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Bill in operation. What had fallen from the lion. Member for Finsbury, though reflecting somewhat upon his (Lord John Russell's) constituents, hid yet a t reat• deal of truth in it, because if they had left it to lo; al bodies to reform themselves, and put no external pressure whatever upon them, it would be long before any reform would take place. That was the case with other corpo rate towns. But what was the pressure proposed? It was that the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests should have associated with him a paid Commissioner, at a salary of 1,0001. a year, and that there were to he a certain number of inspectors to visit the towns and make reports. Lord G. BENTINCK—Not a certain number; an ancertain number. LorciiiiffSSLL—The Noble Lord would propose a limit. But there was an effectual limit, which the Noble Lord seemed not to perceive —viz., that the salaries of those officers would be voted in Committee of Supply. Lord G. BENTINCK—The towns will pay them. Lord MOI2PETH—No; not the inspectors. Lord J. RUSSELL continued—The salaries would be Voted in Committee of Supply, and if they were extrava Rant in amount, or the number of officers excessive, the Committee had but to reduce the amount of the vote — suppose from 5,0001. to 3,oool.—and the number of the inspectors, or the excess of their salaries, would be at once diminished. The Noble Lord was entirely mis taken in supposing that the whole of this power was taken out of the hands of the towns, because they would have the appointment of their local officers for their own regulation, the chief commissioner merely giving his approbation to the appointment. Such a power was ne cessary to put the Bill into operation. The Bill did not give a compulsory power to enforce any great expene, but a compulsory power to have reports, in order to ascertain the state of the towns, and incite them to acti vity. Seeing that this was the case—whatever fair ob jections there might be to an increase of the patronage of the Crown (and he did not complain of any remarks on that subject, because it was one on which the House ought to be properly jealous)—he thought it far better to increase that patronage than lose the very considerable benefit which would be conferred by the measure. After a few words from Mr. ROLLESTON, Lord JOHN MANNERS admitted that the object of this measure was good, but his Hon. Friend the Member for Oxfordshire had pointed out a more practicable plan, find he must join with him in resisting the clause. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the clause lOO Against it Majority The clause was then agreed to, as was also clause 3. Clause I, the object of which was to provide for the appointment and payment of inspectors was, after a short discussion, in which Mr. Spooner, Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Collett, Lord G. Beutinck, Mr. Henley, Lord Mor peth, and Mr. Hudsoon, took part, then agreed to. Clause 5 was agreed to with some verbal amendments. Upon clause 6 being proposed, Mr. HENLEY proposed the (miss • ion of the word "district," on the ground that the provisions of the Bill. bught to be applied solely to towns and boroughs, and not to districts where no town existed. After a short discussion, this clause was agreed to with the omission of the word. In clause 7, Mr. DIVETT moved to add, after the words " several boundaries," "except of corporate boroughs." After a short discussion the amendment was agreed to. Mr. DIVETT then moved to strike out the conclud ing sentence of the clause, viz., " and in the case of a corporate borough, whether or not the boundaries of finch borough ought to be extended, and in what case." After some discussion, strangers were ordered to with- draw, The House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it lO3 Majority against the amendment —44 The clause as it originally stood was then agreed to. On the motion of Lord MORPETH the Chairman was ordered to report progress, and to obtain leave to sit again this day.—Agreed to. NAVIGATION BILL. _ Lord JOHNBISIEE: s;idthe — lsTavigation Bill stood first in the order of the day for to-morrow. After it he proposed to proceed with the Health of Towns Bill. SUPPLY. In reply to Colonel SIBTHORP , who stated that he had an important motion on the paper which he in tended to bring forward on the motion for going into a Committee of Supply, the Noble Lord stated that he should not go into a Committee of Supply to-morrow (this day). FISHERY PIERS AND HARBOURS BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. The clauses, with some verbal amendments, were agreed to.—Report this day. RAILWAYS (IRELAND) BILL.—(No. 2.) The House then went into Committee on this Bill. The clauses were agreed to without amendment, and the House resumed.—Report this day. TURNPIKE ROADS (SOUTH WALES) BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to. POST OFFICE BILL. On the motionofSi;dioiidiGßEY, the House went into Committee on the above Bill, and passed the several clauses, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time tomorrow.______ RECOVERY OF PUBLIC MONIES (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. DRAINAGE OF LANDS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was also read a second time, and was ordered to be committed on Friday (this day). On the third reading of the Prisons Bill, Mr. BOUVERIE moved the following amendments: — Clause 3, line 5, after " shall," omit " before employing any child therein," and inser - , " at the end of every period of six months of the employment of any child therein ;" line 10, omit, the first day of the employ ment of such child ;" line 20, omit, " and a like certi ficate shall be obtained at the beginning of each period of six calendar months, during which the employment of that child shall be continued in that print work. After a few words from Sir G. GREY. The amendments were withdrawn, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. PRINT WORKS BILL. _ This Bill was ;;e1 a third time and passed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, a.nd the House adjourned at One o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, honoured the performances at her Majesty's Theatre last evening with their presence. The royal suite com prised the Countess of Desart, the Countess Vander • straten, Lord Byron, Colonel Buckley, Lieutenant- Colonel Seymour, and Major Moerkerke. There were also present, their Imperial Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Oldenburgh and suite, the Duke of Wellington, the Prince Louis Napoleon, the Duchess (Dowager) of Bedford, and Lady Rachael Russell, the Duke and Duchess of Cleaveland, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Marquis Camden, the Baroness Brunnuw and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the Countess of Westmoreland, the Earl and Countess of Sefton, the Countess Dowager of Charleville. the Earl of Chesterfield, the Viscount Can terbury, the Viscount Somerton, Lord M`Donald, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord and Lady Clarence Paget, Lord Gardner, Lady M leswortb, Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworth, Lady Trollope, Lady Charteris, Lord Townsend, Mr. C. de Kondriaffsky, Hon. Mr. Arbuthnot, Hon. R. Cousen, Hon. Julian Fane, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Major Baring, Captain Lyon, Captain Manselle, R.N., Captain Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson, Mr. Bernal, Sir G. Anson, Mr. Pultney, Mr. and Mrs. Grimwood, Captain Biduiph. The Cour Royale of Paris has delivered a judgment, which is important as it affects the responsibility of agents-de-change. M. LesitS brought an action against M. Vandermarcq, an agent-de-change, for the value of twenty-nine shares in the Orleans railroad, which had been stolen from him, and which had been negotiated on the exchange by M. Vandermarcq, without his having any knowledge of the vendor. The Tribunal Civil had rejected the claim of M. Levi, but the Cour Royale has established it, and decreed the restitution of the twenty nine shares, with all the interest and dividends accrued upon them since the day they were stolen, or else to pay to M. Levi a sum sufficient to purchase as many new shares in the same railroadGalignani. A CORN-DEALING . EALING FARMER.—It iS a practice, in the Bedford market, to an extent not generally suspected, and if stated, would probably be doubted, of farmers becoming purchasers of corn to enhance the price, and make a profit on their purchases. An instance occurred last Saturday in this town, of a farmer becoming a pur chaser of corn, at this particular crisis, which may be worth recording. Mr. C. Higgins, sen., was at the Swim Hotel, sheaving a sample of wheat, when Mr. Pain, of Folmersham, havinc , had a few glasses of wine, his optics magnified each kernel as large as a grain of Indian corn, and the sample was so fine and plump that he con cluded a bargain of 675. 6d. per load for 130 loads. As Mr. Pain seemed to be taken with a corn-buying pro pensity, he soon had plenty of offers with better samples at 595. but he had found out his mistake; the fit was over, and it was "no go." On the following Monday, the price at Mark.lane fell from 6s. to Bs. per quarter. Mr. Pain's purchase is therefore not worth so much by 80/, as he bargained for. Can there be any commisera tion for a large occupier coming into the market, and becoming a purchaser with a sordid object, if he commit an error of judgment? He had better have brought his own produce into the market, and sold it at a market price.—Bedfordshire Mercury. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Monday after noon, as one of the Chelsea steamers was proceeding up the river with about 300 passengers on board, she ran foul of the new steamboat-pier at Vauxhall-bridge so violently that every one on board was thrown down and the funnel dashed on deck, injuring several persons, and not only causing the utmost confusion but great con sternation for the safety of the passengers, the paddle box and floats having been crushed in. With great pre sence of mind the commandos of the boat instantly directed the engines to be reversed, and with the well timed assistance of the piermen succeeded in fastening the boat to the dummy, and enabling the passengers to escape by the pier. They were shortly after conveyed to their respective destinations by another boat, which arrived within a few minutes of the accident, The damage done to the boat will, it is expected, amount to between 50/. and 601. A CURE FoR INDIGESTION AND DISORDERED STO 'stens Er HoLtowara Pru,s.—Persons whose stomachs have been disordered for years, occasioned either by sedentary habits, injurious climates, or an unusually delicate state of health, and can obtain no real relief, may be permanently cured by using Ilolowity's rills, and greatly benefited atter the first two or three dose; This fine di cies is kn own to be superior to all others for liver* complaints, or where there is weakness, languor, or debilityand in every e ase it imparts stren g th and vigour, and this so quickly as to astonish the most =believing. It may safely Le taken at all times and at au nee. Sold Wit, by druggista. and at Professor H o ll oway ' s Establisk atiasd,lastios. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, July 1. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westcninwer, before Mr. Jus tice WIGHTMAN and a Special Jury.) tHE QUEEN V. SEPTIMUS RAMSAY, CLERK. The court, as yesterday, was crowded to excess wi:h eager listeners, and although all females had been de sired to leave it during the proceedings, there were seve ral female auditors in the out-of-the-way corners of the court. The Bishop of London, Archdeacon Sinclair, and the Rev. Sir li. R. Dultinfield, the vicar of St. Martin's parish, in which St. Michael's is situate, were on the THE MAGAZINES. FRASER'S MAGAZINE. The number of Fraser for this month opens with a heart-rending account of a three days' residence in the district of Schull during the period of the famine, by Richard Chevenix Trench, M.A. Mr. Trench's visit to this unfortunate district was in the month of April, at a time when fever vs as completing the work of destruction which famine had begun. Turn we from this scene of misery to another article in the same number, " Outlines in Parliament," by the author of " Literary Legislators "—No. 1. " Some Members of the Irish Party," and there we shall find portraits of some men who oppose the introduction into Ireland of a good and efficient system of poor-law relief, which had it ex isted, would, in all human probability, have prevented the occurrence of these horrible scenes depicted by Mr. C. Trench, and which will yet save the people — albeit it may prevent insolvent landlords from any longer obtaining money (whether in the shape of rent or loans), under false pretences. Among the leaders of the Irish Party figures first and foremost Lord Monteagle, the " Artful Dodger" of politics, of whom this writer justly remarks— " There is not, among the present holders of peerages or honours created for themselves, one person who has really done so little to deserve such promotion. Ile has been, throughout his life, a busy, talkative man; but it would be impossible to point to any one act of his public career, legislative or otherwise, upon which one might rest the defence of his honours. It may be urged, that, in this country, long and faithful party service is allowed to confer a species of right to the rewards which, in a well-constituted community, would be reserved for the best in intellect and conduct. But of him it may be answered, that although he served the Whigs much, he served himself more; and, further, that although his service of them was zealous, even mean, yet it was on the whole more injurious than beneficial to the party. For, during years when the first talent and ingenuity of the country were employed in undermining them and rendering them ridiculous, the public conduct of Lord Monteagle was one of their most vulnerable points, and, with much exaggeration, no doubt yet at the same time with more truth, he was held up to the world as a type of the pretension, imbecility, and political double-deal ing attributed to those whom their political enemies then designated as an incapable faction. As in the case of one or two prominent members of their present adminis tration, who have apparently been forced upon them by family influence, they would certainly have done much better without Mr. Spring Rice than with him; and it was by no means an improbable hypothesis that he was betiuselled with a peerage, and loaded with the dangerous reward of an odious sinecure, more because his reputation had become onerous to his colleagues, than because he had rendered to them or to the country any commensurate service." Then comes a sketch of Mr. Frederick Shaw, a man of spirit and sense, and who, had he less of the odium theologicum about him would have risen high as a statesman. The other members of the Irish party who sat for their portraits this month are Sir H. W. Barron, the Marquis of Westmeath, Mr. Bernal Osborne, and the Earl of Roden. Their dis tinguishing characteristics are hit off to the life. There is only one other political article in Fraser; it is on the Portuguese question. The writer gives a rapid resume of the history of Portugal from the invasion of Junot to the present time. and concludes by expressing his decided disapproba tion of the late intervention of England against the Junta of Oporto. He gives the following as the hy pothesis which foreign nations adopt as to the rationale of that intervention : Daniel M'Cormack—l am a tailor and deputy-beadle of the church. On the 28th of January last she sent for me to a beer-shop in a court in the Strand. Mrs. Em tnerson was at the bar with a glass of malt liquor before her. She opened both hands, and _said, " I'm so glad you are coining." I went with her into the taproom. She asked me If I ever saw Mr. Ramsay take liberties with her. I said, " No, never." She asked me if I knew whether Hall ever did. She took out a long purse, and turned out two or three sovereigns into her hand, and said, " This is not the end," and she took the other end, and took out a shilling and gave the landlady, which looked very queer to me. She said she had money enough yet. She said she was sure it was I who looked into the vestry. She said she was sorry to say she had not much witnesss but old Clark, and he was not of much use. She said she could do anything with Manning. She gave me 2s. She said, " Recollect, you are a poor man; look to those that will look to you. Witness the vestry for me, and I'll be a friend to you for life." " No," says [, " I'll die in a ditch first." She said she had employed Mr. Hobler and Mr. Bodkin, and would nee' , r be satisfied till she had stripped Mr. Ramsay of his bench. James Jones—l am a silk mercer in the Strand. lam one of the churchwardens of St. Michael's, in the Strand. Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson were engaged there as singt rs. I was present at the meeting at Mr. Manning's. Mrs. Emmerson was called upon to explain the meaning of a letter that had been received by Mr. Ramsay. She said she should have no objection to explain it before one person, and she named myself. I refused, without some other person accompanying me. and I named Mr. Man ning, as being a married m in. lam sure the proposition of going into a private room came from Mrs. Emmerson. We all three retired into a private office, and then she snade a statement. I should not say she made it with reluctance, but with much boldness and energy. She alluded to three occasion=. Mr. Manning said the whale should be disclosed to her husband. On our return to the room Mrs. Emmerson made the same statement as she had made in the private room. I believe Mr. Man ning put the questions to her. He asked her if it was merely a trifling kiss. I asked her if she had not pre viously given Mr. Ramsay some encouragement by squeezing his hand, or something of that sort. and she emphatic illy said, " Never;" but that in the vestry he had pulled her clothes over her beat. She said if Mr. Ramsay had paid her the 251. she would not have made the charge; that it would have been all settled. I have known Mr. Ramsay five or six years. I cannot hold a man in higher estimation. Cross. examined—l never heard anything against him before. I have been churchwarden three years. I have heard reports of this before. Mr. Ramsay showed me the letter Mrs. Emmerson had written to him, anti talked to me on the subject. I think I might have asked him whether he had not given her a kiss. These things be gin by degrees, and often the overtures are made by the woman. Mr. Manning said it was a thing that could not be compromised. Re-examined—The meeting was held with the greatest solemnity. Mr. Emmerson made an apology to me, as he had made an insinuation regarding me and his wife. Mrs. Emmerson told us that Mr. Ramsay wished to tske such liberties that no woman would submit to, and that she would not have minded if he had acted as a man, and I then boldly put a question to her, to which she assented. Thomas Phippian—l am one of the churchwardens. I have known Mr. Ramsay for ten years. His character has been very good, and my estimation of him very high. On Saturday, the 9th of January, I saw Mr. Emmerson, and he told me he knew the letter his wife had written. That was iu answer to a question of mine. On the fol lowing Monday, at the meeting, Mr. Emmerson denied any knowledge of the letter. Mrs. Emmerson herself repeated the charge before all the persons at the meet ing, after she had been out with Mr. Manning and Mr. Jones. She was very cool and bold—very collected. She said if Mr. Ramsay had sent the 251. she should not have sent the