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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, June 25. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT. Her Majesty's assent to the following Bills was given commission. rh. - Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Campbell. Sc,ap Allowances; Stage Carriages Duties; Lunatic Asylums ; Out-Pensioners, Chelsea and Greenwich; N ewfoundland Government; Collection of Duties (Port fatal; Loan Societies; Representative Peers (Scot land); Transference of Lands (Scotland); Burgage Tenure (Scotland) ; Service of Heirs (Scotland) ; Crown Charters (Scotland) ; Heritable Securities for Debt (Scotland) ; Trust Money Investment (Ireland) ; Prisoners Removal (Ireland) ; Destitute Persons (Ire lsn?i—(No.•2) ; Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Rfrilway (Staines to Ascot and Wokingha:nwithßranches) ; 'Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway (Richmond to Windsor) ; Cork, Blackrock and Pas sage Railway ; Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway (No. 1) ; Waterford, Wexford, and Wick lOW and Dublin Railway ; Liskeard and Cara don Railway ; Wexford and Valencia Railway ; Norfolk Railway ; Dundalk and Enniskillen Rail way ; King,uorton, Northfield, Beverley, and Edge b•st.on Rates ; Liverpool Gas ; Weymouth and Mel tombe Regis Harbour and Bridge Trusts ; Van Die men's Land Company; British American Lands Com pany ; Ross and Cromarty Roads ; Townshend Peerage. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up several Bills. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Ee.rl FOKTESCUE presented several petitions in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. citi A LIFiCATION OF PEERS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Earl of ROSEBERY moved the second reading of thia Bill ; and in doing so took occasion to describe the w ode of electing representative Peers of Scotland. Alter a few words from Lord MONTEACLE, Lord bEevateN, and Lard BROUGHAM, The 81111 was read a second time. The Usher of the Black Rod having announced a Message from the Commons, The LORD CHANCELLOR proceeded to put the usual question, " that the messengers be called in," when Lor'J BROUGHAM said that he thought the waste of tirae called for by this absurd mummery ought really to be put an end to. He thought that their Lordships oright to adopt the same mode with respect to Bills cOm ;.nra from the House of Commons as that House did with respect to Bills from this House—viz., the mode of re ceiving Bills by a list. The Noble Lord also gave notice that he would bring the whole subject before the House on Monday. The messengers were then called in according to the old ceremony. RAILWAY ACCOMMODATION BETWEEN LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM. ; Lord. REDESDALE postponed his motion, " That the Railway Commissioners be directed to inquire into the accommodation afforded by the several lines of raileiay nose open or in the course of construction, or projected, heaween London and Birmingham, and ;to report to this - House early in the ensuing session of Parliament in what manner they are of opinion that the interests of the public may be most effectually secured in regard to such lines, and whether it is expedient that the broad gauge should he extended to Birmingham ; and if so, in what manner such an arrangement can be carried into effect with the least interference with existing interests, and with the system of railway communication as set tled by the Act for regulating the gene of railways; and what conditions it would be desirable to annex to any permission granted to the Great Western or other railway company to lay down a broad gauge contrary to the provisions of the said Act. OXFORD AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. The Earl of DEVON then brought forward the mo tion of which he had given notice, to refer the petition of the chairman of the Oxfoid and Birmingham Junp tion, and the Birmingham and Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway Companies (presented to this House on the 17th instant), to the Select Committees on Standing Orders, with instructions to the said Com mittee to report their opinion whether in the case of the Birmingham and Oxford. and Birmingham Wolverhampton and Dudley Railways Amalgamation Bill, it may not be expedient, under the peculiar circum stances of the case, to dispense with the proof of the standing order 220 sec. 6, which requires that the said Bill should be submitted to a special meeting of the pro prietors of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway, and that the saidXotninittee do proceed at their meeting on Tuesday next, to ascertain whether the other stand ing orders applicable to the said Bill have been complied with, and to report their decision thereon forthwith to the House." The Noble Earl who was heard most in distinctly in the gallery, was understood to say, that from the information he had received, he was perfectly satisfied that no shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford was prevented from voting at the meeting, on the 4th of December, by the withholding of the scrip certifi cates of the directors, and that, therefore, the statement that had gone abroad, that they were withheld for the purpose of preventing them from voting was without foundation. At the meeting of the 4th of December, Mr. Motley presented himself, and stated that he repre %rented the North-Western. He produced an otter, sinned by persons high in office in the North-Western, offering a larger sum for the line than that offered by the Great ‘‘' estern ; nevertheless, the agreement was con finned for the sale of the line to the Great Western. The directors of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley also agreed to lease their line to the Great Wes tern, and the Great Western agreed to purchase both ; but after these agreements had been deliberately entered :into they would hardly believe, because it was an un eemmon thing in the ordinary transactions of life, that disgrace‘ul proceedings were resorted to by those interested in the North-Western, in order to obtain pos session of these lines. Lord REDESDALE said it would be his duty to re sist tlosnotion of the Noble Earl, and in doing so he must take leave to tell their L irdships, that if they did not persevere in supporting the standing orders, it would be impossible to carry on the business of the House. The standing order in question was framed for the purpose of protecting shareholders against the acts of the direr tore, and it would not be fair to deprive the existing shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway of the privilege which it gave them. Besides, it would be establishing a bad precedent, and to pass this resolution, they would have company after company coming forward to ask for the same indulgence, Ile betrusted, therefore, the Ho use w ould not adopt it. - fe; Lord ASHBURTON state d th a t h e h a d no i n t eres t whatever in either of the conipeting lines. But he cer tainly thought that the whole affair was one of the grossest juggle on the part of a powerful company to defeat the intentions of the Legislature, and deprive the -ii public Of the benefit which they had a right to expect La _ from competition. d 4 ; Lord WHARNCLIFFE opposed the motion. It Lord PORTMAN de n i e d, on t h e aut h or i ty o f M r. Glynn, the chairman of the London and North-Western Company, that that compeny had had anything whatever to do with the purchase of the shares as alleged by the petitioners. After a few words from Lord %I.I.APTESBURY tl.e House divided, when there appeared— Contents, Non contents Majority against the motion —B Lord REDESDALE then moved the resolution of whichlhe had given notice, namely, to refer the con sideration of all the lines existing, projected, or in the course of construction between London and Birmingham to the Railway Commissioners. T 14,0 Noble Lord stated that there had been so many dispuillas upon this point. and the present system was so very scrambling and un- Lain, that he thought their Lordships could entertain no objection to this motion. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY then put the motion, which was agreed to. Their Lordships then adjourned. , HOUSE OF COMMONS. June 25. (Continued from our Afte rnoon Editi on o f yesterday. ) The House resumed at Five o'clock. : l e l' The - Usher of the Black Rod a pp eare d a t t h e b ar an d * S411:1111oned the house to the bar of the Howe of Lords to' hear the Royal Assent given to several Bills (for which see Lords' report). CROWLAND AND COWBITT DRAINAGE BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. INVERNESS HARBOURS BILL. ammo; This Bill was also read a third time and passed. ,11(• The Leeds Waterworks Bill (No. 2), an d L yt h am Im provement Bill were both read a third time and passed. • The report on the Eastern Counties Railway (Ilford to Tilbury Fort and Southend, with a Brsnch from Vange to Battle-bridge), was brought up. The reports on the Kingston-upon-Hull Dock Com b,dAeeiny, and Liverpool Insurance Company Bills, were aa i w AirtheF considered. e di ~., THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL. ,! Mr. WARD rose to move the recommittal of this He said &Bill on this subject was brought on at „, 1 ,, an early period of this session, the object of which was to disjoin the interests of the Corporation and the Crown on the Thames Conservancy. The Hon. Gen tleman then went i n t o t h e d e t a il s o f th e Bill a t c0n ..., siderable l engt h. I t wou l d b e necessary to make an outlay of - 45,0 00 1. on the improvement of the river. gentlemen who had been consulted on the ques tion in the City concurred in the terms proposed by this Bill, b u t the constitution the gre a t diff erence was as to of the conservancy board. That `hpard was to consist of nineteen members, it being posed to infuse ne,w blood into the management. It 'was prop,,sed that teri`of the se s h ould be appointed by City, the rest by Government, but Watshatitiproposi tion the City would n ot accede, It to -posed that the se should be appointed 'e st4 ro subject to a veto on the part of the Crown. An Ron. Me m b er of the Committee had said, that that proposal having been