The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

DESTRUCTIVE THUNDERSTORM AT CHELMSFORD. On Sunday evening, between six and seven o'clock, the inhabitants of Chelmsford were thrown into a state of intense alarm by one of the most terrific thunder- storms that has visited the town within the remembrance of the oldest inhabitant. The afternoon was beautifully fine, the sun shining brightly, and the heat excessive; but towards evening huge, dark, and leaden-looking clouds were observed gathering together, and the rum- bling of distant thunder betokened the coming storm. At length the rain descended in such a torrent as to flood the streets. As soon as the violence of the storm had somewhat abated, the streets were crowded by anxious people, who seemed to have a presentiment that some calait? had occurred. Looking towards the district of Moulsham, clouds of smoke were seen rolling upwards, and the cry of "Fire" was immediately ra sed. On proceeding to the spot, it was found that a detached portion of a range of buildings, constituting the workshops of Mr Moss, a builder, had been struck by the lightning, and was in flames. The buildings being of light construction, and a quantity of timber and com- bustible material lying about the premises, the danger of the fire spreading throughout the whole was immi- nent; but happily the rain, which still continued to fall heavily, together with the exertions of those attracted to the spot, confined it to the carpenters' workshop, which, with its contents, was completely consumed. At the corner of Springfield-lane he chimney of a large un- occupi d house was also struck by the i,hlening, which scattered it upon the roof of the King's Head public- house underneath, and hurled a quantity of bricks a considerable distance across the road. Mr Nokes, a butcher, living in an adjoining house, was struck para- lysed and speechless by the electric fluid, his wife and friends rushing terror-stricken into the streets for assist- ance. He has, however, fortunately recovered from the shock, which does not appear to have afflicted him with any permanent injury. Several minor casualties, such as the uplifting of tiles and slates from the roofs of houses, completes the list of damages occasioned by this storm, which all describe as the most violent they ever knew.

INTOLERANCE AGAINST THE JEWS IN VIENNA. The recurring indications of increasing intolerance among the higher classes of the Viennese society are calculated to inspire most lively apprehensions. They are depicted in gloomy colours in a private let- ter, with the perusal of which we have been favoured. Having described the excesses committed by the volunteers upon helpless Jews in the open streets, and the apathy of the authorities evinced on the occasion, the writer, of the Jewish religion, de- plores that the duties which he owed to some relatives, who depended on his industry for support, should prevent him from quitting for ever a country in which the ultramontane party is encouraged to foment religious hatred against the Jews. Trust- worthy information has also reached us of the reply given by the Emperor to the two Jewish ministers, who in audience ventured to complain to his Majesty of the insolent and libellous terms in which the whole Jewish people had been spoken of in a sermon delivered before the court. The only redress which the monarch gave was implied in the reply that they were quite at liberty to preach against Christianity in their synagogues. And this is the answer given by a sovereign in whose dominions a rabbi of Pesth was threatened with all the terrors of the Concordat for having dared to propose a petition to the Empe- ror to intercede in behalf of the Mortara family and this is the answer given by a monarch in whose dominions the heads of the Jewish congregation of Venice were severely rebuked by the authorities for having permitted a subscription to be made to assist the beggared and ruined Mortara family to emigrate from the Papal States. The ultramontane party at Vienna seems now to aim at compelling the Jews to establish a ghetto in some of the suburbs; for not only do instances occur in which landlords strictly forbid their tenants to give any lodgings to Jews, but Jewish tenants of undoubted respectability receive notice to quit for no other reason than because they are Jews. The Liberal press of Vienna has lately mentioned several such cases, and is most energetic in condemning such proceedings, and in pointing out their inexpediency just now when the most cordial co-operation of all classes alone can save the empire, and when Austria requires more than ever the sym- pathy of foreign countries, which cannot but abhor such fanaticism.—Jewish Chronicle.

Monument to Sir Robert Peel at Glasgow,-IVorkmen have been busy duving the week in the erectiom of the pedestal upon which is to be placed the bronze statue of the late Sir Robert Peel, subscribed for some years ago by a number of Glasgow gentlemen. The site of the monument is the north-west corner of George-square. The statue has been cast in bronze from a model by our talented townsman, Mr John Mossman, sculptor, North Frederick-street, is nine feet in height, and represents the deceased statesman in the position of addressing the House of Commons with a scroll of paper in his hand. The pedestal will be twelve feet high, of finely-dressed granite. It is expected the whole will be finished in a week or two of the furthest,—Glasgow Journal.

