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For a considerable time, t two years we believe, the victim of this Italian's dark lame is Margaret Crabtree, lived in a state of _A him. Having at length separated from him rd herself as servant of the public-house named above, Pogetto sometimes visited her. On Friday morning lied at the Tontine about half-past eleven o'clock, ng gone into a room he was waited upon by the who supplied him with a bottle of ginger -beer and an, wnc two-pennyworthOf rum. He wanted her to sit with him, but she told him she had some work to attend to, and was on the point of leaving the room when he seized hold •of her, vici ously scratched her face, and otherwise maltreated her. Half _ ing called for assistance she got out of his clutches, and the fellow left the house. By and by he came again, and had some more ginger-beer and rum ; but this time the woman refused to serve him, or to sit with him, although he wanted her to do so. Being disappointed in this respect he departed a second time ; but, after being absent a short time, he returned in company with a calico-printer from Crawshaw Booth, who gave the name of Charles Holt, and again called for ginger -beer and rum. Margaret Crabtree waited upon him this time, and on again refusing to sit with him he seized hold of her in a demoniacal passion, threw her on the floor, and with an old pair of com passes stabbed her in various parts of the body with the utmost fury. The poor woman screamed "murder," and assistance having been obtained the wretch was secured and given up to the police. On being taken to the station-house he said he was sorry he had not killed the b—h, bat he would finish her sometime, if she did not die from what he had already done to her. Dr. Martland was immediately sent for to the woman, and on examining her found no lees than eight wounds in different parts of her body, one of which was beneath her left breast. and was of a very dangerous nature. We are, however, glad to say that she is recovering, and when she is able to appear the viilanous fellow will be re-examined before the magis trates, (he was up on Saturday, and remanded,) and dealt with, we doubt not, as his case deserves.- Blackburn Standard. A POPISH TE DEUNI We copy the following offensive paragraph from the Lime rick Reporter of Tuesday : " J. T. Devitt, Esq., J.P., having had intimation th a t Judge Ball was to attend at the catholic church of Castle council, on Sunday last, was in attendance to receive him. Mr. Devitt conducted the learned judge to a pew, and re ceived from his lordship one pound for the poor-box. After the celebration of the holy sacrifice, the Rev. Mr. Kenny delivered a sublime discourse on the gospel of the day, at the termination of which he added the gratifying reflection— after ages of persecution had gone by—of beholding a catholic judge once more amongst them in their temples, and joining in the celebration of the mysteries of their holy religion." Time was, wh en we s h ou ld have commiserated Mr. Justice Ball on the mortification which he must have endured from the intrusive impertinence of a partisan priest, magnifying the political importance of his church, and indulging in a party triumph by making his religious exercises the theme of fulsome panegyric and sectarian boast; But with sorrow we observe the line recently taken by this judicial functionary — and as it appears to be of choice, rather than necessity—a matter of taste, or expedience, and not of duty—we cannot help saying that it re moves hi m b eyond the sympathy of the classes amongst which he s h ou ld h ave contin ed to move ; and we, therefore, consign him to the tender mercies of that spirit of admiration which his new character appears to have engendered. If Mr. Justice Ball ever blushes, what must he have felt upon the delivery of such a Personal address from an altar, and the direction of th e w h ole eyes of a o gregation upon his countenance ?' 'We can scarcely imacginne. anything more dreadful.—Dublin Evening Mail. ZLESSNESS. - It is well that there is no one without for he would not have a friend in the world ; he would belong to a different species.—Hazlitt. kORDINARY PROLIFIC BARLEY.-Mr. S. Barnes, ;?ar drilled in two acres with six and, dibbled one acre with less than one peck of and most astonishing to relate, there are at this time to be seen from 100 to 150 stalks of grain growing from one corn, and some of the ears contain from 30 to 40 corns in each ; and last year the same gentleman grew nearly 24 sacks of grain per acre, of good quality. Its properties for malt in have been tried, but of course on a small scale, and found to answer well. Mr. Barnes will be happy to show the barley as now growing to any gentleman who may be desirous Westbury, has this ALARMING POSITION OF MANY SCHOOL ROOMS.--In a previous part of this work, I have stated that over some de positaries for the dead, children of both sexes are educated. In some instances, indeed, school rooms have been erected or employed immediately over the emanations given off by human putrescency, and in o th ers, the spot chosen for t h e purposes of education is in the immediate vicinity of such emanations. This hazardous exposure of the susceptibilities of youth to malarious influence, must be the result of igno rance or thoughtlessness on the part of those who have pro jected so unwise and dangerous a measure. It cannot for oue moment be imagined, that the benevolent feeling which prompted the desire to promote the moral improvement of the young would, intentionally, be instrumental in exposing them to influences that must inevitably deteriorate their ge neral health and bodily vigour. I venture to anticipate that the mere allusion to the circumstance will be sufficient either to occasion the removal of these places of instruction, or th at the causes , operating to render them so highly objectionable and destructive, will be annihilated. Children, the minia tures of an enlarged existence, are a valuable property of the empire ;—remotely they may contribute to its joover or re sources. to its strength or its weakness.--Gatherings from Grave yards. limptrial liarliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Mr. Bernal and others brought up the Austrian treaty bill, the marriage act amendment bill, the soap duties bill, the affirmation bill, and other bills, which were severally read a first time. The canal police bill was read a second time and passed. MR. ABEL HEYWOOD The Bishop of EXETER, seeing the Secretary of State for the Home Department in his place, gave notice that he would, on Monday next (as he believed the noble marquis would be absent the greater part of the week), present a petition from the clergy and others of Manchester, praying their lordships to inquire into the facts relating to the pro sedution of Abel Heywood, for publishing a blasphemous libel ; and the circumstances under which .the government thought fit to forego passing any sentence. ECCESIASTICAL DUTIES AND REVENUES BILL Lord MELBOURNE, on moving the second reading of this bill, would confine himself entirely to its general principle, which was this, whether their lordships would consent to some reduction of the present cathedral establishments of the country, and to an application of the fund which would be derived from that reduction to the supplying of a remedy to the state of unhappy spiritual destitution which, unquestion ably, from various causes, prevailed through a great part of this country. One error ran through the speeches of both the, learned counsel who had addressed their lordships, namely, that they were called on to suppress cathedrals, whereas, they were only called on to make reductions which would still leave them amply sufficient for all the purposes for which they were instituted, and to apply the funds raised by the present measure to meet that deficiency in the paro chial system which it was the first duty of the legislature to take means to remedy. The noble lord then proceeded to describe the origin of the ecclesiastical commission, and the result of their labours. Their recommendations respecting pluralities and sinecures had also been carried into effect, and now their lordships were called on to carry out the re commendations contained in the second and fourth report. He was informed by the right hon. baronet (Sir Robert Peel) who appointed the commission, that the commission was appointed not for the sake of a temporary popularity, but from a sincere belief that it would be for the benefit of the church, and from the conviction of the great destitution in the great towns and manufacturing districts. On the part of himself and colleagues, he had to make the same statement. His lordship showed from the report the extent of the spiri tual destitution in the country, and observed that it was hardly necessary for him to argue that the church ought to set an example in making such an apportionment of the funds at her disposal as would shew her readiness and her zeal to emulate and assist them. The deans and chapters looked on the measure as a sort of imputation on them that they had neglected their duty ; but while this strong feeling against the bill existed on the part of the clergy, it at the same time rendered them not the best judges of the matter in question. tee ' il P firay w Wl ff r that particular, and he, therefore, would not be re he r r eg e g o t r e l t a s t in deterred from proceeding with the bill from the disappro bation of the clergy, even if it was as great and as extensive as it was represented to be. The Bishop of WINCHESTER. contended, that the whole weight of authority went directly against a measure of the character of that now proposed. What right had the legis lature to deal with property given for certain specific pur poses—not by the state, but by individuals for ever ? He admitted that the poor diocese of Exeter and the populous diocese of Chester had claims on the church ; but he maintained that the state itself should be called upon to take its part, and to do its duty in this matter. The right reverend prelate in conclusion moved as an amendment, that the bill be read that day three months. _ The Archbishop of CANTERBURY considered the bill to be one of the greatest importance, both to the nation and the church, but in quite a contrary sense to that entertained by the right reverend prelate (the Bishop of Winchester.). His belief was, that, if their lordships should unfortunately determine to throw out this bill, the result would be more or less disastrous to the church. It had been said that it was the duty of the state to provide for the spiritual wants of the people, Granted ; but the state had likewise a right to say to the church, " Do something for yourselves towards remedying the evils of spiritual destitution." That was the language held by an illustrious duke twelve years ago, and similar expressions were used by Earl Grey. With the latter nobleman, he (the Archbishop of Canterbury) had held much confidential conversation on the subject of the church, and had been told by him, " We can do nothing for the church, if the church will do nothing for itself." Such likewise was the opinion of Sir R. Peel. The prejudices that were in many quarters entertained against the church would be strengthened and increased by the cry that the church was calling upon