The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-01 00:00:00

11! NNG 1_11)11'10N. t rrtu, their Representative in Parliament. Th e Hon. G ' Itlf•mai l was proposed by Charles Barclay, Esq., and (.-eunkled by J. B. Hankev, Esq., and after addressing the electors in a tolerahly long speech, overflowing with Co nservatism, the meeting dispersed, after giving three cheers for their triumph—our reporter failed to d isonier over what, there being no enemy or opponent visible. THE SPANISH AUXILIARY LEGION.—Such of ?tar readers as have paid any attention to the sub- Ject of the claims u'nn the Peninsular Governments of those o f our un f ortunate countrymen w h o s h e d their blood under the banners of the reigning Queens of Portugal and Sp a i n , w ill d o ubtless remember appearance of a letter, a short time ago, in ti ns Journal, imploring General Sir De Lacy Evans, and the Commissioners appointed to defray the ' l ' ll ° l, upon the Spanish Government, not to pay the titfL/oosutof the British Legion, held by money jobbers, Wi being satisfied that a fair value was given h a' them to the original holder, as, in despair of payment, many of the p oor f e ll ows h a d parted with them for less th an a tenth of their nominal value. This letter at tracted th e not i ce o f t h e Ti res , an d on W e d nes d a y la st that Journal declared in favour of the jobbers, and 4 1t11114t any inquiry on the part of the Commissioners, Its to ho w th ey o b ta i ne d papers entitlin g the m t o re ceive the pay of the distressed Legionites. But the appeal has, nevertheless, not been unsuccessful. We Understand that already upwards of an hundred protests have been forwarded to the Commissioners by officers of the Legion, praying that their claims may not be l'quidated without inquiry. In some instances this may he impracticable ; but wherever the original holders of the titu/os can be forthcoming, it appears to us just and reasonable. Where the titu/os have been obtained frati.lulently or at a mere nominal price, owing to the distress of the holder, such a pro. Portion of the sum to be paid, as the Commissioners may deem reasonable, ought to be handed over to the titiginal claimant, for whose sake only our Government Wa s induced to interfere at all in the matter. Because 1 0 Ine hundreds of brave men have been compelled by h unger and nakedness to tr ans f er thei r j us t c l a i m s upo n t he ! Spani s h G overnmen t f or a pitt ance to pro l ong ex utenee, is it to be contended that no redress should be Afforded them now that it is t the power of the Com mo_issioners to relieve them from the consequences . 1 _an error ren d ere d i nev i ta bl e b y t h e prev i ous faith of the Spanish Government ? We cannot be lieve it. W e are sure t hi s sug g e stion will not be over looked by the Commissioners, and we trust they will adopt it as far as appears to them practicable. RICH AND POOR : OR, ALL THE DIFFERENCE I „,” We Would sugge,t the image of the policeman ,r_f_heateley, bleeding and broken headed at the feet of Lord _Woldegrave and Captain Duff.—Tbe poor ruffian, like t n ii , e , skull,P'topieure, must control his longings ; to smash ama Alorning r break hislimbs,is f o r bidden expense, a luxury." a Herald of this day. W hen the rich Lord knocks the poor man down, 11 3 7 a bludgeon crack on his vulgar crown, One-sided Justice diecteetly winks, And tolerant Rishion politely thinks— With turned -up nose at plebeian folk— 'Twas merely a sportive, innocent joke ! But how changed the case, when some Snob abhorred Presumes to fl )or a privileged Lord 1 'Tis then no joke, but a black intent That calls for severest punishment : Indignant Fashion with scowling eye b enounces the curst atrocity ! And outraged Justice, with awful frown At the thought of a low, presumptuous clown Thus daring to knock a great Lord down 1 Imprisons the wretch, to mark the sense That Law entertains of tilt.. ulfference, That has ever been, and should ever be, "Iwizt the follies of men of low degree, And those of superior quality I Oh happy England I Where Justice, tender As Pity's self, to the rich offender, Is hard, as the bolt of a prison -door, 'When the culprit is low-born, friend less, and poor I LLoYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY). Loxnotf, A u a, I.—Wind, this day at noon, light Wes. t "IT airs anti fine weather. DEA L , JULY 3L— Wind N.N.W.—Sailed the Halcyon, Le Lacheur, for Rio Janeiro ; Cato, Scott, Demerara ; with the rest of the outward bound. LIVEkIOOL, J ULY 31,—Wind N.N.W. fresh breezes. ---Arrived the Eveline, Nas,vorthy, frem Bahia; Ward, Masters, St. John's, New Brunswick, with damage and very leaky, having struck on the Skerries ; Tamerlane, fisher ; Devereux ; Prince of W,lterloo, Needham ; and Ayrshire, from Quebec: Lavinia, Sutherland, Sydney, ii;S.7,B_reton ; Eagle, Greig, Licata. Off port, the Re liance, Bombay ; Captain Ross, Africa. Hata:ll7• Jur,v 31.—Arrived the Brothers, Pearson, from h; Highlander. Barker, B )ston. T HE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. LMete, 9d. to Is. 4d. per dozen. Onions Is. 6d. to 3s. per I: Carrots 3s. to 3s. 6d. per dozen. Turnips 3d. to 4d. : 41 nch. Appl es 4 s . t o s s . ss.per bushel. Cherries 3d. to Is. to er 4 l '`' u ,n(h Cabb ages I s . t o I s . 3d. per dozen. Currants 4s. s ' per sieve Peas 3s. to 3s. 6d. per sieve. French earls 25. 6d._ per sieve. Th e NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. 14, • " was a go o d s h ow o f b u t c hers' meat, the demand was and pri ces una l tere d . B ee f, 3 s . to 45.; Lamb, as. , 4d. A t' l ll s ' 2(1 . ; Veal, 3 s. 10d. t o s s . ; Pork, 3s. 10d. to Js. ; 3 5. 2d. t o 43 er stone of Sibs. Poultry in large 6 sup to''' demand brisk, and prices as follow :-Fowls, 2s. 0. 1144'. ; 9 s. 6d.; Leverets, 3s. to 4s. 6d. ; T ame ' ; Geese 4s. 6d. to Gs. ; Chickens, Is. 6d. to 2 s. • hobbits, Is. to Is. 6d. Eggs, ss. to 63.6 d. per 100. A W HITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. ere g°.°d Supply, but as the demand was equal to it, prices Li no " inaititain e d. Old Cl over , 41. t o 5/. 15s. ; N ew' bat ° , t " 51. ; Old M ea dow Hay, 3/. to 4/. 10s. ; New to 41 . per load. Straw, 323 to 365. Pric e , TEA MARKET. th e r w ere rather, higher, and the demand was good for B °cers. Company's Congou 2s. lid. to 2s. 2d. per lb. cash. 84'reelv TALLOW MARKET. "Ltullt. " s 4 any business done, and prices quits nominal. P. Y. pot, 525. per cwt. 0 'N4 Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Liv CITY, TIVEL VE O'CLOCK. R „,„ Zf h • — our. COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.—A good extent ee 4 usiness hae b een d one d ur i ng t h e wee k , an d pr i ces h ave q 1,• t 1 411 Y supported, particularly for the middle and lower of Amer;can in Brazil or Egyptian there is not n L a e r h" ge. and er vory ; full rates have be( n obtained ; for the public sales of Sea Island to-day went off with iultZ(r.it, the ordinary dualities sellirg at a decline of about W ere Cnt., and the fair qualities at previous rates there_ tired elite, few . good lots in the sale. 1,684 bales were of. told „ white, 480 sold I2d. to 194 d. ; 400 offered, 40 Frig to to 1144. A no th er p u bli c sa l e i s d ec l ar ed for tu L a Y next of 7 50 Sea Island and 200 Peruvians. Spa -1,6-Pirh ' s have taken 6,500 b a l es o f A mer i can A nd E xpor t er s 80 ales 4,000 b a l es o f A mer i can , 110 P ernams , an d ahias have been f orwar d e d i n t o th e coun t r y thi s month th! °l4 . The sales to-day are about 4,000 bales of all kinds, l i2narket steady, hut without much animation. ke r k ivlllloo l. SHARE LIST, JULY 31.—Chester and Bir url:e"d. 4 9; Gr an d J unct i on , 253 ; Q uar t er Sh ares , 601 ; ; 114:at W estern Half Sh ares , 56i ; L on d o n and Birming- N;: i ' L Quart er Shares, 294 281 ; South Western, 58,i ; hittint,ung 85; Borough of Liverpool, 14-1 ; Liverpool - Company, 8. elated late Val.' Yesi erd ' ° t 4 Stock Excha T n fi g E e r r u r N p i lls were cite goi, - "Iv afternoon, amongst which'lo 10,000 o s - g to be issued fcr the levy of - , gambling effect marines, naens,orwhich was is tl:tic_reditecl in the city. c Still it t,pe'v!tver the price of t i v ia ll ' i l e t h h' r j ec g e a d m ed from the the tlin g price yesterday 901 ° i to 90 ; but at the close of Market they left off better at 904- 1-. . v y lily' his mornin g the same agitation prevails, with nioestaebri in the primay be attributed to t i . warlike attitudes. which France is going to adopt, according t ° the French p e a w pers received. o nsols., a little after the opening, were very heavy, owing to r :' Sale of .50,000, when they were done at 90k jv a l n o k -n s', Yl , B9 i r 90 ; Exchequer Bills, 23 25 prem.; B • °O K, 173 174 ; India Bonds, par 2 prem. ti Spanish Activ e , also very heavy, left off at 251 buyers; h r PreW nt 24i i ; Deferred, 11i 12 i ; Portuguese a 15 0.9 ~ , - ' l ll , 321 t; Three per Cents., 24; Brazilian, 78 i • `-noloinbian, 25,1; Mexican, 291 30 ; Dutch Two.and-a 41a—ll Per Cents. 51i- i • Five per Cents., 101 102. No arrivals. ' r RICES OF SHARES TB'S DAY AT ONE. . i ... 8. d . E . a. d. .1. s. d. 114 ItAttrwAys. Paid. Per Share. cr:t..lol.t.h,ara and Derby ......... 10 , 0 ' ,Nestern .................... o 5 lOO ...... to LondonT and Brighton', ............. 35 27A to -14 11 mid Birmingham. . '4O l67i. to North'-"o(len and South Western .......... 34.... 571 to to 57_ Alidland, (New) ........ 30 • 33 Longo JOINT STOCx ISANKS. _ nand Westminster ..... .. 