METROPOLITAN. IMPOBTANT PAROCHIAL PROSECUTION.— 1 HE rAltISTI OF BATTLE V THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—At the Southwark poiice-court, Mr Burcham was engaged for some hours on Monday afternoon in hearing a charge made by the parish of Battle, in Sussex, against the South-Easfern Railway Company, for having unlawfully disobeyed nnd refuscd to comply with certain clauses in the Act of Parliament passed in the 9th of Victoria, authorising the company to make a roadway- from Tonbridge Wells to and from the Rye and Ashford Extension of the Brighton Railway, by which the company rendered themselves liuble to a penalty of £30o.-Mr Field, instructed by Messrs Childer and Barton, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Reece, the solicitor to the Brighton Railway Company, defended. -Mr Field, in introducing; the case, said he appeared for Mr Harold, one of the overseers of the parish of Battle, in Sussex, and he complained that the South- Eastern Railway Company had neglected and refused to produce for the inspection of the overseers of the parish of Battle an account showing the amount of rates and tolls received by them for goods and passengers passing over that portion of the line of railway. The overseers of the poor were consequently unable to make out their assessment according to the Act of Parliament. The learned gentleman proceeded to state that by the 4th of Wm IV, cap 75, see 189, it was enacted that this railway company should keep an account of the amount received for passenger and goods traffic on their line, or any amount they might receive if they allowed other persons to carry them on their line, and that such account should be open to the inspection of the overseers of the several parishes through which the railway passed, provided the application was made during the first 14 days of April and October in each year. By the 1st of Vic, cap 93 see 38, the above clause was re-enacted, with the addition of a penalty of X300 for each refusal, and a further fine of .£50 for every day during which such neglect or refusal might continue. He would be able to prove that application was made to the railway company according to the terms of the Act of Parliament, and they had refused to comply with the request.—Mr Reece objected to the jurisdiction of the magistr&te, on the ground ihit these proceedings should have been taken out under the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act. He further objected to the sufficiency of the summons, on the ground that it issued under a different Act of Parliament to that under which the infor- mation was laid.—Mr Field contended that he was not bound to proceed under the Railway Clauses Con- solidation Act, and that it was not necessary for the summons to agree with the information. He was bjund to proceed under the latter act of parliament, as it embodied the first act of parliament under which the penalty was imposed.—Mr Burcham overruled the objection, and said that the summons merely referred to producing the defendants before him, and they being present he was entirely guided by the information.—Mr Field then called Mr Edward Henry Burton, of the firm of Childer and Burton, 7, Chancery-lane, who said he went with Mr Harold, the overseer of the parish of Battle, on the 11th of April last, to the secretary of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and having shown his authority, demanded to see the books. The inspec- tor referred him to Mr Reece, who said he had no accounts to show.-Mr Field said that was his ease, and it would be for his worship to decide.-Mr Reece submitted to his worship that Mr Field, tha learned barrister, had not proved his case, for he had not shown that the company had carried goods and passengers, for their own profit.—Mr Ellmar, solicitor, of Battle, proved that he had been on the line of railway, and had paid his fare. He had also received goods by that line, for which he had paid the carriage to the South-Eaatern Railway Company.—Ia cross-examination by Mr Reece, witness said he was not aware of any arrangement be- tween the South-Eastern and the Brighton Railway Companies, but the servants connected with the railway Battle station had" S. E. R." on their colars, and S. E. R." were on all the carriages.—Mr Burcham considered that there was prima facie evidence that the company did carr goods and passengers for their own profit.-Thh cone t aded the case for the plaintiff, when Mr Reece contended that under any circumstances the present proceedings could not be sustained, inasmuch as they ought to have been brought under the Railway Clauses Consolation Act, and the penalty clause of the 1st Vict having been repealed, and not incorporated in the Tonbridge Wells and Hastings line, passed in the 9th Vict, they were not liable to its operation. Mr Reece further argued the points at some length, and Mr Burcham considering that the matter at issue was of great importance, adjourned the further hearing until a future day. CAPTURE OF A NOTORIOUS SKITTLE SHARP.-A "NOBLE LORD" IN TROUBLE.— William Daniels, aged 42, a respectably-dressed man, described on the charge sheet as a poulterer, residing at 4, Bagot-lane, Rusher- lane, Victoria-park, but also known by the alias of Lord Rusher, was placed at the bar, before Mr Corrie, at Clerkenwell, charged with being concerned, with two others not in custody, in obtaining .£6, a gold watch and chain, a gold ring, etc, from BIT Albert Hoerne, a book- keeper, of 8, Graham's-terrace, Ridley-road, Dalston, on the 6th of May, by means of skittle sharping.- The prosecutor, who is a foreigner. stated that on the day in question, he went into a public house in Holborn, and partook of a glass of ale. While in the parlour reading the paper, two gentlemanly-looking men bor- rowed the paper of him, and at once began talking about sporting matters. While they were thus conversing, the prisoner entered, and said he could throw a 141b weight a distance of twenty-six yards. He (prosucutor) theu left the house, and when he was crossing Hattoii-garden, one of the parties, who was in the parlour before the prisoner entered, tapped him on the shoulder, and said 0had made a wager with the prisoner as to the throw- ing of the weight, and as they were all strangers, and he (witness) had heard part of the conversation, he would take it as a great favour if he would accompany them to act as umpire. He at first refused, but at their earnest solicitation he went with with them in a cab to a beer shop called the Alpha Arms in the Caledonian-road, where he partook of a single glass which rendered him partly insensible. All the parties present' played at skittles, he acting as umpire, and at last they induced him to bet, and he lost the whole of his money. When this was done the prisoner made a wager o f X2 that his (prosecutor's) watch and chain were not gold. and prisoner and another man went to the pawnbrokers and pawned it for .