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finperial HOUSE OF LORDS---MONDAT. Lord BEAUMONT spoke of the i n convenience resulting; from the recent proclamation respecting the gold coinage, and asked if any steps had been taken to provide a remedy ? Lord Wu ARNCLIFFE said that the loss rarely exceeded one and a half per cent. ; and added that measures had been already taken, both in town and country, to facilitate the ex change of the outstanding sovereigns for those of proper weight. At the suggestion of the Duke of NyELLiNGToN, the In come Tax bill is to pass through committee pro forma this eveninc , , and to be read a third time on Friday, on which d a y the discussionb on the measure will take place. Lord CAMPBELL then brought under the consideration of the house the case of William Sympson, who was called as a witness on the trial of James Henry, at the lat e Sti r li ng As sizes, and whose evidence was not taken on account o f hi s re ligious opinions , to establish which several witnesses were ex amined by the court. The noble lord, ofter narrating and commenting on the facts of the case as they had reached him, concluded by moving for a return of a copy of the record of the trial. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had communicated with the lords justices on the subject, and they were of opinion that the proceedings which had taken place were in strict con formity with the law of Scotland. Whether the law was po litic or othertise was a question which he would not then discuss. The motion was an att ac k u po n the Scotch judges, and, in their defence, it was only necessary to shew that they acted according to law, whether that law were judicious or the contrary. After some further discussion, in which Lords Denman, Brougham, Wynford, and Haddington took part, Lord CAMPBELL withdrew his motion, and the house ad- journed HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY In reply to a question from Mr. Hutt, Sir R. PEEL said that the Government had altered its in tention with respect to the duty on exported coal. They would now propose a duty of 2s. per ton on round and Is. per ton on screened coal. It was then arranged that the discussion on the coal duties should be taken to-morrow (Tuesday). In answer to a question from Mr. - Childers, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the great est depreciation of the gold coinage would not exceed from one and a quarter to one and a half per cent. The utmost, therefore, that should be exacted for a light sovereign was three-pence. . .. _ The second reading of the new Poor Law Bill was then fixed for Friday (this day). Mr. O'CONNELL asked if the Government would object to lay before the house the coroner's inquisition on the bodies of those persons who were killed i n the late dreadful transac- Sir R. PEEL said that a barrister had been promptly sent down by the Irish Government to inquire into the whole matter, and as the parties implicated by the inquest must undergo a trial, he hoped nothing would be asked for which might have a tendency to prejudice the proceedings. The house then went into committee on the new tariff. Mr. MITCHELL proposed to raise the duty on cables from £6 to £8 per ton, being of opinion that the duty proposed by Government would not afford sufficient protection to the interests concerned. After a short discussion, the motion of Mr. Mitchell was negatived by a majority of 163 to 35. Mr. G. BANKER moved that the existing duty on stones for building purposes should be maintained, with a view to the protection of the Isle of Portland quarriers. Mr. CHRISTIE opposed the motion, as likewise did Mr. GLADSTONE, who said that the present duty was more than even the parties most interested asked for. The amendment was then withdrawn. Lord Howicx moved that the duty on foreign coffee be reduced to 7d, instead of 8d as proposed by Government, which was tantamount to a duty of 230 per cent. on the value of the article. The Government proposition created a dif ferential duty between foreign and colonial coffee of 115 per cent., which was so great that it would have the effect of stimulating unnaturally the produce of the colonies, and must ultimately prove injurious. His proposition would, he believed, materially benefit the consumer, without seriously affecting the revenue. Mr. aIA.DSTONg said, that upon its own grounds there could be little objection to the proposition of the noble lord ; but the government, nevertheless, were compelled to resist it, owing to the state of our commercial negotiations with coffee-growing countries, with which we might be enabled to make better conditions for the introduction of our manufac tures by holding out as an equivalent a reduction of the du ties on coffee. Mr. HImIE supported the proposition of Lord Howick. Sir R. PEEL was of opinion that we should not lightly throw away those inducements which we possessed to cause foreign nations to receive our manufactures. LOAD Howicx could not approve of the practice of mak• ing these reductions of duties matters of barter between nations. To keep up duties for such a purpose was to ex hibit jealousies ourselves at the very time we were seeking to induce others to abandon them. The motion of Lord liowiclCWas negatived on a divsion, by a majority of 81 to 48. Lord SANDON moved an amendment to the effect that all foreign coffee now in bond, and all which shall arrive on or before the Ist of August, should be admitted at a duty of 7d. per lb. He thought that those merchants who held large stocks of foreign coffee, imported under the present system of different duties, would be exposed to great disadvantage unless they received the concession he suggested. Mr. GLADSTONE said that in all great changes cases of in dividual hardship must occur, but those cases should not be allowed to interfere with the interest of the community. Sir R. PEEL did not think that sufficient grounds had been stated to warrant the house in acceding to the motion of the noble lord. It would have been impossible to have framed the tariff if they were in every instance to consult individual interests. After some discussion, the amendment was negatived by a majority of 133 to 69. kr. T. DuNcomsz moved an amendment, to the effect that corks squared for rounding should be admitted at a duty of one shilling per ton. On a division, the amendment was negatived by a majority of 137 to 81. Dr. Bowsaw°, in the acheduleon straw hats and platting, proposed that an ad valorem duty of 20 per cent. should be adopted, instead of the duty of Bs. 6d. per lb. proposed by the Government, nn straw hats, antl Ari F or lk esrs platting. Mr. GLADSTONE opposed the amendment, which was ne atived without a division. Great progress was made with the tariff, which Sir R. Peel hoped would be finished to-day, the few remaining arti cles to be taken after the duty on coals shall have been dis- posed of. The house then resumed, and the chairman obtained leave to sit again to-morrow. The Other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS-TUESDAY In accordance with a request from Lord REDESDALE, Viscount DuNCANNON stated the nature of the resolution to be moved by the Marquis of Lansdowne on Friday next, on the third reading of the income tax bill. It was to the following effect :—" That while this house is unwilling to obstruct the progress of measures calculated to supply the present deficiency in the public income, and to make it ade quate to meet the public charges, it cannot refrain from re cording its opinion that a judicious alteration of the duties affecting corn, sugar, and timber would have greatly dimi nished the amount of additional taxation required by the ex igencies of the state, and would at the same time, from its effect in increasing the comforts of all classes, and lessening the privations of the great body of the people, together with such addition as might have been obtained from other sources, have been preferable to a tax on income in the pre sent circumstances of the country." Lord HOWDEN asked if any official reports had been re ceived by the government corroborative of the intelligence which he had himself received from private sources, of the rapidly retrograding state of the people of Syria, and the complete disorganisation of affairs in that quarter? The noble lord was proceeding to comment on the policy which led to the existing state of things in that country, when The Duke of WELLINGTON rose to order, and complained of the great inconvenience of bringing forward such matters, and making a speech upon them, without having given any notice whatever on the subject. The matter then dropped. The copyright bill was committed, and ordered to be read a third time on Tuesday next, when the discussion is to take place upon the principle of the bill. A petition was presented by Lord WHARNCLIFFE, against the law by which prisoners were called upon to plead to an indictment. This led to some conversation, in the course of which Lord DENMAN and other law peers contended that calling upon a prisoner to plead not guilty was in effect, if guilty, asking him to add the crime of falsehood to that of which he was accused. He should be tried at once without forcing him to confess his guilt or to tell a lie. ()n the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, Mr. Roebuck's bill for giving indemnity to witnesses to be examined before his committee on elective compromises was read a second time. The standing orders were then suspended, and the bill was suffered to go through its remaining stages without oppo sition. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF. COMMONS.—TUESDAY. Mr. SHAW moved a new writ for the borough of Belfast; uP(ri whi c h Mr. O' CONNELL moved, as an amendment, that a select committee should be appointed to inquire intoa corrupt coin- P i n r° f T e i t s , e which was alleged to have taken place, and which, was n o P la r r o z e e f iy o f pbrri bery t denied. He had in his possession ample and corruption, and personation of voters, tran sa , tion ac a tlsed at the last election for Belfast, in which After uu , ne ucth Parties were implicated. Sir tl. B.,_e_bc,servations from Captain POLHILL, keep back e ';`•:' , l e N said that a sum of -£6OO had been paid to Sir R. PEEL, thought from the Belfast election committee. upon to convince the House of Commons was called termination to p ut a e s ( mntry that it was sincere in its de fore felt the necessity 0 1 ) to these proceedings, and he there- He also thought that the an inquiry into this case. limited time. th writ Should be suspended for a After some discussion' Isir SHAW was desirous of with drawing his motion, but not tieing permitted to do so, a di vision took plac e, whe n the issue of the writ was rejected by a majority of 170 to 73. being agreed to, it wa s ar -31 r. O'CONNELL'S amendrnsehn_t_be, ranged that the committee oe nominated on Wed nesday. The house then went into committee on the new tariff. The CHANCELLOR. of the ExcilEcoaEß. then moved a duty of 2s per t o n on coals exported to foreign countrie s . ty l o t f4 va s a a s th e original intention of the government t o fi x a ton on exported coals, which it was estimated- w ould produce a revenue of £200,000. On consideration of the interest s involved, however, it was deemed advisable to adopt the l ess er