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      Fire On Board An Emigrant Ship At Calcut...

      fhe boats reached Us , he sank and was seen no juore . Mr . Clarke ( leadsman ) , Jfacoda of the ship , the third officer , and butler , I did not see after the j jjrfli of firs . was girea . About one a . m . this jBorning we got on bo * rd the steamer Rattler , and J m ay add , Mr . Porter and myself , as we came into the world . About five o ' clock we heard cries for 0 eip from some of the unfortunates ; a boat was tmmedhtely lowered in search of them , and the steamer got nnder wei gh and succeeded ia picking up five individuals . After dayli ght several others were picked up , some on bits of wood , others on no thing at all . The ship Royal Albert , the steamer TJniou , and the ship Futta Moubaruck all had boats down to assist , all of which vessels I am grateful to

      acknowledge rendered every assistance in their Jiower . Iu tbe Rattler we picked up several in the ower parts of Lloyd ' s Channel ; one of them was theserang of the ship , whom ! had not seen after the alarm of fire was given . About noon , in comvner tip the river with the Fatta Moubaruck in tow , a number of tbe unfortunate men were descried floating on portions of the wreck in the upper part of Mud Point Channel . The ship was immediately cast off and boats sent to rescue the sufferers who were ro number twenty-three , and np to tbep ' resent moment ( 8 p . m . ) out of 354 emigrants and 111 of the crew , all who have been rescued are Mr . Porter the pilot , Mr . Turner , chief officer , myself , sixtysix emigrants , the native doctor , and twenty-nine of the crew—in all amounting to ninety-nine . What has become of the other 366 , aud Mr . Clark and bis

      servant , God alone knows , It is but just for me to add , that every praise is due to the commanders of the Rattler and Union , as . also to those ofthe other ships before mentioned , vtho afforded every assistance in their power . I should be doing an injustice to my ofiicers , Mr . Turner , chief , and Mr . Andrew , second , if 1 were to pass unnoticed their intrepid endeavours to render assistance to the unfortunate people who were jumping overboard in all directions , these officers apparently disregarded their own safety till all service to others was impossible . I remained aft throwing overboard hencoops and all other moveable articles they got hold of till all had disappeared , they then worked their way forward on the outside ofthe ship . The chief officer informed sac that Mr . Clark ( tne leadsman ) assisted in heaving the hencoops overboard , but I regret to say that gentleman was not seen afterwards .

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      Westminster County Court. Ackerlbt V. Th...

      WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT . ACKERLBT V . THE ZOOLOGICAL S 0 CIETV . —LORD CHIEF JUSTICE CAMPBELL A WITNESS . This was an action brought by the well-known Captain Charles Henry Ackerley against the Zoological Society , to recover tbe sum of £ 10 for a penalty incurred by the breach of the act 5 & 6 William IV ., cap . 59 , called Martin ' s Act , against cruelty to animals . The court was crowded , the Lord Chief Justice , several members of the House of Commons , aud other influential persons , having been subpoenaed to give evidence . —The plaintiff appeared in person , and the society was represented by a solicitor , who , upon the opening of the case , called his Honour ' s attention to the p laint , note , or summons , which would evidently show that his Honour bad no jurisdiction . —Captain

      Ackerley applied to have the summons read out in court , which request was complied with by the iadge . —Thelearned Judge : You seethe objection 13 , sir , that there is no remedy under this act of parliament . —Captain Ackerley ( a little excited ) : Then , sir , I beg to be sworn , for under tbe exiting lavs that act is supposed to be repealed , I wish to show that there is a false record in the House of Lords . ( Laughter . )—The book was then given to the captain to besworn , when he exclaimed , " This book put into my hand is a book , I apprehend—liber —( laughter)—but lam sworn in under the standard So Kbrum . " ( Renewed laughter . )—The learned Judge : That is not the Uew Testament , but the Old . —Captain Ackerley : If this , then , is the same

      substance . Til swear ; but if it is not , I have nothing to do with the other part . ( Great laughter . ) Because I argue that the 6 th and 7 th chapter of that book ia the whole sum and substance of the Bible . ( Increased laughter . ) For the cause of justice ( emphatically ) 1 kiss anything . Vm now sworn . —The Judge : That is not swearing . You refuse to be sworn , then?—The Captain : I beg your pardon . This is the Book of Hebrews . —The Judge i But von refuse te be sworn upon the Gospel?—The Captain ( spiritedly ) : Well , sir , if justice is to be performed , and as we are at Rome we must do as Rome does . ( Great laughter . ) Captain Ackerley then entered into a long and desultory statement , in which he complained ofthe

      cruelty on the part of the society of which he alleged he himself was a member , towards certain animals in the gardens . He spoke in particular of feeding the serpents with live pigeons . —The lenrned Judge here interrupted , and drew the plaintiff ' s attention to tbe act of parliament , " showing that he had no jurisdiction . —Captain Ackerley ( with much liveliness ) : I beg your pardon , sir , you have . —At the plaintiff ' s request Mr . James Gilpin was then called . . Mr . Gilpin said he was a clerk in tbe Boose of Commons . The plaintiff bad certainly applied to the house for the act of parliament , 12 and 13 Tic , within this last week , relative to the " cruelty to animals , " but continued the witness , fie was not allowed to give any evidence with regard

      to the practice of the house without an order . The Plaintiff : The " certifying to false records by the house is a felony , and the act specifies that they or any one shall be subject to be called before a court Of justice to answer any such charge . Bnt , sir , I find tbat that act is partially repealed , and therefore I have summoned this witness from the House of Commons , as it is clearly a falsification . This gentleman says he is not allowed to bring the necessary papers without an order from the House of Commons , and therefore I must apply for an adjournment to complete my case . He then quoted the act 5 & 6 Vict , cap . 92 . —The Judge : You must go before a justice of the peace to recover

      any penalty iu this matter . —The Plaintiff ; I have been there , sir , and that has induced me to come to you . The case is so extraordinary that I have subpoenaed Lord Chief Justice Campbell , who , I believe , is here now for tbe purpose of saving you from any sort of error . ( The whole court again became convulsed with laughter . )—After much more discussion of an equally ludicrous nature , the learned judge decided that no order could be made , as it was clear that the case ( if any ) would be one for the consideration of the justice of tbe peace . —Captain Ackerley then applied for his hearing fees to be returned , but which was of course refused .

      Loss Op Me Ship Ahdaseeb By Fire.—An Ext...

