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LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1845.

The Lords met at five.

The Earl of BESBOROUGH brought up the report of
the Committee on the case of STINTON, who had given
evidence before the Dublin and Galway Railway Bill
Committee. The report was to the effect that it would
be inexpedient to prosecute him for perjury.
On the motion for the third reading of the Bills of
Exchange Bill Lord MoNTEAGLE moved as an amend-
ment that it should be a permanent instead of a tempo-
rary measure. The motion, which was supported by
the Marquis of LANSDOWNE and opposed by the Earl
of DALHOUSIE and the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, was
rejected on a division, the numbers being for the amend-
ment, 9 ; against it,37.
The other Bills on the table were forwarded a stage,
and their Lordships adjourned.

The Commons met at Four o'clock.
Lord COURTENAY having moved that the report on
the London and York Railway be received,
Mr. WARD moved as an amendment that the Bill be
re-committed. The Committee, although they had been
unremitting in their labours, had heard all the parties
concerned. They had, in consequence, done great in-
justice, and he therefore moved the re-committal of the
Bill. The cases of the York and North Midland, of the
Midland Counties, and of the Eastern Counties lines,
had been decided on by the Committee without having
been heard.

Mr. HUTT, who thought there was good reason to be
dissati,fied with the decision of the Committee, seconded
the motion.

Lord COURTENAY explained the nature of the pro-
ceedings before the Committee, and defended the de-
cisions to which the Committee had come.
After a short discussion, the amendment was nega-
tived by a majority of 60 ; the numbers being, for the
motion, 79—for the amendment, 19.

Upon the order of the day being read for going into
Committee of Supply,

Lord PALMERSTON drew the attention of the Douse
to the present state of Greece, and called upon the Go-
vernment to interfere to prevent the cruelty and tyranny
at present practised in that country.
Sir R. PEEL briefly replied ; after which, the louse
went into Committee, and, a vote of 20,0001. having
been agreed to in behalf of the sufferers at Quebec,
shortly afterwards Adjourned•

In four or five papers on the " Oregon" questio.i, we
have, from time to dine, endeavoured to lay before our
readers a general outline of the incidental points con-
nected with its principal bearings. On the last occasion
of our adverting to the same ver.y important subject
we undertook to demonstrate the unsoundness and
futility of the title set up by the United States on every
one of the grounds upon which it had been asserted and
argued by Mr. GREENHOW—by far the ablest champion
which that title has yet found, and himself a salaried
servant of one of the civil departments of the American
Government. Want of room and the press of more
urgent matters have since combined to prevent
us from recurring to, or fulfilling our pledge.
But we read in The .journal (a Washington
paper, generally understood to be the official organ of
the President's party and opinions) the following pas-
sage ; and we find it so apropos for our purpose of refu-
tation, that we will, on the first occasion that offers to us,
take each of the several assumptions that we print below
in italics, and prove, by incontrovertible facts and docu-
ments, the absolute and vttor falsehood of such assump-
tion. We may, then, feel disposed to inquire what must
be the condition of moral teeling among the readers and
supporters of a "Journal" which can wilfully propagate
such gross misstatements and deliberately attempt to
deceive and irritate the public mind of America into
hostile excitement upon them ? We must entreat our
readers not to lose sight of the grave and malicious of-
fence thus perpetrated, in the merriment which we may
be tempted to indulge in by the bombastic egotism of
this arbiter of the disputes of nations.
"As the property of the United States has been fully proved
and rightfully attached, bold must be the Executive, and Anti-
Am,.:ricau must be that Cabinet officer who would draw, or
recommend the drawn, g, of the American Boundary Line
below the line of the Russian American Settlement (54 deg.
40 min.), and thereby give the British Government an out-
let, even, to the Western Ocean. From 42 deg. to 54 deg.
40 min. N. latitude, the United Slates by discovery, by occu-
pancy acknowledged on the part of Great Britain, by the
French cession of 1803, and by the Spanish cession of 1819,
IT IS THE OWNER."