made, it was inconsistent with the of that House to make a second, p ro p os al ,' but he was happy to state that the City hail wisely re e ,,,_ sidered that decision, and at a meeting at Covent_ .garden, a resolution in conformity with such a change ~of opinion had been passed. Mr. HLTME said that he did not think that the Com- Ines. , Council of the city of London were the proper partiAss to undentake the clearing of the river ; he thought that the responsibility ought to rest upon a much higher power than that of a self-elected corn muity such as the Common Council. It gave them a , control over the property on the Thames from the a:. mouth up to the Nore. It was proposed to the lei Common Commit that one-third of the committee -„should be chosen by the Crown from parties in -rina`tweested in the Thames, but, after a long debate, the Common CO4nC4 refused that offer. He thought that it was beneatri the House of Commons to enter into any ,such arrangements as those which had I been proposed. For what was it proposed? According to Mr. Walker's suggestions, to entrust the expenditure of .)00,000/. to a self-elected- body, who might, after all, reject the proposition of the Committee, and he did think, therefore, that it was un worthy of the dignity of the House to re-commit the Bill to the same Committee as that which had pre viously sat upon the subject. In 1836 there had been a similar Committee, and they had reported strongly against the measures which were at that time adopted in the government of the river, and it would appear that considerable loss of life had ensued in consequence of the mischief that then existed. The Hon. Gentleman then read from a report of the Committee on the subject, to the effect that the conflicting interests in the con servancy of the river were injurious to the navigation. He, therefore, after what had happened, objected to any concession being now made to the City. The river ought not to be entirely left in the hands of the Corpora• lion ; it was a public concern, and ought to be managed for the public. But it had been hitherto entirelyneglected, as the evidence given last year most fully showed. The Hon Gentleman continued to quote from the evi dence of last year, to show the disgraceful state of the river channel. He added, that it was a disgrace to London, and the City Corporation, the way they had acted.—Hear, hear.) Time after time, impedi • ments and delays were being experienced, and yet the City had done absolutely nothing. If malt were imported by the river Lea it would be free of charge altogether, but if it came by shipping it was subjected to a heavy charge. Now, he would ask, was not that a monstrous absurdity, and ought it to be tolerated any longer. It was an unanimous resolution that one-third of the board should be elected by the Crown, and he, therefore, did not see that it was of any use whatever to carry out their proceedings, but the better plan would be to wait until there was a new Par liament, and then to open the whole question of the jurisdiction of the city of London, and then they would see how far the City would, in a matter which involved the power of taxing the public to the extent of 500,0001., presume to set the House of Commons at defiance ; fur he believed that the whole of the difficulty would then be obviated. He had put a notice on the paper to the following effect :—" That it appears by the reports be fore this House, that, through the neglect of the Corpo ration of the city of London, who have been, and claim to be, the conservators of the river Thames, the naviga tion of that river has long been, and now is, greatly im peded by numerous shoals and other nuisances in different parts of that river ; and, therefore, it is most desirable that these impediments to the navigation and com merce of the Thames should be speedily removed." But in order to save Hon. Members from any false posi tion, he would waive this part of his notice, and simply move, " That an address be presented to her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to take immediate measures for carrying into effect the requisite improve ments in the river Thames, and to assure her Majesty that this House will supply the means for carrying into effect these most necessary improvements." Mr. STEWART WORTLEY said that he should be sorry to stand j ie way of this Bill, but he would feel it his duty to taßpose the motion of his Hon. Friend op posite, and support the amendment of his Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose. He thought that if the mo tion of his Hon. Friend were carried, the five persons nominated would be so under the beck of the Govern ment, that the City would still be able to rule the whole of the c mservancy board. The City of London had not attended to their duties as they ought to do, for they let out piers, bringing in an enormous revenue to the City, but at the same time impeding the progress of the navigation in no ordinary degree.—(Hear, hear.) The Corporation were called upon in the year 1836, to remove the shoals in the Thames, and their answer was that they had no power to do so. What excuse had they for not doing so ? There was a very large fund amount ing to 54,0001. accumulated upon tonnage on the river, and yet none of it was attempted to be applied to these purposes. Capt. Beaufort when examined, said that every day's experience convinced him of the necessity of the conservancy of the river being placed under the control of some such board as the Admiralty, or the Board of Con trol. Such was the opinion of the Crown officers in 1836. Could it be doubted that if there were due economy, that the city would have sufficient funds for the management of the river? Lord GEORGE BENTINCK doubted whether the Learned Attorney-General would acquiesce in the law_ as laid down by the Learned Gentleman who had just sat down. The Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Hume) had to-night appeared in a new light—as the champion of the rights of the Crown. He (Lord G. Bentinck) saw that the river Thames was in the conservancy of the city of London since the days of William the Conqueror, and he saw no reason why that jurisdiction should be now changed. As soon as Mr. Walker made some pro posals to improve the navigation, in stepped the Go vernment and made a claim which they had never before exercised. The Navy-office, the Trinity-house, and se veral ether public offices, held the titles of these pre mises from the corporation of the city of London, which he thought, was a strong proof of the right of the Corporation with respect to the conservancy. The Corporation, however, were quite willing to refer all their proceedings and their works to the inspection of the Board of Admiralty and the Government, and it ap peared to him to be a degradation to the House of Commons to proceed in the manner proposed, and to attempt to interfere with the jurisdiction which the cor poration of the city of London had always exercised. Me. T. DUNCOMBE said they were now called upon to recommit the Bill on the motion of the Secretary of the Admiralty. After detailing the whole state of the case up to the present stage, he said that the Corpora -1 tion ought to approach the [louse by petition, and not by proposing the recommittal of the Bill. This he con tended was not a respectful way in which to approach the House. He said that this was a measure of national importance, and the city of London ought to have nothing to do with it.—(Hear, hoar.) Was it to be supposed that the aldermen and councillors of the city of London going floating about in their barges— (Laughter)—were proper conservators of this great river? Ile denied that they were so, and he therefore called upon the Government to postpone the measure till next session, when a proper measure would be brought forward. Lord MORPETH said the ground which influenced him in support of the Bill was the opinion of the Board of Admiralty, who believed the measure would be pro ductive of great public utility. He was willing to believe that the yesult of this Bill would be great public im provemeht4 and as a competent officer, under an efficient board, would have the superintendence of the river, he anticipated that the greatest benefits would accrue. The Corporation had latterly showed a desire to co operate with the House and the Government, and he did not think the present proceeding was an act of degradation on the part of the House of Commons. Nothing that had passed in the CoMmon Council influenced him in this case, because the conduct of the Common Council did not entitle them to that consideration which some persons seemed to claim for them ; neither did he consent to it at the sole request of the city, hut simply because he was desirous of improving the navigation of the Thames as speedily as possible. He should, therefore, consent to the re-com• mittal of the Bill, in order that the improvements which the Bill was proposed to carry out, might be effected with the least possible delay. Colonel WOOD adverted to that portion of the Bill which provided that one third of the Commissioners should be appointed- by-the City, and said, that if this were to be so, vibagwould become of the great shipping and trading interests which surrounded the metropolis? Where were there inter es t s re p resente d? I t was withthat object that the Committee report e d th a t it was d es i ra b le that the Crown should represent one third of the Board, but the pusillanimity of the Government had placed them in the ignominious position in which they had now found themselves. The Crown claimed a right to the soil of the river ; but this power the Bill would destroy, as it would have to be sold to those who were the pro prietors of land on its banks ; and that was one of the principal means of raising the funds for the navigation of the river. He Amid support the motion of the llon. Gentleman, the Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume), because he considered that they ought to have an en tirely new body, appointed by some other means. He did not say that the City (light not to be represented ; but he said that the - persons engaged in trade in other parts of London, had an equal right to be represented. Fourteen shoals now existed in the river, but if the City had properly performed their duty, this would not have been the case. Believing that the evil. which existed in relation to the present navigation of the Thames required a more ex tensive remedy than that provided by the Bill, he should support the motion of Mr. flume. Mr. WILLIAMS rose amid loud cries of "Divide." lie said the whole subject of the conservancy of the Thames was referred to a Committee of that House, and - they, after mature consideration, reported in favour of a scheme, but the authorities of the City rejected it. He was sure, however, that that House knew its duty to the public better than to truckle to the City. Many of those who sat in its Councils, were the lowest kind of shop keepers, and far from capable of being entrusted with the affairs of so great a city. In the inquiry into municipal corporations in 1836, the greatest evils were found to exist in the corporation of the city of London ; but, although more ancient corporations had been abolished, they were still entrusted with the management of their affairs, and they still managed them improperly. Every vessel_ that went up the Thames paid a tax for the purpose of keeping the navigation in a proper condition.