Star. — London, England, 1831-02-10 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. EXPRESS FROM PAM& PARIS, FEB. B.—ln the absence of official intelligence •especting the Belgic question, there has been very little ;,,li.iness done on 'Change ; but that little has been under idavourable impressions. The cry of all is, that war is •riluble. From Warsaw, we learn that the Russians had :w(de an advance beyond Grodno, on the 12th ult. From the M.esager dos Chambres, of Feb. 8. PA RI S, FED 7.—From the joy which is expressed with much frankness by all the journals of Belgium at the ...lection of the Duke of Nemours, it is easy to see that there xi.is in Belgium a profound sentiment of paternity for France, which the efforts of intrigue cannot eradicate. While .I.e choice of the candidate was the subject of debate at 51ussels, it seemed that the French party had lost all credit. is soon as the French candidate is named, we see an al cost unanimous explosion of joy and approbation. We la)w represent to ourselves with real chagrin the vexation mid the invectives of the Belgic people, when they shall he informed of the refusal of France for the Duke of Ne mours. They thought that they had been relieved from a provisional state of Government, equally ruinous and turbu lent, and now they are thrown back into it. They will now accuse us without reserve, and the greater their joy was, the louder will be their imprecations. We have no time to (1;:y to mention all the motives of the refusal, except the chance of a foreign war. Let any one read in the extracts from the Belgic Papers the advantages of every kind which the country expects from the King that it has just chosen, and answer conscientiously, if it is possible for every body v.hatsoever to realize them. We shall content ourselves with' affirming, that in the present state of things, none of our readers wou!d accept the dignity if he were the Duke of Nemours. Tit Customs AND COMMERCE.—This is the great ~;:e,von for Belgium. Now the interests of France cannot h 2 sacrificed to the Royalty of one of our Princes. The time is past when the convenience of reig ning families was alone consulted in political transactions. The quality of King of the Fiend) binds Louis Philip towards France, and he knows that so great an obligation must absorb all others. From the Moniteur of Monday, Feb. 7. PARIS, FEB. 6.—The chief editor and responsible ma nager of the Moniteur has received a summons, in the name of General Lacroix de Boegard, to appear, on the 16th of this month, before the tribune of Correctional Police. Front the Casette de France, dated Tuesday. Feb. 8. Pants, FEB. B.—M. de Genoude having undergone the month's imprisonment to which he was condemned by a decree of the Court of Peers, left St. Pelagie this morning. A few hours afterwards an officer of police west to his residence to summon him to return to prison, or virtue of a sentence passed under the late reign, by the Tribunal of the First Instance of the department the Seine, on the complaint of M. Mechin, whom M. de Genoude bad represented as openly contending against the existing order of things. Since the sentence, the revolu fli of July has taken place ; an amnesty for all trans , essiuns of the periodical press has been published. M. ;monde has refused to return to St. Pelagie, and is going take steps to be able to judge if the amnesty is a truth. wino - ^r7V": . ' !,,,"." r , .WI ~~ rt 1,11 1 !!IPPIPM which we hale already commented), is a document which cannot fail to create some sensation, even at a period when we are so much en. grossed by our admiration of Lord Grey's reforms, and our calcula. ! don of Lord Althorp' s re d uct i ons , that the very mention of mi. tional honour and public faith echoes strangely in English ears.— The French Minister directs the agent of his master at Brussels to withhold from the Belgian Government the Protocol of the 20th of January, " because the King's Government has not assented to it." Not assented ! In what manner then is the assent of the King's I Got ernment to be signified, but by the concurrence of its representative in the Congress. There is another point of %few, in which the aff.tir cart- not fail to attract the attention of unprejudiced men. We have not for gotten the alarm professed at the tone adopted by the Duke of Welling ton in relation to the affairs of Belgium. Now what says General Se bastian'? The French government cancels a proceeding adopted by our own, and proceeds to account for its resolve thus:—" The Congress at London is a mediation ; and it is the intention of the King's government that it should never lose that character." cH/OXICLE.