      Loss OP ME Ship Ahdaseeb by Fire . —An extra supplement ofthe Bombay Telegraph aud Courier , of May 3 rd , says , by the arrival of tbe Bremen ship Leibnitz , Captain Weiting , in the afternoon of Saturday last , conveys to us the sad fete of the ship Ardaseer , Captain Lovett , by fire , on the night of Thursday , the 10 th nit ., about 100 miles off Penang , and in sight o Polo Ronton . From what we can at present gather , it appears the Ardaseer , of 450 tons burden , was proceeding to Calcutta , on her return royage from Cams to S ' wgapore , which latter port she left on the 4 th nit ., with a general cargo and a quantity of specie . On the night ofthe lOib , about eight p . m ., smoke was discovered in the gun-roomissuing from the magazine , wherein

      , a quantity of powder had been kept . The powder was immediately removed , and water conveyed in buckets and hoses into the magazine and other parts of the ship from whence the smoke issued . After an hour ' s exertions , the craw could no longer remain below , owing to the suffocating effects of the smoke and heat . They then proceeded on deck , and battered down the hatches , and placed wet sails over them , to endeavour to smother the fire . * Prior to the securing of the hatches , they coatrived t <> save a portion ofthe treasure which was on board . The boats were now hoisted out , and before this could be done tbe after batch burst o ;< en and

      enveloped the ship in smoke . The deck was no longer tenable—the unfortunate crew took to their boats , leaving the ship in flames . They were in open boats till noon next day , without water , when the vessel which brought them to this port was ohr served in the offing , to which they palled . After three hours' excessive labour ; at the oars , under a scorching sun , they reached the ship in safety , ^ here they were received with the utmost kindness by her commander and . every attention .. paid ' their wants . ' The crew had no time to save any of their private " property , in consequence of the rapidity of the fire , which destroyed the ship iu a couple ofhours .

      Dxath of thb Eabl of Shaftesbury . —We have to announce the decease on " Monday of Gropley Ashler Cooper , Earl of SbaUesbury , Baron Ashley of Wimborne St . Giles , county Dorset , Baron Cooper , of Pautett , county Somerset , and a baronet . The noble deceased was born December 27 th , 1768 , consequently he was in the S 3 rd year . of hjaage . Dcmarried Decetnber 10 th 1796 , Anne , daughter of George , Duke of Marlborough , and aunt of the present duke , and succeeded . to the title of Earl of Shaftesbury ' on the death of his brother , the sixth . earl , in May , 1811 . Four sons apd three daughters survive the late noble Earl , the eldest of whom is Lord Ashley , now Earl of

      Shaftesbury , whose elevation to the Hoas ' eof Peers creates a vacancy in thevepresentation . of the city of Bath . The late Earl " of Sbafieslrary , for many Ifvrs filled the high and responsible office of Chairman of Committees of the Honseof Lords . Sir Jons Fkaskus . —The Calcutta Englishman copies the following from a Sydney paper of Feb . Sta r—«« The Brothers has made a very quick run fijom Honolulu of twenty-nine days , which is one of t $ e quickest passages on record . Captain Slavers states , that the day prior to his departure , the British consul had received intelligence of two vessels wrecked in St . George ' s Sound , supposed to be 'Sir John Franklin ' s , aud that two of her Majesty ' s bri gs were despatched to ascertain the truth of the assertion . "

      Loss Op Me Ship Ahdaseeb By Fire.—An Ext...

      IAMESTABLB TRAGu »* AT KINGSTON . On Monday evening an inq'iesf was held at the Anglers , Town ' s-End , Kingsto C-npon-Thames , before Mr . W . Carter , upon t he bou * of Mrs . Mary Rebecca Pratt , aged twenty-two , the" wife of Mr . James Pratt , a cheesemonger and buttefman , carrying on an extensive business at tfo . 2 , Angelterrace , Hammersmith , who committed suicide on the previous Friday by throwing herself into the river Thames , at or opposite Kingston . The deceased was a remarkably handsome young lady , highly accomplished , and had only been married ten weeks .

      Tuomas Jeffries , potman at the Anglers , said on Friday afternoon , about one o ' clock , he heard some boys raising an alarm , and looking towards the river , saw the deceased floating in mid-channel . Boats were procured , and the body taken out and removed to the Anglers , where appropriate resuscitating means were employed for three-quarters of an hour under the direction of a surgeon , but in vain . The deceased was attired in a straw bonnet , purple silk visite , aud red silk gown ; she was wearing a gold chain , attached to which was a

      locket , a gold brooch , a wedding ring , and two other rings . On searching her clothes he found a German purse , containing a half crown piece , and loose in her pocket a florin , 12 s . M . in silver , 3 | d . in copper , and a bunch of nine keys , as also the letter produced , which was addressed " Mr . Pratt , 2 , Angel-terrace , Hammersmith . " The Coroner , at the suggestion ofthe jury , read the letter , which was as follows , and was written in a very neat , ladylike manner , and not with a nervous hand : —

      Kingston , Friday . —James , —For the last time I address you . May God forgive yon , as I do , for the wicked acsosations sou have brought aprinst me . When 1 took an oath to you last nfeht it was quite true , and all I said afterwards a lie , prompted by the fear of being murdered . May every wife do her doty to you as wdl as I have done , even though she has a drunken husband . Good bye , I never expect to meet you again . —Vour broken hearted wife , MabtR . Pbatt . Jane Jeans , housemaid in the service of Mr . James Pratt , was next called as a witness . She was attired in a superior dress of deep mourning , ' and gave her evidence in so guarded and hesitating a manner that , although under examination a very long time , the coroner had great difficulty in eliciting any important facts from her . She deposed

      she had been in Mr . ' Pratt ' s service about three weeks before his marriage . She first heard of deceased ' s death on Friday afternoon , and the last time she saw her alive was on Friday morning . About half-past six o ' clock she rang her bell , and witness found her in her bed-room dressed , all but her gown . Deceased put on a red silk dress instead of a morning one , and witness fastened it . Deceased did not say why she did so . She was not with her more than five minutes when she went down stairs , and soon afterwards beard her mistress leave the house by the private door . Mr . Pratt had gone early to market , and he did not return till tea o ' clock , when he inquired for bis wife , and tbe witness said she had gone out . ' He sent her to tbe City , and also to Bayswater , but the

      deceased had been to neither place . Witness was not aware of any dispute between the deceased and her husband on the previous night . They were on good terms except when he had too much to drink . Deceased appeared in a sound state of mind , and witness never apprehended she would commit suicide . Deceased went to bed first on Thursday night . Mr . Pratt was the worse for liquor , but deceased made no complaint . Witness did not know what the words "Wicked accusations" meant . Had not heard her husband accuse his wife of anything wrong . Thought the words referred to a Mr . Sutt . She believed her master was jealous of him . Mr . Pratt married his wife from Mr . Nutt ' s . She understood he was her guardian and executor .

      Jons . * PcB-VHAif , a fisherman , - living at Hampton Wick , said he rented some ground in the upper ait off Kingston , and was returning home to dinner on Friday , when he saw the deceased sitting on a log of timber , which was alongside thetowingpath , on the Middlesex side ; he looked at her and thought what a beautiful woman she was , aud never supposed she was about to drown herself . He saw her afterwards walking about , and the barge walk terminating at that point , he lost sight of her . On returning from dinner he saw the deceased ' s parasol lying near the spot where he had seen her before . The solicitor , attending for Mr . Uutt hero observed it was highly important that a letter which had & een written by the deceased , and bore the Kingston post-mark of Friday , and had been received by Mr . Kutt the same evening , should be publicly read , as it would explain the deceased ' s state of mind .

