The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-03 00:00:00

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Pr" 5 180.. ........ .......... i India Stock for Account n • ••.. ........... .•• (),, a ni ; in, : , .. I. ......................................... .. .. -- pin. 'Consols for Acconnt ...... —.90%14 3 , -- A PICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austria Bonds . ................ —1 Perlman Bonds ...... re'gjaal3"ds— .............. --,, Ditto Account Ditto Accouut ...... —, Porturoiese 80nd5........... rasilia, Bonds • : ...... .......... :: .... Ditto Accoitat — Ditto Account . . —,, Ditto New Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bon.ds. ............. —1 Ditto Account ....”...48N 7 14 8 ChilLDitto Account ............ . —.l Ditto, 3 per coin ian Bonds .. .......... ......... ........... —1 prus-sian Bonds :)nto ACenllnt .. , Russian Bonds, 182'2 10734 Cola to 80nd5,,,,,..... . ..... " 7 Ditto Account Ditto A ecotti.i. . ...... "*". 7 Ditto Metallic ............•••••• eolurnbian Bon 1 : 1 82 . ........... — I 'Parish Bonds — DDitto A, . .' 6 ' 1 .......... 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M. 155 Peter:lllll4(h, ruble. ; ... 3 Us. 10 0 Per ............................. 7 3 _Vienn, effective H..... 2 M. 10 20 :CA este.....ditto ..... ...... ...... 10 22 eddi Madrid ........... .... ....... .. ...... 34% Hilbo z. • • . .......... 35% eareea :.. .... .............. ... 35 Sevilloni ................ : ................. 35 hle ..... " ....... 35 r ... .—. .............. ..._____ ...... Arriyed. MA. Duel Arrived. Q A merica 0 1 France. ** .... .. 1 Holland o suenogAyes.. 0 Cartha gena...... 0 Holland nublin... 0 U Jamaica U Flanders ........ . 0 0 Leeward ANGE YESTERDAY. *Leghorn 47 Genoa ~ 26 25 Milan 3l Venice 47 Naples .. 39 1 A Palermo per oz. 118 Lisbon 52 Oporto s;'4 Rio Janeiro 2B Bahia 26 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days• sight l 3v Cork I% PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin .£0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons New Dollars I Silver. bars, standard 0 4 11% ILS. Due. Arrived. Due 0 0 Lisbon 0 &Jersey 0 0 Malta ..... rg ..... ... 0 0 Mexico 0 I 0 0 Ostend.. ....... .. 0 0 0 Sweden .. 0 Islands U I Waterford 0 t AI, LONDON °Ming , •42 minutes al TO-MORROW. rening, minutes al THEWESTMINSTER ELECTION. . COAINIITTEE for CONDUCTING Js the ELECTION of the REFORM CANDIDATE, t h T . LEADER, Esq., respectfully acquaint the Electors, that _,el meet Daily at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-street, wnere all co mmunications are to be addressed. DISTRICT COMMITTEE ROOMS. St k . nA'eh:rtin's-in-the Fields—Slaughter C o ff ee H ouse, S t. M art i n ' s- St. G , 8 , eorge s, Outer Ward—Flask Hotel, Ebury-square. L. George's, Inner Ward—Spread Eagle, Oxford -street ; Running stßorse, Deke-street ; and Coach and Horses, Maddock -street. 8t 'Tit:flees—Crown, Broad-street, Golden-square. stFro• ar Y - le - Stl•and, St. Clement Danes, and the Savoy—The vrn and Anchor. ah j , i °h ,n, •, ar.nl St. Margaret's—Rose and Crown, Tufton-street, SCA •4° '," Anchor, York -street. St. irn 9.---Golden Lion, Wardour-street. ' l ' l '4'e Covent- arden—Eastey's Hotel, Southampton-street, Stra•Acl. ' g AINS EVENING, at Eight ()'clock precisely, a PUBLIC p i 'IING will be held at the Belgrave Hotel. Ebury-street, ~,inl ico, GEORGE GR OTE, Esq., M.P., in the Chair, at which aueeting Mr. LEADER will attend. By Order of the Committee, WEST, Honor ary S ecretary. ho Briti s h Coffee_ W. W. Wednesday, May 3. c. <tiO T he nqf THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Cluck. LONDON, IVEDNESI.:AY EVENING, MAY 3,1837. -bilk .1 m r4y the Consolid a t e d F un d .was read a thi r d time and passed. The Dublin Police 111 was rea d a second time, and the Recorders' Court Bill . Ns read a first time • Petitions on t.114e time, subjects were presented : for exerription to li•Juses of less value than ten pounds from Poor 14to assessment; for the abolition of the punishment of death ; f a Q R , k i n s , t the present system of national education in Ireland ; - an u agr:inst the Church-rate Bill ; from the High Sheriff i of C arlo . .c, to be heard before his conduct at the late Carlow eetiov:i should be condemned. &,14°-ed BROUGHAM intimated to the Duke of WELLINGTON that IT% facilities to the discussion on the Irish Municipal Corpora . ,),`'t!s Bill would be afforded by having the amendments which LaidTliteded to propose printed. The Duke of WELLINGTON that he did not know precisely what the amendments ° , lll cl be which he should ro ose. :In the House of Commons several private Bills were ad tiejw'ed a stage. Petitions were presented for " the better ob ince of the Sabbath ;" for and against Church-rates ; I for f th ' e r:fduction of the duty on tobacco ; and for a total repe . a . o 26 2r•oorlo..vr : Amendment Act. To the last-named petitions 14,: . 61(,) B.gnatures were attached. They were presented by 4r e i t , 141 .t.EN, and led to a desultory discussion, taking up a bi ne ur:-•al of time, and producing as a result no equivalent mat whatever. vi,,4ie• BoaTnw tex t h en b rought forward his motion for a re- No i o the C onvocat i on of the Clergy, to advise and assist k r al nent in matters ecclesiastical. . h et i • flusii did not particularly object to a Convocation Alerted, n any Bill on the subject a clause should certainly be In tl relieving the Bishops from further attendance in the ° , t4 e of Lords k.ord j th e m • Russ * ELL opposed . the . motion, and observed f that abl e ember s for the Universities had shown how very .avour tico. t hey were to the views of the Hon.- Mover, by leaving the re . " 3 e sinc e the debate opened. On a division the motion was canted by 24 against 19. The House was soon afterwards o b e i ned out, whilst Mr. Prymo was proceeding to explain the eu l et of his motion for a Committee to consider the expedt eY of reducing the duties on tobacco and foreign spirits. rot the last ten tha t the years th e T ory l eaders have shown lend y will consent to any measure, however vio y they might once have opposed it, provided they clin retain place —of this fact history leaves no doubt. 