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

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As," rie.t.) 1,/ itil thi!oit is evlj i licea ; 0' iV ; tba ,c f,' ire Or 0 01. rn a- o: , n bag 'iove , his, poi; 0. ,co ;ea( tilert Sir 11° 0 '0 _ l i e ncY ; 13 . to A ter, t o t b o f ecre` . , 0 11 jeFil .. F 000,3,;(4, Sir n. 'oyes' We Abe og , o c d P 9 j 0 • n i Si t st frJj( tl , enil lo o l Eor ric IV ' ord. te , a M ob °' .daY h -ego slo ,f Cad, , ,igml Or it e 0 0 0 „ tool, 0 ago' i" 1.- 61 !vs.',fer'Pw EVEN ING 141DITION. FASHIONABLE IN'T'ELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Earl D uc i e, in Seymour-place ; Lord Mel: ind nciteby, at Montagu House - ; the Hon. Fre'l ttric k tsent "'s Hotel • Lieut. Cathcat•,,, 10th Hussars, at ditto ; Ponsonby, Clifford t Sir Grey and Lad Ski w. ard Loog's -s reet ; Fredel4 , o r n d C Y aptaln Teesdale, family, R. pi., at ditto's Lord rick .Fitzelarence, at Colonel Fox's, in ; ♦ rr ington, at the Hyde Park Hotei.; Mr. Denison, r., 'art Palt-mall; Mr. and Mrs. Moorcave, of New at Fenton's Hotel ; Mr, Talbot, M.P., in Bel :rave-square ; Mr. end Mrs. William Hartopp and family, at Long's Hotel ; Major-General Effingham Lindsay, at the Pulteney Hotel; Rev. Merest, at Long's H-)tel ; Lady Poore and family, at the Pulteney Hotel ; the Countess Justine Boron;e, of Milan, and suite, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street ; the Chevalier Mabru, at ditto ; Captain and Mrs. Pasley, at Marshall Tbomp eon's Hotel, Cavendish.square; Mrs. Bull and Mrs. White, at ditto ; the Rev. Mr. Gregory and family, at ditto ; the Rev, P. G. Crofts, at ditto, from Matting R owe, Lewes. PART U RES. Captai n Bowles, DE R. N., C. 8., for Dorsetshire ; Lady Henry Moore and the Marquis of Drogheda, for Moore Abbey ; Mr. Hervey and Lady Sophia Deseroux, for Draketon Hall; Colonel Howard Vyse, for Stoke Park ; Sir Howard and Lady Elphinstone, for Hastings ; Sir Thomas Miller and Sir William Kay, for St. Leonard's on-Sea; Lieut.-Gen. Sir Thomas and Ledvy Bradford, for ditto ; L or d an d L a d y R adnor and Lady Jana Bou verie, for Longford Castle ; the Lord Advocate and Mrs Rutherford, for the North ; the Rev. Sir John and Lady Mill, from Mottisfont Abbey, in the New Forest ; Foun- Wile, Esq., from Long's Hotel ; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Turner, from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Ward, from ditto, for gouthampton ; Lady Amelia Needham, Capt. Murray, R. N., Gen. and Mrs. Bradshaw, and Rev. Mr. Main *raring, for Leamington Spa ; the Hon. Capt. Charles Forester, 12th Lancers, for Dublin ; Lieut.-Gen. Sir Thomas and Lady Hawker, for Weymouth ; Lady Raffles, for ditto; Col. and Lady Elizabeth Steele and family, for Kimbolton Castle ; Capt. and Mrs. Charles Talbot, Lord and Lady Ailesbury and family, for Tottenham Park, near Marlborough ; Sir Joshua and Lady Rowley, from Mar. shall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; the Earl of Gosford, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for 'lefties; the Count de Cambria and the Count Bacinechi, from ditto, for Paris ; Vi scount d e Q uerelleg and M. Lom bard, from ditto ; Messrs. Cools, Constantine, and Bria ninue, and M. and Mad. Roy Lite, from ditto, on a tour ; M• de Greffuhle, from ditto, for Brighton ; William Law air. Esq., from ditto, for the North ; Maxwell Blacker, C t., and -- Tickle, ,T;;Aq., from ditto, for Antwerp ; A. d ' ESC I" and Isted, from ditto, for Ecton. SYRIA. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN CAPTAIN NAPIER OF HER allijt"lt % SHIP POWERFUL, THE SENIOR ENGLISH N Ta av AL uFFicER AT BEYROUT, AND SOLIMAY PACHA, $0 REARAD MIRAL COMMANDING THE EGYPTIAN ADItoN AT BEYROUT. Her Majesty's Ship Powerful, Beyrout, " July 14, 1840 e ff S ab l ,, lt r ": w observe .with pai n and . regret that a general the 'oe be march gan in the mountai, a few hours after an aroh of t h e troops from this ns place. Without at enterin g i nto the question of whether the i n h a bit an t s oSultan. I f Leb anon are right or wrong in rising in favour of the do not conceive that the generals of the Pacha 0f gYpt can b e justi fi ed in carrying on th e war Ilew 441 at the m i n the barbarous manner which I see is in operation. le" I write to you, Sir, as an E gypt i an Ad m i ra l , an d e o ffi cer h o l ding the highest o ffi ce now in Beyrout, t o quest you will immediately communicate to his High ben Abbas Pacha the horror I feel at witnessing such acts of useless barbarity, which must lead to the de struction of thousands of women and children who can take no pact in the insurrection. !" His highness Abbas P ac h a may rest assure d t h at n e Five Great Powers of Europe, who are now treat ing the 'Eastern question, will not view with pleasure t he matine r he has adopted of putting an end to the in eetreet ion. " I have, Sce. , r ,_(Signed) "CHARLES NAPIER , C apta i n. l,no Rear-Ad m i ra l command i ng the E gyptian squadron at Beyrout." with its Arabic translation, from the senior officer, Captain Napier, commanding the English vessels in the port of Beyrout, has reached us ; from its Arabic tr anslation, we have understood its meaning. R" On our arr i va l at t h e place called Aire el aimige, we there fwand one or two hundred incur gents, n o t ori g inally from thi s p l ace, but from Balbee, and from the part inhabited by Mutew o a o u n s : who h a d come s i nce t h e insurrection o f t his m tain, whi c h h as s i nce su b m i tte d ; t hey, therefore, knowi ng th emse l ves guilty, and fe e ling of puni s h ment. , i n or d er to stir up the inhabitan ts, let fire to t h e di ff erent v ill ages, saying, Why have you submitted and have given up your arms?' `We therefore choose to serve you in this manner, and ' to which One Christians of the mountains can attest and affirm.' The above-mentioned insurgents being at a Place called Mulay, opposite the camp, some Albanians .w ere sent aga i nst them, r.nd drove th em away a f ter a " I glu. when, on pur su i ng them, the aforesaid insurgents, itileinntalog to thei r p rom i se, burnt the villages which ofeY met with in their flight, and so g a i ne d th e h e i g h ts the Mountains ; wren two of these individuals were auo e j lu ght and brought armed ,• but no injury was do ne hed w ere allow e d t o go a f ter b e i ng fur withthey a tesP4ara for th e i r saf e con d uc t. 4" The village 4 of Haded, Babda, Soafet, and other o re ' villages tithe them, besides others near them, which e under 111 b een have asked f or security (quarter), which abl ,„ v.nted th em , an d t h ey have submitted peace dorire .nit }nave given up their arms ; nothinr , has been tior,.. 4 ..them ; only, at the expulsion of the e. abovem ik en- Th ins urgent., they took from them their arms, ne e ; t . e avelry of Kabal being, like us, troop 4, they k 11 ,:d td o well the laws of war ; and therefore those who are -th ev -s A t raY must expect to be killed, destroyed, Sze, which - ` i , e ,!erve, as the are not children ; still quarter is given ' e rn, as they y may have been mislei by the insur gents ; e a ... r eetitione y d ee thos e who are found wounded after a battle not destroyed. But if his Excellency, the above- Co es . senior officer, intends making any observe enin with „ regard to the movements or actions of the tnen it does not appertain to us to answer ; we tetennr il o aturally b ut f ollow the instructions of our mas i,, H. the Vi ceroy. H'irsequenee, all such answers can be given . only GonertheVieeroy, our master, and th e Consuls tent t 41 re siding in Al exan d r i a , w h o a l one are compe eotae7.4 it, and which we beg to notify to your Ex (Signed) “ SOLIMAN PACHA.” lipit .........._____ 4 -RING FISHERY in SCOTLAND. reP li n tlNl/ AR, AUG. 4, 184).—After our last week's u able and up to Saturday, the weather was unfavo r srs e ' and the boats were not regular in going to sea. -,.., 0 Q 'the boats there was an excellent fishing, several . of iti„'" a ts landing about twenty trans. This morning ta;is,still improving, a number of boats had from twenty La; uttY erans—one, a Bucker, was calculated at forty d ". The early boats were but moderately fished, begane cadgers, of whom there was a great attendance, t ai „ to purchase at 215., but the price speedily fell bo ug ht and 18s. per crap. The home curers have also fitil.Knt info at these prices, the heavier sh ots . kr I ng into the hands of the Frenchmen. The fishing i a : uat i is o ff Scateraw, about five miles east of the --i.,11' There are about 200 boats on the station. d '" III IRAft, AUGUST s. —The fishing for these two At, of Ja has been good. Yesterday morning one t he boats reached thirty-eight, and several abode,h twenty craas. This morning none of the il a ta have exceeded twenty-five crans, but the Pri ces has been more general to-day. Selling L e " Yesterday, 16s. per cran ; this morning t„..--1 have declined to 14s, and 15s. The boats on the s t —ll no amount to nearly 200, and the number of ran ger curers is greater than usual. ANSTIIUTHER, AUGUST s. —There have been small talOoritities of herrings taken since our last report, such as do e n' ei g h t, and nine crans ; but no large hauls have 22 e 5 4 In ade• P r i ces , h owever, are good, ranging from Cadge • o 23 5 . per eran, the fish being purchased by the frs• It is yet early in th e season ; and we believe Is or no herrings were caught before this time last i s ear • APpeatane es are f avoura bl e, and a good drave ex pected. 