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MPERIAL PAR LIAMEN T HOUSE OF LORDS—(YEsTEnDAy.) MERSEY CONSERVANCY BILL. On the motion of Lord RLDESDALE the standing or ders were suspended, and the above bill passed tikrongh all its stages. The Bishop of CHICHESTER presented a petition from a place in Essex against the Divorce Bill. OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS BILL. Lord CAMPBELL expressed his satisfaction at hearing that the Commons had passed this bill with cer tain amendments. These amendments were quite in the spirit of the bill, and on Monday next he should move that their lordship should agree to these alterations. THE MUTINY IN INDIA.. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, seeing the noble earl the Lord President of the Council in his place, moved for the production of a copy of the order issued by the Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay army requiring that the ranks of the native army should only be recruited from the high caste division of the population. He believed that that order had been issued a few days before the mutiny in the Bengal army broke out, and it was then cancelled by the local Go vernment. Nevertheless it was necessary that that order should be produced, in order that their lordships might be in a position to judge wheth 3r Inch a provision as that order enforced did not form an element in occasioning the revolt. It was the opinion of all parties acquainted with India that nothing tended more to the laxity of conduct, or to excite a spirit of mutiny than such an exclusive system as that which he bad referred to. Nothing was more calculated to make the natives arrogant and proud than this homage to caste. The only question to be considered was not who was the best Hindoo, but who world make the most loyal soldier. Earl GRANVILLE said there was not the slightest objection to the production of the paper moved for by the noble earl. It was only fair to the commanding offictr referred to to observe that it was the natural wish of the European officers generally that the soldiers enlisted should be of the highest caste. It was a great mistake to suppose that this or any similar order led to the mutiny in the Bengal army. It would be presumptuous in him in the present state of affairs to give any distinct pledge as to the course Milst would be adopted with respect to the re-organisation of the Indian Army. Tae subject then dropped. . , LUNATICS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Commons' amendments to this bill were consi dered and agreed to. BOUNDA.RIES OF BURG/IS BILL. The Commons' amendments to this bill were also omiidered and agreed to. POLICE (SCOTLAND) AND SMOKE NUISANCE (SCOTLAND) BILLS. The Commons amendments to these two bills were agreed to. CONSOLIDATION FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. _ . Earl GRANVILLE moved the third reading of this bill. Lord MONTEAGLE then rose and commented at great length on the financial measures passed during the present session, and passed a glowing eulogium upon the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, but, in his opinion, the financial system at present in existence was such as coul I not for a moment be defended. Earl GRANVILLE entirely agreed with the noble lord in his congratulations with regard to the present favcurable state of the national finances. He agreed with the noble lord as to the importance of the savings banks, but he could not follow the noble lord in his ob jections to the manner in which Government had dealt witlt those institutions. It appeared to him that the course which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had adop ted was strictly legal, and at the same time highly a!- vantageoca to employ the funds as he bad done. It was the intention of the Government to move for a select committee on savings banks next year, when the power which the noble lord had objected to would be fully con sidered. With regard to the appropriation clause ob jected to by his noble friend, he believed it was fist in trodueed by Sir R. Peel, and early in the next session, some difficulties having been discovered, the matter was set right by a bill specially introduced for that purpose. The bill was then read a third time and passed. The COMMODES' amendments on the Smoke Nuisonce (Scotland) Bill were agreed to. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed, viz. :—Danbar Harbour Lean, Metropolitan Police Sta tions, &e., Militia Pay, Revising Barristers (Dublin), Probates and Letters of Administration (Ireland), Mutiny (East India), Joint-Stock Companies Act (1856) Amendment, Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) (No. 2), Customs and Excise, Customs, and Pimlico Improve ments Bills. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. Earl GRANVILLE having moved that the house do now adjourn, Lord REDESDALE said a bill of very great impor tance had come up from the other House of Parliament, and he begged to remind their lordships that he gave notice on the preceding day that when that bill came up to their lordships house he should move that the amend ments made therein by the other House of Parliament be taken into consideration that day six months. He there fore thought the question as to the Commons' amend meats in the bill should now be discussed by their lorl. ships. The LORD CHANCELLOR, wLo spoke with consi derable warmth, said—My Lords, that bill has come up from the other House of Parliament with a great quantity of very important amendments, which your lordships have not had an opportunity of reading or seeing. (Cheers.) It has been reported that the noble lord, avail ing himself of the position in which he stands, is now about to move that these amendments be taken into con sideration this day six months. (Cries of " Hear, hear," and laughter.) My lords, in what position would that put your lordships' house with the country ? (Hear.) Etre is a bill involving a most important question, de bated for a month in your lordships' house, and for six weeks in the other house, and is an attempt now to be made to got rid of it by that which every one in tin; house knows— Übe remainder of she sentence was lost in the cheers of the house.] I trust that the noble lord the chairman of your lord ships' committees will not put you in such an invidious and discreditable position in the eyes of the public as his motion would place you. (Hear.) Lord REDESDALE—The noble and learned is ex tremely indignant at what he conceives to be my conduct in this matter. I rose when the adjournment of the hollse was moved to speak upon the bill in question, be carse nobody ventured to move that it should be taken into consideration on any particular day. I thought it was not right that we should leave the house without anything having been said as to the course Gavernmeat intended to pursue with regard to the bill. When any noble lord moves that a bill be taken into consideration on a particular day, it is open to any other lord to move that it be taken into consideration on any ether day, and I del most distinctly give notice to the noble earl (Earl Granville) that when the bill in question did come up I eheuld move that the Commons' amendments on it should be considered that day six months. I thought it was un pre per that your lordships should be asked to consider the important amendments made in that bill on the day before the prorogation of Parliament, and it was on that gr(•und I gave notice of my amendteel,t, in order that all parties might know that it is my intention to m eve , that the Commons' amendments be considered this day si.z months. Lord CAMPBELL—When was your amendment to • be moved I Lord REDESDALE—The words that I used last • night when giving notice of it were these :—" I expect that the Divorce Bill will be brought up from the other house to-morrow, and I give notice that when that bill comes up to this house I shall move that the Commons' • amendments be taken into consideration this day six months. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—Were those words taken down and inserted in the minute-book I Lord REDESDALE—They could not be entered into the minutes because that bill was not before the house. (Vehement derisive cheers, cries of " Oh. oh," and "That's the chairman of committees ?") He asserted tin t.the course he had adopted was perfectly regular. It was open to any noble lord on a motion that a bill be taken into consideration on a particular day, to move that it be considered .on some other day, and when he gave notice that he should take the latter course with regard to the Divorce Bill he acted quite fairly and cour teously towards the house. (Hear.) He was the last man to wish to do anything irregular or unfair, or to Wick to restrict the freedom of their lordsbp.' dehbe iat:ons ; he maintained that ho had given full no tice of the course be intended to take, and that accerd ing to the rules of the housa he was strictly in order. Earl GRANVILLE.