The Madrid journals of the 24th and 25th have arrived.
The I feralch) advocates the marriage of the Infante Don
lIExTrY with the QUEEN, and states that a letter from Ma-
laga, of the 16th, mentioned the fact that a courier had ar-
rived there, with an order for Don HENRY to repair imme-
diately to Bilboa.
The Glob() and the Tiempo both urge upon the Government
to follow the example of Brazil, and to retaliate on England
for her exclusion of Spanish sugars, contrary to the just re-
clamations of the Duke of SffromAyon.

According to the Castellano, the only object of the
QUEEN'S: journey to the Basque provinces is to meet the
Duke and Duchess of NEMOURS.

El Clad,Jr states positively that the Count of MONTE-,
MOMS, the son of Don CARLos, had received passports for
Behobia, close to the Spanish frontier, and within a quarter
of an hour's walk of Iron.

According toEl Espectador some Modification was likely
to take place in the Ministry—NAßVAEZ, however, would
still remain at the head of affairs.

The QUEEN reached Saragossa on the 23d, and would re-
main there a week.

An extensive conspiracy has been discovered at Malaga,
according to La Esperanza, and several arrests had taken
place in consequence. The conspiracy originated in the pro-
vincial regiment of Jaen, the officers of which wished to bring
about a Progressista pronunciamento.

The Three per Cents., on 0.4 e 24th, closed at 29 for cash,
and 291 at sixty days. The other securities were not quoted.
The 25th being the feast of St. Jago, the patron saint of
Spain, there was no Bourse (n that day.

We have received the Paris Papers of Wednesday, that is
to say, the Debuts, the Presse, and the Courrier Francais,
these being the only papers published on that morning, in
consequence of the celebration of the 15th anniversary of the
revolution of July the day before. These papers are filled
with descriptions of the concerts and balls, and fireworks and
illuminations, of the day before. Fortunately the evening
was flue, and the people therefore thoroughly enjoyed them-
selves. The KING was present at the concert nionstre in
the Tuileries gardens. We are rejoiced to learn that he
looked "hearty and well."
The Presse, which on such a subject may he considered
as an authority, states that the object of the QuEEN's visit
to the Basque provinces is to endeavour to procure a settle-
ment of the much vexed question of the fueros, a question
which it states " may one day call forth grave discussions."

The Duke and Duchess DE NEmourts were at Gneret on
the 27th, and set out the next day fir Limoges. Through-
out their progress they have been received in the most en-
thusiastic manner.

Admiral Baron LA SUSSE is named inspector of the ships
of the line at Brest and Roehefott.

The Toutonnais quotes a report from Admiral TURPIN,
Commander of the French naval station in the Levant,
addressed to the Minister of Marine, in which the Admiral
expresses his regret that the commercial intercourse be-
tween France and Patras, which is one of the most im •
portant of the Greek ports, has been suffered to dwindle
away to perfect insignificance, while between seventy and
eighty British ships arrive and depart every year. Some

years back, the report says, the whole of the trade was
carried on in French bottoms.

The same paper contains the fullowing news from Algiers,
to the 20th ult. :