1 AZERDEEN, AUGUST 4 be en The fishing at this po r t 0 14 pretty fair during the week, and now il , "aaes about 40 crans per boat since the cotn- Iv eneenn ent• The herrier , fishery to tit,' north- . aulteted_of.this port proceeds a tolerable share o . f tii , ,,..". s , but we believe that the take , up 147 yeasot equal to what it was at to this the same period burT• Purchases are making at Wick at 225. per serbu i : Freight to Stettin, 3s. The fi.hermen at Fhrea hav gh have not caught many herrings yet ; but t he} ) man 4 th e .great many fine cod, which pay . thorn we ll in tll,. L e time t and there is a good time coming for uerr: ~,s ..n gs. during NI`P AND MACDUFF.--The fishing has been good i pg the last week. The boats now average 30 crans. fi.hi"Ts°Y, AUGUST 3. Since our last report the ng ha been attended with great success. On Tile- da'a/ andsWedday morning the take was excellent, the boats having 20 crans. On Thursday, ow iiii: " to ol' o hl : , t he rough state of the weather, the boats were 4, . e gen to return, after being at sea ; but Saturday the „ K _ was excellent, the average being, from the cote wencement, g el 65 crans eaeh boat. -......_____ VV Co ve are informed that Lord Falkland is appointed inrnor of the lonian Islands, vice Sir Howard Douglas, Rhos tittle is expired. GIGANTIC TIMBER.--In the churchyard of the pi l l 1/,.:age of Brockenhurst, near Lymington, in the county of , ''''W 14 ls a yew tree, the height of which is eighty feet, having m d la al L eter of six feet, and a circumference of eighteen feet eak,abVit• . In the same plot of ground stands also a noble f t i r ,"'",,lea Is five feet and a half in diameter, and nineteen 4.`„`" girth. The size of the churchyard does not exceed e, acre, Two such extraordinary trees in al a 'm a be considered a rare circumstance connected with gyp SOCJv - - Pp- FOR PROMOTING _..cTICAL DESIGN, AND DIFFUSING A KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE of THE ARTS AMONG THE PEOPLE. A Meeting of the promoters and friends of the above institution was held last evening at the Society's Rooms, Saville House, 6, Leicester-square. Cat from the antique, models, paintings. ; atal ornaments, for the use of the students,, - ,tere placed on different pedestals, or stisp-mded on the wall round the room, producing a pleasing and picturesque effect. Among those present we observed *Mr. Steele... tlf , .•. High Sheriff of the County of (tare W. t wart, E‘q , M.P., T.Wyse, Esq., M.P., 0. J. Hector, Esq., Samuel Smith, E,q., Captain Doran, Anthony Crosby, Esq., the Honorary Secretary, &c. &c. Shortly after eight o'clock W. Ewart, Esq., M.P., the. President of the Society, took the chair. Mr. LATILLA then commenced readlng an ad dress on the advantaire of the arts to a coun try, and of the legislative impediments to their progress in England. The value of the arts were, in this country, but little understood and acknowledged. What should we have known of the magnificence of Ancient Egypt if it had not been for its remains of art ? Of Jerusalem and Babylon we know little, seeing that none of their works of art remained. The arts were not onl- ornamental but useful—they were an index as to the state of refinement of t 1 nation, for none but a refined nation cultivated the arts. The cultivation of art was a powerful engine in producing mental refinement, as was proved by the different state of refinement existing among the working classes, where they could have easy access to galleries of art, and among those who did not enjoy these advantages —and the preference given to town-prints in the cotton manu facture was a proof of the advantage of the art, to the working classes. The arts had never been favoured by the Legislature of this country.—(Hear, hear.) Cromwell commenced a persecution against the arts which had continued almost ever since. The Lecturer then paid a well-merited compliment to the Administration which had purchased the Anger stein Gallery as a nucleus tor a National Gallery, and had also opened the , sculpture•rooin of the British Mu seum. persons Easter l Mondaybeen a d a m ft i e t t r e i d t t s o eu t re he sc U ul r.pwards o .fie 2 ri 4 e ' s °° o ° n th e had been filet opened. The lecturer then defended the middle and working classes from the accusation most un brought against them, of a propensity to injure works of art. The Legislature of England had done less for art than that of any other country. They had never .purchased a picture of a single living artist, nor had they paid any honour to them. He then commented in strong terms upon the treat ment Fiaxman, the great master of design in the Bri tish school, had received from his contemporaries. The members of the Legislature had done little for the arts, with the exception of those Members of the House of Commons who, members of this Institution, had always done their utmost to promote a taste for the arts among the people. The Lecturer then went into a ' history of art in England from the time of Holbein to the present day ; in the course of which he took an op portunity of defending Reynolds, the founder of the English school, from the attacks of Allan Cunningham. The Lecturer then alluded to the effects produced by a knowledge of art among the ancient Greeks in the elegance of every species of manufacture ; helmets, swords, candelabra, all were elegant and spendid works of art. A great improvement in the elegance of our own manufactures had taken place in consequence of the efforts of Wedgwood. The Lecturer then alluded to the improvement introduced in the costume of the drama by John Kemble, and to the general improve ment which had taken place in the elegance of manu• factures within the last half century, and contended that the preference given to French manufactures was owing to their superior elegance alone. The neglect of the legislature proved the necessity of appointing professors of design in our colleges. The great meta of the 16th century rose to eminence through having free scope for their efforts. Patronage could not create genius, but it could foster and develop it, and it was to be regretted that our palaces and public buildings were not more adorned with wor k s of art. If th e walls of the new Houses of Parliament were painted in fresco, it would revive the English school in the highest walk of art, which was now com pletely neglected. In fresco painting every faculty of the mind was called forth, and the powers of the artist would be increased in proportion to the demand upon them. The Germans were obtaining a distin guished name from their attention to fresco, and in France the higher walks of art were more encouraged than in this country, and until the higher walk of art were encouraged, this country would never produce a Raphael, or a Michael Angelo.—(Cheers.) Mr. STEELE, in a very energetic speech, proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Latilla.—(Cheers.) Mr. C. K. NICHOLLS seconded the motion, and trusted the meeting would again have the pleasure of seeing 111 r. Latilla upon a similar occasion. Mr. LATILLA stated he should always be happy to do everything in his power for the Society.—( Cheers.) The PRESIDENT, in allusion to the latter part of the lecture, said it was of the utmost importance that in the decorations of the new Houses of Parliament the labours of the statuary and the painter should not be forgotten. Only a few years ago a Committee of the House of Commons was appointed to consider the causes of the inferiority of the inhabitants of this country in elegance to those of the Continent. That Committee was as sisted by his friend Mr. Wyse—(Cheers)—himself a lover of the fine arts.—(Cheers.) They ascertained the truth of the accusation of inferiority, and recom mended the formation of schools of design, and the throwing open the monuments of art to the people. With respect to their first recommendation, that had been fortunately responded to. In Manchester, Liver poo., ' Glasgow, Coventry, and Edinburgh, schools of design had sprung up. A school of design had been established by the Government, and lie trusted the day was net far dietant when its scope would be extended, and then its end would be accomplished. It had also been recommen ded that where a desire was manifested to establish Schools of Design, they should receive assistance from the Government, and he hoped that recommendation would, ere long, be attended to.—(Cheers.) He de precated the interference of the Government, but he solicited their assistance. The first would crush, the second foster, the arts. With regard to opening the National Galleries and Museums to the people, as was done on the continent, it was obvious that it would be impossible to contemplate the noble works of art con tained in them without desiring to imitate them. That wish had to a great degree been accomplished, and it was already perceptible that this was doing infinite good in refining the tastes and elevating the morals of the people.—(Cheers.) He rejoiced. see so many of the younger portion of the community, who had devoted their time to the study of the arts, present on this occasion. This School had contributed its quota, having sent forth upwards of 400 pupils into different parts of the country. Seven of the pupils had been admitted students into the Royal Academy, thus showing that from institutions like this artists might spring, who might contribute to the glory of their coun try —(Cheers.) The artist who flung the soul of art • into our industrial manufactures, was a benefactor to his country, and was extending the sphere of art.