Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-14 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Fy British and Irish. Magnetic Telegraph SPAIN • MADRID, AUGUST 11. A. Department is to erected under theMinis er of the Interior, with functions similar to the Bureau of public safety in France. FRANCE, PARIS, THURSDAY NIG HT. The process against Ledni liolin, Mazzini, and • the other alleged conspirators against the life of the Emp eror , who hare not surrendered, is fixed for the 9th of OJtober, HUNGARY. PE3TH, AUGU3T 10. The Emperor of Austria arrived this day in his Rungarian capital. THE EAST SUEZ, AUGUST 2. Sir Culiu Campbell left this day, en route for India. BELGIUM, BRUSSELS, THURSDAY. Le Nord remarks that the difficulty at Constanti nople, is the third which has arisen since the Treaty of Paris, and is a further proof of the un stable political relations of . the European Powers, .and of the necessity of placing them on a more durable basis. THE FRENCH FUNDS. The Three per Ceut. Rentes closed at 67 15, same price as yesterday. GENOA, AUGUST 10. The Transatlantic Steam Packet Company have agreed to sell their five steamers to the English 'Government. THE INDIA MAILS. We have been favoured with the following tele graphic despatch from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : " The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Valetta, R. Roberts, master, with the India and China mails from Alexandria, arrived at Marseilles at 8.30 p.m. (Wednesday). The mails left for London at 10 p tn." MARSEILLES, THURSDAY, 7 A.M. The Cambria sailed from Malta two hours before the Valetta, but is not yet here. The Valetta reports Bombay and Madras per fectly quiet. PeshaWur is disturbed, and three regiments have been disarmed there. Sir Colin Campbell arrived at Aden on the 28th of July. P.S.—The Cambria has arrived. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. Prom Vice-Consul Raven, dated Trieste, Wednesday, August 12, noon—Received, 5.26 p.m. Subjoined is a message to Sir James Melville, London, forwarded by me from Captain Johnson, Alexandria, tinder date from Alexandria, August 7. The Indian mail has arrived, with news from Bombay to July 14. Delhi had not fallen up to the 27th of June. There had been a good deal of fighting outside the fort walls. The rebels were repulsed with loss on every occasion. General van Cortlandt, when marching upon Sirsa and Hissar, had two engagements with the rebels near Sirsa, the last being a very decide I one. The rebels fled in -disorder, leaving two hundred dead on the field, besides prisoners. The Punjaub remains quiet. General Woodburn's column crushed the rebellion at Aurungabad. Intelligence has been received of the mutiny of the troops at Moradabad, Fyza.bad, Seeiapore, Agore, Nowgaon, Banda, Futtyghur, Mhow, and Indere. The Governors of the Presidenoies are at their respec tive seats. The money market was in a very unsettled state. Money difficult to be bad on any terms. Government securities have given way considerably. Import market .very quiet; business done to a moderate extent. Freights advanced a little. The first batch of China troops arrived in Calcutta, per Sintoom, about the 2nd of July. Calcutta—Exchange on England, 2i. (Signed) RAVEN. The following despatch was received yesterday after noon at the Foreign-office : TRIESTE, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12, 2 P.M. (Received Aug. 12, 8.10 p ro.) Mr. CONSUL GREEN'S DESPATCH. ALEXANDRIA, AUG 7. Our force before 'Delhi is stated to be from 7,000 to 8,000 Europeans and 5,000 natives. The native portion of the force is proved to be trust worthy. Calcutta is more tranquil, and native bankers regain ing confidence. the papers say we have seen the worst of it, for there are no more regiments to mutiny, except those of Bombay and Madras, the fidelity of which there is no cause to suspect," Til e Spanish government has addressed a note to the Spanish government, asking for the extradition of refugees, known to be on the Portuguese terri tory, It is believed that the Portuguese w.ll not consent to this. The Russian government, on makieg a nomination - to all of its orders, is accustomed to give the iusognia of the order, and it has hithert requ'red, in case of death, to have them restored. It has now decided that this restitu- Con is no longer to be insisted on. SUDDEN DEATH OF AN ARTILLERYMAN. — A gunner of Captain Gibbons's Q battery Royal Artillery, stationed at the cantonment on Woolwich-common, and under orders for India, was on Tueslay morni ng discovered y a comrade dead labia hut. The poor fellow is supposd to have died of disease of the heart, and has left a widow and family. reA PROMPT SOLDIER. —The Ipswich Express says : ." We understand that, in the early part of the week, whilst walking on the beach near Cromer, Major-General Windham received a communic .tion from the Commander in -Chief, giving him orders to proceed to the East. lie 'bade his friends who surraund-d him farewell, and started `off without a moment's delay." GHousis SH romo.—Wednesday was the opening of u”ttrouse shooting season in Scotland. The reports from the moors are that genie is very abandant and in - goad . inhabited, The shooting (porters are already Led, and the "shootings" have let at high prices this year ' The old spo r t of deer stalking is gradually reviving, and this /ea r offers good sport, as deer have been we l l wintered and are in high fettle. TIT LAW OF jUDGMEYTS.-1 bill for amending the law with respect to judgments, brought in by Mr. Fitz gerald, would enac t th a t judgment already or hereafter r Sistered by th e S en i or M as ter of the Court of Common Pleas may from time to time be satisfied, either with respect to part only of the amount thereby recovere d, or to be l ev i e d thereunder, or with respect to part only of t he prop er t y w hi c h it from time to time affects, or respect to part only both of the amount and of the property. THE GRAND TRUNK BOOTS FROM THE EASTER'S TO ViresTzax Ezazes.—We find the following in a St. Albans Vt.. Pap er : -,.„. NY eSt, says Quick Time —A friend writing us from the I was 36 hours Irom St. Albans to Chi ragn, w h ich call pretty fast travelling. I came by the Grand Trunk and Great Western. and the Michigan Central, a very pleasanl route and well arranged. Bag P a g e checked through from Ogdensburgh wit hout change.' This new route to the West seems to give very general satisfaction for a new one, and will doubtless receive a liberal share of patronage." A report on the affairs of Messrs Carr, Brothers and Co, of Newcastle, has been submitted to the principal creditors by Mr. Coleman, the accountant. It appears that the debts of the firm amount to £700,000, and that Mr. Cole man considers the assets will yield 20s in the pound, pro vided the'collieries are carried on. Toe latter point is one of great moment, not only to the creditors, but to the people of Newcastle, since the nemb3r of men employed on the works is upwards of 2,000. On the whole, a favour - able view was taken of the case. