The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-23 00:00:00

BY THE QUEEN.

A PROCLAMATION, IN ORDER TO THE
ELECTING AND SUMMONING THE SIX-
TEEN PEERS OF SCOTLAND.
VICTORIA, R.—Whereas we in our Council thought
fit to declare oar pleasure for summoning and holding a
Parliament of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, on Tuesday the 21st September next ensuing the
date hereof ; in order, therefore, to the electing and
summoning the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, who are to
sit in the House of Peers in the said Parliament, We do,
by the advice of Our Privy Council, issue forth this Our
Royal Proclamation, strictly charging and commanding
all the Peers of Scotland to assemble and meet at Holy-
rood -house, in Edinburgh, on Wednesday, the Bth day
of September next ensuing, between the hours of twelve
and two in the afternoon, to nominate and choose the
sixteen Peer:, to sit and vote in the House of Peers in
the said ensuing Parliament, by open election and plurality
of voices of the Peers that shall be then presei,t,
and of the proxies of such as shall be absent
(such proxies being Peers, and producing a
mandate in writing, duly signed before witnesses,
and both the constituent and proxy being qualified
according to law); and the Lord Clerk Register, or such
two of tho principle Clerks of the Session as shall be
appointed by him to officiate in his name, are hereby
respectively required to attend such meeting, and to
administer the oaths required by law to be taken there by
the said peers, and to take their votes; and immediately
after such election made and duly examined, to certify
the names of the sixteen Peers so elected, and to sign
and attest the same in the presence of the said Peers the
electors, and return our certificate :into Our High Court
of Chancery of Great Britain. And We do, by this
Our Royal Proclamation, strictly command and require
the Provost of Edinburgh, and all other magistrates of
the said city, to take especial care to preserve the
peace thereof, during the time of the said election,
and to prevent all manner of riots, tumults, disorders,
and violence whatsoever. And we strictly charge and
command that this our Royal Proclamation be duly pub-
lished at the Market-cross, at Edinburgh, and in ail the
county towns of Scotland, twenty-five days at least
before the time hereby appointed for the meeting of the
said Peers to proceed to such election.
Witness ourself at Westminster, this twenty-third day
of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven,
and in the eleventh year of our reign.
G3D save the QUEEN.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING .)

At the Court of Buckingham Palace, the 22d day of
July, 1847, present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty
in Council, this day tha Right Hon. William Sebright
Lascelles and the Right Hon. Sir William Meredyth
Somerville, Bart., were by her Majesty's command,
sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council,
and took their respective places at the Board accord-
ingly.
Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to ap-
point the Right Honourable Henry Labouchere, Presi-
dent of the Committee of Council appointed for the
consideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign
plantations.
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the
Right Hon. George William Frederick Howard (com-
monly called Viscount Morpeth) to be Lord Lieu
tenant and Custos Rottolorum of the East Riding
of the county of York, his Lcrdahip this day took the
oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the
caths of allegiance and supremacy.
FOREIGN OFFICE., JULY 21, 1847.

It is hereby notified, that her Majesty's Principal Se-
cretary of State, for Foreign Affairs has received a dis-
patch, dated the 3d instant, from Sir Hamilton Seymour,
her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary at Lisbon, containing a Decree of the Queen
of Portugal, of which the following is a translation:—
DECREE.

The motives having ceased for which the Bar of the
river Douro was declared in a state of blockade, under
decree of the 20th of October last, I am pleased to cause
it to be published, that the town of Oporto is open to
navigation, as it was previously to that decree, as also
all other ports in the river Douro.
The Ministers, &c., of the several departments shall
so cause it to be executed, &c.
Palace of Necessidades, July 1, 1847.
(Manu Regi a) RAINHA.
Countersigned by all the Ministers.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 23.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoit
the Hon. Frederick Bruce to be her Majesty's Consu,
General in the republic of Bolivia.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
James Brooke, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioner
and Consul General to the Sultan and independent chiefs
in the island of Borneo.
CAMBRIDGE-HOUSE, JULY 22.
The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint
the Reverend William Henry Dickinson to be one of his
Royal Highness's Chaplains.
WAR-OFFICE, JULY 23.

