr. WAKLEY seconded the amendment. Where, The SPEAKER esaid that the question was no he would ask, was the necessity for hurry in the matter? longer one of privilege, but a question of indulgence. There were twenty-seven and a half years unexpired of Mr. J. R. 0. GORE said that the charges which a lease affecting this property, yet the Bill was brought the petition contained bad been first put forward in at the very end of the Session, when it could not pos- in the House of _Lords where no notice sibly receive that full consideration which one effecting had been taken of the matter. The charges had also such an amount of property ought to do. He was been repeated in several of the public prints and conti as firm a friend of the Church as the Right Hon. nued to be equally unnoticed. He (Mr. O. Gore) had Baronet opposite. He thought it was an institution merely given expression to the opinions of many that was a real blessing to the c o untry. He had of his constituents on the subject. He had not never grudged it the tithes it possessed. He was glad before been able to name a precise day when it did possess such an amount, but here, by the Bill h e might bring the matter before the House. then under discussion, be was called upon to alienate It turned out that every day was equally inconve from it a property which, when the lease expired, would nient to the Hon. Gentleman. The Ilon. Gentleman produce 47,500/. per annum ; and he was called upon concluded by moving that the petition respecting the to legislate upon the Bill in total ignorance of all the Chester and Holyhead Railway be referred to a Select facts of the case. It was net fair, either to the House Committee. or to the public, and there was no reason for Mr. W. O. STANLEY had never heard of the such haste. At all events delay it till next Ses. petition being presented in • another place until the sion, and during the recess Members might have Bth of July, when he had read in the Votes of the an opportunity of making themselves acquainted House extracts from the petition, contained in the peti with all the facts relating to the property. It ap- tion which the Hon. Gentleman presented on the 7th. peered to him to be an unjust proposal, and even He had written to the Hon. Gentleman for a copy of if the Bill went i n to Committee it was impossible that the petition, but the reply sent by the Honourable it could pass during the present session. He would not say Gentleman was that six months had elapsed since it was a job, but it bore so great an aspe c t o f a job that lie he signed the petition, and that he had forgotten would not toeo moment agree to it as then advised. Ii all about it. To a second application he made for it was an open and fair measure why was the sale to be a copy he received an answer that he must get it concluded in the dark— w hy w as all to be done by pri- where he could. So much for the Honourable Gen vate contract ? Why should not the property be put tleman's courtesy. As to the accusation against his up to public auction ? He was aware that 200,000/. father (Lord Stanley), he could state that he was to be paid as the purchase money, but they were ss- had never attended a single meeting or taken crificing an income of 47,000/. for one of only 7,0001. part in any of the proceedings. His brother, the Mem- He trusted the House would not agree to proceed ber for North Cheshire, had never had any communica with the Bill during the present session. tion with any of the parties. With regard to himself, Mr. FRESHFIELD believed that in a few sen- he did not deny that he was interested in the line, tences he could obviate all the objections the Hon. and he thought he should have been wanting in Gentleman had to the Bill. It was true that the pro- his duty to his constituents if he had neglected perty would produce an income of 47„5001. at the end to secure to them the advantages they had so long of twenty-seven-and-a-half years, but that would be only wanted in a communication with Ireland. He provided that some party had such an interest in the utterly denied that the Government had appointed property as to keep it in good repair. He could assure officers whom they knew to be favourable to the House that there was no improvidence in the bar- their views. With respect to the motion gain, nor would the Church suffer any damage for the for a Select Committee the House might deal with it as full present money value of the whole property was to they thought fit. be paid down. Members voting for the amendment , The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did would do so because of the want of information, not think the subject worthy of being considered in a yet they would take the only means to prevent it very serious light. He thought, however, that the from being supplied. There was plenty of time for the Hon. Members opposite ought to state the grounds upon consideration of the case, and he trusted the House which the assertion had been made. Professor Barlow would refer the Biil to a Committee. was selected for the appointment that had been referred Sir R. INGLIS—The lion. Member for Finsbury to because he was in the Irish Railway Commission, stated that he was ignorant of the facts of the