—I think this is a matter in which the character of the house is at stake, and it is themfore to be hoped that your lordships will calmly Gage tider your decision. In this assembly we are, per eZt, not always so strictly regular in cur conduct of it tutees as the other house ; but what I have remarked n. et, It _t tu.l % ho use during the eh ,rt time I have had a seat in highest appeal to the noble marquis (Lansdowne), the ing it;lattlority among us, to confirm what lam stet almost a s 9Our lordship have invariably observed it petty ridesat4 i r° principle not to take any mean or to let all oe r p t that be gained by a surprise, but forward. The notsleual be perfectly fair and straight of tee course he intend says ta.eaYtaslir': gave notice yest rd,,y and certainly it is nit fir me to contradict bl e d m , every peer who was present anteiallt. B u t t was gi I venture to ask ~t , i tae whe ther the noble lord's notice, awl proc Z i l t !as it did to a contin get cy, would ad mit of his amendment to night ..I feelquite gonad regularly e u. t with hi s m e the strong for I only reflects fora moment, and-p,ta it rthenotle feeling he entertains in regard to this ,he ... that the course he has him-sett proposed i s no ;: o w n 1 . 11 ee b he would have approve d on the p art of anoth er peert.lt • per fectly monstrous that we should be asked to rej e t, the Commons' amendments b:.sfora they have be en printed and submitted to our examination ; and I c an . not. think that my noble frien d, to whom, from bin of ocial position, we usual!) , look up for guidance on ques . tions affecting the regularity of our proceedings, will per:list in the intention he has indicated. At all events, I hope that this house will not subject itself io the eyes of the country to the imputation of seeking by a mere trick to get rid of an important measure. (Hear, bear.) Lord ST. LEONARD'S (who was very indistinctly beard) was understood !to complain of the use of the word "trick" and other expressions that are seldom intro duced into their lordships' debates. Noble lords oppc- - site had also evinced unusual vehemence in their cheering, a circumstance calculated to excite a c >re ere nding warmth of feeling on that side of the house. }lie noble friend (Lord Reticulate) had gives notice that THE SUN, LONIBON; SATtr llO .l. - ir EVENING AITGIUSr when the Divorce Bill came up from the other house he would move that the Commons' amendments be consi dered that day six months; but nothing, he was per suaded, could have been further from his intention than to take their lordships by surprise. Weed, he was sure that his noble friend was incapable of anything of that kind. (Hear, hear) Let the house calmly and deli berately consider this question, and let the Government distinctly state whether they meant to afford full time for that purpose. But if they were to have no other opportunity than Monday, the day before the proroga tion, to !discuss and decide upon the many important amendments which had been introduced into the mea sure elsewhere, he should be-compelled, however unwill ingly, to vote with his noble friend against such a pro ceeding. He hoped, therefore, that the Government would fairly inform their lordships when this subject would be brought forward, and would also give an assur -1 ance that there would be no attempt to prevent a full and free discussion. The Marquis of WESTMEA.TH trusted that the noble lord would not persevere in the amendment of which he had given notice, even though it might be strictly in ac cordance with the rules of the House. The Earl of WINCHELSEA. was of opionion that, on the eve of the prorogation, they could not bestow that attention to this question which its deep importance Lord PALMERSTON said that the late Bishop of Norwich resigned his bishoprick under circumstances painful to himself but honourable to his personal cha racter, for, finding that his infirmities prevented him from adequately performing the duties of his high and sacred office, he resigned without any stipulation. It was the intention of her Majesty's Government to have asked the sanction of Parliament to sanction some general provision on the resignation of a bishop from age or infirmities, but circumstances had prevented. I He hoped, however, next session to be able to do so, and to make it retrospective to meet Dr. Hind's case. At present the Government had no means from which to make a provision for Dr. Hind. SAVINGS BANKS. deserved. Lord CAMPBELL said that he should support the motion for the adjournment of the house. Upon his solemn word and honour his opinion was that the pro posal of the noble lord (Redesdale) was irregular. He understood, and he believed their lordships all likewise understood, the noble lord to give notice that he should bring forward , his motion when the discussion upon the Commons' amendments came on. That would be a per feotly legitimate course, and the understanding on both sides of the house, with the exception of a few who were in the secret, was that the discussion would be taken on Monday, and not sooner. He could not believe his ears when he heard that the noble lord's motion was to be pro posed to-night. He thought it must be a hoax, for he could not imagine the noble lord would do anything in consistent with his station and reputation. Lord DUNGANNON protested against the Govern ment giving only a single day for a discussion upon a Bill so important, to which the country was adverse, and which would in his opinion be fraught with mischief. Material amendments had been made in the bill, and it was impossible to consider the measure adequately on Monday, when so few peers were in town, and when the right rev. prelates were detained in the country upon the business of their dioceses, Their lordships would stand in a false and invidious light before the country, if a measure of this kind were smuggled through the House without due deliberation. His noble friend (Lord Redesdale) had given regular notice that on the bill being brought up from the other house be would move that the amendments be considered on that day six months. Lord WYNFORD had heard that it was the inten tion of the Government to bring on the discussion upon that night. (" No, No 1") The bill had been printed and he held a copy in his hand. The Marquis of BATH remarked that a great deal had been said about taking her Majesty's Government by surprise, but he should wish to know whether it was not they who were taking by surprise many noble lords who had supported the bill in its progress through their lordships' house I (Hear, 'hear.) Several noble lords had, for instance voted in favour of the Bill because it contained no clause giving to the wife the right to sue for a divorce against the husband upon the ground of his having committed adultery ; and it was scarcely fair, he contended, upon the part of the Government, at a moment when they had entire command over the house, to endeavour to force a clause to that effect, which had been introduced into the- Bill in the House of Commons, upon their lordships, particularly when it was taken into consideration that to the absenee of that clause the success of the BM in their lordships' house was to a great extent to be attributed. (Hear, hear.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who was very in distinctly heard, was understood to speak to the following effect :—My lords, the noble marquis who has just sat down seems to have based his observations upon the assumption that her Majesty's Ministers now possess entire command over this house. But what is it, let me ask, which has given to them that command ? Why, my hrds it can be nothing else than the non-attendance of noble lords opposite, whose duty it is to be in their places as much as it is the duty of any other peer, and to whom the same means of being present at our delibe rations were open as were within the reach of her Ma jesty's Ministers. (Cheers.) To state, therefore, that the Government have the command of this hcuFe is to take a course which it is, in my opinion, unconstitutional in the case of a peer in Parliament to adopt. (Hear.) Her Majesty's Ministers never have had the control of this house, and I trust the noble marquis will never see the day when a contrary state of things shall have taken place. (Hear, bear.) With respect to the question before the house I can only say that what ever course the noble baron opposite (Lord Redes dale) may take, I cannot deem it right that a bill of great importance such as that under discus sion, in which material alterations have been made in the other House of Parliament, should be pressed upon your Lordships' attention without due notice of the nature of those amendments being afforded. If, my lords, a contrary course were to be sanctioned, and if her Majesty's Government, even though they do not possess that authority over this House f .r which the noble mar quis opposite seems to give them credit—were to resort to the practice of having measures of great moment brought up from the other House and passed without notice, I ask whether such a system would not be open to grave objection. (Hear, hear.) It un loubtedly would, and yet such is the course which the noble baron opposite asks us now to pursue. (Hear.) I have un fortunately had a longer experience of the proceedings of your lordships' House than the noble marquis who has just addressed us—an experience ex'euding over a period of 40 years—but I am not aware that during the whole of that time, there has been a single instance in which, without notice having been placed upon the books of the i House, the rejection of a bill has been moved by a peer who was not either the author or the mover of the mea sure. (Hear, bear.) From that salutary practice I t.iust, my lords, we shall not on the present occasion de part. (Cheers.) Earl GRANVILLE, adverting to certain observa tions which had fallen from Lord St. Leonard's, said it was proposed to fix the future consideration of the Divorce Bill for Monday next, and also took occasion to observe that the Government had by no means come to the determination that the prorogation of Parliament should take place on Tuesday, inasmuch as that event must altogether depend upon the progress of public business. Lord REDESDALE complained of the tone which had that evening been adopted by noble lords opposite in his regard—(near, hear).