      The letter , of which the following is a copy , was then read . It commenced;—My dear Mr . and Mrs . Nntt , —I have left my husband under tbe most dreadful circumstances ; he has accused roe of being seduced by my father , when I was only seventeen years old , and also allowing Mr . Nutt the same improper intercourse . last night he seized me hy the hair , drew my bead back , and held his razor to my throat He then jumped on me , and tried to strangle me with his hands . . I still persisted iu my innocence of snch dreadful crimes , hut feeling certain he would murder me , I owned to it , although every word I spoke was a lie , tbat all was

      qmte true . I hope God wiU forgive mefor being so wicked , and sayingrwbat I knew was' not . right of my dear father and tor . Nutt . 1 felt so helpless 1 did not know what to do . Indeed , 1 am almost out of my mind , and what I shall do with myself I do not know . Accept my love , and thanks for the very great kindness I received from you . -1 got away from home whilst he was at market . He left me in bed , and I promised I would remain there , hut 1 could not . I am at Kingston . How long I shall stay here I do not know . I write iu such distress of mind I hope you \ rfll excuse all errors . With love to yon and tbe dear cMldren , believe me to remain , jour's most affectionately , Mjwy B . tti & Tr .

      Mr . Nmi . expressed a wish to be examined , and was so . He said he had known the deceased from a little girl . He had known her father , who was but recently deceased , and a more worthy and uprig ht man never lived . He was incapable of the act imputed to him , and with respect to himself he had never acted otherwise than as . a father to the deceased . Deceased was six months at his house before she married . He gave her away . Had seen both her and her husband several times since , aud had no reason to doubt they were happy ., She was a noble-hearted woman , and of very sensitive mind , and he had no doubt such an accusation would drive

      her mad . Alter some further proceedings the Coroner summed up , the room was cleared , aud in a short time the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary derangemeat . "

      Extraordinary Murder In Belgium. Since T...

      EXTRAORDINARY MURDER IN BELGIUM . Since the trial of Madame Liffarge in France for poisoning her husband , no more remarkule case has ever been tried than that which now < slowly unfolds itself before the High Criminal Court of ILiin .-iulc at Mens . The accused are the Count and Countess of Bocarme , of a family which is stated to be one of the oldest in Belgium . The crime laid to their charge is that of having poisoned the countess ' a brother Gustave T ? OUguieS , nV order to obtain his fortune . The trial of the Count and his wife is now proceeding , and therefore permits us only to give the facts oi the case as they are disclosed by the witnesses examined , and by the document in form of an indictment , which is usually called arte d' accusation

      Count de Bocarme resided at the chateau of Bury : he married in 1843 , for her fortune , Lydia Fougnies , the daughter of a retired grocer , and got with her a sum representing a hundred a-year of English money . This , after all . was no great sum . and as the Count was somewhat of a spendthrift his affairs assumed gradually a mostembarrased state . His wife ' s brother , Gustave Fougnies , had become possessed , by his father ' s death , of considerable property , and as he was unmarried the Count and Countess had every prospect of-inheriting hia fortune . Gustave though weak in constitution and amputated of a leg , determined in November , lB 5 lf , to marry . ' at

      The state of Count Bocarme ' s exchequer was this time quite ruinous , and it is evident from the depositions of numerous witnesses , tbat heresoned to the most disreputable artifices to contest the payment of the smallest debts . He owed large sums tu hia legal advisers , and had mortgaged most of bis property . Fougnies' marriage would have been a blow tohis hopes . Suddenly the Count became addicted , in the beginning of 1856 , to the study of chemistry . He went under a false name to a manufacturer of alembics , corresponded-also under a false name with a professor of chemistry , aud ultimately succeeded iu distilling from tobacco leaves a deadly poison ; known as nicotine , and for which hitherto it has been impossible to find a reactive . . This poison he tried on various animals , and according to his own statement he obtained tremendous results ; death beinginstantaneous after the slighte :- ! absorption of tbe poison . In

      November , 1850 , Gustave Fougnies , who bad hitherto refused to go to Bury because he feared poison , was induced to accept an invitation to dinner at Bury , it being proposed to him to '" become trustee for the Count and Countess during a voyage they intended making to Germany . He came on the morning of the 20 th Kovooaber , and after dinner on the same day died in the room where were present both the Count and Countess . Rumour spread the report of sudden death , and the ofiicers of justice arrived next morning to report and declare how Gustave Fou « nies had died . A post mortem examination was made and it was found that death had ensued , not from apoplexy , aa at first stated , but from the forcible injection of a poisonous and corrosive substance There were marks of violence on the face of the dead man , and part of the poison had run down the side of his face , corroding the flesh and Jutering it . An ex amination of Count Bocarme ' s hiSoied t he presence of a bite from humw

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      teeth , and a red tinge on one of his nails corresponded with certain marks and scratches on the face of Fougnieg . .. . . J ® elbthes . pf Fougnies , and those of the Count which be had changed were found wet , and hanging up to dry in an attic of the chateau . This had been done b y the Countess , as she states , by o rder of her husband . The floor had been scraped with glass , but insufficientl y to , prevent the marks of the corroding liquid , which seemed to have been spurted all over the room . The Count , however , denied all knowledge of the mode-of Fougnies' death , and said only that whilst the three sat after dinner , his brother-in-law cried out and called for him as if in pain ; that he ,. Bocarme , ; ran to assist ; tbey both fell , and a crutch breaking had wounded his hand . At this time the doctors had not found out the poison which acted so instantaneously . There were no trases of chemical instruments or of any apparatus for the distillation of poison . ¦

      The false name assumed by the Count in his dealings with the chemical instrument maker , however , became known . After six weeks search the alembics used in producing nicotine were found , and Bocarme , when informed of these , discoveries , for a moment gave himself up to despair . He now admitted that Gustave Fougnies had drunk poison distilled by him , but said that he had done so accidentally , it having been given him by Madame de Bocarme , who mistaking it for wine , poured put some , which he drank . This statement , however , the Countess denied , and she now openly accused her husband of being tho murderer . She said that the precautions taken to remove all servants from the vicinity of the room where the victim was to be

      despatched were taken by her , at the instigation and orders of her husband . She said that her | fiusband speculated on the death of Gustave ; that she kuew in the first days of November that tbo nicotine distilled by her husband had been prepared for the purpose of destroying her brother , and that on the 20 th of November Bocarme told her that on that day Gustavo ' s life would be taken . ( Son affaire seraitfaite . ) She knew all this , yet when her brother came she remained silent . She described bow , after dinner , her brother expressed his determination to go home , and Bocarme went out to order hia horses . In his absence she and her brother were talking together , when Bocarme rushed in , seized Gustave by the shoulders , and threw him "down .

