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T IL SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING,* JULY aO, i 644.

ARTS-UNION BILL.

Lord MONTEAGLE moved that the House resolve
,self into Committee on this Bill.
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE seconded the motion,
and bore testimony to the great utility of those institu-
tions, and to the great spread of taste and skill to which
they had given rise among the people. He was a sub-
scriber to the. London Art-Union, and so were many
other Members of that House, and although they had no
pecuniary interest in the matter, they were all liable to
be sent to prison.—(A laugh.) He should not much
grieve for himself, for he would be in good company.--
(Great laughter.) lle thought it would be a great advan-
tage if the Bill should pass in time to allow exhibitions
now open to be taken advantage of for the purposes of
the unions.—(Cheers.)
The Marquis of. Northampton, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, and Lord Colborne, supported the motion for
vine. into Committee.
Lord MONTEAGLE returned his earnest thanks to
the Illustrious Duke for the honour he had done him
and the service he had rendered to art, by supporting his
motion.
The Bill then passed through Committee without dis-
cussion, and was report Ed.
The Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway Bill was
read a third time and passed.
The Aliens Bill passed through Committee without
discussion, was reported, and ordered to be printed with
the amendments.
FEES OF CLERKS OF THE PEACE.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, according to notice,
inquired of the Noble President of the Council whether
there was an intention to bring in this session a Bill on the
subject of the fees. of Clerks of Peace. In referring to
the report of the Commission on the state of Wales, it
would be seen that, as well as the turnpike tolls, the
fees given to the magistrates' clerks ware part of the
sources of oppression and causes of discontent.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE assured the Noble Lord that
the attention of the Government had been directed to
this subject, and they would bring it under the conside-
ration of the House early next session.
The Duke of RICHMOND was glad to hear that it
was the intention of the Government to bring in a Bill
upon this subject.
ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved for a return
of all sums under the control of the Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners of England and Wales, not appropriated to
any particular purpose, up to the latest period to which
the same could be made up; distinguishing the episcopal
fund from that which is appropriated to the augmenta-
tion of small livings. As the motion was not to be op-
posed, he would not occupy the House by going at
length into the considerations which rendered the re-
turns necessary. As the question of the union of the
dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor was most likely to
come again before the House, he thought it was most
desirable to have the information for which he asked;
and the more.especially as a Noble Friend of his had.
proposed that if one of the bishoprics were suppressed,
the fund so saved should be appropriated to the aug-
mentation of small livings in the diocese.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE had no objection to the
return.
The Duke .of RICHMOND complained of the con-
duet of the EcClesiastical Commissioners, in not making
annual returns of their receipts and expenditure.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE defended the ap-
pointment of the Commission; on the ground that a more
advantageous arrangement of Church property, even
for'the holders themselves, could be made. But three
years had elapsed since he had the honour of being a -
member of that Commission, and he was happy to say,
.that whenever its arrangements had been carried into
effect, great improvements in favour of the holders of
Church land had been effected, and such improvements
were spreading. He hoped there would be no delay, on
the part of the Commission, in putting an end to uncer
tainty everywhere as to the conditions under which all
such lands were to be held.

HOUSE OF LORDS,, July 19.
ROYAL ASSENT.
At Four o'clock there was a Commission to give the
Royal Assent to certain Bills., The Commissioners
Were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, and Earl
Dalhousie. ' • •
The following are the Bills which received the Royal
AsientL---the Bank of. 'England Charter Bill ;
Three4ind4l-Half per Cents. Exemption Bill • Dissen-
ters' Chapels. Bill ; Customs . Duties (Isle of than) Bill ;.
Education Bill ; County Ratea, &c., Bill ; Militia Ballots.
Suspeosion Bill ; _Stock in Trade Bill ; Vagrants Re-
move'. Bill ;.Turnpike Acts Countinuance Bill ; Parishes'
..