20 - t:ll l 3sth th HALF-PAST ONE. although e British and Foreign markets continu e t o de. 15, we do n ot h ear as )et of any further intel ligConece hem Paris havin g arrived. sols r eceded to 69 4 1 , for th e A ccount, but a reaction‘,or t he Account, has since taken c Pi , ce, at,d t h ey are now quoted at 90-4 t 4 1 a 26. ccu 't , a n d 891 -I for Money ; Exchequer Bills, f,.oThere has been a good deal of business doing in the ureign Market --Spanish Active has receded to 24; Per :.l,,uese Securities have also participated in the decline, Per th Pise per Cen ts. per Cents at . being n ow quoted at 32, and the T hree 291. The -- - • - marriage of Lord Carington with the Hon. ;Augusta Willoughby, third daughter of Lord and Lady \V il ioughby de Eresby, is expected to take place immediately. !:'ngWe have received several complaints horn pas ers by foreign and other steamers of the exactions to which they are subjected by the wat enter' and porters employed in con ‘..}e, it'g then luggag e to and from the vessels. It must surer• be con ch iditerest of the steanibo,t companies to afford a, much con - ,:sik!ce as possible to their rassengers ; and, where it is im : ble to land them at a Wharf, a little attention on the part of their officers would prevent many of the impositions to which tile tHaviary are exposed.-- {revert - • JcCu• • ~ritv of Ii tinet 1 heads tin of well to o f the cess of would overn° fothing s from ions of h and to the i as to nts of portant worm' o f the saddle a rur tothing verSrl :t at 911 step voltiO• c Wag the or that The formal ig post tv, and it. It gnizant t it re, epeatea ersisted .to her ns were, Aral _Ol insult' he con: ust his an d iament' )rity of :tionnel contra' ondenty nvn to le 24th 7 0 5 o other, ence ot to state elf mid to th e t to tti t o depen - You al l or o ,', .1 as th g last two 1. Lte and c ro cool' a brig , an d by ande d ' ia, Se ld' but the o e friga te A at I" lition• e is Fer ) It, since that thy t s' nen. P , „, tha k , 10 1 4 4. ved bf , Ir J 9 'o , far s till c %° as t ° COO" .e LIO led if; Fre o .7 08Y ral liti batitit a elf :wo w ; of 'your to l ? ° t a b rutse° /1 . n e a 4 leasUr be ' , >u b l e d ob , rase. b UtS c 00 5 ",, 'risto Va hen th arc n c " he Ind re- PS' Fo(3o° '34 17,5 .; g j 5 0 10,4 ,ived' ce of al, to t he • Pest sines' free' .d fo,r wer, coo real' 00 ~~ TH E SUN LONDON, SATURDA AUGUST l, 1840, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) 110 USE OF COMMONS. Tire SPEAKEI: took the Chair at Twelve o'Cloek. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from the legal pro fession of Birmingham, praying that the Courts cf Law m;aht be removed to some more convenient place than Westminster. Tile Population Bill was read a third time and passed. The Administration of Just ( Birmingham) Bill wan read a second time ; to be committed on Monday. The Highway Rates Bill was read a second time; to be committed on Monday. The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was reported, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed. The Report of the Militia Pay Bill was also brought up. The House went into Committee on the Consolidated Fund Bill, when the appropriation clause was introduced. The House resumed—the Report to be further consi dered on Monday. The Exchequer Balls Bill also went through Committee ; to he reported on Monday. The Postage Bill was recommitted. Mr. THORNE LY hoped there was nothing in the Bill to restrict merchants from sending letters by private ships. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the law would not be altered that respect by the present Bill. Clauses up to were agreed to. On clause 7, which related to the transmission of letters by ships, being read, TH ORN E L Y said, it was extremely inconvenient to the merchants that letters were not allowed to be col- lected to be sent by ship, - unless they were previously passed through the Post-office, and instanced the case of the President steam-ship, which was about to sail that day from Liverpool to New York. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was quite ready to give every facility to the public, but he could not give up the power of prohibiting the collection of letters, as it had been found extremely detrimental to the revenue when the postage was much higher. Mr. WARBURTON was satisfied with the explana tion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, u iderstanding that although he retained the power, he did not intend to interfere with the present system of sending letters by ships. Mr. THORNELY was anxious that every letter sbould pass through the Post-office, but the case be wished to put was where a vessel was about to sail at twelve o'clock at night and the Post-office was shut at eight in the evening, it would be a great convenience to i the mer chants if they were allowed to send their letters n, bound up, to the latest hour, and he hoped there would be no ob tion to that. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought there would be no objection to that arrangement. So long as the Post-off.ce could do the business he thought no other parties ought to be allowed to collect letters, but he would permit merchants to avail themselves of the latest hour for sending these letters on board. Tha clause was then agreed to. Clauses to 21 were agreed to. Mr. BA INES asked whether it would not be an advan tage if licensed vendors in Post-office stamps, on purchas ing and paying for a number of stamps, should have the same allowance as the Government distributors. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had the matter under consideration. The clause was then, with clauses to 39, agreed to. Mr. WARBURTON hoped the Government would give some assurance they had under consideration the sub ject of the registration of letters. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that by means of money orders small sums might be trans mitted by post with perfect security. The subject of the registration of letters was now under the consideration of the Government, and he hoped to be aule to carry some plan of registration into effect. The clause was then agreed to. On the next clause being proposed, extending the allowed weight from 6oz. to 320 z for Parliamentary peti tions sent by post, _ . Captain PECHELL expressed his approbation of the provision. He also wished to know whether it was intend- cd to make any alteration in the stamped covers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there was an alteration of that sort in contemplation. The clause was then agreed to. The remaining clauses were agreed to with some verbal amendments. Mr. WARBURTON could not allow the Bill to pass through without returning his thanks to his Right Hon. Friend for having produced so unexceptionaole a measure. lie would take that opportunity of alluding to the Post office returns of the number of letters, which he considered most satisfactory. He had never been one of those who 'had calculated upon a quadruple and quintuple increase of letters, although he felt convinced that in three or four years the amount of revenue received from the Post-office would be quite equal to what it had been before the altera tion. From these returns it appeared that the number of letters sent by the London postage, amounted previous to the alteration to 12,000,000!. yearly, and that since the alteration it amounted to 23,000,0001., so that in the Lon don postage they had increased nearly in the proportion in which the rates had been reduced ; the average charge on each letter according to the old rate was 2d. — and one third of a penny per letter, it was now Id., and some al lowance, in addition, ought to be made fur double and ;reble letters, the number of which he believed to be con- sicierable. The number of letters in the London Post had increased in the proportion of 12 to 23, and if the revenue received from it were taken into account, it would appear that the revenue already received from the London Post was equal to what it had been under the old rates. The annual amount of General Post letters, including ship letters and packet letters, had been estimated by the Post-office Committee at 75,000,000. The annual amount at present was 127,000,000 ; therefore the increase fell little short of what had taken place in the London Post ; and if they estimated the amount of revenue, taking in the charges for double and treble letters, he considered the result to be most satisfactory. From the returns he saw a progres sive increase : in February the number of letters was 3,000,000 a week, and on the 22,1 of June the number amounted to 3,365,000. From that, therefore, it would appear that there was a regular progressive increase every week. Nothing could be more satisfactory than the returns, and it was his firm belief that at no very distant period the returns would show as great an income as was derived under the old system of the Post-office.--(Hear, hear.) He believed, as to the moral effects of the measure, and also as to the revenue, the public were .likely to reap considerable benefit. He had no doubt that that time twelvemonth he should see the same progressive increase had taken place during the current year. He therefore renewed the thanks he had before returned to her Majesty's Ministers for the benefits they had conferred upon the country and the public in the alterations they had made in the Post-cffice.