The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-02 00:00:00

8. ,V Bill in operation. What had fallen from the lion. Member for Finsbury, though reflecting somewhat upon Lis (Lord John Russell's) constituents, had yet a great deal of truth in it, b ecause if th e y h a d left it to local bodies to reform themselves, and put no external pressure whatever upon them, it would be long before any reform would take place. That was the case with other corpo rate towns. But what was the pressure proposed? It was that the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests should have associated with him a paid Commissioner, at a salary of 1,000/, a year, and that there were to be a certain number of inspectors to visit the towns and make reports. Lord G. BENTINCK—Not a certain number; an uncertain number. Lord J. RUSSELL—The Noble Lord would propose ta limit. But there was an effectual limit, which the Noble Lord seemed not to perceive—Yin., that the salaries of those officers would be voted in Committee of Supply. Lord G. BENTINCK—The towns will pay them. tord MORPETH—No; not the inspectors. Lord J. RUSSELL continued—The salaries would be doted in Committee of Supply, and if they were extrava ant in arbou n t, or t h e num b er of officers excessive, the Committee had but to reduce the amount of the vote— selvt)se from 5,000/. to 3,oool.—and the number of the inspectors, or the excess of their salaries, would be at fence diminished. The Noble Lord was entirely mis takft in supposing that the whole of this power was taken out of the hands of the towns, because they would have the appointment of their local officers for their own regulation, the chief commissioner merely giving his approbation to the appointment. Such a power was ne cessary to put the Bill into operation. The Bill did not give a compulsory power to enforce any great expense, but a compulsory power to have reports, in order to usaartain the state of the towns, and incite them to acti vita,. Seeing that this was the case—whatever fair ob ier,tions there might be to an increase of the patronage 'of the Crown (and he did not complain of any remarks cc that subject, because it was one on which the House ought to be properly jealous)—he thought it far better to increase that patronage than lose the very considerable benefit which would be conferred by the measure. After a few words from Mr. ROLLESTON, Lord JOHN MANNERS admitted that the object of this measure was good, but his lion. Friend the Member for Oxfordshire had pointed out a more practicable plan, and he mu-,t join with him in resisting the clause. The committee then divided, when there appeared— For the clause Against it Majority —72 The clititse was then agreed to, as was also clause 3. Ciattte 1, the object of which was to provide for the uppoimment and payment of inspectors was, after a short discussion, in which Mr. Spooner, Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Collett, Lord G. Bentinck, Mr. Henley, Lord Mor peth, and Mr. Hudsoon, took part, then agreed to. Clause 5 was agreed to with some verbal amendments. Upon clause 6 being proposed, HENLEY proposed the omission of the word "ttiatrict," on the ground that the provisions of the Bill. iftght to be applied solely to towns and boroughs, and hot to districts where no town existed. After a short discussion, this clause was agreed to with the omission of the word. In clause 7, Mr. DIVETT moved to add, after the words " several boundaries," "except of corporate boroughs." After a short discussion the amendment was agreed to. Mr. DIVETT then moved to strike out the conclud ing sentence of the clause, viz., " and in the case of a (corporate borough, whether or not the boundaries of such borough ought to be extended, and in what case." After some discussion, strangers were ordered to with draw. The House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment 59 Against it lO3 Majority against the amendment —44 The clause as it originally stood was then agreed to. On the motion of Lord MORPETH the Chairman was ordered to report progress, and to obtain leave to sit again this day. —Agreed to. NAVIGATION BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the Navigation Bill stood first in the order of the day for to-morrow. After it he ProPoW i to proceed with the Health of Towns Bill. SUPPLY. T r .:eply to Colonel SIBTHORP, who stated that he tad an important motion on the paper which he in tended to bring forward on the motion for going into a Committee of Supply, the Noble Lord stated that he should not go into a Committee of Supply to-morrow (this day). FISHERY PIERS AND HARBOURS BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. `The clauses, with some verbal amendments, were agreed to.----Report this day. RAILWAYS (IRELAND) BILL.—(No. 2.) Thl House then went into Committee on this Bill. 'h't 'clauses were agreed to without amendment, and the douse resumed.—Report this day. TURNPIKE ROADS (SOUTH WALES) BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to. - POST OFFICE BILL. `On the motion of Sir GEORGE GREY, the House went into Committee on the above Bill, and passed the several clauses, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. nECOVERY OF PUBLIC MONIES (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. DRAINAGE OF LANDS (IRELAND) BILL. this Bill was also read a second time, and was edered to be committed on Friday (this day). On the third reading of the Prisons Bill, Mr. BOUVERIE moved the following amendments:— Clause 3, line 5, after " shall," omit " before employing any child therein," and inser, " at the end of every period of six months of the employment of any child therein ;" line 10, omit, " the first day of the employ ment of such child ;" line 20, omit, " and a like certi ficate shall be obtained at the beginning of each period of six calendar months, during which the employment of that child shall be continued in that print work., After a few words from Sir G. GREY, The amendments were withdrawn, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. PRINT WORKS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Ma j esties the King and Queen of the Belgians, honoured the performances at her Majesty's Theatre last evening with their presence. The royal suite com prised the Countess of Desart, the Countess Vander • straten, Lord Byron, Colonel Buckley, Lieutenant- Colonel Seymour, and Major Moerkerke. There were also present, their Imperial Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Oldenburgh and suite, the Duke of Wellington, the Prince Louis Napoleon, the Duchess (Dowager) of Bedford, and Lady Rachael ilussell, the Duke and Duchess of Cleaveland, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Marquis Camden, the Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the Countess of Westmoreland, the Earl and Countess of Sefton, the Countess Dowager of Charleville, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Viscount Can terbury, the Viscount Somerton, Lord WDonald, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord and Lady Clarence Paget, Lord Gardner, Lady M lesworth, Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworth, Lady Trollope, Lady Charteris, Lord Townsend, Mr. C. deliondriaffsky, Hon. Mr. Arbuthnot, Hon. R. Cousen, am. Julian Fane, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Major Baring, Captain Lyon, Captain Manselle, R.N., Captain Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson, Mr. Bernal, Sir G. Anson, Mr. Pultney, Mr. and Mrs. Grimwood, Captain Bidulph. The Cour Royale of Paris has delivered a judgment, which is important as it affects the responsibility of agents-de-change. M. Leis brought an action against M. Vandermarcq, an agent-de-change, for the value of twenty-nine shares in the Orleans railroad, which had been stolen from him, and which had been negotiated on the exchange by M. Vandermarcq, without his having any knowledge of the ♦endor. The Tribunal Civil had rejected the claim of M. Levi, but the Cour Royale has established it, and decreed the restitution of the twenty nine shares, with all the interest and dividends accrued upon them since the day they were stolen, or else to pay to M. Leve a sum sufficient to purchase as many new shares in the same railroad.— Galignani. _ A CORN-DEALING FARMER.—It is a practice in the Bedford market, to an extent not generally suspected, and if stated, would probably be doubted, of farmers becoming purchasers of corn to enhance the price, and make a profit on their purchases. An instance occurred last Saturday in this town, of a farmer becoming a pur chaser of corn, at this particular crisis, which may be worth recording. Mr. C. Higgins, sen., was at the Swan hotel, sheaving a sample of wheat, when Mr. Pain, of Folmersham, having bad a few glasses of wine, his optics magnified each kernel as large as a grain of India n corn, and the sample was so fine and plump that he con cluded a bargain of 675. 6d. per load for 130 loads. As Mr. Pain seemed to be taken with a corn-buying pro pensity, he soon had plenty of offers with better samples at 595. but he had found out his mistake; the fit was over, and it was "no go." On the following Monday, the price at Mark lane fell from 6s. to Bs. per quarter. Mr. Pain's purchase is therefore not worth so much by 801. as he bargained for. Can there be any commisera tion for a large occupier coming into the market, and becoming a purchaser with a sordid object, if he commit an error of judgment? He had better have brought his own produce into the market, and sold it at a market price.—Bedfordshire Mercury. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.