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LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1846.

"My son, you know not with how little wisdom
the affairs of nations are managed," was the ad-
dress of a celebrated Chancellor of the olden time to
his son. The adage appears to have sunk deeply into
the mind of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, who has so
fully convinced him-elf of its truth, that he begins to
fairy himself a statesman to whom the destinies of a
nighty kit plorn might silly be entrusted..
Acting on this principle, there is no question
of foreign or domestic policy, nothing interesting
to the public, on which the Noble Lord does not con-
ceive himself qualified to take a lead, and bound to
enlighten the Legislature with his lucubrations.
His Lordship also is anxious to let slip no opportunity
of impugning the character of the late occupants of
the Ministerial benches, and no matter how slight the
foundation may be, although built upon the merest
surmise, the supposition, perhaps, of some anonymous
scribbler or unknown speculator, it is quite
sufficient to warrant his Lordship in bring-
ing forward the most reckless charges, the weightiest
accusations. That somebody should have said some-
thing somewhere that implied a doubt of the vera-
city of one of the obnoxious Ministry, amply suffices
to induce his Lordship forthwith to rise in his place,
and assert or imply his belief, that a wanton,
wicked, and gratuitous falsehood had been uttered,
that a distingui,hed Mcmbtr of that or the other
House of Parliament had made totally unfounded
statements, the want of truth of which must,
nevertheless, be publicly known in a few short
weeks. neither rank, age, character, nor posi-
tion protects the possessor from the onslaught.
The various circumstances that would avert the
attack of a high-minded man are lost sight of in the
blind fury of his malignity ; and the more signal his
defeat, the more perfect and decisive his overthrow
from the complete refutation of his assertions, with
so much the greater virulence does he return to the
attack, and repiat bis firm belief in the truth of the
eitloded calumny, or bring forward new and still
laiprt; unjastifable accusations. Like the fabled giant,
eacb:. **cam appears to give him increased
strength, apsiL-:he ari3es from the embrace

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of his mother earth with sevenfold vigour.
No sooner has he been floored by Lord
LYNDHURST, and foiled in every thrust, than he turns
on Sir ROBERT PEEL with the infuriated frenzy of a
Malay running-a-muck, and after repeating the state-
ment of the late Premier on the 29th of June last,

" that the first packet had taken out an offer of medi-
ation on the part of this country to the United
States," he seeks to discredit that statement, and to
make it be believed that Sir ROBERT had been guilty
of a wilful falsehood. And on what authority ?
Simply because the New York Journal of Commerce,
of the 20th of July, had a paragraph from which,
to use the very words of the Noble Lord, " it appeared
that this astounding fact of the late Premier's de-
claration in the House of Commons had arrived in the
United States, but it was there discredited ; and not
only was that the case, but it appeared also, from a
statement in the Washington Union, the official organ
of the Government of the United States, that no such
offer of mediation on the part of this country had
come out, and that no such offer of mediation bad
been signified to Mr. PAKENIJAM, our Minister at
Washington."

This statement called forth from the Noble Se-
cretary for Foreign Affairs a defence of the late
Government alike honourable to the vindicator and
the vindicated, which fully established as well the
truth a the assertions made by Sir R. PEEL as the
wisdom and policy of the course adopted. The ma-
terial portion of the defence would suffer by any
attempt at curtailment; we therefore give the follow-
ing words of the Noble Secretary himself:—

" His Noble Friend doubted the accuracy of the state-
ment that an offer had been made by the late Govern-
ment of mediation on the part of Great Britain between
the two parties. He (Lord Palmerston) was glad. in
justice to his predecessors, that his Noble Friend enabled
him to set that question right. The facts of the case
were shortly these :—lt was perfectly true, as had been
assert( d by the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her
Majesty's late Government, that an offer was made to
the United States' Government, and also communicate,'
to the Government of Mexico, which her Majesty's late
Government understood and meant to be an offer of
mediation ; that that offer was conveyed, and, as he
thought, properly conveyed, in terms which left a great
latitude of interpretation to the Government of the
United States. Our position with regard to the United
States just at that period was nut that which was be•
coming the character of a mediator. Our disputes and
negotiations with reference to the Oregon question had
not come to a final settlement. It was possible, not-
withstanding the negotiations then going on between
the United States and ourselves, that the question might
assume a position which would have divested us alto-
gether of the character belonging to a medi-
ator, and then the mediation of which we
had made an offer would have been put out
of the question. Now the offer which was made
by her Majesty's late Government to the Govern-
ment of the United States was in effect this—that if the
Government of the United States were disposed to ask
the mediation of the Government of Great Britain, that
mediation would be formally offered and accorded. He
thought that was going as far as the British Government
could have gone in the position in which they were
placed. Well, then, the Government of the United
States, considering what he had stated with regard to
the position in which the Oregon question placed Great
Britain with reference to the United States, did not
think it expedient to express any opinion in answer to
the communication from the British Government. The
Government of the United States thought that it did not
require an answer to be made to it."
The Noble Lord also stated the course he himself
had pursued, consequent on the change of circum-
stances, and the more amicable relations that existed
between this country and the United States since
the accession of the present Ministry to office. We
are now in a position to offer our services as a
mediator, and accordingly instructions have been sent
out to Mr. PAKENHAM to renew the offer of mediation,
on the part of this country, to the Govern-
ment of the United States, in such a shape
as to require an answer, and corresponding
communications have been made to Mexico.
Until the answers to these overtures have been
received it would manifestly be impossible for
this country to take any other step ; her acting as the
partizan of either country would be quite inconsistent
with that impartiality that should be evinced by a
nation which has taken upon itself to make offers of
mediation between contending states. Any other
course would be more likely to involve Great
Britain in the horrors of war than to re-
store peace and harmony between the oppo-
nents. If the counsel of the protectionist leader
were to be acted upon, and this country were forth-
with to take measures to prevent the annexation of

Mexico to the United States, and to inist upon an
end being put to the hostilities at present going on,
the result would be that we eurselves should speedily
be involved in the contest, and become one of the
belligerent parties. We have already seen the good
effect of peaceful and temperate language, in the
termination of the dispute respecting the Oregon
territory, and we may hope that a similar degree of
prudence will end in a like happy manner.

Before Parliament be actually prorogued it is to
be hoped the plans of Government for the ameliora-
tion of the people of Ireland will be thoroughly
digested, and all their subordinate operations judi-
ciously organised. Although the calamitous disease
in the potatoes has developed itself earlier than upon
the former occasion, there are now better prospects
of alleviation to the distresses which must result from
its appearance than there were simultaneously with
its appearance in 1845. The Executive is not taken
by surprise as at that period ; before the prorogation
of the Commons our representatives are enabled to in-
troduce precautionary measures; an extraordinary com-
mission of relief has not to be constituted, that com-
mission having been evoked by the previous deficiency
in provisions ; the commissariat officers have not to be
drilled into the requisite modes of superintending the
distribution of food to the distressed civilians, their
practice a few months since having rendered them
familiar with those arrangements. Although our
anxieties are on those accounts diminished with refe-
rence to the prospects of inanition and contagion
among the unfortunate peasantry, we find it impos-
sible, nevertheless, to throw aside all feelings of tre-
pidation as to the threatening future of our fellow-
countrymen in Ireland.
Every additional intelligence respecting the ve-
getables in that country is intelligence of additional ca-
lamity. Sot only are the potatoes diseased beyond
all the reparative powers of agricultural chemistry,
but the turnips, especially in the vicinity of Limerick,
appear to be eaten up by a similar malady. There
are circumstances in connexion with this disease
which already, to our thinking, require the interfer-
ence of the Government authorities. Somewhere
between one and two hundred loads of potatoes were
exposed for sale in the market of the above-mentioned
city on Saturday last, every individual tuber
of which was infected with the prevalent rotten-
ness; and these pernicious roots were vended to the
poorer classes at prices varying from fuurpence to
sixpence. Surely food in a partial state of putrefac-
tion cannot but prove a very deleterious article of
consumption, and would be more likely than any-
thing at this season to produce dysentery, and
cholera, and cholics sufficient to increase the morta-
lity of the districts in which they are devoured. It
is from parsimony in these preliminary cases that
many unnecessary and irksome expenses
(such as the establishment of fever hospitals,
and other sanatory proceedings.) have been
entailed upon the nation. It i 3 another
exemplar of the fallacy of the "penny wise " system.
Nothing indeed can justify official lassitude in mo-
ments pf such emergency. We ask common sense if
such particulars as the following do not demonstrate
the necessity of preventing the Irish population from
satisfying their hunger with the decaying fibrine of
these infected potatoes; we ask honest feeling if
charity should not instigate the Government to
such a movement, after reading as follows ?
The diseased potatoes while boiling reek with
disgusting odours ; they are altogether tasteless to
the palate, and are surcharged with a watery fluid!
11, just not a vegetable of that description prove most
of
fetdriismeaesne ntailto its consumers ? Is it not the breeding
hunger ? a spurious effort to alleviate the pangs of
Does it not stand to reason that a legu-
minous food, in a state of decomposition, cannot by
possibility afford wholesome nourishment ? There is
already a deficiency, and that s f mer
ely
from deficiency • 1 n
from a diseased imagination, but from
dipotatoes. Unless these infected tubers are pre-
vented from being sold in the public markets—just
as putrid meat cannot be offered for sale under I
penalty—much blame will necessarily be attached
either to the local authorities, the relief coca-
mitteEs, or the Executive itself. "The offence

is rank, it smells to heaven !" Some preventative
measures must be adopted forthwith.
Besides this suppression of unwholesome food, the
deficiency must be met by a proportionate importa-
tion ©f wholesome provisions. Already some Irish
merchants are making arrangements for the importa-
tation of Indian corn : let them profit by the example
of the late Administration, by importing it on a scale
compatible with the deficiency. They will, unhap-
pily, find it no unprofitable speculation.

The Russian journals of the 13th published the
following imperial ukase, which was addressed to the
Directing Senate on the 18th July :

" It appears that the ill-disposed persons who, in the
month of February last, made attempts in the republic of
Cracow, in Posen, and in Galicia, to overthrow the existing
government, had accomplices in the governments of Wilna,
Kanen, and Grodnos. We have to extend to the said go-
vernments the measures already prescribed for the main-
tenance of the public security in the kingdom of Poland and
the government of Podolia and Wolhynia, and accordingly
declare the governments of Wilna, Kanen, and Grodnos in a
state of siege, and place them under the command of the
Prince of Warsaw, Prince Paskewitsch Erivanski, Field-
Marshal and Commander-in-Chief."

The Spener Gazette publishes a letter from
Wladekawhas, dated July 23, which states that
SCUAMYL had, on the 14th ult., attacked the Russians,
under General WITOSICY, at Metschick, and suffered
a repulse. This, however, it must be remembered, is
a Russian account of the affair, and must therefore
not be construed exactly an pied de la lettre. The
AugAburgh Gazette of the 18th August publishes a
proclamation, addressed by SCUAMYL to the people of
Kabardia, recalling to them their oaths and the duty
they owe to their religion and country, and rousing
them to war against the Russians.

Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived.
Don FRANCISCO D'Assis, who arrived in Madrid
on the day preceding, had been received in
the most gracious manner by the QUEEN and
the QUEEN-.MOTRER. They had appeared together
in public, and the Heraldo of the 18th has an article
in which the claim of Don FRANCISCO to the hand
of the QUEEN is most energetically supported. Ac-
cording to the Tiempo, Dun ENRIQUE has been in-
vited to return to Madrid. The return of NARVAEZ
is also spoken of as an event soon to be expected.
Mr. BULWEIt still continued very ill.

A fire, supposed to have been the work of incen-
diaries, has devastated four leagues of country in the
neighbourhood of Xeres.
The Count of MONTEMOLIN (the son of Don
CARLOS) has, it is said issued the following procla-
mation to his followers :

" It is not without a deep feeling of grief that his
Majesty has learnt that meritorious officers of the army
who support Ni ith honour and constancy the heavy
privations of proscription, showing themselves more
zealous than prudent, have allowed themselves to be
drawn into a combination formed of Royalists, Liberals,
and Exaltados, which is represented as being approved
of by his Majesty, whilst he has no part in it. In con-
sequence, his Majesty commands me to inform all those
who join this combination that they act contrary to
the intentions which he has manifested and made
known on several occasions ; that they merit his so-
vereign disapprobation and incur his royal displeasure ;
that they ought to know well that all which his Ma-
jesty should order would be made to them in a sure
manner, and in such a way that the desires of his Ma-
jesty could not be misunderstood. The secret emissaries
who go through the departments and the chiefs
of another party, now on the line of the Haute P> ren
flees, preparing a movement in Aragon and in Catalo-
nia, are entirely unknown. to his Majesty. They defend a
different banner—they are enemies of the throne, and of
the order and prosperity of the country—they abuse the
name of his Majesty—they suppose and counterfeit
orders and authorisations which his Majesty has neither
given nor thought of giving—they prescribe conditions
diametrically opposed to what his Majesty has ordered,
contrary to those which might serve his cause, contri-
bute to the happiness of Spain, and to the amelioration
of the positions of his defenders. "By royal order, &c..
Bourges, August 8. (Signed) "R. M. MON."
MADRID Boma, AUG. 18.—The Three per Cents.
closed on the 18th inst. at 33k; the Four per Cents., at
Passives, at 6i; Coupons, 21.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
The Moniteur publishes an official account of the
reception by the KING of the deputation of the
Chamber of Peers with the address on the previous
evening. The following was the answer of his MA-
JESTY to the address:—

" Messieurs les Pairs,—l am deeply affected by the senti-
ments you express towards me in this address, and I ever
love to repeat to you how much mine respond to them.
'These striking manifestations have enable me to support
most painful trials, and I find in the loyal co-operation, the
assurance of which you again renew to me, an invaluable
ledge for the preservation of that. which you justly call • the
4lotious conquests 'of modern civilization, die faithful main-
enance of our institutions, and the guarantee of the rights of
all.' So long as it shall please God to prolong my life, it
shall be consecrated, with your support, to this noble end,
and to the gradual development of the happiness and pros-
perity of France."
The Chamber of Deputies was still engaged in the
verifications of the powers of the Members, and in
the deciding on disputed returns. It was suppoaed
that the verifications would be completed in the sittings
of Monday.
The National publishes the following extract of a
letter from Otaheite. It is dated Papeite, April 11
" Taking advantage of the absence of the Uranie,
stationed at Uahine' the Kanaks to the number of 1,200,
on the evening of the 13th, attacked the village of Pa-
peite and the camp pitched by the crew of the Uranie.
The camp was defended by 50 sailors of the Heroine,
who eventually beat off the enemy. The French had
.ix killed and 15 wounded, among the latter a midship-
man of the Phaeton. The buildings outside the camp
were pillaged and destroyed. The loss of the Kanaks
if not given."

