The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-08 00:00:00

foregoing is that relating to the weather and the
crops. The former is magnificent, the temperature
being about 84 degrees of Fahrenheit ; and the latter
present the most promising appearance. Already the
rye is being cut in the vicinity of the capital, and
yields an abundant harvest.

✓
A discussion upon the illegal arrest of the Mar-
chioness D'llA.urvua,E, near Mayence, occupied the
attention of the Deputies during Tuesday ; nothing
of interest came that day under the notice of the
Chamber of Peers.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on
Tuesday, at 78f. 15c. , the Five per Cents. at 1 i9f. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2701. ; Rouen, 961 E 25c.; Havre,
643 f. 75c.; Great Northern, 5771. 50c; Avignon, 667 f. 50c. ;
Vierzun, 602 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 5101. ; Boulogne, 395 f. ;
Basle, 187 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 427 f. 50c. ; Tours
and Nantes, 405 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 4351 ; Lyons and Avig-
non, 435 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 457:. 50c. ; 'Spanish Three
per Cents., 33f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 7.
Boulogne and Arnians, 16—Northern of France, 10;7./3—
Paris and Lyons, s—Paris and Strasbourg, 41/2—Sambre
and Meuse, 7

WEST INDIA MAIL.
SOUTHAMBIQN, THURSDAY MORNING,
NINE O'CLCCK.

The Medway, royal mail steam-ship, Captain An-
drews, arrived early this morning from the West Indies,
with the usual mails. She has made the passage with
her usual punctuality, her apparent late arrival having
been occasioned by an alteration in her route, conse-
quent upon the arrangements of the company being not
yet completed since the loss-of the Tweed. The Med-
way is only 131 days from Bermuda, her last port.
The latest dates brought by the Medway are—Tam-
pico, 22d May; Vera Cruz, 2d June; Ilavannah, 10th
June; Honduras, 20th May; Chagres, 26th; Jamaica
Bth June; Carthagena, 28th May; Demerara, sth June;
Trinidad, 6th June; Barbadoes, Bth June; Grenada,
9th June; St. Thomas, 18th June; La Guayra, Ist June;
Bermuda, 24th June.

The Medway has on board 27,749 dollars, 73,619 in
silver bullion, 64,343 in gold co in and bullion, 351 b. of
platina, 1,794 ounces of gold dust, 149 bales of cochineal,
49 cases of vanilla, 252 bales and one box of indigo;
4,000,000 of cigars, five bales of baste, 131 boxes, &c.
of pines, 14 cases of plants, 84 tins of arrowroot, pre-
served turtle, a large quantity of live turtle in very ex-
cellent condition, besides an infinite number of packages
of every description.
The pines are carefully packed, and appear to be of
very excellent quality.

The Medway brings the large number of 120 pas-
sengers.

Her Majesty's ship Alarm, Captain Lock, had left
Vera Cruz for Halifax ; her crew was very sickly. She
was at Havannah on the Bth of June, and called off
Bermuda on the 19th. The Daring, Commander Peel,
had also gone to Halifax. The Persian was at Sacri-
ficios, Vera Cruz, the only British ship there.
The company's steam ship Thames started for Ja-
maica from Grenada on the 9th of June, with the out-
ward mails. The Avon left Havannah for Mexico on
the 9th of June. The Forth left St. Thomas's for
Grenada, on the 17th. The Eagle sailed from Bar-
badoes, for Demerara, on the Bth. The Reindeer
was still on the slip at St. Thomas's, undergoing repairs.
The West India crops generally are very good, and
are expected considerably to exceed those of the
last year. Indeed, it is currently reported that an
increase of one•third may reasonably be expected in the
islands over the crop of last 3 ear; while, in British Gui-
ana and Jamaica it will even considerably exceed that.
Trinidad is perhaps less affected by the weather than
any of the other islands, which will account somewhat
for the equality of her crops, and why even with
the present propitious state of the weather, her increase

is only estimated at about one fifth over that of last
year; while in Porto ltico, the long continuance of dry
weather will nearly render the crop a failure, more par-
ticularly on the south side, where they have had no rain
since December. Even under the best circumstances:,

there is expected to be a falling off of at least one fifth,
The weather had been excessively dry at St. Thomas's,
and they were beginning to experience some scarcity of
water at the time the Medway left.

