Star. — London, England, 1831-10-14 00:00:00

1/ • I 4,; The House went info Co.mmittee. FRENCH PA PERS. '~~ f+~ ~~~ Fat theme/Oman and the , :. ten must he taken out of a limited number, for they must be qualified to fill such offices, lath:re:a qualifica tions never entered the heads of these who appointed a com mission under the pre , : rt system. There wen: instances of persons being appointed Cummiasioners before they w..re cancel to the bar at all. The hon. and learned gentleman h , n entirt.d into a defe: ea of the details of the Bill, and answered the i.ret.nierts advanced a:nainst it. He could not see why four Jutlges should not sit in a Court of Equity as well as in a Crum of Lew. If it v.- cc send In the 1 ttc r, why shotild it ~o t be good in the for.:er ? Ile th.li pi:cc:teed tol eour.are the cxprose under the prearnt eyetzm, and• that %Inch wonlil be ex: veiled under the prop:es:el Bill, ohs:rain; thlt the 70 C menissioners received Lel to the amount of :..i1.0400 a-year, , h -re's the misers: of tie Cmmissionas ap. poin-rd ..r. 'er thi Bill would be only 2EOOOI. a-year. Alticrytati WOOD, iv reply to an I:+s:union male by an !Iv.. ana kernel member 1117 1 4, tr, e fiert that the citir.l.s. of hot elf a di 1 not ash for thi , el , ange. ett:encd that the citiz.nv of Livid, n had been cemplaiviti far years of ti present spies •, m d particularly ..f the !neon - :nt..ncy of th : commission:Ts to discharse the tlhti;a of :heir or.lce. Ha never roet any one at-. these e. :mission:la who :as versed in oemunts. T. is mea:on: wa. of ',Treat lorpirrtanes to the countyy at lay,, btf vt.ore pneticularly to the roes. chants of Ilint !col. He Car .1 •at for the pren.nage which it would confer o.s the Lord Oinneellne, !welded it proved beneficial to the country nt lame. He tight that ti.: part which ttl oat tr: the aprintment of offi.ial ari3nees re quired to I 7 en ,l :4 111 r. SIIIEL a: 1 :awl th:t lithe hill waN a had one, and that it es:abll la. A' , ;.arch paste's -r, it w iuld be highly censurable; bit: if it 1.4. s usefol hill, the pa enrage should form no of j:et ion to it. H: s.as tell r.. - -rz that stune m.n of entinLas.c at th• t..r • era oppo this measure; but their oppn.-ition tonst ati , .: front a prlo.ice to .vards a sys tem which ppm: at! I . triteira. 1.. rd etnlam said that the pr. fe , :sio:: via: so vovet• tec - thcr, end ao notch under tic influence ni prejodize, that if a person touched a thread of r enh hin Westioinpur he wo.tld be im mediately tvtlekeal by all the anklets in it. (laulliter.) Mr. Alderman TROMP:AM thovght there were so many ebjectiona to the Bill in itspresent state, that it ought to be referred to a Select Committee. The Bill required all a bankrupts assets to he paid into the hands of the lie countant-Gentral—r name that struck horror into the mind of every mercantile man. He had some hundred pounds in the hands of the Accountant-General, and was advised:that it would be all ::baorbed in the expense of get ting it out.—(Hear, hear). Mr. BURGE the/tight if the Commissional' were ap pointed, under circumstances that would enable them to give up their whole time to their official duties, they would form a perfectly competent tribunal, and all would be done that was necessary to remedy every existing evil. The House divided. Ayes lO7 No Majority Sir C. IVETIIERELL, in the Committee., moved to omit all the words from the clans: that related to the Judges, and to prov ide that the Court consist of ono instead of four Judges. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL dcferdcd the bill, and regretted that the hot,. and learned gentian:lr had felt it re quisite for the third time, aml the third Lvening, to eppose the bill with the same arguments, and almost with the ?rune words. Mr. WRA NG HA M anal Mr. GEO. BANKES sup ported the 411 , e1i1l II: "nr. Sir C. WETHE it ELL denounced the Bill as the rankest political and judicial job that had ever cluracteriszd urpa-sed ;my thing dove by Cardioal Wolscy, who was such a witch s.l elt ale rin places andpat ranage. They were told that this 11:;1—like atiottur Bill—must pass should pass; but though the order came from tho Woolsack, he should obey nu such order. He should not obey the Car dinal Lay Lord Chancellor. The Commi‘tee then divided. The numbers wen— For the amendment ... .. 