--and observed that if any tihng could justify a man for being angry the treatment which he had just experienced would furnish such justi fication. And yet, in what, he would ask, did his offence consist I Simply in the ot that he had given notice that when the bill under discussion shoull come up from the other House of Parliament he should move that it be taken into consideration that day six months, (Hear, hear.) That was a course which he maintained he bad a right to pursue, and which was in itself perfectly regular. (Hear, hear.) If, however, it were supposed that such a course involved anything unfair—which he contended it did not—he for one was not the person to persevere in its adoption. He did not blame noble lords opposite for being a little irri table upon the subject, because they no doubt felt that if be were to press the motion of which ho had given notice to a division they would be left in a minority. He, how ever, was placed in a somewhat difficult position, inas much as if he consented to forego making that motion he might allow the opportunity to pass by for defeating a measure which he believed to be fraught with the most mischievous consequences to the community at large. A f ter the appeal which had been made to him by noble lords opposite he felt there was a difficulty in pursuing the coarse of which he had given notice. But though he might not persevere with his motion he trusted that something more than ordinary consideration would be given to the discus sion of the amendments in question, for it would be in the highest degree dangerous to pass what was so serious an innovation on the law and usage of the country with any thing like precipitation. (Hear, hear.) He would with draw his motion in deference to what possibly might be the feeling of the house, but under the circumstances he could not say he did so willingly. E GRANVILLE said his noble friend near him and himself entirely acquitted his noble friend (Lord Redesdale) of any intention to take the house by sur prise, and they werrethe more desirous of doing so, after the handsome manner in which his noble friend had withdrawn his motion. It only remained for him (Eerl Graneille) to say the withdrew his motion for the ad jeurnment, in order that his noble and learned friend on the wool-ack might give notice of his intention to move that the Commons' amendments to the bill be taken into consideration on Monday. The LORD CHANCELLOR then gave notice that on Monday he should move that the Commons' amend ments to the Divorce Bill be taken into consideration. The house adjourned at 20 minutes pa,t seven o'cleck. In answer to a question from Mr. HAMILTON, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER de clined to give a positive pledge to re-introduce the Savings Banks Bill next session, but he should be pre pared next session to propose the appointment of a select committee to enquire into the operation, &c., of Savings Banks. (Hear, hear.) CUBA. Sir G. P. PECHELL inquired of the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any additional vessels, including gun-boats, had been sent to the West India station for service on the coast of Cuba. Sir C. WOOD said that as soon as the house voted the necessary men he ordered four gun-boats to be im mediately got ready for Cuba. Two of them would be ready to sail in a few days. BULLION, &c. Mr. NEWDEGATE moved for the following re turns :—Account of the notes, securities, bullion, &c. of the Bank of England, as published weekly in the Gazette, according to the Act 7 and 8 Vic. c. 32 (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 410, of session 1856) : Returns of the quarterly averages of the weekly liabili ties and assets of the Bank of England (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No 410, of session 1856 ; from the latest dates given therein to the present time :) Of the monthly average aggregate amount of Parliamen tary notes payable to bearer on demand, in circulation in the United Kingdom ; distinguishing those circulated by the Banks of England and Ireland, and by private and Joint-Stock Banks in England, Scotland, and Ire land ; together with the bullion in the Bank of England (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 410 of ses sion 1856, up to the present time) : Of the minimum rate of interest at the Bank of England on the let of each month in the years 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, and first six months of 1857: Of the general weekly average prices of wheat, barley, oats, rye, !smug, and peas per quarter (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 410, of Session 1856) : and of the quantities of wheat and wheat flour, and of all other kinds of grain and meal, stated in quarters, imported into Great Britain during each month of 1863, 1854, 1855, 1856, and first six months of 1857, distinguishing each kind separately ; and whether imported from Ireland, the colonies or foreign parts, giving the monthly averages thereof, also the average price and totals for each year, and fot the first six months of 1857 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 410, of Session 1856). Agreed to. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Mr. HENLEY proceeded to review the dis cussion that had taken place on the bill, and the changes that bad been made in it in many of its material parts. When the bill was introduced, the Government said it was a perfect measure, and that any one attentively reading it could not fail to understand the opinion of the Government on it, and in consequence the Opposition had had, both in the house and out of it, "the dogs of war" let slip on them for opposing the measure and attempting to disease it. Oa the introduction of the measure, the Opposition stated that there was no time to fully consider the subject, and he thought he should be able to show, from the result, how correct was their prophecy. It was said when the bill was introduced that it made no change in the law, but merely altered the proceedings relative to divorce, and got rid of a great blot on the institutions of the country and the scandal attaching to actions of trim. son. ; and it was further alleged that the bill would bring home to the doors of all classes of her Majesty's subjects those privileges in reference to divorce which were only now within the reach of the rich. It was quite impos sible at the period of the session when the measure was introduced to give it that consideration which its im portance demanded, and he thought he should be able to show that the objects for which it had been introduced were not likely to beattained, and that the measure stood in such a position as showed it had not received that consideration that was either creditable to the Govern ment or the importance of the bill demanded. The hon. gentleman then referred to the period that had been occupied in discussing it. Seven days—morning and evening sittings—had been occupied in committees, and the result had been 13 material changes in the bac, although they had been told it was a perfect measure, and had received ample discussion by competent persons in the other house. Of these 13 changes no less than 10 of them were made without divisions and as• sented to by the Government on the reasons and obser vation advanced by hon. members on both sides of the House ; two material alterations had been made by the Attorney-General, and one on a division by the oppo nents of the measure. Fifteen divisions had taken place in the Committee. Of the:e 7 were proposed by gentle men who voted for the second reading. . The bill as amended had made a material change in the status of a woman separated from her husband judicially or di vorced, and enlarged the grounds relative to the charge and custody of children. The most material change made in the bill was in reference to the constitution of the new tribunal and local jurisdiction ; security to a wife after separation ; the grounds on which divorce was to be obtained ; increased discretion to the court to dis miss suits ; fine on the committal of adultery ; procedure in the new court, and the right of appeal. The right hon. gentleman then entered into other details of changes, and concluded by expressing an opinion that this important question had not been, sufficiently con sidered, and regretted that Government should have considered it necessary to press the measure through this session. Sir G. GREY congratulated the house on the pro spect of the bill being read a third time without a division, from the right hon. gentleman having con cluded his review of the measure without a motion. He said that he considered the statements of the right hon. gentleman showed that the bill had been maturely considered, and was a sufficient answer to the