The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-28 00:00:00

rbtrlf Vbiti SUN OFFICE, Seven o'(7lt)ch. RAILWAY CO M ITTFJ (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room C. 233111121110111,112 X WOLVERN.A.IVIPTON, a ►N'a swim VALLEY (No. IL) BILANCNELEL. Their Lordships met this morning at eleven o'clov ;AL. Mr. Brunel, C.E., was cross-examined by Mr. H' )PE, with a view of showing that the proposed line w ould afford all the requisite advantage to the district. Ii i the course of his crom-examination nothing, however, was elicited to shake the testimony which he had give' a won a previous occasion, with respect to the supers' 3r ity of the lines supported by the Great Western Comp pa rty, connexion with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Railway, over those proposed by th o Stour Valley Company, which were supported by the i North- Western Company. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP VL EXETER (GREAT WESTERN). The Committee raet at the usual hour, and p) poi ceded to hear evidence w ith respect to the case of t het Mar quis of W-stminst( 3r, who complained that his - prcperty at Motcombe would. be seriously affected if the lime pro posed by the Great Western Company were a l lo v red to pass. GROUP XXX. AZEOZWEE (FR Om LEEDS AND BE7 Lam. The Committee must at one o'clock, and pros *eded to hear evidence in support of the proposed extens tion. STANDING OADERS ROUSE OF LORDS—(THIS DAY.) The Earl of SHAFT 'ESBURY declared that tb e follow ing Bills had complied with the Standing Order : Great Northern Railway (Deviations between ( krantham and York). Eastern Union Rail - /vay (Branch from Manni ngtree to - Harwich). Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station, and Branches to Granton, and to -the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way). The following petit ion was not allowed:— ABERDEEN RAILWAY (BRECHIN BRANCH DEVIATION). The petition (pres ented to the House on the 'Nth of June), praying to be heard by counsel against the Bill, was referred to the 'Committee to inquire whather the petitioners shou'd be heard. SIR HARRY Satrtn.—The gallant General is about to visit his native land, the Isle of Ely, and we under stand preparations fire making for entertaining him and Lady Smith at a public breakfast at Ely, on. Wednesday next. The Dean of EIN is expected to take the chair. TATTERSALL-S—TRIs EVENING Six O'CLOCK. GO , )33 WOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst S.tultz 12 to 1 agst Vampyre 16 to 1 agst Milliner 25 to 1 agst illartext 25 to 1 agst Burgundy 25 to 1 agst Plover 25 to 1 agst Patch 30 to 1 agst LT, ydrangea 30 to 1 agst Fanny- Moore 33 to 1 agst Elis 'iOODWOOD cur. 2 to 1 agst 'The Hero 10 to 1 agst Dulcet 12 to 1 agv t Fitz Emilius 20 to 1 ag,st Halo JULY STAKES. 2 to 1. agst Teetotum 4 to 1 agst lodine ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Cossack 12 to 1 agst Foreclosure 16 to 1 agst Farmer's Daughter 20 to 1 agst Black Dwarf _ DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Flatcatcher 50 to 1 agst Sheriff IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. 'I The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool es tick at Five o'clock. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Sidle, which were read a first time. CLERGY OFFENCES BILL. This Bill went through Committee pro formd, to enable t he Bishop of London to introduce several amended c clauses. PRIVATE BILLS AND BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. 77' Lord BROUGHAM, in rising to bring before the House the motion of which he had given notice, said he n ftlt that he was not premature in introducing the subject t,O this House. It was well known to their Lordships that latterly the private business of the House had increased to an enormous amount, and in order to facilitate the progress of that business it was thdispensa• bly necessary that some change should be made in the mode of conducting it. After referring to those who held the :office of receivers and " friars," and to the alterations which had been made in their duties from time to time, he proceeded to say that although these offices had become almost obsolete from being delegated to others, persons had been appointed to fill them even at the commencement of the present session. Twenty years ago he introduced a measure into the other House of Parliament for the purpose of simplifying the private business of that House, and great good arose from it; but as the private business of their Lordships had Row in creased to an almost incredible extent, he thought their Lordships would agree with him, that some further alterations were now necessary. In the courts of law the proceedings were not taken without ch ar t an d compass, and the chances of misdecision and corruption were more guarded aginst than in the decisions of the House of Parliament. The amounts recovered in the did not generally relate to large sums of money, but to exceedingly small sums. For instance, when he attended the Spring Assizes of Lancaster in 1827, he found that out of two hundred cases tried there in fourteen days the average amounts recovered did not exceed 131. 15s. These courts, nevertheless, tried cases of the utmost im portance to the great mass of the people; they pre vented whole neighbourhoods from being de stroyed by the rapacity of powerful or tyranical Individuals ; they prevented the poor from be ing !wronged without an appeal to a jury of their countrymen, and pr even t e d an i nnocent man charged with crime, f rom b e i ng pun i shed from motive ; of revenge—in fact, the entrance of evil through any chink or cranny was far more guarded against in the courts of law than in the proceedings of the Lordships' House. (LEYT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER. took the Chair at Four o'clock. Papers relating to the Unclaimed Prize Money of Chelsea Hospital were presented. liEPORTS. The following Reports were brought up and received : Leeds and Thirsk (Leeds, Durham, and Newcastle Extension, &c.); Legh's Estate ; Hodgson Mule's Estate ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail way (Supply of Surplus Water to Manchester, Salford, and Stockport); Sutton Harbour Improvement ; York and Newcastle Railway (Main Line Improvement, &e.) SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time :—Bowes' Entate; Sir Henry Willoughby Rooke's Estate. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time:—Direct 'London and Portsmouth, Brighton and Chichester, London, Brighton, and South Coast, and London and South-Western Railways ; Horne's (Ferguson's) Estate; Kingston-upon-Hull Dock Company ; Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company ; Long's Estate ; Poyntz -field Estate ; Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers ; Tunstall Paving, Lighting, Cleansing, Watching, Irn. provement and Market ; Wakefield Gas ; Wyndham's Estate. REPORTS. The following reports were considered and agreed to: —Bingley Improvement; South Devon Railway Ex. tension and Amendment; Wolverhampton General Cemetery. - SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY. On the motion of Sir J. Y. BULLER (in the absence (4'MT. Tuffnell), this Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. PAISLEY, BARRHEAD, AND HURLET RAILWAY, The order o f t h e day for the third reading of this w pas as disch arge d . An p 4 l : l4 . ,, M pr z a m y -a n s a f MALT TAX. presented a petition, signed by 600 °n Lo l t z s, or th e repeal of the malt-tax. E NDMENTS. The Lords' Arnendm e A nt li s toth: following Bills wer, considered r o d agreeds,teo.):—; ...t ,,, d . . a n and South-Western Railway ( Widening, idening, (N ew Forost Deviation and. aßyrmanoeubteh_s;) Railway tat tapton and Dochester 1 , lanc h South }); Impton a,id Dorchester Railwa (v Ilerne Bay and Canterbury Junction Railwa Counties Railway (Maldon, Witham, andY Easternßraintre Railway Purchase); Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth E: tension, &c.); Norfolk Railway (Branch from wyrnond. ham to the Not wich Extension of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's R tilway, and the proposed Thetford and Rsedham Railway, near Diss); Great Western Railway (Branch to join the West London Railway Widening and Enlargmentof West London Railway, and Branches to Hammersmith, and to join the London and South- Western Railway, near Lambeth) ; Swansea Valley Railway; Dundee and Perth Railway (Alteration and Extension, and Inchture, Polgavie, and Inchmichael Branches). GREAT SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. JOHN O'BRIEN presented petitions from the city of Limerick, and the towns of Bruff and Kilmarnock, in favour of the lean to the Great South-Western Rail way Company. IRISH RAILWAYS. An lIoN. MEMBER presented three petitions from Londonderry and Athlone in favour of the grant to Irish railways. GRANTS FOR EDUCATION. ► Mr. BARCLAY presented a petition signed by 1,10 , Roman Catholics, praying that they may be allowed t o participate in the grants for education. HEALTH OF TOWNS' BILL. Captain PECHELL presented a petition fr' Brighton, numerously signed by the medical men oft .hat town in favour of this Bill. They stated that the establishment of boards of health would materially :add to the importance and utility of their profession. MEDICAL REGISTRATION BILL. Mr. WATSON presented a petition from phys - jrians in Maldon in favour of the Bill. EDUCATION. The HoN. MEMBER also presented a petition signed by the clergy and many of the laymen of Thornton in favour of Roman Catholics participating in the educa tional grant. Mr. HUTT presented a petition to the same effect from a place in Durham. DANISH CLAIMS. The Hort. AlEziaEß also presented a petition signed by a number of merchants interested in the Danish claims, praying the House to take those claims into con sideration. INSOLVENT BILL. The Hort. MEMBER also presented a petition from twc, persons, who stated that they were interested in som 6 proceedings in the Court of Chancery of Irelan , against the assignees of an insolvent debtor, which h a d been pending for some years, and praying that the r , ew Insolvent Bill might not pass into a law, or it wi Ji m materially affect their rights. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Mr. HUTT presented a petition, signed by a 'lumber of the coloni s t s o f S ou th A us t ra li a , complain'tng that the Government had alienated the " Royalti .o r ," con. nected with the colony. The Hon. Member, said that the petition was one of considerable imp o , :tance, and that it was a matter for regret that a petit: ova which had come so many miles across the ocean sh',Tald attract no mere attention than an ordinary petitior j ,. The petition was then laid on the table. CHINA. Sir G. STAUNTON give no'iirce that, on the motion for going into a Committer: o'i Supply on the China estimates, he should call the, attention of the House to the services of Mr. "i.tora at Ning-Po, and suggest that some reward shoo!id be given to his family for the services which he he'a rendered to his country. PrJRTUGAL. Mr. T. DUNCC;MBE presented a petition from Aberdeen, pre.ying, the House to address her Majesty to prevent any interference of this country in the affairs of Portugal. Mr. HUME presented a petition agreed on at a public mee'dng at the institution in John-street to the same effect, but stating further, that the Government in 1132 had refused to aid the cause of the I oppressed Poles, that they were ever ready to aid " Kings;" that the Queen of Portugal bad forfeited any right to the protection of the British from her un constitutional conduct, and that her Majesty ought to dismiss her present advisers, who had induced her to consent to the perpetration of so barbarous an act to wards the people of Portugal as the sending of a British fleet amongst them.—(Laughter, and hear, hear.) The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were agree to:—Lowestoft Railway and Harbour (Alteration near Iteedham); Great Southern and Western Railway Extension (Portarlington to Tullamore); Dublin and Arogheda (Branch from Navan to Dells); Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway; Glasgow, IBarrhead, and Neilston Direct, and Glasgow, Southern Terminal Railways Amalgamation; Maeduff Harbour. HYLTON'S ESTATE BILL. Mr. GREENE moved that the examiners of petitions should have leave to sit and proceed on Hylton's Estate Bill on Tuesday, the 29th day of this instant June. Motion agreed to. MORTALITY ON BOARD EMIGRANT SHIPS. Lord J. MANNERS wished to know whether the Government were aware of the great mortality which had taken place on board some of the emigrant ships between Ireland and Canada? Mr. HAVES was sorry to have to state that the Government had received several communications from the Governor and authorities of Canada, informing them of the state of things; but every step had been taken by the Government to mitigate as much as possible the dis tressing results of such a state of thing•. BRITISH PRODUCE. Mr. HASTIE moved, That there be annually laid before this House, a return, made out in parallel columns, showing the principal articles of British produce and manufacture exported from the United Kingdom, with the duties on such articles in the principal foreign countries to which they are exported, expressed in foreign monies, weights, and measures. Similar return, with the into English monies, weights, and me asures conver t e d English ditto, that the differences in the duties on the same articles in different countries may be exhibited at a glance.—Motion agreed to. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. In answer to a question put by Mr. HUME, Sir G. GREY said that a Bill was prepared on this subject by the Lord Chancellor, and would he thought be brought down to this House in a few days. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY LAWS. In answer to a question put by Mr. HUME, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was the in tention of the Government to proceed as quickly as pos sible with the bill introduced in the other House, on the subject of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Laws, and the proposed alteration in the Court of Review. MEDICAL OFFICERS OF UNIONS. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that he would to-morrow put a question to the Government with respect to a statement made by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, with respect to the allowances made to medical union officers by the Poor-law Commissioners. NAVIGATION LAWS. In answer to a question of Lord G. BENTINCK relative to certain returns laid before the House, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he had no opportunity of testing the accuracy of the returns, because no notice had been given of the question, and he could not, therefore, speak with that confidence which he would otherwise have been able to do. He had ordered the returns of corn imported since the suspension of the navigation laws, and the Customs had furnished them. He would again apply to the Customs to-morrow to ascertain if the returns were cor rect, and report their answer to the Noble Lord. -•••••• BOARD OF TRADE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to put a question to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government—Was it his intention, if Mr. M`Gregor were returned far Glasgow, to continue him in the office of Secretary of the Board of Trade? Lord J. RUSSELL said that Mr. M'Gregor, in noti fying his intention to stand for Glasgow, had stated to to him that, in the event of his being returned as a Member, it was his intention to resign the situation which he then held. RAILWAYS (IRELAND, No. 2) BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the order of the day for the second reading of the above Bill. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII would ask, whether it was just to risk the increase of taxation, in order to give Irish railways an opportunity of borrowing money at 31 instead of 6or 7 per cent. It was said that rail ways would be a good 'thing for Ireland, so they would be, but why should loans of money be granted to Ireland if not to England also. After the signal defeat which the measure had sustained on a previous occasion, who would have thought that such a measure as the present would have been pro posed by her Majesty's Government. The present popu lation of this country were suffering from the effect of the measures which had been passed to avert famine in Ireland. and was it fair, was it just to lay an additional burden upon the people for the construction of railways in Ire land? It assistance were to be granted to Irish railway companies, why was it not to be granted to the distressed artisans and manufacturers of this country. The master manufacturers were fully prepared to offer more valuable security for such ad vances than any Irish Railway Company could propose, and they could also employ a considerably larger amount of labour. But it might be said that there were some special reasons for proposing this grant. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had said that he should not re• quire the whole of the 8,000,000/. which he had borrowed for the purpose P3r which it was obtained, and therefore he appeared I think it his duty to spend the money in some way, good, bad, or indifferent. It would be better to let tte 620,0001. of surplus loan find its way into the PP,ekets of the English people, leaving it to to tuctify there rather than squander and waste it uPo - a Irish railway companies, thereby doing no good to .any person or company whatever. Entertaining these opinions, he felt it to be his duty to move that this Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. 'WILLIAMS thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had done sufficient mischief already during the nine months he had been in office without incurring fresh risks and courting fresh dangers. He had already reduced the balances in the Exchequer from the sum of 9,000,0001. to 5,450,00/., and had added 8,000,0001. to the national debt of this country. The railways which it was proposed to assist had not made out a ease to warrant such assistance being rendered to them. The state of the money market was not such as to afford the expenditure of so large a sum of money as was proposed by this Bill. The Bank of England and the commerce of this country was just emerging from a most dangerous crisis, and this measure would only hare the effect of bringing about the same disas trous state of things ; and why was all this danger to be run for the sake of assisting or speculating in some Irish railways ? Believing the measure to be wrong in prin ciple and injurious, he should give it all the opposition in his power. Lord J. RUSSELL had More stated that the pro. posed measure was not at variance with the course usually adopted by the Government. The Government had felt it their duty to oppose the plan of the Noble Lord opposite on two grounds, one of which was, that there was before the House the prospect of an immense expenditure for Ireland, and the Government thought it unwise at that time to pledge He thought tt House to the expenditure of 16,000,0001. of money. Another reason was that the measure would not have afforded the requisite relief for the people of Ireland. calculated tol, and still did, that railways were lot afford had, such v e relief r was then required.. The Government and other public the house u works, , admitted that railways g e p u o t r s t a u n s c e e d . b There was in, were the legitimate objects of public nothing either in the ar upon t y; la t t he l Govern ment,mp a e k a, i which or the decision of House had agsanc was to preclude the House for ever from ac tionvances invariably toany application The of- large sums of public money tßheailway; to the promotion of public works ; the Bill before the House was therefore in perfect aecordancevvith the practice of the House, and it was needless for him to enter into any arguments in order to show that this was not an exception to the ordinary rule. Looking at the course of Legislation of Ireland for the past century it would be found to be one calculated to degrade and b depress the people, and, as in the present case, thrown into a state of misery and starva tion in consequence of the failure of a single crop. It was idle to say, leave the Irish people to themselves ; the English people have done well, let the Irish do the same. That was an unfair argument ; there was no doubt that if the government of the two countries had been cc ducted on the same footing and in the same spirit, the Irish poeple would have been enabled to eqa'al England in its prosperity.