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London, England, 1844-07-15 00:00:00

PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Prowedlngs of the House of Comnions.)
SATURDAY JULY 13.
POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL.-
,
(IN THE COMMITTEE.)
Thirty-fifth Clause ( That it shall be lawful for the said Com-
missioners, as and when they may see fit, to declare so many
Parishes or Unions, or Parishes and Unions, to be combined
into School Districts) :--Amendment proposed, in page 16,
line 25, to leave out the words " to declare so many_ Parishes or
Unions, or Parishes and Unions, as they may see fit, to be com-
bined," in order to insert the words " to combine Unions, or
Parishes not in Union, or such Parishes and Unions," instead
thereof :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause : " The Committee divided :
MINORITY—AYES, 28.
Aldam, William Knight, H. G. I homely. Thomas
Bowring, Dr. Milnes, Richard Ilifnell, Henry
Brocklehurst, J. Morris, David Wakley, Thomas
Douglas, Sir Howard Muntz, G. F. Walker, R.
Duncombe, T. S. Napier, Sir Charles Warburton, Henry
Etwall, R. Ogle, S. C. U. Wrighston, W. B.
Fitzroy, Hon. H. Pechell, Captain
Fleetwood, Sir P. Philips, G. It. .
Grosvenor, Lord R. Protheroe Edward Cowper, Hon. W. F
Hawes, B. TELLERS
Strutt, Eilward Smith, Vernon
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MAJORITY—NOES, 103.
Adderley, C. B. Eliot, Lord Maxwell, J. P.
Arkwright, George Escott, Bickham Meynell, H.
Bailey, Joseph, jun. Ferrand, W. B. Miles, P. W. S.
Baillie, Colonel Fitzmaunce, W. O'Brien, A. S.
Bankes, George Forbes, William Palmer, R.
Baring, Hon W. B Forman, L Seaton Patten, Wilson
Barrington, Viscount Fuller, A. E. Peel, Jonathan
Bentinck, Lord G. (laskell, J. M. Poilington, Viscount
Beresford, Major Gladstone, W. E. Freed, William T.
Blackhurne,J.lreland Gordon, Hon. W. Pringle, A.
Boukin, W. H. Gore, Montague Rashleigh, William
Boldero, H George Got'Mourn, Henry Rolleston, Colonel
Borthwick, Peterj Graham, Sir James Round, John
Botfield, Benah Greenall, Peter Rous, Hon. Captain
Bowles, Admiral Harcourt, G. G. Rushurooke, Colonel
Bramston, 'l'. W. Henley, J. W. Sheppard, T.
Bruce, Lord Ernest Henniker, Lord Sibtnorp, Colonel
Buck, L. W. Herbert, Hon. S. Smith, T. B. C.
Burrell, Sir C. M. Hervey, Lord A. Somer.et, Lord G.
Burreughes, H. Hinde, J. H. Sotheron, T. H
Cavendish, Hon. G. Hodgson, R. Sutton, Hon. H. 111
Cnarteris, Hon. F. Hogg, J. W. Taylor, E.
Chelsea, Viscount Hope, Charles Thornhill, G.
Christopher, R. A. Hussey, Ambrose Waddington, H. S.
Chute, W. L. Hussey, Thomas Walsh, Sir John
Codrington, Sir W. Jerseys, Earl Wawn, John r„
Corry, H. Jolliffe, Sir W. Williams, W.
Cripps, W. Langston, J. H. Wodehouse, Hon. E.
Dallier, Hon. Dawson Lennox, Lard A. Wood, Colonel
Darby, George Lincoln, Earl of Wortley, lion. Jn. S
Dawnay, Hon. W. Lockhart, William Ynrke, E. T.
Dickinson, E. H. Long, Walter
Douglas, ir C. E. M'Geachy, F. A. Douglas, J. D. S. M'Neill, Duncan Young, John
Duncombe, A. Manners, Lord C. Baring, Henry
Eastnor, Viscount Manners, Lord J.