—We do not see why the commutation of tithes is at variance with the phrase " the Tax of Tithes ;" for a tax in one shape may be commuted for a tax in another: and a variable tax may be com muted for a permanent one. With respect to the influence of a commu tation of Tithes on rent, it is probable that, in most cases, the landlord would be the greatest 'miner. But the great advantage would be certainty. The tenant who takes his farm under an agreement with a Clergyman who exacts much less than his due finds himself occa sionally ruined by having to deal with a more rigorous successor. Of rent the tenant has no right to complain. It is the share of the pro duce after deducting the charges of cultivation, and the usual pro fit of stock. But the tenth of the gross produce may leave nothing for farmer or landlord, and may even leave to the far mer less than is necessary to pay for labour. A farm may be worth very little till a large sum is laid out on ifs improvement. The landlord allows for the outlay ; the tithebolda does not.— The cultivation of France, from various causes, was in general bed before the revolution. The Flemish husbandry is better than our owns and there are no tithes In Belgium ; it was also better than our ow* while there were tithes. Tithes may be productive of much evil without preventing all agricultural improvement, and there may still be greater evils than Tithes. The Scotch agriculture—fifty years ago —was worse than the English, and it is now better ; yet at both these periods Scotland was without Tithes. The absence of tithes has no doubt facilitated improvement, though it could not at once overcome other obstacles in the way of improvement. As to the in struction and civilization of the people by the clergy, we refer to the brutality of the Hampshire peasantry. The clergy, who have, wrought such wonders in the way of instruction and civilisation, enjoy, accord ing to the author of The Extraordinary Black Book—a moat extra. ordinary performance—a sum of 19,459,565 !! ! DUBLIN. Feb. 6. TIIE KING V. O'CONNELL AND OTHERS. The following is a copy of the Order : Court.—" Liberty to withdraw demurrer, and to file a plea of not guilty,' in lieu thereof: in case of verdict of guilty, no motion for new trial, or to arrest judgment. If tried by Nisi Prins, to take notice for the sittings after this term, and defendants to appear at the trial in person." The effect is, to postpone the judgment of the Court till next term, say May. sager of I of Genen this mont Fro+ Paoli ironth's decree 0: morning. weLt to bT virtue tl:e Tribe tae Se Gecoude existing dm of J g7essions ljenotide te take st The lcn‘ • • .wily \V hate n -: id-day. T Ce may the British raise an ou all govern] and the ue regard to with such the dornin war of the gel sa: rs Englani patant qt Lgitimate lsdangera :: where te :Mc Freni Prussia, i scat hersel under the x¢ in subs leis bank c p:ne. whc pandenclei fiance alp her stoppi shores ? aggrandize aai Napo :•41 this i .1 - Xi3O% 11 !IA POST, lUT.I:e wit dervalued Upon the upon Lor Nat: the vonutzerci we criticit sheplays, tallow ran reward ar even dies Pahnerwt quire hot acting, h cannot, z :able. Ahltorp be :ilieret pasing th of France to Eurot by it ; deeds oat upol :ant fins; practical France h always p hvt disco mentor' to becks is time-- either go flelto tae recce vay stra lain: to a step th The Pro regarded tote print tae title the Plen Russia, Coots ; san s ha giants is 'act in ocd cot " td rel tiiat !Lifted p "F pro:it , of C, 1117,g '•-• 1! I PuST. rv41.1 SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. The length and importance of the Parliamentary Debates yesterday, • • ~o ily prevented the insertion of '• The Spirit of the Journals." We hate now, therefore, included the articles of yesterday, with those ;o-day. T t mrs.—We are not purred to say that much negative interfe :., cc may not have been indispensable to the interests of Europe and of :he British Empire. If the Belgians and a violent French party, who raise an outcry one moment against the ambition of England and against all governments which have not yet undergone the process of revolution, and The next insist on armed annexation of Belgium to France, without regard to the hangs of Europe,—if, we say, the Belgians have leagued with such a party to renew that incorporation of their country with' the dominions of Louis Philip, which was effected by conquest in the war of the revolution and dissolved at the peace as incompatible with the gel eral safety—that league is a confederacy hostile to the continent and t England, and must, unless its objects be rendered palatable by fin. patant qualifications, of which we have yet heard nothing, become a ..gitimate cause of war