The Sun. — London, England, 1837-06-29 00:00:00

Most rejoicingly do we announce the approach of a 'period capable of exciting, and deserving to excite, a manly and stirring interest in political men. It was in deed high time that some such critical era should arrive. During the iast six months nothing has been said or done in the political world that could deserve the energy or stimulate the exertions of any independent friend of the people. The " yawn of the mighty mother," Dull ness, described by Pope, appears to have again shed its soporific influence over the " court, the senate, and the iar." A sluggish indifference, justly engendered by he universal conviction entertained of the hopeless Thortiveness of all public measures during the ohstruc , :ire collision of the two Houses, has hung during the above interim like a wintry cloud on the political hemi- There. Under its benighting and blighting influence, what good could possibly be expected ? Who could cake any possible interest in the " lame and impotent conclusion" of public proceedings, except some small .Knot of jobbers, who always follow the skirts of the great army of liberty, rather with a view to what may ae picked up in the confusion, than with any enlarged :iew to the ultimate triumph of the principles of free loin and the progr ess o f f ree i nst i tutions . R e fl ect i ng free ' )ialiticians could not avoid a sneering laugh—as Vol 'afire describes the Cardinals laughing in secret con , :lave at each other's red stockings—at the " humbug" t A expecting that any good measure could possibly nove an inch beyond the threshold of the House of Lords. Everybody f e lt th at a ll suc h measures were I ure to be " Greenacred" by them—that is to say, wurdered and mutilated at the same time. But now 1 -he political stagnation is on the point of being dis : .:ersed, and the gloomy cloud of fruitless exertion is about to pass away. 1 " Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by the sun of England." rt We hail the new era with confiding auguries of its be .; neficent results. After the long wintry night of po a-, litics, it bursts upon us with the radiant freshness and , cheerful promise of a spring morning. We have a - i young Sovereign assuming the reins of power at the • 4 most interesting age—when ripened talent and matured . judgment combine with the noble impulses, the fresh hopes, and generous emotions of youth, to . " pursue i good, and a c hi eve it." W e h ave h a d Queens before ; but neither Elizabeth nor Anne can compare with her present Majesty, either in the auspicious period of her .•- life when she ascends the throne—in the momentous i-, struggle of principle which is about to commence—or in the redundant means which are placed within her f hands, for promoting the happiness and prosperity of her country, and imparting impulse to the most exalt ing, cheering, and glorious destinies of the universal race of man.—Morning Advertiser. There was a letter inserted yesterday in the Times, which we have reason to believe did much injustice to i l the noble efforts made by Conservatives throughout the 'kingdom to meet the consequences of the approaching dissolution of Parliament, and which, had its charges of °- apathy and se lfi s h ness i n t h e l ea d ers o f Conservatism ;heen well founded, might have been adduced to prove that the cause itself was utterly hopeless, being despised /or despaired of by its own professors. It was, never theless, our duty to insert that letter. If true, the harm - : was already done--the cause could sink no lower. If • :untrue, it would be contradicted, as it is in this day's 'publication, with such an accompaniment, moreover, of ifacts and circumstances, as must not fail to dissipate all unjust alarm, to satisfy the country that all is right, and to encourage the patriotic a n d man l y h ope t h at if the result of the present struggle will be th e sa l va ti on fof Church and State—that is, of the British Monarchy. : We recommend to the earnest attention of our read ers the letter above alluded to, signed "H. W." It will, we arc persuaded, at once convince the judgment -4, and stimulate the exertions of reflecting men, by • ®pointing out to them what powerful co-operation they may rely upon, and how cheering and enlivening are - the prospects which they arc called upon to assist in ,realizing,on behalf of (r ood government and of the b Protestant religion. It appears from the letter of our !correspondent, whose information is beyond all doubt, that nearly 200 partisans o f Mi n i sters h ave to stan d a contest with Conservative candidates, while we are assured from other sources that above 200 of the Con servatives now in Parliament will be again returned 1 1 VtithOUt even the shadow of opposition. From time to time, as each occurrence shall be ripe for disclo fsure, our readers may look to us for authentic and de i ei'tailed intelligence with regard to the course of the lcanvass everywhere, and the calculations made by e -those most competent to estimate beforehand its re - sults. Confident we are that the more keenly the ma terials and elements of success throughout this corm: ._try are examined, the greater will appear the ter ', twiny of a glorious triumph for those Englishmen who have bound themselves to maintain the institu- Itions of their forefathers, and to defeat, by every ~h uman means, the accursed machinations of Po- F. :,pery and d emocracy l eague d f or the i r subversion. l e What the wild d reams o f I r i s h P ap i st conspirators are and hav e b een s i nce t h e d em i se o f h i s gracious i.Majesty, the Reforming Protestant King William, the ipublic may be taught to ascertain some notion from .a letter transmitted to us hy " An Irish Protestant " lin Dublin, which we publish literally, as we have re ceived it. The writer is a man of unimpeachable ho nour and character, and any facts stated on his own [., authority ar e en ti t l e d t o implicit credit. It will . be ob- Cci served, indeed, th a t th e ant i c i pat i ons o f ecrtein Irish 1 - ' . Roman Catholics respectinj the success of their r war- Ilar e again s t th e Protestant Chine', anti State, unde r ,J..tlie auspices of those not uniri,dlNlinisters, into whose hands the all but infant 'and helpless Queen has been Jeompelled by her unbeippy condition to deliver up her- Leif and her indi.gnant people, arc to be taken for no thing, and as worth nothing, but the chimeras of a : hand of visionary traitors. When they boast that her , Majesty will in the end turn Papist, or that she will marry a Papie,c, or in any manner follow the footsteps 1 - of those of the Coburg family whom these incendia ries de :aloe as Papists, it is clear enough that the cir cule4ors of such insane slanders have carefully con- Icealed from the dupes who listen to them that the legal consequences of any such lapse into Popery ~. would be the immediate forfeiture of the British Crown. It nevertheless discovers how the land lies. The imputation of future effects like these to the advent of . Queen Victoria i s a p re tty s t rong ev id ence o f t h e b ruta l ri stupidity of the Popish rabble. But if it prove the folly of their expectations, it proves their tendency likewise. When, according to the statements of our ':correspondent, all the Protestants of a numerous con it gregatlon appear, without exception, ill deep mourn :',e ing for King William ; when at the same time no Papist :.., in any of the Romish congregation dares, on pain of disobedience to his Priest, to appear with a shred of -.' mourning about him ; when, coupled with such symp toms, the before-mentioned calum n i es ,- d es i gne d f or '` adulatory offerings to the young Queen, are f orce d i nto ': - cirotettiArstljtAttledicectors of the Popish mind in Ire ve la sjll9-/TfirlTO u the prayers for the d ea d to . t at4)Tairt,ir.44ool6y. and generous, if too facile ;:. 