The Sun. — London, England, 1837-06-08 00:00:00

du lards, then, have we and the rest of the world been I But, thanks to Mr. Trope, we are clear s'ghted enough now. The French and Belgic Revolutions, the Civil War in Spain, the Cholera, the Comet, the Infiuerza, and the Whigs still in office--all plurnomena, past, present, and to come, are accounted fur. That cursed currency has been, and will be, at the bottom of all I Oh rare Trope Atwood I We should certainly have taken you for a conjuror at the very leat,t ; if you had not told us that von ‘vere at first inclined to regard the Reform Bill as a " beautiful creation," but that you now find it tube little better than a " witch's phantom. But nem° omnibus lions sapit,—even Homer some times nods, and it is not impossible, therefore, that Mr. Trope may really have been caught napping a the time of the Reform Bill, though it must be con• fessed, that for a gentleman in his sleep, he made noise enough in its favour. Is he quite sure that he is awake now ? We might spend as long a time in commenting upon this delectable speci:nen of oratory and Commer cial knowledge as Mr. Trope occupied in the delivery of it, but we happen to have neither time, room, nor, to say the truth, inclination, fur the task. We hope, however, that the few beauties we have selected will in duce those who have more leisure, to read the whole, and so learn tiie extent of the greatness, the wisdom, and the knowledge of this Admirable Crichton of currency crotchets. He said he was " the represen tative of buttons and buckles," and then again that he was " the representative of the bees of the social hive." We suppose he did not mean brass buttons, and we are sure he ought not to have meant humble bees ; but,' let him give himself what character he please, there can be no doubt in the public mind as to the position he should occupy in this nether world; and, for fear he should outlive the existing generation, and have his merits handed over to a march-of-intel lect-stricken posterity, we earnestly recormeend that the honours of an apotheosis be awarded him forrl‘with —at Brummagem of course ; because then Mr. Josepli Parkes will chronicle the solemnity. His funeral pile may be made of all Bank-notes above the value of 5/. (for he holds them in as great detestation as gold and silver, and bestows all his love upon the little ones) : - and, instead of sending an eagle to the skies, Mr. Muntz should let fly that live goose of his, which he bought without its giblets, to announce the advent of Trope Attwood's ghost to its kindred spirits—in the moon.—Times. A prudishly, circumspect, and over-cautious dispo sition, may manage the smaller matters of legislation well enough, but is never fit to deal with great prin ciples. The cause which the Lord Chief Justice of England has to sustain against a House of Commons assuming an extent of inquisitorial power unknown to the Constitution, is one which can only be injured by listening to that weak advice which evinces more of moral timidity than of sound discretion. The really judicious course for Lord Denman to pursue, in our opinion, is the very course which his own sense of self-respect and manly feeling suggested. The weak advice is that which would draw him aside from the direct and intrepid resolution which he had formed of meeting the act of accusation of the Commons by a prompt defence. It may be very easy for Lord El lenborough, or any other Noble Lord, to consult his own .notions of cold and timid prudence upon such a subject ; but it is not quite so easy for Lord Denman to sit down in satisfied humility under the insult inflicted upon his judicial character, even by so powerful a body as that which has attempted to overawe, by the powers of undefined and tyrannical privilege, the Constitutional tribunals of the realm. Sound as was the law laid down by Lord Denman in the Court of King's Bench, and eloquent as was the language in which it was clothed, we cannot help thinking that a still greater charm for the public mind was the frank and fearless spirit in which it was spoken. He is not a friend, though-he may think himself one, to the fame of the Chief Justice, or the high principles with which that fame is associated, who would induce him to descend from the vantage-ground which an honest intrepidity has gained for him, and tamely sub mit to a wrong which wounds his judicial character and the Constitution together. As to the technical point which has been started—viz., that the Commons has not yet formally notified its resolutions to the Lords, we confess we cannot see the force of it. The House of Lords has repeatedly acted upon the evi dence of the printed Votes of the Commons, and the resolutions, we need not add, are upon the printed Votes. The objection is so far from being an argument, that it is not even a plausible excuse of postponing, on the part of the Home of Lords, the great duty of settling the question of disputed privilege, before the subject is forced upon Parliament by another decision in a Court of law, which will bring the judicial authority in direct collision with the Commons. We are disposed to believe that the other Judges concur in Lord Den man's sentiments. The Judges have a right to know what view the Lords take of this question of the "col lective privilege of both Houses." We stated the other day that the admission by the Select Committee of the collective character of the privilege was in itself sufficient reason why it should not be determined by the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the Commons. Lord Denman urged the same point on Tuesday evening, in answer to the objection to the pro posed discussion, upon the ground that the resolu tions had not yet been regularly notified to tile House of Lords. It is curious enough that the Committee should assert that the privileges of one House are the privileges of both, and follow that up by stating that the House of Commons has the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of its privileges—in other words, that the House of Commons may assume whatever privileges it pleases, and not even the House of Lords has any ju risdiction over those privileges, although they belong to that House equally with the Commons. Had this sort of reasoning appeared on the face of a document from the " sister kingdom," it would have been called an Irish blunder ! It is certainly a very remarkable specimen of vicious reasoning by a branch of the legis lature arrogating to itself not only an unlimited extent of power, but infallibility of judgment. We have already entered so largely into the law of the case, that we need not sac more about it at present ; other opportunities will be afforded before the question is set at rest. In the mean time, we refer with plea sure to some observations copied into our columns from the Standard of last night upon this important sub ject.