6th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Edward ArEvoy to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Navasour Carter, who re-
tires; John Jestyn Williams Fredericks, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice M'Evoy, July 23.
sth Regiment of Foot—Quartermaster Sergeant Ro-
bert Webster to be Quartermaster, vice William Tiller,
who retires upon half-pay, July 23.
24th Foot—Ensign Henry John Hinde, from the 50th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hibbert, who exchanges,
July 23.
28th Foot—Lieutenant Archibald Edward Cochrane
Forster, from the sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bur-
rell, appointed to the 45th Foot, July 23.
50th Foot—Ensign Edward George Hibbert, from the
24th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hinde, who exchanges,
July 23.

72d Foot—Sergeant-Major John Lindsay to be
Quartermaster, vice William Hume, who retires upon
half pay, July 23.
90th Foot—Paymaster Henry Yielding Eagar has
been superseded, for being absent without leave, Mar. 6.
Rifle Brigade—Second Lieutenant Arthur de Vere
Viscount Malden to be First Lieutenant, ;by purchase,
vice Sir Henry Tyrwhitt, Bart., who retires ; Arthur
Warren, Gent.,! to be second Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Viscount Malden, July 23.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant Geddes
Sansoni Twynam to be First Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Brereten, who retires; Ensign William Charles
Bruce, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Twynam, July 23.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Bedford Davies, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bruce, appointed to the
Ceylon Rifle Regimens, July 23.
GARRlSONS.—Quartermaster William Hume, from the
72d Foot, to be Town Adjutant of Gibraltar, vice
Campbell, deceased, July 23.
MEMORANDUM—Captain John Smith (2d), upon half-
pay unattached, has been permitted to assume the name
of "Dodsworth," in addition to and after that of
Smith.

The commission of Lieutenant Rutherford, as Adju-
;ant to the 70th Foot, has been antedated to 27th April,
1837.

The Christian name of Cornet Garland, of the 11th
Light Dragoons, is " Lester," not Lister, as pre-
viously stated.
Commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of the West
Riding of Yorkshire.
Henry Thynne Lasce lies, commonly called Viscount
Lascelles, to be Deputy Lieutenant, July 16.

RUPTS.
William and JohnAN HaKmmer, coach-makers, White-
chapel-road, to surrender July 30, at half-past eleven,
and Sept. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy ;
Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Parnell and Co.,
New Broad-street.-
Edwin Charles Powell, baker, Bermondsey, July 30,
and September 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Buchanan,
Basinghall-street.
George Brown, builder, Southampton, July 30, at
half-past twelve, and Sept. 3, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Braikenridge, Bartlett's-buildingo ;
Newman, Southampton.
Thomas Yates, joiner, Liverpool, Aug. 6 and 27, at
District C. C,
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Stephen Keen, brick-maker, Hillingdon,
John Smith, plumber, Croydon.
Richard Rich, currier, Bodmin, Cornwall.
George Winnall, ccach-builder, Worcester.
Thomas Hutchins Pinder, tailor, Southampton.
Thomas Perry, builder, Westminster-road.
Christopher Martin, plumber, Darlington, Durham.
Henry Wanstall, grocer, Durham.
George Coombs, builder, Bedminster.
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PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending July 20,
1847, is 255. 10d. per cwt.