—( Hear.) The House then resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be reported on Monday. A Message from the House of Lords brought up the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill, the London and Greenwich Railway, and several other Bills. On the motion of Lord MORPETH, the Lords' Amendrn,:nts to the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Billiwere ordered to be printed, and taken into considers. tion on Monday. The Dublin Police Bill went through Committee, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. ECCLESIASTICAL COURT BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the House resolve it self into a Committee on the Ecclesiastical Courts (No. 1.) Bill. Dr. NICHOL L, before the House went into Com mittee on the Bill, felt bound to call its attention to the present situation of ~he individual who had been the cause of the introduction of the Bill. A rate had been made by the vestry—it had been paid by the great mass of the inha bitants of the town in which Mr, Thorogood resided, in which there were a great number of Dissenters ; none of whom, he believed, with the exception of Mr. Thoro good, had refused the payment of the rate. There was no question as to the validity of the rate, but Mr. Thoro. good chose to refuse its payment, and for so doing he was summoned before the Magistrates, who had the power to summon any party for the non-payment of Church -rates, provided the validity of the rate had not been disputed in any Ecclesiastical Court. Now what was the conduct of Mr. Thorogood before the Magistrates? He did not set up any conscientious ground or scruple to the payment of the rate, but he appeared before the Magistrates with a solemn written protest, drawn out in a legal form, giving the Magistrates notice that he intended to dispute the legality of the rate. Such being the case the Magistrates said they had no further jurisdiction in the matter, that Mr. Thorogood having diaputed the validity of the rate his goods could not be distrained,; and the only remedy was against his person. Mr. Thorogood having instituted proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court, he was summoned there, and when there he did not dispute the rate on the ground of its b, ing invalid. He refused absolutely to appear, and then he was necessarily declared in contempt, the signiticavit was returned to the Court of Chancery, and he was taken into custody. He m'ght have appealed to the Chan cellor, or to the Court of Queen's Bench, had there been anything irregular, but he had done neither. He was then confessedly in legal custody. He was brought there perhaps by bad advice, or perhaps from conscientious feelings, but he was in the difficulty—he had m eans to pay all costs, but both he and his friends refused to pay the legal fees, and he (Dr. Ni c h o ll) was no t pre pared to allow him to ride over the law by discharging him without his doing so. It was, therefore, that be pre ferred his own Bill to that introduced by the Noble Lord. The same state of things would again arise—he would be declared again in contempt, and would be again sent to prison. That would be the natural consequence of the Noble Lord's Bill, whereas his (Dr. Nicholl's) Bill would give hint the right he formerly possessed, of having his goods seques:ered instead of having his person taken into Le`itody. His objection to the Noble Lord's Bill was, that it gave an unconditional discharge to the individual in ques tion, and that it threw upon the prosecutors the odium cf refusing tee assent to that discharge. He would go fur ther, and say Chet there was no remedy against an obsti nate person who prefeeeed remaining in gaol to peying the rate or submitting, i-ea',:ing his unfortunate family to starve. He thought, ender all the circumstanc es , t h at hi s if the House vie wed it in that li g ht, they, wood Bill a better one tha n thet of thepioLle 4prd t and he assent to the einendment. Lord J. RUSSELL said he certainly had no wish to complain of the conduct of the lion. and Learned Gen tleman for taking the view of the quese!on which he (Dr. Nicholl) had ,done. )-le thought he had acted pi:lies:oy fair in bringing before the Hoese his view of the eubjt et, and stating the grounds on which lie resisted it, without any vexatious oppositi.en to this Bill. With regard to the question itself, howateer, be could net say the arguenent of the Hon. and Learned Gentlennen hid convinced losi the his ( Dr. Nicholl's) Bill was the prefirele ,on.e lit this Witieuut going into the law of the case, or into the crigival Facts of the case of John Thorogood, he wished to state to I the House what he considered to be tae present state of the . „. question as respected that House. The House in general had been of opinion that after John Thorogood had been upwards of eighteen months in confinement, being com mitted for contempt, it was the better way, not only with regard to humanity towards the individual, but with a view to the general question, that he should now be . discharged from p r i s on. This .he thought was the opinion generally entertained.—( Hear, hear, hcar.) It was not an opinion at all involving any question as to the propriety of the conduct of John Thorogood, still less of the view which that individual had taken of Church-rates. of the law respecting them, or his duty towards that law. —( Hear, hear.) Such being the opinion of the House, the question was in what manner this discharge should be effected. He (Lord J. Russell) certainly was of opinon with the Attorney. General, that that discharge might have taken place under the present state of the law with the consent of the prosecutor, without introducing any Bill into Parliament. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was not in the House at the time he had stated that opinion, which had been concurred in by another Hon. Member, and the Hon. and Learned Gentleman appeared to be of a different opinion, and he (Lord J. Russell) was afraid the Hon. and Learned Member for the Tower Hamlets (Sir S. Lushinrzton) concurred with him, and he therefore ap prebended, ii they separated without passing a Bill on the subject, that when that Learned Judge came to decide on the question, he would decide that he had not power to act in the manner in wnich it was supposed by the Hone he might act under the present circumstances. It was expedient, if they wished that John Thorogood should be discharged, that a Bill should be introduced for that pur pose. Then they came to the manner in which that Bill should be framed. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman proposed a Bill which allowed his discharge, but at the same time provided that his goods, and even lands, ies necessary, might be taken to find payment of the original debt, and of the costs of the suit ; arid, la fact, the whole atrangement amounted to this, that if that were not done he might be recommitted under the Bill. He (Lord John Russell) would not argue whether the Bill was not right as a general remedy on the subject, and what he had stated at the commencement of the Session did not differ very widely from the view of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. But this was raising an important question, which at that period of the session, with the opinions which had been expressed on the subject of Church -rates, there was no reason to expect the House would concur in. It certainly was his opinion, when he had said he thought a remedy against the goods might be a eufficient . ternedy for this question of Church -rates; but it was undoubtedly denied that such a remedy would be sufficient, as it was obvious, on the face of it, that it was a remedy that would not answer the purpose of those who thought they ought not to pay Church -rates, and would not, 1 , ore than in the ease of the Quakers, relieve such persons further than from being obliged personally to consent to their payment. That state of the law would, be thought, be more simple than the law at present but that being so much a matter of dispute, he certainly wished some way should be devised for procuring the dis charge of this individual without raising that question on which, in the present state of the Session, he was hardly prepared to enter, even were he prepared to go so far as the lion. and Learned Gen tleman. Be thought raising a question of this kind at such a time, and deciding, in fact, on the whole question of Church-retes, was a more important matter of legislation than they were able to do. With regard to Church-rates under 101 , it was pro posed by the Bon. and Learned Gentleman's Bill, that the person who refused to pay should go before a Magistrate, and if he allowed the validity of the rate it should be levied against his goods ; but if he appealed against it, he should go before the Ecclesiastical Court, and if they decided against him the rate should be levied, as in the fast irvtance. Therefore in either case the person rated was liable to pay, and if so, the Bill decided the w'aole ques tion of Church-rates. Now his ( Lord John Russell's) Bill was of a much more simple nature, and without enter- ing into the technical objections which might be made to it, he thought it the one which it was most advisable, on general grounds, the House should adopt.—( Hear, hear, hear.) It provided that, after a person who bad been committed for contempt had been in prison a considerable time, if it should appear to the Judge there s w h e o r u e l d con sufficient sent to grounds ithe for shouldhis d b i s e c t d i s r e g h e a , r a g n e d d the aonce.t other party rh e Hjustice of Gentleman said this didil nit satisfy :the. of the case, and that a person who had originally refused to pay Church-rates, if discharged without such payment, should either discharge the rate, or be liable to be again taken up and put in prison.—(hear, hear.) His ( Lord John Russell's) answer to that was, that in a case of that sort, be thought there were not persons who would resist, or, if they dial, he thought it would be con sidered better not to run the process after them so far; fur the vied cation of the law seemed to him to be ofttimes better maintained by taking no further notice of such offenders. This conduct was never followed by Sir Robert Walpole, who, when a Member of that House, had made an almost treasonable speech.—said " I know that Hon. Gentleman wishes to be committed to the Tower, but I shall do no such thing."—( Laughter.) Prosecu tions of ths kind often made the whole import ance of the person thus prosecuted, and seeing that this matter had lasted long enough, and being as he was for the coutinuancc of payments which were ne cessary for the maintenance of the law, he said in a case of this kind they were much more likely to maintain the law by taking the speediest mode of discharging this individual than continuing to clifo-ce payment. Ile therefore thought his Bill preferable to that of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, the remedy pro posed in it being the speediest.