£8. On their return to the skittle ground, one of the parties took up the skittle ball, and said he would bet a small sum it was iron, and when a piece had been cut out of it, and it had been smelt, and various persons had given their opinion upon it pro and con, the party who made the bet said he would not be satisfied unless 'he tasted it. (A laugh.) Ultimately he (prosecutor) became so stupefied that he lost all his money, when a quarrel ensued, the gas was put out, and he (prosecutor) was taken from the house and left in an insensible state iu the Caledonian-road, He had not seen the prisoner since until he was in cus- tody.—The Prisoner: Now, be careful; I am going to ask for a remand, and shall have s solicitor next time. Did you play with me or not?—Witness; No I did not. -In defence, the prisoner said the prosecutor came with them of his own free will, and lost his money fairly, and that he could prove, as he had got the prosecutor's handwriting to that effect.—Mr Corrie said he would remand the prisoner until Thursday next. THE CONSEQUENCES OF DRINK.—John Merritt liill, a powerful man, carrying on the business of a green- grocer, in Winchester-street, Bethnal-green, was charged at the Worship-street police court with four violent as- saults.—Mr David Davis, a glass manufacturer, deposed to having seen the defendant, on Monday afternoon, lay hold of a child by the hair and twist it round several times on the pavement, in Winchester-street. On inter- fering the defendant struck him violently with his fists in the face. He called a constable, and gave him into custody.—Phoebe Dyas, the wife of a tradesman in the same street, said that shortly before the last assault the defendant entered her shop, and without the slightest provocation, seized her by the neck, and threw her from the doorway completely over the kerb, and beneath the body of a horse standing there. She was much injured in the back, and enceinte.—Uolice-constable Rickman, 424 K, stated that on receiving charge of the defendant he became exceedingly violent, knocked him down several times, and cut his mouth,- Police-constable Horton, 373 R, said a gentleman having told him that an officer was being half killed, he hastened to the assistance of last witness. A mob had assembled, and he was struck with some missile behind the car inflicting a severe wound. Defendant struck him two heavy blows on the breast. The assistance of fifteen constables was requisite to remove the defendant and keep off the mob, which was very spiteful towards the police. Witness knew defendant as a violent drunken character.-Mr Wm. Jones, a commercial traveller, told the magistrate that he did not prefer any charge of assault against defendant, who had previously to any of these assaults grasped his arm and flung him into the road. He merely wished to speak as to the for- bearance of the police, who, maltreated as they had been, did not use their staves.—Mr D'Eyncourt: Now, what do you say, defendant, to these four assaults r- Defendant (who stood in an almost nude state at the bar, his clothes having been torn off in the struggle): Upon my word, sir, I don't know; I don't recollect any- thing about it. I could not have been in my right senses, could I? I've been very unfortunate since last Christ- mas. I had then five horses all doing good work. Now I've only two, and those are not my own, it all my debts were paid. Then my wife ran away and left me with six children; besides, when in drink, I hurt my arm, and was obliged to have the part injured burnt out. -A Sergeant: And all this, sir, is the result of drink.— Defendant: Ah, it's very wrong.—Mr D'Eyncourt: Persons are not to be knocked about right and left in this manner. I am now going to punish vou for each assault, and if the child who you so ill used were here, I would deal with you for that also. You must pav a fine of £5, or, in default, two months'imprisonment, for the brutal and dangerous attack upon trs Dyas. and te thankful vou did not kill her. You must pay 40>, or one month in" default, for the assault upon Mr Davis; and suffer two consecutive imprisonments of one month, and fourteen days for the assaults upon the con- stables. The best thing that could happen to you would be inenreeratitj". for the whole time.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. ROMISH TEACHING IN THE ellurcif OF ENGLAND.— THE QUEEN v THE REV W. W. RANDALL.-Itr Bovill, with whom where Dr iv-vabey, an 1 Mr Clarke, said he was instructed to apply on behalf of the Rev Mr Charles Portales GoligMly. to move for a mandamus, calling upon the Bishop of Chichester to .h1V cause why he refused to inquire into certain charges, &c, under the Church Discipline Act that bad been preferred against the Rev W. W. Randall, sector of Woollavington enm Graffham, in the county of Sussex, in the dioccase of Chichester. This was the parish of which tLc Ven Archdeacon Manning was rector before lie secevded to the Church of Rome. When the Rev W. W. Randall was appointed his successor by tho Bishop of Oxford, who was the owner oflands in the parishes, and in whose gift the living was, after Mr Randall's appointment several practices were complained of, and amongst others that he assumed the cassock worn by the priests of the Church of Rome; that he was in the habit of crossing himself and turning his back to the congregation during the communion service; also of standing in the middle instead of on the north side of the commun ion table when he officiated there, and also that the communion table was covered with a cloth that was fringed, &c, instead of being of white linen. Another matter complained of was that he mixed water with the wine during the communion service, and had been in the habit of lifting the cup with the sacramental wine. He had ajpo adopted seven sacraments, instead of two, and there was also a hymn used and a sermon in which he had adopted the doctrine of transubstantiation. These matters had attracted the attention of the curate, the Rev Edward Randall, who was no relation of the rector, as well as the parishioners, and upon the Rev Edward Randall discovering these matters, and particularly the paper given to the schoolmaster for the teaching of the children, relative to the seven sacraments, the Rev E. Randall forwarded them to the Bishop and an appli- cation was made to the Bishop of Chichester by the Rev Mr Golightly, for the issue of a commission to inquire into the truth of the charges which had been preferred. -Lord Campbell: Bat if the bishop has inquired into them, I don't see how this court can interfere.-Mr Bovill said he thought their lordships would find, from the correspondence that the bishop had not done so; and he should further contend that the inquiry, or dis- cretionary power that the bishop had set up of having inquired into them himself, did not exist, but that he was bound to issue a commission of inquiry, under seal, directed to certain functions mentioned in the Act. —The learned gentleman then went into some other matters to show that the bishop had not issued a com- mission required by the act on such reports and charges being prevalent against the Rev W. W. B andall, when the Court said sufficient had been 'stated for them to grant the rule.—Rule graated.