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (By British and Iriih ...I.Tanetie Telegraph.) ROUSE OF LORDS.—Thunsp.ty. The House met at five o'e'oek. TILE BISHOP OF NORWICH. Lord D ingannon gave notice that on the following day he should ask the Lord. Privy Seal whether, out of the fond which would como into the hands of the-Eccicsi astical Commissioners by the death of Bishop Bloomfield, it was intended to grout an allowance to the late Bishop of Norwich. ECINDR RAILWAY. „The sessional order having been suspended for the purpose, the Scinde Railway Bill was read the second time. On the motion for going into committee on the Burial Acts Amendment Bill, THE NORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY,, AUGUST 14, , 1857. positions of hor. members, in which no cone could believe they were sincere. Mr. Gladitoue said that the rematlcs of the right hon. and learned gentleman would not deter him from doing his duty in regard-to-tbie measure, which was now beginning to show it , was not-e fit subject far discussion in that house. He complained of the remarks of the Attorney-General in raference to the sincerity of honourable members, and,said that that learned - gentleman very Eeerly, if he had not in fact crossed the line, when he ought to have been called to order by the chairman as a disorderly member, who had abuired the liberty of speech. (Hear, and laughter.) It wes not usual for one member to challenge the sincerity of other members in the propositions they advanced. The statement of the Attorney-General, in reference to this measure, showed that he did not appear as au inde pendent English gentlemen in the debate,.but the official organ of another, and that the observatioas he had made did not emanate in his own breast and conscience, bat that they were delivered as the pure organ of a commander,who snit his command from above. The Attorney-General bad, however, given tongue in reference to the bill,.and whilst admitting the equality of man and woman, he was det r miEed to precipitately pass a measure that would place women in an inferior and unjust position. . Lord Palmerston defended the conduct of the Attorney- General, and said that , if those who voted against the secand reading' of the bill sow voted for the amendment, they would be making, in affect, a recantation , of their previously expressed opinion of the indisiolnbility of reir nage. (Cries.of " No, no.") He, however; repeated the asset lion, and . proceeded to say that he was opposed to the equality of man and woman in reference to divorce, from a belief that there was a difference in the nature of the social offence of adultery. He approved the amendment from a belief that it would give rise to. opportunity of eau , sion between the parties, and much assist the hriesband and wife who wished to get rid of each other by a legal process, more easy. under the amendment than the bill as it now stood. He agreed with the Attorney-General that it would be better to pass the bill as. it at present stood, but being anxious to pass the bill he would not press the question to a division, but give way, protesting, however, against his giving way being made a precedent in more objectionable cases. Lord John Russell would have voted for the amendment had it gone to a division, because he thouzht it was appropriate and necessary to the measure, which it was their duty to render as perfect as possible. After some further discussion, the amendment was added to the clause. A conversation then arose as to the meaning of the word " bigamy" in the clause. The A'torney-General explained that what was meant Avis bigamy with adultery, and suggested the insertion of ‘lsrds to that effect. The words proposed were under discussion when, at ten minutes to fair, the chairman reported progrcss, and ob tained leave to sit again at the evening sitting. C.MMITTER REPORTS• The report of the committee of ways ,and means, and of the committee upon the Customs' Acts, were brought up, and leave was given to bring in bills founded upon the resolutions adopted on the previous day. The sitting was then suspended. EVENING SITTING. OFFICIAL DEBTORS' (IRELAND) BILL. In reply to Mr. Hatchet, The Attorney-General for Ireland stated that it was the intention of government to introduce a bill next session, for the purpose of withdrawing pro`ection from arrest from official debtors in Ireland, in accordance with the recommendation of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. FRANCE. PARIS, Atm 11. It is stated in official quarters that the difference in the Moldo—Wallachian question has been so far settled during the Emperor's s ;journ at Osborne as not to re quire any further action on the part of a conference. A conference, in the formal sense of the word, may be un necessary, but any future difficulty will be settled by the resident representatives of the powers who formed part of the congress that signed the treaty of peace with Russia. The congress or conference, is still presumed to be in existence, and will not be dissolved before the final or ganisation of the Principalities. The representatives of the powers so nervously alive to the purity of elections in general, who, doubtless cn moral grounds, demand the annulling of those of Moldavia, and who, from their,,de mand not being complied with, were preparing to pack up and leave the Sultan to his fate, had not quitted.Con stantinople on Tuesday last. It is presumed, on good grounds, that they have already received tidings of what passed at Osborne, and' that they will now remain at their post. Of course Lord Stratford de Redefine, the bugbear of French Foreign-office, is an exception. M. de Redcliffe," as the Ministerial journals term the irascible diplomatist, is to come home on leave of absence —this is on the authority of the Pays. Of M. Thouvenel nothing very particular is sale. Despatches have also been received from M. de Bourquency at Vienna, announcing that Count Buol had ietimated that the Austrian Government is at present disposed to an arrangement on the subject of the Moldavian question. Where all parties are so conciliatory there is no possibility of dispute. " When people do agree 'on the stage their unanimity is wonderful." Without being over sensitive, or attaching undue importance to what are vulgarly termed " coups d'epinyle," it would be just as well if the Foreign-office gave a slight reprimand to the emptoyes who make ,up the article for the Constitutionnet.. That independent journal says, in its "leader" of to day, on the settlement of the Moldavian quarrel : " In a country (Englani) which so highly respects law and justice, public opinion would not have allowed the Government to act otherwise in a matter of this kind. England, moreover, stands too much in need of its union withYrance in the East not to-ncake to her ally, in case of need, a concession supported by equity as well as policy." Both England and France would, I doubt not, make concessions, consistent with ho .our, in