—( Hear, hear, hear.) Mr. WA RBURTON said that the Bill could not but be acceptable to those who,like the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman opposite, were desirous of enforcing the law, for it was much easier to enforce a law by a moderate penalty, than by the atrocious punishment which the present law inflicted. He agreed with the Hon. and Learned Mem ber that there should be power to discharge the defendant whenever the prosecutor assented. But he (Nlr. War burton) would suggest that the provho should be, that the defendant should be discharged upon application to the Court, unless the prosecutor appeared to oppose the dis charge. Mr. BA INES said that the Bill of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman ( Dr. Nicholl—No. 2) would place such persons as John Thorogood in a worse condition than they were et present. But he thought that the Bill of the Noble Lord, with the amendment suggested by his Honour able Friend (Mr. Warburton) would be in a great measure satisfactory. Mr. E6TCOUIZT objected to the Bill of the Noble Lord (No. 1) being made a permanent measure, applicable to all persons who chose to be contumacious. If the Bill were limited to the case of John Thorogood, that limits thin would greatly tend to remove his objections to the measure. Lord J. RUSSELL—Then you should have a new Bill every year. Mr. ESTCOURT proceeded to object to the late pe riod of the Session at which a measure of such importance intended to be a perpetual law of the land, was introduced. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would ask, could there be any objection to give the Ecclesiastical Courts the power to discharge a contumacious person from cus tody, with the consent of the prosecutor ? His own ob jection to the Bill was, that it was unnecessary ; for he was of opinion that the Ecclesiastical Courts had the power already, in common with the Courts of Law, of discharging a person who was in custody for contempi. However, as the Honourable and Learned Gentlemen opposite, and the Courts themselves, were of opinion that they had not that power, he was desirous that the Bill of his Noble Friend should pass. According to the analogies of the law, Thorogood had been long enough in pi icon to satisfy the debt. If he had been in prison only twelve months fur a debt of 201., the Court of Law, front which the process had issued, would discharge him, on a simple motion in Court to that effect. He therefore thought that there could be nothing to apprehend from now discharging John Thcrogood, leaving all her Majesty's subjects still liable to the tax, which he so much deprecated. The amendment was then negatived without a division. The Bill (No.;1.) then passed through Committee, and was ordered to be reported on Monday. The Bill No 2. (Dr. Nichols) was withdrawn. Lord J. RUSSELL then moved that on Monday next, and during the remainder of the Session, the House pro ceed with public business at Four o'Clock, immediately after private business.—Agreed to. Lord MOR PETH brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the Drainage Bill (Ireland). The House adjourned at Half-past Two o'Clock. LAWSUIT AGAINST THE QUEEN I-II is freely mentioned at the Clubs, that King Ernest of Hanover has claimed a diamond or diamonds of the Queen of England, to the amount of fifty thousand, as his property, and that being refused, he has had recourse to a court of law . if a proceed•. dig so wanton be taken, her Majesty will be driven to adopt measures which she and her 111 Misters recoiled from before, though urged to it by the force of public opinion. —Caledonian Mercury. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT MOSTYN COL- Linar.--Loss or EIGHT Lives.—On Tuesday morning a violent explosion of fire- damp took place at one of the pits. The explosion was so powerful that large lumps of coal were thrown up from the bottom of the pit to the surface, a height of 130 yards, and at the same time an overpowering sulphurous smell • issued from it. It is impossible to ascertain the cause of the accident. One young man rushed through the fiery torrent below, over the bodies of his unfortunate companions, without sustaining much injury. Eight corpses have been brought up ; and one man and a boy are in a most dangerous situation, they having been burnt most dreadfully. Five more have been most seriously injured. A fortnight ago two others were burnt to death in the same manner, one of whom left eight children and a widow on the point of confinement. In consequence of these dreadful accidents five destitute women have suddenly become widows, and thirty small children bereft of their fathers.— Macclesfield Courier. LONDON BRIDGE APPROACHES.-THE NEW STREET FROM LOTIIBURY TO THE POt,T-OFFICE.—The fol lowing is a Statement of the claims and the amount of the verdicts of the Juries (a settlement in Court) in the several compensation cases laid before the Recorder and Special Juries on the 16th, 17th, and 18th days of July at Guildhall. The property is principally in Cateaton-street and the immediate neighbourlood. Names. Claims. Verdicts. X. X. s. Heatbfield 2,780 850 0 Barber and Howse Vrecholtl, tato ...... , Jobbit and Co • 2,0 00 0 Kipling and Tay10r........ 7,330 2,600 0 John and Sydney Smith ... Smith, Chemist about 1,000 583 0 Norris and Johnson, Queenhithe 3,323 862 IS ---- - 40,355 22,104 15 Another attempt is to be made to get a church rate in Rochdale, the pro-rate party having called a vestry for the purpose. , it is strongly rtloloorec,i that the Fier. Dr, Wad a.netan is to be the nevi , heat} of Thtrhan4. is anon of Chichester. COWES-ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OT:R OWN COF.Rii?PONDENT.) Jets 31.—The Countess of Durham, with her son, and the Ladies Emily, Mary, and Ellie^ Lambton, with Earl and Countess Grey, and Mr. Pormnbv, embarked at ten • this morning in the Beresford steamer, f,r Scuthampton. They are expected to remain in town till Monday, when they viii proceed to Lambton Castle. Greatly to the credit of the inhabitants of Cowes, curio sity did not indLce one of them to intrude on the privacy wiiheci to be observed by the ladies on leaving the Lodge ; indeed nothing can exceed the feeling of respect univer sally expressed whenever the name of Lady Durham is mentioned, and it is earnestly hoped that her anxiety and anxious watching of Lord Durham during his illness, and the shock of his death, may not injure her health. SECOND EDITION. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. 13a nk Stock 3 per Cent. Red 904 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 90i Ditto Old Annuities 31 per Cent Red........ 98L Ditto New Annuities — New 3, 1 2 - per Cent New 5 per Cent ... Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 24 pm Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859... l3i India Stock for Acct... Jan. 1860 — Consols for Acct 9Ol FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lOl Ditto, New Ditto 34 1 3razilian Bonds... .. .. Prussian, 5 per cent.... BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent. ... Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 percent... Spanish, 5 per cent 231, Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent. ... 79 French,s per cent...ll2f. 50c. Greek, 1825, spercent. Exchange .. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. 28i Dutch, 21 per eent 5ll. Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 101 i SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway Great Western Railway Ditto New Shares. . London and Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway ... 167 Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New Shares London and South Western Railway ... 57 Manchester and Birmingham Railway .. North Midland Railway Ditto New Shares 33 South Eastern v.:..d !'ewer 6l SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Globe.) The French papers are full of violent invective against England and the other Three Powers, for hav ing signed a convention with Turkey to which France is not a party ; but they omit to tell us that France had positively, and upon full deliberation, refused to be a party to the very arrangement which that treaty is un• derstood to be intended to carry into effect. Whose Exult, then, is it that France is not a party to the treaty ? Why, it is the fault of France herself—and of France alone. At first sight it might be inferred from the vio lence of the French papers, that France is going to de clare war against the four Powers ; but we never shall believe that such a thing can be, till we see it happen ; and indeed a closer attention to the French papers will show that ther e i s no lik e lih oo d o f suc h an event . All I the French papers choose to assume that the treaty is something hostile to France, and will lead to an attack upon France ; but that is a complete delusion. The treaty is not levelled against France—it is meant to ac complish purposes which even France herself professes to approve, and cannot lead to war with France, un less France herself chooses wantonly to make war on account of it. We are convinced, therefore, that when o>ur good neighbours at Paris come to reflect a little more calmly on the matter, they will see that their anger and alarms are without any just cause, and they will return to their former state of tranquillity and good humour ; and as nobody dreams of attacking them, they will leave off threatening to attack other people. (From the Courier.) Who has not seen the improvident and indeed very foolish Albert writhing under the fangs of the emerald coloured " Bottle Imp ?" A