The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-06 00:00:00

M. de Jonge Van Campens Nieuwland has been ap-
pointed by his Majesty to the post of Minister of
Justice, which he had held for some time ad interim.

F. Ashby, miller, Knockholt, Kent.
J. Bowler, whip-maker, Liverpool.
H, Cope, butcher, Old Radford, Nottinghamshire.
W. Basford, engineer, Radcliffe-highway.
W. Thistlethwaite, cigar dealer, Liverpool.

SECOND NOTICES.

C. Clifford, plumber, Norman-street, St. Luke's, Aug. 10,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
E. Stevens, builder, Stanbridge, Bedfordshire, Aug. 10, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
J. B. Harwood, Bistern-place, Poplar, August 10, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
G. Heffill, Chenies-street, Bedford-square, August 12, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
C. E. Castle, commission agent, Princes-square, St. George-
in-the-East, Aug. 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee.
J. Puttman, fishmonger, Northampton, Aug. 12, at two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee.
C. Harding, schoolmaster, Bartholomew-close, West Smith-
field, Ang. 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee.
E. M. Hague, Richmond, Surrey, Aug. 12, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee.
C. Pashley, plumber, Rayleigh, Essex, Aug. 20, at two, at
the Court of Backruptcy. Edwards, official assignee.
G. Simmons, commercial traveller, Brighton, Aug. 10, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee.
George Brodie, comedian, Craven-buildings, Drury-lane,
Aug. 10, at Twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett,
official assignee.
James Rutley, carpenter, Bromley, Middlesex, Aug. 10, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankrutpcy. Follett, official assignee.
J. Pratt, straw-bonnet blocker, Dunstable, Bedfordshire,
August 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
official assignee.
S. Dainton, plumber, Bermondsey-street, Bermondsey,
August 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
official assignee.
H. R. Wood, philosophical instrument-maker, Tibberton-
square, Islington, Aug. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Follett, official assignee.
J. Williams, silk.dealer, Sclater- street, Bethnal-green,
Aug. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett,
official assignee.
A. G. Hamilton, agent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Aug. 26,
at half-past eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District
Court. Baker, official assignee.
R. Copley, cowkeeper; Sheffield, Aug. 9, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee.
T. C. Fletcher, schoolmaster, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Aug.
12, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official assignee.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
ROYAL COMMISSION.
Their Lordships met at a Quarter before Four, when
the Royal Assent was given by Commission to the un-
dermentioned Bills :—The Three-and-a-Half per Cent.
Dissentients Bill, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions Bill, the
Debtors and Creditorsßill, the Militia Pay Bill, the Alien
Act Amendment Bill, the Clerks of the Crown in Chan-
cery Bill, the Privy Council Bill, the New South Wales
Administration of Justice Bill, the Trafalgar-square Bill,
the Detached Parts of Counties Bill, the Land-tax Com-
missioners Bill, the Farm-buildings Bill, the Licenses
Bill, the Duchy of Cornwall Bill, the Criminal Justice
(Middlesex) Bill, the New South Wales Customs Bill,
the Books and Engravings Bill, the Transfer of Pro-
perty Bill, the Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill, the Party
Processions (Ireland) Bill, the Dublin and Cashel Rail-
way Bill, the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Bill,
the North Wales Railway Bill, the London and Croydon
Railway Bill, the Ayr Bridge Bill, the Swansea Im-
provement Bill, the Hull Docks and Harbour Bill, the
Rochdale Improvement Bill, the Isle of Wight
Improvement Bill, the Warwick Improvement Bill,
the Ramsden Estate Bill, Wilson's Estate Bill,
the Harris's Estate Bill, the Lord Despencher's
Estate Bill, the Notting Hill Estate Bill,
Bowyer's Estate Bill, the Jarvis Estate Bill, the
Lubbock's Estate Bill, the Bishop of London's Estate
Bill, Morton's Estate Bill, the Lord Cranstoun's
Estate Bill, the Warrington Curacy Bill, the Down and
Connor and Dromore Estate Bill, Cheape's Divorce
Bill, and Gough's Divorce Bill.
The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Duke of Buccleuch,and the Earl of Dalhousie. Their
Lordships then adjourned during pleasure.
Their Lordships resumed at Five o'clock.
ART-UNIONS BILL.
On the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE, the Com-
mons' amendments to this Bill were agreed to.
The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition
from Jamaica, praying that if the duty on foreign sugar
should be reduced, the duty on colonial sugar should be
reduced also.
HER MAJESTY'S ACCOUCHEMENT.
