Star. — London, England, 1830-07-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE JOUR VAL:. CHROMICLIC.—The East Retford Bill went yesterday through a is Committee. The Report was bro ug ht u p, an d t h e bill to be read a third time this day. It is amusing to hear their lordships, in one breath expressing a horror of bribery, and in the neat speaking of the hardship of depriving the electors of East Retford of their fran chise, as if the franchise were of any v a lue to the people of East Retford, except by means of bribery. The disfranchising this place is part of the system of the Oligarchy. They wish to monopolise the sales of boroughs. The public will clearly understand, that it is a crime for a hundred electors to sell a borough for twenty pounds s piece, but perfectly honourable in an Earl to take for a return eleven thousand pounds. The Duke of Wellington reminded their lordships, that if the franchise were given so Birmingham and other great towns, the people might really be represented ; whereas, the great beauty of the British Constitution is, that the oligarchy choose the majority of the members for the people. canoxicax.—The leadhigire'resWe between the elections in France, and the elections in England is, that in France the interest of the people determines the returns, while in England the interest of the oligarchy determines the returns. Whoever supposed that, in a great struggle for power and ascendancy, the pavilions of the different sides would remain unmoved ? The success of the Libe rals presupposes great exertions on she part of the influential men who entertain liberal opinions; and, indeed, it would have bees a gross dereliction of duty had these influential men failed in such a conjuncture as She present to make the greatest exer tions for the good cause, and to have recourse to all possible means of enlightening their fellow citizens. As long as men have passions and prejudices, we may expect to find endeavours made to inflame the one and work upon the other; and we have no doubt that both ultras and liberals in France, in seeking to attain their end, had recourse to all the means by which persuasion can be pro duced. But the triumph which has been gained is the triumph of the nation. In England the triumph which we too often witness, is the triumph of individuals over the nation. An elector may well feel proud in France that be has contributed to the victory of those to whom he himself belongs. In England, the elector has in general cause to be ashamed of the victory to which he contributed, for it rivets his own chains; he is like the traitor, who, for abase reward, leads the enemy into his own camp. That bribery is resorted to can be true only to a very limited extent. The government is in possession of the disposal of the whole of the revenues of the nation—a means of corrupt influence which must far surpass any at the command of the Liberals. From the very nature of things there must be very little bribery on the part of the Liberals. Their's is the national, the popular cause. It is they who gain by the ballot, and the pro tection afforded by the secrecy of voting. It is understood that if the voting were open, the fear of power would add to the votes in favour of Government. If the voters were bribed to vote contrary to their conviction, the ballot would enable them, if so inclined, to vote in favour of the administration. The story of bribery, there fore, refutes itself. The Liberals are not such fools as to seek to bribe Ultras, who, by means of the ballot, might still vote against them ; and there is no use in bribing those who are already inclined to vote in their favour without it. We are far from saying that the French Liberals may not be under the influence of error as well as other people. No system can guard against error. But what we contend for is, that the present system of election in France has been proved to be admirably adapted for giving effect to the views and opinions of the people, whatever the views and opinions maybe. HEIALD.—The fall of Algiers is a subject of. curious comm. plation. For centuries, that nest of pirates violated the rights of humanity, and set at defiance the whole Christian world. Secure in a situation which they fancied to be impregnable, their vessels went forth to gather the spoil of all nations upon the waten—to carry the inhabitants of all countries into bondage, except those whose Go vernments submitted to pay a degrading tribute to purchase an infa mous protection. It is true that of late years they had become less insolent and less formidable, particularly since the naval arm of England had been put fo rth to chastise them, and emote, but spared, the sea-bulwarks of the Ishmaelites of the ocean. Yet that lesson of severe but imperfect retribution had only checked, not subdued, their audacity. Their predatory State had risen into importance by the practice of violence, of blood, and of rapine. The evil which their existence billeted upon others could not be cured but by their extirpation. We rejoice