man who has witnessed the spectacle with any degree of interest, will find no sort of difficulty in splitting Herr Albert into as many pieces as the component parts of what is ludicrously termed Queen Victoria's Cabinet, and then to con template them under the gripe of O'Connell, the men dicant hero of the Emerald Isle. We say that there is nothing in this sort of sport of the imagination, inas much as upon a closer examination it will be found that the picture is not exactly ideal. O'Connell, twisting about at his pleasure the half-dozen or dozen miserable Herren Albert of the Melbourne Administration, might be a good subject for that excellent artist who chooses to call himself by the letters H.B. ; and what is more, there would be conveyed an indisputable trath in the picture. (From the Standard.) The Irish Municipal Corporations Bill was last night read a third time and passed in the House of Lords. It, or any other Bill which shall give to the Romanist party a triumph, however barren, will be of course ac cepted by the House of Commons. The triumph, however, will not be a barren one. " The execrable measure'—we use the very description of some who voted for it last night—will give to the Romanist faction legalised conventions in all the great towns of Ire land ; a fulcrum which they well know how to employ for the dismemberment of the empire. As was well said by the Bishop of Exeter in the solemn protest which concluded the melancholy work " It will not and it cannot come to good." We will add that it ought not. The desertion of the Protestants of Ireland merits punishment, and if we may judge by the past, it will be punished as it deserves to be. There were proposed some amendments of more or less importance, ell of which were carried without ditfieulty.• One of the amendments exhibits in a stroag. and very painful 'light the different degrees of interestitaken id matters that concern individuals con ncc - tvd With party leadera, and'inatters'iliat"only affect the humbler members of a party. A clause had . been introduced into the Bill empowering, the, Lord Lieut tenant ef Ireland to appoint the holding of sessions at his discretion. This clause appears to be in principle unobjectionable. The Crown, we know, has, and occa sionally exercises, the power to appoint the sittings of the Judges of the Courts in Westminster Hall, and even to send the Judges into the country by a Special Commission. It is a sufficient guard against the abuse of this power, that its exercise is questionable in Par liament, as of course the exercise of the power proposed to be given to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland would necessarily be. Nevertheless, Lord Lyndhurst last night proposed, and successfully proposed, to withhold the power in question by omitting the clause conferring . _ it, basing his proposition on the ground that the clause was specially directed against the present Recorder of Dublin. THE ARCHIMEDES STEAMER. (From the Brighton Gazelle.) On Thursday last this vessel, which is propelled by an adaptation of the screw somewhat similar to that in vented for the purpose of raising water by the great philosopher of ancient Greece, whose name she bears, arrived off Brighton, whence she proceeded the next day to Shoreham harbour. Her visit to Brighton was occasioned by her being chartered by Mr. Harris, (who has for some time resided in West house. Portland place,) to convey him and his family to Oporto. A considerable number of persons were admitted on board the vessel on Friday and Saturday ; and we now present our readers, from ocular inspection, with a brief description of the vessel and of the new propeller which has been so ingeniously substituted for the comparatively cumbrous invention of paddle-wheels. The Archimedes is a three-masted schooner, with raking masts, of the burden of 240 tons, and drawing ten feet and a half water; and with the exception of the chimney, there is perhaps nothing in the appear ance of the ship to indicate that she is anything more than a sailing vessel. Her dimensions are—Length over all, 12.5 feet ; between perpendicular, 107 feet ; extreme breadth, 26} feet ; depth of hold, 13 feet. Her propeller is the invention of Mr. F. P. Smith (who has been on board the Archimedes during her voyage), and it is put in motion by one of Rennie's engines, of eighty-horse power. At low water as the vessel lay in harbour, an aperture about six feet square was observed in the dead-wood in front of the rudder, and immediately above the keel. Through the centre of this aperture runs an iron shaft 30 feet long, which, passing through a stuffing-box used for the purpose of preventing the admission of water into the hold of the vessel, and under the floor of the cabin, is connected with the machinery. Around the shaft in the above aperture, and consequently open to the sea, is placed the screw, by the revolution of which in the water the vessel is propelled in an opposite direction, the screw in fact, from being entirely under water, acting as a paddle during the whole revolution, instead of in a small portion only of the revolution, as is the case in the common paddles. The propeller originally consisted of one complete turn of a spiral ; but, in order to economize the space, this has given way to a two threaded screw, having two half turns placed opposite to each other. The diameter of the screw is five feet nine inches, and the length four feet two inches. With the engines working at their full power, the propeller would make 180 revolutions in a minute ; but we are informed that the greatest number she has yet made is 132, the engines having never made more than 60-horse power. The experiments already made with the Ar chimedes have been subject to the disadvantages which, in almost every case, attend the adaptation to practical purposes of a new invention. Her speed, however, may be now fairly estimated at nine knots an hour with sail alone,* and 91 knots an hour with steam alone. She has made the passage from Dover to Calais in one hour and 41 minutes, and from. Calais to Dover in one hour and 35 minutes. In a strosg wind and a heavy sea s the power of carrying sail and the possessiott of a propeller continually immersed are always effective, and must give a decided superiority to vessels fitted with the screw, since on such occasions the common steamer often buries one of her paddle-wheels so deeply as to be injurious to her speed, while the other is working in to air. We are informed that in a casual trial oci the - North Foreland with one of heK 2 f riajesty' steamers, when it was blowing a strong gale with considerable sea running, the steamer labouring heavily was found to have no chance with the Archimedes, which made her voya!“, with comparative ease and comfort, Trials have been made of the Archint c7des by officers of rank and elfperience in'the navy, some of them prae tieqUaitited "with the management of steam ves ., tel. ; iacludiuf, Vzcc-Admiral Sir Robert OtwN , l Lieut. John Allan Wright (of her Majesty's cutter Speedy), ' the Hon. Admir, Fleming, Captain Evans, Commander Burridge, and Licuie-e.. ant Commander W. Crispin, (ot her Majesty's steamer Vulcan), who all report most favourably of the merits of the invention. Among the princil advantages which the new pro i penes affortls are t l /ese :—that in rivers and harbours the Archimedes On be put. about in twice her own length ; she can be stopped as quickly as any other steamer, and goes equally fast ahead or astern, though not built to contend with river boats, either by her draught of water or by the form of her bottom (she having been constructed for a sailing and seagoing craft) ; she has been found, with engines not fully effect ive, to be eqeal in speed to any of them ; boats going along,side incur no more risk than in boarding a sailing vessel ; the swell, so dangerous to small craft in rivers, and so injurious to the banks, is not caused by the Ar chimedes; her wake is distinguished by no more ripple than that of any vessel under sail ; she can thread her way through obstacles, between which the projection of paddle-boxes prevents an ordinary steamer from ven turing, and she can enter locks and canals from which the other would be excluded ; she can lie close along- side other vessels or quays for the discharge of her cargo, or the embarkation or landing of passengers, with out being prevented by those cumbrous appendages, But it is as a powerful auxiliary to sea-going vessels, by enabling them to make head against adverse winds and currents, and in calms, that the screw propeller grounds its chief claims to attention. The power being seated where it cannot be injured will enable the seaman to give his ship way, even if dismasted, or unable from the fury of the wind to show any canvass—will allow her head to be kept to the wind, and by the rapidity with which the vessel answers the helm, at the very instant of putting the screw in motion, will facilitate various operations, which will be obvious to the seaman. By a simple contrivance the propeller may be connected with the machinery, or disconnected from it, in the short space of two minutes ; and the screw is not found to offer any sensible resistance to the progress of the vessel when going by the aid of sails alone. Another most important advantage is that the vessel would admit of guns being placed on the broadside, which in the common steamers is prevented by the large space occupied by the paddle-boxes ; and the propeller being placed out of reach of an enemy's shot, would enable the vessel to be used in naval warfare, which with the paddle-boxes could not be the case, owing to the facility with which the present vessels could be dis abled. The Archimedes left the harbour with her passengers on Monday afternoon, for Oporto. * The utmcst speed of her Majesty's swiftest Post-office packets on the Dover station is ten knots an hour, under the most favourable circumstances of smooth water, and using sail and steam. MILITARY PUNISHMENTS.