'ikttiegsirCese l — ' , -,o;i4'.:s ood forth the champion of ... ,l t EjTrapFligititiry.;.,lwhen these same ungrateful -,: ,-., - -rt-, .. ...•,- ;:- ~..,, ---.:i , (u. cif place, that we consider it both our policy --Ad duty to be " iw,tant in season and out of season." CIL! same provincial papers yesterday which brought us detailed accounts of the hustle of preparation, o:ought accounts also of 'the increasin,(, , vigilance and mirer.,,itting exertions of the Tories. They feel it is their last b%tt!e, and they arc resolved to fight it in the ast ditch. They are imbued with the energy supplied 'hy desperation, and when baited to their last stand, Aley will " die with harness on their backs." The peo • pie must be prepared for this, and must exert them selves accordingly. The last death agonies of the great llydras of abuse will be accompanied with the most venemous effoits, and most convulsive contortions. To itrangle them effectually will require indeed the gripe ,f a Hercules. The (lemon of antiquated j rhbing will lot loose hold of its long-accumulated plunder till the knife is at its throat. Why do we tell the people ;his? To dispirit them? No. To stimulate them to imely exertion—to enforce upon them the necessity of lmaking an exertion adequ a t e to th e unusua l d eman d s o f tn unusual crisis. The friends of liberty must come to ithe contest " with all their heart, with all their soul, Ind with all their strength." And it is well that it is ;o. There is a clu•cring alacrity in its very announce ment, which oug h t to 'brace the feeblest nerves, and stimulate the puniest spirit. The coming dissolution and election are, in reality, a happy " God-send" to all political men who have heads to think or hearts to feel. pc:,ecutors of his memory were suppliants for nlercy.ll not insolent monopolists, and depraved perverters of power ; when we see such things before nut cyn, hear of them, is it not manifest that the late lain William, being a man of truth and probity, was looked upon by the Irish revolutionists as the grand ohstacle in the way of those encroachments tip'an rrotestant right and freedom, of which tilt grand abettors and in stigators were his Ministers—the present Ministers— the Ministers or Queen Victoria, who is already made a saint of by the Romish priests of Ireland, and in stead of " following in the footsteps of her lamented, uncle," by CC:it:hat:iv protecting the Protestant Church and State, is considered by the rt.‘viollitionary Papists of that island to be an engine under the guidance of Lord McPlcurne and his colleagues for the overthrow of those very institutions of NO MI they curse the name and memory of King William, because he was the defender ? But the overthrow of that ? Why, or nothing less than the Prolestant Throne of England, based and founded as it has hem for 149 years on Protestant ASCENDANCY in both islands ! And who sits on the Throne of England ? WHOSE Throne is it ? The Throne of Victoria, that inno cent and unsuspecting Princess of 18, who has dele gatcd patronage, prerogative, influence—al to Lord Melbourne, who has placed unbounded confidence in his honour, who lips reposed upon his integrity and his patriotism the fortunes of England, and her own fate. We ask Lord Melbourne, therefore, not in an ger, but in the spirit in which we should have put such a question twenty years ago to William Lamb, the Conservative—the inan who, though weak in judgment, was sound in honour, who then had, and still of course wishes to have, a fair reputation with the great body of his countrymen—can he, dares he, betray a trust so sacred ? We tell Lord Melbourne that by :he death of William his own position is en tirely chan7ed. He is no longer the servant of a Prince of mature age—watching—reprehending— sometimes controlling his official councillors, and capable of guarding his own prerogatives from as sault. Lord Melbourne has now—not in law, but substance—an innocent and inexperienced child for his Sovereign. He is the guardian of her who—in her extreme youth—can have no power of intel lectual or moral control over his actions. He is her trustee : he is, as it were—and meaning no irreverence towards our common Queen—in loco parentis to Vic toria. We say, then, that his responsibility is in creased a thousandfold : that, however he may in King William's time have played with Liberals and coquetted with democracy, he is now—he must now be—a pre rogative Minister—a Protestant Minister—a Church and-King Minister—to his unprotected Sovereign ; or a man so lost, that this generation, and posterity to all ages, will consign his name and memory to di-- honour. And what does he fear as the consequence of such a course ? The abuse of the Radical faction, perhaps their separation from him. Very well. But he will insure by it the strenuous and unvarying sup port of the Conservatives in and out of Parliament, with the respect, esteem, and confidence of all honest subjects of the Imperial Crown. It would at once grieve and shock us to irraoine that an English noble man or gentleman so situated could falter with such a choice before him. The question Victoria—or Mr. Daniel O'Connell. Both Lord Melbourne cannot serve, and the constituency of the empire must also choose between them.—Times. We look upon it as an affront to the common sense of the people of this country, that the persons who seek their confidence, as the advocates of liberal senti ments in politics, arc continually talking of the influ ence of certain political men, instead of the efficacy of certain political principles. This mode of proceeding may do very well for hot-headed partisans, or for per sons whose object is merely confined to the keeping of place, or to the acquisition of it ; but such mere party advocacy is not fit for honest men to use, or men of independence and understanding to listen to. A Mi nisterial authority, for example, announces, with all the pomp of one who communicates very great and im portant intelligence, that Lord Melbourne has the most unbounded confidence of his Sovereign, and thence infers, without more ado, that all who have at heart the improvement of existing institutions must not only be quite sa ti s fi e d, b u t qu it e delighted. Now, this is the inference either of a foolish, inconsiderate zealot, or of a venal advocate. If Lord Melbourne have been entrusted with all the power which some people attri bute to him, he has been entrusted with much more power than any Sovereign ought to give to any sub ject. We do not believe, however, that there is a par ticle of truth