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SLAUGHTERING HORSES BILL.

The report on this Bill was brought up and received.
The Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday.

PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
THURSDAY, JULY 25.
POOR. LAW iILISIT BILL.
Report further considered:—(clause ( And he it Enacted,
That in the event of a married couple, or a single man or
woman, posse,sing a cottage under the value of 5/. annual
value, and having paid their Poor-rates, and being no longer
able to work, they be eligible for out-door relief at the discre-
tion of the Guardians) brought up, and read a first time;
Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause be
now read a second time :" The House divided:—

MINORITY-AYES, 28.
Aldam, W. Duncombe, T. S Pechell, Captain
Arundel, Lord Entwisle, William Poilington, Viscount
Ashley, Lord Gore, Montague Round, John
Baskerrille, T. B. M Hall, Sir Benjamin Sibthorp, Colonel
Borth wick, Peter Hervey, Lord A. Spooner, Richard
Brorhei ton, Joseph Hinde, J. H. Williams, W.
Bruges, W. H. L. Kemble, Henry Wodehouse, Edmond
Colebrooke, Sir T. M'Geachy, F. A.
Collett. John Masterman, John
Dodd, George Netedegate, C. N.
Douglas, J.SD. S. O'Brien, A. S

TELLERS.
Napier, Sir Charles
Yorke. Redhead

MAJORITY-NOES, 42.
Allix, John Peter Fuller, A.;E. Mundy, E. Miller
Polder°, Henry G. Gordon, Hon. W. Nichol', John
Bruce, Lord E. Goulburn, Henry Norreys, Lord
Byng, G. S. Greene, T. Peel, Jonathan
Childers, J. W. Hawes, B. Pringle, A.
Clive, R. H. Henley, J. W. Somerset, Lord G.
Corry, H. Hodgson, Richard Sutton, Hon. H. M
Cripps, W. Howard, P. H. Thornhill, George
Darner Colonel Jerniyn, Earl Trotter, John
Darby, George knatchbull, Sir E. Tyrrell, Sir J.
Denison, E. .r,,eckett Lennox, Lord A. Wawn, J. T.
Dickinson, F. H. Liddel, H. F. Wortley, Hon. Jn. S
Escott, Itickharn Macki non, W. A. TELLERS.
Flower, Sir James Marsham, N iscount Young, John
Fremantle, Sir T. Meynell, H. Baring, Henry

Another Clause (Be it Enacted, That from and after the
31st day of March, 1845, the Commission appointed by an Act
of 4 and 5 Willa IV., c. 76, intituled " An Act for the amend-
ment and better administration of the Laws relating to the
Poor in England and Wales," shall cease and be abolished, and
the several Unions and Union Workhouses that have been
created or established for the maintenance of the Poor, under
the aforesaid or any other Acts relating to the relief of the
Poor in England and Wales, shall be exclusively and solely
under the management, power, and control of the several
Boards of Guardians, constituted and appointed for the
management of each separate Union or Union Workhouse,
without any interference, power, or control of the aforesaid
Board of Commissioners) brought up, and read a first time ;
Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause be now
read a second time :" The House divided :

MINORITY-AYES, 8.
Baskerville, T. B. M Hull, Sir B. TBLLERS.
Borthwick, Peter Hornby, John Sibthorp, Colonel
Collett, John Newdegate, C. N. Spooner, Richard
Fleetwood, Sir P. Pechell, ptain