on the part of those Powers which feel themselves ad angered and aggrieved. For let us ask any reasonable Frenchman— :: where territorial aggrandizement be concerned we can find a reason. Frenchman—what safety is there for the Rhenish provinces of Pros* if France, in the flush of her Belgic triumph, should pre mu herself as a protectress of all troubled spirits in the countries now under the sway of Frederick William ? Must the British Government resin submit to have Antwerp with a line of forts and batteties on the le:: bank of the Scheldt fulfilling the most rancorous threats of Buona. pine. who created that immense magazine of naval power with its de. tendencies to be a tut presented at the breast of inland It If I furce again be brow tto the door of Holland, who will guarantee her stopping at the of that inestimable outwork of the British shores ? Is there no resemblance now in France of that same spirit of aggrandizement and aggression which tempted Louis XIV. to attack, Napoleon to appropriate, the United Provinces ? But we shall be :;:d this is warlike language. No ! these are the suggestions of an .1 - Xi311% love of peace. We strive to avert, that we may not have to misfortune. . . Posr.—England, whose influence a Wellington ever made cowmen. tunic with her real power,and whose power none but Whip ever un dervalued, is now (thanks to those very Whip), intent upon, what ? Upon the great question of war and peace ? upon France and Belgium, upon Lord Palmerston's diplomacy, at whose mercy we now lie, or upo.: the mighty consequences which may result to our financial and tomittercial system ? No such thing. Whilst Europe regards the actors, we criticise the scene-shifters--whilst France values the stake for which sheplays,we calculate the cost of the candle-ends, and swear that farthing tallow rushlights would cost less than wax bongs—whilst other nations reward anti enlist the best actors, we select the worst, and discourage even there, by putting into jeopardy their salaries and pensions--whilst Palmerston is hissed, and his part in the performance damned, we in. quire how much his dress Costa us, and censure, not the badness of the acting. but the expence of his new uniform. Graham swears it cannot, must not, shall not be changed, and his word is irtevo :able. Grey frowns on his colleague's rash presumption, and Ahliorp declares that he will not change it; but the cut may be :dieted by a committee ; and thus, whilst the individuals com psing the present Cabinet are divided on this great question, the people o Franc:, wt.ore Sovereignty we have so long extolled, are giving laws to Europe ! How long—how long, we ask, will this delusion last ? Toe %%lig' created it, and they are now justly tormented by it ; but shall the country suffer unjustly for their mis deeds ? out—out upon such actors as Palmerston say we— oat upon such managers as Grey—out upon such we ak and igno :At financiers as Althorp. Europe new sees the difference between practical Statesmen and charlatan popularity.hunting France laughs in her sleeve at her sympathising friends, and moves's, always progressive, to the great point at which the nouveau/re aloes, hadiscovery of the Rhine boundary. Hence she disavows Lord Pal merston's boundary line—hence she refuses the King she herself caused to be elected—hence she increases her army daily—hence all she desires is time—time for the due organization of that army, and then we must either go to war or acquiesce in all her measures of aggrandisement. Hertarn —lf the Preach Government be sincere in the disclaimer of tile acceptance of the Crown of Belgium for the Duke of Nemours, it is very strange that, pending the discussion in the National Congress, re. lative to the choice of a Sovereign, that Government should have t aken a step the most like of all other to secure his election to that dignity. The Protocol of the 20th of January, which the Belgiums so justly regarded as an attack upon their independence, and a gross violation of tote principle of non-intervention, was drawn up and agreed to, as toe title of that document states, when thee were present the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, and was consequently the joint act of the five Allied courts ; for Plenipotentiaries being, as the word imports, per. having full powers to act for their respective Govern. ntents in whatever diplomatic concerns they are charged to teas. in that capacity, their treaties and contracts are bg conclusive as the Courts of which they are the representatives—unless, indeed, indeed, where it can be shown their consent is obtained by fraud ; it being an ad mot principle that jrassd vitiates every contract. Instead of making