MEETING OF HUNGARIANS IN NEW YORK. The first public meeting of Hungarians ever held in New York was convened on the 19th May in the Lokal of Mr Lang, No 187, Bowery. A large con- course assembled here, in pursuance of a notice printed yesterday morning, calling upon all Hunga- rians to take some measures towards the liberation of Hungary, in the opportunity soon to be presented by the humiliation of Austria. Mr L. StrabovFzky stated that he had called the meeting. He said that he believed that the hour of the deliverance of Hungary bad come, if ever. The doom of Austria was fast approaching, but he thought it necessary that influences should be brought to bear upon the 100,000 Hungarians now serving in the Austrian army in Italy, to induce them to join the Sardinians, before they were all shot down while in the ranks of despotism. He thought the Hungarians of New York ought to make a public manifestation of their desires in this matter, and beside this, that they should send their views to all their acquaintances in Austria, Hungary, and Italy, both privately and publicly, as they might have opportunity. He, however, made no motion. There was much opposition to Mr Strabovszky for having assumed to call a meeting without con- sulting other leading Hungarians. It rose to high words, but at last there was peace, and Mr Ignacz Batory was chosen president. There was then long talk as to the expediency of any public action. Many thought it inexpedient to endanger the security of their friends by sending them manifestoes which, they said, could do no possible good, und might do very great harm. Besides, the leaders in the Hunga- rian cause were nearer the scene of action, had bet- ter opportunities for forming a judgment, and far greater opportunities for effecting anything upon which they might resolve. In view of this, many thought it better not to organise at present; but a majority decided upon organisation, and Messrs Ste- phen Kovacz, Joseph Hillebrandt, Johan Grunwald, Lewis Hevesi, Samuel Newman, and Bernard Lof- fler, were appointed a committee to prepare a mani- festo setting forth the sympathies and desires of the Hungarians of New York in the present crisis. The majority decided also :that, in the present state of affairs, it was not advisable to do anything more than this. They believe that their leaders in Europe know better than they, when and where the blow is to be struck. There is very much difference of opinion among the Huugarians in this eity, in relation to Kossuth; he is as warmly denounced by a portion of them as he is vindicated by the rest. The meeting was called by the anti-Kossuth interest. The Kossuth interest had a majority in it; but all declared that as soon as any movement was started by any leader, they would join in it heartily. There were present many who had occupied prominent positions in the army of Hungary, and all were anxious to be back again if there were an opportunity to fight for the freedom of Hungarian soil. The muscular and energetic Magyar sounded well, though the speakers were fre- quently interrupted, and not always by cries of Egen, Egen." "Good,good.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL ON CHURCH ARCHI- TECTURE. At the meeting of the City Auxiliary to the London City Mission on Saturday, Lord John Russell, who occupied the chair, said;—To erect churches and to erect places of worship not belonging to the Established Church, would still fall short, were there not some auxiliary means of this nature by which the poor may have the Gospel preached unto them, because you are all aware that these places of worsbip-some of the Estab- lished Church are of a very sumptuous character-one recently opened is said to have cost £ 60,000. There are places of worship belonging to the various Dissenting bodies that are ample and commodious, but, unfortu- nately, the poor are not found in very great numbers in those places of worship; and I have often discussed with ministers of the Established Church and Dissenting bodies as to the reasons why that should be so. It is, I think, unfortunate—although in many respects it seems as improvident—that we cannot in these days of luxury and civilisation resort to the simplicity of the early Chris tians (loud cheers). We are told by a Roman vriter-a Pagan writer-that when Christians were brought up to be examined as to the crime they were supposed to have committed, they answered that they held meetings amongst one another, in which they sang hymns to Christ and encouraged temperance and moral virtue, and read theirsacredbooks to one another. (Hear.) Nothingeould be more simple than this-nothing more likely to induce one another to imbibe the consolations of the Gospel. Bat now-a-days when our places of worship became places where people resort in the best dress that they can afford; and in some measures they shame those whose rags do not fit so with persons thus sumptuously dressed. A Dissenting minister at Brighton told me that the only way he could reach the hearts and minds of the poorer persons living in the alleys and lanes of Brighton, was to go in the middle of the street and preach, and .thus the poorer persons who did not like to appear at any place of worship in their shabby clothes, put their heads out of the window to listen to his ex- hortations This is one of the illustrations amongst many that our places of worship do not reach the whole masses of the community. That the poor should have the Gospel appears one of the first duties of the Chris- tian minister and the Christian society. The City mis- sionaries do, to a great extent, supply this want-that is, they visit the poor at their dwellings, and exhort them to attend some place of worship. (Hear, hear.) Other means I firmly believe will be still required. If there could be not merely ample and commodious places of worship-but if there could be rooms where these poorer people should assemble on Sundays, without being ashamed of their appearance, and there receive simple exhortation, much would be done to dispel this darkness. (Hear, hear.)

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. There is still a demand for money stock, and the mar- ket is firm, but without any features of special impor- tance.-Consols are at 931 to 94 for money, and at 93J to If, for July, being the same as at the final close last night. It appears to be considered in many quarters that tho Derby Government is safe, and what fell from Lord Howden, who was not contradietad by the Govern- ment, that soma sccret treaty has been made or consoli- dated within the last three weeks between Russia and France. Business is extremely languid. Bank stock, 2191 Exchequer Bills, 19s, to 23s prem.—India Dehen- tures, 94J. Nothing done in the Scrip of the New Loan. The Bonds are in demand, and the quotations have im- proved from 7 s to 3s dis.-Foreign Stocks have been tolerably active Mexicans have been done at 18. The Four per Cent Guaranteed Turkish are at 102,-Rail. way shares are firm; and in some cases J per cent rise has been established, but there has been little business.

MARKET NEWS. MARK-LANE.—WEDNESDAY. The fresh arrivals of English grain at this morning's market were limited, but the foreign imports liberal. The crop accounts continue highly favourable. The trade in general was dull, but prices of most articles were about the same as on Monday. English and foreign wheat were held lor tho terms of Monday last. Flour was a slow sale at the previous reduction for country marks. Mali dull of sale at late rates. Barley, beans, and peas unaltered. Oats in goad supply, and Riga descriptions easier in price. TALLOW.—WEDNESDAY. liie market is steady. P Y C, 011 the spot, 5; 31 last three months, 56s to 56s 3d. BOSTON CORN.—WEDNESDAY. A small show of wheat, but little business passing, at Is less money. In other articles no alteration. MINCING-LANE.—WEDNESDAY. CASSIA LIONEA is 2; to 3s per cwt dearer. First quality sold, 72s tid to 77s per cwt. PEPPER is unalterated ill value. Penang sold at 3J to 3i for ordinary to fair; White, 7d to i id per lb. NUTMEGS.—The market is dull, and the parcels at sale were mostly bought in for want of adequate beds. A few packages sold at Is 5£1 to Is 7d for small to middling. SUGAR.—The sales were progressing very steadily. COFFEE is selling with fair spirit at yesterday's prices. PROVISIONS.—WEDNESDAY. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Supplies short and prices firm, although the demand is not active. Beef, 2s 6d to 4s 2d; mutton, 39 3d to 4s 6d; veal, 4s 4d to 4s 10d; pork, 4s to 5s; lamb, 5s to 5s Bd. TOOLEY-STREET.-But little change, if any, can be quoted in the Irish provision trade. Carlow butters are worth 94s to 98s; Cork, thirds and fourths, 829 to 90s; Irish bacon, sides, 50 to 60s per ewt.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS.—FRIDAY. Clarke, William, Great Stanmore, Middlesex, licensed victualler. Thompson, Charles Robert, and Frederick Lucas, Old Broad-street, East India agents. Minott, John, Birmingham, victualler. Bowling, John, and James Lane, Batley, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturers. Terry, George, Leeds, tinner. Parsons, James Charles, Beaumaris, Anglesea, pub- lican. Parkinson, William, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, carpet manu- facturer. Elphick, Alfred, East Moulsey, Surrey, butcher. Long, James, jun, Witney, Oxfordshire, builder. Gomme, William Lawrence, and John Thomas Bryon, Hammersmith, auctioneers. Clark, Cuthbert Anthony, Newgate-street, City, foreign warehouseman. Redshaw, Thomas and John, Bourn, Lincoln j saddlers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.. J. M'Arthur, Dumbarton, spirit dealer. A. Mackay, Cromarty, surgeon. J, Spence, Glasgow, tea merchant. D. M'Lellau, Glasgow. ironmonger. BANKRUPTS.—TUESDAY. Banton, William, St MartitÚ-Ie-Grand, hosier. Villeblanche, Samuel, Leather-laue hosier. Frampton, George, Paddington, tailor. Withers, John, Birmingham, jeweller. Acock, John, Cheltenham, builder. Hayes, Wesley, Kingston-upon-Hull. Heaps, Thomas, Macclesfield, silk throwster. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.. A. Laurie, Glasgow, manufacturer. J. Campbell, Leith, wine merchant. J. B. M'Neil, Glasgow boat builder.