      She fled , and did not return into the room until all was over , and the body of Gustave lay lifeless on the ground . Tbe Count de Bocarme , on examination , denied having ever ill-treated his wife—they sometimes bad . domestic quarrels , and she had said that he had beaten her . The accused was then examined as to his criminal intimacy With a girl in his service , Louis Legrain , and his having obliged his wife to receive their illegitimate offspring . To both these charges he opposed a denial , adding that the child had been received voluntarily by his wife . Madame de Bocar iie , on being asked whether this was the case , replied that she had been constrained to receive the child , her husband having told her

      that if she did not they must separate . In answer to the question why he wished to learn the process of preparing nicotine , the accused replied , because my father traded in cotton and tobacco . The studies I pursued were to ascertain the different qualities of-tobacco ; I succeeded in ascertaining the quality of tobacco by the greater or . less quantity of nicotine which it contained ; ( Sensation . ) The President continued—On the 20 th of November you were informed of the arrival of Gustave at the Chateau , and you immediately acquainted " your wife ?—As my wife was in the habit of lying late in bed , I urged her to rise , as Gustave was coming . — You then said , "lbis to-day-1 mean to settle his business ?"—( With vivacity . ) It is an infamous calumny , and I repel it with indignation . I never

      uttered such a speech . —But I ask you again , do you believe your wife capable of falsely accusing you ?—It would not surprise me . ( Sensation . )—How?—My wife is afraid to speak tbe truth . I think she does well . ( Prolonged sensation . )—This is language you have never before uttered . It would bo the height of perversity' for your wife to act thus . The accused , on being pressed : with questions , persisted in maintaining that his wife ought to make false statements and accuse him , in order to repel the charges of the indictment . On being asked , sin « e his wife was afraid to speak the truth , to declare himself who was the guilty person , he replied , " It is she herself ; but she is innocent . ( Prolonged agitation ) . My ' wife often is not aware of what she is doing . It was by accident

      that she took the bottle in which there bad been wine , but which unfortunately contained nicotine , when Gustave asked for something to drink ; It was without knowing it that she took this bottle , and gave its contents to her brother to drink . This bottle was in the closet after it had . been brought in the mornins from the cellars , to where it was in the closet of the dining room . It was a mistake which caused this misfortune . " This explanation was received with marks of general surprise . On being further questioned , be said — "My wife took two glasses and a bottle , placed them oh the table and poured out the contents of the bottle into the glasses . M . Gustave Fougnies drank , and immediately exclaimed ;— 'Ah , sacre nom !' ' I raised

      my glass to my mouth and instantly pushed itaway , exclaiming ;— 'God ! my wife , ' this ia poison . ' ' ( Sensation , ) My wife immediately rah away frightened . Gustave drew near tho dumb waiter , crying , 'Aie , aie , Hyppolyte , help . ' I went up to him and placed one hand on his shoulder , while with the other I closed his mouth to prevent his screaming . But at tbe samemoment J felt myself seized with a heaviness , and fell back senseless from the effects of the poison . When I arose again I ran ; to the kitchen to ask for warm water , and found my wife at the door of the vestibule . " After adding that he had gone into another room , called the salon rouge , where he was seized with a fit oi vomiting and fell against the door , causing a

      wound on his forehead , he said he went into his own chamber to seek his wife , and then returned down stairs . On being . asked whether he had not gone to the privy in order to throw away the bottle containing the nicotine , he replied , that he had not . —President : Lydia Fougnies , you have heard " what your husband says . —Madame Bocarme : I was reading : I could no longer see , and f went out of the room to fetch a light . It was then that I saw Hyppolyte throw Gustave to the ground . —It was theu that he cried out sacre uoro?—Yes . —Did Gustave ask for wine ?—No ; he never drank any

      but at Ins meals . —Did you bring a bottle and two glasses?—No ; there is no truth in all that my husband has stated . —He asserts that it was , you who involuntarily poisoned your brother ?—It is hot so ; if it were I should say so . If 1 had poisoned him voluntarily I should also avow it . —The remainder of the examination turned chiefly on the behaviour of the accused immediately after the poison was administered , and the orders he had given to wash the body with vinegar , to clean ihe floor , and to have his clothes and those of tbe deceased placed in a boiler in the wasbhbuse . —The court then adjourned to the following day . :

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      Vaoxhall Gardens.—On Saturday Last These...

      Vaoxhall Gardens . —On Saturday last these gardens were opened at an early hour , and an unusually long bill of fare of entertainments presented to the public . In addition to the performance of the equestrians , Madiinie Legars , Mademoiselles P . Cuzent , P . Amito , and Hernandez , which was of tlie first class , and tbe fire and water sports of M . F . Saqui , the brilliant illuminations and characteristic devices , an ascent in a balloon by Mrs . Graham , accompanied by her daughter and a Captain Elliot ,

      SJS ., took place shortly before eight o ' clock . The ascent , owing to the fineness of the evening , was a very goo lone , the balloon continuing m sight for a considerable time , and taking a south-westerly direction through the skies . It descended , after , a trip of nearly three quarters of an hour , about five miles beyond Richmond , in perfect safety , Tne amusements of the evening were , enjoyed in the usual manner by a large-assemblage of visitors till past eleven o ' clock , wheii , tue music ceased , and before midni ght the grounds were completely emptied .

      Cke ' morne Gardens . —There is no want of attraction at these favourite gardens , which have opened for the season . . For the indoor recreations there is a commodious theatre much like the Salle de la Bonne Fortune at Paris , where Mr . Pell , the orig inal Ethiopian " bones , " with two of bis black ; or rather blackened fraternity , delights with his eloquent rattle , . ' afid ' where aballet , that has considerable resemblance to 'La Sylphide , is executed with a great deal of taste , showing much talent in both scene-painter and stage-manager . About the gardens are scattered ' a cosmbrama or two , a fortune-teller , and allVdrtsbtflamjMJonipbsed glories ; while last , hot least ,: is the circular'daocing , arena , with its comman'dirigorcHesfraih the centre . .

      Nicb Pickises. —On Monday A Return, Pro/...

      Nicb PiCKises . —On Monday a return , pro / cured by Sir B . ' Hall , was printed , showing that the Bishop of Exeter holds , with the bishopric , in commend ' am ; the treasurysbip of the cathedra l , with a cit ' nonry , and the rectory of Shobrooke . Ihe yaiue ofthe former is £ 1 , 19 $ and ofthe latter ,, 280 . Besides which he has ' a stailln Durham Cathedral , which averages about £ 2 , 600 a year . There are forty-three prefermenti . ip the diocese , ranging from £ 20 to £ 1 , 000 ayear . '; . v Taa Rseuobfs , —SnEmEm ^ We . are , informed that Mrs . Brooks and Mrs . ' Higginbottom collected in a few hours the sum of , £ 015 a . for the support of tbe Refugees , in this town , and that they hope the ladies of London will follow their example on behalf of the exiles . in Turnmill-street . The leaders of the ' . « Women ' s Political flights Association " got up a soiree oh Monday for the benefit of the Refugees at . Liverpool / when each lady provided , a tray at her own expense .