charge of undue haste made against the Govern ment. He defended the bill, and urged thatthe changes that had been made in the bill were by no mean s of that importance with reference to its principle attached to them by the right hon. gentleman, though he (Sir Geo. Grey) admitted they were great improve ments. (Hear, hear ) Sir W. HEATIICOTE said the Opposition were by no mewls satisfied with the state of the bid, and their declining then to go to a division which would not test the real opinion of the house was not to be taken as con senting on their part to the bill passing. Mr. AYRTON thought the house had done its duty in making the bill as perfect as possible. After some remarks from Mr. NEWDEGATE, Lord J. MANNERS entered his protest against the third reading of the bill, He objected to it principally because it imported for the first time into the statute law of England the dissolubility of marriage by human la'w, He entered at some length into other objections be had to the details of the bill, and said that it was to be regretted that a bill of so much importance had been forced so late in the session through a jaded House of Commons. The manner in which it bad been forced through that house was a source of great regret and ob. jection to hi-e, and never during the whole of his Parliamentary career had he heard such complaints against the conduct of business in that house as bad been made by persons of weight and influence against the pro ceedings of the noble lord in reference to this bill. Lord PALMERSTON said that the intention of the hon. gentlemen opposite not to divide the house was consistent with their conduct throughout the discussion on the bill. He denied that any member of the G overn. had enunciated an opinion or anything that could approach to it that the bill should be hurriedly passed through the house as it came down from the other house. The government bad always shown not only their readiness but their desire that the bill should be fully and properly discussed. .11 had been said that the bill should not be passed both privately and publicly. On one occasion an hon. member said to him, " You shan't pass the bill," and he replied to him, " Won't we." (Laughter.) On another occasion the hon. member for the University of Oxford spoke,of the Greek Kalends, which he subsequently explained as not used in reference to delaying the bill, but the Government thought so, end it was in consequence of those threats that he (Lord Palmerston) said en a former occasion the G .vernment would sit till September to pass the bill. The noble lord then referred to other matters connected with the pro gress of the bill, and also its details, and sail that he denied that marriag e was considered indissoluble by the Church of England , and referred to the 25th Articl3 of Religion in confirmation of his statement. With reference to the concession made to the clergy in the blil, his lordship expressed at hope that they would understand the feeling that induced Government to agree to it, and that they would not look upon it as a principle which if carried out would be detrimental to the interests of the Church of England. He considered the bill had been improved by the amendments that had been intro duced into it ; and in reference to the charge that the bill had not been introduced to allow the house to be come acquainted and understand its provisions and give their attention to it, he said that when it first came to that house there were 347 members on the first division, and that further progress showed that the supporters of the bill were as two to one. In cone:lLion, the noble HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(rEsTBRDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'cl)ck. GOVERNMENT STORES. Mr. NICOLL asked the Secretary to the Treasury if, with the return ordered for detailed accounts of the receipt and expenditure for navy, for army, including c)mmissariat, and for ordnance services for the year, up to the 31st day of March, 1856, there will be any ob jection to include a derailed account of the nature and value of public stores in hand at that data ; together with A statement of the produce of sales of condemned and surplus stores during that year ; and if the evidence taken by the Public Contracts Commissioners would be circulated during the recess? Mr. WILSON said that the return to which the hon. member referred had been prepared and laid on the table of the house, and if the hon member would reltr to the published quarterly accounts he would find, under the head of old stores, what they produced to the revenue. A detailed account of the produce of sales and surplus stores would be vtZ,difficult to make out, and he thought the expense, would not trouble it would entail on the department inittee had hieneade• wwohneniuintowtabse .compensated by the va'ue of the return doubt it woulatbs.s( The report of the Contract CJM presented to the house , and he had no circulated during the recess. Sir HARRY VER./ 1 1 CHAPLAINS TRE INDIAN ARMY. War what number of chaplains asked the Secretary for I accomm►pany the military a c a e ins had been appointed to JOHNfor RAMSDENthe Indian Army devolved upon the East said ti !;i a roceeding to India ? providing of chaplainsSi r India Company. He believed that there were chaplains FRENCEi REFUGEES. at every station in India. - - .. 1- ~ • Mr. WILLI.AU WILLIAMS asked the First Lord of the Treasury, whether there was any truth in the r lord. rtt crred to the good conduct of the house— t!'...,:ughter)— in disposing of public business, and he wished rauomvoeurnrmtheanttioifn France, the wGiotvhearnnmapepniticoattitohnisferoomutthr...a then to express through them to the country the fact would expel some of the French refugees who have that the members sent to the new Parliament had not sought an asylum in this country ? been unfaithful representatives, or neglectful of their Lord PALMERSTON said his answer first was that duties. Ile congratulated them on there having been no such application had been made to her Majesty's fewer irregularities during the last election than usual Government—(hear, hear)—by the Government of in reference to bribery, &c., and that during• tta short France. B.is next answer was something like the ex- session of three months hon, members bad actively, per cuse given by a parish for not ringing the bells on the severingly, carefully, and successfully attended to the restoration of Charles 11., that they had none to ring— business before them. (Cheers.) (laughter)—that the Government bad no power to expel The bill was then read a third time and passed amidst them. (Hear, hear.) cheers. - CHAPLAINS FOR INDIA. SALE OF OBSCENE BOOKS, &c., PREVENTION Sir H. VERNEY renewed his question on the Chap- BILL. lains for India, which was answered by Mr. V. Smith in This bill was read a third time and passed. similar terms to Sir J. Ramsden. The Lord amendments to the Burials Acts Amend- BISHOP HIND. meat Bill, Probates and Letters of Administration Mr. GRIFFITH asked the First Lord of the Trea- Bill, and Ecclesiastical Commissions Bill, were considered sury whether her Majesty's Government were disposed and agreed to. to make provision for a retiring pension to Dr. Hind, late Bishop of Norwich, now that the retiring pension granted to the late Bishop Blomfield of 6,000/, per annum had fallen in? RETURNS. Several unopposed returns were granted. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord PALMERSTON moved the adjournment of the House till Monday at 3 o'clock. PERSIAN EXPEDITION. Colonel SYKES asked the President of the Board of Control, whether it was tho intention of her Majesty's Government to confer upon the officers of the Persian expedition the customary testimonials of approval of the successful military operations, in brevets, honours, and a medal? Mr. V. SMITH said that the distinctions to be awarded mu-t be left with the Government ; after rt4eiving recommendations from the Governor-General of India through the Court of Directors ; and on that depended when they would be granted. or whether they would be justified in convicting him only of the lesser offence of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The learned counsel then proceeded to narrate the circumstan es under which the offence was committed, and sai that, the magistrate by whom the prisoner was sent for trial having made a communication to the Se cretary of State that it was a fit case to be taken up by the Government, he and his learned friend were instructed by the solicitor to the Treasury to con duct the prosecution. The following witnesses were then examined : Mr. Richard Thompson said—l am a solicitor, and have acted in that capacity fur the prisoner. I accompanied him to the Queen's Prison on the Bth of July, to see Mr. Robertson. Mr. Gower went with us. I had some conversation with Mr. Robertson. before the prisoner came into the room. He was sitting in an arm chair with his back to the window, and I was sitting on his left side. The prisoner came into the room, and was standing about five feet from Mr. Robertson, in front of him. The prisoner drew nearer to Mr.i Robertson, and it appeared to me that he struck him with his fist. There was an angry feeling between the prisoner and Mr. Robertson on the subject of the debt, the latter denying that he owed it. The prisoner struck him four or five times on the cheek, the right side, the temple, and the shoulder, and he fell to the ground, and I observed blood flowing from his person. De Salvi and Mr. Gower then left the room, and I went up to Mr. Robertson and supported him. Cross-examined—l have been the prisoner's at torney since 1856. He has been a valet, and I understood he had saved a little money. He brought me some bills of exchange to sue upon, and Ro- bertson appeared to b 3 his debtor for 200!., and he requested me to make some arrangement with De Salvi and Gower, and I sent for De Salvi for that purpose, and Gower accompanied us to the Queen's Prison. Robertson said to Gower that he did not owe any money to De Salvi, and an altercation arose between the parties. I have understood that the prisoner has lost 9001. that he had saved, and he told Robertson that he had had his money and he had nothing to do with looking after anyone else. De Salvi was greatly irritated at th;s time. Mr. Wild said—At the time of this transaction I was an inmate of the Queen's Prison, and I saw the prisoner and Mr. Gower go towards Mr. Robert son's room, and immediately afterwards I heard a scuffle in his room ; the prisoner and Mr. Gower came out together and walked along the corridor. 