in what has been stated in Ministerial quarters on this subject. Our respect for her Majesty's understanding is far too great to allow us to believe the tales which the flatterers of Ministers have in vented in honour of their patrons. Lord Melbourne, we are very well satisfied, ha§ no more power in his hands now than he has had for the last two years, nor do we think he is at all likely to have more. Cir cumstances rather tend, we believe the other way ; though we have no doubt that so long as his So vereign continues to afford him her confidence as Prime Minister, she will not withhold from him such power as is necessary for carrying on the public busi ness in the way in which he is content to carry it on. But suppose be had all the. power which his flatterers attribute to him, why should that make sincere con stitutional reformers satisfied or delighted ? What is Lord Melbourne that we should place our political fate in his hands ? We went no dictator, whether Radi cal or Conservative, Whig or Tory. What is the name of Lord Melbourne to us, except as the advo cate and promoter of certain political principles ? The honest Reformers of Great Britain have no reason to believe that their principles will meet a firm and effec tive supporter in the person of Lord Melbourne. But wliether that be so or not, he is not the keeper of the political consciences of British reformers. His name is no guarantee of anything which Englishmen can regard as respectable. Hitherto he has been only distin guished as a Minister who seemed willing to do a great deal of harm, but who happily was not powerful enough to do anything at all. If a change have come over him in one respect, a change may have also, for ought we know, have come over him m another ; but his name we repeat, is a guarantee fur nothing, and we regard the attempt to thrust him forward as an absolute king over the reformers with utter contempt. Let him declare his principles—let him say what his new course will be, and then we and the reasonable reformers of Great Britain will be able to judge whether he is or is not deserving of support. We are disgusted, and, unless we are greatly misinformed, the country in general is disgusted with the attempts of persons in the Ministry, and connected with the Ministry, to make a trade of the stock of liberality which they consider them selves to have on hand. Certain people seem to think they have a patent monopoly for governing this country, because they profess an extravagant liberality which, on account of its extravagance, produces no practical effect. We would beg of those who assure us that reformers ought to be quite satisfied because Lord Melbourne is to have all the power which his Sovereign can rive loin, to tell us what reformers have gained by Lord Melbourne's administration in the last too years. Do they mean to say that during all that time he was thwarted by his Sovereign, and could not do what be thought was right ? If that were the case it says but little for the public integrity, or the personal spirit of the Minister. If, on the other hand, the power which every Prime Minister ought to have wera not withheld from him, how are we to expect now, what hitherto we have not received ? The country, we trust, and are persuaded, will look for something else from the candidates at the ensuing election than a declaration that they will vote with this Minister or with that Oppositionist. They will have to state what their principles are, and whether they are willing to main tain England and the Constitution against the impious and extravagant views of men who are hostile to Eng lish principles, and strangers to English feeling. The Reformers of Great Britain arc not dead to the senti ments of British patriotism. They can be loyal to their youthful Queen, without being disloyal to their ancient Constitution.—Morning Herald. The discomfiture which some days ago we predicted for Radicalism in the approaching elections is likely, from all we can learn, to be even more signal and de cisive than we could venture to anticipate. Organic change is going out of fashion. The ballot makes us laugh, and the voluntary principle makes us yawn : there are no shouts for triennial Parliaments, and no brickbats for household suffrage, Republicanism h cue herself catttiottsly '; edict Reform gro*s mere and more Viioderate every day. The impending prostration of the Radicals is attributable, no doubt, in u great de (Tree, to the revived i 0...; Olt! Cot:nary, which L j _a ~glishmen to see in the crazy schemes of the modern philosophers the frivolity and absur dity, the fraud and the ro'schief, of which they arc full. Rot tt uch bft§ ftlso been clone by the cotiduct of the Radieals theniselVts td bring ititd teptite . the I:rineiples which dity profess to advo- CAW, The liadicals in the House of Commons have been throughout the whole of this Session iinmeasure ably superior to the Whigg, am well ht intellectual ca pacity en irr numerical force. "'lcy have ornittel no opportunity of asserting this superiority, whyther ill the pages of a review cr itl the colu:nns of a newspa- . . per ; yet they have suffered the Session to pass away without claiming that which they have the fairest right to claim—an ostensible share in those Councils whose deliberations they have, in fact, for a long time guided and controuled. The Radicals opened the Session with denunciations of almost rabid hostility against the Ministers. They would have all Constitutional ques tions open questions, or woe betide the Cabinet. They would have the Chancellor of the Exchequer dismissed, or woe betide the Cabinet. They would have our interference in the civil dissensions of Spain abandoned, or woe betide the Cabinet. Days, weeks, months passed' by, and produced nothing at all .answerable to this preliminary flourish of trum pets. Lord Melbourne shook his head at cpcn ques tions, and the Radicals were satisfied. Mr. Spring Rice continued his ciphering and summing, and the Radicals were contented. Lord Palmerston prepared to repeat his outrages alike on the liberties of Spain and the interests Of England ; and the Radicals came, in a body, to support that most unpopular Secretary of State in his most unpopular course of policy. The result has been that the country despises the Radicals as cordially as it despises thc Ministers. It sees them noisy and empty, inconsistent and ,insincere ; powerful of profession, and powerless of performance —boasting their entire adherence to fixed principles, yet abandoning daily those principles for factious in ducements ; protesting their wide dissent from the the policy of the Administration, yet ready daily to obey the whip of the underlings of that Administra tion with slavish servility. The Radicals, we hope and believe, could never have destroyed the British Constitution ; but they might have vin dicated for themselves, by an independent conduct, a respectable reputation and a formidable position. What are now the Grotes and the Warburtons, the Roebucks and the Molesworths, in the eyes of the people ? Only the humble servants of 'Mr. Edward Stanley and of Mr. Fox Maule. The Radicals have begun too late to perceive their mistake. They are proceeding to scold and whine at Midsummer as they scolded and whined at Christmas. They must have, forsooth, from Lord John Russell, something definite, something distinct, or they will play strange pranks at the elections. Let them be quiet. Nothing definite, nothing distinct, will they obtain from that eloquent individual. He does not fear the opposition of Mr. Elphinstone, nor heed the wrath of 111 r. _Buller. The patriots will grumble, as they have often grumbled, but will follow as they have always followed. There is not one man of all who have dined at Sir William Molesworth's table, or written in Sir William Moles worth's Review, who has persuaded anybody beyond his individual self that he has the wit to devise mis chief or the boldness to perpetrate it.