ly protest against the protocol, Prince Talleyrand assents to a 'sterol, which exceedingly incenses the Belgians against the five vwer , . and then, in the midst of the election of a sovereign, the huh Ministry secretly sends a communication to an influential Met hOf Congress, disclaiming the said protocol on the part of France. might be expected, renders the election of the sun of the French ',cure, and then the French Court protests against that election • is all this mere inesuisanser Tine will P , 'st —The letter addressed by General Sebastiani so 11. Benson, and by M. Van de Weyer in the National Congress at Brussels (upon PROGRESS OF INCENDIARY FIRES. A " Swing" letter has been addressed to the church wardens of St. Thomas, at Bristol, threatening to destroy the church by fire. A reward of one hundred pounds has been offered for the discovery of the author of the letter. Fires are re-commencing in several parts of the country. On Monday night last, there was a very extensive fire between Popham-lane and Winchester. There was also a fire at Farnham, near Gosport, on Thursday last. One rick in the middle of a row of thirteen was on fire, but from the snow on the roofs of others, they were untouched when assistance arrived. A farm-yard of Mitcheldevon has also been eon sumed. A considerable sensation has been produced in Horsham and the neighbourhood, during the last week, by the arrest of several individuals, who, it is alleged, were engaged in the tumultuous proceedings of the peasantry in November last.—Brighton Guardian. A messenger arrived on Tuesday at the town residence of A. Baring, Esq. and stated that a valuable farm upon that gentleman's estate in Hampshire, had, at a late hour on Monday night, been discovered on fire. Every exertion was used by the servants and others to suppress the flames, but without effect, and the whole was consumed. The re is supposed to be the work of an incendiary, which is rather extraordinary, as Mr. Baring not only refused to appear against Cook, who attempted his life, but had, together with the whole of the members of his family, signed the petition lin favour of the convicted. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. It would appear, from Lord John Russell's answer to Mr. Warburton's motion with respect to the question by Ballot in the House of Commons last night, that if this mode of election will not form a part of the new plan, the fullest opportunity will be given for discussing it. There is a borough in Cornwall in which the right of election is in seven leaseholders ; and the Lord of the Fee carefully selects persons advanced in years, that, in case of defection, he may hope for early vacancies. This is called " The Old Men's Borough." Bristol, on the other hand, although a city, has obtained the name of " The Old Maids' Borough," because the men become entitled to the franchise by marrying the daughters of freemen. The inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary, Newington, and of the Ward of Cripplegate Without, convene to-mor row, to take into consideration the necessity of petitioning the Legislature for a reform in the Commons House of Par liament. A strong feeling in favour of Parliamentary Reform is exhibiting itself in the Isle of Wight, which abounds in 'nominal Representatives, without possessing any real ones. The Association Reform for the Borough of Hastings held a meeting at the Swan Inn on Monday, Sir Godfrey Web ster, Bart. in the chair, to petition Parliament for reform. Col. Evans, Mr. Fraser, the worthy chairman, and other gentlemen, addressed the meeting in support of the reso lutions, which were all carried unanimously. In the course of his remarks Sir G. W. declared that it was his intention, in the event of the frustration of the ministerial measure of reform, to resist the payment of taxes, and to recommend the same plan to all his tenants, and those over whom he had control ; he should not resist by force of arms, but would let the tax-gatherer distrain for the taxes ; and in the event of this plan being generally acted upon, who, he asked, would be found to purchase goods so distrained ? This determination elicited the most tremendous cheering from the company. The Civil List Committee met on Tuesday, and appointed Sir Henry Parnell the chairman of it. The following mem bers compose the committee : Sir Henry Parnell. Mr. M. Fiia Mr. Ooelburn. Sir R. Knatrla Su Robert Peel. Lord Althorp. Mr. Arbuthnot. Lord Morpeth. Mr. Retries. Mr. Hume. Mr. F. Lewis. Mr. Burins. Mr. Banta. Mr. Ward. Mr. Moberly. Mr. J. E. Littleton. Sir John Newport. Mr. H. Drummond. Mr. Palmer (Berko). Mr. T. S. Rice. Lord Lowther. Mr. Dipney (from the Mauritius) had