—On Thursday morning the military in St. George's Barracks, St. James's park, were called out on parade to witness the revolting sight of the punishment of two privates of the Ist battalion of Scotch Fusilier Guards, who had been sentenced to receive 290 lashes each for insubordination. It will be remembered that a short time since one of the sentries was charged with being drunk on duty, and on the supposition that he was so, the officer ordered him to the guard-house, where he expired, and it was after wards proved that the unfortunate man had died from exhaus tion alone. It appears that two or three days after the melan choly occurrence alluded to, one of the privates of the above corps returned ir.toxicated to the barra-tks, and the sergeant duty ordered another private, named Sutliffe, to convey him to the guard •room : thishe refused to do,and commenced violently abusing the sergeant. The drunken man joined in the abuse, and refused to go to the guard- room,and it became necessary to turn ou t the guard, who placed them both in confinement, and they were tried by a general Court-martial. After the usual pre liminaries yesterday, Sutliffe was tied to the halberts, and the degrading and disgusting punishment was commenced. The shrieks and groans of the wretched man as he underwent the torture are described to be appalling, and were but partially drowned by the drums. The sentence being carried into full effect the poor fallow was taken to the Military Hospital. The other culprit, who was the main cause of this soul-harrowing exhibition (but whose name the reporter could not obtain), then stepped up with great hardihood and indifference, and having thrown up his cap twirling in the air, undressed him self while the sentence was being read. He received the pu nishment with scarcely a moan. On being taken down, an overcoat being about to be put over hi s bleeding and mangled back, he refused it, and walked to the hospital. LOW TEMPERATURE OF JULY.—At the latter part of the month of April the thermometei ranged in the sun between 96 and 114 degrees of Fahrenheit ; and since the first day of the present month, although the sun is at a much greater altitude, the range has been between 69 and S 7. NIGER EXPEDITION.—The first steam-boat for this expedition was launched from North Birkenhead, on Sa turday week, and appears, from her model and general ap pearance, admirably adapted for the purpose for which she has been built. In a few weeks she is expected to be ready for sea. The two other steamers for the same expedition are also in a forward state.—Liverpool Albion. FESTIVITY AT MULGRAVE CASTLE. Thursday last, the 23d of July, the day on which Lord Mul grave came of age, a dinner was provided for the tenantry and tradesmen, families, and their who have have been e mpl o yed under the Noble 'Marquis and the Marchioness of Normanby. Thomas Watson, Esq., of Whitby, presided as Chairman. In the evening there were tea and supper for all who wished to partake, and as much wine and punch as could he drank, and yet, with all the abundance, we must say we never before wit nessed so much decorum and so little drunkenness on such an occasion. In the evening there was a ball, which was every thing to the younger branches of families, and thus ended a day long to be remembered by all who had the honour cf being present.— York Courant. In Moscow, the young ladies who are candidates for matrimony range themselves along the side-walks in li n e s , decked out in fine dresses and jewels, and the beaus pass along and make a sort of military review. DEAL.-JuLl 25. The new pier for facilitating the landing and embarka tionpassengers an d l uggage from steamers and other vessels of has been carried out nearly 300 tect from the shore at Beach-street, close to the Royal Hotel, and even nose is found to be very useful for its intended purpose, which proves that were it projected to the distance of about 200 feet further, it would be a public work, not only of great convenience to the numerous tourists who visit this part of our coast, but would be of essential benefit to the public service, allot ding, as it then would, a ready and safe piece for landing the mails and passengers from the packets in the roughest weather, instead of being obliged, as they are now, frequently at a great loss of time, to run down to Ramsgate or Broadstairs, &c. Several vessels of the Yacht Club have been here during the season. Amongst others, Lord Yarborough's Kestrii paid a second visit yesterday, as did Mr. Weld, in his vessel the Alarm. The Earl of Dysart and the Hon. W. Murray, in the Gitana ; Mr. Weld, of Lulworth Castle, and a large party, landed yesterday, at th e new pier, at low water, and dined at the Royal Hotel. Lord Mars borough is at Deal Castle, and the Marquis of Bute at Stanhope House; Sir Alexander and Lady Ramsay have been staying some time at the Royal Hotel, previous t o t h eir departure for Germany. They have left their famil y at Walmer for the benefit of the bathing, which is excellent along this Coast. The Duke of Wellington is eagerly looked for at Wal mer Castle, which is completely reauy for his reception, and where his Grace exercises tha duties of hospitality with much more sincerity than ostentation. All here are anxious to have him amongst them, as they expect that the fine air of this district will completely restore him to health. The crops of wheat look very beautiful, are ripening very fast, and shearing of the early red and white Kent will commence next week, with every appearance of an abundant harvest. About 160 vessels took their departure from the Downs, on Wednesday; they had bee❑ wind-bound for a fortnight. The sight was a grand one, and most gratifying to a mari time people; but this is the finest position along the coast for scenes of this description. THE LAYSTALL NUISANCE AT PUDDLEDOCK. At this season of the year, when epidemics usually abound in consequence of the variable state of the at mospnere, it must be highly satisfactory to the public to be informed that the nuisance at Puddledock Laystall, so long complained of as dangerous to the general health of the metropolis, is now completely abated. This nuisance, which seemed to brave all opposition, has been put down by the resolute conduct of the ward authorities, who are entitled to the best thanks of the public for their conduct on the occasion. The immediate neighbourhood has also undergone con siderable improvement. The Dock adjoining the Laystali has been filled in to a distance of fifty feet from Thames strret, whereby a perfect wharf Las been formed, so that carts and waggons can receive their loads without obstructing the thoroughfare in Thames street. The cause of humanity to animals is also greatly promoted by the alterations, as formerly, when carts were loaded by Vie sides of the vessels in the Duck, six or eight horses were required to draw the load out, so steep and difficult was the ascent. By the forma tion of the wharf the surface has Leen so much elevated, that a new sewer from Thames-street has been turned into the Dock, by means of which, the mud and other filth will be washed away ; the street in front of the Duck at the foot of St. Andrew's-hill, which street was necessarily k'pt quite in a hole for the purpose of helping to break the ascent from the Dock, has been raised above two feet six inches. Earl -street and Thames-street now form a tolerably level line, and St. Andrew's-hill and the streets adjoining having been re-paved, a ve r y sa f e and quick transit will now be opened to carriages passing f r om Blackfriars-bridge to Cheapside, and Ludgate. hill will be now materially relieved. Betinett's-hill, which leads in a direct line from Thames street to St. Paul's Church-yard is now being repaved upon the serrated principle, and will prove a great accom modation for heavy loaded waggons, and proportionably relieve St. Andrew's-hill from any obstructions. The whole neighbourhood is, in fact, so much improved, that the inhabitants are unanimous in their expression of sur prise how it could have been left for so many years in a condition which caused general inconvenience. The inhabitants ascribe the chief credit to Mr. Hicks, the Deputy of Castle Bay nard Ward, and Chairman of the Market Committee, whom it has cost seven or eight years' active perseverance to accomplish the alkration, and who was driven from Committee to Committee, everyone denying that it possessed the necessary power, before he could even make a commencement, and all of whom, now that the thing is done, are delighted with and proud of the improvement. CHINA. m tahrer 21st ofrfo March,Ala ca. B , y we th i e 2 a, P e e r n e a e n e g i d Captain Canton C Papers I '. but they arc not of so late a date by seven days as these ac count of a mutiny and murder on board the j• received by the last overland mail. The foll?yving. eryima is in part new. ( From the Bengal Expositor of Jan. 11.) The Bombay Papers give an account of the rising of convicts on board the Vii ginian, bound for Singapore. This vessel left Bombay on the 14th December, with 36 convicts. On the morning of the 16th, by some means, the convicts obtained possession of the ship's arms, mur dered Captain Whiffen, and Mr. Harland, the cilia mate. After plundering the vessel they made the crew hoist out the boats, took what articles they wanted, and pulled to wards the land, somewhere about Mangalore, when they left the ship. The gunner returned with the vessel to Bum bay. The matter is now under the investigation of the police authorities. ( From the Englishman, Jan. 13.) There is one circumstance in the report of the rising of the convicts on board the Viryinia that demands es pecial notice. It is said that there was no guard on board the vessel. If it be so, to