The Sun. — London, England, 1829-05-21 00:00:00

sriBIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. We have already put upon record our opinion of the wisdom displayed by the Honourable House, on the occasion of Mr. O'Connell claiming to take his seat ; but we have not said all we think as to the mode in which the opposition he experieaced was conducted. It was repeatedly professed in the course of the discussion, that every thing of per sonal hostility was wholly put aside, and that there was no disposition in the Members of the Admini stration to treat the matter as a party question, or to bias the decision by any exertion of influence. ISow, it does so happen that we know the facts to be exactly the reverse of these professions. We know that the interval between the preliminary pro ceedings of Saturday and the adjourned debate on Monday was sedulously emp!oyed, by certain zealous adherents of the Powers that be, in strenu ous and successful efforts to enforce the attendance of Members whose independence is Sufficiently no torious. We should like to receive answers to two very simple straight-forward questions. Did the official person (the usual channel upon such occa sions) decline to comply with the application of a Alernber known to be favourable to Mr. O'Connell's pretensions, who desired to pair off 9—and was the refusal consistent with, and given in, the spirit of peifect impartiality which the Government pro fessed ?--Illorning Chronicle. The question as to whether a New Writ shall be issued for the county of Clare comes on this even ing. The great problem which all men aspiring to be politicians are called on to solve, is jusqu' d quel point on dolt tramper—the extent to which de ception ought to be carried. The answer might ap pear obvious—the extent to which deception can be carried. But then this is a nice point—for what succeed: at one time may not succeed at another. It may he allowed, that as far as the deceiver is con cerned, he can never be said to go too far; the con sie'teetine is only difficult as relates to the gulli bility of those who are practised on. Let us endear your to throw a little light on this subject by the case of Mr. O'Connell. Those who could be ca pable of the low and disreputable contrivance of framing a Bill for the relief of the Catholics from the restraints and disabilities under which they suf fered, in such a manner, that while it professed to include all Catholics, it yet subjected one man, Mr. O'Connell, to the restraints which it had de clared ought to be discontinued, must have had the exclusion of Mr. O'Connell very much at heart. The intention of excluding him was, indeed, steadily kept in view from the beginning, us is well known to all who at tended to the proceedings. That Ministers had the exclusion of Mr. O'Connell very much at heart mny be inferred from the very circumstance of their descending to so paltry a trick. Having soiled themselves with this piece of pettifogging, any man who possessed any knowledge of the spr►ngs of ac ti,•n might have been pretty well-assured that they would not easily forego the object for which they bid risked so much. When, therefore, Ministers pretended that they were impartial, and they ap proached the question as a judicial one, with all the impartiality which judges ought to possess, we must not understand this in any other sense than that it was convenient for them to say so. They could not be impartial—because if Mr. O'Connell had been allowed to enter, they would have had all the credit of the trick, and all the mortification of its failure. Their self-love was of course powerfully enlisted in the cause, in order that they might not have the credit of petty vindictiveness, and the mortification of a fruitless display of it. They, of course, be stirred themselves ,most energetically to prevent themselves from being deprived of the fruits of their machinations. But though to all persons of any discernment it was obvious they could not be indifferent to the issue, they nevertheless presented themselves before the public with the most impos ing gravity,' as if all they had .at heart was to see justice done to Mr. ,O'Cortnell, and no pains bad been taken to influence votes. It is obvious that they imagined the public would forget the anxiety with which they had watched over the ex clusion of Mr. O'Connell from the commencement — that the exclusion was even a condition, without which the Bill could not have passed—that they were obliged to submit to the degradation, or their labour would have been thrown away. In fact this last consideration forms their best excuse; because, in htitnan affairs there is generally an alloy of evil with good, and the alloy in this case was the trick forced on them. But then it would not do to allow they were forced to this meanness. And the ques tion now is, whether they have really succeeded in deceiving the public to the extent they obviously in tended to deceive. Of this we are certain, that as long as trickery cannot be seen through it will be practised. Hence it may be useful to treat the pro ceedings of Ministers in the present case as they ought to be treated—to give them credit for their intentions, and to laugh at them for the clumsi ness of the attempt. If they could be brought to believe the public a little more clear-sighted, they would be a little more cautious. It is amusing to see how much Statesmen in all parte of the world resemble each other. In Mr. Craw furd's " Journal to Ava," just published, we have an apposite exemplification of this in the Burmese Statesman :—" Mr. Judson informed me, that when he was in prison he overheard two Chiefs, who were subjecte d to a temporary confinement for some pec cadillo, discoursing together on moral subjects.— The eller of the two asked the other if he knew the proper definition of an upright matt.' The younger professed his ignorance; when the senior added, Then I will tell you : an upright man is exactly the same thing as a witless man, or a sim pleton.' Maongrit, the senior Atwen-wun, who gave in a formal note at the last conference, recom mending to all parties loyalty, disinterestedness, and truth, was detected, in the course of the day, in what was little short of a forgery.