The Express. — London, England, 1850-05-03 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARL LAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDI3.—TIIOI3DAY, MAT S. The House met at 6 o'clock, Lewd Lanoleaea sat Speaker. BIRTH OF A PRIMO& The Nemesis of LANSDOWNI cosy beds papas of sailing their lerdelaps' attention to • wales beim essy ether beams was proceeded with—a subject white to know their lordship would *ink with him ought to have precedence over all other mattes. Their lordships w, ald anticipate that he was Ostia( to ea a te, namely, the birth of • prime, aad Meal suet be tgees of pest amegratalation to the public generally, bat to sate more this to their lordships assembled in that Lim. (Hess.) It had been besieged tontine sere than ems to sell their lordships' attendee to similar anent', when be bad always found that rupees. which he was VIM he should meet with on the pus% missies. It Weald be s waste of weeds, therefore, to say more sham that every passim; you of her Majesty's reign would only Weems the desire whisk their lordship and the country weld feel for the welfare sad happians of the Queen and her family. (Hear, hear.) He wield months le by moving that so hassles address be presented to her and, ratalating her oa the birth of another prince, enuring lee Majesty that ever, seen tea to her domestic happiness effeedes the most sincere sateshetica to their lordsaipe• Tl .beast (Hear, heir.) a Duke of RICHMOND, on behalf of himself and his noble friends mound les, begged to express his hearty esseurresee ia the observations which the noble marquis lad st , ds, and felt deeply grateful to an all-wise Provodenes who bad sustained and preserved kit Majesty. (Hsu.) The address ma then adopted. AG RIC OLT URAL DISTRESS. The Duke of RICHMOND the, rose, pursuant to notice, to present upwards of 100 petitions from various pens of the itenusy on ten subject of agricultural distress. He thought it but due to the persons who had signed the numerous petit:in.@ to give notice of hi' Mentes superset thc-s, and la dotes eo he was anxious to draw the attention of the noble out the Secretary tor the Colt aies to one part of the country from which some of three petition came. The first which he bad to present was from Elgin in Scotland, where U kieh farming amid meet the present state of things, it must have succeeded. The case of those petitions was see of preview bsrdsbip, brews* the foreigner mi.ht send his grata to the British merles (end a great deal of it was cul tivated by slave about) is any vessel he chose, but the Scotch fuser laboured under the disadvantage el the existing corn leers by which he could only avail himself of Betted' bemoan. The Scotch farmers were convinced that at the present price of eons it was Impossible to cultivate it, and they were laying down their lead in gram. He was afraid, however, that they would sot make much profit by that, for the price of stock was very low indeed, and hotly remunerative. To show the state of the farmers in the worth, he miebt say that he had rectally see a newspaper from the county of Northumberland, which contained 60 advertisements from farmers of the saki of their live and dead stock. They were told that the. free trade was an exporimeaL An experiment! Whet! were they going to sweep from the rue of the land the formes sad tenantry of Breese ? They could not grow wheat at the present prices, which the noble marquis opp mite had admitted ; and if that was true, tney would be obliged to leave their hose, and what would happen to thus ? Why, they would not get one-fourth of what their &tech had cost them tour years ago. Was it wished, then, to drive %bent, with what they had left, to a foreign land, sod put einem menufacterers in their places? All that the petitioners asked was that they should have fair protect ion, not for themselves !only, but for all British industry; and he thought they were right in not being selfish, although they were abused when they presented petitions on the subject of the navigatioe It ova. They were determined to pc and when the ye •aten of this country put their shoulder to the wheel it was Let very easy for a bode of mere theorises and Manchester manufactures to turn thee from their peeper. The farmers paid a larder proportion of taxation than soy other case of the community, and it was certain that the present system of local taxation newt soon he put on a better footing, but that would not be an equivalent for the lots of protection Est GREY said the noble duke was very wrong in sup posing that his noble frauds on that side of the house Ararat from the discussion of the subject of the petition which the noble duke had presented. The only Tenon why they did not debate the policy of going bock to protactioa was because they thought it perfee;ly mee dies to do ea • sad be merely rose now in consequence of a remark w kiik kis noble friend had made re:ative to a county with which he was connected. He had said that there were not less that sixty aiverti.entents in one piper of farming stock to be soil M the county of Northumberland. Probably he was bet aware that this was the time of year when a change of occu pation in the north of England generally took place. It was always the ease at this season, and it dlid not appear thet there was more than Le aaaaa a aa number of such advertise. mints. He would for a moment call the attention of his noble friend to a letter which bad been put into his hand, and which had been cut but of an old Sussex newspaper. It was signed " A 801011 Farmer," and was dated the 25 k of September, 1811 It stied attention to che act of there bring at that time 70 advert...meats in • Suss: paper for the sale of fanning stock-10 of which were general notices of sales, but the scanning 60 advertised an immense quan tity of lies stock. The writer went on to any that the afforded an index of the state of the country, and nothing could more clearly show the depresion of the agri cultural interest. Therefore, distress was as preys. lent in 1144. under protection, u it was now under free trade. (Hear. berm) The Dake of ARGYLL (who poke from the cross benches on the ministerial side of the ham) depreested the constant discussions on this subject, upon the mere presenta tion of petitions. It aerated to him that these debates indicated on the opposition aide of the house, a want of knowte tie of the real petition in which they sto el with regard to this question. Ye ey uodue weight had been attached by noble lords on that side of the house to an expression used by the wage marquis (Letudesene) on the first eight of the session, name:y, that free trade was an experiment, and that wrong deductions had been drawn from it. They knew what an experiment meant upon any quotes of public inlay, and they knew it was difficult to procure the repeal of say principle whet once adopted. Noble lords on that side of the house thought this was an experiment which they could stop at any moment, whilst on the other (the ministerial) tide it was contended that the existing agricultural distress was an ex ceptional assn, sad if free trade was an experiment at all, it must be tried be a considerable time. - - Lvrd FEVERSHAM wondered that it could be expected that the growers of corn is ibis country could compete with the sautzed loreigeer ; and the present nate of things was such that there was ao hope of improvement. The farmers, with justice, eland for • repeal of those times which premed so tweedy ea them He denied that the present state of agricultural distress was exceptional, and there was no chaste of any improvement taking place so long an • free. trade policy should be continued. Wu it just to the farmer, he would ink, to continue the present duty upon malt? Earl St. GERMANS was unwilling to prolong this in cidental di•ciritilti, which would have no practical mash. He admitted that there was considerable distress sacoget the owaen and occupiers of