19 Against it ... . 71 514joritv against the amendment 52 Sir C. IVETII ERE LL condemned the next clause as making the Commissioners irremovable; he Fupposcd the next bill would be to make my Lord Chancellor Brougham irremovable. Clius: agreed to. Lord STORMONT moved that tie debate be adjourned. —(No, no.) Sir C. WETHERELL—I ay ye., yes ! because I do not choose to submit to the ordinances of my Lord Chancel lor, or of any man. Lord ALTHORP said, he did not wish to press the de bate to the inconvenience of the honourable and learned gen. eleman.—( Hear. ) Debate adjourned again till this day, and the House resumed. Lord ALT HORP moved that the House go into a Com mittee on the Suess Refinery Bill. Mr. HUGHES li UGHS, on account of the lateness of the hour (half-pant two), moved that the House adjourn. After an extended discussion the House divided on it. For the Amendment l2 Agninu it 49 Majority against it.... 37 Mr. IL GORDON then opposed the committal of the bill. Mr. P. THONISON said delay would altogether endan. get the bill, as the parliament would last only a few days. The adjournment of the debate till this day was moved and allowtd. All the other orders were also postponed, and the House adjourucd at Half-past Three o'Clock. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. CHAMBER Or DErCTIES.—. SITTING OF OCT. 10. Al. lierenger, the Reporter of the Committee, summed up the discussion on the Peerage Bill. He recapitulated the various opinions emitted during the Debate, sod opposed the syste.tis of elections and candidature as to render the two Ch.tnibers completely homogenous. He then recurred to the question of hereditary descent, reminding the Chamber that to owlish it woeld be to annihilate a right which was acquired by the greatest services, and which had becomel vested by a possession of 46 years' duration. The revo lution of July could not be so decidedly opposed to hereditary descent as was pretended, since it bad made the Crown hereditary. lo conclusion, he called on the Chamber not to forget that the Ses sion of 1830 had created a King, but that the Constitution of the Bio natchy belonged to the Session of 1831. The President announced that twenty.six amendments had been proposed, each of rhich embraced a system more or less complete. He therefore suggested that each para graph of the Bill, with the amendment* relating to that paragraph, should be discussed separately. An animated conversation then wok place on the order ha which the paragraphs should be discussed. 11. Mcrilhon proposed that as the question of hereditary privilege was the most important, that should be that disposed of, although the paragraph relating to it was thi.el in the Bill. This pro. position aas aupponed by 11cF4's. de, Moshourg, Solvate de Tracey, and Oddion Barton, aid opposed by the Keeper of the Seals and Moan. Blither Alontjau, Itenovard, thaw, and Domaine, the latter of whom stated that he oppesed the proposition as logically r: rang, since it was necessary to decide how a i'ecr was to he transinhsible. This was his only motive for oppssing it, as he himself intended to vote against an hereditary peerage. The Chamber decided that the question of hereditary descent should fits: b: entered upon. M. JAY and 31. Ruour succeitaively argued in support of their respective urocad tents, both of which were nearly to the sante effect, viz. the transmission of the peerage by heredi tary descent in n direct line only ; but M. knout's being more fully worded, that of M. Jay was riithdrawn. General LAMAH.Mit said, that he could understand that the Indians might believe that the Brahmins cause from the head of Brame; but he could not understand how, in a country not buried in superstition, it could be believed that a father could beque.ith his mind and talents to his son. He opposed the amendment. Al. ele LAMESH rcroached the Ministers for having after their late success given way to a false public feeling, and stated that, from a flint conviction that an hereditary peer age was necessary to the stability of the Constitution, he felt bound to support the amendment. The Chamber then wait to the ballot, and the numbers were declared to be-- ... 