that there was one nation of Europe that determined upon delivering humanity from this affliction, and that not more boldly conceived than vigorously executed the great and salutary design. If ever there was an act of warlike justice it was this. If ever military force acted in obedience to a moral sanction, it was here. The ar. eatery that burst the gates of Algiers only carried into effect the decree of a just vengeance ; and, had it levelled the proud city with the earth, it would have done no mate than inflicted the de. served punishment on a community whose crimes had doomed them to destruction. We care not whether the cabinet of France had po litical motives for the expedition against this den of maritime rob. ben which were different from the pretended cause of quadri with the Dey. If so, it is but another proof added to the many which history presents, of an over.ruling Providence making t he pas sions and the interests of Kings and politicians subservient to the support of those principles which constitute the moral government of the universe ! The rapid success which attended the don shows that Algiers did not exist so much by its own as by the base policy of Christian States, whose subjects it plundered and enslaved, and which States could and ought to have crushed it long since, as the common and outlawed enemy of mankind. It is me. iancholy to think that the mutual and miserable jealousy of del. lized Governments should have operated as a protection and en couragement of the licentious barbarian, whose Palace was raised upon the living tombs of our enslaved fellow-Christians. What an. tunes of crimes the French arms have punished !—what long ages of human degradation and suffering they have avenged i The tor tures and indignities of Christian men—the worse miseries of Chris. thin women, torn, by the savage hand of the spoiler, from their kindred and their native land, to pine in the chains of the oppressor, and wither in a polluting captivity crowd upon the imagination at the very name of Algiers. But, thanks to the councils and the arms of France those scenes of outrage and suffering are at an end. Civilization ha s raised her banner on the ruins of subverted baba rim. The shores which Carthage once filled with the energies of mind, and adorned with the wonders of art and of glory, are again passed under a civilised dominion. Whatever policy may deter mine, it is enough for us to know that a revolution has been accom plished on the sands of Africa which will inevitably carry science, commerce, letters, and Christianity, in its train ! Trstes.—lt was many years ago, and still is, the fashion to smile at Sir Jowx &smut* and his politics. This worthy and indefatigable Baronet was accused of being always mounted on some hobby, which he not only worked to death, but in exercising which be contrived to hunt down and persecute all whom he could prevail upon to listen to him. We do not recollect having joined the clamourers against the worthy Baronet. He was, in his political notions, somewhat too staunch and thorough paced aTory for us; the woollen threads which he busied himself fli spinning were charged with somewhat superfluous prolixity; his agriculture was too mi. cute,—his political economy too sordid ; the " humdrum" prin. apie was, perhaps, too conspicuous and predominant in what. ever he suggested; nevertheless, the worthy Baronet has been, in his generation, an active and not altogether an useless man. Our present recurrence to a name whose celebrity had been so long for. gates, is for the sake of thanking the Right Honourable Baronet for a new and curious little pamphlet, of a dozen widely-printed pages or so, wherein he touches a subject of the very highest and most urgent importance with remarkable conciseness and origi nality ! This subject of the slow movement of business in the House of Commons forme the text of this short pamphlet, which is in the form of a letter to Sir Robert Peel In tracing the causes of this national misfortune, the worthy Baronet, we are afraid, comes near the truth, when he states that the British empire too extensire to be governed well." He affirms that the United Kingdom of itself " is as large an empire as " any „ Government can manage with advantage to its sub. ; but, admitting the extreme difficulty of prevailing upon any people to renounce voluntarily " possessions •n which much treasure has been expend e d," an d in which national greatness is imagined, however erroneously, to consist, the author concludes his representation by offering the sketch of a plan (which, if we did not know Sir John to be a grave man, we should say was a hoax,) for enabling the House of Commons to carry on the e r e lb i tc l concerns of the count r y, unmo l este d b y pr i vate bills or by commit. tees, through the means of a second or supplementary House of Commons, compote/ of 200 'rumbas-100 chosen by counties, 50 by cities, and 50 more by Manchester, Birmingham , and other towns unrepresented, though well entitled to the franchise. The plan is preposterous