FATAL OCCUICRENCE.Hrn consequence of the work- , (Scotland)' Bill ; Prisons (Scotland) Bill.; Charitable
men at the Gerscube coalworki, the property of Messrs.. Loan-Soeieties (Ireland) Bill ; • Turnpike cts Continu-
Barclay, having been off work on Monday and Tuesday, ance <lreland) Bill.; Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton,
on.. the afternoon of the latter day, Mr.. Alexander. Railway Bill ; Ashton, Stalybridge, . and --Liverpool
Foulds,, the foreman at the, works, accompanied with Junction Railway Bill ; Sheffield, Ashtonsunder-Lyne,
another. person, went down to inspect and see if they and Manchester Railway Bill ; Taff Tale Rail Way Bill ;
were free from the carbonic acid gas, or choke Eastern Union Railway 13i11; London and South-Wes
clamp,- so that the "men might go down safely on tern' Railway (N 0.1.). Bill.; Garnkirk, . Glasgovi, and
the-day foll Owing. .On arriving at the bottom of Ceatbridge Railway:l3M '• • Delabole and. Rock Railway
the pit, the air was" at once found in so impure' a . (No. 2) Bill ; Liverpool. Docks Bill ; , Newport Dock
state that the" lights went out. ThOtigh this 'took eßill ; Birkenhead . Docks Bill ; Southampton Improve•al
place, Mr. rdulds, in his desire to satisfy himself ment Bill ; Coventry Improvement and Cemetery Bill ;
further, reSelved to creep along the. floor of the pit, York United -Gas, (No: r 2) Bill ; •Hythe 'Landing Place
while his cortiPaniaa waited for him at the bottom of the 13i11 ; -
_llolmfirth' end 'Dunford 'Roads Bill ; -Market
shaft.. !Jelled not pi-weeded far when he was heard to Harborotigh and Coventry' Road Bill ; Earl of Guilford's
givea moan ; the, man.accompanying ,him immediately Estate Bill ; Necton Tithes Bill; Irvine's EState.Bill
went to his rescue, but .before he found him he also was , Stones Estate Bill. . - , ,
nearly overpowered. He 'found Foulds insensible, and Their Lordships adjourned for a short time, and as-
being unable eo carry him out, he was obliged to go to' sembled agein, when— • , .
the surface for assistatce,' -when every means was taken . Mr. E. James was-called to the Bar,. and addressed
tq infuse fresh air late The fet, but it was next morning their. Lordships against • the Gaming BilL • - When the
before this 'was accomplishes], so as. to Permit adescent, Learned Gentleman concluded, . • - --- .•.
When the sufferer was fOund liteleis.—Seotch paper. . Mr. Russell . was -called -and- examined by Lord
,
C ltnl3 letroetaaas.-We observe from the Clyde Bill BROUGHAM-7i am the attorney in the qyi• tam ac-.
of Entry tifSaturday lest; that the foreign :imports into tions ; I was instructed by my clerk ; he is my brother;.
the Clyde'during the two preceding days (viz. the 11th he has a salary. of 80/. a
,year; I • brought about 34.
and 12th) have been of a very, extensive kind, and larger„ actions; be did not instruct metilll first suggested •to him
We belie've, than- during any similar period for the last:' to do so;l•expect he will pay me; I do not expect he will
three years. They amount to 17 vessels, nine of which pay the entire. Theexpense of one of those actions, if lost,
came to Glasgow, five to Greenock, and three to Port- might be about 1,0004 A gentleman paid 900 Z towards
the expenses. Ido not know him ; he did not instruct
Glasgow. They bring cargoes chiefly from our North ,
American Colonies. Amongst them, however, are.three me. }decline. to tell who; he Jae because that 'was com-
municated to me as an attorney. He is not my client.
vessels with guano, two from Ichaboe, and one from Pau
'
de Asucar, containing upwards 1,000 tons of this valu-
I knew his ,name, but I decline to give it.
able fertiliqer These foreign ships :were accompanied-
!Lord BROUGHAM—No privilege will protect a man
by a 'large fleet of .coasters. On the three preceding who is not your client. Come, give the* name.
days of same week there were nineteen arrivals from The LORD CHANCELLOR—If ypu do. not answer
Tereign"Portsethat question you .will reflect on the consequences. two of the ships, being from Ichaboe, with
1,250 tons of guano.--Scottish Guardian. . , Witness—l,decline to answer, because' it was a privi-
, INVEBNESS,.. JULY 13.—Our market this year has leged communication.
been well attended: Perhaps there never was so large ' Lord BROUGHAM—Did you know the name from
ail), one independent of your client ? Mr. Russell—l
a number of southern dealers present ' • and business has
knew it from my client first; but I knew it from other
been transacted 'at an earlier period of the market, and
sources.—(A. laugh.) '
with ranch less trouble than in former years. The ex-
`,tant.of businese and the rate of prices are no less satis- To' the LORD CIIANC4LOR—Never had any
communication with the person who paid this money,
factory and' cheering. The average price of Cheviot
wool last week was I ls. per stone, the average price this except ,in the presence of .his brother, and thought
year iabetter , than 16s. Some lots have been sold at that he was justified in refusing to give the name of that
a 75.; and even at 18s. Cheviot wethers from 225. to per'n.