case be and it was supposed he would give satisfaction to fore the Howse. Why then should he refuse inquiry the public. With respect to the other two before the proper tribunal, viz., a Committee? He also gentlemen, he had written to Sir H. Vivian, begging said they would rob the Church of 47,000/. a-year, of him to select two officers in no way connected with Now, that was not so. If the present Bishop of Car- the case, as they would be most likely to give an irri lisle should live so long as 27i years he would lose partial opinion. As far as regarded the inquiry of the 47,000/. a-year, but, unless they identified him with House that it was necessary that an inquiry should take the Church, the Church would -remain unaffected by place as to whether the proceedings had been conducted the Bill. There were three parties interested in the fairly or not, be could have no objection to it ; but he property, the Bishop of leondoe, the patron of the stall, thought that which related to the Commissioners ought the Bishop of Carlisle, the holder of it, and the City of to be separated from the Government. London, who were the lessees, but all those parties Mr. 0. GORE then rose to address the House, but consented to, and were promoti ng th e Bill—h o t h ought was reminded by the Speaker that there was no question' then it would be an unprecedented thing for the House under consideration. to stop the progress of a private Bill under such sir Mr. J. R. 0. GORE then moved that the petition cumstances. resposting the Chester and Holyhead Rail wa y p resente d Captain PECHELL was not surpr i se d at the eon. on the 7th of the present mont, should be referred to duct of the Right Hon. Baronet on the present occa- a Select Committee. sion, knowing the course he pursued with regard to the Mr. 0. GORE said, as the Chancellor of the Ex ' Farnham Rectory Bill. It appeared to him that the ehequer h a d a ll u d ed to his signing the petition, he Bill was an i n t er f erence with public prop er ty, an d the begged leave to assure the Right Honourable same arguments might be applied against the present Gentlemane .that he had looked to the signatures Bill as against the Farnham Rectory Bill. Now the to t' :e a ti v tion t with more than usual care. latter Bill had gone through a Committee, and He e:ased p portion ofthe petition which was ori was to be reported to-morrow night, and he asked the ginall p resented as l there was still one passage, Right Hon. Baronet to consent to the postponement of not a Y m atte r of fa o ct, im wh ; ich would have been better the present Bill, until they had ascertained what was the omitted. Bu t with regard to the appointment of Com feeling of the House with regard to th e Farnham Ree- missioners, there was one c i rcumstance wh i ch, he was tort' Bill. It app eare d to hi m t h at the Bishop of Car- convinced, had not come to the knowledge of the lisle, not being a consenting party to the Bill, more time Right Hon. Gentleman. There was a meeting held should be given for inquiring into its details. at th house o a Noe ord in at ton, Mr. DARBY sa id i t appeared to him that the Farn- which e f the Hon. Member for L Anglesea th was pre w sen at t. ham Rectory Bill was based upon a totally different At that meeting it should be asked for was principle from the present measure• The agreed H bn . 0 i o e n m t b h cart at a once Commission agreed, Sir S. LUSHINGTON was also of opinion that end mentioned the n . ame of Captain Beechy, when amost ' the Bill diff ere d essentially from the Farnham every one present objected, and said, "No ; Captain Rectory Bill. He confessed that he had some diffi- B eee h y culty in believing that the present was by any means partial! " has already reported, and could not act im- The Gallant General' at the head f the however, advant ageous b ar gain for the Church. He did not, Ordnan y c ' e Department had applied to his Hon. Relative howeve r , mean t o v ote for the amendment of his Hon. to know if by the petition . it was intended itto reflect' Friend, because he thought the objections which had I upon the officers under his department, when was at been u rge d cou ld b e just as satisfactorily discussed in once di sc l a i me d ;he (Mr. 0. Gore) beg ge d t o a dd hi s Committ ee . H e thought it extrem e ly injudicious to I disclaimer to hat of his Honourable Relative. give up public property to the amount of 47,000/. per I Without i n t e nding any offence t o " an y one dthe annum f or t h e sa k e o f a sum of 200,0001., more es 'of C o mmissioners, he wou ld say t h at daily w h en h e cons id e red that i n twenty-seven years ; they h a d b een improperly a pp o i n t e d ; one o f t h em h ad that p roperty would be worth 1,200,000/. It was not always 'reported in favour of the Holyhead Harbour, wise, is his opinion, to make such a sacrifice. • i while Professor Barlow had alWitys been in favour of The Billi on the table were advanced a stage, and their Lordships adjourned at Half-past Seven &Clock. EVENING EDITION. Menai Bridge, and'. of course reported in favour of that route. He did ncit think that the gentlemen selected were impartial, and he pledged himself he was fully Pr° . pared to prove every allegation contained