The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-28 00:00:00

DIWEittAL I' tiILIAMEIN T.

119 US El (lb* GU -/::1( yiVS, June 27.
PUN() k; DISCIPLINE.

(Continued frcen our Atternom Edition of yesterday.)
Sir G. eer HEY sad that a 4 he.had stated his views on
a former occesem, in reply to the Hon. Member for
Le.mbetn (kin Ce Pears in), he should not trouble the
"louse with many observatioes, but there were one or
two points to which he must advert. In the first place,
then, with reeetiel to the system of prison discipline, it
lad nos had several years of trial under every variety
of circunista.nees, and the result tat been one which was
quite s itish etery to the punlic tacers. Then as to
the two objects of reforming the offender and the repres-
sion of crime, the report was equally advantageous. The
Hon. Member fur Berkshire had taken the opportunity
of giving from hie personal experience a comparison of
the different expenses ot the old system aad that which
was at present used. Now with regard to those ex
penses, it was neeertained tfiat the several cells of York
Ciatle cost 1,200/..per cell, and those of Milbank cost
500/. per cell, while the cells in Maidstone gaol cost
only 3001. per cell, and those of Leading, of which so
much had eeen said, had only cost 2001. per cell, while
he believed that th- prisons ot Menchester, Birmingham,
and Leeds teed not cost mere then foam 1401. to 1502 per
eell. This statement would ,how the difference between
the old and the present systems, so far as expense was
concerned.
Mr. B. DENISON—And that was not an annual
expense:
Sir G. GREY—That was a very important observa-
tion. The expense incurred was incurred once and tor
ever, and thus the benefits were annually increasing
Then with respect to the representations which had been
made with reeard to the moral condition of the pri-
soners. llis attention had just been very strongly drawn
to this subject, and he had only just issued a circular to
the inspectors and superintendents of prisons direct-
ing that their reports should be confined to the
facts which came under their notice, and not
contain any observations of their own upon those
facts, observations which tended to impair rather
than to enhance the value of their reperts. Fur
his own part, he had no objection to the appointment of
a Sel- cc Committee for an examinati oa of the whole
subject, and if that suggestion were adopted, he would
take care that the matter was made one or the first con-
sidered in the ensuing session.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUME said tie believed that during a long expe-
rience there wae hardly a gauler of old standing with
whom he hal not conversed on this subject, and he was
sorry to say th et the replies derived from the
whole of them went to show that, whether under
the silent or any other system, that there was very
little hope of the reformation of offenders. The greater
part of the committals were, in three cases out ot four,
those of offenders who had previously been intimate wish
the rules of prison discipline.—(klear. hear.) By far
the best plan would k e'. to prevent rather than cure the
evil; and it wools be tar better to send those persons
who were usually the .inmates of prisons out of the
country with credit and at their own expense, rather
than in dtegrace, and at the expense of the country. He
thought it was absolutely necessary that some st Steel of
general education ought to be adopted, compulsory, if
neceeslry, but voluntary if it could be obtained,
and paid for by a rate levied on the owners of pro-
perty it the resources could not by any other weans
be procured—(Hear, hear)—for he believed that in the
end such a Iwo would prove to them the cheapest
remedy that could p ossibly be adopted.—(Hear, hear.)
Then he ihoueht by far too much attention was paid to
the comfort of the prisoner, who in fact enjoyed more
of the benefits of life than the hard-working man, who
refrained from any breach of the laws.—(Hear.) Taking
the whole matter, he conceived that education was the
best remedy; and if by being made compulsory it was an
interference with the liberty of the subject, it was fa- the
benefit of the subj,et.Th' Hear.) He should be sorry to
vote against inquiry, but seeing the disp-sition evinced
by the Hight Hon. Barone.; the Home Secretary, and the
readiness he had rouni'..sted to grant a Committee, he
would recommeud to his lion. Friend to withdraw his
motion.
Mr. ADDERLEY said there was such an overwhelm-
ing amount of clime in this country, that statesnie n telt
the greatest poSitlie difficulty how to att. and, there•
fore, they adopted that course always which promised
any, the slightest, tuitigstii,n of the evil ; and hence
much of the isiteliclv of the legislation on this sub-
ject. Ile would recommend that the prison at Park-
hurst should ho turnei into a penitentiary for the
reception of that immense ekes of offimders called juve-
nile mi.dmieanans, who ought not to be calico offenders
at all, but deal= with as an unMeturiate elites of persons
thrown upon this country for protection. Under the
present system of pris .n disuipline, virtue was degraded
by being olaced on a par with crime, and crime was dig-
nitted by being put on a par with wit-teems misfortune. He
sts uld have much pleasure in voting for the amenument
before the House.
Sir JOSHUA WALNISLEY entirely concurred with
all that had fallen from the Hon. Member for Muntrese
on this question. It was the great mass of juvenile de-
linquency that -they had to deal with. In the gei lof
Bmten, which he nos in the habit of visiting, there
were from three hundred to four hundred young
persons confined, from to .e to twelve years of age.
and most of whom were committed to gaol eight or ten
times in the c.,urs4 of a twelvemonth. They coat
obtain no means of livelihood when they came out of
prison, from the bid character which attached to
them, end they had no alternative but to commit
fresh depred ati. ma. so that they might be agaio
taken to pri3on, or starve. The dealing with that
cl Ise of persona was a mist important question
even in a pi-cuniary point of view for this country;
and thpro wes no way of dealing with it satisfactorily
anti eff'ctually bat by a well-digested scheme of edu-
cation.