—(" Divide, divide.") If they gave the Cor poration the power of nominating five of the members of the Corporation, they had better give up the Bill altogether. If the Bill were referred back to to the Committee, he was confident that they would come to a similar result. Alderman HUMPHERY said, after considerable liti gation between the Crown and the City with respect to the navigation of the Thames, the Corporation brought in a Bill to cure the evils which were complained of— one result of which was, that they should clear away the shoals, and make other improvements in the river. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose said that the cor 'oration received 56,0001. a year for corn dues; but the amount was expended upon 250,000 freemen of Lon (l"n—(Cheers and laughter)—they were the constituents o t f e the Noble Lord—(Hear, hear)—and it was right that andh country h should ouwue dues understand tend that the corporation ex .Pethendelapaell of f the d money . . which . they received in „much improved during atmcpirtoyviwnghiethhehandavbiguantionso; London. Thethe last twenty-five years as lion; might not have the Bill sent back as he wished o ut . whether this were so or no, give the Corporation another he thought they ought ' I, they left nothing undone ...opportenity of showing that for the improvement of the navigation. - . . Th e H ouse then divided, w h en there appeared— at ' 4 For the re committal ............. 0 A r t .................. 9 2 2 4 g i os t ................. woo • A'afajority for the committaa._ 6B - THE younTA py:-EDIJCATION. Lord J. RUSSELL having movethat the rit etule, at its rising, do adjourn till 3londay, t __ 1' II El S ti l4, ' ,-~ t ONDON, Sir DE LACY EVANS then asked the Noble Lord, the First Lord of the Treasury, in pursuance of notice given. First—Should the supporters of an existing national school, in a parish where Non-Conformists are not sufficient in numbers to form a separate school, desire, in consequence, to adopt a rule of management which shall admit the children of Non-Conformists, with exemption from attendance at Church and from instruction in the Catechism, and should the National School Society refuse their sanction to such rule, will the Committee of the Privy Council on Education consider the desire on the one part to adopt this rule, and the refusal of the National School Society to sanction or grant aid under such circumstances, as reasons sufficient to form a " special case?" 2d. And in the event of the Committee of the Privy Council deem ing a national school, adopting such tolerant rule and practice, to be within the class of " special cases," will the loss sustained by such school by reason of the refusal of assistance from the National School Society, be taken into consideration in determining the proportion of aid to be granted by the Committee of the Privy Council ? 3d. It having been intimated that individual minutes are contemplated by Government to meet the case of Roman Catholics, will the Noble Lord at the head of the Government inform the House, whether Con gregational Dissenters, who approve the principle of Government aid to education, have a similar measure of liberality extended to them which is thus so justly intended towards their Ronan Catholic fellow-subjects, and to which they are equally entitled ; to the effect, that additional minutes may also be hoped for, to en able Congregational Dissenters, upon special applica tion, and without touching the previous minutes, as affecting Church of England Schools, to accept Govern ment aid, without being constrained to render any ac count to Government on the religious knowledge or duties of the monitors and pupil-teachers ? Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply, said—Sir, I will answer the different questions which my Hon. Friend has put to me, although, of course, I cannot enter into any par ticular case. With regard to the general principle on which the Committee of the Council of Education are prepared to act, I think it has been stated in previous debates, that if the managers of any school should think proper, while they conform generally to the rules of the National Society, not to require the children to learn the catechism or to attend church, and thus to admit the children of Dissenters, thereby becoming, as I believe, separated from the National Society, the Committee of the Council of Education will feel themselves at liberty to extend their aid to such schools.—(Hear, hear.) As to the second question,—the loss to the schools owing to the refusal of the National Society to give assistance, — each case must rest on its own merits, and each case will be considered on its own merits, and aid will be given to Church schools generally which admit Dissenters in aid of local subscriptions in each district. With respect to the third question, the regulation has been introduced not only to meet the case of the Roman Catholics, with respect to whom a minute has been prepared, and the draught of which has been submitted to the Catholic Institute, but it has also been introduced to meet the ob jections held by Congregational Dissenters—objections which I think of an extremely refined nature, but which I still think ought not to prevent aid being given to schools which would otherwise be assisted. The Go vernment minutes would be satisfied without the iu• spector giving an account of the religious examination of the schools, if the managers of the schools should say that they were satisfied; this, I think, would amount to no interference, but many Congregational Dissenters, who entertain strong religious opinions, and who are remarkable for praiseworthy conduct, think that this is some interference, and if the Privy Council are satisfied that this may be made a ground of religious objection, they will not require that the local managers shall state that they are satisfied. A minute on the subject has been prepared; it lies by for consideration; but it will be probably adopted at an early meeting of the Privy Council. With regard to the Roman Catholics, it is right to state, to prevent any misapprehension, that the regulations will relate to future grants only, and that the grants now made will be administered strictly in accordance with the declarations made in this House. We shall endeavour to extend education by Parliamen tary grants as widely as possible, but with respect to grants already made, they will be distributed according to the declarations made in this House at the time they were granted. The motion was then agreed to that the House, at its rising, do adjourn till Monday. EPISCOPAL FUND. Mr. HORSMAN moved, " That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to order that there be laid before this House a return of the proceeds and application of the episcopal fund from its commencement to the present time," which was agreed to. COMMERCIAL TREATIES WITH FRANCE. Lord G. BENTINCK moved an Address to her Majesty, praying her Majesty to be graciously pleased to direct that there be laid before this House copies of the commercial treaties contracted between Great Bri tain and France in the years 1786 and 1787. Agreed to. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having moved the first reading of this Bill, _ . Mr. EWART wished to put a question to the Chief Commissioner of Railways. He (Mr. Ewart) had heard that large quantities of gunpowder had been conveyed by different railways, for the purposes of blasting. He wished to know whether it were true ? Mr. STRUTT said that he had only heard of one instance, and then the produce was conveyed only by a goods train. lie considered, however, that the matter was one of the greatest importance to the community, and it should receive the early attention of the Govern ment. The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. SUPPLY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved the order of the day for the House resolving itself into a Committee of lIORSNIAN inquired whether the Irish Railways Bill would come forward on Monday? Lord J. RUSSELL—Yes. Sir 11. DOUGLAS then complained that in a recent return there had been an error of 2,000 ships in the third column of the ships for the year 1846, entered in wards. The right number was 9,720, and the number returned was only 7,720. An abstract of the return had been given that morning in a journal of wide circu lation and great influence, and persons would not look for a correction to the amount of tonnage or the number of men; and it seemed to be not a typographical but an original error. THE LATE PROCEEDINGS IN CHINA. Mr. lIUME asked whether the dispatches relating to the recent proceedings in China would be laid before the house? It appeared that the order went out from this country, and the proceedings had taken place in conse quence of that order. Lord PALMERSTON said that almost all the in structions had been already laid before Parliament, but it so happened that two_disPatches, as to the proceedings which preceded ; the , expedition, had not come to hand, but he would take care that at an early opportunity there should be laid before Parliament the whole of the information respecting these transactions. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords brought up the following B i(,N i e l n l o s io2 w 7 h r i ns ch (iici_h t e h yl e sa i e r na Lordships ain3di on Greenwich)n e s have Land Comp Bill—Collectionagreedom pan t y : —Ou o t f Duties (Port Nat a l) Bill—Destitute Person s (Ireland) Bill— British American Land Company Bill—Ross, Crom ty, and Part of Nairn District Road s Bill , without Amaernd went ;—Cemeteries Clauses Bill—Punishment of va grants (Ireland) Bill—Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill— Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Bill—Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch Railway Bill— Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Lease to the London and North Western Railway Company) Bill-- Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Rail way (No. 1) Bill—Warkworth Harbour Bill—Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 4) Bill-- Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, and Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway (No. 1) Bill—East Lincolnshire Railway (Louth Navigation Purchase) Bill, with Amendments. CAPTAIN WARNER. Lord INGESTRE rose to move the appointment of a sioners appointed to investigate Captain Warners inven tions. lie said he could not forget the dictum of the Gallant Member for Liverpool (Sir H. Douglas) that these inventions were the greatest impositions ever palmed upon the public. He would not inquire on what authority he said so, but yet the dictum of the Gallant Officer was just that with which he (Lord Ingestre) felt himself called upon to contend. The Gallant Officer ever since this subject was introduced, seemed to have treated it throughout as a personal matter. But he (Lord Ingestre) defied the Gallant Officer to achieve one tithe of what could be performed by Captain Warner. The Right lion. Member for Tamworth from certain questions he put, and papers he called for early in the session, seemed to participate in the sentiments of the Gallant Officer. Still he (Lord Ingestre) felt him self called on to bring forward this subject if none should stand by him. The Noble Lord then proceeded to read a letter from Sir John M. Doyle, setting forth Captain Warner's conduct in Portugal as honourable, ingenious, and brave, inceontradiction to a letter formerly read by the Hon. Member for Salford. The Noble Lord did not think it fair in the Right Hon. Member for Tamworth to have said that Captain Warner would not proceed to test his inventions until ho should be guaranteed by the Government for a compensation of 400,0001. ; for Captain Warner, in his last two letters to persons in the Admiralty, dated previous to that debate, distinctly said that he left the whole question, as to money, to the arbitration of the Government. In the whole, the Noble Lord said, that no full opportunity was offered for that investigation which the subject deserved, and which would have satisfied the public. Instead of that, he was treated rather as an impostor, and the ques tions put to him were petulant and absurd. Shortly after the Noble Lord took office, he (Lord Ingestre) waited upon him, and met with the greatest kindness. Two officers were appointed as commissioners, whom Captain Warner at once accepted, and all the stipulations and the instructions were fair and able. lie had nothing to complain of in these. It was agreed that an experiment should be tried. An estimate of the ex- pense was furnished by Captain Warner, and the money was given. The place chosen was Heywood Park, granted them for the purpose by the Master-General of the Ordnance. But the report was exceedingly short and unsatisfactory. They reported that the experiment was a decided failure. That was not his (Lord Ingestre) opinion, nor would it have been theirs it' they had suffi ciently investigated the experiment. ,It was also said that Captain Warner had chosen the place where his experiment was to be tried. Now, so far from this SATURDAY being the case, he believed he was the party who first suggested the place, but he would not deny that it was approved of by Captain Warner.—(Hear, hear.) A great deal had been said about an old oak tree which was supposed to be the object aimed at, but he denied that Captain Warner ever said he could operate upon single objects, nor was he ever called upon to fire at any particular object. The day before the ex periment was made, the commissioners wrote a letter suggesting that the trial should be put off. Such a course would have involved Captain Warner in a good deal of expense, though it would have accommo dated the impatience of the commissioners, and pro bably to that impatience was to be traced the partial failure of the experiment. The truth was, the arrange ment of the commissioners were not oily badly managed, but exceedingly hasty and hurried, while they took no trouble to ascertain where the shells fell which dropped from the balloons, or they would have found that they fell with great regularity. True, the Government were in possession of a report and a diagram on this part of the subject, but having gone over the ground himself, he was prepared to say that the shells fell with regularity, and in a continuous line. Admitting that the whole of the experiment was all moonshine, it was unprecedented that the invention should be condemned on one trial. Captain Warner said that the wind was unfavourable, and that with any thing like a fair wind, it would be seen that his opera tions respecting the efficacy of his balloons would be established. The expressions which he (Lord Ingestre) uttered, and which were made so much use of, were de livered without a thorough knowledge of the matter of which he spoke. (The Hon. Member here read a letter written by Captain Warner to Lord John Russell.) Now supposing that that invention was a failure, were all the other inventions to be ranked in the same category. He did not think the Noble Lord (J. Russell) had acted fairly in reference to this matter. He was always desirous, on public grounds, that this invention should be kept secret. Shortly after the experiment was made, a connexion of his came to town, and said he heard of the balloon at the Ordnance-office. Now he regretted that so much publicity had been given to the matter. Notwithstanding that, he did contend that with those balloons, taking advantage of the elements, there was not a town in Europe that might not be taken. He must revert to the other invention, that of invisib'e -shells, and he would stake his professional reputation, de spite the assertions of a Gallant Gentleman, he maintained that if one of these shells:struck a veesel it must send it to perdition. The effect of this invention would be to prevent bloodshed.—(Laughter.) He could see that if those shells were properly used, that they would effec tually destroy a fleet. He had been told that it was im possible to compress the gas in these balloons in different atmospheres, but that he denied. When other inven tions in science of a more peaceable character certainly were introduced, they also encountered considerable op position. For instance, to illustrate his observation, there was the modern discovery of ether, which was proved to be of the greatest advantage in surgical operations. Se veral high authorities concurred as to the practicability of the invisible shells. There was Captain Harvey, who spoke in most favourable terms of the balloons. He feared that he had trespassed too long on the time of the House. He must repeat that those inventions had not had a fair trial. There were a great many persons who condemned all inventions from ignorance, and there was another class who were actuated by professional jealousy. He was no lawyer, but he should like to hear if the penalty that had been threatened by the Noble Lord (John Rus sell)—a charge of high treason —would be inflicted upon a person who might make any other invention, and sell to another country. Under these circumstances, he would move for a Select Committee to inquire into the sub ject, and to examine the report of the Commissioners. The Committee would be as competent as any other body to investigate the matter, and would, moreover, be free from any professional jealousy, and he was certain that he would be able to prove to that Committee that Captain Warner was entitled to the trial which he solicited. And that if opportunity were afforded to Captain Warner to test his experiment, such for in stance as on Scilly Island, that that gentleman would give most satisfactory proof of the efficacy of his inven tions. He would conclude by moving for that Select Committee On the motion being put, Mr. BROTHERTON rose, but gave way to Mr. HOLLAND who said that he would only make a few observations. He thought that the motion for the appointment of the Select Committee ought to be granted. The .Hon. Member read several paragraphs from a letter from Mr. Green, the celebrated aeronaut, stating that he had been called upon by a gentleman to prepare a balloon capable of carrying 400 or 500 pounds weight, for which he was to receive the sum of 2501. He had constructed the balloon, and it turned out that it was required for the purpose of Capt. Warner's long range. The whole experiment, as far as he (Mr. Green) could judge, turned out a decided failure. He had not received payment for the balloon, nor was any of his apparatus returned to him. He believed that the whole subject was a gross deception upon the public, and he hoped that a Select Committee should be appointed to inquire into the subject, and that report would no doubt expose the whole deception. Mr. BROTHERTON explained what he had stated to the House upon former occasions when the subject was before the House, with respect to the statements of Col. Shaw, that the whole affair was what might bo called " humbug." Lord J. RUSSELL hoped that the House would not have heard anything more of this subject; it was through the persuasion of others that the Government were in duced to appoint a commission to inquire into the sub ject. A commission had also been appointed under the late Government, the. decision of which was, however, objected to by Mr. Warner. In the commission ap pointed by the present Government instructions were given to inquire into the " long range," that being con sidered as the most important invention. The impres sion of the commissioners was unfavourable to the success of the measure, but they considered it their duty to allow the experiments to be made. The ground was selected by, or with the consent of. Captain Warier himself. There was a certain spot fixed called " The Fair Oak," and the gallant officers who formed that commission placed themselves close to the mark. It was his (Lord John Russell) fear, not for the safety of the gallant officer, but for something which might be very wide of the mark, some village or some other property, perhaps, at the distance of a mile or so from the mark.