MAJORITY—NOES, 81.
A'Court, Captain Fuller, Augustns E. Norreys, Lord
Alford, Viscount Gardner, J. D. O'Brien, A. S.
Allot, John Peter Gaskell, J. M. Parke, C. Wm.
Arundel, Lord Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Sir Robert
Baring, W. B. Gordon, Captain Peel. Jonathan
Boldero, H George Goulburn, H. Plumridge, Captain
Bowes, John Graham, Sir James Pringle, Alexander
broadley, H. Greene, T. Rawdon, J. D.
Brotherton, J. Harcourt, G. G. Round, John
Bruce, Lord Ernest Hawes, B. Rushbrooke,Colonel
Bruges, W. H. L. Henley, J. W. Sheppard, I'.
Clerk, Sir George Herbert, Sidney Smith, R. Vernon
Clive, Viscount Hervey, Lord Alfred Smythe, Hon. G.
Clive, R. H. Hodgson, R. Somerset, Lord G,
Corry, Henry Hope, Charles Stanley, Lord
Courtenay, Lord Howard, P. H. Stewart, P. M.
Cripps, W. Jermyn, Lord Strutt, Edward
Darner, Hon. G. Kemble, Henry Sutton, Hon. H. M
i' arby, George Knatchbull, Sir E. Ta rnhill, George
Denison, E. Beckett Lascellev, W. S. Trench, Sir F.
Dickinson, F. H. Lemon, Sir C. Trotter, John
Duncan, George Lenno,, Lord A. Vernon, G. H.
Egerton, W. T. Lincoln, Earl of Wawn, John T.
Eliot, Lord M‘Geachy, F. A. Wodehouse, Hon. E
Emlyn, Viscount Alarsham, Viscount Wortley, Hon. John
I, ntwisle, William Meynell, H. TELLERS,
Fellowes, Edward Milnes, R. M. Young, John
Forster, Matthew Nicholl, J. Baring, H.

Amendment proposed, page IS, line 42, after the word
" final," to insert, " Provided always, That when the relief of
the Poor has been hitherto administered in any parish or
parishes by Guardians or Directors appointed under a local
Act, and not by Overseers of the Poor, if such parish or
parishes according to the last enumeration of the Population,
published by authority of Parliament, contain more than
20,000 persons, it shall not be lawful to include such parish or
'wishes in any such district for the audit of accounts ; and in
every such parish or parishes, provided such parish or parishes
have not at present auditors elected under the provisions of an
Act passed in the second year of the reign of King William the
Fourth, intituled, An Act for the better regulation of Ves-
tries, and for the appointment of Auditors of Accounts in cer-
tain parishes of England and Wales,' the Ratepayers thereof
shall within forty days after the passing of the Act proceed to
elect in vestry some one person who shall thenceforward act as
sole Auditor of all accounts whatsoever of any Guardians or
Directors, Vestrymen, or other officers or hoards having any
control over any part of the parochial expenditure of such
parish or parishes relating to the Poor, and they shall fix
a salary to be paid to such Auditor out of the Poor-rate of
such parish or parishes; and such Auditor shall continue in
office until he be dismissed by the Guardians or Directors; and
every Auditor so appointed shall exercise and fulfil, with regard
to all the accounts of such parish or parishes, all rights, powers,
and duties, to be exercised and fulfilled by Auditors to be ap-
pointed under the authority of this Act ; Provided also, that
the accounts of such parish or parishes shall be audited once at
least in every six months (that is to say), after the 25th day
of March and the to9th day of September, in every year, after
due notice given in the manner hereinbefore provided :"
Question put, " That those words be there inserted :" The
House divided :

MINORITY—AYES, 10.
Borthwick, Peter Masterman, John Williams, W.
Darby, George Moritz, G. F,
Fleetwood, H. O'Brien, A. S afford TELLERS.
Fuller. A. E. Spooner, Richard Pechell, Captain
Henley, J. Warner Hervey, Lord A.