—bloating Post. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, JrNig 28. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack shortly after Five o'Clock. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the Guardians of a Union in Somersetshire, praying that their Lordships would not give their sanction to any measure charging the owners instead of the occupiers of houses with the poor-rate. In the prayer of the petition he entirely concurred. Earl STANHOPE presented a petition, not relative, as he stated, to Poor-laws, but to a subject with which the objects of these laws had but little connexion—it was in favour of a measure to promote temperaneo. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH presented a petition from Edinburgh against some of the clauses in the Small Debts (Scotland) Bill. Mr. TOOKE and other Members of the House of Com mons brought up the Sheriffs Courts Bill and several pri vate Bills. POST-OFFICE CONSOLIDATION BILL. The Earl of LICHFIELD moved the third reading of this Bill.—Agreed to. The Post-Office Offences Bill, the Franking Bill, and the Post-Office Management Bill, were also read a third time on the motion of the Noble Lord. The Earl of LICHFIELD then moved the third reading of the Postage Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND objected that the surve}or appointed to measure the distance between towns should be compelled to take an oath in reference to it. This was contrary to the opinion expressed on the subject of oaths by the llouse, and he was surprised the clause had not been altered ; as, if any objections were made by any parties, this could be arranged by their measuring the distance. Besides this objection, he did not see any al teration in the rate of postage, to which the Noble Lord had pledged himself the other night. The Earl of LICHFIELD said that a Bill having that effect would be shortly before their Lordships, which it would be desirable to have passed that Session. It would also apply to the objections of the Noble Baron opposite to the present rate of post !ge, as injurious to overland com munication with India. The Bill was then read a third time. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN. The Duke of ARGYLE then delivered the following answer from her Majesty tothe Address of their Lordships relative to public business : " VICTORIA REGINA. " I have received with satisfaction your loyal and dutiful addre:s. It is gratifying to me to learn that the House of Lords will apply itself without delay to forward su:•h measures as cannot be postponed without injury to the public service, ar.d that it will make ample and sufficient pro,ision for the public service, and for the Welfare of the united kingdom." DUBLIN POLICE BILL. Lord DUNCANNON moved the second reading of this Bill. Lord ELLENBOROUGH objected to the measure, as being the same as that which had been before their Lordships this Session. It would be burdensome to the citizens of Dublin to be so overtaxed. The Bill was read a second time. MARRIAGE ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the Order of the Day for the further consideration of the Report on this Bill, The Earl of SH RE WSBUR Y said he was sorry be had not been in the House when the 33d clause was consi dered. Last year the words " separate buildings" were introduced in the Bill, which excluded Roman Catholics from the benefits of the Bill, as he scarcely knew a n y Ro man Catholic place of worship which was detached, and which had not a school or other building attached to it. The 33d clause had been introduced in this 13i11 to obviate the inconvenience, but it had been withdrawn. He under stood the objection to it was, that it contained the words " consecrated or blessed." Now, the Catholics would not object to omit these terms ; and he hoped, therefore, the clause would be reinstated. HOUSE OF COMMONS,..frxE 28. Lord ELLENBOROUGH was sorry the Noble Lord had not been present yesterday, as those who objected to the clauses were not now in their places ; but what the Noble Lord desired was, to give benefits to the Roman Catholics which no other class of Dissenters bad. The Earl of SHREWSBURY said that other Dis senters' places of worship were generally detached, in which case they would not suffer from being placed beyond the provisions of the Bill. Lord AIALMESBURY moved that the further dis cussion of the Bill be postponed till to-morrow, in order to consider the subject, as he was inclined to give great weight to the observations of the Noble Lord opposite, as to the effects of the measure on the Roman Catholics. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was necessary the Bill should be passed by the Ist of July, and this could not be if they did not conclude the discussion that night, as some ameadments had been made to it which should be considered by the Commons. Lord MALMESBURY said that if any evil resulted from the hasty proceedings with respect to the measure, it should be attributed to those who now hurried it through the House. The Bishop of HEREFORD had no objection that the Roman Catholics should have the privilege of marrying in their places of worship when attached to other houses ; but if the clause were agreed to which had been omitted, a room might be licensed in a public-house for the per formance of the marriage ceremony. The Earl of FING AL thought it of importance that the discussion should be concluded that night, and he would therefore move a clause to the effect, that Roman Ca- For the motion . - 64 For the amendment Majority in favour of the Bill - THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, .111N14: 20, 183/ tiiehes might bti allowed to celebrate marriages in their houses of worship *hen attached to others. This would pre vent ti - abusereSultitig froth an extension of the privilege ? tokd ELLENtdROUCH did Mit think the mdtfet, the least interest to the Roman Catholics ; but why dim uss the measure in the absence of those who were not present, and who were much interested in the Bid— they not knowing that such a proposition was to be made. The Bishop_ of GLOUCESTER would certainly veto against the clattse ; hecatise he thought it would be den. het Otis to dpeti i4litle ,dearfur abuses and grieVanees. The bishop of tilqiEVChll) thdtigtit the tiiiittd to ex= ccptionable that he would divide the House upon it. The Earl of SHREWSBURY said be for one bad been taken by surprise in the matter, and it was the duty of the &v.. Prelates to have been is their places. The Virl of 1.1 ADDINGTON, even at the risk of some inconvenience, would propose that the debate be ad journed till to-morrow —Agreed to. Earl STAN HOPE gave notice that tomorrow he would present some more petitions relative to the new Poor-law Act, and he would on that occasion take the op portunity of delivering himself of a few observations relative to the alleged saving under it. The House then adjourned. The SPEAKErt took the Chair at the usual hour. Lord Leeson and another Hon. Member took the oaths. A Messenger from the Trinity house appeared at the Bar and presented an account of the funds of the Corpo ration.