duty, which would produce a revenue of about which might compensate for some por tion of the difference.for increased exportation, without calculating anything Mr. BELL assented to the amended proposition of the right hon. gentleman. Lord Howicx referred to the negotiations which had ta ken place between the government and the as coal owners, and which had led to the present propositihon, a compromise the amount of the to obviate their opposition. Althoug duty might appear to be small, it wo uld, nevertheless, mate rially affect our export trade in coal, which was already open to a competition which threatened our hold of the continen tal, and more particularly of the Medite rranean, markets. The distinction between large and small coals would, in levy ing the t ax , l ea d to additional custom -h o use supervision and expense, and di m i n i s h t h e amoun t o f net revenue. Under all these circumstances he thought the tax injudicious. Mr. H UTT also contended that the tax was i n j u dicious. The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER denied that any Compromise had been entered for the purpose of avert ing' o the oppositio n of the coal owners. After a few observations from 31r. Liddell and Mr. Ber nal, Mr. GLADSTONE said that the great argument in favour of the tax on exported coals was the advantage to be derived by the revenue from as unobjectionable a source of taxation as could be devised. The right hon. gentleman then con tended that the trade was not likely to be so injuriously af fected as was supposed by this tax. Mr. LAMBTON opposed even the modified proposition of t , ;pment, as likely to prove extremely injurious. aretiON supported the Proposition of the i-phtgovern ), r,,e3 groopitthot we sh ou l d husband our stores of • 1,1 i t •1. coal, and as was said by a witness before a committee of the house, " prevent foreigners from eating into the vitals of our posterity." Mr. P. T. BARING said that the principal reason for this tax was an increase to the revenue, but the amount to be de rived was insignificant when compared with the important interests endangered by its imposition. Sir R. PEEL ridiculed the charge of compromise in a matter of this kind, and asked if government were to be de barred, when about to legislate, from all communication with parties interrested in the changes they were about to pro pose. The simple fact was that government was endeavour ing to supply the deficiency in the revenue, and looking at the fact that coals were incapable of reproduction, and that the foreign demand was increasing, he thought their ex portation a proceeding most legimately open to taxation. Mr. HUME thought this tax opposed to all sound princi ples of commercial legislation. Lord J. RUSSELL supported the proposition of the govern ment, though he thought there was some risk in the experi ment. He did not, however, think there was any such danger as should induce him to refuse the•government the amount of revenue they demanded. Mr. C. BuLLER opposed the tax, But on a division the government proposition was carried by a majority of 200 to 67. The remaining items of the tariff were then agreed to, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-WEDNESDAY The Sugar Duties Bill and other bills were brought up from the Commons and read a first time, after which their lordships adjourned. Mr. F. MAULE said he understood that the Church Pa tronage (Scotland) Bill, which stood for second reading this evening, could not be proceeded with because the assent of her Majesty should have been obtained before the bill was introduced, inasmuch as it interfered with the prerogative of the Crown. He therefore gave notice that on Tuesday, the Bth of July, he would move an address to her Majesty on the subject, and hoped Sir R. Peel would give precedence to his motion ; but if not he should move it as an amendment on the first succeeding night of supply. . _ Sir R. PEEL said that he could not consent to give other than a bond fide acquiescence on the part of her Majesty to any proposition, for he never would consent to give a con structive assent on the part of the Crown for the purpose of raising a discussion. The hon. gentleman might allow his notice to stand for Tuesday, the Bth, and in the interim he would tell him how far he could comply with his wish, that his motion should have precedence. Mr. D'ISRAELI asked if it was true that propositions had beeu made by the commissioners appointed by the state of Maine to treat with her Majesty's envoy equivalent to a vir tual relinquishment of territory and of the navigation of the river St. John; and if it was also true that her Majesty's envoy had entertained such propositions, leaving this coun try in possession of an inferior boundry to that awarded by the King of the Netherlands ; and also, whether full power of adjudication had been awarded to that envoy? Sir R. PEEL said that these questions were altogether pre mature. He held in his hand despatches stating that com missioners had been appointed by the state of Maine, but he did not believe that Lord Ashburton had had any com munication whatever with them, for they were appointed not to act by themselves but with commissioners from the other states of the Union. It would be wholly inconsistent with propriety to give any answer whatever to the questions of the hon. member in the present state of the negotiations. Mr. H. VERNON asked if it was the intention of the Go vernment to bring in or pass any bill for the reform of the ecclesiastical courts during the prasent session? It would be inconvenient to do so as the right rev. prelates, who were deeply interested in the subject, would be absent on their visitations. Sir J. GRAHAM said he should take an early opportunity of moving for leave to bring in the bill. Lord J. RUSSELL said there was a report afloat that it was the intention of the Government to pass a bill continuing the poor law commission for another year to postpone the poor law bill until next session. He wished to know if there was any ground for the rumour. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had no hesitation in declaring that Government would endeavour to pass the poor law bill during the present session. Mr: FLEMING said that the parties accused by the report of the Southampton committee were ready to defend them selves and to be examined either at the bar of the house or before a committee, and hoped, therefore, that Mr. Mac kinnon would postpone his motion for a new writ, in order to give time for a select committee to enter upon the in quiries. _ _ Mr. MACKINNON said he had no objection to postpone the writ again if Mr. Stanley, who had moved the suspension of the writ, would pursue some definite course upon the subject. After some observations from Sir R. PEEL and Mr. STAN LEY, the latter gentleman adopted a suggesion made by Sir Robert as to the mode in which the inquiry should be brought before the house this day. The Designs Copyright Bill Committee was postponed until next Wednesday, owing to the absence of Mr. E. Tennent. The Mines and Factories bill was read a second time. Mr. M. GinsoN moved the second reading of the Electors Removal bill, the object of which is to prevent the loss of the franchise in consequence of removal from one house to another in the same borough. Sir J. GRAHAM opposedthe bill, as being likely to lead to practices which would nullify the reform bill, and prevent the poll being taken in one day. Lord J. RUSSELL supported the bill, which he thought might be rendered unobjectionable in committee. On a division the second reading was negatived by a ma jority of 120 to 102. Sir IL PEEL, in reply to a question from Mr. Hume, de clined to pledge himself to bring in a bill to remedy the in convenience which the bill just thrown out was intended to provide for. _ _ _ In reply to questions from Mr. Duncombe and Mr Clements, Sir It. PEEL said that Sir James Graham had already in timated his intention to state in a few days the views of the government with respact to the measure of English re gistration. On the motion that the Electors Removal Bill be read a second time that day three months—the second reading that night having been already negatived— Mr. F. Ms.ums moved that the second reading be post poned for one week only. A. division followed, when Mr. F. Maule's amendment was . nefe.tivpd by a majority of 101 to 79 The ieport on'the astoms Acts (New Tariff) was brought up, and the resolutions were re-committed, for the purpose of making some amendments. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. DRAPERS', &c. ASSISTANTS PUBLIC MEETING AT WOLVERHAMPTON On Friday, the 27th ult.a public meeting of the inha bitants of Wolverhampton, convened by requisition, was held in the Assembly-room, Queen-street, in that town, to take into consideration whether any and what measures should be adopted with a view to abridge the hours of busi ness in the numerous retail establishments within that popu lous town, in order to afford assistants, clerks, apprentices, and others, such relaxation and abatement of their labours as might be deemed necessary for improving their physical, mental, and social condition. John Barker, Esq., a rnagis gistrate of the county, and an iron-master, occupied the chair. The baneful eflects of the long confinement to which shop keepers' assistants were at present subjected, were pointed out with great force by most of the speakers. In adverting to the physical results which are generated by the excessive requirement of labour in retail establishments, Dr. Turnbull observed that he considered it his duty, as a medical man, to bear his testimony to the evils of the present system. Deprived of light, air, and exercise, as most of the shopkeepers' assistants were, and subjected to confinement and excessive labour, it was not surprising that they should be the victims of indigestion, consumption, and all the long train of diseases arising from debility. (Hear.) That they were so, was proved by the evidence of medical men and sta tistical facts. At no time, indeed, did confinement and con tracted labouract more injuriously that when individuals were passing from the state of boyhood to that of manhood. (Hear. ) No error was greater than to suppose the unconsolidated frame of youth could better resist the effects of confinement than the matured system of more advanced life. At that pe riod life was more 'freely expended than any other season. Dr. Hume and other distinguished medical men had shown that the vital power more frequently failed between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five than any other period of life, ex cepting only the extremities of life, infancy and old age. Dangerous as this period naturally was, its danger was greatly enhanced by confinement and excessive labour. Nor were women, though the contrary was often supposed, less susceptible to these unhealthy influences. If the present system was, as it was proved to be, so injurious, morally, physically, and intellectually, ought they not, at the least, to place the assistant to the shopkeeper on the same level with the labourer, whose hours of toil were much less, and whose opportunities of improvement were, of course, proportionably extended. In the course of the proceedings an eloquent and argumen tative appeal from the shopkeepers' assistants, addressed