—(Laughter.) Captain Warner waited for some time for the wind, as he said, being in the proper direction. It is said that a certain number of these balls or shells might be carried three, four, or five miles. Now, the result was that a great many of them were carried only one mile, and others fell at different points from one to two miles off the point at which they were directed. With respect to the balloon, to use the words of the Noble Lord, it wabbled—(Laughter)—and lost the road trice ; and in short the balls were not found to fall at certain spots, and at fixed distances, as had been expected. With regard to the two points, certainty of aim, and the power of using the invention under all circumstances, neither of them had been realised. There was no certainty of aim, and there was no power of using it under all circumstances, for the alteration of the wind, and several other circumstances, rendered this impossible. With regard to the testing of the experiments, every precaution, he believed, had been taken ; but notwithstanding this, it was impossible to prevent some parts of the secret from escaping, for they disclosed themselves. He said nothing with regard to the other inventions of Captain Warner, but with re gard to the long range, which had attracted so much attention, he had no hesitation in saying that it had .failed to do what was promised respecting it. It ap peared to the commissioners, also, that it was no new --invention, for at the commencement of the late war, offers of a similar kind had been made to the Government of that day. With regard to the money which had been expended in its invention, he did not regret it, for it proved, that although Captain Warner had no intention of deceiving the Government, he had every opportunity of testing the success of his experiment. The Noble Lord (Lord Ingestre) asked fora steam-ship in order to have a further trial, but he (Lord John Russell) did not think this was at all necessary. It had already had every facility for being tested, and the result had been a complete failure in the promises which had been made with regard to it. Mr. AGLIONBY thought the Noble Lord had not the slightest chance of getting this Committee, He thought, however, that the arguments of the Noble Lord who had just sat down were more fair and more honour able to Captain Warner than those which were in the hoe.: ..f hoinrr mipri sal et hi g ieeeptin He depre cated the tone of ridicule used in the house towards Captain Warner, for lie thought the subject was not one of ridicule or absurdity, but one fully deserving of in quiry. Mr. Green himself would not say that the expe riment was an absurd one, and he thought it not at all creditable to him to have his own case brought before the House for the paltry consideration which it involved. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS opposed the motion. He said the balloons which would be required would cost about 3,0001. each ; and those who had been appointed to investigate their value had reported that the experiment which they had witnessed was entirely abortive, as the balloon took a tortuous course, and came sudlenly to the ground, without having discharged all the missiles attached to it ; and that missiles discharged frori a balloon would be utterly useless for the purpose of varfare. It had been proved beyond dispute that the lone range was utterly useless on land, and at sea he woad undertake to riddle 100 holes in one of the balloons at 1,500 yards from a 32-pounder. It was monstrous to saythat those balloons would be of use in any case; their lute size, their expense and the combustible nature of fhematerials would prevent them from being of any use whatever. After adverting to the experiment made by Cad. Warner on " John of Gaunt," he produced the each' of a ship which, he said, had been destroyed by a ba'rel of gunpowder, and said he would undertake to do th( same thing to-morrow morning. Powder was on• of the most destructive missiles that could be in velted--a small quantity placed in a rick would shtter it to atoms, and it was only the other da ; that they blew the Royal George out of the water, eleply by its means. Then, with respect to the spark of light, why, if he were to consult Professors Braude aril Faraday, they would declare that there was no ncrelty iu it, and that the preparation was one of those elitmical compounds so well known and so dangerous. T e man who could believe that he could accomplish all hthad stated must be mad—(Laughter)--that was the mat natural and charitable conclusion to which he could arive. He (Sir 11. Douglas) had offered to throw aside al his opinions in favour of the present system, if Cap tan Warner could prove that ho could accomplish all he hrl stated, but he had utterly failed to do so ; and ho fered he was labouring under a hallucination nearly al ed to madness. captain BERKELEY said, after Hon. Gentlemen had ccue to the conclusion that Captain Warner's invention ws of no use whatever, he warned them not to be dteived, as there were many Captain Warners in this town, who would claim to have I Wanted something very extraordinary, and also would ' f 4. - VENI _N f+, J NJ o, 1:47. seek to be placed in the position in which Captain Warner had been placed. Lord INGESTRE said that, seeing the tone and temper of the House, he should not trouble the House to divide, but would at once withdraw his motion. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. TRANSMISSION OF MAILS. Mr. FRE WEN, in proceeding to call the attention of the House to the very inconvenient arrangements that exist for the transmission of the mails in various parts of the kingdom, said that great inconveniences arose from the ignorance of post-office officials in different parts of the country, and great irregularities in the transmission of the mails had arisen in consequence. He trusted that the attention of the Government would be given to the subject. Mr. PARKER replied in a few words, which were al together inaudible in the gallery. CASE OF MARY DAWSON. Mr. FEHR AND said that not receiving any commu nication from the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department, on the subject of the case of Mary Dawson, he was necessitated to bring the subject before the House. Mary Dawson had been employed in a manufactory in the town of Keightly, as a weaver, arid was set to a loom where a web was half woven. She finished that web. She was employed upon another equally good. She finished that. She was employed upon another, a very bad web. She could not finish it, and she left. Another, and another, and another girl was employed, and none of them could do so. The girl, Mary Dawson, left, and was employed by another employer, Mr. Mitchell, but the former employer took her from that employment, and got her imprisoned in the gaol of Wakefield, where, for three weeks, she was associated upon the treadmill with thieves, vaga bonds, and prostitutes. He (Mr. Ferrand) had been communicated with by the father, and he had at once represented the case at the Home-office. The Right. Hon. Bart. (Sir G. Grey) had, at once, instituted an inquiry into the subject, and ordered the girl to be set at liberty. He must say, in justice to the Right Hon. Bart., that he had offered him the whole of the corre• spondence between the magistrate and the Home-office on this subject. lie (Mr. Ferrand) knowing that this was out of the usual routine of the department, did not take advantage of the Right Hon. Baronet's courteous offer, but as the case was one well worth the considera tion of the House, he should move that the correspon dente between the Secretary for the Home Department and the local magistrates on the subject be laid on the table of the House.—(Hear, hear.) Sir GEORGE GREY, who was scarcely audible in the gallery, was understood to say that he could not accede to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, although he admitted that the girl had been illegally committed. Immediately afte-r the case was brought under his no tice he ordered the discharge of the girl. The magis trates, however, seemed to think that they acted in strict conformity with the law, and so they were advised by an eminent gentleman at the bar, but whether they had acted legally or not, they committed the girl from a sense of duty, and without the remotest intention of doing her injustice. Lord MORPETH agreed with his Right Hon. Friend that the magistrates had acted from a misconception of the law, and not with any vindictive feeling. Mr. WAKL EY said, under former Governments it had been the practice of the Home-office to produce cor respondence like this, and as the Right lion. Baronet admitted that the magistrates had, unintentionally no doubt, acted illegally; the correspondence ought not to be withheld.—(Hear, hear.) There were plenty of lawyers who would hold the greatest commiseration for these parties. Mr. HUME wished to know whether this was to be denial of justice. The Hon. Gentleman had said that the law was open. So was the London Tavern, for those who could afford to pay for going there. He thought the House ought not to be satisfied without those papers were produced. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted that this was an illegal procedure. It was by no means clear that the committal of the female was illegal. Colonel SIBTHORP said that he thought it was but fair that the House should have the correspondence. It was not fair to suppress that correspondence. Lord J. MANNERS said that it was asserted by the female that she was placed on the treadmill. That was denied ; and it was for the House to judge to which statement they were to give belief. He thought the best way would be to lay the papers before the House. Mr. HENLEY said this'caSe- clearly showed the evil effects of bringing the case before'the.House. No judge could refuse a habeas corpus' to ;take the girl out of prison. After a:few words from Mr. FERRAND in ex planation, strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, as the motion was negatived without a division. THE RAJAH OF SATTARA. Mr. HUME said that he was now about to bring forward the case of a very ill-used individual—he meant the Rajah of Sattara who had been hurled from his throne, and hurried Into cap tivity in a foreign land, without having that advantage common to the meanest of men, namely, a public trial ; and now that do !laments had been produced. which clearly proved his innocence. The Government of Bengal and the East India House at home refused an investigation into them. Mr. Baring returned the documents to him with an official note, saying that all such communications must be sent to the Governor General. He (Mr. Hume) ac quainted the Rajah of Sattara, of the circumstance, and requested him to comply with the rules laid down. The Rajah of Sattara did adhere to them and sent a letter to Sir Henry Hardinge on his arrival in India, detailing the case, but up to the present time no answer whatever had been returned. He said it was of the utmost importance that the facts should be laid before the House, and the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) was bound to give up the papers, which he refused. The Right Hon. Baronet said he could not give up a secret dispatch, on the ground that a copy of it had been surreptitiously obtained. All he wanted was justice. The Rajah had never been tried, although he had appealed to the British Parliament to enter into an investigation of his claims, and of the charges which had been made against (Hear.) Many of the witnesses to the claims of the Rajah were in India ; but there were also many in this country who were able to furnish satisfactory evidence of his claims, and if the House granted a Committee, he should produce them before it. Why, what would the House think if a Peer were tried for an offence, and that documents were withheld which would prove his innocence ? The case of the Raja was not unlike a case of this kind, as the Hon. Baronet (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) notwithstanding the recent vote of the East India House, that the papers which the Rajah claimed should be produced, refused to produce them. Why was all this secrecy observed, when they had deposed the Prince and exiled him, and when he sought nothing more from the British Government than a fair trial ? Notwithstanding them, the Honourable Baronet was treating the East India Directors like so many Hottentots (Laughter)— and the conduct of the Board of Control in this matter, had in duced the people of this country to look upon it with suspicion. Whenever the claims of the Raja had been made known, petitions had been got up in favour of his claims, and already forty-one had been presented to that House. The case of Earl Dundonald, and the Rajah of Tangore, were memorable instances of persons who had been unjustly used, being restored to their rights, after a number of years, and he trusted that the Government would wipe away that disgrace on the British nation, because the Rajah had been unjustly deposed, and had, moreover been the victim of the grossest forgery and perjury ; and if anything was proved against him, he would as strongly demand his punishment, as he now strongly demanded for him his rights. All he wanted was, that he might be confronted with his accusers.—(Hear, hear.) Ho was not in a condition to go to a division, as he had been disappointed from time to time as to the period when he should be enabled to bring en his motion. He, however, appealed to Englishmen to see justice done to the injured ; and so impressed was he with the belief that the Rajah had been cruelly and deceitfully used, that he should continue to support his claims as long as he (Mr. Hume) was allowed to live.—(Loud cheers.) Sir JOHN CAM HOBLIOUSE said that when he told the Hon. Member for Montrose that it was inexpe dient to produce the secret papers of the East India Company, he did not anticipate that the private con versations he had held with the Right llon. Gentleman would be made the subject of discussion before the House. The lion. Member founded his allegations on a tioeutuenl, swlen from one of the public offices, and found—wonderfully found—on the table of Mr. George Thompson. When the documents came from India he would be prepared to justify the course of the Govern ment. Lord JOHN MANNERS said, that not one charge brought by the Hon. Member for Montrose against the Board of Control, had been answered by the Right Hon. Gentleman, who appeared to think that his violent de clamation would answer all the purposes of argument. When the Hon. Member for Montrose chose to press his motion to a division, he (Lord J. Manners) should cordially support him. Mr. WAKLEY said, that if the Right Hon. Gentle man felt it necessary to exhibit such boiling in dignation because a few hard words were ap plied to him, what must he conceive that the Rajah of Sattara should have felt?—(Hear, hear.) He was despoiled of his possessions, tarnished in his fair name, committed a prisoner to a fortress in a dis tant country, and deprived of every opportunity of proving his innocence. He remembered many acts of injustice of this sort. There was that, for instance, of the Baron de Bode ; but he hoped the House would have sufficient firmness now to support the effort of his llon. Friend to do justice to an injured Prince. Mr. P. BORTHWICK said the Rajah of Satara was a deeply injured prince. He was deposed by a foul conspiracy, and in order that justice might be done to the injured party he should support the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose. Lord PALMERSTON said the motion did not involve the merits of the Rajah of Sattara's case. It was merely for the production of papers relating to that case, and at that late hour of the night, he would not detain the House by going into it. The motion was withdrawn. The House then went into Committee pro forma, and immediately afterwards resumed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock. A Lyons journal informs us, that the police have caused three persons o f th at c i ty to b e arrest ed, for es tabliihing signals at night to indicate the state of the Paris Bourse, so as to enable them to operate on the Bourse of Lyons with information previous to that brought by the mails. The means by which they ac complish this was to place at certain distances and in elevated situatio ns , g l ass es lighted in the interior, and indicating the letter B or B, for hausse or baisse.= LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 25. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENmAN.) QUEEN r. MORCEAU.-PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY. The prosecutor' in this case was Monsieur Encoutier, a merchant residing in Paris, and the defendant Monsieur Fonteine de Morceau, who carries on the business of a patent agent in London. The indictment charged the defendant with having on the 18th Febrbary, 1846, com mitted wilful and corrupt perjury, by making an affidavit in which he stated that the prosecutor was indebted to him in the sum of 541., knowing at the same time that there was no ground whatever for such a statement. It appeared that in 1844 the prosecutor had certain transactions with the defendant, relative to the procuring of some patents in this country, and also relative to the disposal of some brandy which had been entrusted to the care of the defendant. A dispute arose between the prosecutor and the defendant concerning the charges made by the latter, particularly with regard to two items of 271 2s. 101 and 111. 12s. id., the expenses in curred by landing the brandies at Nicholson's wharf, and for which the defendant contended he was Hag , . It was agreed by the parties that the brandies should be entered in the name of a third party, a friend of the pro secutor, who should become liable for those two amounts, and with that and some other reductions the prosecutor settled the defendant's account. Subsequently, however, a claim was made by the defendant of 541., which included these two sums, and when the prosecu tor visited this country again in February, 1846, the defendant made an affidavit for the purpose of holding him to bail for the amount. The jury, after an investigation which lasted the who of the day, returned a verdict of Guilty.—Sentence deferred. FINING JURYMEN. No less than eight special jurymen were ordered by Lord Denman to be fined 101. each for non-attendance. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT, June 25. (Before D. C. MOYLAN, Esq , Judge.) HARVEY V. HANSARD. In this case the plaintiff, a master printer in Char lotte-street, Blackfriars-road, sought to recover of the defendant, Mr. Luke James Hansard, the sum of 151. 95., for printing done for the Society for the Abolition of Flogging in the Army, of which the defendant was one of the managing committee and treasurer. The defendant, who appeared in person, denied his liability. From the statement of the plaintiff's counsel and the evidence of the plaintiff, it appeared that in the month of August last, in consequence of the recent flogging case at Hounslow, a society was formed for the purpose of abolishing flogging, and the plaintiff was applied to by two persons, named Plume and May, to print placards and tickets for a public meeting upon the subject, at Exeter Hall. on the 19th of August. At this meeting the defendant attended, and was elected treasurer. Pro spectuses were also printed ; Plume, the secretary, showing plaintiff the minute-book, and telling him that Mr. Hansard would see the money paid, as he had undertaken the management. The work was done and the goods supplied between the 12th of August and the 2d of October. The defendaat said the greater portion of these goods were supplied before he joined the society; indeed the society was not formed until after the meeting on the 19th of August. He was present at that meeting, but merely by invitation, and gave 201. in furtherance of the objects, but he did not become a member of the managing committee until the 26th of that month, when he also became treasurer. After that he subscribed towards carrying on the society. The whole of the expenses prior to the meeting he thought had been defrayed by the members of the Society of Friends. A prospectus of the society was put in, containing, among the list of members of the managing committee, the name of Mr. Hansard, which prospectuses the plaintiff swore were printed and delivered on the 12th of August. The Learned JUDGE said he was of opinion that Mr. Hansard was liable for debts due by the society before he joined it. After a long discussion, however, the case was ad journed for the production of the plaintiff's books. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A fashionably-dressed young woman, named Sarah Wood, was charged with felony. - "Ravvin. Garrculd, shopman to Mr. Ford, or No. 282, High Holborn, linendrapei, Stated that on the 3d of June inst. the prisoner walked into the shop and looked out various goods, consisting of paramattas, gloves, hose, crape, a silk mantle, and other articles, to the amount of 11/. and upwards, and said they were to be sent to Captain Warner's, 47, Hatton-garden, about 3 o'clock, but that she would take the mantle with her if she were allowed. Witness said the goods should be forwarded at the time appointed, but he would send the mantle; to which she replied that two more mantles would be required if it were approved of. Upon that representation witness allowed her to take the mantle, which at .that moment she wore at the bar, and the value of which was 11. 19s. 6d.; and he called with the other articles at No. 47, Hatton-garden, but no such person as Captain Warner or the prisoner was known there. Thomas Roberts, shopman to Mr. Kerry, of Bishops gate-street, linendraper, stated, that about a fortnight ago the prisoner looked out a quantity of goods, consisting of flannel, rnus'in dresses, silk hose, gloves, satinetres, and other articles, to the amount of 61. and upwards, and directed him to forward them to Captain Warner, 47, Finsbury-square. She said she would take the flannel with her, and it was to be included in the bill, which was to be enclosed in the parcel and sent to Cap tain Warner. She said she wanted to leave the flannel at a place before she went home. Witness wished to send it for her, but she preferred taking it with her, and she accordingly departed with the flannel in her posses sion. She did not leave any deposit. Upon calling at 47, Finsbury-square, witness found that the prisoner was a shoplifter, for nobody there knew anything at all about her. She had been an hour and a quarter looking at the goods, and bad taken all the trouble which might be expected from a bonli fide purchaser. William Spain, shoprnan to Mr. Ling, of Northumber land-place, City-road, linendraper, said that on Tuesday week the prisoner visited the shop, directed that various goods should be sent to the house of Captain Waller, of 37, Philpot-street, Commercial-road, for the approval of her mother. Flannel was one of the articles, and at her request witness allowed her to take that article with her. When the witness called at Philpot-street with the rest of the goods, he could neither find the number nor the name. The prisoner was apprehended by an officer, to whom she was pointed out by a shopkeeper whom she had in vain attempted to impose upon, as she was entering the shop of Mr. Hall, of Bishopsgate-street. Of the extent to which the last-mentioned gentleman has been robbed by shoplifters and his own servants some judgment may he formed from the fact that he has already had 54 pro secutions at the Old Bailey. The prisoner, upon being asked whether she was desi rous to say anything, replied in the negative, and she was committed for trial. Jane Howes, who has been long a bold smuggler, was convicted of having in her possession 101 b. I loz. of tobacco, upon which duty had not been paid. She in troduced in her defence a history of an imprisoned hus band and hungry children, and was fined 1001., the ma gistrate not having power to reduce the penalty. CLERKENW ELL. James Hone, an urchin between 13 and 14 years of age, was charged with attempting t o p ick p ockets. Constable 81 G deposed that on Thursday afternoon he received information that some boys were attempting to pick pockets in Golden-lane, St. Luke's. He repaired thither, and saw the prisoner in company with two other boys following passengers, the prisoner attempting to pick their pockets, whilst his companions covered him. They at length made an attempt on a lady. The pri soner lifted up her gown and attempted to rob her. She felt the tug, and turning round said, " You little thief. do you want to rob me ?" The prisoner took a hammer from his pocket, and exclaiming, " Who do you call a thief ?" and he made a blow at her with the hammer, and she ran away. Witness seized the prisoner, but his companion escaped. The prisoner was a well-known thief, and had been convicted of felony. The other officers identified him as a notorious young thief, and he was committed to the House of Correction with hard labour for two months. He was locked up laughing, and his mother, who was present during the examination, left the court abusing the officers. IN A 6" MLA , &S' 7ER. Samuel Ludford, described as a running dustman, was charged with the following disgraceful and bruta conduct : Mary Ludford, his wife, a decent-looking woman with an infant in her arms, stated that the defendant to whom she had been married above a dozen years, had lately deserted her and formed an improper intimacy with her sister. A few days ago defendant came home and packed up his clothes, when, as she was without the means of procuring food or covering for herself or child, the latter of which she had only been delivered of two days previously, and as she had heard that he was going to a fair with her sister, she remonstrated with him, and said she would follow them ; upoa which defendant seized a basin and struck her a violent blow on the face with it, which blackened both her eyes. He then threw her down, and whilst she was on the ground kicked her several times on the body and bead. Defendant, in reply to the charge, said she abused him, and struck him first. Mr. BRODERIP said that his conduct altogether was most disgraceful, and for the savage assault he had com mitted he must pay a penalty of 41., or be committed for six weeks. Defendant was locked up. so recently given in POLYTECITfrac Dr.l Nl3saTenhhuoTtrionNer.—, interest ingoTnhethheigalpilpylicatio of lectures o h p a u v r e po le s d cs io the introduction of e of working models of Cook and Wheatstone's the the el e Electricc t r o -naag Telegraphneti c clocks Company, .;).A•. the above electricity establishment,t o telegraphic propertyealeseeirriiestelegraph o d .. usedwho aanttdenedxhdiabiiltyedfobrythtawtoas Bains, the the working of this extraordinary and valuable is thus practically laid before the public, pur pose, . sainsdtatatststohfestehme eoodraelspaaorye, atnilleiclptai°rtnicularly the simple yet lucid illustrations of Dr. Bachhoffner, on this subject, must be fully in the re collection of the numerous visitors to this institution. We trust that the Learned Professor may, be induced to resume this highly interesting subject at no very distant FleThe gem engra ver to this establishment, Mr. Gifford, rio has engraved on cornelian an admirable portrait of the elephant, that died on the 11th of this month; ex hibiting iu the gallery of the Royal Academy. A correspondent informs us, that on Monday "three individuals were taken into custody in Glasgow, accused of having, on that and the preceding day, been caught sprinkling a potato field with vitriol, in order to raise a panic, and the price of grain. If this is. true.what do their abettors deserve ?"—Caledottian Mercury. FOREIGN CORN AND HARVEST. BRUSSELS, JUNE 21.—1 n nearly the whole of the environs of Brussels they are busily engaged in cutting the hay, which has scarcely ever been so fine. It is long, very full, and extremely tender, so that it will form excellent fodder for horses. The farmers, how ever, complain that the weather is not very favour able for making it; it requires a few days of sun and heat, while during the last eight days the weather has been rather cold, and cloudy, with occasional rain. The wheat is full of bloom and the grain is already formed in the:ears of rye. With regard to the patatoes, it has been generally remarked throughout the environs of Brussels that there were some fissures in the leaf, but this however has in no way impeded the vigorous growth of the plant ; besides, this symptom which bears no resemblance to that of the preceeding y ears has ready disappeared. ANTWERP, JUNE 22.—There is a good deal more acti vity in the corn market, and somewhat of a declinfo e in the wheat and barley ; there was a great demand ! the latter, and about 5,000 hectolitres were disposed of. Wheat was no less in demand. ROTTERDAM, JUNE 22.—The arrivals of wheat from Zealand, Facke, &c., have received a farther chock in the prices—superior, 19f. 80c. to 20f. 20c., fine, 19f i 30e. to 191. 60c. Of rye a large supply, but not much n demand, as the sellers maintained the forme r high prices, none but necessary purchases were made. _ - RAILWAY SHARE 'MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 25. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Chester and Birken head, Halves (issued at 5 dis.) 19% -East Lancashir par-Ditto, New Scrip, par-Eastern Counties, tea 181 , 15vi Quarters, -i‘ia n c l h 6 e % s t - e r 16,x-Ditto, andtto Western, Fifths, 28 1 / 4 -London and North-Western, 181 -Ditto, and Fifths, 2-Ditto, 321. Shares, par-Ditto (late West Riding Union), 1-16-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 89 1 /.' 2 -Ditto, Quarters, No. 2, 23-Ditto (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), dis. -Midland Stock, 107-Ditto, 40/. ;Leeds, Quarters, -Ditto, Shares 6 3 -Ditto, New 50/. Shares, 3%-Newcastle and Berwick, ew, 21-Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 4N 4, (late Had. South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 2. dis.