land, but, convinced as ha was that a return to the system of protection was an imperil:laity, he thought that that man was no real friend to the farmer who timed hie to upset protection. He believed that the re moval of the duties on the importation of foreign corn was, under the circumstances of the time, ea absolute nosessity. Be believed that it bad the effect of ganging( the horrors L Ireland, sad had bad the effect of protecting this country beam the perinea' storms which had °renamed so many thrums ea the eminent. The Raul of STRADBROKE doubted whether the prawn depreenou of agriculture was ezeepticaal. It had been said that the agriculturists of Frame* were more distressed than they were here, but he begged leave to deny that. Within the last -three mouths we had received from Antenna 1,800,000 qrs. of wheat. In several parts of Ireland, the Lumen weld calculating frees weak to week what property they 'mkt obtain to escape to America. It was said that the retain to protection was impossible; which was teats- Mount towing that the English farmer would he denied *doe. Tho Duke of RICHMOND alluded to the noble lord (Reel Bt. Germslas) bevies said that free trade had pre vented this emery from being revolatiosieed. Be gave the noble lord credit for ate of the meet extraordinary dis coveries he bad ever made ; but he would tell that lordship. what did prevent the country from being revolutiunised —it was the good feeling of the people of lagised; it was their desire to maintain the law of the coals:Ey, rejoicing in a free oonatitatioa ; sad this wee a part of a free coustitatioa, that they shoal& bring their grievances before the house, and that they should not take the advise of the noble lord oa the epees beaches. It woe mid, forsooth, that by what we had dose, we had recommended the people of the continent Se sell at a less if he (the DeWitt Bol.Omaad) had ever dose asything to stop the importers of corn, be was delight's' et it, sad should matinee to 'do his beet for that pupae& lie was delighted to kw the Wile lord werAte say that nothing was more unsatisfactory than the law of the income tax la the mate in which it had been left b 7 Sir 'hen Peel. Re thought that the noble lords holdiag the respossitsie 'hoagies of advisers of her y, were bound to being forward some 1111610111111 as this sa set. _ _ WEST INDIA APPE4B BILL. This hill or rad • third dim simfip!mmed. LEASEHOLD TENURE pr 1+11 .... 1! (IRELAND: - Act -41111NDAINT Os the matiisaf;t wr read a assed damps forma. The Kart of WARWICK promoted petitions from War wick against Sunday labour is the Peet-dim ; also mai- Voss complaining of agricultural distress. Their lordships adjoursed at 20 minims Wore 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURIDAY, MAT 2. The Sraxxxa took the chair at 4 o'clock. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENTED. Facrostas BILL—By Mr. STANSFIELD, from plum in Yorkshire ; Lord J. M ANN BRB, from several places in Lanereb,rr ; Colonel THOMPSON, from B 011011; Mr. 8 CRAWFORD, from Belton and Reads& ; Mr. F. O'CON NOK, from bodies of operatives in Glasgow; in favour of Dais bill. Larrotra IN FACTORIIIII.—By Mr. W. PATTEN, from the mimosa employed in the eetabliiihment of Mr. Kea sod,. In Manchester, prayiag the house to take the matter timber into maa4eratios, sod to extend the boars of 'even to eleven hour. inland of tan hours ; by an mom. Hamann. from certain factory operatives, tipsiest the velar sod eniet spume. COUNTS COURTS Aor.—By Mr. FITZROY, from Hor.lintes, Neaceatle, Marmot In Wales, sad several other plasm, la favour of dm mansion of no Canty Courts Aet. 1111T201.011TAM INTOSNESTS BELL —EI 111 f. LUSH. INOTON. from Bow ; Cul. THOMPSON. from St. Georp's-iwthe.Rest; Mr. HUME, frets St. Paeans and ether paraltes; EILANIY, front Fulham; Mr. FOX. from Bt. Pewee, NT/Moroni; Lead R. GROSVENOR, from Bloomy, Chelan sad ether plates; for the abolition of intramural burials, sad is knot at the Metropolitan Dr temWit ente MU. • imow Taz.-13y I.e.d DUNCAN, from Hastier, for the restiesios of this wt. I STANT Dm on Nawomisnia.—By the O'GORMAN MAHON, from the printers, proprietors, end otblishen of the Ohm Await, In favour of the resters! of tins duty. PRODUCTION OF COTTON IN INDIA. Mr. BRIGHT presented a pedion from the .sabers of the Chamber of Communes in Manchester on this *abject, ailing the attention of the house to ths ace production of cotton is India, and staring that the program of industry in that part of England was dependent for the most port en the raw material, which was proderied in America, while then was so sensible progress is the production demos in India. Tits pilaus proposed that the government shield appoint a conunissios m be seat to India to ascortalis, particularly is Bombay and Madras, what, if any, were the obstacles to the prednetion of cotton. The petitioners went on to show the importance of the smatter, and Ike necessity of the go vernmeot ad. ring each means as would carry out their views. He slaved that the polio& be printed, with the votes, as it use h.a Midair's to make a triodes on the sub just. Aimed to. NEW MEMBER. Mr. B. J. 1117TCHINS, the newly elteted 'souther for Lymiopton, took ti• robs sad his *est. LABOURING POOR (IRELAND) ACT. Sir D NORREYS moved tor a worn (in canalisation of parliamentary poser, No. 30, of session 1849) of the sever.' ores in which Mann% of the Treasury had sanctioned, under the act of 11 & 12 Vie , c. 51, the c insertion of annuities crested by the act 10 & 11 Vic., e. BT. and the terms oa whisk such conversions had been mad* ; showing in each case of conversion, since the 3rd dry of November. ISO, the total compound sum charged against etch barony, &c., at the time of conversion, and the amount of each converted instaresest.=Aureed to EVICTIONS IN GALWAY. Mr. O'FLAktERTY said that be wished to know if any provision: bad been made by the poor law commissioners tot the setrommorlation of 618 &maitre who bad been evicted in two seines is Galway, not as was said by the Boman embolic priests, bat by the trustees of the property, the Lon- don Fin and Intimates Company. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that he bad not yet received any information on the rubjrct ; he would make the seem eary inquiries, and sire a reply to the question of the boa. ea roller. ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATE DUTY-ADJOURNED DEBATE._ Oa the order of the day being read tw resenting the debete on the motion for leave to bring in a bill for the abolition of this duty. Sir E. THESIGER said that he felt great pleasure is ex. ptomain his a. knowledgments to the noble lord (ft. Gros venor) by whom the bid tad been introduced. for the great and disinterested exertions which he had long made to relieve the solicitors from a tax which prescot so handy on them He would not have come forward to supp in the motion of the noble lord it he dii not reel that justice imperatively required that these times 'Wield be abolished. Toe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was sorry to Ley he mast oppues the remission asked ha, solely on the ground that the minuet could not bo spered from the revenue. He did net feel tenni to give any further rea son for opposing the remicsion of a tex,thatteek more rropetly helot:ging to the proposal of a new one. It was sufficient fur him to state that it was an existing tax, and tnat it would not be convenient to the rev. nue to nmovo it. He had rated on a former evening what would be the probable amount of the murals% and how he intended to appropriate it ; and he could arson the house that nothing bad occurred to alter his intentions, althou ‘ h tie plans might require some modifitation in the clet-ils. Trere might be justice in this (diem for remission, but it should be remembered that them were thirty other callings in which hearses were required, all of whom might imam with equal justice. Under all the circumstances, he trusted the house would re fuse t'. t emi..lon of the 111. The O'GORMAN MAHON supported the motion, end .ieprecitted tne parallel which the Chancellor of the Ea• chequer bad dwelt bete en attorneys and borse.dealers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained that all re lad meant was that the parties were similarly situated with regard to the tan. Colonel CRATTZRION and Colonel StraltOUP *era under stood several y to support the motion. The how , * divided— Foe the motion Against it The result was cheered by the opposition. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. In reply to a qtvation from Mr. Dissmtht, Loon J. RUS4ELL intimated th it it was not Intemied to proceed with the S amp Diehe Bill to-morrow. (this day) but that the D.atretaed Unions (Ir:land) Bill would be taken as the first order of the day, end the Patient ntary Franchise • (Ire.sad) Bill afterwards, and on Mond.) , the Australian Colville! Bill would he taken as the first order. COUNTY COURTS BILL. On the ssotin;toTioini into committee on chi. bill, Mr. KEOGH roes to more that it be an instruction to the committee teTerend its operation to Ireland. S.r G. GREY did not see bow it was youible„ in a bill for amending an existing act, which was exclusively applicable to England, to wend the operation ca , •t to Ir, land. After a tew wo►ds fr.= Mr. Monsell, Mr. F. French, Mr. Somerville, and Mr. Scully, Mr. KEOGH, on the understanding that government would take the matter into their own hsade, would not press his motirn. _ _ _ The motion was withdrawn, and the house went into com mitts* on the bilL The blank in the first them, fining the extent of the juris diction, was fill td in with the words "fifty rule's." Mr. MITCHELL had an important amendment to pro• pine to this clime, without whims he kilned the bill would not be satisfactory to the me-c iota' community. The bill as it stood lett it to the discretion of the judge to ordt r the payment of a debt by monthly instalments, but considerieg the vast proportion of the transactions ot elmoot every trader, which ranged between 201. and 501., that power might be attended with the most serious inconvenience. The proposal he had to make was, that at the end of the first clause the following words be added : " save and except that in any num where the defsndants, or any one or mere of the defendants, may be 'insane sutleet to the bankrupt laws, the Cann shall not have power, without the consent of the plaintiff, to order that the debt, or damages, or casts, shall be paid M instalments at any future time. Mr. W. BROWN was undarsto id to state that as an immense mistier of trading transaction' took plums between 201 and 501., it was important that the defendants should be directed by the judge to pay the amounts owinc with all etmeenieet dispatch. Mr. MULLINGS observed that a party was not liable to the bankrupt laws unless he owed WI. Sir O. GREY said the effect of the amendment would be that the judge would be obliged to order immediate pay ment in all cases where the debt ranged between 201. and 501., and that, if the defendant were unable to mast that order upon the instant, execntit.n would issue against his goods. He thought some discretion ought to be lett to the judge, by the exercise of which the defendant, under certain circumstances, would not be unduly pressed for the payment at ones of the entire debt. Mr. FITZROY expressed a hope that the proposed addi tion to the clause would be postponed until the bringing up of the report, and said that in the meantime he would give it due cossideratioe. The ATTORNEY GENERAL thought caution was necessary before the addition were adopted. In the superior courts, if payment was not made within a woes of the judg ment an act of bankruptcy was of necessity committed. Mr. MARTIN said there was extreme difficulty in deter mining in this country whether an act of bankruptcy had been committed, and he wee annious to know, supposing the additions to be adopted, how that important fact was to be tried. Mr. COCKBURN thought nothing could be more easy in framing this clause than to define the circumstances under which a party should be within the bankruptcy laws. the ATTORNEY-OENERAL thought that if there was to be a discretion given to a judge, it ought to be plant and for all porpoise. Mr. COCKBURN said the discretion hitherto granted to the judges of the County Courts had not been abused, and that was one very important reason why it should be continued to be exercised by them. Mr. MITCHILL withdrew the addition he prepared, with the understanding that he would introduce it again upon the brining up of the leper.. The clause was then owned to. On dams 2 haw peepased The ATTORNEY-GINIRAL moved as an amendment that the fess now payable open plaints above 101. s-all be the fors to be taken under this est on plaints above 201." In other weeds, he waated the Bahama of fees in the pro ses* bill to be aro* out, and to enact that the schedule in the original bill upon plaints above 101. should be the schedule is this bill for plaints above 201. He wanted to make law cheap, by 'making the fete payable above 201. be the fees payable up to 601. Mr. PI fZILOY thought it would be a most unfair pre position it the man who recovered 191. should pay the amount of fees as the man who recovered 491. How genii the same wale of less be ernehlered just for a simple debt of 101. es for a complicated debt of 201. or Ilk He should certainly take the sense of the house upon the novel ernpaitioo now submitted. Sir G. ORRY said the argameat of the boa. gentleman was inapplicable. The judges were paid by fixed salaries, and no additional legal acumen would be required en their parte, even though the sphere of their duties ahead be en larged by the resent bill Aldermen THOMPSON felt mush obliged to the Attorney Galena for having now proposed the ssbsdele in the old bill, though he believed that even that athedule was math too high, and that It waned with undue severity on the poorer cline of debtors. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK said he wanted to nadentand the prin ciple of this bill. It proposed to extend the power of the court from claims of 2W. to claims of 601. He wanted to know if the juige could not be paid • lair sons of mosey for dedicating the whole of his time to the service of the public, and if there should not be any fess exacted as regarded him ? If they could attain to that, what would be the conveyance ? The small debtor would not be at all affected as to where he was, or what he was. The cease would be determined by a judge who did not practise at all. but who devoted all his time to the court. Bi. 0. GREY said that the principle contended for by the hon. and learned gentleman tad already been acted on as regarded the judges. The whole of their time was at the THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1850. disposal of the The government had takes power to pay them 1,2001. s par as • mazimum, but they bad le mimi a unrithi it lON, set masiamiew it weeleary fo pay more the, 1,0001. • per for at AMIN as le parilmmed. bred DUNCAN simperted lONS w iteamelty as a great impenitent, sad oda that if libep mkooMett love respect able sad efSciest satvtatie, theyMtet Iltp them well. Mr. AGLIONBY, who wan* soppirted the seesenn, bogged et ties boa. premolar el the ammo to withdraw his sebedtde of fees, whisk were larger thea as protest, sad by being gradawed would be attended with great iooonvesissei, ' and throw additional responsibiiity upon the judges. If they Lapsed additleael duties spout the Whom el ttiMo spirts, it was their boandea duty to pay then amordlegly ; bat they oaths to be paid by a salary, and net by Tess. Mr. COCKBURN also avowed himself favenralik to the bill, bat objected to the schadsle of lees, white he Loped the honourable gentleman would withdraw. Mr. FITZROY rid that faith had Sat been kept with these judges, and all be asked was that they should give them the