The Duke of WELLINGTON rose and said, I am
sure your Lordships have participated in the joy of the
public upon the occurrence of this day, and that you
must be anxious to avail yourselves of the earliest op-
portunity to express your congratulations to her Majesty
upon her safety, and upon the joyful event. I therefore
move, in conformity with the usual practice, and with-
out giving notice, that a humble address be presented to
her Majesty, to congratulate her Majesty on the birth
of another Prince, and to assure her Majesty that every
increase to her Majesty's illustrious family, and every
addition to her Majesty's domestic happiness will afford
the most unfeigned joy and satisfaction to the House
of Lords.—(Cheers.)
Lord MELBOURNE—I beg leave, my Lords, to
second that motion.—(Cheers.)
The motion was then put from the Woolsack, by tha
LORD CHANCELLOR, who declared it to be carried
nemine dissentiente.
JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES BILL.
Ou the motion for the third reading of this Bill,
Lord MONTEAGLE complained of its having been
passed through the House so rapidly, and suggested that
it be postponed for a day or two.
After a short conversation, the motion was agreed to.
COMMON LAW PROCESS BILL.
CONFERENCE.
Lord Hawarden and other Peers, having been ap-
pointed to manage a conference with the Commons on
the subject of the Common Law Process Bill, left the
House for the purpose of attending the said conference,
and, on their la turn, reported the reasons of the Com-
mons for persisting in their amendments to the House.
ARTS-UNION BILL—CONFERENCE.
Several of their Lordships were appointed to hold a
conference with the Commons on the subject of the
Arts-Union Bill, who, on their return, reported the con-
ference to the House.
Several Bills on the table were forwarded a stage.
On the motion of the Earl of RIPON the Joint-Stock
Banks Bill was read a third time, the amendments were
ordered to be printed, and to be taken into consideration
on Thursday.
AFFAIRS OF SERVIA.
Lord BEAUMONT said that he wished to put a
question to the Noble Earl on the subject of the
I affairs of Servia. It would be in the recollec-
tion of their Lordships that a debate had
taken place on this subject at the commencement
of the session. Since then a conspiracy had been formed
against Prince Alexander Georgeowitz, which had been
discovered, and the conspirators had been condemned.
Prince Alexander had then been given to understand
that he would be complying with the wishes of a northern
Power if he were to pardon these conspirators, and in-
flict on them only a slight imprisonment instead of the
punishment of death—it was intimated to Prince Alex-
ander that if he pardoned those conspirators there
would be no objection to the return of the two Ministers
who had been sent into exile at the desire of Russia,
but who were in high favour with the Porte. On
that understanding the pardon was granted, but
the promise of Russia had not been kept, and
the Ministers were still in exile. He wished to ask
the Noble Earl if it was in his power to communicate
any information to the House on the subject, and if he
had, as a friend to the Porte, exercised his influence to
induce a certain northern Power to consent to the resto-
ration of the two Ministers.
The Earl of ABERDEEN, in answer to the question
of the Noble Lord, wished to state that he had no know-
ledge whatever of any such engagement as that referred
to by the Noble Lord, nor had he any reason to know
or to believe that any such promise had been made as
the Noble Lord had mentioned. But though
he had no knowledge or belief of any such
engagements, it might be satisfactory to the
Noble Lord to learn, that, from recent communication
received from her Majesty's Minister at the Court of St.
Peterburgh, the Imperial Government had no objection
whatever to the return of these two Ministers.
Lord BBAUMONT was perfectly satisfied with the
answer of the Nuble Earl. lie must have been misled
by his information.
COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUTENANT GRAY.
The Earl of MINTO asked whether the court-martial
which had been recently held on Lieut. Grey had been
held by the exclusive directions of the Admiralty in con-
sequence of some representations from a Foreign Power.
Lord HADDINGTON said the court-martial was
held in consequence of communications made in certain
correspondence to the Foreign-office.
The Earl of ABERDEEN wished to add to the an-
swer given by his Noble Friend, that although the court-
martial had taken place in consequence of the represen-
tations of a foreign government, yet no foreign govern-
ment had ever suggested any such proceedings. The
French Government complained of the violation of the
treaty and of the right of search. A French ship having
been searched without warrants, and on that being reported
in the proper department the Admiralty had thought
proper to institute the proceedings that had taken place
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(Coiftinued from our Afternoon Edition.)