4nd w he supp orters of their Leaders are going still furter, e sh ou ld not be surprised to see Tory candidahtes tn Ilt,dvocating doctrin es more approaChing to Radicalism, an any ever advanced by the Whigs. If e c can abandon th e i r principles, and adopt those hiefs of their o Pponenis, w h y may not their underlings follow the example ? In fact, the plan is in active operation. ory candidates are now contendin g with R a di ca l s f or 1, the sweet voices" of the non-electors ; and so far has on e of the organs of the party succeeded, that the Tory ;41candidate for Huddersfield is supported by that class v?;l, the principle of universal suffrage. It would cer i:Pley fen ovel to see an ultra-Tory adopt the prin s UNT and CoußETT,•ancl hear him move for to a ve to b r i ng i n a Bill to do away with all qualifications, il 0111)ael ke t h e suffrage universal, and hav e P ar li amen t s d u d l at least once a year ; but in reality such con of et Would not be more inconsistent than the conduct th Sir F RANCIS BURDETT. It would be only a vvi it a N i ng ef po s i t i ons. The Tory would occupy that ce rtain the other h a d a b an d oned, and would amuse a 4tr i : in , Class o f t h e people as Sir FRANCIS long l ase be --' them, well k now i ng t h at his plan could never hulul. The Tori es are ev id ently inclined to thtiPr° uecessf best support in the selfish views of the aristo ktiovvY! and in the ignorance of the populace ; and the R eform that the power given to their opponents by th„ v'eforin Bill has sadly weakened the influence of - ioro le th e 11 . r, they have no resource left but to appeal to too, +ll,Bloided passions of the latter. Such a course, saf ett :"eY are aware can be pursued with perfect di pl ace '' If thirty or forty Tory:•Radicals were to S °f e n a° equal number of Reformers in the House °vert liam ° ll s, the present Government would be ful t ur • n ed en, the first great division. These faith 'l` • ri bunes of the people would vote with the ori e , Party . °l . ,all questions of vital importance to the toui ' -1.4 Keep up the appearance of advocating the r it4 e x of the non -electors by bringing forward, like Sir tra va cis BURDETT every year, some motion so ex- If e ent that neither Whig nor Tory could support it. It 4di _et i or s tinder the 101. franchise, and inclined to th e c,a doctrines, can be deceived by these pretences, , ii y ueserve onl • such 11 °Y n ot the y contemptuous treatment. Have Torie sense to see that the great object of the tali ee !, has been to keep them in the grossest igno ts , Have %Il es ~, they not learned by experience that the "° 0 (1 out for the freemen . in the discussion on the Reform Bill, not on the ground of iiittice, but be. cause the greeter portion of tiia,t 'class were the mos ignorant, and rhtA most easily bribed ; and that their i L lOSii)ity to the appropriation clause and th( Irish system of education arises from their apprehen ' sion of the diffusion of knowledge in a part of the country which is now rising every day into greater importance ? For the same reason they encourag( the outcry against the new Poorlaw, because it is calculated to destroy servility, and raise a portion of the lower and middle classes to something like a state of independence. WEL LINGTON and PEEL, of course, disown any such intentions; but let not the people deceive themselves— let them judge of their leaders by the acts of the adhe rents, and 'not trust to professions which these men have not the slightest intention of fulfilling. We have too much confidence, however, in the good sense and discernment of the great body of that class to whom the Reform Bill extended the franchise, to suppose them capable of committing an act of political suicide, by playing into the hands of men who made such a de termined and hostile resistance to the rights and privi leges which they now enjoy. In another part of The Sun will be found a highly interesting Report of the proceedings which took place at a meeting of the Westminster electors held last night. We said on Saturday that the letter of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT to the electors of Westminster was an appeal to the Tories for support against the Liberal part of the constituency, by whom alone it has hitherto been his pretended boast that he has been supported. It is above all things important that the electors should have a clear and perfect understanding of this fact, and that they should -not be led away by the de lusion that Sir FRANCIS is still the advocate of the the popular cause. No imposition could be more unfounded, no mistake more fatal. He is in heart and soul a Tory ; and those of the electors who do not so regard him—who do not look upon him as. the most dangerous enemy to their liberties, and oppose him with as much zeal and energy as they formerly exerted in.his behalf—will be guilty of a dereliction of principle as glaring as his own. If there be any persons in West minster, or anywhere else, who entertain a particle of doubt as to Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S apostacy, let them look at his late conduct, and then at the proceed ings of his new allies and friends, which are the best exponents of it, and they will be convinced that to indulge any hankering after him would be to play the game of the Tories in the most effectual manner. Sir FRANCIS, in the very letter in which he inti mates his intention of appealing to the electors, declares `.hat he will do so, not as 'the Champion of Reform, of as the advocate of those ameliorations in our ins tutions which every rational man considers to be the sole end and aim of Parliamentary Reform, but as the determined foe to all such improvements, which he contemptuously designates " new-fangled doctrines and crude projects "I ! ! There's a wipe for you, free and independent electors of Westminster—there's a nice little cud for you to chew at your leisure . I You have been flattering yourselves that the reform of abuses in Church and State was all along an integral portion of your political creed—the very thing which, above all other things, gave you a paramount claim to "freedom " and "independence." You have been fancying that this freedom and independence would be best secured by shortening the duration of Parliaments—by an extension of the suffrage—by a system of voting which should enable the voter to follow the dictates of his conscience and free will—by municipal institutions, which should give the inhabitants of towns in England, Ireland, and Scotland the management of their own affairs—by placing men of all persuasions in religion upon an equal footing in the state, and suffering no religionist to pick the pocket of another. All these things, and many more of the same kind, you are now told by Sir F. BURDETT are the wildest hallucinations that ever shot across the chambers of the human brain. The former advocate of Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, and Vote by Ballot, now gravely pronounces any approximation to such opinions " new fangled doctrines and crude projects ;" and as if that were not enough, he tells you in the same breath that he has not changed his opinions, but that you have deserted yours ! Mark, too, how the Tories are chuckling at the -ac cession of the turn-coat Baronet to their ranks ! They are preparing to make their convert the instrument for inflicting a deep wound on the cause of Re form. Every man and mother's son of them in Westminster will support him at the ensuing elec tion, and if they succeed—which they can do only by the assistance of the Liberals—they will immediately trumpet forth their success as a proof of " re-action" not to be gainsaid. Sir GEORGE MURRAY, who came forward the other day, as the candidate in the Tory interest, has already withdrawn his pretensions. And why ? " Because," says the Tory candidate, " if I were to place myself in competition with Sir FRANC . IS BURDETT on the present occasion, I should seem to discountenance in another those same principles upon which I have rested my own claims to your support." This is a testimonial in favour of Si r FRANCIS ' S con version which cannot be impeached, and which we are sure can require no corroboration ; but nevertheless it is satisfactory to find that the Morning Post endorses it by stating, that " the vote of every Conservative is ready to be enrolled in the support of the high-spirited Baronet." They arc already in the field, moving Heaven and Earth in a cause which they feel to be peculiarly their own. Sir' GEORGE SINCLAIR, himself a renegade from the principles which procured him the Representation of Caithness—a traitor to Liberty —and a wholesale manufacturer of paper qua lifications, is the Chairman of his Committee ; and and in a few days will be exhibited to the eyes of the electors of Westminster the grateful spectacle of their once cherished idol, Sir FRANCIS BURLETT, nomi . = nated on the hustings at Covent-Garden, by Sir JAS. GRAHAM, another deserter from the ranks of the people. Is there a Reformer in 'Westminster who, after this can hesitate as to the course ite ought to pursue ? If there be, he is one of those who " would not be per suaded though one rose from the dead." 