DEATH OF A CHEAP NEWSPAPER.—Another
" cheap" newspaper has become defunct during the last
week, i.e., The Bristol 11 eehly News, and Great Western,
Advertiser, the last publication of which was on the 14th!
instant. We are sorry to hear that the proprietors
have sunk a large sum of money in the concern.—Felix'
Farley' s Bristol Journal,

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of July 23.)
StTGAR.—To-day the home and export demand for
Raw Sugar was not so good, and former terms were not
generally sustained. In West India Muscovado only a
small amount of business was transacted, and for brown,
inferior yellow, and grey, in some cases merchants
lowered their prices 6d per cwt, but good and fine
grocery sustained the former currency. The purchases
are only 300 hhds, &c., including 111 hhds Barbadoes at
public sale, which went 6d per cwt under the rates of the
sales held on Tuesday.
REFINED.—To-day there was less demand for Refined
goods for home use, and prices declined, Standard Lumps
selling at 595, and brown grocery 58s.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at public ssle, 1,598
bags of Bengal were offered, the whole sold at 44s 6d to
45s 6d for mid and good mid white, and good at 465,
damp and washed 41s 6d to 45s 6d, being the former
value ; but ordinary damp brown was taken in at 33s 6d
to 345, a few lots of low soft yellow sold at 355, being
cheaper.
31Auarrius.—This afternoon the quantity of Mauri-
tius offered at public sale amounted to 4,317 bags and
28 casks; the chief part consisted of the sorts under 40s,
and for these prices declined 6d to Is per cwt; but those
at and above that price fetched the former worth.

FOREIGN.—Holders of all descriptions have mare con-
fidence, and there is but a moderate quantity offering
for sale. There has been an increased demand from
exporters, and the business transacted has been much
larger than last week. Our refiners working under bond
have operated with more freedom, whilst the grocers
purchased a fair quantity, and more than last week.
The market has a firm appearance. Bt public sale 7,580
bags of China were sold for export at full rates.

koLessEs.—The market at length has assumed a
brisker appearance, but at present there is no advance
to notice in the value ; holders are, however, not so wil-
ling to press sales. The total purchases amount to 600
puncheons.

COFFEE.—This afternoon a fair business was trans-
acted privately in Ceylon of all kinds, and at firm rates;
good ordinary Native fetched 37s 6d to 38s. None was
offered at public sale. Of Jamaica 55 casks 14 barrels
were put up to auction, and sold at steady prices—low
to good ordinary at 40s to 455, fine and fine ordinary
54s to 64s per cwt.
Cocoe.—West India is in brisker request, but there
is no advance to notice in the value. At public sale 117
bags were sold, Trinidad, fine red at 57s to 57s 6d, good
dark 53s to 53s 6d, ordinary 475, and St. Lucia low dull
red 43s per cwt. The market will be better supplied
shortly. For Foreign Cocoa the market is in a quiet
state, and prices are on the decline; at public sale 400
bags of Para were sold at 39s to 40s for good dark
greyish red.
TEA.—At the public-sales this day, at which the only
important arrivals of fine Gunpowders and Imperials
which have yet appeared this season, establish the ad-
vance in these sorts at from 6d to 8d per lb, as high as
3s 3d being obtained for Imperials, and 5s Gd for Gun-
powders of superior grade; useful middlinc, Gunpowders
sold readily at 3s 3d to 3s 10d; glazed coarse leaf
Twankay 91d.
RICE.—To day in East India Rice there was less bu-
siness privately ; at public sale 857 bags were sold at
18s 6d for middling white, being the full value.
SAGO.—By private treaty there was not much desire
shown to operate; and 999 boxes at public sale went 2s
to 3s under former rates.