At a Quarter before Four o'clock the SPEAKER re-
sumed the Chair, when
Mr. MACKINNON gave notice that, early in the en•.
suing session, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill
for the prevention of the smoke nuisance. Ho begged
also to give notice that he would take an early oppor-
tunity, in the next session, of moving for leave to bring
in a Bill to prevent interments in churches, or chapels,
or grounds in large towns.
Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod,
then summoned the House to hear the Royal assent
given to various Bills, for which see Lords' report.
RAILWAY BILL—LORDS' AMENDMENTS.
The SPEAKER having returned, and resumed the Chair,
the House went into Committee on the Lords' amend-
ments to the Railway Bill.
Mr. GLADSTONE said he had before stated to
the House the view which the Select Committee
on Railways had entertained on this subject. The
amendment of the Honourable Member for Wolver-
hampton went to impose on the Government the
duty of superintending and managing third-class trains;

and he had stated that in his opinion that was a duty
which it was impossible for the Government satisfac-
torily to discharge. The effect of the Lords' amend-
ments was to restrict the compulsory obligation to run
particular trains, subject to the control of the Board of
Trade, to every week-day in Scotland, and in England
to every week day except Christmas-day and Good Friday.
So far, therefore, the Board of Trade had nothing to do
with any Sunday train. But a clause had been intro-
duced into the Bill in the House of Lords, which laid
down the principle, that if railway companies should
run any trains at all on Sundays for passengers,
they should run at least one train for the
purpose of conveying third-class passengers. It
was objected, however, that the Legislature did not
provide for limiting the fare of third-class passengers on
Sundays ; and if any limitation should be proposed con-
sistent with the general principle of the Bill, he should
not oppose it. Another which he wished to mention
with regard to the amendments was, that the effect of
the Bill as it stood would be that, if the company ran
third-class carriages, they need only stop at the
stations for the other trains. A proposition had been
made that the third-class carriages should be covered
and provided with seats. He hoped the House would
not insist on the insertion of any provision of that kind.
He must confess that he did not think they could adopt
such a proposition with justice to the railway companies;
and he was convinced, that if such a stringent enactment
were carried some arrangement would be adopted by
the railway companies which would be most inconve-
nient to those whom it was intended to benefit. He,
therefore, proposed that the House should accede to the
amendments introduced into the Bill by the Lords. If
any amendment with respect to the rate of fare or any
other matter were adopted, it would necessarily delay the
period of the Bill receiving the Royal assent ; and under
those circumstances, he trusted the House would be sa-
tisfied with the arrangement which he proposed.
Mr. THORNELY said he was very glad that the
principle upon which his amendment was founded, that
if trains were run at all on Sunday, there should be trains
for third-class passengers, had received the sanction of
both Houses of Parliament. He felt it his duty now to
propose that the charge for the conveyance of passengers
by the Sunday trains should not exceed the price charged
for conveyance by the week trains, viz., ld. per mile.
Mr. ENTWISLE said the reason why he had op-
posed the Hon. Member's amendment on a former
occasion was, that while conferring a boon on the work-
ing classes, it would compel the servants of the
company to remain on duty during the whole day. lie
objected also to the amendment now proposed.
Mr. THORNELY'S amendment was then agreed to ;
the other amendments of the Lords' were agreed to ; the
Chairman reported progress, and the report was received.

CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS TO HER
MAJESTY.

Sir R. PEEL said—l am convinced I shall be acting
in accordance with the unanimous feeling of this House
if I avail myself of the earliest opportunity of proposing
that we should offer to her Majesty our cordial
congratulations on the happy event which has taken
place this day.—(Cheers.) I am sure that there
will be one feeling of universal satisfaction through-
out this country that an addition has taken place
to her Majesty's family, and that 'thus there is an in-
creased guarantee that the Throne of these realms will
long continue in the direct descendants of her Majesty.
Every increase of domebtic happiness to her Majesty
will, I am sure, be a cause of grateful satisfaction to her
faithful Commons. And, I therefore beg to
move at once, that this House do present an address
to her Majesty, expressing the sentiments which I have
uttered.—(Cheers.) _ _ .

Lord ➢IARCUS HILL seconded the motion.

An address, which was the echo of the Right Hon.
Baronet's speech, was then read by the Clerk, put by
the Speaker, and agreed to.

•
CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND BEQUSETS
(IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. SHEIL presented a petition from the Roman
Catholic clergy of the diocese of Cashel against the
Charitable Donations and Bequests (Ireland) Bill, on the
ground that such matters belonged exclusively to eccle-
siastics. He must say that he believed this petition was
drawn up under a misconception of the effect of the Bill—
a Bill for which he, for one, must say could not refrain
from expressing his approbation.
Mr. 111. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition from
Dublin, signed by 196,000 persons, in favour of the re-
peal of the legislative union. Also 73 petitions from
Kerry and other places in Ireland, Salford, Newfound-
land, Canada, and other places, containing, in all, 300,000
signatures, to the same effect.
Mr. MASTERMAN presented a petition from St.
Ann's, Blackfriars, against trading on the Sabbath.
SUDBURY.

Mr. CHRISTIE wished to know from the Hon.
Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government,
whether the statements contained in the Morning Herald
newspaper, which was now considered the organ of the
Government, were correct, that it was intended to give
the franchise from Sudbury to part of the county of
Middlesex ?

Sir R. PEEL had not heard the report alluded to by
the Hon. Member, that the county of Middlesex was to
enjoy the spoils of Sudbury.—(Hear.) Supposing,
however, that the Government had come to any decision
upon the subject, he thought it would be most unwise to
state what that determination was.

ELSINEUR, JULY 29.—The remaining part of the
Russian squadron, consisting of four ships of the line
and a frigate, left our road yesterday, with a north
wind, to pass the Sound, and was out of sight at
sunset.

HAMBURGIT, AUG. 2.—The Universal Prussian
Gazette begins to publish accounts from various parts
of the kingdom of the horror excited by the attempt
to assassinate his Majesty, and the gratitude to Divine
Providence for his escape, which seems to have been
almost miraculous. A pamphlet, published on the
29th July, says that Tschech had stated that he had
been the more impelled to execute his design by
seeing that a woman, attempting to present a petition
to the King and Queen, had no notice taken of it by
either of them. "This statement," says the Prussian
Gazette, "is wholly unfounded. It appears, on inquiry,
that ie petitioner (who was erroneously re-
ported to be the daughter of the assassin) is
the wife of a merchant, who is sentenced to
imprisonment; and, from the examination which
was deemed necessary, the following is found to be
the state of the case. On the evening before their
Majesties' departure, she stood at the palace-gate and
presented to the King a petition for a mitigation of
her husband's punishment. The King had spoken
very graciously to her, and on the same evening had
the matter discussed with other things, and gave an
order in compliance with the petition. The woman
fearing the King's departure might delay the fulfil-
ment of her request went to the palace gate on the
following morning and presented a similar petition to
the Queen just as her Majesty was stepping into the
carriage. Her Majesty received it kindly and gave
it to the King who recognising the woman, told her
very graciously to make herself easy, that her request
was granted, and the necessary orders given. The
woman relating the preceding particulars, says, that
being deeply affected, she was going to kneel and
express her wish that Providence would grant him a
happy journey, when the criminal fired the shot at
her benefactor."