      Nicb Pickises. —On Monday A Return, Pro/...

      - -mu KIOT AT TAMWORTH GENTLEMANLY CORRESPONDENCE ; K « Sf . ^^ swwapondenoe has been-pub Iiahed m the Times : J .. ... nf ? K C [ be Permitted , through the medium oithe limes ,, to thank tbe constituency , which , togainer with Captain Townshend , I have tbe honour of _ representing j n Parliament , and , as a son of the late Sir Robert Peel , for thb spontanous ' i iiurst of indignaUon which greeted those musty pilgrimsof protection who , on Wednesday evening last , sought m the town-bail of Tamworth a but ! deceitful refuge for the enjoyment of festivity and lamentation and abuse . It is indeed , a source of conamuiatibn to me that "no mawkish sensibility" should have

      Mlencedthe inhabitants of the borough and neighbourhood into apath y and indifference , or restrained them from giving vent . to their feelings in resenting an insult upon the memory bf one whose reputation , while it ennobles their political antecedents , is so incontestabl yendeared \ o their recollection . Is it not surprising , although perhaps satisfactory , that popular indignation knew how to contain itself even in the moment of bitterest exasperation , arid that so much leniency should have been shown to the strangers who , " for the . gratification' of their animosity , and with the view of giving greater point to their vituperation and slander , thought proper to select Tamworth , the hall , where yet echoes the scarce inanimate voice of the departed dead , and

      within a few yards of the very spot which is to be consecrated to his memory , in the vain hope . bf seducing a contented district into the belief of imnginary ills , through their insane exhibition ? I trust moat earnestl y that should a repetition be meditated on any future occasion , precautions may be taken , if possible , for preventing the effusion of blood , and that by the binding over to keep the peace of such miserable impostors aa Mr . G . F . Young , we may not have to lament excesses which sooner or later must inevitably be the consequence of their reckless folly , particularly should . they agairi attempt to foist themselves upon the notice of . the borough of Tamworth .. I remain your obedient servant , Bobert Peel . —House of Commons , Friday , May 30 .

      The following is the reply of Mr . G . F Young to the letter of Sir Robert Peel : —

      TO THB EDITOR OF THE TIMES . Sm , —The columns of your journal are usually sn free from otfensive personalities , tbat I was somewhat surprised at observing this morning , that I am stigmatised by name as a " miserable impostor , " in a letter bearing a signature which even I should have imagined would have constituted a security against coarse vulgarity . It appears I was mis > taken . The present Sir Robert Peel ' s taste in composition is on a par with his eloquence , I shall not bandy scurrility with tlie bon . baronet ; be appears to . be a proficient in the art , and I am unacquainted with iC But he is unfortunate in the designation he has affixed to my name . ¦ I am conscious of many

      defects ; I may entertain erroneous opinions- I may commit indiscreet actions ; but I never put forward personal pretensions , therefore I am not an impostor . The convictions I entertain conscientiously I express fearlessly ; but-1 never attempt , to deceive others by professing what I do not believe ; and I never deceived myself into a belief that I was so capable of expounding the sentiments I honestly entertain as tbe friends of Protection throughout the country have been pleased to consider me . It has been only at their earnest solicitation that I have ever attended any of the , numerous meetings in which , at much sacrifice of time , convenience , and expense , I have taken part ; nor have I ever

      originated or stimulated any of them . But I sincerely rejoice they have been held , and I am proud that I have been permitted to offer eveu the humble portion I have contributed to their uniform and signal success . And now sir , having shown what is not , allow . me briefly to describe what , in ray judgment , is an impostor . If a man should be discovered who , representing a pure and virtuous Sovereign iu a foreign emVa 8 SV » should be diacreditably distinguished as a profligate and a gambler ; if as a member of a British House of Commons he should aspire to the dignity of an orator , write his speeches , and break down in delivering them ; if after breathing for

      years the atmosphere of the very land of freedom , he should return to his native soil , professing to be the champibn of , liberal " principles , ami be found practising . on his vassal tenantry the most contemptible freaks . of impotent tyranny—should such a man be difcovered , well indeed might he be branded as an impostor , and if he should have ventured to fling the foul epithet at men more upright and consistent than himself , deservedly mig ht he be set down as a calumniator also . ; Let Sir Robert Peel beware" They who live in glass houses showld never throw stones . "—I am , sir , your faithful arid obedient servant , George Frederick Young . —Winchester , MaySi ;

      TO THE EMTOR OF THE TIMES . Sir . ~ I pass over without note or comment Mr . G . F . Young's reflections on myself , which appear in your impression of to-day . I leave public opinion to judge of tbe tone and taste of his language , while personally I have a consciousness , with all my defects of not having , merited bis aspersions on my private , character . There is , however , one portion of the letter which I cannot leave uhnbticed , namely , that referring to tbe relations betweea ; my tenantry and myself , which is stated to be character riser ! by the " roost contemptible freaks . of impotent

      tyranny . " 1 enclose a communication , which ; I hope you will oblige with publication , ' written [ by me on the 10 th of May to ray ageht ,, 6 n the subject ofthe then anticipated Protectionist meeting jaf Tam worth . This letter which was read , to some of my tenants , the contents of it being made . known to others , will show the amount of interference , ! was disposed to exercise on that occasion , and I shall leave the vindicatisn of the general course I have pursued towards tbem to their own appreciations and testimony . —I remain , sir , with much respect , Your obedient servant , Robert PEEL . —Londbn ,

      June 2 nd . . . -,:, . ¦ ^ . , " Mr . Matthews , —1 understand there is to Ha Vroieciuimai dinner at . Tarpwortb—a proceeding ' which I highly , disapprove of , and upon which , ; in this sense , 1 shall he glad of your expressing my opinion ou every occasion . : As a landed proprietor ^ and one who looks upon his tenant-farmers' as members , as it were , ofonegreatfamiiyof . wKichheisthe head . I feel deeply interested in their welfare ' , and prosperity , and would most gladly assist in relieving , by legislative measures , the pressure ; under which they and the agricultural interests' are , unquestionably suffering ; hut ia the character of landlord , apd from the social position I enjoy , T consider it

      ineeessary forme to let my opinions be known to them upon every occasion that presents itself ; and while 1 am most ready to tender advice , if solicited , : or explanations , if reqviirad , ! also expect due consideration to be paid to the views I have expressed , or am" known to entertain ,, and admit . ' tbitTwould hope to see them frankl y adopted by those who a / e in the position I , have named . . ; ' .. After , all I consider myself as much the . farmers ' , friend as any one else . I certainly have as good a reason as any one else . Their prosperity is mine , * our interests are common , hut 1 look upon a return to protection ( so called ) as fatal to us both , and aslikely to be productive ; oi c / inseqtiences far more injurious than the pressure which free trade has occasioned , ' I' believe only temporarily .. Make no' hesitation in * letting ;' my

