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a-IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 12. The LORD CuszTcFaxon took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, stating the desire of the petitioners to have an equitable settlement with respect to the money subscribed for the erection of chapels before the disruption between them and the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and praying the House to adopt some measures on the subject. RECEPTION OF BILLS. Lord BROUGHAM brought up the report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the best mode of receiving Bills from the Commons. The Committee re ported that it would be advisable, in order to save the public time, that their Lordships should receive all the Bills brought up in a day by one message, and that no alteration was required in the standing orders to carry that object into effect. The Committee also re pred that it would be desirable, in future , to send down Rills from that House to the Commons by one master instead of two. After some short discussion, a conference was ordered with the Commons upon the subject of the report. DRAINAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND, the Drainage of Lands (Scotland). Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. LEITH HARBOUR AND DOCK BILL. The Earl of KINNAIRD trusted that the Noble and Learned Lord (the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster) would postpone the third reading of the Leith Harbour and Dock Bill, as many Noble Lords like him self, under the supposition that the measure was a pri vate one, had not looked into its details. He had since discovered that the measure was made a public one, and that its provisions were most important, and greatly affected private interests. Lord CAMPBELL must persevere with the Bill, as it was one of great public importance. The Noble Lord then presented several petitions in favour of the Bill. CONFERENCE ON THE FORMS OF THE HOUSE. The Duke of Richmond and Lords Brougham, Re desdale, Ellenborough, Monteagle, and the Bishop of St. Asapb, left the House to hold a conference with the Commons on the forms of the House. LEITH HARBOUR AND DOCK BILL. Some discussion took place upon this Bill, in the course of which Lord KINNAIRD said it looked very like a job. Lord REDESDALE said that the Bill ought to be postponed until next session, as it was one of the most flagrant election jobs that had ever come under his ob servation. The Lord Advocate sat for Leith, and the Bill was introduced on the eve of a general election. Lord CAMPBELL said that the discussion which bad taken place was most irregular; he had no objec tion to the returns which the Noble Lord desired. The discussion here dropped. CLERGY OFFENCES BILL This Bill was read a third time. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the Commons brought up certain Bills. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. Lord BROUGHAM mcved the following resolutions on the subject of bribery at elections :—" That it is the bounden duty of both Houses of Parliament to adopt, at the beginning of next session, whatever means may be most effectual for detecting and punishing acts of bribery and corruption which may be committed during the ensuing recess, at the election of Members of Parliament and Peers of Scotland and Ireland, such offences being altogether subversive of the freedom of election, destructive of the purity of the Legislature, leading to the moral guilt of perjury in all cases, and the actual commission by many of that foul and heinous crime. That it is also the duty of Parlia ment to inquire and visit with punishment all acts which may be done during the recess for interfering with the free choice of Members of Parliament, of Peers of Scotland said Ireland, by intimidation or otherwise. That it is the duty of both Houses of Parliament to in quire of all corrupt bargains, whether by compromise or otherwise, made during the recess, for the purpose of preventing and frustrating the inquiry into such corrup tion or intimidation, at elections of Members of Parlia ment, or of Scotch and Irish Peers. This was not the first time that ho had to draw the attention of the House to tEis subject. It was the opinion of some that this question was one which peculiarly belongad to the lower House, but he entirely dissented from that opinion. Their Lordships had rejected the Bribery Bill of 1829, which bad been passed by the lower House, and in 1729, when the law was passed which now guides the decisions of the tribunals, their Lordships made certain valuable alterations, so that there was no want of precedent for the resolution which ha . proposed for their adoption. The Reform Bill had the most beneficial effect in check ing bribery and corruption, it enabled them at once to detect crime. The election for Liverpool, which he contested with Mr. Canning, cost 40,0001., and it was impossible to say where the legal expenses ended. The election for 1841 had tar nished the honour of the Legislature. They had all seen charges of bribery brought against men of high character, of rank, and position in the country. Charges which he was bound to say were fully proved. The ar guments against this practice of bribery were so many, that he would disdain to enter upon them. He did not believe that five per cent of those bribed refused the bribery oath when tendered; and was it not frightful to think, that every voter there had it in their power to tender that oath to the guilty party who thus ran such a risk of committing this heinous crime. It appeared to him that there should be no limit put to the time when the proof of bribery might be given, nor did he consider that a Member's seat should be secure at any time if it could be proved that he obtained it by bribery. He hoped that the next session would not terminate without some decisive and salutary step being taken upon this subject. In the m( antime, if their Lordships gave their consent to these resolutions, he had no doubt but that it would work beneficially. Their Lordships might see by the addresses in the papers, that those who were seeking for the highest trust that could be conferred upon them, were wholly unknown to the con stituents. He was wrong ; they were known, perhaps, to a couple of attorneys in the borough.—(Hear, hear) . The symptoms of the time appeared to indicate to him that a greater degree of bribery would take place at the ensuing election than there did at the election of 1842. The Noble Lord concluded by moving the resolutions. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE could not be sorry that his Noble Friend had taken that opportunity to denounce the heinous crime of bribery and corruption, in the eloquent terms which he had done, although he differed from the Noble Lord as to the expediency of passing such a resolution when they did not intend to follow it up by a specific enactment, and he hoped that his Noble Friend would not consider him unconscious of the magnitude of the heinous crime which he had de nounced that night so ably. But he always objected to abstract resolutions; they should not pledge the House to such. His Noble and Learned Friend was fully aware that it was not the want of a feeling of abhor rence to the crime which prevented legislation upon the subject, but that it was the difficulty of reaching the subject in an efficient manner. Numberless Bills were brought into the House for the prevention of bribery, but in their course they were always objectionable in some detail or another. Lord BROUGHAM, after a few words in reply, said that he would withdraw the resolutions. The resolutions were then withdrawn. RAILWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee. SUPPRESSION OF SEDUCTION. On the motion of the Bishop of OXFORD, this Bi, went through Committee. CANADA CONSOLIDATED REVENUE BILL. This Bill was read a second time. IRISH EMIGRANTS. Lord ENNISKILLEN drew the attention of the Government to a letter in an Irish newspaper, which detailed the dismal fate which awaited the Irish emi grants, who arrived in Canada, from the want of ac commodation, and the quarantine that they were obliged to perform in the vessels, which were full of distemper. Earl GREY said that h e e ive g d riev th e e d tmoossaty deplorablei t w awas too true that they had re accounts of the fate whichacwaiotefdsnaehlaarge dreadfulnum be charac ter h o a f r t a h e e . emigrant ships. A distemp er ter had broken out in some of the ves T se h l e s, G w o h v i e c r h no o r bli h g a e d d them to be detained in quarantine. taken the most prompt and efficient steps, and ten a large thou sand tents Were erecte d u pon the shore quantity a sheds were built for shore, besides accommo dation. He had warned Lord Elgin that such a catastrophe was likely to occur, and he was p roud to say th a t that Noble Lord had done every thing possible to alleviate the sufferings of those unfortunates. He trusted that the details of these cir• cumstances would prevent and check too large an emi gration from Ireland. He did believe that all these suf ferings arose from the previous sufferings which the emi grants had endured. Lord MONTEAGLE thanked the Noble Lord for bringing the question under the notice of the House. H e hoped it would f..,0 out to the public that the mi series which had been endured could not have been averted by the Government. Their Lordships then adjourned. LOUSE OF COMMONS, „„,._!yl2. The SPEAKER took the Chair to-day at Three o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed:— Gillespie's Estate. Northam Bridge Company's Estate. REPORTS. The followin ,, reports were brought up and agreed to: Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway (Union Canal and Caledonian Railway Junction). Southampton and Dorchester Railway (Blandford Branch). Taw Vale Railway and Dock. The report on the Sllisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill was further considered and agreed to. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed.— Bowes' Estate. Brooks' Divorce. Dollar Institution Mylne's or ll . Nabb's) Estate. Goddard's Estate. Huggen's College Incorporation. Rooke's Estate. Tunstall Market Company Estate. LORDS' AMENDUENTS, The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to: — Belfast Improvement. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Rail way, and Chester and Birkenhead Railway Purchaio or Amalgamation. Ccicheiter &ligation t4nd Iraproyoment. o ft, vt t-- Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Rail way. East of Fife Railway (Markinch Deviation). Great Western Railway (Amendment and Extensions). Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Acts Amendment , . London and North Western Railway (Lime-street, Liverpool, Station Extension, &c.) Newbury Cemetery. Paisley and Renfrew Railway (Si4e and Impro i vement). South-Eastern Railway (Widening of the Greenwich Railway, and Arrangement and Enlargement of the London -bridge Station). Waterford and Limerick Railway. Wexford Free Bridge. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from Here ford against the clause in the Bishopric of Manchester Bill with respect to the Deanery of Hereford. On the motion of Mr. WILSON PATTEN, it was ordered, " That it be an instruction to the Committee of Selection to appoint the Committee on Penson's Estate Bill on Wednesday next. and that the Committee have leave to report the same day." On the motion for the first reading of Passingham's Estate Bill, Mr. GREENE moved that it be referred to the Ex aminers of Petitions for Private Bills, with leave to sit and proceed to-morrow. ARGYLE CANAL BILL. Mr. HUME wished to know whether it was the in tention of the Government to proceed with the Argyle Canal Bill ? Lord J. RUSSELL said it was not the intention of the Government to proceed with the Bill. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER. Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to a question from Mr. Collett, said it was the intention of the Government to proceed with the Bishopric of Manchester Bill to-morrow morning at twelve o'clock. Mr. COLLETT said he was determined to oppose the proceeding with so important a Bill at the early sittings of the House. EDUCATION (IRELAND). Lord JOHN MANNERS wished to know from the Noble Lord at the head of the Government whether the report was true that the Government had determined to give preferment to no clergymen of the Church of Ireland who would not support the system of education adopted by the National Education Society of that country. Lord J. RUSSELL said that there was no foundation for the report in question. POST-OFFICE CARRIERS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Fre derick Greig, a Post-office letter carrier, complaining of his dismissal without notice from the Post-office, in consequence of certain evidence which he had given with respect to the " Post-office Directory," and praying the House to institute a searching inquiry into the case. The Hon. Member gave notice that to-morrow he would move that the petition be printed with the vote. Sir G. CLERK inquired if it was the Mention of the Government to proceed with the Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ? Mr. G. CRAIG replied in the affirmative ; and said the object of the Bill was merely to transfer the power now exercised by the Queen by letters patent to the Queen in Council. Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to a question by Mr. Hume, said the Government did intend to proceed with he Thames Conservancy Bill. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER BILL. The House then went into Committee of Ways and Means, and a vote was agreed to authorising the issue of various sums of money out of the Consolidated Fund. NEW ZEALAND BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that, before going into Committee upon this Bill, he wished to call the attention of the House, briefly, to its nature and provisions. This Bill had gone through the other House of Parliament with the entire concurrence of the On the motion of Mr. HAWES, the New Zealand (No. 2) Bill was read a second time. law Lords. After a most careful investigation, he con fessed that he did not quite understand why so strong an opposition should have been got up to it, especially to the first three or four clauses. It had been stated that the effect of the measure was to give an increased patron age to the Lord Chancellor ; but so far from that being the case, it took from him a good deal of that patronage which was at present vested in him under one or two already existing Acts. It was well-known that the law of Bankruptcy had for the last six or seven years been administered by the Court of Chancery in reality, although perhaps it was not so nominally. It was proposed by this Bill to do away with the Court of Review, and to vest the administration of this law entirely in the Vice- Chancellor, who should be appointed for that purpose. It was admitted on all hands that the system which had been introduced some years since, of giving a mixed bankruptcy and insolvency jurisdiction to the Bank ruptcy Court, had greatly affected the just and proper administration of the law of bankruptcy. When they reflected that under the present administration great expenses were incurred for the salaries and travelling expenses of the commissioners, and these expenses it ap peared from the report of the commissioners themselves, were in many instances quite useless, for when they came to different towns upon their lists, they found no business to do, although they might have travelled for hundreds of miles at 2s. per mile. He therefore did not see why the powers possessed by the commissioners should not be vested in the local judges, and thus the saving of expenditure effected under the circumstances. He hoped that the House would give its consent to the Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM said that he was happy to say that to the greater part of this measure he was enabled to give This decided assent, but to the first few clauses he most certainly entertained the strongest objection. When it was stated that the Law Lords entirely con curred in this measure he (Sir J. Graham) knew that Lord Brougham was entirely opposed to the transfer of these powers to the Court of Chancery. It was not, however, by the opinions of the Lord Chancellor, or of ex-Lord Chancellors, that the question was to be regulated. This subject was referred to a commission of competent persons, composed of lawyers and gen tlemen connected with trade, and presided over by Mr. Justice Erskine. The commission came to the unani mous report, first, that insolvency should be separated from the great seal, and that there ought to be a distinct and separate jurisdiction appointed by the formation of a court of review. Upon this report the present law was framed, and it had existed unchanged ever since the enactment had been passed. The Honourable Gentleman had said that this was only a nominal change—if it were so why not adhere to the present system until the whole subject came under the conside ration of the House next session? it were not in tended to create new patronage, the throwing of these powers into the hand s fof the Ct urt of Chancery would tend to uphold offices of very doubtful use and necessity. He viewed with great suspicion any design that would re-transfer these offices to the Great Seal. He saw no necessity why they shmitd, at this period of the session, adopt such a course, considering that they had that re port before them. Sir GEORGE GREY said, that if the opposition were only directed to these three clauses referred to by the Right Hon. Baronet, it might be better to defer the con sideration of them till in Committee. He should then be prepared to prove that the Right Hon. Baronet had misunderstood the object of these clauses. Sir J. GRAHAM had no objection to take the dis cussion at that period. Mr. JOHN STUART begged the Right Hon. Baro net to reconsider his determination, and much more did he implore the Government not to press forward this measure at this late period of the session. He should feel himself called upon imperatively to give the Bill, if persevered in, his most determined opposition, however little able he was to do so, after having spoken in the Court of Chancery for nearly six successive hours. The object of the clauses, which were objected to, was to re-transfer the jurisdiction of the Court of Review to one of the Chancery Courts. Sir GEORGE GREY said that he did not intend to defend the Chancery Courts. Mr. JOHN STUART—Why, the Bill before the House inevitably led to the consideration of these courts, and he did not think it fair that the Secretary for the Home Department should come down to that House and say he would not defend the Court of Chancery. But if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Attorney- General, would consent to postpone his Bill for a short time, it would not only shorten the discussion, but would allow them to give a subject, so important, the consideration which it demanded. They were dealing with the subject in a most hasty and inconsiderate manner, Now, he would have tried to define in the Bill what were to be the limits of these local jurisdictions. He would have tried to do so in a lawyerlike and states manlike character, but the framers of this Bill had not done so ; and he prayed them to defer the further consi deration of this measure until that attention had been paid which it well deserved. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. On the proposition of the first clause, Sir J. GRAHAM moved that the clause be omitted. Sir G. GREY advocated the retention of the clause. Mr. S. WORTLEY was at a loss to know what had been the reasons which had induced the Government to introduce this clause is the Bill, and he should most certainly support the motion for the rejection of the clause. „ POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Messengers from the Lords appeared at the bar, re questing a conference with the House on the subject of the amendments introduced by their Lordships in the Poor-law Amendment Bill. The following Members were appointed to confer on the part of the Commons :—Lord J. Russell, the Attor ney-General, Solicitor-General, Sir George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, Lord G. Bentinck, Mr. Greene, &c. &c. On their return, Lord J. RUSSELL announced to the House that their Lordships had communicated to them the following re solutions, which had been adopted by their Lordships:— " 1. That the Lords are willing to receive from the Commons, in ono message, all Commons'jßills r when first brought up to this House ; all Lords :Bills returned from the House of Commons without any amendments thereto, and all Commons' Bills returned thereto with the Lords' amendments thereto, agreed to without any amendments, a list of such Bills, with a statement of the assent of the Commons thereto, being brought by the messengers from the House of Commons, and delivered together with the Bills so brought up. " 2. That whereas by custom heretofore all messages from the House of Commons to the House of Lords have been attended by eight Members of the House of Com mons, ani whereas the attendance of so many may be occasionally inconvenient to the Members of the said House, the Lords desire to communicate to the Com mons their willingness to receive such messages, when brought up by five Members only," to which they desired the concurrence of the Commons. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that the resolu tions be referred to a Select Committee, which was agreed to. NEW ZEALAND (No. 2) BILL. Mr. HAWES, in moving the order of the day for the second readirg of this Bill, referred to those previous measures on this subject which had been brought under the notice of the House, and said that, without entering into those questions at that time, it would be better, by a wise and liberal system of colonization at once to place upon a sound and perma nent basis the government of that country. Such views as the Government entertained upon this subject were attempted to be forwarded by a company called the New Zealand Company, and the questions raised by the Bill were—first, whether the Government should make an advance of funds to this company; and, secondly, whether it should, in the event of such an advance being made, have any authority or control over it. In looking over the books of the company, it appeared that the amount of paid-up capital was 200,0001. ; raised on the sales of land, 277,0001. ; borrowed from Go vernment, 80,000/. ; from other sources, 25,0001. ; making in all 636,0001. It appeared that the company had spent 200,0001. in the colony, and as their prospects seemed to justify further assistance, he proposed by the Bill to advance them the further sum of 136,000/.. On the question that the Bill be read a second time, Lord G. BENTINCK said he would not oppose the measure, although he thought that the principle with which -the Government had started in the present session had been departed from in this Bill. Sir R. U. INGLIS supported the second reading of the Bill. _ _ On the order of the day being read for the second reading of this Bill, Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the Bill be postponed till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Mr. COLLETT moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be read at five o'clock to-morrow. Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The amend ment was, however, withdrawn, and the Bill ordered to be read a second time at twelve o'clock to-morrow. WELLINGTON STATUE. Mr. W. PATTEN was desirous of knowing whether the past liabilities of the company were to be under taken by the Government ? Mr. HAWES said that the past liabilities of the com pany had been estimated, and it was for the purpose of meeting them that the former loans had been granted by Government, and no new liabilities could be incurred without the sanction of the Government. Mr. V. SMITH was desirous of knowing upon what principle the money was advanzed. Was it intended to give the grant as a compensation to the New Zealand Company, because if compensation was intended it would be better in his opinion to grant it in any other shape than the present. If it was not made for com pensation was it for colonisation—if it was, then how were they to meet the claims of other colonies? He had made the observation in no spirit of opposition to the measure, but in order that this Bill might receive proper consideration, as it related to one of the most important colonies of this country. Mr. C. BULLER felt called upon 4o make some observations, as some misapprehensions appeared to pre vail with respect to the provisions of the Bill. The Go vernment would not be answerable for any liabilities further than those expressly stated—most certainly not to any general liabilities. The Government had framed this Bill not with a view to grant this loan as a means of compensation, but as a means of colonisation for which this company had done more than any other asso ciation of private individuals. Mr. HUME thought that this Bill was one which ought to attract the attention of the whole country. He was of opinion that the money which they were called upon to pay this year and last year, was the penalty of the mismanagement which had been made by the Go vernment of the colony of New Zealand. He hoped, however, that the present heads of the Colonial Depart ment would profit by the mistakes of their predecessors, and exert themselves to prevent a recurrence of the evils that had already taken place. The most effectual method for that purpose would be to establish local self govern ment. By carrying out this principle, the evils which spring from the mismanagement of the Colonial-office, would be put an end to, and a responsibility secured which would prevent abuse. He was also of opinion that it would be much better to leave colonization to private speculation, as from the experience which they had of the attempt hitherto made by Government in this re• spect, he feared there was little to be expected but failure and abuse. Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that he would take this opportunity of stating, in reply to a question put by the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn with respect to the Wellington statue, that he had had an interview with the illustrious Duke himself upon the subject, who had informed him that he looked upon the question entirely as a public one. Many persons had considered that the removal of the statue would be a mark of disrespect to his Grace. The illustrious Duke had, however, replied to him in substance that, for his own part, he had received too many proofs of the regard and appro bation of the Crown to lead him to think that such could be the intention of the Crown in ordering the removal of the statue.—(Hear, hear.) Upon public grounds he deprecated the removal of the statue.— (Hear.) This opinion had been communicated to her Majesty, and he (Lord John Russell) had received the Queen's commands to state to the House that it was not the intention of the Government to proceed with the removal of the statue.—(Hear, hear.) GREENOCK ELECTION. Lord JOHN RUSS E LL requested the Hon. Member for Greenock (Mr. Baine), who had a motion on the paper, on reading the order of the day for the Committee of Supply, to call the attention of the House to the re• cent interference of the Government, exercised chiefly through the medium of the Secretary at War, with the constitutional privileges of the Parliamentary electors of Greenock, to postpone his motion, in order to allow the House to go into Committee of Supply. Mr. BAINE did not wish to throw any obstacle in the way of the public business of the House; he would, therefore, withdraw his motion. After a few words from Mr. F. MAULE and Mr. TUE'- , NELL the motion was withdrawn. MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. On the order of the day for going into Committee of Supply being read, Mr. V. SMITH called the attention of the House to the present confused mode in which the miscellaneous estimates were prepared, and suggested the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the circumstances of the case, and also to examine into the reasons why so great an increase had taken place in the amount of the miscellaneous estimates for this year from what it was in the year 1838. He found in the present year that the miscellaneous estimates were 1,328,286/. more than they were in the year 1838. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Government had not proposed any Select Committee on the miscellaneous estimates this year, because, considering the time they were brought forward, there would hardly have been time for making any progress in the matter. He thought, however, that there was great room for inquiry, and did not think there could be any objection to it, provided it were instituted at an early period of the session. -------- Mr. HENLEY supported the rejection of the clause. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL explained that the object of the clause was simply to legalise a mode of conducting this business, which had hitherto worked to the satisfaction of the public. Sir J. GRAHAM contended for the necessity of con tinuing the existence of the Court of Review. He would rather recommend the abolition of one of the in ferior Courts of Chancery. Sir G. GREY thought that if a judge were to be e nes p in the business of sloyment ; whereas, by the present con stituted sole judge of the Court of Review, he would einpilde m le the united Court of Chancery and Court of Review over which he would preside. Bill Sir J. GRAHAM said that if the remaining clauses he o h couldalf his findtitime ample of the Bill were passed, they would have the effect of increasing the number of appeals from the County Mr. WILLIAMS thought the grant now proposed was a large expenditure, but he would not oppose it. He considered, however, that the mismanagement of the Colonial office, which necessitated this additional grant, should be put an end to. Sir J. GRAHAM thought the Bill should be dis cussed on its merits, and that the censures directed by the Hon. Member for Montrose and the Hon. Member for Coventry against the late administration of Colonial affairs was not deserved by the Noble Lord who pre sided over that department in the Government of which he (Sir J. Graham) had been a Member. If the whole liability of the British Exchequer was to be limited to 236,0001.—the money advanced last year, and the pre sent grant—he would be satisfied. He hoped these grants would be the means of securing the prosperity of the colony, and enabling the colony to carry out those operations, which were calculated to develope its re , sources. After a few words from Lord INGESTRE and Mr. E. DENISON, Mr AGLIONBY said that the colony had weighed the consequences of its own acts, and he believed that at the expiration of the three years they would be com pletely successful. He was always desirous that there should be no concealment in the affairs of the colony, and he believed the succ( ss of the undertaking was cer tain from the soundness of the principles on which it was based. Mr. DISRAELI thought that their constituents out of doors should properly understand what they were called upon to do this evening. They were called upon .to give a grant of public money for one of their colonies. Now, at the beginning of the session a great outcry was made because a proposition was made for a grant of pub lic money for a great public good, and the grounds on which it was opposed was, that possibly it might go into the pockets of destitute shareholders.—(Laughter.) He wished to know, then, into whose pocket s thi s money was to go.—(Laughter.) He very much feared that now, at the close of the session, the Government, under the magical influence of twilight, were allowing those prin ciples which they advocated with such energy at the be ginning ,of the session to drop qu i e tly i nto o b livion.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) If this was an ill-used and unfortunate country, as had been stated, he thought it was pretty fairly represented in the Government.— (Laughtei.) He wanted to know how it was that the money now proposed to be advanced to the New Zealand Company, was to be given at 3i per cent., while that proposed a few nights ago to be advanced to Ireland was to be charged 5 per cent.? Was it to be understood generally in Ireland, that in the estimation of the present Government, the security of New Zealand was to be preferred to that of Ireland.--(Hear, hear.) He did not mean to vote against the Bill, but he thought that this vote showed a most extraordinary and glaring in consistency on the part of the Government, and while it paid a proud homage to the soundness of the prin ciples advocated so ably by his Noble Friend beside him (Lord G. Bentinck) at the beginning of the session, pronounced the strongest possible condemnation on the course pursued by the present Government.—(Cheers.) The Bill was then read a second time. Courts. Mr. DISRAELI thought that after the Government, had thrown over the Health of Towns and other Bills there was not much necessity for discussing at this late period of the session, and late hour of the day. clauses which the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department had himself admitted to be of no importance. Mr. ROMILLY thought that the present Bill would tend to remove the mischief of the sub-division of Courts at present existing, and which gave rise to an enormous amount of litigation and expense. Mr. HUME thought that the best course would be to let the matter remain as it stood, and he hoped that the Government would withdraw the clauses. After a few words from Mr. MACARTHY, The House divided, when there appeared— For the clause 44 THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of the Admiralty when it was intended to proceed with the Thames Conservancy Bill ? Mr. WARD said that it was intended to proceed with it immediately after the disposal of the estimates. Sir R. H. INGLIS said, as it was announced to be a private Bill it ought to be proceeded with at the time of private business. Mr. EWART said it was useless to go on with this Bill. It contained 100 clauses, and could not be got through this session. Mr. lIUME wished to have the opinion of the Speaker as to whether the Bill ought not to be pro ceeded with at the time of private business. The SPEAKER said the Bill partook both of the character of a private and a public Bill, and it would, therefore, be more regular to take it at the time of public business. The subject then dropped. BRITISH SPIRITS. Mr. MOFFATT then moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the existing regulations in reference to the bonding of British spirits in the United Kingdom, and to the rectification of British spirits for exportation. These regulations prey! ed very heavily upon the spirit trade of the country, and he hoped that during the recess the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chan cellor of the Exche q ue r wou ld give the subject his best attention. The CHANCELLOR of th e EXCHEQUER pro mised to do so, and the motion was withdrawn. SUPPLY. Against it Majority in favour of the clause Clause 1 was then agreed to. Lord J. MANNERS then said that if the three first clauses were agreed to he should feel it his duty to op pose the whole of the remaining clauses of the Bill. Mr. HUME thought that if the Government wished to preserve the beneficial clauses of the Bill, it ought to give up the three first clauses. Clause 2 was then proposed. Mr. S. WORTLEY thought that to avoid future op position on the further stages of the Bill, it would be better to withdraw the obnoxious clauses. Sir G. GREY thought that the better course to adopt would be, for those Hon. Members who objected to the clauses to oppose them in the future stages of the Bill. After a few words from Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Wakley, the Chancellor of the Exche q uer, and Mr. Stuart, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and th e H ouse di vided, when there appeared For the clause The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply sum of 3,5 ly;Mr. GreenelsL was ♦o inth r e td chair. e Tto defray the expenses of the temporary accommodation of the Committees of P o r t p a Rrioc andks sbHeasrbbeoeu should contended therefore the o atheHouse of question Com Commons. On be voted on aceount of thatthe op h p a o r s b e o t u h r e would ec op upon perfectlypo ho v n e useless,Mr vote. Mr. Mr. HUME also considered the harbour useless work, and that it ought not sb to eu b l e d a b g e r s e p e more so as a few years ago a pledge was given by' the Government that no more money this harbour. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER cie- fended the vote on the gro und t hat i t w as for the public service. Mr. HUME moved that the grant be postponed. After a few words from Mr. Ross and the CELAN CELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER, Mr. WILLIAMS denounced the vote :as a job sup ported by the Government for the benefit of a Whig Peer. After a few words from Mr. FERRAND, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Hon. Member was wrong in his surmise. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the vote llB Against it —ll4 in Ireland was c„,ritly .A vote o f 4 , 00 0 / . for the esta b l i s h men t o f convict de potsreed to. A vote of 5 Alter a vote beingediassed for a sum of 600,000/. to to the 31st M arc h , 1 o E f x.i ca c r n rcin c : u o E n ß th s e aid R be any alterations i n the mode whether there were to Mr. HUME w i s h e d to know The CHANCELLOR of the Commission. e th li a e t it was not intended to mak e any ' f Lord CLEMENTS took thata alteratio n in th e s y s t em . plaining of a leading article wh ? tc P l P i appearedortunity of corn ;Wolin!' Chronicle of this day. He i,i l e in th e always . con sidered that paper to be a well conducted and able paper, but he regretted to see that or sP any eet. o ther paper endeavouring to intimidate any Honourable Nfember of that House by pouring down abuse on their heads. He believed that that journal was an organ o f the Government. —(Laughter.) He trusted that he would never again have such an attack mode apou hi,,, , and he hoped that the writer of the article would see reason to reconsider his opinions. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 500,0001. for commissariat supplies in Ireland was then agreed to. The goose then resumed. : andmr. Against it .... ............................... 