General Scott was at Pueblo—he expected to enter
Mexico on the 16th of June. Vera Cruz was very
sickly. General Taylor was about to march upon San
Luis Potosi. The Medway has a valuable freight, but
no dollars for the dividends : 120 passengers.
Trade was completely at a standstill in the city of
Mexico. Guerilla bands had committed great havoc
between Vera Cruz and Mexico, in consequence of
which all travelling was suspended. Santa Anna was
at Mexico, but very unpopular ; he had been stoned by
the mob.—Herald.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.)
The House sat to- day to hear Scotch appeals. The
Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham,
and Lord Mostyn.
MONTGOMERY v. THE EARL OF EGLINTOUN.
The arguments in this appeal were resumed and con-
cluded to-day, and
affirming the decision
of Histho Lcoonor:ls ibrrepl gwa vwei
tjhu
costs.dgm e n t ,

BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.)
IN RE E. P. T. FITZGERALD.—RE COMMITMENT TO

PRISON.

This insolvent described himself as an author and
newspaper editor, &C. To-day was appointed for him
to come up for his final order.
Mr. STURGEON opposed, on behalf of Mr. Stopford,
on the ground that he (Mr. Sturgeon), who held a bill
for 501., was not inserted in the schedule, and that Mr,
Minagan was inserted as a debtor for 501., when he was
in fact a creditor.
Insolvent was not present, and had stated that having
got his liberty, under the order of the Court, he should
not come up.
His HONOUR having heard evidence, said that it did
not appear that the insolvent was entitled to the benefit
of this Act of Parliament, and, therefore, on an affidavit
being made, he would grant an order for the re-commit-
ment of the insolvent.

SHERIFFS' couRT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BUREHELL.)
JEANSON v. STAPLETON_ AND ANOTHER.
This was an action of detinue to recover the value
of property belonging to plaintiff, and detained by the
defendants, and for damages for such detention.
The plaintiff is a major in the army, the defendants
are cabinet makers, &c.,in Great lllarylebopnl y wasea-ilnattilie, and
the facts of the case are the;:e:_in 1840
in pess,,s.ion of a valuable slab of mosaic work imported
from Malta, which he took to the defendants, and gave
only
i t
tup to the
as e n
id t of
wlO 83
1n
instructions for it to be set on a handsome rosewood
stand, which was done at a cost of twenty•eight guineas,
thhuetythreaprtleadint‘ith
iNifnotit to a gentleman named Howard.
calling for
o him,
They said it was lent
not become damaged, but Mr. Howard insisted
that he had bought it for fifty guineas, which
he had since paid, but no settlement had
been come to previously, as there was a running
account between them, but there had never been any
charge for the hire of the table. At first when the
table was demanded back it was refused, but subse-
quently Mr. Howard, understanding that it was a gift
to plaintiff from his father, sent it to defendant a few
months since.
The UNDER-SHERIFF suggested an arrangement.
Mr. HILL, for the defendants said, they were willing
to give up the table, or to pay 501. and the costs ; they
did not think, however, they ought to be called upon to
PaY anything in the shape of damages.
The offer being rejected, the slab alone being valued
at 751.,
The jury gave a verdict for 751., the value of the pro-
perty, and is. for damages, which carries costs.