—(Hear, hear.) (LET! , SPEARING.) UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JUNE 25.—1 n a convocation held this day, the following gentlemen were admitted ad eundem:— T. Chevallier, 8.D., Catherine Hall, Cambridge. J. Challis, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. John C. Adams, M.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. H. Moseley, M.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. R. Dawes, M.A., Downing College, Cambridge. H. Penneck, M.A., St. Peter's College, Cambridge. J. Gildersdale, M.A., Catherine Hall, Cambridge. F. Myers, Clare Hall, Cambridge. G. Blake, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. W. Hogan, M.A., Trinity College, Dublin. E. I. Ireland, M.A., Trinity College, Dublin. In the same convocation permission was given to Charles Reade, Esq., of Magdalen College, to commute the degree of M.A. to that of B.C.L. _ _ _ _ _ In a — congregation held at the same time the following degrees were conferred : DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW. Charles Lempriere, Fellow of St. John's College. BACHELORS IN DIVINITY. Charles John Crawford, Wadham. Lewis Gilbertson, Fellow of Jesus. THE INSTALLATION. CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 26.—The following distinguished persons have at this present moment accepted invitations to be present at the installation of Prince Albert; they will, during their stay, reside in the colleges set against their names. Trinity Lodge—The Queen, Chancellor, and suite; Chevalier Bunsen and Lady; Belgian Ambassador and Lady; Marquis and Lady Northampton, Lord and Lady Monteagle, Bishop of London. Trinity College—Prince Waldemar of Prussia, Bishops of Gloucester and Bristol, St. David's, and Norwich; Earl Nelson, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Ernest Bruce, Sir Harry Smith, the Dean of Canterbury, Sir J. Johnstone, Sir E. I'. Buxton, Right Hon. H. Goulburn, M.P., Mr. J. Shaw Lefevre, Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord William Russell. St. Peter's College—Bishop of Tasmania. Magdalen College—Bishop of Oxford, Sir Robert and Lady Peel. Corpus Christi College—Viscount Palmerston. St. John's College—Duke of Buccleuch, Vice-Chan cellor of England, Hon. C. E. Law, M.P., Right Hon. W. Yates Peel. Christ's College—Duke of St. Alban's, Marquis o Bute. Trinity Hall—The Attorney-General. Catharine Hall—The Duke of Wellington, Lord John Russell. King's College—General and Lady Thackeray. Queen's College—The Earl of Hardwicke. Pembroke College—Sir T. G. Cullum. Caius College Lodge—The Bishop of Durham and Lady, the Hon. and Rev. H. Pakenham, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; Sir E. H., Lady, and Miss Alderson, Vice Chancellor of Oxford and lady. Sidney Sussex College—Lord De Lisle. _ _ Downing College—Hon. Monckton Milnes, M.P. Bull Hotel—Lord and Lady Waldegrave, Sir J. Low ther, Sir John Eustace, Lord Godolphin. The Bishops of Lincoln and Ely are also expected. - THE CHURCH. The following preferments and appointments hare re• cently taken place:— ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE. The Rev. Septimus Henry Lee Warner, B.A. (1843), to the vicarage of St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury. The Rev. W. C. Fearon, M.A. (B.A. 1834), to the vicarage of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Patron the Bishop of Ely. The Rev. Richard Allen, B.A. (1845), to the Gray's Inn-road district of St. Pancras. Patron, Rev. T. Dale. The Rev. E. Gretton, B.D. (B.A. 1826), to the rec tory of St. Mary, Stamford. Patron, Marquis of Exeter. TRINITY COLLEGE. The Queen has appointed the Rev. A. F. Phipps (Hon. A.M. 1831) to be Chaplain in ordinary to her Majesty. The Rev. James Bedingfield, B.A. (1831), to be Do mestic Chaplain to Lord Henniker. The Rev. George Curteis Luxford, M.A. (B.A. 1834), to the rectory of Middleton, Sussex. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. QUEEN'S COLLEGE. The Rev. George Cornelius Gorham, B.D. (B.A, 1809), to the vicarage of Bramford Speke, Devon. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The Rev. Edward Mercer, B.A. (1847), to the curacy of Trinity, Wakefield, Yorkshire. The Rev. Cater Chamberlain, B.A. (1845), to the curacy of Rotherham, Yorkshire. ST. PETER'S COLLEGE. The Rev. E. T. Alder, B.A. (1822), to the curacy of St. Mary, Bungay, Suffolk. The Rev. Christopher Greenside, B.A. (1841), to the British Chaplaincy at Moscow. CLARE HALL. The Rev. G. H. Bowers, rector of Covent•garden, London, to be Dean of Manchester, vice the late Hon. and Very Rev. Dr. Herbert. The Rev. J. Bowes Bruce, B.A. (1842), to the chap laincy of her Majesty's ship Vengeance. CATHARINE HALL. The Rev. George Ross Lewin, M.A. (B.A. 1831), to the chaplaincy of her Majesty's ship Victory. The Rev. Charles Peers, M.A. (B.A. 1834), to the curacy of Somersham Stipendiary, Suffolk. SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE. The Rev. Robert Cooke, B.A. (1845), to the curacy o: Brenzett, Kent. The Rev. Thomas Nunn, B.A. (1825), to the assistant curacy of Goudhurst, Kent. The Rev. F. Forsyth Thomson, B.A. (1846), to the curacy of Betshanger, Kent. THE TITHE COMMISSIONERS REPORT. The following is the annual report of the Tithe Com missioners for England and Wales to her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Home Department,_ pursuant to the Act 6 and 7 Wm. IV., c. 71:— Tithe Commission-office, May 22, 1847. Sir,—lt is our duty to report to you the progress of the commutation of tithes in England and Wales, to the close of the year 1846. We have received notices that voluntary proceedings have commenced in 9,627 tithe districts, of these notices four were received during the year 1846. We have received 7,044 agreements, and confirmed 6,749, of these 13 have been received and 45 confirmed during the year 1846. _ _ 6,072 notices for making awards have been issued, of which 583 were issued during the year 1846. We have received 4,470 drafts of compulsory awards, and confirmed 3,878; of these, 554 have been received, and 502 have been confirmed, during the year 1846. We have received 9,565 apportionments, and con firmed6o2lln r096:62r2,6):,:etd;i tithe eu d o districts, r n f a t t h h e e se ya , es 5a will Is h b4 a ve been received, a n d e 6. seen from the above statement, the rent-charges to be hereafter paid, have been finally es t a bli shed by confirmed agreements or con firmed awards. We have in our possessions agreements and drafts of awards as yet unconfirmed, which will include 887 addi tional tithe districts, and make a total, when completed, of 11,514 districts in which the tithes will have been commuted. We have to repeat the assurances which we have happily been able to give in all our former reports, that the processes of commutation are going on, on the whole, tranquilly and satisfactorily. We have adverted, in three former reports, to the state of the law under what is called Lord Tenterden's Act. We have to express our deep regret that the law re mains as uncertain as ever. While this uncertainty con tinues, it is impossible to adjudicate with any justice to the parties in very many cases which await our decision, and in which proceedings are necessarily suspended. After our preliminary adjudications some litigation in the superior courts and some cases of contested and pro tracted apportionments will assuredly follow. We have repeatedly explained and lamented the very serious delays which must thus result from the continued post ponement of any rile, either legislative or judicial, which we can apply to these cases. (Signed) T. WENTWORTH BULLER. RICHARD JONES. To the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart. MADAGASCAR.—There appears to be little chance of any opening of the trade of Madagascar by tho Queen of that island. The rumour circulated in town through the journals a few days ago, that the authorities at Tamatave had announced that it was probable that the trade would be opened next year, is incorrect. Captai❑ Labury, of the Charles Heddle, touched there on his way to West Coast for a cargo of oxen. He was refused any oxen there, and ho learned that the Europeans at that place were badly treated and under the strictest surveillance. A Malgache, one of the Administration, having openly shown a desire to renew connexion with the Europeans, had been condemned by the Queen to be burnt alive, but he avoided this cruel death by swallow i❑g poison. Malgache women who had in their posses sion merchandize formerly belonging to the traders who had been expelled, and who were accused of having kept up a correspondence with them, were publicly sold to slavery.