letter. Cross-examined—She was at first reluctant to make the statement before so many gentlemen. It was sug geted by Mr. Manning that she should repeat the state ments she had made to Mr. Jones and himself, in the presence . of the other gentlemen. After having made the statement, she asked the defendant if he denied it: — He said he totally denied it all. I can't say whether that was in answer to Mr. Manning's question. Mr. Manning put questions to Mr. Emmerson before all the gentlemen. Re-examined—Mr. Manning told us the particulars when he came from the private office, and he recone mended Mrs. Emmerson to have a legal adviser. Frederick Manning—l am the attorney for the de fendant. These gentlemen assembled in my drawing room. Mrs. Emmerson resisted my application to ex plain the charge; but with considerable difficulty I got out of her that she would explain it to one gentleman in a private room. It was assented to, and she named Mr. Jones, and I associated with him. We went into a Private room and she made a statement, that Mr. Ram say had made several assaults upon her, and had not acted like a man; that she felt disgusted at his conduct and repulsed him. She then limited her charge to three times. She made the statement apparently without any difficulty, as far as her feelings were concerned. I after wards insisted upon her stating to the company that which she had stated below, and she then stated in general terms the substance, but did not go so fully into the detail. Her husband also insisted upon her stating it. It was not stated as if it were a pleasing duty, it was with more apparent reluctance than she had exhibited to us down stairs. She said if Mr. Ramsay had paid the 25/. she would not have sent the letter. I never said anything to her about a kiss. I was too much disgusted with the whole matter. I have known Mr. Ramsay for three years, and believe him to be one of the most moral men in London. He is of a peculiarly nervous tempera ment; he can't stand still when excited. This witness had been in court the whole time, although the witnesses were ordered out of court. Martha Ward—l am the pew-opener at this church. When I am in the church I cap hear any noise in the vestry. My daughter assists me. lam in the habit of going into 1. vestry just as I please. I can hear if any wine is uncorked in the vestry. Mrs. Eininerson once complained to me that she could never see Mr. Ramsay alone in the vestry. This was after July, 1845. She once asked me if I was going to make a present to any one what I would give them ? and she afterwards told me that she had presented Mr. Ramsay with a turkey. She always spoke in the highest praise of Mr. Ramsay, and said she never could do too much for him. Cross-examined—l have been there thirteen years. I have never told Mrs. Emmerson that Mr. Ramsay was alone in the vestry. I did not tell her on the occasion alluded to that Mr. Ramsay wanted to speak to her in the vestry. I never saw her go the vestry. I know a young woman who was formerly in the service of Mr. Ramsay, who is now in Canada. She went with her own money. I never had a conversation with Mrs. Emmerson upon the subject. By the Juno E—l never told Mrs. Emmerson that Mr. Ramsay had ruined his servant and had sent her to Canada, and had sent her 50/. to keep her there. I never told her that if Mr. Ramsay discharged me I would blow him to the devil. Elizabeth Ward—l live with the last witness, who is my mother. I remember a Bible being presented to Mr. Ramsay on his birth-day. On the Sunday after that I, saw Mrs. Emmerson. I asked her if she had not given Mr. Ramsay two purses, and she said she had. I have heard her speak of Mr. Ramsay's kindness up to last January, when she was dismissed. I have lived with Mr. Ramsay as a servant. lie is married, and has a family. I never saw any impropriety in his coreluct. Cross examined—My mother and I now live at the church. Thomas Edward Wood—l am clerk at this church, and have been so for seven years. lam in the habit of going in and out of the vestry just as I please. Any noise in the vestry can be heard in the church. Mr. Ramsay is a most upright man. Mrs. Emmerson never made any complaint to ins. Alexander Smart—l have known Mr. Emmerson three or four years. I was engaged by him to sine in the choir of St. Michael's Church. I sung there first on the 20th of November, and I continued to do so till Mr. Jones came into the organ-loft and said the choir was dismissed. I never signed a written engagement with Mr. Emmerson, but he sent me one signed by himself. Cross-examined—l can't recollect when the engage ment took place. If any one has sworn that a me• morandum was made I should not like to contradict them. James Clark—l am the organist at St. Michael's. I have never heard Mr. Ramsay spoken of but with tho greatest respect, except by Mrs. Emmerson, about July, 1845. I was expressing a high opinion of Mr. Ramsay, when she said I did not know him as well as she did, and that he had kissed her in. the vestry, and that she had told her husband, who said he did not think the worse of Mr. Ramsay for it, as it showed a manly feeling. I never saw the slightest improp iety of con duct on the part of Mr. Ramsay. Mrs. Emmerson has referred to the kissing sometimes during the sermon. She made no overtures to me. Cross-examined—l am a married man with a family. I was on friandly terms with Mrs. Emmerson in conse quence of our position, and upon one occasion she made a point that I should be continued as organist. Some time afterwards she told me that Mr. Ramsay had behaved improperly to her when he called at her house, and she also stated to me that upon one occasion of her being in the vestry Mr. Ramsay had drawn up her clothes. She told me all this long before the dismissal of the choir. I did not mention it to the defendant, because I did not place the slightest belief in it, and I thought it would be too offensive to him to mention it to him. I continued to be on friendly terms with her until the dismissal of the choir. I Considered it to be slander, and therefore never named it to any one.. henry Walker—l know Mrs. Emmerson from singing in the same church with her. She told me that Mrs. Ward had told her that Mr, Battasay had slept one night with her and another with her daughter. It was before last Christmas that she told me so. Cross-examined—She did not mention tho name of Braithwaite. I think it was in the chtireh she told me. When we are not singing we talk in the organ-loft. William Braithwaite—l assisted in the choir at St, Michael's Church— Mrs. Emmerson several times told me that she was passionately fond of Mr. Ramsay, and adored the ground he trod on i that Mr. Ramsay had u sst e nt e 9 ag n: il O si tutslt, at ' w u h n c b c o h l ' kissed her in the vestry, and that her husband knew ut about it and laughed at it; but I was not to say anything to him, because he ?Wald he offended with her about it. could ht a d o s uwhs a eee n se i r th vi M sit a i n ng ni . ng, and had th t:Tg g eth w e c Cross -examined.—I sing at Drury-lane and Covent garden in the chorus. I have not been in the habit of G in arr p i tt ek rt , i s cu u la e r a . d. I Ihave neversu e a n t t to that chtit'ch tipsy, but I was tipsy one Saturday bight, and I therefore did not go - to the church the next day, and on the following Sunday I was told to leave because I had absented myself on the previous Sunday. Mrs. Emmerson wished me to stay, and I did so. What Mrs. Emmerson told me was said at various times. It was a little confidential, and no one else heard it. One thing brought up another. I told Mr. Jones of it last year, about the middle of November. I cannot tell why I told him. If I liked to tell him, I suppose I might, It was to let him know what sort of characters he had in his choir. Re-examined —l told Mr. Jones that Mrs. Emmerson I thought, and that whatever was a very base wom an ' Leansaed e a b e ha 4 with her he had better not not do it their - gown. William Hall—l am the bellringer of this church. I went to sre Mrs. Emmerson in January last year, by her request, at her house. She shook hands with me, and asked if I had ever seen Mr. Ramsay and her in the vestry; I said I had not. She said some one had, and that Mr. Jones knew who it was I asked her if she had any witness to Mr. Ramsay'a taking liberties with her, and she said, " Yes, when he did so at her house." J. J. Wright—l knew Mrs. Emmerson in 1843. at the Tivoli-gardens, at Margate, where I was cash-taker. I was present when bhe was discharged; it was not in con sequence of the death of the manager. Cross-examined—Mr. Reed succeeded the former ma nager. He discharged her. Richard Reed—l was at the Tivoli-gardens in 1843, as acting man for Mr. Ashley. Mrs. Emmerson sang there in 1843. She was discharged in September, when the gardens were closed, but that was not the reason. Cross examined—The gardens were opened in a few days. She did not continue, but most of the others did. Re-examined—The gardens were closed to get rid of three performers, but particularly Mrs. Emmerson. . W. H. Walton—l was master of the ceremonies at the Tivoli-gardens in 1843. Mrs. Emmerson offered me a remuneration on what she might receive from all the gentlemen I might introduce her to; and said that rich old men were best, and that I should be received gratis. Cross-examined—l had been at the gardens two years before, and am a resident at Margate, at Ivy-cottage. The season begins in June, and_ends the first week in October. I had been proprietor of the gardens. I then had a salary. I challenged Mrs. Emmerson with having made me this offer. She came at the commencement of the season, and my belief is she made me the offer within a fortnight. She came down as " Miss Sugden." Mr. Emmerson, when loudly applauding her, denied having any knowledge of her. I don't know now that she is a married woman. It was within a week after I knew her that she made me the proposal. It was in the_ball