'he whole of the Paris Journals of Monday have , ecn received. The Paix contains a paragraph, stat ig that the PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL is so seri ously indisposed as to be unable to attend the debates on the Secret Service Money Bill. This will have the effect of delaying the passing of that measure ; in asmuch as no other Minister is presumed so well qua lified to defend its details, and repel the threatened at tacks of the Opposition. Monday being the KING'S birth-day, the Chambers did not sit, and the Bourse and Post-office were closed at noon. No review was to take place, nor was it expected that the KING would appear in public. The commutation of MEUNIER'S punishment has encouraged several Journals to re commend, in energetic terms, an act of amnesty to wards all political prisoners convicted only of con spiracies against the Kingly Government, rather than the person of the Sovereign. The Journals recom mending such a course of proceeding best consult the stability of the French Throne. COMA CANIPUSANO DE ItEcitEN, the Spanish Ambassador at Paris, has addressed the following ❑o tice to the holders of Spanish Bonds : " The holders of Spanish rentes are informed that the con version of coupons, due on the Istr- of November last, into Treasury bonds, payable one-half on the Ist of May next, and the other half on the Ist of November following, having been effected but by a very small number of holders, the Spanish Government, to give those who have delayed so doing time to effect this conversion, prolong the period which had been fixed for the Ist of May to the Ist of June. On that day the Trea sury bonds proceeding from this conversion will be paid. An ulterior notice will be given to the holders, pointing out the place of payment in Paris and London. In spite of the ex penses of a war sustained for the common cause of all consti tutional states, the Spanish Government confidently relies on being able to give its creditors this fresh proof of the efforts and sacrifices it is always ready to make for the religious ac complishment of its obligations. With regard to the coupons of the half year ending the Ist of May next, their conversion into Treasury bonds, at nine and fifteen months' date, viz., to the Ist of February and Ist of August, 1838, will commence on the Ist of July next. (Signed) " Count CAMPUSANO DE RECHEN. " Paris, April 30th." Count de MA TUSZEWIC and the Marquis of LON DONDERRY have arrived in Paris from Prussia, on :heir wad• to London. Lord LYNDHURST is also in Paris.- From the North of Spain we have no news of later date, than the accounts published in this Journa yesterday. Advices from Tolosa, of the 25th ult., state that the Pretender had not given up the pan o passing the Ebro, and making a dash upon the capi cal. The Northern Powers, by whom the civil war it maintained, have remitted immense sums to Doi CARLOs, to enable him to undertake so important an expedition. Our own opinion is, that the Pretender dare not send the requisite force out of the Basques, without losing all his positions in those provinces. Accounts have reached France that the island of Santorin, with its inhabitants, was swallowed up in the sea, during the convulsion occasioned by the late earthquake. The following are extracts from the Paris Papers of Monday Letters from Berlin, published in the Hanover Gazette, mention M. Jordan, Ambassador at Dresden, as likely to be entrusted provisionally with the functions of Minister for Fo reign Affairs; but the same letters also speak of Count Lo tbum as the probable successor of M. D'Ancillon. The Gazette of Zara, of April 10, positively contradicts the news that has been published respecting the appearance of the plague on the frontiers of Dalmatia, and the formation of a sa nitary cordon on those frontiers. Bosnia, and the other adja cent countries, are also free from that disorder. According to telegraphic orders from Paris, very great vi gilance is exercised on all the roads from the capital to Bor deaux ; the purpose was to arrest five persons of distinction accused of corresponding with Don Carlos, and of intending to go into Spain. If we render these facts public, it is be cause the ends of justice cannot suffer by it, as its vigilance has been eluded. However, the public conveyances are every where searched by day as well as by night, the passports examined, and in the journey from Paris to Bordeaux, a post-carriage has, it is said, been examined two-and-twenty times.—Memorial Bordelais— Journal du Commerce. The Gazette du Midi has the following article :—" M. Sautter, an eminent Member of the Consistory of Marseilles, is lately gone to Algiers, where he is going to introduce the doctrines of Calvin. Thus, while the creation of an episcopal See has been put off for nearly seven years, Protestant Minis ters are going to establish themselves in a country where St. Augustine preached the Catholic doctrines, and where it is certainly high time that the faith should be revived.—Gazette de France. Mr. TnEssEmEa was replying when our reporter left. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, APRIL 2S. , Bills. Money, Austrian Meta Piques, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cent. — Die'_ ditto 3 per cent. Litto Bank Shares 1342 1340 Anglo-Russian Loan loi% 105 Paper Inscription, 6 per cent. — Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th • Series - Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 46 Ditto, 3 per cent. 29 Dutch 2Y 2 per Cants. Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish Bonds, 2 per cents. New Tickets 151% 151% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 711,f, 71 Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents. Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents — Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 20% 29 Greek 4 per cents. 1533, guaranteed by France 93 92% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, APRIL 28.-13 11 % ; two months, 139%. BERLIN, APRIL 15.—Three m•nths, 6. 25%. VIENNA, APRIL. 13.