Lord Brougham has arrived at his mansion in Grafton- street, fitim Cannes. Deadly Arithmetic.—la the first bombardment of Sebas- topol, commencing October 17 th, 1854, there were 72 siege guns employed, which fired in all 21,881 rounds; in the bombardment commencing April 9, 1855, there were 123 guns and 30,633 rounds; in that commencing on the 6th of June, 155 guns and mortars fired 32,883 rounds; in that commencing on the 17th of June, 166 guns used 22, 684 rounds. The attack of August 17th was by 196 guns, 26cus :rued\7d ¡;a;he 'lnallmg:r' ment of September 8th, 207 guns and mortars consumed 28,476 rounds of shot and shell. These numbers, with 88,640 rounds fired casually, or to repel night attacks, and 405 rounds of carcasses and light balls," give a total of 251,872 rounds of shot and shell fired by the English during the whole siege from first to last. This, in the whole course of operations, gives an average weekly consumption of 6,000 rounds of shot and shell, or less than one-sixth of the amount which could be sup- plied weekly by Woolwich Arsenal alone. In a naval war, however, the expenditure of iron ammunition would average nearly double the amount required for the siege of the Euxine's great mistress. Thus in the combined attack by the fleets on the sea forts during the land bombardment of the 17th of October, the Agamem- non, in the course of four hours or so, fired away up- wards of 3,000 rounds of shot and shell, and the Rodney, Sanspareil, and Bellerophon expended nearly the same enormous quantity.—Times. Melancholy Death of Captain Pace, B r c s.-on Monday information was transmitted to the coroner of the death of Captain Horace Pace, E I C S, who com- mitted suicide under very dreadful circumstances. 'It appears that the unfortunate gentleman had suffered from a severe nervous attack for some time past. On Sunday evening, about seven, the landlady of the house where he resided, was in the act of entering his room, when, to her horror, she saw him disappear through the window, and the next instant he fell into the area beneath. This attracted several persons to the spot, and they hastened to pick the deceased up. Medical assist- ance was sent for, but the vital spark had fled. The deceased was 55 years old. Her Majesty and the City Corio,-ation.-On Monday afternoon, the Sheriffs of London, Aldermen Hale and Conder, with the Remembrancer, waited by command on her Majesty the Queen, at Buckingham Palace, to receive her Royal and gracious intimation of her in- tention to acccpt the address of the Corporation, moved by Deputy White, and seconded bv Charles Reed, Esq, F S A, on Saturday, at three o'clock in the afternoon. The corporation will leave Guildhall in their State dresses at half-past one o'clock, and proceed direct to Buckingham Palace. Russell Gurney, Q.C., the Recorder, will read the address to her Majesty. Mr Dawson Turner's Manuscript Library.—The first day's sale of this valuable and important collection took place on Monday at the gallery of Messrs Puttiek and Simpson, in Leicester-square. Many lots, includ- ing letters and correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, George Chalmers, Dr Samuel Clark, Cowper the poet, and John Locke, fetched very liberal prices. Although the first day's sale was inferior in interest to those which are to follow it nevertheless attracted a large attend- ance of well-known literary gentlemen and agents of various public libraries. Many of the books, it is said, were purchased for the British Museum. A French Convict.-The Court of Assizes of the Rhone two days ago tried a liberated convict named Blandon, for attempted assassination, burglary, and highway robbery. He was released from prison on the 14th January last, and immediately went to his mother's house, at Mohtanlay, and stole a small sum of money and some sheets. He was arrested but escaped. He was then traced to Collonges, where he broke into the house of an old man named Genevay, and beat him violently about the head as he was lymg asleep m bed; but as some of Genevay's family were attracted to the room by the old man's cries, he took to flight without effecting any robbery. Genevay knew him personally, and could not be mistaken in his identity. Three nigVs after he attacked a man on the highway near Vancia, and after beating him in a most savage manner, robbed him of what money he had about him. Again on the night of the 23rd of January he attacked and attempted to rob another person on the highway, but was captured. Iu addition to these offences it turned out that he had committed a burglary at Polxinges. He was declared guilty, and sentenced to hard labour for life. A man named Braconnier was tried with him as his accomplice in the burglary and attempted murder at Collonges, but the evidence not being sufficiently clear, he was acquitted.