room. She used the words " rich old gentlemen and dashing young blades." I had had no intimacy with her before. I was a married man. It was on a dull evening, and there were no visitors in the ball-room. A Miss Harrington was with her at the time. I deny having made any proposal to her. I was first spoken to on this subject a fortnight since. It is false that she ever spurned me. It is false that I ever made the pro posal to her to introduce gentlemen to her. Mr. Em merson did not threaten to horsewhip me. I should like him to have done it. He used insulting language to me after her dismissal. I can't say that I do know Mrs. Adams. I do know this woman (Mrs. Adams). I swear that Mr. Emmerson did not threaten to horsewhip me in the presence of Mrs. Adams. I did not beg his pardon. John Rix-I was organist at Belgrave Chapel. Mrs. Emmerson was engaged there, and was discharged. She told me that she was very fond of Blatch, and that he was the father of one of her children. I would not believe her on her oath. Cross-examined--I am a teacher of music at Bromp ton. I was engaged at Dr. Thorpe's chapel in 1838. I first became acquainted with Mrs. Emmerson there in 1840. Mrs. Emmerson indicted me for an assault before a magistt ate, and I had to pay 2s. for the hearing. I was discharged, but not admonished. That was in 1843. I have been on visiting terms with her and her husband. Mr. Blatch is a printer, and now lives at Bristol. The conversation took place in the organ loft. Mr. Emmerson was sitting by her side at the time she made this communication to me. He might have been four or five feet off. I was telling her that one of her children was not much like its father, and she said, " You have never seen its father." I can't recollect whether it was like her other children. She said, " Mr. Blatch used to fetch her from the Opera, and take her to the oyster-rooms and give her supper." I was very often astonished at her conversations. C. Peters—l am the collector of the Canada Com mittee, and Mr. Ramsay is secretary—the estimation of him has been most favourable. I sat in the organ-loft of St. Michael's. Mrs. Emmerson always expressed herself of Mr. Ramsay in terms most respectful. Miss Eleanor Fisher—l am the sister of Mrs. Ramsay. My mother lived in the Old Kent-road, near Liverpool street. Mr. Ramsay was in the habit of coming to see my mother. He returned from Ireland in the autumn of 1845, and he came to see us shortly afterwards. Jane Clarke—l kept a coffee-house in Burleigh street. In January last Mrs. Emmerson was in my house, and told me she had made Mr. Ramsay a present of a purse like the one she had in her hand. The Bishop of London—l know the defendant. I have always had every reason to believe very highly of him as a minister, and also of his morality. I never heard a whisper against his character or any reason to believe he had done anything to the injury of his cha racter as a clergyman. The Rev. Sir H. Dukinfield, vicar of St. Martin's in-the-Fields, Archdeacon Sinclair, the Rev. Mr. Auders, Sir John Bayley, Bart., Mr. Nairn, the Rev. Canon Dale, the Rev. Mr. Flukes, Sir Walter Clark so n , the !Jon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the Rev. Montague Villiers, the Rev. Mr. Mortimer, Mr. Wellaston, barrister-at-law, Mr. Shirley Woolmer, Mr. Frederick Swish, and Mr. Corbett, jun., all spoke in the very highest terms of the defendant both as regarded his religious and moral cha racter. They had never beard a breath against him. It was a pride to be acquainted with -hint, and they never would believe him to be guilty of such a charge. This was the case for the defendant. The following witnesses were called in reply: — Mary Ann Adams—l know Walton, who has been examined here to-day. I was present when Mr. Em merson went up to Walton, and said, " What have you to say against Mrs. Emmerson?" He said, "Nothing at all." Mr. Emmerson said " I have a great mind to give you and Reed a d—d good horsewhipping," upon which they both begged his pardon. Cross-examined—l live at Larkhall-lane now. James Emmerson—l told Walton that I would horse whip him in the Tivoli gardens; he said be was sorry for what he oG GhiaNds, whossid, a n n o d w beggedmy pardon. appeared for the defendant, declined to address the jury upon this additional evi. " The King of Portugal and the husband of our Gracious Sovereign, are near relatives. The King is understood to be more violently opposed than the Queen to constitutional Government in Portugal. Costa Cabral, the bitter enemy of constitutional Government, won his favour by supporting and enriching the German clique, of which M. Dietz, a man particularly obnoxious to the entire nation, is the chief; and Saldanha, if not personally a friend of Cabral, is yet so connected with him and his party, as to depend upon them for making up the Cabinet which he may be expected to form. To place such a man at the head of the Government is, in point of fact, to bring back with the strong hand the faction which is pledged to put down both the charter and the constitution, and had well-nigh succeeded in doing so. England, therefore, in supporting him, sup ports King Ferdinand, Mr. Dietz, and Costa Cabral; in other words, principle and justice are as lightly thought of at St. James's as at the Tuileries, when they stand in the way of family predilections. Now, we repeat, that this stupid argument carries no weight with us, nor will it be listened to by any section of her Majesty's subjects; but is there not just so much of plausibility about it as to make it mischievous elsewhere?" We agree with the writer, that this hypothesis is too absurd ever to gain credence in this country, and independently of its absurdity, it should be recollected that King Ferdinand, and Dietz, and the Cabrals, have ever been the enemies of English interests and English influence in Portugal ; that they are, in fact, the chief of the Afrancesado faction who have been working in conjunction with Christina; Gonzales Bravo, and Narvaez to render French, or rather Orleans influence predominant in the Penin sula—therefore, we at once reject this theory, as im possible; but yet we could have wished that the royal table had not been the first at which Mr. Dietz had partaken of English hospitality, after his arrival in this country from the scene of his intrigues. The literary contents of this number are varied and ex cellent. The lovers of sentimentalism will be de lighted with a review of " N infa ;" for the classic there is a pleasant ramble at the foot of Mount Olympos. The antiquary will revel in the account of Lathom House and the Stanley family, and the admirer of Isaac Walton will be pleased with the sensations of a summer night and morning on the banks of the Thames. The lover of horrors may " sup full of them" in " Death in life," while the lovers of mirth, fun, and jollity will roar over Sam Slick's admirably told story of " Seeing the Devil." There is some - thing to suit every class of readers in the current number of Fraser. THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL. The public can scarcely be aware of the extraordinary powers which the Corporation of London are seeking under this Bill, now in Committee in the House of Commons. They seek new taxing powers on the public by imposing a toll on every steam• boat of one halfpenny per lon per mile above bridge. They ask power to take all lands over which the tidal waters flow, and if the owner of adjoining property questions their right, to put the Attorney-General in motion against him; and by their Bill they will destroy all the securities granted by Parliament on existing piers on the Thames. dence. Mr. Sergeant SIIEE then proceeded to address the wtoouhlidm,parned jury for the prosecution. He said, when it was his duty, as counsel for the prosecution, to open the case against the Reverend defendant, ho had refrained from saying judice their minds or interfere with their calm aileo ro b i pee p i : c o d s p t e o c t s a a i in t l i h f a e, t and dispassionate judgment. a serious nature, and involving the Church of which he was a minister, in a case of such anyt i l i ii e ng felt w i h t i d c u h e peace of mind, and happiness, and usefulness in the ministration which he exercised, not to submit any thing which would divert their minds from the with great grief that he was dispassionate consideration of the case. It was imputed to him it was his firm belief and conviction, after all the evidence which he had heard, that the Rev. Septimus Ramsay was guilty of the offence on the record, to the last letter, and that he w a s one of the most shameless and abandoned profligates ever brought to justice before a jury. —(Sensation.) His Learned Friend Sir F. Thosiger with a degree of eloquence which he never heard sur passed in a court of justice, thong ht proper to draw a comparison between the positions of the prosecutrix and the defendant—the woman, he said, was looked upon with great commiseration by every one present in the Court, whereas the defendant ap peered with prpjudice against him, charged with a crime which it was almost impossible to disprove. But he (Mr. Sergeant Shee) considered they would find, on a comparison of the position of the two parties, that the reverend defendant had a great advantage over the prosecutrix. Twenty or thirty witnesses of all classes of society, some dignitaries of the church, and some barristers spoke to the high moral and religious re putation of the reverend defendant. When look ing calmly and considerately at the evidence which had been produced, he could not help thinking that they would be of o pinion that the rev. defendant was guilty of the crime with which he had been charged. It was a matter of experience that even among the priesthood of the very church to which the de fendant belonged there were men who, although they held a very moral and religious cha racter, had been satisfactorily found gu ilty of the most abominable c