—Morning Herald. M. Mendizabal, the most profligate and the most corrupt Minister that ever disgraced a country, pro poses, as we understand by the last accounts from Madrid, to seize on and melt down all the Church plate, for the purpose of furnishing him with funds to continue for a short time longer his reign of intrigue and despotism. He confesses at last that the Treasury is thoroughly exhausted, and that nei ther his artifices abroad nor his forced loans at home can anv longer provide the means of sustain ing the Government or prosecuting the war. There is not a shilling to be had in the shape of a small loan, as Lord Palmerston's pamphlet recommended, or as payment for licenses for the importation of British cotton goods. Even the negotiation for the revenues of Cuba being secured to M. Aguado is given up, and the bankrupt state of the Christino Government is openly proclaimed. Men dizahal has now no other resource than to de spoil the altars, and to convert the vessels of the Temple to the use of the profligate crew by whom he is surrounded, and for the providing a good re treat for himself, when his career, which he feels is drawing to a close, be finally accomplished. Within three years Spain has c ons u me d f our m illi ons ster li ng —the Toren° loan—the whole of the property of tile convents, two forced loans—besides large contributions imposed on those unwilling to be included in the con scription. The whole may amount to ten millions sterling ; and, at the close of the fourth year, the civil war, for 's hich that money was ostensibly raised, is more extended than at the moment when the grasping and blood-thirsty Libera!s usurped the reins of power. Facts like these do away with the necessity of reasoning on the subject; no person can repose confidence in a Government which has so ill conducted Ts affairs. It is di ffi cult to foresee in wh a t manner • at e war is to be conducted, provided Don Carlos still l i nctinues his system of prudence, and hesitates to *arch on Madrid until the Government dissolves roan incapacity to maintain itself. Where is the , , money to come from necessary to maintain the army, and to feed tl a corrupt dependents of the Minister? Every source of industry is dried up ; there is no internal or external commerce—no contributions col lected or customs paid : and the small sums which the reported seizure of the Church plate will pro vide will be but a drop in the ocean of wasteful expend:ture. We really know not how the Govern ment of the Queen can go on, and, setting aside the probable triumph of the Carlists altogether, we niti4 conclude that the Qneen's Government must tr.! long fall to pieces, beealee there is not one ele ment of combination in it. Even England and France have not the power to render it effectual aid. The two or three millions which either country might lend, under the management of diplomatic or Stock Exchange trickery, would be exhausted in six months, anti then the same rry would have again to he told. It is thus that we view the financial situation of Spain, and, considering that all fallen States have been overturned by pecuniary derangement, though other causes in some instances have been more apparent, we are convinced that the Government of the Queen of Spain must share the same fate, and that, if Don Carlos but maintains tbe defensive, it must fall to pieces, without a possibi lity of its reconstruction. We are glad to see that all our anticipations of Mendizabal and his party are fulfilled, and that this last act of impiety will teach even his adherents in England that he has neither con sideration for his own character nor regard for the wor ship of his country. We shall next hear, we sup pose, of a project to mortgage or sell the pictures of the Madrid Museum, of the Escurial, or of Seville ; but we advise purchasers or lenders to be careful of their money. The very stones of the streets would rise against such sacrilege. The people of Spain are patient, but not so much so as to endure an outrage of that nature.—Morning Post. IRELAND. IMPERIAL PAALIAMEN T HOUSEAW COMMONS, Juxa 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. DUNDALK WESTERN RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. S. CRAWFORD, the above Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. MAHER moved that the evidence taken before the Committee on the Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Bill 'he printed at the expensl of the parties.—. Agreed to. Mr. Alderman COPELAND brought up the Report of the Committees on two Naturalization Bills, and moved their third reading. Mr. HUME said as the business of the llcuse was evi dently too great and was attracting much atteilt ion, he would take the opportunity of saying, that, in his opinion, this was a class of business which might very safely be remel - 04 from the jurisdiction of that House. He trusted the Governn:ent would press the matter before the Committee which was to be appointed for the purpose of reducing and circumscribing the waste of time in private business. Mr. ANGERSTEIN brought; up OW Report of the London and Greenwich Railway Bill, No. 4. Sir It. VYVYAN moved the third leading of the Bris tol Improvement Bill.--gread to. On the motion of Sir It. VYYYB/4, tho Bristol Simll Tenements Bill was read a third time and passed, On the motion of Mr. HEA.THCOTE, the Welland ()ALI' Navigation Bill was read a third fo li o r i nd passed. Mr. BROTHERTON brought up the It epcqi, of the Committee, on 'Murray's Estate Bill, On the motion of Mr. HINDLEY, the Glossop fteser, , voir Bill was read a second tim?, and referred to 4 Com? mittce. Mr. CHALMERS brought up the Report of the CUM' mittee on Lockhart's and two other Estate Bills. EDINBURGH WATER-WORKS BILL DUBLIN, JUNE 5. A correspondent of the _Ficentais's Journal thus con cludes his account of the progresS ^f the tithe victim Ty quin to that borne whence no travellet returns. Incar cerated in a Dublin dungeon for the paltry sum of 325. Bd., Tyquin has been sacrificed to an odious and unholy system of clerical rapacity Within a few miles of Uarylwoogh the crowds were persuaded to retire. Before arriving in Maryborough a countryman from the neighbourhood of Shinrone met us ; he appeared sorely affected and sadly tired ; he informed us that the country was alive from Mountrath forward, and that the lamentable tidings of Mr. l'yquin's decease had only reached his disconsolate family the evening preceding. Driving through Mountrath I observed the country people loitering obout—the moment the black plumes caught their atteneion an instant stir was apparent. Gracious Heaven ! how shall I describe the scene ? Even while I ' write, the piercing despair ing shriek that burst from the widow of Tyquin rings in my ears ; I can scarce trust myself to express my feelings ; Tyquin's children clung around the hearse and sobbed as if their little hearts would burst. The mother of seven fatherless children prayed, but wept for. Her four young daughters and three sons, the eldest a lad of about 17 years of age, got on the hearse and flung himself on the roof. The mother prayed for him, for her spirit was broken and her hopes were blighted ; two very handsome fine little boys, seven and nine years of age, wept most bitterly. The youngest poor little fellow employed himself scraping out from the placard the name of the Clergyman, at whose suit his father was thrown into prison ; four young girls were rending the air with screams. It was really heart rending to witness the lamentations and woe. The excited bearing of the people was appalling, but, owing to the ac tive exertions of the Rev. Mr. Nowlan, P.P., Rev. Mr. Conroy, C.C., D. Egan, Esq., and other gentlemen, the ferment was promptly allayed, and the people retired, leaving the afflicted family to mourn over their griefs un observed, save by the charitable and humane ladies of the nunnery, who afforded them every consolation they were capable of receiving, and at near ten o'clock at night in duced them to take shelter in the Convent for the night. Prayers were offered up all night, and everything done to alleviate the pangs of intense misery under which the de stitute family suffered. Such a scene I never witnessed." Ma. CItYBBACE.