—Two months, 10 3. Sr. PETERSOURGII, APRIL I t —Three months, 107 i. —liamlwrg Papers, April '2B. Madrid Journals to the 24th ult. have been received. In the sitting of the Cortes on the 23d—the 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st Articles of the Constitution were adopted—the three latter without opposition. In con sequence of the vote of the Cortes on the article of the Constitution, which provides that the Colonies shall not depute representatives to that Assembly, her Majesty, the REGENT, 'has addressed the following decree to her Captains-General, and other Governors in the Spanish Colonies : " The Cortes, in virtue of the powers vested in them, have decided that the Constitution adopted for the Peninsula is not applicable to the provinces belonging to Spain situated in America and Asia, which shall be hereafter governed by spe cial laws suitable to their respective positions, and adapted to their several wants. Consequently no deputy for these pro vinces can in future have a seat in the present Cortes. (Signed) "The QUEEN REGENT." The accounts received from the Provinces by the Government up to the date of these Journals were, on the whole, decidedly favourable. Beyond the Ebro the Carlist bands only signalised themselves as robbers, forced to fly at the approach of the QUEEN'S troops. In the capital there was no manifestation of a wish to disturb the public tranquillity. TIM SUN, LoNDON, WEDNRSDAY, MAY 3, 1837 LONGFORD COUNTY ELECTION COMMITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock. This is the sixteenth day of the sitting of the Committee ; and out of the gross majority of 96 for the sitting Member :11r. White, fifty-seven totes have been struck off. Three additional votes were also struck off this morning, upon the ;round of insufficiency of rpltw, CARLOW ELECTION COMMITTEE (THIS DAY.) The Committee met this morning at 1 1 o'clock. Mr. NIAULE said that when lie yesterday asked the indul ,zence of the Committee for an adjournment till the morning, he had every hope of the arrival of the assessor, Mr. Walsh, by the mail this morning ; but that gentleman not having arrived, he felt it his duty to proceed with the further consideration of the case of Hugh Nowlan which had been so long under dis cussion. The Learned Counsel was proceeding, when Mr. TIIESSIGER begged to ask his Learned Friend if he had closed his case on this vote, or if he was now intending to make his observations on the whole case ? Mr. MAt , LE—The whole case on this vote. He then at great length, and with great ability, contended that nothing had been shown by his learned friends why the vote of Hugh Nowlan, which was now off the poll, should be put upon it for Mr. Bunbury. They were boUnd to show, not only that this Hugh Nowlan had a right to vote, but that he did everything in his power to exercise that right in a strictly legal manner. His learned friends were also bound to prove the identity, which they utterly failed to do. There were two persons of the name of Hugh Nowlan—there were two places called Newtown in two different baronies—namely, those of St. Mul lin's and Hydrone East, and he should he glad to know which of those Nowlans, and out of which of those baronies, was the person whose vote was sought to be placed on the poll ? Hugh Nowlan, of St. Mullin's, went to the booth for Hydrone East, and there tendered his certificate, which was rejected by the Assessor, as it legally ought to have been. The production of the certificate was the right to vote, although, if the certi ficate was lost, he might call upon the Clerk of the Peace for his affidavit, and upon that he could vote ; but it would be mon strous for any man to say that he could vote upon both, and for two different candidates. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY DON V. LIPPMAN. - The further arguments in this Scotch Appeal were resumed to-day, and had not concluded when we left. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, the Earl of Cam perdown, and the Bishop of Salisbury. CH ,p2:4,:. t .1'... .':iii.' • "'„ k 4... At. ~. ,-.‘,.... p, A t _z, , , .0 , i '•• 1 , 44;;.,,,, m„. As, I=4" 4 ,*(). s-_;4111-"1•41( BURDETT VERSUS BURDETT. " Out of thine own mouth will I condemn thee." " In this very speech, Earl Grey says he has somewhat changed the opinions which he held in his youth ; he confesses that when he pressed Parliamentary reform, he pressed it with all the ardour which belongs to a state of youth and inexperience, but that, after some years of experience, his opinion underwent some variations. He does not favour us with any account of what those variations are, or were, but he only tells us that his opinions were different from what they were before, and he attributes the alteration in his sentiments to the effect of experience. If this is the case; if the principles of men can change as they advance in years; if no man can be pledged for the consistency of his opinions ; if it is to be a sufficient answer for every man who thinks proper to change his political opinions to say, that to-day I am older than I was when I pledged myself to a different opinion,' then I say that such men do cut up and destroy all confidence, and show that there ought not to be any confidence placed in them. W e ought to ask whether such men could ever have been actuated by any principle at all ? A principle is not a new thing, which may be thrown aside after it has been once established : a principle, once formed, remains for ever the same; it does not alter by time; the man profess ing it may grow older, perhaps he may not grow wiser or honester, but the principle he has professed continues one and the same—that cannot ch ; and when a man once binds and pledges himself to certain principles, whether wisely or not it is for himself to consider, he has stamped on himself the character which he intends shall belong to him ; and if he departs from those principles, it is impossible for any reasona ble man ever after to put trust and confidence in him ; indeed such a man has no right to have any confidence in himself."_ Speech of Sir Francis Burdett on being released from the Tower. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MAT 2.—Wind S. \V., moderate.—Arrived the Eleanor, Pritchard, from Canton ; Ulysses, Crawford, from Sydney ; Mary Lyons, —, from Monte Video y John Cock, Williams, St. John's, N. B. ; King of Tyre, Bond, Lisbon. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 2. —Wind W. to S. E., fine. FALMOUTH, MAY I.—Wind W. S. W., fresh breezes.— Ar rived Arrow, —, from Malaga. PLYMOUTH.—Wind S. S. W.—Arrived the Chieftain, Moore, from St. Vincent's. DOVER, MAY 2.—Off port Scsostris, Yates, from Calcutta. JERSEY, APRIL :30.—Arrived the Gloria, Meyer, from Stet. tin ; Amcrica, from New Orleans. BRISTOL, MAY 2.—Arrived Ringdove, Willmot, Memel. LIVERPOOL, MAY I.—Wind fresh.—Arrived the Brilliant, Gibson, from Jamaica; Clifton, Walters, from Demerara; Mobile, —, from New Orleans ; Senator, Stacy, from ditto ; Belvidere, Bailey, from Charleston. CORK, APRIL 30.—Arrived Olivera, Pemera, from St. Übe's. HULL, May I.—Arrived the Argo, Armes, from Memel. WHITBY, MAY I.—Arrived the Emma, from Memel. SHIELDS, MAY I.—Arrived the Felix, Renning, from Ras tick ; Fanny, Voss, from ditto. POOLE, MAY I.