66 _ _ Adjourned. Against 324 Majority agains t an hereditary peerage LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 14. ONE O'CLOCK, THIS DTATTI 7 C .nonntsr_, BAH reeneer, 29.60. Wea.hcr. Llom ,17 raja. Wind S. W. In the present feveri , li state of the whole coun try, the measures which Government may adopt are of the most important character. It is generally euderstood, that Cee pr; rogation is to tithe place on Tuesday; b t the derntion is a very soleisin question—created at once by public impatience, eed by ten ,houeand interests, which are held in abeyance by the rospension of the BILL. Public keling alone eould b 3 jestifiable after the time wastes!, and after the cup has been brought to their very lips; but it is not now a question of intro feeling, for the agita.ion suspends both enterprize and industry, though these aro not identified wish the Bill—for there has beet, consentaneons sort of ageement among ince that sundry affairs should await this public settlement, and by sympathy shis sentiment has iufluenced every transaction of life, to the prejudice of every class and intereel? An adjourn ment, the,ti:re, for three months, would be like an adjournkiebt for ever; and we venture to assert, would grievously- disappoint and exazperato the, whole nation. If such a design is entertained, it must have arisen from remoteness from society, and horn ignorance of the temper of the country. We have precedents of proroga-j tions even for three days, and the public were not unprepared for ten, fourteen, or twenty-one days ;1 but would ne indignant at being called upon to endure n suspension for such a period as three months. Were it demonstrated to be neces sary and unavoidably, that necessity would be submitted to, whatever might be the sacrifice; l but after Lord Aeetione's repeated declaration; that the House should sit till Christmas, or till Christ mas twelvemonth, if the Bill were not carried —r pledge on which the public have relied—au abey ance in the proceedings for three months, mead be borne, to say the least, with a very ill grace. The London deputation very properly pressed this point on the attention of Lord GREY, and his au swer was equivocal ; and though the public have becoming cenfideace in Ministers, yet unless the Ministers themselves could feel what the public had been obliged to endure for so many eienthe, their decision may be made without that view of the whole case which should lead to a wise, prudent, and satisfactory determination. To-morrow we may be enabled to deer up this point; but the notion of a three months prorogation received countenance last night in an observation of Lord HOLLAND upon a petition. Our Paris express of this morning brings French journals which are filled with exultation. on the decision of the Chamber of Deputies against the HEREDITARY PEERAGE, which the charter had in- corporated in the French constitution, but which the revolution of July had referred to ulterior consi deration. This question has placed the French na-1 tion at issue with the Peerage, and it is determined by an immense majority, that the House of Peers shall, in future, be subject to some species of se lection or election. At the same time, it is not a little singular that the majority of Peers in England should at this crisis have also placed themselves at issue with the Bri tish People, insomuch that it is not impossible, how ever much it may be regretted, that hereditary , legislation may become a question in England, as it has been in France. The French Journals are therefore filled with observations on both subjects, and we propose to-morrow to give a specimen of these Parisian reasonings in our last page. Other foreign mails this morning present us with the fifth and last act of the DEEP TR•OEDY OF POLAND. Russian domination prevails, and the heroic Poles are continuing to expatriate them selves. The account of the circumstances, though given by insolent Russian and Prussian writers, will draw tears from every man whose heart is in the right place ; but we are obliged to postpone them by the pressure of domestic incidents. We lament that the public unanimity of the nation should have been disturbed at so very im yrtant a place as MANCHESTER. The meeting at that populous town being too large to be con tained within any building, the OUTS assailed the INNS, and in opposition to the Boroughreevo and the Committee, it was uproariously determined to adjourn