to the meeting, was read by Mr. Ash, principal assistant to Messrs. Sidney and Co., whose exertions have been foremost in the cause; and it was stated, by Mr. A. H. Browne, that a petition, in behalf of the object, had been signed by 1,477 ladies, at the head of which were the ladies of the Giffard family. The meeting, which was one of the most numerous and respectable, and its proceedings decidedly the most unani mous ever known in that town, lasted upwards of two hours and a half, and the able and telling addresses of the several speakers produced a powerful effect. THE SMOKE NUISANCE " Hyde Parke Foundry, " Glasgow, Bth June, 1849 " To John Alston, Esq " My dear Sir,—On Monday morning last, we put in operation Mr. William's Patent Argand Furnace, applied to one of our Engine Boilers, and I am happy to inform you that the success of the experiment is complete, in respect to the prevention of smoke,—and I already perceive a consi derable saving of fuel. In consequence of the interest you have taken in this matter, and your influence to forward the adoption of the improvement I shall be glad if you can make it convenient to examine our Furnace to-morrow, along w ith any of your friends, &c. &c. " STEWART KERR." eoineers, Alston to visit the foundry o Having accepted, with . pleasufrteiwtsbeeinitgwenitiaotnios n n_of b Bailie Messrs. Kerr, Neilson, and Co., on Thursday last, we are 'sv altogetherperfectly We formerly sus so long enveloped by its public works.. and convinced total iy tb et smoke t it isngliN,ibt which b practicable tbi s eib t a o s abate n e p fo e r e e te t d bi t s h e e o re nl w d a b s e s e o ff m e e c t t h e i d ng wi v t e b ry a r d n i a a t n er tn ia g l e to to b d e on o ull y b e et r o c wn o he m eart e ne b Ne,ed e r - . Our visit to Hyde Park foundry has left no . talisl‘visenaorvef ofo p n ro t v h e e n e t v b e at t l e l x e ti s r m pa o t k in e g m th n e y nu b l e sa e n o c i e is a u l m to e g d e , th a e n r c i that with a very considerable saving of fuel, thi per Cent., on an average, as ten is t say to four teertn.y ln a few days Messrs. Kerr and Neilson are going to n givethe oldtliesmysattetz a thorough and impartial trial,—one week s s theas t thenex thet di i ff n ere n difference new,—so n , the as to bnlp able consumption n to peak decisivelyoof fuel. In the meantime, to prove that there is no longer any doubt as to the practical nature of the improvement, these gentlemen are at present busily employed in applying it to various boilers in som e of the most extensive factories in Glasgow. In this matter Bailie Alston deserves the thanks of the community for his p e rs e ezr:v ut e i =ns, and he shall yet receive them. —Glasgow I N NOCENCE PROVED AFTER ,-,--- young man named Wilson, of death recorded against him at the who had sentence of Roth er h am who ^ The York assizes, on a charge of burglary and robbery in the house will acentu ry law in of v r o M v e r d s . t H o a b n e '1)1 : s Hadu d r a u y rlge s d t , him It cock, at Brampton, but who has sinceSien innocent of the crime, arrived at home is to be hoped that some remuneration for the sufferings be has already endured. this case been executed in the rigour of half what reflections would jury, judge, and all connected a g ° P the trial of this man have had in contemplating his jurth murder! This case ought to speak most solemnly to T i ji l whether the framers of our laws or . those to whom are in: trusted their execution.— Hull Rockingham. HER MAJESTY'S FIRST TRIP BY RAILWAY (From the Times.) On Monday her Majesty the Queen, for the first time, re turned from her sojourn at Windsor Castle, accompanied by her illustrious consort, Prince Albert, Count Mensdorf, &c., by way of the Great Western Railway. The intention of her Majesty to return to town by railroad was first intimated to the authorities at Paddington on Saturday afternoon ; and, in consequence, preparations on an extensive scale were or dered to be made for the transit of the royal pair from Slough to the Paddington terminus, which were carried into effect with the greatest secrecy. Immediately after the departure of the day mail train from Paddington, at a quarter past ten o'clock, the royal train, consisting of the Phlegethon engine and tender, drawing the royal saloon in the centre of two royal saloon carriages, preceded by a second class carriage, and followed by three carriage -trucks, started from the ter minus at Paddington for Slough, which station they reached shortly before eleven o'clock. Previously to the departure from Paddington, the royal saloon, the fittings of which are upon a most elegant and magnificent scale, were tastefully improved by bouquets of rare flowers arranged within the carriage. At Slough the royal party, on their arrival at the station, a few minutes before twelve o'clock, in six carriages, were re ceived by Mr. C. Russell, (the chairman,) Mr. F. P. Barlow, (one of the directors,) and Mr. C. Saunders, (the secretary of the railway company,) and conducted to the splendid apartments at the station designed for the reception of royalty. Her Majesty, however, during the delay necessarily occasioned by the placing the carriages of the attendants on the trucks, &c., proceeded to the line, and examined the royal saloon, inquiring very minutely into the whole of the arrangements ; and precisely at twelve o'clock the train left Slough for Paddington ; Mr. Gooch, the principal of the locomotive department, accompanied by Mr. Brunel, the engineer, driving the engine. At Paddington, by eleven o'clock, the centre of the wide space apportioned for the arrival of the incoming trains was parted off for the reception of the royal and illustrious visitors, and covered by a crimson carpet, which reached from one end of the platform to the other ; the whole of the arrangements for the reception of the royal party being under the superintendence of Mr. Seymour Clark, the superintendent of the line, assisted by Superin tendent Collard, of the company's police. Captain Hay, the assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police, and Super intendent Lincoln and a large party of the D division, were also present. Before twelve o'clock, a large number of elegantly dressed ladies, consisting of the families and friends of the directors and officers of the company, were ranged on each side of the part apportioned for the arrival of the royal train ; and, at five minutes before twelve o'clock, her Majesty's carriage, drawn by four horses, arrived from the royal mews at Pim lico ; and, a few minutes afterwards, a detachment of the Bth Royal Irish Hussars, under the command of Captain Sir G. Brown, arrived from the barracks at Kensington, for the purpose of acting as an escort to her Majesty, &c. Precisely at twenty-five minutes past twelve o'clock, the royal special train entered the Paddington terminus, having performed the distance in twenty-five minutes ; and, on her Majesty alight ing, she was received with the most deafening demonstrations of loyalty and affection we have ever experienced. His Royal Highness Prince Albert alighted first. Her Majesty, on being handed out of the royal saloon, in a most conde scending manner, returned the congratulations of the assem blage present. The cheers were re-echoed by the numerous persons who crowded the bridge over the terminus leading to Paddington Green, and lined the avenue towards the Junc tion Road, along which the royal cavalcade passed. Her Majesty, &c., reached Buckingham Palace shortly before one o'clock, around which a large assemblage of respectable persons was waiting her arrival, by whom she was loudly greeted. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JUNE 13, CRELLIN V. LEYLAND AND BULLEN This was an action to recover a balance of £1,609 odd, which the defendants, who are bankers at Liverpool, have in their hands to the credit of Miss Crellin, who has been lately carried to Gretna-green by a man of the name of M'Gill in the extraordinary circumstances which have been fully placed before the public. M'Gill, upon returning from Gretna green, where the marriage ceremony had been performed, was charged by Miss Crellin with having conspired with other persons to carry her away and marry her by force ; and the magistrates before whom the case was brought for ward at Liverpool, after a long hearing of the facts of the case, committed M'Gill to gaol to await his trial upon the charge at the ensuing assizes. In these circumstances he served a notice upon the defendants, calling upon them to pay over to him the money in question, which he claimed to be his property, in consequence of his marriage with Miss Crellin. She, on the other hand, brought the present action to recover the money ; and in these circumstances, Mr. Jervis, upon a former occasion, applied to the court for a rule calling upon M'Gill and Miss Crellin to show cause why they should not interplead amongst themselves for the purpose of settling which of them was entitled to the money. Upon that occasion Mr. Jervis read some extracts from certain affidavits of Miss Crellin, tending to show that she had not consented to her marriage, and that it was violent and illegal. The rule having been granted upon the former occasion, Mr. Sergeant Murphy now appeared, upon the part of Mr. M'Gill, to show cause against this rule. The learned ser geant read some passages from his client's affidavit, which excited a great deal of amusement in the court, and the ge neral effect of which was to show that Mr. M'Gill's ad vances to Miss Crellin had all been made in the usual man ner, and that she had given a deliberate consent to every thing which had occurred. The Court, without hearing the learned sergeant to a con clusion, thought that the rule ought to be enlarged, as the decision of the present rule could not settle in any way the serious question which was at present in controversy be tween the lady and the gentleman, and which would perhaps be decided by the proceedings of the approaching assizes. Mr. Atherton appeared upon the part of Miss Crellin, and submitted that the rule ought to be discharged, upon the ground that there did not exist in truth any ground for be lieving that the marriage ceremony and other events which had occurred between the parties constituted a legal marriage, or could have any effect whatever in divesting Miss Crellin of the right to the money in question. In her affidavit she totally denied any consciousness of any marriage, and stated, that for some days before the alleged occurrence, she had been kept in a state of intoxicated stupor by the administra tion of brandy, champagne, &c. The learned gentleman added, that the pending prosecution could not have the effect of deciding the validity of the marria ge , as th e pr i soner might be convicted upon the charge for whi c h h e was to b e tried, even though it should turn out that the marriage which he alleged to have taken place was perfectly valid in law. Mr. Jervis appeared for the bankers, and p raye d th at t h ey might be admitted to bring the money into court, and be thenceforward allowed to go free from any further connexion with the transaction. The Court finally directed the rule to be enlarged, upon the money being brought into court in the course of a week. THE QUEEN V. ALLEYNE At a very late hour this evening-, -- Mr. Erle, adverting to this case, observed, that as he un derstood that the prosecutor would not pray any judgment upon the defendant, being satisfied with what had fallen from the court upon the former occasion, the defendant, being anxious to be discharged from his recognizances, appeared now to pray the judgment of the court upon himself, be lieving it likely that the court would impose only a nominal fine. Mr. Mellor, upon the part of the prosecution, expressed his assent to the statement of Mr. Erle, except that portion of it which related to the imposition of a nominal fine, to which he (Mr. Mellor) declined giving any consent on the part of his client. Although he (Mr. Mellor) abstained from praying the judgment of the court, yet, if their lordships should think fit to give any, he (Mr. Mellor) hoped that their lordships would, previously to so doing, look at the affidavits, and then deal with the case as they pleased. He (Mr. Mellor) had not seen the additional affidavits at all. Mr. Erle, holding up a large bundle of papers, observed that they were ready to be filed. Lord Denman observed that it was unnecessary to do so. After a short consultation upon the bench, Mr. Justice Patteson sentenced the defendant to a fine of £lO. The court sat until eight o'clock. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS, We have had another week of very hot dry weather ; we hear, indeed, of showers having fallen in the W.st of Eng land, but they appear to have been of an extremely partial character ; and there can be no doubt that all Lent corn, as well as spring -sown wheat, must already have suffered from want of sufficient moisture; and fears are entertained, that, if the rain holds off much longer. serious injury will be done. The autumn-sown wheat has been pushed forward by the high temperature, and is in many districts now in ear : the reports respecting the appearance of this grain continue ex tremely various ; from the northern and eastern counties we received, on the whole, more satisfactory accounts than from Essex, Kent, and other of the home counties ; but generally the plant is admitted to be thin on the ground, and the straw short and weak. We have also within the last day or two heard complaints of red-rust having manifested itself in some parts of Sussex ; the reports cannot therefore, on the whole, be considered as favourable, still the trade has be come dull, and though no actual abatement of importance has been submitted to, prices have rather tended downwards. That our stocks of home-grown wheat are very short in all parts of England, no longer admits of a doubt; and so completely are the granaries exhausted in Ireland that the utmost distress prevails there, and shipments are now in progress from most of the ports along our western coast to the sister island. In this state of things, any material decline from the present prices can scarcely be expected, particularly as the importers of foreign still refrain from paying duty, except in retail quantities. All descrip tions of spring corn seem likely to advance considerably in value, unless we have a speedy change of weather ; already prices have crept up at most of the leading provincial mar kets held during the week. Whilst drought is so much com plained of in England, it appears from our Scotch and Irish advices that partial showers had fallen lately in both those countries, and the rain having been accompanied by a high temperature, the growing grain crops had, we are informed, made rapid progress. From Scotland the reports are almost universally good, and from Ireland there are fewer complaints than usual, as far as regards the prospects for the future ; but, whilst the fields hold out a promise of abundance, the barns and granaries have been nearly emptied of th e i r con t en t s , an d the a owing to th e scarc i ty o f provi sions t utmost eriin ai manyn misery softhe'island. In qu o t a ti ons o f gr ai n no appears to ha ve occurred — as well i n the material change t • prevails , Scotch as in the Irish markets, wheat has maintained its former value, and oats, barley, beans, and peas have slightly advanced.—Mark Lane Express. In almost the la every s newspaper that h as come i nto our h ands during we find e x hil erat i ng accounts o f the few clays, beneficial results that have attended the recent abundant and seasonable rains. Throughout England, Scotland, and Ire land, the fields are clothed with beauty and richness, and give promise of a prolific harvest. In some instances, how ever, the clover gras s has suff ere d from the long drought, but looking anyother t a t the crops i m e withg generally, s ralll', th e ra i n cou ld not h ave fallen at o good effect. It has g i ven vigour to the young grain plants, encouraged the vegetable through the most critical part of its growth, covered the meadows with herbage, clothed the orchard with richness, and the garden with beauty ; in short, it has imparted to the whole face of nature a smile that must excite in all breasts feelings of animation and joy, and call forth thanksgiving from all hearts. In our own favoured county the hay har vestwould be the greatest boon that could be has commenced, and the crop promises to be one of un exampled abundance. A good harvest of wheat and corn, conferrecr uopfonliftel;e" country in the p d recrit distressed condi ttiuosnwohich it cannot be expected to derive from any other its labouring population, an give to trade an impe " the f sta source.— Western Luminary. A father seeing his son doing mischief, cried out, " Sir ra h, did you ever see me do so wh en I was a boy ?" LORD lloNvicx.—Our readers will have, been as much sur prised as we ourselves were, on hearing of the petition against the return of Lord Howick having been withdrawn. From the knowledge we have of the cases which would have come before the committee, we are quite certain the investigation would have ended in Lord Howick being declared not duly elected ; and, with this conviction, we exceedingly regret that any arrangement, however beneficial, should have been en tered into to abandon this petition ; and we do not think any consideration, however cogent, can justify what we must con sider, at best, a hasty an d ill-advised determination.— Northern Times. MISCELLANEOUS. Monday next, the 20th inst., is the anniversary of the ac cession of queen Victoria. Charles Matthews passed his examination under the In solvent Debtors' Act last Thursday, and was discharged. A proclamation was ordered to be issued on Monday re specting a new coinage of half-farthings. General Pollock, who so gallantly forced the Khyber Pass, is a younger brother of Sir Frederick Pollock, Attorney- General. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—We understand that tis intended to open the railway to Taunton on Monday, :he 27th instant. Mr. Ferrand has postponed, until the 18th instant, his mo tion for an address to her Majesty, praying that £1,000,000 should be employed in the temporary relief of the distress ex isting in the manufacturing districts. DISTRESS IN CORR. — The Cork Reporter states, that there is more distress prevailing amongst the tradesmen and labourers of that city at the present period than at any for mer time—large crowds of unemployed mechanics daily perambulating the principal streets. It is said to be quite impossible to devise any adequate local remedy for the ex isting destitution. We have often heard that an onion being placed in a store room where tea was kept imparted its flavour to that delicate article, but we never heard until the present moment that an orange or a lemon possessed a similar affecting property as the onion, for it appears that a great portion of teas at pre sent stored in our Custom-house has acquired the flavour of a cargo of oranges which had been accidentally placed in the depository underneath them. The circumstance is likely to lead to litigation between the bonding merchants and the persons connected with that department of the stores. The flavour is not disagreeable though it may be objectionable from its novelty.—Saunders' Newsletter. PRINCIPAL TOWNS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF MAN CHESTER.—The following is a list, from " B. Love's Hand book of Manchester," of the principal towns in the neigh bourhood, with their distances from Manchester, and their respective populations : Stockport Ashton 9 „ (parish).... 46,296 number Stalybridge 7 „ .. about 20,000 lof inhabi- Bolton .. 12 tt •• • Bury 8 „ .. ab0ut...... 26,500 from Rochdale.. Hyde Oldham MATRICIDE BY A MADMAN.—Sunday evening, the 29th of May, a most awful occurrence took place on the Island of Cape Clear. A person named Michael Cadigan put an end to his mother's existence by beating out her brains with large stones, and mutilating her body in a most shocking manner. An inquest was held on the body of the deceased on the 2nd instant, at Cape Clear, before Mr. H. Lawton, and Mr. S. Townsend, two of her Majesty's justices of peace, and Sub-Inspector R. G. Brew. The following par ticulars were ascertained, viz.:—That the unfortunate man (being a lunatic) was followed by his aged mother out of his house, and took the opportunity of putting an end to her existence as stated, and threw her body over a precipice, at least 200 feet perpendicular, into the sea, where it was fouqd next day. The jury brought in a verdict of " Murder against Michael Cadigan, son to the deceased, he being in a state of insanity." It appeared that this unfortunate matricide had been twice in confinement, once in the Lunatic Asylum, whence he was discharged as cured.—lrish paper. CAUTION TO ENGLISH WORKMEN GOING TO HAMBURG. --Extract of a letter from Hamburg, June 11 :—" There is a very general impression on your side the water that car penters and workmen, in consequence of the late conflagra tion here, are very much needed. Such is really the case. We have only about 1,700 or 1,800 employed, and yet the laws are so constituted in consequence of the guilds of the different trades not having been done away with, that no foreigner who has not served his apprenticeship in Germany can be employed. About thirty carpenters and joiners, who came over by the Hull boat, have been obliged to return, not being able to obtain employment ; and the Senate yesterday published a decree, compelling the captains of vessels to keep and take back with them all workmen that they have in this manner, and for the purpose above-mentioned, brought over. This should be known in England generally, in order to pre vent further vexation and disappointment. REMARKABLE ESCAPE.—On Monday last two workmen were engaged to repair the pump of the Stroud Union Work house. It was found necessary that a man should descend to the bottom of the well, a depth of 63 yards, and also that, in order to keep up a verbal communication, a boy should be placed on a sort of platform, fixed for the purpose in the centre. When descending (the boy being in the man's lap) the rope broke at about 90 feet from the bottom. The man had presence of mind to try to save himself by putting his foot against one side of the wall and his shoulders against the opposite wall, and this he accomplished after falling a few yards, with the weight of a boy 15 years old in his lap. The other workman, instead of applying to the governor, ran a couple of miles in search of a rope, and, before the man and boy could be rescued, they had continued two hours in their perilous situation. When rescued the boy was found to be without the least injury, and the man only slightly injured.