—lbid. So intense was the curiosity, both in and out of doors, to hear Mr. O'Connell on Monday, that the number. of Members present at four o'clock ex ceeeded five hundred ; and the applications by strangers for admission to the privileged seats under the gallery were numerous beyond all former pre cedents ; insomuch that the speaker found himself under the necessity of refusing the great mijority of them. Efforts were made successively by Mr. J3rougham, Lord Morpeth, Colonel Craddock, ant! ➢ we believe, Mr. Hume, to procure this envied indul gence for some Irish gentlemen much attached to 31r. O'Connell, and deeply interested in the result of the debate : but a negative, eaurteous but de cided, was the invariable reply from the Chair to these reiterated applications.—lbid. A statement of a curious nature will be found in this day's journal, respecting certain documents ap pertaining to the history of the Scottish Kirk; of which documents Sion College became possessed by a proceeding of a very questionable character as to honesty, but to which questionable proceeding it appears that the present Members of the College would set their seal, by upholding the unrighteous condition attending the first deposit. The observa tion in ceternum of a condition which was unjust in its origin, is not integrity or honour,—it is protracted iniquity. The guilt of the first propounder, and those with whom he treated, may be thus tranferred to the latest posterity. " Thou shalt put from thee the accursed thing," is an order of high authority, we should suppose. We will put a parallel ca'e. A man receives the child of another, which is in danger of being carried off or destroyed, for the purpose of safe custody; but the condition of receiving it is, that the child shall be kept in perpetual darkness— shall not be suffered to see the day. Ought such a condition to be observed when he who imposed it its ne more? It may have been submitted to at ~!first with a view to prevent a greater evil, and to s a ve the child's life; but=when the restoration of the child can only be for good, it ought undoubtedly to be brought forth and restored: The subject was brought forward in the House of commons by the Lord Advocate of Scotland, and we have no doubt but that the observations which ensued will lead - to an arrangement of the difficulty without more trou ble.—Times. One of the. worst broaches of the jobbing system in Ireland is that exercised by Grand Juries in the valuation of land for the purpose of taxation, in the presentment of roads, &c. We are glad to see the exercise of the former of those powers has bgen adverted to in the House of Lords, by the Earl of Farnham, with merited reprobation. It is impossible that even the foundation of civil improvement can be laid in Ireland until the vast and complicated ma chinery of local jobbing, which, through centuries of misrule, has worked to the oppression and im poverishment of the people, shall have been cleared away. It is this jobbing, which, more or less, taints and corrupts almost all public proceedings in Ireland, that presents the greatest obstacle to the civilization of the country. We recollect when the Right Hon. Mr. Robinson, now Viscount Godes rich, designated the Government of Ireland as an " Augean stable," that must be cleansed before the country could be improved. The work has yet to be done, and, to make it effectual, the besom of reformation must be applied kith a truly Herculean arm. But, of all the modes of taking money out of the pockets of the public to squander it on private and venal purposes. that by the assessments of Grand Juries is the most objectionable. A Grand Jury is an evanescent body, wholly without responsibility, , and, as such, ought to have nothing to do what ever with the levying of taxes. The powers of a Grand Jury ought to be confined to what are strictly and properly their constitutional duties—namely, the admission or rejection of bills of indictment laid be fore them at the Assizes, Lc. and the presentment of nuisances—to which may be added the examina tion of the state of prisons, and reporting thereon. It is quite beside their functions, in propriety and good policy, to value lands for taxation, or levy money, under the name of " Grand Jury Cess," for the making and repairs of roads. In the exercise of the former power there is a universal complaint of their acting in a most arbitrary and partial man ner; but this power will he superseded as 'soon as the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, now in progress, shall have been completed. To perform that sur vey with care and scientific precision is, no doubt, an elaborate task, but it certainly seems to proceed very slowly, and we do not see why the Act of Par liament, which allows the Lord Lieutenant to make a valuation of the lands surveye I, should not be car ried into effect in those counties where the survey has been finished, without waiting for "the completion of the whole. No put of the country can be too soon rescued from the arbitrary and oppressive levying of taxes tinder the Grand Jury system. As to the road-making, that is notoriously a power which the members of Grand Juries in Ireland exercise to play into each others' hands for their individual interests, without any re gard to the improvement of the means of communi cation throughout the country, or the public con venience. One member of a Grand Jury wishes to have an old road stopped, or a Hew one made ix a direction which may improve his estate; and others, who have no direct interest in the thing, support the job, that he may feel himself bound to support their jobs in return. Then the public money is profusely laid out in contracts for repairing roads with tenants in arrear, to enable them to pay their rent, and on terms which show how generous the landlords can be of the public money when they expect it will re turn into their own pockets. The Grand Jury, though an evanescent body in law, may be consi dered a permanent institution, as far as the same family influences are concerned; and thus its mem bers, without a particle of responsibility, exercise a power, that, by being perpetually renewed, may be said to never die.