the country to do every thing, whilst she would do nothing for herself. He had heard it said that the deans and chapters were against the measure ; but he did not be lieve that the clergy, as a body, were generally averse to it. Lord LYrrnzToN could only look upon this as a wild and baseless scheme of confiscation ; and he trembled, not for the church, nor for those who were doing this wrong, but for the age which could produce such a measure. (Cheers.) The Earl of HARROWBY supported, and the Earl of DEVON opposed the bill. The Bishops of GLOUCESTER and LINCOLN defended, and the Bishops of SALISBURY and ROCHESTER attacked the measure ; after which the house divided, and the second reading was carried by a majority of 99 to 48. Their lord ships then adjourned at half-past twelve o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY _ Captain PscnELL gave notice, that on Thursday he should move for a return of the number of churches and chapels built within the last ten years—at whose expense they were built—how the funds were raised—and how the proceeds arising from pew rents or otherwise were applied. COMMERCIAL TREATY 'WITH FRANCE Mr. LAI3OUCHERE, in answer to a question from Mr. B. Wood, whether, if the commercial treaty with France should be concluded during the recess, it would be acted on imme diately, said he need not inform the hon. gentleman and the house that it was absolutely impossible that any treaty that proposed lower duties could be carried into operation until the alterations were sanctioned by a vote of the house. He hoped that, at a very early piriod of the next session of par liament, he should be able to propose such a measure as would be required to give effect to the treaty. The house entered on the discussion of the report of the committee of supply of the sth May last. In answer to a question from Mr. liustE, whether the re port was true that a strong reinforcement of British troops was to be sent to the Levant, which had a considerable effect upon the public securities, Lord PALMERSTON said " No." Sir ft. PEEL asked the noble lord whether the quadruple treaty was still in force. Lo - rd PALMERSTON said, virtually the engagement was over; but if the same state of things should arise, the spirit of that treaty would require a recurrence to the same steps — the treaty would, he conceived, be still in force, and the same parties equally bound by it. Was certainly not worse than our own perseverance in a trade with their people which their law prohibited. They . were wrong perhaps in some of their steps, but they were right in the main point, which was their resistance to the introduction of an injurious commodity into their lapd. Lord PALMERSTON declared his inability to perceive the general drift of Mr. Gladstone's speech, or to ascertain his opinion on the claim of compensation. Mr. Gladstone had suggested that the war was vindicated by ministers on the plea that the measures of China had been taken without no tice. That was not the justification of the British govern ment. With or without notice, they would have condemned a violence, whereof the precedents were to be found, not in the law of nature, referred to by Mr. Gladstone, but in the practice of banditti, who sei z e the traveller, and detain him till he send to his family for a ransom. The hon. gentleman had said that Captain Elliot was not a representative in a diplomatic sense, but a mere consular agent. But a consul was fully entitled to the respect of the state in which he might be placed, and the diplomatic distinction was devoid of substance. He believed that ministers were fortified by public opinion. A division ensued, which led to nothing, and the resolution was at length agreed to without a division. - REGENCY BILL Lord PALMERSTON moved the first reading of this bill, and fixed the second reading for Wednesday. RATING STOCK IN TRADE 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 a quarter past two o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Several bills having been brought up from the commons, the house adjourned during pleasure. At five o'clock the Lord Chancellor again took his seat on the woolsack. .• The West India relief bill, the Caledonian canal bill, the friendly societies bill, and the poor-law commissioners conti nuance bill, were read a third time and passed. Some petitions were presented. Viscount DUNCANNON gain notice, that if the municipal districts (Ireland) bill was brought up to that house in the course of the evening, he would move that it be read a first time and printed, and would fix the third reading for Thurs- day. The Earl of GLENGAL gave notice, that on Friday next he would move for a copy of the sentence passed on Lawrence Davis at the Clonmel Assizes, for wilful and corrupt perjury at the election of a poor-law guardian. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from 1160 persons of colour in the island of Barbadoes. Of the petitioners, 1100 were persons who had been emancipated from slavery, and on this account the petition was most interesting to him, as it no doubt would be to their lordships, when they heard that this was the first petition which had emanated from any body of the emancipated people of colour, in the exercise of that right which they had, in common with every other class their fellow-subjects, to lay their complaints and wishes be fore the parliament. (Hear, hear.) The petitioners com p...en Lam. Luc q uauncani.,. -e 1 4 ,-„ vb . of Assembly was too high ; and also that the electoral quali fication was so high as to limit the elective franchise to 1200 persons, out of a population of 130,000 ; and of this 1200 not more than 200 were people of colour. The conse quence, as might be supposed, was, that the interest of the emancipated people of colour who were unrepresented was not attended to by that house ; but, on the contrary, the measures which were recommended by the govern ment for their protection, and the amelioration of their condition, were rejected. They complained most particu larly of the, restrictions' which were placed on their emigra tion to the other islands. (Hear.) The restriction of which they complained, and in which, to a certain degree, be went along with them—though to a certain degree also he did not—was an act by which every person was prohibited, under very severe penalties, from acting as an immigration agent without a license. Undeniably there was a great risk of abuse by persons acting as emigration agents, which it was necessary there should be some check to prevent, since negroes might be inveigled on board a ship, and, instead of being carried to Guiana, where they would be free, taken to the Brazils, where they would be slaves. But the negroes maintained that the real object 'of the act was to prevent emigration—to keep them in the island, and thus keep labour cheap. It was possible that this might be one great object of the legislature there, while it was clear, on the other hand, that this was a different case, from the crimping system in the case of the Hill Coolies in the East Indies ; nevertheless it ought to be under some control, that the emigration of la bourers might not on the one hand be made the means of carrying them into slavery in Brazil, and on the other hand, of improperly detaining them in the island. He hoped great attention would be paid to the subject by the government at home before they allowed the act, which if it were disallowed, he hoped some other means, not liable to the same objec tions, might be found to prevent these abuses. The Earl of DIXON, on the bringing up the report of the select committee on the grammar schools bill, suggested that the bill should be recommitted. . . The Bishop of EXETER wished to know whether it was in tended to' lay the ordinance of the governor-general of 'Ca nada, relating to the seminary of St. Sulpice on the table of that house, and whether it was consistent for her majesty to give her consent to the ordinance ? Viscount MELBOURNE said it would not be laid on the table during the present session ; at the same time he was of opinion that it was quite consistent for her majesty to give her assent to it. The Bishop of EXETER would remind the noble viscount that the governor in council could not make any ordinance affecting or altering the religious establishments of Canada, and he would remind the 'noble viscount that the ordinance did affect the religious establishments in that country, by erecting the monks of the seminary of St. Sulpice into a body corporate. In reply to questions from the Earl of HADDINGTON, . . . . . VISCOWat MELBOURNE replied that the government were not determined on discontinuing the £5O a-year to Bishop M`Gill, but that they were determined on discontinuing the salaries of her Majesty's chaplains in Scotland, who might be appointed hereafter. The Earl of HADDINGTON was sorry to hear of the inten tion of discontinuing those salaries. He looked upon it as an unwise and shabby proceeding. On the motion of the Marquis of LA.NSDOWNE, the com mittee on the promissory notes bill was deferred till Friday. 'WEAVER CHURCHES BILL The Bishop of LONDON rose to move the third reading of the Weaver churches bill. In doing so it was not his inten tion to trouble their lordships at that time with any detailed observations, because he would take the opportunity of re plying to any remarks which might be made against the mo tion. He would, however, state in a few words' the objects of the bill, and the purposes it professed to accomplish,- as theirlordships might not be aware of the entire circum stances of the case. The bill was owing to the flourishing condition of the funds of the Weaver trustees. The state of the navigation was so flourishing, that the income of the trustees exceeded a sum of £34,000, independent of all the demands on them. The trustees held that they were discharging the most important part of their duty as trustees of the navigation, in providing church accommodation for those persons who worked on the canal. As matters at pre sent existed there, the men who were very properly prevented from working on Sundays, assembled on the banks of the canal on that day, in consequence of there being no church accommodation for them. It therefore appeared to'she trus tees of the navigation to be their duty to provide that accom modation which they proposed doing by taking £6OOO. from these tolls, and with that amount erect three churches on the banks of the canal. Notwithstanding all that had been said against the measure he should not hesitate to say that the great mass of the middle classes in the county of Chester were decidedly in favour of the present bill. He trusted, therefore, that their lordships would unanimously agree to its being read a third time. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER moved as an amendment that the bill be read a third time that day six months. It was in direct violation of a trust, and if passed, would furnish a dangerous precedent for interfering with all trust funds. The feeling of the neighbourhood and of the whole county was decidedly against it, and the labourers whom it was pro posed to benefit were by no means anxious for the advantages to be conferred upon them. Lord MI/WAN said that were it not for the evidence ad duced before the committee, of which he had been a member, he could never have believed that such deplorable spiritual destitution existed in this country as was the case in the dis trict in question. The Weaver fund was strictly a parlia mentary trust fund, and when the immediate objects of the trust had been attained, it was clearly in the power of parlia ment to appropriate the surplus to so worthy an object. Lord STANLEY (of Alderley) opposed the bill. After a few words from the Bishop of Losznost, the reading was carried without a division. Lord PORTMAN proposed two amendments, which were afterwards negatived. The house adjourned. CHINA On the report of supply, Mr. GLADSTONE called the atten tion of the house to the objects of the armaments against China. He would not enter into the general policy of the war : he wished to address himself more particularly to the question of the compensation intended to be demanded from China for the opium taken from British subjects. England was about to call for two millions of money. It was highly probable that the projected hostilities would more than ex haust that entire sum. Suppose that China should at once grant the whole amount, would she not compensate herself by a tax on her exports of tea and silk, which tax must be eventually paid by the British consumer ? But, independently of pecuniary considerations, was there in this case a ground of justice sufficient to warrant ministers in risking the evils of war ? The British merchants contended that they were entitled to the value of the opium surrendered by them to Captain Elliot; and it was difficult for the British Govern ment to deny that claim, after resolving to continue Captain Elliot in office. Nay, indeed, the real principal in the opium trade was the Indian Government, sanctioned to a certain degree by the Government at home. These, however, were not reasons why the Government at home should seek to re cover this value forcibly against China. It was said that Chinese officers had connived at the corrupt practices of the inferior agents, still it had been but a limited connivance, practised only by the lower officers. At all events, it had ceased before the recent events, and the law of confiscation had been announced and enforced. Again, it was argued that the proper remedy would have been, not a seizure of opium, but a stoppage to the gene ra l t ra d e ; b ut t h at wou ld have been only to punish the innocent for the guilty. It was urged also, that the steps taken by China were sudden and without notice. This could hardly be maintained in the face of the positive edicts previously issued by the Chinese au thorities, and of the distinct, and, with reference to its pecu liar habits, unusual remonstrances of the Chinese Govern ment. The crisis had been long foreseen by Mr. Inglis and other residents, and actually predicted by them. Another argument was, that the Chinese, in contravention of the law of nations, had placed a body of strangers in durance, to en force the delivery of prope r ty i n w hi c h th e ma j or i ty of them had no interest. This principle of mutual responsibility was excluded, indeed, from the conventional law of nations, to which China was no party; but it was in nowise repugnant HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. to the law of nature, by which alone she could fairly be held A new writ was ordered for Cavan in the room of Mr. Max to be bound. It was a principle recognized by our own law, well, who has accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hun which makes the hundred liable in certain cases to compen- dreds. sate the destruction of an individual inhabitant's property. lalr. Fox MAULS gave notice, that he should on Thursday And it now appeared in evidence, that, with very few excep- move for a bill to enable the government to advance money Lions, the whole resident community were engaged in the for carrying on the administration of justice in Birmingham, smuggling of opium. Surely it was our duty t o h ave k nown unti l t h e ques tio n of th e c h ar t er b e a dj u di ca t e d upon. very accurately w h o were the persons arrested befor e th e i r M r. G. PALMER inquired whether a ny provision had been arrest was m a d e a cause of war. Next came the plea, that ma de for adjudicating upon any claims, in consequence of the the freedo m o f h er M ajesty ' s representative had been ' vio- or ders in council for reprisals upnn property and vessels be la.atreadt.i 0 n n i n a t p , o i i n f t e true, fhe m ne i u gh r; buttbeasurreealsyounoft forordemaudig a demanding u re- longing to the subjects of the Emperor of China, before these v sum of money. In fact, however, there had been nothing to vessLlsdor J. r ß op u e s r s t E y L e L an tu b is e w c e a r r e r d ie , d th i a n t to ut a p ß re r s it e i n sh t C po h r u t ie ? accredit Captain Elliot to the Chinese as the representative sets, if captured, would be taken to Singapore. He had in of her Majesty ; and if there had been, he, at all events, by rosteed• of Lord Palmertson and the first lord of the Admiralty, Chinese yes his refusal to deliver up Mr. Dent, or the ships, had identi- t o ogeerlaill whether other desirable arrangements could be - d whole iiro- car position of the" advocates for vitt resolve itself into this— M rie r d . L in a t i o ro e u fr c e fled himself with the opium trade. Ir, short, the' H et i: . RF, in answer to inquiries from Sir Robt. that the British had a right to smuggle opium, and that the Peel, said that the question . the re-arrangement of regarding Chinese had no business to prevent them. He was con- the duties on coffee would be abandoned for the present ses si vinced it would not be long before the i n di gnat i on of the • on, owing to the difficulties attending the attempt. British people would be kindled on this subject against the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in a subsequent Government, unless they should ret race t h e i r steps while yet part of the evening, withdrew the customs bill, adding that it was practicable. said, that at the end o f M r. Gladstone's he did not intend to bring in any other bill in its stead. Sir J. Houiroust Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to inquiry from Mr. KEM speech, as at the beginning , he was quite at a loss to conceive Bee, stated that her Majesty's government were fully sen what good effect of ,any kind, it could produce : and, indeed, sibl e o f th e v alue of the services of Captain Douglas, who, the smallness, of tne , audience to which the conservative by hi s ga ll an t ry , an d on hi s own res p ons ibility, h a d contri benches had been reduced under Mr. Gladstone's oration buted most materially to the safety of a large body of British was a tolerable proof of its inutility . It was a mere rechauffee subject s , an d th a t h e was now i n communication as to the of the old and long debate on China. The . hon. gentleman means of acknowledging those services. the outrages committed by the Chi had treated far too lightly On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, and after a brief every - nese. They had been such as to make.. Englishman's statement from him as to its object, the regency bill was read had denied the connivance of the blood boil. Mr. Gladstone Viceroy the second time. of Canton himself Mr Chinese authorities ; and yet the FITZROY KELLY moved the third reading of the pu objection, undoubtedly, to • * nishruent of death bill. had been a party to it. There was no must not be effect- the confiscation of contraband goods,but it mu Lord J. RUSSELL moved as an amendment, that it be read ed by sei zure o f persons . The residents that were not only arrested, the thi r d time day three months, which, after discussion, only by but menaced with starvation, which had been averted was carried by 78 to 51 ; majority for the amendment, 27. • ' been made to the The bill is consequently the surrender of the party. An appeal had lost for the present session. law of nature, It was a strange law, if it allowed the seizure Lord J. RUSSELL moved the third reading of the clergy .reserves (Canada) bill. This one man for the purpose of getting at the goods of This country was indebted for the preservation of her people Mr. Hume moved, a s an amen d ment, a resolution declara to the courage of Captain Elliot, and ministers had no o cca- tory, "that this ho use f ee l s conf i dent that, to promote the sion to fear the public di -spleasure at the course which they prosperity of that porti on o f h er M ajesty ' s dominions in had thought it right to pursue. Upper Canada, and to satisfy the earnest desire of the people Mr. PALMER (of Essex) inveighed against the iniquity of of that province, it is ea pedient to give the most favourable the war, and extolled the character of he Chinese. Opium consideration to the wishes of her Majesty's loyal subjects t t had been landed at the ver f t •n Elliot re- there ; that to terminate the jealousy and dissension which sided, though certainly noty i zc h oy where Ca ai knowledge. have hitherto existed on the subject of the clergy reserves, to fain Elliot': . Still, however, Captain Elliot had 1 1) the remove a barrier to the settlement of the country, and to pro one much in fostering trade ; and government having sanctioned vide a fund available for the promotion of education, it is 1 his course of ex ceeding,pro- were now, though they Iy desirable that the said lands, so reserved, be sold, lad disavowed his guarantee, treme bound in honour and honesty to fulfil it. The of and the proceeds arising • from the sale of the same placed at the opium trade was a great one in emu • t advantage but the disposal of the provincial legislature, to be applied exclu especially because it yielded a return in Y sp P ec ci i i e l s ?f h view 'h h sively for that purpose." ! wit out w lc England would have found some difficulty in makin her This amendment was negatived b y 51 to 10— majority of English urchases of tea from China, wh ere t h ere was no consumption 'I against it a . The bill was then read the third time and goods. passed. Sir CHARLES GREY complained bitterly that China choos es Mr. H Grs in answer to Lord J. Russell's inquiry, said on ~ , to exclude the general intercourse of strangers while she ethat he should withdraw the constabulary bill for the present admits a certain residence for purposes of trade. This,y het . session. said, had placed her in a false position. He expati a t e d upon The New South W a l es an d Van Diemen's Land bill, on the absurdity of her regulations , and relied on their unrea _ the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL , wa s read the third time and sonableness as forming a sort of argument for transgressing passed, as were the slave trade treatie s bill and several other her revenue laws. bills. Lord SaNnosr thought it difficult to deny that China and The parochial all oth er coun t r i e s had a right to exclude the interc ourse o f tion of the report of committee thereon , afterwards called stran gers , an d s till m ore difficult to maintain that suc h an forth some desultor discussion on its several clauses, and exclusion could justify a war. The Chinese had tried to settle on some proposed amendments. amicably th e mat t er i n di s pute, and when that attempt fail e d, T he Bank of Ireland bill went through committee. they band resorted to a measure which, however questionable) The report of the resolution for continuing certain coal HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. The speaker took the chair at four o'clock, and there being only twenty-six members present, the house adjourned: HOUSE OF LORDS.