— Bristol Mercury. HYDROPHOBIA. —Our readers will recollect that, some time ago, a mad dog was killed in the neighbourhood of the town of Kircudbright, which had scoured the country for miles round, biting every thing within its reach. So late as Monday last, a heifer belonging to Lord Selkirk, which was grazing on his lordship's farm of Banks, in a field which the dog entered on the day he was killed, was observed to be affected by a disease bearing every appearance of hydrophobia. The poor animal ran wildly about the field, tearing up the grass, and foaming at the mouth. Several times it was seized with convulsive fits and fell down prostrated with agony. The person who had charge of the cattle entered the field for the purpose of driving the others into a separate enclosure to prevent any dangerous consequences ensuing, but no sooner was he observed by the infuriated animal than it rushed upon him with the utmost speed. Luckily, however, it was seized with another convulsive fit before it could reach him, fell down, and very soon after expired. As it is im possible to say how many animals were bitten by the dog in its progress throegh the country, this occurrence has naturally excited a considerable degree of alarm.—Dumfries Courier. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—Last week four prisoners effected their escape from the prison of Dinan, in the follow ing daring manner :—After having forced two enormous locks with blades of knives which they had concealed, and some old nails which they had formed into picklocks, they got into the gallery which surrounds the upper part of the building, and thence, by means of a rope formed of their blankets and sheets, and fixed above with large stones, they boldly let themselves down on the parapet of the inner bridge, a height of more than 40 feet, at the risk of falling into the ditch which surrounds the building 45 feet lower down. From the parapet they got to the bridge, and thence into the yard. Here they climbed over a high wall sepa ra ti ng the court from the porter's garden, and by means of a simi lar rope to that by which they had descended from the tower, they got down the foot of the curtain which joins the main building to the tower of Coetquen, and thus found themselves at liberty. One of these adventurers has since, after a few days' liberty, given himself up to custody, declaring that he was tired of living . a vagabond life. The other three are still at large, and it is supposed that they can tell so me thi ng of a robbery of money which took place a few days back in a neighbouring commune.—Galignani's Messenger. CAUTION TO AMATEUR ARTISTS.—A young man who had received from an amateur phrenologist a very encourag ing account of his development, resolved to have a cast taken of his face and those parts of his head where the in tellectual faculties are said to lodge. This is a rather delicate operation, requiring great skill and dexterity on the part of the practitioner. The plaster-of-Paris is applied to the parts in a state of solution ; and as it dries with the great est rapidity, the artist requires to adopt precautions to prevent the plaster from adhering so firmly to the skin as to render the separation difficult. As to the per son operated upon, he can do nothing to aid himself; his only anxiety is to escape suffocation. Well, the youth in question placed himself in a recumbent position, demanding and receiving an assurance that nothing would be done to deprive his lungs of the necessary supply of atmospheric air. Quills were placed in his nostrils to secure the means of breathing, and his features having been placed in a state of repose, the artist proceeded to apply his solution. On it went in a stream ; but most unfortu nately, when the time came to separate the face from its covering, the substance refused to part. Here was a busi ness ! The artist lost his self-command—the young man got alarmed and ran home. His friends of course were duly frightened, for they had no means of recognising their child hut by his clothes ; the neighbours were called in, and hot water and many other things were applied to the stucco, but yield it would not. At last a mason suggested that a chisel and hammer should be tried. This was accordingly done, and after much labour the face was hewn out.—Gloucester Chronicle. We have furnished an original and ample report of the cir cumstances attending the late affray in Ennis ; and we this day resume with an authentic detail of the subsequent pro ceedings at the inquisition upon the body of Catherine Shee han, and conclude with the finding of the Coroner's Jury, which has sent thirty - eight policemen to prison ; not one of them being identified by a single witness as having killed, wounded, or even fired a shot at the deceased woman ! There is not a syllable of evidence to substantiate this one material fact, but the general presumption of course is, that she fell by one of the shots, fired under the most provoking excitement, in the darkness and confusion of night, when by the testimony it appears a violent mob of persons had attacked a merchant's store, broken one of the gates, and as the police in the discharge of their duty had thrown themselves between the reckless assailants, and a wholesale plunder of private pro perty, the outrageous mob turned their combined fury against those men, pelted them with deadly missiles, hurled stones against their devoted heads ; struck and knocked down their two officers, not sparing even a magistrate of the town, who was also struck in the forehead, and after breaking the eye in a policeman's head ! is it we ask, surprising when a mer ciless mob had then closed up the party in a narrow space, and but a yard and half between those passive sufferers and their comparatively multitudinous assailants, when the offi cer, Mr. Fitzsimon, swore that a charge of bayonets would not disperse the infuriated crowd ; when he, himself, was afraid of his life to stir out of the ranks, that some of the police party, in the noise and excitement of that critical mo ment, smarting under the blows and wounds, should, every instant apprehending to be trampled down and crushed, fire straggling shots in the last extremity, to avert impending and indiscriminate slaughter ? Is it, we repeat, cause of astonish ment that such an issue should follow ?—Limerick Chronicle of Saturday. The accompanying tabular statement will show the re markable progress which the church is making in the United States. In 1814 the clergy amounted in number to 240 :- 1829. 1832. 1835. 1841. Maine . New Hampshire ... 8.. 7• • 6 . • 9 Massachusetts Rhode Island ..... 7 . 9.. 20 .. 18 Vermont ••• 15 .. 18 .. 26 Connecticut . . New Yk Western New York} 129 ' • 163 .. 192 .. 293 New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia. North Carolina South Carolina 35 .. 34 • • 4 4 • • 45 Georgia Ohio Kentucky . 3 9 .. 16 .. 20 Tenesee 3 7 13 • • 11 Alabama Illinois - —.. 7.. ~),j Michigan Missouri . . --.. 1 ~ 10 —• Indiana — .. 1 .. 15 Wisconsin — .. Jowa Arkansas Florida Mississippi Louisiana Total 502 584 762 1107 And 21 bishops, in all 1128 ordaine d cler gy men at present, not includin g two clergymen in Texas. It t hus appears that while the population of the union doubles in about twenty. five years, the church quadruples in less than the same pe riod. A matrimonial alliance is about to take place between the Earl of Desart and one of the fair daughters of the Earl of Cawdor.—Morning Post. A sumptuous entertainment is to be given to the Right Hon. Sir Robt. Peel, Bart., and the rest of her Majesty s ministers, at the Goldsmiths' Hall, on the 29th instant. The only officer in the service not a general officer, having the colonelcy of a regiment, is Prince George of Cambridge, now of the lith Lancers. Hay-making has already commenced in the meadows near Salisbury, and the crop promises to be one of extraordinary luxuriance. POPERY.—A new college for traininr , Popish priests for foreign countries is about to be established in Dublin, under the patronage of Dr. Murray , ,pretended Archbishop of Dub lin, Cardinal Franso, of the Propoganda, and the Right Rev. Ganganelli, Bishop of Rome. Overseers are hereby reminded that on or before the 20th of the present month they are to affix on church doors notices to persons, qualified to vote for counties, to make claims. Persons on the register need not make a new claim unless they have changed their qualification or place of abode. THE MURDERER JOHN CUMMING.—The seaman of the Hastings who murdered the second-class boy at Malta, and who was under sentence of death by a court-martial, has been taken away from her Majesty's brig Weazle, by a warrant from the Marshalsea. The murderer was con veyed in a post-chaise, by two marshalmen, to London. A male and female nylghau, one of the most powerful of the swift and graceful antelope tribe, bred by the Earl of Derby, have been presented to her Majesty, and have arrived in Windsor-park. Unlike most of their species, which is of a changeful and vicious temper, these creatures are so tame that they will be allowed to range the royal domains at will. The Francfort Journal announces a dreadful accident hav ing occurred at Coburg. The riding-school of that town had been converted into a temporary theatre ; and on the night of the representation of " Peter and the Carpenter," the edifice, but indifferently constructed, fell in with a tremen dous crash, just at the rising of the curtain. Thirty lives have been lost, and many persons wounded. The scene was most distressing and appalling. The Journal of Bruges relates that lately a young girl of Theighem, having fallen into a fit of epilepsy during vespers, some persons cried out that a mad dog had entered the chapel. This was the signal for a dreadful rush to the door. Every one seemed seized with terror, and several persons were thrown down and trampled on. Seven females were killed. HOOKING A MAGPIE.—A. sporting gentleman, while par taking of some refreshment a few days since on a fishing excursion on the Dart, fixed his rod in the ground, and re paired to a shady bower at a short distance to take a glass of sherry. On his return, to his astonishment, a magpie was fastened by its bill to the fish-hook, which, no doubt, the magpie attempted to swallow with the ily.—Worcestershire Chronicle. THE CORN AVERAGES.—The present duties of the corn inspectors will devolve upon the officers of excise on the 24th of this month. The inspectors have been receiving salaries, amounting to £5O and £6O a-year. The inspector who furnishes returns of the London markets has £3OO a-year. The latter is the only person who will be allowed a compensation for the loss of his office through the new arrangements. THE CHURCH QUESTION.