40 Majority in fa vour of the clause The clause was then agr eed to. fro C na lauf i e r. 3 s w . was o t r h e e e n y, pr t o h p e os A ed t , to a r n n d ey a -G fte e r ne a ral fiw words Stuart, was agreed to. The remaining clauses were then agreed to. Mr. BROWN moved the insertion of the clause, giving power to the Judges of County Courts to issue warrants to arrest a debtor in certain c ases, such debtor b e i ng within the limits of the jurisdiction of the court, and t o detain him in c us tody for a limited time, or until an order obtained to hold him to bail, when the custody t o be transferred to the sheriff or officer holding a capias issued thereon, and setting forth that whereas the delay which sometime takes place in pro curing an order from a J ud g e of one of the superior courts to hold a def endant to bail, and in issuing a capias thereon, is injurious to creditors, be it enacted, That if a plaintiff in a n y action in any of her Majesty's superior courts of law at Westminster for the recovery of a debt, or the creditor of any debtor who shall enter into an undertaking immediately to commence such an action, shall, by the affidavit of himself or some other person, show, to the satisfaction of any judge of any of the county cour ts aforesaid, that ho has a cause of action against such defendant or debtor to the amount of twenty pounds or upwards, or has sustained damage to that amount, and th a t th ere i s p ro b a bl e cause for believing that such defendant or debtor is about to quit England, unless he be forthwith apprehended, it shall be lawful for such Judge to issue his warrant, directed to such person or persons as he shall think fit, whereby such person or persons shall have authority to arrest any such defendant or debtor named in such warrant, wherever he may be g o t f o found withi n t h e li m i ts o f the jurisdiction of such Judge, and him sa f e ly k ee p for five days the n next, o r until such def en d ant or debtor shall have gi v en a bail bond t o t h e Sh er iff, or shall have made deposit of th e amount o f t h e debt or damages mentioned i c n o such rdn . cording pat w resent es t p m r i a n c s t t i e c r e , of whenh e r aMajesty defendant 's superior iis in courts custody upon a writ of capias, or until an order for hold ing such defendant or debtor to bail can be obtained d ' it:rs ' a u g r a g in ti s r. t re t s h t e °i under the provisions of an Act passed in the session of Parliament held in the first and second years of the reign l of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for propertym es n e 0 processf debtors i : and t-livil to a'2 ra t na i° e ill nCl e in x .o l .i ., ..1 <.:,!rt an ea , es, fur extending' 11- , i''''''' die ' '' c " - the laws for the relief of insolvent debtors in England." - After a few wo r d s f rom Si r G. Grey, Mr. Henley ' . uart, and th e Att orney -G enera l, the clulse Wa mr it s withdawn. MUSSEL FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. HERRING FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. POST-OFFICE BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. NAVIGATION (No. 2) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up. DESTITUTE PERSONS (IRELAND) BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill, and passed the remaining clauses. The House resumed. LONDON BRIDGE APPROACHES BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. The clauses of the Bill were then agreed to without alteration. The Chairman reported progress, and tho report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. RECOVERY OF PUBLIC MONIES (IRELAND) BILL. The report on this Bill was further considered. The Bill was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. INIILITIA PAY BILL. This Bill was read a second time. TRUSTEES RELIEF BILL. The Trustees Relief Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to bo committed to-morrow (this day). CANAL COMPANIES BILL. The House then resolved itself into Committee upon this Bill. The clauses were agreed to, and the report ordered to be brought up to-morrow. COPYRIGHT (COLONIES) BILL.' The House then went into Committee upon the Copy right (Colonies) Bill. rßhAe N se K co ß ndre l a c di y ng A o x f rhe clauses we re agree d to, and the report ordered to received to-morrow. COMMONS EN;l.i tomorrow. up upon this Bill, goingL this Bill w v a' ariNPot; corp;eildiniLi Upon the or d er of the day for untiltea THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1847. The preamble of the Bill was then declared to be ►roved, the House resumed, and the Bill was ordered to ►e reported on Wednesday. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES (No. 2) BILL. The order of the day for going into Coinnaittee on ;his Bill was postponed till Thursday next. TRUST MONIES INVESTMENT BILL. On the order of the day being read for going into Committee on this Bill, Mr. STUART said he felt it his duty to oppose the further progress of this Bill. He entirely disagreed with the principles of the Bill. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. After a few words from Lord Courtenay, Mr. llenley, and Sir G. Grey, the several clauses of the Bill were agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be reported this day. The other orders of the day where then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Twelve o'clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. CALEDONIAN RAIL WAY (EDINBURGH STATION AND BRANCHES TO GRANTHAM AND TO THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW). The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock and after hearing the evidence of Mr. Granger, and other witnesses in opposition to the Bill, decided that the preamble of the Bill was proved. IMINNm.. • R•GROi LIFE IN THE WEST. The following catalogue of horrors is culled from the American papers, received by the Caledonia and 'Tiber nia:—Mr. Alva Hotchkiss, clockmaker, of Brooklyn, was followed from his shop, and robbed and murdered on his way home.—A negro, in Maryland, murdered an other negro. He despatched his victim with a grubbing hoe, and afterwards cut off his head. The quarrel origi- Hated about parched corn.—A man named Stewart, ar rested in Clinton county, Ohio, for the murder of his wife, after his apprehension, cut his throat, but the doc tors sewed it up, and he was confined in a dungeon. Here he put his design of self-destruction in execution, by striking his head, while chained down, against the floor and wall, until his skull was fractured, and his brains oozed out.—When found he was quite dead.—At Port Gibson, Mississipi, a short time since, J. F. Sila was tried and convicted for the murder of Benjamin G. Sims. The evidence of the principal witness, a young daughter of the deceased, was of the most affecting character. She said she had gone down the road to meet her father on his return home; that as she approach ed she saw the accused rise from a corner of the fence, and deliberately shoot him down. He approached his victim after his fall, and despite her supplications and tears, the pleadings of her parent, who as he lay bleed ing on the ground, begged the wretch to spare his life for the sake of his wife and children, the fiend stabbed the dying man in many places, and stamped with his heel upon the face of his victim. The statement of the interesting little girl was clear and distinct, interrupted only by her sobs and tears. There was not a dry eye in the Court-house—every heart was melted with sym pathy. The counsel for the accused threw up the case without a word of defence, and the jury returned a ver • diet of guilty.—At Philadelphia, in a low rum-hole, a father bet five dollars that his little son could drink three bottles of porter. The lad drank two, and became insensible, when the wretched father poured the contents of the third bottle down the boy's throat. Medical aid was called to save the child's life.—ln Western Canada, an Indian entered the house of a respectable Scotch set tler, named Archibald Crawford, residing in the back 01 Dunwich, and committed an infamous outrage on the person of his wife. On the return of her husband, Mrs. Crawford mentioned to him what had happened. Some time afterwards, the same Indian, carrying a gun, re turned to the house in the evening, when Crawford was at home, and requested leave to remain overnight. Mrs. Crawford told her husband in Gaelic that this was the man who had abused her, and Crawford consequently refused to allow him to remain. The Indian shouldered his gun and went out, followed to the door by Crawford. When Crawford stood in the doorway, the Indian was immediately in his front, but with his back to him. As the gun, however, was lying over his shoulder, it pointed directly at Crawford's breast; the Indian, without turn ing, pulled the trigger of the gun, the contents lodged in Crawford's body, and the unfortunate man fell dead on the spot.—At Greenupsburgh, Kentucky, Wm. H. Step ter, a young man seventeen years of age, was executed for the murder of his mother. The father was arrested on the charge, and would, unquestionably, have been hanged, if his son, to whom no suspicion whatever was attached, had not voluntarily come forward and released his father by declaring that he alone was the guilty per son.—An Indian doctor recently absconded from Green wich, Connecticut, with a girl between seventeen and eighteen years of age, the daughter of a widow. When the poor mother heard of her child's disgrace, she ex claimed, " Then my daughter is ruined," sank down helpless, and remained senseless till death put a period to her sufferings.—Joseph H. Coleman, who was con victed at the April term of the Cumberland (Kentucky) Circuit Court, of the murder of his wife by cutting her throat, was hung near Burksville: he persisted to the last that he was innocent.