—WEDNEaDAY The House of Lords did not assemble to-day. duties in London called forth some conversation, but it was agreed to. The population bill and other bills were forwarded a stage, and the house adjourned. COURT CIRCULAR..-TUESDAY Her Majesty and the Duchess de Nemours took an airing, yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and four. Prince Albert and the Duke de Nemours rode out on horseback at the same time. The Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Colonel Bou verie, and General Colbert attended the royal party on horse back. _ _ _ Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen yester day. _ . _ _ _ The royal dinner party at the palace, last evening, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, M. Guizot, the French ambassador; Earl of Surrey, Lady Charlotte Dun das, Lord Hill, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir Hussey and Lady Vivian, and the Right Hon. T. B. dacauley. The Duchesi of Kent, attended by Lady Charlotte Dun das, and Colonel Cowper; and the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, attended by Countess D'Oraison and General Count Colbert, honoured the Royal Academy, in Trafalgar sqtiare, with a visit, yesterday afternoon. Their royal high nesses arrived at the academy at half-past ten o'clock, and were received by Sir Martin Archer Shee, the president of the academy, who conducted the royal party through the different schools. The Princess Augusta received visits, yesterday, at Cla rence-house, St. James's, from the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Cambridge, and the Duke and Duchess de Ne mours. The Duke of Cambridge honoured Sir William J. Newton with a sitting, yesterday, for his coronation picture. The Duke and Duchess de Nemours, attended by Countess d'Oraison and General Colbert. visited the Duchess of Cam br'dge, at Cambridge-house, yesterday afternoon ; and also the Duke of Sussex, at Kensington-palace. The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Duchess de Canni zaro with his company, on Sunday evening, at her residence in Hanover-square. The Princess Sophia Matilda visited the Duchess of Cam bridge yesterday afternoon. WEDNESDAY. _ The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four. -Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yesterday: Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Charlemont, the Hon. Miss Anson, Lord Byron, the Earl of Surrey, the Hon. W. Cowper, the Hon. Colonel Caven dish, and. Colonel Bouverie, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence last evening. 'the Queen and Prince Albert inspected yesterday at Buckingham Palace the Goodwood Shield, and piece of plate, presented to Admiral Sir G. Cockburn by 86 officers, who served under him. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were phased to express their approbation. The Duchess of Kent visits" And took leave a the Duke anu yesteraay morning ac Buckingham Palace. Shortly before eleven o'clock the 'Duke and Duchess de Nemours attended by Countess d'Oraison and Lieutenant- General Count Colbert, took their departure from Bucking ham Palace for Goodwood. _ The Princess Augusta received visits yesterday from the Duchess of Gloucester and - the Duke of Cambridge. • THURSDAY The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Charlemont, Hon. Miss Paget, Lord Byron, Hon. Wm. Cowper, Colonel Wennyis, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured the Marquis of Westminster with their company, yesterday afternoon, at his residence in Upper Grosvenor-street. The noble marquis and Lord Robert Grosvenor received her Ma jesty and his royal highness, and attended the royal party during their inspection of the pictures in the mansion. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, visited the Queen, yes,ter day afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, to take leave of her Majesty, on her royal highness's departure for the Continent. Her royal highness also visited and took leave of the Duchess of Kent, at Ingestre House, and the Princess Augusta, at Clarence House, St. James's. Viscount Melbourne. Lord Hill, and Lord John Russell, bad audiences yesterday, of her Majesty. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Judge Advocate-General, had an audience of the Queen, yesterday, to submit to her . Majesty the pro ceedings of some courts-martial. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, accompanied by Mr. Salame, her Majesty's oriental interpreter, were pre sented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, yesterday after noon, by Viscount Palmerston. The royal dinner party at the palace, last evening, included her. Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Marquis of Head fort, Earl of-Surrey, Earl and Countess de Grey, Earl and Countess Cowper, Earl of Morley, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Viscount Melbourne, and Lord Fitzalari. The band of the royal regiment of horse guards attended at the palace during the evening. Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, visited the Duchess of Cambridge, yesterday afternoon, at Cambridge House, and took leave of her Roya: Highness. The Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of Cambridge, visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge honoured Mrs. Dawson Darner with his company, on Tuesday evening, at her residence, in Tilney-street. A deputation on West India emigration, consisting of Messrs. Green, Cohen, Rees, and Hendriks, had an inter view with Lord John Russell, yesterday, at the Colonial office. THE QUEEN DOWAGER AT THE LAKES Bowness,Westmorland, July 26,_1840 Great preparations have been making at this place for some days past for the reception of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. ✓ Thursday last was the day originally fixed for her arrival, which was afterwards postponed till Friday. At five o'clock in the afternoon of that day her Majesty, accompanied. by Lord Howe, the Earl of Sheffield, the Earl of Denbigh, the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, the Countess of Sheffield, Lady Georgiana Curzon, Lady Mary Fielding, and a numerous suite, arrived at the White Lion Hotel, having been escorted from Newly-bridge by the Ulverston Yeomanry Cavalry, com manded by Captain Richardson. As she passed through the triumphal arches which had been erected in various parts of the village, and on her arrival at the White Lion, she was loudly and most heartily cheered by-the crowd of persons who had assembled to meet her. Her Majesty .and suite dined at six o'clock, and at seven she walked out with her suite and the Rev: R. P. Graves, the clergyman of Bowness, by the side of Windermere, down to the bay, and thence round by the Crown Hotel and the anew school. With the view of the lake and surrounding scenery from the two last mentioned places, she appeared greatly delighted, and spoke of them in the highest terms of admiration. She returned to the White Lion about eight o'clock. The following morning (Saturday), about ten o'clock, sheleft the White Lion for the purpose of visiting the residence of Mrs. Bolton, of Storrs hall, which is situated farther down the lake. She walked down from the hotel accompanied by her suite, and a number of the principal families of the neighbourhood, to the lake side, where a small yacht, handsomely fitted up, with an awning and other necessary accommodations, had been pre pared for her. She was most respectfully saluted as she passed along, and that part of the lake at which she went on board was crowded with yachts and small boats, loaded with pas sengers, and splendidly decorated with crimson and other coloured flags. Among the yachts we observed the Victoria, belonging to Captain Hamilton ; the Nautilus, belonging to Hornby Roughsedge, Esq. ; the North Star, the property of Mark Beaufoy, Esq. ; the Midge, belonging to Wood, Esq. ; the Wave, the Rover, and several others. As the boat left the shore her Majesty was saluted with three hearty cheers, the Bowness band playing " God save the Queen. Her Majesty, having partaken of a splendid cold collation at Storrs-hall, returned to Bowness between five and six in the afternoon. In the evening upwards of 500 children were re galed with tea, buns, &c., in the space in front of the White Lion—a scene with which her Majesty appeared-to be greatly delighted. The following day (Sunday) her Majesty attended Divine service at the church of Bowness, when an excellent and appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. R. P. Graves, of Bowness. To-morrow (Monday), she proceeds to pay a visit to some of the other lakes in the vicinity, and, it is understood, will proceed to the south on Tuesday or Wednesday. THEFTS BY BOATMEN.-A NOVE •SAVINGS' BANK. On Saturday morning last, one of the borough police observed a boatman carrying a basket in the street; and, his suspicions being excited, the officer watched the man take it to the house, whither he immediately followed him, and de manded to examine the contents of the basket. It was quite full of banks of yarn, which the man, whose name is White, said be had brought out of Yorkshire to Manchester to be dyed. As he stated he bad no more yarn, the policeman searched the room ; and behind the head of the bed, in which another man named Rolls, the occupant of the tenement, was lying, he found six hanks of similar yarn. The police man accordingly conveyed both men to the police-office, and Inspector Green there asked 'White it he was working iu any boat. White said he was employed in the service of the Merchants' Company, in a boat called the Gypsey, which was lying in the canal basin. Green went to the boat, and found that part of its cargo had been a number of bales of yarn, of a precisely similar quality and description to that found in the possession of the prisoners. Ten of the bales had evidently been cut open at one end or corner of the bale„ and sewed up again with some twine of a darker colour or more dirty hue than the rest ; and from that part of the bales a bundle or two of yarn had, to all appearance, been abstracted. On searching further, Green found some of the dirty twine and a packing-needle in the captain's cupboard. He took a sample from several of the bales, and it appa rently corresponded, in every respect, with the yarn found on the prisoners. ' He next searched the boat narrowly, and found somewhere in the cabin a small bag containing 15 soya., and some silver; and in the bottom part of the boat, amongst some lumber, potatoes, &c. was a short piece of spar, or what is called a batten-end, which attracted Green's attention. He found it so heavy, that he was lad to scrutinize it rather closely. It was in two pieces (as if it had been split longitudinally), neatly joined together ; but having separated them, Green found a large hollow scooped in the middle, nicely lined with raw cotton ; and in the midst of the cotton, snu gly lay no fewer than sixty-eight sovereigns: Th ese were so neatly packed and padded in this nautical savings' bank, that no clinking be trayed the secret of the internal value of this bit of