—The clergyman who was recently ar rested on a charge of high treason, which had no founda tion whatever, has been liberated from the Derry jail, having entered into the usual recognisanecs to keep the peace. THE DUBLIN SOCIETY.—At the eleventh hour the Dublin Society has stepped forth in defence of its motives, by passing the following resolution :—" That the Society have perceived, with deep regret, observations in certain Dublin newspapers, relative to their proceedings touching a late Report of the Select Committee, and the affairs of the Society generally ; and ascribing to the Society sentient nts and motives utterly repugnant to their f,:elings, any misre presentation respecting which roust prove most detrimental to the character and best interests of the Society." In dealing with the body, we have had little to do with its motives. Its acts and its comparative inutility left us small occasion to speculate upon its hidden d;spositions. The Mail, however, may make the best apology it can to the injured feelings of its friends, whose motives it set forward in a shape as little creditable as questionable. We arc almost sanguine enough to hope that stern necessity will mend their manners, and that they will finally assent to the rea sonable proposal of the Treasury, giving the public a secu tity for the money placed at their disposal.—Pilut. Tite BLACK RATS.—The Mail announces that a meet ing of the clergy of the dioceses of Dublin and Glendalogh is to be held in the Chapter-room of St. Patrick's Cathe dral, on Thursday next, the Bth of June, at one o'clock, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning both Houses of Parliament on the subject of a Bill now pend ing before them, entitled " a Bill for the better regulation of ecclesiastical revenues, and the promotion of religion and moral instructio❑ in Ireland." MYsTEatous DEATIL-Yesterday, between eleven and twelve o'clock, as Mr. Faulker, of Blacquiere-bridge, was walking along the right bank of the Royal Canal, followed by his dog, on approaching the seventh lock the animal made a stop, and his manner attracting his master's atten tion, he looked, and observed the body of a female in the water. Mr. F. immediately proceeded to the lock-keeper, and the latter accompanied him to the spot, provided with a drag. From the distance, however, at which the body lay in the canal the drag was insufficient to reach it. Mr. F. on this stripped, waded into the water, and with much exertion succeeded in getting the remains to the bank. The corpse was that of a young woman, apparently about tsenty years of age. She was decently attired, and bad on a frock or gown of a reddish coloured pattern. She had fine stockings, but no shoes on. Blood being observed to trickle from her head, the latter was examined, when there appeared on the crown of it a deep wound extending entirely across it, and bearing every mark as if inflicted by a hatchet or some such sharp heavy instrument. The right temple was also marked by a frightful gash, from which the blood streamed copiously. On the discovery of the body, the right hand firmly grasped a'branch of white thorn, which, on inspecting a hedge on the bank of the canal, was found to correspond ith the mark of a branch torn (If a bush there. Under all the circumstances, apprehensions were entertained by the persons resident in the- locality that the deceased had come by her death through violence. The body was not recognised, and remains on the spot for an Inquest. No document or paper was found that could furnish a clue as to whom deceased was. The body appeared to have been but a very short time in the water. THE CROPS.—The reports .from the country on the prospects of the spring are, we are gratified to state, of a very cheerful nature. The crops have, within the last few days, assumed quite an improved appearance. The brief period of heat which we enjoyed, and the subsequent mois ture, accompanied by a genial warmth in the atmosphere, have done much in counteracting tl.e evil effects of the prolonged winter. Wherever the soil was rich, and calcu lated to receive the influence of the season to advantage, the wheat crops look extremely vigorous ; but in cold and clayey situations the blighting effects of the severe winter are yet too obvious. The earlier sowing of oats looks thin, and seems to have suffered much from the frost. The spring business in some parts of England was finished at an earlier period than last year. Very large quantities of potatoes have been 50.. - vn in this country ; and we trust that tho fears of the poor people, who in many pacts of Ireland have to depend on the burning of the soil for their potato crops, have not been realised. Oa the whole Nature has put on a brilliant aspect, and seems to cheer us with the promise of an abundant autumn.—Freenian's Diurnal. There is no improvement in the market to-day. It has been but thinly attended, and very little business has been done. Wool still continues to fall in price, and the dealers are very desirous of selling ; but not many sales have been effected. —Manchester Guardian. On Sunday afternoon, as a young woman, of the name of Mary Davis, was walking with her sweetheart in the fields adjacent to the Lee river, upon some angry words having taken place between them she suddenly left him, when, before he was aware of her intentions, she plunged into the river. She would have met with a watery grave but for the presence of mind of a man, named Hanbury, a bricklayer, who followed her, and brought her safe ashore. She was taken to the station-house at Hackney, where Sergeant Hunt, N, 23, sent for a medical gentleman, who having applied an injection of brandy speedily brought about her recovery. She was supplied with dry clothes, when matters being made up, she walked away arm-in-arm with her intended. THE SUN, LONDON, THITiiBDAY, JUNE S, is 37, Mr. CHALMERS moved that the second reading of the Edinburgh Water-Works Bill should be made in the Order of the Day for Friday. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL considering the Bill would create a monopoly, felt called upon to move that the Bill should be read that day six months. Mr. CHALMERS defended the Bill. Mr, R. STEUART thought the Bill unnecessary, and would therefore vote for the motion of his Hon. and Learn ed Friend the Attorney-General. Sir J. WROTTESLEY hoped the Bill would not be allowed to pass, and he should certainly vote for the amend ment, Mr, HINDLEY supported the Bill. Sir G. CLERK suggested that the Bill should be post poned till Friday next, and then made an Order of the Day. The ATTORNEY GENERAL objected to any post ponement, and after a few observations from Mr. CHALMERS strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Gallery was cleared for divi§ipn, t t pt ogots, took place, the amendment having been agreed to. The Bill is consequently lost. VAUXHALL GARDENS. Nit% A. JOHNSTON presented a petition from the in habitants of Lambeth, complaining of the determination of the proprietors of Vau4hall Gardeps to keep them open during six nights in the week. As lung . as they were kept open only three nights in the week, the inconvenience had Won overlooked ; but the noise and disturbance had been so much InPfellggd during this season, and so much misconduct and vi4e wip occasioned by the late hours at which parties left the Gardens ' dial; they e,pgict no longer refrain from complaining of the evil, more e,3peeially as the MegiWates could not afford the petitioners any redress. Mr. HUMS dj4 rot believe one of the allegations con tained in the petition-4340h lighter)—nor