SPICES.—There has been little desire evinced to ope-
rate in Jamaina Ginger, although there are sellers upon
further reduced terms. Of 1.52 barrels of Jamaica
offered at auction, a small part only found buyers. Pi-
mento is wanted. There is an unwillingness on the
part of holders of Black Pepper to submit to lower
rates, and they supply the market sparingly, but the
amount of business transacted by private treaty
has been upon a small scale only by ex-
porters and the home trade, low as prices are.
White is little required, and can be obtained at 33d to
51d, these are low rates compared with those of former
years; the supply is still exceeding the demand. For
Nutmegs the market has a dull aspect, and prices are
looking down. Cinnamon is little wanted, and the
tendedcy of prices is downwards, as the supply is on the
increase. Mace met little attention. Cassia Lignea is
held with firmness, the supply continuing to be small;
but the purchases made have been trifling.
SPIRITS.—The market is still Well supplied with all
kinds of Rum, and a further decline in the value has
taken place, as the demand is unusually limited for the
period of the year. Although there are sellers of Lee-
ward Island at the reduced rates of 2s 6id to 2s 7d proof
strength; still the purchases maee have been to a small
extent only. East India is heavy of disposal, and
it is difficult to quote prices with aocuracy: the
nearest for proof with certificate are 2s 5d to 2s 6d.
The purchases made in Demerara have been tri-
fling, although holders are willing to accept 3s
2cl to 3s 8d for strong sorts. All sorts of Jamaica have
been operated in with caution by shippers and the home
trade, whilst a further fall in the value took place, and
holders are anxious sellers—middling quality 30 to 35
per cent over proof at 3s 10d to 4s, good 4s 2d to 4s 4d,
and fine to very fine 4s 6d to ss. There has been also
a trifling demand for brandy from exporters and the
home trade, whilst holders remain anxious sellers upon
previous reduced terms

INDIGO.—To-day 810 chts have passed the sale. Al-
though proprietors have given more support to the
marks that passed the hammor this day, prices remain
about the same as those quoted in yesterday's report,
viz:—Bengal, good and fine 3d to 6d discount, ord and
midd par to 3d ditto, low► ditto ditto. Of the quantity
(10,668 chts) which has passed the sale to this day 1816
chests have been withdrawn, 2,317 bought in, leaving
6,535 chests sold. The quantity bought in this day is
290 chests.

SALTPETRE.—By private treaty Rough has been
largely dealt in since our last report, and the advanced
rates previously established are well supported.
COCHlNEAL.—Privately there has been a good business
transacted, and the rates paid are fully equal to those
that existed previously; indeed in some cases they are
rather higher. The public sale consisted of 118 bags.
TALLOW.—Prices continue to give way for Russian on
the spot, and the town and country trade have operated
with much caution. For fine Petersburg yellow
Candle 47s 6d to 48s are the prices taken, and at
which there is a desire to realise. For forward
delivery little has been done, and at 463 6d to 47s
there are sellers for the last three months of the
year. Home made moves off slowly at 47s 6d to 485 on
the spot, and the supply is large. Other sorts tact with
little attention, and are offered upon lower terms. New
South Wales goods and fine 46s 6d to 47s 6d, and low
to middling 43s to 465. The value of rough Fat is 2s 9d
per stone.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From this night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 17th day of July, 1847.
MITE DUMDUM:.
X.
Notes issued.. .. • • • • 23,232,875

23,232,
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.B7s
Dated the 22d day of July, 1847.
BANKING DEPARTMENT.
Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000
[test .••• • • • • 3,587,543
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend a ccounts) • . 4,559,853
Other deposits . • 8,640,327
Seven day and other
bills •••• • • • • •• • • 832,735

Government debt • • 11,015,100
Other securities •• • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 7,842,021
Silver bullion ••• • • • 1,390,854

223,232,875

£32,173,478

Dated the 22d day of July. 1347.

COURSE OF EXCH,
Amsterdam . ....C.F. 12 4%
Ditto, at sight • • ... 12 2
Rotterdam .... • • 2U. 12 5
Antwerp 25 85
Ilamburgh .... • •M.B. 13 12
Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 50

Ditto, ••• • 25 80
MarseilleS •..••. • • .. • . 25 90
Bourdeaux . 25 90
Frankfort on Maine.... 121%
Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • .
Berlin ...... •• ••

Vienna, effec.flo. .:.... 10 2
Trieste, ditto.... • ... 10 3
Madrid .......• • • • • .. 47%
Cadiz .. ... : .... • • • • 48%
8i1ba0.... •• .. • .......
Barcelona •• •• .• • • • • • •
EeTille•••• •••• •• •• •• ..