wood, which was just the sort of thing a lad would have been tempted to lay hands on to make a miniature boat. Before Green left the wharf with his prize, he saw every bale weighed. The prisoners were brought up at the Borough Court on Monday morning, when these facts were stated, and the yarn and the boatman's cash box were produced. The latter excited much curiosity, as its golden store in a nest of cotton was exhibited to the magistrate. A gentleman in the employ of the Mer chants' Company, to whom the boat belongs, stated that the Gipsy had brought to this town, from Sowerby Bridge, 20 bales of yarn, consigned by Messrs. Gills and Denton, of Baildon, near Bradford, to Messrs. Worthington and Co. car riers, to be forwarded to Kidderminster. In the transit witness considered these goods to be the property of the Merchants' Company, to whom they were entrusted. On re-weighing the bales, after the prisoner's apprehension, three of them showed a deficiency of weight as compared with that on the bill of consignment. The bales Nos. 9745, 9214, and 9731, were respectively 21b. short of the weight as per consignment note ; and the last specified bale was wetted in getting it out of the boat and upon the wharf, so that if it had been re weighed dry, its deficiency would have been greater by 11b. Another bale was deficient, though it appeared to have been wetted intentionally on board the boat, to give it additional weight ; and witness said it wa s no un f requ ent thing for boat men, when any portion of bale goods had been abstracted, to pour water on the bales to con cea l t h e d e ficiency of weight ; but, notwithstanding, this bale was reweighed in that state, it was deficient of the weight stated. The goods were weighed at Sowerby Bridge, and immediately afterwards put into the boat. Witness stated that White had been in the employ of the Merchants' Company a number of years (some other person stated twelve years ;) that he and his son were both employed on board the boat, the former having earned for the last eighteen months 225. a week, and the son 15s. a week ; so that they were together in th e rece i p t o f 375. weekly, and might have as much money of their own as was found in the boat. As there was no party to give evidence as to the state and weight of the bales when put on board at Sowerby Bridge, nor any witness conversant w ith yarns, to speak to the perfect ident ity of that found on the prisoners with that contained in the bales, both the prisoners were remanded to this day, and the police retain present possession of the 81 00w:reigns and silver.—Manchester Guardian. DEATH OP THt EARL OF DURHAM. The following communication, announcing ,the death of the Earl of Durham, has been received from Cowes, in the Isle of Wight _ _ COWEs, JULY 28.—From the hour of his lordship's arrival at Cowes there appeared to be no hopes of his recovery, and he has been daily getting weaker, but his medical attendants considered he was not in immediate danger—that the acute disease bad changed into the chronic; indeed, he had no medical man in attendance for some days, and his amiable lady and family had been lulled into a false security. His lordship had not eaten anything for a week past, excepting a little fruit, and had taken only beef tea. On Sunday and Monday he did not rise even to have his bed made ; his lady was his sole and constant attendant night and day ; no one even went into his room. His lordship bad taken a great fancy to the town, and to the last was anxious to purchase or take on a lease of fourteen or twenty years a large house for his family, and Mr. Moore had applied to the Earl of Belfast, Sir Thomas Tapered, Mrs. Goodwin, and others, for that purpose, his lordship considering himself better, and that he would recover. At five o'clock this morning he was taken worse, and Mr. C. Day was for the first time called in ; he attended immediately, and pronounced him dying—that he could not live five hours. At ten minutes past nine his lord ship expired. It was a terrible and unexpected blow to his lady and children, for if ever a husband was Boated on by an amiable and affectionate wife it was John George Lambton, Earl of Durham. Lord Lambton was sent for to his father a few minutes before he died. His lordship's daughters were also with Lady Durham. The whole family are in the great est distress. Sussex John Lambton, Earl of Durham, Viscount Lambton, and Baron Durham, of the city of Durham, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was born 12th April, 1792, and married first, the Ist of January, 1812, Miss Harriet Cholmondeley, who died in May, 1815 ; and secondly, Lady Louisa Eliza beth Grey, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess Grey. His lordship had issue by his first marriage three daughters, all of whom are dead ; and by his second, five children, two sons, and three daughters. His second son, George Freder ick Viscount Lambton, (the Hon. Charles William, his eld est son having died at the age of thirteen), succeeds to the family honours. The ladies Mary, Emily, and Alice Lamb ton, were born on the Bth May, 1817, 17th May, 1823, and 16th April, 1831. The deceased earl was the son of the late William Henry Lambton, Esq., and Lady Anne Villiers, daughter of the fourth Earl of Jersey. His lordship has two brothers and one sister—namely, Mr. W. H. Lambton, mar ried to Miss C. Ellison in 1824 ; Mrs. Cavendish, lady of the Hon. Col. Cavendish, equerry to her majesty ; and Mr. Hedworth Lambton, M.P., married in 1835 to Miss Bushe. The deceased was lord privy seal from 1830 to 1833, and as most of our readers are aware, was subsequently British am bassador at the court of St. Petersburgh, and lord high com missioner of Canada in 1838. He was a privy councillor, h G. C. 8., and knight of the foreign orders of St. An drew, St. Alexander Newsky, St. Anne, and the White . Eagle of Russia ; Leopold of Belgium, and the Saviour of G reece. In addition to the above, he was high stewa rd of INCENDIARISM AT BLACKBURN ATTEMPT TO BURN DOWN MESSRS. W. AND T. TURNER'S MILL-THE FIRE AT MESSRS. LIVESEY AND RODGETT'S MILL. It is with very great pain we make an announcement which cannot fail to fill with alarm the public generally, and espe cially that important part of the public whose property is invested in the staple manufacture of this county. Within the last six-and-thirty hours circumstances have transpired, which leave no reasonable ground for doubt that the fiendish spirit of incendiarism is at work amongst the boys employed in the cotton mills in this town. Two or three cases of at tempts to set fire to factories (one of them too successful) will probably be brought home to parties now in custody ; but in the present state of matters, just in the first flush of the discovery, the affair has not been so far unravelled that we can present our readers with the minute detail which we should desire to lay before them. So far as can be at present ascertained, the main facts appear to be as follow : On Wednesday last, about one o'clock in the afternoon, a fire was discovered in the mixing room at Messrs. Turners' mill, at Bank Top, in this town. An alarm was given, and three fire engines (which, by the by, are said to have been in a rather inefficient condition,) together with a detachment of the police, were speedily on the spot. After considerable exertion the fire was extinguished, before it had done any very considerable damage, one hundred pounds being pro bably the value of the property destroyed. There were cir cumstances attending the breaking out of the fire which raised a slight suspicion that its origin was not accidental, but for some days nothing transpired which could give that suspicion any particular direction. Yesterday afternoon, however, a spinner employed in the same mill again smelled fire, and on going into the roving room he discovered that a quantity of bobbins were in a blaze. These he fortunately succeeded in extinguishing, and no further damage was done. But the occurrence of course confirmed the suspicion to which we have alluded, and during the confusion attendant upon the alarm of yesterday's fire, a lad employed in the mill was ob served to conduct himself so strangely, and to manifest so much tremor, that it was immediately supposed he was in some way or other connected with the fire. He was seized by one of the men, and after much threatening confessed he was concerned, with several others, in setting fire to the mill both on Wednesday and yesterday. The lad's, name is Thomas Clayton ; on his person were found two lots of lucifer matches. Upon his information three others, named William Kenyon, William Counsell, and William Stirzaker, were at once arrested ; as well as James Stirzaker, brother to the last-named of the above. The ages of the four first-named lads do not appear to be more than about fourteen. James Stirzaker is three or four years older. From the voluntary statements already made by some of the lads, there is reason to believe that James Stirzaker was the author of the disastrous tire that burned Messrs. Livesey and Rodgett's mill to the ground. His younger bro ther says that fie admitted the fact to him, and that he also instigated him (William Stirzaker) to set fire to the Messrs. Turner's mill, for which purpose he supplied him with a box of lucifers, part of which he gave to Clayton. The lad also admitted that the remainder of the matches in the box, after those given to Clayton were taken out, were hidden upon the premises, and upon his pointing out the place his statement was found to be correct. Besides the two decided attempts which have been made to burn down Messrs. Turners' mill, both of which have been happily frustrated, these young villians have confessed to an arrangement which they had planned, whereby the se cond attempt was to have been made last Saturday night, in stead of yesterday, but they were prevented from putting their arrangement into practice by several accidental circum stances which we need not detail. It is impossible at present to trace these diabolical crimes to any sufficient motive. The lads talk of spite against cer tain overlookers and spinners, but perhaps in a few days other matters may give a different aspect to this most lamentable affair. In the mean time the five lads are placed in safe cus tody, and will be brought up before the magistrates this day for a first examination, and we do most sincerely hope that the inquiries which are already set on foot may lead to such a result that all concerned may meet the punishment they so richly deserve.—Blackburn Standard. RELEASE OF MESSRS. LOVETT AND COLLINS.