" Affairs seem to have taken a serious turn in the east (of
Algeria). For some days past troops have been moving in
that direction. Six battalions of infantry have embarked
for Dellys. The cavalry and artillery proceed by land. The
brigade, under the command of General Gentil, had some
sharp work with the enemy on the 18th ; however,
they finally routed them ; but-it appears that Ben-Kassem
had caused it to be announced in the interior that he had
gained the victory, and this had created great. enthusiasm
among the Kabyle tribes of the mountains near Bougia. The
cause of the present move towards Dellys is owing to Ge-
neral Gentil's having informed the Governor that the enemy
had received considerable reinforcements, and that the in-
surrection daily gained ground, and, consequently, that be
found the small brigade under his orders insufficient for
the protection of the allied tribes encamped before Dellys. It
Is generally believed that Abd- el-Kader had promised Ben-
Kassem that he would come into Kabylia, but the Kabyles
are too jealous of their independence voluntarily to take a
master, except in the case of urgent danger."
The Paris Bourse was again animated on 'Wednesday, the
Share market in particular. Fresh vigour appeared to have
been imparted to the speculations in those securities. The
improvements in the Funds are also somewhat important.
The Three per Cents. closed at 831. 80c. ; the New Loan,
at 84f. 10c ; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 90c. ; Orleans Rail-
road Shares, 1,2351. ; Rouen, 1,077 f. 50c. ; Vierzon,
787 f. 50c. ; Havre, 900 f. ; Avignon, 1,035 f. ; Basle, 270 f. ;
Spanish Domestic Debt, 29*.
The following are the quotations for the new lines :-
Orleans and Bordeaux, 1871. 50c. prem. ; Boulogne, 1401.
ditto ; Troyes and Montereau, 15f. ; Paris and Lyons
(Laffitte), 33f. 75c.; ditto (Calon), par ; ditte (Ganneron),
61. 50c. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 47f. 50c. ; ditto (Rosamel),
Ilf. 25c.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 13f. 75c. ; ditto
(Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 2f. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques
Lefevre), par ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 20f. ;
ditto (Talabot), 361. 25c.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale),
6f. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par; ditto and
Cette (Espeleta), Bf. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par ; Paris
and Strasbourg (Ganneron), 13f. 75c.; Dijon and Mulhouse,
par; Dieppe, 21f. 25c.

We are confident that our readers will peruse, with
much satisfaction, the speech of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, on Tuesday, in moving an address to her
Majesty praying her Majesty to recommend the appro-
priation of the sum of 20,000/. to the relief of our
suffering fellow-countrymen—victims of the two dis-
astrous conflagrations that have recently desolated
Quebec. The terms of sympathy in which the Right
Hon. Gentleman introduced the motion to the House,
and the unanimous affirmative with which hi.; appeal
wa3 responded to, were honourable to all parties. We
sincerely trust that such an exhibition of condolence,
and so munificent a contribution to the private funds
already subscribed for the relief of this large body of
houseless, and homeless, and ruined outcasts, will cement
the reciprocal affections of the colonists, and their com-
patriots of the mother country in indissoluble bonds of
good will and respect.