MAJORITY-NOES, 52.
Ainsworth, Peter Gaskell, James M. Pringle, Alexander
Allix, John Peter Gladstone, W. E. Rice, E. R.
Bagot, Hon. W. Goulburn, Henry Smith,Rt.Hon. T. B. C
Baring, W. B. Graham, Sir James Somerset, Lord G.
Barnard. E. G. Greer.e, T. Stanley, Lord
Beckett, William Hamilton. C. J. Sutton, Hon. H M.
Boldero, Henry G. Hawes, B. Thesiger, F.
Botheld, Beriah Hodgson. R. Thornely, Thomas
Brotherton, Joseph Knatchbull, Sir E. Trench, Sir Frederick
Bruges, W. 11. L. Lincoln, F.arl of Trevor, Hon. R
Clerk, Sir George Mackinnon, W. A. Trotter, J.
Clive, R. H. Martin, C. W Vivian, J. H.
Cockburn, Sir G. Meynell, Captain Wakley, Thomas
. orry, Right Hon. H Morris, David Wawn, John
Cripps, William Nicholl, John
Dia, Q. Packe, C. W. TILLERS,
Dickinson, F. H. Patten J. We: Young, John
Flower, Sir James Peel, Jonathan Lennox, Lord A.
Fremantle, Sir T. Plumridge, Captain

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (MIDDLESEX) BILL.
(IN THE COMMITTEE.)
Ninth Clause (That there shall be paid out of the Consoli-
dated Fund of Great Britain and Ireland the sum of
, to such Assistant Barrister, for a yearly salary) :
Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " out of the
Consolidated Fund of Great Britain and Ireland :"--Question
put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the
Clause :" The Committee divded :
MAJORITY—AYES, 43.

MINORITY—NOES, 8.
Aldam, William Henley, J. W. TELLS 18
Collett, John Mi walk, Henry Broth erton, J.
Duncan, George Morris, David Williams, W,
Greenaway, Charles

MEDICAL PROTECTION ASSEM-
BLY, EXETER-HALL, JULY 22, 1844.
At a numerous and extraordinary meeting of the Com-
mittee, Mr. Carpue in the chair, the following resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted :
That this Committee has viewed with horror and in-
dignation the foul insinuations which have been levelled
against Mr. Wakley in the Commons' House of Parlia-
ment.

That this Committee has seen with delight and admi-
ration the bold, open, and dignified manner in which the
insinuation was met and answered by Mr. Wakley, and
the Committee considers that the thanks of the whole
medical profession are due to Sir H. Peel, and the Mem-
bers of the House of Commons, for the noble and gene-
rous protection which they afforded to Mr. Wakley on
that occasion.

That this Committee acknowledges with feelings of
cordial satisfaction, the high-minded conduct of the
►hole of the political press towards Mr. Wakley on this
occasion, writers of every party having nobly stepped
forward to the rescue of a man whose public services
and private worth might justly have shielded him from
the calumnies of even interested slanderers.

That after what has transpired, no attempt to revive
the calumny against Mr. Wakley can ever be made ex-
cept by persons whose conduct and unworthy motives
must subject them to the severest condemnation of all
honourable minds.

That the Committee gladly avail themselves of this
opportunity to acknowledge, with gratitude, the many
obligations which Mr. Wakley has conferred upon the
members of the medical profession since the establish-
ment of the Lancet, the first periodical of the kind that
appeared in this country, and which he has conducted
with ability, independence, and an enduring devotion to
the cause of medical reform, for nearly a quarter of a
century. 'We beg also to refer, with pleasure, to the
many abuses which that publication has been instru-
mental in removing from the endowed and chartered
medical institutions of this country ; to the great good
that has resulted to the public, and more especially to
the poorer classes of society, by the salutary changes
he has caused to be introduced into the public hos-
pitals of the empire ; and to the great advancement
in the interests and prospects of the profession ge-
nerally, due to the conduct and indefatigable exertions
of that gentleman.
J. CONSTANTINE CARPUE, Chairman.
H. HODSON RUGG, Hon. See.
Before the meeting separated, a resolution was unani-
mously adopted, thanking Mr. H. H. Rugg for the
handsome manner in which he had accepted the office of
honorary secretary to the committee.