      opinions be known distinctly .., I wish ' to . leaye , tne mosti cqmpiete , independence iQ ^ tbbse who , h \ st \ " a perfect right to judge far themselves . , ttwould . orjly direct their judgment , not interfere with it . i Ifiany of ray : tenants . were lttv ask you whether Lwbuld disapprove of their assisting ; at a Protectionist . > dinner ; you can say , ' yeBj ' and for this reasdii ^ because I believe theyvwbuUi' be endeayouring ^ to promo te tbatwhicb wbu ' ld'be ' injuri ^ us to ' tnem ' an ^ tp ' ^ iayself , / and , that , , . . wuich ;^ would ' injure , uajuoih muH clearly roeetwUhmy . ' . ^ they not inquire ^ aud you .- have , An . opportunity \ 6 t alluding ; to the ^ subject , use it : to . propagate my views . ; Yours , verv ; truly , Robert Peb & . ! ' < "Tb Mr , Matthews-JFazeley . " -

      Dbatb .-. Or, Mrs. Vbevkblbt.-R-Thev She...

      Dbatb .-. or , Mrs . vBEVKBLBT .-r-Thev Sheffield ¦ Times states that . this . Indyv . died lately , at Sunderland ^ having reachedii the age of seventy-six . . Upwards o f . thirty years ago . we recollect h er ; . acting at ; the Regency Theatre , ' Tbttenbam-Btreet , > Tottenham- ; court-ioad , London ; ; Her .: husband was then the lessee . Mrs .-Beverley ' s / orte wasthe tragic . ; Henry Beverley , made his . debut , there . u . Mrs . - ; Beverley has left : a large familyjbehind her . < . We . have already ; made ^ mention . oi one of them , Mr .. H . Beverley ., We will now . add the names of Mr . Robert Roxby , stage manager , ofi the ' Lyceum and Mr . Beverley , the . artist ., to . ^ hat establishment . . They are both men of bbnsifo » Able . talent ,, and although of . different names ^ i ^ eiirpWentag ^ is ' tb ' e ' samc ., ' . ' ., Miea . Ssi , u >» and her Sisters' of Charity have ; lef t Plym ' outh ., andi haVft taJbaahouseafc Lower-green , Bristol ' . ' ' ¦•' ' '' ' " ; " ' . ' ; .

      Dbatb .-. Or, Mrs. Vbevkblbt.-R-Thev She...

      PROTECTIONIST DINNER . TO MR . G F YOUNG , -AT WIaCHE ' SfER . " On Saturday last the Protectionists of Hampshire entertained Mr . 6 . F . Young at a banquet , in St . John ' s Rooms . T ; W . Fleming , Esq ., > . f Stoneham Park , in the chair . The toast of the evening , " Mr . George Frederick Young , " was drunk with nine times nine , and followed by peal upon peal of cheering . Mr . Young , in responding , alluded to the dinner at Tamworth , and snid . —The events of the last few days have pre-eminently brought under consideration and submiMed to isaue the question , whather Englishmen , entertaining conscientious convictions —Whether they be right ' or whether thty be erroneous —shall be entitled to the formation and free

      expression of those conscientious cotivictions-Kcheers;—or whether tbey shall be controlled in the exercise of that which I have always hitherto regarded as the undoubted tight of Englishmen , by intimidation , by i : lamour , and by brute violence , ( Loud cheers / . Within the last ten days 1 have seen—and excuse me for saying—I have . / e /(( somewhat of that , bolh at Ipswich and at Tam worth —( cries of "hear" and " shame " ) . And 1 cannot forbear adverting to what has appeared in the public journals of this day , , g nd which I must say has more surprised me than even the load of vituperation and abuse which has been poured out from one of the lowest portions of the newspaper press against myself individually , simply because I have dared to stand up as the champion of

      the cause to which my convictions promptfd me . 1 have read in this day ' s Times a letter from an individual boasting of a name of which he at least appears to ha sufficientl y proud , and occupying a position of some eminence in this country , iu which letter an hon . baronet by courtesy —( cheers ) -dares to brand me as a " miserable impostor . " « ho ought to be bound over to keep tlie peace ! ( " Oh , oh / 'lailghtcr and groans . ) 1 stop not tocommenton the violation of all those conventional feelings of good taste which generally restrain gentlemen from the use of vituperative and calumnious words , in reference to individuals of wh » m they can necessarily know but little , and who are entitled by the common courtesies of life to protection from such . attacks as these . ( Hear ,

      hear ) . I stop not to comment upon the violation of all good taste which led that individual , hot only to prohibit his agricultural tenants from attending the Protectionist meeting at Tamworth , hut which led him to exercise an impotent tyranny over his tenant , the landlord of an inn , by forbidding him to supply the viands which were required at tbe dinner at Tamworth on Wednesday last , ( "llear , hear ; " and " shame . " ) I would not quarrel with that hon . baronet . if he had simply assailed me on the ground o the opinions ' ! hold ; if he bad confiuwl himself to com menting with any amount of asperity , he it what it might , on the course which I have followed , and which , howeverunintentionally on my part , may have offered violence to those feelings which in all men I respect . I may be—and 1 doubt not ifteu am—guilty of uttering erroneous opinions . But , impo .-ture ! Where will he taint me with imposture 1 ( Loud

      cheers ) . ' Why , it is abhorrent ' to every sentiment of my mind , soul , and character . ( Cheers ) . I was never guilty of an imposture in my life . ( Loud cheers ) . That which I have honestly felt , I have dared always to express—and I now challenge Sir Robert Peelnot in the way in which I suppose lie desires I should challenge him , for I am not pugnacious—though 1 am not afraid —( loud cheers)—but I challenge Sir Robert Peel to put his'finger on ' a single act of my life , or to mention one word I have ever uttered , which justifies his stigmatising me with the character of an impostor . { Vehement cheering . ) And now , gentlemen , I will not pollute my lips , neither will I desecrate the objects of the present meeting , by further reference to a matter which is , as I have already said , of so purely a personal nature . I will consign it to the contempt which it richly deserves . ( Renewed cheers ) .

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      Monday, Juse 2. House Of Lords.—Lord Lyn...

      MONDAY , Juse 2 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Lord Lyndhurst said that he saw that Lord John Russell was about to bring in a fresh bill for the improvement of the administration of justice in the Court of Chancery . He hoped that the Lord Chancellor would have more band in this measure than he seemed to have bad in the last , and he wished particularly to draw bis attention to the satisfactory working of an act passed last session , which had effected a great reform in the Irish Court of Chancery . The Lomv Ciianceuor thanked his noble friend for calling his attention to the subject . Some of tho facts stated as to the progress of Chancery reform in Ireland had taken him by surprise , but he would make inquiry into the matter , and spare no pains to make the bill about to be laid ' before the house as effective as possible .