members of the Opposition. He had attacked the right boil member for Carlisle, but on a very recent occasion when the right bon baronet came to aid the Govern- ment, he was highly complimented by the right bon gentleman. (Hear, hear.) It had been denied that Lord Derby had subscribed S20,000 for electioneering put- poses. But although that denial had been made, could it be denied that certain means had been adopted for in- fluencing elections? (Hear, hear.) Could it be believed that all the assertions and statements made on this sub- ject were utterly without foundation? (Hear, hear.) It was easy to deny the payment of a certain sum of money, but could it be denied that in the recent elections there had been an expenditure of money totally unknown on previous occasions, and he trusted a full inquiry would take place into the matter. (Hear, hear.) The dissolution was an act of dark ingratitude. The for- bearance of the late Parliament to her Majestv's Govern- ment was unexampled. (Hear, hear.) No one approved of the Government Reform Bill but the occupants of the Treasury bonch, and he believed were it not for the con- duct of the Government the house might have gone into committee on the bill, and have bad its merits fairly dis- cussed. (Hear, hear.) He hoped he would be followed by some of the eloquent phalanx on the Ministerial benches, and he put it to the house whether it was re- spectful to it to have this debate confined to a single speech from a Minister of the Crown. ("Hear, hear," and enes of Divide.") Lord PALMERSTOX: I think that if anything more was wanting to show the justice of the motion which niv noble friend has made calling upon the house to express their want of confidence in the Government the course of the debate this evening would establish it most conclusively. For how can the house have confidence in a Government or party which have no confidence in therrselves-(cries of "Oh" and cheers)—which, boasting of the numbers of which they are composed, cannot find more than one advocate who has dared to come forward on this occasion, iu the course of this long debate, to defend their policy, and whose silence therefore is letting judgment go by default? This, I say, is the most con- clusive avowal that they are undeserving the confidence of this house. (Hear.) If one champion alone is to fight :hcir battle, if the rest of the army is so timid, or so weak, or so powerless, that they could not venture into the arena, I admit the excellence of the choice they have made. We have heard the speech of the right hon gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer; but the house must have felt that if the rest of the Govern- ment had anything to say in opposition to the amend- ment, that speed;, eloquent as it was, was lull of agreeable taunts and disagreeable reflections. (" Hear," and a laugh.) Full of matters of fact on the one hand and jests upon the other. The house must have felt that it was wholly insufficient as against the motion of his noble friend. It is, however, one of the most extra- Ordinary spectacles that ever occurred in this house, that a Government charged in face of Parliament with being undeserving of the confidence of Parliament, and the country, should have sat silent as they have done this evening. I should have thought that man after man among them would have risen up to defend them- selves. (A laugh.) Even the few remaining members of the Cabinet, deserted though they be by two of their most respected and distinguished colleagues, I should have thot??ht would still have pressed forward with eagcr emulation to defen and justify that conduct which is arraigned by the motion of my noble friend. (Hear, hear.) But it seems they are most anxious to conclude this debate. I entreat the house not to take them upon trust, for in argument they have nothing to say for themselves, except that they wish the House to let the debate be as short as possible. Let us come to a division to night," they say, we hare got our friends up." (Cheers, and a laugh.) II Do not talk about our conduct, for the less that is said about that the better; for heaven's sake do not discuss our misdeeds, but come to the vote, and then, afterwards, if we have a majority now, we will talk about that." (Hear.) But this is too grave a matter to be disposed of with so light an air. (A laugh.) The question is whether the Admmistration of one of the greatest countries in the world is or is not deserving the confidence 01 Parliament and of the country. This is not a question to be dealt with in that light and easy manner in which the right hon gentleman opposite dealt with it. (Hear, hear.) But last of all ought it to be so treated at a moment when the flames of war are raging in Europe, when no man feels certain how far this country may or may not be committed under the action of those who at present rule. Under such circumstances I think it is disgraceful to the Government not to defend their conduct-( cries of Oh, oh," from the Ministerial side)-on every ground, then I shall be glad for the House to come to a decision upon this question. The manner in which the Government was first instituted, their mistakes in business, their faults in domestic legislation, their errors in foreign policy, the course they took with respect to the dissolution, all these are grounds which will justify the house in with- holdiEg its confidence from them. I do not like to revert offensively to the events connected with the for- mation of the government: but upon this occasion I will speak out, I say 11:oy came into office by a parliamen- tary manoeuvre, a manonvre justified by the ordinary tac- tics of Parliament, but which was not a proper founda- tion upon which they could claim the confidence of the yeople. There was a certain number, about a hundred of the Liberal party, who differed from the government with regard to the bill against conspiracy to murder. They took a different view to the government; but they had a right to the opir,ion they entertained, and they performed their public duty by voting against the intro. duction of the measure. But what course did the go- vernment take? Did they disapprove of that measure? Did they not afterwards abandon their own opinions when they found that such a bill was necessary for the honour of this country and the maintenance of a good understanding with'a neighbouring country. (Opposi- tion chcevs.) Well then I say their policy was bad. (Re- Dewell cheering.) It was not creditable to them as a party. They ought to have felt more gratitude than they manifested for our forbearance. (" Oh, oh, from the Min- isterial benches.) What was our conduct? did we meet them with any vexatious or factious opposition? They confessed that they were in a minority in this house, and if thq were able to continue in existence ,o long as the did, the single fact is a proof that they were treated wiik forbearance. And then what was the character of their measures? Taey introduced a bill to pass the govern- :ü(jr:lIK t\.l'0¿c\;I,a alil1 aot:Stote; I representation of the people. They adopted the transfer of the government of India, although at first they had opposed it. Up to the last they resisted the transfer whi.'e in opposition, bat in office they immediately ado] ted it. (Laughter, and cheers.) So far they were faudable, no doubt—they felt that'the only condition of their cx;stcnce was ti nt they should submit, in great Jl]ca,;¡res, to the will of the majority. But so unfortu- nate were they that t'ie n;easure which they proposed "nf met with universal ridicule; and without a moment's lusitnticn they withdrew it, and another was substituted 11 :pliice. (Hear, hear.) With considerable amend- a\ en; s the measure passed, but I believe it was not so w i ll calculated for its object as our bill on which it was Then they had to deal with another great question—Parliamentary Reform, To that also