TEL kIVIES.—(THIS DAY.)
MURDEROUS OUTRAGE.—EIiza Skinner, one of that
degraded class, known as " unfortunate girls," was
charged with the following murderous, and, in all pro-
bability, fatal outrage.—
I Charles Potter, police- constable 240 K,
asaid that cat
night his attention was attracted by a g
K,crowlected outside the doors of a surgeon named Croucher,
residing in Shadwell. On going to the spot he was told
that a man had been nearly killed, and entering the
surgery, he found a man named James How in a state
of insensibility, bleeding profusely from several very
severe wounds in his head,and Dr. Croucher considered
him in such a danss6erous condition that without any de-
lay he was conveyed to the London Hospital. On making
inquiries he was told the prisoner was the party that had
" done it," and as he knew her of old he had little diffi-
culty in apprehending her in a house in Elbow lane, near
the docks. The house was a most notorious
brothel, 1
-'ePs't
by a woman named Malvin, who
also kept several similar places in Old Gravel-
lane. NV hen he apprehended the prisoner she was
concealed between two beds. The constable then pro-
duced the remains of an old but remarkably thick shovel,
the instrument with which the deadly blows had been
inflicted. It was a most murderous-looking weapon,
and some of the poor fellow's hair still adhered to it.
Potter added that the man James How's life was de-
spaired of. He had two witnesses who saw the affray.
Mr. BannANTINE however, directed him immediately,
accompanied by another constable and the wretched pris
soner, to proceed to the London Hospital, anti in the
presence of the prisoner, to take down any statement the
man How might make, as this, should the fatal result
anticipated occur, would
prove of the utmost importance.
Potter, with another constable, an inspector, and the
prisoner, then proceeded to the hospital.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—HiS
Roy ai ilighne.,s the Duke of Cambridge, a tcentitd vviiis suite:honourcd thee gardens with pri-senee last
evening, to witne2s the Siege or Gibraltar. His Royal
I.l4,4it:ess arrived early, attd expressed i.ieuself del:vlited
with the admirable baud conducted by Jullien, and the
various unrivalled attractions of the gardew.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The business done in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday
comprised 7,000 bales, of which 1,500 were American on
speculation. There was no alteration in prices. The
sales included 5,000 bales of America❑ at 61-d. to 7d.
per lb. Railway Shares were dull, and prices were again
rather lower.

Ativices of May sth from Cape Town report matters I
as being without alteration on the frontier. The revenue
of the colony in 1846-7 was 100,7591., or about 1S per
cent. increase on the previous year.
The Medway steamer having arrived with the Wast
India mail, the letters are expected in town to-day.
In a letter addressed by Messrs. Robert and Thomas
Allan, of Edinburgh, to their correspondents and clients,
we find one or two interesting poines concerning Scotch
rail ways :
" Our lists exhibit somwhat better quotsti:ns than
they have done fir some time, although, until within the
last three days, the share market has been feeble and
unsatisfactory. The advance which occurred at the
commencement of the month was not maintained in con-
' sequence of a renewed demand for grain. However, the
continued fine weather, the favourable prospt cts of bar-
Ivest, and the immense recent arrivals of food have, by
degrees, affected the corn marker, and shares are again
buoyant. Matk-lane has, in fact, regulated the value of
share property. As grain rises down goes stocks; as it
falls, they rise; and that with much more reference to
the rumours about the potato crop, than to the merits
of any particular scheme, or the prospects of any par-

tieulrir
" The promised interference of Government with the ;
new railways has ended, as might have been anticipated,
in nothing. Some restrictions ate placed on future pro-
posed schemes, but no attempt whatever is made to
remedy the present strain which railway calls are
causing on the Money market. Permission is given to
delay making demands on the shareholders, but in prac-
tice this is an absurdity. Once a line has obtained its
act, there are individuals whose interest it is to push it
forward; once contracted for, these parties necessarily
become more numercus; once commenced, the works
cannot be stopped; outlay is already great; staying pro-
gress would be ruinous—calls, therefore, must be made
—money, coute qui coute, must be borrowed, and thus—
whatever be the result to individual shareholders, what-
ever be the ruinous effect upon the country at large—the
railway is driven on to completion."
The Funds have been flat again, a few sales having
been pressed, -and it is believed that the railway com-
panies which have lately received the royal assent will
now be steady sellers of the stock which they may have
purchased to deposit with the Accountant-General in
Chancery. The value of Consols for transfer has been
881 4, and for time 88i 4. Exchequer-bills have been
marked 10s. to 13s. premium. Bank Stock has realised
1961. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have
been at 9O to 91.
The dividends are now in course of payment at the
Bark.