—Morning Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. M A RLBOROU GILSTREET. The Hon. Frederick Byng came to this office on Tuesday to state a circumstance to the Magistrate@ respecting a public-house in St. James's. street, called the Blue Posts, with which he was sure, he said, they had not been previously made acquainted. On Sunday night last, he said, as he was coming from White's Club-house, and passing by the pub lic-house in question, he heard a great noise and rioting inside, although it was then past the hour of twelve o'clock. He waited some time, until several men came out of the house fighting and creating much uproar in the street ; and at last some watch men came up, and two of the rioters were given into custody and taken to the watch-house, by the directions of the landlord of the house, for breaking his windows, or doing some other damage. lie (Mr. Byng) expected from this that of course the whole matter would be brought the-next day under the cognizance of the Magistrates ; but on inquiry, he found that although the men were taken to the watch-house, they were let go again, and no notice whatever of the case made in the night-constable's watch-book. He (Mr. Byng) was therefore very anxious to have the matter investigated by the Ma gistrates, in order to discover by what means the affair was hushed up. Mr. Broderick, the landlord of the house, said that the disturbance on Sunday night, to which Mr. Byng alluded, was created by a set of drunken men; that he was using every effort to get them out of his house, and in his endeavours to do so they assaulted him violently, and broke several drinking glasses and panes in his window, and two of the most promi nent he did certainly send to the watch-house; but when he went there to give charge of them, the night-constable refused to take any charge, and said that it would be better to settle the matter, by the men paying for the damage they did; and the con stable took a sovereign from the men for that pur pose, and let them go about their business. It was no wish of his (Mr. Broderick) that the men should be let go. Mr. CONANT, the magistrate. observed that Mr. Estcourt's Bill left very little power now in the hands of Magistrates with respect to public-houses. The constable of the night, who was also in at tendance, declared that when the parties came to the watch-house, so far was Mr. Broderick from wish ing to prefer any charge against the men, his great desire seemed to be to get paid for his glasses, and lie never said a syllable about an assault ; and it was with the entire consent of Mr. Broderick that he (the constable) took a sovereign from the men as a deposit until the amount of damages done should be aicertained by Mr. Broderick, which he did the next day, and paid himself out of the sovereign. Mr. Broderick positively denied this statement, or that he entered into any compromise ; and to decide this point the case was adjourned until yesterday, for the attendance of the watchehouse-keeper and a watchman, who were present on the occasion. Yesterday, accordingly, all the parties attended, and the watch-house-keeper and watchman com pletely bore out by their testimony the statement of the night constable, reed that the case as settled was with the entire consent of Mr. Broderick. The sitting magistrate, Mr. Delete, said that there did not appear to be any blame whatever attaching to the night constable, arid he should therefore dire miss the matter altogether, which he accordingly . did, after a caution to Mr. Broderick as to the future regulation of his house. A tall, gaunt-looking person, of the name of John Hasselworth, was brought before Mr. Co- NANT, charged with having violently assaulted his wife, a remarkably good-looking woman, under cir cumstances of peculiar depravity. The complainant, on being sworn, stated that she had been married to the prisoner about six years. Shortly after their marriage be refused to work, or to do any thing towards their support, and upon her remonstrating with him upon his conduct he in formed her that he expected her to keep him. She stated that she had no means, when he desired her to go into the streets as other females did. After making every exertion on her part egainst such a de plorable line of living she was obliged to comply with the order ? when her busband used to farm her and take away the wages of her iniquity. Being disgusted with such a life she subsequently accepted the offer of a person to live with him, having no other alternative, and of which the prisoner was informed ; but it appears to have had no more effect on him than if she was the greatest stranger, and, upon hndi►►g out where she lived, he used to call upon her repeatedly, and said that be wanted Money: Being, however, ruined by her marriage with him she refused to give him any money, when he used to annay her with letters, and which were addressed to her in the name of the person she was living with. Her reason for stating this part of her history was, to chew that the prisoner was not ignorant of the mode in which she was obliged to live, and which he had forced upon her. She, however, took no notice of them ; when, upon re?eated occasions, he used to come and assault her, and, for her own protection, she was obliged to get a bench warrant, but, from motives of humanity, she slid not have it served for some time. In consequence of this proceeding he let her alone for same time, but latterly he had annoyed her, as he used to do formerly, for money ; but taking no notice of his applications, he came on Monday night and knocked at the door, and upon her going to it he rushed into the passage, and struck her violently, when she had him taken into custody. Mr. CON NT —What do you say to such dis graceful conduct ? The defendant, in reply, denied driving his wife into the streets, or being aequainted with her living under the protection of any person. " You know to the contrary," replied the com plainant, " and if any further proof is wanted, here are several of your letters which you have addressed to me in the name of the person with whom lam living;" at the same time handing several letters to the worthy Magistrate. Mr. CoNANT, after looking at them, inquired if he intended to deny the fact now ? Defendant—" They are not my writing ;" on which one was shewn to him, which, after some hesitation, he admitted was his writing. The defendant, in reply to the charge of assault, said, that