did he be lieve that the Magistrates had refused to interfre on any occasion when their interference was necess.:ry. Mr, CHICHESTER presented a petition for the bet ter observance of the Sabbath. Sir G. CRE WE presented upwards of 30 petitions with the same prayer. Mr. WAKLEY would take that opportunity of asking the }Speaker 4question regarding a Bill which had passed the third reading that evening. It was under the title of the Bristol Small Tenements Bill, He had read through the Bill since he entered the House, and be did not find one word about small tenements in it—( Hear, hear)—not one word l but it contained the powers of four public Acts, and went to alter the taxation of the whole city. He wanted to know whether that wag either regular or legal. He would beg to ask of the Hon. Baronet (sir 11.. Vy v y 4n ) whether the Bill had the sanction of the Council of Bristol Sit? R. VYVYAN said the Bill emanated from the Counol and Aldermen of Bristol. Mr. HUME said the Bill then brought to the notice of the House showed the necessity of their having an officer for the purpose of taking care that such anomalies did not occur. They threw ridicule upon the whole of the pro ceedings of the House, After a few words from the SPEAKER, which were inaudible in the Gallery, the conversation dropped. Mr. WILKS presented a petition most numerously, and he could assure the House most respectably, signed by the most eminent merchants and manufacturers in Lon don—it was from the ward of Bread-street in the city of London ; and the petitioners, after alluding to the Report of the Corporation Commissioners, with respect to the City, expressed their assurance that the House would not permit the longer existence of the gross evils and abuses which were there pointed out. The question of the good government of the first city in the kingdom was one of paramount im portance ; and, therefore they entreated the House to take the report into their serious consideration as speedily as possible, with a view to put an end to the evils and hind rances to trade there pointed out. IRISH TITHE BILL. Mr. S. CRAWFORD gare notice that on the motion for the second reading of this Bill on Friday, he should move by way of amendment that it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. P. SCROPE presented a petition from an in I:vi dual, in favour of the Irish Poor Law Bill. Sir W. FOLKES presented a petition from Gloucester in favour of the better observance of the Sabbath. Mr. G. F. YOUNG presented a petition from T 3 Ile mouth against tl:o Merchants Shipping Bill. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition in favour of the better observance of the Lord's Day. Mr. FORBES presented a petition from Stirling to the same effect. Mr. FAZ AKERLY brought up the report of Committee on the Puor-laws.—Laid on the table. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. FORSTER rose to bring before the House a breach of privilege. It would be recollected that in the debate of Monday, on the motion of the Hon. Member for Bir mingham, in consequence of some remarks made by the Hon. Member for Southwark (Mr. Harvey), with regard to the Bank of England, whose operations the Hon. Mem ber considered to have been disastrous to the community, he (Mr. Forster), feeling competent to form an opinion on the matter, took the liberty of stating that the distress prevailing in the country would have been greater but for the judicious and liberal conduct pursued by the Bank of England ; and in this opinion a great many gentlemen in the City coincided. In justice to the Government oral the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he must say, that had the salutary warning given by them last year been attended to, as to the extravagant spirit of speculation, much of this distress would have been avoided. These remarks were accurately reported in all the papers except the Monthly Herald, in which he was made to say " he thought that the statements of the distress were much exaggerated." This was not what he had said. The complaint which he made might appear trivial, but to those acquainted with the state of the manufacturing districts, it was by no means un important. The district which he represented was in a state of great divtress, which he trusted was only temporary. He sympathised deeply in that distress, and would concur in any measure for the speedy removal of it. Such being his feelin,;s, had he expressed sentiments similar to those im puted to him, it would have implied an utter ignorance of the distress, or an insensibility to its effects ; and no public man would wish to remain under such an imputation. Ac cordingly he called at the otlice of the Morning Herald, and pointed out to the parties there the inaccuracy of the report ; he also wrote a note, stating what he had said, and requesting that a correction of the former mis-state ment might be inserted on the following day. 01 two gen tlemen connected with the paper, whom he met in the neighbourhood of the House, he also made the same re quest. He found, however, in the paper of to-day, that no correction of the error appeared , nor a n y a pology. He, therefore, thought it necessary to bring the subject under the consideration of the House, thinking , a s h e did , that the refusal to correct a report was a defiance o f the privil eges o f the House that ought not to be submitted to. Under these circumstances, lie could only move, that Robert John Ryan, the printer of the paper, be ordered to attend at the Bar of the House on Friday next. Mr. HUME wished that the Hon. Member would point out those words in the report of his speech which he consi dered to be a breach of privilege. Mr. FORSTER said that the whole report of his speech was a breach of privilege.—(Calls of " Read, read.") The report was " Mr. Forster thought that the statements of distress were much exaggerated."—( A laugh.) That was the report.—(A laugh.) He moved that John Ryan, the printer of the .Morning Herald, be called to the bar of the House on Friday next. Mr. HUME put it to the Hon. Member whether he was taking the most appropriate course ? If the Hon. Member, by calling up the printer to the bar, meant to say that he had been guilty of a breach of privilege in publishing the debates, that was intelligible. But at the same time it could not be denied that it. was a breach of privilege which the House tacitly sanctioned every night. If there was any error in the report surely it would be enough for the Hon. Member to have noticed it.—(Hear.) Mr. WAKLEY thought that, inst ea d of complaining, the Hon. Member had reason to rejoice ; for he himself admitted that he had received a correct report in all the other pipers.—(A laugh.) He was sure that, under these circumstances, the Hon. Member must have been delighted when he read the report in the papers the next morning.— (A. laugh.) He hoped the Hon. Member would consider that, having mentioned the circumstance to the House, he had done sufficient for his F urpose, and that he hrd suffi ciently justified himself to his constituents.—(Hear.) The Lion. Member hsi certainly admitted, as well as he under stood him, that there was distress in the country, but he raid ihtit 11r trri§ted tlicro wai or,;.rgy enough in the country to enable it to recover itself. He deprecated contests of this nature with the Press, for in every contest of this kind they were sure to come off the worst.--,(Hear.) Mr. H. HUG HES trusted that his Hon. riend would consetlt 1.0 withdraw his motion. Mr. T4QMP4i por'ntly flgrcccl in all that fallen from the Hon. Gentleman who had pre;cdod him, atut he would venture to recommend to the Hon. Gentleman to act upon the suggestions that had been thrown out.