order to maintain the alliance which, happily for • all - Europe, now exists between them; but the motive hinted at by the person who mixed up this day's dose in the Ministerial journal is absurd and unnecessary. In the Paris press the paper that discusses English questions with the greatest fairness, temper, and judgment, is unquestionably the Republican Siecle. In Its' criticisms there is no rancour, no petty spite ; and in its censure, when it thinks proper to employ censure, it speaks of England as a great and free nation ought to be spoken of. Our institutions, though monarchial, are discussed by the Republican organ with impartiality. Our prejudices and our faults are tenderly dealt with, and our virtues frankly done justice to. One of the editors of the Siecle, M. H La Marche, whose remarkable articles on foreign policy during the Russian war were much admired, has pub lished a work entitled L'Eerope et la Russie, in which the exce:lent qualities I have just alluded to appear in every page. M. La Marche is a veteran Of the empire, and a thorough Frenchman, but his predilections for his own country have not prevented him from doing justice to those whom he met as a foe in times now, happily, gone by—and gone by, it is to be hoped, for ever. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, AVG. 10. According to the Vienna correspondent of the Gazette de Cologne, Her Majesty the Empress is again pregnant, but I have not yet heard from any reliable private autho rity that such is really the case. The Emperor is now in Oedenberg, the capital of a Hungarian county of the same name, on the other side of the Danube. Such great depression prevails in Hungary that His Majesty is not likely to meet with such a good reception as he did three months ago. The Hungarians were over sanguine, and expected concessions from the Emperor which he was unable to make. The great increase in the paper circula tion (10,000,000 fl in one month) has produced an unfa vourable impression here and the more so as it is sus pected that the notes were issued to oblige some half-dozen of the leading banking firms. There is such a dearth of hands in Hungary that the labourers who assisted in get ting in the harvest earned about 3s a day and their board. Within the last day or two there have been three or four slight thunder showers, which have cleared the air and brought the thermometer down to 78. On Friday the lightning struck the house in which Sir H. Seymour lives at Hit zing, but, fortunately, it did no more harm than to run down the conductor and expend its force on a pump. • HALF-PAST 5 o'CLocK. According to an official despatch, the Emperor reached Oedenburg in the evening of the Bth. The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and the Archduchess Charlotte arrived at Trieste at 4in the afternoon of the Bth. Their Imperial Highnesses visited the famous _grotto of Adels berg while on their way to Trieste. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aua 8. The Porte has resolved to strengthen the fortifications of Widdin, as it did those of Silistria and Rustchuk during the winter and spring. The forti fi cations of Widdin are to be armed with 200 new guns, which the Danubian Steam Navigation Company has undertaken to bring from Constantinople. It is creditably related that a further reduction of the Russian army will take place directly after the grand mancelvres at Kransnoe-Szelo. The cavalry regiments have already been considerably reduced, and all tne reserves have been dismissed, ex_ cepting the cadres of the regiments. It is believed that the third battalion of the Guard and Grenadier re giments, and the third and fourth battalions of the regiments of the line will be reduced to " ske_ letons," and the men placed on the reserve list. The Emperor of Russia has sanctioned the plan of General Katenin for establishing a separate staff of eighteen persons. whose duty it shall be to look after the fortresses which have been recently formed in the steppe " far securing the frontiers and the great commercial road leading to Central Asia." General Katenin, as you are probably aware, is Governor-General of Orenburg, and the successor of Count PeroWsky. For the furtherance and development of the trade with Asia, the Siberian, Orenburg, and Astrachan merchants of the second and third guilds are to have the same privileges as those of the first—that is, they are to be allowed to do wholseale business. MALTA. The Malta journals of the 4th publish a proclamation from Lieut.-General Sir John Pennefather, commander of the forces on that island, announcing that, under the pro visions of her Majesty's commission, he has assumed the administration of the civil government during the tem porary absence of his Excellency the Governor, on leave of absence. THE AMERICAN FOP.—//arper's Magazine has an anec dote, intended to be very witty anu pungent, about a Certain western merchant and "fop" with an eye-glas. The fop, we are told, seated himself at the table of his hotel, opposite the merchant and two ladie=, with the latter, and levelled his glass first at one and then at the other lady. Whereupon the merchant, from Tennessee it was, seized a tumbler, and was, according to the arbiter elegantiarium who tells the story, apparently on the point of throwing the 'glass "at the scamp ;" but no—the merchaat, with exquisite humour, placed it to his eye, and stared at " the fellow," neither breaking his skull nor kicking him from the table, but so putting him out of countenance that he retired amid gereral laughter, COMMITTAL OF A COLLIER FOR WORKING WITH A NAKED LIGHT.—On Wednesday, at Barnsley, Ito,ler Benyon, a collier, in the employ of Messrs. Craik and Co,, of the East, Gawber Colliery, was proved to have taken off the top of his safety lamp, and worked with it in that state, notwith standing strict orders that no naked light should be used in that part of the workings, on account of the known prevalence of gas : and had ,an explosion 'resulted, the lives of 110 men working in the pit might have been sacrificed. The man's employers pressed for a committal of the defendant instead of a penalty; and the bench said it was necessary to make an example. The defendant was committed to Wakefield house of Correction for two months to bard labour. SI \ GULAR AND FATAL EXPLISION.