—The Mary, from Waterford to Fareham, was assisted into this port yesterday in a sinking state, and has been l tid on the ground noir the quay. SWANSEA, MAY I. Yesterday it blew strong from W. S. NV. ti S.W., and at midnight increased to a gale, with heavy squalls. The Star, of St. Jago de Cuba, parted a chain last night, which was recovered and put on board this morning— she upset the palls of her windlass, and was obliged to slip from her anchor and struck at low water, but has been got into this harbour. PLymourn—The smack Agnes, sunk yesterday in the en !ranee to the Sound—crew saved ; bound to Cornwall. The Dispatch, from Sunderland to Poole, was on shore in Alum Bay (Isle of Wight) yesterday, and full of water. WESTMINSTER ELECTION.—The Tories appear to be absolutely confounded at the activity displayed by the Reformers, and their call on the electors to " Go where Glory waits them" is almost made in vain. In the efforts of the im mediate friends of Mr. Leader and Sir Francis Burdett, there is this bread distinction--the former have enough to do in marshalling and employing their forces ; the latter in inviting assistance. The case of Sir Francis is become so hopeless, that rumours are afloat that he will not vacate his seat after all ! To assume this would be to suppose that he would rather be utterly degraded with every party, than remain iden tified with the Tories. About thirty Members of Parliament, and an immense number of other eminent Reformers, have en tered their names on Mr. Leader's Committee-list, Whigs as well as Radicals; among the former are the Hon. John Dun das, Sir Ronald Fergusson ; and George Pryme, Edward Divett, and Charles Villiers, Esquires. This day, at one o'clock, Sir Francis Burdett arrived in town in a carriage and four, accompanied by John Wilson Crofter, Esq., the gentleman wJo made himself so conspicu ous in opposition to every popular clause in the Reform Bill. Shortly after three o'clock yesterday morning, a fire broke out in the lower part of the premises belonging to Messrs. Constable and Frinders, chemists and druggists, 254, High-street, Southwark, which is supposed to have been oc casioned by the bursting of a large carboy, containing a com bustible fluid. The discovery was made by one of the police, who perceived a volume of smoke ascending from the cellar door. The flames were not got under before considerable da mage was done. ANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY The LORD CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole morning with an appeal of Leman v. Blackmore, which came before the Court upon exceptions and further directions. The case related to the foreclosure of a mortgage, and was totally devoid of public interest. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The case of Evans v. Brown, which was part heard yester day, occupied the whole morning. The case came before the Court upon exceptions. KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) GREWELL V. NICHOLSON. This was an actionOna - cO;entola --- Policy of insurance, tried before Lord Denman at the Guildhall sittings. One of the pleas was, that the policy had been effected by false and fraudulent representations, and that certain information rela. tive to the vessel, which had been received at the plaintiff's counting-house at Belfast, should have been communicated to the defendant. It was proved on the trial that the plaintiff was, at the time the policy was effected, at Sunderland, and that he had no knowledge whatever of the information that had been communicated to bis counting-house at Belfast, re lative to the vessel after her arrival at St. Michael's. The Jury at once negatived the allegation of fraud, and found a ver dict for the plaintiff. An application had been subsequently made to the Court for a new trial, and Counsel was yesterday heard in support of it. Lord DENMAN now said that the Court did not think it ne cessary to hear Mr. Creswell against the rule, as it appeared to them that the representations made by the plaintiff to the defendant at the time of effecting the policy were true, and the evidence went distinctly to negative the plea of fraud. The rule, therefore, must be discharged. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) ( Sittings in Banco.) This Court was occupied the entire of the day in disposing of cases on the Special paper in which nothing of public in terest occurred. BAIL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice WILLIAMS took his seat on the Bench at ten o'clock. ADAMS V. HARVEY. Mr. PLATT, on a former day, obtained a rule to set aside the nonsuit in this case, and to have a new trial granted. Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS now showed cause aga►nst the rule. It was an action for illegal distress, and was to have been tried before Mr. Justice Vaughan at Chelmsford. When the Assizes came on, it was ascertained that there were only three causes entered for hearing, one of which was defended ; and the con sequence was, the duties of the Court terminated so early as Wednesday morning. When the case was called the plain tiff was absent, and it appeared that no brief had been de lived to counsel. The plaintiff's attorney was also absent, nor could any person be found to represent him ; and when the the nonsuit was applied for, the Learned Judge took the usual course in such cases. Mr. PLATT, in support of the rule, contended that there was no wilful neglect on the occasion, for the plaintiff lived at Colchester, and had sent instructions to a professional person to hare the cause set down for hearing as soon as possible, and he arrived at Chelmsford as early as eleven o'clock for the purpose of being present. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said the rule should be made absolute upon payment of costs. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, Tit' EL FE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French mails, and ship letters from China, Montevideo, St. Thort.as's, and Deme rara ; Sydney, 10th Dec., Calcutta, 24th Dec., Madras, sth January. We extract the following from the Sydney papers received to the 16th Dec.:— " A blightening and destructive frost has destroyed all the bright prospects of the farmers. One night effected irrepa rable mischief. Thousands of acres of wheat were utterly destroyed ; gardens, orchards, and vineyards were found in a condition past all hope ; and, as a consequence, all supplies for the ensuing season must be drawn from Sydney. " The land sale of the 14th inst. will, it is said, be ono of the heaviest that has taken place. There are upwards of one hundred and fifteen thousand acres advertised ; besides sixty three town allotments, the upset price of which is about thirty thousand pounds." The Launceston Price Current of November 16, states wheat, 4s. 9d. to ss. 4d. per bushel; oats 4s. 6d. to 55.; barley, ss. to Gs. ; flour, 255. to 275. per 100 lb. ; hay, 71. to Si. per ton ; straw, 20s. to 215.; bread, 9d. per 41b. loaf ; beef, 7d. to Bd. a lb.; veal, Bd. to 9d.; mutton, 6d. to 7d.; pork, 9d. to 11d.; fine flour, 165.; second, 10s.; ration, Bs. " PORT PHlLlP.