—( Hear.) 4i4 qt , c f . ,,,!, !! it wise or politic to urge mattera t - s!* this kii extpni.,,lftcar.) 11fr. FORSTER, after what 'had occurred, would with, draw his motion. WitbilfeYe!: leord (.41.1 NDO!,se presented a petition from the county of Southameton, in favour of Sir 4udrew Agnew's 11,11, fee the Metter ebeereanpe ei ; the Olabhath. PUBLIC Wet s Ll.S AND INSTITUTIONS BILL, Mr:BUCKINGHAI I I moyed the sececind epeding of this BA Mr. TOOKE, consistently with the course which he had adopted for the three last Sessions, begged to move that this Bill be read a §Pcond time this day Ox months : He objected that this Bill conferred on small meetings a power of taxing the inhabitants of towns and boroughs to the extent of tid. in the pound for malting public walks under' this Captain 1 3 EC II E LL, 4s the representative of a horoegh which contained 40,000 inhabitants, could say that the en closing of walks for the recreation and amusement of the people, had been attended with the best effects. He was sure that there could be no objection entertained to the principle of the Dill, Mr. BROTHEIiTON hoped the Bill would be allowed to proceed, In all the manufactnring towns there was a very strong fooling in its fayoler. As to the objection to the power of taxation created by the Bill it required that two-thirds of the inhabitants should agree to the tax Were it could be levied. Mr. WAKLEY supported the Bill, Lord SANDON feared time would be some difficulty in working out the provisions of the Bill, but would not oppose going into Committee, Major BEAUQLERK said that there seemed to be no objection to the principle of the Bill, and the detail* might be improved in committee, Mr. 11. THOMSON did not think there being a ob jection to the principle of the Bill was any reason why they should vote for its second reading if the details were felt to be highly objectionable or altogether impracticable. However, that was not the case with respect to the present Bill, fbr though there were many details that would re quire great altcratiPil in Q4COMittge, yet he thee ;ht it highly desirable in large and populous 'towns, and he would give his cordial support to the second reading. Mr. C. BARCLAY hoped the Hon. Member for Truro would withdraw his opposition ? since he saw tile generel seppeet 144 the Pillsecelyed, Mr. TOQIi,E would not needlessly detain the House, and he wished them joy of the Bill, Sir R. INGLIS protested against the doctrine that they ought not to oppose a Bill the principle of which they approved, if the machinery was of such a nature that the Bill could not work. He, for one, felt bound to ob ject to the establishment of theatres under this Bill. Mr. BUCKINGHAM was so gratified at the manner in which the all had been received, that he would riot de tain the House, With respect to the observations of the Hon. Member for Oxford, the theatres meant were in tended merely for the delivery of soloutific lectures, and not for dramatic performances. The second reading was then agreed to without oppo , - sition i and the Committee ordered to be taken on Wed nesday nest. MERCHANT SHIPPING REGULATION BILL. Mr. BUCKINGHAM moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Merchant Shipping Regula tion Bill, Mr. P. THOMSON was sorry the Hon. Member had not thought proper to adopt the suggestions which he had given him. The details of this Bill were of so extraordi nary and of so novel a character—so contrary to the mere cantile laws of this country, and calculated to establish a new and arbitrary power—that he thought the Hon. Gen tleman would scarcely press the Bill to a division. If it should pass a second reading and go into Committee, it could not, on coining out again, contain a single clause which was now in it.—(Hear, hear.) He would support this assertion by reference to some parts of the Bill. In the first place, it proposed to establish a very extensive body co constitute a marine board. To that lie did not see any great objections, but the propriety of establishing it must depend on the power it was to have. The Hon. Gentle man proposed to make this board supreme. A great deal had been said about the power of the Poor Law Commis sioners and the Fectery Commissioners, but more poser would be given to this board than to the Legislature it self. The Hon. Gentlemen proposed that it should have the power of meking a code of commercial laws, which, after being promulgated in a cheap form, should be conclu sive, and everybody should act upan it. He also proposed that the board should decide cases of dispute which now came before the Courts of law, and that their decision should be final, setting aside altogether the Cow is of Law. There were one or two points in wdich he concurred. lie agreed that an inquiry should be made with reference to the Causes of s hipwreck.—(Ekar.) As to the examination of masters, he had no objection to establish a voluntary exami nation fur those who chose to be examined, and thereby become entitled to certificates of efficiency. In the Pilot Bill which he brought forward, he (Mr. Thomson) pro posed to introduce a clause in the course of a short time, fur the purpose of placing the examination of pilots, so far as efficiency was concerned, under the controul of the Trinity House. Although he should be glad to assist in carrying these objects into execution, the whole B:11 involved con siderations of such importance, that he did not feel justified in giving his assent to the second reading. Mr. INGHAM supported the motion. • Mr. TOOKE would support the motion. Mr. PEASE agreed to the principle of the Bill, and would support it, if' it were sent to a Committee up stairs, where its clauses would undergo revision. Mr. HUNIE said that the Bill contained a clause (clause 13) of the greatest value—that which enabled them to in stitute inquiry, before a proper tribunal, into the causes of shipwrecks. He thought the Government itself ought to have undertaken the subject. He trusted the Bill would be allowed to go into Committee. Mr. G. F. YOUNG agreed in the view taken of this subject by the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade. It had been stated in evidence before the Com mittee that a ship had been given into the command of a boy of fourteen years of age, and was subsequently lust ; and from this a general conclusion had been come to as to the carelessness of shipowners ; but the fact was, that this statement had been made owing to a clerical error in recording the age of-the commander in question, who was, instead of fourteen years, of the mature age of forty-five years. He would assert that the Bill could not be followed out with any beneficial result. It was, therefore, only wasting the time of the House to attempt to carry it for ward.—(Hear.) He felt it to be his duty to move that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. A. CHAPMAN begged leave to second the mo tion of his lion. Friend. Sir E. CODRINGTON thought the Bill would be productive of much good. Mr. LABOUC HERE thought it would not be for the interest of the country in general that the Bill should pass. Mr. BARNARD expressed a hope that the Bill might be withdrawn. Captain PEC II ELL thought that the Bill ought to be sent to a Committee up stairs. Many clauses might be improved, and the Bill eventually made of great utility. Colonel THOMPSON thought that if the Bill was not allowed to be read a second time great dissatisfaction would arise throughout the country. Mr. HUTT thought the Bill would not be found of any practical utility. Captain DUNDAS thought it would be useful to refer the Bill to a Committee. Mr. BUCKINGHAM s iid that when the subject had been referred to the Committee last year it had been proved, after most patient examination, that there was an annual sacrifice of property to the amount of 3,000,0001., and of lives to the number of one thousand. It was also shown that two-thirds of this amount of property and half the number of lives might be saved.