GREAT FIRES AT QUEBEC.—The High Bailiff of
Westminster has received two letters from the Mayor of
Quebec, begging him to bring under the notice of the
citizens of Westminster the distressed situation of the
inhabitants of Quebec, occasioned by the two fires which
hare taken place there on the 28th May and 28th June
last. By the first fire 1,650 dwellings and two churches
were destroyed, and 12,000 inhabitants were left without
house, food, clothing, or bedding. By the last fire
1,200 dwellings, two places of worship, th-ee schoolhouses,
with stores and outbuildings, were destroyed, and at the
time of his writing to the High Bailiff, he states there
were 15,000 inhabitants scattered over the fields, without
shelter or food ; and he suggests to the High Bailiff that
contributions of clothing, bedding, building materials—
bricks, slates, tiles, tin, iron, nails, glass, and other
articles of hardware used in building—should be for-
warded to Quebec, addressed to Alexander Simpson,
Esq., Treasurer of the Relief Committee. Any of the
citizens of Westminster who feel disposed to respond
to this application may have further particulars given to
them at the High Bailiff's, 40, Jermyn-street, St. James',
and he will thankfully receive any money donations on
this account which may be remitted to him.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS —The total number
of deaths in the metropolitan district in the week ending
July '26, was 873. The number of deaths from violence
was 12. The total number of deaths from disease 861.
The number of deaths from disease in the week pre-
ceding was 839—shewing an increase of 22 on the deaths
from disease during the week.
The Directors of the Bank of England have con-
tributed 100!. to the testimonial to Mr. Rowland Hill.
YOUNG ENGLAND.—Lord John Manners and the
members of this spirited and well-intending party will be de-
lighted to find their views carried out by the liberal proprietor
of the Surrey Zoological Gardens, who, we see, proposes to
give fetes on the 4th and sth of August, illustrative of old
English games and sports, when the rising geru!ration will have
an oppoi tunity of witnessing many of those pastimes which
procured for this country the title of " Merrie England."
NATIONAL .ASSOCIATION.—The third anniversary
of the National Association, established in Holborn, was cele-
brated on Tuesday evening, by a tea par'y and soiree, at the
National Hall, High Holborn, under the auspices of Mr. G.
Thompson, who occupied the chair, supported by W. J. Fox,
Esq., Dr. Epps, W. Lovett, Esq., H. Parry, Esq., and
several other gentlemen. After the tea, bread and butter,
and cake, of all which articles there was a liberal supply,
several speeches were made bythe above-mentioned gentlemen,
in support of resolutions recommending political and social re-
form to the labouring clatses, as the only means by which they
would be put upon a position in the country that would enable
them constitutionally to assert and maintain their rights. After
the speeches several songs and duets were sung by Mrs. Adams,
Mr. Shoubridge, and Mr. Collet, and there were also several
instrumental performers. The company in the hall did not
exceed 120 in number ; but they were all of a most respect-
able class, very quiet and orderly, and • seemed most
thoroughly to enter into the spirit of the proceedings. At
the close a vote of thanks was award`ed to Mr. G. Thomp-
son, and he having returned thanks, the meeting then
separated.
TuE BRITISH PENITENT FEMALE REFUGE.—
Thursday the anneal general meeting of the friends and subscri.
bees to the British Penitent Female Refuge was held at the asylum,
Cambridge-heath, for the purpose of receiving the report of the
committee, and transacting the usual business of the society. The
Rev. George Greaves, M.A., in the chair. The Rev. J. Glanvilly,
secretary, read the report. Since the formation of the society in
1829, 844 females have been admitted. At the last annual return
34 were left in the asylum; since that time 24 have been received,
making a total of 64 who have been upon the foundation during
the year. Of that number, 19 have been sent to respectable situa-
tions, 9 reconciled and restored to their friends, I left the asylum,
and 1 died in the house ; leaving at present 33 upon the establish-
ment. The debt of the society has been reduced during the past
year from 4541. fis. 2d. to 471. Is. Bd. The income amounted to
1,6271. 12s. 110., and the expenditure to 1,4421. 145., leaving a
balance in the bankers' hands of 1741. 18s. 11d. The report was
unanimously adopted, and the meeting broke up.
PROPER ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ENGLISH • HU-
MANITY.—The painful disclosures inserted in The Sun a few days
since, respecting the dreadful wreck of the Dutch lndiaman John
Hendrik, on the island of St. Paul, and the vigorous efforts of
Captain Roseby, of the Chance, to save the unfortunate crew, has,
it will be gratifying to learn, attracted the attention of the Dutch
Government. On Tuesday, it was made known at Lloyd's that the
Government alluded to had awarded Captain Roseby a handsome
gold medal, for the humane and prompt steps he adopted in res-
cuing that portion of the ill-fated crew which he safely brought to
this country, and fur his unremitting exertions for ten entire days
to preserve the unfortunate creatures that were left on ;he island.
Every inquiry hasteen made of the later arrivals as to whether the
nine poor fellows drifted away in the boat, or those left on the rocks,
had been seen; but not the slightest information could be learned
respecting there, and that they have all perised there Is no doubt.
VICTORIA PARK.—The works are now in very
active operation, and considerable progress has been made in the
erection of the principal lodge entrance in the approach from
Bethnal-green, which is being built in the Norman style of arehi.
tecture. Adjoining this the piles have been sunk in the Regent's
Canal for the erection of the suspension bridge, which is at an angle
of the two roads from the Hackney and Bethnal.green roads. Nearly
the whole of the paling has been placed up round the park, and on
the roads through it there is a handsome iron railing.