rimes. Such men were gene rally watchful and wary in their conduct, and were careful in selecting a moment for satisfying their lusts and appetites. They put on a saintly apearance to their congregation and friends, and seemed t o t he whole world not only incapable of such a charge as this, but even in capable of the slightest deviation in their conduct, and it was only by some unfortunate accident that the real charge was brought to light and the people all amazed held up their hands in astonishment. It was impossible for the witnesses, who had been called to speak of the defendant's character, to know his conduct towards Mrs. Emmerson. How was the Bishop of London capable of knowing if he had committed the crime charged against him? In truth, nothing was more absurd and preposterous than t o call a number of witnesses who might per haps be the most moral ani religious men in London, to say that they never heard of the defendant :being guilty of such misconduct. Two of his Learned Friends at the bar had given evidence of the respectable cha racter of the defendant, and he thought their testimony was worth more reliance being placed upon it than of all the reverend gentlemen in London. — (Laughter.) It amounted to nothing more than this they never heard anything against him, and they were the last persons who were likely to hoer of his conduct towards this woman. These and the other witnesses should have called upon the young women who had been insulted by the defendant. The Learned Counsel then proceeded in a very pathetic manner to implore the jury to consider the painful importance of the case to the young womon,her husband, and five obit dren. The prosecutrix was as uniinpeaehed in point of chador as ally innGeent "Man could 14.—airiughter.) COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by the Hon. Miss Dawson, Colonel Buckley, and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour. Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and the Queen of the Belgians took an airing yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, in an open carriage and four. Colonel Buckley attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback attended by Lieut. Colonel Seymour. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and t he Princess Helen a , walked and rode in the pleasure-grounds of the Palace. Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing in an open carriage and four. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their presence last evening. The Royal suites consisted of the Countess of Desert, the Countess Vanderstraten, Lord Byron, Major de Moerkerke, Cul. Buckley, and Lieut.-Col. Seymour. The Hon. Miss Murray and the Hon. Miss Macdonald have succeeded Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Paget as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen. Colonel Buckley has relieved Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshal) in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to the Queen, and Lieut.-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour has relieved Colonel Bouverie in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Their Imperial Highnesses Prince Peter and the Prin cess of Oldenburgh visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Wednesday, at Gloucester House, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Ca Logan, h o noured the E ar l an d Countess of Wilton with their company at dinner last evening, at their residence in Grosvenor -square. Commander Rubidge had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial -office. The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements h er ae Present Viscount Mor peth, rles Lemo n , Si r Robert 11. had a meeting at the office of the Woods and Forests in W hiWhitehall-place. -d Colborne l a o c i e b . 0 r nTel:er Sir Charles Inglis, the Hon. C. A. Gore, and Mr. A. Milne. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall place. Captain Russell Eliott (Royal Navy) had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the FXche quer yesterday at his official resident in Downing street. Dispatch's were sent of yesterday evening from the Coloina-office for the Governors of the West India riolonies. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean atriVed on Tuesday last at their beautiful residence, Key Dell, in Hampshire, after a pleasant voyage, by the splendid ship the Swit zerland, from New York. These favourites of the public have made a double professional tour of the United States, hitherto unattempted by any of our theatrical visitors. Their success, by all accounts, has been immense. CARTHORSES FROM BELGIUM.—A Sale of Belgian carthorses took place at Mr. Dixon's repository on Friday last. They resembled in a great measure the Suffolk horses, having small heads, high crests, and very good legs. They are more active than carthorses of English breed usually are, and a judicious cross would probably greatly ....i*nprore our natin stook. THE sUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1847. ➢Zr. Justice WIGHTMAN then carefully and elaborately. ,ummed up the evidence. He commented upon the extraordinary conduct of the prosecutrix in having suf fered the defendant to take any indecent liberties with her without communicating the fact to her husband or to any one; and left it to the jury to say whether, looking at the whole of the case, they considered the defendant guilty of the offence imputed to him. The Learned Judge concluded his summing up at half-past eight o'clock, and The jury consulted about two minutes, when The Foreman turned round and announced that their verdict was for the defendant. . Some imputation having been cast upon the paternity of the children of the prosecutrix—that they were not all the children of her husband—they were taken into the Court this morning, and, certainly they bore more re semblance to each other than the generality of the chil dren of one family. KING'S COLLEGE. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The distribution of prizes among those students who had distinguished themselves at the recent examination in King's College took place on Wednesday afternoon in the theatre of the institution, before a numerous and highly respectable auditory. The Archbishop of Canterbury presided, and near hi we observed his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Archbishop of Dablin, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Oxford, Lord Radstock, and a considerable number of clergymen of the Established Church. The Rev. Dr. JELF, the Principal of the College, opened the proceedings by offering, in the name of him self and his colleagues, their grateful acknowledgments to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who had, on such occasions as the present, appeared now for the fourth time within those walls, and at very consider able i inconvenience to himself. (Cheers.) He could assure his Royal Highness that the words of en couragement and warning which on each occasion he had condescended to offer to the students had not been without their fruit ; indeed no one could listen to those words without emotion and benefit. He would venture to observe that on an occasion like this there was considerable danger lest, in attempting to give an estimate of the prosperity of the college, he should fall unwillingly into exaggeration. With such a brilliant assembly as this, presided over by his Grace the Primate of all England and Visitor of this college (and long might he continue to rule the Church, and to visit this college in the same spirit in which he had for so many years done), and in the presence of the illustrious Prince, and of so many noble persons, and more particularly in the presence of that distinguished Prelate, whom it was his (Dr. Jelf's) honour to succeed, and whose principles it was his endeavour to follow, whose memory lived, and would live, not only within those walls, but in the hearts of many grateful generations, and whose name within those walls would never be received without the strongest feeling of grati tude—under such circumstances, it was almost a natural thing that those called upon to express their approba tion of the student's conduct should be led unconsciously into what was something very like high-flown panegyric. There was also a corresponding danger on the part of those that received that approbntion, that they might be led to think more highly of themselves, of their attainments, and even of their in dustry, than they ought to think. Both par ties ought to bear this constantly in mind, and en deavour to keep as far as possible within the bounds of moderation.—(Loud cheers.) He should be doing injustice to himself and the students if he did not express his approbation of their conduct during the last year.