Mr. WODETIOTTSE-gave it as his opinion that this
que,tion ti been WO I,)Pg th:Ll2, €(1, and no;:ed it would
be taken vigortn.kly NI) by the Governuaent on the col:la-
in:Meer:tent of an trier sessi.n.

Sir JOUN PAKING FON said the separatl system
of imprisonment was at variance with our common
law. Of all the systems of prison discipline the separate
system was the very 132 st that had yet been discovered;
yet at the same time he could not help regarding it with
very great j, al. may and doubt. It had been said the *epa•
rate system made very good prisoners, but not very good
men after they were r•• 10.i5,t,1. fie thought this a proper
subject for a Committee of Inquiry, and he would vote
for the motion the 1100. Nl,mber for Limheth, but on
this unclen3t.inding., that by doing so, he did not wish to
imply any rell,ction on the separate system.
Atter a few words from Sir GEORE GREY, who
explained wi;h rorerenee to gving his assent to a Commit-
tee of leg d,), that the Committee would not be I,mited
to the corisilersti .n of one sy:teat only of prison discip-
line, but would embrace a liberal consideration of the
whole glvaiion.
_ _ .

Sir HENRY lIALFORD, in deference to the wishes
of the Heusi: and et' the S ,cretary of State for the Heine
Departreemr, wind] withdraw his emendment, but on the
nnelezetending that the came ohjectiens should prevail
against the merle, of the Hon Member for Letabeth.
Mr. C. PE 1.113()N rose to reply. The separate
system was one of reet cruelty, and had the effect of
increasing the nuelte.r of trim n ds. Under this system
ne hard I..bour was &beet d; the only approach te it was
a creek vOleel, at etech ten persons worked, this being
jest the amount of 1a our to employ the mind. Education
was the gr. at work cerritel on there, as appeared from
the ex -.initiation of a visiting inalistrate at one of those
esteleistenenee The prisoners were too well treat.d.
It w .uld he seen that a great number of offences ngaiust
the prises discipline censisted of destroying the toed
which had teen given them in t,t) great cpiamtities. -It
was net rieht to it flea a pueishme it upon a man which
left him a: the orel of the puot-hment less able to earn
an heneat livi tg ILI hi. a, before, end this was the
affect of the sepJritee system. He was pr plied to
prove that what. ver might. be the effect of thy grega-
rious system, they were not to he compared with those of
the separate system, a4alnst which he raised his voice. At
g iol, where tnee had a trades instructor dressed
out in all the accoutr•enents or official dignity, the whole
amour. of the pekes lehour in tie gaol was 6/. 2s. Bd.
The Right H -in. Baronet tied told thorn the cost heal been
2001. per cell, but he thought the Right Hon. Bennet
was wrong ; that might be the first neat, but many ad-
ditions had been necessary. From the reports
of the inspectors they would find that in this
gaol great attention was paid to the comforts of
the worthy gentlemen who were confined here. They
bad yards to exerc;Fe in, and contrivances by which, it
it rained or the sun shone too stron4ly en them, they
Could -cover thetus.lves, and walk without allowing
the wind of heaven to blow too roughly upon
them. Tiv great Names of Howard, ,mitly, and
Bet:thorn hal been u.ed in favour or till. system.
Bat he could not Miele that this was fair. It was nua
unlikely that in the voluminous wan converted into
some sentences might be eazight up
arguments in feveur of this system, If the Howe would
give him a Committee on this subject he would stake
his seat in it upon the tact of proving all that be had
stated. Ile would not divide the House upon his motion
on the present occasion, but he would in the first weak of
the next session renew the trettion in its present shape.
During the ensuing recess he should visit some of the
principal towns in the kingdom, in order to ascertain
their opinions upon the subject.

After is ona.-, ob.ervations from Viscount BARRINGTON
and Str .T. YAKINGToN, the motion was withdrawn.
BA NEB.UP r AND INSOLVENT MEMBERS BILL.
The House then resolved itse:t into Committee on
this Bill.
Mr. GOULBURN objected to the further proceeding
with the Bill. He thoueht if the House were to pass
this Bill, and deprive Members of Parliament of their
privilege of being free from arrest for debt, they ought
not to legislate with respect to Vie payment of debts of
'Ale& ers, but leave theca in that respect on the same
footing a. ether p?rsons.
Mr. HU MN' took the same view of the subject.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought such a pro-
ceedieg would be worse than the one proposed, for a
Member might he arrested and left in p:ison, and his
constituents n:
tretin altoge.th,r unrepresented.
C. W.l NN thought they were proceeding rather
too fuel. th. y p•esse.d the present Bill they would place
themselves m au int. nor position to the other House of
of Parliatnent. He thought the further considerati ,n of
the Bill should be suspended, and that a reselution should
be pas:ed to the t ft,-ct that they would Lot enforce their
prtvAleoli Prete dom kora arrest.tuov;:erfhat the Chairman report progress.
krals Sc, divide.")
t/I:;; Sir. MOP? aPpe•led to the law officers of the
tftiwn to state thei-r t,"pininna.
The AT lORNET;P ENERAL thought it would be
well that the Chairman should report progress.
Zaileriel.werZ44cleart•d, but no do iJion took place,
therieotioabeinsogreed to.
The Home reZmed, the Caanx.v reported progress,
and asktd lowa to bi;