madman whisk it was proposed to the them before they threw aiditional ditties ea these. As It was the wish of the his.. to adnpt the widen of the Attorney G octal be would not offer any opposition to it, but ha did think that a mots fitting compeasatiou should be awarded to the judges Sir G. GREY merely wished to say that what the bee. ✓eatlemas now stated about a breach of pramise on thu part of the government towards these judges was sot mostly 1110 f. root. Tba hon. gentleman having made the seam statement to his (Sir G. Grey) in private he referred to the mooed' of that hones and found that he had distinetly stated in &sawn to • gambit that the maximum was to be considertul not as the Axed anittaxt of salary but as a mavmam, and that the amount of salary would be Bard by the govern ment according to circumstances. There was never the slightest intimation given that the maximum amount of salary would be •he amount fixed upon. Mr. CARDWELL end they were goleg to give to the Treasury the power of regulating these salaries, and did they ever hest of a case of government hairiest such a power, and the House of Commons interfering with their discretion, and compelling them to increase the salaries? Mr. ROEBUCK remarked that the salary of 1,0001. a year for the judges wu in a great many cases quits a god send, and that they were exceedingly well paid. If there were any ease is which it was proper that a larger salary should be given, the Secretary of B:ate bad the power in his hands. Mr. HUME said they were new considering whether one schedule or another should be adopted. They were all In favour of the bill, but he thought that the scale of fees for plain,. under 101. should be less in proportion than for plaints above 101. Bir 0. R. PECHELL thought the scale of allowances for the travelling expenses of the judges was tco low. They ought not to compel a judge to associate in the commercial room with a bagman. Lords of the Admiralty, when they lied, were not restricted to 15s. a day. The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY should support the payment of the officers by salaries instead of fees. Lord D. STUART said this well not a question of taxing the public, but there was a surplus of free, out of which the salaries might be paid. If they pro reed so reosonsime, why did they out get rid of those officers who did very little duty, hut had large salaries— the treasurer? Ne. Government did not want to get rid of them. They wished to I.r a rye the patronage. He believed that in many instances the clerks had very little to do, and he thought it would be well to join the two of of treasurer end clerk. Mr. COCKBURN said the operation of the proviso would be, that government would have the power of paying by salaries instead of by fees. New great ineqsalities existed with regard to the emoluments of county court clerks. Tome were 89 of them who received less that 601. a year each ; 90 received between 501. and 1001.; 115 received be tween 101 1 1. and 5001, and 27 above ; and of these 27 government had reduced 16 to 5001. a year. Now, it did appear to him that clerk. of county courts ought cot to be limited to a salary of 501. a yrar. Mr. HUME thought the government were acting properly iv not Lein, too hasty to give large ma'aries. With r. gird t the treasurers, the government might have appointed 60, but they had only appointed nine fur the whole of the country. The consolidated food was not charged one farthing for the treasurers' salaries. .----- ----- Mr. AGLIONBY could not treat to the government to increase the ulterior, it necessary, through uthutional Mr. EVANS said that if the v ju htes who had liberty to practise, with their salary of 1,0001. • year, bad so algal extra business forced on them that they could not practise elsewhere, it was only fair that their salaries should be increased If this was done, they might with great advantage have • power in small casts smiler to • judge in equity. Sir 0. GREY repeated his statement as to the intentions of government with respect to the salaries. He believed that the judges had only practised in sone few instances, and be nenied that they would have any claim to compensation if • tditional duties were thrown upon th, m. It bad been originally contemplited that their whole time would be occupied in the duties of their office. Mr. ROEBUCK said if the right hon. baronet was correct as to these brine the terms of the appointment of the judges by the Lard Chancellor, the qleation was plac..d on an entirely differnit footing. Sir G. GREY sail he had certainly understood from the Lied Chancellor that, in conferring the appointments two these gentlemen, he had intimated to them that the whole of their time was to be at the disposal of the government. At first they were to be paid by fees ; and an doubt, when the fees were commuted into • salary of 1,0001., though this might be an increase of Income in some cases, it bad been a diminution in others. Still, no one had a right to complain, as the commu.ation had taken place in virtue of a power vested in the government by the original act, and was dis tinctly contemplated when the weevil appointments were made. At present, he considered • salary of 1,0001. • year was fully adequate. Mr. AGLIONRY said he had 'always understood that the terms of the appointment were different. He wished to ask whether some of the judges had not given up offices of eon sidesable value to take the ju lgeships, which were then paid by fees amounting in some cues to 1,4001. or 1,5001. . . Sir 0. GREY said there was no doubt the judges were appointed, in the first instance, with a right to receive the fees which parliament had sneezed to the operations of the courts, but with the distinct intimation which had been publicly stated over and over again in parliament, that at the earliest possible moment payment by fees would be ab dished and salaries substituted ; and it was in accordance with that understanding that the alteration had been made. Mr. W. CLAY thought it essential that the judge, should not only be good men, but such as the public had confidence in. He feared such men would not tartly be obtained, after this bill passed, with the additional work which it I would cast upon them. ' Mr. T. AGERTON was understood to say that he con ceived the whole time or the judges was to be devoted to their dutiee. The magistrates of his county (Cheshire) considered them liable to act as chairmen of the quarter sessions. In these days of economy it was most desirable that this should be the case. Mr. MUNTZ thought the judges were amply paid with 1,000 l.• year. He would leave it to the government to ratio the salaries if they thought proper. Mr. BROTHERTON said there were many complaints of the fees being excessive. He was glad the proposed scale had been withdrawn. Clause 2 was then agreed to, and clause 3 was struck out. On the next clause— The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the clause as it stood woad have the effect of giving the courts jurisdiction in the residence of the plaintiff, instead of that of the defendant, as heretofore. It was an important coterie's whether the altera tion would be productive of convenience. The provision had bean considered with great care before it was inserted In the original bill. Mr. CROWDER said be should move the emission of the clause. Nothing could ►e mans monstrous than that • person living in Cornwall should have the power of com pelling a debtor who lived at York to appear in the Cornwall Court. (Hear, hear.) He disapproved of the whole principle of the bill, but had not the opportunity of opposing it en the second reading. Kr. FITZROY said he had introduced the clause with • view to lave expense. It had been represented to him that the laving ti the public would by very considerable; but he would leave the clause in the hands of the committee. Mr. MITCHELL saw no reason for considering the de fendant more than the plaintiff. Mr. ROEBUCK thought the rule ought to be to lay the venue where the contract was nude. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said this was a very simple rule, where the contract was made in writing; other wise the question became a very nice one ; it arose fre quently in the courts at Westminster, end was • very caw Outsold one. The principle of the old bill was to give a cheap remedy. On the whole he thought the best course would be to strike out the clause, and give the party the optic. of seise la the superior emir s. Mr. ROEBUCK advised the hon. and learned gentleman to give these roams the mine discretion as to costs as the sup tior courts had. Mr. AGLIONBY said that debtors might remove pur posely to avoid being sued. He would give the judges power to decide whether • plaintiff should sue when he resided, or should follow a defendant to his district. Mr. COCKBURN would suggest that there could be no ob jection to giving to the judge in the defendant's district the power to decide I. which court the case should be Vied. After a few words from Mr. CARDWILL, Mr. MITCHELL said that the judge should be allowed the diacretion of deciding where the souon should be tried. Mr. CROWDER (Meowd to the plaintiff bout/ compelled to go • considerable distance—perhaps from Cornwall to York—to ask the judge for permission to bring the action where be himself resid. The judge must also in that CUM decide upon the esparto statement of the plaintiff, which would not be fair to the defendant. Mr. HATCHELL said the greatest wrong and injury was inflicted in Inland by the power which the plaintiff had of bringing the defendant some 100 or 160 miles oa account of, it may be, a very entail debt. Mr. MULLINGS said that they had to decide in the pre sent owe where the balance of difficulty was very nearly equal. But as it was generally presumed that the balance Inclined in favour of the plaint.; he thought that the action should be tried in the disq.ct in which he resided. The ATTORNEYGENERAL said that the difficulty ' was in • great measure got rid of because the defendant could be sued, by leave of the judge, in any county where he resided, if the action was brought after six months, or he I could be sued where the cause of action arose. Mr. AGLIONBY did not think the hon. and learned I gentleman had got rid of the difficulty. He thought the action should be brought where the plaintiff resided. Mr. WOOD said that there were fraudulent creditors, as well es fraudulent debtors, and he should, therefore, be I unwilling, at least In the cies of small debts, to give the plaintiff the power of forcing the defendant to • considerable &stenos from his home. Alter • few word. from Mr. Reams, the plisry we sherd fee a division, but none took place. The clause wee psecposed on the anderoundleg that it would be farther diseased oar bringing up the repeat. On clause 6 hake proposed The ATTORNEY-OHNEkAL objected to iteimettion in the bill. Mr. FITZROY wished to kik the Attorney-00mM if • respectable Mutiny could be found to peactios is them courts at • fee of 164. ? (Hear, bear.) If the, estended the jurisdiction of these solute, surely they might, in order to make the atteudsace of respectable solicitor., Mamie the rate of remuseration. (neer, hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK sold the clause set forth that no person should be heard wakes he were au attorney, or banister, er • person instructed by an attorney, with the permission of the court t los that it was evident there would be no pre-au dime*. It struck him that a question then arose which it would be well for that house to decide, and which wee this. He believed that by the alterations which this bill would muse there we. certain to be arsenide provisosl bar in thlacountry, the effect of which would be, in a great seeseare, to interfere with the London bar. They would have a small provincial bar, which would be composed, wording ;to the provisions the bill, of barristers attorneys. (Hear. hear) That being the cm, he thought it would be well to Intrados°, smouget that bor those fleet feelings, sad that nice sense of honour, which he (Mr. Roebuck) demanded to be acknow ledged as the die , ieguishing characteristics of the bar of England at present. Sir O. GREY objected to the clause, and said it was the first time oath a duty as the regulation of lees to practi tioners in courts was sought to be imposed on the Lord Chancellor. He therefore thought it home to adhere to the restrictions made by parliament, and assign • maximum. illear, hear.) - - After a few words from Mr. PIGOTT, which did not each the gallery, Mr. MILES said they had the strongest possible reason to rely on the decision of the Lord Chancellor, as being the highest authority in legal matters in the realm. He there fore h. peel and trusted his hon. friend would stand by the clause, and that the committee would not mix it up with the provisions of the clause which followed it. After a few words from Mr. EVANS, Mr. COCKBURN egniSed his intention of moving an ' amendment. but did not don. Mr. LAW said that as the act had been extended from 201. to 601., he could WWII the house that no moveable practitioner would come into court in such eases at a fee of on. guinea. (Hear, hear.) If they compelled the plaintiff, then, to go into one of these courts with an action (or the recovery of 601., why forbid him to engage the ureic( s of counsel, unless those services could be obtained for a guinea ? (" He sr, hear," and " Divide. divide.") The gallery was then cleared for a division, but none took place. On our return to the gallery we found Mr. MILES addressing the committee mud attempting to move an senendment. amidst great uproar. Sir O. GREY suggested tee the hon. member that the best course wsuld be first to allow the clause to he negatived. Mr. COCKBURN moved to strike out the whole reci•el respecting the power to be vested in the Lord Chancellor wit, regard to cou:,sel's fees. The omission of the recital was then agreed to. Mr. COCKBURN then moved to insert words to the effect that the Lord Coaueellur should have the power to regulate the fees i e all eases of debt or demand exceedtng 201. Mr. MITCHELL said this provision invo'ved tf e eame principle as the ohs struck cut, and he could not understand the gov. Himont supporting it. Sir 0 GREY begged to say that he thought the t revision very objectionable. (Hear, hear.) If the house wilted to interfere at all, it should ;fix the maximum itself, and not throw upon the Lord Chancellor the unprecodented duty of regulating ths f , ,sof counsel and attorntes. (Hear, hear.) Ike e•ommittee then divided. Fur the amendment (l6 Against it The remainder of the clause was then struck out. Clause 6 was then agreed to. On clause 7 being proposed, Mr. s;ROWDER Nail that the object of this clause was to make it imperative no the plsir.tiff to sue in the district court in cases of debt or cost under 601., or at least if he resorted to a superior court the judge was to have the power of Wooing cis s. It m ght net suit the taste of some plaintiff. to resort to the County Curt, and there was a greet u.fferenee of opinion amongst judges auto the merits of the eases which came before them. He would propose, thin, that the whole nf this el .use should be expunged, as he thought it should be in the option of a p 1 ontiff, in ores where the sum was not above 601. or under 20 ~ to sue in the courts of Westminster, or the infer:or croup, just as he thought fit. Tne ATTORNEY GENERAL said th►t he considered that the limit placed at 001. was one of the chief principles of the bill. lie thought that the sooner they Moduli settle whether it was placed at 501. or 201. the better. Another question was whether they should go back to the old eye em of 51., or adopt the 201. limit as the limit. Mr. ROEBUCK Bald, that it certain consequences fol. lowed in the case of 51., why sh ,uld they not make the matter so that