Government securi-
ties (Including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 11,636,340
Other securities 15,782,558
Notes • • • • • • • • • • • • 4,068,605
Gold and silver coin.. 685,975

£32,173,478
[. XiIISIIALL, Chief Cashier.

LNGE.-(THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar....., .....
Leghorn . •••• 30 50
Genoa •• • • • ••• • • • 25 90
Venice ....... .
Naples
Palermo, perm. ..... 121
Lisbon.. •• • ••••• • • • • • 52%
Rio Janeiro ...... • • 26
Buenos Ayres ...... • •

New York, 21
Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, FEB OZ
Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9
New Dollars ••. • • • 0 0 0
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Silver in bars .. •... • • 0 0 0

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JULY 23.—Wind W., light breeze, and fine clear
weather.
DIAL, JULY 22.—Wind S.W., P.3L W.—Arrd. Mayfield,
Rigby, Callao ; Clutha, Bahia ; Marlon, DPKerlic, Balti-
more ; Eliza Frances, Parsons, Philadelphia; Diana, Bulley,
New York ; Trusty, Scott, Quebec ; Contract, Cawezer,
Quebec; Douglas, Douglas, Montreal. Arrived from the
River, Johnstone, Sydney, New South Wales ; William
Wilson, New South Wales; Elizabeth, Buckham, Launces-
ton, Van Dieman's Land; Restral, Madras.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 22.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.—Arrd.
Columbine, Sunnan, San Blas ; Conrad, M‘Neill, Valparaiso ;
Rapid, Camaroons, sld.lsth May, Fernando Po, 18th ; John
Brooks, Porto Rico; Mary Hannah, Mather, ditto; Sir R.
Jackson, Doran, Matanzas; Porta, ditto;
Anglo Saxon,
Cuba ; Carnatic, Hutchinson, New Orleans. A full rigged
ship was seen on shore 20th inst. on the west-end of
Kathlin Island by the Fian M`Coull steamer, arrived here
from Portrush. The Robert Burns, for Odessa, is on shore
near Crosby.

MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN.--YeS-
terday a gentleman, named John Eldridge, aged sixty-
six years, of Bletchingly, Surrey, expired in the acci-
dent ward of St. Thomas's Hospital under the following
circumstances :--It appears that the deceased was a
large farmer at Bletchingly, where he had resided for
many years. At an early hour he left home for Lon-
don to transact some business in the City. He reached
town in apparent good health, and whilst passing along
Bishopsgate-street he was suddenly seized with a fit and
fell insensible on the pavement. He was raised up by
the passers by, and carried into the nearest surgeon's,
where he was bled, but still remained in an insensible
state. It was subsequently deemed necessary to place
him in a cab and convey him to the hospital, where he
was immediately attended by Dr. Leeson, the eminent
physician, but notwithstanding every care and attention
that medical skill could suggest, he expired from the ef-
fects of apoplexy.
—There
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, July 22.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
A messenger from the Commons brought up several
Bills.

SUTTON HARBOUR BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure.

Their Lordships resumed at Five o'clock.
CRIMINAL CODE.

Lord BROUGHAM drew the attention of the House
to the necessity of having a digest of the criminal code.
A complete revision would be a work most invaluable ;
it was at present in a very imperfect state. If steps were
now taken for such a purpose, it could be done before the
next session of Parliament.

The subject then dropped.
CONVEYANCE ,OF LANDED PROPERTY.

Lord BROUGHAM moved that the evidence taken
before the Committee appointed to inquire into the con-
veyance of landed property be printed.
IRISH RATES.

Lord STANLEY presented a petition from a board
of guardians in Tipperary, complaining of the difficulty
of collecting the rates which had been struck.
EDUCATION.