he went to the house to ask her to come home, and that he would forgive her all her faults, when, upon the door being opened, the person with whom she lived rushed out on him, and, with some instrument in his hand, struck him on the forehead, cut his hat, and knocked him down; that he had never touched his wife, nor had he seen her until he discovered her assisting in raising him up; and he had a witne , s to prove the fact. He then called a young man of the name of Jef feries, who deposed that he was passing by the house at the time the defendant was ringing the bell, when the door was opened, and the defendant went in. In a minute after he saw a person come from the inside, and knock him down. Mr. CONANT—Was that the beginning? Wit ness—lt was, to the best of my knowledge. Mr. CoNANT—As you have not disproved the charge of your wife you must find bail; at the same' time I must tell you that your conduct is the most disgraceful that I ever heard of. Defendant—The man silo is living with has a wife and three children, and whom he has left to support her. Mr. CONANT—You ought to be ashamed to say a word upon the subject, for you have entirely sought your own infamy, and, therefore, you must find bad, unless you can get her to forego the charge. The complainant observed that she could not do it, for he had driven her from every thing which was respectable, and that was punishment enough without being assaulted. The defendant was in consequence ordered to find BOW-STREET. Yesterday the two young men, named Coombes and Conway, who stand charged with forgery, in conjunction with a young man named Marielli, now in Newgate, underwent another long and pri vate examination before Mr. HALLS. After the evidence taken on the former examination had been read over, _ _ _ Harriet Pierce, sister of the prisoner Martelli, was called, and stated, that on the sth of May`last, she saw a letter written by the prisoner Coombes, and signed " T. Hamlet," by the prisoner Conway. The letter was addressed to " Sir Richard Birnie, Bow-street," and the object of it was, to state that Martelli, then under examination, was innocent of the charge. Taunton, the officer, produced a letter which he found on the prisoner Conway. It was addressed to " George Coombes," and the object of produc ing it was to prove the connexion between Coombes and Conway. Mr. Hendrick, a solicitor, was then examined. lie stated that the prisoner Conway had lived with him as clerk for twelve months, and that he left his em ployment in September last. Mr. Thomas Hamlet (upon whom a forgery had been committed) was one of witness's clients. The prisoner Conway had often seen his hand-writing. Frances Smith stated she had cohabited with the prisoner Coombes, and knew him since last Vaux hall season. She had seen Martelli and Conway at her lodgings. They came to visit Coombes. The last time she saw Conway and Coombes together at her lodgings was about a fortnight ago. On one occasion she saw some sovereigns pass between them. Witness knew no person of the name of Carew, and she never received a letter from Martelli or Conway for the prisoner Coombes, nor did she ever hear them mention the name of Hamlet. Mr. Gates then produced a forged cheque for 1001., purporting to be drawn by Benjamin Worthy Horne, the coach-proprietor, upon the bank of Messrs. Drummond. _ Mr. Horne was called, and proved that the cheque was in every respect a forgg s ry. He (witness) banked at Drummond's, and the signature was very like his. Mr. Hendrick was then recalled, to prove that at the time the prisoner Conway was in his service, Mr. Horne was a client of his. Mr. Butler pressed that the letter addressed by Coombes to Salmon should be given in evidence. He (Mr. Butler) appeared for Cuombes, and con ceived that the letter in question might be material to his client's case. Mr. Gates resisted, and stated that there might be reasons why the letter ought HOt to be given ►n the present stage of the inquiry. Mr. Butler ►misted that there could be no just reasons for withholding the letter. All the parties implicated in the alleged fraud were now in custody, and therefore the document should not be with held. Mr. HALLS ordered the letter to be read. The following slang letter was then given in evi dence on the part of the prosecution. It was ad dressed by Conway to Coombes:— " Dear George,--I can't go over the water with you; but you go to the, feakment' and obtain the leaf, and have pluck and take it to my house, and we shall then get the dies into our possession. Yours, &c." Other evidence of minor importance was gone into, and the prisoners were again remanded for a week. It was said that an application will be made to the Judges, at the Old Bailey, to allow the prisoner Ma:telli, who, it would appear, i s t h e l east cu l pa ble of the t h re e, to give evidence for the prosecution. DUBLIN, MAY 17.—1 t is said that Mr. JAMES DikX,Y of Dunsandle, has in his possession the Patent for his Peerage, but that he delays the announcement of it in the Gazette until his son has attained his majority, which wilt occur in a month or two, Mr. DALy's object is stated to be to enable his son to offer himself as a can didate at the Galway election. Mr. EDGEWORTH (a near relative of the celebrated Miss EnnEwount) is also a candidate. A third candidate is Mr. THOMAS MARTIN, of Ballinahinch Castle, son of Mr. RICHARD MARTIN, the vicil4,nown friend of the brute creation, In consequence of the operation of the new Franchise Bill, no more than nine hundred freeholders are qualified to vote ; and it is alleged that three hundred of those are in the interest of !#Xr. MAATIF, X<N-- • . • THE ARMY. N., •=.