275;, with the exception of two. lots at 295. ' Cheviot Lord BROUGHAM: told the witness that he was not
ewes' from a4etos les. ; one lot sold at 17s. Cheviot privileged as •to the unknown person, and must con-
sider conseuences.--(Hear, ear.) The
lanabs average Bs. 6d., but some lots hive fetched higher
prices. Black-faced stock has also sold' well ; the wee' had nothe power to commit hint, but the Hoase had Committee
there, have riot adVancedain proportion to the Cheviot; The Duke of RICHMOND asked had he not advised
but owes have been in good demand, at from 7s. to 10s.' has brother not to bring the action in his own name, be-
cause his character was so tainted? Answer—l think
:The weather is highly; favourable, with seasonable
I did.—(Laughter.). • • .
Showers, which are bringing on the turnip fields and
in that makes the farmers
grain
crops a manner here Lord BROUG. HAM. submitted to • their • Lordships
rejoice.,
that as the person stuns bar admitted, that the person
'ee . . . - " • . •
whose name he withheld was not his client, he could
CITY , ANTIQUITYES.-;--On Thursday, at the end of
!,Little Trinity-lane, Uppa-Thames-street, while the men- not refuse to give the name.
were excavating the ground fiat -the formatioe 'of a' sewer, . After some consultation with the Noble and Learned
they found a large quantity of humah ,and Animal bones, Lord, the Counsel, Mr. James, and -the witness, were
and whickwere mixed with the earth for several feet up the ordered to withdraw-from-the bar ; and the witness was
lane. During the last fortnight, in Huggin-laneaind Bread- 'peremptorily ordered not to leave the House.
street-hill,. being adjoining' to 'Little. Trinity-lane, similar - A conversation ensued of some length, in which several
'excavations are going on,_ when very extensive foundation Noble Lords-took part, respecting the course -to be put--F.
walls of Amen construction were met -with,- traversing- sued ; when it was resolved that the witness. Russell be:
.Breadf-Streetehill, and passing up the entire length of ordered to attend at the bar, and that in the meantime '
Iluggipslaue, and. Trinity-lane. In some places they were his evidence before the Select Committee and the lionee ~
so strong that they could net be.broken but by the applica-
tiou of iron wedges. In other, places they were composed be tinted. P .
of chalk-- Several silver and copper Roman coins were also The Witness was accordingly cursed in, and ordered to'
found, fragments -of fresco painted walla, square flat tiles,
attend. He said—" I will obey your Lordships.”—("Oh,.
aboutawelve inches square, with inscriptions on them, and a C of course your will.") .
quantity of tasselated, and common Roman _pavement. In THE IRISH "STATE TRIALS' APPEAL. H .
this neighbourhood the Commissioners of Sewers for the' The LORD CHANCELLOR wished to call the at •
City have contracted, for the erection of about 6,000 feet of lention of-the House to a matter which affected himself
sewerage- , •• • ' ' - - 'personally, and Which was, however, of some importance 1:10 USE OF COMMONS, July 19.
• Tuz PITMEN---Nearly 200 Welsh pitmen arrived" to their Lordships and to public justice. His attention -
1 in this' town by railway on Tuesday evening, and on the , was drawn, threugh the medium of one of thelrish Papers, JOINT STOCK COMPANIES' REGISTRATION
ifollowing morning they proceeded to the - colleries at ,to a statement in the Morning Chronicle, that whilst Mr.'` .* ' AND REGULATION BILL.