—Two white men and a negro, who had escaped from gaol, and were passing down the Sabine (Texas) river, a short time ago, were fired at by a sheriff's posse, and the negro and one of the white men killed. A short time ago, Colonel Edward Stiff, editor of the Ceder Bluff (a la) Sentinel, was in an excited state on the streets of that town, armed with weapons of slaughter. when an inoffensive citizen went to him and advised him to desist from any purpose to kill. The Colonel demanded to know who he was, and after being told a friend, he replied that he would shoot him first, and immediately fired on him and killed him. P. Whis tler, of Missouri, whilst riding along the highway, was shot by some assassin, who fired upon him from a cluster of bushes. Three balls were lodged in his body—one in his breast, one in his thigh, and one above the hip. He died the next day. A company of Oregon emigrants were lately attacked by a band of Mormons, who robbed and murdered all except two, who contrived to escape. The Holly Springs (Tenn.) Gazette says— " A worthy young man, by the name of Carpenter, was murdered on Saturday last, in the most shocking manner, by a slave whom he was attempting to chastise. Carpenter was literally chopped to pieces by the demon, receiving many heavy blows from the edge of an axe on the shoulders, back, and other parts of his person, any one of which would have produced death. The murderer was immediately apprehended. The New Orleans Delta of the 25th of May says—" Oa Sunday last an unfortunate rencontre took place between Dr. Wilson and Mr. Augustus Whitney. Mr. Whitney re ceived two balls—one in the thigh, and the other in the side above the hip, and at a late hour last evening was pronounced to be in a very critical state." At Natchez, Mississippi, John Clemmons, or Clements, a Tennessee flat-bone trader, while sitting quietly in his boat, was attacked by some unknown person with a hatchet, and left for dead. He survived the blow two days, and gave the facts of the case stating that the murderer's object was money, he having searched and ransacked the vessel after dealing the fatal blow. AN ATTEMPT AT MURDER. On Friday last a foul attempt was made by a man to murder his wife, at Swinton, a parish adjoining the town of Nottingham. The event occurred about half past seven o'clock in the evening, in a secluded part of the road called " True Lovers'-walk," leading from Swinton Church to the Hermitage. The parties, Jacob Parrott, a dyer, aged 28, and Elizabeth, his wife, have been married four years, but owing to her inconstant habits, the man has led a very unhappy and miserable life. Soon after marriage she began to form illicit con nexions, and she has absconded three several times with three different married men. On the last occasion she was away with a man for nearly four months, and only returned to her mother's house in Milk-street, Notting ham, a week or ten days ago. Parrott wishing to avoid coming in contact with his wife as much as possible, on hearing of her return went out of town, but being pas sionately attached to her, he came back again on Thurs day evening, and on Friday they were out walking to gether. At the time above stated they were in True Lovers'-walk, where ho drew a razor from his pocket and inflicted a formidable wound on the left side of her neck. Being a strong, resolute woman, she seized the deadly weapon with her right hand ; and, thotigh she seriously cut her hand and fingers, she succeeded in wresting it from him before he could make a second attempt. A violent struggle must have taken place between them, as her straw bonnet was very much crushed and broken, and her dress extremely dirty, as though she had been upon the ground. The paroxysm of jealous fury seems to have given way after the deed had been done, to a relenting tone of mind, as the wretched man assisted his wife a distance of nearly a quarter of a mile to the shop of Mr. Edward Cox, druggist, Fisher-gate, Nottingham, followed by several persons, who were attracted by her appearance, as her neck, bosom, and upper part of her dress were saturated with blood, and she carried an open razor in her hand. On entering the shop, Mr. Cox's assistant, not being aware of the circumstances, desired the man to run to Mr. Wright's surgery; but the people collected at the door detained him, and ascertaining there had been foul play, handed him over to Police-constable Dunstan, who conveyed him to the county police-station. The woman was placed in a hackney-coach, taken to her mother's, in Milk-street, and from thence to the General Hospital. The wound in her neck, though frightful and danger ous, will not, it is believed, proved fatal. On Saturday Parrott was taken before Thomas Nixon, F. Hart, and R. N. Legard, Esqs., at the County Hall, when he was remanded for further examination. As the dissolution of the present Parliament will shortly take place, we have much pleasure in announcing, on the highest authority, that T. J. Agar Robartes, Esq., will offer himself as a candidate for the eastern division of this county. Mr. Rashley, it is understood, re tires, so that no contest is expected. Sir Charles Le mon and Mr. Pendarves, as we intimated some time ago, will be again returned for the western division without opposition ; and the boroughs of Lis keard, Launceston, Truro, and llelston, are likely, from appearances, to re-elect their present repre sentatives. Lord W. Powlett again solicits the suffrages of the electors of St. Ives, and is opposed by a Mr. Ro bertson, who appears to be an ultra-Tory. The united borough *f Falmou!li and Peuryn, and the borough o f Bodmiu, are likely t 9 conteite , l ; and another candi date, besides those already in the field, is expected to make his appearance at the latter place.— IVest Briton. Lord Clive had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office, THE ARMY. PRESENTATION of COLOURS to the QUEEN'S ROYALS, at GOSPORT. In consequence of the distinguished regiment of the 2d Foot, or Queen's Royals, Lieutenant. Colonel Car ruthers, C. 8., commanding, being suddenly ordered for service in Ireland, they received their new colours, on Saturday, from the hands of the Lady of the distin guished Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, and Com mander-in-Chief of the district, Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, G.C.H., on the parade ground, in front of their quarters, at Forton Bar racks, Gosport, in the presence of a most numerous and brilliant assemblage of rank, beauty, and bravery of the united services. Lieut.-General Lord Saltoun, K.C.8., G.C.H., the recently appointed colonel of the regiment, was present at the ceremony, the first time be had seen his regiment since acquiring its command. The Rev. H. Veck, of Forton, consecrated the colours, which were lelivered by Lady Fitzclarence into the hands of Lord ialtoun, who gave them to the senior majors (Lloyd and Gilland), and who consigned them to the custody of the senior ensigns (M'Carthy and Ingles). They sere then trooped, their guard entering on the left of the I line between the ranks, and passing to the right. On the new colours arriving at the centre, the ensigns bear ing them exchanged places with those bearing the old emblems, the band playing a point of war. On the ar rival of the old colours at the right of the line they were escorted to the orderly room, the band playing " Should auld acquaintance be forgot," &c. The regiment then underwent inspection by the generals, and the senior (Lord Saltoun) addressed them in the most gratifying terms expressive of his unqualified satisfaction with their highly efficient and serviceable state and soldierly bearing. Lady Augusta Fitzclarence ' who was accompanied by her daughter, went through the imposing ceremony with much grace and dignity. A grand banquet and ball concluded the interesting event of the day, to which upwards of 200 fashionables were invited. Lord Fitzclarence pledged the colonel, lieut.-colonel, and the regiment in a bumper of champagne, and wished them every success in their career of service, alluding very tritely and warmly to the fact of Lieut.• Colonel Carruthers and himself having been at the military col lege together thirty-three years ago, when the Princess Charlotte presented that establishment with colours, and when he (Lord Frederick) was Colonel Carruthers' right-hand man. Lord Saltoun acknowledged the compliment conve3ed in the toast for himself and the gallant officers and men embodied in the pledge. After which the guests ad journed to an elegantly fitted up ball-room, converted out of the officers' quarters, where the pleasures of the dance were enjoyed until the " shades of evening" com pelled a reuctant countermarch homewards. The superb French and Rhenish wines served at this elegant dejeuner were provided from the well-known recherche establishment of Mr. Edwin Galt, of Ports mouth, army and navy wine-merchant, and their excel lency yielded pre-eminent satisfaction. On Monday the first division of the regiment left Forton by the South-Western Railway for London, whence they proceed to Liverpool, where they embark for Ireland to a quarter at Athlone, to be succeeded at Forton by the Cork Rifles. The remaining companies of the Queen's will follow this day and Wednesday. The following are the services of this distinguished regiment and :uccession of its colonels since the period of its formation in 1661, in which year it was raised for service at Tangiers, on the northern coast of Africa, for which place it embarked in January, 1662, and where it remained until 1663, first under the command of Henry Mordaunt, second Earl of Peterborough; then Andrew Rutherford, Earl of Teviot; Henry Norwood, John Earl of Middleton; William O'Brien, Earl of Inchiquin ; and S:r Palmes Fairborne. In 1684, Colonel Piercy Kirke succee led to the command when the regiment evacuated Tangier, and arrived in Eng land, July 5, 1686, at the battle of Sedgmoor; and assisted in suppressing the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth ; remained in England, and in December, 1688, was marched to Wallingford, Barks, on the arrival of King William 111. in London, and on the abdication of King James 11. it adhered to the Pro testant King William. In 1689, embarked for Ireland with the 9th and 11 th Regiments, and assisted at the raising of the siege of Londonderry ; July, 1690, was at the battle of the Boyne, siege of Limerick, relief of Birr, and skirmish of Lanesborough ; Feb ruary, 1691, was at the