Speculation in Foreign Stccks is very inactive. Por-
tuguese Four per Cents. have realised 341-3, and Spanish
Three per Cents; 32k. Equador Stock is at 38. Dutch
Two- and-a-Half per Cents. have been 578.
Railway Shares are very quiet again, and not quite so
well supported.
IittITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock • . • • • • • • 196
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .• 89 LA, 88%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • 88% iie
Three per Cent. Annuities, 1726 • • • • 87%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 91 90% 91
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .• 9 1.16
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ex div
South Sea Stock .. .• • •. •• • • 97%
Ditto, New Annuities • • • • .. 87%
Consols for Opening, July 16 • • .. 88% % •
Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip • • • • .. p
Exchequer Bills. 1 %d. 2d.
1,0001. • • .. •. • • 10 13 p
500/. • • • • .. —16 p
Ditto, Small .. .... 15 20 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Equador Bonds .. .. • • • 3
Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent. • •
Ditto, Four per Cent • • • • ..
Ditto, for the Account • • .. 31%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • •
Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • .. 32%a
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 57%

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SIIARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAlLlyats. PAID. PER SHARE.
Bristol and Exeter .. • • .• .. 75 •• .• - •• • • to

Ditto, New .. .. 15 •• • • 17Y, •• .. to
Caledonian • • .. 35 29 .... to 29%

Eastern Counties .. .. 20 .... 21 .... to 21
Ditto, York Extension ......7k....7 7% 634 to 7
East Lancashire • . • • • • .. .. 20 • • .. 20 .. • • .... to
Ditto, New .. .. 10 .... 9y, •• • . to
Great Northern .. • • • . .. 6 ....4% ex int. to
Ditto, London and York Extension.. 2% ••..1% ex int. to 2 x
:treat Westarn • • .. .. 85 •• .. 117 .... to 120
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds .. . • 14 •• • • 10 •• • . to
Lancaster and Carlisle .. 50 •• • • 66 .• .. to
London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 .• •. 55% to
London and N orth-Western• •
Ditto, Quarters .. .. L. and B. 12 .. • • 29% .... to
Ditto ditto New .. • • .. . 2 .... 13 ••.. to
Ditto, Fifths • • • • .. .. 2 • • 17% .... to
Ditto, 401. Shares .. M. and B. .. 40 .... 71 ... to 7,1
London and Si,, all-Western 411. 6.J. 10d. .. 694 .... to 70
Ditto, New 50/. .. • • .. .. 32% 334 • ... to
Manchester and Leeds .. • .. 82 .• •• to
Ditto, Firths 654 .... I I •• .. to
11anehester, Buxton, and Matlock -. 425. .... dis.. to %
Midland
Ditto, 401. Shares .. • • .. .• 40 .... 48% .. to
Newcastle and Berwick .. 20 .... 28%.... to
Ditto, New • • • .. .. 5 •• .. .... to
Norfolk .. .. • • .. ..100 . .. 125 •• • - to
D;tto, New .. .. 5 • ... 84.... to
Ditto, Extension • • • • .. .. 10 .• .. 10% •• .. to
North British •• •• •• .. • . 25 .... to
Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 124.... 154 54.. to
Ditto, Quarters .. • • .. •..• 4% • to
Ditto, Thirds •• •• •. 1 ....2%.... to
North Staffordshire • • • • 714 .. • • 10;4 %• . to
Preston and Wyre • • • • • . • . 25 .... .... to
Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. 854 12% to
[leading, Guildford, and Reigate .. 5 •... 54.... to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) .. 3%.... 3% •• .. to
South Devon • • • • • • .. .. 40 29 .... to
iota!' Staffordshire ..... ....... • ... 2/. 125... dis.. to
ioutn Eastern and Dover .. • • 331. 2s. 4d. .. • • to
Ditto, New (do. 15/.) No. 4 .. .. 5 .... 4 .74 to
Waterford and Kilkenny .• .. 13% .• • 6 .... to
%Vest Biding Union .. •. 41. 25... • • JA p -• to
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western 425. .... p to