and impossible. Indeed, the !lib' boo. Ba ronet himself does not say by what proportion or description of electors the subaltern Parliament is to be chosen. If by uni. versal suffrage, it will soon supersede the old House. of Com. moms ; if in counties and other places which already return meow ben, the new gentlemen be elected by the same constituents m those to whom the country is indebted for its present ones, it may be questioned whether such an addition from ruck a source will be considered any public benefit. The House of Commons is, in . fact, too numerous already. If the business were well distributed, ' half the number of representatives would get through it with mere ease and efficacy than the 4108 sages to whom it is now intrust ed. But at all events there is too much to be done, and the new HOUND of COMMOMI recommended by Sir J. Siwcuitit would nut the risk of being an assembly where, instead of jobs batons ing the incident or by.play of the session, they resat be at once established as its chief or exclusive business. We give the plan in the very words of the rainier 1— " I do not think that the British House of Cossinens would be prevailed upon to give up any part of ha privileges so say body amen that was not in some measure a part of iteel4 and elateed by the people. My plan therefore is, that there shall be a seated chamber of the House of Commons, deem in t he same manner as the first ehomber,consisting of a number not exceeding 200 mem- ' ben; and that to a chamber thus constituted,' the decision of all private bill., and of all contested elections, shall be delegated.' If the general principle is approved of, there ma be no material diffi culty in filling up the details. I should consider 200 members quite enough foe this new branch of the legislature ; 100 members to be elected by the counties of lingland,Wales, Scotland, and Ireland ; 50 by the principal cities in the kingdom ; and the remainder to be chosen by Manchester, Birmingham, and other towns which are not repre sented in the first chamber. The s oa ker of the first chamber to i l nominate a deputy to the second; all private bills to be sent from I Ithe sewed to the first chamber, thence to be sent to the Lords ; I private bills originating in the Lords, to be sent from the first to the second chamber, and returned to the first, to be transmitted to the House of Peers. It is evident that a body of men, elected for special purposes, could carry through the business with which it was intrusted much more effectually, and would be more likely to give general satisfaction, than any other tribunal that could be thought of, or that might be appointed in any other way. It would be of immense consequence to have an addi tional number of able men, thus interested in support of the consti tution, who would be early trained to public buts, and who would likewise have an opportunity of establishing their characters for diligence and capacity. The first chamber of the House of Com mons, being thus freed from a load of subordinate matters, would be able to direct its undivided attention to public concerns, and would be enabled to carry on the business of the nation with much greater' attention and success. The principal objections to the manner of conducting the business in the House of Commons being thus re moved, there is every reason to hope that the character of the house would be raised, and its efficience augmented, while the Ministers would have more time to attend to " the ardua milli" than it is possible for them under the present system." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. MARSEILLES, JULY 11. Extract of a Report addressed to the Commissary-General of Ma rine, at Toulon, and communicated to M. Bleschamp, Chief Ma. ritime Commissary at Marseilles : I. quarantine in the roads of Toulon, July 9, 1830, 9 o'clock in the morning. Hussein Dey has ceased to reign ; he leaves a palace which he has not dared to quit for 14 years. He will again be ranked as a private individual, and will be at liberty either to remain in his ancient city or to reside in England or France. The Turkish Government is abolished in his States. The free exercise of religion is established there. Respect for women and private property, even for that of the ex.Dey, is guaranteed ; 1,500 paves of artillery in bronze, mare than 30 ships, such as frigates, corsairs, armed sloops, as well at sea win dock —the arsenals of war and the marine, provided with arms and mu nitions, and fi fty-five millions of fra ncs, fell into our power on that ever.memorable day. The most perfect order prevails every where. By the different battles which they have fought on the element pe culiar to them, both the land and sea forces have covered than. selves with indelible glory. In the short space of 23 days only they have accomplished, if not surpassed, the expectations of the King and country. A Tunisian brig, a Spanish brig, and an English brig and corvette, were spectators and witnesses of this glorious event, the interesting details of which are