      After some further desultory discussion the subject dropped . . " The order of the day for the Registration of 'Assurances Bill was discharged on the motion of Lord Campbell , and the further consideration of tho measure postponed till after Whitsuntide . Lord WnARNcuFFE moved for certain papers connected with public works and internal improvements in India , and after entering at some detail into what had been done and had not been done in these respects in India , admitted that the Indian government had lately taken steps in a right direction , which he hoped would not be interrupted by any new hostilities .

      Lord Brougiiton agreed with almost every word that had- fallen from Lord Wharneliffe , and had no objection to produce the papers , adding , in con . elusion , that he concurred entirely in the hope ' expressed by his noble friend , that no more wars Would occur to interfere with those measures that were necessary for the / improvement of India and the development of her resources . Lord . EiLKNBpnouGH expressed his gratification that this motion had been brought forward , and gave His opinion on several measures of improve' ment as' necessary for the commercial prosperity of India . ; " " .. ' . ' ' , ' .. "' . " The motion was then agreed to . ' ' , '

      'Lord Westmeath asked what steps had been taken to-renibye ' Cleopatra ' s needle , which had been given in 1820 to Georgb IV , by the Pasha of Egypt . ' " / " :. ' . ' , ' .. Lord Carlisle replied that he believed there were some mechanical difficulties , in the way , but that the matter was still ' under . ' consideration . Their lordships then adjourned . ' HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Incomb Tax . —A motion of Mr . Hume , to nominate the Select Committee upon the Income arid Property Tax , produced a debate of some length . Mr . IlERruES . said he had voted for the income tax beinglimited toone year ; with' a view toits final extinction ; It was ah unjust impost , and liable to be evaded ; to a " very great extent . Viewing tho evils ' of the tax as incurable , he could not see the

      necessity for the committee ; and he also objected tofts constitution , as proposed ; by Mr . Hume , > for ten out of . thb ; fifteen members : had already e ' xpressed themselves ' in favour of a modification of the tax . '' " ' , ; , ! ,.. "'''' . ' .: " ' '¦ ¦' ' ¦ ! Mr . V . Smith thought that at so late a period of the session the labours of . the committee would , be fruitless , and it Was therefore unnecessary to appoint . it . ,. ' '" ' ' ; . . . . ; , " The Chancellor of the Exchequer wlmUted ' the difficulty of nominating such a' committee , and felt no surprise that Mr . Hume had not succeeded in nominating one more ' acceptable to the hbusel He suggested that one name ( that of Mr . Hume ) should be agreed to , and -thnt tbe appointment of the remainder should be postponed , to give an opportunity ; of ascertaining , if the committee could not . . be . constructed so as , fairly to represent , the various interests at stake .

      ; Mr . Fbeshfiklp moved that the order for nominating . the committee he discharged , . . Mr .. Disraeli remarked that tho great deficiency in the comraittee ^ as proposed , by Mr , llom . o , , was that tho authors Of . tho tax in IM 2 were not represented . , .. . ..:. . , • • : . Mrv Aolionbi . considered that the rejection of the committee , after what . had . passed , . would be a fraud . upon . the house and the public . . . : , Lord ' J . . ItussELL thought that Mr . : Hume had not made bis . purpose , originally , intelligible , to the . house . ; lje object < Jcl . ' to , ; the . iChanceHbr , of tho 'Exchequervbqirig . uubn tho cbmniittep , and recomme nd ea , that , ' Mji Hume should ; propose , sucji a committee ' as he saWjfit ofmembers agreeing with

      , himiri . ' opinion ., .. . . ..,... . , .. . ,., . .. f „ . . . . -. ¦¦ . ., Ultimately { be housei divided , when , the , original mp ' tioo' ^ t ' b ^ Mjri ' Buipg Wi ' ii ; jinejiiber i ; of tlie . committee , was carried b y 103 against , % , ' , ; . ' ; , " | ; ; At . the suggestion bf . Lbrd J Russ ell further proceeding in tbe . libmiiiatibn ! ' of the' ; committee ' was defer | e , d , untilFriday . ' , ; :, ' " .. " , { ' :. " ,. " . ' ; .. ;; "¦ l ; , V i EcCLESi ^ siicAL . Titles' Assumptioh BiLL . 7--. The house bayiiig . ag ^ iii ' resolved itself ' into a committee ppori-tt ' iis riill , :- \ ., " / . ..,.,., ' . " « . " , _ j ., ; . ' , , , i .. ' "¦ Mr . 'WALroLB , in- accordance with , his promise jOf Friday . ; night , ' . . stated ., the . -couwe ; . he intended > to pursue with . resp . ept to ' the . numerous amendments which he hail placed on the ' paper . " ,, In . oWe ^^ ttot

      tne Din mignt , not . oe unnecessary , »^»/ r . ™ t : * would forego ail ' of them which were hot absolutely necessary tomakethe . bill as perfect as . , was ; , possible under the circumstances ; but tMre ^ were ^ toe things which he . lopked . uppn & fflftyr ^ WHPl ° je was tbaUhe F ihcip ^ defined [ in , W gamble , , - , and if j this . weredode , there would not . be a pretepce for . Baying ^ hat ^ Mre was aby ambiguity aboutthe declaratory clause ; of the bill . The second thing io ^^ ttod j ^ ajtapfe . v . ent ^ e necessi ty . for future legi . sjatw . ri ,, ThethVd was to take care that the . law ( . should be . enforced . This latter object ooj } l . d , hc . Mughfc b ^ effected by enabling thVsubje , Qt > lwell as MiOrfown to '

      institute a prosecutu > nJq ™ % r « M without such » , prp ^ smnhe . ffpuia fAthecJave W Thesiger ' a , arienduieat ,. gtymg 'ibis ptfweOpithe

      Monday, Juse 2. House Of Lords.—Lord Lyn...

      subject , but givinga . vetotojhe Attorney General , should he think the prosecution indiscreet , injudicious , or oppressive . He would also , add that be would not press tho deputation clause for a : second offence . The honourable and learned gentleman then moved an amendment in the second clause , to the effect of prohibiting the introduction of any lapal bulls or rescripts , and rendering those who vll ^ ' M ' cm subject to the same penalties aa Tu cy . a 8 sume ( i ecclesiastical titles . , ihe Atiornet General opposed tbo amendment , oecause it made a new orlrnce , and it also created a distinction between England and Ireland . Alter a very desultory discussion , in the ' course of which Mr . Moore moved that the chairman report progress to give time to have the amendment printed , which motion , however , he subsequently withdrew . ¦ * '

      Mr . WALr-OLE withdrew his amendment , and intimated in reply to a question from Mr . Reynolds , that he would also withdraw ail bis other amendments except those which referred to . the preamble . Mr . M'Cullaoii then moved an amendment which led to some warm language amongst several of tbe Irish members . On a division , the amendment was negatived by a majirity of 291 to 15 . Mr . Moore ( hen moved an amendment , the object of which appeared to be that the operation of tho bill should cease whenever the Protestant Church should cease to bo the Established Church of England and Ireland . After a short discussion , tlie committee , again divided , and the amendment was negatived by a majority of 240 to 3 G . The house then resumed , the Chairman reported progress , and obtained leave to sit again .