—Mauricien. We read in the Constitutionnel :—" A . person named C-, a gilder o n co pp er , res idi ng in Paris, lost his son not long since, and had him buried at Belleville. The death of the boy caused him the greatest affliction, and he often went to visit the tomb. Two days back his wife received a letter from the husband, declaring that he was tired of life, and that his body would be found on the tomb. The wife hastened to the cemetery, and, finding it shut, supplicated the keeper to admit her. The man refused, declaring that he had taken his round and had seen nothing. She then went to the commissary, and, on showing the letter, got an order of admittance. The keeper still refused, and it was only the next day that she could enter the cemetery. The husband was found stretched on the tomb, expiring. He had stabbed himself in various places with a poniard. He breathed his last shortly after." The failure of Messrs. Sewell and Co. is under stood to amount to about 50,0001., and the assets are not expected to yield a very favourable result. The late rapid decline in sugar, of which the firm were large holders, appears to have been the cause of the stoppage. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, June 26. (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) HOGGART V. THE CROYDON CANAL COMPANY. This bill was filed for the purpose of obtaining a dis tribution of the residue of a sum of money paid for the purchase of a canal by the Croydon Railway Company. The original sum contracted to be paid by the company was 40,2501., which was to be applied, first, in paying off the liabilities of the Canal Company, and then the residue to be paid to the shareholders. This bill was filed to have the distribution effected. The COURT decided that there must be a reference to the Master, to ascertain what liabilities of the company were unpaid previous to a distribution of the surplus. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 26. POTEZ V. GLOSSOP. This was an action by the endorser of two bills of exchange against the acceptor, to recover the sum of 5001. Sir Frederick Thesiger, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Muller, and Mr. George Pollock were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Humphrey, and Sir John Bay ley for the defendant. It appeared that the defendant is a clergyman of the Church of England, and holds the living of West Dean, Salisbury. Having occasion several months ago for pecuniary assistance, he referred to the advertisements in the daily papers, in August, 1846, and found the fol. lowing in the Morning Herald ; " PERSONAL SECURITY.—A smn exceeding 10,0001. is ready immediately to be advanced in sums of not less than 100/., nor more than 2,0001. to one individual. The borrower must be of known consequence and solidity, and no personal application can be noticed. Communi cations to be made, in writing only, in the first instance, to J. R., 300, Oxford-street. He immediately answered the advertisement, stating the circumstances which induced him to ask for a loan, and a correspondence ensued between the parties, the letters to the defendent being signed "J. P. Gardiner." The result of the correspondence was the defendant's going to London and having an interview with Gardiner. Preliminaries being then finally arranged, the defendant gave Gardiner two acceptance, amounting to 5001., pay able at four months after date, in order that Gardiner might get them discounted for him. Gardiner, in ex change for the bills, gave the defendant his receipt for them, which stated that he held them for the purpose of obtaining a discount upon them. The defendant then went away, in full expectation of having his money on the following day, when Gardiner would have pro cured it from his bankers. For that purpose he called upon Gardiner, at his office in Fludyer. street, West minster, but his visit ended in disappointment, which Gardiner made up for by saying that he intended, in a few days, going down to Southampton, when he would bring the amount with him. With that assurance the defendant left town, and according to pre vious arrangement, sent his carriage to meet Gar diner at Southampton on the appointed day. In the meantime, however, he received a letter from that per son, saying that he had been prevented from leaving town, but would beg to appoint the following Saturday. In the meantime two other letters reached the defendant's house, one of which was from Gardiner, desiring him to answer in the affirmative any gentleman writing from his bankers to ascertain the authenticity of the accept. ances he had given. The other was from a person named Gadderer, of 23, Craven-street, Strand, who now for the first time appeared in the transaction, and re quested the information alluded to in Gardiner's letter. When the letters arrived the defendant was from home, but Mrs. Glossop opened them, and wrote to Gadderer, stating the bills had been left with Gardiner to be dis counted, but as yet not one shilling had been received for them. This reply was employed by Gardiner, in a subsequent letter, that of the sth of September, to ac count for his not going to Southampton as he promised, as well as for his having failed to procure the advances on the bills. Gardiner said also, that his bankers in refusing to discount defendant's bills, had observed that they bad 13,0001. worth of similar bills already in their hands. Although Gardiner made a point of swear ing that the bills had not been out of his hands, it would seem that he and Gadderer had been in close communication upon the subject of this business. On the 17th the defendant came to London, and asked Gardiner for his bills or for the money, when the latter said he he was going into the City to have them cashed, and that if he would meet him at Garraway's, at half past three o'clock, he would hand him over the proceeds. The defendant kept his appointment; but Gardiner, as might have been expected, did not make his appearance. He next called in Craven-street upon Gadderer, whom he did not see, and by whom he was requested to call by-and-by for the money. He called, but never again saw him. Gardiner he happened to meet, who told him that he had been disappointed in his expectations of dis counting the bills, but that he would once more try what could be done by applying to a friend of his, a banker in Leeds. This resource also failing, the defendant instructed his attorneys, who inserted an advertisement, cautioning the public against the bills he had given, which he described as having been obtained by fraud from the Rev. Mr. Glossop, and referring all applications relative to them to Messrs. Bush and Mullins, of St. Mildred's-court. Gardiner then wrote to the de fendant, to say, that he, too, should put the matter into the hands of his attorneys. Neither the bills nor the money ever made their appearance. On Sep tember 30th, a letter was received from Messrs. Tucker and Co., solicitors, complaining on behalf of the plaintiff, (whom they called Potosi) of the publication of the cau tion. Messrs. Bush and Mullins wrote back for the address of this lady, which they then heard was at 23, Craven -street. They afterwards discovered that she kept a lodging-house, and that Gadderer was one of her lodgers. Upon the bills arriving at maturity, it turned out that they were not in the hands of the plaintiff at all, but in those of a party whose name appeared as an endorsee, but the name of the plaintiff did not appear upon them. They were endorsed by Gardiner, Gad darer, and Lawrence Levy. One bill had got into the hands of a person named Jones, who was said to be the father of the attorney for the plaintiff in this action. Levy had endorsed one of the bills to Jones, and he held the other. He had a brother an at torney, named Lewis, and when the bill becarae due, Levy's was presented by Lewis for payment. Young and Valings were refused permission to see the bill, and declined to pay it; the ether bill was also re fused, and hence the present action. Gardiner at length handed the bills to one T. Holbrook Coyle, a person well known in bill transactions, and from him they passed to Gadderer, who ultimately obtained their discount by Levy. When they were fliscouuted by Levy not a word , Was said about' the plaintiff, for then he would have taken care that her name was attached to them, as she was represented to have a considerable sum in the funds, and a house full of furniture. Before the bills became due, Gardiner wrote to defendant to remind him of the fact, and begged him to say whether he would be able to meet them, as it might be necessary to arrange for their renewal. The question upon that state of facts would be, whether Gadderer was not the sole party to this transaction, and that the plaintiff was in no way con cerned. After the dishonour of the bills, Levy went to Gadderer and said that he did not choose to be mixed up in the affair by bringing an action upon them, as he was led to suppose that there might be proceedings taken, charging a conspiracy, and therefore he must have the money returned. Gadderer, upon the representation, found the sum, and gave it to Levy. The Learned Counsel for the defendant, in adverting to the evidence which would be given by Mr. Deane, a solicitor, with 'a view to show that, in point of fact, the plaintiff was not concerned, said that Gadderer would be shown to be the n, and could not, th ere fore, be called real principal in th e b us i ness. Th e defen d ant h a d no t had a single shillin g, adjourned been the farther bu upon to pay . the amount o f t h e bill s. Th e ev id en ce Of Deane cercienly did go to th a t exten t b u t the defend aand ne il di se t p hartehareianrgdtwillhe:nhits day.heCourt rose, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. In consequence of the exciting presentments