in the petition. An HoNotntABLE MEMBER said—The real ques tion was, wbether they should refer to a Select Committee those decisions which had already been come to by the Commissioners appointed to in' vestigate the subject, and who h 0 been 5 ° appointed in consequenoe of an address by that House. This he c onsidered exceedingly undesirable , and a course which tilt' House ought not to accede to, except upon good grout, ds. He could allow for the irritation of disappointed narties, but he could not but wish the Hon. Gentleinan had still further altered the petition before he had presented it, as it contained the most sweeping allegations against such men as Sir F. Smith, Professor Barlow, Admira l Gordon, and Captain Beechy. This was but a poor return for their able, and he believed, impartial re port. If the Government were charged with having acted with partiality in the appointment of those Commissioners , he should be most anxious that every inquiry should ba, made into their conduct. But the Committee move", for would only have the effect of casting an undeservr a , slur on the Commissioners, and therefore he shou ld oppose it. Mr. ORMSBY GORE explained that the petit° which he had signed was one presen'cd to tha other, House, as he never signed a petition to the House 0' Commons. Mr. E. J. STANLEY had never heard of the pets' tion presented to the other House of Parliamen t until that day ; he understood that it contained le' sinuations that he had used his influence at the Trey sury for one line of railroad in preference to another, and the Hon. Gentleman stated that to those alle gations he was prepared to adhere. As these c harges were brought against him he should be no ° anxious to second a motion for a Committee of Inquiry. It was with great suprise that he had listened to what the Hon. Member had said. In the early part of the year the Hon. Member for Pembroke had informed bid that he had a petiti on pl ace d i n hi s h an d s containing al legations ag a i ns t hi s c h arac t er , b ut t h a t as h e co uld 1 10 " substantiate those allegations he had declined to pr e ' sent it, and he had returned it to those who had ea, trusted him with it. It was with the greatest astonish ment that' he had heard what had become of that Pe tr tion. The Honourable Membe r i n t o w h os e ham ' s that petition had been returned had not the Inank es i to 'present it himself to that Hou s e—(Ch ee .rs)--•° ° he had placed it in the hands of a Noble Lord to bg,,l; Pi sented to the other House of Parliament ; that ' Lord had most probably never read its contents' but presented it with a mass of other petitions, no in' timation whatever having been given of the presentel i i of this petition to the parties charged in it. He bad a right to complain of the Hon. Mmber. The m° rd course would have been to have presee te the petition to this House—(Cheers) more e s ' pecially as no he said that he believed all is th allegations contained in it. He trusted the Cote; mittee would be granted. For himself, he 11 1 h cautiously abstained from interfering in any way weedeither of these lines of railroads . He had never esl' e r for any one to be appointed on the Commission , ° o f had he ever had any communication with any his colleagues or with his Hon. Relative respecting Ba' such appointment.—(Cheers.) Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN having been referred !°.' would state that the Government had called upon IT: to appoint proper officers to conduct the survey, but u p had had no further communication with any of thew ° l f the subject. The officers had been selected by hirns e ' and himself alone, without any communication with aec one else. Professor Barlow was a man of all others re o 4 proper to refer to on the subject of the Menai-bridgel o therefore, he had been selected for the purpose by be Commissioners. He was fully convinced that all " u t persons appointed would discharge their duty with ° favour to any party, and would do that which was? and right. Captain WINNINGTON bore testimony to the upright character of the individual s a pp o i n t e d 00 Commission. Mr. MORE O'FERRALL vindicated the ai r , pointment of the officers by th e Ad m i ra l ty . He `1 persuaded that the officers who bad mad e the surf,-1, had discharged their duty with great impartiality. Admiral ADAMS said that there w as not one of t b b , charges contained in the petition which could bc.s ° stantiated. Sir R. PEEL thought it would be a dangerous P r , e ; cadent for the House of Commons to appoint a Co mitted to inquire into the proceedings and opinien s a e, the professional men that had been employed. t . thought the best course would be for all parties to V s pone the inquiry. Mr. J. R. 0. GORE then withdrew the Inotil i disclaiming any personal inte n ti on i n th e cours e be adopted. CLERGY RESERVES (CANADA) BILL' he The House went into C omm itt ee , pro f orma , on 1- , Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill, in order to its be tij° further considered in Committee on Monday next. ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES AND REV' t NUES BILL. dl Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposed that this f 0 should be recommitted pro forma, for the purl:Ko t a :le h inserting sev era l amen d menta , t h e di scuss i on upo n Yo he proposed should be taken on the third reading. The House then went i n t o C omm i ttee, an d the e l " ral amendments were read and agreed to pro forma . t . t The House then resum e d, th e R eport was broor o up, and the Bill was, ordered to be r ea d a thi r d time ° Monday. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. .iv A message from the Lords brought up th e AcbO r , tration of Justice Bill, which was read a first, and dered to be read a second time, on Thursday ne xt. In answer to a question from Lord G. SOMERS. The ATTORNEY -GENER AL stated, that Are gistrates being ex officio Guardians of the Poor, w e re , not incapacitat e d f rom act i ng as Magistrates w ith spect to any subjects relative to the Poor-laws. COUNTY CONSTABULARY 81LL.,, t he Mr. F. MAULE move d the th i rd reading °I ". County Constabulary Bill. Captain PECHELL opposed the third reed ilj r ,,, i; The meas ure gave t h e greatest di ssatisfaction to all Po ties, whether Whig or Tories. He had several elause s tor propo se t o a dd to t h e Bill , b ut he thought the beLter, course would be t o ge t r id o f t h e measure a l to get" o f In the hope, however, that the Under -Secretary so State for the H ome D epartment wou ld ta k e ou t tO th clauses that were most objectionable to his cons titucl!„ he would give him anoth er c h ance , an d not di v ide W House upon the third reading. th° Mr. HODGES supp or t e d t h e t hi r d rea di ng °. f Bill ; and, in doing so, he begged it t o b e u nderst °° , 6 that the Bill he h a d introdu ce d was not i nten ied to 11 hostile to the present measure. ntle Sir E. KNATCHBULL hoped the Hon. u' e- t ho man would not persist in dividing the House upon t, third reading of the Bill, b ecause , except b y pass'n'.o. they could not obtai n an y amen d ment of the ev ils r flitted upon the country by the Bill of last year. A fte d.. the Bill had been read a third time, he had an 001 0 ment to prop ose w hi c h wou ld effectually remove thos e evils, if he was fortunate enough to carry it. After a few word 3 in explanation from Clll3° ill PECHELL and Mr. L. H ODGES , t h e Bill was read $ third time. Mr. DENISON th en move d to re i nstate t he `2 41/3 clause. I n th e coun t y h e h a d represented t h ere w e l d mmy Magistr a t es of th e me t ro p o lit an di str i ct w ho c° come come down and out-v o t e th e M ag i strates at Cioartot Sessions. The object of the clause was to pre vc o , them from voting at Qu ar t er S ess i ons out o f t h e I netr politan district. Mr. ALSTON was strongly opposed to the cla use ' as it would be considered as a s ti gma upon t h e chail e ‘ ter of the Magistrates, and, i n hi s op i n i on, a mo st all ' deserved one. • - Mr. KEMBLE wou ld certa i n l y vote aga i ns t the clause. The Magistrates thought the clause was a very invidious one, and degrading to them. Mr. F. MAULE could not give his sanction to th e re-introduction of the clause. He was convinced, "PI the full dis c u ss i on o f t h e clause, that it was one of A invidious and improper nature. Mr. DENISON always bowed to the will of t bd House, and would withdraw the motion.—(Hear.) Sir A. DALRYMPLE then rose to move the 101- lowing clause :—" And be it further enacted, that the, power to appoint an d pay , an d to make and levy r ate t for paying constables, under any Act of Parliamen made for watching any town, parish, or place, which b the last P ar li amen t ary enumerat i on of the popu lation contained more than 30,000 inhabitants and the po'' era and duties of all constables appointed by the Com missioners for the execution of any such Act, shall cm!' tinue and be in force, notwithstanding anything . in ir ,t lls Act contained or any l aw or A ct to t h e contrary. 1"." town of Brighton was already well regulated an watched, under local Commissioners, the people w e 5 satisfied with the conduct o f those Commissioners, e n _i were very desirous that they should be left to their loot government. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY said the Hon. e l l Gallant Gentlem an wou ld, b y hi s c l ause, inflict gr ea _f injustice upon tow ns w hi c h h appene d to f a ll s h o rt 11 . 30,000 inhabitants. If h e ment i one d B r i g h ton sPef d fically, he would b e h appy to vote w i th h i m, b ut be not wish that Cheltenham should be excluded. Captain PECHELL supported the clause. Mr. F. MAULE felt it his duty to oppose the claus e ; on the ground that it was settled in the House last Ye A a that where the towns exceeded 10,000 inhabitants , an, possessed a l oca l p o li ce , some s h ort t i me s h ou ld be al lowed before the Act- came into operation; but then the Act should be enforced. In case of a corporate town, he could apprehend no objection, but not in th e case of Brighton, and the class of towns referred to by the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. DARBY did not see any objection to the c lause with the amendment of the Hon. Gentleman. The House then divided, when the numbers were For the clause - Against it . Majority against the clause ~- .~ r •~ the sta Int col alt int ela the 111(1 C 4 • ti S