York ant Newcastle • . 25 .... - —.... to
Ditto, Preference • • •• • • .. 8 .... 12106.. to
York and North Midland •• •• 50 .• .. 90 .... to 89
• Ditto, Preference • • • • • . •• 6 •• .. 16,4 .• .. to 16
Ditto East and West Riding Extension 10 .... 23 •• .. to
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens • • .. .. 20 .... 15% to
East Indian • • .. ss. .... .. to
Namur and Liege .. .• .• •• 10 .• .. 4%.... to
Northern of France .. ,• • • 8 •• •• 10% • ... to --
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Oilcans .. 20 .... 50 .... to 99%

•
MINES
Real del Monte, Unregistered . • •• .... 2 .. to

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JULY B.—Wind at noon S.E. to S.S.E., light
breeze and hazy, with rain.
DEAL, JULY 7.—Arrd. Amity Hall, Sharp, St. Lawrence;
Governor M'Uonald, Wood, Sierra Leone; Urgent, M'Far-
lane, Calcutta ; Argyle, Maddock, Charleston.
PoisTsmount, JULY 7.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. MKS.
Conway, Cape of Good Hope, left Bth of May, St. Helena
27th, and Ascension 2d of June; Palemerus transport, Val-
paraiso, left 27th of February, and Rio Janeiro 25th of April.
The lone, from Mauritius to London, arrived at St. Helena
on the 27th of May under jury masts, having ex-
perienced a severe hurricane, in lon. 33, and struck by
lightning. The Neptune, Janson, has arrived here leaky,
and with loss of bowsprit, having been in contact with a
French brig off St. Alban's Head. The Stebor Heath, Madras
to London, arrived at St. Helena previous to 28th May, leaky,
and• would discharge to be surveyed.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 7.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd Eleanora,
Wallace, Shanghae ; Courier, Kerr, Lima; Effingham,
Hughes, New Orleans; Actaeon, Daly, ditto; Bowes, Ell-
wood, Baltimore; Urania, Kaminga, New York; Carlton
(supposed), St. John's, New Brunswick. Oil' port, Aden,
China; Jane Prowse, ditto; Cosmopolitan, Calcutta; Lord
Hardinge, Bombay; Edinburgh, New Orleans; Swiftsure
brig, Africa; John Eward barque, Sarah Home, Taplow,
Visitor, Veracity, Fifteen, Troubabour, Tinamara. The
Ernestine, laden with salted hides, was surveyed at Monte
Video, previously to 23d April, being leaky, and it was ex-
pected would have to discharge.
EXETER, JULY 4.—The Waterlily, Dunsford, was in con-
tact 3d inst., oft Portland, with a large ship, and received
considerable damage; has been brought in here a derelict.
AYR, JULY 6.—:Arrd:Magofr, St. John's, New Brunswick.

CLYDE, JULY s.—Wind Suitan,NeWTOW.".
OFF PORTSMOUTH, JULY 6.—Stag, Parish, China; George
Fife, Murray, ditto; Earl of Hardwick, Weller, Calcutta.
CowEs, JULY 7.—Wind S. W.—Arrd. Ferja, Giesing,
Monte Video; Ada, Watson, Ma6irzes.

Suurnalirros, JULY 7.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd.
Campbell, Prince Edward's Island ; Medway steamer, West
Indies. Ski. Iberia steamer, Gibraltar.
DARTMOUTH, JULY 7.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Aurora, Boston.