-011 Monday after noon, as one of the Chelsea steamers was proceeding up the river with about 300 passengers on board, she ran foul of the new steamboat-pier at Vauxhall-bridge so violently that every one on board was thrown (lowa and the funnel dashed on deck, injuring several persons, and not only causing the utmost confusion but great con sternation for the safety of the passengers, the paddle box and floats having been crushed in. With great pre sence of mind the commander of the boat instantly directed the engines to be reversed, and with the well timed assistance of the piermen succeeded in fastening the boat to the dummy, and enabling the passengers to escape by the pier. They were shortly after conveyed to their respective destinations by another boat, which arrived within a few minutes of the accident. The damage done to the boat will, it is expected, amount to between 50/. and 601. A CURE FOR INDIGESTION AND DISORDERED STO MACHS BY UOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Persons whose stomachs have been disordered for years, occasioned either by sedentary habits, injurious climates, or unusually' dsiirate state i 7,1 health, and can obtain ne real relief, may be permanently cured by using Holloway's Pills, and greatly alter the first two or three ,loses. This fine medi cine lb kIIOWII to be superior to all others for 'Wet complaints, or where there is weakness, languor, or debility ; and in every case it imparts strength and vigour, and this so quickly as to astonish the most unbelieving. It may safely to taken at all times and at all ages. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor liolloway'a gent, 244, Btrand, London. THE SUN,' THE MAGAZINES. FRASER'S MAGAZINE. The number of Fraser for this month opens with a heart-rending account of a three days' residence in the district of Schull during the period of the famine, by Richard Chevenix Trench, M.A. Mr. Trench's visit to this unfortunate district was in the month of April, at a time when fever was completing the work of destruction which famine had begun. Turn we from this scene of misery to another article in the same number, " Outlines in Parliament," by the author of " Literary Legislators "—No. 1. " Some Members of the Irish Party," and there • we shall find portraits of some men who oppose the introduction into Ireland of a good and efficient system of poor-law relief, which had it ex isted, would, in all human probability, have prevented the occurrence of these horrible scenes depicted by Mr. C. Trench, and which will yet save the people — albeit it may prevent insolvent landlords from any longer obtaining money (whether in the shape of rent or loans), under false pretences. Among the leaders of the Irish Party figures first and foremost Lord Monteagle, the " Artful Dodger" of politics, of whom this writer justly remarks — "There is not, among the present holders of peerages or honours created for themselves, one person who has really done so little to deserve such promotion. He has been, throughout his life, a busy, talkative man; but it would be impossible to point to any one act of his public career, legislative or otherwise, upon which one might rest the defence of his honours. It may be urged, that, in this country, long and faithful party service is allowed to confer a species of right to the rewards which, in a well-constituted community, would be reserved for the best in intellect and conduct. But of him it may be answered, that although he served the Whigs much, he served himself more; and, further, that although his service of them was zealous, even mean, yet it was on the whole more injurious than beneficial to the party. For, during years when the first talent and ingenuity of the country were employed in undermining them and rendering them ridiculous, the public conduct of Lord Monteagle was one of their most vulnerable points, and, with much exaggeration, no doubt yet at the same time with more truth, he was held up to the world as a type of the pretension, imbecility, and political double-deal ing attributed to those whom their political enemies then designated as an incapable faction. As in the case of one or two prominent members of their present adminis tration, who have apparently been forced upon them by family influence, they would certainly have done much better without Mr. Spring Rice than with him; and it was by no means an improbable hypothesis that he was betinselled with a peerage, and loaded with the dangerous reward of an odious sinecure, more because his reputation had become onerous to his colleagues, than because he had rendered to them or to the country any commensurate service." Then comes a sketch of Mr. Frederick Shaw, a man of spirit and sense, and who, had he less of the olium theologiewn about him would have risen high as a statesman. The other members of the Irish party who sat for their portraits this month are Sir H. W. Barron, the Marquis of Westmeath, Mr. Bernal Osborne, and the Earl of Roden. Their dis tinguishing characteristics are hit off to the life. There is only one other political article in Fraser; it is on the Portuguese question. The writer gives a rapid resume of the history of Portugal from the invasion of Junot to the present time. and concludes by expressing his decided disapproba tion of the late intervention of England against the Junta of Oporto. He gives the following as the hy pothesis which foreign nations adopt as to the rationale of that intervention : " The King of Portugal and the husband of our Gracious Sovereign, are near relatives. The King is understood to be more violently opposed than the Queen to constitutional Government in Portugal. Costa Cabral, the bitter enemy of constitutional Government, won his favour by supporting and enriching the German clique, of which M. Dietz, a man particularly obnoxious to the entire nation, is the chief; and Saldanha, if not personally a friend of Cabral, is yet so connected with him and his party, as to depend upon them for making up the Cabinet which he may be expected to form. To place such a man at the head of the Government is, in point of fact, to bring back with the strong hand the faction which is pledged to put down both the charter and the constitution, and had well-nigh succeeded in doing so. England, therefore, in supporting him, sup ports King Ferdinand, Mr. Dietz, and Costa Cabral; in other words, principle and justice are as lightly thought of at St. James's as at the Tuileries, when they stand in the way of family predilections. Now, we repeat, that this stupid argument carries no weight with us, nor will it be listened to by any section of her Majesty's subjects; but is there not just so much of plausibility about it as to make it mischievous elsewhere?" We agree with the writer, that this hypothesis is too absurd ever to gain credence in this country, and independently of its absurdity, it should be recollected that King Ferdinand, and Dietz, and the Cabrals, have ever been the enemies of English interests and English influence in Portugal ; that they are, in fact, the chief of the Afrancesado faction who have been working in conjunction with Christina; Gonzales Bravo, and Narvaez to render French, or rather Orleans influence predominant in the Penin sula—therefore, we at once reject this theory, as im possible ; but yet we could have wished that the royal table had not been the first at which Mr. Dietz had partaken of English hospitality, after his arrival in this country from the scene of his intrigues. The literary contents of this number are varied and ex cellent. The lovers of sentimentalism will be de lighted with a review of " Ninfa;" for the classic there is a pleasant ramble at the foot of Mount Olympos. The antiquary will revel in the account of Lathom House and the Stanley family, and the admirer of Isaac Walton will be pleased with the sensations of a summer night and morning on the banks of the Thames. The lover of horrors may " sup full of them" in " Death in life," while the lovers of mirth, fun, and jollity will roar over Sam Slick's admirably told story of " Seeing the Devil." There is some • thing to suit every class of readers in the current number of Fraser. THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL. The public can scarcely be aware of the extraordinary powers which the Corporation of London are seeking under this Bill, now in Committee in the House of Commons. They seek new taxing powers on the public by imposing a toll on every steam•. boat of one halfpenny per ton per mile above bridge. They ask power to take all lands over which the tidal waters flow, and if the owner of adjoining property questions their right, to put the Attorney-General in motion against him; and by their Bill they will destroy all the securities granted by Parliament on existing piers on the Thames. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by the Hon. Miss Dawson, Colonel Buckley, and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour. Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and the Queen of the Belgians took an airing yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, in an open carriage and four. Colonel Buckley attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback attended by Lieut. Colonel Seymour. Their Roy a l Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Helena, walked and rode in the pleasure-grounds of the Palace. Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelto n, took an airing in au open carriage and four. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their pres ence last evening. The Royal suites consisted of the Countess of Desart, the Countess Vanderstraten, Lord Byron, Major de Moerkerke, Col. Buckley, and Lieut.-Col. Seymour. The Hon. Miss Murray and the Hon. Miss Macdonald have succeeded Lady Caroline Cocks and the lion. Miss Paget as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen. Colonel Buckley has relieved Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshal) in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to the Queen, and Lieut.. Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour has relieved Colonel Bouverie in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Their Imperial Highnesses Prince Peter and the Prin cess of Oldenburgh visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Wednesday, at Gloucester House, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. l m . a h br ei i r dg i e l , oya a l tt lienighehcniessbey L Highnesses th a e dy Duk A e ug a u n s d ta D c uc a n d e o s g s a o n f C h o noured the Earl an d C ountess o f Wil ton w i t h t h e i r ' company at dinner last evening, at their residence in Grosvenor -square. Commander Rubidge had an interview with Earl G r ey yesterday, at the Colonial -office. The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements had a meeting at the office of the Woods and Forests in Whitehall-place. There were present Viscount Mor peth, Lord Colborne, Si Charles Lemon, Sir Robert H. Inglis, the Hon. C. A. Gore ,and Mr. A. Milne. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall place. Captain Russell Eliott (Royal Navy) had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Rome-office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and , Taxes, had an interview with the Chan c e llor of the Exche quer yesterday at his official residence in Downing street. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of the W ,, st India Colonies. . - Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean arrived on Tuesday last at their beautiful residence, Key Dell, in Hampshire, after a pleasant voyage, by the splendid ship the Swit zerland, from New York. These favourites of the public have made a double professional tour of the United States, hitherto unattempted by any of our theatrical visitors. Their success, by all accounts, has been immense. CARTUORSES rE.om BELGITM.--A sale of W.‘lgian carthorses tool: place at Mr. Dixon's repository on _Friday last. They resembled in a ,treat measure the Suffolk horses, having small heads, high crests, and very good legs. They are more active than carthorses of English breed usually are, and a judicious cross would probably greatly improve our native stock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, July 1. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Mr. Jus tice WIGILTMAN and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. SEPTIMUS RS➢MSAY, CLERK. The court, as yesterday, was crowded to excess with eager listeners, and although all females had been de sired to leave it during the proceedings, there were seve ral female auditors in the out-of.the-way corners of the court. The Bishop of London, Archdeacon Sinclair, and the Rev. Sir IL R. Dukinfield, the vicar of St. Martin's parish, in which St. Michael's is situate, were on the bench. James Jones—l am a silk mercer in the Strand. I am one of the churchwardens of St. Michael's, in the Strand. Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson were engaged there as singers. I was present at the meeting at Mr. Manning's. Mrs. Emmerson was called upon to explain the meaning of a letter that had been received by Mr. Ramsay. She said she should have no objection to explain it before one person, and she named myself. I refused, without some other person accompanying me. and I named Mr. Man ning, as being a married man. lam sure the proposition of going into a private room came from Mrs. Emmerson. We all three retired into a private office, and then she made a statement. I should not say she made it with reluctance, but with much boldness and energy. She alluded to three occasions. Mr. Manning said the whole should be disclosed to her husband. On our return to the room Mrs. Emmerson made the same statement as she had made in the private room. I believe Mr. Man ning put the questions to her. He asked her if it was merely a trifling kiss. I asked her if she had not pre viously given Mr. Ramsay some encouragement by squeezing his hand, or something of that sort. and she emphatically said, " Never;" but that in the vestry he had pulled her clothes over her head. She said if Mr. Ramsay had paid her the 251. she would not have made the charge; that it would have been all settled. I have known Mr. Ramsay five or six years. I cannot hold a man in higher estimation. Cross.examined—l never heard anything against him before. I have been churchwarden three years. I have heard reports of this before. Mr. Ramsay showed me the letter Mrs. Emmerson had written to him, and talked to me on the subject. I think I might have asked him whether he had not given her a kiss. These things be gin by degrees, and often the overtures are made by the woman. Mr. Manning said it was a thing that could not be compromised. Re-examined—The meeting was held with the greatest solemnity. Mr. Emmerson made an apology to me, as he had made an insinuation regarding me and his wife. Mrs. Emmerson told us that Mr. Ramsay wished to take such liberties that no woman would submit to, and that she would not have minded if he had acted as a man, and I then boldly put a question to her, to which she assented. Thomas Phippian—l am one of the churchwardens. I have known Mr. Ramsay for ten years. His character has been very good, and my estimation of him very high. On Saturday, the 9th of January, I saw Mr. Emmerson, and he told me he knew the letter his wife had.written. That was in answer to a question of mine. On the fol lowing Monday, at the meeting, Mr. Emmerson denied any knowledge of the letter. Mrs. Emmerson herself repeated the charge before all the persons at the meet ing, after she had been out with Mr. Manning and Mr. Jones. She was very cool and bold—very collected. She said if Mr. Ramsay had sent the 251. she should not have sent the letter. Cross-examined—She was at first reluctant to make the statement before so many gentlemen. It was sug geted by Mr. Manning that she should repeat the state ments she had made to Mr. Jones and himself, in the presence of the other gentlemee. After having made the statement, she asked the defendant if he denied it:— He said he totally denied it all. I can't say whether that was in answer to Mr. Manning's question. Mr. Manning put questions to Mr. Emmerson before all the gentlemen. Re-examined—Mr. Manning told us the particulars when he came from the private office, and he recom mended Mrs. Emmerson to have a legal adviser. Frederick Manning—l am the attorney for tha de fendant. These gentlemen assembled in na) drawing room. Mrs. Emmerson resisted my application to ex plain the charge; but with considerable difficulty I got out of her that she would explain it to one gentleman in a private room. It was assented to, and she named Mr. Jones, and I associated with him. We went into a p • rivete room and she mace a statement, that Mr. Ram say had made several assaults upon her, and had not acted like a man; that she felt disgusted at Isis conduct and repulsed him. She then limited her charge to three times. She made the statement apparently without any difficulty, as far as her feelings were concerned. I after wards insisted upon her stating to the compa.ny that which she had stated below, and she then stated in general terms the substance, but did not go so fully into the detail. Her husband also insisted upon her stating it. It was not stated as if it were a pleasing duty, it was with more apparent reluctance than she had exhibited to us down stairs. She said if Mr. Ramsay had paid the 251. she would not have sent the letter. I never said anything to her about a kiss. I was too much disgusted with the whole matter. I have known Mr. Ramsay for three years, and believe him to be one of the most moral men in L , mdon. Ile is of a peculiarly nervous tempera ment; he can't stand still when excited. This witness had been in court the whole time, although the witnesses were ordered out of court. Martha Ward—l am the pew-opener at this church. When I am in the church I can hear any noise in the vestry. My daughter assists me. lam in the habit of going into the vestry just as I please. I can hear if any wine is uncorked in the vestry. Mrs. Emmerson once complained to me that she could never see Mr. Ramsay alone in the vestry. This was after July, 1845. She once asked me if I was goinc , to make a present to any one what I would give them ' ? and she afterwards told me that she had presented Mr. Ramsay with a turkey. She always spoke in the highest praise of Mr. Ramsay, and said she never could do too much for him. Cross-examined—l have been there thirteen years. I have never told Mrs. Emmerson that Mr. Ramsay was alone in the vestry. I did not tell her on the occasion alluded to that Mr. Ramsay wanted to speak to her in the vestry. I never saw her go the vestry. I know a young woman who was formerly in the service of Mr. Ramsay, who is now in Canada. She went with her own money. I never had a conversation with Mrs. Emmerson upon the subject. By the JUDGE—I never told Mrs. Emmerson that Mr. Ramsay had ruined his servant and had sent her to Canada, and had sent her 501. to keep her there. I never told her that if Mr. Ramsay discharged me I would blow him to the devil. Elisabeth Ward—l live with the last witness, who is my mother. I remember a Bible being presented to Mr. Ramsay on his birth-day. On the Sunday after that I saw Mrs. Emmerson. I asked her if she had not given Mr. Ramsay two purses, and she said she had. I have heard her speak of Mr. Ramsay's kindness up to last January, when she was dismissed. I have lived with Mr. Ramsay as a servant. He is married, and has a family. I never saw any impropriety in his conduct. Cross examined—My mother and I now live at the church. Thomas Edward Wood—l am clerk at this church, and have been so for seven years. lam in the habit of going in and out of the vestry just as I please. Any noise in the vestry can be heard in the church. Mr. Ramsay is a most upright man. Mrs. Emmerson never made any complaint to me. Alexander Smart—l have known Mr. Emmerson three or four years. I was engaged by him to sing in the choir of St. Michael's Church. I sung there first on the 20th of November, and I continued to do so till Mr. Jones came into the organ•loft and said the choir was dismissed. I never signed a written engagement with Mr. Emmerson, but he sent me one signed by