—Laid on the table. On the motion of Captain ALSAGER the further con sideration of the Report of the Committee on the Grand Collier Docks and Surrey Canal Bill was agreed to. On the motion of Mr. TOOKE the Lords' amendments to the Leicester and Swannington Railway Bill were agreed to. LONDON CAOUTCHOUC COMPANY. Mr. WIG NEY presented a petition against the London Caoutcliouc Company Bill, which the petitioners stated would utterly ruin them. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from Lambeth to the same effect. Mr. H. HUGHES moved that the London Caoutchouc Company Bill do now pass. Mr. WIG NEY thought it necessary to trouble the House with the arguments he had used on two former oc casions against the Bill, the object of which was to esta blish a most injurious monopoly. He should, therefore, content himself with moving a negative to the motion. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the arguments of the Hon. Member would lead the House to suppose that the Bill went to establish a monopoly, which he denied to be the case.—(Hear, hear.) Every thing like monopoly had been struck out of the Bill, and he hoped it would meet with no more opposition. Dr. BO WRING said the more he saw of the Bill the more he was opposed to it. A case for the Bill had not been made out, and he trusted it would not be agreed to. Mr. W. TOOKE had made many enquiries in the City and elsewhere upon the necessity for the Bill, and he found that all his former votes on it had been approved of, and therefore he would again vote in favour of it, thinking if it were not passed the House would not do justice to the parties. Mr. H. HINDE opposed the Bill, on the ground that the House had set a precedent against it in rejecting the Plate-glass Companies Bill last Session. Mr. P. THOMSON supported the Bill, for he did not see the technical objection to it as he did to that just mentioned. As the Bill was altered he saw no objection to it, and would vote for its passing. Mr. H. HUGHES replied, and the House was cleared for a division. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion that the Bill do pass Against it..... Majority in favour of the passing of the Bill —3s The Bill was consequently passed. On the motion of Mr. DENNISTON the Blochairn Canal Bill was read a third time and passed. LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY. Mr. ALSTON moved that the House should agree to the amendments made in the Blackwell and London Railway. Mr. CRAWFORD felt it his duty to move the recom mittal of the Bill. The first objection that he had was to the material alterations that had been made to the terminus of the railway ; the second was the insufficiency of the sub scription-list ; and the third that the Bill contained a clause altogether at variance with the Standing Orders of the House. The second objection he should take was with reference to the subscription list, and upon this head he begged to call the attention of Honourable Members to the ex traordinary circumstances that had taken place. When the two Companies united they did so upon the basis that the subscription list of the two Companies, each intending to raise a capital of 600,000/. should be united to make this Railway, and instead of 12,000 shares at 50/. each, it was agreed there should be 24,000 at 25/. each. The parties applied to the Com mittee for a clause to enable them to give effect to this agreement. This bargain was made between the provisional Committees without reference to the subscribers themselves, and they had the power, if they were so minded, of calling the subscribers together, and of doing such acts as were necessary. They availed themselves of that power— they gave notice that the two Companies were united, that their interests were amalgamated, and they called upon par ties to bring in the receipts of the former subscription that they might have them exchanged for other receipts, which would entitle them to be registered for the 251. shares. One line consisted of about 11,000 shares, which was the line of which the subscription list bad been pro duced. Four thousand shares of that very list, which was now before the House as the subscription list of this year, had been actually transferred, and registered as 25/. shares. The parties had under that agreement fulfilled every obliga tion they had entered into, and it was as great a misrepre sentation as was ever made, to say that parties on that list were liable to any subscription. What was the real state of the case ? A change of opinion had arisen. Parties were not willing now to become subscribers—the Directors found they had no power to compel them—and in that situation they came to the House to get a power over the subscri bers which no Court of Law or Equity would give them. There were three individuals now acting as Direc tors of this commercial Company, who had no quali fication whatever but what was contained in the list called the new list. Under these circumstances, he thought it but just that the Bill should be re-com mitted, so as to enable the Committee to inquire whether the capital which they were called on to raise, of 600,000/., had been subscribed or not. He had no hesitation in saying, and he held himself answerable for the statement, that the 600,000/. had not been raised ; but that 183,000/. only had been raised under the provisions of the Act passed in the last session of Parliament. With respect to the last objection which he took, and on which he thought the Bill ought particularly to be re-committed, the Report stated that the expense of the work was esti mated at 195,0001. They were all aware that the ex tent to which parties were allowed to borrow was one third of the estimated expense, but the Committee had reported that they bad borrowed 100,000/. On these grounds, he begged leave to move that the Report be re committed, with instructions to the Committee to receive evidence as to the objection of the petitioners to the terminus of the railway being in Fenchureh-street, and that they be also instructed to define the extent and boundaries of the depot, and to adopt measures to secure the public against the obstruction to traffic through the adjoining thoroughfares. Mr. ALSTON hoped to be able to satisfy the House that the parties were entitled to the extension prayed for. They merely asked an extension of a line to which the House had acceded last year, and that did not amount to more than 1,150 feet. The original terminus was to have been in Leadenhall-street, but_the parties now wished to have it in Crutched-friars, and no objoction had