Bit',NLFICES IN PLURALITY BILL.
•Mr. FREWEN moved the second reading of this Bill,
and stated that its onject was to apportion districts to
the population.
Mr. HUME said this Bill raised the whole question
of pluralities, and he should be glad to know if the Bill
had the support of the Government. He had moved
For returns on the matter, to show the numb r of plurali-
ties granted since the Act. He opposed the Bill because
it recognised the existence of pluralities, which he con-
sidered should not long--r exist,
Sir G. GREY was not prepared to assent to the Bill,
the principle of which the Hun. Gentlemen had not
stated. The onl) restriction proposed to be in roduced
by this over the present sygem was in r. gard to
the value of the benefices. At present a clergyman was
permitted to hold two contiguous benefices of small in-
come.
Mr. FREWEN, after some observations, withdrew
the Rill —Bill acc•Trlingly withdrawn.
GENERAL AND QUARTER. SESSIONS.

The House went into Committee on tnis Bid.
Mr. BAINES said that he proposed to tstablish an
official board by which the cLtims of one parish upon
another might be enforced; and this hP proposed to do
by an order of the magistrates of the Q ,ai ter Sessions,
equivalent in those respects to an order ot the Court of
Queen's B, rich. This t e would do by striking out the 16 h
ctsuse alOge.th,r, and mak ng such an alteration in the
17 h clause as would r,nd r it applicable to all purpses.
The 16th clause was then struck out.
Mr. BAINES then proposed the words by which this
alteration was to be effected.
Atter a few observations trom Mr. W. Miles, who called
the attention of the Attorney-General to the subject,
and some observations in reply from Mr. Baines, with a
suggestion from Mr. Beckett Denison, the clause, with
the amendment of the Learned Commissioner, was
passed.
On the is h clause being read,
Sir J. DUCK WORTH suggested that in cases of
bastardy, after the evidence of the woman had ben

given, that an opportunity should bo aff,rded to the
putative father of making an appeal. It had happened
that before the usual time for making the appeal the
woman hed died, and the man had no remedy, but had
been sadned with the expenses without any prospect of
remedy.
Toe suggestion was adopted, and the words being
embodied, the clause was passed.
The other claus4.s of the Bill were then passed with-
out comment, and the Chairman was ordered to bring
up the rep;rt to-morrow.
The Iliuse then resumed.
PRO-lECTION OF WOMEN BILL.

Several petitions on this subject were presented from
the women or Stroud by Mr. BUNBURY and other
DL•mbers.

,
Mr. bPOONER rcse to move that this Bill be read a
second time. In the first place this Bill originated and
had come down from the tiouse of Lords. Further, he
would state that this Bill had received the autho-

rity of, and, he believed, had been framed by the
Lord Chief Baron. The object of the Bill was,
to remedy a great and notorious evil, the extent
of which could not be known except to those
who had charge of the Bill. Its purpose was to
enact that any person who had been convicted
of having been guilty of causing the seduction of
any female for the sake of lucre should be severely
punished. Having stated this, he proposed to go into a
Select Committee, and submit to such alterations as
would render it practically useful.
Mr. ANSTEY said that he believed that it had been
cendemned by all the law Lords in another place.—
(ilear, bear.) The principle of this Bill was to punish
any woman, who had caused any man to have carnal
connexion with a woman—(Laughter)—with two years
hard labour. But this was a one-sided Bill, for it did
not provide any punishment for any man having
connexion with a woman.—(Great laughter.) It
did not provide in any way ter the punishment of
seduction.—(Laughter.) Now it was directed against
those unfortunate females who were already seduced,
and had no other means of gaining a livelihood than
that which they now pursued. It was notorious that
the Bill was directed azeinst certain houses, and it was
well known that these acts arose out of false pretensions.
It arose onl) out of a morbid feeling, and the passing
of it would only gratify that reeling, and he was only
discharging a duty to society and to humanity in doing
anything which would prevent the position of those
females to whom he had alluded from becom-
ing' more intolerable than it was at present.
If the Bill had been levelled against seduction it should
ave bad his be st support. But seeing that nothing of the
kind could be ett, cted, that the law was already stiingent
enough, and if the magistrates refused to administer
the law as it stood, how could it be expected that they
would put a new statute into force. Seeing this, he
should certainly aside the House on the question, and
move that the Bill be rea I this day three months.
Mr. HUME said that a certain religieus seciety was
reported to have the care, or at least possession, of
houses of a very bad description. If they wanted to
have a law of this kind, they should go to the Universi-
ties, and take the opinion of those who were the ac-
knowledged authorities on morality and religion in the
country. He should certainly vete with the lion. Mem-
ber who had just sat down.
Sir J. JERVIS said the Bill was not only directed
against th, se who, for lucre or gain, procured a carnal
c .mmonication between any roan and any woman, but
there must also be the consideration of false pretences.
This Well did not seem to him to be necessary, nor did
he think it was at all calculst,d for the protection of
women. He should certaiiily vote against it.
Atter a few words of explanation,
Mr. SPOONER proceeded to call the attention of the
House t i a number of cases which he held in his hand,
of women having be'n seduced by fake r. presentations,
and who were now sunk into the lowest rank of
"ocsty. The object of the Bill was to put down all
such traffic. The Hon. Genii-man quoted the autho-
rity of Mr. Bison Parke, that the present common law
was not suffieiently comprehensive. He contended
that the principle of the Bill would embrace many
offinces which now escaped unpunished, owing to the
imperfect elate of the law.
A' t r a few words from the ATTOR N EY-
GENERAL.
Mr. ELLIS begged the House to allow the Bill to
go into Committee.
Mr. LAW hoped that the House would not throw
out the Bill, imperfect as it was, becluse it was capable
of great improvement, and had a must important object
in view.
Mr. NE WDEGATE trusted that the objections that
had been raised to the Bill would not prevent the House
from acceding to its principle.
Sir G. GREY opposed the second reading of the Bill,
considering it one that was confessedly inefficient
for its object. It the Hon. Gentleman who had the
charge of the Bill would give him an assurance that he
would make its provisions effective, he would not oppose
the second reading of the Bill.
Mr. SPOONER would most readily give the Bight
Baronet the assurance he requiri
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
House divided, when there appeared—