himself. Cross-examined—l can't recollect when the engage ment took place. If any one has sworn that a me morandum was made I should not like to contradict them. James Clark—l am the organist at St. Michael's. I have never heard Mr. Ramsay spoken of but with the greatest respect, except by Mrs. Emmerson, about July, 1845. I was expressing a high opinion of Mr. Ramsay, when she said I did not know him as well as she did, and that he had kissed her in the vestry, and that she hail told her husband, who said he did not think the worse of Mr. Ramsay for it, as it showed a manly feeling. I never saw the slightest impropriety of con duct on the part of Mr. Ramsay. Mrs. Emmerson has referred to the kissing sometimes during the sermon. She made no overtures to me. Cross-examined—l am a married man with a family. I was on friendly terms with Mrs. Emmerson in conse quence of our position, and upon one uccasion she made a point that I should be continued as organist. Some time afterwards she told me that Mr. Ramsay had behaved improperly to her when he called at her house, and she also stated to me that upon one occasion of her being in the vestry Mr. Ramsay had drawn up her clothes. She told me all this long before the dismissal of the choir. I did not mention it to the defendant, because I did not place the slightest belief in it, and I thought it would be too offensive to him to mention it to him. I continued to be on friendly terms with her until the dismissal of the choir. I considered it to be slander, and therefore never named it to any one. Henry Walker—l know Mrs. Emmerson from singing in the same church with her. She told me that Mrs. Ward had told her that Mr. Ramsay had slept one night with her and another with her daughter. It was before last Christmas that she told me so. Cross-examined—She did not mention the name of Braithwaite. I think it was in the church she told me. When we are not singing we talk in the organ-loft. William Braithwaite—l assisted in the choir at St. Michael's Church. Mrs. Emmerson several times told me that she was passionately fond of Mr. Ramsay, and adored the ground he trod on : that Mr. Ramsay had kissed her in the vestry, and that her husband knew about it and laughed at it; but I was not to say anything r ns out s. e with xam i l n ii e m d. L week e s e i k ng together at rur v ) i , s - i l t a i n n e g. to him, b ecause h e wou ld b e o ff en d e d w ith k er a b out i t . She said s h e cou ld d o anyt hi ng w i t h M ann i ng, an d h a d been Covent garden in th e c h orus. I have not been in the and habit e f Evans 3, but not a t th , e h G nt ar l ric w k' a s s H t e i a p d s . v e l ne ne s v n e t r u \ r e ti e , n y t to that church tipsy, night, and I therefore did not go to - singinF at publi c h ouses i n particular. I have sung at day, beea and tlse lon had th e absented following myself Sun d Sunday I thewas told tpreviouso the church the next lea Sunday. Mrs. Emmerson wished me to stay, an d I did ve What Mrs. Emmerson told me was said at various times. It was a little confidential, and no one else heard it. One thing brought up another. I told Mr. Jones of it last year, about the middle of November. I cannot tell why I told him. If I liked to tell him, I suppose I might. It, was to let him knew what sort of 68..2.0, rs he had in his choir. Re-examined--I told Mr. Jones that Mrs. Etnineraou was a very base woman, I thought, and that whatever transaction he had with her he had better not not do it alone. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1847. Daniel M'Cormack—l am a tailor and deputy-beadle • of the church. On the 28th of January last she sent for me to A beer-shop in a court in the Strand. Mrs. Em merson was at the bar with a glass of malt liquor before her. She opened both hands, and said, " I'm so glad pat are coming." I went with her into the taproom. She asked me If I ever saw Mr. Ramsay take liberties with her. I said, " No, never." She asked me if I knew whether Hall ever did. She took out a long purse, and turned out two or three sovereigns into her hand, and said, " This is not the end," and she took the other end, and took out a shilling and gave the landlady, which looked very queer to me. She said she had money enough yet. She said she was sure it was I who looked into the vestry. She said she was sorry to say she had not much witnesss but old Clark, and he was not of much use. She said she could do anything with Manning. She gave me 2s. She said, " Recollect, you are a poor man; look to those that will look to you. "Witness the vestry for me, and I'll be a friend to you for life." " No," says I, " I'll die in a ditch first." She said she bad employed Mr. Hobler and Mr. Bodkin, and would never be satisfied till she had stripped Mr. Ramsay of his gown. William Hall—l am the bellringer of this church. I went to see Mrs. Emmerson in January last year, by her request, at her house. She shook hands with me, and asked if I had ever seen Mr. Ramsay and her in the vestry; I said I had not. She said some one had, and that Mr. Jones knew who it was. I asked her if she had any witness to Mr. Ramsay's taking liberties with her, and she said, " Yes, when he did so at her house." J. J. Wright—l knew Mrs. Emmerson in 1843, at the Tivoli-gardens, at Margate, where I was cash-taker. I was present when she was discharged; it was not in con sequence of the death of the manager. Cross-examined—Mr. Reed succeeded the former ma nager. Ile discharged her. Richard Reed—l was at the Tivoli-gardens in 1843, as acting man for Mr. Ashley. Mrs. Emmerson sang there in 1843. She was discharged in September, when the gardens were closed, but that was not the reason. Cross-examined— The gardens were opened in a few days. She did not continue, but most of the others did. Re-examined—The gardens were closed to get rid of three performers, but particularly Mrs. Emmerson. W. H. Walton—l was master of the ceremonies at the Tivoli-gardens in 1843. Mrs. Emmerson offered me a remuneration on what she might receive from all the gentlemen I might introduce her to; and said that rich old men were best, and that I should be received gratis. Cross-examined—l had been at the gardens two years before, and am a resident at Margate, at Ivy-cottage. The season begins in June, and ends the first week in October. I had been proprietor of the gardens. I then had a salary. I challenged Mrs. Emmerson with having made me this offer. She came at the commencement of the season, and my belief is she made me the offer within a fortnight. She came down as " Miss Sugden." Mr. Emmerson, when loudly applauding her, denied having any knowledge of her. I don't know now that she is a married woman. It was within a week after I knew her that she made me the proposal. It was in the ball room. She used the words " rich old gentlemen and dashing young blades." I had had no intimacy with her before. I was a married man. It was on a dull evening, and there were no visitors in the ball-room. A Miss Harrington was with her at the time. I deny having made any proposal to her. I was first spoken to on this subject a fortnight since. It is false that she ever spurned me. It is false that I ever made the pro posal to her to introduce gentlemen to her. Mr. Em merson did not threaten to horsewhip me. I should like him to have done it. He used insulting language to me after her dismissal. I can't say that I do know Mrs. Adams. Ido know this woman (Mrs. Adams). I swear that Mr. Emmerson did not threaten to horsewhip me in the presence of Mrs. Adams. I did not beg his pardon. John Rix—l was organist at Belgrave Chapel. Mrs. Emmerson was engaged there, and was discharged. She told me that she was very fond of Blatch, and that he was the father of one of her children. I would not believe her on her oath. Cross-examined—l am a teacher of music at Bromp , ton. I was engaged at Dr. Thorpe's chapel in 1838. I ' first became acquainted with Mrs. Emmerson there in 1840. Mrs. Emmerson indicted me for an assault before - a magistrate, and I had to pay 2s. for the hearing. I was discharged, but not admonished. That was in 1843. I have been on visiting terms with her and her husband. Mr. Blatch is a printer, and now lives at Bristol. The conversation took place in the organ loft. Mr. Emmerson was sitting by her side at the time she made this communication to me. fie might have been four or five feet off. I was telling her that one of her children was not much like its father, and she said, " You have never seen its father." I can't recollect whether it was like her other children. She said, " Mr. Blatch used to fetch her from the Opera, and take her to the oyster-rooms and give . her supper." I was very often astonished at her conversations. C. Peters—l am the collector of the Canada Com mittee, and Mr. Ramsay is secretary—the estimation of him has been most favourable. I sat in the organ-loft of St. Michael's. Mrs. Emmerson always expressed herself of Mr. Ramsay in terms most respectful. Miss Eleanor Fisher—l am the sister of Mrs. Ramsay. My mother lived in the Old Kent-road, near Liverpool street. Mr. Ramsay was in the habit of coming to see my mother. lie returned from Ireland in the autumn of 1845, and he came to see us shortly afterwards. Jane Clarke—l kept a coffee-house in Burleigh-street. In January last Mrs. Emmerson was in my house, and told me she had made Mr. Ramsay a present of a purse like the one oho had in her hand. The Bishop of London—l know the defendant. I have always had every reason to believe very highly of him as a minister, and also of his morality. I never heard a whisper against his character or any reason to believe he had done anything to the injury of his cha racter as a clergyman. The Rev. Sir H. Dukinfield, vicar of St. Martin's in-the-Fields, Archdeacon Sinclair, the Rev. Mr. Auders, Sir John Bayley, Bart., Mr. Nairn, the Rev. Canon Dale, the Rev. Mr. Flukes, Sir Walter Clarkson, the lion. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the Rev. Montague Villiers, the Rev. Mr. Mortimer, Mr. Wellaston, barrister-at-law, Mr. Shirley Woolmer, Mr. Frederick Smith, and Mr. Corbett, jun., all spoke in the very highest terms of the defendant both as regarded his religious and moral cha racter. They had never heard a breath against him. It was a pride to be acquainted with him, and they never would believe him to be guilty of such a charge. This was the case for the defendant. The following witnesses were called in reply:— Mary Ann Adams—l know Walton, who has been examined here to-day. I was present when Mr. Em merson went up to Walton, a nd said, "What have y ou to say against Mrs. Emmerson?" Ile said, "Nothing at all." Mr. Emmerson said, " I have a great mind to give you and Reed a d—d good horsewhipping," upon which they both begged his pardon. Cross-examined--I live at Larkhall-lane now. James Emmerson—l told Walton that I would horse whip him in the Tivoli-gardens; he said he was sorry for what he had said, and begged my pardon. Mr. Hoc-ones, who now appeared for the defendant, declined to address th e j ur y upon this additional evi dence. Mr. Sergeant SIIEE then proceeded to address the jury for the prosecution. lie said, when it was his duty, as counsel for the prosecution, to open refrained .from saying anything the case against the Reverend defendant, he had judice their minds or interfere with their calm and dispassionate judgment. He felt it . due to him, and which would pre the Church of which he was a minister, in a ease ?f such peace of mind, and happiness, a serious nature, and involving all his prospects in . life, an d usefulness .in the ministration which he exercised, nut to submit any thing which would divert their minds from the dispassionate consideration of the case. It was with great grief that he was compelled to say that it was his firm belief and conviction, after all the evidence which he had heard, that th e Rev. Septimus Ramsay was guilty of the offenc e imputed to him e .13 charl p e o s t g e o c e u d t r w i x i disprove.t a h n d a was one of the most shameless and abandoned properSlrb eforeF . t jury. o Ta d h ;a sl g • e a r profligates ever brought to on the record, to the last lebtteer,nevaenrdhetahradt sur passed —(Sensation.) His Learned Friehtnitcde with a degree of eloquence which passed in a court of justice, thojuugs comparison between the positions of th the defendant—the woman, he said, was looked e peered rim e whichwitn it prejudiceagainstwasftihrun,at great po him, s a s upon with great commiseration by . ~every one present in the Court, whereas the defendant ap vantage over the But he (Mr. Sergeant Shec) considered they would find, on a comparison of the position of the two parties, that the reverend defendant prosecutrix. Twenty or thirty witnesses of all classes considerately at the evidence o pinion that the rev. defendant barristers spoke to the Ing of society, some dignitaries h o na t o h r e al ch a u n r d eh r , el a ig n i d ou s s om re e . with which he had been charged. defendant. 'When look putation of the reverend ing calmly and ver y church to which the de which had been produced, he could not help thinking ora and religious cha that they would be of was guilty of the crime It was a matter of experience that even among the priesthood of the moment. for satisfying fendant belonged there were l men who, although they held a very T seemed to the whole world meter, had been .satisfactorily found guilty of charge . as this, but even in the most abominable crimes. Such men were gene ton in their conduct, and rally watchful and wary in their e a ct p n p d e u a c r t a , nc a e nd to were careful in selecting atheir lusts congregationacn n a t t l aobnl appetites. elyoifn e ha epa ans T bldil h ge e h yot friends,el. ps such u t oehanv deviation it was only by some unfortunate accide n t th a t th e rea l charge was brought to light and the people all amazed held up their bands in astonishment. It was impossible for the witnesses, who had been called to speak of the defendant's character, to know his conduct towards Mrs. Emmerson. 1101 v was the Bishop of London capable of knowing if he had committed the end religious ofthedefendant 'being men in London, crime charged again st him? In truth, nothing was more absurd and p re p o sterous than to that the call a number o f witnesses who might per btosay aps b e guilty of such !misco nduct. Two of hi s Learned Friends at the bar had given evidence of t he respectable cha racter of the defendant, and he th ought their testimony was worth more reli ance bei ng placed upon it than of all the reve rend g ent lemen in London.— most ty mora l neve r (Laughter.) It amounted to nothing more than this they never heard anything a g ain st him, and they were the last persons who were likely to hear of his conduct towards this woman. These and the other witnesses should have called 'Ton the e n ure, a omen who bad been insulted b . s - the def en d ant ' . Th e L earne d Counsel then proer-eded. :.n a very patheth.: Ir , t.• vr to implore the jury to consider the painful importance of the case to the youngwomon,lier husband, and five chil dren. The prosecutrix was as unimpeached in point of character a 5 any innocent woman could be.—(Laughter.) ➢ir. Justice WIGUTMAN then carefully and elaborately summed up the evidence. lie commented upon the extraordinary conduct of the prosecutrix in having suf fered the defendant to take any indecent liberties with her without communicating the fact to her husband or to any one; and left it to the jury to say whether, looking at the whole of the case, they considered the defendant guilty of the offence imputed to him. The Learned Judge concluded his summing up at half-past eight o'clock, and The jury consulted about two minutes, when The Foreman turned round and announced that their verdict was for the defendant. Some imputation having been cast upon the paternity of the children of the prosecutrix—that they were not all the children of her husband--they were taken into the Court this morning, and, certainly they bore more re semblance to each other than the generality of the chil dren of one family. KING'S COLLEGE. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The distribution of prizes among those students who had distinguished themselves at the recent examination in King's College took place on Wednesday afternoon in the theatre of the institution, before a numerous and highly respectable auditory. The Archbishop of Canterbury presided, and near hi we observed his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Oxford, Lord Radstock, and a considerable number of clergymen of the Established Church. The Rev. Dr. JELF, the Principal of the College, opened the proceedings by offering, in the name of him self and his colleagues, their grateful acknowledgments to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who had, on such occasions as the present, appeared now for the fourth time within those walls, and at very consider able) inconvenience to himself. (Cheers.) He could assure his Royal Highness that the words of en couragement and warning which on each occasion he had condescended to offer to the students bad not been without their fruit ; indeed no one could listen to those words without emotion and benefit. He would venture to observe that on an occasion like this there was considerable danger lest, in attempting to give an estimate of the prosperity of the college, he should fall unwillingly into exaggeration. With such a brilliant assembly as this, presided over by his Grace the Primate of all England and Visitor of this college (and long might he continue to rule the Church, and to visit this college in the same spirit in which he had for so many years done), and in the presence of the illustrious Prince, and of so many noble persons, and more particularly in the presence of that distinguished Prelate, whom it was his (Dr. Jelf's) honour to succeed, and whose principles it was his endeavour to follow, whose memory lived, and would live, not only within those walls, but in the hearts of many grateful generations, and whose name within those walls would never be received without the strongest feeling of grati tude—under such circumstances, it was almost a natural thing that those called upon to express their approba tion of the student's conduct should be led unconsciously into what was something very like high-fiown panegyric. There was also a corresponding danger on the part of those that received that approbation, that they might be led to think more highly of themselves, of their attainments, and even of their in dustry, than they ought to think. Both par ties ought to bear this constantly in mind, and en deavour to keep as far as possible within the bounds of moderation.—(Loud cheers.) He should be doing injustice to himself and the students if he did not express his approbation of their conduct during the last year.—(Cheers.) In many respects that year was full of gratifying recollections. Exceptions to good conduct perhaps there might have been, but either accounts of them had never reached him, or they were so slight that they passed away entirely from his recollection. — (Cheers.) From his colleagues and his friends they would hear a detail of what had been done in the two departments of general literature and science, and the applied sciences. He would content himself with a general statement. He must make his acknow ledgments to the students of each department for their study of divinity, which was the great basis of our pro sperity, and he trusted that on this basis they might look forward to many years of increasing prosperity. The total number of students exceeded a thousand ; but his hope for the future did not rest on an increase of numbers, but was bused on the conviction that there was every depart of the college a true spirit of religion, without which all science and all knowledge were in vain—without which, the classical scholar, with all his knowledge of literature ; the phi losopher, with all his scientific acquirements ; the engineer, with his practical application of the principles of science ; the physician, with all his skill ; and what was still more, that highest of all de partments, the divine, with all his knowledge of con troversial theology, were all as " the sounding brass and the tinkling cymbal."