FALMOUTH, JULY 7.—Wind S.,fresh.—Sld. Penguin
transport, Brazils, Off port, eneral Baron Von Geen,
Wyland, Batavia, for Rotterdam.
OFF THE LIZARD, JULY s.—Laurenz Koster, Batavia for
Rotterdam.
OFF SCILLY,- JULY China.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

MEAT 112.8.REETS.

SOUTHALL, JULY 7.—We had a very steady demand for
each kind of fat stock, and last week's prices were well sup-
ported Beef, from 4s to 5s ; Mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; Lamb,
5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d
per 81bs, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, JULY 7.—Prime Beasts and Sheep moved off
readily at full prices. In other kinds of stock only a mo-
derate business was doing. Beef, from 3s 10d. to 5s ;
Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 4s to
4s 10d ; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 8d per Sibs. Suckling
Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 22s ;
and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each.
HAILSRAM, JULY 7.—Beef, from 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; Mut-
ton, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d
per 81bs. A short supply, and a firm trade.
ARUNDEL, JULY 6.—We had a firm trade to-day on the
following terms :—Beef, from 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; Mutton,
4s 4d to 5s 6d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d; and Veal, 4s to 4s 8d per
Bibe.

---6IIICHESTER, JULY 7.—Each kinds of fat stock was in
short supply and steady demand, at very full prices. Beef,
from 4s to 53 2d ; Mutton, 4s 4d to 5a 6d; Lamb, 5s to 6s ;
Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs.
Suckling Calves, 18s to 275; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to
19s ; and Mitch Cows, with their small Call, 161 to 1W each.

NENVGATM AND IMADENEIALL.
We had a very limited supply of meat, while the demand
was firm at very full prices. Beef from 3s 8d to 4s 8d ;
Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 43 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal,
3s 101 to 4s 10d; and Pork 33 10d to 48 10d per Slbs, by the
carcase.

!TAY IVIARILETS.
SMITHFIELD.--Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 414 s ; Clover ditto
3/ 15s to 51 ss; and Straw, 1/ 123 to 11 16s per load. A
short supply, and a steady trade.
Cu3tnEaLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 18s to 41 6s; Clover
ditto, 31 15s to 5/; and Straw, 11 14s to 11 183 per load.
Both Hay and Straw moved ofireadily, at higher rates.
WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 4t 4s; Clover
ditto, 4/ to 51 8s ; and Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 165 per loaf.
Supply limited, and trade somewhat brisk.

111)!I'N AV FA RAGES.
• OEN-ElL‘i. AvEtz.A.(J,-; i'ItICES 01, COI:,N
•
' • w • • • 1•,;37, ant,le tip worn ate ItetunH of
tlr
• Cities and `lowus iti Ektgland and Vs' u2e
per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RTE. I BEANS. PEAS.
M ICE 187 s Id 51s lid 32510 d 65s 0,1 Os 8d 564 8d
The Alltieg, on UMW Arc 110 W suspended.

31 PE AL PA II LIAM ENT,

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve
o'clock. _ .

SECOND READINGS.

The London Bridge Approaches Fund Bill was read
a second time, and ordered to be committed.
THIRD READINGS.

The Sutton Harbour Improvement Bill was read a
:bird time and passed,
REPORTS.

The following Reports were brought up, and agreed

to :
Blandford and Bruton Railway.
Bristol and Exeter Railway (Taunton and Castle Cary

Branch). '
Drooks' Divorce.
Dana; Institution (Mylne's or M'Nabb's) Estate.
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches.
Goddard's Estate.
Great Western Railway (Extension of the Berks and
Hants Railway from Hung erford to Westbury, with a
• Branch to Devizes).
Huggens' College Incorporation.
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway.' -
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.
The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to:—
Birmingham 'Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway
(Stourbridge and West Bromwich).
Eastern Counties Railway (Purchase of.the North Wool-
wich Railway, &c.)
East Lancashire Railway (Deviations and Rawtenstall
Coal Branch).
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Deviation and Amend-
ment.
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway (Leith Exten-
sion).
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway (Leith and
Granton Junction).
Great Northern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield, and St.
Albans Branch).
Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham
Railway.
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (Deviations and
Alterations in Oldham Branch, &c.)
Inverness Harbour and Navigation.
Inverness Municipal and Police, &c.
London and North-Western Railway (Lease and Pur-
chase of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway
and Car.al, and the Leeds, Dewsbury, aad Manchester