—(Bear, hear.) The Committee then set themselves to the task of consi dering the best means of preventing this evil, and they came to the resolution that a Board for examination would be the best means of effecting their object. That Board could decide whether ships were seaworthy and Com manders competent. If the Government chose to take up the subject, lie was quite willing to resign it into their h an ds. He would now, however, persevere in dividing the House on the second reading, on the understanding that if it passed the Bill should be referred to a Committee up stairs. The House then divided, when there appeared — For the motion 2B Against it Majority LORD'S DAY OBSERVANCE BILL. Sir A. AGNEW, after presenting a bundle of petitions in its favour, moved the second reading of this all. Mr. PLUMPTRE seconded the motion, and said that a large and influential body of his Majesty's subjects were anxiously desirous of seeing some measure of protection af forded to the devout portion of the community in the exercise of their devotions. He was not an advocate for mixing up the great truths of religion with what might ap pear comparatively trivial matters, but he was very strongly impressed with the opinion that a nation blessed as this nation was at the hand of Providence was bound to do all that lay in its power to promote the facilities for hallowing the Lord's Day among all clas3es of the community. The Hon. and Learned Member for Bath the other night read an extract from the Holy Scriptures against the principles of Vie present measure, but he begged now to draw the Hon, and Lea Toed Member's attention to another from Soripture, namely from the prophet Jeremiah : Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye Kings of JAdali, and all Judah, and all the ik4ltabitants of Jerusalem that enter in by the zttoat tt Thus saith the Lord, take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem' it Netther carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath-day, neither do ye any work ; but hallo.v e the abb.ith , dAy, as I commanded your fathers. " iAltt they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear ; but trade their neck stiff that they might not hear nor receive 4,itrai3tions. " And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burdon through the gates of this city on the Sabhath..day, but hallow the Sabbath toclo no work therein. if Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; and this city shall remain for ever. " And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the seuth, hringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise unto the house of the Lord. " But if ye Will not hearken unto me to hallow the Sab bath-day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sahhath-day, then will I kindle afro in the otos thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched." Those persons, therefore, who said these initsoctione were not obligatory for the observance of the Sabbath, might as well say that the second table of the Ten Command mente was not obligatory on Christians. The one part was true, and so was the other. Our Saviour himself said that Ise came not to destroy, but to fulfil ; and 1 ,13 did not see how those professing themeelyee Christians could do away with either. Tha Viers. Member for Bath had on a former finPleiou referred to the opinions of Bishops Cran mer and Whately regarding the observance of the Sabbath, but in his judgment these authorities could not supersede authorities Ntiil grogtpr, It was under the full conviction that by the 014ervance or non-observance of these com mands; they must stand or fall at the judgment-seat of Christ, that he considered it his duty to support the mea sure introduced by his Hon. Friend, Mr. li , f)ENglito - 1 b 4 the House would permit hi m to ::owipncoent the lion. Baronet on the approximation to something like fairness. In the Bill as it originally stood, the Bill applied to the poor but not to the rich ; but the case was now somewhat altered. He must, therefore, oomplisment the Hon, Member for having included in the provisions of the Bill the rich ; for if the Bill passed no man could travel en the Lord's-day ;no man could use any cat tle to travel further than the church door. So far they were about to conform to something like fairness. The Hen, tiounat see - seed startled at the proposition.—(" Not et all" from Sir A. Agnew). Well, the Hon. Baronet showed it was his intention to keep within doors all persons except those who were exceedingly stout and able to walk, for no man could use a carriage or a horse on the Sabbath day. As another proof of his approximation to faintest, all the clubs in London were to be Out up I and though he ways told that at tee clubs were to be seen Reverend and Right Reverend Gentlemen, yet the Hon. Baronet knew far better than they did what was their duty, and was deter mined to exclude Right Rev. Lords, and not allow them to froquant sach profane places, But he had been requested by certain of his constituents (and among the. names was that of the Bishop of the diocese) to support that Bill ; and he would, therefore, ask why. was not the Bill introduced in the other house ? Could not the Bishops legislate on the Sabbath ? Why did not they bring in the Bill and act like shepherds of the fleck ? I will tell you why (continued the Hon. Member.) They wish to throw the odium of rejecting the measure on certain parties in this House.—( Hear, hear.) I have alsceobserved that cer tain Hon. Members voted on the first reading, and now steal away at the second reading. They wish it to be un derstcod that they encouraged the Hon. Baronet to bring in the Bill. They encouraged bins to bring in the B:11 on the pretence of holiness, and they wish it to go forth to the public that they supported him. I have observed, also, that various parties have abstained from voting on these occasions, with a view that it may go forth to the public that the only parties who are not favourable to the measure are those on this side of the House.—(Hear, lie . ar, hear.) I understand the cheer ; the cheer itself confirms the • pretension of claim to superior holiness. But what do these Honourable Members themselves on Sunday ? Not one of them pretends to adhere to such a law as that fur which they voted, or against which they would not vote, and such a law I confess I never yet heard of. I never yet saw any production of the human mind embody so much absurdity, if we except the conduct of the monk of Africa, Simon Stylites, who sat for ten years on the top of a pillar to please God Almighty, and I only pray that the name of the Hon. Baronet and of Simon Stylites may be enrolled on the same scroll and pass to posterity together.