—On Saturday last, Mr. J. E. Poole, coroner, held an inquest at the Bridge water Infirmary, on the body of Thnnas Powell, a loan dryman in the employ of Messrs. llennett and Co., con tract irs, who was killed by the explosion of an iron tube on the previous Thursday afternoon. It appeared that several workmen were engaged i❑ repairing a large shaft or tube used in boring rocks at the works of the Breedon Hill Iron Company, and a piece having been welded to one end of the shalt, it was again put into the fire, and almost immediately a plug, (ot the existence of which, up to that time, the men were entirely ignorant) was forced out by the gas which, the heat generated in the bora The plug, a heavy piece of iron, struck Powell in the abdomen, and infEctea such injuries, that, notwithstanding every assis ,taao,,e was renhered, he died in less than an hour. Another 'man was much hurt, but not seriously. The above facts having been given in evidence, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." . - - CHARGE AGAINST INDIAN OFFICERS. The Earl ot ifenborough adverted to the charges against three officers of the Bengal Engineers, that, at the siege of Mooli an, they had entered the gates contrary to orders, .and had concealed plunder under a tarpaulin, under thd pretence that it was engineering tools. The noble Earl stated that he had received a communication from Major Maxwell, to the effect that a full investigation had disproved the allegation. TON BISHOP, OF ST. DAVID'S CONSECRATED BURIAL GROUND'S. The Bishop of St. David's entered into a lengthened vindication of his refusal to consecrate the Swansea Burial Grounds, and replied to the attacks of Mr. Massey in the other house. Earl Granville said the question was whether the right rev. prelate acted legally in the course which he had taken. Lord Wensleydale could not help thinking that the right rev. prelate was wrong in the course he had taken. The House then went into committee on clause 6, which makes provision for burial ground for paupers. A di vision then took place. The numbers were— For the clause Against Majority The remaining clauses ,were agreed to, and the bill, with amendments, was ordered to be reported. In reply to the Marquis of Clanricarde, The Earl of Clarendon gave an explanation of the differ ence between France and the Porte, as to the elections in the Principalities, similar to that previously given in the Commons by Lord Palmerston. The 'Municipal Corporations Bill was read a third time and passed. Some other bills were advanced a stage. The House adjourned shortly after nine o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--THURSDAY. The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Shepherd's Disabilities Removal Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord Rivers' Estate Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. LAMBETH masurAcTonins. Mr. E,tcanrt inquired of the Chief Commiss'oner of Works if be had received any alswer from the authorities of Lambeth relative to the communication he had made to him in reference to the noxious trades carried on in that parish on the banks of the Thames, which affected the atmosphere in the neighbourhood of the .Houses of Perna- went ? Sir B. Hall said the matter was one for serious coasidera. lion, in consequence of the course the Vestry of Lambeth had thought it right to pursue in reference to this subject. To show the house what a hopeless case it was of any remedy being adopted by the parish authorities, he read a litter sent from the officer of works, on the 30th July, to the Vestry of Lambeth, complaining of the nuisance, and the answer he had received from that bady,"dated 10th August. The latter slated that the subject was submitted to a meeting of the vestry held on the 6th inst., but they were nct prepared to take proceedings against the parties. The house would therefore see how unfortunate it was that the bill of 1855 was passed without a clause imposing a penalty on parish authorities for neglect of their dutie?. If such a clause had been introduced into that act any person could have proceeded against a local body that neglected to do its duty towards the public and themselves. It was too late this sessio] to introduce a bill to remedy that defect, but he hoped next stssion the house would pass a bill that would compel parish authorities to execute the powers vested in them under the powers of the act of 1835. The subject then dropped. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CALTSRS BILL. The committee on this bill was resumed. On clause 25, giving divorce for cruelty and desertion, Lord J Manners moved the introduction of the words, "or adultery committed within the conjugal resi. deuce." _ _ The Attorney-General opposed the amendment, on the ground that the bill was only to consolidate, and not mike any charge in the present law. ' Mr. Gladstone 'said that the learned Attorney-General appeared by his remarks to be wrong, both in fact and principle, with reference to the efi . ct of this bill. 'I he further they advanced in its ateussion, the more obvious it became that that house should subject the measure to a greater examination and scrutiny than it had been sub jected to in the House of Lords, or by her Majesty's govern ment, who were responsible for its production. The change which this bill proposed in the law was patent, and when the Attorney-General stated the contrary, it only showed the crudity and precipitancy with which the bill had been introduced, and the scarcely decent haste it had been determined on, and was attempted to be forced• through the house. If divorce was to be given to the poor for cruelty, the same power should be given to the rich in the shape proposed by the amendment, because there could be no greater cruelty inflicted on a woman than to know that,her husband was living in adul terous intercourse in the co - jogai residence. There was no such cruelty in the higher classes as was known in the lower classes, but the scandal attaching to the fact of a man in the higher classes outraging his wi'e's feelings by converting his house into a scone cf infamy, whilst ob serving all the external demands of society, was the greatest cruelty that could be inflicted on a woman. It should be the object of this bill to meet such cases. Mr. Drummond supported the amendment. He con tended that the woman and man should be put upon an equality in the process of obtaining divorce - and the man who turned his house into a brothel, ought not to go scatheless. Mr. Huggessen also supported the amendment. He said that woman sinned from her weakness—man from the strength of his passions. If, therefore., the latter was entitled to relief, the first was more se. The amendment grappled with great social evil, and believing the amend ment, would tend to remedy it, he ,should .vote against the government, although he had supported the second reading of the bill. Mr. Ayrton said, that es.the committee were considering the law of divorce with a view to its amendment, it was their duty to consider everything in reference to it, and take care that the principle they laid down was such as would promote morality and give relief to the greatest and grossest form of injustice. (Heel - , hear.) Where a man brought home a concubine, the wife ought to have power to sue for a divorce. Mr. Henley spike in favour of the amendment, urging that the woman had eyed rights with the man. Ihe Lord Advocate said that the law of Scotland, with reference to divorce, proceeded on the principle that the two sexes were on a looting of equality_(hear, hear) — and he thought it well-founded both on principle and social experience. (Hear, hear.) The wife used the remedy as two to five, proving