The potato disease has broken out with great viru-
lence in Savoy. The Bishop of CHAMBERRY has
ordered prayers to be offered up in all the churches
to avert this dreadful calamity. Incendiary fires
still continue to prevail in every quarter of France.
The Northern Railroad Company have declared
that the paragraph in the Journal des Chemins de Per
of Saturday last, stating that a call for a second in-
stalment would shortly be made on the holders of
their shares, had been published without their know-
ledge or authority.

The provisional inauguration of the Orleans and
Vierzon Railroad took place on the 16th inst.

There was nothing doing in the Funds in Paris on Sunday.
The following are the quotations for new lines
MARSEILLES, Aun. 19.—Marseilles and Avignon, 892 E ;
50c. ; Northern, 703 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 522 f. 50c.
LYONS, Au°. 21.—Paris and Rouen, 955 f.; Avignon and
Marseilles, 902 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 520 f. ; Orleans,
1,268 f. 75c.
BUSINESS FAIONU IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE, AUGUST 24.
Boulogne and Amiens, 123,0 —Demerara, 25(—Dlreet Bombay
and Madras, %—Dutch Rhenish, 6—East Indian. I—Northern of
France Constituted, 13—Orleans and Vierzon, l4N—Orleans and
Bordeaux, 8 %—raris and Rouen, 37.

CABINET COUNClL—Summonses were issued yes-
terday to the Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council
at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The meeting
is expected to take place to-morrow (Wednesday)
afternoon.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE SIR CHARLES WETHERELL.—
The remains of the late Sir Charles Wetherell were this
morning deposited in the vault of the Temple Church,
Appropriated to the twitchers. Sir Charles was the
senior bencher of the Honourable Society a the Inner
Temple. The funeral was attended by his relatives the
Rev. R. Wetherell, the venerable Archdeacon Wetherell,
Nathaniel Wetherell, Esq., the Rev. T. Frere, R.
Spooner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham, the Rev. E. Round,
Mr. Beech, his clerk, and Mr. Rudge, his valet, who had
been in constant attendance on him from the moment he
met with the accident which terminated his existence up
to the time of his death.

W e were partially in error in our announcement yes-
terday respecting the prorogation. A Privy Council is to be
held at Osborne House on Thursday next, at which the
terms of the speech will be decided upon, and a commission
appointed to deliver it. The prorogation itself will take place
probably on the following day.—Times.
Lord and Lady Brougham, W. Brougham, Esq., lady
and family, are at present' located at Brougham Hall, in
Westmorland.

THE LATE LORD BLOOMFIELD.—The remains of the
late Lord Bloomfield arrived at Lainton, the family seat in
Tipperary, Ireland, on Saturday tnorning last, from Portman-
square, and were the same evening consigned to the family
vault in the churchyard adjoining. Lady Bloomfield leaves
Portmau-square, this day, for Kingscote,vGloucestershire.
THE VIOLINS OF MR. CRAMER.—Yesterday a por-
tion of these valuable violins was sold by auction. There
were 29 lots, some of which fetched the following prices :
Lot 16, a violin by Andrew Guarnerius, 25/. ; No. 19, a violin
by Nicolas Amati, used by Mr. Gmnier when acting as leader
at various concerts, 16/. ; Lot 10, a violin by Joseph Guarnerius,
formerly in the possession of Pinto, 66 guineas • Lot 21, a violin
by Bett, used by the father of Mr. Cramer, 71. ss. ; Lot 22, a
violin by Staines, used by George In, George IV., and Wil-
liam IV., 30 guineas; Lot 11, a violin bow, 21. 10s., &c.
The whole fetched above 2801.

BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—MONDAY AFTER-
NooN.—The rehearsal of the new oratorio Elijah has just
terminated in the Town Hall, under the direction of the
composer, who arrived yesterday with the orchestral and
choral forces. There is every reason to believe that the
public performance will be one of great interest. The presi-
dent of the festival, Lord Wrottesley, was present. The
sale of tickets is still going on most favourably, and estab-
lishes the expectation that the aggregate proceeds will much
exceed that of former years. We regret to state that Air.
Moscheles was taken suddenly ill this morning, and it is
unlikely that he will be able to assume the baton of conduc-
torship, as waS intended. .
We understand that Captain Sir Frederick Nicholson,
Bart., recently promoted, has returned to this country in the
Acheron steamer, from tho Mediterranean Atstions

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. 1
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Lit erpt.ol yesterday were 4,000
to 5,000 hales. including 500 American for export, 40(1
Perham and Maranharn, at 53d. to 6id., 100 Bahia at
60., 150 Surut at :id. to 31d., and the rest American
at 4d. to 54d. per lb. Tie market was dull, hut prices
were firm. Shares were not very brisk, and prices were
a little flatter.
At present much interest is directed to the trade
between Canada and the United States, as re-
spects the exportation to England of flour and grain
-a conflict cf opinion as to which will have the advan-
tage in this respect, under the provisions of our new Corn
Bill. That the American agriculturists are jealous of the
British American colonists: on this point is pretty cef-
tain. It is conceded by the American journalists that the
Bill in question will cause a great increase of business,
not only with the United States but with Canada ;
but it is pretty evident that anticipations are en-
tertained that by the St. Lawrence most of our
supplies of flour, which form a greater portion of
each year, will he not through the United States. The
New York Courier and Inquirer, in reference to this
subject, important as it is to the Canadas, thus expresses
an opinion upon the matter; and while, it may be added,
strong inducements are held out by our American con-
temporary to compete by improvements with the
Canadas, it may be just as well to mention
their opinions, so that Montreal and Quebec may be
induced to afford every practical facility to the transit of
produce. The paper just named has the following re-
marks upon the sub.): ct :-
" We need scarcely add, that we do not believe the St.
Lawrence route can, under any circumstances, compete
with that of the Erie Canal and the Hudson
River. This city is, and Bill continue to be,
beyond all doubt, the great commercial port
of the northern section of the continent ; and the im-
provements in the means of communication with the
interior of the west, which are ROW in progress, and
which must be carried forward, will put it out of the
power of any other route successfully to compete with us.
" We have referred to this matter, and copied the re-
marks of our Canadian contemporaries, mainly to call
the attention of the authorities of this state to the con-
stant and vigourous efforts made by our neighbours to
withdraw business from our gr( at channels of trade,
and to the consequent necessity of enabling them to
meet and to keep up with the exigencies of the times."
Some papers and letters have come to hand this morn-
ing from New South Wales, but they are barren of news
of interest, except that trade was better.
In Consols for Money the only transactions this morn-
ing have been at 95i 4... ,Up to mid-day not a single
bargain was quoted for the Account, the price, therefore,
is nominally the same as yesterday. Exchequer-bills
are at lOs to 13s premium, and Bank Stock steady at
208 to 209. Int'ia Stock has advanced to 260. India
Bonds have rani, d to 23s premium.
In the Foreign Funds a very few purchases were
made in Mexican at 24 for the Account; in Prussian, at
38; in the Portuguese Five per Cents., at 85; in Spanish
Passive, at sf; and in Dutch Four per Cents., at a fall
from 94* to
There is a dull demand for Railway investments this
morning.
BIUTISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock .. • • • • • • 208 209
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 96% 96
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • 95%14
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 98 97% 9814
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 10 5-16 7-16
India Stock • . • • • • .. .. 260
India Bonds, 1,000/. • • .. • • • • • • -
Ditto, under 1,0001. „ • • • • 19 23
South Sea Stock .. • • • • • • •• • • -
Ditto, Old Annuities • . • • • • 951
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 134 d.
1,0001. - .• • 13 10 13 - pm.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Old, 5 per Cent • - • • • • -
Ditto, 1846, 5 per Cent. • • .. 23%
Ditto, for the Account • • • • 23% 24
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 38
Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent. 85
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cant. • • • • -
Ditto, Passive Bonds • • • • • • 5%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9434 93%
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .• .. .... to .-
Bristol and Exeter .. • • .. .. 75 •• • • - to -
Ditto, New .. „ _ 5 .... 10% .... to -
Buckinghamshire • • .. 425. •• .. 1414 dis. to -
Caledonian .. 20 .... 153 g .... to -
Ditto Half Shares • . •• • • 11,4 •• .. to -
Ditto Extension . 2% .... to -
Chester and Holyhead .. 271/x 26 .• .. to -
Unmet and Blythe .. • . .. 2 .• 13d %..to -
Cornwall .. • • • . .. 5 .... 1 •• • • to -
Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2% •• • • 1% ••.. to -
Direct Northern .. 2% •• • • I %14 .• to -
Eastern Counties .. . • 141. 16s. Od ..... 22%44 .. to -
Do.,Perpetual,s per Ct. No.l, Cl 13s. 4d• • • - .. ••to -
Ditto, ditto .. .. No. 2, 61. I3s. 4d.• •.. %p.. to -
Ditto, York Extension 10s. •• .. 2%1% .. to -
East Lancashire 14 .... 22% •• .. to -
East Lincolnshire • . •114.... 34 3b.. to -
Edinburgh and Northern • • ..
_lO .. • • 9% .. • • to -
Goole. Doncaster. and Sheffield, &c... 425. .. • • % dis. to -
Great Eastern and Western • • .. 234 •. • • 1 ••.• to -
Great North of England .. ..100 • . 22814 to -
Ditto, New .. .. 15 •• .. 50 .... to 51
Ditto, New .. 1%.... 19 .... to -
Great Western .. „ „ „ 65 to
Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... 83 .. • • to -
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 10 .. .. 23% %.• to -
Hull and Selby • • • . • • .. . • 50 104% to -
Leicester and Bedford .. • • .. 225. % dis. to -
Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Junct. .• • . 134.... to -
London and Croydon • • 131. 15s. 9d. • • •• 23% to 23
London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. •• . • 9 .... to -
London, Hounslow, and Western .. 2 .... 34 .... to -
Landon and North Western •• ..100 ....2071,4 .... to 20d13,
Ditto, Quarters .. •• .• 2 .. • • 24% .. • • to -
Ditto ditto New Shares .. • - 1534 %15pto 16 p
Ditto, Firths - • .. 2 •• • • 21 . • . to --
London and South-Western 411. 63. 105. .. • . - .... to -
Ditto, New • . 1754 26%.... to -
Ditto, New .. .• . .. 14 .. .. 21 .. •.to -
Loudon and York ' .. • . 21% • • 2 .... to -
Lynn and Ely • . .. • • 15 •• • • 153/ to 16
Lynr. and Derebam .. • • • • • • 15 .• • 1334 to -
Nlauelievter and Leeds • • • • • 132 .• • • - •• .. to -
Ditto, Extension .. • • • • •• 425. •• 21% pto -
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 - •• • • to -
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • .. 1 •• • • 8% •• to 9
Manehester, Buxton, and Matlock . 425. .... j p.. to -
M.anch,ster and Southampton .. .. 2 ...• h ...• to 3i
Midland .. • • • • -100 ....139 .... to,-
Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • • 24 37 to 36%
Newcastle and Darlington Junction .. 25 .... 421,4 • to -
Ditto, New .. • • • • • • • • 1 - 1114 %•. to -
Newcastle and Berwick • • • • •• 15 .... 27% to 28
Norfolk .. .. • • • • • • • • •• 20 . • • 2644% .•to -
Ditto Extension • • • • • • • • 2 .... 2% .. to -
North British • • • • • • • • • • 25 .• •• 383%... to -
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 1 I .... 16% .• • • to 17
Ditto, Carlisle Extension •• • . 1 4% .... to -
North Staffordshire • • • • • • • • 425. 3%% pto -
Oxford, Worcester, Se Wolverhampton 12% _ 8 to
Iticlunond • • • • • • • • • • • • 10 • • 19 .• ••to -
Scottish Central .. • • • • • • • • 1214 ...• 191% .... to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham • • .. 2% •... .... to -
Shropshire Union - • • • • • • • • 425..... %% dis. to -
South Eastern and Dover • • •• • • 33% ..„ to
Ditto, New, No. '4 • • •• • • • • 12 •• . 16% ... to -
Ditto, New, No. 3 •• • • • • • • • 15 •• • . 19% .. .. to -
Ditto, New, No. 4 • • • • • • •• 2% •• • . 3345 x.. to -
South Wales .. • • • • • • • • • • 5 •• • . 3% .... to -
Warwickshire and London • • . • 425..... 34 dis.. to -
West Riding Union • • • • • • • • 425..... 32%pt0 VA p
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens • • • • •• 14 ••• • 13 to -
Direct Bombay and Madras .. . • 55..... 14.... to
Dutch Rhenish • • • • • • • • • • 6 •• • • 6 .• .. to -
Luxembourg • • • • • • • • • • • • 4 •• • • 1% .... to -
Namur and Liege • • • • • • • 6 •• • • 3 .... to -
Over. Yssel .. • • 4/. 38. 4d... 236 dis .to -
Paris and Lyons Constituted • • .. 5 •• • • 534 .... to
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminsfer • • • • • • 20 .. • 28%.... to -
National Provincial of England • • 35 .• .• 35% .... to -
MINES
Real del Monte, Unregistered • • •• - 31% to -