11 then - went into Mr. Robertson'sroom, and found him bleeding and wounded. I went in the direc tion the prisoner had gone, and picked up the knife now produced, with blood on it and the point broken off, about five yards from Mr. Robertson's room. After this I saw the prisoner and said to him, " You are Da Salvi, you are the assassin." He made no answer, but started back. Mr. C. R. Manson said—l was in the Queen's Prison in June last, and I remember about that time seeing the prisoner and Robertson together, and the prisoner was speaking about a debt due to to him upon a bill for 2001., and he said that if some satisfactory proposal were not made to him respect ing that debt he would have his life. I told the prisoner it was a very serious expression, and I should take particular notice of it, and should not leave the room unless Mr. Robot tson required it, and I remained until De Salvi left. I remember hearing a cry of murder from Mr. Robertson's room on the day this happened, and I went out immedi ately and saw the prisoner in the passage below leading to the yard. I recognised him as the person who made the threat previously, and I laid hold of him and asked him if he did not recollect me. He said he did not, and I told him I remembered him very well, and should not release him until I handed him over to the police. Croks-examined—l don't know what Mr. Robert s)n said in reply to the prisoner's threat of taking his life. Mr. Robertson appeared very much in timidated at the prisoner's conduct. Mr. Re bartion had also been endeavouring to get released from h s debts in one of the Scotch Courts, but was unsuccessful, chiefly, as I under stood, on account of the opposition to the proceed ing that was instituted by the prisoner and Mr. . Gower. THIRD COURT. Joseph Mull, 40, schoolmaster, was indicted for stealing a bank note of the value of 501., and three other bank notes, each of the value of Si., the property of George Bailey Tuson, in, a dwelling- house. Mr. Giffard and Mr. T. Salter prosecuted, and Mr. Ribton defended. _ _ The learned Counsel having briefly detailed the circumstances of the case, called— The Rev. Herbert Tuson—l live at Wick, near Bath. During the months of September and November last I was staying at Little Stanmore, Middlesex, doing duty for my uncle, who is rector of the parish. The rectory being let I was staying at the house of the prisoner, who is the National schoolmaster of Little Stanmore, and lives at the schoolhouse. The only persons in the house besides Jived were prisoner, his wife, and a servant, who slept out of the house. Upon the 6th of Novem ber Sir Henry Ellis, who occupied the rectory, paid me for my uncle, 671. 4s. There were four notes, one 501. and three 51. notes, which I put into my desk and locked. Upon the following day I went out to dinner, and before going I looked to ses if the desk was safe, and found it so. I left it upon the table in the sitting-room. I came home about half-past eleven and let myself in with a latch key. When I came in I thought the desk had been mov ed, but finding the window untouched I took no farther notice. Tie family were all gone to bed. Upon the next morning the prisoner came into my room and asked if I had left my desk locked. I said." Yes." He then said, "It is open." I dressed and went into the sitting-room, and I found that the desk had been forced and the notes and money were gone. 'The man was in some confusion in the room, and the drawers were open. A valuable silver communion service, which my uncle had 1 , nt me, was in those drawers, but had not been disturbed. The prisoner said he had lost some things of trifling value. There were no marks outside of the window to show that any one had entered the room from outside. C.oss-examinecll told the prisoner I did not know the numbsr of the notes. Mr. Bayley, from the Bank of England, proved that two notes, one for 501. and another for 501 ., came from dr. Bennett, and one for 51. from Messrs. Routledge. Sir Henry Ellis proved paying the notes to the Rev. Herbert Tuson, at the School-house at Stan more. Mr. William Bell said—l was over the room occupied by Mr. Robertson on the day in question. and I heard. a noise and a cry of "Murder 1" and the prisoner came out followed by Mr. Gower, aud they ran along the passage as fast as they could. Mr. Gower said " Oh 1" and shuddered when he came out of the room as if horror-struck. I saw the prisoner after this, and told him he should not go ; he was one of the parties, and he replied, Oh, what is it ?" Mr. Colville, the chief turnkey or the prison, said,—On the day this matter h.tppen.ed. I heard the alarm and took t'ie prisoner into custody. He was surrounded by a great unary people, and there was a cry of "He did it." The prisoner was taken into riatrA of ren,,,, gnrl he then anitl "T (MI nml Mr. Gower had nothing to do with it." He then male an effort to speak to Mr. Gower, but he said, "Don't speak to m..?." I was present when the deposition of Mr. Robertson was taken in the pre sence of Mr. Combe, the magistrate. Cross-examined—l tAd Mr. Robertson that Manson had stated in his evidence that he was pre sent when Da Salvi threatened to take his life, and he denied that anything of the sort had ever taken place. --- A servant girl in the employment of the prisoner proved that upon the morning the notes were missed she found her master up and in the school room when she came in the morning. In cross-examination she stated that he generally Mr. Wakem, the surgeon of the Queen's Prison, said that he saw Mr. Robertson about half-an-hour after the fatal cccurrence, and found him suffering from four wounds, one in the face, one on the collar bone, one on the temple, and another on the nape of the neck. The la.tt was the most dangerous wound of tile four. Paralys's total on one side and partially ou the othe-, had supervened, and Mr. Robertson was in a very dangerous state. He was of opinion that the broken portion of the knife still remained in the wound in the nape of the neck. _ The depositions made by the prosecutor were then put in and read. The first was as follows : '• lam a gentleman. I know the prisoners De Salvi and Gower. lam detained at the Queen's Prison at the suit of De Salvi. .A.')out 2 o'clock yesterday the two prisoners and a Mr. Thompson (a solicitor) came to me at the prison. I was in conversation with Da Salvi, when he drew out a dagger in his right hand, and he struck me with it on the side of the face. While I sat in the chair be struck me again on the face, and I fell on the ground. I had a struggle with hi o then, and he struck one three times with the same instrument on the neck and back. lam now suffering from the effects of the blows. I never met Gower till yesterday. I had seen him before at his place of business. Gower did not strike me. After Da Salvi had struck me twice, Gower said, ' Give it the villain,' and then Da Salvi struck me three times with the weapon. Gower is one of my de taining creditors.' This deposition was made on the day after the affair happened. The prosecutor subsequently made another deposition, pretty much to the same effect, which was also read. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. James then made a brief appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He said it would be hope less upon the fac - t3 before them to expect that they c ,uld come to any wilder conclusion than that when the prisoner made the attack upon the prose cutor lie intended, at alt events, to do hint seine grievous bodily harm ; but he hoped that when they looked at all tho ciroumetance3 of the case they would feel themselves justified in convicting the prisoner upon that count only. The learned counsel then referred to the facts of the case, and said he thought it was o sly due ti Mr. Gower, whose name hail been so painfully mixed up with the transaction, to state that it appeared. t ) him that the evidence contradicted the supposition that" he was aware that the prisoner was using a deadly weapon, and that it was clear he, as Mr. Thomp son did at first, thought that the prisoner was striking the prosecutor with his fist. He then urged upon the jury that there was no evidence to show that the act was at all premeditated, and he said there could be very little doubt that the prisoner, finding that he was likely t o l ose hi s money, all the savings of his life, was suddenly worked up to an ungovernable fit of pasciori, and in the excitement of the moment committed the offence w . th which he was charged in the second count of the indictment, and that there was not sufficient evidence to justify them in saying that he ha I fermed the deliberate intention to murder the prosecutor. Lord Granville teas then sworn and examined from the bench. He stated that 14 r. ars ago the prisoner was in his service and he considered him an inoffensive, mild-tempered youth at that time, and hal always heard the same character of him since. , Lord ilardinge gave similar evidence. The Rev. Mr. Goddar•l, the vicar of Eartham, in whose service the prisoner had been for several year, also gave him an excellent charact r. Several other gentlemen were examined, and they gave similar evidence. Mr. Baron Martin then summed up, and observed that the learned cowls 1 for the prisoner having admitted that the offence imputed to him could not be reduced Lelow the crime of wounding with intent t ) do serious bodily harm, the only points for the consideration of the jury were whether the evi dence made out the intent of the prisoner to be to murder the prosecute-, or whet'ler there were any facts in the case-which would warrant them in con victing him of the less serious offence. The jury retired to deliberate upon their verdict, and in a few minutes they returned into Court and found the prisoner Guilty upon the second, count, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. They at the same time strengly recommended him to mercy on account of the good character he had received, above an hour, came into court returning a verdic and the provocation that had been given him. of " Guilty." Mr. Baron Martin said he did not appear to have The Common Sergeant said he entirely concurre received any provocation. The only ground for in the verdict, and sentenced the prisoner to feu the recommendation was his good character. Ba- years' penal servitude. ron Martin then proceeded to pass sentence upon This ended the business of the session. the prisoner. He said'he had been convicted of an The courts sat until very late. offence which no one could doubt he had committed. Whether he intended to murder the prosecutor or not was known only to himself, but there could be no doubt that a man who stabbed another with a deadly instrument in the face and other dangerous parts of the body must clearly have intended to all but murder the man at the least. The pro secutor appeared to be yet in a dangerous state, and if he died, the prisoner would still have to take his trial for murder, and the present proceeding would not relieve him from that con sequence. The jury- had recommended him to mercy, and he should comply with that recommen dation to some extent, but the only ground upon which it could at all be attended to wa3 that of his previous good character. As to provocation there was none in a legal sense. The prosecutor might have behaved ill to him in money matters, but that was no justification for his committing such a deadly attack upon him, and it must be known that the law of this country would not for a moment sanction such a proceeding. His Lord ship then concluded his address by sentencing the prisoner to be kept in penal servitude for 15 years. George Cox, who was convicted on Thursday of stabbing his wife in St. Martin's-le-Grand, under peculiar circumstances, was brought up for j udg ment, and sentenced to six months' hard labour. - George Harvey, 46, and William John Thomp son, 32, two Post-office letter-carriers, who had pleaded "Guilty" to charges of stealing letters containing money, were also brought up and sen tenced to eight years' penal servitude. We are requested to state that the sentence passed in the Central Criminal Court on Thursday in the case of Harrison and Ryder Durant and Roger Durant was as follows :—Harrisou six years' penal servitude. The Durants were sentenced each to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, AtrG. 21; There continues to be a fair demand for yarns, and most kinds of cloth are more or less in request. Domestics, long-cloths, and T-cloths go off com mensurately with the production, and there is a moderate business for India. hile the market thus continues active, however, the position of ma nufacturers•is somewhat worse, because they find i impossible to force prices up in the proportion which yarns and cotton are rising in value. There is some slight improvement in the price of cloths, but it is slow. The prices of India cloths are slightly if at all better than they were a month ago ; but owing partly to the lessened production, andpartly to larger purchases by parties who have been tempted to enter into them speculatively from see ing the continued rise of cotton, they are very firm and some sellers hwe asked more money. In yarns there is a general advance since last week of fully id. per lb., and spinners being mostly well en• gaged have shown a disinclination to enter into new engagements without even a greater increase in these goods to cover the increased cost of cotton. This is more particularly the case in the medium counts of warps and ceps for export and home use, but the aggregate business of the week has not been large. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-AuG. 21. There was a good attendance at market to-day, and buyers bought cautiously, considering that the fine wee' ther would lead to lower prices. The market closed with no material alteration in the value of any article of the trade. Oatmeal was noted at 32s 6d per 2401b5. used to let her in. Frederick Wares, clerk to Messrs. Routle3ge, of Fa.rri 71 017 Erc, At . Tirocil.le.ol a letter recewed y post y their rm. upon the Oth prd. The Rev. George Bailey Tuson, sworn, said—l am rector of Little Stanmore. The prisoner has . . frequently written to me. I know his handwriting well • I should say that the letter produced is in his hand, but disguised. It looks like left handed writing. The letter was put in and read. It was dated _ from Finsbury-circus, and ran thus : " The Rev. Henry Neald, of Oxford, being now in London for a short time, wishes Messrs. Rout ledge to make him up a parcel of 900 of Archdeacon Allen's Penny Hymns, and would call for them on his road to the station upon his return to Oxfurd." John Purday, clerk to Messrs. Routledge, proved that about five o'clock in the afternoon upon the 6th of August, a cab drove up to their door, and upon his going out he saw a man inside, who said he was the friend of the Rev. Mr. H. Neald, of Ox ford, and had called for the parcel of hymn-books, and it was given to him, and he gave in payment a 51. note, the one produced, and received the change. To the best of witness's belief the prisoner was that man, but he wore a moustache, being rather grey, coloured spectacles, and wa3 dressed in black. Mr. G. Burns, an engraver and printer in Cam bridge-terrace, Edgeware-road, proved that some one wearing big whiskers and mou,tachios, came upon the 6th of June in a cab, and gave him orders to engrave a plate with the " Hon. C. F. Pon sonby, Harford-house, Dorsetshire," upon it. That man, he believed was the prisoner. Mr.i John Williams—l am manager to Mr. Burns. I first saw the prisoner on the 10th of June, at the door of our shop, in a cab. He came about the plate, and I spoke to him for some time. He paid a deposit upon the plat., and got me to pull him a proof card. lam sure he is the man ;he had on a large false moustache, most clumsily put on. I could see the sticking plaster. The disguise was most ridiculous, he looked like Guy Fawkes. (Loud laughter.) I went down with the police, and saw him come out of the church at Stanmore, and knew, him instantly. • Mr. William Cox Bennett, of 45, Clisapside, watchmaker and jewelltr, stated that upon the 18th of June, a brougham, with livery servant, stopped at their door, and upon his going out, he saw inside some one whom he thought to he the prisoner, but he was disguised with whiskers, moustachios, and spectacles. He had sent in the card, Hon. C. F. Ponsonby, Harford-house, Dor setshire, and said that ho wanted some of wit ness's lot, gold watches to make presents of to his tenantry. Witness advised him to have some of their 10/. silver ones, as being - better suited fcr country wear, and he after some diBcussitin assented and ztook five of them, laying with the 501.. note produced. Cross-examined—l only believe him to be the man. James Hayes, assistant to Mr. Kirkham, pawn broker, Strand, prAuced one of the watches in question. Ab )ut eight' o'clock upon the evening of the 13th of June be advanced him 5/. The man Re the name of E sward Mi]la, 3, Mean-es-build ings, Chancery-lane. Thomas Durrant, an assistant to Messrs. Dobree and Tomlinson, proved that some man, with a pro fu.ion of hair and beard, came to his employers' shop at about a quarter to 8 upon the same night. 