clearly that the remedy was not extravagantly made use of. The law was applicable to the whole of Scotland, and from a return be had had made, he found that out of 174 casee, 73 only were at the suit of the wife, and about 103 or 104 at the suit of the husband, which he thought was not a large amount, in a population of 3,000,000. During the last year there were 17 cases of divorce in Scotland, seven of which were at the suit of the wife, and the remainder that,of the husband..;" He entirely concurred in the amendment, believing it ought to be the principle'on which divorce should proceed. , • Lord J. Manners addressed the committee at consider able length in support of his amendment. The Attorney-General said that the bill was confided to hint on the principle which he distinctly again stated, that of embodying the existing law in regard to divorce. It was true two yea's' desertion and cruelty did now give a claim to divorce, but wi , h that exception 'his statement Was substantially true, and he complained of the language hat had been used against him in reference to the bill. flee amendment would be mpst opposite if the committee were discussing the foundation of the marriage law. but that was Pot the case, and on the terms on which the bill . . had been committed to his care he could not enter on e the latger question. He approved of the equality contended for, but the committee was limited to the erabodying of the present law. (Fleur, hear.) Legislation need - cot stop with this bill, but be proceeded within a future session of Parliament. (Cheets.) Ile replied to the censures that had been pasted ucoa him by those who appeared to have suddenly awakened tile woman's wrotege. He asked how the country could place any fait'a, in those who on the second reading of this bill'opeaceeed the dissolubility of marriage, but were now t ,- ,,e hollow advocates of the enlargement of the law Df divorce b e introducing other crimes for a divorce a vincula. The hon. and learned gentleman test rOtnreet to what be called the gilded pro- AUSTRALIAN PJSTAL SERVICF. Answering Mr. Macartney, Mr. Labouchere said communications bad been received as to the manner in which the postal service bad been Ty r formed between Su: z and Melbourne since January last, and if they were moved for, there would be n o ob j ection to their production. INDIAN STEAM TRANSPORTS. In ar.swer to Mr. Stafford, who inquired as to the pro visions made for coaling the steam vessels conveying troops to India, Mr. H. Baring said that the European and American Steam Shipping Company, of whom four ships bad been engaged, had provided such a supply of coal at St. Vincent as would take their ships to Calcutta without anv further stoppages, and he had no doubt that other companies would take similar precautions. In addition to this there were large supplies at the Government stations, particularly at the Cape, which could be obtained on appli cation to the storekeepers at a reasonable rate. The Appropriation Bill was brought in, and read a first me. The House then went into committee upon VIE DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL, And the discussion upon clause 25 was resumed, at the point at which it was interrupted in the morning. The Attorney-General proposed to insert the words, ",bigamy with adultery." A lengthened conversation again took place, and a mu'- titude of suggestions were offered for the amendment of the Attorney-General's amendment to the clause. Oa the motion of Mr. Gladstone, the words "or rape." were added to the Attorney-General's amendment, and, ulti mately, with the addition of some further explanatory words, the amendment originally proposed was inserted in the clause. An amendment proposed by Mr. I. Butt, to give to the women divorce for adultery, attended with aggravated ill treatment, was opposed by the Attorney-General, Mr. Malins, and Mr. Napier, and supported by Mr. Lygon, Sir . Heathc3te, and Mr. Newdegaie. The discussion terminated in a divi,ion, the result of which was that the amendment was negatived by 137 to 44—majority, 93. Toe Chairman then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again at twelve o'clock this day (Friday.) Tne Lord's Amendment to the Fradulent Trustees Bill was considered and agreed to. The Smoke Nuisance (Scotland) Abatement Bill was read a third time and passed. The Probate and Letters of Administration (Ireland) Bill passed through committee. The Revising Barristers (Dublin) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Militia Pay Bill was road a second time. The House adjourned at twenty minutes to two o'clock. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE'.-SUPPOSED LOSS OF TWO LIVES OFF BRIGHTON. We have to record the occurrence of a catastrophe, th e but too probable result of which is the loss of the lives of two young gentlemen, visitors at Brighton. The name of one is Edward Donaldson, aged 19, who has for the past month been living with his relations in lodgings, at 4, Cannon-place. The other is named Jones, and was living also in lodgings, at 7, Bedford-square. A short time ago, it appears that the two young gentlemen made a joint purchase of a small boat, and were in the habit of going out sailing, sometimes alone, but more frequently accom panied by some of their acquaintances or friends. It was remarked, however, by the watermen, that the quantity of rigging they carried was too heavy for a boat of such scanty beam, it being only about 14 feet long, and more than one ancient mariner might have been seen to shake, his head and express fears for the fate of a craft so oppressed with canvas, and in the control of such com paratively inexperienced hands. About three o'clock on Monday afternoon the two missing youths started for a sail from opposite the bottom of Preston-street, taking with them only a small quantity of biscuits and cheese and a bottle of wine, their intention being to remain out only a few hours, as Donaldson, had made arrangements to 'take his sisters out for a drive about seven. o'clock. Seven o'clock came ; but Edward did not make his appearance. Half-past seven—eight o'clock—arrived, and ho did not come. His sisters. however, thought the missing ones had put in at Shoreham, and were detained there ; so that for the moment they did not feel much uneasiness, theia supposition being perfectly reasonable. But while they were thus satisfying themselves of the safety of their friends, the servants in the house had received, and with kindly deception had concealed, evidence of a very different state of affairs. A coat and hat had been picked up about two miles out at sea, which were ascertained to belong to one of the youths, Donaldson ; and the paddles of the boat had also been picked up and identified. The night wore on, and still no tidings came of the fate of the unfortunate young men; ankwe dare not attempt to describe the agony of the sisters, when the servants-.concealment being no longer possible—were constrained to reveal their melan choly suspicions and the