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, AUG. 25.—Wind N., light steady breeze, and fine.
DEAL, AUG. 24.—Wind N.E., strong breeze.—Arrd. Fal-
con, Larsen, Matanzas, and sld. for Antwerp. Arrd. from
the river and sld. Cape packet, Lamb, Cape of Good Hope;
Sans Pareille, Brodie, ditto ; Janet, Chalmers, Mauritius;
Marmion, Quebec.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 24.—Wind N. E.—Sid. Trauley,
Stoney, Quebec.
• SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 22.—S1d. A. Elizabeth, Mowat,
Prince Edward'S
EXMOUTH, At7o. 24.—Sld. Eliza Liddle, Miramichi.
DAtamourx.—Arrd. Briton, Youngliusband, Quebec.
HAY LE, AUG. 21.—Sid. Olympus, Tompkin, Quebec ; Vic-
toria, Martin, ditto.
lixuAcomna, AUG. 22.-510. William Wilberforce, Dennis,
CARDIFF, Aus. 22.—S1d. John Bell, Renwick, Rio Janeiro ;
Beatrice, Alexander, Quebec. . _

ROTILESAY, ISLE OF-BUTE, AUG. 20.—SId. Argyle, M'Pher-
son, Calcutta; Favourite, Allen, and Minerva; Demerara.
LivELrooL, At:G. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Sarah Sheaff,
Sands, Apalachiculo; Great Britain, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick ; Leander, Phelan, Quebec. Sld. Elizabeth, Davies,
Newfoundland; Fourier, Grey,
_Calcutta ; Raja, Boyd, ditto;
Palmyra, Barstow, NeW Weans ; Tyrone, Butler, ditto;
General Parkhill, 111‘Kown, Charleston ; Arethusa, Kelly,
Quebec. Off port, Sabbates, Stevens, Boston.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

1311 Y IVIAIitHZ IT .

SMITHFIELD.-oTdDieadow Hay, 3/ 5s t 41; New ditto,
2l 5s to 31 14s ; Old Cloy( r, 41 5s to 51 16s ; New ditto,
31 lOs to 4/ 183; Oat Straw. 1/ 12y to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw,
11 I4s to 11 I6s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off
slowly, at barely late rates.
CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 8s to 41 ; New
ditto, 218 s to 3/ 16s ; Old Clover, 4/ 5s to 51 14s ; New ditto,
318 s to 4/ 15s; Oat Straw, 1/ 133 to 11 15s; Wheat Straw,
1115 s to 1/ 17s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations.
WHITECIIAPIL.— Old Meadow Hay, 315 s to 41; New ditto,
21 5s to 31 15s; Old Clover, 4/ 4s to 51 18s; New ditto,
3l 5s to 51; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14s; Wheat Straw, 11 14s
to 1/ 16s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish
demand.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT POPLAR.—Last night, shortly
before ten o'clock, a fire, that caused considerable alarm,
broke out in the premises occupied by Mr. Steward, a general
dealer, carrying on business in Grundy street, at the corner
of Oriental-row, Poplar. The flames were first perceived on
the second floor, by a neighbour, who immediately-raised an
alarm. So firm a hold, however, had they obtained be-
fore the discovery, that very speedily the whole of the
top part of the house became enveloped in fire. The
intelligence was
promptly forwarded fur the engines,
amrrri.vceednantetthteenswceinteh
tohfeenwgeirnee. followedT he East by
and, with as little delay as possible, the several bri-
gade engines, with Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent,
conflagration.lVest ot England and
London Works afforded an abundance of water, and the en-
gines were worked with full vigour, but upwards of an hoUr
elapsed before the flames could be said to be entirely sub-
dued. By that time the whole of Mr. Steward's stock in
trade was consumed. his furniture and wearing apparel de-
stroyed, and the building itself completely gutted. The ad-
joining house, belonging to Mr. Urine is likewise injured by
fire and water. The whole of the residents being from home
at the time of the outbreak, it was impossible to learn whethr
or not they were insured. The origin of the tire, like that
of most others, could not be ascertained.
FATAL OCCURRENCE ON TUE DUNDEE AND PERTH
RAILWAY.--On Monday last, James Duncan, a labourer on
this railway, opposite to Glendoick, while engaged at work,
was deprived of life by a superincumbent mass of earth fall-
ing upon him. He belonged to Burreltone— Witness.
The lean ore tnint.ts of Alston- moor,- Allendale, and
Weardale, have engaged the services of Mr. 'Thomas Bow •
man, of Boal Cleugh, as their oculist, at the rate of sixpence
per mu per alltain4.

iMFER!AL PARLIA 11 ENT.

'l' HIS DA Y.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The -SPEAKER tool the Chair a few minutes after
Twelve o'clock.

STANDING ORDERS.

Mr. ES I COURT moved the abolition of the present
standing orders, and the adoption of others which had
been agreed upon as being more agreeable to the cir-
cumstances of the present time. It would be recollected
that the standing orders had been decided upon on the
motion of the Hon. Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume),
on the 10th August. It was by that resolution
determined that a certain number of Members,
forty-two, should be selected for the duty of
ascertaining whether the standing orders bad been
complied with. Those forty-two gentlemen had
divided themselves into small committees, and
during nearly the whole of the session has been en-
gaged, not only every day, but throughout a great part
of the day, till the House met, laboriously occupied in
ascertaining whether the several parties who promoted
private Bills heel complied with the standing orders of
the House. Now when the number and nature of these
standing orders were recollected, it would be seen that
they had no easy task. By the resolution of the 10th
of August this system was done: Sway with, and the
Speaker was empowered to appoint certain officers
whose duty it was always to be engaged in !his busi-
ness ; so that the examination of private Bills might
proceed immediately, and thus dispatch was at least ob-
taiced. By the Bili which was passicg for the constitu-
tion of a railway board, the sub committees would be
doge away with, and coneequent4 there would
be no Committee of Selection. But it was ne-
cessary that there should be some means of bringing
private Bills into the House, and the present Committee
of Selection recommend that the six gentlemen who had
heretofore been entrusted with the business of selection,
should still be continued in their post. It would be re-
collected that by the 2d and 3d Victoria, the Speaker
was required at the beginning of the session to lay on
the table of the House a list of the private Bills, for
which application had been made. But ho could not ob
tain this knowledge without due information from these
examiners, and in order to give authority to their state-
ments. new standing orders were necessary. He (Mr.
Estcourt) having thus stated the reasons, and the gene-
ral nature of the new orders, preceeded seriatim through
the orders, and stated the verbal alterations which the
Committee recommended for adoption. The only whole
clause inserted is the following :—Order 120 a, "That
when it is intended to bring up any clause, or to propose
any amendment on the report, or the consideration of the
report, or on the third reading of any private Bill, the
same be submitted to the Chairman of the Committee of
Ways and Means, on the day on which notice is given
thereof in the Private Bill-office, and that no such clause
or amendment be offered in the House unless the same
shall have been so submitted to the Chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means, and he shall have re-
ported to the House whether, in his opinion, the clause
or amendment be such as ought or ought not to
be entertained by the House without referring
the same to the Select Committee on Standing Orders."
One of the principal alterations was, that where a turn-
pike-road was to be passed by a railway, the rise of any
arch or bridge or embakment should not be more than
one foot in thirty, and where a private road was to be
-passed, the rise ehould not be more than one foot in
twenty. In Ireland it was proposed to pass an immense
number of these roads, and some such regulation was
absolutely necessary to save great public inconvenience.
The House would see that the alterations were chiefly
verbal, and he wou!cl, therefore, move at once that the
report be agreed to, for the adoption of the new orders
as the future regulations on private Bills.
Mr. HUME, in rising to second the motion, was quite
sure that the House was greatly obliged to the Hon.
Gentleman and the other Slembers of the Committee of
Selection for their great labour, and that there would be
a great relief to the Members of the House, that the
business of private Bills would be placed on a better
footing in future sessions, and greater satisfaction would
be given to the country.
The motion was agreed to.
CAMERON'S COALBROOK STEAM COAL AND

SWANSEA AND LOUGHOR RAILWAY.

The Lords' amendments to this 8,11 were agreed to.
SOUTHWARK, VAUXHALL AND WATERLOO

BRIDGES.

Mr. BROTFIERTON presented petitions from South•
wark praying for the free passage of these bridges.
DISTRESS IN IRELAND.

Mr. LABOUCHERE presented petitions from Cork
and Antrim counties fraying tOr inquiry and relief.

SMALL I)EI3TS'

Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition, numerously
signed, praying that the appointment of the officers under
this Act might remain with the Lord Chancellor.
ENGLISH CONSTABULARY.

Mr. HUME moved for_ a return of the numbers and
services of the constabulary in England during the past
year.
POOR LAWS.

Mr. HUME moved the following resolutions :—.
" 1. That the letters of instructions and '.proceedings
of the Poor-law. Commissioners in 1838.9, for the indis-
criminate relief of vagrants and casual poor, without
dirt cting proper provision to be made for setting the able-
bodied mendicants to woll: (in conformity with the letter
and spirt of the 43d Elizabeth, c. 2) have greatly in-
creased vagrancy in the metropolitan police districts.
" 2. That the Act of the 3d and 4th William IV., c.,
76, conferred upon the Pour-law Commissioners full
powers of inquiry into the actual condition of the poor,
in order, ainoegst other objects, that they should, as re-
commended by the Commissioners of Inquiry, p. 241,
submit any fur. her amendments of the law which they
might think talvsable, together with the evidence on'
which their suggestions were founded; whereas it appears
in evid,nee that the establishment of district asylums
was suggested by the Poor-law Comtnissioner,, without
their having previous!) made any due and adequate in-
quiry as to the applicability of the existing accommoda-
tion for vagrats and casual poor in the several parishes
of the metropolis.
"3. That it appears by returns that the existing ac-
commodation in the unions and parishes (with the ex-
ception of the City of London, where there are not
proper workhouses) within the metropolitan police dis-
tricts, was sufficient for the reception, on any night, of
the greatest number of mendicants who applied for ad-
mission.

" 4. That the Poor• law Commissioners have not exer-
cised judiciously the powers confided in them in the for-
mation of district asylums ; and that there is no suffi-
cient record of the grounds on which the Poor-law Com-
missioners originally recommended the establishing dis-
trict asylums, nor any sufficient record of their proceed-
ings to show the grounds on which they acted under the
authority of 7 and 8 Vic., c. 101.
" 5. That the 4th and sth Will'am IV., c. 76, consti-
tuting the Board of Poor-law Commissioners of England
and Wales, only empowers any two of them to sit
from time to time as a Board of Commissioners for carry-
ing that Act into execution;' whereas it appears in evi-
dence that single Commissioners, sitting in their private
rooms, have frequently, without lawful authority or
delegation, and without proper minute or record, given
directions and instructions therefrom, relating to im-
portant proceedings in the administration of the laws for
the relief of the poor.
•' 6. That the same Act requires, that the said Com-
missioners shall make a record of their proceedings, in
which shall be entered in writing a reference to every
letter received, from whence, its date, the date of its
reception, and the subject to which it relates, and a mi •
nine of every letter written or order given by the said
Commissioners, whether in answer to such letters re-
ceived, or otherwise, with the date of the same, and
such record shall be submitted to one of her Majesty's
principal Secretaries of State once in every year, or as
often as he shall require the same ;' whereas it appears
that no regular and duly authenticated minute hook, of
the proceedings of the Board, has been kept during long
periods of time, as required, for the information of the
Secretary of State and of Parliament, as well for the
protection of her Majesty's subjects, by rendering the
Commissioners responsible for any illegal or improper
acts of omission or commission, as above required, in
the performance of their duties.
"7. That the Commissioners of Inquiry into the ad-
ministration of the Poor-law, reported in 1834, that the
evils which they investigated as injuriously affecting the
condition of the labouring classes, and the welfare of
the whole community, had been caused by departures
from the letti r as well as the spirit of the Act of the
43d of Elizabeth; and one main object of the appointment
of the Poor-law Commissioners in that year was to in-
sure an administration of the taw in conformity with its
letter as well as its spirit. And as these Commissioners
were for these purposes invested with extraordinary
powers, any departure or culpable deviation, either from
the letter or the spirit thereof; is fraught with great in-
jury by the bad example as well as in the direct effects
on the whole of the executive administration of the
poor-laws.
" 8. That as the facts, set forth in the evidence above
referred to, are calculated to destroy all confidence in
the administration of the poor-law, and to endanger
the continuance of the law itself, it is imperative upon
this House to take immediate measures to restore and to
preserve public confidence in this important branch of
administration.