-Ditto, Naar-4, dis.-York and Newcastle, 38-Ditto, Preference (g 6 per cent. till 1850), 4 1 ,g-York and North Midland, 864 -Ditto, Halves, 43-Belfast and Ballymena, 10 d /2-Birining ham and Oxford Junction, 7 1 A -Huddersfield Can al an ailway, 1-Ditto, Extension, %-Leeds and Think, Pre ference (6 per cent. guar.), 3 4-North Staffordshire, 23/1 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1%-Dutch Rhenish, 3 ths - LEEDS, JUNE 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate. Notting' ham, and Boston, 245. 6d. c. dis.-East Lancas hire, New' 13s. dis.-Ditto, New (scrip), is- p.-East and We st D shire, IIA dis.-Great Northern, 345. dis.-Hudder sfield aitto,nd Manchester, 15s. p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 13,i C. P. -- Halves, 255. p.-Leeds and Thirak, New, 61; dis.-Ditto, Pre. Walton ference, IGs. dis.-Leicester and Bedford,' 58. dis. -- 21' and Driffield Junction, 15s. dis.-Manchester and Leeds. 3 York- Shares, par-Ditto ( West Riding Union), Is 6d. p•- -11111 . 11- chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, c. land, Preference, 3 1 4 p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 84.13.-- P• North British, Quarters, 1 1 % 4 p.-North Staffor dshire,2-Y4 dia. -North-Western, 28s. c. dis.-Shropshire Union, 17/8 GLASGOW, Juex 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Direct Bombay aq Madras, 25.-Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 645.--Edinburgn and Glasgow, Halves, 22/.-Edinburgh and Perth, 2 , 1 , - I** -- Ditto, Halves, 55.-Glasgow General Terminus, 113/4--i-nair gow, Barrhead, and Neilston, New, 4/. 145.-GlaaV w ' K marnock, and Ayr, 1201.-Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 41- 5/. Gs. 6d.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 6% q Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle! Southampton, 10s. 6d.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 11/.145. 1 . ale THE GREAT BRITAIN.-We watch with no .1 - inter est the operations now going on for the emancipa publiat 319.-manchester raid tion of the Great Britain, in reeard to which the anxiety is still so strongly manifested. Since our last notice we learn that eight of the huge boxes have been got in place, with their pairs of :pars to each, while twelve others are nearly finished. On t he strand these contrivances appear larger than a moderate sized house; while in place, above the gunwale of the great leviathan, they look small, if not insignificant. Having found our notices respecting the ship copied into most of the jet,q_- nals, not merely of Ireland, but also of the metrop9n'; exc and knowing the additional interest t hat must be itFeie as the time approaches for removing, or makinwith effort to remove her, we have made arrangemen ts our correspondent for a weekly communication, st, believe the information we may yet have it in our pow!!. to give will be as correct as that we have already brought sun .. before the notice of our readers. While upon this ject we may say that the consequences of the exP er e i s ments and their success, whether as respects the faggno'f, put together with so much difficulty, and in the face a . gales and seas.ot no ordinary character. on the plan !: e „ commended by that eminent engineer, Mr. Bru nel, or L_, green trees substituted by Captain Claxton, when, is shown by the report which appeared in the papers, March last, it was impossible to continue faggoting, nu: not at once meet the eye. If it was found noddlear ; patible with heavy seas and gales, in the m , st severe winter, to build so formidable a barrier agairld, the surf of the ocean to the largest ship in the F aller how comparatively easy would it be to p rotect sm va; vessels similarly stranded, which are left with their t luable cargoes entire, after the first falling ti de, in a st 3 „. worth protecting, until the time should arrive for Prn. dent removal. Scarcely any situation on any part of Env coast of England, Ireland, or Scotland, or probably f!ill part of the continent, exists, that woods are not viitnl reach, if not close at hand, and those of Toils, ore wer e fully seven miles from the Great Britain. T mapl e valuable cargoes may be saved by the important atscoveri, resulting from the ingenuity of Mr. Brunel and his a h l) : assistant, Captain Claxton. Tu the latter, we ":f Bove, belongs the merit of the network of spars ••• green timber, which, on visiting the ship, we were e ii r formed by the chief officer, saved her, through t•-e nding andyielding nature, when th strongest frame: work of seas y oned timberwood would, e in all likelihood, have been broken to shivers, as was actually the e ase with the first breakwater which was attached in the November gale. It is impossible, we therefore say, to undervalue the merit of the discovery, for it is onentil.4?re to say what advantages to the shipping and raerca. interests, and the underwriters, may not yet be derived from its success. The plan is s im p le, and we hope Pains will be taken by the proper authorities to have it gene rally made known.-IVeuiry Commercial Telegraph. A ND INQUEST ON THE BISHO P OF GLOUCESTER BRISTOL'S LAUNDRY -MAID.-The death of a young woman named Elizabeth Searle, who had lived as laundry maid in the service of his Lordship, at the episcopal palace, at Stapleton, took plac e on Sunday night . last, l in t,ad the old Market-street, under circumstances of a singu h a _ and most melancholy characte r. The deceased, who been in ill health, came into Bristol on Saturday in a milk-cart, with the intention of consulting Dr. Riley: On her alighting in the old M arket-street she was ob a tavern kept by Mr. Rogers , wh ere her indisposition served to stagger and look very il l . She was taken into increased. She was removed to the house of a Mrs. Earnsby, where she was put to bed, and Mr. Jenkins, surgeon, called in, who gave her all the attention hes could. Medical aid proved, how ever, unavailing, an she died about five o'clock on Sunday. Rumours had got abroad (probably on account of some remarks mad e by her during her illness) that the death of the poor woman had been caused by an insufficiency of food, it being alleged that the bishop s servants were kept on board wages much too small to find them necessaries ; and a communication of the suddenness of the death and of the prevalence of such reports having been communi cated to the coroner, that officer issued his warrant for th e e l d on M purpose on Monday hmookrinifingg,anandin,clubye.sta.djoTuhrnemienncitu,eosnt wan h evening of that day, at the Chequers Tavern, Old Market street; when, after the examination of several witnesses , the jury returned a verdict of " Natural death, from c mortification uTlo NT o f; the bowel s. INNKEEPERS" person of Jewish caste, five feet sAixNDineThettsahDigeislm, between thirty and forty years of age, of gentlemanly air, an d showily dressed, last week visited the Regent Hotel, Leatnington ; and, after leaving a bag containing 130 sove' reigns in the landlord's hands for several days, requested to have them on his departure ; but su ddenly re; , membered he had a remittance to make, and requesta' a cheque for 81., in exchange for eight sovereigns' which was given ; but the landlord, suspecting an inters' tion to alter the ceque, gave notice to the bank, and shortly after it was brought back to him, cashed only for the right amount, but having tavidentlY had a "y" and a "0" inserted, ' which had afterwards he (from the party being iu some way apprised of t suspicion) been erased. A similar attempt wa s ingdB e upon a clergymen, but defeated by referring the strange having bees to the post-office for a money order.-Bur; Post. THE WEATHER IN BERWICK.-The weather up t° Thursday continued fine and agreeable, but oil thst morning heavy showers of rain fell, with the wind north gmetaatetiroinal ly wo re n f l r d es a h g e a d i , n an t d ak s e ho a u ld g w re a a r t m: r a t t . easterly and a low temperature. No injury to the crop however, is anticipated ; on the contrary, the land will be ve Warder. tLer v f erwolloicwi BIRTHS. On Friday, the 25th inst., at Ackworth-park, Mrs. Gully, wife of John Gully, Esq., of a son. he On the 22d inst., in Upper Berkeley-street, the lady of Rev. Joseph Thackeray, of a daughter, still-born. On the 22d inst., Mrs. F. Valentine Lee, of a son. On the 23d inst.. at Fiddington House, near Devizes, I" wife of W. Charles Wood, Esq., M.D., of a son. of the On the 23d inst., at Condover Vicarage, the lady Rev. J. W. Harden, of a daughter. the Oe the 23d inst., at Nelson-terrace, Stoke Newingtoll, wife of Mr. J. Lowe, of a daughter, who survired its birth few hours only. Wakefield, Shute, of $ On the 23d inst., at Greenwich, Mrs. Gay daughter. On the 23d inst., at Streatham-common, the wile of Davies, Esq., of a daughter. On the 24th inst., the wife of Sills John Gibbons, E B CI • °f St. A ndr's-hl, Doc tor'-commens, of a daughter. On the ew 24th il inst., at s Norfolk-crescent, the wife of E. 1 -~ Robertson, Esq., of a son. A On the 24th inst., at Westbourne-crescent, ITY"6"l"ns tf " r the wife of Percy Ricardo, Esq., of a MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. Andrew's Church, GuernseitobrY. the Rev. W. Guille, John Moore Napier, only son o f 315 Jest General William Napier, C. 13. to Bessie Henrietta , y oung daughter of Major Charles Alexander, R.E. DINH. On the 25th inst., at Richmond, Surrey, Admiral the 110.11- Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., Vice-Admiral of OA United Kingdom and Governor of Greenwich Hospital. On the 20th inst., at Neuilly, near Paris, the Counteso Amelia Beviluequa Luzise, aged 31. On the 15th inst., Stephen Walter, Esq., Par s°ll3g4 Marden, aged 73. M a rgaret. On the 17th inst., at Tavistock, Devonshire, wife of the late James Dunlop, Esq. On the 17th inst., at Belmullet, county of Mayo, Ir elar, Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General Alfred Bishop- London : Printed And Published by liflTltDO YOU - lib% of Ntoet Strand, Printer. at The Sun Moe, N 0.112. StrAnd, in the Pr 26,,, of the Savoy. in ttil County of 1111.11elex, ikitttr".Y , jiLu 11141. I# 3 .4tY . 4 , .t •s"` r .1t .r". V,?!'•!' it,: `. .3