‘\-• .7* A detachment of Invalids- belonging to the Queen's Royals disemberked-nu.the 18th inst., at Gravesend, from Bombay, for Chatham. A Guard embarked yesterday on board the Layton, for New South Wales. A detachment of Invalids marched on the 18th instant from Chattant, for Chelsea, for the purpoait of being exa mined before the Board of the Lords Commissioners of tke Royal Hospital. Detachments belonging to the 4th Light Dragoons, and the 16th Lingers, are ordered to march to-day from London, for Maidstone. The Colonelcy of the 73d Foot, and the Governorship of Dumbarton Castle, have become vacant by the death of Gen. Lord Harris, G.C.B. Count BJORNSTJERNA, the Swedish Mi nister, and M. Baastuniza, the Spanish Minister, had in terviews with the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday morn ing at the Treasury. Our columns this evening will afford abun dant opportunity to those who have grown weary of a long and tedious winter in London, to recreate as soon as they may feel disposed in the country, many of the most beau tiful retreats in the vicinity of the metropolis are.announc ed by GEORGE ROBINS, including Harrow Park, the late residence of Mai , r-General ALEXANDER MuItRAY 3PGREGOR ; Sir STAAIFORD RAFFLES' delightful abode at Elighwood-lIN ; the Mansion and Park near the Duke of DEVONSHIRE'S, at Turnham-green ; Lord ROBERT 51aNN vies Mansion and Grounds, at Sutton ; Kingswood House and Park, near Dulwich ; Park-hill, near Clap. ham; and the gothic Villas at Harrow. General Sir DAVID BAIRD, K.C.B. (one of the bravest of our gallant and distinguished veterans, and uncle to the Earl of ABERDEEN), is about to be raised to the Peerage, by the title of Viscount NEviaprx, the name of the family estate in Scotland.— Caledonian Mercury. By order of the House of Commons, a state ment has been published of the shipping employed in the trade of the United Kingdom for each year, from 1821 to 1826, both inclusive, distinguishing the trade with every foreign country, and sepal ating the British ships and crews from foreign. The general result as to the increased employment of British shipping and native sea men, is in the above seven years extremely gratifying. In 1821 we bail of British merchantmen, cleared inwards— tonnage, 1,599,000 ; men, 97,400. In 1826, while the panic was operating—tonnage, 1,950,000 ; men, 113,000. With some countries, as 1-tu,sia and France, the trade ap pears generally to have been declining ; but with Prussia, Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the East Indies, and the whole of the British colonies, the growth of our commerce has been on the average conspicuously and re gularly extending. The tonnage clearing inwards, in the year 1821, from New South Wales, was but 1,349, with 80 men ; but in 1826 it had risen to 7,582 tons, with 464 men—an increase of nearly 600 per cent. The de tails of these returns are too numerous and minute for in sertion here,but are well worth public attention. Parliament it is expected will be prorogued the second week in June, as the only business which re mains to be disposed of this Session, is the proposed plan for improving the Police of the Metropolis. A consider.. able part of the time of the Members has been consumed receiving numberless petitions for and against Catholic Emancipation, and in the prolonged debates on the Ca tholic Relief Bill. Much business is consequently still in arrear, which has been postponed till the ensuing Session, when the time of both Houses will be occupied with lengthened debates on the Charter of the East India Com pany, and on petitions praying that the trade to China may he thrown open to the public.—Morning Paper. ELECTION OF A MEMBER OF PARLIA MENT FOR AYRSIIIRE,-On Wednesday Colonel BLAIR of Blair, was unanimously elected member for Ayrshire. The purged roll of freeholders contained 187 names. Sir THOMAS BRISBANE proposed Colonel BLAIR. He felt himself warranted in saying he was every way worthy of the honour to which he aspired. The election of his friend Colonel I3r...ata would be as free of the influence of Ministers as it was independent of the power of the PorE or his Cardinals. The motion was seconded by Colonel HAMILTON of Grange, and agreed to nem. con.—Dum fries Courier. LAW APPOINTMENTS. —We understand that Sir Jamas MoNcamo? is appointed successor to Lard ALLOWAT, as Judge in the Courts of Session and Justiciary; and that Mr. JEFFREY will be chosen Dean of Faculty, in his room. It was at one time believed that the SOLICITOR-GENERAL was to be a candidate for that situation, but, an the first intimation of its being vacant, we learn that he, in the most handsome manner, signified his intention to Mr. JEFFREY of declining in his favour.— The promotion of the Dean of Faculty to the Bench, will, it is understood, be accompanied by a series of other changes and promotions. Mr. Baron CLERK RATTRAY, it is said, retires from the Exchequer Bench, to make way for the LORD Atavocant ; while the Learned Lord will be succeeded in his present office by the SOLICITOR-GENE EAR, and the SOLICITOR-GENERAL again by Mr. DUNDAS of Arniston. Mr. H. J. ROBERTSON, it is also reported, will succeed Mr. DuxnAs as Advocate-Depute, while the Sheriffship of Kinross and Clacktnannan, vacant by the promotion of s;r JAAIEB Moticaltre, will be conferred upon Mr. B. CLERK RATTRAY.-Edieurgh Advertiser. Captain Sir EDWARr PARRY, R.N., the celebrated Polar Navigator, has accepted proposals made to him by the Australian Agricultural Comp tny, and goes out in June, as Commissioner of that Association, to Port Stephens, about 90 miles northward of Sidney, the capi tal of new South Wales. Of course this will occasion a vacancy in the office of Flydrographer to the Admiralty, which will probably be filled by that able Surveyor, Cap tain WILLIAM FITZWIL lAA M ()wax, RN., elder brother of Rear-Admiral Sir E. Owzn, Comtnander•in-Chief upon the East India station. Captain Sir EDWARD PARRY receives from the Australian Company 2,0001. per annum for four years, with a pension of 3001. for life after the expiration of that period of service. L•!dy PARRY, daughter of Sir JOHN STA NI.RY, will accompany her hus band to Port Stephens ; and there can be little doubt bnt the abilities, zeal, perseverance, moderation, firmness, and moral example of Sir EDWARD, w;11 prove highly Irene& cial to the Company's interests in that remote settlement. ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL—TiIe customary " ap position" took place at this school yesterday, on which oc casion a numerous and respectable assembly attended for the purpose of hearing the prize compositions, and wit nessit.g the proficiency of some of the pupils in recitation. Among the visi►ere were the Bishops of LoNnoN tnd LICHFIELD, the Lady MAYORESS, Sir R. H. ENOLIS, Dr. WELLEiLEY, Aldermen Sir C. S. HuNTEtt, ATKINS, &c. Orations in commemoration of the founder were de livered in Greek, Latin, and English, by the three senior pupils. Prizes were adjudged to Messrs. HALL, KEMPIt, and COUCHMAN. for compositions in Latin and Greek verse, and a Latia prose essay. Several of the scholars re cital select passages from the works of ancient and modern prose writers and poets in a manner equally creditable to their• own intelligence and talent, and the ability of their instructors. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—Since the late mysterious fire at Westminster Abbey, the prebendaries of this ancient edifice have deemed it necessary, to prevent in future any attempt to destroy it, to employ a watch man in the interior of the Abbey ; and a man has been a ppointed accordingly, who goes round every hour of the night. It is aho understood that something is in con templation to be done to Henry the Seventh's Chapel, to make it more secure against thieves ; fur it is ascertained that any person can with ease get on the lids by climbing up the water-spouts, of which there are about a dozen round the chapel. As a further security, it is also stated that several excellent watch-dogs will be stationed in dif ferent parts of the Abbey. THE IRON TRADE.—In consequence of the very depressed state of the iron trade, and the large and accumulating stocks on hand, most of the iron-masters in the neighbourhood of Sheffield have determined not only to effect another reduction in wages, but to discharge several of their workmen. At the El.icar furnace, work ed by Earl Fixzwituam, all the workmen are under notice to.leave. In Staffordshire the iron trade is in a deplorable state.—Sheffield Iris. The Reverend E. IRATING, we understand, has placed two young Greeks, lately sent over to his care by Lady GEORGIANA \VOLT Y , with the pat ish school master at Roseneath, to receive a Scotch education, prior to their taking important stations in the orthodox Greek Church. One of them is of noble parents, whose father was beheaded by the Turks.—Edinburyls Advertiser. CORDER'S SKELETON.—The bones Of CORDER having been cleared of the flesh, have been re united by Mr. S. DALTON, and the skeleton is now placed in the Suffolk General Hospital. A great portion of the skin has been tanned ; and a gentleman connected with the Hospital intends to have the Trial and Memoirs of CORDEIt (by way, we presume, of a Re-corder) bound in it, The heart has tieea incurred in Vint', ~~ -~► . . • \ • , IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(LAST NIGHT.) Sir ALEXANDER GRANT and others from the Commons brought up the Consolidated Bill ; the Charitable Loan Societies' (Ireland) Bill; the Anatomy Bill ; the Friendly Societies' Acts Amend• 'vents Bill; the Drainage of B►►gs' (Ireland) Bill; the Recovery of Small Debts' (Scotland),Bill ; and several Private Bills—which were read a first time. MALT DUTIES. The Marquis of CAMDEN presented a petition from the West Division of the County of Kent, praying for the Revision of the Duties on Malt. COAL DUTIES. Lord ROLLE presented a petition from the Mayor, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of Devonshire, praying for the Repeal of the Duties on Coals carried Coastwise. THORNDIKES DIVORCE, Lord BERE.SFORD presented a petition from Mr. Thorndike, praying to be allowed to bring for ward additional evidence on his ease. The Earl of LAUDERDALE moved that a Select Committee should be appointed to search for precedents, and report.—Ordered. The Life Annuities' Bill and several Private Bills were read a third time, end passed. CLARENCE RAIL-WAY. Lord FEVERSHAM brought up the Report of the Select Committee on the Clarence Rail-way, with amendments. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY objected to the Bill altogether. It never would afford any re venue, and was likely to be a mere bubble. He hoped Noble Lords would read the evidence given before the Committee, before the Bill was read a third time. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said the Parliament having last year consented to the Stockton and Dar lington Rail-way, he did not think himself bound to oppose the Bill. It made him sensible however, of the necessity of having that standing order placed on their Lordships' books, of which he had before given notice; and he wished then to give notice that he should to-morrow lay it on their Lordships' table, with an addition, compelling a certain portion of all shales to be subscribed before a Bill Wa , brought in in any Joint Stock Company; and he should move that it be taken into consideration to mei row se'nnight, May '2B. Lord BEXLEY, Lord FEYERSMAM, and the Marquis of CLEVELAND, supported the Bill. After some conversation the Report was receiv ed, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time t o-morrow. CORN LAWS. Lord KING presented a petition from the Car pet Weavers of Kidderminster, praying for the re peal of the Corn Laws; and another petition from the inhabitants of Kidderminster, praying for the gradual abolition of all duty on Foreign Corn. ANATOMY. The Eurl of MALMESBURY moved, that the Bill for regulating the Teaching of Anatomy should be printed. He begged not to be understood as supporting the measure by his motion ; he doubted whether the subject were one with which the Legis lature ought to deal. His mind was yet undecided, for his head and his heart were in conflict. He hoped whatever NoWe Lord took charge of the Bill would give due notice of its second reading. DRAINING BOGS. The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE moved that the Bill for Draining Bogs in Ireland be presented. There was in all parts of Ireland a great quantity of bog which had never been reclaimed, and the present measure was one of very great importance. He re gretted very much, considering it of national import ance, that the subject had not been taken up by the Government. He understood that it was wished to postpone the measure till next Session of Parlia ment; in the meantime he hoped the attention of the public and his Majesty's Ministers would be directed to the subject. CHANCERY. On the question for receiving the Report on the Bill for fad itating the Administration of Justice, &c. in Equity. Lord REDESDALE said he was afraid the Noble and Learned Lord rather deceived himself by this Bill; for he thought, instead of giving any re lief to the Court of Chancery, its effects would be quite the reverse. The Noble and Learned Lord must be aware that a great part of the delays arose from Counsel being absent in another Court when the cause in which they were engaged was called on; and this Bill, by augmenting the number of Judges, would increase the delays arising from this cause.