recently made by Dr. Lynch, and the inquest of the ward of Farringdon Without, to the Lord Mayor, and also to the Common Council, respecting the dangerously foul state of the cesspools, and the accumulations of filth in the cellars of many houses in that ward, the Commis sioners of Sewers have bestirred themselves, and com menced proceedings against some of the landlords. The houses are found to be generally those which are wholly let out in separate rooms to different families, the land lord living elsewhere, determined to get the greatest possible rent with the least possible expenditure, and utterly regardless of the sickness and distress suffered by the residents in the house in consequence of the exhalations from the overflowing or uncovered filth. Mr. Tyrrell, the Remembrancer, appeared on behalf of the Commissioners of Sewers, and Mr. Attwood Smith for the inquest. Mr. Tyrrell stated that the Commissioners had insti tuted these proceedings under the Cholera Act, 9 Vic., cap. 96, which empowered them, upon receiving the certificate of two medical gentlemen that there was in any house or other place an accumulation of noxious matter of any kind, or any foul privy or cesspool, to make complaint to the magistrate, and cause the owner of the house to be summoned, and an order made that ho should abate the nuisance within forty-eight hours. In default of his obeying this direction, the order re quired the Commissioners to enter the premises and abate the nuisance at the charge of the landlord. A Mr. Gower had been summoned in respect to some foul privies in his houses in Harp-alley, and in Churchyard court, Harp•alley. He had promised to remove the evil as speedily as practicable, and as the parochial authori ties, represented by Mr. Smith, were content, he had assented to the summons being adjourned for a fortnight. Mr. Alderman MUSGROVE assented. Mr. Kirkwood, a pawnbrocker, in Brick-lane, Old street, then appeared on his summons for permitting an accumulation of noxious matters to remain in the cellar of his house, No. 10, Crown -court, Fleet -street, and also for suffering the cesspool to overflow and become foul. Mr. Kirkwood said ho had very recently purchased the freehold. lie had not seen the state of the place, and would readily remove all ground of complaint if time were given. Mr. Tyrrell said as Mr. Kirkwood met the complaint in this way he had no objection to allow him the same time as Mr. Gower. Mr. AlderWan — M USGROVE said ho would take that opportunity of saying a few words, as the rate-payers had been charged with shamefully disregarding the sanatory condition of the'poor. As the chairman of the Commission of Sewers for the Tower Hamlets, and a commissioner of the Holborn and Finsbury divi sion, he had a practical knowledge of the sub• ject, and he would affirm that if the Legisla ture would intrust the Commissioners of St,wers with the authority to compel the owners of houses to make underground drains to the great sewers constructed by the Commissioners, the grievance might be entirely removed without the interference of Govern ment or any of the Government Commissioners. He could vouch that, particularly within the last three years, the most anxious attention and vast sums of money had been devoted to making proper sewers in the thoroughfares, but they could not persuade-or compel the owners of houses to open a communication with those sewers at their own expense, and particularly the owners of houses in courts. The public local burdens were quite heavy enough without adding charges that clearly belonged to private individuals. In Whitechapel there were a vast number of instances of residents along the great outlets refusing to incur the expense of making a communication to the sewer, but they expected their property to be improved at the expense of the public. Mr. Edwards, of Vauxhall-walk, was then called. He had been summoned for suffering foul cesspools to exist in his three houses, Nos. 26, 27, and 28, Poppin's court, Fleet-street. These are let out to separate lodgers. Mr. Tyrell said there was now a sewer down the centre of the court, but some of the landlords would not incur the expense of opening a communication with it. He produced the certificate of Dr. Lynch and Mr. Day, that there were foul cesspools in these houses which were dangerous to the public health. Mr. Edwards did not appear. Roe, the City officer, proved the service of three sum monses on Mr. Edwards, who said he should not attend, and that he should commence actions of trespass against those who had taken the liberty of entering his house. Mr. Hutchinson, of Farringdon-street, a surgeon, said this gentleman had threatened to turn out any lodger who dared to make the least complaint about the stench from the cesspools to the parochial authorities. Mr. Alderman MuscnoTt said that was in keeping with what he said to the officer. He was satisfied with the evidence, and made an order for the cleansing of the cesspools within twenty-four hours. WANDS WORTH. On Saturday Frederick Clark and John Langford, two notorious river pirates, the former only just released from a twelvemonth's imprisonment, were brought up charged under the following extraordinary circum stances : During the last month several robberies, of a very daring and extensive character, have been committed at the wharfs and warehouses lying on the Surrey side of the river, above Battersea-bridge, and also upon craft at anchor or moored in the same neighbourhood. The property stolen was invariably such as would find a ready sale amongst the marine store dealers, consisting principally of metals of all kinds, new ropes, &c. That the robberies on the wharfs w e re p er p e t ra t e d by parties in boats there could be no doubt, as in all cases it was proved that the access had not been obtained inland, and they were executed with great facility, because the land police had no opportunity of detection. The nearest Thames police station is at Arundel-stairs, and any person at all acquainted with the river, will know the tediousness of a row up from thence against tide, and the consequent loss of time entailed. The very great neces sity that exists for a Thames police station higher up the river was fully proved in this case. On the 3d of June Messrs. Spiller and Wenham, engineers, at Batter sea, had their premises entered from the water, at or about high tide, and the thieves having broken open the counting-house, took therefrom 5 cwt. of gun metal and copper, all of which had been manufactured at a great cost. The succeeding night the same party (as it was supposed) revisited the premises and carried off what must have been a boat load of flanges, stop cocks, and other articles in copper and gun metal. In a week or nine days afterwards these premises were again plun dered. This time the boiler house, which is flush with the river wall, was broken into, and five copper steam pipes of four-inch bore, and between five and six feet in length, as also other valuable property, were stolen. The marauders during this period of time did not confine themselves to Messrs. Spiller and Wenham's premises, but carried off a large quantity of pro perty from the Rodney Iron Works, and a leaden pump from York House Private Lunatic asylum, besides committing petty robberies upon craft. Messrs. Spiller and Wenham, finding that they were being robbed to such an alarming extent, de termined upon having their premises watched, and accordingly Sergeant Reid, 18 V, was selected for this duty, assisted by Police-constable Stedman, 317 V. These officers had watched for several nights without any further attempt being made, when on the previous night, about half-past ten, the tide being then up, Ser geant Reid and his brother constable were in the act of concealing themselves in the boiler house, as the sound of a boat coming alongside the wharf became distinct, and they presently distinguished one with three men in her. The officers lay quiet for some time, and two of the men then landed, went up the yard, and came down loaded with something which they then threw down close to the embankment wall. They went back and returned at least half a dozen times. At last, when they appeared to have got as much as their boat would carry, one of the men jumped over the fence, and, re ceiving the articles, handed them to a third man in the boat. The officers let them proceed until they per ceived they were about to go away, when they rushed out with their truncheons. Sergeant Reid struck at the prisoner Clark, who was in the garden, but missed him. He then struck the other prisoner Langford,who was standing on the wall, and he rolled into the boat, and out into the river. Reid then jumped into the boat to secure Langford, and the other man, who was previously in the boat, deliberately dived and swam away towards some old steam-boats. The constable Stedman seized Clark and struck him twice with his truncheon, but Ulark broke away from him, leaving most of his clothes in Stedman's hands. The prisoner Clark then jumped into the boat and into the water, and also attempted his escape, but Stedman pursued him, and when he was endeavouring to effect a landing, struck him on the head and took him. When Clark jumped into the boat it caused her to careen, and Sergeant Reid, who was hanging over the 'gunwale looking for the prisoner Langford, who had not yet risen, was precipitated into the water. He succeeded in catching hold of the steam boat alongside, and called loudly for assistance. Mr. Spiller heard the cry, and by dint of great personal exertion succeeded in rescuing Reid. The prisoner Langford, who remained near the spot, alternately swimming and hiding in the mud, was taken about half-past two o'clock the follow ing morning •by Police-constable Parrott, 71 V, who heard him hailing a fisherman. The constable warned the fisherman not to take the prisoner on board. The prisoner, however, got into the boat. The policeman cautioned the fisherman that if he did not put him ashore what the consequences would be, and he did so. The prisoner then swum out into, deep water,,but being exhausted frora wodlitit and 'long exposure, swam back to shore, and suffered himself to be taken. The man who has at present escaped stole a boat from Mr. Cownden, a boat-builder, at Battersea, and rowed him self down the river to a convenient landing place, and then set the boat adrift, which was picked up by the Thames police. There was found in the boat belonging to the prisoners Bcwt. lqr. 191 b. of iron furnace bars, which were identified by Mr. Spiller as his property. The prisoners, who said nothing, were remanded for a week. The case excited an extraordinary interest, and the court war& crowded. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES AND SESSIONAL RESULTS. The following are the adjudications and sentences passed on the prisoners tried during the session, which commenced on the 14th instant, and terminated on Tues day last, the 22d instant. The whole have been revised and corrected from the official returns: — Sentenced to be Transported for Life—Gilbert Mac donald and Henry Jones Harrison. For Ten Years—John Sulfur, John Sullivan, John Collins, and William Geeves. For Seven Years—lsaac Levy, John Free, George ' Mitchell, George Smith, John Nason, George Henry Herman, Mary Ragan, John Andrews, James Feitham, Alfred Hayswood, Gays Lacy, John Williams alias Pop lar, Henry Carroll, Robert Hagan, William Bastin, Joseph Taylor alias Arthur Payne, Jacob Peretz, Mary Gordon, William Willcocks, Eliza Davis, Thomas John. son, William Swain, John Ambrose, and William Sum mers.—Total, 24. To be imprisoned, with or without the adjunct of hard labour, for Two Years—John Elms and William Price. Eighteen Calendar Months—Benjamin Bettison, Chas. Simpson, James Caughee, Robert Tubbs, and Mary Anne Marshall. Fifteen Months—John Gorman. Twelve Months—William Knight, Robert Nettleton, John Davis, William Jones, William Costellow, George Howden, George Jones, Charles Hicks, James Price, John Brown alias Lisk, Ann Roberts, Hannah Mally, Robert Bruce, William Cook (and to enter into recognizances and find sureties to keep the peace for five years), Dennis Gorman, John Gilbert, Sarah Smith, John Haywood, Thomas Neal alias Rich, Margaret Bower, Thomas Stratford, John Whitbrook, William McWilliarn, Sarah Cooper, Johu Leahy, John Carr, Harriet Griffin, Fre derica Asge alias Baroness Karlstein, William Francis, Charles Pembury, Thomas Tims, James Harley, Wil ham Turner, George Stevens, Frederick Nugget, and James Harley.—Total, 36. For Nine Months—Alfred Waters, Alfred Lloyd, James Jones, William Brown, James Jone ,, , James Ewart, Matilda Lydia Barber alias Lydia Gray, Peter Coghlen, Robert Dalton, Robert Thompson, and James Atkins.—Total, 11. For Six Months—Henry Brown, George Gibson, John Shaylor, James Pyefinch, Edward Hemmington, Henry Williams, James West, James Williams, Robert White, Joseph John Battaill, John Jones, Catherine Sheehan, Mary Herbert, George Daniels, Henry Ivory, John Deal, Catherine Moody, John Leonard, Charles Clayton, John Robert Brien, George Love, Mary Ann Hoy, John Connell, Evan Davis, William Edwards, George Burnett, William Carpenter, William Griffin, Robert Hayes, William Waterson, and William George Lipscombe.— Total 111. For Four Months—John Wilson, Thomas Best, Eliz. Macey, Thomas Dale, Henry George Collins, Mary Learning, William Atkins, Eliza Ridley, William Ruddy, Mary Hogan, Ann Dwane, William Moore, Caroline Morris, George Hoffin, Sutherland Marshall, Westley Appleton, John Charlish, Henry Mays, Thomas Francis, James Lee Jones, and William Dyballs.—Total 21. For Three Months—Catherine Gorman, Elizabeth Bean, William Powell, John Courtenay, Eliza Alderman, Richard Hogan alias Michael Kelly, Joseph Mills, John Spence, Arthur Leary, Thomas Wyatt, Sarah Ryder, Alfred Baynes, Thomas Paynter, John Croft Towns bend, George Holmes, James Cooper, Charles Crudg ington, George Collins, Phillip Crawfurd, William Clark, Andrew Scott, Richard Linwood, James Blake, Henry Shacker, Henry Henly, Thomas Paddington, and Cathe rine Donovan. —Total 28. For Two Months—Thomas Pickett, John Pain, Ed. wars Taylor, Ittel - La,l T.iylor, Mary Taylor, Robert Clark, Daniel Smith, Sampson Israel (in Newgate and 251. fine); James Magnus (in Newgate and 251. fine); Elizabeth Magnus (in Newgate and 101. fine) ; and Thomas Bates.—Total 11. For Periods varying from One Day to One Month— John Henry Edmunds, David Heaton, James Fawns alias }Terris, James Adams, Bridget Carleton, Cornelius Par, George Newton (and to be whipped twice) ; Andrew Bode, George Burnage, George Deacon (and to be twice whipped); John Sullivan, William Neighbour, William Graves (and to be twice whipped) ; William Hunt, Henry Side, Margaret Hanegan, and Johanna Hanegan. —Total 17. Prisoners Acquitted by the Petit Jury—Robert Har rison, Isaac Elken, Evan Davis, Thomas Fitzgibbons, William Belcher, William Langford, Emanuel Fonseco, John Williams, Mary Smith, Jane Rose, Mary Mac. intosh, John M'lslight, Henry Brady, Daniel Brent, Thomas Marlin, William Perrin, Ann M'Carthy, Edwin Mahon, Antonio Larbar, William Kynaston, Frederick Miller, James Pagan, George Shaw, Sarah Hudson, Robert Clark, Edward Thomas, Thomas Montague, Mary Murphy, Anne Cleveland, John Hill alias Dolly, William Witham, Eli Trivett, William Edwards, Selina Allen, John Jenkins, Rosina Munroe, Thomas Cole, Robert Pile (detained), Elizabeth Howard (detained), William George Ford, William George Prowse, Fre derick Johnson, Ishmael Israel, John Dingwall, John Jenner, Daniel Conley, James Cockling, Mary Holliday, James Cook, Mary Ann Smith, Henry Smyrke, James Collins alias Haysman, and Ellen Taylor.—Total 54. Persons against whom the Bills were Ignored by the Grand Jury—Eliza Evans, Henry Payne, Catharine Chandler, John Rowen, Patrick Driscoll, William Pearce, James Smith, Thomas Bernard, Thomas Brown, Mary Smith, John Albert, William Johnson, Thomas Mugger idge, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, James Cousens, Samuel Madden, John Canterbury, Catherine Kirk, John Boyd, Hannah Davis, Matilda Butcher, Ann Draycott, Sarah Martin, Eliza Gray, Mary Wilson, Mary Ann Daniels, James Daniels, and Mary Ann Alderson.— Total 28. Prisoners remanded by the Court—William Farmery, Mary Ann Hunt, William Watson, Christopher Wren, and Ellender Wren. Prisoners upon whom Judgment is Respited—Horatio Nelson West, Thomas Truman, Morris Freyer, Mark Cundall, Thomas Sykes, Henry Stevens, Henry Farr, and Charles Farr. Sentenced to be Imprisoned during her Majesty's Pleasure on the Ground of Insanity.—James Loftus Brock. MARY LE B ONE VESTRY. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES. On Saturday Earl MANVERS resumed the adjourned debate upon the motion of Mr. Williams, M.P., that the Commissioners of Baths and Washhouses be not autho rised to expend any money until their plan, estimate, cost, and probable annual expenditure be laid before the Vestry. His Lordship fully approved of the motion, which would, he was satisfied, be supported by every man who had the interests of the parish, and especially of the poor of the parish, at heart. Sir WALTER STERLING, while supporting th© motion, cautioned the Vestry against rejecting the measure, as their successful opposition to the Health of Towns Bill had involved them in the charge of being opposed to sanatory reform.—(Hear, hear.) Messrs. BELL and LONDON, commissioners, opposed the motion. Mr. M'EVELYN, a commissioner, denounced the motion as a dishonest scheme to get rid of the proposition to build baths and washhouses, which would prove a self supporting institution. Mr. WILLIAMS, M.P., replied. After an interesting discussion, a division was taken, when their appeared 15 for, 33 against the motion. The Vestry shortly afterwards adjourned. CRICKET. KENT v. SUSSEX. The annual match between these old opponents was opened at Brighton on Thursday, and, according to the reigning custom, was not brought to a conclusion until the latter part of the third day. This infringement on the third day is loudly complained of in most quarters, and the cause is attributed to the late hour at which all the great matches are commenced. The final score stood thus:— KENT. Adams, c Picknell, b Wis- den ••• •• W : _lllynn, Esq., c Box, b - - Martin, b Dean ... 7 W. Pilch, not out 27 C. Whittaker, Esq. , c and b Dean 2O Hillyer, s Box, b Dean Byes, 7; wide, 5 .. . . Wisden 2 Alartingell, b Hodson 32 N. Felix, Esq., b Dean ll3 Pilch, c Dean, b Wisden A. Mynn, Esq., b Wisden 2 Dorrinton, b Dean L sussrx. H. Curties, Esq., b Mynn 3 run out ... 6 Hodson, run out Dean, c Hillyer, b Mynn l2 c Mar tingell, b Hillyer 4 E. Napper, Esq., c Whittaker, b Hillyer 4 c Dorrinton, b Mynn 7 Box, c Dorrinton, b Mynn W. Napper, Esq., c Felix b , Mynn Bushby, c Mynn, b Hillyer 4 not out lO Hammond, b Mynn Picknell, b Mynn ... 3 c Whittaker,b Hillyer 3 Wisden, not out l7 c Martin, b Hillyer... 28 King, Esq., c W. Pilch, b Hillyer ... 3 c Hillyer, b Adams... 10 Byes, 3 ; wide, 3 MARYLEBONE CLUB, WITH DARIN AND LILLY - 'WHITE, v. GENTLEMEN OF itUDBY.-This snatch was played at Lord's, and won by the club on the first hands by 19 runs. FOREIGN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.