For the amendment ... •••
Against it ... ... •.. ...
Mijority aglinit the amen iment...

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On onr admi-s-ioti to the gadery we found
Mr. M. GIBSON on his legs, expressing a hope that
as the Governmet had supported the second reading of
the 811, they would do in their power to make it
ett%ctive. _ _ _

—Mr. FIUME thought the course pursued by the Go-
vernment was a strong proof of moral cowardice.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL defended the course
pur-urd by the Government.
After some obst•rvatio,A from Mr. C. Anstey, Mr. H.
Berkeley, and Mr. Sommer,
c,,t.n .1 SALW EY moved that the debate should be
~rued.
Mr. HUME seconded the motion, and in the course
of hii speech, the hour of Six o'clock having arrived,
the House adjourned amid muoli uighter.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
TIMES.—In Drury-lane, not quite a stone's throw
from tt. e Royal Italian Opera, is a spacious and gloomy
pile, which still ratline the traditionary name of a
" Theatre Royal." In the last generation it was
used for the legitimate drama ; and to keep up the
prsocription it was opened, we believe, once for that
purpose last year, and once again, for the benefit of
an ex-lessee, on Monday night. Such a place must
inspire seine melancholy reflections on the fate of
British talent and the wotth of aristocratical patriotism.
Insensible, however, to that omen. or nothing daunted
by it, a troupe of dukes, and lords, and squires yes-
terday thronged the neglected stage, and obliged
the public with a gratuitous entertainment.
The subject was a " Midsummer Day's Dream,"
or " Protection Revived." As the story was founded
on the Sbaksperian model, it will not surprise the
reader to hear that Britannia was represented in love
with an animal much beneath her legitimate regards. The
order of nature was inverted throughout. For a story so
preposterous the adjuncts should have been equally fan-
ciful, the personages goblins, and fairy land the scene.
Ualucicily the performance was spoilt by the utter
unfitness of the characters and circumstances. In an
unprotected theatre, ruined by the competition of
foreigners and the foreign predilections of our No-
eility, under a canopy of all but unprotected calico,
and on en equally unprotected drugget, clad in fo-
reign linen and foreign wool. assembled the mem-
bers of the National Association for the Protection
of British industry and capital, and, to the best of
their ability, proceeded to lay the foundations of that
patriotic design. Britannia, of course, was in the pit—
the Duke of Richmond in the chair. As the only object
was to amuse, it would be vain to look for facts, or any re-
semblance to facts, or index d any serious design in the ex
hibition. There was nothing in the proceedings that bore
any resemblance to this waking world. Though the sub-
j. ct was the present distress of the country and the most
likely remedies, we did nut hear from first to last the re
motest allusion to those miserable realities with which
we are actually surrounded. There was not a syllabi,
about the failure of the potato crop, which has now for
three years deprived several millions of their usual food.
There was not a whisper of the railway mania, and the fact
that scores of thousands in trade and out of trade have been
ruined by indulging in that folly. There was not a hint
at the universal war which is destroying or impoverish-
ing our customers abroad and blockading their ports.
There was no allusion to the fact that within tour yeare
we hrve had to pay forty millions for foreign corn
which we should have had to pay, will, or hill
under any legisla ion whatever, even if Lord
Stanley had beeu leader in the Lords, Lord Georg,
Bentinck in the Commons, and both Houses bad
been under their thumbs. In fact, though some elaborat-
historical reviews were attempted, the real history of this
empire, as known by every man, woman, and child in it.
and as entering into the experience of every British adult
was as utterly ignored and put out of the question as it
the purpose of the meeting had been to send Bibles to
China, razors to Timbuctoo, or milkmaids to Rio Janeiro.
The assembly met with closed eyes as well as closed
doors. They stepped their ears to realities as reso-
lutely as if they were passing the shore of the Sirens.
A stranger unacquainted with our history—if there ex
ists any savage so remote or so stupid as not to know out
unparalleled calamities—would certainly learn nothing
from yesterday's speeches, except that we had enjoyed are
unbroken tenour of prosperity, and should still be en-
joying it but for free trade. If in our remarks on suet
a farce it is worth while to ask any question • or
draw any conclusions, we will just ask why the terribl
events which darken the present page of history, and
which a thousand years hence will be inscribed in a few
simple words on the years 1846 and 1848, have been so
industriously and so ridiculously suppressed. Why—
if nut because they neeat;ved the factious conclusione
the movement was intended to palm on its dupes? A
theory cannot be good for anything when it requires all
the facts of the care to be k pt out of sight. Happily
these serious omissions are rendered of very sligh•
moment by a similar absence of practical conclusions. I
a man fancies himself a lion, it matters very little so
long as he eats nobody; or, to come nearer the preserve
case, a lunatic may think himself the victim of
conspiracy, yet be quite harmless if he c-ntena
himself with, burning the effigies of his suppose(
enemies on paper. What is to be done to restor.
infection? L tag did we wait for a reply. A list o
vice-presidents was read as long as Homer's catalogue o
heroes and ships, and their names were freely offerer
in pledge for the reality of the undertaking. But wha
was the mode of operation? How was anything to be
don,-? was the first step? Not subscriptions
for they were judiciously postponed till them shall
be something to show fur them. At last we seemed
to hear something to the purpose. We could not be tins
taken. A tsvot, Id plan was suggested. The tenant
farmers were recommended to stop payment en masse,
and petition the Queen to dissolve Parliament.
A general election and a general repudiation to
gather would set up the country. As the projec
was received with tremendous applause, and e
thousand burly figures stood up to cheer the prin-
ciple of repudiation, we presume it was unierstoqd
For ourselves, we must confess to being rather in the
dick. Is it seriously proposed by an association founded
and governed by landlords, that the farmers shall bilk at
their creditors in order to give weight to their &mane
for a dissolution ? Or are they to escape payment
cf just claims by means of a general election ? What
is the plan.? Good reader, do not perplex yourself ;
t_Auc_is_....nsh.....Dtaii_a.t. all. _Thpse gentlemen
so" sleep. They know nothing, and mean nothing
They have not heard of the famine or the war, and they
intentions are equally dreamy and unreal. Stop pay-
ment and petition the Queen! You dream your house is
attacked by cannon, and try to catch the balls in your
hands. Happily it is only the postman's knock. Wk
will nut wish these gentlemen wiser,, so long as their
methods are harmless. We have no fear for their pru
deuce and patriotism. His Grace the Pres'dent is mutt.
too good a subject to allow any dangerous excesses, an..
we feel ia!rfectly see so Imre0 as the cause remains in
his heath.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
MANCHESTER, TITESDAY.—The facility with which
speculators in cotton can raise money for payment, on
the security of their purchases, has again led to conside-
rable operations by that class, and their course has beet)
tretly tollowed by consumers, the result being a rise
of kI. per lb. in Americans generally. This movement
has had an effect in our market to-day—among spinners
a rather stirring effect. An advance of *d. to il per lb
has been generally and firmly demanded; and merchants
have found themselves obliged to accede to kl. upon the
limited transanctions of the day, in low numbers of watee
twist. Higher prices have also been obtained for 40',
and 60's doubled; and the manufacturers of such good:
as are at present in request, have shown a willingnes,
to purchase at some further rise, bu: the India and China
merchants, finding fe,) encouragement to operate iu the
accounts juit received, have stood aloof from the market •
And the Germans, with their Warehoust,s literally
crammed, at lower prices, have folded their hands and
d. ne nothing. However, encouraged by the comparative
lightness of stocks in their own hands, the spinners
have steed resolutely upon their advanced quotations, de-
termined that the miserable diff-rence betwixt the prier
of cotton atal that of yarn shall not be made still less
without a hard struggle. In goods, the India houses are
giving orders for madapollams, for low jacconets, and for
40-Inca shirting., especially in 64 and 66 reeds, at som-
tteckien to the pr,vious rates. And for other market,
than tho-e of the East, there is also a fair inquiry. We
are likewise glad to find that a rather increased business
is doing for home consumption. The aggregate trans-
actions to the day, however, both in goods and yarns
have been restricted within narrow limits by the rise in