'He gave the name of James Mills. Witness thought prisoner was that man. He pledged a watch for 5/. Stephen Whittaker, of the firm of Young, Princes-st:eef, Leicester-square, positively swore to the prisoner as having pledged another of the watches bet weeu 8 and 9 upon the same evening. He instantly recognised the prisoner upon seeing him coming out of the church at Little Stanmore. Cross-examined—l am quite certain he is the man. He wore spectacle?, but no beard. Two assistants from the shop of Mr. Luxmore, St. Martin's-lane, proved that the prisoner came upon the same night to pawn a silver watch, but his appearance and manner excit in g a susp cion they detained him, and inquired the reason of his being clisgui4ed, and he said h e was going to the theatre to have a lark, andsaid that he would leave them the watch to make inquiries if they wishetl. He then went away and never called again. That was another of the watches obtained from Mr. Bennett. One of these- wi nes3es picked the pri soner out from among eight or ten others. The °the -• evidence, including that of the ser geant of the police 191 S, merely proved tri3king the watches of er the information about the bank notes. Ribton, in a very able speech, pointed out to the jury the insufficient proof of the disguised man being the prisoner. The Common Sergeant having summed up, The jury retired, and after having been absent THE NOTICE PAPER. Mr. GRIFFITH submitted to the Speaker the ques tion, whether when an importantaniendmentplacedlupon the notice paper was subsequently altered in its leading principle, it would not be desirable that some note of such change should be appended to it. The SPEAKER said he thought it would create great difficulty and complications to adopt the course suggested. He thought also it was not too much to expect from every hon. member that he read the notice paper each day. The motion was then agreed to and the House ad journed at half-past three o'clock. SLIMMER ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LivEnrooL, Aug. 2: CIVIL COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Channell and a Special Jury. THE QUEEN V. SPENCE. This was an indictment for a nuisance, removed by certiorari, and brought down to be tried on the civil side. The defendant pleaded " Not Guilty." Mr. Wilde, Q.C., Mr. Monk, Q.C., Mr. Asp land, and Mr. Owens appeared on behalf of the prosecution ; Sir F. Thesiger, Q.C., (specially re tained), Mr. Atherton, Q. 0., Mr. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Manisty, Q.C., for the defendant. The defendant, it appeared, is a manufacturing chymist, carrying on the manufacture of alum at Pendleton, near Manchester, and from the tall chimney of his works issues a white vapour of an exceedingly offensive character. It was de scribed by the witnesses as " pungent, foetid, and offensive." Some described it as having the smell of "rotten egg-4," and others said it smelt like "Harrogate water," his Lordship remarking that this was two similes for the same thing. One of the witnesses said the vapour " set his teeth on edge." Sir F. Thesiger, in cross-examination, asked him if it injured his appetite ? The witness replied, " No." Sir F. Thesiger—Then it was rather an advant age to you, as it sharpened your tooth ? (Laughter.) This pungent stench was described as pervading the houses in the neighbourhood of the defendant's works and for a mile round it, producing a sensa tion of nausea, and giving the children sore Viroats. After various ineffeotual attempts to come to an arrangement as to the future management of the works and the abatement of the nuisance the else went on, and is likely to occupy a very considerable time, there being a large bo ly of witnesses yet to examine. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Watson.) Bridget Cochrane was indicted for the murder of Margaret Cochrane, at Liverpool, on the 21st o: December last. There was also a second indictment against the prisoner for the murder of Catherine Cochrane, bith of them children of the prisoner, aged 6 years and 4 years respectively. Mr. Aspinell and Mr. E. M. Fenwick conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Davison (assigned by the Court) defended the prisoner. The prisoner, who had recently given birth to a child in the gaol, earnest!y persisted iu taking her trial this assizes, in spite of the humane obk:ctions entertained by the learriel judge, who this morning cleAired that she might remain boated. The charge against the prisoner was that she had pes;. , -- , --11---1.-- .1,12--- I-, -.1......:—:-L--:., 42 , 1.- al--- oxalic acid in buttermilk, It appeared that she and her husband, who was a dock labourer, and the two children, lodged in a room iu St. Martin's-street, and that on Saturday, the 20th of December, she returned home after her usual avocation of selling fish, and proceeded to boil some potatoes for her children, at the same time sending the elder child, Margaret, to a neigh bouring shop for a candle and half a pint of butter nelk, and upon the child's return the prisoner divided the milk into two portions, which the child ren drank with the potatoes. These circumstances were deposed to by the landlady of the house, who left the children eating, but did not observe that the mother took any part of the milk herself. The land lady having gone out to market the prisoner and her two children were seen about hilt an hour after wards g oing up the stairs to bed by a lodger, whose room was opposite to that of the prisoner. The children at that time walked upstairs and ap peared perfectly well and healthy, and the pri soner was seen to leave her own room and go downstairs, taking the candle away with her. In about an hour's time the landlady returned and found the prisoner alone and seated by the fire in d o wn exclaimi ng th at t h e moms up tiehdegkeirtschraenn, a nd in about 20 mi nu t es one o f th e steers were filled with smoke, upon which the pri soner at once exclaimed " Oh, my children are dead," and hurried upstairs and was afterwards met coming out of her room with her eldest child in her arms quite dead, and, banding it to one of the lodgers, she returned and brought out the second child, who died !very shortly afterwards. There were no marks of violence upon either of the bodies, nor were their chemises at all burnt. Assistance having been obtained the p eop l e i n t h e h ouse wen t into the prisoners bedrcom, and there they found a bed on which the parents generally slept, and which lay on the floor, completely burnt from the c e ntre of it through the floor and ceiling of the room und a ernetatt while the b e d on w hi c h t h e c hild ren slept, opposite corner of the room, remained untouched. The beds were composed of shaving 4, and coneequently easily ignited. An inquest was then held upon the bodies of the children, and the c i rcu mstance of the prisoner and her husband hey ing suddenly withdrawn afer the first day's in quiry, and the suddenness of the death of the chil dren aroused various suspicions, which end€d in a post-mortem exatnination, the result of which was that 42 grains of oxalic acid were detected in the body of the elder child, and 20. grains in that of the younger child, a quantity, in the opinion of various medical witnesses, amply sufficient to account for death, assuming that a large portion of the dose had been absorbed into the sytem. After a very long and elaborate examination and cross-examination bf the medical witnesses, who were unable to speak with any certainty as to the time at which the poison was administered. The learned judge, who had previously enter tained some doubt as to the sufficiency of the evi dence, interfered, and inquired whether the counsel for the prosecution were prepared with any evidence that the woman had ever been proved to have had poison in her p osse ssion, and on being answered in the negative at once stopped the case, adding that uo doubt there were circumstances of grave sus picion against the prisoner ; and by his lordship's direction, a verdict of "Not guilty was taken upon both in ic rne cats. post mortem exa m i na ti on The prix iner, who laid left her house suddenly after a vaen seareh, i h m u tre e d e i m at m el e y ne a e f d te , r w t a h s e , ulti mately taken into custody in Ireland in April last. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) Antonio de Salvi, aged 29, described as a ser vant, was placed at the bar. The indictment charged him on the first count, with maliciously and feloniously stabbing and wounding Robert Henderson Robertson, with intent to murder him, and on the second, with the intent of doing him some grievously bodily harm. A jury, partly composed of foreigners, was em _ pannelled to try the pr:son3r. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Sleigh conducted the pro secution ; Mr. K James , Q . 0., and Mr. Ser j e ant Parry were specially retained with Mr. M'Mahon to condwit the defence. Mr. Bodkin in opening, the case to the jury, skid that it was his du'y to l a y before them the circumstances under which the present serious charge was made against the prisoner. The offence charged iu the first count of the indictment was still capital, and he believed that in the result the only question for their consideration would be whether the prisoner did really intend to take the life of the prosecutor, WAKEFIELD-A.uG. 21. The fine weather has had a decided effect upon the mar ket this morning, and wheat was slow of sale. Fine 01d fresh was is and oreanary anmples of wheat 2s per quarter lower. Dry new wheat a fair sale at 63s to 65s for wit and up to 703 for fine white. Grinding barley in fair de' wand, beans steady,.and oats and shelling unchanged. , ~Average prices of grain—Wheat, 63a 7d ; barley, 31 ' 3 , 9Ad • oats, 32s ; beans,:47s ; peas, 41s Od rye, —O. Od. EXETER —Aim. a. CORN.