—(Cheers and laughter.) But why does the mover of the Bill do things only by halves ? why does he not propose to go to the full extent ? The law of Moses says—Obey the Sabbath, or die. If the Sabbath is to be observed according to the law of Moses, why not attach the capital penalty for disobedience ? But I deny that that command applies to the Lord's Day, and neither the Hon. Baronet nor any others person can bring any proof to that effect. I am prepared to show that the Sabbath is not the Lord's Day, and that there is no divine authority for observing the Lord's Day in the way which the Hon. Baronet proposes it should be observed. It all rests on mere tradition. Let the Hon. Member com mence with St. Matthew, and go through the whole Testa ment, quoting whatever may have been said by Christ or his Apostles, and I defy him to point out one passage or injunction which orders that day to be kept —(1-leer, hear.) Let him not go to the Decalogue—let him not quote from Jeremiah—let him not go to the Old hut the New Testament —let him sho.v me one commaed of Christ to keep the first day of the week holy, and then I am ready to admit that he has grounds for legislating. If he cannot produce any such authority, then he must confine himself to the Jewish law ; and if lie confines himself to that, why does he not carry it out religiously, and to the full extent ?—(Hear, hear.) Why does he not propose to enact that I and every person who breaks the Sabbath shall suffer death— (Cheers) —instead of merely confining; himself to the paltry penalty of three pounds sterling ? Why does he not pro pose to put me to death at once and for ever ? Why does not the Hon. Member bring in a Bill to that effect? Let him deal frirly with us, and not partially.—(Cheers.) I have heard of the Scriptures being mutilated ; I have heard of charges _brought against parties for garbling the Divine Word ; and the Hon. Baronet makes himself more than perhaps any other individual liable to the charge. The lion. Member who seconded the motion quoted the Deca logue and Jeremiah. These he knows were addressed to Jews ; but I am not a Jew, nor do I wish to be a Jew in any thing.—(Loud laughter.) I don't wish to have forced on me their peculiar laws. The Decalogue was given to a particular people, and that part of it was addressed to them for the purpose of making them a peculiar people, Moses put these laws in one book, and said, this shall be the Jewish law. But if the Honour able Baronet denies this—if he denies that these laws were made for a peculiar people, why does he not go a great deal further ? Why does he not include all those laws peculiar to the Jews ? One of these commandments says, ",Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image," not only that you shall not fall down and worship it, but that thou shalt not make any graven image. I wish to know whether the Hon. Baronet will include the second commandment.—( Hear, hear.) Surrounding nations made laws forbidding murder and robbery, and enjoined their observance on the inhabitants ; but though it is evident several of the laws of Moses were made for a peculiar people, yet the Hon. Member says he will follow the De calogue. Does he know that by the law of Muses adul tery was punished with death ? If that law were to be observed—and why should it not as well as the other?-- a great number of Noble Lords would come within its operation, and a great number of other persons too, as sug gested by the Hon. Member for Finsbury. The Hon. Mem ber for Kent spoke of the day of judgment. Why does he speak of the day of judgment ? What does he know of the day of judgment?—( Hear.) How can the limited faculties of a man or the narrow conception of the human mind know anything of that day ? How can iris petty crawling spirit know what will happen then ?—(Cheers.) But the feelings excited by such pretensions become too strong ; words can not be found to give utterance to them ; and the only feel ing I will express is that of astonishment when persons dare to talk of that great day._ The Hon. Member will probably not take advice from me, but I give it with all humbleness, not with affected, but substantial humility ; and I say, let ‘ ;1 and others r take tim e good i n into tine conduct o t of °;r him a not spendHe would vote a sti gm a o n a ll those ale) oppose 'l vote s measure, but I have vot e d aga i ns t it already, and I of against it agai n , or a ga i ns t an y me asure the prioc:ple_oni. own c o ! u f : o t , t which is to legi s l a t e on re li g i ous ma tters. I defy the If Gentleman, or any lion. Member opposite, to point oat a g y_ authority for the strict observance of the Lord's.cliy. the Revel ttion of St. John it was called the Lord's-tlar . • and it w is sa id th e sa i nts pra y e d an d ate bread top: ther on that day ; but that was done in consequence .01 the peculi ar c i rcumstances i n w hi c h t h e p r imitive Clam tians wera placed. These had ceased ; and why, then; arc we to i m i tate t h ese pr i m i t i ve Ch r i s tians in O ne act, unle ss we i m i tate t h em i n a ll ? We ride tn. Church ! Did the Apostles go to Church in that way ? Tie Apostles lived in common, and if the faci a ' B•tronet is prepared to follow their example, I shall aPriy to him for a s h ira o f hi s property.—(Lao But there was anot i Cr comman d of which the Hon. aio net i takes no notice. It was sail, "If thou art struck on the one cheek, turn up the other also ;" but if 1. were to ac in that mintier to the Hon. Baronet, lam inclined to think that in. toad of obeying the divine praccpt he would take me before Sir Rieleual Birnie, at Bow.street.-- (Laughter.) Now, let it be remembered that we . 'Are strictly command e d to f o ll ow t h ese p rec epts. We nave positive comma n d s on t h e one hand, but on the o',ner we have none. If the Hon. Baronet would show a ny thine like consistency, and introduce into the Bill a clause by which all men's property should be Towle common Pr o " perty, then I will agree to the Bill. I have heard much about the observance of the SabhAtli nothing about Christian duty--alothing' but I have h eard. about honest deal ing —nothing a b ou t lowly '..ruth and brotherly kindness- I have only b een t o ld : I n fact, that asceticism is Clati3- tiariity.--(Hear, hear.) N ow , in my opinion, Christia ratl comprehends Stomething more ; Ch r i s ti an ity does not te a . ca me to obser ve S un d ay i n the way proposed b y t h e 131 11, but it teache s me not to peep and pry into the con d u ct e 1 other men ;i t te ll s me to live humbly—to pray t o God on that day as we ll as on other days ; it comman ds ut e to observe truth, mercy, and kistice—it tells me to Pr•li on all day s , an d i nstructs me that the good conduct laic I have pr ac ti se d d ur i ng the whole of the week should oe continued to the seventh day, and then there s hould 0 a holy rest ; and that I call keeping the Lord's:6AP" • (Cheers.) But that species of religion which I:ne Baronet would inculcate makes the narrow observance the Sabbath as the principal matter with the Divinity, al, thereby degrades and disgraces religion.—(Cheers.) has been owing to such principles that religion has alwaY been made a cra f t . Th e persons professing and acting Oa such principles depart from the great and important of religion, and establish the craft of priesthood, so 111.6", valent in all ages. On the present occasion I ale co vinced the course pursue d w ill d o l i ttle credit to any P r,,,, , mixed up with it. Th e H on. M em b er sa i d, if t h e law not to ho obeyed, repeal the Act of Charles 11. ; but that is in reality repealed, for no one ob e y s it. I s h ou ld latc h % know who pre sen t were at T attersa l l ' s on Sunday, or at clubs, or i n H y d e - par k, or at C rockford ' s ; for all v. support this Bill ar.d attend these places are self -cc - Ir a victed. I look upon this as a peddling scheme , 411 think it a mere waste of time that we should have for e° o hour and a h a lf b een di scuss i ng t h e question whet her W h are to shut out f rom pl aces w h ere t h ey can have t h e fre t ' ) air such citizen s o f L on d on as c h oose to go there.