been made by the owners of property in that neighbourhood. The next argument of the Honourable Member against the Bill, was that the funds subscribed were insufficient, but the fact was that the validity and sufficiency of the subscription list had been abundantly established before the Standing Orders Committee. It appeared there were 15,575 subscribers of 50/. each, amounting to 778,950/. and 7,429 subscribers to half shares of 25/. each, making a total of 964,675/. applicable to the undertaking, exceeding by one or two hundred thou sand pounds the sum required to carry the undertaking into effect. The Committee had sat last year 38 days, and during the present Session 70 days, and no objection such as had been urged by the Hon. Member had ever been urged against the Bill. On these grounds, he contended that the parties were entitled to the extension prayed for. Mr. GROTE would not have troubled the House if the measure had not created so strong a feeling of disapproba tion among his constituents. He should therefore feel it his duty to support the motion of his Hon. Colleague. He looked T:ith very great jealousy upon railways when they traversed densely peopled districts, and the number of houses that were to be swept away in consequence of the extension of the line might be estimated from the large sum set apart for that purpose.--(Hear, hear.) The motion was merely for the re-commitment of the Bill, and he trusted the House would accede to it. He thought there were many points in the Bill that well deserved the attention of a Committee, who were the pro per forum to decide whether the subscription list was com pleted or not. He trusted that the House would not, upon the present occasion, refuse that claim, which Appeared to him to be founded on truth and good sense, Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared—. BRIGHTON RAILWAY. • On the motion of Lord G. LENNOX the Report of 1 the Military Engineer upon the above line was referred to the C . .;omrnitee on the. various Brighton lines, and they were instructed to teltsider 6 . 9 care of the landowners on what was called the direct line, the Ctimmat!: - . , e to have power to consolidate the several! lines, or the s:ibseriptions to the same, if they shall see it proper to do so. Mr. cuRTEIs thought the Committee upon these lines was now relieved from the prejudices thrown upon them by the majority of five in that House. The report which had just been referred to the Committee proved that their fetitirt Vino correct, and that they were undeserving of the ceusure then throw ii tirrbn them. Mr. P. SCROPE brought up a fartlicr report from the Poor-law Commit , N% IMPRISON ME: T FOR DEBT BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that. he should to-marrow proceed with the Imprisonment for DAt B;11. METROPOLIS IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. Alderman WOOD, in answer to a question put to him by an lion. Member, as to whether it was his intention to proceed with the Metropolis Improvement Bill this Session, stated that as he had not yet had an opportunity of making any observations upon the Bill, and, conceiving that a more important Bill could not be brought into the House of Commons for the public good, he should to morrow, previous to withdrawing the Bill for the purpose of introducing it next Session, make some observations to the House upon the subject of it. CUSTODY OF INFANTS BILL. Mr. Sergeant TA LFOURD would take that oppor tunity of stating that he did not intend pressing the Custody of Infants Bill through the House this Ses sion. It was a subject of great delicacy and importance. The details of the Bill were not so perfect as he could wish, and therefore he did not wish to press through the Com mittee a Bill which perhaps after all would not be carried through the House. He hoped, however, that he should next Session bring it forward in a more perfect manner. Messengers from the Lords brought up several Private Bills, among which were two Estate Bills, to which the concurrence of that House was desired. Mr. HUME thought the House ought to be informed whether any Church property was conveyed away in these Bills. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was quite im possible that Church property could be exchanged or con veyed away in these Bills, as there were express provisions to prevent it. LAW OF COPYRIGHT. On the motion of Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD the Copyright Bill was read a second time. On the question that the Bill be committed, Mr. Serjeant TALFOURD said that the House hav ing recognised the principle of the Bill on the second read ing, he should not press it further during the pre sent Session.—(Hear, hear.) A great many sug gestions had been made to him from various quar ters since the Bill had been brought in, and feeling that it was not a measure likely to excite any political or party feeling in the House, he should withdraw it for the present ; and if he had the honour of a seat in the next Parliament he should endeavour to make it more comprehensive in its grasp, and more comprehensive in its details. He should now move that the Bill be re-com• mitted that day three months.—Agreed to. BONDED CORN. On the Order of the Day for the House going into Com mittee on the Bonded Corn Bill, The Marquis of CH A NDOS moved that the Bill be committed that day three months. Mr. CU wrEis supported the amendment of the Noble Marquis. Mr. G. PALMER also supported the amendment, and contended that the measure was likely to lessen the pro tection which the agricultural interests at present enjoyed. Mr. W AK LEY was not surprised that no less than three County Members on the opposite side of the House started up to second the amendment of the Noble Marquis, but he was surprised to find a County Member on his (Mr. W's.) side of the House entertaining similar opinions. He (Mr. W.) would support the commitment of the Bill, because he thought it would bo beneficial to the community at large. But they were to be deprived of the benefit of the mea sure, because forsooth the corn would be thrown upon the market, and that at a time when it would so greatly benefit the general trade of the country. Mr. HUME said the Bill was supported by a very considerable portion of his constituents, and opposed also by a considerable number, but he thought it his duty to support it, because he thought it would prove a benefit to the nation at large.