the Government, and to the Government alone, is to be attributed the atrocity that has been perpetrated. Two murders have been commit ted ; the English mails for Singapore and China (pro bably containing cabinet instructions to Captain Eiliot) have been destroyed, °cd at , liberty. the ves se l p l un d ere d , an d near l y forty We deeply regret to say th a t C apta i n Whiff en , w h o miscreants set was beaten to death in his cabin, after his first officer had been knocked down the gangway and killed, has left a widow and six children (now in Calcutta), wholly desti tute. —Eastern Star, Jan. 12. HANOVER. Another German newspaper has by royal ordinance been added to the prohibited list—the Dorf Zeituny, which indulged in some remarks upon his Majesty's proceedings. A few days back a number of the citizens of Hanover agreed to offer a public testimonial of their esteem to their burgomaster Rumann, for his courageous resistance to the arbitrary proceedings of King Ernest. The worthy Magistrate thought advisable to make an excursion on that day into the country, in order to avoid giving any came of dispute. A few of the younger citizens then resolved to serenade him the evening before, and on assembling near his dwelling were astonished to find the street occupied by a company of grenadiers and a squadron of mounted cuirassiers. The commander of the de. tachment called on them to disperse on their appearance in the street, and ordered his men to advance, up on w h ich gallant proceeding the poor musicians naturally m a d e a precipitate retreat to their houses, not a little astonished at finding themselves considered of such importance. The citizens of Osnabruck have presented a renewed protest against the legality of the proceedings of the in complete Chamber of Deputies now discussin g th e i m _ portant measure of the charter of the kingdom. Th e i r first protest was returned on the ground of its being im properly superscribed. The second protest is superscribed as the Chamber directed, and is accompanied with the re mark that vvliAe the citizens are too serious in their oppo sition to the measures of the Chamber to quarrel about l The clergy of the diocese of Osnabruck (Catholic), verbal forms, they are perfectly regardless whether their moreover, formally refused protest be accepted or not. by which they sur. with their Bishop at their head, have presented a formal protest, dated the 10th of July, agaitLit the proceedings of the Second Chamber at Hanover, in imitation of the prprotest entered some time back by the Bishop and Clergy ' the diocese of Hildesheim. Deputies, to accede to p to pe t r he C rendered their legislative powers.b Conferences have been held between the two Houses, rt_i,t, without producing a change in their determination. 1.,_l conferences arc to be continued at the desire of the King, who has declared his intention of sending, v h o ar e ib o e frthheas, Royal Commissaries to them. : —Duke and Duchess of Leinster, LANE. - e ----i;------- DRURY L ntess Paulet, Lady Fitzroy THEATRE ROYAL S a l Highnesst the D — u A e CERTS D'ETE.— ing honoured these coneer s with his presence. We Lord Bur I Somer set, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, g iersh, & e. THE LATE EARL OF DURHANI.The remains of Lord Durham were remnvedfrom i Cowe s at nine o'clock on la D al ss u to c I evening noticedev s e s d Wednesday night on _board ins yac tt, in which they will be eca th n e n T i l z f a o s r ll r i o o l t::i c . ng ou taken to Sunderland, and thence toll' Lambton Castle, where they will be interred The Hon. .• Grey was on board the yacht. Lady Durham and family arrived in tow n on 'Thursday,, by Earl Grey. an ill shortly take their departure for llowick, accompanied POLITICAT, 01,'.4EN-pER.S.---The Wiltshire In depentint, after justifying the liberation of Mr. Roberts, ex . prl hope, in which we heartily Particip ate, that Carrier -St 1 and Potts will also be released. " Independently of the injus tice of keeping them in prison —and Carrier, b e i t remembered, at work on the treadwhel—after the charge of Roberts we are confident that Gove rnmen t cou ld not do a wiser or -more creditable act than to gi ve them, and all ether political °lenders, " a free 1',.:431'.. . : Williams, a grocer, lVE l' t B 1111IertihIy°r,NGElanT Y.—Mrs. Anne organshire, died five cc six years ago, owing about 5001. debts more than th ere were assets to pay. Her daughters opened a public-house at Rumney iron-worls, and have saved I,OON. ; they now invite the creditors•of their tlereand parent to corny in and be raid, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, JuLT 31. BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the Order of the Day for going into Committee on this Bill. He strongly recommended it to their Lordships as a tem porary measure, on account of the severe commercial distress now prevailing. He stated, on the high autho rity of Mr. Jones Lloyd, that but for the operation of the Bill, many of the first mercantile houses in this country would have been ruined. During the late crisis in the United States, individuals had been enabled to raise money at a rate of interest exceeding 5 per cent. Many other instances of its beneficial operation might be cited. He did not however ask it as a per manent measure, but only for a limited period, though it would be for theirLordshipshereafter to consider whether it would not be for the interest of the commerce of this country that it should be made a permanent measure. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said the Noble Lord Mated all the advantages, but omitted to state the dis advantages of this measure. He objected to prolonging this Bill for any length of time, without inquiry ; or, if it must be prolonged, he thought it should not be for_a further period than six months. Lord ASHBURTON, who was heard with great indistictnPss, was understood to object to the measure. He said that the Noble Marquis was quite mistaken in supposing that the trade of the North of Europe was carried on by bills of Exchange. There could be tio greater evil to trade than the introduction of ion!, credit— for six months, for instance—which this Bi!:1 tended to introduce, instead of the present Inevailing credit of two months. Even in the Chi. - aa trade, the usual cre dit was no more than six Months. After the relaxation which had taken place in the Usury Laws, he would not recommend their Lordships to go further, or to pass this Bill without inquiry. Lord MON TEAGLE was rejoiced to find that it was intended to inquire into the state of the Usury Laws, as the most beneficial results might be expected from the labours of such a Committee.—( Hear, hear.) The parties who had paid largely for accommodation might object to the system, but the question was not the amount they paid, but whether they would have been able to obtain any accommodation whatever under the previous system. The head of one of the most eminent mercantile establishments in the metropolis, namely, .the Governor of the Bank of England, stated that he thought the effect of the Usury laws during the severe commercial pressure in 1837, was most be neficial. Mr. Jones Lloyd's evidence was to the very same effect. If a Committee was moved for in the next Session, he trusted the question of repealing these laws altogether would be entertained. _ _ The Marquis of LANSDOWNE contended that the Government was bound to keep faith with the parties who were interested in the Bill. He had no objection to substitute one yearfor four, with the understanding that a full inquiry would take place in the course of next Session. The Bill then went through a Committee. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND.) Viscount DUNCANNON moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill. Lord LYNDHURST bad two or three amendments to move in the Bill, the first of which referred to the Recorder of Dublin, the object of the clause which he proposed to amend being to exclude the Recorder of Dublin from Parliament, and he thought that obj ect should not have been attempted b y a side wind, but b y a direct enacting clause. The office of Record er b Ot I Dublin was one of great antiquity, possessing very x tensive powers, and his chariie, h charter required owev him to hold four Sessions every year. mo re than that—he held a Court for th e e r' tr d ia i l d of to upri soners twelve times a-year, and altogether upwards of twenty-eight sessions per annum. How did he conduct hi mse lf? He (Lord Lyndhurst) t could pledge him risonletrecofordrertrialnenvlr se lf to the fact, th a t quitted his Court until every N p ant c h o n n v v o ic t t h e t d el . i. discharged or N rhy t then, should the, power of interfering with that t 1 was said that tehetimes for holding the ses sions? Court , or of appointing were 'dissatisfied with the m ode hP profession holding essi on a and these oe Courts. Jud s g es The fact, however, one, t at all the profession, and all t o l f t e e J o u n d d g n e e s t , save exception wainsg highly approved of the mode easiness at these sessions. That the Justice Perrin, who it was known was a violent partisan —who had been returned for the Oity of Dublin, and who had been unseatzul in cons,- et the pr ov i so i n c l ause quence of a char ge o f b r ib ery . E' . Lord sessi 01, which empowered th e on. -Lieutenant • ' I, _ moved the om ission ..,o appoint the times of holding the VENING_EDITIONI. Viscount. DUNCANNON objected to the amend ment. He did not see why the Recorder of Dublin should not. he pieced under the seine restrictions as the Recorders in other parts of Ireland. He should certainly take the sense of the House against the amendment. The Earl of HADDINGTON said the object of the clause vas merely to exclude the Recorder from Par:innent ; and if it was thought advisable to do so; in Heaven's name let them brine; in a Bill to that eficet The Marquis of LANSDOWNE bore testimony to the able and excellent manner in which the Hon. Ile corder of Dublin discharged his duties when he was presiding at his Court ; but he thought, when a large salary was paid to that gentleman, his services should be given to the people of Dublin as often as they were required. The objection to the clause was, that it was likely to debar the opposite party of the services of a great leader, and be would ask them were they pre pared to go before the public with such a decision as that.