to an adequate open space. In conse quence, there was no suitable stage for the speakers and the Committee, and the ultra-reformers obtained a popular ascendancy. The usual resolutions were therefore amended; and though Mr. SHUTTLE.. WORTH spoke with great eloquence in favour of the Ella., yet doctrines in support of more ex tended Reform, and in opposition to the Con stitutional voice of the Peers, prevailed. This opens a net: field, and proves what has been fre quently anticipated—that as the LORDS and the Biswors have refused to concede the extremely moderate Reform proposed by Ministers, a re action of public feeling will now demand more than ever was desired or contemplated. How far this discord may extend, it is impossible to con ceive; but MANCHESTER, in weight and import ance, is a fearful example. The language of the speakers is also a lesson to Lords and Bishops, who injudiciously opposed themselves to the consti tutional proposal brought forward by Ministers, and which till now had experienced no public op- I position whatever. They alone have generated an, unfortunate and ill-timed re-action. It appears to us that this is a further proof of the extreme danger of a prorogation for three months. GOD knows what may happen, in various senses, within three monthslconsidering the present excitement, of the people, and the incidents to which that ex citement may lead, in the gloomy months of No vember and December. It has been positively asserted by several papers that Lord PALM LIMON has not withdrawn from the ministry, though the Morning Herald, which announced the circumstance, and enlarged on its advantages, still affirms that it is true, — and will .be confirmed. Having considered that paper as creditable authority, we took the fact for granted ; and considered it proper to state that we did not entertain any increased apprehensions of the success of the Reform Bill from such secession. At the same time we re-echoed all those opinions about our foreign policy, on which we have frankly com mented for many months past, without insinuat ing blame to his Lordship, since the state of our finances palpably fetters all our external enter prizes. Such being the plea — sure of the City House of Lords, the Livery met this morning to choose another Lord Mayor instead of Alderman THORP. Mr. PEARSON proposed the Lord Mayor, and Alderman TllostrsoN, the latter of whom he named without any concert, and who he presumed would resign, if capriciously preferred by the Al dermen, who, lie said, had been engaged in an intrigue with Alderman WAITHMAN, to prevail on him to become the second and their tool. Al derman THOMPSON prayed that he might not be put in nomination ; and Alderman WAITHMAN declared that he would not sacrifice a life of forty-two years consistency, to be made a tool of by the Aldermen. The uproar on this was overwhelming —the Tories having mustered all their strength, for the purpose of complicating the question; but on a show of hands, those for Alderman 'NA 'THY AN were, as usual, considera ble, yet the Lord MAYOR and THOMPSON pre vailed: on which Sir PETER LAURIE again de manded a poll, and the election is now proceeding. We continue to-day those columns which have so well sympathized with PUBLIC PEELING, that , without exaggeration they have DOUBLED the usual circulation of this paper, within a few days. No other journal has equally studied the spirit of the moment, and we shall persevere in a course sanctioned by public approbation, till the excite ment has abated. Lord HILL's Levee at the Horse Guards, w•as attended by about fifty General and other Officers. ROY.krEXCIIIiNIik, ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, which left off yesterday at 811 1 for the account, opened at 814 a, went up to 811 ; at present they are 811 f. It is now stated that Parliament will be prorogued to January on next Monday ; in the interim, it is supposed that some arrangement will take place with the opposition lords to the reform bill, without the necessity of creating new peers. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols were done at 81i for the account ; but owing to some stock being thrown on the market, they hare receded to 81i 1 and 811 for money. THREE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock, 191} 190. Tire, per Cent. Red. 8011 811 1 ax div. Three per Cant. Consols, 801 I 811 lex dlr. Three and a Half per Cent. 1818, 88 871 IS. Three and a Half per Cent. Red. 88 871 11. Three and a Half per Cent. New, 801 91. Four per Cent. 1826, 16} lex die. Long Annuities. Jan, 1860, 16} lex die. Ann..,Oct. 18.19, —.. do. Jan. 1860, 161. India Stock, • do. Bonds. 3 2 dl.. .£lOOO Exchequer Bills, 7 8 7 9; C5OO do. 7 8 7 9; XlOO and ,1200 do. 787 9. Console for Account, 811 11. AMSTERDAM, OCT. 11.--Actual Debt, Two and a Half per Cent. 37 37 ; Amort. Synd. Four and a Half, 57 581 ; Ditto Three and a Half, 47148}—Exchange on Lon don, 11-92 5-10 to 11-95 ; Two Months, 11.86.—DsticA Papers, Ott. 12. A report of the Marquis of Londonderry being dead is not credited in the city. The report of the cholera being in the neigh bourhood of Hamburgh causes some sensation amongst the merchants, fearing the communica tion will be interropted. The Election of Lord Mayor engrosses the atten tion of the citizens, who are repairing to the Hall to witness the contest. The Quebec paper of the 17th September, says that eight of the unfortunate passengers of the Lady Sher. brook. which lately suffered shipwreck on the coast of New foundland, presented themselves yesterday to the Emigrant Society at Montreal, to be forwarded to Upper Canada. One of them, a man of 60 years of age, lost his wife and all his children, seven in number. These passengers assert that the captain and mate were both in a state of beastly 1 intoxication. The captain in particular was obliged to be carried to bed by three men on the evening of the fatal calamity. A conference of the Foreign Ambassadors was held the night before last, which continued in deliberation until between three and four o'clock yeslorday morning. Sir Robert Adair, ambassador at the Court of Belgium, who, together with his suite, ha ve b een li v i ng at the Hotel Bell-Vue ever since his arrival In Brussels, hat taken an elegantly furnished house on the east side of the Park. On the Reform bill in the House of Lords, all the Catholic Peers but one (Lord Arundel) voted for the bill ; and, in the House of Commons, all the Catholic Members, except one (Sir Thomas Constable) voted for the bill. It is rumoured that Sir John Wrottesley is to be elevated to the Peerage. The deputies, representing the flint glass mann facturen of England and Scotland, headed by Sir John Wrottesley, Mr. Uttleton, Captain Spenar, Alderman Ve. sables, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Wood, &c. M.P's. bad an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday morning foe the purpose of ascertaining his views as to the duties on flint glass; when his Lordship stated that it was not his intention to repeal them. COAL OWNERS AND PITMEN AT NEWCASTLE. —The long continuance of the strike naturally pre rise, af ter the men returned to their employment, to a great demand for coals. The owners are unable to supply that demand, because the pitmen immediately cease working after they earn four shillings a day. Nothing will induce the men to week longer than the time neeesawy to earn four shillings, though the masters are anxious that they should do so, and though i they might, if they choose, many of them earn eight is per day. On Saturday last the owners of Cak r . ton colliery, finding that several of their pitmen would not work because some lead miners had been introduced, applied to m the County Magistrates, and got a dmen of them can ttad to Morpetis pol. THE EVENING STAR. TAB COURT. Their Majesties entertained the Duke of Cum berland, the Duhe and Duch.= of Gloucester, the Princess Augusta, and a select party at dinner, on Wednesday even ing, at the Palace, at St. James's. The King, attended by the Surveyor-General of the Board of Works and Sir H. Wheatley, went yesterday in his carriage to inspect the new Palace in St. James's Park. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia visited the Queen yesterday, and partook of a dricteni with bee Majesty. Prince Frederic'.: of Wirtemberg (son of Prince Paul) arrived ycterday morning nt the Clarendon Hotel to meet the Grard Duchess Helene of Russia. Count de Mabdeslop, the Wir ambers litni , ter, paid his respects to the P.i ietaft.t his arriv.l. The Grain!. Duchess Helene arrived In the eve ins from Cheltenham. The Princess Aucru&t:.. canto to town on Wed acsday, from 11. r 4:r.u:. The Thew of Cumberland via:ted It r Rot 1 H havt s, nt her rod& •c:. in the Peke, at St. Ja.pet.'s. Tate 1111:e Sns.n, the Diteheh% of Gloncesta, and the Prince's So, his visite). the Prieceso vest .rday. His Mrtjcsty gavo audienco yesteriay to the Marquz , s of Angl-s.a. A Ca'Jinet Co,incil els bold yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, whiAt by the s.hnlc of the Cabinet Ministers, rich the eneeptiou of L3rl Dm ham. The Marques.. of A n A les a WA• in rit.ntlanc: oat tit. Cr.b.; , :t. The atubasssAurs and ministers of Rucsia, France, Aus.ria, awl Prussia, ass -"lb! at half pa. t o'clock yota. ty aft.rik;on at t'.l Offi.a, and hail a conference with. Vinount The Marquess of Hastings left town early yes terday moiling for Donninjton tog been sent for owe s. The report of Lord Palwerston's resignation is utterly unloundA.—ti:aer. We heard yestQr,lay that Lord Londonderry was not struck, at least not hart, by a:.y on W.dossday. Two Evening Journals have thought proper to contradict the report which apo a.e.el in this Jounal of yes terday, of the retirement from oifiez of Lord Palmerton. We can only add that our information was d..rived from a quarter in which we Lava never yet been dec..ired ; and that the statement in question is said be founded on &declaration made by the Noble Lord himself to a member of the Upper House. A day or two will prove what degree of truth the report merits. —Noels!. DORSETSHIR ELECTION. CLOSE OP THE POLL.-.TWiLTTEI DAT A WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13. Gross Poll The Hon. W. F. S. Ponsonby ... 16 1157 The Right Hon. Lord Ashley • • 29 1777 Majority 20 36 before the Asstss Jr, 12 of whom arc supposed to be in favour of Ashley ; and the return of Mr. Pousonby is con- Moldy expected by a majority of four. THE ARMY. His Majesty has beeTl774l77..xtend his meet gracious clemency to Major Caddi e of the 28th llegimcm, and to command that he be ordered to r-turn to his duty. with an admonition to be mindful of the indulgence ex:ended to. wards him. Friday Opt. Orant's tronp of the Carignan *raved in Litncrielt, baring been repLcul in Ennis by a troop of the Monday. C tptaht Jones'. troop of the Caeoincers marched from Limerick fur Caber. Thursday and Friday the Dth regiment marched from Lim: lek for thr coo'•ry Galway. Captaia C:•'pbell's company of ►ha 74th lea..e Bcoadford for Ter-Tit:tn.:se on Idmeay. The tletac: matt of the 76th leaves Kllki• ben on Mot•day ft. l;roadfnrd. Captain Gordon's comr.Lty of the 74th has arrived at Thialett; altd Captain Gra'!sn•'; a► Roccrea. The 30:h Regimen:, from Temp!emote, take up the sta tions of the 68th. On Monday company of the 27th, with Lieut. Sleator and Lieut. O'Grady, will march from Limerick for Fe h. Licut. Goodman and a party of the 37th have r.rrivad at Mitchelstown. Lieut. Vereker and detachment have pro ceeded to CasheL Major-tieneral Sir George Bingham has left Limerick for Tralee aiul Cork, after inspecting the troops in that garrison. The had-quarters division of the 76th regiment, under the command of Captain Grubb; arrived at Hollinger barracks, from Limerick, on the 4th instant ; and Captain Hoare's company 76th regiment, marched for Caul: pollard ou the 6th, to relieve a company of the 12th regiment, ordered to Droghedki. _ _ . Sir Thomas Arbutimot inspected the 61st reserve compa nies. under Major Annesley, at Boyle, on Monday. The 82d Regiment is ordered borne from the Mauritius. The tittir, Colonel BurreU, and the 85th L `ht Infantry, Colonel Warburton, have sailed from the Mediterranean for Logiand. On Saturday morning the grand division of the 28th Re giment, under the command of Lieut.• Colonel Bailee, marched from Galway for Dublin. RESULT OF THE COMMITMENTS TO THE LAST OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. Congaed. Acquitted, /cc. Hatton-Garden 016ce 6l ... 20 Worship-street - 52 Marpla.bonoe Marlborough -stmt.. 36 -. 33 Bow-street . Queen-noire ........ ....-. 26 -. 19 Thames .. ... 22 -. 23 Whhtechapel .. Country Blagismum, ice. 311 .. 219 Lord Mays and Aldermen.... 62 ... 19 DEAL, Oct. 13.