they had been, out of office, always opposed. Tiiy were anti-Reformers; but felt, as I have said be.vre, that the very condition of existence made it necessary that they should advocate the principles of the majority which was opposed to them; and so they became Parliamentary Reformers, and p: oposed their bill. Those who had watched the progress of the India Bill foretold that their Reform Bill would be a failure, But it was said by some, they will not :-na1.e the same mistake twice. They produced their bill, and scarcely one man in the house, out of the Cabi- net, expected it would pass into a law, There was hardiy a member on that side of the house who spoke in the long discussion that took place who did not have to find !auJt with the measure. At last there came the re- solution proposed liy my noble friend, calculated to re- move two of the defects of the bill, and they were carried by a majority. Here was the second failure in regard to that great matter of domestic legislation. (Opposi- tion cheers.) When we see a Government, which in one session fails on two great measures, it is surely not too much to sav that that government is not one which this house can be disposed to put confidence in with regard to legislation at home. (Hear, hear.) Then what was the' course they pursued upon that measure? The noble lord the Secretary of State for India stated that if the resolu- tion was carried they should consider it a vote of censure; but jhev had no right so to consider it. (" Ob, oh.") It is not a vote of censure upon them, except so far as a particular measure was concerned. They said they had only two courses before them-re- signation or dissolution; but they were not called upon to adopt either conr,e. A Government avowedly in a minority, the con iiii of their existence was that they should shape ti.ei; course in accordance with the opinions and feelings of a majority; and that which they ought to have done was to take the same view as they did on the India Bill-tliey should have withdrawn the objectionable Reform Bill, and brought in another framed on the principles which the debates in this house shewed were in accordance with the opinions of Parlia- ment. (Laughter and cheers.) And it they had pro- duced such a bill it would have passed, and at this moment have been the law of the land. But twice in the wrong, they had an objection to be twice in the right. There was another reason given for their con- duct, which in fact was no reason at all. It was said that I taunted them. (Cries of" Hear, hear," from the Ministerial benches.) That I had bidden them with- draw their bill and bring in another, and that they would not do my bidding. (Laughter.) Why, sir, are they men or children? (Laughter.) That might have been a very good argument for a naughty child, but for men, for statesmen, for governors of a great country, dealing with a great and important question, to say they won't do that which is right, because, forsooth, one of their objections is, I told them to do it in a manner that they did not like. (Laughter.) Either too jocose or too serious, I don't know which. (A laugh.) Men that can act so are not the sort of persons to be entrusted with the affairs of a great nation. (" Oh, oh," and cheers.) Then they dissolved. I should like to know how many men in this house can approve of that deci- sion, looking at the position it placed the country in during a great European crisis. Many things have happened to show that the Government, whatever gifts they may possess, do not possess the gift of prophecy. If they had been able to foresee that all Europe would azree- to be quiet, and rest in breathless expectation the results of a dissolution, they might have had something to show for the course they had pursued, but they did not look with statesman-like eyes at the condition Europe was likely to be in before Parliament could again assemble and contemplate those measures which thev ought not to have taken without the consent of Parl iament-an addition to the establishments of the country. ("Oh, oh," and cheers.) Nothing but inevi- table necessity could have justified them in depriving the country of the assistance of Parliament at such a critical moment. (Hear, hear.) I say the course they pursued was unconstitutional. (" Oh, oh," and cheers.) It was not an unconstitutional course to add to the mili- tarv establishments of a country when Parliament is not sitting-exceipt in a case of overwhelming necessity, it is not according to the principles of the constitution. (Opposition cheers.) What that necessity was we have not heard to night, because they have their secrets for the present to themselves. (Laughter.) We shall know them all some other evening. Neither the Secretary of State for War nor the Secretary of the Admiralty have given us any explanation of what was the imminent danger of the country which required this increase of our establishments while Parliament was not sittiim- to give its sanction to them. I don't mean to find fault" paiticularly with what they did. (Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) They placed themselves in a position in which they were compelled to do something; but where was the original necessity? (Hear, hear.) We are told to-night by the right hon gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that if we delay the vote on the question now before us for twenty-four or at most forty-eight hours, it will produce some unknown and awful peril. (Laughter.) Why, sir, if the doubt existing on the mind of foreign Governments for so short a time, as to whether the Government is to have the support of Parliament or not, is calculated to pro- duce such awful results, how came it that the Govern- ment were justified in sending away the Parliament and placing themselves for six weeks or two months in that position? (Opposition cheers.) No doubt the position in which they stood before was a position not calculated to gain support for the Government in its foreign rela- tions; because a Government which exists upon suf- ferance, and likely from week to week to be overthrown, cannot possibly expect that foreign Governments will enter into negotiations with them, because they have no guarantee that the policy entered upon will be con- tinued by their successors; and such a Goverment can neither conserve peace nor put an eud to war. What was the issue which they put to the Government and the cause which they assigned for the dissolution? Why they themselves déclared thai they dissolved Par- liament because they had not a majority, and it must have remained doubtful until Parliament again met whether electors would give them the majority which they had not-whether they would give such support as would give stability to their tenure of office, and give steadiness to any course they might undertake to pursue. I say that dissolution was a culpable proceeding. (Op- position cheers.) I say it was sacrificing what might have been eventually great national interests, for the purpose of peddling for a few votes at the different hustings of the country. (Hear, hear.) The right hon gentleman spoke with great levity of the charges made against the Government in consequence of the irregular proceedings at the elections in different parts of the country. I am not going to enter into that question now, but I will venture to tell him that before any great length of time the Government will hear plenty on that subject. (Opposition cheers.) The Government have shown themselves unequal to carry on the domestic affairs of this country, and they have shown themselves much more unfit to conduct its foreign relations. (Cheers.) It is said that we should not give an opinion on this subject until we have the blue books before us: but there is a cloud hovering over the south of Europe that is sufficient for our information without looking to the blue book. (Hear.) I must say without