This statement is signed by Baron Von Arnew,
Ministor of the Interior.—.Hanzburgh Papers, Aug. 2:

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, AUG. 2.—The Precurseur of Antwerp has
the following article :
" Thus, then, we hare entered directly on a system
of reprisals, with a war of tariffs. This is an unhappy
necessity on the part of Belgium ; and though we la-
ment, in an economical point of view, measures of
this nature, we must on this occasion applaud
the firmness of the Government. We say frankly
that we did not expect that it would show so
much courage, and it was not without some surprise
that we learned from the Moniteur this manifestation of
energy:—' But since the Government has entered on
this course of reprisals, which the dignity of the country
and numerous interests that were threatened pointed out
to it, it is our duty, and that of the whole truly national
press, to support it in its struggle with the Prussian
colossus.' "

The Journal du Commerce of Antwerp, and the Organ
des Flanders, have likewise long articles commending
the conduct of the Government.

His Highness Prince Michael Olrenovich, with his
suite, has arrived at Brussels, and lodges in the Hotel
de Saxe, where apartments were bespoke for his reception.
The organisation of the new line of steamers between
Ostend and Dover, which was said to have been com-
pleted on Monday last, is deferred for a week, at the re-
quest of the English Company, which was not ready to
deliver the three steamers required for this service.

Yesterday a destructive fire broke out in the cellars of
M. Denville, grocer and oil merchant. It was discovered
by some persons in the street, who had great diffi-
culty in rousing the family and the lodgers. The
progress of the flames was so rapid, that the inmates
were obliged to escape by the roof. Besides the total de-
struction of the house and its contents, we have to state
the deplorable fact, that a daughter of M. Denville, aged
19, and a son, aged 11, perished in the flames.
By the new convention between the British and Bel-
gian post-offices, the postage of letters between England
and Belgium is reduced to is. for the whole distance, of
which sum Belgium will take 5d., and England 7d. This
is a reduction of more than half of the present rate.
The prepayment will be optional. The journals, of what-
ever size, will be charged and continued.
Since we shall never receive the English journals in
Belgium without extraordinary expense, the Govern-
ment should consent to suppress the extraordinary stamp
duty. We ask it for the sake of the English families re-
siding in this country.

SPANISH AMERICAN BOND-
HOLDERS.

The following further correspondence between the
Committee of Spanish American bondholders and
Messrs. Lizardi and Co. the Mexican agents, was circu-
lated in the City yesterday:—
" 13, Austinfriars, Aug. 2.
" Gentlemen,—Your letter of the 27th ult., in reply
to mine of the preceding day, was yesterday laid before
the Committee of Spanish American bondholders, and I
am desired to express to you their extreme dissatis-
faction with its contents, and especially with your re-
fusal to furnish the Committee with any information as
to the moneys in hand to meet the dividend now four
months in arrear.

" The Committee desire me to express in the strongest
terms their unanimous opinion that the withholding of
this information is utterly unjustifiable, inasmuch as the
proportion of duties assigned in Mexico for the pay-
ment of the dividends belongs to the bondholders, and
they have consequently a right to know from time to
time the amount of such moneys, and the mode of their
appropriation.
" The Committee need not dwell on the enormous
sacrifices which the bondholders have heretofore made
to meet the convenience of the Mexican Government.
They had fully expected that in return for those con-
cessions the bondholders would have received from the
Mexican Government and from yourselves that con-
sideration which the circumstances of the case called for
and required.