indisputable grounds upon. wKich they were founded. Beyond the above no further tidings have yet been received of the fate of the missing ; but there is not the shadow of a hope entertained of their safety. During the greater part of Tuesday a nw:ober of boats were engaged grappling in the Chanr,el near to where it is supposed the boat foundered, trat their efforts had not been successful. Both the Yo`ang gentlemen are said to have been exceedingly anl i -° . ;ie and well conducted, and to, have won the affeotior _ and esteem of all with whom they came In gontr!.. TOXTETU PARK GUARDIANq. . -The gentlemen comprising.this board of guardians held their usual weekly meeting at the Public OfficeP,Park-place, yesterday. - The Chairman; Mr: -Horsfall; presided. -The other guardians present were Messrs. Batten, Robinson, Pickup, Ewing, Briscoe, and Giindrod. OFFICIAL EVTVIUNB. The Master of the West Derby Workhouse repotted that last week there were 346 paupers belonging to the town ship in that house, since when eleven had been admitted, and seven discharged, leaving for this week 361.- A cheque for £9O. was Noted for the relief of the out-door poor in the township. APPOINTMENT OP A RELIEVING^ OFFICER. Mr: C. BATTEN then moved the- appointment of Mr. Barnett as the relieving officer for the union, at a salary- of £l3O-ner annum. The past services of Mr. Barnett were so well known to the guardians that they required no com ment from him ; therefore he should- simply move his appointment. Mr. EWING seconded the motion. A conversation then ensued as to whether the Poor Law Board would sanction to have all the appointments made annually, and the elcrk was requested to make the applica tion to the board. . " .-- The appointment was then. confirmed under- those cir cumAances. THE , EXPENSES OF . THE UNION. A letter was read from the Poor Law Board, stating that they had instructed their inspector, Mr. Marstwaring, to make aproper proportion of the•expenses it regard to the township and the West Dolby Union. THE AFT INTMENT OF THE CIERK T) TEE'3OA3II). • The Chairman said the next •business was to take into consideration the letters that had been received from the Poor Law Board, in referehce to the appointment of a clerk. The subject had been postponed from the last Thard, but he would read the letters hem. Thb the principle having :been admittted, the guardians are satisfied that theta is nolaing in the extent o f the West Dei'lay IMIOO, and the township of Toxteth— park, which will render the principle icapplkable to them. And this Board feels assured that Mr. Cleaver, regard biitig4hade to ;an other avocation C -is quite . as . eom pefent to discharge the duties of Clerk to the guardians under two Bolide as he hashitherto proved himself to be far recital) , the same locality $s 'to' one. And that for these reasons the guardians are - assured that the appointment in qu-stion is a proper one, and it in every respect calculated to pro mote the interestsbf the township, and to contribute to the satisfactory dimharge of the (italics of this Board. Mr. EWING seconded the aloptiVn of 'the resolutign. Mr. B2ISCOR said he had from the first objected ttrt heap pointusent of Mr. Cleaver, and he had - done so for the reason that he thought it was gni telin possible-that one man confd serve two mashers. For his , part, he ermecled that differences would arise between the two Boaitts that it wont& be imrossible for-Mr. Cleaver, as the clerk to each, to settle'. He could not move ra resoltyion, for if be did he feared he should standalone, hut -would sirocly , enter his protest against the appointment of Mr. Cleaver as the emir. Mr. Picini , : You sanctioned the appointirunt in the first instance. r Mr. BRTSCOE : No. - The PfIAIIOIAN :.I untlerstood:that the , appointment was .unanimous. Mr. PICKET: So it was; BEteebir •We were silent cafes we knew the-salary was•fixed at £6O per-annum; because we knew anlyar. Cleamemouid take it. • Mr: BLMT-ON.:: Silence gives consent... . The resolution was then. put.f ram the ehairi r and 'carried, NTr.•B i , coe-alone oppo3ing-it. The - Board' then requested the Chairman to forwnrd , the resolution to- the General B mrd, as au. expret.iion of their opiniorn.whiall he consented to do. There•b.ingno other business, the B - ard aclj mrned.. NSPECTrO IT OF TEE ROYAL ARTILL7ERY FOROK FORINDIA• BY THE DUKE OF O,A.MBIIIDE. Woaiw4cn, August 1 —ln amardenct) with a tele graphic communication received at head-quarters , latel?.st night, to the effect that his-Royal 1 - 1411 u ess the Dnke of Cambridge, the General COtnni Ind i in -Chief, would. inspect the Artillery ‘ force under oraere , far India this morning; the troops of the Royale 110.-3 3 Artillery, field batteries, and companies of Foot. Ar'al te7y destined for this service, assembled.in review order ol a the Common, at eleven o'clock; the total number amoan ting to upwa , ..ds of 1,600 officers, noncommissioned of& srs, and gunners. His Royal Highness arrived at the gs orison at half-past ten o'clock, and was received . by Colonel Bloomfield, Acting Commandant ; General Sir. Hew D. Ross, AA jutant-General ; and a brilliant staff of officers. His Royal H;ghness and staff rode slowly past the ranks, front and rear, and minutely inspeCted, each troopicompany-,.and battery, and the arms and equipment of the men. He then took up a .position at the flagstaff, sad- the trr.tops marched past at slow time. The usual evolutions- of a field-day were not performed, and the procesdhige wet consequently, more brief than -is 'hsualty the cage: ,At the termination of the inspection, his Royal MO% ess proceeded to the newly erected clothing stores, vehr ich are now in full operation, and where some hued,/ ads of tailors • belonging to the regiments are em ployed in manufacturing army clothing. Afice in spectiog . the various departments a:- this ostaii fish meat, his Royal Highness and staff proceeds) ta' the Royal Artillery mess-room, and, shortly afterwards lb fr for town. In accordance with ordars issued this morrii ,g, the remaining four companies of Ftot Artillery, pleci:4l under orders for India on the 10th Jily, eoer inspectica by the General C Jmnimiding-in-Chief(as stated), again er sembled. on parade at half past two oVock, and marcheelf rem the garrison to the Royal Arsenal pier, were theyo +mbarked on board the screw steam-vessels Victoria and , dney, for Calcutta and- Madras. Colonel Bloomfield, !lad com mandant, and staff, and the splendid' band of 1 / 3 regiment, headed the troops, and during the line of mud ~ a di stance of one mile, thousands of spectators routiniu , which was returned by the soldiers. A. de tar fly cheered, ;hm.nt of the 82nd Regiment, under the command, of, 0, plain Bailey, also embarked with the four c impat ies of f 7 for the same destination. Tne Victoria :a .oyal Artillery, id Sydney left Woolwich for Gravesend immediately, er the embarka tion! THE LATE TRIAT,S. riit PARIS. Poor,Law Board, Whitehall, (S W.,) Ist Aug:, 1857 Sir, —I am directed by the Poor 1.4.1 w