pm. S.
ROC lIDALE, MONDAY.—We have had a fair attend-
ance of buyers in the market to-day, but the bu,iness
transacted has been much the same as the preceding
Monday. The demand for kerseys has not been quite
so good, but there is no change in prices. In the wool
market there prevails the same inactivity, with no desire
to puionase by the manufacturers, except for immedi-
ate use.

HIIDDERcFIELD, TIIESDAY.—The market, to-day, may
be considered satisfactory, and business in the ware-
houses during the week has been brisk for the season.
Great inconvenience is experienced by our wool mer-
chants, in not being able to receive their Germa❑ wools
by the way of Hull, and they are necessitated to pay a
much higher rate of carriage, in consequence of the
bloeicad,. of the Elbe.

HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The improved inquiry for
wor.ted goods, which we noticed in our last, has been
sustained to-Jay ; and there is a better feeling amongst
the manufacturers. Prices are still low; but the stocks
on hand are, in general, far from large, and much that is
done, is to order. There is a good trade in yarns o.
middle qualities; but not much doing in the lower counts,
and still less in high numbers, The wool market is
more active; and prices are low, but steady.

SURVEY OF THE SEVERN.—A "crow's nest," very
similar in structure to that recently sees on the top of
St. Paul's, has just been completed on the tower of
recent preliminary Gloucester Cathedral, fur the purpose of taking obser-
razuendal.ion by the Admiralty surveyor on a
further improvaget
vetch a
*commendation
survey of the river Severn, in accordance
inquiry upon a proposed
is
raised tuh.e navigation of the Severn.
The scaffolding
anadeansiderable height above
13111 for the
by means
by a small
the tower of the cathedral,
ladder.
house or cot, which is reached b
The ,urvey, which is being made utiVr°ill:4(74
the Admiralty, will comprise the whole of the estuarydirection
n off
the Severn, and all above it within the influence of t.hoe
tide, extending to above Tewkesbury. At this pOint it
was recently proposed to erect a weir, but the Admi-
ralty reported against it.
A REAL RELISHER OF A JOKE.--A man lately re-
ceived twenty lashes well laid on, at the whipping post
at Delaware. The culprit instead of bellowing when
the c,nstable applied the lash laughed immoderately,
which made thu angry officer lay on still harder. On
giving him the twentieth blow the angry officer could
wend it no longor. " Well, here mister," said the
offended officer, " I've done my duty, and I can lick ye
no more, but I'd just like to know what it is that's so
funny?" " Funny!" roared the other. " Funny! why
it's tne best joke I ever heard of'!" " Funny! Well what
is the joke?" " Joke!" roared the other, " why, it's
excellent. You've got the wrong Smith ! I ain't the man
that was to be whippeo! L.'s the other uni.; Now
you'll
have to go it all over again! Really it's too good! You
must lick the other man! Ha! ha!

CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.—On Tuesday a
Court was held, Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair, at
which it was determined that certain localities, having
been seriously attacked by cholera, they should bd im-
mediately examined by the inspector for the district, and
the works necessary to render them healthy at once
undeLtaktn.

chair.

WALT :ER -IV 0 RIES .
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, 1 per of Paid. Price.
1 Annum. Share.
-----__; - -
,
Ist London.
Irani Junction .. :: .•: 1 - 106
- 81
1 31. 105. 100 0 0 - 77
Lambeth -•• • . - .... 5/. per mt. 100 0 0 - 99
New Myr Lndu Beige 21. i Os. - - 55
'rtuiliall .• • • •....... 1 2/.81•03.
; 5L per cnt. 100 0 0 - 98
Vest Middlesex • . • '6l. Os. pr ent..l - - 191
GAS-LIGIIT AND CORE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
- -
Z. s. d. X. a. d.
'fetish •••••• .• • • •... 1/. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14
Ditto Provincial.... I/. 85. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18
, 100
41 :0; do; X s . o .
fristol .............16!. per cent. 20 0 0 -
frighten •••••• • • • • - 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - 16
:ity of London .. •• - 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250
'ontinental Consolidat. 923. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 30
:guitable- ••••••• .• .. 153. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 26