In nur advertising columns it will be seen Mr.
George Robins is about to transmogrify Brandeston Hall (near to
Woodbridge) into its original state—that is, to renovate and
restore its original beauty in the style of our Queen Elizabeth,
and thus render this mansion what it claimed to be in days of
yore—meaning thereby to render it worthy the occupation of the
M.P. for the county, or for the town of Ipswich. This is to be
done by tender, and, as Mr. R.'s name is " ready money," there
will be no lack of applicants to have the first preference. It is to
be got ready so that a tenant may partake, in September, of the
advantages of the manors, which are very extensive, lots of game
strictly preserved, and the right of fishing in the river Deben,
which extends two miles through Mr. Itobins's estate. Mr. Adair's
park and woods are in close alliance with the park of Brandeston
Hall.—lpswich Express. . _

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FUNERAL OF EARL GREY.—The remains of this
amiable and deeply lamented nobleman were interred in the family
vault at Howick Church on Saturday, the 26th inst. The cere-
mony, in compliance with the known wishes of the deceased, was
strictly private. This celebrated ',.man was followed to the grave
by his son, the present Earl, by the Earl of Durham, by the Right
Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P., brother.in-law to the late Earl, and by
other members of the family, on foot; the only mourner not related
being Dr. Wilson, the medical attendant of the deceased Earl
through many years. The tradesmen of Alnwick by one consent
closed their shops between the hours of twelve and two o'clock, and
every tribute of respect that circumstances permitted was paid by
the entire neighbourhood. So, in an obscure country church, close
by his house at Howick, rest the remains of this talented, this
famous, and truly veneraWe man ; so, in a vault at Hucknell, rest
the remains of Lord Byron, the patriot and poet ; whilst to such
men as Canning and Castlereagh tombs and monuments, in West.
minster Abbey and in Palace-yard, are put up. Posterity will
know hew to appreciate such scenes ; and in history, the tinsel
of a false fame, and the hollow renown of unprincipled success
will find their fate and that grave which are their true deserts, and
that justice at last be done on earth which is already done beyond
it.—Tyne Mercury.
THE CONDEMNED PIRATES.—NO day has as yet
been fixed for the execution of the seven miserable creatures now
awaiting death in Exeter gaol for piracy and murder. Vigorous
effirrts are being made by the inhabitants of the city to induce her
Majesty's Government to carry ont the dread sentence of the law
in a more desirable part of the county, and thus spare the feelings
of a populous city from so fearful a tragedy as the death of seven
wretched beings on the scaffold. Considerable interest is excited
on behalf of James Majaval, the ringleader, who stabbed Mr. Pal-
mer, the midshipman, from the circumstance of its being confi.
dently assorted that he is a nephew of the celebrated General Espar.
tero. It is also said that he has written to that distinguished
Spaniard, soliciting his assistance in sparing his life. Dr. Lima, a
native of Brazil, a Roman Catholic clergyman, has been sent by
the united desire of the Brazilian, Portuguese, and Spanish Lega-
tions, to afford the culprits spiritual assistance. The Secretary of
State has issued most positive instructions to the gaol authorities
that no person-shall he allowed to see them but such as are officially
connected with the prison. Two officers arc always present with
them, day and night.

IGNORANT AND FATAL TREATMENT OF DROWNING
PERioNs.—Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest on Thursday, at the
Silver Cup, Cromer-street, on the body of Thomas Bollans, aged
twelve years. The deceased, with several other boys, was bathing
in the canal close to the Chalk-road, when he went out of his
depth and sunk. He was shortly afterwards taken out apparently
alive, and held by the feet with his head to the ground, to let the
water escape from him; and after that operation was brought to
Mr. Wilkinson, surgeon, who pronounced life extinct. The
Coroner remarked upon the popular and fatal practice of holding
persons apparently drowned with their heads downwards; and re-
commended the application of friction in such cases. Verdisi,
`Accidental death."