"9. That, on these grounds, her Majesty will be gra-
ciously pleased to cause a special public inquiry to be
made into the facts above recited and referred to in
the evidence before the House to ascertain
whether the Commissioners, by their letters, IN-
structions, and proceedings, and by their omis•
sion to direct the means for setting. the able-
bodied mendicants to work, did encourage and
increase mendicity; and also whether the procceelinsof
the Commissioners generally have been c
irre-
gular or illegal; and, if it shall appear
that the Com-
missioners have so acted, or bare, by their culpable de-
faults, occasioned the mischiels conaplamd of, that her
Majesty will be graciously pleased to take into her con-
sideration the certainty of dismissal of inferior officers
when they have infringed the law or the rules laid down
for their guidance; and that she will be pleased to direct
that even-handed justice be done to these superior
officers, who have had, as it is expressed by the commis-
sion of inquiry, the immediate advantage of well de-
fined objects assigi;ed to them, powerful means at their
disposal, and el: ar rules for their guidance.' "
The Hon. Member said the House would observe that,
these nine resolutions were placed upon the paper, with
the view of having the opinion of the House upon them.
The resolutions had a-isen trots the evidence which hall
been received before the District As) lum Commission.
of which he (Mr. Hume) was a member. The last re
::elution was conflicted with the poor-lave, and a. he
considered it a most important one, he would bug leave
to trouble the 'louse with his opinion upon the subject.
He was, as the House might be aware, a great advocate
of the new poor-bye; Which he thought o .meat

inirabe Act if its provisions had been properly carried
our. lie would pot di t,,in the 11,11,c! eiti, the ie!orina-
ti, n wnicti ti-,d ceue beto., t. An(r.,vor
union inquiry, but he could not Le,t, ren caking that
by the proceedings of the lion. Uommis,sioners of
Somerset House the clauses of Nos. 2 and 4 of the A9t
bad been virtually annulled.. The Commis-ieners had
been in the habit of sitting in different No
minutes, no records of their proceedings had net n kept
since the year 1841, but something like minutes
had been put upon scraps of rapt r, which
had been at the end of the year bound
together. This mode, he contended, was quite illegal,
and on these grounds, seeing that the end and aim of the
Act had, been altogether thrown overboard, he thought
that these officers should be dismissed altogether. The
Hon. Member then went into several statistical details
to show that, under the management of the Poor-law
Commissioners the number of paupers receiving relief,
without adequate work being provided, had increased
threefold. 'He nould merely nientu.n two instances, one
in t.q. Saviour's parish, qraere in three weeks be ore the
test of labour was applied 1,111 applied for relief, but
in the next three weeks after the application of the ti st
there were only 776 applicants. Again, in the parish of
St. Marylebune, 900 applied in one week before
the test was applied, and when that principle
was adopted only 90 remained.—(Hear, hear.) Could
any other proof be wanted that the Commissioners had
grossly neglected their duty in not providing labour for
able-bodied paupers. On these, and many other grounds,
he felt that he was justitied in bringing forward these
resolutions. The Hon. Member was proceeding, when

Sir GEORGE GREY said that there had been a
distinct understanding between himself and the lion.
Member for Montrose that these resolutions should
not be pressed at that late period of the session,
and after the pledge that had been given, that her Ma-
jesty's MiniAu would give this important question their
earliest attention, he could not conceal his surprise at
the course which the Hen. Member had seen proper to
adopt.
Mr. HUME said that he had already given some
Honourable Members beside him to understand
that it was not so much his intention to press
these resolutions as to take the opportunity of
making knoWn the reasons which had induced him to
bring them before the House. He was quite willing to
withdraw them.
The resolutions were then withdrawn.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had a notice of
motion on the paper " That the House, at its rising,
do'adjourn till Thursday," but as there would be a Com-
mission to-morrow at two o'clock, he should move that
the House should meet to-morrow at a quarter before
two o'clock.—Agreed to.

The O'CONOIt DON considered that be should not
be discharging his duty if he dil not rise to confirm
the statements of the two Honourable Members who
had preceded him. lie wished that the failure
of toe potato crop were confined to the
county of Mayo, but it was a lamentable fact, that the
greart.e portion
,of the whole of Ireland would be ob-
jected to the greatest distress during the corning winter
from the same cause. He could assure the house that
the Government were most anxious to do all in their
power to alleviate that distress.
Mr. GRANGER wished to known if the Government
had received information of the distress that at present
prevailed at Kinsale ? He held in his hands letters to
prove that the distress was most alarming, and that, if
remedial measures were not immediately taken by the
Government, the consequences to life and property
would, be most destructive.
Captain LAYARD corroborated the statements that
had been made as to the distress prevalent in Ireland,
and stated that he had seen that mornin. a letter from a
gentleman who had recently travelled from Cork to
Dublin, and that letter stated that in the whole course
of that .journey he did not see one potato field which
was not tainted.
Mr. LABOUCHERE did not dispute the truth of
the statements made by the Irish Members that the
potato crop had failed to a greater extent this year than
the preceding one. He believed that Mayo, of all the
other counties in Ireland, was the one which
would suffer most from the potato blight.
He found by the last accounts from Mayo, that Indian
meal was selling at Id. per lb., and every one must
admit that that was an exceedingly low price; thirty tons
of that meal were lately sold at Westport at that price, and
he therefore did not conceive that any one need have
any apprehensien as to an outbreak in Mayo from a
want of food. The Hon. Member had said that it was
useless to talk of the cheapness of the food
if the people had not money to purchase it.—(Hear.)
In reply to that he could only say that the Government
had exerted themselves towards establishing public works
in Ireland, but, unless their efforts were aided by the
landed proprietors in that country, they would, he
feared, prove unavailing.—(Hear, hear.) The most fatal
step which the Government could take in reference to
this subject would, in his opinion, be an interfere lice
with the importation of food, which he considered
would plentifully flow into Ireland in the regular course
of trade. The Government, however, were prepared
to interfere to this extent—they would take measures to
prevent food in Ireland rising to a price which the people
could not pay. The Government would continue to devote
their most serious attention to this subject, but he
must again declare that the landlords of Ireland
were in a far better position to aid the prosperity
of Ireland than the British Legislature. All the
accounts of distress in Ireland that had reached
this country brought the very gratifying intelligence
at the same time that the people were most
long.suffering and patient, and that the clergy,
both Roman Catholic and Protestant, did their
utmost to prevent the people from committing any acts of
violence in their sufferings. Lie hoped that every one
would feel it his duty to prevent as much as possible the
tendency to exaggerate, which manifested itself so much
in reference to the distress in Ireland.
SMALL DEBTS BILL.
On the order of the day fur the third reading of the
Small Debts Bill being read,
Mr. WARBURTON said that he hoped the claims
for compensation, to be made under this Bill, would be
regarded with the utmost jealousy by the Government.
Sir G. GREY said it was the opinion of the Govern-
ment and of the Lord Chancellor, who had been con-
sulted on the subject, that no danger would result from
that source.
Several additional clauses and verbal amendments
were proposed and agreed to.
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND).
This Bill was
PAalso readROKERS' a third time
BILL, passed.
W N B
This Bill was also read a third time and passed.
WASTE LANDS (AUSTRALIA) BILL.
This Bill was also read a third time and passed.
LEGAL EDUCATION.

Mr. WYSE broughteup the report of the Select Com-
mittee on Legal Education.
PRIVATE BILLS.
Lord LINCOLN moved for a return of the number
of priva•e Bills which have. pasied since the, year 1838,
classifying them as railways, bridges, canals, oads, &c.

MEDICAL REGISTRATION.
Mr. WAKLEY-presented several petitious in favour
of a system of medical registration.

PUBLIC RECORDS.

Mr. PROTHEROE wished. to call the attention ef
the Government to the necessity of takkg
Mime i+ume-
diate steps for the preservation cf the public records,
by establishing a proper place for their deposit. A
great mass of the records were ut present left in the
greatest danger, and he doubted not but th,st, if in-
stead of their being the records of the n.,iiHh they
were common Government stores, or elothieg for the
vitted for
~
army or navy, a plac- would very soon be pr.
them. The new lleuses of Parliament would not afford
,any proper convenience tOr them. Mr. Barry had
stated that the Nry;torie Tower would be a most
improper place for del siting theta ; he hoped, therefore,
that the Government would,- in this, the 19th century,
build some plain and simple building fit and proper for
LI depository' for Olen valuable bataoual ticiads be

• •
THE LATE MI STERIOUS DEAT°
OF A CLERGYMAN.
Yesterday, at an inquest held by Mr. Wakley,
at the Llephant and Castle, King's-road, St. PaneT,i,
on ihe body of a young man who had died insane ia 70
St. Pancras workhouse, the Coroner made some reres,r,,
relative to the recent investigation instituted by 1'43
board of directors and guardians upon the case of te_.
late Rev. Ch-irles Cay, who, it will be remembered, e'
pired, on the Bth instant, in St. Pancras Workhouse.6lo,
The Coroner (addressing Mr. J. H. Cooper, the Mr.
neon of the St. Pancras Infirmary) said PraY. it
Cooper, what is the case of the Rev. Mr. Cay, wh!ce"' is
appears, has caused so much sensation, and wb'e-
alleged to be enveloped in so much mystery ?
Mr. Cooper said he did not consider there was gs,
mystery at all about it. It appeared that the Rey. ity
Cay was taken suddenly ill, and was removed to traiver°oll
Hospital, and he (Mr. Cooper) having occasion tc'tho
there to see Dr. Quain, was informed by the doet4reci to
there was a patient there which he must have rein° g for
the workhouse, as he was insane, and not a fit subject:stir
that hoipital. He (Mr. Cooper) was shown the re,gbro-
man, whom he at once recognised as a client of P'of
yij
ther's, and to whom he wrote on the subject earl
removal. He was subsequently removed to the ink' under
of St. Pancras Workhouse, where he was place"4oeat
his own medical treatment, but he refused nono°
of every description, and died therein. uteu
The CORONER said that some of the papers bad
to him a refusal to hold an inquest in this casee_e- bad
he wished to observe, that the only information_n
was
received relative to the death of the Rev. Mr. Crlll):;ived
a letter from Pratt-street, and he had nott e
b board
any official communication either from
swing officer.
of directors and guardians, or the
sup fused to hold
It could not therefore be said that he
hrad d that
an inquest. The letter from Pratt-a I conse•
the reverend gentleman had been even hinted that
quence of the hot weather, and never at
he had died insane. There was not a word about
taken
t
eet sn
11l
sanity.
rectors, A
Mr. Pitt,
observedt t,a officert
hat
aolft
htohueg
hS tt.h
ePabnocarrads
had investigated the matter, A was more with a view ito
investigate the conduct of their own officers than at of
the death of the deceased gentleman, and they f°„73-et
obfoa;110111.317.0;
nothing, as far as he believed, in the evidence to re The
it necessary to send to the coroner on the subject. 6 ot_
matter, however, Would not be dropped as it at Pretor.
stood, as a further inquiry by the board of dire
was about to take place.
The CORONER requested that Mr. Pitt would stettiefii,
the board of directors what had transpired 0111104
and the position in which he (Mr. Wakley) was
in reference to the affair. We
age"
BLACK GAME.—Thursday last being the day -,-„.
a
by law for the commencement of shooting blae%'cis ,
sportsmen were out on the moors and high grtal,..,fer
various directions. These birds, like grouse, are not sseyrwerti
tiful this season as compared with former years. Afe „tivelf
shot in Cumberland and Westmoreland, but, comPar-
speaking, they were small birds. rreasi
Colonel Hamilton and family, and General gala OA -
arrived in London yesterday, by the steam-ship Triton'
Ostend. fter'
SERIOUS AND FATAL ACClDENTS.—Yesterday
....aYartio,
noon a shocking accident occurred to William I I,y glit
brewer's drayman in the employment of Messrs. perciogitiev.
Co. It appears that the poor fellow was walking sal;
his dray in Whitechapel-road, when, by a sudden Jeri,: gee!:
sioned by the application of the whip to the horseet:i duel' ,
cask of beer was thrown from the cart, knocking 1)'"opt Afri
in a state of insensibility. A surgeon was in et cte!,
tendance, and upon examination it was found tPatured•
his legs was broken and the other very severely fracroaf 110
The following shocking accident occurred Yeste 'fb
King's-cross to an elderly gentleman named W110„,0lbt,1:
was seated at the front corner of a Paddington I.l3titt,_',,
proceeding along the New-road in the direction
.e:s brot`!
bridge, when one of the foremost wheels of the velf!c' to ta:
throwing him, together with the' driver, violeat'iLsistaaci
ground. Before either were enabled to rise °l,, the lebte
could be procured, both wheels of a cab passed ev_fortue3,A
of the former. Upon being picked up, the present D,
gentleman, who was understood to be a surge°D;Jocted o,
a shocking appearance, a frightful wound beogd owed liter
the right side of his head, from which the We° other re
rally all over his person. Although sustainog the pee
severe injuries he was perfectly sensible during
„owe to bee,
rence, the dressing of the wounes, and the calve) w
residence in the Lower-road, Islington, where be
,T;115149,
little hope being entertained of his recovery. No
pears to be attached to the driver of the omnibus
but to the originator of the second occurrence wilful sea
genre was iinputeo. inasmuch as he did not attempt Iscef
his horse, either before or after the accident took grove;
Whilst attempting to reach a boy out of the river St
"Biancos tie
stairs, yesterday, a lad, whose name and residence
known, fell into the river and was drowned. The a'';A-siule's
of a boat and waterman was obtained a speedily as Pier'
but not before the body was washed away. I`l°, i,,e,-orc`,7e
were omitted on the part of those who witnessed :jaert'ag
rence to save the unfortunate lad, who might belie ~
covered, but for the swell of the water occasions.
passing of the Waterman steam-boat, No. 4.
efts r 10,01bila
FIRE IN ESSEL—OR Saturday, Shortly one --s
fire broke out upon Mr. Pemberton's farm, within
:0 0,46
of the railway station at Romford, Essex, which w,.,hisilemie-.
tinguished before much produce and several ono to :sa
were destroyed. The contiguous property hel,°„llA ore icsor
Reynolds, farmer, was with difficulty saved. 41:itb
to have originated through two lads playing "" /AA
matches in one of the out-houses.
'al,* La ir
LAMENTABLE SUICIDE BY A. YOUNG YE'''-ld
evening Mr. J. Payne, the Deputy-Coroner, bthefet_,k'siee
quest at the Grapes Tavern, Tooley-street, See egeusierd
specting the death of Miss Sarah Hester Peire_te laa'tbet
teen years, the niece of Mr. Thomas Lobb,
of the above house. It appeared from the ell „
001, A for'
the deceased was barmaid to Mr. Lobb, but kr. Joel/J.,
past she had suffered severely from pains in ufa,t of sire
which she had been under the occasional treat
Walker. The deceased was of very religious 5-0 111,0P-bp
usually occupied her time by reading the Bible. A sr, or.
mining the deceased was much worse, and. the less
procured some pills for her, which she took turs
IP, eesto,
Immediately afterwards the deceased became °lie 'to
with pain, and left the bar as was su
p
p
ose
d
its o,cetico
About half-past eleven o'clock, one of the sera' ,aerel
her bedroom, but found the door fastened. 011.0 wasod-
raised, and when the door was forced the decerwab 1200
covered lying on the bed, which was saturate( .0 wet to
She held a razor in her right hand, which was au' seeracesie
blood. She had a wound in her throat whit the se" tee
have been inflicted by herself. Mr. Pettigrewc,_d seoet,ast
was called in, but the deceased bad been da...rie
minutes. The deceased had inflicted the fatal 011;lit.Lost jestr:re
lying on the bed, and death must have been !„table
,1400-
tantous. The Coroner remarked on the l'lnect ef
of the case, after which the jury returned a verdict e
•
porary insanity." • the pas ' se"
THE HARVEST.—The weather, during much
done ibis
we are sorry to state, has been very unsettle( •ry c
continued taius having fallen, which have, wheat lies
siderable damage to the standing crops _of whe!r,, the
neighbourhood, However, a large breadtvaea
•t to
been secured, and we look for a change of
moon's change to-day.— Worcester Guardian. s ,
'The Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte yr“envoniz";th
• tends to f the t
our city, and we understand that lie in ,f , s eat
for▪ UMW,
for a few weeks, in order to swat Ile reslue's
waters, his health not being pod. ,„,._
the l'ultenney Hotel, Sydney.gerdens. ~„ritc "
tended by no retinue, and lives quite en simP"r r ,tl5
riot t
B.sth Herald. i, a `didA
veril ore
RIOT AT HAWARDEN.-011 Monday ucc
toer wee
affray, originating from some domestic quernr_v, extbentioet
Ilawarden ; and to such a pitch and so P.,ILe, of t ywag
the tumult proceed among the workiugthat_'''uell
who themselyes partilans to the -qua
,liter}' ,OL'eleatt
found ces,ary to send to Chester forktt bad os
the disturbance. As the infantry bad)
ri,t 1"
place tlici'',positet.
Clay, anti the regiment which was otrir
arrico
ti
teei tieitorel
was ordered to the scene of actiotn:s
_..,40te,
0, „,A,Ol/0 arrived, a detachment of artillery arn:edvaicrie
restored order. In consequence of one Aal
udot
for military aid, Chester Garrison, ita
'nyder the
night, ~....carnapto7;
arms, was left, on Monday
glazedhat battalion of the city polio.