_mperial ...... ••• • .• 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 664
independent ....... •• 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 624
- 50 0 0 50 0 0 124
- 150 0 0 50 0 '22
hosnix
tatcliff • . ••.. • • 51. IM!,0 0 0 90 0 0 75
'Jolted denirar •• -.. 4 1. fit cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 121/4
Wedtminster Chartered 3/. 50 0 0 - 454
Ditto, New ........ 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 91,g
CAI« ALB.
a; 1 ,
i a; '
Dividend
Names of .5+ 'Dividend Names of I .., ;
... . Price. ,-. ' per
C ampules. ; A I Per Companies. cd ; Price.
tr Annum. .4 Annum.
- i it.
I
--- - - -
£1 X i
kshtn & Oldh ' 971 71. - Macclesfield. 100; 21. 10s. -
3 %rnsley •• .• ;160, 121. 180 Neath • ..... 1001
18t. -
;Irkiik&Abrg 150 51. 85 0xf0rd...... 100; 1
20/. -
firmingharn 135 41. 82 Peak Forest. 78' 31. 18s. -
2oventry.••• 100 251. 210 Regent's • ... 33 I/. 5. 18
Derby ••• .• 1100 61. 63 Rochdale..• • 851 41. 54
alsntretChs 1331 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150171.105. 130
F..rewash •• • ;100 321. 1 - Do.Lk Ftl St 12161. P. c. -
;rand' unctn' 100 5/. 83 Stffrd &Wore 140; 28/. 310
irandSurrey :100 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 1 151. -
;rand Union,loo 11. 105. 24 Stourbedge.. 1451 201. 300
;_irantham .. 150 - j - Severn and 7
Kennt & Avu' 39 7s. 6d. 5% Wye Rail. 3 26
2% Os. -
•ee;is& Livrp;loo 301. 310 Warwick& I „
Aicester .... 'l4O 41. 63% B j inning. 100 4,. 4.1 X
•tiestr &Nth 83 41. 45 Warwick&
L nwhborogh; 142 701. 650 Napton..} 100 31. 41
Aonmouthsh 100 8L - Worcstr &1
s•lntgamryshlloo - - Birming. 3i 78 21. 41
Meltn M wbry 100 - - Wilts & Brksl - 11. 10
__---------
:AST OP SC OTTESII COMPANIES' PRICE E
--- Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
--...----. ----____
£ s. d. I £ si. d
[link •of Scotland •• • - 71. per cent. 100 0 0 , 100 0 0 109
British Linen Company 81. Per cent. 100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 2024
laledonian Bank •• ••• 8 per cent. 10 0. 0 I 210 0 3/. 18
City of Glasgow sank • 61. Per cent. 10 0 0, 10 0 0 1131
lydesdale Bank -•• •• 6% Percent. 20 0 0I 10 0 0 'l2je
;ommercial Bank •• - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 'lOO 0 0 160
..astern Bank •• •• -• • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 1G 0 0 91. 7s
?.dinb.% Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 5 0 0 554
Exqhange Bnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 274
Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 -
National Bank • ....... 64., per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 141/4
.lorth of Scotland Bank 41. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.05.
North British Bank • • - - - _
toyal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 124
'nion Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 I 8n
Western Bank •••• • • • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 j 731/4
kber leen Fire and Life 7%1. pr cent. 12 10 0 20 8 21/4
3 . Accord. Life aud Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 I -
'fetish Guarontee Ins. 4'. per cent. 10 0 0 1 00i9s 6a
!aledonian Fire Insur. 10/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 21
Church of Eng' and Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 j 2
•:;itv of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 7s
-I•linburgla Life Insur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 , 184
East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 , 9.3.0 d.
!:ng. & Scot, Law Life 51. Per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 , -
lereules insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 . -
insur. Co. of Scot
la Al. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Life kssoc. of Scotland 5/. par cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 1/. 6_
Mercantile Life .. •• • • 4/. per cent. 10 0 0 010 0 ;3s. 6d.
National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 203.6 d
North British Insur. •• 541. pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 I 22'A
North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0
',175.66
Scottish Life and Omar. - 20
Scot. l‘ta. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 ! -
ienttish Union Insrnce. 6141. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 2s
:ran lard '.lre ...... . 51. per cont. 50 00 i 5 0 91/4
United Den. Assurance 51. per cent. , 10 0 0 0 14s.Gd