      Tho remaining business was then disposed of , and the house adjourned . TUESDAY , Juse 3 . HOUSE OF LORDS .-The Marriages ( India ) Bill pawed through committee pro forma . On the motion of Lord Brougham , the County Courts Extension Bill was read a second time . The Church Building Act Amendment Bill , and the Duchy of Lancaster Bill , were severally read a third time and passed . . Their lordships adjourned at six o ' clock . HOUSE 01 ? COMMONS . —Forty members not being present the house adjourned . WEDNESDAY , Jusb 4 .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS .-The No "House . "Sir J . Waiaislkt complained with reference to the " no house" of Tuesday , that sufficient notice of the Speaker being at prayers had not been given to honourable members serving on commi ttees upstairs to ennble them to be in the house . in time . The Speaker said he had made inquiries if the bells had been duly rung , and messengers had . gone to the committee-rooms with the usual notice , and was informed that this had been done at the proper time . Mr . HiMfc admitted that tbe imouncement that the Speaker was at prayers had been properly made , but complained that the distance of the . committee-rooms prevented members from reaching the house in time . ¦ Sir It . Lvolis . —Four years ago the house bad the advantage of the electric teleprnph in commu * nicatins with committees . ( A laugh . ) . .

      An Honourable MhMBEK . —Had we not better lay down a railway ? ( A laugh . ) Sir It . Ikglis . —Every member , however , ought to be in the house at a quarter before four . Mr .. Ewaut bore tesitmony to tho fact that ample notice was yesterday given to the committee of which he and the honourable member for Bolton ( Sir J . Walmsley ) were members . . Sir . J . "Walmslby . —All he could say was that he left the committee-room before the officer ' delivered the notice , ( bear and a laugh ); and that previous to doing so he expressed his anticipation to the members of the committee that an effort would be made , as had been done before on . Mr . Hume ' s motion , to prevent a house being formed .

      . Sir J . Ghaiiam . —The honourable member for Oxford had alluded to a rapid means of communication—the electric telegraph . When he ( Sir J , Graham ) first came info that house , many years ago , there was a practice somewhat slower , but not less sure—namely , the scrgennt-nt-arms went round to the various committee-rooms and summoned the members to the house ; and the revival of a practice of that kind might not , be thought , bo inexpedient now . Mr . BnornEnroN said the Speaker entered the house yesterday at ten minutes to four : that the bell was rung in five minutes after ; and that there was ample time for members to have been present . Mr . W . Williams said that forty or fifty

      members were in the lohbey when the house was counted , some of whom seized him by the coat , to prevent his entering the house . ( A laugh . ) . Mr . S . Crawford suggested , as a remedy , that the evening sittings should be assimilated to the rules by which the morning sittings were regulated ; so that the hoube might not bo counted out" until eight o ' clock in the evening . ( " Oh ! oh ! " and " No . " ) Mr . Retxolds said that when he was on his way to the house he met at least forty members in the avenues leading to ifc . ( A laugh . ) But he feared that upon such notions as Mr . Hume ' s it would require a much more powerful machinery than that of the electric telegraph to ensure the attendance of that number of members . ( Hear , and a laugh . )

      Mr . II . Herbert said that a list of members who were present yesterday had been published that morning in the Timet and tbat list was not correct . 01 course he did not know how tbat list got there ; but if it had been sent by any honourable member , he should , at all events , have been first assured of its accuracy , He himself was in the house when it was counted , but his name had been omitted from tbe list . Mr . BnoiHERTON suggested that there should be a morning sitting on Tuesdays . ( Cries of" oh , " and " no . " ) . .. .,... . , ..., . - The subject was here dropped . > ' - ' '' o

      School Establishment of Scotland Bill—Lord Melgokd . moved the . second reading of this Bill . The measure was designed to provide a system of education limited to secular subjects , but supported by local taxation , and subjected to local government . The noble lord vindicated the use ' and even necessity of the bill by pointing to the fact that ' tho present means of instruction , of every description , did not provide for more than 300 , 000 pupils ; which was less than half the number of children in Scotland of an age to require instruction . He added that out of 5 , 000 existing schools ,. 1 , 800 were altogether unconnected with any religious denomination , a » d were found ' nevertheless to work exceedingly well . ( Heav . ) > ; . ¦ ¦ ' : Mr . 3 , Mackenzie , in moving that the bill bo read a second time that day six months , confessed the importance of providing extended means of

      education in Scotland , but could not consent to subvert the present parochial school system , n < rto dissever religious . -from secular instruction , ( Hear . ) Ue ' reoftmmetideil the appointment of a select i-ommittee to inquire into tbe subject , and ^ promised to urge that step upon the government early next session . ( Hear . ) , . : i : : ¦ . . ' Mr . HtrjfB remarked that the meansof education , designed for . a time when the population of Scotland was barely a million , had become painfully inadequate under tbe subsequent increase of the number to be provided for . ( Hear . ) Two-thirds of the children ; were left without the appliance of instruction . -Sectarian difficulties stood principally in the way , but it was the duty of the house to undertake a task too long neglected—that of clearing away the obstacles which prevented a good secular education being placed within the reach of every member of the population . ( l ) eai \) 1 ¦ : ¦ - : >

      Mr ; C . Bruce opposed the . bill , which he-declared was repudiated by tbe people of Scotland . ' . ¦> - .. 1 The Lord Advocate rejoiced to find itladmitted on all hands , not only tliat ; theie . was .. a '( Vcrygreat necessity for enlarging- the means , * of' cd iicattbn- iu Scotland , but that it was the duty of that bouse to inquire how . this destitution should be met . ( Hear , hear . ); He did not say ithat the bill . as it stood , to the , details , of . which ihe did not .-pledge himself , contained a perfectly i . complete system of education . ; but he . should support the second reading because it furnished the . - groundwork of what might become a valuable nieasurq ,, and was a contribution ' towards solving a question which waff every day . assuming greyer importance .- . , With respect to the deficiencies , of , ed « c . 'itipn ,. in . . iScot ; lajid , ho believed that . if in & . curtuJn . cQii h * be ,, hfted , ith 8 ^ _ ap ^ facIeVbuJa " b * e ' iipimiliing „^^ J ^ iBtote | l , ti »« t bv LovdMeliiund ,, thatput . of , MOp , OOP , childreTi , no ior ^ yuxuiiuii „ ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 7, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07061851/page/7/