SRI

AoN

thki,
til,l
there }
eetin
• n,
tiudso•

'IIE6 L 71,•••111

AL COURT.—(THIS PAY.)
OLD COURT.
~tr (o
Before the RECORDER and Alderman Huclints).
rti
Ed-- 'vs CASE—REVENGE BY LlBEL.—Jesse
.Ph slips and
for:Ta Brown were placed at the bar this morning, !pd. :_ted
';;lselerneanour, in publish'n,and;-au-ing to be pub hshe d, a
%venous bill to the injury of James Richardson and 'Tim mas
Aedgwc!nd, earthenware merchants, Spitalfields.
kcillistetvnlence was not had against Edward Brown het was
ei Mr. Prendergast and Mr. Horry conducted the
Prcsecutio
himltseareanr•
ad that the prisoner, Jesse Phillips, who descli bed
Wks Infer2B manager to Edward Wedgwood Phillips, earth, en-
Jate .—ant, kicked up a row in the shop of the pros ecut or,
0,, es Richardson Union-street, Spitalfields, and was b undied
iiii,tEoneck and heels. Three or four hours after he valked
der the shop of Thomas Wedgwood, Crispin-stree,:, and
the '',:arnes Richardson happening to drop in on hu: dness,
44,3'11,8011er anew bullied his former antagonist, and beg an to
ing to science." science." A scuffle ensued, and Phillips, after ,`tar..
°tit ‘,-° Pick himself up rereatedly, was again bundled
it would seem, some of the honours of. w ar.
Was indignant ; off he walked next morning :to
prstiev?l'court, Holborn. Mr. Gunn had been his printer va. a
the
ers occasion, and to him he now had recourse to ,ent
Rst ,Atillitin of his wrath. In he came in haste. " G
Ile;'lll.Pen, cois me, ho ere's a job ; go on—Diabolical outr Age."
Whole bill as fllows

WORLD'S TEMPERANCE CON-

VENTION.

A meeting of the members composing this Conven-
tion, as well as of others interested in the Temperance
cause, was held (in c,,mplianee with the call of the
Committee of the National Temperance Society) yes-
terday evening, at Exeter Hall.
The attendance, though not so numerous as upon
former occasions, was still respectable, and the enthu-
siasm in favour of the cause, appeared to have suffered
no diminution.

Dr Beecher took the chair, and was surrounded by
several of the most distinguished advocates of teeto-
talism.

The CHAIRMAN said, when he wrote a book of six
sermons in favour of temperance, he little thought it would
have been so generally disseminated as it had been,
having been written merely for the benefit of two friends.
Less did he think that he should have been called upon
to address a meeting in London on the subject: but, for-
tunately for him on the present occasion, it was not very
difficult to preside at a London assembly. He would
not offer any further observations, as they would be ad-
dressed by others far more competent to do justice to
the subject than he was.—(Hear, hear.)Mr. PARKER said that he had now been an abstainer
for upwards of eight years from all alcoholic liquors.
He could not refrain from contrasting the position in
which they now stood to that which they did some
years ago. Some years ago, even in the workshops, to
which line of life he belonged, it was the custom to ridi-
cule the teetotallers; and men amongst those who be,
longed to their Christian Church, and who led exem-
plary lives, were accustomed to join in the general feel-
ing, and to taunt them (the teetotallers) with being
"over-righteous." He trusted that the cause would
progress, and that they would be still enabled to extend
their successes, and rescue sti'l more of their brethren
from the degradation and misery which ensued from the
indulgence in intemperance.—(Hear.)
Mr. H. PARKER said that if he had been aware that
he should have been called upon to address the assetn-
bly, he would have prepared himself, and would have
been enabled to offer some observations which might
have been worthy of their attention, They were, how-
ever, all aware of the evils of intemperance, and he
could but regret the apathy that prevailed in this coun-
try to their cause. This did not proceed from a want
of
~generous feelir g and sympathy for what was bene-
6•,nal to the human race, for •it was shown too strongly
Us recect instances to doubt of its existence. The
people of this country felt a just indignation when one
of their fellow-creatures was lashed to death, and
they could not withhold their pity from one who,
under the influences of violent excitement, had
committed the most heinous of crimes. Now for the
tragedies of Hounslow and Guildhall the deepest sym-
pathies were excited. The papers teemed with leading
articles on the former event, but there was not a word
in reference to the cause of temperance, and yet he con-
tended that there was no cause more deserving of advo-
cacy or of popular sympathy than the cause they were
endeavouring to promote. Notwithstanding all this, he
believed the day would yet come, and it was not distant,
when their cause would have the assistance of the civil
authorities, as well as others, who would be able to con-
tribute to its success.—(Cheers.)
The Rev. Mr. ANDREWS (of Philadelphia), said,
" What does it avail a man if he gain the whole world
and lose his own soul?" And, it might be added, would it
avail them if they gave themselves up to the satiety of
a sensual and gross indulgence? Intemperance was as
destructive in it 3 effects as the sirocco, with only this
difference, that the former was exercised entirely on
those who were made in the image of their God. This
being admitted, it was due to their fellow-creatures not
to rest satisfied with rescuing themselves from the deso-
lating influences of this destructive vice. This was the
duty, not only (as it was sometimes supposed) of the
Ministers of the Gospel, but of all who pretended to the
name of philanthropists. Each had his proper depart-
ment,
and in At he could be useful and successful.
The ladies could be as useful in their spheres as any
others. In one case, with which he was familiar, the
success of the ladies had been most signal, and
they had succeeded in rescuing their husbands
from intemperance, and prevented their own town
from being stigmatised with intoxication. The
Washingtonian movement had contributed to the
success of their cause in America, and he could state that
in that country it was no longer unfashionable to be
temperate.—(Hear. hear.) He thought that if the ladies
in this country could only succeed by their eloquence in
winning their husbands from intemperance, that they
would do well to vhit America, where they would find
a phalanx of females there, who would co-operate with
them, and, no doubt, effect all they could desire.—(Hear.)
The Rev. T. RAYNARD, of Philadelphia, said, that
though an American by birth, he could not fail in feel-
ing, on his landing in this country, their common origin,
and he trusted that their union in their present object
would be still more common. In America no less than
30,000 fell victims annually to the degrading vice of in-
toxication, while in this country, though he hoped it was
exaggerated, he had been informed that no less a number
than 60,000 a year sunk prematurely to the grave from the
same cause. He visited Waterloo, and while on the
scene of the memorable engagement which had there
taken place, he remembered what had been said by the
eloquent historian, that 12,000 had fallen on the field.
But what was the case with respect to intemperance ?
Why, from the number of deaths that were recorded to
have taken place in this country, there could not be
less amongst their fellow countrymen than 600,000 ine-
briants.— (Hear, hear.) In America the presbyterian
clergymen had been most untiring in their exertions in
the cause of temperance. In that country, among the
clergymen whom he visited, he could conscientiously
state that he had never seen any alcoholic liquors on
their tables. It was metaphysically true, that when
a practice was indulged in, of whatever description it
might be, the person who was accustomed to resort to
it habitually, would in course of time proceed to justify
that practice.—(Hear, hear.) Now, he could not
help thinking that unless the clergymen of this
country imitated the example of their Transatlantic
fellow-ministers, and refrained from the use of alcoholic
liquors themselves, that they must necessarily become
the: advocates of its use in others, and at length become
the ridiculers of those who profess the doctrines of tern-
perance.—(Hear, hear.) Much remained in the hands
of the female 3, and if they exerted themselves, there
could be little doubt of their success.—(Hear, hear.)
The Rev. Mr. OSBURN, of Rhode Island, after some
few observations, said that on his way to Cork, he had
the honour to visit Father Mathew, anti to hear his
opinion as to the present condition and prosperity of the
cause. When he (the speaker) asked that Reverend
Gentleman whether it was true, as had been asserted,
that the cause of teetotalism was decreasing, Mr. Mathew
answered, " No—it stands, at all events, in precisely
the same condition • but I think it is increasing. I ad-
ministered the pledge to no less than 4,000 persons in
Limerick yest' rday. —(flear and cheers )
Mr. K. A. SMITH, having passed a high eulogium on
the chairman, said that it had been asserted that educa-
tion would remove intoxication. So it would, certainly,
if properly conveyed. But what was generally under-
stood by education would not effect this. He remem-
bered a case that had occurred lately at a police-office,
which in some degree proved his assertion. A person
was brought before a magistrate, charged with drunken-
less. His appearance indicated that he belonged to a
respectable class of society, and the magistrate, ad-
Iress,ng him with a severe c untenauce, fined him
,nd the following dial,:guo ensued :
Prisoner—" I am extremely glad that I have the plea-
-tire of your Worship's ctanpany. but it is greatly di-
minished, by thinking that I have to pay ss. for it.
Magistrate—" Sir, you must learn to respect the
bench.
Prisoner-- I can assure you I feel a great respect for
the bench. I have a friend on the bench, ready to take
the benefit of the Act.—(A laugh.)
Magistrate—Young man, I must commit you.
Prisoner—My friend, I have committed myself.
Magistrate—l must fine you ss.
Prisoner—l wish I could find ss.
crown, I have only a sovereign.
Magistrate—Well, you must change it.
Prisoner—What, do you take me for a revolutionist.
Ohmage my Sovereign—l would not do it for the world.
Magistrate (turning to the officer)—Why, this man
is drunk.