" The Committee trust, therefore, that you will, on
further deliberation, furnish the particulars requested in
my letters of April 23 and the 27th ult.—l am, &c.,
" G. R. ROBINSON, Chairman.
" Messrs. F. de Lizardi and Co."
" 26, Austinfriars. Aug. 3.
Sir,—We have to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of yesterday, addressed to us on the part of the
Committee of Spanish American bondholders.
" As regards the first part of your communication, we
have no other reply to make than to refer you to our
letter of the 27th of July.
" Respecting the latter part, wherein you allude to the
concessions made by the bondholders, we beg to assure
you that we are fully sensible of their importance; and
that the same are duly appreciated in the proper quar-
ter is, we think, sufficiently proved by the great sacri-
fices made by the Mexican Government, in the midst of
very trying financial difficulties, to meet its engagements
with its creditors.—We remain, &c.,
" F. DE LIZARD' and CO.,
" Per pro. M. J. de Lizardi.

" G. R. Robinson, Esq."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 5.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND ACTS.
The House then went into Committee on these
Acts, when

Mr. GLADSTONE rose to mcve for leave to bring in a
Bill to amend the law relating to the relief and support, in
certain cases, of merchant seamen, their widows, and chil-
dren. The Right Hon Gentleman said the Bill which he
wished to bring in affected the interests and prospects of
a class of men which that House, as well as the whole
country, regarded with feelings of great interest—he
meant the merchant seamen of this country,
a class who were the least disposed to complain.—
(Hear, hear.) They were, it was true, dissatisfied
with the state of the seamen's fund, but his only surprise
was that they were not a hundred times more so. They
did not object to the compulsory payment of a tax out of
their wages, but they did:wish to see the:fund placed on a
more satisfactory footing. He thought that the pensions
that were given to these parties ought to equalised.
The fund was in the nature of an insurance,
and it ought to come back to the subscribers.
It was contrary to all principle to consider it as a cha-
rity. It was not of an eleemosynary charac-
ter. It should be administered as the savings banks
were administered. They ought to make the best
of it. It ought to be uniformly administered. He
thought too much was devoted to the expenses of
management, there was nothing like wilful mismanage-
ment of the fund, but the expense would be less if
it were taken into the hands of a public department.
Then with regard to the remedy, there was a
great want of data on which to found calculations.
He proposed that a measure should be passed for not
less than seven, nor more than ten years. He also
proposed that the pension should be equalised.
The effect of this would be, that there would
be a uniform system of pensions all over the
country. It was proposed that the pension should
be 41. a year, but the seamen who were sixty-three
years old, and therefore disabled, should be entitled to a
pension of 8/. As to widows, it was proposed that in-
stead of continuing their pensions, a gratuity should be
given them. All that he meant to propose was to se-
cure the fund in the best and most efficient manner,
and to give the seamen all the benefits which could pos-
sibly arise from the appropriation of the fund. He would
therefore move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the
laws relating to the relief and support, in certain cases,
of merchant-seamen, their widows, and children.
Mr. LABOUCHERE thought there was no class of
her Majesty's subjects more entitled to the considera
tion of that House and the Government, than the class
proposed to be benefited by the Bill.
After a few words from Mr. Flume, Lord Sandon, and
Mr. Gladstone, leave was granted to bring in the Bill.
POST-OFFICE.—COMMITTEE OF SECRECY.
Lord SANDON brought up the Report of the Com-
mission of Secrecy on the Post-office. It was laid upon
the table.
The House then adjourned at a Quarter past Seven.

HOUSE OF LORDS, August 5.
Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
Several Bills brought up from the Commons were read
a first time.

THE POST-OFFICE INQUIRY.
The Earl of RADNOR presented a petition complaining
of the unconstitutional conduct of the Secretary for the
Home Department. He did not understand why that