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that it would not at all interfere with the mo nopoly enjoyed by the agriculturalists, but that it would prove a measure of great improvement, which would be very beneficial to the country. The manufacturing popu lation was not represented in that House, and he thought it was cruel and severe to refuse them all relief by retaining the tax upon bread, even in the modified form in which it was proposed to give them relief. Mr. COLLIER supported the motion. Sir E. CODRINGTON also supported the motion, which lie thought ought to have the support of every agri culturist, for he believed that in the end it would benefit themselves. Mr. G. F. YOUNG said that if he were an enemy to the agricultural interest he would be delighted to see the conduct they were pursuing on the present occasion. What possible danger could there be when all the operations were to be conducted by the millers, of five pounds for every bushel of corn made into flour under the Act, which, within two months, was not either exported or placed under bond in the King's warehouses ? If Hon. Members could make the Bill more stringent, he was sure that his Hon. Friend would willingly agree to it. All he wanted was to benefit the trade of the country without hurting any interest. Sir E. KNATCHBULL felt bound to give his de cided opposition to the Bill. Sir J. WROTTESLEY thought the House would do well to go into Committee on the Bill, in order to see whe ther measures could be adopted to guard against fraud. He felt perfectly convinced that the provisions of the Bill would be extremely useful to the agricultural and shipping interests of the country : he trusted therefore that the House would allow the Bill to go into Committee. Mr. BENNETT was surprised the Government had thought fit to carry on this measure at the present moment, when they had stopped several other most important Bills. He thought it would have been advisable to have stopped this, for it was a question of very serious importance to the agricultural interests, and one which made a deep impression on the minds of farmers, which Hon. Gentlemen would very soon find out to be the case when they went down to their constituents.—(Hear, hear.) lie had no attachment for the Corn-laws, but considered they were necessary, in consequence of the situation in which the country had been placed by the existence of a national debt. He opposed the Bill, not because he was an enemy to free trade, but because he thought other things would have to be done before a system of free trade could be ap proached in the manner proposed by this Bill. Mr. ROBINSON regretted the spirit in which the op position to this Bill had been manifested. Tile Noble Marquis who was the foremost i❑ the opposition had de signated the Bill most unfairly. This was a Bill fbr manu facturing corn for exportation, under such restrictions and regulations as the Government might impose, and as wauld render it impossible that any smuggling could take place. If the House agreed to this measure, it would he the only measure of practical utility affecting the shipping and com mercial interests of the country, and for the advancement of trade and commerce, that had passed the House this Session ; and yet it was attempted to strangle it by the prejudices of the landed g entlemen.— (Hear, hear.) The arguments of the opponents of the present Bill would have the effect of compelling the merchants and shipowners to call for a repeal of the Corn Laws.—(Hear.) In the present state of commercial embarrassment, the Bill was likely to be of great advantage ; and under these circum stances (and knowing that it could not in any way preju dice the landed interest), he trusted the House would al low the Bill to go into Committee. Mr. P. T HOMSON said the Government had no thing to do with the introduction of the present Bill, and a similar Bill introduced on a former occasion by the Hon. M , !mber for Worcester had been opposed by him on the ground that it was an attempt to get rid of the Crirn-laws by a side-wind, to which he (Mr. P. Thomson) would always object. He considered the principle of the present Bill a good one, and should, therefore, vote for its going into Committee, although there were some alterations he should feel it his duty to make.—(Hear.) Sir J. TYRRELL supported the amendment. After a few words from Mr. HUME, in explanation, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— For going into Committee 57 Against it Majority —2s The Bill is consequently lost. The Rolls Estates Bill passed through a Committee. Mr. R. STEUART brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the Sugar Duties Bill.—Agreed to. The Enclosure Awards Bill passed through a Committee pro forma. The resolutions of the Committee on the Rolls Estate Bill were brought up and agreed to. The Coroners' (Durham) Bill passed through a Com --)ro forma. mittee, ‘ , -ers of Counties (Ireland) Bill also passed, a Committee, as did likewise the Civil PATENT LEVER WATC H ES. With silver deuble-bottom cases £6 6 With silver hunting cases 8 16 1 This celebrated construction (the most accurate on which ? watch can be made) is offered, with the latest improvements i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, capped hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintaining powe , to continue going while winding up, at the above price, by T. COX SAVORY, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cernhill, London. N. B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. The Treast.. • pro forma, through Bill. Courts (Ireland) SUPPLY. ta Tbe Roport of the Committee of Supply %vas then re-0 ceived at-0 the several items read ovPr and aLrreed to. 4!'' METROPOLIS POLICE OFFICES. l= The Metropolis Police Offices Bill was read a third tim e` ! . and passed. FINAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS. 0.,, Mr ELPIIINSTONE moved the second reading of-. the Final Register of Electors Bill. G; Mr. C. WYNN opposed it. lie thought it was unjust to send up such ill-considered measures to the other H oesc h at this period of Parliament. Mr. AGLIONBY defended the Bill. It was read ah second time last Session, and only prevented from passinvil f.` . by some informality in the title. , 0,:. Sir E. KNATCHBULL objeotel to tic Bill. ht, The House then divided : ii For the second reading 6 . 1 Against it Majority -43 I) JEWISH MARRIAGES. The Jewish Marriages EN was read a second time. 1 RAILROADS AND PUBLIC WORK S. On the house resolving itself into Comm ittee on the ( Railroads and Public Works Bill, f il Sr S. WHALLEY objected to proceeding wit h a naea-; i• suro involving- such large public interests at such a season :,', as this. After a few words from Mr. P. THOMSON. Mr. HUME moved that the Chairman do report progress. ne motion was agreed to without a division. SHERIFFS' COURTS. On the motion that the House resolve itself into Com rnittee, for the further consideration of the report of the' Sheriffs Courts Bill, Captain PEC H ELL brought up a clause, of which had given notice, to be moved for insertion after the second, clause : " On third reading of Sheriffs' Fees Bill, after clause 2, 1 pr. 2, 1. 