disputing the good intentions of the Government, that my con- scientious belief is, that the course they pursued brought on the war. (Opposition cheers, and cries of Oh, oh," from the Ministerial benches,") Their great notion was. that if they only held language that was hostile to France and Sardinia, and patronising towards Aus- tria, they would preserve peace. (Hear, hear.) Until the lasc moment their belief was that if they only threatened France with hostilities, and declared that in the event of war breaking out they would be found activoi on the side of Auauia, peace would be pre- served ? and war would be prevented. (Hear, hear.) They did not know that while they were holding that language Austria had been accumulating troops, and had taken her decision for war-(hear hear)-and that at the very moment when the right hon gentleman was talking of the dignified conduct of Austria and of the suspicious and equivocal conduct of Sardinia that the summons from Austria to Sardinia was on its way to Turin. (Hear, hear.) If the Government were then aware that Aus- tria had determined upon war, and was going to send to Sardinia a summons to which it was impossible for any Government with a feeling of independence to submit, they would not have talked of the dignified con- duct of Austria, or of the suspicious and equivocal con- duct of Sardinia. (Hear, hear.) It is perfectly plain the Government were ignorant of the real state of affairs -that they were uninformed of what was going on, and that they were under a delusion with respect to the intentions of the different parties. (Hear, hear.) The Government thought that the danger of war was imminent on the part of France and Sardinia, and that there was no danger of war on the part of Austria; but the result proved that Austria was prepared, and that France was not-(hear, hear)-and that the danger was lowering in Lombardy, and was not descending from the Alps. (Hear, hear.) If the Government had known of what was going on at Vienna, and of the intentions of the Austrian Government, they should have held different language to Austria; and if there had been at the time in this country a government possessing the confidence of Parliament, and resting for support on a majority of the house, I cannot but believe that firm language on their part would have induced Austria to pause and abstain from the course she has taken. (Hear, hear.) The Government might have fairly said to Austria, go into Congress-let all the great Powers of Europe assemble-and we will stand by you in the maintenance of your unquestionable rights, but you must withdraw all military interference and improper influence in the countries that are not your own. (Hear, hear.) If they had said to Austria, let the Italians and their Governments deal with each other as nations invariably do, and they would settle their differences, it is probable that the settlement would be completed by this time and the prosperity of the country secured. (Hear, hear.) The conduct of the Government leads to the conclusion that it is neither entitled to the support nor confidence of Parliament in regard to its foreign re- lations or domestic policy. (Hear, hear ) And whose fault is it if there be a delay in coming to a decision? If they thought a dissolution was necessary, why was the dis- solution so long delayed? It might have taken place some days soouev than it did; and why did not Parlia- ment meet sooner? (Hear, hear.) The question is whether those elections have or have not given a majority to the Government, and that is a question which the country is entitled to have answered at the meeting of Parliament. (Hear.) We are told by the Government-Why do you hurry ns to that decision- why do you not pursue a moderate course, indicative of loyalty to the tlii-one-why not wait for blue books, and why not wait for the opinions of the Government; and they might add, why not wait until our ranks are more filled by the adhesion of fresh allies? (Hear, hear.) Why call upon us now, they say, to entertain a question of this kind? But I say the course pursued is the natural and straightforward course. (Loud cheers on the Opposition benches.) The appeal to the country was not upon the Keform Bill, or on the foreign policy of the Government, or on any other measure. It was simply an appeal to the country to determine whether the Government had the confidence of Parliament and of the country. (Hear, hear.) We would fail in our duty and disappoint the expectation of the country if we sat silent here as you [point- ing to the Treasury bench] sit silent there. (Cheers, and laughter on the Opposition benches.) My belief is that the verdict will be against the Govern- ment, but I think the question should be put whatever mav be the verdict. (Hear, hear.) I think it is not ia accordance with the principles of the constitution or the interests of the people that a Ministry should be governing this great country which owes its existence to the sufferance and the forbearance of their opponents. (Hear.) I think that the i-aiilis of the Liberal members would afford the means of forming a Government quite as efficient as that we now see sitting on the benches opposite. That Government has lost some of its ablest members. One noble lord was thrown overboaid, like Jonas, on the Indian question, and two other of their colleagues seeedel from them on the reform question. Looking at that shattered administration (laughter), it is not presumptuous for us to think that we could form a Government, combining as many elements to inspire confidence as the Government now sitting on the Irea- sury benches. If the existence of the Government ■•hall be affirmed by the vote of the house, they would be better able to carry out their own opinions. They will have more weight in the endeavours they make to reconcile contending nations abroad, and establish peace 00 a footing that shall be honourable and satisfactory. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, I am not in the least daunted by the assertion that they considered themselves in a majority. I would much rather, if they be in a majority, that it should be proved by counting the two lobbies than that we should go on in the unconstitutional posi- tion we have been in. (Hear.) I am satisfied that this debate will not end until many members have expressed their opinions. (Loud cheers.) It is a matter too much regarding the character and interests of this nation to be passed after the manner and in the spirit of a church- building speculation. The question at issue is too large to be treated in that spirit, but if it is self-evident, why should not the vote proposed be immediately adopted? (Cheers.) If a defence can be made, there are men on the other side capable, if men can be found, of making a defence. (Opposition cheers.) Let the people and the nation judge what they can say. (Cheers.) Let us know under the circumstances whether they are en- titled to the confidence of the country. They mast have plenty of speakers on the other side, and after the ques- tion now under discussion has been fully dealt with, we can then come to a vote, and such vote I know will be fully accepted by the people of this country. (Loud cheers, and cries of" Divide.") Mr Serjeant DEASY moved the adjournment of the debate, remarking that there were so many new mem- bers who had been returned for the purpose of giving practical effect to the Government of Lord Derby, that he thought it would best suit their convenience that the debate should be adjourned. (Loud cries of Divide.") On the question being put that the house do now ad- journ, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER inti- mated that he would not oppose an adjournment; but to avoid any infringement of the standing orders, he would consent to the adjournment of the house to Thurs- day. The house adjourned at half-past twelve o'clock.