OOLOGNE.—PubIic attention is just now strongly
attracted towards a new preparation, which has been
issued from the celebrated distillery of John Maria
Farina, 23, Rhine-street, Cologne. This extraordinary
liquid possesses curative and preventive virtues in an
unexampled degree, and its use is universally recom-
mended by the faculty in Germany. Taken internally,
it has, we are told, been found an almost certain remedy
in cases of weak or dis ordered digestions, and in liver
complaints; and, applied externally, it heals wounds and
bruises with surprising effect, and forms, when diluted
with water, a delightful wash for the complexion, ren-
dering the skin soft and smooth, healing all cutaneous
affections, and giving a healthy blown to the counte-
nance. We understand that the inventor's attention has
been directed to this preparation for a number of years,
and we heartily congratulate him on the successful issue
of his exertions. We are glad to find that the respect-
able firm of Voeleker and Co., of No. 1, Carpenter's-
buildings, London-wall, have been appointed agents for
the sale of it in this country.
UNEXAMPLED PEAT AT CRICKET.--..-At a match of
cricket last week at Boated, between that club and the
Bentley, Mr. Jolla Almond, Jun., one of the Bentley bowlers,
lu4cl the. good fortune to put out the whole side of the Boxted
gentlemen by his own hand, in the following manner:—viz.
by bowling down seven wickets, two catches, and stumping
one. This feat is, we believe, unparalleled in the annals of
cricketing.—Chehnsiurd chroniek,

THE FRENCH NAVY IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN.

oN THE COAST OF AFRICA.
.4uffren, 90 guns, 780 meti—With theflag of the Prince
do Joinville, quitted, on the morning of the 7th, the
r,ads of Mers-el-Keber, near to Oran, and sailed in the
direction of Gibraltar.
Jemmapes, 100 guns, 890 men.
Triton, 80 guns, 730 men.
Belle Poule, 60 guns, 740 men.

Labrador, steamer, 4 guns, 208 men, 450-horse power
—Entered Oran on the 11th, from Djeernmaa-Ghazasuat;
landed provisions, immediately transported to Lalla-
Magrina.
Asmodie, steamer, 12 guns, 230 men, 450-horse power.
Orenque, steamer, 4 guns, 205 men, 450-horse power.
Pluton, steamer, 7 guns, 180 men, 220-horse power--
Returned to Oran on the 10th, from Tangier.
Gassendi, steamer, 10 guns, 180 men, 220-horse
power.
Veloce, steamer, 6 guns, 180 men, 220-horse power.
envier, steamer, 6 guns, 205 men, 320-horse power.
Phare, steamer, 6 guns, 150 men, 160-horse power.
Castor, steamer, 2 guns, 120 men, 160-horse power--
This vessel had received orders to sail from Oran on the
6th for Toulon, but the account of the battle of the 3d
having reached that port on the sth, she was detained,
and is still in the roads.
Etna, steamer, 2 guns, 120 men, 160-horse power—
The Etna and the Tartare entered Oran on the 12th
from Algiers, with two transports in tow, having on
board 155 horses, belonging to the artillery. The Etna
sailed on the evening of the 12th for Algiers.
Tartare, steamer, 2 guns, 120 men, 160-horse power
—See Etna.

Euphrate, steamer, 2 guns, 120 men, 160-horse power.
Chinaire steamer, 2 guns, 120 men, 160-horse power.
This boat was in the roads of Mers-el-Keber on the sth,
when the news of the battle of the 3d having been re-
ceived, she was on the Bth sent to Algiers, when, having
taken on board a large quantity of ammunition, shot,
&c., she sailed on the 9th for the west.
Rubis, steamer, 2 guns, 60 men, 80-horse power.
Var, steamer, 2 guns, 30 men, 50 horse power.
MOteore steamer, 2 guns, 120 men, 160-horse power.
Cocyte, steamer, 2 guns, 120 men, 160-horse power.
Sphinx, steamer, 2 guns, 120 men, 160-horse power.
Aube, transport, 600 tons.
Provengale, transport, 600 tons.
Perdrie, transport, 600 tons. This transport, laden
with ammunition, &c., from Toulon, anchored in the
roads of Mers-el-Keber on the 12th.
VESSELS IN TOULON ROADS, READY TO PET TO SEA.
Ocean, 126 guns, 860 men, with the flag of Admiral
Percival Duchesne.
Inflexible, 90 guns, 800 men.
Neptune, 80 guns, 780 men.
Marengo, 80 guns, 780 men.
Legere, 2 guns, 80 men.
Grondeur, steamer, 2 guns, 120 men, 160-horse power.
Tenare, steamer, 2 guns, 120 men, 160-horse power.
It is thought that this steamer requires some insignifi-
cant repairs.
Acheron, steamer, 2 guns, 120 mea, 160-horse power,
sailed from Algiers on the 15th, and anchored in Toulon
toads on the night of the 18th.
Souverein, 125 guns, 300 men now on board.
Hercule, 100 guns, 200 men now on board.
Diadem-le, 87 guns, 200 men now on board.
VESSELS ON THE STOCKS IN TOULON HARBOUR.
Fleurus. 100 guns, about three-quarters finished.
Navarin, 100 guns, about three-quarters finished.
Eylau, 100 guns, about three-quarters finished.
Fontenoy, from 80 ti 90 guns, about three-quarters
finished.
Sceptre, from 80 to 90 guns, about half finished.
Hector, from 80 to 90 guns, about half finished.
Castiglione, from 80 to 90 guns, about one-third
finished.