— alet He (continued th e H on . M em b er ) sa id the Hon. 13W-in had in one respect acted fairly, and he would now AO what he acted un f a i r l y . Whil e h e would allow no P elt to go and take th e f res h a i r , h e st ill compelled serva nts brush shoes and clothes—to make beds and light fires of t the thermomete r was l ow , an d prepare a h ot -di nner ; ho the poor student, who laboured bard for six days in stu, (11 ,„ 1 " - which the Hon. Baronet despised, was not to be allowed leave his humble lodgings ; and if he did leave them, t he . ,"' was to be no place open for food or refreshmerits, whatever might be in the mansions of the rich" cakes and ale" for him. The Bill enacted that no O r ; son could obtain refreshment, or a dinner, unless s o places where he usually dined ; and all that was ° ne t forced on the commun i ty , b ecause t h e lion. 1321*°„'"„e was pious. Th e H on . B aronet, h owever, could g°"- to dine, but ho declares the poor man shall have no dill The Hon. Baronet h a d b een t osse d f rom step to s tep s as had at last, to a certain extent, included the aristocracy; Let him also include the menial servant, or support him 1 , a clause with th a t o bj ec t. Th e servants, and the r ich, 1 ; fact, were ex em pt e d. Th e r i c h wou l d have their aliwt,eit dressed, and th e y cou ld r id e out on h orse b ack ; but v 7,1-0 was to become of th e p oor man , w h o h a d no horse, a nd place open where lie could buy a dinner ? It was 81 °, 0 ' thes a mean-catching-popularity scheme, got up by who who assumed hi g h p re t ens i ons , an d sa id to others, " at a distance—for lam holier than thou." He bopeu th 6 House would put a b ran d on th e attempt to coerce a l arge r g class of the po or commun i ty , an d em b ody the wors t speci es of asceticism and superstition —t o force the consciences ); the people, and th row a s t um bli ng bl ock i n the way O f gion.—( Cheers.) Lord SANDON did not see why, because the ti c :: Baronet was an x i ous t o see t h e ex i st i ng l aw carr i e d it'd effect, and the Sabbath-day observed, he should be charg e with hypocri s y, p o li t i ca l mot i ves, an d every motive, by Hon. Member for Bath, who professed Christian burnili t Y; and centered it all in his own person. He really did 1/0 ‘ think that t* House wer e b oun d t o rece i ve suc h lect ure as the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, ex c alico; and with a cert a i n p rou d h um ili ty, h a d t h oug h t pro per give them. It was enoug h , i n answer to those l ectur es, t° rr say that Christi ans genera ll y , an d t h at t h e British Dulthe ment in particul ar , h a d a tt ac h e d a p ecu li ar sanct i ty to tv a seventh day. According to the views of the Hon. at) „,. Learned Memb er f or B a th, t h ere oug h t to b e equa l Inb° in all the seven d a y s o f t h e week.—( No, no .) If not, w,5 ct ‘„, was the Hon. and L earne d G ent l eman ' s mean i ng ? ;1 benefit could accrue from denying to th e p oor ma n eler,, r ) tion from labou r on th e sevent h d ay, h e (Lord Santo was at a loss to con j ec t ure . I t seeme d to b e forgotte n there were two classes of commandments—those °t o r related to ou r d u t y t o God, and those whi c h re l a ted to - duty to our neighbour. ill Mr. WARD opposed the secon d rea di ng o f the ot He, and those who were adverse to the measure, did n es t complain of th e supporters o f i t f or enforcing the stric t , and most scrupulous observance of the Sabbath in their %la households ; w h a t was comp l a i ne d of was, that they sit ° o f require others to abide by their own strict interpretatl e° o the divine law. If the Bill were carried it would del tr or all the enjoy men t s o f t h e poor man. H e wou ld be 100, vented from mou n ti ng a h orse , f rom r idi ng i n an 0 0 °. 00 1 r from ent er i ng a s t eam -b oat on t h e S a bb ath-day. Thud would would be imp r i sone d on S un d ay i n t h e i r own houses . " ° OO , shutting them u p on t h at d ay i n t h e i r own ha bi tat ions c it duce either to their moral or to their physical benefit? ho le should be r emem b ere d t h at t h e r i c h man ha d the °bile week at his command, in which to disport himself. woe the poor man had but one day, and of that single W o ol supporters of th e Bill w i s h e d to d epr i ve hi m. But t for were other clauses in the Bill equally objectionable . pOO l instance, did th e N o bl e L or d t h e M em b er f or Livera approve of th e 14 t h c l ause , which prohib;ted shirt' t it o leaving harbour on the Sabbath ? They all allowed tb e rlf was highly expedient that the Sabbath should be 1 0 ° 0 01 observed ; but he maintained that it was much better ta b oo to the influence of public opinion on that point than t 0 • recourse to any legislative interference. Mr. FINCH supported the Bill. Mr. WAK LEY was astonished that rich tYou s .eita.' thus venture to try to shut poor men up in their 0 ' . 00 e• tians on the seventh day of the week. Although fou r ,,, e li.• Members had su pp or t e d t h e Bill, not one h a d the -pia ness to state what practices they wished to pre vent• fte or they desire t o p reven t t h e peop l e f rom em b ar king in co p!e vessels on Sunday ? Did they desire to prevent the P .sd o a from drinkir , ginger beer or from eating ginger b 7 Primrose-bill or Kennington -common on Sunday t ter' would use a phrenologi ca l argument aga i ns t the suPP o or goa of the measure. It was evident that they had ` the., lilt of veneration developed i n an extraor di na ry deg of oh' that they were sadiy deficient in the organ! servation and causality. The organ of veneratia;v not generally so fully developed in this cou. i n i .l 4, o et. it was in the countenance of the Honourable I): o he This Bill was not intended to relieve tb,ol e per, were now oppressed ; but it went to prevent 1 1.1 . . t .7 . .. P sons from enjoying themselves on the Lord's . 1 . ). " 0 the went to prevent them from taking any pleasu r e e cc ° ,,ienc. e r Sabbath. What ! would they create purity of t bel e by shutting p eo pl e u p i n th e i r h ouse: , and conveltemt•Ethos dwellings into prisons on th e Lord's Day ? t i e d it r e : who supported this measure and those who oppos_ nder op! fur to the authority o f S cr ipt ure , and let them .P_O„ so ssS: the feeling whi c h it i ncu l ca t e d. He would read a chapter or two from the Bth an d o th er ver ses of the btu d yol k ' of the Gospel of John : " Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thY' be i t a a n n - d t° l ° ,!: w_llo. B _ jos t° he And immediately the man was made up his bed, and walked ; and on the same d It is Sabbath. ure-' the Sabbath Day.; it is not lawful for thee to .eU le, t he s 3 " The Jews therefore said unto him that wa! r c ry - thy he ; " He answered them, He that made me urn ° said ThenuTakentom a ' s , ked tl; they him, bed l‘,h natndm‘avnalkis. that w hich I°l o unto thee, Tak e u p thy bed, and walk ? ; for " And he that was healed wist not who I°_ : 10 th sus had convey e d hi mse lf a way, a multitude being place. b n tb d o ' at t sh heEfOre did , the Jew . s the ' Jesluas' sad sou persecut e the S h b m answeredb ee a t u h s e e m b , e M h y a lead a d to:ee;:tvitioe s r e k j e e tib ui • to, and I work." w, '.~