— (Cheers.) He trusted all those who had favoured the Institution with their attendance, would also favour it with their advocacy in the circles in which they moved ; and they could not better serve the interests of art, than by disseminating the knowledge of the use fulness of such establishments, and calling upon the country to support them.—(Cheers.) Mr. SAMUEL SMITH moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his uniform kindness and attention to the interests of the institution.—(Cheers.) He could not help remarking that among the auditors was a student of Christ's Hospital. Now, he hoped that that ancient foundation would receive the addition of a Professor of the Arts.—(Cheers.) _ _ Mr. Focuo seconded the motion in a most able and eloquent speech, in which he passed a high eulogy on the President for the valuable services he had rendered to the institution. The motion was received with loud cheering, and carried by acclamation, having been put by Mr. Hector, M .P. Mr. Ewan thanked them most cordially for the honour they hat done him, :ind mentioned the debt of gratitude that was owing to Mr. Hume, Mr. Hector, and Mr. Wyse. for their support of the cause of the arts in the H.iuse of Comtnons.—(Cheers.) The meeting:, which was numerously attended then broke up. Several ladies were present. DOVER, A UGUST 7.-1-lis Excellency Mons. Guizot arrived here from London at two o'clock this morning, and immediately proceeded in the French mail packet for . 21.11/S. It is understood he is going to the Chateau d'Eu, near Dieppe, the present residence of his Majesty Louis Philippe. Lord S. anley arrived in Maryborou g h on "Tues day evening. and left on Wednesday morning en route to his extensive estates in the county Tipperary. GREAT EXPLOSION AT SPITIIEAD AGAINST THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.—By far the most magnificent exhibition which has yet been witnessed of the enormous force of gunpowder when exploded under water took place on Wednesday last at Spithead. The charge, which con e f a a r t l l y i o m o, s e a r n d t h a e - h o al r f i , g o i o r a a l b p o u o s t t seventy ioo o f I t e h e e t deru f n ore _ sisted of twenty - five b arrels, or 2,2501 b5, was placed at the depth of elevent h h a e tch su w r a f y ac t7i the old ship. When Colonel Paslev's preparative trumpet sounded, all eyes were tutned to the launch in which Lieutenant Symonds stood with the ends of the con necting wires of the voltai " c battery i his hands. S carce l y had the word been given to Fire," and the trumpet sounded, when the whole area was shaken as if by an earth quake, the surface became ruffled like the top of a glacier, and in the next instant, literally in less than two seconds, the water bulged up and rose to the height of about twenty feet, after which a sort of second burst or bulge occurred, which projected the sea in huge masses high into the air. Such w as the violence of this effort, that the spray was thrown completly over all the adjacent vessels in a drenching shower, accompa nied by gusts of wind radiating from the centre. Various esti mates were formed as to the height of the column or columns of water. Some went as far as 100 feet, and some as low a s 50. The commotion in the water, and the ocean of mud, dead fish, and other symptoms of violence which spread far and near, geve every promise that the operation will answer the purpose 1-vthic4 C 911414 Ask/ has is view, TTIE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1840. PIRIT of the I i tiBIAC jOtTitrtAL"' r7ROII THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.) (From the Globe.) Lord Grantley is, it seems, emulous of Lord Lorton's fame ; and has tried his hand at ejecting cottagers from his estate es the Irish landlords get rid of obnotious occupants of cabins on their propertiesHby thrusting them out on the world's wide waste; to find a reftige where they may - . The urrey Peer; like his prototype in the sister holintry; lids met with resistance in his at tenifits to 4C4uire by fore'te that to ivhicfi he jitid lio Claim ib lair. A ponr jaeaitint, narhed Puhtr; from the Peer's violiznee for protection and redress to a British Jury ; and after a trial, the details of which compel us to regret that rank should elevate above their fellows men who are so glaringly deficient in the quali ties which alone Corirdr thin dignity; miiluted the P6er in • 2f) . 'o/. damages ; and thus taught him, and these who might be disposed to imitate his example, that such conduct—whether the result of heartless inconsi derateness, or of haughty arrogance—will be discou raged and suppressed by the honest Juries of England, whenever the titled or wealthy oppressor is brought be fore them by the poor subject of their persecution to claim the redress at their hands. (From the Standard.) There, were again some words in the House of Lords upon the Irish Municipal Bill. The public is, however, too thoroughly sick of the game played on both sides with reference to this affair to permit that we again ad vett to it. Our time for speaking will be when the tree shall bear its fruit, seeing that we cannot prevent its growth I meanwhil e we request attent i on to Mr. ' 0 Connell's letter in another column. The Marquis of Londonderry then, after the presentation of a petition by Lord Lyndhurst from Glasgow, called the attention of the House to our foreign policy, in a speech in which his Lordship expressed his satisfaction at the treaty now so much the subject of discussion in Europe, more par ticularly as this treaty, in his Lordship's opinion, brings us once more into an intimate union with Russia. We have a great respect for Lord Londonderry, and there are few subjects on which we would not subscribe to his opinion ; but amongst these few the policy to be observed in dealing with Russia holds the first place. We indeed agree with the Noble Mar quis in approving of the treaty, but by no means for his reasons. We much regret that France is not a party to the treaty, and we should little grieve if France and Russia were to change places in this respect. Whatever might have been the opinion of our fathers, founded upon circumstances very dif. ferent from those in which we live, France is not " the natural enemy" of England. France is the natural friend and ally of England in the present condition of the world. The bond of friendship is the simplest ' and most obvious to be imagined. France and Eng land cannot be at war without inflicting reciprocally great and equal injuries, while the madness of ambi tious hope itself cannot suggest any possible advantage derivable by either from the contest. ( From the Courier.) We care nothing whatever about the duration of the imprisonment which John Thorogood originally brought upon himself by his dishonesty, and has since voluntarily prolonged by his obstinate refusal to obey the laws ; hut we are really surprised at the folly of some who believe in the representation that he is a sufferer for the sake of conscience because he refuses to pay a paltry amount of Church-rate. The fact is exactly as it was described some time ago by Lord John Russell, and that the man is imprisoned, not for the non-payment of the rate, but for a contempt of the Ec clesiastical Court to which he himself appealed. Under any circumstances of this kind we do not conceive that the Legislature is called upon with justice or propriety in regard to those who obey the laws of their country, to interfere for the purpose of procuring his liberation. The present Bill, however, has passed that House which of late has shown itself utterly regardless of the true principles of legislation. By the liberation of John Thor ogood through the medium of an Act of Parliament, it will be established by the highest autho rity in the land that any man ;nay pick and choose what Courts shall have cogniz•ince of his case, and what laws he will allow to be binding on his conduct. Divest the Bill of this necessary consequence, and we consider the liberation or further incarceration of this new de scription of religious " martyr," a matter of perfect in difference. It is not a question whether Thorogood ought to pay the five and sixpenny rate, but whether any man shall appeal from a legal imposition to the judgment of a Court, and then set its authority at de fiance. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. toWn-cotincils what totirts shsulal be .stabstitu.ted in its place. In the Bill afterwards introduced, a clause was inserted, not directly and avowedly ex cluding him from Parliament, but for the purpose of effecting that object, in an indirect manner ; and he thought he had reason to complain of the course taken in that respect by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite (Mr. Pigot). However, his principal object in troubling the Horace at present was to deny, in the strongest manner, that he bad ever entered into nego tiations on the subject with the Law (Meets of the Crown.—( Hear, hear. All that he had ever said to Oath itpikt ; tkie subject was said in open discussion is that House.