unknown to me, the Sphynx having sailed on the Bth of July, at seven in the evening, to convey the news to the King. (Signed) LATOUR. From the Meseager of Sunday. Government must have received news from Algiers ra of a later date than the 6th. We know that a telegraph despatch was communi cated to the Minister of Marine yesterday, and that several govern ment vessels or transports have successively arrived at Toulon since the 9th. It is said that the Bey of Titter!, the central province of the kingdom of Algiers, has surrendered, and has acknowledged himself a vassal of the King of France; and it is hoped that in a fortnight the rest of the country will have also submitted. The greatest tranquillity reigns in the city of Algiers, and the most cordial friendship exists between the French and the inhabitants. The Moorish and Arab population, hitherto oppressed by a harsh and vain-glorious soldiery, the lowest private of which made himself be called Effendi (my Lord,) and who ill-treated and plundered the na tives with the greatest impunity, already feel the difference of the kindness, good conduct, and cordiality of our troops, compared with the pride and brutality of the Turks. The strange bouts of the latter about the French army, when they left the city to encounter them, have greatly tended to lower their exploits in the eyes of the people since their successive defeats. They had already, be. forehand, distributed to their mistresses or to their proteges a put of the Christian slaves whom they were to bring with them. Several of them had even borrowed money on this strange security, and were able to find Moors simple enough to lend them ; so invincible did the Turks appear to the people of Al. The French are adored and treated sincerely as their traitors. All the public native officers have retained their situations. An interpreter is attached to each of the corps of the French, so as to be able, iu case of necessity, to come to an understanding with the magistrates. The police of the town is in an excellent state. The conquest of Algiers appears to have cost 4,000 or 1,000 men, of wounded, killed, or disabled by various causes. Amongst this number of 4,000 or 6,000, that of the killed and severely wounded amounts to about 1,2C0. The Algerints have estimated their loss at upwards of 10,000 killed and wounded, which is very probable, in consequence of the superiority of our ar tillery, which had to Are sometimes on such extensive muses of men. Don Francisco d'Almetda, appointed by the Regency of Terceira Donna Maria's Minister as the Court of the Tullieries, has just arrived at Paris. EXPLOITS OP THE Timas.—The Manger dal Chambers of Saturday says :—"Some very singular re ports are in circulation respecting M. DI irrr.Lit.E. It is said that, on his return to Paris, he found, after several efforts, that his credit was entirely destroyed in high places, and that exterior influ. ence alone could aid him in destroying, as he terms it, M. DI POLIOWAC, his eternal rival and lukewarm coadjutor. To effect this he would fain have deprived the Prince of the English joutnal, The Times, a great champion of the Ministry of the Bth of Au. gust, and have obtained the good will of a certain Ambassador by most extraordinary confessions as to the terminations which he would direct, or rather would not direct to the war of Algiers, pre parations for which were then making, if he should obtain an all. vial reinstatement, or if his counsel should be asked. It is added, that the correspondence of The Times has been concocted in the office of GaseUe de France for some time past, and as evidence of this, the praises which the Cassette has bestowed on the correspon dence are cited." TER OPENING INTO ST. JAMES'S PARK FROM WATERLOMPLACE. Moody, a general meeting of the inhabitant householders of Re. Qt -street and Waterloo-place was held, at the Regency Hotel, uadrant, for the purpose of voting an Address to his Majesty, ex. resolve of their gratitude for the spontaneous act of the Sovereign in having orded • passage to be opened from Waterloo-place into St. James's-park. The CuuaNAw (Sir Anthony Carßale), in explaining the object for which the meeting was assembled, observed that, as the act was an act of graciousness on the part of his Majesty, it appeared Tea. salable that those most interested in the Royal concession should be the first to come forward and thank the King for his condescension. It had also been suggested by the Gentleman who had promoted the meeting, that they should include in the Address the usual ex pressions of condolence on the demise of his late Majesty. 