—(Cheers.) In many respects that year was full of gratifying recollections. Exceptions to good conduct perhaps there might have been, but either accounts of them had never reached him, or they were so slight that they passed away entirely from his recollection. — (Cheers.) From his colleagues and his friends they would hear a detail of what had been done in the two departments of general literature and science, and the applied sciences. He would content himself with a general statement. He must make his acknow ledgments to the students of each department for their study of divinity, which was the great basis of our pro sperity, and he trusted that on this basis they might look forward to many years of increasing prosperity. The total number of students exceeded a thousand ; but his hope for the future did not rest on an increase of numbers, but was bnsed on the conviction that there was every depart of the college a true spirit of religion, without which all science and all knowledge were in vain—without which, the classical scholar, with all his knowledge of literature ; the phi losopher, with all his scientific acquirements the engineer, with his practical application of the principles of science ; the physician, with all his skill ; and what was still more, that highest of all de partments, the divine, with all his knowledge of con troversial theology, were all as " the sounding brass and the tinkling cymbaL"—(Cheers.) Having observed that the opportunities afforded in King's College for studying literature, medicine, jurisprudence, philo sophy, and theology, was equal to that of any of the ancient colleges in the world, the Reverend Gentleman eulogised the industry, talent, and humble mindedness of the divinity students to whom no prizes were awarded, as it would be out of place to incite them to such motives. As distinctions were, however, desirable, he thought it essential to the welfare of the college, that as regards divinity students there should be such a foundation as would correspond to the system of our ancient colleges, and it would be soon in his power to lay before his Grace some plan for effecting that object. It was also in contemplation to establish within the college a residence for the various chts,es of students, in order that they might not only have the advantage of instruction, but also of college discipline, college enjoyment, college comforts, privi leges, and associations. When that was accomplished, he should then think the college was approaching the fulfilment of that destiny which he trusted God's provi dence would ultimately bring to pass.— (Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded by presenting his Grace with a list of the gentlemen who had obtained prizes. The announcement of their names was followed by loud ap plause.- The following gentlemen were then severally intro duced to the Most Rev. Prelate by the Professors in their respective departments, and received prizes from the hands of his Grace: — DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. Divinity—George Rawlinson, Edwin Ward, Samuel Flood Jones, Charles Edward Hadow, Edward James Auriel, Samuel Green., Classics—James Fitz-James Stephen, Henry Ware, Henry John Riddle Poole, Albert Barff. Latin Prose—Henry Thomas Griffith. English Verse—Charles Henry Pearson. Mathematics—John Stuart Jackson, Wm. Middleton Snell, George Heppe], James - Scott, Francis Harris. • English Literature—James Fitz-James Stephen, Charles Edward Johnston, James Seller. English Essay—James Fitz-James Stephen. Hebrew—Robert Williams, Peter Goldsmith Medd. French—Edwin Ward. German—William Middleton Snell, Henry Macdo nald Maughan. Literary Union—Alfred John Church. DEPARTMENT OF THE APPLIED SCIENCES. Divinity—Wm. Bulstrode. Mathematics—John Hicks, Thomas Belton, John Cox Gawler. Natural Philosophy—Henry Whiteombe, Charles Innes Spencer, George Schilling, Thomas Bolton. Arts of Construction—John Phillips Nunn. Manufacturing Art and Machinery—George Fuller, William Norton Lawson, George Wells. - Surveying— William Norton Lawson, Alfred Vaux, Francis Bowyer Miller, William Frederic Laxton, Henry Charles Heath. Geometrical Drawing—Samuel Blunden Daniell, Fre • derick Augustus Buryett. Chemistry—John Hicks, George Fuller. Geology—William Norton Lawson. Mineralogy—William Norton Lawson, John Hicks. Work-room—Clement Augustus Scott, Henry Charles Heath. SCHOLARS.-=18 47 . DEPARTMENT OP GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE Classical Senior, Alfred John Church. Classical Junior, Edward James Auriol. Mathematical Senior, John Stuart Jackson. Mathematical Junior, Hugh Cowie. DEPARTMENT OF THE APPLIED SCIENCES. Senior Scholar, William Norton Lawson. Junior Scholar, Charles Innes Spencer. ASSOCIATES. DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. Joseph Ince, William Rogers, Edwin Ward, Theodore Chambers Wilks, Robert Williams. DEPARTMENT OF THE APPLIED SCIENCES. George Fuller, George:Wells, Henry Whitcombe, Wil liam Norton Lawson, John Phillips Nunn. Certificates of Honour —George Wells, William Nor• ton Lawson, Henry Whitcombe. Certificates of Approval—John Phillips Nunn, Alfred Vaux, John Samuel Fairrie. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, in moving a vote of thanks to the Archbishop of Canterbury for presiding, ex pressed the great satisfaction he felt on account of the testimony borne to the conduct, ability, and discipline of the students ; but it was particularly gratifying to him to find that literature had been combined with a religious education. He trusted that the religious prin ciples which they were taught in that college would guide them through life. —(Cheers.) The Bishop of OXFORD briefly seconded the motion, and. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in responding, said he should have no difficulty in admitting to orders can didates who had gone through their course of theology in King's College, and whose good conduct and pro ficiency were attested by the Principal and the Masteil. The proceedings then terminated. 1 4,9 j , 7 ~ 4 ,\ HABEAS COR sl i p, s ;,.. \ ,.. A .p. \ l oot [We insert the following letter as -- - 6 - ..-I ' t - one who has been hardly dealt by, and _r-fitrernret-ta" 4 34r:;2, ,6 1 -4? son of a great man. We do not, hottilii4.4l4#o-1100....zi• the writer in his conclusions.] w --- 5?.. ; ;-; .? - 1,: : : i TO THE EDITOR OF THE---,g=" '—' t . „,-7 -- , Sin,—There is no end to the outcrYtill Wili- -'s- e ' "land of liberty" whenever an infringement is made• upon the privileges of any of the great men whose pedigrees state that their ancestors " came in with the Conqueror," and, in fact, whether the ancestors "came in" with William I. or William 111. the cry is equally loud, and generally successful, in vaunting and insisting on the forms of laws to secure liberty, which forms were established or re-established by the Saxon ancestors of the bulk of this nation. Now I, one of the bulk, have been in prison seven years, charged with being a rebel and a contemner of the laws, but without having been convicted or tried. My keeper having certified on the return to my habeas corpus to the effect that I had been tried and convicted, I was remanded to his custody. I brought my action on the case for a false return; he pleaded "not guilty." and no wher plea, and Lord Den man, on Saturday, the 19th inst., before a jury of the country, hell that the return must be assumed to be true until it was proved to be false, and that the onus of proof lay on the party making the charge. Now what would be the proof of the truth of the return? Simply the warrant in the keeper's office. What would be my disproof of the return? Nothing but the same warrant, which I must produce by subpcela of one of the de I endant's own officers. I should like to know how I could prove that that warrant was falsified? I catnot put leading questions to my own witness ; but he, the willing witness against me, is open to leading questions in the shape of cross examination by the defennant, and cross-examination affords the best evidence. SIR HARRY SMITH'S PROGRESS. On Wednesday the hero of Aliwal, Sir H. Smith, and his lady, partook of a public breakfast at Ely, on his eay to Whittlesea. A beautiful arch, covered with i. profusion of flowers and laurels, was erected near the station, where about 8,000 or 10,000 persons had as sembled, and the gallant gentleman's appearance was greeted with .tremendous cheers. The procession moved from the station through the principal streets of the town to the new Corn Exchange, in which a splendid dejainer a la fourchette was supplied by Younghusband and Son, of Gerard's Hall Hotel, Basing-lane, London. The building itself was beautifully festooned with ever greens and flowers ; the tables, which extended round the area, were covered with choice plants. On the table at which the Gallant General sat was a service of gold plate, valued at 16,0001. The breakfast provided con sisted of every delicacy the season could produce, the fruit being the admiration of all present. The appear ance of the whole called forth an expression of thanks from Sir Harry Smith. From the station to the breakfast-room Sir Harry was accompanied by the Dean of Ely, Professor Sedgwick, the Rev. E. B. Sparke, son of the late Bishop Sparke, and William Layton, Req., the eminent agriculturist. The Dean of Ely presided at the breakfast, at which there were between 200 and 300 present, consisting of the elite of the town and neighbourhood. WHITTLEsEa —On arrivinc , at this town the illus trious guests were received by a concourse of 4,000 to 5,000 people, and by them escorted to the house of his brother, Captain Smith. The bells rang merrily, and the greatest hilarity pervaded the town. Mr. Booker read a complimentary address to the gallant hero, and received a short but suitable reply, Sir Harry Smith say ing that on the morrow he should have an oppor tunity of expressing at greater length his feelings of appreciation of the kindness of his fellow-townsmen. THURSDAY, JULY 1. THE DINNER was holden in a pavilion, erected for the purpose, in a close next the rectory. At a quarter before five the chair was taken by the Rev. Algernon Peyton, rector of Doddington, who was supported on the right by the hero of many fights, Sir Harry Smith, Earl Fitzwilliam, Earl of Aboyne, Lord Milton, J. W. Childers, Esq., Professor Sedgwick, Colonel Allix, J. D. Gordon, Esq., and the Dean of Ely ; and on the left by the High Sheriff (W. Pate, Esq.), the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord C. Russell, M.., R. G. Townley, Esq., Admiral Morris, &c. In the centre was placed a very handsome epergne, a testimonial to Sir Harry Smith, purchased by subscrip tion. It bore the following inscription:—" Presented to Major-General Sir H. C. W. Smith, Bart., of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G.C.8., Colonel of the Rifle Brigade, by parties resident, or interested in the Isle of Ely, in testi mony of their esteem for the eminent services rendered by him as an officer in the British army during a period of 42 years, and more particularly for the distinguished