MISCELLANEOUS.
Diyidend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
--------- --
.Z. s. d. .Z. s. d.
kustrallan A grieulturi 100 0 0 30 0 0 16
knglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0
Ditto, Half Shares.. 210 0
Canada ... • • ........ 6/. per cent. 100 0 0i32 10 0 31
Uppr Canada Bonds 5/. per cent. 70
City Navigation .... 9014
Comp.CpPr bisirs Eng. 51. percent. 100 0 0 70 0 0
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. e.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 90
Equitable Reversionry 51. pr cont. 100 0 0 100 0 0 100
Gen. Steam Navigation 1/. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 22
London Institution ... 78 15 0
Russell Institution .... 26 5 0 3
Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Reversions Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100; 0 0 92
ry
Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18..4. p, C. 100 0 0; 60 0 0 49N
South Australian . 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16
Van Dleman's Land.. 100 0023 0 0 156

ACCIDENT AT BRITANNIA-DRIDGE.-011 the even-
ing. of Saturday last, wind S.W., the Kitty, Captain
pHausgsehde Hughes, laden
pl atdheen
Straitswith
and, when
ncai
nrgoth
the vicinity
nl..,ittvye
or Liverpool
ot
11(.4,
recently floated tube, which she neared in order to gain
the Carnarvonshiro side by a second tack, she suddenly
actotuaicdhbeher rendered.to the
lost the wind, owing to the immense size of the inter-
veningwt
tube. object, and being urged forward by a. strong
Her main boom
current she struck against the tube.
brokenail
hold
but
rfofar fortunately nuant
Luckily neither lives nor property to any extent were
lost. It is said that she had retuced the assistance of a
steam tug ; notwithstanding which the company have
guaranteed the expense of her repairs.
teillya assistance satsa ntcoe
SALE OF THE PAVILION AT BRIGHTON.—A Bill has
been brought into the House of Commons by Mr.
Ilsyter and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, "to
authorise the sale of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton,
and the grounds thereof, and to apply the money
arising from such sale." It empowers the Lords
Commissioners of Woods and Forests to make sale
and dispose of the said Royal Pavilion, its lawn and
grounds, and before the sale to pull down the build-
ings, and sell the materials. The commissioners are
empowered by clause 4 to purcha'e the reversion of
leasehold portions. The money at ising from the sale is
rrdirectedredor .
r publictwo b
ane dappliedhighway toreh t
.strhe
from
e t nett
pointt
trhn ec construction onn of
north,
ear t atooanother
or carriaget hbo e
point at or near Castle square, on the south," of the
width (including footpaths) of at least 50 feet.
igfonuonof:
the
esmt
Emperorwa epkoattenruAySarnuo,r:
6tsoermgheatliibl
(()Is
rii,lyavvecri:cuhocitsn.osmoe
The workmen employed on the branch railway
between the North. Western and Carlisle lines at Lan-
caster,(-
the
fragmentsre

STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH

&us ritALiA. •
A public meeting was h-1,1 yesterday at NVillis's
Rooms, S. James's, to determine on the most deAra,bl,3

steps to be taken for promoting steam communication
wiih Australia; the Right Hon. the Earl Talbot in the

Tile CHAIRMAN expressed the great interest which he
'elt in the colony of Australia, which was growing day

by d4y ofgreaterimportnnee, and therefore required amore
direct steam communication with the mother country.