" DOLICAL OUTRGE.
"COWARDLY AT FEMPT ATAMURDER.
Wher " ITANDSOMX ItZWALD.
arid tell ,ea9l on the evening of Monday last, between nine
ItoodPh°lV°ek, Jesse Phillips, manager to Edward Wedg-
e); Sta ill. Ps, earthenware manufacturer, from Lan-
.ordshire Potteries, 75, Bishopsgate-street Without,
re grossly and cowardly attempted to be murdered on the
b3of Thomas Wedgwood, Crispin-street, Spttalnelds,
aJaniesßichardson, Thomas Wedgwood, and others.
RipenTa 13 to give notice that a hand.9otrie reward will be
Lo all and any person who witness red the same, corn-
4urward to give their evidence before the g:and jury.
';4l t°
U. Jacobs, Esq., solicitor, Berwick-street, Soho.
alaY 21, 1846.
trigr, "Gunn, printer, 7, Hand-court, Holborn."trighi krunn, on looking at the manuscript, was rather
tip pehn,ed. at his own handiwork; but on seeing a scar on
°ea thou nose, he was induced to proceed with printing
Lousand. Bill-stickers were now in request ; three or
thet Paste in hand, heralded the news through _.ondo
tern;Counties,Railway, Spitalfields, all the china-shops,
alld :ell Westminster Hall, were visited with " posters ;"
rthirePecial orders were given to stick lots of them up
k „about "Tommie Wedgwooft's and Jemmie Richard-
the The prisoner himself cabbed it through London,
bit herald of his own ill-usage. Crowds of course read the
11,...a1id the neighbours were most of all amazed at seeing
1)14"1., Wedgwood and Richardson going about their daily
'4„48.,;13 usual, instead of being off to America.
Tee
nEconnEtt, remarking on the case, gave it as his
Then. at the bill was libellous.
bilt,-34rY, after a short consultation, found the prisoner
hye oj libel.
on hearing that the prisoner had been already.
,age,
all
of n custody, and believing he had had some P-
seiarldened i)erhap,s,
.did
.not appear on the trial,
ewelior a month s imprisonment in Westminster
*Out hard labour.

(Before NEW COURT.
5,,, the 0
-4STEI„ ,-,OIIIION-SERGEANT, Alderman —1 11
uaass , &c .)
4diet, toted
i C P
LI
. 7 x
D ER, -Matthew Heath, aged 26,
forks
of the's *stealing thirty-six silver spoons, hrty r
-x
of his
leaster, Line metal and other articles, the property o
Valahie'v• S. Burton.' Esq.; secondly, for stealing some
The pro S.
belonging to another employer,Mr.Cotton
it a Prisoner pleaded guilty.
before .sPisearing that the prisoner had been several times
°Pecri,;:"arged with similar otl' ences in the houses of his re-
The veetPloyrs, -
ttarlsPer;°lo3l-51°N-SERGEANT sentenced him to seven years'
re ion.
Las,indsipeetee,tiahly attired young man, named Thomas Jenkins,
for stealing a gold ring, the property of his late
I.7rteer'nMr• Wray.
44 en, rir°seelitor, a surgeon, stated that the prisoner was in
shortc pleYtuent for some time; that he left his service;
to the Y after which he missed the ring; that it was traced.
belonnil°BBt, Le.esion of the prisoner, who asserted that it did not
Tic. "f ulm.
144: Witness
a,h_cross-examined at sore length by Mr.
rn; "" aPpeared for the defence, as to the identity of
hato. g,i. which he alleged was in his possession for twenty
PtiBoer't appeared that the prosecutor had uot
.paid the
stkitlii°llagrtl3:twages and that the latter had instituted ,
,eSidi him for' the recovery of the same, which was
oe:--,:.g. He also admitted chat he had not .liadet.tohne
he proseebar,;e until the prisoner had entered his
lac
,lin .
Prefe,.,cutor, however disclaimed all intention of
.las
the
action of the present charge' with the view of quashing
kr. s'f the Prisoner.
lelic„,;artlrr addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner,
Tha'`,s, found Guilt Y.
killitt4°4llort SEAGEANT sentenced the prisoner to im-
,4Q,.„ Iti With hard labour, for six months.
Nths jv
1 '49eford was indicted for stealing three table-
._The ha.:1"151., the Property of. Walter Gibson, her master..
wiiiieci Prisoner Nvh
m r d pleaded guilty; but in
44141144" °f
'havion is
srelicneivaerd lea
'good character, she was
7Leeil to bat threegmonths' imprisonment.
111„t 11-'4l, warynads and Charles Wilson, whose names. did
weetel jo the calendar, were indicted for stealing at
ilto-finTstheorni, oana the 4th instant, some silver spoons, the pro-
at the Prißoners Brown. .
f e (sort Pleaded guilty.
,orke„ rt,Reynolds was not known
i4tt was a Wilson was,*in consideration of which the
er t 4, tws!ntenced to three months' imprisonment, and the
`we months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
PoN
4" and SHIELDS RAILWAY.
~,,
thi —cetin (TIIIS DAY.)
th,,otlaY Itt, ;15f this Company was advertised to be held
rceetin4l4 01,1114dhall-buildase, bortwino consequenceproprietors
of
the
ILI; tjaylas zoiotail:ltfor a fortnight.
i-k_'uso Veiright to observe that we understand Mr.
—4.°lirfill ''
aoout to purchase the line, which rurs
'-' el coal district
11

OUT"—The rare occurrence of drum-
-11141(11114;ItIiimlw
soldier outG
of the service as an incorrigible vagabond.
•titt beef, occurred in the 41st Regiment yesterday, 'with pri-
le thcisher, aged about twenty-six years, and who has been
Nett, tcgiment about stx years and a half. The offence for
‘,4tbldle was last tried was for having stolen his comrade's
ha ff, medal, which he broke up and sold as old silver. He
Ithiel;ad guilty, and sentencFd to be expelled the regiment,
A hou userstence was carted into execution on full parade.
hdin,.."4. square having been formed the adjutant read the
kittieo of the court, and also gave a repetition of his former
twinlticahours; the ceremony of divesting his jacket of
NI 41) ltace, and buttons was then performed, after which the
tvitltlatra formed into two lines extending to the gate, and
tkPelbrktlins and fifes playing the. ".Rog e'sd.M " h was
NY f the barracks, first receiving hisdischarge and his
tatrtial the day. He had been tried by six different courts-
oeu, ''' and punished for various offences, including deser-
corps Petty thefts,
drunkenness, &c., since he joined the
*.. tenter After being discharged, he drank pottle deep, and
d_tit)o,—t„tll,, uP by the police in a state of " glorious inebria-
,7,, hti"" Passed the night in gaol. He was liberated to.
-At allot ands a good chance of a free night's lodging to-
t -- Westmeath Guardian.
, 440,,
see "Rc,tRS FOR SPANISH LINES.—A meeting took
+ive,ki)a, oaturtlay at Greenwich, when it appeared that
!ut ~aoeurers Man of whom had, been engaged for some
'esi, '1,4'4
,itt.sthe' NewyPier are to hold themselves ready co
NutltthDglaud for railway% in Spain at the end of this
EATtt pft
ada" " BATHING. —INTREPID. CONDUCT.—OO
l'tr'lsll';' nlenlinv between seven and eight o'clock, two
llotinte,ll,s-gaertrita,...a'in'.sel-)ikeand George Arthur, were bathing
Of iist, the wale ,_ at Battersea, and they had not been
11% could not swim, got out
`tho I,uePth, iilscctr(re Pike,
kion as swimalingcaroles were.a,instantly heard by Arthur,
ds frcin his unfortunate cipi-
Posp4ll9clll,'-' instantlyswamne3 to his assistance, when Pike
Lilteugh „Ire bY the ii ril,,i;hich caused them both to sink.
h-'e to- the exerti
,ih. -,r• of Arthur, they both affair.i
' ike, t" BUrfacp "S-
-kid ,_ The „ori and ‘lZeNsu. Cceeded in getting away fron,
by b7a3 11„ts"el" tunate man then almost instantly sank,
shot 8 exer . " agiun. Arthur was so dreadfully exhauster
5 h fat two to save his friend, that when he reached the
-as n4d
Lod tonrev„ away. Assistance was soon at hand, and Ii
3,'of p.,_-, t) his residence iri the Wandsworth-road. Th,
A ,e„ piked could not be found.
to4l torrelpo°3ll__FAL DISPOSAL OF THE. PALACE QUESTION
601Vert .11oerit suggest Nation Buckingham Palace shi,uld be
LQeDre,,,ed into the new al Gallery already talked of,
Lkectilpiobt building being in that case left free f,r exclusive.
ily I,,lhea as the Royal Academy, both buildings being
t,,s:ZaPly, and nobly adaptable to these respective pun.
Lgblie -uue the palace gardens might be thrown open to the
;' ken'.lllld a new palace erected on the health site of that
Lire ,I;Lbgton, at an expense almost wholly coverl
such
hanand
,-.4i,„.e°lnprehended in, the general economy
Nall:1-leat, as will appear, when y•-e taker!'an_taoc,aoccount the
klreLtd, Sum for keeping up Ket.isin l the sum
11),_tlaj Voted, and further requisite for patching up the old
i 44 oismtnd the money that
.will be expendedl on the erec-
);Nlif ;;sme proposed new National Gallery. So that, in fact,
be thus constructed
L,,t4 ll'', (I magnificent pa
.. tii. perhaps one mightfarthilnageeof expense besides what has
4: perhaps
incurred, or otherwise already contemplated.—
kid rY
,b,,.._e •
.slat""sl.llL RIOT WITH ENGLISH, AND IRISH LA-
cis tltti,,ltti ON THE LONDON AND BIR3IUNGIIA3I RAILWAY.—
nthkri,Tl afternoon a riot, which for violence almost banks
A ei.iot,
t,,,, ,_, to k place near the Camden station of the Lon-
$e -..+4 Binneing- ham Railway. For some weeks past a
.le4tolltriber of men have been employedib the enlarge-
,ltlt lthe Camden station, hoth.Engboisutmeinnand Irishmen
equal numbers.
Lruse'l,lsaged upon the works in
unexplained,
i'eli D__'"c cause, at present an ill feeling has
SaNizierated among them, and although several affrays on
Boul ~.seale have taken place among some of them, nothing
ole hoses anticipated. Yesterday the ill feeling among the
Muse",.n vent, and a fight of a most terrific nature
d, between the English" navigators," as they are
Pali the Irish labourers. Spades, pick-axes, and
Is.-Il hlehe nev description were freely used. One or two
Ii„N',11:io-,°_,,,otrheerYSt.division attempted to stop the fight, but
it4eity fol-runli
orteia io.ntwas sent to the station-houses in the
and a large number of the police
tic't.
'len°. These,lLanever, w_ ere insufficient in quelling the,
Att,the isle 6ght
I.had now lasted upwards of an hour, and many
""ler -"atuatants were bleeding profusely from e head and
ht, oht
Rr..Parfs of the b (Ivthr. vicinity of the ofr. beinin
t..t°tali s'y mile excitement.'e The police of the section being
"i' MI, gat
to put a stop to the riot, information was sent
lytrtesoirael station in Albany-street, and superintendent
oit,et tn il.With his inspectors and a large body of constables
-^s4er ;14e spot but they were unable to suppress it. Arna--
tt•N 4e,vjeas Was' sent for-the men belonging to the S
f` 4 de.t4l", lout the at the time were attending thtehfeeunieeral
ordern
Pt th,;`,,eased cornradye. So urgent, however, was
Allterei'liattesteaadandnee that
in
were compelled to leave
.the
• I s to the scene of the riot.
r,ity attdee,,,eB;derablePrdeieflttin Ileilelipepolice succeeded in quelling
,s.,4l;:litticlltadyr soltfronlndesilfteen to twentynorfh
tthe h ringleadersitt
eeseiNuetio,
banot to
conv perate did
them
wto,
it
was
stated, had
4%Zkiben actagon%tnnoe otfhe hetid with a pickaxe, to the
-street
;‘, station-honuse. Many of the linters were
talta. t.tt a' t"tun‘ot fatally injured, but the confusion was . o
1t;._41 areseeper actual injury could not be ascertained. It
7to fri 1, , Positively stated that two (live te Englishmen
'4ts 11146111 Y injured as not likely to through the
g,
terg.„,`aeoluvr„ •
• .eh hat
SEDUCTION TRIAL.—It may be
1444t4 I,oooereti
(pat, at last year's Wicklow assizes, a
.verdict..
dittlYebt of rini,e,.._ta. ages was given against John L. Arabin, late
la titer -•••"-u, for the seduction of his own illegitimate
of of the action being brought at the instance of the
r;44l4l'teti• A ._...- a‘buille gitorthis Srliabsequently, an application on the part
Olt t,, .4 the curt the
k,ourt.of Exchequer fur a new trial was
fluit,`'aublin. 1, rofusiag to change the venue from Wr.eicoek(7.
bilie; 4 e 5..... _ h! case, it is reported, will not
_pnbcon-t (Jaime to IZAPT:1118e having been effected, Mr. Ambi
lkithvat of his daughter an annuity equivalent to
°a t4O Wialow verdict.

I have not got a

Officer—Yes, sir. He was not able to stand.
Prisoner—No, lam not. I cannot stand ss.
Magistrate—Take him away. Let him be confined
till he shall be sober.

Prisoner—There is a fine magistrate. He first fines
me for drunkenness and then orders me to be locked
up till I got sober.—(Great laughter.) Now there
was wit and a degree of genius, yet you see it had not
the effect of preventing the possessor from intoxication.
The speaker, after some further observations, concluded
by announcing that the collection would then be made.
After the collection the meeting was addressed by the
Chairman "(who was obliged to leave), the Rev. J.
Adams, the Rev. J. Marsh (United States), &c. &c., who
urged the usual arguments in support of total ab-
stinence.
The meeting then separated.