- PUBLIC ENTRANCE OF COLLINS INTO BIR MINGHAM. (From Me Times of Tuesday.) Birmingham, Monday, July 27, 4 p.m. The first chartist demonstration " of the season " com menced this morning, and so far has passed off well. For the last few weeks great exertions have been made by the rem nant of the chartist party usually assembling in Lawrence street chapel to render the liberation of Lovett and Collins an occasion of a great political display : and certainly, as an exhibition of numbers goes, the affair of to-day may be fairly said to have rivalled many of Mr. Attwood's far-famed great political " demonstrations." About 6 o'clock on Saturday morning Lovett and Collins were discharged from Warwick goal. Their friends, it ap pears, expected that their liberation would take place about 7, but two or three of them, fancying that they would be the first to greet them on their coining forth from the prison, very knowingly arranged to be in waiting from a few minutes after 6, opposite to the gaol, and there standing ready to give the huzza on the instant of the doors opening. On crossing the market-place, however, and turning over the iron bridge at the entrance of the Bridewell-lane, which leads upon the gaol-gates, who should they meet but the two patriots them selves walking quietly along, as unnoticed, and as coolly look ing about them as if they were persons of no more consequence than a pair of vagrants who had just served their time and were thinking at what lodging-house they would be most likely to meet with their " old pals." There was not the slightest " demonstration," no doubt to the great mortifica tion of those who had promised themselves a capital show-off. Lovett showed his good sense by disappointing those worthies, and immediately left Warwick for London. In the evening Collins, who is much fonder of display than his fellow sufferer, supped with about 150 chartists at the Saracen's Head, and as was to be expected, there was abundance of talking, eating, drinking, smoking, toasting, and singing. Of the quality of the speeches I am unable to give an opini on, but they will no doubt be duly reported in the chartist journals. This morning the bustle in the streets of pirmingham re minded one of the days of Newhall Hill and ffolloway Head; but fortunately, owing to the establishment of the police, and the known preparations made by the head of that efficient body, not the slightest alarm appeared to be felt by the in habitants. Soon after nine o'clock this morning crowds were seen proceeding towards the place of meeting, and by ten o'clock the streets in that vicinity were crammed with a dense mul titude of men, women, and children ; it is difficult to say which of the three classes were the most numerous. By this time, however, the committee had issued a hand-bill stating that in consequence of ill health the latter gentleman had been forbidden by his medical advisers attending any public meeting for the present. It is worthy of remark that Lovett's intention to proceed to London and not visit Birmingham was known to the committee' for idthedays past, but they thought it would militate against the " demonstration" if they made any premature announcement to that effect, and therefore kept the secret until the last moment. The outgoing proceedings of the day were exceedingly flat, all the enthusiasm and excitement usual upon such occasions being reserved until the triumphant return of Collins into the town. On the arrival of the procession at Sparkbrook, it must have consisted of from 15,000 to 20,000 persons. Collin arrived at the Angel by the Queen coach about the same time, and was loudly greeted by the assembled multi tude. He appeared emaciated, and excused himself from speaking on the ground of weakness, stating that he felt con vinced that his incarceration had laid the germ of a con sumption. The procession then returned to Birmingham in great state. The scene in High-street, Dentend, was im posing, hut that in the Bull-ring has not been exceeded since the return of Mr. Attwood from London after the . passing of the reform bill. The cavalcade then moved on wards to Gosta-green, the scene of Mr. Feargus O'Connor's previous displays. On arriving at the spot the mob almost completely filled the green. The carriage of the " victim" was drawn up aside, and on order being somewhat restored he treated his auditors to a long tirade upon the sufferings he had endured during his imprisonment, the villany of the government, the conduct of Lord J. Russell, and his own unabated attachment to the principles of chartist - 1h He was loudly cheered in the course of his address, and the multi tude having dispersed, pr e p ara ti ons were made for a dinner, which afterwards took place in a vacant space at the end of Shadwell-street. A Mr. Catler took the chair, and from the number of tickets issued it is computed that about 1,800 persons sat down. Collins went into a more detailed statement of the horrors of prison discipline and miseries of gaol allowance, and after a number of speeches in the true chartist style, the party broke up. Too much praise cannot be awarded to the very able ar rangements made by Mr. Commissioner Burgess for the prevention of any disturbance, and it is to the excellent con duct of the police under his command that the tranquillity of the town is probably in great measure owing. Our readers will no doubt recollect the reported launch of the Trafalgar, which was to have taken place in May last, and then a postponement of it until June, when her Majesty was to have been present. We are now informed, that if every shipwright in the yard at Woolwich were to be con stantly employed, the vessel could not possibly he finished by May next ; in addition to which it will also require three months' constant work of the whole of the blacksmiths of that yard to effect its completion. Such is the rapidity of the works carried on under the guidance of our Minto Ad miralty.--Courier. MISCELLANEOUS. We learn from Athens that the Queen of Greece is enciente —Paris Paper. - - Mr. Fortescue, of Ravensdale, is the new candidate for the county of Louth. The Northumberland assizes promise to be maiden. There is not, so far, a single prisoner for trial.— Gateshead Observer. On Thursday week the Duke of Richmond was presented with a magnificent piece of plate, valued at £4OO, by the farmers and principal tenants on his Grace's estate in Lord Shelburne, eldest son of the Marquis of Lansdowne, is on the point of marriage to the Lady Georgiana, daughter of the late, and sister to the present, Earl of Pembroke. Her ladyship is in her 23d year. It is a remarkable circumstance that - the four greatest singers in the world should each have lost, within the season, a near and dear relation—Rubini, a father; Grisi, a sister; Lablache, a daughter ; and Tamburini, a son. The harvest has commenced in this county. On Saturday last„ wheat reaping partially begun, and barley in fine con dition was cut. The straw of all kinds of grain is short, and, like hay, will fetch a good price in the coming season. — Kentish Gazette. Low TEMPERATURE OF JULY.—At the latter part of the month of April, the thermometer ranged in the sun be tween 96 and 114 degrees of Fahrenheit; and since the first day of the present month, although the sun is at a much greater altitude, the range has been between 69 and 87. WHALE FISHERY.—ABERDEEN, JULY 22.—We under stand the Joseph Green, Union, and Eclipse, arrived at Peterhead yesterday forenoon, from Greenland, with scarcely any fish—eleven only having been killed at that fishery this season. These vessels report the loss of the Perseverance of Peterhead—crew saved. LAW PROMOTIONS.—It is currently rumoured that the following law appointments are definitively arranged to take place, viz. :—M r. Maziere Brady to be the new Chief Baron of the Exchequer ; Mr. Pigot to succeed to the Attorney- Generalship. Mr. Sergeant Moore, it is said, will be the new, Solicitor-General, vice Pigot ; Dr. Stock to have the vacant Sergeantcy. This arrangement will create a vacancy in the representation of Clonmel.—Limerick Standard. CALEDONIAN CANAL.—An effort is at present making, on the part of those locally interested, to obtain a surrender of the works of the Caledonian canal from the government. It is to be done by means of a joint-stock company ; and it is alleged that the canal commissioners and the treasury are willing to accede to some such arrangement. £45,000 are to be deposited to discharge the existing debt, and the coming in company are to complete the works according to Mr. Walker's report. ALARMING FEVER AT HOBART TOWN.—According to the Hobart Town Courier, it appears that a fearful fever is raging there. It broke out in the Penitentiary and the Female House ur coseection. Out of a road party of one hundred and twenty-two, near New Town, ninety-five were attacked, and fifty are still laid up. The average of mortality in Hobart Town since its commencement has been calculated at one in seven, nearly twice the amount of what is generally computed as the result of the most fatal fever. Another proof of its fatal character, the Malcolm Huts road party, out of twenty eight attacked with the fever, fourteen have died. An extraordinary scene presented itself a few days ago in the Passage St. Guillaumo, near the Palais Royal. An individual about 40 years of age was seen brandishing a large knife and threatening the lives of the public, and repeatedly declaring that one life at least he must have. No one dared to approach him, and in a few minutes he was seen rushing up the staircase of an adjoining house, taking four steps at a time. Arrived at the third story, he began to call aloud— " Lisa, Lisa, thy life, thy blood—l must have thy blood !" The screams of the mistress of the apartment brought several persons to her assistance in spite of the brandished knife, and the madman (for such he proved to be) was, at length, secured, but not until he had inflicted several dangerous wounds upon the body of the unfortunate porter who had opposed his entrance to the rooms of the lady.—Paris paper. IMPROPER CONDUCT OF A SHIP-MASTER.—It will be seen from Captain Hosken's report of the homeward voyage of the Great Western, that he was diverted from his course in a most unjustifiable manner by a signal of distress hoisted by the master of the brigantine Champion, of Newfoundland, when, instead of requiring assistance, he merely used it as a decoy, to induce him to take a passenger on board. Such conduct should be severely reprehended by the ship-owners. as it will have a direct tendency to make the captains of steam-vessels, who are tied to time like a mail coach, pass by cases of real distress, when they find themselves so trifled with.—Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.—On Saturday night last, about twelve o'clock, -Mr. John Coulton, underlooker of the collieries at Haigh, near Wigan, was re turning home from Wigan, on horseback, and, when in a lonely part of the road, near the canal pits, three men, like excavators, sprung from their hiding-place, and fired at him. The slugs struck him in the head, and severely injured him. The men then dragged him into a hay-field, and robbed him of his watch and purse. Mr. Coulton managed to get home immediately afterwards, and was more injured than he at first expected. Several slugs have been taken from his bead, and he now lies in a dangerous state.—Manchester Guardian. THE Hors.—A few, very few grounds in the neighbour hood of Canterbury s till look tolerably well ; the remainder are almost past hope. At the East Kent great hop dinner, on Saturday last, at the Fountain Hotel, Canterbury, a nu merous party of growers and consumers were present. The letters from various planters in the county were read, and a general opinion prevailed of a small return. The duty was laid by the company at £50,000. Our accounts from the Weald are, without exception, of the same gloomy descrip tion. Everywhere the crops are less promising, and the low est duty we have had for many years past is beginning to be looked for.