Zenobie, from 90 to 100 guns, nearly finished.
Sibylle, from 90 to 100 guns, nearly finished.
Poursuivante, from 90 to 100 guns, nearly finished.
Olivier, brig, 20 guns, three-fourths finished.
Topazo, 6 guns, nearly finished.
Castor, iron steam-boat, 220-horse power, not far ad-
vanced.

THE NEW NIGHT-POACHING ACT.—This addi-
ditional landlord's law was passed on the 4th instant. It
sets forth that the former Night-poaching Act (passed
July 19, 1828), has been evaded and defeated by the
destruction, by armed persons, at night, of game or
rabbits, not upon inclosed land-:, but upon public roads
and high ways, and other roads and paths leading through
such lands, and also at the gates, outlets, and openings
between such land and roads, highways and paths; and
it then enacts that all the pains, punishments, and for •
fcitures imposed upon persons by night unlawfully taking
or destroying game or rabbits in any land, open or in-
closed, shall be applicable to and imposed upon any per-
son by night unlawfully taking or destroying any game
or rabbits on any public road, highway, or path. Of-
fenders may be seized. This additional " landlord's
law" is a further disgrace to the English statute-book.
The great folks seem resolved to render themselves.
thoroughly odious ; they have been marching in that
direction for some time.

PARK THEATRE.—This house closed for the season
on Wednesday, and will re-open on the 26th August.
During the recess the scenic and decorative artists will
be employed on the opera of the Bohemian Girl, the
most successful novelty produced in London during the
past theatrical year. Macready plays a farewell en-
gagement in September, and will be succeeded by actors
of eminence from the other side of the Atlantic. Mr.
Simpson, the worthy and estimable manager of " Old
Drury" for thirty years, has sailed for Europe to com-
plete arrangements for the next campaign, which, from
the great improvement in every branch of business,
promises to exceed in profit any season since the great
one of '37, when the Woods played to upwards of
17,000 dollars in twelve consecutive nights.—From the
New York Courier and Inquirer.
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.—Saturday last was
one of the most brilliant days of the season, and with a
breeze just strong enough, with the thermometer at 70
in the shade, to waft from field to field the grateful
odours of the clover and bean, and affording, we hope,
only a prelude to a long track of weather of a similar
description. Sunday, to be sure, was rainy, almost from
morning to night, with the temperature down to 55 ; but
Monday and Tuesday the weather was again clear and
bright, and although the thermometer stood at 75 in the
shade during the day, and fell only to 70 at ten o'clock
on Tuesday night, the atmosphere was soft and delicious
in the highest degree, and altogether devoid of the
scorching fierceness with which so high a temperature is
usually accompanied, and of a character as favourable
for maturing the crops as the heart of man could desire.
Yesterday again was rainy ; and, although the quan-
tity of moisture which has fallen in this neighbour..
hood within the last eight days has been considerable,
it has has never been to excess, and its effect has been
to benefit every description of crop ; and in so far as we
have been able to learn, both from our own observation
and from the reports of others, it can hardly be said to
have occasioned even the most partial injury.
Wheat and barley are rapidly filling, and early
patches have already exchanged the verdant green of
summer for the sombre brown which precedes the rich
golden hue of autumn. The crops are from ten days to
a fortnight more forward than at the corresponding period
of last year, and if the weather be favourable, we shall
have an early as well as an abundant harvest. It there
be no check, we may expect to see the sickle at work