THE LONDON ITALIAN SOCIETY.
The first anniversary meeting of the London Italian
Society was held last evening at the Music Hall, Store-
street, Russell-square. There was a very numerous and
fashionable audience, including several ladies. Shortly
after seven o'clock the chair was taken by the Hon.
William Cowper, who was received with great enthu-
siasm on making his appearance. The Hon. Gentleman
briefly addressed the meeting, and observed that it
would not be necessary for him to make many remarks
on the subject which had brought them together in order
to excite their sympathy and concurrence. The society
had been founded chiefly by the exertions of the Hon.
and Rev. Baptist W. Noel, aided in his Christian work
by many generous minded individuals, who had na-
turally been attracted by the artless simplicity of
the numerous Italian boys who wandered through
the streets. Their gentleness, the distance from their
native land to which their fate had consigned
them, and the hardships to which they were sub-
jected, were circumstances in themselves calculated
to draw public attention towards their condition,
With a view to ameliorate it. But when they considered
the system of apprenticeship they were engaged under—
a system which the English law did not take cognisance
of, and the cruel usage often exercised towards
them by their masters, he was certain these seve-
ral circumstances needed only to be known to be re-
medied. At first the object of the society was only to
aid Signor Fenetti, who in a most noble spirit had
erected an asylum foe the education and care of those
children. This asylum had been hitherto supported by
them, and the result was that they had saved eleven
children from an otherwise wretched life. They should,
however, be encouraged by their success, and extend
their exertions to a wider sphere. He felt certain that
the respectable audience he addressed would be anxious
to improve the advantage they had already gained, and
promote the progress of their society by sincerely en-
deavouring to support its exertions in every direction.
The report of the society was then read by the secre-
tary. From this official document it appeared that the
amount of subscriptions received during the past year
was 389( 2d ;of this sum there was expended 3741.,
leaving the small balance in 12441 of 151. 15s. 2d.
The Rev. Mr. Chaloner moved the adoption of the
report. There were 5,000 poor Italians in London
accessible only through the medium of their vernacu-
lar tongue. Some of them were political exiles; some
commercial men, having connexions in Italy ; but
most. of them had come over to this country for the purs
pose of pickir's up a precarious living in the streets.
The Rev. Mr. Carmichael seconded the motion, which
was carried with but one dissentient, apparently an
Italian, who was denied permission to address the
meeting at that stage of the proceedings. The Rev. Mr.
Muns moved the first resolution, which was to the
effect, " That the presence of many natives of Italy in this
metropolis and kingdom presents a claim by Providence
on the efforts of British Christians for their spiritual
welfare, especially from their connexion with that
country which is the seat of the Romish Church and the
centre of its power." The second resolution was in the
following terms:—" That the present state and future
prospects of Italy are such as to place all Protestant
Christians under special obligations to labour for the
spread of scriptural knowledge and vital religion among
the Italians within their reach, through whose instru-
mentality they may yet, by the blessing of God, act
powerfuily on the seat of Popery itself, and affect, in-
fluentially, the progress of the kingdom of Christ in the
dominions of the man of sin." Several clergymen ad-
dressed the meeting in support of the object which
they had assembled to promote, and the resolutions were
passed.

IMPROVI D SYSTEM OF STREET

CLEANSING.

Last evening, in pursuance of a requisition to the
National Philanthropic Association, from the inhabitants
and ratepayers of the city of Westminster, a public
meeting was held at the Mechanics' Institution, Great
Smith street, for the purp,,se of taking into consideration
the improvement of the sanitary condition of the city,
and more especially the dwellings of the poor, which, it
was asserted, could be in a great measure effected by the
adoption of means now at the command of the various
parochial au; horities. At eight o'clock Charles Cochrane,
Esq., was call, d to the chair.
Mr. J. BROWN moved the following resolution :
" That the present sanitary condition of the poorer
localities of the city of Westminster is truly deplorable ;
that the dwellings of the poor are over crowded and is
ventilated ; that the sewage and cleansing of the
streets is very defective ; the supply of water to the
houses imperfect and scanty, and the means for main-
taining cleanliness among the poor lamentably deficient
—evils which, unitedly, cannot fail to entail on the poor
not only many severe wants and privations, but expose
them at all times to much sickness and disease, especially
during hot and dry seasons."
.•
The Rev. Mr. JAmEs seconded the resolution.

Mr. Moyes moved, and Mr. Barrett seconded, a reso-
lution respecting the parochial authorities, to remedy
the evils alluded to, at the expense of the respective
parishes, recommending the establishment of public
cabinets d'aisance, an improved system of street washing,
the appointment of a medical officer of inspection for the
preservation of health, &c.
It having been unanimously adopted,
A vote of thanks was passed to Lord Morpeth, for his
conduct in Parliament, with reference to the sanitary
condition of towns, and thanks having been also voted
to the Chairman, the meeting separated.

THE EXCISE DUTIES ANOMALY.—The opening of
the North British Railway has brought to light a curious
instance of the clumsy practical working of the vexatious
excise duties on spirits. Since the railway opened the car- '
riers who formerly proceeded direct from Kelso, Coldstream,
and intermediate places, to Edinburgh, have, either through
arrangements with the company or sheer want of business,
discontinued their journeys, and goods ordered by traders in
these towns from Edinburgh are carried by railway to Ber-
wick, and thence carted to their destination. Berwick and
its liberties, however, are in ail respects governed by Eng-
lish laws, and spirits entering its bounds are consequently
liable to pay the additional duty of 4s. 2d. per gallon, and if
addressed to any part of Scotland are liable to seizure. An
instance of 10 gallons of whisky, innocently ordered from
Edinburgh by a person in Coldstream, and sent by railway,
having been seized in this way, has come to our knowledge.
The loss and annoyance arising from such a state of things
may be conceived. The parties might, indeed, pay the
additional duty, and have it returned to them in the shape
of drawback ; but the trouble and procrastination of such a
course would be endless, and the evil wants an immed:Late

remedy.
THE LATE RAINS.—THE POTATO DISEASE.. —The
newspapers from every district in Ireland are fiThed with
gloomy statements regarding the late rains, and their effect
in further deteriorating the condition of the Pof,,atoes. At
Ennis this is attributed to the fields having bera laid under
water; at Cootehill to the lightning havirg
haulms and stalks. But to whatever cause attributed, from
Abbeyloix, Bells, Dundalk, Louth, Derr
~, _blasted the
Kerry,- and Shin-
rone, from newspaper editors, parish
priests, and poor law
guardians, there is but one story, t'..tat the potatoes are ut-
terly destroyed. There can be
iro doubt that the failure of
the potato crop is extensive,
this second year's bightv.4ll
.F.snd the panic engendered by
grater, and daily waxing
wilder. The standing crop-, of grain are in general stated
not to have suffered inuc',; but
the cut grain has in many
places been carried cff and destroyed by the floods. About
Abbeyloix labourers were getting harvest wages of Is. 4d. to
ls. Bd. per diem, r,ad sometimes their diet with those wages;
but in many Ir..rts of the country the floods have stopper:
draining and
Aber work, and thrown the people out of em-
ployment.

RAD"'AI'ATE. AUG. 23.—Earl Bathurst and family and
hums ;ohs passenge rs left this harbour this morning, at five
millaites after 8 o'clock, fbr Ostend per Princess Maud steamer,
1, etonging to the &an h-Bastet n and Continental Steam Com-
pany ; and at 20 minutes past 3 the Princess Mary arrived
from Ostend, with 40 passengers and I carriage.
DUNDEE TliADE.—Our flax market remains in a quiet
state, the demand for the article being tar from lively, yet
holders keep very firm in their demands, and the prices of
good flax, and that possessed of colour, are rather moving
up, and sales have been made this week at our highest
quotations. The Archangel letters of the Ist inst. state that
market for flax goods to be quiet, and no transactions taking
place. The St. Petersburgh letters of the Sth inst. state that
a purchase having again been made at Ho. 130, 115, and
105 for the three sorts, had made the dealers very firm in
their demands, and that for the present there was no appear-
ance of lower prices being taken. The Riga market was
without much alteration. Some R.'l'. flax had been taken
by itself at Ito. 23k. Shipping continues to be very scarce.
Our yarn market is much the same as it has been for some
time past. The stocks of good yarn are not large, but there
is but a slack demand for them, and prices for these are not
in unison, with the rates demanded and paid for the raw
material. Linens are in steady request, stocks much reduced,
and prices a shade higher for most kinds.—Dundee paper.
Tile Duke and Duchess de Colighano, Count Melfort,
Sir John Thorold, Captain Hankey, and 69 passengers,
arrived at this port from Boulogne this morning, at 50
minutes past 11 o'clock, by the South-Eastern and Conti-
nental Steam Company's packet the Prince Ernest; and at
40 minutes past 12 the same steamer left for Boulogne with
123 passengers and 2 carriages. Aug. 24.—The Prince
Ernest returned to this port this afternoon at 22 minutes
after 12, from Boulogne, with 136 passengers; and at 5
minutes past 1 the Queen of the French left this harbour with
102 passengers, 1 carriage, and 3 horses.
A TRILATERAL RAlL.—Since the first introduction of
wrought-iron rails for railways, by Birkenshaw, much inge-
nuity has been exerted tol discover a form which, with a
minimum of metal, should give a maximum of stability and
strength. Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the
best form of rail in use at the present day, each particular
rail having its advocate. A rail has been patented by Mr.
Wheeler, which bids fair to dispose of this question, its ad-
vantages being of so positive a character as to establish its
superiority in all those points so essential to the perfection of
railways. The following substantial advantages are claimed
for this form of rail over those heretofore employed :—Great
strength and impossibility of the rail springing or curling at
the end. Greater steadiness from the character and position
of its bearing upon the continuous sleeper. Increased safety,
inasmuch as wheels with deeper flanges can advantageously
be used on this rail. Greater durability, arising firstly from
the form of the rail itself, secondly from its having three
bearing surfaces available in succession. While the alarmists
are so loudly predicting a probable deficiency and greatly
enhanced cost of iron, it is of no small importance to mani-
pulate that material into the most advantageous form. Rail-
way companies are also well aware that everything tending
to increase durability of their permanent way is of the utmost
importance to their interests, and may, in the long run, prove
a remedy for the depreciative consequences of rivalry and
competition.-11leekonics' Magazine.
TILE MENAI STRAITS TUNNEL. Workmen are
now preparing the ground on the Britannia Rock and the
shores of the Menai for the foundation of the piers to sup-
port the projected tunnel, and the first stone will very shortly
be laid. During the last week contracts were taken for 8,000
tons of plates of the best description, for the construction of
the iron tunnel, by which it is proposed to pass the Menai
Straits for the passage trains. 01' these 8,000 tons 2,000
tons have been taken by Mr. Walter Williams, 1,500 by
Messrs. Brahmar, Burrows, and Hall, 1,000 by Messrs.
Thorneycroft and Co , 1,500 by Messrs. Jamas Foster and Co.,
1,000 by the Coalbrook Dale Comi any, and 1,000 by the
Butterley Company.—The Cambrian.
A NOVEL BEE-HIVE.—Some time since a swarm of
bees alighted on the head of one of the ornamental lions in
[
front of Viscount O'Neill's residence; Shane's Castle. They
proceeded down his throat, and are at present strong and
healthy, 4 Vela OCCltre trOlal every harmowireeittan,.

THE SUN, LONDON,_ TUESDAY EVENING, AttOrtTST 25, 1846.

LORD HARDINGE AND HIS LATE

CONSTITUENTS.
The Governor-General of India has addressed the fol-
lowing reply to the congratulations of his constituency
upon his late successes•—
" TO THE INHABITAy ..AUNCESTON.

Gentb.rnen,—l have I..eaour to receive the
address from tile iiihabita .tip of Launceston, in public
meeting assembled, transmitted to me by the Mayor of
the borough, R. K. Frost, Esq.
" It is a source of the greatest satisfaction to me,
that my services on the banks of the Sutlej should have
merited your approbation. I look back to the period
when I represented the borough of Launceston ia Par-
liament with unfeigned pleasure. Your congratulations
afford me the satisfaction of again expressing my grate-
ful thanks for the constancy of your friendship; and I
request as a favour personal to myself, that whenever
your local interests may require attention in the House
of Lords you will consider my services to be as much at
your command as in times, gone by, when as your
Amber 3 ou honoured me with your confidence.
" In our late operations on the Sutlej I have had the
great advantage of b:.,ing associated with a general
officer, of whose services Cornwall may justly be proud.
I shall shortly have the satisfaction, by the corEmand of
her Majesty, of placing on the breast of Major-General
Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert the star of a Knight Com-
mander of the Military Order of the Bath, one amongst
many of the most able and gallant officers of the East
India Company's army.
" A just cause followed by a successful war has only
rendered me the more anxious to resume with diligence
the peaceful avocations of the Government, and I trust,
as an humble instrument in the hands of the Supreme
Disposer of all events, that the blessings which peace
confers will not be disturbed for a long series of years. •
" I heartily thank 3 ou, gentlemen, for the warmth of
your congratulationS, and am proud to subscribe myself,
" Ever your very faithful friend and servant,
"Simla, June 24." " HARDINGE.

LAW OFDEBTOR AND CREDITOR.