Beard to inform•yon that they have received front Mr. Wm. Cleaver a report of his ap pointment to the office of ch rk to the Guardians of the Poor of the township of Toxteth Park, lam directed to observe that Mr. Cleaver alreaiy holds the office of clerk of the West Desk! Union ; and that, looking to the extent and popu'ation of rho township of Toxreth Park, it appears to the Board 'desirable that the office of clerk for that township should not be held by a gentleman who fills a similar appointment.. Upon general grouids, the Board think it .inexpedient that the same parson should act as a clerk to two•unions;• Rues 'ions and differences may arise between them, particularly when the Unions adjoin each other, and. are so populous as ia tbis case; and if the clerk be the officer of both, he. is not in a position to give that.incle pendent advice to.the Goa-dians, which is one of the objects . of his appointments. In the case . of . Mr. CleaVer, it has been represented to the Board that independently. of being clerk to the Wert Derby Union, he has other avocations which must fully occupy his .time, and prevent his giving that personal attention which is desirable to the duties of the office to which _ _ the guardians have now elected him. For these reasons, the Board aro indisposed to give their consent to the appointment of Mr. Cleaver;, and must rcquest that the Guardians will be good enough tore-consider the propriety of the applintment, having these reasons in view. Lam directed to transmit, for the information of yourself and' the oilier Guardians, the' accompanying copy of a letter which the Board have received from Mr. John Wilson on th 3 subject. —I am, sir, your ohdt. seivant, COURT NAY , Secre'ary. G. H. Horsfall, Esq.., Chairman. of the Board of Guardians of the Township of Toxteth Park, Liverpool. [cory.] 33, Ft. James'E-place, Totteth-park, Liverpool, July 21, 1857• My Lords,—An order has been recently issued. by your Board to separate Toxtzth-park Township rtom the West D.lrby Union, and in pursuance of which order the Guardians selected by the ratepayers met yesterday, and appointed as their Clerk, Mr. William Cleaver, at a salary of L6O per annum. I beg to submit to yonr honourable Board, that such an appointment is not calculated to benefit the township for the following reasons :-Ist. Mr. Cleaver at present holds the appointment of Clerk of the West Derby Union, also the offices of Clerk to the county nugistrate., . . sutperintendent registrar of the West Derby distric, clerk to the visiting justices of several lunat'c asylums, together with other offices, and is, therefore, of nrceisity, unable to devote any time to the performance of the most important duties of the office of clerk to the Board of Guardians of this township. 2nd. Mr. Cleaver, continuing to hold the office of clerk Jf the West Del hy Union, is not in a position to act independently on behalf of the township of' losteth—Park in matters of business occurring bet Ween that Union and this township, in which the respective interests of such Union and township are •••••••••••• ,••• opposed. 3rd. Mr. Cleaver, being' clerk to the magistrates , Ledru Rollin has caused the follsose wing le tter to be pub before whom all the parochial business of this to wnshi p is lished. in our London morning pete t r ansacted, and benefitted thereby, is consequently interested mporaries :—" thanks to thennanimity of the Englishapee in creating contention between the township of West Dail is, and the sympathetic echo it has met with in .-gib Union and the township of Toxteth-Pmk, for the purpose of a, Switzerland, and the whole of Germany, ihere is an i nd of that plot, so poin incrcasing haemoluments as such magistrates' clerk. 4th. advertised, the tale of,. vii ,- 7 The salary of £6O, assigned to Mr. Cleaver as clerk of the P ousl Y ich was to spread terror e Euro; ridicule,. even all over p guard ans of this township, is a mere memorial one, inasmuch a s tilled it. ~- - --. more than contempt, has as there is an understanding that it will be increased in thel should, tireiez‘irt4 - net have reverted to it art y were same ratio as the West Derby Union Guardians may diminish longer,not to state ono( , more, by two facts generay the salary of Mr. Cleaver, as clerk to that Union, which last unknown, t he it weakness .a a-.? 7ernment. Not on 4 veer( • cewardice of the imperial named salary being now £3OO per annum, and this allowed exaet l ky to reporesthes , the French newspapers not 3 exeminations of the accused, township having, in point of expenditure,' hitherto their reports .►lavinghad3to - nearly hal of such Union, therefore the ratepayers undergo the trial of ministerial actually forbidden to report the tp, hat they were of this township may he ,called upon to pay annually censorship, half such £3OO in addition to the £ 6O before me ntioned. defence of t , le advocates: Whilst thus ties foreig n p r oms, coti, in sth. The township of Toxteth-park is of sufficient magnitude W ith inereal ied indigned on, will learn that Bi ro l (having upwards of 70,000 inhabitants), to render it desirable his answers I before the.' court, the o n ly re li a bl e ones, d© that its Clerk should not hold a multiplicity of offices, it was elated 'la e had so Lsi perfectly noticed the Frenchman, in fact one of the reasons urged for the separation, th.t t h e_ whose nr.me he. prow unced in five different ways, that he ratepayers of the township would be benefited - by having t h e could no longer affiter whether he ,had moustachios or unit; management of their own poor in the hands of officeis uncon- at all v vents , t'llis . sti auger took his departure at the very mow rat when he,, 1 lerolotti, entered the room, and ne cted with any other township, and a salary of .t.. 100 per with annum is beyond doubt sffieient to obtain a clerk for the out a single w d being uttered in his presence' — Guardians, who will devote his whole time in the discharge of it only remain, with me solemnly to remind the duties, which otherwise, in all probability, will not be thf) public ii* ,at this deposition, even in its dis c. arred efficiently. I have heard with much satisfaction, rat rdified andissi Lally inconclusive shap e , is untrue. It is the your Board has recently refused to sanction an appo int- o ' ntirely thorouf ;lily false that I ever met with Bartolotti, went similar to this. I therefore trust, that on consideration 'either at Maze; ai's, or elsewhere. The accusation against o f the matter, your Board will be induced to withhold its me being th l43 irreparably destroyed, aul one of the I, o e ale ., sanction to thie.