—( ear l hear.) It had also been said by a Noble Marquis in the other House Of Parliament, that he (Mr. S.) made his official duties subsereidat to his political views. That charge was wholly groundless ; as was also the statement that the business of his Court was neglected. During the last ten years he had never left any cause, civil or criminal, iti nrrear, when it was Right td Hon. y the G ready to come on. Mr. PIGOT cou ld not allow the question to be brought to a c l ose w i t h out saying a few words, after o w p h p a o t s ha d te. en e ß nt i l g e h m t an Ha h a a . former Bills had not provided for the jurisdiction of the Recorder of D u bli n . Now ha would tell that Right dGc saidn Gentleman e thatn m Honourable Gentleman, that every Bill down to the present year, had contained the proviso that every Recorder should sit a certain specified time, and oftener if the Lord Lieutenant thought pro per to order it. Did the Right Hon. Gentleman mean to say, in making Dublin the subject of distinct legisla tion, that the provisi ons w i th respect to every other Recorder i n Ireland did not apply to the Recorder of Dublin? The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that some such understanding was entered into in that House by Mr. Woulfe in 1839 ; he had heard something of that kind, and he applied to the late Lord Chief Baron himself, who stated to him that the Government were unfettered by any such arrangement.—(Hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman bad said that he (Mr. Pigot) had introduced this clause in a manner which he had a right to complain of.—(Hear, hear.) Now, what was the fact? Why, the clause was introduced in that House, and went up to the House of Lords. —( Hear.) When in the House of Commons, that Right Hon. Gentleman had opposed the introduction of it, he (i%lr. Pigot) resisted that oppssition, and the House adopted the clause. He had introduced the clause in the discharge of a public duty, and upon the conviction that it was necessary for the defence of the inhabitants of Dublin. He had introduced it last year, and again during the present session, and he begged to tell the Ri g ht Hon. Gentleman that whether in or out of office he would endeavour to carry it into effect by public legislation, as be thought such an enactment due to the public of Dublin.—(Hear, hear.) But the Right Hon. Gentleman seemed to think he had intro duced it indirectly for a direct purpose. He would tell him, in answer to that insinuation, tnat he could have no reason for adopting such a course, and he did not adopt it. He had introduced the words not, as the Right Hon. Gentleman had insinuated, for the purpose of excluding him or any other individual from Parliament, but for the purpose of compelling a local Judge to sit as often to administer justice as a vast population required, in order that the gaols of Dublin might be delivered oftener, and not left in the crowded state they were at present. He asserted with out fear of its being contradicted, that the present state of the gaol of that city showed great necessity for the interposition of the Legislature. In conclusion, he would tell the Right Hon. Gentleman that be never had, and never would introduce by a side wind that which he could not dodirectly. Mr. SHAW denied that the state of the gaol of Dublin was such as had been represented by the Right Hon. Gentleman. The gaol delivery there took plea, every month, which was as often as was required, or could with convenience take place. Lord MORPETH protested most emphatically against the notion that there was anything indirect or covert in the provision introduced into the Bill with respect to the tenure of his office. That provision was introduced fairly and openly, and although he did not insist upon it now, yet he had not the least doubt that in all probability it would be forced upon the House in another Session. The amendments were then agreed to, and the con versation dropped. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. A message from the Lords brought down the Church Discipline Bill, the County Constabulary Bill, and the Loan Societies Bill, with amendments. BU DE LIGHT. Mr. HUME gave notice that he would to-morrow call the attention of the House to the necessity, during the recess, of completing the apparatus for lighting the House.—(Hear, hear.) subject during the recess, and should feel happy if he frgme a measure that would receive general sup port. After a few words froth Cap teen PE. tiLLL, and Sir J. R.REm, who expressed an opinion that pilcts were at present very badly compensated, Mr. W. ATTWOOD replied, and The Returns were ordered. A Message from the Lords brought down the Non- Parochial Register Bill, with their Lordships' agree ment to the amendments made by the Commons. Also the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill, and the Railways Bill with amendments. ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES AND RE VENUES BILL. On the motion of Lord PALMERSTON the at,,tt.mlments of the Lords to this Bill were ordered to be printed, and taken into consideration to-morrow. Adjourned at a Quarter-past Six o'clock. 110 USE OF LORDS, AUGUST 7. The Royal assent was this day given by commission to the several Bills passed since the date of the last commission. The Usher of the Black Rod having summoned the - House of Commons, the Speaker, accompanied by several Members, shortly afterwards appeared at the bar, when the Royal assent was given in the usual form to the following Bills: Sugar (Excise Duties') Bill, Church Discipline Bill, Church Building Bill, Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill, Marriages Act Amendment Bill, Militia Pay Bill, Mi litia Ballots Suspension Bill, Metropolitan Police Courts Bill, ,Chimney-sweepers' Bill, Bills of Exchange Bill, Imprisonment for Debt Bill, Metropolis Improvement (No. 1) Bill, Sale of Beer (No. 2) Bill, Notice of Elections Bid, County Constabulary Bill, Grammar Schools Bill, Admiralty Court Bill, Admiralty Court (Judges'. &c. Salary) IBill, Pilots Bill, Isle of Man Bill, Fisheries Bill, Friendly Societies Bill, East India Shipping Bill, Insolvent Debtors' (India) Bill, Slave Trade Treaties Bill, Slave Trade (Venezuela) Bill, New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land Bill, Law of Evidence (Scotland) Bill, Oys►er Fisheries (Scot land) Bill, Bank of Ireland Bill, Attorneys and Soli citors (Ireland) Bill, Roscommon Town Lands Bill, Poddle River (Dublin) Bill, London and Greenwich Railway Bill, Londo.s and Greenwich Railway Sta tion Bill. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. The House then adjourned during pleasure. The House resumed at Five o'Clock. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented peti tions from St. Pancras and from Mr. Paton, praying for a better supply of water to the metropolis. Lord PORTMAN presented a petition from St. Anne's, Westminster, and St. Martin's-in-the• Fields, to the same effect. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from St. Anne's, Westminster, to the same effect. RAILWAYS. Lord CLARENDON moved the third reading of the Railways Bill. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER approved of the Bill which, without interfering with the rights of private property, placed the railways more immediately under the control of Parl►ament. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. Th e Bishop of EXETER presented petitions from Coleraine against the system of Education in Ireland ; and from Cornwall, praying for Church Extension in the Colonies. Lord DUNCANNON presented a petition from the President and Council of the. British Medical Associa tion, praying that in the census now taking the names of all persons sick and infirm be inserted in a separate column. The Linen Manufacturers (Ireland) Bill, the Postage Bill, the Dublin Police Bill, the Highway Rates Bill, and the Rating of Stock in Hand Bill severally went through Committees. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from pri soners for debt in the Queen's Bench prison, complain ing that the Insolvent Debtors' Act was to them a dead letter. Lord LYNDHURST moved for returns of the num ber of prisoners in confinement, and the period of their imprisonment in the Queen's Bench, Fleet, and White cross-street Prisons. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society of Birming ham, complaining that the intentions of the British Le gislature in the Emancipation Act had not been carried out by the Colonial Legislatures. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills to which the concurrence of their Lordships was desired. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mr. Richard Berguin, formerly editor and proprietor of a newspaper called the Ballance, in the island of Mau ritius, complaining of the harsh treatment he had ex perienced from the Governor and Town Council of that colony, who suppressed his paper, and expelled himself from the island. The petitioner stated that he had al ways supported the Government against the disaffected party in the colony, by whom his life was consequently fiercely threatened; and that his only offence was the having expressed some dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Proeureur 7 General. . His. losses by the sup preision ofhis papei ha estimated at 7,2004 Tho Earl of CLARENDON said that the expulsion of the petititioaer.frono the island was occasioned by his violent and factious conduct in the management of his papers , whicb•had—formerly been well conducted. But in consideration of 'his previous loyalty, Lord Glenelg gave him permission to return to the island and carry on his Journal again'; giving him also a reasonable compensation; certainly very far short of the prepos terous estimate which he himself made of his claims. THE SPANISH LEGION. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said that as the correspondence, relating to the claims of the Bri tish Auxiliary (Spanish) Legion, had been laid on the table, be was bound in candour to admit that nothing could be more satisfactory.—(Hear, and a laugh.) The Shrewsbury and Holyhead Roads Bill was read a third time and passed. In answer to the Earl of HADDINGTON, The Marquis of N ORMA. BY said he felt the im portance of keeping the question of the Poor-laws en tirely distinct from the inquiry into the sanatory condi tion of the lower classes. As he understood some ob jection arose to extending the inquiry into the rural districts, he would for the present confine himself to the large towns.—(Hear, hear.) The Earl of HADDINGTON expressed his satis faction at that arrangement, and trusted no further ex tension of the inquiry would be necessary. The Earl of CHARLEVILLE said he had re ceived tt letter from the Magistrates of Maguire and Pallaskewry, thanking him for the trouble he had taken, in having brought the state of these districts before the House of Lords, and complaining of the secret stab against th e ir c h a racters, which was attempt e d t o b e inlicted by the police authorities, and of which they would have known nothing, had it not been for his kind interference. After a few words from Lord PORTMAN, the con versation dropped. • The Earl of HADDINGTON said it was unac countable that no disapprobation had been expressed of the violent agitation which was carried on for the re peal of the Union. The connection of the agitators with the Government was most dangerous, and the su pineness of the Government was highly culpable, when they saw such an agitation going on in a country, in which the ribbon system prevailed to so great an ex tent. If that agitation was not put down, it would lead to the separation of the two countries, and the dis memberment of the empire. The Marquis of NORMANBY said that he had forborne to originate any discussion on the subject pend ing the trials for ribbonism, which he believed were now over. The whole proceedings of the ribbon con spiracy were known to the Government, and that asso ciation was perfectly powerless. In the next Session he would be prepared to give their Lordships every information respecting the part which the Government had taken, and to defend its conduct. The Noble Marquis then moved the second reading of the Admi nistration of Justice (Birmingham) Bill. The Earl of WARWICK complained of the con duct of the Government in compelling the people of Birmingham to pay for a defective charter. He did not think they were called upon to pass a measure such as that now before the House at so late a period of the Session, and he should therefore move that the Bill be read a second time that day three months. The Marquis of NORMANBY defended the Bill. After a few words from Lord CALTHORPE, the amendment was withdrawn, and the Bill read a second time. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented peti tions from Wilts against idolatrous worship in India, a ad a petition from Lanark, praying the House would aolopt a better Bill than that introduced by the Earl of Aberdeen for the regulation of the Church of Scot. land. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (COURT OF CHANCERY). Lord BROUGHAM said the only amendments made .by the Commons to the Administration of Justice Bill, w ere i❑ the money clauses, and he should there fore mo ve that these amendments be agreed to. The ai.iendments were then agreed to. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. The LGRD CHANCELLOR moved the com mittal of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill. Lord RAYLEIGH presented a petition from the Churchwardens of Chelmstord, praying their Lordships not to sanction any Bill that would effect the liberation of John Thorog•ood, without the payment of the rates due from him. The Bill then (went through Committee, and on bring ing. up the Report', The Earl of DE; ON had an amendment to pro pose, for the purl) , ssc of compelling the person to be liberated to first p tbe costs thgt had been incurresl in the suit.agains t him. ! The. LORD CHANCELLOR was ofoiniou that such as mead ; mut w 1 ;44,1 neOpliSo tiK Act. —••.. . , It was not in nature to suppose that a man who preferred staying to prison to paying ss. 6d. would have his pre ference diminished, by being required to pay from 70/. to 801. Tne Duke of WELLINGTON said. that if the gentleman who had caused those expenses to be in curred by his own refusal to obey the laws did not pay the costs, they would have to be paid by the persons who had lawfully prosecuted him. Surely that was not Justice between man and man, Lord ELDON agreed with the Noble Duke, and thought that if any person persevered in his contumacy he ought to be prepared to take all the consequences- Lord WHARNCLIFFE wished to know, if the contumacious person did not pay costs, who was to pay eLern i It appeared to him, that it the Bill passed into a law, as it came up from the House of Commons, it would virtually repeal all taxes. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the pro moters were in this position—they had :aid out their money, and could never get it. The supposition of the Noble Lord seemed to be, that some body would pay it for him. That was exceedingly improbable. The pres sure of imprisonment had been tried, and in this case had failed. The Churchwardens had gone to law with a person from whom they could not recover. The money so expended was lost, and the question was, whether the imprisonment was to be perpetual? The Bill did - hot propose to repeal Church-rates. It only limited the imprisonment of defaulters to twelve months ; and looking at the smallness of the sums —as, in the in stance alluded to the sum was only ss. 6d.—it was very unlikely, that many persons would submit to so long an imprisonment. Atter a few words from Lord WHARNCLIFFE, The Earl of DEVON said he would certainly press his amendment. The House then divided, and the numbers were— Content 25 Non-content l7 Majority for the amendment --8 The Report was then received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Imprisonment for Debt Bill (Ireland) and the Insolvent Debtors Bill (Ireland), were severally read a .hird time and passed. _ . Lord REDESDALE presented several petitions against the Beer Bill. Their Lordships adjourned at Eight o'Cclock. THE BRITISH AUXILIARY LE- GION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I beg to transmit you for publication some correspondence which has transpired with the " Friends of the British Auxiliary Legion," whereby you will per ceive the difficulties I have to contend with in obtaining their co-operation in procuring for the persecuted Auxi liaries the benefits of British mediation. I forwarded Vis6ount Palmerston, and Geneial Alava, the Spanish Ambassador, on the 27th ultimo, copies of my letter so kindly published and advocated in your Paper of the 18th ultimo (the object of which was more amply ex plained in my communication to the Times of yesterday, and your Paper of to•day,) requesting an early inter view, in order that the unhappy original claimants might receive, under the present financial arrangement entered upon by the Spanish Government in their be half, a small portion of the severe losses which they sustained by disposing of the claims previous to British mediation having taken place, and the following are their replies : " Lord Palmerston presents his compliments to Mr. Cochrane, and, in reply to his note of the 27th ult., regrets to inform him that his time is so much occupied at present that he cannot appoint an hour to receive Mr. Cochrane. " Foreign-office, August 3, 1840." Le General Alava presente ses respects a Monsieur Charles Cochrane, et se trouvent au lit depuis lundi, it n'a pas pu repondre a sa lettre, et it nc sait pas encore quand est ce qu'il se trouvera en etat de pouvoir recevoir la visite ; en attendant, it a l'honneur de dire a Monsieur Cochrane en response a sa question que dans les jour naux publics se trouvent de ses annonces les termes dans lesquels doit etre vcrifie le paicment d'une partie des ccrtificats des individus de la Legion. " Ce 31 Juillet, 1840." . Anxious to give ever y corro b orat i on an d strength to the justness of my views, I addressed the following com munication to Sir De Lacy Evans. I couched it in terms as respectful and unobtrusive as I possibly could, whilst I considered that its general tenor, coupled with the well-known disinterested and active part which I have been taking in favour of the Legion, would have insured it a cordial reception. The following is my letter, delivered by my own servant, and Sir De Lacy Evans' reply per penny post:— " Sir—A sympathy for the interests of the British Auxiliary Legion, lately under your command, in duces me to take the liberty of asking you whether the lively interest which you have taken in effecting the recent financial arrangements connected with their claims on the Spanish Government was not, as I am inclined to thing, exclusively from a sympathy for their personal interests ; as also whether the British Go vernment, in their co-operation, as well as the Spanish Authorities, were not, to the best of your knowledge, actuated with similar feelings. " I shall feel greatly favoured with an early reply. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your's respectfully, " CHARLES COCHRANE. "23, Devonshire-place, Aug. 3, 1840." "To Sir De Lacy Evans, &e." " 4, Bryanstone-square Aug. 4, 1,g40. Sir De L ac y E vans h as to acknowledge the re ceipt of a letter from Mr. Cochrane, putting questions to him as to his motives, and as to the motives of the English and Spanish Governments in effecting the late financial arrangements for the payment of the British Auxiliary Legion ; and as Sir De Lacy Evans is not in the habit of entering into any correspondence on the subject of motives, whether his own or those of others, he must be excused replying to Mr. Cochrane's questions. The astonishment with which I perused this epistle can be better imagined than described. Had my ques tions been addressed to certain gentlemen more or less connected, as I am informed, with the Legion, and who lw.ve been purchasing the certificates of both officers and men, I can well understand that it would have proved rather objectionable to them to have inquired too closely into the motives for their clamorous sympa thy in behalf of the Legion ; but when addressed to the Lieutenant-General of the Legion, to whom the officers and meu naturally look for protection, I was not pre pared to read, under his own hand-writing►, that he found it objectionable to have the motives of his sym pathy inquired into, more particularly as it is generally believed that not more than one-tenth of the original claimants will participate in the financial arrangement he has just effected. Alas, for the poor Legion ! I have the honour to be, Sir, Your's very faithfully, CHARLES COCHRANE. 26, Devonshire-place, Aug. 5, 1840. [This is the last communication we can insert on this subject, unless as an advertisement.] LOAN SOCIETIES-IMPORTANT FACTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-I beg to draw your attention to the report lately sent to Parliament from the Loan Fund Board (Ire land) for the year 1839, (as prescribed by law.) Be cause that report presents a new feature to the public, " considerable revenue, six per cent. net profits for charitable uses ;" "in each locality (on an average), above all expenses and interest, generally six per cent. to the subscribers at each office." During this year, 1840, the funds employed are almost doubled, and the average net profits for charitable uses increased much above six per cent. To the operation of this system, the peace and improved condition of Ireland is greatly indebted ; and a vast number of societies are following our example in England—viz., limiting the amount of dividend or interest receivable by depositors to 5 or 6 per cent. per annum, and dedicating to charitable uses the surplus which may arise, after paying ail the ex penses of manage.nent, in every separate office. By steadily pursuing such a system, the amount levied for poor-rate may be gradually diminished, and the prospe rity of all people of industry infinitely increased, so as to lighten the weight of taxation. Dublin, August 1, 1840. A. COMNION ROAD STEAM-CARRIAGE TRIP.- On Thursday an experimental trip of a steam -carriage, con structed under the patent of Col. Maceroni, was made from East Greenwich to Footscray. The carriage is a double-bo died one, capab:e of carrying 24 passengers in addition to lug gage, and the entire weight of the machine, includi ng f ue l and water, is under five to ns. The carriage was perfectly under the: control of the steersman, and turned every corner with the greatest nicety. There were 23 passengers, principally shareholders. They proceeded . up Blackheath -hill, .to the great astonishment of the admirers of steam traa -locomotion, the rate of twelve miles an hour. The party then proceeded had been newly .. gravelled, theirover tili,oe"heerast and d and l although gh Shooter tim th s - i i h i i l l ! a , they ascended it at the rate of:tsftErmt3e:etsnmimi,,ice, cubic feet, o f and the noise producedo. r fire ; fact, )0-horse inpower. bailerTiere o ans n o l y nco f h o 1 appearanceumrneT, to that of a common omnibus. The h there is nu is scarcely equal shy as the vehicle passed. On the levelhorses on the road did not com pleted in three minutes, and on ascendingroad a mile was five minutes. Twenty miles an hour hills from four to `welve the minimum rate. was the maximum, and 'APOTHECARIES' HALL —Names of gentle men to whom the Court of Examiners granted Certificates of Qualification on Thursday :-..-Charles E. Firth, Warwick; Henry Powell, London ; William Smith, ; William Mer ritt Hartlebury Day, Bristol; William Henry Fife, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; William Angus, Newcastle-upon Tyne ; Wil liam John Lomax, London ; Joseph King, Liverpool ; John Dale Hewson, North Shields; Thomas Jacob, Cardiff. Th e Court of Examine rs presented to the Court of Assistants on the 4th inst. their report for the past year, in which they s tate o that E. 06 candidates have been examined for theirlicenr practice, and that 414 o f thi s number had received t hei r , 00r.. tific,ate of qualification." In this number, : the especial conu nepdation of t 441464 acciuuomeata. he Court 4% , ... t hi r t ee n gentlexiLen receive. EVENING El) 1T.10.7_ FROM. LAST NIC "$- Zerrl'E WAR OFFIC Regiment of Light I h to be Lieutenant, by pureh tw„,itlccWuliet l l4io re ir , July 31 ; H. Wilson, Gent., vile,-Clenet',.,b; , trunchakre;-4 . e Smith, Aug. 7. Ist or Grenadier Regiment t Colonel E. F. Ga3coigne, from ktAff+ll.,T,uattacX.d, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice F. ll l triagoo t, who exchanges, Aug. 7._ 4th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant W. C. Sheppard .to be Adjutant, vice Potter, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, May I. 10th Foot—Ensign H. E. Longden to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill, who retires ; J. T. Gorle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Longden, Aug. 7. ' , lst Foot—Second Lieutenant H. W. Martin to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Macknight, deceased; Second Lieutenant F. Holland to be first Lieutenant, vice Martin, whose promotion, on the 15th of May, 1840, has been cancelled, May 15 ; Gentleman Cadet W. Savage, from the Royal Military College, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Hol land, Aug. 7. 22d Foot—Lieut. T. W. Smith, from the half-pay of the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Monro, pro— moted, Aug 1. 31st Foot—Assist.-Surg. G. W. Macready, from the 52d Foot, to be Assist.- Surg. vice Ayre, deceased, Aug. 7. 38th Foot—Major J. Campbell to be Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase, vice Piper, who retires, Aug. 7 ; Capt. H. li. Storks to be Major, by purchase, vice Campbell, Aug. 7 ; Lieut. J. W. S. Smith to be Captain, by purchase, vice Storks, Aug. 7 ; Ensign .1. R. Jackson to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Smith, Aug. 7; Gentleman Cadet Henry Holden, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase , vice Jackson, Aug. 7. 40th Foot--Capt. E. S. Boseawen to be Major, by pur chase: vice Jebb, who retires; Lieut. F. White to be Captain, by purchase, vice Boscawen ; Ensign J. Johnston to be Lieu tenant., by purchase, vice White; L. Little, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Johnston; Lieut. J. M. B. Neill to be Adjutant, vice White, promoted, August 7. 43d Foot—Gentleman Cadet H. A. Sanford, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, Aug. 7. 521 Foot—Lieutenant J. Thomas, from the 43d Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Norcott, appointed to the Rifle Brigade; A. Skene, Gent. to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Macready, appointed to the 31st Foot, Aug. 7. 91st Foot—F. Harding, Gent., to be Ensign without pur chase, vice Cloete, who resigns, Aug. 7. Rifle Brigade—Captain W. S. R, Norcott, from 52d Foot, to be Captain, vice Fry, deceased, Aug. 7. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign G. L. Woodd to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Lapslie, who retires; C. Stee yens, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Woodd, Aug. 7. UNATTACHED. Lieut. T. Gibbons, from the 49th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Aug. 7. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. CHARLES WILSON, woollen draper, Manchester. JOHN JARMAN DOVEY, licensed victualler, St. Leo nard's, Sussex. BANKRUPTS. JAMES STEER, tallow chandler, Maidstone, to surrender Aug. 17, at half-pasttea, and Sept. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, Finsbury-square, official assignee ; Harman, Earl-street, Blackfriars. THWIAS SAINT JOHN HUDSON, surgeon, Wells, Aug. 20, at one, and Sept 18, at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Wells. Miller, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire; Frampton, South-square, Gray's Inn, London. CHAEILES POULTER, victualler, Long Melford, Suffolk, Aug. IS, and Sept. IS, at eleven, at the Blue Posts Inn, Col chester. Cutts, Witham, Essex ; Brooksbank and Farn, Gray's Inn-sqoare, London. JOHN ENOCH, shoemaker, Warwick, Aug. 17, and Sept. 18, at eleven, at the George Inn, Warwick. Newton a n d Ensor, South-squ a Fe, Gray's Inn, ondon ; Heath, Warwick. JOHN syKES, music-seller, Leeds, Aug. 28, at one, and Sept. 18, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms. Leeds. Makinson and Sanders, Middle-temple, London; Foden, Leeds. JOHN HILES, music-seller, Shrewsbury, Aug. 17, and Sept. 18, at eleven, at the SLre-hall, Shrewsbury. Clarke and Medealf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, ,I.ondon ; Teece, Shrews bury. liOBERT LOWE, working jeweller, Preston, Aug. 31 and Sept. 18, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Pre: ton. Mayhew, Johnston, and Mayhew, Carey-street, Lincoln's-it:II, London ; Noble. or Blackhurst and Son, Preston. THOMAS STANLEY and WILLIAM WATSOI‘. 