—His Majesty's ship, Barham, which arrived yestenlay afternoon from Cork, sailed again this morning for Spithead ; shc was one of the ships that were to have formed pert of the squadron in the Downs. Th.: Tweed, corvette, which also arrived for the rune pur pose, would likewise have sailed for the same port. but rc.l ceived some damage in the course of the niqiit by an Ame dean ship getting atwart her; it I expected she will sail the next tide, as lice damages are made good. The Chs- 1 rybdii, 10 gun brig, alto arrived early, a.:(1 has sailed for Spithead. The Rzrtuge, 74, and Galatea, frigat: are hourly expected to arrive, unless dray fail in v. - ith eit her of the above vessels, :n acquint them with counta orders. Lord Carrington, who is now sojourning at Deal Cattle, was assailed with groans and hiss‘s in his pm.. ing through Beset -street, but no viole.'re w-s °Banta al though his Letedship was, no doubt, agitated, as from the noise v. bleb was was so losuunsuteou ly raised, startkd ' some of the water-dogs, and in tit& mune, ran against hi. Lordship and nearly tripped him up. The Duke of Cumberland received no personal injury from the attack made upon him. At twelve o'clock on Wednesday night, the troops belonging to the Household infantry, under the com mand of Colonels Mercer, Keats, &e. as well as those of cavalry, which have been since Saturday under arms, received orders to retire to bed. The various divisions of the Metro politan police were dismissed at the same hour as the mili tary. The soldiers had been constantly under arms since Saturday. The immense crowds of persons who passed down Portland-place on Wednesday, stopped In encossaion opposite the residence of a Reverend tits, and issued groans loud enough to have been heard from Bath to Yesterday, Charles Graham, Esq. of the Navy Pay Office, attended the General Quarter Swift of the Peace, at Westminster, and was sworn ins te.— His introduction into he Commission is to affwda facility to tea Micas of hie Majesty's Navy and Royal Marines, and widows, in subscribing to the affidavits required of them preparatory to the payment of their half.pay, pen. ss, Re- The populatb in returns for Dublin give 202,007 —the return of 1821 was 186,881. ILitnerick returns 66,082, being an increase of 8676 oboe 1821. A public meeting was called in Bereeford-place, Dublin, for Wednesday last. A tremendous hurricane nearly destroyed Lord Pear's Park at Thornton Ban, • Weiniey ennisir. Another incendiary fire on Monday last at What- 1 w groan orm, DIM Battle .bo qrs. of onet Wm.( le the Oa an anowned. PUBLIC FEELLNG. NOTTINGHAM, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The last communication, respecting the Ime events, closed with the conflagration of the castle at Nottingham, the property of the Duke of New castle. This ancient and lofty pd., Wai erected about 150 years since on the summit of a stupen dons rock, by an ancestor of his ptee.ent Grace, and cost at that period nearly 25,0001. Nothing but the outside of this immense edifice, which is of stone, now remains. The Castle wa3 net inhabited, nor was any fu r . niture on the premises at the time—it W 39 con. *timed, nevertlolcss; it burnt riost rapidly, as t!. wood-work was exceeaiugly dry, and one room finished with cedar. The tapestry in several ( , f the rooms was beautiful. Oa Tuesday the troops again perambulated the town, but the spirit of incendiarism was abroad, and, dreadful to relate, a party assembled at tl, silk-mill of Mr. Lowe, at Beeston, near Netting. ham. Here they ransacked the premises, and then set fire to the same, which was totally con sumed, together with the overloakcr's house ; the premises are supposed to have been worth, includ ing the machinery, silk, &c. nearly 15,0001. Up wards of 300 hands are thrown out of employment by this sad catastrophe. More than twenty persons are in custody charged with various offences. The magistrates and the military are indefatigable ; and the town, after dusk, presents a gloomy appearance. All the ave nues in the Market-place are comple:ely boarded up, and the shopkeepers close their business at dark. The clattering of the horses' feet of the 15th hussars gives the scene a solemn appearance. Two or three persons were shot on Tuesday, and one, we hear, is dead ; he is a pensioner, and was shot through the breast by one of the obi• cern. No mischief has been done during this day, and peace, it is hoped, will soon be restored ; nevertheless, at this moment, half