—Kentish Gazette. WATER SPOUT IN MORECAMBE BAY.—This unusual and interesting phenomenon was observed by the captain and passengers in one of the swift packet-boats on the canal. the Water Witch, on Tuesday last, about half-past nine a.m. in Morecambe Bay. The atmosphere was extremely cloudy, the rain was very heavy, and there were thunder and light ning, especially about the upper part of the bay. The appear ance of the spout was first observed by the captain of the packet, and then by the passengers, who were apprised by him of the phenomenon, and it was Seen altogether about seven minutes. About three minutes after it was first ob served, the column which was like a dense pillar of a cloud, stretching from the sea to the clouds above, broke into two parts in the middle, and the two portions continued to be dis tinguishable for about four minutes after, and then very gra dually disappeared. The shape of the column was like a frus trum, but inverted—the middle being nearly cylindrical. No gyratory motion was seen, the observers being too distant to see whether that were really the case, nor was any lateral mo tion of the column observed, the whole appearing stationary. It was noticed that the cloud was not a very black one, but very dense. It was thought to be nearly opposite Heysham, or Poulton-by-the-Sands.—Kendal Mercury. SEVENOAKS.—Messrs. Hill and Co's (of Deptford) steam carriage has made two experimental trips to this place, which have completely refuted the arguments of our would be wise men as to the practicability of such engines on the common turn-pike roads. The first journey down (twenty miles) was performed in one hour and a-half, and returning in one hour and nine minutes to Deptford, notwithstanding the difficulty of ascending Morant's Court Hill. The second journey was for the purpose of bringing down a number of ladies, when the speed was considerably diminished. So completely is the engine under the power of the conductor, that during the first journey, on its return to Deptford, whilst descending Tubb's-hill, which is one of the steepest on the road, and going at the rate of from fifteen to twenty miles per hour, it was stopped instantaneously, thus proving the extraordinary power and security of the invention. The machine makes much less noise than a post-chaise, and is almost devoid of smoke and the unpleasant smell attached to railway engines, to which it bids fair to be a formidable rival. Messrs. Hill and Co. made another experimental trip to this place, and thence on to Tonbridge, on Friday, and eventually, we understand, intend to run the " steam coach" three times a week for passengers between this place and the terminus of the Greenwich railway.—Kentish Gazette. HEARTRENDING SCENE.—At the late Downshire Assizes, Martha Edmunds was arraigned for the poisoning of her hus band, George Edmunds, at Ballyveagh, near Kilkeel, on the 12th of April, by administering to him a quantity of arsenic. mixed with water and whisky. A most heartrending scene occurred in the course of the trial. Counsel for the crown produced a mere child, a little girl, to give evidence against her mother. The prisoner, remained, up to this moment, composed, and apparently unconcerned, but on the produc tion of the child, the strong feelings of nature gave way, and she shrieked in hysterical phrensy. The sensation produced in court is not to be described. The good old judge (Burton) wept—the jury entreated the removal of the child from the table—the mother grasped at it convulsively from the dock —and seizing it, pressed it convulsively to her breast. Al most every creature was in tears, and the unfortunate prison er, overcome by her maternal feelings, sank down in a fit, which was succeeded by a second, more violent than the first, before medical aid finally restored her. The child was not examined ; and when the case closed, and the jury had re tired to consider their verdict, one of them also—doubtlessly overcome by his feelings—was seized in the room with an apoplectic fit. The consequence was, that no verdict was pronounced, as the jury had to be discharged. The unfortu nate woman was next day again put on her trial, when a verdict of manslaughter was pronounced against her. DOINGS IN FORT ADAMS.—According to a letter received by a gentleman of this city, the following notable events have taken place in Fort Adams :—On Sunday evening last one man shot another's dog. During the same evening the re port of two guns was heard—the dog-killer and the owner of the dog had shot at each other ; and the dog-killer had received a dose of small shot, and was supposed to be killed. The murderer was arrested, tried, and sentenced to gaol in Woodville. He escaped from the officers, and refused to be retaken—swore the judgment of the court was unjust—that he would kill the justice, and would then finally deliver him self pp. The justice, on hearins this, went to the house of the culprit with a double-barrelled gun and shdt him dead on the spot. He then went to Woodville, submitted to judicial examination on his own confession, and was acquitted. He then returned to Fort Adams, and to his great astonishment, found that the murdered men (as was supposed) were not dead, but were getting well, and that no great harm had been done.—New Orleans Bulletin. SHOPLIFTING FXTRAORDINARy.—On Tuesday morning, a respectable -looking female, calling herself Mary . Davies, wearing a black silk bonnet, and black silk cloak, with velvet cape (over a print dress), was brought up at the b oroug h court, charged with shoplifting, under the following circum stances :—Mr. Joseph Burgess, a shopman, in the employ of Messrs. White and Jones, haberdashers, silk mercers, &c., Exchange-street, stated, that on Monday afternoon, about five o'clock, the prisoner came into the shop, and asked to see some lutestrings. Witness showed her six or eight short lengths, and subsequently a roll of drab silk, upwards of 70 yards in length, and of considerable bulk and weight. She then asked for a blue, and witness showed her a sky blue, which, - she said, was too light; an d h e t h en b roug ht h er a piece of dark blue silk, of which she t oo k a very sma ll quan tity, and paid for i . t. While doing so, witness missed the large roll of dra 41k from the counter, and charged her with having taken it.' e denied it, on whi c h h e drew aside her c loak, but still t not see it. He th en t oo k h e r to another part of the shoo, and sent a young man to stand by the counter where she had been standing. He turned from her to follow the young man, but, on looking round at the pri soner, saw her placing the roll on the floor at her feet. He then sent for a policeman, and she was conveyed to the police office. Mr. Superintendant Sawley interrogated her as to her name, and place of residence ; but she obstinately refused to tell either. On Tuesday morning, however, she. told Mr. Sawley that her name was Mary Davies ; that her husband and herself lodged at the house of a Mr. Powell, a lodging. house keeper, in Holford-street, Liverpool ; that her hus band was by trade a stonemason, but, for the last 13 years, he had laid down that craft for the more lucr a ti ve one o f travelling in England with silks, lutestrings, s h aw l s , scarves, &c., and that, having quarrelled with her hu s b an d on M on d ay ' morning, she left him, and came to Manchester. She had a smart purse ; but its contents were only 2s. 4d. The land lord of the Hare and Hounds public-house in the parsonage, who was in court in another matter, here stated, that, as he believed, the prisoner and a man came into his house the day before, and had two glasses of al e ; an d t h e fema l e, w h o was dressed exactly like the prisoner, pulled from her cloak a roll of silk, and the man produced a sheet'of brown paper in which they wrapped it. The court s t oppe d t hi s s t a t emen t as not sufficiently identifying the pri soner and directed that the examination should be taken against her for stealing the roll of silk at Messrs. White and Jones's shop.—Manchester Guardian. THF. GREAT WILL CAUSE.—PANTON V. WILLIAMS.— Sir Herbert Jenner gave judgment in this long-pending cause on Tuesday afternoon, in favour of Mr. Williams, who, it will be recollected, was tried for forgery at the Old Bailey, about eighteen months since. Upwards of £50,000 depended upon the issue, besides real estates. The proctor of Mr Panton has given notice of appeal to the privy council Maitland Makgill Crichton has published a long etter to the electors of the St. Andrews' district of burghs, in which he states that, owing to a difference of opinion among his supporters regarding non-intrusion, he has with drawn his pretensions as a candidate to represent the burghs in parliament. Mr. Bruce, of Falkland, is spoken of as the conservative candidate.—Scottish Standard. DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR ARTHUR PAGET.—The evening papers of Tuesday announced the demise of General the Hon. Sir Edward Paget, G.C.13., the Governor of Chel sea College. Thi6 statement was erroneous, it being the gallant general's brother, the Hon. Sir Arthur Paget, whose death we have to record. The Right Hon. Sir Arthur Paget died on Sunday last, at his resilence in Grosvenor-street, shortly after two, after beimg obliged to keep his chamber for a fortnight. He had been seriously indisposed for some weeks before. He was the second son of the first Earl of Uxbridge, and brother to the Marquis of Anglesea, and was born on January 15, 1771, and married Lady Augusta Jane, daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland, and sister of the Countess of Jersey and Viscount Burghersh, whose marriage with the •_ late Earl of Morley was dissolved by act of parliament in 1809, by whom he had a family of nine children, six of whom survive him. The Marquis of Anglesea arrived in town, from Cowes, on Monday night. The funeral takes place on Satur day, but we understand it will be strictly private. Upwards of thirty families are placed in mourning by this death. By the demise of this gentleman an insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath becomes vacant, and a pension - of £l2OO per annum, which Sir Arthur received for his diplomatic ser- vices, reverts to the civil list.-211orning Herald of Wednes- THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—There has been a decided improvement in the weather within the last few days, which has revived the hope of a good harvest. From all accounts, the grain crops are generally good—in some in stances extremely abundant ; and green crops are, with few exceptions, highly promising.—Scoltish Standard. _ _ . A county meeting was held at Dorchester on Wednesday, the high sheriff in the chair, and addresses of congratulation to the Queen and Prince Albert, on her Majesty's recent escape from assassination, were unanimously. agreed to. " Better late than never,' says the proverb ; but after the verdict of the jury on the trial of the mad pot-boy, the Dor setshire gentlemen would have displayed quite as much loy alty and good sense had they waited a few months longer for an opportunity of addressing the•throne.—Bristol Journal. GAS PROCURED PROM ANIMAL MATTER.