—(Cheers.) Having observed that the opportunities afforded in King's College for studying literature, medicine, jurisprudence, philo sophy, and theology, was equal to that of any of the ancient colleges in the world, the Reverend Gentleman eulogised the industry, talent, and humble mindedness of the divinity students to whom no prizes were awarded, as it would be out of place to incite them to such motives. As distinctions were, however, desirable, he thought it essential to the welfare of the college, that as regards divinity students there should be such a foundation as would correspond to the system of our ancient colleges, and it would be soon in his power to lay before his Grace some plan for effecting that object. It was also in contemplation to establish within the college a residence for the various classes of students, in order that they might not only have the advantage of instruction, but also of college discipline, college enjoyment, college comforts, privi leges, and associations. When that was accomplished, he should then think the college was approaching the fulfilment of that destiny which he trusted God's provi dence would ultimately bring to pass.— (Cheers.) The R's'. Gentleman concluded by presenting his Grace with a list of the gentlemen who had obtained prizes. The announcement of their names was followed by loud ap plause. The following gentlemen were then severally intro duced to the Most Rev. Prelate by the Professors in their respective departments, and received prizes from the hands of his Grace:— DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE, Divinity—George Rawlinson, Edwin Ward, Samuel Flood Jones, Charles Edward lladow, Edward James Auriol, Samuel Green. Classics—James Fitz-James Stephen, Henry Ware, Henry John Riddle Poole, Albert Barff. Latin Prose—Henry Thomas Griffith. English Verse—Charles Henry Pearson. Mathematics—John Stuart Jackson, Wm. Middleton Snell, George Heppe], James Scott, Francis Harris. English Literature—James Fitz-James Stephen, Charles Edward Johnston, James Seller. English Essay—James Fitz-James Stephen. Hebrew—Robert Williams, Peter Goldsmith Medd. French—Edwin Ward. German—William Middleton Snell, Henry Macdo nald Maughan. Literary Union—Alfred John Church. DEPARTMENT OF THE APPLIED SCIENCES. Divinity—Wm. Bulstrode. Mathematics—John Hicks, Thomas Belton, John Cox Gawler. Natural Philosophy—Henry Whitcombe, Charles Innes Spencer, George Schilling, Thomas Bolton. Arts of Construction—John Phillips Nunn. Manufacturing Art and Machinery—George Fuller, William Norton Lawson, George Wells. Surveying— William Norton Lawson, Alfred Vaux, Francis Bowyer Miller, William Frederic Laxton, Henry Charles Heath. Geometrical Drawing—Samuel Blunden Daniell, Fre derick Augustus Buryett. Chemistry—John Hicks, George Fuller. Geology—William Norton Lawson. Mineralogy—William Norton Lawson, John Hicks. Work-room—Clement Augustus Scott, Henry Charles Heath. ►SCHOLARS.-1847. DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE Classical Senior, Alfred John Church. Classical Junior, Edward James Auriol. Mathematical Senior, John Stuart Jackson. Mathematical Junior, Hugh Cowie. DEPARTMENT OF THE APPLIED SCIENCES. Senior Scholar, William Norton Lawson. Junior Scholar, Charles Innes Spencer. ASSOCIATES. DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. Joseph Ince, William Rogers, Edwin Ward, Theodore Chambers Wilks, Robert Williams. DEPARTMENT OF THE APPLIED SCIENCES. George Fuller, George:Wells, Henry Whitcombe, Wil liam Norton Lawson, John Phillips Nunn. Certificates of Honour—George Wells, William Nor ton Lawson, Henry Whitcombe. Certificates of Approval—John Phillips Nunn, Alfred Vaux, John Samuel Fairrie. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, in moving a vote of thanks to the Archbishop of Canterbury for presiding, ex pressed the great satisfaction he felt on account of the testimony borne to the conduct, ability, and discipline of the students ; but it was particularly gratifying to him to find that literature had been combined with a religious education. He trusted that the religious prin ciples which they were taught in that college would guide them through life. —(Cheers.) The Bishop of OXFORD briefly seconded the motion, and The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in responding, said he should have no difficulty in admitting to orders can didates who had gone through their course of theology in King's College, and whose good conduct and pro ficiency were attested by the Principal and the M asters. IThe proceedings then terminated. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, PORTUGAL -STREET, LINCOLN'S INN-FlELDs.—Yesterday afternoon a special general court of the governors of the above institution was held for the purpose of receiving a proposition to elect the Right Hon. Sir Robert Pe el, Bart., M.P., to the office of Vice-President of the hospital. Alderman Copeland, M.P., having taken the chair, proposed ch a resolution embodying the object abovenamed, whi was seconded by Major Moore, and Sir Robert Peel was unanimously elected by a very full court of governors. Thanks having been voted to Mr. Alderman Copeland, the chair was vacated by that gentleman, and occupied by Mr. W. Fergusson, F.R.S., and after the disposal of the routine business connected with the charity the meeting separated. From the report of the secretary, Mr. Lyon, it appears that the charity is greatly increas ing in public utility, 17,850 patients having been treated during the past year, of whom 1,276 were in-door re cipients. It is also reported, that since 1840 nearly 84,000 patients have b...cu asimi;ted witho u t letters of recomme ndation, including about 5,000 in-patients. ' As Mr. Jones has resigned, it is expected there will be no opposition for thesounty:of Buckingham. SIR HAR ~ ity :SMITH'S PROGRESS. On Wednest lay the hero of Aliwal, Sir H. Smith, and his lady, parto( .11; of a public breakfast at Ely, on his way to Whittle. tea. A beautiful arch, covered with a profusion of fib fivers and laurels, was erected near the station, where a bout 8,000 or 10,000 persons had as sembled, and ti 1 e milli;int gentleman's appearance was greeted with tren tenaous ~, b eers. The procession moved from the station through Ole principal streets of the town to the new t Worn Thsehanje, in which a splendid dejeiiner ala fourc ette was supp2ied by Younghusband and Son, of Geran. Hall Hotel, Rasing-lane, Landon, The building itself NN beautifully fesOoned with ever greens and flowers ; t tables, which ea tended round the area, were covered ith choice plants. On the table at which the Gallaat r4et feral sat was a service of gold plate, valued at 16,0001 The breakfast provided con sisted of every delicacy fi to season could produce, the fruit being the admiration )f all present. The appear ance of the whole called ft 'rth an expression of thanks from Sir Harry Smith. From the station to the breakfast-room Sir Harry was accompanied by the Dean o. f Ely, Professor Sedgwick, the Rev. E. B. Sparke, son of the late Bishop Sparke, and William Layton, Esq., the eminent agriculturist. t The Dean of Ely presided the breakfast, at which there were between 200 and t 100 present, consisting of the elite of the town and neighl. 'ourhood. WHITTLESRA.—On arriving at this town the illus trious guests were received by , a concourse of 4,000 to 5,000 people, and by them escort, sci to the house of his brother, Captain Smith. The be A llr rang merrily, and the greatest hilarity pervaded the town. Mr. Booker read a complimentary address to ti to gallant hero, and received a short but suitable repl;v, Sir Harry Smith saying that on the morrow he should have an oppor tunity of expressing ct greater length his feelings of appreciation of the kind ness of his fello w-townsmen. THURSDAY, JULY 1. TILE DINNER was holden in a pavilion, erected for the purpose, in .a close next the rectory. At a quarter before five the chair was taken by the Re!. Algernon Peyton, rector of Doddington, who was supp wted on the right by the hero of many fights, Sir Harr' Smith, Earl Fitzwilliam, Earl of Aboyne, Lord MiltoV. J. W. Childers, Esq., Professor Sedgwick, Colonel A Ilia, J. IX Gordon, Esq., and the Dean of Ely ; and on the left by the High Sheriff (W. Pate. Esq.), the Earl of Hardwick', Lord C. Russell, M.P., R. G. Townley, Esq., A4miral Morris, &c. _ _ In the centre was placed a very handsome epergne, a testimonial to Sir Harry Smith, purchased by subsciiP don. It bore the following inscription:—" Presented ,+.O Major-General Sir H. C. W. Smith, Bart., of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G.C.8., Colonel of the Rifle Brigade, by parties resident, or interested in the Isle of Ely, in testi mony of their esteem for the eminent services rendered by him as an officer in the British army during a period of 42 years, and more particularly for the distinguished ability shown by him in gaining a decisive victory over the Seilihs in India, when in command of the British forces at the battle of Aliwal, on the 28th of January, 1846. Presented the Ist of July, 1847." Sir Harry was dressed in a general's uniform, wear ing the order of the Bath, and several medals. At the conclusion of the dinner, Lady Smith and a party of ladies entered the booth; and her Ladyship was re ceived with loud cheers, the company standing. Nearly three hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner, which, ex cept a plentiful supply of soup, fish, and vegetables, was served cold. Grace having been said, The Rev. CHAIRMAN proposed, in succession, the Queen, Price Albert, the Queen Dowager, and health, wealth, and prosperity to all the Royal