—(Cheers.) He would refer their Lordships to the state of the prisons of Dublin, where there were not leaa I ban .212 persons for trial, of whom 90 were -:eroales. Was that quite right 'a Was that what the Noble arid Learned L or d p o i nte d out as a fitting state fur the administration of justice in the city cf Dublin r f he resolution to which the Noble and Learned Lord oh , jected had been agreed to unanimously in the Com• inittae. Although justice to Ireland was a much abused word, there never was a case in' which justice to the population of one great city of that country was more deeply invo;vcd than that which they were nose engaged in Council upon. The Duke of WELLINGTON said it had at last been discovered, after several years, that an active and zealous officer, against whom there was no complaint whatever, should not be allowed to sit in Parliament because his course was not exactly satisfactory to cer tain Persons. Let them come forward fairly with a clause in the Bill, and say that the Right Hon. Mr. Shaw should not have a scat in Parliament.— (Cheers.) Let them do that, and they would see what Parliament would say to it, but let them not throw it upon the Lord-Lieutenant to exclude that gentleman. He for one would vote against the proposition, consider ing that it was an unjust and party proposition for the purpose of gratifying the disinclination—be would rot use a harsher phrase—of one particular party against the Right Hon. Gentleman. He thought such exclusion undeserved and unmerited, and he declared his firm belief that no public officer in the service of the State had performed his duty in a more zealous and meritorious manner.—(Cheers.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE explain e d—Th: 3 was not the first time that such a provision had been intro duced in the Bill, for it had been introduced into every Bill brought before the House but one. Tile complaint was that the prisons in Dublin were not delivered. Lord LYN D H URST—Whare - is the complaint • The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—I make it—it is contained iu those papers, and it has ben. made else where. The Marquis of NORMANBY said, with respect to the question of where is the complaint ?—it had. been made in 1837, on the occasion of the Recorder hying presented to the Lord Mayor of Dublin. Lord LYNDHURST—What Lord Mayor? Toe Marquis of NORMAN BY—Mr. Perrin,_. (Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") The Judge called his attention to it ; he instituted inquiries in conse quence ; and the result was that he was convinced it would be for the advantage of the city of Dublin that there thould be more frequent gaol deliveries. Judge Perrin, who had made the complaint, was a gentleman who had perhaps paid more attention to the subject of the state of the prisons than any other person, and was the most competent person to form an opinion on the subject. The Recorder of Dublin having more to do than the Recorder of Cork, was a reason why he should be more attentive to his duties. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that the present Re corder had established monthly sittings, whereas before they had only been held every six weeks, and he could not see why they should be held oftener in Dublin than in London. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said, if this provision were rejected, it would be entirely from party motives, to suit the convenience of Mr. Shaw. j e was sorry that anything in that House relating to Ire land was done from party and personal motives ; for merly everything was refused or granted because it did please or did not please Mr. O'Connell, and How this turned upon the merits of Mr. Shaw, as if Mr. Shaw was tote imntortal,and to be forever Recorder of Dublin. Ex perience showed that the gaols of Dublin were crowded in a most inconvenient manner, and, therefore, the question was, whether they should be more frcqueetly delivered. It ought not to be discussed as a question re lating merely to Mr. Shaw. To say that the sta bility or convenience of the Government was connected with the fact of Mr. Shaw being a Member of Parlia ment, was a proposition to which, with all his respect for Mr. Shaw's abilities, lie could not assent. The Earl of HADDINGTON explained. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and their L :rdchips divided, when their appeared-- For Lord Lyndhurit's amendment Against it Majority in favour of the amendment Several verbal amendments were then prope.,sed and agreed to. The Earl of HADDINGTON propc,4ca a clause, reserving to the Lord Mayor Elect of I :inblin the right of succeeding to the office of . Presider, of the Court of Conscience, on his ceasing to be LAN! Mayor, and em powering him to hold that ofice for one year. He n sLo n ul o d f i t i j a is ve offi to c g e o of to L c o o r ndsil l.vld erary,.or, and w as f a i r l y entitled' o l e expence in the execu to succeed to this office which was the only way of' re munerating him for t h e expense he would have to incur. The salary of ',lac Lord Mayor was exceedingly small. The Ma:quis of NORMANDY said the gentleman in que;,cion had been elected out of his turn, and he wils aware the Bill was before Parliament before he accepted the office ; therefore he had no claim whatever. He should oppose the clause. The Earl of HADDINGTON said that although the Bill was before Parliament, it was by no means clear that at the time this gentleman accepted the office, it would pass into a law, an 3, at all events, even if it should pass into a law, the Lord Mayor Elect would have to serve a portion of his time. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and o.leir Lordships divided, when there appeared— For the Earl of Haddington's amendment... Against it 39 Majority for the amendment The Bishop of EXETER moved an, amendment which perhaps might be considered as raising a ques tion of privilege in the other House. It was an amend ment relatir , to the advow sons o f t h e P rotestant Church in. Ireland. He did not know how this could be construed into a money clause, but if it was so con / stracd, it appeared to him that it was spreading a net very widely, and in such a manner as to cramp their Lordships' legislation. If he should be told that it would certainly create a collision 'with the other House, he should not certainly persevere in it, but ii there was the least doubt on the subject, it was a matter of such importance, that he should feel bound to press it upon the attention of their Lordships.—(Hear, hear.) He considered the Bill as it stood had the effect of giv ing the livings of the Church to a body that were against the Church, for under the Bill almost all the corpora tions would be composed of Roman Catholics, and the livings would be placed in their gift. The Right Rev. Prelate then moved his amendment, the effect of which was to transfer the livings in the gift of the corporations to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.. The Duke of WELLINGTON objected to the amendment on the ground that it would interfere with the privileges of the House of Commons. The Bishop of EXETER withdrew his etnendmr.nt. Lord DUNCANN ON then moved that the lila do pass. The Bishop of EXETER could not allow that motion to be put without expressing his strong objettions to the measure. If the Bill passed it would be. Destruction to the Protestant Church. The Bill then passed. RATING S TOCK-IN-TRADF. BILL. The Marquis of NORMANBY moved the: second reading of the Rating of Stock-in -trade Bill. The Earl tlf HARDWICKE deprecated the provi sions of the Bill, and stated it to be his intention to op pose it on the motion for its going into Committee. Lord WHARNCLIFFE supported the Bill. After a few observations from Lord ASHBUR TON, the Bill was read a second. time, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday. COUNTY CONSTABULARY BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of NORMANBY, the Report on the County Constabulary Bill was further considered. The Report was received, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. On the motion of the Marquis of NORMANBY, the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Chimney Sweepers' Bill, for the purpose of consideriA the amendments of the Select Committee. The Earl of HARDWICKE thought there would be a great difficulty and expense in altering the 11.aes of the Houses, so as to enable them to be swept by a ma chine He proposed a clause to the effect that the proprietor of houses be authorized to emptoy a climb ing boy in his house as a private domestic.--(Laughter.) Marquis of NORMAN BY doubted wWd zer such a proposition could be carried into effe , A , H e should certainly oppose it. The clause was negatived without a div;, s i on. fewHADDING IIw j w s o e A r l e s su f m i-o e m d ; tl a le nd E t a h r e lo Bill, as am en ded, ‘ T ya OA s Nr :p r o th r a t e ed to the House. no Grammar Schools Bill .ivcnit th roug h a Com mittee. The Sale of J3i. - : er Bill was .. port e d. .7.otland) Bill wa s re a d a "P l o ' n bc d t r in . l Y e s , t a e n r dFoisrhdeerrie" 6 , t(.s:hc committ e d on Monday. The House then :low. ned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, ALF 31. NOTICE OF ELECTIONS WILL. On the motion of Mr. FOX MALII,E the Notice 330 3,5 'I Op el. 834 ?7_,. )9 4 4 )4N 1.154 r tb ° 3/IU Of i