Railway).
Lynn. and Ely Railway (Lynn and. Wormegay Navi-

gation).
Manchester and Leeds Railway (Alteration of Levels of
Brighouse Branch of the West Riding Union Rail-
ways, and new Line into Leeds).
Midland Railway (Masbrough and Normanton Stations
Enlargement).
St. Helen's Canal and Railway (Warrington and Black-
brook Branches, &c.)
Sandwich Haven. _
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Staffordshire Potteries WaterivCrks.
Westminster Improvements.

WITHDRAWAL OF THE HEALTH OF TOWNS

BILL.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said—Sir, I am anxious,
before the House proceeds with the business before it,
to make a statement with respect to a most important
Bill now standing for consideration—l allude to the
Health of Towns Bill. The House is aware that the
Bill was introduced at an early period of the session.
Although the state of public business would not allow
it to be proceeded with until an advanced period of the
session. The Bill, as the House is aware, was read a
second time by a very large majority, and by a large
majority in Committee the clauses -in the Bill that had
been adopted had been agreed to, and thereby the pre-
amble of the Bill had been recognised. But lately, after
proceeding with the more important clauses consider-
able debate had arisen upon each clause, so
that on Monday only two clauses were disposed
of, and on Tuesday only one. There are several
other clausesin the Bill to which it is intended to move
amendments, and which would require discussion. Now,
under those circumstances, when I consider the descrip-
tion of the chilies in the Bill and the discussion that
those clauses are likely to lead to, while I think that
those clauses should be adopted, yet I cannot see that at
this period of the session, and of the present Parliament,
we are likely to obtain the result we aim at
without a very considerable period elapsing.
I do not wish to argue the question of what this delay
may be owing to. Some Bills are of that important
nature, such as the Reform, Act, the Poor-law Act, the
English Corporation Act, that they require considerable
attention, and it was necessary that a long time should be
taken up in the discussion thereon; another cause may
be that unnecessary opposition has been made 'for the
purpose of delay; another argument may be that the Bill
in itself is defective.—(" Hear, hear," from Lord G. Ben-
tinck.) All I say is, that Ido not intend to argue
which is the case with respect to this Bill. I
have my own convictions upon the subject.
The Noble Lord opposite may have his opinions
also on the subject, and all I have to
request of him is, that he will be good enough to allow
me to retain my opinion on the subject.—(Hear, hear.)
I cannot now hope to proceed with the Bill with any
success in the present session of Parliament.—(Hear,
hear.) I may say, also, that there is another more
special reason which applies to the present circumstances.
We are not only now entered into the month of July,
and are advancing towards the middle of the month, but
we are also arrived at a time when the Parliament is
approaching its termination. I believe the House has
now sat for a longer number of years than any Parlia-
ment since the year 1826. No Parliament since that
year has sat so long as the present one, and as we
approach the sixth year of its existence there is naturally
a general expectation of dissolution, and with that ex-
pectation there is of course the usual expense and ex-
citement attendant upon the canvass of Hon. Members ;
and I believe that this is another strong reason
why the Government should come to the conclusion not
to-proceed with the Bill.—(lronical cheers.) ;But, at the
same time, I would not allow any single word to drop
from me which would at all signify that my confidence
in the principle of the Bill as adopted by the majority of
the House is at all shaken.—(Hear, hear.) The ques-
tion is one which excites the greatest interest in the
'country, and no person will deny that it is a subject for
• which legislation is required, and therefore it is not to be
supposed that, in dropping this Bill at the present time,
the Government have given up the subject altogether,
and that we shall not insist at as early a period as pos-
sible upon such amendments of the existing law as may
be required. With this statement, Sir, of the reasons why
the Government do not wish to go on with the Bill,
and not wishing to excite any irritating discussion on
the subject, I shall, therefore, move that the order of
the day for the Committee on the Health of Towns Bill
be read, for the purpose of being discharged.
Mr. STUART was happy to hear the statement of the
Noble Lord at the head of the Government. He be-
lieved that the Bill was a mistake from the beginning to
the end of it, and that it was based upon a false system.
Ile trusted that the Government wonld consider well
before they brought forward the measure in another
Parliament. He looked upon the measure which the
Noble Lord had most wisely withdrawn as a bait for li-
tigation—(Hear, hear)—and it behoved the Government
to consider whether they :could not do something to
make Acts of Parliament more simple.—(lledt, hear.)
He trusted the next attempt at legislation on this subject.
would be of a more simple character, and that, instead of
having an Act with 57 clauses, they would have one with
ten.—(Hear, hear.) Although •he deeply regretted the
failure of the Bill on the present occasion, he thought
the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had
adopted the only course that was open to him.
Mr. AGLIONBY was sorry that the Bill had been
withdrawn, but at the same time he felt bound to admit
that the Government had pursued the only course that
was left open to them.
Lord MAHON thought the Noble Lord at the head
of the Government had adopted a wise course in with-
drawing the Bill.
Sir W. CL AY was also of opinion that the Noble Lord
had adopted the only course that was left open to him in
withdrawing the Bill.
(LEFT SITTING.)