—The impor tations of fruit from the Continent has increased during the last few days, and extended to other articles than those which were brought during the previous week, The steam-ship Magnet, from Rotter dam, brought 176 baskets of potatoes, 26 baskets of cherries, and the large quantity of 188 seives of gooseberries; the Britannia steam-ship, from the same port, 28 baskets of cherries, 17 baskets of cucumbers, several of melons, and various other articles; the Ocean, from Rotterdam, 260 baskets of potatoes and 33 baskets of other description of raw vegetables; the James Watt, from Havre, 656 baskets of different kinds of fruit, the growth of France; and the Antwerpen, from Antwerp, 7 baskets and 75 sieves of fruit of different descriptions, the production of Belgium. Subsequently the Giraffe steam-ship arrived from Rotterdam, and brought 422 baskets of cherries, 14 baskets of fresh cucumbers, and 140 baskets of potatoes ; the City of London, from Rotterdam, 40 baskets of potatoes and 99 baskets of cherries ; the Soho, from Antwerp, 244 baskets of cherries ; and the Columbine, from Havre, the exceed ingly large quantity of 2,177 baskets of various kinds of fruit, the growth of France. It will be seen that the importations of fruit from the Continent have been of an, extensive nature, and have comprised some from Hol land, Belgium, and France, although those from the latter country, now that they have once began to take place, are by far the most extensive, and the fruit, gene rally speaking, of better quality. THE SUTLEJ MEDAL.—This decoration has just been struck at the Mint. The reverse represents a simple figure of Victory, awarding, with, ou tstretched hand, her glorious wreath to the soldiers of' the successful army; whilst, of the defeated, a grouped mass of Seikh armour and arms alone tell of their participation in the events the medal celebrates, and the position in which they were placed by their rash ambition leading them to attack, without justification, a nation to which they were pre viously closely allied. The obverse exhibits a well executed portrait of her Majesty Queen Victoria. This determines that one stage, at least, has been reached in the preparation of the medal; but when the distribution ie to take place we regret that we really cannot say. Tardiness to reward appears to be the rule with those who have charge of the army. Whether it be prize money or a decoration, festina lente is the invariable motto. Eighteen months have elapsed since the invasion of the Seikhs was repelled, and the Pun jaub laid prostrate at our feet, yet no steps :have been taken:to exhibit to the troops the promptitude of na tional gratitude. Lord Ellenborough took time by the forelock; he knew that if he waited upon the generosity of the Home authorities half of the gallant men who had signalised his rule by victories at Gwalior, Punnah, and Maharajpore, would be beyond all mundane glories before the guerdon of bravery would be dispensed to them. He, therefore, cast suitable crosses on the spot, and there, consequently, is not a day in which we do not meet returned soldiers bearing their well-won honours on their breast. Why should not the heroes of more important battles—more desperate and critical en counters—be equally well treated? In regard to the Sutlej medal, we hope Lord Hardinge, who must be anxious for the reward of his intrepid army, will not let a mail come home without urging It upon the sense of the Government.—United Service Journal. RETURN OF THE NEW AMERICAN STEAM-SIIIP WASHINGTON TO SOUTHAMPTON.—The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship. Washington, Frede rick Hewitt commander, arrived in the Southampton Docks yesterday morning (Sunday), at ten A.M., in 46 hours from Bremen, against a head wind, Her voyage out occupied 44 hours. She brings four passengers for England, and 46 en route to New York, for which city the Washington will not leave till the 10th of July, being detained here to be fitted with new and larger hot wells, which are already cast for bet by arrangements made previous to her leaving for Bremen. The pa 3szn . gers from Bremen are to be boarded at the different hotels during their detention, In order to enable the public to view this fine steamer, Mr. Croskey, the Ame rican Consul, has very liberally presented the Mayor of Southampton, Mr. Le Feuvre, with an unlimited number of tickets of admission, the proceeds of which are to be presented to the local institutions. In addition to the passengers front Bremen, 60 first-class and 25 second. class are engaged from Havre and England, and the freight is all engaged. Thus far the new line appears to receive public approbation. ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—We have heard ct a most diabolical outrage committed near Ballinrobe, on Thurs day night last by a party of men who assembled and cut down the greater part of a field of wheat. We regret there is no clue to those ruffians.— Illayo Con. stitution. The changes consequent upon the death of Mr, Charles Sheridan, who was first paid Attaché the British Richard Edwards,ss y at first Paris paid will t b t e a follow e ls iat shte, r : H — e o t T e n r h s ebui Irgtonhe: s fi e r e s o t n paid ai Attache d.ik t tach t a a t t I S )a t. r i l s "e te l r ' s bur h, is Henryito be ; tbt ' e and will be succeeded by Mr. Wom b b e w g 'ell, who is firstEi slltioo now unpaid Attaché. Mr. Joseph h tt unpaid At paonsditiMonr.at Madrid.—Observer. Hume i.sto Burnley will toccupyacli é a at similar Paris, C. of the South will succeed the late Mr. ' Daniel L Mr. Chilton, Q. C., WalesasjudgeCiorfcuthite, Lambeth and Greenwich District Comity Court.— Observer. By a decree of the King of Sweden, dated the 11th, the imMtatiori of corn duty f re e is au th or i se d i n that country. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, Ai dis.—Ditto, New Scrip, V s p.—Glasgow, Paisley,: and Gree-. nock, 17 1 A—Ditto, Halves, B%—Ditto, Preference, Is. 3d. p , —Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 1 1 4 p.—Leeds andA Thirsk, Preference, 16s. 3d. dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, en" Southport, 1% dis.—Ditto, New (late West Lancashire, 28i. 9d. p.—London and North-Western, 181—Ditto, New Quarters, 113' p.—Ditto, Fifths, 15 p.—Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 17 1 / 2 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 4% ji.--Dit, Ditto (late West Riding Union), 3s. 9d. p.--Manchestert Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1% dis. —Midland Stock. 128—Ditto, New, 4 1 4 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, Ne' 2% p.—North British, Quarters, 1 1 / 4 p.—North SteffOrdshirea 2% p.—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 2, 1 4 ditto, No. 4, % dis.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 4 N 1 / 1 MANCHESTER, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are--Birkenhead , R 11 „, c4. shire, and Cheshire, 1 dis.—Birmingham and Oxford - tion, 7 7-16—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preferentials , —Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal , 13 Pittet —Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials, 3 / 4 dis.—LeedS, me l bury, and Manchester, 2 7-16 p.—London, Oxford, an d Che tenham, 8 dis.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C). 6 1 / 2 p.—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares, Ditto. Fifths (late West Riding Union), 3-16 p.— Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1,2% 1)- --Di , tWi Eighths, dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), ..„4 1 ti dis.—Manchester and Southampton, 1% 41 p.—North Staffordshire, 3 p.—Oldham Alliance , ,4E LEEDS, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. —A quiet business to an incoldetT amount has been transacted for the last day or two, altheeP in the earlier part of the week the trade was marked Dt much apathy, and but very few speculative transactions too place. The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bowl' , 245. n. dis.—East Lancashire, New, ss. dis.—Ditto, Nal (scrip), is. p.—East and West Yorkshire, IlA Grea Northern, 31s. 9d. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, la n. p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, Branches Scrip (blue), 12 °,*. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 5% n. dis.—Ditto, New, ilAs 1 1; ..`,7,..jh Ditto, Preference, 15s. dis.—London, Brighton, eau South Coast, 55 1 4—Malton and Driffield Junction, 15s. dis.--s""' chester and Leeds ( West Riding Union), 35 1 ) • — ' 2111. chester, Buxton, Mattock, and Midland, 45. 6d. c. dis. Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2% p.—North British, Qua" ters, n. p.—North Staffordshire, 3 1 A p —North-Western, 245. dis.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 4 1 4 p. HULL, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Th ales are--Ambergate, Notting' ham, and Boston, 265. 6d. e s -Blackburn, Darwen, and Bop' ton, 3 dis.-Great Northern, 415.-Newcastle and BerWi ck * New, 555. p.-North British, Quarters, 925. 6d.--Ditto, Thirds, 525.-Shropshire Union, 36s dis. SHEFFIELD, Ants 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting" ham, and Boston, 245. dis.-Great Northern, 1 3 dig Manchester and Lincoln Union 355. dis.-Manchester an- Leeds (West Riding Union), is. p.-Manchester, Shaeldt and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield 201. Shares, 535. dis.-Ditto, 121. 10s. mires, 11, ester* Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 58s. dis.-North -275. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-EM and lisle, 4514-Newcastle and Carlisle, 111-Ditto, New, EDINBURGH, JUNE 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen u s. • , Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 105.-Arbroath and Forfar', 27 55.-Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Gallowalo 11 ; Caledonian, 301.-Ditto, New, 2/. Is.-Caledonian an" bartonshire, 1/. 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 421. 109.."-xld, side, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 11. 7 , 5 •, 06 , -Dundee and Arbroath, 38L-Ditto, New, No. 1,, 2 7 2 1 • -Ditto, New No. 2, 30/.