31r. Ilmtsza BEAUMONT titott enta. the presentee:wire liaily amorist e for addresolag the who had aleea j ez posed his regard for the feelings of the public, in a meaner to which they had not lately been accustomed. The Cmarawax then read the draft of an Address, which he submitted fee the approbation of the meeting. Mr. BEAUMONT, in nlinilen to tharion of the Address con. doling with his Majesty, remarked, tbe would suggest the omission of it, as their ostensible object in approaching the throne was to acknowledge, in a straightforward manner, the boon which had been granted than. Mr. PartraLs said the Lord Mayor, Aldamen, and Common Council had addressed hie Majesty, and their Address commenced with condoling, went on with congratulating, and concluded by pa titieenn, for the favour they solicited such as, in their case, of praying his Majesty to protect their trade. Mr. V/ zi.su was of opinion that the expressions of condolence might he omitted. They did not go with a petition; they meetly proposed to thank his Majesty foe the mark of royal Amour be hod shown them. Mr. Cumin moved that the Address be adopted; which, en being put by the Chairman, was carried unanimously; end a Com mittee of 21 appointed to an it Into effect. On the motion of Mr. Pinworm., the name of Sir Robert Wilson was included in the Committee ; for although the gallant Mar was not present, be had erressehis comerreace In the proceeding, which be thought highly Michas. The CHAIRMAN said, with regard to the IMIMMIR of the condole. meats, it would be, perhaps, advisable to have it to the committee to search ter prnmses—to use the language of a certain great bouse--(Laughter.) If there were any premiers he maitthi them, they might do so ; but it would nee bosom them to begin a reader lay aesdt geed lionas—(applesse.) It wee thee wmdeneemily vesshodl that doe warding of the Wens s hould be coolded to the who would adept the eieseserey Ceps for trasensktiffig it so hie ; and thsSk MA% less oted to the Chairman, the weft up POUR PRRNDRE CONGE. (By I. HAILLZY. Asaher of a small eolusur, of omuidersble isserit, modestly entitled " Ncuiszx az Vaunts ") In vain for three seasons each art has been tried, I still am unwed, and unwed must abide ; In vain.have my mother and I, every night. Tried to gudgeon the men—but the Hats will not bits; Sad, sad is my fate ; every scheme has miscarried. I was twenty last Christmas, and still am unmarried! In vain to our dinners were dozens invited, And scores with our parties at night were delighted— Oh ! was it for this that 1 sung till my throat Grew so hoarse not an ear could distinguish a note, Though words course s every c heareirwr th e onou mtelnedsic so fine)itdivin Oh ! was it for this that I danced each quadrille, With a fairy-like grace and a Paris-taught skill; That I lost all my roses by keeping late hours, Till now I must cull some from Ackerman's bowers ? 015, horrid ; three months, dear Sir Thomas, I thought In my snares, a rich treasure, at last had been caught ; Every morning his tilbury whisked me along, In the evening he sought me all others among; My partner when dancing, companion when still, The page at my beck, and the slave army will. To carry my fan, oh ! how happy was he ! How delighted he seem'd when he sweeten'd my tes ! When I sang, with what ardour, enraptur'd he listen'd When I stnird, what delight in his eyes ever glisten'd ! Oh ! Sir Thomas, Sir Thomas. may grief be my lot For the whole of next winter, if thou art forgot ! Mama, too, dear creature ! how kindly she plann'd Fresh schemes to entice to propose for my hand ! To.day 'twee a dinner—her dishes were eat up; To.morrow a rout, the best she could get up. The dinner was eat, and the rout it was over, But alas ! not an offer eras made by my lover ! Every ball in the county was graced by our faces, Corporation, election, assizes, and races ; What money we spent at the play-house. where often I fancied fair Juliet my lover might soften ! And that fiction might help to promote declaration— All on earth it, I vow, nought but grief and vexation ! After all our endeavours, and plots, and advances, ' Routs, dinners, wines, dishes, soap, music, and dances, One morn, on returning from calls, as expected, His eard en the table I found; but connected Three grief speaking letters, two Ps and a C, Bear'd their forms as in mockery of love and of me ! QUERY ON VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS. Sin—l should be obliged by any Correspondent informing me how far the following account is correct, relating to the origin of our most valuable vegetables and finest flowers. If it be true, our country must in early times have been a most unfavoured spot, for it would appear every thing, almost, which we now est has been imported, from the pine-apple to the potatoe. List of the productions of the earth now common in Great Bri tain, with the countries annexed from which they were derived. Rye and Wheat Tottery and Siberia. Barley and Oats.. Unknown—but can they be indi. genous here when they require cultivation ? 