TO THE EDITOR ON THE " TIMES."
Sir,—The law of debtor and creditor being at present
under discussion in the House ofCommons, if you will allow
me, I will state a case bearing on the subject; which, should
it meet the eye of some one of our Legislators, may, I hope,
tend to abate a grievance which, I think, will be admitted to
exist under the present law :
I am a householder in a country town 30 miles west of
London, and for some years past have employed a tailor
residing on Holborn-hill to make clothes for myself and
family, for which I have ever honourably and punctually
paid him. At the beginning of last month (July) I had oc-
casion for his services, and ordered of him some articles of
dress, amongst which was a blue frock coat, value 31. 155.;
that and the other articles together amounted to 71. 14s,
and were sent to me, with the bill, on the 9th of the month.
Everything suited but the frock coat, which was returned for
alteration three several times, but without improvement in
the fit. On the 16th of July, that is, seven days after it was
first sent to me, I returned it in despair, and with it a cheque
for the payment of the other articles, which did suit me,
and which I kept. On the 17th of July, that is, the day
after the coat was last returned to the tailor, a writ, without
any previous notice or warning, was issued against me at the
instance of the tailor by an attorney in Furnival's Inn, for
the full amount of the bill, viz., 7/. 145., the parties retaining
both the returned coat and the cheque for the balance of the
bill. Never having been placed in such circumstances before!
in my life, I consulted a solicitor in the town where I live,
who advised me to settle the business as quickly as possible,
as delay would only add to the expense, and if I resisted
the claim, the costs would be very considerable; and as the
cause would be tried by 'a jury of tradesmen I should, in all
probability, lose it. On this advice, I immediately went
to Furnival's Inn to settle the affair, by offering payment
to the attorney, who was from home, and I heard nothing
more of him for a week, when I received a letter from
him, informing me I:might have the coat and the cheque
on my paying the tailor's bill and his costs. I accordingly
went a second time to Furnival's Inn, saw the attorney, who
first presented his bill of costs, of which the following is a
copy, viz.:—

IN THE COMMON PLEAS.

Sub 201.

and - versus-.
Trinity Term, 1846.

s. d.
Instructions to sue
Summons and fee
Costs to endorse 2 0
Letter therewith to agent . 2 0
Paid his charges •.. 7 6
Searching for appearance
Instructions for declaration .., 3 4
Drawing same, folio 4
Engrossing to tile
Many attendances on times agreed to 6 8
Attending plaintiffs on their bringing me coat to deli-
ver to defendant
August 19.—Writing to defendant to come and take
the coat away ....... 2 0
'Copy for defendant 1 0
Attending settling.
Term fees and letters lO 0
Bill of costs 2 0

£3 7 8

The above may amuse some of your readers, as it is a
curious specimen of the ingenuity of an attorney to extract
money from the pockets of the public, though it is no joke
to me.

Thus, Sir, besides the expense of two visits to Furnival's
Inn to pay this lawyer, and one visit to the tailor to try the
coat on and point out its defects to him, I had 31. 7s. Bd., a
precious lawyer's bill to pay, making a total, independent. of
my travelling expenses, loss of time, &c., of 11/. Is. Bd.,
through the want of skill in the tailor, and the united
machinations of himself and his lawyer.
Now, Sir, I believe that the majority of the people of
England are not aware that in their common dealings with
tradesmen the law of the land authorises those tradesmen
thus to rob those who confide their orders for goods to them;
that by law a tradesman may send goods to his customers
on one day, and on the next send a writ for the amount,
putting him to an additional cost of 31. 7s. Bd. for law ex-
penses; that such a practice is very unusual, or the com-
mon transactions of business could not go on, and confidence
in dealing would be destroyed; but that there are to be
found those who would deal thus treacherously with the
public the present case proves. That such a power may not
be necessary to be possessed, I will not deny, but that it
should be only exercised under very urgent circumstances
will, I think, be admitted. Here ant I ready and willing to
pay for an article if it suits me, but am forced by law to pay
most exorbitantly for it, though through the unskilfulness
of the maker, it does not suit me, because the defence of
myself would be both uncertain and ruinous; and though,
having already paid for part of the articles delivered, I am
sued for the whole, while the property in part is detained.
Now, Sir, while efforts are being made to soften the severity
of the law in cases of debtor and creditor, would it not be
worth the consideration of our Legislators, as to whether a
writ should be served on a person for a debt, less than seven
days' previous notice being given, unless the creditor could
first make an affidavit that the circumstances of the case
were peculiarly urgent? Should you think this worth public
attention, you will oblige by inserting it.
A CONSTANT READER.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE HASTINGS AND
BRIGHTON RAlLWAY.—Yesterday, about two o'clock, a
collision, which may be followed by fatal consequences, took
place on this recently-opened line. The train, which leaves
London at ten, and Brighton at half-past twelve, for Hast-
ings, arrived at Pevensey a little before two. A short dis-
tance beyond Pevensey, owing to some error in adjusting the
points, the engine ran off the line en to the sidings, and
came violently against a ballast engine which was standing
idle. The engineer, seeing the danger, leaped off, and
escaped with some wounds on the head. The stoker was not
so fortunate, but received considerable injury, extending to
the fracture of several ribs, and his life is said to be in danger.
The passengers received a serious shock, and two of them
were much hurt; one, a gentleman, having a leg badly frac-
tured, and the other, said to be a clergyman, being bruised
in a very serious manner. Three or four ladies received
hurts of various kinds, one of whom excited much alarm in
Hastings, by the blood which showed itself on her garments.
These details were hastily gathered by the passengers in the
up-train which passed the spot shortly after. To-morrow
there will, doubtless, be issued by the company a more full
and accurate report.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT READING.—On Saturday night
about nine o'clock an accident occurred at the Reading station
on the Great Western Railway, by which one of the railway
porters, named Edrell, lost his life. From what has been
ascertained it appears that two switchmen, named Gregory
and Wilcox, alternately attend to the points at the curves
leading to the platform. On the night in question it was the
duty of the former to adjust the switches for the goods'
train previous to being relieved by Wilcox ; this he ne-
glected to perform, and Wilcox, considering the points were
right, omitted to examine them, and when the up goods'
train came in sight, made the signal that all was clear, but,
on its coming to the points, instead of running on the
straight up line, the train shot into the siding where
Edrell was employed shifting a horse-box to the carriage
platform. The engine struck the horse-box, driving it back
and inflicting a severe blow on the chest f deceased, who
was felled to the ground, and shortly afterwards removed
to Reading Hospital, where the unfortunate man expired
in a few hours. An inquest will be held to-day (Tuesday)
which Mr. Seymour Clarke, the superintendent of the line,
will attend, and an investigation, by order of the Board of
Directors, will take place to inquire into the conduct of
Wilcox and Gregory.
A CENTENARIAN AND SOMETHING MORE.-3111'.
Matthew Pearson, the oldest inhabitant of the town of
Knaresborough, is now in the one hundred and eleventh year
of his age, and, wonderful to relate, notwithstanding his
great age, he continues in full possession of his faculties. He
can read without the aid of spectacles, and can at any time
walk between the towns of Harrowgate and Knaresborough,
a distance of three miles, without any assistance whatever.
This modern Old Parr resides with his son-in-law, Mr.
Thomas Hensley, near the Anchor Inn, in the High-street.
He is very intelligent, and well remembers many interesting
incidents in connection with the rebellious spirit of our
northern kindred " over the border," in them memorable
'45, now more than a hundred years ago. He was born in
the parish of Pannal, and for a long period kept a public-
house there, known by the sign of the Black Bull, and fol-
lowed the occupation of a common carrier between Leeds
and Knaresborough.—Halifax Express.
THE CABS AND THE STOPPAGES.—The cab-drivers
of the metropolis are perhaps the only parties benefited by
the obstruction of the various metropolitan thoroughfares.
The blocking up has the most extraordinary effect upon the
cab-fares, for which a new scale ought to be immediately
framed, in eider to meet the circumstances of the numerous
blockades now abounding in London. It is absurd to say
that it is a shilling fare from St. Clement's ChArch to Cheap-
side, when the shortest communication now open between
these two places is at least five miles in longitude. The
proprietors of the numerous guides to cab-fares are surely
entitled to compensation from somebody or other on ac-
count of these publications being rendered utterly value-
less. The traveller who jumps into a Hanson, expecting to
be whirled from the foot of Farringdon-street to Templp-bar
for eightpence, will be astonished at a demand being made
upon him for 2s. Bd., after dragging him through a quantity
of by-streets, and landing him at the end of Chancery.lane,
with a digital direction and announcement that "That's
Temple-bar over on t'other side of them paving stones."
The cab fares will be treble everywhere for taking you no-
where, and jolting you about through all sorts of out-of-the-
way places without ever bringing you to the end of your
journey. We really begin to suspect that the cab proprietors
have a hand in the blockading nuisance; that they are in
league with the New River; are hand-in-hand with the
gas; or at the bottom of the sewers, where, if they are really
the instigators of the nuisance, they well deserve to be.--
Punch.

THE TEMPERATURE.—The weather during the past
week has been generally far more temperate than the pre-
ceding. Yesterday, however, the air was close and sultry,
with indications of a coming thunder-storm. Both the baro-
meter and the thermometer, with a very few exceptions, have
been in a very unsteady state, but generally rising.
Day. Barometer. Thermometer. Wind.
Monday ... .. .. 29 85
Tuesday 29 56 ... 66
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday ... 29 72
Saturday 29 96
Sunday 3O 03
Monday .... .... 31 08
FATAL ACCIDENT AT A BISCUIT BAKER'S.—Yester-
day an inquest was held before Mr. W. Baker, jun., at the
London Hospital, on the body of John Anderson, aged 60, a
biscuit baker, in the employ of Messrs. Westrup and Co.,
New Crane, Shadwell. It appeared from the evidence that
on Monday, the 17th instant, the deceased was engaged in
the machine room in collecting a quantity of rough cuttings,
and placing them on the " break rollers," which forms a por-
tion of the machine, and in pressing them down to the pro-
per level, his hand slipped, and it was drawn in between the
rollers and crushed in a frightful manner. He called for
help, and the motion of the rollers was instantly reversed,
and his hand was released. He was sent to the hospital in
great agony the same evening, where he remained until his
death, which occurred on Saturday morning last. The jury
returned a verdict of "Accidental death."

SALE OF A CHURCHYARD.—CauRcnna.'s REMAINS.
—At the Shakespear Hotel, Dover, on Thursday last,
among other lots, the old churchyard, St. Mary's parish,
wherein Churchill, the poet, lies buried, was sold by auction,
by Mr. Charles Lamb, for 1401.. We hear that the purchaser
of this precious piece of earth—precious, especially, as with it
are mingled the ashes of the celebrated poet—is a respectable
brick maker, so that there is no telling to what purpose it
may come at last. In this churchyard, over the grave of
Churchill, there is a rude head-stone, bearing the following
inscription :—" 1764.—here lies the remains of the celebrated
C. Churchill. Life to the last enjoyed, here Churchill
lies.'—Canterbury Journal.
USEFUL.—AL this time of year (says a Correspon.-
dent),--when from atmospheric influences animal rood is
likely to become tainted, it cannot be too generally known
that a bit of charred stick boiled with beef or mutton thus
.affected iftlit4 away 411 iii 4r disagreeable taste.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—MoNDAY.

The Brocardites mustered in strength, and without any
very extensive investments had the gratiticatiou of seeing
him at the top of the tree; Sir Tatton Sykes, against whom
6to 1 was laid more than once, holding only the second
position, and not very steady in that. The Traverser was
backed freely at 7 to 1, and Fancy Boy to a sum at 10 to 1,
the latter, like Sir Tatton, having a good many enemies.
Sting, lago, Grimston, Poynton, and Pyrrhus the First were
out of favour; indeed, except on the horses we have speci-
fied,
and Erin-go-Bragh, the disposition to invest was very
slight. Latest prices :

ST. LEGER.
5 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—take 11 to 2
11 to 2 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Ts.tton Sykes-6 to 1 laid
7 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklarn's Fancy Boy—t. and aft. off.
13 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting
15 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago
16 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Grimston
20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance—t 25 to I
20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poynton
25 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Erin-go-bragh—taken freely
30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First—taken
30 to 1 agst Col. Synge's Mount Callan
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Skerratt's Romance—taken,

LEAMINGTON STAKES.
4 to 1 agst ➢lr. Drinkald's Mongrel—taken
5 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's Roderick—taken.

The first portion of the stud lately purchased from Lord
George 13entinck by the Hon. E. M. Mostyn, will be put up
for sale on Monday the ith of September ; it will consist of
the horses in training, and some of the brood mares and
yearlings, in all about 30 or 35 lots.

AQUATICS.
THAMES AMATEUR REGATTA.

'We find that the season is to be closed with an amateur
regatta, to take place on Monday, the 7th of September
next. We are rejoiced to see this, because we consider that,
if well supported, it will become annual, and thus counteract
the flagging in aquatic sports which has hitherto occurred
after the Thames Regatta.
We understand that the races will consist of a four-oared
match, a pair-oared match, and a sculler's match, with the
addition of an eight-oared and a four-oared scratch match.
The latter, being a novelty, offers considerable additional
attraction, if any such can be needed. The prizes will be of
the usual liberal description, and we sincerely hope the
committee will receive that liberal support which they
deserve.

The entries for the races must be made by eight o'clock on
Tuesday evening, the Ist of September next.

ROWING MATCII.

The scullers' contest between Long, of Ratcliffe-cross, and
Harvey, of Kidney-stairs, Limehouse, took place yesterday.
The match was for 10!. a side, and created some interest
amongst the below-bridge amateurs and friends of the par-
ties. The distance was from Chelsea-bridge to Hammer-
smith, and both the men, on taking their station, exhibited
good condition, and appeared very confident of success. They
went away very evenly, and a beautiful race succeeded the
start, the men being scull and scull for nearly half a mile,
Long then gradually drew away, maintained it, and won by
above a quarter of a mile.