— He did not see also how the jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer, as a Court for the protection of the Revenue, could be made to assimilate with functions of a Court of Chancery. The LORD CHANCELLOR was quite aware of the fact stated by the Noble Baron ; but he had consulted the Barons on the subject, and he had found them quite ready to acquiesce n an arrange ment he meant to propose, which would put an end to the inconvenience mentioned. The Chancery and the Court of Exchequer, he knew, had distinct juris dictions ; but the Noble Lord must perceive that the present Bill did not contain any details. He had considered the subject in conjunction with other persons, and be had no doubt that he should be able to introduce a Bill which would regulate the juris diction ofithe Court of Exchequer and the Court of Chancery, with a view to the recommendation of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the State of the Common Law. He should explain himself further to-morrow, when the Bill was read a third time. The Report was received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(LAST NIGHT.) FOREIGN IMPORTATIONS. • On the motion of Sir HENRY PARNELL, re turns were ordered of the quantities of wine, to bacco, foreign spirits, sugar, tea, coffee, glass, and spirits distilled in Ireland, which had paid duty on importation since the year 1789. ARREST ON MESNE PROCESS. The LORD MAYOR presented a petition from the prisoners confined for debt in White Cross-street Prison, praying against the hardship of being ar rested on mesne process for debt. Mr. HUME presented a petition from William and Henry Carmichael Smith, praying that the Bills of Proctors in Ecclesiaitical Courts may be taxed by indifferent persons, and not by one another, as was the present practice. RECORDS OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. The LORD ADVOCATE presented a petition from the ministers, elders, and general assembly of Scotland, praying that some means may be devised by the wisdom of the Legislature for relieving the members of Sion College from the restraint under which they feel themselves, and enabling them to do that which they must as an act of justice wish to do—to restore to the Church of Scotland those ancient records, which, in whatever way acquired by the College, the Church of Scotland still con. cider to be their own property. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH seconded the prayer of the petition; he thought this a great hardship upon the Church of Scotland,the Members I of which, feeling the grievance, threw themselves upon Parliament for relief. This was to Scotland a 1 03 s of some of the most valuable of its Church Re ` cords; he said the most valuable, becanse the Re cords contained the history of the first fifty years of its Church Establishment, The Church of Scotland would show a most narrow and illiberal disposition if they did not set a -value on these records, even if they were not practically valuable ; but the fact was that they were of great practical value. He hoped and trusted that the disgrace respecting those documents would be removed. He said disgrace, because it was a disgrace to prevent Sion College from being in a situation to restore the records— C ' • riled and equally a disgrace:to flatland tcb• 40- them. the Mr. FERGUSSON supported the praY o ° a of petition; and expressed a hope that if the P ra lto the petition was not complied with, ' other: oz -;•6 would be taken to obtain the restoration records. it wo a d Mr. H. DRUMMOND hoped that,' r be introduced to compel the restoration of t bs- cords to the Church of Scotland. The following is the statement, which is D 3°re formally worded in the petition : ots " STATEMENT RESPECTING TRUE VOLUMES'S OY A SIO EARLIEST RECORDS OF THE CHURCH OF ECO'rw. i NOAV DEPOSITKD IN SION COLLEGE, LONDON. 2lllO " A few years ago, a Committee of the General l'"or.. bly of the Church of Scotland was appointed for the pose of collecting and recovering the various nisned. connected with their ecclesiastical establishment; re. among other objects to which this Committee wereo • - quired to direct their attention, they were ape strutted to print the ancient record, entitled`T he of the universal Kirk of Scotland.' " " It la,:s been discovered that this book, ext e % al i three volumes, is extant in the library of Sil l 1 , c ued London. But after much correspondence, 10 " , ie applications, not only do the Governors of the C° 4- r o t ; fuse to restore the volumes upon any terms, bu t ele lliv permit a copy of the work to be taken, or to alloW- 0e- r , tiun with the partial Abbreviatea of it preserved . 76 0 1 laud ; the College stating, that they would not be in so doing, under the deed of trust by which the Sion of these volumes was acquired by the - College' " There is no difficulty in proving that the vo le X l,ll question were laid on the table of the General ill ie T ir e which met at Glasgow in 1638 ; and that they VOL' 'y nounced by that Assembly to be true and authentic ;it ters of the Kirk of Scotland. The reaaons proircd i st 1 authenticity are inserted in the Manuscript journals "tbe Assembly, and also, in a very satisfactory form, 1 1 o f printed acts of the General Assembly of the C hu l. Scotland, of that year. The descrip tions are so . a. W -11 ,0 as to establish the identity of all the volumes wh;h e d still extant. The attestation of the clerk is superscr'l,,at at the beginning, and subjoined to the end of the ;1e volume in these words :—"This is the great r°l° , approvin be the General Assembles at Glascow in l'lllYe-i ber, 1638. A Jhonston Cls. Eccl.' The autogrsP of this clerk is to be seen on various documents iuo..teli Ilion of the General Assembly, and particularly en copy of the printed acts of the Assembly of 10 8, 0 , the custody of the present clerk. The other Yolugl Thooo have the well-known signature of a clerk, nam ed Nicolson.' " It