past ten o'clock, a large fire is perceived in the neighbourhood of Plumptree, about six miles distant, raging with considerable fury ! In pursuance of a numerously-signed requisi tion, a p..blic meeting of the MERCHANTS, BANKERS, and TIIA HERS of the CITY of LONDON, was held at one o'clock yesterday, in the Egyptian-hall, Mansion-house. The GM!) MAYOR in taking the chair, said lie had great pleasure in calling the present meeting, in order that the merchants, bankers, and traders of the city might declare their continued confidence in his Majesty's Ministers, and their increasing and undiminished interest in favour of that great measure, their zeal for which they had on former occasions unequivocally expressed. Mr. Psscoe Gazureee rose to move the first resolution. It was three weeks since he had the honour of meeting a body of gentlemen in that Hall, of the same character as those now present, whose object then was to give expression to their feelings and their wishes for the success of Lord John Russell's bill, which had then been sent from the House of Commons to the House of Lords; he then little expected he should have again to meet th‘m—still less that he should have to mer them upon the rejection by the House of Lords of that bill to which the country had been so much attached.—(Cheers.) He could not have conceived it possible, until the present period, that the House of Lords would have been so unmindful of what they owed to that community of which they were a component part, and of which they were hereditary legislators—so regardless of what they owed to the country, to themselves, and to their own dignity, in defiance of the wishes and utianimons feelings of the King and his people; in opposition to the wishes and recorded votes of the House of Commons, who bad at that moment car ried the bill to the bar of the lords on the shoul ders of the people. He could not, he repeated, have conceived it possible that they would have been so unwise, he might say insane, as to reject that bill of the people's choice. It had been rejected by 199 Peers, who were hereditary legislators, it was true, but though hereditary, they might be very incapable of legislating ; for although a man might inherit his father's estate, he could not inherit his father's wisdom. The 158 who supported the Bill comprised the greatest portion of talent, wealth and resFectability of the house. Look at the two lists of the persons of whom they were composed. Among the 199 he found there were 21 noble lords who were proprietors of rotten boroughs, or, not to be offensive, nomination boroughs. Now it would have been no excess of delicacy or of proper feel ing if those 21 persons, who bad so direct an inte rest in the maintenance of the rotten borough sys tem, had abstained hem voting altogether. Again, among the 199 peers, he found the same number of bishops, via. 21. Far be it from him to say any thing disrespectful of that right reverend body; at the same time he must say, that it was generally understood to be the practice of the bishops to range themselves on the side of the Government, and frequent instances had happened of the King and his Ministers having brought forward measures which the people thought were unjust, and, in all those, the Bishops supported the mea sures of the Government. On this occasion, however, the Bishops had taken a different course, and arrayed themselves in opposition to the Ring. his Ministers, the House of Commons, and the People of England. It would ill become him (Mr. Grenfell) to attribute motives to that Reverend body, but it was possible that in contemplating a measure which would give the people a Re formed Parliament, they thought that that Re formed Parliament might make a Reform in the Church. (Immense cheering) That was possible, but be would not pretend to impute to the Pre- Wes what their motives were. If then twenty one Prelates instead of voting against the Bill had voted for it, the Bill would have been carried; or if the twenty-one Bishops and the twenty-one Noble Lards who had a direct interest in the no mination system, bad abstained from voting alto gether, there would have been the exact majority of one in favour of it. After a few observations upon the impropriety of the Peers interfering In the construction of the House of Commons, alt.