Family; the Duke of Wellington and the Army, acknowledged by Lord C. J. Russell; the Navy, acknowledged by Ad miral Morris. The CHAIRMAN next, in eloquent terms, proposed the health of Sir Harry Smith. Among all the recent Wings, no one day, he believed, would have afforded the Gallant General more pleasure that that, and should he tell them so, he (the Chairman) should not doubt his integrity. He must naturally feel proud of his return to his home, and native soil, from whence he had set out on his travels, amid the approbation of his countrymen, and in receipt of their grateful thanks. He would, if the ladies would allow him to alter a passage of Shakspere devoted exclusively to them, say with Othello—" We, as countrymen and compatriots, do love our General, and he loves us." He had no doubt the Gallant General felt grateful for the trophies and attachment they had that day displayed in his honour. So long as any Englishman's heart beat convulsively, nothing could be more endearing to him than the return to his home after a prolonged absence. As Sterne remarks in his beau tiful story of the sword—" It seemed as the return to an old friend's face, which once was given up." But his (the chairman's) pilgrim's shrine was won, his task was ended, and the company before the evening was over would doubtless be quite tired of him. (No, no.) They were anxious also to hear the Gallant General himself. The Chairman then (turning to Sir Harry Smith) said, " I understand, Sir, that you are again about to seek foreign shores, and whether or not you meet with opportunities of performing similar achieve ments to that which we are now met to celebrate, I, in the name of this meeting, venture to trust that your absence will not be long, and that you will soon return to your native shores, and pass your time among those friends who are always so happy to receive you. I trust you will receive this trophy as a slight tribute of the gratitude of Englishmen, and that on your return from abroad you will live in health to feel that it was given in gratitude by your compatriots and those who know so well how to appreciate your services, your public efforts in the cause of your country, and your private friend ship—l drink your health."—(Loud, long, and most vociferous cheering.) On its somewhat subsiding, Sir HARRY SMITH rose and spoke as follows: " Lives there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said This is my own, my native land."—(Cheers.) Rev. Sir, my lords and gentlemen, and fellow- towsmen —fain would I thank you for the honour you have this day done me by thus assembling, and by the sumptuous banquet you have set before me ; but when the heart is full the tongue refuses to obey.—(Cheers.) It is true, as your president has said, that it is 42 years since I left my native land. On that occasion I parted with an affectionate mother—(Cheers)—and, gentlemen, by a curious coincidence, this day is the commemoration of her birth day.—(Cheers.) Her last words to me were, " Remember, I pray you, never to enter a public billiard room to play, and if ever you should be engaged with the enemies of your country, remember you are an Englishman."—(toud cheers.) Thirty-two years ago, at the battle of Waterloo, there were three brothers, and it has pleased Providence to protect them all, although they were in the beat of the battle. We three, gentle men, are the only instances on record in this country, and we three are here to-day to feel and thank you for the honour done to myself and family.—(Loud cheers.) How I fulfilled the first pledge I gave my mother I well know—l have never played in a public billiard room, and what is more, I never was drunk in my life.—(Loud cheers.) How I have obeyed her se cond injunction, my Sovereign, the Duke of Wel lington, and you, my fellow countrymen, have been pleased to bear testimony, and it becomes me to ac knowledge the reception I have received. If lam about to remind you of my services, I believe that they arose from my being placed in positions that would have been equally well filled by others.—(No, no.) Believe me, fellow-countrymen, it is to my fellow-soldiers I am in debted for the honours I have received. I never appealed to my brother soldiers that they did not respond to my call.—(Cheers.) I hope war is far, far distant, for although a glorious it is a horrid profession. Since the wonderful battle of Waterloo, which established a peace for this nation which has lasted 32 years, and on my return to this country, I have observed her marked improvement in the arts and sciences, the improvement in the morality and deportment of the lower classes, and the observance of the Sabbath, which latter, I regret to say, was not thought of when I left it. To this I attribute all the good success of our civil exertions. I accept with gra titude the service of plate you offer me. I trust that feeling will be perpetuated in the memory of my family, and that they will never disgrace that relic of my sword. —(Cheers.) I have no sons; but have two nephews, whom I have seen in action, and who are now in this room ; they merit the coat they wear—(the uniform of Sir Harry's regiment),—and if they did not, I would be the first to strip them of it.—(Cheers.) A word of the Duke of Wellington. You should have seen as I have seen him, riding in the thick of the fight, rallying the disheartened, restoring confidence wherever he ap• peared, and rendering victory certain.—(Cheers.) My reception by my Sovereign and my fellow-countrymen has been far more gratifying than I am able to express, but I feel it none the less, and only apprehend that my services and performance of my duties should not in future merit your approbation. My first military ardour was inspired in the Whittlesea Yeomanry Cavalry— (Cheers) —which I have this day inspected, and which I am rejoiced to see are in superior order to what they were in my former days. lam aware, by tradition, a y o u r Minister once said, in alluding to the French !evolution:. " If your Majesty is afraid to arm your subjects, crown will totter to its base;" and in t o th u e ntry , so and people long as the nobles are true to the throne _ now she to the nobles, so long shall England sta nd, lt. al stands, paramount and unparalleledrew _t h . e o nations.—ell any (Cheers.) My heart is too full t e o m l e l me shall ever, amid longer on the subject, but belietve ful remembrance of this all vicissitudes, entertain agr mark of the respect and t h e school mates,inhabi- tantsaatottacmhymepnlatyomfatthese, ll o w an and f e ll o w-townsmen trust they of my native i sle. M ay are around nsmen present,gentleme m n e d s:tow ho n ourable that, with the o t h er will accept the grateful r m t has of their townsman and Th e Gallant General sat coun t r yman Harry h. ( down amidst reiterated cheers.) The next toasts were "The High Sheriff," who ac knowledged the toast; " The Custos Rotulorum of the Isle, t h e puke of Bedford," responded to by Lord Charles Russell ; "The Earl Fitzwilliam " (given by the chair man, as the health of a nobleman possessed of a largo property, and who knew how to use it, and duly acknow ledged by the Noble Earl) ; " The Lord Lieutenant of the County, Lord Hardwicke." Lord HARDWICKE propOsed " The health of Lady Smith" (who had, he said, followed her husband through all his campaigns), amid much cheering. Sir HARRY SMITH, in returning thanks, recited what he designated as the extraordinary circumstances under which he first met his lady, and paid a high compliment to the fair sex as generally instigating the, opposite one to deeds of valour. He believed from his heart Lady Smith was deserving the honour they had done h er. " The County Members," " The Chairman, " Th e Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese , " " Captain an dnatives Major Smith" (brothers of Sir Harry , and both of NV hittlesca), were successively toaste d, an d the meet ing ,:eparated. The borough of Aylesbury will be severely eo n _ Deer tested. Lord Nugent, R. Clayt on, Esq., and Peter Deer ing, Esq., are the candidates. HABEAS CORPUS. [We insert the following letter as an act of justice to one who has been hardly dealt by, and from ret pest to the son of a great man. We do not, however, agree with the writer in his eonclusions.3 _ TO THE EDlTait OF THE SUN. SlR,—There is no end to the outcry that this is a "land of liberty" whenever an infringement is made upon the privileges of any of the great men whose pedigrees state that their ancestors " came in with the Conqueror," and, in fact, whether the ancestors "came in" with William I. or William 111. the cry is equally loud, and generally successful, in vaunting and insisting on the forms of laws to secure liberty, which forms were established or re-established by the Saxon ancestors of the bulk of this nation. Now I, one of the bulk, have been in prison seven years, charged with being a rebel and a contemner of the laws, but without having been convislted or tried. My keeper having certified on the return to my habeas corpus to the effect that I had been tried and convicted, I was remanded to his custody. I brought ivy action on the case for a false return; he pleaded "not guilty," and no other plea, and Lord Den man, on Saturday, the 19th inst., before a jury of the country, held that the return must be assumed to be true until it was proved to be false, and that the onus of proof lay on the party making the charge. Now what would be the proof of the truth of the return? Simply the warrant in the keeper's office. What would be my disproof of the return? Notfring but the same warrant, which I must produce by subpoena of one of the defendant's own officers. I should like to know how I could prove that that warrant was falsified? I cannot put leading questions to my own witness ; but he, the willing witness against me, is open to leading questions in the shape of cross-examination by the defendant, and cross-examination affords the best evidence. In the times of Charles 1., so much abused for tyranny, corruption had not sunk so deep that jailers would cer tify mater not in their warrants of commitment, as appears by the Petition of Right (3 C. 1., c. 1, s. 5); but if this doctrine that the party complaining of the return bas to disp:ove it, had then sprung up, the judges of Charles might have been spared the difficulty and odium of remanding persona, as stated in the Petition of Right, who by the returns appeared to have been committed illegally on vague charges by' the Lords of the Privy Council. If this doctrine is now law, the result of course is, that the return is never to be supported on oath, and that I am debarred from cross-examination of the agents of the officer on whose nnsworn statement I am detained, turd that therefore I have no remedy but the troublesome one of indictment at common-law, in which I may be a witness. I think, Sir, that this being a matter in which public liberty is concerned and common sense the test, the press is the proper quarter to appeal to; and therefore, not on individual but on public grounds, I hope the press will respond to this appeal by directing its attention to the subject, not only in England, but in Ireland and Scot land. Lord Denman observed that his opinion was given in the absence of any authority for my view of the point; but I hope that the precedent in this case will end by becoming such authority, on my motion for a new trial, and on the public opinion expressed through your dis cussion of the question. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, WM. COBBETT. Queen's Prison, June 22, 1847. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. The thirteenth report of the commissioners of National Education in Ireland, for the year 1846, was issued on Monday morning. It is addressed to the Earl of Clarendon as Lord-Lieutenant, being the first import ant public document in which his Lordship's name has yet appeared since his appointment. The commissioners state that, at the close of the year 1846, the number of schools in operation was 3,637, and the number of pupils in attendance therein 456,410. The increase upon the year 1845, was 511 schools, and 23,566 pupils. The increase of pupils in 1845 over 1844, was 37,294, and the commissioners attribute the diminished amount of increase in 1846, as compared with that of the previous year, to the prevailing distress having compelled parents to obtain employment for their children upon the public works. Grants had been promised towards the building of 335 additional schools, amounting to 11;501/. 17s. 6d., by which accommodation will be afforded for 31,461. additional pupils. During the year, 85 schools bad been struck off the roll, and fourteen suspended for various causes, such as the houses being unsuitable, want of local contributions, inability to procure sites, transfers to other places, and other reasons. The model schools in Marlborough -street, Dublin, continue to be numerously attended and efficiently conducted; the total number on the rolls stated to be 1,368. In all the schools, the arrangement for the separate religious in struction of the children of different persuasions, and of the teachers in training, are described as being carried on with punctuality and satisfaction. The salaries for the year amount to 44,177/. 1 ls. 6d., thus, taking the total number of teachers to be 4,000, the average amount is only 11/. to each, but the commissioners say they ought to be augmented. The maximum at present is 20L, and the minimum 81. per annum—low enough, certainly, for any degree of efficiency. The commis sioners also express a hope that the arrangement which has recently received the sanction of Government for giving retiring pensions to meritorious teachers in Eng land, will, as soon as possible, be extended to Ireland. During the distress that lately afflicted the country gratuities were awarded to the poorer teachers, in ad dition to their ordinary salaries ; and in this way, 3,0001. were expended by permission of the late Lord- Lieutenant. The yearly interest of Lord Morpeth's do nation of I,OOOL, `is in future to be awarded in gratuities varying from 11. to 31., to schoolmasters in each of the 34 districts, who are most distinguished by the order, neatness, and cleanliness observable in themselves, their scholars, and their school-houses. The demand for the school-books of the commissioners is increasing greatly, especially in Upper Canada, where a similar system of national education has been recently established. In connexion with the ordinary schools, there are 99 work house schools, and five agricultural model schools ; and it is intended to establish a school at the fishing station, near Galway, the pupils of which are to be instructed in navigation. Many other details are given in the report. Appended to it are a statement of the year's accounts, and a great number of tabular reports and returns, illus trating the state of education in every province, county, and town in Ireland. THE AMERICAN TARIFF. The following is a copy of a dispatch from Mr. Paken hair, her Majesty's Minister at Washington, to Viscount Palmerston, on the subject of the customs' revenues of the United States under the new tariff, printed by order of the House of Commons:— " Washington, March 29th, 1847. " My Lord,—Her Majesty's Government will be glad to hear that the session of Congress closed without any addition having been made to the rates of import duty established by the tariff of last year. That measure will, therefore, now receive a fair trial; and I am happy to say that there are already such indications of its almost certain success, that it may be considered, as it were, beyond the reach of danger; I speak with refer ence to the amount of revenue produced by it. It was confessedly for the sake of revenue that the exorbitant tariff of 1842 was introduced, and it was on the assump tion that the moderate tariff of last year would not pro duce a sufficient revenue that it was so strenuously opposed by the advocates of the protection system. Now, let us see what has been the result, so far as the experiment has yet gone. " The new scale of duties came into operation on the let of December last—that is to say, not quite four months ago, and from the enclosed statement, for which I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Walker, the Secre tary of the Treasury, it will be seen that the receipts under the reduced scale of duties during the period em braced in the return exceed those of the corresponding period of the year before, when the high rates were in force, by nearly a million of dollars. I think it likely that by the end of the present month the excess will amount to quite a million. " This is a matter of great interest to England at the present moment, when it is of so much importance that our export trade should flourish, in order to meet the heavy demand upon the resources of the country, occa sioned by an extraordinary importation of food. only produced the same amount of revenue as the old one, the result would still h ave been very gratifying, b ecause to create the same amount of revenue under a reduced o had od s im ported,herscale of duties it is obvious that a proportionate increase inpclrazeinEnthgelanodu,anotfitcyouorfseg, but when we see that the reduced tariff must ha in ve wh ta ic k h en natura share . bees msaoidretshtartiktihneglpyeraipopdaermenbtr. produces at the rate of 250,000 dollars per month more than the high one, the satisfactory result of the experi aced in the men i t t b rn ec a o y m en closed return being that immediate ly following the re duction in the duties d oes not a fford a fair criterion of what may be the ultimate working of the measure. But I do not think that this argument applies to the case under consideration , — first " In the place, because we Ere that the month of December, . the fir s t mon th o f t h e n e w system, was not, by upwards 01100,000 dollars, as productive as the suc ceeding month of January, thereby showing that there was no unnatural or extraordinary influx of foreign commodities immediately consequent on the introduction of a lower rate of duty, to be counterbalanced by a fall ing off at a later period. " In the next place, because it should be borne in mind, that simultaneously with the new tariff, the ware housing system was for the first time introduced into the United States, which everybody knows has a tendency to made the introduction of merc h an dise, or rather the clearance of goods for consumpti on, steady and gradual, and proportioned to the wants of the market.the natural " Upon the whole, my Lord, looking to effects of an improved commercial policy, and to the state of general prosperity and well-being:'which pervades this country at the present moment, owing, principally to a steady demand for all sorts of agricultural produce at remunerating prices, I think it can scarcely be doubted that the consumption of foreign merchandise must, for ' the present year at least, exceed the average of former years, and thus help to redress the balance of trade, now, owing to an unforeseen calamity, unfortunately so much against us.—l have, &c., " R. PAKENHAM." PENSION TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR G. POLLOCK. —On Wednesday, at a Court of Directors of the East India Company it was decided that a pension of 1,000/. per annum be granted to Major-General Sir G. Pollock, G.C.8., in consideration of the eminent services per formed by him in India. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 24.—The first division of the Rwsiau tket, colisistin„. , of t,ix Ships of the line, a fri. gate, and a steamer, sailed northward from the road of Helsinger on the 23d. The other division, consisting of three ships of the line and three frigates, will remain here some days longer. this Lted ays 11--- ises wer for sent. r to the at it ON, nse aced nent and nore ,s as osed city the I on and h• noble eject. nods sa don, poliS , s of sick mea- the 3 tro ould the `` r ...1' J 1;