1 Rice .. Ethiopia. Black wheat Boer 1 Creases... Cauliflowers Asparagus... ... ....... .... Asia. Fennel Canary Islands. Amble and Parsley Garlick . .. Shallots Kidney Beans .. East Indies. Potatoes . Amerisa. Tobacco North America. : Cabbage Lettuce .... YLOWILII6 Jasmine Tuip ftar duci y. Daffo l dil Lilly . Syria. Carnation Hose . As this is from an old work it may be very erroneous, and, probe+ bly, some of your readeirs may favour me with a more correct list, or Inform ins where to find one, as the subject is, I think, into ? rooting. I am yours, Hendon, 12th July, 1830. CINCINNATUB. Casette of Variety. WALLOPRRS. • Leiter 67allrrosing Paper. Star There is no gainsaying facts, and there ought not to be any partisanship in the prosecution of etymological inquiries. Ido not claim even the praise of being ingenious) wrong wrong in the deriva tion assigned to " pot-walloping" in the tri production which you were pleased to insert in your number of ' uroday ; for it was but a repetition of what I had read in some newspaper during the election of 1796. It was my intention to have added a few sentences, which would, in the first plea, have saved me from an editorial walloping, and in the next, on the supposition that "walloping" was in the southern districts familiarly used for boiling, would ban suggested to your correspondent a derivation which would not have identified it, except in accidental coincidence of orthography, with walloping in the sense of whopping or beating. But, being aware of the value of space in your columns, I consulted brevity, and " Barb ease labor*, obecurus fin." Wallop, in the sense under consideration, I conceive to be a pro vincial diversity of the "boil up" of common parlance, and the " well up" of poetic_phraseoloigy, and to be derived from the " auf wallen" of the high Dutch. Let me, however, through the medium of your extensively circulated journal, caution the German student of English, that though he may find in Leipsic dictionaries, of very recent date„ his " aufwallen" translated by " wallop," he cannot use the latter expression in the sense of " boil up," much less in that of simply "to boil," without incurring the risk of being unin telligible to a great majority of Englishmen, for I apprehend that even a Dover waiter would state at him if he called for a well wal loped egg, or fowl, or custard, or leg of mutton NO WALLOPER. We will not waste the time of our good-natured, ingenious, and learned correspondent (for such he is) with any controversy : but he will take our word for the fact, that whatever may be the opinion or knowledge of so heterogeneous a person as a Dover waiter, the country people throughout the south of England are familiar with the word wallop in the sense of to boil. We speak from personal knowledge. THE FETE AT TILE LADIES BAZAAR. Monday a novel scene was exhibited at the extensive Nursery Grounds belonging to Mr. Jenkins, in the Regent's Park, it being a Bazaar, attended by Ladies of fashion, and the mikes principally the production of their own fair hands. The counters were arranged in a barn of the most rustic description, terminating with tents, with Weippert's band in full harmony, playing at one end, and a proportion of the celebrated band belonging to the Life Guards, at the other. The articles exhibited were of the lightest and most fanciful description, but owing to the want of room, the effect of the arrange. mints was in a great degree lost. The fact is, that the state of the weather destroyed the elements of the Fite, as well as the intended eehibition of stands in various parts of the grounds. However, the charitable subscriptions went forward, and among the names we saw that of the Duchess of St. Alban's. The Prince George of Cum. ' berland was there, and many other juveniles of rank.—The Gar dens were really beautiful, and filled with the finest Rowers, occu. ying many acres. There were marquees, scattered around, one for the Lady Patronesses, viz : - The Marchionesses* of Lon. d , Salisbury, - and Ormonde; the Countesses of Guildford, c ellaT, Scarborough, and 31ount.Charles ; Ladies Peel, Grey, Ventg, Apr RBIs, and the Lady Mayoress. The company began to arrive at two o'clock. There were about fifteen hundred persons coming and going. Refreshments, provided by Mr. wand, of Bond.street, were served out in a temporary gallery to the south of the lawn near which another military band was stationed. At six o'clock tie vi. shams raked. This was the first day and the admittance five shillings each Person. The object we learned was for the express l o irre Es e r f . raising a sum in aid of the Royal Dispensary foe Diseases Tim New Poucz.—The Commissioners of the New Police intend almost Mentedistely to make some very material al terations in *hob eslehlidtmest upon very economical principles. It is intended to dissonant* the service of superintendents, and, also, Ine dari trior ken each division, which will be the means of cos hmarning the ince made on the various parishes to a very ceweldesolde aveloot. It is also in contemplitima to disconti. I Sae as otetiew4mmeno es are net issesday necematy, though it may be atcadiel with sowidseeble inesovoilsoce to the wee. If three One ere amid hits dint it mut Imes is ratio considers. bar_ 104 . 1 4 Won dm, me swims waft oeseesuary. We us. °MUM MP a ) test k is hooded to discantiess the movies of tha also MIS inspeeter from ash &isles, which will lio the meow at krmakte the word It is also in samempladas to dieleolhoe serdwhooess as axe t men. daily wrocesee7. . • IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, Juctr . 