action of the moat of Grenorne, capture of Cairne Castle, capture of Conway Castle, and skirmish at Wyand's Town, the latter in May. In June, same year, was at the siege of Athlone ; July 12, at the battle of Aghrim ; August, at the siege of Limerick. In October, Colonel Kirke died at Breda. In December, Col. Selwyn, promoted from the Coldstreams, succeeded to the regiment, which in 1692 embarked for Flanders ; returned to England, and in August re-embarked fur Flanders, and distinguished itself on the 29th of July, 1693, at the battle of Landen ; in July, 1695, was at the siege of Namur, after which it again returned to England, and remained until 1697, when it proceeded to Flanders, and served until the peace of Rys wick, when it returned to England, and remained until 1702, when it embarked for Cadiz, under the command of Sir H. Bellasis, and returned to England in October of the same year. In February, 1703, David Colycar, Earl of Portmore, succeeded to the command, on the dismissal of Sir Henry Bellasis, by court-mar tial, for embezzlement of money at Port St. Mary's, and in the same year embarked for Holland, and distinguished itself at the defence of Ton gres. In 1704, it embarked from Holland 'for Portugal, and in 1705 participated conspicuously in the glorious sieges of Valentia de Alcantara, Albuquerque, Badajoz ; 1706, Alcantara, Cuidad Rodrigo, and advance to Madrid. In April, 1707, was at the battle of Almanza, and in Eng land until 1711, when it embarked on an expedition for Canada; returned in the latter part of the same year, and remained until June, 1730, when it embarked for Gibral tar, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Piercy Kirke. In 1749, it left Gibraltar for Ireland, under the com mand of Thomas Fowke, who was succeeded by the Hon. John Fitzwilliam in 17.54. In 1765 the regiment was removed to the Isle of Man, where it remained until 1768 ; returned to Ireland in the following year, and embarked for Gibraltar, under Colonel Sir Charles Montague, K. 8., where it was sta tioned until 1775, in December of which year it returned to England, where it remained until October, 1783, when it again went out to Gibraltar, under Colonel Daniel Jones ; returned to England in 1792 ; and in August, 1793, embarked as marines in Earl Howe's fleet, and participated in the victory of the " Glorous Ist of June, 1794," over the French fleet. In November following they landed from the fleet, wherein they were commanded by Colonel Alexander Stewart, and in December (Christmas day) embarked for the West Indies ; returned to England in 1797, and in August, 1799, embarked for Holland, and were engaged at the Schelder. October 2, engaged at the battle of Egmont-op-Zee; October 10, engaged at Alkmaar, after which returned to Eng land. In May, 1800, embarked on an expedition to the coast of France ; in June proceeded to Minorca, Gibraltar, and Malta. In March, 1801, pro ceeded to Egypt, and landed at Aboukir Bay, and on the 21st was at the battle of Alexandria. In December embarked for Gibraltar, where it remained until November, 1805, when it returned to England. In July, 1808, embarked for Portugal, and on the 21st of August was at the battle of Vimiera. January 16, 1809, at the battle of Corunna, and returned after to England ; July, same year, embarked in the expedition to Walcheren ; December, returned to Eng land ; Jan. 1811, re-embarked for Portugal, and in 1812 advanced into Spain ; July 22, was at the battle of Salamanca ; May 21, 1813, at the battle of Vittoria; July, engaged in the Pyrenees ' • Nov. 10, at the bat tle of Toulouse ; June, embarked at Barsac and landed in Ireland, and in the following month embarked for England. In April, 1816, embarked for the West Indies, and in August, 1821, returned to England, leaving for Ireland again in June following. In May, 1824, em barked for England, and in February, 1825, left for Bombay, under the command of Major-General Sir H. Troorna 1828 to K.C.8., 1834 it wasAdjut a anti G t e h n e er ß al om to bay t p h r e esi F d o e r n e c e y s : E from und the et Gen 6 e 7 ra th l the Right whottlion. Sir die W d . oo Ke rh p e el, l G l . t C h .B o . f , December, 1834, and was succeeded in the command of the 2d by Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Sir J. Kempt, G.C.B. In Oct., 1838, this regiment formed part of the force to proceed to Sinde and Affghanistan, under Lieutenant-General Sir John Keene, and joined the Bombay division of the army of the Indus on the 27th of November following. The Queen's were at the time commanded by Colonel Baumgardt, Colonel Willshire, the senior lieutenant-colonel being in command of one of the brigades of the Bombay division. The regiment was subsequently commanded by Major Carruthers, at Caubul, where this regiment gallantly distin guished itself in the capture of that fortress. The words " Ghuznee " and " Caubul" were, for their gallant services, added to the colours of the regi ment. In November, 1839, the 2d again disti ngu i s h e d itself by the capture of Khelat, a word which was added to atihn th Faies e mot4a o rpt oh t l others of r fre sedfjeooaranynt years apah h rre e seyi i er r sa anl :d colours, a4wl4nl hai and also the word df theoirno nu othattmh the n r y r tich i left, v es country. regi mentuyAr: fft on the gallant d msh ieto a r Bth of March. On the Ist ' of January, 1846, the regi ment landed at Gravesend, on their return to England. General Sir James Kempt, the colonel of the regiment, was removed to the command of the Ist Royals, on the 7th of August, 1846, and Major-General Lord Saltoun appointed in his stead. On the fat of January, 1847, Colonel Baumgardt having been promoted to the super intendence of a a recruiting district, Lieutenant-Colonel Carruthers, C. 8., was promoted and appointed to the command of the regiment, and on the 19th of April it removed to its present quarters at Gosport. CONTENTS OF THE " OBSERVER " OF SUNDAY, JULY 11.-A folio column of particulars of the Bath election (Lord Ashley and Mr. Roebuck) up to Saturday afternoon; a folio column (third notice) of the critique on the National Works of Art at Westminster-hall; equal to fifteen folio columns in description and splendid picturesque illustrations of the three days of the Royal Visit and Installation at Cambridge; about 100 miscel laneous advertisements, including a folio column of public amusements for the coming week; and nineteen folio columns of foreign and domestic news, chiefly original. The Observer will be kept on sale all the coming week. A sixpence enclosed to Mr. Cle ment, jun., 170, Strand, will insure a copy by return of post to any part of England, Scotland, or Ireland. There is scarcely a club-house, institution, library, or news room in all Englavd, Scotland, Ireland, the Continent, East and West Indies, or America, in which the Observer is not taken in, iited it in. instances duplicate cepiEs. The exi.ensvo publication ui Übsover ccmniences at six, and concludes at ten on Sunday mornings. A Mon- day edition of the Observer, best adapted for the country and abroad, is regularly published at four o'clock on Monday afternoon. ._ - - LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT IN TITS MORLEY TUNNEL OF THE LEEDS 11. 1133 - DEWSBURY RAILWAY. On Friday the 2d instant, Mr. S. T. W. Gawthorpr Springfield-place, in this town, who was employedl as civil engineer to inspect the works on behalf of Or' Shaw, the contractor, descended one of the shafts..; of the Morley Tunnel, about eleven o'clock in the morning, and after examining and meas uring some of the masonry, he asked one of the men to coon , and steady the " skip" for him on ascending the shin , The men, were, however, so engaged in removing sill, that not one of them could then leave off. Mr. - then went away, and they neither saw nor heard ant" thing further until they shortly after came to the tint" tom of the shaft, and finding the skip in the way, moved it, and found him lying underneath. He was inr mediately taken up and a surgeon sent for, but vial quite dead, though warm. A coroner's inquest ivo ll held the following day, and adjourned to Weber' day. Owing to the engineman stating that M t' ' engine had not been set in motion from the time sat' Gawthorp descended the shaft until he was brottgbV up, the accident could not be satisfactorily accounted It was was supposed that the engineman was not correct ift his statement, and that Mr. Gawthorp must have give n the signal to be drawn up, and having no one to steady the skip he had been thrown out, and the s ki p' coming up empty, had been-let down again, and row: • on the body, the weight and pressure of wh, e 7 being from two to three cwt., prevented respiratin"' The jury re-assembled on Wednesday evening l a ti when Benjamin Fotherbank, James M'Loughlin, Minu f .„ Burn, Hugh Griffith, William Halliday, Henry staltl i rl George Griffiths, and Mr. Longbottom, the age"" were examined. There was nothing in their evide7a beyond the facts already stated. The banksman ... engine- driver still maintained that the skip had not be e raised between the time of Mr. Gawthorp descendinP shaft and his dead body being brought up. The :1"':$ were unanimously of opinion that Mr. Gawthorp 13I 'd his death accidentally, and that the engine-drive rsti banksman had both wilfully withheld some portion their evidence. Mr. Gawthorp was highly respent ed _ n bi a all who knew him. He was thirty-six years of age, has left an amiable wife and five young children: to plore his irreparable loss.—Leeds Mercury. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' LIVERPOOL, JULY 12. STOCK ExcHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lair shire, and Cheshire Junction, 1% dis.—Birmingham antiv'g ford Junction, 7 p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preferel l , p. ex int.—Chester and Holyhead, 5 dis.