38, after the word respectively,' to insert, ' Pro vided always that, from and after the passing of this ,Act, all and every defendant who shall he arrested or detainel l in execution upon a writ or writs of capias ad satisfaciendum, l shall be liable and compellable to pay the sheriff's poundage upon the debt or demand indorsed, to levy upon such writ of capias ad satisjiwiendum ; but in case the defendant shall render to prison, and shall not pay the poundage of right payable to the sheriff, then the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such suit or suits to be liable to the sheriff for such pound age as at present." Mr. POULTER objected to the clause. After a few words from Mr. Jervis, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Aglionby the galleries were cleared for a division, but none took place, as the clause was negatived, with the per . mission of the Hon. Mover. TITHES (IRELAND). Mr. S. CRAWFORD then moved for the following returns : Copies of all official orders or instructions which have been issued since the appointment of the Earl of Mulgrave as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland up to the present time, with reference to the employment of military forces on occasions connected with the levy of the tithe composition in Ireland. " Also copies of all official orders, regulations, or instruc tions which have been issued during the same period, with reference to the employment or duties of the constabular) on like occasions. " Also copy of any official communications which have been received by Government with reference to the pro ceedings of the constabulary force under the command of Mr. John Whitaker, chief constable, on the 13th of May last, at Drimrath, near Ballymote, in the county of Sligo• in seizing a cow, the property of Mark Brehony ; and again in a second seizure of six cows and a horse, on the 30th of May last the property of Thomas Brehony ; and under what authority such seizures were made." They were ordered accordingly. Mr. P. THOMSON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the present law of master and labourer. Lord J. RUSSELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Act of last year respecting ecclesiastical sine cures for twelve months longer ; and also leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Church Building Act for the saw period. Adjourned at a Quarter before Eight o'Clock. NEW BOOKS OF TRAVELS JUST PUBLISHED. Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has just published the following interesting books of travels :-1. Wanderings in Greece, by Gco. Cochrane, Esq.,:late of Queen's College, Cam bridge, 2 vols. Bvo., with portraits, and numerous illustrations 2.—Travels in Palestine and Syria, by George Robinson , Esq., with new maps and plates, 2 vols. 3.—The City of tbt Sultan ; or, Domestic Manners of the Turks, by Miss Par- doe, 2 vols. Bvo., with numerous plates, 325. bd. 4.---lllus- , trations of Jerusalem and Mount Sinai, consisting of 22 1 tinted views of the most interesting sites between Grand Cairol and Beirout, from drawings by F. Arundale, Architect, with an Account of his Tour and Residence in those countries, 4t0.. bound, 255. s.—Captain Alexander's Narrative of a Voyage among the Colonies of Western Africa, and of a Campaign it Kaffirland in 1836, 2 vols. Bvo., with maps and numerom plates, by Major C. C. Michell, K. H., 325. bound ; and 6. A Summer in Germany, dedicated to Lady Chatterton, 2 vols., post Bvo. " These volumes are well calculated to be valuable travelling guides to whoever may visit the count* to which they relate."—Literary Gazette. CRICKET.—The return match between Kent and Sussex terminated on Tuesday evening in Brown's ground, at Brighton, in favour of Kent, by three wickets. In the first innings Sussex headed their opponents 76, but the splendid batting of Pilch in the second innings, who scored 69, from bat without losing his wicket, decided the game in their favour NEW NOVELS.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has just published the following new works of fiction by distinguished writers :- 1. Captain Marryat's new novel " Saarley Yow ; or the Dog Fiend," 3 vols.-2. " Venetia," by the author of " Vivian , Grey," " Henrietta Temple," &c., 3 vols.-3. " The Peeress , ' edited by Lady Charlotte Bury, 3 vols.-4. " The Hussar," by the author of " The Subaltern," &c., 2 vols.-5. " Human Life," by the author of " Tremaine" and " De Vere," 3 vols. —6. " Gentleman Jack, a Naval Story," by the author 0 1 " Cavendish," 3 vols. BIRTHS. On the 26th inst., Mrs. Herman Merivale, Cambridge-place, a daughter. On the 16th inst., at Hewish House, Dorset, the lady of C.. 1.1 Radcliffe, Esq., of a daughter. On the 22d inst., at Dunolly, the lady of Captain M'Dougall, ),I'Dougall, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Kennington, Mrs. E. Cowcher, of a son. On the 22d inst., at St. John's Wood, the lady of Captain D. Seymour Davis, Scots Fusilier Guards, of a daughter. On the 2:th inst., at Notting Hill-square, the lady of J. Price St. George, Esq." of a son. On the 27th iust., in Abingdon-street, the lady of R. A. Gosset , Esq.,'of a son. On the 28th inst., in Albioa-street, Hyde-park, the lady of 1 1. N. Middleton, of a son. MARRIED. Thomas Birch, Esq., of Kenilworth, to Miss Rutland Binswoocl, Terrace, Leamington. On the 27th inst., at St. Mary's Lambeth, the Rev. John J. . Gilling, Incumbent of St. Catherine Cre Church, London. t° E' L. zabeth, widow of the lee John Lowden, Esq., of Viralcot-teris ce ' Lambeth. On the 2.2r1 inst., at the hotel of the British Embassy , in P 46.5" Captaiss Williams, RN., to Charlotte Murray; daughter of the Is" J. Taylor, Esq., and niece of Admiral Taylor. On the 15th inst., at St. Pan,ras, Richard Harrison Black , ESq . ' LL.D., to Clara, daughter of the late C. Pearson, ESq., of Green" , . with, and Tankerton, Kent. of On the 26th inst., at Westbromwich, Henry Williams , Oak Cottage, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the Rev. Wil" 4 Gordon. flet!rYti On the 27th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Cooper Marshall, Esq., fourth son of John Marshall , Esq., 011-ja---e steads, Cumberland, to Catherine Anne Lucy, second daughter nie riCh• the Right Hon. Thos. Spring Rice, of Mona L Trclard , i . DIED. On the 24th inst., aged 84, William Lynn, Esq., of Woo dland' Cottage, Clapham. der, On the 24th inst., in Jewry-street, Aldgate, George Alexan Edmunds, Esq., aged 60. On the 27th of November, at Fern•hill on the River Tarnars% Van Diemen's Land, Mr. W. J. Ruffv, sen., aged 68, man,' Y e editor and proprietor of the " Farmers' Journal, London. On the 26th inst., at Ealing, Mr. Robert Lyle , of land.. On place, age 67. On the d 26th inst., the wife of J. Thomson, Esq., of Fold-P lace ' aged 36. Regen t- 1 On the 24th inst., Mrs. Henry Smale, of Argyle.street, street, six days aster her confinement. On the 26th inst., at Lower Edmonton, Will iam Burls, Esq'' in his 75th year. On the 17th inst., aged 66, the Rev. Jerome Dyke, Aston Flamville, Leicestershire. lau gh- On the 24th inst., at Brighton, Miss Farquhar, youngest ter of the late Sir W. Farquhar, Bart., aged 55. ALP . ' On the 26th inst., at Monmouth, Robert Bevan, Esq. , in his 59th year. of the Be l " On the 20th inst., the Hon. Emily Twisleton, wife F. Twisleton, Rector of Adlesthorp, Gloucestershire. n al Fost er On the 25th inst., in Harley-street, aged 57, ‘-'"- Lechmere Coore, of Scruton Hall, and Firby, York'hirk.l:ce, third, Rector of On the 24th inst., at St. Neot's, Iluntingdonshire, t.. daughter of the late J. J. Undershell, Mar - On the 25th inst.; in Bryanston-street, Portman-squar garst, wife of the Rev. T. Lovell. Burts, E ac l" On the 26th inst., in Lower Edmonton, WI in his 75th year. Esq., of Wandswor he eld ( e ) s n t sonthe 0 6;4 t t h h e c a . t Clalnasdlyemere, Surrey, Williatn Churl( s, London : Printed and thed hz URDO VAING , 4 - 112 Strand. at l'he Sun Odice, ll'', Strand. of :111,1,11€,C. — Th ur sday. Junct 29. 1837. ;11 the Oa*, -