—l am, &c., (Signed) RCN WILSON. sots havingj sized the opportunity, with a few words, to To the Poor Law Board, London. break offelat sole tie by which I was intended to be entan gled with lb e t r ials , nothing else was left but to forbid the rmenace or suspension, to it rake the slightest Mr. CHARLES BATTEN said he had prepared a rese 'e re Imo i lotion, which he intended to move, and in so doing he . o7entary evidence; the aceAsation itself has this part of the debate. Nothing, then, against said lie would be as brief as he possibly could, but he felt " may no dof it was a duty to reply to some of the statements made in , it; no oral evidence au y further, however the letter. In the first place, it was objected that Mr. ! im u : u k t 4 r 77 4 l : Y. i g a Cleaver was clerk to the magistrates. It was true that he . dect . sorthy; nothing absolutely. brit that abominable , L ., „7 slum of indirect and moral complici , y (complicite was s-,, but only in matters relating to the Poor Lam? Board. magi - .nye-reale et 92torale) branded by nee, sixteen years ago, It was also true that he was clerk to the visiting trees, which occupied him about sixteen hour?, in the in the trial of Dupoty before the High Court of 'Peters. That exhumation of the middle ag 33 morally course of the yetr. Thera Were several appointmenta he trilled the Government of Louis Philippe ; - will it not held; to which he need not refer, but he would say, thot crntribute to destroy . Mr. Bonaper •te's ? Perhaps moro so some of them, for instance, the hon. Secretary to, tee than all his crimes, for there-see political blunders less par- Northern Union of Clerks, by which he vies enabled to donable, fa the eyes of the clever, than real offences. obtain a great deal of knowledge, which others, not so . Woe,' says itlachiavallis,. 'to him whose. badly-aimed situated e mld not obtain. Be then argued than ne . ne of strokes fall bark upon himself; whilst losing his reputation the situatioos Mr. Cleaver held, were ineotnpatable with of elevorness, he exalts his enemy.' If I h a d s u c c e e d e d in his being clerk to the township, 'oat on the c9Ptrary, being indicted before an English jury, what strange truth tended eminently to quali f y him to fulfill the duties which would have come out, and how thoroughly the play would he might be called upon to Perform. He then referred to have changed! Instead of exile plots against the empire, a statement which he (Mr. Batten) had made last week, that the Poor Law Board bad sanctioned one person filling Europe would have•seen plots of the empire a gt in st the the office of clerk to two 17nions, and in.eenfirmatien of exile exposelbeforeher eyes. I should hive shown, for that statement he read as folleses•— instarece, that wretch Gareau, who acted as a witness iu a trial to which he. was wholly foreign, making capital out of Penistooe, near Sheffield, Ifhh,August, 1857. his, old rell utation of patriotiere, by: r oleungirg into prison a Dear Sir,—ln reply to yorir letter, Lbeg to inform you raltitudfi of . . eredulons republioans. 1 should have that, on the division of the Wortley, Union, eight of the shown lann e ltveng as far back as 181:3; in his qaality of an townships which had been ece.nprised therein, and seven. other . understrapper. of the imperial police, under the psea townships which had not previously beer. in union, were forme , :t drr bm nsue . appellation, of Aiphonese , concocting the into the Penistone Union , and, although I retained any ofnce I cc ch aass, in order to betray and sell it afterwards. as clerk to the Wortley Union, I :vas unanimously appointed Isihould .. ev o hare ehon le m in 18°3 applying to me and clerk of thePenistone Union,,and the Poor-law Board, wAout askin g hesitation, confirmed my appointmcat. to that Union Tshou ld here l money and shellatoblo wup Mr. Bea:parte. I see i shown, ) aim in dos-1, whilst the war against is another instance where one gentleman holds the 'o ffi ce of Russia was r aging, calling upon mo and offering to shatter clerk to two Unions, vz, ' , the Hereford Union and the Ware the who l e imperial frame, ,if providei with a stun of Union, both in Herefordshire, of which Mr. N... Lanwane, 3o , f canes, w hi ch he. would. be able to get from the. solieitor, Hereford, is clerk and superintendent-registrar, as :Russian Embassy, on a.single word spoken by me. In' well as coroner for the coun.cy of Hereford. lam not aware . variably rebuffed, fi nally driven out, and publicl y e de that awareaware any inconvenience whelever has ever arisen &ern my holding flounced by me to the whole Republican the office of clerk tektite two Unions of Wortley and Penistone ; . thus unmasked, would have been - seen causing y 2° to s. near' CI _or the perpose of restoring but, on the contrary, I. know such has, in many intstances,,bern victims to be arrested, read himself to be condemned l ' • - conducive to the benefit of both unions.,--- . 1 am , dear sir, yews f o ur years 's imi , risortmiant, f truly, JOHN DRANSI I ap• • his character and cowering himself with a fresh lustre of He thou con'sended that the objections to Mr. Cleaver's patriotism. Ta con elude, before the public assizes I , anvointraret, had arisen solely from the letter sent t o the should have he'd the opportunity of bringing t o exposure Poor Law Board by Mr. Wilser, and argued that the a dozen other tools, women as well as man, playing the 4V itioard 'would only be stultifying itself if they permi tted odious gi 3of layi ng snares f or t h e ex iles, themselves to be dictated to by the General Board. flan any letters they might receive from " out-siders,' lie next referred to tike utter impossibility gnat existed for the Poor Law Board to lisnow what was the best interests and benefits of the locality, and concluded by moving the fol lowing (after a few slight alterations) resolution : —" That this Board having given due attention to the, letter of tie Poor Lew Board of the Ist instant, and having, as request, ed therein, considered the propriety of the appointment of Mr. Cleaver to the office of Clerk to the Beard, have re solved—lat. That this Board iseof opinion that there is nothing objectionable it. principle, to the Clerkship of the Unioc's being held by the same person. That this opinion is borne out by that of Mr. Manwaring, Posr Law Inspector, and that , the Board themselves have been guided hertofere by a similar opinion, inaseoich as in two its - stances, there are at least in, this part of the country is which such principles hat been sanctioned by TitE Muni, A 7• S ETAn w E LL —aovernm.?nt has offered a reward of £5O 'f or the a N releasion of M Clusky, the American ssamar., w ho-stauls . charged with the murder of Sorali Hama!tor, ,is a house of ir-fiurra, in Shadwell. On Monday a dospavili was received i i London fr. - n B.iwol, stating that v. man answering the de:cciptbr. cf 11I'C'usk3 had been Apprehended. An offier itnmodiqt,ly left fin Bristol, but the man in custody,.although an !American, ant ve ry much resembling the murderer, w,s not the person required. It is Wated the culprit was seen on Saturdai last by two seamen, in tbe neighbaurhotid of Poplar, ani that they converted with him Aunt the murder. Althougl bills have been circulated th,toaghout the metropolis and n large number of police ii o. scouring the country ii pursuit of the fugitive rola ilAstice, up IA last night h had not been cap!ufesh