S'eltlirlithd Heating's Hartley. The old pitmen obsti- niii . wits Arguing upoO the challenge of the array, (Continued. from our Afternoon. Edition of 'Yesterday-)
i.nately adheae to - their NV rOng- headed course, and the e the', Lord Chancellar eaid • that there could be no ,' On elaase 25 being proposed,
biting to existing
-1. families of man) o'f' them are encansped in - fields- and .elotait' that the array was fraudulent.' . The Morn.- Me- STUART WQRTLEy said this WAS the regis-
Lye-ways. The funds 'eppear to benearly exhausted, snq
re-
fur grPups of rneneare,tlaily singing through the. prin.
aleal,towns; and. their dress and; appearance belies many
Chronic/e. went en to ask, could it be doubted tratien clause,. and important as being the first one re-
, that a verdict obtained under• fraud so 'admitted by
.' the Lord Chancellor of England would- be viewed companies.. He wished• to ask whether
~the measure would affect join-stock mills. Those joint-
.-of the complaints they. have brought against the coal- I with any other feelings than those of execration ~stock mills were very common in the manufacturing.dis-
owners. What makes the evil more grievous in a moral •by the people of England ; or •could *any • Ministry , trictee and it was by no means uncommon for the smaller
point of view is, that the women have become beggars,. have the audacity to carry the Sentence into effect, after shareholders to run up accounts and leave their partners
and the children paupers.--Newcastle Advertiser of such a condemnation ? These remarks were printed in to pay Pn. them. If this Bill provided a remedy for that
Thursday. • • - . , •• . . • it would 1 large letters in all the Irish papers. He did not blame "evil, be conferring a great boon upon the menu
We have authority to state that Lady BroughaM's ' the Writer in' the Morning' Clip onicle, who was misled, !fecturia districts
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party, announced for Friday, the lath, takes place on from not understanding what he (the Lord Chancellor) had 4 . Mr. GzADSTONE regretted that, in consequence of
Thursday, the 25th instant., I said. Nothing could be further fronithe meaning Of his ob-; the difficulty of' the suleject he had been obligedto post-
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After a fevi words from Lord REDESDALE and from
the Marquis Of CLANAJOARDE in reply, the returns were
ordered.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT AMEIsIDMENT
BILL.
• On the.rnotion of Lord BROUGHAM, the Bill passed'
through Committee without discussion, and was re-
ported. 1:,

BUTTER AND CHEESE.
lOn the motion of the Earl of POWIS, this Bill also
passed through Committee, and was reported. -
The-Roman Catholic Parish Acts AbolitiOn Bill was
read a 'second time,' and ordered' to be committed on
Monday.
THE COUNTY CORONERS' BILL.
The Duke of RICHMOND, in moving the second
reading of this Bill; said that there was one clause intro-
duced into it to which he would give his utmost opposi-
tion—that was the payment of an increased amount for
the coroners' travelling expenses out of the county-rates.
He thought that these expenses ought to be paid out of
the consolidated fund. He would, in the Committee on
Monday, move the omission of the claaSe. The Bill
would diminish the expenses of coroners at elections,
and those gentleinen ought not to demand an increased
allowance for travelling. •
Lord BEAUMONT had intended to oppose the Bill
altogether, on account of this clause ; but as the Noble
Duke would move for its omission, his objection was
greatly diminished: If the clause were retained, be
would move that the Bill be read a second time that day
six months.
The DukeCtf RICHMOND would move the omission
of the'clause; but he would 'not bindhimself that the
clause would be omitted. If it were not, he Nould vote
against,the Billaltogether. It was a money clause, and
the,House of Commons might not agree to its omission ;
and,if not, they would send up another Bill next year.:
The Marquis. of NORMANBY defended the clause.
The Bill was then read a second tithe, and ordered to
be committed on. Monday, and the Lcirds satnmoned..
' THE COLONIAL POST-OFFICE.
This Bill was read a Second time.
Lord CAMPBELL expressed a that it would
not be carried through Committee until anotherßill on
the same subject reached the, same stage. -
The Linen Manufacturers' Bill (Ireland) was. read A
third time and passed.
The Transfer of Property Bill was read a second time.
Several Bills on the table were advanced a stage.
On the motion of the Duke of RICHNIOND, the Se-
lect Committee on the opening of letters in the Post-
office were requested to print and lay before -the House
the evidence of Mr. Russell.
Their Lordships then adjourned at Half-past Seven .
o'Clock.