Lord STANLEY drew the attention of the House to
the late minute of the Council on the subject of educa-
tion, and desired to know to what schools assistance
would be afforded, where religious education was ex-
cluded.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who was very in-
audible in the gallery, was understood to say that no
assistance would be afforded to any school where reli-
gious education was excluded.
The Bishop of LONDON said that he thought that he
was speaking the sentiments of the Church when
he said that they were still willing to accept the
Minutes of the Council respecting education as they
were originally set forth, but he warned the Government
not to be making alterations in them to suit the conve-
nience of the religious prejudices of the different sects;
by doing so, they n ould produce a very different feeling
n the country from that of harmony and peace.
Lord BEAUMONT said that the more he read and
the more he heard upon this subject., the more he was
impressed with the enormous difficulties by which
they were surrounded. Did the Right Rev. Prelate
wish the assistance afforded to schools to be confined to
such only as taught the religion which he himself pro-
fessed?—(Cries of " No, no," from the Bishop of
London.) Well, then, what did he want, if he did
not want that ? He hoped the Government would
return to their former liberal principles, and
set at nought the outcry which had been raised against
them. He felt the sect to which he (Lord Beaumont)
belonged had been hardly treated, but still he could
not stand by without bearing his testmony to the Go-
vernment npon this question.
After a few words from the Bishop of LONDON in
explanation,

;The Earl of MINTO said that the question re-
solved itself simply into the following--whether
they would or would not exclude from their
assistance a very large proportion of the most
religious portion of the community. He should
also observe that there was a large number of persons in
Scotland who would have a conscientious scruple in corn •
plying with the conditions of the minute.
Lord BROUGHAM said that he did not understand
the conscientious scruple of the Scotch people. They
asked with their eyes open, and applied for assistance
yet they refused to comply with the conditions. Now,
this he cons.d'red, instead of being conscientious, was
rather quite the other way. They should not take
the money at all if they did not intend to use it in the
manner conditioned.
Lord STANLEY said he must express his hope that
those minutes would not be considered to be finally
arranged, but that they would undergo some more con-
sideration and revision, for a great infraction had been
mada upon the principle upon which Parliament first
made a grant for the purposes of education. He depre-
cated these continued changes, which placed a great
power in the hands of the Minister, which was never
intended by the country.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that they were
in the habit of taking notice in their legislation of con-
scientious scruples, in matters of oath, and in matters of
allegiance, and other things, and he was not prepared to
refuse the blessings of education to parties who were not
able to conscientiously agree with them.
Lord STANLEY said that the minute to which he
alluded was not the former one upon which discussion
had taken place in the Lower House. Tho present
was dated the 10th of the present month.
After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, in which
he again insisted that no party had a right to take money
without being prepared to receive it upon the conditions
with which it was accompanied,
The Bishop of LONDON explained.
Earl GREY considered that it was a disgrace to the
country that so large a proportion of their children were
unable to read or write. He was in favour of any plan
of education; and he was prepared to extend it to every
class, no matter what were their religious tenets.
After a few words from Lord NELSON, the sub•
ject then dropped.
POOR-LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose to more that
their Lordships would agree with the Commons' Amend-
ments to this Bill. He did not think the clause which
their Lordships bad added to the Bill, and which had
been rejected by the Commons, was by any means ne-
cessary.

Lord STRADBROKE opposed the motion, and in.
sisted on the amendment.