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 9 .. -16 c pe 6d' -Dundee and Northern Junction, 1/. 10s. 6d.-Dti ll t and Perth, 32/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 131. -Ditto, Quarters, ` 6s. 6c1.-East of Fife, 1/. 18s.-East Lothi an Central, 1.; 165.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 71. 155.-Edinburgh ana Glasgow, 691.-Ditto, Halves, 22L-Ditto, Quarters, 17/. 3s. 9d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181. 10s.-Ditto, Pre, ference, 20/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 2L-Ditto, Quarters, 125. 6d! -Ediburgh and Northern, 181. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 13s. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 71. 55.-Ditto, ditto , New, 2/. Bs. , 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), %IL ls.-Ditto, Halves, 55.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1201.-Ditto, Ditto, Stock, 41/. IN.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1,8/, 195.- lisle, Halves, No. 2,6/. 155.-Glasgow, Dumfries , and Car al_!; Si. 45.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39L -Glasgow Genner: Terminus, 121. 155.-Glasgow and Greenock , 171. 1 1 . 4, Ditto, Halves, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. --Glasg ow, marnock, and Ardrossan, 4/. 55.-Great Nor th of Scotlan . 1/. 17s. 6d.-Great Northern (late Direct Northern) , r 65.-Ditto (late London and York) , 1 /. 128.-Nevrnasl4B Ditto , and Berwick, 28/. 2s. 6d.-North British , 32 /. 10s.-1) Halves, 15/. ss. -Ditto, Quarters, 4 1. 95.-Ditto, N,e4w nlQuarters (scrip), 14s. 9d.-Ditto, Thirds, 2/. 1 15 . P Fifths, 6/. 10s.-Scottish Central, 271. 58.-Scottish Gr i d Junction, 195.-ScottishMidland, 18/. 10s.-ShrewsbarY Hereford,los.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester , 91 . 10 .„ c i Ditto, New, IL-Stirling and Dunfermline, SL-Stirling Midland, 2/. 65.-Wishaw and Coltness, 49/.---York 31/ Newcastle, 871. 155.-Ditto, New, 15 /. 17s. 6c1.-Ditto, IT; ference, 11/. 12s. 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 2 " cl.' -East Indian, 2s. 9d.-Great North of India , 25. 6 Great Southern of Madras, 25.-Madras, Nellore , and 'AP' cot, Is. 6d. GLASGOW, Jurrx 25. brae. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, l' l6 —Clydesdale Junction, 421/—Direct Bombay and 9d.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 66s.—Eastern ties, 201—East Lothian Central, 368.—Edinbere3 Perth, 21s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (5 pet _ v ce ll 2, guar.), 41% —Ditto, Halves, No. 1,27i 3 —Ditto, Halves , L'ij an ' 6/. 4s.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, W. Qs. 611 ,-- „ i Sas, chester and Southampton, 11s. 3d.—North British , -""•0 1 coal 51s. 3d.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 14s. 9(1.--F Central, 25 1 4 —Stirling and Dunfermline, 51. 45.-- 14/115° ,1 1 ; town, Morningside, and Coltness, 641.—York and Newts'. Preference, 113/4. of THE POTATO CROP.—On Saturday mans market gardeners at Mortlake, Barnes, Putney, .F 1 114 17: and places adjacent, commenced moving the earl t ,P k ; tato crops, which, without any exceptions that coal( 1"" ascertained, are perfectly free from the aphis vasta for, and all other kinds of diseases. The number of potal toe s on each root is about the average, and they are as 613° and sound as in any previous season. Some mown) en - and have recently been made by a Morn in g C k:0:1" temporary, having for their object the immediate' 11 P; rooting of potatoes for the purpose of sowing hs n e , f beans. A correspondent remarks that such a coursi 3:d e adopted, would temporarily annihilat e two calve de sources of food, inasmuch as the potatoes would be stroyed, and the time for sowing har i co beans is 11 . the proper time being towards the close of April or arY, the the in May. The harico beans s own in the sprint fel the present year are scarcely yet in blossom, an probability is, if they were sow n now, that, beimg very tender plant, they would not outlive the oho, bt severe frosts which it is well known immediately_ pr t the early dawn of August mornings. Throughou most county of Surrey, generally, the potatoes are ma 3 ; healthy condition. P dills DETERMINED StrICIDE.—On Saturday, —r. ou held an inquest in the University College Hospital, Hannah Greatrix, aged 33. Benjamin Wood, a cowl la; sitor, deposed that he had cohabited with deceased years and, until her repeated attempts to cut his and Cy other means to murder t him, him, compe ll ed hi= .;_°. leave her in January last. Thursday night he met qa ceased in Union-street, Somers-town, when she told abs had taken arsenic; but he did not believe her, as « 3r: had frequently before threatened to destroy hers' The next morning he found her dying i n the hospit4 sir w here she expired in six hours after her admission. 51 10 had recently attempted self-destructiou by swan° , Filial; a quantity of laudanum. Thomas Edwards, assista oI to Mr. Knowles, druggist, Seymour-street, stated the r 0 11 Thursday evening he sold deceased, in the presence .of witness, four drachms of white arsenic for the avo vied purpose of killing rats. The house-surgeon obset,red that four grains would destroy life, and that the qi2au.• tity sold contained 240 grains. The coroner and Piny censured the culpable practice pursued by chemists ;and Kelly, of K o e f nn i i n n d g i t s o c n r t m s m ai a d te t l h y a s t el a li t n selling poison. el T ev h e7t. 4 ass ort Thursday night, he found deceased sitting on the step of a hall door in Green-street. She told him that she ti ad taken poison, and begged of him to procure a constal to carry her to the hospital, which office witness hit self performed. She acknowledged that she took t he poison herself, and expressed a hope that sho would sat survive. Verdict, " Deceased destroyed herself, b there was no evidence as to the state of her mind at ti be time she committed suicide." FIRE AT ASTLEY'S THEATRE.-011 Saturatki night, shortly after the conclusion of the performano es• report was raised that Astley's Amphith eatre was °ll fire, and messengers were dispatched for the fire-engi. Fortunately, however, the attendants of the theatre bill' succeeded in subduing the flames in their idea*. or the consequences would have been most disastrous. r ; W. Batty stated that at the close of the t heatre the •ca were engaged in hanging some rolls of calico over ;td medallions in front of the boxes, and having left the al 0 1 chandeliers burning, the cotton fell on th e light al?! speedily became ignited, and before the flames he co theuld . got out one of the gas-pipes was melted by sto The damage is but slight. OPENING OF THE ROYAL GARDENS AT JEW. Saturday the pleasure grounds in connexion with It l e Royal Gardens at Kew were, according to annual e!; tom, thrown open to the pub l ic, ai l tom, and will remain so üb l ; the end of September, when they will be again until the Midsummer of 1848. cloves+ BIBTES. On the 26th inst., at 47, Russell-square , the lady of Norton Peto, Esq., of a daughter. On the let inst., at Florence, the wife of Fra nk Mori, Entl.7 of a son. On the 21st inst., at Croydon, the wife of N. L. Als" in ' E On sq., of a son the 22(1 . inst., the wife of Charles Munday, surgecs l' King-street, Snow-hill, of a son. tb ,6 On the 23d inst., at Fiddington House , ne ar Devizes, wife of W. Charles Hood, Esq., M.D., of a son. On the 24th inst., at Fetcham-park, the lady of G. Bat nard Hankey, Esq., of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Clapham-rise, the wife of the Rely • Robert Bickersteth, of a son. Rot.- On the 24th inst., at Lee, Blackheath , the wife of the William Francis Sof a dhter. On the 25th inst. i , ms, in Quee au n-s g quare, Bloomsbury , the Wit of J. Eustace Grubbe, Esq., of a son. ton tir 4. On the 25th inst., at St. Michael's -place, Bronap William Moore, of a son. MARRIED. On the 26th inst., at St. Margaret's, Lothbury, by the rev- On Hollingworth, Edward Routh, Esq., of heath, to Elizabeth Shardon Taylor , only daughter of th e late William Crees Taylor, Esq., of Blackheath. On the 24th inst., at St. Ge ,rge's, Hanover-square, Cherie William Reynolds, Esq., late Captain in the 16th Lancers, Charlotte Mary, only daughter of t,lLF.Thl°er. DIED. On the 21st inst., at Wobur n-s q uare, John H. Yates, Esl', t i te r ,71 On the 23d inst., at Leam in g ton, Jane, eldest slaug the late Claud _Neilson, Esq. On the 23d inst., at Paris, Joshua J. Brandon , Es q . On the 23d inst., at King's Cliffe, Margaret, re lict of the late John Campbell, Esq., aged 72. On the 23d inst at Samford, Henry William !Jordon. On the 24th at t Croydon Lodge, Croydon, Abigail' Ricardo, aged 65. On the 25th inst., at Barnes, Mr. Jeffery L. Barton. NT 11 London : Printed and Published by 31171030 YOUNG, 01 N ° ' •t Strand, Printer, at The Zan Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the frecills: of the Savoy, tbo County of bilddleSez, Kendal, 1114 T. 1 3 ' soli: Mgned I hum ins 4 11(1. uiEl ng tßorr Age at Entry. Flo 1 ho 60 .-____ Insur rates. Icosp tiow Ilbove ; N' , tilts 1 ?nth res Is, on mituro oleo the t weets t Albeit The to tt the ar VI wlicY el Ate. ` 7° !lifol ._The A.l '" Ultel or ▪ rerwai 6 .- CP Notice LI the B einsolich 2.5 th LglY of .)) un to th, *te of i 41 , 1 °Wed ZaY gha; Ae d a3 . 4nntn e Prom tion r e er kid." ° al CoIIC All Ch 2 ,' *lli 1 4 411 u 8 E 'HT' /10 Li i i" WisA RE. p 1 l it net A. _ ;o .tttt ri , „n, C, a , b all , a .,_ T"`w„ „Dor je, t est r oe Ries TA vvt a~l n e E e 4 110 Y; 111 0 , Cast Da Tw, ‘`" 1 1)51 bre, txt Fell T„ Clot ?„ oy Ob s , !lu e , Ito rt , 3 E. / 1 1%4] Ladle ; 44, g , Ca m DObli n like f a and t 1 Or gen Xe 4 est" TR SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1841. yr`;yr ' , I • .1 1.5 l 'i 4 at n ; 41'111e, M 1 Ch Cie