One route suggested was by Singapore, another by the
Cape of Good Hope, and a third by the Isthmus of
Pa-
nama and the Pacifie; but, it would not be advisable to en-
ter into a discussion upon the comparative merits of them,
for that was a mere matter of detail, and ought to be let t
for after consideration. Their sole object now was to
force upon the attention of the public and the L -
gislature the necessity of a quicker communisation
with those distant dependencies of the empire. To
show the increase of commerce with them he might
state that, while in 1800 the quantity of wool im-
ported from Sydney was 650 pounds, it hail since then
gradually increased until, in 1848, it amounted to 46,612
pounds. The exp iris from this country to Sydney of
German wool amounted to 17,000 bales. The whole of
tne wool imported from Sydney amounted now to within
1,000 ba'es of that brought from foreign countries, thus
showing how much the trade of our colonies would in-
‘rees'• hv a rapid and more regular communication with
England.
i ue Hon. FRANCIS SCOTT, in rising to propose the first
resolution, said that this important subject had been
pla3ed with by the Government, that they had dealt
with the dependencies of England as mere baubles and
toys, and in a way totally inconsistent with the cha-
racter ut a great empire. Every one connected with
these colonies had felt the great inconveniences whien
arose from the delays inseparable from the present mode
of intercourse. This subject had been cast about from
one department of the Government to another, between
the Post-office and the Admiralty, the Admiralty and the
easury, and between the Treasury and the Exchequer-
' ffice, until at last those who had subscribed their c +pi-
tal, to carry out the object which they had met to pro-
mote, turned away in disgust. It was calculated that
,ach inhabitant of Australia consumed ei.,411t, or ten
wounds worth of goods, the produce of British industry,
.vhile the inhabitants of foreign countries did not take
more than at the rate of a shilling a head. The
relationship between these two sums would at
show the advantage which would arise
From a more prompt intercourse, becaurm by that means
they would offer an inducem..nt to men of capital, intel-
Igence, and influence, to settle in Australia. With
s little zeal, and energy, and determination, hostever,
hey might expect to ultimately force the Government to
grant them some assistance to accomplish that object.
['he Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving that the rapid
increase and importance of the Australian colonies ren-
'ered the establishment of a steam' communication be-
wecn them and England highly desirable.
Lord LYTTELTON seconded the resolution. He had,
some years ago, been connected with the administration
f colonial iethsirs, and he had then seen enough to take a
.nost lively interest in everything connected with the
,iolonies, but more especially with Australia. There
Jould be no more doubt that a steam communication
Mould ultimately be established with Australia than
that the sun would continue to rise. It would not only
•rentflt this country, but would effect a considerable
intlei•VPMent in the political and social government of
the colony.
MI. ..oNTGOMERY MARTIN supported the motion.
He said that Australia was the only portion of our
ranamarine dominions which had no direct communi-
sation; and it was the only colony which had been
called upon by the Government to contribute to the
establishment of mail rackets. India and North Ame-
rica had not been called upon to contribute a single

hilling towards such an ohit-et, and yet Australia had
icaretiy put ttn- English Exchr quer to any expense.
The resolu ion was carried unanimously.
Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER proposed the next reSO-
- That the inhaottunts of the Australian eulo-
gies having, through the medium of their respective
Legislative Assemblies, evinced the deepest anxiety to
!ppreximate their dt pendencies wi;h England by steam,
t is advisable to co-operate with tin m in this country
toe the attainment of that important object." He
would not have intruded himself upon the
meeting . if he had not been in constant
communication with several dear friends in the colony
and knew something about it. They told him that there
were wide-extend( d plants in the rude productiveness
f nature, ready to yield all the riches which they con-
tained, and waiting only for labour to be applied to them.
ihe means of the country were unbounded, and there
.vas scarcely anything useful which it could not produce
If we trar,splanted there the skill and enterprise of the.
Briti-h character.
Mr. MARK BOYD seconded the resolution, which, after
a few observations from Sir William Vernon and other
gentlemen, was put and carried.
Mr. MONTAGUE GORE moved a resolution to the
,ffect that it was the opinion of the meeting, that an
appeal should be made to the Government, and pea-
ions presented to Parliament, pointing out the cape-
iiency on imperial as well as on colonial grounds, of
establishing a direct system of communication between
his country and Australia.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. MACGREGOR,
1.P., and carried.
A resolution was then passed appointing a committee
to carry out the ohjecas of the meeting.
Earl Talbot was compelled to leave the meeting be-
.ore it terminated, owing to an engagement, and he was
,uceeeded in the chair by Sir W. Vernon.
After a a vote of thanks to both of those gentlemen,
the meeting separated.
A great number of influential gentlemen were present,
many of whom were largely interested in the colony of
Australia.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEI'V'S BENCH, June 27.
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Lord
Chief Justice DENMAN, and Special Juries.)

PRIVILEGE OF COUNSEL —THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK V.
JAMES, BARRISTER.
This was down in the cause I.aper for trial to-day; but
when called on it was announced that the soil •ri was
withdrawn. It was an action brought by his Highness
the Duke cf Brunswick, to recover compensation in
damages for expressions uttered by the defendant, Mr.
Edwin James, in the delivery of a speich to the jury in
a cause wherein his Highness was the plaintiff, and the
Learned Gentleman was Counsel for the defendant. The
expressions were regarded by his Highness as derogatory
o his character and feelitzs, and actionable. The point
3 issue excited considerable interest among the "gen-
tlemen of the long robe," and in the minds o the curious
in matters passing in ourts of law, involving the ques-
dons how far a barrister may go in attacking, in his
forensic eloquence„ the plaintiff or defendant against
whom he may happen to to engaged as counsel, and
whether he is liable, if be pass a certain limit, to be pro
'coeded: againer,by :action, and Subject to be amerced in
damages by the verdict of a jury for any imputations
which he may, in his cast upon his Client's oppo-
nent, and for any tongue4lagellations which he may
choose to inflict and delight to revel in. Both the public
:Ind the profession were, however, disappointed, and the
question, " like Mahomet's coffin between heaven and
.artb," is poised in doubt.