the same consequences would follow in the Case of 201. He wished that gentlemen on his side of the h ease should not think that they wide by these proceedings merely taking steps to injure this person or that, but they were revolutionising the whole system of jurisprudence iu this country. (lieu.) He himself was prepared to take that step, and accepted the 501 principle. Captain FITZROY said that he was prepared to make a modification, and make it 101. instead of 201. as regarded costs. _ . Mr. AGLIONBY said be was prepared to abide by the bill ee is erood, and was sous , that the Lou. member who propmed the bill should show such a want of confidence 10 at. After some suggestions from Mr. MARTIN and Mr. H. PALMER, Mr. IiUMR hoped that the hon. and learned member would allow ad 201. being inserted. Mr. FITZROY said that he had only inserted the sum of 101. out of deference to what he conceived to be the opinion of the Aou•e. lie should prefer 201. (Hear, hear.) The words 201. were then i d. It was then proposed that In line 35 the words " except in ease of judifment by default" be inserted —Agreed to. Mr. MITCHELL proposed an amendment to the effect that nothing in the hill should be construed so interfering with the jurisdiction of the superior courts in cues wherein writs an mat had been sued out. At the suggestion of Mr. AGLIONBY, this amendment was postponed. Mr. MARTIN proposed a proviso at the end of clause 7, to this effect Provided that nothing in this clause shall eztend to actions on covenant for naltquidated damages." After an observationmom Sir G. GREY, the amendment was postponed until the bringing up of the report. Sir G. STRICKLA.ND proposed that the clause should be struck out. Sir 0. GREY thought the clause necessary to carry out the &canon of the house, to extend the jurisdiction of these spurts to 601. Mr. ABLIONBY also supported the clause,(which, after 11011111 conversation, was ordered to stand part of the bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL m.v.,d the omission of the eighth clause, which he said abolished by a side wiad every !inferior comet in England. If it wee the object to abolish all the local and borough courts do so openly and directly, and then would come the question of compensation. (Hear, hear.) The motion was agreed to, and the clause was struck out. Clauses 9 and 10 were agreed to, with some verbal amendments. Clause 11 was also agreed to. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that the two fol lowing clauses, 12 and 13, the appeal clauses, be omitted. Mr. COCKBURN thought an appeal would be nemmary to make the bill work satWaetorily, but as the present appeal clause was most improperly drawn, he would not object to the hon. and learntal gentleman's proposition, but on the report he would propose a clause for giving a power of The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that he bad given notice to add clauses—l. Prohibiting the deputy judge from practising within the district for which he shall act as de puty. 2. Requiring clerks and assistant clerks hereafter appointed to reside in their districts. 3. Authorising the Trues ury to order payment of judges, clerks, or bailiffs by salary instead of fees, in lieu of the mole now adopted of so doing by °vier in council. 4. Veering the pewee of appoint ment and dismissal of servants and court-keepers, &c. ' in the Treasury. 6. Repealing 9 & 10 Vic., cap. 96, sce.72, and empowering the clerk of the court to procure fur the proper authorities a list of persons assessed to the poor at 201 from whom jurors are to be selected. 0. Taking the power to use town-halls, dm, free of expense, for the used the wort. 7. Enabling the parties or their attorneys to serve process. 8. Giving power to the clerks to enter payment by consent, and to make order thereon accordingly. Ho moved that the first clause be brought up. Cope PECHELL said that members had only had notice of these amendments this day. Some of them were very important, and the house should have time to consider them. Mt. COCKBURN &freed that the dawns ought to be postponed ; but thought the house was deeply indebted to the Attorney-General for their introduction. Mr. HENLEY moved that the chairman report progress, and sok leave to sit again. These clauses almost amounted to a new bill. It was ultimately agreed that the bill be reported, with amendments, to the house. FACTORIES BILL. Lid ASHLEY proposed that this bill should be com mitted on Wednesday next, and asked what were the inten tion. of the government with reaps& to the 11111111111*. Mr. W. BROWN hoped the bill would not be committed for a fortnight at lomat. Lord ASHLEY declined to accede to the request, and Wednesday was axed for going Into committee on the bill. LARCENY SUMMARY JURISDICTION BILL. Mr. MILES Intimated that he had no objection to exclude Ireland from the operation of this bill. After a few words from Mr. MtCou.aoli, the third read ing of this bill was poetposted to Thursday next. SUPPLY —BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. ANSTEY moved, that when notice has been given of any amendment to the question of going into committee of supply or ways and means, each amendment shall be called in its order on the paper, and no debuts on the original ration shall take place until each amendment has been posed of. Ilir. GREEN opposed the motion. Sir J. GRAHAM also oppoesed it. Mr. HUMII tt meat that, if carried, the motion would limit hoe. members very materially. The motion was, by leave, withdrawn. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Sir B. HALL moved for a return of the names of all persons who have been appointed or nominated in reversion to any Lacs ia the ecclesiastical worts of England and Wales, stating the notate of the Moe, the date of appointment or nomination in reversion, the age of the person or persons at the time of such appointment or nomination, and whether such person or persons perform the duties of the office in person or not, or was then in, or bassinets taken, holy orders; and the name or title of the person 'nekton such appoint ment, togetbor with AO emoluments and income of the office. —Ordered. RELIEF OF THE POOR IN IRELAND. toprovide for the more equitable distribation of the charge for the relief of the poor la unions in Ireland. THE NATIONAL DEBT. Mr. TRELAWNY gave notice that he would, either on Tweday or Thursday next, submit the following motion, of which he had gives notice : " That, in time of peace, this country ought to appropriate two millions a year towards the liquidation of the national debt." FARMERS' INCOME TAX. Colonel SIB IHORI' gave notice that he would, on a fit ters dims:all the attention of the Chancellor of the Exche quer to a return of the income tax payable by agricultural tenants . . . . . The house attjourned at 20 minutes to oho o'clock. Ztte erprelSL OUTGOING MAILS. The mails for Bntiah North Assent* and the United States will be made ap this evening. The mails for bladeria, the Brazils, and Buenos Ayres, will us made up to-morrow evening. The snails for Lisboa, !Sown, and Gibraltar will be made up on the mornicg of May 7. The mails tint Marseille*, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, .f.idon, India, Hong-Koug, dc., will be made up on the sends.; of May 7. file West India Mails, excluding Bermuda, Havannalt, Nassau, Ho due's, New Orleans, and Mexico, and including ' •hese for Madeira, Bt. Juan-de-Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili, and Peru, will be made up on the morning of May 17. The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and Cbina, wiz Southampton, will be made ap on the morning of May 20. WATEII AT LONDON If KIDOIL .ii;;;;;;17. 7s. as*. f....as...