2o. Lord HOOD and Lord Vicaxow took theoath. ZMPLOTIMENT Or THE POOL The Duke of RICHMOND Presented a petition from the High Sheriff and Magistracy of the County of Bedford, praying theit Lordships to cause an inquiry into a plan for enclosing lands to be occupied by the poor. The noble duke expressed a hope that the state of the poor laws might be considered next session. NALVEIftTION. The Earl of WESTIIIVRIARipresented a petition from Sir Jonah Barrington, praying that some of the evidence taken against him be struck out. and that he might be allowed to cruAt-examine Mr. Pilleau, the Register of the Court of Admiralty. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, the document to which Sir Jonah Barrington objected had been struck out. The Duke of WELLINGTON did not consider the petitioner entitled to proceed further with evidence. The LORD CHANCELLOR then rose, for the purpose of calling upon their lordships to consider whe ther they would concur in an address to the crown voted by the other house of parliament, and communicated to this house by conference. Ihe address con. caned Sir Jonah Barrington, who filled the office cf judge of the Court of Admiralty in Ireland. It charged that learned judge with having been guilty of malversation, and prayed the crown to t,istniss him. He was accused of having appropriated to his own use car. taro sums of money paid into the Court of Admiralty, on account of two vessels, the Nancy and Red Gear. The noble and !earned lad stated the facts as they appearrl in evidttice, and declared that in his own opinion the charges had been proved by documents in the hand-writing of Sir Jonah Barrington. He, however, let their lordships to say whether the evidence slid not lead to an inference that the learned judge had appropriated to his own use part of the funds, which he inddirected to be paid to a Mr. Patrick Hamilton. If it did, the address of the other house was justified. The Duke of WELLINGTON, after a pause of some seconds, moved that the house do concur with the Commons in the address. The mottos having been carried nem. dis. The Duke of WELLINGTON then moved that a conference be held with the Commons, to acquaint them that the house agreed to the terms of the address.—Ordcred. The Manages, of the Conference were al , o nominated. LAW OF LIBEL BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, previous to going into committee on this bill, stated the nature and effect of it. A bill was passed in the 00th of the reign of George 111. for the purpose of making some alteration respecting the law of libel, so far as it related to political and blasphemous libels. By one of the clauses it was pro. vided that persons convicted a second time of political or hlasphe. mous libels aught be banished. At the time the bill passed mall , individuals said it would be inoperative, and so it proved, for during • period of ten years there had been no prosecution under the statute. The Noble and Learned Lord did not consider the re peal of that act going too far. To the part of the Bill repealing it he gave his concurrence. There was another portion of the bill to which he should direct the attention of the House. By an act in the same session (60th George III.) it was provided that every person publishing a newspaper, and other publications described in the act, should enter into recognizances at the Stamp Office, himself in 3001. and two sureties. It' the nub. lications were in the country, the recognisance was V.OOl. TI e object was to get rid of blasphemous and seditious libels, i.y forming a fund out of which every tine might he paid wild It the law imposed on the party. A clause in the bill before the Met,. raised the sum from 3001. to 4001. in London, cud front 20M. t., 9001. in the country. The bill went funhet. It nude die ftif d answerable to any damages which a party may be liable to in a c.t :I action for libel. It frequently happened that a person of no pro. petty entered his name at the Stamp-office instead of a wealthy pro. prietor, and the offended plaintiff got nothing by a judgment. The object was to check the circulation of private slander. by having a fund ready to answer for private slander. The noble and learned lord was of opinion that it was more important to cheek private slander than prosecute for seditious libels. On such grounds the bill had passed the other house, and he should propose the second rentoin n t . podyflOn N g the discussion until the committee. HOLLAD thought the law of libel required great alters. don It was but an act of justice to repeal the law which punished with banishment for libelr Some persons elsewhere had is described this Bill as a greet boon to the public ; a great conces sion to the liberty of the press. It had been greedy extolled, and. after long gestation, brought forth. The cat,itowever, came out of the bag.