—Despatches from the settlement have ar rived by the Rattlesnake, among which is the return of the total amount of the population, viz., 200 adult persons ; 39 of that number are prisoners of the Crown, being the gang sent down by the Government to assist in public works. There are already three public-houses in the settlement." Accounts have been received this morning from Jamaica of the 3d April ; but we do not hear of any news of importance. THE FUNDS. During the whole of yesterday both the British and Foreign Markets were buoyant, although towards the afternoon there were commercial reports tending to damp the animated state of the Markets, and Consols closed at 90;1, both for Account and M oney ; opened this morning at 90i Money and Ac count; Exchequer Bills, 28 30 prem. ; India Bonds, 25 27 prem. ; Bank Stock, 204; India Stock, 2571 258. Spanish Active may be quoted at 224, Ex-dividend ; Cou pons, 44 to 46 ; Portuguese, 47,i 481; Three per Cents., 304 1 -1; Col um bi a , 23i ; Chilian, 38 to 40 ; Mexican, 23 24. The accounts from Liverpool this morning, state that the last week has been a very cheerful one, in comparison with several preceding weeks. The, sales of Cotton having been very large, at a slight improvement of price, and the arrival of bills of the United States' and other Banks, have greatly re lieved many houses embarassed; but it would be a great mis take to suppose that affairs and confidence can be restored at once. The reception of these Bills from the United States have had a very beneficial effect, and have removed much de spondency; still, it will require many months to restore pros perity. HALF-PA ST ONE. All continues tranquil in the City respecting Commercial affairs, and there are no reports on political news to com municate. Consols, which were buoyant during the morning, at 901 1 , for the Account, have since receded to 90 Money 90 Money still was scarce in the early part of the morning. Ex chequer Bills, 28, 30, 27 prem. ; Indian Bonds, 27, 25 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2031. In th e Foreign * Market, Spanish Active, 221 cx div. Cou pons, and 23 for Account; Co - upons due last November, 48 ; New, due in May, 27 to 32. Passive, 5 : 3 6 ; Deferred, 81 9; Portuguese, 481 ; Three per Cents., 30i ; Dutch Two and-a- Half per Cents., 534. To the present time we do not hear of any business of con sequence doing in the New American Paper ; Bank, 941 95 ; Morris Canal, 981. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols f or t h e Account, 906 i• here are now to be seen in the garden of an amateur horticulturist, in the neigbourhood of the Mile-end road, bunches of grapes already formed to considerable size, with nectarines as large as wa)nuts. The method adopted for the forwarding the growth of the fruit named was merely covering the trees with leno of a sufficiently fine texture "to break the cold." This plan has, according to the statement of the proprietor of the grounds alluded to, been, in former experiments of the kind, eminently successful. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF ,LORDS, MAY 2. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. Mr. Crater brought up papers from the Treasury. On the motion of Lord SHAFTESBURY the Conso lidated Fund 8,000,0001. Bill was read a third time and passed. The West Cork Min's and Quarries Bill was real a second time. The Earl of HA DDINGTON presented a petition in favour of Church-rates from the Synod of Perth. Sir J. BECKETT and other Members of the House of Commons, brought up Gardiner's Divorce Bill and several private Bills. The Bishop of St. AS H presented several petitions in favour of Church-rates from places in Glarnorganshire, amongst which was one signed by the High Sheriff, and 60 Magistrates. The Bishop of CHICHESTER presented similar pe titions from Huntingdon and other places. Lord WINCHILSEA presented similar petitions from Brighton and from several places in Northamptonshire. The Bishop of EXETER presented petitions from the Clergy of Limerick, Tuam, Ardagh and Killala, against the • National system of Education in Ireland ; also petitions in in favour of Church-rates from South Shields, and from several places in Devonshire, Cornwall, Warwickshire, and Staffordshire, as also from the inhabitants of St. Andrews. Lord DUCIE presented a petition from Gloucester against the punishment of death. The Duke of RUTLAND presented petitions in favour of Church-rates from places in Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, and Lincoln. The Noble Duke said, that when he before presented a number of petitions, it was remarked in a daily journal that but for the exertions of the parsons they would have been fewer, and would have had fewer signatures.--(Hear, hear.) Now ho would say that of ten petitions which lie now presented from parishes in his own neighbourhood, six of them were not signed by the ministers, as they thought it better to leave their pa rishioners to their own inclinations in this respect. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented petitions in favour of the abolition of Church -rates, from Norwood and Camberwell. The Noble Marquis then moved for copies of the reports of the Kildare-place Society while it re ceived Parliamentary aid, and also copies of all correspon dence between the Board of Education and the Rev. Mr. Croly as to a complaint made by him in 1835, and all directions given in consequence.—Ordered. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition in favour of Church-rates. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from Wilts and Northampton against Church-rates. Lord WHARNaLIFFE presented petitions in favour of Church-rates from Berwick, and from several places in York. Lord RODEN presented similar petitions from places in Staffordshire. Lord BROUGHAM would ask the Noble Duke op posite would he have any objection that the amendments he intended to move to the Irish Corporation Bill should be printed, as it would greatly facilitate the discussion of them ? The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he could not say what amendments he should move. Lord BROUGHAM said that he understood, on the second reading, that the Noble Duke said that he would move amendments in Committee. He asked the question with the view he had stated. Viscount DUNCANNON presented a petition from Mr. Keogh, the High Sheriff of Carlow, prayi ng th a t either he himself, or Coun se l on behalf of him, should be heard at the bar, if in considering the papers moved for —the grand-jury list and book —any observation on his conduct as sheriff might be made, which he might thus de fend himself from. After a few words from Lord RODEN and the Mar- quis of WESTMEATH, Lord MELBOURNE said that all that was required by the petitioner was that in case any accusation were made against him he might be allowed to defend himself. DUBLIN POLICE BILL. Lord DUNGANNON moved the second reading of :his Bill. Lord ELLENBOROUGH approved of the principle of this Bill, which was widely different from that adopted in a similar Bill in reference to taxation. He regretted that a better system of local taxation was not adopted for the city of Dublin. If the Noble Lord would refer to the evidenee of the Paving and Lighting Commissioners, he would find that with the addition of a few clerks, the ma ehinery was amply sufficient for all the purposes intended by the present Bill. After a few words from Lord DUNC A NNON in ex planation, Lord WICKLOW could not see the necessity for the present Bill. It gave an unconstitutional power to the Lord-Lieutenant, which he for one would not sanction. The necessity for an increased patronage being vested in the head of the Irish Government should be satisfactorily proved to him, otherwise he should feel it his duty to mo‘e the omission of that clause in Committee. After a few words from Lord HATrtEwroN and Earl WICKLOW, The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on Friday. The Marquis NORTHAMPTON on the part of his Noble Friend, the Duke of Richmond, postponed the mo tion of which he had given notice, for the abolition of oaths, to a future day.