—Various rumours have been in circulation, ever since the rising of the Assembly, to the effect that the leaders of the non-intrusion party, with a single exception (Dr. Gordon), have agreed to restore the Strathbogie ministers to their former status, on making a nominal submission. We have made some inquiries on the subject; and we believe that the Marquis of Bute has earnestly urged on both parties the necessity of effecting a compromise, and has offered to mediate between them ; but so far as we can learn, there has been no indication given by the non-intrusionists of retiring from the position they have always maintained, that previous to any application for resto ration being entertained, the Strathbogie ministers must submit themselves to the sentence of the church, and express penitence for their past conduct.—Edinburgh Courant. NOVEL DELINQUENCY.—BOAT-BUILDING ON A NEW SCALE.—On Saturday three boys, two of them apprentice shipwrights, were placed at the Leith police bar, before Bailie Muir, upon the charge of constructing a pleasure-boat with materials abstracted from their employers. It came out in evidence that a Juvenile Nautical Club of five little fellows had been formed to get a pleasure-boat for aquatic amuse ment during the summer evenings. The keel was laid—wood was procured, and in an obscure yard in North Leith the little barque grew into dimensions from their labours at after hours of the Cinque Club ; and no doubt in a week or two the launch of the tiny bark would have been chronicled, not in our columns, but over half a dozen of Walker's best pies and two bottles of Barclay's " entire." Alas! " the best laid schemes"—(we need not finish the quotation.) The missing of the materials led to the discovery of the infant barque, and three of the band of brotherhood were found guilty ; but in respect of their previous good character, and this being their first offence, their punishment was limited to three days' solitary confinement. RESCUE OF A BOAT'S CREW DRIVEN OUT TO SEA.—A letter has been received at Lloyd's from her Majesty's acting consul for the Azores, dated St. Michael's, 25th May last, stating that Captain Walter, of the Samuel, had on the 2nd May, in lat. 37, N. and ion. 17 30, W., about 400 miles from land, saved a boat's crew, consisting of ten men, natives of St. Michael's, who had been driven out to sea in their at tempts to pass from one port to another, and who had not tasted food or fresh water for the space of six days. Captain Walter landed them at St. Michael's, and his humane and considerate conduct towards these poor fellows, who proba bly, but for his timely assistance, would have perished under circumstances peculiarly agonising, had created a great sen sation amongst all classes at St. Michael's, so much so as to call forth a proclamation from the governor to the inhabi tants, calling on them to raise a subscription to testify the high regard they entertained of his conduct, in pursuance of which a subscription was afloat at the date of the letter, 25th May, which amounted to 150 dollars, and it was intended by the authorities to present Captain Walter with a piece of plate, through the Portuguese ambassador in London. STATE OF THE FINE ARTS.—EMBARRASSMENTS OF MESSRS, FINDEN THE CELEBRATLD ENGRAVERS.—In the Court of Bankruptcy on Friday last, before Mr. Com missioner Evans, in Re Finden and Finden, this was the day fixed for the choice of assignees in the matter of the bank rupts, who were the well-known and eminent engravers, carrying on business at Southampton-place, New-road.— They had brought out several numbers of the " Gallery of Art," which were executed in the most finished manner, and intended to have continued making engravings from the highest works of the best masters in ancient and modern painting, but unfortunately so large was the expense that, not having sufficient capital to follow up their design, several valuable plates fell into the hands of the more pressing of their creditors, and the result was their appearance in this court. Their debts were estimated at £25,000, and their available assets little or nothing, inasmuch as a forced sale of their valuable stock, in the present state of the trade, would bring it down to nothing which could benefit their creditors. A number of proofs were admitted without any opposition; and Mr. George Frederick Bachelor, of High-street, New ington, chemist; Mr. H. Wilkinson, of the Old Bailey, printer; and Mr. Findon, of Southwark, chemist, were appointed assignees. ACCIDENT TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.—On Mon day last his Grace the Lord Archbishop of York left London for Sheffield, on his way to Ardsley, near Barnsley, to conse crate the new church recently erected there. On Tuesday the venerable prelate consecrated the church and churchyard, and afterwards held a confirmation at Ardsley, from whence his lordship proceeded, shortly after two o'clock, by railway, to the palace of Bishopthorpe, accompanied by the Re v . W. H. Dixon, one of his grace's chaplains. Before dinner the archbishop took a walk into the fields in the victnity of the palace, accompanied by Mr. Dixon, and as they were crossing an ancient drain, arm in arm, the united weight of the two gentlemen caused the arch of the drain to give way, and they were instantly plunged into the puddle. up to their chests. Fortunately, Mr. Egerton Harcourt, one of his grace's sons, who was walking at a short distance in the rear of the two reverend personages, witnessed the occurrence, and immedi ately hastened to their assistance. Owing to the perpendi cular construction of the drain their release was a matter of some difficulty ; but we are happy to say that it was effected without any other injury, either to the venerable prelate or to his chaplain, than what may arise from their sudden and involuntary immersion. After undergoing the requisite lus tration and changing his apparel, his grace partook of din ner as usual, and was, we understand, not a little jocose upon the consternation which their sudden intrusion into the domains of the frogs, porwigles, and tadpoles, must have occasioned to the reptiles in the vicinity of the accident. Two SHIPS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT SEA.—Accounts were received at Lloyd's, on Monday, from Penzance, re specting the burning and total loss of the brig Harmony, Captain Tesselin, belonging to Dunkirk, on the 30th of last month, on the coast of Portugal. The vessel was homeward bound, and had a valuable cargo of wine and brandy on board. From the repo r t ma d e by the master, Captain Tes selin, it appears that the fire commenced in the fore part of the vessel, and front the fact of the ship having been struck by lightning on the previous day, there is every reason to suppose that that was the cause. Upon the discovery hav ing taken place, every soul on board exerted themselves to prevent it extending, but it was found impossible ; for in a short time the flames reached the spirits in the hold, which compelled them to take to the boats immediately and quit the vessel. They had scarcely succeeded be fore the decks blew up, and she was instantaneously en veloped in a burst of flame. Within two hours after she sunk head foremost into deep water. Captain Tesselin and his crew were the following day picked up by the ship Urania, Captain Wheeghill, o n h er passage f rom C a l c i pa li to St. Petersburgh, which arrived off Penzance, in Corn wall, on Friday last, where the unfortunate crew of the Harmony were safely landed. The vessel is reported to be insured to a large amount.—On the same day (Monday), the following particulars respecting the loss of a large American ship by fire, was received in the city from Havre. The master of the packet Louis XIV., Captain Paul, which arrived at this port this morning, June 10, reports that on the morning of the 30th of May they passed, in lat. 48 N., long 18 47 W., the wreck of a large vessel (an American apparently), about 800 tons burthen, having been destroyed by fire. The remains consisted of the keel and about four teen of her timbers. The fire appeared have been recent. THE CAMBRIDGE INSTALLATION.—The arrangements for the approaching installation of the Duke of Northumberland as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge are proceeding rapidly. Lodgings are letting from £3 10s. to £25 per week, according to the extent of accommodation offered, and daily applications are being made for others. One of the most brilliant festivals ever witnessed in the noble halls of Granta may be confidently anticipated. The Cambridge people are looking forward to it as a source of endless profit and amuse ment. The performances commence with a sermon by the Bishop of Winchester, and terminate with a ball at the Fitz- william Museum. Sermons and screaming, preaching and pirouetting, dinners and devotions, will follow each other in quick succession. The Chancellor, and the Duchess of Northumberland and suite, will, of course, take up their residence at St. John's, of which college his grace is a mem ber. The High Steward of the University and Lady Lyndhurst and suite are expected to occupy the Lodge of Sidney Sussex College. The " warrior Duke of Wellington and suite will be at Catharine Hall Lodge. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Lord and Lady Monteagle, and several other distinguished personages, are expected at Trinity College. Jesus College, we understand, is to be honoured by Lord and Lady Mahon, Sir Edward and Lady Kerrison, &c. &c. The musical performance will be on a grand scale. The principal vocalists already engaged are, Miss Birch, Miss M. B. Hawes, Miss Bruce Wyatt, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. Machin. Engagements have also been offered to Madame Persiani and Signor Lablache, but their answers have not yet been received. Mr. F. Cramer will lead the band, which will contain the most eminent performers. Mr. Turle, organist of the West minster Abbey, will preside at the organ. The band and chorus will consist of upwards of 140 performers. The performance will be under the sole management and direction of Professor Walmisley, who will conduct at the grand piano -forte. It is highly probable that the distin guished composer and performer, Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy will be present, and will play a piano -forte con certo at the concert on Monday evening. The Vice-Chan cellor will give a grand dinner to a select party of about 150 in the hall of his college ; and at Trinity, a sumptuous enter tainment for 500 has already been ordered. Amidst the splendid hospitality for which this University has been long renowned, St. John's College will maintain its accustomed celebrity, as we understood, in addition to the magnificent entertainment to be given in their ball to the Chancellor, a public breakfast, on the most liberal and. elegant scale, as been ordered (for the Thursday) for 1500 guests. The tribunal of Boulogne, in the case of " Barry v, the French Post-office," wherein the agent of several London papers sought compensation for damage arising out of the delay in the delivery of a letter ordering a steam-boat to be engaged for an express with the India mail, has been decided against the plaintiff, and he is to pay all the costs. THE LIGHT SOVEREIGNS.--It is not true that the very hot weather has led to the Queen's proclamation on the subject of " sweating sovereigns." We understand, how ever, that Sir Peter Laurie has placed all his ready cash in an icehouse, in order to keep th e go ld f rom gett i ng i nto a violent perspiration from the intense heat thathas been lately prevalent. After the allusion to " sweating sovereigns," we can perfectly understand the meaning of parties betting " a cool thousand," which of course means a thousand pounds that have not been sweated.