an interview with Viscount Goderich yesterday, at the Colonial Office. The following reductions have been resolved upon by the Ministry:—Captain the Hon. C. Boyle, Superintendent of Transports, and Joseph Tucker, Esq. one of the Surveyors, are to retire from the Navy Board ; and Captain J. Wolley, Royal Navy, Deputy Comptroller, and John Weir, M.D. are to retire from the Victualling Board. No successors are to be appointed to these vacancies, but the Boards are to con sist of the present members, with these reductions. This is a proof of the intention of Ministers to redeem their pledge of retrenchment. \ . r‘IMMPIM74IrC'. . ' STATE OF THE COUNTRY. The following is part of that Series of Original Letters, which we are enabled to lay before the Public, from various parts of the Kingdom. Near Falmouth, Feb. 5, 1831. It is gratifying to be enabled to address the STAR, from a part of the kingdom comparatively exempt from the excite ment of these momentotts times. Reform in Parliament has certainly engrossed the minds of the majority of the well informed, and its fruits are about to be laid before Parlia ment. It is a subject now as strongly advocated, as, two years since, it was deprecated, in this county : the cause—no doubt the pressure of the times, and scarcity of money—even in a county more blessed than most others by its subterranean riches and its fisheries. Still, however, we boast the absence of the incendiary, and I do not know of any instance in this county of the folly or madness of destroying the staff of life for the gratification of private revenge, or some more idle cause ; no machine-breaking, or other act of violence, though wages are low, and have been so for some years. I may safely say, that nine shillings per week is the utmost on agricultural labourer, with a family, gets to support him self and them. I n Cornwall, however, there is much waste land, the farms are small, varying from twenty to one hundred acres, and the majority not exceeding forty or fifty. Each farm has generally a fifth or sixth part waste land. This waste land is a source of comfort to the labourer : he and his children scrape together a suf ficiency of manure to lay on a quarter, or half an acre of ground ; the farmer, for the sake of the manure, permits him to take a crop of potatoes free of rent ; the peasant gets wherewithal to fatten a pig or two, with manure for ano ther crop of potatoes. From the smallness of the farms, and the necess'iry personal exertions of the farmer, there is a communion of feeling between him and the labourer, and, universally speaking, pence reigns between the employers and the employed, hether it be aglicultutist, miser, or artisan. The TIT ti Es have a little ruffled the tempers of the farmers, and the great agitation of the question in the Eastern coun ties creates some oscillation at this extreme point,without much surprise ; but no act of outrage has yet taken place, nor do 1 think there will,for the natural good sense of the lower orders is improved by education throughout the county. Had it not been so, the temerity of some tithe collectors of fish near Penzance would have been met in a different manner than it was a fortnight since. You would suppose, sir, the most obtuse brain would pause at the present moment, before making claim, and endeavouring to enforce a disputed tithe. But such was not the case at the Mount's Bay. -an ancient free• will offering of fish by the fishermen has been construed into a right, time mystifies ; the tithe is commuted for in money. It is doubled ; it is increased beyond bearing, and the fishermen resist. The women are active ; the tithe collector is stripped of his clothes ; the attorney who comes to back him, is glad to escape in the same way; the reoult is—a young man is sum moned before the magistrates of Penzance, to answer for the assault, who are intimidated by the presence of a few hun dred of the fishermen, from convicting the offender, who marches off with his comrades in triumph, and there ends _ the matter. With the above exception, no strong popular feeling has manifested itself in the county on the tithe question ; but it is universally canvassed, and a strong feeling is ripening into resistance. B. OXFORD, 'Pas. 8. The Bishop of Exeter has instituted the Rev. Henry Nicholls, A.M. to the Rectory of Goodleigh, in this coun ty, on the presentation of Wm. Churchward, of Goodleigh, EsThand void by the death of Wm. Churchward, Clerk. e Rev. J. Lowe, M.A. was installed on Saturday last to the Canonry and Prebend of Ricca'', in York Cathedral, void by tho death of the Rev. John Dolphin. The ceremony of reading-in was gone through on Sunday. The Rev. Wm. Rees, M.A. has been