ability shown by him in gaining a decisive victory over the Seikhs in India, when in command of the British forces at the battle of Aliwal, on the 28th of January, 1846. Presented the Ist of July, 1847." Sir Harry was dressed in a general's uniform, wear ing the order of the Bath, and several medals. At the conclusion of the dinner, Lady Smith and a party of ladies entered the booth; and her Ladyship was re ceived with loud cheers, the company standing. Nearly three hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner, which, ex cept a plentiful supply of soup, fish, and vegetables, was served cold. Grace having been said, The Rev. CHAIRMAN proposed, in succession, the Queen, Price Albert, the Queen Dowager, and health, wealth, and prosperity to all the Royal Family; the Duke of Wellington and the Army, acknowledged by Lord C. J. Russell; the Navy, acknowledged by Ad miral Morris. The CHAIRMAN next, in eloquent terms, proposed the health of Sir Harry Smith. Among all the recent Wings, no one day, he believed, would have afforded the Gallant General more pleasure that that, and should he tell them so, he (the Chairman) should not doubt his integrity. He must naturally feel proud of his return to his home, and native soil, from whence he had set out on his travels, amid the approbation of his countrymen, and in receipt of their grateful thanks. He would, if the ladies would allow him to alter a passage of Shakspere devoted exclusively to them, say with Othello—" We, as countrymen and compatriots, do love our General, and he loves us." He had no doubt the Gallant General felt grateful for the trophies and attachment they had that day displayed in his honour. So long as any Englishman's heart beat convulsively, nothing could be more endearing to him than the return to his home after a prolonged absence. As Sterne remarks in his beau tiful story of the sword.:--" It seemed as the return to an old friend's face, which once was given up." But his (the chairman's) pilgrim's shrine was won, his task was ended, and the company before the evening was over would doubtless be quite tired of him. (No, no.) They were anxious also to hear the Gallant General himself. The Chairman then (turning to Sir Harry Smith) said, "I understand, Sir, that you are again about to seek foreign shows, and whether or not you meet with opportunities of performing similar achieve ments to that which we are now met to celebrate, I, in the name of this meeting, venture to trust that your absence will not be long, and that you will soon return to your native shores, and pass your time among those friends who are always so happy to receive you. I trust you will receive this trophy as a slight tribute of the gratitude of Englishmen, and that on your return from abroad you will live in health to feel that it was given in gratitude by your compatriots and those who know so well how to appreciate your services, your public efforts in the cause of your country, and your private friend• ship—l drink your health."—(Loud, long, and most vociferous cheering.) On its somewhat subsiding, Sir HARRY SMITH rose and spoke as follows: " Lives there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said This is my own, my native land."—(Cheers.) Rev. Sir, my lords and gentlemen, and fellow- towsmen —fain would I thank you for the honour you have this day done me by thus assembling, and by the sumptuous banquet you have set before me ; but when the heart is full the tongue refuses to obey.—(Cheers.) It is true, as your president has said, that it is 42 years since I left my native land. On that occasion I parted with an affectionate mother—(Cheers)—and, gentlemen, by a curious coincidence, this day is the commemoration of her birth day.—(Cheers.) Her last words to me were, " Remember, I pray you, never to enter a public billiard room to play, and if ever you should be engaged with the enemies of your country, remember you are an Englishman."—(Loud cheers.) Thirty-two years ago, at the battle of Waterloo, there were three brothers, and it has pleased Providence to protect them all, although they were in the heat of the battle. We three, gentle men, are the only instances on record in this country, and we three are here to-day to feel and thank you for the honour done to myself and family.—(Loud cheers.) How I fulfilled the first pledge I gave my mother I well know—l have never played in a public billiard room, and what is more, I never was drunk in my life.—(Loud cheers.) How I have obeyed her se cond injunction, my Sovereign, the Duke of Wel lington, and you, my fellow-countrymen, have been pleased to bear testimony, and it becomes me to ac knowledge the reception I have received. If lam about to remind you of my services, I believe that they arose from my being placed in positions that would have been equally well filled by others.—(No, ito.) Believe me, fellow-countrymen, it is to my fellow-soldiers I am in debted for the honours I have received. I never appealed to my brother soldiers that they did not respond to my call.—(Cheers.) I hope war is far, far distant, for although a glorious it is a horrid profession. Since the wonderful battle of Waterloo, which established a peace for this nation which has lasted 32 years, and on my return to this country, I have observed her marked improvement in the arts and sciences, the improvement in the morality and deportment of the lower classes, and the observance of the Sabbath, which latter, I regret to say, was not thought of when I left it. To this I attribute all the good success of our civil exertions. I accept with gra titude the service of plate you offer me. I trust that feeling will be perpetuated in the memory of my family, and that they will never disgrace that relic of my sword. —(Cheers.) I have no sons, but have two nephews, whom I hare seen in action, and who are now in this room ; they merit the coat they wear—(the uniform of Sir Harry's regiment),—and if they did not, I would be the first to strip them of it.—(Cheers.) A word of the Duke of Wellington. You should have seen as I have seen him, riding in the thick of the fight, rallying the disheartened, restoring confidence wherever he ap • peared, and rendering victory certain.—(Cheers.) My reception by my Sovereign and my fellow-countrymen has been far more gratifying than I am able to express, but I feel it none the less, and only apprehend that my services and performance of my duties should not in future merit your approbation. My first military ardour was inspired in the Whittlesea Yeomanry Cavalry — (Cheers) —which I have this day inspected, and which I am rejoiced to see are in superior order to what they were in my former days. lam aware, by tradition, a Minister once said, in alluding to the French revolution; " If your Majesty is afraid to arm your subject 7 youso crown will totter to its base;" and in this cop: 17 0 , p1e long as the nobles are true to the throne and a :b pe . h . now she the nobles, so long shall England standihe stands, paramount and unparalleled amowng ine to dwell any (Cheers.) My heart is too full to al e lo ent of the inhabi longer on the subject, but belie ve fu i r rem embrance of this all vicissitudes, entertain ahfra nya tlac ta b y m Harken are around me, and I trust mates, and fellow - townsmen that, ofof mthe native ree° i t s l a e n . d M a thanks of their townsman and that, with the othraettr7fhuolnourable gentlemen present, they will accept th4i3itrry d o r e: cheers.) e r r e s s . Smith.—(The Gallant General sat countryman . The next "Th to asts were e High Sheriff," who ac wiedged the toast; " The Custos Rotulorum the kno eroeifteßreadtef :ended to by Lord Charles Russel l ; The Earl Fitzwilliam " (given by the chair man, as the health of a nobleman possessed of a large do nn she: property, and who knew how to use it, and duly acknow ledged by the Noble Earl) ; " The Lord Lieutenant of the County, Lord Hardwicke." Lord HARDWICKE proposed " The health of Lady Smith" (who had, he said, followed her husband through all his campaigns), amid much cheering. Sir HARRY SMITH, in returning thanks, recited what he designated as the extraordinary circumstances under A hich he first met his lady, and paid a high compliment to tho fair sex as generally instigating the opposite one to deeds of valour. He believed from his Heart Lady Smith was deserving the honour they had dene,he,f. ' The " The County Members , " " The Chairman, and Bishop and Clergy of th e Diocese," "Calteieives Major Smith" (brothers of Sir Harr y , and bo meet o f Whittlesea), were successive l y toasted, and the at ing separated. In the times of Charles 1.. so much abused for tyranny, corruption had not sunk so deep that jailers would cer tify matter not in their warrants of commitment, as appears by the Petition of Right (3 C. 1., c. 1, s. 5); but it this doctrine that the party complaining of the return has to disprove it, had then sprung up, the judges of Charles might have been spared the difficulty and odium of remanding persons, as stated in the Petition of Right, who by the returns appeared to have been committed illegally on vague charges by the Lords of the Privy Council. If this doctrine is now law, the result of course is, that the return is never to be supported on oath, and that I am debarred from cross•examination of the agents of the officer on whose unsworn statement I am detained, and that therefore I have no remedy but the troublesome one of indictment at common-law, in which I nosy be a witness. I think, Sir, that this being a matter in which public liberty is concerned and common sense the test, the press is the proper quarter to appeal to; and therefore, not on individual but on public grounds, I hope the press will respond to this appeal by directing its attention to the subject, not only in England, but in Ireland and Scot land. Lord Denman observed that his opinion was given in the absence of any authority for my view of the point; but I hope that the precedent in this case will end by becoming such authority, on my motion for a new trial, and on the public opinion expressed through your dis cussion of the question. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, WM. COBBETT. Queen's Prison, June 22, 1847. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, PORTUGAL-STREE T, LINCOLN'S INN-FIELDS. —Yesterday afternoon a special general court of th governors of the above institution was held for the purpose of receiving a proposition to elect the Right lion. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., to the office of Vice-President of the hospital. .Alderman Copland, M.P., having taken the chair, proposed a resolution embodying the object abovenamed, which was seconded by Major Moore, and Sir Robert Peel was unanimously elected by a very full court of governors. Thanks having been voted to Mr. Alderman Copeland, the chair was vacated by that gentleman, and occupied by Mr. W. Fergusson, F.R.S., and after the disposal of the routine business connected with the charity the meeting separated. From the report of the secretary, Mr. Lyon, it appears that the charity is greatly increas ing in public utility, 17,850 patients having been treated during the past year, of whom 1.276 were in-door re cipients. It is also reported, that since 1840 nearly 84,00 0 pat ients have been admitted without letters of recommendation, including about 5,000 in-patients. As Alr.Jones has resigned , it is expected there will " be no opposition for thesounty;oll3ucliinglain. The thirteenth report of the commissioners of National Education in Ireland, for the year 1846, was issued on Monday morning. It is addressed to the Earl of Clarendon as Lord-Lieutenant, being the first import ant public document in which his Lordship's name has yet appeared since his appointment. The commissioners state that, at the close of the year 1846, the number of schools in operation was 3,637, and the number of pupils in attendance therein 456,410. The increase upon the year 1845, was 511 schools, and 23,566 pupils. The increase of pupils in 1845 over 1844, was 37,294, and the commissioners attribute the diminished amount of increase in 1846, as compared with that of the previous year, to the prevailing distress having compelled parents to obtain employment for their children upon the public works. Grants had been promised towards the building of 335 additional schools, amounting to 11,5011. 17s. 6d., by which accommodation will be afforded for 31,461 additional pupils. During the year, 85 schools had been struck off the roll, and fourteen suspended for various causes, such as the houses being unsuitable, want of local contributions, inability to procure sites, transfers to other places, and other reasons. The model schools in Marlborough-street, Dublin, continue to be numerously attended and efficiently conducted; the total number on the rolls stated to be 1,368. In all the schools, the arrangement for the separate religious in struction of the children of different persuasions, and of the teachers in training, are described as being carried on with punctuality and satisfaction. The salaries for the year amount to 44,177/. I Is. 6d., thus, taking the total number of teachers to be 4,000, the average amount is only 11/. to each, but the commissioners say they ought to be augmented. The maximum at present is 20L, and the minimum 8Z per annum—low enough, certainly, for any degree of efficiency. The commis sioners also express a hope that the arrangement which has recently received the sanction of Government for giving retiring pensions to meritorious teachers in Eng land, will, as soon as possible, be extended to Ireland. During the distress that lately afflicted the country gratuities were awarded to the poorer teachers, in ad dition to their ordinary salaries ; and in this way, 3,0001. were expended by permission of the late Lori- Lieutenant. The yearly inter( st of Lord Morpeth's do nation of 1,0001., is in future to be awarded in gratuities varying from 1/. to 31., to sehoolinaiters in each of the 34 districts, who are most distinguished by the order, neatness, and cleanliness observaule in themselves, their scholars, and their school-houses. The demand for the school-books of the commissioners is increasing greatly, especially in Upper Canada, where a similar system of national education has been recently established. In connexion with the ordinary schools, there are 99 work house schools, and five agricultural model schools ; and it is intended to establish a school at the fishing station, near Galway, the pupils of which are to be instructed in navigation. Many other details are given in the report. Appended to it are a statement of the year's accounts, and:a great number of tabular reports and returns, illus trating the state of education in every province, county, and town iu Ireland. THE AMERICAN TARIFF. The following is a copy of a dispatch from Mr. Pakeu hatr, her Majesty's Minister at Washington, to Viscount Palmerston, on the subject of the customs' revenues of the United States under the new tariff, printed by order of the House of Commons:— " Washington, March 29th, 1847. "My Lord,—Her Majesty's Government will be glad to hear that the session of Congress closed without any addition having been made to the rates of import duty established by the tariff of last year. That measure will, therefore, now receive a fair trial; and I am happy to say that there are already such indications of its almost certain success, that it may be considered, as it were, beyond the reach of danger; I speak with refer ence to the amount of revenue produced by it. It was confessedly for the sake of revenue that the exorbitant tariff of 1842 was introduced, and it was on the assump tion that the moderate tariff of last year would not pro duce a sufficient revenue that it was so strenuously opposed by the advocates of the protection system. Now, let us see what has been the result, so far as the experiment has yet gone. " The new scale of duties came into operation on the Ist of December last—that is to say, not quite four months ago, and from the enclosed statement, for which cytiofYuoinrisgeg',obechoda I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Walker, the Secre tary of the Treasury, it will be seen that the receipts under the reduced scale of duties during the period em braced in the return exceed those of the corresponding period of the year beforerVben the high rates were in force, by nearly a million of dollars. I think it likely that by the end of the present month the excess will amount to quite a million. " This is a matter of great interest to England at the present moment, when it is of so much importance that our export trade should flourish, in order to meet the heavy demand upon the resources of the country, occa sioned by an extraordinary importation of food. anhseerproduced the same amount of revenue as the 4? , " In this point of view, if the new tariff had ld o o n n l e y the result would il p l l h ac a e ve in bee sh n e ve g r a y an g ra otfi to create the same amount of revenue under t a reduced scale of duties it is obvious that a propo.rttionE_L o inc r ease must ave taken im ported, in which increase Eng land , tth h aet s th. i e st p ac e t r o lo r d y e re m s b u r lt an o e f d th in e the tht natural share ; but whenweseet the reduced tariff produces at the rate of 250,000 t. dollars per month more experi ment becomes more str i kingly apparent.. than the high one, o s n; d , being that immediately following the re duction in the duties . does not afford a fair criterion of what may be . the ultimate working of the measure. But I do not think that this argument applies en closed '‘ n t to the case under consideration,— " rem th atu e Yrn first place, because we see that the month of December, the first month of the new system, was not, by upwards of 100,000 dollars, as productive as the suc ceeding month of January, thereby showing that there was no unnatural or extraordinary influx of foreign commodities immediately consequent on the introduction of a lower rate of duty, to be counterbalanced by a fall ing off at a later period. " In the next place, because it should be borne in mind, that simultaneously with the new tariff, the ware housing system was for the first time introduced into the United - States, which everybody knows has a tendency to made the iutroduction of merchandise, or rather the c l ea rance of goods for consumptio n, stead y and gradual. and proportioned to the wants of the market. effects of an improved commercial policy, a h nd e t r o va t de e s s th te " Upon the whole, my Lord, looking to .the the of general prosperity and well-being: tura pr_uce at ow iFt w g i ,. lc prin p .cipally to country tead y demandat the p f r o e r s e a n l t l o.rt moment,.()t. a g ricul 1 (.1 remunerating prices, I think !t can scarcely be doubted that the consumption of foreign merchandise must, for the present year at least, exceed the average of former years, and thus help to redress the balance of trade, now, owing to an unforeseen calamity, unfortunately to much against us.—l have, &c., " R. PAKENHAM." PENSION TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR G. POLLOCIL. --On Wednesday, at a Court of Directors of the East India Company it was decided that a pension of 1,0001. per annum be granted to Major-General Sir G. Pollock, G.C.8., in consideration of the eminent services per formed by him M India. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 24.—The first division of the Russian fleet, consisting of six ships of tile line, a fri gate, and a steamer, sailed northward from the road of Helsinger on the 23d. The other division, consisting of three ships of the line and three frigates, will remain hue 'owe days longer. !rely The borough of Aylesbury will be seve'. con• tested. Lord Nugent, R. Clayton, Esq., and Peter Deer tug, Ems, are the CEl4ldideM6 ilk • ti ;C:\