—( A laugh.) It was rot an act of relief, but an act of se verity to the press. The Noble Baron was glad to find the Noble and Lamed Lord declare that the banishment clause had proved inoperative. The fact was as be stated, when the Bill was intro duced, banishment was not the law of England. The Bill ass passed in a time of terror, and the experience of ten years had provtd the weakness of legislation upon unconstitutional principles. The Bill was a curious Bill : it was • sort of Janus. It carried two fans: one face smiled, and the other frowned. Banishment in tart s of libel was repealed, and recognisance, extended, to answer for damages in civil actio ns. He certainly returned thanks to the noble and learned lord for one intimation,—namely, that it was better to taunt private slander, than punish seditious and blasphemous li- After that liberal admsion, he had hopes of seeing a revi sion of the whole law of libel. It was his intention, in the Con. mitts*, to move to leave out all the words at the end of the second clause, with a view of introducing words to repeal ell that applied to the taking of recognisances. It was absurd to suppose a per. son entering into recognisance could know whether evidence taken in a court of justice, or the speeches of Counsel published in the paper of which he was the proprietor, were libels. The Noble Ba. ron doubted the polity of taking recognisance% and wished to do It away. Sir A. GaAs's., and others from the Commons, brought up the Forgery Bill, with the amendments agreed to ; the Beer and Cider Duties Bill ; the Scotch Judicature Bill ; the Stage Coach Proprir. ton Bill, and a private Bill. Consideration of the Law of Libel was resumed. Lord WYNFORD said a few words in support of the Bill, and the house sent into Committee thereon. Lord HOLLAND, in pursuance of the notice he had given, rose and moved a repeal of all reeognisanees whatever. The motion having been put from the woolsack, was negatived without a division. Several verbal amendments were then made, and the bill was or dered to be read a third time (to-morrow) this day. EMIT RITFORD DIiFRANCHISEMENT lIILL. On the Order of the Day for the committal of this bill being reed, Lord WHARNCLIFFE supported the bill at some length, and concluded by moving a series of resolutions to the effect that ilie House mi.. md with strong reprobation the bribery and Corruption which had been proved against the borough of Eat Rettord ; that it in future be precluded from returning menibtra to parliament ; and that the elective franchise be removed to the town of Bit- mingham. The Earl of JERSEY moved an adjournment of the debate dur ing pleasure, for the purpose of receiving the conference from the Houma Commons on the suhject of the Address to the. Crown re. lative to the dismissal from office of Sir Jonah Barrington. After • protracted conversation relative to a point of order, in which the Earl of Jersey, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Duthuni, and Lord Holland, took pan, The debate was resumed after a few won's from the .Marquis t. SALISBURY, Earl DUDLEY spoke in favour of a removal of the elective fran chise to Birmingham. Lord DACRE said, if the house refused to agree to the resolu tions of the noble lord (Wharncliff), all the respectable part of. the country would be disappointed. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, that he should vote for dm bill, not only as Mining a punishment for corruption and bribery, but as a protecting measure to throe who were pure. Viscount GODERICH could not set that there was any injustice in taking away Inc franchise from East Enfold, and carrying it to another place ; he was led to this belief not from any love of s l ie. calative reform. The Mat quit of BUTE could not vote for the bill. Lord CALTHO” PE supported the carrying of the franchise to the town of Birmingham. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he differed from his Noble Friend's opinion that Binninfham suffered any setious inconvenienee from the want of representatives in the tithe" noose of Parliament. The same complaint of the want of representatives for large towns had long been made, notwithstanding which they had increased in size, in made, in wealth, and importance; and their weight was not felt to be great in the political scale. It would be unfair to deprive the electors of East Retfotd, when not cotrupt, of their elective franchise, particularly when it had been proved in other instances that the extension of the franchise had been attended with the best tabu. With respect to what had been said of Parliamen tary Reform, be thought it was impassible that the country toukl go on, if the theory of Parliamentary Reform was attempted to be reduced to practice. lie thought the remedy provided ►y the Rill was the best that could be applied to the corruption that had been proved against East Retford. Loyd WHARNCLIFFE replied. The boom divided. . • Contents •• Not Contents .. Majority for ping last the committee 'The helm west into a committee. The several classes Ili Ts Wm)n. 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