7 , cloth merchants, Leeds, Aug. 21, at two, and Sept. 18, at tc.‘a t at the Commissioners'-roonss, Leeds. Walker, Furnivalts-, 1 20, London ; Blackburn, Leeds. EDWARD SUTTON, builder, Manchester, Aug. 27, and . Sept. 18, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester- Walker and Horsley, Staple-inn, Holborn, London; Harding, Manchester. THOMAS WILLIANI CLARKE, corn-factor, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Aug. 21, at four, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds, and Sept. 18, at two, at the Sessions-house. Adling ton, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London; Taylor and Westmorland, Wakefield. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Auousa 7. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. The Usher of the BI iek Rod appeared at the Bar, and summoned the House to tlle House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given to the several Acts passed since the date of the last Commission. The SPEAKER, accompanied by several Members, shortly afterwards quitted the House, and on his return, informed the House that he had been to the House of Lords, when the Royal Assent was given by Commis sion to several Bills, for which see Lords' Report. On the motion of Sir C. DOUGLAS, Adderley's Estate Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. HAWES, the Lords' amend ments to the Midland Counties Railway Bill were agreed to. CORN-LAWS. Mr. VILLIERS presented nine petitions from parishes in the metropolis, and one from Yorkshire, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. The Hon. Mem ber gave notice that early next Session he should bring the subject of the Corc-laws under the consideration of Parliament.—( Hear, hear.) COAL DUTIES (LONDON). Mr. STANLEY moved the Order of the Day for going into Committee on the Coal Duties (London) 13111. Mr. HAWES thought it impossible that the Bill could pass during the present Session, and should take every means in his power to resist it. Mr. STANLEY complained that not a single Hon. Member of the House had opposed the Bill but the Hon. Member for Lambeth. Mr. H A WES said the Hon. Member must have been asleep on former discussions, for several Hon. Members as well as himself had opposed the Bill. The Bill then went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Mr. T. DUNCOM BE presented a petition from Frederick James, against the proceedings of Courts of Requests ; also a petition from some individual in Dub. lin, praying for the release of Mr. F. O'Connor ; also a petition from several prisoners in the Queen's Bench, complaining of the law relating to insolvent debtors ; also a petition from certain hackney-coach proprietors, against the law requiring them to wear a badge. Dr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from several minor canons, complaining of the Lords' amend ments to the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill, and praying this House to do them justice. CONFERENCE WITH THE LORDS. On the motion of Lord MORPETH, those Members who managed the last conference with the Lords were appointed to manage the Conference requested by the Lords for this afternoon, on the subject of the amend ments to the Municipal Corporations Ireland Bill. After an absence of ten minutes, Lord MORPETH, and the other managers of the conference, reported that they had met their Lordships in a conference, at which the Lord Privy Seal presided ; and that their Lordships had stated their reasons for insisting on certain of those amendments, and for disagreeing to certain others. ThQ amendments wore then read at the table. Lord MORPETH said that he had hoped that the Lords would have agreed to the amendments which that House had proposed, but that as there appeared no chance of inducing them to do so, he thought the best course that could be pursued, would be to agree to the Lords' amendments, notwith standing which he believed that some of the alterations would be found so exceedingly inconvenient, that it would be necessary, in the very early part of the next Session, for him to propose the introduction of a Bill to amend the enactments of the present one, in order to obviate the great inconveniences which he anti cipated would arise ; however, on this subject be would say no more on the present occasion, but would content himself with moving that the Lords' amendments be agreed to. Mr. HUME asked what was the nature of the amendments made by the Lords ? Lord MORPETH said that the amendments wet." such as had been stated by his Honourable Friend mai. him on a former occasion, and his own opinions were unaltered. But he thought that as it was hopeless to have them carried this Session, it would be better totake the Bill as it was for the present, with the hope that those objectionable parts of the Bill might be ameliorated by future legislation. On one point, but far the lateness of the Session, he certainly would make a stand ; it was the amendment by which their Lordships protracted to twelve months the period at which some parts of the Bill should come into operation, and others to fifteen months. But, as he had said, although he admitted the choice was a very bad one, he chose the alternative of accepting the Bill in its present state, to taking the chance of losing the Bill altogether. He should there fore recommend that the amendment be agreed to. Mr. SHAW was sure the House would allow him to explain some circumstances affecting himself in connection with this Bill.—(Hear.) There had been great misrepresentation respecting him, both in Parlia ment and in the Press. In justice to the Press, he was bound to admit that the misrepresentation was greater in that portion of the Press which advocated the same political pariy which he himself supported. I t was stated that he had entered into negotiations with the Law Officers of the Crown, in 1837, to induce them to omit any legislation that would affect his office. In the Bills introduced up to 1837 there had been no provision for the administration of justice iu the city of Dublin. In fact, by all the Bills introduced up to that year the Court over which he presided was WI 1e boeo abolished aad it was to be la to LOAN SOCIETIES. Mr. HAWES observed that the Loan Societies Bill had come down from the Lord with certain amendments. A clause had been in serted by the Lords preventing the holding of meet ings of these Societies in public-houses. The Hon. Member for Finsbury intended to oppose that clause, and it would be desirable to know when would be the proper time to discuss it. The SPEAKER said the regular way would be to move that the amendments be printed, and taken into consideration tomorrow or Monday. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE adopted this suggestion, and moved that they be taken into consideration on Monday. On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHERE, the Lords' amendments to the Commerce and Navigation Bill were agreed to. On the motion of Lord MORPETH, the Lords' amendments to the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Bill were agreed to. Lord MORPETH moved that the Lords' amend ments to the Irish Population Bill be agreed to. Mr. PIGOT moved that the Lords' amendments to the Joint Stock Banks Bill be printed, and taken into consideraton on Monday.—Agreed to. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM. PACKET COMPANY. Mr. OSWALD, seeing the Right Hon. the Pre sident of the Board of Tr a d e i n hi s p l ace , b egge d to ask whether it was the intention of the Board of Trade to recommend her Majesty to grant letters pa tent, with the privilege of limited liability for debts to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company, or to any company o f a s i m il ar d esc ription. i‘lr.L o A the ßo r u tradng cH i ER said that the question was one to which his Hon. Friend must see he could not give a definite answer ; all he could say was, that the Board of Trade would adhere strictly to the Minute which they had issued on the subject, Whether the operations of this Company were of such a nature as not to be conducted by p r i vate i n di v id ua l s was one t o which the Board of Trad e wou ld app l y th e ir most at tentive consideration, and decide accordingly. LIGHT DUES AND PILOTAGE. Mr. W. ATT WOOD said that the shipowner s had long complained of the excessive dues they had been called upon to pay for lights and pilotage. The subject had been, in 1834, under the consideration of a Committee of that House composed almost wholly of members well acquainted with the s hipping interests. H e hoped that the House would..think it a matter worthy of their serious consideration. The petitions which he had laid before the House fully detailed the grievances complained of. He believed the President o f the Board of Trade was giving his anxious considera tion to the subject, and he trusted that during the re cess he would mature some measure to lay before Par liament. He would move for retur ns of amounts of tolls or duties for lighthouses, paid respectively by steam ships and