—Manly, 6 Ma. Afteracom, 7s. OIL - - LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 3. WE have hesitated for a day or two even to refer to the expos are made by Sir BENJAMIN HALL in the House of C 'mesons, in the hope that the Archbishop of CANTERBURY would off r s•.mc explanation of the nomination of his own son, a lad reading law in the Temple, to the reversion of a sinecure in Doctors'. commons worth at present some 10,0001. a yeir,—a reversion to which his predecessor in the primacy, Dr. HOWLEY, had, out of a sense of propriety and decency, decline dto applint. No such explanation having been offered, ',roger absticence from remark would be treachery to the cause of ecclesiastical reform. That the ycung gentleman so nominated will never, even if he succeed to the sinecure, enjoy emoluments BO enormous as it now yields to a son of Archbishop MoortE moy be granted ; further, it may be admitted, that Dr. SUMNER had no expecta^ion that he would when he appointed him. The appointment is not the less offensive on that account. The fill ing up of offices in reversion cannot be any thing emu than a job; whilst the nomination to the reversion of a rev. rsion only augments the job bery. Tee appointment of their eons to places by bishops is always a disagreeable piece of nepotism. The whole current of public opinion has set in so strongly against such conduct, that it is now rarely prac , lard by laymen, even whin they have the oppor tunity. And it was es rtaicly not for a prelate, most of all for the head of the prelacy, to set the general feeling and the improve 1 morality of the country on such matters at defiance. The late archbishop felt all this so strongly, that he never thought of exerciting a right which he m;ght have exercised with less se ndal to the church, and less fear of reproach from the public, than the pres?nt Primate; and in refraining, Dr. HOWLEY set his successor an example, any breach of which can only be mired by the most irresistible necessity. Cm Dr. Seateee suggest any necessity? If not, how can he explain his cvnduct to the church—how can he justify to his low church friends acd sup porters that eisregard of persmsl purity for which Dr. How Lev was so deeply venerated by the high church party ? Dr. SUMNER'S elevation to the Primacy was a cou rageous testimaey by the Premier to the protestant character of the Church ; courageous, because Dr. SUMNER was regarded with disfike by much the most active. if 005 tho most numerous, party in tee Cnurch. It was, however, felt to b-, even by them, an elevation to which no just exception could be taken, because of the known piety, courtesy, and prudence of Dr. SUMNER'S Chester episcopate. The appointment wee, therefore, received with respect by there who disliked the associates and dissented from the theological views of the new archbishop ; whilst it was hailed w ith delight by his own sect, and was regarded with satisfaction by the mere politicians of the country. Translated from Chester to Canter bury, under such circumstances, gratitude to the Premier, thankfulness to his old opponents, and affec tion for his long cherished friends, ought, a• any time, to have saved Dr. SUMNER from such a step as he has ►ately taken. But the time at which it was taken adds to the gravity of the offence. The church is just now not only torn to pieces by a most distressing theological controversy, which the Primate had endeavoured to moderate, with a dignity and success that had won for him general applause from the laity ; but the episcopate of the church are arraigned before the House of Commons for malversation of the church's property. If ever, therefore, there was a period when the Primate ought to have soared above the impurities of the world and the temptations of his temporal position, it was the present. Alas! It is ju-it at such a time that he has sank beneath them ! It is at such a time that the primacy has been defiled by a job ! It is at such a time that the affection of the father has prevailed over the obligations of the ecclesiastical head of the English church ! It is at such a time the Archbishop throws to the winds the confidence men were placing in him, scandalises the church, and strengthens its opponents. No suggestion of poverty can be made for Dr. SUMNER. He has now been a bishop two and twenty pare ; and though the see of Cheater was during his incumbency beneath the average value of English sees, he held, in addition, a stall in Durham cathe dral; and the joint revenues of see and stall must nearly have reached &OWL a year. The primacy is now worth the enormous sum of 15,0001. a year; and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have generously re lieved Dr. SUMNER of the annual payment of 3,0001. to which the archiepiscopal property is liable in dis charge of the loan contracted for the repairs of Lambeth Palace and the purchase of Addington House, by the late Archbishop. Out of the abundance which the state has, through the church, bestowed on Dr. Bement, he has had, and still has ample oppor tunity of providing for hie family, without granting them sinecures in reversion. . . Nor is it poss i ble , in considering this case, to die sociate the wealth poured out so generously on the Primate, from the riches the church has showered down on his brother, the Bishop of WINCHESTER. For three and twenty years has that prelate possessed an income of 10,0001. a year, with a castle at Farn ham, and a hotel in St. James's-square : all the pro perty of the church. And it seems more than pro- bable that in the lest quarter of a century the epis copal brothers SUMNER have not divided less than a quarter of a million between them : every penny of which has been derived from the church. To attempt to screw out of the church an ecclesi astical sinecure, long after death shall have consigned both of them to the tomb, for a son, was surely, then, an ungracious, an ungrateful, an unworthy act for either of the SumnERS to perpetrate P It is one of which, let it be noted, the Bishop of WINCHESTER is ashamed. The temptation to turn such conduct to the church's overthrow is strong; and if the church be not over thrown by its bishops it will be because there are such men as Mr. HORMAN and Sir BENJAMIN HALL is parliament, to avert from it the natural conse quences of such episcopal malversation. But such con duct as this teaches the laity: put not your faith and confidence in the episcopal order; rely on yourselves alone to purify and reform the church. For to con fide in a bishop—be he even the Primate—is to be ' deceived ; to give power to the episcopate is to be betrayed. WE must protest against the language and the peculiar kind of criticism which some of our contem poraries indulge in, on the subject of M. Etioaxs Bus's election. Disclaiming to refute his opinions, or discuss his public character, they dive at once into the melees of his private life, or, without diving at all, they collect from the surface of Parisian society the scum of slander, created by political agitation, ar.d they regale the British public w ith the* bits of calumny, with the honest purpose, we suppose, of making bugbears of the socialists. We really think that at this time of day the British press ought to ba above this. England enjuys the advantage of remaining an exception to the consul. dons, and a stranger to the passions, of the continent. For the neutral end proud position which we occupy from having leng since won and kept that constitutional freedom which meet European states are now struggling for, we ought to show the temper worthy of it, and instead of joining the fierce parties of Germany or France in their mu'ual vituperation and proscriptions, we ought, on the contrary to try to moderate those sentiments of intolerance and hate, which, epringing up between partiesso Evenly bslanced, must lead to the most frightful and internmi.e war. Should this not be possible, should our public men ar d public writers not be able to direst th emselve s of t fi rs e r fc" the po s li t t u ca g l gle Y s in o P rt h h i e ts co an n d tin a e n n t t i , Pa le t t hb us at least bring to the expression of them the same g.ntle. manly tone of