is understood, that in 1649 the books were trail" ferred to the charge of Mr. Andrew Ker, Cl erk of trir Assembly ; and that, in 1652, most, if Rot the whole!. Ir. the originals were lor some time intrusted to L rd foel 4 carras. During the troubles of the succeeding period !" were concealed in the house of a private individ ual boP year 1677, when they were put into the bands of t' Paterson (of Edinburgh), who retained them till fteror' revolution. The account of their discovery andirdeell quest fate may be seen in Keith's History of the r it and State of Scotland ; but appears from a Keb Pr ob served in the Advocates' library in Edinburgh, 50 / 161' lished in the Appendix to Dr. Crie's Lives °I rit ige liam Veitch and George Brysson, that Keith's °sr- is not correct in every Partici - tlar. a pes " After the revolution some of the volumes an d 'sr were delivered up to a son of the forsner clerk, '„'„ 'a cretary Johnston, who lent some of them to Bishop Burnet, and others to Mr. George Ilidpath, °- about that time undertook to write a history of 5c1.,00 affairs. Three volumes fell into the hands of P. whose grandfaher had been the intimate friend of d° tbs stun, and bad, like him, suffered in the same cause hi t he hands of the public executioner. This person `_ f lfsr•• Hon. and Rev. Archibald Campbell, grandson aw e OP quis of Argyle, and son of Lord Neil Canaphelliati Campbell was several years known as an EPil' us iof clergyman, and subsequently as one of the none life Bishops in Scotland. During the latter part of he resided chiefly in England, but it is believed that hi t h a t not in communion with the Church of England, 00....Aa.ti9 he maintained no intercourse with the Episcopalian O' Scotland, to which he had been originally attache'. „ l b & " About the year 1733 a correspondence was open'-leek him and Mr. William Grant, procurator and tbs of the Church of Scotland -(afterwards Judg e ; viith title of Lord Prestongrange), on the in Mr. Campbell's possession- Mr. Campbell offered ' t surrender these records on certain terms, which did 13 1 ; appear to Mr. Grant to be reasonable or equitable• demanded a large sum of money for the restitution of $." volumes, in which he never had acquired any right of 1/.1; perty, anti even this sum he would not accept sil l - . hi , hooks had been published, as was proposed, unJe r ," f superintendence, on the understanding that no tnero be ',:e .übject. of the rev; .0 the Church of Scotland was to be suffered to revise sheets as they passed through the press. oft "It could scarcely be expected that these and - humiliating conditions would be acceded to without hesl av tion ; and while the negotiation was st ill in progress')), Campbell, as he had sometimes threatened to do, took step which was intended to put the books f or ever beY the reach of the Church of Scotland, by e ntering into, deed of trust o, covenant with the President and Folic; of Sion College, the terms of which do not appear qtr accurately known to any member of the Church of t o land, but the effect of which has undoubtedly be en to gig:/ these records from their lawful owners for nearly a cell- past. del i ! " It is unnecessary to add, that the bardshiP felt by all the members of the Church of Sen tlanu re 'i;e l are aware of the importance of these books, not rne ,,e' the only sure and satisfactory memorials of the c°l3 u cee.. ecclesiastical affairs in the times immediately -f plied,plied,the reformation, but also because they are eaPa h f,. tr eV ° " ding additional light on a most interesting and " ---tic portion of our civil himtery. bly "In these circumstances, the general Wen— lit' deemed it necessary as a last resource, to make an t ur oProas tion to Parliament by petition, in the hope t ha e , means may be devised by the wisdom of the Legisltfr for relieving the members of Sion College from thehtiog straint under which they feel themselves, and WWI them to do that which they must as an act of justice 4 1 to do,—to restore to the Church of Scotland these record‘, which, in whatever way acquired by the CA: 1 ;(0 the Church of Scotland still consider to be thor property." ~r d S GOVERNMENT ASSURANCE OF ANNU I ' -- AFTER THE AGE OF SIXTY. ' rtd e• On the motion of Lord MILTON, a Select of mittee was appointed to inquire into the petitioom Cadogan Willianis, recommending Government surance of Annuities after the ae:e of sixty. COMMISSIONERS OF EXCISE. Mr. DAWSON obtained leave to bring ill. to enable one or more of. the Commissioners odd cise to act for the dispatch of business for SO7 and Ireland respectively. 0 4° Mr. HUME was glad to find that such a B“' d to be introduced, and he hoped to see it follovite others of the same description. He wished to / LO whether any fresh arrangements were to be ta t he with respect to the transfer of public money Treasury 11 0. ? • dible in the gallery. 00 1 Mr. DAWSON obtained leave to bring in to amend the Law relating to Judicial OW , Scotland. Mr. HUME hoped that the Bill would be br e c in at an early period, as it was his intention ° o ld pose any further expenditure of the public 0 0 ,41 without inquiry. There were at present ° t o r le Judges in Scotland, and they were now abiPoill bring in a Bill to augment their salaries, al tb Ministers said that they had nc,t time to lisl e" the complaints of the public. rit iO The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEW o itle thought it would be better to defer the disco ° t oe until the introduction of the Bill. All tbsi t ha sil Hon. Member could at present know was, °- was a Bill to amend the existing law., • Ole Mr. GORDON said, he certainly understood', io Bill to be for augmenting the salaries of Judp Scotland, and therefore thought hi, HRq. b i t (the Member for MontriNe) p.erfeeil,ir right-in • view of the question. vird l The Report on the Metropolis Police 1: 3 47 f0 i pi" brought up, and the Bill was ordered to 40 r e :hole mitted to-morrow to a Committee of the v - 04 House, and it was understood that the Bill be read a third time on Friday, C IS A AUGMENTATION OF JUDGES' SALARIES' - On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of th e l i CHEQUER, this Committee was postponed morrow. the Mr. GORDON wished to know wko Judges alluded to? 10 1 The CHANCELLOR of the gx.cirEQ