—Wheat, 7s 6d. to 7s 9d ; barley, 5s to 5s 64 ; grinding do., Os Od to Os Od. ' Oats, 3s 4d to 3s 6 d . Beans, Os 0(1 to 0. Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. FLOUR. —Fine, 42s Od to 44a 01 ; seconds, 4O Od to 42 0 Od per sack. CATTLE. --There was a small supply of bullocks. Bes t beef, from DA to us 6d per score ; inferior, 9s 6d to uls Per score ; fat calves, 5d to 6d per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to 01 Od. per score ; cows and calves, 121. to 201. ts ; butcher" calves, Od to 7d per lb., rearing calves —s to s each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21. 5s to 31. 5s per couple; ewes. 01 to 6d; wethers, 6d 6d; lambs, 7Ad to 0 per 13. rigs) large size, —s to —s ; second size, —s to —s ; slips, to —s ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 4id per lb , Pork carcases from uls Od to Hs 9d per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—Atta. 21. _ - ----- Importers have shown a disposition to meet the buYert there has been rather more steadiness, particularly duriot the last few days, and about 1,000 hhds and tierces of We India have been disposed of, chiefly to the refiners, at from 47s to 50s for ordinary to middling yellow Trinidsds. floating cargoes no transactions. Refiners' produce 0 11 4 in retail demand, and some descriptions must be quo ted again rather easier. Rum in moderate demand at 2s. Ow and 2s. 7d. per proof gallon for Leewards and Deraerata. it'T.—AuG. 21. t the close of the market Walleend, ate. COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton at s. d. ranfield Moor l5 3 s O. Earsden's Hartley l6 0 Hough Hall 17 4 Holywell ........ ..... .16 C fees l9 0 Wylam 0 West Wylam 1 6 0 Kepler Grainge ... ...... 1. a Wallsend, &c. daswell 19 Riddell l6 0 Ships at market, 39 ; sold, 32, COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-XESTERDAY. tm5terc1am............ 11 17 (Gibraltar ......•••••• •• 8 ' Ditto, three months .. 11 19% !Leghorn .. • 29 Bt3 i , Rotterdam ............11 1 ti% 'Genoa •••••• 25 Antwerp •• •••• •••••••• 25 42% ,Milan •••••••• •• .• •••• Brussels .............. 25 42% ,Venice...............- 42N aamhurgh •• •• •• •• •• • • 13 8% ;Naples •••• .• •• Altena ..•• •••• •• •• •• .• • • Palermo •• •• 000000 •••• i2a 41 Paris• ••••• • • •.•• •• ••.. 25 25 Messina ..• 128 Do. three months . .. 25 65 ;Lisbon ~ o We 527 Marseilles ............25 65 Opor to • . •••• •• •• ....•• Boucles= .• •• •••• •• .• •• Rio Janeiro ..... . ••...• --' irrankfort-on-Nlaine .• .. 11934 Buenos Ayres ..... ..„ - Berl i n ................. .. New York, 60 days' sight -- Vienna •• •• •• •••••• ••.. 10 32 Philadelphia ••...... „,„ •—• trieste.• •• •••••• •• e• •• 10 34 PRICES Or BULLION, rem uZ: -.. 3684 Foreign Qom in Bars £3 17 9 Petersburg •• .• •• •• +• •• 49 `" 'Portugal Gold Coin.. — 5 - 0 - 0 Madrid 50 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 B areelona •• .• •..• •• . • New Dollars 0 0 0 5evi11e...... LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions in this warke ti have beeu quiet, and prices of all descriptions of stocl 4 are again without any important change. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 99¢—Caledonian, 334—Eastern Counties, 114—Midland, 84 3k—North Eastern Berwiok, 2 2 3 2 1 South Eastern, 24—London and North-Westerns , 1 —Grand Trunk of Canada, 12.13.9. —Lancaster 6 .° 0 „ Carlisle, thirds, 71 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and 14 f coin, 40a—Luxembourg Const., 7A—Great Western Canada, new, 3s. 9d. p.—Warrington and Stockport tension, 7i. MANCHESTER, Arra. 21. I ; f e STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was moderately sc.- to-day, and prices were rather steady. Sheffields, 40 —Midands, 83 i ,z--Dovers, 21 8,--Blackburn, 7 9-16 --.Bf s ti Lancashire, 94—Eastern Counties, 11 5-16—L 011 * and North Westerns, 1026—Leeds, 9 f;—Ditto, new, 14,, —Great Western, 54—Grand Trunk of Canada, 12 1,,, a Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 71 — l7 °""f Bank, 6 p.—Caledonians, 39 13-16—Great Western ° Canada, 216. BIRMINGHAM, Atm. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market has been steady LO-da, and prices have been firmer. Great Westerns, 53i London and North Western, 1021 i—Ambergate, 6 —Midlands, 13i—Sheffields, 408. A HINT.--If your sister, while tenderly engaged 10 ts tender conversation with her tender sweetheart, asks yo d to bring a glass of water from an adjoining room, 3 11 1 can start on the errand, but you need not retur'l You will not be missed, that's certain. Don't fore this, little boys. .120 LADVERTISEMENT.3— A few more of the extraor di na ry , without Medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulen cP Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver complaints, Col Asthma, Consumption, and Debility effected by Du Bar to delicious health-restoring Revaleuta Arabica Foca., 3a here given : Cure 52,422. Bridgehouse, Frimle , , April, 1854.—Thirty-three years' diseased lungs, F pittiuv of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in toe e a l; constipation, debility, shortness of breath, an d - cm gh, been removed by your Revaleuta Arabi ca . My lots, ill stomach, head, and ears are all right, my h ear i ng perfect, an my recovery is a marvel to all my acqua intances.—P` S h ROBERTS, Wood Merchant. F rom th e Venerable deacon of Ross.—No. 32,836. Three years' excessil nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, 313 ,,, general debility, which rendered my life very miserab le has been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restor ing Food.—ALEXANDER STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skiberee ll ', Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors c' Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorla,nd ; Dr. Barr e l! Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattilier ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingr avl " Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of CO tll, stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other resp ects persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all otho means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full T structions. In canisters, lib, 2s. 9d. ; 21 b, 4 s. 6d . ; 51 lis ; 121 b. 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage free , on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Du Barry, tt 77, Regent-street, London, IMPORTANT CAUTION against fearful dangers of spurious imitations :.—The V.ce-Chane o `: for Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction on t b : 10th March, 1851, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitatit l . "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 17th inst , at Castelnau Villa, Barnes, the HO' Mrs. Frederick Fitzmaurice. On the 21st inst ,atWimbledon, the wife of Robt. Esq. On the 20th inst., Mrs. C. W. Shirley Brooke. OF A DAUGHTER On the 18th inst., at Windsor, the wife of the 11,ev.-irenri J. Ellison. Oa the 20th inst., at 7, Montpelier Villas, Stockwell, MO' Joseph Hannah. MARRFED. of Renislaaw,'Derbyshire, to Louisa Lucy, the On the 20th inst., at Lois Weedon, Sir Sitwell Reresbi rhillNorthamptonshire. 1, Colonel the Hen. Henry Heley Hutchilr inst., at St. Lawrence, Kent, Captain J. 0 ' fourth S o i u tF ,n e o l tf l :d lve a ß u e2 a g s l ot . h t toh t:e i Blackburlie, loyal Artillery, fifth son of the Right g° d . the Lord Justice of Appe a l i n I re l an d , t o Eli za beth, sear' daughter of Anthony Crofton, Esq., J. E'., barrister-at•law. DIED On the 20th inst., John Randford, Eoq., of Sutton Monti° , Somersetshire, aged 75. On the 20th inst., at 5, Taviton-street, Gordan squar ol Jane, wife of Robert Charles, Esq., aged 61. Oa the 19th inst., Griffith Cadwallader, eldest son of gt• W. C. Foulkes, of 46, Thornton heath, Croydon. On the 19th inst., at Manley Hail, Staffordshire, John 0 ' Manley, Esq., aged 62. On the 17th inst., at St. John's-wood, Mrs. MariaGuichar de On the 13th inst., at Biarritz, the Hon. Francis St. IlipP ° ' lyte Murray, infant son of Lord and Lady Ribank. On the 9th inst., the Rev. J. S. Sergrove , LL . B . , recto! , of St. Mary,Somerset, London, and Cooling, Kent , aged 61 On the 31st May, after 35 years' active service 'in Inds killed by the treacherous mutineers; Brigadier J. H e alaf e Handscomb, commanding the Oude Briga de at Lueknow, lat of Padbury, Buckinghamshire, aged 52. r_ LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOlll4 O of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 14°, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savo y , in the cotinV of Middlesex, Tridoy, August , 1857. MON T" R AC 04 the a ,, 0v0 Dr. KAHN Lectures art the Philos " Artifleisl Open from t( AIIITJ RE Influential g Buffering fel 11 1RETING London, on' The dial'. w Many Int a Comm!tte affordinz rel t his fearful Ticket% a lie,ervect an . if° n---1 T EH sw( YOUNG, N , 30 Gaineas. 'FOR tl with Coat, 2/. 1( Waistcoats, PRIN thisd SOLD sever, tural displa' are everyth for the occu etude of con most fashi( buildings its beautiful to Which th and co ns id e the /n o r ", Bennington. 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