—Adjourned. HOUSE Ol• COMMONS, MAr 2. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from Stockport against the Stockport Improvement Mr. LOWTHER brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the North Midland Railway Bill. On the motion of Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY the North Metropolitan Cemetry Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. BRIGHTON RAILWAY—FICTITIOUS SHARE- HOLDERS. Sir SAMUEL WHAL LEY begged to call the atten tion of the House to petitions which had been presented a short time since, and which had been referred for investi gation to the Deptford and Dover Subscription List, im pugning the subscription contract of one of the Brighton Railway Companies. The petitions alleged that the Companies had hired parties to sign the deed. It could not be a matter of surprise, that in times like the present persons connected with the Stock Exchange should be unwilling to be known as the holders of railway shares to a large amount, and that those persons had hired others to purchase their shares for them. That, he believed, was the matter which it was in tended. the Committee should investigate, and referring it to the Deptford and Dover List implied a suspicion that the Committee on the Bill was not competent to investigate it : He believedthat an impression had been created in the House, and, in his opinion . , most unjustly, prejudicial to the interests of the Company. Since that time petitions had been presented from the parties who had signed the deed, .entirely and unequivocally exonerating the Company from any participation ►n the affair. He was glad to see the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade in his place, who had taken a great interest in the matter— tha►t Right Hon. Gentleman would hear him out, he_ be lieved, in his assertion, that unless a case of real fraud was made out, there was no necessity for the present interference. Under these circumstances he hoped the House would repeal the resolution to which it had come, and refer the petitions to the Committee on the Bill, with an instruction to strike out the nominal shareholders. If the plan proposed by the House were adopted, it would open a wide door for similar complaints, and materially interfere with the business of the House. The decision appeared to him extremely unjust to the Com pany, and he hoped the resolution would be rescinded. The, Directors had, however, requested him not to submit his present motion to the House, as they were anxious for the fullest investigation ; but he (Sir Samuel Whalley), never theless, felt it his duty to do so. He begged to move that the orders of the 26th and 28th of April, referring these pe titions to the Deptford and Dover Subscription list, be dis charged. _ _ Captain PEC HELL seconded the motion. Mr. C. BARCLAY opposed the motion. Mr. G; F. YOUNG thought that a Select Committee was the proper tribunal to inquire into the allegations of the petition. He did not see why the two petitions referred to by the Hon. Member for Marylebone should be exempted. He should therefore oppose the motion. Sir SAMUEL WH ALLEY, seeing that the feeling of the House was against him, withdrew his motion. Lord G. SOMERSET, seeing the Chairman (Mr. Warburton) of the Deptford and Dover Committee in his place, wished to inquire when it was likely they would take the Brighton petitions into consideration ? Mr.CVARBURTON said they would take the Brighton petitions into consideration the next case hut one. On the motion of Sir S. WHALLEY, all the petitions were referred to the Deptford and Dover Committee. On the motion of Sir G. STRICKLAND, the Wake field Water Works Bill was read a third time and passed. Major BEAUCLERK presented a petition in favour of Sir John Rennie's Line of Brighton Railway. On the motion of Mr. WORTLEY, the Ellan and Dewsbury Road Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. FORBES, the Glasgow Police Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, Solari's Na turalization Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. HODGES, the Sun Life Assu rance Company's Bill was read a second time, and ordered h enmmittarl On the motion of Mr. E W A RT, tile Order of the Dab' fur the secon 1 nading of the Mersey Navlation Bill wa s di. charged. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. Petitions in favour of the better observance of the Sab— bath were presented by Colonel Gore Adams, Mr. Wilks, Captain &relay, and Mr. Hurst. C HU RC H-RA TES. Petitions in favour of the Ministerial plan for the aboli tion of Churel:-rates were presented by Mr. Lambton, from several paces in Durham ; by Mr. Brotherton, from places in Lincolnshiro, and by Mr. Ham es from Cole-street Chapel, St. Mary's, Newington, and from the Dissenters of Camberwell. Petitions against the abolition of Church-rates were pre sented by Mr. O. Gore, Mr. Eastcourt, and Mr.G. Palmer- Petitions in favour of the Government measure were presented by Mr. Pease, Mr. \Vilks, and Mr. Fielden. The latter Gentleman also presented twenty-five pe titions from parishes in Lancashire, the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying for the total repeal of the Poor-law Amendment Act, a prayer in which he most cordially joined. The great excitement which prevailed in the coun try would never subside, until the prayer of the petition was granted. The petitioners expressed their determina tion to resist the orders of the Poor-law Commissioners. The SPEAKER requested the Hon. Member to read that part of the petition. Mr. FIELDEN then commenced the reading of the pe tition at length. Sir R. INGLIS rose to order. Ile contended that the Hon. Member bad ❑o right to read the petition from beginning to end. Mr. WAKLEY submitted that tie Hon. Member was perfectly in order. He was merely reading an extract of - one petition out of a large number. It would. be better not to petition the House at all if that were not allowed. It appeared to him to be an outrage upon common sense. — (Cries of " Order" and " Chair.") The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member was strictly in order if he was merely reading a portion of the petition, but it seemed to him that the Hon. Member was reilding the petition from beginning to end. It was represented that the petitioners were determined to resist the law, and he (the Speaker) had asked him to reed that portion of the petition in which that allegation was contained. Major BEA UCLERK understood the Hon. Member to say that the petitioners would resist the law by all legal and fair means.