—Punek. ORIGIN OF FAIRS.—When Bishops and Abbots observed that crowds of people assembled to celebrate the festivals of their patron saints, they applied to the crown for charters to hold fairs at those times, for the accommodation of strangers, and with a view to increase their own resources by the tolls which their charters authorised them to levy at these fairs. Hence the multitude of attendants increased, some of whom were actuated by religious and others by commercial views. When a fair was held within the precincts of a cathedral or monastery, it was not uncommon to oblige avery man to take an oath at the gate, before he was admitted, that lie would neither lie, steal, nor cheat, while he continued at the fair. How useful such a restriction would be in the present day ! A paper from Maine contains an account written at Au gusta, the capital of that state, of the proceedings of the legislation respecting the boundary question, on the 19th of May. The first of the series of resolutions which follow the preamble of the report, was read from the chair, when an amendment was proposed to the effect, that the commis sioners should be appointed to cede only such portion of the territory as should be in the vicinity of a boundary line to be run in conformity with the conditions of the treaty of 1783. This amendment differed from the first resolution in the report, as that authorised the commissioners to conclude a conventional line without restraint. The debate that followed was very animated, and it is stated that the promi nent feature throughout was the undoubted character of the American claim, the correctness of which not to be disputed by any individual in Maine. The amendment was thrown out by a majority of 123 to 68, and therefore the first resolution was carried. This seems to be the point to which the debate had arrived at the latest date, and it is observed by the writer of the account, that when the members were called over by counties, he had an opportunity of observing, that in the votes there was nothing that indicated political feeling of any kind, members of the party frequently oppos ing each other. DEATH OF THE EARL OF ERNE.—His lordship expired at his residence in the neighbourhood of London on the af ternoon of Friday, and is succeeded in his title and estates by Colonel Crichton, of Crum•castle, in the county of Fer managh, Lord-Lieutenant of that county, and one of the best and most improving resident landlords in Ireland. LIVING COLOURS.—Curious as the following may appear, it is no less so than true. A gentleman from Barnsley, named Brown, called the other day at the Bridge Inn, at Worsbro'. Shortly afterwards he was followed by Mr. Black. By the time the last-named had got seated, in came in Mr. White, and, singular to say, a moment after in popped Mr. Gray. To crown all, who should pop in but Mr. George Green, the chief constable of the township of Worsbro'. This occurrence caused a hearty laugh by the whole com pany.—Doncaster Chronicie. [Our friend Rose should have been present and then there would have been a nice lot of coloured gentlemen.—E U. L. S.] A new application of the principle of steam power to the use of navigation appears in the fact, that a sailing vessel called the Maria, fitted with Melville's patent propellers, has been despatched from Calcutta with a detachment of Bengal Volunteers, to join the China expedition. It is asserted that such are the facilities gained by this improve ment, that much benefit may be expected to arise from this vessel having joined the expedition. Private letters from Philadelphia speak in favourable terms of the prospects of the country, but less favourably as to the prospects of British commerce in America, as it is stated that no merchandize will be wanted during the autumn season. The merchants in Philadelphia have been obliged to give great accommodation to the debtors, allowing them to renew their bills for eight, and in some instances for twenty-four months. Wheat is so very abundant, that it is expected there will be about 25,000,000 bushels beyond the quantity required for consumption. As for the western states, it is observed, that an Improvement in the condition of individuals must precede all improvement in the condition of the states, and that it is impossible for the states to take the lead in discharging their liabilities. The disastrous accounts from St. Domingo have naturally created the greatest excitement among the merchants con nected with that island. One great source of consolation is, however, that the intelligence from the Cape to Port-au- Prince (whence the news has arrived), is only verbal, and therefore it is hoped that the amount of calamity may have been stated at a rough guess, and may not prove so great as is now reported. At the same time the private letters that have been received from Port-au-Prince express great alarm at the fact that no person had been there from the Cape since a period of four days, whereas the journey does not occupy more than three days. and there is a constant intercourse be tween the places. Limbe, the governor of which sent his son to the Cape to ascertain the state of affairs, is about six leagues distant, and it seems that the intelligence verbally brought by that gentleman first to his father at Limbe, and afterwards to Port-au-Prince, comprises all that is known to the present moment. NEWCASTLE ELECTION.—At the close of the poll on Tuesday, the number stood as follows : Harris (R) Colquhoun (C) Majority 2O Mr. Harris is, however, disqualified to sit in the present parliament, having been convicted of bribery. LORD GLENGALL.—This nobleman, on the 10th instant, addressed the following letter to the Morning Chronicle:— " Observing in the Morning Chronicle of yesterday a para graph copied from the Dublin Monitor, stating, that in 1828 I authorised the priest of Cahir to collect subscriptions from my tenantry in aid of the Roman Catholic Association,—l beg to reply that I have no recollection of having written such letter ; but supposing I did so in 1828, it would merely prove that I was an enthusiast in favour of Roman Catholic Eman cipation, and that I, like very many other credulous individu als, placed confidence in, and believed 'the declarations, promises, and protestations of the Roman Catholic hierar chy, and those also of the leaders of the Roman Catholic Association, solemnly delivered before the committee of the House of Commons, &c., &c. As to what I did in 1828, I rather suspect that older and far wiser people than me would not act in 1842 as they did in 1829." YOUTHFUL INTREPIDITY.—On Tuesday evening one of the most extraordinary instances of youthful intrepidity and perseverance upon record, and which resulted in saving hu man life, took place in the Regent's Canal, near Camden town, under the following circumstances:—About six o'clock a boy named Lodgett, residing with his parents at No. 1, Pear-tree-court, Clerkenwell-close, had been bathing in the canal near the bridge, at the back of St. Pancras workhouse, when suddenly he got out of his depth into six feet water, and sunk. The screams of his companions brought a little boy but eleven years of age, named Joseph Lague, living with his mother, a poor widow, at No. 4, Oxford-terrace, King's road, to the spot. On hearing what had happened, the gal lant-little fellow, who could swim but tolerably, regardless of consequences, threw off his jacket and cap, and at once dived into the water. In half a minute he made his appearance with the boy Lodgett above the surface ; but the latter being nearly double his size, the strength of the poor little fellow was unable to sustain him, and he again sunk. Lague again went down after him, and was equally successful in bringing him to the surface, but his strength again failed him, and he was forced to let the elder boy go. After recovering himself for about a minute, the poor little fellow, who is scarcely three and a half feet high, dived down for the third time, and, making a desperate effort, brought the body of Lodgett again up with his head under his arm, and managed to reach the wood-work passing along the canal at this part, against which he rested the body till some of the boys caught hold of it, and they were with the greatest difficulty then got out, and conveyed to the St. Pancras workhonso. Lague being very exhausted, was placed in the infirmary, and stimulants were administered, but the boy Lodgett be ing to all appearance perfectly lifeless, was placed in the dead house, and was about to be left, when Grist, the gate porter, seeing, as he thought, the body move, instantly ran for Dr. Estcott, the parish surgeon, who promptly at tended, and for two hours used every endeavour to restore suspended animation, which, at the end of that period, proved entirely successful, and Lodgett, as well as his youthful preserver Lague, are now in a fit state to leave the infirmary. The intrepidity of the boy has excited the greatest admiration, and it is understood to be the inten tion of the directors and guardians to apply to the Royal Humane Society, claiming at their hands such reward as they may think the merits of the case deserve. DEATH OF A MISER.—SINGULAR AFFAIR.—A few days since a Mr. H. Laurie, who is supposed to have been an officer in the army, died in the back room, on the second floor of the house, No. 21, High-stseet, St. Giles's, London, in a state of apparent destitution, so much so, that it was deemed advisable to hold an i nques t on his remains. H e had been missed some days by the pe o ple living in the house, and his room door being found fastened it was broken open, and he was found a corpse. At the inquest, held before Mr. Wakley, M.P., his death being found to arise from natural causes, a verdict accordingly was returned ; but at the same time the witnesses who were examined said they had no doubt, from his penurious habits, he was possessed of con siderable property, as they had often seen bank notes in his possession. They further stated that he was averse to all society, and had been frequently heard to say that he had done with man, woman, and child, and that he neither wished to visit any one, or be visited. He had occupied the room, for which he paid 2s. 6d. per week, two years, during which time no person had called upon him. He would never allow any person to enter his apartment. The parochial authorities used all their endavours to find out his relations, if he had any, and yesterday, no one hauing made any inquiry after him, Cole and Harvey, two of the beadles of the parish, attended by another person, examined the room, and found bonds and documedts relating to money in the funds to nearly £l,OOO. The room was in a most filthy state, their being neither bed or bedding in the room. Who is entitled to the property is at present unknown. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE BRITISH QUEEN.