—A series of experiments (says the Athenaeum) has been made on this subject by M. Seguin, who found that, by distilling the car case of a horse, which weighed 685.41 pounds troy, he could obtain 4.907 gallons of inflammable gas, 30.41 lbs. of sal ammoniac, and 42.2 lbs. of animal charcoal, or ivory black. It would appear, however, from a comparison with other experiments, that the amount of each product has been somewhat underrated ADVERTISING VANS.—SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-011 Fri afternoon, as Mr. Charles Wheeler, secretary to the " Ladies Association for the more effectual suppression of cruelty to animals," was riding a young spirited horse (for the purchase of which_ he _was in treaty with the owner) . along Lisson . . street, Marylebone, the annual suddenly took fright at one of those abominable nuisances " advertising vans," and; rearing up, threw and fell upon the rider. Some gentlemen, who witnessed the occurrence, hastened to Mr. Wheeler's assistance, and, having rescued` him from his perilous situa- tion, quite insensible and streaming with blood, conveyed him to his residence near at hand, when two surgeons were called in, and, on examination, it was discovered that he had sustained concussion of the brain, in addition to internal injuries of a very serious nature.—Shipping Gazette. UNPLEASANT CIRCUMSTANCE ATTENDING A WEDDING. —At a village not a hundred miles from Doddiugton a laugh- able event occurred, which will be long remembered by its inhabitants. On the morning of Saturday last the villagers were all bustle and joy at the approach of a wedding about to take place at their parish church, between a young gentleman of Hollingbourne and a young lady of Doddington. The church was filled, and the lasses of the village were gaily dressed and prepared to strew the pathway with flo;iersi, after the knot was tied, when, to the astonishment of all the concerned parties, it was found that the gentleman had for gotten to procure a license ! A messenger was instantly despatched to acquaint the lady with her lover's error. She and her attendants in four carriages were met about twenty rods from the church, and made acquainted with the unplea sant news. Such was the effect on the fair one's nerves that she immediately fainted. The party returned to their homes, and the minister's son was sent off immediately to Faversham to procure a license. He, however, was there disappointed, and obliged to proceed to Canterbury, where he was more fortunate, and the gentleman and lady became man and wife on the Sunday following, in the presence of a vast assembly. —West. Kent Guardian. As a person named Marshall was proceeding in company with another female through a cornfield adjoing Marchain park, on her way to Abingden, on Monday se'endight, she observed a swarm of bees coming towards them, the whole of which almost immediately afterwards settled upon her neck, face, and bosom. The poor woman was greatly terrified, and with some difficulty retained the power of respiration by placing both hands over her nose and mouth. Her companion immediately went back to the village for assistance, and Mr. Chamberlain soon arrived with a hive. and with the assist ance of others, removed her to his house, where, in a few minutes he relieved Mrs. Marshall from her perilous situation, without her having sustained the least injury, remarkable as it may appear, not one having stung her.—Reading Mercury. RUTTER a. CHAPMAN, No. 2.—On Saturday last, Mr. Chapman attended at the New Bailey Court, and stated that he was there in obedience to a warrant requiring him to at tend and give sureties for his appearance at the next Salford sessions, to an indictment preferred against him at the Kirk dale sessions by Mr. Rutter, for an assault.—The sitting magistrate, Paul Moon James, Esq., said that Mr. Chapman and his sureties could enter into the usual recognizances; and they accordingly went to the clerk's office, where Mr. Chap man entered into his own recognizance in £4O, and Messrs. Joseph Grave and Wm. Pearson, his sureties, each in £2O, for his appearance at the next (intermediate) general ad journed sessions of the peace for the hundred of Salford, — which, we believe, commence on Monday the 31st August.— Manchester Guardian. The ship Mozambique, which arrived in the Thames on the 22d instant, from St. John's, New Brunswick, unfortu nately came without the master, Captain M`Leod, who, in a state of insanity, threw himself overboard at 6 a. m. on Sa turday, the 27th of June, but was with great difficulty re covered by the mate, and his life then preserved by means of several hours' chafing, &c. ; a strict watch was consequently kept over him day and night. On Monday, June 29, he ap peared perfectly recovered, and, after cleaning himself, went on deck, and whilst the mate was taking the sun's altitude, he threw the ship's papers overboard, which was not known to the mate until communicated by one of the passengers some minutes afterwards, when he immediately put the ship about, and fortunately succeeded in finding and picking them up, at which circumstance Captain M`Leod was apparently much gratified, and was then quite sensible in conversation with his passengers, mate, and crew. On Tuesday, June 30, at 6 a.m., he turned out, washed himself, (after having slept well during the preceding night,) saluted the cabin pas sengers, went on deck, and immediately jumped overboard again, the ship at the time going 7- knots, and was never seen afterwards, as the watch on deck states he sunk imme diately. He has left a wife, but no family, at St. John's, and was a native of Peterhead. STRIKING LIKENESS.—A gentleman who had acquired a competency in the pursuit of commerce, resolved to leave its harrassing turmoil, its " accidents by flood and field," and betake himself to the peaceful occupation of a tiller of the soil, and rearer of cattle, and bought a farm in Islay. Before leaving Glasgow, he had his portrait take►► by a skilful artist, which he hung up in his parlour. A Highland servant girl, who had never seen any canvass semblance of the human face divine, attending her duties, was cleaning out the parlour on the morning after the picture had been hung up, and pur posely kept ignorant, that the value as a portrait might be tested ; while turning about in the process of sweeping, she observed her master in gilt embroidery, looking, as she thought, sternly at her. She remained motionless a minute, and observing no change on the rigid features of her object which seemed to observe her motions, she took to her heels, and ran up stairs, calling to the ploughman, " Donald, Donald, come awa down in a moment, and see my mister looking through the wa'."—Laird of Logan. THE MAWDSLEY MINERAL SPRING.—On a former oc casion we have noticed this spring, which has been declared, on medical analyzation, equal to the Harrogate waters or the Cheltenham Spa ; and our readers are fully aware, some Of them from experience, of its healing properties. It was, therefore, with regret that we heard of the exclusion of tho public from availing themselves of its salubrious qualitiei and it affords us great pleasure to have it in our power now to record the determination of the owners of the estate to admit the public gratuitously to partake of this healing spring. Mawdsley, where the spring exists, is situated about seven miles north-west of Wigan, and about six northward of Ormskirk. It would not surprise us one day to see this the resort of the fashionable and the invalid, as much so as either of the far-famed Cheltenham or Harrogate. The scenery in the neighbourhood cannot be surpassed by any in England ; the groves of Latham and Knowsley—the mountains of Newborough—and the fertile plains of Scarisbrick, form a delightful contrast to the distant ocean in the back ground, and are all objects on which the lover of nature may gaze with no ordinary feelings of pleasure and satisfaction.— Wigan Gazette. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGES ON THE DEAD.—Unfortu nately it has long been notorious that, through the criminal neglect of survivors, the most disgusting violations of the dead have commonly passed off unnoticed and unpunished. On the surface of many grounds I have repeatedly seen cof fin wood piled up for removal, and I could not refrain from wondering that this barefaced insult to the living—necessa. rib , preceded by a disgusting - exposure, and-too frequently dismemberment, of the dead—could have taken place with impunity, and that the perpetrators of these acts should escape unpunished. But these men—for necessity may have compelled them to the employment—are comparatively in nocent. The abuse—the criminality of the act—rests with those who superintend or connive at the transgression.—Ga- Merinos from Grave Yards. FOREIGN SU GAR.—From an official return just made it appears that the quantity of sugar the produce of foreign sugar refined in bond, under the act 3d and 4th William IV., c. 61, exported from London and the outports of the United Kingdom, between the 25th day of June, 1839, and the sth of July, 1840, was as follow :—To Russia, 19,890 cwts.; Sweden, 78 ; Norway, 401 ; Denmark, 1' • Prussia, 609 ; Germany, 5,236 ; Holland, 520 ; Belgium, 168; France, 925; Portugal. Azores, and Madeira, 1,135 ; Spain and the Cana ries, 8,575 ; Gibraltar, 3,561 ; Italy, 40,734 ; Malta, 3,843; lonian Islands, 6,671; Morea and the Greek Islands, 1,378 ; Turkey, 30,807 ; Syria and Palestine, 1,397 ; Egypt, 1,052; Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco, 1,882 ; Western Coast of Africa, 290; Cape of Good Hope, 163; Saint Helena, 17 ; Mauritius, 507 ; East Indies and China, 800; British settlements in Australia, 11,111 ; British North American Colonies, 36,900 ; Britis h West Indies, 10,567; Foreign West Indies, 31 ; United States of America, 79 ; Mexico and the South American States, 421 ; Isles of Guernsey, Jersey, 4V derney, and Man, 3,605. Total 193,354 cwt., of which 129,200 cwt. were from London, and 64,154 cwt. from the outports. This return is interesting at a time when the great advance in the price of this necessary article of consumption has occasioned much speculation in the colonial produce. JOINT-STOCK BANKS.—The following is the clause intro duced into the bill respecting joint-stock banks by the com mittee, by which the companies will be enabled to proceed criminally against their shareholders :—" And whereas it is expedient to extend the provision of the same act hereby continued in manner hereinafter stated, be it enacted that if any person or persons, being a member or members of any banking co-partnership within the meaning of the said act, shall steal or embezzle any money, goods, effects, bills, notes, securities, or other property of or belonging to such co-part nership, or shall commit any . fraud, forgery, crime, or offence against or with intent to injure or defraud such co-partner ship, such member or members shall be liable to indictment. information, prosecution, or other proceeding in the name of any of the public officers for the time being of such co-part nership in whose name any action or suit might under the said act be lawfully brought against any member or members of such co-partnership, for every such fraud, forgery, crime, or offence ; and may, thereupon, be lawfully convicted, as if such person or persons had not been or was or were not a member or members of such eo-partnershi, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. 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