—(Cries of " No, no.") The SPEAKER understood the matter differently; and the best way to settle the question would be to read that part of the petition. Mr. FIELDEN said the petitioners did not mean to resist the law of that House, but the rules and regulations of the Poor-law Commissioners. Mr. C. BRUCE—The Hon. Member had made an allegation which he now seemed to withdraw, and if that statement were distinctly made, it would perhaps save the time •f the House. Mr. FIELDEN then read the petition, which denied the right of the Poor-law Commissioners to introduce the regulations they had adopted into the manufacturing dis tricts, and stated the determination of the petitioners- to resist them. The Hon. Member trusted they would do so with success ; and concluded by moving that the petition be referred to the Poor-law Committee. Mr. WYNN considered that it was contrary to the rules of the House to receive a petition which declared the in tention of the petitioners to resist the regulations of Com missioners empowered by Act of Parliament. Sir J. GRAHAM thought that the petition ought to be brought up and read at the table, which having been done, Mr. WYNN said that any reason the petitioners might have to lay before the House for the repeal of this law the House would listen to ; but when the petitioners made a declaration of their determination to resist the law, in his opinion the House ought not to pay any attention to their statements. He thought the best course to adopt would be to withdraw 'the petition.—(Cries of" No, no.") Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND thought that the House ought to be exceedingly cautious in rejecting the petition,. on account of a few unguarded expressions. The petition concluded by praying the House to repeal a law which they stated had given dissatisfaction. The petitioners stated that the Commissioners pretending to do one thing were doing another ; and, considering that, by doing so, the Commissioners were acting illegally, the petitioners stated their determination to resist the regulations that were imposed. Candidly considered, he did not think the petitioners had deviated from their duty in making the statements they had done. Major BEAU CLERK thought the petition ought to be received. Sir J. GRAHAM said he believed the objectionable passage in the petition was that which contained an in ference that the power exercised by the Commissioners was an illegal power. Although, in point of fact that as sumption was most erroneous, yet he thought if the Hon. Member for Oldham would not consent to withdraw it, he could not say he thought the House ought to reject it. Mr. G. F. YOUNG was against receiving the petition. Mr. WAKLEY said it ought to be distinctly understood that the petitioners, in the words they employed, said they 'would urge a passive resistance—that they would pay no regard to the orders and regulations of Commissioners, who in their opinion were acting illegally.—( Hear, hear.) It was well known that the Commissioners - had in some in stances overstretched their power ; it had been acknow ledged in the Court of King's Bench that they had - done so, and that Court had quashed an election of Guardians which had taken place in St. Pancras. He thought that ought to be distinctly understood by the House and the country. The SPEAKER had considered that he was bound to interfere, because the Hon, Member for Oldham stated the petitioners were determined to resist the law.—(Hear, hear.) If the Hon. Member had read the prayer of the petition, the House would then have been satisfied that however paltry the assumption might be, the object of the petitioners was only to resist that which was illegal. Mr. FIELDEN was proceeding to make some obser vations, but was interrupted by Mr. TREVOR, who spoke to order.. After the deci sion from the Chair, he would submit to the Hon. Member whether he would proceed to take up the time of the House. Mr. MACLEAN—The Hon. Member for Oldham must see the course he is pursuing is inconsistent with the regulations you have laid down. Mr. HUME—I wish to ask the Hon. Member what regulations he alludes to? I know of none.—(Cheers.) Mr. MACLEAN said the regulations he alluded to were those which lie had uniformly endeavoured to act upon, namely, that upon the presentation of a petition there should be no discussion ; but that the facts mentioned in the peti tion and the 'prayer should merely be stated, and that if an Hon. Member wished to have any discussion upon a petition lie must give notice of a day for that purpose: Mr. O'CONNELL—I don't know whether that was the course adopted by the Hon. Member in the case of Dr. Mulholland.—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. MACLEAN—In that very case I was put down. Mr. O'CONNELL—But the Hon. Member did not go down.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. MACLEAN.—The House will bear with me, when I _say that when I was repeatedly reminded—(Hear, hear, from Mr. O'Connell) —repeatedly reminded by the Chair of the course I ought to pursue, I did endea vour to confine myself to that course.—(Hear, hear.), Major BE AUCLERK said this was a question of such importance that he thought the House ought to come to some understanding upon it. It was very seldom that any Honourable Gentleman on one side of the house or the other took up much time in presenting a petition. The Hon. Member for Oldham had a number of peti tions containing the prayers of an immense body of the poorer classes, totally unrepresented in that House. He thought the House would not be engaged ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, in listening to these petitions—( Hear, bear)—and he hoped the Honourable Member for Oldham would be patiently listened to. If not, the Hon. Member would be perfectly justified in putting those petitions on the Orders of the Day.—(Cheers.) Mr. FIELDEN was again proceeding to make some observations, when he was lute) rupted by . - Mr. WARBURTON, who said he rose to order, be cause if one gentleman was allowed to break through a most convenient rule, which tl ey bra all been following, whether that rule were imperative or not, all would do it. He would put it to the common sense of Hon. Members, if they were to debate at length every petition that was presented, how would they find time for debating those general questions which arose on Bills and Motions ? Mr. Ii ARVEY rose to order. Sir JAMES GRAHAM rose to order. The Hon. Member for Southwark had called the Hon. Member for Bridport to order, who was speaking to order. The Hon. Member for Southwark then was bound to confine himself to those points in which he considered the Hon. Member had departed from the question of order. . Mr. HARVEY considered he had been strictly acting as the Hon. Baronet said he ought to have done. The Hon. Member had been talking of the infraction of the rules of the House. In his opinion the present was a case wherein however wholesome the rule might be, it ought to be broken through. The Hon. Member for Oxford had talked of wasting time—( Loud cries of " Order" and " Chair.") The SPEAKER said the question was indeed one of much importance, and that importance rendered it necessary that the House should come to some decision upon it. There were many gentlemen in the House, who, like him, had been Members for nearly thirty years ; and they would bear him out in the statement of what was the practice in former times. When be 'entered the House, and for many years after, no person, on presenting a petition, was allowed to m‘irA than to name the place whence it came. a❑d