instituted to the rectory of Talbenny, in the county of Pembroke, by the Lord Bishop of St. David's, on the presentation of Sir John Owen, Bart. M.P. The Rev. Mr. Lowry, of Greystoke, has been appointed to the curacy of Brougham, near Penrith, vice the Rev. Mr. Hutchinson, deceased. On Sunday last, the Rev. MR. Bty LTEEL, late Fellow of Exeter College, and Curate of St. Ebb's, preached before the University. Every part of St. Mary's large church was filled, and many were unable to gratify either their piety or their curiosity. Several were ao much inconvenienced by heat or pressure, that they were unable to remain during the whole of the sermon; the subject of which was GRACE, from 1 Cor. ii. 12. " Now we hare received, not the spiiit of the world, but the spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God." Although Mr. Bulteel spoke with rapidity, yet his dis course was upwards of an hour and a quarter it deliver ing. In the course of it he launched out with zeal against " all the Doctors, both the Proctors, the Heads and Gover nors of Colleges and Halls, and their respective Societies." --None were spared, and very unceremonious epithets were applied to the fellows and tutors. They were charged with want of due discrimination in giving out tes timeniums for holy orders. The drunken and the wicked, he said, too often obtained them ; while the pious and the moral were frequently refused. He pointed out the abso lute necessity of reform in the church, and spoke of other university and ecclesiastical matters in the strongest lan guage of censure. Never was curiosity more excited, and never was St. Mary's Church so full. Mr. Bulteel's ser mon has since been the general topic of conversation. On Sunday, when finished, the High-street was nearly as full as it was at the time the King was proclaimed, when the University assembled on a platform at St. Mary's. Mr. Bulteel was for some time a tutor as well as Fellow of Exeter College, and was not particularly distinguished for talent. A few years since he entered into orders, and I took the curacy of St. Ebb. Soon after he commenced preaching the church was always crowded with auditors ; and it is now with much difficulty that admission can be ob- I He preaches extempore at his own parish church, • but his sermon at St. Mary's was a written one. His doc bine is that which is usually called Evangelical. In a few days we shall probably give some extracts from Mr. Bulteel's University Sermon, which, we understand, will be printed. CUMBERLAND HAY-MARKET-THIS DAY. Coarse — Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, 22 Os. to £2 Ss. Useful ditto, £2 ss. to £3 10a. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grass Hay, 13 1.55. to .C 4 4s. Closer Hay, .43 Os. to £5 Ss. Oat Straw, £1 12s. to £1 148. Wheat Straw, £1 Ills. to £2 Os. per load of 34 trusses. SMITHFIELD HAY4SIARKET—THIS DAY. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, Ad ss. to 15s. Useful ditto, itS 04. to £4 Os. Fine Upland Vleadow and Rye Grass Hay, £4 51 to £4 10s. Clover Hay, its Os. to .15 10s. Oat Straw, Os toSt les. Wheat Straw, .C 1 14r. to Al les. per load of 54 trusses. FARRINGDON MARKET—THIS DAY. Prices per it. to the consumer : Bass—Finest Roasting, 60 to 714. Boiling. 41d sod sd. Kquel quantity of each, 6d Rump Steaks, ad. 90. Beet Steaks, od. Rump of Beef. 60. Wirroas Mserost—Leg, 7d and 744. Loin, 64. Saddle, 60. Shoulder, ild and 6d. Haunch, 74. and ad. Neck, 50. Breast, 44. Vitam--Leg. 71d to 9d. Fillet, 10d sod 11d. Lab. 70. and 80. Breast, lid. and ad. Neck,7d. Shoulder, Id and 7d. Potts, 64 and Id per M. -_ trIMZ.. '777 . . P4 4 . 1 r5 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Fzi. 9. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented s petition from the inhabitauls of Bridge Ward, in the City of London, for the repeal of the coal duties. Lord BOSTON presented a petition to the tame effect from the Mayor and Corporation of Carnarvon. Lord FARNHAM also presented a petition from Bristol, fur the repeal of the coal duties. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. HART DAVIS presented a petition ft om Bristol for tltt re peal of the house and window tax. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES presented a petition from a Congretation in London -street, Fitzroy-square, fcr the abolition of slavery, a n d moved that it be printed. General GASCOYNE opposed the printing of the petition as cult. trary to an understanding come to by the House. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES said many petitions were rifted, antes thwlett the petition he had presented was entitled to equal Attention. SPEAKER said so many petitions against slavery li.td been printed, that an understanding had been come to by the Nous: that no more should be printed, unless they contained some special matter which bad not already beam printed. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES said an inquiry had been made of him, bow many of two thousand petitions of the same kind he would take charge of? and be meant to mu:else his discretion which should be printed, and this was one of them, which he thought deserving of being made public. The SPEAKER asked who seconded the 'no:loc. There was no answer, and the question was not put. Mr. PHILPOTTS gave notice that when the repo; t of the Cl4ll List should be presented, he would move that henceforth no pension should be granted out of the Civil List ; but that a specific sum be granted to His Majesty, out of which he should be enabled to grant bounties, without the controul or interference of Parliament. Mr. HUNT presented serval petitions from Stockport and Chester, praying for an extension of eufliages and ,he protection of the ballot. He should move Feet/may lo the Ist of starch returns respecting the Petitions for Reform, distin t .miahing those requiring the vote by ballot. Mr. HUNT then gave notice, that to-morrow he should move for • return ot' the regulations in Ftst.crton Jail, whether the Jailor had a paper from Withers in his hands, and whetter the prisonets could see their attorneys. Mr. HUNT said he had A petition to present. agreed to at the Ro. tondo, in Blackfriars-rood, which t:e I ad been it. tie habit of at t.rdiug before be was a member of that house. He beggt'.l to say, that lie a: .d his friends had nothing to do with meetings het,. the eby Mr. C ride. Mr. Taylor, and others. The petition stated, that the petit:at:ern viewed with great alarm the promtedings of th.:. .tttornev.(,e' ern! f Ireland against Daniel O'Connell, El. whose abs nee from the Ht.use of Commons they considered a great loss to the country ; and prayed that Mr. O'Connell might be allowed to come over to Parliament, and that Leland might be tranquilized by the abn. lition of tithes. II sas cor.tident persecution never made converts. Government some years ago, prosecuted him for presulit g at a meeting s held for return, in parliament and the repeal of the turn lave. and sent him to lichester gaol for two years end six months, which gave him great experience. He knew that in England, government could pack a jury to find any man guilty ; whether they could do the same in Ireland he could not tell ; but he was confident, that if not Daniel O'Connell would be &equated, as no honest, independent, im partial jury would find him guilty; and whether he was acquitted or convicted, the prosecution would make him more popular and powerful than ever. Ireland could never be tranquilized by the cold. blooded threat of a civil war used by his Majesty's Ministers last night. It they really intended to tranquilize Ireland, Etc) , should abolish tithes. ' Mr. NORTH said he had been concerned in two state prosecutions. and he bad never witnessed more independent juries. It wan not so easy for the lash Government to pack a jury. blr. RUTHVEN should regret if any observations had gone abroad respecting the Irish Jury ; but he lamented that there had been any ne cessity to institute the prosecution, because he felt deeply interested for the tranquillity of Ireland—great benefit would result from having allowed the demurrers to be withdrawn. Lord STANLEY trusted that at present as little would be said on this subject as possible ; but he denied that thee had been any ducat of civil war. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had observed, that he should prefer (to the dismemberment of the Empire) the chance of civil war. Mr. HUNT said, that the language of the Chancellor of the Ea chequer and Lord Palmerston were foe civil war. He had last night repeated that construction of their language in their presence. He then implored the ministers, and he now repeated it, not to allow themselves to be hallooed on to " let slip the dogs of war." He should not have alluded to bis 3lajesty's Ministers in their absence, bad not another called him up. Sir W. GI TISE presented petitions for the repeal of the House and Window Taxes—for a commutation of Tithes—and for rail Parlia- mentary Reform. Mr. PENDARVIS presented petitions from Bodmin, Launceston, and Truro, for reform in Parliament, and seven similar petitions from parishes in Cornwall. Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition from Westham, fur a general fast, and a petition from a congregation of Unitarians faille civilisation of the negroes in the colonies. Lord STANLEY presented three petitions from the calico printers of Manchestee for the repeal of the Ex ci se Duty on Calico Printing. Mr. PATEN presented three similar petitions from calico printers in different works in Lancashire. Mr. CARTER presented a petition from Col. Evans and Mr. Smith, who bad presented a petition against the return for the borough of Rye, praying that they might be allowed to withdraw their pe iuon against the return of the sitting members for Rye. Mr. Millar, a solicitor, proved the signatures of the ten Woos ; and on the motion of Mr. Crisis, the former petition was wi hdrawn, and the order for taking it into consideration was discharged. Mr. W WHII MORE moved for returns respecting the Trade to the East Indies and Chins.—Ordered. Colonel LYGON presented a petition from the Wormier Medical Society, for the removal of legal obstacles in the way of practising dis section. He wished to know whether the Bill was to be renewed. Mr. WARBURTON said he had not abandoned tke b I 1; i art he could not say whether he should propose the bill this Session. Mr. HUNT said, as be had been alluded to, he would say that he should oppose a bill in every stage that went to give the bodies of the poor for dissection. He would move an amendment, that every young surgeon, before he used the knife, should sign au undertaking to give up his body for dissection; and another amendment, that 'mumd of the bodies of the poor paupers, the bodies of tht rich paupers shoubd be die weed.— (A laugh.) Lord IV. POWLETT presented petitions front S ockton, for a re vision of a criminal code, and for the mini of the coal duty : fe.r re form in Parliament, and vote by ballot. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there was a notice for a motion on the Vote by Ballot for Tsesday next; be hoped his hon. f I rd would postpone it, to allow the whole subject to come under consideration together- Mr. WARBURTON said he should readily acquiesce it' an oppor tunity were afforded him to bring that subject under discussion during the general discussion of the Tiernan of Reform. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there should be ample opportunity for discussion of every pair of the subject. A new writ was ordered for Newark, in the room of Mr. Willoughby, who nu accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. BARILLA DUTIES. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT brought up the Resolutions of the Commitwe on the Barilla Acts ; which were agreed to, and • Bill oe dered to be brought in. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT brought up the report of the Com mittee on the Postmaster-General of Ireland Bill.—Agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Lord F. OSBORNE presented a petition from Little Shipley, in Catubridgebhire, for the reduction of tithes, reform in Parliament, an. nual Parliaments, universal .utfrage, and vote by ballot. Mr. HUNT said, a deputatuni of the petitioner' had waited on hint, to request him to support it. It was certainly a wholesale peution, and as he was a wholesale reformer. he cordially supported it. Mr. W RIGHTSON presented a poitiou from Hull, for a r:ferm in Parliament. lord MORPETH presented a petition from Stansfield, county of York, for a reduction of expenditure, annual parliaments, universal suffrage, and vote by ballot; and five petitions from Methodist Con. gregations at Larnsky, for the abolition of slavery; and a petition from a ;mirth in Yorkshire, for a general fast. Lord JAMES STUART presented a petition horn Lot:ghee, in Glamorgan, for the repeal of the coal duty. General trN El Lis presented a petition from Antrim for a genteel fast. Sir T. ACLAND presented a petition from Culliagford, fur ei.eap t mode of recovering au all debts; and seven petitions from pariseles in Devon, for the abolition of slavery. Lord EBRINOTON presented petitions foe the repeal of the duty on coals from Teignmouth. and six other plants in Devon; and a petition, from Ashburn, for • reduction of taxation; and • petition lions Leominster, for a reform in Parliament. The Marquis of BLANDFURD presented a petition from the Kidderminster Political Union, for Parliamentary reform. Mr. SHAW presented a petition from a congregation in Dublin, for the *basks of slavery. Lord B. 80111111182 T presented a petition from Gloucestershire, for a repeal et the malt tax. • Mr. JOHN SMITH presented a petition from lb* parish of Kin. dolpb, Is Sussex, for a general fast. Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition from a parish In Dant, for a reform In Parliament. - --- - ---- Mr. PORTMAN presented four petitions bos s = in Dorset, for the ',rondos of stamp ; and a petition &lei for the A. min.qp,PlP ..ti A. 4 I