—East cashire, 1 dis. ex int.—Ditto, New (scrip), par—to Northern, dis. ex int.—Huddersfield Canal and Railvbs/' 1% p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 235. 9d. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1% ,7„ 1 int.—London and North-Western, Quarters (C), 6 p. --11 don, Brighton, and South Coast, 54%—Manchester 011, Leeds, Fifths (late West Riding Union), par—Manchestf; Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1 (guar. 7 5 ,r; cent. till 1835), 3 p. ex int.—Ditto, —Ditto, Quarters, 2 dis. ex illrro, Manchester 'and Southampton, 1 dis.—Midland Stock, 1-4 a Ditto, New, 4 p.—Ditto (Consolidated Birmingham Derby), 100—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2% p•—. 04)., British, New Quarters (scrip), par—North Statlbrdshire,f4 p.—Preston and Wyre, 37% —Shrewsbury and Birtniugins 151. 7s. 9d. Shares (A), .> l3 dis.—Ditto, 9/. 12s. 3d. Sh i sr o (B), % dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 (issued Third shares at 6 2-3, ex int.), % dis. _ _ -______ MANCHESTER, JULY 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, NottiOgo: ham, and Boston, 1% dis.—Birmingham and Oxford PS, tion, 6 15-16 p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preferen l S 2 3 / 4 p.—East Lancashire, New, 11-16 dis.—Fleetwood , ltd ton, and West Riding Junction, 1 11-16 dis.—Huddef o ta . and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1 1 / 2 p.—Leeds and Tll4'- . Preferentials, 11-16 dis.—Manchester and Leeds, 321. S hsr* par—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 1-1 6 1 1 ;f, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, (Grimsby ancl._ s :.. b field), 501. Shares, 71/2—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolns Po-0 3 1 4 dis.—North Staffordshire, 2% p.—Oldham par.—South-Eastern and - Dover, No. 4, % dis. • LEEDS, JULY 12. iti STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, No -- 1 11 61. ham, and Boston , 1% n. dis.—East Lancashire, se dis.—Ditto, New (scrip), par—Great Northern, 1 3 4 u g „ l- r ip Leeds and Dewsbury, 3 3 / 4 p.—Ditto, New ExtensiootZ4, (pink), 17s. 6d. dis.—Leeds and Thirek, 6 1 4 4 c. New, 5 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 15s. 6d. dis.—Maltoll ;.2"/, Driffield Junction, 1% n. dis.—Manchester and Leeds , ..s Shares, par n.—Ditto, Fifths, 4% p.—Ditto (West Jil l " - Union), Is. p.—Midland, Preerence, 314 p.—Newcao l4 ,... Berwick, New, 2 3 / 4 s. p.—North British, Thirds, 33 s- 0•1- 34. Ditto, Quarters, 245. n. p.—North Staffordshire, 2/. 1 68 . c. p.—North-Western, 345. n. dis.—South Yorkshire, v" caster, and Goole, Is. p. HULL, JULY 12. Net tiljg ; STOCK ExcHANGH.—The sales are—Ambergate, As o ham, and Boston, 258.—Great Northern 4 1 / 4 and Leeds (West Riding Union), 81s. Sd.—Nevrcestiee Berwick, New, 2 3 A p.—North British, Extension P 2s. 6d. p. c.—South Yorkshire, Goole, and Doncaster, P ar ' SHEFFIELD, JULY 12. 1 016 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Manchester and LWest Riding Union), Is. p.—Manchester, Sheffieldais? incolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 201. Shares, 3 1 4 A VA' Ditto, 121. 10s. Shares, 395. dis.—Ditto (Sheffield ell" coln), 695. dis.—Manchster and Southampton, 43. d is ' EDINBURGH, JULY 10. 740 STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Caledonian, •'6(l, 41s. 6d.—Dundee and Perth, 33 3 / 43 —Ditto, Quarters, 66 ti o a l —Edinburgh and Glasgow,_ 69—Edi n b urg h and Na nit tor 18 1 A—Ditto, New, 77s.—Ditto, Newport, 71 . ditto, New, 525. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth, 235. y A . Northern, 88s. ex int.—North British, Quarters, 9 18 . r • A • Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 16s.—Ditto, Thirds, 525. ew East Indian, ss. 3d. GLASGOW, JULY 10. Pertlb STOCK ExcitaxGr..-The sales are-Dundee and .-„,„Ah r 331.—Ditto, Quarters, 675.—East Indian, ss. 3d. — t d " - burgh and Glasgow, Halves, 221. 4s.—Glasgow, nock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 2, 6 1 . 1 2 s. 6d.- Manchester • Southampton, New, 225.-York and Newcastle, 381. THE LAST MAIL COACH.—The north mail coli c arrived at the Queen's Head Inn, in this town, yester: day (Monday) afternoon, for the last time, ha vin g bee __: superseded by the railway now complete. A flag, suh. mounted with crape, was hoisted on the coach roof t a r o pub T li u c E in c ti o m N a v t i io c n T o s f m t l li T e ri e . v — en A t. — Ne d w e e r ci from the Secretary of State's office commuting Les tence of ten years' transportation p assed upon Charles . Smith, by Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, a t our March asaff;, norshilase Advert . HE for cutting the throat of Jane Morris, to one XT .. , imprisonment, commencing with the date of the trial. Reading Mercury. OVERWORK AMONG THE FARMERS.—Near Glun o f e borough, Lincoln, and Louth, the labour ers walk , longer distances than near Reading. lam informe,io,, instances where they walk as far as six miles, th,7 1 , 0 1 12 miles daily, or seventy-two miles weekly, to an d their places of work. Let us consider the bare euct. ca l. the mere waste of labour, and what a state of a o h tural management is indicated by the fact that 511 ., tho waste can have taken place. Fifteen miles a day regular march of infantry soldiers, with two rest ofs.„"ilee one on Monday and one on Thursday ; twenty-four fi led is a forced march. The man who e xpends eigh t ,„ D the per diem, or forty-eight miles per week, expend s 00 0 , value of at least two days' hard labour per wee" , "' a do(' hundred in the year, uselessly, that might be eicP oo e te e; usefully and remuneratively in production. How d' a is it in manufactories, and in some of the taiuesf.h a toi least in the best managed and most successfu l of In some mines as much as 2,000/. and 3,000/. iS Pa l 7heol new machinery to benefit the labourers, and sa" the labour of ascending and descending by ladders' sa d many manufactories they have hoists to raise that t bs their loads from lower to upper rooms, to sav e the 1 3 . 4 11 labour of toiling up stairs, to economise their a_o.7elt for piecework to mutual advantage. The Rev. Frel s ol Peel, of Gainsborough, informs me, " I hav e 00 t1 under my knowledge where the labourers, going !, ° Tha fro, do not walk less than a hundred miles a week. 0 4 whole of this mileage, paid partly by the fam eer t he partly by the labourer, and in part, eventually, ..„, a 4 hist owner himself, may be set down to the law of PT tfis settlement.—Mr. Chadwick's Speech at a Meeting "" Farmers' Club. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—SENT INTO THE COUNT... 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Whitshed, Sir D._ ,!;',;a• Sir Edward Codrington, Ross, Alexander , Curzons, TomPluZir Hollis, and Price ; Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austen Admirals Brown and Ribouleau, the Hon. J. Percy, &c. A• ls° s" erful Achromatic. Telescopes, Opera Glasses, and MicroWx,no.l Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solonions, opticians, are not if,„o6: way connected with a person of the same na me in their .:4:00 diate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. T.,°Snsfle' mistakes, be cautious, and observe — Only to be had at 39, AI"- street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —LEGS THAT FOR ELE I 7 WERE SWOLLEN TO NEARLY TIIE SIZE OF THE PERSON'S 13 0 - rloilt e .." BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND rum.—Mrs. Higgin, of r Wellington, Salop, caught a severe cold a ft er a conlineraete,ol3: her legs commenced swelling, and so went on u ntil the.log " nearly as large as her body, breaking into sore s and disbn; 10411 thin watery humour, which continued tbr eleven yea's. 'triad was generally most excruciating. Every treatment WA s , 011 1 ;:, vain, until at last she used Holloway's Pills and Ointnien"derfat effected a perfect cure. Her general health is likewise 1 11 obtsT, improved. This extraordinary case was communicated bt. A nd of No. 29, Park-street, Wellington. Sold by all drug gli'' Professo • Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, Loadoni____/ • _ BIRTHS. A 111 15. On the 9th inst., at Prince's-place, Kennington-NS -A Henry Charles James, of a son. Itirs Job rl On the 9th inst., at West-hill, Putney-heathy A''''' Beaumont, of a daughter. ISO On the 10th inst., at Donnington Castle Cottage, the of A. Gallini, Esq., of a son. ;prig' On the 10th inst., at Homsey, the wife of Henri -A Esq., of a son. iii r- ' Jib° On the 11th inst., at Claremont-place, Brixton, Am, Writ, of a son. O g n h the 12th inst., at Brighton, Mrs. Buissomof A snnSe s On the 12th inst., at Herne-hill, the lady of P AN " — ---' Noad, Esq., of a son r Di ARRIED. On the 10th inst., at Fare M ham, Hants, Archibald .0".„, Low, Esq., of Chancery-lane, London, solicitor, t°,:jilittlar' Anne, eldest daughter of George Hewlett, Esq., ()f court, near Fareham. CSP; On the 12th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-so,l3re'eldel' tam H. Skinner, of the Nizam's Cavalry, to n orn ose Avrj.: il ll daughter of Samuel Cardozo, Esq., of liedruth, C" ED. u „ boo s ° On the 9th inst., at Rydal M Mount, Ambleside, La ~' s teit of her father, William \Vordsworth, Esq., (the w- Mrs. Quillinan, wife of Edward Quillinan, Esq• On the 28th ult., in Dublin, peter Agar, aged -12. Willia m Oa the 9th inst., at Hanbury, Worcestershir e, Mr* t oo Fownes, aged 59. On the 10th • inst., at Hatcham-terrace, the wife of Mr. Henry Hales, sem, aged 87. 0a the 10 th in st., Gloucest ester-place, Portman-scluV.,,o, relief of the late Captain Robot Forti.• , agT 6 - 6, Ou the 10th inst., iu the City, Mr. G. ] '; light, age' New.crOSSl SIIS3 1 t ls t Na Lon4on : Printed and Published by MUILDO : e rr .3, Sti and, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in t • of the Saxoy, in the County of Ditddleae2r, Tu (5141 184 T. I I L