animadversion, which is forced upon us with respect to our own public characters. Our contemporaries, we are sorry to say, have not observed any such rule. Their modes of attack upon revolutionary chiefs are well known. Msxxot they have stigmatised as a robber, KOiBUTII as an adul terer, iu addition to his b , ,ing called a tin, f. What has not ben said of 'ADM; ROLLIN ? At,d now M. See, because he happens to be returned for Psris, Demo: he has been too industrious, and is too rich to b., accused of robbery, is instantly dencuoced as a HELIOGA. HAM. Tt.e Times penetrates into the retarem.ut of his c tuntry house, and informs us there is no r that was cot c,mmitted there. The Chrossiele, which is always the clerk to say " Amen" to a wry excom munication of the Times, runs on the same curt.us and dirty errand, and tells us how yrosi and 6.144 is the life of M. Et:Gem SuE. _ _ Now suppose that French and English liberals, or ultra. liberal writers, were to retaliate, and to adopt the same mode of warfare by scru tiny into private life—suppose the Freak w.ll to treat the French public to a history of the private brie of English statesmer, with the inevitable dirt° of fable reiperinduced upon the small partic.es of truth—suppose it were to fly at loser game, ester the filers of our daily journals, di. , cove- or ,u• pose th... public men who contributed to those joun.a s, and treat the world to a history of their lives, with tom. men:a and i lustrationp, like those of the upon ECGESE Sae—m4l.4 we not batcr Lie amongst the Iroquois? Or suppose that an English liberal writer w re to comb it the new-born rigour of Frerch consery by eepicting the private lire of the Elyiee, or he in.errirg the fabulous orgies of Grat.evals—w ~,:d such a mode of political warfare b m .re more false, or more unfair? Such a form and st. em of j ,urnalista u this was ono of the wu terastics of the worst days of the Fn.nch ter It was the recklessness ecd licentiousne-s of t 4 i wh'cle then preluded to the atrocities ut w. 1t:44 aric. murder. Tr.ere is no question more often asked in these • :::es of heavy foci burdens, than the one of, wi.o incarnf the deb-? Some say it wee the landed in-ereer, s frie the trades, whilst others say the mercentile were abettors of the war, which even the rn , ..h were trot to applaud. But wlist wove. LA these ? The Press, which be-flattered the prejudice. of the aristocracy, fanned the fears of the p-opert.e and raised up. by dint of calumny and passion, ;.r.eral f,eliog of national ha.rei of the Eng.ish traihet the French, and of the French against the Er g.ie^, which begot a great deal of gory, no doubt, ha: wi,ch we pay for an the shape of interest upon six or sever. hundred millions of deb% Now, our tory press is going on prrcistly in the same path. It is sowir g the dra;on's teeth. Isg exagg-rayon and misrepresentaticu, by calumr.y rug pereonal slander, it is creating a feeling hate and of horror in Englishmen for mil I .: le.ider and liberal form of government on the Cot::: ncnt. These leaders and these forms of governni may, revcrtheless, prevail. We know how PIT his party were confident that the reign of Frer..l republicanism and French soldiering would spa ...; close ; whilst neither PITT nor they ever saw the end of it. Tne English people should be on it guard the renewal of this oil preachment of antip.t• - .'ts. glishmen are neither republics!.a nor eoc: But if republicanism or socialism should succ..l establishing themselves and taking a permanent p) , I• ticn on the other side of the chancel, let us Ivarr, *.a live with them in terms of respect, at I?asr, amity. If it should ea happen, that they be esta blished, we may depend upon it that they .nr.rot last, unless they are very different from what t1...r antagonists represent. And if they do prove a.:o gether something else, why, it is an experiment ".e more in political organisation, from which assa7o:y wis lom will spring either in approval or the trary. In the meantime, let us not be carried away he frenzy of the people actually engaged in these 6 . TU.:- gles. The English constitution was not stri modified on the day that 111:\r or Co VISETT WAS re turned to parliament, although it was so on the day whet EulCallEY assumed the reins of power. landed interest would no doubt have gone into hysterics some years since to see NI: SPENCE or Mr. OWEN take their solts in the House; yet it was not from the prsachcri of on agrarian law, but from the orthodox mcmhor for Tamworth, that it reek iced its quietus. The French Conservatives are quite mad enaue• without our adding to their frenzy. They now ta...z of abolishing universal suffrage, because the els,- tions of the metropolis are not to their taste. Po they, then, take it for granted, that the majority the country is against them' Tne very adm:ll,ion stamps ary future attempts at government as an usurpation, which is, moreover, to be supprtel be au army, three-fourths of which voted for the socialists! T E MEDICAL PROFESSION.—DEPU TO TIIE SECRETARY °YULE HOME DEL'Aar• MENT. Yesterday afternoon, a dt potation, consisting of medical gentlemen of the metropolis and the larger toveata the United Kingdom, waited upon Sir George Grey, at the Home-ofbee, for tee purpose of representing to him the ce• cessity which existed for the grant of a royal charter (r the incorporation of general medical practitioners into an :car pendent college. The deputation having been introdue , d. Mr. C:itton, Dr. Webvter, Mr. Propert, Mr. Bird. acs Mr. Atwell, urged successively the inutility of the puma system, which had ad. preulog affect upon the protee•we generally, and the various advantages which would to.;:e the grant of a charter of incorporation. Dr. WEBSTER. ”reased Sir George Grey to give sew information as to the intention of the government in a./ guru r. . . Sir G. GREY replied that at present he was unsb:e to comply with th►t request. 'rite deputation then withdrew. A ►ecoad deputation of mtdical gentlemen, propoOßo modification of the charter of the Co:leue of Surgeour , waited upon the Home Secretary as soou as the tint eel withdrawn. Sir George Grey pledged himeelt to 03 p►r' ticular course with reference to the question at issue. Tie TRUCE SYSTEM AT GIIIMMIT.—On Wean , * day, the Is-. inst., the investigation committee, in connewo with the Manchester, Slit dirld, and Lincolnshire visited Grimsby, (or the purpose'd making inquiries into 0::$ state of affairs at th, t port. Two gentlemen had pro , : u'''Y been engaged, tasking an examination of the various sweep relating to the dock., ito. After which, the committee to answer to • communication from the chairman of ," Grimsby Reform Association, requesting the au tero of a deputation on the subject of the ternmr shop system privatised at the Griansby.docks, met Mr. Weightnian, the chairman of that body, when certun fa , n were advanced by him which fully established the truth of the statem e nt made respecting the evil offsets of the wool shop on the trade and prospects of Grimehy. The eou , '°!'" tee, with whom was Burl Yarborough, very patiently tened to those statements, and promised to give the their best anti earliest attention, and there remains hot :': doubt, from the disposition which many of the Is. , evinced against the tummy system , that it must Fp , e , lal fall. In the evening • large and respectable was held of the G r im s by R e f Trn Associ own. al the Temperance-hall, when the ashram., Mr Wo$"( man, and other speakers, gave ample testimor! the injurious consequences arising from the tomtits shop• n't only to the trade of Grimsby, but also to the compel! traffic returns. When wages were raid to the men in t he current coin of the realm the town was rising; b u t ""e that period, under the adoption of the tummy syrtein, the very revers, is the consequence. At the close of the we'', ins I persons enrolled the mse l ves as members 01 th e association, and paid their subscriptions. I I, I 1 Il