within three weeks. Extensive failures have occurred
amongst the potatoes, and numerous attempts have been
made partially to remedy the loss, by sowing turnips in
the intervals ; and we regret to say that in many in-
stances the latter will be the more valuable crop of the
two.— Ca ledonian Mercury.
SUICIDES IN LEICESTER.—The frequency of sui-
cides in this town by young people, would appear to fully
justify the remark, that sympathy is a principal cause of
them. It was but in April last, that we announced the
death of a highly respectable young man, a druggist,
by shooting himself with a pistol, in consequence of
the receipt of a note from a young lady with whom,
he had kept company, disclaiming all further ac-
quaintance with him. At the latter end of that
month, a fine young woman poisoned herself by
taking arsenic, simply because she had been told
by some one that a young man, who had paid
his addresses to her, was about to be married to
another. A few weeks after that, another girl took a
dose of arsenic from a somewhat similar cause, and nar-
rowly escaped with her life. On Saturday week a girl
who worked in Messrs. Bedell's factory, put an end to her
existence under peculiarly distressing circumstances. Her
namewas Matilda Jones, and having kept company with a
youth named George Potter, carpenter and joiner, but nut
yet out of his apprenticeship, for some months, she be-
came pregnant ; on the discovery of which by the girl's
parents it was agreed the couple should be mar-
ried, Potter expressing his perfect willingness to make
the girl his wife. 'The banns were published, the ring
was purchased, and Monday, the 15th instant, was
fixed for the wedding. Alas ! on that very day the
poor girl was a corpse. 'The mother of the youth, hear-
ing of the intended union on the Saturday previous, ex-
pressed her intention of throwing every obstacle in the
way, and threatened to forbid the banns the next day
(Sunday); declaring she would sooner see her soa hanged
than that the match should take place. The girl was,
wrought to a dreadful state of excitement, and, having
ing gone up stairs some time after her intended mother-
in-law's departure, took a dose of arsenic, which was
kept on the premises for the purpose of destroying ver-
min ; but as she declared she should get better, having
taken various remedies administered by her parents,
they, wishing to avoid additional exposure and dis-
grace, neglected to send for medical assistance, until
a great and sudden change appeared in their child
on the Monday morning, and it was too late. She
died in a few minutes after the arrival of the medical
officer, and at about the time when, in all probability, bad
the course of true love run smoothly, the marriage cere-
mony would have been performed. there is now another
added to the above dismal catalogue. A girl named.
Mary King, aged 18, of a somewhat profligate character,
the daughter of a widow living in the Wharf-street, a.
low part of the town, having been out all Monday night
until three o'clock the next morning, was reproved by
her mother for her conduct, and a fierce quarrel arose
between them, the daughter declaring that her mother
should have reason to remember it before the
day was over. She sat down for a short
time, but went out with • "her work (gloves)
in her apron, apparently to her employers, but
really to a druggist's where she purchased twopenny.
worth of arsenic on pretence of cleansing the bedsteai ;
went to a neighbour's house, and drink it off-iin a cup of
water. She died in abouthur:hours afte,tyiards. An.
inquest wes held the next .evening, Fl4.a vesdict to the
ea-ct that she died from the eftc.ts,Pf.PaoOP adminis-
tered by herself with .an duteut.te..eleatrittlyellfe was re-
turned, She was buried the same evening, and although
it was nearly twelve o'elook at niglit,;.there were seines
thousands of people assembled to witness her interatimt.