Ear) GREY said that the Noble Lord attached much
greater importance to the clause than it deserved ; if
they rejected the clause, they would reject the Bill, and
it would accordingly be lost, for it was too late in the
present session to r( store it, and the question would be
agitated at the next general election, and gentlemen
would cone pledged from the hustings to vote against
such a measure. He had a strong opinion that these
pledges were quite at variance with the spirit of the con-
stitution. He put it, then, to their Lordships, as friends
of the Reform effected in 1834, to adopt this Bill.
The Earl of RADNOR said that the consequence of
the clause would be to subvert the order in the work-
houses, and introduce indecencies and immoralities there ;
in fact it would make the workhouses a place for the
encouragement of pauper intercourse between the sexes.
The Duke of CLEVELAND supported the Bill, and
expatiated upon the inhumanity of separating old couples
who had lived together all their lives, until they were
unfortunate enough to enter a workhouse.
Earl FORTESCUE opposed the motion, and consi-
dered that it would be better to lose the Bill than have
the clause inserted.
Lord REDESDALE also opposed the motion, and
observed that order could not be preserved in the house
if it was inserted ; for by the clause as it at present
stood, if the parties lived together in order only to
quarrel, it was not in the power of the guardians to
separate them ; it was only introduced for electioneering
purposes.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE reminded the House
that it was a concession to the Lower House which it was
only constitutional for them to make ; he did not think
it wise for them upon a trivial question to oppose the
wishes of the Commons.
Lord REDESDALE explained.
Lord STRADBROKE said that he would press his
motion to a division.
The House then divided—

For the clame 29
Against it
Majority
—lB
BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER.
The Commons amendments to the Bishopric of Man.
chester Bill were then considered, and agreed to.
PASSINGIIA24'S ESTATE.
The Commons' amendments to this Bill were con.
sidered and agreed to.
The following Bills were then read a third time :
Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill.
Commons Inclosure
New Zealand Bill (No. 2).
The House then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 22.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
PORTUGAL. •

In reply to Sir DE LACY EVANS,
Lord PALMERSTON stated that he believed all the
prisoners in Fort St. Julian had been released. Some
delay had been occasioned by the loss of time in bringing
affairs at Oporto to a conclusion. He understood that
the quarantine laws would not be suspended longer than
the present month. The decrees taking away the liberty
of the press would be shortly revoked. With regard to
the formation of a new Ministry, he was not in a condition
to state anything positive, but the matter had been under
consideration. He might state, however, that there was
an earnest disposition on the part of the Queen of Por-
tugal to fulfil all the engagements into which she had
entered with this country, and her Majesty would take
care that they were observed.
The business set down on the paper was here brought
to a close, but the House had to wait nearly an hour
before the Usher of the Black Rod summoned the House
to hear the Royal Assent given to several Bills, a list of
which will be found in our report of the House of
Lords. The delay was occasioned, we understood, by
the non-arrival of the Royal Commissioners from
Osborne House.
The SPEAKER having returned, announced that the
Royal Assent had been given by commission to numerous
public and private Bills (for which see Lords' report).
The House then adjourned at Half past Three till Ono
o'clock to-morrow.

THE LATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER.-The poor man,
Michael M'Dearmed, who has been in a dangerous
state from the late murderous attack on him, having
been considered worse on Sunday last, it was deemed
expedient that an examination of him should take
place at the hospital, in the presence of the prisoner,
d
Robert Welham ; and in the course of the day his
deposition was taken before F. G. Frobart, Esq.,
M.D. He was unable to utter more than a simple
" yes" or " no," and the following was the examination:
" Were you last Wednesday week, at night, violently
assaulte and robbed ?"—" Yes." "
Do you know who
assaulted y0u?"...._,, "Is that person present?"
—" Yes" (Pointing to the prisoner). It was not con-
sidered expedient to examine him further, and he put
his mark to the deposition, and the prisoner was con-
veyed back to the gaol. We understand that M4Dearmed
has been worse these two last days, and that his condi-
tion is very precarious. Indeed, the chances are very
great against his recovery.—Bury and Norwich Post.
The railways from Hanover to Minden, and from
Minden to Haman, will be opened for traffic by the le;th
October next at the latest. Though of no great extent,
these lines are of considerable importance, from entirely
completing the: line of railway which unites the east
and the west of Germany.