TRAINING THE YOUNG IDEA.—The following ad-
vertisement appears in a recent New York paper :—" A
young lady, perfectly competent, wishes to form a class
of young mothers and nurses, and to instruct them in
the art of talking to infants in such manner as will in-
terest and please them. She flatters herself that her
peculiar tact and great experience in this most important
branch of household duties will enable her to give entire
satisfaction."

SIIAKSPERE'S HOUSE. " Leonatus Posthumus"
has favoured us with the following suggestion regarding
the purchase of the Stratford property, not. without an
ulterior object also . My first
that propositionpthoLf
manyof is to
y
have to—"
recommend
the
privilegeshilling
of subscriptions,givina some
estimation of his unrivalled genius; and -Iroa am ,persuadedrequired
that no difficulty would be found in raising the
sum, even among the members and councillors of the
various literary and mechanics' institutes, with which
this country happily abounds. Should this expectation
be realised, I would further suggest, that a college or
asylum be erected and endowed for the orphans of the
necessitous children of literary individuals, an institution
we may readily conceive to be a great desideratum."—
Douglas Jerrold's Weekly Newspaper.
DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT.--.-On Monday Mr. J.
Payne, the Deputy Coroner, held an inquest at the Vestry
Hall, Tooley-street, Borough, on the body of William
Hull Bennett, aged 27, whose death ocearred under the
following deplorable circumstances. It appeared from
the evidence that the deceased belonged to a Deptford
boat, called the Mercury, and on Friday evening he pro-
ceeded to Billingsgate with some of the crew, and early
the following morning (Saturday) he was at Battle-
bridge stairs, Tooley-street, and in getting into a water-
man's boat he missed his footing and slipped into the
water. Being unable to swim he was carried with the
tide, and was never seen more above the surface until
the body was hooked out by means of the drags, some
distance from the spot where he fell. Verdict, "Acci-
dentally drowned."
THE KING OF HOLLAND.—We read in the _Milan-
cipcition of Brussels of Sunday :—"According to accounts
we have received from an undoubted source, the King
of the Netherlands has had another relapse, and his
health, which had previously excited some apprehen-
sion, is again in an alarming state."
It is reported that the subject of granting a pen-
sion to Mzijor General Sir Hairy Smith, for his pa aviers
in t,;;e east; Ik• ill shortly be brought before the Faaa jedia
Directors, should that body not anticipate the wish of
the gallant officer's friends
_by at once granting the
'same.