-By the British and North American Royal mail steamer Acadia, Captain Ryrie, which arrived at Liverpool from Boston on Tuesday morning last, accounts were brought over respect ing his Belgian Majesty's steam ship British Queen, which was nearly lost on her last voyage from Southampton to New York. This magnificent vessel, will be recollected left Southampton about the sth ult., having on board upwards of 50 passengers, and a cargo of merchandise and specie to a large amount. She appears to have progressed favourably on her voyage until the seventh day, the 12th of May, when the ship encountered a heavy gale of wind from the N.N.W., when it became necessary to ease the steam to three-quarters of its speed. According to the . log of the chief mate thi s happened late in the afternoon, in lat. 49 deg. 10 D.R., long in deg. 15 D,R., and course S. 31. As the night came on the gale so increased that it was deemed prudent to alter her course, and bear down with the wind. In this condition she continued till the following day, when at about half-p ast 12 she shipped a tre m endous sea, and so terrific was its force, that every timb er appa rently trembled again under its vi o l ence: The sea made a complete breach over her, carryi ng w i th it part of the b u l war ks, fore-yard arm, part of one of the paddle box es , an d se veral coal bunkers, that wer e on d eck The command er , Captain Keane , chief officer, and seve- . ral of th e crew, h a d a most narrow escape of being washed ov er b oar d. Th e y were standing upon th e f ore part of the vessel when the sea struck her, and were swept a con siderable distance along the deck. The c a pt a i n was thrown nearly int o th e engine-room , while the re s t o f t h e crew were dashed against the hatchways and other obstacles on the deck, and they one and all . were more or less inju re d, one seaman in particular had his skull fractured. During' the remainder of the day the vessel pitched h eav il y, there being a dead weight of 3000 tons of coals in' owing to the fore and aft holds, but the stowage could not be altered until the weather abated ; as it was a vast quantity of water got down the engine -room. On the 14th, the following day, the gale ceased, and she was brought back into her proper course, in which she continued tillthe 21st, whe n i t i t was again altered in consequence of the ice and icebergs, some of which were of immense height and thickness. Fortunately she got clear of them, and arrived in New York in safety,the 2 5t h on of her passage. The conduct of the commander and officers during the dangerous portion of the voyage is stated to have been most praiseworthy. EIGHT/I GRAND ROMAN FESTA ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. rrHIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 17th instant, 1. and to be repeated every MONDAY and FRIDAY during the Season, THE PICTORIAL MODEL OF ROME. At dusk, this novel exhibition will be seen under the aspect which the scene presents during the rejoicing in cele bration of Il Giorno di San Pietro, when the whole vast Edifice of St. Peter's is Illuminated, and every detail of the glorious Architecture shines forth in lines of .resplendent light. It is on such festive occasions that the celebrated Girandola, or great FIREWORKS , of ST. ANGELO, are displayed from the summit of the Castle and Bridge. beyond all comparison the grandest display of Pyrotechnic Art ever invented. A fat simile of this GORGEOUS FESTIVAL will be represented. Amidst tremendous FLIGHTS of ROCKETS, and CASCADES of FIRE, FOUNTAINS, and STARS, the whole of the Eternal City will appear as visible as by the broad light of day Pyrotechnic Artist, SIGNOR SEMONI A first-rate MILITARY BAND, under the able superin tendence of Mr. STUBBS, will perform during the Season. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. ag' Eibtrpoot gsstanliattr. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1842 This evening the New Poor Law Bill will be brought before the House of Commons by Sir James Graham; and, although we have little hope that any opposition which can be brought against it, within the walls of parliament, will be effectual in inducing its author to submit willingly to any material modification of its stringency, yet we trust that the strong feeling which has been evinced, and will continue to be evinced, against many of its propositions, out of doors, will convince some other members of the government of the serious danger of drawing down upon their heads that storm of indignation which a persistance in car rying out the measure in its unmitigated harshness must inevitably excite throughout the land. The Mal thusian features of the system, which this bill has per petuated, must be swept away. The grasping hand of authority, which is stretched out to measure the Ho meeopathic diet of the suffering poor of England, must be lopped of its fingers. The centralizing power must be arrested at its source, and the whole system itself humanized and christianized. That all this shall be done we trust sincerely that the people of England will take care ; and it is only for them to will, and parlia ment—howeVer ready may be some of its members, Conservative as well as Whig, to prostrate themselves before the shrine of utilitarian expediency, to give added bitterness to poverty, to " grind the faces " of the widow and the orphan, and to offer up the aged and the helpless to the Molock, Selfishness, which they worship —must register what they decree ! To one feature of the bill, as originally announced, we would direct the especial attention of the British public. Incorporated with the union system of the new poor law, and regulated by the central authority of Somerset-house, it is now more than hinted is to be incorporated a system of education for the people. The workhouse school is to become the place of education for the children of the labouring classes generally ; and the Maithusian philosophy is thus to be put in possession of the minds as well as of the bodies and the liberties of England's poor. To some men there may be nothing very startling in this. We shall no doubt be told of the excellent system of the commis sioners ; of their excellently trained teachers ; and these may be compared with the inefficiency of our present parochial schools and the humble pretensions to learn ing of the teachers of our village youth. We must, however, confess that we cannot contemplate the pos sible consequences of the change of system proposed without some misgivings, with respect to the descrip tion of education likely to be furnished, under the aus pices and authority of such a body as the poor law commissioners. From the lips of Sir Robert Peel himself an intimation fell, a few weeks ago, that the children in the contemplated schools were to be visited by the clergy of whatever religious opinions were pro fessed by their parents ; and it is scarcely to be doubted from this intimation that, with respect to the religious instruction provided, the system will be one of the same universal nature which we have at length got rid of in the schools of our own corporation. We should rejoice sincerely to see the child of every working man throughout England receiving the bene fit of a sound and s useful education; but, more than this, we should rejoice to see that education one based upon the truths of the Bible. That Sir Robert Peel would sanction any other than such a one We can scarcely believe; but we distrust these Maithusian phi losophers ; and the public will do well to watch and weigh the powers given into their grasp by this union education scheme. We expressed, on the first introduction of the new tariff, our opinion as to the impolicy of the proposed duty of 4s. per ton upon coals exported ; and we are scarcely satisfied that the modified duties, which have been agreed to, are defensible, although those duties have received the sanction of a considerable portion of the trade. It is now decided that 2s. per ton shall be paid upon the export of large coal and is. upon small, by which it is estimated that a revenue of £140,000 per annum will be derived ; and, for an amount so incon siderable, we cannot see the good policy of inflicting " a heavy discouragement," if it be not even worse, upon a trade of such peculiar value to the country. Putting out of view entirely the effect of such duties upon the prosperity of the great coal interests, and that effect it is not denied must be seriously prejudicial;— putting out of view the injury which must be inflicted upon 732,000 tons of British shipping at present em. ployed in the transport of coals;—we cannot but look upon this impost as the most ill-advised and rash which is contained in the whole tariff; and we are al most inclined to think that the government itself has some doubt with respect to its propriety. It is ad mitted now that the plea at first advanced in behalf of it, that it would be in effect a tax upon foreign manu facures, cannot be sustained. The great bulk of the coal exported is for domestic consumption, for gas works and steam-boats, a very inconsiderable portion only having been wanted for the sugar refineries of Hamburgh and the cotton manufactories in the North of France; and the only arguments in its favour now are that of revenue, in the first instance, and the fact that the foreign consumer can still procure a supply at a reasonable rate by reducing the duties imposed upon the article in foreign ports. The latter argument would be certainly one of some force if we were now acting upon the principle of re taliatory legislation. By a statement, laid before the house by Sir R. Peel, it was shown that the duty upon coals imported into France—Mediterranean ports and to Oleron, was French vessels Foreign . From Oleron to Dunkirk, French vessels . Foreign Holland Belgium—From France .. Other countries United States Brazil Denmark.... Sweden Prussia Hamburgh Russia s. d. 2 6 6 5 4 0 8 0 6 10 2 9 11 8 6 8 8 0 3 0 2 0 ............... 3 0 11 per cent. ad valorem Free and it was argued that if other countries derive a re venue from the article this country had a perfect right to do so too. Unquestionably we have a right to de rive revenue from the export of any commodity; but the question is not one of right but of propriety and policy. If we tax the exporter of coals, why not the exporter of salt or of iron ? If we throw this impedi ment in the way of the cotton manufacturer of France or of America, why not throw another by taxing his exported machinery, or the iron itself of which it is made ? Why not tax the salt of the foreign fisheries which compete so injuriously with our own industrious fellow countrymen ? As a question of right we might do all this, and with propriety we might do a portion of it ; but as a question of policy we are convinced that these duties upon the export of coal are entirely inde fensible. They tre duties imposed, directly, upon in dustry at home; they are duties imposed not so much upon the coal-owner as upon the ship-owner ; their effect will be to deprive every British ship, loading for a foreign port, of valuable freight ; to tax heavily our steam navigation—(for no drawback is to be allowed upon coals forwarded to the various depots of our sea going steamers) ; —and for what i s t hi s heavy amount of injury to be inflicted ? Why, fora paltry revenue of £140,000. And with what a large amount of individual annoy ance and of cost to the goverment the collection of this insignificant sum must be attended ! To prevent the innumerable frauds which would otherwise occur the custom-house must supervise the loading of every