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
DR. POTTS' INVENTION OF SUBMARINE FOUNDA-
TIONS FOR BREAKWATERS, LIGHTHOUSES, &c.
A Lecture was delivered at this Institution, on Saturday
evening by Dr. Ryan, illustrative of Dr. Potts' recent inven-
tion for driving piles by means of atmospheric pressure, so as
to form foundations for breakwaters, lighthouses, &c., in si-
tuations in which it has, hitherto, been difficult, if not im-
possible to build them, in consequence of the want of a proper
foundation whereon to erect the superstructure. Dr. Potts
purposes to have piles of iron, or of wood, constructed hollow,
covering the top with an air cap ; the pile, thus prepared, is
placed in the situation and direction in which it is
to be driven into the ground. The air is exhausted by a
series of ingenious contrivances from the interior of the hollow
pile, and by the pressure of the atmosphere it is forced into its
place. The interior of the pile is supplied with water from
a reservoir which keeps the soil within the pile in a state
of mechanical suspension, and as the pile sinks this soil
rises through the pile head, into the receiver, from whence
it can be removed at any time at the will of the operator.
Dr. Ryan stated a number of ingenious contrivances invented
by Dr. Potts, to obviate particular difficulties which might
arise from the state of the soil, &c., in various localities. Dr.
Potts has applied this principle to the construction of caissons,
which can be sunk by means of atmospheric pressure to such
a depth as to form a solid foundation. By the application of
various cements these caissons can be turned into solid rock.
The lecture, which was most lucidly delivered by Dr. Ryan,
was illustrated by various experiments, showing the process
of pile driving, &c., according to Dr. Potts' method. Dr.
Potts has been examined before the Commission on Harbours
of Refuge, and the Commissioners have expressed their appro-
bation of his plan, which has also met with the approval of
several gentlemen of high scientific acquirements.

POST-OFFICE MELODIES.

No. I.

Air—" Believe me if all those endearing young charms.'

Believe me if each kind, endearing small note
That I gaze on so fondly to-day,
Were to go by to-morrow's mail, with its red coat
Like fairy's gift fading away ; ,
They would still be all read, as this moment they are,
Let the sealing-wax stick as it will ;
And into each cover, without let or bar,
I should peep most triumphantly still.
It is not while office and place are my own,
And my cheeks unprofaned by a tear,
That the honour and worth of a Grveme can be known
Tho' my absence might make me more dear;
Oh, the eye that has once learned the news of your homes,
Will still learn it on to the close;
And the hand that has opened a letter that comes,
Will open a letter that goes. G. G. 0.

HORRIBLE SCENE AT AN EXECUTION.—On the
Bth inst. Pierre Lescure, who was accused of the murder of
his father, but not brought to trial for want of sufficient evi-
dence, and who has since been condemned to death for making
away with his uncle, was executed at Riom (Puy de-DOme).
The circumstances attending the execution were most horri.
fying. Being a man of herculean strength, he was bound in
prison with an unusual weight of chains. It required at least
half an hour for the smiths to unrivet them. Lescure was
much weakened by his confinement, and assistance was
offered jo him in walking to the scaffold, but he declined
it and went forward, and even ascended the ladder with
a firm step. Fearing resistance the executioners of St.
Flour and Moulins were called in to aid the executioner of
Riom. When Lescure appeared on the platform, his tall
and athletic person towered above them and the priest who
attended him. Unfortunately he was not bound with suffi-
cient force to the swing-board, which also was too short for
his length, so that his neck went beyond the groove, and the
axe, when loosened, fell on the wood of the frame, and only
wounded its intended victim. Upon this the executioner from
St. Flour got astride on the head of Lescure, but the convict
struggled from the grasp, and, breaking his bands, rose
again, with his shoulders and breast covered with his blood,
his face flushed, and his eyes haggard, uttering cries that
struck terror to the heart of every spectator. The priest
approached the wretched man, and, presenting to him the
image of Christ on the cross, succeeded by his exhortations
in prevailing on him to again submit to be bound. Again
the axe fell, and again missed its mark, only enlarging the
first wound. Lescure's cries became still more astounding.
The people shouted with indignation, and pressing round the
scaffold, were on the point of overcoming the gendarmerie in
attendance, while the priest, whose surplice was covered
with blood, embraced and did all in his power to console and
calm the mutilated man. The three executioners were for a
time completely paralysed; but at last one of them mustered
resolution enough to fix the devoted head in a proper posi-
tion, and the axe, already streaming with blood, fell a third
time, and completed its task. The three executioners are, it
is said, to bidismissed from their offices.—Ga/ignani.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.-"A most heart-rending and
fatal accident happened on Monday to a lime-burner em-
ployed at the Southwick lime-kilns, near Sunderland. The
poor man, whose name was Bell, went on to the top of one of
the kilns when it was burning. When standing on the stones
about the centre of the kiln, the burning mass beneath him
suddenly gave way, and he sank up to the shoulders in the
" furnace of fire." In this position he remained for a short
time in the-greatest agony, till his limbs and body were so
burnt as to cause his death. A rope having been fastened
round the upper part of his body, he was with difficulty
dragged out, when his mangled remains presented a most
horrible spectacle—appalling even to contemplate. The un-
fortunate man has left a widow and large family to mourn his
truly melancholy death.—Durharn Advertiser.