sailing vessels from 1830 to 1840, to the Corporation of the Trinity House, the Commis sioners of Northern Lighthouses, and the Corporation of the Port of Dublin.' found ed t, he Mr. AARON CHAPMAN (who was at times almost inaudible) said that he had been a member of a I Commission which had been appointed to investigate surprised d hic t h o that subject, which had made a Report, which have been carried into effect, buteaunwpooansno: charge. Report pilots to be certain regulations had been engraftseudr,p were so exceedingly unpalatable to to carry hear mostt h w impossible thatinto effect. He ad He be h e e n liev The safety of the ships and the preservation of the lives of the crew depended upon the efficiency of the light service, and in no country in the world could it be odeusgehrytidagnesboodonly polfaimneedn.of asli better conducted than in this country, Mr. LABOUCHERE could assure th e Hon. , Gentleman who had brought forward the subject, and also the Hon. Member for Whitby, that during the re cess he should turn his attention to the subject. As far, however, as the lighting of the Trinity House was carried, he thought it had been conducted with economy and in a prop er manner. W ith respect to the pilotage laws he could . assure the Honourable Gen- tleman that the reason why he had not proposed of for the purpose putting th e a ny measuresys ten on a better foundation had not been from any opinion in favour of the system, but a f ter what had taken place, when his predecessors int ro d uce d a measure on the subjec t, to the oppositio n it received • from local parties ; he conceived that until he had reason to anticipate that that opposition would be removed, or the support given to it by the mercantile int erest was more cordial, it would be wasting the time of the House to ask them to entertain any such measure. During the recess he should consider it to be his duty to obtain all information he could uponthe subject, an d if he found that he could introduce a measure founded upon the same principles as tha t introduced b y Mr. Poulett Thomson, he should be ready and anxious to do so. He could introduce a measure founded upon no other basis, because unless some system was adopted with respect to pilotage, Which would equalize the rate, it would fall short of any good effect. In any alteration that took place the steam-boat in -1 terest must be regarded. It was quite clear that if i the old rules and rates of p il otage were levied on steam-boats, that. interest would peculiarly suffer ,in consequenco o f their speedy transit from i 1140. to *co. lie PIO Clirco‘ 1 4 atisittioa .to tho DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. and J. Pim, merchants, Bartholomew-close, Aug. 28 0 at half-past one—T. Arnison, builder, Little Tufton-street, Clerkenwell, Aug. 2.5, at eleven—J. L. Boorman, silversmith, Gravesend, Aug. 21, at eleven—J. and J. Ashley, bankers, Regent-street, Aug. 25, at twelve—J. Brown, draper, Foy% ey, Cornwall, Sept. 4, at half-past eleven—l. M. V. Bergh, mer chant, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields, Sept. 3, at eleven—S. Chappell, butcher, Lawrence-lane, Sept. 5, at half -past eleven —.W. Yates, licensed victualler King's Arms, Maidstone, Sept. 5, at half-past twelve—W. Barton, cabinet maker, Newington causeway, Sept. 3, at twelve. In the Country. I. Smith, C. Smith, and A. Smith, cotton spinners, Hey wood, Lancashire, Sept. 8, at ten, at the Commissioners' rooms, Manchester—J. Rothwell, cotton spinner, Elton, Lan cashire, Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—W. Thorpe, farmer, Glentham, Lincolnshire, Sept. I, at two, at the Lion Hotel, Glamford Briggs—J. Arnett, grocer, Witney. Oxfordshire, Sept. 4, at eleven, at the Town hall, Oxford—J. Banks, tallow chandler, Liverpool, Aug. 31, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—C. PoVpleton, linen manufacturer, York, Sept. 1, at twelve, at Etridge's Hotel, York—S. Oliver, paper maker, Hollingworth, Cheshire, Sept. 1, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—S. Moody, printer, Leeds, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Commis sioners'-rooms, Leeds—J. and H. Ridsdale, stuff merchants, Leeds, Aug. 28, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds —J. Leigh, cotton spinner, Newton, Manchester, Sept. 4, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—R. Scampton, grocer, Coventry, Sept. 7, at one, at the Craven Arms Hotel, Coventry—G. Shuckard, brewer, Preston. Sussex, Aug. 28,at twelve, at the Town-hall, Brighton—W. Stone and J. Gibson, tailors, Bristol, Sept. 8, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, CERTIFICA TE S—A oG. 28. T. Cooper, silk throwster, Congleton, Cheshire—T. Miller, artists' colourman, Long-acre—J. Coates, merchant, Manches ter—J. Wainwright, wine merchant, Birmingham—R. E. Tippet, broker, Marazion, Cornwall. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. M. and A. M. Cohen, paper stainers, Devonshire-place, Commercial-road East—J. Scilolfield and A. Lord, flag mer chants, Cow-clougli, Lancashire---J. Bickerton, jun. and J. Gillett, hat manufacturers, Hatfield-street, Stamford-street— R. and S. Vanderplank, woollen drapers, Saville-row, Burling ton-gardens—T. 0. Springfield and R. Fickling, silk mer chants, Norwich—T. and F. Taylor, plumbers, Tunbridge wells—D. Marples and T. E. Saunders, printers, Liverpool— J. Brierley and W. Buckley, wool dealers, Leicester J. and I). E. Bury, paper dealers, Bristol—H. Cook and T. Meyrick, woolstaplers, liermondse3 —J. Moses and M. Emanuel, pawnbrokers, Portsea—J. Palmer, J. B. Palmer, and A. L. Fry, timber merchants, Bath (so far as regards A. L. Fry)—.l.. Ha \ craft and S. Phillips, wholesale hatters, Kingston-upon -1-lull-11. Casson, W. Bettison, W. Kennedy, and .1. Hay craft, letter-press printers, Kingston-upon-Hull—T. Names and R. Hooper, silk mercers, Bristol—F. D. and J. W. Potter, sur geons, Chipping ttngar, Essex—W. lirowton, sen, and W. llrowton, jun., coal merchants, Watford, Hertfordshire- —W and H. Leng, post-masters, Fareham, Southampton—J. I\. White. W. Cautherley, and A. S. Hill, wholesale druggists, Little Britain—J. R. Fowles, G. Elliot, and J. Webster, com mission agents. Manchester (so far as regards J. Webster)--E. and T. R. Whitehead, licensed common brewers, Chorlton upon-Medlock, Lancashire. LIVERY OF LONDON. Tile last Official Return of who are eligible to vote ii bers to serve in Parliamer Apothecaries 3O Armourers . Barbers 224 Basketmaskers Bakers Blacksmiths brewers 47 BowyerE l6 BroderNs Butchers . Carpenters... lO9 Clockmakers... Clothworkcrs Coacbmakers 62 Cooks t3O Coopers 2 27 Combmakers Cordwainers Cutlers Carriers 95 Distillers Drapers Dyers l2O Fanmakers l9 Feltmakers Bl Farriers B7 Fishmongers Fleteheis Founders Framework-knitters Fruiterers G irdlers 73 Glass-sellers Glaziers 62 Glovers Haberdashers 378 the Number of Liverymen in each Company, for Mem nt for the City of London. I Irinholders 3Ol Ironmongers BO Joiners Leather-sel.ers Lorimers Playing-card Makers 65 Merchant Tailors Masons Mercers 79 Necdlemakers Pattenmakers Paint:” -stainers ll4 Pewterers . 61 Plumbers Plasterers Poulterers 56 Salters 62 Sek"veners 34 Spip« 'fights s i i) ; _ t h r cwsters ...... Stationers .. Skinners - lll Spectaele-rnakeiN 76 Tallow-chandlers 107 Tin-plate-workers..• 54 Turners 59 Tilers and Bricklayers 1/1 Upholders 96 Vintner• \Vaxchandlers Weavers BS Wheelwrights .... 177 Wool men Total requested to stat e th a t Mr. i T IIE LA TE JAMES Col S b l' ii i r n i , T o n f ' G E r e a S t Q ll — farl l b V or e ou a gh re .: s‘treet, has this day published •° Memoirs, Letters , and Comic . liseellanies" of the late James Smith, Esq., one of the authors of " Rejected Addresses," edited be his brother, Horace Smith, Esq., in 2 vols., post Bvo., with Portrait, 21s bound, which can now be had at all the Libraries. Mr. Col burn has also just published Von Raumer's "It Q aly and the Italians," in 2 vols., post Bvo., 21s. bound, and " Queen Vic toria from her Birth to her Bridal," 2 vols., post Bvo., bound.. Portrait Portrait of her Majesty , P rince Albert, 8-. e., 21s. " The only adequate and authentic recoil! oto f the life of our. young Sovereign that has y et been given the world."— Naval and Military Gazette. VISIT OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS TO E NG LAND.—A letter fr om Ostend says,—" The King and Queen are expecte d about the middle of the week. The Queen and the children will remain here for some wee team,ks, during which. the King will go t o EnglatEt, and to at Berloo. The Arid steam-boat which is to convey his Majesty P to -anis gate, will arrive here on Wednesday, and his Majesty will em bark, it is said, on the following day. There is reason to be lieve that this voy a g e has a p olitical object, convected with t ke ' even ts that are preparing in Euro p e. The sincere friends of peace will rejoice at this , the King from interest as well as in • clination, cannot but ar d en tl y wi sh that the alliance which has subsisted for ten years between England and France may not be broken , and th a t its continuance either of the two countries. The wmelalynot. be prejudicial to King, and the confidence placed in him the French and the Queen of England, fittest mediator to bring about, without known talents of the both by the King of point him out as the h without war, the arrangement of a conflict which tkreaten ticularlypt Beioz,e. st e tranquillity of Europe, - and Pix